Chapter 3: Chapter 2
The next day Mariko showed up to the hut in the afternoon. "Ohayo Kenji! Are you ready to start training today?"
I walked out dressed in my usual clothes. We then walked till we reached a fairly open area in the woods to start my training. "So Kenji do you know how to read and write yet?" she asked when we arrived. Since my shabby house was located somewhere in the woods near the village, I didn't have many opportunities to look at many books or written words. Maybe it's because I had a toddler's brain or something I was able to understand Japanese by only listening to that old man complain for the most part. My speaking skills weren't there yet but I could speak a few simple sentences.
So, I just shook my head to indicate I didn't know.
"I see… then we will just add that as a part of your training. Learning how to read and write is very important to ninja. It helps us communicate with a client when we go on missions. It's a very important life skill. I'll bring some books here next time and we can work on it together, ok?" she said excitedly.
'Who is this person? How did my mother manage to even hire her to teach me for 10 whole years.' Kenji felt a little creeped out by her, this girl was a little too nice. Always smiling and talking sweetly, she was even worrying about my academic skill. It could be all a façade for all I knew that she had developed so other people could let their guard down around her.
Moreover, she was also an Uchiha so she would be killed in a few years. I had no intention of getting close to her. I still didn't even believe she would teach me regularly for the time she would even stay alive.
She brought her hands together and clapped, "Now let's stop with the distractions and start with your actual training. Every ninja must train their body and mind rigorously as it helps us have the stamina and strength to complete our missions and our mind will help us to complete missions as efficiently as possible. Not only this but improving your body and mind helps you increase your chakra reserves which serves as fuel to all your Justus. For now, all you need to know is that training your body is really important stuff, alright?"
I nodded my head as she started instructing me to perform a few exercises before ending today's class. "Let's keep it light since it's the first class alright? I hope you had some fun."
"Yes" I replied plainly. Even though she said it was light I was sweating heavily and out of breath in my 2-year-old body.
"Good. If you haven't had lunch yet, would you like to go with me to the village to eat something?" She asked me. My stomach growled at the mention of food. I hadn't eaten lunch yet and she must have noticed it growling while I exercised. I nodded heavily as I knew that I would need to eat a lot of food to continue training regularly.
"Alright let me just ask your father before we leave" she said.
"No need. Doesn't care" I replied, watching her frown at that.
She still walked into the house and spoke with the old man before coming out with a troubled look on her face. I was afraid that shitface had said no but- "He said it was fine let's go Kenji" Mariko said, dispelling my doubts, she held my hand and started walking with me.
"I told you" I said as if expecting that old man to react in that way.
"Even if that is true as a parent he must know where his child is going. And stop trying to take your hand away from me it won't work you know, I'm a strong chunin." She said.
I couldn't take this level of disrespect. I was holding hand with some girl younger than me like a child would with their mother. I hated physical contact in the first place. Unfortunately, the grip of this girl was like an ox, I couldn't even budge it a little bit. "I don't like" I said in broken Japanese.
"Pffftt…" she just laughed and ignored me with a stupid grin on her face.
When we arrived at the village, I was pretty excited and pointed at the various places I hadn't seen. Eventually we even passed by Ichiraku ramen. I was really excited to see the ramen shop. It was a legendary hangout spot. The Sanin, Hokage and many famous people had eaten at it. It was a practically a monument although it wasn't popular as of yet. My stomach started growling even more fiercely and my mouth starting watering. I gulped wondering how the legendary noodles would taste.
"Ah~ would you like to have some ramen Kenji? I was planning to take you to another spot but since your cute face tells me it wants to eat here, we could go." She said noticing my eyes glued to the ramen shop.
We sat down at the ramen shop and ordered two bowls. "It's my first time here too." Mariko said. The owner was the same guy from the anime with a kind face and a hat on his head. He greeted us warmly before serving us both the noodles.
I gulped looking at the ramen. The smell was heavenly. Of course, I had ordered Naruto's favourite miso soup. Since coming to this world, I hadn't had any tasty food. All I had eaten were soup and rice mixtures with meat occasionally. It tasted very bland. I could take it anymore and took the chopsticks and started devouring it. My mind instantly melted. The hot soup with the noodles had slightly burnt the inside of my mouth but I didn't care. The meat, egg and even the green onion tasted so good I couldn't believe it. How could noodles taste so heavenly. I was so emotional that I even started crying.
"Ara Kenji eat slowly, I know you're hungry but you could choke yourself," she said wiping off some of the soup from the corner of my mouth. "1 more" I told her.
"It's not good to eat too much at once, look at your stomach its already bloated a bit. You can get some more next time"
"But I don't eat at the village" I replied dejectedly. The only times he had been to the village it was always to get supplies and stuff.
"Doesn't your father take you out to eat" Mariko asked and then she probably had a self-realization as she remembered that useless old man. "It's okay Kenji your Onee-san will take out as much as she can to eat. But you have to train hard alright?"
I nodded - 'Maybe she isn't as bad as I thought. I was probably overthinking.' Of course, the only reason my thoughts had changed was because of the food offerings.
She then started petting my head. All my instincts were screaming to swat her hand away but I remembered the food that she bought for me. 'Only for today I will allow it'.
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