Death Meister

Death Meister

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It wasn't everyday that one find themselves unable to move however one wanted to. If it was because of anything bad, he would have panicked. But he knew Death's overprotective tendencies when it came to him so he knew his friend would never hurt him. In other words, his current situation probably had everything to do with the 'reborn' he had done.

Wait… reborn. Rebirth.

Reincarnation.

Ugh! He had forgotten that tidbit when he agreed to Death's proposition of living in the mortal realm again. That it usually meant being an infant, a baby.

Again.

He opened his eyes slowly when he heard cooing from almost all around him. But his sight wasn't that good. It was even way worse than the first time around. Did he have defected eyes? Were his parents careless while they were supposedly carrying him?

It was as if the two blub of figure that he could at least see in front of him heard his thoughts because a quite masculine voice answered him.

"Can't see anything my son? You're still a baby after all." The loving voice of someone told him. It made him feel warmth deep inside his chest. It was a giddy feeling that he knew he would get addicted if it would stay with him. He smiled a little at that. When he felt a warm flesh gently touch his cheek, he nuzzled it to feel it more.

He heard a tinkling laugh and he opened his eyes once again – he didn't even noticed that he closed it again – and turned towards where he heard that laugh. He was shifted a little and he felt safe within the soft and warm cocoon he was in so he gave a little yawn and closed his eyes again.

He felt safe.

Before he managed to completely fall asleep though, he felt a gentle touch on his forehead, one where he felt a curious concentration of gentle warmth. He instinctively knew that it wasn't harmful so he didn't threw a fit and just continued his relaxed state.

"Welcome to the world Master."

Harry gave a smile.

. . . . .

It was literally tiring and pretty much disgusting being an infant.

He hadn't remember how it was the first time he was an infant and really, who did? And he was conflicted on whether to be thankful that he was spared of that knowledge before or disappointed that he hadn't known what to expect. Because all he had done – and he would have said this in a serious tone of voice if he could speak. As it was, he couldn't because he was still a freaking baby – was eat and poop. Eat and poop. Eat and poop. Thank Death there was no breastfeeding. If there was, he would die – oh, the irony – in humiliation.

As it was, Death was already quietly chuckling over his mental bemoaning – Death could hear him mentally since they were connected – and Vitas was giggling in amusement whenever they visited him.

One time they both visited him while his mother in this life was changing his diapers because he had pooped. And then they were laughing so hard that their stomachs were aching. Well, at least Death made an effort to stop. But Vitas did not. And she was howling at him that time. He was sure she wouldn't be forgetting that anytime soon.

And by soon, he meant probably a millennium. And that's really, really long for him right now.

He hadn't talked to Death mentally for almost a week after that time. Too humiliated to even look at him. But he got over it.

Especially when he was bored out of his mind in the body of an infant, unable to speak properly. He would then communicate with Death mentally about inane things just so he could at least have someone to talk with.

At least this way, he wouldn't be so bored.

. . . . .

He finally saw his Papa and Mama's face when his eyesight became better. He was quite happy that he wouldn't need any glasses in this life since he had a pretty good eyesight.

His Mom had a fiery red hair that really fascinated him. It looked really good especially on her Mama and her hair was soft to the touch. She had green warm eyes that turns soft when she's looking at him. His Papa had that ebony black hair that he had in his previous life with gray eyes that looked almost silver to him. His Papa's eyes were beautiful.

The first time he had seen his parents, he almost had a heart attack – if that was even possible at five months old. Cue rolling eyes – because of how they looked so much like his first life's parents. It was startling since he wasn't prepared for it.

He asked Death if it was intentional and he had said no.

"I could only give you life on earth, Master. I couldn't choose whom you'll end up with. Not even life apparently."

He hadn't asked again and was just content on finally seeing his parents in this life.

. . . . .

He finally managed to learn what his name was. Or his two names. The first was Uzumaki Hiroki and the second was Umino Iruka.

He had yet to understand the significance of his two names. He didn't even know why he had two names. His parents Uzumaki Akio and Uzumaki Keiko even had two. He had asked Death of course, simply because he wanted to know and couldn't take not knowing much longer. He couldn't ask his parents since he was still eight months old. He could only speak in one or two words clearly and he didn't want that. He wanted to speak in clear, concise words once he finally decided to speak.

He wanted to surprise his loving parents.

But Death only gave a small chuckle and said that he had to find out on his own. He couldn't help but pout at that.

. . . . .

He was already two years old at this time. He had already surprised his parents when he spoke at nine month's old in complete sentence, or more like a questioned: "Why do we have two names?"

He hadn't meant for that to be his first words but the question had been bugging him that he couldn't help that it was the first thing he said.

At least he gave them the next words of: "I love Papa and Mama."

He made them happy and their happiness made him a bit giddy. He wasn't even lying because he really did love them

It was when he was finally one year old and a half that his parents answered his question at that time.

"Your real name is Uzumaki Hiroki, Ki-chan. It is because the Uzumaki clan is powerful. But our village, Uzushiogakure was destroyed for our expertise in Fuuinjutsu so in order to better protect us, you also have the name Umino Iruka after your Papa Aki." Mama Kei said.

Now, he might have the mindset of a millennia old human turned Death companion, but he was currently in a body of a one year old with the mindset that of a child so even if he could somehow understand it, he still couldn't help but be confused. But he didn't understand what he was being confused about so he decided to analyze the information later on and not ask question. At least not yet. Not today.

"What name I use?" His eyebrow twitched at the sentence he used and promised himself to study on his language more.

"Umino Iruka, Ki-chan, especially when we are with people who didn't know. Okay?" He looked at Papa Aki who only gave him a small smile on his quite stern face before he nodded.

"Okay, Papa. Mama." His parents both gave him a relieved smile. He blinked for a bit when his mind assessed the name he should give to strangers when pressured before questioning again.

"Papa, Mama, what your Umino names?" again, his eyebrow twitched. He really didn't like hearing his butchered words. He sounded like a child.

He ignored the fact that he was currently a child and told himself that he was many years older than his current parents before he listened to their answers.

"Mama's name is Umino Kohari and Papa's name is Umino Ikkaku."

Ah. It's different, he couldn't help but think.

"Weird. I like Papa and Mama's real name more."

Both his parents laughed warmly at him while they held him and kissed his forehead.

He felt their love for him once again.

A/N:

Alright pips. As you can see, I decided for Harry to be Iruka. And I made him an Uzumaki. Just chillax there and wait for the next chapters to come so you'll know what nefarious plans I'm planning by doing something like this.

Just a head start, I'll be adding various OC's sometime soon, be it minor to major. And I'm deviating from canon about Iruka's parentage and background as you can see. Also probably on some canon scenes. Well, that's all at this moment I think.

Thanks a bunch for the reviews. I'm really happy to read them…