The completed Sword Art Online fanfic is next door in my profile: "The Fake Sword Art Online Tsukumogami, Xiao Wu"
Qian Xiangzi was one of the mediocre students at the Ninja Academy. Among her peers were two geniuses, Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha, making her feel even more insignificant.
She was fed up with getting up at the crack of dawn and staying out until dark, throwing kunai in the woods every day! Itachi Uchiha's little brother also often looked down on her and mocked her. She couldn't keep up with the rat race anymore. She really couldn't do it at all.
On the day of the Chunin Exams, Qian Xiangzi chose to forfeit. She gave up on becoming a ninja and decided to live as an ordinary civilian in Konoha.
Then she discovered she'd gotten a golden finger: a miraculous, emotionless dress-up System.
“My family owns a clothing store, but this is a little too close to home.”
She spent her days complaining about how useless this golden finger was, until the night the Uchiha clan was massacred.
Qian Xiangzi had just come to deliver clothes to the clan head's house when someone slit her throat. Blood spread all over the ground, staining the clothes that had been clean moments before.
She couldn't help raising her middle finger at Itachi Uchiha's retreating back.
“You damn Uchiha bastard! I stayed up three nights in a row embroidering those clothes!”
[Ding! The complete "Dreamlike Evening Primrose" set has been collected. Passive skill: A Sliver of Hope has activated automatically.]
The blood-locking skill kept her alive until help arrived.
To avoid having her throat slit in a world where human lives were worth nothing, Qian Xiangzi had no choice but to diligently collect clothes.
Lately, though, she'd been troubled. Itachi Uchiha's little brother had been watching her constantly. Before the massacre, he'd looked down on her, acting all high and mighty.
She ignored him and ran as far away as she could.
Later, he defected, and everyone's attention turned to her.
Qian Xiangzi had never felt so conspicuous. It was bad enough that the Third Hokage and the Anbu came calling, but that guy's classmates kept showing up at her house, every last one of them.
“I've already told you, I have nothing to do with Sasuke Uchiha. I barely even spoke to him before he defected! We're total strangers!”
But everyone looked strangely at her after she said that.
Shikamaru gave her a peculiar look. “Qian Xiangzi, you're really exceptionally dense.”
After that, well, it's hard to say.
When Qian Xiangzi slept at night, she always felt someone watching her from behind.
She could tell that the person was different every time.
“Qian Xiangzi is someone Sasuke likes, so that makes us friends. Isn't it normal for friends to care about each other?”
The blond, whisker-marked boy smiled as brightly as the sun. Qian Xiangzi gazed into his deep blue eyes and shuddered.
Behind him stood the next generation of Konoha.
They all smiled in unison and advanced on Qian Xiangzi, step by step. Thousands upon thousands of mouths said:
“We're friends, aren't we, Qian Xiangzi? Friends should be together.”
Qian Xiangzi died before the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Then she was resurrected with Impure World Reincarnation, and came back to life.
There, she saw many familiar faces. Just as she was running around trying to avoid the battlefield, she was stunned to discover that three more old acquaintances had also come back to life.
“Qian Xiangzi? What are you doing here?”
Hashirama Senju and Tobirama stared in surprise at the sneaking girl. Not far away, another man's deep voice rang out.
“Qian Xiangzi, who disturbed your rest?”
I forgot to mention: Qian Xiangzi's full name is Uchiha Qian Xiangzi.
In her previous life, she was the youngest daughter of the Uchiha clan head during the Warring States period. Her two elder brothers were close, but had no affection for her at all.
Unfortunately, her first life ended quickly.
But she never expected that she'd be reborn as an Uchiha again.
“Whether it was my past life or this one,” Qian Xiangzi said, gazing at the sky in exasperation, “why are there so many guys obsessed with me?”
“I got scared to tears by Konoha's guys who are obsessed with me, okay?”
Content warnings: The heroine is the object of many unrequited crushes, and they're all very possessive. Lots of creative liberties. There are many male characters.
This is an extremely, ridiculously over-the-top Mary Sue romance, with no logic. Don't overanalyze it. If it's not your thing, don't read it. If you don't like it, use the back button.
This is not a strong female lead story. Don't attack the heroine.
I've only watched the anime, so the plot follows the anime.
No picking sides, I like them all.
Theme: Starting today, cherish yourself.
