The world of Naruto and me

Still In The Forest

The sun is shining warm on my face. And like the day before, I am awakened by the chirping of the birds around me.

Chirping of birds! It’s over with my sleep. Panicking I tear my eyes open, hoping I won’t be in the woods anymore. That the experiences of yesterday where all just a mere dream.
But the green branches and leaves above me teach me a better. I'm still in this stupid, unknown forest. Dammit!

I don't want to be in this stupid annoying forest. Where I don't have the slightest idea where I am and how I can return back home. The whole situation is to much for me, and slowly but surely I get close to just crying my eyes out. Caused by this whole situation, situation that overwhelms me.

And as if that alll wasn't already bad enough, my stomach is also telling me loudly that I'm hungry. Awesome, just awesome. Food is what I need and don't have with me at all.

Slowly I remove my sleeping utensils, or better said those bandages I've used. With tear wet eyes, since I can't control the flow of those tears. Having  a unclear vision makes it even harder to dismantle my night camp. After arriving back at the forests floor, I shoulder my whole stuff again and start walking. Hoping to find even something that is eatable. I mean how hard can it be to find some berries or so?

The confidence I had yesterday to find something is fading away with every step I take. And with every step my nagging hunger is getting the better hold of me

The only good thing in that whole misery is the water stream on my side which I'm following consequently. Then, if there is water there should be  civilization somewhere along the waters flow. And civilization is what I'm looking for after all. Aside something to eat.

But with each passing hour I'm getting more and more hungry. Which is nowhere helping my panic about the situation itself. It can't be that I can't find anything at all. No small village, nothing. Not even a run down house which would at least show me some sign of a civilization I've found so far.

The water stream next to me grew pretty lot so far. Now I'm still able to cross it with numbing over, but soon I'll need a bridge to cross it. A bridge would also mean a huge success in finding civilization. Then bridge means humans who made a pathway whom I can follow.

My tears from the morning are long since gone. Although I still feel like crying. But at the end of the day, it doesn’t do me any good. All I can do now is continuing my walk and looking for a way out of it. A way I'll hopefully find soon.

The only good that the forest brings me are the shadows of the trees. Then although I'm walking in shadows I can feel the heat of the day getting more and more. A sign that it is reaching the mid of the day. Half a day gone already and I still haven't found anything.

Or have I? In front of me is a small bush with berries. The look of it tjsoe are raspberries. It aren't many bit still better then nothing. Not often that strawberries tasted that good. Actually I should enjoy those berries, but my nagging hunger is to big and so the berries are gone faster down my mouth as one could look.
Maybe I have a secret Gekkei Genkai. Eating super fast or so. Would be funny.
With the whole staying on forest situation at hand i slowly start to feel like either native people or some stone age dudes. Being a Ninja would be cooler trough. But since I'm completely on my own here there isn't much being a Naruto universe ninja at all.
Having new energy and laughing over my own crazy train of thoughts I continue my journey.

What it can change having some food. My confidence and my mood got better rapidly.
Suddenly everything doesn’t look that black anymore, and I even start to hum a little. And when this small river is growing so fast in the future I might also be able to find some fish to catch. Which would be the coolest happening so far.

The only problem here would be, how to catch the fish? I don't have a fishing rod, and also the materials I have are not suitable for making one on my own. I can only make a trap, and there it's also questionable whether I am successful or not.

But hey, trying is still better as plain giving up. And if I don't try I'll never know if it would work out or not

Having made up a new plan I start running down to the riverside. Looking out for a suitable place to place the trap itself. Best would be shallow water and a stone or branch or something like that so I can attach some robes. And for that my bandages  more or less will have to do the job.

Slowly I feel like being a Ninja on my own, or so I tell myself. So all alone on a mission of some sorts. Or a type of exam. If I can survive on my own in the wilderness. Would be nice if that be the reason why I'm all alone in that stupid forest. Which brings me again to the question why I'm in that forest in the first place. And why I am still in that no network zone, like the looks on my phone shows me.

Pondering over all those questions and their non-existent answers, I look over the calmly flowing water. Wondering why I’m that much out of luck.

But I'm the end all my pondering and thinking won't help me solving anything. It be better to bring my plan into action. Which I, finally finding a good place to do so, going to do. Crossing the small river is a tree trunk, not to thick but thick enough to not break under pressure.

The bag I have originally for storing the items for excursions now can be used as fishing net, tied at the tree trunk with the bandages. I try to keep the improvised fishing net open with tiny branches. And now I have to wait. Until a fish swims into it. I'm watching the trap ready to get the fish out the moment a fish enters the trap. Although I can't salt the fish or put any spices on it. It's still better to get something to eat. Some nutrients I more then just need right now.

But now there just needs to be at least one fish swimming into my trap. And that's sadly nothing I have the power over to control. Sadly. Would be cool if I could. But then I'd not have the need to built the trap in the first place.
It would be so much easier to get the fish, not like my current situation is. Because although I'm already waiting for quite some time, there is still no fish I could have catched with my makeshift improvised trap.

Slowly but surely I get impatient. I know that that won't help a thing. But at one point even the most patient person is at its end with having patience. Especially if your in a situation like my current one. And if there ain't a fish soon I'll have to sleeping with no dinner or any food. Which ain't quite my daily goal. But seeing the actual stand of things it looks a lot like no food for me. The sun sets slowly and I can't see much much longer and there is still the issue with finding a place to sleep.

Without having achieved anything, I start to detach my trap from the tree, and start to look out for a place to stay for the incoming night. But this time on the floor. Even to I fear wild animals, but my mood is down and sleeping on a tree is just uncomfortable. And much more work. Therefore I'd not like to do so.

For my safety trough and to keep myself warm I make a small bonfire. I should thank those student council people who give out starting year bags that there is a lighter in it and my brain to just put that inside the backpack and never put it out.
The small fire also can help me drying the bag, bandages and lower half of my pants.

Sitting next to the fire and eating the last bits of raspberries I have, sleep and general exhaustion get the better of me. Even if I know that I probably won't sleep well I know that I need all the rest and restoring of energy reservers I can get. And so I at least try to get sleep, for that I still have to find my way out the forest tommorow.

(The picture at the top is a drawing I've made of me sitting in the forest and resting/sleeping)