The Gamer

by ReaperOfEarthland

Natsu's life is a good one. Filled with adventure, happiness and such. But now, a unknown element has appeared. The Gamer ability, is a double-edged one. On one hand, you get stronger, but on the other, you tend to experience a couple more dangerous encounters than normal. What's our favorite dragon slayer to do?

1. Chapter 1

The Gamer

Now, let's get this straight.
I HAVEN'T given up on the original gamer story. This is simply a different version, a different take at the story. I'm using this story, as mainly testing material, for the first, and original gamer , this story is baiscly:

Fairy Tail+Gamer Manga+Dark Souls items, Don't worry, about now knowing The Gamer Manga, since we're only taking the ability of the gamer.

As for Dark Souls, you don't need to know anything at all, since i'm only coping the Dark Souls items, and maybe some bosses.

Everything implemented in the Fairy Tail universe.

Also, there's no need to worry about the story being crap, why you ask?

While i did say that i'm using this story as mainly testing material, that dosen't mean i'm gonna make it crap, hell naw, i'm probably gonna be more serious in this one than the original story.

But however, if this one ends being more popular by the same chapter on which i have the original story, i'll continue this one instead. New arcs, filled with new monsters, fantasy elements and such are present. Oc's are, naturally in big numbers as well. Not very big tho, somewhere around 6 which i'll be actually using in the long run :D

Oh and by the way. This story dosen't revolve around the levels like the majority of others. This one revolves around Stats!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, The Gamer Manga, or Dark Souls, but i sure as hell wish i did.

"Hell Yeah!" = Speaking

'Hell NO!' = Thinking

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" = Natsu's spells, or allies spells.

"Fire Proeminence" = Enemy spells

Also, all Gaming tabs, are BOLD

Sooooooooo yeah. Let's get started.

I don't own Fairy Tail, or The Gamer Manga, or Dark Souls.

Let's get this show on the road!

x783 July 2nd (Exactly 1 year before cannon)

It was a fairly hot summer day. Birds where chirping, animals were running in the forest, as the sun bathed the ground in it's light rays.

It seemed like this moment, was unbreakable.

But, however, the forest had a neighbour, who was known to break the odds.

With one of the sharpest screams a male could ever use.

One Natsu Dragneel was, to be found on the floor of his house.

The dragon slayer, had a pretty normal morning up to this moment. Waking up at 8 in the morning, he snuggled into his bed for another hour.

But when he finnaly opened his eyes he came face to face, or better put, face to screen with a digital tab.

Which said the following.

Good Morning.

You slept in your hammock

HP and MP recovered.

Hence the situation the salmon haired was in.

"Emmm, what?" Quite the intelligent response.

Shaking his head, he came to the conclusion that the fish he ate last night was probably spoiled.

But the appearence of another tab convinced him otherwise.

Do you wish to level?

Yes No

He concluded that the fish was rotten.

But, however he wasn't one to beat around the bush. He might as well play this "Game" to see who is pranking him.

Right?

So he pressed yes.

And a even larger tab appeared.

Adjustments have been made to user.

Starting character at lvl 1

Current Character Tab.

Points given: 14

Past lvl: 14

Class points gives: 90

Total points given:104

HP:650/650 (Represent the players life energy)

MP:500/500 (Represent the players magic resource)

Vitality:6 (Leveling this stat will increase HP. Each point gives 25 HP to the player.)

Attunement:1 (Leveling this stat will increase the amount of spells the player can have. Each 5 points give a new spell slot, as the player start with 3 spell slots.)

Endurance:6 (Leveling up this stat will increase Stamina)

Strenght:6 (Leveling this stat will increase Strenght and damage with strenght based weapons, similar to clubs, greatswords and others. The increase depends on the weapons scaling. To be exact, STR is the oposite of dexterity, focusing on heavy and slow weapons)

Dexterity:1 (Leveling this stat will increase damage with dexterity base weapons, similar to rapiers, daggers and such. The increase depends on the weapons scaling. To be exact, DEX is the oposite of Strenght, focusing on nimble and fast weapons)

Speed:6 (Leveling this stat will increase the speed at which the player swings, the speed at which spells are casted, aswell as the users overall speed)

Intelligence:1 (Leveling this stat will allow more complex spells to be casted, along with the growth of the magical container by 15 for each point)

Performances:

Physical Defense:50 (This stat is available to those with armors, and with self-enchating magics. Due to the players draconic nature, the amount of defense will increase every level. 10 points in defense will block 10 damage from each physical attack.)

Magic Defense:0 (This stat is avabile to those who wear or wield magical defensive items. Can also increase by casting self-defense spells. 10 points will block 100 damage from magical attacks)

Damage: 100 (This performance represents the amount of HP the enemy will lose after a attack, considering that the target is un-armored. If the amount of damage, is smaller than the amount of armor the target has, a minimal damge of - STR+DEX+base 20 = 27Dmg - Pure Fist Damage = STR*2 + 100 Due to draconic nature)

Current Spells:3 (Current Maximum Number:3)

Fire Dragon's Roar (Karyū no Hōkō): Dragon's Roar is Natsu's spell in which he quickly gathers a large amount of fire in his mouth, and then shoots it out.

Fire Dragon's Claw (Karyū no Kagizume): Natsu ignites his feet in flames, thereby increasing the power of his kicks. The flames can also be used for jet-propulsion purposes.

Fire Dragon's Iron Fist (Karyū no Tekken): Natsu engulfs his fists in flames and punches the target.

Perks:

-Fire Dragon Slayer: Immune to fire which isn't considerably hotter than your own.

-Dragon Slayer: Draconic nature gives the following stats:

5 Strenght

5 Vitality

5 Speed

5 Endurance

And armor/damage to a certain extent.

To establish your character please place your points in the character sheet.

He felt that he became weaker, due to this tab remaking his own skills.

It was a common occurence for the Dragon Slayer to yell at the top of his lungs.

But it was damn near impossible for him to be renderd speechless.

"So... nobody is playing with me...?"

"This...This actually works!"

He didn't really understand what this thing was, but apparently he could make himself stronger with this.

"Okay then, Let's start making this charact-.. myself!"

Level:1

Vitality: 19

Attunement: 15

Endurance:18

Strenght:20

Dexterity:15

Speed:20

Intelligence:14

Performance:

HP:975

MP:710

Performance:

Physical Defense: 50

Magic Defense: 0

Damage: 140

Current Spells: 3 (Current Maximum Number:6)

Okay, so this was about all the stuff he wanted.

Vitality, because he really wanted more HP than what he had. It was probably smaller than before.

Attunment, because he needed place for tons of cool spells. This was probably double what it used to be.

Endurance was wayyyyyyyyyyyyy lower than before.

Strenght, because let's be real, who didn't want to be stronger. It was about the same level.

Dexterity, he wasn't really interested. But at the same time Erza always used that kind of stuff, and she kicked butt. This, was probably wayyyyy higher than it used to be.

Speed, because let's be real, who didn't want to run circles against their opponenst. It was slightly higher.

Intelligence, because he needed to be able to use all the new cool spells he was gonna make. Intelligence was about the same.

Is this your final character?

Yes No

He pressed the yes button as all the tabs dissaperd.

And another tab appeared.

New Quest!: Morning Sunshine

Conditions: Get out of bed and prepare yourself to go to the guild.

Reward:

100XP (XP is needed to level up. The amount needed to level up will increase each time)

Does this game think he is stupid?

Groaning, he got out of bed and started his morning routine.

When he was finished another tab appeared.

Quest: Morning Sunshine

Finished

You have gained 100XP

Oh well. Free stuff to become stronger was always welcomed.

New Quest!: Go on a Adventure!

Conditions: Take a Mission

Rewards:50XP

Yup, the game definently thought he was stupid.

Today he was planning to relax too.

Happy was probably at the guild.

Oh well, might as well take a mission.

What's the worst that can happen?

Taking a casual stroll through the woods, he couldn't help but think, what this ability was.

He learned about stuff like RPG and stats, from Romeo, who had quite a number of games.

Soooooooo, his life just became a game.

This actually wasn't that bad.

Because in every single game, it took Romeo about 2 weeks to be able to beat everything.

He grinned. This wasn't bad, this was actually great!

Now, what else could he do?

Let's see, Romeo, could see in his games, how tough the enemy was, and in other games, their stats.

So, how does he do it?

Racking his head, he found a squirrel sitting calmly in a tree.

"So, what do i do?"

"Emm, Scan!, damn, not working. How about, Observe!"

Squirrel.

Normal squirrel that lives in the forest of magnolia.

No stats avabile. Level up Observe for more information.

"YES!" He did it.

Wait a bit.

"Shouldn't a tab appear again, because i made a new skill or something?"

'Or, was the game smart enough to know that he already had this skill? This observe skill, was pretty much used by all mages.'

He might as well check.

Calling out his character sheet, he found observe present next to his spells, in a new category. Along with his status apparently.

Skills:

-Observe: lvl 19 (This skill determines the strenght of your enemy. By leveling up this skill, the amount of information you get will increase. The skill has been reset to past level. Please re-use this skill.)

-Flame Eater: lvl 30-Max lvl (Due to being a Dragon Slayer, the user can eat his element to replenish a small amount of HP and a medium amount of MP, depending on the quantity of the fire.)

So, it was telling him to re-use it?

Okay, he might as well. Looking at the same squirrel he called out the skill.

"Observe!"

Squirrel

A common type of squirrels that live in the majority of forests.

Its stats aren't avaible since they aren't present on the human scale.

He blinked.

That was actually more information than he expected.

Oh well.

He finaly entered the city of magnolia, and headed towards the guild.

Kicking the door and entering, hes head was almost taken off by a chair.

The entirety of the guild was a brawl. Botles, chairs, table, hell, even people were getting thrown around.

Sneaking past everyone, in a attempt to not get hit with anything, he reached the counter.

Mirajane, who was currently wiping a glass, gave him a smile and a greeting.

"Hi, Natsu."

"Yo, Mira. Could you tell me where Happy is?"

Mirajane, instead of answering just giggled, and pointed to her right. Happy was sitting behind the bar, on a chair, munching on a fish.

"Yo, Happy!"

The cat looked up and it's face brightend instantly.

"Natsu!"

"Wanna go on a mission?"

"Weren't you saying that you wanted to relax today?"

"Yea, but i really want to take a quest. I don't really know why."

"Hmmm, I don't know Natsu. I promised Mira i'd help her with cleaning today."

"I'll use a third of the money to buy you fish."

"2 thirds or nothing."

"How about half?"

"Hmm, okay."

"You're such a slave driver Happy, I do all the work, and you get half the money." Natsu's head was kinda downcast at this.

"It's okay Natsu, you know i'm the brain here." Happy just smiled teasingly.

"Yea, you're righ- Wait, what did you say!?"

Sighing, he left towards the mission board.

A tab appeared in front of him, and he freaked out a bit.

Looking around he saw that nobody had noticed the tab.

Looking back he read what it said.

Quest Avabile for A-rank lvl Mages

1. Wyverin Hunt

Reward: 10000XP

300000 Jewels ( If i'm not mistaken, this is about 3000 dollars)

2. Vulcan Extermination

Reward: 10000XP

300000 Jewels

3. Bandit Camp

Reward: 100000XP

300000 Jewels

He raised a eyebrown.

Now this was interesting. 3 missions with the same rewards.

Thinking for a second, he picked up the Bandit camp mission.

Bandit Camp

Rewards: 10000XP

300000 Jewels

Description:

The Village named Orchid has requested the destruction of a bandit camp settled near them. Estimated size is of 50 people. There is a chance to meet rogue mages inside the camp as well.

Do you want to take this quest?

Yes No

Taping the yes button all the tabs dissaperd. He quickly left towards Mira.

"Mira, I'll take this quest."

"Sure, Natsu. I'll tell master when he comes back."

"Where is he?"

"At the annual guild master meeting."

"Wasn't it shec- sech- sched-... planned for later?"

"It's scheduled, Natsu. Yes, it was planned for july 8th, but they decided to have it now."

"Anyways, Mira, I'll be going. Bye!"

Mira only smiled, and wished him good luck.

Time Skip: 15:00 minutes

We now see Fairy Tail's dynamic duo at the train station, in they're normal banter at this location.

"I'm not going in! We'll walk till we get there!"

"Natsu, we gotta go with the train. The mission is really far away."

Grumbling, they got into the train.

Reaching they're compartiment, the blue kitten fell asleep, leaving the nauseous dragon slayer to his own thoughts. While his body and mind weren't in top condition, he could still manage to think about the mission.

Which, on a second thought seemed suspicious.

'That much money for a bandit camp?'

Popping out the quest tab and reviewing it, he came to a conclusion.

There is a chance to meet rogue mages inside the camp.

There, were surely, mages in the camp.

While a normal person, would scream in protest and abandon the mission, Natsu was a Fairy Tail mage.

And not a normal person by any means.

So instead of doing the most logical thing, he mentaly cheered, because fizicaly, he couldn't really do that.

Before he knew it, he already reached the destination.

Waking his blue companion up, he left the train and reached the village.

It was, by all means a normal village.

A dirt path leaded any visitors through the village, it had plenty of kids playing around, and almost all of the houses were older than 50 years.

Reaching the town hall, a tall building in comparison to the others. About the size of the guild, perhaps smaller.

Entering the building, a old man, recognizing his Fairy Tail symbol smiled.

"Hello mage. I presume that you are the one that took our mission."

"Yes, I'm the guy you're looking for."

Smiling he entered a room of the building.

Taking a better look inside, he saw that the building, despite being old, was normal on the inside.

The room he entered with the old man, was probably the mayor office.

Sitting down, the old man gestured to him to sit down.

Rustling through the drawers, he pulled out a map.

"Let's get to bussines, shall we?"

Without waiting for a response, he pressed the map onto the desk.

The map, was quite simple.

The village was placed in the middle, with woods in all directions. He pointed at the x.

"This is where the bandits are located. They have set up a camp, and are only growing in number by the days. Please take of them."

"Only one question old man."

"Ask away."

"How many mages are in the camp."

The man's eyes widened in surprise. Then he chuckled

"I should have expected that, from a Fairy Tail mage. We belived that there are 3 mages in the camp. 2 of them are below A-rank, perhaps C-rank mages. While the 3rd one, is probably A-rank, but however we don't know for sure. I presume you will abandon the mission won't you?"

Natsu just laughed.

"As if. I'm not one to pass a challenge."

The man, laughed along with him.

"I would lie if i would say i didn't expect that answer from a Fairy Tail mage."

Saying goodbye, Natsu and Happy left towards the forest.

Time Skip: Night-time

Reaching the camp, Natsu estimated that there were about 100 bandits. He also estimated that there were 2 mages present.

Quickly and silently reaching a tent he eavesdropped a conversation bethween 2 bandits.

"Say, when will we attack the village?"

"Well, we we're told to wait until the boss showed up."

'That must be the A-class mage.

"I already knew that idiot! I was asking when was he arriving."

"In about 3 days, if i'm not mistaken."

So the camp right now, was quite badly weakend because the head honcho wasn't here. It was settled. Tonight he was dealing with em, and with the other mage, later.

"How about we go have some fun tonight?"

He could almost feel the bandit's lecherous grin.

"What do you mean?"

"Did you forget about the women from the carrige? I sure as hell want a go at the strong blond chick."

The second bandit made a sound of understanding.

"So the slaves, I see. Well then, what are we waiting for?"

That did it.

Natsu seemingly dissaperd from his location, ripping open the tent from it's behind and knocking the 2 out.

His face was one of pure rage.

But before he could turn this camp to ash, he tripped on something.

More exactly a wand.

Looking down he used a wordless observe.

Observe:Magical Wand

This wand absorves Ethernano from the air and shoots it out at a high speed, with moderate damage. It is a moderatly high cost item, probably acquired from a robbery.

His eyes widened. If those bandits had one, than he was sure that the others had one too.

Wrestling his nerves, and finally managing to calm down, he thought of the situation.

The night had just begun, but it was still pitch dark.

There was a chance that all the bandits had this sort of wand on them.

Happy, who by now entered the tent aswell, was thinking on the same matter.

"Okay, i got a plan." Natsu wispered to his companion.

"First, we find the slaves they were talking about. Second, we save them. And third, we beat everyone by sneaking around. He himself didn't like the idea of being sneaky.

He was a man goddamn it! He wasn't one to just sneak around. But if all the bandits had one of those wands, he was beat.

They were in one, of the many tents that formed a circle around a fire. A couple of bandits were there, probably on guard duty. He also saw a carriage, outside of the circle, next to 2 big tents.

Nodding to eachother, he exited throught the ripped part of the tent, and slowly walked out.

Ping!

"Sneak" has been created.

Sneak is the skill that allows the user to move stealthier/silent based on it's level.

He mentally groaned. This wasn't the time.

Sneaking past the 2 tents, and entering the carriage. he found multiple woman, chained.

The moment he entered all of them perked slightly out in fear. He kneeled in front of the first woman of the group, took the chains in one hand, and melted them.

She looked at him shocked, but before she could say anything, he brought a finger to her mouth. Taking the map the old man gave him, he gave it to her, and pointed to where they were, and then pointed on the village.

She seemingly understood, as he melted all of the chains, carefull to not make any noise.

All of them carefully left the carrige, and bolted towards the village.

Natsu entered a thinking pose on the ground. From what he knew, there were 2 mages inside the camp, because the big A-class one was missing.

But the thing was that he didn't know in which one.

So he was trying to figure out which one of the tents held the other 2 mages.

His eyes widened, as he rememberd 2 bigger than normal tents around the carriage. He sighed in relief. Getting up, he usherd Happy to stay there.

He left the same way he came in, and started dropping the bandits one by one.

In 1 to 2 hours he finished the entire camp, excluding the mages and the bandits next to the fire. A quick glance, and he realised that the guard bandits were asleep, he approached them, took their wands, and silently woke each one of them up, and one-hit them into uncounciuness

Sighing in relief, he came to the conclusion that he took out all the bandits.

The level of "Stealth" has increased to 9

And now, all he had left were the mages.

He could be sneaky, but now...

He could be a man now!

He gatherd all of the wands, and, threw them at once into the fire.

"WHAT THE HELL!?"

They are apparently explosive. Good to know.

Out of the 2 bigger tents, 2 guys burst out.

Both of them were dressed in chainmail, a sash wrapped around their heads. One was nimble, and skinny, while the second one was bulky. The first one has 2 scimitars in his hands, and was 1.7 meters tall (I think it's about 5.3 feet, right?) and the second one was 1.8 meters tall. (about 5.10 feet) He wielded a massive war axe.

Observe!

Name:?

Level:?

Weapon: +5 Scimitar

Stats and Performances:

Vit: 12 = 800HP

Att: 6 (4 spells slots available - 2 occupied)

End: 11

Str: 13

Dex: 21

Spd: 18

Int:6 = 590 MP

Physical defense: 30 (Chainmail)

Magical defense: 0

Damage: 10-30

Information:

Beware of a skilled scimitar user. The weapon dosen't deal a big amount of damage, but it applies debuffs at a extremely fast rate.

Name:?

Level:?

Weapon: +5 War axe

Stats and Performances:

Vit: 21 = 1025 HP

Att: 6 (4 spells slots available - 2 occupied.)

End: 23

Str: 24

Dex: 9

Spd: 12

Int: 6 = 590 MP

Physical defense: 30 (Chainmail)

Magical Defense: 0

Damage: 175

Information:

The enemy's strikes are slow and heavy. Try dodging at the last second, and hit the bandit for bonus damage, in a counter hit.

'So one is fast, with low damage and debuffs? is that some sort of food?'

Debuffs are effects such as bleed, poison, crippeling strikes and such, which weaken the player.

With this in mind, he decided to focus the scimitar user, and stay away from the big guy's attacks.

"Oi, are you the idiot who's causing the racket!? HEY WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!."

Finding silence, they looked in all the directions, and saw that the bandits were sprawled onto the ground.

Getting over their shock and realising the situation of the camp, the 2 raised their weapons.

"The Blade Of The Dark Moon!" Bandit number 1 used this one, as the 2 scimitars gained a purple and black aura.

"Bloodthirsty Warhammer!" Bandit number 2's warhammer was clothed into a red aura.

Observe!

"The Blade Of The Dark Moon" is a buffing spell made to wear the enemy down with a extreme number of strikes and de-buffs. It Holds no extra damage.

"Bloodthirsty Warhammer" is a buffing spell made to crush opponents while making the user regain HP. It gives 80 extra damage and 12% Life Steal (Life Steal is the procces of regaining HP by the use of weapons by damaging opponest. 12% Life Steal = out of 100 Damage, 12 HP regained.)

Buffs in place, The Super Smash Bros (Author Note= i don't really want to refer to those guys as bandits-bandits-bandits over and over again, so i'm just gonna use the first duo that pops into my head when i write bout em. :D) dashed towards Natsu, the scimitar user reaching him first.

Natsu, while not the smarted outside battles, inside one, his mind was a steel cage, as he exploited opponest's weaknesses, and turned their strenghts against them.

The enemy strenght at the moment?

'Numbers. This is a 2v1, and i'm on a bad spot.'

Thinking fast, he realised that they are bandits.

Not guild-members, for that matter either. Not even friends perhaps.

The number one thing, that he needed to do, was to enter their flow of battle.

Dodging all of the scimitar user's attacks, he launched himself forward, head ducked, to avoid the wide swing that the second guy sent his way.

Drake and Josh jumped at him, at the same time, their weapons hitting eachother with a metal clang.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Landing a solid hit on the scimitar user, was enough to daze him, as he quickly jumped away, barely dodging the big guy's swing.

Bandit 1

HP:500/800

MP:300/590

Bandit 2

HP:1025/1025

MP:300/590

Ornstein and Smough jumped at him, scimitars flying in all directions, as he managed to dodge quite a number of them, before the scimitar user jumped back letting the the big guy hit. Natsu dashed in again, but this time, they were ready.

"Crushing Blow!" The big guy, lifted up his warhammer which shined red, and went for a downwards swing.

"Piercing Light!" The smaller one, quickly went for a piercing type attack from behind, which Natsu couldn't dodge.

Natsu grinned.

"Got ya!"

Natsu did a half-way turn, grabbed the scimitar user by the shoulders, and threw him with his attack still active, right onto the big guy, which slammed his warhammer down.

Both attacks hit at the same time as the 2 were knocked out.

A quick observe told him why.

Bandit 1

HP: 200/800. Because of the sudden loss of HP and the dangerously low HP the bandit reached, he was knocked out.

Bandit 2

HP: 400/1025. Because of the sudden loss of HP and the dangerously low HP the bandit reached, he was knocked out. The main amount of damage, wasn't dealt by the scimitar user, but, because the bandit number 2 tried to alter the swing to avoid hitting his comrade, he hit the second bandit, and himself.

Despite the situation he was in, Natsu couldn't find himself but wondering.

'This game has a sense of humor?'

Anyways, he pulled out a standard lacrima out of his vest, and made a quick call for the rune-knights to take the 2.

This standard lacrima, was given to all mages which belong to a guild. Incase of apprehending a criminal or more, they would send a pulse of magic into the lacrima, which would then, send a message to the magic council with their exact location.

Sighing he laided down on the grass, and checked his tab.

Natsu Dragneel

Title:Salamander

HP: 975

MP: 710

Level:1

Vit:19

Att:15

End:18

Str:20

Dex:15

Spd:20

Int:14

Physical Def: 50

Magical Def: 0

Damage: 140

XP avabile: 20000 (Each bandit worth 100 points, and there were 100. Each mage was worth 5000)

He whistled. That was a bunch of points.

Do you wish to level UP?

Yes NO

Natsu tapped yes.

Natsu Dragneel

Title:Salamander

HP: 975

MP: 710

Level:1

Avabile max points: 7

Remaining XP: 2500

Vit:19 +

Att:15 +

End:18 +

Str:20 + 7 = 27

Dex:15 +

Spd:20 +

Int:14 +

Physical Def: 50

Magical Def: 0

Damage: 154

He was kinda tired, so he just wanted to sleep. He didn't know if he could cancel the tabs, realising this isn't quite the best time to level up, so he just dumped all the stuff into STR.

Getting up for the final time, he tied up the 2 mages, and finally sat on the grass. Happy came to him, and fell right on his chest.

Sighing happily, he went to sleep.

ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CUT!

Now i beat my own limits here, i just went bawler on the chapter.

It may not be much to bigger stories, i'm still happy, cuz for me, this word count is a new record!

Now, tell me anywhere, you guys can PM, review, anything, that is criticism.

No flames please, i'll just give em to Natsu, but however criticism is happily received, since this story, was originally supposed to be just testing material.

Anyway, i hope you guys like the chapter.

Have a Wonderfull day! or night.

I don't really know.

BYE!