He was Naruto freaking Uzumaki damnit! Future Hokages wouldn't let things like video game rules and World enslaving monsters stop him from saving his precious people! Even if he had to crawl through their personal nightmares!
I do not own Naruto Uzumaki or any other elements of 'Naruto' because Masashi refused to give it to me when I asked, now he's on….THE LIST!
(Music suggestions see bottom authors note for more)
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Day-1 The beginning
(Pirates of the Carribean OST "Jack Sparrow", or other cheerfully ragged music)
It was a bright and cheerful morning in Konoha that our hero Naruto Uzumaki woke up to, the birds were singing the sun was shining brightly and one could hear in some corner of the building that classical music that always plays in cliché relaxing morning scenes. A smile touched his lips and he let his eyes flutter shut again happy to enjoy the moment.
BZZT BZZT BZZT
A hand slammed down the alarm clock that in its malicious hatred of rest of any kind, decided to ruin the Blonde genin's morning. Naruto groggily opened his eyes and his mostly asleep mind half-heartedly tried to remember what it was he had to do that day but it gave up and his shining blue orbs closed and he started snoring.
It seemed he was going to be late to his team's training session that day, Kakashi would have been proud.
A few hours later the birds had long since given up tweeting merry songs and went about their birdy business elsewhere. the sun had risen high into to the sky, however Konoha still remained silent.
In fact the entire elemental nation's was silent aside from the twittering's and coming and going of animals.
It was then Naruto awoke; he groggily rubbed his eyes and looked over to the alarm clock he had yet to break in morning rage, he saw it was 10 in the morning. Sighing happily he went back to bed and for a few seconds rested.
He then shot up and looked again wildly at the clock to ensure he hadn't misread it. Unfortunately for him the clock still read 10 am and Naruto let out a small whining sound before rushing about his apartment trying to get ready.
A few minutes later he crawled out of the bathroom, freshly washed and changed. He scrambled over to the kitchen and made some cup ramen and ran out the door while sipping his favourite morning beverage….ramen broth.
Yum-yum
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Naruto rushed out the door in a hurry had forgetting to slip on his bright orange jacket leaving him clad in only a white tee and his orange track pants with sandals. Shrugging to himself mentally he sprinted through Konoha before realising something rather strange.
Konoha was empty; the streets usually crowded with people going about their business were empty and dead quiet.
Feeling rather perturbed by the quiet Naruto started calling out in the empty area.
"Hello? Is anyone here?" he shouted hoping vaguely that someone would come out, however it was for naught as his voice just echoed in the shinobi village and he looked around wildly.
"I wonder what's going on." Naruto asked himself before heading off to training ground seven, if nobody was there he'd go to the Hokage tower, and if nobody was there then….
He'd figure something out.
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Nothing.
Nobody was around; the training ground lacked the sounds of his team working hard to improve themselves, the village square was dead silent, and the Hokage tower he'd found was completely empty, even when he had planted a paint bomb on the Hokage's desk the Anbu guards didn't even stop him like they always did when he tried that.
Naruto looked around before wondering what he could do, it was then he spotted something troubling.
There sitting right in front of him was an Anbu, he was sitting on the ground leaning against the wall, his pale white mask in the shape of a monkey stared blandly at him. Naruto certainly did not let out a girly scream when he realised the man was right behind the hokage's door the entire time.
"Uhhh, hi!" Naruto blurted out rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, trying to fight down the embarrassment he felt for squealing like that instead of reacting like a shinobi should, then again it was lucky he did react like a shinobi should or he'd be in trouble. "Uhh where is everyone? There's nobody outside in Konoha and I don't know what's going on." He said and waited for a response.
He didn't get one.
After a good minute had passed in silence Naruto got slightly annoyed at the lack of response and shook the Anbu lightly,
"Hey can you hear me alright? I'm talking to you!" he yelled out before he realised something, the man was completely unconscious.
Suddenly feeling very afraid of whatever could knock an Anbu unconscious Naruto looked around the Hokage's office again before trying to figure out how to wake up the man.
He tried pouring water on him, poking him, and all manner of painting moustaches on his mask didn't wake him up.
Naruto gulped lightly before nervously grabbing a hold of the man's mask. An Anbu's identity was a closely guarded secret and Naruto was breaking one of the unspoken rules in Konoha by doing this. But he needed answers and he wasn't going to get them by sitting here and waiting!
His precious people could be in danger!
Suddenly like that his nervousness vanished and Naruto's hands stopped shaking before he took off the Anbu's mask.
He was a rather ordinary looking guy, brown hair, brown eyes and a plain face. Naruto sweat-dropped at just how boring he looked and he realised that monkey was probably what he had termed nameless-ninja where they'd probably die to some stronger named guy. Whatever the case was the only thing that stood out about the guy was a weird star in a funny shape etched on his forehead in red.
Feeling for a pulse Naruto found one and it was strong so the guy wasn't sick, just in a deep sleep, or dead. Naruto wondered vaguely what had put the guy asleep before absentmindedly rubbing the man's tattoo to see if it was real or not.
The instant he touched it the tattoo glowed red and Naruto yelped in surprise as he felt something strange happened.
Begin mind rescue?
YES NO
Naruto felt as if the words had forced themselves in his head and even though it didn't hurt it still felt off and he quickly mentally selected yes without even thinking, hoping the throbbing in his head would go away.
Warning mind rescue 'Anbu #25' is meant for level 30 and up; Continue?
YES NO
Naruto groaned as the unfamiliar intrusion in his mind throbbed before he selected yes mentally again and then everything went black.
LOADING
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Hint: when mind rescuing a non-vital person you will only have to fight their boss as opposed to entire stages of the mind.
Naruto wondered what that meant before suddenly his vision shifted and he found himself standing in a field somewhere in Konoha proper. Then he saw the Anbu he'd found in the Hokage's office fighting off some sort of pitch black monster.
The creature was shaped like what he remembered what a lesser demon would look like with wings and a spade tail. However the beast also had strange elongated limbs and where normally would reside a face contorted in a cruel smile was only a wicked vertical mouth with sharp gnashing teeth as it screeched.
ENEMY BOSS!
INNER DEMON lvl.24
Hp: ?/?
Magic -/-
It batted the man away with barely a thought and then turned to Naruto before screeching again and Naruto realised he had been unable to move until then because now his limbs felt free of some weird invisible prison. But….his limbs felt like they weighed like lead and Naruto felt his mind slow down.
Unfortunately that was all he was able to process as the creature hissed before charging at Naruto and swiping at Naruto with sharp claws. Naruto jumped back only to yelp as a scratch stretched across his chest and a strange -98 popped out instead of blood. Naruto scowled as his chest felt like it was on fire, normally he would've gotten clear of the strike but his body felt heavier then it normally would.
The creature growled at its miss before it charged again and plunged its elongated clawed hand into Naruto's chest and he screamed out.
Attack damage 120!
Hp has reached 0 Naruto has fallen!
The entire Party is down! You lose!
Returning to hub world….
Suddenly the pitch dark feeling returned and the pain in Naruto's chest vanished and everything went contorted and his vision shifted into darkness again.
LOADING…..
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Hint: If you fall in battle don't worry! If any other party members are still awake and defeat all enemies around you will awaken with half health. However if all party members fall then you will reawaken at the last save.
Naruto woke with a start and found himself back in the Hokage's office. Naruto stared at the anbu for a second before he yelped and pawed wildly at his chest where the monsters claws had pierced him, but Naruto felt only smooth skin He stopped and wondered what the hell was going on. Then words shoved themselves in his mind again.
Mission failed!
Warning: if you fail enough times this person will fall into a coma and never awaken!
'Anbu #25' chances left: 1/5
Money earned: 0
Secrets found: 0
Items found: 0
Enemies defeated: 0
Time: 0.49
Score: 0
Rating…
D-rank.
Naruto growled at the words and was about to yell before the comatose man in front of him started coughing. Thick globs of blood poured out his mouth as he hacked and coughed the man's eyes opening for a second before he fell back. Slowly the rising and falling of the Anbu's chest became calmer after a few tense seconds had passed.
Ignoring the blood on his only white shirt left Naruto quickly checked if the man was okay and found one of the points of the star on his forehead was shaded in black.
Scratching his whiskers absentmindedly Naruto wondered what it all meant before resolving not to touch the big scary penta-thingy on the man's face and look elsewhere for clues or help.
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Exiting the building Naruto felt his body stiffen and freeze in place like it had when he saw the weird demon attack the Monkey Anbu. Naruto started panic lightly as he felt a weird decision before he found himself in an 'out-of-body-expierance; he felt as if he were watching his own body before he felt a presence and saw his head jerk up.
(Ominous music, horror ambience)
A figure dressed in black tattered robes stared at him, its face shadowed by a dark hood and the darkness inside made Naruto's gut freeze and want to run. It stood there for a second while Naruto felt his body jerk back in surprise the natural way he would've if he could've moved. Wondering what was going on Naruto both physically mentally stiffened when the figure spoke in a strange hissing whisper that seemed far louder than it should.
"And so the little Hero has been revealed… fate seems to have chosen its champion poorly…" At this the creature chuckled darkly. Then Naruto felt the now familiar sensation of words forcing themselves in his mind.
Hint: you are in a cutscene; this is a special event which only occurs in key moments. You are placed into a dialogue and can make different choice that WILL affect your path through the game, this time you can just ask questions however.
1. Who are you?
2. What are you talking about?
3. Where is everyone!?
Naruto felt a mental nudge and selected the first option after a moment of hesitation when everything seemed to pause. It was as if he could take all the time in the world to make his decision and it wouldn't matter, time would just pause before continuing when he selected an option. Naruto shoved these thoughts to the back of his mind before selecting the first option.
"Who are you?" Naruto heard himself ask.
"I am a creature of the night, one who walks among your worst nightmares, and the one that has caused the world to fall into eternal slumber." The figure seemed pleased with itself at that and cocked its head to its side,
Why have you done this?
What do you mean?
Who are you?
Naruto selected the second option trying to figure out what the figure meant.
"What do you mean by eternal slumber?" Naruto 'asked' and the creature laughed in a strange hiss,
"I feed off terror and fear, and the best meals come from people experiencing nightmares so after years of work and planning I have finally locked everyone in the world in their own personal nightmare….except you." It hissed out, and seemed to glare at Naruto
Why have you done this?
Who are you?
Why me?
"Why did you do that?" Naruto felt himself ask a lot calmer then he would have if he could, Naruto struggled vainly against the bonds, but his muscles didn't even twitch at his command.
"Have I not made myself clear? I feed off Terror! long ago I was sealed into your planet by those who feared me and my power, but after centuries of labour and work I finally have freed myself! Now I have locked the world in nightmares so I can regain my strength, and kill those who have dared take away my power!"
Who are you?
Why me?
"Who are you?" Naruto asked fear creeping into his voice and for once Naruto felt like the cutscene was mimicking himself pretty effectively.
"My name has long been spoken with dread and fear, I am Cabadon the demon of fear."
"Why am I still awake then if you've put the entire world to sleep?" Naruto asked automatically this time and the creature recoiled in anger.
"Those who locked me away learned of my plans in time to cast a counter measure so that someone with the strength to fight beings made of fear and despair itself would be able to stop me…. They chose poorly it seems though…" The creature hissed out mockingly and then suddenly the cutscene shifted again.
"Why are you telling me all this?" Naruto felt himself ask and he realised now all control had been rested from him and he could just watch.
"Because you are going to die no matter what you try, my visions of death and destruction would cause any man to go insane never mind a boy like you, it's only a matter of time before you fail and become locked in my eternal nightmare. By all means try to stop me, it will only hasten your death." With that the creature vanished and the cutscene ended.
(Madder sky Code Geass ost, or other heroic music)
Naruto felt his invisible prison go away and he shivered at the thought of that creature running rampant in his friends' minds.
No, he wouldn't let it do that! He'd stop that monster from taking over his world and he wouldn't be fed off of like some sort of animal!
He was Naruto freaking Uzumaki damnit! Future Hokages wouldn't let things like video game rules and World enslaving monsters stop him from saving his precious people! Even if he had to crawl through their personal nightmares!
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And that's a wrap! I was hit by this idea after reading yet another video-game ficlet of Naruto and I decided to do my own…with my own little spin of course.
So Naruto has been locking in an RPG much like Kingdom hearts and Legend of Zelda combined. Basically he has to crawl through important character's minds and fight off their worst nightmares to wake them up.
In essence plot important characters ranging from important ones like Sasuke all the way to minor ones like kotetsu are regarded as boss stages and their minds are like dungeons.
Nameless people like generic civs, Chuunin/genin, and anbu are just for grinding and the fact it wouldn't make sense if they were awake or if they were left alone.
I have music suggestions writing brackets between scene breaks and at certain moments in the story, if you've played Kingdom hearts before (which you should have!) it's to add that certain "anime game" feel to the scenes and you don't have to follow but it might be a bit awkward listening to the rap music you kids love during (attempt at) a heartfelt death/love scene. Just saiyan! I will try to repeat songs so if you want you can use a handy-dandy youtube mp3 downloader to make opening the music a little faster and less distracting.
Or you can tell me to stuff my music where the 'sun don't shine'; but I'll cry if you do…
At the end of every chapter I'll also have a list of any new character's/companions and their stats, and if Naruto defeats a new kind of enemy they'll be down here too.
This is basically a snapshot of their abilities however and aren't too important. Next chapter will be a snapshot of the game rules and the one after that will be the beginning of Naruto's journey.
I already have a pairing in mind so it's too late to suggest anyone but feel free to either try to convince me or try to guess, it'll also be a supah secret and isn't as obvious as it'll initially appear.
Also while we're on that note, feel free to leave a review with any criticism or ideas or concepts you guy would like to see!
Now I'll shutup!
Naruto Uzumaki (pre-game world)
Stats:
Hp: 2000
Mp: 999999
Strength: 25
Agility: 15
Spirit: 999
Intelligence: 5
Endurance: 50
Naruto Uzumaki (now)
Stats:
Hp: 100/100
Mp: locked
Strength: 1
Agility: 1
Spirit: 1
Intelligence: 1
Endurance: 1
Skills
Tai: 5
Nin: 5
Gen: 5
Abillities locked!