Summary: Somehow, Naruto had gotten used to seeing the textual box in front of him that he forgot that it was not normal at all. Or in other words, Gamer AU!
No. 1: The Scroll
When Naruto stole the Forbidden Scrolls, he didn't just read the Shadow Clone jutsu. His innocent glance had also managed to catch another trick that he carelessly attempted to add power to the hundreds clones in the battle, oblivious to its large impact to him.
Nothing had happened when he had tried the jutsu. There was just a big poof that surrounded him and made him feel dizzy. He just shrugged it off as a failure and quickly dashed to his sensei's rescue.
Later, that day, he was too caught up with the events that happened so he didn't notice a transparent box that suddenly popped up. He was out cold and sleeping blissfully, not knowing how much his life would change.
[Congratulations! For successfully doing the Gamer Jutsu, you now received the "Gamer" Title.
Please customize for your character within the next twenty-four hours or the system will randomly select for you.
Time Limit: 22.23.46]
No. 2: Instant Manual
Waking up to see a transparent textual box was not what Naruto expected to start off his day as a genin. Finding out that it won't simply disappear made it worse.
Confused cerulean eyes flashed in frustration when nothing seemed to pace the box. The box seemed transparent enough to be considered as a ghost that it scared him to death but it was solid enough to be something real. He just had no idea what to do with it nor did he have an idea of the time limit stated in it.
"Isn't there some instruction or something?!" the blond screamed in frustration. Some part of his mind wondered why he was even bothering to waste his time for something insignificant like this when he should be going to the academy and find out his genin team.
Almost as if someone had heard him from above, another text box popped up.
[Would you like to have the knowledge of what it means to be a Gamer? (YES/NO)]
Feeling more confused, he stared at the words for a couple of minutes before mutely pressing the "YES". He watched in wonder when the box suddenly fade but flinched in surprise at how some details managed to get into his brain.
"Oh, so this is the jutsu that I did before...and my life is now like a game?"
The previous box appeared once again and one hour seemed to have passed from the time limit. Unlike before, he had an idea on what it was about.
"I have to customize my character in [Status], I think..."
Somehow, his morning was causing him to recognize an intuition that's warning him of something troublesome about his current situation.
It's not making him feel better.
No. 3: Status
"[Status]," he said aloud, his mind still trying to progress the information that he had received. A box containing his status appeared and he stared quietly for a couple of seconds. This new feature seriously was making him speechless.
"Unfair! What's with these stats?! My INT is 1! INT means intelligence, right? Is this game mocking me and calling me stupid?! I'm not stupid. I'm awesome, dattebayo!"
"And why do I have a title that makes people hate me?! What does Jinchūriki even mean?!"
"I'm even just Level 10! I should be more than that level! Why is there even a lock in my name?!"
[Status]
Name: Uzumaki Naruto (Locked)
Age: 10
Level: 10
Exp: 1,200/10,000
HP - 11,000/11,000 (+150)
CP - 100/100 (+50)
SP - 11,000/11,000 (+50)
[Active Title]
Jinchūriki (-1,000 RP to Konoha, +500 RP to other Jinchūriki, Additional Stats)
Change Title? (YES/NO)
[Attribute]
STR - 10+ (+20)
INT - 1+ (+5)
LUK - 13+ (+10)
AGI - 5+ (+10)
DEX - 5+ (+20)
STA - 16+ (+15)
Attribute Points: 10
Distribute Points? (YES/NO)
[Player Stat]
Guts: Bold
Proficiency: Bumbling
Kindness: Inoffensive
Charm: Existence
Knowledge: Oblivious
No. 4: Attributes
It was really insulting how he had only one points in intelligence. He had felt rather proud of her points in stamina but the 1 in INT had him feeling annoyed. His fingers twitched in aggressiveness to fix his points but he controlled him. He should have thought of it more. The instruction in his head had even warned him that distributing points were permanent.
Still...
"Take this!" Naruto exclaimed loudly as he pushed all his attribute points in INT, wanting nothing more than to prove people that he's no idiot by all means. "Stupid system, thinking that I'm not smart!"
The blond boy pressed the confirmation in gleeful anticipation. He could already feel himself getting smarter.
[Congratulations! You have distributed all of your starting points. Due to only distributing the points in one attribute, you have gained the "Idiot" Title.]
Cerulean eyes narrowed in disbelief. "Why?!" he wanted to shake this insulting system. The game practically called him an idiot despite not having low intelligence.
His head ached a little as the distributed points finally took effect. Most of the common senses that he lacked were drilled in him and information became easier to understand.
With a more levelheaded mind, he muttered lowly like a swear, "INT doesn't equivalent to being wise..."
The increased in intelligent acknowledged that what he did was idiotic. Focusing on one attribute would do him no good since they'll complementary with each other. There was a need for diversion if he wanted to become powerful.
He pouted, though.
"Still, it was an honest mistake. This stupid game didn't have to be harsh and get me an idiot title."
No. 5: Title
"Speaking of titles, what is up with my Active Title?" the boy moved his attention at his status once again and opened the menu for titles. "Let's see, it should be in...[Title]?"
Looking at the new pop-up, he briefly thought that it would be weird if he kept on saying the commands out loud and wondered if he could make the boxes appearing by just thinking. He shrugged his shoulders, trying to focus at the situation on hand.
The titles in the box were not reassuring and he really had no idea what they were all about.
[Title Selection]
Jinchūriki (LV. -1) - Capable of drawing power from a Bijuu. Demerit of being hated and targeted. Unlocked Active Title.
Uzumaki Survivor (LV. 1) - Having fast healing and huge stamina. Demerit of having huge appetite. Locked Active Title.
Son of XX (LV. -1) - Being prominent in seals and some jutsu, especially wind, water and speed types. Demerit of being targeted and hated by Iwa. Locked Active Title. Partially locked Passive Title.
Lucky Child (LV. 2) - Very lucky in games and bets, especially poker. Demerit of high encounter rate for trouble. Unlocked Active Title.
Orange Prankster (LV. 5) - Capable of using traps and blending in the background efficiently. Unlocked Active Title.
Idiot (LV. 1) - Being treated not seriously by people. Lower intelligence and RP. Unlocked Active Title.
Gamer (LV. 1) - Makes life akin to a game. Increase of level updates the game and adds other functions. Special Title.
? ? ?
"There's a negative level, two even...," Naruto sweatdropped but narrowed his eyes at first three titles. Even with the knowledge he gained from the increased INT, he still couldn't understand them. "If Jinchūriki is my Active Title, it means that it's the one making others hate me. And the other things like survivor and son? Do they have to do with my parents?"
He was not necessarily thinking that the villagers hated him, but he could feel their wariness of him. It never had to do with his pranks since they started way before that. This game hinted the [Jinchūriki] Title made him and he wanted to understand why. Did it have something to do with him containing the Kyuubi?
It also made him question about his heritage, if only because even the game didn't say anything about who they were. Why kept them a secret?
"If only there was a..."
An comprehensive silence took the usual loudness of the genin ninja. "I got it!" he grinned in anticipation. "The instruction of the system mentioned about the [Appraisal] Skill for more information so..."
"[Appraisal]!"
No. 6: Choices
Iruka was worried. He glanced at his graduating students and frowned when his hyperactive blond was not around yet. He was certain that his student would have been the first to arrive but the reveal of the Kyuubi might have still bothered him.
'Naruto didn't act much different yesterday,' the teacher thought to himself, silently cursing that he didn't dwell on it much. 'I should have checked on him. Maybe something happened? Or maybe–'
"Sorry, I'm late!"
The loud familiar voice interrupted his trail of thoughts and the student in question stood at the door with a carefree smile. The older man felt ticked and asked immediately, cutting off the other students' inquiry as to why Naruto was here, "Why are you late?"
Naruto, for his part, opened his mouth to answer before looking surprised at something. He blinked and closed his mouth in apparent confusion. It looked as if he was considering something but being confused at it.
Now, Iruka was more worried.
"Naruto?"
Finally focusing on him, the boy grinned as if he didn't act oddly moments ago. "Sorry, Iruka-sensei! I got lost since this black cat crossed my the path of life and I had to go to the detailed way!"
A sense of deja vu crept into the Academy teacher and he silently sweatdropped, wishing that his student would not make this a habit. There was already an infamous ninja that was always late.
...
...
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[+100 RP to Hatake Kakashi]
[+200 RP to Uchiha Obito]
[+1 Charm]
Naruto stared at the three boxes that popped up when he chose the lesser evil to answer Iruka-sensei's question. It surprised him that there were some choices to choose from for the question. After the mind blowing information he received from [Appraisal], this was not what he needed.
Still, he adapted quickly and just chose what he had liked.
But...
'Who's this Kakashi and Obito guy anyway?'
A/N: I really shouldn't be writing when I still haven't updated my other Naruto fanfic, which has an actual plot and all. But I liked the Gamer AU and I wanted to see how this will go... This is totally crackish and I'm not one bit regretful.