This story was inspired by Percy Jackson The Dark Gamer by nutsofthechest.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.
Warning! There will be coarse language, gore, and much more... If it's not your cup of tea, please do not read on. Otherwise…
Note: Although this is in the Naruto section, very little will be from the actual Naruto-verse. Sorry!
Enjoy!
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He had died.
Plain and simple.
He didn't know how, but he had.
His last memories were of an explosion in his office.
Yes, the Hokage's office. He had become the Rokudaime Hokage, and yet for all his combat prowess, he had died.
And now he sat, or maybe floated? Ah, existed. Yes, that was the right word. He existed.
He had no body that he knew of. In fact, he couldn't sense anything.
For a shinobi, that was terrifying. Yet he didn't feel terrified. Odd.
He was surrounded by an endless void. No light, no sound, nothing.
He was stuck, existing in nothingness.
'This sucks...'
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Like a giant movie screen rolling the credits, a window of text floated up into his vision.
Welcome!
How would you like to proceed?
[Stay in the void for eternity, never to see anything again. Only darkness till the end of time.]
Or
[Start New Game]
Well… That's a pretty difficult choice. I mean- Bah, who am I kidding.
"Start New Game, please."
Are You Sure?
"Yes."
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Bright light shined into his eyes, causing him to wince. Finally, after an embarrassingly long period of time, he opened his eyes.
It was actually pretty similar to the times when he exhausted himself training, and fell asleep at the training grounds. He had a sore back, stiff muscles, waking up to the sunlight, and the trees. Birds chirped, the trees rustled, the ground… well, the ground was the ground. For some reason, everything around him seemed larger. Much, much bigger than he was used too.
He sat up. For some reason his body felt heavy. Weak. Small. 'Wait small?' Looking down at himself, Naruto almost screamed.
'WHAT THE SHIT!'
He was in the body of a baby. Well not exactly. It was smaller than he was used to, but his body looked more like a child than a baby. 'Okay, I'm in a child's body, in the middle of a giant sized forest, with nobody around, and no signs of civilization for miles. Fan-fucking-tastic.'
Welcome to-
"WOAH, Fuck!"
Planet Maximus.
Would you like to start the tutorial now?
"What the fuck is happening to me?!"
You have been reborn in a new world named Planet Maximus. Roughly 200 times the size of your previous planet Earth. Your body has reverted to that of its 6 year old self. This is a world full of magical creatures, amazingly powerful beings, and waterfalls! Adventure awaits!
Would you like to start the tutorial now?
"...sure"
Welcome to Planet Maximus, you have been reborn into a world of fantasy. Yet you have been granted a power with the potential to outclass even the strongest of beings. Take advantage of this power and survive!
Please choose your [Name].
"Naruto Uzumaki"
Are you sure?
"Yes."
Congratulations Naruto Uzumaki! From this point on, you have unlocked [Thought Based Navigation]. This means you can navigate menus, and the like with merely a thought. Don't worry though, this is intent based as well, so you will not be doing unintended things.
Please say [Status] or [Stats]
"Stats"
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: The Gamer (Gives you access to Gamer's Mind, and Gamer's Body.)
Age: 6 years
Race: Human…?
LVL: 1
EXP: 0/100
HP: 20/20
HP Regen: 1.0 MP / min
MP: 50/50
MP Regen: 7.5 MP / min
STR: 10
DEX: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 40
WIS: 75
LUK: 60
'Wow, this is awesome.
Alright, lets see... STR must be Strength, which will affect my physical strength, and probably my physical damage as well.
Then DEX is Dexterity. That means my speed, attack speed, perception, and more…
VIT must be Vitality, which means it will affect my survivability. Probably boosts HP and regen. And endurance as well… Lets see, it looks like my HP started at 10, and grows by 1 every point in VIT. The regen looks like 10 VIT per 1 HP Regen / min. That's actually pretty good. 20minutes and I'll be back at full HP.
Overall my physical stats seem really low. Then again maybe that's normal for a child? Or maybe my other stats are super inflated. Bah, I'll table that for now.
INT is definitely Intelligence. Probably measures how smart I am… also boosts my MP Pool, by 1 every point. It's also really high compared to my physical stats. Which means my mind has retained itself, instead of reverting to my younger self like my body.
WIS… ah, Wisdom. That must be intuition, like street smarts and stuff. Probably boosts MP Regeneration. Ah, probably relates to willpower as well. That would make sense. I might have been lacking brains, but no one would ever say I lacked willpower.
LUK is definitely Luck. It's pretty high too. I suppose it also came from my past life.
Ping!
For thinking things through clearly and efficiently you have received
+1 INT = 41
And what the hell is Gamer's Mind and Gamer's Body?'
[Gamer's Mind] LVL: Max
{Gamer's Mind lets the user remain calm in all situations. This does not mean you will not feel emotions. Just not be controlled by them. It also protects gamer from all forms of mental intrusion and manipulation.}
[Gamer's Body] LVL: Max
{The ability to have your body treat life like a game. As long as you don't hit 0 HP, any wound will heal within a matter of seconds. Overpowered as fuck}
'Okay, that must be why I'm so calm right now and not freaking out about the fact that I fucking DIED… I'm cool… I'm cool…'
Say or think [Inventory] to continue.
'Alright, let's see if this works…
Inventory'
A window appeared in front of Naruto. It's right side was separated into boxes, and had two tabs at the top, one labeled Inventory, and the other a '+' sign. On the left side, there was a 3D model of himself. Sitting in all his naked glory, with his sun-kissed blonde hair adorning his head. He seemed to have retained his signature whisker marks as well as his deep cerulean blue eyes.
This is your inventory. You can store nearly anything inside. This excludes living beings, and giant ass shit that you have no business storing. Plants will live though.
The + sign is for sorting. Just click the + sign, and label the tab. Then think what you want to store in the tab, and it will automatically store items in the correct tab. To access one of these tabs directly, think [Inventory: Tab Name]
The Inventory will also act as an equipment storage. You can equip items like clothing or weapons through the inventory by dragging them on top of your character model on the left hand side.
"This is so cooool! I have my own personal bank that can store literally anything! Fuck yeah!
Tutorial Complete! For now…
+ 100 EXP
+ 1 Perk
Ping!
Level Up! Now Level 2
Please Choose one of these perks.
[Point Hoarder]
{Gain 10 unused points instead of 5 every level.}
Or
[Elemental Prodigy]
{All types of elemental skills receive double the exp towards their skills.}
"Hmm… Point hoarder would be awesome, double points per level. Then again I don't know how high the level cap is-"
On Planet Maximus, there is no level ceiling.
"Oh… well that's just broken. Okay, Point Hoarder"
Ping!
Acquired Perk [Point Hoarder]
"Sweet. Now, Stats"
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: The Gamer
Age: 6 years
Race: Human…?
LVL: 2
EXP: 0/200
HP: 20/20
HP Regen: 1.0 MP / min
MP: 51/51
MP Regen: 7.5 MP / min
STR: 10
DEX: 10
VIT: 10
INT: 41
WIS: 75
LUK: 60
Unused Points: 5 (Note: He leveled up before he got Point Hoarder)
"So every time I level up, I need another 100 EXP on top of the previous requirement. Shouldn't be too bad."
...
"Okay, now what the fuck do I do."
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Nodding to himself, he went over his plan once more in his head. 'First I have to find food, water, and shelter. Shelter probably would include a fire of some sorts for night time, which hopefully won't be too cold.
Second, I'll have to find some sort of weapon to defend myself with. According to this Gamer thing, there are magical creatures throughout the world, some will probably be dangerous, and might even be living in this very forest. I should assume that they are dangerous, and that they are living in this forest. That way I will be prepared… Hopefully.
Third, gather information about this world. Learn whether there are other people on this world, or if I am alone. Most likely there will be other people, because the description said this place was filled with amazingly powerful beings, which would imply other living things, hopefully sentient and nice.
Under the assumption that there would be dangerous creatures around, Naruto slinked through the forest at a mild pace, letting his years of stealth experience guide him.
Ping!
A skill from your last world has been brought back through working through it again. This will occur at varying points in your adventure, and will occur at varying levels of difficulty.
[Stealth] LVL: Master-54
Mana Cost: 0 MP / min
{The ability to hide yourself from the senses of others.
- Reduces movement speed by 25%
- Guarantees a critical strike with attack when active
Master- NO mana cost for using the [Stealth] skill.}
'Hey game, what do the 'Normal, Apprentice, Master and Grandmaster' things mean for my skill level?'
These titles refers to the grade of the skill. Each skill starts at Normal level 1 when created, unless learned through different means. When a skill reached level 100, it will evolve and gain sometimes new trait. The grades go as such:
Normal (Will not show up)
Apprentice
Master
Grandmaster
Legendary
Wordly
Godly
He closed the window, pondering the leveling system. 'So my skills evolve, and sometimes gain traits like the Master trait of my stealth skill. I would assume it gets harder to level up as each level increases. I wonder if I can get any of my other skills back. No, I'll do that later, when I have time.
Once again he started walking, this time activating [Stealth]. He could feel himself slow down, but at the same time, he didn't have to focus so hard on not being found. It was odd. Almost like someone else was guiding his path, telling him to step here, or to duck there. He grinned. This was awesome.
Grumble.
Ah, right, food.
Making his way over to one of the berry bushes he had seen around, he plucked a few of the small red berries. Examining them, he shrugged. He couldn't really tell what they were.
Ping!
A new Skill has been created.
[Observe] LVL: 1
Mana Cost: 1 MP / use
{Saying or thinking Observe will allow you to see a brief description of an object or being. More information will become available as you level up this skill. As of now you can see a brief description of the target.}
'That was ridiculously easy. Maybe this is the the game's way of making sure I don't die on the first day. Observe.'
[Red Berry]
{A tiny red berry. Safe to eat, but not very satisfying unless eaten in large quantities. Restores 1 HP every berry.}
'Holy shit, that's awesome.'
Taking advantage of the situation, Naruto collected as many of the berries as he could, stuffing them into a newly created tab called Foods. As the name implied, it sorted and stored foods.
After cramming handfuls around 50 berries into his inventory and exhausting the supply on that bush, he stood from his crouched position. Glancing around and finding his original path, he continued in the same direction, firing off observes at anything and everything he could see in an attempt to level up the skill.
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A/N Thanks for reading! Sorry for the lack of actual content, most of this chapter was setting up the story and how the Naruto's gamer ability works.
The title of the story will become more apparent in the coming chapters.