Author's note: First things first sorry for updating in while my final semester at college has ended up being a rather tough one and I haven't had as much time as I would've liked to work on this. That being said this fic isn't dead and as I graduate in two weeks I will try and get you guy a brand new chapter out after that. I also hope that since I will finally not have to go to school any longer and with the approachment of summer I can get many more chapters out to you guys then previously so. Besides that I'm also going back and editing all of chapters most for spelling mistakes and like as well as trying to make it easier to read. I also be making a few changes mostly just adding and deleting a few things to make the overall story more consistent but no majore changes will occur. Well I suppose I've rambled for long ehough now. Have a great day everyone and as always if anyone wants to Beta or knows someone who would please let me know as the help would me much appreciated.
edit: 4/30/16
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Normal speech: "Whats up"
Demon/Divine speech: "Nothing much"
human thinking: Damn I hope no one can hear me
Demon/Divine thinking: Guess again mortal
Summary: The world can be a horrible place and poor Naruto is unfortunate enough to learn this at a young age. Then one day he obtains a great power the question is will he use it for good or take revenge on all those who have wronged him.
Chapter 1: It begins
The village hidden in the leaves was one of the best places to live in the entire Elemental Nations. It had beautiful scenery, a mild non-humid temperature year round, a trove of shops and natural delights to explore and its walls had only been breached once in its relatively short history despite going through three wars and one bijuu attack. Konoha was truly a magnificent example of a paradise on earth, or at least it was for most of its citizens. For one small boy however it was anything but, Naruto Uzumaki had a great deal of bad experiences within Konoha's fair walls.
At only six years old Naruto had gone through far more than any child should. For reasons unknown to him he was at best a nuisance and at worst a downright villain to the citizens of Konoha. As early as he could remember the average citizen hated him, but this usually never went beyond a few harsh whispers, or particularly cruel words. Once in a while someone grew brave and abused him physically or they tried at least, as soon as they touched him physically men wearing masks would appear out of nowhere and take them away. He was always watched by these men in masks and as soon as anyone tried to cause him physical harm they were whisked away, to where he did not know but he did know that whatever happened to them they were never seen or heard from again. The men in masks had always protected him for as long as he could remember never failing in all but one occassion. Last year there had been an incident orchestrated by multiple parties including some shinobi and Naruto had paid the price for it. Needless to say when the Hokage had found out he had all those involved publicly executed. The first public execution in more than four decades, but the Hokage wanted everyone to know that Naruto was not to be touched. Not that it mattered the damage had been done leaving young Naruto more than a little broken and with a great fear of being touched by anyone, even those close to him of which there were few.
The boy had grown up in Konoha's red light district a place where the supposed scum of the world lived, but in Naruto's admittedly short experience they were of much better character than the rest of Konoha's citizenry. Where the normal citizen detested his presence (there were no more cruel words except in hushed tones or physical confrontations since the executions), the people in the red light district actually seemed to at least be neutral to him and some even seemed to like him. Of course no matter how much Naruto preferred their company, growing up in the red light district had, had its effect on Naruto. For one he had developed quite the colorful vocabulary despite only being six years old, a fact the Hokage seem to regret, even though he did nothing to change it. Naruto also had a rather troubling knowledge of sexuality both because of where he lived and because of the incident another thing the hokage immensly regretted.
Physically there was little wrong with him, he was a little small for his age and a little on the thin side, but otherwise he was fine. Actually truth be told he was better than fine, the boy was remarkably fit for his age and even for a child had a ridiculous amount of energy. Mentally though Naruto was most definitely not alright. Sure he was smarter than most children his age not because he was a prodigy or anything but more because his life demanded it. His actual mental health though was another thing entirely being more than just a little worrisome. Growing up in place that for the most part hated him had led to young Naruto being far more paranoid and mistrusting of others than any child had any right to be. Living in the red light district had also given him a bad attitude and the previously mentioned foul mouth to boot. Finally the incident last year, besides making Naruto so scared of being touched that the mere thought of it caused a panic attack, had also driven him even farther inside himself than he already was. The fact of the matter was the boy was close to insanity he could almost hear it. Children had a remarkable mental durability sure, but there was a limit and Naruto was at his and even the smallest thing more could send him tumbling over the edge.
Despite all of this though Naruto kept moving forward with the intention of getting stronger so that no one could ever hurt him again. To this end Naruto had just joined the Ninja academy, after all the Hokage was the strongest man he knew and he was a ninja so that was all the reasoning Naruto needed to make his decision. Unbeknownst to him though fate had other plans for the young Naruto.
"Fuck you Amaterasu, you cock-sucking bitch" Naruto groaned as he woke up in bed. "Stretching out he said "Today's the day that I become strong" so with that in mind he got out of bed and started his day.
Having showered and eaten Naruto made his way out the door. He was dressed simply, having only a slightly too big black t-shirt, and orange shorts with sandals on as he started to make his way to the academy.
Ignoring the usual whispers from people as he made his way, he soon arrived at the academy doors.
"Hmm so this is it huh, well I guess there's no time like the present" Naruto exclaimed and with these words he headed in.
Quickly finding his class and an empty seat he sat down and waited for class to start.
The class was your typical noisy classroom filled with six year olds with dreams of being a hero and rescuing some princess or other such nonsense. There also didn't seem to be anyone of particular note either, no clan children or anyone that looked like they might go far, but it was still to early to say for sure after all they were only six and were just starting out on their paths to become shinobi.
Naruto ended up not having to wait long because only a couple of minutes later the bell rang and the teacher walked in.
"Good morning class my name is Haruto and I will be your teacher this year, so lets make it a good one shall we" the now named Haruto said
"Hai Haruto-sensei" the class chorused.
After that, the day went like most first days do, first an introduction, then going over what they'd be doing this year, the normal boring stuff. Of course Naruto soon found out his teacher was among those who didn't like him as when he had tried to ask a question he had been ignored. His classmates seemed to pick up on their sensei's dislike and probably their parent's own hatred of him as they seem to keep their distance from him. Oh well he wasn't here to make friends anyway and at least this way he wouldn't have to worry about others touching him.
*a few hours later*
"Damn I knew not to expect much the first day, but what a waste of time that was" Naruto said as class ended.
Walking outside only to be met with harsh whispers of parents picking up their children, Naruto had enough of people's unreasonable hatred for today and decided to go to the one place in Konoha where he could be alone to think, Arriving at the Hokage monument Naruto sat on his favorite Kage's head the Nidame.
He supposed he was an odd choice, most of the people of Konoha would of chosen, well anyone else really, but to Naruto he was a man worthy of respect. In his opinion though the Nidame was superior to all the other Hokages. He had made many of the organizations and rules that were still in place in Konoha to this day. Not to mentio he had also been ridiculously strong and intelligent, not only had he created many of his own jutsu, but many of them required such an extreme amount of chakra and control, that it is beyond what most other ninja have both then and now. Of course shinobi back then would've had a much better chance at performing one of his justu than any shinobi today would. Naruto was more than smart enough to know that the whole new generation surpassing the previous one was a bunch of bullshit. While in theory that should be the case with the old passing their knowledge on to young, in practice it was absoultely horse shit because of the era of peace they were in. As unpleasant of a thought as it was strife made people strong, if for no other reason than to survive. It was the same reason Naruto was stronger and smarted than all his classmates, not because he was born that way, but because if he wasn't he would have never had survived as long as he had. It was also the reason why the Nidame and shinobi back then were so much stronger than the ninja of today because in a time where everyone was fighting each other if you weren't than more then likely you were dead.
This survival of the fittest mentality Naruto had also led the thing Naruto admired most about the Nidame because unlike his brother and the fourth he had been of practical realities not the naiveties of the first and fourth and to some extent even the third. The second didn't believe in some naieve concept of everlasting peace or other such bullshit, but in trying to make sure the people of Konoha were always protected and that at least while inside these walls you would be safe. Which was far more practical than trying to make sure all people of the world chose to right thing of their own free will forever.
In truth the Nidame was the man Naruto wanted to be some day strong, smart, and couldn't care less about what others thought of him. As of now though Naruto was none those things; he was pretty weak as far as strength went and was only slight above average in terms of intelligence and while for the most part he couldn't less what others thought of him their was still some small childish part of him that wanted the village to acknowledge him. Despite having none of those qualities though, Naruto still had to try even if it proved futile in the end he was going to at least give it his best.
"I will get stronger no matter what it takes" Naruto muttered as he stood up to leave and return home.
Then as if fate itself was mocking him, a part of the Nidame's head gave way and he fell off the monument to his almost certain death below.
"Arrrhhhhhh!" Naruto yelled as he fell.
"Dammit this can't be how I die, it just can't be" Naruto thought he was falling to his death.
As he was falling to his inevitable doom Naruto saw something glinting in the air as it fell towards him.
"Is that a shog-" was all Naruto got to say before a bright light enveloped him.
"Where am I?"Naruto asked as he seemed to be floating in a sea of darkness
"Shit am I dead. I can't be dead, I'm too young to die after all I've been through" Naruto said as he lamented his fate.
"You aren't dead young one" a voice said.
"What who was that?" Naruto questioned.
"Have you ever felt that you were born into the wrong world?" "What do you think about your world?" "Is it fun?" "Is it easy to live in?" the voice asked.
"Was it fun? Was it easy to live in? No if anything life was like one of those crappy games you could never win at" Naruto thought
"No this world is just one crappy game." Naruto replied
"Oh and what if the world could be more like a game? What then?" the voice asked.
"If there's a place like that out there, then that is where I want to live" Naruto said without hesitating.
"Hmm be careful what you wish for " the voice replied before everything once again went white.
"Huh" Naruto said as he sat up in bed"
"So it was all just a dream then" Naruto said as he looked around his apartment.
"Whatever I'm just glad its over, I could of swore it was real though" Naruto said getting out of bed
Ding
"What the fuck was that?" Naruto question when he looked for the source of the sound. When he suddenly saw a message in a blue box pop up in the air.
Congratulations you have found Tet's piece, a magical item that for you and only you makes the world into a video game. (note: some higher level beings will be aware of the games existence and some are even immune to its effects.
"What the fucking hell is this ?" Naruto asked rather freaked out.
This couldn't be real right? He had to still be dreaming right? Yea that was it, this was all just a crazy dream his stupid brain cooked up. All he had to do was pinch himself and he'd wake up, then he could forget all about this madness. With that solid plan in mind Naruto closed his eyes and pinched himself as hard as he could.
"Oww" Naruto said after he pinched himself
"That really hurt, wait that hurt, shit that must mean..." Naruto said apprehensively as he slowly opened his eyes only to see the blue box still there.
"Fuck, Fuck, Fuckity, Fuck" Naruto yelled as he stomped on the gound.
"As if I don't already have enough bullshit to deal with in my life, now this crap happens!" Naruto said exasperated by his current situation as he treid to come up with a reasonable solution for whatever the hell was heppening right now.
"Hmm it could be a jutsu I suppose, but I wonder what kind and for what purpose as well as to who cast it in the first place" Naruto pondered after he calmed down a little.
"I don't really know enough about jutsu yet though, to know what this could be or how to get rid of it" Naruto said as he lamented his lot in life.
"There's also the slim possiblity that this is all real and some weird shogi piece and magical voice in my head turned my life into a game" Naruto said as he remembered the Nidame's words about always considering everything no matter how improbable until proven otherwise. The words were from one of his biographies dealing with some of the odder things he had seen in his time as a shinobi
"Well I guess there's no other choice but to play along, at least for now that is" Naruto said cautiously aloud having no other choice until he found out more about was going on and who or even what was causing it.
"Now then what the fuck are you" Naruto said as he stared at the message.
Ding
"Huh" Naruto said as heard the familiar sound and watched as another message popped up before his eye
This is a game notification to close out you may simply push the little x in the corner, say close, or simply will it away with your mind. You may also permanently disable game notifications in the options menu. (note: no one can see notifications but you and higher level beings.)
"Oh what in the name of Yomi? You have got to be kidding me. My life was really turned into a freaking video game of all thinsg" Naruto said as he couldn't believe what was going on. Sure he had read the message prior to this one but he really couldn't that whoever was doing this was making his life out to be a game. If he wasn't so pissed he could cry at the complete unfairness that was his life.
Would you like a tutorial? Yes/no
"Yes" Naruto said so maybe he could find out more about what was going on.
Welcome your life has been turned into a video game. This means that the world now and just for you acts as if it were a game, so be sure and take advantage of it. You will be able to do things like increase your stats, get cool abilities, and go on awesome quests as well as other amazing things because of your life being a game. You can manage your game from the menu and to access the menu just say menu and it will appear. This concludes your tutorial.
"Son of a bitch that explained hardly anything. Fuck did a child come up with this bullshit" Naruto said angrily as the tutorial concluded.
"Dammit I might as well check out this menu" Naruto said before calling it out.
Status
Perks
Skills
Equipment/Properties
Relationships
Quests
Map
Achievements
Bestiary
Deciding it would be best to just start from the top Naruto pressed status.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Level : 1
Exp.: 0/15
HP: 500/500 [15 HP/s]
MP: 1500/1500 [60 MP/s]
Str.: 5
Vit.: 20
Int.: 30
Wis.: 15
Agl.: 10
Luck: 75
8000 ryo
Status: None
Str. is how strong you are, this directly affects how much physical damage you do.
Vit. is how resistant you are to attack, this affects how much physical damage you take.
Int. is how magically inclined you are, this directly affects how much magical damage you do.
Wis. is how resistant you are to magical attack, this affects how much magical damage you take.
Agl. this is a measure of your speed, accuracy, and evasion of attacks.
Luck does not noticeably affect any stat, but is very important as it affects everything in the game from gambling to whether an errant kunai you don't hits you or not.
Note: For the duration of this game chakra will known as mana and be represented as MP.
Naruto quickly dismissed the message answering his question on what MP was. Were these suppose to be his stats. Why was he so weak? Why was his luck so high especially when his luck sucked so much? Dammit this was pissing him off. Deciding to move on before he got any madder Naruto pressed traits when a notification popped up.
Perks can be permanent boosts to your stats/skills or even new abilities entirely. Be careful though as some perks may give out negative consequences with them as well. Some perks you may purchase in the perks part of the menu with a perk point, while others you may acquire through quests/ or achievements. Either way though perks are rare so be careful when the chance to acquire a new one comes up.
Note: You will get perk options as you progress
Closing the window Naruto got a better look at his Perks
? ? ?
You gain +100 HP
You gain +500 MP
You +10 HP/s
You gain +50 MP/s
You gain ? ? ? form
You gain an initial massive negative reputation with Konoha
You gain a 100% decr. In learning mana control
Uzumaki blood
You gain +50 HP
You gain +200 MP
You gain +5 HP/s
You gain +10 MP/s
You gain +2 to Enochian
You gain a 100% incr. in learning Enochian
Shikotsumyaku (2 perk points)
You gain +10 HP
You gain +5 HP/s
You gain +25 Str.
You gain +25 Vit.
You gain Shikotsumyaku bloodline
Be the Sparrow (1 perk point)
You gain the ability to see quests and important item locations on your map
Lions Charisma (1 perk point)
You gain +2 to speech
You gain +2 to barter
The Love Kami (1 perk point)
You gain+25 to all romanceable beings
You gain the ability to create a harem
"Hmm I wonder what ? ? ? is? It seems like its the reason Konoha doesn't like me so what is it and why can't I see it? Most of these seem like they would be pretty useful especially Shikotsumyaku except it costs two perk points. The love Kami sounded pretty stupid to him he didn't liked being touched anyway like yomi he was going to start a harem." Naruto thought as he close out of the perk screen and took a look at his skills.
Your skills will be represented in four ways martial arts, weapon styles, spells, and other. Under these skill you will find abilities for which you can level up and under most abilities you will find techniques which if they can be, will increase in strength when you level up the ability its under. Some skills and techniques may have certain requirements before you can use them.
Note: Jutsu will be considered spells in this game.
Quickly taking in what he read Naruto dismissed the message to get his first look at his skills.
Martial arts
Weapon styles
Spells
Other
His martial arts and weapon styles were empty when he clicked on them which made sense, since he didn't know any. His spells on the other hand had one entry.
Enochian (3/10)
You can understand the basics of the first language. This allows you to read and write basic seals which most know as fuinjutsu.
" What does it mean the first language" Naruto asked getting nothing in response from the game.
"Whatever might as well see what other is" Naruto said
Mana control (1/10)
You can just barely control your mana and waste a lost of it. Spells cost 50% more mana as a result.
Speech (2/10)
Well as least you can talk. You can maybe if your lucky get people to agree with you or tell you things.
Barter (1/10)
You suck at shopping as a result things cost 50% and you sell then for 25% less.
"Well fuck" Naruto said as he realized the game had made people overcharging him for goods into part of the game and the fact he was going to have a hard time using jutsu as a result of his poor mana control.
"Lets see what's in equipment" Naruto said
Weapons
Armor
Accessories
Items
42 World breakers
Properties
His weapons and accessories were empty while his armor currently had one thing in it.
Street clothes- Well you're not naked, but these aren't going to protect anything.
"The game has a sense of humor just what I needed" Naruto said as he clicked on items.
8000 ryo
That was literally all that was in there, well at least he knew what his money was under.
"Let's see what the 42 world breakers" Naruto said
The 42 world breakers are objects with ridiculous power, enough even to kill a kami or alter existence itself.
"Whoa" Naruto said as realized just how powerful he could become if he got his on one of these much less all of them before he checked inside to see he already had one.
Tet's piece- An item created by the powerful Kami of games Tet this piece turns the world into a video game for those it finds worthy.
"I see so that shogi piece I saw when I was falling is the supposed cause of this, but what was it doing up there and who is this Tet I've never heard of any kami by that name" Naruto said as he wondered about his situation.
"I guess properties is it huh" Naruto said as he checked the last entry
Red light apartment ( worth 4 million ryo)- An apartment in the red light district its not really worth much but it has the basics.
"I forgot I own this crapshack" Naruto said as he remembered the Hokage who had bought the place had put Naruto's name on the deed making him its owner as well as paying his bills, not that anyone, but him lived here anyway.
"Lets see relationships then" Naruto said as he clicked on it when another notification appeared.
Relationships is just what it sounds like it shows how people, group, or organizations view you as well as the romance status of any individual being that can be romanced.
Dismissing it after reading Naruto took a good look at his current relationships.
Konoha- vilified (-100)
Hiruzen Sarutobi- respected (+75) [romance-not interest (0)]
? ? ?- vilified (-100) [romance-not interest (0)]
"Well I knew Konoha hated me, but a villain really? Well at least the old geezer likes me and what the shit is ? ? ? anyway?" Naruto spoke out loud before deciding to check out quests.
No game is complete without quests for the hero to do. Rather big or small, all quests will provide rewards for their completion. Be careful though some quests can be failed and some will have requirements before you can even start them.
"So these quests will give me stuff if I do them, well lets check them out." Naruto said
main quest: Creeping shadow
reward: 10000 exp
complete the academy and become a ninja
side quest: Rats
rewards: 50 exp, +1000 ryo to property value
you have rats in you apartment so get rid of them
Side quest: I need a hero
rewards: 25 exp, ? ? ?
Help the old man
requirements: must be done tomorrow
side quest: ? ? ?
rewards: ? ? ?
see something unexpected
requirements: can only be done at night
"The crapshack has rats who would've guessed and why are none of these really specific. I mean how in yomi am I suppose to do some of these.." Naruto said as he looked at his current quests.
The map as it turned out was just a map though it was split between the world map and a local map. It also had a glowing dot on it which he took be him which freaked him out that someone/something could know where he was at all times.
"Motherfuckers keeping track of me" Naruto mumble angrily as he looked into what the achievements were.
Achievements are rewards you get for doing something of particular difficulty like defeating someone/something of a high level, or finishing a very hard quest, or even getting a very hard to come by item. Achievements aren't just for show though as completing them will give you awesome rewards.
*achievement unlocked*
Its a start (completed)
you found one world breaker
reward: 1 perk point
hobbyist
you found 5 world breakers
reward: 2 perk points
Collector
you found half of the world breakers
reward: all world breaker locations revealed
Gotta get them all
you found all world breakers
reward: ? ? ?
The warrior
kill five enemies
reward: +10 to str.
The adventurer
Find One new place on your map
reward: teleportation spell
First one
complete first quest
reward: 1 perk point
Student
complete first bestiary entry
reward: +10 to int.
The spell
learn first spell
reward: +10 to wis.
Fighter
learn first martial arts
reward: +10 to vit.
Stick wielder
learn first weapon style
reward: + 10 to agl.
Handsy spellsword
learn first spell, martial arts, and weapon styles
reward: 1 skill point
There were many others but they were grayed out with ? ? ? representing them which Naruto was beginning to understand meant that he couldn't find out until later either when he knew something he didn't now or could do something he couldn't now.
"Still at least I already have one perk point to spend, but what's a skill point" Naruto asked before a message popped up.
A skill point allows you to automatically increase a skill one level without having to train for it.
"That seems a little to convenient if you asked me" Naruto said not believing this game could just make him better at a certain skill without him having to train in it.
"Whatever lets just see what bestiary is" Naruto said before noticing it had no entries in it.
"Hmm I guess that's it. I guess for now I'll have to continue to play along with this game , but I don't believe for a second that I was so lucky that this, world breaking item just happened to be on the monument and just happened to fall when I did. There's definitely something or someone else at work here. I'll have to be careful in how I use this so it doesn't end up just like, like." Naruto said unable to even say out loud the incident last year, the memories being too painful for him.
"Still I think that's enough for tonight before turning end for bed" Naruto said as he thought perhaps this would all go over better in the morning when he had more sleep.
Done for the day Naruto went to sleep intent on dealing with all this in the morning.
