Hello everyone, this is my first story, so please go easy on me in your reviews. I hope everyone can give me constructive criticism so I can improve my writing skills. I apologize for any grammar mistakes. I am using this story as a way to improve my English, and I have hired a beta reader to help me. This update only replace first chapter with it's rewrite version.

Lastly, I don't own Naruto or The Gamer. Now, let's start the story.

"Where am I?"

A silver-haired teen wearing a school uniform started to get up, looking around. As he began observing his surroundings, he was confused, not remembering how he had gotten here. Slowly, the memories started to return, and he realized what had happened to him.

Flashback

It was his first day of school as a second-year student. As he began his usual walk to school, he used a detour route that he had found a few months ago, since his usual route was being repaired. He was eager to meet up with his childhood friend, who was the school's idol, not to mention the smartest girl there. Her name was Devin.

When they first met a few months ago, Baron had known that he would fall in love with her. He already knew that he would never become her boyfriend, but he still enjoyed spending time with her anyways.

Since he never paid any attention when the teacher gave lectures in class, all he ever did at school was sleep or read books, which usually didn't related to the lesson. Because of this, he became one of the most famous 'problem students' at the school. Therefore, it was basically a guarantee that he would never end up dating Devin, who was loved by everyone and always got good grades.

For the past few months, he just hadn't been able to stop thinking about her, his unrequited love. He had come to the conclusion that even if they couldn't be together now, maybe they could be together in the future, if their situations changed. He had decided to become her friend, and hoped that through that, he could start building a good relationship with her. Maybe that would make their future just a little bit brighter.

That was when he saw Devin standing at the intersection near their school. She was waiting for the traffic light to turn red, so that she could cross the street. Baron decided to run and catch up with her so that they could walk together the rest of the way to school.

When he finally caught up to her, the light had already turned red, and Devin had started to cross the street. Then Baron saw a truck coming towards her, he realized that it wasn't slowing down or intending to stop. It was going to run the red light and hit Devin, who was unaware of this.

Without a second though, Baron dashed out into the street and shoved Devin back onto the curb, without any regard for his own safety.

He watched Devin fall down on the side of the street, and heard her surprised voice. "Hey what's yo-"

That was all he heard before the truck hit him, and just like that, the impact crushed him, and he had been knocked out.

End Flashback

'That's right, I was trying to save Devin. Does that mean I'm dead? Is this place where people go after they die?' he wondered.

Lost in his own thoughts, he was brought back to alertness when he saw a bright light shining in front of him. Immediately, he flinched back, using his right hand to shield his eyes.

As the light began to fade, he moved his hand away and saw someone standing in front of him. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen, and she was looking straight at him.

She had long white hair, but did not appear aged. Her face was youthful, and her eyes were a glowing ocean blue. She was wearing a nicely-fitted, extremely elegant, white gown, which only made her natural beauty stand out more.

"So, you have awoken, Baron Hart," the girl said as she looked at the silver-haired teen with a warm smile.

"Who are you, and how do you know my name?" Baron asked, curious to know where she had come from and whether she could tell him where he was.

"I am Kami, the creator of life. As to how I know your name, since I am omniscient, it would be only natural that I know everything about you. In addition, I know you are wondering where you are right now, and I can answer that as well. You are in the dimension between life and death," she explained, still smiling peacefully.

All Baron could do was nod stupidly, stunned that he was in the presence of a goddess.

After gaining his senses, he blinked, still in awe at her beauty. "So, I'm going to be sent away now, Kami-sama?" he asked, looking around, seeing that it was only the two of them that existed in this location. He didn't really know why he was here, or even what this place was called, but what he was certain of, was his destination. Hell.

Kami blinked in faux-confusion, humoring his request, even though she was all-knowing. She raised an eyebrow at him, and he simply lowered his eyes. "What are you talking Baron-kun?

"I'm going to be sent to hell now, aren't I," Baron said knowingly, confused that she was pretending not to understand. He didn't understand why she was even speaking with him, after all, she was a goddess, and needed nothing from him.

Kami gasped a little, putting a hand up to her mouth, eyes widening at hearing his plight. "You are amongst the purest soul in current era of your world, Baron-kun. How could you speak in such a manner?" Baron cringed a little, thinking that she was upset that he had sworn. She simply narrowed her eyes.

"What do you mean, Kami-sama?" asked Baron, growing more and more confused.

"Do not forget what I am, Baron-kun. I am an omniscient being. I know everything about you. When you lived, you never prayed to any God, and you never did anything out of obligation to a God. You have lived a hard life. You are an orphan in your uncle's home, and you have never been treated well by anyone. Even so, you always try to help others and never hate those who treated you badly. You were forgiving. You even sacrificed your own life to protect another," she said, ending flatly, blue eyes scolding.

Baron sighed in relief, hope starting to show in his eyes. "Does that mean I get to go to Heaven"

"Of course you will. However, right now I have an offer for you. If you were to be given a second chance, would you take it?" Kami asked, expression soft and warm once again.

"What do you mean by second chance? Do you want me to start over as a baby and have to go through everything all over again, then I'm sorry to say that I can't accept, Kami-sama." Baron's brow twitched with frustration.

Kami giggled at him with an expression that told him she thought he was a silly boy. "No, no Baron-kun. I know how much you love adventure. You want to fight to protect people, you want save princesses from demons, and you want to be a hero. Given your miserable life, I've decided to offer you your dreams, a chance at another life in a world where you can achieve all that. Consider it a gift from me," she said sweetly.

Baron frowned, thinking hard. It wasn't as if he didn't trust Kami, but he knew that every offer has some sort of catch, and this seemed just too good to be true. There had to be something that he had to do in exchange for such a gift. There must be some sort of price.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm sorry, Kami-sama. I mean no offense, but this seems too easy. There has to be some sort of price… Isn't there?... There must be something you want me to do in return, right, Kami-sama?"

Kami-sama smiled, head bowing a little. "Clever as ever, Baron-kun. You see, there is a child in the world you will be visiting, and that child is destined to be the savior of that world. I want you help this child to fulfill his destiny."

Baron raised an eyebrow. He hadn't anticipated that. He had thought that the price would be something like selling his soul or owing Kami-sama an impossible favor. "You want me there to assure that the child will do their job?"

She clapped her hands, smiling. "That's right. Please consider the offer for a moment at least, Baron-kun. I know that you have been through quite an ordeal. This must be rather sudden."

Seeing no other alternative, Baron thanked her and accepted her offer.

Kami smiled. "Good. I know you still have many questions, but my time almost up. Before you go, I want you to choose two abilities that will help you on your journey."

After hearing that, Baron knew that he had to choose wisely. At the same time, he knew that he had very little information to work with; he didn't even know what kind of world he was going to be sent to. How on earth could he choose adequately to prepare himself?

Rather than confusing himself, he laid out the facts. First, he knew that he had to help this mystery child to fulfill their destiny. Second, he was being sent to a place where he could have adventures, a place where he can be a hero, a savior, just like he'd always wanted.

Knowing those two things, he deduced that wherever Kami was going to send him, he was going to have to be able to fight there. He needed the ability to fight against enemies, maybe an ability to help protect the child, or even an ability that could help heal himself. Either way, the abilities would hopefully be useful in many situations.

He could vaguely remember some story about a protagonist with a godlike power. Usually the hero has a pawn, or a weapon. Baron knew that powers like that would attract a lot of attention, and it wouldn't always have a good effect.

From there, he tried to remember all kinds of abilities and super powers, taking ideas from everything he had ever read, watched, or heard.

After being lost in thought for a short while, he nodded his head and said, "I have decided. For the first ability, I want to have a super regenerative power, which would allow me to heal quickly, but not instantly, of course. I don't want to attract too much attention. My second ability, if it is possible, I would like to have a body that allows me to live in the world like a game, so that I can logically think through situations. That way I will have immunity to any negative psychological effects."

Baron had known that if he ever had to become a shield for the child, he couldn't waste time recovering. He needed to heal quickly. The second ability had been a wish of his for a long time. He wanted to watch himself grow, and to learn new skills once he 'leveled up'. On top of that, he'd be able to think calmly and logically, even in the most bleak situations. If used correctly, this ability could give him an almost godlike power.

"I understand. As a bonus, I will give you a tutorial book for your gamer abilities." Kami smiled, not saying anything about his choices, not giving him any idea whether he'd made a good decision or not.

Baron bowed his head and said, "Thank you very much, Kami-sama."

After Baron looked up once again, Kami said, "Looks like my time is up. Good luck, Baron, and good bye."

With one last parting smile, her body began to glow brightly. Baron blocked his eyes once again, squinting against the bright light.

After a while, the light started to fade. Baron opened his eyes, looking around. He was in a dark place, and there were many large trees in front of him, while behind him there was a very tall wall. He assumed that he was at the border between a forest and a place that was surrounded by wall. Since he didn't have any other idea of where to go, he decided to follow the wall until he came upon the entrance.

Just as he started to walk, suddenly something feel down on his head. "Ow!" Baron shouted, rubbing his head as he looked at what had just hit him. It was a book.

He picked it up, reading the cover. At that moment, he remembered the book Kami-sama had talked about. The cover said, 'Baron Hart's tutorial book, by Kami-sama.' It seemed to have been written by the goddess herself, and there was a little smiley face next to the title.

Baron giggled, still rubbing the bump on his head. "It looks like even Kami-sama like to tell jokes." Then he opened the book and started reading.

'Hey, Baron. This is the bonus book I gave you. I hope you will like it, since I wrote it myself. Let's not waste time. Your first ability was super-regeneration. This ability allows you to heal very quickly. If you are wondering just how fast you will heal, imagine you are cutting some vegetables in the kitchen, when suddenly you cut your finger with the knife. That wound will completely heal in a few hours. I'm sure you are wondering which kind of wounds can be healed, right? Every wound you can imagine can be healed by this power, even if it is a grievous injury, like being stabbed in the heart. However, there is a limit and a condition to activating this skill. The condition for the abilities to activate, is that you must not in a battle situation. When you are in battle, the abilities will deactivate automatically to keep your fights fair. The fact that the power will not work when you are not alive goes without saying. This power also cannot regrow any part of your body.'

Baron understood that his super regenerative abilities didn't make him immortal. He made himself admit that he was not invulnerable, to make sure that the power didn't go to his head and make him arrogant. He could still be killed. Even he was not above nature.

'Now your second abilities is the gamer. Please speak the words 'status window' aloud.'

"Status window," Baron said. A window immediately appeared in front of him, looking suspiciously like a gaming screen.

'Name: Baron Hart
Level :1
HP: 100%
Stamina:100%
STR:5
AGI:10
Vit:5
Int:9
Wis:10
Cha:5
Luck:5
Point 0
Money:0'

'The window in front of you, is your status screen. This screen is used to view and adjust your status growth. Health points (HP) are your life. If these points decrease to zero, that means you have died, and remember, there are no do-over.

Stamina needs no explanation, because I am confident that you know your own stamina. Strength (STR) is the physical strength of your body; high strength will make your physical damage stronger. In addition, it affects how much you can carry.

Agility (AGI) measures the speed of your reflexes. High agility will let you move faster and with better reflexes. Vitality (VIT) is a measure of your health, stamina, and regeneration. High vitality will make your stamina replenish faster, let you run for longer periods of time, and will let you resist stronger amounts of physical damage.

Intelligence (INT) determines how fast you can learn and master a skill, how strong your non-physical attacks are, how strongly you are able to resist against mind attacks such as 'illusion', 'mind control', etc. Wisdom (WIS) affects how good your ability to use information, abilities and everything you have to your advantage. It will also help you with making strategies and plans. Charisma (CHA) affects how well you interact with others. High charisma will make it easier to build relationships with others. Luck affects everything, including skill, how well you gamble, and how often valuable items will be found.

Finally, we have the stat points (point). Every time you level up, you will receive five stat points. These points will increase each time you level up. You may use these points at your own discretion to increase your stats. Using stat points is not the only way to increase your status; you can train to increase strength, agility, and vitality. You can also study to increase your intelligence or your wisdom. In addition, some of this training will increase your status. Therefore, I hope you will use your stat points wisely, to your own advantage.'

Baron was a smart boy, and he had a wide array of experience when it came to video games, so he knew that if he wanted to get good at combat, he needed to increase his strength, agility, and vitality. If he wanted to get good at non-physical battle, he needed to increase his intelligence, wisdom, agility, or vitality. Baron decided not to use his stat points until he found out more about this new world.

'Next, I want you to press the 'inventory' button beside the status tab at the top screen.'

After pressing the 'inventory' button to view his equipment, the window changed. Now the screen was divided into two parts. The right half was made up of twenty blank boxes, and on the top of the screen, there was a title that said 'items'. On the left side, there was a human silhouette with many blank boxes near its head. There were three boxes that showed images of a jacket, pants, and shoes. Baron assumed that this was his avatar, and that he would be able to put items onto himself using it.

'You are looking at your inventory screen. As you see, it is divided into two parts. The right part is used to store your items. You can store up to twenty different items in the storage compartments, and if you choose, you can stack items that are the same. Now, I want you to pick up a stone and put it inside the storage as practice.'

Baron looked around for a small stone and then placed it in one of the empty boxes. Immediately, the stone disappeared from his hand and the blank box was suddenly displaying an image of the rock.

'Good. Now you know how to put an item in your storage. To take out an item, you need to press the box. A black circle will appear. Put your hand inside the circle, and you will see that you can grab the item and pull it out. Go ahead and try it.'

He pressed the box with the stone image, and a black circle appeared in front of the inventory window. He put his right hand inside the circle, and he could feel that his hand was touching something. He grabbed it and pulled it out. After that, the circle disappeared. He dropped the rock on the ground and continued reading.

'The left half of the inventory screen is where you equip items. You can equip headgear, armgear for each of your arms, a weapon or shield for each of your hands, armor or clothes for your torso, pants for your legs, and shoes or sandals for your feet. You also have room for two accessories. Right now, you are wearing a black jacket with red sleeves, dark blue pants, and black shoes. Even though there are only thirteen parts for your equipment, that doesn't mean that you can't use anything besides that. For example, your shoes are equipped at the feet box, but your socks are not equipped in any of the boxes, even though you are wearing them. If you want to equip an item, just take an item and put it into whichever equip box you choose. Or, if you like, you can just put it on your own body as usual; the one registered as an equipped item on your screen will be the outermost item. Take your shoes and socks for example. The equipped item is the shoe, but you may still wear your socks underneath.'

By this point, Baron was getting very excited about the abilities he had acquired. His whole life would be like one giant video game.

'Next, I want you to press the 'skill' button beside the inventory tab at the top screen.'

After he presses the skill button, the window changed again. Now Baron could see about thirty blank boxes. Three of the boxes already had something inside of them.

'In front of you are the ability and skill windows. Every time you learn new skill or ability, it will be stored here. Right now you have three skills. If you want to hear some information about the skill, just press on the box and hold it for a few seconds.'

After holding one of the boxes for a few seconds, new windows appeared.

Gamer's Mind (passive) LV max
Allows the user to calmly and logically think in any kind of situation and grants the user immunity to psychological status effects.'

After reading the skill effect, Baron pressed the close button at the top right of the new window to close it. Then he pressed the second box and held it until a new window appeared

'Gamer's Body (passive) LV max
Grants the user a body that allows the user to live in their world as a game character.'

Baron closed the window again and opened the third box, assuming that he would now hear about his last power.

'Super regenerative (active) LV max
Grants the user a body that heals very fast. (This skill will automatically activate when the user is not in a battle situation.)'

Baron continued with reading his tutorial book.

'As you can see, there are two kinds of skill, passive and active. Passive skill describes a skill that is always active at any time or condition, and never deactivates. Active skill is a skill that needs to be manually activated. There are two ways to activate your skills. You may either think or say the skill name, or fulfill the conditions under which the skill may be activated. In your case, this means leaving battle for your healing ability to activate.'

Baron nodded in understanding, reading on.

'There are four way to learn a skill. The first is to learn it from someone else who can use it. If you meet the requirements of learning the skill, it will instantly be learned, but keep in mind that the person teaching you will often ask for payment. Second, you may learn the skill from a book. If you choose to learn from a book, you will have two options. The first is an 'instant learn', which will cause the book to disappear. The second option is to manually study by repeatedly reading the book. This will keep the book from disappearing. The third way to learn a skill is to perform the skill repeatedly. Finally, you may sometimes receive a skill as a reward from a quest.

After you have learned a skill, you must improve it until its level is at its maximum, so you can use it better. The higher the level, the better effect it can give. Usually, to level up a skill, you need to use it repeatedly, but there are some skills that only can level up by fulfilling a special condition.

We have come to the last part of the tutorial. I want you to press the 'quest' button beside the skill tab at the top screen.'

Baron followed the instructions, causing the window to change again. This time, there was only text on the screen in front of him.

'Active Quests

1. Complete the tutorial

2. Find the entrance'

'In this screen, you will see quests that you have accepted. Right now, you only have two quests. If you want to know the details of the quest, just press the corresponding quest.'

Baron pressed the first quest, and then a new window appeared.

'Quest info
Complete the tutorial
Description: Complete the tutorial book about your abilities by reading and doing everything written in the book.
Reward: 'Chakra for dummies' book, 'Becoming a ninja for dummies' book, exp 50%, 1000 ryo.'

Baron closed the window and pressed the second quest.

'Quest info
Find the entrance

Description: Find the entrance to the village, and go inside.
Reward: exp 50%'

'By looking at the quest details, it will make you know instinctually where to go. If you do not know where to go, just reopen the quest window and read the quest info. If that fails to work, use a map the old-fashion way.

I almost forgot. This feature can only be used outside of battle, because you are the only one who can see this gamer window. If you don't want to say the word to open the window, you can just think the word, and the window will open. Therefore, you don't have to be worried about others finding out about your abilities. If you ever want to reread the tutorial, just say tutorial when the status screen appears.

Thank you for reading the tutorial book. I hope you can do your job and have a happy life. Goodbye Baron Hart, and good luck.'

After he was finished reading, Baron closed the book. He jumped a little in surprise when the book began to shine in his hands, disappearing suddenly. A window immediately appeared.

'Quest Completed!

You got 'Chakra for Dummies' book, 'Become a Ninja for Dummies' book, 50% exp and 1000 ryo.
Check your inventory for the reward items.'

Baron closed the window and said 'inventory'. The inventory window appeared, and he took out the 'Chakra for Dummies' book. Another window opened.

'You have a skill book! You can learn Chakra Reserve and Chakra Control.'

Would you like to learn?
Yes No

Without a second thought, he pressed yes, not having time to read through another book. He looked at the new window that had opened.

'You cannot learn this skill.

Required
STR: 7
VIT: 7'

He closed the newest window and opened the status screen, using two stats point for strength and two for vitality. Then he went back, and pressed the 'yes' button again

'You have learned the skill

1. Chakra Reserve

2. Chakra Control'

He opened his skill window and looked at the new skill he had just learned.

Chakra reserve (passive) LV 1

Grants the user a body that allow the user to use chakra energy.
Level 1: the chakra reserve equal to low level genin

Chakra Control (passive) LV 1

Grants the user the abilities to control chakra energy
Level 1: apprentice chakra control

When he read 'Genin', he remembered that the word was used in 'Naruto' as a level of the ninja. Then he started to think that he may have been brought to the world of Naruto. He didn't have any other evidence that pointed towards that fact, so he decided to put it out of his mind for a while.

He changed to the quest window and reread his quest. After that, he felt like he knew which way he had to go, and he assumed that this was the 'instinct' he'd read about. He followed his gut feeling, and started to walk along the wall, observing his surroundings.

After walking for a few hours, he found a rock leaning against the wall. It was about six feet high. After looking at it for a while, he started to doubt his own instincts, because there didn't seem to be anything abnormal about the rock. He decided to touch the rock to do further investigation. Before he could touch the rock, a window appeared.

'Through continuous observation, a skill has been created.
Observe (active) LV 1

These skills allow the user to gather the target's information. Higher levels observe will give more information.'

He closed the window and said "Observe"

'Weird Rock

A weird rock that was made by humans. The creator put something in the rock, but disguised it so that anyone who looked at it would think it was a rock.'

After finding out that the rock was made by humans, he chose to push the rock. He was surprised when he found that the rock was very light despite its size. Then he found a hole in the wall behind it, large enough to fit an adult. It looked like the rock was used to cover the hole.

'Quest Completed!
You got 50% exp!

Congratulations!

You have leveled up! Now you are level 2.
You got 5 stat points.'

He ignored the window and started crawling through the hole. He was a bit pissed when he found out that he had just arrived in another forest.

'New Quest
Save Naruto

Description: Today is the day where people celebrate the day when kyuubi was defeated. They also remember the boy who has taken on the spirit of the kyuubi, and try to attack him. Save Naruto from mobs who tried to attack him.

Reward: exp 50%, Become Naruto's friend.'

After Baron read the new quest, he knew that he was indeed in Naruto's world, the elemental nation. He knew what would happen to Naruto if he didn't find him. It was Naruto's birthday, but also the exact date of the Kyuubi attack. The villagers all knew of Naruto's duty of taking on the kyuubi spirit, but they were angry with him, thinking of him as the monster that had killed their families.

Baron started to run, following his instincts, hoping that he could find Naruto and convince him to hide before the mobs attacked him.