Hello everyone, welcome to Naruto: the fox's familia (formerly known as summon's familia) I just had this idea stuck in my head for some time and I had to write it, the first chapter might be slow but I have some world building to do
Naruto: the game is still my main story, this is a side project so the updates to this might be slow, I hope you like it
I'll answer some question you might have while reading at the bottom of the chapter
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or is it wrong to try to pick up girls in a dungeon? (Danmachi)
A long time ago the gods reigns supreme over the land. Amongst the gods there were 9 that were the strongest; these 9 gods came to be called Bijuus.
The Bijuus were not all merciful gods, some of them used their powers for themselves and they had fun using humans to play around, but that changed with time.
A long, long time ago one of the gods decided to join the humans as an equal, he lost his powers and became vulnerable, he was the first familia god, he gather humans as his family and they grew closer, soon more and more gods follow the example and joined the humans, eventually even the Bijuu became familia gods.
With gods joining the humans, other consequences came to pass. Monsters started appearing in confined areas, this areas grew to be called dungeons, people under the familia gods, or better known as "adventurers" go and explore these dungeons in search for magic crystals that the monster release when they are defeated, organizations grew that dealt with these crystals, they gave adventurers money in exchange for the magic crystals and this became a mayor part in the world economy.
Magic crystals can be used to fuel machines, move water, make light amongst other stuff.
From all the dungeons the bigger one is found in Konoha, this dungeon is one of the few that are yet to be fully explored and many adventurers try to explore it.
At the beginning not everything went smoothly, the gods that had used their powers to hurt humans were hated by the humans, they were attacked but thanks to still keeping some of their power, amongst them immortality they survived, the gods searched for forgiveness, it took time but people forgave must of the gods.
With time the Bijuus grew to have the biggest familias amongst all the gods, all except one. The Kyuubi or Kuram, as people grew to know her as, was never forgiven she was the one to cause the most amount of destruction on her days as a god before descending, people hated her, with time they forgot her but no matter what she did she never found someone to join her familia.
Here is where we found one Naruto Uzumaki, he is a knuckle head, young man that had been searching for a familia to join for the last few months, but anyone he sees rejects him or he decides that he doesn't like them.
He found himself in an alleyway crying to himself, he had run out of money, soon he would die from hunger, or worse he would found himself a thief, a thing that he promised himself to never be but his luck was about to change.
"Are you okay?" asked a woman to Naruto, he didn't bother to look at her.
"I ran out of money and I can't find anything to eat" Naruto answered.
"Take this, I don't really need it" said the woman giving Naruto a bag of bread she was carrying.
"I can't take it, it's yours ma'am" said Naruto finally looking at the woman, he was amazed by the beauty of the woman, she had long red hair although it looked more like a dark orange, she was wearing a kimono that just fit, it was perfect on her.
"Come on, take it, I don't need it" said the woman pushing the bag onto Naruto's hand.
Naruto was about to reject the offer again, but his stomach growled in hunger "I guess I can take one" said Naruto.
Naruto grabbed one and the woman sat at his side "and tell me, what is a young man like you doing in a city like Konoha with no money?" asked the woman.
"Well I was looking to join a familia, but I couldn't find one I liked or one that accepted me" said Naruto "I was about to make myself join one I didn't like just to keep living, but now I can keep looking for a little bit"
"A familia?" asked the woman "And why would you want to join one?"
"I want to be an adventurer, is the only thing I have dream about since I was a small kid" Naruto said standing up excited to explain.
"Then, why don't you join my familia?" asked the woman.
"You're in a familia?" asked Naruto.
"Technically I don't have a familia yet, I'm a goddess, my name's Kurama" said the woman.
"Like the Kyuubi, Kurama?" asked Naruto remembering hearing that name.
She had fear this, he would probably leave him now and never talk to her again "Yes, that one" said Kurama.
"One of the great Bijuus" said Naruto sounding happy and excited; this was not what Kurama expected "I'll join".
That surprised her, normally people in the past ran from her or said mean things to her but this young man was excited to join her familia, this was going to be great.
The next day
They went to Kurama's not that spectacular home. She own a small room in an apartment building in the poor area of Konoha she had barely managed to pay last month rent she hadn't worried that much, if she was ran out she could find somewhere else to stay, but now Naruto was here, she couldn't think like that, she needed to find some way to make money and pay the rent without hindering Naruto until he was a fully fledged adventurer.
Getting Naruto in her familia was simple, they signed a contract and then they went to the guild and got him enrolled in there as part of her familia, he needed to go again today to receive the beginner's equipment and to meet his advisor, his advisor would make sure he didn't go to dangerous areas in the dungeon and would give him advice on how to make his job as an adventurer easier.
Kurama was happy, she had finally gotten someone in her familia and she would make sure the Naruto reached his full potential, she would help him every step of the way to until he fulfilled his dreams.
Kurama as a first step towards helping Naruto decided to review what exactly a god did for their family a thing that she had not done in a long time.
Basically a god granted the humans in its familia the power of chakra, this allowed them to fight the monsters easier, gods were forbidden of fighting monsters since monster were one of the few things that could actually kill a god for good.
When a god gave the persons in its familia the power of chakra they also gained stats, these ranged from attack to dexterity, speed, etc. Humans also gain the ability to learn skills and magic, although many called magic "jutsus".
Humans would gain experience while fighting monsters, this experience converts into experience points, that made the stats of the human grow, but for the stats to be able to grow the human needed to return to their familia god who would update their stats and also tell them if they have gained a new skill or jutsu.
When an adventurer had an "adventure", it was not really defined what an adventure was, but it normally involved killing an high level monster or a floor boss in the dungeons, the adventurer levels up, an adventurer needs to be of a certain level to access certain floors of the dungeon
They could still go to those floors, but it was ill advised since they would probably die.
Adventurers normally joined in groups or parties to explore the dungeon, but a new adventurer normally went in solo until they became level 2.
When an adventurer level ups the gods decide on an alias or title for the adventurer, this title should be used proudly.
That seem to be every important bit of information Kurama had to review, she would wait for Naruto to return from the dungeon and then she would update his stats and give him motivating words and advices, that seem to be her job at least but of course she had to find any way to help him apart from that so maybe she would need to find a job.
Konoha guild
Naruto was excited he was now an official adventurer, and in a familia he liked a lot, he liked Kurama-sama a lot he wondered if maybe he should call her Kami-sama since she was a god, but when he tried calling her that last night and she told him to call her Kurama.
"Naruto Uzumaki?" asked a man that seemed to be looking for him.
"That's me" said Naruto answering the person's call.
"Follow me, I'll present you to your advisor" said the man, soon they were at one of the guilds reception areas where a blond woman that was maybe not that older than Naruto was waiting.
"Naruto Uzumaki this is Ino Yamanaka, she's your advisor, she will give you a roundup of what you need to know and then you can go to the dungeon if you want" said the man before turning to Ino "Ino this is your first adventurer, remember to be calm" with that the man left
Ino looked nervous like she was trying not to ruin anything "Hi, as my supervisor said I'm Ino Yamanaka, pleasure to meet you"
"Naruto Uzumaki, the same" said Naruto.
"As you might have also heard, I'm a rookie just like you but I'll try my best" said Ino.
"I'm sure I'm in good hands" said Naruto.
This made Ino blush a little but then she regained her serious composure "Ok let's start with the basics, you are allowed to go up to floor 12 of the dungeon, but I would not advice that, you should limit yourself to the first 2 floors at most, it's dangerous enough for a new adventurer like you".
"Ahh, I was hoping to get into the lower levels quickly" said Naruto a little disappointed.
"That's dangerous, you could die, I don't want you to die" said Ino when she caught herself she added "as your advisor I don't want you to die, just think about your familia would they be happy if you died?"
Kurama would probably not be happy "Ok I'll limit myself to the first 2 floors" said Naruto.
"Continuing, yesterday you were asked you're size and a preferred weapon, since you didn't give a preferred weapon you receive the default one, this knife" said Ino taking a knife form a box that was placed in her desk "you also receive beginner's armor" Ino took out a set of really light armor from the box.
"Thanks this is definitely going to help" said Naruto taking the knife and the armor.
"You also get 5 healing potions, this were added recently to the beginner's packet, use them wisely don't waste them" said Ino giving Naruto the potions.
"Wow, this is so much, is it really ok I take all this?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah, the guild wants everyone to have a chance if we sent unarmored or un armed adventurers to the dungeon they would just go and die, and we don't want that" said Ino "Well I believe that's all the beginner's manual tells me to tell you, specifications about leveling up and rising your stats are handled by you familia god, Kurama-sama in this case".
"She explained the basics to me, but I think she can explain the rest sometime soon" said Naruto.
"I hope she does, if for some reason she doesn't you can always ask me later, I'm your advisor after all" said Ino "Also I might be your advisor but I'm not limited to you, well for now I am since I'm a rookie, but if they assign me someone else I might not have all the time to explain things to you, but I don't think that will happen soon they normally wait until the first adventurer of a new advisor levels up before assigning someone else"
"So, can I go to the dungeon yet?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, but remember when you return you report to me what you encountered in the dungeon, I'm talking about dropped items and the amount of magic crystals, I write that down in a report and then you can change the crystals for money over there" said Ino pointing to a place where adventurers were lining up to change their crystals "also its your first time in there, be careful and remember running is a viable strategy".
"Don't worry I'm tougher than I look" said Naruto.
"Good look in there, I hope to see you later today then" said Ino.
"Yes, I'll be back as soon as I return from the dungeon" said Naruto and with that he left.
Konoha's dungeon – first floor
Naruto was amazed he had seen the entrance to the dungeon multiple times, he had come here to see the adventurers head into it, but he was always amazed by the amount of people passing through here it was astonishing it was obvious why Konoha's dungeon was the biggest and most famous of the whole world.
Naruto went inside the first floor something he had always dream of doing, he now could enter the dungeon the first floor was just the reception and the entrance in here you could possibly find party members, but that was mostly done in the guild, doing it here was a little rare, or supports.
Supports were people that accompanied you to the dungeons and carried your items and equipment, they also carried the magic crystal and that way it really could double even the worse adventurers gains, obviously he would have to cut it to give a part to the support, but the amount that could be made by having one outweighed the loss of having to cut the total.
Naruto was still just a beginner, he didn't have the need for a support or the recognition to be in a party, he would have to in solo and that he did going to the real first floor of the dungeon, floor two.
In floor two everything felt different it felt like if you were in a cave, although he technically was, he prepared the knife Ino gave him and started going into the dungeon, soon he found himself with a giant ant, this type of monsters could be dangerous deeper into the dungeon but here they were easy prey.
Naruto rushed it and cut it in half, the ant exploded in smoke and a pretty small magic crystal appeared, well it didn't appear it was just release from the monster.
Every monster has a magic crystal inside of them, generally in the middle of their body if the adventurer manages to cut the crystal the monster dies instantly it's common knowledge to aim for the crystal when facing a tough opponent.
Naruto kept this pace, finding lone ants and killing them fast, he had some trouble when he found a group of three, he cut one but the other 2 countered and managed to bit him in the arm, it hurt like hell, he immediately cut the second one, and managed to kill the third one the crystal were the same size still small he had filled a bag with a lot of this small crystals, he decided that was enough, he left the dungeon and headed to the guild to report.
Konoha guild
Naruto found Ino behind a desk, being a receptionist.
Apart from being advisors the workers of the guild were also receptionist, taking quests and sending the right people to this quests they also filled parties forms and supports forms, this were to assure that there would be a split of the loot gotten in the dungeon to everyone in the party even the support.
"Ino-san, I came back to report" said Naruto when he got the reception.
"Oh, Naruto-kun, you came back from the dungeon, I was kinda worried that you might have gone to a deeper floor and gotten in trouble" Ino said.
"I promised to stay in the first few floors" Naruto said "Anyways this is all I got" Naruto placed the bag with the crystal in front of Ino.
"Ok, a bag of low tier crystals of the smaller variety" said Ino while she wrote it in the report "You can go exchange those over there, just a heads up it won't be much".
"Well, let's see how much I get" said Naruto as he went and exchange the crystals, he got 600 Ryo.
"Only 600 Ryo?" said Naruto when he got back to Ino.
Normally the needed amount to eat enough to survive in one day, was 500 Ryo, one could get a small house with 200,000 Ryo and equipment varies but the higher leveled equipment could cost millions of Ryo, especially if made by Gyuki the master of arms of the Bijuus.
"Yeah, that's more or less the amount you will get if you stay on the first few floors but the more important thing is the experience, when you grow stronger from stats updates by you goddess you will be able to go to deeper floors then you will get more money, buy better equipment and go even deeper" Ino said.
"That seems reasonable, but I really wanted to go deeper soon, I hope I can get better stats faster" Naruto said.
"Everyone grows differently you might be able to make it by next week, who knows" said Ino.
"I hope, I better start heading back, don't want to worry Kurama-sama" Naruto said.
"Hope to see you tomorrow Naruto-kun, remember, I'm here to help that extends to Kurama-sama if she thinks that I'm doing something wrong she can come and talk to me" Ino said.
"I think you're doing a wonderful job, Ino-san, especially if you're a rookie as you said, I have had almost no problems for now" Naruto said.
"That's my job, to help you stay alive in there by limiting where you go" said Ino "Also if you have a particularly big grow in stats, you can inform me and I will let you go deeper just remember to bring the paper with the stats"
"I'll remember that" said Naruto and then he left.
Decided to end the first chapter there, this is just an experiment to see how it does.
Now to answer some questions you might have, in Danmachi there's only one dungeon in the world, but in this story there are multiple, that won't affect the story that much, but Naruto might go to other dungeons, just for fun
Naruto is around 18 years old in this story and Ino is around there as well, also I made Ino his advisor because that's what my mind said to do, originally it was Iruka but I didn't like that, so I changed it to someone else and I thought Ino was perfect
This story is rated M because I don't really know where I'm going with this and I want to be safe
Also I know that in Danmachi there were monsters before the gods came down to earth, in here the monster came with them, just a little something that won't affect the story that much
Tell me what you thought.