Chapter 1 – Scenario 1, Part 1
Kakashi knew he was in deep shit when his foot missed the branch. A Jonin of Konoha never missed the branch. Not even if they were injured and especially not when there were half a dozen Iwa-nin on his case. If I live through this, Kakashi thought as he narrowly managed to catch a lower branch with his good hand and flip to the ground, I am never telling anyone about it.
Even as he was landing, so were the Iwa-nin. Kakashi grimaced, Great, and they're all armored. That's gonna make this harder. Iwa-nin normally weren't that difficult to beat. Just separate them from their senjutsu powered fuin-weapons and they were down to just basic taijutsu and other armaments. However, when they were armored, it was a different story. It was the difference between knocking down a slightly thicker than average weed and peeling the bark off a tree. The difficulty was compounded because usually an armored Iwa-nin had multiple fuin-armaments and you never quite knew which piece it was that was powering them.
Where's an avalanche when I need one? Kakashi thought to himself with a grimace as he clutched the wound in his side and eyeballed each of them with his Sharingan, Okay, one swordsman, no telling what that does, looks like a chain flail, probably electrified, a hammer, probably a shockwave maker, a crossbow, probably one of those infinite reloaders, that one doesn't appear to have any, probably a taijutsu specialist with some absurd shit like lightning powered gauntlets that I'll never get off him, and last but not least the leader with the flaming naginata. I hate fighting Iwa-nin…
"Well, well, well," said leader with a flaming naginata drawled, "You've lead us on quite a chase Mr. Leaf Nin." Shit…Kakashi thought, this'll mean war if they retrieve even a shred of my uniform to prove it was me… "So," the leader continued with what had to be a grin inside his samurai like helmet, "Are you going to surrender or give us some satisfaction?"
"Ohhh…I think I'll be merciful," Kakashi smiled behind his mask as he flicked a kunai out of his sleeve and into his hand, "Walk away now and forget you saw me, and nobody gets hurt."
The Iwa-nin burst out laughing and Kakashi subtly primed the layer of explosives inside his ANBU flak jacket. It might not kill them, but it would at least shake them up and destroy the evidence. Then Kakashi nearly jumped from his skin in surprise as the leader of the Iwa-nin came flying towards him with a sound of armor shattering and bones splintering. Kakashi skipped out of the way and looked in shock at the spot where the Iwa-nin had been as the others sprang to their guard and turned to examine their new opponent.
Before the Iwa-nin's leader hit the tree, the diminutive assailant was already airborne on a burst of steam and torqueing a massive kick into the helmet of the one with the hammer. Kakashi stared in shock as Hammer's head flew off when the kick connected. The diminutive figure spun to the ground and took a moment to look at the body with a raised eyebrow as it slumped to the ground, "Seriously?" He looked around at the Iwa-nin, "When are you people going to realize that putting a weak person in a strong suit does not make a strong fighter?"
He sighed as the Iwa-nin gawked, "Right. You people strive to disappoint me. Ow." He added as the chain flail, which was loaded with wind chakra rather than lightning, bounced off his head. He caught it before it could ricochet too far away and yanked, completely heedless of the cutting aura which should have gone through his head and hand like a razor sharp battle axe. Kakashi noted the cloud of steam that erupted around him as the Iwa-nin went flying into a massive punch that absolutely decked him, Boil release?
A white spear suddenly appeared in the small fighter's hand and then turned to metal before plunging down through a chink in the Iwa-nin's armor and sending blood fountaining up as the small fighter stepped back out of the way and pulled the spear out. It was only then that Kakashi was able to get a good look at the small figure that had summarily wiped out three of his assailants as easily as blowing his nose.
The boy, for Kakashi knew from the voice and size that there was no way it was an adult, had a beige scarf and a speckled brown jacket over a dark red shirt and gray pants with dull black boots. He had spiky brown hair and warm brown eyes set in ghostly pale skin. Not Orochimaru's brand of chalky white, Kakashi thought, more like Itachi-ku-speak of the devil.
The boy set his metal spear on his shoulder and quirked an eyebrow as he snorted, "Kill stealer."
Itachi shrugged as the last of the Iwa-nin fell with blood spurting from between their helmet and breast plate, "Sorry. I like to help when I can." Then he frowned, "I wasn't aware we were sending reinforcements other than me." He blinked his Sharingan on and his eyebrows went up, "Are you one of Danzo's?"
The kid raised his own eyebrow in return, "Ehhh? Who's Danzo? Ah, wait, I know. Forgot my letter…" He rummaged around in his coat with his free hand and fished out a small scroll with a grin, "Ah, here we are!" He tossed it to Kakashi who reached out and caught it. Kakashi had a little bit of a time opening it with one hand, but he found the contents to be worth the trouble. He looked around the scroll at the boy, There's no doubt about it…
"Well," he declared as he rolled the scroll back up, "That changes things. Come on, we'll take you back to Konoha with us." Itachi caught him by the shoulder, "Are you sure? The kid's smarter than most Jonin. He could be a plant." Kakashi leaned in close and whispered to him what had been in the scroll. Itachi lurched back in surprise and looked at the boy in surprise who was looking back at them with a bemused grin, "Oh, well…yes I suppose that makes sense…but…if they're alive, then where are they?"
"Behind you," the boy replied simply. Itachi had an instant to be alarmed and then he blacked out.
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Later
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"Well," Kakashi said with a grin as he pulled Itachi up over his shoulder, now back to perfect health, "Let's get headed back. We need to report in." Then he was gone. The boy shot one last look over his shoulder at his parents and saw that they had already disappeared. He sighed and muttered to himself, "Let the games begin." He shot a glare at the objective box that told him to follow Kakashi and flicked three of his fingers into the shape of an A to dispel it.
That was quite possibly the most annoying two weeks of level grinding EVER, Tank thought to himself. Being stuffed into the body of a twelve-year old with all the impatience that came with it hadn't made things any easier as the amount of experience he gained from the training minigames became less, and less, and less until he was barely getting 10 exp for each successful round and could see the damn little lines of his chakra in the earth and flames from his training in his sleep. He knew the little training monologues by heart and could tell anyone the steps for the most efficient play through of over a dozen training minigames. In short, he knew the tutorial camp so well he could've written a walkthrough of it.
The other really horrible thing, he mused to himself, is that Player's Mom is freakin' HOT and my hormones haven't been this out of control in years! At least she was supremely helpful. Well, first thing's first: corpse raiding, yay!
He quickly began rummaging through the dead Iwa-nin's belongings. Let's see…he mused as he rifled through the first Iwa-nin's gear, Steel Kunai x25, Steel Shuriken x25, Ninja Wire x1, Poison (?) x2…Okay I can use all this…He quickly stuffed it all into his Leather Kunai Pouch and continued checking the Iwa-nin's items, the little dialogue box popping up with every item he touched to tell him more, different colors indicating their nature. Ooh…a Legendary Grade Weapon?
His face twisted into a sadistic grin, You silly little Iwa-nin! Sending your national treasures after any little Leaf-nin that invades your territory! His fingers twisted into an A and the dialogue box popped up to tell him exactly what the sword was and his jaw dropped as he read:
Caliburn, a sword forged in the same generation by the same smith as the seven blades given to Kirigakure which later became famed as the Seven Swords of the Mist, Caliburn is one of the 5 superior swords kept by Iwagakure; Strength +10, Durability +10, Speed +10, Ice Affinity +20; Effect Damage: Ice Affinity * 5, ignores Durability Stats; Never dulls or weakens.
Tank held the blade in both hands with stunned reverence, This is probably one of the five strongest swords in the world! What are the requirements?! They've gotta be insane…Requires: 40 Lifting/Swinging, FAAAAAAACK! 40 Water Affinity, 40 Wind Affinity, 40 Melee Weapons Speed…Okay, so aside from the Lifting/Swinging I'd be able to use it. Crapcrapcrap shoulda spent more time on that damn log! Ok, no big loss, into the sack…
He placed the legendary sword in his backpack and grinned as it disappeared into the seal within, "Okay, that's one priceless weapon…let's see what else we've got!" Gauntlets and armor…too heavy and would impede my jutsu…let's see, anything else…Scroll? He unfurled the parchment and a grin so massive his scarf couldn't conceal it grew behind his face, Jackpot. Key Item: Map of Iwa Country
He quickly placed the priceless map in his bag and renewed his search with even more excitement but was disappointed when he found nothing but some money.
He searched the other bodies and became steadily more frustrated as he found there was nothing beyond basic equipment that he could use until…What's this? He unfurled the scroll that had been in the pouch of the unarmed fighter and quickly read it, a grin rapidly growing on his face as he read the jutsu labeled FORGE. Quickly tucking what was for him possibly the most valuable item of all into his backpack, he grinned and blinked out into the woods as he rose.
No enemies immediately visible, he thought to himself, should probably expect some spawns or something to pop up as soon as I leave the clearing…well, no time like the present! And off he went.
==END CHAPTER==
AN: Hey everybody! As promised, here's the first chapter of my first ever The Gamer story. Sorry, I know it's a little short, but it's basically the first chapter of the prologue, so don't worry, they'll get longer.
Since this is a gamer story, it seems only appropriate to include characters' stats at the end of every chapter, so here are Tank's as of now. There are other Hidden Stats which will play a role, but I'm not quite ready to reveal them just yet, so for now, here's his basic stats. If anyone has any questions, post them in a comment or send them to me in a PM and I'll happily answer them in the start of the next chapter.
STRENGTH
hand/arm 28
leg 29
projectile throwing 32
lifting/swinging 34
crushing/gripping/biting 39
Overall 3.24
DURABILITY
physical stamina 77
pain tolerance 75
physical durability 82
poison resistances 79
natural healing 79
Overall 7.84
Health 159
SPEED
hand 53
foot 49
projectile throwing 41
melee weapons 48
evasion 50
grappling 44
visual perception 100
rate of understanding T 71
rate of understanding P 37
Overall 9.86
INTELLIGENCE
bodily 78
spatial 78
logical/mathematical 79
musicality 8
linguistic 74
physical artistic 74
interpersonal 76
intrapersonal 75
creativity 82
memory 77
gullibility 0
Overall 14.02
CHAKRA
amount 74
regeneration 78
efficiency 76
available ninjutsu 81
available genjutsu 15
kekkai genkai 200
Overall 10.48
OTHER
Accuracy 78
Patience 49
Confidence 58
Taijutsu Skill 80
Self Control 83
Overall 6.96
SENSES
Sight 54
Hearing 100
Smell 76
Touch 82
Taste 52
Overall 7.28
OVERALL LEVEL 59.68