A/N The way FF adjusts the story when I upload it leaves me tinkering with it apparently, but the way it does it doesn't bug me too much and it look's like a B to me when I read it so whoo for that I guess. I also forgot to add chakra costs for the jutsus in the list, that will be fixed in this chapter and I'll go back and edit the first later. I should note as well that I'm not going to pad my word count by paying attention to chakra in a non-combat or non-wasteful situation, if the character is using Observe on things I expect it isn't too impactful to his chakra reserves and normal recovery rates would cover a casual usage. This is to also help me because honestly I'd spend far too much time doing calculations and not actually writing otherwise.

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"Speaking."

'Inner Speech.' (This will be rare, I personally only acknowledge its use in checking if something is fit for public saying myself)

Game/Alerts/Jutsu

"Animal speech."

"Demonic and Summon speech."

(6 Months Later)

Alert! You have slept in a bed: Health, Chakra, and Status restored.

That was such a pleasant thing to wake up to. You know, I used to imagine life being a video game so much better before it actually happened. It wasn't nearly as entertaining when it was you behind the wheel, so to speak. The slightly snoring ninken by my side wasn't helping matters, though the fact that he actually grew slower than I expected a normal dog to, and faster than I was led to believe he would was great.

I'd managed to get myself and Kanemaru up to 95% and 45% experience respectively. Gaining another point in strength and dexterity from all the training my mother was forcing me to endure with Ino was cool, I guess, but there was no way in hell I'd join them for yoga. Curse Ino for ever showing my mother that, I don't need a woman I have memories of growing up raised by running around in spandex. I swear the woman does it half the time to annoy me. It's indecent! Oh god I sound old.

Kanemaru had only gained an intelligence point, but until we got a little bigger we wouldn't be able to do any heavy training, unless this game had a dungeon system I haven't found yet. And trust me, I looked for it. I even tried 'creating' one using 'game logic' and unfortunately while I could use that to teach myself a new jutsu with my bloodline it didn't work on the dungeon idea.

Speaking of which, my new jutsu, Steel Beast Claw, worked like it sounded. I'd gotten my hands to take on steel qualities using Steel Release and it had improved my Passing Fang to new heights as well. Steel was a very interesting style of jutsu, and I was hoping to get it to create Steel Projectile but unfortunately I could barely create marble sized balls using it with my knowledge and control. The less on my efforts to recreate the Steel Shield Technique the better.

"Stop mumbling and come," Kanemaru had apparently woken up while I was reminiscing and was at the door. He was currently giving me a very dry look.

"Fine," I replied as I slipped out of bed, my shaggy hair settling on my shoulders. I opened the door and headed for the bathroom. "Go down on your own bud, I'll be down in a bit." I could hear him walking off as I entered the bathroom.

Later that morning, as Kanemaru and I were waiting for Ino outside her house, I was overcome with a sudden urge to flee. Sure enough, out steps Ino looking eerily happy. My mom was training her too well, the look she was giving me let me know fleeing from whatever she was up to would just make it worse.

With a sigh and rueful smile I went forward. "Good morning Ino-chan," oh no her smile got wider. Danger, predator close.

She practically danced forward as she grabbed me in a tight hug. "Tetto-kun! I almost managed to Henge last night, but it fell apart before I could turn to a mirror." I should never have given this girl the idea to Henge hair colors, at this rate she'd get it in no time. "Daddy said he's going to help me with it this afternoon, so I'll have to skip training today. And I'm helping at the shop tomorrow."

"That's nice Ino-chan," I reply as I dragged the girl towards the Academy, with her chattering unaware of it.

"And then I... Are you even listening to me Tetto-kun?" Her voice sent shivers down my spine.

"Of course I am Ino-chan," I say while thanking Gamer's Mind for keeping my cool. "I'll tell my mom you're practicing to Henge when I get home. No problems."

With my safety assured by my prompt bullshit I continued to our day of education, knowing they'd unfortunately be giving a test on Taijutsu today so I'd more than likely be extra sore tonight. If I was lucky I'd gain another stat point in class before the test, and then a physical stat point during the test itself or training after. I'd learned to trust my instincts about those sort of things, and with me gaining a stat point today the bit of experience it gave me upon recieving it would boost me to level 2.

The day was actually really boring. Even if I got an intelligence point and went up another level, I didn't have time to plot out where to assign my points before I was forced into the Taijutsu test. This surprisingly proved a boon to me because I forgot that if I put my points in it'd basically reset my progress to gaining my stats. A quick vitality point later and 3 points in my Four Legs Technique, bringing it to 27/50, and we were released for the day and I could play out my stat points.

The level up had brought me 10 extra health points and added 5 to my chakra pool. I decided to assign the points in chakra, wisdom, vitality, strength, and convert the last point for Kenjutsu skill. I'd only managed to increase it by 5 on my own. My stat page was actually making me a little happier, especially when I compared it to Ino's, but that was mostly because she had terrible stats. She'd actually had a hidden trait called Stubbornness that caused a -1 impact to her wisdom and intelligence and only gave 1 vitality. I'd only discovered this by using Observe on her while she was forcing me to study with her.

She was also sadly physically weak at the start of training, but now that she'd gotten rid of the malnutrition and gained another point of strength and dexterity she was better off. She'd started taking up Kenjutsu as well, and made a half-decent sparring partner to train against. And when she wasn't gossiping she was actually rather nice and pleasant to talk to.

A quick Observe and Status command brought up our stats for my perusal, though I wasn't much impressed by our jutsu knowledge, but hey we were 8 and still in the Academy.

Inuzuka Tetto

Age: 8

Level: 2 Experience: 0%

Titles: N/A

Status: N/A

Health: 160/160 Chakra Pool: 85/85

Strength: 5 Dexterity: 3 Vitality: 5 Intelligence: 4 Wisdom: 3 Chakra: 3

Stat points: 0

Perk points: 0

Bloodline: Steel Release: An interesting and powerful bloodline, it can be manipulated in many ways by a proper user.

Gamer's Body. Passive. Lvl Max. Grants the ability to live life like a video game. Status, Health, and Chakra return upon resting.

Gamer's Mind. Passive. Lvl Max. Grants the ability to calmly and peacefully think things through, to a certain extent. Grants limited to resistance to Genjutsu.

Money: 1200 Ryo

Skills:

Four Legs Technique: 27/50: The tandard Inuzuka Taijutsu style involving dropping to all fours and extending your claws and fangs by using chakra. Enables high speed movement and boosted reflexes. (A/N I'm actually not entirely sure what's up with the chakra aura with this in the anime so I'm just gonna say no.)

Passing Fang: 24/50: Spinning at extreme speeds causes a tornado/drill-like attack that will inflict beast-like wounds when contact is made. This technique is the most basic version, not requiring a ninken partner. Cost: 5 Chakra.

Clone Jutsu: An illusion that is basically worthless against a real Shinobi, easily identified because of the lack of shadow. Cost: 10 Chakra. (A/N I'm leaving in it's description because I honestly just despise the requirement of it to graduate. I mean, I know it can be used for neat tricks but still.)

Shurikenjutsu: 10/50

Kenjutsu: 20/50

Ninjato: 13/50: This blade is shorter than a katana, straight, and had a single cutting edge. It is rather adaptable to styles.

Observe: Cost: 3 Chakra.

Body Replacement Jutsu: 15/50: Cost: 5 Chakra.

Steel Beast Claw: 10/50 Hardening the hands, rarely the shins and feet, into steel like properties allows great destructive force behind Taijutsu attacks and techniques. Cost: 15 Chakra. Note: This jutsu can be sustained, but cancelling it and then using it again will still require the full cost.

I was very proud of myself for adapting Steel Release into my style, but then again I knew the basic idea behind it and I'd had a lot of help from my mother. Apparently if I was willing to put the blood, sweat, and tears into learning something she was more than willing to observe, advise, and laugh at my pain. Evil women, I tell you.

Ino Yamanaka

Age: 8

Level: 3

Titles: Gossip Princess (+1 Intelligence -1 Wisdom)

Health: 145/145 Chakra Pool: 90/90

Strength: 3 Dexterity: 6 Vitality: 4 Intelligence: 6 Wisdom: 2 Chakra: 2

Info: The eldest child and only daughter of Inoichi Yamanaka, Head of the Yamanaka Clan, he younger brother replaced her in the line of succession. She wasn't too put out by this, having apparently decided she'd rather have the freedom of options for marriage. Her hobbies are gossiping, gardening, yoga, and training with Tetto.

Stubbornness: This person just does not know when to concede. You're wasting your time. -1 Intelligence. -1 Wisdom. +1 Vitality.

Skills:

Mind Transfer Jutsu: A jutus that allows one to transfer their concious into anothers body. The downside to this jutsu is it leaves the users body entirely unprotected, and so is dangerous to use while alone. (A/N I'm leaving out other peoples costs, because honestly, way too much balancing would need to be done.)

Clone Jutsu

Shurikenjutsu: 12/50

Body Replacement Jutsu: 17/50

Academy Style Taijutsu: 18/50

Kenjutsu: 8/50

Ninjato: 5/50

Yeah considering I was actually a level below her and other people didn't seem to get extra stats upon level up, that balance was likely to change quickly. Her dexterity score was actually less about raw speed and more base on flexibility from what I could tell, maybe the system adapts it for a persons style? Or does it grow and adjust itself for the style you grow it with?

I'd given myself more than a few headaches on subjects like that, and I wasn't actually sure why I was given this chance. I mean, if it was in the anime timeline and not obviously different like it was I'd say it was trapping me to go along with things, but as it stood I could literally be a background character without much effort. I was also contemplating whether I let Haku and Zabuza die or not, because honestly, I need to know the answer to the question.

What question, you ask? Why silly, if Haku is a guy or a girl, obviously. These are things that need to be verified. Plus the kid was rather nice and I'd just feel bad about it. Oh well, I'll see what happens when it happens. For all I know I could come across them myself before that time and... oh no, please tell me I didn't jinx it. Please.

After a quick prayer to the Log, and running into my front door because I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking, I entered my home to be met by another flying tackle from Kiba. Damn brat. I'm gonna have to go around calling him Gaki like Anko at this rate.

That's another thing I've noticed, everything is translated for me. Literally everything. If it was writting down I'd see a small translation floating below it, and this made learning the language quite pointless even though I also already knew it. I feel cheated for some odd reason, and I don't know why. Oh well, that's a thought for another time.

My saturday was unfortunately started by being flipped out of my bed, ninken and all.

"Up and at 'em boys, it's time for morning exercise." My mother woke me up like this every so often, and there was little Kanemaru or I could do about it. "Be outside in 5 minutes, or else." With that she left me to untangle myself and my ninken from the blankets.

I sighed as I pulled my workout clothes in, early mornings were awful. At least she let me use the bathroom beforehand, but it was still pure evil. I guess that's my fault for asking her to increase my training, I still couldn't see any of her stats at all. Hana would mercifully patch me up if I hurt myself too bad, but she was just as likely to leave most of the little things to teach me a lesson.

Kanemaru and I stumbled outside 4 and a half minutes after being awoken, my mother looking far too bright and chipper. Something was up, and I didn't cause it. Just great.

"Run 10 laps around the clan compound for a warm up Tetto, you too Kanemaru. We'll be working on the Fang Passing Fang today and I know you both will likely be a little bruised." She snickered as if this was supposed to be a happy thought. "Hana and I have a bet on how long it will take you to knock each other out with it." Oh well isn't that pleasant, my family is taking bets on my training and health.

We knew better than to argue with her though, and silently started running in the cool morning air. She'd gotten us up just after sunrise, so I wasn't entirely sure on what time it was because I didn't have the time to look. I absently noted Kanemaru gaining another dexterity point, and barely heard his sigh as the slight rejuvenation flooded through his half awake muscles. I had a rather strong partner who also would had a decent growth rate.

On my fourth lap I saw Hana leave the house heading to the clinic, likely to help tend the sick ninken that had been brought in last night. She took her duties as seriously as one could, but Log help you if you annoyed her. She definitely inherited her temper from our mother, that's for sure.

The ninken in question was actually one of Kanemaru's cousins. He showed a natural interest in the hounds recovery, but not overly so. He actually didn't interact all that often with the other ninken themselves, since I personally barely interacted with them and he was always at my side. He'd never wish them ill, but it just wasn't as interesting or important to him as it could be.

I stood there panting as Inuzuka Tsume explained the concept behind teamwork and coordination when using Fang Passing Fang, necessary so we didn't cause undue damage to ourselves. The rotation we produced could cause chaos, and I couldn't risk using my Steel Beast Claw while practicing, it could potentially kill one of us. I may be crazy, but I'm not that crazy.

A post was in the center of the clearing she wanted us to use. Nothing special except I could tell there was a steel bar in the post to give it a little more resistance. My sense of smell was sharp enough, that combined with my use of Steel Release I could tell when steel was within a general area of me. I gave a sigh, knowing this was going to be a long morning.

"Ready brats? I want you both to hit this post at the same time, from opposite sides." That fanged grin she gave me made me want to whimper. But no, I couldn't, I was to be Alpha myself one day. "Then after you can do that without knocking your partner out, you'll be trying it from the same side. Hana knows we're practicing today, so don't worry about us having to alert her."

"Your dam is quite vicious Tetto," Kanemaru remarked lowly beside me. "It's like she wants us to fail."

"That's because I do pup," we both went stiff. "Nobody else learns or trains like the both of you." The grin was out in full force, and I could hear the barking laughter of Kuromaru from not far off. "And you're gonna be the best even if I have to break every bone in your bodies making you the best. Now, go!"

We didn't need told twice, doing Passing Fang from beside each other. Sadly this caused us to be thrown away from each other, rebound after landing, and sent colliding right into one another. I ended up with my back hitting the post and seeing stars, Kanemaru went rolling along the ground. Howling laughter was ringing in my ears as I saw an alert pop up.

Damage Alert! Damage Taken: -25 Health. Damage Done: 15

"You ok Kanemaru?" I called while rising to my feet. Little bastard packed a punch, not that hitting the post helped.

"I'm fine." I heard in reply, seeing him shake his fur out. "I suggest we stand further apart when we do that."

I couldn't help but agree, the rotational fields had been partially overlapped. Until we could move properly around another Passing Fang we were going to hurt, a lot. We made another attempt but ended up side swiping each other for another 10 health. The cuts we were getting stung like hell, and poor Kanemaru only had another attempt in him. He just didn't have the stamina to keep up with me right now.

I missed the third try entirely, driving myself face first into the dirt. The laughter picked up again and this time I could hear Kiba's voice along with it. 'Little shit is going to regret that when it's his turn. If I have anything to do with it, he'll be going up my passing fang,' I could be a little... grudgeful, ok? Though that actually sounds like useful training, it also sounds like it would hurt like nothing else.

"C'mon Tetto, you've gotta get this down before the both of you get too bulky to learn it." It was true, with Kanemaru's expected size and my lean but hard frame it'd get even harder to learn it as we aged. "You run that attack sequence again until you've got it down perfectly, it's lunch time, or you run out of chakra. Your pup can get some rest over here."

Kanemaru, the traitor, practically skipped to the nice shady spot next to my mother to rest. "I'll try to watch your movements. I need to play off your movements more, since I have lower chakra reserves."

As I threw myself into another Passing Fang at the post I wondered about the possibility of learning how to tree walk before I became a Genin. It wasn't likely, but hey, who knows right? God but I'd rather be practicing other jutsu than my Passing Fang, even if I'd already gotten 2 points in the skill. Though now that I think about it, the chakra cost actually used to be higher before I got more skill in it, so there's that at least.

It truly was a painful morning. Every time Kanemaru recovered enough to make a few attempts she sent him to join me, cause us to smash each other up even more. Every one of our instincts were screaming at us to stop and check our partner but we knew we just had to grit our teeth and bear with it. We sadly didn't manage it even once. We limped away licking our wounds.

It totally helped that Hana promised to make lunch today, and that girl made the literal best teriyaki, though I was partial to the red meat variety. What can I say, I stick with my gut in that , food humor. I spent all morning exercising, what do expect, an eloquent dissertation? Bite me. Heh, Inuzuka humor, I keep myself entertained. Maybe it's the hunger that's doing it, since someone demanded I skip breakfast. Did I mention I adored my new sister? She was the best, and her ninken triplets were awesome too.

I could smell lunch almost done as I showered swiftly, practically salivating at the thought of teriyaki. I could smell beef and chicken, oh yes. I thanked Gamer's Mind for all the good it did me as I clamped down on my excitement so I could stand still long enough to finish the shower. A quick change of clothes to a muscle shirt and shorts and I was rushing down the stairs, still wrapping bandages around my arms.

A sigh greeted me upon my entry to the dining room, "Really Tetto?" Hana gave me a exasperated look. "Sit down and finish your bandaging."

"All right Hana-nee," I replied, cautiously edging around her. She was seriously nice, but she scared me even more.

Let me just tell you now, the food was absolutely perfect. I had to keep Kiba from saying something stupid about women by accident, but stepping on his foot was quite pleasant. The look Tsume gave him promised him hell in his Passing Fang training, poor guy. Oh wait, he was laughing at me, that's right. Sucker.

Unfortunately now that we were rested and bandaged up, it was back to running and doing push ups for me, and scent training for Kanemaru. I gained a vitality point during the push ups, which I was thankful for because my muscles were aching. This game/life thing wasn't as streamlined as I thought, and the effort I had to put in for rewards was nuts.

This shit better get easier as I get older and my body adjusts properly, or I'll be screwed. I was blaming puberty on all my problems, and I wasn't even 9 yet. Just great. Next thing you know I'll have a clingy... female... friend. Fuck! Nope, not thinking of Ino-chan like that, she's too young and I'm too young/old mentally.

Dinner that night was quiet, Kiba was nursing his wounds and I just didn't have the energy to bother teasing him. I'll get him back eventually, maybe when I learn to Henge I'll become his worst nightmare or something. That sounds big-brotherly to do, yes. That'll teach the miscreant to behave.

Kiba's nervous smile to my evil chuckle was even more entertaining. The night was still young when I collapsed into bed. I'm too young to feel this old. Kanemaru and I couldn't even get the energy to bother getting more comfortable before we fell asleep. My last thoughts that evening were off teriyaki and sadistic mothers.

Sunday mercifully didn't start as early, as it was the day Ino came over and did yoga with my mom. I made damn sure to sleep in as much as possible on those days, though I'll fully admit to hoping that habit continued when we were teenagers. I'm not an idiot after all, that will be a decent situation in a few years even if it's awful right now.

Ino having to wake me up after her stretching seemed to always amuse her, so why steal her fun away? It's not like I could afford to upset my only human friend, the only other interesting person in my class was an Uchiha with a stick firmly stuck up her ass. She apparently had a year old sister as well, and isn't that just a headache.

The kid would be 4 or 5 when the clan massacre happens... That actually makes me a little upset, because it's putting images of Kiba into my head. Thankfully Gamer's Mind kicked in before I fell too deeply into those thoughts, apparently directing my mind towards dealing with the issue. Though I couldn't even tell you what the girls name was, I was pretty sure it started with an F. Maybe I'll ask Ino after training.

As I sat down at breakfast I went through the options that were springing to mind, thanking my overpowered ability for keeping my thoughts clear and untroubled. Option number 1 was to befriend her and 'go for a visit' the night of the deaths, but that wouldn't work because I don't know when it was going to occur, or even if it really would. For all I know, these Uchiha are friendlier to the village... Yeah right, they act like assholes every time I see one of them.

Option number 2 was to somehow kidnap a bunch of the younger Uchiha children while 'Madara' and Itachi were busy. It had merits, but the issue was if either of them caught me there was no way I'd be able to fight them off, let alone escaping with a brat in arm. I could also try to bring the Uchiha closer to my clan by finding one of them to hand out with, but to be entirely honest I'd never be able to behave around them.

My final option was to keep an eye on Itachi, and if I could figure out the night things were going to hit the fan I could act before he got there. I'm sure I could squirrel away a couple of kids, especially if I got Kanemaru to help keep an eye out. If all else failed I could revert back to option 2 and just grab one or two of the younger brats and bolt.

Being dragged outside for 'taking too long' put a stop to most of my deep thinking, though as I joined Ino in our warm ups I thought about my silly reaction to my earlier thoughts. Granted, I was an older sibling in my previous life as well and highly protective at that, so it wasn't any surprise that I freaked. But the more Uchiha that survive will just make more targets for Danzo and Orochimaru to pull their bullshit on, even if they'd likely be far too young to attempt it.

"Do you want to spar Tetto-kun?" I blinked, idly wondering how I had missed completing my laps.

Glancing at Ino, who already held her practice ninjato ready, I shrugged and grabbed mine. "Ready when you are Ino-chan." She struck almost instantly, and I laughed as I stepped back. "Well it looks like someone is excited," I teased.

Ino blushed and stabbed at my left, I sidestepped and retaliated with an attempt at cutting her. She twisted away and forced me to leap back to avoid the counter, ducking another swing even as I tried to sweep her feet from under her. She eyed me from a safe distance after she flipped safely from my sweep. What the hell was she, rubber muscled?

Every time I struck at her, she twisted away from me and kept me from applying my strength against her. It was infuriating, but I realized that's what she wanted so I stepped back and sighed, repositioning myself while watching her.

"Aw boo," she pouted, trying to circle me. "I was sure you'd fall for that one at least."

"I'm not like most Inuzuka, Ino-chan. I can't afford to let my instincts dominate me in any way." I could see my mother smiling out of the corner of my eye, but I refused to get distracted.

"I guess that's true." Why does her agreement sound so smug? "After all, Kiba-kun would be trying to tackle me by now."

It was true, Kiba couldn't control his emotions at all. Psychological warfare was highly effective against him. "It's because he's a pup," I stated with more confidence than I felt, trying to predict her steps even as she slapped away my tentative attacks.

She giggled at me, "And I suppose you're just so big and strong now, right Tetto-kun?"

I smiled. "With age... comes tricks!" I kicked up the dust into the air, directly in her sight.

She wasn't actually expecting my follow up tackle, nor the tickling that I inflicted upon her. Our laughter echoed off the buildings until my mom finally dragged us apart and forced us inside to wash off. Apparently today she was leaving on a mission and so we had the rest of the day to ourselves. I almost couldn't wait, but Ino decided I was to accompany her all day... while she shopped!

After being forced to agree because of my mom, I dragged Kanemaru out of his sunny spot to suffer with me, ignoring the grumbling coming from the ninken at my side. The least he could do is take some of the heat off me after all, though I didn't truly expect much. Ino was a force of nature when she got going and my mom had asked her to shop for us as well. I was going to have to carry so many bags!

Honestly I'm not even entirely sure what Ino was chattering about as we walked, because I was trying to think of all the plants we'd learned about in class this week. Finding the relaxing herbs of this world was a top priority for someone who smoked more than a pack a day and was stoned as often as not. Gamer's Mind only helped me influence my mind and remain in control, it didn't stop me from feeling physical or mental conditions.

I wasn't likely to find an alternative to tobacco any time soon, and I definitely wasn't going to be allowed to smoke anything else until I was an adult. Being stuck as a kid was seriously brutal, if I didn't find more quest pop ups I'd have to wait until I was Genin to grind experience and that was just awful. Seriously, it was horrible. Years of time would go by without me leveling up effectively, but no matter how many attempts at finding a dungeon I made nothing happened.

That's when it hit me, so to speak. I'd only ever been trying in town or my clan compound, never the training grounds. My mom wasn't letting me train there alone until I was 9, but that didn't mean I could go past there after the shopping was done if we got finished early enough. This could be my big break!

"Kanemaru!" I called, catching his attention as I jumped forward. "I think we have a solution to the issue. Let's shop as fast as we can, hurry!"

"Seriously?" He barked. "Wait for me dude!"

Poor little Ino never stood a chance, as we forced her to speed through shopping at a pace that set her head spinning. I was almost certain she was dizzy as we left my moms groceries at my place before she headed home and I took off.

"So what's the issue with the dungeons?" Kanemaru stepped up beside me as we were finally alone. "Did you figure out a way to level up properly yet?"

"I think I have buddy. The training grounds!" At his questioning look I continued on, "we haven't tried there yet because mom has been keeping us training at home. The different training grounds are the only places I can think of that a dungeon could exist at."

"I sure hope so, we need more practice with our offensive." This was also sadly true, but I froze midstep as something appeared.

Quest Alert! Mutually Exclusive Dreams: The search for strength is one common to Shinobi. Please be aware that selecting either of these Quest Chains will prevent you from choosing the other.

The S Rank Ambitions: Striving to be a monster in terms of power, choosing this option will cause the world to gradually grow stronger. People will become more powerful, dangers greater, and the training grounds dungeons will provide more rewards.

OR

B Ranked Days: The average man would hope for no more, people will strive harder for their average rewards. Training ground dungeons will provide average rewards, so if you're aspiring for that house they won't help much. The average S ranked shinobi would tear right through you.

Select?

Warning: Selecting a choice will likely involve time skips, background story, and a more alternative reality.

"I think that answers our questions buddy," I muttered lowly as we saw the floating text.

Fighting monsters the likes of Kisame Hoshigaki, Hidan, and Kakuzu... Or staying average at best and hoping I don't get sent at them like cannon fodder. The money and power from the first choice was very tempting. But seriously, the opponents would be so damn dangerous that I could easily die. Oh the choices...

Chapter End.

A/N: So where to go from this choice I wonder. Let me know what you think guys, I'm really curious. The possibilities are practically endless, but trying to write it so it reads well leaves choices to be made. No status screens this chapter. I want to hear some thoughts on changes to affect upon the world.