Reviews out the Kazoo, now here's the shit that makes me want to write more and more. Get ready people, here is chapter 2. Also, I do need a beta to do some minor corrections, so if anyone is interested, send me a nice little PM and we'll hook up. To do beta work and stuff.
"Okay, I only have five minutes left, and quite a long distance to go" Naruto said. The sun was now shining bright and the village hidden in the leaves was bustling with early business of the morning.
And without giving it a second thought, Naruto began sprinting.
New Skill Created
Run (Lvl 1): Run Boy, Run.
ACTIVE: Break out into a run, increased Speed by 25%
PASSIVE: Regain Stamina 4% quicker
"Too sweet" Naruto said grinning as he began running. He noticed a weird, green bar pop up as he did so and realized that this must be the stamina that the game was talking about. He had a minute left before he began running through the crowded streets, making it to his classroom just in time.
"Made it" Naruto said in delight. He noticed that a new bar had popped up.
Naruto's Quest (1/75) Complete: A Day In The Life
You ate an unhealthy breakfast and then worked it off by rushing to the academy just in time, thus impressing your teacher. Well done.
Reputation With Konoha: 2/250 (Public Enemy)
Reputation With Iruka: 1123/1250 (Friendly)
+100 XP. 28% left to level up.
'Alright' Naruto thought to himself. This was awesome, he could get used to it. His teacher, Umino Iruka, one of the few men who gave Naruto any time of the day looked at him.
"Naruto, now that you have made it on time, would you mind going to the seat so I can start my class?" Iruka asked Naruto who sheepishly rubbed his hair before hastily making his way to the last bench where he usually sat down.
'So, now two questions remain. What is reputation good for, and what did that 1/75 mean' Naruto thought, ignoring the looks being thrown at him as Iruka began teaching the class.
Quest Chain: Just..just one more.
Quest Chains are what they sound like, a chain of quests. Every character has a quest chain, and since there are so many in your world, there are numerous quests. Some quests are unlocked only when reputation reaches a certain level. For example, Lovemaking quests are locked till reputation is 2500. Completing a quest chain gives out bonus rewards.
'The hell is a lovemaking quest? Huh?' Naruto thought to himself before reading on.
Revealed Quest Chains:
Naruto (1/75): There is more to being Hokage than being strong. Gain the respect of people around you.
Iruka Umino (0/25): Everyone starts somewhere. Learn whatever Iruka has to teach you, and then one day you can work with him, applying your learning.
Story Quest (0/?): You honestly think there is not going to be a story?
Hinata Hyuuga (0/50): The road to making love to a woman is long and arduous. Or being friends with her, whatever you want. Help the shy Hyuuga break out of her shell and become a freak in bed (or alternatively a good friend, though we suggest that is a poor choice)
Ichiraku Quests (0/10): You love Ramen, they love you. Shit happens. Help the Ichiraku keep their business running smoothly.
Third Hokage (0/1): Even the Hokage wants something from you dude.
'Quest chains' Naruto thought, delighted. 'I love doing stuff. Too sweet'
Reputation: Respect is earned.
Reputation is simply the character's reputation with someone or in a particular place. Reputation can be increased by doing things that the person or place wants them to do. Remain on the good side of the law, help people out and watch your reputation rise. There are several tiers of reputation with different descriptions and sometimes, they can offer you a buff or a negative effect. Reputation can also help make things cheaper for you at stores.
Would You Like To See Current Relations?
(Y/N)
Naruto selected Yes.
Relations:
The Public Enemy in Konoha.
Respected by The Third Hokage and Hinata Hyuuga
Friendly with Umino Iruka.
Loved at the Ichiraku Ramen Store
Adored by Kakashi Hatake.
Hated by Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka
Naruto stared at the screen. Tears began welling in his eyes when he realized that despite the lonely existence he had had for as long as he could remember, there was still someone that respected him. He looked at Hinata, who seemed incredibly nervous. He was going to help her, he may not like her in a romantic way, but he respected her and was going to do whatever it took to help her succeed.
'I wonder what her stats would be' Naruto thought to himself. 'She's probably awesome'
New Skill Created.
Observe (Lvl 1): No shit Sherlock.
ACTIVE: Analyze your target to find more about them (or it). Higher levels will lead to more discoveries.
"This seems useful" Naruto said in a low voice. He then looked at Hinata before trying to observe her. He was surprised to see a status window pop up.
Hinata Hyuuga, Lvl 5, The Heiress
The heir to the Hyuuga Clan, Hinata is often doubted because it is thought that she does not posses the strength needed to lead a clan. What she does possess is potential that is far beyond the comprehension of many.
Reputation: 1860/2000, Respected
Statuses:
Shy: I just can't say what I want to say
EFFECT: -5 STR and -5 DEX
Byakugan: I can see under your clothes.
EFFECT: +15 INT, +25 DEX
Stats:
STR: 13 (18-5)
DEX: 38 (13+25)
VIT: 13
INT: 21
WIS: 10
LUK: 11
Naruto sighed. It was a shame that while everyone else was working hard and getting better than him, he was just slacking off. He decided to make a vow to himself to do better from this point onward.
Skill Level Up.
Observe is now Lvl 2. You can observe higher level opponents now.
Naruto did a mental jump in the air before deciding to focus on the lesson again.
'So working a skill levels it up. That is surely interesting. He had spent a few more tries leveling up his observe skill and found out what he had assumed just after observing Hinata. He was way behind everyone else. Sasuke was already a Lvl 13. Kiba and Shino were about Lvl 10 each and Shikamaru was Lvl 7 but had really high intelligence that simply dwarfed his on every single level.
He felt bad when he realized he was being held back, and the reason was him. He had never taken all this seriously. The irony of the situation was that it was something that is not meant to be taken seriously, a videogame, that put him on the right path. A path he was not getting off again.
Umino Quest (1/25): A Knife And A Shurkien
Description: Perform Knife and Shuriken throwing skills. Note: This quest can be accessed even after it is completed.
Objectives: Score 8/20 Kunai near the bullseye to pass.
Rewards: 200 XP, Kunai Set (with 20 Kunai), Shuriken Set (with 100 Shuriken)
Naruto quickly accepted the quest. Time for him to test his skills, he wondered if knife throwing was a skill.
"Um, Iruka sensei?" he raised his hand. Iruka looked at him and smiled, to him it probably seemed like Naruto was paying some attention this time around.
"Sensei, could you show me how you throw Kunai and Shuriken?" Naruto asked him. Iruka looked at him, pausing for a minute before looking at the rest of the class. They should have already known it by now but it wouldn't hurt to show them one more time would it?
"Sure Naruto" Iruka said smiling, Naruto gave him a thumbs up.
"Okay, everybody, let's move to the training fields and show Naruto a thing or two about knife throwing"
-x-
Skill Created
Kunai Skill (Lvl 1):
Yes, that is a knife in my pocket.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 6% with knives.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 3% with two or more knives.
PASSIVE: Increased damage by 5% with knives.
ACTIVE: Throw two knives at a singular target, causing 15% more damage. Cost CP:1, Kunai:2
Shuriken Skill (Lvl 1):
I throw for the kill.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 6% with Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 3% with multiple Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased Shuriken Damage by 5%
ACTIVE: Throw four shuriken at one target. Increased 15% damage from Shuriken.
Naruto had seen Iruka demonstrate the knife throwing and shuriken throwing skills and had seemingly created two new skills. He smiled, it was now time to test his skills.
-x-
Quest Complete (1/25): A Knife And A Shuriken
You threw them both, and did passably well.
You have gained 200 XP, a Kunai Set, and a Shuriken Set.
You have leveled up! You are now Lvl 3.
"YATTA" Naruto shouted to no one in particular. He was on his way back home after a long day in school and was pleasantly surprised to see that he had leveled up already.
LVL UP means new Stat Points. Gain 10 for every level. Use these Stat Points wisely.
Naruto decided the most important thing was intelligence, he had very little of it. So he decided to pour nine into that, and poured the last one into WIS, taking his INT to 21 and his WIS to 3. He also noticed that his VIT had automatically gone up by 10 points. He smiled, that was one less stat he would have to worry about.
He had also leveled up his Knife and Shuriken skills and he was pretty happy with his progress, they both stood at Level 3 now because he had practiced really hard all day.
He stared at his knife throwing skills.
Kunai Skill (Lvl 3):
Yes, that is a knife in my pocket.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 18% with knives.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 9% with two or more knives.
PASSIVE: Increased damage by 15% with knives.
ACTIVE: Throw two knives at a singular target, causing 25% more damage. Cost CP:1, Kunai:2
He noticed that with every rising level, his passive and active skills had gotten better. He sighed, he knew this was a useful skill to have but he wanted to learn more skills. Iruka was sure surprised when Naruto asked him for the basic three skills. He realized that learning things was easy, but consumed the scroll that he used to learn them.
Ninja Transformation (Lvl 5): I don't remember what I look like anymore.
ACTIVE: Transform into someone else, effectiveness increases with increased WIS. 25% more effective transformations. 20 CP per minute
Naruto noticed that he had already gained this skill at a higher level, which meant that the game already knew that he knew these skills. He cringed because her realized that he hadn't ever practiced his knife throwing skills or anything of that sort.
He then tried learning the substitution skill, and to his surprise, it was easier than he thought. Naruto was taken aback when the scroll suddenly burned up, but it felt like he had consumed something.
Ninja Substitution (Lvl 1): Stop in the name of the log.
ACTIVE: Replace yourself with another object to get out of a spot of bother. Works over 50 meters. Cast time is 2 seconds. Cost: 5 CP, 1 unfortunate object.
However Naruto hit a roadblock when trying to learn his third skill. The Clone.
Ninja Clones (Lvl 1): An illusion fools you all
Cannot learn this skill. You require an INT of at least 544 to learn this skill.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto shouted. There was no way in hell he was going to get to 544 in INT so soon. He almost felt like crying. He knew that he needed to do the clone to pass, but there was no way he could pull something like that off.
"Okay that's it. I need to do something and get my INT up otherwise there is no way to pass the exam that was only one month away" Naruto said to himself. A determined look on his face.
"That's it. I need to grind. Grind, and work my skills and level up. That's it" Naruto exclaimed.
"STOP SHOUTING IDIOT" a voice from the apartment below him rang out. Naruto gulped before jumping out of the window.
-x-
"Jiji, I need to talk to you" Naruto said to the Third Hokage.
The Hokage was an old man, but Naruto knew that he couldn't be fooled by the age. He stared at the status screen above the head of the Hokage when he used the Observe skill on him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, The Hokage, Lvl (?)
The third Hokage of Konoha. He is known as the professor and the God of Shinobi. Fighting him will fuck you up faster than you can say 'Ramen'
Status:
Hokage: This village is his king
EFFECT: Unknown
Covert Pervert: Hehe, you naughty girl
EFFECT: 100% more susceptible to seduction
The God Of Shinobi: Hurry up with my damn croissants
EFFECT: Unknown
The Professor: Let me enlighten you
EFFECT: Unknown.
Several other unknown statuses.
STATS:
STR: 200+
VIT: 200+
INT: 200+
DEX: 200+
WIS: 200+
LUK: 60
'Wow' Naruto thought to himself. 'Apart from luck, there doesn't seem like there is much I can learn about from him'
"Yes, Naruto-kun, how can I help you?" The Hokage asked him. His expression was kind, like he always was. At this point in time, Naruto was glad that he was respected by this man. He certainly wouldn't want to be on his dark side.
"Um, Old man, do you know any training grounds I can use?" Naruto asked him. Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled at Naruto.
"Naruto, aren't you supposed to train at the academy?" Sarutobi asked him.
"Yes, but I was thinking-"
"Listen" Sarutobi said interrupting me. "Naruto, you have to take this test seriously. Do you hear me? You cannot slip up this time. You are aware of that right?" Sarutobi asked him. Naruto gulped, before nodding silently.
"You might not believe me when I tell you this, but I expect great things from you, and I know you can do it. So the question is are you willing to make me proud?"
Quest Received.
Hiruzen Sarutobi(1/1): Make Me Proud
Objective: Make The Old Man Proud
Rewards: Random Reward.
Accept (Y/N)
Naruto almost swore as the sudden notification had surprised him. He decided to accept the quest, other quests were specific about what he was to do, but this one meant a lot to him. His grandfather figure had taken care of him when almost everyone else had taken him for granted or just plain ignored him.
"Yes" Naruto said with a determined tone in his voice, something told the old man that he was completely serious about this one. "I am going to make you proud of me Jiji. Just watch"
"Good" Sarutobi said. "And as for training grounds, only ninjas are allowed to use them. So if you want to train, I suggest you do something else, maybe in your house"
'In my house?' Naruto thought as he left the Hokage's office. There was no way he could think of that could let him grind the clone skill, so what the hell was he going to do about it. Thinking about him only just confused him.
-x-
Nothing seemed to work for him, so he decided to work on his secondary skills that he could use, for example, the Run skill. He found that he had plenty of stamina so he decided to grind the skill and max it as much as possible.
Run (Lvl 10): Run Boy, Run
ACTIVE: Break out into a run, increased speed by 70%
PASSIVE: Regain Stamina 22% quicker
Another skill he decided to work on was his cooking skill. He found cooking to be extremely therapeutic and it also seemed to help him a bit. Over the last one week, he had cooked all his meals, he hadn't visited Ichiraku Ramen and they were sure to be worried about him.
Cooking (Lvl 8): DON'T QUESTION THE MAN WITH THE HAT!
Active: Cook food. 16% reduced chance of failure in attempting a dish
Passive: Your food tastes better.
Naruto noticed that food items really helped him increase his stat for a while, he found that eating Fish related foods helped increase his INT by a certain amount. There were two items in his inventory that clearly would give him an INT boost.
Grilled Fish: Just a grilled fish. +55 INT for five minutes. Does not stack
Fish Sauce: It's just some sauce. +35 INT for five minutes. Does not stack
The best thing about all this was that as his cooking improved, the effects on his food improved. All he had to do was level up the cooking skill to a certain level where he could get a massive INT boost and thus be able to learn the clone. The exam was only a month away and without being able to access the training ground, this was the best thing he could do at this moment.
That was not all he had done though, he had also done some missions that had almost sent to him to Lvl 4 in the game. There was a daily quest for cleaning an apartment complex. The man who handed him the quest did not seem to hold a grudge against him and he was thus able to make a decent amount of money and experience (which decreased every time he did the quest)
He had leveled up his Kunai throwing skills by a lot. His Shuriken skills had also improved. He observed that he was even capable of leaving a dent in the tree when he threw his knife at a tree. He was sure that one day he was going to split a tree whole by just throwing a knife through it.
-x-
That evening he decided to go to Ichiraku's for the first time in a long time (basically a week) and splurge on Ramen. As he neared the store, he found the old man and his daughter Ayame looking crestfallen.
"Naruto" Ayame said, brightening up upon seeing him. "You were gone for a whole week. Where were you?" she asked him.
"Training" Naruto said, brushing off her concern. "What's with the crestfallen looks?" he asked her. "Did someone die?"
"No you idiot" Ayame said bonking him on the head. "Don't speak like that. But yeah, our deliveryman is very sick and couldn't come to work today. The worst thing is he only sent us a message now, which means we have all these boxes of Ramen and no one to deliver them"
Naruto Uzmaki Quest (2/25): Ramen Run
Deliver the Ramen to the seven different customers in two hours. And DO NOT EAT ANY OF IT!
Rewards: 250 XP on successful completion. Healthy Ramen Recipe Book.
50 XP on failure.
Accept(Y/N)?
"I'll do it Ayame!" Naruto said instantly. A smile on his face.
Naruto Uzumaki, Lvl 3, The Gamer.
STR: 24
DEX: 18 (13+5)
VIT: 183(150+30+3)
INT: 21
WIS: 23
LUK: 200+
Information:
HP: 2745
CP: 1830
Skills:
Run (Lvl 10): Run Boy, Run
ACTIVE: Break out into a run, increased speed by 70%
PASSIVE: Regain Stamina 22% quicker
Ninja Substitution (Lvl 5): Stop in the name of the log.
ACTIVE: Replace yourself with another object to get out of a spot of bother. Works over 70 meters. Cast time is 1.6 seconds. Cost: 5 CP, 1 unfortunate object.
Observe (Lvl 7): No shit Sherlock.
ACTIVE: Analyze your target to find more about them (or it). Higher levels will lead to more discoveries.
Kunai Skill (Lvl 10):
Yes, that is a knife in my pocket.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 60% with knives.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 30% with two or more knives.
PASSIVE: Increased damage by 50% with knives.
ACTIVE: Throw three knives at a singular target, causing 60% more damage. Cost CP:10, Kunai:3
Shuriken Skill (Lvl 1):
I throw for the kill.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 60% with Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 30% with multiple Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased Shuriken Damage by 50%
ACTIVE: Throw eight shuriken at one target. Increased 60% damage from Shuriken.
Ninja Transformation (Lvl 10): I don't remember what I look like anymore.
ACTIVE: Transform into someone else, effectiveness increases with increased WIS. 50% more effective transformations. Cost 10 CP per minute.
Cooking (Lvl 8): DON'T QUESTION THE MAN WITH THE HAT!
Active: Cook food. 16% reduced chance of failure in attempting a dish
Passive: Your food tastes better.
OMAKE
GAME Manual Part 2
Leveling your character is obviously a very important concept, however skill leveling will be briefly discussed. Usage of a skill will cause it to level up. Now skills do cap, however it is a soft cap, which means while there is no limit, it will eventually become very, very, very, very difficult to raise the level of a skill. Basically, expect a skill to rise a level in five years. This concept is called a Soft Level Cap, and is used in GAME.
GAME Manual Part 7.
Dealing Damage: Damage dealing depends on various stat points, which are clearly mentioned in the skills. If the effectiveness of damage is not mentioned in the skill, then STR is to be assumed as the skill factor. Calculating damage is a complex algorithm that we at SteamCorps do not wish to confuse you with, but suffice to say, it's better to level up a skill as in a life or death battle, bonus damage can be the difference between coming home safely or in a body bag.
Various STR boosting food items can be used to increase damage. Some players of this game in other universes have leveled up to a certain point where their cooking skills are so high that they can make food items that give them bonus damage to the tune of around 2500%. I know it sounds insane, but it's possible. DO NOT IGNORE YOUR CRAFTING SKILLS AS THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE DAMAGE YOU NEED.
If you are the sneaky type, we suggest developing an assassination technique. Assassination techniques are more precision based and mostly depend on DEX but can (in some cases observed) give upto 10000% bonus damage. A one hit kill if it hits.
Develop your natural affinities if you want to burn, drown, cut up, electrocute, or bury your opponents to death.
GAME Manual Developers Log 001:
For as long as I can remember, I've been gaming. I wished life was a game, because it was too hard for me to make friends in real life, I escaped into fantasy, and that's not a bad thing, except I was doing all the time. The reason GAME was created was because I wanted to make fantasy reality, and once I do it, Event Horizon will be reached.
And I am not going to stop there. I'm going to put myself in the game too, so I can be everyone's fantasy. That is the end game.
So that's it for this chapter guys. Next update comes in the next week sometime. Thank you for showering this with reviews. I love it, keep the support coming and I'll keep the larger chapters coming. PM me your doubts as usual, review as usual and if anyone wants to Beta and make sure that this story keeps coming out on time, please, please offer to help me out. Please? I'll give you an internet hug if you do.
Also I am in the early stages of compiling a manual that you guys will be able to add to. Send me some of your custom skills and watch me work them into the story. I call it crowd idea funding. Even if I can't, I will put it into a manual and publish the shit out of it.
Now as for pairings, Naruto will be paired, but I don't want to deal with that headache right away man, and since he is playing a game, it would make sense for him to have sex with different women. I still won't make it a Harem, but we'll see. This is not YAOI in any way, I'm okay with gay people but I cannot write about them and do not wish to read those stories.
Take care, peace. Zap.