Tired…

Shika: Sleep then.

No. Have to write. Too tired to write an author's note so I'm just going to start the chapter. Reviews will be at the end. Thank you for reading and enjoy.

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Telepathy"

"Bijuu"

"Jutsu"

Windows/Skills

He told them everything he knew about his power. It was too troublesome to not tell them. Told them the skills, the stat points, everything. "So, there it is. I've had this power for about a month, and I've been improving myself so that I can get Naruto out of his position of Dobe of the class. It turned into a quest." While that wasn't exactly true, it was close enough.

Ami and Naruto stared at Shikamaru, completely silent.

Shika looked at the two, then sighed. "I don't know how to prove it to you. As far as I know, I can't party with you or anything. I researched a bit on games and that's a common feature in RPGs, which this power seems to be based on.

Group abilities are currently unavailable until you reach Genin.

He looked at the window and sighed again. "Okay then."

The two were still silent.

"...You two going to say anything?"

Naruto poked Shikamaru's forehead. "Can you store Ramen in your Inventory?"

Shikamaru blinked at Naruto's random question. "Most likely. Why?"

Naruto grinned and then sat back. "Because the villager-teme's keep stealing my food! I mean, Ramen is the food of the gods and all, but why would they steal that?"

Ami looked at Naruto, momentarily distracted by the whole superpower talk. "What do you mean by that?"

Naruto looked at Ami. "I mean that the villagers come in and steal my food when I'm at the Academy."

Ami clutched the claws Shikamaru gave her tightly. "Those bastards! I swear I'll-"

Shikamaru looked at Ami. "You'll what? Go on a rampage and kill every villager you can before the Anbu get you? Turn into another martyr like Itachi Uchiha? If you want to get people to stop doing this, then we need to be smart about it, and subtle."

Naruto looked at Shikamaru again. "You're going to help me Shika? How?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I have no clue. I'll think of something, and it'll probably have something to do with the Hokage."

Naruto thought for a minute, then had a look of realization on his face. "Oh! Right! Jiji asked me to give you this!" He pulled a neatly folded paper out of a pocket on his kill-me-orange cargo pants and handed it to Shikamaru.

Shikamaru took the paper and unfolded it to see the Hokage's order. He groaned as he stored it in his Inventory. "Troublesome… alright then. Apparently, I'm your tutor now Naruto, so why don't you two come over to my clan's compound and we can get started." He stood up and dusted off the wood chips on his clothes. "If you feel like coming, meet me there in two hours." He then left the two orphans sitting there to weigh their options.

The Hokage snarled as he looked at the proposal from the council to make Naruto into a Ne Anbu. Something unfeeling, a tool. They just see him as another weapon, like a goddamn kunai. He channeled fire chakra into the paper and watched it burn, the real fire masking the burning hatred in his eyes. "Neko. Go fetch Koharu and Homura. Now."

A purple haired Anbu stepped out of the shadows silently, bowed, and disappeared.

Sarutobi looked into a corner behind him. "Yamato. If they so much as mention Naruto as a demon, execute them on the spot."

Yamato stepped out of the shadows to nod, then faded back into darkness.

Sarutobi waited patiently, the scent of burning paper filling the room, even though the atmosphere was ice cold. He glared at the entrance, waiting for those two walk in the door.

Neko appeared next to Sarutobi. "Homura-san and Koharu-san have elected to ignore your summons."

The atmosphere in the room became much colder, enough to make Neko shiver. Sarutobi looked up at Neko. "Then drag them here. Break a limb if you have to get your point across, but they are not to refuse their Hokage's orders."

Neko disappeared again with a nod. She soon returned with two elders, one clutching their bleeding hand.

Homura glared at Sarutobi. "What is the meaning of this Hiruzen?! Why have you called us here?!"

Sarutobi slammed his hands on the desk and directed his KI towards the two elders. "DO NOT SPEAK TO YOUR HOKAGE THAT WAY!" He watched as they tried to breathe, and failed. Their old age and lack of training after the war has weakened his former teammates. "You dare propose that a child be taken into the Ne Anbu, then have the audacity to refuse my summons?!" He hated acting like this, but sometimes it was necessary. Like when his former comrades plotted against him.

Koharu struggled to find her breath but eventually gathered enough air in her lungs to be able to speak. "Of… of course not...Hokage-sama…"

Sarutobi lightened his KI enough for his two other advisors to be able to breathe. "Very well… care to explain your… suggestion…?"

Homura put more pressure on his bleeding and broken hand and then nodded slightly. "Of course Hokage-sama… we merely thought that the demon's abilities could b-" He didn't get much farther in his explanation, as a kunai that came from the shadows impaled him through the eye.

The Hokage glared at Koharu as he heard Homura's body fall onto the floor next to the old woman. "As Homura was saying…?"

Koharu began to shiver in fright, as she realized that her life was in danger. "W-We believed that the boy's skills would develop much faster if we recruit him into the Ne Anbu."

Hiruzen nodded softly. "Well then, I'm afraid that the answer is no, and you are dismissed. Tell Danzo that he won't get another puppet. Anbu" He looked at the bleeding corpse of the traitor. "Clean this shit up." He watched as the Anbu sealed the corpse and the blood into a scroll and then took it away to dispose of it. He also watched Koharu nearly run out of the room. Once both of them were gone, he sighed heavily and held his head, the pressure in the room disappearing, and the frost on the walls going away. "I need a vacation…or at least a trip to the hot springs…" He suppressed a perverse giggle and looked at the phantom pile of paperwork that he would have to sign due to killing Homura. He leaned forward and rested his head against the desk. 'Why did you leave me to do all of this paperwork Minato…?'

Shikamaru was laying in the grass on a hill in his compound. He was staring up at the clouds, finally getting a chance to catch up on his cloud watching. It seems that the game was merciful and allowed him this one luxury, not automatically analyzing the sky for him. He heard the grass shifting behind him as someone walked towards him. He looked back and saw the name and title of someone that he sees every day.

Puppeteer of Shadows

Nara Shikaku

LVL: ?

He actually saw that title on a lot of people in his clan, likely because of their abilities. "Hey, Tou-san. What's up?"

Shikaku laid down next to Shikamaru. "Naruto and a girl are at the gates. They say that they're here to see you." He sighed as he looked up at the clouds. "The clouds are nice today, eh?"

Shikamaru sighed. "Yeah. They are…" He laid there for a few more minutes, before getting up and walking to the front of the compound. He glanced at the guards, then opened the gate for the two. "Hey there. It looks like you two decided to show up after all. Follow me." He led Naruto and Ami through the compound, ignoring their questions for now and tempted to use his Kagemane to keep them from wandering off. Soon the three entered the clan's training grounds, to see that it was devoid of life.

Ami looked around the training ground. "Where is everyone? This is a big clan, why is this place empty?"

Naruto snickered softly. "Probably lazing around the compound."

Shikamaru nodded. "Exactly right Naruto. Now then." He got into a relaxed taijutsu stance. It looked like it was a slightly modified academy style. "Show me what you two can do. One at a time though. And no weapons."

Naruto and Ami looked at each other, then nodded. Naruto stepped into a textbook academy taijutsu stance and smirked at Shikamaru, before rushing at him and throwing a test punch at Shikamaru.

Shikamaru stepped out of the way of the punch before wrapping his arm around Naruto's outstretched limb and using his other arm to jab into Naruto's shoulder joint. He released the blonde and pushed him away. "You kept your arm out too long. Try something else. Think outside the box. I've studied every stance in that taijutsu book, and every move that you can make with them. That's how I was able to teach you it so easily Naruto."

Naruto nodded as he thought for a second, then nodded again as he got out of the Academy stance and smirked.

Shikamaru nodded and then lashed out at Naruto, putting minimal force in each strike so that he didn't hurt Naruto.

Naruto dodged each attack, seemingly with ease and became more deceptive as his inner prankster began to come out. He flipped away from a low sweep that Shikamaru tried to get him with, landed on his hands and then launched himself at Shikamaru, trying to drop kick him.

Shikamaru grabbed onto Naruto's feet, then spun him around as he pushed the blonde away from him. He then relaxed, even more, his movements becoming more fluid. "Good. Keep doing that from now on instead of the academy style. But adapt your fighting style with the Academy one."

Naruto landed on his hands again, spun around on them, and pushed off of the ground to land on his feet. "Got it Shikamaru! I'm glad that I can switch back now!"

Shikamaru smirked and then looked at Ami. "Your turn."

Ami nodded and walked over to Shikamaru slowly, then snapped into a modified Academy stance. It was much different than Shikamaru's adaptation, relaxed, yet tensed. Like a snake, if you were to compare her to an animal.

Shikamaru blinked and then nodded as he rolled his shoulders.

Ami slowly got closer, then suddenly lashed out at Shikamaru with a flurry of quick strikes, then retreated slightly.

Shikamaru dodged most of them but still felt some hit him in the arms, in the ribs, and the stomach. He cracked his neck and began to analyze Ami's movements. They were fluid, but her muscles were tense. He waited for her to tense up even more. When she did, he deflected her first strike and hit her in the solar plexus with his elbow.

Ami fell back and began coughing after a second. She took a deep breath, then began to breathe normally. "W-What… What was that?"

Shikamaru helped Ami to her feet and patted her on the back. "I hit you hard enough in the solar plexus to force the air out of your lungs and disabled you for a moment. But I would only need a moment to finish you off. None of us are ready for the life of a ninja. But with enough time we will be. Or… we'll at least be able ready to be Gennin. All of the money I get from me tutoring Naruto will go into training us. Agreed?"

Naruto blinked a bit. "But… how will you get money Shika? If you're spending it on us, how will you get anything?"

Shikamaru smiled. "We'll be going into that place again. Where we fought the tree monster. It was called a Treant, by the way. We'll go in there every week to test our abilities and get some Ryo on the side. It'll be the same, we split the total earned Ryo three ways, and decide who gets stuff if we get anything special."

Ami held her claws up and smiled again. "I wonder how much a sheath for this will cost."

Shikamaru shrugged. "Probably won't cost all that much, considering that you'll just be getting a sheath for your claws. Or I can just put them in my Inventory to hold onto and make training claws for you, so they aren't taken from you."

Ami nodded and then handed Shikamaru the claws, who stored them in his Inventory. "So, what do we do now?"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I guess we train. Since I can see your weaknesses faster because of my ability, I'll observe you, correct any mistakes in the training that could hamper you, and help you fix it to get stronger." He walked over to a calendar and checked the date. "So the school year ends in two months. Let's make this happen."

Over the course of the next month, Shikamaru helped Naruto and Ami with their forms, mostly Ami for the first week of training as she was taught a much less effective way to train. Likely because the teacher who taught the girls their forms were sexist assholes. Or, that was the curriculum for female students. He didn't know. Though by the end of that week, she had a very good grasp on the training forms that were effective. To cap off the week, they were going to participate in Stealth training but got Naruto some clothes fitting of a shinobi instead. He insisted on getting orange, so they got him black pants with dark orange stripes on the sides, and a pure black shirt. They also got him some fingerless gloves and new sandals. They burned the jumpsuit that day. Naruto wept.

Shikamaru then made a schedule for the three of them that they would follow. They would study in the mornings before school and during lunch, and after school, they would train. They spent an hour perfecting the academy forms and then adapting those forms into a style that suited them better. After they worked on their forms, they worked on the three academy Jutsu that they needed to pass their classes. It didn't take long for Shikamaru to figure out why Naruto couldn't do the Bunshin. He had a lot more Chakra than him or Ami combined. So instead he had Naruto focus on the other two while Shika looked for a substitute for Naruto. After they practiced the Academy ninjutsu, he had them work on a skill of their choice. For Ami, it was her claws, and for Naruto, he chose to get better at the leaf concentration to get better Chakra Control. Shikamaru practiced with his Kagemane to get the possession cost lower. On Saturdays, the neglected the skill of choice for stealth training, which Naruto schooled them in.

Every Sunday, they would enter the Corrupted Glade dungeon to gather materials and Ryo, but mostly to test their skills against live targets. At first, Naruto didn't want to kill the pixies or the satyrs, but when they tried to kill him, he stopped regretting it. Each time they entered, they cleared it faster, learning the attack patterns of the monsters and how to kill them faster. It eventually became too easy. Shikamaru made more equipment out of the loot they got from the monsters, but to his disappointment, the game updated at the end of the third week. It had removed the Crafting window, and the skill now required tools and time to make things, which was fair in Shika's eyes. Preparation is another aspect of a Shinobi, and he can't just go making things in the field.

The end of the month came fast though, as they were all caught up in either studying, training, or fighting in the dungeon, they didn't really have time for socialization. Shika would really have to make it up to Chouji for not hanging out with him. Though it was a good excuse to practice cooking. Even though he had no clue that he would get a skill for it. So at the end of the month, Shika had gained three points in STR, five points in VIT, two in DEX, seven in INT, two in WIS, and five in LUK. He still didn't really know what the last stat did, and the game wouldn't tell him. He had also gained the [Stealth] and [Cooking] skills and leveled them up to eight and four respectively. He reached Level 20 in his Academy style Taijutsu, and it locked at that. He was confused until the game told him that to progress Taijutsu more, he would have to evolve it into a more advanced style. The Kagemane reached Level fifteen and slowed immensely from there, likely because he needed to learn a new technique first, but he kept his training a secret.

His Academy Jutsu's all reached Level twenty in the final week of the month, though the training for them slowed as well. His Dagger and Throwing Weapon mastery skills reached thirteen and sixteen, but the real improvements were to his [Leaf Concentration] and his [Chakra Regeneration] skills. Shika kept a leaf stuck to him every second that he was awake, so he was able to train that fast, but when he was in class, he activated his chakra regeneration after sticking two more leaves on him. He was able to reach level 31 with the Chakra control method, and level ten with the Regeneration method. He thought that his Chakra capacity would increase as well, but that ability was weakened to 5 CP every hour, which was troublesome.

Naruto slapped Shikamaru on the back hard, taking him out of his concentrated state. "Oi! Shika! Didn't you hear what I said?"

Shikamaru looked at his schedule. "I'm sorry Naruto, what did you say?"

A grey-haired cyclops sneezed on the other side of the village.

Naruto sighed. "I said that Jiji wants to see you! And Ami for some reason!"

Shika sighed and stood up. "Troublesome… alright Naruto, I'll meet you there. Bring Ami with you."

Naruto gave Shikamaru a mock salute, then grinned as he ran off to find Ami.

Shikamaru sighed and then began to walk to the Hokage's tower. During his walk, he looked around to see people glaring at him. Probably for helping Naruto, if he had to take a wild guess. He didn't care though. It's not like he was going to be Hokage or anything. He didn't need the support of the village to lead. He froze as he felt his [Detect Intent] skill go off. He looked at the window and saw that it was Killing Intent. But it wasn't strong enough to force him to stop. Shikamaru continued walking like nothing had happened when he was subjected to it again. Shikamaru smirked as he kept walking, then became annoyed by it. "Okay, you above me, on the roofs to my right. What the hell do you want?"

Sasuke jumped down from the roofs and landed in front of Shikamaru in a crouching position. "Fight me."

Shikamaru picked his ears lazily. "Why should I? I have an important meeting with the Hokage to get to, and you're in the way. So if you could move, that'd be much less troublesome."

Sasuke growled and threw a kunai at Shikamaru, then smirked. "I said fight me. That's an order from an Uchiha. You'd be wise to listen."

Shikamaru caught the kunai and then tossed it lazily at Sasuke's feet. "I'm sorry, but wasn't your clan wiped out? Guess there are no more Uchiha. Except for Itachi. Wonder what happened to that guy."

Sasuke growled louder, picked up the kunai, and then rushed towards Shikamaru. "DO NOT SPEAK HIS NAME!"

Shikamaru stepped out of the way and tripped Sasuke. "Thanks for moving. Later." He waved at Sasuke as he walked away.

Sasuke grabbed two more kunai and then threw them at Shikamaru, aiming for his spine.

Shikamaru sighed and then rolled to the side to dodge them. "Honestly, you should stop now. You'll hurt a civilian, and last I checked, that's against the law. What does it fall under? Murder without cause? Kinda like Itachi huh?"

A skill has been discovered!

By messing with the minds of your opponents, you have gained the skill [Taunt]

Taunt(Active): LVL: 1 EXP: 0.00%: You know what this does.

10% chance of an enemy shifting its attention on the user when used.

Inflicts target with the status effect [Rage] when successful.

Sasuke roared in anger and rushed towards Shikamaru again, a very sharp kunai in his hand, ready to strike. He suddenly froze. "What...is this?!"

Shikamaru smirked as he held his hands in the symbol of the rat. "Kagemane possession successful." He shifted his stance to a more casual one which Sasuke mimicked. "I have full control of your limbs. For instance, I could just take my hand and raise it to my throat." He held a phantom kunai in his hands and pressed it against his throat, which made Sasuke do the same. "And if I wanted, I could just drag my hand across my throat, and then… no more Uchiha." He saw the fear in Sasuke's eyes. He held that position for a moment longer, then when a small droplet of blood fell from the tip of the Uchiha's kunai, he dropped the jutsu. "But I won't. I'm not a senseless killer." He then began to walk away again.

Sasuke held his throat for a moment, then rushed towards Shikamaru again. "How dare you make me bleed!" He went to stab Shika in the back.

Shikamaru grabbed a kunai from his Inventory that was in his pocket, and then pulled it out and blocked Sasuke's. "You really don't get it? No matter how bad you get hurt, I won't get in trouble. One, because you started this, and two, because you have no sway over what happens until you're an adult or a Chunin. You're just a Clan heir. Itachi is the clan head if you want to get technical." He then grabbed Sasuke's wrist and twisted it hard. "Look at you. Trying to kill someone over a paper cut. That's really all that is on your neck. You wouldn't get away with that, and you'd just be killing for no reason. Just like your brother." He then kicked Sasuke's left knee as hard as he could, hearing a bit of cracking.

Sasuke cried out and fell to his knees, his left knee possibly broken.

Shikamaru winced. "That looks pretty bad. You should probably hop to the hospital. Or hobble. Or crawl, because you aren't walking on that." He then released Sasuke's wrist and walked away.

[Taunt] has gained a level!

Sasuke glared as he tried to get up, but his left knee protested by making him feel a lot of pain. The Uchiha then lifted his left leg slightly to relieve the pain and began to hop towards the hospital.

Shikamaru felt pretty good as he walked into the tower. He then saw Naruto and Ami sitting in chairs next to each other, chatting about something. He then watched as Naruto got up and ran over to Shika, and poked him hard in the chest.

"Shika! You're late!"

Shikamaru shrugged. "I'm not late. You never gave me a specific time to meet you here."

The white-haired cyclops shed a tear of joy. Somewhere, another person, possibly a student, gave someone else a really good excuse for being late to something. Makes a man proud.

Naruto sighed in defeat. "Fine… I guess you win this one."

Shikamaru smirked a bit. "Besides, I got into a fight with Sasuke."

Ami glanced over at Shikamaru. "You got into a fight with that prick? How'd it go?"

Naruto looked at Ami questioningly. "A-Aren't you one of her fangirls?"

Ami shrugged. "I was until I realized how much of a bastard he is to the group. I grew out of that phase just a bit ago anyways."

Shikamaru gave Ami a thumbs up and then sighed. "I think I broke a knee. Caught him in a Kagemane, then he tried to stab me from behind. I blocked it, thanks to both my gamer thing telling me the intent he had, plus his loud footsteps. Then I broke his knee. Maybe. It might've just been a fracture."

Naruto cheered loudly. "Awesome Shikamaru! You really put that Teme in his place!"

Just then the doors to the Hokage's office opened. "Naruto, Shikamaru, Ami, you may enter now."

Naruto basically dragged Shikamaru and Ami into the Hokage's office. "Hey, Jiji! Why did you want to see us?"

Hiruzen smiled as Naruto made himself and his friends known. "Well, I have decided that you three, seeing as you are the only ones in class taking training as seriously as actual Shinobi do, will be assigned a teacher that will pull you all out of school every day after History of Shinobi."

Naruto groaned loudly. "Jiji… why'd you make us keep that one…?"

Ami smiled. "Because everything after that is practical lessons, like Taijutsu and Physical training Naruto." She looked at the Hokage. "Does this mean that our instructor will be teaching us the practical lessons while Iruka-Sensei teaches us the other useless crap?"

Shikamaru sighed. "They aren't useless classes. They're there to give us rest and let us sleep through them, then learn more on our own time."

The Hokage deadpanned at the three children's reactions. He then cleared his throat. "Now then, she will be stopping by soon, so I suggest that you all prepare yourselves… as she can be a tad bit… eccentric."

Neko snickered in the corner of the office. 'That's like saying Kakashi is just sort of lazy.'

Shikamaru's eyes narrowed as he placed his hands in his pockets. "How eccentric are we talking here…?"

Just as the Hokage opened his mouth, the window shattered and in the chaos, a banner was placed and a purple haired woman with Shikamaru's hairstyle wearing very form fitting netted clothes under a very large and open coat. "The Great and Sexy Mitarashi Anko has arrived!"

Shikamaru's right eye twitched at the sight. 'It's… like you made Naruto into a chick.' He could already tell that this woman would be troublesome.

Hiruzen groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "Anko… why couldn't you just go through the door…?"

Anko walked over to the Hokage's desk. "Aww… I'm sorry… I'll be sure to make it up to you Ho-ka-ge-sa-ma~" She pushed her breasts out in front of her to increase her sex appeal.

Sarutobi cried out as he rocketed back with a nosebleed, and hit the back wall with enough force to embedded him in it. "T-Ten…"

Anko scoffed with a smirk. "Too easy. He really is just a dirty old pervert." She then looked down and to her right to see three kids just staring at her. "What? Is there something up my shorts?"

Shikamaru groaned as he looked away. "No. There's not. And that's the problem."

Anko grinned as she crouched down. "Well now. It looks like someone has been naughty, looking at other women like you have been!"

Shikamaru groaned again. "You're not going to bait me into this bit."

Anko huffed a bit. "Fine." She stood up straight and then placed her hands on her hips. "So you three are the brats that the Hokage wants me to torture!"

Ami paled. "D-Don't you mean train…?"

Anko started laughing hysterically. "I-Is that what he told you?!" She suddenly stopped laughing and looked down at them with a smile, a dark shadow over her face. "No, I mean torture. And I am going to enjoy every second of it!" She licked her lips creepily.

Naruto hid behind Shikamaru. "Hide me!"

Shikamaru looked back at Naruto. "I thought that you weren't scared of anything but ghosts."

"I was wrong!"

Anko was suddenly behind Naruto and whispered in his ear. "Don't be scared…I haven't given you a real reason to feel fear…~"

Naruto screamed as he vaulted over the desk and hid under it.

Ami was shivering as she slowly backed away from Anko.

Anko slowly looked at Ami, an evil glint in her eye, and a grin on her face. "And you I'll definitely have fun with~"

Ami also vaulted over the desk and cowered under it with Naruto.

Shikamaru pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head. "You going to try to frighten me as well?"

Anko chuckled darkly. "I don't have to try…"

Naruto yelled at Shikamaru from under the desk. "Run for your life Shika!"

Shikamaru stared into Anko's eyes, internally praising [Gamer's Mind]. "I think that you do. But it's not like you can because we're in the Hokage's office and anything you do in here has to be preapproved by the Hokage himself if it involves physical violence."

Anko's evil aura faded away as she stood. "You're a tough one to crack!" She patted his head, and the aura around her came back immediately, chilling the room. "I'm gonna have fun breaking you."

Sarutobi groaned as he got out of the wall. "Now now Anko, I think that's enough. You've already broken my window today."

Anko sighed and then sat in a chair in front of the desk. She grumbled quietly about old men not letting her have her fun.

Shikamaru sat down next to Anko, not a trace of fear in him. It was crushed by laziness. "So this woman is going to be training us?" When he received a nod, he clicked his tongue. "Troublesome…" He then looked at Anko. "So what did he bribe you with?"

Anko gasped and held a hand to her chest. "What? You think that I can be bought? That hurts Gaki! I'm supposed to be your sensei and you accuse me of something like that?"

Shikamaru looked up and down Anko before staring into her eyes. "Your sarcasm needs work. A little forced."

Anko sighed. "Dammit. I knew something was off today. But yeah, the Hokage bribed me to teach you brats. We're going to have a lot of fun together!" She gave Shikamaru an evil gaze again as she walked towards her banner. "Well, see you tomorrow!" She grabbed the banner and jumped out the unbroken window.

Shikamaru looked at the Hokage. "Is… she always like that?"

The Hokage sighed. "Unfortunately, this is one of her good days. She must have gotten to her dango early…" He then pulled an envelope out of his robe. "Because you three have a ninja supervising you… I'm going to grant you three special access to D-Rank missions. One a week, that's all." He handed the envelope to Shikamaru. "That's your payment for tutoring Naruto. You're doing a good job, as he's now low ranking."

Shikamaru nodded. "Thank you, Hokage-sama. I'll take a look at the D-Rank Missions before we leave."

Hiruzen nodded and then looked under his desk. "Well… you three are dismissed."

Naruto peeked out from under the desk and looked around. "I-Is she gone?"

Shikamaru sighed. "Yeah. She's gone Naruto. You two can come out now."

Ami and Naruto immediately came out from under the desk and were shivering. They looked around and then sighed in relief when they found no trace of the crazy lady.

Shikamaru whistled briefly. "Come on. We're going to go take a look at the D-Rank Missions."

Naruto's eyes brightened immediately. "A mission?! We get to go on a mission! We aren't even ninja yet!"

Ami had the same expression on her face. "Can we go get one Shika?!"

Shikamaru sighed. "The Hokage said that we can take one per week. If you two want to go ahead then I wo-" He was spun around at the speed of the two orphans rushing out of the office. He groaned and then went to follow them.

The Hokage cleared his throat. "Shikamaru, one moment."

Shika turned around with a blank expression. "What is it Hokage-sama?"

Hiruzen had a dark look on his face. "If anyone were to call Naruto a 'demon'... you're tasked with making the problem 'disappear'. Do I make myself clear? Consider this a long-term C-Rank mission. It lasts until Naruto is a Genin."

!Quest Alert!

The Third's Law

Main Objective: Eliminate anyone in your vicinity that calls Naruto a demon.

Rewards: 4 Levels

Do you accept this quest?

[YES/NO]

Shikamaru stared at the quest. He looked at the reward and was tempted to push that button. But from the look of the Hokage, and his implications, the word 'eliminate' certainly meant kill. "You're… asking me to kill people."

The Hokage nodded. "I am. They are breaking a law that I clearly stated would be punishable by death. As one of my Shinobi, you are tasked with performing missions that strain the boundaries of morality."

Shikamaru looked at the quest again, then pushed the [NO] button. "I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, but I'm not one of your Shinobi yet. I have to decline." He then walked out of the office to catch up with Naruto.

The Hokage sighed softly and then smiled after Shikamaru left. "It seems like the Will of Fire burns in even the laziest of people."

Naruto groaned as he pulled weeds from the ground. "Why did you choose this one Shika…?"

Shikamaru looked over at Naruto as he pulled weeds as well. "I didn't. You grabbed a random mission. From what my dad said, be glad that you didn't get one that involved Tora."

Ami chuckled. "This isn't that bad you two. It's just pulling things from the ground."

Naruto sighed. "I know… but… I thought that we'd be fighting bad guys and saving princesses. Not… doing chores."

Anko started laughing from the roof of the building right next to them. "Oh! I love it when Gakis feel the despair of D-Rank missions for the first time!"

Shikamaru groaned at the arrival of the crazy lady. "What do you want?"

Naruto and Ami were already pressed against a fence from fear. Ami pointed at Anko. "H-How did she find us?!"

Shikamaru looked at Anko and then rolled his eyes as he dusted his hands off. "You going to help us with this or just going to watch? Either way, I'm going to ignore you." He walked over to the other side of the yard and began to work on that side instead.

Anko chuckled darkly. "You two." She looked at Naruto and Ami and smirked when they flinched. "Get back to work! I have to talk things out with your black haired prick of a friend." She watched the two other kids immediately start working again, then hopped off of the building and walked towards Shikamaru. "You're different from the other gakis. You aren't scared of me. You should be. You have no idea what I've done." She licked her lips.

Shikamaru groaned again and then looked at Anko, then the words above her head, seeing as he was too busy ignoring her last time.

Snake Mistress

Mitarashi Anko

LV: ?

He then deadpanned. "Do I even want to know where you hide your snakes…?" Shika's eyes widened a bit. "Don't answer that."

Anko looked at Shikamaru, a smirk on her face. "Well, if you really want to know, I keep them someplace you will never touch in your life, nor any other man."

Shika thought for a moment. "So… you keep it under your coat? I assume that you're the type to not let anyone strip you down."

Anko pouted again. "Geez… you are a tough one. Then again, you're a Nara, so maybe you're already whipped."

Shika shook his head. "Nope. Not interested in a relationship. I just want to watch the clouds and to get that back, I have to get Naruto to pass while not being dead last. Not that I really mind it."

Anko snickered. "And get back to your games? Do you have a quest to watch the clouds?"

Shikamaru's expression hardened and was about to use his Kagemane on Anko, but he felt a kunai pressed against his spine. He groaned. "Great… you're clearly faster than me. How did you figure that out?"

Anko chuckled and then whispered in Shikamaru's ear. "Wouldn't you like to know~?" She then pulled the kunai away abruptly and stepped away. "The Hokage told me." She tossed her kunai into the air and smirked. "He knows a lot more than you think."

Shika sighed softly when the kunai was taken away. He didn't want to find out how well [Gamer's Body] does with a severed spinal cord. "Troublesome. I suppose that you want in on it?"

Anko made a noise of confirmation. "If I have to train you brats, then I better be getting something out of it. Heard that you get money from things you kill. I want you to take me on one of your trips, and see if I can get money for killing random things."

Shikamaru began to pull the weeds as he thought about Anko's statement. 'On one hand, she could make clearing the dungeon much easier, and we could move up to the next stage. On the other hand, she's a crazy ass bitch.' He sighed softly. "One run through. Just to test out how you do. It's not that difficult if three Academy Students can get through it."

Anko nodded and pulled a stick of dango from… somewhere. She started eating it with gusto. "Well, you're right about that!"

Shikamaru smiled. "And… in return, I want you to do something for me."

Anko paused mid-bite and then slowly lowered her treat. "What…? It better not be something that involves me getting naked."

Shikamaru shook his head and pulled a scroll from his Inventory and tossed it towards Anko. "Could you get two more copies of this? I can learn it instantly, but Ami and Naruto can't. They need to be able to learn it on their own time, seeing as I'll have to adjust the schedule again if you're training us."

Anko caught the scroll and took a glance at it. "Tree walking? Really? That's it. Two copies of the Tree walking jutsu for those two?"

Shikamaru nodded and then resumed his work.

Anko shrugged and finished her dango and tossed the stick at the wall of the fence, embedding it inside of the wood. "Alright. I'll supervise this thing, then you take me to your… whatever the hell you call it, kill some shit, get richer, get you your scrolls, and then spend the rest on Dango." She tossed the scroll back to Shikamaru and then snickered when it hit him in the back of his head.

Shikamaru's eye twitched as he watched as the Treant was torn apart.

Anko laughed as she tore the Treant limb from limb with her snakes. Bark and purple goop flew everywhere. She sighed as she calmed down a little and looked at Shikamaru. "So how do you kill this thing?"

Shikamaru pointed to the gem on the back of the Treant's head.

"Thanks." She tossed a clean skewer at the gem, and sent it through the bark man, the gem shattering a few seconds after. Anko sighed as the snakes disappeared in a poof of smoke, then saw the stack of Ryo that it left. "I'll take this!" She swiped it all from the ground and then put them in her coat. "I did all of the work myself, so I'll take all the cash."

You have completed Stage 1 of the Corrupted Glade! Would you like to continue?

[YES/NO]

Shikamaru ignored the notification again and looked at Anko. "That's not how we operate." He walked over and held out an open hand "We collect the total Ryo and divide it all equally among us."

Anko smirked. "And why should I do that if I did all the work?"

Shikamaru sighed. "One, you didn't do all the work, just killed the boss while laughing at the rest of us killing everything else, and two… do you want to leave?" He smirked when he saw Anko's face.

Anko was suddenly terrified of not leaving this place. If she didn't, how would she ever eat dango again?! She quickly took the Ryo from her coat and then handed it to Shika. "I'm going to get you back for this."

Shika shrugged and then divided the Ryo equally and shoved one of the piles into his Inventory. "Alright, did we get anything else?"

Naruto held up three large bottles of red liquid. "These things. They smell like cherries."

Shikamaru Observed the bottles, then smiled. "Nice find Naruto. These are health potions. Kinda weak ones, but that's to be expected from the first dungeon."

Potion of Minimal Healing

A very common and easy to create potion. If you can find the materials

Heals 100 HP per use

Has three uses

Tastes like cherries

Naruto sniffed the bottle again, then gave them to Shikamaru.

As soon as Shikamaru grabbed the bottles, another window popped up in front of him.

Would you like to analyze this item?

(WARNING: This will destroy the item)

[YES/NO]

Shikamaru sighed, then tapped the YES button. One of the bottles in his arms began shaking, then shattered, leaving nothing behind. Not even the glass of the bottle. Shika's crafting menu opened up and there was an odd bar above the normal recipe screen. "Okay...so I can sacrifice an item to have the possibility to make it… Useful, but also troublesome…" He then looked at Anko and had an epiphany. "Anko, I'd like to hire you for something."

Anko groaned. "Besides the Tree Walking shit scrolls you have me getting, I'm not sure if I wanna."

Shika then offered her money pile to the snake mistress. "You get my share of the money."

Anko stared at the stack of Ryo bills in Shikamaru's hand, then sighed. "What is it?" She then took the money, added it to her own, and then hid the bills in her jacket.

Shikamaru then hit NO on the continue screen, and the forest began to fade away around them. "I need you to find an alternate Bunshin for Naruto. He has far too much Chakra to perform the academy one."

Anko chuckled. "Easy. There are tons of them out there. Plus it's in the same place as where I need to get the scrolls. Sucker." She then looked around and then gave the kids a mock salute before disappearing in front of them.

Naruto looked at where Anko was and made a noise of awe. "W-Where did she go?!"

Shika and Ami both sighed at once, thinking the exact same thing. 'Bakayarou'.

Marcoglas92: Thank you!

Nooo: Unfortunately, I will have a party system, but it will work in a specific way. He can't bring any other team into the game. So only Naruto and Ami can be in his party and that's it. Well, maybe their sensei.

Sigmarc: Thank you for reading!

MattKennedy: Thank you for the compliment. It's proven a bit more of a challenge than I originally thought, but I'm getting the hang of it.

Shadowoel: I hope to write more of this.

Sundrawnshadow: I apologize for the nearly three-month wait for this.

Saint of vice koncor: This version of the Gamer OS is a little more forgiving. It will drag anyone in a three-foot radius of the Gamer into the dungeon as well as the normal party stuff.

Miroku Kensei: Well, I'm glad that I was able to pick the slack up on it. There aren't enough Shika stories in general, let alone Gamer!Shika.

OoOXylionOoO: I'm very happy to share my work! I'm thinking about writing my own original book, but for now, I'm putting that idea on the backburner.

So, that Japanese word at the end means 'Stupid Man' in a literal translation for people who don't know Japanese, like me. And I apologize once again for not updating this past the first chapter. I won't be able to update other stories within a few days because this was mostly finished already. So I'll see all of you next time! Ciao!