Being an orphan was lonely. Having a friend was great and all, but friends can never replace parents, friends can make your heart full but friends would never fill a void that your parents would have filled. I realized this since Naruto noticed children being picked up by their parents. "Why don't we have parents?" he asked "I don't know, maybe they died. I don't mind that much, 'cause I have you." I said with a hopeful expression "I'm happy that you are my friend Haru" he said with a grin. I think I'm doing a pretty great job being a friend.
We sometime explored Konoha together when we got bored. To show for it, we even met other children who didn't try to avoid us or bully us. Along the pier we met a boy named Sasuke who had a black hair and black eyes; he belonged to a clan named Uchiha. Naruto just went up to him saying "I'mNaruto, thisisHaru. Willyoubeourfriend?" he said quickly with a nervous expression. I never pegged Naruto for the nervous type. Nervous Naruto was a strange Naruto. Nonetheless it was funny. Sasuke simply smiled and nodded with a slight smile. We talked about a bunch of stuff, which means Naruto mostly talked and we listened. It turns out that kids start at ninja academy once they're six years old if they want to and if they pass the test they gave them or if their parents have some sort of influence in Konoha. I'm sure I can pass the test. I just have to make sure that Naruto will pass academically.
Afterwards he went home. This trend of meeting other kids continued.
We met Kiba, Hinata and Ino. They all belonged to some clan. It seemed that people from clans had pretty open-mind about everything. Most children from the clans almost never ignored us, glared at us or threatened us.
Weirdly Naruto knew his birthday, the Hokage must have told him, it was October tenth, the day when the nine-tails was defeated. It was close-by. He asked "Haru when's your birthday?" I thought and answered truthfully "I never knew and I never asked. I doubt anyone else knows." He said with a laughter "Want to choose your birthday as the same as me?" I laughed saying "Sure. It will be like we are twins. But I'm the older one okay?" He flashed a foxy grin all the while rolling his eyes. "Sure, sure my oh so great responsible brother." I said "I'm the responsible one and you know it. And I'm not the one who is pranking others and causing trouble to his great brother. But never mind that now. We're family and I'll look after you and you'll look after me." He looked even happier "Yeah, we are family."
His birthday, our birthday was almost upon us. We will be three this year. The time came-by quickly as we played and met some other children. On our birthday the villagers celebrate the defeat of the nine tailed fox. On our birthday every adult seemed restless, the matron, shopkeepers and even ninjas you name it and I meant almost everyone. The glare and the ignorance seemed even more obvious and even colder today. We went to the forest to play since many people seemed to be agitated by our presence alone. We played all day running around the forest playing ninja. Feeling as if I was a badass ninja was fun I have to admit albeit begrudgingly. As the sun was setting a group of drunken men approached us. How did they find us was beyond me.
I put my hand to protect him even though we were basically the same age. They looked furious. "You demon you killed our loved ones." A bald man sneered "So we will kill you and your little friend" an another man chimed in. Naruto was scared, and I was scared but I had to do something, I had to protect ourselves. With increasingly hateful look they approached us, we ran as fast as we can. But what could we do we're three and they are bound to catch us with little difference even when they are drunk. But we did a good job running a normal civilian wouldn't have caught up to us. They must have some kind of training.
A skill was created due to continued exposure. Sense intent LV1 EXP0%
Ability to feel the intent of someone close-by.
Hopelessness grew as my desperation and Naruto's whimpering did. But I wouldn't give up. I didn't notice but one man threw a kunai at us. And my reflexes activated and I caught it then threw it back almost instantly. Someone screamed "My hand, let me kill those little bastards." The man roared furiously.
We kept running when a man with a powerful aura appeared protectively over us. "Stop this instant." He boomed. They all froze mumbling about how they were just playing. 'Hard to tell that you were playing when you have blood all over your clothes, huh' I thought darkly. Hiruzen made a sign and within a moment all the men who attacked us fell unconsciously. "Take them to T&I" he said to seemingly nothing. Then a shadow drew over them and they were all gone. "Thank you" I said in awe. Naruto cried and I hugged him tightly. "It's OK, why are you crying? Everything is fine now. We're both OK." I soothed him. Between his sniffles he told me that he was sorry and I shouldn't have befriended him. I cut him off. "Don't say that. I never regretted becoming your friend and I never will. Besides we're family in all but blood. Say you still want to become Hokage right?" he nodded. "Then I will help you. No I will make your dream come true and I will watch over you always like I always do." After that he quickly went back to his usual self. And I thanked the Hokage. "That's alright. I'm deeply sorry I couldn't come earlier" "Never mind that old man how did you do that? How did they all fall asleep?" Naruto asked with excitement. "That's a genjutsu which uses chakra to attack others mind basically. And before you ask chakra is a physical, mental and spiritual energy combined. And every living being has it to some degree. Ninjas use chakra to do many amazing things" he said with a grandfatherly laugh. Naruto frowned "I know that. Do you think I'm stupid? Haru told me" He whined. Hiruzen looked at me for a brief second with gratefulness. "Well Naruto, what I came here for is to congratulate you on your birthday, and take you to Ichiraku ramen" Naruto said with a smile "It's Haru's birthday too. Also what is a ramen?" Naruto beamed "Then congratulations Haru. It's better if you see what a ramen is for yourself Naruto." The old man said.
Then we went on to Ichiraku ramen. What surprised me the most was that the people who worked there never gave Naruto or me a cold look. They just smiled happily as Naruto almost ate his third bowl. I think he was born to eat ramen. The rest of the evening was nice and calm. We just listened to the Hokage as he rambled about his problems. I think he needed that too. He escorted us back to the orphanage and waved us goodbye. "Before that I would like to talk to Haru if that would be OK, Naruto?" the Hokage asked. Naruto nodded and went inside.
"Now Haru first know that I'm glad that you two are OK. But how did you catch that kunai and throw it back?" he asked but it wasn't a question. I told the half-truth "I don't know my hand just moved and I just did it. It was like my body was moving on its' own. It was really weird but I'm glad I did that. Otherwise Naruto would have been a mess if I had gotten hit with that." "It could be a bloodline or talent . Either way you might grow up to be a tremendous ninja then." He said. And waved goodbye. That was the end of our birthday. I can say that I've had better birthdays but I can't say that I have had a birthday that was as eventful as this one.
Months passed by quickly as we spent more and more time with Hinata, Sakura, Shikamaru, Sasuke, Ino, Shino, Chouji and Kiba who were friends. They never scorned us and there was never a dull moment. Sometimes we all got together and played ninja. Although Shino, Chouji and Shikamaru preferred not playing. Shino just preferred studying nature, Shikamaru watched the sky with a lazy expression and Chouji just ate happily. Thus our fourth birthday was coming soon. As my body developed my stats increased as well. Occasionally I got stat increase doing training or thinking through stuff. The last one was strange when you just thought hard and make a good decision you could get an increase in wisdom or intelligence.
Oh, and my luck increased a bit when I beat Naruto on cards. And it was horrifying I repeat horrifying. I played with Naruto full two-months every day to win once, ONCE. And my luck increased by four. Our birthday was near.
Due to winning against all-odds you get 4 LUK.
I still feel cheated.
Name: Haru
Race: Human Title: Orphan
Class: The Gamer Gender: Male
Level:1 EXP:0%
HP: 100/100: 1.9 per hour
MP: 200/200: 2 per minute
STR:15
DEX: 14
AGI:16
VIT:14
INT:19
WIS:26
LUK:14
Skills:
Gamer's body LV MAX
Gamer's mind LV MAX
Reflexes LV MAX
Chakra manipulation LV 1
Chakra control LV 1
Observe LV1
Physical endurance LV1
Chakra mastery LV1
Body maneuvering LV1
Body enhancing LV1
Sense intent LV1
Gambling LV 1
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We were kicked out of the orphanage. And the Hokage found us an apartment to live in. As soon as we moved in everyone who lived nearby had moved out well at least I can sing as loud as I wish. Hokage told us that we will get monthly allowances and we don't have to pay any rent until we are an adult. In Konoha it was until we're genin or until we're 18. I had to change my clothes and buy stuff since people tend to overcharge when Naruto and I went together. Living together was amazing we could be as loud as we wished. Learning to cook was hard, with a level 1 cooking skill you can't expect to be great at cooking. And I got a singing skill, though it never increased. And even Naruto couldn't say he liked my singing. I was determined as I felt stupid.
A skill was created due to repeated action Cooking LV1
But I had to learn something as Naruto kept on insisting that we eat ramen almost every night. Don't get me wrong I love ramen. However, I will never beat Naruto on that particular subject of who loves ramen more. Cooking rice and eggs almost never failed as long as I kept watch of the time.
Sometimes Naruto cooked and he was much better at it than me much to my annoyance. But he kept on with his ramen tendencies. We hardly saw Hokage anymore much to Naruto's dismay. But I understood that he was busy. But he sent us a bit more allowance on the day of our birthday. On our birthday we went to Ichiraku's and ate there. It was nice and the fact that no incident like the last year hadn't occurred this year was great. And I figured out why people seemed to hate Naruto. It was because the nine tailed fox was sealed in Naruto. It wasn't that hard to figure it out. I just listened in close and read some books on the tailed beasts. Tailed beasts never died just dispersed. And with a bit of logical mind I figured it out. I told him about it on our birthday and he was really shocked. But I explained it to him that he was a jailer. A hero in my mind to be exact. He was a hero maybe people were just ignorant or they needed to vent their hate somewhere or on someone else which was stupid. I will never agree with those people but I can understand where they are coming from. I told him that I didn't care and I told him that he was a hero. At the end of the day he almost seemed happy. And I warned him not to tell anyone.
After our birthday I could gain skills and levels and become a badass shinobi who can spit fire and shoot lightning. Who doesn't love some cool jutsus right. Actually it was quite a while before I could do any of that.
Days passed on and slowly I started leveling up my skills. Gradually they built up and got more powerful. And I started getting quests sometimes, when someone asked me to do something. And quests allowed me the opportunity to level up.
Name: Haru
Race: Human Title: Orphan
Class: The Gamer Gender: Male
Level:4 EXP 22%
HP: 250/250: 3 per hour
MP: 450/450: 2 per minute
STR:17
DEX:18
AGI:17
VIT:17
INT:21
WIS:27
LUK:14
Points: 15
Skills:
Gamer's body LV MAX
Gamer's mind LV MAX
Reflexes LV MAX
Chakra manipulation LV 2
Chakra control LV 2
Observe LV 12
Physical endurance LV 3
Chakra mastery LV 2
Body maneuvering LV 2
Body enhancing LV 2
Sense intent LV 1
Cooking LV 3
Gambling LV 1
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