AN: Nothing much to say, here's the next chapter.
Welcome to Uzumaki Naruto: Dungeons of Darkness. Please select character.
Naruto gulped and tried not to think too much about the connotations of 'Darkness'. He looked at the choices presented for him to select as a character, only to see a lone box, with a picture of him. There seemed to be more out to the side, but the boxes were grayed out and impossible to even scroll to, let alone select.
'Whatever!' he thought. 'It's not like I wouldn't want to be my own self! After all I am pretty awesome, right?' He quickly realized that it seemed more like he was trying to convince himself of the fact than anything else and decided to shut up. Selecting himself, Naruto then hit the resulting [OK] that appeared and the scene in front of him seemed to move on to the next screen.
STAT SHEET
These are your base stats. They are what determine your fundamentals and how well you can perform in terms of certain abilities.
Strength - 6
Speed - 7
Intelligence - 2
Charisma - 3
Luck - 5
Stamina - 8
Dexterity - 4
Overall - 5
Naruto stared at this stat sheet for a while. He gawked at some of the numbers ("Why do I only have 2 in intelligence? I'm not stupid!"), but was pretty happy overall. "So these are out of 10, huh?" In reply another message popped up.
These numbers have no max, but generally anything under 10 is considered to be extremely weak.
At this, Naruto's eyes popped out. "You stupid, worthless game! Don't call me weak!" He fumed silently for a minute. Then the game continued.
To increase your stats, either train in an activity which fits one or more of the categories or undergo an event in which a skill is used.
Here, Naruto shrugged. If there was one thing he was good at, it was mindless, repetitive training. 'Yeah, I'll get my strength, stamina, and speed up in no time!' Of course there was the issue of intelligence and charisma, he definitely didn't like the fact that they were so low. Naruto groaned in anticipation of all the books and stuff he would probably have to read. Forget interrogation, read a scroll for three hours and his mind was obliterated. After reviewing everything, as he wanted to make sure that there were no hidden surprises waiting for him in this weird game, Naruto hit the [NEXT] button in the corner.
SPECIAL SKILLS
Swordsmanship - Locked (3 tokens)
Necromancy - Locked (Book of the Dead, 12 tokens)
Summons - Locked (Contract, 24 tokens)
Hidden
With some agitation, Naruto noticed most of the special skills were hidden and only three were shown.
Tokens Available: 3
More can be earned through quests and achievements, as well as other special tasks.
Only three tokens?! Well, he didn't have any of the items needed for the other two anyways, so Naruto decided to spend them to unlock swordsmanship. A little unsure of what to do, Naruto tapped the locked icon next to Swordsmanship.
Swordsmanship unlocked! Tokens remaining: 0
Now Naruto looked up again at his skills and saw the information:
Swordsmanship (lvl 1) - Basic sword skills, basic sword, strength +1
Naruto let out a little whoop, not even caring how caught up he was now in this game that he had been so reluctant to play in the first place. 'Well, might as well make the most of it, right?' he thought. Pressing the [BACK] button, he now saw that his strength stat had been updated to 7. "Nice!" he said out loud. Going back to the skills page, Naruto decided to move on ahead and hit [NEXT] again.
Arsenal
Book 1 - Basics:
~ Clone - Locked (5 points)
~ Replacement Technique - Locked (5 points)
~ Henge - Locked (5 points)
Book 2 - Locked: (Complete Book 1)
Hidden...
Naruto wasn't very impressed with this page. The fact that he didn't even know an Academy jutsu didn't sit very well with him. Also a couple of glaring things stood out to him immediately. 'Noooooo, my Shadow Clone and Rasengan! They're gone!' They were pretty much the only techniques he new that were worth knowing. Then again, this would finally give him the opportunity to actually learn some more techniques! This perked him back up and he eagerly looked back at the 'screen'.
Your arsenal is where all of your jutsus and techniques are located. You are awarded points when your character levels up. Each move when unlocked shows how much chakra it takes to use. When chakra is used up, it takes time for it to regenerate.
Current Points: 10
'Okay, that seemed pretty straightforward' thought Naruto. He then decided he might as well use the points because he never knew when he might need to use these basic techniques. After all he didn't want to look like a fool in the Academy again.
Here he stopped to think. Would he even be going back to the Academy? This was, after all, a game. What kind of game would it be if everything was exactly the same as real life? And what did the title 'Dungeons of Darkness' mean? His head started to hurt from all these questions so he decided he would just go with the flow and wing it. Plans were foreign to Naruto, in his opinion that was what Konoha kept the Nara clan around for.
Looking back at Book 1, Naruto decided to unlock Replacement Technique and Henge. He frowned as this would mean that once again he wouldn't be able to make a clone, but after being so used to shadow clones, we didn't feel the regular run-of-the-mill clone would cut it anyways. Plus, Henge was great for pranking and Replacement Technique was the best to escape the wrath of those he pranked. He grinned, it was a win-win situation!
The screen now showed:
Arsenal
Book 1 - Basics:
~ Clone - Locked (5 points)
~ Replacement Technique - (5 chakra)
~ Henge - (5 chakra)
Book 2 - Locked: (Complete Book 1)
Hidden...
Current Points: 0
"Hmm... 5 chakra doesn't seem like much. After all, old fuzzball here-" here Naruto patted his stomach, "-always made sure I had enough. Plus my Uzumaki genes helped I guess." After saying this, a thought struck Naruto. Was Kyuubi still sealed in his stomach? He hadn't heard him since he woke up in this darkness, but that wasn't uncommon in itself. Sometimes a week would pass without hearing the blasted fox's voice. Not that he really minded; it wasn't that he hated the demon, just that it was kind of annoying to have another voice in your head. He still hadn't gotten used to it and probably never would.
Somewhat tired of all these points and tokens and whatnot, Naruto went ahead and hit the [NEXT] box. He was somewhat relieved when it seemed that he had come to the final page. It read:
Overview
Level 1 - XP: (0/500)
Health - 500
Health Regeneration - 15 per minute
Chakra - 300
Chakra Regeneration - 10 per minute
Naruto grimaced once again at the numbers. He wasn't sure how they compared to other people's stats, but he knew he was going to have to work hard to get his up to where he wanted them to be. He was about to hit [FINISH] when a few messages popped up.
Member of Uzumaki Clan: +30 Chakra, +2 Chakra Regeneration
Jinchuuriki: +25 Health Regeneration, +8 Chakra Regeneration, +200 Chakra
Well that settled the matter of whether or not Naruto still had the Kyuubi. But still, he smiled as he saw his numbers get bumped up, except for Health, which was unfortunately still the same. The Overview now read:
Overview
Level 1 - XP: (0/500)
Health - 500
Health Regeneration - 40 per minute
Chakra - 530
Chakra Regeneration - 20 per minute
Before he hit the last button to be transported into his new world, Naruto mentally readied himself. He wouldn't be doing everything he had done before and make the same mistakes of being easily manipulated and weak. He knew that he hadn't achieved anything near his full potential, but now he could change that. This game put his life completely in his own hands, he wouldn't be controlled by anyone now.
With regards to morals and such, the dreams that he had in his life and the promises he made - well, this was just a game right. It wasn't in his nature to be completely uncaring, but he also wasn't the nicest person ever. All he knew was that he wasn't going to be held back by foolish sentiments.
This was a clean slate, a new game.
AN: Whew, that's it for the intro, next chapter should get started on the real stuff. This chapter is a little short, and in my opinion, maybe dry, but is necessary to set up the foundation for the story. I do appreciate the Follows/Favorites but I would also appreciate reviews. Feedback is what helps me improve my writing.
Also, I will probably recap the main stats at the end of each chapter in the future, so its easy to see them. I will try to update soon but no promises.
Until next time.
