Naruto: Player 2 Chapter 3: Enter! Yaiba Kira!, a naruto fanfic

Steamy: the first thing I'd like to address is my tardiness. I'm sorry for being late with this chapter, I got about 3,000-4,000 words in when my brain told me to suck it and not work anymore, so I wasn't able to come up with anything for this chapter or how to write it even though I knew what I wanted to write. It wasn't until Monday that I was able to come up with anything, but this chapter is just over 11,000 words long (not counting the AN's) which meant that I had to write quite a bit in only a day, and let me tell you, I can't just sit at a computer all day and write (though I'd love to be able to) so I spent as much time as I could writing but I wasn't able to finish within the few hours I had before Monday ended, so I wrote as much as I could on Monday then wrote the rest on Tuesday (today) and uploaded it.

Sorry if it's a little choppy at places, since I was trying to get this out as soon as possible I wasn't able to smooth some of the rough edges out, I apologize again.

On other news, I am now warning all of you that yes, this is a Yaoi Naruto story, or more specifically, a Shounen Ai story as there won't be any hard romance or other "hard" things happening in this story, at least not directly, and certainly not with the younger characters.

I am one of those Naruto fans who does believe in the whole "Old enough to Kill, old enough to drink, old enough to have sex" thing but that won't really be happening in this story, as far as I know at least, who knows what my mind and/or the story will come up with?

Now with that out of the way-

Disclaimer: I don't own the Naruto cast or the world, The Gamer elements and anything that might belong to other people

Naruto: Player 2

Enter! Yaiba Kira!

Naruto stood staring at the one before him; this person was not what he was expecting when he went on this Quest...

Speaking of-

Quest Completion: EXP 500

Increased Reputation with [Yaiba Kira] +500

A bonus for finding Player 1 with 13 minutes to spare has been added to your Inventory.

Naruto looked over the words a moment before closing the box; which then led to another alert popping up-

You have gained +500 REP points with Yaiba Kira causing for your Reputation to move from "Unknown/Neutral" to "Honored"

Then-

Quest Alert:

Tutorial!

Now that Player 1 has been located, it's time to take the Tutorial! To begin say "Please Teach me Player 1!"

Completion reward: EXP 1000

More knowledge of your new Ability, The Gamer

+12 to INT

+12 to WIS

Increased Reputation with Yaiba Kira +300

Completion failure: EXP 500

No new knowledge of your new Ability, The Gamer

Decreased Reputation with Yaiba Kira -100

While Naruto was looking over his new Quest he was unaware that an identical box had appeared in front of the one before him; raising their hand and pressing it to the floating box.

Shaking his head Naruto pressed the (Y), looking back up at his companion his eyes roving over their figure and taking them in; and Kira simply stood there, a soft smile upturning their lips.

Yaiba Kira had a fairly slight build, from what Naruto could see; soft curves and well-rounded hips (not too rounded, but just rounded enough to be noticeable), slender arms and legs of average length that made Naruto realize something as she-he? Naruto couldn't really tell-stepped a little closer; Kira was shorter than him, something of which Naruto wasn't used to, considering he himself was the shortest in his class...

Naruto shook his head again, refocusing on examining Kira.

He noticed the pale skin-that was covered with a black long-sleeved shirt, a pair of black pants and blue Shinobi sandals-that almost seemed to glisten in the soft moonlight and the black as night hair, it being cut short about their head with short bangs only brushing their forehead. Looking down a bit Naruto looked into Kira's eyes, eyes that were two different colors; the right one was a liquid-y silver that shimmered in the light while the other was as blue as a clear lake, it too shimmering in the light.

Naruto narrowed his eyes once he noticed that there was a marking on Kira's face; it appeared to be two katana blades crossing in an 'X' shape, the sharp ends pointing downwards. A beige circle with the kanji for Wind was situated in it, above it was the symbol for Fire colored red, to the left was Lightning in yellow, on the bottom; Earth in brown and on the right was Water in blue.

As Naruto finished his inspection Kira placed her-his-whatever hands behind her-his back, smile widening, mirth dancing within mismatched eyes,

"Are you finished Naruto-san?" Kira asked good-naturedly. Naruto flushed deeply, belatedly realizing that he had been sort of checking Kira out; he reached behind his head, scratching at his neck,

"Ah, sorry 'bout that..." he mumbled. Kira chuckled softly.

"It's fine; you probably didn't notice, but I was checking you out too, Naruto-san!" Kira seemed just a bit too cheerful with that exclamation... Naruto startled all of a sudden,

"Wait a minute," he started, narrowing his eyes at the brunette," how'd you know my name?" he asked with suspicion lacing his tone. Kira pointed above Naruto's head; Naruto was confused for a moment looking up, then flushed when he saw the glowing letters hovering over his own head," oh..." he whispered; Kira laughed while pointing above them,

"You can see mine right?" she-he asked. Naruto looked to where she-he was pointing and saw similar glowing letters to his own-

Yaiba Kira – The Gamer; Player 1 – Academy Student – LV51

"Ah, yeah, Kira..." he whispered distantly, taking in the words hovering in the air. Kira stepped forward, going closer to Naruto; said blonds head snapped down noticing that only a few scant feet separated the two of them now. Not knowing what else to do Naruto stuck his hand out," it's, ah, nice to meet you!" he belatedly greeted. Kira looked surprised for a moment before smiling in a friendly manner,

"Un, it's nice to meet you too," she-he took Naruto's hand and firmly shook it; they both noticed that they both had smooth hands compared to that of normal ninja, even ninja-in-training tended to have rougher hands; heck, Shikamaru, the laziest ninja that Naruto knew had rougher hands than his own-though that was most likely due to Naruto's higher healing ability. He wondered why Kira's hands were so soft; she-he was probably younger than him, not being in the Academy for long usually meant softer hands.

This reminded him," Uh, how old are you?" Naruto asked tentatively. Another laugh escaped Kira's lips,

"Heh, I'm ten, turning eleven in June; and before you ask, I'm a boy." Naruto had started to open his mouth but snapped it shut quickly,

"Oh; I couldn't really tell, not to, uh, be rude or anything but you are both very feminine and masculine at the same time... well, not really masculine but-"

"I get it; I look a little bit like a boy and a girl, I don't really mind if people confuse me, it's not like I'm purposefully trying to make them know I'm a boy or anything; I only really care if the person that calls me a girl already knows I'm a boy," a dark scowl overtook Kira's features," that's really annoying, and my classmates really like to do that, especially the girls... But that doesn't matter," he shook his head as he regarded Naruto,

"Aren't you going to start the Quest?" he asked simply. Naruto's eyes widened; they had gotten distracted, hadn't they? He laughed sheepishly as he looked at Kira,

"Yeah, I probably should, shouldn't I?" another chuckle left him as he tried to remember the words to start the mission...

"Ah! Right, uh, P-Please teach me Player 1!" Naruto felt a little weird saying that, but any more thoughts he may have on it were swept from his mind as a sudden blue glow erupted from Kira and his own chests'. Kira smiled while Naruto stared on in awe, watching as the light surrounded them forming a dome, then a sphere as something pulled them up to hover in the air, moving them about as everything seemed to swirl around.

Naruto looked around in both awe and excitement, seeing that Kira too looked a bit surprised by what was happening.

"Has this ever happened before?" Naruto asked curiously. Kira shook his head,

"No it hasn't, you're the only other person that knows about this Ability, and you only know about it because you have it too; I've never told anybody about it..." Kira trailed off, looking about once more, Naruto felt a thrill to see scattered dots within the sphere that looked an awful like stars and constellations.

Finally everything stopped spinning and Naruto and Kira came to a stop, standing on, well nothing, about a foot from each other. Glancing about one last time Naruto took note of the fact that the sphere seemed to have enlarged itself, as if they were floating aimlessly inside of some sort of black abyss with pale blue glowing stars scattered around them.

His attention was pulled from his surroundings when he felt hands grab hold of him. Turning forward again Naruto saw Kira holding onto his hands grinning cheerily;

"Let's get started, Naruto-san," he spoke softly, his voice echoing quietly around them. Naruto opened his mouth,

"First off, just call me Naruto, no need to add 'san' to it, though if you feel the need to add an honorific then just use 'kun', Jiji and Shino call me by that one already." Kira nodded his understanding before gesturing with his head, urging Naruto to ask his first question.

He thought it over for a moment before speaking," what, exactly, is this Gamer Ability?" he questioned.

Kira nodded and answered," The Gamer is an Ability bestowed on those who have gained an Ability Crystal," Naruto's eyes widened,

"You mean that strange floating crystal that came out of the Forbidden Scroll of Seals?" he asked. Kira looked surprised for a moment,

"Is that where you got yours? Wait; were you involved with the theft last night?" Naruto flinched back, slapping himself in his mind; stupid, he forgot that that was classified! But looking at Kira, he noticed that he didn't seem accusatory but just curious. He hesitantly ventured,

"Y-yes, I was..." he wasn't expecting the large grin he received for that,

"Really? And you found an Ability Crystal in the Scroll?!" Kira seemed excited. Naruto nodded which caused for Kira to throw back his head and guffaw loudly in complete glee," ah! I can't believe it! Who would've thought that an Ability Crystal would've been in that thing?" a couple snickers left him; Naruto joined in the laughing, because, yeah, who would have thought that a thing like an Ability Crystal would be in the Forbidden Scroll of Seals?

A minute or two passed with them laughing calming as time ticked by. Finally they were able to calm down all the way and continue with their conversation," just out of curiosity, before I continue did the seal containing the Crystal have a name on it?" Naruto looked at Kira strangely,

"Yeah, it said the seal was made by the Uzumaki clan, my clan," he stated with pride, happy that he could finally talk of family, though he didn't know any of them," and after using my blood and Chakra the Crystal popped out and almost gave me a damn heart attack!" Naruto looked quite disgruntled by the end of that sentence; Kira snickered a moment before straitening,

"I've heard of that clan, though I don't know much about them other than they were really good at Fuinjutsu," he grinned with Naruto grinning back,

"Cool, maybe we could do research on them later?" Kira nodded in the affirmative,

"Yeah, but let's finish with this "Tutorial" shall we?" Nodding they both got back on track,

"Now to start again, this Ability is bestowed on anyone who has gained an Ability Crystal. I got mine from a scroll too, though it wasn't a powerful Scroll like the Forbidden Scroll of Seals, it was just a scroll my mom left to me after she died," Naruto felt his heart clench,

"Oh, I'm sorry..." Kira shook his head,

"It was years ago, plus, she died protecting me so I've been able to come to terms with it," He shook his head again," but anyway, let's not get off track again! I don't know if there are any more Ability Crystals, it's entirely possible, after all, you found one, there are probably more out there, hidden to keep just anyone from finding and using them. But for now that doesn't matter, what matters is you found it and used it and have become Player 2 of this Game that is life; you've played actual video games before right?"

Naruto nodded again, Kira continued,

"Good, that'll make it easier; I hadn't so it took a while for me to be able to figure out, but anyways, your life is now a Game, you have HP, MP, Stats and Special Abilities that you can use and level up, you know what HP and MP stand for right?" Naruto nodded a bit unsurely,

"Something to do with health and magic, right?" Kira nodded,

"Yeah; HP stands for Health Points; its' how much Life you have and how many hits you can take-some people call them Hit Points because of that-and there are two ways for you to lose them. The first is when you fight, taking hits mean you lose HP and if you lose too much, depending on the person you're fighting and what type of fight you're having; a training duel or an actual fight against an enemy, you will either pass out once you reach zero or get a K.O, death." Naruto gulped in fear, Kira had a very scary and serious look on his face," be careful when fighting and try to keep an eye on your HP as much as possible; alright?"

Naruto nodded his head vigorously. Kira smiled in content,

"Good. Now, the other way you can lose HP is by doing things that your body can't take, this is especially true if your DEX is down which leads to your body not being able to take as much damage. An example of doing something that your body can't take would be, like, if you jumped off of a building; if it's too tall you'll hurt yourself. There are, of course, multiple ways to combat this but, we'll get into that later."

Naruto held up a hand," yes?" Kira questioned. Naruto let his hand fall by his side,

"Can you wait a second? I want to make sure that I remember this," Kira looked surprised, but nodded all the same. Naruto then closed his eyes, concentrating on what he had just been told. A moment later he opened his eyes," you can go on now," Kira nodded his head and began again,

"Alright, next, MP stands for Mana Points, I don't know why it's MP instead of CP, Chakra Points, since we have Chakra not Mana, but meh, either way it measures the amount of energy a person has. Active Abilities, meaning Abilities that you are consciously using, use MP to power while Passive Abilities, meaning Abilities that you aren't actively using, don't, which is good, since it means there will be things you can do without using up your MP!" Kira grinned cheerily," now, Stats! I'll give you a brief explanation before I have you do something, alright?" seeing his nod Kira continued,

"Good, okay here goes. Stats are things like Dexterity or Strength; they help you know how strong you are or how much you can take, a quick run-down of stats and their meanings are, VIT standing for Vitality-which is how much energy you have, it's basically your stamina-DEX stands for Dexterity-which measures how strong your body is, this also means how much damage your body can take-STR stands for Strength-obviously how physically strong you are-INT stands for Intelligence-it measures how you are able to perceive certain situations and understand things either spoken to you or what you read-WIS stands for Wisdom-how much common sense do you have, how street-smart are you, how much are you able to learn from past mistakes and use that to your advantage-and finally, LUK which stands for Luck-how lucky are you? LUK will help you in really any situation, especially when you are gambling; it makes it more likely for you to be able to win in things, or if you have really bad LUK, it'll make it so you lose. Now, any quick questions before continuing?"

Naruto closed his eyes for a moment, pulling in the load of information and committing it to memory; but as he finished, a little thought struck him; snapping open his eyes he asked," uh, yeah. When I used Observe on my friend Shino, it said that he didn't have any Flaws. What does that mean?" Naruto tilted his head slightly to show his confusion.

Kira looked surprised" it said he didn't have any Flaws?" Naruto nodded. Kira let out a breath," that's surprising, most people have Flaws..." Kira trailed off, seeming lost in thought. After a couple minutes of silence Naruto pushed,

"But what does Flaws even mean?" Kira snapped back to attention.

"Oh! Uh," he coughed in embarrassment," a Flaw is something most everyone has, it's also connected to ones Stats, in a way at least. A Flaw is something that can and usually will lessen a persons' capability in certain areas; you'll see in a moment what that means. Oh yeah, some Flaws are good to have." Naruto looked weirded out at that,

"How?" wasn't that the complete opposite of what a Flaw meant? Kira just smiled reassuringly,

"Trust me on this, you'll see soon," Naruto nodded, obviously not certain with what Kira was saying but agreeing nevertheless. Kira smiled again," good! Now, I want you to say something, alright?" A nod," okay, say Status Window!" suddenly a semi-transparent screen appeared in front of Kira's face, who smiled behind it," go on!" he urged.

Naruto took in a deep breath, letting it out slowly before a determined look overtook his face.

"Status Window!" he confidently called, and just like that, it appeared-

Name: Uzumaki Naruto

Class: The Gamer; Player 2 – Academy Student

Title: Jinchuuriki

Level: LV4

Affiliation: Konohagakure

HP: 600/600

MP: 2000/?

STR: 78 (-7; -35% [46.8])

VIT: 69 (-7; -15% [52.7])

DEX: 72 (-7; -40% [39])

INT: 56 (-85% [8.4])

WIS: 59 (-75% [14.75])

LUK: ?

Status: Uzumaki (+8 every level to INT; 90% success in Fūinjutsu skill; 80% faster in filling up Chakra Reserves) Jinchuuriki (+10 to WIS; +17 to DEX; 25% to STR and VIT; -90% to Reputation) Prank Master (+10 to INT; 45% to Stealth skill; 55% to Trap skill; -10% to Reputation) [?] (-85% to INT; -75% to WIS; -60% in defense against Mind Control; -7 to DEX, VIT, and STR; +50% to being misled) ?x2 (-50% to Teamwork; +85% resistance to Mind Manipulation Jutsu)

Uzumaki Naruto is the Deadlast of his class, and most likely the Academy, and has taken the Genin Exam twice before while clearly not being ready, but that hasn't stopped him from trying with all his might to be the best Shinobi he can be. (Empathy Bonus) After finding out that he is the container for the most hated creature on the earth (or at least in Konoha)-the Kyuubi no Yoko-he now understands why he was mistreated and hated and is willing to do anything to change the way others see him and to find out more about his unknown past and heritage.

Has 6 Flaws

AP: 24

Naruto stared, uncomprehending, of the words floating before him," the hell is this...?" he whispered harshly, eyes roving over the -75% and -85% that was taking away from his INT and WIS," the hell is this?!" he called louder, anger entering his veins, the hell was [?] anyway? Why'd he have it? And why the hell was it suckering away his INT and WIS?! By this time he was breathing heavily, just so damn angry that he didn't know what to do with himself; he could feel his Chakra moving, churning inside of him in reaction, building more and more-

"Naruto!" hands grabbed hold of him and a voice desperately called out to him snapping the blond out of his anger; gasping for breath as his churning Chakra moved wildly within him, not calming down since he lost his hold on it.

"Shh, Naruto, it's okay; calm down, breathe just breathe, it's okay shh..." Kira's soft voice and calming words surrounded him, pulling him down, bringing him peace.

Finally, finally Naruto felt himself calm, slumping forward into the strong hold of Kira who immediately wrapped his arms around him, angling his head into the juncture of his neck; hand resting lightly yet firmly on the back of his messy blond locks.

They stayed like that, floating within nothing and holding on to each other. Naruto couldn't help noticing how small Kira was compared to him; the blond himself was only about 4' 9" but Kira was so very obviously smaller than him, he was probably also the smallest in his class, just like Naruto since most would be getting closer to or over Naruto's height.

Mentally shaking his head Naruto pulled Kira closer; he felt himself start to shake, tears trying to escape; he was just so tired, he wanted to stay right where he was 'thank you very much' and he didn't plan on moving any time soon.

He felt Kira sigh under him while squirming a little bit; Naruto suddenly came back to himself sharply pulling away from him," I'm sorry!" he apologized frantically. Kira held him still, not allowing him to pull away but not pulling him back to him either,

"It's alright," he spoke soothingly," I started it, calm down, it's alright. I-I don't mind being this close..." stopping his struggling Naruto angled his head down, looking into Kira's face, which was lightly flushed in embarrassment, looking just a bit uncomfortable.

Naruto slowly started to pull away," you don't have to if you aren't comfortable with it," Kira's face flushed darker,

"I-I'm not really used to it... B-but I can!" He looked determined. It warmed Naruto's heart, helping him to fully come back to himself, and he grinned,

"How 'bout, we sit like this?" the blond suggested as he pulled back some more, crossing his legs so he would be sitting in the air, his hands holding onto Kira's. The brunette copied him carefully, their knees touching in the new position, tightly holding onto Naruto's hands; he took a deep breath and let it out, opening his mismatched eyes to watch Naruto in concern,

"You okay?" he asked softly. Naruto also took a deep breath, letting it out he nodded,

"Yeah, I'm okay..." silence spread between them for a moment,

"Why were you so angry?" Kira questioned quietly. Naruto shook his head, looking away in shame,

"It doesn't matter-"

"Observe!" the words were spoken resolutely, surprising Naruto to just stare at Kira as his eyes roved over the screen in front of him, a look of shock, concern and just a smidge of disgust covering his face.

"The hell..." he whispered as his eyes hovered over the bottom, looking at his Status," who the hell..." he stopped again, seeming unable to finish his sentence, he shook, almost violently, his head as if to dispel his thoughts and looked back to Naruto,

"Do you have any idea who did this to you?" eyes widening Naruto just stared at him.

"What?" he breathed. This caused for Kira to start talking rapidly,

"Well, the only way any of your Stats should be as low as they are is if someone did something to tamper with them, or more specifically, they were trying to sabotage your education! Dammit, who the hell would do this?! And if they try to say they did it because you're a freaking Jinchuuriki then heads will be rolling-"

"Wait, what?!" Naruto cut in suddenly," h-how'd you know I'm a Jinchuuriki? How do you even know what a Jinchuuriki is?" Kira looked to Naruto, a strange emotion he couldn't identify on his face. Then, he spoke,

"You aren't the only Jinchuuriki in the world, Naruto. There are others, some of which I've met before; I'm not from Konoha, I came here a couple years ago after wondering around for a while..." shaking his head Kira went on," but that doesn't matter right now. I know you're a Jinchuuriki because it's your Title..."

"Oh... okay. Wait, there are other Jinchuuriki?" Naruto was surprised; though he supposed he shouldn't be-after all he had heard of the other eight Biju, it made sense that there would be other Jinchuuriki for the other Biju in the world, it just never occurred to him before,' of course not,' he mentally chided himself,' I just found out I was a Jinchuuriki yesterday; of course I hadn't thought about it!'

"Yes, there are in total nine Jinchuuriki, or last time I knew there were nine, who knows, one or more of them might have died or something and their Biju escaped; I dunno, but anyways, I wonder what [?] Means?" Kira scrutinized the screen before him closely; hand on his chin in thought.

This brought Naruto back, he squared his shoulders and spoke," Status Window," it appeared before him again and he looked over it more closely, taking note of his Status and seeing that there were some good things to be found there-

Apparently being an Uzumaki lead to really good Stats, as well as being Prank Master and Jinchuuriki but those two unknowns were really grating on him, especially since he had no idea what they were.

"Do you know what the [?] or ?x2 means?" Naruto asked. Kira shook his head,

"No, I don't. Maybe if you weren't a Player like me I would know, but since you are I can apparently only know about as much as you about your own Stats, but maybe if we look through the rest of your Status we'll be able to find out! But for now, I'll just tell you about anything you want to know about this!" Nodding his head in understanding, Naruto pointed to the top of the window,

"What do these mean?" he asked; Kira pressed on the window before him, making it disappear, then moved to sit beside Naruto, looking at his Status Window,

"Ah, well, this," he pointed to Class and Title," means two different things, since you no doubt know what Name is referring to. A persons Class is referring to what position they hold in society; like, you and I are both Academy Students so that is our Class, same goes for our The Gamer Class, we're both Gamer's and that's our Class, other people can have multiple Classes but most people only have one, again we have two because we're Gamer's. Another example of Class is, if you were to compare the Hokage with a Merchant, then their Classes would be Kage and Civilian, respectively. On a side note most Civilians don't have any other type of Class, some might have a different Class but usually it's just Civilian." Kira's finger then moved down,

"Now, Titles are a little more complicated," Naruto nodded, absorbed in Kira's words,

"Titles refer to something that was either bestowed onto someone or they have naturally, more or less, Titles are usually gained through some type of accomplishment, like say, you cook a lot and are really good at it, in that case, a Title you might gain would be something like Master Chef or something like that-it depends on what level in whatever you're gaining a Title in is."

"Hmm," Naruto hummed in thought, causing for Kira to stop speaking, looking to him curiously. Naruto, realizing that Kira had stopped, looked back at him," ah, sorry, didn't mean to interrupt," he grinned sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck nervously.

Kira continued to stare at him, blinking slowly, then," do you need another moment to, ah, absorb the information?" he asked.

Naruto blinked owlishly, then a sheepish giggle left his lips," I guess, so, one moment 'kay?" upon seeing Kira's nod Naruto shut his eyes, committing to memory the words spoken to him. It didn't take too long and before he knew it, Naruto was listening to Kira explain things once again,

"Titles also tend to give you better Stats in one form or another, like your Jinchuuriki Title ups your WIS by 10, your DEX by 17 and your STR and VIT by 25%. Your Jinchuuriki Title is also one of few ways to gain one without having to work for it, since you've been a Jinchuuriki since you became one, which happened whenever it happened... Do you know when you became a Jinchuuriki?" Naruto was thrown off by the question, but answered nonetheless,

"Uh, I think it was the day I was born..." nodding Kira made an interesting noise in the back of his throat,

"Hmm, interesting," he nodded to himself a moment then continued," anyways; I don't know how many Titles a person can have, maybe you have to have some sort of special circumstance to have more than one, like maybe you could have more than one since you're a Jinchuuriki and won't really be able to change that so you'll probably be able to get another Title at some point, if you try hard enough that is.

"That's all there is about Titles and Classes though. Now this," Kira's hand moved farther down the screen," is your Level, Affiliation, HP and MP-and might I say, that I've never seen someone's MP look the way yours does, not even other Jinchuuriki, though they had really high MP, even higher than yours; though I'll attribute that to them having more control of their Chakra that has been given to them by their Biju-"

"I actually, uh, just found out about being one yesterday..." Naruto interrupted, feeling strangely compelled to be honest with Kira. Said boy eyed Naruto in confusion,

"Really? How did you not know? All the Jinchuuriki I've met were fully aware of their status when I'd met them..." Kira questioned him, curiosity radiating off of his body in waves.

Coughing in embarrassment, Naruto again scratched at his neck," yeah, well, I'm different than them I guess... Jiji made it sound like I'm only a Jinchuuriki because the village was being attacked by the Kyuubi and sealing it was the only way to stop it from destroying everything," he shrugged," so, I wasn't told for some reason, I actually don't know why Jiji never told me, he only told me because a traitor had told me, cause apparently he wanted to tell me when I became an official Ninja or somethin'..." he looked away, feeling uncomfortable with the situation (even though he was the one to cause it).

A moment of silence passed between them, then," well, from what your Jiji said, you weren't made to be a weapon, which is the reason most villages have Jinchuuriki, but to protect it from destruction. That's probably why he didn't tell you, or maybe there's some other reason he never told you, but either way, you know now, and it also explains why your starting Chakra levels are lower than other Jinchuuriki I've met; you, unlike them, haven't had any type of training to control your Biju's Chakra, since you were unaware even of its' existence until just yesterday, so I'm curious as to where your Chakra levels will go,"

A grin was sent Naruto's way," now, Level is pretty self-explanatory, it refers to what level you currently are, which is 4 right now-also, something about Levels that you should know about is that each person has 10,000 EXP points to earn in order to go up another level, i.e if you had about 7,000 EXP points when you first got The Gamer then that would be why you leveled up so quickly, but the higher the level, the harder it is to gain EXP points, since the more you do and the higher you level up the less EXP you'll gain from the same things; you'll have to do harder and more things to gain the same amount of EXP."

"Like what?" he asked curiously,

"Well, like if you were to gain 500 EXP for completing a certain task, like, say, a D-ranked mission, the amount would be lessened after you level up. In that case you'd have to take either twice the amount of D-ranked missions to level up at the same pace as the previous level, or, you'd have to take higher, and harder missions."

"The same thing actually goes for Ability leveling; though in this case each Ability has 1,000 EXP points to gain, and the more it's used for the same things, the less points will be gained; but I'll get into that more later, when we talk about Skills and all that."

"Now, Affiliation is who you feel allied with, who you work for to protect or any number of reasons, you're currently affiliated with Konoha, as am I and most people who live here, mostly only traitors aren't affiliated with their villages. People can also only be affiliated with a single person, so if you meet someone in this village who is only affiliated with a person don't be too surprised; everyone has to find a reason to fight after all, and sometimes they only fight for a single person, it's just how it is," Kira shrugged before moving forward,

"You already know what HP, MP and all these Stats mean, so we'll be looking at this," his hand stopped even lower on the screen," Status'! Now, as you've seen, some of these aren't all that good, but most of them are good and give you extra Stat Points that, once you get rid of all of your negative Stats, will really make you stronger and smarter. Use everything your Status gives to you to your advantage, being Prank Master will definitely make you an even better Ninja in the long run, since traps are a very important part of an accomplished and high leveled Ninja's arsenal; so even if you're told to stop pulling pranks, you shouldn't! Practice and raise your trapping skill levels even higher!" Kira laughed in glee,

"Ne, ne! If it isn't too much trouble, can I pull those pranks with you?" excited giggles erupted from his throat, a look of unrestrained glee shining on his face. Naruto couldn't resist and smiled mischievously,

"Of course! Anyone that wants to pull pranks is welcome to join me!" he laughed in glee as well, a foxy grin on his face.

A minute or two passed as they laughed, they both offering minor pranking ideas (though Naruto's were better than Kira's; obviously) but they were able to finally calm themselves and continue on with the Tutorial.

"Okay, heh, after your Status is what is basically your Character Summary, speaking of, I like yours, it's nice and, now that I think about it, I should have known that you had only just found out about being a Jinchuuriki; it does say 'After finding out that he is the container for the most hated creature on the earth (or at least in Konoha)-the Kyuubi no Yoko-he now understands why he was mistreated and hated' after all, I shoulda paid more attention," he shrugged, sticking his tongue out slightly with his eyes closed," oops," he shrugged again; this caused for Naruto to giggle before he caught onto something that Kira had said,

"Wait, you have Empathy too?" he asked. The brunette looked at him, a strange looking confused expression overtaking his face.

"No, I don't. That's probably a skill that only you have, why do you ask?"

"Ah well, it's just that, that part of my uh, Character Summary, at least when I read it, says Empathy Bonus in front of it, so I just sorta, y'know, assumed that you had it too." Shrugging, Naruto looked away.

A sound of understanding vibrated from Kira's throat," ah, well, no, that's still only a skill that you have, but I have a similar, sort of, one," Naruto turned back to him,

"Really? What is it?" Kira nodded with a smile,

"Yeah, really! Mine's called Status Completer, I got it a while ago and it sort of automatically finishes the Status of anyone I'm Observing, so yeah, that's mine," another smile," and, hm, you have six Flaws,"

Naruto flinched away at that. Kira looked up at him, since he's sitting right next to him and so felt the flinch and smiled reassuringly," don't worry so much, I have nearly as much as you anyway!" Naruto looked at Kira in surprise while said brunette continued to grin," besides, you never know, some of them might be good! Now," Kira cut Naruto off, stopping him from questioning how any Flaws could be good as he moved on," to look at your Flaws you need to say Flaws: Uzumaki Naruto; 'kay?" Naruto huffed quietly, not looking happy. Kira sighed before offering his incentive,

"If you do it I'll let you look at my Flaws, okay?" This caught Naruto's interest. He glanced at Kira for a moment, before nodding his head, turning to glare lightly at the bottom of the screen as he muttered,

"Flaws: Uzumaki Naruto!" a new screen popped before him and his eyes looked over them-

Flaws:

Boisterous Flaw/Skill (You are a fairly loud person, and though that's fine when not on missions, it can cause disastrous results to any mission you take; but it's also a gift. It allows lightening tense moods, cheering others up and even changing people who were on dark paths to lighter ones; -10% to REP with others Neutral and below; +25% to REP with others Friendly and higher and with Unknowns; cannot be cured, but it can be lessened through constant reminding's and great patience)

Malnourished Flaw (You don't keep to a healthy diet by either not eating the right kinds of food or not eating enough/at all; -20 to STR; -25% in DEX; can be easily cured by change of diet)

Unkempt Flaw (Hygiene is very important, especially when one is a Shinobi. It is good for first impressions and attracting potential clients; -45% REP to members of opposite sex; -15% to DEX, VIT and STR; can easily be cured through frequent grooming)

Unpredictable Flaw/Skill (You are very unpredictable, though it is good in most fights, going into any situation with a plan is almost as equally good; -10% to Teamwork; +50% in battle situations; +10% to REP with others Neutral and higher; cannot be cured, but it can be controlled to a point with forced planning and patience)

Isolated Flaw (You have been alone for a long time, either on purpose or it being forced upon you, but either way it ends with the same results; -50% to Social Skills; -20% to REP with others; makes it hard to find motivation for anything [can be countered with Boisterous and Kind Hearted traits]; can be cured through frequent company of others with Neutral to Exalted REP's)

Other Personality Flaw/Skill (You have another personality in your brain, one that is your true nature that you hide either consciously or subconsciously, but separating a part of yourself always leads to killing your true self; +50% against Mental attacks; -25% to Teamwork; -10% to Trust; can be cured by growing into real personality/by accepting that part of yourself)

Azure eyes widened in surprise when they finished their journey over the screen, getting what Kira had meant by 'some Flaws are good' but he still felt unhappy at some of his Flaws. A low whistle sounded next to him,

"Ho, this is interesting," he said while looking over the words presented to him," you have some of the same Flaws as me!" that caught him off guard.

"Really? Which ones?" the blond asked. Kira grimaced before sighing,

"Ah, I might as well just show you..." he took in a breath, let it out then looked before him in determination," Flaws: Yaiba Kira!" he spoke clearly and yet another screen popped up-

Flaws:

Stray Cat Flaw (You act like a stray cat that wonders through the streets, never remaining in a single place for too long, in fear of out weighing your welcome anywhere you go resulting in small trust issues and small crimes like stealing food; -10% to Trust; -20% to Social Skills; -25% to Teamwork; can be cured through being with someone who has gone through something similar or building Trust with others)

Stubborn Flaw/Skill (You are so stubborn that it's become an permanent fixture in your personality; and while being stubborn in some situations is okay and can even lead to good and unexpected results, being too stubborn will usually hurt you; -25% in REP with others Unfriendly and lower, -25% in Battle situations, +25% to REP/Other in Special situations, cannot be cured)

Malnourished Flaw (You don't keep to a healthy diet by either not eating the right kinds of food or not eating enough/at all; -20 to STR; -25% in DEX; can be easily cured by change of diet)

"See? I only have one less than you! And we have three Flaws that are the same!" Kira smiled up at Naruto, though it looked exasperated. Naruto giggled as he looked over the new set of Flaws and saw that, yes, he and Kira shared three Flaws in common; they were both Isolated, made sense-they were both orphans after all-Unkempt, though Naruto didn't know why they had that one since neither one of them smelled bad or anything,and Malnourished, this one Naruto got, a bit grudgingly, knowing that Ramen wasn't a balanced enough food when you were a growing Shinobi.

Suddenly Naruto sighed in relief, seeing that the biggest reasons for some of his negatives were from two of those three, and that they could be pretty easily cured through minor changes to his lifestyle.

His thoughts were cut into by the sound of a ping and the screen that housed his Status flashed until Naruto pressed on it. It moved forwards and he looked over it, not seeing why it was trying to gain his attention, but once his eyes got to the Status portion, he understood-

Inner Narutox2 (-50% to Teamwork; +85% resistance to Mind Manipulation Jutsu)

He just stared at it, uncomprehending, just, what the hell was this shit?

"Huh," Kira's voice sounded, it too sounding uncomprehending and a bit strained," well, I guess that's what ?x2 meant. You have Multiple Personality Disorder, or something very close to it!"

All Naruto could do was nod his head dumbly, he didn't know how or why he had that, since he doesn't remember ever switching personalities before in his life, but that didn't matter; he was fucked up in the brain!

"Ah, fuck!" he grabbed at his head, glaring at the words, angry that he had something like that messing with his abilities and mind... 'Maybe that's why I have a hard time concentrating, besides the bullshit [?] Messing up my stuff...' he thought grudgingly, trying to find some sort of bright side to his situation.

"Well, let's look back at your Flaws, shall we?" Kira questioned. Naruto turned and glared at him, causing for him to raise his hands in surrender," I'm only suggesting it because I think I saw a Flaw in there that is the cause for you have MPD!" he defensively spoke, trying to get his point across to the blond.

Luckily for him, Naruto was able to see his point, though he still didn't want to look at his Flaws again, and brought them back up," Flaws: Uzumaki Naruto!" once he spoke they popped back up, and their eyes both roved over the screen before both landing on the same thing, both moving to point at it," there!" they said at the same time-

After carefully reading the Flaw they looked to each other in silence for a moment, then Kira spoke up,

"Well," he started," at least it's a Flaw/Skill! And look," he pointed to the end of the summary," it can be cured by accepting and/or growing into it-or in this cause-them!" Kira smiled encouragingly at his companion; Naruto looked over the Flaw again and, yeah, Kira was right, he just had to grow/accept that part of himself!

There was just only one teeny tiny problem with that...

"I don't know what they are! I didn't even know I had MPD until just now!" the whiskered blond exclaimed loudly; Kira jerked away from him in surprise, then he reached a hand up and put his pinky in his ear,

"No need to be so loud, sheesh," he grumbled then shook his head looking back up at him," and so what? You didn't know you were a Jinchuuriki until just yesterday! Now that you know about this you'll be able to figure out what they are and how to deal with them!" huffing up at him Kira looked away from Naruto," but anyway, you'll survive this dude! Let's move on, since I don't have any ideas on how to use the information the Flaw has given to you, we'll come to that later, when we've both thought about it, okay?" seeing him nod Kira continued,

"Good. Now, we've already spent an awful lot of time on Flaws, so we'll be moving on! I don't know how time passes here and I don't fancy not getting any sleep tonight!" he huffed again while puffing up his cheeks in irritation; Naruto got the feeling he was seeing more of the real Kira, that strange form of stubbornness was strangely endearing, like Shino's silence or Shikamaru's laziness.

"Up next is Skills; we'll only be talking about a couple of them for now, and I'll tell you how to look at them-just say Skills along with your name, like what you did to see your Flaws." Naruto nodded his understanding, Kira continued,

"Now, something you need to know about Skills is that this Game will make just about anything into a Skill,"

"Like what?"

"Well, like a Cooking Skill or a Doing Laundry Skill and a whole plethora of others that I won't be getting into since different people seem to get different Skills! But a Skill I will talk about is Observe, this particular Skill is a Passive/Active Skill, which I'll get into right now," Kira continued on before Naruto could ask what Passive/Active meant,

"An Active Skill is something you use, well, actively; you have to say, or think, Observe in order to use it right?" Naruto nodded,

"Exactly. An Active Skill calls for you to say or think its name in order to use it which automatically means that all Jutsu are Active Skills since you have to use them actively by either thinking the name of the Jutsu or saying it to use it. Now Passive Skills are different; they don't call for you to say or think of the Skill you are currently using, for example, do you see the words hovering over my head?" Kira asked while pointing above him.

Naruto looked up, seeing them and nodded," yeah, I see them," he spoke, nodding again. Kira smiled,

"Good, that means that you're currently Passively using Observe, since Observe is the thing that allows to see a person, of things, Stats which is why it's a Passive/Active Skill, you can use it both ways, but another difference between these two types of Skills is that Passive Skills don't use any MP while Active Skills do, so when you look at your Skills later make sure that you keep an eye out for that, alright?"

"Okay, I get it, but, one sec okay?" Naruto responded, a look of concentration on his face.

"Sure, take your time! I want to sleep tonight but I also want you to be able to remember everything that I'm telling you," Kira smiled at him goofily, this made Naruto starting snickering,

"Thanks!" he managed to get out between snickers. It took a moment for him to be able to calm himself but he eventually did, closing his eyes, bringing in and committing to memory everything that was mentioned, even reviewing the words spoken to him earlier, making sure that he did in fact remember everything that was told to him.

Happy that he was able to remember everything that he and Kira had talked about he opened his eyes to look at said brunette, grinning as he did," okay, I'm ready for more!" Kira nodded while grinning back,

"Okay, next up is Inventory!" Naruto looked Kira in surprise,

"Inventory? Oh! You mean that thing that kept telling me I had gotten something and it was placed there?" he clarified,

"Yes," Kira nodded," that's what that is. The Inventory is some sort of sub-space type dimension thing that holds any items that you put into it, like food or equipment or weapons or what have you. It's very helpful when traveling around places since it keeps anything put into it safe from anyone who might want to steal from you; in other words if you have something that's special to you or important then you can put it in your Inventory and no one, except for maybe another Gamer, will be able to take it from you. I'd like to think that this will be very helpful during missions that require you to take some important document somewhere; if you're attacked the enemies won't be able to find or take it! Now with that out of the way we'll be looking at it so say Open: Inventory, kay?"

Nodding again Naruto turned forwards and intoned," Open: Inventory!" a pale green screen appeared before him, almost entirely empty except for the first few spaces at the top,

"Cool, you already have stuff! Now, just tap on the item in order to know what it is, okay?" nodding, Naruto did just that; moving his finger he tapped on the first item in the slot, that looked like it was some sort of scroll-

Jutsu Scroll: Shunshin no Jutsu – Rewarded to Player for successfully capturing a Traitor to the Village

Looking at it, Naruto wasn't entirely sure what it was. He was happy that he had gotten a Jutsu, but the Jutsu itself was unknown to him-though he had a feeling that he should have known what it was-so he just stared at it until,

"If you want more information on something, just double tap it," Kira said from his side.

"Ah! Okay," Naruto double tapped the scroll and more information popped up-

Shunshin no Jutsu: The Shunshin is a Jutsu a Ninja uses to move at incredible speeds, giving the illusion of teleportation. A Ninja can move short to long distances very quickly, the amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance and elevation between the user and the intended destination. Ninja Jutsu Level [D] "Kawarimi" [Lv. Maxed out] is required in order to learn this Jutsu; Chakra stores [500] is required to fuel the Jutsu

Naruto was pleased with this. It seemed to be a very cool and useful Jutsu that he would be able to learn! He just had to figure out what level his Kawarimi was, but he would do that later, for now he moved on to the next item, which looked like some sort of bandage wrap-

Medical Item: Beginners First Aid Kit – Rewarded to Player for gaining the Skill, Medical Prowess

Naruto double tapped on it and viewed the full summary-

Beginners First Aid Kit: The Beginners First Aid Kit, or BFAK, holds the basic Medical Items any aspiring Medic needs to learn how to heal and take care of their comrades. The BFAK holds; Tape Bandages, Medical Ointment and Cotton Balls. "Medical Prowess" Lv. 1 is required to use this Item

'Interesting...' Naruto thought as he looked at the summary, but he moved on to the final item-

Jutsu Scroll: Bunshin Daibakuha – Rewarded to Player for finding Player 1 with 13 minutes to spare

Bunshin Daibakuha: The Bunshin Daibakuha is a Bunshin that looks like an ordinary Kage Bunshin, but with one big difference; it has the ability to detonate! The Bunshin looks like a normal Kage Bunshin, that allows the user to get it close to the target without them expecting anything besides a normal attack, or the target might even close in willingly to try to attack the Bunshin. Using multiple tricks and diversionary tactics to disguise the nature of the Bunshin can make this technique more likely to be effective. Ninja level [A] "Kage Bunshin" is required to learn this Jutsu; Chakra stores [2000] is required to fuel the Jutsu

A pleased grin spread across Naruto's face as he read the summary, very happy with this one.

"You got some good stuff! You should use them, but later as we'll be moving on for now," Kira spoke up for the first time in several minutes.

"One of the last things we'll be talking about is Reputation. Reputation is what it sounds like, hell; you've even seen REP boxes pop up like the one that popped up when you finished the Quest to find me! Your REP helps decide what Quests you can get, how many and how often; but Quests is another topic I'll be teaching you about so I'll leave that alone. Now, before you look at your Reputation, I'm gonna tell you a couple more tidbits about it. REP is short for Reputation and there are eight REP status', or in other words, there are eight ways for people to view you in terms of closeness; the first is Unknown, just like the name, it means that the person doesn't know you so they don't have an opinion of you, the next is Despised, this is the lowest you can go for someone to feel about you, both Unknown and Despised status' are an automatic 0 REP points. Next in line is Hated, anyone that has 1-100 REP points for you automatically are in this group, then comes Unfriendly with it being 101-300 points, then after that is Neutral which is 301-500 points, 500-750 REP points is a Friendly status, then 751-1,000 points is Honored, and finally, last but not least is Exalted ranging from 1,001-10,000 which is the highest a persons' REP can go up for someone. Now, let's have a looksee at your Reputation, shall we?"

Kira grinned while Naruto gulped, scared by what they might find, certain that there would only be [Despise]'s, [Hated]'s and [Unfriendly]'s with only three or four of any of the other ones.

Gulping Naruto forced himself to take a breath, calming and steeling himself for what was to come, a look of determination on his face," Reputation: Uzumaki Naruto!" he intoned causing for a lilac screen to pop up, Kira grinned next to him,

"Good job, you were paying attention," he murmured quietly as they both looked over Naruto's Reputation with all that he had met-

Villages;

Konohagakure – Hated 460/10,000

Sunagakure – Unknown 0/0

Iwagakure – Unknown 0/0

Kumogakure – Unknown 0/0

Kirigakure – Unknown 0/0

[?] – Unknown 0/0

Other – Unknown 0/0

Groups/Clans;

Konoha Twelve – Neutral 355/1,000

Academy Classmates – Unfriendly 280/1,000

ANBU Corp – Neutral 460/1,000

Academy Teachers – Hated 75/1,000

Chūnin Corp. – Neutral 500/1,000

[?] – Neutral 300/1,000

[?] – Neutral 450/1,000

[?] – Despised 0/0

[?] – Neutral 450/1,000

Hyuuga Clan – Hated 5/1,000

Inuzuka Clan – Unfriendly 120/1,000

Aburame Clan – Neutral 400/1,000

Nara Clan – Neutral 410/1,000

Yamanaka Clan – Unfriendly 235/1,000

Akimichi Clan – Unfriendly 300/1,000

Sarutobi Clan – Friendly 600/1,000

[?]– Unknown 0/0

[?] – Unknown 0/0

Individuals;

Sandaime Hokage/Sarutobi Hiruzen – Exalted 2,560/10,000

Ichiraku Teuchi – Exalted 2,000/10,000

Ichiraku Ayame – Exalted 2,000/10,000

[?] – Honored 970/1,000

Hagane Kotetsu – Friendly 550/750

Kamizuki Izumo – Friendly 550/750

Umino Iruka – Friendly 520/750

Oroki Mizuki – Despised 0/0

Hyuuga Hinata – Honored 923/1,000

Uchiha Sasuke – Hated 45/100

Inuzuka Kiba – Neutral 360/500

Aburame Shino – Honored 910/1,000

Yamanaka Ino – Unfriendly 372/500

Haruno Sakura – Hated 25/100

Nara Shikamaru – Honored 835/1,000

Akimichi Chouji – Friendly 500/750

Yaiba Kira – Honored 900/1,000

Others – Unknown 0/0

"Oh yeah, I forgot to say that Villages look different in this, whoops," Kira's voice carried over Naruto as he looked over his REP with others, which was not as bad as he thought it would be; it definitely could have been worse.

"I have a lot more [Exalted]'s and [Honored]'s then I thought I would, so that's good! But, ugh, still so many [Hated]'s... But more [Neutral]'s, that's also good..." Naruto mumbled aloud, speaking to himself without realizing he was doing it out loud. In the middle of his mutterings Kira pointed to the Individuals portion,

"This part will get larger the more individual people you meet and make a lasting impression on, whether negatively or positively, mine's not all that big even though I've met a lot of people while traveling outside of Konoha, I just didn't get all that close to anyone since I was a little more concerned with surviving and not running into the wrong kind of people; it's only a little bigger than yours actually," he smiled again in Naruto's direction as said blond nodded along to his words,

"Hmm," he hummed and looked over the list again, when he suddenly felt depressed once he acknowledged Sakura's Reputation with him," only 25..." he muttered dejectedly; Kira snickered,

"Well that either means you need to leave this Sakura alone or you need to change your approach to her, since what you're doing now to gain her affections is clearly not working," he snickered again. Naruto looked at Kira in indignation,

"I'm not trying to gain her affections! I-I just wanted to be friends with her... Sh-she was my first friend, or she would have been if her mom hadn't told her to stay away from me when we both started going to the Academy..." a stifling silence followed that confession, neither one of them knowing what to say in light of it.

"Well, you should still change how you approach her since her REP with you is so low, whatever you're doing now is really not helping in making her like you at all; or, like I said, you should just leave her alone..." Kira offered quietly, breaking the stifling silence, allowing for Naruto to breathe

'Wait, when did I even stop...?' he silently wondered to himself before shaking his head deciding it didn't matter and turning to Kira," yeah, you're probably right... I'll try changing my approach to her, but if that doesn't work then I guess I'll just leave her alone, maybe after some alone time she'll be more willing to be friends?" Kira shrugged, not knowing the pink-haired girl's reaction since he doesn't know her at all.

More silence followed as they again didn't know what to say.

After several minutes it was broken, but this time by Naruto,

"Well, you've taught me about a lot, is there anything else left?" he asked curiously.

Kira nodded," yes, there's only, ha! One more thing for us to talk about! Quests!" Kira looked to be excited to be finishing (just like how the author is excited that this chapter is almost done...) and just speaking excitedly,

"Okay! Quests are things that the Game asks you to do, whether or not an actual person asks for it to be done. There are several different types of Quests, which are; Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Random and Circumstantial. The first three are just what their names say, they are Quests that can happen daily, weekly or Monthly while Random Quests will happen, well, randomly and usually only if certain things happen, like someone decides to do something near you that requires you chasing them or if you ask a question and the Game answers through a Quest-"

"Like how we met?" Naruto interrupted. Kira looked at him a moment,

"Probably, how did you get the Quest to find me?" he asked. Naruto grinned sheepishly,

"Ah, I was a little fed up with the strange notices and boxes popping up all over the place and wondered out loud if there should be some sort of tutorial to help me with it..." Kira snorted on a laugh, seeming to choke while holding in his laughs,

"Re-hehe-really?" he chuckled, trying to force the words out. Naruto snickered as well, though there was a hint of sheepishness in it,

"Yeah, I did..." that did it, Kira burst into laughter, somehow catching Naruto off guard with his loud and cheerful guffaws; tears streaming down his cheeks. Seeing Naruto startled look caused for Kira to laugh even harder, squeaking he was laughing so hard! He was almost at the point of laughing so hard he wasn't making any noise but squeaks.

This broke Naruto and he too started laughing, guffawing happily and without restraint, snorting every other breath, this setting the two off even more as the snorting sound Naruto made just made everything seem even funnier.

Who-knows-how-much time passed while the two continued to laughing, hanging off of each other as they could no longer contain themselves, gasping for breath but still laughing all the while, not able to stop at this point, their stomachs were starting to hurt they were laughing for so long and hard!

An undetermined amount of time passed again as the two finally started to quiet, though that took quite some time in and of itself! But finally, they calmed and gasped in air, giggles and snickers escaping their lips while they wrestled for control of themselves again, and then, they were calm once again, though again a snicker or giggle would leap from their throats in rebellion.

"Ahhhh, I should probably finish this up, shouldn't I," Kira breathed happily, a giggle escaped Naruto's throat again as he nodded,

"Yeah, heh, probably," Naruto agreed, closing his mouth to stop anymore giggles to escape,

"Hehe, okay, um, the last type of Quest, Circumstantial will happen while you're in a certain situation, like they will be when an event is happening, like a Festival or something, and you are then asked by someone to do something for them that can only happen while that event is taking place and at no other time, so you need to be careful with those, especially if there are any Special Rewards you can get from them! Whoa, that was a lot to talk about!" Kira grinned happily, looked pleased to be finished, but then frowned,

"Oh yeah, one small thing you need to know; when fighting enemies, whether they are human or otherwise, or if it's part of a Quest, you'll gain Loot if you defeat them."

"Really? What kind of Loot?" Naruto was excited at the prospect, his grin nearly reaching his ears,

"Oh several kinds, like money, Ability Scrolls like the ones in your inventory, weapons and armor, or Special Rewards which can be literally anything! Be sure to pick up after all of your fights, you never know what you might find!" Kira heaved a large sigh," but, that's the end of the tutorial; anything you have questions about before we finish?" he looked curious, but just a tad dreading; Naruto decided to have mercy on the boy-it's not like he had any more questions anyway-and shook his head,

"No more questions here, but wait a moment, kay?" having gotten used to this, Kira just nodded his head with a smile while Naruto closed his eyes and looked at, committed and reviewed all of the information given to him within the last... Who-knows-how-long.

Opening his eyes again Naruto nodded to Kira, who grinned widely as boxes appeared before them both-

Quest Completion: 1000 EXP gained

More knowledge of your new Ability, The Gamer, has been gained

Your INT has gone up by +12

Your WIS has gone up by +12

Increased Reputation with Yaiba Kira +300

You have gained +300 REP points with Yaiba Kira causing for you Reputation to move from "Honored" to "Exalted".

Naruto was pleased and surprised that his Reputation with Kira had grown so quickly, but decided not to question it, maybe Kira just really like him or something, or maybe the Game was just extremely broken, who knows?

Naruto exited out of the box and saw Kira doing the same out of the corner of his eye, who sighed in relief when he did,

"Now with that done," he straitened his back and spoke clearly," you are finished with your Tutorial, Player 2!" the second the words left his mouth everything started to move and shift around.

Looking around in awe, Naruto noticed as the stars and blackness swirled around them, coming closer and closer to them.

The strange abyss shrunk around them even further, swirling as it had while it grew around them the first time only in reverse, it getting smaller and smaller. Only a small amount of time passed as it finished, Kira and Naruto standing before each other once again as the abyss had moved them to that position while it shrunk; the stars were so close now, just barely touching the tips of Naruto's spiked hair, it also felt a bit as if they were in a bubble.

Then, with a soft 'pop' it burst, the lights twirled in the air forming two orbs of light that, once finished forming, floated down and entered both Naruto and Kira. Once the orb entered him, Kira breathed in deeply, content smile on his face,

"Ah, that was nice! And it doesn't look like any time has passed while we were in there, look," he pointed towards the sky, Naruto's azure eyes following the motion," the moon hasn't moved from where it was when this started! Neither have the stars!" Kira was right, they hadn't moved; the light from the moon and stars were shining on them in almost the exact same way they had when Naruto had caught up with Kira.

"Hm, you're right..." he muttered softly in reply, smiling at the sky, the feel of the cool night air touching his cheeks and caressing his hair as the breeze danced over them. The blond quickly took in and released a breath to bring him back to himself and turned to look at the brunette with him, smiling at him,

"I guess I should be heading back to my apartment..." he said, not sure where he and Kira stood at this point; were they friends? Or were they just acquaintances? He knew that according to his REP with him they were friends, but they had just met, so could they really be friends?

"We're friends now, right?" He then asked, deciding it best to be upfront than to silently stew in his own worry and doubts. Kira seemed a bit caught off guard by the question,

"Of course we are! We may not be, like, best friends or anything, but we're still friends!" He huffed, a put out expression on his face. Naruto chuckled,

"Sorry, sorry, I just wasn't sure is all!" he grinned in an attempt to turn Kira's attitude; it worked, luckily, the brunette's face went from put out to grinning in turn, snickering a little,

"Hehe, I know people say that laughing makes you live longer, but if I laugh any more I think I'll burst!" a couple more snickers left him and Naruto both, but they swiftly brought themselves under control-they weren't in that strange abyss anymore, didn't want anyone to find the two of them laughing randomly in the middle of the night-no good would come of that.

"Well," Naruto spoke again, raising his hand to his newest friend," I'll see you later?" Kira nodded,

"Yeah, how 'bout tomorrow? We can train together!" he looked excited at the prospect. Naruto felt excited too, training would give him something to do over the week long break from school and keep him out of the collective hair of the Village,

"Sounds good," he grinned again before swiftly telling Kira where he lived before they took their leave, Naruto in the direction of his apartment and Kira in the direction of the forest; saying something about having to do something before heading in for the night,

"Goodnight Naruto!" Kira called joyously, waving all the while,

"Night Kira!" Naruto returned the wave, his own voice filled with cheer.

And so, they went their separate ways.

Steamy: well, that was tedious! Ho, this thing almost slayed me! Like I said in the above AN I had no idea what to do with this chapter since it's an exposition chapter and is mostly just talking; moving it along was hard and trying to find different ways to keep the conversation going and staying was really difficult for me.

But, whatever, I'm finished and if any of you think there are any misspells or choppy writing make sure to tell me; I'll probably look through this again later and rewrite some of it so that it flows better, but for now I'll be updating it as is.

Translations:

Shunshin no Jutsu = Body Flicker Technique

Bunshin Daibakuha = Clone Great Explosion

That's it, from what I was able to find when I skimmed through to make sure I didn't miss anything; and don't any of you worry, I'm not like one of those authors who randomly put in Japanese words/sentences while the characters are speaking and just leave the reader to try and figure out what exactly I'm saying without giving you any info (putting words like Ohayo [which means "Good morning"] don't count as it's just a single word).

Also, since I was late for you all, I will be updating a treat for all of you after this chapter that was supposed to be for next week, but since I was late this week I'll give it to you now!

That is all, I'll get back to you guys next week (or in a couple minutes).