As the Med-nin carried the badly wounded Naruto into the hospital there was a storm of people moving around. The nurses were moving people aside while the Nin's carried the patient to the operating room, to many people looking in it was utter chaos. But to those who worked in the medical profession, they saw everything controlled. There were nurses moving patients around, organizing medications, dealing with patients and many other things.

Many people stopped and looked when they saw the Med-nin's carry Naruto's body through the building, most were surprised to see someone soo young with serious injuries, others were looking in disgust.

Thoughts ranging from 'Demon brat, deserves whatever happened to him' and 'that poor child' to 'isn't that the kid the ninja chase around?' were common in the minds of anyone who saw him, and it was plain to see on their faces what they were thinking.

The doors to the operating room were held open by two doctors as they were waiting for the Medical-nin's to bring the patient. Closing the door behind them they went to word attempting to keep Naruto alive so they could begin surgery.

It took hours for the surgery to be complete. The blade that was used to stab Naruto in the chest was reinforced with fire chakra, meaning that the blade cauterised the wound as it was stabbed into his heart, when the doctors saw the damage several gasped in shock.

"How is this kid still alive?" One of the doctors asked.

"Don't think on how, just focus on keeping him that way." Another doctor commanded as he began clearing the wound, swearing to himself that he would do everything that he could for the child.

Four hours later:

The light outside the operating room turned off, indicating that the operation was finished. Some of the doctors slumped onto the floor using the wall to support themselves after the gruelling surgery. One of the doctors left the room to give the report to the Hokage, who had demanded that the person in charge come to him immediately as soon as the surgery was done.

Opening the door he saw that the Hokage was sitting outside the room waiting for him. The doctor sat down next to the Hokage and sighed deeply.

"Is he alive?"

With those three words the doctor knew that the report that he was about to submit was going to cause lots of problems for many people, he just hoped that he wasn't going to be one of them. He handed the report to the Hokage.

"He's alive, by some miracle." The doctor replied solemnly.

The Hokage read the report.

"The blade that caused the wound was filled with Fire chakra, by all rights that kid should have been dead long before he was brought to the hospital." The doctor told the Hokage "We were able to cut away all the damaged tissue and clean the wound, as soon as we did something strange happened."

The Hokage looked at the doctor and closed the report.

"What happened?" he asked.

Sighing the doctor looked at the Hokage "As soon as the damaged tissue was removed the tissue started growing back at a rapid rate, there is no way that should have been possible. I know that ninja heal faster because of the chakra flowing through their bodies but that was too fast."

The Hokage nodded slowly. 'The kyuubi must have been keeping him alive until the damage was removed then used all its energy to close the wound'

"What else?" he asked.

The doctor took the report back from the Hokage and opened it to a specific page before handing it back to the Hokage. Reading it Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes lost all kindness that they usually held and were instead filled with rage.

"When we healed the hole in his chest, and the area around it, we turned him over and healed the other side. His body holds more scars than any that I have seen since the last war. We did a full check on his body to ensure that there were no other damages." Taking a deep breath the doctor rested against the wall before continuing.

"That kid has suffered years of abuse, there's evidence of broken and fractured bones that have healed or currently healing. If I had to guess the earliest one we could find would have happened two, maybe two and a half years ago."

"And the most recent?" The Hokage asked, his fury plain to hear.

"Most recent would have been the broken leg, should have taken months to heal. But I've seen this kid around and never seen a cast on him or anything like it. It's unnatural." The doctor concluded.

The doctor stood and began walking away from the Hokage. No more words were needed between them, nor did either want to keep talking after seeing what was in that report. Just reading it the Hokage seethed, at the village, the people that did this to Naruto and, ultimately, himself for not being there for him. For not protecting him when he had sworn to do so all those years ago when Minato had entrusted him to his care.

'I'm sorry that I have failed your son old friend.' He silently prayed for forgiveness.

Naruto was floating in a strange black void, his eyes were open but his mind was asleep. He had actually died while the doctors were fixing the hole in his chest and heart. It was strange, although his heart had stopped beating and his whole body went cold his heart was still furiously attempting to push blood through his body, fighting to survive for just a single second longer.

The doctors were able to heal his body and his heart, before the Kyuubi was able to break free of his cage. It would only be a matter of time before the kyuubi noticed that he was alone trapped inside Naruto's body and would fight to take even some meagre control of it.

As his body was floating in the black void Naruto's consciousness was standing beside it, looking at his former self.

"Why?" he asked the void, not expecting an answer.

But a hand was placed on his shoulder, he looked to see a strange women with long red hair and a man with short blonde hair looking down at him.

"I'm sorry for everything that you had to endure Naruto." The red haired women said to him as she knelt down and wrapped him in a hug.

It was so warm and she smelt so nice, like the flowers that grew in the spring near the back of the academy. He felt safe in her arms.

"You were stronger than I could have hoped." The blonde man said as he patted Naruto's shoulder. "I'm sorry that the village didn't treat you the way that they should have."

Naruto gave the man a warm smile as the lady let Naruto go, but she held on of his hands and squeezed it tight. The man took his other hand and gave it a soft squeeze.

"Who are you?" He asked.

They looked at each other, mildly shocked that he wasn't told about who they were. But the man shrugged and grinned at him, the same cheesy grin that he wore most days.

"We're your parents" he said.

Naruto looked at the two people holding his hands. He recognized the cerulean blue eyes that he shared with his father, and that his face looked somewhat like his mothers, only she looked more feminine than he did.

As they were talking a stranger appeared near Naruto's physical body. The two adults looked at each other before looking down at their son.

"Naruto why don't you go on ahead, we'll be right behind you." Minato said.

Looking at his parents he nodded "Ok"

He faded away. The two adults smiled and glided closer to the stranger.

"Your both great parents, I'm sorry for what has happened to your son." The stranger said as she rucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear.

Sighing Kushina placed a hand gingerly on her son's physical cheek "I just wish we were able to watch him grow up and be a happy family."

The stranger nodded "That is the wish of all parents."

Pulling out a small pale orb of light the stranger placed it In Naruto's physical body. The pale light spread out from where it touched Naruto's body and faded away several seconds later.

"We reinforced the seal that you placed on your son, this way the Kyuubi's chakra won't hurt him when he uses it, but it needs both halves of its chakra or it was pointless to do so." The stranger told Minato.

Nodding Minato accessed the Kyuubi's chakra sealed within him. His form changed to the dull orange flamed form that was the Kyuubi's chakra mode. Placing his hand on the seal that he had used to seal the other half of the Kyuubi.

The dull orange chakra was slowly sucked into the seal, draining every drop of Kyuubi chakra within his body. Once the seal absorbed all the chakra Minato returned to his normal form, unable to sense the beast within him.

"It feels strange, not having him inside me anymore" he noted.

Kushina rubbed his back and pursed her lips.

"Is something wrong Kushina?" The stranger asked.

She thought for a moment before making up her mind.

"Can I give him something? He got the other half of the Kyuubi from Minato so I feel that he should get something from me as well. A birthday present of sorts." She asked.

"What would you like to give him?" The stranger asked.

"My sealing chains." She stated boldly.

Minato was taken back slightly "Shouldn't he be able to use them? He is an Uzumaki like you, after all."

Kushina shook her head. "Because of the Kyuubi his chakra core is unstable, part of it focuses on keeping the seal together while he uses the rest. So the balance needed to form his own chains isn't there, he should be able to use mine until his chakra makes them his own, making them stronger than I ever could."

The stranger nodded "There is no reason that you can't give him your chains, just place your hand over his body and I will do the rest."

Kushina moved closer to her son's body and held her hand above him as she was instructed. The stranger placed her hand beside Kushina's, a green light emanating from her palms. She slowly moved her hands down towards Naruto's body.

As her hands moved Kushina's sealing chains started sliding out of her palm and towards Naruto's chest. Kushina's face was a mix of shame, pride and sorrow. Shame, because she wasn't strong enough to hold onto the Kyuubi when she gave birth to her son and he had suffered because of it. Pride, because he would now have something from her, and her clan, that he will be able to use to protect his friends and the village. Sorrow, because she won't be able to teach him how to use them herself.

It took several minutes for all the chains to move between Kushina and their new owner, but once they were she couldn't have been happier for what she had done. Once he was able to use them Naruto would be recognized as a member of the Uzumaki clan and would have the respect that he deserved, and once not long after that, if people paid attention, he would also be recognized as Minato's child and everything should get better for him.

"He will be waking up soon, back in the hospital." The stranger said.

Kushina moved back beside her husband, who wrapped his arms around her.

"Is our chakra still inside the seal?" He asked.

The stranger nodded "Yes, your chakra will stop him from opening the seal, should the Kyuubi force him to open it just as you originally planned. Kushina's chakra is still inside him and will assist him when he attempts to control the Kyuubi's chakra. It is exactly as you made it, but strengthened so he can hold both halves and it won't hinder his chakra control as it originally did."

"Thank you for this, I hope that now he will have a better life than he originally had." Minato said as he and Kushina faded away to join their son in the afterlife.

Naruto's physical body started to move. Slowly at first, like a patent waking from a coma. First his fingers started twitching, then his arm started to wake up, pins and needles burning through his muscles. Finally he shot up with an audible gasp. The sudden amount of air flowing flying through his lungs caused Naruto to cough roughly for a few moments until his body fully woke up.

"Welcome back to the world of the living Sage of the nine tails."

Looking around for a moment Naruto didn't recognise where he was but he recognized who the stranger next to him was.

"Minerva. Where am I?" he asked.

"The world between the living and the dead, where all souls pass through." She told him. "It's also where you have to pass to go back to the world of the living."

Naruto scratched his head "Everything feels so strange." He noted as he stretched his muscles.

"It will take some time for everything to become clear to you again. Once you meet certain conditions in your world you will regain all the knowledge that you once had. Everything that you learnt, everything that you experienced and everything that you were able to understand." Minerva informed Naruto.

He nodded.

"There are also some gifts for you, from us, you will find them when you wake up. Be careful when you find them, make sure that no one else takes them from you." Her tone serious. "There are things that only you should receive and not fall into the hands of anyone else."

Naruto nodded "I understand, thank you for the second chance Minerva."

She smiled warmly. "You deserve it. Good luck Sage of the nine paths, Naruto."

With those final words Naruto faded away, returning to the world of the living. Where he will now have the chance to life a life worth living.

Konoha hospital

The room was filled with a familiar smell. Something that Naruto hadn't smelt in years. He tried to lift his head to look around but there was something stopping him from moving. Looking down the best he could Naruto saw that there was a hand softly pressing on his chest.

"Stay down for a bit longer Naruto, you've been through a lot recently, let your body adjust to being awake for a bit." The owner of the hand said.

Naruto followed the path of the hand, looking from the hand to the wrist, the forearm, shoulder then seeing the face of the stranger.

His voice was caught in his throat. Memories that he had forced himself to neglect and ignore burst through to the surface.

"Jiji…"

The stranger raised an eyebrow "Yes?"

Ignoring the fact that his body was sore and had just woken up Naruto pulled the man's arm, the sudden pull and the amount of force behind it pulled the elderly Hokage forward as Naruto himself against the old man's chest.

The elderly Hokage chuckled softly and wrapped his arms around Naruto's small frame.

"It's ok Naruto." He said soothingly.

Naruto tried to hold back the tears, but seeing his adoptive grandfather once more, alive and well, was more than he was able to contain. There was so much that he wanted to talk to him about and when the village was attacked in his last life the Hokage was lost.

Sarutobi Hiruzen held the crying Naruto in his arms. Naruto had been wearing a mask for the last few years and he had allowed it to go too far, he hadn't had Naruto act like this in a long time. So he just held the boy and rubbed his back.

As Naruto cried the Hokage made a small gesture and Sparrow appeared kneeling beside the Hokage.

"Bring me the scrolls that I prepared." He instructed, without a word sparrow disappeared.

By the time he reappeared Naruto was calming down, he had a few sniffles and blew his nose then looked at the scroll that the Hokage took from Sparrow.

"What's that Jiji?" he asked, blinking away the last of his tears and wiping his face with his hands to clear his vision.

The Hokage gave Naruto a playful grin.

"I thought that you might be interested in getting ahead of some of the students at the academy. Since most of the Clan children have been training for a few years before they were enrolled to the Academy." The Hokage said, as he saw Naruto's eyes following the scroll.

He continued "So I collected a few scrolls that I thought would be useful to give you some information, that way you know some of the basics before you begin. Plus it will give you some reading materials while you are here for the next two days."

Naruto looked at the Elderly man "You know I'll be fully recovered by tonight, tomorrow morning at the latest right?"

The Hokage chuckled.

"I know that, and you know that. But I am telling you that I want you to stay here for a few days longer. You went through a lot the other day and you've only just woken up from it-"

Naruto cut him off "How long have I been here Jiji?"

Sighing the Hokage ruffled Naruto's hair "You've been sleeping the last two days. You were in surgery the night before."

"So I've been here three days." He stated.

Nodding the Hokage opened the scroll on the bed in front of Naruto. Instantly he recognized it was a sealing scroll, just a basic one for transporting documents, nothing too special. Seeing that Naruto was eyeing the sealing formula the Hokage raised an eyebrow.

"Do you know what this is Naruto?" He asked.

He nodded "It's a basic storage scroll, it's not very powerful and is mainly used to store documents. It can hold about a dozen scrolls. Your office is full of these."

"You're very smart Naruto." The Hokage praised his adoptive grandson.

He placed a hand on the seal and channelled some chakra into it, unsealing the contents of the scroll. Lifting up the top scroll he gave it to Naruto.

"Learn to unlock our chakra." Naruto read aloud.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Naruto, he thought that the boy would have trouble reading the scroll but was pleasantly surprised that he was able to read it without problem.

"Weasel, Wolf, Dog" The Hokage summoned thee ANBU members, they appeared behind the Hokage kneeling on the ground.

Naruto looked at the three ANBU that suddenly appeared.

"Who are they Jiji?" Naruto asked, pointing at the three ANBU.

The elderly Hokage gave Naruto one of his grandfatherly grins, that Naruto had never forgotten and sorely missed, before answering his question. "These are three members of the ANBU, they will be watching over you for the next few days."

"Is this because of what happened the other day?" Naruto asked.

'He's more astute than I thought' Sarutobi thought.

"Yes it is, I'm not sure if there were more people involved in what happened and they will make sure that you're safe, plus if you ask weasel nicely he may help you with those scrolls, he's a good teacher." The Hokage said, pointing to the shortest of the group.

Naruto gave a small wave to the three ANBU, he had to be careful around these three, after all he knew exactly who they were. Hatake Kakashi was Wolf, Uzuki Yugao was Dog and Weasel was Uchiha Itachi.

He was only able to keep his face neutral for a few moments before he had to look away.

"What are the rest of these scrolls Jiji?" Naruto asked, turning attention away from the ANBU.

"These scrolls contain some of the information that you will learn about in your first year, History of the leaf, basic Academy Taijutsu, the three academy Jutsu, The Kawarimi no Jutsu, Bunshin no Jutsu and Henge no Jutsu. There are also lists of school supplies that you will need, a list of different pathways a ninja can take and several other things that I thought might be able to help you." The Hokage said.

Naruto grinned widely at the old man.

"Thanks Jiji, I'll master these and then I'll take your hat and become Hokage!" He declared.

A small twitch appeared under the Hokage's eye.

"It's not going to be that easy you brat." The Hokage said as he ground his teeth.

Naruto burst out laughing "I know that! Hahaha!"

The Hokage shook his head and got up to leave as he saw Naruto start reading the scrolls.

He stopped next to the three kneeling ANBU "Make sure he stays in the hospital for the next two days, and stop him from pulling any pranks, I don't need the hospital turning into a warzone."

The Hokage received three silent nods from the ANBU and without another word he walked out of the room, his four ANBU protection squad left with him, leaving Naruto and the three kneeling ANBU alone in the room.

Moments before:

The Hokage unsealed the documents from the storage scroll. Although Naruto was in his younger body he knew that there could be some issues with his reading ability, since he never really learnt how to read until he got to the academy and Iruka sensei taught him when he had detention one day.

His concern was unfounded, as he picked up the first scroll a small blue box appeared in front of him.

You have obtained the scroll

'Learn to unlock your Chakra'

Would you like to unlock your Chakra?

Yes No

He ignored the blue box, he didn't know enough to just use the scroll right away so he would wait until he was alone, just until he knew what would happen. After all it would be strange if he had just picked up the scroll and could suddenly use his Chakra, it would raise too many questions too soon.

Right after the Hokage left

Naruto looked at the three ANBU as they rose once the Hokage left the room. Thinking for a moment he decided that he would continue the young and innocent look that he had slipped into with the Hokage.

He put down the scroll and made to get off the bed until Weasel placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"You should stay in bed, at least until your body gets used to moving around again Naruto-kun."

"When you meet people that are looking after you it's only right that you introduce yourself properly, and it would be inconsiderate if I was sitting on the bed when I did so." Naruto countered.

Dog, Uzuki Yugao, walked over to the bed "Then allow us to introduce ourselves. We are unable to give our real names of course, but we can still give introductions. I am Dog, I specialize in Kenjutsu."

"I am Weasel, I specialize in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu" Itachi introduced himself.

"I'm Wolf" Kakashi introduced himself "I specialize in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu."

Naruto gave a small pout "You know you could lose that slacker attitude Wolf."

Yugao and Itachi snickered behind their masks.

"Anyway. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I like ramen, Teuchi and Ayame, and they work at Ichiraku. I don't specialize in any Jutsu at the moment. I dislike the three minutes it takes to cook instant ramen and I the cold looks that people give me when I walk down the street."

All three ANBU were taken back by the last statement.

"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" Yugao asked him, sitting on the end of the bed.

"When I walk down the street people give me cold looks, move their kids out of the way and tell them to keep away from me. I have to run and hide from people that chase me around the village, and they don't just chase me after I prank one of them, some do it whenever they see me." He told them.

A silent look passed between the three adults. Naruto knew that he shouldn't be making any large changes to his life at the moment, but Kami be damned if he was going to let anyone stab him in the chest again. He didn't experience it but he felt it through the memories of the old Naruto, whose body he was now occupying.

"Hey Weasel can I ask you a favour?" Naruto looked at Itachi.

Thinking for a moment Itachi nodded "What do you need Naruto-kun?"

"Could you please go to my apartment and make sure that no one's destroyed it, I don't know what's been happening the last few days and I want to know if I need to buy anything before I go home." He asked.

Itachi gave a nod and Shunshin'd away.

A blue screen appeared in Naruto's vision.

System configuration complete.

Please restart the system to begin program.

Restart Now?

Yes No

Wanting to activate the program Naruto carefully hit yes after he scratched his face, not wanting to do anything while the two ANBU were watching him.

As soon as he hit yes Naruto passed felt really sleepy and barely managed to get his head near the pillow.

Yugao chuckled quietly, not wanting to wake Naruto. She collected all the scrolls and sealed all but the scroll that would let Naruto unlock his chakra, she put both scrolls on the bedside table and put the blanket over Naruto.

"You're very good with kids, Dog" Kakashi noted.

Yugao shrugged. She wants kids of her own but because of her lover Gekko Hayate's illness the couple are unable to have children of their own.

Before she was able to reply Itachi returned.

"How was his apartment?" Kakashi asked.

Itachi shook his head "Completely trashed, all his clothes were ripped to shreds and more than one person urinated on them, all his scrolls and books destroyed in the same manner. All his appliances were broken and smashed and there was, I don't even want to know what, all over the walls, and furniture."

The two ANBU looked at each other and then back at Itachi.

"Did you see anyone?" Yugao asked.

He shook his head "I spoke with one of the other tenants and he was in the middle of moving out himself. When I asked why he said it was because people come throughout the night and destroy the windows and break things, mostly at Naruto-kun's apartment but there have been times when they've done it to others."

The three looked at Naruto, who was still sleeping, and one thought went through their minds at the same time.

'What has he suffered through?'

"I need to report this to the Hokage." Itachi said as he vanished.

"I'll take the first watch, Wolf. You head home, Weasel will replace me in a few hours then you replace him." Yugao said.

Kakashi nodded. It was the schedule that they had organized.

He vanished a second later and Yugao melded into the walls, completely invisible.

The next morning

Naruto woke up with the sun lighting up his room, the sound of birds just outside his window. It was a soothing way to wake up in the morning.

*PING*

Naruto turned and saw a small blue screen.

[You have slept in {Bed}]

[Health and Chakra restored]

[All status ailments cured]

It took a moment for the pieces to put themselves in place. The system was running properly.

[Would you like to take the tutorial?]

[Yes] [NO]

Naruto pressed yes and saw as the screen changed.

[Welcome to The Gamer system]

[Uzumaki Naruto]

[As the system is currently in the experimental phase there will be times when the system requires an update.]

[The tutorial will now begin.]

[Please say {Menu}]

Naruto did as the screen instructed and whispered, in case Itachi, Kakashi or Yugao were listening "Menu"

[Welcome to the Menu screen.]

[Here are the topics that the tutorial covers.]
[To begin the explanation please select an option.]

[Status window]

[Inventory]

[Skills]

[Reputation]

[Quests]

[Map]

'Minerva really made this thing interactive' he thought as he selected Status window.

[The status window displays the basic information.]
[Your name]
[Class]
[Level]
[Experience]
[Title]
[Age]
[HP and CP]
[Attributes/stats]
[Attribute points]
[Money]

Your name is self-explanatory

[Class is given to you by the system {The Gamer}]

[Level shows you a numerical value of how strong or weak you are.]

[Experience is a unit of measurement for the users progress and is rewarded for completing quests, reaching targets, achieving certain objectives or defeating opponents.]

[A title allows the user to obtain special abilities or stats.]
[You will receive titles for achieving or meeting certain conditions or goals.]

[Age is Self-explanatory. It's how old you are.]

[Hp is Health points, once it reaches 0 you die.]
[Cp is Chakra points, it is the amount of Chakra you are able to use.]
[Cp is used to perform Jutsu or techniques, once it reaches 0 the user will suffer [Chakra exhaustion]

[Attribute describe your physical and mental Characteristics. ]
[There are Six different attributes.]

[Strength (Str) is responsible for the amount of damage done to enemies and how strong you are.]
[Vitality (Vit) is responsible for the amount of HP, damage resistance and vitality you have.]
[Dexterity (Dex) is responsible for your movement speed, accuracy and evasion.]
[Intelligence (Int) determines how smart you are and how quickly you can learn new things.]
[Wisdom (Wis) measures your common sense, alertness, perception and resistance to deception.]
[Luck (Luk) increases the critical hit rate, finding items and gambling skill.]

[The user can gain extra points for each attribute by performing certain actions relating to that skill, such as training, studying, etc.]

[Attribute points (AP) are points that you gain per level and can use to distribute to attributes.]
[For each level you gain, you will gain 5 AP.]

[Money is self-explanatory.]

'That's really complicated, I don't know if I'll remember all that' Naruto thought.

A new screen popped up.

[In time this will be second nature to you.]

'That's encouraging.'

"Inventory" he whispered. A new window popped up displaying a small figure of Naruto, and what he was wearing, currently a hospital gown, and a bunch of squares, all but one seemed to be empty.

[In the inventory you are able to store objects such as food, weapons, clothes, tools and many other things that may prove useful on your journey.]

[You can stack items of the same type.]
[Such as kunai and Shuriken.]
[You can have a maximum of 50 for such items.]

'At least I'll be able to store all my ramen and ninja gear somewhere that no one but myself can get them.' Naruto grinned.

"Skills" a new screen appeared

[The Skills screen shows all skills (Jutsu or techniques) that you have learnt.]
[You can also use, learn, train and create these skills.]
[The amount of skills are practically endless.]

'Useful, I think.'

"Reputation"

[Reputation is how people see you.]
[In the menu you will see how various people, groups, clans or villages see you.]

"Quests"

[Quests allow you to complete missions or tasks (quests) to complete.]
[Some quests will randomly appear.]
[Completing quests successfully will grant you rewards.]
[Failing quests may lead to unfortunate situations occurring.]
[Some quests may force you to make life altering decisions.]

'That's useful, I'll have to keep my eyes out for quests.'

"Map"

[You can use this to explore uncharted areas.]
[The map will show any one in the area.]
[You can expand the area shown by the map with any detection type skill.]

[This concludes the tutorial.]
[Feel free to explore the system at your leisure.]

'Ugh this system is going to give me a headache. What type of skills-' Naruto's thoughts were cut off as the skill screen appeared in front of him.

He looked at the screen and saw the different skills that were already created.

[Gamers body] Level: MAX

[Gamers mind] Level: MAX

'So just those two skills for now.' Naruto thought.

He got out of bed and opened the curtain that was surrounding his bed, he was greeted by Itachi leaning against the wall.

"Good morning Naruto-kun, how are you feeling today?" he asked.

"Good thanks weasel" he replied, it was then that he noticed something strange.

Above Itachi's head was his name and his level.

[Uchiha Itachi]
[Lvl: 41]

'He's a lot stronger than I thought he would be' Naruto thought to himself.

"Something wrong?" Itachi asked seeing Naruto staring at him.

Shaking his head Naruto turned and picked up the scroll on unlocking his Chakra. "I was just thinking that I should start with the scrolls that Jiji got me, how was my apartment?"

Itachi sighed and Naruto knew right away what happened.

"So they destroyed it, how bad?"

"You got evicted." Itachi stated.

Naruto cursed "Was there anything they didn't destroy?"

"No."

Naruto looked in the cupboard beside the bed and pulled out his clothes, the ones that weren't completely ruined. Searching for a moment he sighed in relief.

"At least I still have Gama-chan" he grinned showing Itachi the horrible stuffed green toad wallet that he received years ago.

Itachi looked at the toad for a moment before noticing that "Gama-chan" was the wallet that Naruto was showing him.

"I reported what happened to the Hokage and he is organizing a new apartment for you, and also the landlord is forcing you to pay for the damages." Itachi told the young boy.

Naruto groaned "How much did he say it would cost?"

Itachi pulled out a piece of paper and passed it to Naruto. Reading the paper the young boy's eyes grew to the size of saucers.

"That's a lot of Ryo!" He exclaimed.

There was nothing that Itachi could say, he knew that the landlord was being cheap. He knew that the price was unacceptable for anyone to pay for such a substandard apartment, but there was nothing that he could do, at least not right now.

Sighing Naruto put the paper on the bedside table and sighed. "I'll deal with it after I leave the hospital, but for now…" he held up the scroll.

"Training."

When the small blue box appeared asking Naruto if he wanted to unlock his chakra he hit the yes button with all his might, thinking it would give him immediate access to his chakra. But unfortunately that wasn't the case, as he thought it was going to be.

As soon as he hit yes the blue screen disappeared and was replaced with another.

[Follow these instructions to unlock your chakra]

[Please place hands in the following hand seal]
[Ram]

Underneath the named hand seal was a small image of the seal that he needed to use.

Placing his hands in the correct way a new screen appeared.

[Follow these instructions to unlock your chakra]

[Focus on the energy in the pit of your stomach and feel it moving throughout your body]

Naruto did exactly as the screen instructed. Since he had already activated his chakra the same way in his last life he knew exactly what he was doing, and what kind of energy that he was looking for.

When he found the Chakra inside of him Naruto could instantly tell that the chakra inside him was completely different. It wasn't a bad kind of different but it was different nonetheless. He drew on the chakra, pushing it through his body, feeling it warm him up. As he felt it circulate through his body he started pulling on more and more, drawing on all the chakra that was inside him.

Unknown to him Itachi was watching Naruto, he saw how he seemed to touch something in front of him, but didn't ask any questions, as it didn't seem important. When Naruto sat in the lotus position and formed the Ram hand sign he was impressed that he was able to get it exactly right the first time, after all most children training to be ninja spend hours working on the positioning of their hands for the seals but Naruto seemed to get it right away.

Itachi wasn't a sensory type ninja and didn't have much skill in detecting the Chakra in people around him, but he was learning, with the amount of chakra that Naruto had started to show he was stunned.

A few moments Naruto had started to unlock his chakra, it had taken surprisingly little time compared to anyone that Itachi had ever met. Even he took an hour to unlock his chakra and he was told that he was a genius.

After a minute had passed it seemed as though was pulling everything out of the tank that he could, and judging from the amount of chakra he was showing it was easily the same size, if not bigger, than his or any other Jonin that he knew. A few moments later Naruto's chakra skyrocketed.

The large amount of Chakra that Naruto was pumping out caused Itachi to immediately jump back in fear of being attacked, but when he saw that it wasn't an attack and was just Naruto's chakra his knees gave out and he could do nothing more than stare at Naruto. The sheer quantity of chakra being released was astounding, there was so much chakra in such a small area that it had started to become visible to Itachi's eyes, without using the Sharingan.

Kakashi and Yugao appeared beside Itachi, thinking that there was an attack as he had. But found themselves frozen in place from the pressure of Naruto's chakra.

Naruto was surrounded by a powerful aura of blue chakra. It was stunning and frightening at the same time. Every sensory type ninja in the village felt the sudden spike of chakra and many froze in fear, others started running. They had never felt a chakra signature as strong as they were feeling since the night that the Kyuubi attacked the village, although this chakra was weaker in comparison it was still stronger than anything that existed in the village naturally.

As Naruto sat on the hospital bed with his Chakra surrounding him he found the Kyuubi's chakra deep inside him, but he was unable to communicate with him. But that didn't mean he didn't try.

Naruto attempted to use his current position to enter his mindscape and talk to the Kyuubi inside him, he didn't know if this Kurama had the same memories as the Kurama he knew did. If he didn't then there was going to be a lot of hard work in Naruto's future.

"You are not ready yet. Return in a few years, then we will talk" were the only words that he got from Kurama before the Biju cut off the connection between them.

The loss of the connection disrupted Naruto's focus and his chakra was disturbed, thus the powerful chakra aura he was giving out dissipated with a powerful shockwave. It didn't go very far but it was powerful enough to crack the windows in the whole hospital and send three ANBU flying back into the wall.

Before Naruto could act the room was filled with ANBU. There were four surrounding him, all with their blades pointed at his throat, three were checking on Itachi, Kakashi and Yugao. There were more than half a dozen others at the ready in the room waiting for him to act, waiting for a reason to kill him.

"Uh…" Naruto said as he looked around "Any chance you're here to take me out for Ramen?"

The room was silent, save one person who was trying to hide the fact he was chuckling at Naruto's blasé response.

"WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?" The Hokage roared as he flung open the door to Naruto's room, he had been on his way to see how Naruto was feeling when the shockwave hit.

"Jiji! Can you call these guys off me?" Naruto pleaded.

"ANBU" The Hokage said and all the ANBU vanished, besides the three that were supposed to be protecting Naruto.

Kakashi groaned as he pulled himself off the ground.

"Wolf report."

Kakashi shook his head "Weasel was in the room when it happened Hokage-sama"

Without a word being uttered Itachi answered the Hokage "Naruto-kun used the scroll you gave him to unlock his chakra, it took him a minute before he was able to draw on it, after a minute longer it grew suddenly and I thought that it was an attack and jumped back. When I looked I saw the amount of chakra Naruto-kun was pumping out, then something happened and the shockwave followed."

The Hokage looked at Naruto who was rubbing his neck.

"Damn ANBU, always looking for a reason to stab a guy in the neck." He groaned. Naruto turned to face the Hokage and three ANBU, he looked at their levels as he did.

[Sarutobi Hiruzen]
[Shinobi no Kami]
[Lvl: ?]

[Hatake Kakashi]
[Sharingan no Kakashi]
[Lvl: 63]

[Uzuki Yugao]
[Lvl: 58]

'I can't see Jiji's level?' Naruto thought.

"What happened Naruto?" The Hokage asked.

Naruto shrugged, he would have to lie "I don't know Jiji, I was following the scrolls instructions and when I was unlocking my chakra I felt that there was more buried down so I tried to draw it out so I could use it, then I lost focus and then…"

He let the sentence hang, since there was no real need to continue, the evidence was everywhere for anyone to see.

"How far did it reach?" Naruto asked out of curiosity.

Sighing the Hokage looked at Naruto "You'll have to pay for all the hospitals new windows."

Naruto groaned and slumped back, nearly hitting his head against the side of the bed.

The Hokage remained for a while longer, to help calm down the doctors that wanted to throw Naruto out of the hospital for the damage he caused. But once everything was taken care of and the Kakashi and Itachi swapped place, since it was Kakashi's turn to guard Naruto.

"How much is all that going to cost me?" He groaned "I'm not going to be able to have any ramen if this keeps up."

The Hokage chuckled at his statement.

"Don't worry about it Naruto, I'll make sure that you can pay it off and have enough money to eat." He said 'I'll have to use his clan funds to replace the windows'

Hello my readers,

I have come across a slight issue with this story so i have decided that i will attempt to do this one of two ways, i will post a poll for it.

Either i continue the story as is and attempt to get some help from one of the readers with all the gamer stats and things that are causing me issues

or

I rewrite the story without the gamer ability (or remove it in some way)
(i might decide that i will allow him to keep some basic parts of the power but that's yet to be decided)

I am only doing this because i have found myself lacking in the skills and understanding that i need for the story. This is actually my first fanfic work and i anticipated running into so problems with it but not as soon as i have.

If anyone wants to offer their help with the stat problem and allow me to contact them, either through this site or email, i will be more than happy to accept your help and listen to all advice that you give me with the story.

I want to say thanks to the people that left reviews on the last chapter and be sure that i have read each and everyone of them (there were only 8 to read)

Voltraisin: Thanks for the recommendation for the Jutsu. I was planning on Naruto taking Zabuza's sword as he decided his Nindo (ninja way) after the fight between Haku and Zabuza. I think it would make for a more sensitive and appreciative character.

Remzal von Enili: Thanks for the idea about the Kyuubi cloak ability. I thought up a few ideas after reading that and i was thinking about using it as it would be atleast one benifit for naruto to have, for using such a chaotic and self damaging Chakra.

Sudhush: Thanks for the honest opinion. That was what i was hoping for people to point out to me, I want to know how you feel after reading the story. Though i will say that we pretty much all know that a divine being would never just tell someone the honest reason why they are being reborn. what they gave him was more of a half truth mixed with a bit of a lie and a pinch of secrecy. It was something i was planning on bringing up later.