Sorry it's been a while since I updated, but here's a pretty long chapter 4! Enjoy
Chapter 4:
You have slept in your bed. HP, CP & MP fully restored and all status effects removed.
It was the day of the graduation exam and almost a month had passed since he gained these abilities. Upon getting out of bed, he was greeted by a familiar blue box,
Quest: Become a genin!
You've trained hard now reap the benefits! Pass the graduation exam.
Completion reward: 1000 XP, Genin rank, Headband,
Completion failure: Death
'What the hell? Death!'
Sighing he checked on the improvements he had made over the last month.
"Status"
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: The Gamer
Level: LV9 (55%)
HP: 1100/11000
CP: 9000/9000
MP: 1000/1000
STR: 23
VIT: 41
DEX: 7
INT: 21
WIS: 19
POINTS: 20
Perks:
Uzumaki Vitality: Due to your Uzumaki heritage, you have unnatural stamina and impressive tenacity +3 VIT every level.
Gamer's mind: Allows you to calmly and logically think things through. Allows peaceful state of mind. Immunity to psychological status effects.
Gamer's body: Grants a body that allows for you to live the real world like a game.
After sleeping in a bed you recover all HP, CP, and MP.
He had exercised every day after the academy gaining an average of 1 point a day in strength at first but after a while he constantly had to add to his workout in order to maintain that average. In the end, he only gained 19 points in STR for his troubles his VIT had been even harder to raise since it was already so high but he managed to grind 9 points into it, with the boost he got from his Uzumaki Vitality, it sat comfortably at 41.
He was exceedingly proud of his INT and WIS stats because he put a lot of work into studying and well being wise to raise them. The quests he got were mostly mundane like helping the elderly and catching squirrels but they gave him precious exp which raised his level and gave him even more precious stat points.
He had 20 points to spend, he considered his decision carefully, putting his WIS stat to full use.
'My INT stat is already among the highest in the class, even over Sasuke" the blond thought proudly.
'Don't need VIT, I've kind of neglected DEX…'
Seeing his DEX so low he decided to pour 13 of his point into it bringing it up to 20. He then put his remaining 7 points and put it in WIS, bringing it up to 21.
Once the headache subsided he headed over to his Skills.
SKILLS:
[Dish Washing (passive) Lv30 EXP: 2.7%]
A technique to wash dishes.
With more mastery, you can clean any dirty spots.
60% increase in dishwashing speed.
[Cooking (passive) LV11 EXP: 4.8%]
A technique to satiate hunger. With more mastery, you can cook more exotic and tasty dishes.
25% chance of making a poor dish.
[Physical Resistance (passive)Lv12 EXP: 27.00%]
The body's durability and toughness increase and you take less damage.
12% decrease in damage from physical attacks.
[Henge No Jutsu (Active) Lv62 EXP: 54.00% / CP: 20]
One of the three basic Ninjutsu. It allows the user to change his shape to something or someone that he can picture clearly.
Additional 5 CP per 1 minute
Casting time: 0.7 seconds
[Observe (Active) Lv27 EXP: 43,7%]
A skill to find the target's information.
More information is revealed as this skill is leveled up.
[Kawarimi No Jutsu (Active) LV35 EXP: 0,00% / CP: 75]
One of the three basic Ninjutsu. An incredibly useful defensive jutsu. It grants the ability to change places with objects within a certain size and weight.
Current range: 55m
Casting time: 0.75 seconds
[Bunshin No Jutsu (Active) LV 12 EXP: 10.00 % / CP : 15 per bunshin]
One of the three basic Ninjutsu. The most basic Clone skill, it creates a number of immaterial clones, the clones are unable to make sound and are destroyed if something passes through them.
Additional 8 CP per minute per bunshin.
Casting time: 0.5seconds.
[Academy Style Taijutsu(Passive & Active) LV28 EXP:23.1%]
The basic taijutsu taught at the Konoha Academy. A basic form of techniques involving the martial arts or the optimization of natural human abilities.
You can only have one taijutsu style skill active at a time.
Passively increase STR, VIT, and DEX by 13%.
Additional 13% increase in STR, VIT, and DEX while active.
[Stealth(Passive) LV16 EXP:43,6%]
The art of being unnoticed. A staple of ninjas, this skill permits the user to blend in crowds and sneak up on enemies.
You're less likely to be noticed by people when sneaking on them.
Efficiency increases with skill level, WIS, and DEX.
[Throwing Weapons Mastery (Passive) LV14 EXP: 8.42%]
Allows the user to use thrown weapons such as kunai, shuriken, senbon or more with skill and precision. As the skill grows, more projectiles can be thrown simultaneously. Range and projectile speed improve with STR. Precision improves with DEX.
24% increased damage when you throw something.
48% increased projectile speed.
[Taijutsu Conditioning] (Passive) LV4 EXP: 23.00%
By conditioning your body to become tougher, your effectiveness when performing any taijutsu style increases.
Passively increase effectiveness of taijutsu style by 1%
[Chakra Control (Passive) LV3 EXP: 3.54%]
How well you can use your chakra.
Reduces CP cost of any skill by 1%
For the most part, it seemed like his skills were just above average. For now.
Academy
"Now for the final portion of the graduation exam, you will do the bunshin no jutsu. When you are called, come to the next room." the teacher explained, and entered the room.
A couple people turned to see Naruto's expression. It was common knowledge that this was his worst jutsu, the bunshin, that required fine chakra control. He couldn't do it before because of his unbelievably high chakra reserves…. But things were different now.
'Now I have a skill that I can grind' he thought with a smirk.
"Uzumaki, Naruto," Iruka-sensei called him. The blonde got up, and went to the room and performed 5 bunshins perfectly.
"Amazing, Naruto-kun! You must have worked hard to catch up to the others like that! Here." He handed him the Konoha headband.
"You are now a genin! Congratulations. Next!"
PING!
+1000XP
Your level has risen by 2!
Naruto couldn't help the grin that spread across his face. He went outside the academy and waited with the others who graduated.
"What! You graduated? What the fuck! You were the dead last!"
The owner of this annoying voice was Inuzuka Kiba.
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?" Naruto asked nonchalantly.
"What? You want to fight?" He questioned, Akamaru growling with him.
"No, that would hardly be fair" Naruto began "It's almost cruel to put The Number Two Rookie against a mutt and his dog"
Kiba looked even more stupefied, "You?! Number two?! Ha! I don't believe you."
Naruto shrugged and jerked a thumb over his shoulder at the bulletin board. "See for yourself dog breath"
Kiba growled but ran off to check. Naruto decided some celebration was in order.
The Next Day
The day after, Naruto arrived early and entered for the last time into the academy classroom.
He was surprised when Sasuke entered and sat next to him.
"Uhh hey." he greeted.
Sasuke responded with a small nod. The two new genin remained silently seated, waiting for Iruka to arrive.
"Naruto! Move your ass! I want to sit next to Sasuke-kun!" Sakura arrived in all her splendor, angrily yelling as usual.
Naruto looked at Sakura, and then at Sasuke.
"I'm sitting next to him," he stated simply.
"Leave me your seat baka! I want to sit next to Sasuke-kun!"
"No, let me sit next to him!" Ino Yamanaka now joined in the yelling, and the two Uchiha-Fangirls glared at each other.
"Wait. Let me ask him." he said, grinning, and turned his head to the Uchiha. "Sasuke, do you want either of those girls to sit in my place?"
Sasuke looked at him, and glared at the girls.
"No." He responded plainly and unaffectedly.
"Ah… I'm sorry, but it seems Sasuke doesn't want you to sit in my place." he declared to them, smiling apologetically.
"What? B-But…" Sakura mumbled, but Iruka entered the room and interrupted her.
"Please sit down everyone."
The girls groaned but sat behind the two boys.
"Beginning today all of you are real ninjas… But you are still merely rookie genin. The hard part has just started. Now… you will be assigned duties by the village. So today we will be creating the 3 man teams and each team will have a Jounin sensei. You will follow that sensei's instructions as you complete the assigned duties." He explained to the young rookies.
"We tried to balance each team's strength." He then called out each team's composition.
"Next, team 7… Haruno Sakura… Uchiha Sasuke..."
"Hell yes!" Sakura shouted.
"Damn..." Ino groaned.
Naruto swore he heard Sasuke groan as well.
"And Inuzuka Kiba."
"Damn..." Kiba groaned, and he protested: "Iruka-sensei! Why does an outstanding ninja like me have to be on the same team as that bum?!"
"Sasuke's grades were the first among all 27 graduates… Kiba … You were the last. We have to do this to balance the teams, understand?" Iruka explained severely.
"Tch… Just don't get in my way." Sasuke declared arrogantly, whereas Kiba gritted his teeth. "Dead last."
"What did you call me?!" Kiba shouted angrily.
"Give it a rest, Dog breath!" Sakura shouted, and hit him on the head. Iruka continued as if everything was normal.
"Team 8… Uzumaki Naruto… Hinata Hyuga..."
The blonde turned to look at the shy girl at the back of the room and nodded at her. She returned it shyly and looked down.
"...and Shino Aburame."
Naruto looked at him, but couldn't get a read off of him… 'Well, that's Shino for you.'
"Ok… Now we'll introduce the jounin senseis. I'll call each team and they'll follow their own sensei."
He began to call each team, and the room slowly emptied.
"Team 7… Your sensei will be late. Team 8, your sensei will be Kurenai Yuuhi."
A fair-skinned woman took a step forward, distinguishing herself from the other jounins. She had long black untamed hair, and unique red eyes, with an additional circle in them.
Lv? Kurenai Yuuhi
When the newly formed team 8 reached her, she smiled at them and lead them to a small park, where they seat on the grass and faced her.
"So … let's begin with introductions." She began, smiling at the trio. "Do you know each other?"
"No," Naruto replied.
"Vaguely," Shino said.
"Y-yes," Hinata answered.
'Haha, that doesn't help her at all… ' Naruto thought as she raised an eyebrow at them.
"Anyway, I'd like to get to know each of you, so please tell me about yourselves. I'll start… My name is Kurenai Yuhi, and I recently became jounin. I'm a specialist in genjutsu. I like to study psychology and to attend tea ceremonies. I dislike loud people, perverted people, and sexist people. My ambition is to make the three of you into fine ninjas and become a successful reconnaissance specialized team."
'A reconnaissance specialized team… Well, Shino had good tracking skills with his bugs is suppose and Hinata too with her eyes. But me? I have nothing… Why am I on this team?'
He looked at his teammates, and as he suspected, he would have to be the one to speak first:
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. I used to like to play video games, but I'm not really into it these days. I dislike people who don't give people a chance before judging them. My goal to become Hokage and prove everyone wrong."
"I am Aburame Shino. I like insects. I dislike people who kill insects. My ambition is to become the head of my clan."
'Pretty cut and dry with this guy, huh?' Naruto thought.
Now everyone turned their look to Hinata, who blushed and turned her fingers awkwardly.
"I-I am Hinata Hyuga. I like... p-people who are con-confident. I dislike… people who b-bully others. My ambition is...to be acknowledged by my f-father... and so-someone else."
Kurenai-sensei nodded slowly, evaluating us. "Good. I'm going to test your capabilities, to see if you truly deserve to be genin, so meet me at training ground 4. Try to find me there. You have 2 hours." she told them. She formed a hand seal and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
"We should work together to find her!" Naruto proposed to his teammates.
Hinata nodded.
"That would be the most logical approach." the Aburame agreed.
It took the team 10 minutes to reach training ground 4. There, Shino's bugs alerted him of multiple chakra signatures present. Hinata activated her byakugan, and after a few minutes, she found their sensei in a small forest.
'That was easy…' Naruto thought as they headed to her location. 'Too easy…' he was right because when they were halfway, Hinata remarked:
"Um… I-I see her in them… opposite direction too."
"A bunshin?" Naruto asked.
"N-No. Byakugan can d-differentiate bunshins… from t-the original."
"Some advanced kind of bunshin then," Naruto stated.
"What do we do?" Shino inquired. It seemed they had all deferred to Naruto as the team leader.
Using his WIS and INT. He came up with two suggestions
"Hinata, you should disable your byakugan. She's trying to make you use all your chakra. She must be spamming clones somewhere to mislead us."
Hinata followed his advice and closed her eyes.
"How long can you keep your dojutsu activated?" he asked Hinata.
"Um… m-maybe 20 minutes..." she answered looking down.
"I see…" Naruto thought for a bit, making good use of my 19 WIS. "Can you activate it just a few seconds to check sensei's clone's position, and point us there? She can't keep using clones like that, and she'll run out of chakra eventually. Plus, one of them is real, so Shino you send a bug- er- Insect to the locations Hinata calls out and have them sap her chakra until they pop."
"Y-yes..." Hinata agreed. Shino nodded in affirmation as well.
They kept searching like this, and there were mostly two to three clones at a time. They continued like that for a moment, and finally, there was only one clone left.
When the team arrived at the destination, there wasn't anything.
"Hinata?" Naruto requested.
"Um… I-I'm sorry… I d-don't have enough c-chakra anymore." she declared looking down.
"That's okay. She was in the area..." he mused and scanned the meadow.
"She's probably under an invisibility genjutsu." Naruto stated.
He began [Observe]ing each area of the field. It took him a moment, but finally, when I observed a tree on the other side of the clearing, a window told him:
[Observe]'s level is too low to get the target's information.
He smirked. "Found her!" he called Hinata who didn't know what to do and Shino who was sending bugs out in the opposite direction of her.
Naruto walked to the tree, grinning all the way. [Observe] was actually usable on invisible objects and people under genjutsu! That was certainly useful.
"You can come out sensei. We found you," he said to the tree, who didn't react. Hinata was staring the tree, confused, and Shino was skeptical.
Naruto sighed, took out a shuriken and threw it at the tree. Instead of getting stuck in wood, a hand appeared and caught it expertly.
"Congratulations." Kurenai came out of the tree. "I must say, I'm impressed. Even with skills like yours, I thought you would take longer to find me… if you only managed to." She grinned. "Hinata-chan, good utilization of your byakugan. Switching it on and off allowed you to last much longer than you normally would." Hinata blushed at that, mumbling something about 'not my idea'. "Shino-kun, good use of your companions to eliminate my clones." The dark haired boy pushed up his glasses and nodded. "And Naruto-kun, I don't know how you did it, because I suppressed entirely my chakra, but you managed to detect me. Impressive." Naruto grinned at her, accepting the compliment and not bothering to correct her.
"I think you'll make a wonderful reconnaissance team!" She praised.
PING!
You have gained +2 WIS
Naruto scratched the back of his head, smiling. Shino remained impassive as always and Hinata blushed, as usual.
"Now, let's see how well you fight." She continued, "You will all spar for a few minutes against me. Naruto-kun, you're first."
Hinata and Shino sat on the ground and watched the two get ready in a fight stance.
Naruto took the stance of the Academy taijutsu style to face her. He started by throwing 4 shuriken at her and charged immediately after. She took the attacks well, deflecting them, avoiding them, and parrying them perfectly. When Naruto saw his attack was futile, he retreated, while throwing more shuriken at her accurately. While she caught them, he ran through hand seals as fast as I could.
"Henge No Jutsu!" There was a loud 'poof' and a large cloud of smoke appeared around him. He could have done it without that much smoke of course, but the purpose was to generate smoke. He didn't stop the hand seals here and used Kawarimi No Jutsu on a shuriken behind Kurenai-sensei after leaving a bunshin behind.
At first, Kurenai didn't understand, but when she looked closer, she widened her eyes and dove to the side, avoiding the right hook the blonde had tried from behind her. He threw another shuriken at her, and she parried it while in mid-air before landing graciously.
"Okay." Kurenai stopped him as he was flexing his legs to restart the fight. "You have great strength but low speed, and your academy taijutsu style is perfect, maybe a little too perfect. Since I knew all the academy's movements, I could predict your moves, so try to vary and to be unpredictable. However, you tried a little tactic making good use of the three basic ninjutsus, and you managed to surprise me. Very good thinking."
"Thanks," he said as he relaxed.
PING!
You have gained +1 WIS
"Next, Hinata-chan." she gently called.
Hinata got up, and got into a stance he didn't recognize.
"The jyuken, the gentle fist," Shino told him when he noticed his confused glance. As the two started fighting, he explained: "My family informs me that they inflict damage through attacking the inside of the body. Even the slightest touch can do a lot of damage."
PING!
You have gained +1 INT!
"All right, that's useless. Let's stop here." Kurenai-sensei stated. "You can't fight without your byakugan activated since you can't target my chakra's pathway system. But you seem to have very good speed. You need to learn to fight without your byakugan. "
"Shino-kun. Your turn."
Surprisingly Shino did the best of the three of them. Holding out for about five minutes.
"Very good taijutsu, but perhaps a little too defensive. I know you and your clan are generally long ranged fighters but having a strong offensve short-range is only going to help you."
Shino accepted the advice graciously.
"I think you passed the test, even though I still have to see Hinata-chan at her best." she declared casually.
"The test?" Naruto repeated.
"Oh, I didn't tell you? This was a test to determine if I should send you back to the academy or keep you, and you passed, congratulations!"
"I see… You wanted to test our determination, so you didn't tell us it was a test to see if we were willing to do our best in training." Naruto guessed.
"Exactly." She confirmed, nodding pleasantly at him. "Now, we need to celebrate! Let's go to a restaurant! I'm buying"