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Thanks to malcolm for the beta writing and his input.
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NARUTO AND THE GAMER ARE NOT OWNED BY ME
By the time Naruto came back to the funeral, most of the proceedings were done with. He could see Ino and Sakura in the distance and they did not look happy. Naruto gulped, he did not want to apologize to them, but he felt like he had no choice, his new teacher was going to force him to do it.
"Ino" Naruto called out, hoping that he could apologize to each one of them separately, he was not looking forward to what Sakura was going to do to him. Ino looked in Naruto's direction and had an expression on her face that Naruto couldn't quite comprehend, it was a mixture of pity and sadness.
'She must be really upset' Naruto thought, he hadn't meant for that to happen.
Ino decided that she was going to come over.
"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior" Naruto said to Ino once she had made her way over to him, but Ino did not seem to be interested in an apology and waved him off.
"No. Naruto, you don't have to apologize, if anything, I have to apologize. You are right, I could never comprehend what you go through because I have a family, and I shouldn't have said that I understood what you were going through, because I clearly don't" Ino said to him in a gentle tone, not something Naruto had heard Ino speak in before.
His surprise was evident because Ino laughed upon seeing his expression. "Don't be so surprised, you might be annoying but I would never wish ill upon you, Naruto, you are a friend"
Naruto looked at her. "Thanks" he said slowly. Ino nodded, smiling.
"If you behave like that again, Naruto" she said in a threatening tone. "Something bad is going to happen to you"
"Understood" there was a slight smile on his face.
"If you're worried about apologizing to Sakura" Ino continued, "Don't be, she's upset with what you said but she understands that you are not in a good place right now, so don't worry about that"
"You're a life saver, Ino"
"Of course I am, I am the best. Well, I must be off now, I have some work to do today at the flower shop. You should drop by sometime, maybe we could leave some flowers at Iruka sensei's grave"
Being reminded of Iruka's death sent Naruto right back into sadness, so much so that he didn't even notice Ino leave.
Slowly everybody was gone, but Naruto remained, looking back on all the good times that he and Iruka sensei had had. Iruka sensei was one of the two people apart from the Hokage who bought him ramen, he had such high hopes for Naruto, and every time he thought about it, it made him hate himself just some more for letting Iruka down like that.
'Iruka sensei' Naruto thought, there were tears streaming down his face. 'I will not let you down again, I promise, I will never let anyone else have to save me'
"Dobe" Naruto looked up in surprise at the voice. It was Sasuke Uchiha.
"What the hell do you want?" Naruto asked him.
"I want to tell you that I know what it feels like to be alone, because I am just like you"
Naruto knew what Sasuke was talking about, when he was seven, Sasuke's brother, Itachi, had murdered his entire clan, but spared the life of Sasuke, an action which Naruto was sure would leave Sasuke a fucked up mess for the rest of his life.
"I'm sure you're not here to console me" Naruto said to him, Sasuke was not the kind of person who was going to show up at a funeral and act as a shoulder for other people to cry on.
"No, I'm here to ask you for something"
Naruto was curious, what did the great 'Rookie Of The Year' Sasuke Uchiha want that Naruto already had?
"Oh really, what is it?" he asked Sasuke.
"A sparring partner"
"A sparring partner, I'm sure you have people better than the dead last to ask for that don't you?" Naruto said snorting.
"You might be dead last Naruto, but don't for a second take me to be a fool. Just in the last month, you have improved, and you might think I didn't see that, but I see it clearly. So here's what I propose, you want to take your mind off things, and I want someone who's close to my level to spar with. I think this arrangement is mutually beneficial"
"You think that fighting me is going to make you stronger?" Naruto asked, his voice was incredulous.
Sasuke nodded. "Yes, eventually our arrangement will come to an end, but I hope to be a stronger fighter. So" Sasuke trailed off. "Do you accept?"
Naruto thought about it for a bit, before finally nodding his head.
"Don't cry like a little bitch once I beat you" he said to Sasuke, who snorted.
"The same applies to you Naruto" he said mockingly. "Show up at my compound tonight, there's a place where we can get down to business"
Naruto nodded once more, before realizing that the GAME had given him a new message, which he analyzed.
Sasuke Uchiha Quest (1/25)
To Be The Man 1...
DESCRIPTION: Sasuke Uchiha senses that there might be more to you than the dead last moniker, prove that to him by giving him a good fight.
REWARDS: Increased Reputation with Sasuke Uchiha, +500 EXP, A Reward
You have accepted the quest.
-x-
Sasuke Uchiha, Lvl 13, The Avenger.
STR: 25
DEX: 59
VIT: 45
INT: 101
WIS: 25
LUK: 2
Information:
HP: 675
CP: 450
Sasuke Uchiha is the avenger, at the age of seven, his brother Itachi Uchiha, regarded by everyone as a prodigy like no other murdered his entire clan, but spared his life as an ultimate insult, motivating Sasuke to get stronger in order to one day avenge his family's death. The incident permanently left a mark on the young Sasuke, who now spends his days getting stronger and obsessing about getting his revenge.
Titles:
Rookie Of The Year: Best in my class, I have loads of class.
REWARDS: Faster Reputation Gain with Konoha, +10% Exp Gain.
The Last Uchiha: I will survive!
REWARDS: Increased Reputation Gain with Konoha
Status:
The Avenger: I won't dig two graves
EFFECT: Skills level up 25% faster, Reduced Social Skills
The Loner: Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
EFFECT: Solo missions award +50% more XP, Team Missions award -25% less XP
"What are you staring at, dobe?" Sasuke asked Naruto, who was digesting just how much the Observe skill had revealed to him this time. He grit his teeth.
'I can't believe this guy has two titles that sound so badass, and all I have is crawler killer' Naruto thought, shaking his head.
"So are we going to spar?" Sasuke asked Naruto pointedly, it was clear that he was getting bored of Naruto staring at him.
"Yeah, hold on one second" Naruto said to him before swiping away the information. 'I suppose not having 'Dead Last' as a title would be good enough'
Sasuke Uchiha has challenged you to a duel, would you like to accept the duel?
(Y/N)
Naruto selected yes, before smiling. "Let's roll" he shouted before charging into Sasuke with a knife in his hand.
'I need to anger him, he's going to make mistakes if he's angry' Naruto thought to himself as he rushed in, Sasuke readied himself, he reached out with the knife ready to swing, but Sasuke had a knife of his own.
The knives clashing made a loud sound but the spar was underway.
"I'm going to show you a neat trick" Naruto said to him before forming a shadow clone which began rushing in. Sasuke looked at the incoming shadow clone and was apprehensive.
"Interesting, I always wondered how someone like you could never do a clone, but it's good to see that you have finally mastered the basics" he said mockingly.
The clone was very close now and Naruto smiled, the clone cocked his arm, before punching Sasuke straight in the gut, the force of the push moved Sasuke back and Naruto watched the HP bar of Sasuke drop just a bit,
"I thought protecting yourself from a strike was the most basic of all the basics" he fired back, happy to see his nemesis in pain.
'What the hell?' thought Sasuke Uchiha, he was still reeling a bit from the strike, 'He can make solid clones?'
"Yes, I can make solid clones" Naruto responded, his tone was cocky, but it was rare for him to sound cocky when it came to sparring with Sasuke.
"This only makes it more fun" Sasuke said smiling, before going through some hand seals.
"Phoenix Fire Jutsu" Sasuke called out as tiny fireballs came shooting at the original Naruto, there were several aimed at either directions so the only way to dodge was to call on the log.
Naruto quickly replaced himself after realizing that there wasn't a log on him to replace himself with, so his shadow clone became the unfortunate recipient. Naruto felt the clone's chakra returning to him as the clone dispelled.
"You're going to take a lot of hits Dobe, so I am glad that you found someone to take the hits for you" Sasuke said smiling. He didn't want to admit it, but right now he was having fun.
"We'll see about that" Naruto was smiling too. This was just what he needed.
-x-
They must have fought for around half an hour more, but there really wasn't a concrete winner, they weren't able to land hits on each other, and the spar had stages where both of them had the upper hand for just a bit before getting that taken away from them. In the end, it came down to just who could go longer, and Sasuke gave out at around the half an hour mark.
"Good fight" Naruto remarked, he was slightly tired, but Sasuke was worse, he was panting.
Sasuke nodded. "It was a battle of attrition which you won" he said to Naruto.
'I won' Naruto thought, it wasn't like their other spars, he had gotten better, was it because of the game, or because the game gave him the focus needed to apply himself.
"The only way I'll win is when I knock you out, Sasuke" Naruto said to him.
"Keep trying, that will never happen"
"Oh yeah? Well had we gone ten more minutes you'd be knocked out" Naruto said to him, and Sasuke glared at him in response.
"I have poor stamina, but you seem to be a tank that just keeps on going, how is that?" Sasuke asked him.
'I have a giant fox in my stomach that can destroy everything if it gets out, but it gives me a lot of chakra' was what Naruto wanted to say, but he went with a much lamer choice. "Bloodline limit"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "I didn't know the Uzumaki clan had a bloodline limit, I didn't even know if they were a clan" he said to Naruto honestly.
"Yeah I didn't either, but apparently they are" Naruto said to him. Sasuke seemed to take that without any protest.
"We should spar again, you're more of a challenge than I thought" Sasuke said to him. Naruto nodded, he did have fun.
Quest Complete:
To Be The Man 1...
REWARDS: +500 XP, Increased reputation with Sasuke Uchiha
You are now Level 13
You have 30 unassigned skill points.
"Here you go" Sasuke said to him before throwing him a scroll.
"What the hell?" Naruto said, perhaps louder than he had intended as he opened the scroll.
Phoenix Fire Jutsu
Launch Fireballs at your opponents.
Requirements: 15 FIR, 50 INT.
You can learn this skill.
"And what have I done to deserve this scroll?" Naruto asked Sasuke, he couldn't believe that Sasuke was giving a scroll away.
"You beat me in a spar, and I expect you to teach me those clones" Sasuke said to him.
"I would teach you, but seeing your stamina, I don't think you'll live to watch your clones go into action" he said to Sasuke, who did not look happy upon hearing that.
"Is there no way I can learn that skill?" Sasuke asked him. Naruto shook his head, there was no way Sasuke had enough Chakra to pull something like that off.
"Fine" Sasuke conceded. "You have to teach me when I have enough then, Itachi could do those clones, and I need to learn"
"If you get enough Chakra to pull it off, I'll show them to you" Naruto said to him, "If that's all, I'm leaving. Thanks for the scroll and everything"
Sasuke nodded, Naruto turned around and began to leave but Sasuke's stopped him.
"I'm sorry to hear about Iruka sensei, you guys were close, everyone could see that"
Naruto was surprised that Sasuke was saying something like that, but in that moment he understood what had happened. Sasuke saw him as a kindred spirit, someone who could understand him better than anyone else, someone who was just as lonely as he was.
"Thanks for that" Naruto said without turning around, before leaving the compound. He had some silk to sell.
-x-
Naruto was done selling silk and was pretty happy with his income, he decided that he hadn't had any ramen in quite some time, so he figured it was as good a time as any.
He remembered fondly all the times Iruka had bought him ramen and smiled at the memory, it was a good memory. The memory was quickly replaced with the sick feeling of being responsible for his death and Naruto was brought right back down to earth.
'Crash and fucking burn' Naruto thought darkly as he saw the Ichiraku Ramen shop come up on the horizon.
When he entered the store he realized that it had been a long time since he had been here, almost a whole three weeks, he hadn't even eaten Ramen that much because cooking different kinds of food was so much better than eating plain old cup noodles, but he was sure he could never recreate the ramen the old man cooked up.
Ichiraku, the owner of the shop was an old man, he ran the shop with Ayame his daughter who assisted him in cooking and making deliveries. The old man smiled upon seeing Naruto, he had missed Naruto who was pretty much a regular at their stall.
"Naruto, you rapscallion" the old man said cheerfully. "It's been a long time since you showed up here"
"I know" Naruto said, he was feeling guilty because in all his training he had basically forgotten about them. "I've been busy with training and all that, but there is some good news" he said fishing out the headband from his jacket pocket.
The old man smiled upon seeing the headband. "I knew you could do it, Naruto" he said, admiring the spiral shaped leaf on the metal plate of the headband.
"What's with you using words like rapscallion. You are really showing your age aren't you, old man" Naruto said, the old man glared at him before breaking out into a smile again.
"The usual?" he asked Naruto.
"The usual" Naruto said to him. He knew he wasn't supposed to have so many bowls of Ramen but he figured that if he was going away for a bit he might as well get his fill right now.
"So how have you been Naruto?" the old man asked him.
"I've been good" Naruto responded, he had been asked that a lot after Iruka's funeral. "Mostly"
Ichiraku's smile was replaced with a serious expression, he had heard about the death of Iruka.
"Naruto, I'm sorry about Iruka, he was a great man" he knew that at this point his words wouldn't mean much, but he wanted to convey his condolences and he felt this was the best way to do it.
"Where's Ayame?" Naruto asked him, ignoring the comment about Iruka.
"She's been ill lately, so I left her at home today"
"That's a shame" Naruto remarked. "How much longer do you think it will be, I'm in kind of a hurry"
"A few more minutes" the old man said to him, before setting off on making Naruto's favorite Miso ramen.
Naruto stared at the old man, he really was a master at his craft, he probably had been doing this for a long time. Naruto wondered if Ramen making was a skill in the videogame he was stuck in and how high of a level the old man was in the usage of the skill.
'Now being stuck in this stupid videogame has made me think more about the world in terms of a game' Naruto thought, this was not something he wanted, not after what the fox had told him.
'Why am I repeating this life, and why don't I remember any of the past playthroughs of this game, what kind of a joke is the universe playing on me?' Naruto thought as he saw the bowl of ramen slide on the counter.
"That's bowl one done" the old man said cheerfully.
"Itadakimasu" Naruto said as slowly as possible, the old man noticed how it was not the usual cheerful tone he had gotten used to. Naruto split the chopsticks before digging in, he was clearly hungry.
"Naruto, I know Iruka's death has hit you hard" the old man said to him, Naruto immediately stiffened up. "But you need to start moving on, and I know that there is no way of telling how you feel, but you need to move on, Iruka wouldn't want you to stay stuck on him, he'd want you to stop moping and start kicking ass"
"What if I told you it was my fault?" Naruto asked him darkly.
"Well" the old man said. "I've been around for a long time as you know, I'm getting up there in years"
"No shit"
"Yes, well" the old man continued, ignoring Naruto's joke. "I've lost people close to me too, Ayame's mother for example, and when she died I was hurt" he said in a solemn tone.
"I doubt it's your fault, I know you'll continue to see it as your fault, but if that is really how you feel, then you owe it to Iruka to never make the same mistake again don't you, Naruto?"
Naruto nodded, the old man did have a point.
'Alright' he thought, feeling much better now that he had his favorite food in his stomach, the old man had really opened his mind. 'He's right, I need to make sure that I don't let Iruka sensei's memory down'
"This one is for you sensei" he said in a low voice, before digging into his ramen again.
It would take him a long time to make his peace, but it was time to start the process. And with that, Naruto's head was filled with another fond memory of Iruka as he continued eating.
-x-
"I ate too much" Naruto groaned. A normal person would think twice before eating two bowls, and here was Naruto, he had consumed seven bowls of ramen.
'That's enough ramen for seven weeks' he thought sadly. 'Once I leave the village, I'm not going to get to enjoy the wonderful manna from the Gods'
As he started walking back home, as slow as possible because he was sure moving quickly would mean him puking his guts out on the pavement, he was regretting eating that much, but he was sure whatever training Kakashi sensei had promised him would flush away the ramen, hopefully he'd get to work on his strength too while he was at it.
That was another major decision Naruto had made, he knew that the game was fucking with him, but no one fucked with him and he was going to make sure that he was going to find a way to beat the game, and he meant permanently beating the game. He wanted to make sure that there were no more playthroughs, that his future versions weren't going to get messed around like he was.
He suddenly picked up on a presence that was behind him and the game showed him a push up notification.
He turned around and noticed that it was just Hinata.
'Fuck' Naruto thought. 'Has she been following me?'
He then observed the push up notification, and decided that he was going to look at it. He continued walking as he read the notification, he felt Hinata still following him.
Skill Learned.
Detect (Lvl 1): Are you all alone in the dark?
ACTIVE: Use your sensory skills to detect presences that can be hidden in the area. The higher the skill, the better the detection.
ACTIVE: Skill can be upgraded
"Hinata" Naruto called out suddenly turning around, and Hinata stopped abruptly, before she let out an audible shriek.
'What the hell?' Naruto thought before deciding that he wanted to call out her name again. "Hinata, are you following me"
Even in the dark, Naruto could tell that Hinata's face was red. "Na-Naruto-kun" she said, her voice was almost inaudible so Naruto moved closer to her.
Naruto figured that there was no way he was going to be able to hear anything said by Hinata so he moved closer to her.
"Na-Naruto-kun, I am so sorry" she said to him. "I- I didn't mean to f-follow" she said to him.
"Um" Naruto wasn't quite sure what to say. "Okay, I understand, then why did you follow me?" he asked her.
"I wanted-" she said pausing, she was getting redder by the second, Naruto wondered if she had a fever or something. "I wanted to be supportive" she said as quickly as possible.
"Supportive?" Naruto asked her. "What does that mean?"
"I am sorry about Iruka sensei" she said to him. "I wanted to- I wanted to tell you that if you want to relieve your grief, I am here for you"
And in that moment, maybe it was because of his high WIS, Naruto understood exactly what she was saying and why she was saying it, and he couldn't believe it.
"You have a crush on me don't you?" he asked her. He didn't know it was even possible for so much blood to rush to someone's face, but he saw her nod.
"Well" Naruto said to her, not sure how he was going to respond to that. It felt good to know that someone had a crush on him for a change, but he wasn't really interested in Hinata, she wasn't his type of girl, plus there was no time for him to be dating girls, he was over that now.
"Listen, Hinata" he said to her gently. "I don't know why you have a crush on me, quite frankly if I was a girl I wouldn't have a crush on me either, so well done for your poor taste" hopefully some humor would defuse the situation.
"No" Hinata said, rather too loudly, Naruto was surprised by her tone, he hadn't ever seen her speak in a tone as loud as this. "Don't say that, you are kind and noble, you stand up for what you believe in, and you never give up. That is why I like you, Naruto-kun" she said to him.
Naruto smiled, that was true, he did have the habit of not giving up when he was stuck, but this was not the time to marvel at his awesomeness.
"Listen, Hinata, while I am glad that you have a crush on me, believe me, I'm flattered" he said to her, "But I have to let you know that I don't feel the same way about you"
Naruto was pretty sure he could see Hinata's heart break, and there was palpable silence for a whole minute before Hinata nodded.
"I know that sucks for you, but I'm fucked up, there are things about me that no one is ready to accept or deal with" he explained to her. "Not to mention the hatred this place holds for me, even if I were to date you, you'd piss off a lot of people, and I'm not going to make you do that"
"Na-Naruto-kun" Hinata was almost tearing up now. "You shouldn't say that, I don't care about that"
"Well" Naruto said to her, trying to be as deadpan as possible because he wanted to get this point across. "Then you're an idiot, you should care about it. You might think you like me, but you don't even know me, and I don't know you either"
"We went to the academy together, if you really liked me, you'd make an effort. I'm just a useless crush that you'll forget" Naruto continued. "And if you think that you're never going to forget it, then I strongly suggest you do. What you feel today can get you killed tomorrow, you can't feel things on a deep level when you're a shinobi, you have to stop this right now"
'And the floodgates have broken' Naruto thought as Hinata began sobbing.
"Maybe one day when we're old, I'll develop feelings for you, it's possible, and by then if you still like me, I'm sure we can be together, but right now, both you and I have to ignore this and focus on our life as a shinobi. Do you understand?" he asked her.
"Is it because I'm weak?" she asked him.
"It's not because you're weak, Hinata, you're not weak, no one is. People aren't weak, you'll be surprised what a person becomes capable of once push comes to shove, and you're a badass too, Hinata, you're one of the best at Taijutsu, you can be a great shinobi someday, I'm sure of it" Naruto said honestly. "But like I said, I just don't feel for you that way, I'm sure we can be friends though, is that an acceptable solution?" he asked her.
"Thank you, Naruto" Hinata said to him through sobs. Naruto didn't quite know what to do and so decided to hug her, and what followed was probably the most awkward hug anyone had ever done ever.
"I will get stronger for you, Naruto" Hinata said to him after they ended the extremely awkward hug.
"Don't get stronger for me, Hinata" Naruto said to her. "Get stronger for yourself, for the village, and everything else you hold dear"
"I hold you dear too"
Naruto smiled, it warmed his heart to see that there was someone else who cared. "Well, it's good to know that someone cares, so thanks for that" he said to her.
Hinata had finally stopped sobbing and smiled back at him.
"Do you want me to walk you home?" Naruto asked her. Hinata shook her head.
"No, Naruto-kun, I can go home by myself, thanks for the offer" she said to him before walking away.
"Wait Hinata" Naruto said to her, she turned around. "You need to stop being shy" he said, coming closer and kissing her on the cheek. He felt Hinata heat up again. "Start believing in yourself, Iruka sensei did that for me and it worked. And so I'm telling you right now, I believe in you, so start believing in yourself" he said to her.
"Thank you, Naruto-kun" she said, before falling down unconscious with a smile on her face.
'What the hell?' Naruto thought in alarm as the game sent him another message.
Title Gained- Lady Killer In The Making- Make one woman swoon.
'What the...' Naruto thought, he was curious enough to see what this title meant exactly.
Lady Killer In The Making: Making the ladies swoooooooooon!
REWARDS: Reputation gains double with the female ninjas
Would you like to equip this title? (Y/N)
'Really, this thing has a title for this too, how meaningless is this?' he thought to himself, he stared at the screen for a whole minute, he couldn't even believe he was considering this.
'Oh what the hell, I have three titles and I can un-equip this whenever I want' he reasoned before selecting the 'Yes' option.
"Oy" he shouted at Hinata's unconscious body. "Wake up already"
-x-
After Hinata woke up and eventually managed to get home (Naruto decided that it was best not to accompany her because she might swoon again) Naruto realized that the encounter with Hinata had led to the digestion of ramen.
'It's funny how that works' he remarked dryly before opening up his skill screen, he had 30 unassigned skill points that he was going to put into something.
'My high VIT means I have to keep contributing to the INT no matter what, otherwise my control might go haywire, and I think that sucks' Naruto thought glumly, before sinking 15 points in INT, again.
'And having a high WIS hasn't hurt me either has it, I feel more philosophical if I say so myself' he thought before adding 10 points to the WIS stat. He decided to add the rest to the DEX stat.
'That'll do' he said to himself before deciding to call it a night. Before he slept, he pulled out his headband, Iruka sensei's heirloom that he had been entrusted, he was going to take good care of it. He gently ran his fingers over it before setting it on his bedside table and then lying down on the bed.
'So this day was fucking eventful' was the last thought Naruto had before sleep took him.
His wounds were going to leave a scar, but they were going to heal.
-x-
From inside his cage, the nine tailed fox was seething. In just one day, Naruto had gone from hating the game to being distracted by it.
"What the hell are you doing to his mind?" the fox asked the OS, which had decided to reappear again.
"You are just angry that he has started to forget already" the OS said to him. "But it's the reality of the situation, no matter how much a video game might seem repetitive and addictive, and no matter how much humans realize this, they always play the game, and your host will continue to play the game'
"We're going to see about that" the fox said to him. "He will realize something is up, like the last time, and the time before that"
"Even if he does, I don't think he's going to do much about it, like the last time, and the time before that" The OS was mocking him, and the fox knew it.
'I really hope this time is different' the fox thought to itself, before closing its eyes, he wasn't going to be called upon soon anyway.
-x-
Naruto Uzumaki, Lvl 13, The Gamer.
STR: 26
DEX: 54
VIT: 298
INT: 86
WIS: 55
LUK: 300+
Information:
HP: 4020
CP: 2680
Run (Lvl 19): Run Boy, Run
ACTIVE: Break out into a run, increased speed by 100%
PASSIVE: Regain Stamina 39% quicker
Ninja Substitution (Lvl 20): Stop in the name of the log.
ACTIVE: Replace yourself with another object to get out of a spot of bother. Works over 90 meters. Cast time is 0.8 seconds. Cost: 10 CP, 1 unfortunate object.
Observe (Lvl 17): No shit Sherlock.
ACTIVE: Analyze your target to find more about them (or it). Higher levels will lead to more discoveries.
Kunai Skill (Lvl 23):
Yes, that is a knife in my pocket.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 100% with knives.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 50% with two or more knives.
PASSIVE: Increased damage by 115% with knives.
ACTIVE: Throw tfive knives at a singular target, causing 150% more damage. Cost CP:10, Kunai:3
Shuriken Skill (Lvl 14):
I throw for the kill.
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 84% with Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased accuracy of 42% with multiple Shuriken
PASSIVE: Increased Shuriken Damage by 70%
ACTIVE: Throw eight shuriken at one target. Increased 60% damage from Shuriken.
Ninja Transformation (Lvl 20): I don't remember what I look like anymore.
ACTIVE: Transform into someone else, effectiveness increases with increased WIS. 100% more effective transformations. Cost 10 CP per minute.
Cooking (Lvl 20): DON'T QUESTION THE MAN WITH THE HAT!
ACTIVE: Cook food. 60% reduced chance of failure in attempting a dish.
ACTIVE: Enhancements on food are 10% stronger.
PASSIVE: Your food tastes better.
Basic Fuuinjutsu (Lvl 25, MAX): My lips are sealed.
ACTIVE: Create Seals for your usage.
ACTIVE: Skill can be upgraded
PASSIVE: Your seals are 50% better.
Explosion Tag (Lvl 24): True art is explosion. BOOM!
ACTIVE: Create a tag that explodes after a custom amount of time. COST: 75 CP, Ink and Scrolls (depends on size and handwriting), 50 Seconds
PASSIVE: Ink and Scroll Consumption reduced by half
Storage Seal (Lvl 22): Space? I got space.
ACTIVE: Create a storage seal capable of sealing objects. COST: 50 CP, Ink and Scrolls (depends on size and handwriting), 425 Seconds.
PASSIVE: Ink and Scroll Consumption reduced by half
Smoke Bomb Seal (Lvl 10) : This shit might give you cancer
ACTIVE: Create a seal that gives smoke when it goes off, thus temporarily blinding your enemy. COST: 50 CP, Ink and Scrolls, 140 Seconds
PASSIVE: The blinding effect is 30% more effective and lasts 25% longer.
Bullshiting (Lvl 1): You don't know what I am saying? Well, neither do I.
ACTIVE: Bullshit your way out of a sticky situation, this is a type of skill test. LUK requirements reduced by 2%
Release (max): Not that type of release, although that is also welcome.
ACTIVE: Release a particular seal. (In case of timed seals, it ends the timer prematurely)
Berserker (Lvl 1): Lose yourself.
ACTIVE: Skill can be upgraded.
ACTIVE: Go berserk with the Kyuubi's chakra, doubling every single stat for five minutes.
ACTIVE: Heal injuries and restore 25% of total HP.
ACTIVE: Can be used once in 24 hours.
Store Haggling (Lvl 2): Everybody has a price.
PASSIVE: Bargain with store keepers for buying and selling, with a 10% chance of success
Stealth (Lvl 6) : Silent, but deadly.
ACTIVE: Skill is upgradable
ACTIVE: Go into sneak mode, reducing the noise you make, the staple of any ninja
PASSIVE: It is 24% difficult to detect you when you are sneaking
PASSIVE: When sneaking, knife damage is increased by 54%
Shadow Clones (Lvl 5): There's more of us, and we're all real.
ACTIVE: Create up to 40 corporeal clones.
ACTIVE:Divides your CP by two for every clone made, you are left with half of your original Chakra. This goes on for clone after clone, after the clone is dispelled the unused Chakra returns to the user. Clones have memory feedback. The more CP means more durable clones.
Exploding Shadow Clones (Lvl 3): Don't touch me baby, I'm dynamite
ACTIVE: Create up to 10 corporeal clones that can explode upon command.
ACTIVE: Divides your CP by two for every clone made (similar to Shadow Clone), also costs 200 extra CP for every clone made
Detect (Lvl 1): Are you all alone in the dark?
ACTIVE: Use your sensory skills to detect presences that can be hidden in the area. The higher the skill, the better the detection.
ACTIVE: Skill can be upgraded
OMAKE
Game Manual Part 51
Glitches
Other games might be of an inferior game and have several glitches and game breaking bugs, but GAME prides itself on being the only game in existence not to have a single glitch, so all you glitch hunters playing this game, don't bother, this game doesn't have a single glitch, and won't ever have any glitch. Ever.
Game Manual Part 44
Nature Manipulation
There are a total of five styles of Nature manipulation, they are Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Lightening, these have their own skill points that go up with usage of a jutsu that belongs to their respective fields.
Some users also possess bloodline limits that can allow them to combine two separate styles and make a third element, but to the players of the game, this skill doesn't require a bloodline limit, it does however require a lot of practice and training, so get ready to eviscerate your enemies and become the ultimate natural element user.
So that was a chapter, now it wasn't really that notable in terms of content, but it was necessary, that was also me officially ruling out the Naru/Hina pairing which a lot of people were hoping to see, I'm sorry but prior experiences with pairing have taught me to just stay away from the whole shipping scenario, whenever I decide to write a pairing for Naruto, I will make sure that it makes sense in context of the story, and that is all I can promise you.
Sasuke and Naruto won't really be friends but they will be friendly, deny it as much as you want, we all know that Sasuke and Naruto are similar people, well, as in their pasts are similar, both of them had their loved ones taken away from them when they were young and both of them have endured a lonely childhood, will he defect, I haven't decided yet, it's not really that relevant to this story, but if you feel a certain way, go ahead and let me know.
A few people actually did crack the code, and they know who they are as I have PM'd them. Someone was sneaky enough and found a decoder online, so well done, and you prove the point that if there's a shortcut, you're damn sure we human beings are going to take it.
Naruto did not apologize to Sakura, I had that written down but decided not to use it, because Sakura is well, a complicated character. Will Naruto and Sakura be friends, well ,yeah, they'll be cordial. You know I try not to hate on Sakura but she is so fucking annoying that it becomes difficult to write her like a human, I don't want to go the ackdam way and bash her and portray her as a gold digging horny little girl, tempting though that may be.
The new teams will be revealed next chapter, what would you like to see Naruto train in, tell me in a review, but be sure that you review.
Catch you guys later,
Zap
