Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
The next day Naruto was excited, after finishing his missions he would go to Tenten house and start learning how to be a blacksmith, Missions normally took the same amount of time for nearly every team, after all they we're genins they did D ranks most of the time and they could finish those pretty quickly so it all depended on how many D ranks we're they going to do each day.
Today, was a normal day, 3 or 4 D ranks covered by team Asuma, it was easier with Naruto's army of clones, and Shikamaru's expert planning even in this easy missions
After finishing the missions, Hinata and Shikamaru went to their respective homes, to do whatever they did after the missions, training or cloud watching or whatever they did, but Asuma asked Naruto to stay behind he wanted to talk to him
Asuma took Naruto to the same room the Hokage had used to talk to him before, when he revealed the secret of the letter from his mother, he most ha had permission to use the room
"What happened Sensei, did I do something wrong?" asked Naruto
"No, it just that yesterday, when we spared with team Guy, I noticed something" said Asuma "You have improved a lot, in a small amount of time, you even created a taijutsu style that I have never seen before"
"What about that, isn't it good that I improve?" asked Naruto "and any ways, how did you noticed?"
"You see, when I applied the real genin test to you and your teammates, you hardly had a fighting style, if Hinata would have not been there, I would have counter you several times, that's how I noticed" said Asuma "and also that sword, you learned to dominate it in a really small amount of time, it was surprising"
"Yeah, I'm pretty good, it's that all?" asked Naruto
"You see as your Sensei I care for your safety and wanted to ask you some questions, just to make sure you're not doing something that might hurt you" said Asuma
"Ok, ask whatever you want" said Naruto
"First, that sword you said your mother gave it to you, but you're an orphan" said Asuma
Naruto noticed his mistake "Ups, well that might have slip up" said Naruto
"Well, how did you get it?" asked Asuma
Naruto thought about it a little bit, and then he decided that he had nothing to hide from his Sensei.
"My mother gave it to me" said Naruto "Jiji told me about my mother, and gave a letter from her, in it she said she left this sword with everything else in my clan to me" said Naruto
"Your clan?" asked Asuma
"Yeah, you see I'm probably the last remaining Uzumaki, the Uzumakis where a allied clan to Konoha, they had their own country Uzushiokagure or land of the whirlpools" said Naruto
"That sounds like a big clan, how is it that you're the last?" asked Asuma
"Well, during the last great Shinobi war Uzushiokagure was destroyed from a combine attack from the enemies of Konoha, all the Uzumakis that were in the country died, there might be some that are alive out there, but who knows" said Naruto
"But if you're mother left you all in the clan, she most have been someone important" said Asuma
"She was the clan head, and I'm the clan heir, when I turn into a Chunin I'll able to move to the Uzumaki compound and that will give me all the responsibility of the clan head, but until then I just have the responsibilities and benefits of a clan heir" said Naruto
"That's a lot to take in, but your taijutsu and kenjutsu, from where did it came?" asked Asuma
Naruto came with a convincing lie that wasn't really a lie; it could have happened that way anyways, the game just made it easier
"Well did you knew that shadow clones sent their memories to the user?" asked Naruto
"Yeah, knew that" said Asuma
"I practiced Kenjutsu with my clones, I remembered the katas by memory after a few hours, and the taijutsu, I spar with my clones, they couldn't help me in the physical part but my reflexes got better" said Naruto "And the scrolls with the taijutsu style and the kenjutsu style were in the my clan library"
"I believe you" said Asuma "who else know this?"
"Just you, Jiji and Me" said Naruto
"Well, that explain some of my questions, but I think you should tell this to hinata and Shikamaru" said Asuma
"Why?" asked Naruto
"You're all a team, you should not hide secrets, and also this is something big, what would they think if you became clan head from nowhere, there you are one day you turn into a chunin and suddenly you're a clan head" said Asuma
"That would be a big surprise" said Naruto
"And also if someday you are called because of your responsibilities as a heir, they would understand" said Asuma
"Yeah, I should probably tell them" said Naruto "I'll get to it as soon as I get a chance, but for now let's keep it a secret Sensei" said Naruto
"That's a good idea" said Asuma "That's all, you can go home if you want to"
"Thanks see you tomorrow Asuma Sensei" said Naruto
Naruto then left having more things in mind, he was thinking in how to tell his teammates that he was a clan heir, he decided to think that later for now, he concentrated on the task at hand, he wanted to learn how to be a blacksmith so he headed to Tenten's house
Naruto arrived at the direction Tenten gave him, he found himself in a weapon shop, it was similar to Ernst's, but this one only concentrated on weapons, while Ernst had some weapons, he also sold more equipment and clothes, this shop seem to only have weapons of all kinds
"Welcome, to the Jin weapon shop, what can I help you with?" asked a man that was bigger than Naruto but not as big as Ernst, he had brown hair and Naruto could see that his hands where rough, maybe from being in the forge
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I came to see Tenten" said Naruto
"Oh, you're a friend of my daughter, you must be who she mention, let me introduce myself" said the man "I'm Takoda Jin, Tenten's father, I'll go call her please wait here"
Takoda then left trough a door on the back of the shop; he came back short after and with him Tenten
"Hey Naruto, you found your way here." said Tenten "Come, I'll show you the forge."
Naruto then followed Tenten to the back of the shop where the forge was located, it was obvious that this forge was in constant use, you could still feel the heat in the air, and you could see a lot of weapons that where still not moved to the front of the shop, or were keep as reserve
"Here is where I'll teach you how to be a blacksmith, but if I'm busy my father said he could help you too" said Tenten
"I should thank him later as well then" said Naruto
"Well, we should probably start with something small" said Tenten, she thought for a little while thinking in something small she could teach Naruto to make "How about a nail?" asked Tenten
"A nail?" asked Naruto
"Yeah, its small, and pretty simple to make, it'll teach you the basics before we move to other stuff" said Tenten explaining her reasoning
"If you say so, let's begin with a nail then" said Naruto it wasn't a kunai or a shuriken but a nail would be a good start
Tenten then showed Naruto the process he needed to do to make a nail, it seem simple at the beginning, but it turned out to be harder than what Naruto had anticipated, they spent the next hour or so trying to get one done, everyone Naruto made was bent or was not even a nail
"This is harder than I thought" said Naruto
"It be simple once you get one done, we'll continue for another half an hour, after that we should stop, being here for too much time is not healthy" said Tenten
"Ok, I'll try my best to get this done today" said Naruto
Even thought he was all for learning how to make a nail in one day, it seem he would need more time, after the half hour had pass, he was somewhat closer to his objective of making a simple nail, but it was still not a good nail, they looked like one, but they broke pretty easily
Tenten assured him that he had done pretty well for his first time, that if he continued like this, they could move to something bigger like a kunai in no time, this made Naruto happier
Naruto then said good-bye to Tenten and Takoda and headed back home, on his way he thought about the conversation he had with Asuma, Naruto knew Asuma was right, he had to trust in his teammates, if he couldn't trust in them, then in whom would he trust?
This also made him think about Kyuubi, should he tell them about the fox as well? Was he allowed to? It was his secret so he supposed he was, Jiji would not be angry at him if he told his friend the people that he could trust and he was sure Hinata and Shikamaru would keep the secret
Naruto decided that the next day after they did their missions he would tell them about his status as clan heir and he would also tell them about the Kyuubi, he might even get Asuma Sensei in there and tell him about the game as well, but first he needed to speak with his Jiji, he needed to ask him something, so Naruto headed to the hokage tower, hopefully his Jiji would not be busy and he could talk to him
Hokage tower
Naruto saw the secretary outside of the hokage's office and asked her if he was busy, to Naruto's luck he was not; he asked her if he could see him
In his childhood and even in his academy days Naruto would come to visit his Jiji from time to time in the hokage tower, since he got the gamer ability he had not come by as often, but since he was at his last year at the academy and then he became a ninja, it wasn't a surprised to his surrogate grandfather, that Naruto had little time to visit, of course he thought it was because Naruto was busy, but in reality it was because of the game.
The secretary then checked on the hokage, and he told her to let Naruto in, she relay the message to Naruto and he went into the office.
Inside his Surrogate grandfather, was fighting his greatest enemy of his life, the one that never left him alone and the one he could never defeat, Paper work, the job of Hokage come with many responsibilities and Paper work was one of them so Naruto wasn't surprised to see him filling forms everytime he came here
"Hello, Naruto-kun, it's been a while since you visited me here" said the Third Hokage
"I've been busy" said Naruto "But I wanted to visit you from time to time Jiji"
"I'm glad to hear that you're taking being a ninja seriously" said the Third Hokage
"I'll always take being a ninja seriously, it's been my only dream for a while now, to one day sit in that chair your sitting on" said Naruto
"Want me to stand up so you can sit?" asked Hiruzen joking
"Not like that Jiji, as an Hokage" said Naruto
"I see you're determination has not changed" said Hiruzen "What's brings you here today?"
"Well, I wanted to tell you something" said Naruto
"What?" asked Hiruzen
"I want to tell my team about me being an heir and about the Kyuubi" said Naruto
Hiruzen was a little surprised by this, but he knew Naruto would only tell this to people he could trust, so he was sure he could also trust in Naruto's team to keep the secret
"I trust you think they can keep the secret" said Hiruzen
"I'm sure they will" said Naruto
"Then go ahead, it's your secret you can tell whoever you want, but make sure it's someone you can trust" said Hiruzen
"Thanks jiji, also I wanted to know, could you lend me that room we talked in the last time, it seems pretty secure, and I don't want anyone else overhearing our conversation" said Naruto
"Of course, that rooms has several versions of privacy seals, it's the most secure room to talk in, well the second most secure, the most secure one is in the T&I department" said Hiruzen
"Good to know, then tomorrow after we finish our missions, I'll take them there, and tell them about me" said Naruto "Thanks Jiji, see you later" said Naruto going outside and back home for the day
The next day
Naruto had been nervous the whole day, he didn't know how his teammates would react, he was sure that they would take the clan heir part easy, that wasn't going to be a problem, the problem was that he wanted to tell them about Kyuubi as well, would they hate him after that, the civilians hated him just for that reason but would his teammates hate him for this as well
He wasn't sure about this but he had to trust in his teammates, he would deal with any problem when it come, for now he had to think in the best way to break the news, he didn't' wanted to just say it immediately, he kept thinking in this while doing missions.
Later that day Asuma announced that they had ended for today, before Hinata or Shikamaru could go back home, Naruto asked them if they could come with him, that he had something to tell them, they thought it had something to do with the game, so they followed him, Asuma Sensei as well, he wanted to be there, just for moral support for Naruto, of course he didn't knew that Naruto would talk about the Kyuubi as well, it would also be a surprise for him.
They went to the room Asuma and Naruto had talked yesterday, The Hokage had already prepared the room with several sits
"So, what do you want to talk about?" asked Shikamaru sitting down
Naruto thought about it for a few second and then said "I wanted to tell you guys something, but first since Asuma Sensei is here, I want to inform him on the game"
Asuma was a little confused, what game were they talking about?
"If that's what you want" said Shikamaru
"What game?" asked Asuma
"Well, sometime ago, maybe 10 months ago I gain a ability that turned my whole life into a game, with missions, Levels and stats" said Naruto
Asuma was confused, he understood what Naruto talked about in his free time he had played some videogames, just to see what they were about, but he couldn't believe what Naruto was saying
"So, you're life is a videogame?" asked Asuma trying to make sense of the situation
"I didn't believe him at first, but its true Asuma Sensei" said Shikamaru
"He told us before we went to rescue you" said Hinata
"I'll show you" said Naruto "Invite Asuma Sarutobi to a party" said Naruto and then a box appeared in front of Asuma saying
Naruto Uzumaki has asked you to join his party
With an Accept and decline buttons below it, Asuma slowly touched the accept button
Now he understood what they were talking about, immediately the box changed into a welcome screen and said the following
Welcome to Naruto the Game, you have receive a temporary version of the game systems, once you leave the party you'll lose access to this systems
Asuma read the box aloud, so that the genins could hear what was written on it
"Temporal?" asked Shikamaru
"We receive a permanent but smaller version" said Hinata
"I thought you would receive a permanent version as well" said Naruto "I wonder what's different about yours Sensei?"
"Well we can talk about that later, I'm still trying to wrap my head around this" said Asuma "And what exactly can you do with this?"
"Well, I level up, get access to skills, and things like this" said Naruto giving a piece of paper to Asuma, It was one of the maps he had gave to Shikamaru and Hinata earlier
Asuma studied the map, and saw that there were several dots on it three blue ones, and one white one, he discovered the blue ones were his genins, and the white one was him, he also saw that this map was more detailed that most maps on the area, this would be useful
"Wow, this sounds great" said Asuma "I have a lot more questions, but I ask them later, I think you have something to talk with your teammates" said Asuma
"That's right, but you might have access to the help menu, try saying Help or Info it should open a menu, you can read it while we talk" said Naruto
Asuma tried it, a menu did open, he started reading trough it
"Ok, now for what I asked you guys to come here" said Naruto
"And that is?" asked Shikamaru
"Well, I need to tell you about myself, the other day you might have heard me saying I receive this sword form my mom" said Naruto showing them his sword
Shikamaru then remembered hearing that, he had thought of it weird since N\aruto was an Orphan from what he remembered
"And you might also remember I'm an orphan, so those two facts don't go well together" said Naruto
"So, who gave you that sword?" asked Shikamaru
"It was my mom as I said, in a letter she left for me with Jiji, you see my mom was Kushina Uzumaki, the clan head of the uzumaki clan, that's makes me the clan Heir" said Naruto
Shikamaru and Hinata were surprised by this revelation
"So, you're a clan heir?" asked Hinata
"Yeah, and when I turn 15 or a chunin, I'll become the clan head and move to the uzumaki compound" said Naruto
"But if you're a heir, why keep it a secret?" asked Shikamaru
"Well that has to do with my father from what I know from Jiji, but I don't know who my father is" said Naruto
"So, it's even a secret for you" said Hinata
"Yes, but it isn't that bad, from what Jiji said, if I knew who my father was I would be thrown into a lot of problems I cannot deal with right now, I hope I'm ready to deal with those problems when the moment comes" said Naruto
"If the Hokage says that, I don't see why I shouldn't believe him" said Shikamaru "It could be for your protection as well, your father could be someone with a lot of enemies and if they knew he had a son, they would try to attack you"
"That could be" said Naruto "But who knows, for now I just know that when I turn into a chunin I'll be clan head, and after that I'll finally have my answers"
"You think you'll turn chunin before you turn 15?" asked Shikamaru
"Yeah, it's going to be easy, I just have to find out how to become a chunin" said Naruto
"there's a test but it's going to be in a month more or less, I haven't been inform on the details on this year Chunin test, but I don't think you guys are ready yet, I'll see if your ready when the test gets nearer" said Asuma
"I see, well I'll show you that I'm more than ready for any test" said Naruto
"Is that all you wanted to talk about Naruto?" asked Hinata
"Not really, there's one more thing" said Naruto
Asuma was confused, he had already told them about him being a clan heir, and they took it pretty well for his opinion, what was Naruto going to tell them?
"You see, I know why my chakra turned red when I fight Palomides back in our last c rank" said Naruto
"Red chakra?" asked Asuma he had a feeling he knew what Naruto was going to say, but if the Hokage had lend him this room, he was sure naruto had talked with him yesterday, and that he had talked to him about the fox as well, so if the Hokage said it was ok, he would let Naruto keep talking
"Yeah, when you form a party in the game, you can see other people HP and CP, CP being chakra points, during my fight with Palomides it turned red" said Naruto
"And it was because of something in my body, I'm what you call a Jinchuriki, I read about them in my clan records" said Naruto
"A Jinchuriki?" asked Hinata
"It's a person with a Bijuu sealed inside them" said Naruto
This surprised Shikamaru and Hinata even more than his revelation of being a clan heir
"You know how the Fourth Hokage killed the Kyuubi?" asked Naruto
Both of them nodded still in a little bit of shock, they knew what a Bijuu was, it was thought at the academy whenever they talked about the Kyuubi and the Fourth hokage
"Well, he couldn't kill it, the Bijuus are beings made of chakra you can only sealed them, he sealed it inside a newborn baby, that baby being me" said Naruto
The revelation surprised them, the Kyuubi the being that almost destroyed the whole village a long time ago, was sealed inside Naruto
"That night, my mom helped the fourth seal the Kyuubi, the Uzumakis are pretty good at sealing, both my mom and the Fourth Hokage died after sealing the Kyuui inside me" said Naruto
"So, you're saying a huge fox made of chakra is inside you?" asked Shikamaru
"Yes, I met him that day when I fought Palomides, Jiji told about him a time ago" said Naruto
"And that red chakra?" asked Hinata
"Well, Kyuubi got a version of the game as well, he got a mission to help me so he gave me access to his chakra, and it was thanks to that, that I won without it I would have died" said Naruto
"So he isn't that bad?" asked Shikamaru
"He's a jerk, trying to annoy me any chance he gets, he even fails missions because the failure consequence isn't that bad, he would have let me die, if it wasn't for the fail consequence that day" said Naruto "But I know he isn't that bad, I'll get to know him better in the future"
"So, you're a clan heir, a Jinchuriki and the only person in the world with the full gamer ability, any other surprises?" asked Shikamaru
"Not really, that's all I know I got, but guys believe that easily?" asked Naruto
"You have no reason for lying, and it's obvious the Hokage lent you this room, I don't see why we shouldn't believe you" said Shikamaru
"Thanks, guys I thought you would hate me after I told you this" said Naruto
"Why would we?" said Hinata "You're our teammate"
Naruto was happy, he had expected them to at least not want to be with him anymore, but his teammates had accepted the fact that he was a Jinchuriki and that he was a clan heir pretty well.
"Well, if that all you wanted to tell them, you guys should be going" said Asuma "You most have a lot of things to think about"
"One more thing, could you keep everything we talked about a secret?" asked Naruto before they went anywhere
"Of course" said Hinata
"No problem" said Shikamaru
"Thanks guys" said Naruto happy that this had turn out better than he expected
Decided to end it there, was having a hard time finding where to end this chapter, but I decided that was a good ending to the chapter
The next arc in the story starts in the next few chapters, maybe next one
Also since I cannot find somewhere to put it, I'll put it here
This is Naruto's reputation page:
Reputation
As stated before, reputation goes from hated to admired, like this:
Hated - Highly unfriendly – Unfriendly – Normal – Friendly - Highly friendly – Admired
Reputation has no effect on a romantic relationship that is handled by the relationship system, of course a high reputation makes getting a higher relationship easier, and by versa.
The following is a list of Naruto's reputation with several people, areas and groups of persons; in the future I'll try to keep you guys updated on any change in the reputation.
People:
Hiruzen Sarutobi – Admired
Asuma Sarutobi – Highly friendly
Shikamaru Nara – Highly friendly
Hinata hyuga – Admired
Ernst – Highly friendly
Gafka – Friendly
Chouji akimichi – Friendly
Ino Yamanaka – Normal
Shino Aburame – Normal
Sasuke Uchiha: Unfriendly
Sakura Haruno: Highly unfriendly
Kiba Inuzuka: Friendly
Iruka Umino: Highly friendly
Galva – Highly Friendly
Guy – Friendly
Neji Hyuga – Unfriendly
Tenten – Normal
Lee – Friendly
Ichirakus - Admired
There is more but, Naruto has not met them or are not really important
Places and groups
Konoha: Friendly
Civilian district: Unfriendly
Shinobi district: Highly friendly
Commercial district: Friendly
T&I department – Normal
Hyugas – Friendly
Yamanakas – Friendly
Akimichis – Friendly
Naras – Friendly
Aburames – Normal
Uchihas – Unfriendly
Inuzukas – Friendly
Civilian population of Konoha: Normal
Shinobi population of Konoha: Highly friendly
Forgia – Friendly
Again there is more, but they are not really important, or Naruto has not been to those places
Also tell me if I missed someone you think is important, and I'll add them next time
I'll give you all the relationship chart next chapter.
Videogame corner: today's game:
South Park: The Stick of Truth (Ps3, Xbox360 and PC)
Just finished this game, and I gotta say it's awesome, you actually fell that you are in the show, all the side quest fell rewarding and the battle mechanics are solid, is one if not the best license game that exists and it'll easily give you multiple playthroughs, with 4 different classes to chose from, this is one of the best games I have played recently, even if it came out last year