Well. You all seemed to really like this story, so have some more!

I do not own Naruto or any of its partner shows/books.

I awoke with a start as a blue screen hovered over my head. I rubbed the tiredness out of my eyes as I realized I had dozed off while checking out my new apartment. Finally coherent, I observed the screen before me.

New Quest Unlocked!

Reach level 10 before the first day of school.

Rewards- Xp

Consumable

Ryo

'lovely.' I thought. 'Now how do I level up that much?' For a few minutes I sat and pondered what to do. I could try to access my chakra, but for all I knew I needed help for that. And even if I did, my CNT was maxed out, so I might not even get EXP for training with it.

Oh the downside's of braking the game early. Woe is me.

After coming to the realization that I would be wasting my time trying to screw with chakra, I decided instead to go for a walk. It took me a few minutes of wandering to find my way into the village proper, but once I did I found a beautiful open market.

'Inventory.' I whispered under my breath. A blue screen appeared with a flicker, and it showed about what I expected. There was a cartoonish version of me and all of the clothes I was wearing. Then there were about twenty boxes representing my 'inventory space'. What I was really looking for though was in the top right-hand corner.

*Ryo- 200*

Thanks to my downloaded memories, I knew that one ryo held the equivalent purchasing power as fifty cents. That meant I basically had one hundred dollars. Now what to do with that….

New Quest!

Try Ichiraku Ramen

Reward- EXP

Well, thank you game. Without question I immediately began searching for the stand. After another few minutes of wandering, I decided asking for directions wouldn't kill me, so I walked up to the closest person and cleared my throat. "Excuse me sir." I still needed to get used to sounding like a child, it was a bit grating on my pride. "Could you direct me to-"

I never finished my sentence as the man I had approached turned around with a small smile on his face. My whole body froze and my muscles tensed like I had never felt them do before. "Oh? Are you lost child?"

Orochimaru. Of everyone I could have bumped into of COURSE I ran into THIS jackass-

Though the fact that he was in the village might be good, friendly Orochimaru AU perhaps?

Realizing that I was dumbly staring at the man I muttered a quick apology. "Sorry, I was just looking for the Ichiraku ramen stand sir, do you know where it is?" I'm sure without the Gamers Mind I would have broken down crying then and there, but fortunately I did have it, and quickly recovered from my shock at the sight of the pale man.

"Ah yes, just down the end of this road-" he gestured down the street. "OH and do be careful walking out alone, rumor has it there is a wild beast wandering about this district today." The man turned back to his conversation with some other ninja I dident recognize, so I gave a quick thanks and speed walked off in the direction he had motioned towards.

New Quest!

Capture Tora The Cat

Rewards- EXP

Title

Ryo

'Oh great.' I sighed as I continued to make my way towards the ramen stand that was so infamous. Ramen first, cat later. Not that I thought I could actually take down the cat, it was capable of defeating a genin team after all.

With that thought in the back of my mind, I finally reached my destination! With a giddy smile I passed through the curtain and took a seat on an empty stool. "Well, hello there little one!" a Kindly voice pipped up from the kitchen, and the old man Teuchi appeared. "Can I interest you in a bowl of Ramen this fine morning?"

I nodded excitedly as I took a menu. "Yes sir! I just need a minute; I've never been here before." He nodded with his own bright smile and told me to take all the time I needed. There was shrimp ramen, chicken, beef, miso, dozens of other flavors, and then one that really caught my eye. "Whats the Uzumaki special?" I questioned.

The mans smile was contagious, the kind you only see when someone is truly happy. "Ah yes, there used to be a regular who would order that every day, A hero in this village if you would believe! We named our specialty spicy miso ramen after her when she died protecting the village."

I smiled at that. It was a nice story, and it was obvious who this 'Uzumaki' had been. "Alright, ill take a bowl of the Uzumaki special!" the man smiled back and gave an enthusiastic thumbs up.

"Coming right up kiddo!" as he turned to begin preparing the dish, he called over his shoulder. "And hey, if you can beat that Uzumaki's record your meals on the house!" he laughed, like he had just told some great joke.

"What's the record?"

Challenge! Defeat the Red Hot Habanero!

Challenge parameters- Consume at least 66 bowls of Ichiraku's spicy miso ramen!

Reward- EXP

Ryo

Reputation

Skill

Teuchi proceeded to tell me what the game had just shown, but I was already giddy at the idea of this quest. From what I knew, my 'game' power wouldn't allow me to starve, but it also wouldn't let me experience the harmful effects of overeating. If I was right then….

"I'll take the challenge."

The man looked very skeptical at that, and rubbed his chin. "You do understand that you have to pay your tab if you can't beat the record, right?"

I gave a very serious nod. Worst case? The ramen cost 25 ryo each, since I had 200 I could get 8 bowls. If my stomach wasn't hurting after that, then I was right about gamers body allowing me to eat anything. if my stomach DID hurt, then I could stop and try the challenge later.

As Teuchi placed the first bowl in front of me, I gazed at the MARVELOUS looking bowl with drool running down my cheek. The show dident exaggerate, this bowl of noodles looked better than anything I had ever eaten, though the spice was a bit extreme. I could FEEL it when I breathed in.

But unfortunately for this ramen shop, my gaze was once again caught by the small 'eat' icon hovering over the bowl. Obviously, I couldn't pull that off without raising some questions, so rather than simply hit the button I decided to hold the bowl to my mouth and THEN hit the eat button.

The taste hit me, then the spice, then the feeling of the food in my belly, then just as suddenly as it started all the feeling was gone. I smiled devilishly as the old man gained a starry glint in his eye. "Well well…. AYAME! We have a contender."

With that the next hour was spent with bowl after bowl of truly delicious food being shoved towards me. And I downed them, bowl after bowl. I had confirmed quickly that I indeed wasn't affected by over eating, though I did begin leveling a 'poison resistance' skill. Must be because peppers are 'technically' poison.

How I hadn't gotten a crowd to gather with the display I was putting on I didn't know, but in just thirty five short minutes I was already on bowl 66. If I ate this one, I would officially break the record. Teuchi was preparing a camera with a mad laugh, and Ayame, his daughter, was jumping up and down. Evidently, they had been waiting quite a while for someone to break this record, because according to them, a LOT of ninja had placed bets on the matter.

Despite all the free food I was getting, I was making them a LOT of money.

With another simple click of a button, a new message popped up.

Challenge completed

Rewards- 500 EXP

1000 Ryo

Reputation- Ichiraku ramen(Large)

Reputation- Naruto Uzumaki(Massive)

Skill- Bottomless Pit [passive]: Eating large quantities of food will result in a temporary boost to CP Recovery and HP recovery. Boost is related to the foods nutritional value .

I jumped up with a cheer as a flash of light lit up the small shop. "HAHA!" Teuchi and Ayame joined me in jumping up and down after the old man took my photo. "That's the way kiddo! I can't believe you pulled that off!" he gave a full bellied laugh as he shook out the polaroid imagehe had taken, revealing a rather cute image of me in mid-jump. "Now." He muttered. "What's the name of our new Champion? I don't think you've introduced yourself yet."

I smiled, wanting to do justice to the previous record holder, I jabbed my thumb towards me and puffed out my chest. "My name is Takara Hatake! And I'm going to be a ninja some day!"

I had no real goal so far, so it seemed as fine as any. But just as I finished my little rant, a sudden noise drew my attention to an alley-way. "Sorry Mr. Ichiraku, I got to go, and I promise next time ill be a paying customer!" without another word I dashed off as fast as my small legs would carry me. I distinctly heard muttering from the shop owner as I ducked under the curtain, but that wasn't important. What was important was the cat crouched in the alley, with a bow on the side of its head.

Time to catch me a cat! I dashed forward at full speed and made a grab for the kitten, only to have it suddenly jump up and practically FLY away it was so fast. Realizing I wasn't going to catch up with my current level, I decided to check up on my stat points, to see if I could balance the playing field with the demon cat Tora.

Takara Hatake

Lvl 5 [100/500]

HP- 10/10

CP- 15/15 [locked]

Title- [Charm]

VIT- 1

STR-2

DEX-2

INT-5

WIS-5

CNT-100 [MAX]

LUK-10

Stat points (25)

Twenty five stat points? Level 5? That 500 EXP must have given me quite a boost! I silently thanked the ramen god's for their bountiful gift of food and EXP. Considering my options carefully, I figured that, based on my CNT stat, I would get a new skill when a stat point reached level 25. So if I invested 23 into DEX I would undoubtable increase my speed, and even gain some speed/ agility based skill. But was that worth it? I considered it for a moment before simply saying "Fuck it" out loud and putting in the points. Was it to early in the game to focus on 1 skill? Yes. Did I care? Not at the moment.

Takara Hatake

Lvl 5 [100/500]

HP- 30/30

CP- 15/15 [locked]

Title- [Charm]

VIT- 3

STR-2

DEX-25

INT-5

WIS-5

CNT-100 [MAX]

LUK-10

Stat points (0)

I invested my 2 remaining points into VIT to get my HP a bit higher, after all I didn't want a fucking cat of all things to kill me. Then a new skill appeared, just as I thought it would.

Skill- Genin Stamina[passive]: Speed while running or attacking is greatly increased, you can run for longer periods before becoming exhausted.

A devilish grin split my face ear to ear. "Oh that cat is MINE!" pushing off the ground I dashed off as fast as I could-

And the difference from a moment before was ASTOUNDING. Whereas earlier I had been moving at the speed of a normal child, now I was moving so fast everything was a blur around me. Not quite super ninja bullshit levels of speed, but DEFFINETLY faster that any normal human.

"Alright." I thought as I sped forward. "Now where is that damn cat…" it was surprisingly easy to absorb the details of my surroundings as I ran, and without delay I spotted the orange cat speeding away. "Get over here!" I shouted, multiple people jumping out of the way as I barreled forward.

Five hours. I spent five hours chasing the cat in circles around the village. Luckily for me the cat seemed to stay within the same basic area, so I never got lost. But STILL!

This cat really was a demon.

"GOT YA!" I shouted as I finally wrapped my hands around the cats chest. Picking it up to eye level, I gave it a glare as it attempted to scratch at my face.

-1 HP

I sighed as it clawed away. I could feel pressure, but no pain from the claws. That was my gamers body skill in effect.

-1 HP

But honestly, I could see why people feared this damn thing. It was BRUTAL trying to capture, and now that I finally had I was barely holding on, even while unaffected by the pain of its claws.

I had also lost some HP while running, so now I was down to just 10. Luckily for me, the place I had pinned her down was close to the Hokage Monument, so I made my way to the Hokage tower. If I remembered correctly, that was where I would go for missions once I was a ninja, so logically it was the best place to take Tora, since she was an infamous mission.

When I got through the door, I was met with the gape mouthed expression of shock from the secretary I had met the day before. "Is… is that TORA?"

"uh…" both me and the cat in my hands blinked slowly. "I guess? I was told this cat was a runaway and I didn't know where else to bring it."

The woman blinked like an owl and stared for another moment. "oh. Yes I see. Bring her through there." She gestured to a door on to the right, and sat back down. As I headed through the doorway, I heard her whispering to herself. "What the hell do they feed kids at that Orphanage?"

"Good evening Lord Hokage!" I called out as I entered the room, recognizing the old man sitting behind a large table, along with some other ninja and what I assumed were members of the civilian council.

"Takara? What are you doing here child? Is something wrong?" The old man's face held a soft smile, but I could see a tinge of worry in his eyes. 'Hes probably worried something happened to Naruto.' I told myself. 'Speaking of.. I better introduce myself to him when I get back to the apartments.'

At least I assumed he was in the apartments, that or the hospital.

"Well, I caught a stray kitty!" The Hokage let out a small sigh, and a few of the men in the room let out a small laugh at the sight of a very sweaty kid holding a VERY pissed off cat. But then suddenly the Ninja sitting next to the Hokage caught the entire rooms attention.

"Is that… Tora?" the room seemed to freeze as everyone craned their necks to get a better look at the bundle in my arms. "Kid." The Ninja began again. "How did you… catch, that cat?"

I tilted my head with a mock confused expression. "I chased it around and.. picked it up?"

The entire room sweat dropped at my slightly sarcastic response.

"Takara." The Hokage spoke as he rose from his seat. "That particular cat is rather.. famous. How did you catch it? Specifically?"

I shyly scratched the back of my head as one of the ninja in the room lifted the cat out of my arms and disappeared, presumably to find the owner. "Well, I asked this stranger for directions earlier, and he mentioned that there was some crazy animal terrorizing the area. I happened to see it running around after I finished my lunch so I figured I would try to catch it."

A bright smile lit the elderly mans face as he approached me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "Well young Takara, suffice to say you will make a FINE ninja someday. Normally it takes a whole Genin team to catch Tora you know?"

"Makes sense." I muttered. "She tried to claw my throat out."

At this he looked rather concerned. "Are you hurt Takara?" after a moment though the concern faded again as his smile returned. "No you seem just fine. But you smell rather awful, why don't you head home now hm? Good hygiene is important for a ninja!"

I couldn't agree more, I needed a shower after everything I had just pulled off. Just as I was about to make for the door, another Ninja I didn't recognize burst through the door. "LORD HOKAGE! SOMEONE BEAT THE UZUMAKI CHALLENGE AT ICHIRAKU'S!"

The room burst into commotion as everyone began calling out over each other. Most of them were either cry's of joy, or screams of sorrow. Seems the whole betting pool was really a big deal…

"Who? Who managed to beat the record!? I cant even finish one of those spicy bowls!" came a cry from one of the people in the room.

"I have no clue!" replied the man who had burst in. "It was some kid, A little girl with hair white as snow!"

The room was suddenly so silent you could hear a pin drop as all heads slowly creaked in my direction. "Uh…" I gave an awkward smile as everyone starred at me wide eyed. "I like ramen?"

Mission Complete!

Rewards- 1000 EXP

Title- Prodigy [Active]: EXP gains +50% for all skills.

10000 Ryo

'Damn.' I thought as half the people present began bursting out in celebration and others began freaking out. 'Talk about rewards!'

Elsewhere in the village underground

"Ah Orochimaru, how has your experiment with the artificial summon creature been going?" Danzo Shimura was sharpening a kunai when the snake sanin entered his secret office. "I trust all is well with your laboratory?"

"Yes, although sensei still refuses to speak to me face to face." The sanin closed his eyes as he reminisced the last few years. When the Hokage had discovered Orochimaru's illegal experiments he had nearly killed him, but Danzo had helped the snake arrange a deal.

Orochimaru would be forgiven, since he had not killed any innocents during his experiments by the time he was caught. but he was stripped of his political power in the village, and all future experiments were regulated by Danzo.

Because of this the snake and the war hawk had developed a partnership of sorts. Danzo provided criminals for Orochimaru's more… unethical experiments. And Orochimaru set time aside to conduct experiments specifically requested by the ANBU commander. The snake had since regained his status with the village thanks to his medical advancements, but the Hokage still refused to see him outside of 'business.' Thus, the current situation, as the snake presented his bi-weekly report.

Danzo glanced through the paperwork, taking note of a handful of the testing results. "I see you are making progress on the experiments with Prisoner 6107?"

The snake nodded with his usual cold smile. "Yes, Jugo is quite the specimen, and now that I have discovered a way to filter out the negative qualities of his power, I believe I am close to creating a seal that will create a temporary state of Senjutsu." The snakes smile thinned out a bit as he leaned back. "Although lord Danzo, I fear it still requires the host to be of exceptional quality, so your idea of a Senjutsu enhanced army is… fleeting."

The war hawk waved his hand through the air dismissively. "Ba. That plan was created back when I intended to overthrow Hiruzen. Times have changed as of late, and I no longer see myself having the strength to rule a nation."

The sanin chuckled at that comment. "Oh? And what could have caused such a change in character for the great 'All Seeing Hawk?'

Danzo gave a low huff and shook his head. "As a wise Kage once said Orochimaru. 'I'm getting too old for this shit.'" He closed his eyes for a moment, thinking on his many mistakes since the fall of the second Hokage. "I cannot afford the delusion that my power is enough to protect this nation. 'it takes a village' as they say."

"Ah." Orochimaru grinned. "So, you have finally accepted your own mortality lord Danzo?"

The wrinkled older man let out a dry laugh. "Coming from you? That's rich. Weren't you trying to create a jutsu to steal the youth from others to prolong your own life only a few years ago?"

The snake sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I don't know why I even considered stealing body's, it surely would have shortened my life if anything." he took a breath and looked to the wall of Danzo's office, photos of the four hokage hung in silver frames. "No, now I have a new method of extending my life, one far more successful."

Danzo looked to the framed photos himself, his gaze lingering on the picture of his teacher. "Orochimaru, what would you say if I proposed reorganizing the ROOT, using your new nature chakra seal to create a squad of enhanced soldiers?"

Orochimaru smiled and rose from his chair. "Now, dident you just say that was a fools dream?"

Danzo shook his head. "Not an army, just one squad. An official branch of the ANBU black ops."

Orochimaru was silent for a moment as he contemplated the idea. "Intriguing. If you bring the proposition to lord hokage, I can begin searching for candidates the moment he consents."

Danzo stood as well. "With this, Konoha will be stronger than ever. If only we could have prevented the Massacre three years ago, the leaf would be undisputed as the most powerful village in the world." his head hung as the weight of his greatest failure burdened him.

"Now now." The sanin shook his head. "We all failed that day, and what happened to the Uchiha was more their own failing than yours."

The war hawk could only sigh. "Kill Fugaku and his coconspirators and allow Itachi to rise to power and stop the rebellion, that was the plan. It was such a simple plan, there should have been no complications. With Itachi and Shisui on our side, as well as the clan elders, it was guaranteed to work. Then that fool Torune..."

The two normally outwardly cold men both took on a look of regret. It was Orochimaru who broke the silence. "Fugakus Mangekyou sharingan. Did we ever figure out why it affected the Aburame's insects so drastically?"

Danzo waved his hand tiredly. "Baa. With the poisons degenerative property's we couldn't even recover a single sharingan eye from the remains. Such a waste…"

The two both sat in silence a while longer, morning their failures in the past. then left to attend their own daily business. Orochimaru had Experiments to conduct, and Danzo had the Anbu, as well as his Root, to operate.

Takara's Apartment. that night.

As I sat in my new bathtub, I closed my eyes and sighed. I may not feel pain thanks to gamers body, but I could still feel certain things, like the warm water of this bath. As I sat there in silence a notification lit up my vision.

*New Skill Unlocked*

[Meditation]- While this skill is active the user gains a bonus to CP recovery, HP Recovery, and enhanced sensing range[locked].

Since my HP was still fairly low thanks to my scuffle with the damn demon cat Tora, I decided to fully abuse the new skill. While I was sitting in the peaceful bathroom, I used my time to access my 'memories.' If Orochimaru was still in the village, I needed to know what else was different about this world.

And so I sat in the warm water and drifted, time seemed to drag on as I shifted from memory to memory. From what I could tell I had experience nothing noteworthy so far, I had been confined to the orphanage for most of my early life. But there was one thing in particular that caught my attention.

The Uchiha massacre.

It wasent a slaughter like in the cannon Naruto world; it was a plague. I remembered sitting in the orphanage, the older kids had been talking about how the Uchiha district was quarantined, and only three of the Uchiha had been outside the quarantine zone when the virus ripped through the streets overnight.

I tried desperately to compare the facts I knew from cannon to the memories I had here. But I just couldn't quite figure things out. I was obvious that it wasn't some normal plague, no simple virus could kill that many people overnight. And If I remembered the story right, Danzo hadent intended to wipe out the whole Uchiha clan originally, he just wanted Fugaku and the leaders of the insurrection dead. Obito was the one who instigated the whole sale slaughter, but he wouldn't have used poison. so, someone else must have done it. But who? Why? And was it Sasuke that was spared? or were these 'three survivors' random?

All I had was rumors from a couple of kids to go off of. I needed better information. I shook my head and climbed out of the tub, wrapping myself in a towel.

*New Quest*

Discover the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre, and bring the [REDACTED] to justice!

[WARRNING! Level 200 or higher recommended]

"Well fuck." I mumbled to myself. "Guess Ill come back to that later, what is there an SCP running around?."

Realizing that it was a little dangerous to be touching my new quest any time soon, I sat down on the side of my bed and began brushing out my hair.

*DING DONG*

The sound of my homes door bell ringing made me groan. "great." I muttered as I grabbed my pajamas, which I had found along with some other clothes when I returned to my house earlier. "Now I need to put on pants."

"COMING!" I shouted as I quickly threw on the puppy print Pj's. better than answering the door in a towel, right? As I reached my entryway, I opened the door-

"Yo."

Ah. Kakashi. Kakashi Hatake. The elite ninja assassin Kakashi. Narutos teacher and the sixth hokage. THAT Kakashi. Oh yeah, its all coming together.

*SLAM*

Did I just slam my door in the mans face? Yes. Yes I did. Did I regret the action?

Perhaps.

*DING DONG*

Oh shit. Sighing deeply is opened the door again, this time a sheepish smile plastered on my face. "Ah… sorry, you ah… surprised me for a second."

The white-haired man blinked down at me for a moment, seeming to be considering something. "Ah. I see. My apologies. I am here to-" He reached behind himself and after a small puff of smoke produced a large school backpack. "Deliver this."

"Oh." I muttered a quick thanks and took the bag. "I guess this has my supplies for when school starts? Thank you… mister?"

He rubbed the back of his neck, the mask over his face obscuring his emotions. "Ah, sorry. My name is Kakashi, lord hokage sent me."

"Takara." My smile felt awkward as I introduced myself to the imposing man.

Wait, I was forgetting something wasent I? SHIT! That's right this guy was supposed to be related to me! "Say, weren't you the ANBU officer who was with lord hokage earlier?" I muttered as I realized that the ANBU who I had seen the day before had in fact worn a dog mask and had white hair.

*Your Reputation with [Kakashi Hatake] has risen*

The mood seemed to shift a bit, though again his mask made it impossible for me to tell what he was thinking. "Well, I'm impressed. Not many people your age can notice the small details like that, what gave me away?"

I stopped to consider his words for a moment. He was testing me… probably. So I needed to make sure I didn't say something suspicious. So I simply chose to point to my head. "It was the white hair, not many people have hair like this."

And the air suddenly felt awkward again.

Kakashi rubbed the back of his neck again, his eyes seemed to drift every which way except for directly at me. "Well, there actually is something that we should discuss. You see, you and I are actually related." He seemed to cringe as he finished talking, like he was expecting me to jump on his or maybe get angry. That's about what any sane person would expect when telling an orphan that they have family.

I guess he wasent expecting a complete lack of emotional response. "Oh. Well, maybe we should talk inside then. Want anything to drink?" I offered as I held the door open wide and stood to the side.

…"Oh. No thank you im fine." He muttered as he shuffled through my front door towards the living room where he took a seat on a green rocking chair.

"So." I said as I sat across from him on the small couch also located in the living room. "How… exactly are we related?"

The Jonin interlocked his fingers and rested his chin above his hands. "Well, actually you and I are siblings."

I blinked. Siblings? But… that dident make sense. His parents both died years before I was born, given that I was only nine. "Ah. That's… interesting."

The one-eyed ninja took a deep breath. At least this seemed as awkward for him as it was for me. "I… want to apologies. For not introducing myself sooner. You see…"

I held up my hands in a placating gesture. "Hey I get it. I know your ANBU, you couldn't raise a kid and do that kind of work right?"

He tilted his head. "Well, yes exactly." There was a long silent pause. "You know, despite the fact that your correct, most kids would still be… upset, over something like this."

I simply shrugged my shoulders. "I guess im not that normal." I rubbed the bridge of my nose. "I guess… our parents are-?"

"Dead." The man closed his one visible eye. Over the next few minutes, he described them for me. 'Our' father, Sakumo Hatake, a hero in the village. He told me about how out dad rivaled Kage with his skill in battle, and even seemed to smile as he described how kind the man was. He then Described 'our' mother, though evidently, he didn't know her very well. Her name and physical description was all he really knew. The name made a lot of sense though. Natsuki Inuzuka.

That explained Kakashi's affinity ninja dogs.

She had brown hair and green eyes. The only other thing that Kakashi seemed to know was that she had been a prominent medical ninja.

"So." I muttered after he was done talking. "Can I ask… how did they die?"

Kakashi seemed to really consider his words carefully before he continued. "Well, our mother died a few months after you were born. Her whole squad was killed near the border of Suna, but the investigation team was never able to find a culprit." He cringed. "Sorry, that was a bit blunt."

"No its fine, I asked after all." I cringed as well. Not the most… tactful move on either of our parts. Clearly he wasn't used to being around kids.

Kakashi took yet another deep breath. "As for our father. I don't like telling this story, but I suppose you'll find out eventually either way."

And then Kakashi told me the story of Sakumo Hatake's failed mission, and eventual suicide. It was painful to listen too, even if my connection to the man wasn't 'real' to me. "Wait." I interrupted just as he was finishing. "You just said you were FIVE when this happened?"

Kakashi nodded. "That's right, I was five years old."

"But im nine." He nodded as I deadpanned at him. "Well then how old are you?"

"I'm twenty four." He eye smiled at me.

"And both of our Parents died before you were five?" he nodded again. "And im a year younger than you?" another nod greeted me. "And you are twenty four while I am… nine."

"That's right." His smile was so wide that I could see it even with the mask over his face.

"You do understand where I'm confused right?" I muttered as I hung my head. Even with the gamers mind, I had a massive headache just thinking about it.

"Ah, well it's a bit of a long story, are you sure you want to hear it?" The man was clearly baiting my interest, but what was I supposed to do? Say no? This seemed kind of important!

"Well." Kakashi began. "When you were five months old, there was and incident with one of the other five great villages. During the incident, a daycare center in Konoha was attacked by a Hidden stone ninja carrying a man-made virus."

I gulped. That dident sound good. Not at all.

"The stone ninja was killed after he hit his first target, but the children in a daycare center all became very ill, and we had no idea how to craft an antidote. I was out with our father at the time, but you were in the building when the attack occurred." Kakashi sighed and rubbed his temple. "It became obvious that the children were going to die, so in order to save you, the village decided to take drastic measures to keep you alive until an antidote could be created."

Kakashi seemed to sink into his chair as he remembered the day in question. "As a last resort, the village elders decided to try out a machine that essentially froze all of you. They referred to it as 'cryo preservation.'" He stood up and shook his head. "A few years after you were frozen the third great war broke out, and it wasent till the war was over that we were able to find a proper cure. By that time, you were the only child still in cryo."

"So…" I began slowly. "I was born Twenty three years ago, but I was… unfrozen, nine years ago?" after receiving another nod of confirmation, I considered what had been said. "So, obviously the cure worked on me, what about the others?"

Kakashi turned away from me before speaking. "Well, the parants of the other kids couldn't stand the thought of their kids being frozen forever, so they all pulled out of the cryo program before the antidote was…"

My lips formed a silent O as I realized what his silence implied.

I was the only one to survive.

After that somber conversation, our topic of discussion moved to the future. Kakashi told me he had retired from ANBU, and that he would be around more often. He promised to visit me after I employed the legendary 'puppy dog eyes'.

He refused to take me in or anything of that sort. He was still a ninja, and he just wouldn't be around consistently enough to take care of a child. Besides, I enjoyed the idea of having a house to myself. Was it RESPONSIBLE? God no. this villages laws regarding child safety were none existent. Did I CARE?

Nope.

With that all done he gave a soft 'goodnight' and disappeared.

Now what to do? I looked around my empty apartment, but nothing came to mind. 'screw it.' I thought to myself. I didn't have any quests I could do, and evidently, I couldn't just press a 'sleep' button like I could for eating.

So it was nap time.

I clambered into my bed and turned out the lights, the second my head hit the pillow I was suddenly I realized I DID have something to do.

My Stat points!

Takara Hatake

Lvl 7 [0/750]

HP- 30/30

CP- 15/15 [locked]

Title- [Charm]

VIT- 3

STR-2

DEX-25

INT-5

WIS-5

CNT-100 [MAX]

LUK-10

Stat points (12)

I looked over the stats carefully, berating myself for forgetting about my level up after catching Tora. If the whispers in the hokage tower were any indication, I already had a reputation in Konoha.

Takara Hatake

Lvl 7 [0/750]

HP- 100/100

CP- 15/15 [locked]

Title- [Charm]

VIT- 7

STR-5

DEX-25

INT-5

WIS-10

CNT-100 [MAX]

LUK-10

Stat points (0)

Taking my new stat points I invested some in VIT and STR to buff my health a bit, then poured the rest into WIS. With my CNT being 100, I didn't need to worry about INT, since I would be using less chakra than normal.

So I would invest in WIS, so that I can buff my damage, once I actually had access to chakra that is.

"Alright." I mumbled out loud as I allowed my eyes to drift closed. "Tomorrow is a new day."

Then as suddenly as my eyes closed, they opened again as the room seemed to grow bright. Blinking the sleepiness away I looked around-

And I was back in the weird white room that was likely heaven, and gazing down at me was a MUCH larger fox then before, this one with a bright pink coat. "HEEEEYYYYYYYY."

I gazed up at the large creature with a blank expression, only one phrase flowing through my mind.

"Well shit."

IGHT. That's all for now folks.

Will Orochimaru realy remain loyal to the village? Will Danzo really embrace the magic of friendship? Will Ebisu sensei ever be brought to justice for his war crimes in Bosnia? Tune in next time to find out on another episode of DRAGON BALLZ-

*BAM*

Sorry about that folks. The clones got ahold of the computer again.