Chapter 1: Wake up Naruko!
It was early morning in Konohagakure and to many of its inhabitants, this day appeared to be like any other. Parents were waking up to make breakfast for their young, ninjas were getting their gear ready for another day for hard work, birds were singing and shops were tacking integratory before they would open. Truly for many this looked to be another ordinary day however this day was going to be a little different for a single young twelve-year-old whisker blond girl.
This small girl named Uzumaki Naruko who was currently sleeping in her bed completely oblivious of a new path that was about to open before her. However, the loud beeping of the blonde's alarm clock was soon to rectify this, much the girl's charging. In response, the kunoichi in training growled and raised her hand to look for the infernal machine. Once found it was off the girl tried back to sleep only for the alarm to start up again.
Immediately her hand turned it off again only for it to once more beep. This little event happened only two more times before she grabbed it and threw it out the window. The ANBU stationed outside Naruko's apartment saw the clock sail and perfectly nail a genin that was in pursuit of Tora and dose costing them the capture, not to mention swiftly getting attack by the said cat.
"Nice throw." the ANBU announce with a small nod, after all, it wasn't his problem that the genin wasn't ready to dodge an unexpected attack in friendly territory. One needs to be ready for anything that could happen in their line of work.
Back in the Uzumaki's apartment said kunoichi to be was once more was wrapped in her blanket and trying to sleep. Yet for some reason, she started feeling something pulling at her covers but with a swift roll to the side whatever was pulling stoped.
"WAKE UP!"
"AH!" the whiskered girl screamed while falling out of bed and landed face-first onto the floor. Groaning at the sudden influx of pain she grabbed her face while pulling the bedsheet off of her. "Ow. What in all of the Kamis was that?"
"That would be me Uzumaki Naruko."
"Huh?" the girl questioned while she blinked at the sound of the voice. Once her eyes adjusted to the light, she looked in front of her and blinked again.
Right now, floating in front of her was honest to goodness fairy with her hand on her hips. The creature was just 7 inches tall wearing red sandals and burnt orange battle kimono. On her back was a pair of pixelated butterfly wings moving too slow as if to keep her afloat up but for each moment they made small blue pixelated dust that disappeared halfway pas her knees. The fairy also had brilliant shoulder-length red hair been held above her blue eyes by a white headband.
"Okay, I know from experience that the fall I just took wasn't enough to give me a concussion and since my head does hurt a little, I know this is not a dream," Naruko commented while scratching her head. "So, could you mind telling me who and what are you?" she added while looking at the pretty creature floating in front of her.
"Currently I do not possess a proper name. As for what I am, my classification is that of Navigation Assistant Virtual Intelligence or a Navi for short." the fairy responded with a friendly smile.
"Why is Navi not your name?" the small child questioning while tilting her head in confusion. After all, she didn't know of anyone that never had a proper name.
"Are you called human?" the winged female questioned with a raised eyebrow. At the girl's shake of the head, she continued. "Nonetheless could it be possible for you to give me a proper name? You are my owner after all." she requested which got a sour look out of the Uzumaki.
"Owner? But I haven't bought anything! Let alone a cute little fairy!" Naruko argued without noticing the fairy's blush at the last compliment. "And I don't like the idea of owning someone either," she added with a frowned and crossed her arm to look angrier. The two actions cause the little redhead to chuckle lightly.
"My creator was correct. You can be funny." the Navi commented with a slight grin before shaking her head and becoming serious again. "However, I guess owning does sound like I would be your slave doesn't. How about we consider me your assistant then?" she suggested and the blond nodded.
"Okay. But what are you really and why are you here? Also, what this about a creator? Are you saying you were made by someone and not born? And now that I think about why am I not more freaked out about all of this?" the whiskered quickly asked with a confused frown. At this, the nameless fairy blinked in surprise.
"Wow, so many questions. You're not such a dumb blonde it seems."
"Hey!"
"Oops, sorry about." apologized the floating female while scratching the back of her head in embarrassment. "However, for us to proceed I need you to give me a name." she requested again.
"Why?"
"Just do it please."
Naruko noted that even if the fairy had said please, she sounded rather annoyed and that twitching in her eye was very telling too. Hence, she started to think of a name for the winged creature but she couldn't come up with any besides Navi. Then she took a better look at the fairy but she kept getting mesmerized by how pretty she looked and her brilliant red hair. The whiskered female blink as a name finally came to mind.
"How about Benihime?" she suggested. What followed surprised the blond since the fairy suddenly became stiff as her eyes turned a dull blue and her voice became mechanical.
[From this moment on this unit will answer by the name Benihime. Do wish it to be so or will you choose another?] the red-haired female questioned and Naruko raised an eyebrow but answered nonetheless.
Then to the Uzumaki's surprise, a light blue panel appeared before her with [YES/NO] on it. This made the girl blink in curiosity before touch the [NO] option. To her surprise, she could feel the button being pressed. This was followed by the clicking sound as Benihime's eyes shinnied brightly before returning to their normal blue color. Then she blinked twice and gave her mistress a full smile filled with appreciation.
"Thank you for giving me my name Naruko-sama." Benihime said while bowing to the Uzumaki who blushed. After all, it was rare for someone to look at her with sure a big smile let alone thank her with a bow. Next Benihime raised her head and said "Now as for your questions: My creator is a being that got bored and decided to mess with the human world a little bit. However, my creation and by consequence his gift to you put them in a lot of hot water. So do not expect them to try to mess with your world directly again for another 1000 years or so."
"Wait. You were created by something and they gave you to me? Why?"
"Because they taught it would be fun." the Navi responded with a shrug and crossed her arms. "Anyway, as for why none of this is affecting you as one would expect I imagine it's because of the gift we are giving you is already affecting you."
"And what gift is that anyway if I may ask?" Upon being asked this Benihime raised her nose and gave a small smirk. Then with a grand flourish of the hand started her announcement.
"A new and never before seen Bloodline Limit in this world or at least this particular version." then paused for dramatic effect. "The Gamer Soul."
"Wow" Naruko responded with eyes sparkling with wonder. "What's a bloodline limit?" she then asked in total confusion. How to girl managed to keep her voice full of childlike wonder during Benihime would never know but it did make her sweat-drop harder.
"Didn't they teach that at the academy?" Beni asked with a raised eyebrow. When the Uzumaki shook her head negatively the fairy could only sigh before she proceeded to explain. "A bloodline limit is a special ability or power unique to one clan like for example the Uchiha's Sharingan, the Hyuga's Byuakugan or the Aburame's control over bugs to name a few."
"Awesome! Does that mean I some super-duper-mega-awesome-cool power!"
"Yes and no." the fairy smirked at the girls' confused look. "The Gamer Soul will turn your life and world you live in into that of a video. Like, say that Dragon Questor Final Fantasy you have in your NES. However, unlike your video games there are no checkpoints, save points, or resets. If you die that's it for both of us, got it."
"Okay, so does that mean real-life rules would still apply to me even though I would technically be playing a game?"
"Actually, yes and no. Some rules like that need to eat, sleep, going to the toilet, and bathing still apply to you like every other human but other rules like maybe bleeding to death or being poisoned will not. Heck, you won't even receive true Fatal Vows just like almost all videogame characters hence no dying to a stab through the heart or getting behead unless an attack specifies it. Adding to this even limb lost would be trivial thanks to regeneration magic/potions or things like automail."
"What's automail?"
"In its most basic form automail is the science of giving people back their limbs through the use of mechanical prosthetics." the little redhead asked before summoning a new blue panel with the [YES/NO] options. "Now, do you wish to accept this new power?"
Naruko almost immediately presses the [Yes] button but she stopped thinking about it. Many people like to call her lots thing two of which her idiot or implosive. First of all, she wasn't an idiot! She just had trouble learning things because no one ever bothered to teach her how to read or write properly. Thankfully her games were easy to understand and it helped that she could sometimes just brute force her way to some of the problems or puzzles in them if she didn't understand what the hints said.
Second, as for the implosive thing?!
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Okay, she admits that most of the time she is but still! If she put her mind to it Naruko Uzumaki could think things through. Hence, she thought of all that was taught to her and started weight the pros against the cons of the situation. Frankly, she couldn't see a possible negative here she was already overwhelmed by all of the positives like seeing all of her stats, being able to manipulate them, possibly learning new skills, gaining XP, getting level ups and so much more! So, with a big grin, she pressed the [YES] option and once more heard the click.
Then the world went black.
[Stand by]
[Installing process for Game Soul beginning now…]
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[The WORLD has successfully loaded. We hope you enjoy the start of your new journey PLAYER!]
With that completed her world pixelated itself back to reality as if nothing had ever happened. She didn't know how long the whole process was but her eyes burned as a result. The whiskered youth tried to blink the pain away. Once that was done, she opened her eyes again which let her see the new additions to her sights on the upper left side of her vision.
Naruko Uzumaki [Lv 1] ~ Trickster Queen ~
XP: 0/99
HP: 50/50
MP: 1,305/1,305
"What the heck?" Naruko explained when she saw the numbers. "Why I am at level 1!? And why do I that much MP from that start?"
"Well this is a surprise." a voice said. That made the Uzumaki girl look to her front and once more came face to face with the fairy. There she noticed that the navy's name appeared over her head alongside the title ~Assistant~ but Beni for some reason did not possess a level nor an HP or MP bar. "Please bring up your Status Screen. You only need to think about it and it will show up," she instructed to her mistress.
Following the orders, the gamer closed her eyes and imagined the character status screen that she had seen in some of her RPGs. It didn't even take a second for her to feel that screen pop up. Opening up her eyes, sure enough, another light blue screen with white letters was floating in front of her with that data. It even had other tabs that were classified as [Equipment], [Skills], [Inventory], [Books], [Crafting], [Key Items] and two strange one labeled [Records] and [Settings]. As she started to read Benihime sat on her shoulder to read alongside her.
{PLAYER STATUS}
Naruko Uzumaki [Lv 1]
Title: Trickster Queen [+]
JOB: Novice [+]
Race: Human [+]/? [+]
XP: 0/99
HP: 50/50
MP: 1,305/1,305
Attack: 001
Defense: 001
Agility: 001
Vitality: 001
Intelligence: 001
Spirit: 251
Perception: 001
Luck: 666 ~ 777 [+]
Style: 010
Attribute Points: 010
"Yep, it's just how I imagined it was going to be. All of your stats and level were reset to 1 except for a few special ones." Benihime explained and added "Also, you didn't have to close your eyes for that. Just thinking about it would have been enough. Anyway, for now, I suggest for you look at those [+] since it will provide more information."
Following the suggestion, she pressed the first [+] which was next to her title.
Title: Trickster Queen
Description – SURPRISE! No matter what was happening before or how concentrated they were on you they never expected you to do that! This title is given to those that specialize in using tricks or plans to fool their opponents and targets.
Surprise attack +15%
Trap making success +15%
Infiltration Tool making success +5%
Trap success +20%
JOB: Novice
Description – Congratulation on starting your journey adventure! Right now, you're the lowest rank of all. No one knows you or believes that you will amount to anything but don't let that stop you! Keep fighting, doing quests, and meeting new people. Your adventure to becoming a legend starts now!
Can learn basic field skills
Can learn basic production skills
Can learn basic white magic
Can learn basic black magic
Can learn basic weapon skills
Can evolve into any Job
Race: Human
Description – A creature that climbed to the top of the food chain through its tenacity, perseverance, and ability to make tools. Even though humans do not have claws or sharp teeth the make excellent hunters for their capacity to stalk their prey until they are exhausted, by snaring them in inventive traps/plans or working together in large groups. This creature is every social thus they need a connection with others to not fall into madness. However, be careful not all are trustworthy and they will fight for what they want so fighting may happen between them from time to time.
(Any) Toolmaking success +25%
Can learn skills from books
Can master skills through practice
Can become stronger through practice
Can train animals into allies
Can create bonds with others
Every level gives 1AP to all stats
Race:?
Description–?
Starts with 250 more spirit
Each level up gives +5spirit
Give access 2nd chakra gauge
Anger can fill 2nd chakra gauge
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Passive Skill: Lady Luck's blessed curse [Max Lv]
Description – Well, will you look at that? Seems our dear Lady Luck has decided to give you a little bit of her love. I fear for any casino owner who is unlucky enough to have you step into their place of business. But be careful, the Lady may like you now but she can be very fickle.
Gambling game success +100%
Special events +35%
Rare-encounters +15%
Ultra-rare encounters +5%
Dangerous encounters +15%
Extremely dangerous encounters +5%
A chance for mission danger RankUP +45%
"Okay, the unknow one explains the insane MP stat but I wish I knew just what it was. Also, what does it means by 2nd chakra gauge when I can only see the MP bar?" Naruko commented and looked at her little helper. "By the way can I use those AP now before we go to the skills tab?"
"I'm sure we'll find about what that if later and yes you can assign them. But please don't spend them all in one stat. Balance is key after all." the fairy answered and the gamer proceeded to raise her stats. At the end they were:
Attack: 005
Defense: 004
Agility: 002
Vitality: 001
Intelligence: 002
Spirit: 251
Perception: 002
Luck: 666 ~ 777
Style: 010
Attribute Points: 000
The effects were pretty much instantaneous at least when it came to her strength. It was like she could tell she could already hit harder from before all of this started. Then with that done she taped the skills tab to see what she had.
{PLAYER SKILLS}
Passive Skill: Gamer Soul [Max Lv]
Description – The blessing of an unknown being that lets you see your world as that of a video with everything that it could entail.
Let's you get XP & Level UP
Let's you take quests and gain XP
Let's you enter dungeons
Let's you use magic
Let's you use the Inventory
Let's you use the Gaming Store
Let's you equip magical items
Let's enter new worlds through dungeons
Let's you Level Up skills
Let's you learn skills from books/scrolls
Makes Chakra = Mana (MP)
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Passive Skill: Gamer Body [Max Lv]
Description – Part of the Gamer Soul bloodline limit. With this skill, your body is like that of a video game character however you still need to eat, sleep and bath. No one likes someone that smells like a garbage dump.
Sleep in safe area = 100% HP and MP restoration
Sleep in non-safe area = 25% HP and MP restoration
Natural regen = 1HP and MP every 1.5sec (Regen only active while standing still)
Normal fatal blows will now cause Bleeding status (-5 HP per second. Cure with Coagulant.)
Any venom or poison can cause Poison status (-1 HP per second. Cured with Antidote)
Electricity or Lighting attacks have a chance to cause Paralysis status (Can stop your movement. Cure with Anti-paralysis)
Cold weather or Ice attacks can cause Frozen status (Stuck in a block of ice. Cure with fire or Anti-freeze)
Hot weather or Fire attacks can cause Burn status (-2 HP per second. Cure with water or Anti-burn)
Cut off limbs will cause Dismembered status. Reduces agility (legs) or attack (arms) by 50% (one) or 100% (arm) depending on which limb is cut. It can be cured with regeneration magic or automail (mechanical prosthetic).
Passive Skill: Gamer Mind [Max Lv]
Description – Part of the Gamer Soul bloodline limit. With this skill, you will be able to analyze things far more clearly. It will also make you nearly immune to many mental attacks or situating you will face during your journey.
Unlocks the Scan skill
Unlocks Meditation skill
Immunity for mental stress = 85%
Maintains Calm status during Rage
High detection of genjutsu influence
Can break genjutsu once detected
Reading books will increase stats
Passive Skill:? [Max Lv]
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Passive Skill:? [Max Lv]
Description –?
2nd Chakra bar fill 5 u/s from anger
Use of 2nd Chakra = -1HP per second
Natural HP regen +2 every 1.5sec
Natural MP regen +10 every 5sec
Scars only happen from Fatal Blows
HP & MP Regen only active while standing still
HP regen can be active with MP
Field Skill: Scan [Lv 1]
XP 0/100
MP Cost: 10MP Target Limit: 1
Description – This skill lets you search an area with incredible focus and detect things one normally would have missed. When used on a person, animal, monster or thing you will be able to see their stats, levels, and descriptions. However, if what you are scanning is 10 levels over your own then that scanning will fail as it will only show you their name. Each level raises the number of targets a user can detect and scan at the same time.
Field Skill: Meditation [Lv 1]
XP: 0/100
Description – This skill lets you practice the ancient art of meditating. Meditation lets you restore 1MP per second. The higher the level the more MP you can restore.
Meditation for 1 hour = + 1Lv of Scan for 1 hour
Meditation before sleep = +100MP for the next day. (Effect is not stackable with itself)
Field Skill: Toolmaking [Lv 1]
XP: 0/100
Description – An invaluable skill when out on the field for any person that wants to explore the world. With this skill, you can create many tools to survive or make life easier. At higher levels, you can even create more mechanical inventions! You can create the following:
Stone tools
Wooden tools
Field Skill: Infiltration tools marking [Lv 1] (Requires a Workbench to use)
XP: 0/100
Description – A perfect set of skills for any rouge that wants to get in or out of any place. Practice makes perfect but never forget the tools that make your job easier to complete. You can create the following:
Lockpicks
Dummy Keys
Distraction Posters
Smoke Bombs
Paint Bombs
Dung Bombs
Rope
Straw Dummies
Field Skill: Trap marking [Lv 3] (Complex traps requires a Workbench to be created)
XP: 25/100
Description – A skill need for any good hunter or prankster to be able to capture and/or kill their target. The higher the level this skill is the more traps the user will be able to make more complex traps. Higher-level traps can be learned from skill books at any time but if your skill level is not the same or higher there is a good chance of failing to make it or for it to fail when used if it was made. You can create the following:
Nets
Bear traps
Low-level explosives
Pits
Spiked traps
Darts
Oil Bombs
Low-grade Poison
Rope Binding
Shock nets
Explosive Dolls
Fake Bombs
Transformation Jutsu [Lv 7]
XP: 75/100
MP Cost: 15 (Once active it takes 2MP per second to keep it on)
Description – One of the essential three jutsu needed to be considered a shinobi. With this technique, you can change by creating an illusion to fool the target into thinking you or something is someone or something else. At higher levels, the caster can truly change their appearance to what they wish. However, for the inanimate object, the user must hold their breath and just is canceled when they can no longer hold it.
Substitution Jutsu [Lv 5]
XP: 50/100
MP Cost: 25 (Range 50ft / 15.24meters)
Description – One of the essential three jutsu needed to be considered a shinobi. With this technique, you can switch places with the one true Log. Any chakra used is a worthy sacrifice for the savior who gives their body to save our lives. The higher your devotion the farther the Holy Log travel to save you.
"Okay, those are more skills than I expected. It hurts stings that it shows I don't know the Clone jutsu. But, weirdly, I have some skills already maxed out yet they don't say what they are or how to use them." the preteen commented before looking at the fairy on her shoulder. "Do you have any idea Beni-chan?"
"Something tells me they're related to that hidden race you have. Though I do not possess the data to tells what it is. My creator probably didn't give me that information so we could both learn it at our own pace."
"That doesn't make sense! They made you be my guide didn't it?" she asked with a level of indignation. In response, the Navi nodded with sympathy.
"Yes, but they probably want to give you a challenge since the Gamer Soul already gives you an immense advantage over other people." the small redhead explained and added, "Anyway, how do you feel about starting your first quest?"
"You can give me a quest?" Naruko asked in excitement at starting a new adventure.
"Sure, I can!" Benihime announced with a grin. Then she proceeded to scan the area which resulted in her complexion turning green in disgust at what she saw. "Let's start by cleaning your apartment, shall we? This place is way too filthy for it to belong to a girl and I refuse to live here or let you." she proclaimed while pointing at all of the trash bags and just plain garbage littering the place. The blonde noticed the trash in her bedroom and she knew that even more laid around the rest of the apartment. The girl had enough shame to blush before sighing in defeat.
"Okay, at least it's not the whole building," she announced. A fairy's questioned gaze she explained. "I won the deed for this place on a bet from the owner after he was stealing money from me when I came time to rent. Jiji got wind of it and somehow it turned into a poker game, I think, that for whatever reason I won. Now the whole place belongs to me. Jiji still pays for the water, electricity, and maintenance though since I don't know how to do bills."
Poor girl never even noticed the positively evil grin that appeared on the pixeled wing creature's face.
~ New Quest! ~
[Special Quest: Clean the castle!] {Mandatory}
[Recommended Level 1]
[Description: What is that I see? A mountain of garbage, dumpster fill to the brim or a landfill of centuries worth of junk? Nope! It's your house! Please clean it before it's declared a hazard zone and set ablaze to get rid of it.]
[Objective #1: Destroy 100 garbage piles]
[Objective #2: Slay Boss]
[Objective #3: ?]
[Reward #1: 100XP]
[Reward #2: 150G]
[Reward #3: The Fun-Size Forge]
[Reward #4: Blacksmith Skill Book]
[Will you accept? YES/NO]
Naruko didn't know whether to glare at the creature or let her eyes pop out of her skull from the amount of gold she could get rewarded with. At most in all her life, she had ever had 1G and that was after saving a bunch of copper and silver coins. Yet here she could be making more money than EVER in her life. Imagine all on the ramen or dare she dream the ultra-premium brand! Heck, why stop there!? She heard rumors that game store managed to summon a new version of the NES called that SNES and with like 50 game cartridges! That are so many new games!
'To heck with it! I need that money!' she thought almost pressed the YES option if Benihime hadn't stopped her by putting the fairy's small body between her finger and the button. "Hey, why are you stopping me?"
"Do you want to do your first quest in your PJs?" Beni asked with a raised eyebrow. The Uzumaki blinked and looked at herself. Sure enough, all she had on was her white and blue striped PJs with the silly chomping nightcap. Again, the blonde blushed in embarrassment and quickly ran to the closet to look for a clean (or that at least smelled clean) orange jumpsuit.
As she grabbed each item their description window appeared alongside the option of equipping it.
{EQUIPMENT}
Green mask goggles |Unique| [Head]
Description – A pair of green mask goggles that wears found in a gift box in front of your door years ago on a lonely birthday. They may be simple; give a very small amount of protection and you don't know who gave them to you but they mean a great deal to you. Their existence means that someone out there thinks of you and appreciates you enough to give you a gift. Just holding them gives you hope for the future.
+1DEF
+10Style
Black hair tie |Common| [Fashion Accessory]
Description – A normal hair tie that you used to keep your hair in place. You used it to put your long hair into a low ponytail.
+5Style
Orange Jumpsuit |Common| [Full body]
Description – It's orange and not only that its almost bright neon orange! What is wrong with you?! No self-respecting ninja or anyone for that matter would wear this crime against fashion! Even the black shirt under was a better option.
+1DEF
-50Style
Blue ninja sandals |Common| [Feet]
Description – A standard in ninja wear. Comfortable, simple and useful for almost any terrain.
+1DEF
+5Style
"Did you have to give my jumpsuit that description? It's one of the only things I have to wear and its durable enough that I don't have to constantly fix it." Naruko glared at her assistant who raised her hand in defense.
"Sorry. I honestly don't make the descriptions for the items or quests. All of the descriptions are my creator's work."
With that done the newly appointed adventurer accepted the quest and a wave of black pixilas engulfed the room around her. Then as a loading hourglass started spinning signally the creation of the new dungeon a new screen appeared before her.
[While the dungeon is loading please choose a starting main weapon.]
This announced the creation of a multitude of weapons from the bladed, serrated, piercing, blunt and even projectile types. With all the shapes and sizes as far as the eye it could have been quite overwhelming to a lesser person. Hence, the ponytail girl was going to go for the safe bet and pick the classic Sword as any hero. That was until her eyes landed on one particular weapon.
A Scythe, the very same weapon Death used against her in Castlevania. Sure, it was just a long wooden handle a foot taller than her (making it 5ft) and with a single blade extending to the side but if the very embodiment of the end could wield it why couldn't she? With her decision made she firmly grabbed the weapon which made all others disappear with the sound of shattering glass.
[Scythe Class]
[Description – Originally a tool for gardening and farming used by civilians and farmers to cut tall grass or weeds. However, when the time came to fight it proved to be a very good weapon. Some people even master its use to such a deadly degree that it became come in some cultures to depict Death itself wielding one.]
{EQUIPMENT}
Rusty scythe [Lv1] |Common| Main Weapon (Two-Handed)
Description – The wooden handle is worn from age and the blade has seen better days. However, it can still cut enough to get the job done for now.
+5ATK
The girl grinned and took a few swings to test out her new weapon. Immediately she could tell it was difficult to maneuver with it that long shaft and heavy curved blade at the end made so that she couldn't get the balance right yet. It made her frown but she accepted that as a challenge and vowed to master a weapon she had never seen another shinobi or hero wield before. Unbeknownst to her, a foul-mouthed man in the Land of Hot springs felt a sudden sense of companion as he was finishing one of his bloody rituals. He shucked it up to his bloody and evil god thing him another blessing.
[Dungeon loading complete!]
~ SPECIAL DUNGEON: The Palace of Filth ~ (F Rank)
Once more the world came into view and Naruko noticed two things. First was that she somehow ended up outside of the apartment building. The second was that she was no longer in front of an apartment building but an honest to the Log castle with watchtowers, barricades, walls and even a lowered bridge that lead to the opened door. She could only blink as her jaw hanging open in amazement. The fairy saw this and chuckle lightly before tapping her on the head to span the blonde out of it.
"Well? Aren't you going to enter?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah! Sure, lets got to adventure!"
Thus, with great vigor and enthusiasm, the blonde ran towards the beginning of her journey with her fairy following closely behind.
It only took them getting pass the door for them to stop in their tracks due to the horrid smell that assaulted them. If you were to ask Naruko about it she would answer between the gagging, puking and watering eyes that this smell was similar to a rotten deer inside the swears. She would, however, refuse to tell you how she knows how that smells like. But after a minute or two of these aromas, she got used to it or her nose just died, either way, she could stand the smell now. As for the watery eyes, it seemed that lowering her goggles to cover them was enough.
[Warning! Do to prolong expositor to strong bad smells you have been afflicted with No Sense of Smell]
Affliction: No Sense of Smell
Description – Some are born without it while others lose it. A sense of smell is very important to survive in this eat or be eaten in the world. Too bad, you can't smell that monster that's about to bite your head off.
Loses the ability to smell
Can no longer detect things through smell
Cannot smell rotten food
Immune to Stench Status
The condition can be cured with expositor to good smell after a good bath
"Well that's unexpected." the Uzumaki commented before hearing a sound but she couldn't tell from where it was coming from. "What was that?"
"Use your Scan! Just say it or think it and it will activate." Benihime reminded her. Then with a nod signaling, she understood Naruko used her first skill.
'Scan!' with that though a wave of chakra passed over the room like a sonar. It didn't take long for the scan to find the source of the noise besides a pillar of garbage. She then forced her eyes to focus on the creature that was about as tall as she was. This gave her the chance to analyze what she was facing.
Rat Lv1
HP: 10/10
MP: 0/0
ATK: 002
DEF: 001
SPD: 002
INT: 001
Description – Weakest of the weak with the only other contender for the title being simple Slimes. When this creature is alone its fairly easy to dispatch even though its one of the biggest pests in the world. However, giving its diet of rotten foods and living in less the sanitary areas the bites and claws of these creature has become dangerous to others as they can cause Poison status. WARNING: When facing 10 or more at the same time they can merge into The (False) Rat King.
Techniques: Tackle, Tailwhip, Scratch and Bite.
The creature hadn't noticed her yet so she tightens her hold on the scythe and took off running. Naruko threw all her strength on her swing but misjudged the distance between the blade and the rat's head. Thus, her blade ended up striking the garbage pile and alerting the monster. The rat screeched at her for interrupting its meal before it started to coil its body back.
"WATCH OUT!"
The fairy's warning came just in time to let the player jump as the animal dashed at her with a vicious Tackle. By pure luck, the rat sailed below her without causing damage. Still, as the girl landed her weapon remained stuck on the mountain of trash and she just heard the rat stop its movement to redirect itself to attack her once more. Naruko tried to desperately pull the weapon out and while it was working it wasn't as fast as she wanted to. Then right was the beast jumped to bite her she managed to pull the weapon free with a burst of strength. However, the girl could control the momentum and ended up spinning which was just enough to swat the rat out of midair with a blow to the head.
"It's stunning! Take it out now!" Benihime exclaimed just as Naruko stopped spinning. After shaking her head to get her bearings right, the girl looked for the creature and sure enough, it was on the animal was on the floor with (honest to god) two stars spinning on top of its head.
Rat Lv1 (Stunned)
HP: 4/10
MP: 0/0
Seeing her chance Naruko made sure to align the scythe's blade properly the rat's head. Then she lifted it as high as she could, took a calming breath and swung the blade down. The hit was as true as it speared through the creature's head and dealing the killing blow. What she didn't expect was the blast of blood the came out. It's paralyzed her as the body dissipated into pixelated dust and the reward screen appeared.
[Congratulations! You won!]
[You've gained 1XP.]
[Loot: 01 rat tail |Common| and 001 copper coin.]
Item: Rat Tail |Common| x001
Value: 001 copper
Description – Just a regular tail from a rat… the size of a human child. Wow, who knew they grew that big? Better call the exterminator!
Soon Naruko felt her mind start to relax as her Gamer Mind activated, she managed to process that: 1) yes, she just had her first kill; 2) if she had not done so she would have died; 3) she had not taken pleasure in it but knew it had to be done. Thus, opened her inventory screen and sure enough, the rat tail was there along with side copper coin. In doing so she noticed that her inventory had infinite space however it seems that there was a limit on how many of the same item she could carry. Either way, she closed the Inventory and looked at her XP bar.
Naruko Uzumaki Lv1 ~ Trickster Queen ~ (No Sense of Smell)
XP: 1/99
HP: 50/50
MP: 1,295/1,305
"Great, I just killed my first enemy and it felt like it was all luck." Naruko commented with a frown and threw a questioned looked at her weapon. "Do you think I made a mistake by choosing this thing?"
"Everyone makes mistake their first time and luck is always a factor in anything you. So, I take the win and let's keep going!" Banihime answered to the enthusiasm which made the girl smile as she felt the energy infect her too.
"Okay, where to now?" she asked but the fairy only answered by pointing at her eyes. 'Oh, right. Scan!' Once more the wave of chakra sonar spread over the room and another target appeared but this time to her side. She turned and looked at the mountain of trash her weapon had been stuck in earlier.
Garbage Pile Lv1 Objective
HP: 80/100
"Guess is time to clean up." the blonde announced before turning her weapon to hit with the back of the scythe so as not to waste the already worn-down blade. Next, she proceeded to continuously hit the target.
-3HP
-3HP
-3HP
-3HP
Confused by the small amount damaged surprised her considering she had hit it before. She remembers the last time the damage had been 20 points so why now was it less. Then she face-palmed at realizing the blade was the one doing the damage. She weights her option on whether to keep wasting time on small hits and probably reduce damage to her weapon or speeding up the process and more than likely destroy her weapon. Sighing in defeat she turned the blade and sliced at the objective.
-10HP
Sure enough, the attack did more damage and this time the blade didn't get stuck on the trash. Hence, the attack was repeated as many times as was needed to destroy the object. At the same, she was wish with all her might that this didn't damage her weapon.
[Objective Destroyed!]
[001/100 Garbage Piles destroyed]
[9/10 Garbage Piles left in this room]
[Reward: 1 gold key fragment]
Item: Gold key fragment |Rare| x001
Value:500 Silver
Description – A fragment of a much larger key. Collect 10 fragments to create a Golden Key.
Naruko raised an eyebrow at the key fragment she just won and its value but decided to keep it. She has no idea what those keys are for and with that high value, it best to wait for the chance to make the Golden Key see what that could open. Still, she gulped to calm herself and scanned her weapon.
[Congratulations!]
[Do to acting smart and letting your inquisitive mind flourish you have unlocked the skill Appraisal!]
Crafting Skill: Appraisal [Lv1]
XP: 0/100
MP: 5MP
Description – A valuable skill for any artisan, crafter, blacksmith or any treasure hunter. With practice, the user will be able to tell the parameters and even its wildest secrets. Maybe you might even find out something about the object that no one knew before.
[Appraisal has been activated for free since it was just created.]
That was a surprise to the Uzumaki the such a useful skill would just materialize like that but she wasn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth. Therefore, she once more looked at her rusty scythe and her eye widened at what she saw. For the most part, everything was the same except for a now added skill and that she finally noticed something missing. That which was missing was a durability stat on the weapon and no matter how hard she looks for it no such attribute appeared on the weapon.
"Surprise!" Benihime screamed with a proud grin "That's part of the Gamer Soul package. It has bent reality in such a weapon that now none of your weapons can break from repeated usage. However, they can still be broken by something much stronger or harder than itself. So, for example, a simple bronze weapon could easily slice through your rusty blade. That not even mentioning that the handle of your weapon is a simple wooden stick."
The gamer nodded in appreciation for the knowledge that she would not have to deal with weapon maintenance. That by itself was a great relief for her because frankly speaking, she didn't know how one kept weapon in tip-top shape and one ever bothered to teach her. Of course, there existed the probability that they did teach that in the academy and it was either during one of the times she skipped class or when she was kicked out of the classroom for whatever reason a teacher would think off if she hadn't done anything yet. Nonetheless, Naruko came back to read the new skill added to her weapon.
Weapon Ability: Poison of Rust
Description – Did you had your tetanus shot yet? If not please be careful when handling this rusted blade.
Poison status chance UP 1% for each hit during an encounter. (Max 100%)
Chance reset after each encounter.
The whiskered girl had to admit that it was a cool effect if a little weird with how it was implemented. Still, it was enough for now plus she still had a whole "castle" to get through. Though now that she thought about, she looked around the room and noticed beside the mountains of garbage the place looked a normal apartment but with everything being much bigger as if to house giants and not humans. It was almost making her feel even smaller. Her only consolation is that the trash was still normal size even when piled up to towers bigger than her. But that was enough distraction for now so she once more used her scanning skill to look for her next target.
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(1 hour later)
~ Floor1/Room10 ~
SLASH!
With that final hit, Naruko killed final rat on group floor alongside the 50th garbage pile that the beast had crashed into and destroyed with its dead body. Ignoring the congratulation screen, she looked around and saw the room shinning with little sparkles as with all was made to polish crystal. Not a speck of dust, dirt or blood anywhere as far as she could see. Her job had been going swimmingly well since the start of this new weird world she just jumped into. It was kind of cool how destroying all the piles on a room automatically cleaned it.
Somewhere along the way she managed to unlock two new skills: Two-Handed mastery and Scythe mastery. Both of these skills helped her greatly at learning to wield her unique weapon of choice. Two-Handed mastery was still at Lv1 so right now only gave her a +5% chance of landing a critical hit and letting her wield the weapon similar with both hands without a loss of accuracy or power. Scythe mastery, on the other hand, was already at Lv2 which gave her both a +5ATK for wielding scythe or scythe-like weapons (curtesy of Lv1) and a spinning throw that made the scythe come back like a boomerang (that was Lv2). The best part about the second skill being that the scythe would always come back to her hand without the chance to the thing cutting her to bits. Then she looked at her XP and HP.
Naruko Uzumaki Lv1 ~ Trickster Queen ~ (No Sense of Smell)
XP: 67/99
HP: 25/50
MP: 938/1,305
"Ouch, I had been feeling hurt for a while but I didn't think I had taken that much damage," she commented and then looked at her inventory to take out a couple of Herbs. Some were dropped by the Rats while others came as a reward for destroying the garbage piles. "Guess it's time to use this. How do I use it? Do I eat it, crush it or what?"
"It would be more effective to process it into a potion but right now just crush it and eat them." the winged lady explained and her mistress did as suggested. Give that they only healed 10HP per leaf she used three of them and it almost made her gag with how bitter they were but they got the job done. With that done they decided to up the second floor to finish the quest. Once they finished the stairs Naruko again used her Scan to look at the room.
[Skill LvUP!]
[Scan Lv2 = Target detection raised to 2]
Immediately as that happened, she detected two new enemy types. Her targets were a cockroach on the ground and a fly buzzing around in the air. Again both of the creatures were as big as her. She focusses first on the bug on the ground and then the winged one when it landed.
Roach Lv1
HP: 30/30
MP: 0/0
ATK: 003
DEF: 004
SPD: 005
INT: 001
Description – An insect considered a pest among almost any creature. Its exoskeleton shell gives it quite the defense for its level. However, its greatest advantage is its speed which could catch you off guard if you're not careful.
Techniques: Tackle, Bite, and Multi-kick
Fly Lv2
HP: 55/55
MP: 5/5
ATK: 003
DEF: 002
SPD: 004
INT: 002
Description – A pest that just will not leave you alone! Why does it keep circling you and your food?! This creature pukes its digestive fluid unto things so melts and is easier to eat. Given the fact that it likes rotten foot, a mutation has occurred that has made this acid far more dangerous to living creatures. Careful not to get your skin melted off from your bones!
Techniques: Tackle, Acid-Spit, Lift and Throw
Naruko started thinking about the situation she found herself in. Both monsters were near each other so no matter which she attacked the other would react and she was going to have to fight both. She was sure that her scythe could get pass the roach's shell but that could leave her wide open for a shot of acid to the face once the fly takes flight. However, she needs to take out the fly before that thing starts buzzing around because she almost had no way of hitting it if it did besides throw her scythe. But that option also left unharmed against the roach for a least a second or two.
"This wouldn't have happened if you had practiced with those throwing knives of your."
"Shut up! And the knives are called Kunai while the stars are Shuriken. Besides, they're rusty and chipped to heck. Those things would break with one cut!"
"Yep, just like your rusty scythe."
The blonde had the decency to blush in embarrassment at her excuse been so easily rebuked. Nonetheless, she stayed closed to the shadows while concentrating her focus on the fly. Thankfully neither monster noticed her and she managed to get right behind the winged insect. She readied her weapon, took aim, and launched it!
'Boomerang Scythe!' and with that mental shout, she felt her MP drain into the weapon as it went soaring through the air. The weapon gave a light buzzing sound as it cut through the air which causes the fly to turns its body slightly toward the sound. The move was enough for the attack to miss the creature's head but it made its wings the new target. Without mercy, the scythe sliced its way through the creature's wings and makes the monster scream as it fell on the ground trashing in pain.
The scream alerted the roach that quickly turned toward her presence. With frightening speed, the brown insect went for a full power Tackle. Naruko tried to dodge by sidestepping it but it was too fast for her and it clipped her leg with enough force to throw her off-balance. That caused her to spin on one leg before faceplanting on the floor and receive a good -10HP. Her hand still rose automatically to catch her weapon as part of her last technique. She quickly stabbed the pommel of the weapon on the ground and push herself to her knees.
"NARUKO! WATCH OUT!"
Benihime's warning almost came to later to save the novice. At the yell, the adventure turns the blade backward and slammed the weapon behind her right shoulder. She felt the blade sink into her attacker's body and the pained screech solidified that thought which made her smirk. The small victory was cut short as she noticed that fly had turn back unto its legs and she could tell it was looking at her with rage. Then the creature's stomach seemed to swell twice its size before the bulge starts traveling upwards.
Thinking quickly got to her feet and using the pole of her weapon like an improvised sling, bent the pole before jumped as high she could as it shot up. The fly flung the acid at her and she managed to escape the main hit but the slash damage still got her legs. Even the few drops of digestive fluid burn more than she thought it would plus that -5HP didn't make things any better. Not wanting to see what a full hit would do given that the puddle was already making a hole on the ground, Naruko spun on top of the pommel of her weapon. Then swung all of her weight away from her attacker while the scythe worked like a seesaw and rose the roach as the whiskered girl went down.
That worked just as she intended as the big cockroach transformed into a perfect shield against the acid. That tactic didn't last long however since her 'shield' only lasted for two more hits before it was melted off her weapon. Quickly the blonde threw her scythe again at the insect and ran behind a mountain of trash. Out of side from the insect, the ponytailed girl bolted as fast as her legs could take her and possibly get behind her opponent. She was partially successful in this but the creature decided that jump while using its damaged wings to move and dodge her scythe.
The fly was successful in dodging both the spinning attack plus the left punch she had thrown to tired and stop the creature from dodging. However, its cut-up wings were not strong enough to keep it in the air. Poor Naruko ends up once more with her face kissing the floor as the monster crashed on top of her. That was another -3HP down and when the creature started trashing…
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
-1HP
"GET OFF!" Naruko yelled as her left hand shot up and caught her scythe. The process the rusty blade sliced the winged pest's back badly enough that it rolled off of her in pain. She quickly got up and glared at the monster. The Gamer Mind activated before she could scream at it but she could still feel a boiling rage in her that required a release. So, she walked in front of the monster after which she looked between its weapon and the dizzy creature.
Unknowingly channeling her chakra into the weapon, she spun it behind her and gave the fly an upward slash from left to right across its face. Then at the highest point gave it another spin and slashed downward from left to right. This followed by another repeat of the original attack that was again followed by the follow-up. Yet it wasn't enough as she kept repeating spinning slashes again and again while adding a horizontal attack. This continued until it looked like she was attacking with six rings that were constantly spinning around; 1 over her head, 2 crisscrossed, 1 around her waist, and 1 on each hand. During all of this, the poor insect was being sliced and diced to pieces.
Then with one final slash across the face, the blonde was done and the fly fell apart in a puddle of green blood and dismembered body parts.
[Congratulations! You won!]
[You've gained 5XP.]
[Loot: 01 insect antenna |Common|, 01 pair of insect wings |Common| and 005 copper coin.]
[Congratulations! You have created your first original technique!]
[You have created Whirlwind of Doom!]
Combat skill: Whirlwind of Doom [Lv1]
XP: 0/100
Damage = -5HP per spin
Bleeding chance 75% on each hit (Most have bladed when equipped)
Dismembering chance 5% on each hit (Most have bladed when equipped)
MP Cost: 25MP + 3MP for each spinning after the 10th
Description – A technique created by Naruko Uzumaki but easy to replicate for those with enough skill. Imbue your long shaft weapon with your chakra and make it spin around your body with your hands and arms as fast you can. The chakra trails left by the shaft creates small rings that act as a barrier around you and protect you from incoming attacks. Meanwhile, your weapon will attack your opponents and/or relieved them of their limbs if used with a blade. If used with lance or scythe class weapons this technique can cause Bleeding or Dismembered status.
The whiskered girl exhaled through her nose as she read the new window. Around the 4th and 5th room, she had asked Benihime if it was possible to stop getting a description for every new item she came across. The fairy had responded that she just needed to go to the settings tabs for that. There the trickster set things to only be informed about Legendary (purple) and Epic (brilliant gold) rarity items. The new technique was a surprise though since all she had done was follow her instincts and release that sudden burst of anger.
Still knowing that could create a new technique and maybe even jutsu, later on, brought an existed grin to her lips as she gasps her weapon. It finally clicked to the young kunoichi in training what was happening. She was finally doing it! All of these new powers, techniques, and items were making a path toward her dream of being Hokage!
'And all because of a cute little fairy.' the blonde thought while looking at her companion. Out of a whim to show gratitude she decided to use two fingers to scratch to girl's red mane. The reaction was certainly cute as the pixel winged creature started to vibrate while giggling in joy. Naruko giggles too but stopped after a few moments which causes the Navi to shake its head and look at her with a confused smile.
"What was that for?"
"For giving me a chance to achieve my dream." the preteen answered cryptically before looking around. Her exploration of the lower room has already taught her that every garbage pile that was at least taller than her was an objective to destroy. Hence, she ignored those in favor of the monster prowling about. 'Well then, let's keep this thing going. Scan!'
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Author Notes:
I don't know why I'm doing this. The inspiration just came to me and I had to write it. A still want to finish Valkyrie's Empire but for some reason, I just can't. It's like the word won't come out. Either way, if this story continues, I want to say a few things:
#1: I know this first chapter might be on the dry side but I wanted to establish how the Gamer powers work in this story.
#2: Think of Benihime as Navi from Zelda but less "HEY LISTEN!" and more Persona 4 & 5's Rise and Futaba's "It's down! Take him out!" helpfulness. I just felt that Naruko need a small companion to help her discover her new powers. Plus, it also saves me the part of our protagonist questioning what are those windows she is seeing and why now everyone has bars over their head at only she can see.
#3: The main pairing for this story will be NaruHina but I'll add in Ino a little later for more yuri goodness.
#4: Sasuke and Sakura will be "bad" at the start but I plan for them to become friendly with Naruko. Though probably most of this will happen once they are in Team 7.
#5: Naruko is starting the final semester of the Ninja Academy so she won't have years to grind out XP and become God-like before she even gets the rank of Genin. Kakashi would still kick her ass with one hand tied behind his back in a full-frontal attack.
#6: Yes, I made chakra into MP just to make it easier to write and put the same excuse in the story to cement that fact!
Quick Edit: Changed bronze coins to copper to match the old Gold-Silver-Copper standard.
Update: 08/17/2019
I want to thank the guest that uses the handle Fourteen for telling me about Grammarly. Really, thank you for that because it showed me just how many errors I had while writing. Hopefully, now this work wouldn't be a trainwreck!
Update: 04/22/2020
Grammar