"Let's raise our cups to our guild, Black Cats of the Night! Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

Naruto sat on the chair, holding a cup while watching the group of players, cheering him for saving one of their teammates. It was a girl who he saved her life. He saw them battling with monsters, but the girl didn't attack and somehow got scared he had seen. So, Naruto had to stop by and save the girl's life from them. After that event, the group wanted him to come with them and have a drink with them.

"And a toast to the man we owe our lives to, Naruto! Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers…" Naruto said awkwardly while hearing them saying 'thank you' to him. Then, he looked at the girl who called his name. She has shoulder-length black hair and a small mole right under the corner of her right eye. She wore a light blue tunic with a chestguard, a knee-length short skirt, and grayish boots.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" The girl said.

"It's no big deal. It's my job to keep the cute girl alive." He said.

The girl blushed when he called her cute girl. "I was scared out of my mind, so I was very relieved when you came to help us."

"Yeah, I-I noticed." Naruto said. He could feel people's emotions of positivity and negativity. Well, the negative emotion belonged to Kurama's unique ability.

"Hey, Naruto. I know it's rude of me to ask, but what level are you?" The guild leader asked. His name is Keita. He had had short brown hair and brown eyes and was dressed in light, brown clothing with metals

"Level?! I didn't know there was a level!" Naruto remembered he didn't have a character menu like the player had. Nothing with him, he's a real-life person and shinobi who came from a different dimension. "Uhh… Level 25." He lied to them.

He didn't like lying to people, but he had to protect his secret from anyone. He didn't know there was a character level in the game. Well, he is a ninja and never played video games in his life, but he played card games with his friends.

"Wow. That's about above us. You must be grinding so hard to level up." Keita said.

"Yeah…" Naruto said, remembering he went on solo and destroyed 20 bosses. He cleared the 20th floor for the players to live.

It took him 2 months to beat 20 Floor Bosses because they are tough. But, he had some players that helped him to fight against them. Nobody died in the boss room. Not even a single one on his watch, but there were rumors that a couple of hundred players died in the battle. Some of them were killed by the strong monster in the field. Some of them were dead from suicide. Some of them were murdered by players.

Not only did he do it for the players to live, but he did just for himself to get out of here and help Sasuke to fight Kaguya.

Beating the bosses was easy from the first start, but the levels have changed whenever he goes up the floor. Every small mob he encountered, they gave him a little trouble from approaching the boss's room. Not too worried because he could take them on his own without help. Besides, he had 9 bijuus and could easily destroy all bosses if he wanted to, but it would take out the whole place too. However, he could use his own powerful jutsu as long as there's no one nearby.

"Hey, I have an idea. Why don't you join our guild?" Keita asked.

His voice snapped Naruto out from his thoughts as he looked at him. "G-Guild?" He heard him, but he didn't have that kind of stuff. "I…I…"

"Sorry, sorry! I didn't mean to rush it. I'll let you have more time to think about it." He said

"Thanks…" Naruto said. He is so lucky that the leader of the guild lets him decide or not. If yes, he'll get exposed.

On second thoughts, he never rested from his battles since he left his old team behind. He went straight up and destroyed bosses and minions. He was a reckless man and didn't stop until he beat the video game and saved everyone. That was his reckless plan. No resting. No eating, but now that he ate the food here with the group.

It was ridiculous that he had fought the bosses for 2 months. Kurama and the others told him not to be worried because his own time is different from this one.

"The only player we have that can handle being a forward is Tetsuo, a mace-wielder." Keita said as he's now patting the girl's head. "This is Sachi. I was thinking of switching her over to be a one-handed sword and shield, so she could be a forward too. It doesn't look like she's got the feel of it yet, though. I was wondering if you could coach her a little."

"Geez, why are you treating me like I'm useless?" Sachi asked. "Anyway, it'd be too scary if you made me fight close-range all of a sudden."

The way they talk and their voices. It made Naruto smile when he remembered he and his team worked together with their sensei. Strange… somehow their voices are in his head and could picture them. It was nice and the best memories in his life. They made him tired as his eyes started to blink, but he didn't want to rest until he reached Floor 100. His friends needed him. His world needed him.

Naruto felt weak and tired in his body because he cleared 20 Floors and destroyed the bosses. He didn't want to give up, but his body couldn't take it anymore.

"Naruto?" Sachi asked as she saw his eyes were closing before he suddenly fell off the chair and his body dropped on the ground. Then, that loud noise surprised everyone as they ran toward him.

"Hey, are you okay?!" Keita asked in concern as he looked at his friends. "Help me up!"

"Got it!"

After Naruto's body dropped and lost his consciousness, Keita and his guildmates took him to the bedroom where he could rest. They called a doctor NPC to check on him. Well, he didn't hurt anything on his body. He was just tired and needed to sleep. Once he slept a whole day and fully recovered, he could be awake at any time.

"Oh my god! That scared me like hell!" Ducker said.

"Relax people. He's just tired what the doctor said." Keita said as he sat down on the chair and looked at Naruto. Well, he couldn't just leave him in the bedroom. Someone needs to watch him.

"What's the plan, boss?" Tetsuo asked.

"Nothing much. No plan. He'll awake tomorrow." Keita said as he looked at Sachi. "Sachi, why don't you stay here and watch him?"

"Sure. I don't mind." Sachi smiled as she nodded and her teammates started to leave them alone. Everyone is gone. It's just her and Naruto in one room.

Naruto… Sachi made some thoughts of him. It was shocking that Naruto fainted because he got so tired. She and the guildmates tried to walk him up, but he didn't respond to them. He was knocked out. It was strange because a player wouldn't faint in the game, but Naruto did it so real. Taking a guess, he must have fought through mobs or bosses without resting. Hard to believe if this was true or not, but she wanted to believe.

She scooted her chair over to get closer to Naruto, who was on the bed, but stopped when he saw his black-orange jacket on the other chair. Naruto's jacket was torned out. There was a huge torned on the back of the jacket and missing the right sleeve. How is that possible? The game shouldn't allow for torn clothing. Was it just a bug? Then, she looked at the blond man on the bed. If this is true, she could go ask him when he wakes up.

"I wonder… Is he…?" Sachi thought as she sat back on her chair and looked at Naruto. She swallowed as she looked back to the door to make sure nobody would enter in. She had a pink blush on her cheeks that she's going to do very…very ridiculous things.

She moved her body over the bed and carefully, not waking Naruto up. All she wanted… is touching his whisker marks on the cheeks. They looked cute… and almost like fox's whiskers. She was curious about how real they were. She just needed to touch them and feel them if they're real-

"Hey, Sachi! I forgot something!"

That voice is Keita and made her shriek in low as she covered her mouth not to wake Naruto up. She quickly ran to the door and opened the door for her leader. "What is it?" She asked as she noticed he's holding a blanket.

"I thought you're going to need a blanket, so you can go to sleep." He said as he looked over her head to see Naruto and looked back at her. "Something wrong?"

"It's nothing! Nothing wrong!" She said with a light blush as she grabbed a blanket from him and shut the door in front of him.

That was a close one… She almost screwed it up because all she wanted to know was if Naruto is a player or a real person. His black-orange jacket looked very real and torn, but she needed to forget about that. She had to go to sleep for tomorrow because she had to go to the field and gain more experience.

The next morning, Naruto slowly awoke when a chime of bells made loud noises, even worse than his damn alarm clock and his friends' prank. He slowly rubbed his eyes with hand and released his yawn after he had a good sleep last night. Looking at the place he's in, he was laid on the bed in the bedroom. Right, he fainted because he got really tired from fighting the boss. Naruto started to get up, but he felt his blanket was pulled on his left side as he looked on his side.

He spotted Sachi who slept on the chair and her head laid on his bed with a blanket over her body, but almost slipped off her body. Naruto smiled as he pulled the blanket for her to cover her body. He guessed that it was her and her friends who helped him and put him on the bed when he fainted. It was very hard working for him to pass through the floor 1 to 20 on his own.

"Maybe…I do need rest." Naruto thought as he got off of a bed slowly not to wake Sachi up. He noticed his jacket and headband were missing.

His jacket is on the chair and his headband is on the table. He grabbed them and equipped them on him.

There's one last thing he almost forgot is his pouch on the table, but he had to check it in if he still had weapons there. When he opened it, the word 'Inventory' suddenly popped up from his pouch. There were so many items that he slayed the monsters. Some of them were small monsters from the dungeon. The equipment and weapon emblems are from the bosses that he defeated.

"Damn, that's a lot." Kurama said as he looked at the items list. "They must have dropped in your pouch."

"Yeah, you guessed it." Naruto thought as he scrolled down to look at the items. So, this is the character's menu and how the game works. "Shall I keep them all?"

"Those rewards are from bosses, so yes. It'll be a good idea to keep them." Matatabi said.

"Alright then." He said as he closed the inventory and it went back into his pouch. He heard Sachi's moaning as he turned around and saw she was awakened from her sleep. "Good morning."

"Morning…" She yawned as she stretched her arms out and looked at Naruto who awoke first before her. But then, she noticed he's awake. "Naruto, you're awake!"

"I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm just tired because I didn't have a chance to sleep. Thank you." He smiled as he put his pouch on his back hip.

He looked around his surroundings. It seemed like he's in an inn. According to the game system, this is where players rest to heal their health without needing a doctor.

It amazed him that people could do that, but it's only in the video game. Since Naruto had recovered, he was ready to head for the dungeon and fight the boss, but Sachi quickly ran and stopped him from leaving the room. She suddenly grabbed his arm and made him look at her.

"D-Don't go! Rest here!" Sachi said before she realized she was holding his arm as she let go of it. "Sorry."

Naruto just chuckled at her as he gave her a head pat. "I'm okay! I'm one hundred percent!" He said with a smile as he gave her a thumb up. It was very nice to have someone worried about him.

"I know you are fine, but your clothes are torn off." Sachi said while looking at his torn-off clothes. "I-I think it'll be better for you to stay here with us and get you some new equipment. Keita wouldn't mind."

"Listen, Sachi. I'm happy that you want to help me, but I don't accept rewards from the people I already helped." He said.

"But still, you need to get new equipment for yourself. You helped me." She said as she took his hand and held it with her two hands. "Now, it's my turn to repay you back. You can't deny my request! I will repeat that question again and again until you say yes!"

Naruto didn't know what to say with this girl right now, but he sighed in defeat and looked at Sasha. "Alright, I will accept your request. You know you don't have to hold my hand like that." He reminded her that she's holding his hand.

"Ehh?" She looked at his hand, realizing she held his hand as she quickly let go of it and instantly blushed on her cheeks. "S-Sorry!"

Then, he chuckled at her for being an adorable person, but he stopped and gave another sigh as he walked toward the door. He opened it and found three guys, just falling down on top of each other when he opened the door. Their guild leader stood behind them and shook his head from side to side.

"You guys! H-How long have you guys listened?" Sachi asked nervously with a blush.

"Well…" Tetsuo began, but trailed off while scratching his back of the head and didn't know what to say.

"You guys!" She started to chase three boys as they got up quickly and ran away from her.

Keita laughed at his guild members, watching them as they ran downstairs and left them. "So you're planning to stay here for a while. We could use your assistance to gain our experience to level up." He said.

"I…" Naruto began, but trailed off the sentence not sure if he should stay here. He needed to get to the top of the floor.

Kurama reminded him that his world's time is different from this world's time. According to this dimension from his homeland, it didn't affect the time in his homeland. It took Naruto almost 2 months to beat 20 floors on his own, so...the time was kinda messed up and confused in his thoughts. He still didn't get it about time stuff, but someday, he would get used to it.

Perhaps Naruto could stay here and help Keita and his friends to level them up. But, he wouldn't bring them to the dungeon because he could destroy the monsters and their boss. He didn't want them to think he's a cheater or overpowered player. Also, he needed to learn how to use the game system because he didn't play games a lot.

"Perhaps… Sachi is right…" Naruto said as he looked at his own clothes that were torn off from the war. "I really need new equipment."

"Alright! Cool!" Keita said.

Keita and his guildmates were having a tough time fighting the big mantis. Sasamaru attacked the mantis with his spear and caused the creature to back away. However, the mantis wasn't aimed at the attacker, it was aimed at Sachi, who had a sword and shield. The blade of mantis's front leg swung toward the girl, but she used her shield to block its attack. However, she lost a small cry when the mantis growled at her and began another attack.

Sasha blocked another one, but her body seemed to lose the balance after she received a great impact on her shield.

"Sachi, get back! I got this!" Naruto yelled as he ran in front of Sachi and sliced off the right blade of mantis's front leg before it could reach her. In his turns, he deflected mantis's other blade up into the air with his kunai. "Tetsuo, switch!" He called out someone to switch him.

Naruto finally learned how to use the game system and game menu. He learned how to communicate with players like what he just said 'switch' to tell Tetsuo because he's a Forward. Honestly, he didn't understand what it meant.

Tetsuo nodded as he charged forward and swung his mace on the side of mantis's body. Instantly, that was critical damage because the creature died right now.

"Alright, I level up!" He cheered as he saw his level had gone up into level 23 from level 22. All of his guildmates gave him a small celebration.

Naruto gave Tetsuo a smile before his sleeve was pulled by Sachi's hand as he looked at her. "Sachi, what is it?" He asked.

"Thank you for saving me again. And, I'm sorry." She said.

"Hey, hey. No need to say sorry to me. I'm cool with this." He said, but he noticed Sachi's face showed a drowning expression. "Sachi?"

"Oh! It's nothing! I… I have something to say to Tetsuo." Sachi said as she quickly changed it into a happy face and ran toward Tetsuo.

Naruto blinked his eyes at Sachi for showing that kind of expression. He had experiences of missions, remembering the people show their drowning expressions like Sachi. That would be the fear of dying.

He wouldn't blame Sachi for showing her fear because she was the same age as his age. She wasn't like Keita and the others. She was a young girl and had her family, waiting for her until she returned home to them.

"Naruto, why are you standing?! Come on!"

"Coming!" Naruto said as he ran to catch up with his friends.

For the next hour and a half, Naruto and the Black Cats members rested on the beautiful grass, outside of the forest. Sachi and the guildmates were on upper selection while eating their lunches. Naruto and Keita were on the bottom while talking to each other.

Keita lied on the ground while reading the newspaper. "So the clearing group made it past the 28th floor, huh? Amazing." He read as his eyes rolled down for the next paragraph.

"Was there anything else?" Naruto asked.

"There was a rumor that the players were talking about one player. I think it was a solo player who cleared 2 floors to 27 floors until finally the players cleared the other floors." He said.

Naruto gulped nervously because that solo player was him who cleared the floors. He stayed with them for 1 month, but he summoned a clone of himself to clear the floors for him. But, it wasn't too easy for his clone to handle himself. He had to overpower them in order to destroy them without any problems, but it's in the newspapers and brought the players attention. So, his clone dispelled himself to cover and not draw attention to the players. Probably best for him to hide himself and take a break from the fight.

At least, he and his clone made it this far just for the players to live and handle the floors by themselves. When his time had come, he could come back and clear the floors again just like his plan. Maybe, he would do 20 floors again without wasting his time until he reached the last floor.

"So… what did you think?" Naruto asked Keita about the newspaper.

"Let's see… To tell you the truth. I want to find this player because maybe it tried to keep everyone alive. Some people think that a solo player is a cheater or a hacker, but I don't buy that. I think this player has willpower." He said.

"A willpower?" He asked.

"I guess you could call it the determination to protect your friend or rather, all the players. Right now, even though we're the one being protected, I'd like to believe my determination is just as strong. Of course, the safety of my friends is my top priority." Keita said as he looked up to the sky. "However… Someday, I hope we'll all be able to join the clearing group." He finished his speech with a great smile on his face.

Seeing his smile, Naruto couldn't help but smile back at him after he listened to his speech. About Keita, he was actually a good person with a good soul and kind heart in him. Funny things about him, he was kinda just like him. Determination. Protect the friends or all the players. Safety of the friends is Keita's top priority.

Honestly, Naruto didn't know what guild was, but just found out that guild is like a team or alliance. Maybe, Keita could make a good guild and great leader of the Black Cats. Naruto almost made up his mind to join his guild, but he can't because he has things to do in his world.

"Keita, you're gonna to be a great leader of the guild." Naruto said quietly.

"Huh? What did you say-" Keita interrupted one of his friends, who jumped on him. "Hey, get off me!" He pushed his friend and looked at Naruto, looking at his torned clothes.

"What's up?" Naruto noticed him.

"Since you've been here with us a while, Sachi could show you where you buy new armor." He said.

"That would be nice." He said

After a few hours, the night was set and Naruto stayed in the field fighting the monsters. They are easy to him as he slashed the last two with his kunai. He has been doing training for himself, so he could remember the monster's movement, and this floor is 27th. He was right underneath the Floor 28th.

Since the monsters are gone now, he planned to head back to the town and didn't want his friends to get worried about him. As he was on top of a hill, he found a familiar person with red hair and red bandana. He wore red samurai armor and wielded a katana while fighting the monsters.

"Kirito told me about him… He must be Klein…?" Naruto thought as he continued to watch Klein's fight and he has improved since his first game. Then, Klein finished the monster with a final slash.

He sheathed his katana and was surprised when he saw the blonde on the tophill. "Hey guys, those monsters are yours." He said to his friends as he ran up to greet him.

"You must be Klein. Kirito told me about you."

"Kirito told you about me… Oh yes! You're the one guy who Kirito was talking about! He told me about you! Wow!" Klein said as he grabbed his hand and shook it. "It's nice to meet Kirito's new friend!"

Naruto nodded and shook Klein's hand back, but he wondered if this guy knew about his secret. Back all the way to 1st Floor Boss, he accidently used Rasengan to deliver the final attack against Illfang in front of three witnesses, Kirito, Asuna, and Agil. Well, he was stupid to use that, but this time, he won't make that mistake again.

The shinobi looked at Klein. "Come to think of it, have you seen Kirito?" He asked, trying to get him to avoid the question before he could ask.

"I've seen him sometimes, but he kept worried about his life. I don't know if you heard him, but I could tell that you haven't." He said.

"Kirito worried about his life? What has happened to him since I last saw him." Naruto remembered he fought aside Kirito and Asuna against the first boss. "I haven't heard or met him. What do you mean?"

"Well… As Kirito's friend, I wouldn't like to tell you about him. So, I think it would be better for you to ask him yourself." Klein said.

Naruto nodded without saying words before he left him and said farewell to him. He took out a blue crystal on his hand and it was his first time to use it. He followed what Sachi said to him, so he spoke 'Teleport to Taft' and he instantly teleported to the place he wished to go.

Before he went back, a message appeared in his character's menu. He touched the message logo and the note showed him.

"This is Keita. Sachi went out and hasn't returned. We'll go look for her in the dungeon area."

"Sachi…" Naruto said before he began to find her.

It wasn't too hard for him to find Sachi because he followed her aura by sensing with a sensor. He slid on the small hill and found her, hiding under the bridge. As Naruto approached her, his footsteps made her head turn to him. It surprised her that she was found by her friend, Naruto.

"Naruto?" She called his name.

"Everyone's worried." Naruto replied as he continued to walk toward her and sat down next to her. He looked at her eyes, showing him the pain and scared. "Sachi, something you wanted to say?"

"Let's run away together." Sachi answered. "From this town, the monsters, the Moonlit Black Cats and Sword Art Online."

"Why?" He asked.

"Because I'm scared of dying." She said as she held her knees. "I'm so scared, I haven't been able to sleep lately."

"You won't die."

Sachi's eyes widened in shock as she looked at Naruto. "Really? How can you be so sure?" She asked.

"You have me and your friends." Naruto said with a smile. "Don't forget. The Black Cats will always be beside you. If you're afraid of dying, you can count on me, so you don't have to fight as a vanguard."

"Will I really survive? Can I go back to the real world someday?" She asked before she saw Naruto had his pinky finger up.

"You will survive. Trust me. As a man with words, I promise that you will survive and go back to the real world." He said, wearing the same smile to cheer Sachi up.

Sachi widened her eyes in shock while looking at his azure eyes. "I… I…" She grabbed Naruto's pinky finger before she stood up quickly and hugged this man.

Naruto blinked his eyes in confusion and got embarrassed on his face from Sachi's unexpected reward. "S-Sachi, you… Why? Huh?" He asked, but stopped asking too many questions.

"Please, Naruto… Can we stay like this for a couple minutes?" Sachi asked, continued to hug him and her arms wouldn't let go of him.

"I… Alright…" He accepted as he wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her back.

[The next day. Location: Floor 27]

"You see? I told you it is a piece of cake." Ducker said with a smirk.

"Just a bit more and we might make it to the front lines." Sasamaru said.

Naruto was right behind them and stayed on his guard while looking around the dungeon. It was just him and the four guildmates because the leader went to Starting Town to purchase the house for the guild. After he left, Ducker made a plan that they would go to Floor 27, but Naruto was concerned and warned him that it'll be a bad idea. Ducker and the others were about level 24, not enough to fight high monsters in Floor 27.

Sadly, they didn't agree with Naruto, so they went straight up to Floor 27. However, Naruto had to go with them. Just in case, he could help them fight the monsters because he's way above them.

"Oh, look!" Ducker said as he ran toward the wall, pressing on the runes and the door secretly opened.

"A secret door? Something isn't right here…" Naruto thought, feeling uneasy about the secret room. He watched Ducker and the two boys ran inside the room without looking around. "Wait! Hold up-" It was too late for him to warn them when Ducker opened the chest and the room flashed with red light.

The door behind them shut itself and locked them inside. There were two doors that opened from right and left, revealing to be a small group of mobs called 'Dark Dwarf Miner'. Another one called 'Granite Elemental' just spawned in the room from nowhere. Sachi and the others stayed close to Naruto.

They knew what to do next when they're in a trap by using a Teleport Crystal to get them out of here. But, the things aren't good what they thought they couldn't do.

"Teleport to Taft!" Ducker called out, but it didn't work. "Teleport Taft!" He repeated.

"The crystals aren't working!" Sachi said.

Naruto gritted his teeth as he unsheathed his kunai. "Everyone! Stay close to each other!" He said as he charged the first dwarf that was in front of him. He blocked the pickaxe with his blade and threw his high kick to the dwarf's head.

Looking at his surroundings, he saw Ducker and Sasamaru were struggling against Dark Dwarf Miner and Granite Elemental. They're not high enough to defeat them, so Naruto ran toward them and helped them to push the monsters off. He blocked and slashed them whenever he saw, damaging them into low health. With his friends he just helped, they managed to kill the low health monsters.

A scream caught Naruto's attention. He turned around and got worried when he saw Sachi and Tetsuo fighting the monsters, but it wasn't too good for Sachi. She blocked a few hits from Granite Elemental, but her spear got flipped up into the air. Her body was wide opened for the enemies that could finish her off now. Granite Elemental was the first that began to swing its arm with blade toward Sachi's body and kill her life, but one blade stopped its attack before it could reach her life.

"Naruto…?" Sachi saw Naruto save her life from the monster by blocking the attack for her. Then, the blond man deflected Granite Elemental's blade up into the air and smashed into its stomach with a blue energy orb on his right hand.

He destroyed the monster, getting it stuck into his attack and launched it away, taking more in before finally coming to stop. Naruto was furious at this and decided to go to the next level. He crossed his fingers, summoning ten clones himself, and fighting the monsters beside him. Sachi and her friends were shocked at him, fighting the ambushed monsters with his small army of himself. They were only 10 clones, but they started to clear them out without having a problem.

With Naruto and his clones in here, there was a chance they could survive in the trap room. So, they fought together with them, destroying all of the monsters as best they could. After 5 minutes, they destroyed all of the monsters in the trap room. Sachi and her friends cheered their victory over the mob monsters before collapsing to the ground in exhaustion. They couldn't believe they survived through the trap, all thanks to Naruto, who helped them.

"Hey, Naruto. I don't know what kind of skills you have, but your army helped us-" Ducker said with a smile before the blond turned around to him and had an angry expression on his face.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?! Running in like an idiot with no brain! You almost killed yourself and the rest of your friends!" He yelled at him, his red eyes and anger shocked Sachi and the two boys.

Sachi began to tremble, scared of Naruto's anger and his behavior. Naruto had never acted like this around her. Where was his smile she remembered? Where was the one that comforted her and made her smile?

She noticed Naruto's azure eyes turned into red eyes, almost looking like a demon.

"I told you not to go up Floor 27 because your level isn't high enough. If I wasn't with you people, you all would have been dead now!" Naruto continued yelling at Ducker, who got so scared of his wrath, but he finally realized he's using Kurama's chakra in front of Sachi and the others. He even used that to scare poor Ducker.

Naruto took a breath calmly, closing his eyes seconds later and reopened. His red eyes turned back into his normal eyes. Then, he looked at Sachi and the three boys, checking their HP bars if they were okay. Those people have leveled up into 27 from their current levels because they fought high leveled monsters.

He was so glad that he's here with them and protected them from the trap room. If he wasn't there with them, they would have died right now. They gave him a heart attack. He...didn't want them to die. He had an experience of the Shinobi War, too many good shinobis died in the battle. He didn't want to remember it again, so he sighed calmly and decided to lead Sachi and the group as their leader.

"Let's just get our reward and leave this place." Naruto said.

"Alright…" Ducker said softly, feeling ashamed to himself for putting himself and his friends in danger. Naruto was right after all. He kept feeling ashamed again, but his shoulder was touched by a hand and he turned to see Naruto, who did it.

"Ducker, I'm sorry for yelling at you. I didn't mean to go this far against you, yelling at you and lecturing you." He apologized softly, remembering he lost his friend's life in the war. Now, this one, he almost lost his friends' life.

After the trap was over, Naruto and the Moonlit Black Cats members went back to the inn. Sachi and the others thanked Naruto for saving their lives once more. The leader came back from the Starting Town and gave his guildmates great news that he purchased the house for guildhall. At that moment, Naruto decided to tell them his true level and apologized that he lied to them.

Naruto didn't tell them who he really was because he wasn't ready to tell them the truth. He almost forgot that he didn't have a level state on his character menu, so he made it up, just enough to cover himself.

"Hey, there is no need to apologize to me. It doesn't matter what your level is, but you saved their lives. If someone fell into the trap without you, they would have died there. Thank you." Keita said, bowing his head before Naruto. "But, do you have to leave?"

"I have to. If I stay here, I will cause your guild trouble." Naruto said with a smile. "I have a goal that I don't want to forget."

"You know, Naruto. If you want to, you can return to our guild anytime you want." He said.

Naruto looked surprised and smiled at him. "I will return here someday. And thank you." He said, starting to leave the guildhall.

He left the guildhall and headed up to the new floor, but he heard Sachi's voice, screaming his name as he stopped and turned around to her.

"Hey, what's up?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto, thank you for saving my life." Sachi said.

"You're welcome. I should be thanking you for… teaching me how to use my character menu…" He said while scratching his back of the head, feeling embarrassed he asked her to teach him.

Sachi giggled at his silliness. "Don't worry about it. There's no need to be embarrassed. I love helping." She said with a smile, blushing a bit at what she was about to do. "Before you go, I want to give you something in return. Please close your eyes."

Naruto just looked at her for a minute, so he shrugged his shoulders and did as he was told. He heard Sachi's footsteps, walking toward him so close… He felt her breathing on his face. His body shivered a bit for letting her get close to him, but Kurama told him to man up. He felt something wet touching his cheek, so he shot his eyes open and looked at Sachi's red face. She leaned back and smiled shyly at him.

This girl...just kissed him on his cheek. She must have gathered the courage just enough to give him a reward by kissing him on his cheek. Well… that was Naruto's first time to earn a kiss from Sachi.

"This is your reward...and… Don't tell anyone about this, okay!?" Sachi asked cutely.

Naruto chuckled at her adorable form. "Alright, alright. I won't tell anyone. Sachi, when you're in trouble, just message me. I will come if I can." He said with a smile as he began to head off, but...

"And Naruto." She called.

"What's up?" He said.

"I don't know what you are, but to me… you're a good person with a good heart in you! I hope you'll come back to us!" She said.

Naruto smiled as he raised his thumb up to Sachi. "Yeah!"

Note: Naruto won't be pair with Sachi if you guys were wondering and gonna ask that question. It will be him and Shino/Sinon, but before I get to fairy dance arc. I might make Naruto to have harem, but I'm not tooo sure. If you people are okay with that?