Naruto belongs to its creators. I own nothing.

Any other references are just references; I obviously can't claim them either.

I am a shitty and a very lazy writer, but I still try to proofread and execute grammar checks. Not well, but it's more effort than some people around here.


I don't think I need to bore you with the "being conscious while being born sucks" spiel. It's been well overdone by now. Though being thrown out into the world by my parents right after birth was extremely weird. No joke, I was stuck at the side of a random road for some time. Thankfully I was found by a traveling merchant and taken to Konoha. I was more of an abandoned child rather than a true orphan. I don't blame my parents though; I am the one who chose this route in the first place.

A couple of months after my arrival into the orphanage, the Nine-Tails attacked. I got a front-row seat and watched the destruction that ensued. Nearly shat myself at the sheer amount of power on display in the battle. True to my perk, I was indeed uncared for and was left behind in the orphanage as the beast recked havoc, stranded and alone. Though I was salvaged from the wreckage afterward. Yay, I got to live still, even after being neglected twice.

Most people, gamers or not, don't like being spawn killed after all.

It wasn't entirely my perk's fault for some of the issues that appear later on. After Naruto was moved to the orphanage and some years had passed by, I discovered that I was growing up to be a red-headed version of Orochimaru, with pale skin and yellow eyes and all. The same man who had betrayed the leaf about a couple of years ago. All I was missing was eye make-up, lizard pupils, and super long hair.

I would almost believe it if someone were to say I was a secret artificial child of Kushina and Orochimaru, at least if it wasn't for the fact that I remember my birth and that my civilian parents are still alive and kicking (I think). Both my parents have red hair, though not Uzumaki Red which meant the same color, but with none of the bloodline perks.

All of this just feels like a way to make my previous comment about me looking like a pedophile come back to bite me in the ass. On the other hand, Naruto clung to me a bit as a result of the red hair, he treats me somewhat like an older brother now. It worked out for him mostly because I was one of the few people that didn't treat him like absolute shit. Besides, being friends with the resident walking nuke is a good way to prevent myself from being killed or shipped off to the Root.

"Ichigo versus Ichigo!" Naruto screamed as he lightly threw a wild strawberry at me. Probably one he picked up from outside in the woods. I caught it and ate it in a show of appreciation, then got back to minding my own business reading a book to refresh my knowledge of basic biology at the public library. I can be a bit annoyed by his bothersome clinginess, but I was also a big fan of Naruto before, so I did find myself enjoying his company more often than not. Maybe because he was also the only company I got.

"I guess Ichigo wins! Hehehe! Happy 4th birthday, big bro!" The kid's cheer was infectious; however, I was one of the few whose face was immune to such a thing. I flicked his forehead to calm him down.

Everyone besides Naruto avoids me thanks to my lack of emotional response. Plus, me looking like the infamous snake traitor doesn't really help. Naruto being an outcast himself, we kinda just clicked. No, we had to click, social contact was a large part of human psychology, it was necessary for both of our mental health.

However, he started calling me Ichigo as I didn't have a name. While I didn't want to be called strawberry, there is no need for a third protagonist in this world, I had no choice as the name stuck and ironically made people not hate me as much. So, I just accepted it and moved on.

Better that than the red-hot habanero I guess, and one of my favorite desserts is strawberry cheesecake... which doesn't exist in this world. Not yet at least. Fuck, I really wanted to be in a casual slice of life modern world, I am bored out of my mind in this world. Oh, my PlayStation, how I miss thee.

Now, on my fourth birthday, I decided it was finally time to start messing around with my chakra.

Why now? Why not sooner? Mostly because I have been focusing on physical training as I had a very feeble body compared to the other kids. So, after three years, I more than managed to get rid of that flaw. As I have mentioned before, I have been reading books too. Mostly because I can apparently obtain skills and skill levels that way as long as I meet the basic requirement to do so. I also have a [Status Screen], an [Inventory], and a shitty form of [Observe].

My [Observe] is not a skill or ability listed on my Status, it was a system function. So, no leveling it up for more info. This was all I got when using it on Naruto:

[Naruto Uzumaki

A child sacrifice. Burdened by projected blame. Even so, he smiles.

His thoughts on you: My first friend, and my big bro.]

Yeah, I get summaries in haikus. Weird as all hell, but kind of cool. However, when I use Observe on any of my skills, or items in my inventory, it becomes exactly like what you normally would expect.

[Kitchen Knife:

A knife made by a semi-skilled blacksmith and stolen by Ichigo from the orphanage. The edge has been cared for, so the blade is still sharp. No unique abilities.]

Also here is my knock-off gamer's mind and body abilities being Observed:

[Focused Mind:

Absolute immunity to outside hypnotic control, psychological instability, and mental damage or warping. It also increases your ability to focus on a task. This does not make you immune to Genjutsu, you just can't be mentally hurt by them. It also does not negate intense emotions, just prevents any instability from them if any were to be born, like insanity.]

[Limitless Body:

You will not stagnate as long as to put in the effort to improve or maximize yourself. Your body will never regress no matter how lax you become. Your body is without limits.]

My [Inventory] has a hundred slots for storage, and I can store, pull out, or swap things with just a thought as long as I can carry the object. No, they are not stacking slots, but some things are considered one item instead of multiple items together.

However, I have an infinite storage for items obtained from the [Dungeons]. While I have yet to go into one to test this out, this [System] is quite forthcoming about itself, hence my knowledge about its functions.

Lastly, I got to name my eyes "Kakugan" since it is a new dojutsu and all. As a result of the new name, there were some aesthetic changes to my eyes when in use, at least according to my system. Now, when unlocked and active, it comes with a deep black sclera and red bloodshot veins... If you know, you know. Which made it even more similar to the Byakugan and Sharingan as result. I wonder if my eyes will inspire someone to try and fuse the two.

So, on the night of my birthday, I stayed awake in my bed, bunking with Naruto in the orphanage. Why with Naruto? Well, you know, put the two freaks together. As the Uzumaki starts to snore, I sit cross-legged, focusing on a leaf in my palm. After about thirty minutes of meditational focus, I can feel a soft energy flow from my center into the leaf causing it to twitch. A sensation that was so foreign yet extremely pleasurable, that it caused a massive rush of dopamine to flood my brain, exciting me to the point that I overloaded the leaf with chakra causing it to rip apart and blow up. My eyes widened, and for the first time in four years, I felt a smile grace my face. A wide psychotic smile easily conveys my near orgasmic experience.

Ah yes, social consequences are also a part of my flaw.

As I struggled too, and thankfully succeeded in, muffling a burst of psychopathic laughter. I felt an oddly calming effect pull my brain together. Messing with chakra was so pleasurable that I apparently would have gone slightly insane thanks to it.

"Huh, how many more parallels to Orochimaru am I going to have?" I think to myself. I give myself a moment to calm down. The smile quickly fades away, presenting a flat face once more to match my calmed emotions. In the window near my bed, I see a reflection of my face, noticing that my raw excitement caused me to flood my eyes with chakra and unlock my Kakugan. I test my x-ray vision and look up through the bed above my head and look straight at Naruto.

I could see his chakra flow and even see his tenketsu points. I can see the weight of his chakra, which was several times my own. Yet it was extremely turbulent, constantly fighting against the Nine-Tails chakra. Which explains most of his difficulty with chakra control. The Nine-Tails' hate chakra was holding him back more than Kakashi's struggle with the Sharingan. Otherwise, Naruto would be able to tussle with the likes of Hashirama in chakra capacity. Ironic considering that they are both spiritual reincarnates of the same person.

I then look into the seal and stare directly at the Nine-Tails himself, I don't enter Naruto's mindscape, but the Kakugan's ability to see energy was better than even the Byakugan as it can see a person's life force, not just chakra or the chakra network. It's so good at it, that I can use it to tell if someone is lying or not, even read someone's thoughts, or predict their next action. With this discovery, I made the dumb decision to look at the energy-based manifestation of the sealed Nine-Tails itself within Naruto.

Maybe, out of sheer battle experience, or maybe with its extreme intellect. The Nine-Tails noticed me looking directly at me, opened its' eyes, and grinned. Then sent out waves of its hatred. My mind nearly shattered as my face perspirates from the direct attack, that was the second time today that my mind was saved from being fucked up. Once from addiction due to pleasure, and once more from trama due to fear.

I look away and calm myself once more with deep breaths. I shouldn't have done that, the Nine-Tails was the strongest and the smartest-tailed beast out of the nine. To the point, it even understood how nuclear fusion worked in the future, at least enough to create a technique based on the concept.

The power gap between Kurama and the others was never this wide in the beginning, but the Nine-Tails' thousands of years of hatred actually made it grow stronger and bigger with more chakra. To the point that only half of it was needed to count for the Ten-Tails' completion. While all the Tailed-Beasts were powerful and could grow even stronger, Kurama was the only one who grew strong enough to where the Naruto data books say he alone could turn the world to ashes.

Not to mention the fact that it was sealed inside of two true Uzumaki's before Naruto, which was a clan known for their ability to make seals their bitch, amongst other things. Kurama had all the time in the world to watch and learn about space, time, and physics from them. Why did the Uzumaki's not design the seal to prevent the Nine-Tails' spying on them? There was no need to, all the Nine-Tails hosts prior to Naruto thought he was a mindless beast, but boy were they wrong.

"I'm a chakra addict in a world where nations use Kaiju's like nuclear bombs, and they are on the cusp of an alien invasion... Fuck, if I want to live in peace, I need to make myself and many others as powerful as possible. Make sure Naruto and Sasuke aren't nerfed, and make myself strong enough to fight godlike beings.

Well, there goes my plan of chilling in the background. Guess I'm going to have to blitz through as much as possible, though with how happy I felt merely practicing chakra control, I don't think I would have the patience to go slow anymore.

I let out a sigh, then begin once again practicing my ability to rest. Oddly enough, the strongest skill I have, and the one I worked on the most along with training my body.

[Rest Lv: 96

Though not needed, with efficient and proper sleep, you can greatly boost your recovery.

-Heals wounds and removes all toxins and fatigue with 2 hours of sleep.

-Can realign bones, remove the effects of powerful Genjutsu, and erase scars with 4 hours of sleep.

-Regrow limbs with 6 hours of sleep.

-Can regrow organs with 8 hours of sleep.]


A/N: I will not post the full status yet. They will be a separate chapter every now and then, as filler of course.

Comments and Reviews are greatly appreciated.

09/13/2022: Edited and Revised