Aurthor note: Writing with speech bubbles are harder than i thought it would be. im sure you noticed in ch1 there was a lack of character speech. I tried to write this chapter out as best as i could, tho i still feel it lacking. Anyways this chapter is a lot of exposition and info dumping, hope i made it simple enough without making it too excessive.
Regarding the possibility of the story getting booted off the site... I did check the writing guidlines before i started writing this story so i should be fine...probably. even so in the off chance it does get dumped i will be posting the story on another site. havent decided which yet but i will let y'all know when i do go through with it.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Kyuubi speech"
[System dialogue]
Before Naruko opened her eyes she felt water running down her body. She was lying on the ground. Naked. She wasn't in the forest any more. Flexing her muscles she was surprised that her injuries and fatigue were no longer. Picking herself up rather easily she looked around the unfamiliar surroundings wondering where she was and how had she ended up here. Neither Iruka sensei nor Mizuki were in sight.
There was ankle deep clear water flooding the ground. The place was dark, the air was damp but surprisingly she did not feel any uneasiness from the ominous atmosphere. She walked into the middle of a large hallway and her eyes caught sight of the reason the whole place seemed to have flooded.
There were large steel pipes running throughout the hallway which seemed to be leaking out whatever liquid it was. For some reason she knew it couldn't have been just water.
"Hmph. Behind you."
Startled by the unexpected voice she jolted and quickly turned around and stared at the behemoth that was right behind her. It was behind what seemed to be very large bars as it lazily sat with its head resting on its hands.
"Gah-!" Whatever scream that was about to come was cut off short as she gawked with her mouth open, unable to make any sound as if doing so would make whatever creature that was looking straight at her to lose sight of her. Maybe playing dead would help?
"About time you noticed. I have been expecting you to come a lot sooner...considering everything." The creature now identifiable as a giant fox said as it looked towards the constantly leaking pipes.
Now coming out of her stupor she was able to muster up her courage and question the fox. "Wha-what the hell are you?"
Giving a light snort the fox sloshed its tails around the water and remarked sarcastically "Who do you think it is? Your father?"
"Hey! Don't talk about my parents, stupid fox. You are the Kyuubi aren't you?" Getting annoyed by the topic of her parents being brought up she pointed her finger and shout directly towards it.
Kyuubi raised an eyebrow "You seem rather calm knowing who I am and given everything that has happened in your life."
"Well, it's not like it would change anything..." Naruko answered with a pout.
Still lazily laying down the fox gave an amused expression towards its container and looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze. "Looks like it has already began to take effect huh… If you had appeared before me in the past you would have been a mumbling mess who wouldn't be able to stay calm and assess the situation. Good thing I picked out your 'class' for you. You should thank me kit."
"Huh?" The fox just said a bunch of weird things she couldn't make sense about. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh? So you weren't aware? Did you not see or feel anything when your system was able to advance to the next level?"
Naruko widened her eyes in realization. She did see something pop up in front of her eyes just before she passed out but she just assumed she was seeing things because of her fatigue.
"Wait, this still doesn't make any sense. What is that system thing you are talking about? You picked my class? I don't understand... is this why brought me to this place?"
"First of all I didn't bring you here. You came here of your own volition. This is your mindscape, I have no control over it unless you let me. And if you want to know more about your system why don't you just see it for yourself."
Naruko with an impassive face silently stared at the fox. "And how am I supposed to do that?"
Kyuubi gave a tired sigh. "Just will for it to appear or call to it out loud."
Naruko still uncertain whether Kyuubi was messing with her, called out to the system as quietly as possible. "System."
Just as she thought that the Kyuubi was messing with her the whole time, it appeared. A bunch of words with numbers beside them floating right in front of her eyes. Surprised she quickly double took and tried to read whatever was in front of her.
[Name: Uzumaki Naruko]
[Class: Seal Master]
[Level: 2]
[Statistics] (5)
Str: 21
Int: 35
Spd: 24
Wis: 35
End: 43
Chr: 32
[Unique Skill]
Seal Comprehension Lv1 (Passive)
Mental Fortitude Lv1 (Passive)
Higher Regen Lv1 (Passive)
[Acquired Skill]
-
[Other Skill]
Kage Bunshin Lv1
[Resistances]
Pain resistence Lv1
"W-what the hell! Isn't this just like a status window from a video game?" Naruko exclaimed.
"Hmm? I don't know about that but the system should show you a rough statistical analysis of your body."
"Seal Master?... Hey wait! Didn't you say you picked my class or something? Does that mean I had more choices to pick from!?"
Kyuubi let out a low snort. "Does it matter at this point? You were out cold so I did you the pleasure of picking out the right class for you. Don't misunderstand. This isn't one of your games.."
As the Kyuubi spoke, for the first time in Naruko's presence he stood up and came closer towards the cage. With a serious tone the Kyuubi began.
"The System is something I created for myself. Although it does not have its own consciousness, it is still a chakra entity that I created for myself. I don't mind that you somehow managed to 'inherit' it from me but do not take this as some kind of game for you to play."
Feeling like a child that just got reprimanded Naruko folded her arms and pouted. "Sheesh. Alright, fine I get it. So I'm guessing my seal comprehension and mental fortitude skills both came from my class as a seal master huh? Hmm or is it the other way around? That would explain why my Int and wisdom seem much higher than it should have been..." Losing her train of thought Naruko started muttering un-intangibly until Kyuubi snapped her out of it.
Rubbing the back of her head with a silly smile Naruko briefly apologized before Kyuubi spoke again.
"Every bijuu has its own special skill or power so to speak. Ichibi with his control of sand and Nibi with her fire, like wise. Mine was the power of absorption and assimilation. Unlike the rest of my kin it allowed me to grow stronger as I fed more and more on both yin and yang energy. And by that I mean, you. Humans."
Kyuubi took a moment to see her reaction but after seeing no change he continued. "But by the years, the process of assimilating all of the energy manually had become a pain and tedious work, so I created another entity using my own chakra, giving it a set of rules and a set of orders and principles for it to follow just like a machine. A system, if you will."
Kyuubi lightly knocked on the cage using its claws. "From what I can tell the reason you have the same system as me is because of this seal, it's been leaking my chakra into your body since the day I was sealed into you. Since the day you were born into this world." With his piece said Kyuubi slowly walked back to its original position and rested his head on his paws.
From all the reactions Kyuubi thought she would have, he didn't think that she would genuinely smile at him.
"So this is your power. I guess i really do have to thank you now huh? Maybe with this power I can finally become stronger. Strong enough that everyone will finally have to acknowledge my existence. The power to take back control of my life. Thank you Kyuubi."
Looking at her as if she was an idiot Kyuubi snorted once again. As if him being sealed into her wasn't the root cause of all her problems. "Whatever kit..."
With a sudden realization Naruko held her stomach. "Eh?...wait I don't think I have ever eaten a human before...at least not to my knowledge so how the hell did the system level up?"
"Hoh? Did you not eat up that bastard of a teacher of yours not too long ago?" Kyuubi smirked.
"Guh-! Wait you don't mean to tell me..." Naruko staggered a few steps back as she held her naked body, suddenly feeling conscious about herself after all this time.
"Well it's either that or you could always feast on them. Eating just the heart should probably do the trick."
"Hmph, besides if I remember correctly it looked like you were probably more into it than that guy at the end of your little mating." 'Hmmm but even still...to level with the essence of only one person... is the energy from their seed more potent? Or is her system different than mine...'
She knelt down and beat her head repeatedly as if it would make her forget about what she had done in the forest. "Aaaaaah! Don't remind me! That was just me being really caught up in the moment." Sighing she lied down on the ground facing up towards the non-existent ceiling. She brought up the status window once again and looked at her statistic.
'So that 5 is probably the points I can use to increase my attributes. Hmmm so once I add a point towards an attribute the system will help me assimilate the energy into increasing which ever stat I added the point to. Simple enough.' After thinking for a while she decided to even out her strength and speed stats bringing them both to 25.
"I knew the seal master class would give you a better insight and reasoning but you seemed to be taking this much better than I thought."
"Ah I guess that would probably because of that mental fortitude skill. And this is just a small matter if it is the cost of achieving more power. I mean it's not like I have to kill my best friend and loved ones or something."
Kyuubi deadpanned. "This is the first time I am witnessing someone showing so much resolve to whore herself."
Appalled by his statement she sat up and glared angrily at the Kyuubi. "Wh-whore?! Hey it's not my fault the system is so perverted"
Naruko grinned and pointed her finger towards the Kyuubi. "I just rather not resort to cannibalism, thank you very much. Plus if 'that' was the worst experience that could happen, I don't think I'm going to have any problems."
Kyuubi sweat dropped. Even with boost to her mind from her seal master class, there probably is still something wrong with her head. He then suddenly looked up towards the abyss of her mindscape as if he noticed something. "Hey kit… You should get out of here. Seems like you got a visitor."
"Huh? What do yo-..?"
Before Naruko could finish her sentence, she was kicked out of her mindscape and was brought back to reality. Naruko tried to open her eyes as the heavy secant of medicine and sanitizers wafted into her nose. Squinting her eyes, she slowly opened them as the sunlight hit her eyes from the open window.
"Good morning, Naruko-chan. Did you sleep well?"
A/N: Some things that i wasnt able to explain in the chapter. Chr (charisma) is purely for her body and physical appearence. it wont effect her personality and how others percive her. unless its physical attraction. End (endurance) includes her stamina, chakra cap, and how many hits she can take. Spd (speed) inludes agilitly, reflex and speed.
And also the kyuubi does not know eveything about the system. so there is more to the system that you'll find out about later.
I hope that the status 'window' was clear enough. i have see other stories where the status is always jumbled. I'll try to update and show the status window if there are any changes to it in the later chapters. it will probably be placed at the end of the chapter. I appriciate any and all suggestions you want regarding the story, so feel free to pm or leave a review to let me know.
Thanks for reading. Later.