Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor do i own Sword Art Online.

As a special gift to the readers i decided to crank this chapter out quickly.

In case anyone didn't see my comment I the reviews, I can not give a definitive answer on how often I'll be able to update. My goal is at least once per week, I will do my best to stick to that but things happen. Realistically, I plan on trying to write more than one per week even though I'll only release one, this is so that if something comes up I'll have a chapter already wrote. With that said, let's get into the first chapter.

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Kazuto found himself surrounded by darkness starting at a single screen prompt.Would you like to start a new game or transfer a character from a previous game? 'Well I'm definitely not starting from scratch,' Kazuto thought to himself. After selecting his character, his body glowed blue for a moment before suddenly he found himself standing in the village hidden in the leaves.

The first thing he did was open his menu to make sure nothing had changed. 'Now I'm really glad Naruto and I decided to join the same village, otherwise this would be much harder.'

On the other side of town:

Naruto was just finishing up his training in summoning for the day. He had met an old man while said old man was peeking on the females bathing house. The man turned out to be one of the legendary sannin and agreed to train him for the finals of the chunin exams.

'I'm still not sure what's going on here, but at least I'm finally getting some good training,' Naruto thought as he started heading towards home. He suddenly stopped as a strange screen appeared in the air in front of him.

Meet me at Ichiraku Ramen as soon as possible! - Kirito Uchia

'What the hell was that?!' Naruto thought slightly freaked out. 'And who the hell is Kirito, better yet, I thought Sasuke and his brother were the only two Uchia left... I'm definitely going to check this out and hopefully get some answers.'

At Ichiraku Ramen:

"I really hope he doesn't keep me waiting for too long," Kirito said while leaning against the outside of the ramen stand.

What he wasn't expecting was an answer, "And who exactly are you waiting on if i may ask?"

Kirito turned around to see that the shop owner had come out. "Just a friend, and if i know him, he's probably one of your biggest customers," he said laughing at the end.

The owner gave him an inquisitive look, "You wouldn't be talking about Naruto Uzumaki would you? Blond hair, blue eyes and a knack for getting into trouble."

Kirito smiled, "The one and only, seems I was right about his love for ramen." 'Hm, so he's using his mother's name, probably didn't want the attention that Minato's name would give him.'

The old man have a hearty chuckle, "Are you kidding me, if it wasn't for that boy i probably would've went out of business years ago. If you're a friend of Naruto's, them you're a friend of mine. Why don't you come in, you can have a bowl on the house while you wait, he usually swings by for a few bowls around this time after his training."

Kirito nodded and entered, taking a seat on the far side as he caught up on how far in the story his friend had progressed. 'Seems like he's in the chunin exams final stage, not bad. I see the game placed me in the exams also, probably because I had just finished my first match. Looks like I'm getting a pass straight to the second round, unfortunately it'll be a three way fight between the winners of the third and fourth matches along with myself.' He was so busy he didn't notice someone else enter until they tapped him on the shoulder.

"I assume you're Kirito Uchia?" Naruto asked as the boy turned to look at him. Suddenly he froze, 'He actually looks very familiar...'

"You mean you don't recognize me?" Kirito questioned his friend.

Naruto examined the newcomer for a few moments before speaking his previous thought, "You do look kind of familiar." Naruto trailed off for a moment, "But as far as i knew, Sasuke was the last loyal Uchia."

Kirito sighed, 'Seems as if he has partial amnesia from the accident, this is definitely not going to make things easier.' "How about we both get some ramen, you can tell me what I've missed and I'll fill you in afterwards back at your place, my treat this time."

Naruto's eyes lit up at hearing this, "Well it would be rude to turn down such an offer," he replied with a smile.

Back at Naruto's apartment:

"So," Kirito began as they approached the door to Naruto's place, "What do you know about your current situation?"

Naruto unlocked his door and held it open for his new friend. "Well this village is all I've known for the past six years," he said as he followed Kirito inside and locked his door. "But I've always felt like something is off about this place."

'Hm, seems at least he is subconsciously aware.' After turning down anything to drink, Kirito took a seat on the couch. "What if i told you that you're right and that none of this," he said as he motioned towards their surroundings, "is real."

Naruto gained a serious look in his eyes, "I'd ask you to start explaining yourself."

So Kirito told him about their friendship in the real world, how Naruto was actually in a coma, showed him how to open the menu, and explained why he was in the game while leaving out any information regarding their real names or Naruto's parents being dead. It just so happened that Naruto decided to ask about his parents. "I can't tell you that bud."

"And why not?"

Kirito sighed and decided his feet were extremely interesting at that precise moment, "Because you're farther is a character in the game, and finding out details about the real world could possibly trigger your memory." Kirito looked up and could tell what Naruto was thinking, "If i just come out and tell you, there's a chance that it won't do anything for you. You have to figure it out, but i will be here to help you."

The news that he wouldn't be able to get more information brought his spirits down a little bit, "I kind of feel bad."

Kirito was slightly confused by this, "Whys that?"

"Well it seems like you're going through a lot for me, and i don't even really remember you."

Kirito chuckled at that, "The most important thing you need to know is that you and I are about as close as brothers. That's why I'm willing to help you."

Hearing this made Naruto's eyes water, 'I always wanted a family.' Naruto got up and bowed slightly. "Thank you, I wish there was something I could do to repay your kindness."

"Hey now, no reason to go bowing and shit." Kirito said while waving his hands in front of him. "Besides that's what family does, they look out for each other," he said with a smile.

"Still, off there's anything you need don't hesitate to ask," Naruto said after standing straight again.

"Actually, now that you mention it, since i just got here i could use help finding a place to stay."

Naruto looked at him slightly confused for a moment, "Aren't you going to be logging out at night?"

Kirito face palmed for forgetting such am important detail, "Actually i forgot to mention, i had the doctors place me in a medically induced coma. I'm currently out of school for three months and my mom said that if need be, I can stay for any extra two months and she'll collect any school work for me until then," he said with a smile. "Considering the games time dilation, that gives me up to five years straight in here."

This really caught Naruto off guard that anyone would go this far for him, especially since everyone in the game spent most of the time acting like he didn't exist. Then he remembered Kiritos's request to find a place to stay and got an idea, "You said we're basically brothers right?" After getting a nod he continued, "Then you can just stay with me, or if you prefer we can speak with Hokage-Jiji about you living in the Uchia district."

Kirito definitely wasn't expecting Naruto to offer to open his home to him, "Are you sure about me staying with you? You don't even know me in here."

Naruto smiled, "That may be true, but in the short amount of time that I've known you, you've already done more for me than anyone here besides the Hokage."

This made Kirito smile despite hearing how lonely his best friend had been up until now. "In that case I guess we're roommates now," he said holding his hand out and shaking Naruto's. "So, how about we take a look at your skills since you already saw mine?"

Naruto smiled knowing he would finally start gaining some more help in this strange world. After opening his menu and navigating to the skills screen, both boys stood with their jaws on the floor for a few seconds.

Kirito was able to recover first, "Jeez, it's a good thing i came when i did, otherwise all these skill points would've went to waste. Honestly, if it wasn't for your Shadow Clones you probably wouldn't have made it this far."

Naruto decided at this moment that his feet were very interesting, "To be honest, i guess i should give credit where it's due."

Kirito looked back at Naruto questioningly, "Is there something I'm missing?" After receiving a nod in the affirmative, he continued, "Care to enlighten me?"

Naruto sighed as he scrolled down looking for a menu he was sure would be present. Finding it he selected it and they both watched as more skills popped up.

Kirito couldn't believe his eyes, "You seriously selected to play as the hardest character available?!" He paused as he thought about who he was speaking to, "Now that i think about it, you always did like a challenge. So which bijuu did you choose?"

Naruto at least had the decency to look sheepish, "The Kyuubi."

Kirito began massaging his temples, "Well, on the bright side, once you gain full control over it, you should become one of the strongest characters possible." He scrolled through the menu in front of him, "Based on this menu, that's going to take a long time. For now we should probably focus on your ninja skills first. What's your biggest weaknesses?"

Naruto placed a hand behind his head, "Thats easy, chakra control thanks to the fur ball. Also I'm pretty weak against genjutsu. I could definitely use an actual taijutsu while we're at it, the instructors at the academy purposely taught me the wrong moves."

Kirito sighed, "All three of those are because of your status as a Jinchuuriki. Choosing that basically means you're on your own normally. Hell you were lucky to find Jiraiya." Kirito navigated back to Naruto's ninja skills, "So, you're level 15 which gives you 115 skill points. On top of that it looks like you never distributed the starting points which gives you a total of 315 points."

Naruto got a hopeful look, "That sounds like a lot."

Kirito smiled at his enthusiasm, "Well, the 200 starting points is enough to start your eight primary skills at 25 each, which is genin level." He began scrolling through Naruto's skills, "looks like Taijutsu, Genjutsu, and Chakra Control are the only ones that aren't there already. They're at 15, five and five. Your stealth is also only at 20, but you're receiving a penalty of -50 for your orange jumpsuit we're definitely fixing that tomorrow," Kirito laughed as he finished raising the first three to 25 each.

Taijutsu raised to genin level, choose a style: Aikido or Muay Thai?After about ten minutes of talking to Kirito and debating, Naruto had finished those upgrades. He could now recognise and dispel D rank genjutsu just by flaring his chakra and he could recognise C ranks. He could instantly feel a difference in his chakra control, and he received the starting moves for Aikido which he had chosen since his first opponent was a Hyuuga and he definitely did not want to get into a grappling match with someone who could shut off his chakra with a simple touch.

Kirito began looking through the rest of Naruto's skills, "Based on the choices of your second opponent in the exams we're gonna raise your speed from 35 to 75 which is chunin level. Because of your usage of Shadow Clones, your Ninjutsu is at 40, we should boost that up to at least 65. It's still a little below chunin, but we'll get it there before the exams continue."

Naruto nodded, "I can see the point in that, I definitely want to raise my chakra control at least to chunin and that's another 50 points. To be honest I'm really leaning towards raising my speed more."

Kirito gained a evil done in his eyes that sent a shiver down Naruto's spine, "Oh, i already have a plan for speed, and it won't cost you any more points." He laughed when Naruto crouched in the corner while crying anime years and rocking back and forth. Kirito cleared his throat, "I do agree with the chakra control though, with your reserves being that of an elite jonin you need more control. Alright, you've got 150 more points, I really wanna have you save the rest because i have a plan tomorrow which involves me coming to your meeting with Jiraiya."

This caught Naruto off guard, "Really, what's your plan?"

Kirito smiled and placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder, "What do you know about elemental manipulation?"

The following day:

Jiraiya was at the usual meeting place for himself and his new apprentice. He had just looked up from writing some notes in his notebook for his next book when he spotted said apprentice with another person around his age who looked like an Uchia. "Hey kid, who's the gaki?"

Kirito grew a tick mark on his forehead, "My name is Kirito."

"You wouldn't happen to be the Uchia who was out of the village during the massacre would you?" Jiraiya questioned pretty sure of the answer. After receiving a nod as a response he continued, "Well I hate to tell you, but the Great Jiraiya only has time for one student."

"What makes you think i wanted you to train me you old perv?!"

Jiraiya gained a shocked expression, "I am not a perv young man." He then proceeded to go through an elaborate dance that ended with his for raised on a log that appeared out of nowhere. "I'm a super perv!"

Both boys face faulted at his antics. "Thats not something to be proud of," Kirito deadpanned.

Jiraiya ignored them, "So if you're not here for training, what do you want kid?"

It was Naruto who answered him, "Actually, Kirito is here because you and I ate going to be changing my training schedule a bit."

Jiraiya gained an inquisitive look, "Oh really, what changes are you thinking of?"

"Well," Naruto began, "during the second half of the day Kirito and me are going to be sparring, mainly to work on my speed and reflexes along with my genjutsu since he's an Uchia." Naruto finished, crossing his arms to show that his mind had been made up.

Jiraiya raised an eyebrow wondering where Naruto had gained the finality to his personality. "And what makes you think you're more suited to teach my apprentice than a Sannin?" he asked Kirito.

Kirito simply responded with a smile, "First of all, the only thing you have worked with him on is chakra control. Which i concede that he did need very desperately but is not very helpful considering his first opponent is the Hyuuga prodigy." He then vanished and reappeared behind Jiraiya almost faster than even the Legendary Toad Sannin could follow, "Secondly, with my Swift Release, I'm the perfect person to help him with speed."

Jiraiya was definitely shocked, "So you're not a full blooded Uchia?" After receiving a nod Jiraiya began thinking, 'The kid does actually make some pretty solid points. Plus this will give me more time for research.' He gained a slight nose bleed at the final thought, then he realized something. "Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you in the exams also?"

Kirito smirked, "I'm glad that you actually care about your apprentice but we've already discussed this and decided to go through with it anyway since I'm in the opposite bracket. If we both happen to make it to the final match we both will be at a disadvantage knowing each others moves. Plus, no offense Naruto, but with his current speed he would have absolutely no time to react to me."

Jiraiya gained a serious look, "Then why are you offering to help him?"

Naruto responded before Kirito had a chance, "Because he's my best friend and wants a good fight if we both do make it to the finals. Besides it's not an offer, we're simply informing you."

Jiraiya was actually a little shocked by Naruto's attitude today, "Alright alright kid, if this is what you want then we'll do it. The question still remains though, why did he need to come with to inform me of this change?"

This time Kirito answered, "Actually we wanted to check his elemental affinities so he can try to get a few new moves over this last week. It would be best if he did that training with you so he can have a few tricks incase we do fight in the exams."

Jiraiya was surprised by this, he figured the kid would want to know as much about a potential opponent as possible. 'I guess the kid wasn't lying about wanting a good fight.' "Yeah, i got done chakra paper on me. We'll get it checked before he meets with you after lunch. And I'll pick him up a few scrolls before we meet tomorrow."

"Cool, well i guess ill meet you at Ichiraku for lunch Naruto. Oh, by the way ero-sennin," Kirito began, smiling at Jiraiya's reaction to the nickname, "I told Naruto about the secret of shared memories with his Shadow Clones." Kirito then vanished using a combination of his bloodline and a Shunshin.

"So sensei, when did you plan on telling me about that little secret?" Naruto questioned with his arms crossed.

Jiraiya smirked, "Not until you figured it out on your own. You can't be expected to be told everything. Now let's get to work, we're gonna have to work twice as hard now that our time is cut in half."

One week later in the exam stadium:

Kirito glanced around at the contestants that were present. There were only three people missing, a sound-nin named Dosu, Naruto and his teammate, Sasuke Uchia. 'Naruto better hurry or he's going to be late.'

The proctor approached the finalists, "There's been a change to the matches, Kirito Uchia will now be fighting Shino in the third match, understood?"

Both Kirito and Shino nodded, "Proctor, start happens if someone first show up?" Kirito asked already expecting the answer.

"Contestants have until their match to show up, otherwise they will automatically forfeit."

Just as Kirito was beginning to worry about his friend there was a large poof of smoke about ten meters away. "This is lame ero-baka!" the other contestants heard from within the smoke. When it cleared it revealed Jiraiya in his signature pose standing in a toad and Naruto in front with his arms crossed and a sweatdrop.

The other finalists were too busy observing Naruto's new outfit to hear Jiraiya's complaints about 'disrespectful gakis'.

Naruto was now wearing an unzipped black jacket with blood red stripes running up the sleeves and red swirl on the back, underneath he had a black mesh shirt. His pants were black with the same blood red stripes running up the legs tucked into black boots. Finally he had traded his headband for one with a black cloth that feel half way down his back, it actually seemed like the same metal plate though.

Kirito smirked, "Seems like you decided to take my advice on a new outfit," he said as Naruto walked over and bumped fists with him.

"Yeah, I decided it was time I started dressing like a shinobi," he said as he took his spot beside Kirito.

Kirito pat him on the shoulder, "Looks good on ya man."

Jiraiya decided to interrupt before taking his place in the stands, "You better Winn this thing kid, can't have you giving the Legendary Toad Sannin a bad name."

Kirito decided to respond before Naruto could, "He has to beat me to win you old perv." He laughed as Jiraiya cried anime tears before leaving the arena.

A contestant with pale eyes and long hair shot a glare towards the pair, "As if failures like you two could actually win this!"

Kirito merely glanced towards him, "Hn, you must be Neji?" He then looked straight at Naruto, "If you actually lose to that gender confused loser when he's got that huge stick shoved up his ass, I'll beat your ass for the fun of it after this is over."

Naruto smiled and lightly shoved his friend, "Not a chance in hell bro."

Before Neji could explode on the two, the Hokage spoke up and have a speech to start off the final round of the chunin exams.

Afterwards the proctor approached the finalists, "Everyone except Naruto Uzumaki and Neji Hyuuga make their way towards the contestants box." After everyone left the field he then addressed the two remaining genin along with the crowd, "The first match of the chunin exam finals will now begin, are both fighters ready?" After receiving nods from both he rose his hand above his head, "Naruto Uzumaki vs Neji Hyuuga FIGHT!"

Cliffhanger no jutsu!

Sorry guys but i thought that would be a great place to stop this one. Mondays will be my release day, no that does not mean you'll get another chapter tomorrow lol. Please, leave me a review and let me know what you thought. I can't improve if i don't know what's wrong. Anyways, hope you enjoyed. :D