This story was inspired by Percy Jackson The Dark Gamer by nutsofthechest.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.
Warning! There will be coarse language, gore, and much more... If it's not your cup of tea, please do not read on. Otherwise…
Note: Although this is in the Naruto section, very little will be from the actual Naruto-verse. Mainly reincarnated characters and skills will returning from his previous life.
Enjoy!
Day 40
Naruto learned another benefit of [Gamer's Body]. His hands would never hurt or be sore for more than half an hour.
No you dirty minded readers, he wasn't doing that. He's SIX for Pete's sake.
He had been gathering as much of the abundant cotton fiber as he could. And with it, he had been slowly intertwining them to create string. The string was then used to create a variety of traps around his camp, big and small.
[Trap Setting] LVL: Expert-73
Mana Cost: None
{The ability to create traps. Both non-lethal and lethal.
Expert- Your traps are 73% harder to identify and avoid.}
Apparently [Trap Setting] was a skill he had from his previous life, and it also carried over.
'Ha, take that Iruka-sensei, pranking was totally a useful skill'
He also used the string to hang fish he had caught over the slowly smoking fire.
Normally he wouldn't allow the fire to smoke, but in this case, he was attempting to dry the fish, as a way of preserving it. This way, he could train endlessly and not have to worry over having food ready to eat. The fish was also better than the endless amounts of berries he had been surviving on due to the higher amount of protein. The protein would help his muscle growth, and hopefully help his stats level up faster.
Day 42
Naruto had just finished smoking nearly a hundred fish, and had stored them in the back side of his sleeping tent. 'If only there were a way to store them. Then I wouldn't smell like fish everyday… Wait a minute…'
SMACK
"Stupid."
SMACK
"Stupid."
SMACK
"Stupid."
He has an inventory. A fucking INVENTORY. Shit didn't rot in his inventory. He had tested it with different kinds of vegetation and other things.
Sighing at his own lack of intelligence, he put the 93 smoked fish into his inventory under the foods tab.
A grin formed on his face, time to get to training.
Day 49
In the last week he had gained a decent amount of physical stats as well as a few levels.
+ 3 LVL = 5
+ 17 STR = 35
+ 15 DEX = 40
+ 23 VIT = 44
His stats now stood at
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Title: The Gamer
Age: 6 years
Race: Human…?
LVL: 5
EXP: 130/500
HP: 54
HP Regen: 2 HP / min
MP: 52
MP Regen: 3.5 MP / min
STR: 35
DEX: 40
VIT: 44
INT: 42
WIS: 75
LUK: 60
Unused Points: 35
He was saving his Unused Points for when he really needed them. Say he had a re-run in with the Wolf and he was trapped, the extra points might give him enough speed to escape. But say he gets trapped under a fallen tree and needs extra strength to escape, then he would put the points there. Basically he was saving his points for when the occasion arose to use them.
The reason only his physical stats had grown was because he had decided to work on his magic skills and such at a later date. He figured he would make sure his body was well trained enough before working on the magical side of things.
He compared it to his Sage training. If his body wasn't ready for the training, he risked injury, turning to stone, or death. Well not death, but that was because he had Fukasaku making sure he didn't kill himself. And now he was without a teacher/failsafe so he needed to be careful with how he trained and experimented.
On a different note, he still felt like someone was watching him. It was faint, but growing stronger every day. Naruto felt slightly unnerved at the undesired watcher, but he could do nothing about it. Every time he tried to turn around and catch them, nobody was there.
For now, he put it out of his mind. Time to get training.
Day 63
Two weeks later, his stats had grown substantially.
+ 2 LVL = 7
+ 15 STR = 50
+ 12 DEX = 52
+ 17 VIT = 61
It had gotten progressively harder to train his stats. But he attempted to combat this problem by working out with progressively more difficult exercises. Yet even with those exercises, he found his growth basically cut in half.
"Status"
Age: 6 years
Race: Human…?
LVL: 7
EXP: 60/700
HP: 71
HP Regen: 3 HP / min
MP: 52
MP Regen: 3.5 MP / min
STR: 50
DEX: 52
VIT: 61
INT: 42
WIS: 75
LUK: 60
Unused Points: 55
Despite the slowing, he was proud of his progress. Then again, maybe his progress was pitiful. He didn't really have anything to compare it to.
Day 65
Naruto checked his traps once per day, making sure they were all still set, and he had caught nothing. A few rabbits and a squirrel were all he had caught so far, but it was better than nothing. They also eased his mind, basically acting as a first line of defense, and early warning system.
Today was different though. The small net trap he had set up behind his camp was moving, struggling. Usually the wildlife he caught would give up and conserve their energy to escape at a later date, but it seemed this one hadn't learned.
He approached the trap, but as he was reaching towards it, his eyes were drawn to his prey. It definitely wasn't a squirrel, nor a rabbit.
"Let me GO!"
And it talked too. Cool.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading! A cookie for anyone who can guess what Naruto caught.