Yami Naruto: The Gamer V2

by BalanceM88

Admittedly, he hadn't know what to exactly to expect when he eventual took control of their body. That said, who would expect their life to suddenly become a video game? Dark Naruto is The Gamer 2.0, and Konoha will burn if he has anything to say about it! The Gamer elements, Rated M for Language. Naruto/Kin/?

2. Chapter 2

Yami Naruto The Gamer 2.0

Hello everyone! Just wanted to say I'm blown away by how much attention this fic attracted in such a short time. Could be just newbie awe, but thank you non-the-less. Be sure to check the after chapter notes, as I'll try to answer a couple questions there. For now though, enjoy chapter 2!

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Naruto clenched the kunai in his hand as he examined his opponents. They all wore matching uniforms to the three from the bedroom, however three of their numbers were clearly adults while the six others in the room were again his size. As he focused on one of the smaller of the group, a pop up appeared before.

Name: Tali Koyumi

Class: Human

Title: Academy Washout

Level: 10

Next Level: 643 exp.

HP: 400/400

CP: 300/300

Attributes:

Str: 10

Dex: 16

Agil: 10

Con: 12

Cha: 25

Int: 24

Wis: 16

Lck: 8

Points Saved: 0

Ryo: 20

Tali Koyumi recently failed her last graduation exam, and has been washed out of the Shinobi Program.

Going on a hunch, Naruto proceeded to scan each of the other smaller members of the group. Quickly browsing through the information and mentally closing the pop ups, he smirked; all the kids before him had either failed the final exam like himself-former self he mentally corrected, or had washed out of the shinobi program entirely. Despite the fact that they each were several levels higher than him, Naruto's own stats surpassed all of theirs.

The only issue was the adults in the back of the room. His observe skill wouldn't give him anything on them outside of an HP measurement. Given how the other assailants were people he knew by name, Naruto could only speculate that the three adults were people he hadn't met before. Unable to get a read on their levels but familiar with how the team system worked, Naruto could only guess that they were chunin rank best case, actual jonin worst case.

"So, Tali," Naruto started, "I'm guessing those jonin behind you said you and the others here would become a genin if you killed me. Am I right?"

"How did you know it was me?" Tali asked in surprise.

"Your stance, the way you're holding your kunai, your figure, and now your voice." Naruto answered before turning to the others. "Geo, Kali, Malik, Vicktor, Hugo."

"No way!" Geo exclaimed, dropping out of his stance in shock. "How could he identify us so easily?!"

"Yeah! He was the very bottom of the class!"

"The instructors said they only kept him around for the money they were getting to teach him!"

"Good to know." Naruto said with a smirk after that last one. "As to how I know, well, I have many talents the academy doesn't test for." He then frowned. "I'll give you all one chance; leave now or else I won't be held responsible for anything that happens to you."

"No one will be leaving this apartment." One of the adults stated as he stepped forward, drawing a sword from his back. "Naruto Uzumaki, the incarnation of the Kyubi no Kitsune, you have been found guilty of multiple counts of public disturbance, multiple counts of destruction of public and private property, the murder of thousands within Konoha, and for using your demon powers to manipulate the Sandaime Hokage. For your crimes you have been sentenced to death."

"Wait, incarnation of the Kyubi?" Tali asked, looking at the jonin.

"It's how he was able to identify you all; he can read minds just by making eye contact." The jonin explained.

"I wish!" Naruto laughed. "And boy do you have things mixed up. I'm not the incarnation OR the actual Kyubi; I'm it's jailer, and the only thing keeping it from tearing this village to pieces! Kill me and the Kyubi with all its power will be released in the center of this village, and you all will be responsible."

"He's lying!" The sword wielding jonin snarled once he saw several students waver.

"Fuinjutsu: Life Sealing Barrier!"

Heads snapped to the door of the apartment. There, one jonin was on his knees, five scrolls spread out in a circle around a seal on the floor. Naruto felt a sharp pain in his chest, right where his heart was, just as a golden wall of light erupted from the sealing array. The golden wall spread across the walls, floors, and ceiling of the apartment before vanishing through them.

"What the hell?!" Naruto snarled as he caught his breath.

"The Life Sealing Barrier is now surrounding this apartment complex." The sealer explained. "It's power is now tied to your life force, and will drain you dry while keeping you contained here; it will only come down once you're dead."

"You have got to be the biggest idiot of the lot here!" Naruto growled. "You've obviously studied seals, yet you're treating me like the kunai sealed in a scroll! I am not the Kyubi, and I'll say it again, kill me and you risk letting it rampage through the village!"

"Is that possible?" Geo asked.

"No, now kill that demon so we can all go home!" The sealer ordered.

"Complete this task and you will all be made genin." The final jonin, who'd been silent up till now stated. "You'll have two days off before you start missions, and you will get S class pay for killing the demon."

"...This doesn't feel right." All heads turned to Tali. "A sudden assassination, using academy failures to kill the supposed reincarnation of the strongest Demon Lord, and the possibility of releasing the demon from Naruto's body if he's killed?" She shook her head and put her kunai away. "This smells like a set up to me, and we're here to suffer the fall out regardless of the outcome. I'm out."

"Traitor!" Tali turned, eyes going wide behind her goggles as the sword wielding jonin charged her. She stumbled backwards, barely avoiding a thrust, but lost her balance and fell on her back. The jonin raised the sword above his head with both hand and swung down with all his might...

...only to stager back as a kunai pierce his throat. Eyes wide, he saw Naruto standing just inches before him. "Substitution Jutsu." Naruto answered the unasked question before spinning in place and mule kicking the kunai in the jonin's neck. A dark spot formed on the front of his face mask as the jonin fell on his back. His head rolled to one side, and his body stilled.

"Kill them!" The sealer snarled. "Kill them both!"

Naruto swiftly pulled two kunai from his pack and charged towards the far corner where Geo and Malik were. Both boys began throwing a barrage of kunai and shuriken at him, but Naruto dodged most of them, deflecting the ones he couldn't. Suddenly, a pop up appeared in front of his face; Naruto quickly slid to the side and overturned the coffee table, using it as a shield as he got rid of the screen.

Getting an idea, Naruto quickly opened his inventory and summoned the couch in front of him. The barrage stopped as both boys wondered where the couch had come from. Focusing his chakra into his feet, Naruto drop kicked the couch, causing it to slide and eventually roll toward the boys. Malik managed to pull off a substitution jutsu and evade it, but Geo was not as luck as the side of the couch full of weapons slammed into him. Pinned in place and yelling in pain, Geo could do nothing as a chakra enhanced kunai pierced his face.

Naruto growled as two more pop ups appeared before him. Dismissing them, he quickly turned to Malik with both hands full of shuriken, and after charging chakra into them proceeded to let them fly. His view was again distorted as another pop up screen appeared, but Malik's cries of pain told him at least one shuriken hit it's mark. Dismissing this screen and grabbing weapons off the table, he peppered Malik with the weapons until he saw his HP bar go black.

"Naruto!"

Turning, he saw an injured Tali dive to one side as a barrage of kunai and shuriken rushed out from the hallway, and now towards him. Grabbing the table, he lifted it off the ground and held it as a shield before him. Once he heard the impacts stop, he lowered the table enough to see beyond it; the three assailants who attacked him in his bedroom had joined the fight.

Slamming a corner of the table onto the floor, the weapons embedded in it fell to the ground. Enhancing his body with chakra, he reared back before launching the table sideways into the hallway. Yells of shock and surprise rang out as the trio were hit and bowled over by the table, having no room to maneuver in the small hallway.

Grabbing the sword from the fallen jonin and gripping the hilt with his teeth, Naruto flashed through handsigns and used the substitution jutsu with a chair in the kitchen area. Now behind three of his attackers, Naruto grasped the blade and swung it with both hands at the nearest one. Hugo's head was instantly removed from his shoulders, and Vicktor quickly fell due to a stab through his stomach.

Kali screamed in rage as she pulled a wooden bo staff from a scroll. Charging forward, she showed some skill with her weapon as Naruto found himself forced to back up less the strikes he couldn't counter hit. Growling in frustration, he dropped the sword and grasped the bo staff with both hands.

Seeing Kali's eyes widen in surprise, Naruto gave a chakra enhanced yank on the staff. Underestimating Naruto's strength, Kali found herself stumbling forward, a foot slamming into her face a second later. Another pop up appeared, but Naruto quickly dismissed it as he grabbed the sword from the floor. Crying out in pain, she fell to the floor clutching her now bloody nose, a stain forming on the front of her mask. Naruto swiftly beheaded Kali, ending her pained whimpers.

"Wind Style: Air Bullet!"

Naruto turned just in time for something heavy to slam into him, the momentum carrying him back into the kitchen. Slamming back first into the stove, he fell to the floor, quickly noticing the heavy pressure hadn't left him. Looking up, he saw it's was Tali's injured body on top of him.

"...Run Naruto."

The girl's voice was barely above a whisper, but Naruto clearly heard her. As Tali's body fell folded forward, Naruto's eyes widened as he saw several sealing tags on her back. He quickly flashed through handsigns just as they began to fizzle, and barely managed to execute another substitution jutsu before the exploded violently.

Naruto shielded is face as fire and a shockwave erupted out of the kitchen, hissing as pieces of metal, plastic, and wood bombarded his body. Pushing himself to his feet, Naruto saw he was now between the living room and hallway. Turning to the hallway, he spotted the other kids trying to rise and charged them. Pulling out a kunai, he quickly ended them by slicing deeply into their throats with his chakra enhanced blade.

"Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!"

"Wind Style: Wind Bullet!"

Naruto's eyes widened as he heard the jutsu called. Knowing there wasn't enough time for another substitution jutsu, he quickly dived into an open doorway, avoiding the combination jutsu. Seeing he was in his bathroom, he quickly passed through the shower curtain and hopped into the bathtub.

The two jonin arrived at the doorway seconds later. Spotting Naruto's blond hair through the shower curtain, the sealer grabbed a rolled up bundle of explosive seals and tossed it into the bathroom. Seeing what he was doing, the other jonin ran down the hallway in an effort to avoid the coming explosion.

A large explosion, greater than the one from the kitchen, erupted from the bathroom. Parts of the already damaged roof came apart and fell into the apartment, kicking up even more dust in the wake of the explosion. Using a minor wind jutsu, he blew the dust and smoke aside, then gawked at the sight before him.

"How!?" The jonin exclaimed.

Naruto smirked as he walked forward, brushing some dust off his shoulders. "Substitution jutsu; used it on the seals guy then detonated the explosive seals with a chakra pulse."

"But you've used the jutsu several times already in this fight; you should be dead from chakra exhaustion!"

"One of the perks of have kage level reserves is I can use that jutsu a number of times, even if it's on other people." Naruto answered. "I'll admit, doing it on people drains far more chakra then on objects, but I'm not worried. Know why?"

"W-Why?"

Naruto grinned as crimson chakra began to coat his body. "I have two chakras!" His eyes turned crimson, pupils turning to slits, and the whisker marks on his face became more profound. The crimson chakra bubbled around his body, two fox like ears forming above his head and a single tail began swishing back and forth behind him.

The jonin let out a terrified scream, only to be cut off as Naruto embedded his fist in his stomach. Doubling over, the jonin quickly found his feet leaving the ground as a powerful elbow struck up under his chin. Naruto quickly grabbed the jonin's leg and proceeded to swing him around once before throwing him to the other side of the apartment.

Slamming into the far wall, the jonin bounced backwards from it and staggered, turning straight into a spin kick from Naruto that caused his head to snap to one side. Spinning from the kick's momentum, the jonin fell to the floor, only for his leg to again be grabbed, and to again be thrown at a wall.

Before the jonin could hit the wall however, Naruto appeared in front of it, and kicked man in the back. The sudden shift of force caused a sickening crack to be heard, and the jonin collapsed to the ground with a scream of pain. Seeing the man unable to do anything but cry now, Naruto channeled the crimson chakra into his fist, and slammed it into the jonin's head, causing it to burst open like a watermelon.

The crimson chakra faded from his body, and Naruto soon found himself on his knees. Panting and gasping for air at the same time, darkness quickly overtook his vision and he fell into blissful unconsciousness.

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The sound of dripping water was the first thing Naruto heard as he regained consciousness. Groaning softly, he slowly sat up, body aching from the effort. Rubbing his eyes, he examined his surroundings.

The walls appeared to be made of stone, and the floor had ankle high water, dirty water at that, over it save for the small island Naruto was on at the moment. There was no ceiling in sight, leaving darkness overhead, a stone wall behind him while the hall turned sharply several yards ahead of him.

Now fully awake, Naruto knew where he was; It was his mindscape, the mental representation of himself! He was pleased to see the conditions had changed a bit since his last time visiting; what had once been a sewer line now resembled more of a cavern. A small improvement, but he'd take what he could get.

Sighing, Naruto folded his arms and crossed his legs. "I must have passed out if I'm back here." He thought out loud. "Good thing I took out all those assassins before it happened; those guys were surprisingly easy now that I think about it..."

He frowned. "Tali's stats showed she was at level ten, yet they were overall lower then my stats even without the bonuses I have. Even with my theory about doubling my stats by absorbing part of the loser, there shouldn't be that big a difference, on my end anyways, between our stats with her being eight levels higher than me...could it really be as simple as me being the main character in this 'game' I have to play?"

Naruto shook his head. "I'm not gonna figure this out unless I get some more information about this gamer ability I have. Wish this thing came with a manual or settings function a-" A screen appeared before. Naruto blinked before examining it.

-Settings

-Bleed Damage: On

-Bleed damage alters game play to increase damage effects in relation to injuries. Blood lose will now count as damage to both your enemies and yourself. An equalizer against higher level opponents, but its effects can be deadly to yourself as well.

-Calculation Menu: Off

-When this function is on, an extra menu is available to view all calculations made in combat.

-Journal Menu: Off

-When this function is on, an extra menu is available to view recent events, items bought and sold, loot found, and scenario rewards.

-Instant Notification: On

-Whenever the player gains a skill level, upgrades a skill, gains a stat point, or gains a level, a pop up screen shall appear.

-New Skill Notification: On

-Whenever the player gains or creates a new skill, a pop up shall inform them of the details of the new skill. Note: skills created by the gamer power can be named by the player.

-Subtitles: Off

-When this function is on, subtitles appear in front of the character speaking in the form of pop up windows.

-Advanced Menu Customization: Off

-This function allows the player to completely revamp the existing menus to their own personal preferences.

Naruto immediately turned off Instant Notification and New Skill Notification settings, while activating the Journal Menu. With both notification settings off, he now didn't have to worry about pop ups appearing during combat, while the journal would allow him to discover any important information the pop ups would usually provide. Closing the settings menu, he brought up his stats menu and flipped to the journal menu to check the latest entries.

- Academy Washout Kills x8: 1,600 exp, 200 Ryo

- Jonin Kills x2: 15,000 exp, 1,200 Ryo

- Jonin Seal Specialist Kill: 8,000 exp, 3,000 Ryo

- Random Event-Ambush: Complete

- Rewards: 1,500 exp, 3,000 Ryo, Shuriken (40), Kunai (40), Poison Sword (1), Air Bullet Jutsu Scroll, Beginner Fuinjutsu Scroll.

- New Skill 'Thief' Created

- New Skill 'Chakra Current' Created

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Level Up Available

- Substitution Jutsu's Level Increased

- Kunai Mastery Level Increase

- New Ability Available for Kunai Mastery Skill

- Shuriken Mastery Level Increase

- New Ability Available for Shuriken Mastery Skill

- Observe Skill Level Increased

Naruto gawked at all the information he just went over; several level attributes gained, 7,400 Ryo, a poisonous weapon, a jutsu scroll, a beginner scroll for sealing, a new skill, and several skill level ups and upgrades. All of that from just one random event? Shaking his head, he began examining the skills mentioned.

- Thief Lv. 1

- The ability to steal object(s), be they from stores or enemies

- (Passive) 1% increase to stealing undetected

- (Active) By placing a hand on the target, a random object or item will be moved to you inventory. 100 CP per use

- Skill Upgradable

- Chakra Current Lv. 1

- By channeling your chakra through your body, you can gain a temporary boost to your stats. Channeling chakra to a weapon will increase damage output and may add bonus effect to its attack.

- (Active) +10 Strength, +10 Dexterity, +10 Agility. 30 CP per second

- (Active) +10 Damage Projectiles, 10 CP cost

- (Active) +20 Damage held weapons, 15 CP per second

- Skill Upgradeable

- Substitution Jutsu Lv. 8

- Using chakra, the character can switch places with an inanimate object

- (Active) 28 CP per use, + 9 CP per yard between character and object

- (Active) User can switch places with other characters or animals, CP cost equals difference in CP + 18 CP per yard distance

- Skill Upgradable

- Kunai Mastery Lv. 7

- (Passive) 12% increased accuracy with one throwing knife

- (Passive) 8% increased accuracy with two throwing knives

- (Passive) 14% damage increase

- (Active) Throw an additional kunai for each single kunai thrown with a bonus of +10% damage and 2% accuracy. 20 CP cost per use

- Skill Upgradable

- Shuriken Mastery Lv. 7

- (Passive) 12% increased accuracy with one shuriken

- (Passive) 7% increased accuracy with two shuriken

- (Passive) 12% damage increase

- (Active) Throw an additional shuriken for each single shuriken thrown with a bonus of +8% damage. 20 CP cost per use

- Skill Upgradable

- Observe Lv. 4

- (Active) Gain information on an object or person. More information available at higher levels

- Character stats and general information now available when used on a character within 10 levels of user

- Skill Upgradable

Naruto smirked at the results he read; it wasn't bad for having this gamer power for less than twenty-four hours. Also, he now knew that he could gain new skills and upgrade them both inside and outside of combat. He was a little irked that he hadn't leveled up the Demon Cloak skill; the rush had been incredible, despite the danger of using it and passing out.

Shaking his head, Naruto shifted over to his main stats menu. Examining it, the menu was the same as the first time he saw it except for a new button labeled "Level Up." This caused Naruto to pause; with the system as he understood it, he would have to manually level up and only then would he gain the points to distribute them to his attributes. Remembering the description he'd read earlier, intelligence controlled the number of points he got each level; every ten points to the attribute gave him five more points per level up.

At twenty points currently and with twenty points to distribute, if he put all his unspent point into it before level up, he'd get twenty more points on the next level up. If he spent all his points in intelligence for the first few level ups, he could raise the number of points he'd gain drastically early on, which would then allow him to drastically affect his stats any time he leveled up!

Naruto blinked as five points suddenly appeared in his wisdom attribute without his distributing any of the stored points. Flipping to his journal menu, he saw a new entry.

- For great insight, you have been awarded +5 Wisdom

'So it's possible to gain attribute points without leveling up...' Naruto thought to himself, then grinned. 'That's good to know; I'll have to experiment with this later. Right now, time to up my intelligence stat!'

Going back to his stats page, Naruto put all his saved points into intelligence, and then pressed the level up. A quick look over the page revealed both his HP and CP had gained a few points, despite no points being allocated to their respective attributes. It wasn't a big increase, not even ten points to either, but if it occurred every level up, Naruto wasn't going to complain.

With twenty more points to spend, Naruto again dumped them into all into intelligence, raising it to sixty. Clicking the level up button again he received thirty points this time, and noted again that there was an increase to his HP and CP. He repeated the action of dumping points into intelligence, raising it to ninety, then hit the level up button again. Now at level five, he gained forty-five points. Just as he clicked the point meter to one hundred and one, a pop up appeared before him.

[You have broken 100 points in the intelligence attribute. You have gained the bonus ability "Diligent Student"]

- Diligent Student Bonus: You devote all your effort into whatever you choose to learn. +10% Skill exp, +5% exp

'I get a bonus every time I break a hundred points in an attribute?!' Naruto mentally exclaimed. He quickly shifted between his various menus, trying to find out if he'd gotten anything from the chakra attribute as it was over two hundred points. His eyes eventually landed on a skill.

- Intermediate Chakra Regeneration Lv. 2

- Upgraded from Chakra Regeneration, this skill allows faster rate of chakra recovery

- (Passive) 100 CP recovery per minute

- Skill Upgradable

It was a powerful skill related to his chakra attribute, so Naruto guess it may have been his reward for breaking the hundred point mark. What really made him suspect that one was the fact that it was an upgraded skill; if attribute related skills were granted after breaking a hundred points to it, then perhaps another hundred points would naturally upgrade that skill. It was just a guess, but right now Naruto had several level ups to experiment and find out.

Flipping back to his stats menu, he finished pouring his points into intelligence, raising it to one hundred and thirty-five points. Clicking the level up button, he received sixty-five points, and after using them all he had an intelligence of two hundred even. Frowning as no pop up appeared, he hit the level up button. Now at level seven, he put one point into intelligence and a pop up appeared.

[You have broken 200 points the intelligence attribute. "Diligent Student" bonus has been upgraded to "Devoted Student!"]

-Devoted Student Bonus: You are devoted to learning, and do everything right to the best of your abilities. +20% Skill exp, +10% exp

Naruto grinned; his guess was proven more or less right. The bonus had been upgraded after breaking two hundred points, but he didn't know if it included skills gained by attributes. Knowing he still had a bunch of points and two more level ups, he decided to try raising two other attributes to over a hundred points. After a moment's thought, he decided the two attributes would be strength and wisdom; neither had bonuses to boost them, and while agility was only a point lower the wisdom, the wisdom attribute helped with chakra control.

Adding nine points to intelligence, he rounded it out at two hundred and ten points, leaving ninety points left to distribute. Dumping them all into strength, he raised it to one hundred and ten points, and received a pop up.

[You have broken 100 points in the Strength attribute. "The Eight Gates" skill has been learned.]

Flipping to the skills menu, he quickly found the skill and examined it.

- The Eight Gates Lv. 1

- Allows the player access to the Eight Chakra Gates of the body

- Gate One of Eight available

- (Active) +100% Strength, +50% Agility

- (Active) 30 HP damage per second

- (Passive) 50% reduction to Strength and Agility for 60 seconds after skill deactivation

- Skill Upgradable

Naruto was stunned; the Eight Gates skill rivaled several of the effects of his Demon Cloak skill! Some were better, like the lack of mental strain, but what really killed it was the thirty points of damage suffered per second; a full minute of the gate would cause eighteen hundred points of damage, over three times his current max HP! He'd have to put some points into his constitution if he'd want to make liberal use of this skill.

Going back to his stat screen, he clicked the level up button, now at level eight and received one hundred and five points to distribute. This time he dumped them all into wisdom, raising it to one hundred and thirty points. As expected a pop up appeared, but this time several more appeared as well.

[You have broken 100 points in the Wisdom attribute. You have a gained the bonus ability "Chakra Cost Reduction"]

- Chakra Cost Reduction Bonus: Your efforts in learning to properly mold your chakra have paid off. 20% reduction to all chakra related techniques.

[You have over 100 points in both Chakra and Wisdom attributes. You have gained the "Sensor" skill.]

Again Naruto was stunned; a full twenty percent reduction to all chakra related activities?! That could make a huge difference when it came to using high level jutsu, or any jutsu for that matter really! Flipping to his skill page, Naruto examined the Sensor skill.

- Sensor Lv. 1

- You have the ability to detect chakra

- (Passive) Can detect active chakra within one foot of player

- (Active) By releasing a pulse of chakra, you can make a mental map of your immediate surroundings. 30 CP cost

- Skill Upgradeable

Naruto immediately saw the benefits of this skill; if he got this skill level high enough, he'd be able to detect chakra all around himself. It would be good detecting any enemies trying to get the drop on him as well as hunting any down. This was definitely a skill to work on.

Despite having only one more level up left, Naruto decided to dump all his points into wisdom again, in hopes of upgrading his reduction bonus again. Raising his level up to nine, he deposited eighty points into wisdom, raising it to two hundred and ten points, matching intelligences exactly. Once again, multiple pop ups appeared before him.

[You have broken 200 points in the Wisdom attribute. You have gained the bonus ability "Multiple Choice"]

-Multiple Choice Bonus: When faced with critical decision making scenarios, three possible options shall appear to determine your action. While deciding, time shall be frozen for thirty seconds.

[You have equal points in both Intelligence and Wisdom attributes, each over 200 points. You have gained the "Learn Random" skill]

Naruto quickly went to the skill page to examine his new skills.

- Learn Random Lv. 1

- (Active) Once every thirty days, The Gamer is able to learn a random skill, provided they are capable of performing it

- Skill Upgradable

It was official; his gamer powers were broken. Completely and utterly broken. Naruto fell backwards on his little island, and laughed hysterically! He couldn't believe the abilities of this Gamer power; it was beyond anything he'd ever imagined possible, and it was all his!

Naruto had no idea how much time had passed before he could regain control of himself. Wiping his eyes clear of tears, Naruto took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it. Sitting up, he shifted to the stats screen and found he still had twenty-five points to spend on this level up. Naruto thought about it for a minute before deciding to place them in constitution, raising it to a natural sixty-one points, eighty-six points including the bonus. With no more level ups to use, Naruto examined his stats.

Name: Yami Naruto

Class: The Gamer 2.0

Title: Academy Student (+10% exp for all skills training)

Level: 9

Next Level: 7240 exp.

HP: 1382/1382

CP: 5127/5127

Attributes:

-Str: 110

-Dex: 34

-Agil: 24

-Con: 61 (+25)

-Cha: 240 (+507)

-Int: 210

-Wis: 210

-Lck: 4 (+500)

Points saved: 0

Ryo: 207,400

Compared to just a few hours ago, the difference was staggering. Naruto could actually feel the changes taking place in his body; ideas after idea flooded his mind, each quickly being judged almost instantly as feasible, wishful thinking, or amusing. Strength coursed through his body, yet he didn't seem to gain as much weight as expected from the muscles that were now growing. But the best thing of all was the fact the he could feel himself growing taller!

Once he felt the changes stop, Naruto slowly rose to his feet. He immediately noted he was several inches taller than when he first arrived in his mindscape, and that he felt a bit off balance due to his body's new form. Taking a minute, Naruto bounce in place, shifting his weight from one side of his body to the other, occasionally throwing a jab or kick as well.

When he felt confident in his ability to move, Naruto started walking forward; if he was in his mindscape, he might as well visit his tenant. It was as he rounded the first corner that the cavern walls began to shake. Seconds later Naruto could hear a low rumble drawing close. Quickly ducking back around the corner, a shockwave of air rushed past, slamming into the wall across from him.

Naruto blinked; he knew there were some mental defenses in his mindscape ever since he was born and suppressed by his lighter half, but he'd never encountered those shockwaves before. In fact, the closest thing he could ever relate those too were...

*Bing*

- The Kyubi is raging!

- Objective: Make your way to the seal

- Objective: End Kyubi's rampage

- Bonus Objective: Knock the Kyubi off its feet

- Rewards: 5,000 exp

- Bonus Objective Reward: Relationship boost Kyubi

"Another random event? So soon?" Naruto whined. He let out a sigh, without an accept or decline button to press he had no way of ignoring this event. It also seemed like a good idea to get on well with his tenant, given they were stuck for life. Shaking his head, he braced himself as he heard another shockwave coming. As soon as it past, and struck the wall behind him, Naruto was around the corner and racing ahead; he knew where the seal was, right now he only had to worry about avoiding the shockwaves. He'd deal with Kyubi once he reached it.

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That's all for chapter 2! Hope you all enjoyed it.

First off, props to Skeek622 for guessing who the assassins were, good job. Now onto some questions!

XxPokemonMasterxX: "Will there be bashing?" Honest answer, I don't know. I like to keep things realistic, so things like Kakashi suddenly becoming an Uchiha worshiper isn't going to happen. Any changes that happen to the characters and their personalities in this story will happen due to the events they experience, or in part of the effort Naruto puts in to change their relationship status. All that said, if bashing does happen, the character will deserve it through their own actions and any inner monologue they may do.

darkerdeepdown: "Is there good inherently in him or will he be total dark side here?" Perhaps, perhaps not. He will always lean towards evil, but you'll just have to read to find out if he's got any goodness in him.

In regard to the main pairing, Naruto/Kin/? , I have yet to decide the final girl. I've received quite a few suggestions, and I enjoyed the few that came with explanations as to why it should be that girl. By all means, keep leaving reviews or PM me with your suggestions; even if I don't choose your girl as part of the threesome, they may become minions for Naruto if he sees the benefit of keeping them around.

Anyways, the first few chapters are going to be what I call the "Intro Saga," where a lot of the game mechanics will be fleshed out for everyone. I've also made some minor edits to chapter one, as certain things like skill descriptions were jumbled up when I uploaded the chapter. It should (hopefully) read a lot better now. If anyone is interested in being a Beta for this story, PM me.

I think that's about it. I'll try to keep my updates within a month of the previous chapter release, but real life take priority, no matter how much I wish it didn't have too (sigh). Till next time!