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Day 2- Aftermath
(Saints row 4 soundtrack – Gateway 2)
Naruto didn't need to see it to know Sakura was staring at him in both wonder and worry. He still didn't know what he was going to do, Inner was gone. They had been alike and Naruto had only realised while the girl was on her metaphorical death bed. Neither of them had any real friends and both of them took solace in eachother, if they had had more time then maybe…
Naruto shook his head it wasn't the time to grieve he had to complete the mission he had started.
Ignoring the blood on his shirt and his last good orange Jacket Naruto walked over to Sakura who had broken out of her stupor. She spoke hesitantly,
"N…Naruto? Are you going to be alright?" she was worried about him, Naruto realised rather stiffly, normally that would've been cause for celebration via ramen with the old man hokage, ironically it just made Naruto feel rather sad.
"I...I guess." He said looking down, truth be told he didn't know, this was the second time where he met someone just like him, before they died in front of him. Suddenly a shimmer of light appeared and a familiar pentagram tattoo appeared on Sakura's forehead, she shrieked lightly before looked over to Naruto realising with a start that something really wasn't quite right.
"Naruto what the hell's going on? Where are we? Why was I being bullied? And Why on earth was Inner Sakura he-" She stopped talking as she realised Naruto had just been made privy to her most embarrassing secret "Naruto you… you can't tell anybody about this" she hissed before realising that the blond had just made out with…
Right, awkward.
"Sakura I'll tell you about this after we get out of here, but I sorta have to touch the mark on your forehead before I can leave your mind." Naruto said feeling for the first time in his life…
Exhausted, well and truly tired beyond belief, he just wanted to rest and relax before sleeping away the rather conflicting and confusing emotions he had. So without even waiting for Sakura's response he walked up and tapped her forehead. He sighed lightly when his vision shifted in a rather familiar way and everything faded to black.
XXXXX (Code Geass OST "stories")
Naruto felt another out of body experience rushing up and he found himself staring at a new menu, wondering vaguely what was happening when he saw an avatar of himself complete with new bloody clothes and mask jumped up and down cheerfully in the air next to a list of stats rewards.
Rescue Complete!
Rewards:
Sakura (companion)
Ninjutsu unlocked!
Skill points unlocked!
Levelling up unlocked!
Exp- 1000 –LEVEL UP
Monies- 5000
Points
Enemies defeated – 200/250
Rewards gained 4/6
Secrets found ½
Endings 1/3
Rank- B
Saving progress….. DONE!
Achievement unlocked:
Mindful Martyr
First Secret
Bully the bullies
First Boss
Cherry Blossoms
Ready for action
Naruto read over the last parts again, to make sure he didn't make a mistake.
He didn't even fully complete the level after all that? Stifling the urge to scream to himself Naruto mentally commanded the game to continue and found himself returning back to the real world with a few seconds.
XXXXX (Destiny Islands HD remix)
Naruto found himself back in Sakura's house with his hand on the mark on her forehead in the exact same spot he had been in when he entered her mind. Gritting his teeth Naruto found he couldn't move from his spot and tried in vain to pull his hand away from his former crush before she awoke and assumed the worst.
Suddenly the pentagram underneath his fingertips pules with a bright yellow light before returning to its original colour, only it didn't look as sinister anymore, as if the magic had been stripped from it and now all it was some paint.
Objective complete: Rescue Sakura
New Objective: go to rest at your apartment
New Objective: Level up!
Then slowly a groan escaped Sakura and her emerald eyes fluttered open,
"N-Naruto?" She said lightly, as if wondering if everything was a dream. Naruto bit his lip and a flash of pain entered his eyes, she sounded exactly like Inner had during…
Right deal with issues later, right now he had to focus. Slipping on a familiar cheerful façade Naruto spoke;
"I'm here Sakura," he said hoping she didn't notice the brief slip.
"What happened?" she asked looking into his eyes Naruto grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
"It's a long story," Naruto admitted laughing awkwardly,
"I…. What are you doing in my house?!" she suddenly yelled suddenly as her mind caught up with her.
"I-"
"STOP TOUCHING MY FOREHEAD CREEP!" she yelled and Naruto sighed to himself; he'd forgotten how…passionate Sakura could get.
"BAKA!" she yelled and Naruto mentally replaced passionate with bitchy.
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"So you're saying nobody else is free from the spell and only you can wake them?" Sakura said back to Naruto wondering vaguely if this was some sort of prank,
As if seeing her thoughts Naruto said "Yeah if you don't believe me your Mom is downstairs. Oh and you might wanna wash your forehead." Naruto added as an afterthought without even explaining what was on her forehead.
"Was that a crack on my forehead?" Sakura said in a dangerously sweet tone,
"What?! No! I-"
"Did you say my massive big forehead was really dirty and needed a wash?!" Sakura almost shouted and Naruto started panicking,
"Sakura-chan please-" Sakura cut him off with a well-timed bonk on the head.
While Naruto mumbled to himself and rubbed his poor head Sakura went downstairs and realised that Naruto wasn't lying when he said her mom was in a trance. She then saw the pentagram on her Mom's forehead before she realised that Naruto had probably been referring to a mark on her forehead.
Sighing to herself she went back upstairs to Naruto who was currently rummaging in her bathroom.
"Yo Sakura-chan where's your painkillers? There's just weird named bottles here," Naruto asked tossing away a bottle of aspirin.
Trying to be nice to the boy who had literally saved her from her personal nightmare Sakura ignored the vein popping up under her eye, "Naruto painkiller bottles aren't just labelled 'painkillers', and why are you rummaging in my bathroom? Don't you have any manners?"
"That's stupid then how can you figure out where your painkillers are. And you bonked me on the head and even I know that's rude." Naruto said about as bluntly as possible, not knowing that pointing out that someone was rude, was rude. However if he had known that Naruto wouldn;t of cared and just said that Social rules were stupid.
"I-" Sakura stopped because Naruto did make a valid point, "Whatever, so now that I know you're being serious and everyone in the world is locked in their own personal nightmares, what are these…er rules about?" Sakura asked avoiding calling it-
"OH! You mean the video game stuff right?" Naruto declared happily.
"Naruto even though you might be telling the truth about the nightmare jutsu, I highly doubt we've been locked in a video game; that'd be-"
LEVEL UP!
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"What was that?" Sakura asked, trying not to panic as the last time someone had forced words into her head it'd been Ino playing a prank.
"That's what I was talking about" Naruto pointed out before pausing in thought, "But is it really gonna remind me every 5 seconds I levelled up? That'd get anno-"
LEVEL UP!
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"I know the hints can't think for themselves cuz their words, but they're assholes." Naruto said before mentally selecting the level up option.
"Naruto before you select level up we should-"Sakura was 5 seconds too late because Naruto's vision shifted before swirling into Darkness.
XXXXX (Legend of Zelda OST 'Majora's mask title theme'.)
Naruto found himself in a familiar looking menu design but this time there was just an avatar of himself jumping up and down in a corner while words flashed on the main part of the 'screen'.
Congratulations you levelled up!
Naruto rolled his eyes before mentally selecting the continue option.
HINT: You just levelled up! You normally cannot level up in the middle of rescue missions unless there are special circumstances. When you level up you get 5 unassigned stats which can increase your abilities, 5 skill points which allow you to specialise in certain Shinobi areas, and 2 abillity points which will get you special abilities!
Once you reach level 10 you can select special bonuses! However these only apply to Naruto, when a companion gets 10 levels they unlock an alternate outfit or skin instead.
Naruto read this over once or twice wondering what stats, skills, and abilities were, sighing he mentally selected continue.
Hint: This is the stat screen here you can see your basic stats.
Hp is your hit points; when these reach 0 you die!
Naruto sweatdropped at how enthusiastic the hint was about his own death before reading on.
Mp is your magic/chakra points; you use these to cast Jutsu, however Naruto's Mp is limitless, his companion's MP however is not and must watch their Mp if they wish to cast many spells/jutsu consecutively.
Next are your core stats these each affect different abilities and are each useful in different situations!
Str- or strength
Strength increases the damage you can do with Taijutsu or other melee attacks; it also is used by certain special events.
End- or Endurance
Endurance increases your overall Hp and your resistance to status affects like poison or paralysis. *Note* this stat is crucial for anyone to increase regardless of specialization
Spe- or speed
Speed increases how fast you can move, it also increases your attack speed and decreases the amount of time it takes to cast a spell/jutsu.
Dex-or Dexterity
Dexterity increases your flexibility, jump height, and ranged attack damage, it is also used in certain special events.
Spi-or Spirit
Spirit increases your MP and also shortens the cooldowns on spells. (jutsu have no cooldowns) it is used occasionally in Karmatic moments and in tests of Charisma. *Note* Naruto starts off with this stat maxed.
Int- or Intelligence
Intelligence increases the strength of your mind and how much damage you do with jutsu, it is used in certain special events and sometimes in tests of Charisma.
Cha- or Charisma
Charisma increases the persuasive of your words and the affect they have on people, People will find you more likable and more fun to be around the higher this stat is. It also increases the influence you gain with companions and decreases any loss in companion influence. This stat is crucial in tests of Charisma.
Naruto moaned at all the reading he had just done, wryly Naruto decided to pour his points into Intelligence to make this sorta stuff more bearable in the future.
Looking over the screen he now had he realised there was something wrong. The game said when he levelled up he would gain 5 stat points, but he currently had 20. He was about to mentally ask what the deal with that was when he noticed on the side it said.
Naruto Uzumaki- Level 5
"oh." He said to himself before looking over his stats and also noticing they were higher than he remembered seeing on his inventory screen. Everything had increased and was now 10 aside from his HP which was now 150.
Nodding to himself Naruto applied his stats and looked it over.
Naruto Uzumaki:
Str- 12
End- 14
Spe- 14
Dex-11
Spi-~
Int-14
Cha-15
Naruto nodded to himself as he looked it over, before mentally selecting continue, wondering what was next.
Hint: this is the Skill screen! Skills affect your different attacks and unlock different abilities as you put more points into them as you progress through the game you will also unlock new skills as you get access to new teachers. You can also increase skills by training ordinarily though your stats will remain unchanged. *Note* any skill with a * next to it is impossible for the current character to learn, different Companions, however will be able to learn these instead.
Tai- Taijutsu
Taijutsu increases the skill you have in unarmed fighting and fighting with kunai or knuckled style items.
Nin- Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu increases the amount of damage and the effectiveness of Ninjutsu
*Gen- Genjutsu
Genjutsu increases the effectiveness of Genjutsu.
Naruto looked over his two choices,
"I knew the infinite chakra would have a catch" he muttered under his breath before looking over his selection.
Ninjutsu or Taijutsu Naruto weighed it in his mind, Ninjutsu were cooler, had more uses and were way more adaptable then any kind of taijutsu.
But as he'd found out Tai was also vital because if he lost access to it he would be defenceless without some sort of Tai.
Looking at his points he decided to split it even and give 10 to both.
NEW ABILITY UNLOCKED
Nin- Chakra Climbing
Nin- Water Walking
Tai- Hardened body
Tai/Nin- Burning fists
Reading it over Naruto wondered what these meant before he entered the last screen.
Unlike the other two screens he only had 8 points to give out here so he'd be more careful with his choices here.
Hint: This is the Ability screen! Abilities are different spells and jutsu as well as different bonuses Naruto can unlock, some abilities are only unlocked by making certain choices or freeing certain other people, other abilities are only usable by certain Companions, some abilities can only be unlocked by finding secrets, but most abilities are unlocked by putting a certain amount of points in different skills.
After unlocking any ability you can also put more points in it to upgrade its effectiveness and/or damage, and for characters other than Naruto reduce the amount of MP it takes to use them.
Abilties available.
Shadow clone Jutsu 1/10
Transformation Jutsu 1/3
Replacement Jutsu 1/3
Grand Fireball Jutsu 0/5
Fire Fist 0/5
Hardened body 0/10
Water Walking 0/2
Chakra Climbing 0/2
Hint: Mastering abilities increases their effectiveness a lot more than normal so it's important to master your favourite Abilities!
Hint: When you select an ability a description of it opens up and there you can allocate points into it.
Naruto rubbed his temples as he processed what he'd just read, a vein throbbed under his eye as he wondered where the hell the bonus from increasing his intelligence was because he was getting a headache from all this information.
Sighing he looked over what he had and opened each one up in turn.
Shadow clone, Transformation, Replacement, and Grand fireball were all obvious, he'd seen these jutsu before and knew what they did, so he opened up Fire Fist first.
Fire fist (Tai/nin jutsu, Active passive.)
*Note* Fire fist is a hybrid ability and its effectiveness is increased by both of the skills listed.
Hint: There are 3 kinds of abilities, passive abilities you don't have to worry about using as they are on all the time, Active passives take up a section chakra when you use them but after activating them they are always on, Actives are 'one shot one use' abilities that take up chakra when you use them, are used then go on either cooldown or are ready for use.
The user must know a fire jutsu, have a very high spirit, and have some points in Tai to use this.
The user pours Chakra rather haphazardly into his or her fists making globes of fire erupt around them that add fire damage to any melee attacks they make.
Level 1 +5 damage
Level 2 +10 damage
Level 3 +15 damage
Level 4 + 20 damage
Level 5 +30 Damage
Naruto grinned, this was so badass! He could have flaming fists!...
Okay it sounded kinda wrong but it would Be badass and that's all that mattered! Besides this also sounded really useful since he could also burn or set dudes on fire when he hit them!
He reigned in his excitement and selected a different ability first though to make sure he wouldn't miss out on something even better he was a little disappointed with the next ability.
Hardened body (Passive Tai)
The user as a result of pushing his/her body to the limits has increased endurance from training his/her muscles. *note* this ability is a must have for any budding tai-jutsu master as it is a pre-requisite for many tai-based abilities
Level 1 +3 to endurance
Level 2 + 6 to endurance
Level 3 + 9 to endurance
Level 4 + 12 to endurance
Level 5 +15 to endurance
Level 6 + 18 to endurance
Level 7 + 21 to endurance
Level 8 + 24 to endurance
Level 9 + 27 to endurance
Level 10 + 35 to endurance
"Laaaaaame why would I do this when I already put points in Endurance?" Naruto groaned aloud ignoring the voice in his head that pointed out this was a far faster way to increase it.
He then selected the final two abilities and grinned. These two were going to be awesome.
Chakra climbing (Passive Nin)
Allows the user to climb walls or trees or use chakra to stick themselves to different surfaces.
Level 1 Allows the user to climb walls/trees but requires concentration
Level 2 Allows the user to stick to any surface with barely a thought
Water Walking (Passive Nin)
Allows the user to walk on water or other liquid surfaces using chakra
Level 1: Allows the user to walk on water with concentration
Level 2 Allows the user to walk on water with barely a thought
Naruto nodded to himself before putting 4 of his 8 points into the last two, walking on walls and water he recalled were things that would have made his prank-chases much more fun! And if he was chased up walls by Ninja who also knew this, the idea of a vertically placed trap for that purpose was tantalising.
Shaking his head Naruto finally placed his final 4 points into Fire fist.
"I'm gonna kick some ass with these knew abilities!" Naruto shouted to himself before his vision swam before him and everything went black once more.
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If I ever have to hear that fucking song one more time….
I don't like this chapter, it's like killing off akatsuki characters like Sasori or Deidara; tasteless, nobody likes it but it has to be done and everyone knows it.
Well I hope you guys do. And yes I know the stats I have don't make sense compared to the ones I first introduced, I had to redo the stat system when I realised my favourite idea (charisma and tests of speech) was seriously overlooked and I decided to copy elements of the original game fanfiction. (Naruto: Game of the year edition for those of you wondering about it, if you haven't already go find it and give it a read, it's one of the best on the site even though I bitch about it below)
I know the idea of abilities and increasing them is inspired (*cough* borrowed) from Naruto: GOTY but the author never uses the ability idea that much. Even though that's the best part of the story.
On that note
Why the hell do Fanfictions like this based off Games never mention the games that much? It's all about the OC's and the situation of Kami fucking with some bullshit rule the author pulled outta his/her ass to make sense of the game rules.
I don't care about that stuff I wanna see Naruto level up, learn something stupidly powerful, and laugh at whatever bad-guy is misfortunate enough to end up attacking first and find out Naruto got a buff. (I'd say we don't care but I am not that egotistical to assume everyone thinks like me)
Anyway I apologise for leaving the main menu loop on for so long if you listened to it but I couldn't change it in the middle of the story for something less repetitive and it is good menu music, unless of course you have to read about stats you already knew while it plays over and over again.
But maybe the timing is just right considering writing takes considerably longer then reading.
But maybe nobody is even gonna care since I only got 1 fucking review…
GUYS SERIOUSLY?
200- something hits and 1 review
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You should all be ashamed of yourselves
Except you 1000 fists, this arse of a chapter is dedicated to you, I know it's not much but the fact I slogged through it and now I can get to the good part is exciting because now I wanna write more and that means you guys can read more!
Which is good I hope.
So 1000 fists this story will keep on going thanks to you; I wrote about half of this when I couldn't and then I read your review and was like "well now I have to write this because this guy deserves to keep on hearing more from me!"
Rock on dude
If you want me to post stats now go fu-
Er
…insults to readers aside (I love you guys, yes even you jerks who didn't review…. All 200 of you) if I have to look over 3 chapters (10,000 words now) of stats and numbers again to make sure I am consistent with these stats I will kill myself…. with a plastic spork… and the juubi. (but the last one is just for fun)
This partially insane rant has gone on long enough so to sum up in 3 succinct points.
THANK YOU 1000 FISTS THIS STORY LIVES THANKS TO YOU!
Please review guys, these sustain the story, bitch about Sakura, my mistakes, or just ask for more, I just want a response to know if I should keep going
And this chapter wasn't very fun but the next two will be extremely fun.