Warning! If you don't like big huge info dumps, then I'm sorry this chapters not for you, but you still may want to read it to find about some of Naruto's new powers and how he got them, plus a little about what could happen in the future. Holy shit! I typed all that in like three hours, somebody had asked me when I was going to update, and I decided that it was time to get my ass in gear! So I hope you enjoy the chapter, not much action but a little bit on hard more, Naruto gained some new abilities. The Questing System is back, some traits are here, so are Naruto's stats! Just to let you know, don't expect anything as in depth and gamey as this again, probably going to focus more on the action and stuff. Not my best chapter, just warning you.
Chapter Fifteen
Hard Mode
Naruto had woken up that morning, and decided that the day was going to be a great day, he was a new genin, his teammates were what he considered family and the sun was shinning. Not to mention that he had activated Hard mode yesterday and although he knew that Aurora and Sora were going to a be a bit miffed that he would be dragging them into an environment that was several times above them, they would thank him later for it.
Then he received the update message and that made his day all the brighter.
Update Message- Hard mode!
Due to the fact that the criteria for activating hard mode have all been met, Hard mode has been activated. What Hard mode entails is the fact that everything gets harder. All the dungeons have been reset and reestablished, as well as all the enemies have been increased in level. The weakest enemies will be 10 levels above you at the start of Hard mode. Enemies will now spawn twice as often in the dungeons and their loot drop will be rarer. Although Hard mode is not without it's benefits! Level cap is increased from 100 to 500 and the loot that is dropped will be of higher quality. Special traits have been introduced, and more quests will be introduced as well. Special action will result in the new Heads Up Display being activated.
Achievement Completed! {It's Hard Mode!}
Rewards...
One Special Token!
One Trait Token!
Naruto hadn't gotten out of bed when he started flipping through different screens looking at all the differences in the game that happened over night. His stats had stayed the same but for the most part just about everything had changed, including the ranking system.
Instead of just knowing the rarities of items, he got to know the levels and rankings as well. At the bottom of the list was Inferior, then Normal, then Good, then Rare, then Unique, then Ancient, then Legendary, and then Phantasmal. Checking over his equipment Naruto was surprised to find what he saw.
Magatama Necklace- Lv. 50 Accessory, Unique, Rank 5
Requirements- Lv. 45 and an Intelligence of 60
Increases Intelligence, Vitality, Endurance, and Control by 15
Materials - Demonic Plumage (100), Celestial Snake Skin (50), Lunar Wing (50), Rainbow Scale (100)
Modifiers- Diamond Tough, Steel Fiber
-Takes 50% of damage dealt to enemies and returns as health.
-Increases attack speed by 50%.
-Increases attack power by 50%
-Increases bloodline efficiency by 10%
(Modifier) Increases all armor durability by 10%
(Modifier) Increases skin durability by 5%
That was odd, last time he had checked the necklace wasn't that good but the Unique rating was nice. But he still didn't understand the significance of the Rank 5, he would have to check that out later.
Yin-Yang Necklace - Lv. 45 Accessory, Rare, Rank 4
Requirements - Lv. 35 and Control of 120
Increases Chakra by 5% and increases control by 25
Materials - Grand Soul Gem (50), Blood of Ancients (100)
Modifiers - Yang Charm, Yin Charm
-Takes 50% of damage dealt to enemies and returns as chakra
-Increases chakra by 10%
(Modifier) Increases Physical damage by 10%
(Modifier) Increases Non-Physical damage by 10%
Again the necklace didn't have the high of a level last time he checked, must have been a hard mode thing. And this necklace was only a rare rating which was also nice but not as good as his other necklace.
Konoha Fore-head protector Lv. 30 Accessory, Normal, Rank 2
Requirements- pass the Academy genin exam.
Increases reputation with Konoha civilians and ninja.
Decreases reputation with Iwa and Kumo civilians and ninja.
Naruto had figured out that the reason people were treating him like normal was because the game had reset his reputation with everybody to zero, which made him just another face in the crowd. But with the head band, he would be able to increase that reputation with them and if he was aiming to be Hokage then he would need all the good reputation that he could get.
Black and Orange Hoodie Lv. 50 Armor, Rare, Rank 4
Requirements- Lv. 50
Decreases damaged taken by 30%
Increases strength by 30
Increases agility by 10
Brown Shorts Lv. 40 Armor, Good, Rank 3
Requirements- Lv. 40
Increases all stats by 20
Shinobi Sandals Lv. 30 Armor, Normal, Rank 2
Requirements- Lv. 30
Increases Agility by 20
Naruto Uzumaki Lv. 56
Stat Points to spend- 0
Ability Points to spend- 0
Special Tokens to Spend- 1
Trait Tokens to Spend- 1
Strength- 150 (60) - 210
Agility- 200 (50) - 250
Endurance- 200 (50) -250
Vitality- 200 (20) -220
Intelligence- 100 (10)- 110
Chakra- 30000 (5000) 35000
Control- 300 (50) -350
Crystal Release
Ice Release
Sharingan Version. Mangekyou (Special Ability- Kamui)
Shadow Clone Technique
Advanced Wire Techniques
Advanced Fuinjutsu
Soap Bubble Ninjustu
Familiars- Dragon (Sora) Fox (Aurora)
He felt like it would be a wonderful time to spend that point and put it into something else that would be just as awesome as what he already had, although he felt like he wanted to save it and see if anything would appear in the future that he could buy with the token, but then again he didn't really feel like putting it towards another technique or bloodline that would take a while to train. Swiping through the menu's Naruto quickly found the traits section and started reading all about the newly implemented traits.
Traits- Traits are special bonuses that can be purchased with "Trait Tokens" which can be earned through different quests and or achievements. There are several different traits and all of them have their different benefits. Although a maximum of three traits is allowed at a time, once a trait is purchased it can be activated and de-activated any time. Trait tokens are significantly more rare than Special Tokens, but the reward is worth it.
Traits for purchase
Iron Breaker- Strength is key and strength is everything! the Iron Breaker trait increases base strength and strength gain with every level up.
Added 70 base strength, plus 9 strength with every level up, blunt weapons increase damage 40%
Naruto blinked at the trait, that was amazing! The gains for that were amazing although Naruto preferred sharp weapons over blunt, the damage he'd be doing with every strike could almost be multiplied!
Quick Silver- Gotta go fast! The Quick Silver trait increases base agility and agility gain as well as adds Acceleration skill.
Added 70 base agility, plus 9 speed with every level up, Acceleration skill added.
Again Naruto was a little stunned at the amazing gains that could be had, adding 70 base agility would easily push him over in the 300's in agility. These were the kinds of gains that Naruto spent days training up for, the kinds of gains that he wished he could make in one sitting.
Marathon Runner- Keep it moving, don't ever stop! The Marathon Runner trait increases base endurance and endurance gain as well as adds Steel Skin skill.
Added 70 base endurance, plus 9 endurance with every level up, Steel Skin skill added.
Naruto almost wanted to just skip over this one, he had his crystal armor and he was already a monster with endurance so he found the trait a little useless.
Doctor's Best Friend- No need for surgery, you're alright! The Doctor's Best Friend trait increases base vitality and vitality gain as well as adds Regeneration skill.
Added 70 base vitality, plus 9 vitality with every level up, Regeneration skill added.
That one looked nice, until he could get some of those chakra and health batteries then he would need to find a way to keep himself alive in the no doubt harder dungeons. Some regeneration for those attacks that managed to break through his crystal armor would be wonderful.
Bookworm- The library is your friend! The Bookworm trait increases base intelligence and intelligence gain.
Added 90 base intelligence, plus 10 intelligence with every level up.
Naruto considered it, he didn't get a special skill but he did get added intelligence and more with every level up. The intelligence was almost worth using the single coin that he had.
Tailless Bijuu- Too much chakra my friend! The Tailless Bijuu trait increases base chakra and chakra gain.
Added 5000 base chakra, plus 500 chakra with every level up.
Naruto couldn't help but grin at that one, he knew that chakra was one of his main problems with the fighting style that he'd adopted because it basically consisted of him spamming loads of chakra intensive attacks, chakra that he knew that he shouldn't waste. He could've also put more points into control but he wanted bigger reserves because he could have all the control in the world, didn't matter if his reserves couldn't use the attacks that he wanted.
So after a little more thinking, Naruto finally selected the Tailless Bijuu trait and went back to his stats to marvel in the fact that yes he have 40 thousand chakra points to work with and spend. With the traits over and out of the way, Naruto headed over to the bloodlines and techniques page before looking through what he could've gotten there. Nothing looked good, he felt that with a little more training he wouldn't need anything from that page anymore and after some thought Naruto came up with a brilliant idea.
His Crystal Release (Shoton) was almost to level 50, currently sitting at a pretty Lv. 48. He knew for a fact that he could use his special token to level up abilities instead of just gaining them. It had been mentioned in the tutorial somewhere but he knew that it was possible. So flipping through the menu's Naruto selected his Crystal Release and a small menu popped up.
Crystal Release Lv. 48
Crystal Release is a special bloodline that allows the user to naturally combine the elements of (?) and (?). Allows the user to crystalize moisture and earth but the crystal is weak to lightning element attacks and a certain frequency of sound waves.
Would you like to use Special Token to receive 20 ability points? Yes/No
Naruto didn't hesitate as he chose yes, and proceeded to level up Crystal Release until is was Lv. 50 exactly.
Mutation Available! Your Crystal Release has leveled up to Lv.50 and a specific mutation is available!
Absorption Factor- Allows crystals made by your Crystal Release to absorb attacks and redirect them in a specific direction although the crystal has a limit on how much it can absorb. Can absorb less attacks of the lightning element than anything else. Amount absorbed increases with level. (Both physical and elemental are absorbed).
Light of the Heavens- Unlocks an unknown branch of Crystal Release, turning your crystals into solid light, a scientific impossibility. Your crystals loose their defensive properties in return for higher damage properties.
Earth of the Underworld- Unlocks an unknown branch of Crystal Release, rounding and hardening all crystals. Your crystals loose their offensive properties in return for higher defensive properties.
Refining Process- Your crystals have been refined, and are free of impurities making them more resistant to the elements, although they are more susceptible to blunt and sharp force trauma.
Natural Gift- You are a genius and making your crystals, and it take significantly less chakra to use your crystals although no other stats improve.
Naruto really had to think about this one, this would affect his entire attack style for the rest of his life or the rest of his time in this world, when he would probably be reincarnated as some other Naruto with ridiculous abilities such as the ones that he had. After what seemed like hours of balancing the pros and cons of the Mutations, Naruto finally chose the one that he was leaning towards.
Absorption Factor would probably suit his style the best. He had been dealing with limits all his life, and another one that could be trained and increased was something that he could work with, especially when it was something that was so useful and something that would be his little ace in the hole for any surprise elemental attacks and strong physical attacks to a degree.
Sighing Naruto remembered that he had 18 more points left and looked at what might be possible to level up to Lv.50 before he got up and decided that it was time to start training the two laziest familiars in the history of lazy familiars. They hadn't been to a dungeon in half a year and they were falling behind. Looking at his choices for abilities to level up, he found himself between a tough choice between his Advanced Wire Techniques and his Advanced Fuinjutsu, which were both at Lv. 40.
He knew that Fuinjutsu was handy, but it was hard to pull of in the heat of battle, and was better to use when you had time to prepare. Something that Naruto almost never had when he went dungeon crawling. So he decided to go with Wire Techniques, since they were multi-function in the sense that not only could he use them to restrain opponents but to also launch himself through the trees, and they were decent at shredding anything in his path.
He would put the rest of the points into Fuinjutsu and then grind it out later in order to bring it up as well. But instead he focused his attention on the new mutations that his wires were capable of getting.
Mutation Available! Your Advanced Wire Technique Skill has leveled up to Lv.50 and a specific mutation is available!
Silken Wires- Your wires are soft as silk, and you are able to produce them from the mouth, and hands. The wires are sticky and damn near impossible to break, but they don't cut anymore.
Razor Serration- Your wires are strong as steel, and serrated for extra cutting power, but you lose the ability to capture opponents instead slicing them into tiny pieces.
Woven Nets- Your wires are a strong as ever, and trapping enemies has just become easier seeing as your wires automatically weave themselves into net to capture opponents.
Hive mind- When the Hive mind skill is active, your wires gain a mind of their own and will pull you out of the way of attacks or attack a foe that is a threat to you. They won't kill without your command.
This choice was rather easy, Naruto picked Hive mind seeing as he liked his wires as a good offensive option but two of the mutations took that away from him and one of them basically turned his wires into killing machines. No, he'd stick with the maiming for now and not the shredding and tearing thank you very much. So with that out of the way, Naruto got out of his bed and started dressing putting the new Konoha forehead protector. The strip of fabric had already been altered to a burnt orange color, Naruto's favorite.
With that he proceeded to annoy Sora and Aurora out of their cozy little corners under the threat of turning Mikoto on them. He had told them that it was his way or the highway, which meant that they would be doing some training or they would be doing torture underneath Mikoto who could be a slave driver when she wanted to. Although when you followed her rules and did what you were supposed too, she was the sweetest angel.
So dragging himself and his two familiars out of the room, Naruto made his way towards the table. Mikoto was already cooking breakfast luckily, so the three sat down at the table. Yes two of those were Sora and Aurora. Despite being familiars, one of them being a fox who was growing rather quickly these days and a dragon who was also growing quickly. Both of them had excellent table manners and they could even clean up after themselves.
It was quite funny to see two animals taking their dishes to the sink, but at least they didn't clean the dishes, Mikoto lovingly did that for everybody.
"Hey Naruto are you out there?" Mikoto shouted from the kitchen not even looking, "I need you to go run to the store and get some more eggs!"
New Quest Alert!
Mikoto needs those eggs! Run quickly to the store and get those eggs for her to cook breakfast with!
Timer- 5 minutes...
Rewards!
100 Exp.
A wonderful breakfast made my Mikoto!
Increase relations with Mikoto, Sasuke, and Sayuri.
Failure: No breakfast and decreased relations with Mikoto, Sasuke, and Sayuri.
Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of the quest and he took off out of the Uchiha district and across the rooftops. He checked the timer and he sighed a bit with relief he had almost 4 minutes which was plenty of time seeing as he was quickly approaching the store that was just opening. He stopped in front of the store and walked calmly into it so as not to run into any civilians, before picking up the pace a little bit.
Grabbing some eggs Naruto made his way to the check out, paid for the eggs, and made his way out of the store. Encasing the eggs in crystals so as not to jostle them or break them, Naruto took off across the roof tops once more, determined to get back to the house in the minute that he had left to complete the quest. Making his way back to the house, Naruto entered the door and rushed to the kitchen the crystal falling away from the eggs as he quickly handed the eggs to Mikoto who seemed to sense him coming around the corner into the kitchen.
She grabbed the eggs and started cooking with them, seemingly oblivious to the fact that Naruto was slightly winded due to the fact that he'd just sprinted to the store and back in under 5 minutes for a pack of eggs.
"Thank you Naruto!" Mikoto smiled at Naruto and ushered him back into the dinning room where he took his spot at the table. Sasuke had shown up, looking awake and ready for the day but Sayuri had yet to show her face. She was probably brushing her hair or still showering. It was one of the things living with Sayuri, she took shouwers that literally lasted an hour, same with Mikoto. Sasuke and Naruto could get their showers over with in 10 minutes at the most. Naruto just brushed it off as a girl thing.
A few minutes later, Sayuri came to the table with neatly brushed hair. Sure training would probably mess it up but she liked to at least look nice in the morning. A few minutes after that, Mikoto came in somehow carrying six plates on her arms, all stacked with food that she had so graciously made. Naruto loved Mikoto's cooking, sure ramen was good, but there was something that you couldn't just beat with a home made meal about a motherly figure.
It was a few minutes before Naruto started cracking jokes and retelling a few of his pranks, for no real reason other than to get a reaction out of Sayuri and Sasuke who always seemed to find his stories funny. He had just gotten done with his latest joke when he heard the snap of a camera and looked over to Mikoto who had gotten up and retrieved a camera which was setting on a shelf, totally unnoticed by Naruto.
It was one of those old polaroid cameras that printed and developed the picture, and Mikoto grabbed the picture from it before smile at what she saw.
"Don't you think that'll make a great team picture?"
Naruto grinned as he took the picture and looked at it, that was a definite keeper. Naruto himself was sitting there, hitting the table as he laughed at Sasuke who had jets of milk coming out of his nose. Sayuri was frozen in time as she appeared to be falling back in her chair. Aurora the small little fox was sleeping upside down on the table, her belly bloated from eating so much while Sora was still stuffing his face glancing at the camera. Mikoto was in the picture as well, her face frozen in the sweet motherly laugh that she always gave when Naruto made her laugh.
"That's a keeper alright." Naruto grinned as he looked at the picture one last time, this was going to be a wonderful team.