(Valley of the End)

"Naruto!"

"Sasuke!"

The two boys said holding their signature attacks in their hands, both glaring at the other one of anger, the other longing.

Naruto despite the fox chakra coursing through him didn't want to hurt Sasuke, he saw his teammate as a brother, he could never imagine hurting this one person who never looked at him like everyone else did.

In that moment, Naruto's focus wavered and the energy sphere created by his and Sasuke's attacks clashing became unstable…even more unstable than it should've been, and soon…everything went dark for Naruto.

(Prexxor Chasm)

'A youngling?' Ariak thought as this chaotic player seemed on the young side given how old Kit seemed to be, he spotted some of the wounds he had 'What was he fighting?' he thought as his wounds smelt like a mixture of fire and electrical burns 'Be glad you aren't bigger.' he thought as he flew to a friend of his to help this child.

(few minutes later)

Ursis did not recognize the wounds, to be more accurate he didn't recognize the wounds to match any creature in this forest could cause.

"Will the youngling make it?" Ariak asked as while Prexxor Chasm was a harsh environment one's life shouldn't be snuffed out so young.

Ursis nodded as while a warrior he was a scavenger like Ariak, it's why they got along so well and why they were allies, they were like minded and didn't instigate attacks with the other creatures.

"I couldn't find his scanner." Ariak said to him.

Ursis froze as Kit explained to them what a creature like him was, he was known as a human playing a game called chaotic, without their scanners they were stuck in this hole.

(next day)

'Am I dead?' Naruto asked himself trying to get up but winced as his left arm was in a self made sling 'Ok where am I?' he thought seeing forest, but not trees he recognized.

"I am surprised you're awake." Ursis said to Naruto seeing him look at him with both confusion and curiosity 'Odd.' he thought to himself as this human seemed different somehow than Kit and others that had come here before.

"Ok talking bear, not my weirdest day." Naruto said to himself "Can you tell me where I am?" he asked him curiously.

"Prexxor Chasm." Ursis said to him.

"And that is…where?" Naruto asked him never hearing that name.

"Perim." Ursis said as Kit was nice enough to educate him and Ariak on some things outside of the Chasm as Kit ended up here by mistake if one could believe, it was why he was almost always climbing, Prexxor Chasm was a hidden location one that could be within another, so he had no idea WHERE the chasm was or how to escape it fully and completely, he even gave Ursis and Ariak his hand made maps and best guesses WHERE the chasm could be, as a natural enemy of his Chromaxx apparently had a non-feral relative past these rocky walls so it was guessed by kit it was somewhere near the Overworld in one of its vast territories.

"Ok?" Naruto said never hearing that name before.

'He doesn't know that name.' Ursis thought before realizing he had the same dumbfounded looks he and Ariak had when Kit taught them these things "You're not from Chaotic are you?" he asked needing confirmation to his question, which he got in the form of another question.

"What's Chaotic?" Naruto asked him never hearing that name before.

(few days later)

"You found a human, and he's never heard of Chaotic?" Kit asked finding that impossible to believe "Where is Ariak?" he asked as the squirrel like creature was always here when he visited.

"The other human can walk on trees, the rodent took a liking to him." Ursis said as while not a people person, Naruto reminded him much of himself and Ariak, he was helpful even while injured.

Kit was now curious and went to look for Ariak, looking both up and around as the creature could be traveling by air, tree, or ground and soon spotted him talking to a child who was STANDING on a tree horizontally 'Interesting.' he thought as this was a new development.

(1 hour later)

"Interesting." Kit said as he and Naruto were having a little game of 20 questions, from what Naruto had told him, he came from a world similar to Japan given he knew kanji, but was also filled with people of a similar nature to creatures and their attacks, he then learned Naruto coming here was an accident resulting from a battle which was where he got his already healing wounds, he informed Naruto of creatures and Perim, giving him the basics and some history.

Naruto was shocked he was in another world and saddened that there was no way back.

Kit was in a pinch as leaving Naruto here was not ideal, as a Codemasters, he had guidelines to follow, and he couldn't 'help' another player at least through conventional means, but given Naruto wasn't a player there was a loophole "If you come with me I can take you to Chaotic, if your DNA matches closely to a human's I can teleport you with me." he said as forcing teleportation was usually done with criminal players.

Naruto looked to Ariak and Ursis seeing them nod as they trusted Kit, Naruto nodded as well and they soon left.

(Chaotic)

Kit took Naruto to the Crellan Drome and went to the center and then dawned his robes calling the other Codemasters, for a meeting.

(20 minutes later)

The meeting went better than expected, Hotekk was his normal critical self but he got what he wanted, he was having commissions done for Naruto, a decent sized house where he could port to via a special code in the scanner he was having commissioned for him, a starter deck and given that he had no knowledge of the tribes, he was given a random 'basic' scan of each plus battlegear and mugic, he threw in Ursis and Ariak as well, but couldn't throw in a Prexxor Chasm scan as the other code masters saw that as too much of an advantage over other players.

Kit explained the situation to Naruto telling him while not home Chaotic would be a place where he was always welcomed, he had to teach Naruto how to read and write as while they had players from around the world they did often offer them ways to learn the languages of the species of Perim.

(1 month later)

Kit was impressed by how fast Naruto learned, but given how little he had in his life he guessed the lessons were a welcome distraction, he helped Naruto pick out his player name as well and was surprised he didn't pick a tribe color, he just chose a black casing, making his scanner one of a kind and Naruto's user name was a bit simple given if anyone knew how to translate his name, but he chose 'StormMaelstrom'.

Kit was a bit sad that when he gave Naruto a tutorial on how to use his scanner for trades, porting, and the other features, Naruto would be going alone, while a Codemaster, he wished he could've taken the on his first actual port, he gave Naruto a warning though "Be careful what creatures might see your abilities, it's one thing if they think A human can do these things, but if they think ALL humans can do what you do, it puts others at risk." he said as this was his duty and it wasn't just about Naruto but everyone, he couldn't stop Naruto from revealing his abilities, but he had to warn him all the same.

Naruto nodded understanding as while human they didn't have access to chakra.

"You have my info if you ever wish to talk." Kit said as THAT was at least optional to Codemasters as they could pick and choose who to call or who could call them.

Naruto watched Crellan leave and wondered to himself where he would even go, but more importantly, why would he go

(1 year later)

Kit was a bit saddened as Naruto had yet to leave Chaotic, he understood well, as while the game was good, not having a life to return to was a bit worse, Naruto had yet to experience the fun Chaotic could bring, so he decided to force Naruto's hand, having seen how stubborn he was he looked through the newest arrivals to Chaotic and settled on one he had an eye on.

(next day)

"StormMaelstrom, you have an upcoming match in the Crellan Drome, in one hour." a robot said to Naruto.

Naruto raised a brow, he hadn't played so he wondered why now of all times he was getting a match.

(with Tom)

"I can't believe you're fighting the mysterious Black Scanner." Kaz said spazzing out slightly.

Tom raised a brow at that statement.

"No one has seen him leave, ever, people think he's one of those guys who threw his scanner away and is now stuck here." Kaz said sending Tom a look "Anyway, no one knows what tribe he's affiliated with, and when people try to pull up his info it's all blank." he said to him.

Tom was curious as that didn't sound right, anyone could pull up anyone's records in Chaotic, online, and here "I thought you had to win matches to get here?" he asked as people won matches online and earned their way to Chaotic.

"No one knows Tom, he's a total mystery." Kaz said wondering how their battle would go.

(1 hour later)

Tom saw the mystery man was already waiting for him, this was a one-on-one match, and he saw him load his scanner 'I wonder what kinda deck he uses?' he thought to himself as it kinda of threw him off a bit, he loaded Maxxor with Song of Resurgence and an Aqua Shield.

Naruto was having a hard time as this was his first battle.

'Each team has a specialty, Overworlders have great teamwork and can boost their energy by a certain amount, Underworlders are a bit risky some abilities they have can often be like rolling the dice or be like a double edge sword as they can sacrifice each other to make themselves stronger, Danians work best in teams to increase their strength through hive ability, and Mipedians are naturals of stealth, while they can also possess a unique ability along with invisibility.' Kit said to him in one of their many strategy lessons.

'Ok so Overworlders, Danians, and Underworlders are out, so Mipedian might be the way to go.' Naruto thought getting his only Mipedian scan and then gave it a Liquilizer as Mipedians didn't have water attacks usually so it'd be a nice surprise and finally Switch Riff.

"Lock your decks." the AI said to them as they did and saw each other's opposing creature.
'Maxxor.' Naruto thought having heard of the Overworld leader.

'Kolmo?' Tom thought never hearing of that particular creature, but saw it's stats and thought he had an edge.

"StormMaelstrom as this is your first battle in the Crellan Drome you will be the attacker." the AI said to them.

Naruto only had the basic locations, she hoped for someplace he'd have an advantage.

They watched as Naruto's spinner slowed landing on a location

"Mount Pillar." the AI said before Naruto and Tom chose their creatures.

(Mount Pillar)

'This is disorienting.' Naruto thought to himself or rather as Kolmo, he felt the creature's intuition and senses kicking into overdrive, but not for the reasons he thought 'He's been here.' he thought in realization getting flashes and feelings that he knew this place.

'You need to be careful creature scans have both instincts and memories that are ties to locations or opponents, it's hard for a player to ignore them.' Kit explained to him as it was hard to explain the mental side of a creature when someone had yet to experience it for themselves.

'Ok Kolmo, let's see where you take me.' Naruto thought letting him do the driving.

(10 minutes later)

'Huh an elevator shaft.' Kolmo thought to himself opening a door it seemed pretty secure and bottomless, a plan formulating in his mind, he began looking for Tom or rather Maxxor, he soon found him as it was kinda hard not to spot Maxxor's footprints.

(with Maxxor)

"Really need to upgrade my arsenal for Mipedians." Maxxor said as he needed more ways to combat that invisibility.

"Mugician Steal!" Kolmo said to loudly.

Maxxor glowed ashe felt pulled in two seeing his mugician taken right from him going into Kolmo who was no visible.

"Thanks for the mugician Maxxor, later!" Kolmo said making a dash.

"Get back here!" Maxxor said chasing after him.

(with Kaz)

"Kolmo is a Mipedian why isn't he going invisible?" Kaz asked himself.

(with Kolmo)

'C'mon you idiot get in range.' Kolmo thought needing Maxxor to be in a specific range of himself.

"Where ya going Kolmo to scared to fight?!" Maxxor yelled firing a Pebble Storm at him.

'Actually yeah.' Kolmo thought as his strengths didn't rely on pure combat, it relied on stealth, cunning, and instinct, Naruto was familiar with these instincts given he was a ninja, and the fact Maxxor was made for battle limited his options, he made it back to the shaft he was at earlier "Later greenie!" he said turning invisible and jumped upward to the cables "Acid Wash." he said firing at the cables inside the shaft as they began to burn and melt "Thanks for the mugician earlier Maxxor, now Switch Riff!" he said as he and Maxxor glowed.

Maxxor was shocked to see he and Kolmo switch places, he hung to the cable trying not to fall down, but soon saw that cable was breaking from Kolmo's Acid Wash and soon Maxxor fell down the shaft.

"Later!" Kolmo said before seeing Maxxor burst into code.

(Chaotic)

"The winner is StormMaelstrom." the AI said to them.

"That was fun." Kolmo said as he turned back into Naruto.

"That was pretty, cool, you didn't even fire an attack at me." Tom said finding that impressive.

"I wouldn't have survived an all out fight so I had to plan to take out Maxxor another way, bottomless shaft seemed best with the type of mugic I had." Naruto said as they left the arena.

"So your tribe is Mipedians?" Tom asked him curiously.

"I'm a bit of a mixed bag." Naruto said to him as they went to the port court.

"Cool, want to hang with me and my friend Kaz?" Tom asked him as he seemed pretty chill and wasn't much of a glory hog rubbing his victory in his face.

"Sure." Naruto said to him seeing the redhead in the distance.

(1 hour later)

"So Naruto got any Underworld scans?" Kaz asked as Naruto said he used a mix deck.

"Just one Spyder." Naruto said to him, seeing his surprise.

"Man Spyder is a hard scan to get, mind if I see him?" Kaz asked curiously as Naruto showed him Spyder's scan.

"His stats don't seem to impressive." Tom said to them as they seemed about average.

"Looks can be deceiving Tom, Spyder is a scout for the Underworld, he's always crawling around everywhere and while his stats are average, he's a great card for setting up traps." Kaz said as it was hard to get a scan of Spyder given how elusive he was, but he was also known for sneak attacks, it was like fighting a Mipedian even though he couldn't turn invisible.

"So do you favor skill then?" Tom asked as he noticed when he was Kolmo, Naruto chose stealth and fought with intellect.

"I guess, I mean, I do have some power houses." Naruto said changing to his Overworld scan, he decided to keep Ursis and Ariak a secret for now at least.

"Staluk, not a bad scan, seen him used a few times." Kaz said as Staluk was a very temperamental Overworlder, he didn't like being scanned at all.

"And this is my Danian creature." Naruto said to them, showing off his last creature.

"Kebna!?" Kaz said in shock "Most people find it hard to get him, he's a maverick and a full on lunatic." he said having heard stories from Danian players.

"Sounds kinda cool." Tom said wondering if he should get a scan of him.

"You need more scans if you're gonna cut it at chaotic." Kaz said to him "I have to go to the Overworld to collect some…materials then I have to meet someone who trades information for what I collect, mind lending me a hand?" he asked him curiously.

Naruto was curious as to what he meant by someone who trades for information, Kaz sent him his extra scan for the Forest of Life.

(1 hour later)

'The informant eats this?' Naruto thought in disgust as they cleaned out Dractyl's old scales, he had seen the bird in plenty of Chaotic matches and knew he had his uses, but was a total coward.

"Hey thanks for the assist, the more I bring the more information he usually gives up." Kaz said to him.

"No problem." Naruto said taking a moment to take in the view, the Forest of Life reminded him of home with how rich it was with nature and life 'If I come back here, I should make some storage seals.' he thought as the smell of these things was rancid.

Naruto surprised himself as he was already thinking of his next visit as so far he had been left alone with his thoughts he had no one here in this world and it never occurred to him he could make new friends and make the best out of his new life.

"Dracytl incoming." Kaz said as it was time to port out "Meet me in Underworld City." he said to him as he ported.

Naruto decided to get a scan of Dracytl, he wanted a scan on his first port out of Chaotic, he saw the winged beast approach and got a good scan before jumping off the nest and ported.

(later in Underworld City)

"Oh Dracytl scales!" H'earring said munching on them.

Naruto looked ready to hurl seeing the scales being ingested.

"Ok listen Kopond is trying to work on enhancing his mugic, he's had varying results." H'earring said to him.

Kaz deflated but didn't look put out "Well at least this trip may be worth something." he said to himself.

"Trying to enhance mugic?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Kopond is a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to Mugic, he never liked how unpredictable some were, you've seen a few mugics go bad in a battle right?" Kaz asked getting a nod "Well Kopond is trying to create perfect versions of the mugic, make them last longer or be more effective." he said to him remembering Tom's Fortissimo in his first battle how he began shrinking in less than a minute.

Naruto had to admit that sounded interesting "How do you know if one mugic is better than the other?" he asked them.

"It's in the writing and power of a mugician creating the mugic." H'earring said to him stuffed from all the scales.

'Like sealing?' Naruto thought having once asked the Pervy Sage about seals when he sealed Itachi's black flames.

(later at the Lava Pond)

'Not bad.' Naruto thought to himself taking a scan of this place.

"Always watch the lava." H'earring said to him before running off.

"Is he talking about Magmon?" Naruto asked curiously having seen the creature in battles.

"Yeah Magmon…changes when he is in the lava pond for extended periods of time." Kaz said as it was near impossible to find Magmon when he was like that.

"Changes how?" Naruto asked finding that odd.

"It's hard to explain, but he somehow absorbs lava into his body and get larger, but he goes deeper into the Lava Pond and it's way to hot for even an Underworlder to go in there, but when he comes out he stays in the form for a while, he is tasked with protecting this place as it makes fire attacks stronger and is a way into the Underworld, another reason is he protects Kopond." Kaz said to him as Magmon was not a easy scan to acquire in a place like this especially when he changed.

Naruto had to remember that as he knew locations had effects on creatures or even one creature in particular, but he never knew it went to that degree.

Naruto and Kaz made it to a remote part of the Lava Pond, it was a cave nearby a lake of lava, they steathily entered it and were surprised how large it was in the cave, it was honestly a fortress with how well it is carved, but given it was the home of a mugician it made more sense.

"You ever been here?" Naruto asked him curiously.

"Nope." Kaz said as Naruto gave him a dry look "Listen no one really goes to see mugicians they have all their stuff under lock and key." he said remembering how Tom told him how his meeting with Najarin went.

The two looked around for either a vault or a lab wondering where Kopond would keep his mugics.

Unknown to them, they were being watched by Kopond himself.

'Interesting.' Kopond thought holding a mugic in his hand, he aimed it at Kaz and it remained the same, but aiming it at Naruto caused it to shine a bit brighter.

(5 minutes later)

"Kaz where are you, listen I think we should leave, this place is starting to give me the creeps." Naruto said as his instincts were telling him he was being watched, but no matter where he looked he couldn't spot anything.

Naruto didn't hear from Kaz and began looking around.

"Sit down human." Kopond said making his presence known holding Kaz in one hand and his scanner in the other "I wish to speak." he said to him.

"Fine let Kaz go and I'm all yours." Naruto said to him placing his scanner down.

Kopond had seen his fair share of humans having blasted at enough of them, but this was the first time he had seen such a look in one of their eyes "Leave." he said to Kaz giving him his scanner.

"Go Kaz." Naruto said seeing how nervous he was but saw his lack of desire to leave him "I'll be fine, go!" he said as the boy then left.

Kopond was impressed the human had stayed "You are effecting my mugic." he said showing him a mugic which glowed the closer it got, he looked at the scanner and saw it was black, he was sure each player had a colored one to represent the four tribes, but not him.

"Sorry?" Naruto said in confusion.

"Don't be a fool, I want to know how this is possible, you are strengthening the mugic, and I want to know how." Kopond said as he wanted this to be a permanent effect.

'Is it my chakra?' Naruto thought wondering if his chakra was somehow effecting the mugic.

"You realized something what." Kopond said as he kept eye contact and saw Naruto's eyes widen in ralization.

Naruto remembered what Kit said and kept his mouth shut "I don't know." he said seeing Kopond glare at him "I'll cut you a deal, you let me scan you and your mugics and I'll come here to let you work on your mugics." he said to him.

"What kind of deal is that, I already work on my mugics." Kopond said as that was a deal only an idiot would accept.

"Because you never experimented on them while I'm around, who knows maybe they'll keep glowing." Naruto said picking up his mugic which shined even brighter.

Kopond retracted his earlier statement, it was a smarter deal on the human's part, he'd lose nothing but a few short minutes and with him here coming voluntarily he may find out what he was hiding that made the mugics stronger "Fine, I shall take you to where I keep my mugics, the ones I have deemed either perfect or successes." he said taking Naruto to a remote part of the cave and pressed into a wall which soon opened.

'Didn't even notice that.' Naruto thought as this place and Kopond were impressive, everything was well hidden even the man.

Kopond revealed his stores.

"You have other mugics?" Naruto asked seeing mostly red and white, but a few blue, orange, and brow mugics.

"Only a hack muge studies ONE tribe of mugic, now before that I shall make myself stronger." Kopond said to him as he used three mugics on himself "Make sure when you use me to make sure your opponents know to never mess with this mugician." he said as he wanted children to fear him more, while not a warrior like his leader he was none the less still powerful.

Naruto took a scan as creatures powered by mugics were very desired, he saw all of his stats aside from wisdom were nearly doubled and he still had his three mugicians "How did you keep your mugicians?" he asked curiously.

"This is my home, I keep spares stored up in the event I use all three." Kopond said as he made sure to keep them well stored with mugicians only he knew where to find.

Naruto soon began scanning some mugics and then said his farewells.

Kopond chuckled at the child's bravery not many had the guts to barter with him and do it successfully, he went to his chambers and began drawing a picture of Naruto and sent it to Chaor along with a message.

(Underworld City next day)

'Kopond?' Chaor thought as he was one of his most trusted allies in his army, unlike Van Bloot, he read his message and found it both slightly interesting and curious 'A human effecting a mugic, interesting.' he thought as Kopond informed him he'd investigate the human as often as he came and if this effect could be harnessed it'd make mugic stronger and superior for his side at least, Kopond asked for the boy's safety as his life held benefits to his research, of that Chaor believed as Kopond would do anything to increase the potency and learn more secrets to mugic.

Chaor was also curious to how a human was making a mugic stronger as there had been dozens he had seen, but so far none of them effected mugic or he would've heard of it by now, he wondered what made THIS human special.

(with Naruto in Chaotic)

"Well at least you got your scans." Tom said to Naruto as he got Dracktyl and Kopond along with a lot of mugics mostly Underworld "You know if you get Chorus of the Chotica you can use different mugics from different tribes." he said to him.

Naruto thought about that "Seems risky to waste a mugic to just use another mugic." he said as he didn't want to waste a slot, but given he used a mix deck it wasn't a bad idea if he wanted to surprise his enemy.

"So you got any plans to get any more scans?" Tom asked curiously.

"I think I might try my luck with Mount Pillar, after our fight and Kolmo's memories I think I know the layout well enough." Naruto said as Kolmo had some interesting memories and given Naruto was no slouch with stealth, he felt he had similar chances.

"Be careful if one member of the hive spots you, they ALL know." a female voice said to him.

"Naruto this is Sarah,met her my first day in Chaotic." Tom said to him introducing the two.

"Tom mentioned you got a Kebna scan, want to make a trade for it?" Sarah asked not having the scan herself.

"Sorry, bit of a collector." Naruto said to her liking to have variety "But I do have multiple scans of mugic." he said having taken multiple scans of the mugic from Kopond's vault as having one mugic was good, but multiple scans of them was just as good and he would trade those.

"Sure, I have a few extra Danian scans myself." Sarah said as they went to go trade.

Naruto made an offer for her Wamma and Makrabon, and he'd give her Discord of Disarming, Ember Flourish, and Song of Truesight.

"What's a Danian Controller?" Naruto asked never hearing about that and saw it in Makrabon title.

"They are a special class of Danian, they can infect other creatures turning them INTO Danians." Sarah said to him.

"So they're what females…parasites?" Naruto asked curiously.

Sarah chuckled at that question, but honestly didn't know herself "Not really, but they do have the same ability as the queen which is why they're so special." she said to him "There is one controller I want to get, but he's a bit tricky, he's never been scanned before." she said to him.

"Oh yeah who?" Naruto asked her wondering who she meant.

"Skartalas he's basically a legend in the hive, he's a great leader, but he's terrifying, and he's rumored to work with Van Bloot." Sarah said to him.

Naruto had heard of Van Bloot and seen that card used in a match or two, the man reminded him of Orochimaru with that hungry look for power in his eyes, even when used by a player.

"They're rumored to be having a meeting, but if I went alone I'd be spotted." Sarah said to him.

"Alone and you'd be spotted?" Naruto asked as usually going alone meant you wouldn't get spotted.

"Yeah…how tall are you?" Sarah asked him seeing him raise a brow.

(few hours later at Lava Bridge)

'I could've pulled off a henge for this crap, this is dumb.' Naruto said as they were wearing black Underworlder armor belonging to knights in Van Bloot's employ, going to the meeting place "Where the hell did you get this?" he asked Sarah.

"The Underworld once had a guard wander off into the hive, Chaor didn't really care as the guy was Van Bloot's soldier." Sarah said as Danians kept anything that may be useful to the hive, but Wamma snagged this for her as no one used it.

'I can probably cast a henge when she gets on my shoulders.' Naruto thought to himself as that was the reason Sarah couldn't do this alone, a guard belonging to the underworld was tall, even their combined height they barely met the standard.

Naruto was curious to this meeting as Van Bloot often wanted to conquer the Underworld and have it under his reign, he didn't see why such a greedy idiot, would reach outside for help, especially with Danians as they were allies of the Overworld.

They made it to Van Bloot's entourage and thankfully they blended in, they were waiting for Skartalas.

"So what do you think they are meeting about?" Naruto asked Sarah.

"No idea." Sarah said as it was up in the air what Van Bloot could want and she didn't think Skartalas would want anything.

They both sat in silence as Skartalas soon arrived alone.

'That's never a good sign.' Naruto thought to himself wondering why Van Bloot had troops and Skartalas didn't.

"Greetings Van Bloot." Skartalas said politely.

"Greetings my old enemy." Van Bloot said before chuckling "Do you have the scroll?" he asked him.

"Yes, have the arrangement been made?" Skartalas asked curiously.

"Yes, but it will take some time, I had to make some dealings with Kamangareth, and Spyder is still unfamiliar with the territory, it will be some time before what you asked can be done." Van Bloot said to him shivering at the mere mention of Kamangareth as that woman was a nightmare, even by Underworld standards.

Skartalas nodded and took out a scroll "It is an old relic the scroll is just the same, the Danians barely have any records of it's existence, it will be hard to find." Skartalas said as what Van Bloot wanted was simple compared to his request.

"No matter, with this I can find it." Van Bloot said looking at the slightly damaged scroll.

Naruto didn't like this, this seemed like the wrong kinda exchange, from what he could piece together Van Bloot was searching for something and Skartalas had Van Bloot send out Spyder, it sounded like he got information from Kamangareth and knowing what it was would be the key to figuring that out .

They moved so they were at the front line.

'Good thing I still have my smoke bombs.' Naruto thought to himself having much of his old ninja tools 'Should figure out a way to make more.' he thought as his supply was finite.

"You scan Van Bloot, I'll go for Skartalas." Sarah said to him as she had Naruto move closer.

Van Bloot noticed one of his men out of position "You there why are you not in position!?" he said demandingly.

"Sarah I need you to tell this idiot EXACTLY what I say and make your voice as DEEP as possible." Naruto said walking closer to the two as he whispered something to Sarah.

"I saw the lava moving erratically Lord Van Bloot, it could be Magmon, I did not wish for your meeting to be reported to Chaor." Sarah said hoping to fool him.

Van Bloot looked at the lave critically not trusting it "It seems we will have to cut our reunion short Skartalas, I do not want our meeting to be reported by some imbecile." he said to him before smoke suddenly appeared around them.

Naruto got a scan of Van Bloot while Sarah got a scan of Skartalas 'Double or nothing.' he thought feeling Sarah port away, he dropped another smoke bomb and soon found Skartalas running away 'Need to be sure I'm not seen.' he thought running past the smoke and saw the direction in which Skartalas was running 'I can run back to Chaotic and cut him off.' he thought hating the one type of scan rule on the scanners till they were uploaded.

Van Bloot never liked smoke, he did an quick take off and saw a blueish white light appear, but not who was in it 'A Chaotic player.' he thought in annoyance as he had a few working for him as informants or spies 'At least they have no idea what Skartalas and I have planned.' he thought as he made sure every dealing with him was under the wire and that even in their meetings any evidence of what they discussed or traded was well hidden or destroyed.

(Port Court)

"You got both of them!?" Sarah said in surprise as Naruto told her of his scan of Van Bloot and cameback then went to where he cut off Skartalas, she made a mental note of that route incase he used it again in the future.

"Yeah, took a chance and got both of them." Naruto said to her 'At least with the scans and the trades I have a decent number for my team.' he thought to himself as he had multiple scans for most of the tribes except the Mipedians 'But I am still lacking in battlegear and locations.' he thought as he did scan some when walking with Kaz and Sarah in the Underworld and Overworld.

(few hours later)

Naruto was in his cabin and enjoying so much deserved rest, he woke up hearing his scanner ring and answered it.

"I see you've been active lately." Kit said unable to hide his smirk.

"Yeah, I got interested in some things that reminded me of home." Naruto said as life in Perim is more interesting than he thought, it honestly brought a sense of normalcy to him in a way.

"Every player does it for a different reason Naruto, some seek adventure, some wish to experience the lives of their creatures, some do it to further their experience in the game, there are plenty of reasons." Kit said to him simply as it was the truth.

Naruto had to admit that was probably the best answer to why anyone came and stayed at Chaotic.

"I see you made friends with MajorTom, KidChaor, and ChaotiKween." Kit said having seen Naruto make new friends in the past few days.

"Yeah, thanks for setting me up." Naruto said as he knew Kit set up the match in his drome for whatever reason.

"You had been here a year and not one match." kIT said to him flatly "I felt you should experience a match and try and make friends, so I gave you a necessary push." he said to him "Also I see you haven't used Ursis or Ariak, mainly the starter creatures you were given." he said to him curious to that.

"Yeah, I miss those guys, if I ever want to see them again, I gotta beat you." Naruto said as Crellan all but promised him that location scan.

"Yep." Kit said as there was no other way, either Naruto defeated him or he'd never get to Prexxor Chasm again "You should use Ursis and Ariak, you've seen how they live and how they move, if anyone could use them better than even me, it'd be you." he said truly meaning that as Ursis and Ariak did often ask about Naruto.

Naruto pulled up their scans looking at them before nodding to Kit "I'll see you in the Drome Codemaster Crellan." he said as Kit nodded back at him before hanging up.

Author's Note: Hi like to say I am revamping this story and side note same as the original I am borrowing some ideas from Windstorm, with his permission and etcetera, no poaching ideas here, not my style never will be, while some things will be similar a lot will be different and a lot will be original, I intend for Naruto to have interesting adventures and interactions with each tribe, some good some bad, some that'll be crazy/dumb