1 Chapter 1
I don't own Naruto, I do however own the main character of this story. This is my first time doing something other than One Piece. Anyway, let's begin...
"Hey, wake the hell up!" I felt a hand on my shoulder as somebody roughly shook me. "Damn it kid, get the fuck away from my store!" The voice yelled as I felt something hard suddenly hit my chest, pain searing through my body as I opened my eyes.
I stood up and glared at the strange man who had his foot raised, anger surged inside my head. "The fucks wrong with you?!"
"Huh? You're the fucking idiot falling asleep in front of my store!" The man yelled. "You're scaring off my customers with your Kumo filth!"
I looked around seeing a crown start to form, their eyes clearly filled with disgust even in the dark of night.
"I heard they eat children." One spoke.
"Well I heard they destroy villages for sport." Another followed.
"Apparently they can cover themselves in lightning and move so fast that you can't see them." A woman added.
I was always prideful but even I knew this was a time to retreat. Though they're feelings towards me were strange, sure there were still racist people in this day and age but surely none this extreme. It felt like they'd never seen a black person before.
"Alright I'll leave." I growled as I pushed past the group and fled into an alley.
I didn't know where I was, the roads weren't paved, and the houses were made of wood and stone. The streets were narrow, hardly enough for a car to go past. The air smelled of leaves and the sky was clear, no longer the polluted scenery I was used to, the stars in the sky shined brightly.
I checked my pockets, only finding my wallet and my phone. 'There's no service, is this some kind of remote island?' I asked myself as I checked my wallet only finding ten dollars. My confusion only grew when it disappeared and a screen popped up in front of me.
[Jay, no rank, Lv. Civilian]
Money owned: 1000 ryo
Age: 18
[Stats]
Str: F-
Agi: F-
Def: F-
End: F-
Chakra: None
[Skills]
None
[Equipment]
Strange clothes(No added effects.)
Phone
[Title]
New Gamer(No added effects.)
My eyes lingered on the word chakra for a while when realization finally hit me. 'Am I really in Naruto or is this some kind of joke? Why not One Piece? Can I leave? I have no desire to die as a useless side character.'
[Leaving is not permitted, you have been chosen as a player, you must complete the story without dying in order to return. Should you die here, you will cease to exist in the real world as well. After the story's completion, your death will send you back to the real world.]
'But why me? Why not someone else?' I asked.
[You have been randomly selected.]
'So I'm trapped in a world where people can summon fucking meteors from the sky because of bad luck?!' I yelled inwardly.
[Yes…]
'Do I really have to be the one to do this, I'm sure there's millions of people who would love to take my place.' I reasoned.
[If you'd like, I could kill you now. We will then choose another player to pick up where you left off.]
I sighed realizing I didn't have a choice. "What kind of gamer would I be if I died before trying? I'll do it, the faster I can get home, the better."
[A quest line has been created.
Complete the tutorial! (0/5)
Recommended level: Civilian
Reward: Random Kekkei genkai]
'At least they're not sending me in with nothing.' I thought as my first quest of the series popped up.
[Complete the tutorial! (1)
Buy an item from the market (0/1)
Sell an item on the market (0/1)
Open your inventory (0/1)
Reward: 1000 ryo]
'Market?' I asked myself as I messed around with the screen to try and get to it. 'I don't get it, how do I get there? Is there a menu of some sorts?" With those words, the quest screen disappeared and a new one opened up. I walked into a grass patch and took a seat against a tree so I could focus.
[Menu]
Inventory
Market
Stats
Quest
I tried clicking on the market, my finger making contact with the transparent screen, a moment later, another window opened up, on it were four separate tabs: Clothes, Weapons, Jutsu, and Sell.
I tapped through the options, seeing items like the seven ninja swords, S rank weapons being sold at 1,500,000 ryo a piece or S rank jutsu like flying raijin that cost 5,000,000.
Notice: Weapons and clothes can only be obtained from loot boxes and the market, any items found on a mission will be automatically sold at a tenth of its price.
'Wait?! So I can't just use Zabuza's blade if I follow Naruto to the land of waves? That's bullshit!' I complained.
Notice: Taking weapons from others may alter future events drastically, actions like that need to be limited. Make no mistake, this world is real, your interaction can have fatal consequences. Also, the game would be too easy if you could remove the future threats.
"Bull." I repeated as the screen faded and I went back to scrolling. I needed to complete the second mission and buy something, the only two things being sold for 1,000 ryo were a pack of ten shuriken or kunai. I bought the kunai and moved over to the sell tab and noticed that my phone which had been rendered useless could still be sold for 5,000 ryo.
After selling it I went back to the jutsu screen and scrolled to the very top where there was an option to buy a random E rank jutsu at a fifth of the price, which was all the money I had left. I tapped the buy option and watched as a small card appeared in front of my face.
[One thousand years of death
E-rank technique that uses the index and middle fingers to thrust into a target's rectum.
Chakra needed: none]
'Fuck this stupid rng?! Why the hell would I ever need this?!' I raged inwardly ruffling my hair as the knowledge of the technique flew into my mind. A few minutes later after calming down I got back to the task at hand and finally opened my inventory.
[Inventory]
Kunai x10
'So no starter pack?' I asked rhetorically, closing the inventory when a window popped up.
[Quest complete!
You have gained 1,000 ryo.]
After the text faded, a new quest was immediately formed.
[Complete the tutorial! (2)
Find a training ground
Reward: 1,000 ryo]
I stood up and dusted myself off, wondering how long it would take for me to finally make it home.
It's been about an hour since I began looking for the training ground but it still eluded me. I tried asking around but the conversations that weren't ended with the other party shooing me off in disgust were no help at all. Those that would actually talk to me kept pointing me in different directions, though it made sense, how would they know where the training ground was when they weren't even shinobi?
I walked into a nearby shop, it was decorated with countless stuffed animals in so many different colors, it could only be described as cute. A small stuffed bear walked up to me and waved. "Welcome to my humble establishment. What can I get for you today?"
"A talking bear, is this a transformation jutsu?" I mumbled.
"It's just chakra threads, the message is prerecorded." Standing at the front counter was a young woman with dull grayish-brown hair tied back in a ponytail, her bangs falling just above her onyx colored eyes. "I haven't seen you around here before, my name is Shinko. I own this store, what brought you here at this time of night?"
She stepped out from behind the counter giving me the full view of her outfit. She wore a short red robe with a long white zipper that cut off at her thighs which were covered in mesh. She had a gray sash around her waist and black shinobi style slippers. From her build alone I'd say she was around early twenties.
"I'm Jay, I'm not here to buy anything, I just need directions." I told her.
"Aw that sucks." She sighed. "I thought I finally found someone my age who still appreciates the cute things in life."
"I can appreciate the cute things." I countered. "But my love only extends to real animals."
"At least there's some respect there." She chuckled. "Where do you need to go? I know this city pretty well."
"I need to find a training ground, I'm working towards becoming a shinobi." It wasn't really a lie considering that was where my quest would take me. "I just moved here from out of town so I don't have much skill."
"You're a bit late to be starting off as a shinobi."
"I'm aware but it's something I have to do." Otherwise this bitch ass game will kill me. I left that part out.
"Are you sure?" She asked. "People die, and others make decisions they can never take back." As she said that her eyes narrowed a little as if she was remembering the past. "It's dangerous, extremely dangerous."
"It'll be fine." I told her. "If I don't become a shinobi I will probably die if the village was attacked. I need to be able to protect myself, especially in a world where people can pull meteors from the sky."
"If that's what you want, I have no right to stop you. If you ever need anything, come stop by, I'll help out, if only to see one less person end up a corpse." She retreated to the back and returned with a book. "This will teach you how to train your chakra, the closest training ground should be to the east of here."
I smiled. "Thanks for the help, I'll see you around then."
I stepped out into the night and continued walking the streets of what was obviously Konoha from the few people I saw with headbands. 30 minutes into my walking, I realized something. "Wait, which way was east? I turned right when I left the shop but if the shop isn't facing north then I'm going in the completely wrong direction. Fuck this maze of a village, if only I learned some chakra I could use the rooftops."
I opened up my market and scrolled through the jutsu looking for anything that might give me an answer to unlocking my chakra. After all, I was a human not of this world; it's likely there's none present in my body. Especially considering I don't need it to survive like everyone born here. In my shopping I came across an item that unlocked chakra for the price of 5,000 ryo.
'Damn it, I only have a thousand!" I sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have gambled with the 5,000 I had earlier.' At that moment I turned into an alley and a message popped up.
[Training ground detected: Konoha slums
Would you like to enter?
Recommended level: Any]
'Wait so it didn't mean an actual training ground?'
[Quest complete!
You have gained 1000 ryo.]
"Well I guess there's no point in waiting around, I should enter for now."
[Complete the tutorial! (3)
Defeat an enemy
Reward: 3000 ryo, iron knuckles]
The scenery on the inside didn't change much, if I took what the messages said to heart it'd probably be because this is still a real world rather than a game. Training grounds were probably an excuse to warn me how dangerous an area is.
The buildings in the area were old and rotting, there were people sitting on the street looking up at me with curious eyes. 'I guess poverty exists even in a village like this, I thought Naruto had it bad but compared to these people he's well taken care of.'
I was knocked off balance when a flash of black flew past me causing me to accidentally bump into a chubby man with short curly black hair and a skull mask on his hip. I looked up to the man and noticed a red diamond hovering slightly above his head.
[Notice: In the training ground there are enemies everywhere, agitate them and a mark will appear above their head. If it's Yellow, negotiation is possible. If it's red, it'll end when one party is unconscious. If black, the fight won't be over until one side is dead. If you ever encounter a situation you can't handle, you should consider running.]
"What idiot has a death wish now?" The man looked down at me. "Oh it's a Kumo kid, well ain't it my lucky day."
[Akira, Skull Peasant, Lv. Civilian
Age: 24
A peasant of the skull empire who fights with his fist, using his weight to his advantage. He loves to fight and will take any chance he can get to beat on someone new.]
"You wouldn't happen to want to talk this out, would you?" I asked as I withdrew a kunai from my inventory and held it at my side as I would a knife.
"Idiots like you need to learn their place before they show their proper respect." He chuckled, cracking his knuckles.
I jumped back as the huge man swung once more. "Hey don't you think you should calm down? I mean you haven't hit me once."
"Maybe if you stopped buzzing around like a fly…" He growled as he took a deep breath. "This would already be over, what's wrong, scared to take a shot?"
"No." I answered as I ducked under another slow swing. It was quite surprising considering that the only training I got was from fighting my older brother as we grew up. "I just never actually cut someone before, I'm kinda hesitant to use the kunai."
"Then use your fist like a real man!" He roared as his heavy foot made contact with my stomach, sending me flying into a wall. A crooked smile spread across his face. "Got you, you little rat!"
I pushed myself off the wall, holding my stomach and slightly bending my writhing back. "Yea fuck this, can we call a time out. I've never been hit like that before and ima need a break."
He laughed. "You're crazy if you think I'll pass up this opportunity to see a Kumo brat lying at my feet."
I looked around, realizing there was nowhere to run. 'Fuck my life…' I gripped the kunai in my hand and forced my back straight. I may not have had much experience in actual fights but I had a lot of practice in bullshitting through pain. "Alright, fine, don't blame me if you lose a lot of blood."
"Come on you little Kumo shit!" He rushed forward swinging wildly. I ducked underneath the attack and slashed along his arm, watching the blood fall made me feel sick but I pushed forward and sent out a kick to his shin which he took in stride countering with another rib crushing punch.
I dug my feet into the ground jumping back and vanishing into a dark alleyway. 'I've always loved hide and seek but this street is a dead end.'
"Don't run!" The man roared as he pounded into the alleyway after me.
I stuck to the shadows, throwing kunais from different directions before running. I made sure to collect them when I circled back around the alleyway. One thing I noticed is that he always kept an eye on the street, the moment I was in the light, I was sure he'd chase me down. "Stop hiding like a coward!" He shouted.
The ache in my back was only getting worse and the pain in my chest from his last punch hadn't faded. "I'm not dumb, I'm only hiding because, weapons or not, I'd lose a head on fight." I threw another kunai at him as one would throw a knife watching it dig into his stomach. The blood that ran down his body began leaving its mark on his shoes, staining the ground with red prints. I hated the smell it brought, I hated how dirty it all seemed and I hated that I'm the one that caused it.
"I hate people like you!" He roared. "Have you no pride in yourself as a man? To hide and run from a fight, it's disgraceful. I may be a piece of shit but I'd never turn down a challenge."
Truth be told, he knew how to get me riled up. There was only one thing more important to me than my life, alright maybe two, either way, one was family and the other was my pride. I'd die on some prideful shit and have everyone wondering why I'd ever make such a dumb decision. With that being said, I stepped out onto the street and returned the kunai to my inventory. Pride 1 - Rational thinking 0.
"I'm not turning down a challenge, if it's about pride, I'm not losing!" I promised.
Maybe you're not so bad after all." He grinned. "I've decided, once you're unconscious and beaten I'll take you in and train you to be a real man." He put his hands up in a standard boxing position and stepped forward.
His first swing like all the others was a sloppy right hook, it was much slower now due to the loss of blood. I leaned back just out of range waiting as his fist passed by before responding with my best kick to his leg. He was knocked off balance but still managed to get a blow to my chin, knocking out a tooth or two.
I smirked, acting like it was nothing. "Your hits are weak, don't tell me you're getting tired."
"Says the kid who's been fighting with an injured back." He rushed in at me, his arms open as he grabbed me by the legs and lifted me up. I punched him repeatedly in the head in an attempt for him to loosen his grip, instead he slammed me into the ground.
"Fuck!" I yelled as I began rolling around in pain, my back feeling like it had been shattered. 'Fuck it.' I thought as I threw a kunai from my inventory at the man.
"Hahaha! What the hell is this?!' The man laughed as he caught the kunai. "Look at you, don't even have the strength to throw one any more. What are you anyway, some kind of wannabe shinobi?" He through the kunai to the side.
I scrambled to my feet as he rushed forward. His first attack was a kick with all his weight behind it, he was aiming for my head. After I sidestepped it he continued with a flurry of blows, I narrowly avoided each attack despite the fact that my back was screaming out in protest. "Don't you think you're getting a little cocky?" I asked.
He laughed again. "Nope." He answered as his fist slammed into my stomach, causing me to fall to the floor clutching my chest as I fought for air. "You fucking idiot." He sighed as he knocked me onto my stomach and began putting pressure on my back with his foot. "You've clearly never been in a proper fight before, is this all you got?"
He bent down picking me up by the collar of my shirt and lifted me up to eye level. "Watch where you're going next time."
It was crazy to me how none of this was my fault, I simply tripped into the man. A man who apparently couldn't pass up the opportunity to fight. I looked around for a chance to escape and noticed one, but the action would cost me a year's worth of my pride. "Damn it." I coughed out as I pulled my leg back and kicked him at full force in the one area that most men agree is off bounds. He fell to his knees clearly in a lot of pain. "Sorry bro." I said as I slipped around him and apologized to myself for what I had to do as I moved my hands into the Tiger seal. "One thousand years of death!" His red eyes nearly popped out of his skull as he fell unconscious. "I guess I wouldn't die on some prideful shit, nice to know." Pride 1 - Rational thinking 1. I sighed as I looked down at the man who was still bleeding heavily. "I guess I should get him some help."
[Quest Complete
You have gained 3000 Ryo.
You have gained the B rank weapon Iron knuckles.]
[Basic Chakra
Price: 5,000 ryo
Would you like to purchase this item?]
The first thing I realized upon buying chakra was the weight on my back getting lighter and energy filling my body. It was like I had gotten two times stronger, which I probably had. Thanks to the F rank chakra I got the bonus strength effect everyone born in this world had from birth.
All my stats had raised to F which was likely the bare minimum for people my age, and it'd explain how Akira was able to toss me around despite the fact that we were the same level.
Speaking of Akira, I was carrying him as I walked back to Shinko's place. After my not so honest win, it was the least I could do. I had vowed to myself to never pull out either of those forbidden techniques ever again. Kicking someone in such an area was the one thing my father taught me not to do before he left. As for the other technique, I'm a bit of a germaphobe and would prefer not to have to touch such a disgusting place.
I was breathing heavily as I finally made it to Shinko's shop. "Finally!" I cheered as I walked inside and dropped the man on the floor. "Hey Shinko, ya here?!"
Movement could be heard from upstairs, she came down, a slight frown on her face. "Look, I know I said I'd help but why are you here at 4 in the morning?" She yawned. "The sun isn't even out yet."
I fell to the floor, the pain in my back hitting me at full force now that the adrenaline was gone. "We kind of got into a fight and I don't know where the hospital is."
Shinko facepalmed. "Idiots." Chakra threads flew from her fingers attaching to two human sized teddy bears that picked us up. "I'll heal you both myself, ever since that day I perfected the mystical palm technique."
The teddy bears brought us up stairs into a dark room where they laid us down on a bed. The bears fell limp as Shinko walked in, drinks and bandages in hand. She tossed me a water bottle and moved over to Akira, a green glow covering her hands. Once the glow faded she wrapped his cuts in bandages before moving over to me.
I set down the water as she placed her hands on my chest, I felt warmth spread throughout my entire body, the pain in my back and chest easing slightly.
"Get some rest, you'll both be fine in the morning." She told me. "The injuries weren't too serious." Chakra threads took hold of the bears as the three exited the room.
"So what's my next quest?" I asked aloud, a screen popping up in response.
[Complete the tutorial! (4)
Meet a field boss
Reward: x1 E rank jutsu]
"What's a field boss?" I asked despite somewhat knowing the answer.
[Notice: Sometimes in the training ground you'll find an enemy that's levels above the others, they're dangerous but defeating them yields great rewards.]
"Hm, is that so?" I yawned. 'This is gonna be the first time in a while I'll have to sleep without being in the comfort of my own home.' I realized as I dug deeper into the provided covers.
"Fucking bitch!" Was the first thing I heard as I opened my eyes. Lying next to me with his face buried in the floor was Akira. "Let go of me you damn slut!"
"You're the one that tried attacking me out of nowhere." Shinko growled. "I healed your wounds and made the both of you breakfast and this is the thanks I get?"
"How the hell are you so strong?!" Akira roared. "You some kind of shinobi?!"
"No, but I'll still beat your ass if you try this shit again!" She retorted as she let go of him.
'I didn't know she was that strong, I wonder what she's like compared to me.' As I thought that a window showed up.
[Shinko Inari, Civilian, Lv. High Genin]
Age: 22
[Stats]
Str: C-
Agi: B
Def: C-
End: C
Chakra: C
[Skills]
Mystical palm(Used to rapidly speed up the body's healing process.)
Chakra threads(Able to control puppets with limited skill.)
Basic shinobi skills(The culmination of techniques all ninjas need to learn, including water walking and clone jutsu.)
[Equipment]
Red shinobi robe(Resistance to fire based attacks.)
"And you!" Akira yelled, interrupting my thoughts.. "What kind of bullshit was that? Kicking another man in the balls, that's disgraceful! From now on you can no longer call yourself a man, you're just a bitch!"
I laughed, his personality reminded me of the trademark arrogance you see in all anime. Like Inosuke or Bakugou. "Sorry about that, I had to win that fight, no matter what it took."
"Winning means nothing if you can't do it with at least a little bit of honor!" He rebuked.
Shinko clapped her hands. "Both of you shut up. Come downstairs and get something to eat, then I want you out of my shop."
He glared at me before walking out the room, mumbling about how he had to train so that he wouldn't lose to such cowardly tactics again.
"Jay, you don't have a place to stay yet right?" Shinko asked once he left the room.
"Nah, I planned on worrying about that later." I told her.
"Stay here, I need help with the store." She offered.
"Why?"
"You could be like the brother I never had, causing me trouble and making me worry. I think I'd be able to handle it if I saw you come home every night. Like me you're not from the leaf, it's hard finding a place to stay when everyone looks at you differently." She smiled. "Come on, you'll get paid. 500 ryo an hour, 40 hours a week. It would be a thousand but I do need to charge you for staying here."
"Alright." I agreed. "It saves me the trouble, I wouldn't find a deal like this anywhere else."
"Great." She hummed happily. "Come on, let's go eat."
After eating, he gestured for me to follow him and we left the shop.
"Listen kid." He started. "Me and you, we're gonna fight again and when we do I'll win no matter what kind of tricks you pull."
I nodded. "Alright, and next time I'll win without the tricks. Sorry again by the way, I really needed a win. Also stop calling me kid, you're not much older than me."
He shrugged. "Whatever, my name's Akira. If I can't call you kid, you're gonna have to give me your name."
"I'm Jay, I plan on becoming a shinobi so if you really wanna keep up I suggest you learn some new tricks."
"That's easy, my organization has a few people I can train with. Most of them are shinobi. We take on the missions frowned upon by most of the village." He explained.
"Akira!" A voice yelled as we entered the slums. In front of us was a man dressed in all black with a black tactical skull mask covering his face. "What the hell are you doing?! You know we're not supposed to leave this area!"
[Quest complete!
You have gained the skill, Sexy jutsu.]
I ignored the screen, realizing what it meant. I willed a screen to pop up as I looked at the strange man.
[Kuroi, Field boss, Lv. Low Jonin]
Age: 27
[Stats]
Str: S
Agi: S
Def: S
End: A
Chakra: S
[Skills]
Lightning style - A(A rank mastery over lightning style.)
[Equipment]
Black skull(A mask of the leader of the skull empire, completely conceals one's chakra.)
[Title]
Skull emperor(Complete control over the skull empire.)
Akira immediately knelt down in front of the man. "Sorry about that boss, I was brought out by this kid next to me. It won't happen again."
Kuroi scoffed. "Make sure that it doesn't, now come on, you have an inside mission to do."
Akira nodded before standing up and following after the man, waving as he turned a corner.
I smiled at completing the quest safely just to lose the smile when I read my skill. "What the fuck is with this dumb ass game? Why is the RNG so fucking bad!" At that moment a window popped up.
[Complete the tutorial! (5)
Find a place to stay.
Reward: 10,000 ryo]
The screen then disappeared as a new one popped up.
[Quest complete!
You have gained 10,000 ryo.]
I smiled. 'Thanks Shinko, made that one easy.' At least the kekkei genkai would make up for the bad jutsu. At least that's what I thought.
[Quest complete!
Complete the tutorial (5/5)
You have obtained the kekkei genkai called cellular overhaul.]
I checked the ability, having never heard of it, just to realize how much I hated this world. "Fuck this god damn game!"
Current stats and skills
[Jay, no rank, Lv. Civilian]
Money owned: 10,000 ryo
Age: 18
[Stats]
Str: F
Agi: F
Def: F
End: F
Chakra: F
[Skills]
Thousand years of death
Sexy jutsu(Use transformation jutsu to turn into an attractive women.)
Cellular overhaul(The kekkei genkai of Sakon and Ukon, allowing them to split up the cells and reform them, enabling them to share bodies.)
[Equipment]
Strange clothes(No added effects.)
Kunai x5(No added effects.)
Iron knuckles(No added effects.)
[Title]
New Gamer(No added effects.)
Final thoughts
Kumo stands for Kumogakure, for those who for some reason don't know, that's the hidden cloud where they assume I'm from.
Everything that is meant to be randomized, is. Which is annoying since I got a kekkei genkai that is useless without a twin. I can't even merge with other people since that was only possible due to the curse mark.
