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Chapter One: Gamer Ability Acquired
It was a Saturday morning with nice weather, a blond lay asleep peacefully in his bed at seven AM. There was a pinging sound waking him up, Naruto Uzumaki awoke with a quiet and peace of mind, all calm; blinking his eyes open expecting to see hisrun downcracked ceiling. What he wasn’t expecting to find was a rectangle box floating a little less than a foot away from his face.
Good Morning! You have slept in your own bed! HP and CP are fully restored!
“Okay I’m not awake completely so I’m seeing things.” Naruto said calmly but he could feel that he was unsettled.
He swiped the space before him to clear the air of the mirage but his hand just glided through it as if it didn’tdisruptedit at all. Now Naruto knew he was wide awake and he knew that he that should be panicking by now but his mind was clear even though his emotions were all over the place. He remembered a lesson about dispellingGenjutsuthough he admits he’d never been good at using them; he quickly formed the appropriate seal for the release.
“Kai!” Naruto commanded calmly but nothing happened so he added a bit more chakra. “Kai!”Againnothing since the box was still there. “What in the hell is going on?” Another box popped up startling him.
Would you likeHelp?Y / N
Naruto blinked. “Well I’ve never been good atGenjutsuanyways so might as well.” Pushing the Y which he figured was for yes while N was for no; thatbox had disappeared as another appeared in its place.
To close the notification, interface andetcwindows just simply push the X in the upperright handcorner or just verbally or mentally say exit.
Cocking his head to the side Naruto quickly found the X where it was mentioned it should be: in the upperright handcorner. He pressed the X for that window and it disappeared leaving the first one and instead of pressing the X he mentally thought exit which resulted in that window disappearing also.
“Wow, that was cool but what is going on? This reminds me of a videogame thing that I heard someone talk about before.” Naruto muttered as h got up to do his morning routine which consisted of breakfast, brushing his teeth and getting dressed.
All the while he thought about his new situation and trying to remember what that civilian kid said about the game. He sat down on hisrun downcouch with a pinched look of irritation because his memory was fuzzy about it.
“I can’t remember very well but I know that he said something about Main Menu” Naruto muttered but was interrupted when a box appeared before him again.
Main Menu:
Tutorial: A step by step play/walkthrough to understand how the Gamer system works.
Options: You’re able to adjust what you want shown or what you want to hide
Save: Save your progress
Load: Able to load your previous saves
Blinking owlishly Naruto reread the list once more before deciding on what to do though there were only two to choose from since the save and load were grayed out indicating he couldn’t use them at the moment.
“Tutorial.” The blond stated curiously; a longer box popped up.
Welcome to the tutorial of Life’s Game, here in this tutorial it will be explained how the Gamer system works so you don’t get confused or left clueless! This tutorial will explain the basics so if you want more information on anything you must go to the specified subject page. Now to begin say or think ‘Guide’.
Naruto reread the message once more to be sure he understood. “Guide.”
This is the Guide which has more information on what will be covered in this tutorial. You will be able to access everything after the tutorial is completed so take note what you will see is just an example and not your real stats and such within this tutorial. Now say or think next.
Naruto chewed his bottomlip,this was exactly like a videogame that civilian had talked about now that he remembered it. He wasn’t sure about this because he didn’t know if this was a dream, aGenjutsuor real. He wasn’t sure if he should tell anyone about this if it was real because they would think he was crazy but he guessed he’ll figure it out afterwards on what to do.
“Next.” Naruto said calmly still surprised on how calm he has been through all of this.
In the Guide is a list of what we will cover in the tutorial. First is the Introduction which is information on the game and how you acquired it. The second is your Character Stats which you can bring up by either thinking or saying Stats, it will show your personal information such as level, stats, description and etc. The third is skills, this will show you your skill list of what you’ve learned be it Ninjutsu,Taijutsu, etc. The fourth is Quests also known as missions, this is split into four parts : Main , Side, Dailies, and Event quests. The Fifth is Reputation like the quests it’s split into four parts: Personal, Groups, Organizations, and Nations. The sixth is Inventory which is like a bag that you don’t have to physically carry and you can put items within. The seventh is Relationships which will intertwine with reputation; and the eighth is achievements which is something that you have achieved. Say or think next.
Naruto’s right brow twitched in irritation, when the tutorial said basic it meant the bare basic with pictures almost too small to figure out but he got the gist of it; barely. “Next.”
Now the next three items will be explained: Options, Save and Load. Options are where you can change things for example the color of the notification boxes and the word color or you can turn things off or on. Save is where you can save you progress throughout the game so far in the off chance that you ‘die’. Load is where you can load previous saved progress if you die or don’t like an outcome of something but be advised that you willloosethe progression between that save and the one that you load. Say or think next.
Another brow twitch in irritation; seriously all it did with those was repeat their descriptions of what he saw before though worded differently. “Next!” Another box popped up when the previous disappeared.
This concludes the main tutorial but sub-tutorials or descriptions will pop up if it’s your first time encountering something. Thank you for your patience and have fun!
‘Patience, right.’ Naruto thought in calm irritation. “Exit.”
The tutorial message box disappeared leaving behind the previous box the main menu, with a huff Naruto eyed the other items under the tutorial big help that was but it did say that more info was within the specified subject pages.
‘ Might as well start off easy or well experiment. Options.’ The blond thought and a window popped up.
Options:
Difficulty: Normal
Hints: [ Off ]
Map: [ Off ]
Mini Map: [ Off ]
Notifications: [ Off ]
Auto-Loot: [ Off ]
GUI: [ Off ] -
Pop-Up Color: [ Default ]
Text/Word Color: [ Default ]
Command: [ On ] -
Touch: [ On ]
Speech/Thought: [ On ]
Eyebrows raised Naruto cocked his head to the side, he noted that the two under GUI were grayed out. Shaking hisheadhe went to work turning all the ones that were Off to On which the grayed out had become accessible when the GUI was turned On. He pressed the bracketed default next to Pop-Up Color to find a list of colors and became excited to find orange which he changed the default to. He noted the light blue color of the pop-up box changed to orange while the words stayed black so he didn’t change the text color. Exiting out of the Options menu he saw at the lowerright handcorner a blinking text of Auto-Saving.
Naruto knew of what Saving and Load were from his memory of what he heard that civilian kid said which he knew there was a Manual-Save andaAuto-Save; Load is where he can pick and choose which save that he had listed to go back to. Shrugging he exited out of the Main Menu to be bombarded with pop-ups making him blink in surprise, he also noticed a few changes of his view but that can be dealt with later. The first pop-up seemed to be an Achievement.
Achievement Gained: Learned the First Steps! - 100 EXP Gained.
The second pop-up was a notification:
For being cautious and thinking things through your INT and WIS gone up by 1!
Exiting the first two the third was similar to the notification;
For remembering and thinking things through your INT and WIS gone up by 1!
Exiting out of that one the fourth one was similar but a little different than the last two notifications:
For strategic thinking your WIS has gone up by 1!
Closing that one he saw that the last one was a Quest pop-up:
Main Quest: First Steps! (Completed)
Rewards: 500 EXP
Naruto blinked blankly at the notification before snorting. “Now I see why this didn’t pop-up before since everything was turned OFF.”
Before he could exit out of the last pop-up another appeared making him growl in calm collected ire as he read it:
For connecting the dots quickly your INT has gone up by 1!
Sighing Naruto quickly closed out both pop-ups to sit down and think; it seems that by doing certain actions he could raise his stats whatever they are, but is it unlimited or not? Might as well see what else he could learn before doing anything.
“Guide.” He stated watching a pop-up appear, there was a list but he might as well start from the top down since Iruka-Sensei beaten it into his head about always starting with the basics. “Introduction.”
Another pop-up appeared:
Hello Gamer! If you’re wondering why you have the Gamer Ability the answer is simple: you have gained the favor of two or more Gods/Goddess’ so they granted you this Gamer Ability to help you along in life and to get stronger. The two major Gods/Goddess’ that blessed you with this are Amaterasu and Inari . (if you are unfamiliar with whom they are than go to the library or ask someone!)
“Wow, sarcastic much?” Naruto deadpanned. “Though those two do sound familiar.” Naruto kept reading.
This Gamer Ability is to make your life a bit easier; you can learn skills three different ways:
- First– If you obtain a scroll or book you can use the Gamers ability called Absorption which you will automatically gain the information presented within but be warned the scroll or book will end up destroyed so copying it first is recommended.
- Second – is by reading said scroll or book instead, slower yes but you’ll have the copy on hand.
- And the Third – is called skill creation where you repeat an action over and over again. (this coincides with the second one if you read a skill scroll or book instead of absorption.) So long as you see thehands seals and meetthe requirements if there are any than you can use Skill Creation.
Naruto blinked in surprise, before reading on excitement built up within him. “This is so cool!”
This introduction will go over four topics the tutorial did not (if you haven’t done the tutorial please do so after you finished the introduction). The four topics are Attributes and points, Leveling, Perks, and Flaws.
A headache was starting to make itself known and for some reason he has a feeling that it’ll just get worse, shrugging Naruto pushed it to the side. “Let’s just get this over with before it gets worse.”
Attributes and Points: every level up you’ll receive five Attribute points (AP) that you can use to increase your Attributes. There are seven attributes in all and some will affect your HP and CP:
- HP – Health Points: this is your life force, if it hits zero you ‘die’.
- CP – Chakra Points: many skills require and use Chakra if it hits zero be careful because it it’ll cut into your HP if you try any Chakra required skills which is dangerous an can cause death. (This is called Chakra Exhaustion)
- STR – Strength: this is your physical power that determines how much you can carry physically and howmuch damage you deal out in combat.
- DEX – Dexterity: this determines your accuracy, speed, attack and evasion speed among other things. Basically how fast you are period.This attribute also adds to DEF (Defense) of what you are wearing at the time.
- STA – Stamina: this determines how much HP and CP you obtain; basically how sturdy you are and how long you can last in and out of combat.
- INT – Intelligence: basically how smart you are, affects skill leveling speed, reasoning, learning, chakra control, memory and etc.
- WIS – Wisdom: basically is your common sense, this determines your HP and CP regeneration, problem solving, ability to read others emotions and body language, resistance to mental attacks (i.e. Genjutsu), pain, torture, and other minddurpingthings.
- CHA – Charisma: basically your personality and charm; this affects your reputation and relationships throughout the worldit also can affect things such as Social, Political, Leadership, romance, intimidation and persuasive skills. So be careful in how you act, say, do and what you wear!
- LUK – Luck: This is a mystery all on its own; it’s a double edge sword so to speak. Luck can either be good or bad; this can affect a great many of things like loot drops, random encounters, critical hits in combat, gambling and so forth!
Now Naruto was really interested in this but he was still wary. “This is interesting but really what did I do to deserve this? Everyone hates me except for maybe four to five people.” Shaking his head before reading on.
Next is Leveling: Leveling yourself requires EXP (Experience Points) that you can get doing various things depending on what you’re leveling. If you’re trying to level yourself you can level through Main Quests, Side Quests, Daily Quests, Event Quests, Dungeons, and etc. If you’re trying to level your skills all you have to do is keep practicing doing them in or out of combat. Practice makes perfect! If your trying to level you reputation or relationships they can be leveled by doing quests, personal quests, dailies and etc. basically help them and impress them, enough said.
The last two are Perks and Flaws:
- Perks – Perks are (positive) special advantages or benefits that can raise certain aspects of the character, these can come from different things depending on what is or was chosen and what was genetically given at birth.
- Flaws – Flaws are opposite of perks, they can have negative effects on the character, some can be removed but some cannot and are permanent due to reasons that will be explained once you find them.
Now as you level some things will be unlocked and when they are details will be given at that time. If your in combat, in immediate danger or in the active process of doing a Quest(s) or dungeon all notifications will be filed under a blinking icon in the right hand upper corner under the mini map for later viewing once you’re out of danger or finished questing/dungeon.
We hope this introductions and information has been helpful. Please enjoy being a Gamer and good luck!
“Holy Roman God! I could become strong and Hokage in no time with this!” Naruto said with a grin as he closed the introduction page to go back to the Guide to exit that as well so he could try accessing certain pages without going through the Guide to get used to it. “ Hm , lets start with Stats.” A pop-up appeared after saying Stats.
STATS:
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Age: 11
Title: Academy Student (10% EXP gain until level 10)
Level: 3 (1650/3000 EXP)
HP: 6100/6100
CP: 6100/6100
STR: 7 (-5)
DEX: 9 (-5)
STA: 55 (-5)
INT: 8 (-10)
WIS : 11 (-5)
CHA: 10 (-10)
LUK: ?
DEF: 19
AP to spend: 15
Genetic Perks:
(? - Dominate): INT +10, STR +2, STA +10 per level, +10% EXP gain to (?), +100 HP per level, 50% chance to unlock (? - ?), +5% EXP gain to (?)
(? – Dominate): INT +2, DEX +4, CHA +5 every two levels, +5% EXP gain to (?), +10% EXP gain to (?), +5% EXP gain to (?)
(? – Recessive): WIS +2, +5% EXP gain to (?), +3% EXP gain to (?)
(? – Recessive): DEX +5, INT +2, WIS +1, +5% EXP gain to (?), +2% EXP gain to (?), +2% EXP gain to (?)
Perks:
(Gamers Mind): Allows you to think clearly, calmly and logically no matter the situation though this doesn’t repress your emotions so you can still feel them. This give you Peaceful Mind and Psychological Immunity (i.e. Yamanaka mind jutsus , Genjutsus and etc.)
(Gamers Body): This allows you to live real life physically as a video game.
(?): (?,? and ?)
(Luck Gods/Goddess’ Blessing): You have the favor of three out of seven luck Gods/Goddess’! Benten , Bishamonten , and Fukuroke !
(?): 100 HP per level, 200 CP per level, STA +20, (?): (? And ?)
Flaws:
(Pariah)
(?)
(?)
(?)
Description:
Naruto Uzumaki is the dead-last in the Konoha Ninja Academy (KNA) and failed the graduation exam twice already. He’s an orphan with a past shrouded in mysteries; he’s hated within his village for reasons unknown to him.
Naruto scowled sourly at what his description read and also because of all the question marks showing up; he guessed that he hadn’t found info on it or something but whatever. Looking at the negatives next to his attributes made him frown more because they were hindering him; he tapped the -5 next to strength when a pop-up appeared.
Flaw discovered: Malnourished!
Your eating habits are poor, limited and unhealthy; this is due to only eating a type of food that’s unhealthy for long periods of time or because of unhealthy dieting; this could lead to stunting your growth permanently.
-5 to STR, DEX and STA
To get rid of this Flaw you must change your poor eating habits to a more nutritional eating habit! If you’re dieting – stop dieting and eat better.
“I eat a lot of Ramen but I can’t really help it since it’s cheap and the food of the Gods! It can’t be that unhealthy can it?” Naruto said with a frown when he thought of nutritional which meant vegetables had to be added to the menu. “Ugh, veggies suck but if I want to get rid of this Flaw I’ll have no choice. Hm , I’ll talk to Iruka-Sensei about it later since the academy starts in a few weeks.” He exited out of the pop-up to receive another.
Event Quest: It’s Slow Going to Healthy Eating!
You realized only eating Ramen is unhealthy so you need to eat healthier!
- Talk to Iruka Umino about a better healthy eating habit!
Rewards: 300 EXP, Cook Book, +500 Reputation with Iruka Umino, Permanent: +5% EXP gain to (?) skill.
Optional Bonus:
- Talk to Ayame about cooking your own meals yourself before talking to Iruka Umino.
Bonus Rewards: 100 EXP, Cooking Tools, Cooking Materials, +100 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +200 Reputation with Ayame
Failure: 150 EXP, -100 Reputation with Iruka Umino.
Accept? Y/N
Naruto blinked in surprise before grinning as he mentally accepted the quest making the pop-up disappear on its own. He could ask Ayame when he went to Ichiraku’s for lunch. Now looking at his stats again he pressed the -10 next to INT another pop-up appeared.
Flaw discovered: Brash!
You’re beyond stubborn to the point of brashness, you don’t listen to orders or laws that don’t suite you and you hardly if at all take advice from others. You Brashly dive into any situation disregarding orders or plans and most of the time go in before orders or plans could be established!
-10% to Reputation Gain, INT -10, WIS -5
To get rid of this Flaw or reduce it you need to start listening to orders, laws and advice from others. Stop rushing into things before you think or listening to others because this could get you and others killed!
“ Oi ! I’m not that bad, I know I’m stubborn but-.” Naruto started before cutting himself off as he thought about his actions of before. “Okay so I am brash, whatever. I’ll work on it!” Naruto huffed irritably as he exited out of the pop-up looking at his stats again.
His LUK stat confused him for having a question mark so he skipped over WIS since the negative went with the Flaw negative for his INT and pressed the -10 next to his CHA stat getting another pop-up.
Flaw discovered: Eyesore!
Your fashion sense in the clothing you wear leaves much to be desired that words can’t fully describe it but to put it nicely: Monstrosity! Fashion Police please help!
-10% to Reputation gain, -20% extra Reputation gain to females and romantic interests (male or female), -20% EXP gains to Stealth, and CHA -10.
To get rid of this Flaw you need to get a new and better wardrobe, something fit for society and not something that would blind people or put a target on your back. You want to be a Ninja so start dressing like one!
“What!” Naruto yelped as he blinked in surprise. “My clothes are not an Eyesore! Inventory!”
The inventory popped-up over the others with another pop-up attached.
This is your inventory where you can hold anything except living beings but corpses can be stored. This is where you can store books, scrolls, materials, extra weapons among other things that you loot or gather. It’s recommended not to store camp fires since it’s a type of ‘living’ thing that needs oxygen to burn. Over the squares that can hold up to a stack of 100 of the same item you’ll find a avatar of yourself with what you have equipped and between the avatar and the storage squares you can see how much Ryo you have in your inventory and Gama wallet.
Naruto exited out of the info pop-up to look at his inventory page.
Head: Empty
Chest: Plain Black T-Shirt
Back: Overstock Orange Workmen Jacket
Legs: Overstock Orange Workmen Pants
Feet: Warn Blue Ninja Shoes
R.Ring: Empty
L.Ring: Empty
R.Wrist: Empty
L.Wrist: Empty
Neck: Empty
R.Ear: Empty
L.Ear: Empty
Ryo: 100,000
Gama Wallet Ryo: 85,000
Naruto was surprised of all the places that were empty but he’ll worry about that later so he ignored them and touched his jacket that was equipped to the back slot. A pop-up appeared with the items description.
Overstock Orange Workmen Jacket-
This monstrosity is a hideous fashion disaster and never should have seen the light of day! This was originally stocked for the workmen class such as construction workers and so forth so they could be seen. The workmen refused to even buy them let alone wear them because they were a monstrosity and hideous wreck waiting to happen! No one in their right mind or ha s an ounce of common sense would wear this be they civilian, workmen, or Ninja since it would put a target on their back saying ‘I’m here, pick me to kill first!’
DEF +5, -5% to Reputation gain, -10% extra to Reputation gain to females and romantic interests (male or female), -10% EXP gain to stealth, CHA -5.
Gives the person wearing it the ‘Eyesore’ Flaw.
Naruto sighed finally believing as he looked at the details for his matching pants that made it a complete jumpsuit outfit. Its description was the same so the two together added to double negative de-buffs. He guessed that if he wanted a remote of a chance to raise his Reputation at all he’ll need to get new clothes.
“Well I guess I’ll have to get new clothe; I’ll ask Iruka-Sensei to help and maybe one of my classmates? Hm , I’ll have to look in Reputation to see; though it might have to wait until academy starts.” Naruto mumbled as he exited out windows until his Stats page was left. Another window pop-up appeared making him groan.
Event Quest: From Fashion Disaster to Fashion Prince!
You found that your clothes of choice was a fashion suicide ten times over and decided to get new more appropriate clothes for society especially the Ninja society! Shopping time!
- Ask Iruka Umino for help shopping for a new wardrobe.
- Go through your list of classmates in your class in Reputation and ask them (whomever you chose) for help to aid Iruka.
Rewards: 1000 EXP, +500 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +(?) Reputation with classmate of choice (amount of Reputation is dependant on whom you choose), New Clothes.
Optional Bonus:
- Buy a gift for chosen classmate as a thanks for helping.
- Impress Shop Clerk
- (?)
Bonus Rewards:
+(?) Reputation with ( Chosen Classmate)
+300 Reputation with Shop visiting
(?)
Failure: 500 EXP, -200 Reputation with Iruka Umino, -500 Reputation with ( Chosen Classmate), Eyesore Flaw becomes permanent.
Accept? Y/N
Naruto stared at the quest window with a deadpanned look. “Really? Seriously? Whatever.” He growled softly as he accepted the quest. “Well I guess I need to choose wisely to who I ask than.” His stomach decided to growl in hunger at that moment making him glance at the clock; he mentally exited out of all the window pop-ups as he stood up. “Lunch time, I’ll finish reading the rest later!”
Leaving his apartment and locking it up Naruto headed down the street which was a little crowded by people. He could feel the slight pressure of their glares but ignored it as best as he could like always with a grin he used as a mask. After five minutes of walking towards his destination a pop-up window appeared.
Skill Acqui red: Detect Killing Intent (KI) (Passive) Level: 3!
Able to detect others bloodlust within a set radius, as levels are gained in this skill you’ll be able to pinpoint locations of KI and the name of the person sending the KI.
5 meter radius gained per 10 levels
Range: 25 Meter Radius
‘Exit.’ Naruto thought dismissing the window as he ignored those around him with practiced ease. ‘Huh, I gained a skill from just walking down the street with people glaring at me which I’m used to so maybe that’s the reason why it was level 3 instead of level 1 since I’m used to it, subjected to it constantly? So that’s what that pressure was that I felt, their KI and what is KI exactly? Mah , I’ll look into it later.’ He thought as he finally arrived to Ichiraku Ramen.
“Hey Teuchi-jiji, Ayame-nee how are you?” Naruto questioned as soon as he saw them when he walked through the semi-privacy banners hanging down from the entryway frame and sat down on one of the empty bar stools.
Both Teuchi and Ayame turned towards him with happy grins; Teuchi spoke first. “Naruto, it’s good to see you my favorite number one customer!”
Ayame shook her head with a happy smile. “Hello Naru we’re doing fine, how are you doing?”
“I’m doing fine Ayame-nee.” Naruto replied letting a true smile show this time. “Four bowls of Ramen two Miso , one pork and the last beef please and thank you!”
Teuchi laughed as Ayame giggled. “Coming right up!”
Naruto knew it’ll be a bit before his order so he took his time to look around and study his surroundings. He finally noticed something above peoples heads so he looked at the father-daughter duo.
Teuchi – Master Ramen Chef – Level 15
Ayame – Apprentice Ramen Chef – Level 8
Blinking Naruto calmly raised a brow before noticing the blinking icon in the upper right hand corner under his mini-map indicating notifications pending. He mentally opened it making the pop-ups that were suppressed appear before him. There were two; one saying that his Detect Killing Intent leveled by one making it Level 4 now and the second one was a new skill.
Skill Acquired: Observe (Passive/Active) Level 1!
This skill allows you to see information about people, animals and objects when you focus on them. The more levels this skill gains the more information you’ll be able to see. This skill costs 10 CP when active per use.
Now this skill will be very useful like the Detect Killing Intent skill, he would just have to level them high enough for them to be good. Mentally exiting out of both windows Naruto jumped slightly when Ayame placed his first two bowls of Miso Ramen in front of him making her giggle.
“There you go Naru.” Ayame said with an amused smile. “Is there something wrong? You’re being very quiet which is unlike you.” The last part was followed by a worried frown.
Shaking his head Naruto gave Ayame a smile. “No, I’m fine Ayame-nee; I was just thinking is all.”
“Ah, a ryo for our thoughts?” Ayame requested gently with a soft smile.
Naruto grinned quickly making a decision on telling her his earlier thoughts about healthy foods and cooking. “I was thinking-.” He started. ‘Earlier.’ He mentally chimed. “About starting to eat more healthier meals for breakfast and dinner but I realized that I didn’t know how to cook or have the ingredients to even attempt to cook. Do you think you can help me and teach me how to cook?”
The young Apprentice Ramen Chef blinked in surprise before an apologetic smile slipped on her face but the twinkle in her eyes seemed to shine with happiness and pride? “Ah, I’m sorry Naru; I would love to but I’m too busy helping dad here so I don’t have any time to teach you.”
“It’s okay Ayame-nee, I understand!” Naruto said with a disappointed chuckle, completely forgetting about the Event Quest he had.
“But I might be able to help you get started in the right direction though.” Ayame said thoughtfully. “Give me a moment and let me see!”
Blinking Naruto watched Ayame go to her father and whispered something to him; Teuchi glanced at him with a thoughtful look before grinning to Ayame with a nod. Naruto ate his Ramen quickly but being mindful to use his table manners unlike he had before. Thank you Gamers Mind perk. Teuchi delivered his third Ramen bowl with pork after he started on his second Miso Ramen bowl then delivered his last bowl of beef Ramen when he started on his Pork Ramen. Ayame hadn’t returned yet which was odd because lunch is usually busy but not as busy as usually considering it was Saturday, a weekend.
Just as he was about to start eating his fourth and last bowl of Ramen Iruka walked in. “Ah, hello Naruto! It’s good to see you; how has your day been so far?”
Grinning at his favorite Academy teacher Naruto was still a bit cautious and wary of him but the blond couldn’t feel or see any type of negativity from him. “Hello Iruka-Sensei, it’s good to see you too and my day has been going well. How has your day been so far?”
Iruka smiled kindly with soft eyes as he sat down next to Naruto. “My day has been going well also, aside from preparing for the Academy to start. Thank you for asking Naruto.”
The blond swallowed his bite before smiling. “Hey Iruka-Sensei how about I buy you lunch?”
The scarred teacher blinked in shock before a happy grin appeared on his face as his eyes sparkled to reflect the happy grin. “Thank you Naruto, that is very kind of you.”
The blond ducked his head shyly in embarrassment but he caught the happy proud look in Teuchi’s eyes when the ramen chef glanced at him as he took Iruka’s order. Finishing his last bowl sedately Naruto set the empty bowl to the side to wait patiently, Iruka was nearly done.
“I’m surprised how slowly you ate your ramen.” Iruka commented to start a conversation.
“I’m waiting for Ayame-nee to return and decided to eat slowly while I waited.” The blond answered.
Iruka opened his mouth to say something else but was interrupted since Ayame reappeared from the back carrying a medium box with three carefully wrapped bundles secured atop the box.
“Sorry I took so long Naruto.” Ayame said but paused seeing Iruka before closing the distance the rest of the way. “Oh, hello Mr. Umino.”
“Call me Iruka and hello Ayame; do you need any help?” Iruka said with a kind smile; Ayame had always called him that and like always he gently told her to call him by his name instead, being called mister always made him feel old.
Ayame laughed lightly before a soft kind smile settled on her face. “Oh no but thank you, this is for Naru!”
“Ah, what is that?” The scarred teacher inquired curiously.
“It’s a culinary set with ingredients for three days worth of breakfast and four days of dinner until he goes shopping himself!” Ayame answered good-naturedly. Turning to Naruto she smiled as she placed her load before the blushing blond with a kind smile. “Here you go Naru! Three days worth of ingredients for breakfast and four days worth for dinner, mind you it’s for simple recipes and one culinary set brand new! Think of the culinary set as an early birthday present from Dad and me.”
“I-.” Naruto choked on an emotional lump in his throat making him clear it with a ahem. “Thank you Teuchi-jiji and Ayame-nee, I appreciate it.” Naruto could feel his eye prickle with tears; he’s gotten few gifts but those he did get he cherished and took care of. “How much for the five bowls Teuchi-jiji?”
Teuchi smiled softly in understanding. “You knew its half price for you on Saturdays and Sundays Naruto.”
“Culinary tools, why do you need cooking supplies Naruto?” Iruka asked still curious about the interest in cooking supplies.
“Oh, I asked Ayame-nee if she could teach me how to cook but she’s busy helping Teuchi-jiji here; though they decided to help with ingredients and a culinary set to set me on the right path to learning! I was going to ask you about healthy foods and eating habits, that includes vegetables which I decided to give them another try.” Naruto answered as he counted the correct ryo amount and handing it to Teuchi with an ever thankful look.
Iruka studied Naruto thoughtfully as the blond collected his gift and came to a decision. “Advice on healthy eating and foods huh? Naruto I think I can do one better then that; how about I teach you how to cook? I’ll even give you a cook book.”
Naruto was startled at his favorite academy teachers offer but a happy foxy grin appeared on his face and even better Iruka didn’t flinch at his grin. “Really Iruka-Sensei that would be awesome!”
Iruka answered Naruto’s grin with one of his own. “We’ve known each other a while Naruto, you should know by now that I wouldn’t mind helping you if you asked. Come on let the first cooking lesson be dinner.”
Smiling happily Naruto lead the way to his apartment, he could feel the glares dig into him but they were not nearly as bad as earlier which Naruto figured that was because Iruka was with him. It didn’t take very long to reach his apartment and he was a little worried letting Iruka in, not because it’s a mess though.
“Come in Sensei.” Naruto said as he unlocked the door shifting his load. “Please ignore the mess.” He added as they entered.
“Pardon the intrusion.” Iruka said softly as he looked around wondering why Naruto told him to ignore the mess because there were only a few empty ramen cups on the table. That was until he focused on the apartment walls that made him understand his blond students request; painted all over the walls were hateful and angry words. Many repeated like ‘Demon’, ‘Die’, ‘Murderer’, and ‘You’re not wanted’. It pained Iruka to see this and made him angry. “Naruto, what’s the meaning of this and why haven’t you repainted your apartment?”
“I stopped repainting the walls when I realized that it was useless because someone or more would just break in and repaint those words again.” Naruto answered softly with a sad smile.
Iruka frowned at this. “How many times does your apartment get broken into and what’s the damage other than painted walls?”
Naruto bit his lip trying to think of a way to get away from this so he could think for a moment; he saw the blinking icon saying he had notifications. The bathroom is a good excuse since he did need to look at the notifications.
“I’ll explain but I need to go the bathroom first so have a seat and I’ll be back.” The blond said calmly as he headed to the bathroom.
“Alright Naruto but you will explain when you get back.” The scarred academy teacher stated firmly as he watched his favorite student go into the bathroom.
Closing the bathroom door Naruto sighed heavily before sitting down on the edge of the tubs rim; quickly he pressed the blinking icon and was bombarded with pop-up windows, when no more popped up he focused on the first one.
Detect Killing Intent leveled up by 1!
Naruto closed that window and focused on the next.
Your kindness was highly appreciated! +100 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +300 Reputation with Teuchi, +200 Reputation with Ayame!
Naruto blinked at that; he now knew that he can gain Reputation through kindness, closing that window he looked at the next one.
For thinking stra tegically your WIS gone up by 1!
Closed that window and the next one was the quest from earlier that he had forgotten about until now.
Event Quest: It’s Slow Going to Healthy Eating! (updated)
- Talk toIruka Umino about a better eating habit. (Completed)
- Iruka offered to teach you to cook, help him cook dinner and learn how to cook!
Rewards: 300 EXP, Cook Book, +500 Reputation with Iruka Umino, Permanent: 5% EXP gain to (?) skill.
Optional Bonus:
- Talk to Ayame about cooking your own meals yourself before talking to Iruka. (Completed)
Bonus Rewards: 100 EXP, Cooking Tools, Cooking Ingredients, +100 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +200 Reputation with Ayame
Failure: 150 EXP, -100 Reputation with Iruka Umino.
‘Huh, I guess objectives can be added to quests if previous ones are completed. Cool.’ Naruto thought as he exited out of the quest update window to see the last pop-up which was another quest. Before he read it he noticed something odd; what caught his eye was (1/4). “A quarter of what? I know a little of measuring but this is odd.”
He touched the (1/4) and a window popped up.
You discovered Quest Chains!
Quest chains are a group of quests completed in a sequence, they can be found many ways like personal quests from friends to just focusing on a specific thing. Beware though the difficulty may rise as each quest in the chain is completed and may also have a time limit.
Now understanding a little more Naruto exited out of that window to finally read the quest.
Event Quest: Truth or Lie? (1/4)
Your academy teacher questioned you about your walls!
- Tell Iruka the truth and explain everything that’s been going on.
OR
- Lie to Iruka and drop the subject
Rewards:
Truth: 500 EXP, +200 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +500 Reputation with Hiruzen Sarutobi , Next Quest.
Lie: 250 EXP, -100 Reputation with Iruka Umino, Quest Chain Ends.
There wasn’t a choice in accepting or declining which irked him somewhat but he guessed that some quests, using this quest as an example, auto accepts because it’s crucial or part of something bigger. Another window popped up.
By reasoning and connecting the dots your INT and WIS gone up by 1!
Sighing Naruto exited out of both windows as he got up; washing his hands and splashing water on his face when he stopped in front of the sink. Grabbing a few paper towels as he exited the bathroom he started drying his hands and face knowing which option he chose: the truth; besides he was a horrible liar anyways.
“Sorry about that Iruka-Sensei.” Naruto said apologetically when he saw his teacher sitting at the dining table. “I had to mentally prepare because most of what you want to know is a bit painful. So what do you want to know?” Naruto finished as he too sat at the table as well in the only other available chair left.
Smiling kindly in understanding Iruka knew some of what Naruto gone through but nothing more or how bad. “It’s ok Naruto I understand; I want to know everything that you remember so start from the beginning.”
For the next hour Naruto told Iruka everything starting with the treatment while he was in the orphanage until they kicked him out when he was just five years old followed by the treatment from the civilians and some of the Ninja as well as damages to his apartment. He mentioned how the shops and restaurants either kicked him out or over charged him for things like clothing or food even the spoiled rotten food. He answered any question Iruka asked truthfully though he did gloss over some things such as nearly dying a couple times when the villagers beat him after catching him alone. Once Naruto finished silence reigned for a short moment.
“I’m so sorry Naruto.” Iruka said sadly while keeping tight reign of his anger towards the villagers: civilian and ninja alike.
“It’s ok Iruka-Sensei, it wasn’t all bad because Inu-Aniki kept me safe when he was able to. Besides the villagers can’t help it, there’s always a reason someone does something right? Sure, it hurts and I don’t know why they don’t like me but I'm determined to change their views of me! T o b e H o k a g e , t h a t i s m y d r e a m ! ” N a r u t o s a i d w i t h a f i r m t o n e t h a t m a t c h e d h i s d e t e r m i n e d l ook .
Iruka sat there in stunned silence studying his favorite student; what Naruto said was true but iy still doesn’t give people the right to treat others that way even though Naruto was a special case. Not long ago he had been one of those people, not in hatred but in wariness and now he felt ashamed for it because the blond child was just that: a child. Yes, Iruka knew the reason and the secret behind the hatred but he could see clearly that Naruto was just another human being no matter what he contained.
“You’re very kind Naruto, don’t ever change because there are few people out there who are genuinely kind.” The scarred teacher commented honestly which made Naruto blush. A thought struck Iruka, if Naruto’s ‘civilian’ life was this bad than what about his academy schooling. “Tell me about your schooling before and after I became your teacher please.”
Naruto blinked confused; he saw the notification icon blinking so he got up heading towards the cabinet where the few cups he had for drinking were. “Alright Iruka-Sensei give me a moment and would you like some water?”
Iruka smiled. “ Sure Naruto , thank you.”
Naruto nodded as he mentally opened the blinking icon to reveal two pop-up windows.
Event Quest: Truth or Lie? (1 / 4) (Completed)
Rewards: Truth- 500 EXP, +200 Reputation with Iruka Umino, +500 Reputation with Hiruzen Sarutobi, Next Quest.
Mentally exiting out of that window to read the next one, Naruto retrieved two cups and went to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water.
Event Quest: Truth or Lie? (2 / 4)
You told Iruka about your personal suffering with break-ins, the treatment at shop/resterants and society but now he’s asking about your Ninja Academy Education!
- Tell Iruka the truth about your education and what happened in your classes.
OR
- Lie to Iruka that everything is fine and drop the subject.
Rewards:
Truth: 500 EXP, +200 Reputation with Iruka Umino , +500 Reputation with Hiruzen Sarutobi , Next Quest
Lie: 250 EXP, -300 Reputation with Iruka Umino , Quest Chain Ends
Exiting out of that window as he poured water in the cups Naruto already knew which choice to choose: The Truth. Nearing the table, he sat one cup in front of Iruka before taking his seat setting his glass down after taking a sip.
“What would you like to know Sensei?” The blond asked calmly though still a little confused.
“Well.” Iruka started then his questions started.
