Yami Naruto: The Gamer V2 Chapter 3, a naruto fanfic

Yami Naruto The Gamer 2.0

Hey everyone! Once again, thank you all for the reviews, it really helps motivate me knowing people care enough about my work to submit a review. I will try to answer any questions that I can without revealing spoilers, and the answers will be at the end of the chapter from now on.

After the first five or so chapters I'm considering posting a second story that will deal with stats and scales for characters, and for other aspects that may come up. The reason behind the wait will be revealed in one of the upcoming chapters. If this is something you want, let me know.

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The sun had long since set from above the Hidden Leaf Village, the dark night sky covered in menacing black clouds as an ominous wind blew. Near the top of the tallest building in the village, the Sandaime Hokage stood, ignoring the chilling winds as he stood on the balcony of the Hokage Tower.

Garbed in the traditional red and white robes of the Hokage, his hands clasped behind his back, Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed out into the night. Baring a stone faced expression, his eyes never left the golden glowing cube of in the distance, the one around the apartment of the boy he considered a grandson.

"Report!" He suddenly ordered. Two figures suddenly appeared behind him, each garbed in the standard Anbu uniform. One was a woman with purple hair, code name Neko, while the other was a man with brown hair, code name Cat.

Neko stepped forward. "Hokage-sama, our R&D department were able to determine the nature of the barrier jutsu. The technique is called the 'Life Sealing Barrier' jutsu, and targets the life force of victim. As life force is an element of the jutsu, it's been listed as a forbidden sealing technique by the late Shodaime."

Cat picked up from there. "The jutsu requires a constant stream of chakra in order to continue draining the target's life force. We believe who ever cast the jutsu altered the technique to include the use of scrolls filled with large stores of chakra; that way it would be guaranteed to last till the victim's life force is drained."

"We have operatives at the barrier trying to identify the various chakra signatures within the barrier, however Uzumaki-san's life force is making it difficult to gain an accurate read." Neko continued. "Efforts to bring down the barrier have caused the rate of life force consumption to increase...orders sir?"

During the report, Sarutobi's had moved to grip the railing in front of him, his posture becoming more slouched as he leaned his weight forward onto the railing. He remained silent as the two operatives watched on silently, awaiting his orders. Several minutes passed before he straightened up and turned to face them.

"...Neko, begin evacuation procedures for the entire village." The Sandaime ordered. "If Naruto dies tonight, the Kyubi will be freed from his body and surely rampage through the village. We need to minimize all possible damage and casualties in the event of that scenario."

Both Anbu operatives stiffened at the bleak announcement, eyes widened behind their masks. Neko recovered quickly though, and vanished in a whirl of leaves. "Remove your mask Tenzo." The Sandaime ordered as he walked back into his office.

Cat barely hesitated before removing his mask. "Hokage-sama, I thought the Yondaime's seal would keep they Kyubi secure even in the event of Uzumaki's death?" He questioned.

"The seal is in a constant state of flux due to the method Minato used." Sarutobi explained as he sat behind his desk, looking every year of his age. "It would drain and purify portions of the Kyubi's chakra as time would go on, adding it directly into Naruto's own chakra reserves. However, Minato had to use the chakra of a being more powerful then the Kyubi itself to keep it from overloading the drain and escaping; the Shinigami."

Tenzo openly gawked at that. "The Shinigami?!"

The Sandiame nodded his head. "It's that chakra which is causing the seal to be in flux. Over the years it has begun to stabilize, but Jiraiya and I determined it would not be till his fifteenth birthday that the seal would be able to contain the Kyubi in the event of Naruto's death."

"Hokage-sama, I can understand why you would keep this information to the public, but why didn't you share it with the Anbu division at least? We've been tasked with guarding him since his birth and-"

"And have done a piss poor job at it." Sarutobi snapped. Tenzo's jaw closed with an audible 'snap.' The old man sighed, removing his hat and rubbing his forehead. "Operative Porcupine was a plant from Iwa, and I trusted him with the information. Our forces barely managed to catch him before he reached the border...I trusted that man with my life several times..." He looked up at Tenzo. "Knowing I couldn't share this with even the highest rank of operatives, I decided to place my faith in the Anbu Black-Op's ability to follow direct orders."

"We have found the guards assigned to tonight's shift." Tenzo informed him. "They were down the road in 'Pick ur Poison' bar and grill. They are now in Anko's custody."

"Wolf!" Another Anbu appeared. "Tell Anko she has full reign over the prisoners; anything short of killing is acceptable. I want it known who was responsible for tonight!"

"Hai!" Wolf acknowledged before vanishing.

"They may not know anything." Tenzo stated.

"And they may have orchestrated the whole thing." The Sandaime countered. He drew out two shot glasses from his desk before bringing out an unopened bottle. "Sit Tenzo."

The operative did as instructed. "Sir?" He questioned, watching the old man pour shots.

"Tenzo, the Mokuton bloodline is the only thing we have that can suppress the Kyubi's chakra at this moment." Sarutobi stated, sliding a shot glass to the man. "You will need to direct its chakra upwards should it come out intangible. That is the best case scenario."

"And the worst case sir?" Tenzo asked, taking the glass.

Sarutobi raised his glass to the man. "Should the Kyubi emerge in its physical form, I shall have to use the same sealing technique Minato did, and seal it into you. Your bloodline should allow your body to adapt and contain it safely. It will give us time to use the frozen genetics of the Uzumaki clan we have to make another child; only those wielding the Mokuton or Uzumaki clan bloodline can safely contain the Kyubi within themselves."

Tenzo looked at the old man before him. He knew that if the Sandaime used the same sealing technique as his successor, the Yondaime, the old man would die. Between the Sandaime's death and the lost of the village's jinchuriki, Konoha would be significantly weakened in terms of power and leadership.

Letting out a sigh, he now understood the reason behind the shots. Nodding to the Sandaime, both men downed their shots together. At this point, the future of the Hidden Leaf Village was in fate's hand.

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Naruto growled as he dived out of the way of another shockwave. It was messed up; his mindscape was different then it was before! Sure the overall appearance was the same, but it was all bigger, longer even. He could sense that he was headed in the right direction, but out of the thirty minutes he'd been running, he should have got there twenty-five minutes ago!

If that wasn't enough, something was draining his HP as well. It was a slow drain, but as time went on, he found himself growing more and more fatigued as the pain in his chest throbbed. Sliding down the side of a wall, he cursed again.

"Damn it, what the hell is wrong with me?" Naruto groaned. "If I could just get a minute to catch my breath I could...Pause!"

The color in the world around him bled out, changing his surroundings to black and white. Naruto felt like smacking himself; he'd totally forgotten about the pause feature. Had he remembered it during his fight, he could have easily identified what was happening around himself and planned accordingly before resuming.

Shaking his head, he pulled up his stats screen and tapped on his HP bar. A second pop up appeared.

-Life Sealing Barrier effect: Drains 5 HP per second.

"Life Sealing Barrier...that thing's still active?" Naruto questioned. "Why wasn't it mentioned in the journal?" He flipped to the journal page, but again found nothing on it; no alerts, no quests, nothing specifically mentioning the technique.

Grumbling to himself, Naruto turned to his skills screen; he remembered one skill said something about health regeneration. Scrolling down the list, he found what he was looking for.

- XXXX Clan Regeneration Lv. 15

- Bearing the XXXX Bloodline, the character gains a natural health regeneration ability

- (Passive) 3 HP recovered per second

- Skill Upgradable

Naruto frowned; it was a good skill, but the barrier technique took five health points per second, which meant between the two, Naruto was losing two health points a second. Quickly doing the math, with his current max health he had roughly eleven minutes before the barrier drained all his health points.

"Damn it!" He cursed; with the way his mindscape had changed, he didn't know if he'd be able to complete his current quest, much less figure out a way to end this jutsu. He continued scanning his menus, looking critically at any piece of information that could aid him. Several minutes later, he found only one thing that could help him, but even that was a long shot; the Learn Random skill.

Naruto did not like his odds, he only had one shot to get a skill that could aid him. Double checking his options, Naruto suddenly found some hope; the save feature! By creating a save file, he could use the skill and if it was a technique that didn't help, he could just reload and try again.

Using the saving function felt weird, like the odd numbness one feels when a body part falls asleep, but all over. The effect lasted for nearly a minute before a pop up confirmed the save file was complete. Exiting the pause screen, color returned to the world around him. "Learn Random!"

...Nothing happened. No pop up, no sudden influx of knowledge, nothing. Growling, he activated the pause feature again and called up his journal menu. There he found the information he was looking for.

- Water Style: Water Bullet Jutsu Lv. 1

- (Active) Shoot a water projectile from the mouth. 16 CP cost

- (Passive) Water Affinity increase jutsu damage by 5%

- Skill Upgradeable

Naruto sighed; while he could see the potential of the jutsu, it did nothing for him at the moment. Shifting to the main screen, he activated the load game function. The tingling sensation returned, and Naruto could perceive a slight shift in the world around him. Several seconds passed before the sensation faded, and a pop up informed him the file loading process was complete. Exiting the pause feature, he again activated the "Learn Random" skill, reactivated the pause feature, and examined his new skill.

- Lightning Style: Electromagnetic Murder Lv. 1

- (Active) Shoot lightning from your hands. 38 CP cost

- (Passive) Bonus 10% damage if target area is wet

- (Passive) Bonus 5% damage per 12 CP added to jutsu

- Skill Upgradeable

Naruto almost cried, almost. It was an awesome jutsu, one he really wanted to keep, but it didn't help him with his current problem. With great reluctance, he activated the load file function once again. Repeating the process, he examined the next jutsu he received.

- Wind Style: Wind Dragon Jutsu Lv. 1

- (Active) Launch a dragon of wind. 80 CP cost

- (Passive) Bonus 5% damage per 20 CP added to jutsu

- Skill Upgradeable

Profanity could be heard echoing through the corridor.

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He'd lost count of the number of times he'd reloaded his save file, he'd given up some amazing jutsu, he'd even torn bits of his hair out, but he finally got it. Naruto now had a jutsu that he could use to restore his HP.

- Mystical Palm Technique Lv. 1

- Heal injured organics with Medical Chakra

- (Active) Restore 10 HP per second, 80 CP cost

- Skill Upgradeable

As frustrated an experience it had been, it wasn't without some merits. Naruto had learned of a number of jutsu that would be useful to him in the near future, especially the one kinjutsu he'd gotten from his reload spree. Shaking his head, he focused at the task at hand.

Ending the pause feature, Naruto quickly flashed through handsigns. "Mystical Palm!" He exclaimed, placing a hand on his chest.

Naruto could feel the effects almost immediately as the pain in his chest died down. Looking at his hand, he was surprised to see it glowing with green chakra instead of blue. "Guess this is what it meant by Medical Chakra." He mumbled to himself, ideas of various applications for such a thing going through his head.

Checking his health on the stats screen, Naruto held the jutsu for another thirty seconds before letting it dissipate once bar read full. Moving to the edge of his cover, Naruto waited for the next shockwave to pass before darting out and rushing towards the next cover available as fast as he could. Not fast enough though; Naruto was blown back several yards from the force of the shockwave, bits of his pajamas being torn apart.

Landing heavily of the floor, Naruto quickly scurried back to his previous hiding spot, teeth chattering from unintentional dip in the water. "Damn it, my timing was off! Must have happened when I was reloading...let's see how much damage I took from it." Calling up his stats screen, he took stock of his current HP and the drain the barrier jutsu caused; the shockwave knocked roughly one hundred and eighty health points!

Naruto grit his teeth; if he had had the same HP as when he was at level two, it would have only taken two more blasts to kill him. Calling on his latest jutsu to heal the damage, he was thankful for the fact that he had placed points in his Con Attribute. Once his HP was full, he stopped the jutsu and began trying to memorize the frequency of shockwaves, though his chilled form made the task difficult.

"What I wouldn't give for some new clothes right now." He grumbled as he rubbed his arms in an effort to generate heat. He briefly pictured the outfit he had sworn to replace the orange monstrosity his lighter half swore to never get rid of; the shirt would be blood red, long sleeved, and with the kanji for "Dark" down the front. A pitch black jonin styled vest would be worn over the shirt, the thickness adding a bit of protection while also adding a few more pockets to use. There would be a blood red belt around his black shinobi pants, coupled with a pouch to hold his weapons. Steel toed boots would cover his feet, and to finish the outfit, a long black headband over his forehead, both ends being able to flutter behind him in the wind.

Naruto suddenly felt his body shift by its own accord; it was a very small movement, one he probably wouldn't have noticed at all if he hadn't been leaning against the wall. Looking down at himself, Naruto saw his tattered pajamas had been transformed into the clothes he'd been imagining. Quickly pausing the game, he turned to the journal menu.

- New Skill 'Mental Animation' Created

Quickly moving to the skills menu, he examined his new skill.

- Mental Animation Lv. 1

- Alter your surrounding with your imagination and chakra

- (Active) Alter your surroundings within the next 5 seconds, 10 CP per second

- (Passive) 5 second recharge time

- (Passive) This skill is only usable in the player's mindscape

- Skill Upgradeable

Naruto grinned, this skill was going to be invaluable when dealing with the Kyubi. It was too short a time limit right now though, so he'd have to level it up...A quick check of his quest list showed there was no time limit to confronting Kyubi. As long as he kept an eye on his HP and CP meters, he would be able to safely train Mental Animation...and now that he thought about it, several other skills at the same time! The only problem now was avoiding taking damage from the shockwaves while he practiced.

It actually only took him a couple of seconds to think up a solution. Slapping a hand against the cavern wall and with a cry of "Mental Animation," a portion of the wall grew and extended the length of the hall to the opposite side. Looking at it, he felt it shake as a shockwave hit it, but ultimately held up. Deciding to play it safe, Naruto went around a corner and away from the generated wall; he'd make more as he needed, but would remain away from them while he trained just in case they broke down.

Once Naruto was sure he was safe where he was, he began to train.

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"How the hell did this happen!?

Just outside the barrier, Sarutobi stood with his former student, Jiraiya of the Sannin. The man was clad in his usual kabuki-like outfit with a large scroll hanging from his back. Jiraiya was furious once he learned of the situation Naruto was in, and had actually reverse summoned himself from the Lightning country to get back to the village quickly.

"That is something we're still trying to piece that together." Sarutobi sighed. "I'm hoping Anko will get some answers from the Anbu that abandoned their post, but we don't know if they were involved or just negligent."

"Have you at least identified the location of the seal array that's powering the jutsu?"

"It's within the barrier. Unless you've developed a new seal to generate life force, the only thing we can do is hope the chakra powering the jutsu runs out before Naruto's life force does."

"I'm afraid that's not going to happen Sandaime-sama." The pair turned to see Anko walking towards them. The woman had black hair that had a blue tint, tied back into a ponytail, and brown pupil-less eyes. She was clad in a mesh bodysuit, a tan overcoat with purple inseams, and an orange mini-skirt.

"Report!" The Sandaime ordered.

"I completed the interrogation of the Anbu who abandoned their post. They were in on the assassination attempt and contributed with the preparations for it." Anko stated. "They and several others infiltrated the shinobi prison and altered the prisoner's collars to drain chakra instead of suppress it, and transmit the chakra to several scrolls."

"They included a failsafe to the seal however, and when the team I ordered to the prison tried stop the transfer, the seals quick drained the prisoners dry. As it stands, the barrier is being powered by several hundred shinobi worth of chakra." Anko finished.

"This is to elaborate to be a simple assassination attempt." Jiraiya stated. "The amount of knowledge involved with seals of this level is near mastery rank. Right now the only people with that skill level are Danzo and some of the Hyuga clan's elders, but neither have a good motive to do this."

"Actually that's not entirely true Jiraiya-sama." Anko stated. "It's well known to the academy students that the Hyuga Heiress has a massive crush on Uzumaki; the only reason I know this is because I'm friends with the heiress's escort and she confided with her."

Maybe he was getting old, or maybe it was the stress of the night, or maybe even the future implications this incident would have; whatever it was, the Sandaime Hokage decided to throw political caution to the wind in an effort to find answers and a possible solution to this mess. "Jiraiya, take Anko to where the Hyuga clan has been stationed and...ask the elders about their involvement." Sarutobi ordered. His tone left no doubt of his meaning behind the term 'ask.'

"Hai Hokage-sama." Anko agreed.

"Don't do anything reckless old man." Jiraiya cautioned.

The Sandaime pulled the ceremonial hat down, shadowing his eyes. "I will do what is necessary to protect this village Jiraiya, even if it costs me my life." He answered softly.

"I pray it doesn't come to that." Jiraiya said before vanishing in a puff of smoke. Anko followed, vanishing with a whirl of leaves.

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It felt like he had trained for hours, though Naruto had no accurate way to tell time in his mindscape. He had been careful while working on his skills, actually keeping his stats menu open to watch his HP and CP bars and with good reason; several times he'd nearly drained his chakra completely, which in turn would have prevented him from healing himself.

Naruto had also learned a bit more about his gamer powers as he grinded his skills. It seemed getting experience to level up was easy for the first fifteen levels, at least for skills with active functions, but after reaching that mark it became increasingly difficult to level a skill. Furthermore, passive skills had certain conditions that needed to be met for the skill to gain experience; in the case of his two regenerative skills Naruto needed to drain his HP and CP bars for them to activate and thus gain the experience. As luck would have it, his situation favored both of those skills.

Ending his latest use of the Mystical Palm jutsu, Naruto shifted to his skills screen and examined the skills he leveled up.

- XXXX Clan Regeneration Lv. 17

- Bearing the XXXX Bloodline, the character gains a natural health regeneration ability

- (Passive) 4 HP recovered per second

- (Passive) +3 HP recovery per second when at rest

- Skill Upgradable

- Intermediate Chakra Regeneration Lv. 16

- Upgraded from Chakra Regeneration, this skill allows faster rate of chakra recovery

- (Passive) 175 CP recovery per minute

- (Passive) +25 CP recovery per minute when at rest

- Skill Upgradable

- Mystical Palm Technique Lv. 15

- Heal injured organics with Medical Chakra

- (Active) Restore 18 HP per second, 50 CP cost

- (Passive) Remove Rank D status deficiencies

- Skill Upgradeable

- Mental Animation Lv. 15

- Alter your surrounding with your imagination and chakra

- (Active) Alter your surroundings within the next 5 seconds, 10 CP per second

- (Active) Add 1 minute to skill activation, 300 CP cost, 5 minute delay skill reactivation

- (Passive) 5 second recharge time

- (Passive) This skill is only usable in the player's mindscape

- Skill Upgradeable

- Chakra Current Lv. 15

- By channeling your chakra through your body, you can gain a temporary boost to your stats. Channeling chakra to a weapon will increase damage output and may add bonus effect to its attack.

- (Active) +13 Strength, +13 Dexterity, +13 Agility. 50 CP per second

- (Active) +25 Damage Projectiles, 20 CP cost

- (Active) +35 Damage held weapons, 25 CP per second

- Skill Upgradeable

- Substitution Jutsu Lv. 14

- Using chakra, the character can switch places with an inanimate object

- (Active) 28 CP per use, + 7 CP per yard between character and object

- (Active) User can switch places with other characters or animals, CP cost equals difference in CP + 14 CP per yard distance

- Skill Upgradable

- Sensor Lv. 12

- You have the ability to detect chakra

- (Passive) Can detect active chakra within 18 feet of player

- (Active) By releasing a pulse of chakra, you can make a mental map of your surroundings. 100 CP cost per foot

- Skill Upgradeable

All in all, it wasn't bad for a few hours' worth of training. Naruto had used his Sensor skill to make a mental map of his mindscape, taking advantage of both his enormous chakra reserves and the new range the skill allowed. Using Mental Animation he was able to create more walls to protect himself from the shockwaves, as well as make objects for which to practice his Substitution Jutsu.

Naruto had tried experimenting with the Mystical Palm technique, trying to spread the sensation of the healing chakra across his whole body, but he'd been unable to summon the chakra outside the use of the jutsu. Still, channeling the chakra through his body had helped raised his Chakra Current skill, so it wasn't a big deal at the moment. Finally, with both his health and his chakra reserves never being full for more than a few seconds, both of his regenerative skills gained experience.

The sound of a wall crumbling caused Naruto to leap into cover, avoiding the latest shockwave. Growling in annoyance at the constant interruptions, Naruto made a decision; he'd double up the next barrier he made and once it crumbled he'd then go deal with Kyubi. After all, nothing said he couldn't come back here for training after his quests were completed, and there were other ways to train his regenerative and healing abilities.

Activating his Mental Animation skill, Naruto caused a large portion of the cavern wall on his left to expand the length of the hallway and connect to the right wall. To his surprise however, part of the wall he constructed seemed to continue through part of it as if there was nothing there. Now curious, Naruto used his Observe skill on that section of the wall, and found it suddenly became transparent. He examined the pop up his observe skill brought up.

- Secret found! 1/?

Naruto frowned; he didn't like the idea of there being secrets hidden in his head, much less what such a thing would imply. Passing through the transparent wall, Naruto found a glowing barrier in front of him, a strange pattern flashing across the surface of the barrier. He quickly took a step back and used Observe on it.

- Memory Seal, Grade 3

A memory seal!? Like suppressed memories? Naruto cursed and snarled at the new information; for all he knew now, the Sandaime and higher ups could know about him, the darker persona of the original Naruto, and been suppressing the both of them via sealing away memories of incidents. Kyubi had never mentioned it before, so it was possible this was just a traumatic memory the original had suffered through that needed suppression in order to function.

"Mental Animation!" Naruto yelled. Forming a large drill with the skill, he proceeded to dig into the barrier; he wanted, no NEEDED to know what it was suppressing. The barrier however was strong, and after several minutes the drill in his hands broke.

Taking a minute to replenish his health and let his chakra reserves build up, Naruto again used Mental Animation, this time pouring 100 CP into it to keep it active for a full minute. In front of the barrier, multiple drills materialize, blocking almost all of the barrier from Naruto's view. With a gesture, the drills rammed into the barrier, digging into the surface. Replacing drills where needed, Naruto added several shockwaves to the force being applied to the barrier.

The sound of glass shattering causing him to pause. Without any time to react, a flood of pitch black water rushed towards him, engulfing him completely.

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Six year old Naruto Uzumaki shivered. Standing nude in a bathtube and dripping wet, he watched as the school nurse searched through her shelves. During recess, the boy had encountered a skunk and having never been warned about the dangers of the animal, had gone over to pet it. The result had been him getting sprayed head to toe by skunk, an overpowering foul smell coating his body.

He'd been taken to the nurse's office immediately and forced to shower, but it hadn't helped. The nurse had then tried scrubbing him down with tomato juice to remove the stench, but that hadn't worked either. Grumbling about chakra mutated skunks, the nurse had started searching for something, but with little luck finding it apparently.

The door to the nurse's office opened, far from Naruto's sight line, and the nurse moved immediately to check on the person that had entered. A minute passed before the door to the office closed and footsteps made their way towards him. When they stopped, Naruto saw a woman standing in the doorway, and it wasn't a nurse.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the demon child."

Naruto shivered; the woman was Ms. Hougiman, the science teacher for fifth year students. He'd only seen her in passing, but every time it had happened he'd always felt fear due to the way she'd glare at him, like if she could kill him with her glare she'd do it in a second. And now he was alone with her.

"Such a filthy child you are, demon." She spat as she pulled a large container into the bathroom, liquid sloshing inside it. "Did you know my husband used to teach college level chemistry? Of course not, you didn't give a shit about that when you slaughtered those other villagers, why would you care about the man I loved!?"

"W-W-What does 'slaughdered' mean?" Naruto asked as he shivered, not just because of the cold anymore. His fear growing with each passing moment, he stumbled and mispronounced the words he tried to speak.

"SILENCE!" The woman snarled, back handing him across the face. Naruto cried out in pain as the force of the blow knocked him off his feet, face first into the tub's faucet. Louder cries followed as Naruto collapsed on the tub's floor, clutching his eye. "I SAID SILENCE!"

A boot slammed onto his skull, causing it to hit the floor painfully, stunning the boy. "You killed my husband." Ms. Hougiman whispered. "You killed thousands of people, and you insult us all by prancing around looking like a young Yondaime! You've even ensnared the Sandaime to believe you're a harmless child, but you and I both know that's not true. You are a demon, an uncaring monster, and I will kill you. Not for fame or glory, but for all the people whose lives you've taken, especially my husband! Die Kyubi!"

The container lid hit the floor before Ms. Hougiman lifted the contain up and started pouring its contents onto Naruto. His cries of pain before were nothing compared to the screams coming from him now; the liquid burned and ate away at his skin, steam rising from his body and the tub itself. Naruto twisted and turned, trying to escape the burning liquid, but only managed to spread it further across his body...

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Naruto lurged forward, emptying the contents of his stomach onto the cavern floor. His whole body was covered in sweat, and he couldn't stop shaking even after he was done retching. That memory, it had been so strong he had actually relived the pain he'd experienced.

The liquid Ms. Hougiman had dumped on him had been a form of slow dissolving acid, used to break down certain materials that couldn't be otherwise. Her husband had stored a number of his class supplies in their basement, and the woman had been waiting for the chance to use it on him.

The acid had left a lasting impression on his body, several pieces of skin were permanently scarred due to it. Naruto had been inconsolable when he'd seen himself in the mirror; a black ring around his right eye, the lower part of his face, most of the back of his body and all but a strip at the top of his torso had been discolored to various degrees of black. Unable to cope with the damage done to him, the young boy's mind broke.

Exhaling, Naruto sat on the cavern floor, uncaring of the water soaking through his clothes. With the memory seal released, everything about the incident and bits before and after had come rushing back to him. The last thing he could coherently remember was the Sandaime talking to a blond haired man, mentions of a seal while he was being restrained to the hospital bed.

Shaking his head, Naruto checked the pop up screen he'd been ignoring up till now.

- Secret Found! 1/?

- Memory Seal broken, Body Illusion Seal broken

- Rewards: +10 Chakra, +10 Con, + 10 Int, +20 Cha, Memory Seal Grade 1 Scroll, Body Illusion Seal Scroll

Naruto blinked at the information he'd just received. He was happy at the two scrolls he'd gotten, but the additions to his attributes was unexpected. The closest he could guess at this point was that the seals used to suppress the memories of the event had suppressed these attribute points as well. He didn't like that explanation, but it was all he had at the moment.

Shakily rising, Naruto rested a hand against the wall in an effort to steady himself. He froze when he saw the discolored skin on his hand. Quickly activating his Mental Animation skill, he stripped away his clothes and materialized a full body mirror. Across his entire body were patches of discolored skin, remnants of the acid attack he'd suffered as a child.

With a snarl, Naruto punched straight through the mirror, sending shards of glass everywhere. Bits scratched and even embedded into his skin, but he didn't care; the Hidden Leaf had damaged not just his psyche, but his physical body as well. Was there no end to what this Village had done to him? Would do to him?

This mission was no longer about simply destroying the Village, it was about survival; it was him or them, and it damn sure wasn't going to be him! Healing his wounds and reforming his clothes, Naruto followed the map he'd made with his Sensor skill, and began the long trek to the Kyubi's chamber.

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Naruto took in the changes to the chamber; the barred gate that kept the Kyubi sealed was bent and warped in multiple places, and what appeared to be a giant yellow organ had attached itself to the cage, floor, and ceiling. Watching the organ pulse in time with the pains he got from the barrier, Naruto deduced it was the mental manifestation of the barrier jutsu draining his life force.

Turning towards the cage, his eyes widened as he saw the Kyubi swallow a giant purple sphere of energy, it's body beginning to bloat up. Activating the Mental Animation skill, Naruto slammed both fists into the ground, causing multiple wedge shaped columns to shoot up from the ground in front of him till it reached the cage.

A huge burst of energy erupted from the cage and impacted against the first wedge. It quickly pierced through it, but as it continued through more of them, the ray of energy became more and more divided. Finally, the ray broke into two against the final wedge, both rays impacting the chamber walls. Just as the rays ended, the last wedge crumbled, leaving a wide eyed and highly unnerved Naruto in the open.

"What the fuck was that!?" Naruto exclaimed. The Kyubi replied in way of a shockwave, which caused Naruto to dive to the side to avoid it. Getting back to his feet, Naruto saw the Kyubi charging up another purple sphere. "Oh hell no!"

Once again activating the Mental Animation skill, he formed a small block around him from the cavern wall, and the proceeded to flip the entire cavern over. The shift in placement caught the Kyubi by surprise, and unable to wedge it's claws into the floor quick enough it fell down, onto the ceiling and onto the purple orb.

The orb violently exploded, almost drowning out the pained yell from the Kyubi of it s own attack damaging it. Before the smoke even settled, the chamber shifted once again, this time ending with the chamber entrance being on the ceiling with water gushing from it. Once again the shift in room placement caught Kyubi off guard, and it fell to the back end of its cage.

Naruto burst from his cavern block and dropped to the cage. Creating a small platform beneath him, Naruto dropped into the cage and watched as the Kyubi roared and snarled as it fought against the waterfall of water pouring onto it. Once he was able, Naruto drained a hundred CP into his Mental Animation skill, and used it to change the water just as it passed his platform.

Kyubi let out a howl of pain as the water suddenly began to burn his body. In the back of its mind it realized the liquid was no longer water, but was in far too much of a frenzy to think coherently. Kyubi tried launching shockwaves upward but it only seemed to delay the downpour for a few seconds at best and still left him to deal with what was around it already.

Naruto gazed down on the Kyubi as water continued to gush down upon it. Giving it an acid bath had been a great idea; the HP bar above its head slowly but steadily decreasing, even though he couldn't put a number to the amount. Once a minute passed, Naruto renewed the acid bath, certain that this was the only way he could beat Kyubi.

And he was successful; it had felt like several hours of work, alternating between acid baths and healing his own health, but eventually the Kyubi's HP bar drained completely. Once that had happened, there was a sudden explosion of orange, and the room suddenly reverted back to its original state. As a result, Naruto fell on his back, his head painfully hitting the floor.

Cursing under his breath, Naruto slowly sat up and examined his surroundings. He was just inside the damaged cage, but instead of the Kyubi being in there with him, there was a giant orange cloud of chakra floating before him. Activating the pause feature, he quickly saved his game data before flipping to the Journal screen.

- Random Event-The Kyubi is Raging: Complete

- Reward: 5,000 exp

- Bonus Reward: Kyubi Relationship Up

- Secret Event-Defeat the Kyubi no Kitsune

- Rewards: 500,000,000 exp, Nine Tails Naruto Skill, Yang Release Scroll

- Level Up Available

Naruto could only gawk as he read the screen; he'd gotten twenty-one level ups from defeating Kyubi, as well as gaining a 'Nine Tails Naruto' skill. Once again, Naruto could not help but laugh at how completely broken the gaming system was, but he was still going to take advantage of it. He'd raise his Intelligence as high as it could go before using the points from the rest of the level ups to boost his other stats; soon he'd be unstoppable!

Flipping to the stats screen he clicked the level up button...and nothing happened. Frowning, Naruto tried again, and again, and again, yet nothing happened. Figuring it might be because he was in pause mode, Naruto closed the menu and exited the mode. Before he could do anything, the orange cloud before him rushed him, engulfing his form. Naruto cried out in pain as the orange chakra burned through his clothes, his skin, throughout his body; try as he might, he couldn't escape the cloud, and for some reason he couldn't activate his Mystical Palm skill no matter how many times he flashed through the hand signs. Eventually the pain became too much to bear, and Naruto passed out.

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He couldn't move, his body didn't respond to his commands. He was still in pain, but was able to think coherent thoughts. But most importantly, he could hear voices, a pair of them, standing near his body. It was broken up, but he could make out bits of the conversation.

"...Close one...almost lost him to..."

"Agreed...unexpected...even Master Core didn't..."

"What...happen?"

"...glitched world...reboot...explain to him...eliminate."

Naruto didn't like the eliminate part, but one thing stuck out to him. 'Glitched world? What does that mean?' Unable to do anything at the moment, Naruto let himself relax and fall back into blissful unconsciousness.

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And that's all for this chapter. Just managed to get it done in my month time limit. I hope I didn't upset everyone with the whole 'Naruto beat Kyubi before being a Genin' bit; that and a lot more will be explained next chapter.

Pretty sure I know who the second girl of the pairing is, but I'm keeping it to myself now; gotta keep some things a surprise. Anyways, I've gone back and edited prior chapters a bit appearance wise, not content, so the gamer information/pop up screens will be more easily seen.

Hopefully I'll have the next chapter out in the first week of December at the latest, keeping with my monthly posting schedule. Think that's about it, so feel free to review, and see you all next time!