Chapter 1 - Awakening
I open my eyes, seeing a bright shining light above. After blinking a few times, I see leaves above me. After laying here on the ground for a minute my hearing starts coming back to me. I try leaning up, to get a view of where I am.
"Ouch… Why am I so sore?" I gingerly sit up, rubbing my face. "Well, it looks like my face is still intact… just some dirt." I wipe my hands off on my blue pants to find they aren't what I usually wear… I think? What kind of pants do I usually wear?
Information not available
"Umm… what?" I deadpan at the black box in front of my face. I can't remember what pants I usually wear, and now that I think about it, what's my name?
Pick your name!
"Okay what is this?! I don't remember anything but I can sure as hell know this isn't normal!" I stare at it for a few seconds, waiting for answer. Why am I waiting for a box to answer me? I must've hit my head.
Please select your name then I will answer your question!
I stare at it longer… and longer… if I stare any harder it might burst into flames. That would be interesting to see. "Okay fine then. A name." I try thinking for a second to try and remember what my name is, but something slowly comes to me. Looking around the area I am in, one thing stands out to me, and it just feels… right.
"Bright. My name is Bright."
Name selected: Bright. Translated to worlds language: Akarui
"Okay so my name is Akarui, now can you answer my question?" What did it mean by worlds language anyway?
You have obtained the powers of 'The Gamer'! A being has decided that due to your… unique… circumstances, that you will be gifted it. It sets your life to where you live, like a video game. We have categorized the abilities for easier access
Status
Inventory
Skills
Perks
Titles
These are just the first few, the rest will be discovered later. Try saying 'Status'
I feel like my head is playing tricks on me. I must've hit my head much harder than I first thought. "Status".
Name – Akarui (?)
Age – 9
Gender - Female
Title – The Lost One
Level – 1 (0/100)
HP - (100/100)
CP - [Locked]
Control – [Locked]
STR - 2 (Natural strength, lift objects, damage for muscular strength, ability to do physical tasks)
VIT - 4 (Health, resistances, Overall health) (1 point = 25 health)
DEX - 2 (Speed, flexibility, thrown objects, weapons)
INT - 5 (Memorization, learning new things, general intelligence, strategy) (1 point = 25 chakra)
Wisdom - 3 (Knowledge, chakra control, Strategy, creation) (Every 2 is 1% of control)
LUC - 25 (Natural luck, drops, rare finds) (can't be increased by points)
'I feel like I have even more questions now. What even is chakra? Why is my luck so high? I certainly don't feel lucky. I wake up outside covered in dirt. The more I think about it, why is a 9-year-old waking up outside alone! Don't these people have any decency!? Also, what the heck is up with my title, 'The Lost One'?'
[Title: The Lost One: You can't remember anything! You gain a fresh start!]
'Well I guess that's… sort of helpful? But what is my fresh start?' "Inventory"
On the left side of the window which pops up is what must be me, with slots for my clothes and weapons, if I had any. I only have a pair of blue pants and a black shirt. 'Really, not even any shoes?' When I look on the other side of my screen, it's just a grid of empty boxes, except for one which has what looks like a scroll. I take it out of my inventory and look it over, seeing who it's addressed to.
Fresh Start Scroll: [To The Hokage of Konohagakure]
Looking it over, I see that it has a wax seal on it. I guess I won't be able to read it. "Umm… Hey floating box thing, what am I supposed to do with this?" I wave the scroll around in the air leisurely, trying to get some more information out of it.
New quest available!
Find your way to Konoha and deliver the scroll to the Hokage!
Rewards: +50 EXP, ?
Failure: Never find a place to call home, become a hermit
Y / N
'Failing doesn't sound all that appealing. Why is delivering this scroll so important?' I tap 'Yes' and the screen winks out of existence. "Time to get going I guess." When I start sitting up, my whole body feels like it's on fire. "Either I am just out of shape or my body is not in good shape at all."
After standing up and stretching, feeling every joint in my body popping and cracking, I start climbing out of the hole I am in. 'Wait, hole? Why am I in a hole?' It looks to be about 15 meters in diameter, and 3 meters deep.
Once I get to the edge, I turn around and look back at it, seeing an imprint in the dirt of where I woke up. It must have been a lot of force to put me in a crater like that. I look back up at the trees, seeing a large area which is clear of leaves, showing the blue sky. On the edge of the leaves around the open space, they are blackened, as if they were burnt. It must have been one heck of a fall to burn them like that.
Your Intelligence (INT) has increased by 1 for a logical deduction!
"Now if you could do that for all of my stats that would be great!" No answer comes. "I expected that. I guess it answers when it wants, and always in a round-about way."
I take in my surroundings, walking around the edge of the crater until I catch a glimpse of a road. I walk out to it and take a look around, not seeing any people or signs in the distance. 'Which way do I go?'[Go Left
"But what if I want to go right?" I take a single step towards the right.
Go left
"Okay, okay I am going! Sheesh. Can't even take a little joke." I start down the road, to the left like it asked, starting my trip to Konoha.
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"I have been walking for hoursssssss! When will I get there!?" I look up in the sky, guessing it must be mid-afternoon. If I don't get there soon, I might have to camp out tonig-
I look forward and see large wooden and concrete walls ahead with two large gates swinging out. Above the gate is a swirl-like symbol, with a part branching off on the top right and a triangle attached on the bottom left. I don't recognize it from anywhere. I will have to find that out soon.
Walking through the gates, I look off to my left and see a small building, with two people sitting down at it. Both of the two guys have headbands with the symbol I saw above the gate. They are also wearing what looks like green flak jackets over a blue long-sleeved shirt.
"Hey Izumo, wake up. Someone's here." Says one of the guys sitting down. I didn't notice the other was asleep at first either. He must've had a lot of practice with that. "H-huh? What is it Kotetsu?"
I stare at them for a few seconds before walking over. This is probably my best way to get information. "Hello, I was told to deliver a scroll. Would this be Konoha?" I sure hope I didn't get lost. I mean, it was only a straight path. Oh now they are looking at me like I am weird. 'Great! Just great!'
The two guys look at each other, a little confused before Kotetsu nods dumbly and Izumo looks at me a little curiously. "Yeah, this is Konoha. What's your name and what is your business here? It must be dangerous for a little girl like yourself coming all this way."
I look back down at myself, just now realizing how bad this must look. A 9-year-old girl, wearing nothing but pants and a shirt, coming to this village. Based on how he said 'all this way' must mean this isn't an easy place to find or get to.
"Well you see," I pull the scroll out of my pocket and show it to them, "I was told to come here and deliver this to the Hokage. Do you know who that is and where I can find them?" I must have said something pretty funny since they are both laughing now.
"Sorry about that, but pretty much everybody knows who the Hokage is. He is the leader of the village. Pretty much everyone has heard of the Kage from all the hidden villages. They lead the village and all the shinobi within it, and are generally the most powerful shinobi in the village. Our current Hokage is Sarutobi Hiruzen the Sandaime Hokage."
I think it over for a minute, now understanding why that would have been funny for them. And shinobi? Questions for later. "So… Can I meet with him then? I was told to deliver this to him."
"Perhaps, but we still need your information. So, name?" Okay Izumo, fine. "My name is Akarui." "And your age?" He seems to have done this a few times. "I am 9." Izumo writes it down and Kotetsu does a quick double-take. "So where are you from?" 'Hmm… that is a good question. Where am I from? I can't very well say a hole in the ground, and I don't know any other villages at all so I can't lie about that either. "I… am not sure where I am from."
"How are you not sure? You had to have come from somewhere. What was your villages name?" I can only sigh a bit. "I don't really remember anything and I was just told by someone to come here, and I had this scroll on me."
I can tell this isn't making the conversation any easier by how they both get a little more serious. "So, just a name and age, no home, 'can't remember', and only the stuff on you. You met someone and they gave you this and sent them this way. That doesn't exactly sound… normal. But it would explain how you didn't know who the Hokage was or if this was Konoha…" He starts slowly talking to himself partway through the conversation. I guess that does make me seem a little fishy, when you put it that way. I nod waiting for them to continue but they both just sigh and let their heads hit the desk. Okay they are definitely in sync.
"This isn't normal and we aren't sure what to do. We are going to send you to meet him and let him figure all this out." He makes a few signs with his hand when someone lands beside me, making me jump on the spot. "We are going to have you be escorted there by," He makes a wave of his hand to the person in a full black cloak and an animal mask, "since we can't have you wandering around. We will send word ahead so he will be aware of your situation." I nod and turn to the person beside me. They look like some sort of secrety-secret person. That would explain the secrecy.
I wave to them as we starting walking through the village, on our way to meet the Hokage.
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AN: Hello! This is going to be my first fanfic ever! I have read a lot of other Naruto/Gamer fanfics so I decided to try my hand at one. I am hoping to get above 200k words for this, but we will see I guess. Everyone has their own hopes and dreams.
I would love comments on what you liked and didn't like and ideas for the story. Nothing much is set in stone yet, like the story behind Akarui or even her elemental affinity. She will be starting out weak of course, but not forever.
I won't be working in a crossover between other anime because those tend to get out of hand really quickly. I am open to abilities and story ideas.
As for the idea of pairings, those are a long way in the future.