NEW GAME?

YES/NO

Naruto looked blankly at the text blocks floating in black space. After quickly discovering that the blocks were not breakable or edible, he reviewed what had brought him to this strange, strange room of darkness and block letters.

After having become Hokage, marrying Hinata, having Boruto ("Great name!" Naruto thought) and Himawari, seeing them marry and have kids and grandkids, and presiding over the unification of the Elemental Nations, Naruto finally chose to pass away peacefully. At this point, Naruto was the strongest ninja in the Elemental Nations, in spite of his old age. Occasionally a bounty hunter or lower-ranked ninja attempted to assassinate him, but he usually sensed their murderous intent from several miles away. In those occasions, he was content to play a prank or two on them, before literally kicking them with a Sage Mode-powered foot back to whichever village they came from. He needed to find some good ways to handicap himself in order to have a fun time - else it was too easy.

Looking at the NEW GAME blocks, Naruto figured that doing it all again would be a good chance to challenge himself.

"YES"

His decision echoed into the darkness with an unreal presence and echo, like a deity from on high had somehow been involved. The darkness began slowly dissolving, and Naruto could sense the boundless room transforming into something more concrete. Realizing that this would be his only chance to be in this endless, profound darkness, Naruto seized the opportunity and said,

"RAMEN RAMEN"

The words rang out profoundly into open space amid Naruto's immature snickering.

The room lightened and transformed into a copy of the Higurashi's Ninja Armory and Supply. Eventually, Naruto became a favored customer of the Higurashi shop after years of showing his dedication to protecting others. Naruto smiled at the comfortable and familiar sight, only to be taken aback at rows and rows of different avatars of himself. Standing like trophies were many versions of Naruto that he could select, each with different capabilities.

CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER

Naruto scanned down the selection carefully:

STANDARD NARUTO

(1 Play-through) "It's a Naruto! .. not much else to say.."

-"Been there, done that" Naruto moved on to the next avatar-

PATHETIC NARUTO

"The most challenges, the least help - for seasoned experts only"

-Here Naruto looked on in pity at the sad, small avatar presented. It looked weak and miserable, like it could barely perform a jutsu- Naruto considered for moment before continuing on-

FEMALE - NARUKO

"Sexy Jutsu turned permanent!"

-At this, Naruto quickly scanned the next avatars; why would he willingly subject himself to the systemic prejudice of the world?-

As Naruto glanced at more avatars - Inuzuka Naruto, Hyuga Naruto, Nara Naruto, Uchiha Naruto - he realized that none of them interested him. It wasn't that they were poor selections from an objective standpoint - rather, it was that the powers within the avatars only became stronger and stronger the more he scanned down the rows; and the stronger the avatar, the less interested he was in using it. After all, he had already managed to get the best ending possible with STANDARD NARUTO, so if he started out with shadow powers, or mind-controlling eye jutsu, it would be too boring.

Naruto decided that he wanted a challenge- and with that, he triumphantly selected the pitiful PATHETIC NARUTO.

CONFIRM CHOICE?

YES/NO

"YES!"

...

"Also, RAMEN RAMEN!"