Naruto : A Second Chance

Naruto's life was over. Quite literally, no sudden revival jutsus, no random moments of cosmic luck to save him, just a failure and loss. He wasn't skilled enough to protect his people. His friends.

'Hmmmm…' Naruto thought, 'Afterlife doesn't suck as much as I thought. But why is it so empty?'

Everything was black, not in a 'no light' kind of way, but honestly dark while he could still see himself normally. Sure, he wasn't a the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he knew that in darkness you usually couldn't see your own hand in front of you face, unless there was something special about where he was currently.

"Hey! Anyone here?" At least his parents should be. His God Father Jiraiya, Old man Hokage too. But… why did he feel so calm? He just lost all his friends! The world as he knew it was gone and Madara would crown himself the master of it!

But… he didn't really have the power to get angry. Madara won, and they lost. Maybe he should have done some things differently? Actually taking his training with Jiraiya seriously? Not that it would change anything now.

And suddenly it glared at him, a huge white font appearing out of nowhere.

[You are dead!]

"Ahh. Right, yes. I suck, I know."

[Need a second chance?]

[Yes or No]

"Second chance?"

[Yes. Have a nice life.]

"Hey wait!" Naruto shouted, "What the hell are you talking about?"

Suddenly the deep blackness was changed into something more familiar: Konohagakure.

"Ha, nice afterlife! Are you mocking me?" As if answering his question the universe threw some more words around him.

[Naruto RPG!]

[The Second Chance]

"Well screw you too!" He pointed at the text and looked around. Konoha, it looked more than before, more than the look of it rebuilt, a few months after Nagato's attack. "What is going on?"

[Manual Control Activated. Read and follow instructions, Dumbass!]

"Shit. Do I have to read? I hate reading!"

[Naruto RPG is a deranged game based on Naruto's previous life and it will give him chance to make things right and influence what went wrong in the world.]

"Is this hell?" Naruto scowled, standing against a wall as more text came down. "It is hell, definitively hell."

[Beginning with the Graduation Day, the game will follow Naruto's adventures through the Open World environment, and the ability to change the Happenings of the world!]

Here Naruto reacted and stopped sulking. He could start again? Save his friends? Save the world!

[In game mechanics are explained on their way]

[Do you wish to start a new game?]

[Yes or No]

"YES!" Naruto was excited, that could be his chance! His village… no, it wasn't his village was it? Graduation day. Sasuke still a prick, Sakura still hating him, the village still rejecting him… "Wait! Can I change my answer?"

[Choose your Perks.

7 Perk Points. More permanent perk points can be unlocked by completing different achievements.

First choose your ninja art affinity.

NINJUTSU ¬ GENJUTSU ¬ TAIJUTSU]

"Easy," He grinned, hitting the Ninjutsu one.

[Ninjutsu: More Chakra, Less Control, More Destructive, Less Constructive]

[Are you sure? Yes / No]

It's not like it would change anything, right? So Naruto accepted it.

[Second choose your elemental affinity. Can select maximum two for now. 6 Perk Points remaining.

Wind ¬ Lightning ¬ Earth ¬ Water ¬ Fire

More affinities are unlockable later on]

"Does that mean I can use elemental bloodlines? Boil Release, Lava Release maybe even Wood Release!!" He shouted exited, a huge grin on his face. The game decided to ignore his question, waiting for his input. "Right. I Guess Wind would be smarter, right? I know a lot of techniques already! I won't have to blast my hand apart in making Rasenshuriken now"

This time the game decided to answer him.

[Techniques learned after Graduation Day are not available]

"Bullish­--" Naruto gripped his head, pulling on his hair. "Does that mean I can't even use my Rasengan?"

[Yes]

"Do you mean that I just won't have my earlier techniques from the start? Will I be able to unlock it from practice or training?"

[Who Knows?]

"GAAHHHHHH!" He glared at the affinity screen and hit Water and Earth, accepting it. "At least something to get rid of Sasuke's annoying Fire Style! And Earth style techniques are pretty useful anyway, whether pranks or protection. I really need some defensive techniques at the start unlike my last life."

[Please choose 3 Body Perks now]

"Whoa!" The list was long. Really long, as in, if you put all snakes that crazy Sannin could summon together you still couldn't reach that length! But most of

They were greyed out. Looking a bit more closely at one he saw all Kage in small form, placed in small squares right beside the grey text.

[Tsunade's Heir] ­ Unlock Conditions: Beat Tsunade in her prime 10 times.

"What? How am I supposed to do that?" The game didn't answer. "Are you only going to answer me when it makes me feel miserable?"

[Yes]

Growling he turned to the Perks that weren't greyed out.

[Jinchuriki]

"Huh?" Eyes wide open he thought about it. He could choose to not become a Jinchuriki? Well, it probably won't change much besides the fact he doesn't Have Kurama's Chakra… which means there's no disadvantage. Hitting the button it spread downwards, though all but one option was greyed out. [Jinchuriki of One] to [Jinchuriki of Nine] and a few question marks. Under that, pressing [Jinchuriki of Nine] he heard a loud shout in his head.

"Naruto!" Kurama shouted. "That hurt like a bitch! What did you do!? Didn't we die?"

"Ah, hello, Kurama! Long-time no see!" Naruto scratched the back of his head.

"Don't hello me he---­" Kurama was cut off and resumed suddenly. "That's how it is, hmm? Well, I guess I can follow it, crazy woman. I will play along for now"

"What? What do you mean?"

"Sorry, Naruto, but I can't help you until you beat me again. I have been bound by the rules now kid." Kurama told him, not really sounding apologetic at all.

Most people would be angry at that, but Naruto was always a competitive person. He accepted long ago that normal just didn't work for him. "Then be Prepared to get your a.s.s kicked, Kurama. Again!"

"Keh, as if you could brat." He could hear the grin on Kurama's face already.

[3 Perk Points remaining]

Going through the list again he saw more and more perks that could be interesting, but he could only choose 2 more, so he had to choose wisely.

"A word not quite fitting your persona, hmm?" Kurama

"Shut up." Naruto

He found four that were to his liking among tons of other choices

[Swordsman] ­ Begin with a sword and generic knowledge of sword techniques.

[Blind] ­ Start blind, but your other 4 senses are heightened.

[Stealthy] ­ Harder to spot by enemies weaker or equal to you, and less likely to be spotted by enemies stronger than you.

[General Jutsu] ­ Know a Jutsu of your elemental affinity already.

"Swords sound cool… Sasuke had one later on, maybe I could beat him one on one with this?" He pondered. It would decide what he starts out with, not what he could learn later on. But any advantage can help, and he never was one for stealth as he could never wrap his head around the concept of sneaking around like a thief.

Being stealthy is for pranks, facing your enemy mano a mano was how a real man did it!

[Swordsman] and [General Jutsu]

[Please choose 1 Speciality Perk now]

Again another tons of perks were listed. He scrolled around for something that would set him apart from the beginning. He found one that was absolutely wicked and deadly if anyone came to know about it.

[Devourer] Chance to Steal Technical experience, Chakra and Jutsu from souls of the ones you kill.

He confirmed [Devourer]. He won't be weak this time. He will use his enemy's powers against them.

"Naruto, You sure you want to do this? This is not what you would have done in your previous life." Kurama

"Exactly Kurama. I wouldn't have, and look where it got me. I won't go psycho and murder everyone. But those who deserve it should be beware."

He confirmed all choices once more and was thrown into the village to the academy.