My attempt at a Canon Naruto with Chaos Gacha. I don't speak English very well, so I rely heavily on ChatGPT and Google Translate for translations; if anyone knows of a better option or has any tips, I'm all ears.
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A Chaotic Whirlpool - Naruto with the Chaos Gacha
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Chapter 1: Chaos Begins
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Naruto Uzumaki had never been particularly good at keeping his emotions in check, and that afternoon would be no exception.
He could still feel the mental and physical exhaustion after using the Shadow Clone Jutsu to defeat Mizuki. His body hurt, his clothes were dirty, and the revelations about his own life would bother him that night. However, as he walked back to his apartment, none of that could put out the huge smile on his face.
Iruka-sensei had accepted him. He had risked his life to protect him and, finally, had given him the ninja headband he had wanted so badly.
Naruto stopped in the middle of the street and adjusted it on his forehead, making sure the metal plate was perfectly centered. After looking at his reflection in a shop window, he raised both arms with a triumphant smile.
"I did it! I finally did it! Naruto Uzumaki is a real ninja!" Some people passing by turned their heads to look at him, but he didn't care. He was too busy imagining all the things he could do now that he had passed the graduation exam. He still had a long way to go before becoming Hokage, but that had never stopped him before.
When he reached his apartment, he practically threw the door open. He left his sandals to one side, entered the room, and looked at himself again in the little mirror on the wall. The headband was still there. It hadn't disappeared while he was walking, and it wasn't a dream or any kind of joke.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei," he murmured, touching his headband again. "I promise I'll become an incredible Hokage. Just you wait!"
The room fell silent after his declaration. Naruto lowered his arms, satisfied with himself, and began thinking about what he could eat to celebrate his graduation. There might still be some food in the fridge. If not, he could always stop by Ichiraku the next day and order an extra-large bowl.
That was when it arrived, practically echoing inside his head as if someone had shouted it right into his ear.
[Welcome to the Chaos Gacha! You have been selected as the next lucky participant. The Lady of Luck, or perhaps Fate itself, might have its eyes on you if you managed to be selected, but I don't care about that! So let's get the show on the road. Let's gamble!]
Naruto jumped and clutched his head.
"What...?" He turned toward the door and then the window, looking for some sign that someone was playing a trick on him. "Hey! Who's there? If this is a joke, I'm warning you, it isn't funny!"
There was no answer.
Naruto took a few steps, checked behind the door, and even looked under the bed. He might not be the best ninja, but he was sure he could find someone inside his own apartment. After confirming that he was alone, he scratched his head in confusion.
"A gacha? What the heck is that?" The term meant nothing to him. However, before he could keep wondering what was happening, three sharp chimes rang in his ears.
[You have obtained X1 Random Bronze Ticket for successfully passing the Ninja Academy graduation exam!]
[You have obtained X1 Random Silver Ticket for defeating Mizuki!]
[You have obtained X1 Random Gold Ticket for learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu!]
Naruto blinked. The information came with a strange sensation, as though he had just received something he couldn't see or touch. Nevertheless, he could feel the tickets there. It was as certain as knowing he was wearing his ninja headband.
Naruto's mouth fell open in astonishment. Three tickets. One for graduating, another for defeating Mizuki, and one more for learning the technique that had changed the outcome of the fight. Suddenly, what had begun as a rather unsettling experience was turning into something that completely captured his attention.
"Wait a second!" he exclaimed, pointing at himself. "I have three of those things? And what am I supposed to do with them?"
The answer came instantly.
[Would you like to use your tickets?]
Naruto remained still for a few moments. He still wasn't sure what this Chaos Gacha was, but being rewarded for his accomplishments made sense. Besides, if there was a chance to obtain something useful for his dream of becoming Hokage, he wasn't going to waste it.
"Yes, of course I want to use them," he said aloud. Light suddenly flashed, accompanied by the sound of coins falling. In his mind, he saw a huge roulette wheel spinning so fast that he couldn't make out anything on it. In less than a second, it spun and stopped three times, and an announcement appeared in his mind.
You have used a random Bronze Ticket!
[Impact]
|Uncommon Ability|
You are able to amplify the physical impacts of your attacks by expending energy, making your punches and kicks, etc. deal more damage, but this does not amplify your stats, only the impact of your hits.
Naruto read the description, going over every detail with growing interest. An ability that let him hit harder without having to increase his muscles' strength sounded pretty good. He could feel that it was ready to be assigned whenever he wanted; the information seemed to have settled into his head along with the reward, giving him a basic understanding of what he had just obtained.
"This is awesome!" he said, clenching a fist in front of his face. "Imagine punching an enemy and sending him flying!"
A second announcement interrupted his imagination.
You have used a random Silver Ticket!
[Megaphone]
|Common Ability|
Allows the user to amplify their volume to disorientating levels, being able to shout loud enough to be heard over a loud concert or loud enough to disorient targets.
Naruto frowned as he finished absorbing the explanation.
"Seriously? Just shouting louder?" He cupped both hands around his mouth and was about to try it right then and there, but remembered that he was in his apartment and that his neighbors probably wouldn't appreciate him testing an ability like that at this hour.
"Hehehe. This will be useful for a few pranks," he said as a mischievous smile began to form on his face.
The third announcement arrived shortly afterward.
You have used a random Gold Ticket!
[Relentless Stamina]
|Elite Trait|
Your stamina is ridiculous, even as a regular human you could run a marathon and not be winded, you also recover from exhaustion really fast and it takes a lot to get you exhausted.
Naruto stared at his hands, trying to find some difference. He didn't feel as though his muscles had changed or his body had suddenly transformed. Even so, he could feel himself recovering energy, and the pain in his body quickly faded until he felt as good as new.
"I can move around a lot more without getting tired?!" His smile widened. "That's incredible! Good luck trying to catch me now, bastards!"
With his newfound energy, the room seemed much less cramped. Naruto began pacing back and forth, practically bouncing with joy as he imagined everything he could do with those rewards. He could already see how the Impact ability would make a lethal combo with his Shadow Clones, and if he learned to use his voice to disorient his enemies first, they wouldn't stand a chance. With that stamina, he could keep fighting long after his opponent was down to his last breath.
He didn't know whether any of this was some kind of strange technique, an illusion, or something even the best ninja in Konoha knew nothing about. What he did know was that the three rewards had appeared after real events in his life and that, for some reason, they now belonged to him.
Naruto approached the window. Outside, the village continued its usual routine, completely unaware of what had just happened in that little apartment. To anyone looking at him, Naruto Uzumaki would be nothing more than a brat who had just passed the graduation exam and was probably planning his next prank.
Naruto touched the ninja headband on his forehead again. The metal plate glimmered faintly in the light coming through the window, reminding him of everything that had happened that day and how much he still had to prove. His dream remained the same: to become Hokage and make everyone in the village acknowledge his existence.
The strange Gacha wasn't going to change that.
But maybe it could help him achieve it.
Now he had one more reason to train, three new rewards to understand, and a mysterious opportunity that might allow him to obtain many more. For Naruto, that was enough.
His first night as a ninja had just become much more interesting than he could have imagined.
He could still feel the mental and physical exhaustion after using the Shadow Clone Jutsu to defeat Mizuki. His body hurt, his clothes were dirty, and the revelations about his own life would bother him that night. However, as he walked back to his apartment, none of that could put out the huge smile on his face.
Iruka-sensei had accepted him. He had risked his life to protect him and, finally, had given him the ninja headband he had wanted so badly.
Naruto stopped in the middle of the street and adjusted it on his forehead, making sure the metal plate was perfectly centered. After looking at his reflection in a shop window, he raised both arms with a triumphant smile.
"I did it! I finally did it! Naruto Uzumaki is a real ninja!" Some people passing by turned their heads to look at him, but he didn't care. He was too busy imagining all the things he could do now that he had passed the graduation exam. He still had a long way to go before becoming Hokage, but that had never stopped him before.
When he reached his apartment, he practically threw the door open. He left his sandals to one side, entered the room, and looked at himself again in the little mirror on the wall. The headband was still there. It hadn't disappeared while he was walking, and it wasn't a dream or any kind of joke.
"Thank you, Iruka-sensei," he murmured, touching his headband again. "I promise I'll become an incredible Hokage. Just you wait!"
The room fell silent after his declaration. Naruto lowered his arms, satisfied with himself, and began thinking about what he could eat to celebrate his graduation. There might still be some food in the fridge. If not, he could always stop by Ichiraku the next day and order an extra-large bowl.
That was when it arrived, practically echoing inside his head as if someone had shouted it right into his ear.
[Welcome to the Chaos Gacha! You have been selected as the next lucky participant. The Lady of Luck, or perhaps Fate itself, might have its eyes on you if you managed to be selected, but I don't care about that! So let's get the show on the road. Let's gamble!]
Naruto jumped and clutched his head.
"What...?" He turned toward the door and then the window, looking for some sign that someone was playing a trick on him. "Hey! Who's there? If this is a joke, I'm warning you, it isn't funny!"
There was no answer.
Naruto took a few steps, checked behind the door, and even looked under the bed. He might not be the best ninja, but he was sure he could find someone inside his own apartment. After confirming that he was alone, he scratched his head in confusion.
"A gacha? What the heck is that?" The term meant nothing to him. However, before he could keep wondering what was happening, three sharp chimes rang in his ears.
[You have obtained X1 Random Bronze Ticket for successfully passing the Ninja Academy graduation exam!]
[You have obtained X1 Random Silver Ticket for defeating Mizuki!]
[You have obtained X1 Random Gold Ticket for learning the Shadow Clone Jutsu!]
Naruto blinked. The information came with a strange sensation, as though he had just received something he couldn't see or touch. Nevertheless, he could feel the tickets there. It was as certain as knowing he was wearing his ninja headband.
Naruto's mouth fell open in astonishment. Three tickets. One for graduating, another for defeating Mizuki, and one more for learning the technique that had changed the outcome of the fight. Suddenly, what had begun as a rather unsettling experience was turning into something that completely captured his attention.
"Wait a second!" he exclaimed, pointing at himself. "I have three of those things? And what am I supposed to do with them?"
The answer came instantly.
[Would you like to use your tickets?]
Naruto remained still for a few moments. He still wasn't sure what this Chaos Gacha was, but being rewarded for his accomplishments made sense. Besides, if there was a chance to obtain something useful for his dream of becoming Hokage, he wasn't going to waste it.
"Yes, of course I want to use them," he said aloud. Light suddenly flashed, accompanied by the sound of coins falling. In his mind, he saw a huge roulette wheel spinning so fast that he couldn't make out anything on it. In less than a second, it spun and stopped three times, and an announcement appeared in his mind.
You have used a random Bronze Ticket!
[Impact]
|Uncommon Ability|
You are able to amplify the physical impacts of your attacks by expending energy, making your punches and kicks, etc. deal more damage, but this does not amplify your stats, only the impact of your hits.
Naruto read the description, going over every detail with growing interest. An ability that let him hit harder without having to increase his muscles' strength sounded pretty good. He could feel that it was ready to be assigned whenever he wanted; the information seemed to have settled into his head along with the reward, giving him a basic understanding of what he had just obtained.
"This is awesome!" he said, clenching a fist in front of his face. "Imagine punching an enemy and sending him flying!"
A second announcement interrupted his imagination.
You have used a random Silver Ticket!
[Megaphone]
|Common Ability|
Allows the user to amplify their volume to disorientating levels, being able to shout loud enough to be heard over a loud concert or loud enough to disorient targets.
Naruto frowned as he finished absorbing the explanation.
"Seriously? Just shouting louder?" He cupped both hands around his mouth and was about to try it right then and there, but remembered that he was in his apartment and that his neighbors probably wouldn't appreciate him testing an ability like that at this hour.
"Hehehe. This will be useful for a few pranks," he said as a mischievous smile began to form on his face.
The third announcement arrived shortly afterward.
You have used a random Gold Ticket!
[Relentless Stamina]
|Elite Trait|
Your stamina is ridiculous, even as a regular human you could run a marathon and not be winded, you also recover from exhaustion really fast and it takes a lot to get you exhausted.
Naruto stared at his hands, trying to find some difference. He didn't feel as though his muscles had changed or his body had suddenly transformed. Even so, he could feel himself recovering energy, and the pain in his body quickly faded until he felt as good as new.
"I can move around a lot more without getting tired?!" His smile widened. "That's incredible! Good luck trying to catch me now, bastards!"
With his newfound energy, the room seemed much less cramped. Naruto began pacing back and forth, practically bouncing with joy as he imagined everything he could do with those rewards. He could already see how the Impact ability would make a lethal combo with his Shadow Clones, and if he learned to use his voice to disorient his enemies first, they wouldn't stand a chance. With that stamina, he could keep fighting long after his opponent was down to his last breath.
He didn't know whether any of this was some kind of strange technique, an illusion, or something even the best ninja in Konoha knew nothing about. What he did know was that the three rewards had appeared after real events in his life and that, for some reason, they now belonged to him.
Naruto approached the window. Outside, the village continued its usual routine, completely unaware of what had just happened in that little apartment. To anyone looking at him, Naruto Uzumaki would be nothing more than a brat who had just passed the graduation exam and was probably planning his next prank.
Naruto touched the ninja headband on his forehead again. The metal plate glimmered faintly in the light coming through the window, reminding him of everything that had happened that day and how much he still had to prove. His dream remained the same: to become Hokage and make everyone in the village acknowledge his existence.
The strange Gacha wasn't going to change that.
But maybe it could help him achieve it.
Now he had one more reason to train, three new rewards to understand, and a mysterious opportunity that might allow him to obtain many more. For Naruto, that was enough.
His first night as a ninja had just become much more interesting than he could have imagined.
Chapter 2 - Team 7
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Naruto still hadn't gotten used to the idea of being a ninja, but that hadn't stopped him from spending much of the morning showing off the headband on his forehead. Whenever he found a reflective surface, he took the opportunity to check how it looked on him, and when he entered the classroom, he quickly drew everyone's attention by proudly pointing at the metal plate as if there were any chance someone hadn't heard that he had passed.
"Look, everyone! Now I really am a ninja!" he announced, lifting his chin with a big, foxlike grin accentuated by the marks on his cheeks.
Most of his classmates were already used to his antics, so he received only a few glances before everyone returned to their own business. Naruto puffed out his cheeks, disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm, but soon recovered his good mood. After all, for once, he didn't feel the need for external validation.
He entered the classroom and sat at his usual desk, already excited about what would happen next in his life as a ninja.
At that moment, the classroom door suddenly opened, and Sakura and Ino's loud argument drew everyone's attention. It didn't take long for them to finish, and Sakura turned to look in his direction. For a moment, he imagined that she wanted to talk to him, only for the girl to shove him aside with a brusque movement that put him in just the right position to see her heading toward Sasuke, the bastard. But just as she was approaching, Ino appeared and blocked her path.
"Sakura, where do you think you're going?" - Ino asked, glancing at Sasuke. - "I'm planning to sit with him."
Sakura pressed her lips together and crossed her arms. "And who said you could decide that for both of us? I want to sit with Sasuke-kun too, so find somewhere else, Ino-Pi."
"Who are you calling Pig?!" - Ino took a step toward her, momentarily forgetting that they were still in class. "Besides, I saw him first!"
"That doesn't mean you have the right to sit beside him!"
As the two began arguing over who had more right to take the seat beside Sasuke, he remained seated at his desk, apparently indifferent to the argument taking place just a few inches away. Naruto, still lying on his desk, looked at the girls, then at the Uchiha, and finally examined him again with a thoroughly confused expression.
He didn't understand what was so special about that bastard. It was true that Sasuke was the top student in class, but that didn't explain why practically every girl seemed ready to fight for a few minutes of his attention. Naruto saw nothing that justified such a commotion.
Determined to find out what he was missing, he approached Sasuke's desk and squatted on top of it, face-to-face with the boy. Sasuke looked up and found Naruto staring intently at him, so close that it was impossible to ignore him.
"What do you want now?" Sasuke asked with obvious irritation.
Naruto didn't answer right away. He continued examining him, tilting his head slightly as he tried to find some extraordinary feature in his face. "I just don't get it. Sakura, Ino, and all the others are going crazy over you, but when I look at you, I don't see anything special. What are you supposed to have?"
Sasuke, irritated, looked Naruto straight in the eyes as if deciding whether it was worth answering him. This didn't stop Naruto from continuing to stare, far too absorbed in his examination. Sakura and Ino's protests continued beside them, growing louder as neither managed to get the upper hand.
It was then that a student standing behind Naruto turned to look at the ongoing argument and accidentally hit him with his elbow.
"Whoa!" Naruto exclaimed as he lost his balance.
He tried to brace himself against the desk to keep from falling, but the movement sent him straight forward. Sasuke didn't even have time to turn his head before Naruto collided with him. For an instant, they both froze, their lips accidentally pressed together and their eyes wide with surprise, while the rest of the classroom fell into deep silence.
Naruto was the first to pull away. He fell backward, landing clumsily on the floor, and clutched his throat, gagging and spitting as he tried to get rid of the feeling. Sasuke, meanwhile, remained seated for a few seconds, his expression of disbelief soon giving way to disgust. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as if trying to erase what had just happened, spitting on the floor as he was about to move to show the blond how displeased he was.
Sakura and Ino were already reacting on both their behalf.
"NARUTO!!!" Sakura screamed in horror, while Ino pointed at him with such indignation that she looked ready to leap at him. "How dare you kiss Sasuke?!"
"I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!!!" Naruto defended himself, still on the floor. "THAT GUY PUSHED ME!!!" He got up to point at the guy who had been standing behind him.
The student was nowhere to be seen, because the moment he realized what had happened, he ran out of the classroom. The girls were too angry to pay attention to him and focused on the only other responsible they could find.
Sakura, Ino, and all the other girls were even angrier, while Sasuke continued wiping his mouth with an increasingly uncomfortable expression. The commotion grew, and just as it seemed ready to explode, the classroom door flew open and Iruka-sensei raised his voice just before the girls could throw themselves at Naruto.
"That's enough!" the teacher ordered, silencing them with a stern look. "It was an accident. Naruto, stop shouting and return to your seat; everyone else, stop making a scene."
Naruto immediately took advantage of the interruption to get up and move away from Sasuke, still muttering that what happened hadn't been his fault. Just as he returned to his seat, an announcement echoed inside his mind.
[You have obtained X1 Bronze Ticket for having your first kiss!]
[You have obtained X1 Bronze Ticket for stealing Sasuke Uchiha's first kiss!]
Naruto stopped mid-step. The surprise made him forget, for a moment, the embarrassment and disgust he felt. His eyes widened a little. He had obtained two new tickets. He wasn't sure why the Gacha considered what had happened an achievement worthy of a reward, especially considering it had been an unpleasant accident, but he wasn't going to argue when he was being rewarded.
A smile began to form on his face, and Sakura noticed it immediately.
"What are you laughing about, Naruto?" she asked suspiciously.
"N-Nothing!" he answered too quickly, recovering himself and sitting up straight. "It's nothing, Sakura-chan!"
She narrowed her eyes, unconvinced, before turning to look at Iruka. Naruto did the same, although his attention wasn't on his teacher. Two more tickets meant two more chances to obtain abilities or other rewards, and the idea was exciting enough that he quickly forgot what he had just suffered. If things continued like this, perhaps he could get something really useful before his ninja training began.
After finishing his speech about their graduation, Iruka-sensei began explaining how the teams would be formed. Naruto straightened up, paying attention to each name as it was announced. This was more important than what had just happened: the teams would determine who he started working with and who his instructor would be. He had reached this point after years of effort, and he was ready to find out what awaited him.
The names were assigned to the different groups one after another until it was finally Naruto's turn.
"Team 7 consists of Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Their jōnin instructor is Kakashi Hatake."
Naruto took barely a second to react. "What?! Why do I have to be on the same team as that bastard?!"
Sakura stood up almost at the same time, although her complaint went in a very different direction. "Iruka-sensei! Why do I have to be with Naruto?!"
Iruka sighed as he saw the two start complaining the moment he finished listing the members. He explained that the teams had been organized to balance the graduates' abilities and could not be formed solely according to personal preferences. Naruto protested that he could work perfectly well alone, but Iruka decided to ignore the declaration, knowing that arguing with the blond at that moment would do him no good.
Sasuke, for his part, didn't seem particularly concerned about the team's composition. His indifference irritated Naruto, although beneath the complaints was a feeling he couldn't ignore. He had a team, teammates to train with, and an instructor who would teach him to become a real ninja. He wasn't sure what working with Sakura and Sasuke would be like, but that didn't change the fact that his life had just taken another step forward.
"Look, everyone! Now I really am a ninja!" he announced, lifting his chin with a big, foxlike grin accentuated by the marks on his cheeks.
Most of his classmates were already used to his antics, so he received only a few glances before everyone returned to their own business. Naruto puffed out his cheeks, disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm, but soon recovered his good mood. After all, for once, he didn't feel the need for external validation.
He entered the classroom and sat at his usual desk, already excited about what would happen next in his life as a ninja.
At that moment, the classroom door suddenly opened, and Sakura and Ino's loud argument drew everyone's attention. It didn't take long for them to finish, and Sakura turned to look in his direction. For a moment, he imagined that she wanted to talk to him, only for the girl to shove him aside with a brusque movement that put him in just the right position to see her heading toward Sasuke, the bastard. But just as she was approaching, Ino appeared and blocked her path.
"Sakura, where do you think you're going?" - Ino asked, glancing at Sasuke. - "I'm planning to sit with him."
Sakura pressed her lips together and crossed her arms. "And who said you could decide that for both of us? I want to sit with Sasuke-kun too, so find somewhere else, Ino-Pi."
"Who are you calling Pig?!" - Ino took a step toward her, momentarily forgetting that they were still in class. "Besides, I saw him first!"
"That doesn't mean you have the right to sit beside him!"
As the two began arguing over who had more right to take the seat beside Sasuke, he remained seated at his desk, apparently indifferent to the argument taking place just a few inches away. Naruto, still lying on his desk, looked at the girls, then at the Uchiha, and finally examined him again with a thoroughly confused expression.
He didn't understand what was so special about that bastard. It was true that Sasuke was the top student in class, but that didn't explain why practically every girl seemed ready to fight for a few minutes of his attention. Naruto saw nothing that justified such a commotion.
Determined to find out what he was missing, he approached Sasuke's desk and squatted on top of it, face-to-face with the boy. Sasuke looked up and found Naruto staring intently at him, so close that it was impossible to ignore him.
"What do you want now?" Sasuke asked with obvious irritation.
Naruto didn't answer right away. He continued examining him, tilting his head slightly as he tried to find some extraordinary feature in his face. "I just don't get it. Sakura, Ino, and all the others are going crazy over you, but when I look at you, I don't see anything special. What are you supposed to have?"
Sasuke, irritated, looked Naruto straight in the eyes as if deciding whether it was worth answering him. This didn't stop Naruto from continuing to stare, far too absorbed in his examination. Sakura and Ino's protests continued beside them, growing louder as neither managed to get the upper hand.
It was then that a student standing behind Naruto turned to look at the ongoing argument and accidentally hit him with his elbow.
"Whoa!" Naruto exclaimed as he lost his balance.
He tried to brace himself against the desk to keep from falling, but the movement sent him straight forward. Sasuke didn't even have time to turn his head before Naruto collided with him. For an instant, they both froze, their lips accidentally pressed together and their eyes wide with surprise, while the rest of the classroom fell into deep silence.
Naruto was the first to pull away. He fell backward, landing clumsily on the floor, and clutched his throat, gagging and spitting as he tried to get rid of the feeling. Sasuke, meanwhile, remained seated for a few seconds, his expression of disbelief soon giving way to disgust. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand as if trying to erase what had just happened, spitting on the floor as he was about to move to show the blond how displeased he was.
Sakura and Ino were already reacting on both their behalf.
"NARUTO!!!" Sakura screamed in horror, while Ino pointed at him with such indignation that she looked ready to leap at him. "How dare you kiss Sasuke?!"
"I DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE!!!" Naruto defended himself, still on the floor. "THAT GUY PUSHED ME!!!" He got up to point at the guy who had been standing behind him.
The student was nowhere to be seen, because the moment he realized what had happened, he ran out of the classroom. The girls were too angry to pay attention to him and focused on the only other responsible they could find.
Sakura, Ino, and all the other girls were even angrier, while Sasuke continued wiping his mouth with an increasingly uncomfortable expression. The commotion grew, and just as it seemed ready to explode, the classroom door flew open and Iruka-sensei raised his voice just before the girls could throw themselves at Naruto.
"That's enough!" the teacher ordered, silencing them with a stern look. "It was an accident. Naruto, stop shouting and return to your seat; everyone else, stop making a scene."
Naruto immediately took advantage of the interruption to get up and move away from Sasuke, still muttering that what happened hadn't been his fault. Just as he returned to his seat, an announcement echoed inside his mind.
[You have obtained X1 Bronze Ticket for having your first kiss!]
[You have obtained X1 Bronze Ticket for stealing Sasuke Uchiha's first kiss!]
Naruto stopped mid-step. The surprise made him forget, for a moment, the embarrassment and disgust he felt. His eyes widened a little. He had obtained two new tickets. He wasn't sure why the Gacha considered what had happened an achievement worthy of a reward, especially considering it had been an unpleasant accident, but he wasn't going to argue when he was being rewarded.
A smile began to form on his face, and Sakura noticed it immediately.
"What are you laughing about, Naruto?" she asked suspiciously.
"N-Nothing!" he answered too quickly, recovering himself and sitting up straight. "It's nothing, Sakura-chan!"
She narrowed her eyes, unconvinced, before turning to look at Iruka. Naruto did the same, although his attention wasn't on his teacher. Two more tickets meant two more chances to obtain abilities or other rewards, and the idea was exciting enough that he quickly forgot what he had just suffered. If things continued like this, perhaps he could get something really useful before his ninja training began.
After finishing his speech about their graduation, Iruka-sensei began explaining how the teams would be formed. Naruto straightened up, paying attention to each name as it was announced. This was more important than what had just happened: the teams would determine who he started working with and who his instructor would be. He had reached this point after years of effort, and he was ready to find out what awaited him.
The names were assigned to the different groups one after another until it was finally Naruto's turn.
"Team 7 consists of Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Their jōnin instructor is Kakashi Hatake."
Naruto took barely a second to react. "What?! Why do I have to be on the same team as that bastard?!"
Sakura stood up almost at the same time, although her complaint went in a very different direction. "Iruka-sensei! Why do I have to be with Naruto?!"
Iruka sighed as he saw the two start complaining the moment he finished listing the members. He explained that the teams had been organized to balance the graduates' abilities and could not be formed solely according to personal preferences. Naruto protested that he could work perfectly well alone, but Iruka decided to ignore the declaration, knowing that arguing with the blond at that moment would do him no good.
Sasuke, for his part, didn't seem particularly concerned about the team's composition. His indifference irritated Naruto, although beneath the complaints was a feeling he couldn't ignore. He had a team, teammates to train with, and an instructor who would teach him to become a real ninja. He wasn't sure what working with Sakura and Sasuke would be like, but that didn't change the fact that his life had just taken another step forward.
That same afternoon, the newly graduated students gathered to wait for the jōnin who would be in charge of their respective teams. At first, the place was full of students talking about their new teammates and trying to guess what their instructors would be like. The jōnin-sensei began appearing one by one, calling their students and leaving with them to explain their first duties.
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke stayed behind, waiting for theirs to appear.
For the first few minutes, Naruto sat calmly. He was convinced their instructor would arrive soon, explain what they had to do, and take them on some exciting mission. However, when several teams had already left and Kakashi still hadn't appeared, he began looking toward the entrance with growing impatience.
"How long is he going to take?" he asked, resting one hand on his knee as he leaned forward.
Sakura didn't have an answer either. She suggested that perhaps their instructor had run into some trouble, but Naruto replied that this didn't explain why all the other jōnin had managed to arrive on time. Sasuke simply watched the entrance, apparently less concerned about the delay, although he had no intention of leaving without meeting the person they had been assigned.
Another hour passed, and then another. The group of students dwindled as the last instructors arrived and left with their teams. Naruto went from pacing back and forth to sitting on the ground, and then ended up lying flat on his back, staring at the sky with an expression of utter boredom. Sakura checked the time from time to time, while Sasuke remained seated without saying much.
The sun moved quickly across the sky as evening approached, and the place that had once been full of students was practically empty. At last, there was no team left waiting except the seventh.
Naruto sat up, indignant that they still hadn't received any word from their instructor. "This is ridiculous! Everyone else has already left! What kind of sensei did they assign us?"
Sakura let out a sigh and remarked that perhaps he had forgotten about them, a possibility Naruto found even more insulting. Sasuke, however, suggested that the delay might be a test to evaluate their patience. Naruto thought about it for a few seconds before crossing his arms.
"Well, if that's his way of training us, I already hate him," he declared, convinced that any ninja worth his salt would have arrived hours ago.
That was when a silver-haired figure appeared, walking calmly toward them. The man wore his ninja headband tilted over his forehead, a mask covering the lower half of his face, and held a book in one hand, as though arriving several hours late to his first meeting with a team of newly graduated students were perfectly normal.
"Hello," he greeted them, casually raising one hand.
Naruto sprang to his feet and pointed at him, unable to contain all the anger he had accumulated while waiting. "Where the hell have you been?!"
"I got lost on the path of life," their sensei said, tilting his head slightly without showing the slightest sign of embarrassment.
Naruto stared at him, mouth hanging open, unable to come up with an immediate response. Sakura put a hand to her forehead, while Sasuke seemed to have lost any expectation that this meeting would be normal. If that was their instructor, life on Team 7 promised to be much more complicated than they had imagined.
After introducing himself as Kakashi Hatake, their new sensei, the jōnin explained that he wanted to get to know them a little better before beginning their training. He asked them to talk about their likes, dislikes, dreams, and what they wanted to achieve as ninja. Naruto found the request strange, since he was convinced that his name and his dream were the only things that really mattered, but he quickly volunteered to go first.
He introduced himself enthusiastically, talking about his love of Ichiraku ramen and how much he hated having to wait for it. Then he declared that his dream was to become Hokage, without hesitating for even an instant. He said it with the same conviction with which he had set out to graduate, and for a moment Kakashi looked at him attentively before returning to his book and moving on to his teammates.
When it was Sakura's turn, she adjusted her hair and began speaking with a rather shy smile. She mentioned that she liked spending time with Sasuke and enjoyed the things girls her age usually enjoyed, although she didn't mention anything directly; she did give Naruto an annoyed look when she talked about her dislikes.
Finally, Kakashi turned his gaze to Sasuke, who had listened without showing much interest until then.
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha. There are many things I dislike and few things I like," he began, his voice much more serious than his teammates'. "I don't have a dream. I have an ambition, and I intend to make it a reality."
Sasuke slightly clenched his hands as he continued, making it clear that his goal was to restore his clan and kill a particular man.
Kakashi's expression changed subtly, although he didn't ask any questions about the declaration. When the introductions were over, he stood up and informed them that the next day they would begin a mission. Naruto immediately regained his enthusiasm and asked what kind of mission it would be, but Kakashi merely told them they would find out when the time came. Before Naruto could insist too much, his sensei was already leaving, leaving them with more questions than answers.
Sakura said goodbye shortly afterward, and Sasuke didn't take long to leave either. Naruto left a little later, remembering the tickets he had obtained that morning. If he had to wait until the next day to begin his first mission, he could still use the day to see what new abilities he would get and try out the ones he had obtained the day before.
Naruto looked for a secluded training ground, far from the more heavily traveled paths: a simple clearing among the woods from which Konoha got its name, with a few thick wooden logs in the middle for practice. When he reached them, he sat down and focused on the two tickets he had obtained.
He used both tickets, and the noise and light he had come to associate with the Chaos Gacha appeared as he waited for the results.
You have used a random Bronze Ticket!
[Hustle]
|Common Ability|
Yomi Hustle - "It may be your only move" allows you to "Hustle" your opponents by performing a gesture, whether it's snapping your fingers and giving a taunting smile or lying down on a lawn chair mid-fight, your hustle must at least last half a second. When you successfully complete a Hustle, you regain some energy and stamina. The longer your hustle goes on, the more you will recover energy. Effectiveness depends on how stylish and aggravating you were. Can only be used in active combat against an enemy who means you genuine harm.
Naruto tilted his head as he received the information. He understood why someone would want to look cool while fighting. or simply wanting to mock an opponent, but even to him this seemed like an inconvenient ability (especially considering his [Unrelenting Stamina] trait), with somewhat complicated conditions: he had to be fighting someone who genuinely wanted to hurt him. Without an enemy in front of him, he couldn't fully test how it worked, although the idea was strange enough that he wanted to try it as soon as he had the chance.
"What kind of ability is this?" he murmured, scratching his head. "Well, I guess I'll find out what it's good for."
The second result appeared shortly afterward.
[Mystic Eyes of Depth Perception]
|Trash Ability|
These mystical eyes allow the user to supernaturally perceive the depth of an object or location in relation to something else.
Naruto frowned when he read the classification, but decided to try it before judging it. He activated the ability and looked around. There were no flashes or spectacular transformations; he simply began perceiving distances between objects with a precision he hadn't had before. He could more easily tell what was near, what was far away, and the distance between a branch and a tree or a stone and the ground in front of him.
He moved around the clearing, observing different objects from several angles. He even threw a small stone and followed its trajectory with his eyes, surprised by how clearly he could understand its position in space.
"Oh! This could help me aim better," he says with a smile as he continued testing his new eyes.
Then he remembered the ability he had obtained the previous night and decided to switch from his mystical eyes to Impact. He tried to do it mentally, but nothing happened. He tried again, concentrating harder this time, and got exactly the same result.
Naruto frowned. That was when more information about how these abilities worked came to him: the active ability slot had a cooldown period after changing the equipped ability. He had to wait five minutes before he could change it again.
"Five minutes? I have to wait five minutes every time I want to switch?!" he protested, although there was no one nearby to hear him.
Naruto would have to get used to that limitation and think carefully about which ability he wanted available at any given moment.
While he waited, he decided to test another reward he had obtained the previous night: Unrelenting Stamina. To test it, he began running around the clearing, first at a moderate pace and then gradually increasing his speed to the maximum, convinced that sooner or later he would start getting tired.
But exhaustion took much longer than expected to set in. He kept running until he had completed numerous laps; he even began jumping between the tree branches, moving erratically with the help of the mystical eyes, which gave him a better understanding of his surroundings. When he finally stopped, he was barely panting. His breathing also recovered surprisingly quickly.
"This is incredible!" Naruto shouted, his eyes widening in amazement as he grinned from ear to ear.
When the waiting period ended, he changed the equipped ability again. The mystical eyes disappeared from their slot, leaving him feeling slightly dizzy, and Impact took their place. Naruto clenched a fist, recalled the information he had received, and focused his chakra into his fist before punching a tree trunk.
THUMP!
The impact echoed through the clearing, and Naruto immediately pulled his hand back, shaking his fingers. The trunk now had a small crater a little larger than his hand,
"Ow, ow, ow! Hehehe, it really worked!" he exclaimed, though he soon smiled again. "I have to learn how to use it properly!"
Next, he tried Megaphone, taking a breath before shouting toward the forest. His voice thundered among the trees with such intensity that several birds took flight. Naruto stood still for a moment, surprised by the volume he had managed to reach, before starting to laugh in satisfaction. The ability could be useful for disorienting an enemy or making himself heard from far away, although he would have to be careful not to affect his teammates with it.
After experimenting for quite a while, Naruto understood another of the Gacha's limitations. Although he possessed several abilities, he only had one slot available to equip one active ability at a time. He could switch between them, but each switch activated the cooldown period, and he wouldn't be able to use several simultaneously until he obtained more slots. He wasn't sure how he would get more, but he believed he would eventually figure it out.
Naruto sat under the tree and mentally reviewed everything he had discovered. He had four active abilities among the rewards he had obtained so far: Impact, Megaphone, Hustle, and the mystical eyes. Unrelenting Stamina was added to those. He still didn't know which option would be best for his future missions, but at least he now had some experience using them.
Finally, he stood up and brushed off his clothes. The next day he would have his first mission with Team 7, and although he still thought Kakashi was a pretty strange guy, he couldn't deny that he was excited to find out what awaited them. He had new abilities to master, a trait that would allow him to train for longer, and an entire road ahead of him before he became Hokage.
"All right!" he declared, clenching a fist with determination. "Tomorrow will be the beginning of my great career as a ninja!"
His voice echoed through the clearing as he returned to the village. Naruto had no way of knowing what kind of mission Kakashi would assign them. But for now, he was satisfied with what he had obtained and eager to discover what other rewards awaited him in the future.