Hello world! This is my first fanfiction with the usual cliche of our favorite Shinobi being sent to another world. This story has plot elements from other anime/manga/manhwa that will be revealed as the story advances...
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto and any other anime/manga/manhwa references that might be used on this story, aside from the concept of this fanfiction.
"…ugh…"
Uzumaki Naruto growled lightly as he woke up. After lightly shaking his head, he got up in sitting position, then looked around…
"What the…? I'm in a… hospital…?!" He muttered to himself in disbelief while looking around. He then saw a woman sleeping on the side of his bed, her right hand holding his left hand…
"…it can't be… Mom…?!" Naruto muttered absentmindedly.
The agitated voice woke up the sleeping woman…
"Naruto… Naruto…!" The woman, Uzumaki Kushina, instinctively stood and lounge herself towards Naruto, further surprising the latter. Kushina proceed on tightly hugging him while crying in relief.
'What the hell is going on…?' Naruto muttered to himself, still trying to comprehend what's happening right now. 'How did I end up in a hospital being hugged by Mom? I'm supposed to be… dead… right?'
Naruto closed his eyes, trying to sense any abnormalities within him. But no, he is in perfectly healthy condition. He also made sure that he wasn't under Genjutsu. Well… who would place a dying person in a Genjutsu anyway, especially if the person in target was the Genjutsu-immune 7th Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village?
'And this place... No... This entire town... Has a very different feel and natural energy than Konoha, maybe even from the Shinobi World as a whole...' Naruto said to hinself while sensing the natural energy around him. 'Could it be... That I am in a different world?'
It was then that he noticed something out of place…
"Huh…?!"
[You have an unread message(s).]
A seemingly holographic message box was somewhat floating in the middle of the air. He blinked exaggeratedly, then once again verified the image.
[You have an unread message(s).]
He shook his head and rubbed his eyes. But the holographic box was still there. This time, Kushina separated from him, then ask Naruto with worried expression.
"What's the matter, my dear son?"
"Uhm… Mom…?! Can you this… floating message box?"
"Floating message box? Where?"
"…!" Naruto narrowed his eyes. It seemed that he is the only person capable of seeing the message box. But why?
"Naruto…!" Someone barged on the door. And much to Naruto's surprise…
"Da….. Dad…?!" Naruto can't help but be surprised, again, as Namikaze Minato also hugged him while rubbing his head…
"Yeah… Dad's here… Me and your Mom… we're both very worried for you…" Minato separated himself from his son with visible relieved expression. "…you're in comatose state for almost a week already…"
'How come…? Mom and Dad were supposed to be dead long ago...' Naruto thought once again while looking towards the couple hugging each other, both of them with relieved expression after seeing him waking up. He then rubbed his eyes using the back of his hand only to realize another thing that greatly surprised him. He then looked towards both his hands, once again with surprised expression… then swiped the curtain of the window beside his bed…
'My body… became that of my 12-yr old self…' He muttered to himself weakly after he saw his reflection on the transparent glass of the window. His physical appearance now resembles that of his appearance during his 1st Chuunin Exam.
He immediately then closed his eyes, trying to sense everything within his current self, only to be surprised once again…
'Even if I'm in my 12-yr old body… I can feel that my physical parameters were still that of my prime… I can even attest that I can do everything that I'm capable of physically even if I became a child.' Naruto mused. 'But I can feel a lot more within me… something that I knew all the time, yet entirely foreign for me…'
"So you're finally awake. I'm glad…" Another voice rang from the door that interrupted Naruto's internal monologue. And the source of the voice once again gave another surprise to the 7th Hokage…
"Even the perverted old man is alive…"
"Perverted old man…?! The name's Jiraiya, kiddo!" The older man lightly flicked Naruto's forehead.
'To sum things up... I was supposed to be dead after all those years being the 7th Hokage… but ended up lying in an unknown hospital as a 12-yr old kid, with both Mom and Dad, even Jiraiya-sensei alive in a different world?' Naruto once again shifted his gaze to the holographic message box that was blinking in front of him. The answers to this confusing situation might be within this message box.
[You have an unread message(s).]
As if dictated by instinct, he muttered silently…
'Open unread message(s) inbox.'
A seemingly 'inbox' where the holographic messages was stored appeared. It displayed six unread messages indicated by a closed envelope icon on the left side of each message.
[You have six unread messages.]
[Welcome, [Player] (Unread)].
[Blessings from the Sage of the Six Paths (Unread).]
[Blessings from the Great Sage of the Moon (Unread).]
[Blessings from the Sage of the Will of Fire (Unread).]
[Blessings from the Sage of the Curse of Hatred (Unread).]
[Daily Quest: Break your limits (Unread).]
'This interface is more like an RPG that Boruto used to play with his friends back then...' Then he saw a very important message. 'Blessings from the Sage of the Six Paths.'!
'Open second message!' Naruto ecstatically muttered. Minato, Kushina and Jiraiya gave confused expression on how he is acting. But he didn't care. However...
[Error. Can't open other messages. [Player] must be authenticated and Status Window must be activated first].
'Damn. This really feels like and is like an RPG!' Naruto cursed within himself. Since he already verified that he wasn't under a Genjutsu, this situtation further made him confused.
"Son... Are you alright?" Kushina asked Naruto worriedly, both her hands touching Naruto's left hand.
"I'm not alright." Naruto spoke sternly. "Please tell me, what's going on... And what actually happened to me?"
The 7th Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, the Jinchuuriki of all the Tailed Beasts, the Hero of 4th Great Ninja World War... Uzumaki Naruto... Now found himself in a very confusing situation...
A situation... Where he is required to become... a [Player]...