Chapter 1: Quest for Pudding

38-48 minutos

Overlord of Konoha: Naruto's evil game

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Overlord or the following tales that are shown in this tale.

A/N: Rest assured this is NOT a rewrite of the Maelstrom Overlord, this crossover has a totally different plot.

Second A/N: Co-written by Chaossonic1

Re-cap from Book 1

Naruto Uzumaki discovered the truth about why the village hated him by the traitor Mizuki and started to question his purpose as a shinobi, but that all changed with he come across an ancient ruin buried within Hokage mountain, and discovered that he not just a Jinchūriki, but a Gamer. Gamers are beings with unique powers that are feared and controversial to the world for they made them near-omnipotent.

But not all, Naruto is also the next Gamer Overlord. Over the past days, he tried out his new powers, levelling up and enjoying his new status as Overlord, but that drawn the attention of anonymous enemies that he discovered.

Akenomyosei, a mysterious but dangerous Gamer that only appeared in a holographic form noticed the rise of the new Overlord and sought to challenge him and reclaim the title for his own.

The Censored Justice, a group of underground conspirators whose duty is to find and dispose the Gamers by means necessary to preserve Order and Justice in the Shinobi Nations.

Naruto cross paths with them, and learned that they are not easily trifled with, especially when he was branded by Censor Trap but a member of the Censored Justice: Fugaku Uchiha. But with the help of investigation and new allies, Naruto rid himself of that accuse Censor Trap and punished the one who placed.

But this is only the beginning for Naruto Uzumaki, who should I say Darkborne the Overlord of Konoha.

Chapter 1

Konoha: Night

In the Night of Konoha, a robbery is happening in the market district. A short lone figure in dark clothes and armour is breaking in every store and searching for something, even in the refrigerated areas.

This robbery is not a neat one, for the culprit is frustrated and nearly close to snapping because he has been searching for one thing within the stored pile of food and various products.

The damaged lights flicker to slightly show the figure, who sports dark leather trench coat and a tricorne hat where the sides resemble fox ears. The pieces of armour with it include iron greaves, a chainmail shirt made of mithril and a single dark gauntlet made from an ancient, strong and unknown metal, on the back is a glowing jewel that gives the figure an ominous glint.

"Damn it, it's not here!" roared the figure in anger, tipping the shelves over and scattering the produce. He turns to see a group of brown and red imp-like creatures compete in a food fight, which involve tinned and jarred food. He growls at them but took his anger on the rest of the stores. "Why is it so hard to find pudding in this fucking village?!"

He snarled furiously as he starts ripping the floors and the walls with his recently glowing red claws, demolishing the shops from within.

"WHY. IS. SHOPPING. SO. DAMN. HARRRDDDD!" roared the figure

The buildings in the market district starts toppling down like dominos, the imp-like creatures panic as the buildings are falling on top of them. Exiting the debris, the figure exits the dust cloud and removed his goggles and hat to reveal his blond hair and whisker-scarred face. Naruto Uzumaki, Darkborne to Gamers and his Nemesis the Censored Justice, is not pleased at his progress on his selected quest.

It has been a few days ever since his past quest from the fire temple, which was a fruitful and successful quest ever since he removed the despicable censor trap cast on by Fugaku Uchiha, who remain bedridden and comatose in the hospital. Making his second in command Yashiro Uchiha the de facto Patriarch of the Uchiha Clan until Fugaku's full recovery, and this made things difficult and challenging for the young gamer to skulk at night…just the way he likes it. Many Uchiha tried to get in between the Overlord and his quest, but many shared the same fate as Fugaku, bedridden and comatose, many were mentally shamed by Naruto's Curse spell and Tsukiyomi, trapping them in an endless nightmare while they remain in a never ending sleep in hospital.

Unfortunately, that only revoked the clan and determined to end their humiliator from shaming and terrorizing their clansmen.

Anyway, Naruto doesn't care about the Uchiha right now, all he cares now is finding pudding, not for him but for one of the Hearts of Yami, Neptune the Purple Heart.

"Continue your search! If I don't see a single pudding cup here in the next 10 minutes, I will toss every single one of you over the Hokage Mountain!" exclaimed Naruto to his minions.

The minions frightfully obey their master, fearing for their lives they raided more stores and shops and turned them upside down until they search for any pudding for their master to give to Neptune. But their search became fruitless as there are none any in every store and shop whatsoever.

"What is going on here?" said Naruto losing his patience, causing to seep out Jūbi's malevolent chakra out from his body. "Why isn't there any PUDDING?!"

"Halt there!"

Naruto growled while donning his hat and goggles while he turns to see a group of ANBU behind him, but he is no fool for they are from Danzo's ROOT and are soldiers from the Censored Justice.

"Your terror ends here, Gamer" said a ROOT ANBU/Censor Knight "Your crimes against the Censored Justice…"

"Oh spare the chatter, I'm in no mood!" said Naruto as he raise his gauntlet to command his minions to attack the ROOT ANBU "Is it so hard to find pudding in this dump."

"Ha, good luck search, the council and the daimyo banned pudding along with other unhealthy foods across the Land of Fire."

"What?" said Naruto in shock

"And starting tomorrow, that dump Ichiraku Ramen will be condemned by order of the council."

"WHAT?!" roared Naruto in pure hated, to hear that his favourite lunch stop is closing forcefully. Dark malevolent chakra mixed with red Phazon shrouds Naruto as he walks towards the ROOT ANBU.

The ROOT ANBU are trained to suppress their emotions since they hinder their focus on mission, but that doesn't stop them from pissing their pants when they felt such power coming from Darkborne. Naruto halt his minions, so he can deal with them personally, he draws out Demon's Scar and activates his Lightning Whip before he charges at them

He lashes the lightning whip at one ANBU, electrocuting him instantly, afterwards he charges at the other ROOT swiftly and ripped the next one's next off with his Chaos Claws

The rest of the ROOT ANBU not terrified at the sight, sure they saw death in their field experience but nothing beyond this ferocity, it's like they're dealing with a monster. Naruto turns his concealed eye at them and swings Demon's Scar at them, somewhere lucky to dodge the attack but the rest weren't so lucky, they started to scream in agony and run frantically around the market, setting everything in their path on fire before the flames engulf them completely and burn to death.

Naruto doesn't stop for one second as he continues his battle, lashing his Lightning Whip and swinging his Demon's Scar, but also claw them with his Chaos Claws when they're close to him. The battle is won by Naruto, his enemies were horribly maimed, burned and torn apart by the Overlord, only one is alive and with good reason. The Darkborne lifted the survivor by his collar and pulls him close, masked face to masked face. Naruto activates his Mangekyō Sharingan and traps the ROOT ANBU

Naruto's Tsukiyomi realm

The ROOT ANBU suddenly found himself in a dark world of black and red, the sky is pitch black with red clouds along with a full red moon. The sound of low long growl echoes in the wind and the sight of movement is seen in the darkened land, as if giant snakes are slithering around, next the ground shook mildly with a boom. The growl grew louder, and the area starts to get even dark than before with him shrouded in it. The growls are now directly behind him, he gulps and turns slowly as fear has overwhelmed his will power. Gathering as much courage as he can muster, he fully turned to the other side and face what's behind him, that is when all his courage suddenly dropped.

A towering beast in the shadows glares down with its single red eye, it's many long tails lash in the air and move around like hungry snakes. The ROOT ANBU is now terrified but could not feel his legs moving and look down to see the ground rising and holding his ankles in place.

Next, Darkborne appears next to him and grabbed his forehead with his gauntlet clad hand, he tightens the grip that causes the ANBU mask to crack and the forehead to bleed, making the poor bastard scream in pain.

"What is the Censored Justice up to?" said Naruto in a demonic tone

"I-I can't tell you, even if I wanted to" said the ROOT ANBU as he can see his throat sting in pain. Naruto noticed strange black rectangular lines forming around the ANBU's neck "M-my mas-ters insure that I do not betray them, Censor Iusticea!"

The ANBU suddenly starts to choke and suffocate, Naruto removed the ANBU mask to see that the black lines were now flowing right out the mouth and from the tongue.

"NO!" exclaimed Naruto as he dispelled the Tsukiyomi and returned to the real world, the ROOT ANBU suddenly died and collapsed, the black marks slowly shrink down and return to the back of the tongue which resembles 8 hexagrams before it fades away. "DAMN IT!"

Naruto took off his goggles and rubs his eyes and temples in frustration.

"One step ahead, curse them!" said Naruto before he sighed deeply to calm down. "Well, I did want a challenge, but how on Earth will I find any pudding now?"

While Naruto tries to calm down, he failed to notice one last ROOT ANBU lurking in the rooftops, pulling out a crossbow, loaded with a bolt with an anticrystal head, and aims it at Naruto. but before he could fire it at the Overlord, he was suddenly whacked by a weapon resembling a giant wok and knocked him off the roof.

Naruto suddenly heard the loud metallic pang from the weapon and saw the now dead ANBU fall off the rooftops. He then noticed someone up the roof and jump down but lands safely without any damage.

Naruto remains still and stares at the stranger in the shadows, he doesn't draw his weapons because he doesn't want to show any fear to who this person is. Suddenly the stranger speaks.

"You must be Darkborne" said the stranger as she reveals herself. She is at her late teens, long brown hair with a white bandana, black eyes and fair skin. She is wearing a light blue cook's attire with some polished silver armour and a clean white apron. Strapped on her back is a large cooking wok with a long handle used for 2 hands. Also hoisted in her apron is a pair of sharp kitchen knives and a meat cleaver that looks more for killing than cooking. "I am Musume Cook, Cooking Gamer."

Musume Cook

Bio: Skill Cook as well as a Skilled Killer, she is a wiz in the kitchen and her recipes to die for.

Ayame thought Naruto as he recognised the woman. Most Gamers would hide their appearance but Ayame doesn't. Rather reckless to be honest but she must have her choices.

"It's rare for a Gamer to show their true face, unless they want them to see you." Said Naruto, deciding to play along and pretend he never met her before.

"After that the Censored Justice has done, there's no point in hiding" said Ayame "But they hardly pay any attention to the likes of me."

"Bold move," said Naruto "Anyway, why are you here?"

"For you actually. I came escort you to a hidden establishment in Konoha."

"Why?" said Naruto

"You're here to find pudding went for Lady Neptune, right?" said Ayame, Naruto responded with a nod "Well, what the ROOT told you is unfortunately correct. But not just the Pudding, but other varieties of food were outlawed by order of Konoha's department of Health and the Head of Merchants."

"And I bet the Hokage isn't happy about it" said Naruto, he knows the old man well, not much but well enough.

"Hai, he voted against the ban along with many shinobi clans especially the Akimichi clan" said Ayame. "But they were outvoted by the other council members, including the Head of Health and the Head of Merchants, they even got the Daimyo's approval to make this ban official."

"When did this happen?" said Naruto

"About 2 days ago" said Ayame "But I only heard about it when a group of ANBU informed u…the owners of Ichiraku Ramen that their establishment is condemned and must close first thing tomorrow."

Hearing that made Naruto's blood boil, he loved Ichiraku Ramen, it is the only place that has the best quality ramen than every Ramen shop in the world. Especially when the people who made the ramen made it with love and care, every ingredient is excellently prepared and cooked to perfection, sure he like the instant ramen, but they can't compare Ichiraku Ramen.

"They're just went too far" said Naruto

"I agree, I would hate to tell a certain someone about the bad news. He's going to be mortified." Said Ayame lowing her head as she feels guilty as she is going to inform Naruto about Ichiraku Ramen's termination. "Poor Naruto-kun"

Naruto smiled sadly at Ayame, as she already told him.

"Anyway, that has to wait. Your benefactor is expecting you" said Ayame as she gestured Naruto to follow her. "Come"

Naruto nods and follows the Musume Cook

Unknown Shop

Naruto and Ayame arrive at a darkened room that is only lit with candles and dim lights, but the only bright light source comes from behind the bar counter. The light only illuminates outlines of gargoyle and demon statues decorating the area, and the display of tables with 2 chairs each surrounding a miniature stage with brass gramophone speakers playing smooth jazz.

Behind the counter is a tall, dark skinned bald man wearing a brown leather coat and shades, he is currently polishing a cocktail glass while enjoying the jazz playing from the speakers. As Naruto and Ayame enter, the owner turns his head to them and his left eye glints red slightly which can be seen through his sunglasses.

"Ah, you found him. Well done."

The shop keep presents Naruto a seat by the counter.

"Please, take a seat."

Naruto is reluctant at first, but Ayame smiled and nods at him to assure him that it'll be ok. So, Naruto took the seat and sat by the counter, waiting for the shop keep talking and tell him why he wants him.

"Care for a drink?" said the shop keep "Don't worry, no age restrictions in here, Gamers are treated equally, and we have a special on Nuka-Cola and no you don't get radiation when you drink it here."

"No thanks" said Naruto

"Straight to business, huh?" said the Shop keep "Very well, but first you must show your face. I'm very curious at who my next customer is."

"I rather not" said Naruto

"Please, those fools in the CJ can't track us here. You're in the safe zone to be yourself without any Social Justice nutjobs telling us what to do and who to be."

"With all due respect I am just got here so I don't know if this place is really safe or not." Naruto replied using a bit of silver tongue

To which the man couldn't help but smirk since he knows the silver skills inside and out and he decides to have a little fun with the gamer making his own silver tongue battle to test how far he is with that.

"Suit yourself" said the barkeep shrugging at Naruto "But, I do have a "No Hat's, no service policy" in my establishment and I have to ask you to leave."

Naruto raised his brow at the shop keep, suspecting that he is trying to get him to unmask.

"Ok, then again this could be a waste of my time and I am a very busy man." Said Naruto standing up from his seat and prepares to leave.

As Naruto begins to leave, but he was waiting for the shop keep to stop.

"Darkborne wai…"

But Ayame was trying to stop Naruto but the shopkeeper stopped her.

"Then I apologise, thank you for the visit." Said shopkeeper "And good luck in finding any pudding."

Naruto continues walking towards the door, the shop keep remains silent and continues polishing his glasses, humming to a new song playing "Moon River". As Naruto reached for the doorknob, he doesn't turn it and started to chuckle.

"Heh…ha ha ha, damn" said Naruto as he turns to the shop keep and stares at him. "You called my bluff. My silver tongue isn't polished enough to persuade you. Fine, I'll give you the satisfaction."

Naruto removed his Tricorne Hat and goggles to reveal his face, the shop keep smirked while Ayame gasped in shock.

"Naruto-kun?" said Ayame, she never knew or suspect Naruto being the Gamer DarkBorne who has been a thorn on the Censor Justice's side.

"Surprise" said Naruto jokingly to Ayame "Who knew, right?"

The shop keep just chuckles at Naruto, seeing that the new Overlord has a sense of humour.

"as much as I like a small joke, perhaps an introduction is in order" said the shop keep "My name is Rodin and welcome to my humble establishment: The Gates the Hell."

Rodin

Bio: Mysterious Owner of the elusive bar Gates of Hell.

"Charmed" said Naruto "Now what can I do for you?"

"Well this meeting benefit both of us," said Rodin "You see, when the civilian council and Elders (A.K.A the Censored Justice) degreed a new law to abolish "unhealthy" produce, things got rather complicated for me as all of my stock is on that damn list and my deliveries were halted for good. And I'm running out of the best, which include Mudokon Pops,

(Poster with a blue background with a picture of a cyan ice pop with yellow cartoon eyes)

SoulStorm Brew

(Poster of the logo which contains a purple alien head smiling with the orange title, also presenting an uncorked green glass bottle)

Scrab Cakes

(Poster of a green silhouette of a long beaked creature with a muscular chest but no arms and 4 crab-like appendages next to a tasty pink meat cake with green filling.)

Paramite Pies

(Poster of a creature with a body of a pig, 4 legs of a spider and a head resembling a clawed hand, it is standing on a meat pie.)

and Gabbiar

(Poster of a short tin with a picture of a smiling creature that could be crossed between a frog and a whale. And words which reads "Limited only" on the side)

Then again, the Gabbiar isn't selling well since it tastes horrible, but many gourmets by it because it's rare since the Gabbit race is close to extinction. But with the lack of these popular stocks, it's not going well for my dear customers, who are gamers no doubt."

"Also, many businesses who were secretly gamers who run their own business are forced to shut down. It's frustrating" said Ayame "I tried to persuade Tou-san not to provoke the CJ or we'll fall into their trap."

"It's a ploy to lure out Gamers, without their favourite produce they will get restless and that is exactly what they want. Giving them a reason to attack them but give those bastards an excuse to have them executed." Said Rodin "Old man Hokage tried his best to debunk the law but those cunning bastards have the Fire Daimyo wrapped in their spindly fingers."

And I guess you have a plan to stop this?" said Naruto

"That I do, but I need you of all people to pull it off." Said Rodin pulling out a map of the of the Land of Fire. "All the confiscated produce is at storage, here at this area up north. But they are going to be transferred to a secluded location not even I know. I need you and Ayame to infiltrate their hidden warehouses, pose as a courier and find out where the goods are going. When you do, hijack them and take them to the drop off point."

"If this pulls through, you will get your pudding and a special reward you will love dearly." Said Rodin. "So, are you in?"

Yes

No

"You really need to ask?" said Naruto as he press Yes

Quest Alert: It's Just Business

Hijack Courier Cart

Ride to Cart's destination and infiltrate it

Take Cart to Drop off point

Winning Conditions: Rodin's Reward, Pallet of Pudding, 1000 souls

"Good" said Rodin as he snaps his fingers and a magic circle painted in glowing blood appears beneath Naruto's feet. Ayame steps in and a messenger box appears in front of them.

Musume Cook joins the party

After that, Naruto and his new party member vanishes through the magic circle.

"Good Luck" said Rodin

Somewhere in the Land of Fire

Naruto and Ayame arrive at their destination, which is confined with dense trees and bushes messily grown together and leaving now pathway for them to use. They were forced to use the branches of these thick trees to navigate their way through this dense section of the forest.

"So Ayame-chan what made you realise that you were a gamer?" said Naruto, curious about Ayame's Origins.

Ayame turned to Naruto and smiled.

"I will tell you, but you also have to tell me what made you realise you were a gamer and the overlord?" said Ayame

"Fair enough" said Naruto as he and Ayame hop from branch to branch. "Actually, I started when I found the Tower when I was 15, after I was tricked into stealing the Scroll of Sealing from the Hokage by Mizuki. He exposed the truth and the reason why the village hates me, I was beginning to doubt myself and thought to myself "is it worth it, to serve and protect those who will never accept you as their hero?" until I fell, I fell deep within the caverns within the mountain.

I tried to find a way out of the caverns, but what I wound is by new beginning. Then I woke up in my apartment, not sure how but I returned as a young boy of 11 but I claimed this power."

"The New Game," said Ayame explaining to Naruto "It's a mental temporal shift when Gamers are chosen by Yami after they experienced something that broke our spirit. It happened to me, it's like a second chance in life. I experienced it when I was 20 years old. You weren't an Overlord or a Gamer from that time but a loyal ninja who just returned from a training trip from the Jiraiya of the Sannin."

Naruto raised his brow in disbelief, him being trained by a Sannin? But Ayame continued her story.

"But this part is how it all happened, Konoha was attacked a group of strange men in cloaks and piercings on their arms and face. The Leader hovered in the air, stretched out his arms and levelled the entire village into a giant crater, I was caught it and half buried in the deris of my restaurant until I can feel myself slip away from life. Then I woke up, aged 5 and screamed in terror." Said Ayame "I told tou-san about it, but he said it was a just a nightmare, but I know he knows it wasn't. I was confused why I was 5 again, but then I noticed these strange boxes hovering in front of me…or rather fixed within my field of vision. I reached out for one and I summoned a giant pan, then various ingredients and I was suddenly cooking in that pan without the need for fire, the pan just heat itself up at the right temperature. Me a 5-year-old cooking as if I knew about all along, and that is when Tou-san told me the truth at what I am and what he is also."

"Old man Teuchi is a gamer too?" said Naruto

"Hai, he calls himself "Peter Pepper" and he use to make gaijin dishes called "Hamburgers" and once ran a burger joint, but he was forced to close it because the Censored Justice grew suspicious about how one man would run a successful business what made king-size burgers with occasional eggs, pickles and hotdogs in them. But he also said that my Kaa-san was also a Gamer, Mama Cook. The most skilled and legendary Cooking Gamer in the world."

"What happened to her?" said Naruto

"She passed away when she had me, a gamer named Compa tried to help her, but nothing can be done." Said Ayame sadly

"I'm sorry" said Naruto, sad to hear that she too lost a mother at such an early age of life.

"It's okay, Tou-san told me that she lived long enough for me to see her face and her loving smile." Said Ayame smiling happily and sadly. "I do miss her, but I will make her proud and be the next Mama Cook."

"Which explains why you're now called the Musume Cook." Said Naruto

"hai" said Ayame.

Secluded CJ Warehouse

Naruto and Ayame passed with the dense woods and reached an opening, but they remain high on the branches as the opening is occupied by a warehouse fortified by concrete walls with barb wires and electric fences, each corner has sentry posts with searchlights and armed guards with puckle-guns and tanegashimas.

A cart is slowly getting loaded with crates, bags and barrels.

"Here it is" said Ayame "This is where the CJ put the confiscated produce in storage."

"If they wanted to dispose of the produce, why store it?" said Naruto

"It'll be wasteful, regardless of the controversy it is still food" said Ayame "and wasting food is also controversial to them."

"Urg, I'm getting a headache now" said Naruto

"Don't worry, once we liberate the stocks find out what they are doing with it, the better." Said Ayame as she pulls out an ANBU mask and wears it. "Ready?"

"Question, why do you have a mask when you exposed your face to be earlier?" said Naruto

but her tone darkens at the end.

Naruto couldn't help feeling amused at Ayame's recent dark behaviour.

"Alright, let's go them" said Naruto as he and Ayame drops down from the branches and land in the bushes.

"Ok, any plan to get through these defences?" said Naruto

"Hmm" said Ayame until she heard one of the Censor knights speak.

"Ok, this one's loaded. You can go now!"

"Hai" said the cart driver before cracking the reins forcing the horses to pull the cart.

"Never mind the warehouse, we go after the Ayame as she exits the bush and climbs back up the tree.

"Er…ok" said Naruto as he follows the Cooking Gamer

As the 2 gamers reach the branches, they hop onto them as they follow the cart, they wait until the cart is out of viewing range from the warehouse before they jump on the cart. As they land, Naruto grabbed the driver by the neck and snapped it, this gained him about 20 souls.

They pulled the cart over by the side of the road, Naruto goes through the cargo and searches for something.

"Come on… it's got to be here somewhere…ah ha!" said Naruto as he sees a pile of cardboard boxes safely secured on a wooden pallet. "I only need one, but I'm pretty sure she'll love this many."

"This person you're referring must love pudding" said Ayame pulling the dead driver off the seat and removing his clothes.

"You have no idea" said Naruto as he sweat drops "I wasted too much time and arrived too late before this shit happens. *Sigh* my fault, I should've paid more attention to what those bastards are plotting."

"The CJ are well organized, which makes them so dangerous to us." Said Ayame "Many Gamers underestimated them since they aren't Gamers themselves."

"Right" said Naruto, as he remembered his past mistake by letting himself get targeted by Fugaku Uchiha. He can still feel the faint sensation of the now removed Censor Trap that Uchiha bastard placed on. "But I will not make the same mistake again."

Ayame took the clothes and heads for the darkness of the forest, Naruto pulled the corpse away to the other side of the side of the road to properly dispose it. He summons the Void Sword and starts hacking the body into pieces. Then he cast Fireball on the pieces and burn them one at a time, being careful not to make too much smoke which will alert the Censored Justice. It took Naruto 20 minutes to burn the corpses, the fire is hot enough for fast incineration.

Ayame exits the forest and now wearing the driver's clothes, luckily the driver's face was wearing a mask to hide his true face, convenient for Ayame to hide hers.

"Ready?" said Ayame in her disguise.

"You carry on, I'll back you up in case trouble follows" said Naruto

Ayame nods and climbs up the cart to drive on. Naruto climbs back up the trees and follow the cart from there.

Halfling Outpost

The cart's path led it to a small but refined outpost which is garrisoned by the short portly halflings. The halfling guard halts the cart and walk towards it.

"State your business" said the Halfling Guard

"Delivery to your settlement" said Ayame nervously as she presents the guard a pass and a scroll.

The Halfling took a good look at the pass and took the scroll to read it, it took a while for the guard to read it, but he passes it back to Ayame.

"The Daimyo is expecting you, carry on" said the Halfling Guard. "But be warned, them Bandits from the "Will of Fire" will be trying to steal the cart."

"R-Right" said Ayame nervously before she moves on through the outpost, and so does Naruto without alerting the guards.

Seeing that they are getting close to their destination, Naruto jumps down from the trees and lands next to the cart and climbs in.

"This quest is going well" said Naruto

"Hai" said Ayame "But you heard the guard, we must not let the Will of Fire get in our way. We need this cart to reach its destination and liberate the remaining produce."

"What are the Will of Fire?"

"The Will of Fire is a mysterious group of Gamer conspirators will keep to themselves and work underground. Although they oppose the CJ, they are NOT our allies, they worship Kami and HATE those who worship Yami and her Hearts."

"Kami worshipping Gamers?" said Naruto in disbelief. "That's new, so they'll attack us even if we aren't from the Censored Justice?"

"That's right, I don't know what they are planning, no one does." Said Ayame "Not even the CJ tried to catch one of their members."

"Would they know about me?" said Naruto

"No doubt about it, the news of Fugaku Uchiha's condition roused them up but properly use that news to their advantage to act again. The last time they acted is before the Kyuubi attack and before the CJ's rise in power over Konoha. But I bet they were hiding from the legendary Gamers that thrived in Konoha, Akashi, Megami, the Dreadful Cherry Blade, even the infamous Multigamer himself"

"You know them too?" said Naruto

"Only by legend, tou-san told me stories about them" said Ayame "I loved their adventures and the battles they fought against the warriors from both the CJ and the Will of Fire." Said Ayame "I wished I could've met them, but at least my friend Izumi is following in her mother's legacy."

Naruto nodded in agreement and watches the passing view as the cart continues to ride.

"There, I can see a village" said Naruto with his Sharingan activated and pointing at the distance. Over yonder is a bunch of hills with doors and windows built in them, and along with some houses surrounding the hills. He gazes at the sign which reads "Land of Hills"

"And another outpost" said Ayame with warning to Naruto. "You best hide."

"Will do" said Naruto as he jumps off the cart and dashes into the forest's shadows.

Meanwhile at the Gates of Hell (15 minutes earlier)

Rodin is humming happily while cleaning his glasses despite not having any customers in his establishment. But he enjoys the peace and quiet, however there is a young singer on the stage, singing with the most beautiful voice singing "Fly me to the Moon". The singer is an adolescent girl, between 10 and 11. She has indigo hair but white bangs that cover half her face and wears a butterfly shaped mask with white lenses over her eyes. Her clothes are a black bodysuit with a big purple open jacket with an empty scabbard on the back and empty holsters on the side and behind her shins.

The girl is singing so beautiful that it would be unbelievable to have such a voice. But Rodin is happy to have her perform even without an audience to listen. She dances so gracefully while she sings, like a mixture of ballet and pole dancing.

Rodin would've continued to hear more of her singing when suddenly the door barges open to reveal a rather pissed off woman with purple hair tied to a pineapple styled ponytail, brown eyes and wearing a beige coat storm towards the counter.

"Evening Anko" said Rodin to the woman "It's been a while"

"Give me the strongest drink you've got, Rodin!" said Anko Mitarashi, she is a Tokubetsu Jonin in Konoha's T&I department. "Damn it all!"

"Sorry Anko, but you still need to pay your tab" said Rodin to Anko "Now, what ails you?"

"What ails me is that I can't get any more Dango anymore. Damn the CJ bastards, YOU JUST PISSED OFF ANKO "SNAKE BITCH" MITARASHI!"

Snake Bitch

Bio: One mean bitch, that is all I can say.

"How many did you have?" said Rodin, he is not happy with Anko's attitude and heard that she is an angry drunk.

"None, that's the problem. Apparently, booze is now illegal also." said Anko "said it damages the brain disrupts body control and clouds better judgement."

"Well to be fair, they do make a good argument." Said Rodin

"You agree with them?"

"Only at the facts of alcohol, I'm not supporting the new law. I have a business to run." Said Rodin "I did ask you lot from the Will of Fire for help, but y'all declined."

"Well I would've helped, but they forbade me because I might overexpose them." Said Anko "Nah, they decided to do it incognito. Send their bandits in the Halfling Province to steal the food for themselves."

"I knew it was too good to be true, typical Will of Fire bastards" said Rodin knowing that the Will of Fire would betray him like this "Well they are barred for life, 'cept you of course.

"Gee, thanks" said Anko in a dull tone, not having Dango has put her in a foul mood.

"I just don't get it, why on earth did you join them again?" said Rodin "You're not even a gamer."

"Well not by birth, my bastard sensei turned me into this and decided to sell me as a bargaining chip to the CJ in return for his escape." Said Anko until she groaned as she is missing the taste of mochiko in her mouth. "look, I need something to drink, it's been days without any Dango and I am getting restless"

"*Sigh* fine" said Rodin as he pulled out a bottle and filled a shot glass for Anko. "But this is the last time until you pay your tab."

"How about a quest to make up for it?" said Anko "I don't have the right amount since I only pay peanut, thanks to the CJ."

"Hmm" said Rodin as he thinks about it. "Maybe I do have one in mind…" said Rodin

Back with Naruto and Ayame

Ayame continues to drive towards the nation known as the Land of Hills, but judging by the distance it will take her at least 20 more minutes to get there. The road is getting too quiet, and this made Ayame cautious and so does Naruto as he remains hidden in the shadows.

Figures from the shadows of the forest lurk and stalk the cart, being quiet as they prepare an ambush, one of them are giving hand signals to commune with the rest, informing them to wait and get ready to strike.

Then suddenly the figures come out of the darkness and surrounds the cart and forces Ayame to stop. They are a group of bandits but their faces are concealed with ninja masks, wearing black flak jackets with red flame accents and pauldrons, and also on their foreheads are black iron hitai-ate with a red flame like symbol. Ayame curses at this and kept calm, for they are bandits from the Will of Fire.

"Off the cart, now" said the leader of the bandits, he is dressed differently than the rest. He wears a dark leather haori over his flak jacket and a long black scarf that covers the lower part of his blank Anbu-like mask. He pulls out a revolver and points it at Ayame.

Ayame cooperates and slowly disembarks, as she gets off, two bandits held onto her while the rest inspect the cart.

"Looks like a good haul, sir" said one of the bandits while looking through the cargo. "Ooh, there's pudding!"

"You think it your confiscating all that food and forcing hard working establishments to shut down would make the world a better place?" said the leader to Ayame as he now points his gun at Ayame "Do you have any idea how many people you angered?"

"Er…about a million?" said Ayame just to humour the situation.

"Oh you think you're funny, well try and laugh when your corpse is riddled with bullet!" said the Highwayman leader as he then fired his pistol.

However, the bullets never reached Ayame when Naruto stood in front of her and took the shot, luckily his chest plate blocked them. The Bandits were startled at the DarkBorne's presence.

"Is that…Darkborne?" said one of the Bandits

"What is he doing with a CJ courier?"

Naruto sighed and turned to Ayame

"Ayame, might as well show yourself." Said Naruto

"Hai" said Ayame as she broke free from her enemies' grasp and discard her disguise to reveal her Gamer form. "Yo"

"What is going on here?" said the Highwayman Leader

"What's going on here is that we're on a crucial quest and you just have to ruin it by trying to rob the cart when we need it to find out where the Censored Justice is sending the contraband?" said Naruto

"Is that right?" said the Highway Leader looking down at Naruto. "Well for your information, we're on a mission too."

"Oh wow, stealing courier carts must be a very important quest for a bunch of crooks" said Naruto sarcastically.

"HEY, WE ARE NOT CROOKS!" exclaimed the bandit leader

"We're not?" asked a moronic bandit which earned a smack on the head by his fellow comrade.

"Grr, we don't have time for this. Back off now and we'll look away since we're all Gamers here. This is the job for the Will of Fire." Said the Highwayman Leader "A kid like you will only ball it up."

"A kid like me?" said Naruto feeling a nerve pulse on his temple. "I am DARKBORNE, the new Gamer Overlord and I will not let anyone stand in my way."

"Then you leave me no choice" said the Bandit Leader as he pulls out his pistol and aims it at Naruto's head. "This will only hurt a bit, but it'll send you back to your spawning point…wherever that is."

Suddenly, one by one every bandit grunts in pain as they collapse on the ground and die. This alerted the Highwayman leader until he felt something but his ankle and saw some slithering fast, was an Asp, a deadly snake with the most potent venoms in the world.

"Ah fuck" said the Bandit leader as he collapses and dies.

"*whistle* stubborn bastards, those Bandits." Said a woman's voice coming from the shadows, the Asp slithers towards it and climbs up a bare slender leg and wraps around the woman's waist like a sash. "But I managed to get here on time before things get too ugly."

"And who are you?" said Naruto as the woman completely reveal herself.

"Names Anko Mitarashi, the Snake Bitch of Konoha" said Anko smirking proudly while a snake pops its head out from her collar.

End of Chapter

Level 13

HP: 2155

Mana: 1800

RAGE: 2400

CHAOS: 1050

VOID: 1050

Phazon: 1800

KUNAI: 15/15

SHURIKEN: 15/15

EQUIPMENT

Weapon: Sting

Description: An ancient Elven Short sword made of an alloy that glows blue when evil creatures are close, like an early warning before an attack is made by the enemy. This weapon has been passed down from many generations of Halfling Heroes, down from a Halfling Thief who travelled with a Dwarf Prince, to a Halfling hero who ventured through various dangers to destroy an object of pure evil. Any Halfling who possess this legendary sword is forever branded as a legend and a hero to his/her people.

Bonus Perk: Glowing blade (Long-range enemy presence)

Uchiha Katana

A Katana used by the Uchiha clansmen, forged and treated to be stronger than any blade, such like the Uchiha. Ha, such arrogance, but this weapon is indeed strong and will eventually drink in the blood of Uchiha's.

Bonus Perk: Sharp (Can cause Bleed)

Demon's Scar

Description: A blade made of entirely out of flames. This chaotic thing, the last flame kindled by a demon prince, is shaped like the claw marks of a demon. It is both a fiery bladed weapon, and pyromancy flame.

Added Skill: Spin Slash – Spin to stoke a fierce chaos flame, and use momentum to transition into a spinning strong attack, creating an evanescent lava chamber.

Head: Black Goggles

Description: Naruto's new black goggles.

• Defense: +25

• Dexterity: +25

• Bonus Perk: Night vision (increase Sharingan's Insight by 30%)

Standard Ninja Mask

Description: an ordinary ninja mask

• Defense: +5

• Dexterity: +5

• Bonus Perk: Incognito

Hunter's Tricorn

Description: A hat worn by hunters centuries ago when a village was plague by a bloodborne virus that turns humans into monsters.

Defence: +10

Dexterity: +5

Bonus Perk: Hunter (20% Soul bonus)

Chest: Leather Trench coat

Description: Coat made from the strongest leather, blends well in darkness

• Defense: 500

• Dexterity: +25

Mithril Chainmail

Description: a chainmail made of Mithril, a metal which is light as a feather but much denser than steel. Mithril is extremely rare and can only be found in one certain place, unfortunately the place is incinerated by an Ancient Demon during pitfall battle against a Wizard.

• Defense: 500

Pants: Black trousers

Description: Trousers dyed in black, helps blend in the darkness.

Defence: 500

Dexterity: +25

Iron greaves

Description: Greaves that protects the shins

Defence: +62

Arm: Overlord Phazon Gauntlet

Description: The gauntlet of the Overlord with Phazon primordial gems added to it

Defence: +60

Ninja Vambrace

Description: Greaves that protects the forearms

Defence: +60

SKILLS

Stealth

Silver Tongue

Body Flicker

Observe

Minion Control

Browns

Red

BLOODLINE

Mangekyō Sharingan:

Tsukiyomi

Susanoo

Amaterasu

Izanagi

Kotoamatsukami

6 Paths

Gudōdama

Human Path

Petra Path

Chakra control: LV2

JUTSUS

Shadow Clone Jutsu

Rasengan

SPELL

Fireball

Lightning Whip

Illusion

Silence

Curse

SUMMONS

Legendary Baka Bros

TECHNIQUE

Magic Fire Kunai (1 Kunai and 10 Mana)

Blazing Shuriken (5 Shuriken and 10 Mana)

PHAZON TECHNIQUE

Hyper Mode (Requires Phazon)

Void Sword (Requires Void)

Chaos Claws (Requires Chaos)

Chaos Bomb

MANGEKYO TECHNIQUES

Tsukiyomi

Susanoo

Amaterasu

Izanagi

Kotoamatsukami

6 PATHS TECHNIQUES

Gudōdama

Human Path

Petra Path