NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5: It's Hard Being Famous
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Thinking
"Talking"
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Naruto groaned as a ray of sunlight shined over his face through the window in his room. He turned his head to the left, grabbed his pillow, and stuffed his face into it, feeling the warmth surrounding his face.
This world's pillows are so warm and soft…
Naruto felt his other pillows press into his side, and he let himself fall back into sleep's embrace.
…
Wait, I only have one pillow.
…
Also, pillows aren't supposed to move on their own.
Naruto opened his eyes and glanced up, a pair of amber eyes staring back at him.
"Yasaka." Naruto's muffled voice spoke.
"Yes, Kami-sama?"
"Why are you in my bed?" Naruto asked, his face flushed red.
"I didn't want to be left out. I didn't think you'd mind, you seemed very comfortable stuffing your face into my breasts." The Youkai answered, smirking down at him.
"Left out?"
Naruto groggily pulled his face out from between Yasaka's breasts, ignoring her smirk turning into a frown as he did, and glanced at the pillows pressing into his other side.
"Nooooo, 10 more minutes nyaa~" A silky voice belonging to the black-haired catgirl laying next to him whined as she wrapped her arms around him, pressing her face and breasts into his side while her legs wrapped around his. She had a loose bathrobe wrapped around her, but the knot in the front had come untied, and her breasts would've been completely visible if they weren't pressing into him.
As much as Naruto loved the situation he was in, Naruto Jr. was rapidly growing in his pants and he wasn't sure he'd be able to control himself if it continued. Naruto sighed as he sat up, pulling himself out from their grasp, but was stopped as a small squeal came from under his blanket. He blinked as he stared at the blanket that was covering him up to his neck.
I know this world is weird, but I don't think blankets are supposed to make that noise.
Naruto carefully lifted the blanket to look under it and was greeted by a pair of gold eyes staring up at him. A small catgirl with a bob of white hair on her head was lying on his chest.
"Are there any other Youkai hiding in my bed that I should know about?" Naruto sighed, glancing at Yasaka with tired eyes. She opened her mouth to respond but was interrupted as a head popped up from behind her shoulder,
"Nope, just us four, Kami-sama!" Kunou informed him helpfully, smiling brightly at him from over her mother's shoulder. Naruto pinched his nose as he fought off a headache.
Well, at least this world won't be boring.
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I know I was glad this world would be exciting this morning, but this wasn't the excitement I was thinking about.
Naruto's hand moved in a familiar pattern as he signed his name on the front of a manga.
"Thank you so much, Kami-sama!" The young red-haired devil in front of him exclaimed, bouncing up and down on the spot as she stared down at her signed copy of his manga. Giving her an autograph would've been fine, as he'd already promised Sirzechs he'd spend a whole day with the girl in return for the execution grounds location the day before, but he hadn't agreed to give an autograph to the long line of people behind her.
"Why is there a mile-long line in front of this table, Yasaka?" He sighed, turning to the Youkai queen sitting next to him, "I agreed to spend the day with Rias, not the entire population of the underworld."
"It costs a lot of money to publish a manga, Kami-sama, especially to get one drawn and released overnight. We're running low on funds, so I thought we could charge for some autographs!" Yasak exclaimed, trying to sound excited but sounding more sheepish than anything.
"Can you sign this one too, Kami-sama?" Naruto didn't get the chance to reprimand the Youkai queen as his attention was dragged back to the young female devil in front of him, who was now holding out another manga toward him. He took it from her and looked at the cover.
…Another one?
"What's this?" Naruto asked, glancing over at Yaska and showing the front of the manga to her. It was in a similar style to the previous one, with a shirtless Naruto standing on the edge of a cliff with a large valley in front of him. On the other side of the page was a similar-looking cliff, with a shirtless muscular black-haired man glaring across the valley at Naruto. Kuroka and Shirone were in handcuffs at his feet.
"The next chapter of your manga, Kami-sama." Yasaka said, having the decency to at least look embarrassed.
"You're battle with Lord Astaroth was so cool, Kami-sama! The way you saved the Nekoshou sisters was amazing!" Rias said excitedly, stars in her eyes as she stared at Naruto in awe, bouncing up and down in place. Naruto glanced at the cover again.
"Is this meant to be Lord Astaroth?" He said, gesturing to the muscular shirtless man on the cover.
"Yes, Kami-sama." Yasaka nodded.
"That looks nothing like him." Naruto deadpanned.
"Well, we were actually flat broke after just the first chapter, Kami-sama. Lord Astaroth financed the release of the second chapter, but in return, we had to make him look a bit better," Yasaka said, looking at him apologetically, "but don't worry, Kami-sama! I didn't budge on any of the details, you still defeated him in the manga just as spectacularly as you did in reality!"
If you consider taking him down with one punch spectacular, I guess so.
Naruto sighed, signing his name on the cover and handing it back to Rias before standing up, "I'll be right back, I left my… something in the bedroom."
Persuasion Check
[Rolling…]
[God's Luck] has added +20 to your roll!
20!
Check success!
Yasaka nodded, "Of course, Kami-sama. I'm sure they won't mind waiting a moment for you to get your something."
This world is so stupid.
Naruto walked back into his bedroom, walking past the sleeping Nekoshou sisters who were cuddled together in his bed and headed into the bathroom. His hands flashed a series of symbols and a moment later a replica of him appeared from a plume of smoke.
"Take over giving autographs for me, okay? Just do whatever Yasaka says, and do- never mind. You're me, you already know what to do." Naruto said, opening the door back into the bedroom and gesturing for his shadow clone to leave. Said clone gave him a nod that was too serious for someone going to sign autographs and walked past him. Naruto walked back into his bedroom, and sat on the edge of the bed, being careful not to wake up the sleeping Youkai sisters on his bed, then glanced up into the air.
Stats.
Naruto Uzumaki:
[Sage]
Lvl: 500
STR: 762
DEX: 725
CON: 450
INT: 120
WIS: 750
CHA: 999
LUK: 0
Skills: None
Perks: [Martial Arts], [You're a Wizard, Naruto], [Ladies Man], [God's Luck]
Debuffs: [Confusion], [Bad Timing]
Naruto Uzumaki is a Hero from another world, who has been reborn with the power of the Gamer system! His goal is to save the Youkai and see his friends again.
Alert! You have [Quest] rewards available!
His finger tapped on the last line.
Quest Complete!
[Sub-Quest]: Underworld's Sage
Difficulty: [LEGENDARY]
Purify all the energy in the underworld.
Rewards:
[Underworld-Sage] Title (Only useable in the underworld)
25 Attribute Points
+100 Reputation with Sirzechs
+250 Reputation with Ajuka Beelzebub
+500 Reputation with Zekram Bael
Increased Reputation with Yasaka
Increased Reputation with the West Yokai Faction
+100,000 Coins
Unlock the [Shop] system.
Failure:
Decreased Reputation with Yasaka
Decreased Reputation with West Yokai Faction
Decreased Reputation with Zekram Bael
Quest Complete!
[Sub-Quest]: Sister's Savior
Difficulty: [EPIC]
Save the Nekoshou sisters, Shirone and Kuroka, from execution.
Rewards:
[Nekoshou Savior] Title
10 Attribute Points
Increased Reputation with Shirone
Increased Reputation with Kuroka
Increased Reputation with Yasaka
Increased Reputation with the West Yokai Faction
Failure:
Immediate failure of the [Youkai God] quest.
Quest Complete!
[Quest]: Youkai God
Difficulty: [LEGENDARY]
Save the Youkai.
Rewards:
[Youkai God] Title
50 Attribute Points
The first step to seeing your friends again
[Bonus Tasks]: Defeat an opponent that is level 750 or higher.
[Rewards]: 100 Attribute Points
Failure:
Death.
Um… equip Youkai God title?
[Youkai God] title equipped!
[Youkai God] Title Effects -
+100 Obedience with all Youkai.
Obedience with all Youkai can not fall below 100.
+1000 Affection with all Youkai.
Affection with all Youkai can not fall below 1000.
All energy-controlling abilities will be twice as effective.
Gain 10x Affection and Obedience with Youkai.
This seems… good? All the Youkai seem to love me anyway. What about the underworld sage title?
[Underworld Sage] Title Effects -
Only usable in the Underworld.
+20 Obedience with all Devils.
+50 Affection with all Devils.
+20 Obedience with all Fallen Angels.
+50 Affection with all Fallen Angels.
All abilities and stats will receive a 10% boost while in the underworld.
Gain 2x Affection and Obedience with Devils.
Gain 2x Affection and Obedience with Fallen Angels.
I might not ever go to the underworld again, but cool, I guess.
Naruto glanced at the 185 available attribute points he had.
These numbers don't seem to mean much, but it's always good to be well-rounded, right? Maybe I'll really get smarter.
He dumped half of the points into INT and the other half into CON. He stood up stiff as the changes took effect, his hand clutching his head.
All these interactions… all this knowledge… I feel as if I can see the future. All the knowledge about this world is flooding into my head… Serafall, Ophis, Azazel… every important figure is flooding into my mind. I'm a genius… wait.
Naruto blinked as he stared at the door between his room and the room where his clone was giving out autographs.
No, I didn't get smarter at all. My clone just popped and I got his memories. Why the hell did he do all that?!
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10 Minutes earlier, with Naruto's shadow clone
Naruto walked back into the throne room, the line of people waiting for autographs looking a bit different from before. There were roughly 20 people inside the throne room, the rest of the line stretched out the door and into the streets of Kyoto. The people in the room had previously been a mixture of excited and bored - excitement at getting an autograph, and boredom from waiting in line. The room was now tense.
"Why are you here, Ophis?" Sirzechs said, his hand glowing with the Power of Destruction as he stood protectively in front of Rias. He wasn't the only one ready to fight, as nearly everyone else in the room was staring wearily at the short girl standing in front of the table, even Yasaka. The short and petite girl had long black hair and was wearing a black gothic dress that left her chest completely exposed, her nipples being covered by tape in the shape of an x. Her face was completely emotionless as she stared at the battle-ready man.
"I want an autograph." She said simply. She turned toward Naruto as he walked into the room again, holding up the two manga in her hand, "Sign these."
"Look, lady, if you want an autograph you need to wait in line like everyone else," Naruto said dismissively, sitting back in his chair behind the desk.
"Do you know who I am?" Ophis asked, a slight bit of emotion coloring her normally emotionless face as she stared at Naruto incredulously.
"Nope, doesn't matter to me. Go get in line. Want me to sign yours too, Sirzechs?" Naruto asked, turning toward the man who was standing protectively in front of his sister. He seemed frozen in place, as was the rest of the room at Naruto's dismissive response to Ophis. Jaws were on the floor as they stared at Ophis, waiting for the ticking timebomb to explode.
Persuasion Check
[Rolling…]
[God's Luck] has added +20 to your roll!
20!
Check success!
"Ok." Ophis said emotionlessly, turning and walking out the door to head to the back of the line. A flurry of whispers broke out as she did.
"Did he just command the Ouroboros Dragon?"
"She actually listened to him?"
"The Youkai God really is amazing!"
+250 Reputation with the Devil Faction
+250 Reputation with the Old Devil Faction
+250 Reputation with the Grigori
+250 Reputation with the Church
+250 Reputation with Heaven
Maybe she really was a big deal? Oh well, that's Boss's problem now.
"Come on Sirzechs, we got a lot of people waiting." He said, gesturing for Sirzechs to hand him the manga in his hand.
"Thanks, Naruto-chan!" Sirzechs exclaimed, turning to Rias as Naruto signed the manga, "I can call him that because we're best friends. Your big brother is pretty cool, huh?"
"Yeah! That was awesome!" Rias looked up at him in awe as Sirzechs grabbed the manga and they stepped out of line to leave the building. His next customer was… a magical girl?
"Hello, Youkai God-chan! Can I call you Naru-chan?! You can call me Levi-tan in return!" The girl in front of him had long black hair, and huge breasts that looked even bigger on her short body. She was dressed in a completely pink magical girl outfit.
A grin appeared on Naruto's face, "I like your style, Levi-tan! I always go for an outfit that's completely the same color too."
"I can tell, Naru-chan! You look awesome!" The chipper girl exclaimed, ignoring the fact that he never agreed to let her call him that, as she gestured to his full orange tracksuit. He'd been wearing it when he arrived in the world, and after Yasaka saw how much he liked it she had a few sets of the same outfit made.
Well, maybe there are some people with good taste in this world after all.
Naruto's grin widened at the girl's cheerful attitude, signing her manga, "I think we'll be good friends, Levi-tan! How do you feel about ramen?"
"Eh, it's alright I guess."
Naruto's hand slipped on the last line of his signature, completely ruining the autograph as his hand went to clutch at his chest. He slumped over on the table in despair, "You broke my heart… Levi-tan…"
"Eh?! Are you okay Naru-chan?! What's wrong?" The magical girl said in surprise as she started shaking his shoulders.
"How did you manage to kill the Youkai God already, Serafall-san?" A blonde man said from his spot in line behind her.
"Mouuuuu, I didn't do anything, Aza-chan!" She pouted at the man. Naruto sighed as he sat up.
"I'm fine. Here's your signed manga, Levi-tan."
"Thanks, Naru-chan! I'll come visit sometime to hang out more! Oh, you need to meet my So-tan too! You'll love her! Bye, Naru-chan!" The girl rambled on excitedly as Yasaka ushered the girl out of the line.
"Wait, Levi-tan. I need to say one more thing." Naruto said, crossing his hands together as he stared seriously at Serafall's back. Yasaka paused and let Serafall turn back towards him, "Ramen is the food of the gods, got it?"
Persuasion Check
[Rolling…]
[God's Luck] has added +20 to your roll!
20!
Check success!
The magical girl suddenly stiffened, her eyes nearly glazing over as she looked like she came to the biggest realization of her life, her head nodding rapidly at him, "The food of the gods, Naru-chan…"
Yasaka pushed the dazed girl out the door as she continued nodding into space.
Maybe I shouldn't have done that. Oh well, it's Boss's problem now.
"Let me cut you, or I will kill you and all your loved ones."
"O-of course, Dragon-san!"
"Purifying the whole underworld, huh? How'd you do it? Did you get help from a sacred gear user?" The blonde man, Azazel, asked Naruto as he handed him the two mangas in his hand.
"Nope, all me. It's not hard when you're the coolest ninj- ahem, being in the world!" Naruto exclaimed, jutting his thumb into his chest.
"I am going to cut you. Don't resist, or I will erase your existence."
"G-go ahead!"
Persuasion Check
[Rolling…]
[God's Luck] has added +20 to your roll!
20!
Check success!
Azazel's eyes widened, suddenly looking at Naruto in a new light, "The coolest being in the world? I didn't realize you were so cool, but it makes sense looking at you now. You're totally badass!"
"Glad someone else can see it. You're pretty cool yourself!" Naruto said, grinning at the blonde man.
"The name is Azazel. I own this little organization called the Grigori. Let's get some drinks sometime, on me!" The blonde man responded, holding out his hand. Naruto gripped his in a firm handshake, grinning back at the man as a friendship formed.
"I will be cutting you. Do not resist."
"I w-wouldn't dream of it, Dragon-san!"
Naruto blinked as the next person in line stepped up, "Didn't I tell you to go get in line?"
"I did get in line, Youkai God," Ophis responded.
"How did you get to the front already? I've only signed three autographs since I saw you a few minutes ago." Naruto narrowed his eyes at the small girl.
"Everyone in front of me decided that I should cut in front of them, Youkai God. Ask them if you do not believe me." She looked over her shoulder to the line stretching out behind her, all of whom nodded rapidly at her gaze.
Naruto sighed as he grabbed her manga and signed them, "Fine. Here you go."
"I look forward to living with you, Youkai God." She said simply, turning and walking away from the table.
"Yeah yeah, me too," Naruto said dismissively as he looked at the next person in line.
Wait… living together?!
He looked up to question the mysterious girl but she was already gone.
Oh well, it's Boss's problem now. He should've done this himself if he didn't want this to happen.
"Hey, coming through! Great Red here, move outta the way! I gotta get an autograph!" A large man, towering over 10 feet in height, and in a biker outfit shouted as he pushed his way through the line. Naruto raised his hand to stop the man and tell him to wait in line, but the man took his raised hand as a sign for handshake,
"Nice to meet you, man! Huge fan!" He gripped Naruto's hand tightly, so tightly that the shadow clone popped. The man blinked as Naruto vanished.
"Did I forget to brush my teeth this morning or something?"
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The present time, with real Naruto.
"You're literally me… how did you mess this up so badly?" Naruto sighed as he walked out the door into the throne room. If you want something done, you gotta do it yourself. Or, not do it yourself, since the shadow clone that was himself just messed everything up. Whatever, you get the point.
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Naruto Uzumaki:
[Youkai God]
Lvl: 505
STR: 762
DEX: 725
CON: 540
INT: 215
WIS: 750
CHA: 999
LUK: 0
Skills: None
Perks: [Martial Arts], [You're a Wizard, Naruto], [Ladies Man], [God's Luck]
Debuffs: [Confusion], [Bad Timing]
Naruto Uzumaki is a Hero from another world, who has been reborn with the power of the Gamer system!
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