Log Horizon: Trickster Fae

Ch.1

“Well, I like being a Monk, so maybe focusing on my equipment or something like that would be useful.” Iruka pondered out loud before realizing something. “Oh, there are other players here?”

“Oh!” Naruto chimed, seeing a familiar character. “Where did I put that prototype?” Naruto dug behind his computers, pulling out a headset with a small microphone on it. “Yo! Shiroe! My man, I never thought I see you take on noobs!” Naruto chimed while putting the headset on.

“Huh? Wait, Naruto?” The white mage character on the screen walked over to Naruto’s three characters and Iruka. “You finally got voice chat? Some of your words aren’t translating and all I am getting are weird sounds.”

“Still a work in progress. Both places speak Japanese, but different versions that makes it a pain for the translation system. Your Japanese comes out clear, yet mine needs work.” Naruto said happily before looking at the other two characters. “Yo, Minori, Touya, how is the villain treating you?”

“I’m not a villain.” The mage, Shiroe, snorted.

“Shiroe-nii is awesome!” The samurai character helpfully chimed. “He’s been helping us so much and we’ve been having a blast!”

“S-Sorry! My brother is a bit too hyper at the moment,” The shrine maiden character said.

“Of course he’s excited. The expansion launches in… Oh, a few minutes! Awesome!... And I just realized how late it is. Sensei, don’t you have class to teach tomorrow?” Naruto said, giving a sheepish look to Iruka. Naruto found Iruka and him had gotten closer since the Forbidden Scroll incident. Maybe this is what having a brother feels like?

“I am injured. I can make up an excuse to play some more.” Iruka grinned at Naruto, “Just don’t tell anyone one and I will keep your game a secret.”

“Bland blackmail, sensei.” Naruto sighed, making Iruka freeze in horror. “Nothing compared to what Shiroe and I do against each other and to our enemies. But, never knew you were the type to pull such a trick.” Naruto gave a kitsune like smirk.

“I was a prankster back in my academy days. That’s why I punished you so hard, to try and get you to stop messing around.” Iruka snickered back at Naruto with a matching smirk.

“Oh, Shiroe, how about we get the noobs together in a party. It would be better for them to learn party tactics with working together with other of their levels than us.” Naruto said, giving Iruka an evil smirk. Having someone walk you through and playing with your skill level is two different monsters.

“That’s a good idea. Even though a Monk can tank, they can also do DPS. Plus, with the mentor system, we can keep them out of trouble.” Shiroe said as Naruto opened up his status screen. “However, how things on you end? Finally passed that test that has been decimating your butt?”

“Yep! Now I can finally work my dream job!” Naruto chimed happily, grinning at the screen as everyone changed out parties. “The person I am helping out is my homeroom teacher for this past year. He helped me out big time.”

“That’s good to hear....I think I heard that correctly? You really need to work out that translation system.”

“Agh. Come on. Japanese is my worse language! I do English and French better.” Naruto grumbled before noticing the odd look of confusion from Iruka. “What’s wrong, sensei?”

“Naruto, you’re a freaking cypher?” Iruka asked, a bit of shock mixed with his confusion.

“Cypher? Why would I be a cypher? I get emails directly from America, so they are always in English. Took me forever to get the auto-translate patch I am making to work with our version of Japanese and it’s still crap.” Naruto said, grinning. “I find Japan’s Japanese far easier to read compared to the chicken scratch we have. I really want to visit Japan one day and get some awesome computers.” Naruto chimed, slightly drooling at the thought of getting awesome gaming system and games. Then I can up my gameplay with awesome computer speed!