Play To Win [Rewrite] || Naruto Fanfic

Rabbit

*IMPORTANT

hello everyone! while it does seem like I haven't updated in several years, i have actually rewritten the entire fic the past six months and i'm proud to tell you all that i have finished rewriting each and every single chapter.

what does this mean going forward? i have added nearly 80k+ words in content and have added additional lore in the beginning chapters prior to canon start and have changed many plot devices. an example would be the akatsuki, prior to my updates, the akatsuki fizzed out with itachi being the sole survivor. while rewriting the older chapters, i've adjusted the former chapters to match with what ive edited and naturally, the fate of akatsuki had changed drastically.

please take the time to read what i've written, i promise you that it's a whole new story. if you enjoy my writing, i hope you enjoyed what ive added :) i suggest starting at [Skill Books?].

if you aren't interested, i suggest reading the last 5 chapters, with [Start], [War], [God], [Juubi] and [System] so you are able to follow along with this chapter, though some things might be confusing.

to those who've started reading the past 1-2 months, you're all set to go! my last edit was last chapter in april (4/14/24) so you should be all caught up! the reason for the 3 month break/gap was due to finals and i had to prioritize that (your girl tryna get a degree ;-;), and went on a small vacation to my home town. 

happy reading <3

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The lunge of inertia was a feeling she had grown accustomed to, her mind cool and her temperament sharper than a blade. Far too long has she dallied in what ifs, trying to min-max her way through this "game". Her past self was young, far too young and placing larger-than-life responsibilities on her shoulders.

When was the last time she saw people as people? Not sob-stories, not NPCs, but real-life breathing people.

It was almost laughable.

Her mind's defensive mechanism protruding this game for her, and she'd been playing its fiddle for all this time. Silently, she blamed the Sage of Six Paths, for tearing her soul from limbo to save the mistakes he had caused. To tie up the loose-ends and finish it all.

Tamako's body jolted forward and she grabbed the kunai that she had tagged earlier, turning a blind eye at Naruto's wide gape and Sasuke's suspiciously proud eyes.

"Where do you think you're going, Madara!" Her voice almost seemed raw from the amount of screaming this body had done in the past two-system days, let alone the resets she bodied through.

With a mid-air twirl, she dodged Madara's truth-seeking rods and reached her tatted palm forward, a sliver of her finger-tips brushed his deathly pale skin. It was all she needed.

"Hah!" Tamako grunted and pushed her chakra through his boundaries, overloading Madara's with her own in a rouge hijack.

Madara grunted, his flying body going prone for just a few seconds as he plummeted down before instantly recovering, swatting her aside like a fly and swooping down where Kakashi and Itachi rested. The Uchiha instantly sprung up from his low defensive position, swinging a few shuriken coated with Ameterasu but was easily batted aside. Madara easily bypassed Itachi and tore out Kakashi's Sharingan with one fell swoop.

Tamako felt her body pulse, feeling something inside of her rip apart and separating her, half of her will following. Something invisible, something not exactly on this plane but still interconnected to her flew out of her body.

"Another shadow!?" Naruto cried out, occupied with an invisible enemy her eye couldn't perceive.

Her eyes narrowed has she spammed [Observe] in her surroundings, ignoring the common [Dirt], [Chakra Residue], and [Rock]. Then, she caught. Just for a second, the label [Madara's Limbo] appeared just beside Naruto before disappearing in a split second.