Not a Ninja, but a Hero

Komori bought a game called "The Legend of Princess Kaguya: Battle in the Ninja World."

They say it's an unofficial sequel to The Legend of Se●da, and it has a Japanese setting.

Players take the role of a waking hero who, guided by the princess's will, sets out to defeat the Demon King and rescue the princess sealed away on the moon.

As an open-world game, it has only two rules:

1. Enjoy the vastness of the world to your heart's content.

2. Don't rescue the princess until you've done the first thing.

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A wild girl showed up in Konoha.

She had no fixed home and wandered everywhere, able to get through the long nights only by the faint light of a campfire.

Her pockets held either apples or mushrooms, and she got by day after day on stewed fruit and grilled mushroom skewers.

She was so poor she couldn't even afford ninja tools. Her only weapons were sticks or torches she picked up by the roadside.

It was hard to imagine anyone living such a miserable life.

As her desk mate, Shisui often worried about her future as a ninja:

She had no idea how to use chakra and scored zero on every ninjutsu test. Her stamina was unbelievably poor, and she had to stop and catch her breath after running just 50 meters. After only a few rounds of normal sparring, she was so pale she looked like she was about to die.

After much hesitation, Shisui couldn't help advising her: "Maybe you should give up on being a ninja?"

Komori: "Huh?"

But I'm not a ninja. I'm a hero.

In this open world that wasn't open at all, the hero finally made it through the long beginner phase, left the beginner's village, and set out to explore the vast, boundless world.

The NPCs in the beginner's village were always worried she might accidentally die.

Komori: "Thanks for your concern, but if you've got a problem, take it up with my Master Sword and perfect shield parries."

Until she went to the battlefield.

Everyone: "???"

Are you kidding? Why can a pot lid deflect ninjutsu? Is that some new kind of chakra weapon?

No, I just picked it up by the roadside.

The sword prodigy with a stick and a torch on her back said calmly.

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A thousand years later, the hero girl who had once fought alongside Princess Kaguya finally awoke.

After great effort, Black Zetsu found the awakened hero and hoped she would help it carry out the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan and undo its mother's seal.

But the hero had not only gotten younger, she had also lost her memory so completely that there was no hope of recovery. She had even forgotten the princess's name.

She would even stare at a stick and produce a string of [???] question marks.

Knowing it couldn't raise someone with the mind of a child, Black Zetsu had no choice but to temporarily leave her in Konoha's care.

But the hero was simply impossible.

Black Zetsu: "I'm saying this one last time. The two of us are all we need for the Eye of the Moon. What Four Heroes? We don't need them! Are you seriously counting on Obito, Kakashi, Rin Nohara, and Minato Namikaze to save Mother? Give me a break!"

...Those are tailed beasts, not divine beasts!

And get this straight! Uchiha Madara is the person we're supposed to deceive, not your mentor!

Komori: "We're all Princess's personal guards. Why are you stopping me? Actually, you're Master Koga, aren't you?" (completely impervious to reason.jpg)

Unbelievable!

Knowing that the hero was about as reliable as a sow climbing a tree, Black Zetsu could only roll up its sleeves and do the job itself. But...

#Holy crap

#Mom, why is there a dragon flying in the sky?

#Holy crap, Mom, wait for me!

Before You Read:

1. All characters and pairings welcome

2. You don't need to have played the game to enjoy this

3. More notes will be added if I think of anything

Theme: The main quest in life is to explore the world