Hanzou's Rain CYOA

[Yushinoki]

It's been five months since the start of what has become known as the Second Great Shinobi World War. Living in Amegakure has not been fun to say the least. You lost your brother and both of your parents to the war. Luckily for you, you managed to find a friend in both Yahiko and Konan. A little under a week ago, you guys stumbled into a kid by the name of Nagato...

"That dog is so lame, Nagato." You whine, "And it eats too damn much, you need to get rid of it!"

"The dog is fine, Daisuke!" Konan cries as she munches on some bread, "I think that he's kind of cute." You grunt and cross your arms.

"You're the youngest anyway, Daisuke, you don't get a say in the matter." Yahiko punches your shoulder and laughs.

You rub your arm... "That hurt!" You whine again. You look at Nagato who remains quiet during the whole debate on whether or not his dog should be kept or abandoned. You smile for a moment... the guy is weird and you don't know how to take him. You reach him a piece of your bread, "I don't have to eat. I know that you gave your piece to Chibi; you can have mine."

He looks up at you with his large eyes and asks, "Are you sure?"

*Character Development*

A. "Psyche! Just kidding." (+5 evil)

B. "Yes. Go for it." (+5 good)

C. "Only if you want." (+0)

"Yeah go for it." You answer as you nudge it just a bit further.

"Thank you, Daisuke." He smiles as he reaches for it.

Just before he manages to get a hand on it you quickly pull it back towards you and lodge it into your mouth as deep as it can go and mumble out "Psyche!!!! woss kiddinn." You laugh and spew some crumbs in his face.

"Wahhh~~~!!!" He cries.

"Look at what you did!" Yahiko yells. "Now we're going to have to relocate before any of the Konoha soldiers finds us!" He's pissed... it's a rare sight, but you managed to pull it off again. You laugh inside and glance over at Konan who appears to be shaking her head in disappointment.

"I know a place where we can go." You whisper.

"How do you know anything?" Konan asks, "You're a five year old problem child, you probably don't even know how to get back to your old house."

You frown and grunt, "Well I was just offering!" You shout back.

Yahiko speaks up again to cut down the bickering, "Don't worry, Nagato and I found an abandoned shack today when you two went to get food, we can hide in there for the time being until we find another place to go."

The rest of the group nods in agreement.

******

The rest of the week went similar to the events listed above. Scavenging for food, robbing markets, hiding from Konoha shinobi and vagabonds, trying to stay alive and trying to stay healthy.

A few days later, while in the city, Hanzou and his army makes his way through the town while you and your posse were looking around the large market. "The headgear they wear looks so cool." You say to the others.

"Hanzou and his men are a bunch of fools." Yahiko says loudly. Even though he spoke big, he didn't act on it. He turns and makes a run down the street trying to get into a better position.

The other two scurry along behind him, you follow suit. You whisper to Konan, "What are we doing?"

"He's going to try robbing one of the ninja in the march."

You say, "That's dumb. They'll kill him."

"Yahiko is fast, he's just going to take the ninja pouch from one of their sides. No big deal."

"I'll go with him to distract them." Nagato says in his typical low tone.

*Personality*

A. "I'll go too!" (Brash)

B. "I'm just going to sit and watch!" (Cautious)

C. "I'll go if Konan goes." *But don't go* (Mischievous)

"Fine." You start, "I'll go to, but only of Konan goes. I am the youngest, remember, Konan?" She glares at you and then nods. You think to yourself, "*****." Only a few short seconds later pass before Hanzou's group passes by. Hanzou is sitting high on his salamander, Hitokage. The rest of the group follows behind him. You notice Yahiko begin to make his move. You glance back towards the group... they aren't even paying attention.

Before you realize it, Yahiko makes a quick dash across the street. A couple of the shinobi turn their attention to him. Before they can react to him, Nagato makes his way into the street and waves toward Hanzou. Hanzou points to him, making some of the other shinobi turn their attention to him. With that going on, Konan makes a dash across the street and dives towards one of the shinobi with their attention set on Yahiko.

You continue to sit and watch as the action continues. They scurry around, doing their best not to get captured and finally make a dash for it back to alley where you sit, hiding from the chaos. Eventually they make their way back one of the guards captures Konan from behind.

"She has the pouch!" You shout.

Yahiko turns around and throws a rock at him. "HEY!" The shinobi shouts. She slings the bag over her head and hits him over the shoulder, causing him to drop her to the ground. Yahiko runs and scoops her off the ground as Nagato pushes him over to the ground.

"Run!" Yahiko orders. Nagato and Konan make a dash for it towards you, leaving Yahiko in the mix. "We can't leave him!" Konan shouts.

A. Tell her that you can and take the bag (+10 evil)

B. Tell her and Nagato to go back (+0)

C. Make a run back and rescue Yahiko (+5 good)

"You're right." You start, "I'll take the bag, I'm faster than you are." She quickly hands the bag over to you and turns around. At that moment you tuck the bag into your arms and make a dash for it while yelling, "See ya guys back at the shack."

***

It doesn't take you too long to make your way back to the shack and pour the contents of the bag out onto the floor. Some rations, water, kunai, shuriken, and wire is all there is. "Bleh... no monies." You grab the kunai and pretend to have a kunai fight with an invisible person for a little bit, but quickly grow bored with it. "I wonder if they made it out alright?" You ask yourself. You look back at the rations, wanting to take a couple of bites of the peanuts inside, but decide to hold out until they get there. You'd hate for them to kick you out for being too mean.

A good twenty minutes later the entire group makes their way into the shack in a hurry and Yahiko shouts, "We're going to have to get out of here, Daisuke. You screwed us over by not helping us!"

You throw a phony smile in his direction and whisper, "You're mad again."

Konan yells, "Damn right! You left us there to rot!"

You bow your head and pivot around a few times, "Forget about it. He's young." Nagato says. You're surprised he's the one standing up for you. The dog barks a few times.

"They're here." Yahiko whispers, "We have no way out of here."

"We're going to have to try and fight them."

"They're actually ninjas. We just pretend. We aren't going to get away from them."

Yahiko looks around and nods, "He's right. We're going to have to set up a diversion of some sort." You look to where he's looking at... the supplies from the ninja pouch. "I managed to get a smoke ball, too!" He says with a loud smile on his face. "When they come in, I'll throw this on the ground and we make a dash for it, since Konan's a girl, we'll let her run first, then you Daisuke. You get the important task of protecting her, can you do that?" You nod.

With that, the door is kicked in and two Amegakure shinobi make their way in. Yahiko throws the smoke ballas soon as the door falls to the ground. You manage to see Konan make a dash for it, you follow suite. You make your way out of the smoke filled room only to hear Nagato shout, "Come back! Help!" You turn to see one of the shinobi with Nagato being held by the collar... You start to turn back around to continue running, but the guy did stand up for you just a second ago...

A. Chunk a rock at the guys head (+2 good)

B. **** it. Continue running away (+5 evil)

C. Give it a minute, something good is sure to happen (+0)

D. Run back and kick the guy in the junk. (+5 good)

"Eh," you think, "**** him." Konan starts to turn around to help him, but you push her forward and say, "They'll be fine, he has Yahiko with him, we need to get out of here."

She cries, "But even you said that they would die if they tried to take them head on. They're calling us for help."

"Shut up and run Konan!" You order. She grunts and continues running. You can tell that she feels bad, but you know that she knows that she would die if she went back, too. If they get out of there, good. If not, oh well, you two made it out alive. You know that you only kept her around because she is another scapegoat that you can use whenever times get rough...

You make it to a secluded cave right on the outskirts of town. The cave provides some warmth from the cold rain. Yahiko and Nagato also know that the cave is here and will probably make their way here if they make it out of that situation alive.

"We should have gone back and save them." She whines, "They would have come back for us."

"You see... the problem with your situation is that it is hypothetical." You spew you, "I would have never been in that situation. It's not in my nature. I avoid conflict, Konan."

"And that's what makes you the worse of us all." She says, "You're a wuss and Yahiko is brave. Even Nagato goes out and puts forth effort."

"And that's why they got captured. I have a brain." She remains quiet this time. She knows that she is wrong and that you are right. You smile at the small victory. "Now make a fire and cook me something. I'm hungry."

******

You wake up in the middle of the night to Yahiko's voice. "We don't have to. They'll be fine, let them sleep. I'll take watch for the night. You saved me back there I owe you one... even if it's just sleep."

"Thank you, Yahiko." Nagato says.

"How the hell did they get out of that predicament?" You think to yourself, "That's ridiculous. They would have had to kill them... I guess we'll find out in the morning." You slowly doze back off in nothing more than amazement.

******

The next morning you wake up to some fresh squirrel being cooked on four separate sticks. Konan must've gotten up before you. "Thanks for getting Konan to safety, Daisuke." Yahiko greets you when he sees you start to move, "I would've hated it if either of you got hurt." He continues, "But regardless, we will set out after we eat, we're heading back to the city."

A. Ask him how he got out of alive (+0)

B. Tell him that you weren't trying to save Konan (+2 evil)

C. Tell him that those were your intentions (+5 good, +1 chaotic)

D. Ignore him and start to eat (+0)

"Honestly," you start, "I had no intentions of saving her. You told me to follow her, so I did."

For a moment he looks confused. He then says, "She told me that you were the one that convinced her to go ahead and leave us behind."

"Did she?" You ask, "weird." You make your way off the ground and over to the fire pit. You grab a stick-o-squirrel and take a bite, "Good food." You smile and nod as you chew the food around. Konan and Nagato make their entrance and grab some food as well. The dog barks a few times and makes his way over to you, looking as if he wants a bite to eat, "Scram, mutt!"

The dog whines and moves closer to Nagato and Konan. "The coast is clear." Nagato starts, "There doesn't appear to be any Konoha or Iwa ninja this side of the city, we'll be able to make our way back to the north side of town."

"Good!" Yahiko says as he grabs a stick of food as well, "Let's go ahead and set out, I'm ready to find a new place to stay..."

******

On the trek back to Amegakure Yahiko looks over to Nagato and asks, "Do you have any dreams, Nagato?"

He stops for a second and thinks, "...Dreams?"

Yahiko clutches his fists and smiles, "Yeah... I'm not going to let it end like this." He thrusts his arm into the air and yells, "I have big dreams!" You and Nagato both look confused at this point. Konan seems to be deeply affected by this small speech of hope. "I will rule the world!" He yells loudly. His voice echoes for a moment making Nagato smile.

He asks, "Rule the world?" You snicker. Is Nagato being sarcastic?

"Yeah..." He answers as he starts to walk some more. "When I'm on top of the world, it won't be like this anymore! If I die now, I'd be letting my parent's down. When I'm on top of the world, I'll be able to do anything I want."

"Just like God." Nagato smiles... inspired.

"No!" You shout, "We're going to end up..." You stop and watch as a kunai lands into the ground near you... "Huh?"

The tag on the end lights up and explodes knocking you away from your allies. The explosion sends each of you several feet high into the air and over several more feet. You each let out a cry of pain as you land hard on the ground.

You try standing, but at the moment it hurts too bad to do so. You look down to see that your leg is bleeding badly.

"Damn it!" Yahiko shouts, "Are you all okay?!" You look over to see Nagato crawling to his dog... from here it looks dead.

"Chibi!!!" Konan cries.

You see several more explosions go off in the distance. "It's the war!" You shout... trying to be heard over all the explosions.

"We've got to get out of here!" Yahiko orders, "It's Hanzou fighting... and some Konoha ninja."

"What about Tiny!?" Nagato cries.

A. Tell him to forget about Tiny, he's dead

B. Tell them that you are more important and that you can't feel your leg.

C. Tell them to grab the dog and to help you up (+2 good)

"Someone grab the dog and someone else help me up. I can't feel my right leg." Yahiko makes a dash back towards you and lifts you over his shoulder.

"Chibi is not breathing!" Nagato whines before he begins to bawl.

"Come on!" Yahiko yells as several more explosions begin to go off. Another kunai lands on the ground not too far from your party, but the explosion doesn't produce enough force to knock Yahiko over. "Let's get out of here." Nagato and Konan closely follow you and Yahiko.

It doesn't take too long for the group to find a very suitable spot to stop. Yahiko turns around and takes a look at Chibi and then at Nagato... he shakes his head and immediately causes Nagato to cry harder than he had before.

"Ohhh.... ohhhh........" The crying goes on for a moment before Yahiko gently sets you on the ground and punches a tree.

"Damn it all!" He shouts, "Stop crying, Nagato. Your whining isn't changing anything." You look up at him. Something about Yahiko already feels different. "This time I'm serious. I will change this country!" He says forcefully, "This war, no... all wars has done nothing but bring pain to people. It has to stop." He looks back at you all, "We will be the ones to do it. All four of us. We need strength... we need to learn the way of the ninja. We need to be able to beat any opponent that way we can stop wars before they happen!"

"How are we going to learn ninjutsu?" You ask. "None of us have any special abilities or anything, we're just basic people."

"We're going to have to find someone to teach us. Or some documents. Does anyone have any ideas."

*Determines path of story*

A. Let's try finding a Konoha ninja to teach us.

B. Let's try finding an Amegakure ninja to teach us.

C. Let's try finding some scrolls or something.

D. Screw ninjutsu, let's just find some weapons.

"We could try finding some Konoha ninja to train us." Konan mentions. You look over to see Nagato tilt his head down.

You turn to Konan and say, "You idiot, Konoha ninja killed Nagato's parents. That's the worst idea."

"I could do it if that's what you guys wanted." He whispers.

"No." You shout out, "That's stupid. We are from Amegakure, we need someone from our country to teach us how to fight. Think about it. We fight for this country, show how powerful we are, and then we can become rulers or something."

"Stronger than Hanzou?" Yahiko asks... almost unsure, "Yeah!" He shouts, "We will overthrow Hanzou at some point. We use the Amegakure army to help us learn the basics and then we defect and do our own thing after that. Shouldn't be that hard, right?"

"Well it is wartime." Konan says, "It'll be hard to find someone free and willing to teach us. They'll probably throw us in uniforms and make us fight."

Yahiko begins to think and looks back at you, "Regardless, we have to get back to the city before Daisuke is unable to walk ever again. While he's getting looked at and treated we will find someone to train us."

"What about me?!" You shout, "I want to learn ninjutsu, too! It was my idea!!!"

"We haven't forgotten about you." Yahiko ensures you "you will not be left behind, Daisuke. You're our little brother."

You smile, "Well lets go." You order, "I'm ready to learn ninjutsu!!!"

****

The first few days didn't turn out so well. No one in the city could fix up your leg. Eventually, a man by the name of San took you and your friends in and patched your leg up. "You're going to have to stay off your leg for a bit," he orders, "But it should be fine. Its only infected a little bit."

"Are you a doctor?" Konan asks curiously.

"Something like that." He smiles, "I'm the chief medical ninja of the Amegakure army."

"So does that mean you know ninjutsu?" Yahiko asks.

"Of course." He answers, "I specialize in medical ninjutsu." He smiles as he heads back towards the kitchen and takes down bowls for each of you.

"We want to learn ninjutsu so that we can help people!" Konan yells.

"With ninjutsu we can change the world for the better!" Yahiko chimes in.

"Times are bad right now." He says, "And I can understand why you would want to learn ninjutsu, but you kids are still young. It's not even a guarantee any of you can learn any ninjutsu. What I can do instead is let you kids stay here for a little while until little Daisuke gets back on his feet."

The mood of the group suddenly changes. All three of your friends grow sad.

A. Beg him to teach you guys basic ninjutsu (Gains loyalty with all three members of the team)

B. Call him out on being crappy and he probably doesn't even know ninjutsu (+3 chaotic and evil)

C. Tell them to calm down, you all will find someone else to teach you. (+0)

"You're probably only saying that because you're actually pretty horrible, so I understand. You're not offending me at all." He chuckles as he continues to pour his soup.

"Name calling isn't going to help your cause." He says as he makes his way to you first with a bowl of ramen, "I'm only not training you because General Hanzou has a strict order on training non-licensed individuals. If I were caught I would be killed on the spot."

"We wouldn't get caught. We'd only learn basic stuff like how to read scrolls and how to perform seals." Yahiko says, "Anything to set us on our way."

"And if you're a medical ninja, you could teach me how to use healing techniques." Konan begs.

He remains quiet for a second as he brings the rest their bowls of food. "Guys..." You urge, "It's fine, I said -"

"Fine." He says, "I'll do it. I'll teach you the basics. But nothing more than that. I'll teach you to read and write, teach you the basic seals, and then you're going to have to be on your way."

"GREAT!" Yahiko cheers.

"We will have to start tomorrow. I'm going to leave you kids here while I go to work. I will begin teaching you first thing tomorrow."

The rest of the crew smiles, but you aren't sure how well a medical guy will be able to teach you basics... oh well... at least the noodles are good.

******

Every morning for the next few days, San comes home and teaches you how to read and write. He teaches you all for far longer than he said, and after about four months of lessons, you all have a basic grasp on how to read and write. "I'm confident that each of you will be able to take this test. It will determine which types of techniques you will be better at using and will help me decide on how to go about teaching you further."

"You're going to continue teaching us?!?" Yahiko asks excitedly, "Please tell me this is a dream!"

"You're not dreaming." He laughs, "Anyway, here..." He passes out papers to each of you, "Daisuke, if you need help, you let me know." He explains, "I know some of this will be kind of hard..."

You look down at the test and take a look at what is written beside the number 1...

"In combat situations, I would prefer to..."

A. Be out in front, fighting physically.

B. Fight at longer ranges

C. Fight at either distance depending on the situation

D. Avoid fights altogether

For number 1, you choose "A. Be out in front, fighting physically." That sounds about right with you. You believe that it's more manly to fight up, close, and personal. Anything else should be considered wussy. You'd expect someone like Konan and Nagato to choose anything but A.

You move your attention down to number 2 which asks, "If told to think of your ideal sight-seeing trip, you think of...

A. In the clouds with the wind blowing on your skin

B. Checking out a hot volcano

C. On a cool beach

D. Just here at home, enjoying the storms

E. In a dry desert with nothing but Mother Earth

You think, "Volcanoes all the way" as you choose B for the second question. You find it strange that you'd choose such a strange answer as a vacation spot, but fire was the first thing that came to mind when you read the question. You make your way to the third one which doesn't really ask anything... a simple ranking question, "Rank these attributes in terms of most to least appealing...

A. Speed, Strength, Smarts

B. Strength, Speed, Smarts

C. Speed, Smarts, Strength

D. Strength, Smarts, Speed

E. Smarts, Speed, Strength

F. Smarts, Strength, Speed

"Smarts, Speed, and Strength." You answer, "That seems about right. Everyone already seems to think that I'm smart for my age." You think to yourself as you tap the pencil a few times on your mouth. You go on to the second to last question... "Who is your favorite historic figure?"

A. Sarutobi Hiruzen (+3 Lawful, +3 Good)

B. Hanzou (+3 Chaotic, +3 Evil)

C. Oonoki (+3 Chaotic, +3 Good)

D. Kazekage (+3 Lawful, +3 Evil)

"The only name on here that's familiar is Hanzou... so I'll go with that guy." You think as you circle you the letter B. You move onward to number 5, the final question. The question reads: "A long fight would is easily won when you have...

A. More chakra than your opponent

B. More vitality than your opponent

C. When you have more techniques than your opponent

D. When you have friends to help you

E. When you are simply faster than your opponent

F. A combination of A and B

G. A combination of C and E

You feel as if you can't just choose one answer, there are a couple of things on here that you can relate to. To be on the safe side you circle both E and F... You already believe that you're a speedster, there is no reason not to believe that if you were faster than everyone you faced you'd ever lose... right?

Konan breaks the silence by saying, "Done!" and handing her paper over to San. The other two boys do the same. You place your name up top like he taught you and play follow the leader with the other kids.

"Looks good." San says as he shuffles the papers around. "I'm going to sit over here and take a look at all of these, you kids try to stay quiet okay?"

You all smile and nod your heads. "I think I did good." You whisper, "I actually understood the whole thing. I'm a genius for sure."

"I circled everything." Nagato says, "I hope I didn't mess up."

"You idiot!" Yahiko scolds him, "You're supposed to circle the first thing that comes to mind."

"Sorry..."

******

A couple of minutes later San comes back and tells your group that he will begin teaching us basic ninjutsu today before sending us on our way. "Two of you are even more special than I ever imagined." He says, "Daisuke and Nagato, your blood is richer than mine and your two friends here. You have something called bloodline limits." He explains, "If you ever felt different before, that's probably why."

"Bloodline limit?" Yahiko asks, "But what about me and Konan? We don't have anything special?"

"You two are both highly intelligent. You can do whatever your mind wants you to do. All four of you are going to be extremely powerful one day."

"Well what makes them different?" Konan asks, "Whats a bloodline limit?"

"Well, I'm not sure what Nagato's is. His chakra register was quite strange. Apparently, his family comes from a now extinct... or was... family from the now destroyed Whirlpool country. They all had very powerful chakras. He is no different. Their country was blessed with several different bloodlines... Its a surprise that his hasn't sprang up yet." He turns his attention over to you and smiles, "Daisuke on the other hand already has a bloodline limit that has sprang up, he just needs to learn to harness it. Daisuke's bloodline limit is..."

*Bloodline Set-up*

A. The ability to use liquid flame (Originated from the Water Country)

Perks: Immunity to fire damage, use of Rikiddo Enkou (Liquid Flame Element), Ability to engulf the entire body with a liquid flame (Ultimately offensive)


B. The ability to alter space-time (Originated from the Fire Country)

Perks: Create wormholes, Stop/Speed up time, Teleportation (Ultimately supplementary)


C. The ability to use Scorch Release (Originated from the Wind Country)

Perks: Ability to use Fuuton and Katon elements, Produce major amounts of heat, ability to drain the moisture from people's body (Ultimately offensive, due to the nature of the techniques, +10 evil/+5 chaotic)


D. The ability to forge metal/steel from chakra (Originated from the Rice Country)

Perks: Ability to create high density metals directly from the body, high resistance to water and earth techniques, unable to mold chakra for other elements (Highly Defensive)

"The near extinct bloodline of Scorch Release." His smile grows a bit bigger than previously, "Your katon abilities are on the level of Hanzou's... if not better. Or at least they have the potential to be." He looks back to the other kids, but you continue to think that you're the most powerful of your group... Yahiko is actually scum.

"When are we going to start training? I'm ready to learn how to fire fireballs." You interrupt.

"I'm getting to that." He answers, "A week ago, those exercises that I had you run, well the results are finished and I'm going to combine them with the tests and information that I had you finish during the week. The results will tell me how to train each of you. It will also show us which areas you are truly best at."

"Hurry, San!!" Yahiko yells, "I can't wait any longer!"

"Okay, okay." He laughs as he begins to walk back to the table.

"Guys." Nagato whispers, "Its going to happen. We're going to become powerful just like I said. I told you that it was going to happen. Nagato, you and Daisuke are going to help lead the way with your bloodlines. You both have headstarts already, but Konan and I will become just as powerful!"

"Thank you, Yahiko." Nagato says, "I will be more than willing to become your tool. Whatever you need of me, I will do it. To see you at the top of the ninja world... that is my dream."

Konan then says, "And I too will become your tool, Yahiko. If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be getting this training. I will work for your cause until I die."

All three of them turn to you waiting for you to say something significant as well...

A. Fart to lighten the mood up a bit.

B. Just stare aimlessly at them

C. Ask them what they want

D. Say "_______"


You frown and say, "Look I'm happy for you guys and I'mma let you finish, but we all know you're going to wind up my tools in the end, *****es."

Konan shouts, "Daisuke!"

"What?" You ask.

"How dare you -"

Yahiko tilts his head down and stretches his arm forward indicating for her to stop talking, "It's fine, Konan. He seems to think that he's superior to us now that he has a bloodline limit."

"I'm superior to you because I'm me and you are you." You refute, "I follow you guys around because you increase my rate of survival, not because -"

"Daisuke..." Nagato says; taking his turn at interruption, "Let's just leave it alone. There is no reason for you to be so aggressive towards your friends right now. We protect one another because we love each other... we love you and you should love us..." He stops and looks towards the door as San makes his way back into the room. Test results are back... he passes out sheets of paper. He hands you yours and you immediately take a glance at it.

"Taijutsu: 3 (Unlocks more powerful techniques)
Ninjutsu: 2 (Unlocks more powerful techniques/Provides Resistances)
Genjutsu: 1 (Unlocks more powerful techniques/Provides Resistances)
Intelligence: 3 (Unlocks better choices all around/Helps to unlock more techniques)
Seals: 2 (Requirement for some techniques/Requirement for some summoning)
Speed: 4 (The faster you are the better. ‘Nuff said)
Force: 1 (More physical damage/More powerful taijutsu)
Stamina: 2 (Hit points; how long you can stay alive in battle)
Chakra Pool: 2 (Chakra points; how many techniques you can use in battle)"

"Intelligence is three?" You ask, "What is that?"

"It's a general assessment of your current statistics." He answers, "A 5 is average academy student rating. An 8 is a typical genin level stat."

"So is it an error that my ninjutsu statistic is a 14?" Nagato asks. You frown and turn your head to him. You're shocked and look back down at yours. This is not cool. You sigh...

"When are we starting training again?" You ask.

"It depends on what each of you want to do." He answers, "Most of you are ninjutsu based, anything related to that area is recommended."

A. Request to learn some techniques

B. Request to increase chakra pool

C. Request to learn more about seals/speed

D. Request to do something other than ninjutsu

"I'd be down to learn some techniques!" You quickly shout, getting everyone to shift their attention towards you, "It's pointless to learn anything else if we don't even know how to mold chakra for techniques."

"That's a good point," Yahiko says, "But what about the guards around town? If they find out that we've been learning jutsus behind their back, San could be killed."

"Don't you worry about the guards." He says, "I'll handle them."

"Then lets do that." Konan says, "I've been dying to learn a few things."

"Great!" San cheers, "I'll teach you kids the basics first. Transformation jutsus, the basic clone technique, and how to walk on vertical surfaces." Each of you 'wow' for a moment, eager and ready to start your training to become a ninja.

******

It doesn't take long for each of you to learn the "academy jutsus." Training is easy and covert to say the least. Having to train in the wee hours of the night in the backyard and behind the masking of a barrier technique used by San coupled with a environmental genjutsu.

"My my..." San says with a hint of surprise, "You kids are all so intelligent. I've never seen anyone learn techniques as fast you." You glance over at Nagato who managed to learn the techniques faster than anyone else. His ability to learn new techniques is amazing... Konan was able to match your pace. You understand that they are three years older than you, but with your bloodline limit you assume that you should be able to match Nagato.

"When are we going to learn offensive techniques?" Yahiko asks.

"I will not be teaching you offensive techniques." He answers, "I'm teaching you techniques that will help you survive on your own. Survival and hiding techniques."

"That isn't going to help me stand atop the ninja world!" Yahiko exclaims, "I need something with some fire power."

"I'm sorry." He apologizes, "But I don't know if I can trust some of you learning offensive techniques."

"You can trust us!" Konan cries. San quickly takes a glance towards you and then back to her.

"Fine." He says, "I will teach you a few basic techniques each... based on your elemental affinities. Yahiko will learn suiton, Nagato fuuton, Konan fuuton, and Daisuke katon. Since Daisuke is the youngest I will train him first."

*Learned*

Henge
Chakra Cost: 1 CP
Damage: None
Effect: Allows you to change your physical appearance to something/someone else without making any major appearances.

Clone
Chakra Cost: 1 CP
Damage: None
Effect: Allows you to create a second image of yourself that mimics your movements. Damage dealt to the clone automatically destroys it. Doujutsus are capable of seeing through the clones. These clones can not do damage.

*Technique to Learn*

A. Create a Fire Technique costing 1-3 CP; Dealing no more than 10 damage

B. Learn a technique named "Fire Senbon" (Creates a projectile that resembles a senbon needle.)

C. Learn a technique named "Lesser Fireball" (Fires a ball of fire from the mouth that deals minor AoE damage)

D. Learn a technique named "Fire Punch" (Expels katon chakra on the point of impact that deals major fire damage at the cost of minor chakra)

Even though San informs your group that he would be training each of you immediately, he doesn't get the chance to do so for three days. Apparently Konoha forces have began to pull out from Amegakure and calling the fight a lost cause. Someone by the name of Hiruzen Sarutobi has decided to focus more on domestic problems rather than foreign relations. The fight will be left to Sunagakure and Iwagakure.

On the night of your training, Nagato and Yahiko decide that they will come outside and listen to the lecture you'll receive and to provide you some moral support. "I'll understand if you don't learn the technique the first time around," San says, "But we're going to be going over this minute after minute until you can mold your chakra type. You know the wall climbing technique, so sending x amount of chakra to a certain location on your body should not be a hassle."

"Like this?" You ask as you show him the palm of your hand and visible chakra swirling about it. San's mouth drops in amazement.

"Just like that!" He exclaims with a lack of breath, "Now pull from deep inside... you'll feel your body temperature begin to shift for a moment." The chakra floating on your hand begins to fade away... you failed to use the technique. He sighs, "Again." You repeat what he says to you over and over again until finally you feel entirely exhausted. "I guess that's enough." He says, this time with a lack of enthusiasm. "I thought that you would have mastered the technique quickly... come, Nagato, we'll work with you next."

"I thought you -"

"No arguing with me, Daisuke. We'll work with you later." Nagato stands up and makes his way towards San. "Alright, Nagato. The fuuton technique that I will be teaching you is called Wind Sickle..." You zone out for a moment thinking of how it's possible for you to have felt. You have a bloodline technique, there shouldn't be any problem with how you're doing things... You raise your fist again and try to force chakra out of your body, but it doesn't seem to be anything there.

"Forget about it." Yahiko whispers, "You can channel normal chakra through your hands... just be proud with that... or try doing something else with it." He smiles, "Surprise San."

A. Consider him correct, start work on a new technique that uses normal chakra through your hands

B. Consider him correct, try using the same method, but this time through your mouth

C. Tell him he's wrong and continue trying to learn the Fire Punch technique

D. Slap him across the face and then ruthlessly attack him (+5 evil, +10 chaotic)

"You're right." You say to Yahiko with a tone of a disappointment behind your voice, "I guess I can't do that yet, I felt fire in my stomach when I tried to channel it to my fists, but I didn't know how to move it to my hands. If I push it straight up..." Before you can finish you feel sharp winds move towards you. You turn your head to see a visible, thin slice of wind flying towards you; "Yahiko get down!" You order as you fall backwards from your seat and onto the ground.

The scythe like blade of wind barely avoids cutting your nose off your face and collides into the exterior wall of San's home. As you flip over and lift yourself off the ground, you notice San's large expression of happiness on his face. "You did it!" He cheers, "In less than five minutes. Your bloodline must be something powerful!" He grabs a notebook out of his back pocket and begins recording the results.

"Looks as if Nagato is the most powerful of our group." Yahiko whispers in awe. He's wrong though! You're the strongest of the group. You clench your fist and squint your eyes. Rage begins to build up in your body... you feel the fire begin to boil in your body.

The grass beneath your feet begins to wither. "Daisuke?" Yahiko asks. You look towards him. His body begins to sweat profusely. The sweat on his forehead immediately begins to evaporate once it accumulates on his skin.

"DAISUKE!" San shouts. You stop raging and shake your head, "Stop that!" You look down at your hands to see that fire had enveloped them during the process. Your entire body has the feeling as if fire had began to seep from every inch of your body, "I suppose that rage builds your power up. It's a trait of Scorch Release users... hmm..."

"Did you get mad at me, Daisuke?" Nagato asks in a near whiny tone.

"Not at you... but at the fact that you learned your technique so quickly... I can use a technique, too."

"Can you?" San asks.

"Yeah, can you?" Yahiko asks with a hint of sarcasm.

***Can you? Which one can you do. One is correct***

A. Show them that you can envelop your body in fire

B. Show them that you can breathe fire

C. Show them that you can throw a fire punch

"I can fire a fireball. I realized it when I was trying to throw a fire punch." You inform your teammates, "See watch... you use a couple of seals." You continue as you form the Tiger, Ram, Horse, and then the Tiger seal again. You raise the tiger seal to your mouth and force the heat lodged into your stomach up through your throat and out of your mouth. The fireball is a small one, but it fires out of your gullet quickly. You're able to channel it for only a short while before you feel completely drained of your energy.

You look up to see San smiling and nodding, "Great job." He congratulates, "You're going to need some more chakra if you're going to be firing fireballs. I'm sure that took a lot out of you." You notice that he's right... you're panting harder than what you should be. "We'll fix that in due time. In the meantime, I want you and Nagato to just continue practicing what you just learned. I will be teaching Yahiko a suiton technique."

Yahiko leaps into the air a few times in excitement, "I will catch up to both of you in just a moment!" He and San move further away this time.... closer to a small pool of water that had accumulated in his backyard from all of the rainfall. While they do that you turn to Nagato who is intimately watching the other two train.

"So your technique seems to be far more deadly than mine and you look fine." You look him over... he looks the exact same as he did before learning how to use the technique, "What's your history? Do you already know ninjutsu and just never told any of us?"

"No." He answers. He continues to look ahead, seemingly blowing you off.

"What else are you hiding?"

He continues answering with short answers, "Nothing."

"Fine. Are we going to continue practicing molding chakra or what?"

"Sure." He answers. He turns to you this time and says, "I know the problem that you're having with your Fire Punch, and I can teach you how to do it correctly, but you're going to have to a favor for me."

"Nagato asking for a favor? And why does he seem so serious?" You think. "Sure." You answer, "What's on your mind?"

"I think that San is using us. At least you and I." He says, "I've been going through some of his documents and he's been recording just my progress and yours. My guess is that he's going to either send us to Hanzou as tools for his army when he ripens us up or that he's going to use us to kill him."

"Those are two very different guesses. What are you suggesting?" You ask.

"We may need to escape from him. My only concern is when... and how. He's a jounin level shinobi and one of the highest ranking members of Hanzou's army. If we get away he can put a warrant out for our capture and then we'll be forced to work for Hanzou anyway, or worse, killed."

A. Tell him he has nothing to worry about, if anything happens you two can hold your own (-5 evil, +Nagato's respect)

B. Tell him you will talk to San about it.

C. Tell him you'd love to work for Hanzou anyway (+3 evil, +1 chaotic, -Respect from all friends)

D. Tell him that you will all leave tomorrow when he leaves for work

E(vil choice only): Tell him that you will kill him yourself in his sleep tonight (+10 Evil, +10 Chaotic)

"I see..." You think aloud, "Yeah... let's just the ball continue rolling; whatever happens, happens. In the end, if he does use us to get him points with Hanzou and we get closer to Hanzou, that's only good for us. It makes it that much easier to kill him."

Nagato smiles and takes your hand. He gently closes it, making a fist and closes his eyes before saying, "The trick to sending chakra to one area is concentration. Your chakra moves in a clockwise motion... so, even though you're right handed, the punch is easier to create with your left hand. You look down and notice that he's right... you had been trying to throw the punch with your right. "Eventually, you'll be able to throw Fire Punches with either fist, but right now, it's best that you learn to channel the chakra through your left arm rather your right arm, even if it doesn't feel very natural." He releases your fist and looks back towards the house, "I'm going to go check on Konan, I'll let you get back to practicing that... don't be afraid to use seals to help you channel the chakra in that direction."

"Right." You think, "Another problem that you were facing... channeling without seals is something chunnin level ninja can do... maybe you're aren't ready for that quite yet."

You form the Boar, Tiger, Ram, and Tiger seal and try it again, this time with different results than before. This time the chakra from your fist becomes red and bursts on impact... sort of like an explosion. It's getting closer... maybe, though, you are out of chakra and need rest. You look back towards Yahiko and San to see that he's struggling trying to learn to use a suiton technique. You chuckle... "Only a loser can't manipulate water. Yahiko is never going to sit atop the ninja world..."

***Level Up***

*You get three points to distribute in these areas since it's what you practiced:*

Ninjutsu
Seals
Chakra Pool

(Current scores)
Taijutsu: 3
Ninjutsu: 2
Genjutsu: 1
Intelligence: 3
Seals: 2
Speed: 4
Force: 1
Stamina: 2
Chakra Pool: 2

[boost: +1 nin, +2 chakra]

It takes four days for Konan and Yahiko to learn their respective techniques. It took Konan the majority of the three days because San discovered that even though her chakra affinity is fuuton, she is unable to produce elemental chakra on her own, only manipulate it. Luckily for her, she is highly intelligent and nimble... she is also creative. She won't be as powerful as the guys in the group, but she will never become helpless.

After Nagato taught you the proper way to use the Fire Punch ability, you quickly master it on your own, further impressing San and putting you one step ahead of Nagato.

***Technique Learned***

Fire Punch
Chakra Cost: 2
Damage: (Force stat) + 5
Effect: A physical attack using fire and strength to add bonus fire damage to your punches.

While Konan and Yahiko practiced learning their new techniques, you and Nagato continued reading on basic "Yin/Yang" techniques and how they work. "Konan will become a Yin/Yang master." Nagato says, "She is already able to control her origami through chakra manipulation alone."

"I saw that." You say with a smile on your face. The past four days have drawn you and Nagato closer. You aren't sure why you never noticed it before, but there's something about him. You seem drawn to his power... it's almost a friendly intimidation. You know that he's powerful and you... respect that. Yahiko will never warrant this kind of respect from you.

San and the others make their way back into the house. "I'm going to catch some Zs before I have to head to work. You guys play nice and don't get into any mischief while I'm sleeping." He leaves you to yourselves and immediately Yahiko goes crazy.

"I can use two suiton abilities! Konan can create origami quickly without even touching paper! Show them!" He orders. She demonstrates her new ability ripping paper from a book and quickly making a flower using chakra without ever touching it.

"Wow..." Nagato says in amazement. You're unimpressed.

"And this is supposed to kill what? More trees?" You ask.

"Shut up, stupid!" she shouts. You shake your head and continue reading, "When San goes to work, you and I should fight one another!" She yells.

"You're on." You say with with enthusiasm.

"No!" Yahiko yells, "We won't be fighting each other, instead, we need to start discussing what we're going to do about San." You look over towards Nagato, not sure when he had told Yahiko.

"If what Nagato says is true, we're going to have to get out of here. I will not work for Hanzou."

"You have it wrong, Yahiko." You reply, "If we get sent to work in Hanzou's tower, we'll eventually get close to him... close enough to -"

"NO!" He exclaims, "I will NOT be apart of his evil deeds. We will kill San when we're strong enough and then we'll work underground and destroy Hanzou when he least expects it."

"It makes more sense to destroy him internally. He will NEVER expect that." You argue.

"I'm siding with Yahiko!" Konan quickly says, "He's older and therefore smarter than you are.

Nagato remains quiet. "Well Nagato?" Yahiko asks.

"Your way works, too, Yahiko." He answers, "But we'll do more damage from the inside than what we can do from the outside. We can convert people to our cause inside of Hanzou's facilities and kill his soldiers and blame their deaths on guerrilla shinobi from warring nations. I'm going to have to side with Daisuke."

For the first time ever, you notice anger in Yahiko. He slams his hand on the table and yells, "FINE! We'll do it your way."

"Then we'll need to discuss how we'll do it." Nagato says...

A. Let Nagato do all of the talking then determine if you agree with his plan

B. Propose that you convince San to put each of you in Hanzou's academy

C. Propose to kill San to get rid of the evidence on your abilities and attempt enrolling yourselves in school

D. Try to convince San to never register any of you in the school and let him privately train you from here on out



"San has protection whether he sees so or not." He continues, "He is the lead medical ninja of all of Amegakure. Even if we're found here, the worst that can happen is that we'd need to be registered."

"You told me that we'd be killed!" You interrupt.

"I thought so." He answers, "But I was wrong. We're too young, we'd have to be registered and placed in the academy. At 16, if we were caught practicing ninjutsu and unregistered we'd be killed on the spot. Luckily, Yahiko is the oldest at 11." Yahiko chuckles and rubs the back of his head with a large small on his face, "Anyway," he continues, "My plan is simply one out of Daisuke's book. There is no need in killing San, he will help us get stronger. More than likely, he's going to use us a means to get in better standing with Hanzou. Bringing him two kids with bloodlines that are young enough to be molded to do his bidding is more than enough to get San some more standing with Hanzou."

"I see." Konan says, "He's just using us."

"Yes he is." Nagato says, "And that's fine. Originally, we were just using him. We used him to gain knowledge on reading, writing, and ninjutsu. There is nothing wrong with what he is doing. When the time is right he'll send us to the Academy and we'll impress the teachers with our abilities. The worst case scenario, we'll become chunnin on the spot and forced to fight in the war."

"And that isn't bad." You interrupt again, "Because we can make a name for ourselves on the battlefield."

"Correct." He says, "And the best case scenario is that we make it to the chunnin exams and impress Hanzou in person... he'll be wowed and ask to speak to us directly. From there, we have to chose our words correctly and become a member of his Salamander Guard."

"The Salamander Guard..." you think. You remember reading reading about them in one of San's books. It's a group of three S-Class ninja each with powerful kekkei genkai. Each of them are masked and never seen in Amegakure, but they are always there. Supposedly, each of them are masters in two different areas of jutsu. Getting to that level of trust with Hanzou would take time... but the plan works.

A. Sounds good, we'll go with that.

B. Reject the plan, you'd rather train here indefinitely

C. Reject the plan, you'd rather kill San so that he doesn't gain from your talents (+10 chaotic, +5 evil)

"Sounds good," you answer, "we'll go with that." The other two nod as well... locking in your future...

It isn't another two days before San requests an audience with you again. "This time we will be going over combat tactics and techniques." He says, "What do you know about it so far?" He asks.

"Always go for the kill." You answer swiftly, "The mission or task at hand is more important than my well-being." You add after a brief hesitation.

He nods, "You've been doing a lot of research." He says, "Do you intend to follow those rules accordingly?"

"No." You answer honestly.

"Which do you have conflict with?" He asks.

"My life is not worth sacrificing for any cause. I'd much rather retreat and come back to try to succeed at my goal another time."

"You'll never be a top-notch shinobi, then." He says.

"I don't need to be." You respond, "I just need to pretend to be." San smiles curiously at you.

"For a five year old you're very wise... I like that." He tosses a kunai towards you. You grab it successfully without flinching at all. "Lesson 1: Kunai Combat." He says, "Kunai are ultimately piercing damage. They work extremely well against unguarded targets. A great kunai wielder is able to fight against decent sword user and win."

You balance the kunai around a bit and quickly come to the realization that you....

***Combat Preference***

A. Like the way the kunai feels

B. Don't feel comfortable with the kunai

C. Think that the kunai would feel weird in close combat

D. Think that the kunai would be pointless in ranged combat

You say, "Don't think I like the way a kunai feels." You flip it around and throw it as fast and precise as you can at San. He simply tilts his head to the side avoiding it. It continues flying and lands into the wooden fence. "I need something more range based to use, something like senbon or a shuriken." You add.

He reaches into his pouch and reveals both of the items mentioned. "Both of these items are more or less precision and speed based. For you to be a great senbon user, knowledge of the human anatomy and great speed and reflexes. The more precise you are with a senbon the greater the damage you deal. A precision striker can deal critical and lethal damage more frequently than someone just tossing a senbon around."

"What about the shuriken?" You ask.

"Shuriken are great to use in conjunction with jutsus. They can be used to feint your opponent, they deal great slashing damage when coupled with enough force, but ultimately they are a speed based weapon. The faster you can draw and fire them at your opponent, the more effective they are. I'm a senbon user." He informs you, "There aren't many people out there who prefer to use senbon over other items."

"So senbon are better for stealth attacks and shuriken are better for set-ups?" You hold your hand out, reaching for the items and balance them both around. The senbon needle is sooo light... you aren't sure how anyone is able to deal damage with one of these things. The shuriken on the other hands is completely different. Heavy, sharp, and not so discreet in comparison to the senbon.

"Well?" He asks, "Which are you going to mainly use?"

***Combat Preference***

A. Choose to not become proficient in a single item, be decent with all 3

B. Choose the shuriken

C. Choose the senbon

D. Tell them you are going to stick with the kunai

You toss the kunai back to him and say, "As cool as shuriken are, I'm going to be a senbon user. I don't see the point of using anything else."

"Why is that?" He asks, raising his eyebrow high.

"They seem more practical. I don't intend on fighting in long range, and those who are dumb enough to engage me in long range can get a hand full of senbon."

"Honestly," he starts, "If you become powerful enough, you'll hardly ever use ninja weapons. They are no more than set-ups."

"Fine." You say in a hurry, "Let's go ahead and start this, teach me the proper way to use these."

Senbon x40 acquired
Chakra Cost: None
Damage: (Speed)+(Intelligence) [torso]
Effect: A standard needle, ninja weapon.

For the next couple of hours he demonstrates the precise way to hit a target with a senbon from medium range. More precise shots require more intelligence. Right now, you're great enough to hit the torso from medium range... "The smarter you get the more deadly you'll become with these, but as of right now you're only about as good as any other good academy student."

"Damn it." You think to yourself, "I need to be better than 'academy student.'"

"I think that's enough for the day. Inform Yahiko that he'll be receiving training next and Nagato will be last."

"Thank you, San." You say, "Sleep well." You make your way back inside and find the others reading books on the first ninja war."

"Did San tell you that we will be starting school after Nagato's training?" Konan asks.

"No." You answer, "He never mentioned anything to me about it."

"I just informed the guys. We should be starting in three days."

"And the plan is to do our best to rig the teaming to benefit our goals. We're going to have to separate into two groups of two. Do you have a suggestion, Daisuke?"

A. Daisuke/Nagato & Yahiko/Konan

B. Daisuke/Yahiko & Nagato/Konan

C. Daisuke/Konan & Yahiko/Nagato

D. Propose no grouping

"Yeah. If anything Nagato and I should run in the same team. It makes sense. The two bloodline users should stick together to ensure our ultimate safety."

Konan smiles and says, "I'm fine with that, honestly. Yahiko and I have been together for over a year now." She smiles and then stops after she realizes what she said, "I mean as a team." Yahiko blushes and looks back down at the book.

"Speaking of which, Yahiko, you start your training tomorrow. I'm using senbon and apparently, Konan, you're using shuriken?" You ask.

"Correct. Who uses senbon?" She asks sarcastically.

"Smart, calculating people. Generic shinobi use shuriken."

"That's fine. I don't use metal shuriken anyway." She points to several sheets of paper on the the table and design them into small shuriken. She then lifts them off the table and allows them levitate off the table for a moment. Yahiko smiles and smirks at you, waiting for you to one up her this time. Unfortunately, you can't.

"Well?" He asks, "You going to say cool or anything?"

"No. I don't care about that.... It would be cool if she'd fix me a glass of milk before bed."

"You're an *******, Daisuke!" She shouts.

You simply smile and head to your pallet on the floor. No point in arguing with these chumps...

******

The first day of the academy is a cold one. For once, the rain seems to be warmer than the weather outside. San drops you off at the academy and tells us that our class is on the first floor of the tower. This is the same tower as Commander Hanzou. You remember reading that his room is on the second highest level to ensure that no invaders attempted to invade the tower and have easy access to his room.

You follow Nagato and Yahiko as they lead the way to the registrar's office. The man behind the desk is wearing a water mask like much of the chunnin and higher level shinobi in town. He looks at each of you and asks, "Are you the four kids that Vice Admiral San are sponsoring?"

"Yes sir." Nagato says in a proper voice.

"Follow me." He orders. He raises from his desk and leads each of you to a large class room with a little over fifteen kids ranging from your age to a little over Yahiko's age. The teacher, wearing a matching outfit as the registrar turns to each of you, without saying a word, and points to some desks in the room. The registrar shuts the door behind him without saying anything.

You turn back to the desks to see that none of them are together in a group. You're going to have to pick to sit next to someone you don't know. There is a girl with bright red hair sitting near the front of the room. She appears to be about eight years old. Her clothes indicate nobility so at the very least she is probably very intelligent. Another is a boy with brown hair, probably your age. He looks pretty ordinary. The open seat near the back is a male with blue hair and very pale skin. He has a water mask already, quite similar to the one the teacher is wearing. At the very least he is a member of some clan... but you're leaning towards a bloodline. The final person is definitely a clansman. His skin is similar to that of a reptile and his beady green eyes are almost intimidating. He's dressed in nothing similar to to anyone else in the room. His people must be a respected tribe to the village nothing more.

A. Take the seat next to the rich girl

B. Take the seat next to the ordinary boy

C. Take the seat next to the clan boy

D. Take the seat next to the reptile kid

E. Wait until they are taken and get the last one

Not wasting any time like the others, you make your way quickly to the boy in the back of the classroom with the pale skinned, blue haired boy. Once you take your seat he turns his head towards you and stares for a moment. You notice that his eyes are solid white... is he blind? You turn away from him and watch as your 'friends' make their way to their seats.

"Now back to the lecture..." the teacher begins, "molding chakra is pretty simple. The basic seal to..." You immediately begin to zone out. You know everything he's talking about already, but some of the people in the classroom are intently taking notes. The boy besides you turns to you again and flicks a paper ball at your desk.

"What?" You whisper to him.

"Do you know this already?" He asks.

"Obviously." You answer, "I'm not writing anything down."

"I do too. I've known most of this for a year now, but my older brother wouldn't let me join the academy until he considered me chunnin level."

You grin and ask, "So you're saying that you're way passed this stuff?"

"Yes. I'm a genius. Probably much like you. You're what... not even six yet?"

"Correct."

"Awesome. You want to do something fun after school?"

"Yeah." You answer, "What do you have in mind?"

"The academy graduation for the previous class is going on today. We should go wreck the party."


A. No man, I have to get back home (-5 chaotic, -This guys loyalty)

B. Sure, I'm down (+5 chaotic, +This guys loyalty)

(C)haotic choice) (You guys don't have enough): Why don't we just blow the entire stadium up?

D. What does it entail? I don't want to do anything bad. (-10 evil, -5 chaotic)

(E)vil choice: As long as I get to test my techniques on people, sure (+5 evil, +5 chaotic)

[Yushinoki]

"Sure, I'm down." You answer, "I'll have to get around my roommates, but I'm more than willing to -"

"Kourashi!" The teacher yells, "You and the new boy in the back, do you have something to tell the rest of us?" He asks.

"Yes!" He answers as he stands up from his desk, "This class sucks, when are we going to get to the stuff that matters. No one cares about the first ninja war!" He shouts. This kid has balls.

"Sit your ass down." The teacher orders, "Or I'll make you sit down."

Some of the kids in the class begin to chuckle; Kourashi sits back down and throws a smile your way. You turn back to the teacher to hear him continue speaking on seals and how they work. Some of the information being said are things you haven't ran across in the books from San's. Some of this information is valuable. Class goes on for several hours before the teacher releases you for the day.

Kourashi gets up first and stands over you, "Let's do this." He orders. Nagato and Yahiko meet up with one another near the foot of the class and Konan soon makes a dash for them.

"Yeah, let's just head out." You and Kourashi make your down the opposite side of the room and outside. The chunnin exam stadium is located directly behind the tower. It's not long that you see several people heading into the building... younger people.

"That's them." He says, "There are 12 people competing. We should find 2 people and henge into them... You do know how to henge don't you?" He asks.

"Yeah." You look around for a minute and notice a group of three kids making their way to the stadium. "There's three."

"We shouldn't attack three, we'd have to leave one alone."

"Attack?" You ask, "You want to attack them and then henge into them?"

"What else are you suggesting?"

A. Nothing, attacking them is fine. (+Loyalty, +3 evil, +3 chaotic)

B. We just henge into them and follow them in for now (-3 evil, -5 chaotic)

C. I'm having cold feet, I'm not ready for this (-Loyalty, -10 chaotic)

"No, we can attack them. How do you want to go about doing this?" You turn to the right to nod at him, but to your surprise, Kourashi had already made his way up and towards the group of students. The students turn around to see Kourashi making their way to them and immediately shift their stature.

Kourashi forms four seals and holds the last seal near his mouth and says, "Suiton: Drilling Water Bullet!" The rain around him continues to fall around him for just a moment before going into stasis and then combining before firing at the kids. One of the kids leaps out of the way without the use of help, the other pushes one out of the way and blocks the attack, but still is hit with enough force to push him back against the concrete wall.

The boy who dodged the attack first cleanly reaches into his pouch and grabs three kunai and toss all three of them towards Kourashi. All three kunai pierce through his body, but Kourashi was so fast and overt that he was able to make a water clone, negating the damage and appearing behind the boy with a kunai to his back. Instead of stabbing him, he kicks him to the ground making him land face first to the ground.

"This guy is way better than I am..." You think, "I need to show that I can do something." You dash off the ground and make your way to the battle. The two boys standing look towards you. The one who did the saving previously steps in front and drops two shuriken to either hand, ready to attack...

*Boy 1 is hereby the guy Kourashi whipped
*Boy 2 is the one with the shurikens in hand
*Boy 3 is the one being protected

Boy 1 now has 14 hp, Boy 2 has 20 hp, Boy 3 has 20 hp

A. Attack Boy 1 with _____.

B. Attack Boy 2 with _____

C. Attack Boy 3 with _____

D. Wait for Boy 2 to attack and then look for a counter

You stop mid-run and form the seals required for your lesser fireball technique and fires it at the boy with the shuriken. The attack is far too fast for him to dodge and he takes the full amount of damage and the boy he is protecting takes additional damage from the splash damage of the fireball. The boy manages to grab his shuriken and toss them forward, but not entirely accurately.

The two shuriken fire through the small nova of fire and towards you. You release the seal and leap upwards, but the shuriken manages to just barely graze your foot. You grit your teeth, trying to not show pain and land back on the ground safely on your feet. You look over to see that Kouraishi has already knocked out the person he was fighting and holds a kunai in his mouth and one in either hand.

"Why are you two doing this?" The boy up front asks, "We've done nothing to deserve this."

"Eh..." Kouraishi sighs, "You're right, being killed by a katon user in Amegakure is really pathetic. Can you not use any jutsu? You were probably going to die anyway." Kouraishi raises another seal and smiles a very diabolical smile. You realize at that moment that this guy is crazy. "Ameton: Deceptive Water Scorching!" The rain water sitting on either of the academy students begin to steam... the water is either becoming acidic or burning hot. The kids begin to cry.

A. Force him to stop, this is unjust (-10 chaotic, -10 evil)

B. Run in and Fire Punch them both to knock them out (+10 evil)

C. Stand and laugh at them (+10 chaotic)

D. Simply wait for them to burn to death and then henge into them

You start printing towards the other two kids and form your seals to send chakra to both fists instantly igniting both of them, covering them in thin sheet of fire. You punch both kids in the face, causing fire to erupt from the end of your knuckles. The fire crackles once the hit connects and blasts them both back, knocking them unconscious. You look back over to your right to see Kouraishi smiling with excitement. "We have to skin them now."

"Seriously?" You think. You tilt your eyebrows and look back at them, "Really?" You ask, "You want to... skin them?"

"Yes. We have to make sure that no one can track them down... the best way to do that is completely get rid of the evidence."

"That seems a little much. It'll take too much time." He looks down at the guy that he killed and analyzes him down perfectly before henge-ing into him.

"Pick the one you're going to henge into." He orders as he grabs one of the shuriken from his mouth and kneels over. You watch as he cuts the hands and feet off his victim as quickly and efficiently as possible.

He doesn't seem to care that you think this is time consuming and unethical. "What about the one I don't henge into?" You ask.

"He can live. He won't think much of it, hopefully."

"Then I should obviously henge into the non-coward one. The cowardly one is probably the dumb one of the group." You kneel over and cut the kids neck with one of the shuriken on the ground instantly killing him from what you can tell and then henge into him to the best of your abilities.

Kouraishi then makes his way over to the body you henge'd to and begins dissecting his body... "Do something with those... we have to make sure no one finds them."

***Where to put the dissected parts?***

A. Incinerate them, costing more chakra.

B. Throw them over the wall into the small pond

C. Tell him to leave them out, it'll be funny (+15 chaotic)

D. Throw them in the garbage bin up ahead.

You look at the pieces again before you decide to chunk the pieces of their bodies over the wall and into the small pool on the other side. The limbs make loud, large splashes as they connect with the water. Luckily, from here, no one can see the bodies. And the blood that splattered out of the bodies is quickly being washed away by the rain water. "Come on, hurry up." he orders as he props the body of the third and final member up against the wall. You're amazed at how quick you two were able to kill two people and knock out a third before anyone came across the act.

After you finally toss the final limb over the wall you see Kouraishi make a quick stride towards the entrance of the stadium. You look one last time over at the kid before you make your way there as well. The entrance is dark and empty for a ways... up until the narrow hallway where you two walk before you reach a desk with two chunnin level ninja with water masks covering their faces. Kouraishi steps up and says, "Genin Team 6 reporting for duty."

"Six?" You think. The man looks you over and turns to his comrade before looking back at you two.

"Isn't there a third member of your group?" He asks.

"He's no longer wanting to be a shinobi. Report that to Lord Hanzou. He was worthless anyway."

The two men look at each other again before buzzing a door open. You walk alongside him into the large room where several dummies, weapons, and ninja tools lay out on a table. This is amazing... before you forget you ask, "How did you guess Team 6?"

"Lucky guess. Gotta take risks man." He answers, "Come on... we've gotta get a scope of the place." He leads you up the stairs and around the bleachers were several different teams of academy students stand tall, ready to take their tests. "We're going to kill allll of them." He smirks as he stops and looks around the place.

"What do you have in mind, Kouraishi?" You whisper.

"We're going to have to either kill them all with our own ninja skills, blow this place up, or something... big... What is your bloodline ability? No one from around here uses katon the way you did outside."

"I have scorch release, but I'm not well versed in it quite yet."

"..." He stares at you blankly. "Fine... we'll do something else... you have any suggestions?"

A. You like the idea of fighting each of them with your own ability (More exp, chance of death, -10 chaotic)

B. You feel like figuring out how to blow this place off the ground (Less exp, chance of death, +10 chaotic, +5 evil)

C. Collapse the roof of the entire stadium (No exp, +5 chaotic, +5 evil)

D. Devise your own plan

E.(vil choice): Tell him you'll be right back and rat him out (-Kouraishi loyalty, +10 chaotic, -5 evil)

Looking around at all of the options still you decide... "The roof." You answer, "We can collapse the roof on everyone in this place. Not only do we wipe them all out, but we also do some property damage."

His eyes glow for a moment. He seems to be totally excited about the idea, "I like that a lot." He finally responds after a moment of though, "Yeah, I like that a lot. Let's do it. We're going to have to get to the roof somehow, though. Any thoughts?"

"We can walk up the wall and m-"

"No." He quickly interrupts, "That's far too obvious." He looks around some more before someone behind you both bumps into your shoulder, knocking you over slightly.

"Move out the way scrubs!" He yells. "You guys are going down today."

"No the roof is!" Kouraishi laughs.

"What?!" One of the two boys asks in shock.

"Nothing," you answer, "We're getting out of the way for you guys. This pathway is all yours."

Kouraishi shakes his head in disappointment before the two boys walk by, "What did you do that for?" He asks, "We could've punked both those guys right here."

"It's not about that, we can't be found out before we do it, why would you blab about it? Are you stupid?"

Kouraishi frowns and makes a motion to strike you, but you don't flinch. He smiles and says, "Yeah, alright..." We'll make our way around the stadium and into that hallway and head up the wall from the outside. I have six major exploding tags, we'll use those to blow the ceiling down."

"Sounds good." You reply, "Are you sure we aren't going to be caught?" You ask.

"Even if we aren't... I mean. We shouldn't be." He chuckles, "Got tongue tied there. Yeah... We'll be fine." You stare at him for a moment before simply nodding. He leads the way around the stadium and into the entry way of the back hallway. You both look around until you find a vent. "The vent?" He asks, "You wanna go up it?"

"What if there is no way out?" You ask, "Is there a guaranteed way onto the ceiling?"

"Should be. It goes up." He answers, "It's either that or go outside and climb up to the ceiling from the outside, but there may be people out there.... so if you want to get caught..."

"Hmm... Fine." You start, "I'll...

A. Go through the vent." (-5 chaotic)

B. Go outside and up to the ceiling." (+10 chaotic)

C. Do whatever you want to do." (+loyalty)

do whatever you want." You answer. He smiles after hearing that, seeing that you're going right along with his plan.

"Good. Let's do it this way then. I'd rather not get us caught if we can avoid it. Here, hoist me up." You knell over and hold your arms up so that he can climb on them and pull you up as well. After doing that, you both begin chakra walking and make your way up to a horizontal platform for you both to walk a short distance before having to ascend vertically again.

To traverse the entire colosseum's entire ventilation system takes about five minutes, but you eventually make it outside. Kourashi kicks the metal sheet off the pipe and climbs out. You follow suite and look around the ceiling to see that it isn't very "thoroughly" built. It's a thin, sheet of rock that would do some damage if hit on the head from this far up. "There won't be any academy student's dodging all of this... maybe some of the examiner's but that's about it." He says.

"And how are we getting away from here without being seen?" You ask.

"We're henge'd, who cares? They'll see us and we'll lose them when we run away. Not a big deal. We'll change back to normal if **** gets to bad." He answers.

"Fine. Let's do this." He hands you three explosive notes and tells you to place them in proper areas on the ceiling. It takes only a few seconds to set them all up before he makes his decent. You follow him back down the building, and on the way down he raises his seal to detonate the ceiling.

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*

Several different explosions happen at once and you can hear the shrill cries and unexpected death that followed. "**** is so cash. They're going to think that we're under an invasion or something." You know that you've just killed several handfuls of kids not much older than you. That's probably half of a generation of shinobi that you just eliminated. You're almost as evil as they come... no one in there to your knowledge deserved to die.(Bonus evil points rewarded)

You both run to a back alley where no one could possibly find you for just a moment. You both breath heavily... you breath a bit of nervousness... are you going to be caught? He laughs after a moment and says, "You're the first person I haven't had to kill after doing something that reckless. I think we're going to become great friends." He smiles a huge smile. One that appears to be genuine.

"Down to do anything tomorrow?" He asks.

A. No. I need to focus on studying. (-loyalty points)

B. You can come over and study tomorrow after class.

C. Sure, as long as it isn't as crazy as this (-4 chaotic)

D. Yeah. Anything at all (+loyalty points, +3 chaotic)

E(vil choice). Stab him in the jugular (+10 chaotic, obvious -loyalty points, +10 evil)

"Sure thing." You answer, "I'm down for anything. I guess I'll see you in class tomorrow?" You ask.

He nods, "Just don't mention this little ordeal to anyone. This is our little secret." It seems as if he's done this before. You begin to wonder why he is so trusting with you. You had only just met him when he strangely asked you to kill dozens of innocent people with him. This is kind of strange...

"Sure thing." You reply, "sure thing..." You whisper as you smile and nod and then de-henge yourself from the boy. You have a feeling that something bad is going to happen in class tomorrow. And based on your age... you're kind of nervous about him going to your class and identifying you as someone who attacked and killed his allies.

The thoughts soon subside as you make your way home to where your roommates are studying with San in the room. "Where have you been?" He asks, "We've waited up for you for a few hours. We were going to go out and practice some combat tactics... possibly work on some more basic techniques."

"I was with a friend for a bit. I showed him a bit of senbon tricks and he showed me some of his shuriken tricks as well of some of his bloodline techniques."

"A bloodline user, huh?" He asks, "Which was it?"

"I'm not sure. But he used an ability called Ameton. Like... Rain release?"

San stops for a moment before shaking his head and pretending as if he didn't hear anything, "We'll just have to continue working on home training tomorrow after you kids get out of school. In the meantime, you guys should rest up, I don't want you doing poorly in class."

***Level Up***

You gain 3 points to distribute to these stats:

Stamina
Chakra Pool
Ninjutsu

Current Stats:

Daisuke
Hit Points: 20
Chakra Points: 12

Taijutsu: 3
Ninjutsu: 3
Genjutsu: 1
Intelligence: 3
Seals: 2
Speed: 4
Force: 1
Stamina: 2
Chakra Pool: 4

[boost: +2 chakra, +1 stamina]

The next few weeks are great for you, committing small crimes on the side with Kourashi is nothing but a lot of fun. From blowing up cats and dogs to poisoning Amegakure Shinobi's food with different chemicals, there was no crime too big for either of you. It isn't until the end of the semester of school that you find out the truth about Kourashi.

"There's two weeks of school left, and I don't want you hanging out with the Kokurai boy anymore." San says, "I'm sure the past few months have been fun for both of you, but I can only imagine what you two have been doing after school. You're six years old now, it's time for you to become a good boy. You're a genius in the academy, and will be graduating younger than most people learn to properly hold a ninja tool."

"What's wrong with Kourashi?" You ask, "And why don't you just call him by his name?"

"Because his family is a well respected one and he can get away with things that you can't. There's rumors going around that it was you two boys that killed the entire graduating class of students five months ago."

"Do you think that I did it?" You ask, putting on a fake face of grief.

"Of course not," He answers, "I just want to make sure you don't graduate with a bad reputation and wind up getting a horrible teacher."

***Team Set-up***

A. Tell him that you won't hang out with him anymore (-5 evil, -all Kourashi loyalty)

B. Tell him that you can't promise anything; end up hanging with him anyway (+5 evil, +2 chaotic, + Kourashi loyalty)

C. Tell him that you're going to do whatever you want (+5 chaotic, +2 evil, +Kourashi loyalty)

"Sorry, San, but I can't promise anything. I'll do my best to avoid him at school tomorrow, but he's like the only friend I have besides Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan. They all have their own separate friends as well, Don't see the problem."

"The problem is that..." He sighs, "Your friend's dad is one of the Salamander Guard, he has no way of getting into trouble, you do. And if you get in trouble, I get in trouble."

"So you're looking out for your own ass?" You ask.

San shakes his head and answers, "No, that's not it at all. Indirectly, yes. Yes I am. But I'd rather not see you get in trouble due to a spoiled brat." At that time, Nagato and the others make their way into the house full of excitement.

"We have the agenda for Genin Exam Day!" Yahiko shouts, "I'm up first on the block, I'm pretty excited."

"Who are you facing off against?" San asks.

"A kid named Dabura; he's a taijutsu fighter, I should beat him with little difficulty." You realize what he's talking about now, you remember reading about it a while back. You and Kourashi have spent a lot of time doing other things besides paying attention, so you have to gain all of your information via reading ahead of the time.

The Genin Exam Day is the same thing that you ruined a few months back. The Academy students fight one another to the death and unfortunately, you feel as if you have done nothing but goof off the past 6 months. "Hey, who am I up against?" You ask. Yahiko looks down at the sheet of paper and smiles. "What?" You ask.

"You're against the number three kid in the class -"

"Ryoko...." The rich girl from the Ushida clan. She doesn't have a bloodline, but they are skilled genjutsu users. Some of the best in the village... and you're going to have to kill her. "So what if she's the third best in the class? I'm listed as fourth."

"Actually, Konan beat you in survival jutsus, she is ranked fourth. You're fifth, right ahead of Yahiko." Nagato corrects you. You sigh and shake your head, a girl ranked higher than you did?

"Fine, whatever. We'll see who's ranked and who's not after the Event is over. In the meantime...

A. Read up on the Ushida family

B. Ask to be taught some new jutsus for the Exam

C. Ask to do some training before the exam

D. Look up some basic jutsus you should know before the Exam starts

I'm going to do some reading up on the Ushida Family for a while before I start training." You reply, "San, if you don't mind, I wouldn't mind doing a bit of training before the tournament. Do you think you can train me a bit? Nothing involving jutsus, I would just-"

"What about us?" Yahiko interrupts, "You honestly think San is going to forget about us and only train you?"

"If you'd let me finish my sentences you wouldn't look like such a di-"

"HEY! BOYS!" San yells, "Just calm down. We have two weeks, roughly twelve days. We'll do three day training with each person to get each of you ready. If you need time to do other things, fine. I'll see if I can get each of you some time off from school until the Genin Exam Day. Is that fine?"

You each nod... albeit hesitantly. "I guess I'll just do my own thing until then."

"Is that smart?" Nagato asks.

"What do you mean?" You turn to him and arch your eyebrow... "I haven't done anything that would require you to think that I'd do something off the wall have I?"

"No. I mean, you're going to go under public eye and do research on one of Amegakure's prized clans? Is that really smart?"

****Which is going to get you the best results the fastest?****

A. Yes. I intend to study at the school.

B. Yes. I'm going to go to the Ushida mansion to get information from them.

C. No. I'll find books here on the matter.

D. No. We have San right here to get me information on them.

"No. Of course not." You answer, "We have San right here. If each of you are smart, we can use him for our advantage to get information on your opponents. Yahiko and Konan both look at one another before looking up at San who shrugs.

"I don't see why I can't provide each of you with some information. There are a few books back at the office that explain small details on each of the major clans' in Amegakure. If you're ready for some notes by tomorrow I'll be able to fill you in before training one of the others."

You nod and reply, "Sounds good. I'm ready for this. In the meantime I'm going to rest."

Nagato grabs your arm before you make your way to the mat on the floor, stopping you from leaving. You turn back to him to see that he has a look of concern on his face. You decide to hold out for just a moment. San says, "Boys... and girl, I'm going to head out to work, take it easy."

"See ya, San!" The others cheer. As he leaves Nagato turns back around to you with his head down.

"We have a problem, you have the hardest match of the group and I don't know how you're going to win without proper training. You remember how to use the substitution technique?"

"Yeah." You answer, "Basically, I can avoid the damage of an attack at the cost of a small amount of chakra."

"And when can you not use it?" He quickly asks.

"When I'm unable to move or if there are no items in my immediate area to switch places with. What is this about, Nagato?"

"I've just been worried as of lately about your fight with Ryoko. She's really intelligent and her knowledge of basic genjutsu is astounding... almost rivaling mine." He replies, "If you're going to beat her, you're going to have to be better than her in that area, she knows genjutsu, so you're going to have to beat her before she can capitalize on it."

You nod. You know he's right. "I'm going to have to figure out way to beat her with trickery. Genjutsu users are tricksters. The only way I can win is by out-tricking her."

******

The next day San arrives with a bag and drops it onto the table. "Here are manuals and books on some of the clans in the city... you guys dig in." It seems as if Konan is the first one to reach the table, but you follow right behind her. There are several books here, all of them have the potential to provide information on the Ushida clan... Each of these books would take several hours to read, so only one of the books could be thoroughly read. At the same time, two of these books could be quickly read. And three could be properly scanned for minor information.

***Information Get***

A. The Art of Genjutsu written by Kenji Ushida

B. The History of the Ushida Clan written by Liam Hattori

C. Clan Nobility in Amegakure unknown author

D. Combating Genjutsu *Retired School Book*

E. Famous Suiton Users of Amegakure written by Hanzou Hattori

You glance each of the book titles over and decide to grab two of the five left on the table, "The Art of Genjutsu" and "Combating Genjutsu." Off the bat, none of the others seem as if they would provide much help, if any, against Ryoko. After getting them both, you immediately make your way over to the couch and dive into "The Art of Genjutsu." At first glance, the book seems very complex, written in older script than what you're used to, but it's still readable.

Over the course of the next three days you quickly read it, getting a grasp of general knowledge of genjutsu and how it works... also, how it can be used to provide openings for actual damaging attacks. At this point, though, you still aren't quite sure what types of genjutsu Ryoko and her family uses. There are no details outlining their style of fighting.

On the bright side, you have a little bit of time to learn a genjutsu. There are some that you wouldn't mind practicing on learning, but the details describing how they work are far too confusing for you to understand. As it currently stands, there are a few techniques in the back of the book that you can use that are decent enough to learn... maybe even somewhat useful...

A. Learn the technique that causes your opponent's mind to to drift onto other thoughts, leaving them open for an attack.

B. Learn the technique that makes your opponent seemingly forget the past three seconds; making them repeat their last action.

You decide that the Disorientation Technique is the better of the two, especially for the style of fighting that you wish to master. A style of fighting that consists of 'guerrilla tactics.' An attack that will leave your opponent open for another attack is going to be devastating, especially being susceptible to a fireball when they have no way of dodging it .

With your low rating in genjutsu, it takes you longer than you'd hope to learn the proper amount of chakra output and the appropriate seal order to learn the technique, but you do learn it... or at least you think you do. You have no way of trying it out, but by the seals processing and the amount of chakra needed to execute the technique, you believe that you have it down.

You learn the technique in two days, leaving you a few more days to read over the second book, "Combating Genjutsu." It doesn't take very long to quickly scan through this book. You hop around and read only what you consider the major parts of the book... Identifying genjutsu, escaping it, and noticing when someone else is captured in a genjutsu. You could care less about noticing when someone else is captured in a genjutsu, but identifying and escaping it are two things that catch your attention.

Identifying genjutsu seems to be very important... far more important than escaping it maybe. If you can't identify that you're captured in a genjutsu there's no point in learning how to break it. But on that same note, you have to identify the genjutsu before you can break it... You don't have time to learn both, but you're going to have to settle for one of the other.

A. Learn to identify genjutsu

B. Learn to break out of genjutsu

C. Learn to figure out when another person is in a genjutsu (-20 evil)

You decide to learn how to break out of genjutsu instead of learning more about identifying genjutsu.

***By the way:***

Kai
Chakra Cost: 2 CP
Damage: None
Range: Self
Effect: As long as the genjutsu is able to be dispelled, this technique is capable of dispelling it. The user of this technique must be aware of the genjutsu and must be able to form the seal in order to release the genjutsu.

Disorientation Technique
Chakra Cost: 2
Damage: None
Range: Mid
Effect: A genjutsu technique that force’s the opponent’s mind to drift onto other thoughts leaving them vulnerable to attack.


The Kai technique is nothing more than a very precise control of your own chakra network, making it cease movement for just a moment. Long enough for you to regain control of your senses if you are ever lose them to genjutsu. The technique isn't very chakra costing, but the negative side is that it does cost chakra. You can also use the technique on another person... though... you don't ever see you doing that.

***

The final few reading days are up and San has began training you for endurance. "What made you decide to do this, Daisuke?" He asks, "You would think that you of all people would be confident in their current abilities. You and Nagato are the only two with more than one elemental technique..."

"If I'm going against one of the top three students in my class I'm going to have to do something a little differently." You answer, "I feel as if I need a bit more endurance."

"We can change that over the next couple of days. We have three days to do whatever it is you want. Do you have a preference?"

***Training Mode***

A. Physical Endurance (Increases stamina)

B. Physical Strength (Increases force)

C. Muscular Finesse (Increases Speed)

D. Taijutsu (Increases Taijutsu)


The final few days are rigorous ones. San equips you with several weights to wear for three days straight. It was interesting to have so much extra weight on you, but you can definitely feel a difference when they are removed. Everything feels far lighter. You feel... significantly more powerful. You don't feel strong enough to snap a person's neck with relative ease, but you do feel less fragile than a few days ago.

***

The day of the Genin Exams are finally here! The time to put all of your training to the test is here. San escorts you and your other three roommates to the new stadium for the academy students. The academy students from class are all piled in here ready for the matches to begin.

"Here we are guys." San says with a smile of contempt on his face. He seems disappointed to have you here. You know that everyone here is fighting to the death. You have to kill your opponent, and unfortunately for you, you have to face off against one of the most powerful people from your class as one of the daughters of one of the most prestigious clans in the city. "You gonna be alright?" San asks as he looks down at you, "Are you sure you're going to go through with this?"

"Yeah, I'm just going to -"

"Oye, San-Sama." A voice interrupts from behind you. You all turn around and see a man with long black hair and purple eyes. His eyes look to have three, long lines all perpendicular to one another... like an unconnected triangle. His presence here is frightening. He seems almost... demonic... too evil to stand this close...

"Ah. Lord Ushida -"

"Lord Ushida?" You think to yourself, "This is the father of the girl you're going to be facing?"

"Which of these boys is the one unlucky enough to face my daughter?" He asks. San grabs your shoulder and puts on a real smile this time and shakes you a few times.

"Aren't you a little too young to be practicing ninja arts, boy?" He asks. You frown at him, not wanting to say anything to make his... evil intent crush you.

"No, sir." You answer, "Not at all."

"Do you think you can beat someone who controls space and time?" He asks.

"Seeing as how your daughter doesn't have your eyes, I don't have to worry about that."

He smirks instead of continuing on with the conversation and proceeds to walk away. You can tell that he believes that you're going to lose this match. Is he right?

******

"Todays events will pit some of the cities best children against one another to see which of them are truly worthy to wear the Amegakure headband and take what they've learned the next level. The fights..." You begin to ignore what is being said by the announcer but start to look around the stadium for other things. You watch as a man with a water mask and three guards. Is that hanzou?

The board displaying the matches flashes showing the matches. You are listed to fight second after Kourashi and Kenshiro. You know what Kouraishi is capable of, but you've only heard rumors about Kenshiro. His ninja weapon abilities are unrivaled in the class. At about that time, you notice Ryoko looking at you from a feet seats across. She is sitting with one of the other girls from class...

A. Watch the match intently

B. Walk over to Ryoko and talk to her about the upcoming match

C. Ask San about what Lord Ushida meant about controlling Space and Time

D. Talk to Nagato about your upcoming match

You notice the girls looking over towards you, pointing and laughing. As much as you want to make your way over to them, you decide not to let your anger get to you. Instead, you decide to get some final help from your buddy before you head down to the floor to fight against her. You turn to Nagato who is already staring at you. "Weird." You think.

"What is it?" He asks.

"You said that you were great at basic genjutsu, correct? What advice can you give me about my upcoming match?"

"This is all of our first fights." He answers, "The best advice I can give you is to just take your time and pay attention to every detail. A novice genjutsu user who uses a phantasm based genjutsu normally leaves out minor details... a rock on the ground, a detail in the audience, and many other things. If your memory is massive, you should be able to fair just fine against her."

"That seems too easy." You laugh.

"It's far harder than you thing." He continues, "Especially when dealing with someone with a family that specializes in genjutsu. Her dad designed the outside false barrier to the city. No one can get in without another person who is extremely talented in genjutsu."

"Isn't it bad that I'm killing someone from a family that noble?" You ask.

"Yeah, probably. There can't be anything good from it. I'm sure that he'll retaliate by having you killed or something. It just depends." Your heart begins to beat harder at this point. This is frightening. You look back down to the ground to see Kourashi manhandling the competition. Even with his opponent being as skilled as he is with ninja weapons, he is completely dominating. "Your friend may be more powerful than I am. He only scored two points less than me on our final test."

"Is that so?" You ask almost unsurprised, "He is powerful. He's fast." You watch as he moves in between two demon wheel shuriken with two shuriken in his hand before firing them and lodging them directly into either temple of Kenshiro's head.

"VICTOR!" The announcer cries. The crowd claps excitedly. You're sure he put up a great match... you aren't sure how you're going to follow him. "The next match contains two very aspiring Academy Students. On one side we have the youngest daughter of the Ushida Clan and the third best tester in the academy. Ryoko has scored the second highest in Genjutsu and Chakra Control based techniques..." Ryoko leaps over the rail and walks casually to the center of the ring. You notice her eyes glance over to the right to watch your expression. "And on the other side we have the youngest student in the academy, the six year old wild child, Daisuke. Daisuke has scored in the top five in all subjects and is ranked fifth in the class overall." You shake your head and chuckle... This is it... You stand up and leap off the side rail and land hard on the concrete floor.

You immediately look around at all of the details of the floor... looking for any cracks... any rocks or gum or anything on the ground that she would have to keep in the correct location. The stadium is roughly sixty yards long and forty five yards across. It's also in a rectangle shape, much like a football field. There are a few cracks on the ground, probably from the previous match. The lights above seem to be moving just slightly... That'll be your focus more than likely. You have to remember that they are moving to the left and right from where you are.

You look back across to see Ryoko staring at you with her big, bright eyes. She smiles before bowing slowly to you. She says, "I didn't think that I'd have to spank a baby to become a Genin... a gross orphan one at that. Am I going to get poor if I touch you?"

A. Just ignore her and bow before the match

B. Simply reply "No."

C. Be cheap and attack her before the match starts.

D. Insert insult "___"

"Actually..." You start, thinking of a quick, witty comment.... "You may notice a decline in your quality of life." She squints her large eyes and frowns an evil little smile towards you... She's ready for this fight just as you are. The announcer looks over at the both of you to make sure that you've calmed down a bit before continuing with the match.

"Are both of you totally clear on the rules and proceedings of the match?" He asks. "At least one of you will die. Are you prepared for that? If you are not, you are free to leave right now." Both you and Ryoko remain silent, staring at each other, ready to get the first hit. "With that, I'm declaring this match.... Started."

As soon as the final syllable comes out of his mouth Ryoko leaps backwards and tosses a single shuriken at you. This is probably a distraction to get your eyes off her. Instead of leaping or diving aside you keep your head focused on her and jump to the side avoiding the shuriken entirely. You dash forward after the shuriken passes to try closing the distance between the two of you.. Instead of running backwards like you figured a genjutsu user would, she does the same. "Is she setting up a technique?" You think.... "Maybe I'm being paranoid." You get into boxing range of her and throw a punch, but she dodges by stepping back with a large smile on her face. She has a lot of reach over you.

She spins and kicks with her right leg towards your head. You raise your left arm and block the kick but fidget just slightly... "She's strong!" She plants her feet again and attempts to punch this time... this time the attack connects.... You land on the ground, but not for long as you quickly hop off the ground. As you do, you notice that she is still heading towards you... she's still feeling you out...

***ATTACK***

Daisuke
Hit Points: 27
Chakra Points: 18

1. Aggressive

2. Defensive

3. Balanced


A. Attack with taijutsu

B. Attack with genjutsu (The only genjutsu you have)

C. Use ninjutsu technique ________

D. Use Chakra Control Technique _________

You swipe your left hand over your pouch and quickly grab three senbon and place them between each as your fingers before leaping backwards. Ryoko continues moving forward, quickly with her eyes eager for her next attack. You quickly toss all three senbon towards her, forcing her to make the dodge. Instead of leaping over the senbon, she grabs a shuriken. You notice this and form a seal for your fireball technique.

She throws her shuriken and knocks the senbon from the air but doesn't realize the small stream of fire behind it. She raises both of her arms to block the attack but takes the major grunt of the damage. She was expecting to plow through the senbon and get back into melee range. Does she know any genjutsu at all? She seems to be mainly using taijutsu.

She dusts the smoke and ash from her shirt and takes a deep breath before looking over to you again. "A katon user?" She asks. "You dog... you're worse than I thought." You notice that she is breathing heavily already. She must can't take too many big hits like those. She balls her fists and stops on the ground before screaming at a high pitch for a long time. The voice is such a high frequency... one too much for you to handle at first, but you turn your head and squint your eyes for a second, but quickly turn back to see that three Ryoko stand before you.

Each of them reach over to their satchel and grab shuriken and throw them towards you... "What is this? A bunshin technique?" You look down at your feet to see that your shadow stops moving for a moment before the three shuriken reach you. You don't have any time at this point to make the dodge...

***ATTACK***

Daisuke
Hit Points: 27
Chakra Points: 12

1. Aggressive

2. Defensive

3. Balanced


A. Attack with taijutsu

B. Attack with genjutsu (The only genjutsu you have)

C. Use ninjutsu technique ________

D. Use Chakra Control Technique _________

E. Attack with senbon at ______ range

F. Custom attack

You know that it's too late to try dodging or deflecting the attack. It doesn't even seem like enough time elapsed for the shuriken to get to you, but due to the shadow beneath you being stationary, you know that the lights above you are no longer moving... you've been hit by a genjutsu. You think back to the book you read last week and one of the ways to break a genjutsu... "Pain." You think... "If these shuriken are real, they will inflict real damage to me." You grit your teeth and throw your shoulder forward to attempt to block some of the damage. The shuriken directly in front of you phases right through you... "A fake?" The next two continue forward without a hitch and both land directly in your shoulder and your upper forearm. "GAAHHH!!!" You cry in agony as you drop to the ground.

The shuriken don't hurt as bad as you think they would. Your adrenaline is pumping too much for that. You decide to form the first couple of seals for the genjutsu on the ground before quickly hopping off the ground and flinging a single senbon at her. She slides forward and lower towards the ground, giving you enough time to finish the last two seals... You whisper, "Illusionary Art: Disorientation Technique" just as she looks up at you.

You notice that her eyes widen and her pupils become dilated. The technique worked! This is your opening, the chance that Nagato talked about.

***ATTACK***

She is roughly 12 yards away and her mind is off somewhere else for only a few seconds

Daisuke
Hit Points: 21
Chakra Points: 10

1. Aggressive

2. Defensive

3. Balanced


A. Run in and attack with taijutsu

B. Attempt to stack your genjutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ________

D. Use Chakra Control Technique _________

E. Use Senbon at ________ range

You leave the shuriken in your arm as you advance forward, trying to close the already small gap between you two and forming seals for a second fireball. After the final seal is formed, you notice her eyes shift back to normal and she shakes her head a few times before leaping into the air to avoid the damage. The fireball hits the ground and explodes on impact, rising up to the ground and hitting her with some of the splash damage.

She slightly loses composure and juts forward just slightly, slightly enough for you to try your plan that you've had set up since before the match started. You decide that this is the time to execute that plan. While her head is down looking down towards the ground you use a henge into her father to disguise it as a genjutsu and pull three senbon out from your pouch and run forward. She lands on the ground and looks up. She smiles and bites her bottom lip... perfect.

She realizes that she's been had. "A henge!" She shouts as she back flips to avoid the first senbon just as it pierces through the concrete. The second senbon manages to hit her in the lower leg and the third in the arm... The pain, this time is enough to send her to a knee. With the henge still active you stand over her with a large grin on your face...


Daisuke
Hit Points: 21
Chakra Points: 6

1. Aggressive

2. Defensive

3. Balanced


A. Run in and attack with taijutsu

B. Attempt to stack your genjutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ________

D. Use Chakra Control Technique _________

E. Use Senbon at ________ range

F. Custom Attack

You raise your balled fist right above her head and smile before saying, "Decrease in quality of life confirmed." You jab a ball of concentrated fire directly into her face, exploding it on impact. Her face "booms" and erupts in a mountain of blood into your face. "VICTOR!!!" The proctor shouts raising his left arm indicating that you had successfully defeated your opponent. You smile a very evil, little smile and turn your head directly to where her father is standing... staring directly at you. He nods his head slowly three times before standing up and leaving with two guards.

You notice that he makes a motion towards Hanzou before leaving. Hanzou waves him goodbye and then looks toward you again, also nodding. You hear Konan cry "Daisuke-SAN!!!" causing you to turn your attention towards her instead. You smile at your roommates and San as they all wave towards you. You smile back and run towards the rails and climb back up.

Kourashi runs towards you before you can make it to San and says, "Good fight, you're a lot smarter than I expected." He scratches his head a few times before smiling, "And was that a genjutsu you used?" Before giving you a chance to answer the question he answers, "I would've hated to face you. I did expect you to finally burst out the Scorch Release."

"The next match involves the number 1 ranked student of the class, Nagato. Nagato has scored first in every category; the first student since Lord Hattori Hanzou to perform this feat. Nagato is expected to enter the chunnin exams almost immediately and has potential to receive training from Hanzou himself depending on how his match today goes.... The crowd begins to whisper immediately following this statement."

"Man, you're buddy Nagato is ridiculous. I feel sorry for Shiisthel." You know Shiisthel as the man from the Reptilian Clan on the outskirts of the village. He is a master of close range taijutsu and ninjutsu. He's the only other person in your class that has shown the ability to use katon. It'll be interesting to see how a fellow katon user fairs against Nagato.

Nagato seemingly teleports to the ground and stands erect in the middle of the ring as Shiisthel makes his way down by walking vertically down the wall. Nagato doesn't even blink. Shiisthel's killing intent is simply too much for you as he walks beneath you... "Hey, let's get out of here. I hear the teams and the teachers are going to posted after the matches, let's go ahead and see who they have up."

A. "No. I'm going to stay here and watch this match" (+Nagato loyalty)

B. "No. I still have to talk to San and my roommates."

C. "No. I'm not allowed to hang out with you." (-All loyalty with Kourashi)

D. "Yeah, let's go."

"No. I definitely need to stay here for Nagato. That is my roommate... and it'll be a learning experience for me."

"I understand." He answers, "Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and head there, though. There's no reason for me to stay and watch him. He's too nice for my cup of tea. I'll see ya tomorrow." He nods and makes his way towards the exit. You turn around and look as Shiisthel stand face-to-face and staring one another down. You notice that the proctor begins to talk... describing the rules of the match. You know how big this match is for Nagato. You know that he's gotta beat him to impress Hanzou.

The proctor shouts, "Begin!" Shiisthel immediately rushes in after extending both of his large slicing blades from his forearms and makes a horizontal slash directly across at Nagato. Nagato stands tall and seemingly doesn't move but the blade completely misses him.

"Try again." Nagato orders with his same serious look on his face. Shiisthel attacks again, this time with a windmill type attack; however, Nagato steps back and discreetly pulls out two kunai and blocks both attacks before spinning around and tossing one of the kunai towards Shiisthel's head. Shiisthel ducks and avoids the attack and raises the tiger seal to his mouth and fires a lesser fireball directly at Nagato. You notice a slight glare in Nagato's eyes before he forms a Ram Seal and fires a ball of water similar to the fireball, completely negating the fire and pushing forward towards Shiisthel.

"WITH NO WATER SOURCE!?!?" You hear the crowd whisper loudly. You look up at Hanzou to see he has clasped a hold of the rails and drawn deeply into the match now. Without even noticing another set of seals, you spot an image of Nagato rise from behind forming another set of seals. "Suiton: Water Dragon Technique." The stream of water that had been used as the counter before has now become a dragon and quickly swoops Shiisthel off his feet dealing a massive amount of damage to him in a short amount of time.

Every changes their focus of attention over to Shiisthel now who is laying seemingly unconscious already. The proctor takes a few steps to him as the two Nagato's stand side by side. "What technique is that? That clone looks real... but I never saw it being created?" You think. Before the proctor makes his way to him, Shiisthel moves slightly...

"He's still breathing. Do you intend to finish him?" The proctor asks. Nagato focuses his eyes on you specifically... He respects your opinion that much...

A. Shake your head no (-10 Evil, +10 chaotic)

B. Shake your head yes (+10 Evil, -10 chaotic)

C. Shrug and let him decide (+Loyalty Nagato)

You shrug at him. You'd rather him make his own decision instead of you influencing him. Especially in front of Hanzou. You look up to see that Hanzou, instead of looking at Nagato, watching you and how you and Nagato interact with one another. You look back down to Nagato to see him shaking his head, "No. I'm not going to finish him. He's done already." The proctor looks up at Hanzou to see what he says.... he simply nods. Passing the okay to end the match.

A medical team rushes on the floor and places him on a stretcher, taking him to the back to do whatever it is they need to do to keep him alive... or kill him. "VICTOR!!!" The proctor shouts as he raises his right arm indicating a win for Nagato. The crowd begins to whisper louder and far quicker than before. Are they shocked because he won so quickly or are they shocked because he allowed his opponent to live.

Nagato leaps back to where you stand and gives you loose hug and a large smile, "Good job on your match." He congratulates you on your win, "I couldn't have won a better match."

"That's a lie." you think, "You did, didn't you?" You ask. He simply chuckles and grabs your wrist as he runs toward San and the others. San smiles and Yahiko leaps into the air and swings his arms around Nagato's neck. Even Konan hops up and down for a moment before cheering.

"That was a great match." San says, "I just wanted to let you both know that. Hanzou seemed to be very impressed with the both of you."

"I wonder if Hanzou is looking at inviting Daisuke to his team?" He asks.

"Wait, Danzou is hosting a team?" You ask.

"Yeah. The three most impressive genin go to his team." Konan informs you, "Don't you ever pay attention in class?!?!"

The announcer makes his way back to the middle of the arena announcing the next match... Konan will be facing off against Yagura, a senbon user like yourself, but he uses them as his main offensive instead of a supplementary.... "This match isn't going to be fun... I think I'm going to go outside and stretch my legs a bit guys. I'll see ya back at home."

***Level Up***

Now level 3 (Officially should be 4, but you started at 0)

5 Points to distribute anywhere:

Taijutsu: 3
Ninjutsu: 3
Genjutsu: 1
Intelligence: 3
Seals: 2
Speed: 4
Force: 2
Stamina: 3
Chakra Pool: 6


Genin upgrade:

10 points to put in 1 area:

Hit Points: 30
Chakra Points: 18

1 point to put in any of these 3:

Taijutsu
Ninjutsu
Genjutsu
Seals


Choose 1 Perk:

A. Deal 10% more damage against female characters

B. Deal 10% more damage against male characters

C. Place 1 point in any 1 Stat

D. Upgrade any 1 jutsu to become a more powerful custom technique or a preset one (Only these: Fire Punch, Disorientation, Senbon trick ability, lesser fireball) The upgrade goes into effect after everything else

The next day you discover that teams have been posted on the school bulletin by the advisors and that your teachers have been announced as well. "The fact that you've been promoted to genin is not full story." San says, "You each still have to pass your individual tests granted to you by your teacher. I'm not sure who your teachers are, but no matter who you get you'll always have a teacher in me, okay?" Each of you nod. You look over at Nagato and he looks over at you with a smile on his face... an almost arrogant smile.

After San releases you all to head to school, you each dash as fast as your legs can carry you through the village streets and into the tower to the entrance of the second floor where the teams are posted. You scan down as fast as you can... but before you get a chance to figure out where you are, your concentration is interrupted by Kourashi patting you hard on your back and saying, "TEAMMATE!" You turn around and almost want to sigh. If he's on your team... "We're on team Hanzou. His second time ever recruiting three Genin. We're going to be just as legendary as his three guardsmen."

"I take it Nagato is the third?" You ask.

Nagato answers from beside you, "Indeed. I am."

"This sucks. I can't believe that I didn't get selected to be on that team." Yahiko cries. "And Konan and I aren't even in the same team. This is ridiculous."

"You guys will get just as much training as anyone else." Nagato tries sympathizing with him... and it almost works.

"Except us!" Kourashi mocks as he bursts into an obnoxious laugh and tears.

"If the books are right, you guys won't even get trained by Hanzou, himself." Konan says, "Apparently, each of you are assigned personal trainers that are each upper-jounin level. Hanzou will put you through the test though..."

"What test?" You ask.

"The genin finalization. If you guys fail, you go back to academy students for 6 months." Konan explains, "No one knows what Hanzou's test is, but apparently it is something like an initiation. He has to know that he can trust you guys."

Nagato looks over at you with slight disgust. You know that he wants to kill Hanzou at some point, but you aren't sure when he'll make his strike. You don't think you're ready to attempt to dethrone Hanzou at this point. Before you can continue to think negatively a man walks into the room and instructs each of you to report to the room number listed beside your team name.

Kourashi quickly says, "Ours is 2C. It's this way." You and Nagato nod at each other and follow him as he walks briskly through the hallway and into the room. The room has a single door on the opposite side of the room with a see through glass. You wonder what’s there...

***SMACK!!!***

You turn around to see that the door behind you has slammed shut, "What the -?" Nagato stands firm and only tilts his head to the back... and then back to the front as you all aren't sure what's going on.

"The next test?" You ask.

"No. That can't be. Konan said that Hanzou's test is different from the others."

"But what if something is different this time?" Kourashi asks, "We have to be on alert."


(Each selection must be different. (You may choose A thrice)

***What to do with Daisuke???***

A. Wait in his current position

B. Approach the door on the opposite side of the room but only look through the glass

C. Same as B but open the door instead

D. Try opening the door behind you, maybe the wind just blew it shut

E. Use Kai


***What to do with Nagato???***

A. Wait in his current position

B. Approach the door on the opposite side of the room but only look through the glass

C. Same as B but open the door instead

D. Try opening the door behind you, maybe the wind just blew it shut

E. Use Kai


***What to do with Kourashi???***

A. Wait in his current position

B. Approach the door on the opposite side of the room but only look through the glass

C. Same as B but open the door instead

D. Try opening the door behind you, maybe the wind just blew it shut

[Yushinoki]

"You're right, Koura." You speak up, trying to establish your place as the leader at the moment, "Let's take this slow. Triangle formation in the middle of the room, Nagato, you use kai on the group to make sure that there is no genjutsu placed on the area." The other two nod and fall into position while moving to the center of the room. Nagato closes his eyes and forms the seal for kai. Before you can even speak again, the entire surrounding changes.

The entire area seems to be an underground cave. "How is it hot now when it wasn't before?" Kourashi asks. He's right, though... it's far hotter than what it was before the kai.

"Whoever placed us in the genjutsu is very powerful." Nagato starts, "There is no telling how long we've been under the effects of this genjutsu." You kneel over and touch the ground to discover that the ground beneath you is actual stone. It isn't a design. The ground is scolding hot. You believe that this is some type of volcano or something, but why are you here?

"Alright, guys. How are we going to do this?" You ask.

"This is obviously a part of the test." Nagato says, "We're going to have to get through this... thing."

"Suggestions?" Kourashi asks.

You look around to see that there is only a shallow opening behind you. There is probably no way back that way. The path ahead is a wide one. What appears to be bursts of magma or lava is bursting from the ground and streaming through the cracks of the ground. The cracks move the lava in different areas on the ground, but they all seem to move in the same direction... through the main passage directly in front of you... It seems to be going lower into whatever it is you're in.

A. Suggestion 1: Go down in a straight line (Speed option)

B. Suggestion 2: Go down in a triangle formation (Defensive option)

C. Suggestion 3: Go down in a horizontal line (Offensive option)

You scratch the front of the crown of your head and suggest, "We're going to have to stay on the defensive. We get touched by the lava we're going to lose more than our shot at Genin."

"Yeah. Let' do this." Kourashi says as he moves into the front of the formation. You and Nagato move forward, slightly behind him and make a run using small leaps on the stones surrounded by the searing hot lava. The cave descends deep into the Earth and it seems as if the further you descend the hotter it gets. After about 30 seconds, you hear a loud explosion behind you. Both you and Nagato turn around to see dust rush in towards you. It seems too much to handle for a moment as the wind almost knocks you off your feet.

Kourashi lands behind you both and provides a leverage for you both so that you won't fall into the lava. "Be careful, you two!" He shouts, "A trap was set off back near the beginning. Apparently if we had waited back there we would've been killed. Let's not linger back here." Nagato nods and leans forward allowing Kourashi to continue moving forward.

The decent is a long one. but with the formation used, each of you are able to compliment each other down the path without a hitch until the area gets dark and far harder to see. "This is going to be difficult." You whisper. The only light in the room is the red tint the lava produces in the thin creeks and moat surrounding the next room.

"We can't see far... I'll lead the way." Nagato says as he walks beyond Kourashi. Kourashi looks back at you and lines up parallel to you. "Let's go." Nagato leaps up front over the moat of magma and takes a few steps forward before saying.... "Go." You and Korashi both leap over the fire and look around. Nagato takes a few steps forward before a loud roar blows you all back a few feet. You almost fall into the lava, but Kourashi grabs your arm and pulls you back.

"What was that!" You shout.

You look up to see Nagato standing tall in front of a large lizard creature. "This." He points.


***What to do with Daisuke???***
currently in mid range
Daisuke
Hit Points: 30
Chakra Points: 28

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use senbon at ______ range


***What to do with Nagato???***

currently in close range

Nagato
Hit Points: 30
Chakra Points: 31

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use shuriken at ______ range


***What to do with Kourashi???***

currently in mid range

Kourashi
Hit Points: 50
Chakra Points: 15

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use shuriken at ______ range

*****
Stats:

Daisuke:
Taijutsu: 4
Ninjutsu: 4
Genjutsu: 2
Intelligence: 4
Seals: 2
Speed: 5
Force: 3
Stamina: 3
Chakra Pool: 6

HP: 30
Chakra: 28

Nagato
Taijutsu: 3
Ninjutsu: 17
Genjutsu: 6
Intelligence: 4
Seals: 6
Speed: 3
Force: 1
Stamina: 3
Chakra Pool: 7

HP: 30
Chakra: 31

Kourashi.
Taijutsu: 4
Ninjutsu: 5
Genjutsu: 1
Intelligence: 2
Seals: 4
Speed: 5
Force: 4
Stamina: 4
Chakra Pool: 5

HP: 50
Chakra: 15

*****

Instinctively, you reach into your pouch and grab three senbon and begin moving counter-clockwise around the edge of the surface waiting for your two teammates moves. Nagato leaps back in a hurry but only far enough back to dodge the slow, powerful swipe of the large lizard. He forms a few seals before landing on the ground and uses, "Suiton: Water Cannon." And fires a stream of water straight into the reptile's face. The lizard lets out a large roar and swipes a few times before turning his head back and turning towards Nagato.

Kourashi dives in front after the couple of swipes and forms four seals that you've seen before, "Ameton: Deceptive Water Scorching" The water on the lizards face shines for a moment, dealing a massive amount of damage to the creature. It lets out a shrill scream before pointing his head towards the ceiling and firing a fireball straight into the stone cavern. Several rocks begin to pour down to the ground.

You look up to see the trajectory of the stones, and before they get too close to the ground you toss all three of the senbon into it's side and then lunge forward and continue running in a pattern dodging several of the rocks. The lizard turns back to Nagato and fires a thin jet of fire lighting the entire room ablaze it seems. Nagato leaps into the air and drops horizontally, but the lizard aims a second jet of fire at him and connects. "Nagato!" You shout, "We have to get him out of melee range!" You order, "Kourashi switch positions, flank him on either side, Nagato." Nagato rolls to the side and stumbles back to his feet as he follows directions.

After each of you have stopped in the desired location, you notice that you only have him pincered. His attention is still focused on Nagato. "Kourashi, you're going to have to get his attention." He nods and moves forward.

***What to do with Daisuke???***

currently in mid range

Daisuke (has lowest aggro)
Hit Points: 30
Chakra Points: 28

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use senbon at ______ range (29 remaining)


***What to do with Nagato???***

currently in mid range (Has most aggro)

Nagato
Hit Points: 18
Chakra Points: 27

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use shuriken at ______ range


***What to do with Kourashi???***

currently in close range

Kourashi
Hit Points: 50
Chakra Points: 15

A. Wait, play defensive, and hold for a counter

B. Rush in, use taijutsu

C. Use ninjutsu technique ______

D. Use genjutsu technique ______

E. Use shuriken at ______ range

"Do either of your have genjutsu?" Kourashi asks as he runs into closer range to the Lizard.

"On it!" Nagato shouts as he forms a couple of seals. Kourashi seemingly materializes two shuriken in either hand and leaps into the air towards the top of the lizard. Once he reaches the apex of his jump he throws his two shuriken into the lizards back. The lizards starts to breath air again.

"Nagato, get out of there!" You shout.

"Done."

The lizard stops for just a moment and seems to become confused and tries to look back towards his tail. Kourashi, who sits on top of the lizards head begins to run down his snout. He points two fingers down towards you indicating for you to attack. You reach into your pouch and grab three more senbon and toss them towards the face of the lizard. The senbon connect, but you notice that it doesn't seem to faze him at all. Are your senbon doing minimal damage to the lizard?

"I don't think my senbon are doing any damage!" You shout.

"Neither do I. The genjutsu is still in effect. "We're going to have to do something differently." The lizard seems to understand what's going on and swings around, almost making Kourashi lose balance. Nagato sweeps back around to where you're standing and stands beside you.

"I don't think we can beat this thing." He says, "It's too powerful, we're not doing any damage."

"Are you saying we're going to retreat?" He asks.

"We're going to have to do that or change our strategy. Weapons are doing little damage, if any. We need to focus a lot of damage on certain area... but the area that we hit needs to be decided on right now."

A. Since Kourashi is on the head, continue focusing there.

B. Focus on a centralized spot on his right side

C. Focus on a centralized spot on his left side

D. Focus on one of its legs

You decide, "We need to focus on making him lose function with one of his legs!" Kourashi somersaults and kicks the lizard on the crown of the head, doing very minimal damage, but enough to distract the lizard for a moment as Kourashi falls down.

"It'll have to be one of the front ones. I assume that he'll still be able to walk if one of his hind legs are hurt." Nagato says as he brushes his chin.

You quickly bark out to Kourashi, "Front right leg, hit it with every jutsu you have." Kourashi focuses his attention towards that part of the lizard's body and nods before blitzing in again. The lizards swipes at him, but he manages to leap over the arm. Nagato moves up and forms a seal... This attack has to work...

***Kingdom Hearts Plot Attack (Pick the correct attack order)***

A. Kourashi -> Nagato -> Daisuke

B. Nagato -> Kourashi -> Daisuke

C. Daisuke -> Nagato -> Kourashi

D. Nagato -> Daisuke -> Kourashi

E. All attack at the same time

"Nagato! Give Kourashi some water!" You order as you begin to move counter-clockwise around the lizard, following the same sequence of attack as Kourashi. Kourashi forms his seals just as Nagato finishes his. The pressurized stream of water fires directly onto the leg of the lizard. The lizards cries again, and you can see that the wind around his mouth begins to shift direction. Nagato continues to pump water onto the lizards leg, giving an extra amount of water for Kourashi to work with "Deceptive Water Scorching!" As you rush into the fray you notice the lizards leg twitch a bit... as if it's losing a bit of movement due to paralysis.

"My turn." You think. You form a single seal and produce a flame of fire around your fist and lunge forward for an added amount of force and strike the center of the lizard's leg making it stumble for just a moment before rolling over on it's side. It lets out a loud cry for a moment before letting out a large ball of fire that drags across the ground aimed directly for Nagato.

You both cry "NAGATO!!!" before a man leaps in front of the fireball and blocks the attack with a palm and keeps in rotating in the same direction before the ball of fire fades away.

"Stand down, boy." A heroic toned voice lets out. You look to the man to see that it's the one and only Hanzou Hattori. "Stand down." He repeats in a much calmer voice than before. He makes his way over to the lizard to check his leg out. "You guys did a number on my Dagon. He'll be fine though, he doesn't get to have fun much."

"Is this the legendary Salamander that you take into battle?" Nagato asks.

"No." He answers kindly, "This is one of his sons... the youngest. Well, boys, can we proceed this way please?" He asks as he rises from the ground.

"Where are we going?" Kourashi asks.

"You don't ask questions." He answers, "You simply stay quiet and follow." He begins to walk through the next tunnel. Nagato follows close behind him and Kourashi follows you as you follow Nagato. He leads you down into an even deeper corridor where three chalices sit on three different pillars. You immediately wonder what this is.

"This is the Salamander Sanctum. Only my father and his father drank from these chalices before me. And only my current Salamander Guards have drank from it since then. You three will be the next Salamander Guards and drinking from this chalice ensure that you will become a member of our group and become a member of the Salamander family." He explains. "The blood of the salamander that you will be assigned to is poured into each of these chalices... Go ahead and choose your chalice."

A. Refuse to drink from a chalice

B. Drink from the 1st chalice (Cup with wings)

C. Drink from 2nd chalice (Cup with horns)

D. Drink from the 3rd chalice (Black cup centered in the middle)

As the other two look at the three chalices you move forward while keeping a close eye on Hanzou to see what his facial expression looks like as you get close to them. For some strange reason, it seems as if the chalice in the middle cries out to you. You reach out to it, to start drinking it, but a hand grabs your wrists forcing you to gasp and look over to your right to see Hanzou staring down at you.

"You're a young one... and this chalice's blood belongs to the most powerful of Salamynx's kids. His blood is the most taint of the third and by far the hardest to tame. If you want to change your mind about this choice I won't hold it against you."

"No. This is the one I'm drawn to." You answer as you yank your arm away from him and grab the chalice. Nagato makes his way to the chalice with the horns as Kourashi makes his way to the chalice with the wings. Each of you raise the chalice to your mouths and drink the blood as quickly as possible to try avoiding the taste of the blood, but it doesn't help. After you finish you sat the cup down and spit a few times and shake your head a few times. Nagato does the same while Kourashi laughs.

"The initiation is complete." Hanzou says with a large smile on his face. "Training will start first thing in the morning. Each of you will be assigned the Salamander Guard that represents your place on the chalice ring. Kourashi, as you already know, your father is a guard, and he will be training Nagato. You will be trained by Raoh, Kourashi, and Daisuke, you will be trained by Guame... They should be here any mi-"

Three men drop to the ground out of nowhere, each of them dressed in a unique color Amegakure uniform. One in black, white, and red. The man in black moves up first and whispers something in Hanzou's ear. "It's fine!" Hanzou shouts, "You should know who you're linked to... I have stuff to attend to." With that, he disappears without another word. The one in black makes his way to you now after looking you over for a second.

"You're the one that I'm linked to?" You ask.

Before answering, he pulls down his mask revealing a beast-like facial appearance... something reptilian like the kid from class, "Indeed." He answers in a rash voice. You squint your eyes. His voice is hard to listen to. "What are you wanting to do to get better acquainted?"

A. Let's go eat and talk

B. Let's get to training immediately

C. Can we do a mission together?

D. When can I see my summon?

"I'm just ready to start training." You answer, "I feel as if I'm the weakest link of the three of my teammates. I need to get stronger if I want to be one of Salamander Guards." You try to sound as convincing as possible. You don't believe that entirely, but you have to sell your act if you want Hanzou to trust you.

"Well I'm Guame, and I will start training you as soon as we get out of here." He says, "We're going to be training in caves like these for three months straight before you and your two allies begin running a chunnin level mission. Unlike the other two guys over there, I focus mainly in close range combat. I can't teach you about books, or about seals, or nothing like that, but since you know one of my elements we can do some of that. We can work on you enhancing your katon abilities."

"But I'm a Scorch Release user. How will I -"

"Hopefully we'll get to that. Hanzou wants each of you to have your potential unlocked before three months are up." He explains. "So come on..." He says as he covers his face back up with his mask. He turns around and leads you back out without saying a word to his two allies. Is this how they all are? Are all three of the guards this distant from one another?

******

You arrive in a dark cave... a cave hotter than the caves you were just at, but a bit easier on the eyes. "This is it." He says, "This is your home for the next 3 months. I will be providing you with food and water every day... but on other days you will have to get it by killing lizards and other reptiles down here. I will not be training you everyday, and I will only give you a one shot chance to impress me before tomorrow. I want a new ninjutsu technique from you within the next three days or else you will be punished.

You smile. You know of a technique that you had been thinking about and it will be easy to meet these goals... but now you have to decide on how you want it to be done...

A. Upgrade your fire punch by pushing the ball of fire forward by jabbing (a la Ace)

B. Upgrade your fire punch by condensing it into a ball and firing it forward (a la DBZ or something)

C. Upgrade the method of fire punch by making it cover your entire body (a la Human Torch)

D. Upgrade your fire punch by actually drawing heat from contact (a la scorch release)

It doesn't take you long to realize that this guy was serious about his training methods. He doesn't make a single appearance on the second day of your training, but it's fine. You believe that his appearance would only trigger conversation and that would stop you from focusing your attention on your training. Your training method is a lot more difficult than you expect. Constant seal changing to try and produce a flame around your fist but still has the ability to fire forward akin to a fireball.

At the end of the second day, before giving up for the night, you discover a new formation of seals that works to your advantage a lot. A three seal list that allows you to hold out on creating the flames immediately... you aren't sure what the ram seal allows you to do this, but it works. Also, all of this training with the concentrated fire has made it far more potent from what you can tell. It went from only grazing the rocks in the cave before, to literally bursting smaller ones.

On the third and final day a couple of hours after sleeping, you perfect the technique. Instead of simply Throwing a punch made of fire, you're now able to throw the fireball that's created by expelling extra chakra. The technique is slower than your fireball, is more difficult to use as of right now, but more powerful. The stalling seal is convenient, but the fact that it requires a seal to activate a personal range jutsu is a hassle.

***New Tech/Advance Tech:***

Fire Punch
Chakra Cost: 2
Damage: (Force stat) + 10
Range: Close
Effect: A physical attack using fire and strength to add bonus fire damage to your punches.

Flame Thrust
Chakra Cost: 1
Range: Mid
Effect: While a Fire Punch is active, you may use this technique to throw it further. This technique requires no seals.

*****

Later in the day, while still practicing the technique, Guame's annoying voice says to you, "Is that the best you could come up with?"

"Three days, no teacher, what did you expect? A forbidden jutsu or the like?" You ask with a smart-ass tone.

Guame instantly appears before you and slaps you across the face. "DON'T BACKTALK ME!" He yells. His spit spews all over you. "You WILL make something better than that!"

"What the hell is this guys problem?" You ask yourself. You turn your head and spit out a thick wad of blood. This punch hurt harder than anything you've ever been hit by. "Damn..."

"I told you to impress me with something." He says. You don't ever remember that... "Here." He throws you two small pills. One is bright red and the other is blue. "The red one is a soldier pill. It'll make you not want to eat for a few days and still fill full. The other is a chakra pill. Whenever you get low on chakra, just eat that. Also... you're right. I'm not being a teacher, yet. You have yet to do anything impressive. When you impress me, I'll train you. You have a week to do so... if you can't do something before then I'll kill you myself. Understand?"

You remain quiet and simply stare at him, "Good. Finally sensing some fear out of you." He disappears just like that... You exhale and start to breath heavily... you're pissed...

A. Calm down

B. Venture deep into the cave to find food

C. Start work on advancing your fireball

D. Start work on advancing your fire punch

E. Start work on a senbon technique

You're mad... real mad... and there is nothing else you can do aside train for the next few days. The bonus is the chakra and soldier pills he left here for you. With these, you don't have to worry about venturing deeper into the caves to face off against reptiles that are potentially on the same level as the salamander that you fought before.

You decide that the best route, again, is the fire punch. It is the technique that you find the most versatile. Fireballs can only become bigger and slower whereas the fire punch focuses on chakra control and has seals involved so that gives the most practice overall.

With a week to work with, you have a few more options than last time *Meaning you get a taste of what's to come in the future for upgrading/modifying techniques if you choose to do that (Choice A)* You've figured out how to fire the mass of fire from your fists directly, but you feel as if there is so much more that you can do with the technique. Anger still in tact, you let out a loud scream and produce two flames around both fists... let's get this show on the road.

***Training Mode!***

A. Completely modify the technique by tweaking small details

B. Try to figure out how to coat your body in the flames

C. Learn to intake the heat of the area and make your flames larger

D. Combine the flames and make a ball of fire that can be thrown like a fire bomb

You fire the two fireballs into the wall, destroying it with the flaming impact from the balls of fire. You extend both of your arms pointed to the ground and form seals one handed seals with either hand and scream again doing your best to try something different, but nothing happens. You drop to the ground and punch it with all your might. You don't know the slightest idea about starting this thing, but if what San told you about scorch release is correct, your bloodline ability allows you to draw moisture from the environment... You yell again... This time causing flames to erupt from your body. You're completely engulfed in a ball of fire... your eyes grow dark red...

"AaaaahhhhHHhhhhh~!!!" The flames begin to crackle but stop after only a few seconds. "I can't do this technique still?!" You ask angrily. "That's it. I'm going to have to do something differently... Fire from jutsus require oxygen and heat... but..." You think for a moment. Something impressive? You form a seal, place your hand on the ground, and close your eyes to start concentrating. You hold this position for a long time, concentrating on pulling chakra... you stop after about forty-five minutes... you realize that this is going nowhere.

You stand up and turn around, trying different methods every thirty or so minutes. It doesn't seem as if anything is going to happen. Maybe this technique is a lost cause. Maybe this technique won't work... maybe...

You have three days left before you have to showcase a technique...

A. Continue working on this technique.

B. Try to figure out how to coat your body in flames

C. Combine the flames of your fire punch and make a ball of fire that can be thrown like a fire bomb

D. Choose any existing technique to modify and tweak.

"Maybe I should just continue working on this." You think, "If, by chance, I were to shift to something else, I would end up getting punished again." For another three days, you focus all of your attention and time on learning how to draw heat directly from the surroundings. The technique is difficult, but not impossible. On the fourth day you notice your body start to increase in temperature with certain seals and on the fifth day you learn the series of seals needed to intake heat directly from the area into your body.

"It isn't scorch release, but it works." You say aloud while lying on the ground. You continue to breath heavily, exhausted. For the technique to work, you don't use chakra, but rather take in an extra amount that you're not normally used to and instantly convert it into katon energy. You don't remember ever seeing the ability to do this in books. No one has ever even mentioned it. Maybe... this is a unique ability that only you can perform?

On the sixth day you continue working with the effects of the technique. You hold your hand out, without seals, and instantly produce a flame around your hands. "No seals." You whisper with a hint of excitement. The results are still the same... The trick was the stalling seal that you discovered the week before. The stalling seal allows chakra/heat to seep into your body and you have to focus the chakra into the area you want the flame to be discharged from... the stalling seal is the "fuel" needed to start the fire... that's the reason nothing came from it before.

***New Technique***

Possible Unique Ability

Heat Absorption
Chakra Cost: 0
Range: Close-to-Mid
Effect: Drain the heat from any source around you. The closer you are to the source of heat, the more heat that will be drained.

On the seventh day Guame appears before you as you sit against a wall of ice. He looks around with amazement before nodding his head a few times, "I thought that you were a scorch release user?"

"Apparently I'm a bit more special than that... I have the ability to drain heat from objects."

"But that isn't the bloodline ability of Scorch Release users. They have the ability to drain moisture." He explains.

"Well it looks like something else happened to me." You reply.

"I've never heard of such an ability. Not even biju have shown that ability..." He smiles and removes his mask... "It looks like we will start training immediately." You smile as well... let's see what these Salamander Guards are made of... "We're going to enhance your ability to fight at close range, is there anything you feel that you're completely horrible at in close combat?"

***Next Training Method***

A. Work on Taijutsu

B. Work on Speed

C. Work on Force

D. Work on Stamina

For the rest of the month, the two of you work solely on avoidance in close combat, which, in essence, involves mainly speed training. Anticipating the strikes of your opponent and knowing how to get around them. You quickly find out that Guame is not one to take lightly, his speed and strength are too much for you, even though he seems to think that you are more than capable of taking his blows.

"You're soft!" He yells at you, "Scorch release users aren't supposed to be this soft!"

"How the hell do you know?!" You ask. He backhands you across the face sending you across the room and into a wall. You're slow to come off the ground... these beatings are starting to get bad on you... You get back into your fighting stance only to have him laugh at you.

"That's another reason you're worthless. You don't even know how to fight." He laughs. "What are we going to do with you?"

"You haven't taught me anything!" You yell, "I can't learn if you don't teach!"

He laughs before vanishing again... This time, though, he doesn't leave you alone. Several rabbits appear from nowhere and start moving in different direction. "Rabbits?" You ask aloud. You look around the room to see nothing change. Guame is definitely gone, though. You try making your way over to one of them but it scurries away... down the tunnel and into the mouth of a large Komodo Dragon like reptile. The reptile roars, knocking you back several feet. Before you have a chance to move, you hear the heavy, galloping footsteps begin approaching you.

A. Wait until it gets closer and flip over it and regain distance

B. Try fighting him with fire

C. Steal heat from the area and try freezing the room

D. Throw several senbon at his face, try hitting his eyes

You place your hand solidly on the ground to start your technique and hoping that the effects of the jutsu would occur before the large lizard laid you out. You almost immediately feel a difference on the ground and in little over a second the ground freezes over causing the lizard to slide uncontrollably on the sheet of ice and into your body, rolling you over (-15 hp). You slowly roll over and make a slipping crawl over the entire surface and into the wall.

The lizard slowly and carefully tries moving onto the ground... The heat that you managed to still from the area still seems to be settling in you... ready to be discharged.

***Sorry this is short***

A. Run into close combat and expel it

B. Launch a fireball from this far from the stored energy

C. Try focusing your chakra on a certain spot in the area and make the heat expel at once from that spot.

You hold a finger out as if you are aiming a gun directly at the point where the lizard is heading to.... leading him directly into the path that you want him to go. "Here it goes..." You eagerly whisper... you snap your fingers together while still pointing at the area causing a huge explosion right on the tip of his nose (Dealing it 48 damage at the cost of 6*Crit*). The lizard instantly flips over, dead on impact. The ice from the area slowly begins to melt and the water slowly makes its way to the where the lava once was making a moat of water now.

You laugh as you fall to your back stretched out, "What power..." You think. "I could definitely contend with Nagato now..." The fight with the lizard and the lack of rest from the past few days wore you out more than you imagined as you realize you begin to doze off... you try fighting it to continue training, but... you... can't... resist.. ZzzZZzzz

***

A couple of days after learning to take in the heat from the area and discharging it you continue practicing the ability to find that there is no way make it work quickly. It's an ability that has to be used after using your heat absorption ability. But seeing as how using the heat absorption ability makes your fire techniques more powerful, the Heat Discharge ability is always extremely strong.

***New Technique***

Heat Discharge
Chakra Cost: 6
Damage: Varies on the amount of heat absorbed (Deals splash damage)
Range: Close-to-Mid
Effect: Expel the heat that you drained from the area around you. The heat, once released, creates a huge explosion of fire on a specified area.
****

As you're doing endurance exercises you notice Guame appear in front of you with a seemingly positive look on his face. "Come on. You're going with me." You start to ask him where you're going, but you keep your mouth shut this time. You nod instead and rise off the ground... you wonder what's going on...?

***Level Up (Level 4)***

Put three points however you want in these stats:

Ninjutsu
Speed
Intelligence
Stamina

(Current)
Taijutsu: 4
Ninjutsu: 4
Genjutsu: 2
Intelligence: 4
Seals: 2
Speed: 6
Force: 3
Stamina: 3
Chakra Pool: 6

[boost: +2 int, +1 nin]

Guame leads you out of the cave and into the very bright daylight. You stop and cover your eyes for a moment as you quickly realize this isn't Amegakure. "Where are we?" You ask, still covering your eyes, still squinting, and still not yet used to the lack of rain falling from the sky. You're amazed to see so many trees up ahead. The sheer amount of beauty in the environment is astounding. You smile as this seems like such a great new place to show your ability to blow **** up.

He explains to you that "This is the immediate outside of my peoples home. This is the Village Hidden in the Scales right outside of the Fire Country."

"So I can burn anything?" You ask sadly, pouting behind your words.

"Absolutely not." He answers sternly, "Today we're not even going to be working with fire. We're going to try harnessing your wind abilities. How smart are you and how good is your taijutsu?" He asks.

"I'm not sure. But they are both pretty amazing for my age." You answer confidently.

"Very well. I'm going to teach you a taijutsu stance. It will sound strange at first, but it's the taijutsu of my people. It is called the Serpent Stance." He begins to concentrate and enters a stance that almost looks funny to you. He hunches over and brings all of his limbs closer to his body as if he's completely caged in a box or something. "The purpose of this stance is to provide defense while striking quickly at your opponent. When you enter this stance, you can't use ninjutsu over close range but any weapon the size of a kunai or smaller deals damage based solely on how fast you can strike. Here... strike at me."

You think about for a second to try to fake him out and then without hesitation you throw a jab forward causing fire to come from your fist immediately and straight at him. His body seemingly bends to the right avoiding the flame and then he lunges forward with his fingertips pointed directly at you like a snake head. Your eyes widen as he seems almost to fast to react to. Instead of hitting you his fingers stop directly in front of your face. He smiles arrogantly and asks, "What do you think?"

A. Tell him you like it and you want to learn it

B. Ask if you can learn something else (-Guame Loyalty)

C. Tell him that isn't your style (-Guame Loyalty)

"I don't like it." You answer with a smug grin on your face. "It doesn't suit my size. I'm too short... too young. I don't have the reach that you do. I need something more evasive... quick to suit my little body and my agile frame." Guame doesn't look too happy about the statement. He shakes his head and sighs before retracting his hand and moving a few feet back.

"Fine!" He shouts. "You're probably right, but that is no reason to say that the style does not suite you. This is a family taijutsu... Very well, though. The other style that I can teach you you're not quite ready for unless you want to learn how to wield two swords."

"Wait!" You stop him, "What do you mean I'm not ready for? Are you -"

"You aren't. You can hardly use the fire fist technique that you have. This technique is a very chakra precision based technique. We would have to work on teaching you some katon based techniques and increasing your knowledge of ninjutsu before we could ever hope to get you started on Kanryo no Karada." He reaches into a pouch and reveals a small scroll no bigger than his hand (which is still pretty big) and opens it. He stares at it for a moment before looking back at you. "Well, what do you want to do?"

*Road to next Stat Increase*

A. Teach me to use two swords

B. Help me increase my understanding of ninjutsu

C. Teach me some new ninjutsu

"If you don't think that I'm ready to learn that style due to my knowledge in ninjutsu, then we will go with the route. I apparently need a better understanding. I figured that all of my training would have broadened my understanding, but apparently there are still things that I don't know."

"Very well..." He says, "We will start that right now. Show me your fireball technique." He orders. You nod and form the seals for the technique and place the seal to your mouth. He slaps your hand before you get the chance to inhale the air to fire the ball of fire.

"Your seal formation and location of the seals are all wrong. You could fire much faster and more effectively if you form your seals here to begin with." He moves your hands up to right above your chest and right under your chin. "Each and every technique has a proper location to form seals. If you do them in the right area to build up your chakra, you can get a more effective attack." You nod and listen to his advice like this for the next several weeks. You don't realize it, but you two train non-stop on basic ninjutsu and seals for four weeks... giving you only a few more weeks left for training (+3 ninjutsu, +1 seals gained).

"You're a lot stronger than when I first came across you." He says, "You're still not as strong as where I'd want you." He continues, "I'm sure the other two kids are ahead of you, but I will do my best to make sure that the gap isn't as large when you go out and do your first mission together. I will begin teaching you Kanryo no Karada." While standing in his spot he begins to a glow a bright red. "This technique drains a lot of chakra as long as you keep it active... if you don't want to learn it, I'll understand. We'll work on a different technique."

"What does it do?" You ask.

"The color of the aura you produce is based on your affinity. Mine is red, so obviously fire. The bonus here is that every time I land a hit on a target it deals additional damage... fire based damage. It can also leave burns. Water, wind, earth, and lightning all have different effects."

"Since I'm a scorch release user, could my aura be affected by wind as well?"

"When you learn how to use fuuton. Yes."

A. Teach me this technique.

B. No. I want to learn a new fireball technique

C. No. I think I'm ready to learn fuuton now actually.

D. I was hoping for something different. Can I go back to swords?

"I will learn this technique." You say, "I will definitely learn this technique." You say again with authority.

"Very well. Let's pray that we can learn the technique in time for your mission coming up."

Instead of asking "what mission?" you remain quiet. At this point, you know that you have to only spoke when spoken to. You'd rather not get on his bad side anymore than you already are. You are his successor. You are projected to become more powerful than he is. There is obviously some hostility that he has pent up inside of him. You nod and stand in a similar position as him. After you hold the position he walks over to you and adjusts your body slightly in different ways so that you execute the style.

This training, like the last one, takes forever. The training is intense. The training is repetitive. The training is helpful. Learning how to push chakra through every inch of your body is difficult. You learn to push chakra throughout every chakra opening in your body after only a week and a half of training. You learn how to charge the chakra with katon nature an additional week after that, learning the technique entirely at that point.

***New Technique Gained***

Kanryo no Karada
Chakra Cost: 8 each turn
Damage: See Effect
Range: Self
Effect: Depending on your chakra affinity, you create a hue that produces several different effects.
-Red: Gain an extra inch in reach that deals fire damage. Each successful strike deals an additional 12 damage (added to your normal physical damage).
***

"Our training for now is done." Guame says after taking you back to Amegakure. "Once your mission is finished, you will be returned to me to work on Salamander training." He informs you. "You will be meeting with Raoh to discuss the details of your mission." You nod and turn away to meet up with your teammates.

You meet at the foot of the tower where you find Kourashi already waiting on you, "Daisuke!" He yells with excitement. You chuckle and shake your head as you approach him. "How was your training?" He asks, "Was it beneficial?"

"Yeah. I learned a few new things. Have you heard anything on our mission?"

"Yeah, actually." He answers, "It's a reconnaissance mission in the fire country. We're to get information on an external barrier that they have around the city. We're to get information on how it works and get out. We are to avoid any fight and report back to my sensei, Raoh."

"That sounds pretty intense." You whisper.

"Yeah... and I'm supposed to be the one leading this mission."

You raise an eyebrow in shock...

A. Tell him that he shouldn't lead the mission and that you should (-Kourashi loyalty, +5 chaotic)

B. Tell him that Nagato should lead the mission (-Kourashi loyalty, +Nagato loyalty, -5 chaotic)

C. Congratulate him and tell him that you're glad that he's going to lead (+Kourashi loyalty, -5 chaotic)



And remain silent, not wanting to provoke or disappoint him. Luckily, about that time, Nagato arrives wearing new clothes and shorter hair. You look down at yourself in disappointment. Nagato's clothes look a lot like Kourashi's. Noble attire. Purple and black silk with slicked back hair and new shoes to match. Something else seems to be a bit different about him... you just can't point it out yet...

"Nagato. What's up man?" Kourashi asks.

"Just ready for this mission." He answers quickly. You continue eyeing him, trying to figure out what it is that is different about him other than his clothes. "Your dad is a great teacher. You will be extremely powerful and useful at some point." He says as he turns his attention to you, "How was your training, Daisuke?"

"Not fun or easy. Guame is pretty strict and ruthless..." You stop for a moment and chuckle before saying, "I kinda like it actually."

Nagato smiles and turns to Kourashi again and says, "I hear you're leading the mission. Your father has high hopes and expectations for you. I am to report your actions and decisions directly to him. I hope that that will not be too big of a problem for you."

"Not at all. I was actu-"

"Gentlemen!" A voice shouts through the door. It promptly bursts open to reveal a large man... full of nothing more than muscle on top of muscle. His blonde hair seems to make him very foreign as you've never seen anyone with hair like that before. He seems to be far stronger than Guame and far more charismatic. "You're the ones that I'm giving the information to. Since I trained Kourashi, I will be giving it to him. He's leading the mission. Are there any objections?" Everyone remains quiet. "Good. Amegakure forces are currently working on a way to invade Konoha. They have been giving us lots of trouble. This is a B-Rank mission and Hanzou trusts you three to successfully complete it. Why? I dunno. There should be no conflicts on the field, but just in case there are, you are to do your best to get out of the situation by not fighting. Konoha ninja are all, on average, more powerful than ours. They have more money for proper schooling. Anyway, that's the mission. Are there any questions?"

A. Ask if you can blow stuff up

B. Ask what happens if you're captured

C. Ask if there are rewards

D. Ask what happens if you DO fight someone

E. Free question

F. No Question

"What if we decide to fight someone?" You ask, "For example, we're cornered and we have to fight to stay alive. Are there any consequences?"

"Hopefully, you won't put yourself in that situation." He says, "If you guys can get in there and not fight anyone, you will be greatly rewarded. This is supposed to only be a recon mission."

"I will do my best, Raoh!" Kourashi exclaims.

Raoh shakes his head and covers his head as he asks, "Anything else?" Nagato shakes his head and looks over at you and Kourashi. You shrug. "Well then..." He starts, "I wish all of you a successful mission. I will see you all in a few days." His body dissolves into a puddle of water and leaves you alone with your two teammates.

"Alright, as leader, I need to assign roles. I will be the front runner. I will stay ahead of you two by a good 50 yards. I trust you the Daisuke, so you will follow me and Nagato will remain behind you at 30 yards. When we reach the a certain distance outside of Konoha I will stop and slow down pace and update us at that point. Understand?" You both nod. "Good. Let's head out." He immediately cuts between the two of you and heads through the gates of the village. It doesn't take long for you all to make your way out of the country and into the Fire Country seeing as how they are neighbors.

The Fire Country is strangely rural in this part. Compared to Amegakure, there are far more grasslands and trees. The weather is also far warmer here, making this a prime area to steal heat and making your attacks far more powerful.

Nightfall comes quicker than you expected, but Kourashi doesn't stop. He continues to make his way forward at a steady pace. Even at sundown, the temperature is still high. The stars light up the area producing more shadows than whats really visible. About three hours after the moon rose, you find Kourashi sitting on a tree branch ready to stop for the night. "Good. No trouble so far. We're about 30 miles away from Konoha. The closest village is a farming village full of civilians. I'm thinking we should raze it."

Before you have a chance to talk, Nagato lands beside you both. "Are we done for the night?"

"I was just telling Daisuke that there is a village up ahead that we're going to raze." He says with a large smile on his face, "You down?"

"Our mission is solely to investigate the barrier. Nothing more." Nagato repeats.

"These are Konoha people! They kill people all the time. This will be some sweet revenge!" He says.

Nagato remains quiet for a moment. He goes to speak again but looks at you.

A. Tell him that you're down (+10 evil, +10 chaotic, ? Nagato Loyalty)

B. Tell him that you need to follow the mission details (-15 chaotic)

C. Say nothing, wait for Nagato to speak to decide

D. Tell Kourashi to go alone (-Kourashi loyalty, -10 chaotic)



You remain quiet and wait for Nagato to answer. "I dunno guys." He says. "If word gets back to Hanzou we're in trouble. I'd honestly rather not."

"If memory serves me right... didn't you tell me that Konoha soldiers killed your parents?" Kourashi asks, "And your dog or some ****?" Nagato remains quiet.

"Hey. Nagato, you don't have to do anything you don't want, but what I suggest is, that if we do decide to do this, we're going to have to make sure no one finds out about it."

"Of course. We'd have to kill everyone. Men, women, children.... everything."

Nagato shakes his head and says, "I don't think Yahiko or San would appreciate this, Daisuke."


A. Tell him that you guys are going to do it. (-Nagato Loyalty, +Nagato 15 evil, +10 chaotic)

B.Tell him to find a place to hide and that you and Kourashi will go alone (+Kourashi loyalty, +15 evil, +10 chaotic)

C. Tell Kourashi that you're not doing it, but he's more than welcome to (-15 evil, -10 chaotic)

D. Tell Kourashi no. Period (-Kourashi Loyalty, -10 chaotic)

E. You'll do it, but you won't kill innocent people (+Nagato loyalty, +5 evil, -5 chaotic)

"Well you get some place safe, Nagato." You tell him, "Kourashi and I will go have some fun in the village down there and when we finish we'll find some place to crash for the night, deal?"

Nagato shrugs with a single shoulder, obviously a bit disappointed, but not enough to throw a fit over it. You turn your attention back over to Kourashi and nod whilst saying, "Let's do this, man." He smiles like that time... the time you killed all of the academy students over half a year ago. He doesn't even look at Nagato before leaping from the trees onto the ground. You look at Nagato and move your lips to the side of your face... giving him something akin to a half smile before following Kourashi.

The trees are dense and the dry leaves on the ground require you to bounce off the trees instead to make a less noisy venture. There is nothing in the woods... not even a rabbit as you travel the small trip to the village ahead. Not even 5 minutes later you see lights up ahead. The village is nothing more than a small one. Only fifteen or so houses line a couple of streets.

There are two watch towers up ahead. You can't see anyone from here, but if there are guards in the tower they would be from Konoha. You touch your forehead, touching your Amegakure headband and frown. "Alright, there's a guard tower up ahead." Kourashi reinforms you, "I think the best course of action is to take it down first and then move into the city." You remain quiet, looking down at the scene. The towers are no more than 15 yards outside of the city. There are no gates, making it quite easy to breach the inside of the village. Regardless, too much noise would probably trigger them to come down.

"They are probably chunnin to special jounin level." You think aloud, "You sure you wanna try something like this?"

"You have an alternate plan?" He asks.


A. No. You're the leader (+Kourashi loyalty)

B. Let's just go around to the other side.

C. Let's attack them from here instead, giving us some distance.

D. Free Willy



You remove your headband and place it in your pouch before adjusting it to sit below your back. "Yeah. I do have a plan." You start, "You're going to cause a distraction up front, but I want you to play it safe... don't have them attack you until after I get around to them and have them cut down."

"So you're going to get the kill?" He asks almost angrily.

"Yeah. I realized on the way here that I was moving slower than what I could potentially be moving and I'm sure you were moving at full speed. If they attack you because you're outside of their village, you have more defensive jutsu than I do. You'll be able to -"

"Whatever!" He interrupts, "Let's just do this, okay?" He unties his headband and sets it on the ground. He then cuts his shirt and some of his skin making himself bleed. "Punch me." He orders. You shrug and deck him in the eye with a straight jab knocking him back a few steps. He shakes his head and then nods before asking, "Are you ready?" You nod at him this time giving him the okay to make his way out of the woods and onto the dirt road.

You watch closely and move slowly through the woods as Kourashi moves down the street in visible agony. He makes his way to the outside of the city before crying for help to the people up in the tower. You notice movement this time as the tower on the outside (furthest from you) moves first and shines a light down on a bruised, bleeding Kourashi. You move through the shadows to get a better position to run up to the tower on the inside.

You can finally see the guard in that tower. He appears to be looking around, especially in your direction. He's no ordinary chunnin... or at least jounin. He's expecting something. This is not good. You look back towards Kourashi who now has one of the guards approaching him. "He's going to do it." You think. You look back over to the tower to see the guard now looking back down towards Kourashi and the other guard.


***What to do with Daisuke***

A. Attack the Tower directly

B. Aim at the ninja in the tower

C. Wait (Get no other choices if you choose C)

1. Use taijutsu

2. Use ninjutsu technique _______.

3. Use your only genjutsu technique

4. Use senbon at _______ range.


***What to do with Kourashi***

A. Attack approaching guard now

B. Attack approaching guard when he gets closer to you

C. Wait; Don't attack at all until you see what Daisuke does (Choose no other choice)

1. Use taijutsu

2. Use ninjutsu technique _______.

3. Use kunai to assassinate the guard.

You think, "****.... This was a bad idea" as the guard continues to make his way over to the now stalled Kourashi. He stands hunched over in the middle of the road looking up at the top of his eyes at the guard. You wonder if he's waiting for you to make a move or if you're supposed to make a move now. "I suppose I need to do this now... there is no point in attacking from this far. I'm going to have to make a stealth kill..." You remain low to the ground and move slowly... light enough that you can't even hear the sound of the grass rustling beneath your feet.

You hear the guard say to Kourashi, "Where are you from and who did this to you, boy?" Kourashi remains quiet as you continue to move closer to the tower. As you reach the tower you look up to see that it's a good 20 ft. high off the ground. Far higher than what you can typically move in the matter of time it would take for you to assassinate this guard. By the looks of it, this is going to end up being a hard fight.

"We're going to have to get this boy some help!" The guard near Kourashi yells, "He's bleeding profusely from the chest. A wolf attacked him."

You hear the other guard begin to move around at the top of the tower before you notice the top of his head up top. This is it....


***What to do with Daisuke***

A. Attack the Tower directly

B. Aim at the ninja's head in the tower

C. Wait until he gets down the tower to attack


1. With taijutsu (Can't be used with B)

2. Use ninjutsu technique _______.

3. Use your only genjutsu technique

4. Use senbon at _______ range.


***What to do with Kourashi***

A. Attack Guard Now

B. Wait until after Kourashi attacks

1. Use taijutsu

2. Use ninjutsu technique _______.

3. Use kunai to assassinate the guard.

[Yushinoki]

You grab a hold of the tower after you form the necessary seals and begin to drain the heat energy from the wood on the guard tower. You watch as the guard's head shifts down and notices your face right before the tower freezes completely causing him to slip and fall onto the back of his head and off the side of the tower straight to the ground.

The guard in front of Kourashi turns around at all of the sudden sounds behind him giving Kourashi the perfect opportunity to slip a kunai from his pouch. The guard turns back around swiftly, finally catching on to whats going on and attempts to draw a sword from his sheath located on his lower back, but Kourashi proved to be faster and already a step ahead of him. He inserts his kunai deep into the throat of the guard causing blood to spew out of his larynx and onto Kourashi's face. You can't see it from here, but you know that Kourashi's face is full of excitement.

The guard in front of you groans in agony. His head is bleeding from the slip and the fall down. You turn around to look at the village to see that several of the lights are on in several of the houses, but no one else has come out. Nothing yet has alerted the people of the town of your arrival. This is still good. You look back down to look at the guard. He's wearing a Konoha headband, so at the very least he's a registered ninja. He has a green vest and a solid black shirt. He can't be over thirty years old.

"You want to kill him?" Kourashi asks. You look up at him who is completely doused in blood. Gross... "He had a concussion... and by the look of it his back is broken. That ability you have is sick." He smiles and nods a few times.

A. Tell him he's going to die anyway and leave him there.

B. Finish him. (+3 evil)

C. Tell Kourashi that he can do it (+Kourashi Loyalty, -5 evil)

"He's all your's man," you tell him with a grin on your face. You look back down at the jounin to see that he's struggling and trying to move. He's hurt bad... He begins to make noises right before Kourashi hops on top of him and moves his left finger over his lips and constantly "shhs" him until his shuriken completely scrapes deep into his neck causing blood to flow over either side of his neck and out of his mouth.

Kourashi giggles with excitement as he flings the blood of his hands. He rises from the ground and forms a seal to henge into the guard that he killed first, "Now you henge into this guy." He orders. You look down at the guy again. He's a bit taller than the image that you can portray perfectly, but you do it anyway. Maybe no one will notice the difference. "Now... let's have a little fun with it." He says, "Let's get everyone outside and then kill them all."

"That's a little inhumane." You reply.

He laughs, "Yeah, this, coming from the saint. Come on, it'll be fun. We'll scare them. You hide behind one of the buildings and I'll pull this body forward and say that something attacked from the woods. I'll get all the men to come with me outside of the village and then... you attack all the women and children. It's perfect."

You sigh and look back at the village. Fifteen buildings... they all look a like. As if they'd all hold families. If each one has a man living in it that would be Thirteen to Fifteen men we'd have to worry about killing. And what if some of them have ninjutsu training.

A. Tell him you'd rather just burn them all now (+10 evil)

B. Tell him you'd rather just kill all the men (+5 evil)

C. Tell him you're fine with his plan (+15 evil, +10 chaotic, +2 Kourashi Loyalty)

D. Tell him you're done. There are kids in there (-10 evil, -10 chaotic, -2 Kourashi loyalty)

You sigh one final time and say, "Your plan is fine. Let's just do this then." He smiles and points to the closest building.

"You hide behind there. I'll get this show on the road." You quickly, but silently make your way over to the point ordered to you and kneel below one of the windows with no lights on. While you're there you decide to take a peek in the window to see if there's any activity... maybe get a chance to see what you'll be facing off against. You move your head up slightly in a tilted angle and take a look. What you find is something that had never crossed your mind.

"Damn..." You whisper.... "This isn't a village.... it's a..."

"HELP!!!!" You hear Kourashi yell.

"****!!!!!" You think to yourself in fear. "This is either a really good thing or a bad thing."

A couple of lights instantly flick on hearing the cry for help. Following the lights flashing on, you hear several doors open up. They are making their way out...

You hear another voice shout, "What's going on!?"

Kourashi pauses before answering. You have a feeling that he knows what just happened. "Something... attacked us from the forest. I didn't see, but there were shuriken. See."

"Get the other ANBU. We're going to have to move out and scout the land."

A. Run away, leaving Kourashi to fend for himself (-Kourashi loyalty, may result in his death)

B. Reveal yourself by attacking with ranged senbon

C. Reveal yourself by attacking with ranged, empowered fireball

D. Stay where you are and wait to see what Kourashi does

E. Set this building your on ablaze and do your best to stay hidden (+10 chaotic)

You remain silent and low to the ground, your best bet at keeping eyes from drifting off in your direction. You wait... continuing to watch Kourashi's current position to make sure he does nothing stupid or if he's suddenly attacked. You watch as a total of 5 ANBU members circle around him. You don't understand why they haven't attacked him yet. Do they not realize that he's henge'd?

You look back into the building that you're posted up beside to see several people in cages. "I'm right. This is a prison and an outpost. The first line of defense for Konoha against Amegakure." There are several Amegakure ninja on the floor in there... there must be several more prisoners in the other buildings. There is no way that you and Kourashi can beat this entire outpost alone...

You look back over to see that Kourashi and his group of ANBU are gone. You crawl around on the opposite side to try getting a better position on moving into the building. You notice lights in the building directly next door but can't see any movement. Your best bet is to get inside of this building and release some of the prisoners... maybe they will help you out.


A. Burn the building anyway, just to be on the safe side (+25 evil)

B. Carefully cut one of the windows and climb inside.

C. Burn the building across from you and then secure the escape of the prisoners

D. Do Nothing

E. Leave the prisoners alone, burn the other buildings down.

F. Retreat, try to find Nagato

G. Free Will

You look back and forth and towards both sides this time before releasing the heat that you had gathered earlier right into the building in front of you. The fire strikes with a lot of force breaking the wall before setting the splinters ablaze. The entire room suddenly erupts in flames as well giving you the opportunity to make your way around to the front of this building. You kick the door in, quickly alerting the people inside. They all begin shuttering, moving back from the bars.

You run over to the bars and hold them tightly, freezing them almost instantly. With them frozen, now, you punch them giving them an opening. You tell them, "I'm breaking you guys out and then you're going to help me take revenge on these Konoha guys."

"But we know you!" One of them shouts, "We aren't helping you."

"Shut up, imbecile. I'm from Amegakure. Let's do this." They look at each other for a moment before heading out of the cell and making their way outside. You now have six allies to help you out.

They all gasp and freeze in awe for a moment when they see the fire. You see lights heading back from the woods. "They're coming back." You tell them. "If we're going to act, it's going to be now."


A. Release some more prisoners from their cells

B. Start setting other buildings on fire (+10 chaotic)

C. Tell them to go release the other prisoners while you stay back to hold them off

D. Tell them to stay back while you go and release the other prisoners

E. Free Will

"Come on!" You shout as you make a run towards the back of the camp. The others follow you as closely as possible. You notice two of them break off to the right and make a run for another building. "That must be another building where the prisoners are being held." You think. You reach the door to the furthest building and lean into it with full force with your shoulder, breaking it down instantly. You look up to see a large room lined with bars on either side of the room. There are easily over twelve people here immediately; each of them chained and shackled.

You notice the different types of forehead protectors on each of the victims. They range from Iwagakure to Mizukagure, all the way back to Amegakure. This time, unlike the last time, one of the men ask, "Who are you?" In a stern, almost demanding voice. You look towards him to see a a Mizukagure headband. The man speaks in a strange accent. He has a strange goatee and a small hair bun at the top of his head. He's easily in his thirties and has a very powerful aura about him.

"I'm here to release you guys." You answer, "I'm a refugee from Konoha." You make your way to the bars where he is being held first and break them via heat absorption and punching. You make your way to him and release his chains first. At that exact time, you hear some of the men from outside being killed. "Help me!" You order to him. He stares at his hands and covers them in a visible chakra. He turns to the closest man to him before cutting the chains in half.

"You help him." He orders. He forms a single seal and changes his stance. A thin mist suddenly begins to seep from his body. You make a move towards the bars and make a look back outside as several kunai zip past your body.

You think to yourself, "They're here..." and move closer towards the bars but continue heading towards the entrance. You try peaking outside, but the mist is too much to see through. You feel as if someone is on the other side of this wall... waiting for you or someone else to move out.


***What to do with Daisuke***

A. Be aggressive by making the first move

B. Play Defensive by staying where you are

C. Be balanced. Move back and use...

D. Wait to see what the others do (No other choices)


1. Taijutsu (Can't be used with B or C)

2. Use ninjutsu technique _______.

3. Use your only genjutsu technique

4. Use senbon at _______ range.

You gulp and clench your fists. You think of the best move around but can't think of any. You know that if you wrap around the door the person on the other side will strike you down. The mist is thick enough that you can't see too far ahead of you, but you can see your hands down at your waist. You'd be able to see someone only a few feet away from you. Your best bet as of right now is to wait.

The first thing you think about at this point is whether or not Kourashi is alive. Him being alone with several ANBU level ninja is not good. One of the ninja that just got released makes a dash for the doorway. He passes you at a seemingly supersonic speed. You hear the sound of a blade swoosh down on the other side of the door and several shuriken fly through the door as well. You take this mistake as a chance to attack.

You flip around the corner of the door and grab the swordsman's wrist. The man has red eyes. Red eyes with three tomoes wrapping around his pupils. His dark hair seems to be a bit messy. Hair thrown in every which way to match his lazy face. He's wearing clothes different from the two men that you killed outside of the compound, but he still has a Konoha headband equipped.

You look down at the sword which shines even through the darkness and the mist. It's sharp... and it will definitely hurt if you're cut by it. You send fire chakra through your hand making him react by flicking his sword back and towards you. You release his wrist and try leaping into the air to catch it, but he grabs your thigh and slams you into the ground before you could grab it (-6 hp). He grabs the sword and attempts to impale you in the chest, but you manage to roll out of the way.

Two kunai fly through the air and hit the sword just before he manages to pull it out of the ground.


***What to do with Daisuke***

Daisuke
Hit Points: 24/30
Chakra Points: 28/28

A. Use Taijutsu from the ground to gain an opening

B. Use ninjutsu technique _______

C. Use your genjutsu technique

D. Use senbon at ________ range

E. Roll from the ground and put distance between you two

F. Free Will

You take this opening as nothing more than an opportunity. You immediately tumble off to the side and form the seals needed for Lesser Fireball. The fireball is large and fires out faster than normal. You had forgotten that you had absorbed extra heat from the bars previously.

You aren't even sure where you're aiming, to be honest. The mist has gotten so much thicker than what you first remember it. The fireball does connect with something... something powerful... You try your best to pierce through the mist, but what you see is more fire... "Someone countering?" You release your seal and roll over to the side. You hear the sound of a blade slicing the air to your immediate left causing you to tumble backwards.

After you land on your back you see the blade shine again, this time in front of you. You take a quick, sudden breath... Before the blade lands through your forehead another person lands in front of you. The man from Kirigakure. (I think I called it Mizukagure earlier lol). He manages to block the Konoha ninja's sword with a mere kunai and stands his guard for a moment. "You saved me once, here's payback. Get out of here kid."

You quickly raise up from the ground and make a run for it... deeper into the mist. You look around on either side of you, but see nothing. You do hear the sounds of several different fights going on in different directions. Then you hear what sounds like Kourashi's voice. You follow the sound until you bump into someone's back. The person turns around and says, "Daisuke!" It's Kourashi. "Our cover has been blown."

"No ****." You think to yourself. You say, "I see... we're going to have to get out of here or risk dying."

"NO!" He shouts, "If we do, we risk getting into trouble by my dad. We're the only Amegakure ninja in the area... it's going to be our faults. We're going to have to nuke this place right now."

A. Tell him you'll nuke the place by setting the entire area ablaze (+15 evil, +15 chaotic, +Kourashi loyalty)

B. Tell him there are people in here that saved your life and you're not going to kill them (-10 evil, -10 chaotic, -2 Kourashi loyalty)

C. Tell him that you'll fight side by side with him right now (+2 Kourashi loyalty, +7 evil)

"Fine!" You shout, "But you're going to have to make a run for it RIGHT NOW!" You yell at him. He smirks... believing that he has you in his pocket and turns around, making a quick dash for it. You shake your head and form three seals before placing your hand on the ground. For this to work, you're going to have to take heat from the entire compound. Everything from the soil all the way up to the highest building and immediately discharge it on the entire area. You close your eyes and immediately begin to feel the surge of chakra overflowing in your body.

You open your eyes to see the entire area, including the mist in the air, frozen almost instantly. The ice in the air falls to the ground, revealing the ANBU and the escaped prisoners. Some of them quickly spot you, realizing that you're the source of this sorcery. One of them shouts, "Get him!" Before you form your tiger seal and place it near your chest. Immediately a huge flow of Fire Chakra bursts from your body like an explosion, engulfing the entire encampment in flames.

The flames reach the forest in less than a second... and once there.... it doesn't stop. It continues to spread like a nuclear warhead until the entire surrounding forest is destroyed. If your cover wasn't blown before, it definitely is now. You're sure the flames could be seen in each of the surrounding countries. You drop to the ground to see several scorched corpses around you. You chuckle... You rise from the ground only to stumble for a moment. The flames around you are going to be hard to get out of... especially since you're this tired...

You fall over...

*** **** ***** *** ***

"Wake up..." You hear a voice say to you. You shake your head, trying to force your eyes open, but they don't move at first... "Wake up!" You hear again. This time a slap to face follows. Like magic, your eyes open this time to reveal Nagato looking down at you. "Are you awake? I'd hate to have to slap the piss out of you again."

"What happened?" You ask.

"You blew the ***k out of that entire village."

"ANBU Compound." Kourashi corrects him with a huge smile on his face, "That explosion was the ****, man. You're going to have to do it again sometime."

You look around to see that you're deep in the woods again. Someone had to have rescued you... "Are you good to go on with the mission?" Nagato asks. You realize at that point that it's morning now. You must've slept the full day... You don't feel any better though... feels as if someone beat you down.

A. Tell him that you can go (You have 5 hp and 15 chakra left)

B. Tell him that you are going to sit here and wait for them to finish the mission

C. Ask them if you killed everyone and then A

D. Same as C, but then B instead

"No one got away from that Konoha camp did they?" You ask curiously. You don't remember seeing anyone alive after you used your jutsu, but you don't remember anything after that.

"Honestly?" Kourashi starts, "I'm not sure. We found your body right outside of the fire.... someone had to have moved you unless you transported yourself." You don't remember anyone transporting you... someone had to have escaped. Damn it!

"I probably did it while I was unconscious." You tell them, "It's not a big deal. Let's just go ahead and do this mission thing, boys. We're long overdo on the trip back I'm sure."

"You're right. Let's do this." Nagato replies as he dusts his legs off.

"Same set-up as last time." Kourashi orders, "I'll lead up front, followed by Daisuke and then you, Nagato." With that he takes his lead up front and you follow. It doesn't take long for you to reach up to him again. You noticed that he has stopped and perched up on a tree high in the air.

"We have a problem." He says to you. "There is something else going on here. Who's that man?" He asks as he points over to a man on the ground just a short distance away from the point you were informed to go to.

Nagato lands silently behind you and stares as well, without asking questions.

A. Go down and confront the man.

B. Remain quiet and observe the man's actions more so than the man himself

C. Tell them that you all should leave

D. Same as B but pay more attention to the actions of the man

E. Balance out B and D

You watch carefully as the man forms a few seals before stretching his arms out... seemingly touching something, but nothing is there. You can't really make out what he's doing from this distance. Along with that, it's too hard to tell what he looks like. You can only tell that by his body build, he's male. He has dark hair the stands tall on his head... and maybe... a mask? Is he an ANBU like the other guys?

"What do we do, Kourashi?" Nagato asks, "You're the leader."

"I'm thinking we go down there. We have to do our mission. And our mission is the sketch out the surrounding area here for a proper attack."

"We can make the sketch right here."

"We aren't sure how far away the barrier is, though. There's no way of knowing without actually going down there and reading the chakra signatures."

"He's right, Nagato." You cut in, "We're going to have to get closer, even if that means getting close to the man down there." At that moment the man turns around. It's almost as if he senses your presence for a moment as he stares off in the groups direction for more than just a moment before turning back around. He hesitates for another moment before holding his hand out directly in front of him, palm open, and sending visible chakra out revealing the direct location of the barrier.

"That's it." Kourashi whispers, "He just did our job for us."

"Who is he?" Nagato asks, "He obviously isn't from Konoha. Not trying to enter through this barrier."

"I'm not sure..." You think...


A. Get him to turn around to get a look at his face and then run away

B. Tell Kourashi to start mapping the area

C. Just leave to avoid being seen

D. Run down to confront the man

"Kourashi, you have the sketching materials, start writing. Nagato, help me figure out what he's doing." You order. Kourashi nods and removes the sketch book from his pouch. Nagato follows orders as well as he continues watching the man work. The man looks to be reformatting the shield... if that's possible. "I think that he's from Konoha." You whisper, "How else would he know where the force field was?"

"Good point." Nagato replies, "Or a very well respected ninja from someplace else. That's the only other reasonable answer."

The man disappears in a cloud of smoke immediately after that. "Be on alert!" Nagato shouts, not caring about the fact that you're supposed to be quiet. You turn around to face the opposite direction of your other allies. Kourashi continues to sketch the area but with a shaky hand.

"I'm trying." Kourashi chatters. This is the first time that you've heard him sound nervous.

"What do you boys think you're doing?" A voice asks as the person from before appears directly before you. "I have every right to..." He stops after looking at you more closely. You can't see his lips, but you know that he's smiling when he says, "Very interesting.... Amegakure kids." You frown, realizing that none of you have Amegakure headbands right now. Both you and Kourashi discarded yours in the forest and Nagato doesn't happen to have one at the moment. You decide not to bring that up...

"We're just drawing." Kourashi answers with a large smile on his face, "Are you out sight seeing too?"

"What are you really here for?!" He asks sternly, "You lie to me again I will kill you." He points to Kourashi. Nagato glances over to you out of the corner of his eyes. Kourashi remains silent.


A. Tell him the Truth (-10 Chaotic, +1 Kourashi Loyalty, +1 Nagato Loyalty)

B. Tell him that you were really drawing (+5 Evil, -1 Kourashi Loyalty)

C. Ask him how he knows that you're Amegakure Kids ( Kourashi Loyalty)

D. Free Will

E. (Chaotic Choice) Dare him to kill Kourashi (-Kourashi Loyalty, ?)

"I'll tell you the answer to that question after you tell us how you know that we're from Amegakure." You respond with a sly grin on your face. You squint your eyes trying to see through his mask, but his mask appears to be far darker than what it should be. You can't read him as well as you want, but you're sure that he's smiling back at you.

"Well played." He responds. "I've been watching you boys closely. Who do you think saved you from the fire, Daisuke?" He asks.

"Are you one of the ninja from the prison?" You ask him.

"You give me very little credit." He says in mocking tone.

"Why or how have you been watching us?" Nagato asks.

"Here's a better deal," he starts, "I'll just let you kids leave freely without anyone getting hurt. You can also do whatever it was that you were doing before I spotted you all perched up here like birds."

"That's not a part of the deal." Nagato says as he inhales deeply, making himself appear more intimidating than normal. His eyes seem to be filled with anger... you're not even sure why. Why would something this trivial piss him off so much?

"My, my. You have a temper." The man mocks, "Are you going to attack me?" He asks, "I'd hate to have to end your life." With that threat, Nagato appears to calm down, but he continues to breath heavily. You look over to see that Kourashi is quiet with his life sitting on the line. You don't know what to say, either. He seems to be confusing you by... you're not sure what he's doing.

"Are you killing us or not?" You ask. You don't think he'll do it, but you decide to call his bluff.

"Not yet. Each of you are precious to me in your own way. I've mapped out exactly how each of your lives will play out in the past year." You're confused... what is he talking about? "Do you honestly think three of the most powerful students in your class would end up in the same team?" You start to think... is he right? Did he... "Hmm?"

Nagato, without warning flings a shuriken towards the masked man. "Nagato, NO!"


A. Wait and see how this plays out.

B. Throw a senbon and try deflecting the path of the shuriken ( Nagato loyalty)

C. Restrain Nagato (-Nagato loyalty)

D. Grab Nagato and try running

It seems to move in slow motion; the scene here... the shuriken flies by you as you hold your hand out to try catching it. As it passes by just out of reach you turn your head as fast as you can towards the direction of the shuriken and the masked man. The man's head shifts down towards the shuriken as if he has no way to stop it. You take a step forward too late... As time seems to catch up to you, you notice that the shuriken hits the man in the right arm.... intentionally. Nagato is in the man's clutches at this point.... "How did Nagato get over there???" He seemingly teleported by you without you noticing. The shuriken was nothing more than a diversion.

"You silly boy. I can kill you RIGHT NOW!" He yells. "Do you know who the hell you're messing with?" He asks. "If I were anyone else you would be dead." He slams Nagato hard into the tree, breaking it and sending Nagato down to the ground. He leaps up before gravity could take a hold of him as well and lands on a higher branch. "Fell free to do whatever it was you were doing before I left. I'm sure Hanzou has you doing something productive to keep you all on your toes." He readjusts his mask on his face before saying, "I'll be seeing you all around.... very shortly."

"I'll check on Nagato!" You shout to Kourashi, who is still looking down at the barrier area and sketching the scene.

"Go for it, man. I'm almost done." He says in an almost hurried voice. You shake your head, confused, as you leap down the tree branch and onto the ground beside Nagato.

"Are you alright, man."

"Get off me!" He yells. "I'm headed back to the village. This was all a big **** up!" His skin is burning hot. You move back... not sure what to say to him. "This is all you and Kourashi's fault. And if what he says is true, I'm going to request I be removed from this team."

Still confused, you can only ask, "Wait, what?" He rises from the ground and begins bawling. You're really confused now. Kourashi lands on the ground between you both and looks at Nagato as he cries before sighing.

"Great... are we going to let him cry? Let's get back home...."

You look at Nagato one last time... you think that he'll go through with it unless you can convince him not to right here...... right now.....

A. Tell him to remember your original plan that you made with Yahiko and Konan

B. Tell him that the guy was only bluffing. He could not have had anything to do with the teams.

C. Tell him that the man was problem hired by Hanzou to get you worked up, nothing more.

D. (Not enough loyalty points for this) Tell him that you can't break your friendship. He's the only reason you're still a ninja

E. Free Willy

"You're not supposed to want to stray from the plan, Nagato. Do you remember what you, Yahiko, Konan, and I talked about? We're all going to change the world. If you transfer teams, there is no way that I'm going to get the opportunity to do it alone... I need you at my side."

Nagato stares blankly at you for half a second before he sucks up his snot and tears, "I'll do my best." He says, "But I'm not sure about anything at all right now. What would you expect?" He asks, "That man..." You think for a moment... Nagato has been acted weird since you woke up from the explosion at the base. Did they encounter one another?

"What about him?" You ask, "Had you seen him before today?"

Nagato remains silent, but breathes heavily for only a moment before answering, "We'll just drop it for it now." You look back at Kourashi to see a long, stretched grin slapped across his face. He opens his mouth to start to say something smart, but he stops himself as he shakes his head a single time and smiles.

"Are we ready yet?" He asks. Nagato nods, you remain quiet. "Let's go then..." Kourashi leads the way... you follow close to Nagato to comfort him if he needs it...

*** *** ***

You arrive back to Amegakure later in the day. Using full speed all the way back was not an issue this time around. You report the mission back to Raoh, who had already heard of the attack on the Konoha Advance Camp. "You three have absolutely nothing to say about it? Didn't see any fire even though you were in the area?" He asks again.

"Not at all." Kourashi answers, "And it's crazy. I would've smelled or seen smoke, but there was none. I didn't even sleep."

Raoh looks down at him, knowing that he's lying... "I'll have to report it to Hanzou later today anyway, but..." He looks down at the map, "It looks like a job well done. We'll be using this to map out our attack. Well done. Like I told you before. I'll be giving you each a reward... is there anything in particular that you want?"


***For Daisuke***

A. Point increase in _______

B. Upgrade ninjutsu technique _______

C. Upgrade Disorientation Technique

D. Random Scroll (You only get a ninjutsu technique)


***For Nagato***

A. Point increase in _______

B. Upgrade ninjutsu technique _______

C. Upgrade False Paralyzing Technique

D. Random Scroll (You only get a ninjutsu technique)


***For Kourashi***

A. Point increase in _______

B. Upgrade ninjutsu technique _______

C. Upgrade Floating Shuriken Technique

D. Random Scroll (You only get a ninjutsu technique)

The next three months are easy. You don't see Nagato or Yahiko very often again because you start your training, once again, with Guame after your somewhat successful mission in the Fire Country. At this point in time, Guame has taught you a new jutsu... a new fire jutsu. One that Guame says that you're long overdo for. The technique is called the Blazing Shield Technique... You aren't sure what Guame is trying to make you learn, but this technique is like the last one he taught you; one that engulfs you in a thin layer of fire that protects you from external damage and has the ability to reflect less powerful fire techniques back at the user.

***
Blazing Shield
Chakra Cost: 6
Damage: None
Range: Self
Effect: Creates a barrier of fire around the user protecting him from physical damage, water techniques, and less powerful fire techniques. There is a small chance that fire techniques hitting this shield will be reflected back to the user.
***

"I believe that you're ready to advance to the next level of training." He tells you, "You've matured greatly and you are no longer a novice user of ninjutsu. Your ally Kourashi is going up for the Chunnin Exams and Raoh is wanting me to advance you as well, but I'm not sure you're quite ready for that yet."

"Do you mind explaining why?" You ask. He says you're not a novice, like a genin, but you're not quite ready for the Exams... there must be something wrong...

"Well, Nagato is already capable of summoning his Salamander. I'm going to need you to be able to do the same before the exam, but there are some other things that I'd like to get you ready for. You need to become a better close range fighter. You also need to be able to shunshin before the exams."

"When are they?" You ask. "In 5 weeks. With that kind of time we only have enough time to get you complete in one area."

"Can I make a suggestion?" You ask.

He hesitates to allow you the chance to speak freely, but then slowly nods, "You may."


*Last Training Segment for a While*

A. Tell him you're ready to start summoning

B. Tell him you want to start learning fuuton

C. Tell him you want to perfect your kaiton

D. Tell him you need more chakra control techniques

E. Tell him you need to finish the basics

"It's going to sound weird," You start with a small smile on your face, "but I need to learn some more chakra control techniques. I know that those abilities will help me out in the long run. Especially if the Chunnin Exams are like I read."

He frowns a little and sighs, "Fine. We'll spend five weeks on chakra control abilities. Body Flicker, Water Walking, properly molding techniques, et cetera."

"All of those sound fantastic." You reply with a large grin. "Especially the proper molding. What does that entail?"

"It should help on the costs of some of your jutsus. Maybe not by a large margin, but enough to notice a difference."

"Good. Let's get right on that!"

Guame keeps his promise. The chakra control training is something that is long overdue. Aside from being able to walk on walls and water, you really were pretty unexperienced with the whole chakra control bit. The first bit of training involved learning how to kai. You remembered reading about it back before the genin exams, but never actually had the time to practice it. You already know how to read a genjutsu and figure out whether or not you're trapped in one, but you had no way to get out unless you took damage.

The second part of the training was one of the most strenuous couple of weeks of your life. Learning to place chakra beneath your feet in a quick burst to fire yourself forward. This jutsu, shunshin, is one that is supposed to make closing gaps between you and your opponent easier. Most ninja don't learn this technique until they are chunnin, but you remember the fight with the masked man in Konoha and Nagato appearing past you quickly... you're positive that this was the technique that he used. The first few attempts at body flicking were horrible at best. Flying headfirst into boulders and trees, slinging yourself with one foot, slipping after landing, you name it.

All the while, learning these techniques, you feel a difference on downtime. Using previous jutsus are a lot... easier. At least the fire ones. You feel as if you can use more techniques in a day than before... it could just be your imagination...

The final week of training is the fun one. Going over all of those abilities and learning how to use them properly...

"You will be facing off against a clone of mine." Guame informs you, "Are you ready for that?"

You nod. Feeling far more confident than normal. In these few days, you feel as if you've become far more muscled. Working with Guame is probably the most intense of all the other Salamander Guards. He's far more physical and intense than anyone else you would've thought to fight alongside with. Fighting against one of his clones... this should be fun.

He takes you to the edge of a pool of lava... his first mistake.

You're standing no more than 5 yards away from the Guame Clone

1. Play Defensively, wait until he attacks first

2. Play Aggressively, attack first

3. Balanced... let it play out

A. Use Ninjutsu Technique _______

B. Use Taijutsu Stance _______

C. Attack with taijutsu

D. Attack with senbon at _______ range

E. Use Disorientation Technique



Guame slightly flinches causing you to react by using your shunshin to quickly appear behind him. Before he even gets a chance to turn around completely and block your attack you form the seal for your fire punch. You throw a punch, giving him the opportunity to lean back to avoid the strike completely. You think to use your flame thrust but decide not to. He's too close... you follow through with a second fire punch. He blocks this one with his right forearm alone... his strength is amazing...

He reacts by following through with a punch of his own. You block with both arms and still manage to get knocked back several feet. You manage to stay on both feet, but the punch hurts (-5 damage). Fighting him at close range is going to be idiotic at best... He throws a second punch, but this time you were expecting it. You duck and slide between his legs to get behind him. You tuck and roll forward into a dive to get some more distance between you two. He turns around and yells, "Katon: Dragon Fire Technique!"

A large stream of fire heads your way... A stream closely resembling a dragon. It swerves and curves as it inches it's way to you, ready to strike you down with it's fiery fangs. In an instant, it juts down, crashing into the ground and destroying it on impact. You manage to slide to the right to avoid the attack. It turns it's gaze back towards you, ready to follow through...

***What do, Daisuke?***

1. Attack aggressively (attack the Guame clone)

2. Act defensively (Try to focus on avoiding the Dragon fire)

3. Balanced (Avoid the fire, but try attack Guame as well)

A. Attack with Taijutsu

B. Use Taijutsu Stance

C. Use Ninjutsu technique _______ (Chakra control techniques fall under here from now on)

D. Use Disorientation Technique

E. Use Senbon at ________ range

You freeze for a moment and look back towards Guame. There's no way that you can properly get to him right now and get off a decent attack. He has the control of the flow right now. You look back at the fire dragon to see it moving at a blazing speed at you. You hold your hands out after forming a couple of seals and hold your hands out to try absorbing the heat directly from the Guame clone. The clone realizes what you're doing and releases the jutsu immediately before it hits you.

His body slowly freezes from the center out and becomes an icicle before shattering. The ice, after shattering, all morphs into a large rock. It's a substitution technique! You look around in both directions to not see anyone standing around. "The ground!?" You think to yourself. You leap into the air just in time to see Guame burst from the ground with his forearm blades showing. He slashes vertically and upwards towards you creating a thick blade of chakra at you.

From this angle, there is nothing that you can do...


A. Block the technique to take less damage

B. Try using Substitution on the technique

C. Try countering with ________

D. Try using an acrobatic maneuver over the technique

"I can't dodge it, but...." You hold your hand out and release a large wave of fire energy that collides with the blades of energy. The wave of fire somewhat surrounds the blades, molding them into it's own energy and continuing to head down towards Guame. He blocks, but still manages to take a large amount of damage due to the size and intensity of the blast overall (-21 hp after blocking).

Guame's clothing is now charred and torn off in several places. That hit was a great one. "I believe that I have the advantage over you in range!" You tell him as you land back on the ground.

"You taking control of my technique at the last second and spending all of your chakra only makes that my win." He says. He stops talking and heads for you, blades still protruding from his forearms. He slashes once, sending a blade of energy towards you. You tilt to the side, completely avoiding it, but leaving yourself a sitting duck for a moment. He reaches you, only giving you a moment to react. You throw your arms up, hoping he would strike, but instead you collides into you and continues running at full speed.

You try kicking him off you, but his body is far too stout to kick off. He's far more powerful than you are... You kick him a few times in the leg, but it doesn't appear to slow him down. He collides into a wall with you, hurting your back, causing you to cough blood. He moves his left arm, allowing you the luxury to move it now... His blade begins to shine with a dark red glow. You take the crackling sound emitting from it to be fire energy...


***Oh no! Daisuke is in trouble***

A. Use ninjutsu technique _______ on Guame

B. Try to break out using your free arm

C. Use _______ on yourself

D. Use Disorientation Technique

E. Free Will

You locate a boulder nearby, one of similar size that Guame used to substitute with earlier to avoid one of your attacks. It's not too far away and if you do this correctly, you can avoid a fatal strike.

You use your free arm to touch your other hand to form the one necessary seal and close your eyes just as Guame strikes. You manage to successfully escape his clutch at the right moment for him to lay into the boulder. You form a seal to absorb heat from him directly, this time. This time, you're certain that it's a hit. He had no way to start a substitution or block. His body crystallizes again this time... this time, instead of taking it directly, he tries fighting it. You notice him make a seal and try breathing fire onto, but the ice continues to move throughout his body.

It doesn't take long at all for his body to become completely crystallized and then poof away. The real Guame appears before you as you stand victorious and tall. He smiles at you and says, "It appears that you are ready. I'll inform my colleagues that you will all be going to Sunagakure for the chunnin exams."

"Why is it in Sunagakure and not here?" You ask.

"Because of certain treaties." He answers, "During the chunnin exams, a ceasefire takes place. We will call off the fighting in order to get some genin advanced to chunnin so that the fighting can continue."

"Should we be worried about an attack from Konoha or Sunagakure while we're there?" You ask, "And how much better are their kids compared to us?"

"Looking at the registrants already, your team is seeded second. Meaning, there are some kids from Konoha that may stand a chance against you. One, Minato Namikaze is projected to place first in the tournament and Nagato second."

You chuckle. "Nagato isn't losing to anyone there."

Guame shrugs, "Well, if you want, we can head back to Amegakure. Is there anything you want to do exactly?"

***Get time for one***

A. Go buy items for the exams

B. Look over the competition at the exam

C. Go speak to my teammates for a while

D. Make a suggestion

"I really wouldn't mind getting stocked up on some tools." You tell him, "I know I'm reaching the point where they are becoming unnecessary, but I could use some items like soldier pills and chakra pills."

"I'm willing to just supply you with all of those." He answers. "Here." He reaches into.... well you aren't sure what he reaches into, his skin or something, and grabs five pills. Here are three soldier pills and one chakra and blood pill. “I know there is no way that you will be able to afford to buy anything from the shop. You haven't been able to take on any jobs, yet."

You chuckle, "Yeah, you're probably right. This will probably suffice." Each of those pills will do more than enough. Chakra pills supply shinobi with the ability to fight without using chakra for so many hours and the other two replenish lost chakra or provides you with added adrenaline. "Instead, we'll go over some of the teams and their abilities, alright?"

"I'm fine with that." You answer. He turns so that you can see the listings of the teams as well, "There are far more than what I expected." You say aloud. You count over ten different teams immediately. The top three teams from Konohagakure, Sunagakure, Amegakure, Kusagakure, and Takigakure.

"There are two different types of seeds here. Team seeds and Individual seeds." Guame explains, "Your team is ranked second overall, meaning that, overall, you three are ranked second highest individually. You're ranked sixth overall individually. The kids from Konoha appear to be your biggest match."

You take a look at the list to see that even Kourashi is ranked higher than you are. You shake your head in disgust. "This can't be right. How is ranked higher than I am." You think. "Minato, Nagato, Kushina, Fugaku, Kourashi, and then me. All of those guys are from Konoha... I wonder..."

A. Ask about Minato's abilities

B. Ask about Kushina's abilities

C. Ask about Fugaku's abilities.

"The name Kushina... that's a female name. She's ranked higher than I am?" You ask in disappointment. "I'm getting pretty tired of girls being ranked higher than me honestly."

"It's because you're weak!" He shouts at you, "I've been trying to shape you into a fighter that can hold his own against any foe, but you haven't seemed to realize that, yet. You have the power to beat anyone. You just need to get some speed beneath your belt."

"I'm only six and a half, fool!" You shout back. He goes to backhand you but stops before the hit collides.

"Forget it." He says in a lower tone, "Let's just look at the girl's information." He stops and remains quiet for just a moment to look it over and nods a few times, "Well maybe I was wrong. Maybe you can't beat just anyone. She's the host of the nine tailed beast, the kyuubi." He stops and smiles for a moment, "This is some interesting news. I didn't even know that."

You haven't seen this side of Guame before, but something seems... right about him. Seems to be planning something huge. "Is that supposed to be frightening to me?" You ask.

"Yes." He answers, "Yes it does. She is a demon. This is bad... we should've started your summoning training. Why did we not start your summoning training!" He yells to himself.

You frown. "Okay, well, why can't I beat a demon?" You ask him, "What else does it say about her?"

"She is a seals expert, meaning she is more than capable of using summons. She is also more than capable of using genjutsu more than likely. It shows that her chakra levels are through the roof and that her intelligence is only matched by her teammate, Minato. You're going to have a rough time if you end up fighting with her."

You smile, "She sounds like she'd be a fun match." Guame shakes his head... disagreeing with you, "Well... come, we need to get you to the Tower, they will be expecting you to be there..."


***Level up from earlier (Level 5 now)***

Current Stats:

Taijutsu: 4
Ninjutsu: 8
Genjutsu: 2
Intelligence: 6
Seals: 3
Speed: 6
Force: 3
Stamina: 3
Chakra Pool: 6

Get to raise:

Ninjutsu
Intelligence
Speed
Chakra Pool

Get 5 points

Update at midnight.

You and your team arrive in Sunagakure with your team leader for the quest... your favorite mentor, Guame. You were surprised to see that Nagato had calmed down quite a bit since the last time that you saw him. He has gone back to his old, quiet self. You and Kourashi were extremely excited to see one another while Nagato seemed to show no type of emotion at all.

Once arriving in Suna, for the first time ever, you are completely surprised to see that the area is completely covered in sand. The sand floats around on wind, making the village appear to be a large "sand globe" of sorts. It isn't pretty at all... or comfortable. The village looks considerably "backwards" compared to Amegakure. The buildings are made from stone or hardened mud. Only some of the more important buildings in the city appear to be made of other materials such as marble or cement.

"No wonder none of their fighters are in the top 5." Kourashi chuckles, "This village couldn't produce ****."

Guame laughs a hearty laugh and you smile. You look over to Nagato who keeps a straight face. Looking at each of you like you're idiots. Guame pats Nagato on the back and says, "Loosen up kid, you're going to have to be sharp for the tests. They start before sunrise in the morning."

"I already know." Nagato replies with a hint of anger.

"Hey!" You interrupt, trying to change the mood, "Have you heard what the tests are going to be like? I know that there is a tournament similar to our Genin Exams, but we don't fight to kill, correct?"

"Yes." Kourashi answers.

"That is the final part." Guame finishes, "There are three parts to the test. Teamwork and espionage, Teamwork Survival, and then finally Individual Skill Display."

"Apparently the test changes every year. Last year the Espionage portion consisted of several Suna shinobi jounin that attacked the genin that failed to be covert. It was held in a large building outside of town and the participants had to secure information from a room being guarded by them..."

"Yeah, and only two of the participants survived. They are saying that it's going to be harder this year. They are wanting to cut down on the amount of people making it to the next round."

"Fewer than two?" Kourashi laughs.

Nagato remains quiet and nods his head forward, pointing to another team making their way towards you. You gasp at the sight of the team... there is a person... about your age... "Old lady, Chiyo..." Guame laughs in a mocking tone, "They still have you teaching kids?"

"They still allow beasts to walk the streets in that sinful village of yours?"

"Obviously!" They both shout at one another.

"Your team isn't ranked in the top three." Guame mocks again, "It must be because your village spends more time designing toys than fighters." He looks down after he finishes talking to see the boy that appears to be about your age... "You have one, too?"

"Ah, yes... my grandson, Sasori." She answers, "Let's just say that the reason my team isn't ranked is because I didn't want my team to be examined too closely."

You look back to see the boy staring at you with eyes as evil as your own. His smile appears to be wicked.... very wicked. He's twisted....


A. Say Hi to him ( Sasori Loyalty)

B. Flick a senbon at him to see how he reacts ( Sasori Loyalty, +10 chaotic)

C. Ignore him and finish listening to the conversation ( Sasori Loyalty)

D. Take notes on the other 2 kids

E. Talk crap about the opposing team (+5 evil, +5 chaotic)

Your eyes continue to lock with one another, testing his will and him testing yours. You break your concentration for only a moment, causing him to shift his eyes down towards your hands. You're one step ahead of him as you grab a senbon and flick it towards him as fast as possible. The senbon seems to be too fast to react to. Before it hits him he manages to open his mouth and fire a senbon to counter your own.

The boy to the right of him grabs a kunai and moves toward you, but Kourashi moves in front of you and grabs a shuriken and holds it in striking position. That boy stops as Sasori holds his arm out with his smile still attached to his face. "It's no big deal." He tells the kid. You look over at the boy that tried rushing you. This one seems to be a bit on the anxious side.

His hair is a dark brown color and he appears to be just as wicked as Sasori. There is a large blade sitting on his back... "Obviously a close range fighter." You think to yourself. "He rushed me with a kunai even though he has a blade on his back. Was that just a front?"

"Your boy is a crazy one." Chiyo notes, "He's better watch his back in the exams."

"Daisuke?" Guame asks, pretending not to follow the events, "No, he's more than enough to take on all three of your students." Guame lets out a hearty laugh before grabbing your shoulder. You look down at his hand and then back over to Sasori who still smiles at you. His eyes suddenly squint for a moment and then his smile shifts to one of fake excitement.

"We'll find out tomorrow." She replies with a smile on her face now. "Come on children. We have some research to do!" She laughs and proceeds past your group.

"That was wild!" Kourashi exclaims when they make enough distance, "I can't believe you attacked their team leader!"

"Recklessness will get you killed." Guame says.

"I can back it up. I'm not scared of Suna trash." You look to Nagato to see that he looks unimpressed. His lips somewhat puckered and his arms crossed. He remains silent...

"Well I'm going to register you kids, you're free to come along if you want..."

"Actually," Kourashi starts, "I feel like going and meeting some of the competition before the match starts. There's a couple in particular that I'm looking forward to seeing."

"And I think I want to brush up on a few techniques if you don't mind. I'll be doing that instead." Nagato says.


A. Tell Guame you'll go with him (+Guame loyalty)

B. Tell Kourashi you'll go with him (+ Kourashi loyalty)

C. Tell Nagato you'll go with him (+Nagato loyalty)

D. Do your own thing (Suggestion)

[Yushinoki]

"Hey! Nagato!" You shout after a brief moment of hesitation, "If you don't mind, I'm going to go with you. I could brush up a little bit before the exams, too." He shrugs and by looking at his face you can tell that he's pretty indifferent. There is something bothering him, maybe this is the time to finally figure out what it is.

"Oh, I see how it is." Kourashi grunts, "I figured we'd go see some of the Konoha guys or something before they get a chance to see us work. Maybe ruffle their feathers."

"Not this time, Kourashi." You tell him, "I'll see you tonight." He frowns and nods, disappointed. You turn back to Nagato and ask, "You ready?" He nods and turns back in the direction the Suna kids headed towards.

The walk back is a quiet and almost awkward one. You really don't know how to bring up the fact that he's been weird lately, but on that same note, you haven't had a chance to really speak to him. Maybe his training has been bothering him. The person training him, is Kourashi's father. If he's even a small percentage like his son...

"So..." You start, trying to break the silence, "how has training been with Kourashi's dad? We really haven't had much time to -"

"Drop it, Daisuke." He interrupts.

"Bingo." You think to yourself.

"Sorry. I'm still a little rattled from our last mission together. That masked man said some things to me that got me thinking." He stops and looks down towards the ground before stuttering, "Sorry if I'm acting weird." Is he lying?

You shake your head and tap his shoulder, "It was nothing. Don't worry about it. You haven't seen him since have you?" You ask. He shakes his head no and continues walking again.

You make your way to the guest quarters of the Chunnin Exam Facility. You can hear the sounds and chatter of other competitors... some far too eager to be here. You know that none of the people here stand a chance against you. You follow Nagato the the last room on the right on the first floor. Several books, scrolls, and guides are laid out over the floor. "I take it they don't clean these rooms often." He says.

"But this is a good thing." You reply, "There are several things here for us to study."

"Yeah... all I brought was a scroll on wind and earth chakra. I've been researching some of those lately."


A. Ask him to let you bum the Wind Scroll

B. Take a look at some of the scrolls in the room

C. Take a look at last year's chunnin exam guide

D. Try talking to him some more about what's wrong with him

"Well that's unfortunate." You laugh, "Look at all this crap." You scurry over to some of the scrolls sprawled out on the floor and unroll the closest one. The scrolls contain nothing more than some basic ninjutsu and chakra control techniques. The techniques mainly consist of techniques that you already have. Shunshin, Kai, Water Striding and Vertical Walking. Nothing here is no longer interesting. You throw that scroll back onto the floor and grab another.

After opening it, you're generally unimpressed. A weapon scroll. One that summons shuriken and kunai to be exact... something you would not find useful. You disregard this one as well. You turn to see Nagato already making himself at home on a mat on the floor. He already has his books opened in front of him... seemingly ignoring you or just too into this tournament to really pay you any attention.

You shrug and grab another scroll. This one is sealed with a small piece of red tape. Something the others didn't have. "What's this?" You ask as you open it up. The inside contains a few "specialty jutsu," it reads. "Hey, Nagato, check this out." You say to him, "This one has some interesting stuff... I actually can read most of these."

He looks up from his book and asks, "Are they not just basic jutsu?"

"No. These are special apparently." You glide your finger down the scroll looking at the different names of some of the jutsu. "I could probably learn some of these. Why would someone leave something like this in the room?"

Nagato stops what he is doing and stares at you for a moment. He remains quiet, but you can tell something is wrong. He stands from his mat and walks quickly to some of the scrolls and looks at some of the materials. "These should not be here." He says, "These are actual important documents. These are the exact rules and procedures from the last tournament. Like.... right down to the times the guards would move and how they would move... this is a script."

"Then..." You stop to think.

"It was him..." He whispers. His eyes squint and his fists clinch. He turns back to the door way and pauses. "We're going to have to get out of here. You're coming with me."


A. Ask him what he means.

D. Do what he says (+Nagato Loyalty)

C. Chop him in the neck to knock him out for now (-Nagato Loyalty)

D. (Loyalty at least 5) Try calming him down, maybe he will listen

"Okay. Where are we going?" You ask him nervously and curiously.

"Out of this city. He's expecting us to fight in these Chunnin Exams, so we aren't going to." At this point, you know that Nagato is more than likely paranoid for no reason, but you nod and agree.

"Damn..." You think, "we're going to get into so much trouble."

Nagato leads you back out of the Facility and into the city, carefully examining every little detail of the village. It appears to be far busier than when you went inside a few short minutes ago. More people have been gathering for the events. "He's here somewhere." Nagato whisper just loud enough for you to hear him, "He's probably watching us right now.

"Why are we running from him?!" You ask aggressively, "If you want we can just go to him instead, we don't have to leave the tournament."

Nagato turns around and yells, "You don't understand! He's molding me into something. If it weren't for our last mission I would have never known about it...." Tears being forming in both eyes, "It's not your fault, it's just..."

He's going to confess if I can get him to talk right here. Maybe I should try.... but if I do...


***Progression Route***

A. Talk him into staying here for the tournament (-Nagato Loyalty, Participate in the Chunnin Exams)

B. Prod further about the events of the forest (+Nagato Loyalty, Skip the Chunnin Exams)

"This'll probably piss you off, Nagato, but no." You tell him, "And you're not leaving either."

"How are you going to stop me?" he asks, "I'll be sure to let Guame know when you leave, and he will catch you and he will probably kill you. I'm doing this for not only me, but for Yahiko, Konan, and yourself. You promised us that we'd all take out Hanzou. If you run away you won't get the opportunity again."

He chuckles, "You're so simple." He lets out a long sigh, "Fine. I'll stay. We'll continue to do it this way. We will eventually lose sight of our goal and end up working for Hanzou if that's what the masked man wants."

"Forget the masked man!" You yell. "You're letting him control your life. He's actually probably planning on you to run away. I doubt all of those scrolls were from him. You're freaking out and becoming a totally different person! This has to end now!"

He looks down at the ground, staying completely silent. "Fine." He says, "I guess we'll just talk about it after the tournament. You wanna go back in? I'll help you go over some of the material that I was looking at before we got side-"

"You kids participating in the tournament?" Another voice interrupts, drowning out the rest of Nagato's sentence. You turn your attention to them. Both boys have dark hair. One has long hair and bright white eyes. His hair folds under and back up, making it appear far shorter than what it really is. He's taller than the other boy and appears to be slightly more mature. The second boy has normal eyes, but his hair is about the same color of black. He has on a black tee-shirt and blue shorts. His black hair sits lazily on his head and droops to the right. Both boys wear Konoha headbands.

"Let's go, Daisuke."

"Daisuke?" One of the boys asks, "That's the name of the sixth ranked kid from Amegakure. You must be his buddy Nagato?"

"Who's asking?" Nagato asks.

"Uchiha Fugaku and this here is my buddy Hyuuga Hiashi." He says, "You two are ranked higher than us overall, but we should have a fun little sparring match real fast. Just to see how we match up."

"No. We have better things to do than school Konoha kids." Nagato tells them.

"What are you? A ******?" He asks.

Nagato stares blankly at them both and then sighs...


A. Tell Nagato not to worry about it, head back inside (+Nagato Loyalty)

B. Tell them that you'll fight ( Nagato loyalty)

C. See what Nagato does here

You see that Nagato open and close his hands a few times, itching to fight these guys. You place your hand on his shoulder and tell him, "Hey man, ignore these guys for right now. We'll handle them at the tournament."

"Will you?" Fugaku asks, "We'll see you there then."

"YEAH!" The other shouts, agging on the would be fight. Nagato nods and smiles. You can tell that he wants to attack them right now. He'd love it. You decide not to say anything, you know that you'd wind up wanting to attack him.

They let you walk back into the facility without anymore confrontation and you make your way back into the room. Nagato goes back to his mat on the floor and flops down onto the ground. He lets out a long sigh and looks up at you. You stay near the doorway, waiting to see what he says or does. He smiles at you for a moment and then looks down at the book that he was looking at before before saying, "It's going to be a long haul tomorrow, but I know some tricks." He motions for you to come over to him. You walk over and sit down on the floor beside him and look down at the page that he has the book turned to, "Most of this generation of ninja specialize in speed and genjutsu. One of them is even a jinchurriki."

"Yeah! Guame told me about that. A girl." You exclaim, "Apparently she'll be much stronger than what she's ranked. I'm pretty stoked about going up against her."

"If our team makes it through the gauntlet we'll probably end up each facing the Konoha team if they successfully make it through. The way the fights work is that each team sends in whoever they want to fight. We gain points for winning and lose points for losing. We're projected to get second overall and all of us are projected to become chunnin."

"Wait. So I can choose to fight that Fugaku kid?" You ask.

"If we all decide on that sure." He answers, "But at this point in time, he's the one that I want." You wouldn't mind going up against him, he seems quite arrogant for no reason. You simply shrug and look back down at the book. Nothing else seems to stand out. Nagato seems to be reading this thing for no reason.

Kourashi bursts through door a few minutes later and says, "Guys, we should go take a look at the arena tonight. I overheard some other kids talking about doing, it would be beneficial. We could make sure they don't show up tomorrow."


A. Go with Kourashi to do that (+Kourashi Loyalty)

B. Stay with Nagato and do some more research/studying

C. Wait to see what Nagato do whatever he does ( Loyalty with both)

"That's silly." You answer, "Why don't you just stay here and do some research with us. Let's take out the competition the legitimate way."

"What's fun about that?" He asks. "I'll tell you. Nothing!" He laughs, "Now get off your ass and lets go." He looks at you as if you're both joking around.

You sigh, "Kourashi." You start, trying to get his attention, "I'm really not going. As fun as it sounds, I'd rather prepare for the first team event tomorrow. I'd enjoy it if you sat here and did the same."

"No way, man." He says in a cool, still excited tone, "I'm still going to head out, though. I'll see you all later tonight."

Nagato frowns and says, "Yeah." You look over at him to see that he looks a bit on the unhappy side. Having Kourashi and Nagato on the same team is a bit on the uncomfortable side... hopefully the upcoming events will change relations a bit to make things more comfortable.

***

You and Nagato read up on several things about the tournament for a few hours before Nagato slams the book mid-sentence and says, "Now, I know you've wanted to look at this scroll now for a few minutes, so lets take a look." You crack a smile and nod.

"I've been waiting for it for a while." He walks back over to the scroll and pick it up from the ground and take a look at it. He scans each of the jutsus for a moment before tapping one repeatedly and then bringing it back to the bed. "Must've found something good..." you say to him with a large smile on your face.

"Indeed." He answers, "I can teach you an easy wind jutsu in no time. I'll teach you how to appear as if you are flying. We'll learn it together."

"Flying, huh?" You ask.

"Yeah. If what we came up with is really how the Exams are going to come out, we'll need to know how to reach high places, unless of course, you want to try learning something else."


A. No. Learn this technique.

B. Yes, try learning a different support fuuton tech

C. Yes, try learning a different offensive fuuton tech

D. Yes, try learning a katon

After agreeing to learn the technique presented to you, Nagato teaches you the proper way to form and produce wind chakra. Learning the seals is not a problem. The twelve seals are all the same. The body just has to be able to produce the wind chakra, which yours seemed to produce far easier than fire chakra. You and Nagato both learn the False Flight technique in under two hours time. Enough time to learn and use it a few times around the room.

***New Technique***

False Flight
Chakra Cost: 1
Damage: None
Range: Self
Effect: A simple fuuton technique that allows the user to ride the wind a short amount of time. This technique requires no seals and sends the user up into the air for a distance no more than 30 yards. This technique can not be used while falling.

***

At about midnight, Kourashi hadn't made it back in and even Nagato is beginning to show signs of stress. "We should probably go out and look for him." He suggests. "I don't think he'd need to be gone this long to take a look at the facilities."

"No... not at all." You say aloud, but to yourself, "I think that Kourashi is more than capable of taking care of himself, but he did say that he was going to try and eliminate some of the competition. You don't think that he's..."

"No!" Nagato stops you, "Kourashi would know when to get out of trouble. He's been doing it for so long." He laughs... but you can tell that the laugh is only one to try and cover up his uneasiness.

You accidentally fall asleep a short while later but awakened by the sound of the door creaking open. You slightly open one eye to see a shadow from outside the room forming the image of a man.... maybe a boy... It isn't Guame and you can't tell if it is Kourashi. Nagato is on the other side of the room, but from here you can't tell if he heard it or not.

You see the door start to shut behind him.... but slowly. Trying not to let anymore noise escape from the door...


A. Stay where you are and monitor his movements.

B. Get up and call him out quickly

C. Attack now!!!

D. Free will, of course

The door slowly moves some more, but faster than what it was moving previously. You decide that you are going to have to be the one to stop this intruder from getting further than he already has. "HEY!" You shout as you leap up from the mat. The light behind the man is too bright to get a proper read on the looks of the man, but you know that he is not much older than you are. He's short and male... The door shuts entirely, but the boy makes his way out of the room.

Nagato leaps up, and you notice shuriken lodged into the door. Nagato was fast enough to throw them, but this boy was faster....

***What do?***

A. Give chase

B. Talk it over with Nagato

C. Check the room for anything out of the ordinary

D. Free Will

"Nagato, lets go!" You order. Nagato rolls off the ground and up making a run to the door. You follow behind him as he opens the door to have it explode immediately after the door is opened. Nagato manages to cover himself while being thrown backwards and you manage to sidestep Nagato's flying body. You look at Nagato and run out to see the boy turn the corner...... "Sasori?" You ask as you watch the boy's hair flash around the wall.

You shunshin to the end of the hallway to see him running down a straight path... he isn't too far now away from reaching a second corner...

***What do???***

A. Attack with Ninjutsu technique _____

B. Try using Disorientation Technique

C. Fire Senbon from this distance

D. Call out to him, if he doesn't respond continue giving chase.

E. Give up, you know who it is now.

F. Free will

You form the necessary seals and focus your heat absorption a little ways ahead of Sasori so that the ground beneath him would freeze over. He looks down to see the ice start to form while continuing to run. He slides for just a moment and turns around while sliding to throw a smile your way. You stop to watch and see what he does.

He gains composure and stands erect after sliding back a few feet and then he says, "I have your friend, Kourashi. He was an idiot. Why would he come out and try scouting out the test area?"

"The same reason you were, I'm sure."

"Well that's a pity." He says, "At this rate, you're not going to get the opportunity to enter the exams. You're down a man. And at this rate, if you don't get him help... he will die."

"That's a little cheap isn't it? Going behind our backs to get our teammate. Are you that scared of us?"

He lets out a quiet, evil, and arrogant laugh as he shakes his head a few times before answering, "Not at all. You kids even managed to set off the trap I laid in the door. No skill at all..." You give him a smile back and squint your eyes as Nagato appears behind him with a kunai to his neck.

"And you failed to hear me sneak up on you... now tell me where Kourashi is."

"You boys are fun." He answers, "How about we play a game instead. There is no way you'd kill me. If you do, Kourashi will die, but if you play my game there is a small chance that Kourashi will get out alive."

Nagato moves the kunai closer to Sasori's neck, just barely grazing the skin at this point, "I'm not playing your games."

"Then it's too late... and Kourashi dies."


***What to do with Daisuke???***

A. Have Nagato stop his attack and do as Sasori says

B. Have Nagato kill Sasori

C. Free Will

"Nagato." You say calmly, "Drop the kunai. We'll do it his way." Nagato looks over to you in shock as he pulls the kunai away from Sasori's neck. He then elbows Sasori forward a few feet, making him stumble on the ice again before gaining his balance. After regaining it, he replaces his sinister smile and sets his sights back on you.

"At least one member on your team is intelligent. I like that." He crosses his arms and looks back towards Nagato and then back at you and then back at Nagato before smiling even bigger, "Well... this is how we will do this. I will let you ask me three questions... any three questions... and I will answer them truthfully. You can ask whatever you want, but your friend only has three more hours before he begins vomiting out his insides."

"This is ridiculous!" Nagato rages, "We should kill him. If we can't participate, his team should not be able to, either."

"No..." You tell him, trying to calm him down, "Its fine. I believe he's being honest. We get three questions. We just need to make them count...


***What to ask...?***

First three questions posted are the ones asked

"Okay." you start, "We can play this game."

"Good. First question..."

"What are the exact details and circumstances of Kourashi's capture?"

"Well right now he's being held by my teammate, Sabaku no Terran. He's been infected by a poison handcrafted by myself, one that has an incubation period of only six hours and after those six hours are up causes the victim to suffer immense nausea that will eventually cause him to vomit out major organs. And oh my... when that happens nothing will save him." You look to Nagato to see anger and rage beginning to build up in his eyes. He isn't happy by any means. It's taking everything in his power to prevent himself from striking him down.

"Alright, fair enough... my next question is how I can save his life and will he be in tip top condition for the tournament?"

"With an antidote." He answers. "And no. He will not be in any condition to fight at optimal conditions tomorrow. This is solely his fault."

"Then what is the most effective way to reach him?!" You ask quickly and forcefully.

Sasori smiles, "What an intelligent set of questions. Looks like I didn't give you enough credit, Daisuke."

"Answer the question!" Nagato orders as he shakes him a few times.

"If you'd give me a minute." He says calmly... "The most effective route is possibly by taking me with you to the basement of the building next door. That's where he's being held. I'd probably try bartering me for your teammate... but by doing that, you won't get the antidote, since it isn't on me."

"What do you mean it isn't on you?!" You cry.

"That's all the questions." He says calmly again, this time with a large grin on his face, "Remember?"

Nagato groans, "The antidote is probably on the other teammate, Daisuke. He can't tell us that, though." Sasori remains quiet but keeps his smile attached tightly to his face. He is crazy...

A. Both you and Nagato rush to the location Sasori gave you with him in your possession

B. Daisuke and Sasori go to Kourashi's location have Nagato go find the antidote

C. Same as B but swap Daisuke and Nagato's task

D. Free Will

E(vil choice). Kill Sasori!

"But I'm crazier." You think aloud. Sasori's facial expression changes from a whimsical smile to a worried frown with that random statement blurted out from your mouth. You take Sasori's smile and equip it before telling Nagato, "Go ahead... kill him. We have what we need from him."

"Are... are you serious?" Nagato stutters.

"If you don't. I will."

"W-Wait!" Sasori cries, "We don't have to do this. If you kill me, your friend will be killed. I promise and this time I mean it."

"You've lied once already." You tell him, "And that was one time too many. Nagato. Finish him."

Nagato takes a gulp, thinking about the action presented to him. He hesitates at first, but slowly and forcefully drives the kunai into Sasori's throat. Sasori doesn't budge or cry, he takes the kunai all the way in, oozing blood the entire time it seeps further and further through his body until his body becomes lifeless. He drops to the ground a few, short seconds later and Nagato steps a few feet back, completely unsure of what he had just done.

"Good job, Nagato." You tell him, "Now come on, we've got to get to Kourashi before it's too late."

Nagato, still uneasy about what just happened nods and lightly kicks Sasori's lifeless body to see if anything would happen.... but nothing happens. Him dead.

You two make your way next door to a locked exam building. You know that Kourashi has to be in there, though. This is the place that he was making his way to before finding out he was abducted and the place that Sasori told you to go.

"How are we going to get in?" Nagato asks, "Do we just break in?"

"Actually, yes." You answer, "But the best way to do is to...


A. Lockpick the front door

B. Check all the windows on this floor to see if any of them are unlocked

Chaotic Choice. Burn the building down, ensuring that the tournament does not happen tomorrow and force Koura's captures to come out.

D. Check the entire building for any other doors

E. Free Will

enter through the top of the building." You say as you look up the building. It is no more than three stories tall. The building is a two story complex, but the first floor is far larger than a normal floor because of the simulation arena placed in the middle of the building (You know this because of studying).

"What's up top?" Nagato asks, "You think there's a door up there?"

"Not exactly." You answer with a small grin behind it, "Come on, follow me." You order as you leap onto the side of the building. You scale it quickly to try to avoid any attention that may come with breaking and entering into the home of the testing area. Once you reach the top, you see what you were hoping to see...

"A ventilation system?" Nagato points out.

"Correct." You reply as you remove the exterior gate, "We'll descend down from here and while in here, we have to be quiet so that we can hear anything that goes on in the building as sound travels easily through there."

"Fine." He says, "But who's leading?" He stops for a moment, waiting for you to answer, "I ask because what if they happen to be in the vents waiting for us? Wouldn't that be crazy?"

He has a point, Sasori seemed to be quiet the genius as well... it would be bad if he had an ambush set up... and if you were to ambush that ambush by accident, it would be best if...

A. Nagato led.

B. Daisuke led.

C. Better yet, only let Nagato through the vent and you go somewhere else (You decide)

D. Same as C, but Daisuke goes elsewhere (You decide)

"I'll lead." You tell him, "It makes the most sense." You tell him as you leap head first into the pipe. Nagato follows close behind. The pipe is a long drop, but you are able to repel yourself from either side of the vent to keep yourself level in the middle... somewhat levitate off all sides of the metal sides of the vent until you reach the bottom. You tumble forward, making room for Nagato to land safely behind you.

As far as you can tell, you don't hear any sounds in the vent. You turn around and place your pointer finger on your lips signaling Nagato to be as quiet as possible. He nods and you turn back around and start to walk as slowly and carefully as possible as you can. There are several different places where the vents branch off to head to different directions, but you decide to stay on the main path to make your way to the basement.

The vent system that heads to the basement is at the very end of the main system. You take it and head down to the next floor down. On this floor, you notice that lights flood the vent. Something or someone is on this floor. "I think it's best if we split up to see if we can find out who's here." Nagato suggests.

"No." You tell him, "We can't risk one of us falling into an ambush. Let's stick together." Nagato nods. You head down further to see a kid squatting at the end of the tunnel... he hasn't realized that he has visitors.

A. Call out to him.

B. Attack him with ninjutsu technique _______

C. Freeze the vent system

D. Attack with senbons at this range

E. Free will

You grab two senbon from your pouch and quickly and precisely throw them in a straight line towards the boy. It seems as if he feels them coming towards him and raises his arms up just in time to deflect the damage strictly to his arms, "They're in here with me!" He shouts. It isn't the boy that rushed to Sasori's defense before, its the one that remained quite. A strong force slices through the metal piping before you get a chance to respond or react to the boys exclamation.

You're forced down through the pipe and onto the ground along with the now, senbon'd armed boy. The other boy stands before you now, looking ready to fight... he is the one that rushed to Sasori's aid last time. His sword still strapped onto his back and his middle and index finger pointed out as if those two fingers were the cause of the slicing that just took place.

"If you're here, it means that you outsmarted Sasori." He says.

"That's an understatement." You correct him, "we killed Sasori."

"You're lying!" He shouts, "And I call your bluff!" You notice his other hand twitches for a second as if he formed a seal, but you can't tell... you aren't even sure it's possible for him to form a seal with a single hand, but after it forms a thin, stretched blade of energy rips through the air ahead of you and tears the ground beneath it as it rushes past you.

Both you and Nagato dive to either side, avoiding the attack, but before you can counterattack, you see him drawing back and slashing with his hand again horizontally this time.


***Daisuke***


Daisuke
Hit Points: 30/30
Chakra Points: 28/28

1. Act first

2. Act after Nagato

3. Play it natural

A. Attempt to dodge the technique

B. Try counterattacking with ninjutsu technique _______

C. Ignore the technique and attack with ________

(After the attack resolves)

!: Attack with Taijutsu

@: Attack with Ninjutsu technique _______

#: Attack with Disorientation Technique

$: Use Senbon at _______ range

%: Free Will


***Nagato***


Nagato
Hit Points: 30/30
Chakra Points: 34/34


1. Act first

2. Act after Daisuke

3. Play it natural

A. Attempt to dodge the technique

B. Try counterattacking with ninjutsu technique _______

C. Ignore the technique and attack with ________

(After the attack resolves)

!: Attack with Taijutsu

@: Attack with Ninjutsu technique _______

#: Attack with Genjutsu technique _______

$: Use Senbon at _______ range

%: Free Will

You grit your teeth... the intensity of wanting and needing to dodging this attack is overwhelming you. You saw what the attack was capable of doing to metal... you can only imagine what it would do to you if it were to hit you directly. You don't have much time so you feel as if you have to rely on your speed that you train so religiously. You move to the right as fast as you can and then tumble beneath the wave of energy. Luckily, you get through the attack; you look to Nagato just in time to see him get severed by the attack.

As the attack cleaves him in half, he lets out a cry of pain... a sharp cry of pain before his body "poofs" behind a cloud of smoke. The metal piping of the vent emerges from the cloud of smoke and lands on the ground where Nagato once stood. Terran turns to his right and spots Nagato rushing forward, forming seals as he goes. You notice Terran try countering by raising his right arm for just a moment, but before he gets the chance to fire his invisible force of energy his body freezes... "The paralyzing technique" you think... you realize that this is your chance to capitalize on Nagato's attack.

You form your seal for your fire punch and lob a ball of fire toward the now stunned Terran. The quiet boy leaps in front of him and opens what appears to be, from here, a jar... the ball of fire suddenly drains into it. The boy covers it immediately and forms a seal next to Terran. "He's using kai on my technique, Daisuke!" Nagato informs you.

"I'm on it." You call out as you continue making your way towards them. You grab several more senbon and toss them at him. The kai releases the technique just in time for Terran to push the boy aside and attempt to counter your senbon with his shuriken. Two of your senbon zip by and hit him in the upper right torso... almost accurately piercing his heart. The strength behind them sends Terran flying a couple of feet back, but he gains control, plants both hands onto the ground, and flips backwards, landing on his feet.

The quiet boy stands facing you now while Nagato is closer to Terran now... You smile and tell them, "Our turn!"


***Daisuke***


Daisuke
Hit Points: 30/30
Chakra Points: 25.5/28

1. Attack Aggressively

2. Attack Balanced

3. Act Defensively


A: Attack with Taijutsu

B: Use Ninjutsu technique _______

C: Attack with Disorientation Technique

D: Use Senbon at _______ range

E: Free Will


***Nagato***


Nagato
Hit Points: 30/30
Chakra Points: 30/34


1. Attack Aggressively

2. Attack Balanced

3. Act Defensively


A: Attack with Taijutsu

B: Use Ninjutsu technique _______

C: Use Genjutsu technique _______

D: Use Shuriken at _______ range

E: Free Will

You form the seals necessary to activate your Kanryo no Karada. Your large red aura of pure fire energy seems to "wow" even the boy with the power capable of completely draining one of your fireballs earlier. While the attention seems to be focused on you from either opponent, Nagato forms the seals needed for his Water Cannon technique and fires a bullet of water at Terran. Terran counters by thrusting his two fingers into the air and cutting the ball of water down the middle, splitting the water into and almost connecting with Nagato. Nagato manages to sidestep some of the attack, but still has his arm cut just a bit.

You shunshin towards the other boy and throw a punch of pure fire energy at his face. He tries to dodge , but is slow. He takes a hit to the cheek and is sent flying into the wall, cracking it and causing him to spew blood from his mouth. You turn back to see Terran staring at you now. You can't see Nagato. "Nagato!" You shout out,. Terran steps forward and punches with his right fist, sending a wave of energy at you., this time far faster than before. You're unable to block this time and sent flying backwards several feet. You try to gain control of your body, but come out unsuccessful and crash into a wall as well (-12).

You lose consciousness for only a moment before shaking your head and looking back up to see Terran moving forward again... "Another one?" You ask yourself. Nagato leaps down from several boxes and grabs Terran's arm. He struggles, trying to get Nagato off him, but he can't get him off in time for you to get off the ground.... "I can't hit him without hitting Nagato at this angle... but..."


***Daisuke***

A. Attack Nagato and Terran with ninjutsu technique _______ (+7 chaotic, Nagato loyalty)

B. Use a shunshin to get better positioning and try attacking from another angle

C. Wait to attack after Nagato gets out of the way and attack with technique _______

D. Free Willy


***Nagato***

A. Release his arm and dive out of the way

B. Use ninjutsu technique _______ at point blank range

C. Continue grappling and try attacking with taijutsu

D. Free Willy



You know that you have to wait. You can't force yourself to hit Nagato, not right now. Nagato finally loses the strength to continue holding onto Terran's arm and is pushed off before getting the chance to do anything else. "This is my opening." You whisper to yourself as you form your first seal.

You see Nagato stand back up and begin forming seals as well. Terran doesn't wait to push forward with an open palm, pushing you back, making you lose your count with your seals. You land in a pile of boxes where you finally see Kourashi tied up and beaten. Blood pouring from several orifices on his body... he took a beating... "Aaahhhh!" You hear back from the main room. You see Terran curled into a ball on the ground... Nagato is panting a few feet away from him. He obviously connected with a genjutsu.

Seeing your friend in trouble, you decide to make a run for him. You place your fingers on his neck to check for a pulse and find one... a weak one. "He's not breathing, Nagato!" You shout, "He's barely alive."

Nagato makes his way over to you and checks his vitals as well, but fails to find anything different for you. "There's nothing we can do to save him unless one of them gives us the antidote."

"We have no choice."

***Kourashi's life is on the line...***

A. Take Kourashi to the nearest Med-Nin facilities

B. Tell Nagato to go find Guame

C. You go find Guame and have Nagato stay here

D. Interrogate Sasori's teammates

E. Free Willy

"Start interrogating the two boys in here," you tell Nagato sternly, "I'm going to find Guame. Even if he can't cure Kourashi, I'm sure that he'll be able to secure the antidote for us if these boys have it."

Nagato nods and replies, "He's staying in the room to the left of ours. He should be there."

You nod back as you begin heading out, "Don't hold back on the pain on those two, Nagato."

"I didn't plan on it." You smile as if a little bit of you rubbed off on him. You leap back up into the ventilation system and up towards the roof of the building. You're surprised to see that, at this point, it's quite a ways past midnight. You nor Nagato have had any sleep... You leap from the building and make a dash towards the Exam Facilities and down the hallway towards the room that Nagato instructed you to go to.

Instead of knocking, you lean into the door and push it in as fast possible. You fall to the ground and look up into the darkness to see Guame sitting on the end of his bed polishing his blades. He looks down at you curiously with one eyebrow lifted up and asks, "Why should I not kill you?"

"Because Kourashi is in trouble. He may be dying."

He blinks and stares blankly at you before retracting his blades back into his arms, "Where is he?" He asks.

"In the basement of the Exam place, I know we shouldn't hav-"

"Save it!" He shouts... and with that his body fades into a whiff of wind. You look around before something else hits you...

"Sasori's body wasn't in the hallway..."


A. Head back to Nagato and Guame's location

B. Go back to where Sasori was and check for any signs of his disappearance

C. Head back to your room and check for anything out of place

D. Free Will

Guame is gone, there is nothing that he can do to help you at this point, but you know for a fact that Sasori's body was no longer in that hallway. It would pointless at this time to make your way back to where Kourashi and Nagato are, you need to figure out if someone found Sasori's body or if Sasori was really there to begin with or not. You turn and make a run back down the hallway and around the corner to where you confronted Sasori a few hours before.

You walk to the spot where you remember seeing Sasori standing. The ground is wet... the ice must have thawed out and soaked the carpet here, but there is no sign of blood... there is no sign of a body being drug off or anything else suspicious. "He played us." You think aloud, "Was he ever here?" You ask, "I know that I saw blood. How did he play that off? Did we...?"

You look around some more before heading down the hallway more, still looking for anything or anyone that stands out, but don't happen to find anything. This puts you back in your original stance... You have to hope that Kourashi is being cured right now. Sasori is probably in this building somewhere, still alive...

"Looking for someone?" A voice asks from behind.

You turn around to see a familiar face, one that you didn't expect to see roaming around the halls here... "Yahiko?!"

He chuckles and does his signature back of the head rub and chuckle before throwing you a peace sign and shouting, "Yeah!!"

"What are you doing here? Your team got registered for the Chunnin Exams?"

"Yeah. Konan is here, too. We did well to impress our teacher. Even our teammate is pretty good." he laughs again, "Where is Nagato?"

"He's actually next door with our teacher... have you seen anyone moving around out here? Particularly a guy with red hair, about my age."

"No." He answers, "I just got out here, I was looking for a bathroom. I did hear some voices out here earlier, but... I can't tell you where those voices came from."

"Yeah, thanks anyway, man." You tell him as you turn back around.

"Hey!" He calls out again, "Now that you mention it, one of the voices I heard sounded a lot like the guy at the front desk. The one that did the check-ins. Maybe you can go to him and ask him if he's seen the guy you're looking for."

"Maybe you're right...."

A. Do as he suggests.

B. Go to your room and go to sleep

C. Go to your room and check around

D. Ask him a question (Your choice)

E. Head to Kourashi's location


You remain quiet and continue to stare at him... looking for something... anything that can solidify your stance on what exactly is going on. There is absolutely no way that Yahiko would be here.... and if memory serves you correctly... He and Konan were never on the same team. You know that they were not. You reach into your pouch and squint your eyes. Yahiko's eyes shift to your hand for a moment before you use a shunshin and arrive behind him with a kunai from his pouch at his back.

It's funny, Yahiko...." You start as you push the kunai into his back with a light amount of force. "When we were all assigned teams, I remember how much you whined like a little ***** about how I was paired with Nagato and you were paired with....." You push further into his back... giving you a bit of space to reach his ear and whisper, "no one."

"I'm astonished, Daisuke." The person says to you, "That you would be the one to outsmart me. You played your cards better that I ever imagined."

The voice... it's Sasori's. "We killed you!" You whisper loudly into his ear, "How are you still alive?"

"I played you both like fools. The person you thought you killed was a puppet."

"It bled!" You argue.

"As I am not." He points out. You look down to see that he is right... he isn't bleeding at all. Not a single drop. His heard turns around entirely and faces you face to face. "Do you honestly think that I'd approach one of you face to face? In the flesh." The puppet begins to laugh as the eyes begin to grow red in color... "You and your friends are dead."

This puppet.... it's trapped...

****CLUTCH MOMENT****
(Lol Mav)

A. Use Ninjutsu Techinque _________

B. Try running away as fast as possible

C. Hold your breath, maybe it'll spew gas

D. Toss the puppet as far down the hall as possible

E. Free Will


Your heart skips a beat as you release your grasp on the kunai. You kick the puppet a few feet away and turn away just as the eyes reach the full color of red. A loud, powerful explosion erupts from the puppet and blows out the wall from either side of the hallway. You body flicker several feet down the hallway, to the end of the hall, reaching the corner and then diving to safety.

Water begins to drizzle above you. You look up to see a sprinkler system designed to set off in case of a fire now spraying water on every inch of the hallway. "This isn't good." You whisper. Several doors open up around the same time with you sitting in the center of the hallway. It's very possible that someone was killed or injured in the explosion... This really isn't any good.

A hand grasps your shoulder, causing you to look up and see a Sunagakure official, "Boy! State your name and your village affiliation."

Before answering you touch your forehead. You realize that your Amegakure headband is not on... it is possible to lie...

A. Tell him the truth ( Chaotic, -5 Evil)

B. Tell him you are ______ ()

C. Plead the 5th

D. Freeze this joint and make a run for it


"Daisuke of Amegakure. I wasn't the cause of the explosion. Sasori from Sunagakure and I were just-"

"Save it for the Kazekage." He stops you, "You just destroyed an entire section of the facilities by playing around. You do understand that the exams are less than three four hours from now, correct?"

"Yes, and if it wasn't from -"

"Enough!" He shouts, stopping you mid sentence again.

"Leave the boy alone, he's with me." Guame says. You along with all the other kids in the hallway turn to see Guame carrying Kourashi over his shoulder. Nagato stands by his side with dried tears on either side of his cheeks. You aren't sure if him showing up now is a good or bad thing.

"And who are you?" The official asks.

"You don't want to know." Guame answers as he makes his way to you and the guard, "The damages will be paid for, don't worry. This was not my kids' doing. None of them know how to use exploding tags or any type of explosion arts. So if you'll excuse us." The guard goes to speak again, but decides it's in his best interest to stay the **** quiet.

You sigh and lift yourself off the ground, still a bit upset at your showing against Sasori. At this point... there is no way that you can beat him...

Guame and Nagato lead you back to your room and drop Kourashi on the ground. You look down at him to see him speckled in purple and blue sores. "What is this?!" You exclaim, "Is he okay?"

"Barely." Guame answers, "He will probably die soon and there is nothing that we can do about it. It's impossible to cure it. I've only stopped the spreading of the poison. Whoever concocted this is... a genius to say the less."

You frown and whisper "He's as good as dead."

"I'm glad that you're inspired." Guame tells you, "But there is almost no way that you'll be able to compete successfully in the chunnin exams without him. The first round is all about team work and without a third member it will be seemingly impossible."

"How can you talk about the chunnin exams right now, Guame?" Nagato blurts out, "This is insane, we're going to have to find Sasori and get the antidote. We can't have him get away with murder."

"This is Kourashi's fault for being worthless." Guame responds, "He would have just died in the third round. You two can decide on what you want to do, but I'd rather not see you leave Sunagakure in body bags."

You look to Nagato to see him fuming... Tears begin forming in his eyes... He's really hurt by this.


A. Take Nagato's side, you have to find a cure for Kourashi's poison (+Nagato Loyalty, Kourashi loyalty, possible change in plot course)

B. Take Guame's side, Kourashi should have been smarter and smarter (+Guame loyalty, next post starts chunnin exams)

C. Free Will ()

[dave049478]

I vote A

[vegeta]

A had the majority before the topic got deleted.

[rasfreakup]

Wow....thanks a bunch for putting this all together, Yushinoki.

Goddamn....I knew we'd get a purge sooner or later but wow....

The pace is going to be even slower now that the participants will need to create accounts.

Anyway yeah, A had the majority.

[vegeta]

Feb 2, 2011 1:09:02 GMT rasfreakup said:

Goddamn....I knew we'd get a purge sooner or later but wow....

The pace is going to be even slower now that the participants will need to create accounts.

Yeah, I didn't think it would happen as fast as it did. But hopefully everyone will get the message and transfer over here as quickly as possible. Most already have. But we need to get Tips in here too.

[rasfreakup]

Don't worry, I sent an email to Kis and Tips, letting them know what's up. Tips will probably get it soon if he hasn't already gone to work or he will after he gets off. Tips also has Kis' phone number, so he'll call him too and let him know since Kis hardly signs on his email nowadays.

[Yushinoki]

Note: The author has stated that he has no intention of migrating to this board. While it will remain up, there isn't any point in voting in it unless kisatchi changes his mind.

[rasfreakup]

Well....I'll save the rest of it, just in case Kis ever decides to return to it.

[bluebomb]

Couldn't Kis go to the gfaqs fanfiction bkard like Clown? Run that by him Ras.