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Post by overtninja on Jul 4, 2011 5:20:35 GMT
B1: Go wherever they want to go
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Post by vegeta on Jul 4, 2011 6:00:28 GMT
A1 - Ichiraku Ramen - We should expand our influence with the newer generation.
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Post by syco on Jul 4, 2011 12:12:11 GMT
A1
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Post by Forte on Jul 5, 2011 3:56:03 GMT
"I think I'll hang out with these guys over here for now," you tell Hannah. She nods softly in response.
"Okay, then. Noriko and I will be around if you need us. I think some shopping would do us good. We'll see you later, I hope."
"You will."
"Alright."
"Goodbye for now, Joshua," Noriko says.
"Yup. See you soon."
"I suppose we'll be on our way as well," Tsunade says. "If you need us, we'll be at the mansion as per usual. I think I need a drink..."
"You always seem to need one, Tsunade," Orochimaru quips.
"Ah, stuff it."
"I'm sorry that we had to end our match so soon, but it was quite entertaining. Shall we do it again sometime soon?"
"Definitely. I'll let you know when, sir."
"Excellent. Come, Tsunade-hime. You can drink to your heart's content when we make it back. Perhaps Jiraiya will be there as well?"
"Last thing I need today is him talking about...whatever he talks about."
"You also owe him some money, from wh-"
"Not in front of the kids, idiot!" Tsunade starts to yell at Orochimaru as they walk back towards the village. You turn and stretch out your muscles for a bit.
"I guess I've got some free time, so we can go wherever you all want to go. Kind of hungry, though."
"Oh, oh! I know where we could find something to eat!" Naruto shouts excitedly. "We should try Ichiraku Ramen!"
"Ichiraku, huh...heard of it a few times before. Apparently, they make really good ramen over there. Alright, take me over. I guess I'll buy for everyone, if they don't mind it."
Everyone agrees to that as you walk on towards the shop.
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"Looks like we have quite a crowd today," Teuchi comments. A friendly old man who ran the ramen shop with his daughter Ayame, he gives you a smile as he finally serves up your order of beef ramen. You slurp up a few noodles, noting that the cup ramen you usually had tasted like cardboard compared to this. Good stuff.
"Not often that we have people with such deep pockets," Ayame comments with a smile of her own. "So, what brings you into town, stranger?"
"Nothing much, really. Just had some business with the Hokage."
"Oh? Makes you sound like a real big-shot, though you don't act like it."
"I'm in the hero business, technically."
"So you're not a shinobi?" Teuchi asks as he serves Naruto his fifth bowl of ramen.
"No. I know some techniques, but I'm not in that sort of business. Though I've been caught up in the shinobi life as of late."
"How so?" a brown-haired girl asked. This was...Tenten, if you remembered properly. "Is there a lot of activity of the sort in your hometown?"
"More or less. I come from a samurai and sailing town, to the far southwest."
"Ah, so you know about weapons, I suppose?"
"Not so much myself, at least in terms of use. Mechanics I can give you, and I know plenty of people who know how to use a blade or two. My friend Hannah's especially proficient in swordsmanship. Or swordswomanship, to be precise."
"That's pretty cool!"
"Yup. She's a tough customer, that Hannah. I could introduce you to her sometime later, if you'd like."
"That'd be great! Thanks so much!" she says with a happy smile.
"Not a problem."
"Any awesome stories you could tell us?" Ino, the blonde girl from earlier asks. "From what you did earlier, you seem like a real pro!"
"Hm...I'm not quite there yet," you say.
"Stop being so modest. Though...there might be a turbo drive inside of your arms or something," Sasuke says.
"You really need to lay off the manga, dude," a boy with sharp teeth quips. That was Kiba Inuzuka.
"Don't be so quick to brush away my statements. He might be like Atom and have a 10,000 horsepower heart or something like that..."
"Isn't he dreamy?" Ino says a bit sarcastically.
"Or, or! Maybe a transforming ability! Maybe he's got a mask like Kamen Rider!" Naruto says.
"You guys...really," Sakura says with a sigh.
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a) Free option
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Post by overtninja on Jul 5, 2011 4:02:12 GMT
A Talk about comics and your favourite hero Batman
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Post by vegeta on Jul 5, 2011 6:15:03 GMT
Lol. Overt's vote.
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Post by Forte on Jul 11, 2011 3:39:41 GMT
"You guys ever read anything from the western countries? I've been reading this one series, Batman for a while."
"Batman...think I've heard of it," Sasuke muses.
"I'll lend you a bunch of the volumes when I get back for a proper visit some day."
"Sure, that'd be cool. Thanks."
"No problem."
"We'd love to stay and chat some more with you boys," Ino says, "but we ladies have to get going for some training."
"Oh, that's right. Tensei-sama said he wanted to go over some things with us today...really can't wait!" Tenten says excitedly. "We've gone over what we need to, right, Hinata?"
"Ano...we should have everything finished for now," the shy Hinata replies. She was quiet and very soft-spoken, but had this strange aura of confidence that must have come up recently...perhaps the work of their sensei?
"Good, good. Hey, I have an idea. I think that he would be very interested in meeting Joshua, what with him being so special and all. It's not every day that you see someone go up against the Hokage like that."
"That's true...um...would you like to meet our teacher, Joshua?" Hinata asks softly.
"You're all on the same team, right?"
"No, nothing like that. We each have our own squads that we're assigned to regularly, but the three of us get extra lessons from someone else. He's a really cool guy, you know? You should meet him!" Ino says.
"That might be something good to do."
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a) Stick around with the rest of the Konoha 12
b) Follow the girls to their practice session
c) Other not listed
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Post by overtninja on Jul 11, 2011 4:03:18 GMT
B
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Post by syco on Jul 11, 2011 4:19:59 GMT
B
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Post by Forte on Jul 11, 2011 7:20:22 GMT
"I suppose I could see what this fellow's all about, if it's not any trouble."
"Excellent! This should be very interesting to see," Tenten comments.
"I guess I'll see you guys later, then. Take care for now."
You exchange goodbyes with the rest of the genin as you head off with Tenten, Ino, and Hinata. They lead you to the northern part of Konoha, into a wide open field surrounded by lots of tall trees in a circle. It somehow gave the area an air of seclusion while feeling huge and spacious. You take note of the area and note a man standing calmly in the middle of the area. He has long, wild hair and a grizzled beard, making him seem similar to a lion. He even had the eyes down, and there was definitely an aura about him. A powerful aura, one that must have rubbed off on the girls somewhat.
You bow along with them as you reach the man, who's got pretty defined muscles on his lanky-looking frame. He's dressed in a normal shirt and pants, with a loaded tool belt on his waist. Kind of like Batman, you muse.
"Hello, ladies."
"Hello, Tensei-sama~" they reply sweetly.
"You've brought a visitor, I see. And a famous one at that. I remember your grandfather quite well...he's still around, somewhere."
"Yeah? That's good to hear."
"Should be. He's just doing something pretty important at the moment, so he's tied up. Right now, I think it falls to you to make the changes necessary for this world to be a safer place. By the way, everyone just calls me 21. I don't really have a name," he says with a shrug, "but I've got a family by my side. That's all that matters."
"That's a pretty solid lifestyle, I think."
"Thanks. So, you're Joshua West. Been making waves, I hear."
"Something like that. I've just been spending time lately getting back up to par."
"Yeah. I've heard a bit about that, it's a tough break you've run into. But it looks as if you're getting over it quickly enough. Maybe I could teach you a few things, since we're a bit similar, you and I. I noticed it when the old man whipped my ass. Then again, I'm technically older than he is, so I should call him a whippersnapper," 21 says with a laugh. "But that guy...he's something special. And you're apparently poised to surpass him, if his words are to come to pass."
"It might happen, but I dunno right now," you reply honestly.
"Something's bothering you, though. It might be one of the roadblocks on the way to reaching your full potential."
"Someone close...well, her and many people that are close to me, they're in a lot of trouble right now. The world's about to race into war, and...it's kind of overwhelming sometimes, I guess. I don't know if I'm cut out fully for this job, for the potential losses I'll have to take. I guess Gramps was prepared for that, but I think I'm different in a way. I just can't know for sure."
"You haven't expressed this doubt much, have you?"
"Not really, 21. Been too focused on what's been happening around me. And you know, not dying."
"Hm..." He cracks his neck, thinking about what you've said. "Madara Uchiha. Have you heard that name?"
"I know it far too well."
"As I suspected...Solomon Black, you know that name?"
"No, I don't. Who is he?"
"Probably the reason your grandfather's MIA right now. I can't say for sure or what the details are...but it's likely."
"Well, that puts another spin on my problems."
"Yeah...always does. I don't know what Madara's planning, but he's gotten my number a lot in the past little while. Always scheming, and he knows way too much about me. But if you can break the hold he has over you - I assume it's a person you love dearly - then you'll be able to crush him with ease. But as for the situation with the five Shinobi countries, I can literally be everywhere at once, but it won't solve a thing. The way things are now, all we need is for one small spark to start the flames of war."
"Nothing we can do to stop it?"
"We could try, but Madara's really far ahead of us. He's tied up your grandfather somehow, managed to manipulate alliances, and is trying to do something that will devastate us all...just don't know what it is at the moment. I have to stay out of affairs right now because of what I am."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm known as a number because my original purpose was to be a weapon, to bring any enemy to their knees. I can do that, but I've found other reasons, pure reasons for living my life. And I don't regret them one bit," he says while smiling at the girls. They had already started training on their own while you two were talking.
"Good to know."
"I think your purpose, Joshua...it means a lot of sacrifice on your part. And absorbing the world's hatred as the air you breathe, even. Your grandfather, he didn't have to go through as much. But this is different. If you're forced to stop the fighting, you'll need to guide the hatred of the entire continent unto yourself. I don't believe that even I could handle something like that..."
"...Can you prepare for something like that, 21?"
"It's impossible, no matter how much we try. Human beings yearn for love, for acknowledgement no matter how little. The darkness around you will choke out even that..."
All of this sounded pretty heavy...really, nothing like what you had heard about your grandfather. He was a wanted man, but he was seen as more of a challenge, or a menace to society in some ways. But you...you'd have to face the wrath, the anger of so many turned onto you. The very thought made your mind reel.
"It's a hard pill to swallow," 21 says.
"I figured."
"I've got the means to give you some time to do some information gathering. Maybe even send you back home for a while if you wanted, to clean house. Of course, I figure you need to come back so you can leave with the Hokage."
"You're good."
"Hey, I try," he says with a shrug. "So I've got the means to get you quite a few places on the continent for a little bit. If not that, you can either train with myself or the girls if you want. They're officially genin, but don't let that be your guide on them."
"Sounds pretty cool," you say. "Thanks for the opportunity."
"No worries. I figure it's best that I help you out now while I can. Like I said, if you get rid of the Kryptonite that Madara's holding over you, you can end that bastard once and for all. I'm here if you've got any ideas on what you want to do."
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a) Training with 21 1. Taijutsu (style?) 2. Elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 3. Non-elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 4. Learn a Nature Transformation 5. Genjtusu (visual/sound)
b) Training with the girls (Ino, Tenten, and Hinata) 1. Light sparring 2. Stamina drills 3. Strength drills 4. Speed drills
c) Travel 1. Kennedy Port 2. Other place not listed
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Post by overtninja on Jul 11, 2011 10:01:16 GMT
A4 Storm release. Let's see if we can get it back
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Post by syco on Jul 11, 2011 18:05:03 GMT
A4. Earth release, lets take it one step at a time
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Post by overtninja on Jul 12, 2011 2:17:37 GMT
It's better to focus on a few strong points than to let ourselves be spread too thin.
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Post by xTacticalSniper on Jul 12, 2011 23:37:17 GMT
A4 Storm release
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Post by Forte on Jul 15, 2011 4:58:38 GMT
"I guess that I can work on getting Storm Release back, since I have what I need to use that right now."
21 keeps watch as you go to work on blending the two chakra types together. It starts to work pretty well, and before long, you have a grasp on what it felt like before, back when you had your powers earlier. However, the chakra wasn't the same light blue as earlier, but black...hm, sort of like thunder clouds in the sky. Appropriate enough.
"You're one hell of a guy, Joshua. Seriously, it's only been a little over an hour, and you've come this far. Probably something inherent in you? I couldn't really say."
"What is that?" Ino asks you. The girls had gathered around to have a look at what you were doing.
"Storm Release," you answer. "It's supposed to be a bloodline limit, but I've got a lot of proficiency with all types of chakra, it seems. If I work hard enough, I can unlock other bloodlines as well."
"That sounds pretty cool. So, have you thought of any jutsu yet?" Tenten asks curiously.
"Maybe...I think I can get my old ones back with some effort. If not that, I can deal with creating new ones. Just need to think of what would be a better fit."
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a) Restore old techniques ( +proficiency)
b) Learn new ones from scratch ( +power)
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Post by overtninja on Jul 15, 2011 6:28:02 GMT
B. I like the new style of our jutsu.
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Post by syco on Jul 15, 2011 14:09:15 GMT
B
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Post by Forte on Jul 16, 2011 5:32:05 GMT
Looked like you would be starting from scratch, then. At least one move was working at the moment, so you were alright for the time being. At the very least, you'd work on it some more at a later time. The technique you currently had involved firing off a large amount of laser-like shots that could be moved like your original version of Storm Release, only they were faster and had more power to them. You could probably break through defenses if you forced it enough.
Other than that, nothing else was going on with that for now. Maybe Hannah and Noriko were finished with their day on the town or something like that. There were other things that you could do, you also noted. After today, it would be five days to the big meeting. Orochimaru might want to leave early or something because of that and his covert operation that would go on alongside that, so it could do you well to consult with him if you could.
"Going over a few things?" 21 asks you.
"More or less," you reply.
"That offer's still open, you know." That's right, the whole teleportation deal. Maybe you could make use of it at some point, if you needed to. You wondered about Cadence a lot...was she doing okay? Had anything bad happened to her? You also needed to talk to Remy as well, if you remembered correctly...a lot of things to do at home. And the other projects you had in mind...man, you needed to get back on track somehow.
"Hey, do you have a way to get me into Lightning Country, by chance?"
"Yeah. There's a hub city that I know of, Sprite City."
"You don't say...?" That was certainly helpful information.
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a) Training with 21 1. Taijutsu (style?) 2. Elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 3. Non-elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 4. Learn a Nature Transformation 5. Genjtusu (visual/sound)
b) Training with the girls (Ino, Tenten, and Hinata) 1. Light sparring 2. Stamina drills 3. Strength drills 4. Speed drills
c) Travel 1. Kennedy Port 2. Sprite City 3. Other not listed
d) Conversation (business/other) 1. Hannah/Noriko 2. Orochimaru/Tsunade 3. Other not listed
e) Resting/Information 1. Library 2. Sleep 3. Other
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Post by Bazooka_Rose_Penguin on Jul 16, 2011 5:37:04 GMT
C2
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Post by overtninja on Jul 16, 2011 7:02:13 GMT
A2) Lightning
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Post by syco on Jul 16, 2011 14:24:26 GMT
A2^
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Post by vegeta on Jul 21, 2011 9:06:17 GMT
A2 Lightning - But also ask 21 if he's ever fought and beat Valerie Mars
I would like us to go see Valerie, she may be able to help us with these issues we're having. But I also don't want to let Hannah, Noriko, nor Orochimaru out of the loop, especially if Hannah wants to see her master (or Noriko wants to meet her for that matter). We should talk to them after our training here, then go back and ask 21 to teleport us to Sprite City.
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Post by Forte on Jul 22, 2011 5:10:35 GMT
"Hey, 21. Question."
"Shoot."
"You know of Valerie Mars, right?"
"Heh, hard not to know about her. She runs that whole tourney business that goes on every year."
"Yeah, that one. I'll probably enter this year myself if I get the time."
"I'm thinking about it too. Anyways, why're you asking all of a sudden?"
"Just wanted to know if you fought her at any point in time."
"Hm. Guess if you could call getting spanked like a newborn a 'fight', it counts. Although she complimented me for making her get serious. Not ever making that mistake again."
"How bad is it when she gets serious?"
21 makes a face. "You ever seen the end of the world? Well, that's a vacation in comparison."
"I see..." Note to self: probably not best to bring up sparring matches with Valerie again.
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Within a few hours, you get yourself more involved with Lightning Release. Or whatever it was this was called now. That shunshin you used earlier was now greatly improved, since it was less of a concept now that you got some practice done with it. There were also a few other movements you learned in that space of time.
By now, it was starting to get dark, but there was enough time to get a lot of things done if you wanted.
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Crosstown Express - Uses electricity to either enhance movement, create a path for quick and guided movements using pos/neg charges, or both for maximum speed. At 3x speed, the colour of the element changes to red for some reason. (supplementary)
Reverse Bolt - Creates a ground to sky lightning bolt at the user's behest. (offensive)
Lightning Storm - Creates lightning from the sky at the user's command; the attack can be controlled for some time to move towards the target. (offensive)
Crescent Surge - The user stomps the ground ahead of them and creates a crescent shaped blast of lightning on the spot, leaving the same mark in the earth. Works best at close range. (offensive/defensive)
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a) Training with 21 1. Taijutsu (style?) 2. Elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 3. Non-elemental Ninjutsu (choose) 4. Learn a Nature Transformation 5. Genjtusu (visual/sound)
b) Training with the girls (Ino, Tenten, and Hinata) 1. Light sparring 2. Stamina drills 3. Strength drills 4. Speed drills
c) Travel 1. Kennedy Port 2. Sprite City 3. Other not listed
d) Conversation (business/other) 1. Hannah/Noriko 2. Orochimaru/Tsunade 3. Other not listed
e) Resting/Information 1. Library 2. Sleep 3. Other
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Post by overtninja on Jul 22, 2011 7:38:15 GMT
I'm thinking about whether we should get moving or training storm release one more time. I think I'll wait to see what the others have planned.
On another note I expected 21 and Valerie to be somewhat close in combat abilities considering the fact that they are both semi immortals that have lived for quite a while.
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Post by Forte on Jul 23, 2011 4:09:16 GMT
They're not all that far apart as of currently, since 21 is further along now than back then.
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