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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 17:41:25 GMT
“Father, you promised when I graduated that you would tell me why you no longer take part in missions”
“I know and I will tell you now son. It started with an urgent message straight from the Raikage. When I arrived he revealed his plans to allow the Kumogakure to finally gain an advantage against Konoha, and I was the only one who could carry out this mission.” Your father said this in such a way that you could tell that he was reliving this moment right now.
*** This is told from the point of view of Muramasa, the “Demon Smith of the Hidden Mist”. ***
“Muramasa, it is time for you to show your loyalty to me and to atone for what you allowed to happen to Migoto” the look in his eyes changes at this point, you can tell that he is still very hurt over what happened to one of the villages most promising Kunoichi.
“You can do this by capturing a member of the Uchiha clan of Konoha.” It was obvious from the cold and calculated tone of Raikage that this had been planned for some time and now was the time to strike. “After the last Chunin exams in Konoha we have identified one particular member who is believed to be the ideal target.” The file heading simply reads UCHIHA, ITACHI. “Although he never took part, all the hype surrounded this one child. We believe that although he has not yet awakened his Sharingan that he soon will and at this point he will still be young enough to be able to be effectively dealt with.” although this information would shock most men, after living through a life in the infamous Bloody Mist you had just accepted this as part of the life style of a ninja.
“We also believe that as most of the military forces are pre occupied with the war with Iwagakure it will be easy for a former Kirigakure Jonin such as yourself to enter and abduct one such Uchiha, especially one so skilled as to have had avoided the revered Hunter-nin for so long. If you receive any resistance then you know which how to redirect attention elsewhere?” You simply nod at him. “I take it you accept then?”
“I accept.” You reply promptly.
“Good, however you will be alone until you reach the Land of Lightning border. We fear if we stray beyond that point that if you are pursued then this will be traced back to us.”
“I understand, the last thing we need is another international incident”
“You must leave immediately and travel undetected to Konoha. I have had another team on our border collect some effects from let us say a former comrade of yours” as he says this the Raikage motions for you to open the container at the edge of his desk facing you.
Inside you find the mask of what must have been a former ANBU from Kirigakure, it has almost wave like blue swirls with the Kirigakure symbol on its forehead. You reach inside and also find a custom made outfit based upon that of an ANBU. At this point you are already thinking about how to further alter it for yourself to suit a longer blade than the usual tanto carried by ANBU.
“Take these and be on your way” you turn round with the box in your hand and begin to walk out of the door “-AND DO NOT FAIL ME IN THE SAME WAY THAT YOU FAILED MIGOTO OR THIS TIME I WILL KILL YOU!” at this point the door slams shut behind you.
You go home have one more evening with your infant son before putting him to bed. You then gather supplies, get changed into the Kirigakure ANBU outfit and finally retrieve your sword before heading out into the night. You reach the border with the Fire Country in the early morning and decide to take a short rest before continuing onwards.
You then begin to wonder about the best way to enter undetected through the Fire Country.
As the country is currently at war you think that it would be best to proceed by staying off of the main routes but otherwise you can proceed unimpeded.
After a swift few hours of running you finally begin to see large buildings in the distance, Konoha is now in site. You stop again and now it is time to plan how you intend to enter Konoha.
Do you...
A) Study the map given to you and try to use this to form an idea how to enter
B) Start moving now and refer to the map when you get closer.
C) Wait for sun to completely set before moving in.
D) Use a water clone to enter and get a feel for the place.
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Post by ntoinfinity on Feb 13, 2011 18:52:45 GMT
Voting A.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 19:33:49 GMT
Posting an update.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 20:05:12 GMT
You then pull the map out of your pocket and start observing the various parts of Konoha. This map is barely legible as all over it you have filled all available spaces with any information that you could find including possible defences, intruder detection, guard posts, landmarks, vantage point and escape routes. When coupled with the information given to you by the Raikage you identify the district where all of the Uchiha reside.
You also take note that there is also a nearby training field where Itachi tends to frequent and a pier also nearby. You know that the training field may be the safest bet although it also may be the most dangerous depending on who is currently using it.
You know that you need to remove Itachi before his parents notice as all you would need is the son of the head of Konoha’s police force being kidnapped as you know that you cannot take on the whole Uchiha clan yourself.
As the sun begins to set you know that now is the time to move as if you leave it any later the young boy will be home.
You know that time is precious so it looks like this is going to have to be a very fast snatch and grab style operation.
There are several options available.
A) Enter directly into the Uchiha district and head straight for the training fields.
B) Enter into the Uchiha district and search the pier.
C) Remove the ANBU mask and use a cloak to conceal the uniform and enter the front gate.
D) Use a clone to enter the front gate as a distraction whilst taking the direct route.
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Post by giga on Feb 13, 2011 20:34:17 GMT
all the hype surrounded this one child
I smirked.
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Post by giga on Feb 13, 2011 20:36:29 GMT
B
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Post by impatience on Feb 13, 2011 21:25:26 GMT
also B
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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 21:55:24 GMT
Posting another update.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 22:31:07 GMT
After much consideration you think it will be best to start searching at the pier. Not only is it safest in terms of who is expected to be there but you also have an elemental advantage in terms of having a water source for your valued suiton techniques. Before moving you go over the process in your head.
Check for guards, up the wall and over, along the rooftops, leap over the street, turn left, drop down, turn right and down to the lake. You go over this process again until its firmly set, take a deep breath inwards and set off towards the city.
It looks clear along the top of the city walls and after seconds you’re already on the rooftops moving as fast as you can. Upon reaching the last rooftop before the pier you look down and see a young boy barely older than your own son but you can sense that even he knows the expectations that have been thrust upon him.
Before you even reach the ground your already lining up your route back out of the city. Your already scouting for anyone else close by and are ready incase the worst should happen.
It looks clear so you cast a genjutsu on the young Uchiha while leaping towards him and you then manage to catch him before he hits the wooden pier. You seem pleased that you have not had to draw your blade but you immediately remember that you are still in the middle of Konoha with one of their own over your shoulder.
You start racing back towards the rooftops but it seems that one detail escaped your mind, a chakra sensing barrier surrounding the village. As you start moving back towards your point of entry, you spot a fast moving figure racing across the very rooftops you were on minutes ago. You also sense another chakra source in the area coming from the training fields.
You quickly take in your surroundings and now realise that battle may be inevitable at this point. You start focusing your chakra knowing that if you make the wrong move now you may not be leaving.
Do you...
A) Try to focus Lightning chakra into your muscles to boost your speed.
B) Chakra dash towards the figure on the rooftop and engage him.
C) Activate the Hidden Mist technique.
D) Chakra dash towards the figure emerging from the training field and engage him.
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Post by impatience on Feb 13, 2011 22:35:09 GMT
I'd like A
Question: Did you mean to say Mizukage in your first post or has Muramasa defected from the Hidden Mist?
If it's the first taking C will give away too much, if it's the second, I'll probably change over to C.
Edit: With the info in the post below, I'm going with C.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 13, 2011 22:46:13 GMT
No sorry, it's something I overlooked. basically Muramasa has defected from Kirigakure to Kumogakure. I should have properly, my bad. That's also the reason as to why he's needed for this mission.
I should also mention at this point that this introduction is to show off possible skills that can be developed by his son. So just about EVERY skill he uses can be taught to him.
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Post by giga on Feb 14, 2011 21:33:33 GMT
C
Works on sharinguns.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 15, 2011 0:57:11 GMT
You quickly form the seals to create your Hidden Mist technique and with the open source of water nearby, it’s dense enough that you can barely see in front of your own face but you also know from researching the inhabitants of the leaf village that it is effective against sharingan, but you pray that you don’t come across any Hyuga villagers.
To make the most of the situation you head away from the figure on the rooftops and reckon by moving quietly you can afford to move towards the training fields a little more and have an easier escape route.
You race towards the wall of the village again knowing that as soon as you’re over then you will almost definitely have the hooded figure on your back and any back up he may come across, you begin to develop a battle plan knowing that you cannot afford to let them down. Perhaps you will need to use your blade, even though you know how much it pains you to do so. You can already sense that it is lusting for blood, it has been months since it had last been used.
As you focus your chakra into your feet you can sense the figure from the training ground moving through your chakra infused fog and heading towards your location. You also feel the figure on the rooftops closing in as well. You need to get as far away as fast as you can. At this point you focus even more chakra into your muscles in attempt to increase the distance.
You manage a good mile before they catch up to you and feel shuriken racing past your ears. You quickly manage to leap to the ground and use your free hand to quickly create a water clone that races back up towards the trees trying to work as a diversion. You glance over your shoulder and notice that neither falls for your trick, you keep trying to assess their relative strengths. You summarise that the cloaked figure with the mask is jonin level, definetly ANBU and that the black haired figure with him is only chunin, however neither should be underestimated.
You drop down to the ground below, produce another water clone who quickly takes Itachi and covers both inside a water prison. You spin round and face the two figures.
“I am your opponent”
“Hmm, at least this should be interesting” retorts the masked figure.
“How dare you insult the Uchiha clan with this act. I will destroy you!” the young Uchiha barks at you.
He quickly throws several shuriken at you...
A) Dodge them and attack with a water dragon.
B) Unsheathe your blade and parry them away before attacking. (Specify who you intend to attack).
C) Raise a water wall to absorb them.
D) Retaliate with a barrage of your own shuriken.
E) *Open to suggestions.*
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Post by someclown911 on Feb 17, 2011 23:20:20 GMT
A. I like water dragons.
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Post by dragonfantasy on Feb 17, 2011 23:20:45 GMT
A, water dragons are the best.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 18, 2011 0:00:44 GMT
Raising one hand to begin the water dragon hand seals you quickly perform a Kawarimi. Looking on from behind your opponents you watch as a small log is instantly decimated by the intercepting shuriken. You finish the seals, yelling ”Suiton: Water Dragon Bullet” and exhale what seems to be a large fast moving dragon, hoping to catch both opponents off guard.
Before the massive embodiment of water can reach the two leaf ninja, a large fire ball is exhaled from the younger Uchiha opponent. You remember immediately from the data that this technique is common amongst Uchiha, so you know that this technique will be one of his more potent skills.
As the dragon slowly empowers the fire ball you realise that the ANBU is still just standing there. You figure he must be trying to figure out more about your fighting style and formulating a counter strategy. Although you also know that since he hasn’t moved you don’t know anything about his style either but you know that this is barely scratching the surface of the hidden power that you have.
You are also mindful of the fact that there may be more back up on the way so you need to end this now. You immediately focus more of your chakra to empower your water dragon. Immediately two more heads sprout from the dragon and the velocity through which it moves through the fireball increases exponentially.
At this point the ANBU makes a move to intervene by swiping the young Uchiha aside and before he can react again he is staring directly into the eyes of all three of the dragons’ heads. You know that now you can strike and finish off one opponent.
A) Strike out at the ANBU opponent.
B) Finish off the Uchiha opponent.
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Post by dragonfantasy on Feb 18, 2011 0:44:47 GMT
B, so we don't have to deal with genjutsu.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 18, 2011 18:58:16 GMT
Knowing that your other opponent will take a little while to recover from your last attack, you take this opportunity to try and remove the young Uchiha from the battle, permanently. You walk over to him, his face in horror from seeing what you had just done to the ANBU and knowing that if he had took the hit he would have probably have already been dead.
“What kind of monster are you, walking into this country and just kidnapping a young boy and thinking you can walk out?” you guess that his questions are merely an attempt to stall you whilst he waits for his fellow ninja to recover. You’re too smart to fall for his stalling.
“I am no monster, I am THE Demon Smith of the Hidden Mist, not that it matters now” whilst saying this you pull your monstrous blade from it’s sheathe on your back.
“Hmm, so looks like your giving in again. After saying so long ago that you would never give into my bloodlust here we find ourselves again.” You recognise the voice as being that of your blade.
Without reply you thrust the tip of the blade into the young Uchiha’s shoulder. Blood pouring along the blade and down his chest, it would seem that the blade seems quite happy with your newest offering.
“Last time we were in this situation you gave me three of Kiri’s best hunter-nin that took your young wife, now I’m getting one of the acclaimed Uchiha! You’re spoiling me Muramasa.”
“Well at this rate this may not be the only offering you get tonight” you reply bluntly.
“Well if you need me later I demand more blood...” It’s tone had changed, “Now!”
As if being pushed on, you find yourself digging the blade further and then slashing diagonally downwards across his chest, after which your opponent collapses. At this point it seems there is no chance of him carrying on and if not treated soon he would probably die of these wounds as his whole chest cavity had been wide open by that one slash.
“Well if he’s going to die then I suppose I can’t let those unique eyes of his go to waste” you think to yourself. Stooping down you pull out a small jar from inside one of the pouches on your outfit and open his eyes. “I mean it’s not like I was hoping to retrieve my own set of Sharingan and that plan just happened to fit in with the mission on which the Raikage had sent me on” you continue thinking, this time in a more sarcastic manner.
Looking over towards where Itachi had been kept this whole time by your water clone, it seems that he had come to but you can sense the fear emanating from him was keeping him frozen in place. He must be wondering if this is what is planned for him next.
After retrieving the eyes of your opponent you stand up as though nothing had happened and find that the ANBU had recovered and that he was heading towards you very quickly, this time he was holding nothing back.
You need to react fast...
A) Shunshin and attack with your own Demonic Blade style sword techniques.
B) Wait for him to come at you and merely evade whilst taunting him over his comrade.
C) Raise a water wall and react appropriately (Suggest how to attack).
D) Attack with taijutsu.
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Post by Delerious on Feb 18, 2011 19:00:59 GMT
Just to help out italics are identifying speech where he's not talking out load but it's a sort of like conversation in his mind between Mura and his blade.
Also if you want any more back story on him and the blade, him and his wife or just in general I can post that as well if it helps you guys decide. But it should come out in the main story itself in the near future.
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Post by impatience on Feb 20, 2011 22:38:52 GMT
A
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Post by Delerious on Feb 23, 2011 21:26:53 GMT
You react to his first attack by dodging the first strike of his katana but before you can react he has already launched another follow up attack. As you shunshin you notice a large mound of earth clumping together almost forming a dragon’s head.
Before you can launch another attack the head immediately targets you and starts firing concentrated mud at you. Instead of dodging, you hold your blade in a two handed stance and wait for the earth to come closer. You quickly flow lightning chakra through the blade and cut through the mud before shortly reaching the earth dragon’s head and slicing through that as well.
Again your opponent proceeds to follow up with a flurry of blade strikes which are effortlessly parried away. As he lines up another strike you quickly counter it by attacking his blade. As you both clash you flow more chakra through the blade, causing the structure of the sharpened edge to serrate. You drag your blade downwards causing the blade to shatter in two pieces before proceeding to continue through with the swing, instantaneously slashing through his legs as though they were nothing.
“What...was...that?” he asks, it’s obvious from his tone that the rapid blood loss and shock from that attack will finish him off soon.
“Demonic blade techniques.” You reply abruptly whilst walking away from your opponent.
At this point the body on the earth turns to into a pile of mud. I can’t have fallen for such a simple trick. You think to yourself. You turn round only to be confronted by a small whirlwind heading in your direction. You dodge but it knocks your blade out of your hands in the process. He takes this opportunity to launch into a quick taijutsu strike, which you block with your left arm and counter with a kick downwards to try to unbalance your opponent. He dodges this and hits your face with an uppercut almost knocking your mask off. You figure that he’s trying to identify you.
You respond with a quick punch before using your free hand to create the seals to form a short range strike by infusing more lightning chakra into your fist to try and gain the upper hand. The strike catches the still unidentified opponent on the chest and you can quickly see the shock moving through his body as he falls to the ground.
You make an attempt to run towards your blade but find more of those whirlwinds moving in your direction. You dodge the first, narrowly avoid the second and grab your blade before being blown back towards your clone and Itachi by the third, but it was worth the hit to get your blade back. The force causes you to hit the ground with force and cough up a little blood.
You get up and quickly shunshin again towards your opponent before biting your thumb and using the blood to activate your demon blade’s unique abilities. You thrust the blade towards your opponent before he knocks it downwards with a strike from his own sword. You pull it out of the ground and use the momentum to slash down towards his face. The blade inches from his face, he puts all of his strength behind his blade to stop the potentially fatal strike.
Focusing yet more chakra into the blade, its properties begin to change again. This time the tip begins to slowly narrow and edge towards your ANBU opponents mask. The blade hits the mask and the tip becomes lodged in it. The blade then seems to take control of itself again as it proceeds to cut through the mask and you can hear him scream as it seems that the sword has cut through his cheek.
You pull the blade back, almost having to fight against the weapon’s own will and quickly strike out at the ANBU’s left hand causing him to drop his blade and follow this up by slashing downwards towards his left leg to prevent any further pursuit.
At this point the mission is surely a success, for both yourself and the Raikage. He’s got his Uchiha kid to study and you have your own Sharingan to study as well. You begin to walk back towards your water clone which dispels the water prison.
At this point your train of thought is wrecked as a three pronged Kunai flies past your ear.
“Poor aim for an ANBU” you mock.
As you turn round you can barely hear him speak, the loss of blood must be taking its toll on him. You think it was “I...wasn’t...aiming...for...” the rest was inaudible.
You immediately sense a large chakra source fifteen feet behind you, in the space between yourself and the water clone. No one should be fast enough to be able to sneak behind you whilst concealing there chakra with a strength like this.
A) Turn round and engage the new opponent with more demonic blade techniques.
B) Continue to pay attention to the ANBU whilst preparing a high level offensive technique.
C) Use your lightning shroud and be prepared to dodge.
D) Quickly cast a high level defensive technique.
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Post by impatience on Feb 24, 2011 2:04:45 GMT
C
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Post by Delerious on Feb 24, 2011 20:25:28 GMT
Knowing that if your opponent could appear at will from nowhere at such frightening speed, you know that if you are going to stand a chance then there is only one technique which could give you a chance. You quickly start to focus and begin to feel your chakra running through your body and imbue it with your own lightning chakra. Although this isn’t on the same par defensively as the Raikage’s Lightning Release due to it not emitting a lightning aura around your body, you can definetly feel the difference in your muscles.
Just as you finish the technique, you turn to face your opponent to see a thin, tall man with spiky yellow hair covering a Konoha forehead protector. He was wearing the normal jonin attire of Konoha with a flak jacket covering it. Based on this description and the speed at which he appeared, you figured that this opponent could only be one person, Konoha’s Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze.
Before you could think any further another of those three pronged kunai knives comes flying in your direction, however you manage to leap upwards to dodge it and before you can even land, you find yourself on the defensive again as another kunai is thrown at you. Unable to dodge you manage to deflect it away by throwing a kunai of your own.
Before landing you ready yourself to attack with your blade but instead find Minato heading to intercept you. You know think that it is time to go offensive. You swing your blade, finding that there is now a lot more force behind it due to your Lightning Shroud. However instead of hitting Minato you find that your blade is caught by his kunai. You quickly use your chakra to serrate the edge and then use that to free your blade whilst destroying one half of his kunai. You go to slash downwards but instead see the kunai being thrown behind you.
You find yourself slashing at thin air as you feel his chakra presence shift behind you. Instinctively reacting, you turn and pull your blade across you in a defensive stance, luckily this seems to work as you see Minato’s free hand with a strange looking blue ball in his hand which is now lunging towards you. Your blade absorbs the majority of the attack but the force sends you stumbling backwards.
Regaining your balance by digging your sword into the ground, you use your left hand to from the seals for another Water Dragon Bullet. You deeply breathe in and then exhale a water dragon which quickly opens its wings and heads straight towards your opponent. You then feel your body strain. The chakra needed to keep up your Lightning Shroud combined with the use of that technique seems to leave you more fatigued than usual. You must be nearing your limit of chakra.
Hearing a thud in the distance you assume that your attack must have connected with him but you know that will not have finished him.
A) Follow up with another Water Dragon Bullet.
B) Engage Minato with your sword.
C) Throw a Kunai with an exploding tag.
D) Follow the attack up with an empowered Water Dragon Bullet.
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Post by impatience on Mar 11, 2011 12:57:14 GMT
C
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Post by mrdrman on Apr 29, 2011 4:15:44 GMT
C.
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