@Magoose about how long until our midday deadline?
One hour and ten minutes.
Can we toss something at him weird enough that he assumes its a hamhanded bluff? Or have it be a completely different bluff??
Technically yes, but depending on the item, it might hurt you to create it, as it may take a lot of chakra and leave you vulnerable. And there is also the fact Kagami might get a little "Happy" to be free and start scaring people.
Can we safely assume that if Nanako doesn't know what Kagami can do then Ayako/Kagami will let her know?
That depends entirely on you and if you want to tell her.
 
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Ok maybe not fear then, maybe go for surreal? Something... is Might Dai on our radar? Could we send him an image of Madara in the green beast outfit?
 
You know, if we manage to do that, and actually get the bells, we might be able to turn the entire thing on its head by declaring that because teams act as a single unit whenever possible, team 7 passes the test because it has obtained a bell, and our team also passes the test because we have obtained the other one.

Nobody likes a smartass. And smartass teachers *especially* don't like smartasses. I would expect teachers to have loose standards for twisting the rules to their own advantage, but much stricter standards when the students are the ones trying to twist the rules instead. (Unless the teacher is *specifically* trying to get the students to twist the rules, which happened in canon but isn't really something the students can know in advance.)
 
Technically yes, but depending on the item, it might hurt you to create it, as it may take a lot of chakra and leave you vulnerable. And there is also the fact Kagami might get a little "Happy" to be free and start scaring people.
Its going to be Kagami's job soon. Being the unseen thing lurking behind the fragile veneer of reality that causes everything to go wrong, subtly and then with escalating grandiosity, is pretty much the boy's raison d'etre. Arguably its also ours.

I agree that taking it slow is good though. Its okay to enjoy it if its well directed but it really is to easy to just go antichrist.

What happens if we just tell him to make there no longer be roots? Tell Kagami "Danzo is now holding a festive party horn in that hand and I'm holding those roots from before."

Its smaller scale than turning the training ground into flaming tentacles and tentacled flame.


You can do a lot with even a few cubic centimeters of genjutsu volume. Or a shadow subtly nudging projectiles that should miss so that they hit. But even the little things we need to make count. A few drops of poison that wasn't there.
 
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The japanese gibbrish for jutsu names really sucks.
Just one reminder, the first time it's introduced, what the random unintelligible words mean is not enough to memorize it fluently - unless you're actually learned the language.
Having to stop reading, break immersion, to look up what they mean is never good.

And the dice system. It's entirely random no matter the situation or fight. Any situation can turn out any way just as likely. Than again, it's either a succsess or nothing at all happens. No negative consequences for low rolls - it's good in that sense.

The quest is very endearing!
 
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[X]Allow Nanako to come up with another plan: She came up with a pretty good one so far… maybe lightning will strike twice and you can win this.
 
[X]Allow Nanako to come up with another plan: She came up with a pretty good one so far… maybe lightning will strike twice and you can win this.
 
[X] Allow Nanako to come up with another plan: She came up with a pretty good one so far… maybe lightning will strike twice and you can win this. Just make sure you and Tsunade are sharing what you both (and Kagami) can do if it's pertinent to the plan and you think Nanako might not have known.
 
Its going to be Kagami's job soon. Being the unseen thing lurking behind the fragile veneer of reality that causes everything to go wrong, subtly and then with escalating grandiosity, is pretty much the boy's raison d'etre. Arguably its also ours.

I agree that taking it slow is good though. Its okay to enjoy it if its well directed but it really is to easy to just go antichrist.
It is. And trying to warp reality is very dangerous when used against a living being. That tends to break the mind and cause people to go crazy. Or leads to an unintentional injury that we really don't want to cause.
What happens if we just tell him to make there no longer be roots?
It really depends on how specific we are.

Tell Kagami to stop Danzo from holding the Roots? He could remove them by just yoinking them out of his hands, or he will take a sword and cut off Danzo's Arms. It really depends on our beasts mental state and personallity.

Now right now, Kagami would just yoink them, but if you leave him isolated for a while, and don't let him out... he might just do some bad things to our target... or our teammates... or us.
 
You know, if they keep their inner demons isolated and only seeing combat...they probably would have a very skewed view of whats normal.
Blame our clan traditions for that stuff. We've bucked trends (Without really knowing due to our mom and dad's influence) by trying to keep Kagami sane by means of things other than letting him take over our body to create art.

We're letting ours out to walk the streets and see the world with his own two eyes. And it's done wonders for his sanity and to our continued survival of not being eaten by him if we go into our subconscious after releasing all three restraint levels.
 
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Blame our clan traditions for that stuff. We've bucked trends (Without really knowing due to our mom and dad's influence) by trying to keep Kagami sane by means of things other than letting him take over our body to create art.

We're letting ours out to walk the streets and see the world with his own two eyes. And it's done wonders for his sanity and to our continued survival of not being eaten by him if we go into our subconscious after releasing all three restraint levels.

Essentially, don't be a d*** to other people. Who would have thought that would work. #sarcasm
 
I'm far enough in the other directions that I want to ask what Kagami wants to do with his chunk of the genin mission takehome pay. He's our brother no less than Orochimaru and that is no trivial relationship.

I'm generally pro-yoinking in a reality rewrite sense.. Only because its this small though.
 
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Just out of curiosity, can he eat? or does he need to tale control of our bodies to do that? He'd probably use his mission money to buy his favorite food.
 
I'm far enough in the other directions that I want to ask what Kagami wants to do with his chunk of the genin mission takehome pay. He's our brother no less than Orochimaru and that is no trivial relationship.

I'm generally pro-yoinking in a reality rewrite sense.. Only because its this small though.
While that seems nice in thoery... Why? He's an entity that lives inside us, and while we did let him out to see the world, he cannot do much to the world without us releasing restraints and giving him an order.

When we let him out to wander Konoha, we had him on a pretty short leash, and while he was able to interact with the world... he wasn't able to do much else without us being close by.
Just out of curiosity, can he eat?
He can eat us if we do somthing that breaks his mind, and allow him to take control of our body so he can go on a killing spree.

Oh, actually eating... No he has no need to eat. Though he does like to taste new things because that stimulates his mind.

As for what his favorite food is...Chocolate Ice cream.
 
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That went real dark, real fast...
But it's the truth, and something you have to live with, and be careful about. Kagami (and all Kuruma clan beasts that reside in the mind) need to be treated correctly, and cared for, otherwise they go nuts and try to kill you and everyone around you.
 
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Hokage's Gamble
Hokage's Gamble

(Mako Kuruma POV)

Lord Hokage was nice enough to inform you that your daughter was going to be part of Danzo's Team five minutes after he sent down the orders and sensei's to the academy.

He knew you far too well of course, and had prepared a few seals to prevent you from screaming at the top of your lungs for all the village to hear.

There were children down there, and it would be very bad form for all of them to be gaining a colorful vocabulary before they became Genin.

"You put her with Danzo!" You gritted your teeth, and slowly put your hands on the desk. You were not in the mood to deal with ANBU right now. You still had to talk to him, and you did not want to be kicked out of the office again.

It was bad enough when you tried to demand for another ten thousand Ryu a year for turning your son into a goddamn jinchuuriki so that you don't have to take as many missions outside of your sensei duties to train the brats. Now Ayako was being thrown to the wolves.

"Mako… you understand why I put her with him." Hiruzen was being as cryptic as always with his answer.

"No Lord Hokage…" You glared at the wall and saw a shadow up there flinch before looking back to him. "I don't know. So enlighten me, before I go beat the hell out of that bastard."

Hiruzen sighed, his face wrinkled and he looked older than the 29 he was. The years of administrative service and stress weighed heavily on him, just as motherhood and your son's burden weighed heavily on you. Things beyond your control were happening everyday.

Maybe you just wanted that little bit of control in your life… You did not want anything else threatening to tear your family apart.

"Breath Mako." Hotaru stated, her voice soothing your mind. "It will be alright."

"I put her with Danzo because she is the only one whom I believe can help him."

The words caught you off guard. Help and Danzo did not belong in the same sentence. He was a cruel manipulative son of bitch who deserved to be dragged into the Shinigami's stomach and rot there for eternity.

He deserved it after all he has done to you, all the lies and broken promises of a better tomorrow… what he's done to the families whose children you stole for him.

Not even peace for a thousand years deserves to happen when it was on the backs of broken and dead children.

Wasn't that why the villages were founded? To stop the constant stream of dead children that soaked the fields of the continent.

"What do you mean by help?" you asked

"Danzo has been becoming far more… extreme in his distaste for my administration and how I run the village. He does not voice it openly, but I know he thinks that." That made you raise an eyebrow. "When I shut down the ROOT project, he told me that without it, the village would die within our lifetime. I issued a counter to that."

"And that counter was to train a genin team?"

"I planted the seeds in his mind. He could focus all of his time and effort on three students, instead of dozens. I told him to think how quickly they would learn if he gave them the proper guidance that ROOT, by its very nature, could not be afforded to him." There was a smile. "The more he thought, the more he realized I was right."

"And what does my daughter have to do with this?" you asked.

"Your daughter… and both her teammates are different from the other students. The other students who survived the ordeals on the road with Ayako and Tsunade or in Nanako's case, her flight from the border to steal a headband from Rain, but their personalities would clash, and cause Danzo to slip back into his old emotionless ways. They have been through trials that should have killed them but they came out stronger because of it."

"Get to the point." you muttered under your breath, impatiently.

"He will see in them, a younger version of himself. And see how much he has changed from that boy in the academy who was my friend." Hiruzen stated. "And hopefully, he will make them stronger and gain his Will of Fire."

You took a deep breath and walked to the window, to look over the village. "Your betting a lot on Danzo having a heart after all he's done."

Hiruzen laughed. "He has one… he just needs to find it again. And I believe your daughter will show him where it has been after all this time."

You glared out into the village towards the training grounds. "I hope so... or she won't survive."

Hiruzen frowned. "I know.

AN: Enjoy
 
And hopefully, he will make them stronger
Well, that should never be in doubt...
no one has ever questioned Danzo's loyalty to the village (just how he goes about it) and he's far too intelligent to half-ass training the next generation.

Really, the only question is if he'll backslip and try to train them the Root way, or if he'll let them excel individually.
 
And if we do die...we'll...orochimaru is NOT going to be pleased...

Fucking hell we also have to fix kurama's sesl so he be a complete monster to our little brother!
 
Well, that should never be in doubt...
no one has ever questioned Danzo's loyalty to the village (just how he goes about it) and he's far too intelligent to half-ass training the next generation.

Really, the only question is if he'll backslip and try to train them the Root way, or if he'll let them excel individually.
That will depend on your actions during training, and during missions.
And if we do die...we'll...orochimaru is NOT going to be pleased...

Fucking hell we also have to fix kurama's sesl so he be a complete monster to our little brother!
Mito made the seal, he'll be fine.
 
That will depend on your actions during training, and during missions.

Mito made the seal, he'll be fine.

Wasn't Mito's sealing of him in Kushina staking him to a giant ball and making him suffer the entire time? Or was Kushina just a bitch like that?

Or am I remembering something wrong? Naruto fanon and Canon get really mixed for me
 
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