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Game of the Year: A Naruto Quest

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Vesvius said:
Reward: New Item! Kote of the Watchmen!
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This is the reward for the Sworn in Steel achievement; since it is an item I presume the kote used here is 籠手 (basically a gauntlet).

It's a bit of a weird reward, since we don't have the other pieces of armour in the set and there don't seem to be achievements to get the other pieces of it, but hey. Free item, and it is useful in unarmed fighting on some level.
 
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Jabari, Sentinel of Friendship by Katsuragi
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    • @Vesvius - Finish off Bunshin, toss the rest at Travel.

    Jibari/Sakura omake:

    "She's...she's such a...haaragh."

    You are Hiruma Jibari, and you're fairly certain that the syllables coming from her are not, in fact, words.

    "What's bothering you Sakura."

    She gives you an incredulous look. "Have you not been paying attention at all?"

    You give her a nod. You have been paying a good deal of attention, in fact. While you rarely comment, you have tracked the majority of their recent arguments. They had been escalating, and the group had been fracturing as a result.

    "I have been listening. However, you have not been saying much."

    She begins to go red in the face and works herself up to a frothing rage when you hold your hand out to forestall.

    "You have been saying many words, but you have not been conveying much meaning."

    That slows her down, and the fury settles back to a simmer as she contemplates your own.

    "I believe." You state calmly. "That you are feeling inferior in the face of the accomplishments of your friends."

    She glares at you. "That's not it at all! It's just..."

    You allow her a few moments while she's processing her excuses and justifications.

    And then you allow her a few more to realize that she's doing so.

    And a final few to come to terms with it.

    "I...totally am, aren't I."

    "You are. It is understandable. Daisuke is intimidatingly skilled."

    She snorts in an unladylike fashion. "Daisuke isn't the problem. Guy is a monster. He's no Kakashi of the Sharingan or..." She blanches and trails off, but you know who the other that came to her mind was. "But he's definitely the kinda guy that's going to show up to anyone that pays attention to past rankings. No, it's Ino. We used to be close. I was better at some things, she was better at others...but now all I'm better at is academics. She blows me out of the water in every other regards."

    "This is mostly true."

    She raises an eyebrow. "Mostly true?"

    "You are more skilled than her at the precision in which you use your chakra."

    She blinks a few times. "How...could you possibly know that?"

    "Because I can sense levels of chakra. Hers drains much more than your own with the use of the same techniques. You are far less wasteful."

    "How...what. Why have you never mentioned that?!"

    "No one has ever asked."

    She stares at you for a few moments, her anger completely forgotten. "I suppose I walked into that one." She giggles awkwardly. "Still, is that true?"

    "Yes. You possess a much greater control over the utilization of your inner energies."

    She smiles slightly. "Well...that's something at least. Still, I'm not sure how I could use that to...I don't even really know what I want to do."

    "You want to clearly demonstrate to the others in the group, and mostly Ino, that you are skilled in your own ways."

    "Heh. Yeah, that. I don't really have more stamina. Even if I'm more efficient, we tend to both be exhausted by the end, so her reserves must be higher."

    You nod. "Your reasoning is correct. There are several ways one may demonstrate skill with chakra control. Tree Climbing and Water Walking are both advanced techniques used both for practical effect and to train these skills. Shape manipulation is the other side of the coin to elemental manipulation and is incredibly difficult to perform. Medical jutsu demand an incredibly precise amount of chakra control as well."

    Her mouth works itself for a moment. "And you just know all of this off the top of your head."

    "No."

    "...Ok, Jibari. How do you know all of this?"

    "Because it was obvious what was bothering you, and what the solution to your problem was, so I spent time looking it up."

    She begins to say something before pausing, collecting herself, and then giving you a resolute nod. "Thank you."

    "You are welcome. Have you decided what you'll be working on?"

    "I think...I'm going to look into this shape manipulation thing. My academic grades are on lock, and I frankly don't have the time to work towards closing the physical gap before the end of the year at the disadvantage I have. With an advantage in starting point with chakra control, however..."

    "You will certainly be able to demonstrate some impressive shaping technique to our teachers...and classmates."

    "Yeah! Yeah! I'll prove I'm good at things! Thanks, Jibari."

    You give her a resolute nod. "Of course. We are friends. Speaking of friends, do you intend to return to the group?"

    She shakes her head slightly. "After...after all that, I don't think I can. Not until I prove myself to myself."

    You place a hand on her shoulder. "Than I shall remain with you, so that you are not alone in improving yourself."

    She knows better than to argue against you, and just gives you a large smile. "Thank you, Jibari."

    "And we can work on your physical conditioning as well. You do not have time to close the gap, but you can still improve yourself."

    "...Thank you, Jibari." She says with less cheer, this time.

    Of course. You are her friend. Daisuke and Ino have each other, Yui will do as Yui does. You shall be the stalwart friend to the one that is currently in need of it.
     
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    The Big Prank by Cryos (canon)
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    • Trying my hand at an Omake for the first time also @Vesvius

    "Hey Ayame-Neechan, Teuchi-Jii!"

    Teuchi stopped his cleaning for a moment to greet his favourite customer "Hello Naruto-kun. So, what'll you have today?" Naruto took a seat and adopted a thinking pose, taking a moment to make his choice. After all, ramen was Serious Business; every day needed the right kind of ramen. Finally after a few moments, he declared, "Miso Chashu Pork ramen!".

    Ah, his favourite. This meant either that Naruto was really happy about something and wanted to celebrate, or that he was really down in the dumps and needed a pick-me-up....or that he was just really hungry for his favourite food, sometimes it was kind of hard to tell.

    At that moment having heard the loudmouthed blond's voice his daughter's head peeked from the divider behind him. "Hey Naruto, there you are! You're a bit late,we were worried you wouldn't come today! You have to tell us all about that big prank you were talking about yesterday!" Teuchi observed with interest as Naruto's body immediately froze at the word prank before he started making desperate gestures with his arms taking the shape of an X

    "Hoooh...what is this I'm hearing about a prank Naruto?" Closing in on Naruto, having just entered his shop, was Umino Iruka, another one of his favourite customers, and not just because he often ended up paying for Naruto either!

    Naruto immediately stopped his frantic gestures and tried to act casually "Gah-! Prank? Who said prank I have no idea what you're talking about Ayame-Neechan, hehe..." but it seemed fate was not going to be kind to Naruto on this day as Iruka had no mercy and immediately hit him a with Look of Stern Disappointment™.

    "Naruto..." Ooh that was playing dirty, Iruka usually only pulled out the Look™ for those problems that were really serious, such as that time Naruto almost got kicked out of the Academy because of his poor attendance. Really, once the Look™ was out, Naruto had already lost.

    "Ugh...that's unfair Iruka-Sensei!" Naruto tried to defend himself, but it was to no avail,as finally he crumbled under the Look™. "Fine! I...replaced Daisuke's fan with one I found on the lying around in the bin near my house and pretended to be him so that I could talk with Sakura-chan...at least until he found out."

    "Naruto! You stole his fan and impersonated him?! You know if you had been a Ninja that would have been a crime! Impersonating someone, unless specifically done on a mission authorized by the Hokage, can result in fines and even..."

    "Geez I get it already! I already apologized to him after he found me out... besides I wouldn't have done it if I knew it was a gift from his mother..."

    At this Iruka's gaze softened that, Teuchi imagined, he could believe, if Naruto had received a gift from his mother, Teuchi had no doubt he would have cherished it until the end of his days.

    Iruka's eyes lingered on Naruto for a moment, seemingly lost in his own memories, until the man spoke "I see, well the important thing is that you apologized, I suppose I can overlook it this time. Tell you what, since you apologized on your own, order whatever you want, whatever you eat today is on me," he finished while ruffling his hair.

    Naruto's eyes lit up "Really!? Iruka-Sensei you're awesome!" the blonde boy exclaimed, then he turned towards Teuchi, "Then Teuchi-Jii, make that four Miso Chashu Pork ramen,no, wait, five!"

    "Wahaha! Of course, Naruto-kun. Five Miso Chashu Pork Ramen coming right up!"

    Meanwhile, Iruka just stared at the inside of his wallet,soon to be empty. "Perhaps this wasn't the wisest idea..."
     
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    • Cryos said:
    Trying my hand at an Omake for the first time also @Vesvius

    "Hey Ayame-Neechan, Teuchi-Jii!"

    Teuchi stopped his cleaning for a moment to greet his favourite customer. "Hello Naruto-kun. So, what'll you have today?" Naruto took a seat and adopted a thinking pose, taking a moment to make his choice. After all, ramen was Serious Business; every day needed the right kind of ramen. Finally, after a few moments, he declared, "Miso Chashu Pork ramen!".

    Ah, his favourite. This meant that either Naruto was really happy about something and wanted to celebrate, or that he was really down in the dumps and needed a pick-me-up.... or that he was just really hungry for his favourite food, sometimes it was kind
    of hard to tell.

    At that moment, hearing [having heard] the loudmouthed blond's voice, his daughter's head peeked from the divider behind him. "Hey Naruto, there you are! You're a bit late, we were worried you wouldn't come today! You have to tell us all about that big prank you were talking about yesterday!" Teuchi observed with interest as Naruto's body immediately froze at the word prank before he started making desperate gestures with his arms taking the shape of an X

    "Hoooh... what is this I'm hearing about a prank Naruto?" Closing in on Naruto, having just entered his shop, was Umino Iruka, another one of his favourite customers, and not just because he often ended up paying for Naruto either!
    [You could afford to break this sentence up, I'm just not quite sure how.]

    Naruto immediately stopped his frantic gestures and tried to act casually "Gah-! Prank? Who said prank I have no idea what you're talking about Ayame-Neechan, hehe..." but it seemed fate was not going to be kind to Naruto on this day, as Iruka had no mercy and immediately hit him with a Look of Stern Disappointment™.

    "Naruto..." Ooh that was playing dirty, Iruka usually only pulled out the Look™ for those problems that where really serious, such as that time Naruto almost got kicked out of the Academy because of his poor attendance. Really, once the Look™ was out, Naruto had already lost.

    "Ugh... that's unfair Iruka-Sensei!" Naruto tried to defend himself, but it was to no avail, as finally he crumbled under the Look™. "Fine! I... replaced Daisuke's fan with one I found on the lying around in the bin near my house and pretended to be him so that I could talk with Sakura-chan... at least until he found out."

    "Naruto! You stole his fan and impersonated him?! You know if you had been a Ninja that would have been a crime! Impersonating someone, unless specifically done on a mission authorized by the Hokage, can result in fines and even..."

    "Geez I get it already! I already apologized to him after he found me out... besides, I wouldn't have done it if I knew it was a gift from his mother..."

    At this Iruka's gaze softened that, Teuchi imagined, he could believe, if Naruto had received a gift from his mother, Teuchi had no doubt he would have cherished it until the end of his days.

    Iruka's eyes lingered on Naruto for a moment, seemingly lost in his own memories, until the man spoke "I see, well the important thing is that you apologized. I suppose I can overlook it this time. Tell you what, since you apologized on your own, order whatever you want, whatever you eat today is on me," he finished while ruffling his hair.

    Naruto's eyes lit up. "Really!? Iruka-Sensei you're awesome!" the blonde boy exclaimed, then he turned towards Teuchi, "Then Teuchi-Jii, make that four Miso Chashu Pork ramen, no, wait, five!"

    "Wahaha! Of course, Naruto-kun. Five Miso Chashu Pork Ramen coming right up!"

    Meanwhile, Iruka just stared at the inside of his wallet, soon to be empty. "Perhaps this wasn't the wisest idea..."


    Edit: Not sure I figured out how to do the thing in spoilers
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    [SPOILERS]™[/SPOILERS]
    Also gave you a proper Trade Snark™.
     
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    Katsuragi said:
    "Of course. There's a small chance you may wind up being the Jounin instructor for Daisuke. I can't have you getting soft before then."
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    It occurs to me that if Kakashi got to be Daisuke's Jounin sensei the Gai rivalry would reach unheard of peaks
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    She nods at your understanding. "And if you're going through it, that means that..."

    Well, that would mean it's likely so too are most of your classmates. She's hinting that this situation is related...common demoninator and...

    You blink. And then you blink again.

    But...but how? There's no way! Your being in the story couldn't haved changed things that much! They'd never shown any signs of that in the manga! (You think you'd remember that, at least!) Not that there was anything wrong with it, but where the hell was the divergence point?!

    "I don't...but..." You stammer. "They're all there to check me out?!"

    The smirk falls off of her face, and Ino just stares at you. It's an empty look as clearly part of her brain has shut down, and it goes on for an uncomfortably long period of time before she seems to reboot, and slowly shakes her head.

    "Noooo." She pauses. "Well, I mean. Some, a bit, but that's not anywhere near the main reason."
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    System Message [Ino has joined the Fujoshi Faction]
    Vesvius said:
    You know, that question reminds me of a DnD campaign I DM'd, where the bard kept trying to seduce everything and couldn't understand why it didn't work. Ghouls? No prob, whipped it out. Treants? Of course! Why not? Mimics? Why? Just... just why? And every time I said 'That simply won't work no matter how high your charisma is or how high you roll', the angrier he got. Until finally he tried it on the Big Bad of the session, a red dragon, and got crushed to death by her tail.
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    I actually made an exalted PC that did that.
    Combat was a running timer on how much damage they could do to me before I stole their hearts.

    Admittedly doing it to psycho deathknights was not a good plan
     
    Archeo Lumiere said:
    Also, have a ton of corrections. Red is addition/changed, green is remove, blue is a suggestion.
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    Yeah I didn't even see the corrections at first thanks! Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything, man I really need to get a Beta if I ever decide to post the stuff I've written, with all of those mistakes I feel like I'm back at school getting my essay corrected by the teacher.
     
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    Cryos said:
    Yeah I didn't even see the corrections at first thanks! Hopefully I haven't forgotten anything, man I really need to get a Beta if I ever decide to post the stuff I've written, with all of those mistakes I feel like I'm back at school getting my essay corrected by the teacher.
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    I edited them in, don't blame yourself.
     
    []PLAN FLASHY AND PRACTICAL

    [] [CHAKRA CONTROL] You know that no one else has mastered Tree Walking yet, and you're fairly sure that no one has even started with it. You can master it and set yourself ahead of the pack.
    [] [GENJUTSU] You've had an idea for a Genjutsu for a while. It involves your sword, your fan, and hitting just the right note. Creating a technique from nothing is a tall order, but you've done harder things!
    [] [HENGE] What's the most important thing about transformation? Being able to do it flawlessly. You'll stand and transform over and over, until you can assume the appearance of everyone in your class seamlessly.
    [] [HISTORY] There're a lot of thoughts about the Land of Iron floating around in your head, and most of them aren't flattering. But what do you really know about them? You'll do a project on their history and culture. It'll be interesting, it'll give Iruka-sensei something different to chew over, and it'll give you some background on your heritage. Three birds, one stone!
    [] [MATH] An important part of Shinobi Math is calculating areas and distances at a glance. And you know what would show off your mastery of that? Designing the perfect trap layout. You'll make one on graph paper and then recreate it during a spar.
    [] [NINJUTSU] You have chakra, and you know how to enhance your body with it. You also have a sword. There should be a way for you to put those two things together- and if not, you can make one.
     
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