Why am I doing this to myself? I know I'm not going to be able to keep up two quests at the same time. Oh well, Requiem has me too frustrated at the moment, but I'm itching too much to write
something and this had been on my mind for awhile. I guess we'll see how things go.
Rolz Room
The experience was harrowing to say the least.
Each of them were Genin of Konoha, or at least
potential Genin of Konoha. They had all passed their Academy Exams and had thought that was it. Now they were truly ninja.
In truth, reality had not held up to that thought.
After their first Team Meeting, and Introductions, they had learned that the Academy Test was more of a preliminary, to further weed out those who weren't cut for the job, and now they had to go through a second test, held by their Sensei.
And so, the prospective members of Team 7 had gone to sleep determined to pass a test with a 33% Success Rate.
They had failed horribly.
Having been told to take a bell from Kakashi, their Sensei, each of them had tried and failed. Naruto had tried his clones and some good ol' Taijutsu. Sasuke had gone to the tried and true method of setting his problems on fire. Sakura...well, unfortunately, she hadn't actually done much of anything, having succumbed to a Genjutsu early on.
In other words, they'd gotten their asses kicked.
But! Luck seemed to be on their side as their Sensei decided to give them a second chance, after tying Naruto to a log and giving Sakura and Sasuke some lunch. The only condition? neither of them could give any food to Naruto. Since their bastard of a teacher had suggested they not eat any breakfast that morning, this was a cruel thing indeed.
While digging into their food, however, it seemed Sasuke could not bear the tragic fate of his cohort, left to suffer as the sweet, delicious smell of their home cooked meals wafted to Naruto's nose, intensifying the blonde's torture a million fold. Truly, the lone Uchiha clansmen could not sit back and let his teammate starve.
Or maybe the sound of the orange clothed, dead last's stomach growling loudly and constantly, sounding like the death cries of a large and deep voiced elephant was just driving him insane.
The world may never know.
Still, the fact of the matter is that Sasuke offered his food to his teammate, prompting Sakura to do the same.
And that was what lead to their current situation.
Somehow, the sky had darkened, clouds gathering overhead, and sparks starting to roil up above as Kakashi sensei stood over them, glaring down with his one eye in a well practiced foreboding stare, that had nothing to do with the fact that their stunt had interrupted his Icha Icha time. (He'd expected to have another 15 minutes at least, dammit!) The air was tense as the group of 14 years olds huddled together, waiting for the hammer to drop.
And then, a miracle happened.
Clouds parted. Tension bled away from the air. Kakashi
smiled.
From under his mask, and a thumbs, he said, "You pass!"
That's when a bunch of flat, blue squares popped up in front of each of them, Kakashi included, with a small chiming sound. Almost like a harmonic pat on the back for good work. This caused several reactions throughout the four of them.
Sasuke grunted, and scowled.
Sakura jumped, looking about for the source of the sound.
Kakashi ignored the sound and looked at the box.
Congratulations!
You have finished the Tutorial!
Would you like to keep your current
Class and Stat Choices?
Y / N
Naruto simply stated what they all thought. "Huh. Well, that's odd."
After staring for a few moment, Sakura shook her head, hesitantly asking, "Is..is it a Genjutsu?"
"Hrmm," Sounded Kakashi as he tapped the blank part of the hovering box, a clanking sound, as if he had tapped glas, rang out, as he said, "It doesn't appear so. How curious."
Trying to burn a hole into his box with his eyes, Sasuke spoke up, "What is it, then?"
"I 'unno. Never seen nuthin' like it before." Naruto said, as he looked at the box. Then, he looked around, and asked, "So uh, anybody going to get me out of this rope? I'm starting to chafe."
The rest of his team ignored him. "No idea what it is. Nice font though." Kakashi said as he continued examining the screen.
"I..it looks like a video game screen." Sakura meekly replied, ducking her head and hiding behind her pink locks. In unison, the males of the group all turned their heads to look at her, questioningly.
She blushed at the attention, before seeming to gather herself and say, "What? They've gotten really popular in the past couple years!" Her teammates continued to stare and she huffed, deciding to press what looked like a button on the screen. Hitting
No the screen disappeared only for another to pop up.
Examining it, she determined that it seemed to be a Character Sheet. Her own Character Sheet, to be precise. As she looked at the screen, she blushed once more, while at the same time developing a slight twitch. Clenching her fists, she ground out, "What's with this Class? And these skills..." A fire seemed to light in her eyes, and she tapping the screen, pressing button and modifying her Character Sheet.
Watching her mess around with the odd boxes, Sasuke grunted, before doing the same. As he looked through things, he let out several more grunts, some annoyed, some content. To one who did not know Sasuke, there would be no way to tell these grunts apart, but Naruto was a natural adept, Sakura had stalked Sasuke for years, and Kakashi had worked with many an Uchiha before they were all cut down tragically before their time.
No, no, that was not a stifled chuckle from the great masked nin. Truly, the fate of the Uchiha was horrible one, and he was not at all sad to see the great majority of their assholish members go.
Speaking of the Jonin, seeing two of his students messing around, he shrugged and proceeded to do the same. As he looked at his sheet, he glad to see that no, he was not level 1. That'd just be ridiculous.
Not to mention embarrassing.
For his part, Naruto just continued to swivel his head between the three, slightly frantic. "No, really. Can you get me down? Guys? Guys? Come on, I need to pee!"
Choose a Class for each Character! As characters level, they're classes can evolve and progress with them, branching out into a myriad of possibilities. Think of them a bit like Prestige Classes. that's for later, though. Right now, the Genin only have access to Base Classes.
Sakura:
[] Healer
[] Trickster
[] Brawler
[] Fighter
Sasuke:
[] Trickster
[] Scoundrel
[] Caster
[] Fighter
Naruto:
[] Brawler
[] Fighter
[] Caster
[] Warrior
As you might have guessed, all of Team 7 seems to have spontaneously developed the ability of The Gamer all at the same time. Unlike that Manwha, they do no start at level 1, and ,in fact, are each at a fairly high level for their age, as Ninja should be. Currently, they have finished the Tutorial, or 'Prologue' known as childhood, at least for Genin of Team 7. Kakashi's just along for the ride.
At the moment, they have the chance to change their stats and skills, which are based on several things. To not bog things down in mechanics, you won't really see these stats in story, simply on their character sheets. They also won't have too much influence on rolls, instead simply acting as a way to keep track of a character's growth. Instead, things will be fairly story driven, with maybe the occasional roll here and there.
Now, for your part, you have control of Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto, with limited control of Kakashi. There are a bunch of other thing I can go into, but won't at the moment.