Well, if you pile up enough cursed weapons in one place it might form an evil weapon kaijiu in your base...
Sakura Haruno The Gaming Addict, and Her Gamified Life [Naruto]
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Chapter 60 - Arc 4 - Brawling in the Streets: Sudden Ends are always Awkward
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Chapter 60 is officially here for your reading pleasure.
Sakura's not all there. This chapter's a little gruesome, so if you're a little skittish. I went back and edited this again to feel a little more intense without adding too much detail, so it should be fine, but uh. Yeah, check yourself.
Chapter 81 released on Patreon, that chapter's in Arc 5.5 Otherworlders, so you know, if that catches your attention.
As a Patron said: "This answers some questions and raises more... Neat!"
I'd really like your support, we're at 230 right now and at 300 this story moves up to an extra chapter a week.
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Trading blows with a sword isn't Neji's idea of a good time, but he's used to it. Tenten uses a sword all the time, she uses hammers, axes, and kunai, and sometimes even bombs. He's very used to someone trying to kill him in a gentle spar, so he's used to putting his foot forward and meeting the enemy's blows head on no matter how terrifying they can be. It's a common mistake when fighting a weapon user, to try and put some distance between yourselves and avoid getting cut or stabbed or torn in half is only natural.
That's a good way to get killed, a weapon gives the enemy reach. In a battle with a Hyuuga, where his touch is as deadly as a sword, the best move he can ever make is towards his enemy. To give in and let fear dictate his movements would give this guy a massive advantage that he could use to treat her just like he did Sakura. Unlike her, it's unlikely he'd be fine in the morning if he lost a limb or part of one. A weapon is an extension of your hands, so he closes in to control his opponents movements and take advantage of just how extended his opponents field of lethality is. This guy can't even stab at him because he doesn't have the room, and his deflections are on point and send his opponent aside. Sakura lost because he is strong, but they're stuck in a fight with a Hyuuga without a ranged option. "You are in the range of my Divination."
There's a lot of his moves he hasn't tried against Tenten, because he doesn't hate her. He plans to use them against the mainline some day, but today, he can flicker forward and create a sphere of carnage against his opponent one tap at a time. It's untested against a weapon, but he'll push in and believe in himself, his confidence is all he has in this world and it's all he ever will if the bastards above him have their say. He'll charge until he loses his legs, and then he'll crawl until they take his arms, and then he'll bite until they muzzle him.
He moves so fast he gets a dozen hits off before they've even reacted. It's all he can do to smirk, up until his opponent turns into Sakura's sword. "Oh no." He stops mid movement, knowing damn well that means the bastard is down there with her. He darts to the edge of the roof, wondering how he even pulled off that substitution without him noticing. Are they facing an old jonin? He hopes not, they're dead if they are, but then her objectives said chunin and Fierro and this doesn't seem like a freaking necromancer.
"It works, holy crap!" Watching her hand reconnect as the spray works its magic makes her so giddy, next is her shoulder, then her face again, then her whole body. She does a little dance under the spray, feeling her HP restore back to full. Then she sees it.
Her sword disappears- And her foot imbeds itself in that asshole's face before she can even realize what's happening. Her skill taking charge, and giving her initiative in a fight she didn't start. He rolls back from the force, but she's already on him.
She runs along the wall of the two buildings she's between, kicking off at last second just as she catches up to him and he manages to get to his knees, and spin kicks him so hard his face smashes right into the second wall before he can even blink his awareness back. He goes half way through it, and she's on him, pulling his sword from the dirt where its landed from the scuffle, and stabbing-
Again-
And again-
And again-
She doesn't stop, he's a threat to both of them and he could be pretending, she won't let him get back up and hurt her, or Neji, or Tenten, or anyone!
It's somewhat relieving to see Sakura stab the corpse below. They got him, even if it was luck, and circumstance, and her happening to reflexively react. That's all a battle is sometimes, a lot of being outplayed until you get lucky, or vice versa. His arrogance was his downfall. It's easy to say, but for Neji it's something meaningful. It's an internalization of something horrific. His Byakugan gives him a close up on something that makes his gut flop, even when he hides his head behind the wall.
She's still going. The first made sense, the second and third was pushing it, each a lethal strike on its own but theoretically needing a finisher to seal the deal.
The next ten stabs into his flesh, rending and tearing and turning his corpse into a pincushion? Every second there's another wet slash, another meaty stab, the ground and wall and everything including her - it looks much worse than even clearing the zombies did. Back then they were coagulated, they didn't spray blood, they didn't make that much of a mess, they didn't tear apart and crunch and break and- They were gross, but they were largely destroyed and moved on.
He's never seen any stand over a body and just-
Half of their enemy slumps to the ground, severed from the top half still embedded in the wall. She's stabbed so many times he's been cut in half and she's… she's still going. An Uchiha would be permanently scarred, and for the first time in his life he's felt bad for another clan. Because for all the incredible close up detail his powerful chakra infused eyes give him, at least he can try to forget this. Someone with the Sharingan has her on his team, and he's sure she was worse the first few times she had a problem.
He can't hold it back, he falls back onto the roof on all fours. His heart beats in his ears, but he can't look away. Their shitty lunch hits the rooftop, his stomach convulsing but he barely pays it any mind as a thought races through his head, that could have been him. He'd pissed her off earlier, he arrogantly assumed she was nothing, just like their opponent had, and yet given just one opportunity, one flickering moment of weakness anyone could have, she's drained his form of blood like a vampire does a girl out on her own at night.
She's not stopping, he can still hear it over the rooftop. He looks to her real sword, discarded to the side, and he suddenly understands Tenten's fear of the blonde girl. She doesn't need a demon sword to be that brutal, what would have happened to him if Lee hadn't gotten in the way of her when she had the possessed blade?
Gai said it was harmless to them in her hands. How drunk was he when he came up with that idea? "Tenten's still fighting." He surmises to himself, justifies getting up from his place and getting out of his own head.
Another wet thump as another part of the man down there is severed by stabs alone, it's all he can do to hold back powerful retching and a whirling mind. "I need to get to Tenten, Sakura'll be fine." He doesn't touch the demon sword with his bare skin, he kicks it off the ledge back down there for her, she'll need it, maybe, if she meets another strong opponent.
He gets it, she's terrified, it's her first time losing a limb or facing death in such a real way, maybe her second at the absolute worst, most people don't do that multiple times and survive, let alone have limbs left after multiple severings.
But fear is all it takes for her to lose her cool like that?
Would it be enough for him to do the same?
No more thoughts, Tenten probably needs him. He'll say that at least, he needs to not be here.
Sitting against the wall, gasping for air, Sakura can't help but look away from the carnage she caused. She destroyed his mantle, that much sucks, it was probably high quality gear.
Looking over his body, what's left of it, she finds some higher quality kunai, some money, some nice ninja wire, nothing of note.
That mantle looks so damn nice, she decides to put what she can get out of it into her pack, and see if someone back home can make something out of it. It'd look great on Haku if she could get it fully repaired.
Far more importantly is the sword she used to butcher him. It shimmers in the light, even drenched in its master's blood. It's far more powerful looking than any normal swords she's found in recent times. She can't feel any odd effects from it either, nothing deep inside her that swirls to life or enchants her. It's magic, maybe, it's probably a drop from a dungeon, but it's not special in the kind of way she's used to a sword being.
Picking up Hunger, and putting it in its Thirsty sheath - she's okay with the mix-up now, she likes Thirsty a little more anyway, who came up with Hunger? What a hack.
She wields the blade, and takes a real look at it.
Why is Hunger Epic but that's Rare, that's fucking awesome? It's probably the demon sword thing.
Problem is, she doesn't have ideals… She should change that, she has so much to work for, but currently she just wants to survive and make it and maybe not get so freaked she does that shit again. Looking at the carnage she caused, she's sure Neji's going to judge her like her team did.
No, forget that, he's going to judge her so much harder than they ever did.
On the bright side, "I bet Sasuke'll love this." She swipes the blade to the side as hard as she can, ridding it of grim tidings, and looking at its shimmery shine. Sasuke's the only person she knows that has ideals, but his ideals are very strong, and she considers avenging his clan as pretty freaking noble.
She contemplates giving it to Tenten, as she'd probably appreciate it too. One does not forge a massive hammer, then forge a second one just in case, and forge bombs for fun, if they do not love cool magical sword nonsense, but Sasuke's the better pick in the end. She'll have to get it a nice clean sheath and wrapping and maybe get it engraved for him.
She's distracting herself, she knows she is. The reality is that what she just did was beyond reasonable.
The enemy died, that's all that matters, is what she'd like to tell herself.
But that's not true is it? What if someone had snuck up on her while she did that?
And she didn't even have Hunger to blame it on. She has problems.
She needs to talk to Kakashi. "When I get home." She swears to herself, picking up and readying herself for the next battle.
Her system's partially to blame. There's no ambiguity there, no defeat, no incapacity, kill.
It wants her to strike them all down and bathe in the bloodshed as a master of dark demise.
And who is she to deny it, when she wants much the same?
"Just for now, I'll talk to Sasuke's guy or Kakashi or someone, when I get home."
This was probably what Kakashi was trying to show her, when he sent her to this team.
Sakura's not all there. This chapter's a little gruesome, so if you're a little skittish. I went back and edited this again to feel a little more intense without adding too much detail, so it should be fine, but uh. Yeah, check yourself.
Chapter 81 released on Patreon, that chapter's in Arc 5.5 Otherworlders, so you know, if that catches your attention.
As a Patron said: "This answers some questions and raises more... Neat!"
I'd really like your support, we're at 230 right now and at 300 this story moves up to an extra chapter a week.
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Trading blows with a sword isn't Neji's idea of a good time, but he's used to it. Tenten uses a sword all the time, she uses hammers, axes, and kunai, and sometimes even bombs. He's very used to someone trying to kill him in a gentle spar, so he's used to putting his foot forward and meeting the enemy's blows head on no matter how terrifying they can be. It's a common mistake when fighting a weapon user, to try and put some distance between yourselves and avoid getting cut or stabbed or torn in half is only natural.
That's a good way to get killed, a weapon gives the enemy reach. In a battle with a Hyuuga, where his touch is as deadly as a sword, the best move he can ever make is towards his enemy. To give in and let fear dictate his movements would give this guy a massive advantage that he could use to treat her just like he did Sakura. Unlike her, it's unlikely he'd be fine in the morning if he lost a limb or part of one. A weapon is an extension of your hands, so he closes in to control his opponents movements and take advantage of just how extended his opponents field of lethality is. This guy can't even stab at him because he doesn't have the room, and his deflections are on point and send his opponent aside. Sakura lost because he is strong, but they're stuck in a fight with a Hyuuga without a ranged option. "You are in the range of my Divination."
There's a lot of his moves he hasn't tried against Tenten, because he doesn't hate her. He plans to use them against the mainline some day, but today, he can flicker forward and create a sphere of carnage against his opponent one tap at a time. It's untested against a weapon, but he'll push in and believe in himself, his confidence is all he has in this world and it's all he ever will if the bastards above him have their say. He'll charge until he loses his legs, and then he'll crawl until they take his arms, and then he'll bite until they muzzle him.
He moves so fast he gets a dozen hits off before they've even reacted. It's all he can do to smirk, up until his opponent turns into Sakura's sword. "Oh no." He stops mid movement, knowing damn well that means the bastard is down there with her. He darts to the edge of the roof, wondering how he even pulled off that substitution without him noticing. Are they facing an old jonin? He hopes not, they're dead if they are, but then her objectives said chunin and Fierro and this doesn't seem like a freaking necromancer.
"It works, holy crap!" Watching her hand reconnect as the spray works its magic makes her so giddy, next is her shoulder, then her face again, then her whole body. She does a little dance under the spray, feeling her HP restore back to full. Then she sees it.
Her sword disappears- And her foot imbeds itself in that asshole's face before she can even realize what's happening. Her skill taking charge, and giving her initiative in a fight she didn't start. He rolls back from the force, but she's already on him.
She runs along the wall of the two buildings she's between, kicking off at last second just as she catches up to him and he manages to get to his knees, and spin kicks him so hard his face smashes right into the second wall before he can even blink his awareness back. He goes half way through it, and she's on him, pulling his sword from the dirt where its landed from the scuffle, and stabbing-
Again-
And again-
And again-
She doesn't stop, he's a threat to both of them and he could be pretending, she won't let him get back up and hurt her, or Neji, or Tenten, or anyone!
It's somewhat relieving to see Sakura stab the corpse below. They got him, even if it was luck, and circumstance, and her happening to reflexively react. That's all a battle is sometimes, a lot of being outplayed until you get lucky, or vice versa. His arrogance was his downfall. It's easy to say, but for Neji it's something meaningful. It's an internalization of something horrific. His Byakugan gives him a close up on something that makes his gut flop, even when he hides his head behind the wall.
She's still going. The first made sense, the second and third was pushing it, each a lethal strike on its own but theoretically needing a finisher to seal the deal.
The next ten stabs into his flesh, rending and tearing and turning his corpse into a pincushion? Every second there's another wet slash, another meaty stab, the ground and wall and everything including her - it looks much worse than even clearing the zombies did. Back then they were coagulated, they didn't spray blood, they didn't make that much of a mess, they didn't tear apart and crunch and break and- They were gross, but they were largely destroyed and moved on.
He's never seen any stand over a body and just-
Half of their enemy slumps to the ground, severed from the top half still embedded in the wall. She's stabbed so many times he's been cut in half and she's… she's still going. An Uchiha would be permanently scarred, and for the first time in his life he's felt bad for another clan. Because for all the incredible close up detail his powerful chakra infused eyes give him, at least he can try to forget this. Someone with the Sharingan has her on his team, and he's sure she was worse the first few times she had a problem.
He can't hold it back, he falls back onto the roof on all fours. His heart beats in his ears, but he can't look away. Their shitty lunch hits the rooftop, his stomach convulsing but he barely pays it any mind as a thought races through his head, that could have been him. He'd pissed her off earlier, he arrogantly assumed she was nothing, just like their opponent had, and yet given just one opportunity, one flickering moment of weakness anyone could have, she's drained his form of blood like a vampire does a girl out on her own at night.
She's not stopping, he can still hear it over the rooftop. He looks to her real sword, discarded to the side, and he suddenly understands Tenten's fear of the blonde girl. She doesn't need a demon sword to be that brutal, what would have happened to him if Lee hadn't gotten in the way of her when she had the possessed blade?
Gai said it was harmless to them in her hands. How drunk was he when he came up with that idea? "Tenten's still fighting." He surmises to himself, justifies getting up from his place and getting out of his own head.
Another wet thump as another part of the man down there is severed by stabs alone, it's all he can do to hold back powerful retching and a whirling mind. "I need to get to Tenten, Sakura'll be fine." He doesn't touch the demon sword with his bare skin, he kicks it off the ledge back down there for her, she'll need it, maybe, if she meets another strong opponent.
He gets it, she's terrified, it's her first time losing a limb or facing death in such a real way, maybe her second at the absolute worst, most people don't do that multiple times and survive, let alone have limbs left after multiple severings.
But fear is all it takes for her to lose her cool like that?
Would it be enough for him to do the same?
No more thoughts, Tenten probably needs him. He'll say that at least, he needs to not be here.
Sitting against the wall, gasping for air, Sakura can't help but look away from the carnage she caused. She destroyed his mantle, that much sucks, it was probably high quality gear.
Looking over his body, what's left of it, she finds some higher quality kunai, some money, some nice ninja wire, nothing of note.
That mantle looks so damn nice, she decides to put what she can get out of it into her pack, and see if someone back home can make something out of it. It'd look great on Haku if she could get it fully repaired.
Far more importantly is the sword she used to butcher him. It shimmers in the light, even drenched in its master's blood. It's far more powerful looking than any normal swords she's found in recent times. She can't feel any odd effects from it either, nothing deep inside her that swirls to life or enchants her. It's magic, maybe, it's probably a drop from a dungeon, but it's not special in the kind of way she's used to a sword being.
Picking up Hunger, and putting it in its Thirsty sheath - she's okay with the mix-up now, she likes Thirsty a little more anyway, who came up with Hunger? What a hack.
She wields the blade, and takes a real look at it.
| Noblesse Oblige Weapon Rare Sharpens itself and strikes conceptually based on the power of the user's Ideals, especially noble ones. |
Why is Hunger Epic but that's Rare, that's fucking awesome? It's probably the demon sword thing.
Problem is, she doesn't have ideals… She should change that, she has so much to work for, but currently she just wants to survive and make it and maybe not get so freaked she does that shit again. Looking at the carnage she caused, she's sure Neji's going to judge her like her team did.
No, forget that, he's going to judge her so much harder than they ever did.
On the bright side, "I bet Sasuke'll love this." She swipes the blade to the side as hard as she can, ridding it of grim tidings, and looking at its shimmery shine. Sasuke's the only person she knows that has ideals, but his ideals are very strong, and she considers avenging his clan as pretty freaking noble.
She contemplates giving it to Tenten, as she'd probably appreciate it too. One does not forge a massive hammer, then forge a second one just in case, and forge bombs for fun, if they do not love cool magical sword nonsense, but Sasuke's the better pick in the end. She'll have to get it a nice clean sheath and wrapping and maybe get it engraved for him.
She's distracting herself, she knows she is. The reality is that what she just did was beyond reasonable.
The enemy died, that's all that matters, is what she'd like to tell herself.
But that's not true is it? What if someone had snuck up on her while she did that?
And she didn't even have Hunger to blame it on. She has problems.
She needs to talk to Kakashi. "When I get home." She swears to herself, picking up and readying herself for the next battle.
| 3/20 Genin killed |
| 1/10 Chunin killed |
Her system's partially to blame. There's no ambiguity there, no defeat, no incapacity, kill.
It wants her to strike them all down and bathe in the bloodshed as a master of dark demise.
And who is she to deny it, when she wants much the same?
"Just for now, I'll talk to Sasuke's guy or Kakashi or someone, when I get home."
This was probably what Kakashi was trying to show her, when he sent her to this team.
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Naruto picks it up and it shines like the god damned sun.
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Rule 6: Acceptable Content on SV — Joking about "restoring the clans" with a child is not acceptable.
Sakura "Stabby stab" Haruno is adorable. She have desirable traits as kunoichi. No wonder her teammates will be "do not mind restoring their clans" with her.
Extremely cute stabby one.
I bet if Saduke saw that stabbing in the recent chapter, he would have promised to marry her when they are pf age. He might be fantasizing about her getting that stabby on his bro.
Sorry for possibly inappropriate comment
Extremely cute stabby one.
I bet if Saduke saw that stabbing in the recent chapter, he would have promised to marry her when they are pf age. He might be fantasizing about her getting that stabby on his bro.
Sorry for possibly inappropriate comment
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- New Mexico, USA
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Chapter has been updated to make the Neji reacting to Sakura bit a little more intense and in the moment.
I managed to do it without adding a lot of detail, so it should still be rules compliant, but uh, it's a pretty powerful moment I think so I went and added a notice about it to the top.
Someone pointed out they didn't really like the moment previously, and it felt a little shallow, and I think I was too focused on not adding detail while not realizing I was doing that, so I didn't properly use any techniques to simulate it without excess description.
Fixed.
Gruesome violence has a place in a story because it has an effect that it conveys.
I firmly believe that you can get that effect without the detailed part of it, but if you don't try to do that, and you don't have the details, you just get shitty writing.
My apologies.
I managed to do it without adding a lot of detail, so it should still be rules compliant, but uh, it's a pretty powerful moment I think so I went and added a notice about it to the top.
Someone pointed out they didn't really like the moment previously, and it felt a little shallow, and I think I was too focused on not adding detail while not realizing I was doing that, so I didn't properly use any techniques to simulate it without excess description.
Fixed.
Gruesome violence has a place in a story because it has an effect that it conveys.
I firmly believe that you can get that effect without the detailed part of it, but if you don't try to do that, and you don't have the details, you just get shitty writing.
My apologies.
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And then he uses kage bunshin and now its really scary
Chapter 61 - Arc 4 - Brawling in the Streets: There's Two Sides to Every Death
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
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- New Mexico, USA
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I experimented with the idea of alternate viewpoints a bit in this and next chapter. Most people seemed to like it, one guy very much didn't.
Let's see what you all think.
Either way I liked it so if you don't, I dunno, get over it XD
I learned, that's all that matters.
Arc 5.6 started today, Hyuga Drama. CH 82, starring Hinata! Patreon is a trip.
You could always join it and see for $5.
Tomorrow the Poll for this week's side story will go up too, you know, could participate in that for $10.
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Equipment, check.
Personal charms, check.
Everyone present?
His dark eyes roam over his two allies, ready to descend upon the darkened version of the village they'd taken refuge in from the leaf ninja. A gate had opened and Fierro had ordered them all to follow her into this horror show version of the village they'd taken over days ago. She'd called this a Dungeon, said it would help them and hurt their enemies. So far it just seems like it lacks vibrance. The structure is unfamiliar, and it makes quickly navigating harder. Despite that, they did what Fierro said, so here they are.
Gita and Luminella, brunette and of the grossest green hair imaginable respectively, are both strapping in their leather gear and using every extra crevice their girly bodies allow them to strap on other equipment where their opponent likely won't look. Mostly places like their inner thighs, under shorts. A spear rests in Gita's hands, a set of personal kunai, twisted with hooked ends rest in Luminella's, they look pretty ready to go out and fend off the invaders that have been chewing through the necromancer's experiments as of late.
Comrades check, they seem pretty ready. "You two done wasting time?"
"Shove it where I asked, Miel," Gita's attitude is always well appreciated, especially when it doesn't make any sense.
"No, I asked, that was a question." Miel sighs at her, and shakes his head when his teammate glares at him with dark, brooding eyes.
"We should go after Maestro, he gave me headpats this morning." Luminella's rather immature, but that makes sense, she's ten, passing the genin test early is supposed to be a huge accomplishment but when you immediately use your success to run off and do your own thing it's a bit diminished. That she uses all that childlike glee and wonder to worship all the Chunin around only makes it a little weird. He's not about to complain, it gets them free snacks when the Chunin come back from missions. Well it did, before they came to this hellhole out of fear.
"We can do that, just don't let him notice we're following him or he'll give us another training session." Miel rubs his cheek in phantom pain, a memory of just yesterday coming to the forefront of his mind.
"Are you three ready?" It's not one of them that speaks up, it's a round glowing ball at Miel's side, resting loudly in a satchel. He lifts it quickly, readying himself to speak. "Reporting in, Fierro, we're ready to move out."
"Good, I need as many of you searching as possible, stick together okay? I already have reports of deaths in our troops." The ball responds. Fierro's voice is a little deep and regal, but she's forcing it. They all know she's forcing it. It's comforting, knowing she's putting in all that effort for them. Fierro's about as formal normally as they are employed.
"You what?" Luminella gasps at the stone, grabbing it from his hands, "they're already killing our people? How dare they!?"
"Just get out there and back someone up, okay?" The ball orders, and Luminella hands it back, ready and invigorated to destroy the invaders. They'll not be late!
"Ugh-bluuuhh-What the-why-why would anyone-guuuh-" Luminella's not handling the sight very well, then again neither is he. His hand rests on the young girl's back, rubbing circles and using his need to comfort her as an excuse to override his own desire to run out there and attack that bitch. "Maestro…" Luminella's tears well up for all of them, it's a lot, and he…
"Why is she doing that?" Gita asks, rage sparking in her eyes as she stares across the street and down two alleys away. It's not some random act of violence, or a comrade's death they're witnessing.
They saw his death, but that was quick and easy, that was fine. This is a rebellion, people die. It's not the first time and it won't be the last time they witness a friend's body slump over.
It's after his death that has them on their toes and ready to go die with him.
The meaty stabs are still ringing in their ears a solid minute after his execution, mostly because they're still going on so they can still hear them quite actively.
"He was so nice to me…" Luminella whines, a hand over her mouth, now that she's run out of things to reject. The green haired kid is now aggressively dry heaving."Why like this, why is she?"
That's when Maestro's body, having twitched and rocked with every jab, falls in half, and slides down the wall to the ground with a wet thump.
"Guuhhhhh-" Luminella found something deep inside her, to continue her conquest against everything she's ever eaten.
"Okay… Retreat." The crystal ball from their side orders them.
"What?" Gita asks, gripping her spear with both hands, and clenching her teeth.
"Retreat, you're not equipped to handle that." The ball explains.
"She seems pretty distracted." Miel says, pointing the ball towards the demon that has no right paying that much attention to their fallen comrade, their sometimes mentor, someone that made sure they had food when they were lost and afraid. Maestro's who found them, starving and full of regrets, and now… Now, the one that gave them purpose is without an arm, they watch it slide down the wall leaving a streak of red following along it as it slowly moves to the ground. Asking it to just fall after severing is apparently too much of an ask..
"Look at that, take a deep look." The ball says, unfazed, or possibly too fazed to show it. They stare, unable to look away less because they've been ordered, and more because they can't. No matter how much they want to, they can't pull their eyes away from a monster.
"That's you if she notices you sneaking up. Come back to me, Maestro wouldn't have wanted that for you. I'm signaling the retreat of all Genin, the Chunin will cover your retreat and join you shortly."
"But-" The girl with the spear clenches it hard-
"But nothing Gita!" Fierro snaps at her through the stone. "That's someone who's given into madness and allowed themselves to live in darkness. My homeland was filled with forces of nature like that, you will die if you step towards her even one step, retreat. I'll prepare an ambush later, I'll send thanks to my homeland that you'll be alive to see it."
"As you wish, Fierro." Miel doesn't like it, but orders are orders, and there's nothing they can do for him. It's a shame, after he did so much for them…
That girl will pay.
Despite searching thoroughly, Sakura can't find anyone. Technically, silence is a good thing, but what it really means is that most of the enemy has left and they'll need to fight them later. It's not so much a positive as it is a matter of perspective, and her perspective is that taking them out one at a time here is so much better than the alternative.
Unfortunately, they'll see that alternative, Sakura's not looking forward to getting ambushed.
She's glad their kills count towards the counter, it'd be so awkward if it just kept generating dungeon enemies for her to execute. She's pretty sure they're real people in this dungeon, so would it draw in more real people in that case? Could they depopulate an entire area of traitors like that? She's not sure she's comfortable with that idea. A kill or two here or there is one thing but at what point are they doing something much worse than saving the capital from zombies? Luckily, that's Neji's problem to figure out, she's just tagging along. Well, it's not his issue either, since it's hypothetical.
The idea bothers her, is all she has to say on that. If she's to wage a proper war, there better be others there to shoulder the blame, lest she end up Kakashi.
It's a needless thought meant to distract her from just how much gore she's covered in. She's not in a good place, she can feel it, she needs a bath, maybe a palate cleanser. She could go for some chips and maybe a soda? They're bad for her but nothing beats a nice gaming session with a bag in one hand and a drink in the other, and she gets constant exercise, so it's not like… Actually, can she even get fat? Would her system consider that a status condition and reset-
Again, she's distracting herself from her own actions. Enough of that.
She stumbles into where the smoke was before, and follows a trail, until eventually she's stepped on and crushed enough smoky gravel and what was path beneath her feet, that she can see her bun haired bestie - of the moment - in an axe fight with some crazed looking maniac. Neji is standing to the side, giving him threatening glares, so she finds herself walking right up to him instead of intruding. "Is there like, a reason, we're not getting involved?" She asks her temporary teammate, watching as Tenten narrowly avoids being bereaved, and watching her strike back in a display that causes her ears to ring from the sheer scrape of metal against metal.
"She doesn't need our help," Neji says, "our time is much better spent watching our surroundings and making sure no one else joins the fight or sneak attacks her."
"Oh wow, that's advanced." Sakura whistles, a part of her truly means that. Her team would never just let her fight something without assisting in some way, and they'd definitely not think about watching the surroundings. "Is that standard Hyuga practice or like, ninja practice?"
"Ninja, though, being a member of the Hyuga clan does make me more comfortable with just watching. A lot of our childhood is spent mastering observational techniques, as it is the role we will take in the group more often than not. It pays to pre-train in our niche."
"Oh wow… I think I get why Kakashi sent me here, well, one of the reasons, there's a lot of them." She sighs to herself, watching the fight with renewed vigor. She too, could learn to just watch when necessary, and only get involved if she has to. "But what if you see a good opportunity to take them out?"
"That depends on if your ally is struggling," Neji answers with an odd patience seemingly conjured up just for her, "if they're not, chances are they see the opportunity too and you'll just get in their way. If they are, well, I cannot speak for your teammates, but Tenten's my top priority in the field. I never want to get in her way, or mess her up, but I also do not want her to get hurt because I missed a chance when I should have acted."
"Because she's weaker than you and Lee?" Sakura asks.
"Because she gets too excited," Neji shakes his head for her, "excitability in a combat situation is a liability. I need to ensure that she does not overextend herself in the heat of the moment. I believe that you may have the same problem."
She doesn't need to look down to know he's referring to her clothes and her, everything really. "I do," She agrees, "thank you for saving me earlier."
"You can thank me by never doing whatever that was, again." He growls at her, lowly, it's almost missable but she can tell she lost some respect from him for that. She lost some respect for herself too, she's genuinely not sure what happened there. She did that with Gato as well, both times really, it seems her response to fighting a superior opponent is to just kind of lose it and get stabbing. They're going to start calling her 'Sakura, Stabby Stab, Haruno' at this rate.
So instead of defending herself, she sighs openly and concedes, "I'll ask Kakashi how I can improve on that," and then answers with an honest, earnest desire to do better, "Lee doesn't need help? He seems like the kind to get excited and overextend too."
"Lee is very durable, he can survive a mistake or two. Tenten, might not. So Tenten is my priority."
"I bet that guy was durable and could survive a mistake or two." She mumbles to herself, thinking back to the guy she just so recently killed. He talked to her, he acted like a real person, he didn't seem like a dungeon bandit or a fantasy Gato at all, his teammates probably also thought he was invincible.
Despite saying it only for her, she finds Neji nods at her statement, a wistful look taking over his features at the thought. Perhaps she should just stop talking before she ruins his day anymore.
Let's see what you all think.
Either way I liked it so if you don't, I dunno, get over it XD
I learned, that's all that matters.
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Everyone present?
His dark eyes roam over his two allies, ready to descend upon the darkened version of the village they'd taken refuge in from the leaf ninja. A gate had opened and Fierro had ordered them all to follow her into this horror show version of the village they'd taken over days ago. She'd called this a Dungeon, said it would help them and hurt their enemies. So far it just seems like it lacks vibrance. The structure is unfamiliar, and it makes quickly navigating harder. Despite that, they did what Fierro said, so here they are.
Gita and Luminella, brunette and of the grossest green hair imaginable respectively, are both strapping in their leather gear and using every extra crevice their girly bodies allow them to strap on other equipment where their opponent likely won't look. Mostly places like their inner thighs, under shorts. A spear rests in Gita's hands, a set of personal kunai, twisted with hooked ends rest in Luminella's, they look pretty ready to go out and fend off the invaders that have been chewing through the necromancer's experiments as of late.
Comrades check, they seem pretty ready. "You two done wasting time?"
"Shove it where I asked, Miel," Gita's attitude is always well appreciated, especially when it doesn't make any sense.
"No, I asked, that was a question." Miel sighs at her, and shakes his head when his teammate glares at him with dark, brooding eyes.
"We should go after Maestro, he gave me headpats this morning." Luminella's rather immature, but that makes sense, she's ten, passing the genin test early is supposed to be a huge accomplishment but when you immediately use your success to run off and do your own thing it's a bit diminished. That she uses all that childlike glee and wonder to worship all the Chunin around only makes it a little weird. He's not about to complain, it gets them free snacks when the Chunin come back from missions. Well it did, before they came to this hellhole out of fear.
"We can do that, just don't let him notice we're following him or he'll give us another training session." Miel rubs his cheek in phantom pain, a memory of just yesterday coming to the forefront of his mind.
"Are you three ready?" It's not one of them that speaks up, it's a round glowing ball at Miel's side, resting loudly in a satchel. He lifts it quickly, readying himself to speak. "Reporting in, Fierro, we're ready to move out."
"Good, I need as many of you searching as possible, stick together okay? I already have reports of deaths in our troops." The ball responds. Fierro's voice is a little deep and regal, but she's forcing it. They all know she's forcing it. It's comforting, knowing she's putting in all that effort for them. Fierro's about as formal normally as they are employed.
"You what?" Luminella gasps at the stone, grabbing it from his hands, "they're already killing our people? How dare they!?"
"Just get out there and back someone up, okay?" The ball orders, and Luminella hands it back, ready and invigorated to destroy the invaders. They'll not be late!
"Ugh-bluuuhh-What the-why-why would anyone-guuuh-" Luminella's not handling the sight very well, then again neither is he. His hand rests on the young girl's back, rubbing circles and using his need to comfort her as an excuse to override his own desire to run out there and attack that bitch. "Maestro…" Luminella's tears well up for all of them, it's a lot, and he…
"Why is she doing that?" Gita asks, rage sparking in her eyes as she stares across the street and down two alleys away. It's not some random act of violence, or a comrade's death they're witnessing.
They saw his death, but that was quick and easy, that was fine. This is a rebellion, people die. It's not the first time and it won't be the last time they witness a friend's body slump over.
It's after his death that has them on their toes and ready to go die with him.
The meaty stabs are still ringing in their ears a solid minute after his execution, mostly because they're still going on so they can still hear them quite actively.
"He was so nice to me…" Luminella whines, a hand over her mouth, now that she's run out of things to reject. The green haired kid is now aggressively dry heaving."Why like this, why is she?"
That's when Maestro's body, having twitched and rocked with every jab, falls in half, and slides down the wall to the ground with a wet thump.
"Guuhhhhh-" Luminella found something deep inside her, to continue her conquest against everything she's ever eaten.
"Okay… Retreat." The crystal ball from their side orders them.
"What?" Gita asks, gripping her spear with both hands, and clenching her teeth.
"Retreat, you're not equipped to handle that." The ball explains.
"She seems pretty distracted." Miel says, pointing the ball towards the demon that has no right paying that much attention to their fallen comrade, their sometimes mentor, someone that made sure they had food when they were lost and afraid. Maestro's who found them, starving and full of regrets, and now… Now, the one that gave them purpose is without an arm, they watch it slide down the wall leaving a streak of red following along it as it slowly moves to the ground. Asking it to just fall after severing is apparently too much of an ask..
"Look at that, take a deep look." The ball says, unfazed, or possibly too fazed to show it. They stare, unable to look away less because they've been ordered, and more because they can't. No matter how much they want to, they can't pull their eyes away from a monster.
"That's you if she notices you sneaking up. Come back to me, Maestro wouldn't have wanted that for you. I'm signaling the retreat of all Genin, the Chunin will cover your retreat and join you shortly."
"But-" The girl with the spear clenches it hard-
"But nothing Gita!" Fierro snaps at her through the stone. "That's someone who's given into madness and allowed themselves to live in darkness. My homeland was filled with forces of nature like that, you will die if you step towards her even one step, retreat. I'll prepare an ambush later, I'll send thanks to my homeland that you'll be alive to see it."
"As you wish, Fierro." Miel doesn't like it, but orders are orders, and there's nothing they can do for him. It's a shame, after he did so much for them…
That girl will pay.
Despite searching thoroughly, Sakura can't find anyone. Technically, silence is a good thing, but what it really means is that most of the enemy has left and they'll need to fight them later. It's not so much a positive as it is a matter of perspective, and her perspective is that taking them out one at a time here is so much better than the alternative.
Unfortunately, they'll see that alternative, Sakura's not looking forward to getting ambushed.
| 4/20 Genin Killed |
She's glad their kills count towards the counter, it'd be so awkward if it just kept generating dungeon enemies for her to execute. She's pretty sure they're real people in this dungeon, so would it draw in more real people in that case? Could they depopulate an entire area of traitors like that? She's not sure she's comfortable with that idea. A kill or two here or there is one thing but at what point are they doing something much worse than saving the capital from zombies? Luckily, that's Neji's problem to figure out, she's just tagging along. Well, it's not his issue either, since it's hypothetical.
The idea bothers her, is all she has to say on that. If she's to wage a proper war, there better be others there to shoulder the blame, lest she end up Kakashi.
It's a needless thought meant to distract her from just how much gore she's covered in. She's not in a good place, she can feel it, she needs a bath, maybe a palate cleanser. She could go for some chips and maybe a soda? They're bad for her but nothing beats a nice gaming session with a bag in one hand and a drink in the other, and she gets constant exercise, so it's not like… Actually, can she even get fat? Would her system consider that a status condition and reset-
Again, she's distracting herself from her own actions. Enough of that.
She stumbles into where the smoke was before, and follows a trail, until eventually she's stepped on and crushed enough smoky gravel and what was path beneath her feet, that she can see her bun haired bestie - of the moment - in an axe fight with some crazed looking maniac. Neji is standing to the side, giving him threatening glares, so she finds herself walking right up to him instead of intruding. "Is there like, a reason, we're not getting involved?" She asks her temporary teammate, watching as Tenten narrowly avoids being bereaved, and watching her strike back in a display that causes her ears to ring from the sheer scrape of metal against metal.
"She doesn't need our help," Neji says, "our time is much better spent watching our surroundings and making sure no one else joins the fight or sneak attacks her."
"Oh wow, that's advanced." Sakura whistles, a part of her truly means that. Her team would never just let her fight something without assisting in some way, and they'd definitely not think about watching the surroundings. "Is that standard Hyuga practice or like, ninja practice?"
"Ninja, though, being a member of the Hyuga clan does make me more comfortable with just watching. A lot of our childhood is spent mastering observational techniques, as it is the role we will take in the group more often than not. It pays to pre-train in our niche."
"Oh wow… I think I get why Kakashi sent me here, well, one of the reasons, there's a lot of them." She sighs to herself, watching the fight with renewed vigor. She too, could learn to just watch when necessary, and only get involved if she has to. "But what if you see a good opportunity to take them out?"
"That depends on if your ally is struggling," Neji answers with an odd patience seemingly conjured up just for her, "if they're not, chances are they see the opportunity too and you'll just get in their way. If they are, well, I cannot speak for your teammates, but Tenten's my top priority in the field. I never want to get in her way, or mess her up, but I also do not want her to get hurt because I missed a chance when I should have acted."
"Because she's weaker than you and Lee?" Sakura asks.
"Because she gets too excited," Neji shakes his head for her, "excitability in a combat situation is a liability. I need to ensure that she does not overextend herself in the heat of the moment. I believe that you may have the same problem."
She doesn't need to look down to know he's referring to her clothes and her, everything really. "I do," She agrees, "thank you for saving me earlier."
"You can thank me by never doing whatever that was, again." He growls at her, lowly, it's almost missable but she can tell she lost some respect from him for that. She lost some respect for herself too, she's genuinely not sure what happened there. She did that with Gato as well, both times really, it seems her response to fighting a superior opponent is to just kind of lose it and get stabbing. They're going to start calling her 'Sakura, Stabby Stab, Haruno' at this rate.
So instead of defending herself, she sighs openly and concedes, "I'll ask Kakashi how I can improve on that," and then answers with an honest, earnest desire to do better, "Lee doesn't need help? He seems like the kind to get excited and overextend too."
"Lee is very durable, he can survive a mistake or two. Tenten, might not. So Tenten is my priority."
"I bet that guy was durable and could survive a mistake or two." She mumbles to herself, thinking back to the guy she just so recently killed. He talked to her, he acted like a real person, he didn't seem like a dungeon bandit or a fantasy Gato at all, his teammates probably also thought he was invincible.
Despite saying it only for her, she finds Neji nods at her statement, a wistful look taking over his features at the thought. Perhaps she should just stop talking before she ruins his day anymore.
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I wonder what the system offered to get them to willingly enter, and if they brought all those zombies with them, or generated some/all of them within the dungeon.
Winged One
Not the Simurgh
- Location
- definitely the ground
- Pronouns
- They/Them/It
My guess was that the dungeon created fake memories of them willingly coming in as part of a fake backstory for why they were obeying some fucking necromancer.
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Nah, just a really good cook.
They can't live without those lamb chops, had to follow her into hell.
Chapter 62 - Arc 4 - Brawling in the Streets: Laundry and Panick Attacks
Sendicard
Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Hey ya'll, the second half of this chapter is actually the first time a patron made significant complaints. They're normally a little too shy to say anything, which has caused some funny moments where I come back to a chapter later for a quick touch up and am like "What the fuck? How did no one notice that! That entire paragraph is backwards!" They're great, I love them, but uh, yeah. Someone actively complaining - rudely at that - was an eye opener that there was probably a problem. I don't agree with their complaint, no one else seems to have either, but it still made me look at things analytically in a way that led to several developments.
1. I had originally planned to have a lot of Fierro flashes, where I did a small scene from their perspective, slowly spiraling into their downfall while Sakura's more whimsical nature contrasted heavily. I ended up scrapping that concept, because they were right, people are here to see Sakura, not Fierro.
2. I had originally planned to do several more segments on Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke, that I put off and whittled down because like, yeah, again, people are here for Sakura. If I want to expand on that part of the story more than I already am, side stories exist.
3. I ended up deciding that the biggest issue was the lack of info given up to this point was really what caused it to feel bad, which led to me editing every single chapter in Arc 4 before posting publically, so I could slowly add more details and stuff before this point. That's been huge. Thousands of words have been added to the story as a consequence, restructuring has happened on certain moments, and I like what I've done with the plot more now that I've had time to come back to it.
Uh, moral of the story, I guess, Patron complaints get looked at.
Turns out when you give me money, and then have a concern, I take it seriously... Possibly too seriously? This genuinely changed the course of Arc 4 by like, a lot.
Uhhh, thoughts aside, this chapter is fun.
I ended up editing the bath scene to be significantly less focused. While it was never graphic it did have a lot more thoughts in a certain direction, and as one of my Patrons recently got infracted for a sexual joke about Sakura on SV, I thought I'd steer clear of making jokes in that vein myself for a time.
While I think their joke was a bit much (poorly worded, really) and this was much more tasteful, I'd like to avoid giving content that might lead to more jokes like it and more viewer time-outs.
Chapter 83 just hit Patreon, it's called "Puddle Pile" and is adorable, so you know, you do you fam.
The Poll for this week's side story is also up, for $10 patrons. Author's note here is huge. Whoops.
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The numbers themselves aren't very high, which tells her this dungeon is nowhere near complete. Buuut, those are probably people, so complaining that they haven't killed enough is probably the kind of tone deafness which'd really make Naruto and Sasuke squirm. It's not that she's frothing at the mouth in desire of violence for violence sake, but the people they're trying to kill are themselves trying to kill a lot of people, mostly innocents, so it'd be nice if she could just be done with them already.
Frothing at the mouth in hopes of extreme violence is what Tenten's doing. Her final slash on the Chunin that dared to stand in front of her proved that the drops aren't necessarily based on the enemy. Whereas her opponent had dropped his sword, and she's yet to get an off-theme drop, Tenten's not having anything about logic and rules and reasonable drop tables.
"Look how pretty she is, Sakura look, look!" Sakura has to tilt herself to the side so she's not staring down the length of an absolutely massive barrel.
"I see it, Tenten, you can have that one too," Not that she has a choice in the matter, it's anointed specifically for her. Talk about getting lucky with her drops, "try for sneak attacks."
Despite the fun moment with the rifle, she finds herself very exhausted. She needs a break, so it sucks she can't just swap out with Lee. She'd love to do that for a day or two while she plays a game or learns some cool Taijutsu from Gai.
"So I know Gai's a legend, but is he that great a teacher?" Sakura asks, her clothes muddying a stream they found not too far out. Getting naked in front of Neji was a disturbing prospect for the three seconds it took Tenten to say 'he's seen you naked a hundred times, his eyes see through clothes.'
And you know, that probably shouldn't be comforting, because it implies there is an entire clan of potentially perverted crazy people who can disable your ability to move at a touch, and honestly the more she thinks about it the more horrifying it is. Whatever goddess or god designed them definitely has a problem, and definitely leaned into their interests. Genetics just, aren't normally that precise.
But it is comforting. There's something weirdly nice about knowing someone's seen you naked a hundred times in the last few days, and they still hate you. Like it's so invigorating to know he's not shallow like that. Everytime he glares at her has a new context to it, and she can appreciate it. There's probably something wrong with her head, but she'll take the victories she can get when it comes to this insane mission.
"I wouldn't know." Neji answers her question, the graceful bastard only needed a small dip to get clean, so he's just waiting for them now. Tenten got covered after her axe went through that guy and Sakura, well, she'd rather not think about it. Neji doesn't seem to have told Tenten about her little panic attack slash puddle creation mishap either which is such a nice saving grace. "He's my sensei, but almost all of my training is done at the Hyuga compound. He seems very capable for Lee."
"What about for you, Tenten?" Sakura looks to her other teammate, giving her a quizzical look while the girl awkwardly scratches at her cheek.
'Uhh, well, I mostly train with weapons," Tenten admits, "and he's very good with them, don't get me wrong. But he specializes in Taijutsu, so while he's very good at teaching me how to use a new weapon, he's not so great at teaching me the unique aspects of each weapon."
"So why not get a dedicated teacher and train in only one or two weapons?" Sakura asks, "Is the shop so poor you can't afford that?"
"Guh-we were having such a nice conversation," Tenten huffs, leaving Sakura to wonder what she said wrong, "I don't want to. Is that a good enough answer for you?"
"If it'll make you less mad at me, it's the best answer you could possibly give." Sakura finds herself giving the irritable brunette a thumbs up.
She's on such a hair trigger sometimes… A shop like that should easily be able to afford a tutor, what's the issue? Is she right? Does Tenten secretly not have parents and totally runs the shop all on her own? That wouldn't make a lot of sense given that'd mean the shop doesn't function during missions, but then hiring someone else for those times would take a lot of money on its own and keeping the cover could prevent her from having the money for a tutor!
That's complete nonsense, her brain informs her, but hey, it'd make Tenten more understandable.
She quickly finishes cleaning her clothes, knowing damn well that Neji's about as interested as Lee is malicious, well, it's nice. What with Naruto and Sasuke and Ino and Haku's weird obsession, she was starting to think she was the main character in a simdate. The actual simdate event didn't help with that.
She's just so relieved! "Thank you, Neji!"
The boy seems very unamused by her thank you.
"That's enough, Gita." Sitting on a throne made of bone, an ethereal flame sparking to life behind her, only to be snuffed out an instant later, their lord sits with a fist on her chin and an arm resting on someone else's arm bone. "I understand why you're being disobedient, but you will die if you leave now."
Gita, standing with her boney spear held in one hand and pressed against the ground so hard it's cracking, the blade of an old thigh sharpened and given a coating that turned it hard as steel and wreathed it in poison, bites her lip. "You understand nothing, if you did you would have had us ambush her immediately and put an end to that beast before it comes for us."
Gita's opinion isn't just a voice in the crowd, it is the crowd. It's an issue she's had to deal with since the leaf ninja entered the village and killed all those weaklings. It's not that Fierro doesn't care, it hurts her just as much as it does them. They've been serving her for a while now and while using the dead as disposable tools is easy for her, the actual living breathing human beings that follow her around are a different matter.
But as deaths are starting to pile up, and they've made it through the damn trap mansion, time's running out and that's just adding to all this. "And lose more of you?" Her statement rings true, but she finds so much doubt in their eyes. It's not her fault the leaf sent a savage. A Jonin was always a possibility, they knew that, but a Jonin would have killed them so fast they wouldn't have had time for this. That was an acceptable outcome, at least no one would have had to suffer with the harrowing eyes they show her now. Were her ambitions ever worth those looks? How many second thoughts are required to make this okay? Does saving them all from their poverty stricken lives as outcasts even count as a good deed if they all die?
She holds all that in though, because she's a leader, and, well, that's what matters. That's what has to matter for them to get through this. "They'll be entering the catacombs soon, we'll set an ambush for them there. No Genin, just the Chunin, there's no way they can take eight of them at once in close quarters."
"You mean to leave us out then?" Gita's teeth clench. She's as pretty as she is defiant, that frosty glare doesn't suit her well at all, but what can one expect when your friends are dead? "It's not just Maestro, we lost six of our friends in minutes, no one is willing to sit back and do nothing while we lose more, either you send us or we'll go on our own."
"You'll die." Fierro says, the words simple but so powerful they ring in the ear. Much to Fierro's shame and fear, no one seems to care, and they filter out to go die a horrific and painful death against her commands. Should she change her plans, or keep the Chunin back for the ambush as expected? If they won't listen to her, should she cover for them or let them fall?
More importantly, should she stop them? It'll take magic power from her to stand against them, which is a precious and scarce resource at this point, but she can save their lives right now by summoning enough monsters to beat them to submission. The power rests at her fingertips, flaring to life uselessly. She could order the Chunin at her side to restrain them too, that'd save her magic.
What's the point if they all die anyway, because she can't protect them anymore?
What's any of it matter, if she starts ordering them to fight each-other?
They all followed her willingly…
The Chunin are loyal, she thinks, they'll stay, but that's an issue on its own. It'd be better if a few of them ditched her and followed them, but then does that mean she should order them to do just that?
"I wasn't born for leadership, I was born for science!" Her hand smacks a bone on her throne, and she'd be amused by the way the stuck together hand wiggles after she smacks it, if she wasn't gripping her forehead in rage, "gruaaaaahhhhh! Fuck you!"
Who she's even shouting at, she's not sure, but whoever he is, he needs to go fuck himself.
Damn the leaf, she needs to think, hopefully before sixteen Genin walk into a shredder… No, that's too generous, there's no way every Genin is following Gita, some will just return to their chambers annoyed but not willing to jump the gun.
"But that makes it even worse!" Because at least some can escape if more go, but if only a few go they'll surely all get torn to shreds, they can reduce casualties by sending more!
So she should send more intentionally - but then she'd be undermining her authority by giving in to what they want after telling them they'll die and demanding they stay. But does she care about her authority? But then that very authority is the only reason she can keep them alive…
"May I suggest you send the rogues?" A voice at her side jumps her out of her stupor, and she finds her palm is on her chest, and her heart rate is higher than it has any right to be.
"Why?" She asks, eying him, her right hand, a man that's been with her for so long. He stands so stoically, so powerfully, ready to enact her will no matter what. If only the Genin were like that.
"They wouldn't win, but if they attacked at the right time they could give the weak ones a chance to escape." His words are always so reassuring, and his fake smile warms her heart as much as a real one could.
"And since they're already summoned, they won't take mana, yeah," she agrees, "I'll send the rogues."
1. I had originally planned to have a lot of Fierro flashes, where I did a small scene from their perspective, slowly spiraling into their downfall while Sakura's more whimsical nature contrasted heavily. I ended up scrapping that concept, because they were right, people are here to see Sakura, not Fierro.
2. I had originally planned to do several more segments on Ino, Naruto, and Sasuke, that I put off and whittled down because like, yeah, again, people are here for Sakura. If I want to expand on that part of the story more than I already am, side stories exist.
3. I ended up deciding that the biggest issue was the lack of info given up to this point was really what caused it to feel bad, which led to me editing every single chapter in Arc 4 before posting publically, so I could slowly add more details and stuff before this point. That's been huge. Thousands of words have been added to the story as a consequence, restructuring has happened on certain moments, and I like what I've done with the plot more now that I've had time to come back to it.
Uh, moral of the story, I guess, Patron complaints get looked at.
Turns out when you give me money, and then have a concern, I take it seriously... Possibly too seriously? This genuinely changed the course of Arc 4 by like, a lot.
Uhhh, thoughts aside, this chapter is fun.
I ended up editing the bath scene to be significantly less focused. While it was never graphic it did have a lot more thoughts in a certain direction, and as one of my Patrons recently got infracted for a sexual joke about Sakura on SV, I thought I'd steer clear of making jokes in that vein myself for a time.
While I think their joke was a bit much (poorly worded, really) and this was much more tasteful, I'd like to avoid giving content that might lead to more jokes like it and more viewer time-outs.
Chapter 83 just hit Patreon, it's called "Puddle Pile" and is adorable, so you know, you do you fam.
The Poll for this week's side story is also up, for $10 patrons. Author's note here is huge. Whoops.
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| 4/20 Genin Killed |
| 2/10 Chunin Killed |
The numbers themselves aren't very high, which tells her this dungeon is nowhere near complete. Buuut, those are probably people, so complaining that they haven't killed enough is probably the kind of tone deafness which'd really make Naruto and Sasuke squirm. It's not that she's frothing at the mouth in desire of violence for violence sake, but the people they're trying to kill are themselves trying to kill a lot of people, mostly innocents, so it'd be nice if she could just be done with them already.
Frothing at the mouth in hopes of extreme violence is what Tenten's doing. Her final slash on the Chunin that dared to stand in front of her proved that the drops aren't necessarily based on the enemy. Whereas her opponent had dropped his sword, and she's yet to get an off-theme drop, Tenten's not having anything about logic and rules and reasonable drop tables.
"Look how pretty she is, Sakura look, look!" Sakura has to tilt herself to the side so she's not staring down the length of an absolutely massive barrel.
| Tenten's Dragunov SVD-63 Epic Developed to provide long precision long-range engagement capabilities to ordinary troops, it now serves as a personal Fuck You button for Tenten Higurashi. Its scope has been modified for increased precision in a multitude of weather conditions, and it's been magically reinforced so that normal use will never require significant repair. Can fire Magical 7.62 rounds, or normal 7.62 rounds without discrimination, well, except for all the discrimination flying down range. Deals 200% bonus damage to targets not currently in active combat with Tenten. Maybe don't step in front of it |
"I see it, Tenten, you can have that one too," Not that she has a choice in the matter, it's anointed specifically for her. Talk about getting lucky with her drops, "try for sneak attacks."
Despite the fun moment with the rifle, she finds herself very exhausted. She needs a break, so it sucks she can't just swap out with Lee. She'd love to do that for a day or two while she plays a game or learns some cool Taijutsu from Gai.
"So I know Gai's a legend, but is he that great a teacher?" Sakura asks, her clothes muddying a stream they found not too far out. Getting naked in front of Neji was a disturbing prospect for the three seconds it took Tenten to say 'he's seen you naked a hundred times, his eyes see through clothes.'
And you know, that probably shouldn't be comforting, because it implies there is an entire clan of potentially perverted crazy people who can disable your ability to move at a touch, and honestly the more she thinks about it the more horrifying it is. Whatever goddess or god designed them definitely has a problem, and definitely leaned into their interests. Genetics just, aren't normally that precise.
But it is comforting. There's something weirdly nice about knowing someone's seen you naked a hundred times in the last few days, and they still hate you. Like it's so invigorating to know he's not shallow like that. Everytime he glares at her has a new context to it, and she can appreciate it. There's probably something wrong with her head, but she'll take the victories she can get when it comes to this insane mission.
"I wouldn't know." Neji answers her question, the graceful bastard only needed a small dip to get clean, so he's just waiting for them now. Tenten got covered after her axe went through that guy and Sakura, well, she'd rather not think about it. Neji doesn't seem to have told Tenten about her little panic attack slash puddle creation mishap either which is such a nice saving grace. "He's my sensei, but almost all of my training is done at the Hyuga compound. He seems very capable for Lee."
"What about for you, Tenten?" Sakura looks to her other teammate, giving her a quizzical look while the girl awkwardly scratches at her cheek.
'Uhh, well, I mostly train with weapons," Tenten admits, "and he's very good with them, don't get me wrong. But he specializes in Taijutsu, so while he's very good at teaching me how to use a new weapon, he's not so great at teaching me the unique aspects of each weapon."
"So why not get a dedicated teacher and train in only one or two weapons?" Sakura asks, "Is the shop so poor you can't afford that?"
"Guh-we were having such a nice conversation," Tenten huffs, leaving Sakura to wonder what she said wrong, "I don't want to. Is that a good enough answer for you?"
"If it'll make you less mad at me, it's the best answer you could possibly give." Sakura finds herself giving the irritable brunette a thumbs up.
She's on such a hair trigger sometimes… A shop like that should easily be able to afford a tutor, what's the issue? Is she right? Does Tenten secretly not have parents and totally runs the shop all on her own? That wouldn't make a lot of sense given that'd mean the shop doesn't function during missions, but then hiring someone else for those times would take a lot of money on its own and keeping the cover could prevent her from having the money for a tutor!
That's complete nonsense, her brain informs her, but hey, it'd make Tenten more understandable.
She quickly finishes cleaning her clothes, knowing damn well that Neji's about as interested as Lee is malicious, well, it's nice. What with Naruto and Sasuke and Ino and Haku's weird obsession, she was starting to think she was the main character in a simdate. The actual simdate event didn't help with that.
She's just so relieved! "Thank you, Neji!"
The boy seems very unamused by her thank you.
"That's enough, Gita." Sitting on a throne made of bone, an ethereal flame sparking to life behind her, only to be snuffed out an instant later, their lord sits with a fist on her chin and an arm resting on someone else's arm bone. "I understand why you're being disobedient, but you will die if you leave now."
Gita, standing with her boney spear held in one hand and pressed against the ground so hard it's cracking, the blade of an old thigh sharpened and given a coating that turned it hard as steel and wreathed it in poison, bites her lip. "You understand nothing, if you did you would have had us ambush her immediately and put an end to that beast before it comes for us."
Gita's opinion isn't just a voice in the crowd, it is the crowd. It's an issue she's had to deal with since the leaf ninja entered the village and killed all those weaklings. It's not that Fierro doesn't care, it hurts her just as much as it does them. They've been serving her for a while now and while using the dead as disposable tools is easy for her, the actual living breathing human beings that follow her around are a different matter.
But as deaths are starting to pile up, and they've made it through the damn trap mansion, time's running out and that's just adding to all this. "And lose more of you?" Her statement rings true, but she finds so much doubt in their eyes. It's not her fault the leaf sent a savage. A Jonin was always a possibility, they knew that, but a Jonin would have killed them so fast they wouldn't have had time for this. That was an acceptable outcome, at least no one would have had to suffer with the harrowing eyes they show her now. Were her ambitions ever worth those looks? How many second thoughts are required to make this okay? Does saving them all from their poverty stricken lives as outcasts even count as a good deed if they all die?
She holds all that in though, because she's a leader, and, well, that's what matters. That's what has to matter for them to get through this. "They'll be entering the catacombs soon, we'll set an ambush for them there. No Genin, just the Chunin, there's no way they can take eight of them at once in close quarters."
"You mean to leave us out then?" Gita's teeth clench. She's as pretty as she is defiant, that frosty glare doesn't suit her well at all, but what can one expect when your friends are dead? "It's not just Maestro, we lost six of our friends in minutes, no one is willing to sit back and do nothing while we lose more, either you send us or we'll go on our own."
"You'll die." Fierro says, the words simple but so powerful they ring in the ear. Much to Fierro's shame and fear, no one seems to care, and they filter out to go die a horrific and painful death against her commands. Should she change her plans, or keep the Chunin back for the ambush as expected? If they won't listen to her, should she cover for them or let them fall?
More importantly, should she stop them? It'll take magic power from her to stand against them, which is a precious and scarce resource at this point, but she can save their lives right now by summoning enough monsters to beat them to submission. The power rests at her fingertips, flaring to life uselessly. She could order the Chunin at her side to restrain them too, that'd save her magic.
What's the point if they all die anyway, because she can't protect them anymore?
What's any of it matter, if she starts ordering them to fight each-other?
They all followed her willingly…
The Chunin are loyal, she thinks, they'll stay, but that's an issue on its own. It'd be better if a few of them ditched her and followed them, but then does that mean she should order them to do just that?
"I wasn't born for leadership, I was born for science!" Her hand smacks a bone on her throne, and she'd be amused by the way the stuck together hand wiggles after she smacks it, if she wasn't gripping her forehead in rage, "gruaaaaahhhhh! Fuck you!"
Who she's even shouting at, she's not sure, but whoever he is, he needs to go fuck himself.
Damn the leaf, she needs to think, hopefully before sixteen Genin walk into a shredder… No, that's too generous, there's no way every Genin is following Gita, some will just return to their chambers annoyed but not willing to jump the gun.
"But that makes it even worse!" Because at least some can escape if more go, but if only a few go they'll surely all get torn to shreds, they can reduce casualties by sending more!
So she should send more intentionally - but then she'd be undermining her authority by giving in to what they want after telling them they'll die and demanding they stay. But does she care about her authority? But then that very authority is the only reason she can keep them alive…
"May I suggest you send the rogues?" A voice at her side jumps her out of her stupor, and she finds her palm is on her chest, and her heart rate is higher than it has any right to be.
"Why?" She asks, eying him, her right hand, a man that's been with her for so long. He stands so stoically, so powerfully, ready to enact her will no matter what. If only the Genin were like that.
"They wouldn't win, but if they attacked at the right time they could give the weak ones a chance to escape." His words are always so reassuring, and his fake smile warms her heart as much as a real one could.
"And since they're already summoned, they won't take mana, yeah," she agrees, "I'll send the rogues."
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Kaguya would laugh at that, her many grandbabies are badasses as is proper.
Kaguya did stop and stare with her ultra HD perfect recall eyeballs at the Reverse Harem Jutsu...
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Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
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So I think it was a political statement, actually.
Kishimoto introduced a group of shady people with more money than god, high political power to get away with things, stilted mannerisms, a reason to genuinely think they were better than everybody.
And then gave them the ability to paralyze people on a whim, see through things, an entire eugenics thing, and then _in house slavery_ for their lesser versions.
It's like, huge on symbolism.
But I have a hard time giving him credit for it because it's honestly more likely it was a complete accident given his track record.
I'm pretty sure its more of a common idea around the Mangaka/Novelist bracket. DxD did it too, so did SAO, One Piece, etc.
Less of deliberate and more of views leaking through their work
You mean the imperial world war 2 views and the views of their entire people so ingrained that is directly part of their language?
Canon Side-Story: To-Do-List, Making Friends
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Writer of Sakura
- Location
- New Mexico, USA
- Pronouns
- YouPick
Another week at $70+, another Side-story.
This one was voted on unanimously by the $10 tier patrons, and has a part 2 that'll go up for voting soon. They might never pick it though, if you want to ensure they do, you could always join and vote yourself.
To Do List side stories are a series of side stories that are largely spoiler free - not 100% but I can only do so much, nothing super important at least - about Sakura following through with the stuff she decided she wanted to do during Arc 5.
In today's option, she tries to make friends!
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Sitting at her writing desk, twirling a pen and staring down at some paper, she can't help but mourn how simple and small her list of options is.
See, nothing's made it clearer than she doesn't have enough friends like making friends recently. It sounds counter intuitive, but it turns out getting a little social time has revealed to her that she's quite lonely. It's like when you don't think you're hungry but then you eat some toast and suddenly you're very much interested in more toast.
The first list to look at is the melody of hearts list, as it's heavily implicative that those people at least like her.
Naruto
Lee
Sasuke
Ino
The Third Hokage
Kakashi
Tenten
Hinata
Ami
Haku
There's just, there's issues with most of these?
She's already friends with Naruto, Sasuke, Lee, Tenten, Haku, and Ino.
She has no intentions of hanging out with the Hokage or Kakashi…
Which leaves Hinata and Ami.
Hinata's always been rather off putting for her. Maybe she's shy, maybe she's mean, but absolutely none of her previous attempts to make nice with her have resulted in much but feeling awkward and alone. Then there's the whole fiasco the other day with Hinata, she really doesn't need to be thanked ten thousand times for what her parents did, that's just, no.
And Ami, uh… No.
She's good. She's not dumb enough to go meet her previous bully and make an honest plea for friendship. She's not sure why she was on the Melody of Hearts list, in fact she met her at the festival - well Ino did - so she clearly had a date already.
Okay, that leaves her with zero options. Forget the paper, she can ask around and see who needs a friend, maybe she can provide a pity friend while gaining a pity friend, do some kind of symbiotic friendship thing.
First, she'll ask Naruto, he probably has someone in mind.
"Hey, Sasuke has goggles like that." Sakura points out, looking at the young boy's forehead and how it's covered by glass and plastic. His brown hair is a little unruly, it reminds her of Naruto, but then this was Naruto's suggestion.
"I'm only doing this because the Boss told me to." Naruto's suggestion has his arms crossed, his bright yellow shirt hanging off his shoulders. Konohamaru Sarutobi, the Hokage's grandson, is Naruto's suggestion. She's not so sure about making friends with random kids, but then she is Good With Kids, and if nothing else, being friendly with someone related to the Hokage will probably get her a little leeway. Maybe. That's really not her motivation, but it's a nice plus!
"You really respect Naruto," she observes with a bright smile, "me too, wanna talk about him?"
"Yes! You're his teammate right? Tell me about the Boss!" Konohamaru jumps in the air, throwing a fist up.
Things Naruto's done that are cool… Excluding the Kyuubi for obvious reasons, she decides not to include that she lives with him for now, training is boring and not worth mentioning. Ah, she's got it! "So we fought a vampire on a recent mission, and Naruto was so awesome! He created like a million clones and used them to wade through the blood pool-"
He listens attentively, and she feels she's done a great job, his wide eyes and fascinated awe filled smile are more than enough. She finds she's wiggling all the way home!
She later receives a formal request from the Hokage not to tell gruesome stories to his grandson, though Konohamaru starts visiting the house to talk to her and Naruto so she gains a friend! This is a win!
"Hello, Hanabi!" Neji had a weird recommendation.
Why did she ask Neji again? Still, she leans into it and waves as best she can to get her attention.
"Who are you and why are you talking to me?" Those eyes make it clear who this is, though she'll admit staking out the Academy to talk to a little girl as she leaves class is very awkward. Neji said she was super awkward and needed to talk to people!
"Neji said that I should-"
"Put respect on his name," The little black haired girl snaps at her, "branch family Hyuga are infinitely better than you, you should know your place."
"Errrr, is he? Hinata's main branch and she was my classmate for a while, I don't remember the part where she lectured me about how much better she is." Sakura reaches up to scratch her cheek. Damn-it Neji, this is such a bad recommendation!
"Hinata is a failure, and should not be counted in the data pool." The small girl stomps her foot on the ground, glaring daggers at her. "Are we done?"
"Uh, I just wanted to say hello." Sakura says.
"So we're done." She has nothing to say while the small girl walks away, leaving her behind to feel bad about herself.
"Wow, it's been a while since that happened." It reminds her of the Academy, and her attempts to make friends when she was also a little girl. That kinda dismissal happened kind of a lot. "Okay, next person on this list has to be my age."
Spiky black hair with a cloth above his nose.
Dark brown hair that covers one eye and a headband that makes his Konoha headband look a bit like a beanie.
The gate guards, also known as the eternal protectors of Konoha, are Kakashi's recommendation.
So here she stands, at the gates, right next to them awkwardly watching them check papers and make jokes at each-other's expense. She wanted her age, but they're quite a bit older than her.
Izumo and Kotetsu, she thinks their names are. Uhhhh-
"Kakashi's not here, you can go home." Izumo - she thinks - says to her after a while. "I know he gave you a mission or something to familiarize yourself with the gate."
"N-no, he um, I'm trying to make friends," She explains, clapping her hands together, "he said you two were lonely."
"Right, and the answer to that loneliness is a little girl," who she thinks is Kotetsu snarks, "tell Kakashi his joke is very funny, but you should go meet other Genin."
"Like who?" She asks, eyes lighting up. That's an idea! What if she goes and meets other Genin!
"Uh.. I think the Nara and Akimichi heirs are your age, why not go share a meal and nap with them? Sounds low maintenance to me." Izumo gives her a great idea.
This one was voted on unanimously by the $10 tier patrons, and has a part 2 that'll go up for voting soon. They might never pick it though, if you want to ensure they do, you could always join and vote yourself.
To Do List side stories are a series of side stories that are largely spoiler free - not 100% but I can only do so much, nothing super important at least - about Sakura following through with the stuff she decided she wanted to do during Arc 5.
In today's option, she tries to make friends!
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Sitting at her writing desk, twirling a pen and staring down at some paper, she can't help but mourn how simple and small her list of options is.
See, nothing's made it clearer than she doesn't have enough friends like making friends recently. It sounds counter intuitive, but it turns out getting a little social time has revealed to her that she's quite lonely. It's like when you don't think you're hungry but then you eat some toast and suddenly you're very much interested in more toast.
The first list to look at is the melody of hearts list, as it's heavily implicative that those people at least like her.
Naruto
Lee
Sasuke
Ino
The Third Hokage
Kakashi
Tenten
Hinata
Ami
Haku
There's just, there's issues with most of these?
She's already friends with Naruto, Sasuke, Lee, Tenten, Haku, and Ino.
She has no intentions of hanging out with the Hokage or Kakashi…
Which leaves Hinata and Ami.
Hinata's always been rather off putting for her. Maybe she's shy, maybe she's mean, but absolutely none of her previous attempts to make nice with her have resulted in much but feeling awkward and alone. Then there's the whole fiasco the other day with Hinata, she really doesn't need to be thanked ten thousand times for what her parents did, that's just, no.
And Ami, uh… No.
She's good. She's not dumb enough to go meet her previous bully and make an honest plea for friendship. She's not sure why she was on the Melody of Hearts list, in fact she met her at the festival - well Ino did - so she clearly had a date already.
Okay, that leaves her with zero options. Forget the paper, she can ask around and see who needs a friend, maybe she can provide a pity friend while gaining a pity friend, do some kind of symbiotic friendship thing.
First, she'll ask Naruto, he probably has someone in mind.
"Hey, Sasuke has goggles like that." Sakura points out, looking at the young boy's forehead and how it's covered by glass and plastic. His brown hair is a little unruly, it reminds her of Naruto, but then this was Naruto's suggestion.
"I'm only doing this because the Boss told me to." Naruto's suggestion has his arms crossed, his bright yellow shirt hanging off his shoulders. Konohamaru Sarutobi, the Hokage's grandson, is Naruto's suggestion. She's not so sure about making friends with random kids, but then she is Good With Kids, and if nothing else, being friendly with someone related to the Hokage will probably get her a little leeway. Maybe. That's really not her motivation, but it's a nice plus!
"You really respect Naruto," she observes with a bright smile, "me too, wanna talk about him?"
"Yes! You're his teammate right? Tell me about the Boss!" Konohamaru jumps in the air, throwing a fist up.
Things Naruto's done that are cool… Excluding the Kyuubi for obvious reasons, she decides not to include that she lives with him for now, training is boring and not worth mentioning. Ah, she's got it! "So we fought a vampire on a recent mission, and Naruto was so awesome! He created like a million clones and used them to wade through the blood pool-"
He listens attentively, and she feels she's done a great job, his wide eyes and fascinated awe filled smile are more than enough. She finds she's wiggling all the way home!
She later receives a formal request from the Hokage not to tell gruesome stories to his grandson, though Konohamaru starts visiting the house to talk to her and Naruto so she gains a friend! This is a win!
"Hello, Hanabi!" Neji had a weird recommendation.
Why did she ask Neji again? Still, she leans into it and waves as best she can to get her attention.
"Who are you and why are you talking to me?" Those eyes make it clear who this is, though she'll admit staking out the Academy to talk to a little girl as she leaves class is very awkward. Neji said she was super awkward and needed to talk to people!
"Neji said that I should-"
"Put respect on his name," The little black haired girl snaps at her, "branch family Hyuga are infinitely better than you, you should know your place."
"Errrr, is he? Hinata's main branch and she was my classmate for a while, I don't remember the part where she lectured me about how much better she is." Sakura reaches up to scratch her cheek. Damn-it Neji, this is such a bad recommendation!
"Hinata is a failure, and should not be counted in the data pool." The small girl stomps her foot on the ground, glaring daggers at her. "Are we done?"
"Uh, I just wanted to say hello." Sakura says.
"So we're done." She has nothing to say while the small girl walks away, leaving her behind to feel bad about herself.
"Wow, it's been a while since that happened." It reminds her of the Academy, and her attempts to make friends when she was also a little girl. That kinda dismissal happened kind of a lot. "Okay, next person on this list has to be my age."
Spiky black hair with a cloth above his nose.
Dark brown hair that covers one eye and a headband that makes his Konoha headband look a bit like a beanie.
The gate guards, also known as the eternal protectors of Konoha, are Kakashi's recommendation.
So here she stands, at the gates, right next to them awkwardly watching them check papers and make jokes at each-other's expense. She wanted her age, but they're quite a bit older than her.
Izumo and Kotetsu, she thinks their names are. Uhhhh-
"Kakashi's not here, you can go home." Izumo - she thinks - says to her after a while. "I know he gave you a mission or something to familiarize yourself with the gate."
"N-no, he um, I'm trying to make friends," She explains, clapping her hands together, "he said you two were lonely."
"Right, and the answer to that loneliness is a little girl," who she thinks is Kotetsu snarks, "tell Kakashi his joke is very funny, but you should go meet other Genin."
"Like who?" She asks, eyes lighting up. That's an idea! What if she goes and meets other Genin!
"Uh.. I think the Nara and Akimichi heirs are your age, why not go share a meal and nap with them? Sounds low maintenance to me." Izumo gives her a great idea.
...Neji was totally hoping she'd do something horrible to Hanabi is my guess. Fair, I guess? It's not like he made Hanabi act like that.
That or Hyuuga are even weirder than I think and this was somehow a great conversation by Hanabi standards.
That or Hyuuga are even weirder than I think and this was somehow a great conversation by Hanabi standards.
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Can't win against a Hyuuga in a slapfight, though.
They are totally the sort to go "You fool! You're courting death! Do you know who my father is?"
Face slapping all day.