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[X] Children of Arceus that will bring forth peace and hope.
-[X] It will not equal the harm you have done, or restore the Lives you have taken, but you need to at least attempt to show remorse and restitution.
 
3.9 Goddamnit Sasuke
[X] Children of Arceus that will bring forth peace and hope.

"Children of Arceus that will bring forth peace and hope," Saya said, repeating the words of her mother.

"I see ..." Itachi said. Saya huffed.

"No, you don't. Look, Arceus is the god of all pokemon. He created well, not our universe, but the one where all pokemon come from, where my summons come from." Saya explained with the fervent urge of a believer. Sasuke gave her a look of disbelief.

"That's crazy," he said, earning him a glare from Saya. "There's no such thing as aliens."

"Sasuke," Itachi chided. "You should be open minded."

Saya made a rude noise. "I bet you don't believe me either."

"You lack proof," Itachi reminded her. "But Darkrai is not a normal creature, I admit."

"Anyways," Saya said. "Do you need anything else from me?"

"No, you can go now Sayaka," Itachi said, giving her leave which she gladly took. She gave a sigh of relief as an ANBU escorted her out. Darkrai followed her and she turned to look at him, ignoring all the looks she was getting on the street.

"We really need to do something about the lack of pokeball," she muttered.

[Saya, I apologize, but I must depart.]

"What? What do you mean?"

[There are many humans here with nightmares they must face. Fear, Regret, Guilt ... There are truths that must open in their hearts.] Darkrai explained. [And I fear I will hold you back if I stay.]

"Darkrai ..." Saya said quietly.

[Fear not, Saya.] He pulled out a black tattered cloth from nowhere and gave it to her. [Just simply ask for help while clutching this and I shall come.]

---

The next morning, Saya and Shikamaru found themselves in front of the Godaime.

"Last night, Uchiha Sasuke left the village and we're pretty sure he's heading to the Sound village," Lady Tsunade said. Saya blinked.

"What?! Why?!" He asked, shocked.

"We think Orochimaru has him convinced he can be stronger under his tutelage," Tsunade explained. "Saya, Shikamaru, I'm assigning you your first mission."

"Bring back Sasuke, right?" Shikamaru replied, furrowing his brow.

"Yes, but this mission needs immediate action and odds are, there's going to be trouble from Orochimaru's henchmen," Tsunade explained. "You two distinguished yourselves for your leadership and intelligence during the chuunin exams, so you'll be the leaders on point for this mission."

Shikamaru frowned. "Are there no chuunin or jounin available for this?"

"No. Everyone's doing missions, you should know with your father ..." Tsunade explained. "Within the next half hour, gather as much genin as you deem necessary for the mission and leave the village. Take Naruto, of course."

Saya nodded smartly as she and Shikamaru left. Shikamaru sighed, but turned towards her as they strided out.

"Sayaka, we can do this two ways. A single five man team or two four man teams, led by me and you respectively. We're not taking your bird by the way." Shikamaru explained.

"What, why?" Saya asked, surprised.

"It's a giant target in the sky, very noticeable, and they might have something prepared for it. Discretion will help us more," Shikamaru pointed out.

"We should go with the two four man teams," Saya decided. "I can gather up any genin you need with my clone jutsu and we don't know how strong the enemy is. Plus leadership will be easier to handle this way if we have our own squad cells."

"Alright," Shikmaru agreed with a nod. "Who are you thinking for your team?"

Who do you choose for your team?

[ ] Karin

[ ] Neji

[ ] Naruto

[ ] Tenten

[ ] Kiba

[ ] Chouji

[ ] Hinata

[ ] Lee
 
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What....why would Sasuke leave for power here? He already knows the truth about Itachi and Danzo is going to get his. Makes no sense.


[X] Karin


[X] Naruto


[X] Hinata


Shikamaru works best with Chouji. Each team should have a Hyuuga. Hinata's gentle fist isn't as good as Neji's (unless filler stuff is used and applied early) but her visual range is kind of nuts.

We have Karin and pokemon for extra scouting so Shikamaru will have Kiba for the 2 for 1 with Akamaru and extra tracking.

Bah, Shikamaru should have a 5 man team, so Tenten and Neji get their teamwork synergy on as well.

Although...shouldn't Lee also be available? Shino still being away on a mission I can buy, but as I recall Lee wasn't crippled.

But that can be explained away as him being away training or a mission too, I guess.
 
What....why would Sasuke leave for power here? He already knows the truth about Itachi and Danzo is going to get his. Makes no sense.


[X] Karin


[X] Naruto


[X] Hinata


Shikamaru works best with Chouji. Each team should have a Hyuuga. Hinata's gentle fist isn't as good as Neji's (unless filler stuff is used and applied early) but her visual range is kind of nuts.

We have Karin and pokemon for extra scouting so Shikamaru will have Kiba for the 2 for 1 with Akamaru and extra tracking.

Bah, Shikamaru should have a 5 man team, so Tenten and Neji get their teamwork synergy on as well.

Although...shouldn't Lee also be available? Shino still being away on a mission I can buy, but as I recall Lee wasn't crippled.

But that can be explained away as him being away training or a mission too, I guess.
Sasuke could have been kidnapped.
Or wants the power to kill Danzo himself.

[X ] Neji

[X ] Naruto


[ x] Karin
 
[X] Karin


[X] Naruto


[X] Hinata

this is probably the best team we'll be able to get, although I'm kinda worried by the fact that only us and naruto are really good fighters on this team. although I guess karin might be a better fighter than I'd realized, I'm not too sure how strong she is, even in canon. other than that I'm split on whether to take neji or hinata, considering I don't think we actually know her apart from "some genin who lost in the chunin exams" but I do see it being a good idea to send neji with shikimaru
 
[X] Hinata

[X] Karin

[X] Naruto

Hinata, Neji, Kiba, and Karin are trackers/sensors that can locate the Sound Four and the other team. I don't think Lee got injured so he should be able to join.
 
3.10 The Pursuit!
[X] Karin
[X] Naruto
[X] Hinata

"I'll take Karin, Hinata, and Naruto," Saya decided.

"Alright, I'll take Kiba, Neji, and Chouji," Shikamaru decided. Saya sent out her clones and they promptly brought back the aforementioned people. After giving them a quick debrief, they split up and Shikamaru's team took point with Saya's team following behind. She was keenly aware this was a test of her loyalty to Konoha, and was determined not to fail.

"Alright, Karin take the lead, Naruto stay behind me, Hinata stay behind Naruto and keep an eye out," Saya said sharply. Hinata was probably the weakest link of their team, in her opinion, but her byakugan was too valuable to not have.

"Yes!" Hinata said, looking determined if slightly nervous. They ran through the forest for a while before finding an area filled with traps. Neji and Hinata found all the traps and Shikamaru knocked out a strategy for them. Saya's team would hold back while Shikamaru's team did the strike. It all fell apart as Shikamaru's team was found and quickly trapped. Saya held back Naruto from attacking, who looked furious at it.

"Wait until they leave, and then we'll strike," Saya advised. They left and she sent Naruto to strike at the back of the dome with his new technique and Karin sent her chakra chains to rip the large man from the dome. Naruto opened the dome and they piled out.

"Eight man team huh? Konoha sure loves to sent children to die ..." The man said, after absorbing the chakra chains from Karin who looked disturbed.

"He absorbs chakra, be careful!" Shikamaru barked out. The man then threw a house sized rock at them and Chouji broke it with his baika technique.

"Me and Naruto will take him!" Shikamaru started to bark out, but Saya jumped to his side, furious.

"You're squad leader, you don't just leave it to handle one idiot!" Saya reprimanded.

"Girl's right, you're a real nitwit, must make it hard for his subordinates ..." The enemy ninja insulted.

"I'll take him!" Chouji yelled, clenching his fists. He pulled out a bag of soldier pills. "You guys take these and move on."

Shikamaru looked shocked, before smiling. "Catch up to us, okay Chouji?"

Saya licked her lips as she released Haunter. "Haunter, help Chouji, okay?"

Haunter nodded and giggled as he melted in the ground.

They immediately left them, taking the pills on the run. With Hinata and Neji, they noted a lack of traps and arrogance on the part of the kidnappers. Shikamaru transformed into the enemy shinobi and entered their group. But the henge failed as they realized he was an imposter and attacked Shikamaru. They surged upon him, but found that his chakra web was difficult to fight against unless you had the gentle fist.

"Go, I'll take him," Neji said, after snapping the shinobi's web strands from Karin. Hinata appeared at his side as well, already in her gentle fist form.

"We'll take him together," Hinata said, resolutely.

"Lady Hinata ..."

"Don't you dare tell me to leave," Hinata said, sharply.

Neji smiled. "I wouldn't dare."

So they continued on, four less than it was. Saya had concerns about them, but she pushed them away to focus on the mission. They cornered the last two shinobi with their group and managed to grab the coffin. However, a trap Kiba set with Akamaru went wrong and Kiba went back to save his dog. Kiba, Akamaru and the strange shinobi fell into the cavern. Saya released Fearow instantly.

"Follow Kiba and help him!" She ordered. Fearow fearlessly flew into the gorge and they were left with just the female sound nin.

Or so they thought. They were kicked away from the coffin. Karin, Saya, Shikamaru, and Naruto flew back hitting trees.

"Kimimaro!" The female sound nin exclaimed, sounding fearful and surprised.

"Tayuya, I will let you live, so take care of these pests," he said, tonelessly. He picked up the coffin and left in a blur.

"Saya, Naruto, go take on that guy, Karin and I can take care of this one ..." Shikamaru said. They ran past Tayuya as Shikamaru and Karin engaged the female sound nin.

Saya noticed Naruto's face growing increasingly feral and worried about his control.

How do you take on Kimimaru?

[ ] Use Honedge and go Sword Saint mode.

[ ] Use genjutsu to entrap Kimimaru.

[ ] Play defensively with your kenjutsu and genjutsu.

[ ] Write In.
 
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[X] Use genjutsu to entrap Kimimaru

Getting within melee range of Kimimaru sounds like a bad idea. Better leave it to genjutsu and clones.
 
[X] Use genjutsu to entrap Kimimaru. Call out Honedge for support

guys, honedge can float around and attack kimimaro as well
 
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