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The Princess of Blades (Naruto/Exalted)

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[X] Just keep what's been going on going on, you like have friends you can just unwind with and not thing about how crazy life has gotten. Plus, you're not sure involving them is a the best idea.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
Crilltic said:
"Tenten!"

The shouts to your right interrupt your annoyance, "Oh good, I thought you guys...ran...off" You turn to greet them but your greeting dies on your lips. The bundle of clothes in your arms falls forgotten to the floor as you look at the pair of them, and more specifically what the pair of them are wearing.

"You like it Tenten?" Sakura gives you a beaming smile, with one hand cocked proudly on her hip, clad in dark red jumpsuit and boots.

"Yes, I think it makes us look positively youthful!" Ino pipes up with a smile and thumbs up of her own, clad in a matching purple jumpsuit.

You feel your face go through several expressions as you look back and forth between the two girls. Shock, denial, annoyance, more shock, before finally settling on abject terror. For the love of-...it really is contagious.

Your mouth opens and closes several times before you can manage speaking, "No." You settle on blunt refusal, "This is not happening."
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Totes is happening 10-10.
Eventually however, you manage to corral the two girls away from the clothing section of the store and towards the eventual exit from the department store. Until that is you yourself get distracted by several small sheets of innocuous white paper on a shelf. You carefully pick the small packet up off the shelf and turn it over in your hands.

"Hm? Tenten, what are those?" Sakura peaks over your shoulder.

You hold them out for her to see with a smile, "Oh, these are sheets of chakra paper. They're used to test for elemental affinity. I just didn't know they sold them here. I've been kinda meaning to find out mine for awhile, but Gai-sensei never put much emphasis on ninjutsu, and I've been focusing on weapons for awhile." You spare a glance at the price displayed and recoil just a touch. Sheesh these things are expensive, but you pick up the pack anyway.

The three of you move to the check-out, between the outfits and the chakra paper you blow a nice little hole in your spending money until you can start taking missions again, but hopefully with your promotion to Chunin coming that will mean a nice influx of cash to your pockets. To your continued disbelief, Sakura actually goes through with buying the jumpsuit, while Ino just buys some odds and ends.

It isn't until you get outside the store that you take out the pack of paper you bought. Sakura just looks at you expectantly, and you handed over one of the scraps of paper to Sakura. You also offer one to Ino, but she shakes her head, "I already know what mine is, thanks though."

Sakura clutches the piece of paper in her hands, "Okay, so what do I do?"

"You just channel chakra through the paper, it will react differently depending on what your affinity is. If you have a wind affinity it will-" Sakura's brow creases and the piece of paper almost immediately flops over soaked, "-or if you have a water affinity it will do exactly that." You seamlessly finish.

Then, for the moment of truth, you hold up the piece of paper in your fingers and focus. The piece of paper almost immediately catches fires in your fingers. Which leads to you enduring some good-natured joking the entire way home about how Sakura's elemental affinity beats yours.
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Huh, figures, Kakashi never bothered to test them for elemental affinity yet. Wasteful considering he's a Ninjutsu specced teacher.

Also Sakura now owns a red jumpsuit.
Now if we can get Sasuke into a blue one...

[X] Sakura definitely, but Ino you're not so sure about. You honestly don't know how you feel about Sakura's vitriolic "friend" and you're not going to do anything until you figure out it out.

Limited sharing I think. I'm not sure we're that close with Ino yet.

Which still doesn't answer the fact that you've still barely managed to process how you even feel about the events of the last week.


[X] Optimistic yet anxious: You've done a lot of good, but you can only hope you've done enough. Something is obviously going on, and you worry that despite what you've managed to accomplish something terrible is still going to happen.
Gained +2d bonus to Appearance rolls until the end of the week.
+2XP towards increasing Appearance.
Ino [2/3 Scenes] for Intimacy.
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We should go shopping more. It's good training!

Tenten has a Fire Affinity.
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In possession of the Flames of YOUTH!
 
veekie said:
Also Sakura now owns a red jumpsuit.
Now if we can get Sasuke into a blue one...
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No, he need to dress in yellow, otherwise the colors wouldn't work. Either that, or Naruto needs to dress in yellow, so that they'd be the primary colors.

Someone needs to wear yellow, is what I'm saying. And it can't be Tenten, she just glows yellow.
 
[X] Excited yet overwhelmed: A whole lot of it was exciting, and terrifying, but it's all just so much to take in. Just the numerous plausible answers for what you've seen make your head spin, it's...well saying it's a "bit much" is a rather tremendous understatement.

Eh, we are better at scaring people than being frightened. Now they could easily kill us, but we are working on that.
 
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.
 
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
[X] Just keep what's been going on going on, you like have friends you can just unwind with and not thing about how crazy life has gotten. Plus, you're not sure involving them is a the best idea.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.

Liked the update, especially Ino and Sakura's revenge. But there's something very important that was revealed that I feel people aren't paying enough attention to:
Tenten has a Fire Affinity.
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Yes, we now have the opportunity to acquire the ultimate anti-Ninja defense! Because as everybody knows, Ninjas can't catch you if you're on fire!
 
fictionfan said:
We would need to do more missions to be able to afford it.
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Not that badly off I think. Maybe kidnapped for makeup/disguise lessons next?

ichypa said:
No, he need to dress in yellow, otherwise the colors wouldn't work. Either that, or Naruto needs to dress in yellow, so that they'd be the primary colors.

Someone needs to wear yellow, is what I'm saying. And it can't be Tenten, she just glows yellow.
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Naruto is already in orange.

Just use Tenten to bleach his clothes yellow with totemic anima
 
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.

[X] Optimistic yet anxious: You've done a lot of good, but you can only hope you've done enough. Something is obviously going on, and you worry that despite what you've managed to accomplish something terrible is still going to happen.

Friennnnnd(shhhiiiiipppppingggg)
 
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Crilltic said:
Sakura's brow creases and the piece of paper almost immediately flops over soaked, "-or if you have a water affinity it will do exactly that." You seamlessly finish.
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Huh. I've gotten so used to think of Sakura as having an Earth affinity that this threw me for a brief loop.

[X] Just keep what's been going on going on, you like have friends you can just unwind with and not thing about how crazy life has gotten. Plus, you're not sure involving them is a the best idea.
[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
[X] Just keep what's been going on going on, you like have friends you can just unwind with and not thing about how crazy life has gotten. Plus, you're not sure involving them is a the best idea.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
Crilltic said:
"You like it Tenten?" Sakura gives you a beaming smile, with one hand cocked proudly on her hip, clad in dark red jumpsuit and boots.
"Yes, I think it makes us look positively youthful!" Ino pipes up with a smile and thumbs up of her own, clad in a matching purple jumpsuit.
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I think I can see Tenten's face from here.
And it is glorious.
Crilltic said:
Both Ino and Sakura give you dubious looks, but you'll show them, and they at least don't press the issue. Instead Ino turns to Sakura, "Aren't you going to change?"
Sakura just glances down with a small smile, "No actually, I kinda like it. I'll think I'll buy it."
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Poor Kakashi.
This is going to be something of a surprise:V

Crilltic said:
Gained +2d bonus to Appearance rolls until the end of the week.
+2XP towards increasing Appearance.
Ino [2/3 Scenes] for Intimacy.
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So we're at an effective Appearance 4 for the rest of the week.
And 6XP to go to hit Appearance 3.
Yeah boi.

Crilltic said:
Tenten has a Fire Affinity.
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Hmm.
Not the best affinity for a weapons user(that would be Wind or Lightning), but at least it's not Earth.
Not entirely unexpected though, given Tenten's lowkey pyromaniac tendencies.
Chakra Flow might not be worth learning before the Chuunin Exams anymore, though we're still going to want to learn Hien eventually.


VOTE
[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.
[X] Optimistic yet anxious: You've done a lot of good, but you can only hope you've done enough. Something is obviously going on, and you worry that despite what you've managed to accomplish something terrible is still going to happen.

REASON
1)Ino's dad works in Intelligence, and she herself is a clan heir.
If we were asking advice, Ino is a better source than Sakura.

Remember, Ino is the social butterfly who has pretty much grown up with guy friends ; we have Lee to deal with later in the week, and Neji next week. She knows guys, and can offer advice for understanding and maybe convincing them.
Since we are still Presence 0, that's kinda important.

Plus, as a clan kid, she probably knows more about Hyuga internal politics than we do, which is a big deal for understanding and dealing with Neji.
Use your resources properly.

2)Optimism because she's Team Gai, and has spent a year with Gai and Lee; something will have rubbed off.Anxiety because she's aware that shit can go wrong, and it's pretty evident that something is happening behind the scenes.

Remember, this is the girl who is currently making a project of BEFRIENDING the Sand genin who broke her back. And who took someone who was stalking her to Gai for help. Optimism is very much IC.
 
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Silly Ino. Fire beats everything.

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It vaporizes water, melts through rock, gets stronger with air, and electricity can't flow through it!
 
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[X] Open up to both of them a bit, nothing confidential of course, but just let them know more about what's been going on with you outside the times you've seen them.
[X] Optimistic yet anxious: You've done a lot of good, but you can only hope you've done enough. Something is obviously going on, and you worry that despite what you've managed to accomplish something terrible is still going to happen.
 
[X] Just keep what's been going on going on, you like have friends you can just unwind with and not thing about how crazy life has gotten. Plus, you're not sure involving them is a the best idea.

[X] Proud yet frightened: You've done something great, an ANBU member flat out told you that to your face, and you're proud you managed to serve your Village well. But you're keenly aware that in doing so you stuck your neck into something way bigger than you. Involving a lot of people who could very easily kill you without a second thought.
 
Ah secrecy. The bane of Exalts.

1010 sure is following the footsteps of her predecessors it seems.
 
[X] Sakura definitely, but Ino you're not so sure about. You honestly don't know how you feel about Sakura's vitriolic "friend" and you're not going to do anything until you figure out it out.

[X] Excited yet overwhelmed: A whole lot of it was exciting, and terrifying, but it's all just so much to take in. Just the numerous plausible answers for what you've seen make your head spin, it's...well saying it's a "bit much" is a rather tremendous understatement.
 
[X] Sakura definitely, but Ino you're not so sure about. You honestly don't know how you feel about Sakura's vitriolic "friend" and you're not going to do anything until you figure out it out.


[X] Optimistic yet anxious: You've done a lot of good, but you can only hope you've done enough. Something is obviously going on, and you worry that despite what you've managed to accomplish something terrible is still going to happen.

well sakura had meet orochimaru......
 
uju32 said:
Not the best affinity for a weapons user(that would be Wind or Lightning), but at least it's not Earth.
Not entirely unexpected though, given Tenten's lowkey pyromaniac tendencies.
Chakra Flow might not be worth learning before the Chuunin Exams anymore, though we're still going to want to learn Hien eventually.
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Different uses:
-Fire is for raw damage. Especially the higher end fire tend to cause damage over time, which is very useful for pressing the attack even if they can tank the flames. Pretty much nothing is immune to it. Everything burns.

-Wind is for cutting power, but while it does savage damage when you hit, we don't see it to be particularly effective on hard enemies.

-Lightning is for piercing power, which is great for hard enemies, though not really adding that much vs the average ninja.

Fire is perfectly good here. If it's not working you just need to use more of it.
 
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