>>16433980
Tell the Mizukage: "The Seven Swordsmen are ready to show the world again why they should fear shadows in the mist."

I don't know if we should also say "I will bring my team back alive."

>>16434022
I believe that's implied, since she expects your success.

Anyway, should we do a grand melee, or should we just get the fluff outta the way so when I come back from work we can get right to the fighting against the Kinkaku Force?

>>16434032
Fluff out of the way so that we can beat the force.

Well, I was hoping we could level up before three-to-one fight, but lets get this brawl started. Fluff me, OP.

And send a fairwell note to our friend, Gen. Oh! And how did he like doing all that seal-crafting for the rest of the Swordsmen?

>>16434032
I'm tempted to spend those points we got for the month of training right now, but I know we're gonna need them for-

OPERATION LIGHT-BREAK

DUN
DUN
DUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN

With all haste you and your Swordsmen depart under cover of night on a small barge with no motor. The entire time you and Yuki are focusing to dampen your team's chakra to slip past the sensors that may be scanning. You presume your success as it takes almost an hour to get across the sea and start moving. You take your time and move efficiently and slowly towards the camp's location. You come upon a huge ridge over-looking the depressed mining area and camp. A large number of explosions, wreckage, fallen trees, all manner of obstacles litter the landscape. A single bunkhouse rests in the middle of the area. Yuki continues suppressing your chakra and asks, "Captain, when do you want to strike? We can do so under cover of night or with morning's light."

>>16434066

Gen responds to your note with his usual tactiturn answer, "Don't lose those swords. Don't wreck the seals. Don't come home dead." Well, maybe less taciturn, he seems to be warming up to you.

>>16434088

I would suggest Morning Light... coming out of the morning mist, extending it with our own... they'd think it'd be nothing, until the screams start.

>>16434088
At dawns first light I want that mist rolling in like Har, at the same time we should prep one location near our boat as a fall back position just in case. So our objectives are what? Lure out the Kinkaku force but aside from that? I want that mine closed to them and I want genin dead.

Okay, here's a skill point distribution I came up with.
There's still 2 skill points left unallocated, as I couldn't decide where to put them. I made each person max out their specialty, and get a bit of training in support stuff to aid in the team technique.

http://pastebin.com/1Ri2q7G5

Has anyone thought of other ojectives for this mission or are we ready?

>>16434088
"Attack with the morning mist."

>>16434097
I thought we were the taciturn one and he was the talkative one.

>>16434188
In the hidden mist almost everyone is the tactiturn one.

>>16434187
Blow the mine, kill and terrify some genin, and be ready to face the Kinkaku Force when they arrive.

Should we kill all the genin, or make sure that some escape so that they can alert the Kinkaku Force? Or do you think our chakra activating will be enough to get them to respond?

>>16434127
We still need decide what perks to have. Mostly I think they will be the 'Seven Mists' for our murdering.

Also, I think this really exemplifies why we may need a higher cap.

>>16434125
I agree we should come in like the mist rolling down the hills. But we shouldn’t kill the kids. We should focus on capturing any powerful nin for brainwashing or dissection and leaving the other’s incapable of fighting – removing legs, arms, eyes. Thinks that will require deep sinks of money to support them, but won’t inspire the fury that the dead will. Also, having mutilated ninja will be horrible for moral.

>>16434207
I figure if the screams aren't drawing them in then we're doing something wrong.

>>16434207

We may as well leave a few of the little bastards alive. No reason I can think of that killing them wouldn't change anything in the long run. So we leave a heavily scarred genin survive and rise through the ranks.

And then in 20 years, s/he is a kinkaku bad ass with a grudge.

Eh. I'll risk it.

>>16434125
>>16434115
Yeah, the actual mission is to disrupt their training camp.

Morning's light has broken for less than ten minutes before the mist rolls in. The first casualty is the watchman who yawns and never breathes out as Gendo slices his throat wide open and drops him. Body after body hits the floor as the Genin meekly throw shuriken before turning tail and running. Your job is obvious, you kill all of them that you can and start breaking the camp. You allow messengers to escape.

It takes about fifteen minutes, but in short order Yuki calls out, "Incoming! Tetsuo?" She asks and the man puts his hands together, "There's.....around twenty to thirty of them, I think we've got them!" A hailstorm of kunai and shuirken fly over the ridge and you all ready yourselves to parry before Yuki slides in front of everyone, "They have tags! Wind Style: Blasting Pressure Cannon!" With a huge exhalation the kunai are scattered away from you all and blow up harmlessly away from you. When the smoke clears there are twenty five men and women with the signature cloaks on and five ANBU agents standing by. "What the hell is the meaning of this?" A tall woman with a huge spear demands, "What the hell do you think you're doing? Do you want to die?" She challenges.

Also I think not all of the members of the seven swords should immediately attack. Let the enemy think it's a smaller force attacking and then the members that are still hidden can ambush once we engage the forces sent after us.

>>16434222
>>16434222
>>16434222
>>16434251

I retcon all instances of kill in regards to Genin with maim and brutalize, but allow to survive.

>>16434222
Depends on how advanced their ninja medicine is, it wouldn't surprise me to find out they can graft on arms and legs. Then again maybe we should aim to remove the right arm, left leg and a random ear from each of them?

The ANBU agents fan out to the sides of the Kinkaku force, kneeling down and readying their hands for making seals, under their cloaks so you can't tell what type of jutsu they're performing, and can't sense their chakra.

The majority of the Kinkaku Force stays condensed in five ranks of five, with the exception of the middle column that the leader is standing out from.

In addition to everything we have for goals so far, we should break into whatever the genin have for rations and put tree seeds into the food.

PROBLEM, CLOUD VILLAGE?

>>16434253
Our only response should be to step back into the mist, and then let it roll forwards.

>>16434286
Ahahaha oh wow thats a great idea.

>>16434253
Stay silent, immediately have everyone sign Hidden Mist jutsu, and just fade out of sight.

Wonder what the ANBU are doing here, though. Backup for the Kinkaku? Have they also deteriorated like the Seven Swords to the point that they need ANBU for backup?

>>16434286
YES! We are so doing that!

>>16434253
"No. We are here to disrupt the training of your Ninjas and to fight you, Kinkaku Force."

And now OP has to go to work. But before I go, I leave you with this.

Yuki whispers, "I did some reading up, the Kinkaku Force specializes in combined Fuujutsu, if you get so much as flanked, you risk being sealed away. If we get surrounded, we're dead." She says, her bone blades sliding out with an ominous sound.

See you gents at 11 or so board time!

>>16434376
We'll have to be careful of those ANBU then, since we can't sense their chakra.
I wish we could stack Mastery on Hidden Mist. Then we could have it react not only to chakra but also physical presence, to be able to detect chakra-cloaked targets.

Don't get surrounded... hmm...

Do we have any Go experts on the team?

(As usual, pic unrelated except that it has a sword)

>>16434494
We've got our entire team here now; we should make sure to put them into formation so that we can get the bonuses.

>>16434587
For the extra 2 points left over, let's give them to Saito. If we go by the skill distribution from here >>16434127
he can get his Ninjutsu up to 10, which would mean a massive Tacticts Pool of 12.

OP, we have 7 Swordsmen, but there are only 6 Roles. What will the 7th person do? Do you have any idea for rules on groups that are very large?

>>16436972
We can be Melee -again-.

>>16437039
That goes without saying. Boosting our Taijutsu up to 12? Yeah, I want that.

Also once we disappear into the mist, we should put on that ANBU mask we got from our fence. These are Cloud ANBU, so we don't care what they think, and the anti-genjutsu bonus will be nice to have.

are all ANBU mask's all the same? or do they differ village to village?

>>16437144
We do have a mind-link, so we can tell the Seven 'I am putting on an ANBU mask'.

>>16437187
They do seem to differ from Village to Village. Especially the Hidden Mist's, which has the Hunter-nin division within their ANBU, which actually has the Village symbol on their mask, unlike other ANBU groups.

>>16437333
hmmmm I say we take a mask from a anbu we kill from every village.....and there gear.

>>16437360
My inner spy is loving this idea.

>>16437360
I like this idea! All the better to sneak into their villiage. Also, as an honest man, it will piss them off and make them fight poorly.

>>16437360
We need to do this

So plans are:
1. Beat the ever-living shit out of the Kinkaku Force.
2. Kill the Cloud ANBU and take their stuff.
3. Put tree seeds in all of the rations and food remaining in the camp.

Anything else? We'll probably do the whole "Recognize this armor?" trolling with a different Cloud group.

>>16437514
kidnap a few brats to brainwash

>>16437514
'I am an honest man. I am also a cruel man. Forgive me'

>>16437591
No, we're not cruel. We're just ruthless. There is a very fine distinction between the two.
We won't kick a man when he's down as long as he stays down, but we WILL curbstomp him if he gets back up.

>>16437610
Ruthless is beating a man so he will not get up, maybe ever.
Cruel is wearing the armor of a dead grandmaster and going 'HEY EVERYONE! REMEMBER HOW THIS GUY DIED? YUMMY YUMMY TREE SEEDS.' That is cruel.

>>16437647
it's called you put that armor in a glass case and take care of it! but nope we bought that armor in the black market so its fair game!

>>16437680
agreed

>>16437647
Oh god I can't stop laughing.

By the way, I was just considering something that's not immediately relevant. If we ever get a summoning contract (which we probably want to), I'm thinking that it should a predator that either can stalk around in the mist and tear people apart (big cats), or something that can swoop in from the sky at fuckoff speeds (raptors). Cats would fit with our murder-mist thing quite nicely. Raptors, once we can summon the unnaturally large ones, could give us some nice mobility options that not many ninja have.

By raptors, it should be clear that I mean more modern birds of prey, and not stuff like velociraptors, deinonychus, or utahraptors. Though if there's a summon contract for those, I would totally be up for that.

>>16437976
>Not suggesting utahraptors from the get go.
Uh-huh. Clearly this is a foolish thing.

Also? Not sharks? Really?

>>16437976
what do you think about the idea of stealing ANBU mask's and gear

>>16437976

Someone suggested Gorillas. C'mon. Gorillas in the Mist.

>>16438008
Well apparently Noodle might already be ANBU or something so

>see original thread
Eh, it won't take off.
>see 3rd thread
Already full of names and dealing with Akatsuki. Too inflated, won't live long.
>see 7th thread
>ANBU
It's getting a little real now.

>>16438001
Although I'm not the one being asked I personally think that taking ANBU stuff is a good idea whenever possible. I also think if we can steal special eyes etc it would be an excellent idea. I am still sore over the fact we forgot to take those sharingan in the beginning of the story.

>>16438053
>we forgot to take those sharingan in the beginning of the story.

>>16437999
Nah, that's sempai's theme.

>>16437999
If only you guys and Kisame were still friends, he's the contract holder and the only one left.

>>16437333
>>16437333
>>16437187
This guy is very correct. ANBU is a general term used for the secret police/special forces of the villages. Though they all have the same basic outer core, each Village's ANBU has different elements, like our Hunters, and Konoha's Root/Interrogation and Information Division.

>>16436972
When you exceed the 6-man team you can have redundancies. Combat bonuses do not stack. As in, a sensor doesn't get double bonus from 2 Melee Specialists.

I think that's all questions.

>>16438053
That is because we are an honest man, and we do not cheat our way past skill. Anyway, our sword will remove the eyes of anyone that would doubt our Skill.

>we forgot to take those sharingan in the beginning of the story.
Yeah, I found the quest during the second thread, so it was already too late to do anything.

Fuck
Fuck
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

>>16438100
I don't consider taking eyes as cheating our way past skill. I call it a reward for demostrating skill against difficult odds in unusual situations (its not every day you fight someone with a sharingan etc).

>>16438127

We cut the kid in HALF. I don't think he had the Sharingan.

>>16438127
It would also piss Konoha off even more than we already do. Maximum anger.

So, is everyone ready for the fight of a lifetime?

>>16438148
Maximum assassinations in the night.

>>16438138
I'm pretty certain that we -only- recognized him as an Uchiha because of his activated Sharingan.

>>16438151
Yes.

>>16438151
Lets do this

Ok everyone, assign roles, roll Rank+Genjutsu at your highest member to gauge initiative.

Is this the current charater sheet for our party members??

http://pastebin.com/1Ri2q7G5

Okay, Team Roles:

Shima: Melee Specialist
Yuki: Medic (she's the ONLY medic, so nothing can be done about that)
Waraji: Melee Specialist
Mangetsu: Squad Leader
Tetsuo: Sensor (has advanced chakra detection)
Gendo: Ranged Specialist
Saito: Tactician

Well, I do suggest we leave the leader chick alive and flirt relentlessly with her.

We are not only an honest man, but a man...

>>16438214
No, that doesn't fit with our Professional and 'Operator gonna Operate' personality we've been playing Shimaru with.

Obviously we want Tetsuo's genjutsu.

>>16438214
I disagree. We're too professional for that. We can always flirt with people that don't have an immediate desire to kill us. I'm pretty sure that's in the Evil Overlord List.

What dice need to be rolled? Using Tetsuo who is a Jonin with a genjutsu rank of 8 according to the most recent character sheet. is that 4d8 or 12d10 or something else entirley?

>>16438233
'What is Flirt?'

Also, OP, I think it would be a good idea to repost Shimaru Yamada's character sheet

rolled 3, 3, 10, 5, 4, 9, 1, 2 = 37

>>16438301
Genjutsu Knowledge, specifically. Rank+Genjutsu Knowledge.

reasonably certain this is the most recent

Shimaru Yamada, Jonin
Injury: 9/18/36
Taijutsu: 9
Ninjutsu: 9
Genjutsu: 4
Chakra: 4
Determination: 8
Chakra Pool: 9

Feats-
Vigorous Chakra System: Use Taijutsu instead of Chakra Control stat for Chakra Pool.
Advanced Chakra Detection: You can sense chakra easily and naturally, without using a chakra control roll.

Skills-
Greatsword Skills: 5
Shinobi Movement: 5
Taijutsu Knowledge: 3
Ninjutsu Knowledge: 5
Water Style Talent: 5
Genjutsu Knowledge: 3
Fuujutsu Knowledge: 1
Martial Arts: 2

Perks:
Greatsword Master
Blitz (Speed Rank 2)
Blood Hunger
Bond (Genpachi Kirihara)
Strong Bond (Kisame Hoshigaki)

Unique Abilities:
Willow's Whisper: Parry a melee attack, counterattack, and grapple an opponent at the cost of 1 point of Determination.

Eyes in the Mist: Allows for sensing of people's chakra within our mist, even if they're invisible, hidden, or otherwise supposed to be undetectable. All enemies take -1 Dice Pool Penalty due to the oppressive feeling of being in our mist, and we can Shinobi Movement to them for free if they attempt to use a technique.

Special Ability 3
Still undecided officially. Unofficially appears to be the ability to evaporate water from anything we touch to fuel our jutsu.

Techniques:
Water Dragon (C:1, R:7, D: N+2)
Shunshin (C:1, R:5, D:-)
Hidden Mist (C:1,R:6B,D:-)
Water Clone (C: X+1, R:-, D:-)
Iron Wind (C:1,R:5,D:-)
Water Prison

Inventory:
Suiseiken (Greatsword of Fire and Water)
Second Shinobi World War Armor
5/4 Blood/Soldier Pill combo pack
19 Exploding Tags (ready)
1 flak jacket (Konoha-pattern, large)
1 flak jacket (Konoha-patter, Kiri colors, large)
2 Storage Scrolls
Bingo Book
ANBU Mask

Money: 180 Ryo + 200 Ryo (from gambling; was this profit or our total after)

rolled 7, 10, 4, 1, 1, 7, 2, 5, 2 = 39

rank 4 + genjutsu knowledge 5

/tg/ is running a bit slow for me.

rolled 3, 6, 4, 4, 8, 8, 5, 3, 3 = 44

>>16438336
So with a rank of 4 (for jonin) and a genjutsu knowledge of 5 thats a 9d10?

rolled 10, 9, 7, 6, 8, 2, 5, 10, 9 = 66

>>16438336
If we go by the >>16438204
skill distribution, then it should be Tetsuo.
Rank 4 + Genkutsu Knowledge 5

This is the updated character sheet, 100%.

http://pastebin.com/tLkQcUDQ

>>16438362
8 vs 6, you guys have initiative. Since Tetsuo is your Sensor, and not your leader, you're gonna take initiative in descending Genjutsu order. If two people have a tied score it's your choice.

/tg/ appears to be lagging.

>>16438376
...Why?
You got 9 successes, he only got 8 because of the 10.

>>16438393
Didn't see the 10, typically I only saw the 1's :P.

>>16438388
Note: I would include actual rank-stat somewhere on the sheet. Maybe in a bracket after Jonin.

>>16438388
Order then is:
Tetsuo
Yuki, Mangetsu, Saito
Shima
Waraji
Gendo

Is the entire battlefield already covered by mist? Did we get to have a nice scene of all 7 of us simultaneously signing for Hidden Mist, and then disappearing into the fog?
Or are we going to have to output more?

>>16438419

The Cloud-nin are braced for your charge but as one you all throw up your right arms and as one mist almost explodes from you, shrouding the entire valley in mist. Now ready for action, Tetsuo stomps down hard and aims his sword forward, lunging forward at ludicrous speed, the blade in his hand blasting like a light grenade as the sound of a pained gasp fills the air, first blood to the Swordsmen.

Yuki chooses to hop from foot to foot, her fingers up and her eyes closed, doing her best to sense through the mist and guage the enemy's actions, delaying for now.

Mangetsu makes a string of rapid hand-signs before turning into a water dragon and coursing after the explosion of light, colliding with a shinobi and turning back into his normal form, teeth bared and strong hands reaching for a neck to snap.

Saito slips into the earth and begins traveling forward, appearing behind the enemy shinobi with great care, as he learned, ready for your attack.

(Go ahead Captain)

>>16438461
One strike bisecting attack. And let's see how many we can drop in one sweep of Suiseiken.

>>16438482
So, appearing behind them for 1 Determination and then activating your Flurry ability for 1 more Determination?

dont forget to go for the ANBU! We must have its mask and gear for our future trolling!

>>16438491
Yes. To activate our steam buzzsaw, how much chakra does that require?

>>16438515
2 Chakra. 1 for the Water, 1 for the Fire. You want bodies, eh?

>>16438491
Flurry says that it uses our base Taijutsu score.
Does that mean that we roll Rank 4 + Taijutsu 12? Or Taijutsu 9, without the Melee Specialist bonus?

>>16438528
The more dead in the first round the less we have to worry about getting flanked and caught in a fuujutsu.

Do other people agree?

>>16438550
Completely. Strike as hard as we can while they still don't know what exactly to expect from us. Best chance to get some early kills. If we can get any of the ANBU in the process, that's a bonus.

>>16438550
Agreed, let the bodies hit the floor.

>>16438550

I do!

>>16438539
Rank+Taijutsu 12. Yes, that's insane, yes, I'm well ware, that's why it's once per encounter!

rolled 3, 10, 2, 10, 8, 2, 9, 5, 5, 2, 7, 8, 3, 1, 3, 8 = 86

>>16438580
Rolling, I think I've got this right.

>>16438593
Welp...that was not amazing.

rolled 3, 10, 3, 10, 8, 3, 9, 9 = 55

>>16438593
Dodgan

>>16438593
Can we spent some points on getting rid of those tens?

>>16438643
Ok I am much happier about our roll now lol. I think I am too pessemistic when I see more then 1 10 and a bunch of high numbers :P.

>>16438668
Actually, yeah, withdrawing this. Actually just counted, and we have over twelve under 8 and 9 under five. So unless those two 10s make downing a lot of ANBU or Kinkaku Force in one steamy blast, no wasting Determination

>>16438593
12 vs 4.....yeah....

Ok so your move. Just crank up the deeps or blow some Determination?

If we drop them, we get (between some and all of) our Suiseiken activation chakra back, right? Due to Blood Hunger?

>>16438710
If you kill all of them you all, as well as dropping just 2. Pretty sure you're getting a refund.

>>16438704
Lets spent a little to desimate their forces and get back into the safety of The Mist. And...have we activated the Seven Massacres in the Mist yet?

>>16438704
We could go all out with Rank 4 Extra Effect, and force them all to make a Difficult Taijutsu Challenge to survive. But that's just 2 successes needed.
Or we could go with 3 Effect, use only 3 Determination, and we would do Skill 5 + Taijutsu 12 + Buzzsaw damage starting at Injured and going into wounded.

You know, I don't think we ever got the mechanical effects of Seireiken's buzzsaw attacks.
OP, could you throw that out first, so we can see if it's better to use an Effect 3 or Effect 4?

>>16438721
CHOP
CHOP
CHOP
WATCHING ALL THE NINJAS DROP

>>16438792
Absolutely. The steam combination attack deals an additional 5 damage to a neutral target.

>>16438721
No one seems capable of actually saying whether to use 3 Determination, 4 Determination, or none.

Use 3 Determination, put them into Injured and do the damage. The enemy, being Jonin, all have a good chance at surviving a Difficult Taijutsu test, and so it would waste the extra point of Determination.

>>16438807
You are not helping. Of course we're going to chop them up; the question is what amount of Determination to use.

Well, they only need 2 successes to beat a Difficult challenge, so I'd be inclined to go with the damage. The damage wouldn't be enough to put someone like us, Kisame, or Yuki down, but it should be enough to severely wound all of them.

>>16438928
>>16438928

Alrighty then. So your damage total comes out to 12+5+5. 22 damage to injured targets. Two of them die instantly, the other goes to wounded.

Waraji decides to charge in, on foot, and gets up close to an enemy, taking a swing and landing a good hit to the shoulder, but nothing too serious.

Gendo, finally, moves right next to them and unleashes his hideous laugh, hopefully giving the enemy enough of a scare.

>>16438960
Actually, starting from wounded and dealing that much damage, we could come relatively close to oneshotting ourselves. And we're a tough bastard, so hopefully at least a couple of them will die immediately.

>Two of them die instantly,
Perfect.

>>16438964
Is Yuki still deferring her turn?
And now that it's the enemy's turn, we need to be careful to not get caught.

Immediately four of the Kinkaku shinobi jump over your heads and land behind you, all of them making a seal as they strike the ground, "Chakra Vortex Seal, Release!" The seal appears beneath Gendo, Tetsuo, and Waraji. With a flash of white light they all cry out in pain as they feel their inner reserves of strength being drained away.

However, two of the shinobi don't get to maintain the hold as Yuki suddenly is between them, her blades rammed through their necks as she tosses the bodies aside, the seal breaking, "Don't get flanked! I told you all that!" She barks out.

The ANBU agents suddenly vanish both from sight and chakra sense, slipping away from their group, presumably, but to go who knows where. Out of the twenty five members five are already dead, the other twenty now scatter in all directions, now that you have charged, to try and get around your men, their hands working quickly to get a massive sealing jutsu up. At the moment, however, half of them throw more kunai and shuriken to try and force you all to defend.

(Standard projectiles incoming)

>>16439044
well.......fuck

>>16439044
It's a little hard to not get flanked when they have such a huge number advantage though. That and the mist isn't hampering them much it seems.

>>16439099
They operate largely on an area-of-effect style of combat, and due to their numbers they trust that they can just swarm you and keep you occupied whilst they try to land their trump card.

>>16439077
Time to use mangetsu to surf the team out of the kill zone. or did we not go with the water dragon deployment thing?

Seem like it's time to do something crazy.

Can't we do the Iron Wind Technique with our Clones? We might have to set up kill lanes to do, but it seems as good a plan as ever. Especially if they're set out.

Maybe use it in conjuction with the buzzsaw?

rolled 8, 3, 6, 2, 9, 6, 9, 8, 8 = 59

>>16439044
Evasion is Rank 4 + Shinobi Movement 5, right?

Also, I think we need to make some clones to start killing more of these Kinkaku before they can finish their seal.

>>16439140
High rolls. Oh shi-

>>16439125
We could spend 6 of our 9 chakra to create 5 clones.
Those 5 Clones can then throw 5 Iron Wind Jutsu with the Steam Buzzsaw activated. They target the shinobi working on the seal, who can't move or defend themselves.

>>16439168
...Our Taijutsu is 9.
Every single one of those rolls is a success.

Pop clones now, use Iron Wind to get casters.

In addition to our usage of clones, here's my plan for the next few turns for the rest of the team.
Waraji, Gendo, Tetsuo keep the interference Kinkaku guys busy.
Saito, Yuki, Mangetsu, and us will concentrate our attacks on the shinobi trying to complete the seal.

Everyone keep an eye out for the ANBU; they're still out here, and their stealth cloaks make them near impossible to detect.

>>16439202
Or even better, pop clones, using cleaved guys blood, and Henge them into guys you just killed.

>>16439197
Right, for a moment I forgot how ridiculous we are.

With those 6 unassigned perks, we can give 6 swordsman a teamplay/bond perk (Brotherhood of Seven Swords?), granting an additional dice on every action, as long as all 7 are assembled.
We wont get one, we favour individual strength, like a Kisame.

>>16439543
Sounds useful, and it would nicely represent the team-building that we did for a month.

>>16439116
>>16439099
>>16439077

As usual, the kunai are knocked away with ease, and this time, there aren't any explosive tags attached to the end of them. Tetsuo activates his signature jutsu and jumps as far away from the fight as he can get, leaping outside of the ring of Kinkaku shinobi, his phantoms forcing people to stop signing and dodge.

Yuki bides her time again.
Mangetsu latches onto a man and rips his neck out with his teeth and fingernails, panting eagerly as he turns himself into a water dragon again and launches into the enemy's new position.

Saito, now in a better position, traps a small group of the enemy, about six of them, under his earth dome, which he proceeds to begin filling with explosive tags.

>>16439584
Our turn, right?
Follow the plan outlined in >>16439188
Create 5 Clones, all of whom will attack with Iron Wind Jutsu with the Steam Buzzsaw active.

>>16439635
This sounds good to me.

>>16439635
As you ordered, your clones emerge and each of them activate their blade, throwing it towards shinobi who are preparing their ritual. Most of the blades are evaded, but those that do hit interrupt the ritual enough to delay it, and that's all you need, to keep pieces of the machine from not working.

Waraji calms down and calls out in your heads, "They're going to be moving between us to force our focus inwards, the ANBU that is. We need to get out of this ring." He informs you coldly as he throws a kunai hard at a man in the ring around you guys and pierces his arm with a lucky strike.

Heeding his friend's words, Gendo stabs the man closest to him and is overjoyed to see his blood run down to the ground, to celebrate Gendo leans back and unleashes an otherworldly laugh, which all of you are used to, but which shakes the enemies to their very core.

(You all get +1 dice pool, they all get -3)

>>16439716
Using our Speed Rank 2, can we move out of the area of effect?
If so, do it.

>>16439716
Easiest way to get out of the ring beyond just running? Kill the closest part of it. Might be worthwhile to attack the closest part of the ring to disrupt their entire formation and mess up their ritual.

>>16439763
After this we should set a trap for the anbu. Use our current clones and transform them to look like other members of the team and use the illusions to fool the anbu into a spot where we can trap some in the earth or water prison them.

>>16439807
Have all the clones converge on one guy while we kill the other and create a break in the seal?
I suppose it could work, if there is such a spot.
OP, does it look like such a spot exists?

>>16439846
>>16439807

There is a sizable opening where Gendo cut down his first foe, his laugh and appearance so alarming none of the Cloud shinobi want to get close to him.

(However the enemy does still get a turn.)

Most of the Kinkaku Force are making their handsigns, another three dying to Yuki's bones jutting out from her body as she snarls, "You are going to lose like this!" The woman captain gives a smile, "We'll see." She says confidently.

As soon as Tetsuo moves close to strike again, however, a massive cloud of smoke bursts and a bull the size of a small house appears and catches the Jonin in his horns, throwing him into the ravine wall with a crunch. Tetuso groans in pain and grips his head as he sits there.

Yuki, seeing Tetsuo in harm, rushes over to him, slipping past the bull with ease as she kneels beside him and starts to repair his wounds, "Tetsuo...get up, come on!" She says worriedly.

Mangetsu reforms close to Tetsuo, picking up his blade as he lunges at the bull, grabbing one of its horns as he begins stabbing the creature all over the head, the bull's swinging of its head and horns making it hard to keep on, but when Mangetsu gets bucked off he simply drops to the ground as water and slithers back up.

Saito releases his exploding tags, killing the five ninja inside his dome before he grabs steel wire, a kunai, and a scroll, tying the kunai and the wire together he hurls it at the bull and then unrolls the scroll, the word "Lightning" prominently displayed on it.

(our move)

>>16439911
Well killing the members involved in the circle doesn't seem to be stopping it. Looks like we're actually going to have to get the entire team out of the circle or kill them all before it goes off. Getting out is probably the best option, killing whoever we pass as we do so.

Command Gendo to initiate CROCODILES EVERYWHERE summoning.
Try to concentrate attacks on enemy leader.

>>16439964
Crocs in bunches, or have him try, keyword try, to Grand Summon.

rolled 7, 4, 8, 8, 10, 9, 1, 10, 1 = 58

>>16439911
Mangetsu and Saito will have to deal with the Bull.

Okay, use our Speed and movement to get to widen up that hole in the seal. Make sure that we are on the outside of it, and kill one of the shinobi working on the seal.

Clones 1 & 2 will attack the sealing shinobi to the right of us, attacking with their swords, water buzzsaws active. Clones 3, 4, and 5 attack the shinobi to the left of us, using the same attack pattern as the other clones.

Rank 4 + Greatsword Use 5

Proceed.

rolled 9, 5, 9, 1, 5 = 29

>>16439979
>>16439979

You're going right the fuck through them.

>>16439957
We may also want to consider focusing fire on their captain, she's likely the toughest so beating her won't be easy but it may be worth the risk. Also at what point do we plan to withdraw? Only after the kinkaku force has retreated? After half are disabled/dead?

>>16439993
Please remember that I specified that Shimaru is OUTSIDE the circle when he finishes this. The same with the clones.

>>16439994
Focus Fire?
We have 5 clones with plenty of chakra.

How does 6 coordinated, simultaneous Water Dragon Jutsus with time-on-target on the Kinkaku Captain sound?

>>16440001
Might be worthwhile to use our network to tell the rest to get out of the circle if they can. No point letting these guys use their trump card if we can avoid it.

>>16439993
>>16439979

3 vs 7 you.
Your blade finds the neck of an injured man and separates him from his body. You feel the chakra in your body respond to the blood, loving how it feels to be a brutal killer. Your clones, meanwhile, push outwards, fighting hard, but as soon as they get into melee range they're killed by pin-point accuracy needles through the eye, popping all the clones as the ANBU inevitably do their work.

Waraji keeps his focus up and goes into hand to hand with the Kinkaku Captain, her spear thrusting at him as he parries it short with his sword and delivers a quick taijutsu kick to her chest, knocking her down. The ritual again loses power.

(Still waiting on your word for Gendo.)

>>16440010
Right. Tell everyone to get out of the circle THEN attack.

>>16440016
>>16440010

Consider your message conveyed, everyone will do their best to get out of the circle.

>>16440012
We all seem to want to summon some crocs; what do they target, though?
Waraji seems to have done some damage to the enemy captain; let's have the crocs concentrate on her.

Also remind Gendo to get out of the circle before summoning.

>>16440012
I say bunches of crocs. At this point, I don't think we can afford a grand summon failing.

>>16440012
>popping all the clones as the ANBU inevitably do their work.
We are going to KILL those ANBU!

>>16440033
Agreed. Regular summon, not a Grand Summon.

>>16440012
Those ANBU need to be dealt with pretty soon I'm thinking.

rolled 6, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3 = 21

>>16440033
>>16440031

Gendo hops back and in mid air claps his hand, "Summoning Jutsu: Feast of the Swamp!" From all sides beneath him emerge seven huge crocodiles which all make a mad-rush for the Captain, their jaws snapping as she stabs one, making it vanish, but then has her spear caught by another, snapped by a third, and then is bowled over by the tail and mass of the other two, the last two waiting in the wings, unable to crowd in close to her.

Finally, you sense something, it's faint, but you detect an ANBU about six inches from your right. He takes a swing down at you, you hear the air whistling from the speed of his stroke, your eyes close, you try to fight with just your chakra sense, sound, and the calm you feel from Waraji.

(Ok Rank+Greatsword-1.)

>>16440052
... I don't want to roll against that. I rather not be the cause of this quest ending.

>>16440052
Fuck it use willow's whisper.

rolled 10, 6, 5, 1, 9, 4, 8, 4, 6 = 53

>>16440052
Isn't it Rank 4 + Greatsword 5 - 1 Surprise + 1 Ghostly Laughing?

rolled 8, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 3 = 30

>>16440052
ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod

(8d10 right?)

>>16440052

Grape-rape

Have everyone focus on the gap we made at one side of the circle and eat their way around, like a delicious game of snake.

Does Massacre in the Mist require activation, or are we already doing it, I wonder...

>>16440070
Oh crap! Are we finally going to use it?

>>16440078

I think so!

(What does it do again?)

>>16440070
Yes! Let's use it!
We've gone all this way without using it once, let's use it now!

>>16440070
>>16440078
great idea

>>16440073
I wonder about eyes in the mist as well. The way it reads we should be able to detect those ANBU with it, but I might be reading it wrong.

>>16440083
For a point of Determination, auto-blocks an attack and puts us in a grapple.

>>16440092
We normally would, but the ANBU have chakra-stealth cloaks. Their chakra is pretty much undetectable with those cloaks. That's why we were so intent on buying one that showed up on the black market.

>>16440083
auto block
smack a bitch
choke a bitch
costs 1 determination.

Aka "predictabo!"

I can't help but me amused a skill learnt as a genin might result in the first ANBU kill.

>>16440104
Ok, gotcha. Something else to work on in the future then? Being able to feel the presence of enemies just by the movements within mist?

>>16440114
Maybe with Mastery (Hidden Mist). The problem is we can only add Mastery once to a technique, and there's so many things we want to do.

rolled 8, 3, 3 = 14

>>16440106
MFW

Your determination drops to 2, but as the sword comes down you drop your blade, knock his aside and squeeze him roughly around the neck, this seems strangely familiar, but from the other side of the equation. The technique ends as the ANBU agent is gripping your neck and struggling, grunting in effort, trying to get your hands off his neck.

(Rank+Martial Arts or Grapple)

>>16440142
Forgot my face!

rolled 2, 7, 7, 6, 9, 10 = 41

>>16440142
Rank 4 + Martial Arts 2
We should get Martial Arts up later.

>>16440142
If this continues into the next turn I vote we have one of our people either cut his head off or put a sword through is back (obviously being careful to avoid harming us)

>>16440160
to bad water prison leaves us so vulnerable otherwise that could work.

Wait a tick...

Time to drain this bitch dry.

>>16440172
Oooh, much better idea, yes lets drain him.

>>16440172
Definitely. We have the dominance in this grapple. Time to get us some water.

>>16440172
Assuming we didn't just snap his neck..
Drain him of chakra, use the chakra to create a clone, and the clone puts him in a Water Prison?

>>16440186
i don't think we can drain chakra, but we can drain water and deal damage to the enemy at the same time.

Hell if we want to look really boss maybe we can use his hand and our free hand to make the seals for the water dragon attack and use his blood to fuel it.

>>16440155
>>16440142

5 you vs 2 us is no good. Let's do that 12+2 damage!

The Kinkaku Captain struggles against the crocodiles, drawing her kunai, but these crocodiles have been trained to fight shinobi, and they bite down on the ring of the kunai and roll, their immense strength and weight ripping it from her hand as one of them laughs and speaks in a deep accent, "S'gonna be a bad day for you, little girl." He bares his teeth and bites her leg, teeth sinking deep into her as he chuckles, the others laughing as well.

Kinkaku agents stop the ritual entirely, breaking formation, drawing swords, and rush towards their leader, stabbing the crocodiles whose hides protect them for the most part until they manage to squeak out enough damage to send the all away but the first and biggest one who is defensively growling and softly shaking his head, warning that he'll take her leg if they get closer.

Tetsuo groans in pain and stands, shakily, as he looks up at the bull and sees Mangetsu fighting it, happy that his friend is doing so well. He puts his fingers to his forehead and draws a kunai, appearing behind your victim in a shimmer of mist as he stabs the helpless man in the lungs. "Are you ok?" He asks you with concern.

Yuki, now available to do damage, rears back her head and unleashes a tremendous wind style that blows the bull into the other wall, banishing it. However, it also removes half of the mist, revealing the carnage wrought by your teammates.

Mangetsu shoots himself as a water dragon again across the battlefield into the mass of Kinkaku agents who all are knocked aside by his damage as he hands Tetsuo his sword back.

Saito observes the situation and gives a call, "Shimaru! Get ready! Earth Style: Explosive Fist!" He smacks the earth which gives a tremor and suddenly pops you into the air and places you behind the prone Captain and in front of all the Kinkau agents, your blade in hand.

And it's your turn.

>>16440206
What do you say gents? Do we show leniency here in order to keep this from potentially boiling over into a war or do we carve her in two and begin exterminating the remainder of her team?

>>16440206

Give her a hug.

And by that, I mean BISECT HER.

>>16440206
Hmmm I really want to take her as a prisoner of the hidden mist. Would this cause war? Obviously we also need to deal with all the other enemy shinobi but I was thinking perhaps putting our blade to her neck and warning them to leave or she dies??? What doy ou guys think? We can then use a clone to put her in a water prison? Ah shit, but then what of the other ANBU.

Just throwing out ideas here

>>16440206
Why not target all the Kinkau agents rather than the captain?

>>16440230

Well I'd say you'd have a point, but...how much has she seen of how we operate? Maybe too much.

If we could somehow blast her mind into pure, screaming terror before we release her back to her village, that would be a bonus for us.

>>16440230
I think it depends on shinobi precendent.
Is a demand for surrender normal? Or a fight to the death?
We've accomplished our mission, and the objective of beating the Kinkaku Force.
There's also the matter of 4 more ANBU hiding in the mist somewhere.

>>16440243
If we capture her and take her back to our village she can be interrogated and wiped clean. Thats /if/ we can capture her and kill the rest.

>>16440243
Letting her watch as we buzzsaw the rest of her team down in front of her might do that. And it sure as hell would send the message that the seven swordsmen are back in strength.

Can we trust Mr. Crocodile to keep a good hold on her? In which case I say use her as a shield, drain her chakra/water and use her to make more clones who can boomerang their blades out to take out more people.

>>16440235
The Raikage's all seem to have a short temper and a love of war. If we kill one of their trusted lieutenants war is probably imminent. Reprisals will happen regardless though.

If we can capture their leader it will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the seven swordsmen are back almost as well as killing them all.

>>16440243
We could just let Kiga spin around with her leg. That'd probably put the fear of whatever power we represent in her.

>>16440255

I'm not so much interested in any info we get from her as making it so her only memories are those of terror from our horrific onslaught.

Then we let her go and back to her country, where all of their mind-Nins can have a taste of it.

>>16440206
Time to clean house, Iron Wind ALL THE WAY DOWN. Cut her into bite sized pieces for our reptilian pal, because friends don't let friends get stomach aches- regardless of species

>>16440268
Thats what I was thinking, capture makes a huge statement. Not to mention how valuable the info gained could be, and the praise we would recieve.

>>16440253
Surrender is usually offered in a non war situation. At least amongst groups. If it's a one on one it's rare to see a fight reach a non-fatal conclusion. With groups, however, both sides realize they are too valuable to their nations to throw themselves into a deathmatch.

>>16440260
Kagi has a grip like a steel-trap. She's not getting away.

>>16440268
Given that the Hidden Mist still has a lot of rebuilding to do, the Mizukage probably doesn't want war.
So it may be for the best if we demand that they drop their weapons and yield, including the ANBU.

>>16440270

It's a start, but that's more a show of how bossin' Mr. Crocodile is.

Either way, we have advantage- I say kill 'em all. And once they count up the headbands and find they're one short, they'll happen across some lone wreck of a human being who can only mumble 'Seven swords...seven swords...'

I don't think we should kill her, and I don't think we'll be able to capture her because of the ANBU. If we use a clone they'll pop it if we use another method they'll just kill her to keep their secrets safe. But she would be an A rank prize of information that would please the Kage greatly if we could capture her.

>>16440291

From one hostage?

I'm thinking these are still professional ninjas, stopping at this point seems unlikely, given we've killed about, what, a third of 'em with no casualties back?

>>16440288
Yeah, if it's considered the professional thing to do, then we should demand their surrender. We've reduced their effective fighting force to the point where any further attempts to damage us will result in the complete loss of their unit.
They've already failed in their mission, and any further fighting will only end up with them dead and maybe some of us sporting some wounds.

Voting to Demand Surrender.

>>16440312
I think one more attack on the gathered agents and then a demand for surrender would be more efficient. With those ANBU around, we're going to need to off a few more before they're willing I think.

>>16440312

Tssh. Fiiiine.

"You have one chance."

*Croc death rolls her leg*

"Surrender."


(Still would've preferred total slaughter.)

>>16440321
We're at a stalemate right now. if we break it with an attack they may just start fighting to the death. If we offer surrender, they may just take it. They can always negotiate with our village for the return of a prisoner so it would be the logical thing to do after getting trounced so hard.

>>16440307
Actually, they're down to less than 50% combat strength, and we got one of the five ANBU.

>>16440330
>>16440321
>>16440312

Everyone winces when Kiga rips her leg clean off, her screams not helping.

(Roll Rank+Chakra Detection. Since we don't have it trained you can use 1/2 your Genjutsu score.)

rolled 2, 8, 6, 9, 7, 9 = 41

>>16440362
Rank 4 + half Genjutsu 2

Also, I counted the bodies: there are 6 of the Kinkaku Force left, including the Captain, from the original 25. I think they'll surrender, as long as we stop those ANBU bastards.

>>16440362
Urgh. I had hoped to avoid that kind of thing. Maybe we should get Yuki to stop the bleeding so she doesn't bleed out.

>>16440372
Goddammit.
I wonder if any of the others detect that.
Also, no bonuses from Advanced Chakra Detection?

rolled 7, 9, 7, 7, 10, 1 = 41

>>16440372

Hahaha!

Damn.

>>16440372
Oh shit.

With the sound of rushing air two ANBU agents appear on either side of you, iron wire in both of their hands as you notice far too late that they got it around your arm, your senses muddled by the massive number of chakra signatures and how quiet theirs was. The only thing, you realize, that saved your head from this technique was the Konohagakure neckguard, making you realize why Konoha started wearing this.

You stumble backwards, the pain blinding as your sword arm drops to the ground, blood gushing out from the stump that is your elbow.

>>16440392

Oh man, I guess we'll go for the first like always.

>>16440387
I agree if we have Yuki being the only thing between their captain and death we'll have an easier time taking her with us. If we do don't forget the leg.

>>16440401
Fight through the pain summon our sword to our other hand and bisect one of the fuckers.

>>16440396

...Right, we're killing them all.

>>16440396

Use blood spouting from arm to blind the one to our right, then grab sword in other hand and go for the other one.

Lets get some /b/lackup as well, hopefully!

>>16440423
>>16440418
>>16440415

(Rank+Determination (which is 2) to keep yourself conscious. Or you can burn your last 2 points of Determination to stabilize the bleeding, if you don't, or don't get medical attention by round's end, you immediately drop to wounded. At the moment you're just at injured.)

>>16440396
Summon our sword back into our hand and bisect one of them.

>>16440434
Guys, let's get consensus first, Roll or Burn:
I'm choosing Roll.

rolled 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 6 = 22

>>16440434
Or determination should be spent on killing these fucks so...

>>16440396
They took our arm? I don't think the character was ambidextrous, so there goes his spot in the swordsmen.

>>16440456
Medical ninjutsu can reattach severed limbs if you're quick enough and the medics are skilled enough.

>>16440468
good thing ours is world renowned then.

rolled 8, 5, 10, 10, 5, 9 = 47

>>16440455
It takes all the effort you can muster, but you grit your teeth through the pain, call your blade to your left hand now and swing down on the ANBU fool who tried to end you.

(Rank+Greatsword Skills-1 for Injured +1 for Battlemind -1 for Flanked, net -1.)

>>16440485
Except there are still 4 ANBU left. I doubt they're going to die quickly.

rolled 3, 5, 1, 8, 6, 9, 7, 7 = 46

>>16440489
Rank 4 + Greatsword 5 - 1

>>16440455

Fuck yeah!

Blind and cut-time!

If anything, I think us handling this so well will do even more for our rep.

If anyone survives this.

>>16440496

...Is this good or not?

>>16440496
How many 1's do we need to crit and double damage?

>>16440496
Very nice.


>>16440489
Not so much.

The ANBU agent wheels around and tries to grip your blade as it's coming in, thinking he's so awesome, however he misjudges your insane strength as the blade gets lodged in his chest. The chakra saw spins to life and blood splatters out of his back, which you can now see through, as he hits the ground.

Waraji calls out, "CAPTAIN!!!" His voice is filled with rage, his calmness needed for his Battlemind vanishes as he sprints over to the other ANBU agent, who swings his tanto at Waraji's neck, finding his blow stopped short not by Waraji's blade but by the fact that Waraji's blade was now all the way in his stomach, something Waraji laughed at as he threw the man over his shoulder.

Gendo is about to move when the same move is tried on him, this time going for his neck. However, the wire only bites into hard crocodile skin as he grins, "Too slow." He stabs his sword into one of their stomach's and when the other one attempts to counter attack Gendo's jaws extend outwards and he bites the man sharply on the neck, twisting his own neck and snapping his victim's. His laughter is made even more eerie by the deep timbre added from his crocodile form.

>>16440504
8 successes with one crit isn't what I'd call bad.

Also if we manage to down these two ANBU in one round we should calmly take a blood pill and say "Last chance."

>>16440505
Already happened. You just need a full set of no-10's or misses and you get a crit.

>>16440531

Take blood pill.

Straighten up not giving a fuck.

Stare down remaining cloud ninjas.

The remaining members of the Kinkaku force, seeing their ANBU agents dying like that, grab your arm and put their fingers up, "Reverse Seal: Endless Inversion!" They seem to just want to spite you now as your arm peels itself inside out, the flesh a wet pile on the ground leaving just a bony arm and hand left. That arm is ruined.

The last four, as it took two to do their sealing jutsu, look at the Captain and say, "You know what must be done." She nods through the tears of her pain as they put their fingers up, ready.

One of them isn't going to make it. Yuki slides into view and impales him as the Captain laughs, "Tell my husband I love him." She says as he raises her hand, "Reverse Seal: Four Triangles Outward." Four black triangles appear around her and you see a titanic sum of chakra welling up inside of her as the force of her sealing jutsu is ready to rip her and everything in the proximity apart.

The three remaining members choose to flee, sprinting away at maximum speed, throwing down smoke bombs to cover their escape. When Saito jumps to intercept them, he is stabbed repeatedly and hits the ground bleeding.

>>16440531
There's only one ANBU left.
We have 2 Determination left. We can auto-block anything he tries.

Calmly put our sword on our shoulder.
"You are down to 1/4 combat strength. Surrender. Further fighting has no chance of success. And none of you are the equal of the Second Hokage."

Let's see if that little jab at their history will work.

>>16440558
... And you people wanted to give them the chance to surrender. I told you to slaughter them. Now we HAVE lost the arm.

>>16440558
"Waraji, Tetsuo, Gendo! Grab the ANBU bodies and get away!
"Mangetsu and Yuki, grab Saito and run!"

As for ourselves, grab our arm (Yuki IS a world-renowned medic) and Shunshin away from the blast radius.

>>16440565
There was good precedent and reason for them to surrender. How were we supposed to predict that they'd be so unprofessional?

>>16440558

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DON'T KILL PEOPLE!!!

You know, they probably didn't need to do that to our arm if she's going for the four triangles seal anyway.

SO. First, poof away Mr. Crocodile, I don't want him gone. Then we avoid...

...waaaiiiiit. She's building up a massive amount of chakra for the explosion, right? Can we water-suck it out of her, preventing it? ...Nah, probably not.

Okay, so we jump out. Mangetsu and Tetsuo should chase after the fleeing nins and cut them down. We'll take care of the last ANBU- and be careful of him trying to sacrifice himself to take us down into this last jutsu.

>>16440583

>So unprofessional
>Trying to kill enemy nin who were wrecking their shit and paused for no good reason, allowing them a gap to catch them and set up a bunch of seals
>Unprofessional

I think you'll find it was we who were unprofessional. We should've finished the job. And leave the arm; not even Tsunade could fix a skeleton.

>>16440579

Your comrades obey your orders and when the woman blows up, the ground being vaccumed away as if it weren't ever there, the dust settles and you see Mangetsu's face etched with fear and Yuki's set with pale determination. When you all recongregate Mangetsu says, "Saito...told us what those Kinkaku members said as they left..." He said shakily before Saito wheezed, "The Raikage...will know...of his wife's demise." He said before passing out. Mangetsu put him down as Yuki immediately lays out a blanket for you to lay on as she assesses the damage, "By the Mizukage's power....I..." she says hesitantly and starts to try and heal the arm bone but nothing happens, "I can't create flesh..." She said, frantic as you keep bleeding before she realizes, "Wait..." Carefully she extends her elbow blade and pulls it out, fuses the bone to yours and with a hesitant expression she cuts her hand and coats your bone in that blood before starting the healing again. Now you suddenly feel something, warmth, the pain fading, the bone reknits itself to the elbow bone, and then the feeling stops. You have sensation in your hand again, you can move your fingers. Your right arm, from the elbow down, is bare bone, and you can move it. Yuki looks at you with worry and says, "I gave you some of my DNA, as a result, you have a small access to my bloodline, you can control your bones in that hand...like if you were a Kaguya." She says before swooning from exhaustion at the healing effort.

>>16440612
we can use it as a base for a prosthetic. It'd probably react better to our chakra if it was our arm to begin with.

>>16440612
Pause for no good reason?
We had their captain in a crocodile's hold, and their unit was down to to less than a quarter strength. That sounds like a good time to demand terms.

>>16440616
... Well then. Looks like we're going to war.

>>16440616
Bleh. Guess we best boogy back to the village. We might as well carry Yuki in return for her kind of saving the arm. We definitely owe her.

>>16440616

Hmm.

Pros:
Beat up the Kinkaku squad
Gained awesome bone arm

Cons:
Got Raikage pissed at us

Overall...I'd count it as a win. Give Saito a bloodpill ad hand him over to Tetsuo to take back- we haven't got our Med-Nin conscious anymore and he needs medical attention quickly.

They rest of us will haul-ass in from behind.

>>16440628
In fact it was having the croc needlessly rip her leg off that made the action moot. But its in the past we have a new skeleton arm that gives us minor access to a bloodline limit and did what we came to do.

>>16440628

Terms for what? We could've just killed the other members and taken the captain anyway. We let the other gives live on surrender terms, and they tell their higher-ups all about the techniques of ours they saw.

Which they're going to do right now because we let them get away!!

>>16440616
Get Saito stabilized, and Yuki secured.
Usually ANBU destroy their own bodies so that ninjutsu secrets and kekkei genkai's cannot be stolen.
I assume that capturing ANBU bodies and bringing them back to Intelligence is a standing order.
Let's use our storage scroll to put the bodies in there so that we can move faster.

As it is, our mission was completed, and we need to egress from the mission area back to Land of Water territory.

As we move, ask Mangetsu: "Do you think the Raikage will declare war?"

Alright.

From now on, we channel evaporation jutsus from our bone arm.

Say it's so strong that we can't use it with our own fleshy bits in the vicinity.

>>16440616
Alright, let's lace that mine up with explosive tags. Loot the bodies and let's get back to the village. We're going to drag the cloud down into the mist, never to resurface. OP's gonna have to rename this Four Nations quest when we get done.

>>16440662

Getting meta...he might. I mean, when he thought Sasuke killed Bee, he was all up in wanting to murderize that guy.

Mei should've seen this coming though. She wanted us after the Kinkaku squad, and she would/should have known the Raikage's wife was heading it up.

>>16440662
Mangetsu remains quiet until everyone's tucked away on the ship and he takes you to the stern of the ship where he speaks, "The Raikage will not call war over this. He is headstrong and aggressive, but he is not reckless. He will not try to assassinate us in the night. Rather he will let us know of his anger in one a few ways. He may rebuild the Kinkaku Force with stronger shinobi and send them to ruin something of ours, or something completely different. I cannot say." Mangetsu says as he sighs, "I'm pleased, however." He notes as he looks up at you, "For your first time in command you did excellently. I was honored to serve you and I am happy to call myself a Seven Swordsman with you as our leader." Mangetsu says as he squeezes your shoulder.

(Bond: Mangetsu Hozuki achieved.)

>>16440691

Lets give him a smoochie.

>>16440691
Thank him for the help he gave us in getting the swordsmen back into shape. I'm just glad no one ended up dying.

Also at some point, we're probably going to want to spend some time with Yuki and see if what she did to our arm lets us do other bone things.

>>16440691
>rebuild the Kinkaku Force with stronger shinobi and send them to ruin something of ours
Well, this was always a given. Of course they'd retaliate after we gave them a black eye. So nothing surprising here. Just that we're going to have to train harder than ever now since the next Kinkaku Force is going to be even stronger, probably all ANBU.

>>16440691
"Thanks,"
Bring up skeleton arm and look at it
"...but I'm still not where I need to be."

>>16440732
>>16440722
>>16440728

"Who knows, maybe this was a gift." He says, trying to put a good spin on it for you, "Also, I'm happy to help." The young man says as he coughs again and spits out some blood, "Jeez...I'm glad I didn't do that during the fight." he said, grinning with his bloody teeth now. "We'll train harder and win the next one too, and the next one, and we won't stop until we're legends."

You arrive back at home, taking Saito to the hospital and putting Yuki in her bed, letting her sleep her exhaustion off before dismissing everyone. You stand outside the Mizukage's office as she calls out, "Yamada-san, enter please."

>>16440745

Be professional...but inquirious. Such as why she didn't let us know that the head of the Kinkaku squad was the Raikage's wife.

But otherwise...nothing to complain about. Mission success.

>>16440749

She congratulates you on your success and when you bring up the Raikage's wife her eyes sparkle a little, "Ah yes...that's a tragedy." She said and puts her finger on the folder of Operation Light Break, pushing it to you and whispering "Release". The folder opens and you see several pictures of the Raikage traveling, at meetings, and everything. "We're going to have the Raikage challenge you to a duel, and then, we're going to assassinate him." She said simply. "The Cloud Village has shoved us around for too long because they're bigger and because Yagura ran us into the ground, this Third Raikage has ruled for long enough, and his time is at an end."

>>16440758

...Proceed to wet self as professionally as possible.

>>16440758
"Heh, looks like he'll have plenty of incentive now. When do you want him dead?"

>>16440745
Step in, stand at attention.
"Mission completed. Opposing Kinkaku Force and 5 Cloud ANBU terminated; survivors were 3 Kinkaku Force members and 1 ANBU shinobi. 3 ANBU bodies have been recovered.
"Raikage's wife as captain of Kinkaku Force; presence unexpected, was not in the intelligence report. Status: terminated.
"Seven Swordsmen suffered minor injuries, two members currently off active-duty but return to service expected soon."

>>16440758
How long do we have to train up and have a small chance at doing this? What intel do we have on what the Raikage can do?

Holy crap this is going to go poorly.

where is my abaddon quest muthfucka?!

>>16440758
"When do you wish him dead?"

Also, is this going to be a solely Seven Swordsmen operation, or is it going to be ANBU?

>>16440778
>>16440774
>>16440773
>>16440764

"I'm sure we'll be hearing from him shortly. Until that time, get some rest, get your team rested, because you have a lot of ground to cover if you're going to kill him." She said with a sweet smile, "Good bye." She says and with that you find yourself outside of the office. "Oh, and talk to Aya, she's worried about you, and she will know about the Raikage. Sayonara!" The door closes and locks now. It's 9 AM, she should be getting to work soon.

>>16440778
Well, in the canon timeline, he fought the Eight-Tails by himself a few times and kept winning, and only died when Iwagakure sent an army of 10,000 ninjas at him.

>>16440787
May as well go see her at work but first we need to cover our arm properly so as not to freak anyone out.

>>16440789
As I said, going to go poorly. Guess we better not get too attached to people in the swordsmen at the moment.

>>16440787
Let's go see Aya then and see what she has to say. Maybe she'll be impressed with out new look.

>>16440787
Alright, let's look for Aya and get some intel on the Raikage.

Also, I think we're going to need to increase our Blitz Level to Speed Rank 3 at least before we fight the Raikage.

>>16440789
He's quite a monster.

>>16440802
>>16440799
>>16440796
Covered arm or not?

Also, we're gonna need more than Blitz 3, also, with Blitz 3 we're gonna have tunnel vision.

>>16440819
Cover the arm. No need to walk around and advertise it. Really need to see if we can do other things to the bone though like harden it and crap. Yuki needs to wake up sooner so we can talk to her about that.

>>16440819
>with Blitz 3 we're gonna have tunnel vision.
Then maybe it's time to go Uchiha Hunting?
And get our Blitz higher, to 4?

I vote we go with our arm covered.

>>16440819
Okay guys, here's the question. Are we proud of our new skeleton arm? We did earn it while restoring the Seven Swords reputation.

>>16440826
Yeah find a big metal bracer or gauntlet to put over it so it looks like a normal hand.

>>16440829
But we also lost our arm because we got careless and let ANBU ambush us. No, not proud of it. But not about to hide it either. It's a reminder.

Also, did we drop off the ANBU bodies at Intelligence?

>>16440829
To a degree we're proud of it, but its also a reminder that we let our guard down and nearly lost our head. Once we get with yuki we may be able to reinforce it so it has the shape of a normal arm (if no flesh) as it is though it'll creep some people right the hell out.

>>16440844
Yes, consider it done and their work already started processing the bodies.

>>16440826
She should be up by nightfall.

>>16440824

There are other ways, I mean, I'm not saying don't do it, but I'm just saying we don't have to chimerize ourselves to win wars.

>>16440824
>>16440838
As you walk around town your fence finds you and notices you turning away, your sleeve covering the arm as she insightful notes that she has something just for you. After following her she produces a huge metalic gauntlet with three vents at the elbow. "This is a chakra-release gauntlet. Weaker shinobi use it to accelerate and enhance their blows, but strong shinobi, like yourself, can use it to turn deadly blows into devastating ones!"

>>16440862

How much?

>>16440871

"For my favorite customer? Free of charge, so long as you promise to bring me back some headbands the next time you go cleaning up." She says with a wide smile, the ryo signs popping in her eyes.

We should probably have a celebration with the rest of the swordsmen when they've recovered. Also, I'm worried about Mangetsu. He said he was 98% recovered before we whipped everyone into shape yet he was coughing blood after the last battle.

>>16440884
"Fair enough"

>>16440862
>>16440871
And can the finger tips be removed without compromising its function?

I think the best use for our Kaguya hand is learning a technique to extend a finger into a blade, for use when we are already holding someone in a grapple, so it just extends right into their body. This shores our weakness when we can't bring our sword to bear, otherwise I don't think we should focus on it too much, since it would just overlap with our swording.

Sudden Idea; growing a bone shield from that arm. It could provide ablative defense since we could probably learn to regrow it.

>>16440927
That is extremely viable. The power of the gauntlet comes from the propellant in the elbow.

Talking to Yuki will be interesting.

>>16440929
If we made holes over the knuckles we could even make a punch dagger or spike like protrusion to cause some major damage when we use that acceleration.

New thread.

>>16440973

>>16440929
Say, could we use the gauntlet to give our sword an overheat ability- Dump an extra two to four chakra points into the steamsaw ability, giving us a single superheated attack at the cost of not being able to use our sword at all for a few rounds, possibly the whole encounter, or risk breaking it?