"If Kisame dies." And nod.

>"If Kisame dies."

Orochimaru laughs, "He will. We are well aware of what all members of our organization are capable of." he says and looks around, "Come now, where does this hostility come from? We come to you offering your salvation and you treat us like we're monsters." He laughs and Sasori grumbles, "Get on with it, Orochimaru-san."

A few hours more of planning and Orochimaru has you all well informed of the Akatsuki's structures and the nature of the Battlemind Jutsu. "If we can use a genjutsu it will cause a disruption. I can use a genjutsu that will cause paralysis, but we need to remove the genjutsu-specialist shinobi as quickly as possible to enable success. However, my role, as will Sasori, Jiraiya, Hanzo, and Fuyo's, will be to lay open and obvious siege." He explains, his genius starting to show through as he draws red circles on the map, "If we do this with enough speed and precision we can take out roughly 80% of the village's defenses and shinobi in thirty second span of time, with the next 15% dying from the after-effects. Your swordsmen are beneath the ground, as are the Kages. They are all gathered in the ANBU Interrogation Hall, with the rest of the Dawn Bringers and Satori. Thus, you Shimaru, Genpachi-san, A-dono, Aya-chan, and Shikaku are to take the catacombs and make your way through. After the above-ground team cleans up we will come down into the tunnels to give you support." he pauses and chuckles, "Assuming you aren't dead."

>>16657502
"As few casualties as possible, Orochimaru. And don't worry, we won't die until my mission is complete."

And deeply apologize to Jiraiya.

>>16657502
"If we're dead, you won't get paid.
"You've both been with Akatsuki for at least 3 years now; have either of you discovered the secret to Satori's mind control jutsu yet?"

I mean, if we could break both Minato and Mei out of the mind control mid-fight, that could turn the course of the entire battle easily.
Also, I'm kind of curious why both have decided to turn traitor to Akatsuki, when it seemed to be profiting them so much.

>>16659011
"Orochimaru I've had suspicions that you've had your own agenda ever since we've met. What makes you Sasori-dono turn your back on Akatsuki?"

I'm a little surprised we're being as trusting as we are. We just got caught in a triple cross and got burned for it after all.

>>16659699
Well, the Four Winds are all gathered here right now; no need to go further in any kind of triple-cross plan to get at us, in comparison to the previous raid, they didn't know where everyone was, so they needed us to get a team together.

>>16657502
Hey, Op. Sorry for stepping into your thread so suddenly but inspiration has hit me from somewhere and so I'd like to know your description of what Gen looked like as a chunin. For drawing purposes. Sorry again, I would prefer to take this to the IRC but my java applet isn't working.

>>16660516
Hey man, not op but he gave me this description for Gen not to far back. It may be his Jonin appearance though.

Genpachi stands just tall enough that he can look Shimaru into the eye without too much stretching. Though he is physically inferior to Shimaru in terms of bulk, Genpachi looks fit. When he wears clothing it's usually a loose tunic which he can remove with ease. His arms, hands, chest, neck, and even the base of his jaw is covered in tattoos. These tattoos range from elaborate spirals to simple lines, however they all are part of the

He has light brown hair which sits in a messy array atop his skull. His most notable features are his mysterious, elegant, and keen eyes. His nose is slender and regal and he possesses the sharp teeth of Kirigakure men.

"You expect those two... bodies to be available after this one operation, or is it prolonged cooperation you're offering?"

"And while your price is quantifiable, your services are not. How can I even begin to trust you, and why would you turn in the first place? You truly think we are going to win? You could at least explain to me how you are playing both sides, that would probably assuage me fears the most."


In other news, when an Anonymous mentioned the battlenet again, I thought we might be able to use it against Akatsuki. When we get within range again, we can mock sending a message to the 7, something like "We are attacking <insert viable target here> in three days. Will be back to release you in 2 weeks." Hopefully Akatsuki would take the bait and move forces away from Kirigakure to defend the target. We couldn't hope to get the Kage away, since even if it was Konohagakure Minato can get back instantaneously, but we could hope to lose some Dawnbringers, and maybe some Paths.

>>16660655
alright, sweet. Thanks man.

Yep. Gonna try running my own campaign of this for fun/playtesting. Hop onto the IRC (irc.thisisnotatrueending.com /join #FiveNationsGeneral) and contact Zyzz for info.

>"You expect those two... bodies to be available after this one operation, or is it prolonged cooperation you're offering? And while your price is quantifiable, your services are not. How can I even begin to trust you, and why would you turn in the first place? You truly think we are going to win? You could at least explain to me how you are playing both sides, that would probably assuage me fears the most."

Orochimaru begins to speak before Sasori cuts him off. "We are artists. We are men with a vision. And unlike Satori our vision does not include deception. Orochimaru-san and myself simply see this as an opportunity to profit the most. It has grown undesirable to remain attached to Akatsuki." He grumbles. Orochimaru chuckles, "Sasori is much more direct than I am. He has little patience for my verbiage."

He goes on to say, "Your trust isn't needed. Jiraiya-chan can vouch for me. He knows, despite how much he hates me, that I am an honest man." To everyone's collective surprise Jiraiya nods, "Yes...despite everything, he is that." Orochimaru laughs and then says, "See? And, you ask if I am certain we can win? This organization is the strongest single group of shinobi to ever have united under a single cause in history. No one can stop us. If we're smart."

>>16662156
"Do you know the secret to Satori's mind control, and how it can be broken?"
I'm still thinking about this one point; if we can break Satori's control over Mei and Minato, that increases our chances of success by a huge margin.

>>16662198
"Does it seem like he ever used it on any of the Dawn bringers?"

Orochimaru's lips curl backwards as he laughs, "Of course." As he sees everyone's attention he puts his hands into his cloak sleeves and speaks, "The secret is that it's a high level ninjutsu that is based on sound, scent, and sight all working in tandem. It's an equivalent of a high level genjutsu, but since it operates on all three senses simultaneously it is so slight not even the strongest sensors can detect someone who is controlled." After that he yawns, "But this conversation is boring, so I'll make it quick. The jutsu can be reversed by a precise application of chakra to the three chakra gates in the northern part of the body, which would stop and restart them, effectively clearing the jutsu from one's system completely and instantly. Though...doing so is a very high level skill that only a few people with exceptional chakra control can do." He says and Jiraiya nods, "We Sannin can all do it, but Tsunade would be the best. Outside of her, Aya-san may be good at it, and lastly Sasori-san would be good as well, due to his puppetry."

>"Do you know the secret to Satori's mind control, and how it can be broken? Does it seem like he ever used it on any of the Dawn bringers?"

"I can tell you that he doesn't for certainly. The Dawn Bringers are 100% loyal." he pauses and then laughs, "Well, at least they are supposed to be. Kakuzu is loyal to money, Kisame is loyal to him, Deidara-kun was, before he met his unfortunate end. Outside of the Dawn Bringers, nearly everyone else is controlled. Long story short, it is a three-way attack on the senses using chakra and pheromones which allows him to twist your perception his way. It can be broken by simultaneous precise application of chakra to the highest three chakra gates. A feat, if I may say, only a few shinobi can accomplish. Tsunade-san, of course, is one of them. Jiraiya and I can, but it takes time, and Sasori can. Outside of them, however...you'd be hard pressed to find anyone else, other than a Hyuuga of course."

Ask current party for their thoughts and concerns. We can't afford to mess up.

>>16662263
Using this information, perhaps we can incorporate this into our attack. Ask the others their opinions, we can't screw this up.

The more people we break from the control, the greater our chances of this operation actually succeeding.
Hey OP, can seals affect a person's chakra gates? Like how seals can store chakra and be used to suppress chakra, can they also be used to reset chakra? Because combining Aya's chakra control with Gen's mastery of seals, could they come up with a seal that if we slap onto a controlled person's head, will reset their northern 3 chakra gates and break them of the control?

>>16664459
I love this idea. It seems like something that would be possible in the naruto universe.

>>16664475
It also means we play a deadly game of Tag with Minato the Yellow Lightning, Hero of the Third World War, and Mei "I breathe lava and acid mist" Terumi.
I don't know if this is better or worse than trying to fight them conventionally.

I like the seal idea. Give it to the 'distraction' squad and tell them that they need to use it on the attackers.

Maybe even ask Aya if she thinks she's been compromised and if not, if she could get Mei free of the mind control without a game of tag.

You know, we should ask Orochimaru and Sasori why we got conflicting reports about them. That they were helping out villages and towns while they were also heading into the Sand.

Gen and Aya work together and craft the seals you asked for as Aya notes, "Alright, so these will restrain their chakra as they reset the gates, but it requires you to focus on the tags and channel yours through for the duration of the reset." She explains as Gen nods, "We need to be very careful like it."

>>16665725
Okay, mechanically, what implications does this have for us?
Do we need to grab on to whoever we're trying to break out of the mind control for the duration of the reset, unable to use chakra and need to make constant grappling checks?

>>16665795
Mechanically you need to be in the dominant position in a grapple and then spend 1 chakra to start the tag. While it's working you have to maintain the grapple and on the start of the second turn you can act again.

>>16665843
Will this seal the target's chakra, and prevent them from using jutsu's?

>>16665906
Won't steal chakra, it will seal their chakra. So long as the tag is applied they can't use jutsu that eminate from mouth or eyes. So, basically almost every jutsu.

>>16665984
Okay, I think we should bring up the concern about the fact that the enemy will be expecting a strike team to attempt to break the Swordsmen out. Since they will be expecting us, does Sasori have a puppet that can be made to look like Shimaru in order to cause confusion about what's the actual attack?

Also, during the actual breakout, should Aya break off and use the fight as a distraction to free the Swordsmen and make sure they haven't been mind-controlled?

Also, it might cause problems for Shikaku, but I think we need to use water clones to be generating lots of Hidden Mist. Combined with our Unique Abilities, as soon as someone tries to use a technique to wipe away the Mist (Minato) we can immediately shunshin behind him and tag him with the seal.

What do others think of this plan?

>>16666309
Sounds solid. I second this

>>16666309

i agree too. especially about the puppet.

>>16666309
Would the Shadow Imitation jutsu work within a mist?
Do we have light-producing tags that could be attached to kunai and then thrown in a spread, creating multiple light sources resulting in multiple shadows and increasing the chance of jutsu range and success?

>>16666309
>>16666455

Sasori doesn't have a puppet on hand, but he can use a Disguise Jutsu to make the puppet look like you, he even does the jutsu to one of his swords to make it look like Tomaru. After that's done he spends a few minutes watching how you fight and move, imitating it as best as he can before not too long the puppet and you move like mirrors of one another.

Shikaku brings up his jutsu with you and when you talk about using the mist he brings up how he has light grenades that he likes to use for his shadow techniques that you can throw if you want. Additionally, he notes, the mist gives enough shadow for him to operate normally.

>>16667080
Okay, the light grenades should probably stay with Shikaku, and maybe Genpachi. Shimaru is going to be busy playing Tag with the Kage's and otherwise being the big obvious target.

>>16667173
We are? I thought we were going to sneak in and free the Seven and then high tail it out, playing tag as we go?

>>16667173
They'll be with you as well. Unless you want otherwise, they're part of the attack force, or do you mean they just will hold onto those items?

>>16667189
Many people seem to want to free the Kages and turn this into a full out brawl, not just a hit and run.

>>16667199
>>16667189
Were you saying that the light grenades were to be distributed evenly amongst the strike team? It sounded like all of the light grenades were going to be given over to Shimaru.

>free the Kages and turn this into a full out brawl, not just a hit and run
Well, the plan is just a hit-and-run, but I have my doubts that things will pan out so well. So I'm making contingencies on if we can't easily escape, such as the Kage's appearing and cutting off escape.

Even if we're so lucky as to free the Swordsmen AND break the mind-control on the Mizukage and Hokage, there's still Satori, his extra bodies, Kisame, and Kakuzu. We may not be able to escape without a brawl, unless a single reverse-summon is enough to get everyone out.

>>16667199
Well, what else can we do? Hit and run almost guarantees us freedom of our Swordsmen, but leaves everything else hanging. We have a chance to end this here, before Satori can exert total dominion over everyone. Running will just give Satori more fuel to bring all the unconverted shinobi to his side.

>>16667278
>>16667256

Good to hear. Alright, we'll get the precombat down, since I have work at 5, I should be back at a reasonable time tonight, and not fucking 1 AM my time.

The planning stage completed everyone moves as a large force towards the Hidden Mist village. Even revealing the location of the village to outsiders is frowned upon, but what you are going to do is abhorrent to your senses of loyalty before you remind yourself of your promise to the Four Winds to overthrow Akatsuki, no matter the cost.

Once you arrive at the perimeter of the sensory ring the team splits up. After exchanging the last bit of information and good byes you and your team set off as the summoners sprint off to their areas, all of them moving in at once from all locations. The response time is nearly instantly.

A wave of genin and chuunin leap up from the village, hurling kunai and shuriken, most of them parried, or in Orochimaru's case, taken with a laugh. A unified voice calls out from the summoners, "Summoning Jutsu!" Your chakra senses go red-hot as you see the massive chakras of the Boss Summons appearing around the village as a lean red-headed body climbs out of the body of Sasori and unleashes a cloud of red-cloaked puppets with swords.

>>16667377

Jiraiya, Fuyo, Hanzo, and Orochimaru all stand atop their summons as one. The toad boss spews a thick carpet of oil across the village at the same time as the giant bear unleash a huge spray of his flamable mud, all of this backed by Orochimaru's strongest wind jutsu, carrying the accelerants across the village.

Jiraiya, Hanzo, and Fuyo lean back and fire their strongest Katons, again, backed by Orochimaru. The entire Hidden Mist village explodes with fire and heat, setting every building, every street, ablaze with white hot fire, fueled by these powerful shinobi. What few survivors there are from the flames are going to be claimed by the heat and the smoke, as well as the vicious attack of the red-cloaked puppets.

Aya and Gen keep their eyes forward with you as they lead you down into the tunnel, trying their hardest to not notice their home burning, and them being responsible for it.

In short order you are at the mouth of a long tunnel system. Three guards appear and jump at you, Aya capturing them in a Genjutsu and then with your help you pinpoint the shinobi with the strongest chakra system and execute them. Leader is unquestionably aware of your intrusion now, and the huge chakra signatures you see ahead of you seem to move in anticipation.

>>16667417
>The entire Hidden Mist village explodes with fire and heat
Damn Satori for pushing us this far!
And damn us for going through with it...

>>16667417
You and your team reach a large stone door with complex tags written all over it. Immediately Gen takes to them and starts running his hands up and down them as he whispers to himself, "I wrote half these things...I should be able to release them..." He murmured before A grabs his shoulder and moves him aside and swings his knee hard into the stone door, blowing it straight apart as the dust rises around you. A's chakra surges as his Lightning Armor rises up around him and he looks at you, "Shimaru Yamada. Don't let your strength fail you now. We need it."

As soon as he's done, however, a kunai lands in front of your group, the sound ringing through the chamber as the Fourth Hokage appears in front of you all with his clear eyes and smashes A's chest with his Rasengan, the lightning armor opening up from the rotation as the jutsu sends A's huge frame launching backwards before Minato blocks a taijutsu combo from Gen, tripping him and kicking him back as he draws more kunai and then vanishes away again.

Behind him you see Satori, with all of his bodies, Mei, Onooki, Minato, Kakuzu, and Kisame all standing there shoulder to shoulder with a huge metal cannister covered in seals, you can sense the weak signatures of your Swordsmen in there. Satori spreads his arms with a smile, "Welcome, Shimaru Yamada."


(Rank+Genjutsu Knowledge for initiative.)

>>16667710
And now I'm off to work. Keep the dream alive everyone.

rolled 9, 6, 10, 9, 10, 6, 5, 5 = 60

>>16667710
Rank 5 + Genjutsu Knowledge 3

>>16667752
Oh fuck...not a single success.
We are so fucking dead.

>>16667490
Looks like kirigakure just turned into...

...kiregakure.

>YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

rolled 8, 6, 5, 3, 5, 4, 4, 9, 3 = 47

Rank 5 + Gen 4.

Not including any bonus' from Blitz 2, if we get any.

And the first thing we have to do is Tag the Yellow Flash who's right in front of us.

>>16667855
Right. We get the Yellow Lightning, then both he and us could tag Oonoki and Mei. A, Gen, and Aya can hopefully keep Kisame, Kakuzu, and Satori's bodies busy so that Shikaku can seal all of their movements with a mass shadow imitation jutsu.

Also, something for OP:
I've been wondering, have you considered any rules for interrupting an attack in order to defend an ally? We see it all the time in Naruto, where someone will intervene themselves between a person's attack and their victim, either blocking the attack or taking it themselves. Do we have any rules for that? Because it could have saved Baki, and I have a feeling we'll need it here in this fight.

>>16668469
Any other players have an idea for this mechanic?
Maybe based off of using DR and Chakra, as well as requiring the protector and the attacker be the same Speed Rank?

OP Returns!

>>16668469
Yes, I worked on the notes for v0.4 while I was at work, so I've been sure to include your suggestion/question in them. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Once again, we forgot to assign team roles.
Shikaku: Tactician
A: Melee specialist
Gen: Ranged specialist
Aya: Medic
Shimaru: Squad Leader or Sensor
Sensor is important, but it means we can't do anything.

>>16670786
Okay, so, in order to defend a person, we can hold an action for it. What about spending DR for it, in order to be able to move out of turn? But we can only move and block, no counterattack, and we lose our next turn.

>>16670888
As much as I am a fan of burning DR. This sort of thing does seem more like a prepared action. I think I could throw out a perk like "Vigilant Teammate" which would let us do that, but for now, you gotta brace for it.

>>16667752
>>16670865

Here we go!

You don't really feel much in the mood for conversation, but the sight of everyone gathered against you even makes your veteran heart waver a little, a bit of concern touching your mind.

A, however, has no such reservations. He rushes forward with maximum speed and grabs Satori's guard, a man with a long ponytail, and lifts him with one arm before smashing the body into the stone floor, kicking up a huge explosion of dust and rubble.

"Shit, the fool." Shikaku mutters as he squats down and his shadows lunge forward, Minato calling out, "Don't let him get a hold of you, we're sitting ducks if he gets us!" He says and everyone scatters as best as they can, however with a grin he captures Kisame and long needles rise up from the shadows and run Kisame through all over as Shikaku begins to sweat, "This guy's insanely strong...."

Gen begins making a long series of handseals, his focus entirely on touching his tattoos and forming his chakra correctly.

Aya keeps close to Gen and Shikaku, putting her hand on Shikaku's back, channeling her chakra into him, trying to help him in restrain the shark.

>>16670980
I want to use Hidden Mist, since it'll help us, but we need to get that seal on Minato as quickly as we can.

Vote we run up to Minato and slap that seal right on his face. Will we need to shunshin in order to catch him?

>>16670980

A's attack on the body of Satori's causes the strange-eyed man to laugh as he extends his hand and whispers, "Heavenly Push." A, with all his strength, is hurled away at the speed of a shot, blasted back into a wall where he lays groaning before clambering back to his feet.

Mei and Onooki both start making hand seals with speed, Mei shooting a tight blaze of lava at Shikaku who manages a close shave as he tumbles away, but catches a huge rock in the face, Aya's presence saving him from anything too severe.

The pain and movement allows Kisame to wrench through the shadows as he throws Samehada up into the air and clap his hands as he spews out water again, his eyes fixed on you exclusively.

Kakuzu forms his seals under his robes as his skin goes black again and he rushes forward, weaving around the spray of kunai that come from Gen's now extended spider-legs. As Gen raises his hands, four of his legs raising up to respond he finds Minato in his face in a flash, a Rasengan humming. Gen is left defenseless as he is smashed directly in the face by a Rasengan, hitting the stone and slumping over, his spider-legs wrapping around him to offer some cover as Minato flickers back to stand by Satori's side.

Satori's other bodies remain motionless but squatting slightly, ready to act if needed.

Your move

>>16671015
Reiterating my vote for action from >>16671013
We need to shut down Minato, and going after him and basically grabbing on to his like an octopus might through everyone off.

I think Minato is going to have to be unconscious for us to be able to tag him. We either just need to start mixing it up, or try to tag Mei. Having Shikaku in on a plan to shadowbind our tag-target would probably be appropriate

>>16671061
second thought, we'd probably want him shadowbinding someone else, to keep them busy.

>>16671061
I agree with this. Minato is a huge threat, but it's useless to try and slap him with a seal, considering it takes two rounds of him being immobile.

>>16671061
>>16671069
>>16671071
So we're tagging Mei.
Do you want to ask Shikaku for help or not?

I think it's time for shimaru to catch these guys off guard. Kisame' is gunning straight for us. Minato is doing hit and away tactics while staying close to the leader.

We need to do a three step gamble. We rush Leader who's used his heavenly push and is slightly vulnerable. This will cause Leader's bodies to come at us but so will Minato and Kisame. We use kisame to distract the six paths, and wait for the moment when Minato ports to us. Using that instant we grapple him using willows whisper. Then we apply the seal.

>>16671112
Is this the accepted plan?

>>16671267
Sounds good to me.

>>16671112
>>16671267
I've already voted against trying to tag Minato while he is still teleporting around. I suppose we could just try grappling him and put him in a choke hold (I assume this would just be doing regular non-lethal grapple damage) and see if he tries to teleport away, at least then we wouldn't have tipped our hand if it falls through.

>>16671346
We may also try to have Shikaku shadow lock the two of us in place. Minato seemed to be concerned about that technique as well so he may not be able to port right out of it.

>>16671382
>>16671346
Ok, so let's start. To grab minato you'll need a Rank+Ninjutsu Knowledge check to detect his next leap, and then you'll need a Rank+Martial Arts check at a -2 penalty for his increased speed to try and grapple him.

>>16671529
Ok Rank 5 + skill 5

rolled 3, 6, 8, 7, 1, 5, 6, 6, 5, 8 = 55

>>16671555
Trips of fail. Rerollan.

rolled 9, 5, 4, 1, 8, 8, 3 = 38

>>16671564
Ok, so now 5 + 4 Skill -2 for speed

>>16671564
>>16671601
Minato makes his jump to Gen again, ready to strike, but this time you jump on him, wrapping your arm around his neck from behind as you struggle for a moment and place the tag on his forehead, pushing your chakra through the tag as he slumps over and breathes out slowly.

Seeing your success A, Shikaku, Aya, and Gen all get in front of you and project their most disturbing jutsu, A shooting a lightning blast, Shikaku a field of needles, and Gen a wave of explosive tags.

However, Satori and company see this must be important and Satori himself feels his control slipping away as he aims his arm at you and fires a huge missile which thankfully is skewed by Shikaku. When Kisame rushes up towards you, sword raised, A catches him with a flying knee and grabs him around the waist, throwing him clear across the chamber, denting the metal cage your comrades are held in. Kakuzu begins to use a combination ninjutsu but is forced to tuck and roll from the tags. However, Mei and Onooki manage to get their shots off. Aya takes the lava with a scream of pain and Onooki's dust orb instantly vaporizes Gen's spider legs and one of his arms, which causes him to swoon and drop to the ground in shock.

>>16671732

Ouch. Well we can either keep pressing on and let everyone keep protecting us or since we disarmed ourselves with Willows whisper we can be sneaky, and reverse summon back to Salamander land. Once Minato is free we can use Tomaru to summon ourselves back and Minato can use his own teleport.

Thoughts?

>>16671857
While it doesn't sound like a bad idea, I don't think we can reverse summon at will; we need a salamander to use the technique. Got a plan to let one know we want a ride out?

>>16671926
We still have our mini communicator salamander which can inform a guardian or larger summon of our need.

>>16671857
Too risky in my opinion. If the summon that is left behind gets unsummoned for any reason, we're stuck from the battle. And Gen and Aya might not last much longer unless we turn the tide in some manner soon. Hell, it might already be too late. 2 rounds in and already two people probably have dropped.

>>16671857
>>16671926
>>16672025
So we're going to leave the battlefield for a round and hope for the best? Alright guys, if that's your wish.

Tomaru wasn't summoned there, he was brought physically, so he can't be dismissed, though he could be... killed.

>>16672077
There's no consensus yet. I vote against.

It appears we are to weather the storm.

You clench your teeth and whisper, "Everyone, hang on." The next round of attacks come in but this time your salvation comes with it.

"Triple Rashomon!" The attacks are all stopped by three massive iron gates that spring up in front of you, two of them splitting apart but the third gate taking the damage as Orochimaru and Jiraiya walk in together, Orochimaru's serpents dropping three choked and bitten men to the ground as Jiraiya tosses a body backwards as well, "Sorry for the delay. We got stuck swatting some flies." Orochimaru says with a laugh as he looks at everyone, "It seems you're doing well." He notes before Jiraiya puts his hands together, "You're freeing Minato, that's good. With his help this should be easier..." he notes and puts his palm on the ground, summoning up a toad with armor on his back and forearms, "Guardian Gama, I need your help." he says and the frog croaks loudly.

Aya is busy healing her husband as Shikaku keeps his eyes peeled, seeing one of Satori's bodies jumping towards you guys he shoots his shadow out, traps it, but sees that his shadow is being sucked up. "This one absorbs ninjutsu!" He instantly deduces as he jumps away from the fat man's strong heavy fists.

Minato suddenly gasps and sits bolt upright, "Shimaru!? What's happening!?" he asks with surprise and shock in his eyes.

>>16672517
Satori has violated your mind, attacked your family, twisted you against them and us, taken over my village and enslaved my Kage.

I intend to end him.

>>16672549
Add we could use his help either keeping him busy or helping to free the kages and this is fine.

>>16672549
>>16672583

Tack on a simple "And I require your assistance." To the end and it should be fine.

>>16672640
>>16672517
Minato nods before standing up, taking a tag and vanishing in a flash. Satori sees him when he lands, raising a hand to pull him close, but Minato simply tags Mei grabs her wrist, and cancels the momentum away as he lands next to you all. Orochimaru's snakes shoot up around Mei and press against the tag on her forehead, channeling the chakra as Orochimaru himself stands beside Jiraiya, both of them ready for battle, Jiraiya calling, "We've got your back, Shimaru-san!"

>>16672675
Stand up and summon Tomaru to our hand.

"Then let's start."

Target Jutsu drainer. Annihilate him with sword skills.

rolled 3, 6, 5, 4, 8, 5, 8, 5, 5 = 49

>>16672749
You know the drill. Rank+Greatsword Skills.

rolled 5, 1, 4, 1, 9, 9, 5, 10, 7, 6 = 57

>>16672823
Whelp here it goes.

>>16672840
Spend det to reduce dat 10

rolled 7, 4, 8, 9, 10, 7, 7, 10, 10 = 72

>>16672840
>>16672843
Won't make it a crit, but it will make it a tie.

>>16672852
Also ignore that roll

>>16672852
Tie goes to defender?

>>16672861
Since he got a crit, yes, it would. He'll get a counter in, but it'll be a weak one. If you don't stop him he gets a stronger counter.

Does anyone else think we should be talking to Kisame?

"He'd stolen their will, Kisame!"
"Is that what you hoped for?"
"Is that what he promised?"

Team focus should be getting Oonoki back. If we can get the tide visibly in our favor, we can confront Kakuzu, since he is supposed to be in it just for the money.
"Kakuzu, does Akatsuki still seem to be the right investment?"

This will only work of they aren't mind controlled, but hey, it doesn't cost anything. If Kisame doesn't relent, we should just go for a knockout.

>>16672889
Well there is also the whole give kisame over for horrible experimentation/puppetry thing to consider when/if we talk to him.

>>16672872
We still have a couple actions left so let's take his weaker counter.

Getting rid of this guy will make using techniques easier thus making it easier to get Oonoki under control. We don't want more than one tag going at a time.

>>16672914
Your sword stroke is dodged masterfully as he rolls his shoulder to the side and kicks you solidly in the chest, sending you sliding backwards on the balls of your feet before you land on his heels with a slight oomph.

(Take 11 damage)

>>16672901
Oh yeah. My response to that:
"It seems you'll just have to wait for that corpse. I intend for him to live a long and prosperous life." Not that we shouldn't try to repay him in the meantime.

>>16672931
That's cool we still have 2 more actions right? What's our Determination currently at?

>>16672964
Determination is at 8, I believe. And yes we do.

rolled 5, 7, 8, 2, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4, 7 = 51

>>16672971
Give em two more!

rolled 3, 7, 6, 4, 5, 7, 3, 7, 2, 6 = 50

>>16672997
Blow some chakra on the gauntlet.

>>16672997
He's taking that one.

You flash in with lightning speed and slice down, this time hitting the target before it can ever raise its arms to block you.

(9+5+5+2 (gauntlet))*2=42 dmg.

>>16673011

This was for second attack btw.

>>16673066
Let's blow some det on it too.

>>16673066
>>16673011
Yes, two crits in a row. Let's mulch this fat man.

>>16673066
Alright, so that's 84 damage.

A flurry of sword strokes and the body slumps down, blood running out of it as you sense the chakra go out in the body as it dies off, far too much trauma inflicted by your arm and blade as you look up to see Satori's expression of ambivalence.

(That cost us 8 chakra.)

>>16673074
Agreed. Let's see what level Effect we can get.

>>16673084
Eeww, that's alot a chakra. Now we get to find out he can rez his doods.

Okay, the next target for tagging is definitely Oonoki.
Since Orochimaru's snakes are currently freeing Mei, Minato and Jiraiya can go after Oonoki, and Shimaru can then go after Kisame (who I don't think will give us much choice).

As soon as we tag Oonoki, I agree with >>16672889
See if we can appeal to Kakuzu's greed by getting him to see how he might want to pull his investments out now.

Hmm, does our ability to recharge our Chakra count Satori's bodies as 'kills'?

Because this could get crazy if don't kill the Naraka Path quickly.

We need to kill Kisame quickly, he's one of the only enemy that can actually outdo us in close combat.

Time to see which of us is the more honest man and who's sword is greater.

>>16673141
>>16673848
So 2 votes for taking out Kisame while we have the others tag Oonoki, right?

>>16675595
Or we can Flurry up to 3 Sasori bodies.
And if somebody launches them in the air and we could Supreme Cut flurry them..

If we do fight Kisame and convince him to stop fighting, we need to be careful of Orochimaru and Sasori. We did make the provision that 'If Kisame dies' but I don't know how well two 'experimenters' will follow that.

>>16676014
We're not the Melee Specialist, we're the Squad Leader, so we don't have access to the Flurry ability.
Even if we did, our attack on the one body showed that a single attack, even a critical success, isn't enough to kill one.

>>16676228
supreme Cut would be useful in catching one off guard I think. We may not have the chakra.

So what it is it? Kill kisame or try and make him come to his senses?

>>16679843
If he's mind controlled, then slap a seal on him. If he's being stupid, then we have no choice but to express ourselves through our swordsmanship.

>>16679924
We've been told that none of the dawn bringers have been mind whammied. The source isn't exactly the type that you trust but it's still more likely to be true than not.

>>16680058
Then I guess we have no choice but to fight him. Hopefully without killing him.

>>16680075
What you mean we're going to engage our long time friend in a bitter battle with death on the line while spouting lines about coming to his senses and turning back from the dark path he's walked down? In a Naruto inspired game?

Who'd a thunk it?

>>16680579
Quickly! To the Valley of the End!

>>16680075
>>16680058
>>16679924
>>16675595
As you try to issue orders you start to see that these high-level shinobi don't really take orders well. Minato flashes inwards and slams Satori's chest with two rasengans at once before vanishing back again, hate in his eyes as his foe recovers with relative ease. Orochimaru and Jiraiya begin to tangle with Kakuzu, who draws out his hearts and finds one of them killed by snakes and hair.

Kakuzu nods, "Perhaps you're right, Shimaru Yamada." he notes as he looks towards leader, crouches and jumps away from all of you, his hearts following as he keeps his eyes trained on the fight. Your allies from the first wave are recovering, save for A who rushes in and finds a body of Satori's which summons a huge rhino to charge and knock the Raikage back. The rest of your allies begin to focus on the huge rhino.

>>16681421
Firstly, what are Oonoki and Kisame's movements?

Depending on that we'll either:

1) Counter Summon
2) Engage one of these two
3)Assist the Raikage

>>16681612
Kisame is merging with Samehada.

Onooki is readying a massive Dust Release shot.

>>16681618
Kisame merged with Samehada is bad, but Oonoki charging his Dust Shot is even worse.
We need to Shunshin to him and slap the seal on him.

>>16681711
Can we summon a guardian to distract Kisame and still act against Onooki?

>>16681739
With our speed? Yep.

>>16681749
We might have the speed, but do we have the chakra?

With our speed? Yep.
>>16681924

That we do not have. We have...1 chakra left.

>>16681943
1 Chakra, but 9 DR, if I'm counting the turns right.
And because we didn't use any Effects when we got our crits, we could convert the DR into Chakra.

I don't think you've updated the character sheet, so I don't have the costs of Burning Avatar of the Sea or of the summons.

Was converting Determination Resource to Chakra a free action, or a standard action? Also, anybody got the current DR-to-Chakra conversion ratio?

>>16683834
Determination to Chakra is 1 for 1.
We still need to roll Rank vs. Chakra Control to see how much converting we can do. (2 successes means we can get 2 Chakra for 2 DR, 3 successes means we canget 3 Chakra for 3 DR). At least, that's the way it was first explained.
When we actually used the mechanic, 2 successes let us only get 1 Chakra for 2 Determination.

bump

>>16686808
We were only on page 6 or so. No need to bump. /tg/ moves slow.

Alright, so, what are we doing this turn?
Convert DR to Chakra, Guardian Summon and target Kisame, move to Oonoki, slap tag on his face?

>>16685094
We'll its not like we can do much without the chakra. What can we do for just DR?

>>16690817
We could use the DR to convert into Chakra, nad power Effects when we get a critical success, but I think that's it.

>>16689452
It'd be safer to just use a soldier pill. We can only use one per fight so may as well use it now.

The other two though should work. I'm more concerned with stopping Oonoki's technique than tagging him for this round though.

>>16692658
Yes. I vote we try and stop Oonoki.

>>16692691
>>16692658
Tagging him does stop him from using his Dust Shot, though. The tags, in order to reset the three northern chakra gates, prevents chakra from being manipulated.
So yes, you both should be supporting tagging Oonoki.

Alright, so modified plan:
Pop soldier pill, summon Guardian Salamander to interrupt Kisame, Shunshin to Oonoki, slap tag on his head and disrupt his jutsu.
That sound good for everyone?

>>16695095
Yep.

>>16681421
>As you try to issue orders you start to see that these high-level shinobi don't really take orders well
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, seeing as they're all Kages or living legends and we're just a ANBU captain.