>>16739629
Which one allows us to continue towards Oonoki?

>>16739647
Dodging obviously. Shinobi movement + taijutsu roll?

>>16739652
Rank+Shinobi Movement

rolled 3, 9, 9, 2, 1, 5, 8, 6, 10, 3 = 56

rollin for dodge

rolled 3, 8, 3, 4, 7, 1, 5, 3, 10, 5 = 49

>>16739661
Dodging
Rank 5 + Shinobi Movement 5

>>16739681
You beat him quite handily.

You lunge past the extended hand and reach for Onooki who clenches his teeth and tries to fire off the Dust Release.

(Wanna give me another dodge?)

rolled 10, 7, 10, 8, 10, 6, 3, 2, 9, 7 = 72

dodgin'

>>16739681
Should we spend some determination to nix that 10?

>>16739706
Yes. Yes god.

rolled 4, 5, 3, 8, 7, 3, 4, 6, 6, 10 = 56

>>16739701
Dodging again.

rolled 2, 8, 1, 10, 5, 2, 2, 8, 10 = 48

>>16739719
Forgot my roll.

>>16739725
Well no crit at least. Blow sum det on this!

>>16739729
I agree; let's blow some DR to cancel the 10.

>>16739725
OK op we're blowing some Grit (new name for DR) to make our defense 10's free. What's next?

rolled 10, 6, 7, 3, 10, 9, 7, 3, 10 = 65

>>16739729
We'll do the same with our Dust Element Mastery.

(He's going to blow some Grit to reduce one of those 10's. And then he'll blow 3 Grit to activate his Kage UA and make it a critical. You can match him by blowing 3 Grit as well to neutralize the Crit.)

>>16739811
>activate his Kage UA and make it a critical. You can match him by blowing 3 Grit as well to neutralize the Crit
>about to be hit by a Kage-class Crit and asked if we want to cancel it
Very much yes, please.

>>16739811
Hmm be critically low on grit

or

Die a horrible death due to atomization.

I say blow the grit.

>>16739811
I...think we're gonna have to do that. Damn, this is gonna hurt.

Yeah, keep countering, we need to get that tag on his face.

>>16739824
>>16739822
>>16739861
Onooki blasts his huge Dust Release and you clench your jaw as you throw your body around in a huge spiral as you weave away from the Dust which opens a huge part of the ceiling up in a clean cube.

You slap the tag onto his forehead as he breathes out slowly and shakes at the knees, hitting the ground and twitching slowly as you pump the chakra into him.

>>16739882
nothin quite like subduing old men

>>16739882
Ok OP what's the situation? What is our current chakra, health and grit and what's going on with the other six paths and kisame?

>>16739882
Do we have any actions left?
Can we retreat with Oonoki back towards the others?

>>16739882
Ok, if we can't warp back behind ally lines, just stay and force Chakra into the old man's head. Get the Dust Master clear and easy and lets free the swordsmen.

>>16739903
Sadly I don't think we have a battle line right now. Kage's are doing their own thing and that doesn't seem to include teamwork.

>>16739941
See, I want to suggst hiding behidn the Snake but as soon as I think that my brain ceases up and stops processing thoughts.

>>16739899

Chakra, 1. Grit, 4. Health, pretty sure we're untouched.

Satori's fat body is dead, his other paths are close to him, save for the Human Realm which is behind you now, and is about to act.

Your salamander rushes at Kisame who lets the thing chomp hard into his thigh and and shake his head, causing blood to pour out of the man's thigh as his Samehada fuses completely and now he grabs your salamander and hurls it into Aya who lets out a yelp of surprise as she tumbles with the heavy salamander. "Water Style: Dome of Eternal Water!" The water bubble begins to flow all around him as Satori and all his bodies except the Human Realm jump away from it. Your team-mates and yourself are helpless as the water washes over you all and the sensation of Kisame's hungry eyes watching you fills your chest with fear.

>>16740013
Fuck.

Is it our action now?

>>16740121
Yes indeed. Your speed ranks are suspended here in the water and you can last 9 turns before you drown.

>>16740140
You gotta end those with descriptions with "your action" or something. I got confused there.

Well, is Onooki un-mindcontrolled? How much can we maneuver in the water?

>>16740013
Wait what about the soldier pill? I thought that gave us some chakra.

>>16740173
We had to blow 2 of it to summon. I thought we were dry.

>>16740165
Onooki is in the process of being freed. You need to hold on for one more turn. You can maneuver at base speed in the water.

>>16740207
I guess we don't have much choice but to swim towards the nearest edge while grappoing Onooki.

>>16740218
This. Our action is this.

>>16740218
Nah, running will only waste energy. Instead we do the most logical thing we can think of. Troll the shit out of him like we did the Raikage.

Raise hand. Waive him over ala Bruce Lee. And prep our actions for counter attacks. Let him know we aren't running and we aren't afraid.

>>16740277
we have an old man in our arms.

After that then we have another dust bomb.

Hey op what type of salamander was summoned? I assume it is still here since it didn't puff into smoke. If it was a water type it may still be useful.

>>16740284

Yeah we do but swimming away is just going to waste an action. Kisame has insane speed in the water and the bubble follows him.

>>16740305
Okay okay. Prepare a counterattack and end our turn.

>>16740300
Up to you, really. If you want the water one remember they're more healer than warriors.

>>16740317
You ready your sword with one hand as Onooki starts to murmur a little as he begins to come to. Satori, who is outside of the bubble, sends his bodies to form a circle around the sphere of water as they all put their hands together and you see them light up with chakra and begin chanting. Kisame, laughing, begins to shoot towards Gen and Aya, teeth gnashing as your comrades ready themselves for battle. Orochimaru and Sasori both move to try and intercept Satori's bodies but see Kakuzu's hands flash as he launches a javelin of lightning into the sphere, shocking all parties within.

(Erryone takes 15 damage.)

A, however, manages to rally himself as he stands up, far outside of the battlefield, shakes his massive head and charges himself up, rushing at Kakuzu and finding his charge stopped short as he locks up and hits the ground, face-first shaking slightly as you see an invisible barrier-jutsu flash briefly as A hits it. Minato is busy focusing his chakra as he clenches a tag.

>>16740428
Well if we want to intercept Kisame I'd say we could use our Iron wind and Supreme cut in conjunction with each other and throw it at him, then we Shunshin to where Kisame is if we can (by converting some Grit into Chakra) or have Tomaru reverse summon us there.

Also what are Mei and Shikaku doing op? We could try to signal to one of them to help with Oonoki.

>>16740513
Shikaku is making for the surface, his lung capacity isn't great. Mei is trying to figure out how best to act in this situation as her kekkei genkai are both somewhat useless in this scenario.

>>16740428
Let's go with fire actually. Since we brought it here to fight it'd make sense. Have the salamander change tactics and go bite Satori's main body in the face. He'll either have to stop chanting, and push it away or he'll have to take on some damage.

In the mean time Mei can use earth jutsu right (lava is fire + earth I think)? We should signal to her to activate one to slow down Kisame while we attack either him or one of satori's bodies from range depending on who's closer.

Did we get any Grit from last round? We should try and convert some into chakra here. We'll be getting more at the end of the round.

>>16740593
You gained 3 Grit, i believe. Though maybe it's 4...

>>16740601
Does it take up one of our actions to convert Grit? Or can we do that as part of another action?

>>16740624
Haven't come to a conclusive stance on it. But it seems too little to spend a whole action on....For now we'll have it be a free action.

Oh Op and what about Jiraiya. He's here too right? What's he doing?

>>16740713
Working on a large-scale summon it seems.

rolled 5, 9, 3, 5 = 22

>>16740721
Rolling 4 dice for grit -> chakra as a free action anyway.

I say we send a message perfectly clear to Kisame. Throw our sword and have it cleave the water-dome in half but stop just in front of him drawing his attention back to us. Make a simple and direct gesture.

You. Me. No items. Final Destination. Let's do this.

>>16740784
Why would two people renowned for their swordsmanship decide a fight with fisticuffs? It's time for the shark to clash with the salamander.

>>16740797
Oh no I meant a sword duel. The no items/ final destination thing was just a brawl reference.

1v1 duel, no tricks, no help, no regrets.

>>16740797

Let's sword him to death with our sword.

>>16740806
>>16740804
Your sword whistles past his head as he sees it, grabs it, and then turns to face you as he flings it back at you, waits for you to catch it as he spreads his lips in a massive sharky smile, "Shimaru Yamada....it comes down to this." he says and swims forward like a dart, his clawed hands flexing as he claps his hands together and summons a massive fan of sharks made of water that launch from around him, at least thirty of them blast towards you, teeth gnashing.

>>16740837
What kind of check would it be to kill all the sharks?

>>16740845
Well, what are you trying to do to them?

>>16740848

See:

>>16740806

>>16740848
What kind of check would it be to kill them with our sword?

What kind of check would it be to kill them with some ninjutsu? I'm thinking water dragon might help us out here.

>>16740864
Killing them with you sword would be an Arduous Greatsword test. Requires 4 successes. Anything more than than you get Extra Effects.

rolled 9, 8, 6, 5, 5, 4, 3, 5, 3, 3 = 51

>>16740869
Use the sword. Become the hero.

rolled 6, 8, 6, 2, 4, 8, 5, 8, 9, 6 = 62

>>16740869
Ok. Lets do it then.

>>16740875
>>16740874

Spend Grit for extra effect!

>>16740874
Fuck the sharks.

You release Onooki, letting him drift away from you. Almost as if they were waiting for it, a rush of snakes lunge outwards and pull him close to Orochimaru and Jiraiya, both of them giving you your space.

The sharks rush towards you and with a flash of your blade you slice them to ribbons, the chakra starting to reform around you already as you feel your lungs starting to burn, stressing from the lack of oxygen. Physical exertion makes this even harder on you, but you can do this, you won't fail now.

Tomaru suddenly contacts you, "Master Shimaru, I can feel you suffering. This isn't a time we need to be working at less than 100%. We can attempt something, but it will be extremely risky. It will take both of our willpower in tandem and lock us out of our chakra. But....we'll be a physical combatant like none other."

>>16740916
Do it.

...

As long as its exciting.

>>16740916
Shit's about to get furry. Let the Kaiju Battle commence.

>>16740926
>>16740928
You nod and give him your consent as you feel Tomaru's chakra starting to pull on your own as his mind reaches to yours. The blood bond you share begins to become a more physical as his scales run up your flesh and you feel a deep gasp of refreshing oxygen before it is wrenched away from you as quickly as it began.

Kisame chuckles, "Is there a problem, kohai?" He asks as he flashes his fangs and is suddenly next to you before you can react, slashing your arm with his claws as he winds up ten feet behind you, licking the blood from his nails.

"Master, with our current exhaustion I can't complete the technique...we either need to focus down and try to make this work...or we need some help. If you can call another salamander forward to give us the stability and chakra we need, we can try it one more time."

>>16740955
Do it.

>>16740955

I will surpass Senpai.

Push through it. Spend a Nindo if we gotta.

>>16740955
What do we need to do to focus and will the salamander we already summoned be enough help if we go that route?

>>16740980
>>16740975
Alright, I'll be looking for a Rank roll targeting our determination. Arduous, so I need 4 successes out of the 5 rolls we have.

rolled 3, 3, 4, 5, 5 = 20

Here goes nothin!

>>16740982
You'd need a bigger one. Sub boss level, or a boss.

rolled 6, 2, 9, 10, 3, 2, 3, 8, 7, 5, 5 = 60

>>16740986
Gorgeous.

You grit your teeth and force your body, mind, and almost your spirit to work with Tomaru's as he tries again. This time the scales slither all over your body and the sword shrinks more and more before your right arm, the gauntlet floating away in the water, grows massive and muscular with a large clawed hand at the end of your arm. The rest of your body covers up in the scales as your muscles throb and swell, your lungs easing again as the water passes by your lips and into your body then out your nose. Your eyes shift and you can see chakra now, see people's auras. Your heart beats a millisecond behind Tomaru's before you hear your heartbeat loud like a drum, united with your blade's.

A heavy tail emerges from your lower back and stabilizes you in the water, giving you the ability to move as quickly as you normally can, your webbed hands and feet also aiding in this as your jaw lengthens painfully into a large maw. Lastly your right arm explodes outwards with a wicked set of bones, curved and spurred bones, before they recede back into your skin, awaiting your call.

Kisame sneers, "Kohai, always the imitator I see. Let's see if I can't teach you a few more lessons before you leave this world!" He says and his tail sweeps once heavily as he blitzes towards you, his own chakra senses, eyes, and transformation giving you even speed with him as this fight gears up to go into over-drive.

(He's attacking you, your action please.)

rolled 2, 9, 5, 10, 8, 4, 6, 7, 3, 8 = 62

>>16741008
Dodge first.

rolled 1, 7, 9, 1, 4, 8, 6, 4, 1, 8 = 49

Shinobi Movement to dodge.

So when we attack with our arm will we still be using our sword skill?

>>16741023
>>16741027
Rules say I gotta take the first roll.

You and Kisame meet as his claws slash across your neck and your huge right arm blocks it, your masses meeting in conflict as he kicks at you and you smack at him with your tail before you disengage, staring one another down.

>>16741033
Sure do

>>16741023
Does our armor still apply or do we have an armor bonus? If so negate that 10 with the armor save. Otherwise use some det if we have any left.

>>16741041
You and Kisame are locked into Broken Bond mode. You'll both lose 1 Grit per round to keep your hits even. No crits, no botches, each of you ignore a single 10.

rolled 10, 10, 9, 4, 2, 7, 4, 2, 10, 8 = 66

>>16741037
Attack with swordsmanship then. Bone spikes ahoy!

rolled 9, 4, 2, 8, 5, 10, 6, 9, 3, 1, 6 = 63

>>16741048
Ouch.

Your arm rockets forward, the bone spikes exploding outwards, aiming for your former friend and teacher's chest, trying to run him through.

"Tomaru is there anything I should know about this mode that isn't obvious?"

"Senpai, the master you've chosen uses methods contradict his words. Why do you still serve him?"

>>16741058
Your 5 vs his 9.

Blow Nindo? Or do you want to let him resolve his hit?

>>16741066
>"Tomaru is there anything I should know about this mode that isn't obvious?"

"No sir, there shouldn't be much more than the physical power it gives you. We can breathe fire, but that doesn't really make much of a difference here."

>>16741071
How injured are we?

>>16741071
We'll take it for now. We'll use nindou at a more critical moment

>>16741080
At the moment? Perfect health minus 15.

>>16741082
Is that agreeable to everyone?

>>16741082
Seconding this.

>>16741082
>>16741087
Alright, here we go.

Your arm rockets forward, your tail supporting your attack as Kisame weaves up and around you, finding your blind-spot in your attack where your shoulder's bulk obscures his attack just a little. This proves to be a critical mistake.

His fangs sink deep into your chest and stomach as he throws you bodily through the water with a roar, his claws rending down your back clear through your scales as you feel your chakra vanishing into his claws as he laughs. The pain is explosive and the water around you becomes dark and cloudy with your blood as Tomaru yells in your mind, "That was close! We almost died from that one!"

(He uses 4 Grit, drops you to Wounded and deals damage. 11 T+5 Greatsword Skills+ 3 Monster of the Mist + 2 Samehada Fusion. That's 21 damage to your wounded health.)

rolled 3, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 4, 3, 5, 1 = 50

>>16741110
A solid blow Senpai.

My turn. Great Sword attack again.

rolled 6, 5, 7, 1, 9, 9, 9, 2, 3, 10, 1 = 62

>>16741118
No crits, of course, but that's a solid hit.

>>16741118
>>16741120

You rush towards your sempai again and slash at him again, your heavy claws catching his painfully sharp hide as you wince a bit but finally find a break. You draw blood and when that happens the bones eject from your fingers and back of your hand, deepening the wound as Kisame snarls and flails away from you.

(You deal damage equal to T+Greatsword+5+3 from the fusion. Additionally you deal an extra free T damage because of your bone familiarity and your automatic success. So all in all that's 9+5+5+3+9= 31 damage. Not too shabby at all.)

>>16741134
Ouch. Not too bad. Are we basically just acting simultaneously here OP?

rolled 10, 1, 6, 8, 8, 7, 6, 2, 10, 10, 8 = 76

>>16741137
More or less. I'm sorta bending the rules a tiny bit for the sake of dramatic presentation.

Kisame chuckles, "However, unlike you kohai, my wounds heal." he says as you see the cut you put on his stomach knitting back together as he rolls his shoulders and shoots towards you, his hands reaching for your wrists as he opens his jaws, ready to deliver the killing blow.

rolled 6, 4, 6, 1, 8, 2, 6, 3, 6, 1 = 43

>>16741145
Counter Attack!

>>16741151
He's lucky no crits.

You've got at least 5 Extra Effects over him. Time to deliver!

Spend 4 Grit. Payback is a bitch.

>>16741160
or 5 if we can manage it (I thought the scale stopped at 4)

>>16741162
>>16741167
You can apply a Level 4 and then a Level 1 for T extra damage.

He drops to wounded and then takes (2T+5+3+5)= 31 again.

You see him rushing inwards and this time you feel his claws grabbing your wrists, you feel the iron-like grip settling in and this time you react the right way. You swing your knee hard up into his jaw, slamming his teeth together before your tail wraps around his tail and you tug downwards, opening him up for a double clawed slash downwards across his face, raking out an eye as the bone spikes explode from your right arm digging deep trenches into his flesh as he screams out in pain and rage, the blood filling the water as Samehada does its best to heal him and recover, but not nearly able to keep up to the damage you visited upon him.

(And now, nighmarishly, it's your turn.)

spend 5 grit.

4 to put him into wounded and deal damage.

1 for an extra normal melee attack.

rolled 6, 3, 6, 2, 5, 10, 8, 7, 3, 5 = 55

>>16741185
"Senpai... I'm glad I got to know you. I hope that in your next life, you'll be able to live honestly."

Finish him as quick and painless as possible.

rolled 1, 8, 4, 8, 8, 4, 1, 9, 2 = 45

>>16741233
Defense, ho.

rolled 7, 9, 9, 4, 3, 10, 9, 10, 1 = 62

>>16741243
A tie but he has the 2 auto-successes.

You slash at his vulnerable neck and cut through only water as he appears behind you and moves to bite down on your neck, his strong arms trying to restrain yours in a full nelson.

rolled 4, 2, 6, 4, 3, 6, 9, 7, 9, 2 = 52

>>16741248
Dodge this time.

rolled 3, 4, 5, 8, 2, 6, 6, 7, 4 = 45

>>16741254

You slip up over his head quickly as he notices this and tries to backflip in the water and winds up above you again, diving down with force as he tries again to rake you with his claws.

rolled 6, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 8, 1, 5, 6 = 42

>>16741268
Dodgan again.

>>16741275
>>16741268

Tie. But the attacker wins. However, you have the auto success.

You weave around him and as you do so your tail cracks across his face and he tries to recover as he bobs slightly and slows his breathing, his rage subsiding as the pain fades away.

>>16741285
Man we need to get in on some of that regeneration action.

>>16741285

"You're as quick to heal as the rumors say senpai."

>>16741330
>"You're as quick to heal as the rumors say senpai."

"And you are as much the warrior as I've heard of. I am loving this fight, kohai! I feel your truth and mine meeting in a grand chorus!" He says as he puts his hands together and breathes in deeply before he focuses on healing his wounds, the healing speed accelerating hugely.

>>16741369
Tomaru, you're part water salamander. Anything you can do about these wounds?

>>16741383
>"Tomaru, you're part water salamander. Anything you can do about these wounds?"

He thinks, "I can....I can use what little talent I have in those arts to channel the smallest amount of chakra I can spare to it. But I cannot promise you much. If you wanted a more powerful healer Mamoro would have been the one to call." He says and slowly you begin to feel some of your blood returning as the wounds scab over very slowly, a pale imitation of Kisame's regeneration.

(You heal 8 HP.)

As you look around, a lull having appeared in the battle, you see Satori struggling supremely. His bodies are almost all defeated but a huge white gate appears and from the gate marches the bodies again, fully revived and restored, Satori Prime keeping his distance. When A engages him in hand to hand he pushes the giant away and A calls out. Sasori grabs Satori Prime's arms with his puppet strings as Orochimaru shoots snakes all along his limbs, biting him, injecting him with their venom as A rushes forward and drops a leg-drop onto Satori Prime's head, snapping his neck cleanly in half. However, the body soon vanishes in a fragmentation of light as the body steps through the gate again and smiles, "It will take more than that to kill me."

>>16741410
Almost as if his words asked for it Mei and Onooki blast all his bodies except for the Prime. Minato teleports himself and A and they both strike him with their hardest techniques, driving him into the ground. Once they do Orochimaru launches forward and pins his shoulders before locking eyes with him and grinning hugely, "The time is now!" You see Satori's chakra fading as the white gate trembles before Orochimaru's chakra swells hugely and his body becomes paler and eventually falls onto the ground as a husk of skin and clothing. Satori rises and with a wave of his hand over his face Orochimaru grins out across everyone with the Rin'negan as he stretches his fingers and whispers, "Amazing...this level of power..."

>>16741462
"That's worrying."

Oh fuck all kinds of duck.

Orochimaru wielding the Rinnegan is a bad, bad thing.

We gotta kill Sempai quick.

>>16741462
This...is not an indication of good.

Is it our action, or Kisame's?

Ok. Well...Orochimaru. I don't know if we should try and kill him or if we should let him keep the eyes and body, knowing that there isn't any more he can actually screw around with as he now has supreme power.

Also, Yell to Orochimaru to stop the mind control.

"Why did you believe him, Sempai! He wished to beat our swords to plowshares! He stole the minds of our village! WHY!"

Can we start up Avatar of the Sea and switch into BLAZING SEA quickly?

>>16741462
"Sempai! You said your leader was honest! How is twisting the minds of people different from making us slaves?
"Let's end this, sempai. One way or the other."

Do we have any Grit left? Any Chakra?

>>16742942

I don't think we can, or should, talk this out with him, this our final battle now and only one of us is walking away, we've both walked too far down our separate paths to turn back now.

>>16743621
Well, that's what I meant with that dialogue.
>Let's end this, one way or the other
Seems clear to me that this means only one of us is leaving alive.

>>16743676

Ah, I see, sorry for the misunderstanding.

I thought you were trying to convince him to join us with the whole "Your master is brain raping douchebag!" thing while leaving the possiblity of a badass final blow open.

> Gustavo wndfin

Windfin, that'd make for a good move name captcha but it doesn't seem thematic for us.

>>16743724
Nah, but if that happens, awesome. More 'expalin!' I'm shooting for because I wanna know why we are killing our Sempai.

>>16742942
Your chakra is locked away. Your Grit is 4.

rolled 5, 8, 4, 4, 8, 3, 6, 9, 7, 4 = 58

>>16744300
Supreme Cut for 2 Grit.

>>16744461
What were the costs of Supreme Cut again?
If we can afford it, yeah, I think we should use it.

>>16744529
Well, as Supreme Cut is one of our Signature Moves it's a jutsu and I'm not sure we can use it, but it does cost 0 chakra, as we can use a Signature Move once per encounter for free.

>>16744577
Yeah, I'm assuming you guys are using your freebie.

Kisame is busy breathing in and healing as you flicker towards him with your amazing speed and he raises his finned arms to block, but your blow cleaves through his skin and bone with ease, your claws finding his neck as you cut all the way to his bone.

(Outta grit. Kisame takes a 3x crit. 9+5+5+3= 22*3 damage. 66 damage to wounded Kisame.)

The water bubble pops suddenly as you and he drop to the ground with a thud. Kisame unfuses with Samehada which wraps around his arm fondly as he breathes in and out slowly, his neck all but gone, his life running away as he bleeds to death and he smiles, "I suppose...your truth was purer than mine, kohai."

>>16744674
"i am sorry, Kisame-sempai. I wish you had followed my path." Hold your Sempai with Samehada and let the water run out of our eyes.

>>16744674
"You were an honest man who fought for what he believed in. If only Satori was as honest as you, it never would have come to this."

>>16744731
>"I am sorry, Kisame-sempai. I wish you had followed my path."

He chuckles and nods, "Well...my death is an affirmation of your truths. Be sure to carry that truth on to the next generation. Show the world what honesty means. And to make sure you keep your promise.." He says and with a shiver his Samehada slithers up your arm and rests on your back as it did his, "Samehada will watch over you and whoever you trust to give him to. I know you'll make the right decision."

>>16744674

I think we can be a bit more verbose that usual.

Smile back, such that we can.

"Maybe, but you showed me what truth was...I hope that when we meet again I can say that we made a more honest world today."

"Thank you Sempai."

Too much? We gotta have SOMETHING meaningful to say here.

>>16744786
>"Thank you Sempai."

"Thank you, Sensei." he tells you and smiles, his teeth stained red, "You have taught me more than I could ever imagine." he says and finally shudders, falling asleep as he dies. Orochimaru and Sasori walk up to him as Minato puts his hand on your shoulder, "Come on, Shimaru, he's dead." he says and Sasori and Orochimaru write a seal on his forehead before they seal his body away in a scroll.

>>16744895
Curse to ourselves for not keeping Sempai out of the Scorpion's claws and go and free the Seven. Look to Minato for orders regarding Orochimaru.

>>16744895

>>16744895
We should probably unfuse from Tomaru and spend a few rounds regaining chakra if we have the chance.

>>16744920
You and the Kages look around for a release before you find the seals and all of you release it. Your Swordsmen hit the ground at once, their bodies wrapped up in bandages, every inch of it written with seals and tags. They have been on the drip for days, their chakra has been sucked dry and their minds have been wracked. The trauma will take weeks to recover. Aya rushes to Yuki's side and starts to heal her as quickly as she can, trying to see if she can get a second medic going.

>>16744895

I'm actually a little sad now.

Obviously we don't stop Orochimaru or Sasori, we've got Samehada with us, it's more important and it'd be an insult to Kisame to break our word now.

What the situation? I assume it's gone well what with Minato taking the time to escort us away.

>>16744954
WHY DON'T WE FUSE WITH BOTH SAMEHADA AND TOMARU TO NIP THIS THREAT IN THE BUD?

>really bad idea

>>16744943
Before we help them, see if we can sense Kaji and make sure he's ok. If we've killed Satori I want to make sure his mind control isn't contuing by itself.

Also, see if Kakuzu is anywhere around.

I wonder how much of Kirigakure is left?

Our assault really fucked things up.

Maybe we should link up with Mizukage when the Swordsmen are stable, not sure how we can help but maybe an extra pair of hands could help things go smoother and it might do them some good to see their Captain's face.

>>16744943
We should go up to the Mizukage, see how she is.
"Orders, Mizukage?"

Also, yeah, we should look for Kaji, Misato, and any other Kirigakure survivors. I'm assuming that the mind-control has been broken, but maybe we shouldn't assume that.

>>16745011
>>16745026
To your senses Kaji is above ground dealing with your ANBU Captain friend. He is apparently in restraints, but doing well. Tomaru finally cannot hold the transformation and falls to the ground in his salamander state, panting hard from the exertion.

Kakuzu is standing, surrounded by Shikaku, Jiraiya, and Hanzou who all have him cornered. The Kages are speaking and Kakuzu offers his hand which they all shake and he takes a piece of paper the Mizukage jotted on quickly before departing.

When you approach the Mizukage she smiles, "Excellent work as always, Shimaru." She says and nods, "We have some cleanup. From what Jiraiya-san told me you had to put the village to the torch. I understand your reasoning, and I do not blame you. We will rebuild it, but we need assistance. Kakuzu has sold us all the information on Akatsuki for amnesty and a very large sum of money. I need you..." she starts before Minato puts his hand on her shoulder, "To take a vacation." He cuts in and she laughs before nodding, "Yes. Time off would be good for you. Get some rest, go see the rest of the country, or stay here and help your friends get well again before I can give you all some time off."

>>16745106
"Vay-kay-shan? What is this, vay-kay-shan, of which you speak?"
Glance at the Swordsmen.
"Maybe once my mission is completed."
We'll take a vacation once the Swordsmen are back on their feet again, or at least, they're all recovering in a hospital.
And if it means we need to build a hospital, well, so be it.

>>16745106

Va...ca...tion?

Did we do something wrong? Is this 'vacation' some sort of punishment?

Seriously though we can't leave our Swordsmen when they need us most, we need to help fix them.

Fixing people is the opposite of killing them, right?

We should salute and say with absolute seriousness.

"As you command Mizukage-sama, I shall attend to the well being of the Swordsmen."

>>16745180
>And if it means we need to build a hospital, well, so be it.
I am now envisioning Shimaru in a construction foreman's uniform, directing 4 Shimaru Water Clones wearing hard hats building a hospital.

>>16745180
>>16745186
>"As you command Mizukage-sama, I shall attend to the well being of the Swordsmen."

"Then so be it." She says.

Weeks pass before your swordsmen are able to finally stand again. They recover quickly past that point, however, but they don't seem to like talking about their internment with Satori. However, after a month and a half they are up and ready to move again.

Village reconstruction has gone swimmingly due to united efforts on the fronts of Mist and all other villages, including Cloud. Though this doesn't speak of long-standing peace, it does indicate a feeling of unity after this event. Orochimaru even makes an appearance to help by restoring the whole wall of the village in a single afternoon with the help of his snakes and his newfound ability to use gravity.

At the two month mark Mei declares you and your swordsmen on forced vacation, where you will be spending on the village's budget and are free to enjoy yourselves. In fact, to enforce her point, she has forbidden you from coming back without resting for at least two weeks.

>>16745229
Que Seven Swordsmen helping out little villages under bandit attack for two weeks.

>>16745229
Shimaru and the 7 Swordsmen on a company vacation.
Why do I have the feeling that there will be shenanigans afoot?

Well, if we're going to take a vacation, I hear that Yuugakure should be a good relaxing spot. At least, if the Hidden Steam Village also decided to become a tourist resort in this timeline.

>>16745229

We need help with this, maybe we should ask our people how vacations work.

It sounds like that thing called a 'day off' but worse.

What are we meant to hit with our sword?

>>16745264
This is how supervillains are born.

>>16745276

But...sword?

Outstanding items:
1. Find A; did he survive?
2. Baki, his body was returned to Sand, or was it destroyed properly?

>>16745296
What about B? Was he found?

>>16745264
>>16745276
Shimaru and his swordsmen enjoyed their day off and allowed the time to pass when they returned. The system fell back into its old ways, missions, subtle battles, and the like. Though Shimaru made an unquestionable difference as the world not only respected the Mist again but saw it as a home for men and women with the ardor and determination to serve their Kage with dedication and strength, as well as their fellow soldiers. Many of your Swordsmen eventually put down the blade in favor of younger students, each of them finding a young partner to teach their techniques to before bestowing their blade, as was tradition. Suigetsu inherited his brother's scroll and techniques and even Shimaru passed his blade eventually, giving it to his son, Kisame Yamada, born a scion of the newly founded Clan Kaguya.

Kimimaro was returned to the Mist a year after its rebuilding by an Orochimaru who had healed him of his fatal leukemia. Kimimaro grew up with Shimaru and his wife who both instructed him on the way of the shinobi and how to honor the mist village. Eventually he took wife and was given by Mei the head position as Lord of Clan Kaguya.

Aya and Gen's marriage was smooth and at the twilight years of his life Gen and Shimaru would joke that he couldn't even see half the tattoos he wrote on his stomach as the slight gut he had grown from inactivity prevented it. Shimaru and Gen remained fast friends for the rest of their lives before Gen passed in the night, Aya not long after him.

The Sand village remained distant, but the Kazekage's family went out of their way to speak with you on a regular basis, thanking you for returning Baki to them and not allowing him to die out there in the Land of Fire.

>>16745325

Ah, epilogue.

It's been a good game, loved it.

>>16745325
>thanking you for returning Baki to them and not allowing him to die out there in the Land of Fire
You mean, "not allowing him to die alone out there in the Land of Fire", right?

Ah, and what happened with B?

>>16745325
Sasori remained a criminal for the rest of his life, the Sand Village swearing eternal hatred for killing off their Kazekage. However, he never cropped up as a threat again, simply the occasional missing person of note, but nothing more.

Orochimaru, however, was always a public figure. He took up attacking people who stood up as criminals simply as a means to test his limits. He found that he had no peer and so eventually he bid farewell to the Land of Five Nations and departed across the sea.

The very last thing of note. One day in your seventies you were alerted to a knock on your door. A stood there, old and weary, and finally, grudgingly, offered you his hand and said that he forgave you for what you did. He knew it was your duty, he knew that it was simply work all along, but he couldn't forgive you at the time. At long last he finally asked for not only you to accept his forgiveness, but to accept his apology for bearing a grudge. Shimaru, inevitably, accepted.

Shimaru Yamada died at the age of 79 with his wife of 57 years, Yuki, at his side. She lived on to be nearly 200 years old thanks to her Kaguya blood, but always lit a candle under your portrait on your birthday and anniversary. When she passed she was buried beside you, Gen, and Aya by your children and Gen's grandchildren.

>>16745405
Shimaru Yamada, I salute you.

Also, I find it ironic that the way to eliminate Orochimaru as a threat, was to simply give him ultimate power like he wanted, so that he gets bored and wanders off to find new challenges.

>>16745405
Amazing, OP, I loved every second of it.

>>16745490
I have to agree. I slatue Shimaru. Never a more honest man has lived.

>>16745544
Abe Lincoln ain't got shit on Shimaru.

Could we have a link to the latest rules?

I'd like to have a memento of this quest.

Plus this looks like it'd be so much fun for a group game.

Oh man, did the guy who was drawing the Raikage fight ever finish those panels?

Oh man, you know what we never got a chance to use?
Our Massacre in the Mist team jutsu!

>>16745832
Sorry bro I didn't get to finish them up. But I'll try and post something before this 404's.

For those who want the most up to date rules.

http://pastebin.com/E5kMj9ey

Is the most recent I know of.

Hey OP, do you plan on running another one of these now that most of the rules have been ironed out? This was a fun quest and one I wish I could have participated in from the beginning.

>>16745296
>>16745324
>>16745395
From the IRC:
Baki is dead, so assumed that his body was recovered and returned to the Hidden Sand.

Kakuzu provided the location of a hidden Akatsuki base where B and the Seven Swordsmen's blades were being kept.

B was found safe and sound and lived a long and happy life as a strong jonin who did honor to the Cloud.
When Mist and Cloud would clash you would find each other on the battlefield and fight for a while before he would stop and lay down a rhyme which you would lamely return before sharing a laugh and a handshake.

>>16747364
Absolutely! We'll be revving up another story in a very short order, so everyone stay tuned!

>>16749176
FUUUCKING AWESOME
loved this quest op, I never took part in the quest itself, always choosing to just read but I did help iron out rules in the IRC and enjoyed it immensely. Way to go making naruto pretty awesome.
I am overjoyed there will be another.
Can I request we start as a genin this time?

>>16750104
Sounds good to me!

>>16747063
Nice, thanks mate!

>>16749176

Yes! This gonna ROCK!

Let's see if we can make Kage!