>>21539495
Is this genin apart of a squad or have some teammates we could train or go on a mission on perhaps?

>>21539495
Today? We train. Same as we did the day before that, and same as we will do the next day until we have no need of training, and we are buried - or we have no body to be buried.

>>21539548
Haven't been assigned a squad just yet. So we may as well do some training. Looks like all of our teammates will be older than us, may as well make them feel inadequate for not training their assess off every waking moment of their lives.

>>21539548
>>21539554
>>21539646

We aren't part of a squad yet. The order hasn't come down for us to be assigned yet. We do have some friends from our Academy days, but they're still in training for two more years, while we are graduated with students two years older than we.

Drawing your kunai you begin throwing them, the same steady way you always have. Your progress has been a steady slope upwards, just a little more sharply upwards than everyone else.

As you work on your training for an hour a voice cuts through the rain. "Daisuke. You never change." It's your teacher from the Academy, a kindly older woman named Miwa. She walks over to you slowly as she glances at your targets. "Training as always, eh Daisuke? I'm surprised honestly. Most children your age want to have fun and push girls into puddles, rather than train." She said with a smile, "But then again, I suppose you aren't a child anymore. You're a shinobi. I haven't had a chance to congratulate you yet." She said and put her hand on your head, "Good job, Daisuke, you really did very well." The old woman was very quick to catch onto your burning desire to succeed and, in fact, was there to guide you more in other areas of shinobi training when your class got caught on a point and you were ready to go on. "So, have you been assigned your squadron yet?" She asked as she gathered the kunai from the target and handed them back to you. This was an old game you two used to play, talking and trying to keep the conversation flowing even while training. Her kunai throwing was incredible. Truly artful. You had never beaten her in the four years you had known her.

>>21539686
Well, start beating her then. Try and top her each time she throws one as you speak.

"Not yet."

>>21539739

"That's not unusual. The village has a difficult time gathering funds, these sort of things take a lot of time. Our village is not like it used to be." She said and as you throw to top her, she smiles, seeing this and starts throwing her kunai to dislodge yours and take their place. "You know you're going to be placed with older shinobi, right, Daisuke? How do you feel about that?" She asked idly, her old gray eyes watching your body's movement as you throw.

>>21539789
"I look forward to proving I won't be a hindrance for them despite my age."

>>21539789
...Knock those Kunai out of the way, damnit all.

"A challenge."

>>21539789
"Honestly? I'm excited, but a little nervous at the same time. Is that weird?"

>>21539789
"I don't know. For once, I finally get to put all this to good use for the village. I should be satisfied, but right now, I feel inept. I should be out there right now, not here spinning my wheels."

I take it our little ninja is super-competitive. He's a hard worker, but he hates it when someone outdoes him.

>>21539899
That sort of mindset has to come from somewhere, and not just because the Rain Village is something of a shithole. Rough family life?

>>21539833
>>21539852
>>21539853
>>21539899
>>21539908

(Very good on the hard family life.)

You start to dislodge hers, but yours unfortunately do not always stay in the target as nicely while she keeps topping you very slightly. "No, not at all. It's normal to be nervous, but with your record of effort, it should be no problem for you to meet their expectations and exceed them. Just don't give up on your virtues." She said and finally she threw one right in the middle, crossed her arms triumphantly, and as she did so you threw one which knocked hers up into the air, yours into the target, which allowed hers to land in the ring at the back of the kunai and come to a stop.

"You have come so far, Daisuke." She said and smiled as she stretched, her bones creaking almost as she adjusted her headband. "Just remember, I'm always here to help you, even when you're stronger than I am. Surpass me! My time has come and gone, and I wasted it drinking sake and mooching free meals off nobles. I want you to have a life you can be proud of." She said, her words full of kind sentiment. However, your path is set. You know full well that you will never stop pushing. After all, you can't ever fail His expectations.

>>21539933
Oh boy a capital H for the "His". Arbitrarily tragic backstory Ho!

>>21539933
Who is this His we cannot fail?

>>21539998
Hey, hey. At least we're not one of those asshole Uchiha fucksticks.

>>21539908
He's a ninja. That's almost a given in this series.

>>21539933
Don't look at her directly as the rain runs over our face. "Of course." And continue training. Suppress the urge to hug her like the mother we don't have.

>>21540012
Imagine killing a Uchiha Fuckstick as you keep training.

>>21540016
>>21540012
>>21540007
>>21539998
>>21540063

He was not your main drive. You knew, since you were little, that you always wanted to win. As Miwa walks away you continue your exercise for the day and then head home.

The house is quiet, all the lights off, as usual. You turn everything on and get yourself some dinner. A small envelope of money was on the table with the mark of the Kage's office. Clearly your Father was out and busy again, so you wouldn't be seeing him for months. As you walked around the apartment idly you saw the two doors that led to bedrooms that weren't yours. One was your Father, who was a Special Jonin of the village and was often called away for missions. At home he just slept. Your relationship was distant. The other room belonged to your brother, Haru. He had left the village when you were very young, and you don't remember much of him. But what you do remember is his radiant smile, his strong back which you often rode on as he carried you around the village, and his overwhelming presence as he told you. "Anything can be yours, in this world, with the virtue of work." Those words rang true to your mind even to this day, but since he left the house you never dared to open his room, almost as if it was a sacred shrine.

Do you dare to now? The door should be open, no reason it would be closed.

>>21540063
I had a naruto themed game once.

Uchiha got genocided early. DM kept trying to pull "survivors"out of the woodwork for ANGSTY DRAMA but they never lasted long. White phosphorous does that

>>21540123
Do it. Too odd for it to be closed.

>>21540123
Don't see why not, especially if something is ajar or out of place.

>>21540063
I feel this is the proper form of motivation for any young murder machine. Killing fucksticks is it's own reward. Double so if said fuckstick is an asshole with Jesus eyes.

>>21540123
No. Never open that door - that is Haru.

>>21540123
No way man, we can't go invading his privacy like that.

>>21540123
Open it. We're no longer a child; we're a fully-graduated shinobi, and that means being a tool of the Village.
This will truly separate the present from the past.

>>21540178
>>21540181
>The door should be open, no reason it would be closed.
Either I'm misreading the post, or the door is supposed to be open and is not right now. Something's up, and no one screws with Daisuke's castle.

>>21540175
I disagree.
Getting PAID because it's a mission, is a better motivation.
We're not a random murder machine, we're a targeted murder machine.

>>21540229
We're starting to sound like Shimaru, the hero of the first FNG, but at least Shimaru was a decent enough guy, if something of an operator. Daisuke here is a different case almost entirely. It's too early to call him a sociopath, but his singleminded focus towards success is almost disconcerting.

>>21540161
>>21540174
>>21540178
>>21540181
>>21540196
>>21540209

(I meant to say, "no reason it should be locked")

You grip the handle and turn it. The air that rushes out is cool and refreshing. Despite the years the door remained closed the air wasn't stale, it was fresh. It was ready for you. Inside you find everything clean and militantly neat. His bedroll was neat and up against the wall. The desk had all his scroll-writing equipment put away with his bone-handle brush neatly in the well. A small note rests on the ground.

"Daisuke. If you are reading this you are a shinobi. I know you would not step into this room until you were ready. If you are a shinobi, I am proud of you. You have entered a world of violence and pain. You will survive, nay, thrive in this world because of your strength of spirit. Never let your spirit die. Never give up your path. Remember, when you are ready, when you are strong, you can again meet me, and this time as an equal."

>>21540275
Well, at least big bro Haru means well.

>>21540275
Huh. Guess we gotta train hard to take him on. By left the village, does that mean he's rogue nin?

>>21540273
True, but teaching a mercenary outlook is probably common among the ninja academies, seeing as how the economies of the Villages are completely dependent on income from contracts.

>>21540275
Nod. Place the note back down, swallow the tears. Leave his room, lock it again.

Train.

>>21540310
>>21540308
>>21540305
>>21540293

Any shinobi who leaves the village is a rogue, even if they don't carry any secrets. You can't leave once you're in. Haru, thus, is persona non grata in Amegakure. He has a kill on sight order to his name. Fortunately, however, Amegakure doesn't have the resources to go hunting for him.

You leave the room and lock it, It's odd, you think, that he would want to fight you. After all, Haru did nothing in your past to encourage you to fight him, nor did he seem to position himself in any way as bad guy. He didn't commit a crime and flee, he simply walked away one day with his bag over his shoulder and left. You never knew why.

As you think on these thoughts you complete your nightly ritual. You clean every single inch of the house, you wipe every single surface down, you polish every single tool you possess, you make sure the entire house is absurdly clean. Just in case your Father shows up.

It takes you seven hours to complete this ritual and after it is all done you finally walk up to your crisp tidy bed and can sleep now. It's 1 AM. You are very tired, but you could find something to do. After all, the curfew that applies to children doesn't apply to shinobi like you. Just make sure to wear your headband. Though...you wouldn't want to be gone if your Father comes back. He tends to not be happy when that happens. It has only happened once. And you fear for it happening again. Is now the time to be a man?

>>21540389
It is time to be a man.

>>21540389
Go ahead and sleep. We're driven to succeed, and that means acknowledging when it's time to recharge the batteries. Although we should probably find our own place at some point.

>>21540389
We can train at home, as we do. Sit up,s pull ups, target practice on somethign don the hall that we can hide easily. Genjutsu on small rodents. Wall walk, punch something until sore.

>>21540389
We will finally go to sleep.

>>21540419
>>21540478
>>21540494

A brief round of calisthenics gives you time to think your decision over.

You realize it would be good to rest. But also, you can't shake the memory of the last time your Father was as displeased as he was when he came home and you were there. It was a terrible sight, and you unconsciously touch the small of your back as you think on it.

Safer to sleep, you resolve. Sighing you settle down onto your bed, still awake as you look up at the ceiling and think until sleep takes you over.

You wake up in the morning to the smell of breakfast cooking. You wash your face, change your clothes into fresh pressed clean clothes, and comb your hair as you walk into the kitchen. Sitting at the table is your Father.

The tall thin man's expression is as it ever is, a mask of cool nonchalance. His green eyes scan the scroll he reads in front of him as you see the dishes from breakfast in the sink. Extra soup is in the pot, and rice in the cooker for you. You don't need to ask if you can eat. You say good morning, he responds back. You get your food and sit down opposite him, give thanks, and begin eating. Thus is as it always has been.

You finish your meal and wash the dishes as he reads. He sips from tea occasionally, and you see his flak jacket hanging on the waiting stand in the hall, his headband there as well, and a long thin sword hanging in its scabbard. Your father, the Bladed Rain. Cold, sharp, deadly, Dad.

As you do the dishes you see a small memento of something that seems alien, a small teacup with a sakura blossom painted onto it. This was your mother, Sacchi's, gift to you when you were accepted into the Academy, before she left your Father. And here you are, stuck with him after four years more.

>>21540571
He breaks the silence, unlike usual. "I hear you graduated since I was last in town. Congratulations." He said, his voice just as cold and flat as it always was. Yet, despite its flatness, it had an edge that sent a chill up your spine. Hearing that voice call your name was fear itself.

>>21540419
Really? This soon? Shouldn't we make some more dosh before going to visit the red light district? In seriousness though, we should probably rest. Losing seven hours out of fear of our father finding a speck of dust means we need to make some serious adjustments in the department of manning the fuck up, but ya gotta know when to rest.

>>21540578
"I'll probably be put on a team soon. I've been spending my time preparing for my first mission."

>>21540578
I did. no squad assignment though. life is still pretty boring

>>21540578
"All that's left is team placement."
Yeah, we definitely gotta get outta here. Dad puts us off something fierce.

>>21540657
>>21540601
>>21540625

Steely silence. You certainly didn't expect more from him. Still, the tiniest flash of cognition in his eyes showed that he heard and understood. However, he heard the word "boring", a word you managed to just barely swallow before saying it. He hated that word, and always found the worst things for you to do when you said you were bored. Today, it appeared, he was in a good mood, as he let it slide.

He rolled up the scroll, perfectly, and tied the string around it closed, moving it aside and opened another one. On the scrolls, you could see and finally understand, were the lessons of an extremely advanced Jutsu. He was scanning over it carefully and your existence seemed to have completely escaped his mind.

It was 7 AM, and you were a little sleepy, but with him in the house you couldn't sleep past this time if you wanted to keep yourself in good shape. Your planning for the day ahead is cut short as a tapping sounds on the window. A small door in the window opens and a small lizard climbs into the room and delivers a scroll to you before leaving. Your Father's forehead vein flickers angrily as he sees the small watery footprints the lizard leaves before you quickly wipe it away and retreat to your room to read your note.

>>21540571
Just whisper 'yes' and try not to cry or be ill. Resist the urge to compulsively start training.

>>21540684
Let's see what this note says. Also, is Daisuke's mother still in the village or has he not seen her at all since she left?

>>21540684

"Daisuke Nakamura, by order of the Amekage, in his greatness, you are to be assigned to Unit VII under the command of Rin Shima. You will be meeting your new squadmates and your sensei at 9 AM today at the front of the Tanaka Industries Corporate Headquarters. Do not be late." The message was short and the meeting place filled you with a bit of bile. This village...had no real pride. It was nothing more than an armored and armed complex for businessmen. You were not fond of businessmen, since they earned much of their wealth through manipulation and slimy deals.

>>21540723
Your mother, since she was not a shinobi, left the village as well. She said the rain made her depressed and she moved to the Land of Rice Paddies, where she works at a clinic as a nurse. However, because you have never been assigned to a mission there, you haven't seen her in years.

>>21540729
Either way, an assignment is an assignment. Show up at the meet immediately and wait for everyone else.

>>21540729
Show up early and spend the time doing some kind of training while we wait.

>>21540729
Go there now, or close enough so you can train while you watch for your team mates and they'll be impressed with how good you are.

Also, when away from father, breath.

>>21540729
show up, bring some snacks to share

>>21540729
Get ready. Let dear old dad know that we are to meet our team and that we're heading to meet them. Then get the fuck out of there and go meet said team. Maybe get there early and pass the time with some light stretching and warm ups...

>nothing more than a.....complex for businessmen
>We don't like businessmen

We Go ShadowRun when?

>>21540799
Always.
Only question, are we pink mohawk, or black trenchcoat?

>>21540822
trenchcoat. How can we be sneaky in a mohawk?

>>21540799
What if we run into business women then?

>>21540774
>>21540748
>>21540761
>>21540757

You tie your headband perfectly as you were taught and arrange your kunai neatly in their holster. You walk out and your Father is waiting for you in the hallway. As you look up at him in a wordless voice he extends his hand without a single word and in his palm is a very clearly custom-made kunai. It was extremely nice, it was heavy, and it must have cost a fair bit of money.

Before you can offer thanks he walks out of the room and into his office, where he closes the door. He must have been having a very good day indeed.

You show up very early and do your push-ups, your sit-ups, all of your physical exercise as you draw kunai and begin practicing with their weight, throwing them into a narrow sign and then pulling them out and doing it again. However, you are a bit reluctant to throw the one your Dad gave you. Something doesn't really make you comfortable using it for just simple target practice.

At 8:56 a beautiful woman appears from one of the back alleys. At least, you figure its a woman from the name. The figure wears a heavy and thick cloak, a mask that you have only seen before in manuals as a mask worn by Black Ops shinobi, and wearing heavy gloves and boots. Her chest is covered by a heavy tactical vest. "I'm surprised to see you here so early. I believe you're Daisuke Nakamura? You're quite the worker. I'm your teacher, Rin Shima." She nods her head to you, to show acceptance you think. In short order the rest of your team shows up. Two other boys.

Rin-sensei clears her throat before starting.

>>21540832
Seduce.roll
if seduce.Roll==success:
acquire contact.
else:
Eliminate.run

>>21540849
Apparently we have a decker on our squad.

>>21540845
Our squad advisor is black ops? Shit, we really ARE playing ShadowRun!

>>21540884
Someone get the squirt gun.

Yes its cheap, but dammit we are using it

>>21540745
That's a bullshit excuse for leaving your youngest child with a hardened shinobi for a role model. Hunt her down and ask her why she really did it/kill her.

>>21540845

"Welcome, shinobi, to your new team. I am Rin Shima, your sensei and protector. I will give you a chance to introduce yourselves to one another. We'll start in order of age."

The first boy, the tallest and most clearly strong, speaks. He grins in a smile that sends a bolt of lightning down your spine. He has Haru's smile. "I am Hiroshi Fujita! I'm a specialist in Taijutsu and I haven't ever lost a fist fight. Men and women alike are in awe of my great combat prowess! In fact, one time..!" He starts and your sensei smoothly cuts over him, "Thank you, Fujita-san. Next."

The second boy adjusts his glasses as he sighs, "Really, Hiroshi, again?" He sighs and smiles, "I am Masahiro Fujita, Hiroshi's younger cousin." He admits and looks at you, "I'm studying Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, but I don't claim to be a master at anything." Rina nodded and turned to you. "Go ahead."

What do we say? Do we come off...

1) Proud
2) Humble
3) Factual
4) Boastful, of our heritage, or our age.

>>21540904
no u. Our brother already wants us to kill him and we are short on family members

>>21540924
>3) Factual
WE.
ARE.
PROFESSIONAL.
AS.
FUCK.

>>21540924
2) Humble
With the way things are at home, I see this being his personality despite how good he is.

>>21540924
3 and 4. Boastfully factual.

>>21540924
>2) Humble
>3) Factual
We don't have any standards to live up to yet, but we have very high expectations of ourselves, so I anticipate us talking ourselves down a lot.
>>21540945
Shimaru was professional. We just don't know any better.

>>21540924
2) Humble
3) Factual
Considering our home life, I can't see it being otherwise.

>>21540972
>Shimaru was professional. We just don't know any better.
I'd phrase it more as "Shimaru was a professional because that's all he head; we are a professional because that's what's been beaten into us".

>>21540924
I say humble and factual, due to our high expectations and constant training

>>21540980
>>21540972
>>21540948
>>21540957
>>21540945

"I'm Daisuke Nakamura. While I don't have any real strengths, I am a very hard worker. I won't let you down, and I won't let the gap in our age be a gap in our skills. I am very honored to work alongside you all." Your words seem to ring very well with Masahiro, who smiles and offers you a welcome. Hiroshi, however, crosses his arms and grins. "That's fine! Welcome to the team, Daisuke-kun! Work hard and you also can be one of my flunkies!" Rin seemed to subdue a chuckle before speaking.

"Alright, and with that, we're a team. So, let's go get to know each other a little better." With that she jumped up and onto a waiting pipeline. The method of travel through the Hidden Rain was negotiating the steam-vents that ran through the village almost everywhere. You had been here for ten years and barely knew 5% of them. Rin, it seemed, knew far more. She took the three of you along, slowing down so you all could catch up. However, to your pride, you took the head of the pack among the three of you Genin.

You emerged in a large empty water tower. "Here we go. We will begin our first challenge together here." She said and with a flick of her cloak she produced three shuriken. "I will throw these all across the village. Whoever finds one first and brings it back to me wins. You are free to fight one another if you think it will give you the edge."

>>21540845
Wait, if we couldn't tell it was a woman why did we refer to it as beautiful?

>>21541040
I hope we have good eyes

>>21541040
Welp. Seems we have the best speed, so let's avoid a fight if we can. Focus on getting a shuriken. Especially since these two might work together if we do fight.

>>21541057
Beutiful mask? Clothing? nails?

>>21541057
>>21541058
>>21541040
(You could tell she was beautiful by the way she carried herself and smelled. She seemed elegant and mature. Her mask also had a rather mysterious womanly quality to it, the image of a bird.)

She opens the top hatch of the water tower and climbed atop it. The three of you looked on as she jumped into the sky a titanic distance and with a snap of her arm threw the shuriken in three different directions. When she landed she looked down at you three and, without much other than a small shrug said, "Go."

Hiroshi immediately tore off, sprinting towards a direction he didn't even know for sure. His brother kneeled and produced a village map and started drawing lines.

How do you want to handle this? There's no way you could guess where the shuriken were without a few miles of variance. You could try running, you are extremely fast after all. At least amongst the three of you.

>>21541088
If we at least caught the vague direction one of the shuriken flew, and we can judge for wind resistance, we can comb the area.

>>21541088
Did we see which direction they went? If so, we could at least come up with some guesses before we run

>>21541088
Jump up to where she was and get an idea on how the wind is blowing at the moment. Use that to judge what direction we should head.

>>21541088
Immediately begin moving. We can do calculations in our head, and if we can't, we can always find a team mate and break their nose and take it from there.

>>21541088
combine our practical and book knowledge to narrow the area (Nin+Tai Know + Kunai training) then rely on our speed to hasten our search.

>>21541088
Did the shuriken have any designs on them?

Cause we could just, you know, buy one

>>21541135
We subsist mostly on hard work, not genius intellect. We need to do some legwork before we start moving.

>>21541148
Shhhh. that would be cheaing

>>21541133
>>21541118
>>21541113

You can guess the general direction of all three. Hiroshi went off towards shuriken 1. He already has a head-start, and you aren't sure if fighting him would be good. Shuriken 2 and 3 are unclaimed so far. Shuriken 2 is the closest, you think. Masahiro is still calculating.

You stand where your sensei is and jump up as high as you can, though you aren't even at half the distance. Additionally, you can't quite see where she threw it thanks to the wind and rain. When you land she looks up at you doing this and nods, "Good thinking. Not going to work, but good idea." She praises you.

You finally decide to tear off towards where Shuriken 2 was headed.

>>21541148
>>21541147
>>21541150

(You didn't see if they had designs. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Lying would not be a good way to start this off. You can roll Nin+Tai Know to figure out the vague landing point of the shuriken, not accounting for any freak accidents. We have Ninjutsu 4, so 4d10, +3 (2 from our Skill, and 1 from our Ninjutsu Adept Perk) )

>>21541150
we do, but check the character sheet. We've put hard work into learning shit too. We have decent knowledge ranks, we should use them.

>>21541169
Daisuke is probably that clever, but it would mean nothing if he didn't do it the traditional way.

Rolled 1, 6, 1, 4 + 3 = 15

>>21541172

Rollan to locate

>>21541191
8 nice...

>>21541191
>>21541186

(Very nice)

You quickly figure out the path of the shuriken, the angle of the throw, her arm direction, her strength from the jump, and the fact she used no chakra.

After a mere seven minutes of searching you find, hidden between two pipes, a shuriken with the number "3" written on it. This had to be it. Confident, you tear ass back to Rin.

It comes as little surprise to you that Masahiro is still waiting, and behind him is a large lizard with an angry expression. "Give it over, Nakamura-san." The older boy said as his lizard charged towards you, hissing angrily!

(Roll to Defend against the attacking Lizard!)

>>21541239
How much do we roll?

>>21541274

(Since we're outnumbered we're going to roll 4d10+4 (whichever defense we choose to use))

>>21541278>>21541239

Throw the lizard back at him

Rolled 3, 9, 9, 3 = 24

>>21541239
Should be 4d10+4 for this roll for either evasion or shin move.

>>21541285

>>21541274
depends on how we defend. We have three skills that can be used for defense, Shinobi Movement, Evasion and Kunai Training. Shin Move and Evasion are the same type of defense except you roll different stats. I suggest using Evasion since it uses Ninjutsu and we seem to have a bonus for using our Ninjutsu stat from our perks.

>>21541296
We have a bonus to using either taijutsu or ninjutsu. Daisuke is a nice generalist and can pretty much do most things decently.

>>21541323
>>21541296
>>21541294
>>21541288
>>21541285

The lizard reaches you and tries to bite your arm. As it gets close you flip backwards away from the lizard and land. Masahiro observes you. "You're very nimble. But if you think you're getting past me, you're a fool." He said and draws a pair of kunai, holding them loosely as he watches you.

(Your turn, what do? Sensei is right behind him at the top of the water tower.)

>>21541337
we're standing on some sort of pipe right? What if we swing under it and approach the tower from another side?

>>21541357

(If you did that you could avoid him and the lizard entirely and just try to slip past him with raw speed.)

>>21541337
Genjutsu Masahiro. I bet he sucks at genjutsu and having a genjutsu this early should let us hit.

>>21541337
Call out that you have the shuriken. That should count as credit, shouldn't it? If Masahiro wanted to fight for it and claim it for himself, he shouldn't have done so in front of the advisor.

>>21541363
Then do that. Monkey swing directly over him and turn in the shuriken. That's the task, isn't it?

>>21541337
We may as well try to use genjutsu vs him. He's a brainy type so he's planning to use knowledge checks against us I think. Switching up our attacks and defenses seems the best option. If we had Shunshin I'd recommend that but I don't think we'll get past him with just our movement.

Rolled 9

>>21541363
>>21541357
I say go for it. what would we roll?

alternatively, throw shuriken at teacher

>>21541364
Derp. I'm mixing the two up. Yeah, we should probably just try to get past him and hand in the shuriken.

>>21541363
Let's try and zip past them then.

>>21541394
>>21541382
>>21541375
>>21541365
>>21541364

(Good looking options so far. Throwing the shuriken at sensei, who would invariably catch it. Sprinting for it and hauling ass. Trying to slap a Genjutsu on him. Please vote.


1) Sensei, catch!
2) RUN!
3) Genjutsu, Go!)

>>21541428
gonna go with 2) RUN! as amusing as the shuriken throw is, there's always the possibility she might just step out of the way of the shuriken.

>>21541428
>2) RUN!
if it become apparent we won't make it then
1) Sensei, catch!

>>21541428
1) Sensei, catch!
Think we should go with this option. Just don't vocalize it. Make it seem like we're going for an attack with a kunai but then toss the shuriken to her.

If we were against the other guy, I'd say genjutsu him but he said he studied ninjutsu and genjutsu.

>>21541428
How much can we do with our genjutsu right now? Just the visions of drowning?

>>21541504
yep that's all we can do. Running past is probably our safest bet.

>>21541428
>2) RUN!
If possible try to throw a similar-looking kunai at teach to distract Masahiro

>>21541548
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>>21541447

You rush forward, as if you were running at him. As you see him smile, pulling a wire you didn't notice, and a net jumping out from hiding, you swing to the underside of the pipes and sprint towards your teacher, emerging behind Masahiro. "Damnit!" He calls out as he throws his kunai at you.

You watch them miss as you call out, "Here, sensei!" Your teacher remains motionless as you throw the shuriken at her and she catches it without a bit of effort. "Daisuke wins." She said simply. "Very good job. I'm surprised you thought of throwing it at me to avoid that." She said, pointing at a section of rusty piping that Masahiro had been cutting away at to form a pit-trap.

Hiroshi appears an hour later, still unable to find the shuriken. "The mission was a success. Daisuke's victory earned a victory for all of us. And so, to celebrate, I'll treat you all to dinner tonight. Where would you like to go?"

"I want pork buns!" Hiroshi called out as he gripped his bicep, "Makes me strong!" Masahiro chuckled, "Well...if you insist. Soba noodles wouldn't be bad." her makes faces you. "And you, Daisuke?"

>>21541667
Does Bar B Q exist in naruto-verse?

>>21541667
Wait, someone's asking us for our opinion on what we...want?
WHAT IS THIS
I AM CONFUSED
THIS IS SCARY

>>21541667
Respond to the question as if Father had asked Daisuke a question.

>>21541717
Pressed against the wall, fearing for our life?

>>21541723
If that is the case.

>>21541667
I..uh... whatever you guys are cool with I guess.

>>21541667
Que health nut in eternal training mode foods of choice here. Alternatively a fast food joint that has enough grease in one burger to lube your car.

>>21541698
ABORT MISSION ABORT MISSION

>>21541723
Pressed against the wall, fearing for our life, and wanting to do push up it is!

>>21541740
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>>21541728
>>21541698

(Barbeque does exist in the universe.)

You fidget awkwardly about before managing to mumble out, "Umm...well, whatever you guys think is best." You manage to smile as they stumble upon a weakness of yours, stating your own desires. Rin shrugs, "Alright, then let's go get some all you can eat." She said and leads you guys through the city, through the redlight distrcit, and finally right on the border of it and the business district she takes you into a massive restaurant.

The walls are covered with pictures of shinobi making the restaurant's trademarked sign of "I did it!", a hand with all fingers extended except for the middle finger. They each have a number written under them. "That's for how many bowls they've eaten." Rin explains as she waits with you all at the table. After scanning around you see her picture, the same mask on her face, though she seems slightly smaller, and under her picture is written...

"46!?!" Hiroshi calls out in surprise. "Sensei!!?!" He said, standing up in his chair. "You ate 46 bowls of food in a single sitting?" She shrugged. "I was younger then." She said. Masahiro looked at her and her apparently thin frame under all that armor. The waitress came, bowed, brought you all your drinks, and your first bowl. "Good luck! And eat happy!" Happy Eats, after all, was the name.

Do we shoot for any records, or just eat our fill?

>>21541667
"... Is this a trick question?..." said with absolute confusion. Ninja don't go out to eat. They buy groceries and stock up on healthy food to eat for a balanced meal to maximize energy and growth even if it tastes like sandpaper.... right?

>>21541798
>eat our fill
No point in wasting resources

>>21541798
Eat our fill. Over eating will interfere in training later.

>>21541798
Records are made to be broken. And we are made to break them... lets go for it.

>>21541798
Eat our fill. No reason wasting food, although we shouldn't say no if someone offers something. It's the first time we've eaten on someone else's bill.

>>21541820
>>21541812

As you all start eating Rin lifts her mask a little, revealing ruby red lips, as she starts eating quickly and efficiently. You've seen your Father eat the same way. A great many shinobi eat like this, especially those who are often in the field. They can consume a massive amount of food in a short span of time so they aren't vulnerable often. Hiroshi is eating slowly and taking it all in. Masahiro is pecking at his food. You eat until you stop feeling hungry and lean back.

Rin looks at you, "So, Daisuke, how's your Father? I served with him a few times. He's a good soldier, and a very steadfast ally."

>>21541843
"Dad is...Dad. And I know him...very well."
Rub at our backside.

>>21541843
...He's.....Okay. I think. Maybe.

>>21541843
"He's the same as always."

>>21541843
"He's doing well." let's not elaborate further on the subject.

>>21541890
This. We aren't some bitch who whines about his dad all the time

Rolled 20

>>21541931
But my parents are ASSSHOOOLESSSS

>>21541920
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>>21541890

"That's good." She said and as she leaned back Hiroshi piped up, "Oh yeah! Nakamura! I recognize that name. You're the Bladed Rain's son, right? Why aren't you a swordsman?" He asked.

Why indeed. Your Dad always had a sword available in the chest for you to use. However, the sword never spoke to you, as it were. You were much more interested in establishing a solid framework for yourself. At this point, you could become anything you want to. Including a swordsman.

Masahiro spoke up, "Also, if I remember correctly, you had a brother. What happened to him?" He asked, genuinely curiously. Before you had to respond, however, Rin spoke up.

"With your first mission done I'm confident that I understand how the three of you operate. I believe that Hiroshi and Masahiro will work well together, no matter what, but who do you think you'll work best with, Daisuke?"

>>21541920
This. Or "He's Well." Then keep eating. There is something we can beat people at, shoot for that record.

>>21541957
"I think I could work well supporting either."

>>21541957
"I think I'll be able to work with both of them well!"

Rolled 12

>>21541957
>who do you think you'll work best with, Daisuke?"
OH GOD MORE OPINIONS, QUICK DEFLECT THE CONVERSATION NO JUTSU

>Why aren't you a swordsman?
because that's my dad's thing

>What happened to him?
Don't want to talk about it

>>21541957
"I'll work best with whoever I'm given to. I'm no dead weight, and I'll prove that to all of you."
We don't like being pigeonholed. It's probably why it's hard for us to make decisions.

>>21541997
... And that explains why Daisuke is a generalist. He can't decide on what direction he wants to go.

I think we should take some time and decide what our specialization should be.
I personally say genjutsu would be pretty cool and different from the previous protags

>>21541987
Oh god, this. Spazz with decisions.

If we have to answer, go with 'Myself.' We are the best. If we are not the best, we must becoem the best. At everything. So keep eating till you make that wall, Dai.

>>21541987
Voting to deflect the conversation

>>21542047
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>>21541985

Though you scramble a bit and try to fend the conversation off you eventually say that you can work well with anyone.

"That's a good answer." Rin says approvingly before nodding, "You're a clever kid." She looks over the two brothers and calms them down with a nod. "So, we're currently on Reserve. That means we aren't expecting any missions, nor is there a release date for us to be off Reserve. That's the state of this country. Unfortunately, you may never be given a mission of any real worth. Your stipend, unfortunately, is also suspended on reserve. So let me explain your options." You can hear an edge of bitterness in her voice.

"You can stick it out with me. I will train you when I'm not in service on my own missions. I can keep you sharp and teach you a little bit. However, we have no promise of ever getting any action for you kids. Maybe when you're all in your twenties and the generation above you is all dead and out of options you can serve."

She lifts her mask enough to drink, leaving her lipstick on the glass before pulling her mask down and speaking. "You can enlist for training and service under a company. There's plenty of businesses looking for shinobi to work for them. At all ages. At your age, you'd be trained to be bodyguards to businesswomen as their children, or as assassins." She explained, "They pay excellently. You will get service and plenty of active duty. Finally, you can just quit this shinobi gig and get a job like them." She said with a jab of her thumb to the waitresses and waiters. Hiroshi and Masahiro were very quiet, just sort of taken aback by the venom in her voice.

>>21542102
Which one is the SHADOWRUN option? Is freelancing between corps acceptable?

>>21542102
I say we stick with Rin.

>>21542130
I agree. We're GOING to be shinobi, and I'm not so sure about the corps.

>>21542102
"Learning everything we can from you before making a decision is also an option is it not?"

>>21542130
Yeah, for now at least I'd say stick with her until we've learned all we can.
The more we learn, the better opportunities there will be regardless of where we go in the future.

>>21542102
stick with rin, maybe run odd-jobs for cashy monies when she cant train us. shouls probably work on getting connections too

>>21542102
Stick with Rin. We'll learn more.
>>21542148
That'd be the same as just sticking with her.

>>21542102
I suggest we stick with Rin because it's training, and start a side business of doing corp runs and screwing over corps for more money under a good shadowrunning name.

>>21542180
I second this motion. What's our code name? Denton?

>>21542180
second

>>21542196
Yes.

>>21542149
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>>21542154

"I welcome you to stay with me as long as you want." She says, and you can hear a very slight tone of surprise and happiness in her voice. "I will never send you away. And who knows, if we get a sudden spike in business, or you become really famous, they may put you on Active." She said with a kindly voice and a pat on your shoulder with her heavy glove.

The three of you leave without another word, Rin paying at the door. The three of you stand outside for a moment as Rin lights a long elegant cigarette holder and holds it between her lips under the mask. "You guys are free to go where you want. Today's lesson is over. Tomorrow we'll do some book studies, so come ready to learn." Hiroshi lets out an audible groan and Masahiro's eyes light up. "We'll meet at the same place we did today. Until then, good bye." And with that, she simply turns and heads away.

It's only 11 AM. What do you want to do with yourself now?

>>21542102
I say we stick with Rin until we're badass enough to offer a real skill set to the corps.

>>21542221
11 AM? Time to train of course. I guess we can invite the others to come along but we ain't going to lighten up our training.

>>21542221
Follow Rin and ask her to train us and teach us things.
Yes, now.
Yes, we have a training pad and everything.

>>21542221
go for a walk, see if you can pick up some scuttlebutt.

Also a plan for the next time someone asks for out opinion

>>21542221
You know we could A) Train. B) Head Home.) or C) Go out and do something, though we've kind of done that already.

>>21542221
It would seem we have some training to finish.

>>21542235
Train...with others? but...people will watch not be good at something...

Also, we can look into corp runs, while training. Mental and Physical.

>>21542221
do a bit of looking into the corps. see what we could make some dosh on without committing to any corp

>>21542259
No, no, we could A) Train, or C) Go out and do something.

Father might still be home.

>>21542240
I like this idea. Overachiever desperate to improve has no time for dramatic walk aways.

>>21542221
T-T-T-T-TRRRRRAAIIIIINNNNING TIME!

>>21542221
Are there any places we would have access too after graduating where we wouldn't as a student?
Like libraries or something?

>>21542284
"You're our teacher, right? Teach me."

>>21542300
Stalk her creepily till she agrees.

>>21542240
Seconding this

>>21542240
A training pad? We have -several- training pads.

>>21542221
>>21542288
Wait, what the fuck is an ANBU doing training reservists?

>>21542339
REALLY.
BAD.
Conditions.

Rain is not in the best of shape

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>>21542225

Rin is walking rather slowly, and you could talk to her. She did seem somewhat eager to teach. The Fujita Kyodai are walking away for the day, talking together.

There were a few places you couldn't go to. There's a library for village techniques they don't want kids attempting, as well as the village armory, which is run down and filled with shitty weapons and worse armor.

Rin stops as you run up to her and stop in front of her. "Teach me, please." She lets a bit of smoke out from the border of her mask as she lowers the hood, a shock of blond hair showing as she shakes her head. "You want to learn? Alright, let's go learn then." She said and resumed smoking, keeping her slow pace as you follow.

Eventually the both of you wind up at an artificially lowered area where local kids often played ballgames. "Alright, this will be fine." She said and discarded the cigarette butt. "We'll start with a few things. Your physical shape is good, but you lack real power. Your Father is thin, but he's stronger than a horse." She said, and you wince a little as you remember exactly how strong he is. "Now, I know you do a lot of physical training, I can see it. But you have to tell me the kind of man you want to be. You're a Genin now, and it's time to start deciding your path in life. Tell me the kind of shinobi you want to me."

(Oh boy...asking Daisuke's opinion again...

1) A professional who is good at everything.
2) A Hyper specialist
3) A shinobi who protects the hearts of his comrades
4) A man who will get rich
5) A hero to save the village!
6) A shinobi who will be famous the world over
7) Someone our brother can be proud of
8) Better than Dad. )

>>21542339
Short on man power/ Shitty village with no one to train their new recruits.

>>21542361
>decisions

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

>>21542361
>7) Someone our brother can be proud of

>>21542361
Everything.
No, seriously.

>>21542361
Hesitate a bit (OHGODDECISIONS) then 7. That was our brother's request to us

>>21541957
we NEED to be a swordsman. it's in our BLOOD.

>>21542380
At the least,
>8) Better than Dad.
She should be able to pick up pretty quickly that there's some bitterness there.

>>21542374
This first.

Then 'Somethign my brother can be proud of. combined with 'Better then Everyone'.

>>21542386
swords r for fags. womeone give us a polearm

>>21542361
... 1,5,6,7,8 all apply...

>>21542386
See >>21541957
>However, the sword never spoke to you, as it were. You were much more interested in establishing a solid framework for yourself.

>>21542361
"Someone my brother can be proud of."

>>21542361
Better than Dad.

>>21542361
1 and 5 should cover being better than dad or bro actually. So I say them. A versatile professional that will work to save the village.

>>21542356
Ohhhhhh, we're in RAIN. That explains everything.
>>21542361
1) Professional. To hell with Dad and bro. Dad's a jerk, and brother betrayed the village. In Hanzo leading the village?

>>21542414
We should be diverse, and able to use swords then. WHAT IF WE NEED TO HONOR DUEL SOME RONIN FAGGOT? THOSE PROBABLY EXIST, AND WE NEED TO KILL THEM.

>>21542487
>WHAT IF WE NEED TO HONOR DUEL SOME RONIN FAGGOT?
>HONOR DUEL SOME RONIN FAGGOT?
>HONOR DUEL
>HONOR
>ninja
dude....what?

>>21542361
1 and 7.

>>21542499
Somewhere, there is a Samurai who is amazing at Honor Duels. We must become better then that Samurai.

>>21542499
But pops would beat us if we didn't. Also, ninjas have honor.

>>21542361
"I want to surpass Hanzo."

>never rgedyet
Fuck you captcha. Daisuke doesn't have to listen to your downer shit.

>>21542511
you mean the samurai no one gives a shit about because they lost horribly to ninjas?

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>>21542375

"I want to be an important person. I want to show my professionalism. I want to keep my skills up always. I want to be someone Haru and Father can respect. I want to make Haru proud." Rin listens to you carefully and nods. "Alright, I can help." She squats in front of you and looks you in the eyes. Through the thin material that covers her eyes you can see her eyes looking into yours, they're blue. "If you are willing to work, I am willing to teach. We'll start with some arms training." She said and drew her kunai, you doing the same. "Hand to hand is an art of inches, it's a game of anticipating your opponent, and then trumping their choice." She said and your training began in earnest.

Night had long fallen by the time the sparks died off from your battles. Rin was standing tall and easy. You were drenched in sweat and exhausted, your muscles sore and bones jarred. She was thin and slight, but she was stronger than your whole body in just one arm. "You're a powerful kid, Daisuke. But you are still a kid. When you become a man you will be incredible. So, let's hasten that dawn with more work. Go home, clean up, and then do muscle training. I want you to come back tomorrow barely able to move." She said and turned. "Good night. I expect you at the class tomorrow too." With that she vanished in a clap of thunder.

>>21542543
>Thunder
Subtle as fuck.

Well, let's head home, and stalk dad. If he's still there. And let's look at that sword, because some people think we should maybe train with that a bit.

>>21542543
Oh damn. We have to get home and clean up.

>>21542543
OSSU!

>>21542543
Our captain is best captain. Let's do as the lady says. If dad gets upset we tell him that our captain took us aside to personally train us and gave us orders to follow. Well if we can speak that is.

>>21542585
>Thunder
>City of Rain
Makes sense.

>>21542585
Swords are cool. And Dad is a famous swordsman or someshit.

>>21542606
It's not the city of LIGHTNING MOTHERFUCKER!

>>21542543
Do as Sensei says. Go home, clean up, get swole.

holy hell its back

>>21542702
yep

>>21542602
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>>21542585

You return home and find your Father already gone. He must have had another mission that he had to attend to. You clean up the house religiously again and then head to the closet, pulling out the small sword that was in the closet. This wasn't more than a tanto, not like the chokuto Father carried. Still, you could use this for training.

However, that isn't muscle training. It's good form practice. But muscle training it is not. You put the sword away and start doing the muscle training you can with the weights in the living room closet and do pushups and jumping jacks until you can't stand. You crawl into the shower and then into your bed. Your body screams in pain, but you tell it this is what heaven must be like. You sleep.

The next morning you crawl out of bed and dress up again. You pick up the tanto this time and head to the meeting place. When you get there you actually flop down onto your duff on a bench and wait for your sensei to show up.

Masahiro appears, saying Hiroshi had gone to sleep late and was probably going to be late as well. Then you waited. An hour passes past the time the meeting was arranged before Rin appeared. You smell blood on her boots. "Sorry, I had something I needed to attend to. I have good news. Because of circumstances that recently came to our attention, your squadron is promoted to Active duty as of midnight last night. We are to go to the Grass Country and kill a unit of Genin they have dispatched out for training." She produced a scroll with the letter "D" on it. "Welcome to service. Where is Hiroshi?" She asked, and Masahiro, uncomfortably, had to explain that he was sleeping. She chuckled, a weird sound from her. "Well, in that case he misses out on the pay and the experience. Let's go."

>>21542741


The three of you leave the village for the first time in your life, at least that you can remember. The village has, so often, seemed like a cage rather than a home, but as you move across the trees, finding the lack of metal pipes and towering buildings a little disturbing in their openness, you see Rin's feet picking up in their pace, she seems excited to be out here. "Hiroshi is going to be so mad." Masahiro said with a thin laugh.

You arrive at a large field, a sprawling expanse of plant life that you aren't used to seeing. "Alright, here we have the border between our nation and the Grass Country. So, welcome to your first hostile act." As the three of you cross the line she says, "Congratulations. A whole country of people have the right and desire to kill you now. Let's get to work." Masahiro draws his twin kunai and you reach behind your back, but pause.

(What shall we take to hand? A kunai, Father's Kunai, or the tanto?)

>>21542760
lets use daddy kunai

>>21542760
Father's kunai. It's time.

>>21542769
Second

>>21542775
agreed

>>21542760
The Kunai, with kunai at the ready. We haven't yet used the tanto, so we shouldn't risk. But this seems like a good situation to use the Custo-Kunai pops gave us.

>>21542760
A normal kunai, we haven't really practice with the difference in weight too much, so if we do something and miss because of the lack of practice... well, I'd rather it not happen

>>21542788
With tanto at the ready*

>>21542796
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>>21542769

You pull out the kunai your Father gave you. Immediately you can tell it is a quality weapon. It's grip is just a tiny bit too big for you, it's a little uncomfortable. This grip was made for an adult. However, you can use it just fine two-handed or one-handed. You aren't so unskilled as to be thrown by something like this.

You all set off under cover of the Grass and keep low to the ground, Rin's stealth training miles ahead of both of yours. If you're a bull in a tea shop she's a bat in the night. Finally she stops and as you all lower yourselves you can hear the sounds of weapons being thrown, voices, and the voice of an adult male. "I will kill their teacher." The coldness and matter-of-fact nature of her voice puts a chill in you as she stalks forward and you part the grass, just a little, to see what's happening.

The Jonin is throwing shuriken at his students. The children are throwing a shuriken back and he's deflecting it. However, after he throws a barrage and the kids jump away, Rin appears behind him like a vengeful spirit and wraps her arm around his neck, jerking back hard, and thrusts a long kunai through his spine and then carves straight up his back, dropping him to the ground and pulling him into the grass where you hear her knife cut once more, and then silence. The kids return and one of them calls out, "Hey! Sensei!? Where did you go!?" It's a young girl, she's looking around and the other two boys in the company are looking around as well, "Maybe he's gonna ambush us! Let's get ready! Grass Ninja, fighting pose!" The kids strike a silly pose, but those are real weapons. They seem to be having fun.

(How do you want to proceed?)

>>21542853
Target the young girl first with a surprise attack.

>>21542853
How old do these kids look?

>>21542853
Either projectile barrage one target down or genjutsu the beefiest looking genin is what I'm thinking.

>>21542892
agreed.

>>21542876
>>21542873
>>21542892

(The kids look to be roughly 12 or 13. They're all older than you. The girl has bandages around her chest under her clothes which you can see through the neckline of her vest.)

You aim at the girl and cock your hands back, throwing a flash of kunai, a blitz attack that would hopefully overcome them.

(Now we're attacking! With a projectile barrage. Roll 4d10+4 ASB (2 from Skills, 1 from Ninjutsu Adept, and 1 from Extreme Training Regiment)

>>21542760
Kunai. We haven't trained with the tanto.

Rolled 5, 4, 9, 6 + 4 = 28

>>21542931
Rolling for hit

Rolled 7, 2, 7, 4 = 20

>>21542931
I feel a little bad killing kids like this.

>>21542953
Welcome to the Naruto setting.

>>21542931

>>21542953
Thug life ain't easy.

>>21542953
there ninja also remember that

>>21542980
Jesus, why can't I roll?

>>21543024
Gotta add dice+4d10 to the e-mail field.

>>21543024
dice+4d10

>>21543024
you need to put dice+4d10 or whatever not just the number of dice.

Rolled 10, 3, 8, 10 + 4 = 35

>>21543046
FFFUUUU

>>21542950

The kunai burst through the grass, and as the girl turns she tries to block one, but instead catches all of them but a single one, hitting the ground with a cry of pain. She bleeds and doesn't begin moving. The two boys call out, "What the hell!?" Masahiro puts his hands together and leans back, spewing a burst of lightning from his lips that smashes into one of the boys. The lightning rips a hole through his chest and the boy his the ground. The last kid sees this and turns and sprints away. As Masahiro gets ready to charge after him Rin puts her hand on both of your shoulders. "Let him run. You've got one killed, one injured, and the other one escaped." Rin said and looked at the two of you, "The mission was actually to defeat them, but I had a mission on his life. However, you both proved a very important point. We, shinobi, exist only to complete missions. I believe that you have successfully defeated them." She paused and looked over the girl who was unconscious and pale. "Shall I save her?"

>>21543081
No reason not to.

>>21543081
"I don't think she's important enough to know much, and it can be dangerous to leave rivals alive. You can never know if they're going to bite you later"

>>21543081
If killing isn't needed saving her is fine I think. Leave it to Rin's experience to make the call.

>>21543081
If she's conscious still, save her. If she's weak, and fainted, finish her off. it'll spare her from the hard fate of a shinoni.

>>21543081
why not whats the worse that could happen

>>21543081
You're god damn right you'll save her.

And what the hell, not fucking telling us we didn't have to kill the kids.

>>21543081
I say yes.
And then we lean over her, and do something like tell her to remember our face, and shit like that.
Nothing like a nemesis to push your development.

>>21543129
Huh. you know... Daisuke may be broken enough to actually think that... Let's go with that. Save her.

Rolled 7, 1, 3, 8 + 4 = 23

>>21543081
Kill her. No loose ends.

>>21543081
Interesting choice. While we'd be a nice guy saving her, we might just make her into a broken person like Daisuke is over this incident. Although them encountering each other again in the future could also be interesting...

Save her. Logically it would be sound to finish her off now. But I want interesting at the moment.

>>21543129
Although I rather not do this.

>>21543156
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Rin kneels and extends her hand, taking off her glove and revealing a slender hand with elegant nails. She removes the kunai and heals the girl, bringing you the knives after she's done healing her. The girl gets up with a start and Rin looks at her. "Your sensei is dead. Your comrades are fled and gone around you." The girl looks up with a pained look, probably from the wounds. She looks over at you and says, "Did you throw those?" You nod. Rin stands up and walks back to you. The girl gets up and says, "Wait...my family is gone and dead. And without a sensei...I can't be a ninja anymore. So please, let me come with you!" Rin pauses and looks over her shoulder, "You know you're trying to do the nearly impossible." The girl looks at you and Masahiro, "Please! Let me come with you! I have to be a ninja, please."

>>21543129
That's a bad idea.
We may be an emotionally-addled full ninja at ten, but we're not THAT messed up.

>>21543191
... I forsee this as her attempting to just backstab us when she can but at the same time, I'm a sucker for sob stories. I say try to convince Rin to bring her with us.

>>21543191
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
Ask her why she is so desperate to be a ninja.
Let her come along.

>>21543191
oh lordy....why not lets take her with

>>21543191
Slit her throat where she stands.

>>21543191
lets ask if we can take this one home

>>21543214
Attempting to backstab us when she can?
That's perfect!
It will teach us to ALWAYS be on guard around her, and in general always be prepared for treachery.
After all, if our brother could leave for no discernible reason, then we should be ready for betrayal. At least this time we'd be expecting it.

>>21543191
Sounds legit. Though Dai can probably reciprocate those feelings. Again it's not our call the fret over, let Rin make that choice.

>>21543267
this man gets it!

>>21543267
And in the meantime, we can find out what her game is and why she's so desperate to become a ninja.

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When asked, she answers. "I have to become a ninja because I promised my Mom, on her deathbed, that I would become a strong ninja and never become a victim. I just need a place to grow strong. You are stronger than anyone I've ever met before. Please, let me come with you." Rin paused at her words and seeing your eyes giving her a look of asking as she shrugged. "Alright, you're a prisoner of war. Disarm yourself and offer your wrists, we're going to tie you." She threw her kunai, shuriken, and explosive tags away in a flash of motion before offering her wrists. Rin tied her up quickly and then struck the back of her neck quickly, knocking her out. "Daisuke, carry her."

You carry the girl around back to the village. Once inside the village borders Rin takes her and puts the girl on her shoulder. "We'll meet again tomorrow. I'm taking her to HQ." And with that Rin vanishes. Masahiro lets out a whistle, "Jeez....I...killed someone." He said with a shaking hand, "I mean...I know it's our job, but that's so different from just reading about it..."

>>21543313
"It's something we'll have to get used to if we want to remain shinobi. You did well today though. You didn't hesitate."

>>21543313
"How do you think *I* feel?"
Stalk off and go training some more.

>>21543313
"I thought I had killed that girl as well. Your technique was excellent, he didn't even have time to feel pain really. If nothing else you should take pride that you did what was needed flawlessly and without hesitation. You should probably talk to a friend about it, ensuring a healthy mental state after a mission is important."