Nariko stood there for a moment and sighed. "I'm very particular with my words." She claimed as she licked her lips and looked back to the man sobbing in the chair. Then back to the hokage and spoke softly. "I did say it wouldn't be an easy future. But he referred to her as a girl. Not as his lover. If it was her he would have told me it was the woman whom I fought rather than describe her to me." She said knowing the woman he fought wasn't Keiko. Otherwise this man would have said something. After all that would have meant he was staring at his lover's hand in a jar this entire time. She crossed her arms as she was nearly refueled. "So what do I get from this and what's next?" She asked as she obviously liked to work and wanted to get the credit where it was due.
With the sound of the man crying behind them, Masahiro would shut the door to the cell. Placing his hand on it a distinct clicking could be heard as the lock beneath it shut. His eyes focused on Nariko for a moment and then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a single missive, a quick flash of his chakra nature and the desired mission information was laid upon it.
"Like the other missives I handed you earlier, go to the Bureau beside the message board and turn this one in as well. I have a feeling we will be entering a much bigger issue here and I need the other teams to be prepared and on call. Go rest, or get a meal at the Ramen shop until such times as I declare new orders." The Hokage ordered, turning on his heel and making his way to the doorway that lead to the stairwell, letting two ANBU into the room.
"Standard guard detail for the detainee. Three meal schedule..." He cast a look back to Nariko and remembered what she promised the man, it would not be good of a Hatake to break their word, after all. "Ration and a half, and get a medic down here to look at him and make sure those ankle wounds heal properly." The Hokage said, exiting up the stairs.
[Those I'm Interacting With]
The Wolf of Asgard
[Techniques Utilized:] •{Technique 1}
{Technique Info}
•{Technique 2}
{Technique Info}
[Passives and Active Abilities]
Reductions: • Learns Bukijutsu 4 Posts Faster. • Learns Ninjutsu Techniques 4 Posts Faster. • Hatake Affinity: Learns Raiton 1 Post Faster • Crafter's Wit: 1/2 post reduction to free-form crafting for 1 title tree - Blacksmithing • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements. • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
Combat Styles: Hsing-I Pakua: ○ Supreme Awareness: For every stage learned, the user gains a passive ( slight ) awareness bonus. ○ Invigorate: The user utilizes chakra, and sends it to the body to eliminate fatigue and restore stamina. For every 10 chakra sent, 20 stamina is restored. True Belief: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. ○ Satori [ Enlightenment ] : Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. King of the Iron Fist: ○ Iron umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, making blocking power slightly more increased. ○ Iron resiliency: The User has gone through tough enough training, being banged and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user is now slightly more resilient to damage. ○ Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The users striking strength is increased. ○Iron resolve: The user has been thrown around, impacted, and beaten down so many times that they are not just physically more resistant, they are mentally used to getting their a** beat! The users physical and mental toughness is increased, granting a passive stamina increase. Nigirikobushi no Shintou: ○ Impact Resistance: Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. ○ Focal Point: The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. Shigure Souen: ○ Insight Rain :: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. Kishitou Yoroi: ○ All Simple techniques in this Style are treated as Spiritual when interacting with other techniques. ○ For interacting with physical techniques, light armor is treated as granting C-Rank defense, medium armor B-Rank defense, and heavy armor A-Rank defense. ○ While wearing armor, the user is capable of using all Taijutsu techniques they know as normal. ○ Acclimation: Can move in armor without hindrance. Supreme bonus to Physical Strength (Power) using abilities with Compatible Armor. (Now all armor as per Kishitou) ○ Shifting Position: All techniques that would move or topple Masahiro now affect him as one rank less. And he cannot be toppled by techniques of lower level than his armor. ○ Knight's Blade: Effects of style now affect all armor types and armanents and can be used in any style of armor.
Hatake: • Raiton techniques performed are increased by 1 rank in their power, up to rank A.
Sharingan :: Second Tomoe: • Somewhat able to read movement. • Can view chakra colors brightly. • Can detect active, A-rank genjutsu, & negate it by expending chakra equal in rank. • Able to permanently copy techniques, inefficiently. ( Two [2] posts of watching and two [2] of studying. ) Descriptive Totals: • Physical Toughness Mildly Increased. • Mental Toughness Mildly Increased • Strength Moderately Supremely Increased • Awareness Slightly Supremely Increased • Speed Moderately Increased (slightly, mildly, moderately, heavily, greatly, supremely)
Following down the stairs to the basement the Hokage would unlock the basement door with the chakra receiver pad and hold the door for the girl to enter past him, his eyes following her as she entered. He sighed as she did and walked in after her.
"You know, we all wanted to find him. What you did was reckless though." The Hokage said as he looked to the girl, his tone stern, but his expression neutral.
[Those I'm Interacting With]
Nyx_Nightshade_7656
[Techniques Utilized:] •{Technique 1}
{Technique Info}
•{Technique 2}
{Technique Info}
[Passives and Active Abilities]
Reductions: • Learns Bukijutsu 4 Posts Faster. • Learns Ninjutsu Techniques 4 Posts Faster. • Hatake Affinity: Learns Raiton 1 Post Faster • Crafter's Wit: 1/2 post reduction to free-form crafting for 1 title tree - Blacksmithing • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements. • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
Combat Styles: Hsing-I Pakua: ○ Supreme Awareness: For every stage learned, the user gains a passive ( slight ) awareness bonus. ○ Invigorate: The user utilizes chakra, and sends it to the body to eliminate fatigue and restore stamina. For every 10 chakra sent, 20 stamina is restored. True Belief: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. ○ Satori [ Enlightenment ] : Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. King of the Iron Fist: ○ Iron umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, making blocking power slightly more increased. ○ Iron resiliency: The User has gone through tough enough training, being banged and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user is now slightly more resilient to damage. ○ Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The users striking strength is increased. ○Iron resolve: The user has been thrown around, impacted, and beaten down so many times that they are not just physically more resistant, they are mentally used to getting their a** beat! The users physical and mental toughness is increased, granting a passive stamina increase. Nigirikobushi no Shintou: ○ Impact Resistance: Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. ○ Focal Point: The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. Shigure Souen: ○ Insight Rain :: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. Kishitou Yoroi: ○ All Simple techniques in this Style are treated as Spiritual when interacting with other techniques. ○ For interacting with physical techniques, light armor is treated as granting C-Rank defense, medium armor B-Rank defense, and heavy armor A-Rank defense. ○ While wearing armor, the user is capable of using all Taijutsu techniques they know as normal. ○ Acclimation: Can move in armor without hindrance. Supreme bonus to Physical Strength (Power) using abilities with Compatible Armor. (Now all armor as per Kishitou) ○ Shifting Position: All techniques that would move or topple Masahiro now affect him as one rank less. And he cannot be toppled by techniques of lower level than his armor. ○ Knight's Blade: Effects of style now affect all armor types and armanents and can be used in any style of armor.
Hatake: • Raiton techniques performed are increased by 1 rank in their power, up to rank A.
Sharingan :: Second Tomoe: • Somewhat able to read movement. • Can view chakra colors brightly. • Can detect active, A-rank genjutsu, & negate it by expending chakra equal in rank. • Able to permanently copy techniques, inefficiently. ( Two [2] posts of watching and two [2] of studying. ) Descriptive Totals: • Physical Toughness Mildly Increased. • Mental Toughness Mildly Increased • Strength Moderately Supremely Increased • Awareness Slightly Supremely Increased • Speed Moderately Increased (slightly, mildly, moderately, heavily, greatly, supremely)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Kazumi followed behind the Hokage's clone silently as she thought about what he could possibly want to show her down here. When he opened the door with his chakra, she slipped passed him, since that was what he'd indicated. Obviously, he didn't want her at his back. When he spoke, however, she felt her spine straighten and she turned to look him directly in the eyes, "While I understand that, Hokage-Sama, I couldn't simply abandon my brother. And I know the village tried to find him, but I couldn't sit back and do nothing; when he and my little sister are all I had left anymore. They're still all I have left. And, no offense Hokage-Sama, but I felt like the higher-ups at the time weren't looking as hard as they could. They seemed more concerned with sicking their ANBU after my little sister and myself."
A part of Kazumi was screaming at herself for daring to contract the Hokage, but the larger part of her was determined that he understand where she was coming from. Her family was everything to her, and for her to see that no one seemed to care to truly look for Ryouichi? She was not going to just let that slide. Family was everything, family and experiences made people who they were. And Ryouichi was a good brother, always looking out for Hozuki and herself, she'd thought it was time for her to be the one looking out for her brother for once. And she couldn't even do that right.
"But... I suppose it doesn't matter. The only thing I have to show for my insubordination, and abandoning my sister and village, are rumors, nothing solid or concrete."
"One higher up. A single one. When at every turn the rest of the Jounin in the village and my cadre of ANBU were thwarting their moves because of other actions. And now Ibara is gone, a hit on his head that spans nations. I would have gladly sent ANBU support with you to find him, instead of thrusting another child into the wilderness alone. Saints damnit child, you're Ryouichi's little sister, I thought you of all people would know better. And you desperately need to talk to her. Officially, I am pardoning what the fallen Kage, Ibara, revoked." He held out his hand with a headband that bore a brown sash upon it and the Konoha emblem at it's fore.
"If you ever feel the need to run off on me again, you speak to me first." He said as his hand met the back of her head with a small smack and then tied on her headband.
"Failure to do so could end up with you in a cell like that poor man over there." He said as he pointed to the current lone prisoner in his tower, a man who sat, looking broken, in the lone chair in the cell.
"Besides, good tidings are coming, if I am to believe the communications I've been receiving from ANBU Squad 9." He would say.
[Those I'm Interacting With]
Nyx_Nightshade_7656
[Techniques Utilized:] •{Technique 1}
{Technique Info}
•{Technique 2}
{Technique Info}
[Passives and Active Abilities]
Reductions: • Learns Bukijutsu 4 Posts Faster. • Learns Ninjutsu Techniques 4 Posts Faster. • Hatake Affinity: Learns Raiton 1 Post Faster • Crafter's Wit: 1/2 post reduction to free-form crafting for 1 title tree - Blacksmithing • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements. • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
Combat Styles: Hsing-I Pakua: ○ Supreme Awareness: For every stage learned, the user gains a passive ( slight ) awareness bonus. ○ Invigorate: The user utilizes chakra, and sends it to the body to eliminate fatigue and restore stamina. For every 10 chakra sent, 20 stamina is restored. True Belief: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. ○ Satori [ Enlightenment ] : Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. King of the Iron Fist: ○ Iron umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, making blocking power slightly more increased. ○ Iron resiliency: The User has gone through tough enough training, being banged and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user is now slightly more resilient to damage. ○ Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The users striking strength is increased. ○Iron resolve: The user has been thrown around, impacted, and beaten down so many times that they are not just physically more resistant, they are mentally used to getting their a** beat! The users physical and mental toughness is increased, granting a passive stamina increase. Nigirikobushi no Shintou: ○ Impact Resistance: Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. ○ Focal Point: The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. Shigure Souen: ○ Insight Rain :: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. Kishitou Yoroi: ○ All Simple techniques in this Style are treated as Spiritual when interacting with other techniques. ○ For interacting with physical techniques, light armor is treated as granting C-Rank defense, medium armor B-Rank defense, and heavy armor A-Rank defense. ○ While wearing armor, the user is capable of using all Taijutsu techniques they know as normal. ○ Acclimation: Can move in armor without hindrance. Supreme bonus to Physical Strength (Power) using abilities with Compatible Armor. (Now all armor as per Kishitou) ○ Shifting Position: All techniques that would move or topple Masahiro now affect him as one rank less. And he cannot be toppled by techniques of lower level than his armor. ○ Knight's Blade: Effects of style now affect all armor types and armanents and can be used in any style of armor.
Hatake: • Raiton techniques performed are increased by 1 rank in their power, up to rank A.
Sharingan :: Second Tomoe: • Somewhat able to read movement. • Can view chakra colors brightly. • Can detect active, A-rank genjutsu, & negate it by expending chakra equal in rank. • Able to permanently copy techniques, inefficiently. ( Two [2] posts of watching and two [2] of studying. ) Descriptive Totals: • Physical Toughness Mildly Increased. • Mental Toughness Mildly Increased • Strength Moderately Supremely Increased • Awareness Slightly Supremely Increased • Speed Moderately Increased (slightly, mildly, moderately, heavily, greatly, supremely)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Kazumi wanted to snark back at the Hokage for putting his hands on her, in any way, no one but her brother and father had even reprimanded her, but he was right. Part of the reason she had returned now, instead of waiting the extra six months she technically had promised her sister Hozuki, was because she felt guilty about leaving her here alone. When he emphasized talking to her, she frowned, "What's happened to Hozuki? I know I was gone for a long time, but I thought the village was safe for her, that's why I asked her to stay here, so she'd be safe!" Her voice didn't raise, but it was obvious that she was concerned for her little sister, and was less than pleased by the thought of anything happening to her. But then, yet again, he threw her for a loop, squad nine? What had they found, good tidings? What did he mean?
"What? I-what? What do you mean, good tidings? Are all Kage so cryptic? Please, Hokage-Sama, is my sister okay, and what have you heard about my brother? I swear, I will only ever leave the village with your permission from now on. I just- I need to know, Sir." Kazumi didn't care if she sounded desperate, she was, and she was not afraid to admit it. Her family was everything, and the only family she had was her brother and sister, they were her motivation for everything she did, past present and future. Honestly, she was amazed that the Hokage was even giving her a headband once more, declaring her a shinobi of the village again. She had fully expected to be informed of her immanent execution.
"Sometimes one must be cryptic. Worry not child, your sister is alright. Physically at least. She got riled a short while back and were it not for my interruption she may have killed another student. She suffered a temporary mental snap and I was forced into physical action. She survived, she's alive, and to help her come to conditions I've set her in with another group of Shinobi. She's currently acting as a team leader for them." He said as he cast his eyes into hers and shook his head.
"And with current situations being what they were, I will need to assign you to a squad as well. Take these three mission missives and go learn some jutsu at the Academy. I will have other members for your team along shortly." He said with a nod.
[Those I'm Interacting With]
Nyx_Nightshade_7656
[Techniques Utilized:] •{Technique 1}
{Technique Info}
•{Technique 2}
{Technique Info}
[Passives and Active Abilities]
Reductions: • Learns Bukijutsu 4 Posts Faster. • Learns Ninjutsu Techniques 4 Posts Faster. • Hatake Affinity: Learns Raiton 1 Post Faster • Crafter's Wit: 1/2 post reduction to free-form crafting for 1 title tree - Blacksmithing • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements. • The Good Host: 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
Combat Styles: Hsing-I Pakua: ○ Supreme Awareness: For every stage learned, the user gains a passive ( slight ) awareness bonus. ○ Invigorate: The user utilizes chakra, and sends it to the body to eliminate fatigue and restore stamina. For every 10 chakra sent, 20 stamina is restored. True Belief: The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. ○ Satori [ Enlightenment ] : Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. King of the Iron Fist: ○ Iron umph: The users ability to tense, stabilize, and execute hard blocks and strikes has increased, making blocking power slightly more increased. ○ Iron resiliency: The User has gone through tough enough training, being banged and moved around in armor to understand what it feels like. The user is now slightly more resilient to damage. ○ Iron Disciple: The user, through hours of intense training in multiple bad scenarios, has learned the old saying of “to kill with one punch.” Because they do not want to find themselves outnumbered, or maybe for pure enjoyment sake, the user is able to hit with great intensity when striking a foe, focusing on tension, grounding, stability, and strength at the impact sight. The users striking strength is increased. ○Iron resolve: The user has been thrown around, impacted, and beaten down so many times that they are not just physically more resistant, they are mentally used to getting their a** beat! The users physical and mental toughness is increased, granting a passive stamina increase. Nigirikobushi no Shintou: ○ Impact Resistance: Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. ○ Focal Point: The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. Shigure Souen: ○ Insight Rain :: The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. Kishitou Yoroi: ○ All Simple techniques in this Style are treated as Spiritual when interacting with other techniques. ○ For interacting with physical techniques, light armor is treated as granting C-Rank defense, medium armor B-Rank defense, and heavy armor A-Rank defense. ○ While wearing armor, the user is capable of using all Taijutsu techniques they know as normal. ○ Acclimation: Can move in armor without hindrance. Supreme bonus to Physical Strength (Power) using abilities with Compatible Armor. (Now all armor as per Kishitou) ○ Shifting Position: All techniques that would move or topple Masahiro now affect him as one rank less. And he cannot be toppled by techniques of lower level than his armor. ○ Knight's Blade: Effects of style now affect all armor types and armanents and can be used in any style of armor.
Hatake: • Raiton techniques performed are increased by 1 rank in their power, up to rank A.
Sharingan :: Second Tomoe: • Somewhat able to read movement. • Can view chakra colors brightly. • Can detect active, A-rank genjutsu, & negate it by expending chakra equal in rank. • Able to permanently copy techniques, inefficiently. ( Two [2] posts of watching and two [2] of studying. ) Descriptive Totals: • Physical Toughness Mildly Increased. • Mental Toughness Mildly Increased • Strength Moderately Supremely Increased • Awareness Slightly Supremely Increased • Speed Moderately Increased (slightly, mildly, moderately, heavily, greatly, supremely)
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Kazumi took the three slips of paper and glanced at them, but looked back at the clone of the Hokage and delivered a deep bow of respect to him. She might not know him personally, but she was aware of his position, and what that meant for the village and the shinobi of the village, of which she was one once more. At the mention of her sister, once more, she could feel an anger rising in her chest, how dare this man; Hokage or not, put his hands on her little sister! She shook her head though, and forced herself to remain expressionless and kept her eyes down, in a show of seeming respect. In truth it was to keep him from reading her eyes, since those were always a way to see what she was feeling. Kazumi had mastered all but masking her emotions in her eyes.
"Thank you, Hokage-Sama. I'll go to the academy right away, and await further orders while training."
After waiting a moment in case he had anything to add, she turned on heel and left the basement. She would make her way to the academy and begin her long training.
