We got lucky in the last round. Prepare for battle but wait for orders from the squad leader.

>>16404760
Stay sharp.
"Orders, ma'am?"

As she said, our first job should be to eliminate the enemy sensor. Can we detect who it is?

>>16404790
>>16404811

Yuki's features go sharper and more pale as she calls everyone to be sharp. Kisame's joking demeanor falls slightly as he grips the handle of Samehada, "Ok....I don't know who these guys are, but from their chakra they're extremely dangerous. We should be on our toes, but attacking would be suicide. You got lucky, Shimaru." She said as Kaji spoke, "If I shunshin up on them, I may be able to get a Genjutsu on them." He said, but was instantly cut down by Yuki.

>>16404957
"My Hidden Mist can blind the Sharingan-user. It's not much, but it could let you sneak up on them."

We have this tactical battlenet genjutsu thing, right? Would we be able to guide Yuki, Kaji, and Kisame on where the enemy is inside the mist using our Eyes in the Mist ability?

>>16404993
We could create 5 water clones and have them spread out and dump their chakra into creating a massive Hidden Mist jutsu to blanket the entire battlefield. We won't have much chakra left, but that's why Kisame is the range specialist and we're melee.

>>16404993
We could indeed do that. Kisame can move through it just fine, as Samehada can smell out chakra. However, you can guide your other friends through it, they'll take a -1 penalty because of having to follow your words, then act on them. Also, how do you plan to perpetuate the mist?

>>16405014
>>16404993
As long as we can actually guide them effectively in the mist this could be a good strategy.

>>16405076
Deployment of clones as in >>16405014
Once the Hidden Mist is created, the clones could help by firing off Iron Wind jutsu's at targets right before the others attack, creating openings.

Also for those new to the quest here are the previous thread archives and the info on the setting:

Thread 1: http://archive.easymodo.net/tg/thread/16371191#p16371191
Thread 2: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16392547/
Info: http://pastebin.com/BZQ5C7e0
Current charater sheet: http://pastebin.com/

>>16405106

Alright, so that's the gameplan?

>>16405111
I'll save that for putting at the top of each new thread, someone wanna archive this shit for me, I don't know how, exactly. And also nice trips.

>>16405076
Perhaps we could stagger each activation of hidden mist to throw off attempts to intercept or counter our team.

>>16405123
Unless Kisame is going to go all S-Rank 7 Swordsmen of the Mist and take over the fight, I think this is the best deployment plan we have.

Archived:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/16404760/

>>16405140
I think a simultaneous activation would be better, in order to cover the battlefield and provide enough coverage with the mist.
This is going to be a jonin fight, so it could cover more area than genin or chuunin fights.

>>16405149
So it shall be. You summon up your clones and send them out in erratic angles, irregular positioning, and at varying speeds to try and get close to them. One of the men, with the black mop of hair, makes hand signs too fast for you to see before firing five darts of fire and knocking your clones backwards, killing two of them in the process of the shots. The three survivors stand up and cast the mist, managing to capture your team as well as theirs. "Good job, kohai." Kisame says, using the term for a younger student. With your mist in place he draws out the Samehada and moves up to stand beside you, "We need to put pressure on them, but I'm hesitant to approach." Yuki gives the go ahead, Kaji keeping behind you guys to try and bail you out. And with that Kisame rushes forward, Kaji in tow. Kaji encourages you to follow and soon you are at the base of the rock formation, charging up at them, Kisame's blade out and ready to absorb any inbound ninjutsu. Two of the figures leap away, one on either side of you. One is the man with the silver hair, the other the man with the mop of dark hair, leaving just the three others waiting. The ponytailed man drops to his knee and puts his hands together, a tendril of shadow reaching up in front of him and stabbing out at Kaji, avoiding both you and Kisame's blade. Kaji jumps backwards but finds his body frozen as another shadow was waiting to merge with his, given length by your charge and the positioning of the other two men. Kaji frozen he tries to call out for help, Kisame raising his sword but being frozen solid by the blond man who makes a strange sign before Kisame turns and says, "Kohai, watch out. I can't control my body!" He said, the blade raising up to smash down on you.

"Return!" The word breaks the veil of the moment and all three of you are standing in front of Yuki, who used a space-time ninjutsu to bring you all back to her, using Kaji's mark as a focal point. She puts her hand on Kisame's forehead and releases him from the Mind-control technique. "They are deadly." She warns and the two men who are now on the water level produce a handful of shuriken, each of them ready to throw, but waiting.

>>16405295
>>16405291
Okay, wow.
Fighting against a coordinated Jonin team is brutal.
We need to think quickly.
Guy and Kakashi are probably ready to attack us with shuriken as soon as we make a move. Do a quick scan through the mist and make sure that he hasn't created any shadow clones.

How are we going to get past Shika and Ino?

Since we do have those two water scrolls and we're semi-decent and using the water dragon- Could we use water dragon right out of the scrolls? One at a time of course but is it possible, or would we have to store pre-casted water dragons in scrolls beforehand? It'd be nice to blast the ones that don't appear to be taijutsu oriented.

>>16405461
The storage scrolls are currently empty, since we wanted to have them around to store any kekkei genkai we loot from fallen shinobi.

As for water, Kisame pretty much made a small lake so we have all the water we could need.

We have 3 clones left that could do Water Dragon jutsu along with us. Who would we target?

Have we been able to identify who their sensor is?

>>16405497
Blond haired shinobi, shadow user, sharingan user. I don't see us having much success attacking the other two.

>>16405510
It is difficult to say. Despite the mist they've been able to act with ample coordination, leading you to believe either they can all track chakra, which would be the worst situation, that they are just getting lucky, the best, or that they're using some means of doing what you are doing as well. Logic would explain to you that it's one of the three up at the top of the rock. Given that one of them has a huge staff and has shown no signs, just menace with his staff, it seems unlikely its him. The men on the water-level also seem to be just peering into the mist, though one of them is sniffing the air like a dog.

Which one of the 5 is the Sharingan user?
Their sensor appears to be either the mind-controller or the shadow-jutsu user.

Question: is the caravan still making their escape, or are they still here?
Our mission isn't to kill these shinobi, it's to ensure that the shipment arrives, right?

As it is, the enemy's defensive formation is extremely potent, and their teamwork excellent. We are at a disadvantage. But if we force them to move towards us, we can use the minute opening created by their switch from defensive to offensive.
It's not much, but that's the best that our chuunin can come up with. As long as the shipment gets away safely, our mission will have succeeded and the opponents will have failed.

Unless one of the other Jonin can see a better plan.

>>16405593
You are indeed correct. Not only are they moving, they're hustling double time to get away. You present a very good analysis.

Kisame rubs his jaw and speaks, "We could try to tie them up in hand-to-hand, but they seem too fast. Unless..." He said and looks over to Yuki who scowls at him before walking forward, a long blade of bone extending through both of her palms, "Alright....we have to go all in, if we want to kill them that is." She said, her robes revealing most of the bones and hiding that it wasn't just odd looking swords from the enemies. "Do we even have to?" She asked before Kisame said, "I want to rip the chakra right out of them and watch them squirm." he said with his high-pitched laugh again.

Should we refer to Kisame as Hoshigaki-san, Lord Hoshigaki, or Sempai?

On the one hand, he represents everything that our character wants to be. On the other, our character is an operator.
And finally, which will not get him annoyed at us?

Hn.

I think we should cover Kisame while he goes nuts on them, and keep the enemies off of him so he's able to wreak maximum havoc without distractions. Hopefully Yuki has the durability to be fine on her own. If we don't use the water dragons immediately we should have them ready in case we see an opportunity to use them.

>>16405753
The problem with attack the 3 that are together is that they're in a very strong defensive position.
It may be better to concentrate an all out assault on one of the pair down at the water.

Also, Yuki has a point. We don't need to kill them. Just keep them from moving from here, and our mission is a success. We shouldn't lose sight of the goal of this mission: it's not to fight and kill the enemy, it's to successfully and safely get the weapons shipment back to our village. As soon as we cross the border back into Hidden Mist territory, we can get a backup ANBU team to help us.

>>16405736
He's already calling us kohai, so I say we try for sempai. Anyway, I say we let one of the Jonin take the lead here and try to counter the enemie's actions, running in head first failed spectacularly last time.

>>16405774
>>16405753
>>16405809

Kisame sees your support and laughs, "Alright, Yuki, let it loose!" He said, but Yuki clearly was already going to. She begins convulsing violently and small spines begin rippling out along her body as she finally becomes a walking cheese-grater, covered in spines with two long ones from her palms as she suddenly charges towards one of the men on the ground. Kisame runs after her, much slower. Kaji puts his hands together and shoots up a Water Dragon up at the three men on the rock, the one with the staff suddenly expanding to a truly titanic size, almost seventy feet tall as he takes the little Water Dragon on the chest with a laugh as he raises up his big staff, ready to smack you and Kaji.

Yuki, meanwhile, is tied up in combat with the man with the silver hair, you can see a flash of the man's Sharingan Eye as he weaves around her amazingly erratic combat-style, almost impossible to dodge without lordly Taijutsu skills or the Sharingan. Suddenly a point of massive chakra appears in his hand as the loud chirping of lightning fills the air as he swings at her, two hook attempts and an uppercut. Yuki evades the blows easily and rams her blade through the man's shoulder who with a puff of smoke reveals himself to be a rock, a replacement.

We are not in a defensible position that would give us force multipliers to our defense. I think we should at least take down one of the enemy team, to break up their teamwork and make our odds of holding out until the caravan is safely away better.
Since we can't identify their sensor for sure, or attack them without getting caught again, here's the deployment plan:

Clones 1, 2, and 3 use Water Dragon on the black-haired guy on the water. Kisame, Yuki, and Kaji go in for an very fast in-and-out alpha strike to take him out, using the Water Dragon attack to create an opening.
We will provide cover for them from the silver-haired guy. I just hope that the two groups are separated enough that we can get out before the enemy responds.

>>16405883
Can we use our Eyes in the Mist to see where the silver-haired guy went to?

>>16405913
Damn, too late.

Well, us and Kaji need to move to avoid the incoming staff.
If we could find where the silver-haired guy disappeared to, we could appear right behind him and attack, while telling Yuki where her target moved to.
The 3 clones could shoot Water Dragons at the 3 shinobi that are still together, then scoot so that their attack can't be used to trace where they are in the mist.

>>16405931
Also, who all are currently in our mist?

>>16405965
>>16405961

You easily track the silver-haired man, unfortunately he moved to standing right beside his friend, who is waiting for impact when Kisame charges him down. Yuki's bloodhunger makes her turn up to face the two on the rock and start sprinting at them, her sensing working quite well even in this state.

(Rank+Shinobi movement to dodge)

Hold the phone, we need some water prison up in this fight. Eyes in the Mist Water Prison seems like the best thing ever.

>>16405965
Basically everyone, the mist is just low enough to not get the two men on the top of the cliff.

>>16405998
3+4, right?

rolled 2, 5, 9, 8, 9, 4, 9 = 46

>>16406026
try that again...

rolled 9, 2, 7, 6, 9, 6, 5 = 44

>>16405998
Rank 3 + Shinobi Movement 4 to dodge

Damn, we can't help both Yuki AND Kisame.

>>16406003
We're not good at it yet, though. It's not as hard as steel, like Kisame's is.

The two guys up top can use mind-control and shadow jutsu. They'll undoubtedly see Yuki coming: we might be able to distract them by having all 3 clones fire Water Dragons or Iron Winds at them.

>>16406030

Four successes is good. You jump right outta the way of that nightmare. Kaji also slips away fairly easily, additonally he focuses in and puts a tag on the staff, when the giant brings it up Kaji signs and suddenly the staff glows white and the giant man shouts out in pain as it burns the air around it with heat.

(I believe it's our move again.)

>>16406059
we don't need to capture them forever, just long enough so that our Jonin can dog pile the rest.

>>16406072
Clone 1: Fire an Iron Wind jutsu at the two guys being targeted by Yuki.
Clone 2: Fire a Water Dragon at the silver-haired guy.
Clone 3: Shift to behind the silver-haired guy after he dodges Clone 2's attack, and hit him with a Water Prison. It won't keep him stopped for long, but maybe enough for Kisame to kill or incapacitate the black-haired one.

Us: Provide support to Yuki by creating 2 more Water Clones who will fire Water Dragons at the 2 guys on top of the cliff, then scoot into the mist to hide.

>>16406120
Sounds good, let's try out all of our options and see what works best.

>>16406120
I like this plan also

I've noticed that we use Water Clones a lot. They're just so damn useful, especially if we make them at the beginning of a fight so they have full Chakra Pools.
I know we originally were going towards a "Might Guy with Sword" type of build, but now I'm thinking "Naruto Shadow Clone Army with Sword" kind of deal.

>>16406157
As fun as they are, and as often as we use them, I don't think it would be as much fun if we solved all our problems with an army of clones. They do come in handy though but thats just my opinion, this is a collaborative game.

>>16406171
Well no, we solve our problems by using a huge sword and RIP AND TEAR. The clones are mostly to get us into position, keep the enemy occupied, and create the openings for our one-stop solution.

>>16406203
Fair enough

>>16405111
I just realised I didn't link the charatcer sheet properly

http://pastebin.com/8meVhrzf there we go.

>>16406120
Its a good plan lets do it.

>>16406157
>>16406171
Keep in mind they do require an ambient source of water, and that's not always easy to find, but as you will soon find out, they can become sinkholes for chakra. However, if we find they're too easily effective, we can just up the cost to 2x Clone. But we'll see before doing that.

>>16406120
Your clone whirls his Iron Wind at the target, the shadow needles rising up again and wrapping around the blade before throwing it back at your clone, impaling him in the chest.

Your clone's water dragon courses up into the air and smashes down on the white-haired shinobi who slides away from most of the damage.

Lacking too much water, only a bit left from the Dragon, your clone attempts a water prison and gets a Water Cage, not the same suspension effect as the true Prison, but not a bad halfway mark.

Your next two clones pop out and fire their Dragons as well, forcing both men to dive away from the attacks, though the second one gets a collision on the black-haired man, the shadow user.

>>16406273
Not bad for the newby eh?

>>16406273
Yeah, that's the thing with clones; we're out of Chakra now.

What are the mechanical effects of Soldier and Blood pills, by the way?

>>16406301
Soldier pills restore 2 points of chakra per pill. You can only take 1 pill per battle.

Blood pills remove 3 damage from you per pill. You can only take 1 pill per battle.

Between battle you're free to suck 'em down.

>>16406306
In that case lets chow down, we shall probably need more chakra even if its for a last minute surprise. Then I vote we assist our leader, Kisame can handle himself I figure.

>>16406306
Okay, pop a Soldier pill.
That's all of our actions for this turn, right? Or can we still do something?

>>16406335
>>16406327

You can move or take an action while standing still.

>>16406340
Can we then move halfway between boss lady and Kisame? I figure then after the next set of options depending on how things look we'll choose who to help.

There's almost no choice here. I can't think of a better time to swallow a soldier pill. We need all the chakra we can get.

Also voting to call Kisame sempai

>>16406340
I thought that popping the Soldier pill and summoning those 2 new clones was our action and move-equivalent for this turn.

So we still have a move or an action left?

>>16406353
I don't think we should. We have the speed to be able to make up for the distance, and remember that we have to stay out of range of the mind-controller and the shadow-user. We don't have the genjutsu defenses to be able to resist their Jonin-level effects.

>>16406374
Join Kisames brawl then?

>>16406358
Whoops, forgot we totally summoned 2 clones. Thank you. Yeah, we pop our pill and feel the energy run through us. However we're totes done.

Kisame is taking massive sweeps of his sword at the black-haired man and a single blow not only dislodges the mask by removing the chakra that holds it tight to the user's face, but it knocks the man over. He rises to reveal himself as a fifteen-year old boy, a young man with a set of strong Sharingan and a pair of heavily circled tired eyes. Kisame chuckled, "Not so tough are you boy?" He said and appeared behind him, reaching out to grab him around the neck where he squeezed hard enough to turn a stone to gravel. However as the neck snapped the boy broke apart into a cloud of crows and fluttered all around Kisame who took swipes at them with his sword before locking up, the boy holding his fingers in front of his face, maintaining a Genjutsu. However, it wouldn't be for long, the boy's eyes opened in surprise as Kisame punched him across the face, sending him careening into the stone wall that was summoned. "Genjutsu doesn't work on me, pretty-boy, Samehada always is here for me."

Yuki, meanwhile, has found herself up in the group's vulnerable assets and is swinging like crazy to make a hit. The blond man stays close, dodging so his friend can get some distance, the shadows holding Yuki for barely a fraction of a second before the blond man calls out "Mind Body Disturbance!" Yuki freezes up and screams at the top of her lungs, her mind still hers, but her body now jumping off the stone structure to charge Kaji.

(More inc)

>>16406398

It's like I'm really watching an episode of Naruto. I mean it, I really do.

>>16406398

Kaji, seeing her charging at him, lets her get close before she swings and his body shifts into an obviously well-practiced stance where he deflects her bone-stab, grabs her throat and black lines scuttle all across her body as she locks up solid and refuses to move, he sealed her movement. "Shit...that's..not good. I usually have to Black Dragon Seal Yuki after we're done cleaning up..." He said as he clicked his teeth, "Kisame! We have to get out of here!" He said, but the Monster of the Hidden Mist was having too much fun.

The silver haired man charges up that lightning fist again and dives at your clones, stabbing one, then another and finishing with a water-dragon of his own that smashes into the other two, killing them as well. Only one clone remains and he readies a kunai to fight.

The gigantic man had returned to his normal size reaches into his pouch and pulls out a small metal canister which he opens and pulls out a green pill and pops, suddenly looking much stronger as he drops his staff and grows into a ten foot ball all of the sudden and starts spinning at high speeds, crashing into Kisame who blocks it with his sword, struggling hard for a moment before Samehada eats away the chakra from the technique, leaving a grinning Kisame.

The two men atop the stone shunshin down next to the Uchiha boy and put their hands on his shoulder and nod. Suddenly the other two men appear close to the other three and the Uchiha puts his hands together and fires a titanic fireball at Kisame who simply raises a water wall to defend himself. However, when the steam clears the five shinobi have not only vanished from sight but from your senses. The day appears to be yours.

>>16406413
In a good way? Kisame is now my favorite, and boss lady won't kill off our dude right? I mean he can break Genjutsu right? Right?

>>16406438
I vote we get back to the caravan ASAP, just because the current engagement appears to have been won doesn't exactly comfort me when the enemy and our target are out of sight.

>>16406413
I agree, I'm loving it.

>>16406438
"Kaji-san, can you handle Yuki-san on your own? I should go to the caravan and see if it's alright."

Crap, we need to double-time it to the caravan and make sure that it's safe.

>>16406448
Agreed. This might actually have been a diversionary attack, if they're willing to retreat so easily when they held the advantage.

We need to check the supplies and make sure that our mission hasn't been compromised.

Agreed the mission isn't over it reaches its destination

>>16406462

"Yeah, she's fine in this state. Hurry, and take Kisame with you, I'll guard Yuki." he said, drawing his kunai and focusing to try and sense if he's about to be ambushed.

Kisame leaps towards you, leaning forward to shinobi run as quickly as he can with you, sprinting across the open plain, having to shunshin just to keep up to you as you reach the cart crossing past the bridge that brings it to the Land of Water. On the other side of the bridge is a small horde of Genin and Chunin as well as at least fifteen Mist ANBU who are all scanning and sensing as one to increase their range. However, someone unusual is there, a jonin from the village, the beautiful woman Mei Terumi. She is known for her extremely versatile and powerful jutsu as well as her looks. She usually is found on the hardest missions she can find, but this time she's not just wearing her outfit of a blue dress, she's wearing the blue hat and white robes of the Mizukage. There is blood on the robes.

As you take in these facts you hear in your mind, "Shimaru my friend, Yuki has lost her rage and I'm carrying her back home, we're all ok, is the cart fine?"

>>16406470
>>16406470
Definitely this. I'd rather not assume it's over prematurely.

Oh god, was there just a coup when we looked the other way for a few minutes?

>>16406486
"Sir, the cart appears to be secure, it is currently crossing the bridge. There's a group of Kiri-nin ANBU and genin."

"Hoshigaki-sempai, something's wrong. I'm the most expendable of the group; I'll go forward to check it out."

Let's meet up with the caravan and meet with the apparently new Mizukage.

>>16406499
It's either a coup, or the attack on the shipment was a ruse by someone else to allow an assassination squad to get into Mist Village and kill the Mizukage.

Either way, approach with caution.

>>16406511
No need to belittle ourself. But yes, check it out.

>>16406524
I didn't mean it as belittlement; I just meant it as a dispassionate analysis of the relative worths of the shinobi involved in the mission.

Of course I don't think Shima is expendable, but he might, when his team is composed of a jonin able to make a telepathic battlenet, a Kaguya berserker, and Kisame Fucking Hoshigaki.

>>16406523
>>16406511
>>16406499

The ANBU agents greet you with a nod of their head as a path clears to Mei. She gives you a sweet smile and extends her arm, "Welcome back, Shimaru Yamada. You have done our village very proud. I believe that your good works have shown enough promise to warrant you a chance to prove yourself in the eyes of the village and your Mizukage. I, Mei Terumi, as my first act as Mizukage, nominate Shimaru Yamada to take the Jonin Exam." She said and sweeps her hat off her head and a roar of applause fills the crowd. You notice something then. The air of tense discomfort that used to hang over your countrymen seems to be eased a bit. The Fourth Mizukage, Yagura, seemed almost schizophrenic in his brutal policies and cruelty and then magnanimous in person. He was a good man, but a poor leader it seemed. Everyone, however, seemed to be fond of Mei.

>>16406486
Huh, well I guess thats just about to be wrapped up might tell him about the change in leadership?

>>16406540
Stand at attention.
"Thank you, ma'am. I will not disappoint."

Think back to the rest of the team: "Looks like there's been a fight. New Mizukage: Mei Terumi. Combat operations appear to be over."

>>16406540
Thank her for the honor, salute as necessary, then find someone else in the crowd that seems approachable and subtly inquire as to the precise circumstances of the recent change in management.

>>16406565
Doing it right now, in front of 15 ANBU and who knows how many other chuunin, might not be a good idea.
We should ask Genpachi as soon as we can, though.

>>16406540
Actually whats Kisames take on this? Also do we need to check the cargo?

>>16406565
>>16406564

You find Misato Hideki from earlier and he talks to you about how Mei came back from a mission and Yagura insinuated that she was a spy. She then went on a tirade about how her devotion to this village and promotion of its well-being was being undermined constantly by his immature and foolish policies. Shinobi numbers had plumetted in the past five years, whole bloodlines had been erased, all under Yagura's murderous policies, and she finally decided that it was better for everyone to remove him. The Mizukage's office is gone, Mei melted straight through it with her Lava Release.

"What!? Lord Yagura is dead!? And Mei...Terumi Mei is the new Mizukage?" Kaji asked confused before he spoke, "Well, I suppose it would be better to get rid of Yagura. Come help me with Yuki and we'll reconvene for a debriefing as well as something you might be interested in hearing about village politics."

>>16406583
I don't see why wanting to know what happened to the old Mizukage would look bad, I just think it would be in bad taste to ask the new Mizukage directly.

>>16406596

Cargo's safe and fine, don't worry you have sensors and ANBU frisking every inch of it.

Kisame's expression for once is neutral, his eyes are half-lidded as he is lost in thought at what had come to pass. However, hearing Kaji's conversation he perked up and ran back to pick up the young team leader on his shoulders and walk with you two back to the small cabin where you planned the mission.

Once everyone is seated Kaji speaks. "Yuki and myself were part of the Deep Current. We were the Mizukage's sworn bodyguards, at least we were Yagura's guards. When this mission came up for us we were surprised he didn't retain at least one of us, but not only did he dismiss us he dismissed Kisame and Mangetsu Hozuki was on the docket to be dispatched with us, before he fell ill." Mangetsu was one of the key members of the Seven Swordsmen, he kept a scroll which contained all the swordsmen's swords for ease of travel and stealth. He was also apparently made of water since he would just turn into water when stricken, like a living water clone.

>>16406598
Excuse ourselves from crowd, that we need to wrap up our mission, and go back and help Kaji with Yuki.

>>16406598
Sounds like a plan.

>>16406618
"Unusual behavior. But, if the Fifth Mizukage is recognized by the Village, what will you do?"

>>16406618
How strange, you think he planned to die beforehand?

>>16406663
>>16406654
These two.

>>16406654
>>16406663

"Difficult to say" He admitted, "I spent the most time with Yagura-san and not even I knew the workings of that man's mind. I explored the depths of his consciousness for days at a time at his behest, and it seemed almost like his mind would completely change sometimes from a young hopeful man to a heartless killer. I'm sure the village will accept Mei, she's overwhelmingly popular." He admitted as he sat next to Yuki who remained quiet before finally saying, "With Yagura dead....maybe my clan can finally have a chance to come back." She said before rising and vanishing in a puff of mist. Kaji and the room fell silent before Kisame rose, "So, so, I need to go bring Mangetsu some red-bean curry, he likes that a lot. I'll see you later, Kaji. Kohai, I'll be in touch." he said and shunshin'd out the window. Kaji looks you in the eyes curiously before giving you a smile, "So, you're going to try for the Jonin rank, eh? It's a hard test, but I'd be happy to help you bone up on your skills. By the way, good job out there, you fought a hard fight, and you pulled through. We're lucky," he admits, "If they stayed and kept pushing, we would have lost. Kisame's almost invincible, but if you can overwhelm his regeneration in a single strike we're dead. Even worse, if he gets Mind-Body Disturbed." Kaji said with a shiver. "Anyway, I have confidence in you."

>>16406687
"Thank you, sir. I appreciate the assistance. But first..."
Tap our forehead, indicating that we'd like the battlenet genjutsu to be cut.

Pride can take a backseat to getting assistance to train for the Jonin Exam. Hell, we JUST passed the Chuunin Exam less than a month ago; we NEED this extra help.

>>16406710
Second.

>>16406710

"Ah, of course. See, it's those sort of things that will help you." He says and presses his palm against your forehead again, freeing you from the network. It's a strange feeling again, sort of like closing the door and wrapping up in a blanket. It's lonely, but it's safe. "Alright, I'll talk to Kisame, but I probably won't have to say much since he likes you, and I'll talk to a Ninjutsu expert. Kisame has a lot of raw force and no finesse, he's like a waterfall." Kaji says before he points to his own chest, "I'm your Genjutsu teacher, and from what I get, it's your weakest area, by far."

>>16406736
*sigh* "Genjutsu...I'd rather fight one of those Jonin again."

....we just got Kisame Hoshigaki as a personal swordsman tutor.
How fucked are we?

>>16406788
I'll get the coffin ready for us.

>>16406788
It will be glorious, though how intact we come out of it is the question.

>>16406805
>>16406788
>>16406769

Kaji eventually dismisses you after talking your ear off, at least he treats you to dinner. After you go back to your apartment you find a note waiting for you, "Tomorrow we begin the path to the Seven Swordsmen. Even if the ways of brutality are forgotten in the minds of the village, in our hearts we are all sharks." And the signature is just a shark-bite mark. As you read this it becomes clear to you that there are currently Seven Swordsmen. To become another you need to kill one of the current ones in battle.

>>16406820
I suggest we get some rest and prepare for the training tomorrow. It's gonna be a long day.

>To become another you need to kill one of the current ones in battle.
We survived the old Academy graduation method, we'll survive this one.

Let's get some rest, though we'll have to remember to stop by and pick up our bounty money.

The soldier pills weren't that vital in this most recent fight, but I guess that's just because the enemy decided to not suffer any casualties rather than complete their mission...Unless, keeping the Deep Flow occupied until the coup could finish was their whole objective in the first place?

>>16406896
>>16406859
>>16406846

Conspiracies within secret plots within conspiracies. Such is the life of a shinobi.

After a good night's rest you feel much better, in fact you feel positively fresh. It's nice to have so many wonderful prospects ahead of you in the world. After breakfast and a quick shower you head out the door and bump into the burly chest of Kisame who was apparently waiting. "Good morning, kohai. I see you're all ready for a fun day at the races." He says with a chuckle before looking at your sword, "That oversized kunai needs to go, you need a real sword." he says with a smile as you sense Samehada's chakra responding to its master's emotions. "Now, let's go get you your mission pay, I'm sure you'll find it to a tune of your enjoyment."

500 ryuu. Not the 300 you expected or the 400 you hoped for, but an overwhelming 500 ryuu was your payout there. Apparently the client in question was a very wealthy one indeed since after paying all the fees and charges you received 500. Kisame pockets his rewards quickly enough and said, "Now, let's see if we can't get you something nice." The man notes as he strolls through town with you, "I know just the man who can make us seals, but we need to have the base of the sword made in the style you want to use most. Think about that, what sword represents you?"

>>16406969
This is fucking awesome. Ok guys, breath. What do we want our sword to be like?

>>16406969
A sword that represents us...a sword that outwardly seems simple and straightforward, but that is actually quite deceptive when in motion. Reliable, mission-focused. An Operator's Weapon.

>>16407055
Time to elaborate a little.
Hmmm ok so what is our character like? He is very very quick, he has a penchant for water style talent and often cleaves people literally in half. Anything else? How should we translate this info into the base sword?

>>16407075
Maybe a heavy blade to help cut through lots of flesh and bone, but balanced to be light and easy to wield? Simple and straightforward blade design?

>>16407075
>>16407067
>>16407055

This is a big big task, I'll leave you guys time to think about, i'm heading to sleep. Finally no work tomorrow, so I get some time to just lock in and do this Quest all day. Also, we'll do skills and perks tomorrow, but you get 1 perk for free.

Bond (Hoshigaki Kisame): Whenever you are able to defend or attack with your bond target you may both spend 1 Determination. In that case you can not receive any failures on any dice rolls related on the test. Additionally, you may not receive any extra effects, regardless of the number of successes.

Enjoy your new shark-pal! I'm getting ready for bed, so I have some time for some last minute questions, if there are any.

Also- I need to introduce our Leach-style user, now seems like a good time, after we Rocky it up for a bit.

>>16407103
Last minute question: at the Chuunin level, when a skill hits rank 5, we essentially Master it and get an attribute increase, correct?

>>16407120
Actually that's just the cap for skills. Our Chunin rank only restricts our base stats and our dice pool, oh and speed rank.

>>16407101
Something like this perhaps? (but increased in size?).

This is going to be fun. I can't wait to see some of the ideas people will have over the next 6 hours

>>16407143
Hmmm I know I suggested it and although I like the design but it feels a little understated lol.

>>16407157
Understated might be good for our character. It fits in with the whole taciturn and slightly arrogant, and very ruthless (but not unnecessarily cruel!) way we've been playing Shima.

>>16407181
Thats true I suppose, we don't want to go showbaoting around with some insanly huge or exotic sword.

I vote for something "exagerated but simple" along the lines of the first two swords from the left.

>>16407201
Ooh I like those and they do fit in more with what Kisame was saying. Damn, I am stuck on the fence lol.

Here's some more fuel to the fire.
It looks like a straightforward blade, but can detach multiple blades mid-fight. Deception and misdirection, some of our trademark tactics.
We use misdirection all the time, with our Hidden Mist, clones to be distractions, launching simultaneous attacks from multiple vectors.

>>16407230
I don't really see the use of a sword splitting up into lesser blades. That's why we have Kunai.

So I take it we're looking for a two handed sword as opposed to a one handed sword?

>>16407421
It may also end up being fairly expensive to have seals put on each individual blade.

I admit to being partial to two handed sabres myself.

It should be curved, we use it as a boomerang, after all.

>>16407488
Maybe a two-handed version of this?

>>16407515
Now that is hot. Man how are we all going to pick one lol.

>>16407508
If we had a splitting blade as mentioned here ­>>16407230
it could become a double or tripple boomerang attack.

How about an oversized kukri?

>>16407539
Just checking, is this a kuriki??

I think thats not a bad idea at all.

How do you upload picture? I cannot unto the internet

We should make a mark on the handle for every guy we cleaved.

>>16407556
Save the picture to your desktop etc, then click on browse and select it.

>>16407559
Cool idea, very menacing.

Trying one last time to post the sabre I meant.

>>16407581
Wow thats huge.

Also someone is probably going to archive the next thread or two as I may be away for a couple of days and OP said he's not sure how to do it.

>>16407613
Fair enough, thats doable. So what perk do we want now? Also why not get two swords the giant kukuri and sabre and use the kukuri as boomerang and sabre for main?

>>16407627
Lol are we going to be able to carry all that?

Perks wise do you (and everyone) think we've done enough to realistically get the Reputation perk? I know we can just pick and choose as we want, but do we think it would make sense in game?

>>16407644
Well we could claim the reputation of rising star couldn't we? I mean we are making wavesby now considering our successes.

Granted I'm still wondering if the taking of the Jonin exam is a gift or a way to quietly kill us off. I mean think about it, we had been in the previous Kages favour and now the new one wants to raise us up to Jonin? Its also possible though that this is ment as a kind of bribe to increase loyalty to her though...Or I'm over thinking things.

>>16407668
Ah yeah I didn't think of that. Good idea. Is it the perk we want though? We could also use the Mastery perk to perfect our water prison.

Hmmm I think the Jonin exam is a gift. From what we've been told this new leader is hardcore and always took the hardest missions. We are just a chuunin and yet we are mixing it up with some badass Jonin and holding our own in very difficult and dangerous fights. It seems like she sees potential in us.......well I hope thats it.

>>16407693
Well I'm just wondering what would help us most for the up coming exam, something to aid our chakra control maybe? Also anyone else in this thread?

>>16407710
Indeed, I wasn't really thinking about the exam, somewhat tired.

Yeah if people have ideas, feel free to suggest stuff, this is a collaborate game, all ideas are welcome.

>>16407710
So maybe mastery of our chara system? I think that would be extemely useful in all aspects of our shinobi life.

>>16407717
Yeah that would help with the clones as well as upgrade our mist jutsu.

Actually yeah I think mastery of our mist jutsu would be most effective, apparently even other members of our village find fighting in the mist difficult as such if we could increase its effectiveness...

Also as was mentioned previously we could then start to try using chemicals in the mist as well.

>>16407739
Yeah that would be really cool. Hmmmm I think we should also purchase some sort of air filter/breathing apparatus when we can so we can do things like lace the mist with sleeping powder or a hallucinogenic etc etc

>>16407751
Sounds like a plan, also when we get the chance I vote that we increase our genjutsu knowledge and our shinobi movement. I'm just worried about genjutsu since its difficult to counter, but many require line of sight which is why I'm pushing for our mist stuff.

>>16407777
Good idea. I wonder if at some point we can control the mist well enough to directly focus part of it on an enemies eyes and head. That could be really useful.

>>16407801
Perhaps that'll be our Jonin level signature technique? Force feeding poisoned mist to our opponents?

>>16407807
Hahaha nice

Actually this chemical warfare thingy sounds like concept foranother character, I prefer an established utility wizard-batman-Guts concept. And we arent build to be universal, so lets develop our strong sides, though having a way to counter genjutsu is mandatory for jonin level shinobi.

>>16407836
What would you suggest? I'm mostly just kicking about ideas here.

>>16407846
Yeah just a bit of brainstorming between sessions

I also wonder what seals we can have put on our sword? Its not really covered much in the info sheet. I suppose we'll have to wait and see what the OP has to offer in that area.

>>16407856
>>16407846
We could add some lighting jitsus to our arsenal. Im not sure about our elemental affinity though.
We could employ our own blood for some huge one-shot tecnique, damaging both yourself and opponent.

>>16407880
Cool idea, I suppose OP will have to tell us how we can go about finding out what our elemenatlly affinity is and work from there.

>>16407880
Actually, what should our elemental affinity be? I mean we haven't exactly decided yet. Though I do like the idea of some how conducting our element throughout the mist for massive damage, as I said though I just like our mist.

>>16407880
Oh, and we can form a summoning contract, with a classy sentient shark with monocle-like spot on his eye.

>>16407931
What about a classy Moray Eel?

Can we make a shape changing sword? Like having a three modes: throwing one, large one and some kind of secret one (and fuckhuge one!).
And would it put our sword on level with seven swordsmans ones (I d prefer taking a sword of defeated guy)?

>>16408055
I like that plan actually, maybe if theres some glyph and ninja magic on it, and then we can either take the one off the guy we kill or make ours one that eventually surpasses thiers. A work in progress sword ya know?

There are 2 problems I have with trying to lace our Hidden Mist technique with any kind of poison:
1. We are usually inside the mist as well, because of the special ability we have to instantly appear behind an enemy inside our mist for an attack. We don't yet have the ninjutsu/medical ninjutsu and chakra control to neutralize poisons, and would be affected ourselves.
2. Given the size of the poison burst and the dynamic nature of the battlefield, it could end up being a liability and obstacle if a team member gets engulfed by the mist.

Now, once we have better ninjutsu and have made ourselves either immune to some poisons or can neutralize them with ease, then the poison mist would be great to use. I just don't think right now is a good time.

And like the sun itself I return on a new day of FIve nations Quest! I'm really glad to see that everyone's having fun with discussions, and that there are a lot of questions. So, since I'm back with freetime for days, let's go ahead and everyone just post your questions, I'm gonna make my breakfast, and when I come back I'll tackle 'em all one at a time.

>>16410115
Okay: Can we control the size and shape of our Hidden Mist jutsu, or is it just a burst of a pre-defined size?
What skill would we need to use to neutralize poisons?
Can a Perk be used to grant us immunity to a specific poison, so we could use it in our Hidden Mist without being affected?

>>16410135
Poisons are a whole branch of familiarity that we honestly have no experience in and only the most fundamental knowledge. It would be hard to learn poisons, period, but assuming we were able to, we'd learn the "Poison Familiarity" skill. To infuse it with our mist, however, would either take a Signature Jutsu in the form of a poisonous hidden mist, or a Special Ability.

In regards to the hidden mist, it's a burst unless you get Mastery and instead of upping the size or reducing the chakra cost you make it shapeable.

And yes, a perk could very easily do that for us.

>>16410115
Mind ltelling us what time zone you're in?

Also in regards to the poison we were just gonna get a rebreather apparatus hide it in a scroll and only bring it out in the mist, that way the poison is less obvious. Also this would be a trick for solo missions more then anything else.

>>16410159
So to even get Poison Mist, we'd have to open up and train Poisons Familiarity.

Also, given that ever since we got Water Bunshin we've been using it extensively in battle, what could we do with Master (Water Bunshin)? Decrease the Chakra cost? Or increase the stats of the clones from 1/4 to 1/2 of our own?

Anyone else have thoughts about what sort of sword we should have? Seems to be that we get one that changes form, if possible and then steal the sword of the guy we kill.

>>16410225
I'd like to increase quality personally, make it so they survive that extra bit longer to keep up the mist.

>>16410189
Sure, I'm in Central Time, GMT -6 I think. However, despite that I'm on a really weird schedule cause I work late for my job. So I go to bed at like 5/6 AM and get up at 12/1 PM.

That would work alright. Depending on what kind of venom we use, of course, the rebreather could give you 100% safety or only like 50% if you use a contact venom. However I'm sure if you did take a poison you'd research it well before its implementation.

>>16410225
Mastery (Water Bunshin) gives the following options: Increase clones to 1/3 power, allow deployment of clones beyond your immediate proximity, summon clones as you could normally as a reactive defensive action for 1 Extra Success.

Any one of those is gonna come from taking Mastery.

Which would be easier:
Upgrading a jutsu using examples from observable natural occurances. (naruto + cat ??? herpsengan)
or
Using the principles of two pre-existing jutsu to achieve more specific purpose.

>>16410254
No idea to be honest, OP?

>>16410254
While the herpsengan was kinda silly the reasoning was shaky but made sense. He didn't even have the technique right and was hardly upgrading it, he was still understanding. When it comes to upgrading those things come from seal-speed, technique familiarity, and adding other elements (not like lightning or fire, but things like size of the technique, etc).

I haven't really included a process for upgrading a technique beyond Mastery, should I?

>>16410253
I think we should increase the power of the clones so they survive longer and can do more.
They also move at Speed Rank 2, right OP?

Also, SWORD! What kind of sword are we going for, guys?
I like the suggestion from >>16408055
In its rest state maybe have it look like >>16407515
Or second one from the left >>16407201

>>16410306
Sounds cool, I like the idea of steadily upgrade our core techniques.

>>16410324
Indeed they do move at Speed Rank 2, like yourself.

>>16410253
Wait, does that mean that, with Mastery (Water Clone), you could, for one extra success, negate an attack on you because it hit a water clone instead? Or would that also take Mastery (Substitution)?

>>16410350
That is absolutely correct, for 1 extra success, and a point of determination, you can say it hit a clone. Not only that but you can make a normal amount, rather than just make one to tank the blow as we've seen Zabuza, Kakashi, Kisame, Kakuzu, and our own Gen do. Substitution allows for different shenanigans. Those include dodging an attack and moving something with an explosive tag in your place to try and kill your attacker.

If nothing else, here's the one property I'd like on our sword (or perhaps it can go on the scabbard?)

-Returning.-

Since we're a specialist with that one weapon, it wouldn't do to be disarmed. I mean, which would you rather have happen...

> The puppeteer jerks his chakra strings, sending Shimaru's blade flying behind the enemy formation. Shimaru readies a water dragon jutsu to try to break through to his sword. It'll be difficult for him to get past them, even with his superior speed. Shit just got way more difficult.

or

> The puppeteer jerks his chakra strings, sending Shimaru's blade flying behind the enemy formation. Shimaru reaches for the scabbard behind his back. It's empty. He draws his sword anyway.

I see basically two different fluff approaches to how we do it. Both would use fuuinjutsu to get the desired effect, of course. The first would be to seal our hands and the sword, so that we can call it back to our hands. This might run into some fluff conflicts, though, because when we use ninjutsu we're going to be channeling chakra through our hands. The seconds would be to seal the sword and the scabbard, so that the sword can be drawn from that scabbard even when it's not present. Unfortunately, that has the rather large downside of not being a part of us, so someone else -could- use that property if they got their hands on our scabbard. And it could theoretically be removed from our person in a fight, though if that could happen we're probably fucked anyway. On the other hand, this has a fluffy upside of allowing us to become a totally sweet iaijutsu master. Draw-strike-replace? Screw that! Draw-strike-draw-strike-draw-strike!

Actually, if the hands option works, that would also allow for some very underhanded tactics, like fighting someone with taijutsu, then at just the right moment summoning the sword so it's already within their chest cavity.

>>16410306
That'd be nice. Anyways what I was thinking of was using a combination of our natural strength with the water clone- wearing it over our other armors and using it as a defensive and offensive tool: Using the water to slow projectiles and deflect incoming physical attacks, using the principles of liquid physics to augment our sword strikes and give us mobility on almost any surface, etc.

>>16410389
But remember we have also been sinking points into taijutsu just so that if disarmed we'd be able to use their over confidence to break them.

>>16410389
Actually, I'd thought about that scenario, and I thought that it would be better if we trained up a backup fighting method we never use in front of anyone, making our reliance on our greatsword a deception.

It's why we opened up Martial Arts back after the first mission.
Imagine the puppeteer's surprise when, instead of going after the sword like he expected, we instead rush him and cave his face in.

>>16410393
While that no doubt originates from the Water Clone jutsu, that is unquestionably a Signature Jutsu. Shimaru's Avatar of the Sea Jutsu could be known the world over.

But it's a derivative of the Water Clone Jutsu, sort of like how lightning blade comes from rasengan, or how chidori stream comes from lightning blade.

>>16410389

> Actually, if the hands option works, that would also allow for some very underhanded tactics, like fighting someone with taijutsu, then at just the right moment summoning the sword so it's already within their chest cavity.

I like the way you think. You could seal the sword to your hands, if you wanted it permanently it would take tattoos. I think we know a guy for that.

OP, when a skill reaches its cap, what happens? What bonuses do we get, for example, if we max Water Talent, or Shinobi Movement?

>>16410476
>>16410389
Okay that does sound awsome, still which sword were we getting with Kisame?

>>16410497

Water Talent gives Ninjutsu or Determination. Shinobi movement gives Taijutsu or Genjutsu (for being aware). For 99% of all skills reaching cap it's their relevant stat or determination.

>>16410503
Consensus appears to be with the sabre-like blade. A single heavy chopping blade, curved and long with a strong guard for our hand and a longer handle for more control and throwing ease.

Kisame listens to your choice and nods, "I know just the place." In short order you're the most expensive smith's in the village who charges you 100 ryuu, right out the door to forge the sword and another 50 ryuu to temper it with chakra-conductive metal to make it receptive to your elemental nature so you can channel it, like Asuma.

>>16410389
If going with returning in any form, would something like fleshgrinding be worthwhile?

(so that we hit someone tough, and the blade keeps eating through them on its own, while we beat on someone else)

>>16410533
We've got the money, so pay the man.

>>16410533
Actually what is our nature? Is it our choice or have ya already decided?

>>16410537
Would that have to be build into the blade at time of forging, or is it something we could add on later?

>>16410574
That's a property of the seals use to enhance the blade. That's done post-forging.

>>16410569
>>16410564
Your nature is hitherto unknown.
(We can handle it one of three ways, random chance, I pick, you all vote. The last one sorta takes away from the feeling of it being a natural part of you.)

>>16410616
What about those little chakra paper things that give a visible example of your nature? Where would we have to go to get one?

>>16410616
I'm up for random chance how about everyone else? Also buy it then we're loaded currently so we don't have to worry. Currently.

>>16410654
Oh no, I mean, we test with the paper, but at the end of the day you the players have to decide who you want to pick your nature, be it me, your own majority vote, or random chance.

>>16410665
Oh, gotcha. I'm personally up for random chance just to see what we'd get.

>>16410661
I'd rather choose.

Water seems like the obvious choice. Lightning wouldn't be bad, either.

>>16410661
I say random chance as well, but I'm anon. it shouldn't count from me.

>>16410616
I think >>16410574 was asking if we could make the blade returning, and when we had the time, money, and proficiency, add in fleshgrinding later. If not, I presume muchly, and apologize.

>>16410159
If we took poison familiarity, could we add it to other techniques, like the water clone (so we would get a clone that dissolves into poison mist)?

>>16410716
It absolutely should count from you. We only got here because of anons, so your vote matters, at least in my book.

Seems like we have 3 for random 1 for decision(players).

Also we can add properties at the blade's completion but because of the complex nature of making a "magical item" once we give it the bonuses now we're going to be forced to stick with them or risk the blade breaking.

>>16410750
How many can we add with our funds of 455?

rolled 2, 1 = 3

>>16410788
After you get your nature tested you're gonna visit Kisame's seal-friend.

In short order you find a shinobi shop and Kisame buys a piece of chakra-responsive paper and hands it to you, "Ok, put it in your hand and focus your chakra. At this level in your life you should be able to manifest two different responses. After some focusing you open your palm and Kisame examines the paper.

>>16410819
Lows good right?

Postan late after reading topic.

About our sword:

I was thinking a cleaver-style sword with a hook at the end. Something like the Orcs from the LotR movies used. It feels both brutal and cunning.

As for jutsus:

Our mist is not a Genjutsu, but it's kind of like one. How about we upgrade the mist so it's able to form images? Or maybe that should be a downgrade to water clones?

I'm thinking it could form scores of very weak mist clones, which could then use impersonation justu to turn themselves into allies of those caught in the mist. Mix in some water clones and we could land some very easy prisons.

To make this work perfectly, we also need to upgrade our mist to block chakra signals. This seems to be quite a liability since those guys were able simply read chakra and ignore their eyesight anyway.

>>16410884
orc sword for reference.

Something curved, like a chinese hook-sword could also work. Would maybe go with the coiling mist theme we have going on.

>>16410819
I set water at 1 and what water beats, fire, at 2. So we have Elemental Nature Water/Fire. Go us.

Kisame looks at it and chuckles, "Half burned half soaking wet. You are water and fire type, that's very interesting."

>>16410980
Shima is a /tg gestalt. Of course our nature is to argue amongst ourselves. It's only fitting.

>>16410980
... maybe our mist affinity isn't for mist at all. It's steam.

Now I'm thinking we should get 2 hooked swords, and infuse one with water, the other with fire element.

>>16411051
Naw we seem to be more of a single blade made out of both elements sort of guy.

>water/fire element
The most obvious choice now is to open up an independent dry-cleaning business. Now our sword has to be the nightmarish result of a three way between a steam iron, a hair-curler, and a panini press.

As you walk with Kisame he says, "Yesterday we ran into some extremely dangerous shinobi. They were Leaf-nin, you know." he said and rubbed his jaw, "I looked at the bingo book and recognized one of them as Uchiha Itachi, and another as Copy-Cat Kakashi. I am curious as to why they were so far away from their homeland to interfere with a shipment of weapons." he said as you guys are walking on a familiar path. "Well, we'll talk about it later, for now, we're at the seal-crafter's." You are standing outside Gen's apartment, and when Kisame knocks and Gen answers he smiles, "Kisame-dono, it's nice to see you!" Then when he recognizes you he cocks his eyebrow, "Shimaru? What the hell are you doing with Kisame?"

>>16411195
"Here to buy a seal." Deadpan.

>>16411219

"Well I suppose I can cut you a deal since I like you so much." he says flatly and walked into his apartment letting you both in as he clears away a large table and rolled out five long scrolls. "Ok, what do you want it to do?" he asks as he looks up into your face. Gen's fingers are playing with the handle of his brush as he speaks, "Because knowing you, you probably want something that turns your chakra into a buzzsaw on your blade. I could do that for you, if your elemental nature is Wind, Fire, or Water." He says, a half-joke, that sort of project would be interesting and different for him, and he loves challenge.

>>16411273
Deadpan "I'd like that. Fire and water will do nicely."


Needless to say, I'm >>16410537

>>16411273
"How about turning the entire blade into a chainsaw. And I have Fire and Water affinity."

Turn our greatsword into a giant CHAINSWORD.
Also, would making the sword polymorphic like in >>16408055
require a seal, or would it be something built into the sword?
What about the other plans for fleshgrinding and either making it sealed into our hands? Or are we going to make it Returning?

>>16411327
Fire /water steam pressure blade? Yes please!

>>16411104
>>16411346
A steamounk sword could kinda work. I wonder how reliable that would be though.

>>16411346
>>16411327

"Alright you psychopath." he said, but can't help but grin again, it's clear Gen is fond of you, despite his rudeness. Kisame chuckles, "The Buzzsaw of the Hidden Mist, that is a suitable title." he said as he pats your shoulder, "Good choice, kohai."

You and Kisame are served tea by Gen as he quickly draws the elegant designs and pathways your chakra has to take and form to manifest how you want it without blowing up your wrecking your sword. After twenty minutes he rolls up the scroll, ties it off, and seals it with his chakra, giving it to you, "Only you can open it now, that is a priceless gift." He looks at you, "It will respond to your chakra and your will, if you want a water saw, it gives you that, if you want a fire saw, it gives you that, if you turn both on you get a super-heated water saw which can even split earth, which is what water normally is weak to." He said and looks at the other scroll, "Since you have a tendency to throw your blade, and since your blade is now priceless, I'm going to make it sealed to your hand. You can make the sword disappear and reappear to your hand at will, only using a small sum of chakra." he said and writes down a very fast scroll, seals it, and gives it to you. "I can probably do one more before the weapon risks overloading."

>>16411388
Its like its our birthday! Only killier

>>16411388
Alright, so one more feature. What should we go for?

>>16411388
All of my dreams have come true. I got nothing more.

Maybe something so it can re-assemble itself? This is kinda valuable and I'd hate for it to be broken. Otherwise, I'm perfectly happy right now. On to training, or missions. Whichever.

>>16411388
Any way we could launch flames or use the blade to provide water for our jutsu? I like the idea of attacking a guy then catching him with a dragon missle point blank.

>>16411468
Shooting fire from it would work, but water takes too much chakra. We'd basically drain ourselves out to make a single water dragon, and look like an asshole when we collapse from exhaustion.

Maybe we could make it lighter in our hands, or have a defensive mechanism?

Something chakra related would be good. Chakra amplifying, filtering... maybe the ability to "dirty" our mist could and fill it with chakra to confuse sensors?

>>16411486
This, or y'know the defense sounds good.

>>16411486
Or you could use your sword to turn your mist into a scalding mist and burn all the fools within it. Then we can pick up Mastery (HIdden Mist Jutsu) and we have a ghetto scalding steam cannon.

>>16411486
We already infuse our mist with our chakra to confuse sensors. It's just that if the opponent is good enough, they can cut through our interference.

Some kind of passive chakra defense might be good. Like maybe absorbing enemy chakra, but that's moving on Samehade's specialty, and we might not have a 'seal slot' big enough for a major one like that.
Make it chakra resistant so we can block jutsus with it?

>>16411468

Maybe a storage seal that holds water?

>>16411528
Having a reusable storage seal inside your sword sounds pretty nice actually.

>>16411523
Nah, that could be one of our Signature Techniques instead.

So it looks like we're either going for passive chakra defense or hidden storage for the last slot.

>>16411559
But them, why put it in the sword when you can have it at hand anyway?

>>16411523
This! Perfect!

>>16411573
>>16411559
>>16411528
>>16411524

Curse you and your logical and reasonable requests. Alright, alright, let's see.....

Gen thinks for a moment before saying, "Alright, how about this, if someone tries to hit you with a Genjutsu your sword's handle will burn you and wake you up from it?" He asks and Kisame nods, "Samehada breaks me out of Genjutsu too, I'm not very good against Genjutsu either." he says and comments, "Gen-san, you do the best work." Gen gives a full smile and leaps to work as he quickly and hastily finishes the scroll, seals it and hands it to you. "It'll hurt a bit, but you'll be free of Genjutsu." He says with a raise of his hand, indicating you are to leave.

>>16411621
Yeah, I think the genjutsu breaker is the best defense to get, considering just how abysmal our genjutsu defense is.

>>16411588
The only argument for it is, "What if we end up somewhere without much water?"

I just think that it might be a safe backup plan.

>>16411621
Awesome!

Truly, a master of his craft.

>>16411621
"You do good work, Gen....thanks."

>>16411621
Right I'm just wanting everything in this death sword but I've bitched the most about our need for Genjutsu defense so I'll vote for this.

>>16411710
>>16411689

"You're welcome. Don't break the sword. And don't die using it, I wouldn't want to lose...a piece of art like that sword." He struggles to say the last part and closes the door behind you sharply. Kisame chuckles and gestures, "Come on, Kohai, I think the magic moment is almost here." Soon you retrieve the huge saber-like sword and pay the smith, then you go back with Kisame to the ANBU office where he asks to speak to the Fuujustu-Master.

Once the Master is informed of what is to come he sets up a ritual room, lays your sword in the middle, wrapped in the scrolls as he sits between two candle-stands and makes hand signs before striking the ground, "Seal!" The scrolls wrap tightly around the sword, becoming almost see-through as the blade suddenly explodes with light and the scrolls are gone, leaving just your blade, etched with designs spiraling along the blade's edge, like waves. "I see the seal-maker decided to be a little artistic. This must have cost a fortune." The Master says, which makes Kisame laugh, but not say anything. Soon you walk away and he hands you the sword which warms to your touch as the seal on the handle meets the seal on your palm. "What will you call your blade?"

>>16411656
We'll just carry some water storage or water dragon scrolls around.

>>16411757
What should we call it?
Here's a list of the other swords if people need to see examples:
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Seven_Ninja_Swordsmen_of_the_Mist

We could go with Suiryu, based off of the actual Sui Ryu Ken, or Water Dragon Sword.

>>16411757
"SAW"mehada?
Fire Water Burn?
Buzzkill?

>>16411833
>>16411849
>>16411765

OP's gotta go do some grocery shopping. I'll be back in an hour or two.

>>16411833
May as well be something a bit simple and understated the Boiling Blade?
>I suck at naming things

>>16411833
I like Suiryu. And we can call the superheated water cut the "Water Dragon's Scalding Fang" or something.

>>16411849
Scald?

>>16411862
>Boiling Blade

I like this.

>>16411757
Moeru mizu no en

Burning water edge.

dragon wave sword

cause dragons are cool and both water and fire waves

google translator: Ryū nami-gatana

>>16411934
Could also be pronounced as Ryuuha-toh.

>>16411912
Actually, it could be SuiHaken or Suienken, depending on if you use the character for Fire or for Blaze. You can substitute -ken for -toh, as that's just different pronunciations of the same character.

Also, we're close to autosage on this thread.

Hell yes. I missed most of the discussion, but we have a ROIGHT FLASH CHOPPA

And it's sealed to our hands, so I'm happy.

>>16412853
So what should the name be then? Burning waters edge, Boiling Blade or Ryuuha-toh?

>>16412871
I'm still preferring Suiryu. It's short and simple, and doesn't give away the fact that the sword also does fire, which could be a nasty surprise to people only expecting water from the name.

New thread:

>>16413030

My suggestion for a name is Suiseiken, with Suisei being Mercury (the planet). It's written as 'water star'. I like it because water (derp), stars are neat (herp), and Mercury is close to the sun (fire). Also, Mercury has mythological association with speed, which I dig.

Of course, there may not even be a planet Mercury or any Greco-Roman mythology in-universe, which makes it a bit meta. But even so, I think it's a good name on its own with only the literal character meanings, water star sword.

Yep, I like Suiseiken.