Shinobi Quest #24

Shinobi Quest #24

This quest takes place within the lands of the Five Great Shinobi Nations (aka Narutoverse) starting roughly around the beginning of the original series. The world of this quest remains similar to the original, with slight but notable differences in certain areas, based upon the passage of time from a single slightly altered event.

(It’s a goddamn Naruto Quest, you bastards. Have fun, participate, and write in when you feel inclined. Most of the outcomes of this quest will be determined by you, the players. Critiques and questions are always welcome, as my knowledge of the weeby shit is not all encompassing.)

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Last thread, Tsuki Norihime and the team spent some time investigating the ruins site in the Land of Wind. According to Lemeza, sites similar to this one had been found all over the Great Nations- and that the secrets behind them were just now coming to light. Investigating several rooms, eventually the team came upon the corpse of a researcher who had accompanied Dr. Tamaishi, one of Lemeza’s rivals, into the ruins days before. Blooming from his rent chest was a growth of oddly beautiful flowers- which Tsuki decided to take a sample of.

Proceeding into the unlocked area of the ruins behind the altar, the team discovered a great swathe of treasure- treasure which had been enchanted with powerful mind altering spells, to compel any trespassers to throw themselves into the hall below, filled with wealth. They would never leave. With Itachi’s help, Nori and Lemeza, neither of which had a true defense against the genjutsu, were able to overcome it, and the party moved forward.

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The team discovered a great staircase heading both upwards and down into the depths. Tsuki made a shadow clone to go up, while the rest of the team went downwards. Upon reaching the bottom, they discovered a vast graveyard of people, seemly turned into wood. According to Hinata, though they were long dead, the faintest signature of chakra remained….

Pushing forward, the team found another area for worship, displaying a grand mural, depicting a massive tree, with people surrounding it in supplication. Atop it, a woman not unlike a deity rested. Beneath it, a simple offering box lay. It was at this moment that Tsuki’s clone perished- burnt alive by dark flames, seemingly conjured out of thin air by Kisame’s mysterious partner.

“Tell Itachi that I am here. I’m sure we have much to discuss…” a slight voice says, behind a pair of bright red eyes- sharingan.

Upon waking, the part is greeted by Dr. Tamaishi, who seems a little less friendly than before…
“Well now, it certainly does seem like you’ve discovered something, haven’t you? Hohoho…. “ the portly man says, his face curled up in a unnatural grin….

It's funking on

If shisui does force a conflict, can we PLEASE use a Stellar Dragon Bullet on him?

No. I mean it depends on how bad it gets, but most likely, no.

Nah, we'll disengage before then

If it comes down to it, it's close enough to the exams and I know our team will keep our secret. Itachi on the other hand.. He's anbu, and sworn to pretty much complete loyalty to the Hokage.

Except there's this other thing I'm sure he'd like us to keep secret (connection to Shisui). At least, he'd like it to be secret from Danzo, if not others.

Bad user. No blackmailing our second sensei and crush.

Personally, I'd be okay with it.

Well we'll see what happens. I really don't think Tsuki is above blackmail though. Let's just do what me must to survive until then.

And then Tsuki has genjutsu'd to forget whatever that connection to... whomever was.

There's also the fact that we become a viable target for capture and baby factory-ing if it gets out we have this awesome kekkei genkai that's essentially fire on steroids.

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“Tamaishi? Where is your team? Your bodyguards? We found one of your team members dead…” Lemeza says, somewhat flabbergasted.

“Victims of the labyrinth my boy! Hohohoho-hahahaha!” The pudgy doctor says, cackling.

“Oh- the need for this charade is long passed. You are all guilty! You shall not defile this sacred place! You blood shall be spilled to honor the almighty!”

Tamaishi’s grin spreads even wider- at this point, it shouldn’t even by physically possible. His skin has turned a blotchy white in places, and his eyes have turned yellow. He takes a deep breath- and exhales. A cloud of white spores fly towards everyone…

What do you do?

1. Try to dodge the spores!
2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!
3. Do something else! (What?)
>Write-in

I doubt he'd do that.

True.

As such, Itachi can probably keep one secret until the Chunin exams.

>Stellar Fireball!

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

>1. Try to dodge the spores!

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

1. Regular fire
2. Stellar

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

>2. Burn them away with a fire style technique!

Do we know any water jutsu we could use to clump them together? Using a fire jutsu on a *highly flammable, powder-like substances in an enclosed space* is a terrible idea. Can anyone pronounce "flour explosion?"

Great Fireball

2. Burn them away with a fire style technique! Quickly before they spread

fuck is wrong with you two? Why are you obsessed with bringing out the ace in the hole at the worst possible times?

I rolled for mine. Not my fault.

>2.
Just a normal fireball, keep it in your pants user we only have another month until the exams

But you rolled so it is your fault.

Not really. Blame it on the Dice Gods.

Burning all to ash.

Writing.

>youtube.com/watch?v=FaHEusBG20c

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Thinking as fast as possible, you make the signs for the Great Fireball. You inhale, then expel the great ball of flame- only to see it joined by another, presumably Itachi’s. The white cloud ignites and burns brightly as the fireballs pass through it; you cannot see if you hit Tamaishi or not.

“He’s… gone?!” Hinata yells, exasperated. She probably has her Byakugan activated- but if she cannot see him, then that means…

“He has to be below us! Everyone watch out!” you yell out in response.

A faint voice whispers into your ear…

“Aww, now you’re no fun. Ruining the surprise before the big show? Then die!”

You turn to see a smiling face leering at you- protruding from the wall. What?

In an instant, he’s upon you, with some great venus flytrap-like jaws!

You immediately roll out of the way, with him missing you by just a hair. He passes right through the floor- once again completely out of sight.
Itachi immediately takes control of the situation, issuing orders.

“Everyone! Outside now! We cannot fight him in this enclosed space!”

Everyone rushes outside, back towards the base of the tower.

Once there, you all begin to try and locate him, but to no avail. Eventually, he rises from the earth, the guise of Tamaishi completely gone. Though he’s at a considerable distance, you can still make him out- his body is all white, with a green head of hair. His body is covered in lines, zigzagging across his entire frame.

“The Star of the show makes his appearance! Trespassers! Witness the power our lady hath bestowed upon us! Arise, brothers! These interlopers wish to defile our sanctuary! Our time has come! Rise!” the man says, arms outstretched.

The wooden men and women on the ground begin to move! Slowly, at first, but sure enough, they begin to rise. As they do so, they begin to take on the white coloration, although many of them are not nearly as complete as he seems to be.

Your group immediately backs off towards the tower entrance, taking a defensive position around the entryway. These new threats surround you on three sides…. This will not be an easy fight.

(Roll me 1d100, first five. No crits will be counted.)

Rolled 63 (1d100)

Time to kick some ass

Rolled 44 (1d100)

Rolled 57 (1d100)

Rolled 65 (1d100)

Rolled 43 (1d100)

Rolling

High of 65.

Writing.

awwww yiss time fo- oh fucking shit really Zetsu's out the wazoo?!

Burn it all down!

Luckily these new creatures don’t seem to have the quickness the first one- or least, they don’t seem to. As they advance, each of your teammates takes them on.

You and Itachi immediately pair up, performing a student/teacher Great Fireball! The two techniques fire off, burning up several of the wooden creatures along the way.

At the same time, you can hear Hinata and Nori engaging in their own battles.

Nori has two chakra chains wrapped around her arms, and wielding them with great effectiveness. As the bladed tip of each chain collides with the enemy, a loud boom echos throughout the chamber- it seems like she’s using Wind chakra to amplify the power of her strikes; several of them bisect the wooden men entirely.

Hinata is using her Gentle Fist stance to great effectiveness, taking out several of the men as they approach. Her strikes are powerful- and even seem to be connecting at odd angles in a flurry of blows. These lesser monsters don’t stand a chance!

….However, the numbers of these monsters don’t seem to be thinning by much. As each one falls, another seems to be rising from the earth! You’ll need to do something eventually- as strong as you all are, you worry about being overwhelmed by sheer numbers….

You…

1. Will blow them all away with a powerful technique!
2. Have Itachi destroy them with a powerful technique!
3. Try to find the leader from before! Maybe taking him out will change something?
4. Do something different… (What?)

>3. Try to find the leader from before! Maybe taking him out will change something?

>4. Do something different… (What?)
Escape. Fight our way out

>4. Do something different… (What?)
Great fireball with Nori doing a wind technique to boost it, get the others out of the way

+1

>Do something different.
Yell to Nori to charge up a wind technique, work with Itachi to generate a huge fireball and then aim it centermass for when Nori let's it loose.

Hinata can work as guard as we set up the twister/big flame of death.

Anybody else have anything better? Just nuke it is what I suggest.

>4. Do something different… (What?)
Fighting retreat?

Nuke em and use the time we buy to escape.

This does nothing but clear out their numbers.

It's not going to break their spawning point and they'd keep coming.

I agree with this, let's get close to Nori and try to coordinate a combined jutsu with wind and fire while Hinata and Itachi cover us. Then during/ in the wake of our jutsu have Hinata coordinate with itachi to find the orginal.

Then have Itachi take out the leader after we clear the mobs out.

>3. Try to find the leader from before! Maybe taking him out will change something?

Unless we nuke the ground they come from and make it barren or make it too hot for them to erupt from.

>3. Try to find the leader from before! Maybe taking him out will change something?

You may have something there user..

I think that would literally backfire on us.

Looks like you're going to use a combination technique with Nori. In the aftermath, what will you focus on?

1. Trying to escape!
2. Trying to find the original and take him down!

>2. Trying to find the original and take him down!

>2. Trying to find the original and take him down!

But we're not even sure of the mechanics of how it spawns? It could be a result of this area, meaning if he wanted to, he could spawn them from the walls.

We should actually instead see if hinata can trace any chakra signatures.

>1. Trying to escape!

>2. Trying to find the original and take him down!

2. Trying to find the original and take him down!
But primarily to help our escape from the other magic eyes without needing to worry about this jackass.

>1. Trying to escape!

>1. Trying to escape!

I'd rather try to escape. Itachi could match him but zetsu only has to target us and itachi would be forced to move into unfavourable circumstances. Best to retreat.

>1. Trying to escape!

>1. Trying to escape!
Didn't we tell Itachi if shit went south with Akutski (Or whatever the fuck they are) we'd bail?

>Trying to escape!

>1. Trying to escape!
Yes and the Norihime always keep their promises!
It would be bad for business if we didn't.

>1. Trying to escape!

True, but IC I don't think we know their involved yet. At least not the zetsu.

But we know fish guy was and he's already attacked, wouldn't that flag the escape condition?

We also havnt told him about the message yet, have we.

Please tell itachi the other akatski has his eyes and is waiting for us.

Quick! Let's dye our hair and cover our face.

Looks like we're trying to flee.

Writing.

But Shisui doesn't have his eyes, just similar ones. Speaking of Shisui, I'm not sure he can use Amaterasu.

He totally can.

>burnt alive by dark flames, seemingly conjured out of thin air by Kisame’s mysterious partner.

Can you also include telling Itachi about our clone? And be specific? If we're walking into another trap I want at least him to know what we're up against.

Right, I'm honestly fine with him using it. I guess I'm just being nitpicky. Only Itachi, Sasuke, and Indra could use it, not even Madara could use it, and he's the definitive Uchiha.

You need to get out of here before you’re overwhelmed.

You call out to Nori to create a gust of wind to help fuel a big fire technique- hopefully to put a big enough dent in their numbers to let you escape.

She nods, and both of you return to holding the line.

After a few moments, you hear her call out to you-

“It’s coming! Be ready princess, don’t let it knock you over!”

“Wind Release: Gale Palm!”

A strong blast of wind hits you from behind- and nearly bowls you right over. It’s hard to concentrate, but…

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Bullet!”

You exhale a large gout of flame, and hold it for as long as your can. The result is a greatly magnified column of fire- burning all these plants to kindling.

The smell hits you first- burning wood. Smoke trails are pouring off of the remains, as the entire center column of wooden men have been burnt to ash.

Even now, though, you’re sure they’re still coming.

“Let’s head up the tower! We need to get out of here!” you shout to the group as new hands begin clawing out from the ash of their comrades.

After a few moments, the party agrees, and everyone starts to climb the tower. You’re all running as fast as you can- you doubt they’ll be far behind you.
You do have another worry, though- Kisame’s Partner, and his message.

Itachi obviously has enough to worry about right now- but is it wise not to tell him?

You…

1. Tell Itachi!
2. Don’t.

>1. Tell Itachi!

>1. Tell Itachi!

>2. Don’t.

>Tell Itachi!

Maybe with a clone?

>1. Tell Itachi!

>1. Tell Itachi!

>Tell Itachi!
I guess it's time to find out whether or not he has the Mangyeko in this universe. Another thing I'd like to know about Itachi is if Izumi is still with him.

Telling Sensei.

Writing.

Our style seems to be pretty jutsu reliant, at least so far. I think we need to consider investing more heavily into Stamina and handsigns to make it more efficient.

As the five of your rush up the stairs, you drop back and keep pace with Itachi.

“I didn’t get a chance to mention it before, but…. my clone ran into the Akatsuki at the top of the tower. The smaller one- he knows you. He said you had a lot to talk about; his eyes are like yours, but…. Different.” you say, keeping your tone down.

Itachi stops running, and just looks at you.

The rest of the team turns around after a few paces, wondering what’s happening-

“Go.” is all Itachi says, his eye boring into your own.

His sharingan are active- although you don’t feel the effects of any sort of genjutsu…

“All of you. Leave. I won’t pull you into my family’s problems- and I won’t hear any complaining. Take the client, and escape.”

Below, you hear a dull roar- surely the wooden men from before. You don’t have a lot of time….

1. Listen to your teacher.
2. Refuse.
3. Agree, but secretly tail him.
4. Agree but tail him with a clone.

>Write-in

4. Agree but tail him with a clone.
>warn him about the black fire.

>1. Listen to your teacher.
If we do the clone he might think that were real and take a hit for us

>4. Agree but tail him with a clone.

>1. Listen to your teacher.