Harazo's spotlessly clean office was a stark contrast to the gritty reality of a prison labour camp he ran. The large windows that offered a view of the sprawling mines below, which could be pictur...
2025-01-31 12:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post"I'll be honest, ANBU-nin. I'm not sure if I can allow you to see one of our workers without knowing what you want from him..."
Takuma sat before the Daimyo's emissary for Chibumi mines in hi...
2025-01-30 09:37:09 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma didn't like abandoned factories because they reminded him of his time in Yu. The dirty factory that served as his "home" represented a miserable time in his life when he was alone in a place...
2025-01-27 10:52:47 +0000 UTC View PostCampbell stepped back as he watched the wooden training sword miss his neck. It was a predictable swing of an amateur who had just started his journey with kenjutsu. His sword sat limp by his side ...
2025-01-25 17:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs Takuma's trip to the prison labour camp at the Chibumi copper mines was confirmed, he was summoned to the ANBU headquarters for special preparations that all ANBU operatives were required to com...
2025-01-24 04:11:08 +0000 UTC View Post"How's the new kid doing?" Barbary asked Campbell as they gazed out from the roof of Ironwood Protection Company's offices, which was secured shut with a thick metal hatch reinforced with fūinjuts...
2025-01-20 17:37:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Takuma sat in his office, gazing at the neat set of documentation, paperwork files and scrolls he had worked hard on before him, which was basically meaningless. It was a surprise bec...
2025-01-19 06:10:53 +0000 UTC View Post"Here you go," Dhole dumped two tall stacks of messy files, folders, and loose papers on the desk in Takuma's empty office. It was half the size of his office in the Narcotics Taskforce, but he gue...
2025-01-17 15:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post"I guess you're my squad leader."
When Takuma left Barbary's office, Campbell was waiting for him outside. After their lessons ended, he wasn't expecting to see his kenjutsu trainer for some ...
2025-01-12 20:37:37 +0000 UTC View PostTwo days later, Takuma sat in Barbary's office, facing the humongous man who would be his boss in the Inquisitor Unit. The man or his team hadn't delivered a good first impression, and the messy of...
2025-01-11 01:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostCampbell watched Tapir and Takuma facing each other in the interrogation room. The tension in there could cut through the double-sided mirror clean.
"The information had to leak from somewher...
2025-01-06 20:42:13 +0000 UTC View Post"How much are the grapes?" Takuma asked.
"Thousand ryo for half a kilo," the middle-aged woman running the fruit and vegetable shop answered.
"I will buy two kilos."
The woman loo...
2025-01-05 18:04:23 +0000 UTC View PostJyuro was an ANBU staff member working at the main training facility. He was in charge of operating and maintaining training machinery. He wasn't busy because operatives didn't have the time or ene...
2025-01-03 00:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post"Easy there!" Takuma hissed.
"Don't be a baby," Ai rebuked as she held her glowing palms against a burnt spot on his back. "You should take it easy on this training. Repeated healing li...
2024-12-31 01:18:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe progress with Yang Release: Fire Dragon Scales to train the Yang nature transformation for Shadow Clone Jutsu wasn't going well. He was making headway through repeti...
2024-12-30 00:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post"This is a great store," Takuma said as he led Utamatsu into a weapon store. "I particularly like their smithing—kunai, shuriken, spikes, hooks—this is the place to get them... They also have a...
2024-12-27 20:45:40 +0000 UTC View PostTo master the Shadow Clone Jutsu, Takuma had to increase his proficiency with Yin and Yang nature transformation to understand the jutsu better. The jutsu didn't require much...
2024-12-23 16:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post"Takuburo... you have no talent for the sword."
Deno Takuburo was crushed when he heard those words at the tender age of eight from his teacher, who immediately took back his words, but it wa...
2024-12-21 21:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostEven though the Third Hokage had advised Takuma that he should focus on 'advanced chakra training' before attempting to learn a B-rank jutsu, he wasted three days by overestimating himself...
2024-12-17 20:20:15 +0000 UTC View PostNone of the recruits passed all their criteria tests at the ANBU recommended levels. Everyone had a number of tests that they either failed or attempted at a level lower than the recommendation. 2024-12-13 21:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys, Fiction here.
Initially, I wanted to finalise Takuma's "ANBU-codename / animal-callsign" before the training period, but I will be honest:
I have not decided ...
2024-12-10 18:06:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Nasaki Isato had been working for ANBU for several years as staff and was surprised when Copperhead, a snake-masked ANBU iryo-nin, real name, Sango, told her that one of the new recruits wanted to ...
2024-12-10 00:30:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe first week of the training period was busy as everyone gave tests for things they were sure they would pass. Everyone passed physical testing, weapon handling, field strategy, battle tactics, l...
2024-12-08 21:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Six recruits, double the usual admission size again," said ANBU-nin, codenamed Tepir. A middle-aged man in his forties with short, salt-and-pepper hair and more wrinkles on his face than someone h...
2024-12-07 23:32:21 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma walked with Hiruzen, feeling nervous to be alone in the company of the Hokage. Even the ANBU guards had fallen behind to give them space.
"I am aware that you will be joining the ANBU ...
2024-12-02 00:58:41 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma was stressed.
Not only did he have Might Gai at his promotion ceremony, but the Hokage himself was coming to attend. It was supposed to be a low-key event he could enjoy with the peopl...
2024-11-29 21:55:46 +0000 UTC View PostSarutobi Hiruzen sighed in contentment as he gazed at the empty side-table-trolley beside his desk. It was usually full of paper, requiring his attention as the Hokage. Even though he had been the ...
2024-11-25 22:29:51 +0000 UTC View PostIn the afternoon, after lunch, the Uchiha family gathered in the living room to relax together while doing their own things. This was a rare occurrence, as their schedule seldom allowed them...
2024-11-24 23:11:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe process of joining the ANBU was hectic.
He had to formally turn down the Police Force offer and participate in an exit process, which had him sit in three meetings with the Narcotics Task...
2024-11-22 01:37:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the day after his meeting with Fugaku was a blur for Takuma. The Chief of the Police offered him a deal he would be a fool to take, claimed that it suited him, and then gave no further ...
2024-11-18 19:48:08 +0000 UTC View Post