Moving just shy of a hundred shinobi stealthily was a logistical nightmare. Positioning them around an enemy territory in the dead of night with purposefully limited lighting while avoid...
2023-12-15 20:10:30 +0000 UTC View PostIn the building designated as the ‘War Room,’ Toridasu and Shirakumo, along with one of their chunin each sat with Benzou and two of his Hidden Steam chunin. The meeting was...
2023-12-13 11:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello, people,
I haven't been doing well for the past two weeks which has affected my writing. Half of it is a stretch of bad health and the other half is not being able...
2023-12-06 10:33:58 +0000 UTC View PostFourteen teams gathered in the town hall of Camp Banana. The building wasn’t meant to handle fifty people, much less the over ninety crammed into that hall. Only a few secured actual c...
2023-12-02 22:53:45 +0000 UTC View PostHiruzen and Danzo faced each other on the outskirts of the town. Danzo’s clothes were in tatters, his skin was singed, and his hair was frizzled from the fire. Hiruzen looked down on h...
2023-11-28 20:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Hiruzen took a step to push off the ground to dart toward Hiruzen, multiple ROOT-nin appeared from within the walls. Unfazed, Hiruzen ignored them all, aware of their presence all alo...
2023-11-23 02:52:22 +0000 UTC View PostWith Enma, back in his bo-staff form, on his shoulder, Hiruzen led the group through the bunker. There were a few traps that Hiruzen crushed on first notice, but no more ROOT-nin popped ...
2023-11-20 17:46:35 +0000 UTC View PostNearly a month ago…
Scarlett closed the door behind her and winced when she heard the glass vase shatter against the door.
This was not how she thought she would b...
2023-11-19 00:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostUnder the cover of night, Hiruzen stood in front of the gratings that blocked off the entrance to the sewer system of a city not far from the Hidden Leaf.
“They have b...
2023-11-17 20:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostPalpable tension was something Anko had long grown used to in her life; she had been part of many a mission where a lot more than a wad of cash was at stake. Worrying about upcoming miss...
2023-11-15 19:06:04 +0000 UTC View PostIn the early morning, with dew still fresh on leaves and mist lingering in the air, Takuma stood in the small farm field that had been overtaken by weeds from the lack of care. Slowly an...
2023-11-14 15:51:56 +0000 UTC View Post“I can die?”
That sounded needlessly ominous to Takuma, but the surprise lasted only a few seconds. There were a hundred different things that could kill him, and th...
2023-11-12 18:25:52 +0000 UTC View PostDear Teacher,
I hope this letter finds you in good health.
My journey to Camp Banana went smoothly bar one incident that showed me...
2023-11-09 15:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostFor some reason, Takuma always thought that a gold mine would be a deep cave that was being excavated for its precious natural resource. The reason was his ignorance. What lay in front o...
2023-11-06 19:51:53 +0000 UTC View PostI was having trouble with the planning for The Outsider's Resolve, so I did the two things I do when I find myself staring at a blank screen for an extended period of time— Read and Wr...
2023-11-05 10:29:29 +0000 UTC View PostAnko asked the team to stop a kilometer away from the first scout hideout.
“Why did we stop?” asked Iori.
“It’s a concealed post. They have a cl...
2023-11-04 13:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma checked his gear for the nth time before sighing as he leaned against the large earthen wall constructed from ninjutsu surrounding the village.
“It’s assuming...
2023-11-01 16:04:16 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of all,
HAPPY HALLOWEEN [It's already October 31 in my part of the world.]
Get your spook on, lol.
Hello dear people,
So, for the weekly...
2023-10-30 21:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostIori was in the best condition she had in a while. She had woken up completely awake without a hint of fatigue, and the delightful shower she had taken afterward had freshened her up lik...
2023-10-26 08:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostRikku frowned as the boy in front of her stepped in close. It was a stupid move, and she punished him by punching him in the shoulder. Surprisingly, Takuma didn’t seem to be affected a...
2023-10-23 08:23:48 +0000 UTC View PostEarly in the morning, Takuma roused from sleep without the help of an alarm. His biological clock was fine-tuned because of the routine he had followed for years without change. Even his...
2023-10-23 08:18:49 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma wheezed as he ran around the farm with the weighted vest, ankle and wrist weights that were more like demons trying to pull him into hell than training aids. A burning and painful...
2023-10-20 04:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostLunchtime soon arrived, and Takuma lined up at the Mess with a tray to get his food. As he was waiting in the line, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked back to see the towering figu...
2023-10-19 04:35:21 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Kameko opened her eyes on a bed in the medical house, she found Takuma sitting at her bedside, reading a scroll. He looked up from his scroll at her.
“You’re aw...
2023-10-18 03:15:52 +0000 UTC View Post“He has got a foul mouth on him,” said Toridasu.
Shirakumo frowned. “There shouldn’t be a need to insult her and her clan… It’s unsightly.”
Kameko clutched her sword tighter as she stared at Takuma gazing at her with unblinking eyes.
What the hell? This wasn’t the Takuma she remembered. The person...
2023-10-13 02:47:58 +0000 UTC View PostTaketori Kameko was his academy classmate, and the last time he had seen her was in the Genin Corp basic training when they were placed under the same chunin instructor but were assigned...
2023-10-10 21:41:04 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma no longer needed to gather energy as he was now wide awake.
Having Orochimaru’s student as his team leader was not something Takuma had imagined or dreamt of ha...
2023-10-07 18:19:29 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as he found the great outdoors to be full of life, there was no joy in the last leg of his journey. Not sleeping for two days was not something Takuma couldn’t bear, but with the travel a...
2023-10-06 02:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostFour genin were in charge of managing the camp with more than four hundred people. Three of them were Hidden Steam shinobi, while the fourth shinobi was a Hidden Leaf shinobi helping out...
2023-10-04 14:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post