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No Recap no Jutsu needed for the bouts but here's the current score.

Current Victors of the Preliminaries of the Third and Final Phase of the Chunin Exams

Shikamaru Naru vs Karin Uzumaki [Winner Shikamaru]
Zaku Abumi vs Orobo [Winner Zaku]
Misumi Tsurugi vs. Kankurō [Winner Kankuro]
Shino Aburame vs Mubi [Winner Shino]
Kin Tsuchi vs Chōji Akimichi [Winner Kin]
Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka [Winner Sakura]
Sasuke Uchiha vs Yoroi Akadō [Winner Sasuke]
Dosu Kinuta vs Kagari [Winner Dosu]
Temari vs Tenten [Winner Temari]

Remaining Matches

Hinata Hyuuga vs Neji Hyuuga
Rock Lee vs Gaara
Kiba Inuzuka vs Naruto Uzumaki

Writing the Neji vs Hinata battle as we speak while dealing with a fierce storm. So on the off chance I'm out with internet, I think you guys should finalize or add on to your month long plans before the finals.

Here's the suggestions so far.

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>>3629711
I'll support the 6 day training session with a different partner each 6 days plan like i did in the last thread

Sage how long would it take us to achieve black Earth chakra?

>>3629907

Honestly either learn Senjutsu or reach Stage two of Anima. Cause your normal chakra level is nowhere near the stage where you can brute force your way into pulling it off or know someone who can teach you such a skill like the Third Raikage.

>>3629953
>Stage two of Anima
That's one way to go full stupid.
If anything though, my plan to train up Water, Earth and fix up our Chakra Control opens up another possibility outside of Blackened Earth.
Though admittedly it's a ridiculous long shot.

>>3630008

Considering one anon science his way to making a psuedo Chidori and science is what lead to Yang Chakra to reinforcing one's body to mimic graphene to push to 120%+ their muscular output, ridiculousness isn't as problematic.

>>3629953
Is controlled stage 2 of anima an option?

>>3630048
I mean considering what pulling this off would probably shock the modern ninja world, even if it's in a imperfect form. Then again considering theories in past threads it wouldn't be too far fetched for Sakura of all people to pull it off.
>>3630051
Short Answer: Jugo Enzyme's a helluva drug.

>>3630048
Is it possible to stack Black Elements and Advanced Elements? Because have getting Black Steel jutsus sounds metal as fuck.

>>3630051

Canon Sasuke and the Sound 5 managed to do it, so it's possible for you especially with your Ninshu training. Master it and you'll be one step closer to those Senjutsu training strats for Sage Mode

>>3630087

Possible but tremendously difficult even with perfect chakra control. Again best bet is Senjutsu influenced forms or you find some way to hot wire Strength of a Hundred to pull it off.

>>3630089
I'd be down if others are cool with Sage mode down the line never understood why only naruto got it anyway cat sage mode sounds cool as fuck

>>3630202
Naruto was one of the only characters with the chakra amount required and he’s the title character.
>>3630048
I actually have an idea of how to pull off black element techs. Not going to be so easy though. Rather than trying to go directly for it we focus on a small amount and refine the chakra by cycling our and filtering out the chakra that does not meet the requirements then we seal it for later use.

>>3630202
Sage Mode/Senjutsu down the line is fine, what I don't agree with is working on Anima without setting up the required safety measures.
For the exam I also feel like that would take too much time, it's more of a long-term goal if anything else.

This looks fun.

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“Alright remember to try your best Hinata. We got your back so fight hard.” You quickly patted Hinata on the back with a smile. The shock of your slap was enough to snapped Hinata of her previous gloomy expression.

“That’s right Hinata! Go on and beat that Neji and show off your cool Hyuuga Taijutsu. The final few matches should go out with a bang!” Naruto exclaimed, cheering the hardest out of all you much to your minor annoyance.

“What the loser is saying is give it your all. Don’t let anything except your image of victory distract you.”Sasuke said, surprising everyone but you with how supportive he was being towards Hinata.

“If you’re going to win then can you do it quickly? It’d be a drag if it drags out since I want to take a nap after the last two matches are done.” Shikamaru yawned, causing you to lower your eyes. Hinata ended up laughing a bit at the comedy skit between the four of you.

“Thank you all of you. Don’t worry, I’ll won’t let any of you down.” Hinata gave a sincere smile before walking down. Might Guy would suddenly disappeared in order to reappear in front of his remaining team. You figured he was going to cheer for his student which you also wanted to do but Neji glance at you. Already putting two and two together before he simply nods at you as he walks down the stairs. Both fighters soon found their way on to the arena stage.

“Out of all the people that I could have been chosen to do battle with. You were the one person who I didn’t want to do battle with….. Lady Hinata.” Neji remarked, folding his arms as he walked along towards the center of the arena.

“Brother Neji….” Hinata murmurs, keeping her hands close to her chest as she made her way to facing Neji.

“Before we begin the fight, I’d like to say a few words Lady Hinata.” Neji politely asked as Hayato nods at the request. All eyes then fall upon Hinata to see how she responds.

“Okay, I’m listening.”Hinata nodded, sharing an equal amount of politeness to her older brother. Although they were actual cousins considering that their fathers were twins and Neji was adopted under her father's care he was practically a brother to her.

“I request that you forfeit from this round. You’re not cut out to be a ninja. “A bold statement from Neji as everyone was caught off guard by the sudden statement. Well everyone except for Karin who was looking at the scene with a rather focused gaze. You weren’t sure about it but it’s felt a similar look to how Ino made when she was reading people’s thoughts. Quickly you turn your eyes back to Hinata who broke the silence by asking why Neji would suggest such a thing. Neji could only sigh at her before revealing his Byakugan without hand seals.

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“It is because you’re far too kind that you’re not suited for this occupation. Someone like you who tries to bring harmony to others and avoid conflict isn’t suited for battle. Persuasion and compromising can only do so much. A real fight isn’t something you can cleverly outmaneuver or willingly run away from it just because you don’t have it in you to fight. Let’s not forget the true reason why you’re here. You were only forced to become a kunoichi due to your former status as the next Hyuuga head. But you’re not the next in line, it is your sister Hanabi instead. So you’re no longer obligated to continue this farce Lady Hinata.” Despite the seriousness of his tone and the sight of his Byakugan. Neji continued to retain his politeness as he shows no hostility with his lecture towards Hinata.

“B-But…” Hinata paused, trying her hardest to gather the strength to refute Neji’s words.

“If you’re worried about what your father or your elders would say then don’t bother. You and I both know that man has abandoned and rejected you. He wouldn’t even bat an eye if you were to quit the role of a Kunoichi. There are more effective means for you to do as the Byakugan Princess in the political world than to continue doing something you’re not meant to do. Not to mention you’re still tramatized by the kidnapping from Kumogakure….the very same kidnapping that lead to my father’s death.”


“…” Hinata froze up upon hearing those words. Despite being so young she was capable of recalling that entire day from memory. This was probably some sort of additional benefit from the Byakugan as those with dojutsu generally have strong memories. Unlike you who were just lucky to be born with good memory and sharp eyes.

Worst of all you recalled the fact that Hinata once told you during solo training that she deeply feared that Neji blamed her for his father's death. You didn't believe Neji to be someone who could be so petty but it was a still reasonable fear considering Neji often kept his distance from Hinata and only doing what was necessary for her well being.

“…” Hinata froze up upon hearing those words. Despite being so young she was capable of recalling that entire day from memory. This was probably some sort of additional benefit from the Byakugan as those with dojutsu generally have strong memories. Unlike you who were just lucky to be born with good memory and sharp eyes.

“You used to have severe confidence issues brought on from that day and the burden of being the heiress. Almost to the point that I used to feel strong sense of inferiority in comparison to Hanabi who struggles to be a proud future leader. Unlike you she has great pride despite being so young. Unfortunately she’ll become arrogant and conceded if she continues down this path. Something that you blame yourself immensely for. All thanks to the weakness of your heart. " Neji bluntly remarked, furthering Hinata's guilt.

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“Despite showing progression in improving yourself its still doesn’t change the core issues that you’re hiding. You may be able to deceive everyone else, but you can’t deceive my pure eyes. “Neji said, focusing his eyes all on Hinata who was starting to pant deeply at the growing anxiety and stress. Everything Neji was saying was on point which only worsen the growing inner turmoil building up inside of Hinata. Naruto was starting to get upset while you, Sasuke and Shikamaru chose to keep quiet in order to figure out what Neji was trying to do.

“Not only are you thinking about others over your own self-interest out of your own fears born from neglect and abandonment. Lady Hinata, it is foolishly naïve to continue down this half-hearted path. People can’t change no matter how you try. Countless people have attempted such acts but ultimately it’s fruitless. Though the leaves may change, the true essence of the tree does not. People cannot change who they are. That is reality. An unfortunate truth but the sooner you accept it the easier it’ll become living with it.” Neji said, hinting at some form of sympathy despite continuing to be blunt.

“…Are you saying that the change that people seeks is only capable of surface value?” Hinata asked, trying to calm herself down but failing at it.

“That is exactly what I am saying. From the moment they are born the type of personality or sense of self is already established. Pre-determined from the very start a person’s basic nature, the core sense of self cannot change. Much like one’s path in life. Everyone has a role best suited for them and they shouldn’t fight against it. That is the truth that lead to things like the existence of the branch family. For our only purpose is to serve and protect the main family. And no amount of wishful thinking can change that. So I repeat again. Give up being a ninja and forfeit the match.” Neji said, turning his face from Hinata as it was getting harder for him to look at the disastrous state his words currently left Hinata in. His eyes were focused on you personally, giving you a chance to look rather closely at his somber expression.

“W-Why are you so adamant towards me not being a ninja? You didn’t show any signs of this when I graduated from the academy and placed on a squad.” Hinata argued, barely pulling herself out of her panic attack. She was still painting with her right hand clinching tightly against her chest. The anxiety was getting quite unbearable for her.

“Originally I thought if you were to remain a genin then things would be fine. However that was just me being too credulous. The dangers still remained. We’re no longer in any war but it is only temporally. Just like the seasons our current state of peace can easily change before we even know it. Hearing the mission stories from some of my peers I soon came to this conclusion."

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“A failure will always be a failure. While in general terms of skills you are not a failure, in fact you would be a worthy enough heiress in another generation say a more peacefully times. It is your true nature that keeps whatever potential and skills you have from coming out to the surface. So in the eyes of the elders, it is no different from being born a failure. That is why it’s meaningless to continue lying to yourself. Because people cannot change is why differences are born. With these differences that many people adopted the quote “Not all men are created as equals” to justify their beliefs and reinforce their actions. “Neji continued to explain to Hinata the cold hard truth. Although his words were blunt and straightforward there was no malice towards Hinata. But knowing where Neji was coming from made it easier for you to realize the deep seated resentment and hatred Neji carries towards the elders and the system that created such discrimination and injustice.

“…I-I just want to change. To become someone worthy of father’s attention and love…” Hinata muttered, holding both hands against her chest as she was on the verge of tears. Neji simply closed his eyes, forcing himself to keep going as it was almost over.

“Stop trying to act strong Lady Hinata. You saw those previous battles. Many ninjas here would’ve ended up in dire conditions with death being the most likely outcome if this was a real battle. Despite the fact it’s a mere tournament….you shouldn’t be careless. Even now my Byakugan can see everything about you. Just like Ino Yamanaka and Sasuke Uchiha I can see everything clearly right down to the minute details. Compared to the Sharingan, the Byakugan’s power of insight is far greater. Though the hypnotic power is another story despite the fact the Byakugan can improve the range and effectiveness of Genjutsu. Those who mastered the Byakugan have been foretold to see even the flowing events of the future. As well as being able to see the fate of others. Regrettably compared to Ino my future sight isn’t as refined. But even with that in mind, I can see into a person’s very core. From my single gaze I can see everything relating to them like I’m reading a biography of their life. You should already know why I’m telling you this?” As Neji says this Hinata already gave a soft nod. She knew that even now Neji was trying to look out for her best interests since he didn’t like fighting people he deemed weak or unable to fight to their fullest.

“Very good. I am telling you this because I don’t want to reveal what weaknesses and defense mechanisms you’ll reveal to me just to prove my foresight. I have no desire to humiliate someone like you. Nor do I want to fight you if I can avoid it. So I’ll ask you yet again to forfeit and put a stop to this. Nobody will think unsightly of you. So giv-“

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“Don’t give up! “Naruto cuts Neji off from finishing speaking. He had just reached the end of his rope in tolerating all of Neji’s blunt nitpicking and lectures.

“Who are you to decide that a person can’t change?! Just because you say you can see everything clearly doesn’t mean you’re all knowing. So stop acting as if everything is set in stone! “Naruto yelled. As he looks at Neji with a glare Neji soon turns his head to meet him with a deep glare of his own.

“Naruto Uzumaki. You shouldn’t talk so big. You’re the living proof of a loser will always be a loser. No matter how amazing or prestigious his background is. “ Neji smiled, striking quite a nerve on Naruto who you held back from jumping out from the balcony to fight Neji. He could take insults about himself but he wouldn’t wasn’t going to stand by at anyone insulting his friends or parents.

“Did I stutter? Honestly you bring shame to the name Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Nami-“

“Brother Neji!” Hinata shouted, shocking everyone with her sudden cry. Even Neji would suddenly turn his attention back on Hinata who was showing a rather furious look on her face. Something that honestly you never saw Hinata make considering how passive she usually is.

“…Thank you for looking out for me. Even though you’re filled with your own sorrow and pain, you chose to look after my best interest. But please…stop treating me like I’m incapable of making my own decisions. I know full well….the severity of the situation that being a ninja will bring. In fact…I’m pretty sure that if I was on my own…I’d probably would’ve taken my own life just to escape the overwhelming despair from being abandoned. “Hinata closed her eyes, taking this moment to calm herself down by taking a series of deep breaths.

“…Lady Hinata…” Neji paused as he was genuinely confused at where this sudden strength was coming from. He wasn’t the only one as everyone was also shocked by this. It didn’t do your heart any good knowing that had you didn’t set out to talk to Hinata that one night or Naruto actually standing up for her that things could have gotten much….darker.

“I found a light in the end of the bottomless abyss I fell into those many years ago. It is that light that gave me the strength to not give up and try again. There is a lot of things that I regretted doing in the past and even now I still do. Rather than continue crying about it…I’m going to do what I can make amends for it. And the first step is to change myself. I’m not going to run or back down from this. So please brother Neji….fight me like you would fight anyone else here.” After saying that Hinata begins to take a stance with her Byakugan suddenly activating.

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“She activated her Byakugan without hand seals! “ Shikamaru uttered in shock as Naruto was speechless at the sudden display. You recall that the Byakugan can activate on its own when pushed by enough stress or emotions especially when one couldn’t fully control it. And yet you knew that Hinata willingly activated it through sheer skill.

“…Just like Neji…” Sasuke muttered, equally taken by surprised as he never expected Hinata to be able to do something of this level.

“…Yes. I think we’re about see a battle between two individuals with skills that fiercely rivals one another. A battle not unlike between two worthy heirs from different generations.” You remarked, eyes already in your cat-like senses. You were going to have one hell of a headache from overusing your senses for all of these fights. But you couldn’t bring yourself not to hold back.

“…Fine…suit yourself!” Neji gritted his teeth before getting into position. Like it or not he would need to defeat her the old fashion way.

“Alright now let the match begin.” Hayato finally making the declaration as there was no turning back now.

>Observe closely to both Hyuuga’s fighting style
>Talk to the commentary crew about [write-in]
>Focus your attention elsewhere
>Think closely about using Ninshu on Neji
>Ask what Saigyo thinks?
>Other [write-in]

>>3631015

Basically following suit on how the Byakugan was originally introduced while actually taking future foreshadowing events and information in the manga including from Boruto since it fits.

Going to have a field day thinking what Golden Byakugan should do as a stepping stone for the Tenseigan. Still on the iffy camp with the Jogan.

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>Observe closely to both Hyuuga’s fighting style
>>3631017
The Jogan is less related to the Sharingan and Byakugan and might be more of a LOL FATE thing, and the Golden Byakugan might be more of a LOL OTSUTSUKI thing. I would probably play on the theme that "White" the color the Byakugan is named after is made up of three colors though.

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>>Think closely about using Ninshu on Neji

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>Observe closely to both Hyuuga’s fighting style

I live again. Going to be finishing the Neji vs Hinata fight in 2 post rotations since I know a couple of Anons want to interact during "That" moment otherwise I'd finish it on this next one.

Also haven't heard if you guys want Hiruzen to accompany your training for the entire month or to have Tsunade show up halfway through.

>>3632398
Medical jutsu would help improving Shinsei Mahachisu/Anima, right? Let's get Tsunade to help us. She could even help during the crush if she wasn't traumatized because of whatshisface dying.

>>3632398
If you really want Tsunade to start showing up before the Finals start proper then just be sure to have her motivations line up.
I probably would want to keep Tsunade out of the Konoha Crush arc for writing purposes though.
>>3632428
It only really helps by proxy due to the Chakra Control, but she could probably give us some tips on how to get a safe amount of Chakra from our Anima seal should the need arise.

>>3632398
I'd be down with her showing up at the start

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>Observe closely to both Hyuuga’s fighting style

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At the drop of a hat both Hyuuga combatants swiftly jump towards each other. In dramatic fashion Neji clashes his left elbow with Hinata’s right. His gaze slowly met with Hinata’s who focused intently against her brother. The force of their clash was strong enough to cause the ground to shake from such high speed movements. After checking each other out in the brief clash they resume with open palmed strikes. Unlike the hard style of the Strong Fist the Gentle Fist focused entirely on soft style.

For someone like you who spared with practitioners of both style you ended up incorporating your own mixed style. It was a perfect middle ground for you given your innate ability to see the practicality in most things. Some would see it as being indecisive but it was far from it given that both style helped maximize your natural physical prowess. Combined with the inventiveness, creativity and strong burning desire to discover new applications or unlooked possibilities. Any other outcome wouldn’t be fitting for Sakura Haruno.

That said it seem like you weren’t the only one who adopted a more mixed style. With Hinata’s strikes they were precise as one would expect. Unlike Neji however she was exertion more power gradually to try and break through Neji’s well-timed defenses. This sort of precise and well-timed chakra control could have only come from sparing with you on a semi-daily basis. Having said this Hinata found herself on a road block with her next well timed strike.

Upon having previously succeeding in breaking through Neji’s defenses to deliver a well-timed strike to his side. Neji anticipated such a move, resulting in him striking at the opposite end of the upcoming strike. To your surprise he was also using a hard variation of the Gentle Fist fighting style. In retrospect it shouldn’t have been so surprising considering that he daily trains with team Gai. Heck like with Hinata you also trained on multiple occasion with Neji. You still haven’t gotten a decisive victory on him but you continued to keep him on the top of his game as he has to surpass himself continuously to defeat you.

Still, to use the hard version of the Gentle Fist to neutralize the force of Hinata’s attack and forcibly open his sealed tenketsu points. Neji Hyuuga truly was a genius like no other. Hence why you kept quiet about the entire fight while listening to Naruto and Shikamaru argue. Sasuke was also keeping quiet in order to observe his future adversary with the Sharingan. This was one of the few people where he has no choice but to use it to see his movements. That point aside, you gather that Sasuke came to a similar conclusion. While not as clear as you since you frequently fought both Hyuuga members. He can obviously tell that Neji was still above Hinata due to his experience.

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“A very good move Lady Hinata. Unfortunately it was within my realm of expectation. Just like how I know you been subtly coating your skin with chakra flow to enhance your physical prowess through the muscle structure. More importantly you were hardening your skin and making a two layer defense to defend against my attacks. Am I not mistaken?” Neji curiously asked after pulling his hand from his back.

“…Leave it to you to already see through it Brother Neji. “ Hinata smiled, reaching for her cream colored hooded jacket and removing it from her shoulder.

Underneath her blue sleeveless vest exposed her well-toned physique. She was no Sakura but her athletic appearance proved just how serious she took training. A factor you were made well aware considering Kurenai had to often bandage Hinata’s hands when she trained to the point of bleeding. What was more impressive was the finesse of the chakra flowing through her. It was circulating constantly around her to create the visible glowing aura. It was thinly compacted to keep the chakra from escaping and in constant flow.

And yet despite this display of advance chakra control Neji continue to remain unfazed by the sight. The Hyuuga clan were masters when it comes to controlling and manipulating the flow of chakra. That said it was unheard off to see such talent in such a young age. Naturally you played a big part to Hinata’s development, but Hinata was clearly not a failure as the elders labeled her as. What was keeping her back was something that both you and Neji already deciphered during confrontation.

“Even with that fortified defense there’s a limit to how long you can improve your fighting capabilities before that flow runs out. But I will respect you by destroying that defense with my power.” Neji swiftly summons a veil of chakra around his entire body.

Unlike Hinata, Neji went to compress the chakra further and further as he redirects it entirely towards his bandage arm. The intensity was far greater than the aura defense that Hinata demonstrated as she pushes herself to strengthen her attack. A valiant but fruitless endeavor as Neji took off. You gotten flashbacks to the one on one fight with Neji as this attack in particular was familiar to you. Instead of running away, Hinata charged forward with an attack of her own.

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“Gentle Fist: Gōshōtei (Strong Palm Thrust)” Hinata thrusts her right arm towards Neji with a surging wave of chakra currently spiraling around her hand. Neji continued to face the attack head on as the two Hyuugas clashed with one another.

A devastating assault from the two of them though from the looks of it it seems Hinata has taken more damage than Neji as she coughed up blood. The attack was perfect considering that Hinata used Neji’s own momentum against him. In addition, there was also the fact that Hinata anticipated Neji attack in order to reduce the blow of his attack on the worst chance by making him missed her vitals. Even so, she felt her body going numb despite the steps she put into stopping Neji’s attack.

“Gentle Fist: Tenketsushin (Tenketsu Needle)” Neji whispered, having made it just in time as you caught his other arm located on his back.

Tried as she did Hinata’s efforts were rendered useless. Neji’s superior speed managed to allow him to close the distance between the two of them. More than that it let him to adjust his movements at the last second to deliver a multitude of light jabbed to open a pathway for his real jab. With one focused jab, Neji pierces through Hinata’s armor with such drilling force. His bandaged index and middle finger was now pressing against Hinata’s chest. His other arm took it upon itself to once again hit the opposite side of where Hinata was to reduce the damage and reopen his Tenketsu point. This type of style was a double edged sword since Neji has to be careful not to cause further extensive damage to his chakra pathway system.

He was still brute forcing his tenketsu points back into place and to neutralize an attack mean that he still needed to endure a portion of it on his body. Despite these factors, Neji was far in better condition. The bandage on his left side showed just how much he committed to polishing and perfecting the devastating capability of the Gentle Style. Be it a hard variation or the original soft variation, the battle between the Hyuuga’s Gentle Fist remained to be a standoff. With this however, it was starting to get to the climax.

“Really now. You’re overdoing it Lady Hinata. Had I used three fingers instead of two…the damage would’ve been far more disastrous. But I really should’t be taking you lightly …since you have learned how to siphon chakra from others in addition to redirecting the overall chakra flow in such a way. “Neji remarked, pulling his two fingers from Hinata’s chest.

“How…how are you able to do all of this…”Hinata struggled to asked, coughing up more blood.

“Simple, in order to master the Gentle Fist and the Byakugan I needed to do countless experiments and practices. In between observations I had to deliberately push my body to my limits to recreate it….the main branch’s secret techniques. And by doing so in my countless battles I learned many things...including this."

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“…Countering the Gentle Fist…is such a thing even possible…” Hinata muttered, coughing some more as she feels herself dropping to the floor. Her chakra veil armor was shattered and Hinata found herself unable to manipulate chakra due to the violent disruption of chakra.

“It is. We cannot be arrogant and think that we’ll be the only one capable of affecting the Tenketsu forever. Our eyes allow us to see it but natural advancements are making ways for one to compensate. It wouldn’t surprise me if our enemies have ways to recreate the Gentle Fist fighting style in some form. So isn’t it better that we know how to counteract it? Maybe then the Elders wouldn’t have been so cowardly and created that seal to protect the Byakugan’s secrets.” As Neji said this Kakashi made his way towards your group to serve as exposition in your place for Naruto. It would be lifting if you weren’t so distracted by the feelings that were flowing from Neji.

“We of the Hyuga Clan are the very strongest Taijutsu users in the leaf. But that is partially due to the decline of the Uchiha clan, the only ones among the Dojutsu users who can compete with us. Competition brings forth opportunity for greater strength as we overcome adversity. Without it we become complacent and our skills deteriorate over time. That is why our harsh training is necessary to keep us at our best. I however seek to go even further beyond it. In this world strength is one of the few unified truths that no one can dispute. If you want people to acknowledge you then you need to become strong. Words alone can’t win a person especially if you don’t have the strength and conviction to back it up. Although I am called the Genius of the Hyuuga family I am still not acknowledged. Neither by your father nor the elders. In fact I wouldn’t put it past them if they fear me.”

“Brother Neji…”Hinata looked at Neji with sympathetic yet sad eyes. Such an act only made Neji close his eyes and smile with a mocking chuckle.

“It’s alright. To be honest I prefer it that way. I have no intention of willingly acceptingLi a man who would abandoned his own blood multiple times for the sake of the Hyuuga clan. To be honest, the name Hyuuga has no meaning to me. All it really is an outdated cage weighting us down by countless centuries if not millennium of traditions and practices that hold no meaning now. The elders have become corrupted and compliance due to these times of peace. And any words I have for that man, your father would be an utter waste to offer.”

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That feeling you were picking up worsen as you felt trace of hatred coming from Neji despite his stoic and emotionless tone. Hinata couldn’t bring herself to say anything as she shared similar views about the current Hyuuga ruling. This was just one of the many different ways that the clans with Kekkei Genkai handle things. Especially ones as valuable as the Byakugan. As Hinata struggles to pick herself up, Neii only shake his head in disapproval at her going any further.

“Like I said before you’re far too kind to be a ninja. You lack the one vital thing that drives a person to push beyond their limits. The prime motivation otherwise called ambition. You say you want you’re doing this to change yourself but are you really sure? Some part of you just want your father’s loving embrace and acknowledgement. Another part doesn’t want to become a burden to those who you serve as teammates. And Finally…” As Neji said this his attention quickly turned to your crew. He was looking at you but his eyes focused extensively on Naruto.

“There’s the part of you that don’t want to look bad in front of the people who helped you this far. Compared certain others here those can only be seen as the cries of a spoiled brat. You have no real direction of how to achieve your goal. Without direction then your decision becomes flimsy to the point of being far too fragile. And if your decision is indecisive and unclear then your dedication becomes meaningless. Weak hearted dedication will not bring strength, especially if you are incapable of committing your all to your ambition….including walking down the path of solitude.” Hearing Neji speak of solicitude made not only Hinata freeze up but you and Naruto as well. Heck anyone who experienced such a thing would be feeling the deep cuts that Neji was currently dishing out.

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“Solitude is what I have experienced since the day my father died. It is that detachment that allowed me go beyond what anyone expected of me. It is how I became aware….enlightened in fact. With this enlightenment I became open to the truth and it changed my perspective. Otherwise, I’d probably would’ve became weak enough to let my burning hatred consume me completely. Unlike now where I hold no hatred towards you….You who were abandoned by the main family might as well be an outsider. There’s no point. Still…..it would’ve been far easier if you were….” Neji stopped himself from finishing. Yet you began to feel immense sadness in his words.

At your current level you didn’t need to consciously activate Ninshu. It was faint but the intent was coming clear at this distance. Although Neji has every right to let hatred consume him to make himself stronger. He couldn’t bring himself to demonstrate such intense flames of vengeance….not to Hinata of all people. She was far too kindhearted, too considerate and easy to work with. And that is precisely the problem as you felt Neji’s conflicting emotions flowing through him. He was doing a real good job of not showing it on the surface but his own anxiety was eating at him with each passing second.

Worse of all was Hinata who was still trying to pick herself up. Although she didn’t receive any vital damage her chakra flow was still unstable. The stress she previously put to withstand Neji’s bows and avoiding her Tenketsu points from closing was piling up. Fighting was still possible but she was at a heavy disadvantage without her excellent chakra control. It was taking her all just to manage keeping up her Byakugan.

>Tell Hinata to stand down while reassuring her that she has changed.
>Plead with Neji to not do any further and stand done
>Keep quiet and watch
>Talk to Kakashi about [write-in]
>Other [write-in]

>>3633456
>>Plead with Neji to not do any further and stand done

>>3633456

>Down

Fuck I'm tired.

Neji is one of the complex characters to try and get his character down despite the butterfly effect. Like Kankuro, Temari and many others I wanted him to be more consistent with his later self while still keeping the good aspect of his original role. Especially since Neji rivaling Naruto is good character motive and development without the issue of "that scene" causing the controversy.

>>3633442
>Keep quiet and watch

>>3633456
>Plead with Neji to not do any further and stand done

>>3633456
>Keep quiet and watch
This is between them, we're just a spectator. We can cheer or comfort as necessary afterwards.

>>3633939
>Keep quiet and watch
Decided to change my vote

>>3633979
This is dumb, since when are we afraid of minding other people's business? Isn't one of Sakura's biggest regrets not being there for Sasuke back when he needed help the most?

>>3634008
We can be there after the fight. It's not like we're going to abandon Hinata when/if she loses.

>>3634011
But we can be there for them now, theres nothing stopping us. Right now is when we can actually make a change to something, saying "We can do it later" we're just copping out of responsability and that's a huge detriment to our character.

>>3633456
>Keep quiet and watch

>>3634027
Or it can distract Hinata, who is in the middle of a fight and bleeding internally, making her more emotional thus increasing the strain and reducing her ability to make rational decisions, and pressure her into making one she doesn't want. Just because Sakura wants to look out for her friends doesn't mean she has to be stupid about it.

>>3634073
So instead we watch them make a decision they'll regret because that way the outcome can't be attributed to us by long, long shot, alright then.

>>3634107
At least we aren't making their decisions for them.

>>3633633
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>>3634046

“This is your last warning Lady Hinata. You should give up before doing something foolish. I already disrupted your chakra flow and inflicted internal damage. None of which are fatal but with the stress you been doing keeping your chakra flow to protect against my attacks. Your body won’t last for much longer. Although you did admirable trying to fight it, this is what fate has decided. It’s on my side, not yours. So face reality and accept your defeat.” Neji tried once more to plead to Hinata. He took no joy in any of this. In fact, he was internally torn over this as some part still felt validation in his strength and proof that he was truly an elite shinobi. But he didn’t want to be acknowledged like this.

Naruto was naturally about to yell at Neji until he caught glimpses of Hinata pulling herself back up. It was rather heartbreaking to sit through all of this. Neither one wanted a fight like this but there was no backing down from it. They were each fighting for their goal. Just Hinata was willing to push herself to great lengths to prove herself and prove to Neji that people can change. Honestly you wanted to stop the fight before any more harm could be done.

Like with Choji and Tenten you chose to swallow up these overbearing emotions and let the fight continue. Ninjas were truly ones who endure. Like it or not, you were going to live up to that manta till the end of the round. Neji on the other hand could only narrow his eyes in anguish and frustration over Hinata. Time after time again she continued to rise when all of it was pointless. There was something about it that irritated him greatly as one who was “forced” to accept reality.

“I’m…not going…take back…my…words.” Hinata muttered, finally picking herself up to the ground and getting back into fighting form.

“…Then I will seal your chakra, your very movements, any sort of advantage that would motivate you to continue this fruitless defiance.” Neji closes his eyes, forcing himself to harden his heart and putting an end to this.

“That’s fine! If I challenge you, I’m prepare to trade blows countless times even if I don’t win. So as long as I’m still breathing…. I’ll never give up!” Hinata stubbornly shout, defying her brother as she braced herself for his next charge.

“That’s why I said it’s meaningless!” Neji screamed, charging forward as he prepares to strike at Hinata’s chakra points. Tries as she might in defending, Neji swiftly strikes at Hinata. In a quick flurry strike Neji striked at multiple chakra points as he was gradually overwhelming Hinata. Before he could complete the task Neji felt his body stopping all movement. His eyes quickly widen as he looks upon himself to see dents on several parts of his body.

>>3634008
>>3634027
>>3634107
Are you kidding me? You can't just waltz in on this and mess up a match at it's turning point.
It's one thing to interrupt pre-fight banter/drama, but it's another thing entirely to mess with a ongoing fight.
We mind people's business when the time is right, not in a hotheaded manner like Naruto.
>>3633456
>Keep quiet and watch
Real talk, I doubt Hinata is completely out of the game either. Even if she has to fight without the Gentle Fist.

>>3634280
>>3634285

“…Impossible…the Hakke Jūroku Shō (Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms) should’ve worked…. So why... Why is it that it’s my chakra flow that’s being blocked?!” Neji struggled to speak. Both from his body being paraylized and the sudden realization of what has happened. It was only seeing Hinata picking herself up yet again that he came to realized the sheer gravity of what Hinata has done.

“…Hakke …. Sanjūni… Shō (Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms) …is a success.” Hinata mutteres with a confident smile before coughing up some more blood. To everyone else it was a mystery on exactly how Hinata has managed to pull this off. For the well trained eyes it wasn’t hard to decipher the mystery.

You for instance saw Hinata gambling on using the Kokoro Kasoku no Jutsu (Heart Acceleration Technique) to wildly alter her chakra flow until it regained stability. Then in the crossfire she used the Lighting Release: Overdrive to speed up her brain signals to speed up her muscles drastically to strike Neji’s chakra points before he could react in time in between his strikes. First she copied Neji’s movements and preformed the Tenketsushin before delivering the Hake Sanjuuni Sho. All that medical studying and physical training you did with Hinata was truly paying off.

In order to do all of this however required perfect timing. More unfortunate was the level of physical and mental strain Hinata has put upon herself to use such techniques to this extreme in effectiveness. Naruto continued to cheer Hinata on while ignoring the fact that she was damaging herself by being so reckless. If Sagiyo was here she’d punch Naruto down deep into the ground before yelling at Hinata to get her shit together and throw in the towel.

“It’s a little ironic.” Kakashi said, already having use his own Sharingan to follow with the entirety of the situation.

“What is? Master Kakashi.” Naruto asked, being clueless about the situation while you and Sasuke were already putting it together alongside Shikamaru.

“By overcoming the adversity in front of her, Hinata has unlocked her untapped potential. Not even Neji with the Byakguan’s all-seeing foresight can see the outcome of this fated battle. All thanks to Hinata’s natural talent. “Sasuke said, showing great admiration in Hinata but also breaking his stoic appearance to show concern over the Byakugan Princess.

“To pull such a feat off at this late of the game however…” Shikamaru mentioned, already gathering the amount of risks Hinata was putting herself to keep going as she starts pressing certain chakra points on her body.

>>3634293

“Like I said, no matter what happens, I’ll never give up. If I can’t do it the first, second or even third time…I’ll continue to challenge you. No matter how many times it takes I will win!” Hinata said, her soft tone slowly fading as she was getting angry.

“Why…are you going so far? You shouldn’t…. you shouldn’t be so reckless just for something that can’t be changed!” Neji screamed as he starts to force himself to slowly move his body. Even with the Thirdty two strike Neji was stil overpowering it through sheer will power. Although it was going to take some time for him to fully break it.

“Brother Neji…. this fight I’m going to surpass your expectations and overcome my former self. That way I’ll rise up to become almost….no as strong as you if not even stronger. Then you’ll have to take me seriously and stop holding back!” Hinata narrowed her eyes, once again showing a different side to her as she was being more assertive if not intimidating with how angry she was. If you told someone about this, they’d call you a liar since the polite and well spoken Hinata could never demstrate such aggression.

“What?!” Neji exclaimed, still struggling to lift his finger to gather chakra and undo the binding on his chakra points.

“You are someone who’s truly blessed with wonderful eyes and even greater forsight. Yet do you honestly think I can’t see when you’re not going all out. Had you done so...I wouldn’t be standing here right now. My father isn’t the only one who I want to be acknowledged by. No…the person I want to be acknowledged by most of all is you! The Lone Genius of the Hyuuga Clan. My fellow brother…. Neji Hyuuga.” Hinata declaired while preforming the mystical healing technique on her chest.

The binding she done was giving her time to recover for what she has planned next she needed to be in her best condition. However, her chakra levels were fleeding so she had to settle for a quick fix for the time being. Otherwise she wouldn’t have enough chakra.

“Maybe you are right and there are things that cannot be changed. That’s still not an excuse not to try! I have far too many regrets to just quit being a ninja. So again, I’m really grateful that you’re looking out for me even though you’re suffering far more than me. That said…you don’t get to decide my fate. The Byakugan may provide exceptional perception, clarity and analytical abilities. But even with that amazing foresight…still isn’t as all knowing as you make it out to be. “ Hinata sharply replied, heavily criticizing her older sibling for becoming over-reliant with his amazing eyes.

Neji couldn't answer as he was still coming to grips with his conflicting feelings while physically struggling against the bindings.

>>3634314

“Now I am no longer the old me. The one who was naïve to understand by not wanting to hurt my sister that I put her down an even worst path than accepting my duty as the future heiress to the Hyuuga Clan. The one who was too afraid to comfort and support my older brother out of my guilt. The one who was too compliant and unwilling to move forward due to my own insecurities and fears. I’m done with living like that. What’s in the past is meant to only stay there. Al I can do is move forward and strive to fix my mistakes…one step at a time.”Hinata said, finishing up her quick treatment before moving to the next step.

“Stop with this foolishness Lady Hinata. No matter how hard you try you can’t change who you are or your fate. It’s reality! So quit it…...you already proven to be a splendid kunoichi…so please...” There it was, Neji was at the breaking point of his conflict. To decide on proving his ideals right or to let go of his hatred and bitterness to stop his foolish sister and acknowledge their bond.

He knew why Hinata was doing it which only furthered his frustration. If she was just a spoiled brat, someone that he can genuinely hate then it would be so much easier for him to deal with. Hinata was the reverse of it and seeing her put her life for his sake only worsen his own lingering feelings. Even now he couldn’t bring himself to tell Hinata the one thing he should say. The one thing that’ll stopped all of this. To say the words …. I forgive you.

“The only way I can truly make things right…is by shattering the shackles of fate that’s blinding you even now. So how about this for an ambition. I will defeat you brother Neji and achieve my dream. To become the next heiress of the Hyuuga clan. So I can finally put an end to our long history of suffering and abuse. “Hinata boldly declared, shocking everyone in the room by her change. Neji was driven into a corner upon hearing those words. His face soon twists into a mixture of anger and anguish as even though she was different…he still couldn’t believe in her words.

“…Become the next heiress? You must be joking Lady Hinata.You who were already abandoned and rejected by the main house can never- “Before Neji could finish he was abruptly cut off by Hinata which again was something unlike like her given how polite and soft-spoken she was. Just went to show just how upset she was right now at her brother.

“Even so I won’t give up! I’ll make that ambition become a reality. This is the only way I can truly atone for all the damage that I caused to you and Hanabi. I never go back on my word.” Hinata smiles, charging chakra into two her fingers as she places her hand next towards her heart. As Neji was almost back in full control he soon begins to make a look of dread and genuine concern as he quickly realizes what Hinata was going to do.

>>3634334

“…What are you trying to do…? Cut it out… Hey… Lady Hinata!” Neji pleaded, making a half smile as he was stillin disbelief over what she could be thinking.

“…I told you brother Neji. I aimed to surpass you in every way.” Hinata paused with a smile, it only worsens Neji’s fears as he tries to break through the last of the bindings through brute force.

“…Don’t do it!!!” Neji screamed, breaking through the last of the bindings before running towards a smiling Hinata.

“Shishō Tenketsu (Pressure Points of Harm and Death)” Before Neji could reach Hinata in time, she already stabs the pressure point needed to invoked a powerful flow of chakra through her body. You get déjà vu to the Shinsei Machisu considering that this was a similar practice. With one move Hinata was pushing beyond her limits as her blue chakra starts to violently swirl. Her eyes turned from a lavender shade to a pure white color as her body swells up with power.

Neji was pushed back from the force of the chakra expulsure as he rebounces from the floor. He could only look in awe and frustration at what Hinata has done. Gritting his teeth to the point of bleeding Neji slams his fist against the ground as it started to crack. Hinata balanced the overflowing chakra through her body, making what appears to be a chakra cloak around herself as her hair dances against the strong currents. The chakra slowly seeps into her body, slowly strengthening her body with the chakra aura now properly contained.


“I’m not going to lie…what I just did was a huge gamble. And I might have done more harmed than good with that move. Even so…so long as I continue to stand. I won’t run….and I won’t give up.” Hinata quickly got into stance while in this refined state.

“…Why…WHY!” Neji screamed, at this point he didn’t care about anything else.

“Because…that is my ninja way.” Hinata smiled at Neji, reassuring him at she has no regrets for what she is currently doing. It only further his own hatred, only this time it was himself for making the same mistake as last time and not just going full force to do what was truly needed.

“Damn it all!” Neji lunges forward, forcing himself to power through the seal by using the First Inner Gate to tap into his muscle's full power.

Hinata only dashes forward as the last stretch of the match has begun. Once in range the two started to clash violently with their open palms. The previous style of grace and beauty was long gone. In its place was the more brute hard knocks slug fast that you were normally accustomed in your battles.

>>3634352


“Hakkeshō Ranbu (Eight Trigrams Palms Storm Dance)” Neji said.

“Hyaku Retsushō (Hundred Furious Palms)”Hinata said.

As the two continue to dish out powerful palm strikes between one another their movements were becoming very hard to follow. The two Hyuuga combatants were no longer trying to seal each other’s chakra point. No, this sort of fighting was more akin to a savage beatdown. And with the force of their blows creating shockwaves it only furthers the scene.

Despite the brutality they were essentially on their last legs. Between the continus force reopening of their chakra points, enduring the internal damage to their strikes to the physical strain of their body enhancing skills. Honestly it was a miracle that both fighters could continue despite it all. Which was absolutely making you feel sick to your stomach at seeing it.

“This is what you were hinting at Master Kakashi…The real reason why Hinata was able to close the gap between her and Neji.” You muttered, keeping your wits together as you were on the verge of tears.

“...Yes. Hinata is essentially burning through her very life to do so. There are many ways to tap into the Eight Inner Gates without directly opening them. Many villages created their own means to tap into the hidden power from within. But for one who have complete dominance ove all 361 Tenketsu points like the Hyuuga such a feat is easily with their range unlike most ninja who struggle to relese the Tenketsu on their hands and feet. It is a feat of precise chakra control that can be considered a pinnacle that only the most talented of ninjas can do. It normally takes years if not decades of precise training to reach only a fraction to what the Hyuugas can do with their chakra pathway system. Rarely you see Elite Jounin capable of tapping into the majority if not all the tenketsu points. But when possible feats like chakra cloaks become a visable reality. So for her to pull it off really shows how talented she is. I only thought Neji was someone who could defeat Sasuke. But it looks like the elders acted far too hastey by casting Hinata out. Even so...”

“So what! She’ll die at this rate!” You screamed, slamming your hands against the rail. It was different seeing what you would normally do without hesistation from the other side. A mental note of a deep apology to all those you made worry including Sagiyo was a top priorty when this was over. In fact, you feel partially responsible for kickstarting such recklnessness. Although Naruto still held the biggest pierce of the blame pie.

“I know. But the fight is about to end. Both fighters are on their last legs. Just one more blow will decide it all.” Kakashi reassured you of your concerns. You fought back against the tears and decided to continue keeping quiet as there was no point stopping Hinata now. Win or lose, she proved herself validantly as a splendid Kunoichi.

Hinata has gone full retard.

>>3634375

Simutanteously the two combatants delivered a crushing blow to one another. It was a close fight that was worth remembering. What took to reach this conclusion was far too great. At the last second, Hinata momentarly lost consciousness just moments before hitting Neji. Resulting in the percetive individual to realize moment too late that he done something completely unnecessary. Blood begins to gush out from Hinata’s mouth as she falls flat to the ground.

Had Hinata attack connected…would Neji have been able to withstand it without collapsing? Unluckly enough that was the last thing Neji was thinking about. In his mind he was breaking down all the possible steps he could’ve done to prevent this. Hell he could’ve just told Hinata he forgived her and never blamed her for his father’s death. She was a three-year-old girl! There was nothing she could have done against the elite jounin. He was a resentful man but even he wasn’t as foolish to put the blame on someone who didn’t deserved it.

“Winner of the Tenth Round…Neji Hyuuga.”Hayato called, already on getting the medical team to take Hinata away.

“Stupid, selfish, impulsive hyprocrite! You could’ve just forfeited if she wasn’t so unwilling to back down. Not like you needed to go to finals in order to become a chunin! But no, not only did you not do that you instead chose to make the same mistake again despite lecturing her. You knew exactly what your foolhearty little sister would do if she was told to give up in front of the one man she admires most. And yet you kept from hardening your resolve and finish the fight immidently. You literally could see the future and you STILL managed to fina way to fuck up.” Neji started to berate himself harshly as he slams his hands against the ground.

For someone who was so mature and reserved it was rather odd seeing him breaking down like this. Then again, to end up defying the main branch by deliberately hurting the one he should be protecting would normally be a worthy victory. Had Hinata not been the opposite of everything he’s stood against. Making this more of a pyrrhic victory hat he wanted nothing to be apart of. In his growing rage, he turned his eyes onto one man in particular. Naruto who was still in shock over the events soon notice those hateful eyes followed by a loud scream.

“Naruto Uzumaki!” As Neji cried he proceed to jump upwards towards Naruto. His rage has consumed all manner of reason for him as he was going to lash out on the one person who pushed his sister to this unfortunate fate.

>Get in between Naruto and Neji and try to be the voice of reason
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata
>Continue to do nothing and watch
>Leave and vent
>Other (write-in)

>>3634382

Canon hinata does throw herself in danger and make reckless decisions based on her feelings for Naruto. So if nothing else...it's consistent

>>3634382
Yes and no.
Yes this is ridiculously stupid and she shouldn't have done it in the first place.
No in that even if she lost the battle, she just got one step closer in winning her own war.
>>3634392
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata
We're more in the know in how Tenketsu point damage works then most Genin, it's best we give her some help ASAP.

>>3634392
>Get in between Naruto and Neji and try to be the voice of reason

We have stake In all parties Involved, no way we wouldn't Intervene.

>>3634416
As much as I would love to, Hinata went through a experience that's like the around the sixth gate. Triage demands she gets treatment.

>>3634392
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata

>>3629659
BIG GAY

>>3634392
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata

>>3634392
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata

...Why don’t we use Inner Sakura?

>>3635158
Loss of precision is one of the side effects of keeping her active. That's gonna be a tough sell if we're going to help the Medics.

>>3634392
>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata

>>3634392
>>Leave it to the Jounin and go help Hinata
Holy fuck, is it normal for this exams to have this much drama? The expectators can't complain we aren't putting up a show.
Y'know, I take back what I said earlier, it's more fun this way.

>>3634397
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>>3635833

Simutanteously you jumped from the balcony. At this point why were stairs even needed? At first glance it looked like you were going to intercept Neji but in truth you moved passed him. As much as you wanted to stop Neji and Naruto from doing something truly foolish, you have much bigger fish to fry. Kakashi was there, so surely he and Might guy will put a stop to this. Still, some part of you still considered Inner Sakura as an option, even if that would be foolharty in itself.

As you look back to Neji, you almost swear you saw tears coming from his eyes. You didn’t have time to get any second thoughts or be caught off guard by how Neji’s current chakra was feeling. Gripping your hand tightly you managed to pull away upon landing on the floor. You soon made it to Hinata lickety-split. To your luck the medical team didn’t make it yet. There was no time to argue. Sliding down onto the ground you made the necessary one handed hand seal to invoke the technique.

“Mystical Healing Palm Jutsu” You swiftly place your hands against Hinata’s chest before your hands started to emit a greenish chakra glow. Being someone who knows from personal experience what chakra point damage can do you just couldn’t leave this be. Even if the Hyuuga clan were the most blessed when it comes to chakra control this was still a rather reckless stunt.

Yet Sagiyo could lecture up a storm with how hyprocritical thinking that it’s only fine if you yourself do it given how strong your body and your natural restoration abilities. Seeing it first hand you can’t help but agree with her in some way. Perhaps this is why Kakashi was so adamant over you not using Shinsei Machisu until you either refined it to mastery or your life was at stake. For Hinata, it was only a miracle that she has someone like you currently trying to reduce the damage to her chakra points as best as possible.

“Mind if I assist you? I might not look it but I’m also a doctor.” A mysterious man showed up behind you as he politely asked to assist. You slowly turn to look at him face to face. He was wearing a flak jacket similar to the one from Kusagakure. His onyx eye was covered up on the right side due to his ash colored hair. You felt no hostility from him as he was quite gentle and conviencing.

“I’m not really in the position to turn down any potential help. So thank you. My name is-“Before you could reveal your name the mysterious man cuts you off with a soft laugh.

“Sakura Haruno right? Karin told me a lot about you. Don’t worry just consider this as me paying you and your team back for helping Karin during the exams. Although as a doctor I think I’d still offer to help even without a good reason to. “The mysterious man smiled. Any distrust you have of him quickly went away as you continued to talk to him.

>>3636055

“Is that so? So you must be her team’s jounin Squad leader right. I didn’t want to assume despite the fact that all four of you wear glasses.” You looked away, feeling rather embarrassed admitting that.

“It’s alright but you can just call me Kabuku for now.” Kabuku laughed as he heared that phrase countless times as their squad leader.

“Well then thanks Kabuku.” You smiled back at Kabuku before letting him assist. You watched closely at him placing his hand against Hinata’s stomach while you continued with the healing.

“Saibō no Kasseijutsu (Cell Activation Technique)” Kabuku invoked the jutsu as Hinata’s entire body started to glow. The cuts and bruises on the surface were fading instantly right before your very eyes.

There was no mistake about it. You were seeing a true master of medical ninjutsu at work. Not only was he was synchronizing with Hinata’s remaining chakra he was working in unison with yours in an instant. To be able to do such complication in an instant goes to showed that you still have much to learn. With your cat enhanced senses and sensory skills you could see the entire process right down to the finest of detail.

Kabuku was invoking the cells inside of Hinata’s body to kickstart her own natural healing capabilities. Not only that but he was also enhancing the regenerative properties as every cell was supercharged. With this power they begin to repair itself while flourishing from your medical ninjutsu chakra. All the internal damages that Hinata has received were fading away.

“You know you got a lot of potential as a medical ninja.” Kabuku mentioned as he was almost finishing up on repairing Hinata’s body.

“R-Really you think so? I mostly self taught myself before getting proper education by the medical corps. Even then I don’t think I’m anything special.” You turned away, feeling rather embarrassed about the compliment as you try to be humble.

“Well that makes you all the more remarkable. So how about it? How about taking some time in your busy schedule to let someone like me help improve your medical ninjutsu skills? After all, it’s benefical for us doctors to help out those who are capable of saving lives.”

>Take up Kabuku on his offer
>Ask for sometime to think about it
>Politely decline but thank him for healing Hinata
> Other[write-in]

>>3636122
>Take up Kabuku on his offer

>>3636122
>>Take up Kabuku on his offer
UH-MPH, I know we have stuff to do but I can't bring myself to pass this up.

>>3636149
Kabuto has medical jutsus that are so good that Tsunade actually stole some of them.

>>3636122
>Ask for sometime to think about it
Tsunade and meta aside, we still need to figure out if our Schedule can actually fit in said training.

>>3636122
>Ask for sometime to think about it

>>3636122
>Ask for sometime to think about it
Maybe after our month long training because at this point we gotta tend to our friends/ see the last 2 matches before training begins we are a very busy girl after all

>>3636122
>>Ask for sometime to think about it

>>3636262
We will likely lose our chance then.

>>3636122
>Ask for sometime to think about it

Color me surprised, I thought you min maxers would want to get the best healer 's training strats

>>3636421
The lurkers are starting to take over, this quest was good while it lasted...

>>3636158
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>>3636312

This was really a golden opportunity for you. For someone who wasn’t born into a clan or have an actual ninja family you didn’t have a whole lot of options learning from someone close. Sure you seek out and converse with countless people who eventually became your teachers and mentors throughout your life. But you never really had a true master grace you as a potential student. The closet you could argue was your squad leader Kakashi and most of all Lord Hiruzen but their busy schedules kept you from truly establishing a master to student relationship.

Still, as happy as you were at the possibility of having such a relationship with the mysterious Kabuku. You pulled yourself back to reality upon looking back at Hinata. Seeing her made you remember that it was more important to look after your remaining friends. Although you treated Choji, Ino, Sasuke and now Hinata you still couldn’t help but to continue worrying about their well-being. And with how things have escalated so far, it was safe to say you started to become paranoid with the last matches.

“I’m sorry.” You suddenly bowed your head towards Kabuki while maintaining the Mythical Palm Jutsu.

“Now now, what do you have to be sorry for?” Kabuku replied, closing his eyes in mild confusion while trying to still be reassuring to you.

“I don’t want to sound rude for saying this. Really I’d love to learn from you. But right now I’d need some time to think it over.” You took a moment to pause as you started to put things into perspective. The memories of your friends strongly lingered in your mind, keeping you from being selfish and thinking about your self-interests. “There’s…far too much that need to be done right now. I’m not even sure if I’ll have enough time for training with the exams in order. So again I’m really sorry for not accepting your offer right away.”

“It’s just like Karin said. You realty are a pure hearted girl.” Kakuku chuckled, thinking of a scene that made him remember a certain someone that he kept repressed at the bottom of his heart.

“Hm?” You looked up to him with confusion. What with the adults keep referring to you as a pure hearted girl? Honestly it was making you rather nervous to the point of being slightly comfortable.

“Don’t worry about it. Anyway I don’t want to be spoiling anything and leave you all the more conflicted. So how about you take this instead for the time being.” As Kabuku said this he goes to reach for a special scroll from his pouch. It was a rather beautiful lavender scroll with gold trims and symbols plastered over it’s surface.

“What’s this?” You asked, taking the scroll as you looked at it. It made you remember the scroll of heaven and earth, the ones needed to summon one of the proctors or jounins over to congratulate you for passing. From what you recalled you gotten your long time teacher Iruka.

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“It’s a special scroll. When you made your decision and want to learn open that scroll. Till then, take as much time as you need to think it over.” Kabuku explained while continuing to alter Hinata’s structure and manipulating her cells. With the last touches being finalized the aura around Hinata’s body starts to fade.

“Thank you for the gift Mr. Kabuku.” You bowed again to Kabuku,

“No problem Sakura. Anyway I did everything I needed to do to help your friend. I undid the damage done to her among help streghtening her body and reinforcing and improving her physical prowless. I get the feeling it won’t be the last time she’ll use a move like this. So better safe than sorry.” Kabuki removed his hand from Hinata now that he done his job. He slowly picks himself up while watching the medical team finally arriving to pick up Hinata and put her in the infirmary.

“I’m truly in your debt Mr. Kabuku.” With a proper goodbye you watched Kabuku return back up the balcony to keep Karin company.

You turned back to the group to notice that Neji was walking away from Naruto. Seem like in addition to Kakashi and Guy’s interference Lee stood up in front of them in your place to keep them from fighting. You really need to go give Lee a big hug for his help after this was over. Still, although you were mostly distracted by healing Hinata. You were able to vaguly pick up the conversation between Naruto and Neji.

Heated was an understatement as both side wrongfully blame the other for Hinata’s fate. You on the other hand didn’t want to put the blame on anyone since everyone involved has some hand in this. It was better to acknowledge that and make up with one another. Unfortunately, boys will be boys as Naruto declared to shatter Neji’s dillusions about fate and how it cannot be changed like a person’s true self. Meanwhile Neji remarked about putting him in his place as the failure spawn from the 4th Hokage.

“Can this day get any worse…” You sighed, slowly waving Hinata off as she was taken away by medical team. Just in time too as you begin to see the next round already showing up on the monitors. There were only two matches left but this next one made your blood run cold.

“The next match Rock Lee vs Gaara shall begin momentarly.” Hayato announced as both Rock Lee and Gaara prepared themselves to enter the arena.

>Stick with your current Commentary crew
>Switch [write-out who you want to partner up]
>Watch the fight alone
>Request to see the fight while in the medical bay
>Other [write-in]

I told you that Kabuto would get his chance to show up in the exams.Though I can't really count the Inner Sakura battle since he didn't properly reveal himself there. Also setting up the foundations for Hinata's own growth since she's basically a Tritagonist. Naruto and Sasuke share the Deuteragonist role to your Protagonist status.

>>3636672
>Request to see the fight while in the medical bay
It’s depressing that we won’t be able to master Yin seal early since people don’t want to go with him.

In my search to try and think of a better surname for the Kaguya clan for Kimimaro, I ended up stumbling across something that's sort of interesting to note.

https://www.deviantart.com/naruto-pilotverse/gallery/55984578/Re-Imagined-Clans

>>3636712

https://narutoversity.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/byakugan/

https://narutoversity.wordpress.com/2015/12/12/hyuuga-clan/

Forgot to include this.

>>3636672
>>Stick with your current Commentary crew
There's a lot of our friends missing now, huh...
>>3636698
Shucks but for what it's worth at least Saigyo will be happy with that

>>3636712
http://yokai.com/gashadokuro/
A neat little idea for the Kaguya clan. Not really a clan name though.

>>3636728
We could hang out at the medical bay instead watch it from there.

>>3636762
It's not the same as watching it from here tho. And in the worst case scenario our medical assistance might be needed.

>>3636672
>Stick with your current Commentary crew

>>3636698
Yin seal I still want to train it with hiruzen I dont think it's good as kabuto is a bit insane

>>3636672

>Stick with your current Commentary crew

>>3636807
QM outright said Kabuto is one of the best and canonically mastered control of Jugo’s enzyme.
>kabuto is a bit insane
WHO THE FUCK IS SANE? Everyone is a basketcase in this franchise.

>>3636825
i dunno man i just think he's bit too orochimaru focused

I was asleep during the vote, but I would've voted against training with Kubuto, just because we already have a training plan ready to go, and have enough on our plate as-is without adding Master-class medical training to the pile.

>>3636672
>Stick with your current Commentary crew

>>3637238
Our training plan it's still getting worked on, and training with Kabuto is a limited time offer. I'm pretty confident in our current skills, we should just go for it.

>>3636672
>Stick with your current Commentary crew

As for the current discussion, despite Kabuto being a amazing choice for a teacher I feel like we would be missing out on a few too many things if we trained alongside him, wouldn't exactly complain if we eventually decided to accept as long as it's reasonable though. Besides Hiruzen's death will be much more poignant after our training sessions with him.

>>3637238
That master class training is worth dedicating an entire month to. No joke. Kabuto’s training would not only help us with medical jutsus but also help with Yin seal and Shinsei Mahachisu, he is also ridiculously good at genjutsu to the point he could (eventually) trap Sharingan users, has ridiculous chakra control, and is as smart as Shikamaru.

sorry for the lack of updates earlier today. Was preoccupied with recovery. But I'm back and got a solid idea how I want to handle Rock Lee vs Gaara so I'm going to start writing shortly.

>>3636728
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>>3637350

Upon seeing the names on the screen you made your way back to the balcony. Quietly you gave Rock Lee a cheering gesture to reassure and motivate Lee to do his best. Something that he took to heart well…almost too well given how Lee was moved to tears. You almost fell out of the awkwardness of Lee’s eccentrics. Still, you quickly shook it off with a laugh before making it up where the gang was already talking about the next match.

Given how most of the fights went there weren’t many of your friends left. Choji, Ino, Tenten, and now Hinata were at the medical bay for safe keeping. Kiba has also mysteriously disappeared from the arena, most likely to check up on Hinata. Neji clearly wanted to be alone after what just happened. Karin was accompanied by Mr. Kabuku but you gathered she was reclusive as it is so she was fine with being alone. Kankuro was playing defenses over his sister Temari who was still a complete wreck.

Team Dosu kept to themselves which you were just fine with since you still have strong animosity towards them. Team Orobo were also in the medical bay but you weren’t friends with them so who cares. Most of the Jounins continue to keep with one another or stick by their squad members for the final matches of the preliminaries. You weren’t the exception as Kakashi and Guy were also next to Naruto and the gang.

“The second to last match is here and it’s between Gaara and Rock Lee. Between Team Orobo, Team Karin, Team Ten and Team Guy, I can’t help but wonder who has the worst luck here. “Shikamaru mentioned as he watched Lee and Gaara making their way to the arena. Lee simply jumped off from the balcony while Gaara seemingly disappeared without a trace before reappearing. One would assume he was using the Body Flicker Jutsu or some variation of it.

“Okay first off it’s clearly Team Orobo despite our classmates keep getting strong opponents. Secondly it’s almost like you’re already writing off Lee and declaring Gaara as the winner.” Naruto yelled, much to the annoyance of Sasuke who was right beside him.

“Stop jumping to conclusions idiot. Shikamaru is being cautious and with Gaara he has every right to be.” Sasuke lectured Naruto, already bracing himself for an earful of Naruto's yelling only for Kakashi to bonk him on the head.

“Thanks Sasuke. You saved me the trouble of lecturing Naruto again about the severity of the current situation.” Shikamaru replied, showing gratitude despite yawning in the process.

“It’s true. The odds aren’t exactly on Lee’s favor. Especially since he’s facing someone as dangerous as Gaara with no long range attacks. Not that it would do him any good.” A mysterious voice spoke up to break the crowd’s usual dynamic. Quickly they turned to the right to see that the voice came from Shino as he was leaning against the wall looking down at the fight.

“S-Shino! When did you get here?” Naruto abruptly asked, once again he and several others were taken by surprise by Shino’s ability to pop out of nowhere and disappear without a trace. You always knew him for being someone who blended with the crowd and never standing out. The direct opposite to a certain knucklehead ninja you know personally.

“I actually been here for a while. Many of our friends have been taken out and Kiba decided to go to the medical bay to keep watch of Hinata while watching the match. So there was nowhere else but to arrive here or be with Ms. Kurenai. Although back on Kiba…I don’t think he would want to see that man’s fighting style anymore” Shino remarked. He was doing a good job of hiding his feelings but you get the feeling that Shino was a little hurt by Naruto’s bluntness. When this was over you’d going to have to apologize to Shino in Naruto’s behalf as well as for not including him in the banter sooner.

“That’s right you seen Gaara fight. How is he?” You asked as you now finally made your way to the others.

“Let me put it in simple terms. If Lee isn’t capable of moving faster than Gaara’s sand…he’s a dead man.” Shino replied, saving Naruto the headache of directly explaining why the odds were against Lee. Now if it was just you, Sasuke and Shikamaru he has no problem showing his own intellectual side. Now you just needed was Hinata and Ino and you’d have a council of eggheads.

“Sand?”

Before Naruto would get an answer the fight quickly commences between Rock Lee and Gaara. Being the first to make a move Lee swiftly delivers his trademark Leaf Hurricane special. Despite the swiftness of his kick he was easily countered by Gaara’s sand. You weren’t sure when Gaara had the time to pull out such large amounts of sand. That said, the defense acted without any direct influence from Gaara. Something that you can only achieve yourself through Shinsei Mahachisu, more specifically through the Ryūmyaku (Dragon’s Veins) technique. So already you knew that Lee was dealing with a dangerous opponent.

You begin to wonder if it was like Ino who used her chakra floe to levitate inanimate objects to fight for her. Or was it like Tenten and Kankuro who used chakra threads and/or chakra flow to achieve the same results. Again it was possible like Shinsei Mahachisu’s Ryūmyaku that he simply reprogrammed his chakra infused sand to move based on certain commands. In this case “defend from all manner of aggression” as the sand effortlessly block all of Lee’s kicks and punches.

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“Well is that it? I’d hope you haven’t finished entertaining me.” Gaara muttered, folding his arms while looking down at the ground.

“What do you mean by that?” Lee asked with mild curiosity while keeping up his stance.

“It’s simple. We haven’t had enough…blood.” Uttering those words Lee found himself shaking by Gaara’s bloodlust. Such a distraction was more than enough to catch Lee off guard with the sand. Despite having the range advantage Lee was still ensnared by his right leg. With a single swing Gaara’s sand sent Lee flying across the arena.

Barely was he able to catch himself before hitting the wall as he saw multitude of sand moving towards him in the shape of fists. You couldn’t help but feel like if it was a coincidence or not seeing someone use the minerals to essentially punch people at rapid speeds. Lee on the other hand was unfortunate as he couldn’t dodge all of those rapid sand punches. Each one was harden to the point of being akin to that of solid stone so it really hurt.

From the looks of it the sand can do more than merely just defend given how it fought back. If nothing else watching Gaara fight was giving you some ideas on how to make the pre-programmed messages that Ryūmyaku imprinted more complex and flexible. Having something like that would help fight against perceptive individuals like Ino, Sasuke, Neji and Kin. As you continue observing Lee quickly made his way to the top of the statue. Just in time for Might Guy to give permission for Lee to undo his weights.

Given the battle with Tenten Lee didn’t argue with Might Guy’s request. Slowly he starts to take off the weights on his legs before fashioning them into cuffs while taking off the weights on his torso. It made for a rather huge crater. Even though it was the third time that this happened it was still rather hard for anyone outside of yourself and those who know Might Guy to get used to. With Lee’s newfound blinding speed and reinforced offenses he begins to make his counterattack.


Seeing Lee moving in high speeds made you quickly revert your eyes back to resembling like that of a cat to follow. He was much faster than you recalled last time. Then again, it wasn’t really surprising since like everyone on team Guy, yourself included, he has always been pushing past his limits. With his unrestricted speed Lee was able to put pressure on Gaara. Even with the sand acting on its own it was still unable to keep up with Lee’s movements. Worst of all the countless blows and kicks easily decimate those shifting clouds of sands.

>>3641062

It wasn’t long until the small sandstorm that was Gaara’s defenses was bypassed completely as Lee started to lay a vicious beating on Gaara. Starting with a swift right knuckle to the face, Lee begins to apply chakra through his arms to enhance the blow. Knocking Gaara close to the ground Lee quickly kicks him back up to deliver some more punches. You watched carefully at Lee breaking through Gaara’s defenses with each well timed strike. In spite of this Gaara didn’t flinch from the attacks nor show any sign of concern upon finally falling to the ground.

Instead upon picking himself up, he could only smile as that murderous intent start to rise. Like Lee the rest of the Genin felt unnerved by such overwhelming bloodlust. You and Sasuke weren’t as shaken up like Shino who personally experienced the terror that was Gaara. After all, you faced something far worst named Orochimaru during the second part of the Chunin exams. Be that as it may you still felt sweat dripping from your face as you observed pieces of sand falling off from his body. There were cracks all over his body. Lee’s vicious assault surely did a number on Gaara despite looking uninjured.

Silence covered the arena as everyone continue to look at the disturbing sight of Gaara’s face. The sand meanwhile begin to move towards him to latch back on to him. From observation you gathered that Gaara was encasing himself in a dense layer of sand. In fact, you begin to wonder why you couldn’t get a read on Gaara was precisely because he kept this armor of sand up at all this time. Just how refine was his chakra control to pull off such a feat without rest. Closet you came to doing was the basics such as the transformation technique for days if not weeks during training.

The disturbing look of murderous joy was deeply suppressed yet again by the cold and stoic appearance of Gaara. Now that the sand armor has once again covered him from head to toe he resumed his cold indifference. Countering this Lee begins to remove his bandages around his arms. Judging from this stance you knew exactly what Lee was trying to do. Saigyo was more likely berating Lee for once again being so careless to use Kinjutsus without thinking things through.

Before you have the chance to say anything Lee already started to make his move. Running at faster speeds than before, Lee cycles Gaara in a violent ring of intense wind pressure. Effectively cutting him off from escape, Lee swiftly close the gap in Gaara’s defenses to make his next move. Through a swift high kick to the chin, Gaara was launched high into the air. Following after him, Lee launches forward to deliver a series of chakra enhanced kicks to weaken the armor of send immensely. The explosive power of the first Inner Gate combined with Chakra Enhancement was not doing his body any favors.

>>3641090
Even so he continued his assault, pushing his body further until the sand armor was on its last legs. The speed that Lee delivered the kicks kept the sand from keeping up with Lee in order to protect Gaara. As Lee delivers a final kick, he would soon winched from the strain of overexerting himself against such a tough armor. At that point you caught something off from Gaara. Sand was starting to leave from his right face. It was done at speeds that normally wouldn’t be seen by the naked eye. You weren’t sure why such a thing was happening or what Gaara was planning.

Yet it didn’t matter as Lee quickly opened his eyes again and starts to wrap bandages around his body. Gaara was helpless to defend himself as Lee swiftly binds him from shoulder to legs. The build up speed for activating the Primary Lotus was instantaneous. Compared to the one done against Dosu this was far faster and more merciless in comparison since he didn’t want to end up like last time. Before anyone could blink Lee’s Primarily Lotus slams itself deep against the ground. The force it generates from the hypersonic speeds of its rotation was enough to create a massive twister.

This was truly going overkill but again you couldn’t blame Lee for being thorough. As Naruto and co started to cheer, you on the other hand continue to look unconvinced. Had Lee not blinked he would’ve notice the sand leaking out from Gaara. You started replaying the scene in your head again in clearer view thanks to using chakra to amplify and enhance your mental capabilities. By doing this you were able to see precisely why you were paranoid. Gaara managed to surprise your expectations by converting his body into sand and leaving a shell of himself in his place before Lee could finish the Primary Lotus.

After coming to the conclusion your feline eyes glance towards the side while Lee was catching his breath from finishing his attack. Gaara was reforming his body. You wanted to speak despite the looming dread that currently nestled against you. Your move opened but words couldn’t come out. The phrase cat got your tongue was fitting but ironic given your background. As it may you watched helplessly as Gaara successfully creeps over Lee without him knowing.

Countless puddles of quicksand started to form as Gaara was now drenched in sand. By the time those without special eyes or some form of sensing could realized what happened it was already too late. The Gaara currently lying on the ground now breaking apart was the shell remains of the Sand Armor. If there were any case that this was a horrible matchup for Lee then this had to have been it.

“Well done…you’re the first person in a very long time who managed to defeat the Second layer of my ultimate defense. For that you have my praise and respect.” Gaara smiled, making a single one handed hand seal as he reshapes the sand to that of a series of floating sand fists to start pummeling Lee.

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Although he was recovering faster than previously, Lee was still weakened by pushing himself further with an enhanced Primary Lotus. Had it been the normal Lotus then chances are even with the chakra enhancements he would be feeling next to no physical strain on his body. For Lee this was rather unfortunate for him to be put in such an unfavorable position. Leaving Gaara the perfect chance to explain himself while attacking simultaneously.

“I’ll admit that you’re good enough to bypass my first layer of the Suna no Gādo (Sand Guard) known as the Suna no Tate (Shield of Sand). More impressively is the fact you manage to actually shatter the second layer the Suna no Yoroi (Sand Armor) which is said to be as strong as steel itself. To be more frank it’s more densely compared like a steel wall so again I commend you for the amount of herculean strength needed to break through. But to generate that while maintaining your phenomenal speed with the very basics of Chakra enhancements for reinforcement…it certainly puts a lot of strain on you to pull off splendidly. Even so, either commit to being a speedster or a brawler. You don’t have the talent to do both. “Gaara lectured Lee in between the pummels as the Taijutsu specialist was forced to dodge and defend as best he can.

“Isn’t it ironic? Like you I been weighted down by physical attachments. But unlike you who merely weighted down parts of your body for training. My very being has been protected by this armor of sand ever since I was a child. All to protect myself from being killed. It used to be quite draining to use. So much so that I couldn’t even effectively move. But little by little I been adapting to this armor. It has gotten to the point that it’s no different from flesh and bone as I’m no longer weighted down by it. That’s not the only thing my mastery of the armor of sand has granted me. For instance I can improve on its hardness expediently to much harder materials such as diamond at the cost of reducing my speed and mobility. But mother and I deemed such a feat...unnecessary. At least when dealing with you. “As Gaara says this, he quickly turns to Sasuke Uchiha. The two of them exchanged glances as Sasuk was off put by Gaara’s rising bloodlust. He soon turned back to Lee after noticing that his speed and mobility were slowly returning to him despite enduring the onslaught. Each one of those fists were as strong as solid granite, dense as well so it moving so fluidly was all the more impressive.

“Because for you see once the second layer of my ultimate defense has been shattered. You awaken the third and perhaps the most devastating form. The Sunatai no Jutsu (Sand Body Technique).” Gaara explained, calling off his sand punches now that he saw that Lee was able to reproduce his previous speed. He still kept up his guard while the sand moved around his feet.

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“..Suna…tai...” As Lee muttered those words he face starts to turn pale upon discovering the real implication. Catching glimpses of Lee’s dread only made Gaara smile even more devilishly than before.

“You’re not as dumb as I originally gathered. As the name implies I can turn parts of my body into sand. Over time I learned how to turn my entire body into sand but I wasn’t satisfied with just that. I continued to refine it further. It’s currently to the point that I can actively use it on reflex. In other words, no matter how fast you are. You won’t be able to connect your blow in time to hit me. Of course that’s not all…” Upon finishing his sentence he would disappear from plain sight.

Your eyes darted to follow Gaara’s swift movements as they were similar to that of Lee’s high-speed movement. You wagered that if Gaara wasn’t wearing the guard he’d probably be close to Haku’s blinding speed given the fluidity. In a blink of an eye Gaara was already behind Lee. It only took Lee a second after blinking to realize where Gaara was currently standing. It then dawn upon him that this wasn’t the first time that Gaara pulled off such a stunt.

“Without the armor of sand slowing me down I can now move much more freely. The look of shock on your face tell me you finally putting it together. It is through this form that I broke my body down into sand and moved at such speeds that a simple blink of the eye is enough for you to miss my movements. But even without that trick, I’m naturally far faster than what you can currently manage. “Gaara explained, taking the time to disappear and reappear again. Lee soon grips his hand in frustration and fear at seeing Gaara move so fluidly yet also silently.

It was clear that he didn’t need to break himself to that of sand to achieve such high speeds. Yet you feel like had he done it, it would be close to instant teleportation given how fast he could break himself down and scatter those pieces before rebuilding himself at his next destination. This was really not good for Lee who didn’t have any sensory skills. He had to rely entirely on his regular senses but he hasn’t heightened his quite like yours due to his main focus being around improving his Taijutsu. You didn’t need Saigyou to lecture you for being dumb enough not to have the foresight to teach him alongside your chakra control training for him.

“So tell me…whose turn is it to run with their tail between their legs.” Gaara smiled, once again appearing right behind Lee despite him turning to meet where Gaara was going to be. Still, it didn’t stop Lee from trying to hit him with a well time kick. His body was far slower as it was recovering from the Hidden Lotus. As he was now it was effortless for Gaara to dodge even with Lee’s speed coming close to normal.

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“I told you it’s useless. Even if you could hit me you’re not fast enough to beat my reflexes. “As Gaara says this he started to give a bone chilling laugh. It was getting too painful to watch Le continue missing Gaara with his strikes as Gaara continued to laugh in respond. To say that Gaara was toying with Lee was an understatement.

“Stop laughing!” Lee cried out, having finally managed to land a direct kick against Gaara’s head. His joyous smile would quickly turned back to a dreadful frown as Gaara’s head reformed without a scratch thus proving his previous statement.

“Sorry I can’t help myself. Seeing that look of despair slowly festering inside you is positively tantalizing to me. Desperately you struggle to try and fight against it but deep down you know it is fruitless. You can’t stop the inevitable. So you might want to surrender now if you know what’s good for you.” Gaara’s twisted smile made Lee pull back out of instinct as the sand came close to pummeling him. He was back on the defenses while Gaara continued to stand in the same spot.

“That said…I have to pay you back from the onslaught you laid upon me. Just beating you up like before isn’t enough. It’s nowhere near enough for mother and me. So I’m hoping you’ll reconsider giving into the fear and continue to entertain me with your futile struggling. “Gaara spoke, licking his lips in anticipation and thus freaking Lee and possibly everyone here with his escalating blood lust.

“That’s where your wrong…I do have a method to break through your final layer of defense. “ Lee remarked, calming himself quickly before putting his arms together as chakra starts to overflow inside of him.

“Oh...well then. Try and use to break through that defense and push me further. In exchange, I will reward you. Reward you with the true depths of the terror that is Gaara of the Dessert.” Gaara took a stance as his Sand wheel starts to swirl violently around him. Despite this, his feet was still covered with sand.

“I don’t need to your warning. But I will thank you for being willing to wait until I transform. Fred not, you won’t have to wait long. Because I’m already at the second gate.” As Lee declares, his skin starts to turn reddish alongside tremendous force expelling from his body. From training you know exactly what Lee was about to do. Out of the stupidest things that anyone has done during these preliminaries, this would definitely take the cake.

>Plead to Lee to give up while reassuring him that he’s not throwing his dream away
>Keep quiet while remaining on standby
>Start using Seismic Sensing alongside Sensory Mode
> Ask Sagiyo on what to do
>Ask Kakashi and Guy if there’s another option
>Other [write-in]

>>3641176
>Start using Seismic Sensing alongside Sensory Mode
>Keep quiet while remaining on standby

>>3641176
>Start using Seismic Sensing alongside Sensory Mode
>Keep quiet while remaining on standby

>>3641184
+1

>>3641176
>Ask Kakashi and Guy if there’s another option
>Ask Sagiyo on what to do
If all signs point to he's fucked-
>Plead to Lee to give up while reassuring him that he’s not throwing his dream away
I want to believe In him, but I don't want him to get crippled or killed. Dammit Lee, for once and only once In your life show moderation. Please. You don't deserve to get shafted.

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“The Lotus of the Leaf….blooms twice.” Guy mentioned in between watching Lee struggling to get back up and rise to face the adversity currently in front of him.

“…Blooms twice?” You blinked at mention of the phrase. As you thought about it you recall back to when Lee told you it after the battle with Team Dosu. “That’s it. Lee told me something like that once during the exams. That the next time we meet he’ll become a much stronger ninja.”

“That’s right Sakura. Gaara may think he has this battle won but he is deeply mistaken. After all, those who train relentlessly like Rock Lee can surely tap into the body’s hidden recovery ability and grow even stronger with each battle. “Guy smiled at the sight, knowing full well what Lee was going to do. It didn’t take long before Kakashi figured it out alongside you once you looked down feel the sudden burst of chakra from Lee.

“No Guy you didn’t.”Kakashi asked despite knowing that it was pointless when the answer was right in front of him.

“Kakashi you and I both know that I did. Just like with Asuma and Kurenai. Hell even you decided to walk down this path once you understand the full gravity of what we’re dealing with. Just because we’re no longer in a war doesn’t mean we have the luxury to be careless and not plan ahead.” Guy explained, closing his eyes while holding his arms. Already he was bracing himself for the lecture that Kakashi gave to Asuma and Kurenai during previous moments involving their students.

“Just like with them I don’t approve of teaching Genin no matter how talented dangerous Jutsu, especially that of Kinjutsus. I don’t know how much this boy means to you. But I shouldn’t have to tell you that we never bring our personal feeling into play for matters such as this. ”Kakashi angrily lectured Guy. You can tell by the tone of voice that he was strongly against this sort of stuff as seen with the talk during the hospital. But where he was more understanding with you he was rather adamant against Guy and his other fellow Jounin squad leaders teaching dangerous moves off the bloom.

“No matter if you disapprove you can’t deny the fact that it’s a necessary evil at this stage. You told me that Orochimaru is after your pupil Sasuke. A notorious criminal who continuously put your students at harm’s way for his purposes. Not to mention the threat that Naruto has to deal with being both the Son of Minato Namikaze and the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi. He can’t expect to be protected by Lord Hiruzen or the Anbu forever. As for dear ole Sakura. “Guy managed to keep his cool despite having every right to be upset with Kakashi. He didn’t have any idea exactly how Team Eight, Team Ten or even Team Guy’s ordeals. And with his reports about the multitude of attacks against his own team, it was only natural that the rest of the Jounin squad leaders would take the first initiative to protect their subordinates. His eyes quickly meets yours before turning back to Kakashi.

“Well…I don’t think I need to tell you that such a pure hearted girl would do anything to protect those around her. No matter the cost or what tools she has to use to do it. Even if you don’t teach them to prepare themselves for the dangerous world they’ll entering in. One way or another they will stumble on to creating or learning such secrets.” With the way Guy phrased it, you get the strong feeling that he knows exactly what you been up to. Including wielding the Kubikiribōchō which was a rather touchy subject as told by Kakashi. He didn’t go into full details since that was a talk you and Guy needed to have at some point much like with Yugao’s discussion about your mentor’s past.

“It is a Jounin’s duty to watch over and monitor the growth of their subordinates. Kakashi I know very well how much you don't want anyone making the same mistakes that you did in the past. But like you told Iruka, these are our students. Not yours. So you shouldn’t act like you have any right to judge how we prepare our students for the world.” Guy was really rubbing it in Kakashi over how he acted to Iruka who shared the same concerns that Kakashi was having right now.

“…” Kakashi turned away as he didn’t want to admit that Guy has a point despite still being far too reckless with teaching someone like Lee something so dangerous.

“It’s about time you stop blaming yourself for what happened in the past and focus on being there for your students now. Because if you don’t drop your pride and teach them how to defend themselves or strive for their dreams without you instead of trying to do what your master couldn’t do for your team. Then you’ll lose them or worst…you’ll end up dying and making them suffer a pain worse than any enemy can inflict upon them.” Just like that Guy managed to do more damage to Kakashi then anyone has managed to do in the past six months. Kakashi was stunned for words as he started to stare down on the ground and reflect.

>>3641419

“..Fine I’ll drop it for now. Just tell me how many of the Inner Gates can he open now.” Kakashi reluctantly sighed. It was pointless getting mad over the past, especially when Guy of all people had a point. Guy respectively didn’t take this time to gloat or pick apart Kakashi.

No matter what reasons he had or how logical his methods were. It was still a foolish thing to do. Just like with the rest of the Jounin proctors, they all cherished their students and just wanted to do whatever they can to help and protect them. Something that the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi would approve. At least you’d hope that was the case since he did let Naruto discover a Kinjutsu in itself aka the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu. In addition, you didn’t want to get into the Pandora’s Box that was your eldritch memory upon seeing the scroll.

“Five gates to be exact. I been training him to maximize the first two Inner Gates since the more you improve on enduring the gates the longer you can keep them out without additional stress. As well as recover from the downsides much faster than average.” Guy explained as he starts talking about the Eights alongside Kakashi.

For Naruto and the other’s sake they found themselves getting a crash course lesson about the Eight Inner Gates. Unlike them however it was just a refresher course for you and Neji. Neji who wields the Byakugan has free reign over his chakra points and limiters. Although the Hyuuga clan themselves chooses not to follow under Might Guy’s methods, they still have their own means of tapping into the power of the Eight Inner Gates in some form.

For them it’s through the chakra points as seen with Hinata’s stunt. Their method traded the tremendous raw power for control and stability through finesse. Even with the prized Hyuuga body it wasn’t wise to force so much chakra out at once without restrain. Their method put more strain on the chakra pathway system than the entire body which as you personally experienced comes with its own risks and disadvantages.

Keeping this talk to heart your eyes dart back to Lee. Now that he has recovered fully from his previous stunt he quickly pushed himself to open the first two gates. You didn’t need any reassurance exactly how far Lee was going to push himself to break through the final level of Gaara’s Suna no Gādo. Alternatively he could just give up right now and accept his current limitation. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the kind of man Lee was. And that’s exactly the problem in this fight as Sagiyo would put it.

>Dessert instead of Desert.

Kaguya Christ Kill me.

>>3641428
Gaara of the Dessert will kill you with diabetes

>>3641424

To actually agree with Sagiyo meant that things were really that bad. As much as you would like to scream to Lee to call the match and give up. You knew doing that would ultimately hurt Lee more than helping him. Not that you were in a place that you weren’t be justified in doing so. After all, several of your closest friends practically put their very lives on the line for their beliefs or what they cherished most. You couldn’t help but admire them. At the same time it ate at you from the inside for keeping yourself quiet and watching them go forward.

Never before have you experienced something so painful quite like doing nothing in moments like this. And yet again you chose to keep quiet and watch. That said, it didn’t mean you weren’t going to only just watch. Tapping into your “Sensory Mode” you begin to use the Seismic Sense taught by the Ninnekos to get a better view as Lee starts the Third and soon the fourth Inner Gate.

With your enhanced sensory capabilities you can perceive perfectly what your normal senses couldn’t see. Much to your horror it was exactly what you gathered when Gaara made his threat about his nickname being that of the “desert.” Gaara was using his special sand to crush the minerals underneath the ground to make for more sand. In fact the surface area of the arena was just a disguise as he spent the majority of the fight making this in between fighting Lee.

Worst of all, you sense the presence of another individual deep in the underground. Now you weren’t sure if it was just a summoned alley…or to your worst fears the actual Gaara hiding beneath the underground. Either way Gaara has already setup the necessary steps to counteract what Lee has in store. And…to set up his own victory conditions simultaneously. As you pull yourself from the underground you look up to see that Lee was currently smacking “Gaara” around like a rag-dog.

Like Lee declared he was shattering through both the second and more importantly the “third” stage of Gaara’s ultimate defense. Gaara was unable to defend himself with the sand as he was rendered helpless against Lee’s countless barrage of attacks. Not once did Lee let Gaara touch the ground. Oddly enough you were getting flashbacks back to Fubuki of all peoples who performed a similar tactic upon you. Lee was moving far too fast for you to tell Lee exactly what sort of trap he was walking into. So instead you brace yourself for the worst.

“Ura Renge (Hidden Lotus)!” Lee yelled, pulling Gaara towards him after previously striking him with the overwhelming strength of the Fifth Inner Gate.

>>3641445

Combining the power of the fifth Inner Gate and the tremendous force generated by the Hidden Lotus, Lee essentially broke through the sound barrier momentarily. Allowing him to travel through the slip stream to maximize the pulverizing blow of the Hidden Lotus without resistance or defense. A move that can only be done with at least three Inner Gates but only grows more intense based on the additional gates unleashed.

Upon impact a tremendous explosion of kinetic force spread across the battlefield. The sudden force caused a massive dust cloud that covered the entirety of the arena. Given this alongside the tremendous amounts of extreme pain that Lee was feeling. Chances are he wouldn’t be able to notice his surroundings due to such distractions. Again that was most unfortunate as it seems history just loved to repeat itself with Lee.

The one who suffered all that damage was in fact a Sand Clone rather than the real Gaara. You can only expect that during the Primary Lotus that the one that materialized into form was actually the Sand Clone. The real Gaara chose to materialize himself underneath before making a bubble dome of sand underneath for good measure. Controlling the sand from the underground, he could continue his attacks while keeping the deception of being on the surface with his Sand Body trick perfectly mimicked by the Sand Clone.

As much as you hated to admit it, Gaara was exceptionally good at thinking ahead. As well as demonstrating what a ninja should be all about rather than showing off with these flashy moves and over the top action. If he wasn’t so hellbent on tormenting Lee you’d probably find him admirable and charming. Speaking of Lee, after delivering the attack he quickly reverted back to normal as the Fifth Gate and the Hidden Lotus drained Lee of all most all of his stamina.

Gaara on the other hand was unconscious from the attack as he looks like he needs serious medical attention. Despite this Hayato reframed from calling it as you notice just like you he was watching all of the fights in sensory mode. Otherwise Hayato would most likely fall to such deceptive tricks by the more experienced and/or clever Genin of the bunch in these bouts. Speaking of clever, you turned back to the ground as the solid ground that Lee was standing in was the only solid area left. Gaara was about to make his move.

“You really do know how to amuse me. To think you could achieve such destructive power. You make me who has been called an actual monster blush with envy over your skills.” Gaara mentioned, slowly rising from the ground with sand dropping from his back. His face twists into a rather sadistic smile at the sight of a beaten and weary Rock Lee who could only crawl at this point.

“…But how…”Lee muttered, turning back to where Gaara’s body was located as it starts to dissolve into that of pure sand.

>>3641460

“Simple naïve fool. I told you once before that I am Gaara of the Desert . No matter where the terrain is, I can always turn it into a desert. So with that in mind, I can cushion any blow through the sand. Not that you were fighting the real me anyway. The one you brutalized was just a sand clone. A rather convincing one considering that like the fabled Shadow clone Jutsu, my sand is deeply tied to my chakra so it might as well be one in the same. How about the term Shadow Clone Jutsu: Sand Style for a name. “ Gaara smiled further, letting out that bone chilling laugh as he now stood on the surface again.

“..Do you think this is funny?!” Lee tiredly berates Gaara, slowly picking himself up from the ground as any attempts to fight now were just a bluff.

“Oh believe me there’s much laughter to be had for all. All well except for you. You on the other hand can enjoy the sweet taste of despair. But it won’t be for long since I’m the victor…your fate is mine to decide. As much as I love to kill you like I do with all my victims…I’m obligated not to. However…you be surprised at how much the human body can withstand. So I’ll take my time making you bleed….but first…let’s make sure you can’t run away.” Gaara replied, snapping his fingers as the ground around Lee started to turn into sand.

Much to his namesake he surrounded Lee in an ocean of sand as the terrain durned into that of a desert. Merging from the sand oasis was a giant humanoid figure. It was somewhat deformed but from the looks of it the figure was that of a motherly woman. Of course it didn’t last long as it started to warp itself into a more demonic rendition of a mother. With Tanuki like ears and a bone chilling glare, the living sand construct starts to move her hand towards Lee’s body. Tries as he did, Lee would unfortunately find him trapped within the sand woman’s grasp.

“Do you want to know how much pressure the human body can withstand before the bones start to shatter? You don’t look to be the scholar type so I’ll have to explain…through using your body.” There it was, a witty remark followed by a cruel twist of black humor. At this point the match was essentially over and you weren’t exactly going to wait until Gaara tortures Lee until he says he’ll give up.


>Screw the rules and jump in using Shinsei Mahachisu
>Yell at the Jounin to interfere and stop the match
>Call Temari/Kankuro to tell Gaara to stop
>Distract Gaara by using Anima to intimidate him
>Keep quiet and watch
>Other[write-in]

>>3641476
>Yell at the Jounin to interfere and stop the match

>>3641476
>Yell at the Jounin to interfere and stop the match

>>3641476

Alright controversy time. Well perhaps not really since I imagine everyone knows just how much of a monster Gaara is. Especially since he became Kazekage at the age of 15. That and I wanted to better hint at the whole "mother transferring her chakra/will into the sand to protect her." But Shukaku is the one warping that pure intentions to further corrupt and control Gaara.

Lee is far stronger than Gaara...at least not without him transforming. But Gaara is far smarter and more versatile. So he render that strength meaningless through trickery and deception. Or at least, that's my intent.

>>3641476
>Call Kankuro to tell Gaara to stop
Temari's a bit out of it, but Kankuro definitely wouldn't like their brother to unleash this much of their bloodlust outside of the finals, maybe he knows a way to keep them from going full murderboner.
As for the Jounin, they can definitely notice what's happening on their own. No need to yell at them.

>>3641476
>>Call Temari/Kankuro to tell Gaara to stop

>>3641476
>Yell at the Jounin to interfere and stop the match
>Call Temari/Kankuro to tell Gaara to stop

>>3641479
>>3641483
>>3641499
>>3642212
>>3642445


Alright I'm alive again and it seems like I got a tie so I'll probably do both options.

>>3642550

Oh and I'm probably going to make the final match a special I'll cover in pastebin or google docs since I wasted enough time already. And I don't exactly want to rush an important match like this and miss the chance of furthering Naruto and Kiba's relationship and character development.

Apologizes regardless.

>>3642550

Slightly disappointed nobody wanted to dash right in to save Lee. Friend-zoning is one thing but this is a new level of cold indifference.

This was a rather unfortunate series of events. Rock Lee who previously worn himself out by overusing the power of the gates has been rendered powerless against Gaara’s advances. To make matters worse Lee was currently being squeezed ever so tightly by the living giant sand woman. Not only was he helpless to escape but he was slowly being tortured by the rising pressure coming from her hand. You gripped the pole keeping yourself from losing control. Violent impulses that were normally suppressed by your other half were slowly rising to the surface.

You wanted to stop this match without consequences. Seeing one of your closest childhood friends getting brutalize like this was pushing you to do darker things to Gaara. Killing might actually be on the table depending on how far Gaara was taking it. As your hair start to rise from the boiling tension, you quickly suppressed those feelings deep inside. Your Ninshu training was once again earning its keep against your growing aggression. Utilizing it like a strong crutch you reverted back to your normal self. Slowly you drop to your knees at the sight, desperately wanting to go in and stop him. Yet some part was keeping you from doing what you were taught by Kakashi and following the rules instead.

“Someone stop this right now! Lee is no condition to move let alone fight. If he suffers any more damage in his current state….he’ll….he’ll…” You didn’t finish that sentence but your tone made it clear you feared the worst was going to happen. You were at your limit after seeing a multitude of your closest friends get hurt and endured so much pain.

“Master Kakashi! Master Guy! Do something!” You turned to pleading with both Jounin who were also looking at the scene with deep concerns.

“..The match hasn’t been called yet. Until Lee request that he gives up or falls unconscious then any of us interfering will be an automatic loss on his part. Gaara knows this which is why he hasn’t done any attacks that would jeopardize his life. “Kakashi explained, knowing full well that his answer would only make you angrier. Even if it was true you couldn’t bring yourself to accept it as you punch the wall with immense force.

“To hell with the rules! Lee is going to end up suffering to the point of being a cripple or worse because he’s incapable of giving up! I won’t let him throw away his dream because of stupid pride.” You screamed, pupils slitting as you were done standing around and watching any further.

>>3643304
Hey, I did want to but I learned my lesson, I'd rather vote for something that might actually win.

>>3643304

Before Kakashi or Guy could stop you, you decided to use Shinsei Mahachisu. In just a blink of an eye your hair turned snow white and your eyes became an illuminating gold. The sudden jump in power gave you the opportunity to use Renkō (Lotus Light) to teleport yourself to where Kankuro and Temari were currently station. Appearing like a flash of lighting you surprised both sand siblings by your sudden arrive as you make your way to Kankuro.

“Kankuro! Temari! Tell your brother to stop it. Lee can’t do anything against him! He won so there’s no reason to continue such brutality.” You went to plead with the older sand siblings once you apologized for the abrupt arrival.

“Y-Yeah but….I don’t think…any of us will be of any help.” Kankuro muttered, turning away from you as he couldn’t see himself doing anything to help. There was a mixed of fear and dread in his eyes despite trying to make a reassuring smile.

Temari held a similar face as she was downright terrified of her younger brother right now. Who could blame them after seeing Gaara like this right now? Not even Baki could bring himself to calm Gaara when he was like this. You get the feeling that the three knew something that they weren’t telling. It was enough to make you boil with rage as your white haired flared out further. Once again you used Ninshu to calm yourself down. Taking your anger out on your one hope to get through Gaara wouldn’t solve anything.

Therefore, you did the unthinkable and slowly got down on all fours. At this point you threw away any sort of pride you had to make for a rather convincing bow. Temari and the others were completely taken off guard at how quick you were to plead to another village for assistance. Especially in such a manner quite like this. The amount of resolve you exposed started to resonate with Kankuro and Temari despite previously looking too scared to get involved.

“Please! I’m begging you! Stop him!” You cried, slamming your head against the ground. You were practically on the verge of tears as you were willing to do anything to stop this before it was too late.

Temari slowly turned to Kankuro who was looking away from you. She grips her left hand against his sleeve. Although she didn’t say anything, the look on her face was more than enough to do the job. A concern and comforting look from Temari was enough to make Kankuro twist his face in frustration and worry before ultimately screaming. He didn’t say anything but judging from his expression he was now on board with Temari as both began speaking up to their little brother.

“…Gaara! Enough. You won the fight so let him go. This is far too boring to watch don’t you think?” Temari asked, trying to reason with Gaara who only shot daggers at her direction. He didn’t even stop for a second on Lee’s torture while addressing his big sister.

>>3643304
Too many had voted for other things. Besides, I didn't know If we'd get disqualified by Intervening.

Holy fuck I have never wanted SOM back more than at this moment.

>>3643440

SOM ?

>>3643417
We probably would have

>>3643373

“Won the match? I don’t recall asking for your opinion. Besides, it won’t be settled until he pays back his debts….in blood.” Gaara coldly remarks, going back to ignoring Temari as he then makes Lee scream in pain with the flick of the wrist. Kankuro started to grit his teeth as his own frustration was getting the better of him as Temari slides down in sorrow.

“Gaara! We said that’s enough! Don’t forget why we’re here in the first place.” Kankuro yelled, not willing to be gentler with Gaara like Temari and instead chose to be more aggressive. Gaara turned again to Kankuro as he looked him coldly in the eye. There was a hint of fire in his eyes that made Gaara come close to spread his sand towards his older brother but soon reframed from doing so.

“If you got nothing else to say then shut up . I’m almost done with preparations anyway. Unless…you want to try and kill me again like you did ten years ago Kankuro. Unlike last time I don’t have the sentiments to hold back my bloodlust. Nor will your precious Steel Style will protect you against me. So go ahead… try me ” Gaara said, threatening his brother with overwhelming malice as it was far different compared to the murderous presence that he was carrying before. Both Kankuro and Temari were caught with the full brunt of the attack as they vividly saw their own deaths.

“…” Both of them were unable to speak as they drop to the floor. You get the strange feeling of déjà vu upon recalling such a similar experience happening to you and Sasuke in the forest of death. It still wasn’t on Orochimaru’s level but it was getting rather close now. You turned from them to angrily look at Gaara who was done speaking to his siblings.

“That’s what I thought…Now back to you. We’re off to a good start but we can do so much better. Wouldn’t you agree?” With a curious smile Gaara commanded the sand giant to put more pressure against his prey’s body. In all the talking Gaara had done a number on Lee’s body but still hasn’t come close to breaking his bones. That is until the sand giant started to pull on Lee’s right arm. Delicent like with a twig, the sand giant held it close while slowly adjusting more pressure on to the arm.

“Just a little more and your right arm will be completely shattered. And yet you’re still refusing to give up. It’s admirable to the point of being ridiculously stupid. Or perhaps the fear has made you unable to speak. Either way works for me since I get to continue playing with you.” Despite Gaara’s constant taunts Lee would reframed from saying “I give up” and only glared at him while trying to break free from his restrained. This ended up causing Gaara to look at him rather confused at him since this was the part where most would break. This was quite perplexing but not undesirable for Gaara. It just meant that he could continue without interference.

>>3643490

“What’s wrong? After all you were going to try and destroy me with that devastating attack from before. So why shouldn’t I do the same to you? If you’re not prepare for the possibility of death then you have no business being a ninja. These farce rules are a nuisance especially for challenge that has been previously paved in so much bloodshed. Only the victors deserve to live and those who lose are only rewarded with death.” Upon saying that Gaara’s Sand golem gave a bone chilling crackle upon dislocating Lee’s arm. Resulting in Lee letting out a horrible scream from the intense pain. The act alone would be devastating to experience but with his muscle fibers torn it was far worse.

“There we go. We just successfully dislocated your arm. But with one more twist here.” Gaara said, commanding his Sand Golem to adjust the pressure just a little more. You heard the bones breaking as Lee lets out another agonizing scream. Everyone started to turn from watching as this was starting to get too much for anyone to tolerate.

“And now the bone is broken. It’s still not shattered but it would be no fun if we jumped to shattering the bones. We want you to savor the despair, the agonizing pain and torment.” Gaara remarked, waiting for an answer from Lee. Instead all he gotten was silence as Lee was almost to the point of slipping into unconsciousness from the overwhelming pain he was enduring.

“Hmm still quiet? Alright then, let’s break some more of your bones. How about your ribs this time?” Upon Gaara’s command the Sand Golem let go of Lee’s arm to go back to squeezing with both hands against Lee’s torso. Only one hand was needed for this given how massive the living construct truly was. So this must have been for added torment as multiple bones started to creak and churn.

“Oh yes this is quite a wonderful lullaby. Hearing those bones creaking and popping, the blood gushing out of blood like fine syrup, the skin breaking and peeling off. All that and more and you get to experience all of it. But worry not, I’ll be grinding your bones to dust very soon. You won’t die…but by the end of it you’ll wished that you did.” Followed by a bone chilling laugh the Sand Golem proceeded with covering Lee’s entire body in her palms. Gaara once again mimicked the pose of the giant hand to add more fluidity to the golem’s movements.

“STOP IT!” You screamed, feeling something take over you as your forehead started to glow. The Yin Seal was reacting violently towards your declining sense of reasoning and humanity. Before you could fall to it any further a swift whirlwind smacked across the hands with tremendous force. Knocking the appendage off completely, Lee’s body would slowly drop downwards to land in the arms of his rescuer. To everyone’s surprised it was his mentor and squad leader…Might Guy.

>>3643440
Really? This Is exactly his style. Okay no, Lee would already be dead If this was him.

>>3643502

“But why…he failed. I don’t understand the point in saving a failure. To fail is to lose your purpose…and losing your purpose is no different than being dead. “Gaara asked, the sand golem falling apart as he then holds his head in confusion and pain. Guy kept his distance but reframed from glaring at Gaara. He chose to instead to divert his attention back to Lee as even now he was trying to fight while being unconscious. Guy was close to the verge of tears as he holds him closely while focusing his eyes on Gaara.

“Because he is my student and also because he is someone precious to me. You say that he failed his purpose but I say it’s the opposite. He hasn’t failed one bit. If anyone failed him then it would be me for not stopping this match sooner. As well….as being the one who pushed him too hard when it was better to quit and try again next time. I’m the one who should be begging forgiveness to my student, not the other way around.” Guy smiled as tears start flowing down his eyes. The sentiment that Gaara was seeing was making him remember his own family and a brown haired girl named Matsuri. He dropped to the ground in pain as his body twists and shakes violently at recalling such thoughts.

“GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Gaara screamed. The sand around him started to violently move akin to that of a sandstorm. Quickly everyone was forced back from the surging sands as they dance aggressively against their surroundings.

Guy was already on the defensive in case Gaara tried to do anything else to Lee. To his and everyone’s surprise, the sandstorm disappeared as quickly as it formed. The sand was moving back to the gourd while the ground started to harden back to normal. Once the gourd was filled and back to normal, the sand resumed to cling on Gaara’s body to reform the armor of sand. With his second layer now tightly wrapped around him, Gaara returned to his stoic state once again.

“Call the match already. I won the moment he went unconscious by breaking his bones. So even if you were to count his mentor’s interference it wouldn’t matter. Or else…I really won’t hold back at that figure standing up looking to finish the fight.” Gaara muttered, knowing that Lee would probably jump at him if Guy wasn’t holding him back.

“The winner of the Eleventh Round is Gaara.” Hayato announced, once again already getting the medical team on the job.

>>3643520

No really who is this SOM?

>>3643571
Somnius I bet.

>>3643571
He ran a few different anime quests, most famously Dragonball and also Airbender quests.

He had a habit of killing MC's on a whim or other characters with little fanfare. Just, 'oh their dead, that's that.' Worse than that though, Is that he'd simply rocks fall/drop the quest whenever he felt like It with no explanation. And people kept coming back, so he kept doing It. More and more people got sick of It though as he's got a bad reputation so he'd change his name to fly under the radar.

>>3643597
I heard he literally went rock falls against an earthbender protagonist of all things.

>>3643568

Considering how this should have been called ages ago you weren’t happy at it finally happening. The damages that Lee received weren’t crippling but it didn’t take away from the fact he was going to be bedridden for a long time given the accumulating injures. Quickly you used Renkō to teleport yourself from the stand on to Lee’s current location. Before you made you walk towards him, you turned back to Gaara who was about to leave.

“…Why did you stopped. For someone who was so adamant in trying to break him. Something like a little interference doesn’t strike me as a good enough motivation for you.” You questioned him. Although your attention should have been entirely on Lee, this was a rather complicating problem that you wanted answers. Depending on how Gaara answered would decide how you would respond.

“Because there’s no point in it anymore. Mother and I have deemed it unnecessary to continue. I used far too much chakra playing with him. That said…if you want fight I’ll be more than happy to oblige you. You who can’t help but butt into other people’s life like a noisy cat. You’re almost as annoying as that cowering blond shinobi on the other side of the balcony. The sight of him is positively pathetic and ruined my mood. “Gaara started at you, noticing the hostility in your very presence. A familiar feeling to him as it was enough to motivate him.

That said, Gaara kept himself from attacking and waited for your answer. His attention swiftly turned to Naruto who was paralyzed with fear. Not that any of the other Konoha Genin that remained did any better but it was especially impressive on someone who was unnerved by Orochimaru. Seeing such a sight resulted in Gaara turning his head in disgust. His eyes darted back to lock stares with you. To say you were as mad as you were with Haku during Sasuke’s “death” was an understatement. No, you were close to your breaking point as your right eye turned magenta and your sclera was pitch black. Anima was starting to seep in as you were filled to the brim with violent impulses.

“Just one word of advice before you decide. If you were to fight me now it wouldn’t be a match where the adults would get involved. So if anything that were to happen there….no one would be held responsible for your strong desire…to die.”

>Take Gaara on his offer and fight him
>Retain your cool and suppress Anima’s influence.
>Focus on healing Lee and ignore Gaara
>Defend Naruto
>Use Ninshu to peak into Gaara’s heart
>Other [write-in]

>>3643606
>Retain your cool and suppress Anima’s influence.
>Use Ninshu to peak into Gaara’s heart
>Focus on healing Lee

In that order

>>3643596
>>3643597
>>3643603

Well I don't pointlessly kill characters with little fanfare. This isn't one of those quests. Death might be a possibility but I only save it for when the story is logically pushed to that point or you have a good enough motivation to kill.

And I'm in this until we reach the end of Naruto [Some of Boruto aka Chapter 700+] . So I have no intention of quitting so long as people want to continue this wild ride.

>>3643606
>>Take Gaara on his offer and fight him
There, now we can see how far our plot armor can take us.

>>3643603
He did. I've been In the thread three times when he killed the protagonist, once an anon was arguing with him so he quite literally rocks falled the protagonist In the earthbender quest, and In the other two he had used different names so we didn't know who he was until after the fact. Once a nuclear blast destroyed the world with no warning, and In the other the protagonist was simply swallowed up by reality and died In the middle of travelling.

>>3643616
Ah, I didn't think you were Sage, don't worry I have faith In you. I was worried about lee but It looks like he got off a bit lighter than In canon, which Is good.

>>3643615
I’ll go with this.

>>3643629

On his own Lee will make a full recovery in a month. Now if Kabuto or Tsunade heal him it would be at least a week. But don't worry, I have no intention on crippling Lee. Especially when that subplot ends up going nowhere. Or adding to the conflicting "Failure" subplot that Lee introduced.

>>3643615
+1

>>3643647
In that case, he'll be ready for the Konoha Crush. I was actually Interested In training with Kabuto, now that seems even more enticing If he could give Lee a quick treatment before we go. I would gladly sacrifice some time away to help lee recover quicker, even If It's just a day or so.

>>3643615
+1

I'm really tempted to extend the time frame to a month and two weeks or two months to properly settle everything before the finals.

>>3643729
I mean, that just opens up more doors for all characters Involved, not just us. I'd be all for It.

>>3643729
your call

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>>3643635

There it was. That last trigger needed for Anima to begin taking over. By showing no remorse for his actions to the point of egging you on to fight him. You found yourself taking the bait. Dropping down to your knees you let out an agonizing scream of hatred and sorrow. Tremendous rage currently flows through you as the diamond symbol on your forehead started to glow. It gave of a subtle glow as deep shades of magenta. The pitch black sclera that claimed your right eye was starting to spread to your left eye. Your teeth begin to lengthen as they become more ferocious. Followed by your fingers and toenails sharpening into claws, you felt a familiar change start to befall upon you.

In between your savage changes there was the constant internal struggle that was taking place inside. The constant stress mixed with the rampant violent impulses was giving way to Anima’s awakened. Weakness of will was a strong benefactor but there was another reason why Anima has partially awakened. Whatever the reason matters not for you now. What has your attention is the burning desire to rip Gaara to shreds. As a result, your humanity was fighting against the transform with everything it has.

Easier said than done as you weren’t in the best of shapes to overcome this. Constant headaches followed by painful pulsation, you were driven into a rising frenzy. The white hair from Shinsei Mahachisu begin to take an unforeseen change. From snow white to jet black you were undergoing another metamorphosis. Power begins to surge inside of you as Shinsei Mahachisu was strengthened further than what you were currently capable of producing. Simultaneously chakra started to flow from the seal without invoking the full transformation of stage one.

Two raging forces that should be tearing each other apart was blending into one another. Synchronizing with the rhythm and overall flow of the other, a new possibility was born. Of course you wouldn’t be aware of any of this due to the unyielding rage that was flowing through you. You take a moment to look at your hand in your twisted state. Blood continuing to rise alongside your chakra and body temperature. Adrenaline starts to pour inside of you, stimulating your body as the fury within worsen.

As swiftly as it came however, it would start to fade. Mostly thanks to a lingering thought in your mind, you begin to calm yourself down. No matter how pissed off you are, deep down you knew to not let Anima have its way with you. The berserk state that was rising to the surface soon returned to slumber. With your hair returning to normal you find yourself leaving the Shinsei Mahachisu state alongside the remnant of Anima’s influence disappearing. Against all odds you managed to keep yourself together and avoid the worst case scenario.

>>3643999

Holy shit satan supports Anima/Berserk Sakura. End of days joke

>>3643999

That said, who knew how long this would last. You didn’t need anyone tell you just exactly what Anima was doing to you. Having fully transformed once the enzymes merged with your cellular makeup. The prolonged exposure was more than enough for your body to adapt and be influenced by the alien substance. Storing the power inside and encoding the enzyme thus stimulating a similar effect. Never before did you curse your chakra absorption capabilities and adaptive regenerative properties quite like now.

Therefore, the trigger for Anima was now directly tied to your emotional state. If you weren’t careful and keep your state of mind in check. Then there was a good chance of you relapsing and reverting back to Anima. Jury was still out on rather or not if the Yin Seal was still needed to trigger it or has it evolved to the point that it didn’t need an outside source anymore. Although you really shouldn’t do this you use the brief glance against Gaara to use Ninshu to peak into his heart.

What you were met with was not something from the faint of heart. Memories start to flow into your mind in rapid speeds. You weren’t sure if it was due to your own freak out and previous sensory abuse that amplified your Ninshu sensitivity or the sheer density of chakra from Gaara made it easier. Or there was something else at work that you couldn’t perceive as of now. Regardless, memories begin to overflow your mind as you look into Gaara’s life. Fragments of a once timid and warm boy driven by tragedy and betrayal has ended up shaping him to the monster that stood before you.

Without even realizing it you started to shed tears. What is this…. What are these memories flowing into my head? I…I can’t… You quickly clinched your head from the sensory overload. Gaara meanwhile decided to disappear in front of your eyes now sensing the murderous intent from you now vanished. In your current state you couldn’t stop him. It was for the best since you got the feeling there was more to this story than you realized.

Right now you forced your way to help Lee. Even as you are now it didn’t take long before you reached his unconscious body. Without arguing with anyone you immediately preformed the Mystical Palm to repair Lee. Upon making contact you saw the severity of the damage done to his body. His right arm’s bone was fractured. It wasn’t as severe as you thought but it was still cause for alarm. The only other fracture was around his rib cage. That still left the muscle tear and internal damage that he suffered.

>>3644035

None of this was crippling to his role of being a ninja. And yet it didn’t change the fact that Lee was in critical condition. Trying your best to be careful, you exert as much chakra as you can feasibly give to heal Lee of his injuries. Despite using Renko two times, you still held a lot of chakra left. Naturally you gave almost all of it to repair Lee as best to your medical capabilities. It wouldn’t be enough for a full restore, but you did manage to get him out of critical condition and restricted his broken bones and tissues back together.

This was your current limit for medical ninjutsu skills. Rather expected considering that you only have like six months of teaching in between your other obligations. There was no time to complain about it but some part wished you were like Mr. Kabuku who could effortlessly repair such damages and do modifications on Hinata like it was nothing. Once Lee was taken by the medical team you slowly picked yourself up to walk back to the bleachers.

“Hey Sakura! Hold on.” Guy called out to you, trying to stop you from returning to the bleachers with your friends. You slowly turn to him not saying a word, giving him the chance to speak up.

“I want to thank you for helping Lee. Words cannot express the gratitude I truly have towards you. So let me personally thank you by the only way I know how. “Without hesitation, Guy ended up kneeling down on all fours to give the highest form of honor and respect to you. It really caught you off of left field as you looked at everyone before turning back to Guy.

“N-No really it’s nothing. You don’t need to bow to me. Lee is someone who I considered to be a close friend. But even if he was some stranger…I’d still couldn’t bring myself to just stand around and do nothing. Although I don’t think I did a whole lot with the healing. “You replied, practically blushing over by the eccentric apology from Guy.

“No I insist. In fact, hearing your words just now make me even more grateful to your kindness and pure diligence towards others.” Guy replied, slamming his head against the ground to the point of causing a noticeable crater. You almost backed away, feeling rather queasier over this. You soon gripped your hands and closed your eyes before continuing.

“Okay! I get it you’re really thankful. Jeez you don’t nee…” Before you could finish your sentence you felt a sharp pain against your chest. Quickly you grasp against your chest to hold yourself together. Strangely your breaths start to become more rapid as they begin to accelerate.

“Sakura? Sakura…SAKURA!” Guy called out, noticing that you were about to drop to the ground. His voice was fading as it was getting harder to hear him. Quickly he catches you before you hit the ground.

>>3644050

Everything around you was starting to go dim while your breathing continued to rise. Obvious to everyone around you, it seems that you were hyperventilating. Considering all the stressful experiences you were undergoing from the preliminaries combined with the aftereffects of Anima and the sudden overflow of Gaara’s memories. It was more of a surprise that you didn’t break down sooner from half of it.

” Gaara was right…you really are a noisy cat. Not only have you been overusing your senses to follow each and every one of these fights. You continued to overwork yourself despite coming from a fight that pushed you to your current limits to net the win. And let’s not forget the mental strain accumulating from just watching your friends do stupid shit and put their lives on the line for dumber reasons. And that’s not even considering the sheer stupidity you demonstrated by overusing and abusing Ninshu. It’s no wonder why you’re losing to your impulses much less Anima.” A familiar voice echoes across your head just moments before you blacked out. The memories from Gaara swirled upon you as you broke down from essentially living out his most painful memories.

By the time you awakened, you were once again in a familiar place. It was the hospital room. You didn’t need any doctor telling you precisely what has happened. You spent the remainder of day and night sleeping in the hospital bay due to your panic attack. From the flowers and note on the bed you gathered that there has been people here.

Slowly you open the note to read that it was from Kakashi. He gave a brief rundown to you that Naruto has passed the preliminary round and was heading to the finals alongside you and Sasuke. The finals were to be around two months to be precise. It was mainly due to political reasons as the Damiyos needed time to prepare and there were those who needed medical care among a bunch of other reasons that Kakashi skimmed over. What mattered to you now was that you have two whole months to prepare and there was a lot of baggage to unpack.

>What do you do for the next two months?

>>3644064
Well definitely get Kabuto’s training.

>>3644064

(Now we finally come full circle with Saigyō's warning with Ninshu. As one door closes another one opens. And this is one hell of a door to open.

I'd like to apologize for the slow down and the fact that Naruto's fight will have to be an omake/ova. I plan on making the third round try and move much smoother compared to the meatiness that is the preliminaries.

Though with the hardest part now over, it'll be smooth sailing towards the Konoha crush arc. )

>>3644064
And now we fucking know why you don't overdo it with the cat senses. I knew there was something that would fuck up as a result of this but people were being pushy on this for some odd reason. Metagamesplaining: Next time think on why SOSP would be constantly asking if you want to use something despite the seeming lack of issues.
The extra month is gonna give us the leeway needed to accept Kabut- I mean Kabuku's training. We want to help our friends the best we can after all right? Right. Best start on that Medical Ninjutsu.
We need to learn how to control ourselves, and what better way to start then this?

>>3644080
Clearly we just need to abuse cat senses until we can keep them on all the time. We'll turn Sakura into a real catgirl yet!

>>3644064
I think most people want to do the kabuto training for the 1st month and then go straight into the hiruzen training

>>3645259
I feel like it depends on how long it'll take.
Just like how my one month plan on developing both of our Elemental Releases, Chakra Control, Kenjutsu, Battle Sense and Shinra Banshou (And some stamina) all in one fell swoop became a thing, it wasn't until SOSP mentioned how much time was necessary for a good chunk of those goals to get a good time estimate.
I would say it's probably about Fourteen days until we can get a reasonable amount of mileage out of him. We might be able to squeeze in a bit more in-between. Maybe some much needed SOL after the drama train of the exams.

Speed training to put us on par with Tenten would only take a week.

>>3645477
Speed is a meme. Stamina and Defense is where it's at.

>>3645483
It really isn’t. Fourth Hokage wasn’t the only flee on sight ninja for nothing.

>>3645643
>Flee on sight
>VS a Speedster
That's how they getcha.
Jokes aside, Sakura doesn't really benefit that much from going ham on speed. SOSP has already established that she would most likely do better with stronger senses and no-selling potential.
Though to be fair if we do happen to fight Temari, we're gonna need a bit of speed to get out of the way of her Typhoon Release's heaviest blows

We should still train speed even if it's not our main stat. Reflex and reaction can only go so far, especially when you're slow.

Give me a list of what you want to do with Kabuku and I'll give you a time estimation of how long it'll take.

>>3645751

Also you are right since even without FTG he's stupidly fast. And he doesn't even need Body Flicker even though I'm pretty sure he's just as good if not better than Shusui.

>>3645917
Medical jutsus theory and practice from the perspective of a master.
Getting good with our kinjutsu.

>>3645917
i assume most people want to work with anima and medical shit

>>3645988
We don't know if he can help us with our Kinjutsu/Fuinjutsu/Former Juinjutsu is my issue with that latter part.
We're honestly at the mercy of Kabuto to reveal what he wants to reveal by training with him.
He's definitely a help with Chakra Control and Medical Ninjutsu though.

>>3645988
>>3645994

Working by them side by side I can estimate 2 weeks total, 3 if you want to squeeze some additional stuff in in between.

>>3645999

Satan agrees, chakra control is very important. And it's mostly to gauge if you really want to spent the month with Kabuku which he would make it worth it. But again, you guys are are min-maxers so I'm mainly gauging on interests.

Honestly surprised that nobody is suggesting going back to the ninsou in the fire temple for help.

Going to wait a while longer to see any suggestions from others given timezones before I start covering your training.

Do you want the info done by day by day or week by week?

>>3646694
I would say week by week to keep the pace up

>>3643520
SOM hates Naruto. Also he never had posts that long, thank God.

Feels like I'm attracting all sorts of people today.

>>3646694
Week-by-week.
Alright, here's a rough spread of a training calendar, I invite you anons to write something better cuz' I'm not in a state to think too hard about this.
>3 weeks training with Kabuku
>1 week of battle sense/kenjutsu training
>1 week of Ninshu in the Fire Temple
>3 weeks of equally given time of Shinra Banshou, Shinsei Mahachisu and ANIMA with Hiruzen.
I know people don't like the idea of messing with Anima but now that it can get activated without us wanting it, it's kind of necessary.

>>3646991
I'll second this.

>>3646991
>>3647025
>1 post by this ID
>1 post by this ID
It's not what it looks like!

>>3646991
+1

>>3647033
Bump to prove I'm not a samefag.

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>>3646991
I'd like to put In my own two cents.

>4 weeks training with Kabuku
>4 weeks training with Hiruzen.

Both of these people will for obvious reasons be unavailable after this time period and both have substantial things to teach us. We need absolutely every bit of time we can get with them.

We can do physical training with both of them so we aren't left behind and we can do Ninshu and Kenjutsu stuff In later training weeks.

>>3646991
Yeah you're right, we can't exactly avoid working on Anima at this point in time, and I don't think I can dispute much about the training with Kabuku/Kabuto.
>>3647359
However I cannot agree with going all in like this. Metagaming aside we have a good reason to go to the fire temple, and some Kenjutsu/Battle Sense training with Hayate who will also die let's be real. or Yugao is going to allow us to have a certain trick up our sleeve during the last part of the finals.
What's mostly worrying me is the lack of break days, we've just been chewed out by Saigyo on overworking ourselves.

>>3647374
Can we not just have Kakashi seal us like he did Sasuke, or did he already do that and I missed It somehow?

Because If he puts the evil seal on us It becomes much easier to manage.

>>3647378
Our Yin Seal was working rather similarly to the Evil Sealing Method which means it's actually a matter of willpower. Berserk Sakura is responding to emotional stimuli and is trying to willingly activate as a result is my guess on why it's not working correctly. So we really can't do much about it outside of learning self control methods.
Not to mention it's designed for Juinjutsu and not one converted into a Fuinjutsu, it's unlikely to work as intended.

>>3647374

I'm going to do you guys a solid and tell you right now Hayato isn't dying this arc. Aside from the fact that the Yugao revenge subplot goes absolutely nowhere, I don't want it taking away from the big life changing event that's to come.

That doesn't mean I don't have plans for Hayato and Yugao. Far from it.

>>3647388
Huh. Huuuuuuuh. That's actually fair.
I still support some Hayate training, but this is actually good to know.

>>3646991
+1

>>3647383

Good Guess

going to wait a little bit longer to give anons such as orange and dark blue one their chance to speak. Otherwise I think I got my answer on what Sakura will be doing for these two months.

>>3647374

Pretty sure you be taking routine breaks in between training. Might not be full days but rest is still important no matter what form it is.

>>3647456
It might change if Tsunade is added to the equation, but with the introduction of Kabuku/Kabuto it got a bit complicated to add the possibility of learning from her early.

>>3647359
I’m going to go with this.

>>3647547

If a strong enough desire to learn from Tsunade early is still present even with the introduction of Kabu then I will make it so in exchange for you telling me how this would change your workout plan.

Personally I feel this works better but I'm not adamant on keeping it this way

>>3647579
I feel like this is much easier from a writing perspective too, but I gotta make sure everyone's options are in order.

Seem like everyone is settled for this >>3646991

Rip >>3615878

>>3649029
I still prefer the other one its just no one else wanted it

>>3649029
Sadly circumstances changed so that we had to focus on Anima alongside our Chakra Control.
We might be able to get similar results but my ultimate plan will have to wait until after the Konoha Crush arc. Or during if the situation calls for it. Depends on how good our Earth and Water release control is.

>>3649073

You might get your chance depending on what the plan is.

>>3646991
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>>3647439

With two months before the final stage of the Chunin exams you started to plan out your schedule. Of course it would be easier if you knew precisely who you were fighting at the Final Phase. The more you thought about it the more it made sense the finals were structure like this. In a real battle the tides of conflict are always ever changing. Today’s allies could be tomorrow’s enemies. Not only was reconnaissance was important but so was preparation. Again this was just another test to see how well you can operate on your own against such adversities without guidance.

For you there was no need to gather more intel. You already did the first step by watching all of those fights closely with your heightened cat-like senses and eldritch memory. Sure it may have caused immense strain but nothing ventured nothing gained. Therefore, with the information you chose to spend the entire two months improving your current capabilities and expand on what you can do. With opponents like Kin Tsuchi there was no room for error. Even now they were most likely using the information gathered from the preliminaries to make their next move.

As much as you wanted to spend time with your Team it wasn’t a wise thing to do. All you could do for them was believe in their strength to tackle the finals without your influence. You got your own adversities to deal with. Speaking of adversity, you pulled out the scroll and made contact with Mr. Kabuku. You didn’t need anyone to tell you that despite your medical talents there was always room for improvement. Especially when it seemed like your friends and teammates always wound up in such dangerous situations. If such things were inevitable then you were going to be there to make sure that they can get back up for another day.

Before you focused on yourself there was one more thing that was more important. You managed to convince Kabuku to operate and heal your remaining friends in the hospital. Without any complain Kabuku effortlessly healed and improved Rock Lee, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yakanaka, and Kiba Inuzuka just like he did with Hinata. Although he did some additional conditioning on the Hyuuga Princess for added safety. Of course he used this time to teach you about the human body as he shares his vast wisdom and accumulated knowledge with you. Though you weren’t keen on talking about your friends like they were practice dummies.

>>3650257

Still, seeing his work in action in between his teachings gave you a much better understanding of the human body if not living organisms in general. In addition, you began to improve on your medical jutsus theory and practices under Kabuku’s guidance. Naturally you listened closely to Kabuku’s wisdom, coming to really appreciate learning from a true master in the art. Once finished with his friends you find yourself accompanying Kabuku to a well secluded location for your training. Of course you left a note to your family and Fu about your trip to avoid causing alarm. Putting that aside you were motivated to learn everything you can from Kabuku as your strong enthusiasm continued to charm and amused Kabuku. They didn’t call you Miss Fundamentals for nothing.

On the first week of your two month long training program you focused on the basics. Through Kabuku’s influence you spent days further improving your medical knowledge and refining your skills. You who started off with being self-taught ended up blossoming drastically under Kabuku’s teachings. Not only did you learned how to heal more effectively but you were also capable of extending your chakra aka the medium for your healing techniques to mid and long distances. Added with the pinpoint precision and refinery, your healing skills begin to soar to new heights.

Complex operations and advance forms of restorations were now possible for you. In fact you found yourself now able to treat and heal illnesses among other advance medical procedures. Even using the technique without hand seals has now become a possibility for you. Although you haven’t mastered it where you could do it on to others as of late. Stabilizing and preforming crucial acts of extracting aliening substance in mid combat were just one of many medical practices you learned from Kabuku.

As a byproduct of your medical improvements so too did your skills in chakra control and chakra transference greatly improved. Knowing how to properly wield your chakra more effectively and adjusting the flow naturally affected your other arts. To be a more efficient medical ninja, Kabuku made you undergo additional training methods to further refine such skills. Improving your chakra control natural also brought further progression with advance chakra control techniques. Though the most important for you was Chakra Enhancement and Shinsei Mahachisu.

One thing you weren’t expecting was Kabuku teaching you how to weaponize Medical Ninjutsu. In retrospect it makes sense that the knowledge of medical ninjutsu would lead to such practices as making drugs and poisons to counteract the human body. While it was always on the table you never really considered using such applications. At best you dived into how to counter them. However, Kabuku took it one step further by showing you how to use the Mystical Palm technique in multitude of different ways.

>>3650384

Delayed healing and chakra transference to fluctuating a person’s fighting capabilities based on one’s preference. Overloading the body with chakra to interrupt and disrupt bodily functions such as circulation, reopen past wounds be it physical or mental, forcibly damaging the body through cellular manipulation including killing cells via over-replication Even reversing the healing power to the point of decay. It was astonishing if not terrifying the amount of skills and applications Kabuku demonstrated through such weaponized tactics.

Naturally in between training you asked what Kabuku experienced to motivate him to such extremes. Which he responded by telling you the story about how he was a victim of war. It was through such causalities and boundless suffering that he developed medical ninjutsu to save lives as well as take them. Although hearing his story was tremendously dark, Kabuku was quite humane as he showed no sign of taking pleasure in killing. There were a lot of rationality and reasonable logic in Kabuku’s lessons as he explained the sheer importance of medical ninjas.

Still, there was some part of you that didn’t want to use these tactics unless you truly have to. The purity in your heart kept you from truly embracing such ideals. But you still acknowledged and valued the worth in it considering that such rationality was more natural than the pure hearted idealism that you continued to keep close to your heart. You didn’t change your opinion of Kabuku as you continued to learn how to use medical ninjutsu offensive and defensive purposes.

>Continue improving your healing capabilities and chakra control
>Ask to learn more about Kabuku’s body remodeling skills and/or to be remodeled by Kabuku.
>Learn bio-chemistry for such feats as poison making and drug creation among other skills
> Polish your Chakra Scalpel skills further through Kabuku’s teaching and Kenjutsu
>Ask about Chakra Threads and how to control the body through chakra
>Other[write-in]

Sorry for the word salad. I took it into consideration that if given the chance you'd ask Kabuku to help fix your friends before going to train. And if he trained you how to weaponize medical ninjutsu that someone of your current alignment would question the morality of it/try to learn some of Kabuku's past to rationalize it.

The next weeks will be more streamlined since people don't think people want to read precise info dumps during grinding.

>>3650394

Also to the one anon who wanted a signature technique outside of Cherry Blossom Clash [which I am trying to make it more than just you punch really good due to Chakra enhanced strength]. Well here you go. It isn't far off to what it can actual do in canon and the novels.

Still, you can rejoice alongside the Stone of Gelei anon since he lucked out that the entire second movie if not most Naruto movie's plot devices and adversities can literally be translated as "Nature Chakra but not officially."

>>3650389
>>Ask to learn more about Kabuku’s body remodeling skills and/or to be remodeled by Kabuku.
Now this is real podracing. Tho I'm not sure if it'd be wise to let Kabuto mess with our body

>>3650394
It's fine, I was hoping he would help our friends anyway.

>>3650389
>Learn bio-chemistry for such feats as poison making and drug creation among other skills

We can polish the skills we've learned later, let's open up an entire new branch with a ton of versatility and potential.

>>3650394
Just to ask, are we doing weeks by choosing a specialty to learn/train with a side of general training each week, rinse and repeat until we run out of weeks with Kabuku?

Has the first week already passed?

>>3650480

Basically on all accounts. Although you can throw additional suggestions that you want to learn during those weeks. I'll even allow you to add more to the first week provided it makes sense.

The first week boils down to

>Greater medical knowledge,and general biology
>Greatly improved Chakra control and Transference
>Advanced Medical Ninjutsu application and skills
>Weaponized Medical Ninjutsu
> https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Healing_Resuscitation_Regeneration_Technique https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Delicate_Illness_Extraction_Technique
>Improved Mastery of Mystical Palm

>>3650427
Yeah no way, Meta aside having our body modified by someone else is something you don't really want to do unless necessary.
Why would we even want to be modified anyways?
>>3650389
Here are the real options for me.
>Applying Weaponized Medical Ninjutsu in order to Disable rather then Harm.
>Learn bio-chemistry for such feats as poison making and drug creation among other skills
>Polish your Chakra Scalpel skills further through Kabuku’s teaching and Kenjutsu
You could theoretically combine 1 and 3, not sure if we can get all three in one go though.

>>3650524

That's why there's an option to just learn the body altering/modifying techniques.

>>3650524
Because transhumanism is awesome, the future of mankind and all that? Also this >>3650531

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>>3604962

Because this anon asked for it. What outfit are you getting tailored/made for the Final and Crush arc.

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>>3650561

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>>3650564

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>>3650571

If you don't see any you like feel free to suggest

>>3650531
>>3650535
Okay fair, so learning body modifying techniques to some extent is a option.
I'm gonna vote on Chakra Scalpel since it does the following
>Learning how to keep ridiculously precise Chakra Flow going under intense conditions, which helps our Chakra Control by proxy
>Potential for some really fancy Elemental Kenjutsu if it's compatible with Nature Transformations
>If we can focus it's precision enough, Scalpel Hairs/Threads are a possibility later on.
>Did I mention we have two sizeshifting swords to abuse this to ridiculous degrees?
But if this vote loses, I'll lean on learning some Bio-Chemistry. Cause sometimes you need a little more push rather then just throwing Chakra at it.
Transhumanism is pretty OOC though, so let's not go down that route.

>>3650561
Hey that anon was me

>>3650564
Also I would like this for the outfit

>>3650389
>Learn bio-chemistry for such feats as poison making and drug creation among other skills
Would help a lot with combat and training.
>Continue improving your healing capabilities and chakra control
Because you can’t go wrong with that.
>>3650578
I’d be down with using body modification to enhance the growth of our abilities though.

>>3650389
>Ask to learn more about Kabuku’s body remodeling skills
>Learn bio-chemistry for such feats as poison making and drug creation among other skills
> Polish your Chakra Scalpel skills further through Kabuku’s teaching and Kenjutsu
Not a fan of remodeling our body but am fine with learning about it

>>3650561
I'm more a fan of this >>3650569 outfit but >>3650564 is a good choice, the bandaid's unnecessary though.

>>3650564
This does look good also think Sakura would look great in a kimono or yukata.[/spoiler}

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Now onto the second week you found yourself making more breakthroughs than you did than the last one. To be fair you were mostly building up foundations and learning more medical knowledge. So by using what you learned previously you made bigger strives. Despite understanding the practicality of weaponized medical ninjutsu, you still made changes to disarm rather than harm. It might be seen as a weakness to hold back on lethality but there was also strength in cherishing life. So there was no real answer to the choice.

You took it upon yourself to learn about biochemistry and other medical arts. With this new knowledge it became possible for you to start making drugs and other chemical substances to directly affect the chemical and physical principles of living things and of biological processes. Even making things such as Poisons, Antidotes and Military Rations Pills were now within your reach. Though it would take additional practices and studying before you start making your own drugs and other substances. Kabuku gave you a bunch of different recipes to try as you code it to memory alongside his extensive teachings.

The next thing you trained upon was your Chakra Scalpel skills. Thanks to Kabuku’s skills you improved drastically in quality and applications. Chakra Scalpel was a highly advanced medical ninjutsu that required exceptional precise chakra flow to use. Even more challenging was having the precise precision to use it for combat. As a result your chakra control skills improved further in managing to keep it up under intense conditions and for long periods of time. You managed to get it down to a science where you could apply it to shape manipulation and use the chakra flow on other places besides your hands. Stuff like Nature Transformation and Chakra threads would take additional time to get down.

With your growing skills you developed a means to use Kenjutsu alongside Chakra Scalpel to turn any part of your body akin to a blade. As for sharpness you developed it to the point where it could cut through boulders. With additional training you’re sure you’ll be able to cut through most materials in time. For now you settled for your improved skills and the fact you can use it with your hair and make chakra slashes. Naturally you made the additional effort to make non-lethal version of the cutting aspect. Rather than completely severing tissue, muscle, ligament, nerves, bone, cells, veins, and even the chakra pathway you instead learned to numb and paralyzed what you struck instead.

>>3650798

The Last thing you managed to get the hang off during the second week was learning Kabuku’s body modification skills. You followed every instruction that Kabuku gave as he broke down how he can alter and control the body’s anatomy and its many functions. Most noticeably was the manipulation of cells. To demonstrate this you let him examined your body but he respectfully didn’t alter you in anyway during his demonstration. Considering the level of skill and precise control to achieve such skills including complete biofeedback made you awestruck to Kabuku. He was truly a genius as he shared with you that he also didn’t come from a clan. Like you, he had someone to teach him everything for him to ultimately make his own strives and breakthroughs. Meeting someone who walked a similar if not the same path as you only made you all the happier to learn all you can from them.

>Focus on improving everything you learned so far
>Further your medical knowledge by asking [write-in]
> Share your knowledge in arts such as Anima and/or Shinsei Mahachisu for Kabuku’s assistance in improvements
>Ask for some teaching/further improvement in Genjutsu
>Other [write-in]

>>3650810
cs2DZsZi here, switching locations for the weekend. Just putting this note to make sure the QM doesn't wait for me to post for too long.
>Focus on improving everything you learned so far
As much as I would love to have some help with Anima and/or Genjutsu, fundamentals are important. Don't mind being outvoted on this one though despite the potential for shenanigans if we do get help with Anima.

>>3650868

Duly noted, I always wonder if you're going to some sort of comfy living home to chill and relax after the soul crushing mundanity that is work.

>>3650810
> Share your knowledge in arts such as Anima and/or Shinsei Mahachisu for Kabuku’s assistance in improvements

>>3650810
>>Focus on improving everything you learned so far

>>3650810
>Focus on improving everything you learned so far

>>3650810
> Share your knowledge in arts such as Anima and/or Shinsei Mahachisu for Kabuku’s assistance in improvements

Back from gardening and rest.

Got some different choices and the revival of orange anon. Very good. I can probably pick the one that is winning but it's more fun to roll. Either way the improved focus will still get acknowledged even if it doesn't win.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

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>>3653052

Well then, wild ride time. This is going to be fun.

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>>3653052
Oh, you gotta be kidding me...

>>3653052
I came back from the dead for this.

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For the third week you decide to primarily train up on what you learned so far from Kabuku. Most would continue to pile up new stuff to further improve themselves. That wasn’t how Ms. Fundamentals does things. No, you believed it was better to refine and further developed the new skills and applications. After all, you who mastered the basics to frightening degrees knows just how valuable having a strong foundation is rather than being a swiss army knife with underdeveloped tools.

Thanks to Kabuku you managed to do precisely what you set out to do. Not only did he give you additional pointers and tips but he helped you improved the training schedule to truly maximize your gains without overexerting yourself. Just another benefit when working under a master doctor and someone who was as smart as Shikamaru. Although compared to him, Kabuku was far more experienced and certainly willing to not let his talents go to waste.

What should’ve taken an entire week to do, Kabuku made it only needed three days easily. During that time he compiled up some additional scrolls and books for you to read in your spare time in order to learn further. He knew of your busy schedule and conflicting living space. So to work around it he made a special means of communication through the scrolls and books. Again, you were truly grateful to have such a considerate and capable individual to teach you more about medical ninjutsu and the other arts.

Feeling rather confident in Kabuku’s skills you decide to ask his opinion on your jutsus and how to improve them. Not surprising Kabuku managed to help you greatly improve your custom jutsus and tricks in the remaining week. Specifically the ones you had the most trouble mustering up the inner strength to reveal was your Kinjutsus. The Shinsei Mahachisu and Yin Seal: Anima, two of your most powerful and yet equally dangerous techniques in your growing arsenal. Shinsei Mahachisu was locked down but you believed you can take it one step further with Nature Transformation. As for Anima, you only managed to scrape the surface and yet it done a great number on you.

>>3653406

While Kabuku goes to make a specialized drug to help with stabilizing Anima for you. He also suggested that you should transform into Anima once again. Despite having justified concerns in not wanting to lose control, he pointed out that the area they’re in is completely secluded. For added insurance he placed out special barrier tags to keep outsiders out. Like with Shinsei Mahachisu, the only way you were going to gain any control over it was through trial and error. He didn’t need to examine your body to realize the mutation that was slowly developing due to your over exposure during the first time. So this was the best way to tackle it before it gets too much to handle.

As for Shinsei Mahachisu he developed a rather efficient workout plan to achieve what exactly you desired for the Kinjutsu. His medical knowledge not only fixed its glaring weaknesses but also improve it furthered. Making it the default less a Kinjutsu and more akin of a solid Chakra Flow Ninjutsu. Though it still held the dangers of relapsing into a Kinjutsu as the refine method was still incomplete and need additional time. Still, with his work around it was now possible to use Shinsei Mahachisu for really long periods without causing extensive strain. In addition, there was the possibility of adding chakra natures to it thanks to your improved chakra control and the refined Shinsei Mahachisu. It still wears you out for obvious reasons including the default chakra bleeding although mitigated.

Though with the amount of research and developed, you counteracted the chakra loss with two special methods. Circulation of the leaking chakra for an infinite loop thus allowing you to achieved maintaining it for very long periods. And the other method of completely containing the chakra in your body to reach the full 100% of Shinsei Mahachisu in a constant and consistent manner. Unfortunately, like with Lee’s third to fifth Gates, it put incredible strain on your body as you have yet to fully master the completed form of Shinsei Mahachisu. Even so, this was quite the massive breakthrough for something that would’ve otherwise took you years on your own to do.

>Trust in Kabuku and transform into Anima until the drugs are made
>Hold off on Anima until you start taking the special drugs
>Focus on Shinsei Mahachisu instead while still accepting Kabuku’s gifts
>Other [write-in]

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>>3653453
>>Trust in Kabuku and transform into Anima until the drugs are made
Fuck it, might as well go full speed ahead. When life gives you Forbidden Lemons...

>>3653453
>Trust in Kabuku and transform into Anima until the drugs are made

>>3653453
>Trust in Kabuku and transform into Anima until the drugs are made
Curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back.

>>3653479

In this case "When life gives you Lemons, make orange juice and leave the entire shinobi world wondering how you did it.." That's Kabuto to a T.

>>3653453
>Trust in Kabuku and transform into Anima until the drugs are made
ride never ends

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You took a few deep breaths to calm yourself down. Some part of you still felt like it was a bad idea but you decide to put your faith in Kabuku. Without further ado you bring yourself to invoking the Yin Seal on your forehead. Upon doing so you felt a sharp pulse striking at all of your senses. There it is, the painful pulsations, the rising body temperature, bones creaking, muscles tensing, every cell screaming from the fluctuation of power, and the surgence of feeling and impulses locked by your subconscious. You started to drool from the severe amount of suffocation this transformation was putting on your physical and mental fortitude.

Overwhelming power currently coursing through your veins as your blood pressure rises. Naturally you knelled down against the ground, clinching your head as you felt your very sanity start to fade. This was the third time you transformed and even now you haven’t gotten used to it. Actually, it’d be more accurate to say that you found it easier…to lose yourself.

Your sclera turned deep black, irises soon became black slits with magenta pupils. Jagged purple stripes appeared on the sides of her face, and her fangs and claws lengthened. Your musculature began to grow, hair starting to stand on end as it become rigid and wild despite retaining a flowing smoothness. Markings start to form around your arms and legs, looking akin to that of tribal markings of a wild druid. The natural chakra of your surroundings begin to flow inside of you, constantly circulating and enhancing you right down to the cellular structure.

Although your body could withstand the overwhelming power flowing inside of you. It couldn’t fully handle the sheer volume and density of the natural chakra seeping inside your seal. As a result, you find yourself incapable of feeling countless emotions as well as senses such as pain. Things like fear, compassion or even mercy were starting to become lost to you. The only thing you could feel is the tremendous violent impulses seeping out to push you further. In mere moments you were succumbing to tremendous rage and hedonistic bloodlust. Coupled with your augmented predatory instinct, you became more of a beast than a human.

Unlike Shinsei Mahachisu which only mimicked the instincts of animals to compensate for its breathtaking capabilities. This was directly bringing out the primal aspect lying deep with your subconscious and amplifying it immensely. Again the berserk state of Shinsei Mahachisu was mainly pushed due to stress and survival instinct, for Anima it was far worse. With each passing second more of your intelligence and human reasoning begin to fade. With the lack of intelligence and inability to discriminate between friend and foe, it was safe to consider you to be a dangerous entity.

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Chances are if left unchecked, you would most likely continue to be driven by these violent impulses and fits of berserker madness until either your body gave out or someone put you out of your misery. The worst thing about it was how easy it was for you to go into Anima. Like previously it reacted entirely on emotional stimuli to partially transform. Even though you willingly transformed, one would have expected it to take much longer than the near instant transformation that befell upon you. If you were fully aware of yourself, then you would be all the more fearful over the enzyme strongly rooting themselves inside of you. Thus causing the supposed “mutation” that Kabuku has mentioned earlier.

“Grrraaaaah!” You screamed loudly as you unleashed a tremendous force of air pressure and chakra. The transformation was now complete as you currently stood in the first stage. Again this was only the third time but already your body has adapted splendidly to the transformation. Almost as if it was craving to return to such a form.

“So this is Anima…truly breathtaking.” Kabuku muttered, having already pulled away to finish making the special drug but still observing from a safe distance. He quickly formed a wide smile as he could feel the constant surge of chakra flowing through you. Seem like he wouldn’t be the only one who would be captivated by your transformed state.

>Try and regain a semblance of intelligence
>Freely give into Anima to let you slowly adjust and regain control
>Continue to resist Anima with all you might until Kabuku shows up
>Dive into your subconscious and let Saigyō take over.
>Other [write-in]

>>3653771
>>Try and regain a semblance of intelligence

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>>3653771
Although oc this is a rather good example for Anima

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