Naruko -- a crack!Naruto RPG

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Ibiki and Asuka were not to be easily found, Sachiko quickly realized as she and Sakurai scoured the panicked mass. Not good, she reflected. Maybe she ought to have told at least one of the kage bunshin to find Asuka and/or Ibiki before scattering them, but too late now. Especially because the crush of people had pushed herself and Sakurai out of the main hall.

Sachiko just wanted to find a space that was more clear to better let her look around and get an idea of what was going on. And she wouldn't get anything from the kage bunshin unless they were disspelled or they found her again. She felt like she was running around blind, and the smoke from the explosions wasn't helping matters. In the meantime, they did what they can to help the guards corral the civilians

Some time later when the crush of people lessened, she turned to Sakurai. "Maybe we should fi--" Her words cut off abruptly, eyes unfocusing as she suddenly received one of the bunshin's experiences. She saw the oranged-masked Akatsuki, and the woman's intent before the physical blow destroyed the bunshin.

Sachiko's face paled even as she quietly indulged in some heart-felt swearing. "Akatsuki," she muttered. Then: "Not my sister. But looking for me."

And people wondered why she never let up on how much her life sucked.

There was a lot of running. Even with all the training he regularly went through, Hinaji was beginning to feel out of breath. The dodging, worrying, running...everything was merging together to push against his still-fragile respiratory system.

But he had to find his brother, and seeing all the wounded around him only made that much, much clearer. Between both Kiba and him he was sure they would find the young Heir soon, but he couldn't help the fear beginning to tug at him.

"Kiba-chan, have you noticed anything at all?" His eyes were beginning to strain from filtering out the various different groups, and Kiba's sense of smell was just as helpful here as his vision.

[set just after the decisive battle with Deidara]

It'd been a long time since Rin's second priority had been the injured and the dying, but unless they found and dealt with the other Akatsuki there would be no purpose nor possibility of saving anybody. Bombs. For the gods' sake, bombs - who knew what the other one might be capable of if the blonde one had already done this.

( worse things than death in the world )

Tobi had decided that she was having a grand old time. There were people everywhere, running and laughing screaming and it was totally awesome. She moved from place to place, flitting here to there, trying to talk to people. It made her a little sad that no one wanted to talk to her and would run away when she came close, but she guessed that was bound to happen when you were Akatsuki.

Woes.

And there were even some shinobi around! Tobi hummed, tapping her mask. What should she do next... Ooo, someone was coming!

When your charge had food allergies, it was good to know right away when said charge got sick. Suzumo was a little irritated then that no one had told him that Hanabi had apparently thrown up some time ago. Since the boy had only seemed upset, and wasn't swelling, it was probably all right... but Suzumo was still concerned. This WAS Hanabi, and it really was best to keep an eye on him. He had hoped things would go smoothly, but... well, nothing ever went quite as planned when Hanabi was involved.

The shinobi teacher had been going through in his mind the list of things that could make someone sick when the first blast made the ground rumble. His step faltered and in that time, more hit the ground, blowing out chunks of building and sending people screaming. And all Suzumo could think about was Hanabi- he'd been with Sarutobi's granddaughter, neither of them could fully fight yet, he had to find them.

Without wasting another second, Suzumo took a second to rip his formal wear and them tore off towards where the children had last been seen. He had no idea if they were all right, or even in the same spot, but he had to find them, eyes darting around behind his glasses. In his running he managed to see Asuka, the person the gala was being held for, and didn't hesitate to bark out, "Sarutobi!"

Little more needed to be said, really. He was only a chuunin, this was bad, and both the heirs needed to be protected. Hopefully she would understand that he needed her, and fall into step.


[ooc: hope this is okay, let me know if it's not~]

[takes place not too long after Jimaiya finds Kureno and Aki, before they all head to the gala. personally, given how long it took the original party to get to the palace, this is probably taking place during gala day 2]

Just because certain individuals were off to spend several days parading in front of the Daimyo to honor an action that no one in their right mind would name honorable didn't mean routine changed for everyone else left behind.

( Nejiko did not envy those attending the gala. )

( Mina is too tired to be witty )

Sachiko watched Sakurai vanish into the crowd, his fervent promises to return as quickly as he was able still in her ears. It certainly wasn't his fault that he was needed, but his going and her staying meant she was without the buffer she needed to fend off and/or deal with ( unwanted would-be suitors. )

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Chiriku didn't glance back to make sure that Asuka was getting out of there. Though she did want to. Their time together protecting the Daimyo and the trust they cultivated asserted itself and Chiriku focused on the threat at hand.

Moving quickly and nimbly so as to avoid touching anyone or anything with the chakra nimbus swirling around her. This raw energy burned everything it touched--including the wielder. Takanobu would be plenty upset to see she had new scars.

This was Chiriku's "Genius Technique": the ability to snatch a person's chakra from them before it could be expelled in a jutsu, and then utilized in any way she saw fit. Of course there were limits and drawbacks. The biggest was the amount of chakra she could have 'on-hand'. Her own personal chakra was off-limits from this. Cultivation of the technique meant forcing her chakra pathways to develop differently from that of a shinobi's. So she coudn't do jutsu, except for the henge. Even that was a strain.

Once outside she searched for the source of the attacks, and only barely caught the glow of fire reflecting off a very strange bird. Not wishing to take the time to process it overmuch she simply spun and thrust her fist out like she hoped to simply slug the bird in the beak a straight punch.

The actual intent, however, was to just punch through the bird's brain with a lethal, sharp-tipped lance of pure energy.

Takes place during the gala just before the bombs hit.

( If he heard one more person tell him he was the cutest little heir to a noble clan they'd ever seen he was going to have a homicidal break. )

[Set before the attack. I just fail at posting.]

Hinaji had been nervous the entire ceremony. His formal clothing, while not unusual, never felt very comfortable. And most uncomfortable was that he was separated from those closest to him. Namely, Kiba. He watched her discreetly throughout the ceremony and was pleased with himself that he didn't blush.

She looked...really beautiful.

He managed to catch up with Kiba once the opening ceremony had finished, and gently reached out to grab the sleeve of her kimono.

"K-kiba-chan..."

( Kiba had hated having to sit through the ceremony, even if she did like seeing Chiriku again. )

[ooc: Sorry for not posting this earlier! Set some odd hours before the asplosions at the gala.]


( The biggest downside to being the world's most brilliant and super-awesome intelligence agent, Jimaiya figured, was that nine times out of ten you got bad news rather than good. )

Uchiha Madara knew that, sometimes, some things worked out really really well. It had taken some nudging and manuvering but it seemed that someone was going to act on Sasoriza's... tragic... death all those months ago. It really wasn't surprising that it was the hot headed Deidara; TobiMadara could care less. She was just pleased that SOMETHING was going to happen. And while Tobi was freaked out by Deidara's 'art'... Madara thought it was funny as hell to see people screaming and on fire.

No one ever said she was stable~

The masked woman sat on the back of one of the giant clay birds, humming as they came upon the Daiymo's palace. It was large, sprawling, with a lot of places and a lot of rooms. It was even possible that they could hit one place and the other end wouldn't know it! And somewhere in there was Sarutobi Asuka, the shinobi who had managed to fell the always dangerous Sasoriza. As Deidara swooped down, dropping a few bombs, her plan was obvious: blow the shit out of everything until she found the woman she was looking for.

Throwing her arms up, TobiMadara smiled. "Wheeee!"

Takes place during the gala. And yes. Hizashiko.

The day, really, was quite beautiful. It was mild and warm as spring came upon the fire country, plants finally breaking free from the ground. All in all, close to the Great Fire Temple, it seemed like a very peaceful and quiet area, birds singing and all that.

( The oddly cloaked figure lurking about kind of ruined the serenity, however. )

[set back in early March]

When they were kids, Rin had tried once to explain to Kakami about coincidences not being coincidences and history repeating itself and the weird circular patterns life seemed to take. He hadn't been speaking from experience, it was something his father had said and it had really interested him and so he'd wanted to know what the smartest girl he knew thought about it.

He'd never really found out; mostly because there wasn't much time to talk philosophy in the war, and Kakami didn't really talk very much back then anyway - but he'd known (they way he just knew things, sometimes) that Kakami had an opinion on it that he'd love to hear one day.

( Which, if you'd asked him, would be part of the reason he hadn't stopped running ever since Tsurude had informed him that a medic needed to be sent to retrieve Kakami )

[[Set back to two or three days before everyone leaves for the gala.]]



( You know I can't come. )

The schedule of events was hand-written on pale speckled vellum in golden, ornate script. Each member of the party of Konoha was delivered one, courtesy of Ibiki, rolled and stamped with the Daimyo's seal.

Food was to be available from sunrise to midnight each day, the offerings varying in type depending on the time of day. Essentially a full-scale buffet intended for the rich and famous of half of Konoha - no small feat. The first day would begin with a blessing from the monks of the Fire Temples, at about 10 in the morning; after that, entertainment would consist of musicians, fire eaters, and fireworks after sundown. The rest of the day would pretty much involve mingling and eating, though only the blessing and dinner were mandatory events. The second day would consist of more musicians, fire eaters, puppetry, and a kabuki play during dinner (the summary of which wasn't included). More fireworks, more eating and mingling, more mandatory dinner attendance. And on the third day would be the actual medal-giving ceremony, which of course was mandatory, with other various forms of entertainment, plus fireworks.

( Asuka had wanted to burn the letter as soon as she got it, claim she never received one, and sleep the whole time. Unfortunately, she was rooming with both Konohako and Ibiki, and Ibiki was the one saying such-and-such was mandatory.... so.... no such luck there. )

( I was gonna say, Asuka, kinky. )

Despite the warm spring days, the cool breezes, and the beautiful nature surrounding her as the caravan of ninja made their way through Fire Country to the capital, Asuka wished she was holed back up inside her home. With the windows shuttered closed and the doors locked. And in bed. With a pillow over her head. Not that this was an unusual train of thought for her any more; more often than not she prefered unconsciousness to dealing with day to day life.

( Of course, she felt she actually had a damn good reason for it this time around. )

( Sachiko has a question... )