FurikoMaru
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[X] Standing on the corner feeling blue
"I can't believe I doubted you, you madwoman," you say cheerfully, slipping in beside Ami along the railing. "Congratulations on completely mindfucking the opposition."
She wants to smile, you can tell, but she's still pissed enough at you to hide it.
"Thank you," she says coolly. "Are you done playing footsie with bloodthirsty battle junkies?"
You smirk. "If I were, I'd have to stop playing with you, now, wouldn't I?"
Ah-ah-ah, there's the grin. Yeah, you've still got it. 8)
Menka jumps from your shoulder to hers and gets some pets for his trouble.
Hinata, meanwhile, is in what your mom would call a tizzy over her still-idling teammate. "Shikamaru-kun, you have to! What will your mother do to you if you don't get to the finals?"
"... hmph. You have point."
"He's got a gun too," you quickly mime to Shikamaru. You slap him on the back, saying, "Good luck, Shika-chan! Don't go too wild on him, I know you have issues with that!"
-_- "Mendok'se."
"Ami," Asuma says, nodding in the direction of the hallway, and after a small moment's hesitation she follows him out.
"Begin!"
The two opponents size each other up.
No, wait, is that the fucking puppet?
As far as your ears are concerned, now that they're in the arena, there's no difference. Some songs start in Kankuro and spread to the puppet strapped to his back, some emanate from the puppet and go back to Kankuro.
That's insane! I mean I knew before the puppet had something like a chakra system, that's why I didn't notice it was a puppet at first during the written test, but I thought it was a- I don't know, some kind of multi-seal array to throw off sensors! Or a don't-look-at-this-too-closely genjutsu! Fuck! Can that thing use jutsu?
Oi, Ino, calm down~! It's okay. It's okay. At least now we know.
You frown. Hell of a lot of good that's going to do Shika-chan.
You've been dealing with Kiba and Ami too long. Trust him. He'll notice it.
Shit... this is beyond Hien. This-
Has Shintenshin written all over it.
... someone just made it into the top three.
"Ready when you are," Kankuro says, hands in his pockets.
"That's my line," Shikamaru replies, echoing the pose.
"Hm? Even now you're carefree." The puppet drops, and Kankuro yanks its bindings aside. Surprise surprise, it looks just like him.
"Kind of pisses me off, honestly."
The puppet lunges forward at a speed you're not sure Kiba could equal and you know Shikamaru can't-
-Kagemane no Jutsu/Shadow Imitation Technique!-
"Phew!" Shika says, blinking away the last of his nap-borne fatigue. "That was a close one. Thought I'd have to wait longer for you to get impatient and try something." He pulls out a broken-off kunai handle, and the puppet follows suit with a whole kunai from its own pouch on the opposite leg.
"I know you're the real one," Shikamaru tells the puppet, and sure enough, its - his - eyes widen.
Along with yours. Holy crap. He's right.
"The tension in the wires connecting you is pulling in the wrong direction for you to be the puppet," he explains. "And even if they weren't, the one back there doesn't have the normal ease of movement that a real human does; I haven't seen him blink once since we got down here." He lifts the handle in his hand to his throat. "Concede and I'll let you live."
Kankuro laughs under his breath. "You've got good eyes, kid."
Behind him, with blinding speed, the puppet throws a brace of shuriken at the lights, and for the second time in ten minutes, the room goes dark, save for the soft, indirect light from the broken windows.
You can dimly make out Kankuro - or, wait, is it the puppet?! ARGH! - as he rushes Shikamaru and knocks him unconscious.
"But they aren't the eyes of a killer."
Oh, a tough guy! I think I'm gonna like this one.
Little more sentimental than you usually see around here, too.
"Winner, Kankuro. And we'll take a short break while we get the lightbulbs replaced."
"So what do you guys do with your uncool family members?" you ask Temari. "Do you hide them in the basement, or are there remedial classes in Stylishness they can take?"
"Apparently we make 'em Kazekage," Gaara says dryly.
"Uh... where did the lights go?" Ami asks, returning with Asuma. She's been crying, but not for very long or very hard; if you weren't a sensor you wouldn't be able to tell.
"Kankuro ganked 'em," Temari says proudly.
"He did? Good for him, I always said being a one-trick pony would come back to bite Shikamaru-kun."
No. Kagemane wasn't the problem here.
"No. It wasn't the jutsu that failed him," Kankuro says, arriving back on the balcony. "He lacks experience."
His instincts aren't sharp enough.
... would you two like to be alone?
"Tch. I was sloppy." Kankuro leans on the railing. "If he were a little older he'd've had me."
"Man, you always worry about the past!" Gaara claps his brother on the back. "You ought to be worrying about the future - like how I'm gonna beat your ass in the finals."
"Pass. I like to keep my organs on the inside, thanks."
"Hey," Ami says to you in a whisper, "you wanna visit Kiba? They'll be working on the lights for a while."
[X] You'll visit him when the matches are over. You don't want to miss any clues to defeating Kuyo if she gets through; she's Deidara of the Bakuton's prize pupil, after all.
[X] You'll visit now; you've left the bullet issue long enough.
"I can't believe I doubted you, you madwoman," you say cheerfully, slipping in beside Ami along the railing. "Congratulations on completely mindfucking the opposition."
She wants to smile, you can tell, but she's still pissed enough at you to hide it.
"Thank you," she says coolly. "Are you done playing footsie with bloodthirsty battle junkies?"
You smirk. "If I were, I'd have to stop playing with you, now, wouldn't I?"
Ah-ah-ah, there's the grin. Yeah, you've still got it. 8)
Menka jumps from your shoulder to hers and gets some pets for his trouble.
Hinata, meanwhile, is in what your mom would call a tizzy over her still-idling teammate. "Shikamaru-kun, you have to! What will your mother do to you if you don't get to the finals?"
"... hmph. You have point."
"He's got a gun too," you quickly mime to Shikamaru. You slap him on the back, saying, "Good luck, Shika-chan! Don't go too wild on him, I know you have issues with that!"
-_- "Mendok'se."
"Ami," Asuma says, nodding in the direction of the hallway, and after a small moment's hesitation she follows him out.
"Begin!"
The two opponents size each other up.
No, wait, is that the fucking puppet?
As far as your ears are concerned, now that they're in the arena, there's no difference. Some songs start in Kankuro and spread to the puppet strapped to his back, some emanate from the puppet and go back to Kankuro.
That's insane! I mean I knew before the puppet had something like a chakra system, that's why I didn't notice it was a puppet at first during the written test, but I thought it was a- I don't know, some kind of multi-seal array to throw off sensors! Or a don't-look-at-this-too-closely genjutsu! Fuck! Can that thing use jutsu?
Oi, Ino, calm down~! It's okay. It's okay. At least now we know.
You frown. Hell of a lot of good that's going to do Shika-chan.
You've been dealing with Kiba and Ami too long. Trust him. He'll notice it.
Shit... this is beyond Hien. This-
Has Shintenshin written all over it.
... someone just made it into the top three.
"Ready when you are," Kankuro says, hands in his pockets.
"That's my line," Shikamaru replies, echoing the pose.
"Hm? Even now you're carefree." The puppet drops, and Kankuro yanks its bindings aside. Surprise surprise, it looks just like him.
"Kind of pisses me off, honestly."
The puppet lunges forward at a speed you're not sure Kiba could equal and you know Shikamaru can't-
-Kagemane no Jutsu/Shadow Imitation Technique!-
"Phew!" Shika says, blinking away the last of his nap-borne fatigue. "That was a close one. Thought I'd have to wait longer for you to get impatient and try something." He pulls out a broken-off kunai handle, and the puppet follows suit with a whole kunai from its own pouch on the opposite leg.
"I know you're the real one," Shikamaru tells the puppet, and sure enough, its - his - eyes widen.
Along with yours. Holy crap. He's right.
"The tension in the wires connecting you is pulling in the wrong direction for you to be the puppet," he explains. "And even if they weren't, the one back there doesn't have the normal ease of movement that a real human does; I haven't seen him blink once since we got down here." He lifts the handle in his hand to his throat. "Concede and I'll let you live."
Kankuro laughs under his breath. "You've got good eyes, kid."
Behind him, with blinding speed, the puppet throws a brace of shuriken at the lights, and for the second time in ten minutes, the room goes dark, save for the soft, indirect light from the broken windows.
You can dimly make out Kankuro - or, wait, is it the puppet?! ARGH! - as he rushes Shikamaru and knocks him unconscious.
"But they aren't the eyes of a killer."
Oh, a tough guy! I think I'm gonna like this one.
Little more sentimental than you usually see around here, too.
"Winner, Kankuro. And we'll take a short break while we get the lightbulbs replaced."
"So what do you guys do with your uncool family members?" you ask Temari. "Do you hide them in the basement, or are there remedial classes in Stylishness they can take?"
"Apparently we make 'em Kazekage," Gaara says dryly.
"Uh... where did the lights go?" Ami asks, returning with Asuma. She's been crying, but not for very long or very hard; if you weren't a sensor you wouldn't be able to tell.
"Kankuro ganked 'em," Temari says proudly.
"He did? Good for him, I always said being a one-trick pony would come back to bite Shikamaru-kun."
No. Kagemane wasn't the problem here.
"No. It wasn't the jutsu that failed him," Kankuro says, arriving back on the balcony. "He lacks experience."
His instincts aren't sharp enough.
... would you two like to be alone?
"Tch. I was sloppy." Kankuro leans on the railing. "If he were a little older he'd've had me."
"Man, you always worry about the past!" Gaara claps his brother on the back. "You ought to be worrying about the future - like how I'm gonna beat your ass in the finals."
"Pass. I like to keep my organs on the inside, thanks."
"Hey," Ami says to you in a whisper, "you wanna visit Kiba? They'll be working on the lights for a while."
[X] You'll visit him when the matches are over. You don't want to miss any clues to defeating Kuyo if she gets through; she's Deidara of the Bakuton's prize pupil, after all.
[X] You'll visit now; you've left the bullet issue long enough.
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