The Naruto RPG

With mounted effort Recette fit her hand into the next crevice of the rock face, but much to her dismay some earth gave way and she slid a few feet down before she caught herself again. A rock climber she was not; not that she couldn't have gotten to the top of this mountain peak with ninjutsu or the right tools , but she thought it would look really cool to her students if they showed up and she just happened to be up at the precarious top of the mountainous training grounds that dotted Kumogakure. Much to her dismay, however; climbing a mountain was not as easy as she had remembered and now she struggled to keep up with her greater ambitions. Still she felt around for sturdy holes and slowly crawled up to the top of the mountain, before she turned to gaze upon what felt like the whole world.

The Horizon glistened with morning due and the radiance of the sun and while no details could be gained among the tree's, clouds, and waves of sea foam below, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the entire kumogakure empire all the way to to the tips of konoha were here before her. It was a sight she never got bored of and one that promised she would abandon kumo her home.

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Hyun made his way towards the training grounds on top of the mountain. He walked as his ego walked right next to him with his hands behind his head "So we finally become members of a squad, not that long ago we became genin time passes by quickly" his ego said looking around the streets of kumogakure. Hyun with his hands in his pockets stood quiet looking ahead, his ego looked at him as he giggled a bit "Man you really hate people dont you... you know your going to have to accept it now" he said as hyun turn to him "I careless about being in a squad but there's nothing I can do so regardless of that all I can do is go and meet up... this is the only way to become stronger at the moment" Hyun replied with as his ego nodded his head in agreement turning to look ahead also they both continue to talk for a few more streets.

"I hope the others are strong it would be a waist to get team up with wimps it will only bring us down" his ego said removing his hands from behind his head and crossing his arms. "If there weaklings we ignore them getting caught up with them will be a pain in the ass for real but if they are as strong as me or close to me is another story" Hyun said as they reach the mountain. They both looked up at the mountain as they seem someone climbing to the top, Hyun looked around the area to see if there was another path to get to the top will his ego continue to look "Wouldn't it be easier if they just used the surface walking technique than climb that's a waist of energy if you ask me" as he looked at hyun since he didnt respond. Hyun found a path to the top as he was already walking up his ego ran behind him You ass, you almost left me behind!" he said getting irritated. "No one told you to stand there and stare... why are you so upset if I get too far from you; you'll just appear next to me again your my ego after all we cant be disconnected" Hyun said as he continue to walk the mountain. After a few minutes of walking up a path that lead to the top they reached the training ground as someone was there, it was the one that was climbing the mountain. "Well time has come I guess we are the seconds one here" as hyun walked closer to the woman that stood looking at the village. I assume your the person we are supposed to meet up with? Hyun asked as he stood 5 meters in distance from her.

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"Get outta my way, Loser"

Recette took a deep breath and looked down from the beauty of the mountain top, only to hang her head in mock defeat as she saw the steep trail she could've used. It was then that the sounds of foot steps echo'd up the path and Recette waited with a big smile for them to reach her.
Words echo'd up the path as, she smiled and waited for the group to come up and yet, as they reached the top only one person came into view. She stood in response as they got closer confusion spread across her face for a moment, before she forced it back into her warm smile and the man who stood head and shoulders above her asked
We?, she thought for a moment before stood up straight and answered," Oh, are you Shun then? The file said you where tall" She wiggled a bit as her gaze looked him up and down before she threw out her arms for emphasis, " But you really are quite big aren't you." Suddenly she dropped her hands and apologized, "oh sorry, Yes; my name is Recette and I will be your mentor as you learn the ways of ninjutsu and ninja stuff. But before we do that stuff I was wondering." she rocked backwards a little bit out of nervousness before she continued, "did you come up here alone? It sounded like someone else came with you."

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Makita was absolutely thrilled that she was finally being placed on a team. She could hardly believe it, especially with who was her sensei: it was none other than Recette, the woman she had had such a good time with the other day. It was almost an odd coincidence, but Makita had already learned so much from Recette and knew she was a good and patient and enthusiastic teacher. The crafter had asked to meet in an odd place, Makita thought, but it also made somewhat sense to her to be training on a mountain. Makita rather enjoyed the rock climbing it brought her anyway. She loved being outdoors and having to survive the elements. As she climbed up to the spot they were supposed to meet at and walked down the trail, Kenshin swooped overhead in lazy figure eights, ready to fly down at any second in case Makita needed him.

As she approached, she noticed one of her teammates was already at the meeting, along with Recette. He was a tall, forlorn-looking boy that Makita didn't recognize. She hoped he would be a good teammate, and was somewhat nervous but excited about meeting someone new that she would be working so closely with. Makita herself was dressed in normal gray shinobi pants and a kimono top that hung loosely, her chest covered in bandages. She had long brown hair that hung in a pony tail with large brown doe eyes and gold earrings. She waved to Recette as she approached, her smile wide. "Hey! I'm so glad you're my sensei. I'm ready to get started!" She, of course, waited until a break in the conversation with her new teammate and Recette. When she was caught up, she would turn to her new teammate and give him a wide, genuine smile. "My name is Makita Lyuun. It's nice to meet you."

Hyun stood still as he noticed that he said we instead of me but he tried to quickly fix it "We as in the squad i know I'm the only one here but i was just saying" he said thinking to himself he got outta it well. But she responded with his height, Hyun is use to being recognized by his height a tall genin it was normal to him but something she said made him look at her oddly "Shun? Who the hell is that?" his ego said looking around the area "Its Satetsu, Hyun not Shun" Hyun said cputting his hands inside of his pockets as she introduced her self as Recette but she had a question for him that took him by suprise. She asked him if he was with someone else Hyun looked at her as if he was in trouble as he began to drift his eyes away from hers and look around the area thinking to himself "Didnt think she could hear me from up here I should stop talking outloud" as his ego looked at him giggling to himself "Hahahaha, well dont you look stupid" His ego said as Hyun glared at him giving him the "Ima kill you look" but he heard some foot steps behind him as he heard a voice of a girl that already meet there knew sensei he continue to look around until she spoke up again talking to him, introducing her self as Makita Lyuun.

Hyun turn his head with a normal look in his face until his eyes meets hers and then turn his head back again as he turn a bit red and his heart began to pound "Wow she's really pretty dude" His ego said walking towards her and checking her out. "Satetsu Hyun, nice to meet you too I guess" Hyun said not turning to look at her. He
instead walk to the edge of the cliff and looked at the view from where he was as he took in the beauty of it all "No wonder we meet her is actually pretty great view" He said I a low tone voice. Hyun turned back to Recette and Makita "So I guess we wait for the last member to arrive?" he asked.

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"Get outta my way, Loser"

Yuko closed his eyes and let a lazy breeze ruffle his hair as he climbed the steep mountainside. Is there a trail around here, or is it just sheer cliff? I suppose it's too late to turn back now in any case. His stomach growled, and he winced. Yuko had woken up late, and skipped breakfast as a result. His katana was at his side, noisily clacking against his side as he made swift and steady progress. As he looked up from his spot on the cliff face, he could faintly make out a hawk tracing lazy figures through the air as it glid. I wish this place was more accessible, it seems peaceful. Wouldn't mind taking a few naps up here. I suppose everything's changing though. I just became a genin, and now I'm assigned to a team with... responsibilities and missions and stuff. Being a hawk seems pretty good right now. Realizing that he was beginning to zone out, Yuko shook his head and heaved himself up the over the ledge and onto his back, finally on flat ground again. Looking up, he saw that he was at the feet of a tall fellow, one that he had previously met. Yuko nervously adjusted his gloves as he hopped to his feet. At least he knew someone on his team.

"Hyun? Are you also on this team? I guess that means I found the right spot." Yuko said with a sigh of relief.

He looked the other two over, and was surprised to see that one of the girls was shorter than himself. How young do they let kids graduate, I wonder? Did I graduate late? She must be some sort of prodigy. The girl with the brown hair was taller than him. She seemed a bit older than the former, but not necessarily the leader. He smiled and mentally prepared himself for an introduction.

"Oh, I suppose I haven't introduced myself. I'm Yuko Murayama. Pleased to meet you all."

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As she had begun her introduction Recette noticed Makhita walk up from the mountain path. She had looked like she wanted to intervene, but she had apparently decided to wait to interject; so Recette waited patiently as Hyun responded despite the excitement building within her. At his shy response Recette blanched backwards when she realized she got Hyun's name wrong, before she quickly swung herself forwards and apologized in one run on sentence, " Iamsosorry Hyun I will remember next time!" After she apologized she bounced around Hyun as he turned to greet Makhita, but just as she had been about to greet the girl Makhita beat her to the punch.
Recette responded to her wave with a beaming smile, "Welcome to the training grounds, I can't wait to begin", before another sound caught her attention. It was the sound of another person who climbed up the mountain, who soon after he reached the top seemed to collapse. He quickly got up again, but having just completed the climb Recette knew how brutal it was and walked up to offer the boy a bottle of water after he gave his greeting. She held the bottle out towards him and spoke, " welcome to the team Yuko my name is Recette and I hope I can help you become the best you can be!" After he either accepted or rejected the bottle she stepped out onto the center of the Plateau.

Once at the center she spoke to her three students in a faux serious voice that sounded more convincing in her head then aloud, " Welcome to the mountain training ground Everybody. One of the other jounin reminded me the other day that before we can take missions and train together I should know what you are each capable of." She proceeded to grab her left elbow with her right arm and lift her left hand up to bob up and down as she spoke, "Now they all recommended some kind of training match where we all mock battle, so i can see your abilities first hand, but I don't really wanna be ganged up on. So i came up with alternatives." she stood up straighter before she spoke with a slight dejection, "not that we can't all fight if that's what you all want. Still" she perked up, "my other ideas where, 1." She lifted a single finger, then two fingers and so forth as she talked, " a race down the mountain and then back up to the Kumogakure gates. The rope bridges make getting here from kumo quite easy, but it is an all day trip without them, so a race could be a good way of evaluating your abilities, 2. population control. This training grounds is covered in mountain lions and it is standard practice to reduce the population, so that they don't become a problem for the local caravans. This mission isn't official yet, but it would still be a public service to help and should be something we can all accomplish together, or 3. A talent show. Each of you put's forth all the tricks you learned at the academy and show me how far you can push your abilities to perform the ultimate ninja tricks combining jutsu, physical endurance, and possibly even team work if you can summon up a companion." She finished showing all of the a big smile, as she waited for their opinion on the matter.

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Makita furrowed her eyebrows in a slightly confused expression at the boy's response. He introduced himself, sure, but he also seemed a little off put, nay even rude. Makita would shrug it off quickly and smile warmly at him. Surely he was just shy. After all, it wasn't every day you got put on a team. Meeting a bunch of strangers who were going to be your teammates for life... it was definitely daunting. Makita became more nervous the more she sat and thought about it, but to her luck their third teammate finally arrived. He introduced himself and Makita gave a small bow and a smile back. "I'm Makita Lyunn. It's nice to meet you."

With that Recette started her speech. It was pretty much what Makita expected until she got to the part about what they were going to be doing. Those were all interesting out of the box ideas she had never thought of, but then again, in her experience Recette was an interesting out of the box person. Makita really liked the idea of the first two, but a talent show sort of made her nervous. She wasn't really sure what a good talent might be. "Oooh, I like the sound of those! Though I don't really want to kill anything for no good reason..." a hunter she was but an ethical hunter she was also, if you catch my drift. She put her thumb to her chin in a thinking position for a moment. "I think the race sounds really cool, or a spar, but I'm down for whatever!"

Hyun looked at the person that was making his way towards them. He looked familiar, very familiar to hyun, as once he got close enough hyun face became blank almost as if he didnt know what to say. But before he could say something Yuko noticed him as well and remembered him. "Well well well looks like you two are just destined to be with each other" His ego said as he looked at Hyun. Hyun gave his ego a look of "I swear to god ima murder you tonight" as his ego smiled and began to rubbed the back of his head as a sweat came down his forehead. Hyun looked at Yuko before Recette spoke up, "Yuko been a while since we last spar... hope you got stronger since then" Hyun said looking at him with a intense look in his eyes as he reached for his arm where his scar was from the spar with Yuko two weeks ago.

Recette began to speak in a serious manner for them to pay attention to what she had to say. Hyun's ego crossed his arms as he leaned on Hyuns shoulder as Hyun just stood there with his arms in his pocket. As Recette continue talking his ego began to talk to Hyun "A test of abilities I see a Race I can kinda see what the race will demonstrate stamina, speed and, techniques... a Population control that's knew so well be hunting lions I dont see how difficult this would be but who knows maybe this will help, Talent Show? I guess that's something isn't easier if we just fight her one by one if she doesn't want us to fight her all at once then? Hyun listen to both of them as he thought to himself a bit before trying to say something but before he could Makita spoke up having her own response to Recettes words. Hyun noticed that even Makita was down for a spar, "I dont really care what we end up doing, I'll show you what I'm capable of regardless of the activity" Hyun said seriously with a serious face.

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Yuko’s eyes lit up as he accepted the water bottle. The climb had been tough, and he had forgotten the basic supplies one would normally prepare for such an excursion. He happily drained most of the bottle in a single motion, spilling a couple of cold drops onto his chin. Water always seemed to taste better when he was parched, and when the sun was so strong. He smiled and nodded earnestly when Hyun asked if he had gotten stronger. After all, it was far too early to stop improving. Yuko’s attention was grabbed once again by Recette as she addressed them as their team leader. Yuko glanced over his shoulder down the mountainside at the mention of a race. He was more of a marathon runner than a sprinter, or so he told himself. Curbing the growing lion population seemed a good place to start. Large increases in predator numbers can cause drastic changes in any ecosystem, and that's before their numbers grow too large to sustain themselves. However... Makita seems hesitant to engage in that sort of extermination. Hard to blame her. I suppose it would seem to most a cruelty to slaughter animals for such a reason as that. Yuko placed his left hand on his hip and rubbed his hair with his right. How could he best show his abilities while also getting a feel for his new team members?

"I suppose getting to know each other's abilities would be a good way to start, either sparring or just a showcase. We could gauge where we're at."

Then Yuko had an idea. He smiled a fox's smile, and turned his face back towards Recette.

"If we do decide on the showcase, maybe you could show us something first. You know, to give us an example?"

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Recette watched as the three seemed to think on her ideas. Makhita seemed to share her energy, Yuko for the most part had been catching his breath, and Hyun seemed reserved about the whole thing.
"Okay..." she began as she went over everything that happened. Her eyes squinted and a hand on her chin.

none of them seemed keen on the lion hunt. That was fine by her though. The lion hunt wasn't supposed to be attractive, but was a stress test. After all most genin have never actually killed before and everyone freezes up their first time, so she thought if she could get that over with before they began missions then they would already have a leg up over the other groups.

By comparison the race was Makhita's preferred choice, although the other two seemed less than interested. In her mind the race was supposed to be a contest that pit each of the three against each other. A contest of athletic ability and adaptability. Of course without a direct contest skill would be harder to measure, but between the wild life, the winding trails, and each other, she was sure to have a decent measure of the three. Plus she could reward the winner with something cool, but the other two seemed too remain neutral.

As for the contest they each seemed to react differently, but Yuko was interested in an example. She definitely could perform for the show case and was even a little excited she was asked to participate, but Makhita seemed a bit nervous at the mention of a talent show, not that she voiced it. The purpose of the talent show was to see how creative they could get with what they knew. It would reveal what they thought was their best and most important talents.

Finally a spar. It wasn't her favorite option, but both makhita and Yuko suggested it meaning they both wanted to do it. She saw the benefits of course a spar is a strong measure of skill and is a good measure of where they are at, but she didn't really want to hit her cute students with a hammer.

She finally released a deep sigh, "I've decided. First..." she raised up one hand above her head before she revealed a single finger. She then lifted another finger for emphasis as she discussed each point of the plan, " we will spar. You all seem interested in showing off your abilities in combat, then we will have a lunch where i will give you an example of a performance. After lunch we will have a race down and up the mountain, and finally at sunset you will each give a performance and the winner of each contest will get a prize. What do you think!?"

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Makita listened and watched as everyone around her deliberated. She took the time to observe her new teammates a little more closely. Hyun apparently knew Yuko from before, which Makita felt gave her a bit of a disadvantage. Though at the same time, they seemed to be more rivals than friends. When Hyun was deliberating it almost looked as if he was discussing something with himself in his head. He stated he didn't care what they did. Yuko looked thoughtful while coming up with something, and had a more positive response and outlook. Recette herself seemed a bit confused what to do with their answers at first, but in classic Recette fashion as Makita was learning, she figured something unique out quickly. They were to start with a spar and move on to the other activities.

Makita smiled, looking up to Kenshin and giving him a wink. Her hands were itching to get on her bow and maybe use some ninjutsu she had been studying. She hadn't used them in real life, but this would be a good time to give some stuff a try. She turned too Recette. "I'm so ready. What would a spar look like?"

Hyun looked at Recette as she figured out at what they were planning to do. It came down to a spar to start of the day then a lunch break to regain strength then a race up and down the mountain. And then last but not least a performance, with a prize to the winner, Hyun crossed his arms as he thought for a second "hhmm, I wonder what that last part would be a performance of what exactly?" Hyun said in his head as his ego looked at him "Its probably the talent show she said earlier that what she meant by performance" His ego said as Hyun looked at him nodding his head in agreement.

At this point Makita spoke up, looking excited for the spar. But something she said made Hyun think for a bit "So hows the sparing doing to be going down anyways? Will it be all three of us against you or are we doing this in turns?" Hyun spoke up asking Recette as he looked at her. He wonder a bit as he turn his head towards Yuko as he stared at him "If this is a team base activity, you better not get in my way." Hyun said to him with a serious face expression as he turn to Recette. His ego looked around the area as he walked towards a tree and sat leaning on it "Welp brotha! I'll take a quick nap while you do sparing" his ego said to Hyun as he ignored him, waiting for Recette to tell them when to start and answer his question.

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Yuko swallowed hard. It looked like they were starting out with a sparring match. He grabbed his left arm with his right to stop its shaking. Cool it, Yuko. This is what we do. Yuko grinned despite himself at Hyun’s remark. “I hear you loud and clear. Just don’t expect me to save you if you get in trouble.” Yuko couldn’t keep a small waver out of his voice even as he joked. Thinking about it, looking out for his teammates seemed like a good way to improve their odds, both in this match and on missions. And with his Mind’s Eye...

Yuko blinked, and moulded chakra in and about his eyes. The rush of senses at it’s activation always threw Yuko a tad of guard. Breathing in, Yuko glanced at his teammates, and noted their impressive-yet-not-overwhelming chakra levels. Hyun must be getting stronger as well. He may not need any help in the spar. I don’t know what Makita is capable of yet, but her eager demeanor speaks volumes. That just leaves sensei... Breathing out, he turned his attention to Recette, and his eyes widened. Th-this chakra is absurd... she’s no joke. Reorienting himself, Yuko addressed Recette.

“I’m ready when you are, Sensei!”
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Technique(s) used: Mind’s Eye of the Kagura (-13)
SP: 37/50

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The girl took a moment to listen to her students, Makhita for her part asked her for details. Yuko for his part acted tough, but seemed nervous for some reason; though she might have just been over thinking it. Hyun on the other hand seemed stiff as stone much to her dismay.
Makhita's questions seemed to catch her off guard, but made sense to her in retrospect and she not having an answer she made something up.
I mean how could one of them win, if they don't know the rules. But I didn't even really plan to a spar in the first place.
"Alright" she declared, "first I will use these", and she spun around tossing scrolls all around the platou, before they exploded and five small potato sack puppets with candy hands, pumpkin heads, and large hammers exploded outwards. She then lifted one of her hands and chakra threads flew out attached to each one, before she pulled them back to form a straight line, while she spoke.
"rules are simple if you damage a puppet you get 10 points, If you destroy a puppet you get 100 points, If you hit me, you get 150 points, and if you manage to corner me then you get 1000 points. If you work together then i will divide the points based on who did what!" finally she forced the three middle puppets into a spear formation 5 meters from her students, and exclaimed, "I am ready when you are."

techniques used chakra threads. Shadow clone (in a different topic) before i came to the mountain.
73/100 stamina
clone meditating at the shop
100/100

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