✴⬅
Yu Chaba: WHOA!!
You manage to duck out of the way just in time.
Thief 4: YOU!!
This is all your fault!!
YC: My fault!?
You were gonna open the scroll!!
Did none of your buddies tell you that it might be trapped?
Thief 10: Well, now that you mentioned it...
Thief 4: SHUT UP!!
After we're through gutting you, we'll blow this bitch's brains... Literally.
The thief shows off an arsenal of paper bombs, with enough to destroy Hokage Rock & cause a rock slide that'd take out half of Konoha.
At least if it were full sized.
YC: Sakura...
OVER MY DEAD BODY!!
Thief 11: That could be arranged...
*Whistle!*
🏹
*Twing*
YC: Aaah!!
An arrow was shot into your left shoulder.
You managed to spot the archer further above, using a kaginawa[Grappling hook] to hang from the ridges of her toe.
This is what they wanted, as you were ran through with a katana.
Thief 12: Got you punk...
YC: 😏 You sure about that?
*Substitution Jutsu*
Thief 12: What the-
YC: Lightning Style:...Shoulder Touch?
⚡
Despite making the Jutsu on the spot, you zapped the thief unconscious, causing him to collapse on his dead ally.
Thief 13: What the hell!?
Thief 11: Wait, isn't that the rookie we picked up a few days ago?
Thief 10: You're right...
Kid ended up drowning in some Genin girl's foot sludge...
Thief 12: Wait, but doesn't that mean-
Thief 4: He's right below us...
Somewhere in all that crap...
Everyone keep an eye out for that brat, especially you.
The archer acknowledges, keeping an eye out for Y(o)u.
YC: Okay...
I'm outnumbered, and outmatched...
Worst odds I could have...
Sakura won't be any help unless I get her attention...
Then again, getting her attention runs the risk of her squishing us all between her toes...
Ironically, her toejam seems to be my perfect ally...
I should get them to get as close together as possible...
But first, I need to deal with this arrow...
With a serrated kunai, you carefully saw off the arrow head & fletched end.
You didn't know a lick of medical ninjutsu, and asides from antiseptic, bandages and some ointments, Sakura has all the rest of the first aid supplies.
YC: Okay...
I have to stop the bleeding & I don't think these bandages will cut it all on their own...
🔥
This is gonna suck...
You superheat a kunai, then cauterized the arrow wound as best you could, then dressed up your handywork.
That'll have to do for now. Sakura should be able to heal me far better than my hackjo-
*Drip*
A piece of toejam fell from above, falling into your mouth.
😖😫
Oh fuck!!
It went down my throat...
I...
I don't even hate it...
It's actually pretty good...
WHY does it have to taste good!?
Now's not the time, Yu!
You have a band of homicidal thieves hunting you down...
I got to deal with them...
...
Thief 4: Where the fuck is that little shit?
Thief 11: The fucker could've already hightailed it to get this flat kid's attention.
Archer: No...
He hasn't left.
I'd know if he so much as peeps out from that crap.
Thief 10: What if he's dead down there like rookie over here?
Thief 12: Naw, kid's a Chunin...
He's alive down there...
Thief 4: So, should we start blowing this gunk apart?
Thief 10: Are you crazy?
Need I remind you that we're the size of specks in between the toes of a teenage girl?
If she so much as curls them, we're all dead.
Thief 11: So, what do we do?
Thief 12: We need to deal with him.
I saw how he uses Wind Style.
He could use it to boost his speed and leave us in the dust...
Archer: More like gunk...
Thief 12: This big broad ought to not wake up if we're careful enough.
Little bastard's got to come up for air at some point...
...
YC: Gotta fight back somehow, and fast...
👀 You could observe the gunk above you indent, likely from the weight of a thief.
🌪
Thief 10: AAAAAH!!
The sudden jet of wind sent the thief flying until he slammed against Sakura's toe, disorienting him.
YC: 🏃Damn, I sent him flying...
🏹✴🔥
You had to dodge arrows, shuriken, kunai & jutsu before you regained your breath, plunging back into the toejam.
Thief 11: Gross!
He dove right back into it.
Thief 4: How's he look?
Thief 12: Not bad considering that he hit her toe so hard...
He'll need a few minutes, five tops.
🌊💦
Thief 11: That little fucker!!
Can someone please help me out of this crappy so I don't end up like the rookie.
Thief 4 Helps d h her out of the toe gunk she got stuck in due to your jutsu.
👃👃
Thief 12: I don't think that was a Water Jutsu.
Thief 11: What the hell do you mean?
Thief 4: 👅💦
*Gagging*
That's not water...
That's sweat. That's her foot sweat!
Thief 11: Ew, ew, ew, ew, EWWW!!!
When I grab that little shit, I'm sticking him straight down her throat!!
Archer: Movement. 10 o'clock!
The thieves turn to see a portion of the toejam move as if it were muddy water.
Thief: 12: Hurry!!
Unfortunately for you, they managed to catch up and pull you out onto the surface, restraining you.
YC: Get off of me!!
👊
🤕
The thieves beat you up, causing you stop struggling.
Thief 4: Time to die-
Thief 12: Hang on...
Looks like the kid has quite the tanto on him...
YC: Hey, give that back!!
It's my dad's, it's all I have of his!
Thief 11: Is that so?
Thief 4: Well then...
I think it'd be poetic that you die by this blade...
The Thief unsheathes the weapon, then plunges it through your heart...
At least he tried to, but the tanto had no blade, nor tang, effectively being useless.
Thief 11: What the hell?
What kind of knife doesn't have a blade?
Thief 12: It must be ceremonial...
Thief 4: It's junk.
You can die with your dad's useless weapon, I've got the perfect knife to gut you with.
⏸ Flashback time!
Asuma Sarutobi: Here Yu.
Consider this as a graduation gift.
🗡
Graduate Yu Chaba: What is it?
AS: This tantō was Yōso's...
He gave it to me to give to you, if you chose to follow in his footsteps, and not your mother's...
🗡
GYC: There's no blade.
Is this supposed to be a joke?
AS: Yu...
You ever wonder why your dad stuck with being a Specialist & not a Jonin like me?
GYC: No, I haven't really thought about that.
AS: Yōso wished to not only be with Midori, but to hone his skills to that of a force to be reckoned with.
In his journey to get a greater understanding of his chakra natures, he made this.
Think of it as a focusing instrument for your elemental releases.
It also amplifies it.
I can demonstrate if you'd like.
GYC: Please.
🗡
AS: Okay...
Yōso said it's better to start with it sheathed, but I've gotten used to it without it on...
Pay attention.
🌪🗡
Asuma focused his chakra into the hilt, then changed it's nature to wind, causing a blade comprised of wind to grow from the hilt.
GYC: WHOA!!
AS: Once you know what you're doing, maintaining the blade is very easy...
Pay attention to the bamboo & trees in the distance...
HA!!
Asuma struck the air, causing a crescent of violent wind to emit, flying into the distance, slicing clean dozens of trees & bamboo.
GYC: WHOA!!!
AS: Impressive, right?
Even the sheath works in a similar way...
I'm gonna try it with a fire release this time around...
Asuma focuses his chakra again, this time in the tantō's seemingly broken sheath.
You could see a raging inferno, desperate to escape the cylindrical space of the sheath.
This one sorta has an extra step...
You'll need to focus a bit of your chakra into your breathing...
It's all about the technique...
🌬➡🔥💥🔥
Asuma blew into the sheath as if it were a blowgun, sending the concentrated ball of fire chakra into the sky, lighting up the surroundings a bit more, and parting the cloud that he hit.
GYC: That's so cool!!
Why doesn't the rest of the Leaf have weapons like this?
AS: Stuff like this is only suited for a select few...
*Coughing*
-And personally, it takes a toll on my lungs...
GYC: Are you sure that's not because of all your smoking?
AS: Perhaps...
🗡
Here.
May it aid you on your nindo.
⏯ Back to the current situation.
You have only successfully used your father's tantō a handful of times, but it's your best weapon against these bandits.
Time to roll for a skill check.
1) 1-10 to Speed & Proficiency: Failure💀(Reborn afterwards)
2) 11-19 to Speed & Proficiency: You are still in this fight!
3) Nat 20 to Luck. Sakura to the rescue.
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