Maruboshi had Takuma take a one-day break from sparring and go through a tough day of physical conditioning. He could tell that Takuma had perceived something during his fight with Nenro, and he wanted to give him time to gather his thought...
2024-08-24 09:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostUchiha Fugaku returned home from a tough day at work to find his wife humming a merry tune in the living room with a smile. Mikoto was sitting on a tarp she had laid out in the room and cleaning her shinobi gear that had been in storage for...
2024-08-20 17:07:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Takuma's muscles ached from sparring against Masaaki while wearing the weighted gear. It had been a while since his body hurt as much as it did after going spar after spar for more than a dozen rounds. The pain was good becaus...
2024-08-15 16:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostMasaaki took a quick gulp of water and left the sidelines for another round of sparring. Choza had nothing to say as they hadn't fought properly. The first round was to get them fired up for the real thing. He was well aware that Takuma was...
2024-08-13 07:02:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Maruboshi asked him to bring in sparring partners, Masaaki was the first person Takuma called, who immediately agreed; even the early time of six in the morning wasn't a problem. But Takuma should've expected some kind of surprise from...
2024-08-10 15:11:56 +0000 UTC View PostMaruboshi and Takuma fought a few more times before Maruboshi was ready to share his thoughts.
"You're too aggressive," Maruobshi started with a negative. "I understand you want to be in control, but your tendencies are plain r...
2024-08-07 03:50:43 +0000 UTC View PostAt a dirt field a half house after the sunrise, Maruboshi stretched his body. He was as far removed from his prime as one could be and required ample warmup to get his body to react to his commands with combat sharpness.
He loo...
2024-08-05 09:15:18 +0000 UTC View Post(Couldn't put it in the post title because the genin and chunin tier would've been spoiled)
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On the empty floor, Takuma sat opposite two ANBU-nin. There was a dip of silence where the two sides gazed at each other upon his request for benefits from ANBU's side. He was cognisant that ANBU was in charge of national security, and they probab...
2024-07-31 02:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe location of the ANBU headquarters wasn't a secret. It was common knowledge within the village that the headquarters was inside Hokage Mountain. A single path carved into the mountain led to the entrance, which was restricted through sev...
2024-07-30 01:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostAround one o'clock in the afternoon, Maruboshi was washing dishes when his front doorbell rang. He wondered if Takuma had returned from visiting the Police Force headquarters and hoped everything had gone well. The timing made him think tha...
2024-07-28 04:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post"Fuck off!"
The members of the Narcotics Taskforce were surprised to see the second-in-command hurl profanities from across the room. Arisu was not one to raise her voice in anger and handled matters with a level head and transparent ...
2024-07-27 02:29:37 +0000 UTC View PostIn his room at Maruboshi's house, Takuma gazed at his washed and ironed Police Force uniform he hadn't worn in a year—the last time being before the assassination attempt. Beside it sat his standard Leaf uniform. His first outing i...
2024-07-26 15:18:32 +0000 UTC View PostLater that evening, Taro was free from his job, skipped his house, and went straight to another place where he might get some answers regarding the shocking news that Takuma was back home for a week.
He rang the doorbell in a l...
2024-07-23 21:18:23 +0000 UTC View PostMaruboshi was stunned silent by the time Takuma was done with the retelling of events of his mission. He looked at his student, who was staring at the persimmon tree in the garden. Takuma had been targeted by ROOT, and by some bizarre coincidence,...
2024-07-21 19:34:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe first day was quiet.
Takuma had arrived at Maruboshi's house around six and was tucked into a futon by seven after a shower and re-application of his bandages. The next day, Maruboshi opted to take a break from his usual day...
2024-07-17 23:14:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn't take much time for Takuma and Kameko to pass through the security check, which was expedited because they were shinobi. It helped that the guards in the guard station didn't ask Takuma any questions after Kameko, who went first, t...
2024-07-14 19:11:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe time for Team-9 to leave arrived, and in the crisp morning, as the sun rose up the horizon, the team's five members left the city. They had seen their goodbyes to everyone the day before and left without fanfare. They had a long journey...
2024-07-14 19:08:45 +0000 UTC View PostAnother day passed and Takuma once again found himself sitting before the masked ANBU duo in the same tent where he had met them first.
"How's the interrogation going? Got anything good out of him yet?" he asked, knowing it was...
2024-07-14 19:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma and Anko left the camp and headed towards the city walls. Their conversation opened with a discussion about the ANBU despite recognising the true topic of discussion, but both internally thought it better to gradually lean into the t...
2024-07-10 18:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe meetings with the ANBU-nin were held in a tent inside the temporary base built by the main forces. The rest of the team had already completed their interviews with the ANBU duo in the time Takuma was out. According to Kameko, they quest...
2024-07-08 21:27:01 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I have read the comments on the chapter and in the discord and concur that I made Takuma too passive and remorseful and guilty—if that's the right emotion. I have edited it so that while the vibe of the chapter hasn't changed ...
2024-07-05 19:38:23 +0000 UTC View PostTeam-9 waited until all the pyres were extinguished before deciding to leave the funeral site.
Takuma stared at the smoke in the sky and wondered about this world's afterlife. He vaguely remembered that there was a definite aft...
2024-07-03 18:55:52 +0000 UTC View PostThree of five jonin stationed in the city lost their lives during the Battle for Yu. After the death of the second jonin, the Frost-Cloud forces retreated and fled the city. The Steam-Leaf didn't give them chase outside the city, and those ...
2024-07-02 08:54:40 +0000 UTC View PostYu was in tatters from the two shinobi armies battling it out for control of the city. Black smoke rose from the southern section of the city, the epicentre of battles, blotting the sky. The sounds of explosions, metal against metal, and vo...
2024-06-30 15:21:59 +0000 UTC View PostShe was too light...
They had spared nearly every day when they were at Camp Banana. They had wrestled in mud and dirt; he had tossed her around plenty of times but now, as she collapsed into him, he felt that she had no weight...
2024-06-24 15:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostTakuma felt as though his head was literally splitting. There was so much sweat and building plaster on his face from running through the wall along with the fire ninjutsu which had blown up right in front of him, that it hid the fact that ...
2024-06-22 18:02:56 +0000 UTC View PostKon looked at "Ni", who was writhing on the floor from the lightning ninjutsu channelled through the water tentacles, which boosted the damage as lightning and water were complimentary when it came to ninjutsu. He immediately pumped fire nature ch...
2024-06-22 18:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs the Wind Release: Breakthrough jutsu hit Anko, Takuma's instincts kicked in, and he moved in her path. Standing beside him, Daiki became an unexpected obstacle, blocking him from reaching her. Despite the hindrance, Takuma's hand shot up...
2024-06-18 02:22:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe combined force of Camp Banana and the Hidden Steam knocked on Yu's door. They could hear the emergency warning bells ringing from inside the city in response to their arrival. Shinobi were already on the wall, ready to defend the city, ...
2024-06-14 07:48:51 +0000 UTC View Post