Probably His Last chance [Requesting Entry]

[Kanagawa Nozomi]

Umashi's Clones​

Spoiler

Clone 1
HP: 4620
CP: 4116
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Clone 2
HP: 4620
CP: 4116
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Clone 3
HP: 4620
CP: 4116
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Round 3

Time	Attacker	Roll	Action	Defender	Roll	Result	Damage
Beginning	Maru	--	--	--	--	Bleeds[lb][/lb] Heals[lb][/lb] Chakra Regen	Bleeding Dmg: -1127 HP[lb][/lb] Healing: +750 HP[lb][/lb] Chakra Regen: +990
Beginning	Umashi	--	--	--	--	Regens[lb][/lb]	Regens: +2400 HP
00.00s	Umashi	38	Shadow Dimension Attacks	Maru	24	HIT	Normal Damage: -1250 HP[lb][/lb] Spiritual Damage: -1250 HP
00.00s	Umashi	40	Darkness Falls	Maru	35	Hit![lb][/lb] Nin Check: 44v31 -- Maru is still stuck[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 54 - Fail	Normal Damage: -825 HP[lb][/lb] Spiritual Damage: -825 HP
00.00s	Umashi	43	Funhouse appears from Maru's Shadow	Maru	38	HIT! Affected by Funhouse[lb][/lb] Sneak Attack: 29 -- Fail	--
00.00s	Umashi	--	Tranquilize	Self	--	Roll Crit: 16 -- Fail	--
02.27s	Maru	--	Ragdoll Repair	Self	--	Autofail: 15 -- Not Affected[lb][/lb] Called Shot Hands -1[lb][/lb] Bleeding Level -1	Healing: +952 HP
02.61s	Gin Joka	42[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 48[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 46	Higuma	Maru	26[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 42[lb][/lb] 44[lb][/lb] 28	HIT![lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] 25% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Maru inflicted with Higuma Debuff[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 51 -- Fail	Normal Dmg: -824[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: 0[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -824[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -206[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -824
02.29s	Umashi	37	Leech Seal	Maru	42	MISS	--
02.29s	Umashi	39	Initiative: Basic Strike -- Called Shot: Heart	Maru	33	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot: 19 -- Success![lb][/lb] Maru's Heart Sprained (?)	Normal Damage: -158 HP
03.90s	Umashi	18[lb][/lb] 23[lb][/lb] 19	Puppet Clone to summon 3 Puppet Clones	Maru	27[lb][/lb] 19[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb]	Puppet 1: Not Confused[lb][/lb] Puppet 2: Confused[lb][/lb] Puppet 3: Not Confused	--
04.00s	Umashi Clone 1	23	Stone Bullet	Maru	38	Miss	--
04.00s	Umashi Clone 2	22	Stone Bullet	Maru	41	MISS	--
04.00s	Umashi Clone 3	24	Stone Bullet	Maru	41	MISS	--
04.25s	Umashi	--	Shadow Dimension	--	--	No longer maintained... Disappears	--
04.32s	Maru	--	Voltaic Shot	FunHouse 1	--	Autohit: 93 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Funhouse 1 Destroyed[lb][/lb] Chance to reflect damage upon being destroyed: 57 -- Fail	--
05.96s	Umashi	42[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 46[lb][/lb] 51[lb][/lb] 35	16-Hit Combo	Maru	36[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 24[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 31[lb][/lb] 30[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 28[lb][/lb] 30[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 27[lb][/lb] 28[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 28[lb][/lb] 27	HIt[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Miss[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] Hit[lb][/lb] HIt[lb][/lb] CRIT![lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Maru is now Rank 3 Bleeding	Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -0 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -53 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -210 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -105 HP
06.36s	Maru	--	Destruction Power Shot	Funhouse 4	--	Autohit: 87[lb][/lb] Funhouse 4 Destroyed[lb][/lb] Chance to reflect damage: 94 -- Fai	--
06.52s	Gin Joka	49[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 42[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 46[lb][/lb] 50[lb][/lb] 33	Kill Driver	Maru	36[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 26[lb][/lb] 35[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 35[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 39	HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 45 -- Fail	Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -0 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][lb] Normal Dmg: -184 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Dmg: -0 HP
08.00s	Umashi Clone 1	30	Stone Bullet	Maru	25	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Hands: 56 -- Fail	Normal Dmg: -122 HP
08.00s	Umashi Clone 2	21	Stone Bullet	Maru	28	MISS	--
08.00s	Umashi Clone 3	31	Stone Bullet	Maru	36	MISS	--
08.41s	Maru	40[lb][/lb]42	See the Wind	Umashi	33[lb][/lb]33	HIT![lb][/lb] Secondary Attack: HIT![lb][/lb] Autohit: 40 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Rolled 1 on Clone Confusion[lb][/lb] Maru gains: +399 HP[lb][/lb] Maru gains: +399 CP[lb][/lb] Maru no longer confused by Puppet Clone[lb][/lb] Primary attack Autododge: 77 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Secondary attack Autododge: 35 -- Fail[lb][/lb]	Normal Damage: -3188 HP -- Umashi[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -797 HP -- Kin [lb][/lb] Secondary Damage: -478 HP -- Umashi[lb][/lb] Secondary Damage: -120 HP -- Kin

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B-Mod Notes:
@Umashi: You ran out of natural energy due to maintains so all actions were used with normal CP pool. You also didn't have enough Natural Energy to maintain Shadow Dimension (which i was informed to use the order of maintains mentioned in your actions as a means of priority)
@Maru: Thanks for changing how your actions looked. It's much more organized and easier to read.
@All: Same as always. 48 hours max to send your next round to me. Please structure your actions to make it easier to read and make sure everything is linked. Please use:

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instead of linking at bottom for easy access. Also, please link to any jutsu and whatever you did to it with the jutsu you are sending to the future, Umashi (again, for easy access)
@All: You have until next round is modded to submit any corrections to the mod.

Edits:
- Small Edit involving when Shadow Dimension ends. Due to this, Maru takes 2700 damage, all of Umashi's and clone's attacks before it dissolved gained +2 acc (which didn't change the results of hit/miss).
- Another small edit. Umashi regains 2400 HP due to them and summon being combined (counting as 1 person)
- Forgot to roll bleeding on Darkness Falls. It rolled 54

 

[Midori Futotta]

With the shadow dimension down, and the mental pain that had once affected him being no more. Maru felt pretty confident in his abilities in taking the man down, the black tentrails popping his bones back into place and closing up his wounds he was at least able to shrug off some of the injuries he sustained.. Then the man went for one of his hearts, and he attempted to hide using the mirrors he summoned but Maru could already tell how this man was going to fight. He was focused on confusing him, using clones and mirrors to try to fool him to save him from a bullet. But Maru could heal pretty fast, and snatch chakra so as long as he kept attacking he should be fine. After all all he needed to cause was damage, and these things that he summon aren't exactly bullet proof.

Maru continued firing shot, after shot. Just another mirror clone, just another clone that the man confused him with. Then Maru used one of his attacks deadliest attacks similar to the amaterasu, a bullet that cannot be dodged, blocked, or avoided by wind Justu. He aimed his gun at Umashi then blasted him twice, then he reloaded his weapon. His inky black tentrails wringing out of his open wounds and out of his open scares. “So its hide and seek you're playing eh?” He spat, then he aimed the barrel of both guns at the man with a insane smile spreading across his face. Hopefully the next round should produce better results.

[Actions Sent]

 

[Seijin]

Clones . . . there were clones galore. Umashi was feeling rather good until he got the first sign that his natural energy battery was running low on juice. For the briefest of moments, the illusion of his youthful guise faltered as he jerkily stumbled in his step. It only took a second but in that moment Maru managed to see through to the man that was behind the mask. If he recognized him then that meant that he could identify him, and revealing himself to those without the need to know was something that Umashi wasn't prepared to do just yet. Standing with an army of clones behind him, Umashi gathered back his steps as he waved to his small army.

"You speak of games as if you know the rules! Surely you must have realized that the game was Chess, not Checkers, no?" Raising his hand before him, he made a gun like motion and made a show of acting as if he was shooting at Maru. Muttering to his clones, he gave them only a single command. "En Passant . . ." Speaking for the first time in this whole experience felt great, but it also allowed Umashi to show a bit more bravado than words on a page could. Melting into the crowd, Umashi watched as they rushed past him while being led by Gin Joka. Calculating the cost in his head, it was better to let the pawns rush forward instead of doing so himself. As far as he could figure, Maru had to run out of ammunition at some point.

OOC: Actions Sent

 

[Kanagawa Nozomi]

Just a quick update for papertrail, but I'll be away from the computer and thus not be able to mod until my ac is fixed hopefully on Thursday. The computer causes too much heat in the house and I don't want it to reach 100 degrees inside the house. sorry for the inconvenience

 

[Kanagawa Nozomi]

Umashi's Clones​

Spoiler

Clone 1
HP: 4620
CP: 3780
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Clone 2
HP: 4620
CP: 3780
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Clone 3
HP: 4620
CP: 3780
AP: 2.5 Next Round

Round 4

Time	Attacker	Roll	Action	Defender	Roll	Result	Damage
Beginning	Maru	--	--	--	--	Bleeds[lb][/lb] Heals[lb][/lb] Chakra Regen	Bleeding Dmg: -1127 HP[lb][/lb] Healing: +750 HP[lb][/lb] Chakra Regen: +990
Beginning	Umashi[lb][/lb] Gin Joka[lb][/lb] Kin	--	--	--	--	HP Regen[lb][/lb] HP Regen[lb][/lb] HP Regen	Healing: +2400 HP[lb][/lb] Healing: +2400 HP[lb][/lb] Healing: +2400 HP[lb][/lb]
00.00s	Umashi	39	Darkness Falls	Maru	25	HIT![lb][/lb] Bleeding: 70 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Nin Check: 36v30 -- Maru failed	Normal Damage: -825 HP[lb][/lb] Spiritual Damage: -825 HP[lb][/lb]
00.00s	Umashi	--	--	--	--	Darkness Falls Drops[lb][/lb] Funhouse Drops
00.00s	Umashi	19	Mystical Force	Umashi	--	CRIT![lb][/lb] Chance to reduce Bleeding/Called Shot Penalties: 98 -- Fail	Healing: +6863 HP
00.00s	Umashi	--	Drop Limitless Kusanagi	--	--	[lb][/lb]
00.00s	Umashi	--	Initiative: Equip Wanted Poster	--	--	[lb][/lb]
00.00s	Umashi	32	Initiative: Sneak Attack! Called Shot -- Heart	Maru	24	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Chance: 22 -- Fail	Normal Damage: -165 HP
00.00s	Umashi	--	Quickswitch to Elemental Shot	--	--	Grants Follow-up Combo![lb][/lb]
COMBO	Umashi PC1	35	Channels Grapple through Puppet Clone 1	Maru	26	Bound![lb][/lb] Awareness Check for Clone Confusion: 18v18 -- Maru unaffected by Clone Confusion
01.46s	Maru	12	Escape Bind	--	--	Successfully escaped the bind[lb][/lb]
01.74s	Kin	--	Living Artifact: Replicate Chakra Synthesis	Umashi	--	[lb][/lb]
02.73s	Umashi PC2	36[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb]	Channeled Perfected Rasengan -- Rasen Shuriken -- through Puppet Clone 2	Maru	41[lb][/lb] 23[lb][/lb] 23[lb][/lb] 27[lb][/lb] 29[lb][/lb] 40	MISS[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] Chakra Sever: 50 / 72 / 86 / 9[lb][/lb] Chakra Severed x1[lb][/lb] Puppet Clone Awareness Check: 16v21 -- Maru unaffected	Normal Damage: 0 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -1009 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -1009 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -1009 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: -1009 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage: 0 HP
02.73s	Umashi	42	SNEAK ATTACK! Basic Strike -- Called Shot Heart	Maru	29	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Chance: 31 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Bleeding Chance: 76 -- Fail	Normal Damage: -165 HP
02.73s	Umashi	44	SNEAK ATTACK! Basic Strike -- Called Shot Heart	Maru	26	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Chance: 10 -- Fractured Heart[lb][/lb] Bleeding Chance: 45 -- Failed	Normal Damage: -165 HP
03.64s	Umashi PC3	26	Channel Shadow Possession through Puppet Clone 3	Maru	29	MISS[lb][/lb] PUppet Clone Awareness Check: 24v26 -- Maru not affected by clone confusion	--
03.66s	Maru	43[lb][/lb] 53[lb][/lb] 48[lb][/lb] 56[lb][/lb] 52[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] 50[lb][/lb] 53[lb][/lb] 44[lb][/lb] 52[lb][/lb] 51[lb][/lb] ---[lb][/lb] 2nd@Umashi: 52[lb][/lb] 2nd@Gin: 50	Flurry Shot	UMASHI[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] GIN JOKA[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb]	38[lb][/lb] 25[lb][/lb] 25[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 27[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] @Umashi: 26[lb][/lb][lb][/lb] @Gin: 39	HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] CRIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] --[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Suppression vs Umashi: 27 -- Umashi/Kin suppressed[lb][/lb] Suppression vs Gin: 56 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Sneak Attack vs Umashi: 68 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Sneak Attack vs Gin: 3 -- Success![lb][/lb] Gains: +344 HP[lb][/lb] Gains: +344 CP	Total Damage Umashi: -1459 HP[lb][/lb] Total Damage Gin Joka: -1985 HP[lb][/lb] Total Damage Kin: -354 HP[lb][/lb] Secondary Damage Umashi: -175 HP Secondary Damage Gin Joka: -342 HP Secondary Damage Kin: -44 HP
04.00s	Umashi Clone 1	39	Stone Bullet	Maru	23	CRIT HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Hands: 75 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Maru is Bleeding Rank 4	Normal Damage: -244 HP
04.00s	Umashi Clone 2	40	Stone Bullet	Maru	39	CRIT! 75% Partial[lb][/lb] Maru is Bleeding Rank 5	Normal Damage: -183 HP
04.00s	Umashi Clone 3	33	Stone Bullet	Maru	37	MISS[lb][/lb]	Normal Damage: 0
04.35s	Gin Joka	48[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 46	Higuma	Maru	23[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 26[lb][/lb] 42	HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 88 -- Fail	Total Normal Damage: -1648 HP[lb][/lb] Total Spiritual Damage: -1648 HP
05.65s	Gin Joka	43[lb][/lb] 34	Dynamic Slash	Maru	42[lb][/lb] 35	75% Partial[lb][/lb] 25% Partial[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 54 -- Fail	Total Normal Damage: -54 HP [lb][/lb] Total Spiritual Damage: -54 HP
06.10s	Maru	--	Ragdoll Repair	Maru	--	Bleeding: -1[lb][/lb] Called Shot Heart: -1	Healing: +1028 HP
08.00s	Umashi Clone 1	40	Stone Bullet	Maru	28	CRIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Hands: 95 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Maru is Rank 5 Bleeding	Normal Damage: -244 HP
08.00s	Umashi Clone 2	29	Stone Bullet	Maru	34	MISS	Normal Damage: 0
08.00s	Umashi Clone 3	37	Stone Bullet	Maru	31	HIT![lb][/lb] Called Shot Hands: 33 -- Fail	Normal Damage: -122 HP
08.29s	Maru	42[lb][/lb] 48	See the Wind	Umashi	40[lb][/lb] 29	Main Attack HIT![lb][/lb] Secondary Attack HIT![lb][/lb] Sneak Attack: 37 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Gain: +399 HP[lb][/lb] Gain: +399 CP[lb][/lb] Suppression: 87 -- Fail	Normal Damage Umashi: -3188 HP[lb][/lb] Normal Damage Kin: -797[lb][/lb] Secondary Damage Umashi: -478 HP[lb][/lb] Secondary Damage Kin: -120 HP

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B-Mod Notes:
@Umashi: Nothing special to note here
@Maru: Your actions couldn't be finished due to being bound.
@All: Same as always. 48 hours max to send your next round to me. Please structure your actions to make it easier to read and make sure everything is linked. Please use:

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instead of linking at bottom for easy access.
@All: You have until next round is modded to submit any corrections to the mod.
@All: IMPORTANT!!! I'm going to be transferring the information from this fight to a more updated spreadsheet that helps keep track of spread-damage (80/20).

Edits:
Nothing yet (Fingers Crossed)

 

[Seijin]

Some Time Ago:​

~“Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved?
One should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved.”~



Pondering over the question, as he prepared to be put under, Umashi looked at the lithe looking man going over his checks and balances. With pale skin, purple hair, purple nail coloring and sporting contacts that turned his eyes just the perfect shade of lavender, Umashi asked him the question that had been rattling around his brain for hours. "Is it better to be feared or loved?" Stopping his checks on the cloth wraps that would bind Umashi down, he exaggerated a pondering look via a finger to his chin and sighed out loud. "You know Hokage-sama . . . I haven't the slightest clue but for sure I'd cut a bih, quick, if they tried to snatch me or my Biju-chan!" Seemingly going into some dark mental place, the man known as Budo whipped out a blade and made a few swipes at the air before remembering where he was and putting away his blade. Noticing a hair out of place the man ran his fingers through his perfectly straight hair and sighed again.

"One of my little birdies told me that things were getting bad out there. Something about some kids being exiled for playing jokes now. Shaking my head, tsk tsk, it was a much more quieter place when you . . ." Budo let the words hang in the air as he blushed and got back to finishing his bindings around Umashi.With his eyes downcast, he shook his head. "I meant no offense, Hoka-"" Umashi cut him off with his own words. "None taken, but that's why I come to you, because you make all the pain go away." Upon saying that, the man Budo colored for a different reason. Leaning back, Umashi wondered to himself just what had come onto the world for him to fall so far as to be in a barely legal "cafe" that was more akin to a house of ill repute. What had started as just a one time stress reliever had turned into a dark and most secret regularity akin to a drug. Of course he knew what had happened but it was still inexcusable all the same. The changing of the guard had been hard for Umashi, a lot harder than he had originally believed that it would be. It had cost him many sleepless nights and with all the murmurings and hushed whispers in hallways, despite him wanting to separate himself from the drama of the land, things just always seemed to pull him right back in.

Clearing his throat,, Budo went into his persona as he snapped his fingers and his lavender eyes turned into the equally colored mangekyou sharingan. Even though Umashi was a regular, he read the disclaimer to him every time. "Welcome to Madam Tsukiyomi's Cafe, where all of your wishes and dreams come true!" Droning on, Umashi nodded his head as the young Yamanaka girl, Biju walked around to do her final inspection. With snow white hair down to her ankles and sporting clothes that although bleached the whitest white, seemed mere rags, she was a sight to behold. A fairy among the darkness that was what many deemed, a "thought brothel". What would Yomi say if she knew that his late nights at the office were more spent on him being whisked away to worlds that never were nor ever could be? Would she divorce him, would she pack up the family and move far far away? Would she believe him when he told her that he was simply looking for a better way, that he had a plan? There was no mistaking Umashi's addiction. As Budo finished his spiel, he lit the incense , lavender of course, that would help to set the mood.

Bound tightly in his chair, Umashi could stare only into the eyes of Budo, as Biju placed a cool hand against the back of his neck and suddenly he was transported to another realm, another fantasy, another life. Like a tunnel, he walked towards the light at the end, and as he walked, the world seemed to populate around him, growing into itself and morphing in to what it was supposed to be. The combo of Budo and Biju was something akin to magic. With both of their talents in use, they could create the realest fantasies. Most people who visited Madam Tsukiyomi's Cafe came for more deviant reasons, and though Umashi was a self respecting, mostly law abiding citizen, he never questioned the two as to their clientèle. For him, this was his thought palace, his mental sandbox. From here he was able to figure out the problems of the world and the problems of his life. From here he led rebellions, fought wars, and overturned whole governments. From here he was hero.

There were no doubt hundreds of thousands of millions of possibilities and outcomes for the particular problem that Umashi was trying to solve. He'd lived too many lives, died too many times and lost too many friends in all the years he'd mentally spent in these false worlds. Feeling a hand rummaging through his pocket, he reached down to grab it but was too slow as a wild haired kid pulled out a plastic gun on him and doused him in water before heran off. Like clockwork a particularly pressed looking shinobi sporting a Kumogakure headband arrived just in time to miss the kid before looked to Umashi. Pointing in the direction of the kid, Umashi wiped the water from his face as the man thanked him and tore off after the kid. Soon the bells would start and the coronation of the Hokage would begin with the large and giant bells being heard. From the corporate prince to the formally dishonored clan leader. Umashi had lived this, Umashi knew this. All of usual suspects were here, all of his regrets. Umashi preferred to be loved, because he knew what it felt like to live in fear. Unfortunately for him, love was ultimately the thing that ruined him every time.

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Today, This Moment, Right Now:​

Maru was a brat, but unlike most brats, Maru had something to be bratty about. For all intents and purposes, the system had failed him. He should have been worked with, somebody should have intervened. Yomi had tried and instead of receiving help herself, the stability that the village had enjoyed seemed to crumble around him. Umashi should have never disappeared. That was the only truth that Umashi believed about it all. Had he not disappeared, had he not left Yomi with but a letter, then a pregnant woman would have been forced to become Hokage, and perhaps, just maybe, the streets wouldn't have been stained red with blood. Somethings were tarnished beyond repair but for others, Umashi could fix them. He had seen it before, the fictional peace of his mind. In Madam Tsukiyomi's Cafe he'd tasted the sweet taste of victory. Out of all the countless possibilities there was one path that could right the wrongs of the paste . . . at least somewhat.

Dancing around Maru with the skill and grace of one far outclassing their opponent, Umashi tapped at Maru's hand, struck at his heart, and bound him into submission as he played the game like it were a chess match. Try as he might, Maru was was misusing the very thing that made him strong, his heart. One day Umashi might be able to tell him the truth, one day Umashi might be able to laugh about this moment, one day, Umashi might actually do something about righting the wrongs that had been done against him. A child orphaned by the very system that was supposed to protect him, the very institution that was supposed to raise him. Maru wasn't a lost cause, and here he had been treated like one by everyone around him. It all went back to that moment, one of many that Umashi regretted. What would the boy say if he knew that he was the reason that Umashi ultimately left Konoha. Would he laugh, would he cry, would he lash out in anger? Perhaps not, perhaps so, Umashi might not ever really, truly know. For now there was only the dance of battle, in this moment there could be no hesitation.

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OOC: Actions to be sent shortly. I won't be able to post again in this topic until Monday if the next round comes tonight or tomorrow.

 

[Midori Futotta]

Things weren't looking too good for the young mercenary, it was hard to find his target because of the fact their were so many clones so he resorted to shooting at everything he saw, including the summon that was leading the army of clones against him. But Maru still had a few things going for him, he could still hold his weapon which was still feeding him more energy and he still had a seemingly endless supply of chakra to drain so long as he hit something. Since being a human puppet, Maru was quite skilled in making pretty tough weapons with great abilities. Expanding his knowlege in weapon creation, it didnt take him long to master a new fighting style that had a strategy that was pretty simple… blast everything he saw and let his guns heal him while he his weapons in his hands. But he still had an ace in the whole.. the big guns and if things go right for him this wave he would probably do a lot of damage while taking most of these guys out. The man was resourceful but Maru's weapons would buy him the time he needed. Besides even if he was to die, the hearts he fed on would bring him right back so he didn't worry to much about death.

When his hands were struck, Maru's tentrails healed them right back to normal, when the man went for his heart Maru's body quickly worked on repairing the damage to his heart. The bleeding he couldn't get under control however, probably due to the sharpnesses of that weapon he was using on him but now he was starting to run out of tricks. As soon as Umashi came out of hiding to attack him, he fired at both him and his summon repeatedly.

Blam
Blam
Blam
Blam
Blam
Blam

The trigger happy Maru fired at them repeatedly, shooting himself out of the bind to shoot another perfect shot that was next to impossible to avoid. Maru could see his vision starting to get a little… blurry. The bleeding that he couldn't control was bringing him deathly close to defeat, depending upon what the man does this coming attack he might end up finishing him off.. However, Maru was about to do whatever it took to win, this former Kage maybe more experienced in battle but Maru could do more damage and if he played his cards right he could pull a rabbit out of the hat and take this guy down. 'Fight for yourself, struggle until you can no longer hold yourself up’ was what one of the most useful things he learned while he was first starting the academy, that was before the whole thing of him dropping out of the academy to become a bandit since it clearly looked like he wasn't coming up in the ranks anytime soon. But struggling until he could no longer stand by himself was what he planned on doing.

[Actions sent]

 

[Kanagawa Nozomi]

Round 5

Time	Attacker	Roll	Action	Defender	Roll	Result	Damage
Beginning	Maru		Regen and Bleeding[lb][/lb]Chakra Sever r1				HP Regen: +631 HP[lb][/lb] Bleeding: -1735 HP[lb][/lb] CP Regen: +990 CP[lb][/lb] CP Damage: -330 CP
Beginning	Umashi[lb][/lb] Gin Joka[lb][/lb] Kin		HP Regen				HP Regen: +2400 HP[lb][/lb] HP Regen: +2400 HP[lb][/lb] HP Regen: +2400 HP
00.00s	Umashi		Mystical Force is maintained				HP Regen: +915 HP
00.00s	Umashi	30[lb][/lb]24	Initiative: Stealth	Maru[lb][/lb]Gin Joka	21[lb][/lb]27	Maru is unaware[lb][/lb]Gin Joka is aware
00.45s	Maru		Unequips Joy and Sorrow
00.91s	Umashi	28	Hidden Action	Maru	38	MISS[lb][/lb] Umashi was pulled out of stealth
01.00s	Umashi		Sage Mode Deactivates
01.50s	Umashi		Elemental Clones go poof
02.61s	Gin Joka	30[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb]	Higuma	Maru	23[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 29[lb][/lb] 23[lb][/lb] 32	HIT[lb][/lb] 25% Partial[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] 25% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Doesn't Count[lb][/lb] Doesn't Count[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 99 -- Fail	Total Normal Damage: -1416 HP[lb][/lb] Total Spiritual Damage: -1416 HP
03.18s	Maru		Nature's Guard -- Lightning
03.64s	Umashi	30[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 30[lb][/lb] 48[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 49[lb][/lb] 31[lb][/lb] 41	Stardust Nova	Maru	26[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 40[lb][/lb] 38[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 38[lb][lb] 34[lb][/lb] 27[lb][/lb] 31[lb][/lb] 37	HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] CRIT![lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] CRIT![lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Ignore Barriers: 73 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Non-Elemental: 48 -- SUCCESS! (due to crit)[lb][/lb] Roll Bloody mess: 6 / 60 -- 1 Success!	Normal Damage Blocked by barrier: 4813 damage[lb][/lb] Damage that went through: -4043 Illusionary[lb][/lb] Bloody Mess: -621 HP
COMBO	Umashi	44[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 44[lb][/lb] 49[lb][/lb] 46	Water Shark Bomb	Maru	35[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 25[lb][/lb] 32[lb][/lb] 37	HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Doesn't Count[lb][/lb] Crush: 29 / 92 / 78 / 55 -- All Fail	Total Damage Blocked by Barrier: 187[lb][/lb] Barrier Broken![lb][/lb] Total Normal Damage: -1525 HP[lb][/lb] Total Spiritual Damage: -1525 HP
05.68s	Umashi	39[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 35[lb][/lb] 50[lb][/lb] 49[lb][/lb] 49[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 43[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 44[lb][/lb] 42[lb][/lb] 34	16-Hit Combo	Maru	32[lb][/lb] 41[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 39[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 42[lb][/lb] 27[lb][/lb] 31[lb][/lb] 25[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 28[lb][/lb] 26[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 30[lb][/lb] 23	HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] 25% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] CRIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Bloody Mess: 27 -- Fail[lb][/lb] Chance to Bleed: 99 -- Fail	Total Normal Damage: -823 HP Total Spiritual Damage: -823 HP
05.91s	Maru	47[lb][/lb] 44	Gate of Enma	Umashi[lb][/lb] Gin Joka	44[lb][/lb] 24	HIT![lb][/lb] HIT![lb][/lb] Can't be Bound[lb][/lb] Can't be Bound	Umashi: [Cursed] -4259 HP[lb][/lb] Kin: [Cursed] -1065 HP[lb][/lb] Gin Joka: [Cursed] -5324 HP
05.91s	Maru	Quickdraw: Mercy Rifle
06.52s	Gin Joka	48[lb][/lb] 40[lb][/lb] 42[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 47[lb][/lb] 35[lb][/lb] 45[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 45	Kill Driver	Maru	27[lb][/lb] 29[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 37[lb][/lb] 33[lb][/lb] 31[lb][/lb] 22[lb][/lb] 36[lb][/lb] 34[lb][/lb] 40	HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] MISS[lb][/lb] 50% Partial[lb][/lb] HIT[lb][/lb] Bleeding: 59 -- Fail	Total Normal Damage: -632 HP[lb][/lb] Total Spiritual Damage: -632 HP [lb][/lb] Maru is KO
END	Umashi[lb][/lb] Kin[lb][/lb] Gin Joka	Takes Cursed Damage					Umashi: -170 HP[lb][/lb] Kin: -43 HP[lb][/lb] Gin Joka: -213 HP

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B-Mod Notes:
@ ALL: As you both know, Puppet Clones kinda went poof because it was interpreted incorrectly. Both combatants agreed to just forego the jutsu for this round w/o fixing the previous rounds.
@ ALL: If you found an error in this round.. You have 48 hours to let me know... Otherwise, it's been a pleasure *Picks up bucket of dice used in this mod and leaves*


Edits:

 

[Seijin]

Maru wasn’t ready. In fact, somewhere in the back of his brain he probably reasoned that he had to do something, had to muster up some boldness with which to make a defense, but Umashi had already determined that it was far too late for such things. In the beginning stretch of the battle Maru had had a chance. A slim margin of sheer fortune to not only cripple Umashi, but to actually kill him. The difference between them though, was that Umashi had tasted defeat on far too many occasions, he’d stared death straight in the eyes and dared the concept to even blink.


For a fact, Umashi didn’t fear death, he really only feared a pointless death, a death with no meaning and for no purpose other than a period with which to end a sentence. True, he loved his family, and he loved those that he had come to call family. Indeed, he loved Maru, but in his love he could not simply take on a death, whether imagined or not, while still lying on his back. Whereas Maru had dared to blink while having Umashi on the ropes, Umashi simply didn’t think twice.


Umashi’s greatest weakness was that he often refused to make the hard decisions, he refused to lock up and throw away the key that was the problem child. He was too close to the downtrodden, too reasoning with the malcontents, too comfortable around the ne'er-do-well’s. Was he like them? No, but to most, just dealing with such ones was enough to taint even the most pristine of résumé’s. Was Umashi likely to change? Probably not. Did he want to change? Even less likely. Every life had a purpose and with every purpose there were choices to be had.


Maru thought that he had Umashi when he attempted to bind both he, Kin and Gin. Unfortunately for Maru, Kin and Gin could not be bound, and in the moment that Maru rested on his laurels, Gin quickly moved behind the young shinobi and made a few quick blows to the back of his head, knocking him out cold. In a matter of seconds Umashi was free and in the falling snow he slowly walked up to the man, the monster and the myth that was Maru. Many no doubt would have quickly taken no time to kill him and dispatch of his body, but unlike the many . . . Umashi took no pleasure in the killing of children.


So far as he saw, Maru was a product of his environment and where there was surely an opportunity to end the pseudo reign of terror that he had wrought onto the few souls that had interacted with him, there was also the chance at rehabilitation. Senseless violence beget senseless violence and Umashi very much wanted to not continue the cycle. For Maru, death would come, but not in the way that he imagined. Making his way over to Maru’s crumpled body, Umashi stood over him for a moment, looking down at him and shaking his head. Maru had so much potential and he was wasting it on cheap parlor tricks and the pulling of little kitsune girls tails.


Bending down on one knee to get a closer look at Maru, Umashi couldn’t help but to hear the beating of all of Maru’s hearts through the sage chakra that still coursed through him. Like any good medic at heart, Umashi wanted to fix Maru, to make him better, but for Maru there couldn’t be a typical path to recovery. Blame the world or blame the Hokage, for Maru there was simply no undoing the past. What had been done was already done, the damage had already set in. The most that Umashi could hope to do was to once again erase that which was corrupting the boy like a malignant tumor. Like any cancerous growth there were multiple solutions to the problem. Some deemed such growths too dangerous to touch and attempted to ignore them and yet others attempted the route of flooding the system with enough death and destruction in hopes of also killing the growth. Grabbing the Maru by the collar, Umashi brought the boys ear to his mouth use his abilities like a surgeon, to skillfully cut away at that which was holding Maru back.



In a whisper so low that even the wind couldn’t hope to overhear it, Umashi released Maru with three simple words. "I forgive you . . ."



No sooner had the words been spoken then the area was bathed in an eerie light that seemed to emanate from within Maru’s body. As he had done before, Umashi flooded Maru’s body with natural energy, only this time he wasn’t holding back. Whereas before he had cut around the problem, this time Umashi cut straight through to it, taking the risk head on and separating Maru from his current tethered existence. Staring directly into the light, Gin nodded and disappeared into nothingness as the area around the two present beings began to burn white-hot and then seemingly exploded at an unannounced crescendo when Umashi savagely pushed Maru’s body clear into the snow and then further beyond even that.

A clever mix of senjutsu and the still yet fully understood limits of the shadow realm that Umashi took his strength from, down Maru’s spiritual body would fall, through the mountain, something the likes of which even the natives wondered about the exact height of. Whether it was the mile high city or heights even greater than that, Maru would fall, with nothing to stop his journey through the nothingness. Time didn’t hold meaning for him where he was, and it was clear by the lack of anything truly tangible that what he was experiencing wasn’t common in the least. This was no ordinary form of travel and so on he would fall all the way down to the bottom. There, through a tunnel, imagined as it was, a glimmer of hope would stand waiting for him on the other side. Whether he had traveled through the mountain or to somewhere else entirely wasn’t known for sure, but a beacon of truth would solidify him to his new reality. What he chose to do with it would partly be up to him.

Spoiler

Meanwhile, as the light faded, all that was left in the burned patch of ground in the otherwise snow-covered area were four hearts, some clothing and the melted remains of weapons that hadn’t survived the ordeal. Still beating by some otherworldly force, the chakra encased hearts were the only physical remains of the life that was Maru, so much that anyone could see or sense, save Umashi. His mask now cracked, he smirked as he could only imagine the journey that Maru would go on before his next destination. Standing up and dusting off his pants he made a show of cracking his neck as he defused with Kin Joka and the Tsukumogami got to scooping up what was physically left of Maru.



There would be questions.

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OOC: ICly taking all of Maru's hearts and burning away his body(?) . . . I am -NOT- killing Maru from an OOC system standpoint. We're just making him one with his weapon.

OOC#2: Flag artwork done by our very own Aya Credit to her for helping to make my idea come to life!

 

[Midori Futotta]

The next wave of attacks came, but Maru still fought on putting both of his guns into his holsters Maru attempted at least minimize the damage by producing a barrier. Channeling lighting chakra into it so if the man was to hit it it would be able to do some damage to him, it would've worked too… if he would've used normal chakra with his attacks. Sure he may had blocked the physical attacks, but then Maru held his chest after the attack hit the barrier. It felt like his heart was about to explode from the spiritual attacks that the man and his summon was inflicting on him. Maru pressed his hands to the ground, then smirked as he used his dark chakra to open the gates of hell so inky black arms would out stretch to attack the man. It looked like it did a lot of damage too but it was already too late. Between the spiritual damage that affected him and the attacks that still came his way. Maru was once again defeated… foiled again by the former hokage but he did a little better this time only it wasn't good enough.

After a moment, the man approach the now crippled and battered mercenary. He felt himself being lifted up, Maru smirked as he looked into the masked face of the man. He wasn't too scared of dying, after all he had already died like twice already and he guess that three strikes for him.. After hearing those words ‘I forgive you’ Maru was a bit confused, he forgave him for what exactly? Shooting him? Pulling some cute kitsune’s ears? All of the above? But when the eerie blue light began to radiate from his body, Maru already knew what was probably going to happened now. “Crap.” was the last thing he said before natural energy began to flood into his body going up in a blaze however there wasn't too much pain, perhaps he was already dead before he even hit the snow or maybe his soul fled his body before he felt his body being reduced to dust. Either way, Maru's spiritual body fell through the snow going down the mountain into a seemingly pitch black void.

Maru was falling. ‘Am I dead again? Am I on the way to hell? I'm pretty sure I had hearts so would I revive?’ All in which he didn't know, he just continued to fall into the seemingly endless abyss. Of course, at the end he saw a bright light. It wasn't crimson like the fires of hell but it was white. A light and the end of the tunnel. When he died the first couple of times he went through some kind of weird change, maybe at the end of all this he'll somehow someway come out of this stronger than he was in his other lives. Regardless he went into the light, wanting to see what was there on the other side. He's been in places that existed inside, out of, and between time so he might as well journey into the unknown.

…..

In the physical world, Maru's four hearts remained. Ominously floating within chakra and still beating, since Maru's spirit wasn't around he couldn't regenerate his body like he normally would've done so the still beating hearts just remained there. Similar to being in a coma or a vegetative state only without a body. What was left of the masked gunslinger was technically alive, but he wasn't actually there in the world of the living. What was left of Maru was gathered. Including the cracked ballroom mask that he once wore.

[Hearts taken and body destroyed for kin RP!]

 

[Seijin]

Appearing next to the flag, Gin was decked out in his finest faux-Kage robes and hat. Looking very much like Umashi, he smiled in the direction of where Maru was and beckoned him to come closer. "Come now, we haven't got all day!" Hurriedly motioning Maru , or what was left of Maru, towards him, he then snapped his fingers and the sound of the snap echoed throughout the whole reality that Maru was experiencing. Suddenly Gin wasn't standing around but he was sitting at a blackened wood desk with the flag waving in the wind behind him. On the rather large desk was a duffel bag stuffed to the brim and opposite it on the other side of the desk was a large sword. In the middle of the desk facing Maru was a large opened scrolled and facing Gin was an equally large scroll and a quill and ink set.

As soon as Maru would begin to make his way towards Gin, Gin would begin to speak. Even if he couldn't make out all of the words, certain key details would quickly take shape. The flag that seemed somewhat plain and merely a red cloud on black flag would reveal itself to be a red cloud made of many red embers. Was it symbolic of the ties between Konoha and Kumo, or was it more speaking to the strange self imposed exile of the former Hokage in Kumo? The truth of which probably wouldn't be told to Maru immediately but the symbolism was there. Moving closer Maru would see as well that the large sword actually had a hilt built very much from the handle of a gun of some sort. When Maru finally stood before Gin, if he just managed to glance at the open scroll before him he'd notice a few key things, namely that it was a passport of sorts, but one addressed to a certain Yamamoto Yamaru of Iwagakure. There would be questions, sure, but when Maru eventually stopped at Gin's desk, the Tsukumogami would lean back in his chair and smile.

 

[Midori Futotta]

As Maru traveled through this weird reality he saw the flag, he tilted his head as he gazed at the flag that had a flowing red cloud. Next to the flag he saw Gin, his voice was pretty low sounding on this plane of reality but he could hear the Tsukumogami telling him to follow him and Maru did just that. A lot of questions flooding into the young mercenary's mind, namely what in the world happened to him and why was he on this side of reality. He probably would've asked, but then he saw the black wooden desk that had that flag flowing beside him. On the desk was a duffle bag, an open scroll and what caught his eye was the rather large blade on the opposite side of the desk. The weapon that was sitting on the opposite end of the table was what caught Maru's attention. Probably because at the hilt of the weapon it looked similar to that of a revolver, it has the chamber and trigger. It is a pretty unique looking weapon.

After he stepped closer, to examine the weapon he looked down to glance at the open scroll that laid on the table. A passport for someone named Yamamoto Yamaru from Iwagakure, it seemed that Tsukumogami had pretty much opened the floor to any questions that Maru may had. “So… like is this stuff for this Yamaru guy or what? Also how much is he selling that gun for?”He couldn't help but take another look at the weapon again, raising his hand to rub his chin. Truth be told Maru always had a talent for creating weapons, he even once created a blade that looked like a key that rivaled a certain Uchiha girl who had it in for him. But this was his first time seeing a… GunBlade!

 

[Seijin]

Smirking, Gin pointed to the flag above as he leaned back in his chair. "Knowledge is power . . . and the wonderful thing about that power is that you can topple entire governments with it. Of course that makes it dangerous to hold such secrets but with just a clever use of what's already present in the world around us, we can work miracles. Something as simple as a longer wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum can enable information to be transported across vast differences, all with only a touch of a button." Leaning up in the seat, Gin decided to answer Maru's question as he waved his hand over all of the things before him. "All of this can be yours if you like, the weapon, the gear, the passport papers with a new life . . . all if you'll swear loyalty to Umashi. Seems a fair bargain from what I can gather." Changing his expression to one of indifference, he shrugged and threw the proverbial ball in Maru's court.

"The fact of the matter is that you're a wanted man whether you like it or not. Konoha exiled you and as little sense as it would make for them to give chase after they willingly let you go, I wouldn't hold my breath on the basis of them not changing their minds. Still yet, there's your stunts and the like in other countries. To be blunt, your reputation proceeds you and unless you change up the narrative, you'll be mercilessly hunted and killed." As he spoke, Gin emphatically used his hands as he spoke in order to provide the various scenarios and possible outcomes of this day. "The choice is yours though. You can continue to be the lone wolf roaming the land with no one to watch your six or you can be the agent for hire, occasionally answering to the man with the master plan. One choice leads to a sure death as an anecdote in someones dusty tome, the other leads to becoming a legend like none ever told." Somewhat resting his case, he looked to the ink and quill on his desk and muttered, "It's dangerous to go alone . . "

OOC: Take the gear/sign the passport and be transformed!

 

[Midori Futotta]

As Gin begun to speak, most of what he said about knowledge was kinda hard to follow. Most of what he got from it is that was that knowledge, about certain things, could topple governments and how some secrets are dangerous to be held. But what instantly caught his attention was that all this stuff could be his. The weapon, the duffle bag, the passport with a new life which almost seemed like a dream come true…. That was if he swore loyalty to Umashi. Of course, this would mean that he wouldn't be able to simply act however he wanted and his light hearted robbery hobby would probably need to stop but of course it was obvious that he couldn't hide that he was wanted in Konoha. Although he was banned from Konoha and they don't have a solid reason to hunt him but the fact of the matter is that they really don't like him much there and if they caught him anywhere around they would probably kill him…. And knowing how they swarmed him the last time, he probably won't get a simple one on one fight.

So now he had a choice to either have a fresh start, no bounty on his head without having to worry about any leaf filth coming after him or he could choose the mercenary life and be pursued until he would stay dead with the constant denial and rejection because he is a criminal. Maru looked at the quill, pulling his collar. “Well, a fresh start doesn't come to often. I mean, it's better than the options I already had.” Of course, he didn't go into detail about those options but needles to say that his plan B wasn't great long term. That plan being becoming an immortal through the darkness at the cost of his memories, emotions, and his heart to only bring about death and destruction. He would be pretty much a shadow of his former self on a self destructive, genocidal path that would've ended up with him being repeatedly killed or sealed away. Not the greatest plan in the world but he was at least open to other options before he went on that route.

He most likely made his decision when Gin first laid out his options, it wasn't hard to persuade Maru into something being a pretty good idea so he shrugged. “Alright deal. I guess a new life wouldn't be so bad right?” he nodded. With that he took the quill then signed his name on his new passport, taking the duffle bag filled with his gear in one hand to told the rather heavy bag over his shoulder before reaching out to take the GunBlade into his hand. It was a bit heavier than it looks, but Maru managed. Testing it out by spinning it around in his hand before holding it over his shoulder, for some reason when he got the handling the blade it almost felt lighter as if it was making it feel as light as a feather when Maru grasp the weapon. “Gotta hand it to the person who made this, it's pretty light once you get use to it.”

[OOC: Passport signed and gear taken!]

 

[Seijin]

Clapping his hands together, Gin looked at scroll that was before him and suddenly it began to fill with information about the newly reborn Yamaru of the Yamamoto. There were perks to Umashi having worn many hats in his lifetime. When coupled with the perfect mimicry of the Tsukumogami , suddenly something as elusive as a forged document looked better than the real thing . . . though, was it a forgery if the said signer was actually in on it? Gin wouldn't worry about the details. The goal was to get Maru funding and Maru now had funding, that and a new lease on life. "You'll be surprised at how well we Tsukumogami can make a fine weapon. I'll say this though . . . because you're probably about to be whisked away." Standing and walking from behind the desk, the desk and indeed the things that weren't Maru's would disappear from around them as all that remained was the flag and now, the view of a large and expansive snow capped mountain range.

"Umashi kinda purified your body with a spiritual fire . . . so your hearts and the like are pretty much the only clear remains. Your weapon is now like your heart, of sorts. Don't lose it, but also don't be surprised when you look in the mirror. That whole spiritual fire stuff can sometimes leave a nasty scar. Nothing that a good mask won't cover up but . . . ya know . . ."

Trailing off as he and Maru were suddenly standing on that snow covered mountain that they had just momentarily been looking at, In the distance was Kumogakure, more than a number of miles away further up the mountain. Slapping Maru on the back, Gin grinned as he once again donned a mask of his own. "Welcome to Yomigakure and indeed the great Yamamoto clan! Don't forget to name your weapon and be on the lookout for your next mission. Travel well my brother!" And with that said Gin would leave Maru to his whims. Hopefully Maru would walk a more straight and narrow path and not create so much trouble for himself or others. Umashi had been lenient yet once more, and with that leniency had come many more note worthy perks. Whereas some would have cast Maru aside and indeed killed him outright, Umashi had taken a gamble by doing the complete opposite and attempting to right the wrongs of the past. Only Maru could prove if this was indeed the correct choice to make, but Umashi had faith and with a little faith, the greatest stories could be told.

OOC: Topic left unless stopped.

OOC #2: Yamamoto Yamaru added to the Yamamoto Clan.
https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?p=312423#p312423

OOC #3: Passport is considered to be from when Umashi was the MB Sennin of Iwa, thus, it's kinda old.

Yamamoto Yamaru
~High Jounin~​

DoB: XX / YY / ZZZZ
Village: Iwagakure
Height: X'XX''
Weight: XXXlbs
Eye Color: X
Hair Color: X

Issuer: The office of the Main Branch Sennin, Umashiashikabihikoji of the Iwagakure-Konohagakure Coalition.
Effective Date: XX / YY / ZZZZ
Expiration Date: 99 years from Effective Date.
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***If found, please return to either Iwagakure or Konohagakure to the attention of Umashiashikabihikoji.***<i></i>​

 

[Midori Futotta]

Now that the passport had been signed and the gear was taken. Maru looked around to see the world around him beginning to disappear from around him. “Hn… guess its times to go back living again. Guess my hearts weren't destroyed.” and they weren't destroyed, all four of his hearts are actually sealed within his new weapon kinda similar to how he made one of his old bodies into a sword, only this weapon seemed a bit different. He would probably have time test the weapon out once he got to the world of the living but then Gin told him because of the spiritual fire he could possibly have a nasty scar! It's a good thing he didn't mind wearing mask otherwise he would have to walk around with this little token of battle with him everywhere he went.

….

Maru took in a sharp inhale when he sat up as if he just came up from water, he touched his face to make sure that he could feel that he was okay looking down he saw that his GunBlade was attached to his waistband, the stuffed duffle bag at his side. It took Maru a while to realize that he was alive again before he was slapped on the back by Gin who welcomed him into some kind of new clan. Maru going into his gear pulled out a good enough looking mask for now and put it over his face. Kicking up, he felt like his old self again. “Thanks, if he needs me he would probably see me around here. Besides I got a few improvements on my new weapon I have to make, and I think I know exactly how to do it..” of course, in order to do that he needed tinker with his newfounded weapon so he could master it. Plus there was a lot of things he could add onto his new weapon then learn a few things to make sure he was using his GunBlade in the most effective way.

It had his hearts, which would probably mean it would be effective to keep it as a range weapon, namely to shoot projectiles. Little did Maru knew… this weapons would seem to have a mind of its own and it maybe the strongest weapon that he has wielded since using a puppet that can manipulate the lower levels of time. This was probably Maru's second chance at becoming more than a lone wolf bounty hunter, perhaps fame and fortune with a pretty strong weapon in his grasp. Thanks to his fake death, news would probably travel of his demise across the counties. However, Maru's story was far from over… or at least that was what he believed.

[Left topic with passport and stuff]

Yamamoto Yamaru
~High Jounin~​

DoB: XX / YY / ZZZZ
Village: Iwagakure
Height: 5’7 ft
Weight: 170 lbs
Eye Color: Yellow
Hair Color: Black

Issuer: The office of the Main Branch Sennin, Umashiashikabihikoji of the Iwagakure-Konohagakure Coalition.
Effective Date: XX / YY / ZZZZ
Expiration Date: 99 years from Effective Date.
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***If found, please return to either Iwagakure or Konohagakure to the attention of Umashiashikabihikoji.***<i></i>​

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[Yomi]

[ooc: Umashi Stopped (wifely powers give unlimited time to stop, jk)]

Yomi watched this whole exchange take place and she shook her head. Despite being masked, she knew her husband when she saw him and she was not amused at this random turn of events. He wasn't going to tell her about this, she was sure, and her being here was about as random of a chance as he could of hopped for. It seemed that luck was against him as she sauntered up to him poking him in the chest. Now Maru was apart of the family. What?!

"Thank you for greeting me at the gates." Her voice was dry, but, the poking was insistent. "And did you have to beat Maru that way? He still needs help not a beating." Yomi gave a disapproving scowl before giving him the same look she always gave to Takeshi when he did something she felt was wrong. Of course, she did not have the entire story and didn't realize Maru was trying to force enter the gates. For her, she stills saw the thief as a child acting out and not really purposely causing trouble. No matter how wrong she was, she wouldn't allow him to be beat up this way, especially by her own husband.

Raking her hair behind her ear she sighed, remembering that she did in fact miss Umashi after her ordeal, but, this was not the place for her to talk with him as there was a lot more for them to do.

"Sorry I'm late. I had some unfinished business in Fire Country." Vague.

"But I'm here now, so, is it a good time to see the Raikage?"

[Topic Entered]

 

[Seijin]

Allowing his contracts to disappear, Umashi stopped mid stride. Why was Yomi here at all times, and of all times. His face twitching, he gulped hard and shook his head. "Not here . . . not now.I'll catch you up on things on the way to the Raikage. I'll explain things when we get there." Straightening up, he used chakra to reform his ANBU mask as he felt a certain lightness to the bag that he'd used to gather Maru's things. Looking into the bag, he saw that someway and somehow, Maru had managed to get his four hearts back. That wasn't the plan, not by a long shot but he couldn't overly blame Gin for going easy on the kid. So far as he knew, Maru was further down the mountain with a new name, a new look and hopefully a new lease on life.

Hopefully he'd appreciate it and not be so quick to get caught up with his usual antics. There were certain things that he could explain to Yomi but now wasn't the place. As he got to the gates, he'd nod to his superior. "I do believe that I need to turn in this evidence to the evidence locker, that and I need to fill out a report for filing away." Motioning towards Yomi, he also mentioned his other task. "Also I need to escort the lady to the Raikage's office. Her passport checks out." It was highly uncomfortable to have to hope that his ANBU boss would listen to him, but in the end, he and Yomi were escorted to the Raikage's office by another full fledged ANBU operative. Apparently Umashi's screwup's weren't going to be allowed to multiply today. In another way Umashi totally saw the move as a bit of a block of sorts but his reunion with Yomi would have to remain on pause until he could get her alone.

OOC: Topic entered and exited with Yomi towards the Raikage's office with an additional ANBU guard.