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If we are marked to die, we are enough
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires;
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God’s peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart. His passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse.
We would not die in that man’s company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.

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I'll review it for you, my comments will be in the quote in red. I'm sorry if it's harsh but I treat everyone like this and it's the only way I can guarantee some form of decent quality to the members of this RP.
@Eviledd1984 I was gonna have Akashi do that, actually.
I'm very interested, can you tell me j8cob, what are other ranks of the League? Are there like traditional pirate ranks or is it something more akin to the navy?
I'm interested in this but I have no experience with Fire Emblem, so I'm planning on reading the first bits of the IC to see how it goes. Are you planning on having open spots permanently or is this one where you have a designated amount of spots?
Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master”



“Watashi wa Kami, I am God.”




Yamato listened carefully to the words the people at the table said. Most of them were trying as hard to deceive the others as Reijo, his father, was. So for that reason he didn't listen to just the words, he listened to how they were said, which words were picked and who said them. Reijo seemed relatively calm, but Yamato could feel the anger in him rising as the Hojo woman spoke. Something knacked for Yamato, but he managed to stay calm for the time being, listening to the next one that spoke. ..Maru.. This time it wasn't Yamato that seemed irked, it was Reijo. He squinted with his eyes and looked at Kaito Maru, but ultimately his face cleared when it became clear that Kaito was actually being agreeable. Reijo and Kaito had had 'trouble' before, and it wasn't something easily forgotten by Reijo.

Next was the Hyuga, politically correct as always, ignoring that Kaito did have a point. But they sided with the same side that Reijo was on, a good sign for Reijo. Yamato was pleased, also. Not because of the Hyuga support, but because Chihiro was apparently missing. One less cursed child with a kekkei genkai in this village, he softly thought to himself as he sat in his chair, switching his gaze to the Naito ruler. The Naito-Minamoru feud had only grown larger ever since the incident surrounding the paint on the Minamoru's household. Ever since, most of the Minamoru members had blamed Daiki, Yamato included. It was a disrespectful act, and it wouldn't be forgotten. The Minamoru remember the things others did to them, both good and bad..

Reijo similarily looked at the woman with distrust. She spoke short. Didn't offer information, or knowledge, no wisdom or opinions. Just short answers. She supported Ayame. It was good enough for now, as there was more to worry about than paint on walls. She gave the word to Daiki.. and suddenly, Yamato found his vision blurred. He recognised it.. it was tunnel vision. His entire vision was limited to Daiki, only able to look at him and that damn set of eyes of his.. even without the sharingan, Yamato could recognise it mentally. He was scum, trash, cursed. His eyebrows dove inwards and he frowned deeply at Daiki, listening to his words but refusing to acknowledge them. Even when Daiki spoke sense, when he berated the Hojo for being too cowardly to make a choice, Yamato breezed in anger, silently to himself. Reijo shot Yamato a quick glance, noticing something was off, but hadn't the time or the moment to say something. He was forced to watch as Yamato internally made ready for conflict.

It was when Daiki slid his chair back that Yamato stood up quickly, and with great force, pushing his chair back similarily, sending it sliding across the hall, before crashing against the wall with a thud. His fist went up and then down, crashing into the table, shaking the entire structure of the table. He was breezing with anger, now, the wheezing sound spreading throughout the entire hall. Reijo's hand shot out towards the side, attempting to pacify Yamato, but his hand missed his mark and by then it was too late to do anything. Reijo's stern face was maintained aimed at the center of the table, trying to come up with an idea how to minimize this outburst. But Yamato spoke too quickly, rather, yelled too quickly. “OI! DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE, YOU COWARD!” he yelled, his fist slowly going up before pointing out a finger towards Daiki.

“This isn't about you.. you idiot.. this is about Konoha. If you think, for just a moment, that me or my father is here to safeguard our own interests, then you are wrong! We are here to protect those we hold closely! Don't you dare say another word about my father. He is a more honorable man, a more honorable father than your piece of shit father ever was...” The entire hall was now dipped in silence as they heard Yamato speak out against Daiki, an eternal rival, an eternal enemy of Yamato. Yamato then looked at the Naito leader, waiting for a reply that he was sure wasn't going to come. He looked her in the eyes and spoke the words that no mother would ever want to hear. The words were spoken like venom, not intending to bring a point across or to discuss a matter, no, they were meant to hurt both the Naito leader, and Daiki. “Daiki.. he's not your son. Because that would mean that, while the Naito are all scum and bastards, they atleast have a shred of honour to go toe to toe with the mighty Minamoru.. the Feud of the Dogs and the Tiger they call it. I don't like you, or your clan. But I respect you, like Madara Uchiha respected Hashirama Senju, despite being enemies.”

“No, Daiki.. Daiki is much worse than that. I can't even respect him. He is not a Naito, he is an Uchiha. He has abandoned your clan just like he abandons Konohagakure by walking away from this meeting. He is a coward, a scumbag, a bastard with no shred of honour or respect for those that fought and died to sustain this village. He's an Uchiha. I don't even know why he is with you, since he's not a Naito anymore. He's not worthy of that title. The Uchiha are cursed, as many other clans.”

At this point, Yamato's father saw that the others likely wouldn't appreciate or agree with Yamato, and grabbed his arm, pulling him back harshly and with great anger, forcefully making Yamato look at him by doing so. It was a moment that showed that Reijo hadn't always treated Yamato with the same kindness that he'd treated Rei with, as Yamato had been raised with the fist, and anger, and not the kind hearted family man that he was to Rei. “Yamato! Enough. he said snidely, causing Yamato to look at his father in anger before looking back at Daiki. He figured going after Daiki even more would likely cause more troubles than it's worth, so Yamato redirected his anger towards the Hojo. “And you.. what kind of coward are you, that you don't even wish to choose a side. Are you waiting for one side to assasinate the others, and then make your choice? A sound strategy. But it won't work. I can assure you that.” He looked at Yuna in slight anger, then switched his gaze to the others in that god forsaken clan. The anger was clearly showing, carrying over from Daiki to the rest. Yamato had returned to his normal self.

Something seemed to have sparked him to get more angry. Perhaps it was conflict in the foreseeable future. “Only cowards refuse to fight for what they believe in. People like Daiki. Pick a side. Fight for what you think is truth, not for what you believe to be the best option.”
I'm pretty interested in this, wondering if I can still enter? I might have to think about it as I have quite a busy life at the moment what with college starting soon and the various other things I do, so I just want to know if there's even room for me at all.
Yopparai Ramu Koku



“With no booze, whores and cussing, life would be a lot less interesting.”
Give us dem eyes, gurl.




As Yopparai walked over the puddles of shit, piss and whatever else was in the sewers, he heard a loud bang in front of them, followed by the sound of collapsing. They must've created an exit.. or put a bunch of shit in his way. Just his luck, and that of the village. They'd have to spend the next month repairing all this damage. So much for being the good guys, Konoha. Causing innocent civilians to spend a month with their feet in shit and piss. That's real cool, Yopparai muttered to himself as he started running and approached the roadblock.. more like sewer block he thought to himself, grinning as he found his own little joke quite amusing. Perhaps a bit too much.

He slowed down to a halt before inspecting the blockage in front of him, stopping him from trailing the enemies even further. Slowly a sigh escaped his mouth. Did they have to make it this hard? He just wanted some Byakugan.. how annoying. He went into his pouch and grabbed explosive tags, planting them on the ceiling and them walking away a few feet before forming the tiger seal. “KAI!” he yelled as he made the tags explode, causing a gaping hole in the middle of the street. It seemed there would be almost no end to the explosions tonight, as could be heard from the local shinobi making great efforts to find out just what the hell was going on here.

In doing this, and escaping out his self created hole, he evaded the trap that N.C.4. would've laid for him and Tsukiya, after all, the trap was placed after the barrier and as such there was no real way to activate the trap, unless the explosion had set it off. In which case, the explosive tags probably didn't have enough reach to do any damage to Yopparai either way. He looked around, but couldn't find a trace of the targets.. well, he knew that that mist kid was somewhere in the village still. Yopparai partly expected him to pop up and attempt to do some dumb shit again. While waiting for that, however, Yopparai simply waited for his de-facto leader, Tsukiya, in order to figure out what to do.


Ayame Choko, “the Sewstress”


The Fallen




A grin crept onto Ayame's face as she called down the rain. It was.. it was like Ayame herself was Pain. Somehow she felt euphoric in this moment, looking at the sky as the rain poured down, ignoring the chaos in front of her. She heard Fujitora speak, and was brought back to reality as she looked down and noticed the scuffle going on in front of her. She didn't interfere - if this was all that was going to happen that would do. The 11th would surely intervene if stuff went south enough. As she heard one in the crowd say that they'd have no choice but accept her, but that none would ever call her hokage.. she simply smiled, oblivious to the fact that Tatsuya was blaring words at her, about things she'd never said but were interpreted by them in a wrong manner. “No.. no, you shall not call me Hokage.” she said softly, as if to herself, before she turned around and walked off into the Hokages' office.. her office. The two guards would follow as two other guards landed on the platform and carefully closed the hokages' deceased body into a bodybag, before taking him away. It was clear that despite murdering him brutally, she wouldn't leave him out in the open like some rotting criminal. He deserved some respect, even if his ways were wrong in Ayame's eyes. She had never hated the man or even disliked him. But shinobi bussiness, is just that.

As she entered her new hokage, she ordered one of the 11th guards to stand outside, whilst the other was to stand inside. She walked over to the window, taking a look at the plaza where the people were still grouped up, before closing the blinds. The entire room was then enveloped in darkness, only a small shimmer of light escaping into the room through the blinds. Slowly she sat down, looking at the files spread on the desk. With a wide movement, she swung her arm over the table, clearing the table of everything that was there. She laid her elbows on the table and placed her head on her hands, looking at the door to think about her next move. ... clear the rebellious elements, obviously. But first she'd have to find out who wasn't agreeing with this coup. It was obvious who those people were - they had openly attacked her. Giichi Uzumaki. Tatsuya Kajiya-Terumi. Nobunaga Inuzuka. These were rebellious elements, but it was too early to get rid of them yet. They could be reformed, made to show the light.

Each and everyone of these elements had misinterpreted her words - typical, seeing as the former hokages had all misinterpreted the will of fire, too. It was only logical that some of them would be so indoctrinated that they'd never give up their visions to see the truth. Konoha, a mighty tree, amidst a forest.. burning down due to a lightning strike it's very own creators had brought upon it. And the squirrels were all too far down the tree, too happy with this 'peace' the tree brought them, they couldn't notice the burning tops. But Ayame would save them. She knew it. It was time for the way the heroes' of old did it, heroes like Pain and Konan of the Rain. The Angel. A nickname that held true in many ways, and a nickname currently also used for another figure. Ayame's mind grinded to a halt as she thought about it, her vision blurring itself as she thought of Konan, of Kusaru. It had to be. It couldn't be any other way..



Saburo Uchiha, “Kimyōna”



Break Down




Saburo had moved alongside the rest of the 11th, following commander Fujitora. However, when Ayame made the big reveal, he had chosen to stay behind on the roofs and keep overwatch. Anyone that would notice him, would also notice a new chokuto hanging from his back, horizontally across his lower back. It shimmered in the sunlight - as long as that light lasted before the rain took over. Saburo noticed many things, a spat between Nobunaga and Daiki, interference from a medical nin, Tsukiko going half stark-raving mad, Tatsuya almost erupting in anger before Aoi subdued him. It was all interesting, to see 'friends' fight eachother like bitter enemies. It even got a small genuine smile out of Saburo's face, to know that friendship was as fickle as a bloodline. One mess-up.. and you would get this. Never ending rivalry.

He looked side to side at his fellow 11th corps members, who seemed to be enjoying the show as well. Before Daiki got the chance to do something he'd regret, Saburo formed several handseals before poofing away, appearing in front of Daiki, and between Nobunaga, Yuna and Daiki. He stretched his arm out with an open palm, facing Daiki and nearly grabbing a hold of his head, if he would close his hand. His other hand was holding the gunbai that had 'defeated' Daiki and his allies earlier with too much ease. If it weren't for Saburo's indifference, he'd have mocked Daiki about it. But that wasn't what he was here to do. His eyes glowed crimson red, with tomoe showing clearly to the crowd, as he stared into Daiki's Sharingan. Saburo had appeared before any of the two jonin could subdue the fighting parties, stopping the fight instantaneously.

“You should rest now, Daiki Naito. Troubles are ahead for your clan, Uchiha. he said calmly, staring Daiki down as he gripped slowly moved the gunbai back onto his back. With a slow movement, Saburo would untie the sparkling new chokuto from his waist, and catch it with his right hand whilst holding his left hand still in position in front of Daiki's face. As soon as he had readied the chokuto, still in it's sheath as he held it out. Slowly he straighted himself out, facing Daiki completely now. It was quite weird, given that they were pretty much in front of anyone, but Saburo had been wanting to do this for a while now. This wasn't for the 11th, this was for himself. Something that the 11th would simply have to accept.

“I can ease your struggles a bit, Uchiha Daiki. We can become brothers. If you'd like. I have never had a brother. I think it would be fun. Though.. there's a complication. You'd have to accept the Uchiha surname, and renounce your Naito heritage. It's not a big deal. A formality, really. You could still be friends with the Naito clan. I think. Perhaps your friend would be more keen to visit then, too?” he said, speaking of only a 'friend' where as he himself and Daiki would perfectly understand that Saburo was talking about his uncle. Saburo's face was completely serious, not even showing a trace of emotion, no anger, happiness or sadness. Just bussiness. Slowly he raised the chokuto in front of him, vertically, holding it out towards Daiki.

“In return, I am allowed to offer you this. I know it doesn't look like much but..” he slowly tilted the blade to be horizontal, using his other hand to then pull the blade out of it's sheath, showcasing it to Daiki. “.. it's the Sword of Kusanagi. Otherwise known as Sasuke Uchiha's sword. I would only offer it to my brother, as you would understand..” he said, softening his voice a bit as he turned more serious, becoming more of an Uchiha, rather than an 11th corps. It seemed that despite the indoctrination that Saburo had undergone, he still maintained some of that Uchiha pride that seemed so fierce in the early days in history, but had faded ever since. Perhaps it was a remnant of never knowing the modern history of the Uchiha's, only ever reading books about the old times. “.. what do you think?”

The Next Morning


The rain still poured as the jutsu kept up it's work, allowing Ayame to, more or less, trail anyone that was walking outside in the rain. It had certainly made the streets a lot calmer. Though there were some figures moving around, Ayame sensed that. But it was figures that she recognised. First she noticed Reijo Minamoru, behind him Yamato Minamoru. Not that she recognised them from the rain, but they had left from the Minamoru estate and had since then headed for the Uzumaki estate. It seemed that Reijo was doing pretty much what was expected - he was going to poll the reactions and do what he did best. Whatever that was.. Yamato was just there for show.

Reijo approached the Uzumaki estate, knocking on the door twice before leaving again. It wasn't a visit or anything like that, it was a call to meeting. Also expected. Apparently a meeting had already been established. Reijo left again with Yamato in tow, going to every large clans' estate and knocking twice before leaving again. The entire circle around Konoha was completed in about half an hour, and then they headed for the large teahouse at the very center of Konoha. The streets were empty besides those who were headed to the meeting. Ayame simply folded her hands together as she felt the sensation of the rain, telling her the movement of every person, rat and bug in the village.

The families all came together, with the clan head and the heir there as well. It was going to be a very interesting meeting, but the rain jutsu in no way allowed her to listen in. “Uchiha.” “Hai, hokage-sama?!” The voices rang through the dark hokages' office. Ayame hadn't left for the entirety of the night, waiting as she felt the sensations of the rain transmitting to her every movement. She had felt everything - the slow dispersion of the group, until there was nobody left. The feeling of rats running through the cities.. frogs, sitting at the waters edge. She understood, finally, why Pain was revered as a god. Because.. in a way, he was god. In a way, Ayame felt like a god. But she knew better. Ultimately, Pain's downfall was exactly this. He thought to be untouchable, to be unbeatable. And so, when he got beaten, he was talked into submission by a kid. A kid, who turned out to be the greatest shinobi ever. A kid.. who turned out later to be the kindling to the fire that burnt the tree of Konoha.

Ayame knew she had to be more like Hanzo. Unliked, but one of the greatest Kage's in existence. Nobody ever liked him as a kid.. Ayame was the only one that could respect him for his logical thought processes. Ultimately, Danzo Shimura was his downfall. But Hanzo had meanwhile kickstarted Ayame's love for poisons. It's the reason she got into poisons, after all. “I told you twice. Don't call me hokage.” she said softly, at a living-room sound level. “But you are the de-facto hokage as of now, hokage-sama.” “Yes. But I don't want to be. I just want to make sure Konoha gets on the right course again. I am not a hokage. I am not from Konoha. Don't call me hokage. Just call me Ayame. Mrs. Choko if you must.” “Hai, mrs. Choko.”

Ayame's voice was obviously tired, but her eyes spoke of energy. She still had work to do and so, sleep would have to wait. Surely, Fujitora was up right now, organising the 11th to do whatever he had planned for them. As long as he got the plans they had made done, she'd not complain. The 11th was now his playground. Surely, he would construct it to be greater. Greater than the 11th ever was. Greater than ROOT ever was. “Uchiha, please visit the teahouse in the center of the village. All the clans will be there. Tell them you will be there just to ensure their safety. I want to receive a report or a verbal summary of what happened there. That.. will be all.” “Hai, mrs. Choko.”

The sound of a door opening and closing was all that was heard in the entirety of the hokages' office, as a 11th guard member stood guard outside the door in the hallway, but made not a sound as he stood in absolute silence. The same was true for the entrance, where two of them stood. Not to speak of the hidden 11th guards, that were simply hidden in plain sight most often. Saburo left the hokages building, heading for the larger teahouse in the center of the village, approaching slowly as he simply walked there. There was no real rush.

As soon as he'd arrive he'd open the doors and head for the large meeting hall, which was scheduled for Reijo Minamoru today. Once there he opened the large wooden doors and entered the room, bowing swiftly as he set a foot inside. “Saburo Uchiha reporting. I am with the 11th corps and I've been ordered to protect this meeting. I'm sure you all understand. Sadly, there can be no discussion about it. The new hokage has seen fit to guard this meeting with her personal guard.” he spoke as he was bowed over, before raising himself and taking place in the corner, standing there watching over the meeting. It was clear there would be no dismissing him - he'd stay here no matter what.

The room was filled with all clans that were interested in visiting and listening, as well as anyone who wasn't directly a representative, though only the larger, esteemed clans such as the Uchiha, Hyuga, Uzumaki, Inuzuka, Naito, Maru, Minamoru and the Hojo were given places at the large center table to the room, where as the rest were supposed to sit at the sides, watching over and keeping their mouths shut, only listening.

Reijo only gave Saburo a glance, not paying him much mind. An 11th representative was no bother at all, since Reijo's intentions were going to happen regardless of who knew about them. He sat at the head of the table, since he'd arranged the meeting and thus he was expected to come up with an order of doing things. Yamato was seated besides him, in a more ceremonial dress style. He wore a black, frog button styled button up shirt, with dark purple trims on the sleeves and his hems. It was quite a sight to see him like that, showcasing that he could actually be a somewhat handsome boy, regardless of the scars on his face. It was a difference especially since he wasn't wearing the armor he usually wore, which actually caused some to look in confusion as they saw him.

“Thank you all for coming. I'm sure you all know why we are here, and the matters we are to discuss are pressing. However, pressing matters does not mean I will forget traditions.” It was, obviously, quite representative of the Minamoru clan to hold true to tradition, even if there had been a coup staged just the day before. Very characteristical. Almost as soon as he finished his sentence, a group of about 15 men and women walked in holding trays of tea, that would be placed down in front of everyone seated at the table - both the head, and the heir or chosen representative of a clan. They were all expected to drink tea at the same time, as tradition more or less commanded, followed by several words to be spoken by the head of the meeting, in this case Reijo.

Once the formalities were out of the way, taking up approximately 15 minutes in total, Reijo started the discussion.
“Now, with that out of the way, I'd like to open the discussion about our new Hokage. I'd like to ask all clans to express their opinions on the actions of not only Ayame Choko, immigrant from Amegakure, poison expert, historicus, former Hokages' assistant, and currently seated Hokage, but also their opinions on Fujitora Choko, immigrant from Amegakure, former Jonin commander, currently commander of the 11th corps and.. ahem.. drug addict. I'd ask not only the clan head to speak, but also the representatives or the heirs, whichever is present. Thank you.”

He grabbed several papers together for himself, which held his own points. He'd ofcourse open the discussion. That was to be expected of the leader. He cleared his throat, before continueing. He spoke loudly and charismatically, a skill he'd picked up over the course of the years of leading economical powerhouses, and less legal groups. “As for my clan, the most esteemed Minamoru, I personally have chosen to accept Ayame Choko as our new Hokage. While her ways of taking power were certainly not.. acceptable.. I feel that she was right in mind when she said that the Hokage was leading us down the wrong path. Over the course of the years Konohagakure has grown weaker and, if any other village were to attack us, we'd be defenseless. I mean, if Kumogakure were to mount an attack right now.. they would have two jinchuuriki's at their disposal, while we have none. All that was the doing of the former hokages. It's time we set that straight, and consolidate ourselves as a world power once more. Not just any power, but like our new hokage has said herself, thé world power.”

He coughed once more as he closed his little speech, short but powerful, delivering the message that had to be delivered. These speeches were never meant to last long, only to convey the opinions of those involved, and their reasons for having the opinion. The word then passed to Yamato, who looked at the group for a few seconds, taking in the attention he received. It wasn't that he was shy, but he knew he'd have to choose his words carefully. “My father speaks from his experience as a politician and an economical leader. He knows a thing or two about shinobi life, I'd dare say. But he doesn't realize the full impact the change of a hokage can have on the shinobi forces.” Slowly Yamato raised out of his chair, standing up to try and be as charismatic as he could be. His arms were close to his body, relaxed but at the same time, sort of tensed up. “I do. Zeno Hakarasu was a good Hokage. He knew some things. Sadly, he was only a good hokage in the sense that he was strong. Politically, he knew nothing. He chased a dream that we all know is too far to catch. Peace.. is unobtainable. Conflict simmers between the villages and instead of mending it with blood, or talks, we mend it with conferences that never end up fixing a thing. Ayame knows this, and Ayame intends to fix this. I have faith in that. And if she doesn't..” Yamato glanced at Saburo before speaking his next words slowly, realizing that they could endanger him possibly, but speaking them regardless. “.. I seem to recall that coups tend to get overthrown by another coup relatively quickly.”



Ayame Choko, “the Sewstress”


The Fallen




As the chaos increased in front of her, Ayame only kept watch, not doing anything to stop anyone of the people coming for her. She noted that Yamato bowed before her, as expected of him, and soon after Daiki bowed too. That was expected as well.. the Naito's loyalty was something intricate and idealistic. Very different from the Minamoru, but it ultimately led to the same thing - submission. There was even a crazy psychotic guy who was simply clapping about the death of the hokage. Ayame made a mental note to have him researched - such a mentally damaged shinobi would only be a damaging factor to the forces.

Both Giichi Uzumaki and Nobunaga Inuzuka opposed her - openly, something that Ayame expected from Giichi. He was young, and he was an Uzumaki. And Ayame had just struck down everything that his ancestor, Naruto, stood for. Nobunaga on the other hand.. that was an unexpected turn of events. He spoke of the will of fire, but ofcourse, he twisted Ayame's words. SHe had never said the will of fire didn't burn anymore.. it's just been misinterpreted. He drew his blade across Daiki's back, no doubt a sign of revolt against the jonin's decision to bend the knee. Ayame didn't interfere but simply watched as the chaos unfolded. This wasn't how she had envisioned it to go. Why were they infighting? It didn't matter, really. The 11th would clean up anyone that tried to openly revolt against this coup. But still. It irked her..

When Tsukiko arrived she was quickly stopped by the Maru man, a policeman if Ayame remembered correctly, who utilised his ninjutsu to capture the fugitives. He talked, and talked. It was all nonsense. You can't arrest someone that just killed the hokage. That was madness. And then to think he'd arrest Shimura too. Ha.. Fujitora elaborated on that perfectly. It was clear to the Maru just how much of this revolution had already been put into place before this all even happened. The 11th corps had been under Fujitora's control for months already, and Shimura was just another captain to do Fujitora's bidding at this point. Fujitora also asked to release Tsukiko.. which was a fun thing to do. She'd no doubt still come charging in like an idiot - and so Ayame prepared mentally. Physically she didn't move, only looking from Fujitora who was at his side, to the front, overlooking the large crowd.

But everything died down the moment Ayame opened her mouth to speak again. There was a certain emotion in her eyes, a flicker of light perhaps, but that died out soon enough. “I wish to tell you something. I come from Amegakure, so I am an outsider here. I have no real claim to this hat, or any claim to the title of Hokage. Amegakure citizens are treated as second rank citizens in every country, and even in Amegakure, there are many ways that even in their own homecountry, we deal with that. I came to Konohagakure to escape that, because I heard of the will of fire. I was met with dissapointment.”

She looked at Fujitora, who had been at her side throughout the entire adventure, and reminisced about her father who was, likely, in Amegakure at this point. It'd been some time since she'd heard from him. She wondered in this still moment what had become of him after mother's death. “The Will of Fire.. it's not true. It's been misinterpreted and misrepresented over the years. The Will of Fire is not peace and eternal friendship. It's not open mindedness towards everyone that wishes to live here simply because Konohagakure has it good.”

“The Will of Fire is looking after your own, protecting your people, protecting your village from anyone that wishes to do it harm. It's not making bonds with other villages over the back of your own people, it's making deals with other villages to further your own goals. Starting now, Konohagakure will be shaped in the way I see it fit. And that means that Konohagakure will not be sending any more of our children to die in the name of some vain village far away, that means we will not give up any more rights and powers for the sake of maintaining peace.”

“It means we will get back our power. And we will start with that. Now. Slowly, Ayame's hands closed together and started forming handseals, which would appear to many as if she was going to attack Tsukiko in a pre-emptive strike. But after the handseals she raised her arms and looked at the sky, which had slowly become covered with black clouds during the duration of her speech. True to her heritage, she performed a jutsu known very well in Amegakure. Ukojizai no Jutsu! As she raised her hands slowly it started raining, starting with slow spats of water, before turning into an all out rainstorm.

Slowly she looked down from the sky, upon the group again. The atmosphere had changed dramatically, and to make sure she remained somewhat dry, Ayame pulled her hood up again to cover herself. “I am from Amegakure. We have no Will of Fire, no Will of Rain. But we have one thing, and that is power.. no political influence, no army.. but every citizen of Amegakure is strong in and of their own. Remember that when you challenge my authority. I have no claim to the title of Hokage, but all of you know you will give it to me.” Looking upon Tsukiko once more, she shook her head. She wondered why she had even thought about making that woman jonin commander.. she was much too rash, and didn't see the benefit of this coup. Maybe she would come to terms - time would tell.



Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master” Reihana Minamoru, “Little Master”



“Watashi wa Kami, I am God.” “For the Minamoru, everything.”




Yamato reacted rather quickly, grabbing Daiki's flak jacket as soon as he grabbed his, pulling on Daiki's vest as much as Daiki pulled on his. His teeth were clenched and showing, but he didn't say a word to Daiki. This was no longer a rivalry, now. Knowing that Daiki carried a kekkei genkai, that Daiki was as much cursed as any other person with a bloodline limit.. this had turned into a state of te two of them being enemies. And the fact that Yamato didn't speak out spoke books about that - he was truly angry. But Daiki seemed to see the light finally. He let Yamato go, and Yamato let Daiki go. Yamato got up again and looked down at Daiki as he kneeled. “Isn't conflict what your entire god forsaken clan is after, Uchiha. Your clan has been at the root of the worlds' problems since the creation of ninjutsu.. don't pretend you can escape that fate. You may pretend to be a Naito, but I know what you hide now that you've shown me. Starting today, we may be in the same village, but if you ever get in my way again, I'm ripping those eyes from your face..”

Rei had reacted slowly when Giichi charged off, not realizing at all what had happened until it was too late. She had simply been so astonished by what was happening. Yamato accepted Ayame as the new Hokage, which was as much a shock to anyone else as to her as for anyone else.. no doubt it was a plot by her father, she thought, and as such she would have to accept Ayame as well. She extended a hand to grab Giichi and hold him back, realizing he was plunging himself into death more or less, but she was too late. She was forced to watch as Giichi attempted to commit suicide by openly attacking Ayame, the new Hokage. But as luck would have it Akio was quick enough to stop him, leaving room for Rei to run up and kneel besides Giichi. “Giichi, please.. this is not the way. The other kages will surely not accept this.. you need to think of your father and mother, too.” she said as she put a hand on his side, before grabbing his arm and trying to lift him up. It seemed he was paralyzed, but laying this close to the very person that had just murdered the Hokage was probably not going to be good for Giichi. She looked up and saw that Yamato was now approaching her, seemingly done with Daiki.

“Rei, let's go. We need to go home.” he said, looking down at Giichi. He wanted to help the young boy, but fairly, he found it rather stupid to attack the very person that had just more or less taken the throne. Besides, Ayame was speaking the truth. Konoha had, throughout it's history, been the only to make attempts at friendship with the others. And that had ultimately always ended in concessions from their side.. it was time to take back what was theirs.

“Giichi. This is not your place anymore. The Uzumaki are a powerful clan, I will admit that, but the current hokage is a Choko, not an Uzumaki. You have no say, and neither does your family. Not directly, anyway. It's best you go home, and let the grownups handle this. Your father and mother will know what to do.” he said as he approached Rei and put a hand on her shoulder, forcing her to let go of Giichi. Yamato had always been kind to Giichi but that seemed to have suddenly changed, or atleast, he was a bit more neutral now. “Conflict is brewing not only in the world, but within Konoha. I can just say that I hope you pick the right side in what is going to follow this, and that I end up on the same side. There are larger forces at work here.”

Yamato thought back to when they'd met Kusaru, and how Kusaru spoke to Fujitora and Ayame as if they'd met before. Somehow that made sense, now. “Good luck, Giichi. Don't die. That'd be a s-” Suddenly he halted his sentence and released Rei, noticing that Nobunaga dragged his sword across Daiki's back, and that Daiki after that fought back. It seemed Daiki had the Uchiha blood, but the Naito spirit. All Yamato could think of was how he'd stop this idiocy, but ultimately he decided that Daiki should make his own calls regarding who to piss off. It seemed he was rapidly making enemies, however. “Rei, go home. I'm gonna watch so I make sure that this doesn't get out of hand.. yet..

Rei simply nodded and looked at Giichi with a face that said 'I'm sorry'. “I'll talk to you later, Giichi.” she said before getting up and running off, past the crowd towards their home. She was unsure what to feel at this point, but there was something bigger going on here and she could feel it.
New Beginnings


Agnus Dei





The woman stood calmly, even as the Maru approached. It was, needless to say, a useless endeavour for him to approach. He wouldn't accomplish anything with it. The woman didn't even turn her head as a response, merely looking at the larger crowd in front of her. Soon enough the second figure approached, and he spoke to the Maru for a short while. While the woman hadn't spoken as much, the second figure seemed much more mouthy. However, with his final words, “it's time.” the woman looked over the group before speaking up too. The Hokage laid on the ground clinging onto himself, trying to find an opening for escape and to kill the woman, but it was pretty clear this wasn't going to happen. “For years the Shinobi nations have been centralizing their power.” she stated, a testimony to what had been truly happening. There was no lie in her statements so far, and the recent speech made by the Hokage only furthered this with evidence. “None of you have gotten better for it.”

“I have watched this village for a long time. It's become clear to me that this village is unknowingly, slowly plummeting itself into death. There is but one man to blame.” She was talking about Zeno obviously, but she didn't bother to point at him, letting the crowd do their own conclusions. By now, the ANBU that had been trying to deal with the 11th was showing up, but not interfering. They stepped up to the crowd and joined them, as did many other shinobi that had been attempting to get through the ranks of the 11th. “Konohagakure is becoming a shade of it's former self!” she yelled out suddenly as her eyes now glared through the holes in the mask, looking over each and every member of the shinobi forces. “None of you see it!”

“Sunagakure, Kumogakure, they have all held onto their traditions after Naruto passed! But Konoha, Konoha tried chasing his ideals further and further, to the point where even Naruto would say it was enough! But you constantly push for more centralization, more unity, more peace! Can't you see it!? Are you blind!?” Suddenly the Hokage coughed, loudly, followed by a laugh. The robed figure looked at him, a certain pity in her eyes as she did so. And the Hokage laughed more, before speaking up softly, just loud enough for the others to hear. “You lack.. the Will of Fire.. that is why you cannot see.. what we work for..”

The figure didn't reply, only looking back at the crowd now. She took about five seconds before speaking again, letting his words simmer in her mind. “Hai.. maybe I lack the Will of Fire. But according to what I know, the Will of Fire states that the village is like a family. You are pushing your family to be larger, and larger.. to encompass the entire world. But the rest of the world doesn't want to be part of your family.. they want to take advantage of you.”

Her gaze fell upon those within the inner circle of the chunins, the friends that had banded together in this battle so far. “Sunagakure has held onto their jinchuuriki. Kumogakure has pushed their needs through the other kage, and has even obtained a second jinchuuriki. What does Konoha do.. they release their tailed beast. For what? Because the other villages were scared.. to prove a point. Tell me in what world that makes sense.”

“It's time. For Konohagakure to become greater than the others. Know sacrifice, hokage.” the woman said, before revealing her hands from the long arms on her robe, gesturing towards the sky. With a fast move she threw three senbon up in the air, before forming handseals rapidly, with a speed characterized by only those greatest nin that make it to be kage. “Senbon-jutsu: Kage bunshin!” Using the exact same technique used to multiply her shuriken earlier, she now multiplied the senbon. However, rather than tripling or even multiplying them tenfold, she multiplied them thousandfold.

Three thousand senbon were now in the sky, a testament to the users skill, and as they were kage bunshins, they had actual physical existence, and as such could harm like any other tool. She extended her arm towards the senbon and rapidly moved her arm down, to point it at the hokage. The senbon all reacted, flying towards the Hokage in an undodgeable hail of senbon. Given the control she had over her senbon, not a single one missed their target, as they all punctured the Hokage. The woman then formed more handseals, ready to perform her killing move. “Senbon Art: Split Needles Poisoning!” Extending her arm once more, the senbon within the hokages body 'exploded' into fine dust of metal and chakra, meaning the parts of the senbon inside of the Hokage's body were now already in the blood of the hokage. However, using her fine chakra control over these senbon, the robed woman would push her hand forwards, leading to all the fine particles of dust to push through the hokages innards, eviscerating him from the inside. The move would prove, ultimately, to be fatal as the hokage yelled in pain for about six seconds, before submitting to his death.

Slowly the woman would advance to the Hokages corpse, before bending over and grabbing a hold of the Hokage's hat. Slowly she'd get up and face the crowd, moving her one free hand towards her hood. As she undid her hood, the mask came loose and fell on the ground, shattering into pieces.





Ayame Choko, “the Sewstress”


The Fallen




The robed woman would reveal herself to be, through the mask falling and shattering, that she was in actuality Ayame. She seemed relatively calm despite the fact that she'd just assasinated the Hokage, the very man she'd worked for for several years now. Her motives were relatively unclear at this point in time, not having revealed much more than the fact that she wanted to make Konohagakure bigger. It was relatively strange, since she came from Amegakure originally, though then again, Amegakure was known for it's tendencies to assasinations.

Slowly Ayame raised the hokages hat and placed it on her head, looking over the crowd now with a solemn look in her eyes, one that unmistakeably said that she was the new hokage. She wondered how many would react to this.. but then again, they had somehow gotten a hold of the 11th corps, though that was largely due to the maneuvrances of the second figure who remained robed and masked. “Behold, sacrifice.” Ayame stated as she pointed an open hand at Zeno's lifeless body. “Prepare for greatness!” she said loudly as she lowered the hand again and looked at the ones in front of her. “The former hokage was weak and lacked the intelligence required to run a village. He thought that ideals could run a village, make it prosper. But that is not true. To prosper, you need conflict.”



Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master”



“Watashi wa Kami, I am God.”




Yamato stood by as he listened to what was happening around him. He looked back at Nobunaga, only to answer him with an answer Nobunaga didn't expect most likely. “We do not.” Yamato would be lying if he said he cared for the hokages' life at this point, he was simply trying to figure out what this would mean for Konoha. Anyone that knew Yamato would know he'd be the first one to run in and fight this woman, since he was also very casual about attacking Kusaru when he did. But something stopped him this time - the idea that this might have bigger implications for Konohagakure. Perhaps even good implications, something positive.

The woman started speaking and Yamato listened intently, listening to her every word, dissecting it to find out what she meant. And Yamato found he could agree with this woman more so than the Hokage. She seemed to actually possess some form of brain cells. Slowly Yamato would walk forwards, taking only three steps and putting himself ahead of the others by doing that. He was still unsure if this was a trick to lure them into a false sense of comfortability, and he wanted to be the first to know it if it was. But when the woman grabbed the hokages hat, and undid her hood and let the mask fall, Yamato couldn't help but feel his eyes widen for two seconds before they returned to normal. As she spoke more, of conflict and making Konoha great, Yamato was overcome with a sense of satisfaction.

Slowly Yamato looked back at the rest of the group, before looking at Ayame. His eyes were set with determination, and a sense of bravery, one that many people would recognise what Yamato had in his eyes before he attacked someone. But rather than do that, he slowly bent his knee and got on one knee, bowing his head down slightly before Ayame. It was unclear why Ayame did this, but to Yamato, this meant a way to make his clan better, and that was worth every sacrifice he'd have to make.



Reihana Minamoru, “Little Master”



“For the Minamoru, everything.”




Rei was pushed into the back slightly, as she was out of her element. She felt like using any jutsu would heavily impede the progress of Aoi and Akio, and there was nothing she could do to really support them. Add to that the giant cat shoving wind in people's faces and Rei was left completely out of the field, pulling back as she provided overwatch for Aoi and Akio, making sure they would't be stabbed in the back by someone. But that person never came, leaving Rei to only feel slightly useless after everyone moved to the plaza again to see what was going on. She stayed close to Giichi, but ultimately landed in the same spot as everyone else, somewhere around Tatsuya, Yuna and Yamato.

The entire speech left Rei bewildered, as she grasped only a little of what this person was saying. It was obvious the woman was appealing more to ideals than to logic, not explaining what or how she would do all this, only saying that she would. However when she revealed herself to be Ayame, Rei could only wonder what this meant exactly. She had worked here for so long, becoming a part of Konohagakure in the process, but Rei would never have seen this coming. Not knowing exactly how to feel about this all, she looked at Giichi, hoping he had a clue.



Yopparai Ramu Koku



“With no booze, whores and cussing, life would be a lot less interesting.”
Give us dem eyes, gurl.




Yopparai wasn't quite expecting what had happened, first hearing a sound like a rocket in the sewers he'd just blown up, before being lifted into the air by Tsukiya. “NANDAYO, BAKA TSUKIYA!” he yelled as he swayed side to side in an attempt to stabilize himself. He would then hear the explosion and shake slightly as the explosion rocked him, before realizing that Tsukiya had left him to fall on himself.
“OII! DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING!” he said as he slowly plummeted downwards, headed straight down into the sewers since that's more or less where Tsukiya had dropped him. With a loud splash he landed in the sewage water, covered head to toe in it. He'd make sure to kick Tsukiya's ass for this back at the tavern.. but something caught his eyes. Or rather, something caught his ears. Not to far away he heard the splashing of footsteps in the sewage water. That'd.. that'd be the Hyuga girl wouldn't it? “Oi, Tsukiya-chan.. be quiet and drop down here with me.” he said, probably loud enough to be heard by Jun still, obviously because of the echoes in the sewer system.

Slowly Yopparai would wade through the water before realizing he could use his chakra to stand on top of the water. That wouldn't stop the footstep splashes but atleast it'd mean he didn't have to wade through the shit and piss. Slowly he 'climbed' ontop of the sewage water, with some splashy sounds, before he continued down the sewers trailing the splashes he had heard. Tsukiya would no doubt still be able to find him with that bloodlens lemmet thingie.. but from now on, Yopparai was actually quiet. What a change.
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