Naruto SAO Style!
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				Title: <strong>Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>03-08-2021, 06:01:20</strong>
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				"A sudden sound woke him out of the deep concentration as a figure stared into his state of the art touchpad. the figure took a deep breath, and pulled out a surprisingly old flip phone, flicking it open and cutting off the sound of the Naruto theme "Bluebird". "Hakuro here. Yeah. No I'll be there, just putting some finishing touches on my bio, looking over the avatar, making sure everything looks good and is ready to go for the live demo, and official launch of the game tonight." He grinned, laughing as he said, "Yeah yeah, the Jutsu demonstration'll go great, I spent the last week getting 3 hours of sleep to make sure of that. YOU just better make sure the server's don't crash with everyone logging in and making new avatars. Though having each "headset" as its own micro server was a good idea, crashing SHOULD be impossible, but you know how it goes. If it can go wrong, it will." He nodded twice, then responded with a much more respectful tone, "To business then Sir. Yes, I'll be there for the Demonstration performance an hour ahead of schedule." A brief pause. "Yes sir, the plan is for a Movement showing, world setting, a AC...er, Academy Student, or basic level quest, Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu demonstration, in order. There will be a very select few celebrity invitations to try out the new headset, as well as a grouping of 10 units that can be used by media and other celebrities." A hesitation, and the young man grinned, slipping back into the lightly teasing tone. "I stayed up all night memorizing that. I'll head down to the demonstration stage now. I'm too worked up to wait, and we don't have that much longer before the first round of demonstrations anyways." A quick flip of the phone, and that was that.<br><br>A half hour later, and he stood on the wide open stage, with several beds set here and there, for the demonstrators to use. Several techs in white labcoats were walking around, and one grinned at seeing Hakuro. "So you pulled the short straw eh Jaden?" Hakuro frowned, and said sharply, "HAKURO. Not my real name please." The tech frowned, then shrugged. "Yeah yeah, I never got why you insisted on that. Why use your Avatar name as your real name? Oh well, we have your new headset here anyways." Hakuro grinned, blue grey eyes flashing with a burning light. Finally. Each of the Demonstrators, as thanks and payment, for helping with this were going to receive their own custom headset, designed to have their own custom symbols instead of the planned 5 village seals. Dave motioned to a box on one of the benches, looking around the stage with sharp eyes. Some of the reporters were already making their way inside, eyeing the giant display screen behind the stage with inquisitive eyes, and then latching Hungry eyes on Hakuro.<br><br>He coughed, and glanced at Dave. "Er...lets get that fitted, shall we? I'd rather not be in earshot of requests." Dave grinned, and led him to the box, letting Hakuro open it. He did, and for a second, his breath caught. Inside was....a headband from the show. The metal itself was bright gold though, not silver metal like the regular other units would be. The symbol though was the image of Konoha. Hakuro had elected to keep the Konoha default symbol rather than anything else. The device itself was miniature, and was really more of a secondary device. It was small enough that it still allowed the unit to interact with the brain of the user, but transmitted the coding from the headset to a more powerful unit. In most player's cases, that would be their personal computer. However, the set itself ran off the user's own bio-electrical current to power it. He hefted the black cloth, examining the glinting golden sign before taking a deep breath. "well, should we get the prelim's done?"<br><br>What followed next was rather boring, and simply was 20-30 minutes of testing, to make sure both Hakuro's own unit was exactly as he requested it to be, and that it was functioning correctly and linked to the large overhead display. When the time for the main demonstration came up, all the seats were PACKED. The demonstration was supposed to take place over the following three days, with over 20 of the staff helping out during the demonstrations, alternating between being on stage, and online in the game as well to help kickstart the game, help new players with advice and so on and so forth.<br><br>For Hakuro, the opening demonstration was a blur. The CEO stood up, talking easily before the crowd, answering several questions, finishing with hold up an example of what the new headset would look like, announcing that, as of that moment all around the world, they could be purchased. The game itself would be be going live at the Demonstrations end. Then Hakuro was brought up. He made some comments appearing to be a quiet, rather....well, plain looking young man with black hair and blue eyes. He wouldn't stand out in a crowd at all. He smiled, then said with a flourish and bow. "Well, its time for the demonstrations. I'm more comfortable in the game anyways." He smiled, making his way to one of the tables as the CEO explained what was going on. Hakuro bound the Ninja Band around his head, making sure the golden plate was centered directly over his forehead. The CEO went on to explain only staff members would be able to receive the golden sets, and would actually show up in the game exactly as they appeared now in reality. It only took a minute or so, and Hakuro was laying comfortably on the table. He formed the seal of the Tiger with a grin, saying, "Link Start, Initialize and launch!". For everyone else, Hakuro's hands went limp, and his eyes drifted shut. The CEO explained that while a vocal command wasn't required, it was a mental trick to help new players interact with VR for the first time a little bit better.<br><br>For Hakuro though, the ceiling itself dissolved into colored swirls, before he floated in the void, standing in front of his character. A figure that looked almost exactly like he did in real life, with one exception. His Avatar had vivid purple eyes, and several cosmetic changes. The Hakuro smiled, and turned to face what he saw as a small window floating in the void with him. "This is the character selection screen. As you can see, this is my customized Avatar. We choose to do this to show just how lifelike the Avatar's can look. We also want everyone to see just how detailed every aspect of the customization is regarding character creation. There are 10 machines that can be used after the demonstration that will be open for public use, as well as units available for purchase during the demonstration." Hakuro turned back to his Avatar, and formed the Seal of the Tiger again. The Avatar matched the seal, and the two drifted together, and became one.<br><br>On the large display, the world resolved from Hakuro's perspective, first person. He glanced around, standing in the large training field. "Now, since you all are not with me yet, I wanted to explain what's going on. I can feel the wind, temperature, I can even smell rain coming on." He reached down, running fingertips over the gently waving grass, saying "Though naturally, not all sensations are desired by all players, nor are all sensations, so the game includes a revolutionary...buffer layer." He smiled, turning and walking towards one of the large three pillars, and punched it hard enough wood chips flew off. The audience could see his hand was red and slightly scraped. He shook his hand, saying, "It's sorta like having your teeth worked on with numbing applied. You feel it, but you don't. There's a separation between what happens in the game, and what your mind receives."<br><br>He smiled and motioned towards the screen, saying, "Now naturally the game will have a bit of a steep learning curve." He grinned, and walked up the side of the post. The screen shifted, and now they were watching Hakuro from outside his viewpoint, as he looked at them, standing as if nothing was out of the ordinary. "After all, not many of us can just stand sideways like this whenever we want. I'm doing this by using a particular skill in the game. I can choose to use Chakra, a player stat, to stick to flat surfaces. If I run out though..." Suddenly his feet lost that sticky sensation, and he fell, landing on the grass with a laugh. "Well, you see."<br><br>He stood, brushing the grass off, and with a grin, motioned to the clearing. "There was supposed to be a beta test, a simple sparring match, but I'd like to do that at the end of the demonstration to give an example of what you can REALLY do in combat." He grinned, and said, "So, moving on. Now my character stats for physical combat are not very high, and not many players are going to be real life martial artists. The game has an "assisted play" feature, where the AI will take over your physical body, allowing you to do moves you normally can't do. The downside is, the AI is controlling combat. Against another player, and some of the bosses, the AI will be predictable. For example." He turned, spinning to his left, his left knee coming up, with his right leg coming across where an opponent's head might be. It wasn't badly done, but he Clearly was not a martial artist. "That was pure me, with natural skill. Then there's this." The same technique, but performed flawlessly, as if done on the big screens of movies by a shaolin monk.<br><br>"Ninjutsu. For those of you that know the show, you need no explanation. For those that do not, Ninjutsu is....well, basically magic." He smiled, forming several seals, explaining as he did so, "So hand seals are key to activating. Again there is an assisted program to perform everything, but it is faster to actually learn what the seals are yourself and perform them. For example..." He formed several seals, and then breathed in deeply, "Fireball, Firestyle Jutsu!" and blasted out a glowing sea of fire about 10 feet in front of him, the heat crackling the grass from green to black. He stopped, saying, "This is an example of a Fire style release, or move. Now the sequence of five moves, you saw how long it took to do, about 5 seconds, one second per sign. That's how long the assisted program takes. Now..." He turned, hands flashing. He was moving faster, though the seals were not as..."form perfect" as you would expect. The resulting fire was no less spectacular. "The game will encourage players to invest in it. Being a part of the world, investing time and energy here, PLAYING the game will make you a better player." He smiled, and then nodded. "Dave, would you bring out an AI opponent? All stats 1 please."<br><br>Part of the screen shimmered, and a wooden training dummy stepped forward, clunkily moving towards Hakuro. Suddenly the screen shifted, jumping to the Dummy's viewpoint. "Ok, so Genjutsu is illusions, and happens to be a skill i'm very, very good at." Hakuro smiled ferally, and moved forward, forming several seals. The screen suddenly seemed....slightly wavey. Hakuro was also completely gone. "I'm controlling what the enemy is seeing. In this case, its a simple Genjutsu that makes me vanish. Of course, it only works on this one enemy." The view point drew back, and the crowd could see both figures again. Hakuro released the handsign he was holding, and the dummy started towards him again. "This is what combat looks like." He said with a feral grin, stalking forward slowly.<br><br>What followed next was a thing of beauty. The poor training dummy didn't stand a chance. Hakuro was able to move far faster, landing hit after hit. At first, he used the “Form perfect” assisted combat, but began to use his own abilities, the moves not as “pretty”, but no less effective for it. Several intense blows followed, with ninjutsu back and forth, before the dummy vanished in a puff of smoke. "System, log out." It took about 20 seconds before Hakuro stood up slowly, and bowed to the audience itself, saying into a mike. "Thank you for coming all."<br><br><br><br>The CEO smiled, "Thank you Hakuro for helping us with that wonderful demonstration. Now, as a reminder to EVERYONE. Staff will be online inside the game itself, you can tell who they are as they will have a Golden Ninja Sign. You can buy units for yourself here at the center. And the game. Is. LIVE!!!!" He raised his hands, and the opening of the game started playing on the big screen, drowned out by the roaring applause and demand for questions. While most eyes were focused on the CEO, several sharper eyes would see Hakuro get unsteadily to his feet, and have to be helped down the back of the stage to a small first aid area. As soon as he could, the CEO joined them.<br><br>Dave had just asked Hakuro something, to which he’d gotten a shake of head in response. Hakuro looked...wrong, pale in the face as if something had happened. The CEO came over, looking concerned saying sharply, "Dave, what happened?" Dave shook his head, motioning to Hakuro. The CEO waited calmly waiting as Hakuro collected himself. "There was...feedback." The CEO looked at Dave, and Dave just shrugged. "Feedback? What do you mean?" He said. "The game was more intense then we expected, then I expected. During the initial testing we had the barrier to sensory contact pretty high." Hakuro explained, "We may need to increase the buffer, if only for a couple of days. I think a lot of players are going to get overwhelmed very quickly. I could....I couldn't tell it wasn't reality, and even though I knew what was going on, my body and brain felt like they were fighting each other. My body KNEW it wasn't real, but my brain thought it was." Dave nodded slowly. "Sir, its possible that because the SEED draws and uses memories from the user, that its causing this conflict. Ja...er..Hakuro's right, increasing the buffer SHOULD help. We'll get on it right now, and double the buffer as a precaution, and tweak it as the launch goes on." The CEO nodded, saying, "We can't exactly cancel it now so...Alright." He took a deep breath, smiling, "Well done Hakuro, that was great. I thought you memorized the script though. Stay up all night my ass." Hakuro laughed, and shot back with a grin, "Hey, I don't do public speaking for a living, that was Terrifying." The CEO grinned, and clapped a hand to Hakuro's back, saying "Get some rest kiddo. And don't dive into the game again right away, you know the drill. Give it at least two hours, and drink a liter of water before you go back in." Hakuro nodded, and stood stretching. He was heading back to his hotel room to get a quick nap....and log Right back into the game as soon as he could. It HAD been real, even with the feedback loops. It had been so vivid. Even if it had felt like he was numbed, he could still remember the feel of the grass, the heat of the fire....it had been Awesome.<br><br>And so, a quick nap, and water break later, and Hakuro stood with a grin, stretching his arms over his head, purple eyes scanning the Horizon of Konoha, his custom sword on his back, watching the stumbling new players in the opening plaza with a grin. They still acted like they were regular people, not ninja. And there were 5 villages, all filled with players with different play styles and ideas.<br><br>Still, there wasn’t time to waste. He wanted to get as much of a head start as he could. Within a few minutes, he stood at the base of two towers extending upwards, close enough they could be used as a Great target area. Looking at the first one, he bent his legs, and Leapt. When he had decided on the target, a small blue ring had appeared, indicating the target, with a dotted line marking his path through the air. He landed, and the AI assist kicked in automatically, keeping him locked in place via Chakra in his feet. Looking up, he leapt again, and proceeded up the towers until he stood at the top. Looking down, he leapt, falling the good 100 feet straight down to land without injury on the ground, his Chakra cushioning the blow. He then turned off the AI assistance, and leapt again, taking care that, before he leapt, to WILL himself to leap to the area, keeping his eyes fixed on his target. He landed right where he needed, but couldn’t get his feet to stick in time before he fell to the thick grasses. It was a learning experience, and a tough one.<br><br>(And with this post, the RP is LIVE!!! Feel Free to check out the recruitment thread/OOC for questions and such, or just PM me directly! New players/those not familiar with Naruto stick to my character for a bit, and feel free to ask questions directly of him in the RP, he’ll be happy to answer, just as I will OOC!! Also as of right now, our characters can freely move inside and outside the game world, we are NOT trapped in the game yet. I will be informing everyone when that happens!)<br>Modify message<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>21-08-2021, 05:01:29</strong>
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				Just a quick post, yes game is on, there's a thread for OOC chat, this thread is reserved for story only. Please remove OOC posts please!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>22-08-2021, 01:29:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/QTlvV6u.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Sayaka was playing for three hours straight by now, and she was having a blast! Until now, she was just toying with the combat and movement mechanics of the game and getting marveled at how real the simulation felt. It was her first VR game and she never expected to feel this level of immersion. It was like she was living another life in another world, like those isekai shows. And that another world was the one she loved most, the one from Naruto's! It was too good to be true!<br><br>Sayaka was an eighteen years old girl, almost finishing high school. Her main hobbies was mainly playing online RPGs, watching animes and training artistic gymnastics at school. The internet was her main source of social interaction. In the outside world, she was really, really shy and almost had no friends. People usually mistook her shyness for a cold, distant attitude, but it couldn't be more distant from truth. Her quiet, silent behavior was just a sign of her social ineptitude. <br><br>So, when she heard about that Naruto VR game, she didn't think twice. Sayaka asked her parents to buy the game in pre-order and buy the VR set to play it. It wasn't that easy to convince them, but she managed. So, as soon as the game launched, Sayaka logged in. When the character creation appeared, she didn't waste time testing all the options on the avatar's body. She chose to make her avatar as a copy of her real self, at least as close as the game managed to make. Then she carefully chose her main clothes and equipment. That was an important step, a great ninja usually had a badass looks! After selecting a black and white body suit that she thought would fit an agile weapon master, she finally input her username and started the game. <br><br>She opened her eyes and found herself in a wide lawn. The realness struck her like a truck. The wind caressing her face, making her cape flutter... the warmth of the sun, the scent of the grass... She took a deep breath. Damn, even the air filling her lungs felt so real!! Ayaka smiled. Yes, she was Ayaka now, a ninja from Konoha! She looked at the horizon, where the village could been seen beneath the mountain with the faces of the Hokages, as a picture taken straight away from the anime. Her smile grew wider. <br><br>The kunoichi began to run towards the nearby forest. She couldn't wait to make use of her skills as a ninja. There was an AI assistant and some HUD elements popping up in her field of view, but she chose to turn them off. She wanted total immersion. Ayaka tried to jump to the closest branch of a nearby tree and somehow she missed it, as if she jumped much higher than needed. Or as if she was way lighter than her real self was. But she soon learned it was just the game systems at work. The girl took one hour just learning to move herself in that world, without consulting any tutorial or something alike. Learning by experience was way more fun, and Ayaka felt like a baby experimenting a whole new world with its own new rules. <br><br>After a while, she found a small lake in a clearing. Ayaka got closer and could finally see herself in the reflection of the water. She didn't noticed before, infatuated with the athletic skills of her body inside of that simulation, but once she got some time to realize, it was really impressive. The girl didn't expected for the system to make her avatar a copy so close from her real self. Sayaka was a cute, beautiful girl with a lovely, fit body due to her training as a gymnast. And so was Ayaka, from what she could see. The bodysuit wore like a second skin (https://i.imgur.com/HsRCY2q.jpg) and highlighted her curves pretty well. <br><br>Incredulous, Ayaka looked down at herself. Yes, it was like a second skin, indeed. That design surely helped in movement, as she just confirmed minutes ago. But she could see the complete shape of her big breasts, even with a little bulge hinting her nipples, the shape of her belly button, even a subtle slit in her crotch. <strong>"W-Wait a minute..." </strong> she muttered, blushing. She groped her breasts and felt a nice, silky sensation. Definitely no bra under it. Hesitantly, she moved her hand down, between her legs and again, that pleasant, silky touch from the bodysuit's cloth in her skin. <br><br><strong>"Did I forget to pick underwear or... wait, we do have 'those' here as well?"</strong><br><br>The girl got red realizing avatars had genitalia as well. Was it a side effect of the avatar 'copying' her body? She didn't think so, it had to be a feature of the game, to keep as real as possible. Did that mean she had to use bathroom there as well? Could avatars have... sex? Ayaka shook her head. She would leave those questions for later. <strong>"For now..."</strong> she said to herself, while picking a kunai from a small pocket in her back, <strong>"let's try some combat!!"</strong><br><br>And then, Ayaka spent two more hours just having fun throwing kunais at targets and learning to use her main weapon, a retractable lance, hitting tree trunks and other targets.&nbsp; It was a training most genins would find boring in the show, but not for her. Slowly, she was learning the mechanics of the game. This was how she spent her first three hours in game. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>22-08-2021, 08:52:35</strong>
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				It took several hours, but he'd finally tweaked the AI and UI settings to his preference. Forming the Tiger Seal one handed would automatically cause chakra to form, and the AI would gather intent for how the chakra should be used. In his current training session, it meant chakra was focused to his feet, and leaping from tree branch to tree branch. It was still a learning experience as the leaping motion was slightly different from the sticking motion. <br><br>However, the rhythmic sound of metal hitting wood caught his ear, and he froze, listening. It was too steady to be anything but training, had it been combat, there would have been other sounds as well. He continued on, flipping forward to land on an overhanging branch, watching carefully. The girl wasn't bad, and was moving with more confidence then most new players showed. His purple eyes narrowed, and he formed the Seal, and landed in plain sight, looking... <div class="floatright">(https://static.f-list.net/images/charimage/16203793.jpg)</div> Strangely regular, aside from his glowing purple eyes. <br><br>"Your pretty good. Name's Hakuro." He smiled, motioning to the headband he wore, tapping the side to cause its color to shift from plain metal to pure gold, showing he was a Developer, before returning it to its plain metal state. He started walking forward, keeping hands empty. He didn't fancy wanting to get too close to her spear, and while pvp was encouraged in certain cases, in general it was penalized within the large villages by people who shared the same village. "I'm still working on tweaking my UI settings, as well as the game's automatic settings. Do you have any questions about the game, or need help with anything in general?" <br><br>He did glance around at the varied trees, and winked playfully, his unique eyes glowing a soft purple, "Though it seems you don't really need any combat experience...." It was then that the.....interesting parts of her skin tight outfit became apparent. A slight bulge on each side of her chest, a subtle curve where her slit would be, an indent for belly button.....He blushed, and quickly averted his eyes. "You...may also want to be careful who you show that outfit too. If someone wanted to try to take advantage of you, they could....until you hit the logout function."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>22-08-2021, 19:19:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/kvLr2if.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Ayaka was getting the hang of it. For half an hour, she was just playing throwing kunais and trying to hit the exact same spot, over and over and as quick as possible. Whenever she got tired, just standing still for a few seconds catching her breath would be enough for her to be as rested as new. Exactly the opposite from an full afternoon of training at the gym. The game system was amazing, she felt unstoppable in this virtual world and the feeling was really intoxicating. After a brief rest, she threw a kunai and a shuriken at the same time. With a solid thud they hit the tree, almost at the same time, with a few inches of distance from one another. <strong>"Yay!"</strong> celebrated the girl, raising and clenching her fist. <br><br>She took her spear once again to try a few moves. Melee combat seemed to be a bit harder to learn, but she would get there, eventually. Maybe a partner would speed up things, but social interaction could wait for a while. The girl tried a few blows at nothing, just to get used with the weapon's weight. Strangely enough, she seemed to know already how to handle the weapon, the correct posture to use, how to move properly with it, although she wasn't able to recreate the moves with perfection, far from it. Maybe the game system already taught her the basics of combat. How she improved from there, it was entirely upon her. And practice, as she already noticed, really helped with improvement. Ayaka tried another few blows again and this time, her body showed confidence and grace. A satisfied smirk adorned her face.<br><br><em><strong>"Your pretty good. Name's Hakuro."</strong></em><br><br>She looked at the side, surprised, noticing the young man for the first time. <strong>"Ah... T-Thank you! I-I'm Ayaka,"</strong> she said, a bit disconcerted for being caught off guard. How he managed to do that, he did use some sort of skill? Maybe a genjutsu? Or it was her fault, for no being aware enough of her surroundings? That would be bad in case of a PVP, she had to be more careful, even more now while she was still a newbie learning how to play the game. <br><br>She noticed when the man showed the golden headband for a moment, though. It did mean something special, she wouldn't recall for sure, but he was one of the game staff, as much as she knew. Perhaps a GM. He walked closer, but not that close to be in her spear range. And then he asked: <strong>"I'm still working on tweaking my UI settings, as well as the game's automatic settings. Do you have any questions about the game, or need help with anything in general?"</strong><br><br>Ayaka calmed down knowing the young man wasn't a threat. <strong>"Ano... I-I don't know..."</strong> She scratched the back of her head, figuring out what she could ask. She did have a lot of questions, but it would be more fun to discover it by herself. However, some tips would surely come in handy. Hakuro glanced over at the trees nearby and Ayaka could notice his beautiful purple eyes looking with interest at the scenery. <em><strong>"Though it seems you don't really need any combat experience...."</strong></em> he observed. It was the first time she was looking at another avatar so close and it was amazing how it looked so real. The young man was cute, she asked herself for a moment if he made that avatar or just made a copy from his real self as she did. <br><br><strong>"Ah, t-thank you."</strong> The girl said and held her spear behind her with both hands, a bit embarrassed by the sudden praise. Then, as Hakuro came close, she noticed him getting a bit red faced while looking at her... bodysuit. The young man looked aside and said: <em><strong>"You...may also want to be careful who you show that outfit too. If someone wanted to try to take advantage of you, they could....until you hit the logout function."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka's face was now deep red. She looked down, completely embarrassed. It felt like Hakuro took a peek at her naked body! What she could say about that attire? Confess she just forgot to put some underwear while making the avatar was out of question. <strong>"S-Sorry,"</strong> she muttered, while trying to find a proper excuse to explain her clothes, her voice getting weaker at each word: <strong>"I... hmm... I... I... like... to... use... it... like... this."</strong><br><br>Damn, from all the excuses, she came up with the worst! But now she said it and trying to explain further would only getting things worse. Ayaka wanted to cover herself, but now she had to resist the urge. The only solution that came up was using the same tactic she used when forced to face a crowd while using those leotards, whenever she made any of her artistic gymnastics performances: just focus on her choreography and do it. <br><br>Suddenly, the girl bowed and asked Hakuro: <strong>"Please, can you teach me how to properly fight? I-I still didn't figure out how to use chakra among other things."</strong> She stood in the position until the man gave his answer. Trying to change the subject back to the combat could distract them from her attire, at least at the moment. Ayaka had to endure being exposed like that fornow.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>22-08-2021, 23:57:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Akane was surprised how well the system had copied her body in to this virtual world. So much so that it felt like she was actually here in the flesh. Though, she did wish she could have changed her appearance more. Short stature didn't help her come off as cool or mysterious, and that's what she really needed to be right now. Figuring out how to walk, and then how to run as she left the central parts of Konoha was a good tutorial on movement. Despite things bouncing around, running felt comfortable, and she for sure had more stamina than she did in the real world. She ran until she reached the wooded areas around the outskirts, using the peace and quiet to set things right for herself, and get ready for the best gaming experience she could manage. Setting up her HUD, getting actions feeling right to perform, just some basic kicks and punches to get a feel for it. Then, working out her inventory and stuff. She found quite the supply of tools in her pouches, easily accessed.<br><br>And of course she had to try it. Standing up, feet squared with her shoulders, putting her hand in the Snake seal. It worked in the anime and manga, and she knew the seals, so, surely she could figure it out in this! <br><br>Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger! <br><br>A bit sloppy and slow, still getting used to virtual hands of course. Akane shouted out "Katon, Gokakyu no Jutsu!" A circle made with her finger and thumb, pressed up close to her mouth... And nothing came out when she tried to blow. Nothing at all! She couldn't even feel a thing. And after trying several more times, shouting at the forest, she could only hope that nobody heard or saw her trying and struggling. With a huff, Akane started to wander off, while trying to figure out how to build up Chakra or something. Surely that was the first step, if she couldn't get a fireball to come out. Her wandering didn't go too far, soon running in to two others who seemed to be practicing in a clearning on their own. A pretty lady with a very tight outfit on, and a man looking right out of the anime.<br><br>They were too close to where Akane had been practicing, so she had to play it off cool. She leaned up against a tree nearby, watching them with her arms crossed. They were talking about chakra and training! Akane would listen on, observe, but try not to give away that she desperately needed the help too.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>23-08-2021, 04:32:24</strong>
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				Hakuro smiled at her stammered embarrassment. She was cute, if a bit shy. He held up one hand, making a dismissive motion with his hand. "Sorry sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. Wear whatever you want. After all, the whole point was to be....here...Who cares what we look like, right?" He kneeled, picking up some grass, and then let it fall from his hands in the gentle wind. They were HERE, REALLY HERE. Able to see, touch, Taste the world they loved so much, and wanted to see for so long. He did wink playfully at her, knowing she'd been eying him up as well. "Actually my Avatar is pretty much my real self, though my eyes are brown IRL. My custom Gekki Genkai gives my eyes this swirling purple color."<br><br>Her stammering question about chakra made him smile, and he nodded, noting out of the corner of his eye the rather pretty girl leaning against a tree, trying to feign disinterest, but while watching a biiiiiit to closely to be truly uninterested. <br><br>"Chakra, sure. Here, follow me." He motioned to Ayaka, leading her to a tree about 15 feet away from the other girl, not engaging her directly, or referencing her in any way, just moving close enough for her to hear easily, and engage if she so wanted. "Chakra is a bit difficult to work with, since its not a skill humans normally have. In your settings tab, you can actually edit the AI to help you adjust to the world and game. In this case, you can program the game to help you control Chakra, as well as set up when and how its used." He formed the Tiger Seal, though just with his right hand, and preceded to put a foot on the side of the tree....and then the other foot where he just hung. "Now, I have my controls set up so that when I form this seal, that chakra will automatically activate, and will keep flowing until I form the full Tiger Seal, just upside down." He performed said weird seal, and fell sideways into the grass, demonstrating the loss. "Generally, you want to set up a turn off switch like that, because your chakra will regenerate Very slowly unless you are sleeping, or logged out. So when in combat, you can set your chakra to do any number of things. For example..." He stood, and punched the tree he'd just been hanging from, which seemed to have no effect. He formed the one hand seal, and then punched again, causing the whole tree to shake, with some leaves drifting down. "Same when your casting Jutsu, your "chakra mode" needs to be on for it to work." He formed the reverse seal, and nodded towards the tree. "What I would recommend, is set your chakra system to just " turn on" when in combat, and remember its on. So your jumping will be amplified, you can cast jutsu at will, either using the AI system, or your own skill, or amplify your melee attacks."<br><br>He double tapped his headband again, causing it to shift to a brilliant gold color. "Also, only Developers can cause their headbands to shift colors like this. Also, as a bit of a warning. Even if you have Chakra mode on, if you don't have the requirements for the jutsu, you can't cast it. For example." He formed the seals of Ox, then Rabbit, and then Monkey. His left hand close around his right wrist, and his right wrist. "Chidori!" He called out in a commanding tone, except....nothing happened. He held up his palm, so the two girls could see, and they could see a....shimmering above his palm, like a heat haze, but certainly NOT the overflowing lightning pouring around his hand. He then hit the tree, and it caused pieces of bark to spray outwards from a small crater around his palm. "As you can see, even with the Correct seals, it didn't work. However, the chakra was still focused correctly, which let my strike do more damage."<br><br>He then smiled at Ayaka, saying "I'd be happy to help you in any way I can, but there's a lot of ways to fight in the game, do you have an idea on how you want to, so I can advise you?" He also glanced at the other girl, silently offering her the same offer, if she so wanted. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>23-08-2021, 16:04:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rQQfvJ7.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br><em><strong>"Sorry sorry, I didn't mean anything by it. Wear whatever you want. After all, the whole point was to be....here...Who cares what we look like, right?"</strong></em> Hakuro said, as if trying to put an end to that issue. Ayaka nod in agreement, still blushing. He knelt and took the grass on his hand, a bit contemplative. Then, with a playful wink, he looked back at Ayaka and said: <em><strong>"Actually my Avatar is pretty much my real self, though my eyes are brown IRL. My custom Gekki Genkai gives my eyes this swirling purple color."</strong></em><br><br><strong>"Ah... hmm, m-mine isn't..."</strong> Ayaka didn't know how to exactly answer that. It seemed he still wanted her to make sure it was fine the way she was dressed by confessing something more personal. But she couldn't say back that her avatar was an exact copy of her real life appearance. It would feel like he was looking exactly at her, Sayaka, in those clothes and that would be even more embarrassing. So, she decided to let him think that avatar had nothing in common with her real self. It was hard to pretend she didn't care to present herself in that tight suit and don't cover herself, but she was enduring the shame.<br><br>Thankfully, the conversation's topic changed a bit when she asked about fighting lessons. Hakuro didn't hesitate a second about offering help. He motioned for Ayaka to follow him, guiding the girl to one of the nearby trees.&nbsp; Then, right after, he started to teach about the simple rules of the game regarding chakra, showing some moves and tips. Ayaka was following his words so intently that she didn't notice the other girl leaning against another tree, arms crossed, around 15 feet away. After all, Hakuro was a developer and that was reason enough for his tips to be invaluable, Ayaka didn't want to miss anything!<br><br><strong>"Amazing,"</strong> exclaimed Ayaka, a bit more outgoing, holding her spear above her shoulders and resting her arms upon it. <strong>"I think I used chakra without even knowing, it must be set to ON for combat on my settings... I made a big jump back there, it was incredible! But I had no idea we could have this level of control..."</strong><br><br>Basics covered, Hakuro wondered what exactly she needed assistance with, asking the girl if she had any ideas for her combat style. In fact, she had. Ayaka was aiming for a style that wasn't so explored in the show, she wanted to develop her style from there and create something really unique, as long as the game permitted. <br><br><strong>"Ano... y-yeah, I do,"</strong> she said, thoughtful. <strong>"Do you remember Tenten? She used some summoning jutsus for weapons and such. I-I want to become some kind of a weapon master myself. What do you think?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>23-08-2021, 16:37:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>While he was explaining the mechanics of the game, Akane was fiddling with her settings in her head, getting everything set up and ready to go. She coild set things to easily perform ninjutsu with minimal Hand Seals... but then that wouldn't look as cool, would it? So that setting stayed off. Now she had all the tools she needed for now!<br><br>She listened on as Ayaka explained what she wanted to do with her fighting style. Of course Akane knew who Tenten was, one of the most snubbed characters in the whole story, with unique powers and all that. But would an Uchiha agree that someone else deserved attention like that if they didn't perform well enough? Well, probably not. <br><br>"Maybe she should have tried something different, not just throwing shuriken everywhere. Losing to almost every Ninjutsu she ran in to... even Rock Lee had tricks up his sleeves." Was that clever? Akane thought to herself. Sleeves? Training weights? The Inner Gates? Well, whatever.<br><br>Time to try again!<br><br>Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger! This time with feeling, a sensation starting in her chest, a coursing river that changed suddenly in to a mighty fire!<br><br>"Katon, Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Pose taken, aimed high, and a mighty fireball shot up in to the sky. Akane followed its trail up with a bright smile on her face. That she quickly forced away, and instead adopted a prideful little smirk. "Heh. I knew I could do it. Hmph. Thanks for showing us how to set this stuff up." Torn between acting out, losing against the genuine feeling of appreciation. Akane went on to say, "I'm going to use the styles of the Uchiha Clan, and master all of them!"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>24-08-2021, 00:03:41</strong>
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				He shook his head at her suggestion of already using chakra, and saying, "The default settings of the game don't change. Everyone starts with their chakra mode turned off. However, there IS an AI that also helps monitor players. If it looked like you were really trying to do a big jump, the AI probably understood what you were trying to do, and let you use chakra to do your leap. That said, a big leap certainly use chakra, so I'm sure you did."<br><br>Hakuro tilted his head at her description, listening carefully to the description of her fighting style, and what she wanted to do. "Not just a weapon master, but a tool master as well. That combination could be deadly. For example, did you know most ninja actually Can't use exploding Kunai/shuriken? In the show, its because they were not familiar enough with the tools to be able to make them in the field. Someone who Crafted those tools would be dangerous." He raised an eyebrow rather pointedly at Akane, "Even Sasuke Uchiha used Ninja Tool arts, as well as summoning them. He had twin wrist summoning on his arm that let him summon an almost infinite number of them, plus there's also the Fuma Shuriken art, Shadow Windmill Jutsu as well that he used. If you want to master the Uchiha skills, ninja tools are among those. "<br><br>"That said, being a weapon/tool master is a great idea, and a great way to farm money in the game, especially if you sell to other players. Plus, you can do things with tools other Shinobi can't. Like when Shikimaru beat Hiden, an immortal ninja. He did so with tools, blowing his body to pieces." He once again tapped the side of his head, near his eyes. "Though for me, I tend to focus on Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. <br><br>He grinned then, forming a quick seal and leaping back away from the two girls. "But if you Really want to test your fighting style, what say we have a bit of a sparring match? 2x1, or a full three way?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Raku</strong> on <strong>24-08-2021, 04:48:29</strong>
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				Iori (https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/dororo/images/6/6a/Hyakkimaru_anime_design_2019.png/revision/latest?cb=20190126180254) got on only an hour ago. He didn’t spend it trying to do crazy stuns or preforming jutsu, like other players did. Instead, he walked around the village like a normal person. One who was trying to get use to his new body. It wasn’t anything special. Probably a bit thinner and with longer hair. Which was really unkept. Made him look like a bum, but he didn’t mind. The whole package gave a wandering ronin vibe. A teenager ronin, but that’s anime for you. <br><br>A rugged hand rested on his sword hilt, playing with the bottom of the weapon. It felt as real as his avatar’s skin and the wind blowing through his hair. Maybe there was a way to test it out? But how? He didn’t see any players or low level mobs to fight against. Maybe a three or target to swing at? But it wouldn’t help him learn real combat. That’s when he came across a group of three players, who’s conversation he just picked up.<br><br>“Let’s make it an even four.” He walked up to the group with a hand on his sword. Iori really hopes they didn’t turn his offer down. It’ll make him look stupid.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>24-08-2021, 14:20:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/QTlvV6u.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br><em><strong>"Maybe she should have tried something different, not just throwing shuriken everywhere. Losing to almost every Ninjutsu she ran in to... even Rock Lee had tricks up his sleeves."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka looked surprised at the person who gave that unsolicited opinion. More than unsolicited, a bit rude, she thought. Another short girl was standing around and, although Ayaka just noticed her now, it seemed she was following the conversation for a while. The girl quickly made a series of seals and just used a jutsu in front of them, throwing a big fireball up to the sky. Anyone familiar with the show knew what kind of jutsu it was, one of the Uchiha's specialties.<br><br><em><strong>"Heh. I knew I could do it. Hmph. Thanks for showing us how to set this stuff up,"</strong></em> the girl said, with a satisfied smirk on her face, <em><strong>"I'm going to use the styles of the Uchiha Clan, and master all of them!"</strong></em> Ayaka smiled at the girl, any bad impression she had initially because of that comment had vanished for now. It was clear she was learning the tips as well and all that cocky attitude seemed now just acting. Well, they were on a RPG after all. They were supposed to take roles there. Ayaka noticed she didn't even think about a personality for her character yet. Should she make one and try to act accordingly? Maybe do a background history for her as well? Hm, that had to wait.<br><br><strong>"I'm Ayaka, nice to meet you!"</strong> said the girl, with a innocent smile. Meanwhile, Hakuro finally could make a comment on Ayaka's chosen fighting style: <em><strong>"Not just a weapon master, but a tool master as well. That combination could be deadly. For example, did you know most ninja actually Can't use exploding Kunai/shuriken? In the show, its because they were not familiar enough with the tools to be able to make them in the field. Someone who Crafted those tools would be dangerous."</strong></em> Then he added, Ayaka noticed this comment was directed at the new girl, as some sort of light admonishment (one that Ayaka secretly enjoyed), <em><strong>"Even Sasuke Uchiha used Ninja Tool arts, as well as summoning them. He had twin wrist summoning on his arm that let him summon an almost infinite number of them, plus there's also the Fuma Shuriken art, Shadow Windmill Jutsu as well that he used. If you want to master the Uchiha skills, ninja tools are among those. "</strong></em><br><br>While he further mentioned the advantages of being a weapon master, Ayaka couldn't help to think Hakuro was kind of a cool guy. He looked like some sort of sensei there. Of course, he knew more about that world than anyone in there right now, he was a developer. But she noticed it was more than that, Hakuro really seemed to love that world and get lost at its lore and details. Plus, he was really eager to help. She felt she could learn a lot from him.<br><br>After his lecture, Hakuro grinned and leapt back, with a more funnier idea on his mind: <em><strong>"But if you Really want to test your fighting style, what say we have a bit of a sparring match? 2x1, or a full three way?"</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka's smile grew wider. She was really waiting for a chance to test her skills in a real battle. Well, at that moment, just a sparring would do perfect, it was no use to take huge steps and fall in the process. But before she could answer, another person was quicker: <em><strong>“Let’s make it an even four.”</strong></em> <br><br>The girl looked at the one who just said that. He seemed like a young untidy samurai, a ronin type. She raised an eyebrow. The server was starting to fill up? It seems to be gathering a lot of players even that far from the village. Nonetheless, she smirked and ran behind Hakuro, resting a hand in one of his shoulders while still holding her spear with the other. <strong>"Hm, why don't we make pairs? Since I just know how to throw shurikens, I'll pair up with Hakuro, the most experienced of us in there,"</strong> she suggested, with a wink to the young man in front of her. She took out the hand from Hakuro' shoulder and waved back at the samurai boy. <strong>"I'm Ayaka, by the way! Pleased to meet you!"</strong><br><br>Ayaka couldn't remember when she was this happy and excited. She was even starting to overcome her natural shyness. For the first time, it just felt natural to interact with others like this. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>24-08-2021, 15:45:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>"Well, that's what I'm saying," A little pout at Haruko, arms crossed against the sash of her kimono just beneath her chest. "There's lots of styles, and it seemed really restrictive to have just one style, without having some special trick to pull... but... Well, I guess a game has different balancing... So, it'll probably be fine. Hmph. I'll have to see if spreading out that much is worth it, right?" Akane just shrugged her shoulders, breasts bouncing briefly at the motion. Getting a good grasp on the balance of the game, and working it to it's limits was going to be part of this roleplay, after all.<br><br>Others were joining in now, even after Haruko's suggestion of a little sparring match. Akane had still been mulling the idea over. She wasn't sure about it at all, the idea of getting right in to some player versus player sounding scary to her. But then, there was no way she could turn down a chance to show off the skills of the Uchiha clan. "Then, I guess Akane Uchiha will join the fight too, alongside this ragged stranger!" She did a swift jump over to Iori's side from her perch at the tree. With her right hand, she made the half Tiger seal. She swept her other hand across her visible left eye, and as it passed, the pale-green pupil changed to red and black, a single tomoe marked within. A glow of red could be seen behind her long bang that covered her right eye. "Sharingan! I'll go easy, and not use anything too destructive!" Akane warned, and not just for herself. She hoped the others wouldn't go too hard in what was just a practice fight. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>24-08-2021, 23:13:10</strong>
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				He nodded at Akane's comment, responding, "Exactly my point. There are Hundreds of styles that are within each general style. Again, as an example, Ninja Tool Arts actually have almost as many jutsu as Ninjutsu does, certainly as many as Genjutsu does. Its actually quite a wide branching style, with tons of varied jutsu that only become more effective the more creative you are, especially if you take crafting skills as well."<br><br>The stranger caught his eye though, and instantly made Hakuro feel Uneasy. In Martial Artists, there exists a....sixth sense of sorts, a warning when someone else has true skill or talent. The largest "imbalance" in this mmo, is that real life Martial Artists have a huge advantage in physical combat, as they already know how to move, analyze an opponent, and have honed reflexes. Hakuro was a trained Martial Artist IRL, and Iori set his hair on end. He was a real fighter, and someone to be wary of as an enemy. <br><br>"A even four huh?" Then The teams were decided without input from the boys, though it was a decent pairing. Two highly skilled opponents, and two unknowns. However, Akane's comment about not doing anything too destructive made him grin, and he formed his own half tiger seal, starting to form hand seals rapidly. His movements were imprecise, showing he was using his own memory to cast the skills rather then the AI.&nbsp; "Confident, aren't you Uchiha? I'll teach you why they called me the God of Ninjutsu!" Quickly popping several colored pills into his mouth, he began to cast while chewing.<br><br>Monkey, Dragon, Tiger, Ox, Monkey, Rat, Dragon. "Mirror Style, Mirror Clone!" With that, water began to trickle up from the ground, to form to large floating "panes" of mirror glass that seemed to perfectly reflect what was in front of them. The only difference was, that the water forming the mirrors were formed of swirling rainbow water, shimmering in every color under the sun. One mirror reflected an Image of Iori, and the other, Akane. The disturbing thing happened next. <br><br>The mirror images moved Independently of the real world variants, and then...stepped THROUGH the mirror into the real world. At first, they appeared to just be a regular Water Clone, albeit with colored water instead of pale blue. Then, as the colors solidified, they mirrored the colors of the originals Perfectly. the Image of Iori dropped a hand down to its blade, taking a stance opposite of the other. The one facing Akane lept up into the trees as well, moving a hand across her eyes. Disturbingly, the Duplicate's eyes spun in red and black, mirroring her own single tomoe Sharingan. It also took a battle stance, mirroring Akane's own. <br><br>While the rest were distracted, Hakuro quickly offered advice. "Ayaka, Akane is a quick learner, but you'll be at a big disadvantage close range due to her sharingan. Same with long range, but you might be able to overwhelm a single Tomoe. Stay clear of Iori. He's a real world martial artist. If he gets close, its over. I'll try to handle him." He dropped his left hand, pulling out the scroll he always carried with him, and slammed it into the ground, flipping it open and, after biting a thumb open, smearing a small bit of blood onto the sealing jutsu, releasing his own Ninjato. He caught and drew in the same motion, flicking his sheath to the right side as his left maintained the half Tiger Seal. <br><br>"Well, good luck with Akane, if Iori doesn't get me, I'll try to help with her."<br><br>(Ok, I know its a bit flashy for a first jutsu, so I'll explain. He was popping food pills, which raised his max chakra pool (these specific ones boost total pool, rather then restore lost chakra) so he could cast it. Normally he could only create one clone before he'd be out of chakra (at this point in time). The clones are going to mirror you pretty much perfectly, except they are WEAKER. They move slightly slower, and they can ONLY do moves that they physically see you do. Think of the Shikimaru vs Temari battle. There are ways around mirrors. Because they are also weaker/slower, you can also overpower/strike faster, to a degree. Any other questsions, shoot em to me in the OOC thread!)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>25-08-2021, 02:02:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Akane looked at the clone of herself being formed. In the show, people hardly seemed surprised by clones and things like that, but seeing herself this way was a little unnerving. Especially when it was beside someone else and she could see just how damn short she was. Being short isn't cool at all!<br><br>"Such a lofty title, for someone just using clones! Heh!" Akane got in to a battle-ready stance, and drew one of her kunai from the pouch at her thigh. At least a clone of herself was going to be a nice warm up, get a better feel for how this stuff worked, before really getting in to it with the others! Think hard, send chakra to the legs, and leap! Akane lept towards the tree her own Clone was in, meeting the real girl with a slashing sweep of it's Kunai. Akane saw the metal flashing in the sun, panicked briefly, but she felt as though time slowed... And noticed that the there was a strange misty-form of the attack coming in ahead of the actual arm. Predicting movements, seeing the flow of chakra... this has to be how her Sharingan works. <br><br>Akane brings her kunai to block the Clone's strike, ample time given from her eye. Akane lands on the tree branch with it, and the two start sparring back and forth, clashing with kunai strikes, kicks and punches. Akane was getting used to her virtual body, aided by the sharingan that made it seem like her reactions were swift and accurate. It was enough to let her match with the Clone at the start, and as the blows went back and forth, start to overtake it. Though at times, controlling her body, and timing the predictive powers properly was difficult, and it took all of her concentration to do it right. Sometimes, the Clone's kunai would cut in close, drawing a blood in a small cut, or leaving a tear in her clothes.<br><br>Akane find her opening, and strikes. An attack far too wide from the clone, Akane delivers a strike to bat the punch aside, further exposing the clone's body to her. She grabs her clone by the front of her kimono with one arm, and stabs the clones wrist with her kunai, making it drop&nbsp; the weapon down twenty feet to the forest floor below. "Take this, you cheap imitation!" Akane shouts, and crouches low in front of off-balance clone that was bleeding a strange fluid from it's wrist. She places one hand on the tree branch beneath her, and uses it up push up in to a high kick that launches the clone up in to the air. Acting fast, Akane launches in to a hand-seal motion she's practices several times now, at least. "Katon, Gokakyu no Jutsu!" She blows the fireball upwards, and the blast of flame entirely engulfs the clone, and blasts away the top part of the tree. The mirror image shatters, and the clone is defeated.<br><br>Akane gets back to her feet, looking proud of herself, hands on her hips. "That's it? All that work for a clone... Hmph. I'm not even that short either!" Akane checks over to see how her partner is doing... And to keep an eye on Haruko and Ayaka. She had a few scratches and cuts that stung, and her outfit had a few cuts, but otherwise, Akane seemed fine for now.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>30-08-2021, 07:28:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/KZxnCcW.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br><em><strong>"Then, I guess Akane Uchiha will join the fight too, alongside this ragged stranger!"</strong></em> said the girl, finally introducing herself, jumping nearby the samurai boy. Ayaka saw, with some apprehension, Akane enabling her Sharigan. It was in its weakest form, just one Tomoe, but Ayaka knew from the show that a Sharigan wasn't something to be trifled with. The Uchiha girl was so confident with&nbsp; her skills, she went ahead and said she wouldn't use anything too destructive. Ayaka got her spear ready, thinking about her options there. Should she engage against the samurai? It would be a fight between weapon users, it would make more sense, right?<br><br><em><strong>"Confident, aren't you Uchiha? I'll teach you why they called me the God of Ninjutsu!"</strong></em><br><br>Hakuro was the first one of the pair to act. As soon as he said that, he began to cast some seal while chewing some pills. Then, something amazing happened: his ninjutsu created copies from their opponents and these copies engaged them in battle. The young man didn't waste any time, though. He offered some advice to his partner, while preparing his next moves: <em><strong>"Ayaka, Akane is a quick learner, but you'll be at a big disadvantage close range due to her sharingan. Same with long range, but you might be able to overwhelm a single Tomoe. Stay clear of Iori. He's a real world martial artist. If he gets close, its over. I'll try to handle him."</strong></em><br><br>&nbsp;<br><strong>"Hai. Don't worry, I-I'll take care of her!"</strong><br><br>Easier said than done. Ayaka doubted if she was able to lay a finger on the Sharigan user, but she didn't want Hakuro to get distracted worrying about her. She saw the boy summoning his own ninjato and getting away to engage in battle against the samurai. Ayaka wondered, for a second, how Hakuro was so sure about the fact the other boy was a martial artist. Did he know him from real life? Well, she got to ask that later. For now...<br><br>Ayaka glanced over Akane, seeing the girl fighting her copy so fiercely. Hakuro's ninjutsu wouldn't hold her for much longer, so Ayaka had to think on a strategy, fast. She quickly took a peek at her inventory. Smoke bombs, explosive tags, light bombs, kunais, shurikens... well, using any of these would be tough against a Sharigan user. Ayaka needed to be creative. What about jutsus? She certainly had knowledge about basic jutsus, every ninja worthy of that headband of the Hidden Leaf knew them. What could she use? A clone techinique would be useless against a Uchiha, the Sharigan would tell right away the copy of the ninja was just that, a copy. Henge? Perhaps she would fall for that, but Ayaka had no idea at that moment how to use it in a way that could give her a upper hand against the Uchiha girl. A kawarimi, perhaps?<br><br><strong>"Hmmm. This could be interesting..."</strong><br><br>Without much time to look after how to use these jutsus, Ayaka set the AI to help her this time. She selected a few of her ninja tools to be ready for use, set her AI to turn on Chakra use on combat and got her spear in one hand. The girl had a plan in mind, and it had to work! She looked back at her opponent, just in time to see her using a fireball to defeat the clone. Standing on her feet, proudly, with no more of a few scratches and cuts, Akane said:<br><br><em><strong>"That's it? All that work for a clone... Hmph. I'm not even that short either!"</strong></em><br><br><div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/ONw46mX.jpg)</div><strong>"Uchiha Akane! Get ready! Here I go!" </strong><br><br>Ignoring Hakuro's advice, Ayaka ran straight away at her opponent, throwing a kunai at her for distraction. It wasn't needed, though. Akane blocked the kunai with one of her own, but she didn't retaliate. She just waited for Ayaka to get closer, sure about her advantage in a close ranged combat. With amazing speed, the spear stung one, two, several times, with Akane blocking or evading each blow easily. Fight a Sharigan user was really scary, Ayaka thought. The other girl could read every move and react accordingly, even if Ayaka' speed was slightly superior. At least Ayaka was managing to keep the Uchiha behind the spear range. Every time Akane tried to get past the spear and attack Ayaka directly, she just took a step behind and kept her distance.<br><br>However, that dance wouldn't last for that long. The Sharingan prowess would certainly impose itself. Ayaka feinted a blow at the girl's torso and in the last moment she changed the direction of the move to hit one of her leg. Akane predicted this move, naturally, and gave a jump backwards. In the moment that Ayaka over extended to surprise the girl with a lunge, right after that small jump, the Uchiha girl simply moved sideways and let Ayaka get closer to her. <br><br>Of course the Uchiha didn't miss that opportunity. She slashed the other girl with her kunai. But when she hit Ayaka's body, PUF! She just vanished in a white smoke, with a wooden log appearing on her place. But it wasn't just the log, several little bombs were tied on it. Light bombs.<br><br>Perhaps it was due to her surprise, but Akane hadn't time to react and close her eyes to avoid the flashy explosion. Now the Uchiha girl was blind! As soon as Ayaka saw the girl rubbing her own eyes, she didn't miss the chance. She jumped out from her hidden spot in a branch of a tree right above them, got in front of her opponent and punched with all her might, a chakra infused punch right into the girl's belly. Akane was sent flying a few feet away, hitting the trunk of the closest tree.<br><br>Ayaka kept her stance, looking at Akane with a concerned face. <strong>"A-Are you ok? I-I hope I didn't hit you that hard! It's a bit hard to control chakra and all, while trying to find a way to defeat you!"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>01-09-2021, 02:40:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Even as her body was being wracked with pain, her stomach hurting and her back slammed against a tree, Akane was thinking about the balance on things. She knew deep inside, that two people entirely new to this game should be roughly evenly matched, but that didn't feed in to her fantasy! She got to her feet again, wiping some blood from the corner of her mouth and her chin with the back of her hand. She'd have to work very hard to reach her fantasy of getting to be a super cool shinobi, better than the rest! And even though she was getting her ass beat by Ayaka for the most part, she was learning, her eye growing keener against this foe and memorizing her moves. <br><br>"That's not enough to keep me down!" Akane growled. With each hand she reaches down to a pouch at her thigh, grabbing two shuriken, and flinging them at Ayaka, without much of a plan behind them. Even more shuriken and assorted tools came back her way, thrown deftly by Ayaka to deflect the pair Akane had thrown and to assault her again. But this time, Akane was already in the midst of a hand-seal. Bird seal! "Fuuton, Wind blast!" A blast of wind suddenly whips around Akane's long hair, surging forwards from behind her, and knocking aside the thrown ninja tools, and throwing Ayaka off her balance. With her guard open, Akane ran in with the wind. A short jump lead in, foot landing just past the tip of Ayaka's spear, sending it's blade in to the dirt below, Akane standing atop the shaft. She slammed her next foot down further, knocking the spear from Ayaka's hands, landing upon solid ground once more, and setting in to a swift spin that ended with a kick, her heel hitting the side of Ayaka's abdomen. A jarring impact to a rather soft spot on the body, just like what Ayaka had done to her. <br><br>Akane was starting to feel a strain on her body, a quite unfamiliar feeling, figuring it was just some standard physical exertion. Panting for breath after delivering the kick that knocked Ayaka to her knee, a brief pause before she could muster up enough strength to attack again. Akane raised her kunai, and came at Ayaka, though the delay gave the other shinobi enough time to raise her defenses, kunai clashing together, with Akane trying to press her advantage and keep aggressive. Her blade was ducking and weaving around Ayaka's defenses, scoring cuts and little stabs on her, but Akane was being careful to not go to deep, while still trying to win the fight. They traded blows and parries back and forth, until Ayaka could position herself away, turning the clash to where she could pick up her spear again. A thrown smoke bomb at her feet, but Akane saw it coming. She leapt back from the cloud of smoke, just as Ayaka expected, giving her time to take up her spear, and face off against Akane properly armed once more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>21-09-2021, 18:29:47</strong>
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				Raku was a IRL martial artist, that much was certain. So the best way to win the duel would be to create situations he couldn't react too, and thus create an opening. Forming the half seal of the tiger once more, as Raku's rainbow clone shifted in, Hakuro lept, landing on the side of a tree with chakra enhanced strength, and drew shuriken, blinking once to lock Raku in as his target, and then unleashing a flurry of metal stars at his flank. He had chosen Shuriken for a reason however. They flew slower then Kunai when thrown at an ark, like he had. <br><br>Instead of waiting to see the results of his first strike, he launched himself hard in a direct line, his Ninjato prepared for a flying strike. To Raku it looked like a serious attack, however Hakuro intended to miss, or be deflected, as in mid-air, he had drawn several kunai in his offhand, and once he missed, he'd leap again directly at Raku's head, aiming to land a light hit on Raku's shoulder.<br><br>The winning blow though, was the flurry of kunai he unleashed at point blank range, before launching his last attack. <br><br>To the outside world, the Water Clone worked as&nbsp; intended, lashing out with dangerous attacks of its own. The Shuriken Raku lept back to avoid, also putting distance between him and the Water Clone, allowing Hakuro to dive in with a powerful head slash which would have decapitated Raku had it landed. of course, it did no such thing, and Raku drew and attacked in the same motion, deflecting Hakuro's strike. <br><br>The water clone then rushed in, which Raku spun, performing a low slash that cut the clone off at the knees, "killing" it. However, that left him open to the kunai attack, which landed several hits. "Yield Samurai." Hakuro said, not unkindly, as Raku had shown quick thinking and a good deal of talent for someone new to the game. Once the yield was obtained, Hakuro tossed him a healing food pill, and turned to watch the two girls battle. <br><br>He debated on letting them settle the fight themselves, but where was the fun in that? He grinned, and decided to pull the same stunt he had against Raku. He lept up into the trees, waited until he thought he could get Akane off guard, and Launched himself in a direct line assault, attempting to tag her with the back of his sword, while keeping a few kunai prepared to throw in his left hand.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>06-10-2021, 06:15:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/KZxnCcW.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br><em><strong>"That's not enough to keep me down!"</strong></em> growled Akane in response, in a tone that made Ayaka wonder if she hurt anything more than her pride. This time, the Uchiha girl took the initiative. She attacked&nbsp; Ayaka with a string of actions that perfectly predicted every move her opponent did in response to counter her. Combining ninjutsu and taijutsu, Akane disarmed the other girl and managed to hit her with a powerful kick. <br><br>Ayaka felt the pain, or at least the analogous sensation in the VR. It certainly wasn't as bad as in real life, but it surely was uncomfortable and distracting. She felt weak for a fraction of second, falling on one of her knees. If the other girl was a bit more quicker, she surely could've gotten the upper hand and settled that combat. But Ayaka managed to push the pain aside and grabbed a kunai in time to deflect most of Akane's blows.<br><br>Without the range of the spear, Ayaka was in disadvantage. Her fierce opponent soon began to score a few cuts. Nothing serious, but if they kept that pattern, Ayaka would surely be in danger. A few blows traded later, the girl managed to position herself closer to her spear. Ayaka then threw a smoke bomb to force Akane to retreat a little. She took that opportunity to recover her weapon.<br><br>Spear in hands, Ayaka stood motionless observing Akane, panting heavily. She was trying to devise a new strategy when Hakuro appeared from the trees nearby in a direct assault. Surely it was unexpected, but Ayaka was ready to act at the slightest sign of movement. However, when she was about to follow Hakuro in his attack, she held herself in place. It was the rules they agreed on, but it didn't felt right to both of them attacking the other girl, right at the same time. Besides, she was curious about how Akane would manage in a fight against Hakuro.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>15-10-2021, 19:12:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Akane didn't know what was going on, her eyes looking back and forth trying to figure out what she could even do in this situation. At one glance, she saw nothing from Ayaka, no planned movements incoming, as Haruko was rushing in to attack. She watched him through blurry eyes, approaching her. When her hands raised to start forming seals, she saw the blue figure of the future dodging to the left. "Fuuton, Wind Blast!" And as she was releasing a concentrated blast of air, she was already aiming it where he was dodging to. His straight-on assault had been reckless. With the aid of her Sharingan keeping her aim true, the blast of wind couldn't be escaped at this point. It slammed in to his chest, knocking his back in to the tree he had leapt down from. The kunai in his hand fell free, sticking point-down in to the ground around him. Akane was about to raise her own Kunai to throw it at Haruko, but the way he was slumped against the tree&nbsp; made her stay her strike. She took it back in a reverse-gripped stance, and started to face off against Ayaka. <br><br>The short dark-haired woman looked exhausted, her pinwheel eye seemed unfocused now as it wandered around Ayaka's body, getting a little distracted, her reaction slowed when Ayaka suddenly rushed at her with her spear. "L-Let's finish this!" She saw the blue figure coming in, the sweeping swing coming in at her top-left side. Even with the advantage, her body didn't obey, it couldn't move fast enough, and Akane herself was already in the midst of another attack. Stepping in, reeling back and delivering a high-kick opposite to Ayaka's sweeping swing. Their attacks connected all at once, the haft of Ayaka's spear striking in to Akane's head,&nbsp; while Akane's shin struck Ayaka in the same spot on her head. Both of them were sent knocked back from the blows. Akane though, tumbled to the ground, unable to get up. Looks like this short shinobi was knocked out.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>20-10-2021, 02:03:16</strong>
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				The game had managed to replicate the effects of her jutsu perfectly. The blast had hit Hard, feeling like he'd been full body slammed by a GIANT, somewhat densely packed pillow. Almost all air was forced out of his lungs when her blast hit him, but then the following smash against the tree forced the rest completely out of his lungs. Due to his IRL experiences, he actually was familiar with this, it felt like his lungs had deflated, and he couldn't draw any air in. He was gasping in Nothing. It took a couple of minutes before he was able to get back up to his feet, managing to gasp out. "Well...g...good job....Ayaka...."Finding walking a bit too difficult in his condition, and not really Wanting to continue walking, he motioned towards Akane. "She'll be....fine...If she'd...taken enough damage to "Die"......she'd respawn...at the village hospital. That's...default...spawn."<br><br>He turned, digging a healing food pill out of his inventory pouch and tossing it to Ayaka. "Here...Healing pill. Wont heal effects, brain still will think your injured, but it'll correct itself in about 20 seconds." He popped one himself, and then got up, somewhat more steady now then before. <br><br>He made his way to Akane, and gently put another pill against her lips. It dissolved in his fingers as he activated the item on her, restoring her Chakra and any damage she had taken up to this point. "Well, looks like my first assumption was right. Don't piss off the girl swinging a spear for fun." He winked at Ayaka, then said, "We should probably wait for Akane. Like you just saw, players CAN use items on unconscious players, and can even manipulate the unconscious players menus by moving their hand while they're sleeping. Or do....worse things." He shrugged, knowing the game had a waiver when you made your account in case of...well, things happening. He eyed Ayaka though, asking, "How did you learn to fight like that? Its not everyone that can just pick up a weapon and use it without IRL experience. If you don't mind me asking that is."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>24-10-2021, 00:04:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/g5wFz4s.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Akane managed to stop Hakuro fairly easily, much to Ayaka' surprise. She glanced over Hakuro and noticed he would take some time to recover from Akane's attack. Meanwhile, the Uchiha girl was already facing her, preparing another move. The fight, once again, was between the two girls. Ayaka moved first. They were both tired and slow and the battle was beyond devising&nbsp; strategies now. The quicker and stronger would win this.<br><br>As soon as the girl move, so did Akane. Both girls attacked, Ayaka with a heavy swing from her spear, aiming at her opponent's head,. Akane with a fierce side kick, also aiming at the other girl's head. And both moves connected at the same time, sending the girls flying away. Ayaka hit the ground and rolled backwards&nbsp; a couple of times, motionless. In the moment Akane's kick hit her, she just blacked out.<br><br>When the girl opened her eyes, she was just lying with her back on the ground. <em>I lost</em>, she though immediately, looking at the clouds in the sky. But Hakuro's words told a different story: <em><strong>"Well...g...good job....Ayaka...."</strong></em><br><br>The girl, with an immense effort, looked down and saw Akane unconscious, while Hakuro walked towards her. He looked also in pain, but Ayaka was more concerned with the other girl: <strong>'Is she alright?"</strong><br><br><strong><em>"She'll be....fine...If she'd...taken enough damage to "Die"......she'd respawn...at the village hospital. That's...default...spawn."</em></strong><br><br><em>Right</em>, thought Ayaka, letting her head fall on the ground again and sighing in relief. She wouldn't die here, she would just... respawn. It was just a game, after all. It felt so real, she really thought their little sparring would hurt Akane, and an accident would put her life in danger somehow. Feeling a bit more rested, Ayaka tried to sit down. Everything hurt, mainly her head on the spot Akane hit. It was that strange feeling of pain, not as bad as in real life, but it was pain anyway.<br><br><strong><em>"Here"</em></strong>, said Hakuro, throwing a pill at her. Ayaka got it with one hand, wincing at the pain caused by reaching out so suddenly. <em><strong>"Healing pill. Wont heal effects, brain still will think your injured, but it'll correct itself in about 20 seconds."<br></strong></em><br><strong>"Thank you,"</strong> she said, putting the little pill in her mouth at once. She waited the effects to kick in, while watching Hakuro giving one pill to the unconscious girl as well. While waiting for Akane to wake up, Hakuro turned to Ayaka and said with a wink: <em><strong>"Well, looks like my first assumption was right. Don't piss off the girl swinging a spear for fun."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka waved her hand. <strong>"N-No, you got it all wrong! She's pretty strong, she did knocked me out in that last attack! Kick hit me right in the head, I even blacked out. I was lucky to earn a draw."</strong><br><br>Hakuro nodded and said in return they should wait for the other girl to wake up. He explained it was possible for players to give or use items on unconscious players. Or do worse things. Ayaka hugged herself while thinking about how vulnerable they could be there. Even if this was just a game, she should be more careful. Get stronger.<br><br><em><strong>"How did you learn to fight like that?"</strong></em> asked Hakuro, <em><strong>"Its not everyone that can just pick up a weapon and use it without IRL experience. If you don't mind me asking that is."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka looked at him surprised. <strong>"R-Really? I don't mind the question but... I-I thought it was the game taking care of everything. I don't have any experience with martial arts or anything... I'm just a gymnast. N-Not a professional one, of course!"</strong> She stood up, feeling all better and grabbed her spear which was lying on the ground a bit far away. His question was intriguing and she shared her thoughts about it:<br><br><strong>"Ano... The system can turn memories in... skill experience, somehow? I don't know, I remembered I used to watch a lot of kung fu movies with my dad. He loved them."</strong> She clicked a hidden button on the spear and it retracted, turning into the size of a dirk. <strong>"I didn't think about the moves, it just... happened. I focused in blocking a certain attack or hitting somewhere specific and suddenly my body knew what to do. Is it alright, does the game works like this?"</strong> she asked, marveled and a bit worried as well. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>24-10-2021, 01:21:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr>Akane started to stir from her unconscious state a few minutes after being given the healing pill by Haruko. Groaning when she awoke, her body still feeling sore despite most of the actual damage being undone. She rolled over on to her front, pushing up on to her knees, and hands. "Ugghh..." The groans, rising up further. "That was rough... Gah. I feel tired, and drained..." Akane whined, rubbing her eyes. Her eyes were back to normal, the Sharingan gone. She felt as though she wouldn't be able to us the sharingan again right now, not with her chakra and energy so drained. It took everything she had to fight off both of them... And yet, Akane couldn't help but feel down about herself for not winning. She could have done better, done something more, tried harder.<br><br>Akane had missed out on most of the conversation between Ayaka and Haruko, maybe picking up a few things while she had still been out cold.<br><br>Akane finally managed to stand up, brush the grass and dirt off the front of her chest and robes. "Thanks for sparring... Uhm. N-no hard feelings though." Akane said, though the way she was looking away from the other two as she said it, it was clear there was something bugging her. Still beating herself up over thinking she could have fought better.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>25-10-2021, 17:08:02</strong>
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				"N-No, you got it all wrong! She's pretty strong, she did knocked me out in that last attack! Kick hit me right in the head, I even blacked out. I was lucky to earn a draw."<br><br>He smiled at the nervous girl, and shook his head. "I know. Your both strong is all I was trying to say. I didn't think She'd get a wind jutsu off with the timing to smash me into a tree like she did. It didn't do a lot of damage, but it knocked the wind from my lungs, so I couldn't act further." <br><br>Listening to her detailed explanations, he nodded, and at first looked highly confused. "<strong>Then, you shouldn't have been able to fight like you did...unless.....That's...concerning....</strong>" However, as he thought about it for several minutes, he caught an idea. "<strong>Ah...I think I know what's going on, and why you are able to fight like you are, even without IRL experience. However, we should wait until Akane is back on her feet, as this could effect her as well.</strong><br><br>Once Akane was back up, he smiled at how down she looked, and said, "<strong>No hard feelings at all. After all, you kicked my ass pretty thoroughly. We were talking about the fight, and agree it should be a draw. You had a huge handicap of 2 opponents, so you did really well. Ayaka and I were discussing about her fighting style, and she says she's not actually trained in martial arts before, though she is a gymnast. I think I know why she's able to fight like she is, but I want you to hear this as well, since it could help. Basically, the AI works WITH players, to allow them to experience things they've never felt before. However, those with IRL martial experience are naturally going to have an advantage in the game, as their neural patterns already have the "Pattern" of combat. As a Gymnast, you have excellent control over your body IRL, meaning you'd have that same control here. Since you also watched kung fu movies, the memories OF those martial movements are also in your brain, which the AI is able to utilize to allow you to fight using skills you've seen, even if you've never trained in them before. The reason YOU specifically can is because of your training as a Gymnast. I've watched a ton of old Kung Fu&nbsp; movies too, but because I don't have the same physical training you did, I can't utilize those skills. Neither can the AI assisting me.</strong><br><br>He hesitated, and then added with a slight blush. <strong>Its the same reason why guys in here are going to have a....well, dick the same size as in real life. The memory of the thing is there, so it exists here. Girls are a bit different, with a slider for chest size, though setting it too much larger then you are IRL can cause some...well, glitches. Not bad ones, just weird connections with the brain. Same with.....well...Depth, if you catch my drift. You can take what you can take IRL. Otherwise, it'll start hurting because of your IRL training. Your brain knows what's real, and that translates over to the game world. Basically.</strong><br><br>He hesitated, before saying, clearly diverting away from the topic of naughty things, "<strong>Akane, you really did fight well. I'm able to move in this world because of years of working on the Development Team. There's about 5 people on the Dev Team who could have done what you did, and not one of them on their first day. Specifically, you were able to track my movement, aim and fire at the right time to catch ME in mid-air. That kind of snap fire the AI is usually pretty bad at calculating. You did great, both of you, and you can only get stronger from here out. </strong><br><br>However, as he was talking, a bright red message floated in front of each player, including the three of them. <strong>DANGER! DANGER! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO LOG OUT OF THE GAME UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WILL NOTIFY WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO. ERROR CODE ZULU 542. AGAIN ERROR CODE ZULU 542.</strong><br><br>Hakuro's eyes widened at that, and he glanced at the other two, his voice and manner completely different. Now he was giving orders, and expected to be obeyed. "<strong>Do not attempt to log out of the game. Stay where you are, do not open your inventory. Zulu 542 means there's a glitch happening that could harm players if they try to log out during the error code. We have to stay in until it....</strong>" His voice trailed off, as for each player, the visual world broke into Fractals, spinning into infinity. The world returned in moments, but something was Very wrong. Up until now (as explained in first post), the sensations had been "blocked" from the players. If you punched a tree, it didn't actually FEEL like you punched a tree full force. If you touched grass, it would feel like grass, though....duller, like you were doing it through very thin gloves. However, now everything was coming in bright and clear. The filter barrier was completely gone.<br><br>He froze, for the first time panic in his eyes. "<strong>The sensory barrier's gone. There's nothing protecting....</strong>" <br><br>Again the world spun into Fractals, and for every player, the world went black Instantly and completely. When they came too, they would be slumped over wherever they had been struck down, with the VR World as real as reality itself was. Hakuro stirred, and looking around made his way on wobbly legs to Akane and Ayaka, checking to make sure they were breathing. "<strong>Something bad happened....Fuck.</strong>" He cursed, hoping it was just a glitch that had effected them, not the entire group. However, something in his gut warned him that whatever had happened, it was Bad. Very bad.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>27-10-2021, 05:52:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/PDGJQCF.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>Hakuro heard her theory and thought about it for a moment. Meanwhile, Akane woke up and rose, brushing of the dust and grass from her robe. She looked less scary without her Sharigan activated. <em><strong>"Thanks for sparring... Uhm. N-no hard feelings though,"</strong></em> the Uchiha girl said, looking aside. Ayaka gave the girl a big smile and said with all honesty: <strong>"Thank you, too! I sure learned a lot from this sparring. You're really strong!"</strong><br><br>The young man answered Akane as well and then began to explain how Ayaka managed to fight without any skills in martial arts. It was really considerate from him to wait for Akane, Ayaka thought. And his explanation made perfect sense to her. The system uses any real life experience, combine them, to help players develop skills inside the game. Or something like that. This could be really handy, Ayaka thought. Could she combine completely different experiences to achieve more interesting combat styles. As far as she knew, they were just limited to their imagination. <br><br>Hakuro also mentioned other implications of these systems. Ayaka blushed while the young man mentioned dick sizes and such, but she paid attention to what he was explaining. She realized it was a good call to use her real body as a template for her virtual self. She could have better control of her body since, well, this was the only body she was pretty used to use. <br><br>All the explanations given, Hakuro kindly praised both girls from what they achieved in battle. But before Ayaka could even answer, a bright red message floated in front of each of them. Basically, they were forbidden to log out due to some error. The girl got a bit uneasy about her safety and when she was about to ask Hakuro, the boy promptly ordered:<br><br><em><strong>"Do not attempt to log out of the game. Stay where you are, do not open your inventory. Zulu 542 means there's a glitch happening that could harm players if they try to log out during the error code. We have to stay in until it...."</strong></em><br><br>The seriousness in his voice made Ayaka worried, to the point she didn't even try to move. But before Hakuro could've finished his sentence, something strange happened. Ayaka's vision... it blurred and busted in some sort of fractals. She closed her eyes and rub them, but it was no use. However, the sensation was gone as quickly as it came in first. When her sight was restored, though, everything was different. It was... how could she explain? It was more real. If Ayaka was amazed when she first logged, she would be even more now. But it wasn't a pleasant sensation. It was proof something wrong was going on. Ayaka looked at Hakuro and the panic in his eyes made her worried as well.<br><br><em><strong>"The sensory barrier's gone. There's nothing protecting...."</strong></em> he muttered.<br><br><strong>"Hakuro-kun? What are you talking abo... AAAH!"</strong><br><br>Again, that glitch in her vision struck. But this time it was worse. Way worse. Everything went completely dark in an instant and Ayaka even wondered if she was still standing on a ground. It was like none of her senses were working anymore. However, before she could even understand what was going on, she was again in the VR world, lying on the grass. She looked around, disoriented. This time she couldn't spot a difference between real world and virtual reality. She found Hakuro making an effort to walk towards them. Akane was lying not so distant from her. <br><br><strong>"H-Hakuro-kun? W-What's going on?"</strong> she asked, with teary eyes. The girl was really afraid.<br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>31-10-2021, 01:12:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr>Akane was likewise left red-faced and bashful at Haruko's explanation of the system for transfering a person from the real world in to this virtual world. Akane looked down at herself, nodding with only a little pout, that her big breasts were indeed, accurately sized and felt right. It felt like she really was herself, which was true. Which must mean that everything else was true about his explanation if people didn't alter their appearance. <br><br>Akane managed a weak, shy smile though. These two were being really friendly and kind to her, piling on praise in equal measure... but Akane didn't feel like she could return it. Not to that same degree.<br><br>Akane looked somewhat panicked at the strange message sounding out loud, the mysterious voice booming out a vague warning. Then, came the strange visual effect, followed by a strange sensation overcoming everyone. Akane could feel that things were different, more real, and just when she was going to ask what was going on, her sight faded to black, and next thing she knew, she was waking up on her knees again, head feeling all fuzzy. <br><br>"Ugh... What was all that? What's happening?" Akane asks, an uncomfortable knot in her stomach forming as the sensations of the world felt real... And in her menu's, the log-out button was gone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>01-11-2021, 06:33:05</strong>
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				It took a real effort for him to keep his legs under him. His brain felt like it was on fire, and his nerves were running on hyper mode. He held a hand out, saying in a calming voice, though they could hear his voice shaking a bit, from shock or strain neither knew. <br><br><strong>"I don't know what happened. The log out button's been removed too. I have to assume they removed it to prevent players from being hurt by trying to log out." His legs gave out, and he fell over, managing a pained "owww...." He stayed down, though moved on hands and knees closer to the girls. "The sensory barrier is gone. When we implemented the game for the first time, players and testers started getting...violently sick. What we're feeling now. Side effects. Some people don't have them at all. Others have a lot....like me." He grimaced, motioning to the fact he had to CRAWL. "Basically though, we had to cut the incoming sensations to the brain by 2/3rds, or more then half. The brain WANTS this to be reality, to the point it handles it like reality. That's your subconscious. Your waking brain though, KNOWS its a game, so it causes a...disconnect. You....we'll adjust in time, but for the safety of players, we made the Filter. With that gone.....our brains are fighting themselves. It should go away soon enough, but..." He hesitated, not sure how to explain exactly WHY this was so bad. If it didn't fix itself soon, logging out was going to make a vast majority of players violently sick, and some would struggle to log out at all.</strong><br><br>He started to continue talking, when suddenly, he got a "ding" sound, indicating he had mail. He frowned, activating and reading the message. At first, he just looked confused. "That...." However, suddenly it looked like an idea dawned on him, and he quickly turned away from them. Before he could hide though, they saw he was terrified, and his face was white. He was Scared, badly. He took a deep breath, focusing himself. The players needed him. So did the girls for that matter. <br><br>He started to turn back to them, when suddenly, EVERYONE got a message notification, and a small video screen opened in front of them. In addition, the Massive screen in the center of Every village flared to life with a recording from the real world. Almost everyone recognized the CEO, as he sat calmly before his desk. He motioned to the screen, and in a cool, cold tone spoke. "Welcome, to the true face of the game. As you all can see, the logout button has been removed. Players can no longer exit the game. If a player dies, they will die in the real world. As of right now, 419 players have died, either from being disconnected by families who did not listen, or other factors. The only way out of the game, is for you to Beat the final Boss. Survive, if you can, and Win." It seemed like the CEO changed, and for a brief second he looked like a tired old man, "Good luck." With that, the video in each of the Villages was replaced by a floating "Death Toll" to show how many players were left alive.<br><br>Hakuro, rather then set their mind at each, simply tapped some commands, and both girls got a message from him, a forward from "Sage of Six Paths." The message was clearly from the CEO, and just as clearly written in extreme haste. " Game not safe. Massive power Surge. die in game, die IRL. Can't force players log out. Subconscious prevent. Be safe, Please.. <br><br>Hakuro shook his head, standing on wobbly legs, and made a "wait" motion, sitting down again with his back against a nearby tree, his hands forming the same hand sign Shikimaru did when he was thinking deeply. <br><br>It took around ten minutes before he sighed, letting his hands drop, saying in a quiet voice. <strong> I think I know what's going on. I don't know for sure, but....The "Sage" was the CEO...my dad. The game's not safe, because there was a massive power surge. However, in the event of a power surge, the game's AI is supposed to withdraw every player from the game safely, isolating them from the system so we can log out without being harmed. However....he said a "Massive" power surge. If the surge was large enough to cause a massive blackout in Japan, then its entirely possible that we couldn't be logged out....</strong>" He frowned at that, and then continued. "<strong>What's confusing, is that in that circumstance, we should be dead, and we're clearly not. He said we can't be forced to log out. Meaning they've tried to log player's out, and its not working.Its possible the "other factors" Dad was talking about was by them trying to log players out, its killing them. Disconnecting from the game is killing them too. Its possible that....Dad said we can't log out because of our subconscious. Like I was saying, our brains think this is reality, especially the longer the buffer is gone. But why can't....</strong><br><br>It hit him then. He looked like he'd just been shot. His eyes wide with horror, not realizing he Prooooobably shouldn't be talking about this in front of the girls. Or anyone. <strong> Unless the surge wiped our brains.....The power surge Killed us all. We're still alive because the AI must have kept a record, or mirror of our brain patterns, and implemented them into the game code. So while we're alive here, our bodies in reality are brain dead. We died....No, that can't be. Dad's not a liar. Ever. He said if we beat the game, we could log out. Subconscious..of course. If our subconscious is keeping us trapped, then we can get extracted at the one time our subconcious's hold is weakest. When we're staring at a "You win" victory screen. That's why he didn't tell everyone to just stay put. If he told them the truth, people'd panic, they'd lock down and refuse to move. We HAVE to move forward, because if we don't, we're trapped here Forever."</strong><br><br>He Finally made eye contact with the girls, saying in a quiet voice. <strong>" I'm sorry you had to find out this way...if you want to stay in the village, I don't blame you. I'll try to level up the best I can, and come back for you if you want....</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>01-11-2021, 16:37:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/aRA0Ifw.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr><br>The next few minutes left Ayaka in utterly confusion. Between Hakuro's explanation, the painful sensation of her own mind trying to cope with the unfiltered sensations given by the virtual reality and the blunt notification given by the CEO of the company's game himself, she felt lost. The girl just stood seating, her fingers sinking into the ground as if she was trying to get a hold in reality itself. <strong>"What's going on,"</strong> she kept muttering to herself, hoping that horrid sensation would go away soon.<br><br>While Hakuro was thinking about all that happened, her brain finally returned to normal. She could catch a breath and think better on their situation. Her parents weren't home right now, so they won't disconnect her from the game by accident. By the time they get home, they would be aware of what's going on, for sure. Or, the least Ayaka could do was believe in that. And such a failure won't take too long, right? This thing about defeating the last boss would be just a... a shortcut of some sorts, right? If she waited a bit, the game staff would figure everything out and then the players could leave the game in safety. She looked at Hakuro, hoping to ask him more about the usual procedures in these cases. Being staff, Hakuro would surely know more details. But when she saw the horror in his face, she felt silent, losing the courage to ask anything. <br><br>But he said it, anyway. And his theory was dreadful. Ayaka took a moment to think on its implications. <strong>"You..."</strong> she started to ask, with a gloomy voice, <strong>"you're not lying, are you? You... really believe the system... kidnapped our minds somehow? And... the only way to get free is... defeating this boss?"</strong> There wasn't a tone of accusation in her words. She asked just to check if that was really his best guess. She also wanted to make sure there wasn't other routes to get free.<br><br><strong>"Ano..."</strong> she said, unsure, looking aside and holding one arm with a hand, pushing her breasts together. <strong>"C-Can I join you? I don't want to sit idly waiting to be set free. A-And working together would be the best way to defeat a boss, right?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>02-11-2021, 01:01:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts<br><hr>Overcoming, or more likely at the very least just pushing the fear away for now, Akane nodded her head to agree with Ayaka. "Whatever is going on, if it's true or not... There's really no way we can take a chance like that, right? So, we have to do <em>something</em> to get out of this. I've played games before, there's gunna' be all kinds of freaks trying to do bad things to anyone they can... so, we've definitely got to stick around together!" Akane said, trying to put on a strong smile, and give a reassuring squeeze to Ayaka's free hand. Trying to put on a strong face, and pushing down all the fear and panic inside, for the benefit of them both. Maybe all that time gaming wouldn't be wasted, if she could put it to good use now, when it was needed the most!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>03-11-2021, 02:06:26</strong>
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				He nodded slowly, confirming his own thought process to the other two. "<strong>I think so yes, but I don't think the game captured our minds. The AI in charge of actually running the game is mirrored off a human mind, with similar pathways to a caring mother. It....simulates emotions, caring for the players. I can't believe it would have gone rouge and tried to hijack our minds. If it thought players were in danger though..." He hesitated again, saying, "If our real bodies really are brain dead, then the AI could have created an..."image" of our neural patterns. The downside is, by doing so our...."souls" would be part of the game data, so no one outside would risk tampering with those images. However, our headsets directly interact with our IRL bodies, so it SHOULD be able to overlay our images with our brains, and "bring us back to life", so to speak. The catch is, because our subconciouss's are so attached to this world, leaving it would cause our minds to unravel, since it thinks we're dying, the neural pattern would degrade and disintegrate. IE, Die in the game, die in real life."</strong><br><br>He shrugged then, saying with a faintly confused voice, "<strong> Though of course, I can't verify this is true, and if people knew, they'd freak out, and probably lock down. Better that they get angry, think it was intentional, so they have a driving force to get out. The only ones who can help us are US. It also explains why they can't patch in a quest to put us all to max level. Even if we did, with OP gear, we'd still not have the experience to actually USE those levels. The final boss would probably kill us all."</strong><br><br>At Ayaka's second question, he smiled, and bowed low. <strong>"I would appreciate both of your help greatly. Having a dedicated team that can work together would make our chances Much better! I have an in game House.....well, more of a mansion hidden on the outskirts of the Village. I'll show you where its located, and add you as inhabitants. That way we can quick travel into and out of the home and Konoha at will."</strong> He hesitated, then said in a slow voice, "<strong> Though that brings up the question of, do we want to stay with a small group, or try to bring in others? The more people we bring into this, the harder its going to be to level. Some dungeons have a player cap of 3, so a larger group wouldn't even be able to run the event."</strong> (IE, since we couldn't get more players in, you are welcome to run a second character if you want, or any NPC's&nbsp; as well! However, new "characters" won't be introduced to the group until after the Dev meeting. I'll say when this happens!!!)<br><br>A sudden beeping announced that there was yet ANOTHER message for Hakuro, and he forwarded it to the girls without second thought. The message read as such. To all Developers. An Emergency meeting will be held on the roof of every Kage mansion&nbsp; in each of the 5 villages. All Developers please come to discuss the future of the game, and our involvement.<br><br>He glanced at the girls, and shrugged, saying "<strong> Well, I have to go, and if you want to come with, you both are welcome to attend. We're a team, meaning I'll keep no secrets from either of you. After the meeting, I'll show you the mansion and get you the entry scrolls." [\b]<br><br>(In 10 minutes)<br><br>As they made their way through Konoha, it looked like a warzone. Players were dumbstruck, tired, some looked like they were just in shock, sitting on the ground crying, or eyes blank with fear. Too many were paralyzed, with too few trying to take action, or be proactive. Hakuro looked more and more angry as they made their way through this, knowing the players couldn't be blamed for their reactions, but....crying...shock wouldn't change things. Maybe there was something the Dev's could do.<br><br>At the top of the Kage's mansion was a group of 6 players, with several more more coming up as the meeting continued. The girls got several hard looks, like they didn't belong, but those that did dropped any challenging looks once Hakuro locked eyes with them for more then a few seconds. <br><br>A Ninja who looked almost Exactly like the Raikage from the show clapped his hands, ending the mutterings among the group. "Alright, thanks for coming all." He sighed, saying, "Things look bad, not just for the players, but for us Devs too. Some players have already started harrassing some dev's who were showing their status." He indicated the golden headband, before glancing at Hakuro. This guy was NOT one of the people who had been giving Akane and Ayaka hard looks. "Hakuro, you have two with you I don't recognize. Can they be trusted here?" The feeling was that this was a man who was blunt, honest, and extremely straightforward. Hakuro nodded from where he was leaning against a pillar, saying simply, <strong>"We're a team. I'd trust either of them with my life...which seems the like the norm now Z."</strong> Z nodded, and from that point on treated the girls as if they were fellow devs. "Alright then. So, we all saw the message, anyone know what's going on? Again, Hakuro. You were involved in a little bit of everything. You know what's up?" Hakuro nodded, and launched into a rather technical discussion with the other devs, though thanks to his earlier talks the girls understood he was explaining his theory to the others. In summary, it took around a half hour, but the other devs agreed that they were likely just "copies" of themselves, though if they could be put back in their bodies, it should be fine. Z shook his head, then motioned to the Village. "Alright, Crazy, but we never knew this could happen. So the question is, what do we do about the players. We have a responsibility to the players to help them forward." <br><br>It was here that another developer stepped forward. She was...Severe looking, tall with straight, luxurious long black hair, and dressed in a copy of Tsunade's outfit. "This is a question of Government." She looked at Z, who motioned her to continue. "I'm...Lilly. Anyways, the players I saw were shell shocked. Broken. We need something to focus them onward. If the theory is correct, then we have to rescue ourselves. For those that can't fight, we can set up support systems. From farmers, to crafters, even to summoners. Combat isn't the only way forward. However that leads to the idea of, once again, some form of Government. I don't think the in game system will work here. I propose we create a massive clan, labeled simply as "Konoha", with players responsible to a "Leader" who then reports on up the tree, until we get to a council of sorts. Since we know the game the best, I would also propose that the Council be us Developers." The group now had a group of about ten, with the last arrival being a woman with odd looking hands, green eyes, and six fingers on each hand. She also stared openly at Hakuro, almost with a hostile intent. Akane and Ayaka also received glares from this women, though they seemed oddly....muted, like they were not the focus of her irritation. <br><br>Hakuro noticed, and sighed with a rather long suffering sigh, muttering lowly, "<strong> Oh great, she's going to be trouble...."</strong> before stepping forward. "<strong> You all know me, and I agree with Lilith's judgement, however, I would also argue that we, as devs, know the game, but Players could very well have IRL skills that would allow them to excel in a government setting. We should also recruit an equal number of players, with skills to match however many Devs there are on the council. This will also prevent players from feeling they're being controlled by us. I'd also send this to the other Villages as well, to see if they want to implement the same method."</strong><br><br>Z nodded, saying simply, "Good call. Alright, so those of us who have been involved with any of the crafting classes, meet up and discuss. Those who want to be part of the council, Talk to me in the next 2 days." He said slowly, then snapped his fingers as if remembering, "Aw yeah, so those who want to be on the council, we need to have rules and such set up for behavior. We need to protect our people, from thieves, rapists and all of the above. Just because its a game, that's no excuse." He nodded, then motioned to everyone. "Alright, dismissed."<br><br>There was some light discussion, but the woman with pale green eyes stalked forward, before slowly, and deliberately planting herself in front of Hakuro, and then slapping him. Hard. He stumbled back, growling and catching her hand before she could slap him again, at which point her other hand planted itself into his breadbasket, dropping him to the ground. <br><br>(Reference Pic https://spng.pngfind.com/pngs/s/234-2346003_red-hair-anime-boy-ninja-anime-female-ninja.png )<br><br>She snarled, her face a brilliant red, "THAT'S what you get for Last time!!!!" She bristled, almost Hissing in embarrassed anger. As a bit of a side note, she muttered to the two girls, "I hope this Pervert hasn't done anything to you two yet. I'm Hikari, and the Last time this looser and I sparred, he blew my top off in front of Everyone watching." She made as if to Kick Hakuro, who promptly leapt off the ground, and out of the way, showing he wasn't as hurt as he appeared. <strong>"That wasn't on purpose! I used a Fire Jutsu, and YOU, like a dumbass, tried to block it with your stupid new chakra shield. I told you it would protect your LP, Life Points, NOT your clothing!"</strong> She sniffed, "You should have known better anyways." <br><br>He rolled his eyes, motioning to the Woman. <strong>"This is Hikari, as mentioned. She's also by far the largest pervert on the Dev squad. She' has the longest tally of "people slept with in VR."</strong> He leapt up to avoid a ferocious kick by the Woman, Hair bristling with anger. "That's none of your Business!" He shot back, "It is when you get drunk and Brag about it!"</strong><br><br>Apparently Hikari was.....a handful. Another Shinobi, this one with long red hair tied in a ponytail, with a cross shaped scar on his left cheek, and a katana at his side came up, eyeing Hikari carefully. "Hakuro, c'mon you'll scare the newcomers. I'm Kenshin, a pleasure." He bowed formally. Hakuro sighed, saying, <strong>"Kenshin's a reliable sort, if you need help, he's the one to turn too. Just be careful. When he gets drunk he likes to recite poetry to anyone who'll listen."</strong> Kenshin smiled at Hakuro, shrugging. "A warrior is expected to master some of the more gentle arts, as well as the art of War." Hakuro made a face, <strong>"And quoting platitudes and proverbs, though he does that all the time."</strong><br><br>(If you want to talk to other characters, or interact with current ones, or introduce your own new characters, here's the place to do it! Kenshin might make appearances here and there, Hikari will probably be a regular.)<br><br>(on a side note, I have no idea how the colors got messed up in the post. Apologizes!)
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>09-11-2021, 20:07:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rQQfvJ7.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka (https://i.imgur.com/F7GJ5Sl.png)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konoha outskirts -&gt; Konoha Village -&gt; Kage's Mansion<br><hr><br>Ayaka felt reassured when Akane held hand and Hakuro agreed in forming a team. She thanked him for offering his in-game home and, to his question, Ayaka gave her opinion: <strong>"Hmm... Maybe we should leave just between us for now? Right now I think it's important to have a up hand in level. You know, every game we have those who loves PVP and I think... this won't change here..."</strong> She didn't believe players could be capable to kill each other but anything between could happen, right? It was a possibility that, as frightening as it seemed, she had to bring into account.<br><br>Before they could elaborate more in this issue, Hakuro received a message, one he promptly forwarded to the girl. It was an emergency meeting between devs. Something expected. Ayaka wondered if they could exert some kind of law enforcement into the game and if the meeting was to discuss exactly that. Though she didn't ask a thing to Hakuro right now. The girl just agreed on follow him for the moment.<br><br>While they wandered in Konoha streets, Ayaka could see how devastated the players where. Fear and shock were the most common feeling. But there was rage, also. She noticed a player or two shouting, desperate and enraged, demanding to be logged of the game. Ayaka wondered how things would turn out if that situation continue for weeks, months even. That would surely mess the mind of many of the people there. If there wasn't some sort of guidance, leadership... Ayaka feared some would simply give up while others would turn to violence.<br><br>When the trio reached the Kage mansion, Ayaka kept silent for all the time the devs discussed. Even after Hakuro saying both girls were equals to him as the other devs, Ayaka didn't feel at ease in their presence. It was better to stay quiet and just observe. The meeting was a bit reassuring, she thought. The devs had the same concerns she was thinking about just a while ago, and they made sure to address them with effective actions. <br><br>After Z dismissed everyone, the devs started to discuss other topics among themselves, in minor groups. Ayaka got closer to Haruko, meaning to ask what would be their next step. But before she would say anything, that other girl got in front of him and slapped his face. She saw, baffled, the brief discussion that followed, something about Haruko undressing the girl in a battle, by accident. Or so it seemed. Ayaka got red faced. If something alike happened to her and that suit got destroyed somehow, she would be completely naked. Thinking about this made her remember how tight the suit was, which only made her more embarrassed.<br><br>Thankfully, no one noticed a thing, or at least no one seemed to care. Ayaka forced herself to give Hikari a smile and said, trying to cool things down: <strong>"Ah, hi! I-I'm Ayaka. Nice to meet you! I assure you Haruko was being a perfect gentleman until now."</strong><br><br>When Kenshin introduced himself, Ayaka bowed quickly and answered: <strong>"Hi! I'm Ayaka! Nice to meet you!"</strong><br><br>Introductions done, Ayaka asked to Hikari and Kenshin: <strong>"So... How long do you know each other? I mean, you both and Haruko?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>14-11-2021, 17:19:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Kage mansion<br><br>((Sorry for the delay gang. Busy week, hopefully easing up!))<br><hr><br>Akane listened along to the meeting. Though, she was trying and failing to go by unnoticed by all of the developers here, who seemed to not trust her one bit. Except for one, the big man looking like the Raikage. That was different from the show, he was a pretty surly individual... but then, Akane had only seen him when he was hunting down Sasuke or Madara, so he had every right to be in a foul mood in the show. Akane wondered if all of the Kage positions were filled by developers. What then, was being done about the Mist Village, and it's status as a PVP zone? Akane wondered about this topic while the talking went on, and she missed a few parts. Something about making another council? Wasn't that what the Kage was for? That didn't make much sense to Akane. <br><br>Haruko mentioned something about adding regular players to it, and that made sense. Akane could bet a whole lot of players wouldn't trust devs right now, because of what happened. But if they were all trapped in here with everyone else, then they must have had no idea what was going on. <br><br>It was all quite the mess after the meeting was over, with Haruko being accosted by Hikari. Akane had her hands up and ready briefly, in case she needed to step in and stop it from going further. "I'm glad I didn't use my fireball jutsu at you, Ayaka... That would have been really embarrassing, huh? I hope it doesn't do stuff like that every time... I really like that jutsu. And all the different Fire ones the Uchiha use a lot..." Akane started to pout a little, hoping she wouldn't have to use something else in fights. <br><br>At the mention of Hikari's habits in VR space, Akane looked away, hoping to feign a bit of ignorance at it. She'd done... things like that a few times, in other VR games. <br><br>"What can we do about uhm, protecting people from danger? Beyond just like, getting stronger to do it. Oh! Uhm, I also had a question... Whose leading the Mist Village? I'm worried about the people there... What'll happen to them, and what they might do..."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>29-11-2021, 06:08:58</strong>
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				(Brain is messed up today. Won't be my usual quality, but will contain the usual levels of story stuffs, apologies if stuff is weird. Work kinda fucked me up, drove 2.6k miles in 4 days, took a bit to recover. Still not there, but...getting there.)<br><br>At Ayaka's comment, the other devs shared a worried look, though further conversation was cut off by the following interactions with Hikari and Kenshin and company.<br><br>Hikari snorted rather rudely at Ayaka's comment, saying with a muted glare at Hakuro's direction, clearly wanting to continue attempting to punch him, but deciding it wasn't worth the effort. "Well then, you two got lucky. And to settle the record, I DON'T sleep around.....the dev team got drunk one time, and decided to party in the game one night. I got really drunk, and started talking about a...situation that happened ONCE. that's it!" While her tone was angry enough to be justified, the faint embarrassed blush made it seem that, perhaps she WAS trying to hide things. <br><br>While keeping a careful eye on Hikari, Hakuro pointed at Akane, and said with a rather pointed glance at Akane. <strong>"Your fire attacks won't. The reason it happened, is because we were still testing battle damages, and how the different elements worked. THIS moron decided to test out a brand new Chakra shield for her Puppet Arms, and INSISTED I use a fire jutsu to blast her with. The shield worked, but the fire jutsu also destroyed her equipment because of a bug. I warned her we should have tested it in a dummy first, but she didn't..."</strong> Here he had to jump out of the way again, as a flurry of Kunai and Shuriken flew where he was crouched on the wall. <br><br>The two started chasing each other at that point, yelling and throwing various attacks back and forth.<br><br>Kenshin sighed, and bowed deeply. (Going to change his color to blue, yellows hard to read for me)"A pleasure to meet you both. Since they're going to be at this for the rest of the day....We've known each other for years, thanks to being developers. The game itself took around 15 years to develop fully, once the technology was actually developed to the point we could start programming. So I've known Hikari and Hakuro for around 10 years now. However, Hakuro and Hikari have known each other since...well, they were childhood friends. Or Rivals. Its hard to tell with how they act. Honestly, Hikari has always been a spitfire type, and Hakuro's normally a very calm, withdrawn type. Hakuro gives an outlet for Hikari, and she draws him out of his shell. They are good for each other, except when they act like children." <br><br>He sighed with an exasperated, finally his calm exterior snapped. "That's ENOUGH!". Then the two girls got a glimpse of what his skillset was. Clearly he had focused on speed, and similar to the samurai guy from before, he had IRL martial arts experience. He moved so quickly his outline in the game actually seemed to blur, and then he moved faster, Actually moving so quickly that he truly did blur. He intercepted the two squabbling, and struck with a lethal attack...."Sōryūsen!" He appeared between the two attackers, spinning in an attack as he drew his Katana. The sheath smashed into Hakuro, throwing him across the roof, effectively winding him. The blade slammed across Hikari's middle, downing her almost on the spot. He sheathed his blade, but did so slowly. Upon closer inspection, those that had not realized before would see his blade was a Sakabato, a Reverse Blade Sword. Then his character's choice of appearance might click. Long red ponytail, a Cross shaped scar on his left cheek, and brilliant yellow eyes, with distinctive outfit. He was almost a mirror copy of Kenshin Himura. <br><br>Reaching down to grab Hikari, he dragged her sorry ass over to Hakuro, and proceeded to chew them out for acting the fools, with the rest of the dev team watching with some amusement, though more and more with a sense of unease. <br><br>Akane's question, however, cut everyone to silence. Z finally rubbed his head, sighing quietly, before turning to answer her question. "Your dead on the money Akane....We've been in contact with the other developers in the other villages...all except for one group. Those in the Hidden Mist.....The players in the Hidden Stone kicked every developer they could identify out of the Village. Sand didn't seem to care. The rest checked in, but nothing's been decided yet. The Mist is the only one that we haven't heard Anything from our team members there, and since it WAS supposed to be the PVP village..." <br><br>They were interrupted, however by a message notification. A Group notification, sent to every dev on that building, but from their viewpoint over the rest of the village, they could also see this was being broadcast on the game's Intercom system. A video playing, displaying a chat box.<br><br>THE WORLD IS KILL OR BE KILLED.....THE WEAK DIE, THE STRONG GET TO LIVE....<br><br>The scene shifted, showing people strung up by their wrists and legs so they couldn't move, while a figure in a Hunter Nin's mask calmly drew a sword, and cut them down. Before their outline shimmered into sparkling motes, the camera man made sure to highlight the gold Ninja Headband, something only developers could use. The camera panned left, showing a good ten figures still to go. The video showed another four executions before the video was finally cut by the Dev Team from Konoha. <br><br>From the fragments Akane and Ayaka could overhear, Some of those strung up were recognized as the missing team members from the Hidden Mist. Additionally, apparently they had access to Developer only skills/items, since only developers could access the video screens in the Village Plaza's. Confirmation from the other Villages confirmed they also got the message Mist had sent.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>01-12-2021, 15:02:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1CJE2wG.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka (https://i.imgur.com/F7GJ5Sl.png)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Kage's Mansion<br><hr><br>Hikari's answer made Ayaka wonder if Hakuro was indeed some kind of closet pervert. She just met him a couple of hours ago and until now she had nothing to complain about his manners. Far away from that, he was being very nice and helpful. Maybe all what happened between these two was just a big misunderstanding. Ayaka noticed how Hikari, a bit embarrassed, excused herself from what Haruko said. So, perhaps Hakuro was closer to the truth in that whole story. But that was something to think about later.<br><em><strong><br>"I'm glad I didn't use my fireball jutsu at you, Ayaka... That would have been really embarrassing, huh? I hope it doesn't do stuff like that every time... I really like that jutsu. And all the different Fire ones the Uchiha use a lot..."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka got deep red imagining Akane's jutsus burning her clothes to ashes. She would be stark naked in a middle of a fight. Thinking about that, she got really lucky back there, in that sparring. Akane's cuts could've done a lot of damage in her bodysuit. <br><br><strong>"Hmm... I-I don't know if I want to ever fight you again, Akane,"</strong> said the shy girl in a weak voice, looking down. Hakuro was quick to reply Akane, saying once again it was entirely Hikari's fault, and starting another fight between the two. Ayaka didn't pay attention to them, it seemed they were always like this. She didn't buy Hakuro's explanation, though. When they got trapped in that world, some rules changed. Perhaps clothes were destructible now. Oh well, she had to do something about her clothes, wandering around in that tight bodysuit highlighting her naughty bits would really get her in trouble, like Hakuro said.<br><br>Kenshin sighed and bowed to the girls. He explained the kind of relationship between Hakuro and Hikari. Ayaka smiled a bit in agreement, forgetting a bit about her wardrobe problems, which are one of the least important in her list right now. And then, when Hikari and Hakuro made too much mess, Kenshin lost his calm and intervened. He stopped the two in just one move, one so quick Ayaka barely noticed it. When she saw his sword with a reversed blade, she finally noticed his entire appearance was based on Kenshin Himura. <em>Cool</em>, thought Ayaka. And what about that speed? Damn, she really had much to improve here. And her life was relying on it.<br><br>While everyone watched Kenshin stopping the fight all by himself, Akane asked: <em><strong>"What can we do about uhm, protecting people from danger? Beyond just like, getting stronger to do it. Oh! Uhm, I also had a question... Whose leading the Mist Village? I'm worried about the people there... What'll happen to them, and what they might do..."</strong></em><br><br>After sighing, Z answered: <em><strong>"Your dead on the money Akane....We've been in contact with the other developers in the other villages...all except for one group. Those in the Hidden Mist.....The players in the Hidden Stone kicked every developer they could identify out of the Village. Sand didn't seem to care. The rest checked in, but nothing's been decided yet. The Mist is the only one that we haven't heard Anything from our team members there, and since it WAS supposed to be the PVP village..." </strong></em><br><br><strong>"People are already causing trouble,"</strong> Ayaka said, distressed, thinking out loud. Why not everyone help each other? Things could get fixed so much quicker this way...<br><br>Then they received the horrible broadcast. For a moment, while watching the video, Ayaka thought it was those kind of villain introductions, so common in animes, all terrible and shocking. And then, she reminded of the truth. That wasn't an anime she was watching, that wasn't a regular PVP event in a VRMMORPG: people were dying there. Real people, with family, and friends and dreams and... <br><br>Tears started to roll from the girl's desperate face. <strong>"W-We need to stop them!"</strong> she said, with not a single plan to backup her words. <strong>"We... We need! We can stop them, right?"</strong> she asked to the team of devs, afraid of the answer. They killed devs in the video. How was that possible? 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>03-12-2021, 04:21:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Kage mansion<br><br><hr>Akane couldn't watch it, knowing what was coming when the man drew the sword and was approaching the bound and tied figures. And though she shut and covered her eyes with her hands, that couldn't block out the sounds and the screams being broadcasted all around them, from the several different Devs that were forced to watch it. As much as she could try to reason it away, knowing that there were all kinds of horrible people out there, and that they were a rare sort, Akane still couldn't help but feel awful, an empty pit inside her gut, and the terrible sounds that carried on, lingering like a phantom despite the broadcast being cut short. <br><br>Her voice sounded shaky when she tried to speak to Ayaka. "We... I don't know if <em>we</em> can do anything. We're just level one, we can barely control what we're doing in a fight." Akane was reaching for the most reasonable answer, to keep away from horrid scenes like that. At least until they could do anything, she kept telling herself. She couldn't hold back the tears for too much longer, try as she might to fight against it. Akane sighed, her shoulders slumping when she let go of the tension in her body, and a few tears fell free from both eyes. "Damn it," she grumbled, trying to hide it and wipe them away.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Sapherno11</strong> on <strong>03-12-2021, 18:15:04</strong>
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				(I should have clarified how clothing/equipment works, apologies. Your gear, from clothing, to ninja tools, to swords, to your bra, all have "durability". If ANYTHING takes too much damage, it'll be destroyed, vanishing in a burst of sparks similar to if a Player died. Think SAO rules, though since this IS a mature game, clothing can be destroyed down to bare skin, revealing all else. Just that wasn't supposed to happen in testing, and Hikari blames Hakuro, even though Hakuro warned her she was being stupid. That said, yes they are Always like this. Also as a side note, Kenshin is as fast as he is, because he's almost a pure speed build. Because of his IRL experience, his mind is already adjusted to be able to register information, and move his blade at speeds almost faster then the human eye can naturally track, so in the game, he's one of the strongest Dev players. Again, IRL experience is going to be a HUGE advantage, remember and utilize that in game!)<br><br>Z shook his head, shrugging slightly. "We don't know who's leadin' the Mist. We assumed the Dev team would have taken over, but with them not responding, we just don't know enough right now."<br><br>After the video, everyone was stunned into silence. For the first time since things had taken a turn for the worst, the girls saw the same look on the Developer's faces that had been on too many players below. Despair, and fear. They had known up until now what their goals had been. Protect players. However, players Murdering devs was something they'd not expected to see. Or rather, casual murdering of ANYONE in the game was something they'd just......not expected. It broke them. <br><br>Kenshin himself just shrugged, though there was a definite dark look in his eye, and his left hand rested on his sword hilt. He, Hikari, and Hakuro all looked at each other, and nodded briefly. Kenshin vanished, using a skill that seemed to make his outline blur, then disappear in vertical lines. <br><br>Hikari made her way among the other devs, whispering here and there in the ears of those who looked truly broken. Hakuro however, Clapped his hands together Loudly, with a faint wind stirring the rooftop. <br><br>He took a deep breath, and his purple eyes began to glow with an inner light, seeming to tug at everyone who met his gaze. The effect did trigger on the girls, but only for a second before it cut off, as he did not want to use this ability on them. In Ayaka's case, thanks to her sharingan, she would be able to tell that he was using a Genjutsu, though really just as a way of boosting the morale of the other team members.<br><br>"<strong>The Mist has been taken over. I have to assume that, since they were able to hijack the communication network, that either a Dev is leading them, or they tortured them to get that information. I also have to assume that the ones being......removed....were either enemies, or those opposed to this takeover."</strong> His gaze was level, though outside of the Genjutsu's effect, the girls could hear his voice was barely being kept under control. He was Angry. "<strong>Our priorities haven't changed. We have a responsibility to protect the players we can, in every village we can, and get as many as we can out."</strong> He hesitated, taking a deep breath, and gauging the others. They were listening, watching him carefully. "<strong>So here's what we do. Put out information. Other players saw what happened. Not only do they need to be reassured, but they need to know steps are being taken. Get the Council up ASAP. Again, search for players who have skills in government. Those who are willing to fight, and can fight need to be set up for patrols, both around the Village itself, and for harvesters/crafters. Those who can't bring themselves to fight, have them pick a crafting profession. Players CANNOT transfer into Konoha. It'd be too easy for someone to transfer from the Mist to a different village, then try to sneak into here. We can't take that chance, not yet. Not without some way of verifying they aren't PvPers. From there, we also need a group of teams that are able to fight, and go on missions, from interceptions, to..." </strong> Here he hesitated, taking another deep breath, and saying in a cold voice. <strong>"Assassinations. I know no one here wants to hear this, but if Any player kills another, they die in real life. That makes them murderer's. We're trapped in a death game. If someone is a serial killer, and you could stop them by killing them, you would. One life for many. I'm willing to do that, if need be. Others on this team need to be able to make that choice as well. Consider it the ANBU squads. Those members need to be willing to look at the larger picture, focus on power leveling and combat training." </strong><br><br>Z sighed, shaking his head, but nodding. The other developers did as well, and began to seperate in small groups, each focusing on their small, individual tasks. <br><br>Hikari and Hakuro spoke quietly together for several seconds, before splitting up, Hakuro heading towards the girls with a deep sigh. <strong>"Well, that's that. I'm probably going to end up being in one of the ANBU squads, though of course, if you two do not want to be a part of that, we can still form a group for power leveling and such."</strong><br><br>Seeing the look on Akane's eyes, he hesitated, shaking himself, and smiled sadly, before leaning in to hug first her, and then Ayaka, squishing the two in a firm hug. "<strong>We'll get through this, and I'll keep you safe. I probably should have told you sooner, but my Bloodline Limit has a few secrets built in. One of them is an ability like the Sharingan's to cast Genjutsu from the eyes. We may be level one now, but we'll get there. Speaking of power leveling, there IS a mission we can go on. Its the Bell Test, one of the first missions Squad 7 went on. It gives ok exp, but if you trigger the secret built in, it gives an insane exp boost, plus some extras."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>08-12-2021, 16:10:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rQQfvJ7.jpg)</div> <strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Ayaka (https://i.imgur.com/HsRCY2q.jpg)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Kage's Mansion<br><hr><br>For a moment, everyone seemed defeated, and not without any reasons. Players started to kill other players and took control of an entire village. If they weren't strong, surely their numbers should be impressive. In any case, there wasn't much for the devs to do right now. Or so Ayaka though at the moment, until Hakuro spoke up.<br><br>She heard his speech, and when their eyes met, she felt something strange for a brief moment. Something... reassuring. She wasn't sure if he was using some kind of genjutsu, but anyway, his words, full of purpose, gave her some encouragement. She couldn't help other players directly right now, but surely there was much to do, as Hakuro said. Leveling up, getting stronger, learning as much skills to help as possible... yeah, she could do that. The girl nodded, making up her mind.<br><br>After Hakuro spoke, the other devs agreed and split up in smaller groups, each with their own mission. Hakuro approached the girls and said: <em><strong>"Well, that's that. I'm probably going to end up being in one of the ANBU squads, though of course, if you two do not want to be a part of that, we can still form a group for power leveling and such."</strong></em><br><br>Ayaka didn't want that. Hakuro and Akane was the only people she could call friends in that world, and she surely need a bunch of friends from now on. But the girl kept silent, because Hakuro would be most needed in those squads. It wouldn't be fair to hold him down with two regular players. Ayaka looked aside, holding one of her arms, undecided. Until the boy hugged them together, with a sad smile, saying in a reassuring tone: <em><strong>"We'll get through this, and I'll keep you safe. I probably should have told you sooner, but my Bloodline Limit has a few secrets built in. One of them is an ability like the Sharingan's to cast Genjutsu from the eyes. We may be level one now, but we'll get there. Speaking of power leveling, there IS a mission we can go on. Its the Bell Test, one of the first missions Squad 7 went on. It gives ok exp, but if you trigger the secret built in, it gives an insane exp boost, plus some extras."</strong></em><br><strong><br>"Then, let's go!"</strong> said Ayaka with a smile, gently breaking away from the hug. <strong><strong>"I-I need to do something right now, anything! And... thank you, Hakuro, Akane. As long as we were together, I... I think we can save ourselves... and everyone else!"</strong></strong> There was a bit of confidence in her voice. More important, there was hope. Maybe it was better to focus on smaller tasks for the time being. And Ayaka had one small great task at the moment: getting stronger!<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto SAO Style!</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>FoxgirlJay</strong> on <strong>11-12-2021, 17:58:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1SSykgC.jpg?1)</div> <strong>Alexa</strong><br><strong>Username:</strong> Akane Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Kage mansion<br><br><hr>Akane's first instinct to was to dispel the genjutsu, even before she knew what it was. She'd never heard of a helpful illusion, so it just came out, even if it had only lasted for but a few seconds. <br><br>She wasn't a big fan of the speech. Beyond just the idea that they needed to do something, to get stronger, instead of just rushing in to that dangerous PVP zone that seemed to just be a hellhole now. After the speech, when Akane was pulled in to a hug with Haruko and Ayaka. The shorter girl squirmed and made a few discomforted groans as she tried to get out of the squish. Mainly because her face was being shoved in to Ayaka's breasts. Set free with a gasp, and a blush on her face, Akane looked away. "F-fine. Let's go and take a look at this... quest."
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