this is funny, and I want it to be canon.
Orochimaru isn't there yet. Remeber that they dicover the corpses of that team during the second exam. She just scared the normal (soon to be dead) genin.
Nope, re-read that part again. That guy already got replaced.
Fixed, thanks!
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There's one in the works for the near-ish future, but I doubt it'll cover that.
She has a history of doing that, yeah
Yeah, so many die along the way...
...Ran somehow goes on a multiverse trip to Sekirei like that snippet in your snippet thread?
Well, you can't really be truthful to Naruto if you don't have at least a handful of flashback episodes... /s
Morning warm-ups with Gai?
hope you make it and don't fall victim to those fearsome Kusa ANBU.Apropos of nothing, I added a new tag that really should've been there from the start.
Fixed, thanks!
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There's one in the works for the near-ish future, but I doubt it'll cover that.
She has a history of doing that, yeah
Yeah, so many die along the way...
Speaking of that, I think I was overshooting with my length estimations back then, probably because I was feeling burnt out and that was affecting my mindset. This story should be over in less than 10 chapters. Unless I find some strange unplanned subplot, it's known to have happened before.
It does not actually say that. Ran is sure that the switch has happened, but has no evidence. I think that this is a case of unreliable narrator. I will admit it is possible that he made the switch earlier here though.
It's 50/50. Either she's wrong and just assuming, or her subconscious successfully twigged onto something even if she can't quite name it.
*Flashes back to crappy Harry Potter fanfics*
4 on it's own can also be read as "death", and 44 is death twice over. Any number with four in it is often avoided in Asian countries. Naming the super lethal training ground "double death" sounds like a shinobi kind of joke.
Life is*
why's she*
I want no part in begins in earnest.*
rubbing it in*
on the head*
Was there ever*
on her face*
being spiked*
Is the complete absence of punctuation intentional?
Now go there*
Same as before, intentional?
thrown kunai*?
I don't think it's incorrect, but including the 'to' makes it feel kinda Yoda-ish for some reason.
sneak up on*?
on your shoulders*
not just anyone*
from the corner*
praised me for them*
Welp, I was expecting it to happen eventually lol.
Hiruzen is a very old man in a profession where almost everyone dies young. He's been Hokage for two Great Shinobi Wars. Most of the minor villages haven't been around for his entire life. Their leaders might as well be children to him.
My guess is he's feeling her out for if she wants to defect in the future. He knows her primary loyalty is based on her Uzamaki girlfriend. Honestly if she was told that Karin wanted to stay because she had family here she would probably at least strongly consider joining.
*sniffle* That was pointlessly cruel...
Make sense too, I guess. Still like 42 better
Ouch, there goes my self-esteem. Fixed now, thanks!
Yeah, but they weren't intended to be used together, so I'll have to rework one of them. Thanks for bringing it up.
Yeah, they translate the same to my native language, so I have some trouble telling them apart
There's an old short fic that takes a look at Hiruzen's life from an outside PoV and how it could be interpreted if ninjas were more than just punch-wizards.
