#Mangetsu Kumo

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[yoridoriarts]

Here are some Elf Ears for a story that I am currently working on! 

So far, it's fantasy inspired by the Taishō period of Japan, and Japanese mythology! Yes, this includes Yokai =w=

[darkclouud9]

naruto is great because you get characters like Hiashi, Hizashi, and Kizashi, 2 of which are twins and the other is Sakura's dad

you have Tobi (Obito) and Tobi (Zetsu), and Madara (Obito) and Madara (Madara). conclusion: Obito is a name stealer (given, since he basically had an identity crisis for 90% of his life)

Urushi (Kakashi's hound) and Urushi (Kabuto's adoptive brother)

Kosuke, Kosuke, Kosuke, and Kosuke

and also Kyusuke

oh great

there are less Shin than I thought there were (3) and only one of them is a real person the rest r Uchiha clones

Hashirama, Tobirama, Kawarama, Itama, and their father Butsuma (the ama brothers, Itama ruins the rama >:( Senju brother quartet is forever ruined)

in the same vein, the 3 known members of the Hozuki clan all end in getsu (Gengetsu, Mangetsu, and Suigetsu, the latter 2 being siblings and also highly interested in the 7 swords. I will not forgive Suigetsu.)

you also have A (1st raikage), A (2nd raikage), A (3rd raikage, and father of), A (4th raikage, son of the 3rd, whose adoptive brother is Killer *B*, and cousin who is Blue *B*. Kumo really likes their As and Bs... <3)

Sasuke Uchiha who is named after Sasuke Sarutobi, whose son is referred to as Sarutobi which definitely confused more people than just me when I found out his name is not Sarutobi, but Hiruzen

Kabuto, who shares a name with one of my favourite gen 1 pokemon, meanwhile the word kabuto means helmet. (it took me a while to connect Kabuto with the pokemon bc I can see the same name differently depending on the context. Kabuto (nart) is completely different to Kabuto (pokemon))

Kakashi and Rin, the field siblings (Hatake and Nohara both translate to field.)

Gai and Dai, father and son, with the available joke for Dai's name that he Might Die.

Maru is a common boys name in japan, which leads to Orochimaru, Shikamaru, Konohamaru, and Yashamaru.

[mixelation]

i think this will be the last part of this, as i don't actually have ideas for what the exam entails lmao. kisame pov :)

Dinner was served in the dorm’s sad little mess hall. Kisame was handed a tray with a chunk of meat in an unappetizing brown sauce and a lot of blanched vegetables, and then followed his charge to sit next to the Konoha team. 

Of course, Kisame thought. Mangetsu, you amateur. 

The other teams had naturally sectioned themselves off by village. All three Kumo teams were crowded around one table, and the two Taki teams they were sharing a bathroom with had found other Taki genin. When he’d babysat a team for the Kumo exams, they’d had a similar layout for meals, and some of the Jounin sensei had just gotten their own table and hung out, but it looked like this simply wasn’t the mood for this one. 

Team Kushina sat alone at one end of a table at the back of the room. Deidara was gesticulating wildly. Mangetsu hesitated only a moment before making a beeline for them. 

Kisame wondered if Tori had done this on purpose, setting up an excuse for Kisame to sit with them. Sometimes she could pull off incredibly complex social manipulations, and sometimes she caused disasters seemingly on accident, and it had become increasingly unclear which was which. Either way, Kisame didn’t really mind the excuse to sit with them. Itachi had always been fine company. 

“It’s venison,” Deidara was explaining, poking his own serving of meat with a knife. “Except the worst possible version, yeah. Seriously, they couldn’t even go kill a fresh deer for us?”

The sauce, Kisame thought when he took his first bite, wasn’t as bad as it looked. A little over-salted, maybe. 

“You can’t eat deer in Konoha,” Uzumaki Kushina was explaining, having only acknowledged them joining their table with a small nod. “It’s bad mojo.”

Deidara squinted at her. “Why?”

Deidara, Kisame thought, must not have grown up in Konoha in this timeline, then. This was, for some reason, a relief. That would have just been wrong. But then, why was he here? And where had Tori come from? Who had thought it a good idea to train her to be a ninja?

If Mangetsu thought it was weird a Konoha shinobi needed to have the Nara sacred deer explained to him, he didn’t show it. He sat across from Tori, watched her hands for a few moments, and then informed her she held her knife like a child. 

“Konoha kunoichi can’t even handle a kitchen knife, huh?” he sneered. 

Tori paused. She raised her eyebrows. Then instead of actually answering him, she turned to her sensei. 

“What did the front desk tell you?” she asked. “Do I have to sneak this knife into the exam?”

Kushina groaned loudly, rolling her head back in annoyance. Her hair slipped back over her shoulders. She put her hand on the table between herself and Kisame, leaning into him in an overfamiliar way.

“Okay, here’s the drama,” she started. 

Kisame was not carrying any of the Seven Swordsmen’s swords on decision of the Mizukage, for a variety of political reasons. Kushina’s team was currently not carrying any weapons or even paper on decision of Iwa, for reasons Kisame could guess but Kushina did not actively spell out for him. Certainly they were the only people in the room not currently carrying weapons. 

Before dinner, Kushina had swung by the front desk to request weapons that had been promised to her students. They asked for a list and promised they would be provided the next morning. 

“They wouldn’t even let me write out the list myself,” she complained. “Some show of goodwill this is!”

“Wow, you’re fucked,” Mangetsu commented. He said this cheerfully, and it would have been considered a friendly comment in Kiri. Deidara made a face that indicated he clearly did not find it friendly. “How likely do you think it is they’ll actually give you anything?”

The genin exchanged glances. Notably, none of them looked particularly daunted by this prospect. Deidara simply looked annoyed, which was how he always looked when things weren’t currently on fire. 

Kisame was completely confident that Itachi could pass a chunin exam weapons-free and half-asleep. Itachi’s lips still thinned near-microscopically in mild irritation. 

Mangetsu hadn’t taken his eyes off of Tori. Kisame really, really didn’t like this. 

“I mean,” Mangetsu continued to run his mouth, “I could pass without any weapons. I don’t know about you guys.”

“Oh, so then you’ll loan me your sword?” Tori shot right back. 

Tori with a sword… no, Kisame didn’t like that. 

“I don’t think these would make a very effective weapon,” Itachi said, now examining the blunt knife he’d been given for dinner. They could barely cut the tough flesh of their dinner. 

“It doesn’t have to be for stabbing,” Tori told him, then used her knife to scoop up one of the broad beans from her dinner and flicked it at Mangetsu. 

Mangetsu easily caught the bean before it hit him. It was overcooked, and its skin burst and mush spread over his fingers. Mangetsu blinked down at it in surprise. 

“How embarrassing for you,” Tori deadpanned. Kisame sighed and pushed the napkin dispenser at him. Deidara snorted, a largely humorless laugh. Tori turned to Kushina again. “I could get creative,” she said brightly. 

“No,” Kushina replied, waving her own knife at Tori. “We talked about this. You follow their rules for this. No creative solutions.”

Tori pouted. Kushina turned her gaze on her other students and reiterated the same warning. 

Well… at least she understood them, it seemed. 

Dinner was somehow more tame than Kisame had expected. The genin bickered and bantered, but besides a couple more beans being thrown, and despite Itachi implying he genuinely thought Mangetsu might not be able to read, no one got into a fist fight. Nothing was set on fire, and no one tested out if a blunt steak knife could counter an actual sword. 

“I’m going to go investigate the training grounds,” Itachi announced after finishing his dessert in record time. He stood and left, not even allowing the option for anyone to invite themselves along. 

Kisame gave it a few more minutes, then stretched and stood himself. 

“I need some fresh air,” he told Mangetsu. “Have fun with your new friends.”

(“I want to get creative,” Tori was saying. “I want to be unleashed.” There was no risk of Mangetsu wanting to follow him.)

It was dark outside, but the glow from Iwa proper above them was enough to see the dusty path that led from the main building to the “training facilities.” These were harder to see: in the night, they looked like nothing but black, empty fields. 

He found Itachi experimentally kicking a training dummy. His eyes glowed red and dangerous in the night. It was a nostalgic sight. 

“Yo,” Kisame greeted, his ever present smile stretching into something wider and more genuine. “Just like old times, huh?”

Itachi was at about the same age when Kisame had first met him. He’d almost forgotten how short he’d been. 

“Not exactly like old times,” Itachi replied. “A Kiri uniform looks right on you.”

They chatted. Kisame did not spill every decision he’d made with his gift of foresight, but in the night and under Itachi’s privacy genjutsu, he admitted he’d assassinated Yagura the second there were whispers of a bloodline purge. Not even Mei had gotten more than a few heavy implications from him. 

Itachi did not discuss the massacre of his clan or the lack thereof. He did explain recruiting Deidara and Tori. Kisame was not convinced this was a good move on the part of Konoha’s structural integrity, but hey, it wasn’t his village. 

Kisame explained meeting Kakuzu. Itachi nodded along. 

“We think it might be all of Akatsuki,” Itachi said. “That’s the pattern.”

Kiasme felt his face pinch up in distaste. “Madara too?” he asked. “Zetsu?”

“We don’t have evidence Madara is around,” Itachi said. “It seems as though we’d see different changes if Zetsu had also been reincarnated, but it also seems possible Zetsu and Madara being absent could be a plot unto itself.”

Kisame frowned, trying to connect the dots. So, if Zetsu was reincarnated, maybe he would… do something with Madara, in order to lay low? But why would he do that unless he knew someone who had both the means and the motive to stop him had also been reincarnated?

“It sounds like you’re missing parts of the picture,” Kisame said. 

“It might be beneficial to use to locate and speak to other former Akatsuki,” Itachi continued. “We should develop a method to stay in contact. I assume your student will pass to the third stage of the exam?”

Mangetsu was a brat now, but he’d been one of the most talented Swordsmen in Kiri history in the other timeline. He hadn’t been kidding when he said he could pass even without his sword. 

“Of course,” Kisame said. 

Itachi nodded. “Then we’ll have time to plan.”

Kisame let out a laugh. “Nothing has changed about you,” he said. “We’ve been reunited for less than a day and you’re already making grand plans.”

Itachi didn’t reply, and Kisame couldn’t see more than his silhouette and his sharingan in the dark. This was fine. This was just what talking to Itachi was like. 

“Your team will pass?” Kisame asked. 

Itachi and Deidara would, obviously. Tori was a wildcard. He was pretty sure the Tori of the previous timeline, if tasked with either beating a bunch of genin or dying, would figure out a way even if it wasn’t graceful or impressive. But she also would have been equally likely to weasel her way out of the exam altogether. He was unsure what any shinobi skills she might have now would change this equation. 

“Yes,” Itachi said, and then did not elaborate. 

They talked a bit longer, and then Deidara and Tori appeared in the flesh. 

“Kisame!” Deidara called, and between him being tiny and also clearly happy to see him, he was… sort of adorable?

Then Deidara ruined his cute kid act by saying, “What the fuck is wrong with your student?”

“Ah,” Kisame hedged. “Well, he’s not really my student…”

To be officially recognized as a Swordsman, Mangetsu would have to show proficiency with every sword, and as such Kisame did occasionally train him. But he wasn’t Kisame’s student. 

“So arrogant, yeah,” Deidara, who regularly bragged his art was the pinnacle of all jutsu creation, complained. “Is he even strong?” 

“He previously had an A-rank in every major country’s bingo book,” Itachi told Deidara, as if he was a bit stupid for not recognizing him. He then ignored Deidara’s spluttering, angry response to turn to Tori. “I assume that’s why you’re… doing whatever you’re doing.”

Tori had the grace to look emotionally devastated. 

“I thought it’d make the exam easier if the next strongest entrant didn’t hate me,” she explained. “Plus, I mean, isn’t it more convenient for us if we make friends with Kisame’s student? I didn’t think… he’d…” 

She looked comically torn. 

“So you insulted him on purpose?” Deidara asked, mocking. Tori started an explanation that Kiri-nin just bonded that way, and it was not a stereotype, Itachi, she’d seen it in person. 

(It was more nuanced than that, but she wasn’t entirely incorrect.)

“Then why didn’t you stop when it worked too well?” Itachi asked, interrupting her. 

“I did stop,” Tori said. “I was nice at dinner.”

“You threw food at him, yeah. This is both of your problems; you’re both rude and you don’t even know it–”

Kisame watched, bemused as they started arguing like they were an actual group of preteens. Akatsuki had been like this, hadn’t it? If you got more than two of them in a room, everything devolved into childish mayhem. He almost missed it. 

“He won’t be the Second Coming of the Demon if Tori seduces him to death, yeah!”

Tori kicked a rock at Deidara. It wasn’t a move a civilian couldn’t do, although Kisame supposed he’d never seen Tori throw or physically attack anyone. Deidara snatched it out of the air and threw it right back at her. Tori yelped, and then suddenly she was replaced with the training dummy. It exploded. 

Itachi didn’t even blink. Kisame suddenly no longer missed Akatsuki; there, this scuffle would have ended with a piece of furniture destroyed. 

“I am not seducing anyone,” Tori said. She pointed accusingly at Kisame. “You tell him I’m not interested.”

“I’m not doing that,” he replied. If Tori caused problems, she could deal with them herself. It wasn’t Kisame’s job to manage some brat’s hormones. 

They returned to the dorms soon after. Team Kushina had to be ready for their exam after all, and it might turn out they’d have to jump through some hoops just to get basic shinobi supplies. 

In his own room, Mangetsu was already dressed for sleep. He sat on his bed, making notes on a scroll. Mangetsu could get distracted as easily as any other twelve year old, but he was also a studious person. No doubt he was taking notes on what he’d learned about Konoha, or else brainstorming strategies. 

“You should offer that scroll to your new girlfriend,” Kisame teased. “She’ll be elated.”

Mangetsu’s cheeks turned bright pink. He wasn’t a bad kid, really; he was just about to be in over his head. 

Anyone would be, with that team, Kisame mused, getting dressed for bed himself. 

reborn au, deidara POV. start of the chunin exams

Deidara sat across the desk from the Hokage, wedged between Itachi and Tori. Oonoki, and any commanding officer below him, would have made him stand, even if he was bleeding out. 

Minato, meanwhile, tended to make meetings feel more like a conversation. Brief communications were done standing, but for their longer meetings he’d gesture for them to pull up chairs and then lean back casually in his own seat. He usually didn’t even complain if someone interrupted him with questions. 

(Which Team 4 did. A lot. Because Itachi and Tori were both assholes who thought they were smarter than they were. Deidara, meanwhile, only had the most salient of interruptions.)

MInato did this even with super serious missions, like his insane plot to have them enter the Iwa Chunin Exam as cover to extract a Konoha prisoner.

Deidara wasn’t sure if Minato was so casual for all his shinobi, or if being on his wife’s team got them special privileges. Kushina-sensei had, in fact, chosen to sit on the desk rather than a chair, the backs of her sandals clunking against the wood. But even if it was just a perk of being on Kushina-sensei’s team, Deidara would take this lax style over anything Iwa ever put him through. 

“Iwa sent their finalized list of contraband,” Minato said, voice cheerful. He held up a stack of papers. “I’ll read them to you. It’s pretty intense.”

The list was… lengthy. And sort of insane. They banned them from bringing in their own weapons, promising to provide adequate replacements upon arrival. They also banned all fuinjutsu related material, including any type of paper or writing utensil, and then an increasingly unhinged list of items which seem to pose no real danger to Deidara. 

Minato’s voice cracked at reading the phrase “nectars and other viscous juices,” and then he turned and coughed a couple times to cover up laughter. 

Kushina-sensei was also covering a smile with one hand. 

“Did they put an insane person in charge of communications?” Deidara asked. 

“No, they…” Minato had to pause a moment to get ahold of himself again. “They really, really don’t want you sneaking in a Hiraishin marker. Or making a new one.”

“Sorry,” Kushina-sensei told them, not looking the least bit sorry. “They’re probably only this paranoid because I’m your sensei.”

This did make sense to Deidara. The Iwa he’d grown up in, in the other timeline, had been one in which the Yellow Flash was dead and gone, and the man was still haunting old people’s nightmares. Some of Deidara’s older Academy texts had been from before his death, and they’d included insane protocols for what to do if he showed up on the field. Not a Konoha ninja, not a ninja with a specific technique– just him. No other Kage had such an honor. 

He could only imagine the sort of cultural anxiety Minato was inflicting on Iwa just by existing. 

The idea was sort of exiting, actually. All that fear and anxiety building up for years, just waiting for someone to come along and end it all in one glorious moment–

Tori elbowed him. To Minato, she asked, “Will they give us fuinjutsu supplies too, or do we have to get creative?”

Minato’s lips quirked upwards. 

“They will give you fuinjutsu supplies,” he said. “A village only makes money off an exam if they can show off promising genin, and I convinced them it would be necessary for you to give a good show.”

“But I don’t get any?” Kushina-sensei clarified. 

Any Iwa-nin who’d done two seconds of research on Uzumaki Kushina would want to ban her from even touching a brush forever. Even if she hadn’t gotten famous off of murder like he had, she and Minato came as a set: half his techniques were from her, and if anyone was going to be making Hiraishin markers and spreading them around, it would be her. 

“I don’t know how they’ll enforce Tori having access but not you,” Minato admitted. “Supervision, maybe.”

Itachi cleared his throat. “You're sure this isn’t an ambush?” he asked. 

This seemed like a good point to Deidara. They were basically just agreeing to waltz into Iwa completely weaponless and submit to whatever asshole demands Iwa might make. And like, someone like Deidara could do it, but it would be super annoying.

Minato took a moment to answer, gathering his thoughts. 

“It might be,” he said, tone suddenly deadly serious. “But their doors will be open to plenty of foreign powers, and they’ve already advertised a team from Konoha. A move against us would be very, very stupid of them.” He let a humorless smile cross his lips. “Besides, I intentionally picked a team that could still function even with every disadvantage they might give you.”

Next to him, Tori shifted uneasily. Deidara didn’t think she was nervous for herself, because Tori had wandered into worse with no ninja skills whatsoever and came out on top. It was that there was no way Minato knew that, because Tori liked to downplay her talents at every turn. She had worked her way into the mission plan as a competent fuinjutsu user, but he probably wasn’t including her in his super special hand-picked team. 

(And also, if you evaluated Tori the way you would in a classroom– throw this knife here, use this type of kick, demonstrate this particular move– she was pretty mediocre, even for a twelve year old. Tori only seemed intimidating after she’d tricked into doing something deeply stupid and then was waving some insane seal in your face.)

Deidara wasn’t even sure Minato was including him, even though he ranked right up there with Kushina-sensei and Itachi in terms of “has an absurd bloodline limit, good luck taking THAT away.” It seemed more likely he and Tori got signed up to be semi-expendable benchwarmers, and any talents they ended up displaying were just a nice perk.  

The thought made him angry. Minato might seem way cooler than Oonoki, but they were all the same, weren’t they? Minato would definitely abandon him and Tori to save his precious Konoha-born shinobi. 

Tori must be putting thought into what she would do without weapons, because she remarked, “It’s such overkill to ban all paper, though. If I already wasn’t using sealing paper, I wouldn’t be like, ‘Oh, no regular paper either? Guess I’ll just give up.’”

Deidara attempted to reel in his temper. This was Tori probing the waters of what she could get away with. She was infuriatingly cautious about it, in Deidara’s opinion, but her paranoid little brain would be better attuned to when they might have to jump ship. He should let her take lead on this and not upset himself. 

Kushina-sensei flashed her teeth at Tori. “No, obviously if you’re good enough, you can make any flat surface work. I assume that’s why they banned…. hand mirrors.”

There was a long pause while Kushina-sensei and Tori stared at each other, presumably contemplating what chaos they could cause with a hand mirror. 

Minato’s swivel chair groaned as he leaned back, dropping his papers on his desk. 

“It’s a moot point,” he said. “Tori, we don’t use untested seals in the field, and you can’t count on any seal that works on paper to work anywhere else. There’s a reason we use sealing paper. No hand mirror seals, okay?”

Hand mirrors were only the tip of the iceberg of insane shit Tori might try, but she plastered a meek smile on her face and agreed anyway. 

Disgusting, Deidara thought. He trusted this version of Tori to save his ass if they suddenly had to abandon ship, but she was also the worst possible version of herself. Unartistic. 

Itachi changed the subject again. “The overall mission is getting convoluted. How will Kushina get to Morino with fuinjutsu supplies if we may be supervised so closely? What are we going to do about Deidara’s explosion release?”

Tori opened her mouth, perhaps to suggest her own plan, only to close it and glance at Kushina-sensei. Ugh. 

“We’ll just wing it,” Kushina-sensei said with full confidence. 

Deidara turned to confirm that yes, Itachi did look like his brain had just exploded.  Also seeing this, Tori said to him, “It’s okay. You can’t actually keep a fuinjutsu master from smuggling things wherever they want.”

Now Minato looked like he wanted to say something, but wasn’t quite sure where to start. 

“I have an idea on how to distract them from Deidara,” Kushina-sensei said, twisting her torso to face Minato. “But they’ll eventually, uh… notice some things.”

Deidara clenched his fists, his nails digging into the bottom lips of his hand-mouths. Minato drummed his fingers on the desk. 

“It’s tricky, but they don’t have a verifiable claim on him,” Minato replied. He eyed Deidara. “Do you have a preferred cover-up story?”

“...no,” Deidara admitted. 

He didn’t like that Iwa thought they owned him, but he’d never had strong feelings about his family origins. They were assholes that treated him like shit, and he’d left. That was it. 

They kicked around a few ideas, ranging from gaslighting everyone that Deidara’s explosions had nothing to do with Iwa’s only bloodline limit, to claiming he was an old experiment of Orochimaru. They didn’t come to any sort of real conclusion, and eventually Minato said he’d sleep on it and dismissed them. 

“Deidara, can I talk to you for a moment?” Minato asked. Deidara narrowed his eyes at him, and from his peripheral vision he saw Tori flash a hand sign which was almost definitely Behave.

He crossed his arm and remained sitting while everyone else filed out. Kushina-sensei twirled in her seat so she could duck down and give Minato a peck on the cheek first. Gross. 

When they were alone, Minato asked, “How do you feel about this mission?”

“It’s a mission, yeah,” Deidara replied slowly, trying to parse what he was actually being asked. Loyalty, maybe. His father was an Iwa-nin, even if he’d never met him. He added, “I don’t really like undercover missions, but it’s fine if I get to do some art. If I get a promotion and a nice paycheck out of it, all the better.” 

Deidara still wasn’t sure he wanted to stay in Konoha, but the prospect of a steady income after being a child wandering-nin no one wanted to hire was incredibly alluring. Income meant he could have a bed, maybe even rent an art studio if Konoha Jounin got paid well. These fantasies weren’t enough to make him even consider going back to a hellhole that was Iwa, but if all Konoha had to torture him was a pushy sensei who got him in good with the Hokage, he’d take it. 

“I know you intentionally fled Iwa,” Minato said, his voice… soft for some reason. Weird. “I understand going back might be uncomfortable.”

“I’ve never been to Iwa,” Deidara defended immediately. He’d made damn sure to leave Earth Country as soon as he could, and they hadn’t even been able to put him through any of their stupid ninja aptitude tests in this timeline. 

Minato put up both hands as a calming gesture. 

“I know, I know,” he replied. “But you have their bloodline limit. You grew up outside of a village, so this might not be obvious to you yet, but your art is going to link you Iwa permanently. I don’t want to send you into Iwa unprepared.”

Deidara had to spend a few moments grinding his teeth to hold back rude words. Of course he knew. Iwa had bred him to be their perfect little killing machine.  

“It’s not Iwa’s bloodline limit,” Deidara replied eventually. “It’s mine, yeah. I decide what it’s for and what I do with it. That’s the whole point of my art, yeah.”

Minato raised both eyebrows. “Alright,” he said. “Good. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”

He dismissed him, leaving him with a strange promise that his door was always open if Deidara wanted to “talk.” Whatever. 

As he hopped down the stairs of Hokage tower two at a time, Deidara found himself surprised Minato had agreed that his bloodline limit was his own, separate from a village’s control. Probably a manipulation to keep Deidara away from any temptations to join Iwa. There was no way Minato would say Itachi’s eyeballs were for himself only and not Konoha, or that Kushina should use her chakra chains for anything but Konoha’s wellbeing. Villages just didn’t work like that. 

Not that Deidara would complain about special treatment…

Tori was waiting for him outside, leaning against an outside wall. They started the walk back to the genin dorms. 

“What’d he want?” she asked. 

Deidara rolled his eyes exaggeratedly. “He wanted to know how I felt, yeah. Stupid.”

Tori frowned. “And how do you feel?” she asked. 

“Like you and him are both annoying, yeah,” Deidara replied. “Also, what the hell is with you twiddling your thumbs and acting stupid whenever anyone asks about fuinjutsu–”

Tori rolled her eyes right back at him. This was an ongoing argument. Deidara understood her reasoning for downplaying her talents; he just thought it was stupid. Just because Orochimaru was a manipulative scumbag didn’t mean every ninja wanted to push and push until she had a screaming breakdown. Most villages did this very slowly and steadily in a very predictable, soul-crushing kind of way.  

Somehow, Tori looped his rant at her back around. “I mean, if you have feelings about me and Oto, you definitely have some feelings about you and Iwa,” she said. “Are you going to be able to keep it together, seeing it?”

Deidara scowled at her. She’d worded it ambiguously because they were in public, but there was a definite seeing it AGAIN implied in there. And obviously Deidara didn’t want to go to Iwa, but that was the mission she and Itachi had signed him up for. He was an adult, if not physically. He could handle being annoyed by Iwa-nin for a month. 

“Obviously,” he told Tori. Then he grabbed her arm and yanked her down a side street, changing the subject entirely. “There’s a new take-out place down here. We should get dinner, yeah.”

[darquedeath4444]

Ripples

Chapter TWO

They were ready to head out not too long after. Karin used her sensor abilities to keep an eye on the Konoha team, agreeing that they were indeed tracking them by scent. She had Jugo scatter Sasuke's scent using birds and they left the area as quickly as they could.

"Shadow clones," Karin suddenly said. "A countless number of them. They're probably trying to chase down all the scents."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. Naruto. "Hn." He sped up, leading his team along the path plotted out. 

Soon, they stopped at the edge of a cliff, by the entrance to one of the Akatsuki bases.

"You four wait here and wait for orders," Sasuke said. "I'll check it out myself." The Uchiha darted in without waiting for a reply.

Suigetsu sighed dramatically and plopped down on the ground. "This is so unfair."

Sakura joined him. She tucked her knees to her chest and sighed. "I want a sword too." She eyed Suigetsu's Kubikiribocho.

Suigetsu smirked. "Oh?"

Sakura hurled herself at him and he met her mock tackle with a playful growl. A few minutes in, Karin suddenly straightened. "There's someone else in there."

"What? Really?" Suigetsu sat up too. "You should have said something sooner."

"He wasn't there before!" Karin snapped. "He just appeared!"

"What do we do?" Sakura asked. She scrambled off of him and got to her feed.

Suigetsu shrugged. "Well, truth be told, I'm curious."

Sasuke watched the last of the feathers land on the ground, anger bubbling within him.

"Sasuke!"

He looked up towards his team as they darted into the cave. "I thought I told you to wait outside," he said.

Suigetsu grinned. "Well, Karin said she sensed someone else in here and we got curious."

"Feathers?" Karin asked, looking around.

"Black feathers," Sakura said. "Crows." She narrowed her eyes a little. "Uchiha Itachi."

Sasuke turned around. "We're moving. Follow me."

On their way to their next destination, they ran into a shadow clone.

The cry of "Sasuke!" was cut off when the Uchiha tore through it with a Chidori.

It poofed out of existence and none of them stopped in their steps as they flashed past.

"A shadow clone will send its memories back to the creator after it is destroyed," Sakura said. "He'll be coming after us."

Sasuke merely narrowed his eyes. They traveled a while more without bumping into any more clones.

Suddenly, Karin stiffened. "There's an incredible chakra signature heading our way!" She called out.

Someone landed on a light pole a few feet away. Sasuke's sudden stop caused the rest of them to skid to a halt.

Suigetsu's chakra spiked a little. "You..."

"Hoshigaki Kisame," Sakura murmured.

"Sasuke-kun, if you would please go ahead by yourself." The Akatsuki member swung his huge sword onto his shoulder. "Itachi-san wants the rest of us to wait here."

Sasuke didn't even flinch. "No problem. I only formed this team to make sure no one interferes when I finally come to face him." He stepped forward. "This works out perfectly."

"That's crazy, Sasuke!" Karin cried out. "We should just beat this guy together, then go after your brother-"

"I'm not really in the mood for another fight, but if you insist, I won't have a choice," Kisame smirked.

"Don't think about it, Karin," Sasuke said. "You four wait here. This is my revenge."

Sasuke moved past Kisame, who didn't make any move to stop him.

Once the Uchiha was gone, Suigetsu stepped forward. "Hoshigaki Kisame." A smirk appeared on the Hozuki's face. "And the sword Samehada."

Kisame glanced over at him.

"Do you remember me?" Suigetsu asked. "I'm Hozuki Mangetsu's brother, Hozuki Suigetsu."

"Are you now?" Kisame asked. "I didn't even recognize you! You've really grown."

Suigetsu gestured towards Sakura. "That's our sister, Sakura. I don't think you've ever met her."

"Younger sister, eh? Mangetsu mentioned you a few times." Kisame nodded at her, and she gave a small wave.

"Now, since we're stuck here waiting for Sasuke, why don't we kill some time?" Suigetsu reached for his sword.

"I see you haven't lost your mischievous streak." Kisame held out his own. "Fine, I'll gladly shave a few layers off you!"

Sakura's insistent cry of 'I want a sword too!' was drowned out by the clash of the two blades.

The moment Kisame just vanished, all four of them knew that the fight had concluded, one way or another. Karin cried out in alarm that Sasuke’s chakra had vanished, and when they entered the cave, there was no trace of the younger Uchiha.

Sasuke was nowhere to be seen for the next few days.

However, a week later, the raven appeared before them, followed by a man wearing the Akatsuki cloak, his face hidden behind an orange mask.

Sakura grabbed onto Suigetsu's arm, eyes wide.

"Huh?" Suigetsu turned his head just a little, to keep both Sakura and the masked dude in his vision.

"I've seen him before," Sakura murmured.

Suigetsu simply narrowed his eyes.

"From now on, we will no longer be 'Hebi'." Sasuke suddenly said.

Sakura turned to look at him. His eyes had been blank ever since he had come back from wherever he had been for the past few days.

"We will now call ourselves 'Taka', and our goal will be the total destruction of the Leaf."

Later, Team Taka was led deeper into the forest where they were greeted with something like a temporary meeting room. Kisame was there and he smirked at them as they gathered around the table.

Sasuke sat himself down on one of the two chairs.

The man claiming to be 'Madara' sat on the table and stared down at him. "So, you want to destroy Konoha, but do you have an actual plan in mind?"

Sasuke linked his hands in front of himself. "We eliminate the top tier. That's all I've come up with."

"If you go for the top, they'll shield themselves with the bottom. It's not that easy." Kisame smirked. "You kids are too inexperienced."

"Don't underestimate using, Kisame-senpai. We still haven't finished our little game." Suigetsu stepped forward but Sakura stopped him with a hand on his arm.

"Don't," Sakura eyed Kisame. "He'll know a lot about it, I think."

Suigetsu blinked in surprise.

She then turned to Madara. "The Fourth Mizukage," Sakura said. "You are the Fourth Mizukage."

The masked man looked up and even Kisame wasn't able to hide his surprise as he stared at her. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"What are you saying, Kura?" Suigetsu asked. "The Fourth was Yagura..."

Sakura just shook her head. "Something that just came to mind." She ran her tongue over her sharp teeth, then sat down on the ground. SHe did not speak up for the rest of the meeting.

Madara eyed her for a few more seconds before turning back to Sasuke. "At any rate, Akatsuki is currently lacking in numbers," je said.

"Uh...you're not so hot either." Suigetsu muttered.

The masked man didn't seem to hear him. "We share the same goal. From now on, 'Akatsuki' and 'Taka' will move as one."

"What's in it for us?" Sasuke asked.

"The Biju."

"Biju?"

"Don't you know anything?" Madara asked.

Karin opened her mouth but Sasuke beat her to it. "What are they?" He bit out.

"Monsters made of chakra. The first Hokage once had a few of them under his control. He split them between the five Shinobi nations when he began the peace talks, to balance out the power. You could call them the ultimate chakra weapons," Madara said. "Not a bad trade, right?"

"That's pretty generous of you."

Madara shrugged. "However, betray us and you won't be left alive."

"Heh." Sasuke smirked.

"There are nine Bijuu in our world, and so far, we have seven of them," Kisame said. "Two left."

"The Akatsuki and Taka will each hunt down one of them," Madara said. "That's our current goal."

Sasuke leaned back a little and narrowed his eyes. "So you haven't gotten Naruto yet."

"Akatsuki will take care of Naruto. Taka will get the other target."

While Suigetsu attempted to pull out the location of the Hachibi from a Kumo shinobi, Sakura, under Jugo's quiet suggestion, began searching through the possible locations of the Jinchuriki.

Finally, tired of waiting, Sasuke stepped in, casting a genjutsu and forcing the Kumo shinobi to spill. Sakura confirmed the man's words a second later.

"Hn." Sasuke turned to face the direction Sakura had pointed out. "We're going."

The five of them landed outside the cave just as a tanned dude stepped out of it, cursing at the sun. He didn't seem to have noticed them, though all of them highly doubted that.

"You the Hachibi Jinchuuriki?" Sasuke called.

The man turned to look at them. "Don't you mean 'excuse me, are you the Hachibi-sama?' or 'are you Jinchuriki-sama?'" The man asked.

Sasuke placed a hand casually on the handle of his blade. "You're coming with us."

The Hachibi did not look impressed.

"I'll capture him," Sasuke said. "Suigetsu, go right. Jugo, left. Karin, stay behind me. Sakura, support."

"Hmmmm." The man in front of them crossed his arms.

Suigetsu shot out, sword raised over his head.

"Time for some in-battle advice, ya little shit!" The Hachibi called. He didn't move even when Suigetsu approached. The Hozuki swung down his sword and a small crater formed as the two made contact.

"The men from Akatsuki said not to kill the Jinchuuriki, Suigetsu," Jugo called.

"I can still feel his chakra," Karin said. "Don't worry."

When the dust cloud cleared, they all saw that the Hachibi had blocked Suigetsu's blade with his hands. "I'm the only one that's allowed to hit me." He swung his arms. "Get lost, little shit. Eat a fist while you're at it!" The Kubikiribocho flew out of Suigetsu's hands and into the air. The Hozuki let out a grunt as he was pushed off balance.

"Move, Sui-nii!" Sakura appeared in the air. She grabbed the blade handle and swung it, using the momentum to bring her down.

"Whoa!" Suigetsu jumped back just in time as the contact formed another crater. Through the smoke, Sakura felt more than saw the fist swinging towards her. The blow went right through her, the hole in her stomach turning into liquid. Sakura swung the Kubikiribocho back at Suigetsu then collapsed into water to escape the Hachibi's attack. She quickly reformed behind her brother, eyes wide. Suigetsu gripped the blade, one arm in front of him.

"Suigetsu," Jugo called. "Sakura." He stepped forward slowly, eyes narrowed a little. "Step back."

Anyone who was associated with Orochimaru knew to an extent of Jugo's power. Especially Suigetsu, who had fought him, Sakura, who had been held in the same hideout as him and Karin, who sometimes did filings, all knew of his prowess.

So none of them had thought he would lose. Not so easily.

Jugo was lying at the Hachibi's feet. The Jinchuriki had drawn one of his blades and had taken care of Jugo singlehandedly.

"That freak...took out Jugo?" Karin asked. "What the hell..."

Jugo let out a grunt, his cursed mark reseeding back.

Sasuke stepped forward. "I'll handle this." He moved in and the Hachibi stepped away to avoid his attack.

Jugo staggered to his feet and stepped back a little, stumbling.

"You okay, Jugo?" Karin called. The orange head nodded.

"Who are you kids anyway?" The Hachibi asked. "Why're you after me?"

"That's none of your business," Sasuke said dismissively. He ducked a blow and lashed out again.

"Weird looking dude with terrible rhymes." Suigetsu muttered. "This job sucks."

"You agreed to take it." Sakura pointed out.

"This is the fastest way for us to gain power," Sasuke said. "If you don't like it, leave."

Suigetsu scoffed.

"I want to know if what we were told about the Biju is true or not and I want to know now." Sasuke's blade appeared from his sleeve. "And we are the ones using the Akatsuki." He added, more to his teammates.

"Heh." Suigetsu smirked. "Now shut that guy up! If I have to hear another one of his rhymes, I'll kill myself."

"Don't be so mean." Sakura reprimanded. "I think he's better than you at rhyming."

Suigetsu looked offended.

"I intend to," Sasuke said. He shot forward, his blade drawn. After exchanging a few blows, the Hachibi suddenly stepped back and pulled out a notebook. Muttering under his breath, he began to write something down.

The Hachibi snapped his book shut. "Now I'm all jacked up. Thanks, bro, you just gave me a new idea fora read badass rhyme." He reached behind him as he began to rap again. Sasuke's eyes narrowed as the Jinchuuriki grasped the handle of his blades and yanked at them. The swords flew up into the air.

"Watch it, Sasuke!" Suigetsu called out, alarmed. "He's not any random shinobi! He's an incredible swordsman!"

The Hachibi caught all eight of his blades and took a weird stance. In a blink of an eye, he was moving forward in a tornado of metal. With a single harsh blow, he sent Sasuke flying, the Uchiha's blade leaving his hands as he skids across the floor.

"His movement is so unorthodox," Suigetsu murmured.

Sakura nodded. "Can't read his blade."

The Uchiha was back on his feet rather quickly. Lightning chakra ran through his hand and he grasped his blade, running towards the Jinchuuriki again.

"The Chidori." Suigetsu murmured.

However, the Jinchuuriki blocked the lightning attack with his own blade.

Suigetsu stiffened in shock.

"I'm the Hachibi," the man sang. "You can't hit me." He tensed. "I float like a butterfly." He swung his free arm, catching Sasuke's side. "Sting like a bee!"

The Uchiha coughed out blood, the blow sending him into the air.

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ÚJÉV REGGELI haikuk

Sajnos ősszel nem foglalkoztam annyit a haikukkal, mint szerettem volna, konkrétan egy árva bejegyzést sikerült a költeményeknek szentelnem. Azonban igencsak feltöltött az óév búcsúztatásának gondolata, ez ugyanis az az időszak, amit a karácsonynál is jobban szeretek. Mindig élveztem a kontrasztot az óév utolsó napjának felfordulása és az újév első napjának nyugalma között. Mivel nagyon nem ment mostanában az írás, ezért az újév varázsa már megszűnt és belecsöppentem a monoton januári hétköznapokba, de a késés ellenére jöjjenek az újévi haiku-fordításaim!

A japánoknál a karácsony egy kicsit erőltetett ünnep, inkább a külcsínről szól: KFC csirkét ropogtatnak, szerelmükkel randizgatnak vagy épp a pazar világításban gyönyörködnek mindenféle mögöttes tartalom nélkül, hiszen ebben a keresztény gyökerekkel nem rendelkező országban az emberek nem tudják európai módra megélni az ünnepet. Az újév időszaka azonban mindig az egyik legfontosabb dátum volt a naptárukban.

Az újév kezdeti időszakára több szavuk van a japánoknak. Az új esztendőre a sinnen (新年) szót használják. Az év végét és az újév első napjait egyben nenmacu-nensinek hívják (年末年始), ezt a szót leggyakrabban üzletek, hivatalok nyitva tartásánál olvashatjuk. Az évkezdet utáni rövid időszak a tosiake (年明け), a január 1-től 3-áig tartó ünnepre pedig az o-sógacu (お正月) kifejezést használják. Konkrétan az újév első napját, tehát január 1-jét gandzsicunek (元日) mondják, és e nap reggelére is van külön szavuk, ez a gantan (元旦). Ezzel a szóval mint haiku évszakszóval szeretnék bővebben foglalkozni.

Hogy ne legyen ennyire egyszerű a kép, ne felejtsük el, hogy a Gergely-naptár átvétele (1873) előtt Japán a kínai eredetű holdnaptárat alkalmazta, ezért akkoriban az újév időszaka február elejére esett. Tradicionálisan sinsunnek (新春), vagyis ’új tavasznak’ nevezték ezért az újévet, s ekkoriban a már említett háromnapos o-sógacu megünneplése január eleje helyett februárra esett. Furán hangzik, de az eltolódás miatt kötötték a szilva virágzását is az újévhez. Ezért találkozhatunk korabeli újévi haikukban is a ’tavasz’ és a ’szilvavirág’ kifejezésekkel.

Térjünk rá a gantan évszakszóra! Mutatom, milyen írásjegyekből áll:

元: a moto/gan olvasatú kandzsi jelentése ’kezdet’, ez most az évkezdetre utal.

旦: a tan olvasattal is rendelkező kandzsi jelentése ’hajnal’, ’virradat’, ’reggel’. Különösen megtetszett ez az írásjegy, mert kiváló példája a képírásnak. Az áthúzott téglalap a Napot jelöli, az alatta levő vonás pedig a horizontot, a kettő együtt pedig megjeleníti a látóhatár fölé kúszó napkorongot.

Szokásomhoz híven két, 1890-es évek végén íródott Maszaoka Siki haikuval nyitnám meg a fordítások sorát, ezután pedig vegyesen válogattam különböző költők művei közül. 元旦の馬車見る人や丸の内 GANTAN NO / BASA MIRU HITO JA / MARU-NO-UCSI* (正岡子規 - Maszaoka Siki) Újévre virrad. Lovaskocsit bámul egy városi alak. 元旦に追つかれけり破衾 GANTAN NI / OICUKAREKERI / VARE-BUSZUMA (正岡子規 - Maszaoka Siki) Újév hajnala ócska, feslett paplanom alatt rám talált.

穏やかな雪の元旦神籤引く ODAJAKA NA / JUKI NO GANTAN / MIKUDZSI HIKU (池田加寿���) A békés újév behavazott reggelén jóslatot húzok.** 元旦の満月深海の静寂 GANTAN NO / MANGETSU, SINKAI / NO SZEIDZSAKU (雨村敏子) Virrad az újév. Fenn telihold hál, lenn tenger mélye kel. 元旦や雪を冠りて並ぶ屋根 GANTAN JA / JUKI O KABURITE / NARABU JANE (筒井八重子) Újévre virrad. Hósapkát húzott ma kinn minden háztető. 元旦の最初の客の皓歯かな GANTAN NO / SZAISO NO KJAKU NO / KÓSI KANA (能村登四郎 - Nomura Tosiró) Az újév első vendége köszön épp rám: gyöngymosoly fogad! 呑み過ぎの元旦酒に地震がきて NOMISZUGI NO / GANTAN-ZAKE NI / DZSISIN GA KITE (丸山酔宵子) Újév reggelén szakétól részegítve… Jaj, a föld is reng! 元旦や電話が伝ふ友の死を GANTAN JA / DENVA GA CUTAU / TOMO NO SI O (神田惣介) Újév reggelén megcsörren a telefon… Barátom meghalt. 元旦の銭湯煙り吐き出せり GANTAN NO / SZENTÓ KEMURI / HAKIDASZERI (江成幸子) Újév hajnalán közfürdő hányja fehér gőzét szerteszét. 元旦や富士は茜の雲を生み GANTAN JA / FUDZSI VA AKANE NO / KUMO O UMI (遠藤若狭男 - Endó Vakaszao) Virrad az újév. Buzérvörös felhőt szül fölénk a Fudzsi. A haiku-válogatásnak vége, viszont nem tudtam kihagyni egy ráadás költeményt Maszaoka Sikitől, ami az ’újévi hajnal’ helyett az ’újév napja’ (元日, gandzsicu) évszakszót tartalmazza. Véletlenül találtam rá, de rögtön a kedvencem lett: 元日や上野の森に去年の月 GANDZSICU JA / UENO NO MORI NI / KOZO NO CUKI (正岡子規 - Maszaoka Siki) Újév virrad, de Ueno erdein még tavalyi a Hold.

* Maru-no-ucsi Tokió egyik városrésze, mely ma nyüzsgő üzleti negyed és közlekedési csomópont. Siki korában brit mintára épített házak sorakoztak ott, ekkor kezdődött a városrész beépítése és fellendítése.

** Jóslat (o-mikudzsi): japán templomokban kapható, feltekercselt, hosszúkás kis jóscédulák, a jó vagy rossz szerencse hírvivői. Az újévi templomlátogatások alkalmával is szokás húzni, egy fadobozból.

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On the Seven Swords being in storage

The only reason to keep the swords locked away in storage is political, since Buntan at least proved that there were definitely people skilled enough to wield those weapons. Being in possession of one of the swords is meant to be an indicator that you are one of the strongest in the Village and there is no way Chojuro would award that kind of status to someone who wasn’t loyal to him. On one hand it’s logical to not hand weapons to people who would backstab you, but on the other it’s hoarding an important piece of Kirigakure’s culture and History, especially since he doesn’t even wield Hiramekarei regularly. He could be trying to distance Kirigakure from the swords bloody History, but that doesn’t seem right with how swords are emphasized in the academy and how intent Chojuro was on passing the blades to Kagura. Considering Kagura is only a chunin, though a strong and talented one, and it seemed that none of the other blades were in use, it makes me wonder if Chojuro really didn’t have many people he could trust that had any sort of fighting prowess, because if there were candidates he could trust Chojuro was foolish not to give them the swords and capitalize on how much stronger he’d look with them backing him. (Why would the swords even be taken back from Kumo if there were no plans to try to pass them on) How bitter do you think Shizuma and especially Buntan were that Chojuro had pretty much completely disregarded the two of them as candidates, if he wasn’t just intent on burying the swords. Buntan from the get go was really really good with Kiba and very practiced with her lightning element, that had to have taken a lot of specialized training to not only duel wield efficiently, but control the swords away from her body. That likely took a lot of practice with chakra conductive blades to get precise movements like that and really fine control of her lightning. It also sounds like lightning affinity is kind of uncommon in Kirigakure so it’s likely that there aren’t many people in the Village who could hope to use Kiba as efficiently as she does. (I honestly think she was probably better than Raiga with them) It must have really stung to be looked over regardless of her skill, especially considering the importance she placed on her father’s legacy. It’s quite possible Buntan was overlooked due to her natural inclination towards violence and probable long time association with Shizuma, but we know that her mother at least condemned her just for being Raiga’s, Buntan could have easily been pushed to the wayside by a most of the village and written off really early as a delinquent. If she didn’t gravitate towards Shizuma naturally I’d bet a lack of anywhere else to go pushed her there. And speaking of Shizuma, I know he lost control of Samehada but it’s actually really impressive that Samehada allowed him to pick it up at all, it’s a really picky sword. The only people we’ve known to be able to wield Samehada are Killer B, the Jinchuriki Swordsman, Kisame, who was basically one with the blade, and Mangetsu and Fuguki, the two swordsmen who were serious threats when resurrected even without swords at all. Kisame’s skill with Samehada is probably not something you should judge a rookie against, he’s basically at a level of Mastery and synchronicity that might not be achievable by anyone else considering Samehada began to match his chakra signature and cared for himeven  after it found a new wielder. Shizuma held onto a chakra starved Samehada and wielded it competently for most of the fight, and while it’s obvious he was nowhere near Kisame’ level raw power and swordsmanship, he was pulling out techniques that synergized with Samehada that we never saw Kisame use, Shizuma had to have but in time to learn that. It doesn’t sound like there are a lot of Hoshigaki around with the way Shizuma talks and it always seemed to me that their clan likely provided most of the wielders of Samehada due to genetic high chakra levels and compatible sharkiness, so Samehada was likely something of a family legacy for Shizuma as well, something he would have gotten and been trained for if not for Chojuro’s policies. As for the other new swordsman, I don’t really think they had a family legacy for the swords, but they probably felt angry in the same way as the rest of the people who didn’t like the new tourist friendly direction of kiri. Not only are important cultural artifacts being hidden, but no one is being allowed the accomplishment of earning them unless they give up the culture those swords represented. I don’t think anybody really wants to go back to the poverty and betrayal of the Bloody Mist, but everybody probably misses back when they were a shinobi village first and foremost. Basically tldr: It’s BS Buntan needed to steal Kiba in the first place and Chojuro is either erasing history has a week power base or both, which either way probably embittered the people of Kirigakure.

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[English] [biribiri] [Somejima] Human Toilet [English] {doujin-moe.us} [Marui Maru] Love♥Hole (Kabe ni Umekomareta Shoujo de Seiyoku Shori Vol. 1) [English] [QBtranslations] [Digital] RYUU NO HANAWAZURAI Koakuma no Sanctuary Kaitou Game Himegimi no Tsukurikata Kishidou Club Bangaihen Sono Koi ni wa Wake ga Aru HYAKUNEN RENBO Porno SuperStar (C85) [ManiacStreet (Sugaishi, Oono)] Harenchi Vacation (To LOVE-Ru) [English] [Life4Kaoru] Ijimetaihodo Aishiteru Dekichatta Danshi INUGAMIHIME NO SHIMOBE Warau Kanoko-sama Kagome Gemsilica Kimi No Sei MITSUKOI HONEY SEKAI WA KIMI DE MAWATTERU Henai Prince [Musashimaru] Amayadori | Rain Shelter (COMIC Hana-man 2010-08) [English] [Decensored] AZUMANGA DAIOH: HOSHUU-HEN AZUMANGA DAIOH http://g.e-hentai.org/s/db9a858526/125592-24 GOD VIRGIN SUKIMASUKI HITORI SHIZUKA HARUKOMA PAPERWEIGHT EYE ALGAE IROTORIDORI NO SORA NI SAITARA KIKEN JUNAI D.N.A. TIGHT ROPE HITORIBOCCHI NO KUNI DATTE AI JA NAI!? You No Ou KIMI GA SUKI MT PASS SAILOR DANSHI BOYSLIKE! MITSUIRO DEVIL KENJUTSU KOMACHI DARK EYES MANGETSU MONOGATARI Sweet Poolside Boku wa Kimi no Tori ni Naritai PAPA NO IUKOTO O KIKINASAI! WILD AND STRAWBERRY HOTEL LA VIE EN ROSE Bokurani Matsuwaru Etc Sex Therapist STEALTH SYMPHONY NIKUTAIKAN-K INOCHI MIJIKASHI, KOI SEYO FURYOU SHOUNEN! PROLOGUE - GYMNOPEDIES VEINS COIN LAUNDRY NO ONNA HANA NO ARU SEIKATSU Kusatta Rasen Aseru Awakening Puberty Misshitsu MAX POWER!! STROBE EDGE LOVE BERRISH! SOLANIN DOKUHIME KANOJO NI NARU HI KIMI NO NEIRO KOI (MATSUMOTO TOMO) CREAM CARAMEL GAROU-CHAN LIVING WITH AN INCUBUS SCHOOL NINGYO HAGOROMO MISHIN KISS BLUE HAREM LODGE SAKAMICHI NO APOLLON LOVE SICK SAYONARA KODOMOTACHI GENIUS HOUSE YUUWAKU (TAKAMIYA AZUMA) SUMMER SWITCH FRUITS BASKET GREAT TEACHER ONIZUKA KISEIJUU NISE NO CHIGIRI THE BREAKER Helter Skelter IIKI NO KI NECROMANCER* RAKUDA TSUKAI TO OUJI NO YORU IENAI ITAMI O DAITE IRU WARAU KYUUKETSUKI LAST SUMMER BLUES RAKUDA TSUKAI TO OUJI NO YORU Yume Yume Shinjuu Ai O Kou Kemono Hakoiri Musuko Nemureru Tsuki Nishikaidan No Akuma Nanadome No Gomenne Katsubou no Manazashi Peeping Tom HARD CORE HEART Futari No Musuko Ni Nerawarete Imasu KOIZORA MITSUAI CELEB ICHIGO NO GAKKOU ROE AISHITERUZE BABY Bitter Virgin Ijiwaru UCHI NO DARLING GAIKOKUJIN STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY STRAWBERRY Takahashi Mako INFINITE 20 MINUTES Omae De Nakya Dame Mitai (Yaoi) OTOKO HIME TO MAHOU NO LAMP CRYBABY BETTY WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM? YUME TSUKAI KOI TSUKIYO NO HIMEGOTO TORA KISS - A SCHOOL ODYSSEY VERED NO ROSEMARY Kiken na Otonarisan Love Recycle Koi No Mannaka Darker than Black dj - Senka Kongou Banchou GE - GOOD ENDING Ouji No Hakoniwa The Miscreant Next Door Lovenista Bet!! LIFE, LOVE Desire Climax He’s Dedicated To Roses It’s Summer! There’s Fireworks! And for Boys, a Yuakata! Ore No Mono Ni Narinasai The Caterpillar THE SLEEPY RESIDENTS OF BIRDCAGE MANOR OTOGI MATSURI Sawaraseteyo, Shiba-kun Soba Ni Oitene Warui Koto Bakkashite Gomennasai Heaven’s Love Koi ja nai kedo Warui ko demo ii? I Don’t Dislike You I Want To Be Naughty! Konna Nekomimi, Suki Desu Ka? Koi To Wana (Yaoi) Hatsukoi (Yaoi) Ani No Chuukoku Boku no Kichiku Megane Ai ga Love Shite You nanosa To the Sea Nichijousahan Bi - Beautiful Life Konbini-kun (Yaoi) Torikago Syndrome Innocent Blue Escape (kyuugou) Samenai Yume Double Mints Till Dawn Yume Touka End Roll Sasayaku no wa Sono Yubi Tatoe Toraware No Koi Demo Itsuka Koi Ga Kanau Made Toki no Rashinban Sakura Gari Sugar Dark Omae Sae Inakerya Saigo no Sangatsu Urahara to Dilemma (Yaoi) Mainichi Seiten Kodomo wa Tomaranai Children’s Time Kodomo no Iibun .Isoganaide .Hanaya no Nikai de Calling (OOTSUKI Miu) (Yaoi) Trap (OOTSUKI Miu) yaoi Tonari Ni Kimi No Nukumori Wo (Yaoi) S+M Recipe (Yaoi) KONO BIJUTSUBU NI WA MONDAI GA ARU! Ore-tachi No Kijou Jitai!! (Yaoi) Ze (Yaoi) Middle School, Third Year (Yaoi) Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki Mo Sezu (Yaoi) J no Subete (Yaoi) Blue Sky Complex Me o Tojite 3-Byou (Yaoi) High School Debut Denkou Sekka Boys (Yaoi) (r.i.p) X-day [switch] A Revolutionist in the Afternoon Becchin to Mandara ***********************Wendy by jiro matsumoto MAINICHI KIMI NO KOTO BAKARI Looking for Happiness K no Souretsu OIRAN GIRL Carmen (Yaoi) Shingakkou - Noli Me Tangere (Yaoi) OUMAGADOKI DOUBUTSUEN ????????????????????????? Star-like Words (Yaoi) Koi o Suru nara Kono Machi de (Yaoi) 1/3 No Kareshi HINEKURE SHISHO NO MIKAIKETSU JIKENROKU WELCOME TO THE SATURDAY NIGHT CLUB Ai no Gebokutachi (Yaoi) HIKIZURU OTO WHAT DO THE TEENAGE BOYS DO

mangaiwanttoread ARISA

YORU, TOOKU E MUKAU

HOSHIGARI LOVE DOLLAR

Sugar Sugar Rune

SUKI KIRAI SUKI (TSUKISHIMA HARU)

****** Homunculus

Rinjin 13 Gou

Ichi the Killer

Enjokousai Bokumetsu Undou

Voyeur

*****Blue Heaven

****** MUJOU NO SEKKI - OUMA NO KETSUMYAKU

TANABATA NO KUNI

ALIVE

Dead Flowers

DARE NI MO SHIRANAI

***** FERMER MARDI

Yoru no Sugao

Kono Uta wa Kimi no Tameni

RYUU TO HIDARI TE

Love and Baseball (Yaoi)

Hanamatsuri

Home

Hana no Namae

Trans Venus

Muku Na Princess

Blue Dragon Ral Grado

Terpenoid (Yaoi)

The Melancholy of GOGO-BOY

Yuigon (Yaoi)

Mousukoshi Yoru Ga Nagakereba

Giocatore, Hokaku Keikaku (

Watashi Wa Hoka No Otoko To, SEX Shite, SEX Shite, SEX O Shita. ~Itsunomanika Kanojo Wa~

Sensitive Pornograph

Kareshi to Ore to Ore no Kouhai

Burning Hell

Baka de Guzu wa Daikirai

Yukimura-sensei To Kei-kun

http://www.mangahere.co/manga/yongbi/c003/7.html dropped

Hana wa Saku ka (Yaoi)

Akudama (Yaoi)

Horikou Hanemono Ranger

Love Stalking!

Sick

Interval (Yaoi)

Kichiku, Encount

Ichi Ni no San!

Ouji to Kotori (Yaoi)

No Color (Yaoi)

Hajimari no Niina

Masaka Kore ga Koi Nante (Yaoi)

**** Bouzu to Kumo (Yaoi)

Momoiro Shoukougun (Yaoi)

Aku No Hana

Hakuji

Erotic Fairy Tales: Red Riding Hood

B-men Kazoku

Erotic Fairy Tales: Bluebeard

Devil x Devil (Yaoi)

Dounimo Nannai Soushi Souai (Yaoi)

*** Snow Maidens

Kekkai Sensen - Mafuugai Kess

Taro-kun Wa Kou Miete Igai To Xxx Desu.

Aru Otoko no Uta (Yaoi)

USAGI DROP

[Taropun] Haeru Bou | Sproingy Stick

Uso Mitai na Hanashi Desu ga H (Yaoi)

Yume no Kuni in My Darling (Yaoi)

Double Bullet~~~~~~~~~

Abnormal

Ookami Shounen To Hamu No Hito

Sei naru Yoru ni

Saishou Kouyakusuu

Shisen

Girls’ Lives ?????

Girl’s End ?????

For You, My Beloved

Boys Like!!

Akisato Wakuni Kessakushuu

Love My Life

Shibuyaku Maruyamachou

Azami (Yaoi)

Sabita Yoru Demo Koi Wa Sasayaku

Renai-rubi no Tadashii Furikata

Narrow (Place collection)

Hadakeru Kaibutsu ?????

Maka Maka

Heaven!!

Nii-chan (harada)

Dog Style

Kaibutsu Ouji

Sumomo (harada)

Koi to wa Baka de Aru Koto da ??????

Hi Manyuaru Ren Ai (Yaoi)

*****Honey & Honey

Mitsu na Kotoshite Kudasai

Oujitachi wa Izonsuru

Atokata (Yaoi)

????? Naa-tan to Goshujin-tama

****Monster

Fork In The Road (kirino Hajime)

Old Boy

Superior Day

Jackass! - Sawatte Ii tte Dare ga Itta yo?

Kanemochi-kun To Binbou-kun

Konoyo no Hate made I love You

Negative-kun To Positive-kun

Basilisk

Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku o Kite

?????? Mephisto?????

Takashima Kouichirou no Risou no Koibito

A Falsified Romance

Shuumatsu No Tenki

Oingo Boingo Brothersâ&#128;&#153; Adventure

Ryoshuu Reijin

danshou no koi

Basara

Doutei Hitsuji To Abazure Ookami

Hitomi no Dokusenyoku read 5 chps dropped

Yuugure no Machi

Dakishimetakunai

Mou Ichido, Nando Demo

?????? Sasen No Warukunai

Kikoeru?

Void (zariya Ranmaru)

Blood+

Romanticer’s High

Lample

Wakatte Kudasai

Messiah no Yakubi

Messiah no Kyojitsu

Messiah no Sentaku

Tsukiatte Agete mo Ii n Dakara ne

Beast & Feast

Itou-san KURAKA Sui

Spicy & Sugary

Boku No Mama Chan (43) Kaihatsu Nikki

straight kun to gesu

Oshitone Tenzen

Akai Proposal

Puchitto Hajiketa,

Tonari Ni Sunderu Neko No Koto

Tasogare wa dare

Something Happening

Michi Dzure

Retsujou

Nemuri Otoko to Koi Otoko

Sleeping Man Loving Man

*****  Shoujo Tsubaki

Innocent (sakamoto Shinichi)

Barairo no Kaibutsu

Yume no Q-Saku

Motte Meisubeshi

Long Vacation

Nozomu Bekumonai

Yamete Kudasai, Koishii Desu.

Yamete Kudasai, Mabushii Desu

ROUGE (KATSURA Komachi)

Sun-ken Rock

Nise x Koi Boyfriend

Love Mission @

Similar Terms

Mimitabu No Riyuu

Kurubushi No Hone

Senaka made no Kiyori

Shitasaki No Netsu

***  My God

Immoral Sandwich

Otoshiana ni Hamerarete

Kunpuu Tango

Romantic Joutou 

Kurui Naku No Wa Boku No Ban

Oyasuminasai No Ato Wa

Abarenbo honey 

Rift (Conro)

50 X 50 

Kaeru no Prince-sama

Hana To Ryuu

Billion Dogs

Kir///ei n/i Shi///teyo

Feeding lamb

If You Do Not Obey Me

Kyuuso Ha Cheese no Yume Omiru

Shitsukekata = Nijuumaru

Usotsuki Na Kimi No Toriko

Ore to Omae no Stalker Boushihou

Teppuu

Mugen No Juunin  //   Blade of the Immortal

Fire Punch

Baka Ga Zenra De Yattekuru

[Tomochi] Doronuma – Because I Love You

[Tomochi] Doronuma 

Kuzu de Baka ni wa Nido to Awanai

He Is a High-school Girl

Fox Princess 

  My Little Noir

Hitorijime My Boyfriend

Shimanami Tasogare

Dokuzetsu no S na Ore ga Jimi Riman ni Kuwaresou desu

Nakenai Usotsuki

Koi to wa Baka de Aru Koto da

Sotozura dake wa oujisama

Nimona

Himizu

Pochi Kuro

Majime na Jikan

The Perfect Finger

Asahinagu

I am a Hero

[youjide444]

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[darkclouud9]

I like to think about all the clans bigger than the Hatake or Namikaze (preferably) combined (3 total, with 2 from the Hatake, and only 1 from the Namikaze).

and the one I always mention is the Hozuki, with Suigetsu, Mangetsu, and Gengetsu.

so I'm making a list because it's funny to me or something. it's just because the Hatake n Namikaze have pretty prominent characters and they're from Konoha. so I'm only naming clans outside Konoha for obvious reasons.

another from Kiri, is the Hoshigaki, which. is kind of a clan. apparently. but it only has Kisame and Shizuma.

the Karatachi from Kiri also works, with Yagura and his grandson Kagura.

you could also maybe count the Yuki if you count Haku's parents alongside him. would you believe me if they were from Kiri-

Suna has the "Kazekage clan", with Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, Rasa, Karura, and Yashamaru.

Suna also has Sasori's family, consisting of Sasori, his two parents, Chiyo, and Ebizo.

Iwa has the Kamizuru, with Onoki, Kurotsuchi, Kitsuchi, and Ishikawa. as the more well known one's anyway ^-^'

Kumo counts too, I guess. 3rd and 4th raikage are father and son. and Killer Bee is the 4th's adoptive brother. also there's Blue B as the 4th's cousin. not exactly a clan, but it is a family so.

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[youjide444]

まんげつ🍵くも

[youjide444]

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