BeyondDandy
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Naruto: Our Ninja Way
The Shinobi world has been making monumental changes in the last couple of years, turmoil rising as tension between the Five Great Nations builds. A peace-seeking Konoha has dug themselves deep into the root of this increasing pandemonium. With hopes of expanding their parliamentary ideals to the rest of the world, Konoha has spread itself thin - spending all of its resources in an attempt of creating a nonpartisan world government. Its efforts, despite extensive, have not yet succeeded at the level the Hokage and his counsel had hoped for. In an attempt to put immediate halt to the seeming divide caused by their intervention, Konoha started its International Genin Initiative - a program to bring Genin from all over the globe together and work towards achieving Konoha’s goal of unison and peace.
International Genin Initiave: Day 1
“Today you rise to the occasion and become Shinobi of new. You are tasked with bringing unity to the Land of Fire and to every nation your feet may cross. You are the next generation’s hope. You are the future of the Shinobi World. I’ll now turn it over to Mr. Taniguchi who will go over everything you need to know before you head out on your first assignment. I appreciate your time. Good luck!”
With a wink and half-smile, Semaki Akinoue - The Hokage - headed towards the stairs of the Hokage estate after finishing her hour long speech about what the Genin would expect in their travels under the IGI (International Genin Initiative). As she started her descent from the rooftop, Rinne and his colleagues bowed in respect to their leader, turning back to their pupils shortly after. With his signature smile, Rinne glanced over all of the new ninja as he cleared his throat. “Ahem….”
“Welcome to day one of the International Genin Initiative. My name is Rinne Taniguchi. My peers behind me are Yamamoto Kazuya and Midori Yamanaka. We are your superiors in this program and have been tasked with your training and development as a ninja. As you may have already noticed, you do not all wear a Leaf headband. Some of you have come from across the globe to be here on your own accord or have been hand selected by our Hokage. Our goal moving forward is to unite the Five Great Nations, so please put your personal vendettas aside.” Rinne paused as he turned his back on the small ninja and faced the giant Hokage Rock that towered behind him.
“If you want to be a part of history you must leave selflessness behind. From this day on you are a unit, no longer ninja, but Shinobi. Your life is as valuable as the person’s next to you. You are inheritors of the Will of Fire. Hope of our ancestors, people and future generations….” he turned around to face the young Genin again. “....But anyways, let’s get you teamed up so we can get out of here.” Pulling out a folder from his back pocket, Rinne started reading it’s contents and grouping the Genin together under their new team leaders.
“Team 9, led by Yamamoto Kazuya. Daihiko Akimichi. Indakki Taiyo. Sheena Fubuki. Team 4, led by Midori Yamanaka. Issho Hyuga. Mako Levatine and Yuki Shion. Team 5, led by yours truly. Kusayanagi Yayaka. Hiromi Uchiha. Luna Kusaki. These are your teams and cannot be changed. We will be embarking on our first assignment tomorrow morning as a group. We will brief you on what to expect and what the mission holds in the morning, so prepare yourself mentally. You will get the rest of the day to gather any belongings you would like to bring on this journey, but please only pack essentials. Accommodations have been prepared for those of you that would like to spend the night here in the left building downstairs.”
Rinne turned back to his fellow Jonin. “Anything either of you would like to add?”
“With that, Team 5, come, gather around. I’d like to properly introduce myself. My name is Rinne Taniguchi as you heard me say already…..” the nerves immediately started to kick in as he was faced with his worst enemy - little women. Their gaze burned right through his soul for some reason. The big bad samurai felt swordless in the presence of his nemesis. “Ahem…”
“My name is Rinne Taniguchi. I was raised in Konoha by a pair of awesome rice farmers. Like you I pride myself in being a Shinobi. This life is very difficult, but very rewarding. You have decided to put others before yourself and that is the greatest thing a human being can do. Anyway, I love chocolate and am okay at Shogi. I’d love to play sometime with any of you willing to take me on. But, enough about me, please, tell me about yourself and……..let me know what you thought of your teammate at first glance. Be honest.”