Earlier.
The meeting chamber with tense with sombre silence at Mito Uzumaki's declaration.
“Are you certain it would work, Mito-sobo?” Tsunade asked, uncertain.
“If I wasn’t why then would I bring it up in ...
2024-04-27 18:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe drafts for TBOTUB and SFF have already been outlined. TBOTUB should be ready in a few hours, then I will begin the new upload cycle with SFF[Convergence].
2024-04-23 11:56:13 +0000 UTC View Post
She stood in the doorway, her hands twisting at her sides, fingers knotted like vines. I stood there, arms crossed, waiting. Silence stretched between us, tight and thin like a wire.
"We need to talk," she said.
I stared past her at the hallway, the peel...
2024-04-23 11:44:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Four: Dispute
I sat there, watching Evelyn fumble over her words.
“You... what?” she stammered, disbelief heavy in her voice.
“I triggered.”
“But… there’s like, what, a point one per cent chance of that happening? Didn’t mom have a compound trigger?...
2024-04-22 16:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostI watched the broadcast with a frown. The screen cast its cold blue glow across the cabin.
“Good evening. We are here at the scene of an unprecedented attack on the Liberty Tower. I'm Nancy Pelosi, and joining me is John Roberts. John, can you gi...
2024-04-22 15:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostFrozen in indecision, she stood, her arm poised, reaching for the door handle. Iris was resolute she had no desire to encounter the earl. Not after the manner of his speech nor the words he had uttered to her. Not after the peril he had nearly brought upon herself and...
2024-04-21 14:24:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Excerpt]
Verily, incendiary arrows were cunningly crafted projectiles devised amidst the Low Middle Ages to wreak havoc upon foe forces and edifices. Across the annals of time, the dominions of Udoris did develop and wield flaming arrow...
2024-04-21 09:57:54 +0000 UTC View Post
The Sanguine Arts is coming back online in a few hours. Just finished the revamp. It's currently available only on 2024-04-20 21:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Yuna stared into Itachi’s still, unmoving eyes. the boy held her gaze with a steely intent that sent her heart racing again.
Something was wrong.
Killing intent!
Yuna’s instinct flared and she dove to the side without a second thought. “KAI!” 2024-04-14 21:45:43 +0000 UTC View Post
“Five hundred and ninety-eight.”
“Five hundred and ninety-nine.”
“Six hundred! Yosh!”
Yuna rose from her perch as she dusted off her bottom. Smiling, she turned towards the scent of the annoying twerps the Hokage insisted she supervise. They had manoeuvred down...
2024-04-14 17:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostPort Nagoya - IWAGAKURE
Guren inhaled, drawing in the cool air, heavy with the scent of sun-baked sea salt. The sun hung very low in the sky, casting a warm golden hue across the tranquil shoreline. The crystal-clear waters of the Hoppo Sea beckoned, their shades shifting f...
2024-04-10 18:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostPlink!
Plink!
Plink!
Heavy drops hammered relentlessly against rusted metal rooftops, echoing through the labyrinth of alleyways like a symphony of discordant percussion. The city lay shrouded in a cloak of diesel-scented mist, its to...
2024-02-12 20:52:22 +0000 UTC View PostLAND OF WAVES
History, as is said, was almost always repetitive
Predictable.
In that same line, the Great Shinobi Wars had always been borne of grand causes.
The first, for example, was ignited by a volatile mix of political tension, conflicting ideologies, and disputes ov...
2024-02-02 03:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostWar.
War has always been fickle. Ever-changing. Yet paradoxically the same. Unchanging. It has, for the longest time, been the dark mirror of progress: A period during which some of the greatest advancements had been spawned into existence. A period when humanity's capacity a...
2024-01-30 09:11:45 +0000 UTC View PostChiriku sat cross-legged in solemn meditation, his presence the embodiment of stillness; like a cloistered lake, undisturbed yet deep. Profound. His mind was clear, his senses attuned to the ebb and flow of the Gift of the Sages that permeated his still form. Across from h...
2024-01-15 07:05:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe Land of Wind was not a place that looked kindly upon the feeble. Unforgiving sands and a tyrannical sun dominated this barren wasteland, hardening the few that call it home. The people of Suna, as resilient as the cacti, would thrive where others falter, th...
2024-01-10 09:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostLand of Water
The night was thick with the scent of polished wood and salt air. Terumi took a sip from the delicate, bone china cup cradled in her hands as she stared at the man across from her. His ship, the Sardine was a beast of opulence. Gold-inlaid wooden panels, elega...
2024-01-05 17:22:16 +0000 UTC View PostFugaku, standing tall yet with an air of disbelief, gazed at his youngest, Sasuke. He had never thought he'd see the child again. The atmosphere was thick with unspoken emotions, a mixture of joy, sorrow, and a deep sense of regret. Mikoto clung to the boy, sobbing quietly a...
2024-01-02 04:19:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe tatami-matted room was dimly lit by the soft glow of paper lanterns suspended from the ceiling. Sliding window shutters adorned with delicate cherry blossom motifs allowed glimpses of a meticulously manicured garden bathed in the silvery light of the full moon. The air was h...
2023-12-28 13:39:38 +0000 UTC View PostIn the days following the attack, Konoha's population dwindled further. Some fled the village out of fear, and some simply had nowhere else to go. Still, others with ill intent looked to take advantage of the chaos and slip in during the night.
Not many succeeded.
The s...
2023-12-17 20:50:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe first sign that the Leaf had crumbled under the assault came from the great plume of smoke rising over the horizon. From a distance, it was akin to a storm cloud; the haze spreading in a wide arc across the sky had completely blanketed the village, casting a murky shadow over t...
2023-12-14 09:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostHe could recall it perfectly; the memory seared into his consciousness. Itachi had been four years old then, a toddler in the eyes of the world but a genius among the Uchiha. As a result, he had been brought to see a mountain of corpses; to see the reality of his e...
2023-12-10 15:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostA.N.: This arc was starting to feel far too drawn out and fatiguing, which was why I resolved to end it in this chapter and start a fresh one. It's a bit condensed because I didn't want to risk drawing it out longer than it needed to be. I am tired. Really tired. 2023-12-04 02:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
A massive clawed hand swatted downwards from behind. Hiruzen dodged away from the giant summon, his eyes narrowed in concentration. The beastly Susanoo thrashed against the lance pinning it to the ground, its blade-like tails slashing against the weapon; rabid.
The third leap...
2023-11-24 05:39:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt was all strange.
The crunch of dead leaves underfoot. The musk of rotting foliage. The chill of the morning breeze on her undead flesh. Even with the years that had passed, Mito found that little had changed. The sky was still blue and men still warred like childish fools....
2023-11-10 09:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostWarm crimson rays shaded by rising smoke painted a frenetic dance upon the fractured façade of the room. Shattered concrete and splintered wood crunched underfoot as the acrid scent of burnt flesh spread throughout the cave-in.
His stern countenance shrouded by the darkness,...
2023-11-03 17:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe door to a dimly lit room swung open and in slithered a snake. Pale and grey it was; a serpent on two legs with a visage epicene. Fake.
Orochimaru’s eyes gleamed with malice. Danzo sat across from him, stoic as an eunuch in the Daimyo’s palace. "Ah, Danzo," he purred, ...
2023-10-23 09:33:26 +0000 UTC View PostItachi stood before a sink as he stared at his haggard reflection in the mirror across from him. Coating his finger in a layer of chakra, he plucked the spent Sharingan in his left eye socket. The expended Dōjutsu fell into his palm with a wet squelch and he stared at it fo...
2023-10-19 05:06:29 +0000 UTC View PostNo one moved.
Konan’s eyes did not leave Itachi even as she split her attention to watch the other Uchiha lying face-first in the dirt before her. Tobi’s—or rather, Madara’s—unpredictability made him an outlier even amongst the most eccentric of their members...
2023-10-18 23:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post