"I don't do anything like that, no," Tan tells you. "Jef says he could teach me, but I don't really find it necessary."
Speaking to someone telepathically opens a two-way channel at the baseline. You can hear their thoughts and send thoughts to them. They don't have to have skill at it to respond.
"What makes you think the hard part of your day is over? It's just beginning," Tan informs you, leading you by your hand to the bedroom.
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*grins*
"Well when I die, and you officially become a verser, you will find that you can't rely on one set of skills, but you are a big girl, you will ask Jef or myself when you are ready. I can say from experience, it's no fun to go somewhere and not be able to help much."
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*I work out my energy and my annoyance from earlier with Val and Tan for the night, happy that everyone is safe and watched over*
J
"I'll show you just how much of a 'big girl' I can be."
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Things around town are slow going this morning; your clones move about town, keeping out of sight generally but especially of one another.
The Hokage would like a word with you, a ninja tells you as your genin are beginning training.
Where is the principal you?
*Grins at Tani*
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The principal me is at the house, raising Victoria
J
A ninja tells the clone you at the training ground that the Hokage would like to speak with you.
*I will speak goto the Hokage, and have a clone trade places with me here, I think I got it backwards, I wanted to be with my genin to save them, so once done will make sure I am at the training grounds and the clone is raising Victoria*
J
You're right, so let's actually take a step back.
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Laying with Tan, revelling in the after---, and she props herself up and looks at you. She brushes her wild hair from her face and says to you, "So, how are we going to do this? Really, we've got you, me, and Jef. One of us should stay home, one should train the kids in person, and one should keep half an eye on Val. I think, probably, you should be here, and Jef watching Val while I'm with the genin."
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The Hokage is alone, waiting for you. He greets you, exchanging pleasantries, then asks you, "Is there anything you'd like to tell me?"
*Nods to her*
"We can do that, I can have my clones out, and one with the genin, you really be with the genin, I will be at home and Jef watching out for Val. Good thinking Tani."
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*grins*
"Not really, but you are the Hokage, well let's see. The mission for the key, the four that tried to kill us gave a copy to the Akatsuki, then the Akatsuki met with me tried to get them to join, I refused, and told them next time they bother me, I will show them my power. They didn't take no for an answer, they had a sleeper spy kidnap, and Kill Chiko. Sasori of the Red Sands, repeated their request, I once again refused. This was after he already used the ninja to kill Chiko, so naturally I was emotional. I destroyed all of his puppets but his main one, but I disabled all his traps, and ripped off the arms, so he could deliver my reply. I healed Chiko's body, restored the blood, and breathed his spirit back into his body. Now Tan, Jef and Myself are watching all parties important to me, as well as sending my many Shadow Clones to watch over them and the village as a whole. I think that sums it about up. I was trying to keep you out of it, since sadly the Akatsuki are necessary for events to unfold, or I would just wipe them from their mortal coil."
J
The old man responds to you, "It is true, then. You have the ability to bring the dead back to life. I apologize for even asking, but I must; is this an ability you can teach our ninja?"
*Nods*
"It was very, very hard for me to do. I can best explain by talking about steps, you have a flight of stairs so large you can't bound up them in one shot. Learning how to bring people back from the dead, I was 50 from the top and it was almost out of my reach. Can I teach, yes, but I just taught myself last night. I am not that good at it. It also not something you can train up easily. Also the damage to the body needs to be repaired first. It's very complicated. It also depends on the Jutsu, if they are not based of the mind, I would have to teach skills in steps, meaning, building up people's ability. It is also dangerous, you can mess up and take the lives of everyone around you. I would say for most death should stay a fixed deal. I saved Chiko, because he was put in that situation because of me."
J
"I thought you had said the three of them likely died? How do you know that was not his time?"
*Grins*
"Because I caused him to be a target, it was my fault and my responsibility. You do realize I can't let anyone that is central for Naruto's development do that. I will promise that these and Tan's next students will have that ability when the 4th Great Ninja War starts, you have my promise."
J
"Perhaps... if it as you say, it might be best for the village if you to take your family, and the three genin you have, and take an extended leave to train?" He's clearly asking you if this would be a better course, not saying you should.
*Considers*
"Perhaps you are right, with everything that has happened, maybe we should find a place where we can train the kids and Val, where we won't disrupt the village, keep out of the way until the time is right. I mean the families will want to see their kids, so we will be here often, maybe once a month, and I still want to see Jiraiya as well. For safety we should only let you know where it is."
J
Sarutobi responds, "I certainly don't know where Jiraiya is; if you were in danger, I doubt we could do much to aid you, and if we were in danger, as you know, we will survive. The fewer people know of your existences, the less prepared to face you they will be. They will want to believe they have frightened you off, back from where you came, so I say, let them."
*Nods*
"He does check in from time to time, just let him know I would like to see him, he has a special affinity for the toads, and I haven't done summons yet. I agree, about not letting anyone know where we are. It will also give me time to develop Justsu's suited to those kids. There will come a time where we will come back, to aid Leaf Village, and the rest of the world in the next war. Just do what you do best, work for peace, prepare for war, and although it won't be happily ever after, but it will come to a good end. Let me pick up supplies and move everyone out, is there a place that's secluded that we can build a home and a place to train?"
J
"I'm no expert," the Hokage responds. "You seem to know better than anyone about our world."
*Grins*
"I know more about anyone about major events, geography is not part of that, so we will figure it out, thanks for your hospitality and till next time we meet. I will inform the genin's parents."
J
Sarutobi bows to you.
Chiko's parents encourage him to do as you say, telling him that if it weren't for you, he'd be dead, so the family owes you a debt of blood.
Bairei's mother argues, but his father insists the training will only be what's best for Bairei.
Thus you ascertain all your genin.
*Bows to him*
"We'll be back probably once a month to resupply, so it is not like we will never meet again, I will like teach all of them together with Tan and Jef, with my three kids, and Val, so they won't have to worry about them not working together with others."
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*Nods to the both*
"I promise you, they will have the three greatest teachers, and when they are adults. They will also not be alone. We will be teaching them what we know, they will also be helping me with my three children, getting them all to the same level, and then we will train them all together. They won't be isolated, and they will have other children to socialize with and work with. They will be back once a month or so while we resupply, to visit."
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*To Jef, and Tan*
"The Hokage basically gave us permission to take the genin, train them and move to an isolated area. I agreed that it would be best for all. That means we will have to get Eria, Jewel, and Nic to their point, and then we will train them all with Val. We each have our strong suits, and there are certain things none of us are comfortable in training kids we don't know yet. So we start with the basics, and as trust is earned on both sides, we can reevaluate. I wanted you guys's ok, it means not splitting ourselves up, and it is also a commitment to all the kids. I wouldn't want to speak for you, if you aren't ok with this."
J
Tan shrugs. "Wherever you go, I follow."
Jef nods to you. "I guess you'd better pull out some of those infinite bags for food and supplies."
*hugs Tani*
"Our relationship isn't like that, if there is something you had to do, I would make sure I was with you to do it. Mine right now is making sure Victoria and all the kids grow up, to fend for themselves, and hopefully be good people."
*Nods*
"I keep forgetting about them, or putting them out of my mind, because they remind me of Mark, but you are right. I guess our "resupply missions" will just be a cover for the kids to see their families, and get real fresh food and clothes for when oh, 7 kids grow out of them every six months. *grins*
((How big are those bags? I'm thinking they are small so you can't copy bigger stuff))
J
They are small bags. However, they are not confined by laws of mass. If you flew a space station into one, you could have infinite space stations (and everything inside them) and the pouch would still be light and appear empty.
The infinite bag has the same mass requirements as the infinite room bag, but the one duplicates things, whereas the other does not.
Tan tells you, "Oh, of course. It's a two-way street. I know."
Jef responds to you, "You can make food and clothes; I've seen you do it. The less we come back here, the better. Falling off the face of the earth for a while is a good thing, I think.
"I found Jiraiya, by the way."
*To Tan*
"Good, because you are the drill master, your the best at physical drills and using your body, Jef is of course the mental trainor, and me, well I know a very good amount of magic and tech. Between us three, there is a lot of knowledge."
*Nods*
"I can it's just time consuming and it can fail badly, when I have to do individual pieces, unless I just transmute to a bail of cloth and have you tailor them up. From what I remember your good at those domestic chores*
*Grins*
"Speaking of which now that it's just us three, what is the secret behind the weapons and armor of you know what. Is it something that if we replicate is a BSA, I just want to know the limits. I can put a weapon or a pouch or cloth in there and replicate it. It isn't magical, just good quality stuff. I just wanted to know the limits."
*Grins*
"Hey not just for others, I do have a personal style, and I am missing my duster and other like clothes."
J
Jef looks to Tan, cleary deferring to her knowledge, and she tells you, "The weapons there were all made by Moon and Crescent. They're simply top of the line; we're talking sharp enough to cleave through reality. As far as reasons why they couldn't be used for our genin, that's simple; if they make a mistake, they could accidently end up you-know-where, and then you-know-what would happen.
"The suits are made by Imidge, and would probably be fine, but I imagine our superiors would frown on us giving them to the non-initiated if they found out. They might go so far as to pass a BSM order on anyone we gave them to, but I doubt it would get that far."
"Besides," Jef interjects, "We could always just kill 'em all if they do."
Tan shakes her head irritatedly at the comment. "You want to destroy another universe?"
Jef doesn't respond to her. "I can easily make food and supplies for us if we need them. Clothing, perhaps, would be a bit more complicated, but I doubt it would be more than a trivial matter."
*Nods soaking it all in*
"Ok so I think we agree that the weapons and suits are out, but there is nothing against the rules to making good alternatives. We can make weapons, armor and clothes like those, be slightly less effective or not cutting through reality. Jef has weaved cloaks with magic thread that he painstakingly created. We have the time, and I have to go back to the inbetween anyway to create some Jutsu for the basic elements, learn how to open 7 of 8 chakra gates, and learn the Jutsu that goes with it. What is another few years to see if I can be taught how to make superior, but not you know who quality weapons, armor and clothes, and what materials to use. Besides, I like Imidge, and even through all the BS, they do have an admiral goal, even if some of the policies are not to our liking, and I think we can agree on that."
*grins*
"We have enough enemies, no need to turn allies or in your case neutral people into an all out hatred. I mean, between the three of us, we can train a person to be like us, our kids deserve a chance to be the best they can be, without worrying if they are worthy, or what sex they are. Val and Rid also deserve that. If we are going to do this, we do it right, and we give back, being fortunate to what we learned. I think we are in this together for the long haul, so I would rather have the kids stand with us, than us worrying about protecting them, don't you guys agree?"
J
Jef responds quickly, "I'm all for that. These kids will definitely be better off if we train them well. I do have a concern, though." He looks at Tan.
"What?" She looks annoyed.
"My concern is that one of them might end up betraying us further down the line."
"Why do you have to look at me when you say that?"
*Nods*
"That is a risk we take, we can give them all the training, the ability, and our values, but it is ultimately up to them on what path to take. We just have to take that risk, you cannot live in fear on what might happen. We have been blessed with time, this place will draw the whole world into war again soon. Naruto and Leaf Village will need our help, and someone needs to take down Madara."
*Smiles*
"You know he does that to you Tan to get a rise out of you. If he didn't feel confident in trusting you, he wouldn't be picking on you. We'll find a secluded spot a day away from here, with a nice source of fresh water, no path or civilization closer than this village. We will make a house, a dojo, and clear a training area. I am excited, to watch them grow up."
*Nods*
"I will go around the village one last time, get enough supplies, tools, nails, wood, plumbing things like pipes, joints and flanges. Also tents, things like that. We should keep our use of magic and psionics as little as possible, to avoid detection. If we spike our power levels, they will know where we are. Maybe we should put something like David did, but less powerful, to prevent those types of things from leaking out."
*Will go around the village and what I need as well as preserved food stuffs, water, ninja tools, scrolls, pens, paper bombs, smoke bombs, and the like*
J
What all are you getting?