[FFML] [Naruto] One Hundred Days - Chapter Sixteen: The Hundredth Day

[David McMillan]

Aaron Nowack wrote:

>         The blast of water sent Sakura flying, but Ren was there to
> catch her.  "You idiot," the Mist kunoichi snarled.  "For a moment there
> I was getting through.  A moment longer and I might have gotten the real
> one to come out."
>         Sakura shook her head.  "It's not going to be that easy," she
> said, disentangling herself from Ren and standing.

	Voice of experience, there.

>         Sakura's will wasn't strong enough to keep her from blinking.
> "Ruined your life?" she asked quizzically.  "How the hell did I do
> that?"
>         "Our mothers were sisters," Midori said with a snarl.  "It was
> your mother who was to marry my father, before she ran away.  It was you
> who should have been the mistake with too-strong blood.  You!"
>         "That doesn't make any sense at all, damn it!" Sakura shouted
> back at her, pushing away the sadness that welled up at the mention of
> her mother.  "You do realize that neither of us would have been born
> otherwise?"
>         "Shut up!" Midori screamed, and Sakura had finally heard enough.

	Are we *sure* Midori isn't related to Ryouga Hibiki at all?



>         She stared down at her wounded, weakly briefing self with

	briefing<>breathing

>         "I promised you I would bring them back," Orochimaru said
> cheerfully as his former teammate's legs wobbled, the kunoichi almost
> falling to her knees.  He smiled.  "You're welcome."
>         "Nawaki," Tsunade said painfully as she looked at the young boy
> who was stumbling out of one coffin.  Then her eyes turned to the older
> man emerging from the second.  "Dan," she added, her voice breaking.
>         The silver-haired man, clad in an archaic Leaf uniform, glanced
> first at Tsunade's young brother, then at the man who stood behind him.
> "Orochimaru," he said darkly.  "I see I was right about you all along."
> He stared at Tsunade's grief-stricken face for a moment before adding,
> "Or perhaps even I misjudged the depths of your evil."
>         "Tsunade-neechan?" Nawaki asked confusedly, staring at the woman
> in front of him.  "Is that you?"

	Probably the *nastiest* part of this jutsu -- it really *does* bring 
them back, as themselves... until Snakeface sticks those seals in their 
skulls.
	Which I can't help but wonder about -- what happens if someone *stops* 
him from doing that?

>         Then, his entire store of explosive tags, each one hidden high
> on a tree trunk, exploded, shaking the forest.  Jabisen stumbled
> backward, mouth open in a silent scream, then collapsed.  Shikamaru
> stood, stumbling a bit before straightening.
>         "I figured your ability had to have an exploitable weakness.
> Otherwise your clan would be more famous."  Jabisen began to try to
> crawl away, only to be snared by Shikamaru's shadow.  "Then I noticed
> that you were channeling the sound around you to make your attacks, and
> the rest was simple.  If the sound was too chaotic, too unexpected, too
> loud - like a nearby battle or some carefully timed explosions - you
> couldn't handle it and you got hurt."

	That's the Skika we all know and love.

>         The traitor landed, then almost instantly rolled aside, dodging
> the shower of shuriken Sakura had thrown.  Two Naruto were waiting for
> him, and one delivered a powerful kick to Sasuke's jaw, knocking him
> into the air.  "Uz-" he stated as he vanished in a puff of smoke, the
> second Naruto leaping to follow his opponent.  Another clone popped into
> existence, knocking Sasuke higher even as it vanished.  "-maki-"

	Missing the second "u" from Uzumaki.

>         "I followed in my Grandfather's footsteps, after Dan died,"
> Tsunade said sadly, "because his notes implied that one of wood element
> ninjutsu's highest techniques was a resurrection technique."
>         "Notes?" Orochimaru asked, his voice strangled.  "The First
> Hokage left... notes?  Detailing how he learned wood element ninjutsu,
> and its secrets?"

	I shouldn't find it so pleasant to watch Snakeface in torment like 
this... but I hate him too much to really give a darn.  So stick it to 
'im, Tsu!

>         "Die," Gaara said flatly, closing his fist.  The coffin of sand
> constricted, and there was a wet splatter, but it was mud, not blood,
> that emerged.
>         "You didn't really think it would be that easy?" Orochimaru's
> voice mocked, and then all sense of his presence was gone.

	We could HOPE.

>         "The Tsuchikage?!" Sakura exclaimed as she took in the robes the
> man was wearing.
>         "Hojo-sensei!" Naruto called out.

	<facepalm>  Is Naruto going to, like, *never* call *any* of the 'kages 
by proper title?  I can almost see him keeping a checklist of 'kages 
he's managed to address less-than-formally.

>         "Surprising," Kabuto said.
>         "You and I have unfinished business," Hojo said dangerously, a
> large metal staff appearing in his hands with a puff of smoke.

	Something Snakeface needs to learn -- if you want your enemy's enemy to 
attack your enemy, don't give said enemy's enemy reason to decide that 
you're the more immediate threat.

>         "There's only one man who's ever beaten me in single combat, and
> you... remind me of him, Naruto-kun," Hojo said.  "So, tell me... who is
> your father?"
>         There was a moment of silence as Naruto blinked several times.
> "I... I have no idea," he said quietly.  "I never thought about it
> before."
>         Silence fell again, only broken when Hojo began to laugh.
> "Jiraiya, you clever bastard."

	<snicker>