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IC:
Character name: Houzuki Suigetsu
Fandom: Naruto
Timeline: End of Ch. 460, when the Raikage arrives
Age: 16
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths:
• Suiton Affinity
Apparently the primary elemental nature of Pokémon ninja from Kirigakure. Basically, he has a lot of water techniques, which are strong against fire-types and weak against earth-types. Suigetsu also seems to have a particular weakness to lightning techniques that is remarked upon multiple times in canon. So if you pin him to a wall with a lightning-infused sword he's basically screwed; can't even turn to water properly and run away, sadly enough (see below).
Water is noted to be complementary to wind (TSUNAMI AHOY), and he can also use himself to conduct lightning attacks (which is a lot of ouch but useful in a pinch).
It can be inferred that he'd know a number of minor Suiton jutsu other than those shown in canon (water clones, for example), though he seems to prefer fighting with his sword, which has shown no special abilities.
• Suika no Jutsu
A hiden (secretly passed down in a clan) jutsu that allows Suigetsu to turn all or part of his body to water. This allows him to absorb powerful attacks, go through barricades (such as sticking his arm through a fence) and perform sneaky reconnaissance (even in the snow!). Presumably he can liquify his clothes and smaller accessories, too (i.e. not including the big-ass sword) because you only see his entire birthday suit once. Anyway.
It appears to be a passive skill, as being knocked unconscious will reduce him to a jelly-like/partially liquid state. The jutsu also seems to make him need to drink a lot of water (he always carries at least two water bottles on his person and is constantly seen sipping away).
Connected techniques include: being able to bulk up an arm to help swing his blade (hence implying that he can probably mess with his body mass at will) and Giant Fishface no Jutsu the ability to meld with existing water to form massive water jutsu that can stand up more or less well to the Eight-Tails.
• Kubikiri Houchou
This used to be Momochi Zabuza's sword! And he used to be one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, so Suigetsu was very happy to get his hands on it, even if he had to yank it out of a grave. No sense in letting a good blade go to waste.
It looks like this and is generally good for being huge and heavy (Suigetsu seems to tire out a lot carrying it) and lassoing heads very efficiently. You can also unscrew the handle. Currently has a lovely crack halfway through the middle thanks to the Eight-Tails.
• Other
Though canon usually has him swinging swords and turning to water, Suigetsu presumably knows how to do the other ninja stuff that every self-respecting ninja can do (i.e. throwing shuriken, kunai and other projectile weapons around, slinging explosive tags, walking on water/up trees, etc.). He's also shown using the Kuchiyose no Jutsu and (what was presumably) Sasuke's blood to summon Orochimaru's Manda (a.k.a. now-deceased giant bad-tempered snake).
How would they use their abilities?: For ninja-like things, such as trolling unsuspecting passersby. And catching cats punting bounty heads anything else that might net him money on board.
Appearance: As the only member of Team Hebi Taka whose eyes (purple) and hair (white) aren't properly color-coordinated, Suigetsu obviously needed to make it up by dressing in purple (and blue-gray). The badass black cloak look is also in at the moment, though they've ditched the Akatsuki threads so no puffy red clouds on the side.
He quite likes his water bottles (2) and also carries scrolls around, at least partly for the purpose of dragging Sasuke out of snakespace. And apparently all ninja wear sandals.
At 5'8'' and 126 lbs., he's on the lighter and slimmer side, though this can change in a blink if he feels like bulking up somewhere (see abilities). His teeth are all jagged and pointy like his senpai's (this seems to be common in Kirigakure??).
A picture's worth a thousand words!
Background: Suigetsu was born and raised in Kirigakure, in the Land of Water, and his skills were apparently remarkable enough by the time he was six years old to gain him a reputation as a prodigy of murder and the reincarnation of the Kijin (a.k.a. Demon a.k.a. Zabuza who as a wee one killed off an entire class's worth of wee ninja).
He shared with his older brother Mangetsu the ambition of becoming part of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, who each possess (at least according to canon so far) a really big sword and outstanding abilities. Known members include: Hoshigaki Kisame, currently of Akatsuki; Momochi Zabuza, who tried to overthrow the Mizukage (leader of Kirigakure) and later got killed off by Konoha's Team 7 i.e. main characters; and Choujuurou, bodyguard to the present Mizukage.
After Mangetsu's untimely death, Suigetsu for some reason decided he'd rather catch 'em all collect the Seven Big Swords instead (seriously, where is he planning to keep those things?). Then Orochimaru, one of the big bads who really liked collecting kids, got to him and stuck him in a can, and the rest is history.
Some unspecified amount of time later, one Uchiha Sasuke (formerly of Konoha) absorbs Orochimaru, finds a can of water in a remote location and opens it. Suigetsu turns back into a boy and, after minimal posturing and kerfuffle, finds some clothes and decides to join up with the new team Sasuke is now forming. This has the detour bonus of gaining him Zabuza's sword, the Kubikiri Houchou; on the other hand, he's also expected to work with Juugo and Karin. Suigetsu does not like Juugo and Karin, since Juugo makes no sense and Karin is a creepy pervert.
The latter they retrieve first -- she comes along willingly enough due to being Sasuke fangirl #9849304098234 and not a big fan of spending more time messing with random prisoners (it's implied that she ran experiments of some sort on Orochimaru's various acquisitions, including Suigetsu and possibly Sasuke himself). On a side note, Suigetsu for some reason decides that the world should know Sasuke is going to bring about world peace. This particular assertion is then never alluded to ever again, so he might have just been trolling. We may never know.
Juugo is a bit hairier; they have to get past the zillions of cannon fodder infused with the derivation of his particular ability: the Cursed Seal (which was this whole giant plot point that can be summed up thus -- Orochimaru offered Sasuke candy to come to his hideout and this candy was the Cursed Seal). And then Juugo tries to kill them, because despite being the quietest and most unwilling homicidal maniac ever he's still a homicidal maniac about 50% of the time thanks to sudden berserk rages that turn him into the equivalent of missiles crossed with tree bark. Suigetsu, having fought Juugo before, decides he wants a rematch. Juugo, being berserk, is perfectly happy with this. Sasuke, being no fun at all, isn't. There are sudden menacing snakes, and there is no fight.
Then Juugo comes around because his BFF Kimimaro died for Sasuke and Juugo wants to see if Sasuke's a worthy substitute.
With team spirit higher than ever, Hebi (Snake! Because Sasuke should never be allowed to name things ever) is formed to go after Uchiha Itachi, currently of Akatsuki. Oh, yeah, the only thing you really need to know about Sasuke: he wants to kill his older brother, Itachi, for killing the rest of the Uchihas. The end. Suigetsu decides to tag along because he wants Kisame's sword, Samehada, and Kisame happens to be Itachi's partner. Karin tags along because Sasuke, and Juugo tags along because Kimimaro.
After gearing up, the team splits up for Itachi-tracking reconnaissance while both Konoha and Akatsuki send teams after them because Sasuke is popular. Sasuke gets to fight Akatsuki's Deidara (and Tobi, but mostly Deidara) while Team Konoha and Juugo and Karin run around and Suigetsu gets to show off his new sword some more by beating the shit out of a pair of bookkeepers for Akatsuki's late Kakuzu. And then Deidara blows himself up with a hilarious-looking explosion and Suigetsu has to drop everything to retrieve Sasuke THROUGH SPACE-TIME because teleporting away from a really big explosion requires the sacrifice of Orochimaru's favorite snake.
Then they have to hole up to regroup because Deidara fucked up Sasuke pretty good, which is bad because Suigetsu + Karin + stir-crazy = shenanigans involving kicking Suigetsu's face into water, and violent shenanigans + Juugo = you really don't want that. After some more team bonding exercises, it's time to run away from incoming Team Konoha and stake out the Akatsuki hideouts that Juugo's birds found by sensing chakra (no joke). There are a few false starts, since Itachi really likes popping up and then turning into crows, but they do eventually home in on the right hideout.
It's at this point that SASUKE MUST GO ON ALONE!! Kisame is sent to forestall the other three, which is perfectly fine with Suigetsu because, you know, the Samehada's supposed to be the whole reason he's here. While Sasuke goes to fight Itachi and take up all the panel space, Suigetsu and Kisame have some nostalgic banter and supposedly a good old-fashioned fight offscreen. At any rate, nobody dies except Itachi, Team Konoha finds nothing but fail, and Uchihas aren't such a dying breed after all, because more of them keep popping out of the woodwork all the damn time. It turns out that Deidara's partner Tobi is actually the oldest Uchiha ever, Uchiha Madara, and Sasuke learns from him that His Life Is A Lie, Itachi Was A Good Brother, Konoha Politics Suck, and Akatsuki Is The Answer.
Once this information sinks in, Team Hebi becomes Team Taka (Hawk! Because Sasuke's eyes have gotten better but his naming sense hasn't) and accepts a merger with Akatsuki because the latter is actually kind of running short on members. Suigetsu tries to beat on Kisame again, but is met with a combination of Tobi/Madara being a godmode and Sasuke not giving a shit. The new team is now tasked with capturing the Eight-Tails -- one of the last two Tailed Beasts Madara Akatsuki needs for successful world domination. (The other is of course Uzumaki Naruto, main character extraordinaire, the Nine-Tails and Sasuke's former BFF and really not in this background very much.) Their ultimate goal is to take out Konoha to... avenge Itachi's death at Sasuke's hands (ultimately caused by those Sucky Konoha Politics!); apparently Sasuke decides on the side that the rest of Taka doesn't need to know he's going to wipe out the whole village and lets them believe he's only taking out the top tier. Why this is a concern when Suigetsu repeatedly teases him for not slaughtering people, Juugo wipes out villages on his own sometimes anyway and Karin would follow him to the ends of the earth is never really made clear. Sasuke's mind works or not in mysterious ways.
Now sporting shiny new Akatsuki cloaks, Taka infiltrates the Land of Thunder to root out the Eight-Tails; we get to see more of Suigetsu showing off his excellent interrogation techniques (choking people through fences!), but other than that the Eight-Tails is actually pretty easy to find. The ensuing fight, though, isn't nearly as simple. Considering this is the Land of Thunder, Suigetsu's meeting his weakness at every turn. Meanwhile, Karin sits around until Sasuke needs to heal (by biting her??) or they need to actually find the target, and the rest get to prevent Sasuke from dying. Repeatedly. To be fair, the Eight-Tails (hosted by Killer Bee) is pretty ridiculously strong, especially when he turns into a massive ox with tentacles. Since at that point they're in one of the SASUKE'S GONNA DIE moments, Suigetsu ends up sticking his neck out to take a point-blank blast from the beast and shield his teammates. Luckily, he's also shielded by a really big fish-shaped dome of water, so all it does is knock him out and turn him to jelly. Sasuke discovers he can make things burn forever (Amaterasu) except when he doesn't want to, and with this they successfully capture the Eight-Tails and retreat to regroup (again)... or so they think.
It turns out Killer Bee is the Raikage's (leader of the Land of Thunder's ninja) brother, so Taka's angered some People Up There at this point. The Raikage calls a Five-Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to settle this shit. Taka does some healing up, evades pursuing Thunder ninja, and finally gets around to the DESTROY KONOHA!! thing. At this point they're no longer affiliated with Akatsuki, but on the way to their destination Madara ambushes them. Apparently, the Killer Bee they brought back was a fake, and the real one was hiding in one of the tentacles that fell off during the fight. And then we get a shitload of exposition because healing up makes you miss really big chunks of plot: Konoha was already obliterated by Akatsuki's leader, Pain, so there's no point to destroying it anymore; Naruto beat Pain by himself, because Sasuke needs regular updates on his not-BFF; and Danzou, one of the 'top tier' that fucked up Itachi's entire life, has become the new Hokage (leader of Konoha). Then Madara basically threatens them into going after Danzou even though he... doesn't have to. Next stop: Land of Iron. Time to crash a Kage Summit.
Since they're sneaking into a neutral country with a ridiculous military presence (suddenly: samurai!), Taka is required at this point to be very sneaky indeed. They're led by half of Akatsuki's Zetsu to their destination and shown their target; a number of plotty things happen in the Kage Summit that aren't terribly relevant because Taka likes to miss plot points a lot; and then Zetsu decides to be an asshole for some reason and rat them out to FIVE OF THE MOST POWERFUL NINJA IN THE WORLD. Plus their bodyguards. Of course, as soon as the Raikage hears 'Uchiha Sasuke' tables are flipped and the fan is shitstormed, and it is on this auspicious note that Suigetsu arrives aboard the S.S. Thor.
Personality: First impressions of Suigetsu don't tend to vary a lot, since he's not one to bother with the effort of presenting different faces to different folks. He usually speaks his mind and tends to go through life on a toothy smile, which isn't saying much considering he wears the same one greeting an ally as he does lopping off the head and limbs of his victims.
Hailed as a prodigy while he was still in the Mist, Suigetsu comes across as casually arrogant, unrepentantly immature at times and enjoying a good fight for fighting's sake. He tends to take things at his own pace, somewhere between Karin's impetuousness and Juugo's stoicism. And when the situation allows, he just likes to enjoy himself -- whether the game is banter or murder depends on context. Kisame, who hadn't seen him in ten years, remembered him largely for his reputation -- and for his smile and sense of mischief. Since turning into water can protect him from a wide range of physical attacks, provoking people is one of his frequent past-times (see: Karin).
He appears to like animals, as he tries to make friends with the cats at the Uchiha weapons compound and reprimands Sasuke for his treatment of Manda. Interestingly enough, he doesn't like people who are hard to read or predict (Juugo), but also ostensibly does not get along with people who are more straightforward (Karin). Sasuke seems to be the happy medium here, since he's the ultimate in poker facing but is nearly always frank about what he wants. Suigetsu tolerates him cheerfully enough, despite the increasingly visible hints of unhinged coming from that quarter. In fact, out of Taka as a whole, only Karin seems to be disturbed by Sasuke's further descent into DARKNESSS and soullessness and all that good stuff. This does not bode well for Taka's general level of sanity. Suigetsu's bloodthirst, at any rate, is well-documented, since he both mocks and resents Sasuke for forcing his team to restrain themselves from killing most of their enemies (and then the Uchiha goes on killing sprees himself, the hypocrite). He has a tendency to pick off small fry while Sasuke's looking the other way, too.
Throughout the different restructurings of their group, Suigetsu maintains that he's acting solely for his own benefit -- to complete his quest to collect the swords of all Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. However, he seems to hold a genuine respect for Sasuke's power and despite all his bellyaching about his teammates has been willing, more than once, to put his life on the line to aid them. Speaking of risking one's neck for arbitrary reasons, it's also kind of debatable whether running around assassinating Kage holds any kind of value for him whatsoever (especially since he apparently completely missed Choujuurou's sword while it was there), but part of that might be due to having a dinosaur Uchiha breathing down their necks.
Have you read up on how the game works?: The guide plug-in = the Flaming Ferret! Credits can be obtained through mooching, missions or freelancing for others.
(NOTE: Both samples transplanted from discedo.)
1st person sample:
(TEXT)
hey, scientists? you have a shitty sense of humor. i'm surrounded by sand and leaf ninjas, this isn't even close to being a good joke, you know. seriously, what the hell did i do to get this kind of karma? i mean it's not like i've been a saint, but i haven't even killed anyone yet.
so yeah, air quality sucks. find a kerchief or something and get over it. don't know if it's any better underground or in the forest, though.
and this arms shop sucks. it's all empty. only thing i've found is this weird long black thing with a hole on the end and i stepped on it. i think this thing on top broke off and it makes this funny clicking sound... there's nothing in it.
jeez, what's a guy gotta do to get decent weapons around here? hey, high school. do you have any swords?
3rd person sample: It was nighttime, which made the unfamiliar streets an ass to navigate, and the odd shuffling zombie creatures were still out and about, but didn't seem to be actively aggressive -- Suigetsu could work with that. He'd had a little warm-up and figured out approximately where his limits lay (approximately because he still knew barely anything about the place, up to and including what other creatures it might be harboring -- after zombies, he was up for nearly anything, and he'd already seen some really weird shapes scurrying in the streets), so it was time to replenish his reserves.
Really, he deserved a bit of R&R after getting blasted to hell and back (apparently) by a monster bull the size of a mountain and then getting ditched by his platoon. Well, it wasn't like he wasn't used to operating solo on a temporary or permanent basis, and the city had yielded even more interesting surprises--what the hell had the Kazekage been playing at? And then there were all the strange people who didn't seem to be shinobi at all...
Whatever the case, he was at the moment scouring the streets for the promised feast, keeping his nose to the wind and his ears tuned (inasmuch as they could be over the tinny blaring of that really obnoxious song) -- food couldn't evade a hungry shark for long, this one on land or sea.
The first thing he noticed was that he was, most definitely, not the only one there. The second was that holy shit, that was a lot of food. The third thing that caught his eye was a guy who looked like he'd accidentally used magical grass seeds instead of shampoo and a lawnmower instead of a hairbrush--but what stood out about him were the three scabbards hanging distinctly at his waist.
... This just got more interesting all the time.
Minding the promise of food, he nevertheless moved toward the swordsman as they approached the fray, keeping him in his sights -- fellow swordsmen were usually an interesting find if they weren't already dead, and while this wasn't Kirigakure, old habits died hard. That, and the Eight-Tails had rekindled his interest in the use of multiple swords. Something like that.
Damn old men were just too limber these days.
Questions?: WHY DOESN'T NARUTO WORLD HAVE GUNS? WHY IS SASUKE CRAZY?? DID YOU KNOW THAT DRINKING SUIGETSU WON'T GIVE YOU DIARRHEA???
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Name: Fyre
Are you over 16?: Yes!
Personal LJ: fyretoppaaa
Email: hotaru.no.tamashii[at]gmail[dot]com
Timezone: PST
Other contact: [AIM] eighth helleluia
Characters already in the game: N/A
How did you find us?: It's all Dr. Pin-mun's fault. :I
IC:
Character name: Houzuki Suigetsu
Fandom: Naruto
Timeline: End of Ch. 460, when the Raikage arrives
Age: 16
~*Magical*~ abilities and strengths:
• Suiton Affinity
Apparently the primary elemental nature of Pokémon ninja from Kirigakure. Basically, he has a lot of water techniques, which are strong against fire-types and weak against earth-types. Suigetsu also seems to have a particular weakness to lightning techniques that is remarked upon multiple times in canon. So if you pin him to a wall with a lightning-infused sword he's basically screwed; can't even turn to water properly and run away, sadly enough (see below).
Water is noted to be complementary to wind (TSUNAMI AHOY), and he can also use himself to conduct lightning attacks (which is a lot of ouch but useful in a pinch).
It can be inferred that he'd know a number of minor Suiton jutsu other than those shown in canon (water clones, for example), though he seems to prefer fighting with his sword, which has shown no special abilities.
• Suika no Jutsu
A hiden (secretly passed down in a clan) jutsu that allows Suigetsu to turn all or part of his body to water. This allows him to absorb powerful attacks, go through barricades (such as sticking his arm through a fence) and perform sneaky reconnaissance (even in the snow!). Presumably he can liquify his clothes and smaller accessories, too (i.e. not including the big-ass sword) because you only see his entire birthday suit once. Anyway.
It appears to be a passive skill, as being knocked unconscious will reduce him to a jelly-like/partially liquid state. The jutsu also seems to make him need to drink a lot of water (he always carries at least two water bottles on his person and is constantly seen sipping away).
Connected techniques include: being able to bulk up an arm to help swing his blade (hence implying that he can probably mess with his body mass at will) and Giant Fishface no Jutsu the ability to meld with existing water to form massive water jutsu that can stand up more or less well to the Eight-Tails.
• Kubikiri Houchou
This used to be Momochi Zabuza's sword! And he used to be one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, so Suigetsu was very happy to get his hands on it, even if he had to yank it out of a grave. No sense in letting a good blade go to waste.
It looks like this and is generally good for being huge and heavy (Suigetsu seems to tire out a lot carrying it) and lassoing heads very efficiently. You can also unscrew the handle. Currently has a lovely crack halfway through the middle thanks to the Eight-Tails.
• Other
Though canon usually has him swinging swords and turning to water, Suigetsu presumably knows how to do the other ninja stuff that every self-respecting ninja can do (i.e. throwing shuriken, kunai and other projectile weapons around, slinging explosive tags, walking on water/up trees, etc.). He's also shown using the Kuchiyose no Jutsu and (what was presumably) Sasuke's blood to summon Orochimaru's Manda (a.k.a. now-deceased giant bad-tempered snake).
How would they use their abilities?: For ninja-like things, such as trolling unsuspecting passersby. And catching cats punting bounty heads anything else that might net him money on board.
Appearance: As the only member of Team Hebi Taka whose eyes (purple) and hair (white) aren't properly color-coordinated, Suigetsu obviously needed to make it up by dressing in purple (and blue-gray). The badass black cloak look is also in at the moment, though they've ditched the Akatsuki threads so no puffy red clouds on the side.
He quite likes his water bottles (2) and also carries scrolls around, at least partly for the purpose of dragging Sasuke out of snakespace. And apparently all ninja wear sandals.
At 5'8'' and 126 lbs., he's on the lighter and slimmer side, though this can change in a blink if he feels like bulking up somewhere (see abilities). His teeth are all jagged and pointy like his senpai's (this seems to be common in Kirigakure??).
A picture's worth a thousand words!
Background: Suigetsu was born and raised in Kirigakure, in the Land of Water, and his skills were apparently remarkable enough by the time he was six years old to gain him a reputation as a prodigy of murder and the reincarnation of the Kijin (a.k.a. Demon a.k.a. Zabuza who as a wee one killed off an entire class's worth of wee ninja).
He shared with his older brother Mangetsu the ambition of becoming part of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, who each possess (at least according to canon so far) a really big sword and outstanding abilities. Known members include: Hoshigaki Kisame, currently of Akatsuki; Momochi Zabuza, who tried to overthrow the Mizukage (leader of Kirigakure) and later got killed off by Konoha's Team 7 i.e. main characters; and Choujuurou, bodyguard to the present Mizukage.
After Mangetsu's untimely death, Suigetsu for some reason decided he'd rather catch 'em all collect the Seven Big Swords instead (seriously, where is he planning to keep those things?). Then Orochimaru, one of the big bads who really liked collecting kids, got to him and stuck him in a can, and the rest is history.
Some unspecified amount of time later, one Uchiha Sasuke (formerly of Konoha) absorbs Orochimaru, finds a can of water in a remote location and opens it. Suigetsu turns back into a boy and, after minimal posturing and kerfuffle, finds some clothes and decides to join up with the new team Sasuke is now forming. This has the detour bonus of gaining him Zabuza's sword, the Kubikiri Houchou; on the other hand, he's also expected to work with Juugo and Karin. Suigetsu does not like Juugo and Karin, since Juugo makes no sense and Karin is a creepy pervert.
The latter they retrieve first -- she comes along willingly enough due to being Sasuke fangirl #9849304098234 and not a big fan of spending more time messing with random prisoners (it's implied that she ran experiments of some sort on Orochimaru's various acquisitions, including Suigetsu and possibly Sasuke himself). On a side note, Suigetsu for some reason decides that the world should know Sasuke is going to bring about world peace. This particular assertion is then never alluded to ever again, so he might have just been trolling. We may never know.
Juugo is a bit hairier; they have to get past the zillions of cannon fodder infused with the derivation of his particular ability: the Cursed Seal (which was this whole giant plot point that can be summed up thus -- Orochimaru offered Sasuke candy to come to his hideout and this candy was the Cursed Seal). And then Juugo tries to kill them, because despite being the quietest and most unwilling homicidal maniac ever he's still a homicidal maniac about 50% of the time thanks to sudden berserk rages that turn him into the equivalent of missiles crossed with tree bark. Suigetsu, having fought Juugo before, decides he wants a rematch. Juugo, being berserk, is perfectly happy with this. Sasuke, being no fun at all, isn't. There are sudden menacing snakes, and there is no fight.
Then Juugo comes around because his BFF Kimimaro died for Sasuke and Juugo wants to see if Sasuke's a worthy substitute.
With team spirit higher than ever, Hebi (Snake! Because Sasuke should never be allowed to name things ever) is formed to go after Uchiha Itachi, currently of Akatsuki. Oh, yeah, the only thing you really need to know about Sasuke: he wants to kill his older brother, Itachi, for killing the rest of the Uchihas. The end. Suigetsu decides to tag along because he wants Kisame's sword, Samehada, and Kisame happens to be Itachi's partner. Karin tags along because Sasuke, and Juugo tags along because Kimimaro.
After gearing up, the team splits up for Itachi-tracking reconnaissance while both Konoha and Akatsuki send teams after them because Sasuke is popular. Sasuke gets to fight Akatsuki's Deidara (and Tobi, but mostly Deidara) while Team Konoha and Juugo and Karin run around and Suigetsu gets to show off his new sword some more by beating the shit out of a pair of bookkeepers for Akatsuki's late Kakuzu. And then Deidara blows himself up with a hilarious-looking explosion and Suigetsu has to drop everything to retrieve Sasuke THROUGH SPACE-TIME because teleporting away from a really big explosion requires the sacrifice of Orochimaru's favorite snake.
Then they have to hole up to regroup because Deidara fucked up Sasuke pretty good, which is bad because Suigetsu + Karin + stir-crazy = shenanigans involving kicking Suigetsu's face into water, and violent shenanigans + Juugo = you really don't want that. After some more team bonding exercises, it's time to run away from incoming Team Konoha and stake out the Akatsuki hideouts that Juugo's birds found by sensing chakra (no joke). There are a few false starts, since Itachi really likes popping up and then turning into crows, but they do eventually home in on the right hideout.
It's at this point that SASUKE MUST GO ON ALONE!! Kisame is sent to forestall the other three, which is perfectly fine with Suigetsu because, you know, the Samehada's supposed to be the whole reason he's here. While Sasuke goes to fight Itachi and take up all the panel space, Suigetsu and Kisame have some nostalgic banter and supposedly a good old-fashioned fight offscreen. At any rate, nobody dies except Itachi, Team Konoha finds nothing but fail, and Uchihas aren't such a dying breed after all, because more of them keep popping out of the woodwork all the damn time. It turns out that Deidara's partner Tobi is actually the oldest Uchiha ever, Uchiha Madara, and Sasuke learns from him that His Life Is A Lie, Itachi Was A Good Brother, Konoha Politics Suck, and Akatsuki Is The Answer.
Once this information sinks in, Team Hebi becomes Team Taka (Hawk! Because Sasuke's eyes have gotten better but his naming sense hasn't) and accepts a merger with Akatsuki because the latter is actually kind of running short on members. Suigetsu tries to beat on Kisame again, but is met with a combination of Tobi/Madara being a godmode and Sasuke not giving a shit. The new team is now tasked with capturing the Eight-Tails -- one of the last two Tailed Beasts Madara Akatsuki needs for successful world domination. (The other is of course Uzumaki Naruto, main character extraordinaire, the Nine-Tails and Sasuke's former BFF and really not in this background very much.) Their ultimate goal is to take out Konoha to... avenge Itachi's death at Sasuke's hands (ultimately caused by those Sucky Konoha Politics!); apparently Sasuke decides on the side that the rest of Taka doesn't need to know he's going to wipe out the whole village and lets them believe he's only taking out the top tier. Why this is a concern when Suigetsu repeatedly teases him for not slaughtering people, Juugo wipes out villages on his own sometimes anyway and Karin would follow him to the ends of the earth is never really made clear. Sasuke's mind works or not in mysterious ways.
Now sporting shiny new Akatsuki cloaks, Taka infiltrates the Land of Thunder to root out the Eight-Tails; we get to see more of Suigetsu showing off his excellent interrogation techniques (choking people through fences!), but other than that the Eight-Tails is actually pretty easy to find. The ensuing fight, though, isn't nearly as simple. Considering this is the Land of Thunder, Suigetsu's meeting his weakness at every turn. Meanwhile, Karin sits around until Sasuke needs to heal (by biting her??) or they need to actually find the target, and the rest get to prevent Sasuke from dying. Repeatedly. To be fair, the Eight-Tails (hosted by Killer Bee) is pretty ridiculously strong, especially when he turns into a massive ox with tentacles. Since at that point they're in one of the SASUKE'S GONNA DIE moments, Suigetsu ends up sticking his neck out to take a point-blank blast from the beast and shield his teammates. Luckily, he's also shielded by a really big fish-shaped dome of water, so all it does is knock him out and turn him to jelly. Sasuke discovers he can make things burn forever (Amaterasu) except when he doesn't want to, and with this they successfully capture the Eight-Tails and retreat to regroup (again)... or so they think.
It turns out Killer Bee is the Raikage's (leader of the Land of Thunder's ninja) brother, so Taka's angered some People Up There at this point. The Raikage calls a Five-Kage Summit in the Land of Iron to settle this shit. Taka does some healing up, evades pursuing Thunder ninja, and finally gets around to the DESTROY KONOHA!! thing. At this point they're no longer affiliated with Akatsuki, but on the way to their destination Madara ambushes them. Apparently, the Killer Bee they brought back was a fake, and the real one was hiding in one of the tentacles that fell off during the fight. And then we get a shitload of exposition because healing up makes you miss really big chunks of plot: Konoha was already obliterated by Akatsuki's leader, Pain, so there's no point to destroying it anymore; Naruto beat Pain by himself, because Sasuke needs regular updates on his not-BFF; and Danzou, one of the 'top tier' that fucked up Itachi's entire life, has become the new Hokage (leader of Konoha). Then Madara basically threatens them into going after Danzou even though he... doesn't have to. Next stop: Land of Iron. Time to crash a Kage Summit.
Since they're sneaking into a neutral country with a ridiculous military presence (suddenly: samurai!), Taka is required at this point to be very sneaky indeed. They're led by half of Akatsuki's Zetsu to their destination and shown their target; a number of plotty things happen in the Kage Summit that aren't terribly relevant because Taka likes to miss plot points a lot; and then Zetsu decides to be an asshole for some reason and rat them out to FIVE OF THE MOST POWERFUL NINJA IN THE WORLD. Plus their bodyguards. Of course, as soon as the Raikage hears 'Uchiha Sasuke' tables are flipped and the fan is shitstormed, and it is on this auspicious note that Suigetsu arrives aboard the S.S. Thor.
Personality: First impressions of Suigetsu don't tend to vary a lot, since he's not one to bother with the effort of presenting different faces to different folks. He usually speaks his mind and tends to go through life on a toothy smile, which isn't saying much considering he wears the same one greeting an ally as he does lopping off the head and limbs of his victims.
Hailed as a prodigy while he was still in the Mist, Suigetsu comes across as casually arrogant, unrepentantly immature at times and enjoying a good fight for fighting's sake. He tends to take things at his own pace, somewhere between Karin's impetuousness and Juugo's stoicism. And when the situation allows, he just likes to enjoy himself -- whether the game is banter or murder depends on context. Kisame, who hadn't seen him in ten years, remembered him largely for his reputation -- and for his smile and sense of mischief. Since turning into water can protect him from a wide range of physical attacks, provoking people is one of his frequent past-times (see: Karin).
He appears to like animals, as he tries to make friends with the cats at the Uchiha weapons compound and reprimands Sasuke for his treatment of Manda. Interestingly enough, he doesn't like people who are hard to read or predict (Juugo), but also ostensibly does not get along with people who are more straightforward (Karin). Sasuke seems to be the happy medium here, since he's the ultimate in poker facing but is nearly always frank about what he wants. Suigetsu tolerates him cheerfully enough, despite the increasingly visible hints of unhinged coming from that quarter. In fact, out of Taka as a whole, only Karin seems to be disturbed by Sasuke's further descent into DARKNESSS and soullessness and all that good stuff. This does not bode well for Taka's general level of sanity. Suigetsu's bloodthirst, at any rate, is well-documented, since he both mocks and resents Sasuke for forcing his team to restrain themselves from killing most of their enemies (and then the Uchiha goes on killing sprees himself, the hypocrite). He has a tendency to pick off small fry while Sasuke's looking the other way, too.
Throughout the different restructurings of their group, Suigetsu maintains that he's acting solely for his own benefit -- to complete his quest to collect the swords of all Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. However, he seems to hold a genuine respect for Sasuke's power and despite all his bellyaching about his teammates has been willing, more than once, to put his life on the line to aid them. Speaking of risking one's neck for arbitrary reasons, it's also kind of debatable whether running around assassinating Kage holds any kind of value for him whatsoever (especially since he apparently completely missed Choujuurou's sword while it was there), but part of that might be due to having a dinosaur Uchiha breathing down their necks.
Have you read up on how the game works?: The guide plug-in = the Flaming Ferret! Credits can be obtained through mooching, missions or freelancing for others.
(NOTE: Both samples transplanted from discedo.)
1st person sample:
(TEXT)
hey, scientists? you have a shitty sense of humor. i'm surrounded by sand and leaf ninjas, this isn't even close to being a good joke, you know. seriously, what the hell did i do to get this kind of karma? i mean it's not like i've been a saint, but i haven't even killed anyone yet.
so yeah, air quality sucks. find a kerchief or something and get over it. don't know if it's any better underground or in the forest, though.
and this arms shop sucks. it's all empty. only thing i've found is this weird long black thing with a hole on the end and i stepped on it. i think this thing on top broke off and it makes this funny clicking sound... there's nothing in it.
jeez, what's a guy gotta do to get decent weapons around here? hey, high school. do you have any swords?
3rd person sample: It was nighttime, which made the unfamiliar streets an ass to navigate, and the odd shuffling zombie creatures were still out and about, but didn't seem to be actively aggressive -- Suigetsu could work with that. He'd had a little warm-up and figured out approximately where his limits lay (approximately because he still knew barely anything about the place, up to and including what other creatures it might be harboring -- after zombies, he was up for nearly anything, and he'd already seen some really weird shapes scurrying in the streets), so it was time to replenish his reserves.
Really, he deserved a bit of R&R after getting blasted to hell and back (apparently) by a monster bull the size of a mountain and then getting ditched by his platoon. Well, it wasn't like he wasn't used to operating solo on a temporary or permanent basis, and the city had yielded even more interesting surprises--what the hell had the Kazekage been playing at? And then there were all the strange people who didn't seem to be shinobi at all...
Whatever the case, he was at the moment scouring the streets for the promised feast, keeping his nose to the wind and his ears tuned (inasmuch as they could be over the tinny blaring of that really obnoxious song) -- food couldn't evade a hungry shark for long, this one on land or sea.
The first thing he noticed was that he was, most definitely, not the only one there. The second was that holy shit, that was a lot of food. The third thing that caught his eye was a guy who looked like he'd accidentally used magical grass seeds instead of shampoo and a lawnmower instead of a hairbrush--but what stood out about him were the three scabbards hanging distinctly at his waist.
... This just got more interesting all the time.
Minding the promise of food, he nevertheless moved toward the swordsman as they approached the fray, keeping him in his sights -- fellow swordsmen were usually an interesting find if they weren't already dead, and while this wasn't Kirigakure, old habits died hard. That, and the Eight-Tails had rekindled his interest in the use of multiple swords. Something like that.
Damn old men were just too limber these days.
Questions?: WHY DOESN'T NARUTO WORLD HAVE GUNS? WHY IS SASUKE CRAZY?? DID YOU KNOW THAT DRINKING SUIGETSU WON'T GIVE YOU DIARRHEA???
Did you put your characters name and fandom in the subject: Yes'm. o7