Title of Roleplay: The Demons Puppets.

Genre: Drama, Action, Suspense

Background: Despite the tales sung and the legend told the life of a Shinobi is not always a glorious one. There are tasks that even the most battle hardened ninja are unwilling and unable to preform. This is the role of the ANBU, ninja that most perform herendous tasks to keep people safe and have them stay in the dark.

Setting: The Wind Country in general but more tightly focused on Suna.

Plot: While the Fourth Great Shinobi War was great and it vanquished a great evil, it still didnt not purdge the world of the darknesses needed for it to function. We will play the ANBU, the ones who make the worlds work from behind the curtain.

Goal: The purpose of this roleplay is to experience the darker side of Shinobi like to make roleplayers understand the that not all ninjas get to glory and some times horrible horrible things must be done for the sake of peace.

Amount of Structure: Heavily structured

Rules:

1)No black and white characters. These people are very much human and have both posetive and negative traits. If any Mods see Jesus or Satan like portyals, the whole charater will be completely deined and you will need to start from scratch.

2)No god modding, be it infinte dodging, or simply out right ignoring attacks

3) No controlling anothers RPers charaters with out this permission. (Mods reserved the right to manipulate charater and use characters should the Owner of a charater leave unexpectedly and they are holding up the rest of the RP)

4) No power playing, while your characters are all skilled they are not omnipotent or omnipresent. Have your charater state anything that they should clearly nto know and the Mods will tell you bluntly.

5) While original KG may be allowed forgine KG (those originating from a different village then from were your OC is from) are not. This also applies to hidden and kinjutsu.

6) No gag characters these are serious people. And stupidity will not be tolerated, though black and gallows humor will be permited.

7) no jinchurikki/biju

8) No lemons. Hardest we'll permit you to go is lime.

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Character Submission and Archive Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/topic/112379/66784297/1/

Ran sat in a dark corner of a dark in the Slums of suna, the place stunk of vomit and decay. the Village easily had the reserves to clean up the area, but the merchants on the city councile were simply to greedy to do anything and detested the idea of doing anything take would decrease there chances of getting elected again or having them lose face with the public such as rasing taxes to keep the coffers at there current level.

But the Slums had there uses, it was easy to find the black market here. Criminals felt safer here, and so they became sloppy, finding what you needed was easy hear. And you could find anyone you wanted for a bit of coin, sure they could use genjutsu but that costed time and made the criminals uneasy. they could sense the lost time and more often then not closed up shop. but the best thing about the slums was the drink, liquor with such a hich alchohal content It could make a man drop dead, potent cocktails of drugs were easy to come by aswell. And thats just what Ran, needed. While she was a gifted chemist ran didnt have the time or the specialty to concoct drugs of the caliber that was needed.

Dressed up as a poor girl and looking lost It wasnt hard for her to attract the local gangsters, they were always looking for fresh pray. but theyre weak super egos made them easy targets for genjutsu and she could easily have them show her to the nearest drug dens.

Soon enough she found her self being exsorted down a flight to stairs into a basement laboritory, She placed the apthocary under a genjutsu and described what she needed to him. Something that could easily be slipped into opium and made the "patient" more susseptuble. Leaving a few coins on the counter and drawing a his with lip stick on the mans neck she left.

She had what she needed, and as an added bounce she got herself a new recipe.

The emotionless team captain sat in the Kazekage's office, Gaara sitting in front of him. Reading over the team's report, his face flashed with different emotions. Some of happiness, anger, and even shock. But Gukay didn't care, he was just here to get his money and leave. When the red haired man looked up, he nodded his head.

"Gukay, as for the success of your prior A- Rank mission, here is your teams pay, as said by myself," The elder man said, handing the purse of ryo over to the silent man. With a nod of his head, he turned to leave when he continued,"But I have another mission for you, Gukay," And that made him turn around and nod his head.

"What is it?" He asked calmly, attaching the purse onto his belt.

"Well considering your teams skills and such, I would like you to infiltrate a small, old village for us, the Village Hidden in the Waterfall, located in said country, Waterfall," He ordered, tipping his hat to the young man. Pulling open a drawer, he pulled out a well known colored scroll and tossed it to him,"The mission summary is inside, just let your team read over it and proceed," He ordered, watching as the man left the room with a simple 'huh',"Never learns.." Gaara murmured to himself.

Akane sat in the genjutsu, floating in mid air as she taunted the poor man who had the information she needed. She'd been ordered to pull the information from this particular CEO of an underground syndicate, learn all of his secrets, where his bases were and who his people are. She noted down the names and places, completely bored at how bland this mission was.

The man trembled before fainting, having put up with the strain of the genjutsu for far too long, there was a small chance that he would never wake up again, that the wife she knew he had would never see him again. But, frankly, Akane didn't care. What she did care about was the money she was going to get for this information.

'Thanks' she muttered as she walked out of the man's office, heading towards the meeting point with a Mr. Takashi Fukanaka. He was stood, with his bodyguards, waiting for her. She kept the trade as short and simple as possible, giving him the information before placing the men under a genjutsu before they could try to scam her out of her money. She walked away, bag of money in hand, as she headed towards her home.

The Kazekage tower was the same as it always was when he returned from a mission. Same sand, same corridors, same jonin, usually, same annoying bureaucrats, same Gaara. Not much was different this time.

Okami shunshined quietly into the office of the Kazekage. "My team has been successful, Kazekage-sama." Okami had just returned from an assassination of a local crime lord. He had been dealt with appropriately.

Gaara looked up from his paperwork and nodded,"Good then. I want you to find Shinda and the others. You all have a mission and he will brief you. He is team captain as usual, and Blazing Lady is second in command, Got it?" He informed the ANBU, knowing that he already knew the deal.

Gukay- Shinda

Ran- Blazing Lady

Okami bowed before him. "As you wish, Kazekage-sama." He straightened. "Is there anything else I need to know?" It was good to gather as much information as he could.

Gaara shook his head,"Shinda has all the information," He told him, before raising his hand to dismiss him and to turn back to his paper work.

Okami bowed, before disappearing in a wisp of smoke. Walking down the corridors, he kept his senses alert for his fellow ANBU. Wouldn't do to miss his captain.

Akane arrived home within minutes and threw the money on her table. She kicked off her shoes as she walked into the kitchen to get a drink. She grabbed for a bottle of sake, opening it with the bottle opener she had attached to the fridge door. She took a big swig before she fell onto the couch, resting after another boring mission.

Gukay had appeared in the Demon Puppets Head Quarters, the scroll that was given to him laid out in front of him. He had already read it's contents, and decided to do some hand signs,"Summoning Jutsu," He said emotionlessly, three hawks appearing,"Find my team. Tell them to come here," He ordered, the said birds flying out of the small hole in the roof to find said people.

(This is where your characters, everyone, see a hawk flying towards them and give them the message.)

Akane heard a tap at her window. She looked pver to see a hawk, stood on the empty flower bed outside her window and tapping on the glass with its beak. She opened the window and offered her arm to the bird, it responded by jumping onto her arm and offering its leg. She read the message wrapped around it, 'Gukay needs us?'

She quickly gave the bird a treat before stretching her torso out of the window and throwing her arm to make it fly away. Akane hurried, shutting the window and putting her shoes back on before running out of her apartment and racing to headquarters.

She opened the door to the Demon Puppets Head Quarters, 'Gukay-san?' she asked politely.

Gukay turned to face her, his brown eyes showing no emotion whats so ever,"What have I told you about my real name?" He asked her, his voice void of any anger or emotion. But the people that were close to him knew when he was angry or other emotions he was displaying at the time. Strapping his blade back on his back, he waited for a reply.

Akane broke eye contact, not wanting to annoy him further, 'I'm sorry Shinda' she said monotonously, annoyed at herself for making such a rookie mistake.

'What is it you summoned me here for?' she asked him.

Gukay sat down indian style and proceeded to roll the scroll up. Standing back to his full height, he tossed it to Akane,"We have a mission," He started,"A client by the name of Furido Hotarshi, wants us to take out a small village that has been causing him trouble. Apparently it's the Village Hidden in the Storms," He had started out, walking over to the map on the desk to show her it's location,"It's located amongst the small countries that seperate the Land of Lightning and Land of Rock," He finished.

"The report from the last team sent, a group of Chunin and one Jounin, said that there are a lot of high ranked ninja there, very skilled," He stated, looking to her,"They lost one Chunin and another was injured, forcing them to retreat. Which is why they've decided to send us." He finally finished.

Akane read through the mission scroll, skimming the information. If it was important, Gukay would have elaborated.

'What kind of trouble are we talking about? A rebellion? Or just some civilians getting too big for their boots?' she asked him, 'Also, by us, you mean everyone, correct?'

"Didn't you listen to what I said?" He questioned her, shaking his head,"There are rogue ninja that have decided to take control of the small village and began ransacking nearby villages just for his greed. So not a rebellion or citizens, it's just men and women with no hearts. And by us, I mean all of us, yes." He finished, reaching for the scroll.

Akane gave him the scroll, getting slightly annoyed at his tone of voice. 'Why are you all tense?' she asked him, 'Surely I don't annoy you that much.'

She hoped she was right, she prayed that there was some other reason for all of Gukay's snapping and his general bad mood. If not, he was purely annoyed at her.

Gukay sighed, not believing someone actually wanted to know about him. Usually he wouldn't tell anyone about his past, or about his family or anything, but he seemed felt like he could trust Akane. Looking into her eyes, he began to speak,"I've just been having nightmares of my past, alright?" He told her, putting the scroll back into his pack and strapping it back onto his back,"But it shouldn't be any of your concern."

Akane sighed, nodding at him. 'No, it shouldn't' she started, 'But it does, we need you at your best out there' she told him, 'If you're having nightmares then you're not sleeping, which means you're not at your best.'

She realised how heartless she sounded, but she wasn't sure how to express herself, 'Hey, if you need anyone to, you know, talk to or anything' she nodded, 'I'm the girl for the job' she offered.

"I didn't need anyone when my father beat me, and I don't need anyone now," Gukay told her, his voice returning to it's normally cold tone. Walking over near the targets, he began throwing kunia and shuriken at known vital points in rapid succession, his hands seeming like a blur. Walking over and pulling them from their spots on the wooden dummy, he strolled back over to his spot before and continued again, waiting for the others.

Akane watched him, making mental notes about him and his psyche.

'Daddy issues' she started, 'An abusive childhood can cause all kinds of problems, therefore he has trust issues, he's unwilling to be hurt the same way again, having his father hurt him like that must have cut deep. Because of the trust issues, he probably also has commitment issues, he prevents himself from opening up to others which is why he can appear so heartless and cold all the time. He seems to have created a mask to hide behind, but who am I to talk?' she thought ironically, thinking about her own concealed personality, 'He vents all his anger by focusing on training, which is probably the main reason for why he's so strong.' she finished.

Gukay had already recieved his tools back, and began eyeing the arobic gym the Kazekage had built into the area for leg and muscle workouts. Getting into a kneeling position, he ran full force at the wall and applied enough chakra into his feet at the right time to continue his run up the wall. As he neared the right distance, he leaped backwards and did a backflip, only to grab onto a swinging bar and flipping back onto the ground into a crouch. Taking off his mask, he latched it onto his belt and wiped the sweat off his brow, also brushing the piece of hair in between his eyes into two, before letting them frame his face and tie the rest of his hair into a long chestnut colored ponytail.

"Why did he beat me?" He murmured to himself,"I never did anything. I just tried to be a good son," He whispered once more, making a sand clone and began fighting it using only Taijutsu.

Akane sighed, taking out her supplies to check what she had. She looked over her pouches, frowning at her shortage of wire. She rifled through the drawers in the headquarters, hoping she'd find some.

She had no such luck, she did pocket a spare paper bomb but there was no wire for her to take. She swallowed her pride and walked over to Gukay, 'Hey, you get any spare wire that I can use?' she asked him, hoping he'd have some and feel generous enough to give it up.

Gukay grabbed the clone's leg and slid himself under it, raising his knee to slam it through it's chest, making the clone's sand slither back into the vials beneath his flak jacket. Hearing Akane's words, he eyed her for a moment before pulling all of his trap wire out, handing it to her,"Here you go. I won't be needing it. I have chakra to control my puppets and sand," He told her in a monotone voice, buttoning up his pouch afterwards.

Akane grabbed it from mid air, 'Thanks' she told him, walking back to her supplies.

She sat down to work with them, artfully attaching little bells to the end of each senbon with little pieces of string. The practice of this was incredibly tricky, with the string and the senbon being so thin. She managed though, as she had countless times before. She then attached each senbon to the wire, so that when she plucked one out she could cut the wire at whatever length was needed.

She backed away and smiled at her work, glad to have done something whilst waiting for the others.

"So those are the little nifty traps you use when we're on missions?" Gukay asked her calmly, not ever seeing her make them or set them out. She was so good with them that they were all set before he even noticed she was gone. Looking at how she had pushed the string through the senbon, he waited for an answer.

'That's right' Rosa told him, 'It's easy to prevent a genjutsu if its something you just have to avoid looking at, but for sound' she tapped her ear, 'You can't do anything like that, unless they're deaf, I can trap 'em' she told him.

"Which is why you always trap your opponents, and no one ever gets past it, right?" The ANBU Captain asked once more, already knowing the answer.

Akane smirked as she looked at him, 'Of course, no one can get past me.'

She turned back to her weapons, stashing them away in her pouch before turning towards Gukay, 'But, don't try to let too many people past, okay?' she told him, a hint of teasing present in her voice.

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