A/N this chapter turned out to be a lot shorter than I thought, but I found a good cut off point for it so I decided to end it there. Well we have broken away from canon at last so now things take their own course from here.
Now part of the reason why this update took so long was because I was having a difficult time with a lot of the battles because some of them didn't quite play out as well as I was hoping they would, but after showing the chapter to a few folks I am confident it will be ok.
Also I want to thank you for your reviews so far and being patient with me, so here we go.
Chapter 12
Two Powers Clash
Atop the branches of the giant tree Nordrassil the Crow Witch was deep within her lair with her unwilling guest Tayuya who had spent what could only be called a whole month of hell. Among the long list of things the former Otogakure shinobi had endured was not enjoying a decent meal, not even having a chance to properly bathe which left her hair a horrid mess among other things including smelling pretty bad. At least now she was wearing clothes which were a fairly decent replacement to the bloodstained clothes she had been wearing when first brought here.
Right now Tayuya was barely recovering from having been stripped naked and endured having needles inserted into all of the charka points on her body as part of Malphas's efforts to study her curse seal upon which she invoked its activation while Tayuya was bound and immobilized thanks to a voodoo doll of the kunoichi the Crow Witch had made. She was dressed again, but this time in an old white shirt and she was wearing black shorts. This time she was secured to a pair of large wooden boards that restrained her hands and head in-between the two boards while her feet were secured.
"I wish that guy with the huge sword would have just finished me off," Tayuya thought as the kunoichi was at her breaking point already uncertain if she could endure much more.
"I believe I have figured it out, so this should be the last time."
"Oh bullshit you said that last time you twisted bitch!"
"I would watch that tongue or I'll find some other excuse to keep going with something else a little more humiliating than the last test." The giant crow said darkly frightening Tayuya into silence.
Using a large talon to move some of her hair aside to expose the curse mark on the back of her neck before using that same talon to pick up a potion the witch had brewed in a cauldron nearby. It had a bubbling red liquid on the inside. It was stored inside a long clear circular container which was about five inches in height with two inches wide at the base.
"Here we go," Malphas said as she poured the contents of the liquid onto the curse mark causing Tayuya a painful sensation focused at her curse mark where she felt something beginning to stir within it. The red-head girl began crying out in agony as a white substance began to emerge from the curse mark prompting the giant crow to seize it and rip off of the woman's neck as it began to take shape. "So this is the essence of Orochimaru…I see he does more than just mix his own charka into it. He incorporates a part of his own consciousness within the marks themselves. This should at least server his link between you and him."
Malphas crushed and killed the newly formed white snake that had emerged from Tayuya's cruse mark as the physical representation of Orochimaru's consciousness that existed as part of the cruse mark and his charka that was infused with it.
"No this charka isn't ordinary…wait…oh I see…so that's it."
Tayuya was beginning to recover, but she felt strange somehow like something had been taken off her shoulders. She felt as if some kind of heavy burden had been taken from her somehow. It was a very strange feeling…almost like she was somehow freed of something.
"I think I succeeded, but I'll watch it and see what happens."
Meanwhile around the same time at the Chunin Exams the Kazekage felt a sharp pain in his chest as if some part of him had died somewhere. This momentarily caused the Hokage to look at the man in concern wondering if something was wrong.
"Are you feeling alright Lord Kazekage?"
"I am fine…I don't know what that was?" The Kazekage replied calming down and quickly regaining his composure.
In the Arena below Sasuke stood quietly by Genma as he waited for Lelouch as he felt a slight feeling of nervousness, but at the same time he had never felt such anticipation mixed in. He was more eager to face Lelouch than being nervous over such a fight ahead of him. This is the real reason why he was interested in the Chunin Exams as he wanted to fight the best there was and he got his wish. Next to Gaara it was clear Lelouch was the ideal opponent for him to face. A short time later Lelouch emerged from the doorway and made his way out towards the center of the field where Sasuke was waiting for him.
A silent stare down between the two ensured, but after a few moments Genma was ready to begin the match.
"The second match begin; NOW!"
Sasuke and Lelouch charged at one another with Sasuke throwing the first punch, but his opponent swiftly dodged it by stepping to the side before Sasuke followed up with a quick roundhouse kick. Lelouch parried it with his right arm before he countered attacked with left hook. Sasuke had his sharingan already active, having activated it when the match began, was using his almost matured sharingan to keep ahead of his foe while looking for an opening in his defense to land a blow.
The melee between the two was intense as everyone were completely hooked on the fight happening in the center of the arena, but after Lelouch kicked Sasuke in the stomach pushing him back the Konoha genin saw the opening he needed and leapt up into the air delivering a swift roundhouse kick in mid-air. But to Sasuke's surprise it was parried by Lelouch's right arm; however Sasuke was quick to follow it up with a second kick as he fell back towards the ground.
Deciding to make his own opening Sasuke drew a kunai just as his second kick was parried before hurling it forcing Lelouch to move his head to avoid having his face slashed which broke up his fighting momentum just long enough for Sasuke to land on the ground and deliver a swift high kick to Lelouch's chin knocking the shinobi back. Deciding to seize the opportunity and quickly follow up with another attack Sasuke was moving in to press his attack, but Lelouch quickly recovered and punched Sasuke in the face stunning the genin for a brief moment. The battle between the two genin intensified as Sasuke quickly recovered and pressed his attack as the two exchanged punches and kicks in a impressive display of taijutsu skill. Lelouch blocked one of Sasuke's punches with his left forearm before throwing a right hook at the Konoha shinobi who dropped down to sweep the former prince off his feet with a sweeping kick. Lelouch dodged it by leaping into the air and performing a back flip before moving to reengage Sasuke in a fierce hand-to-hand melee.
Sasuke tried to deliver a right hook followed by a left hook, but Lelouch not only managed to parry both strikes but he grabbed Sasuke's hands keeping him from pulling them back. Lelouch was beginning to overpower his younger opponent before Sasuke delivered another high kick to his chin causing Lelouch to release Sasuke who jumped back and quickly began weaving Tiger, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse and Tiger hand signs before Sasuke used Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique) sending a fireball flying at Lelouch.
Lelouch having recognized the hand signs was already quickly weaving signs to counter Sasuke's attack with Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Formation Wall) unleashing a focused stream of water that cancelled out Sasuke's fireball blanketing a good part of the arena in a mix of steam and smoke. For a moment no one could see what was happening. Sasuke hung back waiting to see how his opponent would react, but off to the side hiding by a tree Lelouch used a tiger hand sign.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hiding in Mist Technique)" Lelouch thought creating a thick mist using some of the water scattered around the battlefield along as a means of creating a thick mist that blanketed the entire arena floor.
Sasuke instantly remembered the technique when Zabuza Momochi the Demon of the Hidden Mist used the same technique against Sasuke and his teammates during their mission to the Land of Waves. Drawing from that experience Sasuke began to retreat to the wall of the arena expecting a series of likely sneak attacks to come next.
"He'll likely try to attack me from behind, so if I keep the arena wall to my back that should limit his opportunities to attack me from behind and force him to face me head on where I should be able to see him before he strikes." Sasuke thought already working out a way to counter the mist knowing that his sharingan was all but useless with this thick mist, but he reasoned he should be able to see Lelouch if he attacks before him or to the sides.
After their mission to the Land of the Waves the young Uchiha had studied the technique upon which he confirmed that his sharingan wouldn't be able to see through the mist because the creator's charka would be mixed in. Even now Sasuke could only see the mist as a dark blue cloud of mist through his own sharingan. He knew another dōjutsu like the Byakugan would possibly be able to see through the mist better than his own eyes depending on the skill of the user.
"The only sure way I got at beating this technique is to stop the user."
Sasuke knew it was risky to wait for his foe to come and attack him in such a thick mist, but he knew it was his only option since running around seeking him out would present even bigger risks than just waiting with one's back literally against the wall.
"I don't think he is as good as Zabuza, but I better be ready to expect Sairento Kiringu (Soundless Murder Technique)," Sasuke thought deciding that he was going to take no chances since he reasoned that Lelouch must be skilled in not only using the Kirigakure no Jutsu, but was more than likely well trained to fight and operate within the mist.
But when Sasuke reached the wall and moved passed some of the bushes that were growing near the edge of the Arena Wall he felt the hair on the back of his neck rise up before looking down to see a shimmering wire break off of something he must have stepped on or crossed. It took Sasuke moments to see the burning of paper bombs about to detonate.
Acting fast Sasuke kicked himself off from the arena wall launching away from explosives just in time before an explosion destroyed a good piece of the wall and the bushes he had passed by. Had he delayed a second later then he would have been caught in that explosion. Picking himself up quickly Sasuke hurried to the other side of the wall knowing that explosion gave away his position, but when he approached it he cautiously examined the area around the wall before seeing that the area around the Arena wall had been booby-trapped.
Sasuke found not only wire traps, but noticing some soil that had been disturbed possibly meant that there were mines planted on the ground.
"Impossible how did he lay traps around the edges of the arena so quickly?" Sasuke thought while he was trying to grasp how Lelouch could lay so many traps in such a short amount of time. "There was no way he could have put out this many traps unless someone helped him."
A look of realization suddenly appeared on Sasuke's face.
"Wait…that's it…that's the only way he could have done this. He must have used the Karasu Bunshin no Jutsu (Crow Clone Technique), but when did he use it…unless…he must have used it before entering the arena. Once the fight started and everyone was watching us the clone must have slipped out to plant all of these traps in preparation for this mist." Sasuke thought realizing Lelouch's plans for the mist and the fact that he had anticipated the fact that he would use the walls of the arena to force Lelouch in a head on confrontation without leaving his back open to him.
Sasuke knew the edge of the arena could offer no safe haven for him now, but now the Uchiha was thinking on how he could counter Lelouch now. Especially when it was obvious he had two enemy combatants to worry about now.
Outside of the arena Kakashi, Ino and Sakura observed the fight concerned for Sasuke's well-being. Ino and Sakura wanted to be confident in Sasuke, but neither of them could deny that their favorite Uchiha was facing a crafty and dangerous foe. The only positive note for the two of them was the fact that Sasuke wasn't facing Gaara as the two kunoichi had heard a number of unsettling things about him which Ino heard from Kiba and Hinata who in turn mentioned it to Sakura.
'For Sasuke this is a dangerous situation for him. I am sure he'll figure out a way to stop the mist, but his foe easily meets the qualifications for Chunin in combat tactics and planning alone. If this was done under a normal mission with a full team behind him then Sasuke's chances of winning would have been furthered reduced drastically.' Kakashi thought as he saw the details of Lelouch's battle plans. Obviously he wasn't just using the mist to render Sasuke's sharingan useless but his overall tactics were built around saving as much charka as possible for future matches.
Considering too what Lelouch would be facing such as Gaara.
In the arena Sasuke readied six kunai, three held by his fingers in each hand, as he calmly took a deep breath as he remained perfectly still seemingly listening for any sound. A few seconds later he let them fly, but attached to each one was an explosive tag which struck their targets before detonating which in turn set off whatever traps Lelouch had managed to plant including a few paper bomb traps he must have laid because a chain of explosions erupted around the edges of the arena. The explosions caused the mist to break up, which thanks to the small and contained area it was in the explosions helped disrupt and end the mist.
But behind Sasuke his foe emerged activating a number of wire traps unleashing a few well placed kunai on wires that were sent flying.
Sasuke realized the danger at the last moment narrowly dodging them, but he was left open to a punch to the face knocking him back. Lelouch and Sasuke engaged in a fist fight before the latter drew out his sword and forced Sasuke on the defensive. Using his last kunai he drew from his pouch he deflected some of his sword strikes before using his free hand to detonate a smoke bomb as Sasuke backed away throwing his kunai into the smoke. He heard the sound of it being deflected, but instead of engaging Lelouch the young Uchiha wasted no time putting some distance between them.
Kakashi passively observed the fight realizing what his student was intending. 'It's a risky gambit, but Sasuke doesn't want to drag this out any longer.'
With one swipe of his sword Lelouch blew away the rest of the smoke as he glared at Sasuke while the Uchiha was assuming a familiar stance as he held his right hand close to the ground, but before the fight could escalate to its inevitable conclusion the audience saw feathers fall before their eyes. Kakashi's eye widened realizing what it was before using a quick hand-seal to perform Genjutsu Dissipation.
'This is Nehan Shōja no Jutsu (Temple of Nirvana Technique), but who is casting it?' Kakashi thought as he readied himself for an attack while at the same time he scanned the crowds looking for the caster. Meanwhile on the arena floor Sasuke and Lelouch became aware of what was happening in the stands as did the Hokage who without a second thought glanced at the Fourth Kazekage. His suspicions were confirmed when his bodyguards suddenly leapt into action.
"Now let us begin the real battle shall we."
A smoke bomb was detonated as the Hokage's bodyguard was swiftly disabled allowing the Kazekage to seize the Third Hokage by the neck and leap up towards the roof of the tower they had been enjoying the exam from. The ANBU black ops were already on the move as some went to protect the lords and nobles visiting another group went after the Hokage in pursuit of the Kazekage. The latter's bodyguards attempted to stop them, but they were seemingly cut down after being sliced in half. But moments later from their remains four shinobi leapt forth and quickly passed the pursuing ANBU black ops joining the two Kage on the roof of the tower as they took up positions near the corners of each roof.
"Do it!" The Kazekage ordered.
Each of the four shinobi preformed a snake hand seal before clasping their hands together.
"Shishienjin (Four Violet Flames Formation)," The members of the Sound Four including their new member to replace Tayuya said together as a large square shaped barrier was erected encasing Sarutobi and the Kazekage inside.
One of the pursuing ANBU collided into the barrier causing his body to erupt into flames killing him.
Back on the arena floor Gaara and his siblings accompanied by their sensei made their appearance as Lelouch didn't seem hardly surprised by this. Lelouch assumed a battle stance before using a free hand to consume a food pill to replenish some of his strength.
'I get it now and it makes sense. Sunagakure has been in decline since its daimyo has been giving missions it should have been forwarding to his country's own village to save money while dealing out budget cuts one after another to Sunagakure. In fear of their village falling apart they likely formed an alliance with Orochimaru, or rather Orochimaru sought them out because of their status knowing destroying Konoha would benefit them greatly.' Lelouch thought realizing why Sunagakure joined with Orochimaru, but he also noted mentally casting a glance at the cloud of smoke from where the Kage had been sitting before seeing the barrier forming. 'But somehow I think Sunagakure has already been betrayed.'
The chunin proctor stood with Lelouch and Sasuke as a tense standoff ensured.
"Lelouch perhaps I should help you with this." C.C. said calmly joining him.
"Lady you don't stand a chance against all three of us."
"You have me to fight remember." Shino said joining the group. "I believe the odds are more in our favor through."
"Don't forget I am here." Sasuke said ready to join the fight, but of course there was the Chunin Proctor who was present too.
"I'll leave Gaara in your hands then…Jinchūriki Killer," Lelouch said with a cold smile.
"Jinchūriki Killer?" Sasuke asked curious how a seemingly lazy woman like C.C. got such a nickname.
"I am not surprised a lot of you genin don't know about her." Genma began. "True she has been a genin longer than this village has stood, but it's more of the fact that she has little interest in advancing her rank and she tends not to stay with a village for long."
"So what you are saying is she is much older than the shinobi villages?" Sasuke said as his expression clearly showed that he had a hard time believing that part about C.C. being immortal.
"I am dead serious…you are looking at a genuine immortal the shinobi who cannot die. But her main occupation as a Jinchūriki Killer is what has earned her such a fierce reputation."
"Instead of talking about it I'll show you." C.C. said as she rushed Gaara head on, but as Temari moved to stop her Lelouch joined the attack and stopped the blonde woman from attacking by forcing her to block his attack with her fan.
Kankurō would have stepped in to help, but he was under attack from Shino who wasted no time engaging his intended foe. Sasuke decided to fight against Gaara and leave Lelouch to deal with Temari deciding that the red-headed shinobi was the much bigger threat facing them right now. Genma and Baki began to engage in battle as the proctor was fighting to keep him from helping his subordinates. C.C dodged some of Gaara's sand attacks before moving in close and using her wires to seize his arm before using charka to enhance their cutting power as she was beginning to slice through his sand armor.
Gaara's sand tried to counter attack, but also break the wires holding his arm. But using a free hand C.C. drew her weapon as it transformed into a scythe after it folded open revealing the weapon's true form.
Sasuke was stunned as he couldn't believe the speeds the girl was moving at as her sharingan was barely keeping up. If anything he was probably convinced at this point that C.C. was the strongest member of Lelouch's team with fighting skills that surpassed the black-haired young man from Amegakure. Sasuke was intending on her helping her, but he wondered if she really needed it now. On the other hand he didn't like being left out.
Meanwhile C.C. continued assaulting Gaara with hit and run attacks, although he managed to cut the wires off his arm that slowed him down. The green haired kunoichi used that as a moment cut open his sand armor after using charka to enhance the cutting power of her scythe. After her hit and run tactics weakened the sand armor enough C.C. slashed Gaara's arm drawing blood much to the shock of anyone watching.
At that moment Gaara quickly retaliated by catching C.C. with her sand upon which he quickly encased her using Sabaku Kyū (Sand Binding Coffin). A furious Gaara held out his hand before closing his fist.
"Sabaku Sōsō (Sand Waterfall Funeral)" The red-haired shinobi shouted before crushing C.C.
As Gaara put one hand on his arm as his sand left C.C.'s crushed corpse behind he didn't notice C.C. pick up her scythe bringing it close to her mouth to lick off the blood, which caused a strange red mark to appear on her forehead in the shape of a phoenix taking flight.
"Ok Shukaku; are you ready for mommy's belt now." The green haired woman said as she got up looking at a stunned Gaara.
"How…how are you alive?"
"Did you hear the proctor mention that I am immortal? You can't kill me, but I am surprised Shukaku didn't share that information with you. His first host tried that the first time."
Gaara attacked with his sand again, but strangely C.C. didn't seem worried as the woman began to move using his speed taijutsu movements to close to Gaara to attack again. But this time the younger shinobi was ready for her and had kept some sand near his feet to catch her. This the sand quickly encased her arm before crushing it, but this time Gaara felt an intense feeling of pain shoot up his arm. Gaara quickly ceased his attack and gripped his arm. He had never felt such pain before, but he couldn't understand how it happened.
"It's too late Gaara and unless you want to die you might want to reconsider using your favorite combo on me." C.C said as her arm healed from the damage she inflicted upon it.
"How did you-" Gaara said as his arm continues to hurt despite there being no sign of physical damage.
"It's part of my special power that I alone have, but of course you got those idiots from Jashim who tried to duplicate it. Even they couldn't come remotely close to getting my immorality right either." C.C. replied she jumped away from Gaara. "All I have to do is take in your blood and for a little while we become linked so any damage you do to me will be reflected upon you."
As C.C. grinned Gaara was trying to figure out how he was going to defeat this woman.
Elsewhere as C.C. and Gaara battled Temari and Lelouch became locked in battle and to avoid being caught in the crossfire between her younger sibling and Lelouch's fellow teammate Temari broke away from Lelouch and tried to get a safe distance away. Lelouch followed her heading away from stadium and chasing Temari into the forest. Eventually once they were a safe distance away Lelouch hurled a pair of kunai and stopped the woman.
"At least tell me the truth about that night. You were following me to the temple that night for something else other than Gaara?" Lelouch said with a gaze that told the blonde kunoichi that he knew the truth or at least suspected it.
"I am not surprised you would figure that you are a sharp one. Nothing personal, but the Kazekage wants you killed."
"I see I imagine then this must be for your alliance with Orochimaru then. I was expecting something like this to happen." Lelouch replied calmly.
'It's too bad really…I did kinda like you.' Temari replied before deciding she would make his death quick and painless at the very least.
"Don't think I am going to die that easily." Lelouch said with a smile.
"That would very disappointing if you did."
Still smiling Lelouch dropped a smoke bomb upon which it exploded giving Lelouch a chance to vanish into the wilderness around him. Temari reacted quickly and unleashed a burst of wind from her fan cutting the tree Lelouch had been standing on in two. Temari had lost track of the young man and was contemplating leveling the forest around her to be safe when Lelouch reappeared behind her launching an attack by hurling a large fuma shuriken he had stored inside of a scroll.
Temari reacted quickly and generated some wind using her fan to deflect it. Had she not noticed it a second later she would have been hit, but as the shuriken got knocked back her eyes went wide when she saw on the underside of it was strapped with a number of paper bombs. Jumping back to get clear the shuriken sent shrapnel flying in a number of different directions, but Temari's quick thinking and escape allowed her to avoid any serious harm.
The black haired shinobi was upon her again this time with his sword drawn trying to stab her, but Temari managed to turn herself in mid-air before countering with her fan to deflect his second strike. The two broke away before both hit the ground and faced off once again. Lelouch didn't give her a chance to open her fan, but she managed to match his sword strikes using her own fan as club to parry and deflect his swings. Lelouch had to be mindful and was almost hit by her fan, but the former prince couldn't help but be impressed.
'Heh I knew she was probably skilled at close quarters combat, but this is a little more than I thought.'
The exchanged continued on for another minute before Lelouch realized continuing to fight her like this would only put him in a disadvantage so he decided to withdraw. As expected Temari opened her fan revealing two moons on it before unleashing a powerful gust of wind against him, but Lelouch sheathed his sword before quickly waving signs Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse and Tiger.
'Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)'
Lelouch unleashed a large fireball and sent it flying at a shocked Temari as her gust of wind she had unleashed against Lelouch was consumed by his attack and heading straight for her. She narrowly dodged his attack diving to the side and taking cover behind a tree.
'He can use fire release, so that makes three different elemental affinities he has. Just who is he?' Temari thought realizing she would need to step up her fighting. 'Maybe I should just wipe out the entire forest.'
Temari didn't have much time linger as a kunai with a paper bomb was thrown against the tree she was hiding behind. The blonde kunoichi moved away just in time to avoid being caught in the blast that blew out the base of the tree. As the tree fell becoming the first of many casualties of this battle between the two shinobi the two engaged one another again, but this time Temari found herself under assault from a number of shurikens, but all of them were missing her. A trio of kunai had been thrown at her, Temari deflected easily enough, but the shurikens she dodged earlier she now noticed had wires attached to them which had surrounded her.
Her momentarily distraction of the wires surrounding her allowed Lelouch to close in and knock the fan out of her hands with a kick before quickly following up his kick with another which sent Temari slamming her back against a tree. Seizing the opportunity Lelouch skillfully handled the wires and wrapped Temari up with them pinning her to the tree. Unable to move Lelouch drew his sword and held it to her neck.
"So what should I do with you now?" Lelouch replied, but he soon realized that there was someone else approaching from behind.
"Impressive-" The new arrival began to say. "Orochimaru-sama was correct about your abilities and your skills. We had hoped the kunoichi from the sand would have weakened you, but you made short work of her sooner than Orochimaru-sama expected."
"Who are you?"
Lelouch looked over his shoulder at the shinobi who was obviously one of Orochimaru's men judging by the robe-like obi around his waist. In fact now that he thought about it his attire was similar to Tayuya's save for some differences. Otherwise he was older than he was with white hair, green eyes and red markings around his eyes and a pale skin complexion.
"My name is Kimimaro the leader of the Sound Five. I wonder if Tayuya mentioned me since she was part of our group as the third strongest among us."
'This could be a real problem.' Lelouch said as he had a bad feeling about this.
A/N: oh man Orochimaru is throwing Kimimaro at Lelouch and the worst part is the guy isn't sick or dying from disease this time either. Will Lelouch be forced to reveal the depth of his abilities and to a witness no less like Temari and let's not forget Sasuke and everyone else left behind at the arena. Also I have been contemplating ways on how that barrier Orochimaru has his other four members of the Sound Five create can be brought down with maybe using Ino or Shikamaru possibly.
And on my profile I have put up a new poll to determine possible candidates for Lelouch's harem should I decide to formerly pursue that route. I am leaning towards it so far, but just justifying it for the story is the only remaining issue. I just don't want to bring about using a cheap way or something like that which could hurt the story if that makes sense.
Many of the choices included on there were ones worked out and discussed between me and AlSmash, although I had wanted to keep Ino in there as a possible choice but considering she is a clan heiress and the fact Lelouch will be moving around from country to country after events in Konoha might not present much of an opportunity for a relationship to build. The same could be said for Tenten, Hana and Sakura I realize, but I kept Sakura in there to increase the number of possibilities to fifteen.
Shizuka ended up getting a chance after discussions between me and AnubisGundam0 on her and other candidates and there is an amusing first encounter I got in mind to happen later on to set the stage.
Guren after further discussion with AlSmash I changed my mind and if any of you check out chapter one you guys will notice I changed her age since after checking things over we thought she is probably eighteen around the time she was saw in the anime so her age has been adjusted accordingly since I thought she was in her late twenties or something when I brought her in.
Fu I was very hesitant to consider mostly because we all know it could end in tragedy. However AlSmash and I decided she could be the trigger in which Lelouch finally openly rebels against the Akatsuki much later in the story. The question if she'll survive the story is debatable at this point.
Ameyuri Ringo I am aware she is dead in the series, but I have worked out a way to bring her back alive and working with Lelouch to become the Kisame of Lelouch's group. Hell Kisame will even joke how Itachi's own student now has a seven swordswoman as a partner. I already pre-made a scene where Lelouch finds and recruits Ameyuri into his group which will lead to a quest for them to get her swords back from a certain nut job. Although it's hard to see a relationship forming, but still her introduction into Lelouch's group should make things a little more amusing.
Fuka….well AlSmash suggested that one and well we were scrapping the bottom of the barrier at that point.
Also princesses and a priestess from the fillers and movies are out with the sole possible exception of Sara's daughter who was another that was suggested to me for consideration.
Tamaki Nekobaa (Cat Lady Shop Girl), ok the obvious reason why I gave her a surname is to avoid people thinking I am referring to the Tamaki from Code Geass by accident lol.
Everyone else chosen was picked because they could bring something to the table, appearances are secondary but I am talking skills and abilities which Lelouch would probably be more interested in. Those like Anko (who was decided to be she would be a little too weird for Lelouch), Mei and Konan were ruled out in discussions between me and AlSmash, although Konan will probably end up working for Lelouch at some point in the future.
So I hope I had covered any questions you might have had about the poll and those I have put into it.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and fights despite it being shorter than I had expected it to be.
