The year is 476, and the cold grasp of winter is beginning to set in upon the world. It has been ten years since the great revolutions of the Shinobi world, which saw the Shinobi Villages of the world seizing control of their host nations. Rebellions were minimal, seeing as favor of the Damiyos had fallen greatly due the greed of the rulers in recent times. A tolerable level of peace settled over the world for around six years, and each of the new countries had a prosperous time, leading to immense growth. Alliances were formed, bonds were made and broken between nations. However, with growth comes tensions as borders grew and nations began to grow more hostile with each other. The next thing people knew, the nations were engaged in the First Great War. Over the next four years, the world experienced the horrors of war as the death toll grew to unfathomable numbers. The militaries of each nation were ground down, becoming fractions of what they used to be. The world also saw the first super-weapons being unleashed upon the battle-fields in the form of unique individuals with powerful beasts sealed inside. The birth of Jinchuriki came as a result of the Great War, and nations raced to claim the beasts as their own to create these weapons of war. The beasts seemed to suddenly disappear, as many assumed they were taken and sealed into hosts.

However, the violence of the past four years came to an abrupt end. The allied forces of Konohagakure and Amegakure, after surviving an onslaught from Sunagakure, then Kirigakure and Kumogakure attacking from the side, made a desperate gamble. Using their combined forces, the two nations went after Sunagakure, and then unleashed a surprise on Kumogakure. Sending one of their Jinchuriki, escorted by a group of ANBU, they managed to sneak into the capital. Soon after, thanks to a forbidden technique that died with the ANBU escorting the host, they used the chakra of the Jinchuriki to create a massive explosion. The result being the total destruction of the capital, alongside the force sent by Konohagakure and Amegakure. Not long after, the other countries sat down for a truce. The land that had been controlled by Kumogakure was split between Kirigakure, and Konohagakure. Sunagakure, simply surrendered to Konohagakure to avoid being vassalized after a successful invasion of their country. In the months since, all has been quiet as it usually is in the wake of a bloody war. There are occasional rumors of attacks in the smaller countries floating around. People seem to be a bit on edge, wanting to avoid another conflict so soon after the war. There is a new darkness on the horizon, and it is coming.

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Naruto AU: Team 4's Story is, as is obvious, an AU rp using the world of Naruto. That being said, I will go ahead and state that I don't intend to use anybody or events from the Anime/Manga itself. Just the world and what comes with it (Villages, Jutsu, Nations, Etc.). I am just looking for a small group of 3 to 5 to play the members of Team 4. We will all be starting as Genin fresh out of the Academy, and follow the characters as they progress throughout their lives. The story takes place four months after the Great War finished, the military is quite small compared to what it used to be, thanks to war. We will be playing the genin graduating the academy, as part of the first class to graduate since the war. All of our characters will be assigned to Team 4 of Konohagakure, and we will play out their lives as the team is faced with the growing threat.

Think that about sums it up for the Interest Check. Any questions? Feel free to ask!

Hope to get a group going soon!

I've been looking for a Naruto role-play. I'm definitely interested, most-likely as a male character.

I take it that the canon Clans are still applicable?

Interested. Any further lore changes, such as that Sasuke doesn't exist, so does his clan?

@Dirty Dan Correct, canon clans still exist. One of the two characters I will play (Since I will be playing the Sensei and a Student) is an Uchiha, the other is a Hyuuga-OC Clan I have Hybrid.

That being said, for anybody reading this; OC clans are allowed, you'd just need to clear it with me beforehand.

@Thecrash20 As stated just above, clans do exist.

looks cool color me interested.

Awesome, that is three interested already!

I'll slap an OOC up sometime tomorrow!

Darn. Did you already fill all the slots for this?

Same question as MonkeyBusiness. Haven't seen a Naruto game here for a while, just want to play.

Time to blaze with that ancient Inuzuka bloodline or a dopeass Jugo bloodline

Anymore slots? What is the timeline of this? Since we have to take the level of technology account etc. I'm not into tech but The Last Naruto showed good stuff.

Suggestion:

To make things not bland. I do suggest that, yes it's good that the focus is on the trio but would it be more awesome if others shine as well? Kinda like multi-perspective where you can inter-connect stories.

Also try not to give Uchihas too much love. We all know what happened in the past.

Normally I'd turn some of you away, but I like how quick this got attention. Fuckit, we are a big team now.

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@Masaki Haruna The timeline, is roughly around the same time Naruto started. Just for tech, there aren't things like Tv. But we will have communicators.

As for why I am focusing on the team? Easier for me to give all of you time to be badasses and shine if I've got you in one place. I've got a story laid out.

For the Uchiha, this is AU. No Itachi. No clan extinction. Here they are important, yes, but in the same way as the Senju. Cause they founded the village. My Uchiha is a bit special, but that's cause her dad is kinda a dick and whatnot.

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ALSO: I will only be allowing a total of 3 player Jinchuriki. 1 of which is my Uchiha. If you wish to be a Jinch, tell me in pm and we can work something out.

You won't be able to harness the power of your beast without suffering severe Chakra burning/Death/possibly being taken over by the beast until you subjugate or befriend it.

They hate you. It won't be easy. If I feel you're going to fast with being buddies or whatever with your beast, I will give you a warning. Second time results in me taking control of your beast.

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Anywho, after I shower and get food, ima make the OOC.

Sounds awesome. I'm already thinking about character ideas. Want to do something new this time...

While I'm normally all about 'The More, the Merrier', isn't an eight-person squad a bit too much? No offense to anyone else, of course. That's just my thought.

Also, I'm currently debating between an orphan swordsman from Kiri, and the Hyuuga heir. I guess it'll depend on if the genin age is increased or not. I can't really see an orphan nine year old making it from Kiri to Konoha, but it's a bit more plausible for a 13 year old, I'd say.

@Dirty Dan I see what you mean. Perhaps there could be an in-game explanation of us really being two teams that are just always deployed at the same time?

That would certainly make it more plausible, although the explanation would need a little work. Perhaps for every student of the new class, two teams were chosen to be a joint group, under two sensei of course, because of the international threat and whispers of war.

That way the two teams aren't bunched together and forced to be in one squad, which would make the Exams and similar things more complicated.

Edit: Just me throwing out ideas. The end result is all up to the Boss, of course.

I'm interested. Is it too late to join in?

Edit: A good reason for the massive teams is quite simply a lack of experienced manpower; There are only so many higher ranked shinobi left after the war able to train Genin to be useful for things more then meat shields (or at least train them to be decent meat shields) and thus those few that remain need to teach more idiot kids to make up the difference.

Not ideal, but life is tough.

Two teams is fine. But ever wonder why Durarara, One Piece etc is awesome?

They just don't focus on the main characters like the trio in this RP for instance. They have vast majority of roles that is outside of faction thus having multiple stories intertwining. We can have Konoha trio sure, what if we have somene from the police force etc?

Just a suggestion and giving ideas~

Two teams is fine. But ever wonder why Durarara, One Piece etc is awesome?

They just don't focus on the main characters like the trio in this RP for instance. They have vast majority of roles that is outside of faction thus having multiple stories intertwining. We can have Konoha trio sure, what if we have somene from the police force etc?

Just a suggestion and giving ideas~

I think the main problem with that is because the GM isn't attempting to create an over-all open-world story. Judging by the title, the entire point of the RP is to focus on a specific team.

Even then, if someone were to create a police force character, realistically they would be role-playing by themselves the majority of the time.

I'm interested. Is it too late to join in?

Edit: A good reason for the massive teams is quite simply a lack of experienced manpower; There are only so many higher ranked shinobi left after the war able to train Genin to be useful for things more then meat shields (or at least train them to be decent meat shields) and thus those few that remain need to teach more idiot kids to make up the difference.

Not ideal, but life is tough.

I like that a lot. Even if the jounin of a village are decimated, you still need to train a new generation, that would work.

There would be a large risk of losing the new generation of Genin to easily. Since it is the first new graduating class from the academy, the village would want the protect their investment.