[OOC] Cherry Blossoms Under the Silver Sky

[Genkai]

You can fanboy over Helena all you want, the opening scene for the season was pretty dope. I still think a clone is bound to die or get killed sooner or later and no matter which is it is, no one is gonna be happy. >__>

I didn't mind it, though I've already lost interest in Dany two seasons ago. I don't care we get to see Bran next season, nor do I really care that the Red Priestess bitch is gonna bring Jon back, overall the only thing I'm into is Arya and maybe Tyrion but since he's with Dany...I dunno. I'm bored of Sansa and Theon but Petyr better get more screen time...

[SoleAccord]

I hope for none but if one had to go ...Alison :I or Rachel, cause I have no idea where they're going with her.

Honestly Arya's arc this entire season just led nowhere. All that build-up just for her to kill a sick fuck? I feel like she's hardly learned anything other than wearing a face, and that's all. The Theon 'twist' felt so strange, but I get it. He feels he deserves his suffering but won't let Sansa be a product of Ramsay's sick joys. Petyr didn't get shit this season either, I didn't much like that, but Tommen was so WORTHLESS as a king. Joffrey would have ran those cult fuckers out of his city immediately. The only reason they were in so deep is because Cersei just HAD to beat Margaery.

[Genkai]

The Cersei and Margaery thing was so dull and predictable. I was glad we got to see more of where that girl was...over in Bravos or whatever. That place was nice. Overall, the season never left me feeling excited, save for maybe 1-2 times and it wasn't even with a major character. I'm glad it's going to stop after eight seasons but it just means the next two will be pretty important.

[SoleAccord]

Best thing was the Wildling council, otherwise yeah I never cared for anything going on. The 'Sand Snake' arc went on for too long, and what the bitter woman did wasn't even that sneaky. Nothing to stop them from turning the ship around and getting her executed, she's the most suspect in the random death, especially with that fake ass kiss.

[Genkai]

Everyone pretty much agrees that the sand snakes were a major letdown. Hopefully the book will be finished which means only one more left to go. Supposedly a prequel may be in the works which I hope confirms the fact that Jon isn't really Neds, but his sister's and whatshisface's kid.

[SoleAccord]

I think it's obvious that Jon isn't Ned's son at this point, but he does have Stark blood, so it must have been Lyanna's son or whatever. I DID like the Sand Snake's but the problem was that they only had one good moment and half the season they were in a jail cell after that. God were they gorgeous though.

[Genkai]

If helps any, I'm halfway through season 4 of LoK...not too impressed so far but I just had long timeskips which is probably why I never felt so fondly toward Shippuden.

[SoleAccord]

You have 3 hours before you lose our deal and I don't need to watch Doctor Who. I told you by Wednesday, it's almost three hours until the deal is off dude!

[Genkai]

Well I'm not gonna force you to watch it, it's fine if you don't. Eheh I wasn't really going to hold you to it.

[SoleAccord]

I'll probably give it a shot no matter what, just for you <3

[Genkai]

Awww. If it helps, I would recommend you watch certain ones in the season before going straight through, if the beginning ones weren't your cup of tea. I mean, I haven't met someone who doesn't like Jack Harkness lol

[SoleAccord]

Don't the episodes loosely tie in to one another?

[Genkai]

Yes they are in order, but a portion of the last few could be watched prior to the first, if you're okay with spoilers lol But if you wanna watch em in order, go for it. I'll admit the first two-parter episodes (there are 2 two-parter episodes) can be a bit taxing but I feel that way about most episodes cut into two pieces. But you should go for it because Nine and Rose are so amazing at the end of everything and it breaks my heart. >__<

Ahem new topic or I'll die?

[SoleAccord]

Lol right :X

If Sakura wants to impress, maybe she'll wake up in the night and try to continue her training in private, so Kakashi and Sakura have another moment to discuss her progress in the dead of night? Of course these moments will mean more later, but it will give him even more to be proud of. Just imagine her shooting towards the sky with the gunshot technique and then kakashi's shoots after hers and she's all 'ohmahgod how long were you watching!?' and Kakashi's just a cool guy.

[Genkai]

Sakura can't pull of a Yusuke moment. >__< Though if she is out in the middle of the night training, I don't see her doing something that would use a lot of energy since they are on a big mission and need to be careful but she could be doing some kind air bending moves combat punches and kicks. XD

[SoleAccord]

Well she controls the amount of power in the gunshot technique, she uses as much as she wants, the only training she can really use without much energy is how fast on the draw she can become in a short period of time. Kakashi comes out and joins her once he realizes she isn't going to the bathroom or just getting air.

[Genkai]

I could also see her just sitting alone practicing how fast she can gather the chakra and from there, how much and how well it can be contained, he could approach her there too.

[SoleAccord]

Whew, okay, sorry it took so long. Usually when I say 'half an hour' I just mean that I'm going to get started within that amount of time. If I do a post in half an hour I either just want to get it over with and it usually sucks, or I was responding to someone not worth my max effort (which you are worth <3). Hope you liked it.

So, Kakashi is coming at Sakura really hard (LOL) and he's not offering her any openings. This entire exercise is to enforce the feeling of helplessness and for Sakura to try methods against him that will ease pressure off of herself. He is too fast for her to use handsigns, and I personally think it is much too soon for her to use the gunshot technique, even in its base form, to effectively blast him back. He will be within a couple feet of her at all times and is constantly using a combination of kunai attacks and physical strikes with fist and foot to keep pushing her off balance and make this situation extremely uncomfortable for her. Also, he is going to constantly block her vision from the other two Kakashi to keep her worried. I would not be surprised if she cried out of frustration, this is far more intense than her usual rounds with him. Sharingan makes it so he won't miss anything and he essentially sees her moves before she makes them, too, so what I'd like is maybe you detailing her struggle for about a minute if that's okay.

From there Kakashi will leave her an obvious opening in some form and Sakura can take it to use a desperate counterattack, reducing the Kakashi clone into water and offering Sakura a second to catch her breath. He'll explain what she was dealing with in detail in my post and from there I can continue her training.

Also, tried color, hope that's okay xD

[Genkai]

I had assumed a half hour meant, until you would stop your game and start something so I wasn't really keeping track. ^^;

And thanks for the info, I don't think Sakura is good enough to ward off the pressure he's putting on her. It also seems unlikely she could make clones of her own (non-water) and even if she did, they'd be pretty useless and dealt with quickly anyway. I think for my post, I can outline the struggle and whatever window of opportunity she has. I don't think it'll be used well considering the circumstance but she'll try. Will either of the water clones have any obvious ways to tell them apart from the real Kakashi? And all three will be coming at her right, or would one or two go back and fire kunai at her and take turns like that?

And color haha, yeah we haven't used that in ages.

[SoleAccord]

Oh <3

Well any technique with handsigns risks injury, he's simply coming too strong for her inexperienced genin ass to handle :C Sakura is meant to experiment with her own limitations here and if she takes a risk without understanding the consequences, she'll endure some pain for it, that's the purpose for the exercise. She'll definitely get cut or punched if she drops her guard, so her using any sort of technique is, to me, a little foolish. Simply no time :I and no, the water clones and the real Kakashi all appear the exact same, but given he did the water clone jutsu in front of her she can probably understand that she's definitely facing a clone. The other two won't jump in until my next post and even then I still need to see how Sakura acts. So don't use the other Kakashi's to do anything, just have her focus on the clone who is overwhelming her :D

I just got a little tired of the white bold :O