History FanFic / TheTruthDecays

** To hear Ino tell it, her inability to seduce Neji during the Chunin Exams came of no fault of her own--''Clearly,'' [[MistakenForGay he just isn't interested in women.]]

** (Whilst grabbing an I-beam to whack the offending party into the side of a building), "YOU QUESTION THE POWERS OF MY YOUTH?"
** [[TheBerserker Kiba]] completely loses his mind when a Sound Ninja with a chakra-draining rope dropkicks Akamaru. [[spoiler: Akamaru sustains a few injuries, but he survives the incident and continues fighting. The Sound Ninja in question isn't so lucky though...]]

** [[SitcomArchNemesis Ed has been living in Ibiki's head rent-free]] ever since escaping from Ibiki's custody.

** Kiba [[TheBerserker completely loses his mind]] when a Sound Ninja with a chakra-draining rope catches Akamaru and begins beating him to death. [[spoiler: Akamaru sustains a few injuries, but he survives the incident and continues fighting. The Sound Ninja in question isn't so lucky though...]]

* SymbolicMutilation: True to form, Truth still inflicts its ironic punishments on those who stumble into its domain. [[spoiler: Between Hinata's family situation and her inferiority complex, Hinata is often too shy and wracked by social anxiety to make herself heard in the way that she would like. When Pride forces her through the gate Hinata loses her ability to vocalize almost entirely with the removal of her tongue. This implies that what Hinata wanted most in the world was to speak up and to finally be heard by those around her. Of corse, Pride finds this whole business very inconvenient. The purpose of waking Hinata from her coma was to question her as to Edward's whereabouts. Pride remarks that he had expected Truth to take Hinata's eyes--in line with the Hyuga clan's pride in their kekkei genkai.]]

-->'''Anko:''' [[ItAmusedMe ''That just makes it more fun.'']]

* IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler: Anko's strategy to bait Kimimaro out of his bone forest so that Might Gai can land a hit. She questions Kimimaro's reasons for following Orochimaru and participating in what is clearly a suicide mission; And she viciously mocks him for his continued loyalty to a master who's lost interest in him. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Perhaps she is drawing on her own experience as Orochimaru's former student]] because her words certainly hit close to home. Kimimaro is driven into a suicidal bout of rage and Might Gai delivers the killing blow. ]]

** [[spoiler: Played with in regards to the Sound Four. Once the mission starts falling apart every member given a POV begins [[BlameGame rehersing what they will tell Orochimaru when they report back to the Sound Village. ]] Later on when Tayuya is captured by ROOT she cycles through multiple scapegoats to project her anger onto--Edward, Hinata, her team mates--Before finally admitting to herself that she'd forgotten to take ROOT into consideration. Orochimaru had actually provided them dossier on ROOT but she and her teammates had ignored it. Her rational being that Danzo's hostility toward's the Uchiha Clan would cause him to turn a blind eye from their abduction of Sasuke. It did not occured to her that capturing an additional target, (Edward Elric), might draw Danzo's attention and interference.]]

** [[spoiler: Tayuya's POV insinuates that she has previously experienced torture comparible to what ROOT is dishing out. Corporal punishment, as well as [[PlayingwithSyringes human experimentation]] and [[YouHaveFailedMe execution,]] are apparently commonplace in the Village Hidden in the Sound.]]

* UnderestimatingBadassery: Hinata is underestimated by nearly everyone she meets, but especially herself.

-->'''Anko:''' ''Officially, I can't interrogate him, but [Tsunade] didn't ban personal contact. And if something interesting should slip out in a moment of passion…''
-->'''Kakashi:''' ''I think there might be a flaw in your plan,''
-->'''Anko:''' ''What?''
-->'''Kakashi:''' ''He hates you.''
-->'''Anko:''' ''That just makes it more fun''

* CollidingCriminalConspiracies: [[spoiler: Recent chapters have seen Orochimaru's, Danzo's, and Pride's evil plots all bumping up against each other and derailing in a spectacular 3-way collision. Arguably even a 4-way collision, if you include the non-ROOT elements in Konohagakure.]]

** [[spoiler: Played with in regards to the Sound Four. Once the mission starts falling apart every member given a POV begins [[BlameGame rehersing what they will tell Orochimaru when they report back to the Sound Village. ]] Later on when Tayuya is captured by ROOT she cycles through multiple scapegoats to project her anger onto--Edward, Hinata, her team mates--Before finally admitting to herself that she'd forgotten to take ROOT into consideratin. Orochimaru had actually provided them dossier on ROOT but she and her teammates had ignored it. Her rational being that Danzo's hostility toward's the Uchiha Clan would cause him to turn a blind eye from their abduction of Sasuke. It had not occured to her that capturing an additional target, (Edward Elric), might draw Danzo's attention and interference.]]

** [[spoiler: Tayuya's POV insinuates that she has previously experienced torture comparible to what ROOT is dishing out. Corporal punishment, as well as
Village Hidden in the Sound]]

** [[spoiler: Tayuya's POV insinuates that comparible to that ROOT dishes out. ]]

** Kiba [[TheBerserker completely loses his mind]] when a Sound Ninja with a chakra-draining rope catches Akamaru and begins beating him to death. [[spoiler: Akamaru is injured but survives the incident. The Sound Ninja in question isn't so lucky though...]]

* RestrainingBolt: A variant of the Caged Bird Seal keeps Ed from leaving Konoha and also hurts him if he tries to tamper with it.
** ExplosiveLeash: while not a bomb, it still performs this function.

** RecklessPacifist: While flipping over a forest Ed accidentally breaks the neck of a sound ninja who's been harrying him.

* SlaveBrand: Ed certainly interprets the Cage Bird Seal as such. He's right of course, but it's uncouth to be saying so when your only allies are leaning on the Hyūga for their own political survival.

* SlaveBrand: Ed certainly interprets the Cage Bird Seal as such. He's right of course, but it's uncouth to be saying so when your only allies Hyūga

** Edward's ''third'' attempt at pulling this is similarly unsuccessful. Ed pretends to take a shower and while the water is running he tries to escape out the window. He is caught almost immediately but pretends to be offended that they would watch him in the shower. Neji points out that he ''wasn't'' in the shower, but continuing in such escape attempts is a great way to end up supervised in the bathroom. [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking Also, he should stop wasting water.]]

** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button.]] Less Reasonably: Anyone even tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons. Especially when that person is a crippled, non-shinobi civilian [[BeyondTheImpossible who somehow managed to break out of Itachi's nigh unbreakable genjusu,]] and will not [[AchievementsinIgnorance (or rather, cannot)]] tell him how; And that's ''before'' Ed wondered off after handing Sasuke a humiliating defeat during their confrontation in an alleyway. Of course--Ed being Ed--he does absolutely nothing to de-escalate these situations with Sasuke. [[{{Troll}} If anything he encourages it. ]]

** [[spoiler: Played with in regards to the Sound Four. Once their mission starts falling apart, every member given a POV begins [[BlameGame rehersing what they will tell Orochimaru when they report back to the Sound Village. ]] Later on, when Tayuya is captured by ROOT, she cycles through multiple scapegoats to project her anger onto--Edward, Hinata, her team mates--Before finally admitting to herself that she'd forgotten to take ROOT into consideratin. Orochimaru had provided them dossier on ROOT but she and her teammates had ignored it. She'd thought that Danzo's hostility toward's the Uchiha Clan would cause him to turn a blind eye from their abduction of Sasuke. It had not occured to her that capturing an additional target, (Edward Elric), might draw Danzo's attention and interference.]]

* SlaveBrand: Ed certainly interprets the Cage Bird Seal as such.

** [[TheBerserker Kiba completely loses his mind]] when a Sound Ninja with a chakra-draining rope catches Akamaru and begins beating him to death. [[spoiler: Akamaru is injured but survives the incident. The Sound Ninja in question isn't so lucky...]]

** [[HairTriggerTemper Ed has all of his usual ones.]] Including his height. '' [[TheNapoleon Especially]]'' his height. [[spoiler: Edward also seems to have had an adverse reaction to Tayuya's auditory genjutsu, if the following screaming match is anything to go by.]]
** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: ]] Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button. Less Reasonably: Anyone even tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons. Especially when that person is a crippled, non-shinobi civilian [[BeyondTheImpossible who somehow managed to break out of Itachi's nigh unbreakable genjusu,]] and will not [[AchievementsinIgnorance (or rather, cannot)]] tell him how; And that's ''before'' Ed wondered off after handing Sasuke a humiliating defeat during their confrontation in an alleyway. Of course--Ed being Ed--he does absolutely nothing to de-escalate these situations with Sasuke. [[{{Troll}} If anything he encourages it. ]]

** (Whilst grabbing an I-beam to whack the offending party into the side of building), "YOU QUESTION THE POWERS OF MY YOUTH?"

** "YOU QUESTION THE POWERS OF MY YOUTH?"

** [[HairTriggerTemper Ed has all of his usual ones.]] Including his height. '' [[TheNapoleon Especially]]'' his height. [[spoiler: Edward also seems to have had an adverse reaction to Tayuya's auditory genjutsu, if the following screaming session was anything to go by.]]

** [[spoiler: Pride

* BerserkButton: [[HairTriggerTemper Ed has all of his usual ones.]] Including his height. '' [[TheNapoleon Especially]]'' his height.
** Ed has been living in Ibiki's head rent-free ever since escaping from Ibiki's custody,

** Ever since escaping from his custody, Ed has been living in Ibiki's head rent-free.

** Ever since escaping from his custody, Ed has been hanging out in Ibiki's head rent-free.
** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: ]] Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button. Less Reasonably: Anyone even tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons. Especially when that person is a crippled, non-shinobi civilian [[BeyondTheImpossible who somehow managed to break out of Itachi's nigh unbreakable genjusu,]] and will not [[AchievementsinIgnorance (or rather, cannot)]] tell him how; And that's ''before'' Ed wondered off after handing Sasuke a humiliating defeat during their confrontation in an alleyway. Of course--Ed being Ed--he does absolutely nothing to de-escalate these situations with Sasuke. [[ {{Troll}} If anything he encourages it.}} ]]

* BerserkButton: [[HairTriggerTemper Ed has all his usual ones.]] Including his height. '' [[TheNapoleon Especially]]'' his height.
** Ever since escaping from his custody, Ed has been living in Ibiki's head rent-free.
** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button.]] Less Reasonably: Anyone even tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons. Especially when that person is a crippled, non-shinobi civilian [[BeyondTheImpossible who somehow managed to break out of Itachi's nigh unbreakable genjusu,]] and will not [[AchievementsinIgnorance (or rather, cannot)]] tell him how; And that's ''before'' Ed handed Sasuke a humiliating defeat and then wondered off during their confrontation in the alleyway. Of course--Ed being Ed--he does absolutely nothing to de-escalate in these situations.

* BerserkButton: [[HairTriggerTemper Ed has all his usual ones.]] Including his height. [[TheNapoleon ''Especially'']] his height.

** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button.]] Less Reasonably: Anyone who can even be tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons. Especially when 'that person' is a crippled, non-shinobi civilian [[BeyondTheImpossible who somehow managed to break out of Itachi's nigh unbreakable genjusu,]] and then wondered off after handing Sasuke a humiliating defeat in their confrontation in an alley. Of course, Ed being Ed, he does absolutely nothing to de-escalate in these situations.

* Berserk Button: [[ HairTriggerTemper Ed has all the usual.]] Including his height. [[TheNepoleon ''Especially'' his height.]]

** [[DarkAndTroubledPast Reasonably: Itachi serves as Sasuke's berserk button.]] Less Reasonably: Anyone who can be tangentially associated with Itachi also presses Sasuke's buttons.

** [[spoiler: Played with in regards to the Sound Four. Once their mission starts falling apart, every member given a POV begins rehersing what they will tell Orochimaru when they report back to the Sound Village. [[BlameGame Specifically: Upon whom the blame should fall for the mission's failure.]] Later on, when Tayuya is captured by ROOT, she cycles through multiple scapegoats to project her anger onto--Edward, Hinata, her team mates--Before finally admitting to herself that she'd forgotten to take ROOT into consideratin. Orochimaru had provided a dossier on ROOT which she and her teammates had ignored, believing that Danzo's hostility toward's the Uchiha Clan would cause him to turn a blind eye from their abduction of Sasuke. It never occured to her that capturing an additional target (Edward Elric) might draw Danzo's attention and cause him to interfere]]

** [[spoiler: When the mission start's going south every member of the Sound Four with a POV starts rehersing what they will say when they report back to Orochimaru, [[BlameGame regarding where the blame should fall.]]]]