IM Tales Ch. 9 Family

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Art for Chapter 9 of In Memoriam Tales. [link] Family   Sasuke is nineteen and feels like he’s twice that old.  He’s been a traitor three times – first to his village and friends, then to his brother’s memory, and finally to Akatsuki.  He’s wandered everywhere, it seems, and he knows countless jutsu.  His body is littered with so many scars he can’t remember where he got them all.  He wears the rank of jounin officially, though everyone in the village and all the Bingo books rank him among the three most powerful ninja alive, right alongside his former teammates.  He’s been working odd jobs around th

Panel 1: Sixth Hokage Naruto gives Jounin Sasuke his new assignment - a genin squad - and suggests that if it's too difficult, Sasuke can switch back to something else. Sasuke just smirks - maybe, this time, they'll surprise him.

Panel 2: Between Karin and baby Rinji, Sasuke wonders if this is what heaven is like.

Panel 3: Sasuke shows his team what they are fighting to protect - the future generation of Konoha. Saigan Kimagazaki, the loudmouth that reminds him of Naruto, gives him a grin, while his teammates Tamaki (the girl) and Saitoh Shirogane curiously look at baby Rinji, as if afraid they'll break him.

Character Notes:
Jounin Sasuke is more diabolical as a sensei than Kakashi ever was. Those poor genin...

Baby Rinji adores his parents - this is why he throws cereal at them. His name is written as りんじ or 林治 and refers to a calm forest.

Sasuke's genin squad, Team 4, are (Left to Right) Saigan Kimagazaki (the loudmouth), Tamaki (the pushy girl), and Saitoh Shirogane (the jerk with issues).

OTHER:

Rinji in the middle panel is made of fail anatomy. I'm also fully aware he seems to have shrunk in the bottom panel. Damn my eyes. I fail babies.

I still fail backgrounds, but this is done so now I can move on to posting stuff I finished earlier and working on other stuff.

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Chapter Images:
Chapter 1: Salad Days
Chapter 2: Change
Chapter 3: Oddity
Chapter 4: Middle
Chapter 5: Observer
Chapter 6: Legacy
Chapter 7: Stratagem
Chapter 8: Old
Chapter 9: Family - YOU ARE HERE -