ANBU 2.0

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ANBU 2.0

The ANBU is, first and foremost, an intelligence branch. Secret service, if you will. Intelligence gathering is its primary mission. Not only do they gather information but they pass on critical information and act as messengers when the message is too sensitive to trust a summon or any other body with.

Further, ANBU focuses on who is a threat to this peace, who could become a threat, and who could become an ally. It keeps an eye on high-ranking people, previous convicts, radical groups, and so forth. It also gathers information on how the smaller countries and villages function, what they may need, could they be helped, and whether they wish for help.

ANBU can be deployed as personal security detail for important figureheads such as the Hokage and is at both the Daimyo’s and Hokage’s request for themselves or anyone they deem necessary to assist. Due to the peace among the five great villages, it is not unheard of that ANBU have been requested for other Kage’s and other important personal from friendly villages.

Members of ANBU perform extraction missions, rescue missions, infiltration, and investigations that are far above the Police Force pay-grade. There is a time and place for interrogation; there will always be a need for assassination, but the priority is always to bring a target to fair justice if possible.

There is no gender restrictions to become a member of ANBU or any of it’s sub-sects. People are no longer “grown” into ANBU or any sub-sects. Children are not hand-picked and bred as tools. Some Jounin will be offered to join but it is an application process, pure and simple.

PRIMARY CRITERIA

i. No person may become ANBU without prior rank of Chunin.
ii. A Chunin or Jounin must have at least one year of experience within the respective rank.
iii. An applicant must have completed five successful missions with at least three being B-rank missions if Chuunin; if Jounin, 1 A-rank mission. No more than one failed mission will be permitted. Details of failure to be discussed.
iv. An applicant must pass an intensive background interrogation ( performed by an ANBU member ).
v. An applicant must pass a psychological examination ( performed by a specialized medical nin )

vi. An applicant must have inherited the will of fire:

Love is the foundation of peace. The village is a family
and every Konoha shinobi loves, believes, cherishes,
and fights to protect the village, their fellow shinobi, and
the common people, as previous generations had done
before them.

RULES

Aside from the obvious criteria, there are many rules within the ANBU and the majority of them are strict to say the least. This is still a work in progress so bear with me, but as it stands...

i. You may never remove your mask while in uniform
ii. You may never casually wear your uniform
iii. You may not tell anyone your ANBU status
iv. You may not tell anyone other ANBU members or out them

Depending on the situation, most of these are punishable by death (and/or death of those who know). Other obvious things like treason also punishable by death.

ENTRANCE EXAMS

Those who meet the primary criteria will begin the examination process. The first examination process is split up into three different exams.

i. Written exam to determine intelligence
ii. 2 day physical exam to determine endurance ( both mental and physical )
iii. 1 day physical exam to determine level of skill

- A passing mark must be above 80% for written exams.
- Endurance exam is assessed by a professional team including medical nin.
- Physical exam is assessed by a team of ranking members including medical nin.

In the case of another failure, they must wait one year to reapply.

TRAINING

FIRST ROUND
Those who have completed and successfully passed the initial examinations are taken to a remote location where they will undergo intensive training for two weeks with each weak having one day to rest and recuperate. While this is primarily a physical training program, they are designed to push the threshold of a person in all aspects – physical, mental, and emotional.

Trainees are not only tested on grounds of physical skill but also mental wit and ability to make difficult decisions under pressure -- some very unpleasant. After two weeks have been completed, trainees are returned home. People will be notified whether they have passed or failed within the coming week.

Those who have failed will not be permitted to continue forward within ANBU but may be contacted with another more fitting job offer elsewhere. Those who still wish to be a part of ANBU will be handed a full analysis of their performance and the reason for their denial. They will be allowed to retry in one year but must start all over from the beginning.

SECOND ROUND
People who have completed the first two weeks of training are then moved forward to another remote location where they spend an entire month honing both physical and mental skills. Within the month, mock-up assignments are given to trainees to further assess their abilities within potential ANBU scenarios. These include anything from recon to extraction, interrogation, and more.

Although not all ANBU members will have the same specialty and focus, all ANBU members must be able to perform each task as if it was demanded of them to perform any and all tasks an ANBU may be assigned to at any given time (as this is sometimes the case).

This training is monitored by ranking ANBU & Tobirama himself. Every now and then, Tobirama shows up as a proposed enemy or drill instructor during the training. At the end of the month, participants are given a pass or a fail.

The same as the first round, those who have failed will not be permitted to continue forward within ANBU but may be contacted with another more fitting job offer. Those who still wish to be a part of ANBU will be handed a full analysis of their performance and reason for their denial. They will be allowed to retry in one year but must start all over from the beginning.

Those who have passed continue on.

FINAL STEPS

Once a trainee has completed the three modules of training they are required to take a week of leisure before official acceptance into ANBU. It is asked for those who get this far to get rest and also to think long and hard about the choice they made and the future it holds; about whether or not this is in fact for them.

Once their week is up they return to a three-day intensive going further into details about rights, duties, and potential dangers as well as understanding more fully the workings, divisions, and sub-sects of the ANBU.

They'll be asked to choose between internal and external divisions as well as key roles they would like to work in. Each division has its own form of hierarchy and within in separate groups with key skills, some considered sub-sects. A few sub-sects can be applied to if an applicant feels they have the skills best for that area of expertise and it is agreed upon; a couple are invite-only based on performance and observed skill. High-ranking roles are not available for new members but are rather grown into with years of service and experience (exceptions apply).

FIRST DAY

Once a person has completed the three-day intensive they are handed their mask and uniform and perform a pledge. As mentioned previously, there are two main sects; internal and external. As you imagine, one deals with internal affairs and one with external.

The first day as an ANBU is spent filling paperwork and creating their new identity. As some of the work done may be dangerous to a member’s friends or family, members are required to create a new identity to keep their privacy.

Members must create a new name for themselves as well as new critical information such as date of birth, age, and so forth. New paperwork and intel are created detailing family and personal history. None of this information is permitted to be rooted in any truth whatsoever.

It is encouraged that members incorporate other ANBU members within their history to increase chances of capturing opposing intelligence workers as well as decrease chances of casualty to common civilian or shinobi.

WELCOME TO THE ANBU.