Shiba Kazuma
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Phoenix Clan Champion?Samurai?Shiba's Soul?Unique?Enlightened
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Post by Shiba Kazuma on Apr 21, 2011 22:28:35 GMT -5
Kazuma turned his attention to the mighty Oni that was approaching the wall. He had seen all of the samurai jump into action to attack the large beast. The sudden onslaught seemed to stall the Oni.
Kazuma heard the order from the Kuni lord and slid in under the rising blood of the beast. Ofushikai burned brightly as it was thrust upward into the belly of the beast. Kazuma twisted the blade and thrust it deeper until only the hilt was left outside of the beast.
Kazuma let out a roar as he tore Ofushikai from the belly of the oni.
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Hiruma Koji
Crab Clan
Hiruma * Crab * Scout * Hiruma Daimyo
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Post by Hiruma Koji on Apr 22, 2011 0:03:06 GMT -5
Koji swore. He swore when the report came to him, and when his Champion jumped over the Wall like some sort of crazed berserker. He swore some more when he started organizing the rope brigade to start lassoing the men back to the wall and he swore some more when he knew most of those who'd jumped would just cut the ropes.
And he swore the most at the hell-basted jigoku spawn that had crawled out from between Fu Leng's ass cheeks and was presently assaulting the Wall.
Of course, the unstoppable oni had to come on his watch, and then his Hida-blessed champion rode in to the rescue and instantly would need saving, and so Koji got to tie himself off to one of the chains hanging from the tower.
All the while, the Oni started screeching in anger at the assault upon its back, one of its tails or legs or whatever the blasted thing was called. It delayed it, and Koji hoped it would delay it just long enough.
He had an idea and it was a terrible one but he had it.
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Behind the wall the Oni started circling the new threat that the Phoenix Champion posed, a number of smaller creatures darting in, perhaps in attempt to distract the Shiba from his target, or perhaps in earnest, albeit futile, attempts to strike a blow.
A number of samurai were leaving the reserve area as well, funneling themselves down into the tunnels, as word of an assault by a unit of the Lost spread quickly.
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Back on top of the Wall, Koji gave a few of his, possibly last orders, checked his knots again, and then made sure to tie the tetsubo to one of his wrists. There was no way he was going to lose it.
The orders for the sealant the Kaiu used to protect the stone of the Wall from the rain and gore of the weather and battle respectively to be brought up and heated was likely the one that confused the most. Finally Koji snapped, "BECAUSE THE BLOODY THING IS FULL OF A HORDE OF CREATURES IT'S GOING TO SHOOT AT US THROUGH ITS BLOODY JIGOKU FORSAKEN TENTACLE MOUTH."
"AND THEY'LL BE ON FIRE, BECAUSE WHY NOT? AND THEN THEY'LL EXPLODE BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER NONSENSE ISN'T ENOUGH! IT'S A BAG OF GAS AND GOBLINS AND THAT FRICKING BLACK MUD. JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD!"
And then he threw himself off the Wall.
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Shiba Kazuma
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Post by Shiba Kazuma on Apr 22, 2011 0:25:48 GMT -5
Kazuma saw the smaller creatures approaching but nothing could stop him from his true target. The Phoenix moved with a speed that seemed almost unnatural. He took a step and moved to the beasts head. Ofushikai looked like a blur as Kazuma moved it. He slammed the blade repeatedly into the neck of the beast. Severing the Oni's head from the rest of its body. As he did he fell backwards to avoid the deadly blood.
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Post by Kitsuki Bareian on Apr 22, 2011 0:36:30 GMT -5
CHAOS!
It was the only word to describe the wall.
From the ramparts to the tunnels, the battle was being indecisively fought as wave upon wave of Samurai of the Crab and the Lost tore each other apart.
Mirumoto Katsutoshi felt something was abound in this attack. He felt something was not right with this attack.
He had studied few historical documents regarding the daily assault on the wall during his time as one of the Dragon samurai who had studied in the Ikoma Libraries. It was always a common fact that monsters pester the wall almost each and every day. But when a humanoid was involved in an attack...
There was motivation:
Either they were looking for something precious or much worse...
The Steel Dragon watched the battle for the tunnels. The possibility of getting his daisho were next to impossible. Considering the options left to him, he sought out the nearest fallen samurai, hoped that no one notices, and quickly took the sword the body was holding.
He had no time to observe etiquette and tradition. Practicality was the best option he had.
Making use of his sword as a substitute support for his weakening legs, Katsutoshi pushed forward towards the cave in search of the one crab that may listen to him.
Kuni Itsuko.
She maybe the only one who can help him reach the end of the tunnel from the other side... and see if this was an all out assault or what he thought might be...
A Diversion.
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Kuni Itsuko
Crab Clan
Shugenja * Healer * Heart of Stone * Crab Clan Nakodo * Jade
Posts: 41
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Post by Kuni Itsuko on Apr 22, 2011 22:33:10 GMT -5
Itsuko, covered in the blood of her Clanmates, had left off the business of life in favor of the far more urgent of Death. With so many of her Cousins bracing the towers and the Wall above, she had looked about to find herself one of handful of Kuni still laboring in the tunnels.
Her face, never pleasant, settled into truly terrible lines. Her cold, crisp voice rang through the tunnels, powered by anger and the purity of Jade.
Green light flashed, the beams from her fingers withering one tentacle after another. It bought her kin time enough to close, tetsubo's rising and falling with the rhythm of anihilation, none of them caring about the bodies they clambered past to push the creature back.
None noticed the hidden eta child.
None noticed the blades the children had been sacrificed to reclaim.
Itsuko too missed these things, for she had been drawn by the approach of the Mirumoto.
"Yes, Mirumoto-sama?" Her tone was as cold and calm as ever, as unmoved as the stone around them by the chaos, at least for now.
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Post by Kitsuki Bareian on Apr 23, 2011 16:29:38 GMT -5
Katsutoshi was wounded...
It did not mean that he was useless. His skill with the sword did not diminish with the injury he had been dealt with. Parrying and countering random attacks by the Lost, it had taken him minimal effort to reach his destination.
Apparently his wounds were more of a trouble than the ongoing skirmish.
"These Lost they've sent are without skill!" he noted to himself as if making a point.
He had reached Kuni Itsuko.
"Itsuko!" Katsutoshi threw away all formalities "I need to know if there is an easier way I could reach the opposite end of the tunnel?"
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Chiryo swallowed the fear.
If he was to die then he hoped he would go to a better place. He left the hole he was hiding in and made a mad dash for the daisho he had been tasked to locate. Dodging combatants from both sides, Chiryo finally reached the source of the death of his friends, the cursed daisho of that cursed Mirumoto.
He stared at the sword. He heard a voice whisper about power. Then he heard another voice whisper, this time about revenge.
He looked at the direction of the tunnel from where they had come, then looked at the other were the worm bore through.
"Child you should not be here!" A concerned crab samurai shouted as he approached the child in order to save Chiryo from the danger of the tunnels. The Samurai's eyes widened with surprise as his throat spurted blood. The blade that sliced coming from the Eta-Boy's hand.
Chiryo stood staring at the fallen samurai then ran to the direction where the worm bore through. In his hands he carried the swords belonging to Katsutoshi, the Steel Dragon.
"He will pay with his blood" Chiryo reminded himself and imprinted the image of the Steel Dragon in his head.
He ran towards the darkness. Towards what in time he would call Home...
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Kuni Itsuko
Crab Clan
Shugenja * Healer * Heart of Stone * Crab Clan Nakodo * Jade
Posts: 41
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Post by Kuni Itsuko on Apr 24, 2011 0:22:04 GMT -5
The Kuni woman's face, if possible, grew darker still at the insult of having no honorific attached to her name. She eyed the Dragon, this fool who had taken her time and her magic away from the kin which deserved it far more than a glory-seeker...and smiled.
"Of course, Mirumoto-sama...but why? You have misplaced your Honor, your blades...what good can you do?"
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Post by Kitsuki Bareian on Apr 24, 2011 0:33:48 GMT -5
Katsutoshi noted the sarcasm on the Kuni's face and how she spoke of his lost honor and his blades with a venom that could strike a samurai dead within seconds.
He bit a remark about Crab sensitivity. It would do no good in this situation anyway, instead, he tried to point out what was going on as simple as possible.
"This attack" He calmly spoke "It is not what it seems."
Before she could respond in any fashion she might have in mind, the Steel Dragon pointed to the numbers of the Lost present in the area.
"They've sent thinking canon fodder" he pressed on "I think-the whole siege- is a farce."
"A diversion." he stated plainly.
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Kuni Itsuko
Crab Clan
Shugenja * Healer * Heart of Stone * Crab Clan Nakodo * Jade
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Post by Kuni Itsuko on Apr 25, 2011 0:49:38 GMT -5
The priestess' smile did not alter a bit. "Many thanks for bringing this fact to my attention, Mirumoto-sama. Surely we would never have known how to see through the tactics of our enemy of a millenia had the Dragon not so graciously lent us the aid of one of their finest. Let us go forth to find Hida-dono so that you may give him your observations."
Then she turned on her heel before he could say a word, beginning to make her way past the battling masses. When her way was barred, she would pause for a word or three to the kami, either blasting enemies from her path or directing the earth to swallow them whole.
Though seeming to ignore her 'charge', Itsuko was quite careful to ensure no further harm befell him while he was in her company. It would, after all, be a shame to ruin all her work on him.
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Post by Kitsuki Bareian on Apr 25, 2011 5:15:05 GMT -5
Mirumoto Katsutoshi fell silent at the last biting remark the Kuni spat. His ears burned in self embarrassment. He gripped the sword he held so tight, that his knuckles turned white.
"If these were another day..." Mirumoto Katsutoshi thought to himself as the Kuni walked away from him "I would have impaled you for your mouth."
He followed the Kuni at his own pace, and although the Kuni was doing a fine job of eradicating all the obstruction, the Steel Dragon relished on finishing those who still moved in the ground.
"You!" he shouted to Kuni Itsuko "Where are we going?"
He needed to reach the other end of the tunnel. He felt there was something really wrong. Something made his inside feel as if a certain threat unknown to all of them was looming towards the wall.
His patience was drawing thin "I need to get to the other end of the tunnel! If you cannot spare time... at least point the Tengoku forsaken way!"
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Kuni Kaymar
Crab Clan
Crab Clan * Damiyo * Shugenja * Witch Hunter * Jade * Earth *
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Post by Kuni Kaymar on Apr 25, 2011 11:15:16 GMT -5
Roan watched in amazement as the Shiba cut up the oni, the beasts head falling and thumping into the ground. The show continued as the display of swordsmanship was swiftly turned on the lesser oni swarming around.
"DOWN!" echo'd the cry from the Kuni lord, and the Toritaka swiftly dropped as he was commanded. The torrant of black vapour swirled over the young Crabs head, being pushed by the Kuni into several of the attacking spawn. It was quickly revealed that the tainted demons had as little defence as the Hida Elite Guard as the corrupt blood eat away at their flesh. With the combined efforts of the Elite Guard, Kuni and the Phoenix present clearing the nearby threats a brief restbite was given to the reinforcements, who swiftly moved into cover as per the orders from the command towers.
With a nod from Lord Kuni, his remaining personal guard suddenly swept out, moving amungst the dead and decapitating the bodies they could. The young Toritaka grinded his teeth as he took the heads of those who died against the large winged oni. You will be avenged, he promised, before turning around to return to his Lord - only to find him gone - as though he had vanished.
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Shiba Kazuma
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Post by Shiba Kazuma on Apr 25, 2011 11:47:29 GMT -5
Shiba stood up after the blood had passed him. Several of the smaller Oni took that time to attack him, but they soon met the same fate that the larger winged Oni had. Kazuma look like a man possesed as he was fighting. He attacked with such ferocity and speed that it was in complete contrast to his normal personality.
Kazuma surveyed the rest of the battle around him. He saw the crab starting to repel down the wall towards the massive beast. He also saw someone he thought he recognized attack the beast. Kazuma started to make his way over to the edge of the wall so that he could find a way down. That was when he heard the yell.
He quickly looked in the direction of the shout. Kazuma thought the voice came from the Kuni Lord, but he could not see the man. He did see Toritaka though, quickly Kazuma moved next to the crab.
Do you know where Lord Kuni is?
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Daidoji Fitsu
Crane Clan
A prepared Daidoji is an implacable foe on the field of battle. Fitsu is always prepared.
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Post by Daidoji Fitsu on Apr 25, 2011 12:44:57 GMT -5
Sweating from the exertion of a fast march, a tired group of samurai crest the wall. They are mostly Daidoji Iron Warriors, but a few bear the mons of other clans or families, and though exhausted they form up with the precision of soldiers long together in both drill and battle.
Daidoji Fitsu calls out orders as he surveys the ongoing battle, Take them at range! Fast and steady, call your targets, and waste nothing but the enemy. This wall is your home until I say otherwise, defend it at all costs!
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Kuni Itsuko
Crab Clan
Shugenja * Healer * Heart of Stone * Crab Clan Nakodo * Jade
Posts: 41
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Post by Kuni Itsuko on Apr 25, 2011 17:16:18 GMT -5
"We are going..."
Itsuko's voice trailed off and for just a moment, an expression other than anger or irritation appeared on her face. Shock, bordering on horror, paled her face even further behind the paint she wore as the kami told her a thing she had never thought to hear.
For a breath, two, she seemed frozen, unware of anything around her. Then she shook her head and turned to her 'charge', once again largely calm. "We were going to the nearest tower I knew how to reach, to ascend to the Wall proper to look for someone in command. That way will take too long, however."
Itsuko's lips pursed as she considered the tunnel they were in, moving to lay a palm on the stone. Tensai-trained, it's spirits moved to greet her, to obey her will. After a moment, she nodded as a decision was made and turned back to the Mirumoto. "We are going to go through the stone. Give me your hand."
Her own, small and calloused and still somewhat blood-stained, extended toward him, her jade-green gaze boring into his as if daring him to deny her request.
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Hiruma Koji
Crab Clan
Hiruma * Crab * Scout * Hiruma Daimyo
Posts: 96
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Post by Hiruma Koji on Apr 26, 2011 0:20:55 GMT -5
Below a force of Lost samurai surged forward against the Crab defenders.
A sweating and bleeding Kaiu looked at the lever he had finally repaired, taking it into hand. He began a short prayer to his ancestors, thanking them for his life, and asking their forgiveness for what he had to do.
Almost as if they knew it was coming, there began a chant down the tunnel from where the Lost were coming, one sinister in tone and tempo.
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Above and behind the Wall, the bodies of a number of the flying oni began shuddering, those not killed by holy jade or the Shiba's magical blade, inching closer to each other in a subtle forewarning of what was coming.
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On the other side of the wall, the great beast threw tubelike tentacles up at the Wall itself, clinging to the ramparts almost as if were to draw itself upwards. A great vibration along its body started up, as small waves of skin moved towards the Wall.
The Hiruma Daimyo swung out towards the Crab Champion, one hand outstretched.
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