Bayushi Senshi
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Senshi on Mar 9, 2011 13:07:31 GMT -5
Yosuke was stunned momentarily, he was surprised at the ease with which traitor was able to cast such a spell from the floor, unless it wasn't traitor who casted it, the horrific thought came to him. Recognizing a change in the situation, Yosuke released the fire kami, but not before placing both hands against flammable portions of the wall, letting the flames begin to consume the building.
He then looked around for a new exit. By now traitor was on the move. But he couldn't just let this abomination of a building stand either. It would be up to the others to deal with him for now, he would catch up later. "Friends, its time you got out of here!" He raised both of his arms in the air, and began to chant using every ounce of his concentration. The air swirled about him in a tempest, and outside, clouds began to coalesce into a fierce storm, the winds ripping undead and Bakemono from their posts. Unfinished buildings began to tremble, rain racked the entire area, and worse still lightning would strike at the taller structures.
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Toku Hirotomo
Monkey Clan
Bushi Paragon of Compassion Clan Champion Toturi's Army
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Post by Toku Hirotomo on Mar 9, 2011 14:07:35 GMT -5
Well, that's the first time I've seen a Unicorn run AWAY from combat. Kenpachi thought. What's he up to? Kenpachi saw the Utaku fighting the shinobi calling for honorable combat. She wants honorable combat from a shinobi? I want Matsu and Utaku brides, and I think I'll get my wish first. Still, he would let Utaku-san deal with the shinobi. Then Bayushi-san called forth wind and storm. The ronin came first. "I'm going after the ronin!" Kenpachi shouted over the wind. "I'll try to meet up with you later! If he takes my eyes, I'll never look at any of you again!" Kenpachi bolted out of the room. Go around, catch the ronin with his kimono open. Hopefully not literaly. The bog hag was unplesant enough.
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Post by Shoju on Mar 9, 2011 14:43:16 GMT -5
Oronkohiro
Oronkohiro watches Tadaka depart, and then regains his wits. The fighting in the Main hall was clear enough. Oronkohiro had gathered his research, and heard the Scorpion yell. So this is how Shiro Saesei falls. he thought. " Oronkohiro grabbed a few small vials of blood from his table, and spilled some. He Closed his eyes, focused, and began creating an exit out of the stone wall. As he finished, He heard the Monkey Rushing down the Hall, And forced an Air Kami to blow the door shut and locked. "Good luck getting through that Little Toku."
Outside the Storm was already raging, and the parts of the legion who had lagged behind were now scrambling for cover. Bakemono and Lost alike were scrambling to save the buildings, and the Kaui Engineer was working to organize those who stayed. The Engineer caught sight of Oronkohiro, and started moving toward him. A crack of lightning came out of the sky, and struck the Enginner. He crumpled immediately.
In the Court
Roku's move pulled the undead Bakemono into range, and he lept off the wall and sliced through the Bakemono's neck with ease. His head rolled off to the side, and his body slumped to the floor.
What Roku hadn't counted on, was Minturo was more than a lumbering Beast, even though he looked it. He caught Roku in the Air with his Katana. Plunging it Straight through his shoulder. Not a fatal wound, but it was painful.
Instead of withdrawing the Katana to strike a killing blow, Minturo (putting Minturo's back to the others) spun Roku around and threw him to the floor. He bellowed "This is my Lord's home, and you defile it! I will make you suffer greatly!"
Smoke was filling the room, and Kijiro was using it to his advantage. He moved deftly, and his moves were quiet. he danced around the Battle Maiden, parrying her attacks with ease, and delivering quick easily parriable jabs to keep her off balance.
On the other side of the room Minturo was lurching over top of Roku.
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Toku Hirotomo
Monkey Clan
Bushi Paragon of Compassion Clan Champion Toturi's Army
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Post by Toku Hirotomo on Mar 9, 2011 15:04:47 GMT -5
The Ronin! Only a short distance from the door. Then Kenpachi saw the door slam. He charged to door and threw his weight into the door. It hurt. A lot. Kenpachi rubbed his arm, swearing silently. He took out his ono to swing at the door, paused and knocked politely.
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Post by Shoju on Mar 9, 2011 15:08:21 GMT -5
Nobody seems to hear you knock, or at least "answer". You can hear stone moving on the other side in the most peculiar way. You swear it is almost as if it is moving or sliding. (OOC) If you want through the door, you better get to swinging, or practicing maho I never got to explain why people would need to be in the presence of oronkohiro to enter the room. There is no "Door knob" type apparatus, but the door itself is wooden, obviously heavy, and looks to be smeared with blood. You can make out a faint kanji symbol in the smear.
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Shinjo Roku
Unicorn Clan
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Post by Shinjo Roku on Mar 9, 2011 15:22:10 GMT -5
"Ugghh... that didn't go as planned..." Realizing he dropped his sword before he went flying, Roku held his right shoulder and glanced around, spotting his yumi a short distance away. He quickly rolled away from the towering monster and grabbed his bow mid roll. He then painfully pulled out 3 arrows, nocked all 3 at once, and loosed them at his opponent, and nearly fell unconscious from the pain.
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Bayushi Haruka
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Mar 9, 2011 15:51:03 GMT -5
"ROKU!" Haruka catching a glance of him as he lodged the three arrows into the 'thing's' hide, each landing with a thick wet sound of hitting rotten and corroded flesh.
Haruka did her best to parry one final attack, forcing herself to turn from the enemy, knowing she left herself open, but she could not allow her Unicorn comrade to be cut down so readily. In a matter of a few paces changing from back to side and then one thick step over Roku, she shielded him as she went for the monster's grotesque legs, slicing through the ankles as she readied for Kijiro's inevitable attack of opportunity.
Her breathing was heavy and she was dripping blood, but she was unwilling to give up by any means as her eyes intensified. "Do what you must, but our fight is not with you... I came here only to gather information, and now here we are." She growled hotly as she tried her best to ready for the inevitable pain, her confession cleared.
Strange though, a battle maiden who was willing to settle things more civilly. But perhaps it was too little too late for that.
She could only pray to the air kami that that thing would be blown back wards onto its back by the tempest, her magical influence was little but still existent. She would not cringe, she would not bear ill for Kijiro for doing his duty, but locked eyes right with him.
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Post by Shoju on Mar 9, 2011 16:25:47 GMT -5
The arrows slammed into Minturo sending him staggering backwards. 2 hit him squarely in the chest, and the other pierced through just under his chin. As the Battle Maiden Cut his legs out from under him, he was beginning to buckle. And when the air kami bowled him over he was down. He floundered on the floor, trying to find a way to get back up. His attempts to get past kneeling failed, and each time he fell back down.
"Master. I have failed." Minturo fell back to the floor and groped for his Katana.
Kijiro moved through the smoke to where the Shugenja was chanting. His Conviction was strong. His desire great. He would not fail in his oath, or his duty. He had seen the generosity, and conviction of Oronkohiro. He kept him alive. He went to great lengths to shield him from the taint. At every opportunity that he had been given to corrupt or end Kijiro's life, he had done the opposite. Maybe, the Ronin Shugenja did have a twisted sense of Honor Left.
Kijiro worked his way in front of the Scorpion Shugenja. When the Scorpion opened his eyes in the shock to follow, Kijiro wanted him to see who it was. While the Shungenja chanted, Kijiro removed his mempo, tossed it to the ground, and plunged his Katana into the shugenja's Sternum.
The building was burning down around them. The storms were raging outside. It wouldn't be long before everything came down around them
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Shinjo Roku
Unicorn Clan
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Post by Shinjo Roku on Mar 9, 2011 16:47:20 GMT -5
Grunting as he got up to a sitting position and cluching his shoulder, Roku asks: "Where is the shinobi?" After which he stows his yumi and gets up to grab his katana, falling to one knee once he got there. "Damn it... losing a lot of blood..." He then proceeds to cut off a piece of his kimono to staunch his wound.
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Toku Hirotomo
Monkey Clan
Bushi Paragon of Compassion Clan Champion Toturi's Army
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Post by Toku Hirotomo on Mar 9, 2011 18:15:42 GMT -5
"Figures." Kenpachi said after a few moments. Taking his ono into his hands, he started hacking into the door shouting, "A mulberry's a tree and Toku Kenpachi is a man, Ronin!" the entire castle began to shake and groan. "Damn it Bayushi-san." Kenpachi grunted as he took a final swing into the door.
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Bayushi Senshi
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Senshi on Mar 9, 2011 22:18:21 GMT -5
As his focus dropped from the pain, so did the intensity of his spells. Yosuke's tempest still had enough energy on its own to continue until it died out naturally, and the flames from his wall and armor had taken root in the buildings wood. But his supernatural speed and his ability to hinder the spells of others dissipated.
He looked at the shinobi, then down at the blade protruding from his chest. He then tore his head up and yelled at the top of his lungs, "I have failed, my champion! And I won't be coming home, my brother!"
He then grabbed the blade in his chest with both hands, pulled himself forward along the blade until he was only inches away from Kijiro's face and said, "But they will not have my body." With that Yosuke's eyes turned a deep red, and his hands ignited into small balls of fire, and very quickly the flames began to consume his body, and Kijiro's katana. Yosuke committing this act of gruesome sacrifice so he knew he wouldn't end up a mindless minion of traitor.
Kyuden Bayushi[/i]
Very far off in the distance, Senshi sat enjoying tea, when the last words of his brother carried by the winds reached his ears in but a whisper.
His teacup shattered at his feet.
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Bayushi Haruka
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Mar 10, 2011 3:56:02 GMT -5
....Brother, of the champion!?
Haruka watched in horror, the shinobi likely being forced away as there was nothing that could be done for Yosuke now. Her attention turned down to Roku, this fight was over and the ruins of this horrible place were quickly weathering around them.
With a whistle from her lips her great battle steed, the black stallion came charging in, trampling several of the scurrying minions. "Roku forgive my haste but, we needn't lose another this day." She rather quickly picked him up and placed him on her horse as she lashed his legs to the saddle.
"Get out, get safe. Now RIDE!" A final word as she needn't even strike the horse for it to take off at full speed away and back out of the shadowlands. It wouldn't stop until at least finally clear of the degrading structures.
"My name is Riku, and I will protect you." The horse almost knowing looking up and back at Roku as his sturdy form claimed the ground with his fury and might.
Meanwhile, Haruka then turned to the shinobi, as enough was enough. "You make an enemy out of me this day, Kijiro!" Her steps heavy as she seemed to channel her fury down, the only hint of her true rage in her eyes.
Focusing on his blade being in Yosuke's chest as he burned away, she picked up the heavy obsidian blade and channeling all her might, she swung it. To her credit it was some force she put behind it but all she managed was to strike Kijiro with the broadside of the thing, knocking him a good fifteen feet away.
Haruka dropping the heavy sword as it impaled in the ground she pulled the blade from his chest as tears ran down her eyes. "I am truly sorry, you would have been... my brother." Her head sank a bit as she placed some of the ashes into a small pouch. Hardly enough to truly honor him but she felt heavy hearted about the loss.
She looked down at Minturo, walking over and placing her foot on his shoulder as she sliced his hand off and kicked his katana away. Then her attention turned to Kijiro, if he'd dared to stay where he landed.
Too little, too late now...
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Post by Shoju on Mar 10, 2011 10:02:08 GMT -5
Kenpachi
Kenpachi's final swing shattered the door, and blood exploded everywhere. It was as if the door was filled with it, even though it was obviously solid. On the other side of the Door Kenpachi saw what had made the noise. The wall of the room looked as though it had been peeled back. Outside, silhouetted in the storm, the form of Oronkohiro could be seen. It was as if he was battle the elements itself.
Oronkohiro
The storm was tearing the keep apart. Oronkohiro was doing all he could to force the Kami to do his bidding. The Scorpion was indeed a powerful Shugenja. Suddenly, the storms weakened in intensity. It was obvious that there had been outside interference. He wondered what though. The storms still raged, and they would continue to destroy the keep. Oronkohiro did what he could to save a single building. It was a forge and smith building. It would be his refuge in the disaster if he could save it.
In the Court The Fire had caught Kijiro's hands and burned them. He had staggered back a little when the force of the blow from Minturo's Katana hit him and launched him accross the room. He saw as he flailed through the air, the voice screaming at him, and the blow had come from the Battle Maiden. The blow had easily broken every rib in his right side.
Kijiro saw the Battle Maiden finished Minturo, and weep for the Scorpion. His consciousness failing him. He had little time to prepare. From his robes he pulled a vial of Poison and coated the small wicked blade. He was prepared to take the battle maiden with him to the next life if she chose to assault him.
As she leveled her gaze on him, Kijiro held onto consciousness for a moment longer. "Battle Maiden, There is no reason for us both to die here today. The Brother of the Master of Lies has seen to the destruction of this place. The blow you dealt me may not be fatal in its own right, but it has surely resigned me the next life." Kijiro coughed, and the hallway on the began to collapse.
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Bayushi Haruka
Scorpion Clan
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Post by Bayushi Haruka on Mar 10, 2011 10:24:16 GMT -5
The winds started to finally die down as the gentle rain started gently falling through the holes in the ceiling, for the strange moment it seemed a calm had swept over the scene as she looked hard at Kijiro.
"His death... was a good death. In these lands he couldn't have hoped for better. And it is indeed likely what you say is true. His brother already knows." She took a heavy breath as she sheathed her blade and wiped her eyes to regain her composure. "I would only ask one thing of you now, as my duty is not complete..."
She came quickly at Kijiro, strangely sheathing her blade as she did, not for an assault but to quickly pull him out of harm's way as the ceiling just about collapsed on him. In her arms she carried him out of the crumbling building as she gently set him down, knowing his strength was fading from him.
"I only ask that my questions for Oronkohiro be answered, in exchange for your life." She looked down on him as she pulled out a small healing salve and held it for him to drink if he so chose. It would not reverse the damage but at least lessen the pain for a short time.
It was now that Kijiro could see her more closely, not a single scratch to show on her face or skin. "You are right then, if you wish, neither of us have to die this day."
Her robes grew heavy with the rain as for now she would wait with him, sheltering him from the inevitable cold. She'd seen the poison even through her tears, but she wished to take a higher route hoping that she'd get what she came for ultimately without having to kill him. She had sent her horse away with another rider. She was bearing her honor even to this shinobi as they waited in the ruins of the city.
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Post by Shoju on Mar 10, 2011 10:45:26 GMT -5
As the Battle Maiden advanced towards him, he gripped the wicked blade tighter. Then, she sheathed her weapon and rescued him. His confusion over the situation and her words was immense. Not a single scratch. Not a single bruise. Not a single Mark.
Kijiro dropped the poisoned weapon and reached out for the salve. "Tell me what you want. Do you want me to take you to him? Or do you want me to answer?" He took a drink, and positioned himself reclined in a position that was less painful.
"You must understand, I have sworn an oath of fealty to Oronkohiro, and as long as he li.... Walks the Earth, I am bound by my loyalty. I see his honor. I see what he is trying to accomplish. I see that he has compassion for those who serve him. You see a monster who uses blood magic and defiles the Empire. I see a man who has stared into the eyes of madness, and will save the empire whether it wishes for him to, or not."
The building began to fall in upon itself, and he wondered where his master had gone. The legion had obviously left, their tracks headed towards the City of the Lost. Scattered around were bodies burnt and smoking from what appeared to be lightning strikes, buildings that had fallen in upon themselves from the torrents unleashed by the Scorpion. There was no sign of Oronkohiro from this vantage point.
"Likewise, because of my oath, even in my present condition, if you strike against him, I am duty bound to protect him. I will die to defend him." Kijiro's voice carried a tone about it that rang of more than just duty. He believed what he said.
"So tell me Battle Maiden. What can I do to help you fullfill your duty? I will answer any question I can, or I will aid you in finding him to ask him yourself."
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