private Bushi no Tamashi

[TheBreech 91]

Fenikku was shocked by difference in his blade. For a moment it was weightless and much hotter. He released the Soul Forge and discovered the scrap metal sword he'd been been given was fully restored. As he sheathed his sword, he saw a black burn on the part of his hand that had been closest to the blade. Before he could say anything, his new commander steped out so he bowed, "Nice to meet you!" It was clear this guy wasn't some royal lapdog with his snout in the air, this was someone Fenikku could get along with, a man who earned his position not by royal favors, but by his sweat, tears, and the blood of his foes. "Hell, I'll settle for being this guys bodyguard if he asks," he though with admiration. Fenikku sat down and waited patiently for his instructions.

Edited March 1, 2014 by TheBreech

[Azura 1,107]

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Akira was getting a little bit annoyed that the others still haven't arrived yet, but it's not like she could do anything about it. "So you're telling me that we're up against the most deadliest warriors from the Narumi?" She took a deep breath and sighed. "What a pleasant surprise." Akira whispered to herself.

 

(It's fine. We still have to wait for Rage to post, but if he doesn't do that before next week, I might just have to ask you to kick him temporarily until he decides to post.)

[Chickey 383]

Saigo thought for a moment. "So far we're not sure whether they know or don't know about the Taniaku. However if they do, I'm sure we will be up against the best they have to offer also." He explained as he looked past the hill the Sakura tree was on, noticing Isamu out in the distance making his way towards the meeting area. "Doesn't look like we'll be alone for much longer. Our tactician is here." He added.

[Azura 1,107]

She looked in the general direction that Saigo was and saw someone approaching. "How did you recognize him from such a distance?" She thought out loud, wondering if he even recognized him or if it was just simply a blind guess. 'Wait, our tactician?' Akira was confused, "Why do we need a tactician?" she asked Saigo.

[Chickey 383]

Akira's first question was the first thing to get anything close to a slight reaction out of him, and from the looks of it, it almost seemed like grief. However it quickly vanished from his face "I used to train with someone who had hawk-like eyesight. I suppose it even rubbed off on me a bit." He explained. "Why we need a tactician? Well for tactics I'd guess myself. However the main reason is that a varied group will always best a redundant one. I made some of my choices to compliment the groups abilities, I have speed and strength, he has range and smarts, and you have magic and power." He finished.

Edited March 1, 2014 by Pumkin

[Azura 1,107]

'No wonder he's the leader of the team. Forming a squad with all sorts of talents and skills is definitely better than a bunch of powerful grunts.' She wondered if anyone else was on their way here, but she was starting to lose patience. "Lets just go once the tactician arrives, I'm sick of waiting."

 

(Rage says he's dropping out, so let's just play along.)

Edited March 1, 2014 by Azura

[LOLINKLOL 6]

"Hey Saigo! Its been a while!" Isamu said as he jogged to the Sakurai tree where the group was waiting. Once he reached the tree, he noticed how small the group was. "Huh, I expected there to be more people here." He said to no one in particular. He then noticed the brown eyed girl standing next to Saigo. "Why hello there!" Isamu said to the young woman. "Might I ask your name?"

Edited March 1, 2014 by LOLINKLOL

[Azura 1,107]

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"I guess the warriors of Zetsumei decided to stay at home." She commented on his little statement before she continued. "My name is Akira Sakurai, one of the few warriors that uses magic alongside my weapons." She replied the tactician. "What about you?" Akira asked.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Azura

[Chickey 383]

"Apparently so, the ones who didn't show will indeed have to be punished for not showing up." He said with a sigh. "However, I came prepared for something like this to happen, after all, it is a mission with a high chance of death." He rambled on as he snapped his fingered. His vulture, who had been sitting perched up in the tree they were by then took flight towards the castle. "We should be ready to leave very soon." He finished as he looked over to Isamu. "Indeed it has been. I trust that you've been enjoying yourself lately."

[Azura 1,107]

Akira was thinking about doing a little test before they left, but one which might put herself in danger. She withdrew her blade within a millisecond and pointed it straight at Saigo's neck, but not close enough to make him react instantly as it did not pose a huge threat. She kept silent and looked at him with a calm yet serious look on her face. 'I wonder how he'll react to such a situation..' She thought to herself as she infused the blade with a poison touch on the tip of her blade. A drip fell down from her blade and melted a shred of grass on the floor.

[Chickey 383]

Saigo stopped in his tracks, not moving an inch, flinching, nor even the slightest emotion. His head still rested on his face like a half asleep student. "Normally I would of taken this as a attempt for my life, however, judging by your hesitation to attack I'm guessing that this may be some sort of incredibly I'll-mannered test of my abilities. That's something I can accept." He said as he moved his hand over towards Isamu to halt him from interfering. "Now then, give me your best shot, but keep in mind once your sword moves and Inch I will be in the right to attack back." He explained.

[Azura 1,107]

Not a single word came out of her mouth after everything Saigo said. A tear of sweat came running down from her face, but she wasn't scared. She stood in an aggressive pose, gripped her teeth and launched herself straight towards him with her sword, redirecting it towards his right arm to prevent fatal damage. Akira knew that he'll easily block her attack, but there was something he doesn't know..

Edited March 2, 2014 by Azura

[Chickey 383]

"Though we may want to make this quick, two others are coming that are going to be very displeased that someone attacked me within the first few hours of their tie off." He explained as his ring glowed for a few seconds as she charged at him. Saigo, still on his lazy position, unsheathed his katana so fast that anyone without a keen eye wouldn't of even seen it. And then guarded in a position that would simply make the sword deflect when it came in contact. 

Edited March 2, 2014 by Pumkin

[Azura 1,107]

Akira grinned as she teleports right behind him as she was still in the air from the launch and switches from poison to a scorching red blade. 'You might have the ability to deflect an attack with your fancy ring, but it won't prevent you from getting burnt.' Her flaming blade was milliseconds away from penetrating his back. 'Theres no way he can dodge this..' She thought to herself with the slightest bit of fear in her eyes.

[Chickey 383]

Saigo knew that dodging the attack would be too much of a task for now, so instead he reached back and drew his Tanto from the back of his belt knowing it was the closest weapon to the attack, using that stop the sword just before it touched him. "That was quite the move, however you must remember that I read your file before I recruited you here. I know almost everything about you in combat already." He said as he quickly spun around and slashed at her with the katana in his other hand to ward her away from him before she could attack with her flammable sword still so close to his back. Since he didn't want to severely hurt her yet, it wasn't even at full speed.

[Azura 1,107]

Her blade struck against his, deflecting it back. Akira placed up a weak magic barrier in front of her before his blade made contact, shattering it as his blade made contact with it. She propelled herself backwards, leaving a trail of dust as she stood three meters away from Saigo. "Not bad, I didn't expect you to block that attack, especially in such a calm state of mind you're in right now." She said as she tossed her katana aside and took her Nagamaki off her back. "Let's see if this new attack of mine was inside those documents of yours." She said as she spun her blade then standing in an aggressive stance before launching herself in a curved angle as she gripped her blade and swung her Nagamaki at him with all her strength, mostly powered by the wind pushing the blade forward as it gained more speed as it came closer to Saigo. It was a strike strong enough to knock someone back whether or not they block it.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Azura

[Chickey 383]

Saigo had sheathed his katana and tanto by now. Realizing she was going for a bigger sword, he unsheathed his odachi and blocked the attack in one swift motion at full speed. Powerful winds and a sound close to an explosion emitting from the two blades clashing together. "Much better... that's the first time in a long time I've had to go to such measures to stop someone. I'm even impressed." He commented, a slightly more serious tone to his voice now. 

[Ampharos 1,009]

@,@, @@TheBreech,

 

Kaito had finally arrived at the capital and began wandering around, trying to figure out where to go. Eventually he made his way to the War Room and opened the doors slowly. He then quickly opened the door the rest of the way and jumped into the room. "Kaito Ikazawa reporting sir!" The scrawny kyujin looked out of place in front of the other seasoned and toned fighters, but he knew his skill must have equaled there's if he was here.  

[Azura 1,107]

That was the strongest she could hit, and even that, he managed to block it. No matter how hard her hits were, he ends up blocking it no matter the angle. "You're a lot stronger than what I expected, Saigo." She backed up a few steps and formed a half circle of hundreds of venomous needles that should render him immobile. They all flew towards him like iron bits being attracted to a huge magnet. "Lets see if you can dodge this." Akira whispered to him as she watched the needles approaching him in slow motion from the anticipation.

 

(If I'm not using colours in my posts, it means I'm posting with my phone and the quality of them is usually lower. Also, the needles are poisonous themselves and will turn into liquid form a few seconds after contact.)

Edited March 3, 2014 by Azura

[Octavia's Bow 2,035]

@,@, @@TheBreech,

 

Kaito had finally arrived at the capital and began wandering around, trying to figure out where to go. Eventually he made his way to the War Room and opened the doors slowly. He then quickly opened the door the rest of the way and jumped into the room. "Kaito Ikazawa reporting sir!" The scrawny kyujin looked out of place in front of the other seasoned and toned fighters, but he knew his skill must have equaled there's if he was here.

Natsuki looked at the newcomer with interest. For one thing, he was another Kyujin. For another, he looked similarly built, although Natsuki knew that a lot can be hidden. For instance, her original training as a ninja immediately after her father's betrayal. Or her secondary training with her polearm. She said nothing, however.

[Chickey 383]

Saigo still kept his mostly calm look as he used his sword to try and block the darts, he stopped a decent amount of them but his arms were riddled with them seeing it was impossible for a single blade to thwart an attack of such numbers. The darts then turned to their dust form. "How disappointing... I was hoping for a melee battle but it seems you've found out that ranged attacks aren't exactly my forte." He said with a sigh as he stood still. Whether or not he was paralyzed or completely weakened was the question now. If so, it would easy for her to end the fight with a single blow.

[Azura 1,107]

The smirk on her face started to fade when Saigo didn't look like he was experiencing any pain whatsoever. 'No way, that should have put him down on the ground..' Even though she paused for a few seconds to think things through, it didn't stop her from delivering her final blow. She gripped her Nagamaki with both her hands, temporarily enhanced her strength by 75% with all the power she had left within her for a very short period of time and launched herself into the air towards him with a hurling spin to gain more speed and power before she lands. Her weapon gained more and more strength as she approached him from the power of gravity. "Hehe.. Good luck blocking this when you're paralyzed."  She giggled as her blade was only a second away from meeting his neck. 

Edited March 3, 2014 by Azura

[Chickey 383]

Saigo quickly deflected the blade off to the side with his katana, using her own force against her. "I never said that poisons were my weakness, however." Whilst her weapon wasn't too close to him, he used the power of his ring and punched her right in the chest while she was surprised, enough to launch someone at least eight feet away and easily knock the air out of their lungs for quite a bit. He pulled the sake bottle from his waist, throwing it up in the air and then catching it, the other side with the kanji symbol for poison now visible. "It's fifty percent sake, and fifty percent snake venom. A swordsman can't have movement impairing effects pulling him down. So I've built up an immunity to both poison and even pain over my years." He said as he walked down over to her, placing his sword at her neck. "I've never had to truly use my ring to spar with another persons speed. Once again, I'm impressed." He commented. 

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(Sorry for not posting until now.)

 

Isamu gives a round of applause for the spectacle he just witnessed.

 

"Jeez you guys sure don't mess around. That was impressive."

 

"Well now that all the serious business is out of the way, why don't I get to that introduction!" He said with a smile. "My name is Isamu Shimanaka, master tactician and philosopher extraordinaire!" "It is most certainly a pleasure to meet your acquaintance, Miss Akira." Isamu said in his most charismatic voice.

[Azura 1,107]

Her eyes widened when Saigo said that poison wasn't his weakness. 'No way, I didn't know someone could be immu-' Her thought was halted by a pain-filled strike against her chest as she flew back, her mouth opened from the pain that cannot be described with words alone. She looked up  from the floor and saw that his sake was 50% poison. "What?!" She exclaimed as she listened to everything he said. 'Not only is he immune to poison, but pain as well..'

 

The hit knocked her back to where her katana laid on the floor, and stayed laying down on the floor to recover from the attack. "I.. I can't believe it." she mumbled, and before she could stand up, Saigo's blade was right beside her neck. She laughed and said "It was fun while it lasted.." Akira moved her neck a bit away from his blade and just smirked with a drop of blood running down the side of her mouth.

 

She was never used to taking any damage because she usually manages to block most of her opponents attacks, but Saigo was different, he was way too powerful for her. Akira said "We should do this again one day once I get one of those fancy artifacts." smiling as she waited for Saigo to make his decision between letting her go or taking her life.

 

Akira heard the tactician clapping as he introduced himself to her. 'Ehhh, I'm kinda in the middle of something.' She told herself before replying him. "Hey Isamu, nice to meet you.." she said in a subtle and emotionless voice due to the threatening blade sitting right beside her.

Edited March 3, 2014 by Azura