B rank Solo Mission The Thunder Ogre's of Soon

[Toraono Kuro]

Eiyasu (Loyal Ogre Gangmember): "Well, I can't believe it two rich boys come down to our red light district, Hay rich guys wanna spare some money?!!

Kuro paid them no heed, not detecting enough chakra to even give him paused he simply walked past them with his friend Yakumo and was past their little blockade before they even knew he was past them, except Eiyasu. Eiyasu smirked as he caught up to Kuro. "C'mon man times have been hard, you guys have so much and we have so little." Kuro without pausing passed the man two hundred thousand yen with a nod and kept walking.

Eiyasu was stunned as his friends gathered to see what he had been given. They all cheered and were about to say thanks but Kuro and Yakumo had already entered the club.

Smiling Kuro and Yakumo sat at a table just close enough to the main stage and the secondary stage to see two girls at once.
Yakumo laughed: "Man you sure know how to handle people, I wouldn't have given them a dime and you just handed them cash like it was nothing."
Kuro shrugged: "I didn't want to have any problems, and I could easily part with it. As it stands I still have nine hundred thousand yen to toss into the wind so let's have some fun."
Yakumo smirked: "You save up just to have nights like this?"
Kuro nodded enthusiastically although in his heart of hearts it was just another avenue of escape from the sense of dread he felt whenever he wasn't out on a mission.

The night went very well at least for the next three hours. At least twenty beautiful women from various countries were in Soon this year. Not just Desert girls, but Forest, Mountain, Island, Jungle, and a couple of Ice Country girls that were most likely military wives acting out. Drinks were poured, steaks and lobsters were served and by the time Yakumo was too tired to keep his eyes open Kuro and Yakumo had only spent six hundred thousand yen. Kuro's demon touched blood cells gobbled up the majority of the alcohol in his system before he could get really drunk so by the time Yakumo was sloshed, wasted, and needed to head back home to the Merchant Consortium, Kuro was back to full speed. They exited to find the gang members waiting for them but by then his sixth sense had picked up on something mean nasty and overwhelmingly familiar.

Eiyasu was just coming to thank Kuro when he saw his eyes lock onto something in the shadows. He turned and gaped in fear, Kuro did not ..."Hay, my friend, get Lord Yakumo here to 217 East Yayoi Street Merchant Consortium in the Tenchi district.” Kuro spoke in a tone that brooked no talking back as he passed him the last three hundred thousand yen he had on him, “Don't turn around, and don't look back when you hear the commotion... GO." Eiyasu had enough sense to get going as he grabbed Yakumo threw him on their beat up racing cart and kicked the three horse team into full galloped as his friends jumped on the cart with him as Kuro’s aura of fear caused them all to take heed and leave. They all moved as if their lives depended on it as they peeled out of the area. Kuro cracked his knuckles and slid on his Toraono Clan fighting gloves and then checked his backup blade and twenty set of throwing knives in his belt. He wished he had at least worn his mesh armor as he could feel it in the air; this was going to get messy. He hit the locator seal on his wrist as the monstrous humanoid approached. The locator seal would allow Mikaboshi the Anbu Sennin to home in on his position and his chakra as long as he lived.

Its claws emanated a dark lightning aura around each interior edge, Kuro decided instantly to avoid a hit from one of those. Its eyes glowed red as it rushed in as fast as it could. Kuro unleashed a volley of shuriken holding off on throwing his kunai as he ran forward throwing the beast off as it had expected him to fall back, as he managed to run under it in the tight alleyway it turned and roared, all four arms bracing it against the alley walls as it unleashed a series of blasts using razor sharp chitin like shards from its mouth. Kuro’s right shoulder was raked and shredded a bit but he instantly started healing his wound with medical jutsu rapidly and painfully as he threw a set of explosive knives into the wyrm born's flanks while aiming for his head. The wyrm-born's masked head simply weaved and dodged the knives of its own natural agility until the last blade hit the wall near its face and exploded chipping a significant portion of the mask. It was his cousin Burrikki, the Byakko Clan hand to hand master combatant that had gone missing during a mission to Soon’s Sanctuary in search of evidence of Lord Ketsunoana’s involvement in a crime ring. Kuro simply snapped as his logical mind was gone in a haze of rage so thick that a crane couldn't lift it.

Hyou Clan Watcher A: Lord Toraono Kuro has engaged a wyrm infested in battle, his chakra levels are exceeding safe levels, Heaven Seal is apparently able to compensate and regulate.

Hyou Clan Watcher B: Master Kuro has lost primary thought pattern control, emotional instability detected Heaven Seal responding and further regulating Master Kuro's rage to allow him to think. Master Kuro is exceeding his known capabilities and his current state is reading excessive spiritual fluctuation.

Kuro was getting faster and faster until the wyrm-born finally landed a slash across Kuro's left forearm which immediately began to burn and ache. The Wyrm-born seemed to have smiled rather wildly as he spoke almost in a whisper "Weakling." Kuro kept fighting, the wyrm-born's head kept dodging of its own accordance due to the neck muscles and bone structures having mutated in response to the infestation of his body. Slowly Kuro's coordination was lost as he forced the wyrm poison out of his body with his medical jutsu. He staggered as he watched the murky black poison dissipate into dark ions.

Even after shoving all the poison out Kuro felt slowed. Leaning back and taking an easy stance Kuro took careful aim at the wyrm-born's neck. His chakra pulsed violet as he sent orbs of dark chakra into the night casting the alley in shades of bright violet. The wyrm-born took a good hit to the throat but he regenerated quickly and whispered again "Weakling." Suddenly the wyrm-born was behind him and began battering him senseless. After twenty four strikes, Kuro finally found an opening and using his momentum Kuro committed himself to a massive demon chakra enhanced rasen-shuriken. Kuro had timed it as best he could to the point of having taken a beating just to hit the vital points of his former kindred; despite his vengeful attacks. Kuro managed to fling Burriki into a large dumpster from the force of his ninjutsu. Knowing he was being watched Kuro dropped a smoke bomb and summoned his second form Sharingan Kuro to aid him as backup in the form of a special Kage-bunshin. As the smoke cleared both Kuro’s stepped forth as Sharingan Kuro activated his Mangekyou Sharingan then they both unleashed hellfire upon Burriki as he emerged from the dumpster Demon Kuro’s flames were violet where Sharingan Kuro’s flames were black. Demon Kuro fell to one knee after using hellfire, his ribs on his right side were crushed, his face was smashed in a bit and his left arm dislocated with a minor stress fracture. His immune system was working overtime to prevent disease from inhabiting his body. He was patched up pretty quickly between his natural resistance and his medical jutsu. There would be retribution, he now had the unconscious body of a Wyrm-born and fore knowledge of its abilities he would be prepared and he would hunt them all down. Now he could get back to his investigation of the Merchant Lord Ketsunoana’s actions and why gang members calling themselves Ogre’s were so prevalent in Soon’s Haven.


WC: 1393

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro used transformation jutsu to alter his features. He was still a warrior of the Toraono Clan; he just wasn’t obviously Toraono Kuro. With ‘Henge no jutsu’ Kuro’s horns were gone and his hair color was changed to black. He then headed back to Yakumo’s chambers in the Tenchi district. Oddly enough Eiyasu, and his three man team were still there afraid to venture out after witnessing an attack from a Wyrm-borne they weren’t about to just wander about and they expected their might be more money in befriending another member of the merchant royalty. Moki, Taku, and Joko all stood in their leather reinforced robes near the cart that had brought Lord Yakumo back to his abode. Stenciled in large kanji was the symbol for Ogre and sewn atop it biting down upon the kanji was a leather cut out depicting an ancient three horned ogre. They didn’t look all that formidable, Moki was rather thin and his right eye was obviously a false eye, he carried a well-made serrated edge dagger. Joko was the obvious runner, his footwear was reinforced at key points for kicking, leaping, and obvious protection from high speed movement. He wasn’t as slim as Moki, but he obviously spent a lot more time moving, his calves were excessively well defined. Kuro even found himself envious of them. Taku was the odd man out, he didn’t seem to possess any special physical features which made him the most dangerous. He was concealing his capabilities, he probably had training as a nin or a sorcerer. He had the least scent which meant he knew how to bathe himself in a manner that provided concealment. Eiyasu was simply a very strong man, he most likely had actual ogre blood but to truly awaken the blood of the horned warriors required a sorcerer of considerable talent. Kuro now knew whom he was truly beholden to, he had unwittingly stumbled upon the Thunder brother’s themselves. No longer looking like the oxen horned beast king Kuro did have a one up on them. Right now he resembled what any other Toraono Clan member that idolized Kuro looked like so he played the role. “My master has informed me that we have you to thank for saving Lord Yakumo from the Wyrm-born, you have the thanks of the Merchant Consortium. What would you ask of us in return?” Taku spoke after nodding to Eiyasu “We are humble fighters and the last of the Kogane-oni Clan, we were under the employ of Lord Ketsunoana but are contract has run out and we are actually seeking new employment. I am Kogane-oni Taku, and the large one is my elder brother Kogane-oni Eiyasu. These two warriors are Ikazuchi Moki and Ikazuchi Joko. Moki is our weaponsmaster and Joko is our service technician & courier. He can repair things and make deliveries faster than anyone in Soon. Whom might we have the honor of speaking with?”

Kuro bowed and gave a false name as he stood up “My name is Hyou Nashi a branch family member of the Toraono Clan.” Taku nodded to Eiyasu whom then spoke up. “We would prefer a job, Lord Ketsunoana took a couple of our clansmen under his wing and they renounced their ties to the clan and work for him directly. We were soon dismissed and have been looking for steady work ever since. It’s been three months and your Master was the first to give us anything substantial and only required us to see his friend to safety.” They all lined up and bowed before Kuro and spoke humbly all at once “We appreciate the kindness of the Toraono Clan.” Kuro was set back yet again, none of these men radiated evil intent or harbored ill thoughts. They may be Golden Ogre Clan, but they weren’t actual criminals. The investigation continued.


WC: 640
MFT

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro’s mind hearing ability came in very handy as he escorted Lord Yakumo about while Sharingan Kuro escorted Lord Yakumo as the original Kuro would have. Only his elder sister Seika, his wife Suzuhime, and his father Kaibudo knew what Kuro was truly capable of. A series of failsafe’s had been set in place in case Kuro ever lost his mind and became a threat. His prophecy was to change the world but how he would go about such a thing was still somewhat under his control. As his second form checked everyone over visually for minute details that he could have missed, the original Demon Kuro listened to the thoughts of the merchants and their guards. No one had a true clue as to what Lord Ketsunoana was actually doing and it was not until he arrived with his personal body guards both original members of the Golden Ogre Clan that Kuro could truly understand. There were no thoughts coming forth from Ketsunoana, his mind and body were active enough but in actuality Kuro could sense no life emanating from his body. Kuro in his disguise nodded to Sharingan Kuro whom quickly scanned the merchant lord and his companions. His body was not his own it was the body of another consumed and held in eternal stasis by necromancy.

Merchant Lord Ketsunoana Kuchianguri was no longer a living man but a spirit reinforced and possessed body. Kuro tightened his focus and telepathically listened for the person controlling Merchant Lord Ketsunoana. It didn’t take long to find him, It was Kogane-oni Nobu, Taku’s elder brother and a full-fledged Dark Sage, his companion in arms was Eiyasu’s cousin Ikazuchi Sushiha, Sharingan Kuro’s eyes caught on to what Demon Kuro quickly felt, Sushiha was one of the chosen and already in touch with much of his true power. As each Lord took their seats around the table as their guardians stepped into appointed alcoves that allowed them to be one step behind, and to the right of those under their protection. Sharingan Kuro waited for the proper moment to separate the interested parties after evidence was presented by Lord Yakumo determining that Lord Ketsunoana has been providing secret details about supply shipments to neighboring villages, city states, and Sunagakure to a small crime syndicate. Sharingan Kuro whispered into Lord Yakumo Heihochi the facts concerning Ketsunoana no longer being alive and that he was now being controlled as a puppet. Lord Yakumo paled a bit but quickly regained his composure and altered his speech a bit for the new evidence. After his interview with the Golden Ogre clan that morning a great many details that literally spelled out what had actually been going on became easy to discern. The only piece left to figure out was why Lord Ketsunoana had requested the Toraono Clan to come wipe out the marauders that were actually under him directly and now seemed to be controlling him.

Demon Kuro dropped a pebble out of the meeting window which fell seven stories into the waiting hand of a Hyou clan monitor whom took the message to Assassin Maestro Onimaru. With a quick cancel jutsu the pebble’s transformation was released and it became a letter with all of Kuro’s current findings about the Merchant Lord, his guardian duo whom now somehow controlled him and the details provided by the Golden Ogre Clan whom now assisted the Toraono Clan in meeting security for a standard 1000 Ryo pay which in Wind country was worth substantially far more than yen by about 5.8 yen to every 1 Ryo. This was due to the prestige of earning Ryo it granted Clan honors and rights which many warriors and merchants were worth more than mere universal currency. Onimaru sat back and analyzed all the data and quickly revised his assessment of the entire debacle. Once Lord Yakumo cornered the criminals for their actions he would send the signal for Kuro to clean their clocks so he could wring out a full confession from those presented after Lord Kuro’s necessary actions to catch them should they try to flee or fight.

A green pebble giving the go-ahead was tossed to Sharingan Kuro’s waiting hand. He nodded to Lord Yakumo whom launched into the reason for this emergency meeting of the Merchant Consortium. “Lords and ladies of the Merchant Consortium, I come before you all on the matter of handling the bandits that have attacked our convoys over the past three months. For the first time in ten years the head of the merchant guild has enacted the Ancient pact with the Toraono Clan calling upon their warriors to do what our guardians cannot. As such Lord Toraono Kuro himself is here and has completed his investigation of the matter in three days what we could not uncover in three months. The selfsame Lord whom enacted the pact is not only the culprit and cause of the thefts but he is also the victim of crimes most heinous by his own consorts. Where he sought to build his own criminal empire he was usurped by his own guards and is now nothing but a puppet before you. He sent his request for aid far too late to end his association with the criminals in our very midst and in turn suffered a horrible fate. Is that not correct Lord Ketsunoana?” The undead Merchant Lord looked up from his reverie as his name was called and he was given his chance to speak.

“I must confess I did not expect him to be so thorough and only have to question a few commoners and guards before he figured out what had occurred but the truth is a little more far-fetched. You see I know I could not live long enough to become a true King, so I found a clan that still had records of the Ancient Way of Immortality. In exchange for this secret I promised them several hundred thousand yen and the chance for revenge upon the clan whom had sealed away their sacred abilities, The Toraono Clan. I used the blood of my guard Burriki to break the seal upon their Thunder transformations and used the body of my second guardian from the Toraono Clan, Hattsu as my new eternal body. Of course now that you all know the truth none of you can be allowed to live and this entire debacle will be blamed upon the failure of the Toraono Clan and the vengeance of the Thunder Brothers. With that being said Master Nobu, Warlord Sushiha my first command as the Merchant King is for you to kill them all starting with Toraono Kuro.”

Sharingan Kuro grinned as the brothers made their moves. It was indeed time, a series of smoke bombs were dropped as Kuro’s shadow team from the Hyou Family quickly removed all the royal family from the chambers as their own escorts escaped on their own power leaving both forms of Kuro, Lord Ketsunoana, Nobu and Sushiha all alone in the chamber.

Sharingan Kuro made the first move while the smoke was clearing he leapt to the ceiling to look down upon his foes. Demon Kuro released his transformation and stood where Sharingan Kuro had been standing near the window ready to receive the attack of the brother’s head on.

WC: 1221

 

[Toraono Kuro]

The smoke cleared and Demon Kuro had no need to wait for them they were rushing him head on with eyes that screamed for vengeance. Ancient terrible eyes that seethed with rage as they rushed him with all they had. Sushiha became his legacy as his speed increased dramatically along with his size as he lashed out at Demon Kuro whom caught the mighty giant’s charge enduring the blow before unleashing a demon enhanced strike of his own that flung Sushiha upon his backside. As Nobu tried to weave a series of lightning bolts that although reasonably powerful Kuro simply absorbed them causing Nobu to stare in shock. Sushiha was enraged as he gripped his right hand tightly causing a green chakra crystal within his left hand to glow brightly as he leapt up reasonably high for a monstrosity his size and slammed his enhanced body down upon Kuro. Kuro’s feet sank into the ground a bit as he endured the weighted assault but again his demonic strength held out as he was able to toss him away yet again. Nobu activated an astral seal upon himself and unleashed a stream of fire, lightning, and plasma. Kuro smirked as he absorbed much of the chakra before ducking another attack from Sushiha. He could now understand how they had managed to overrun so many convoys and how they had managed to take down his kin Hattsu and Burriki both of whom were hand to hand combat masters. They had to have ambushed them one at a time or drugged them. No one was truly prepared to deal with a monster like Kuro. Sushiha used his dark crystal jutsu yet again as he concentrated touching his forehead as a sunstone chakra crystal emerged from his forehead enhancing his senses as he unleashed a barrage of palm strikes. That Kuro found himself countering as his opponent’s size within the confines of this chamber gave him a huge advantage. Kuro summoned a violet rasengan and slammed Sushiha in his stomach. This entire time Ketsunoana had been trying to sneak away, he found himself trapped within a circle of black flames as Sharingan Kuro had been waiting for him to make a move while observing Sushiha and Nobu’s tactics. They were lucky Kuro needed Nobu alive, but Sushiha was doomed; doomed by the true origin of his power which would soon belong to Kuro. Sushiha grew frustrated and clenched his right hand summoning his crimson crystal as his body began to eat itself for chakra, fortunately he had so much of himself to feast upon. That was when he took on the true likeness of an Ogre and unleashed a powerful chakra laced strike ‘Ken no Oni Kujo’ (Fist of Ogre Destruction) There were no words lost as Kuro used his own matching technique ‘Ken no Akuma’ which literally shattered the chakra within Sushiha’s attack. They were both knocked backwards with Kuro using the ruined floor to keep himself from flying out the window. Sharingan Kuro trapped Nobu within Tsukiyomi. Nobu was done for, and Sushiha knew it once he could no longer feel his partner’s jutsu enhancing his body. Fearing the worst Sushiha transformed into a giant ogre destroying the hotel roof all the while his actions ended up burying Nobu and Ketsunoana in rubble. Sharingan Kuro smirked as he skipped around the rubble sealing his Amaterasu jutsu as he prepared to help Demon Kuro take down the rampaging Sushiha. It was far too late for Sushiha, had he used this form from the start he might have been able to hold Kuro off from Nobu and Ketsunoana but with them trapped within the rubble and their being more room to fight Kuro could finally cut loose as well. Kuro summoned Hyakujuuonouu to assist in the soul absorption of the giant before him. Sushiha in his stupidity thought he could destroy the statue and struck it only to lose massive amounts of chakra and life force, Hyakujuuonouu actually smiled as he telepathically spoke to Kuro. {{THIS ONE HAS FEROCITY AND POWER, HE WILL SOON BE PART OF US}} Kuro empowered his left hand with otherworldly chakra as he ran up Hyakujuuonouu’s back and leapt from his inner demon’s shoulder to spearhand stab Sushiha in the chest. Sushiha fell returning to his natural nine feet in height as Kuro ripped the remains of Sushiha Soul from him feeding it to Hyakujuuonouu as he placed a portion of his own soul inside as he infused the massive body with his own chakra, some of his blood, and spirit into the body causing it to transform into Kuro’s likeness. It was far larger than any of Kuro’s alternate bodies and would never pass as an actual clone unless Kuro had beefed himself up with henge no jutsu first. Sharingan Kuro placed restraints and chakra seals upon Ketsunoana and Nobu/ They would be imprisoned in Sunagakure for study and interrogation. Mikaboshi was going to love having an immortal prisoner Kuro thought to himself as his new giant ogre body rose from the ground to join Demon Kuro and Sharingan Kuro, Sanryougan Kuro had not been summoned but as Kuro flexed he could feel the exceptional physical prowess of his new body and with his perception enhanced by the Sharingan he now had an even cleared idea on how this new body functioned in battle. Oni Kuro was born and the case was solved, Kuro left a note for Lord Yakumo that he would recover as much of the stolen goods as possible and that the culprits would suffer the wrath of Sunan law.


WC: 935

Mission complete
All Tier's accomplished
Akimichi Bloodline Body (Oni Kuro) gained

Captured a Dark Sage and an Undead Body for Mikaboshi to study, interrogate, and experiment upon.