Episode 6: 'Boop x2: Revenge of the Boop'| ANBU Sennin Arc said:[col]Each of hits landed, and upon each hit he would bounce back and prep himself for a rebuttal. Instead, she stood there and took the punch. What was even weirder, Mikaboshi also seemed to just be merely standing there. What in the world was going on? He couldn't dwell on that question. He would shake his head and steel his resolve. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and he could only do one thing with it; beat the ever loving hell out of the female until the blessing ended.
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Ninpocho Chronicles
Ninpocho Chronicles is a fantasy-ish setting storyline, set in an alternate universe World of Ninjas, where the Naruto and Boruto series take place. This means that none of the canon characters exists, or existed here.
Each ninja starts from the bottom and start their training as an Academy Student. From there they develop abilities akin to that of demigods as they grow in age and experience.
Along the way they gain new friends (or enemies), take on jobs and complete contracts and missions for their respective villages where their training and skill will be tested to their limits.
The sky is the limit as the blank page you see before you can be filled with countless of adventures with your character in the game.
This is Ninpocho Chronicles.
Current Ninpocho Chronicles Time:
Departing Sins [Forced Exit]
- Thread starter Sand Council
- Start date
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Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
HP: 72,995 (-23930) 49,065
CP: 86,674 (-2472) 84,202
AP: 10 > 8 (lingering spark)
Actives: +4 accuracy and -4 dodge; Style - Increases all physical damage dealt by 30% and received by 15%. The user gains +1 accuracy. All CP costs are increased by 15% while active. Brink of Insanity - +100% Damage Buff on all melee taijutsu attacks. Any dodge buffs the user has does not apply while this is active, but gains a -44% Chance to be Suppressed. All Melee taijutsu attacks gain +2 Crit and the user has a 36% chance to strike a random target. The user has a 15% Damage Reduction to physical damage, but takes damage equal to 15% of the damage caused. Bind attempts at the user while this is active have a 20% chance to auto-fail; bleed I Fractured Foot: 20% chance to stumble at the beginning of the round; Lingering Spark|
KaitoNot in fighting condition[/col]
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Mikaboshi
Deep Court Lord; Former ANBU Sennin
HP: 29,338 (+1260) 30,598 [+5063] 35,661
CP: 24,356 (-4005) 20,351
AP: 10.75 [-10.25] 0.5
Actives: +20% Illusionary Damage, +4 Genjutsu DC. Genjutsu Buffs/debuff's are increased by 1, and percentages are raised/lowered by 10%. In addition the user takes an additional 5% damage from Ninjutsu and Taijutsu sources; Advanced Clone.|
Roku
ANBU Sennin: Tenken
HP: 50,382 [-11,955] 38,427 [+1512] 39,929
CP: 23,470 [-4501] 18,969 [+577] 19,546
AP: 12
Actives: 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); +2 acc/dodge & Instant clone recognition (100 HP/rnd); +1 AP & +2 Gen save (100 HP/rnd); Rokushiki is equipped; Shadow Servant (x4) (500 Cp); Immolation Armor - causing all melee attacks against the user to deal 10% backlash damage to the attacker. Additionally, all melee contact with the user has a 12% chance of causing the Burn effect. Burn Effect causes the target to take +5% damage for a full round. Burn stacks up to three times. Multi-Hit attacks may only cause the Burn effect once per use. (170 Cp); +10% damage to unarmed weapons. Bolsters unarmed to 60% damage cap; Dim Mak: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks. If the user has performed suppression four times and drops out of this style, they may not cause suppression again unless they re-enter this style; Chakra Extension - All strikes gain +1 Accuracy and +5% Damage, Partial hits deal +10% Damage (210 Cp).[/col]
What Happened?
0.00 Seconds | Avaron has a 10% chance to stumble at the beginning of the round.
0.00 Seconds | Roku uses Quickdraw to draw an Energy Drink
0.42 Seconds | Roku drinks Energy Drink
1.25 Seconds | Roku uses Precision Blow
1.86 Seconds | Mikaboshi casts Dark Displacement with Special Action to prevent Partial Hits from triggering Dark Displacement.
3.44 Seconds | Avaron attacks Roku and Mikaboshi with Fist of Sin: Sloth
6.25 Seconds | Roku attacks Avaron with Falcon Punch (Mastered): Special Action
6.51 Seconds | Avaron attacks Roku with Fist of Virtue (was initially in Mikaboshi but changed when he went into stealth because the conditional was on a 'visible target' primarily.)
Note:
Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
HP: 72,995 (-23930) 49,065
CP: 86,674 (-2472) 84,202
AP: 10 > 8 (lingering spark)
Actives: +4 accuracy and -4 dodge; Style - Increases all physical damage dealt by 30% and received by 15%. The user gains +1 accuracy. All CP costs are increased by 15% while active. Brink of Insanity - +100% Damage Buff on all melee taijutsu attacks. Any dodge buffs the user has does not apply while this is active, but gains a -44% Chance to be Suppressed. All Melee taijutsu attacks gain +2 Crit and the user has a 36% chance to strike a random target. The user has a 15% Damage Reduction to physical damage, but takes damage equal to 15% of the damage caused. Bind attempts at the user while this is active have a 20% chance to auto-fail; bleed I Fractured Foot: 20% chance to stumble at the beginning of the round; Lingering Spark|
Kaito
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Mikaboshi
Deep Court Lord; Former ANBU Sennin
HP: 29,338 (+1260) 30,598 [+5063] 35,661
CP: 24,356 (-4005) 20,351
AP: 10.75 [-10.25] 0.5
Actives: +20% Illusionary Damage, +4 Genjutsu DC. Genjutsu Buffs/debuff's are increased by 1, and percentages are raised/lowered by 10%. In addition the user takes an additional 5% damage from Ninjutsu and Taijutsu sources; Advanced Clone.|
Roku
ANBU Sennin: Tenken
HP: 50,382 [-11,955] 38,427 [+1512] 39,929
CP: 23,470 [-4501] 18,969 [+577] 19,546
AP: 12
Actives: 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); +2 acc/dodge & Instant clone recognition (100 HP/rnd); +1 AP & +2 Gen save (100 HP/rnd); Rokushiki is equipped; Shadow Servant (x4) (500 Cp); Immolation Armor - causing all melee attacks against the user to deal 10% backlash damage to the attacker. Additionally, all melee contact with the user has a 12% chance of causing the Burn effect. Burn Effect causes the target to take +5% damage for a full round. Burn stacks up to three times. Multi-Hit attacks may only cause the Burn effect once per use. (170 Cp); +10% damage to unarmed weapons. Bolsters unarmed to 60% damage cap; Dim Mak: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks. If the user has performed suppression four times and drops out of this style, they may not cause suppression again unless they re-enter this style; Chakra Extension - All strikes gain +1 Accuracy and +5% Damage, Partial hits deal +10% Damage (210 Cp).[/col]
What Happened?
0.00 Seconds | Avaron has a 10% chance to stumble at the beginning of the round.
- Failed
- Gen Check -- illusion remains, Avaron is not aware that she is under the influence of a gen.
0.00 Seconds | Roku uses Quickdraw to draw an Energy Drink
0.42 Seconds | Roku drinks Energy Drink
1.25 Seconds | Roku uses Precision Blow
1.86 Seconds | Mikaboshi casts Dark Displacement with Special Action to prevent Partial Hits from triggering Dark Displacement.
3.44 Seconds | Avaron attacks Roku and Mikaboshi with Fist of Sin: Sloth
- 3.44 Seconds | Roku uses Body Flicker to avoid the attack.
Attack Roll would have hit Mikabosshi, however...- 3.44 Seconds | Mikaboshi's dark displacement goes off.
- HIT
- Chance of increasing called shot level. Success. Feet are now fractured.
6.25 Seconds | Roku attacks Avaron with Falcon Punch (Mastered): Special Action
- HIT!
- Chance of suppression. Failed
36% chance to cause the targets next costing technique cost an additional +0.5 AP. Success
- Chance of suppression. Failed
- Failed (barely)
Possible to automatically go into stealth. Failed.
6.51 Seconds | Avaron attacks Roku with Fist of Virtue (was initially in Mikaboshi but changed when he went into stealth because the conditional was on a 'visible target' primarily.)
- CRIT HIT
- Success!
- HIT
- Failed to cause suppression.
- HIT!
Note:
- Due to AP costs increasing, Avaron was unable to complete her planned moves.
- Mastered tags are your friend
- Energy drinks recover 5% of the CP you have already lost, so gains are small.
- I keep giving you the AP cost you define for Precision Blow but you do realize that it has no AP cost?
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Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron|
Kaito[/col]
They were agile, she would give them that. It was as if she was fighting a pair of fifteen year old gymnasts rather than shinobis. Where were the fireworks? The waterworks? The rumbling earth? They did not disappoint although she expected... more out of them. Little did she know they were both far from being knocked unconscious and her health had dwindled perilously low. Her arms and legs felt heavy, she did not realize it but she was moving slower. That lingering spark within her infested and plagued her body, preventing her from fighting at her full capacity. She came at them both with a wide, arcing blow. she thought she hit the Deep Court Lord but he dispersed into the shadows only form or perhaps reappear in the blink of an eye a short distance from where she attacked.
Tenken had a foot fetish of sorts, he punched her in the foot. The audible crack of bone brought a shiver of pain through her that could be felt with each passing step. Another blow to the face sent her staggering back. She could feel something tugging at the back of her mind, these whispers of malcontent that she shook away. It was then, however that she realized that she was perhaps on the losing side of the battle. This was the moment where she needed to either strike a deal or incapacitate one and hold them hostage if she wanted to get out of this fray intact. She did not carry the same useless sense of honor and pride that some of her allies were plagued with. "You fight well," she commented but she purposefully failed to direct her statement at either of the ANBU before her. She did not have either of them on the ropes and one of them was no longer in sight in fact. She looked to either side, was she in some sort of illusion again? The last time this happened she discovered that she was within the confines of an illusion and in the real world one of the two was punching her defenseless body. "I-I think we can make a deal," she started to say as her attention turned to Tenken. Her fingers curled into a fight ball and she slugged the Sennin with the full brunt of the blow. Tenken rejoins with a less powerful but still damaging strike that send s her reeling back into Mikaboshi who seemed to dip from the shadows and his hand planted on her back leaving a searing pain in its wake. She would not know what he placed on her, only the pain that could be felt in her veins as if her blood was replaced with acid. "I can keep this up all day, can both of you last?" She bluffed, "so what say you both?"
Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
Kaito
They were agile, she would give them that. It was as if she was fighting a pair of fifteen year old gymnasts rather than shinobis. Where were the fireworks? The waterworks? The rumbling earth? They did not disappoint although she expected... more out of them. Little did she know they were both far from being knocked unconscious and her health had dwindled perilously low. Her arms and legs felt heavy, she did not realize it but she was moving slower. That lingering spark within her infested and plagued her body, preventing her from fighting at her full capacity. She came at them both with a wide, arcing blow. she thought she hit the Deep Court Lord but he dispersed into the shadows only form or perhaps reappear in the blink of an eye a short distance from where she attacked.
Tenken had a foot fetish of sorts, he punched her in the foot. The audible crack of bone brought a shiver of pain through her that could be felt with each passing step. Another blow to the face sent her staggering back. She could feel something tugging at the back of her mind, these whispers of malcontent that she shook away. It was then, however that she realized that she was perhaps on the losing side of the battle. This was the moment where she needed to either strike a deal or incapacitate one and hold them hostage if she wanted to get out of this fray intact. She did not carry the same useless sense of honor and pride that some of her allies were plagued with. "You fight well," she commented but she purposefully failed to direct her statement at either of the ANBU before her. She did not have either of them on the ropes and one of them was no longer in sight in fact. She looked to either side, was she in some sort of illusion again? The last time this happened she discovered that she was within the confines of an illusion and in the real world one of the two was punching her defenseless body. "I-I think we can make a deal," she started to say as her attention turned to Tenken. Her fingers curled into a fight ball and she slugged the Sennin with the full brunt of the blow. Tenken rejoins with a less powerful but still damaging strike that send s her reeling back into Mikaboshi who seemed to dip from the shadows and his hand planted on her back leaving a searing pain in its wake. She would not know what he placed on her, only the pain that could be felt in her veins as if her blood was replaced with acid. "I can keep this up all day, can both of you last?" She bluffed, "so what say you both?"
[col]Now fighting once more in the real world, Avaron had found attacking Mikaboshi directly just as elusive a goal as it had been in the illusory one that he'd trapped her in for the beginning of the battle. As her blow found purchase in his torso his body crumbled away to nothing as it disappeared back into the shadows from which it came only for Mikaboshi to re-appear a few paces away from her completely unscathed. The darkness of the cavern twisted like an ocean of pitch dark water around them and with a crashing wave of gloom suddenly Mikaboshi was simply... gone. The only trace of him was the eerie chill in the air and the oppressive atmosphere of the ancient's unleashed ire that weighed down on Avaron's senses.
But Mikaboshi did not cower in the shadows like a thief in the night. He was a king and the darkness served him both as his domain and his citizenry. Just as loyal soldiers rose up to protect a dynasty that they loved, the shadows rushed in and protected their sovereign from the offense of his opponent. Powerful enough enemies could push their senses through the veil of night that Mikaboshi had wrapped himself in but it required a focused and clear mind to do so. Like a shark drawn into a frenzy by the scent of blood in the water, Mikaboshi breathed deep of the soul energy that Avaron leaked from the vitality shredding seal that he clawed into her back during the last exchange of blows and was invigorated. There was a pungency to her soul energy that he could not place but just the same it tasted human enough.
"There are no deals between wolves and sheep." Growled the darkness as Mikaboshi gathered the remainder of Avaron's loose soul energy and prepared to weaponize it against her in what he sensed would be the last moments of their battle.|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
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But Mikaboshi did not cower in the shadows like a thief in the night. He was a king and the darkness served him both as his domain and his citizenry. Just as loyal soldiers rose up to protect a dynasty that they loved, the shadows rushed in and protected their sovereign from the offense of his opponent. Powerful enough enemies could push their senses through the veil of night that Mikaboshi had wrapped himself in but it required a focused and clear mind to do so. Like a shark drawn into a frenzy by the scent of blood in the water, Mikaboshi breathed deep of the soul energy that Avaron leaked from the vitality shredding seal that he clawed into her back during the last exchange of blows and was invigorated. There was a pungency to her soul energy that he could not place but just the same it tasted human enough.
"There are no deals between wolves and sheep." Growled the darkness as Mikaboshi gathered the remainder of Avaron's loose soul energy and prepared to weaponize it against her in what he sensed would be the last moments of their battle.|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
Episode 7: 'Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo'| ANBU Sennin Arc said:[col]There would be a loud crack as Avaron's fist connected with the face of the ANBU, fracturing the metallic looking skull.
Sweet newborn infant sandwyrm, how in the hell does she hit this hard.
Shaking his head to regain his composure, the Sennin would return the favor cracking her with an empowered fist of his own. She would try to make a deal, she would try to start back peddling and she would even lash out. She was spiraling, an animal cornered by predators doing whatever it could to survive.
I will make her my declaration.... I will...
Thoughts were racing through his mind but at the same time there were concerns trying to counter these increasingly growing thoughts on what needed to be done.
Wait, shit, wait, her passport and identity, there is something that makes her different from the others I've been told about... no, she is the first... She chose this path, she was not abducted, she was not a child, she approached them...
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Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
HP: 49,065 (-77518) -28,453
CP: 86,674 (-1236) 84,202
AP: 10 > 8 (lingering spark)
Actives: KO'd|
KaitoNot in fighting condition[/col]
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Mikaboshi
Deep Court Lord; Former ANBU Sennin
HP: 35,661 [-2,472] (+1260) 34,449
CP: 20,351 (-6,859) 20,351
AP: 10.75 [-10.25] 0.5
Actives: +20% Illusionary Damage, +4 Genjutsu DC. Genjutsu Buffs/debuff's are increased by 1, and percentages are raised/lowered by 10%. In addition the user takes an additional 5% damage from Ninjutsu and Taijutsu sources; Advanced Clone.|
Roku
ANBU Sennin: Tenken
HP: 39,929 [-1235] [+1512] 40,206
CP: 19,546 [-6207] 13,339 [+577] 13,916
AP: 12
Actives: 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); +2 acc/dodge & Instant clone recognition (100 HP/rnd); +1 AP & +2 Gen save (100 HP/rnd); Rokushiki is equipped; Shadow Servant (x4) (500 Cp); 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); Dim Mak: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks. If the user has performed suppression four times and drops out of this style, they may not cause suppression again unless they re-enter this style; Chakra Extension - All strikes gain +1 Accuracy and +5% Damage, Partial hits deal +10% Damage (210 Cp).[/col]
What Happened?
0.00 Seconds | Roku maintains Gates 5, 6 and 7
0.00 Seconds | Mikaboshi maintains Hell Seal (Rank 3), Lingering Spark, and Active Camo; Mikaboshi is also in stealth
0.00 Seconds | Stumble chance. Failed.
0.48 Seconds | Mikaboshi draws the Right Hand of the Devil.
1.43 Seconds | Mikaboshi activates Independent Special Move Death Touch
6.88 Seconds | Roku uses Ura Renge [Mastered]
7.62 Seconds | Mikaboshi cast Fist of Virtue using Special Action Temperance to remain in Stealth Mode.
9.76 Seconds | Mikaboshi cast Shadow Step Strike (Master Rank)
Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
HP: 49,065 (-77518) -28,453
CP: 86,674 (-1236) 84,202
AP: 10 > 8 (lingering spark)
Actives: KO'd|
Kaito
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Mikaboshi
Deep Court Lord; Former ANBU Sennin
HP: 35,661 [-2,472] (+1260) 34,449
CP: 20,351 (-6,859) 20,351
AP: 10.75 [-10.25] 0.5
Actives: +20% Illusionary Damage, +4 Genjutsu DC. Genjutsu Buffs/debuff's are increased by 1, and percentages are raised/lowered by 10%. In addition the user takes an additional 5% damage from Ninjutsu and Taijutsu sources; Advanced Clone.|
Roku
ANBU Sennin: Tenken
HP: 39,929 [-1235] [+1512] 40,206
CP: 19,546 [-6207] 13,339 [+577] 13,916
AP: 12
Actives: 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); +2 acc/dodge & Instant clone recognition (100 HP/rnd); +1 AP & +2 Gen save (100 HP/rnd); Rokushiki is equipped; Shadow Servant (x4) (500 Cp); 5% auto-dodge (100 HP/rnd); Dim Mak: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks. If the user has performed suppression four times and drops out of this style, they may not cause suppression again unless they re-enter this style; Chakra Extension - All strikes gain +1 Accuracy and +5% Damage, Partial hits deal +10% Damage (210 Cp).[/col]
What Happened?
0.00 Seconds | Roku maintains Gates 5, 6 and 70.00 Seconds | Mikaboshi maintains Hell Seal (Rank 3), Lingering Spark, and Active Camo; Mikaboshi is also in stealth
- Gen Check. Success! Lingering Spark is maintained.
Stealth Check. Success, Mikaboshi remains in stealth.
- 20% gate backlash chance. No backlash is suffered.
0.00 Seconds | Stumble chance. Failed.
0.48 Seconds | Mikaboshi draws the Right Hand of the Devil.
1.43 Seconds | Mikaboshi activates Independent Special Move Death Touch
- For one round, Melee Taijutsu attacks Deal twice their normal damage, however cost 2x the CP. Damage cannot be buffed by anything, but bypasses half of all damage reduction. Can only be used once every other round and twice per battle, and does not increase called shot chances.
- First of Sin -- HIT!
Afternoon Tiger -- HIT!- Suppression Chance. Failed.
- Attack Roll. CRIT!
- Roku avoids the attack and uses an activated auto-dodge. Attempts a called shot at Avaron's leg. MISS
- Hit -- CRIT!
- Avaron is KO'd
6.88 Seconds | Roku uses Ura Renge [Mastered]
7.62 Seconds | Mikaboshi cast Fist of Virtue using Special Action Temperance to remain in Stealth Mode.
9.76 Seconds | Mikaboshi cast Shadow Step Strike (Master Rank)
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Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron|
Kaito[/col]
The blunt force of the blows was staggering. Avaron wiped the sweat off her brow, she did not anticipate this level of resistance. The Cabal that preceded her did so well with such little skill. She was unfamiliar with Tenken, the newest ANBU Sennin but she knew enough about the Deep Court Lord former Sennin. There was certainly a reason he was locked away by Nao's apprentice and there was likely a reason the Spider failed to return. A strange, maddened expression came over her face. Her eyes wider than they should be. Her tobacco-yellowed teeth bared. Her limbs felt heavy and numb and she knew that this would be the end but she would fight until the very last moment of consciousness. One of them was hiding in the shadows, cowardice was hardly becoming of the Ancient Lord. Her steely eyes clocked onto Tenken, the man in the skull mask. She came at him, a pair of powerful blows landed and battered her frame before she could even heave her arm in an arcing motion where she hit... No, she MISSED the ANBU. She spun around in time to avoid Tenken from hitting her behind the knee again but she was not prepared for her second opponent to peel himself from the shadows just long enough to land a pair of powerful blows that took her by surprise from behind.
Like a tower being toppled over or perhaps a tree, she fell forward. Face first she would land in the round. Mikaboshi and Roku both would continue to pummel her briefly for good measure. The limp, bruised Soverign would unflinchingly take each and every one of these assaults. Kaito would be slumped against a wall, conscious but barely able to move. He would chime in now, "I think she might be out." The symptomology was there but he was no doctor. The former Cabal leader coughed and spit, the saliva was streaked with blood. He let out a sigh and rested his head against the wall. This was going to be a long day.
Number 10
Natsukawa Avaron
Kaito
The blunt force of the blows was staggering. Avaron wiped the sweat off her brow, she did not anticipate this level of resistance. The Cabal that preceded her did so well with such little skill. She was unfamiliar with Tenken, the newest ANBU Sennin but she knew enough about the Deep Court Lord former Sennin. There was certainly a reason he was locked away by Nao's apprentice and there was likely a reason the Spider failed to return. A strange, maddened expression came over her face. Her eyes wider than they should be. Her tobacco-yellowed teeth bared. Her limbs felt heavy and numb and she knew that this would be the end but she would fight until the very last moment of consciousness. One of them was hiding in the shadows, cowardice was hardly becoming of the Ancient Lord. Her steely eyes clocked onto Tenken, the man in the skull mask. She came at him, a pair of powerful blows landed and battered her frame before she could even heave her arm in an arcing motion where she hit... No, she MISSED the ANBU. She spun around in time to avoid Tenken from hitting her behind the knee again but she was not prepared for her second opponent to peel himself from the shadows just long enough to land a pair of powerful blows that took her by surprise from behind.
Like a tower being toppled over or perhaps a tree, she fell forward. Face first she would land in the round. Mikaboshi and Roku both would continue to pummel her briefly for good measure. The limp, bruised Soverign would unflinchingly take each and every one of these assaults. Kaito would be slumped against a wall, conscious but barely able to move. He would chime in now, "I think she might be out." The symptomology was there but he was no doctor. The former Cabal leader coughed and spit, the saliva was streaked with blood. He let out a sigh and rested his head against the wall. This was going to be a long day.
[col]Avaron was out at last and as she collapsed on the ground and ceased to move Mikaboshi released the veil of darkness that was concealing his form and materialized out of the shadows standing over her fallen body. For her part, Avaron had fought adequately against the combined power of Roku and Mikaboshi. Her strength was remarkable for a human being even though she had not succeeded in leaving Mikaboshi any lasting wounds. Not even Urufu, who had been one of the stronger members of the Cabal in terms of martial prowess, had managed to leave such a mark on Mikaboshi as Avaron had. Even though he wished to visit a host of horrors upon Kaito for his part in Mikaboshi's incarceration the ancient found his curiosity piqued by the young girl's strength. Still... there was the matter of Roku. How much would the Sennin interfere here?
"Well fought." Mikaboshi granted to Roku, speaking as he gazed down at the unconscious form of Avaron. "In recognition of the battle we fought together, I cede half of the bounty to you. Take one, the other is mine by right of conquest."
He gave Roku the right to pick first. His pact with Sousuke prevented him from engaging in violence against Roku and this was the easiest solution to avoid such a case. Give Roku the right to pick first, let the Sennin take the prisoner that he wanted. He could either save Kaito's life by claiming him instead of leaving him at the mercy of the vengeful ancient or he could opt for the intelligence that Avaron would certainly provide on the nature of her fighting ability.
For Mikaboshi it was a simple situation; dinner or vengeance?|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
"Well fought." Mikaboshi granted to Roku, speaking as he gazed down at the unconscious form of Avaron. "In recognition of the battle we fought together, I cede half of the bounty to you. Take one, the other is mine by right of conquest."
He gave Roku the right to pick first. His pact with Sousuke prevented him from engaging in violence against Roku and this was the easiest solution to avoid such a case. Give Roku the right to pick first, let the Sennin take the prisoner that he wanted. He could either save Kaito's life by claiming him instead of leaving him at the mercy of the vengeful ancient or he could opt for the intelligence that Avaron would certainly provide on the nature of her fighting ability.
For Mikaboshi it was a simple situation; dinner or vengeance?|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
[/quote]Episode 8: 'I Choose You'| ANBU Sennin Arc said:[col]Another powerful punch was aimed at him, but this time his body was able to flicker away from the attack and land unscathed. Prior to his evasion he had hit the female with two of his most powerful attacks and following his dodge, he would unleash a torrent of chakra at the female. It would seem these additional hits would be nothing more than excessive as the female had already fell. Letting out a sigh, his red glowing eyes would turn to Mikaboshi as the former Sennin seemed to reform from the darkness. He was then asked which of the two he wanted. Deep down, he wanted both. Avaron for being a member of the Sovereign and Kaito because Sousuke seemed to have some sort of consideration for the former villain. Roku knew that being selfish was not in his best interest and would bring him into a direct confrontation with Mikaboshi. It was, however, fortuitous that the Deep Court Ancient gave him the first pick.
Calmly the Sennin would make his way towards the fallen body of Miss Ten. His head would turn upwards and glance over to the slumped up Kaito before returning to Avaron. Within his mind, he could not shake the feeling of hatred he held for Kaito. Whatever hell he was about to experience was one he deserved for his little attempt to destroy the village.
Sorry, Sousuke...
"I appreciate getting first dibs, and will be taking Avaron. As repayment for your courtesy allow me to give you a token of appreciation."
Leaning over, he would wrap his hand around the throat of the female and start to apply pressure to it as his grip clenched up. It would be very simple to not only strangle the female but just break her neck. The thought raced through his mind. Her life was forfeit, she had earned this death.
"Not sure if you heard our discussion in the tower before you appeared, but the Daimyo is using Ancients to fuel his army."
There was a chance this would cause the dark one to turn his attention to Avaron, the prize he had just claimed. The grip around her throat would lessen as it was not time to kill her.
"I know where they are being kept. I tell you this out of a sign of gratitude but also as a token of selfishness."
He would hoist the limp body of the Sovereign member up on his shoulder.
"I would like your assistance in addressing that matter... if you are interested in taking one last mission with a former employee, well I am sure you'll be able to find me."
With that he would leap up onto the dojo and continue to climb until his disappeared from the scene of a battle that would spark the first victory of Suna in the battle against the Daimyo and his personal army.
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[col]It was a strange feeling, the way Mikaboshi's heart jumped at Roku's revelation that the Daimyo was using the power of ancients to augment the abilities of his forces. He was angry, yes but... sickened? No, that was not the right word. It was another emotion that he was somewhat unfamiliar with as Mikaboshi had never before carried with him any particular kinship towards others of his kind but since being returned to an age where it seemed most, if not all, of ancient kind had been wiped out... he'd found his existence oppressively lonely for the lack of a creature similar to his station. Now to find out that his kind... his people were being used as fuel in the furnace to forge better humans... the idea was repulsive. He said nothing as Roku explained himself but rather kept his eyes on Avaron the whole time thinking over his choice to give her to Roku. For a moment he considered breaking his truce with Sunagakure and assaulting Roku to acquire Avaron's unconscious body.
The things he would have done to her would have been unspeakable. Layer by layer and bit by bit he would have cut her to pieces to learn everything about what made her tick. He would find every part of her that had been touched by the power of an ancient and separate it from her in a most grisly fashion in the name of discovery. He could not speak as to it but somehow he knew this was the work of the man named Nao and in that moment Mikaboshi discarded the idea of breaking truce with Sunagakure. He needed them as a convenient target for the attention of the Daimyo and for their allies. He needed all the eyes to be on Sunagakure so that he might move in the shadows where he was most comfortable and it was from there he would strike.
They would never even see him coming.
Roku took Avaron upon his shoulder and turned to Mikaboshi which broke the ancient's intense gaze upon her for the first time since they'd won the battle and offered him teh right to accompany him upon a mission to investigate the matter of the ancients being used as fuel for the Daimyo's army. Saying nothing, Mikaboshi offered a slight bow of politeness as Roku left and then turned his attention to the conscious but certainly still incapacitated Kaito.
"And then there were two." He whispered, his voice low in volume but easily recognized as the shadows carried the whisper from the still lips of his mask to the Kaito's ears.
Ordinarily Mikaboishi would have peeled Kaito's skin from his body and eaten his heart but in this case that wasn't particularly an option. Roku had left Kaito in the possession of the former ANBU Sennin and while Mikaboshi might have been able to plead ignorance in regard to Kaito's alliance with Sunagakure it would only serve to rock the boat if he killed Kaito now.
"Know that I have not forgotten what you did to me. I have not forgotten and I will never forgive it. But that aside, you may also know that I am well known for my giving nature." Mikaboshi was well known for giving... but his gifts always came at a terrible price. "And so now that you and I have this precious moment for a heart to heart talk, I want to give you a gift that I have held for you for so long."
Mikaboshi turned and slowly began to walk towards Kaito. He made no hostile move or indication that he was preparing to visit harm upon the man but the King Under the Sands hardly needed such movements in order to prepare for violence.
"I am pleased that you were here to bear witness to this little show we put on today as it gives you a grasp of what I am capable of even if it is only the barest tip of the iceburg."
He continued to advance, menace rippling in each step through the dust and shadows that curled at his feet as he stalked closer and closer like a gargantuan hunting cat moving towards it's next meal.
"I'm glad you got to see this today because my gift to you... is fear."
Finally Mikaboshi was looming over the ragged form of Kaito, his right hand glowing lightly with a sickly green energy that swirled and pulsed. It was the last vestiges of soul energy he'd stolen from Avaron. The light of a soul was a pure thing; beautiful and terrifying in the same breath. But this was not that. It was what was produced by the mingling of pure soul energy and the chakra used to pull it through the skin of a human being.
"I want you to be afraid. Because some day, I am going to come for you. It isn't today. It may not be tomorrow. It may not be weeks from now. But I will come for you. And on that day if I find that you are not sufficiently afraid, I will hurt you in indescribable fashions. You may think that there is nothing left for the world to take from you but on that day I will prove you wrong."
Crouching down, Mikaboshi reached forward with his left hand and grasped at Kaito's right hand where he knew his special anchor ring to be. This was a source of Kaito's strength; an item which granted him phenomenal power that Katsuo had seen him use during their battle before the end of the Cabal occupation of Sunagakure. He'd transformed into a powerful battle state and it for that reason he did not want Kaito to continue possessing. He might even be able to make some use of it himself, somehow. Provided that Kaito was unable to stop him from taking the ring in his disheveled state, Mikaboshi would examine the artifact for a moment before stowing it away in his gear and standing back to his full height.
"I am glad we had a chance to have this little talk, Kaito of the Cabal."
Bringing his claws which brimmed with the grisly remains of Avaron's battered spirit, Mikaboshi forced a portion of it into Kaito's own body to keep him stable; enough to prevent his wounds from continuing to kill him but not enough to heal the former Cabal Leader to the point where Kaito might force Mikaboshi's hand. Then, turning from him, Mikaboshi was suddenly gone in between blinks of the eye with only three words left upon the windy shadows that passed in his wake:
"Be seeing you."
[Contract ring claimed (finally) and TLUS]|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
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The things he would have done to her would have been unspeakable. Layer by layer and bit by bit he would have cut her to pieces to learn everything about what made her tick. He would find every part of her that had been touched by the power of an ancient and separate it from her in a most grisly fashion in the name of discovery. He could not speak as to it but somehow he knew this was the work of the man named Nao and in that moment Mikaboshi discarded the idea of breaking truce with Sunagakure. He needed them as a convenient target for the attention of the Daimyo and for their allies. He needed all the eyes to be on Sunagakure so that he might move in the shadows where he was most comfortable and it was from there he would strike.
They would never even see him coming.
Roku took Avaron upon his shoulder and turned to Mikaboshi which broke the ancient's intense gaze upon her for the first time since they'd won the battle and offered him teh right to accompany him upon a mission to investigate the matter of the ancients being used as fuel for the Daimyo's army. Saying nothing, Mikaboshi offered a slight bow of politeness as Roku left and then turned his attention to the conscious but certainly still incapacitated Kaito.
"And then there were two." He whispered, his voice low in volume but easily recognized as the shadows carried the whisper from the still lips of his mask to the Kaito's ears.
Ordinarily Mikaboishi would have peeled Kaito's skin from his body and eaten his heart but in this case that wasn't particularly an option. Roku had left Kaito in the possession of the former ANBU Sennin and while Mikaboshi might have been able to plead ignorance in regard to Kaito's alliance with Sunagakure it would only serve to rock the boat if he killed Kaito now.
"Know that I have not forgotten what you did to me. I have not forgotten and I will never forgive it. But that aside, you may also know that I am well known for my giving nature." Mikaboshi was well known for giving... but his gifts always came at a terrible price. "And so now that you and I have this precious moment for a heart to heart talk, I want to give you a gift that I have held for you for so long."
Mikaboshi turned and slowly began to walk towards Kaito. He made no hostile move or indication that he was preparing to visit harm upon the man but the King Under the Sands hardly needed such movements in order to prepare for violence.
"I am pleased that you were here to bear witness to this little show we put on today as it gives you a grasp of what I am capable of even if it is only the barest tip of the iceburg."
He continued to advance, menace rippling in each step through the dust and shadows that curled at his feet as he stalked closer and closer like a gargantuan hunting cat moving towards it's next meal.
"I'm glad you got to see this today because my gift to you... is fear."
Finally Mikaboshi was looming over the ragged form of Kaito, his right hand glowing lightly with a sickly green energy that swirled and pulsed. It was the last vestiges of soul energy he'd stolen from Avaron. The light of a soul was a pure thing; beautiful and terrifying in the same breath. But this was not that. It was what was produced by the mingling of pure soul energy and the chakra used to pull it through the skin of a human being.
"I want you to be afraid. Because some day, I am going to come for you. It isn't today. It may not be tomorrow. It may not be weeks from now. But I will come for you. And on that day if I find that you are not sufficiently afraid, I will hurt you in indescribable fashions. You may think that there is nothing left for the world to take from you but on that day I will prove you wrong."
Crouching down, Mikaboshi reached forward with his left hand and grasped at Kaito's right hand where he knew his special anchor ring to be. This was a source of Kaito's strength; an item which granted him phenomenal power that Katsuo had seen him use during their battle before the end of the Cabal occupation of Sunagakure. He'd transformed into a powerful battle state and it for that reason he did not want Kaito to continue possessing. He might even be able to make some use of it himself, somehow. Provided that Kaito was unable to stop him from taking the ring in his disheveled state, Mikaboshi would examine the artifact for a moment before stowing it away in his gear and standing back to his full height.
"I am glad we had a chance to have this little talk, Kaito of the Cabal."
Bringing his claws which brimmed with the grisly remains of Avaron's battered spirit, Mikaboshi forced a portion of it into Kaito's own body to keep him stable; enough to prevent his wounds from continuing to kill him but not enough to heal the former Cabal Leader to the point where Kaito might force Mikaboshi's hand. Then, turning from him, Mikaboshi was suddenly gone in between blinks of the eye with only three words left upon the windy shadows that passed in his wake:
"Be seeing you."
[Contract ring claimed (finally) and TLUS]|[legend="[[b][u]OOC Notes[/u][/b]] - [[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxZsG1y888&list=RDCj4wBGXgWXQ&index=31]SCENE BGM[/url]]"]
Mikaboshi - Ancient Rogue
Kaito
They summarily defeated Avaron, the one that put the bruised and bloodied former Cabalist in his presently debilitated state. Kaito was on the floor, his back against the wall. Barely able to stand, let alone fight he watched as the tide of battled turned against the Soverign bitch with a sense of glee. t was so rare in this world anyone ever got what they deserved. He knew of her but he did not know her well enough to claim an understanding of her powerset but what she did just then in this fight seemed contradictory to how she subdued the former treasure hunter in that dark ally. She became a brawler instead of a caster, he found it queer that she had such a range of skills. Little did he know, she was a different kind of Chimera. Little did he know, she sought the Daimyo and Nao to become more powerful.
"Well fought. In recognition of the battle we fought together, I cede half of the bounty to you. Take one, the other is mine by right of conquest."
It would seem that he was a 'prize' yet somehow it did not give him a warm, fuzzy sensation. Rather, he got a heavy feeling in his gut, as if a fistful of lead lay in belly. He did not want to go with either of them, if he was being taken he was not being assisted or saved. It should not be a surprise to him, he was likely one of the most hated men in this village two years ago. Still, they were no better than he was. He considered this village to be full of devils and monsters and thus far he was not proven wrong.
"I appreciate getting first dibs, and will be taking Avaron. As repayment for your courtesy allow me to give you a token of appreciation."
Tenken approached his championship purse and wrapped his fingers around Avaron's neck. Was he really going to snuff her life out right then and there? It seemed like a waste to him. She was not a small woman, not in comparison to either of these men but his hand was able to compress her carotids and her airway, Kaito was not about to protest but the act spoke volumes of the Sennin's character. Her raspy breaths would cease momentarily.
"Not sure if you heard our discussion in the tower before you appeared, but the Daimyo is using Ancients to fuel his army."
A wheeze would emanate from Avaron's mouth as the ANBU's grip loosened. She was not dead yet, but she likely soon would be. Some liked to demonstrate their dominance, it gave them a sense of power and authority. He was familiar with the sense, some of his men (and women) felt the same way - this sense of authority and release when they made others suffer. Still, to the victor not only goes the spoils but how the war and the aftermath would be recorded and remembered by those who follow. Still, he raised a brow at the Sennin's curious statement. He did not know anything about Ancients or the army the leader was trying to raise. He was aware that he had a personal militia, but a militia is a far-cry from an army and if that was the case then why sent his team into Sunagakure. To this day, he was unaware that he and his men were merely a test and that the Diamyo had no intention of seeing them succeed. Their relative successes only spoke volumes regarding how complacent the shinobi of Wind Country had become perhaps due partly to their years of isolation.
"I know where they are being kept. I tell you this out of a sign of gratitude but also as a token of selfishness."
"Where," a barely audible voice coughed. He wanted to know, but he was not a part of this discussion or perhaps he querry went unheard as the Sennin flung the unmoving body of the Soverign over his shoulder. She would be heavier than expected. Unlike most women with their slender and slight forms, she was more... durable? Muscular perhaps? It might have been her proximity to the reckless Sennin that made her as such, if that was true or not however, he would never be able to quantify that on his own. She did not look like she would weigh close to two-hundred pounds, but she did weigh as much. It was not in the form of lard or due to a plethora of supplies, she seemed to travel light but what little she had on her moving person would rattle as Tenken started to walk away.
"I would like your assistance in addressing that matter... if you are interested in taking one last mission with a former employee, well I am sure you'll be able to find me."
A final word of departure. Tenken would leave with his 'prize.'
"And then there were two."
An ominous voice would announce.
"Know that I have not forgotten what you did to me. I have not forgotten and I will never forgive it. But that aside, you may also know that I am well known for my giving nature."
He did not want anything the Deep Court Lord might give.
"And so now that you and I have this precious moment for a heart to heart talk, I want to give you a gift that I have held for you for so long."
Mikaboshi meandered closer to the former leader of the Cabal as if he had all of the time in the world. The scrape of his feet near deafening as Kaito waited in silent anticipation. He was going to die today, that much he was certain.
"I am pleased that you were here to bear witness to this little show we put on today as it gives you a grasp of what I am capable of even if it is only the barest tip of the iceburg."
Kaito was well aware of the Sennin's capabilities, he was a target of great concern during their incursion. His records were a mixture of lore, happenstance, witness testimony and speculative circumstance but it exceeded the documentation they had on the others seven-fold. He knew that the Deep Court Lord had an affinity for the darkness, about the chilled aura that emanated from him and heralded his presence. The very same that chilled him to the bone now and caused the air from his agape maw to leave his body in small puffs of vapor. The shadows seemed livelier in his presence, as if they had a mind of their own because he like the other ancients was truly life giving to something they considered inert. Never twice has a fight been the same, at least the recorded testament of such an event. That was why they locked him away, he was a volatile and unpredictable variable.
"I'm glad you got to see this today because my gift to you... is fear."
Kaito looked up at Mikaboshi, barely able to turn his head. "I am not afraid to die," a whisper soft voice replied. He had resigned himself to some sort of terrible fate moment Avaron defeated him. He had an idea regarding what would happen. He was dying slowly anyways, he knew it. His wife always told him those cancer sticks would kill him one day, he just never thought he would live long enough to be old enough for that to be relevant. Jokes on him. Still, it was rarely death in and of itself that one feared, it was their pains of death and the fates one would suffer if they were made to answer for all of their sins. He had nothing left but the memories and the bones of the people he loved and he was left to linger in a community where he was surrounded by people who feared and reviled him. His health was fading and his legacy was tarnished.
"I want you to be afraid. Because some day, I am going to come for you. It isn't today. It may not be tomorrow. It may not be weeks from now. But I will come for you. And on that day if I find that you are not sufficiently afraid, I will hurt you in indescribable fashions. You may think that there is nothing left for the world to take from you but on that day I will prove you wrong."
As if the Deep Court Lord could read his mind he made his threat. His eyes focused on a ring, Kaito's ring. It was a rather simple ring or it would seem to the unsuspecting but Katsuo had seen this ring before and its immense power. Little did Mikaboshi know, the ring was intended for the host he had invaded, Katsuo had demonstrated something 'special' when he pardoned the Cabal. He shown not only mercy and wisdom beyond his years but gave the Cabalist hope that there might be another way. Kaito was dying and had no heir, he had nobody except for a chance meeting two years ago with the would-be king. In that time he had thought better of bequeathing the ring to the absentee heir, he had yet to take the Diamond Throne and bring order to these ravaged lands. The 'errant king' he had come to call him. He did not know that the last Sunahoshi was standing before him, at least his body was. Katsuo had been possessed by the Deep Court Lord and there was likely nothing left but a shell of the man Katio had briefly met."No!" Kaito growled as Mikaboshi grabbed his hand and liberated from it, forcefully so to pull it over the knuckle. Kaito cried out in pain as the finger was temporarily dislocated. Kaito was unable to stop him from taking the ring in his disheveled state. Kaito tried to snatch it back but he was barely able to lift his own arms. Mikaboshi would examine the artifact for a moment before stowing it away in his gear. "Give that back," Kaito demanded through clenched teeth.
"I am glad we had a chance to have this little talk, Kaito of the Cabal."
Mikaboshi raised a talon-like hand to Kaito. The twisting, arching and seemingly boiling energy that twisted about his claws came down on Kaito. Mikaboshi was not imbuing his own power, strength or energy into Kaito, but rather that of Avaron. Avaron's energy was far from normal and far from human. Kaito screamed and it was a terrible sound. His back arched and he convulsed on the ground, white foam seemed to drip from his mouth. He was not dead, but he would wish he was as this mixture of energy broke into his body and ravaged his chakra coils and flesh. Avaron was part demon, part human and she too had eaten an Ancient or three.
Mikaboshi was gone, only a lingering final phrase among the dissipating shades.
"Be seeing you."
Mikaboshi has gotten the final contract from the contract event -- Yokai.
This contract was taken by force in this thread but for the sake of papertrails he actually IC'ly earned it via the RP win in a thread with Katsuo and Kaito but it was a group thread and the reward was not going to be given out in a group thread.
A quick review: Naganisa (snake) went to James, Shouki (frog) went to Ray, Saiga (marine mammal) went to Kuro, Fuu (bird) went to Roku and Kaito (Yokai) went to Mikaboshi/Kaito.
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