Starring:
Hibiki, Meruin, Akari, Ichihoshi
Date: April 14, 2013
Summary:
A kill squad is dispatched to the island where the Kumo-dressed nin had fled, the group of Kiri shinobi looking to capture and/or annihilate the enemy ninja.
"A Raid at Dawn, Pt. 2"
Island off the coast of the Land of Water
The day is not yet.
Dark still clutches with bony fingers the marrowed veins of night; alas, too slick the grasp: dawn rises - only just - on the horizon. Tendrils of hushed pink and whispering yellow worm their way over the sea and along the backs of islands. A rain dribbles, giving a shivered pitter-patter to the infant morning. Few fishermen are out on the water, both the rain and the recent shinobi assault keeping their doors shut but their lights on. They are aware of what happened. More importantly, they are aware of who it was that just tracked through the village: the twin fangs of Kiba and their cackling power are well known throughout the Land of Water. It is, however, another who keeps their darting eyes by windows, their lights blazingly on, their doors firm and locked. The twisting, roaving spirit of Meruin's eyes - and the infamy they bring - are not, as the rumors are known, to be trifled with.
But beyond the village the three shinobi are; beyond the fear and respect of its inhabitants. They are near the shore of the island already, standing on the sea yards before it. Hibiki stares into the blackened and creaking interior of the forested isle; then a glance to Meruin, then Akari, then to the island again, a deep breath lifting his chest. Why was he even included?
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Striding across the sea, Akari glances briefly to the others. She'd read the files she had access to regarding the Okumo through her various positions as an ANBU, Hunter-nin and Swordsman. An interesting companion to be certain, and as for the Genin. Well. She looks to Hibiki briefly and a dry chuckle escapes her. Every youth of Kirigakure has to prove themselves in various ways. This particular bit of proving mostly entails following orders, staying alive and finding a way to be useful if possible. As they near the shore, just a few steps away by the time she speaks, she glances to the Okumo and arches a blue brow, "So. The spiders. Any good for scouting?"
COMBAT: Akari focuses 3650 stamina to turn it into usable chakra!
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
And so the day begins with judgment.
Okuo Meruin stepped through the village with a gliding stride, the weight of their fear seeming to find no purchase on his shoulders. Face impassive, nearly appearing comfortable with the discrimintion, he travels through the people and leaves them behind him unmolested. There was a mission to sharpen the mind against, though this one seemed that it would be a fairly straightforward one. Regardless of which circumstance it turned out to be, it was his primary focus as they left the village behind and started their way across the waters.
But not at all the only one. While crossing the sea, the Jounin allowed himself a glance towards the swordswoman that was a part of this mission's ensemble. She, he knew, would very likely be the most dangerous aspect of this morning's duty. He'd be sure to tread carefuly while with her, today.
"Yes," replies the young man, eyes on the forest beyond the shore of the island they were nearly on. Tread very carefully indeed. "Yes, they are. They will allow me to increase the range I can search for our targets. I suspect that they will see their use before we return." His misted eyes scan the sands before him before moving once more to the treeline ahead. He was waiting for orders to come. They would, he knew.
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
The waves gently lap around the feet of a young man as he approaches behind the other three. A large conical hat tipped low to obscure his face. A quiet 'chnk' sound emits as he adjusts the position of his katana and wakazashi in his belt, and rests his hand upon the hilt of the larger blade. Ichihoshi's face peering out from below the conical hat, if at all possible, seems more stern than usual, giving the full of his attention to the task at hand. He says nothing in response to his two sempai, instead taking the time to calculate distances and tactics, and make himself aware of potential hiding places where ambush may lay in wait. He need not act now, instead he would wait on the command of his elders.
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finished his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
Such had the orders been: capture who you can, but death is first priority. There had already been one prisoner captured from this band of Kumo-dressed renegades, but it is always prudent to have more than one possible answer.
The sea rolls along, caressing the Chakra space between feet and water, lulling those atop it with nature's chaotic, purposed rhythm. Hibiki stares into the forest on the island, the dawn giving just enough light to the rest of the world to make the trees lightning rods of darkness, the whole canopy of vegetation a swarm of dense nothing.
It is then, in the soft rolling of the sea, and the slow rising of dawn, that dozens of shapes - humanoid, dark, but certainly there - appear from the edge of the forest, bringing with them a curling mist so high and thick that it is impossible to see anything below the waist. For a moment, they all stand (and in the dark they are shadows, so vague in look they would seem creations of the imagination if not for the bright gleam of their eyes), but swiftly they evaporate back into the treeline, leaving only the ravenous mist to prowl the shore.
Hibiki swallows a hard lump, and clears his throat, cracking his neck, his fingers pressing against his palms. A dagger in the dark saves a thousand swords at dawn. Were they too late?
COMBAT: Hibiki focuses 3000 stamina to turn it into usable chakra!
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
The blue-haired Swordswoman nods at the Okumo's response, "Then be ready to put them to work when we reach the shore." Her cerulean eyes flick to the Genin and Chuunin again, "You two, watch each other's backs. Jounin Okumo and I can't be worrying about you two." Striding a few feet up onto the shore, she pauses when she notices the movement, and a dry chuckle escapes her as she watches the figures stand there. As they turn away, she nods to herself, continuing further up the shore, towards the treeline, "Children, be on your toes. Jounin, can you ascertain idea how far back into the trees they went? Waiting, or did they retreat to another point?"
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a SPIDER-PERCEPTION…24
«OOC» Hibiki says, "You do not sense anything, Meruin."
"Movement."
Meruin's eyes track the coming of the human shaped figures, the dark orbs slowly swirling with the mists that accompany them. They were only briefly visiting phantoms, their retreat met with a slight lift of the young man's head. He steps onto the sand just half a step behind the swordswoman but sending blots of his own darkness dashing ahead into the mist and forest to scout ahead.
"I suggest caution," says the Jounin. "If those numbers were true, they have a vast number superiority. And yet they retreated into a misted area against Kirigakure shinobi. This suggests the possibility of a few things. The first is that we're walking into a trap. Their numbers, if they are real, could be put to better use outside of the forest. The fact that they showed their presence suports this. The second, we're either unlikely to encounter ninja too much stronger than what was encountered on the patrol, or they plan on taking us alive. The third is that we may be advancing on our own people. The fact that they can both produce the mist and seek to gain an advantage of it against shinobi from the Land of Water suggests that they are either unintelligent or from the land themselves. At the very least, by their attempts from prior, we know that they are informed. So the fact that they are from our home is a distinct possibility.
"And my spiders have not yet come across anything."
COMBAT: Meruin focuses 2100 stamina to turn it into usable chakra!
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a PERCEPTION…28
«OOC» Hibiki says, "You sense nothing, Ichihoshi."
Sight of the figures in the mist brings small reaction from the Chuunin. Enemies were to be expected on this mission, but the number has drawn more attention from Ichihoshi than the fact that they are. +Chink+, the sound of his blade loosing in its sheath. He glances towards Hibiki. "Let us follow our elders, and remain in hiding until the time is right to strike. Let them draw attention." He considers hibiki a moment. "How are your stealth skills?"
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
Hibiki shakes his head.
"Terrible," he says.
Closer now, yards from the island woodlands, on the sand the mist is hard and hollow, haunting the breath. The fingers of the mist twist and curl up and up, as if the dead were reaching for the heavens. The closer the troop moves to the forest, the more involving the mist becomes.
Yet comes, from the edge of the forest, a dozen or so shinobi, wearing Kumo forehead protectors and loosely-fitting clothes. Several of the shinobi are wielding kunai, other katanas, and some simply roar and charge forward with the weaponry of desire. They stream from the trees near the center of the group, positioning themselves as to separate the two groups: Hibiki and Ishihoshi, Meruin and Akari.
Hibiki, following the lead of his group, and sticking close to his companion, finds no shock in the charging villains (danger is the purpose of duty, after all), his neck twitching rapidly and his toes curling curling over his sandals into the sand as he waits for the Kumo-garbed shinobi charge, throwing punches as the earliest ones arrive.
Forest Shinobi -> Hibiki
roll(s) Sharp from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 16. - Rolled by: Hibiki
Mist -> Hibiki
roll(s) Genjutsu from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RP: Hibiki transforms into DYOU-I.
RPCOMBAT: Hibiki defends against with a DODGE…21
RPCOMBAT: Hibiki defends against with a GENJUTSU-PERCEPTION…14
RPCOMBAT: Hibiki attacks with PHYSICAL…15
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Akari
roll(s) Sharp from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Hibiki
Mist -> Akari
roll(s) Genjutsu from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 34. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a WEAPON-BLOCK…34
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a GENJUTSU-PERCEPTION…19
Nodding as Meruin answers her, Akari scoffs bah, "It's a bunch of damned pirates. I doubt this'll even prove to be a workout. The mist, they've likely got some run away Chuunin. We'll be fine." To the children, she repeats, "On your toes, Genin, Chuunin. I'd rather not be forced to burn your bodies here."
As the group comes out again, this time charging them, the Swordswoman laughs. She nimbly slips her Fangs free, easily handling multiple opponents with the weapons. And then she twists into a spin, swords extended, a little bladed top which ends with her crouched.
RPCOMBAT: Akari attacks with DUAL-BLADE…35
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Meruin
roll(s) Sharp from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 20. - Rolled by: Hibiki
Mist -> Meruin
roll(s) Genjutsu from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 41. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a DODGE…42
RP: Meruin makes a Int roll and got 14. (Meruin rolls Intelligence instead of Genjutsu Perception to see if there is anything noticeably different about the mist. His score to beat is 15.)
"Separation would be undesirable in this mist."
This phrase is the only one spoken by Meruin as he continued walking up the shore towards the veiled forests, examining the mists ahead. So familiar, a friend from home. But this friend had betrayed, the traitor releasing a stream of enemies from it's obscuring depths. "Contact," he says as he rushes forward to meet the foe charging him and the group. He focuses on those poised to separate his people, pale whips of spider webbing lashing out with swift swings of his arms as he waves through the attacks on him with ease as he does so. A light excercise, this killing, and he kept the majority of his attention focused outward as he performed it.
RPCOMBAT: Meruin attacks with WISPS-OF-PAIN…32
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a SPIDER-PERCEPTION…42
You paged Meruin with 'Your spiders have discovered about a dozen shinobi farther along in the woods, grouped into several bunches, from which the mist seems to originate, and - of course - all the clones rising from the mist.'
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Ichihoshi
roll(s) Sharp from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 17. - Rolled by: Hibiki
Mist -> Ichihoshi
roll(s) Genjutsu from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a WEAPON-BLOCK…22
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a GENJUTSU-PERCEPTION…30
Ichihoshi nods in response to Hibiki, but before he can speak again the enemy emerges from the woods at a run. A frown comes across the Chuunin's face, and he runs forward to meet the enemy as the blades come flying. A glint of light cuts across the air as the young Shinobi brings his katana out of its scabbard, and slices the blades away from himself. His eyes narrow, and he twirls the blade around and throws it into the air. Leaping after it, Ichihoshi begins to form a series of seals and then says, "Water Senbon!" The ocean explodes into a spray of needles which pelt the enemy shinobi. Finishing his jutsu, Ichihoshi snags his katana out of the air, and begins to descend towards his enemies once more.
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi attacks with WATER-NEEDLE-TECHNIQUE…34
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
As Akarai and Meruin and Ichihoshi and Hibiki attack their foes - with whirling arcs of blade, hissing ropes of web, piercing flows of senbon, or simply a punch - their opponents collapse into gushes of water, disappearing into the mist but for damp feet that could be.
Hibiki blinks, sloshing a step forward.
But there is no time to notice beyond that, for forward from the mist (lighting now, filling with day) come march after march, dozens and dozens of shinobi pouring forth from the oscuring shades of fog, an ineluctable troop of kunai and intent. Forward they come, lurching in number, by the same pattern of the previous: to disrupt the unit of the four — to break them apart, the strategy of strength in numbers: divide and conquer.
Hibiki huddles closer to Ichihoshi as the onslaught commences. The boy's neck twitches again, his shoulder poking the air, and he takes another step back with gripped fists. As the clones come, he does the only he knows well enough to do now: endure. With a lunge, the boy leaps forward, driving to punch one of the shinobi in the face.
But through the opponent he would go, coming clear out the back. In fact, when others attacked, they too would notice the same: their enemies are empty.
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Kunai from the Woods -> Akari
roll(s) Sharp II from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 25. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a LIGHTNING-BLOCK…25
Slice! And all those shinobi collapse into water. Akari scoffs quietly, and as she rises to her feet, her swords are slipped away in a smooth motion and any further attacks aimed her way are deflected with her bare hands! RAWR! Well, bare hands with lightning energy flared to life around them, to deflect the blows. Then, with a flick of her hand, a number of crackling balls of energy are discharged from her hand and crackle-kaboom into bright flashes of light. And the Swordswoman leaps towards the treeline.
RPCOMBAT: Akari attacks with CRACKLE-STEP…42
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
Kunai from the Woods -> Meruin
roll(s) Sharp II from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a PREDATOR'S-PROTECTION…27
RP: Hibiki rolled a 117 with 20d10 die.
RPCOMBAT Meruin took 117 damage.
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Meruin is re-testing his perception of the Genjutsu based on the idea that the people being illusory is rather suspicious."
Mist Clone Genjutsu -> Meruin
roll(s) Genjutsu from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 39. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a DEPLETION…35
Meruin swiftly realizes that his dance of death had turned to splashing puddles, the beings who attacked and were assaulted in turn ending up being liquid clones. "Group up," shouts the Okumo, "And follow my lead." The order was obviously for the other two as he begins heading towards the forest, lashing whips never ceasing. Soon, they began simply sliding through their targets, meeting no resistance whatsoever. The Okumo Jounin narrows his eyes slightly as he noti — his eyes shut in pain as Akari throws bals of lightning that explode into brilliance.
He send a spark of chakra to his brain and opens the back up nearly immediately, a thin, translucent film of chitin covering his eyes to reduce the amount of light going in, allowing himself some visibility as he recovers. The cones were still there and still simply illusory. He assumed the chakra making them was going to take a while to be fully devoured. "Ichihoshi. Hibiki. Come." He continues his forward motion towards the trees, whipping and running, clearing a path. "There are twelve shinobi in the forest in a few groups. They seem to be creating the clones and the mist. And beware of genjut—"
Again, he was cut off, a kunai whipping from the trees and streaking towards his face. Black chitin rises just before the weapon reached him. But it hadn't fully formed, leaving the weapon sticking out of his cheek. The Jounin pulls it out and slides it into his sleeves, nonplussed as he continues towards the forest.
RPCOMBAT: Meruin attacks with WISPS-OF-PAIN…26
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
Ichihoshi watches as his water needles merge with the water clones and they both splash away. The chuunin's eyebrows narrow, and he looks again to the woods. -Fwuff-, his feet hit the sand of the beach and he begins moving in towards his teammates. He pulls from his pouch a small amount of what looks like black wax, and he quickly applies it to the blade of his Katana. The once shining blade turns dark as black, and using the vague light of morning, and the small drifts of sand, Ichihoshi begins to meld with the shadows. "I will be close," he says.
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi attacks with STEALTH-II…16
Forest Shinobi <- Ichihoshi
roll(s) Perception from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Hibiki
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
As the group surges through the forest, into the huddled bunches of shinobi, an unusual thing occurs: some of them run. As eagerly and as tiny as a lone ant, away they scurry, into the rising daylight of the forest. Many - however - stay. They draw kunai and katana, blades shining as dawn yells into morning, lighting the forest gray and bright. The mist dissipates, the illusory warriors evaporting with it. The remaining shinobi - eight or so - charge, weapons gleaming at the group. Even dressed in robes, they look weak and puny.
Hibiki, following the lead of Meruin, drapes into the forest alongside, his eyes perked wide as the misty creations fade away, and the skinny soldiers before him charge with fear and courage bundled in their eyes. But no time, a kunai already slicing for the gut of him, catching him just below his flak jacket. A growl arupts from Hibiki's throat.
The youth skirts the attacking ninja, ratcheting a punch to the foe's face; a returned elbow aims for the throat of another.
Forest Shinobi -> Hibiki
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Hibiki defends against with a DODGE-II…20
RP: Hibiki rolled a 126 with 20d10 die.
RPCOMBAT Hibiki took 126 damage.
RPCOMBAT: Hibiki attacks with POWER-PHYSICAL-II…18
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Akari
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 22. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a LIGHTNING-BLOCK…45
As she reaches the branches of a tree, Akari settles, taking only the briefest of instants to study those below her. As some of them start to flee and some attack, she flicks a hand up, as if to block a kunai thrown her way with her palm. And it bounces away harmlessly into a tree trunk with a THUNK. Then she springs into motion again, chasing after the ones trying to escape, "Jounin Okumo! Take care of that group!"
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a HUNTER-TRACKING…45
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Meruin
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 20. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a DODGE…38
Meruin's webbing rescinds into his arms as the clones fade and disperse, giving them easy entry through the trees. "Caution," he warns, sending a glance back. He notices that Ichihoshi is not quite where he'd been expected to be but was soon located. The Jounin puts it out of mind. The attacking shinobi were just ahead.
The orders of Akari were shouted to him as he leaned away from a stabbing shinobi. "As commanded," replies the Jounin, moving swiftly to Hibiki's side. "I need space," he shouts so that both him and Ichihoshi can hear. But he wastes no time giving the boy time or letting the enemy disperse any further. A hand lashes out, grasping for the genin to take hold and toss him upwards into the treetops. Immediately thereafter, successful or no, he threw himself into sudden spin, the speed enough to pull a deluge of spider silk from his body. He holds back, keeping the acid lined strands from extending upwards or even to their full length outwards, opting for a simple hundred feet in all horizontal directions.
RPCOMBAT: Meruin attacks with TAI-TRAINING…41
RPCOMBAT: Meruin attacks with SILKEN-ENCROACHMENT…45
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
Forest Shinboi -> Ichihoshi
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a WEAPON-BLOCK…18
RP: Hibiki rolled a 103 with 20d10 die.
RPCOMBAT Ichihoshi took 103 damage.
Meruin Web Damage -> Ichihoshi
roll(s) Acid from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 20. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a CLONE-TECHNIQUE…29
Ichihoshi, believing himself well hidden, follows his team into the woods. However, it would seem his stealth abilities are in need of some sharpening, as the kunai that scores a slice across his ribs would be more than sharp enough to let him know he had failed to conceal himself. He noticed the blade too late, and though he brought his katana up, Gritting his teeth against the pain, Ichihoshi gives up on his hiding and emerges from the brush… just to be hit by acid from his own team!!! But wait! It was actually a clone. Ichihoshi seems to have mysteriously vanished once again, into the trees. From his perch on the bottom side of a branch, hanging much like a bat, Ichihoshi once again forms a series of seals. "Water Senbon!" Once again, the water needles spray forth into the woods, puncturing holes in trees, and slicing through brush to seek his enemies. The only safe place for them? Behind a big tree, or right in front of the Kiri team members, for Ichihoshi is wise enough to direct the flying darts around his teammates.
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi attacks with WATER-NEEDLE-TECHNIQUE…23
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
Forest Shinobi <- Hibiki
roll(s) Dodge from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 24. - Rolled by: Hibiki
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Miss!"
Forest Shinobi <- Meruin
roll(s) Dodge from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Hibiki
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Hit!"
Forest Shinobi <- Ichihoshi
roll(s) Dodge from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 21. - Rolled by: Hibiki
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Hit!"
RP: Akari makes a Int roll and got 13. (Akari rolls Intelligence to see if she could see through the Genjutsu.)
As Akari chases the fleeing shinobi, the Genjutsu still constricts her throat, clutching at her perception, and through it she does not see the trap left for her. Once she's in the position between the trees, four explosive tags light up, sparking with the maniac rapture of fire and BOOM!
The webs of Meruin's corrosive webbing stretch through the forest, tangling through trees and branches, ensnaring several of the Kumo-dressed shinobi, who begin to scream as the acid begins to eat away at their flesh.
Ichihoshi's spray of gouging water needles spray along the face of others, sinking deep into their skin. There resistance is caught against as their kunai drop from their hands, their fingers plucking at the spot where the water darts had been.
Hibiki's fist soars by his opponent's face; his elbow runs right by the other, and he tumbles to the ground in his loss of momentum. But his opponents - seemingly disconcerned with such an inept warrior - move to aid their comrades, heading for Meruin and Ichihoshi.
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Explosive Trap -> Akari
roll(s) BOOM from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a LIGHTNING-NEGATION…45
Akari isn't a complete idiot, and having Kiba lets her channel and focus rather inordinate amounts of lightning. The explosions are absorbed and partially deflected by a pair of layered lightning auras that flare to life around her. Hissing sharply, though relatively unharmed, she perches on a nearby branch for a second, drawing one of her swords and making a cut across the palm of her hand as her eyes and ears seek out the fleeing shinobi.
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a SELF-INFLICT-II…38
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a PERCEPTION…35
COMBAT: Akari finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Meruin's turn.
Forest Shinobi -> Meruin
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a DODGE…33
Meruin dashes out of the mass of webbing he'd produced, leaving those caught within to simply die by their acid, the strands moving away from him to allow him free passage. He's greeted by the sight of a ninja heading his way from Hibiki's downed form. He was attacked, but the move was easily evaded by the Jounin who raised a hand and moved to scratch the man's neck with a growing and vanishing talon.
Supposing he'd hit, he'd plant a few spiders on his body after he fell to the ground in his daze and begin following after Akari — The sound of the explosion catches him. "This one stays alive. Hibiki, attend! Ichihoshi, clean this up!" He starts off in the direction Akari had gone, slow enough that Hibiki could catch up and he could try and avoid any traps. The spiders who'd led him here, though, as always, scouted out ahead of him.
RPCOMBAT: Meruin attacks with NIRVANA…29
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a SPIDER-PERCEPTION…32
COMBAT: Meruin finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ichihoshi's turn.
Forest Shinboi -> Ichihoshi
roll(s) Sharp from 20 to 30 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi defends against with a CLONE-TECHNIQUE…19
RP: Hibiki rolled a 118 with 20d10 die.
RPCOMBAT Ichihoshi took 118 damage.
Ichihoshi would attempt to form the seal for his clone jutsu again, but was interrupted as a blade penetrated his side. He would pause only a moment to consider this. "I need more training," he says, and then twirls the katana. "Hai, Meruin-san," he says. Dashing forward, Ichihoshi grabs the hilt of his wakazashi and charges his opponents. "Water Ripple Kenjutsu Technique, first form…," a fast eye might catch what happens next, but the motion seems nothing more than a blur. As the hilt of the wakazashi draws from the scabbard, no blade can be seen. He draws it fast, strikes, and places it back in the scabbard in one fluid motion. And fluid it is indeed. "Three ripples technique." A sharp eye might have seen water flow from the scabbard and form the blade. Just before it struck, the water blade would divide into three. Creating not just one strike, but three simultaneous attacks.
RPCOMBAT: Ichihoshi attacks with THREE-RIPPLES-TECHNIQUE…21
COMBAT: Ichihoshi finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Hibiki's turn.
Forest Shinobi <- Meruin
roll(s) Dodge from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 19. - Rolled by: Hibiki
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Hit!"
Forest Shinobi <- Ichihoshi
roll(s) Dodge from 15 to 30 and get(s) a 17. - Rolled by: Hibiki
«OOC» Hibiki says, "Hit!"
Forest Shinobi <- Meruin & Akari
roll(s) Flee from 15 to 25 and get(s) a 18. - Rolled by: Hibiki
RPCOMBAT: Akari defends against with a HUNTER-TRACKING…40
RPCOMBAT: Meruin defends against with a BREVITY…53
The ninja who wrongly left fighting Hibiki came to a disastrous fate against the watery blades of Ichihoshi and the paralysing poison of Meruin. Down fall the shinobi, leaving but the four who had fled alive. But far they do not get, Akari and Meruin deftly capturing the mewling shinobi, who - when seen so close - seem just children, thin and tired.
Hibiki rises as Akari and Meruin apprehend the prisoners, the boy rubbing his jaw as he walks over to the paralyzed corpse, the shinobi's eyes bulging and wide. He waves a hand at Ichihoshi, and points a finger at the shinobi at his feet, and then a thumbs up. The youth rubs the back of his neck, and stares off into the forest, hoping for the swift return of Akari and Meruin.
COMBAT: Hibiki finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Akari's turn.
Akari grabs her captives fairly easily. It takes a special kind of person to get away from a Hunter-nin. Half-trained run-away shinobi aren't going to cut it. Snikt. She calls out a loud order. "Jounin Okumo. Kill them. We have enough captives from this organization already." That snikt was her Fangs coming out, and they slice neatly through the necks of her two captives. Heads falling to the forest floor with a thud and rolling. Without batting an eye, she calls, "Chuunin Ichihoshi, Genin Hibiki. Gather all of the bodies and start a fire, so we can go home."
