Starring:
Sakuya (emitter), Hiei, Michiko (as Kimura), Seiko
Date: December 5, 2015
Summary:
Hiei leads some of his shinobi to take down some criminals that have taken residence in a rather tricky terrain.
Poster's note: foul language filtered in obvious places.
"Foxhole Findings"
Land of Lightning
The mountainous terrain of the Land of Lightning leaves far too many opportunities for people to hide away in. Massive cave networks that dot the range are often a hotspot for small-time criminals. Every once in a while it is just time to pack your bags and take out the rubbish. Said trash was gathering not in any cave, but in an open field. This was known as the foxhole valley. Not that there are entirely that many foxes living here, but because this valley is riddled with circular trenches that individuals can easily hide themself within. Various holes were catacombed underneath. The bandits chose this location because they truly believed that this area was safe.
The Raikage was present to prove them wrong, and he has brought a few select individuals… A select individual to help find the foxholes, and a select individual to learn from the mission. The foxholes were covered rather well by shrubs, bushes, and leaves. They weren't hard to find. Kimura was asked to join Hiei for the purpose of using her nose, and outfoxing the bandits or ninja that were in holes. Then. Well… Hiei wasn't the Raikage because he couldn't execute the law of the land. One supposed he would likely send them to the depths of hell.
In the meantime, the mission had the three high up on a cliff overlooking the valley which looked so plain. This was an excellent time to stretch out some muscle. It was the morning, and the temperature was rather frigid, which reduced activity on the surface.
Hiei was clad in his 'mission gear' which consisted of a black form fitting armor that covered all of his body and a mask that covered the lower part of his face. His long hair was tied back into a ponytail to keep it out of his eyes. He closes his eyes for a moment to see if he can sense any chakra being used and then he takes the time to inspect the area with his eyes. He glances over at Seiko and then down to the fox. He would have preferred to have a couple more with him, but on the other hand this would be good to see Seiko in action with his own eyes. "Let's move out. Slowly and carefully."
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a CHAKRA-SENSITIVITY…56
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a PERCEPTION-III…42
COMBAT: Hiei focuses 2772 stamina to turn it into 4000 usable chakra!
Kimura has no idea why the heck she was chosen for this mission. After all, her senses were no better than a normal fox's… The summon glances over to Hiei and would nod lightly. Of course, Michiko just /had/ to be on a mission that would end with her being in Konoha for a week… The fox sighs and moves after Hiei carefully, paw steps silent as she pads alongside the Raikage.
COMBAT: Kimura focuses 6725 stamina to turn it into 8000 usable chakra!
Though he was a little surprised to be brought along on this mission, Seiko would be ready nonetheless. Adorned in his combat attire, the former Storm Brigade member would be ready to follow along with the group. At the Raikage's command, he nods and begins to move along slowly, keeping to his position. Since he's on a mission with Hiei, now's not the time to move without orders or otherwise get ahead of himself. He has to prove himself capable here if he wants to actually obtain the status of being a shinobi.
Hiei and his team would move out, however, lurking in the shadows was Ryouji, whom was tasked to find one of the many foxholes that lead to an underground network while Hiei proved a distraction aboveground. There, he would strike them from where they least expected, from below… He would shadow Hiei until the fighting began, and sneak in during all the commotion.
Now that Hiei has moved into the valley alongside Seiko and Kimura, the benefits of a network of hidden foxholes would become apparent. It appears these bandits have acquired a rather advanced piece of technology. A repeating crossbow known as the Cho-ku-no. This crossbow fasters at a faster rate due to being semi-automatic. Dangerous, but innacurate. A volley would be fired towards the incoming ninja.
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Hiei from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Hiei from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a DODGE…47
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a DODGE…34
Hiei takes a step towards the left and then towards the right, making sure the bolts miss him altogether. He tilts his head slightly, trying to see where the bolts are coming from. "Someone's using chakra. My best guess would be sensors. They're able to track us, so be careful." He quickly forms handseals before placing his closed fist over his mouth. He breathes out as fireballs pepper the area where the shots came from.
COMBAT: Hiei attacks target 1 with COVERING-FIRE with a roll of: 54
[NPC System]: Foxhole Bandits roll(s) Escape or Burn vs Covering Fire(54) from 40 to 60 and get(s) a 43. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Kimura (Size Bonus) from 25 to 35 and get(s) a 30. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Kimura (Size Bonus) from 25 to 35 and get(s) a 34. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a LIGHTNING-REPLACEMENT…36
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a LIGHTNING-REPLACEMENT…48
Kimura's fur sparks with lightning a bit as something whistles through the air. And then she's gone, the bolts flying through lightning. "Got it," is all she says, ears twitching as she continues to try and find… Well, anything. Her eyes are scanning still, and she sniffs the air a bit. As she moves around, she starts to send small bolts of lightning down through some of the nearer holes that she thinks contains people.
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a PERCEPTION…22
COMBAT: Kimura attacks target 1 with STATIC-STORM with a roll of: 36
[NPC System]: Foxhole Bandits roll(s) Escape or Electrocute vs Static Storm(36) from 40 to 60 and get(s) a 42. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Seiko from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Seiko from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Seiko defends against with a WATER-WALL…28
RPCOMBAT: Seiko defends against with a WATER-WALL…49
RPCOMBAT: Seiko took 250 damage.
Bringing up his hands, Seiko creates a wall of water in front of him, though some of the arrows manage to get through first. "Son of a," he grumbles as arrows piece his body, quickly breaking the ones that he can out and discarding them. He then brings his hands into a seal to send forth a pair of fists made of air to strike at the enemy attacking them.
[NPC System]: Seiko roll(s) Sky Pummel from 27 to 50 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Seiko
[NPC System]: Seiko roll(s) Sky Pummel from 27 to 50 and get(s) a 28. - Rolled by: Seiko
[NPC System]: Foxhole Bandits roll(s) Escape or Pummel(37) from 40 to 60 and get(s) a 53. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Foxhole Bandits roll(s) Escape or Pummel(28) from 40 to 60 and get(s) a 44. - Rolled by: Sakuya
It appears that Kimura and Ryouji had successfully dodged the arrows, with Hiei needing to expend little energy for strange attacks. Kimura also appears to dodge well. Unfortunately, Seiko's wall was not thick enough to stop the small fast-flying bolts.
It seems like a majority of the fox-holes were razed, allowing the group to see that many foxholes were foxtraps… That's when from far off in the distance, a man in chinese robes wielding a bow of incredible size knocks an arrow. He was at least… a mile away, yet clearly visible… He would draw his bow back, and with great accuracy, he would fire down on one of the three. He was too far to be struck with even longer range attacks… And bandits are crawling out of the holes to stop the group from moving forward. The bandits needed to be dealt with first. The arrow flies through the sky with high accuracy. Truly, this bandit was a master archer.
[NPC System]: Yui'chun roll(s) Pinpoint Archery vs Hiei from 40 to 70 and get(s) a 67. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a FLOW-OF-BATTLE…75
Hiei was running across the battlefield after sending fire into the fox holes. When the arrow is fired at him, he doesn't stop moving. Instead he catches it just before it impacts his chest and keeps right on moving with a low growl in his throat. "You'll have to do better than that." He states as he begins to form handseals, just before leaping into the air and throwing what looks like a lightning bolt from his hand. However, he never stops his forward movement, seeking to get into melee combat eventually with the archer.
COMBAT: Hiei attacks target 1 with FORGED-LIGHTNING-SPEAR with a roll of: 50
[NPC System]: Lots of Bandits roll(s) Interrupt vs Forged Lightning Spear (65) from 40 to 70 and get(s) a 54. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Yui'chun roll(s) Subtle Dodge vs Forged Lightning Spear (65) from 55 to 75 and get(s) a 64. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Kimura (Size Bonus) from 25 to 35 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Kimura (Size Bonus) from 25 to 35 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a LIGHTNING-REPLACEMENT…35
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a LIGHTNING-REPLACEMENT…49
Kimura's fur sparks again as she watches more bolts fly at her. The fox would disappear again in the lightning, appearing near Hiei as he forms a spear of pure lightning. "Leaving us behind," she grumbles, a spark running off her fur. The fox gathers her energy, and the lightning crackles again, the fox aiming to supplement Hiei's lightning spear with her own sparks. Hopefully it would allow for the spear to reach its target while fox-clones made of wind lightning would scatter to find enemies and shock them.
COMBAT: Kimura attacks target 1 with STATIC-STORM with a roll of: 40
COMBAT: Kimura attacks target 1 with LIGHTNING-CLONE with a roll of: 44
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Lightning Clone(49) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Seiko from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Seiko defends against with a WIND-BARRIER…36
COMBAT: Seiko attacks target 1 with SKY-PUMMEL with a roll of: 34
COMBAT: Seiko attacks target 1 with SKY-PUMMEL with a roll of: 31
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Sky Pummel(34) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Sky Pummel(31) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Sakuya
Throwing up a barrier of wind to block the arrows coming his way, Seiko is able to avoid taking further damage this time. He shifts his hands through a seal, causing another pair of fists of wind to go forward at the bandits.
RP: Sakuya rolled a 3 with 1d3 die.
Seems like the archer from afar was hit with a lightning spear. He was a tough one though. Years of perfecting the bow would be reduced lightly the next time he fired. This time, he aimed at the former member of the Storm Brigade, drawing his bow back and letting it loose. A very precise blow regardless…
Meanwhile, Bandits are getting knocked around. The giant arms of sky scatter the bandits, though none succumb to it while foolish bandits attack tiny lightning copies of Kimura and find themselves dieing of shock.
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Hiei from 25 to 40 and get(s) a 30. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a ACROBATIC-DODGE…45
Still running, Hiei leaps high into the air and performs a horizontal corkscrew flip for several meters, spinning like a top and making it hard for the gatlin guns to keep a target on him. He forms more handseals as slivers of lightning surround his body. Flicking his hand off to the side, the lightning slivers fly towards the operators while Hiei continues moving towards the archer. "Kimura, Seiko might need you to back him up. Go."
COMBAT: Hiei attacks target 1 with LIGHTNING-NEEDLES with a roll of: 49
[NPC System]: Yui'chun roll(s) Quick Draw(Counter) vs Lightning Needles (49) from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 55. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandit roll(s) Cho-ku-no vs. Kimura (Size Bonus) from 25 to 35 and get(s) 29. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Kimura defends against with a REPLACEMENT-TECHNIQUE…28
RPCOMBAT: Kimura took 250 damage.
COMBAT: Kimura attacks target 1 with MULTIPLE-WIND-CLONES with a roll of: 46
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Multiple Wind Clones(46) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 39. - Rolled by: Sakuya
Kimura just bounds away, or attempts to… Of course, her luck was up. The fox ends up with a bolt in her shoulder. The fox scowls a bit at her carelessness, then a number of clones of wind form and start charging various enemies that shot at her.
[NPC System]: Yui'chun roll(s) Pinpoint Archery vs Seiko from 30 to 55 and get(s) a 55. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Seiko defends against with a WATER-WALL…48
RPCOMBAT: Seiko took 750 damage.
Seiko ALMOST succeeds in block the arrow coming his way with a barrier of water, but it pierces through it and goes right into his gut. "… Muzzle." He hits a knee as he feels his consciousness starting to try to escape. If he takes too much more damage, he might go out… but no way he's going to make it that easy. Another set of fists go forward, trying to wreak as much havoc as they can.
COMBAT: Seiko attacks target 1 with SKY-PUMMEL with a roll of: 31
COMBAT: Seiko attacks target 1 with SKY-PUMMEL with a roll of: 43
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Sky Pummel(31) from 25 to 45 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Sakuya
[NPC System]: Bandits roll(s) Strength in Numbers vs Sky Pummel(43) from 25 to 45 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Sakuya
There are strength in numbers, but unfortunately in the end, that didn't quite matter. At this point, as bandits attack multiple foxes, said foxes errupt into blood-drawing tempests of wind as the skys start falling on the bandits. It was enough to cause a total route. Those bandits that were not dead were not prepared to give their lives up. Seiko and Kimura had successfully destroyed the bandits and their will to fight.
It seemed that Hiei's lightning would have been successful, but right as he was about to finish the final seal of his ability, a rather rapidly drawn arrow threatened to strike Hiei's hands. It might have opted him to go on the defensive before he was finished. Nevertheless, Kimura's order would have been issued regardless. The older robed individual stroke his white beard before drawing his bow and aiming for Hiei. To add to the arrow he had already shot, he chased with one aimed for a more vital spot.
[NPC System]: Yui'chun roll(s) Pinpoint Archery vs Hiei from 30 to 70 and get(s) a 60. - Rolled by: Sakuya
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a DANCING-FLOW…62
RPCOMBAT: Hiei defends against with a FLOW-OF-BATTLE…50
RPCOMBAT: Hiei took 750 damage.
RP: Hiei transforms into LIGHTNING-DYNAMIC.
Hiei was making ground towards the archer, but as the arrow comes during his seal making, he had to pause in order to stop from being hit by spinning out of the way of the arrow. However the next one that comes impacts him hard, actually piercing his armored torso, significantly slowing the arrow, but still doing damage. It forces him to come to a complete stop as he pulls the arrow out and blood leaks out of the wound. "Enough of this yip." He murmurs as he flexes and lightning begins to flow around his body, causing his muscles to expand to twice their normal size, bulking him up while at the same time drastically increasing his speed. He withdraws the swords on his back and takes a step forwards before his body simply vanishes from normal sight. Moving faster than most eyes could see, he reaches his target and then his form becomes blurry as multiple copies of him circle around the archer, attacking from all directions. Most of them were feints, but it would set it up so it was nearly impossible to tell where the real strike is coming from.
COMBAT: Hiei attacks target 1 with SWALLOW-RETURN with a roll of: 80
COMBAT: Kimura attacks target 1 with MULTIPLE-WIND-CLONES with a roll of: 51
Kimura continues to annihilate various bandits so long as they are still standing. Her clones chase after the targets while Amber eyes watch Hiei as he takes down the sniper-esque enemy. She sniffs once to check on further people before padding over to Seiko, recalling the Storm Brigadier had been injured. "You alright?" the fox asks, ears twitching lightly. Dang, where's a medic when you need one…
Looking ahead as HIei is attacking, Seiko decides it's best at this point to stay out of his way and tend to his injuries. When Kimura comes over, he smiles at the fox and asks, "I… think I'm gonna… need… surgery… to get this arrow out." With that he finally falls, choosing to go backwards so as not to push the arrow in any further or do any more damage to a major organ.
The old archer was no match. Though he tried to dodge Hiei's movements, Hiei was far too fast. Cut down on the spots for his crime, he fell into a deep unwaking sleep as his body fell to the sheer amount of strikes. Whether or not he was the leader, the bandits were in full flight with manymore being pounced by Kimura and turned into piles of dead. Now that this area has been cleaned of bandits, the area around should be once again safe to travel. Mission Accomplished.
Hiei lets out a shrill whistle as his warhorse Snake Eyes comes out from around a boulder where he had been hiding at during the fight. Just how he was trained to do. Trotting over to Hiei, he waits patiently for his rider..as for Hiei, he goes over to get Seiko and drapes him over the horse. "Kimura, go back to the village and get Amani. Have her meet us halfway. I'll bring Seiko." He then mounts up himself and after making sure the former Storm Brigade member is comfortable. He begins to make his way back to the village. He'd ignore his own wound for the moment, using fire jutsu to cauterize the wound until he could get to a doctor.
Kimura would nod curtly to Hiei before she disappears with a burst of lightning-aided speed and some wind on her heels. The fox is not as fast as either Reizei or some Yotsuki, but she would make it to the village in time.
