Starring:
Date: July 30, 2016
Summary:
A few pirates seem to be stirring up trouble in Tea Country, so Shuuren uses them as a bit of a warmup.
Poster's note: foul language filtered in obvious places.
"The Bandits on the Sea! aka Pirates"
Land of Tea - Ocean
Shuuren may or may not have heard, but there was a group of pirates sailing around near the Land of Tea. They had heard that the Storm Brigade was keeping everyone that was a ninja busy, so naturally that extended to the Land of Tea, right? RIGHT?!?!? Well, not really… In fact, they probably have a death wish, trying to stop shipments to the Tea nation. … So obviously, Shuuren is going out to investigate with a small team. Today is windy, but there's no storm. Good for sailing, really, even though it's super cold with it being winter.<[Page]> Taro pages: Later.. If I am not passed out.. I might wanna scene… On two things. Here I think.. And possibly something on Hiroto… Though anything major should likely wait until I am not sleep deprived. So….
Having caught wind of these pirates trying to cause trouble for merchants coming into Tea Country, Shuuren decided perhaps it was time to stretch his legs a bit and get into a fight prior to facing off against the Storm Brigade with the other villages. Tea is by far not ill-prepared for such a threat. The Daimyo himself stands on the deck of the ship, allowing his assistant/guard to be the one to pilot it along his Shadow Clones tending to the sails and such. It's a pretty huge sign of trust for him to let her pilot the ship into battle, but he seems to have full confidence in her.
RPCOMBAT: Saki defends against with a PERCEPTION…36
Saki had tried to tell Shuuren he was making a horrible mistake in letting her take the wheel, but his insistence eventually overpowered the strong sense of doubt flowing through the teen, and she would find herself steering the boat into battle. The pirates aren't anywhere in sight at first, of course. They're pretty far out in the middle of the ocean so that their prey can't escape so easily. "Hmm…" Saki says to herself as she looks out over the ocean. Right now they're about a third of the way to one of the northern borders. "Do you see anything, Shuuren-dono..?" she asks, glancing over at the Daimyo.
COMBAT: Shuuren focuses 7092 stamina to turn it into 10000 usable chakra!
RP: Shuuren transforms into COMBAT-MEDIC-PILL-III-A.
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren defends against with a SAGE-ART-CHAKRA-SENSE…72
Shuuren is quite confident in Saki! Even if she messes up, he can run fast enough on the water to make up the difference. As she asks her question, he hums a bit and reaches into his coat to withdraw a pill box that he pops open and swallows the pill inside. His chakra suddenly takes a huge spike as he sends out a pulse, using his natural chakra sensing abilities to find their targets for the day. "… They're about two miles northwest from us… Head that way," he says as he looks over to her then back ahead at the horizon in front of them.
Saki would nod a bit to Shuuren, only barely aware of the huge amount of chakra he focused as she steered the ship in the proper direction. Soon enough, she'd be able to see a pirate ship anchored alongside what looks to be a merchant vessel. If Shuuren to check, it would seem that the merchant vessel was swarming with activity, pirates running all around hunting for stuff to loot. There was a group of people on the pirate ship currently being held captive, if he checked that out. Maybe they were originally the owners of the merchant ship?
"Oh! I see them now," Saki says, pointing. "Umm… I guess I should keep going like this, then..? Should I try to pull up next to them or something..?" she asks uncertainly, even as their own boat stays its current course. They still have a bit of time to plan before they literally run into the pirates.
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren defends against with a SAGE-ART-CHAKRA-SENSE…70
Shuuren frowns a bit as he sees that the pirates have already found a target of their own. "… Keep moving forward and get alongside them, yes. We'll pin them between both vessels and take them out," he instructs with a nod as he prepares for battle, stepping into stance and searching out with his chakra to figure out who is pirate and who is civilian so he knows who to spare and who to kill.
It's pretty easy to tell who the pirates are because they can move. The civilians are all tied up in a single area below the deck. Saki would adjust their own boat so that she can pull up beside the pirates, though the bad news is that the captain is still on that ship. Naturally, he sees the approaching boat that doesn't bear any of his own marks, so he waves a few of his men to ready the cannons. Ready, aim, FIRE!!! *BOOM*
Saki hears the boom from the cannons, but it's a bit hard to do something about the boat when all she can do is steer it. "I-Incoming!!" she squeaks, hoping Shuuren can take care of the cannonballs that are aimed at them.
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Cannon Ball!! vs. Boat from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 23. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Cannon Ball!! vs. Boat from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 32. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Cannon Ball!! vs. Boat from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 22. - Rolled by: Saki
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren defends against with a SEAL-ENCAMPMENT-WALL…84
Shuuren only smirks as he sees the cannoballs coming and brings his hands into a seal. A wall of chakra suddenly shoots up in front of the ship, keeping the cannoballs from damaging it in the least. Within a moment the Daimyo appears on board the ship and flickers from pirate to pirate that are using the cannons to drive punches, kicks, and knees at the sides of their heads to try and take them down before they can do any more damage.
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 68
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 53
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 63
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Dodge vs. Shuuren (68) from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 31. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Dodge vs. Shuuren (53) from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 22. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Dodge vs. Shuuren (63) from 15 to 35 and get(s) a 20. - Rolled by: Saki
The pirates don't really expect Shuuren to be onboard so suddenly, and they end up going down quite easily, the most they were able to do being flinching away from the strike. Saki would pull her boat beside the pirate's ship because she actually can't water walk at all… Or tree walk… How inconvenient. But still, Saki would at least be able to leap upwards to climb up the side of the ship and join the fight or help Shuuren out. At her side was a simple sword that she could use ok, and she also had a dagger belted on just in case. She knew she was going pirate-chasing and she made sure to be prepared!
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Sword Swipe vs. Saki from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 25. - Rolled by: Saki
RPCOMBAT: Saki defends against with a DODGE…36
As Saki's head pops up, a number of pirates notice her, and a sword would come swinging at the girl's head. Saki squeaks and shifts to avoid that sword before she would attempt to lash out with her own, trying to knock the hilt into the nearest man's gut as she draws her weapon. Then she would follow up by trying to smash the guy's head.
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with TSUKA-TSUPPARI with a roll of: 27
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with POWER-PHYSICAL with a roll of: 28
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Block vs. Saki (27) from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 21. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Block vs. Saki (28) from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Saki
There were a few other pirates with the ones manning the cannons, and so they, upon seeing Shuuren, would draw their blades even as they started to back away. Theft, that guy in the white suit was here … They weren't really ready to face him… one braver soul would yell to try and hide that fear, then he rushed at Shuuren to try and knock the Daimyo off his feet.
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Newb Trip vs Shuuren from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Saki
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren counters with BODY-FLICKER-II…71
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 60
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 53
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with BODY-FLICKER-STRIKE with a roll of: 70
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Parry vs. Shuuren (60) from 40 to 75 and get(s) a 48. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Parry vs. Shuuren (53) from 40 to 75 and get(s) a 74. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Parry vs. Shuuren (70) from 40 to 75 and get(s) a 45. - Rolled by: Saki
A valiant effort… with no reward. Shuuren would almost seem to get struck before he vanishes into thin air and reappears behind the pirate to strike him in the back of the head. He then continues to flicker along, striking down pirate after pirate with each movement. There is no wasted motion, a look of focus in the daimyo's eyes as he attempts to stop all these pirate before they can decide to harm the hostages.
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Sword Slash vs. Saki from 20 to 50 and get(s) a 22. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Sword Slash vs. Saki from 20 to 50 and get(s) a 50. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Sword Slash vs. Saki from 20 to 50 and get(s) a 28. - Rolled by: Saki
RPCOMBAT: Saki defends against with a DODGE…29
RPCOMBAT: Saki defends against with a EVASIVE-MANEUVERS…51
RPCOMBAT: Saki defends against with a DODGE…24
RPCOMBAT: Saki took 250 damage.
These pirates that Shuuren dealt with are a bit more skilled than their lesser rookie counterpart. The boy that had attacked Shuuren with the mighty yell falls down, and the others work to parry the blows dealt by the Daimyo, except only one was actually successful. He glares a bit at Shuuren, no words being spoken, and would attempt to slice the Daimyo into little itty pieces.
The pirate Saki was dealing with fails to block her initial strike, and he's knocked down as well. A few pirates that had sought to attack her when she first came up the ship grr and arr and all that good pirate stuff, then their swords start waving around to try and kill the girl that had the nerve to beat one of them up!! Stupid girls not knowing their place ._.;;
Saki squeaks and avoids the incoming attacks, except one of the pirates manages to get her arm because he had gotten in a strike while she was dealing with his friends. "Itai…" she mutters, even as she moves forward and tries to slice at the pirates' throats. She would show them!!
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 38
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 38
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 31
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Block vs. Saki (38) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 36. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Block vs. Saki (38) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 28. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirates roll(s) Block vs. Saki (31) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 49. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Triple Slash vs. Shuuren from 40 to 70 and get(s) a 58. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Triple Slash vs. Shuuren from 40 to 70 and get(s) a 47. - Rolled by: Saki
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren defends against with a BODY-FLICKER-II…82
RPCOMBAT: Shuuren counters with BODY-FLICKER-II…72
As the new batch of pirates are a little stronger and not so easily dispatched, Shuuren only smirks and flickers out of the way and reappears behind him to strike him in the back. His hands then begin to glow with invisible blades of chakra, switching into another gear as he goes to swipe it at the back of the pirate's neck to try and decapitate him while rushing through him and his friends to try and obliterate all of them that he can.
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with CHAKRA-DISSECTION-BLADE with a roll of: 103
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 2 with CHAKRA-DISSECTION-BLADE with a roll of: 93
GM watches Shuuren turn serious and doesn't bother with rolls… Ahem. All the pirates that Shuuren wanted to kill were very much dead when all was said and done. There were still some other pirates left, but there weren't any where the Daimyo was located. Saki was fighting those still left on the ship that weren't the captain, and one of them seems to continue to avoid being struck down despite the other two getting their throats slashed across. They end up gurgling a bit before falling, drowning in their own blood. Terrible way to die… Except for the one nuisance who continues to slash at Saki. She only had one injury, so she wasn't too tired from the continuing fight. Just annoyed that this guy wouldn't go down.
"Dang it… I'm not going to fail…" she mutters, punctuating each word with a slice of her sword, trying to kill the pirate in one or two strikes.
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 32
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 41
COMBAT: Saki attacks target 1 with ARC-SLASH with a roll of: 31
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Dodge vs. Saki (32) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Dodge vs. Saki (41) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 25. - Rolled by: Saki
[NPC System]: Pirate roll(s) Dodge vs. Saki (31) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 43. - Rolled by: Saki
It seems Shuuren has no mercy on pirates. Perhaps it's simply a warning to any future pirates that might think what's going on in the world might open Tea up to be easy prey for an attack. Actually their security is even higher right now. The Daimyo quickly flickers over to the merchant ship, going after the captain and whatever of his pirates are on the deck. He apparently trusts Saki pretty well to handle her side of things, but he'll check on her once he's wrapped up destroying his targets.
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 1 with CHAKRA-DISSECTION-BLADE with a roll of: 108
COMBAT: Shuuren attacks target 2 with CHAKRA-DISSECTION-BLADE with a roll of: 104
Such a scary Daimyo… The captain truly didn't stand a chance. People need to stop underestimating Shuuren, apparently, as they find that heads tend to roll more often than not. It's like … One second they're fine, the next they are in oblivion. At least it was a quick death? Lots of blood is now on the deck of the merchant ship, though… Might need to get that cleaned up …
Saki is able to gain the upper hand as the fight continues, slicing and turning and eventually stabbing her target in the stomach. He grabs his stomach in pain, and then she would lop his head off, kicking it into the ocean because she would rather not watch it staring at her … Gross. Saki then blinks a bit, noticing that no one else was around. "Umm…" She frowns, looking around this way and that before she chooses to investigate where the captives are. She starts to head down below the deck.
That wouldn't be an issue. As soon as all the pirates are taken care of, the Daimyo brings his hands into a seal, creating a set of Shadow Clones that dispose of all the bodies into the sea and then begin to control water from the sea to wash the deck off. Within a couple minutes the deck would be spotless as if none of this had ever happened. While he clones take care of that, the Daimyo turns to walk below deck with Saki to head to where he sensed the captives were earlier. "In here."
Saki blink a bit when Shuuren appears so quickly, then she nods and follows after Shuuren. He would get to find the captives in one of the holds. A medium-sized room with no windows or anything like that. Thankfully, it didn't smell much. The captives were only there recently, after all… "Wh-Who's there?" calls out a deeper voice of the head merchant, the light dazzling his eyes after being kept in the dark for an hour or so.
"Nagamura Shuuren. We're here to free you and your men. The pirates have been taken care of," Shuuren announces as they enter the room. He steps over and starts to free the captives, assuming Saki will take the notion and do the same. "Come back up. We'll sail alongside you back home to be sure you're not attacked again."
Saki steps forward behind Shuuren and uses her knife to cut the ropes that she happened to come across. The girl focuses on the task at hand, a few murmurs of thank arising from the crew while the head merchant would seem a bit more relieved at the name. "Thank you very much, Shuuren-dono… I am deeply sorry we got into this trouble and called you out so far," he says immediately. "Your offer is far too much… But if it does not trouble you, I am happy to accept it."
