Post by othus on Feb 21, 2019 7:16:11 GMT
THE HUNTER OF TOKYO- storyline between Hunting the Unrivaled and Belly of Gold.
Musashi Castle- Meeting room.
“This is the third agent killed in that area, you think this isn’t a coincidence?!”- Akane remarked with anger as she smashed her fist on the mahogany table where the five rings and the royal guards often gathered.
“Getting riled up like this is not like you at all, besides, there is little we can do. The murderer left without a trace, and it’s not like we can just set up random ambushes in the city, this is Tokyo we are talking about y’know?!”- Her partner Yuriko said.
“It’s not just that they got killed, those agents were all of high rank”-Mai commented as she looked at the files through her tablet.
“I mean, look at this...Kozue Watanabe, former rank number 128, she was a very well known Yokai killer with hundreds of hours of combat. The second one, Kondo Minoru, was rank number 94, he won the Musashi Rookie tournament last year and ranked up 20 places in one month...hell, the last one was one of yours sis! whoever managed to murder them is fucking dangerous."
Akane didn’t need to be reminded of how one of her students was murdered in cold blood, she felt completely useless! If only she could have been there…
“There has to be a reason this...murderer is targeting our agents, any ideas?”
“Well, there was no connection between the 3 of them, they never even met, but…”
“But what?”-Akane replied with curiosity
“Weren’t all 3 well known Ki users?”-Mai said while raising a brow
Akane recognized Mai was right, that was the only thing that linked all 3!
“So? what are you gonna do with that information anyway?!”- Yuriko said as she looked at her pedicure, not paying too much attention.
“I’m gonna draw him out, if the murderer is attacking Ki users, I might be able to set up a trap for him”
“Hah! And who is exactly gonna be the decoy? You can’t even build Ki!”- Yuriko said expecting Akane would go begging her to be it.
“Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot to tell you, I can form Ki just fine now”
“Don't joke around! Since when are you able to use ki? That’s MY thing!”-Yuriko replied setting both hands over the table.
“Last week so...I guess you are not so special anymore.” Musashi replied with a smug grin.
“Whatever! Show me if you really can!”
Akane drew her blade and as she inhaled a burst of blue aura enveloped her sword, the moment she exhaled the glow disappeared.
“That’s it? I’m sorry to tell you, but I met Kozue in the past, and her Ki had at least twice the intensity of yours,like, she was the real deal! if you plan on baiting the murderer with ki, you are gonna need me”
Musashi knew Yuriko was amazing when it came to Ki control, she was her best bet at catching the murderer.
“Fine...I’ll ask for your help then, but what do you want in exchange?”- Akane replied with skepticism.
“I’m glad you catch on quick! I want 1000 credits, half paid now, half after we get the killer”
“1000?! That’s months worth of work!”-Akane replied with her eyes widened, even her last mission where she saved Japan from the threat of the cursed blade had only earned her 700.
“What? Are a mere thousand credits worth more than avenging your student?”
“Shut up, I’ll give you your credits.” *Greedy bitch*
“Great, then let’s begin our mission!” Yuriko replied with amusement, thinking solely about all the things she could buy with such a ridiculous amount of credits.
-Tokyo suburbs, 11pm-
Akane and Yuriko finally found a spot where it would be free of civilians, an abandoned complex with a large parking lot away from the sights of the people, it was eerie, to say the least.
“Well, I guess we now need to start the bait, ready to become a huge target?”
“Let’s just get this over with”- Yuriko Replied.
Both Akane and Kojiro’s descendant increased their Ki to their limits, multiple Ki users in the area would definitely notice such blatant signal. Akane and Yuriko kept at it for around a full minute before they decided to lower the pace.
“I think that should be more than enough, our two energies put together should be more attractive than anything else in this area...I’m still thinking you should have called the JHWAB, they still owe you one don’t they?”
Akane immediately thought of Callis, but she wouldn’t dare see him in the face, at least not while he hadn’t given her a proper response, he did ask her for some time to think about it, after all.
“T-this is personal! I don’t want anyone messing in affairs of our clan”-The Musashi said with a blushing face.
“Huh?!, why are you acting so wei-
Yuriko’s speech was ended shortly as a figure in dark cloak kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying towards one of the abandoned buildings.
“YURIKO!!”
Akane witnessed as the creature got back up from its knees, it was tall, at least 20 centimeters more than she was, and it was built like a tank. However, Akane feared nothing about him, after all, she managed to down a 30 meter giant barely a couple of weeks ago, she lounged at the creature with a powerful sword strike, aiming at the neck of her target while spinning wildly to gain momentum
“Niten Ichi-Ryu: Dai Giri!”
A powerful impact shook the area, the shockwave of her strike lifted dust from the old parking lot, but the creature gave no response, Akane felt as if she had struck the creature with a broomstick.
*What?!* Akane thought puzzled by what had just happened, her train of thought was stopped as she got promptly smashed to the ground.
“You...are...still alive?”
A voice too deep to be human came from the creature, Akane bled under his foot, coughing insane amounts of blood.
“Get away from her, fucker!” Yuriko replied finally getting up from the rubble, she readied her bow as a purple ki arrow with violent sparks formed.
“Kaminoyari, taka no hikō!” (God spear, flight of the hawk)- A crater was formed where Yuriko shot her arrow, the force packed behind her projectile would have been enough to obliterate a tank in a single go. The collector extended his hand as his palm met the arrow. The powerful projectile collided with the hand of the collector, creating sparks that lit up the entire area, but something Yuriko did not expect happened before her eyes, the powerful projectile became nothing in a matter of seconds.
“No way...what the hell are you?!”
The collector lifted his foot off from Akane in order to gain some momentum to crush her head, but she reacted in time, activating her Perfect warrior and rolling out of the way. She panted heavily while her wounds were healing, wondering just how much power that creature packed behind his blows.
“This is bad...even with my armor I don’t think I can survive more than a couple of hits from that thing, Yuriko! We need to attack together, his defense can’t be absolute!”
Akane unlocked her virtual machine while Yuriko gathered yet another powerful arrow, the Blade of Musashi Turned white and her ki drastically increased. Yuriko’s arrow in turn changed from purple to red, then orange and it finally acquired a golden color to it, the Ki let out bursts of energy that shattered the concrete floor as they escaped from the projectile.
“Niten Ichi-Ryu no Ougi: Go Rin no ha!” (Blade of the five rings)
“Gan Ryu no Ougi: Tsubame Gaeshi! (Swallow Return)
Akane lounged forward with incredible speed, projecting an infinite amount of blades using her Mushin ability, the blade of the five rings was a move that struck all the vital points in the body at the same time, Shattering the bodily structure. Yuriko’s projectile, in turn, was a homing Ki blast focused on damaging the target by entering the body through the cerebellum and shattering the autonomic nerves. The combination of the two blows would instantly kill any living being from the inside and the outside. A cloud of concrete dust was lifted as the attacks connected, Yuriko, who was further away from the impact zone, went on her knees with nearly all of her stamina drained from her previous attack, she was sure the attack had ended the fight, and yet what she saw would terrify her to the depths of her being.
The Masamune blade, a nearly divine-class weapon enhanced with nanites capable of cutting through most earthly materials had been stopped barehanded by the collector, barely a scratch appeared on his hand as Akane pulled her blade away.
“You two...are strong...become my nourishment”
Yuriko began to tremble as she saw her ultimate attack being dissipated yet again like any other regular energy blast.
Musashi came to know fear on that day, her legs trembled, unable to do anything as the collector slowly extended his hand, aiming to grab her by the face.
-Fatality rate:98%, Mushin skill activated-
The Mushin skill activated yet again, moving her body out of the way. That was the last of her points, Akane had no other trump cards to use against this creature.
*98%?! Was I about to die?!*
“Akane! We need to run!”- Yuriko shouted as she began to move
“Run?! I am Akane Musashi, and I never retreat!”-She replied still trembling before the collector
“AKANE!!!”
Musashi finally snapped, knowing this was not a fight she could win, she quickly made some distance between her and Z, the two members of the Musashi began to run away for their lives.
“What do we do?! We cannot take him to a more populated area! We have to get to the teleport beacon set in the outskirts of the city!”
“But that’s at least five miles away!”
Z quickly caught up to them, he clawed at them like a wild beast shattering the ground with ease, but the reflexes of both were enough to barely dodge in time.
“My bike!, it was just outside the parking lot, you need to get it! It still has the keys on it!”
“We won’t lose him! How are we gonna go back?!”-Yuriko replied completely exhausted.
“I’ll distract him! If we split he won’t be able to follow us both!”
Yuriko did not argue with Akane, she quickly shifted back to the parking lot as Akane kept running, the barrage of attacks was relentless, but he was clearly not martially trained, all of his blows were telegraphed, allowing her to dodge each strike just in time, Akane turned to face him once more.
“Who the hell are you?! What do you want?!!”
“Who...am I? you can call me Z....my only goal is to consume you, there is no need for us to talk”
“Consume?!”
Z lounged at her once more, this time he faked the telegraph of his attack and kicked Akane in the solar plexus, her armor plates shattered as she was sent flying over 30 meters into the abandoned road.
The perfect warrior skill was doing it’s best to keep Akane from dying, but even that skill had its limits, the 5 minute mark where she needed to damage the enemy was done, thus, she lost her form.
“Looks like you are finally ready to be consumed, Akane Musashi...do not resist any further”
Akane’s eyes welled up with tears as the hand of Z got closer to her face, however, Yuriko pulled her into the bike at a ridiculous speed just in time.
“Akane, you drive!, I can’t control this machine of yours at all”
Musashi switched places with Yuriko, having her seat on the back, it was an uncomfortable ride, but they were are out of harm's way. A brief silence was made between the two as they headed towards the extraction point.
“...what the hell was that?! It was stronger than anything I’ve ever encountered...only Tenjin...no, father would be able to face such a thing!”
“I don’t know either, but it was strong...too strong.”
“Let’s just head back to the Castle… I think that thing broke two or three of my ribs”
After a minute or so, a metallic sound was heard on the road, Yuriko’s widened her eyes as she witnessed the collector was still after them
“Akane! Go faster! That thing is still running after us!!”
“Are you kidding?!! I’m going at 600 mph!”
“Go at 700! He is catching up!”
Yuriko drew her bow as she began to shoot Ki arrows at the collector, every single one of them landed right on target, but the projectiles ricocheted off from the armor of the collector, who was destroying the road with every dashing step of his.
In a matter of seconds, the Collector was already at arms reach of the motorcycle, the heavily modified machine of Akane could go all the way up to a thousand miles per hour, but even then, the collector came closer and closer. at last, it finally managed to swat the tail of the bike away, projecting Akane and Yuriko into the air as the bike crashed against Z, the moment the collector came out of the explosion Akane activated her teleporting badge, they had barely made it.
Both Akane and Yuriko appeared on the teleporting room of the castle, Soon, who had been awaiting for their arrival looked at them in shock.
“What the hell happened to you two?!”
“We were defeated...call the JHWAB...there is a Tengu 4 or above level threat roaming in the streets of Tokio...tell them to send someone who can deal with alien threats”
“Alien?”-Soon replied as she helped both of them get up
“That thing...was not from this world.”