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Sensoukami grunted as he fell to his knees, "Dojo... spare me... MERCY!"
As he screamed in vain, Dojo brought the blade back and beheaded him in a swift stroke, the last of his essence gushed from his now limp form. Kayley looked down at the now empty Sensoukami, then back up to Dojo.
"So, are you here for us too, or just to silence him." "It seems to finish the job of silencing him, I'll have to silence you as well."
Anna, now as the Armor of Solarflare, raised up her firebo, "You realize we won't go down without a fight, and we have you outnumbered." "Numbers should never matter to a skilled warrior."
"Except against other skilled fighters," Kayley snarled back. "You presume too much, you’re not in my league."
Dojo threw out his chains towards Kayley and Solarflare, they stretched and split into two separate chains as they approached, as Oni Masho's would. Kayley slashed at the chains with her claws, pushing them aside as they came. Solarflare spun her Firebo in a circle in front of her, using it as though it were a small wall or a large shield to protect against Dojo's chains. A massive explosion, crumbling parts of the Castle, distracted Dojo, her chain falling onto the ground. Kayley came at her with a tiger tackle, and Solarflare brought her firebo down in a swift blow to her head, leaving her unconscious-
"Think psycho lady just found out her documents are missing?" "Probably." "Exit- the big doorway thingy over there."
The two made a stooge-like exit as they dashed for the exit out of the Youjakai...
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"Mamo-chan! I've translated the Documents, come see!"
Mamoru scowled as Genjutsu came through the ceiling down to him. "Don't call me MAMO-chan!" "One more down, 16,476,981,899,107 to go"
Mamoru sighed, "Whatever, show me." "Well sir it would be difficult to display EVERY time you've told me not to call you Mamo-chan-" "The Translated Documents!" "Oh- right Shi-shogun!"
Genjutsu took Mamoru by the wrist and yanked him through the ceiling, down some hallways, taking a brief stop to look at some pretty vultures- Genjutsu ate them of course...
"The Documents," Mamoru reminded Genjutsu as she spat out some feathers. "Oh right."
Genjutsu entered her room and held her arms towards the table. Mamoru quirked an eyebrow, seeing books thrown about the desktop, papers piled in the trash, stubby pencil bits chewed through- but no documents.
"Ah- Gen..." "What?"
Mamoru was knocked into the hallway, cracking his skull by the sheer force of the explosion, the entire wing of the castle crumbled and slide down to the ground. Mamoru felt the now familiar sensation of his body shutting down, the brain no longer sending orders, and his heart stopping between beats. His last conscious memory was Genjutsu screaming things that didn't make sense in any language, let alone the Italian she was using to say them in...
A while later Mamoru stirred, his heart resuming where it left off, his brain re-solidifying, brain matter, which had escaped onto the wall he had flown through, slid back up his head and into the holes it had poured out of. His circulatory system was slow to remind him of the large broken brick that had punctured a lung. He managed to move one arm, and pull the brick the rest of the way through. Then he pushed aside the broken wall fragment laying on his other arm, which had been numbing any sensation from it. Mamoru grabbed onto the bits of wall behind him and pushed himself to his feet.
Mamoru gave a grunt as he raised himself the rest of the way and moved to straiten out his back. He blinked his eyes for a few moments as he waited for his vision to come back from a grayed blur, to his better than healthy 20/10. When at last he could see strait, he didn't see Genjutsu, or any holes in the castle either. Mamoru stumbled to one knee as he took a step forward. He looked at the leg that failed him and saw a piece of bone still hanging out, as a chuck of wall fell out when he moved it. He heard a number of sickening sounds as his leg 'sucked' in the bone and mended it. After which, Mamoru returned to his feet.
Mamoru heard a growl, and realized it was his stomach... being empty. So he head towards the Kitchen at a brisk pace.
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Kayley and Anna, now unarmored, smiled brightly as if on a drum roll, walking gleefully into Kuji Manor, "Natsui! We got'em back! We got back the documents," Kayley yelled at the top of her furry lungs.
Natsui and the other came dashing through doorways, down stairways, and out hallways. Natsui walked over and asked the obvious first question-
"How- what did you two do?"
Anna and Kayley then regaled into how they'd re-traced Kayley's earlier tracks back to the doorway to and from the Dynasty which opened out near Shi's temple. Speaking of how they went slinking through the castle, waiting outside Genjutsu's room with the protection of the Sun Goddess to hide from Genjutsu. About how once she had finished the translation she left them right on the table to go celebrate. Grabbing them and leaving, not mentioning the little bit about running into resistance on the way out.
Next came the speeches, the simmering outrage at the sheer recklessness. Over the years, the Troopers had managed their tempers enough to calmly rant, and the Masho were quite proficient at scolding without yelling, from mocking each other in Arago's presence back when they were his Masho.
"You two realize how incredibly lucky you were. You could have been seen, caught, or even KILLED, and we wouldn't even know to go looking for you," Shuten said.
"That was BEYOND reckless," Shuu pointed out, despite his own reckless streak from back when they fought Arago.
Ryou was the last to speak, and after everyone was finished, he simply stared at them disapprovingly, "I can't say anything that hasn't already been said about how reckless that was," He raised up a hand as Anna moved to protest yet again in defense. "However, I would think you could consider the feelings of your friends before you so foolishly go off and risk your lives."
Kayley and Anna both remained silent at that one. They hadn't considered the fact that besides hurting themselves, they would have hurt their friends who lived on to mourn. The two of them mumbled an apology that could barely be made out, but it was enough after all the scolding.
"Either way," Seiji started, "I doubt Mamoru is going to take this laying down. "We'll need to prepare for another attack from Mamoru, I'm sure he'll try to take the documents back."
"No doubt, it's just a matter of when," Ryou added.
"I have an idea," Kayura cut in, "Kenny! I have something for you to do!"
Kenchuken came hauling down the steps, "What do you want me to do Auntie Kayura?"
"I want you to set up a perimeter of wards around this place, they won't stop Shi or his people, but they'll give us warning." "That won't help if they just teleport in and out."
"By what means do they teleport," Kenchuken asked. "Well, Mamoru apparently through the shadows, Doom by some kind of spell linked to his armor, and that madwoman by god knows what magics," Kayley answered.
"So it's all magic based then." "I suppose."
"Kayura and I can put up a second barrier that will prevent people from 'porting from in to out or out to in, but I can't stop people from moving around inside." "Do it," Ryou confirmed, "We'll be on alert in case they make an appearance before you're done."
Kayura and Kenny sat on the porch making more wards for such a massive project. Meanwhile, most of the others took posts outside, with Kayley and the Masho staying inside incase they teleported into the manner.
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Mamoru came into the kitchen and was assaulted, overwhelmed by the smell of food. He quirked an eyebrow as he stepped in further, Gayl, Eirhe, Fomalhaut, Albireo, and even Genjutsu we waiting at the table...
Mamoru turned to the other side of the kitchen to see Doom dashing from stove to microwave to oven, wearing an apron with a patch of cloth sown over where it would have said 'kiss' in 'kiss the cook' instead it read 'hug the cook'.
"Hurry up!" Genjutsu called out, pounding the handle of her fork into the table.
"Hey, I've seen you people eat, and if there's gonna be NEAR enough, it'll take a while, the turkey's almost done, the rice is minute rice- with my little spice mix added," he winked, "Pasta, pizza, potatoes, and, in the microwave there's chili no bean for the hot dogs on the fire."
Mamoru finally noticed the barbeque set-up and did a double take. "What brought this on?" "Same as everything else I do, randomness." "How long have been-" "Since you saw me this morning."
Mamoru shook his head in sheet overpowering awe, and sat down at the head of the table. As the last of the food cook, Doom began the long process of bringing the food to the table. Genjutsu had a surprised expression when the plate of potato's she reached for before all the rest of the food was set voided out to the other side of the table.
"Patience Genjutsu, I made QUITE sure there's enough for everybody."
When at last all the food was set and everyone dug in, Mamoru spoke again, "And just where have you been hiding all this culinary talent?"
"Behind overbearing laziness."
Mamoru shook his head. Eirhe just started grabbing food, Fomalhaut looked up at Doom, "Have you ever seen Dr. Carchela really eat- not just- snack," Fomalhaut wondered allow, pulling his hand back seconds before Eirhe grabbed a hamburger that had been next to it.
Doom heard Mamoru mutter something along the lines of "Next you know we'll find out he can sing."
Doom's eyes bugged- "Ah... for me... singing is more of a weapon... I'm that bad... What's the matter though, only allowed to have one chef in the castle sire," he joked.
"Well, I was under the impression it was my gift... aside from fighting." "Well humph, apparently Master Shi has forgotten my Christmas cookies," Gayl said crossing her arms.
"All right, all right, so everyone's a cook," Mamoru crossed his arms.
"Don't feel bad Senior Shogun Shi-san," Genjutsu tried consoling Mamoru while already on her 10th plate. Eirhe was finishing up her 9th, and filling up again, Doom was done at 4, Mamoru, Gayl, and the other scientists just watched the two walking appetites. Doom slowed to a munch, based on boredom rather than hunger, while Eirhe caught up with Genjutsu, and they both started on their 12th plateful.
Jun Valson · Wed Jun 15, 2005 @ 06:52am · 0 Comments |
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