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 Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 11:23 am
Kasumi nodded slightly, her gaze seemingly scanning the narrow path that widened several dozen feet ahead as it led into the city.
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Merrick shrugged as he tossed the rope aside. "Fine with me, though I'd wager that we're being watched by at least four people," he said quietly; he was honestly surprised that the barbs hadn't managed to penetrate his skin as the barbs had been barely an eighth of an inch out of the rope though it had tightened the moment his foot had landed in it, as if responding to something.
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Lorcán tilted his head, shifting his fingers in a silent signal that signaled at least six watchers rather than four. He wasn't sure how he knew, but didn't doubt his senses as Kasumi and Naruto started leading the way onward into the thick trees that soon became run down apartments.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 12:53 pm
Constance shrugged a little, not giving away how much it disturbed her they were being watched by at least six people. She began to follow after Kasumi and Naruto, glancing over her shoulder to see if Merrick was following her. Carolyn had already moved ahead of her, following closely behind Merrick's mother and uncle. Cassandra walked silently next to Lorcan, keeping her eyes straight ahead. She listened though for any indication that they were being attacked. Nala and Amelia silently fell back, watching their backs. Nala's hair was still standing on end, but she was silent as her eyes darted around. Amelia's head tilted to the side slightly as she moved silently across the ground. She smiled a little when Merida made her way to her other side. "Fun, isn't it," Merida said softly as they walked. "Gotta keep our backs covered.""Aye," Amelia agreed with a nod.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:08 pm
Kasumi tilted her head slightly, her gaze scanning around before a low creak gave away one of the watchers before a leg thick branch broke above them with a sound like a grenade going off. She saw someone in black and gray body armor she immediately recognized as elite ANBU armor falling, the person's hair hidden to keep their identity secret though the bodysuit and armor did little to hide that she was female.
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Merrick was moving precisely two paces behind and to Constance's left, unconsciously covering her weaker side though he knew she was ambidextrous. His gaze snapped upward as the branch broke, not surprised to see his uncle shatter the branch shoving the girl downward with a quick Flash Kick before his hand flashed upward, a double sized spectral duplicate catching the girl a few feet off the ground in a momentary rippling flicker of light.
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Lorcán was a bit surprised when someone fell from the trees just yards into the rundown apartments, though by the time he'd reacted, Merrick and Naruto had already dealt with it. He heard the masked young woman cursing something about 'bat blind', whatever that meant.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 2:56 pm
Kaosujin Ryu dinner time...be back soon Constance's head snapped up when she heard the cracking of the tree branch. She saw someone dressed in gray and black falling towards the ground. Luckily she was caught in time before she was able to hit the earth. Constance's head tilted to the side as she regarded the person, who she distinctly recognized as female from the body shape. Cassandra stopped in her tracks when the figure began to fall from the broken branch. She took a step forward, but stopped when the person was already helped by Merrick and Naruto. She heard the person muttering, recognizing a female voice. Merida snorted a little as the person fell from the tree. So much for sneaky. It must have been a weak branch.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 3:14 pm
Kaosujin Ryu
Kasumi cocked her head slightly, her expression thoughtful before she snagged a couple of broadhead arrows out of the air with a couple of flicks of her wrist. "That isn't very nice when we helped your comrade," she remarked as she sighed, rolling her eyes as four more armored ninjas showed themselves with wolf, crane, tiger, and snake masks respectively from right to left.
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Merrick sighed, rolling his eyes. "I swear, onii-chan, they're less subtle than you," he remarked.
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Lorcán snorted a laugh at Merrick's rather blunt remark as he saw two of the ninjas tense as if insulted. "Then where do you get it?" he teased.
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Posted: Mon May 13, 2013 3:47 pm
Merida placed her hands on her hips as she looked around at the others who had appeared. "Well I would venture to say maybe they aren't happy to see us?" Her head tilted to the side as she glanced over at Kasumi. Constance chuckled at Merrick's remark. She eyed each of the ninjas, watching them carefully for any sign they were going to attack again. Her eyes flickered over to Merida briefly as the coven leader spoke. Cassandra crossed her arms over her chest as she watched them. She made no comment about the arrows that had flown to them and Kasumi had taken care of. She really hoped this didn't come down to a fight. She knew that they would be able to more than likely handle it, but it would just be a hassle. Nala's whiskers twitched as she moved around slowly, inching closer to the ninjas. She was getting a closer look, allowing Amelia to see them a little better.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:56 am
"Where did you come from and who do you serve?" one of the ninjas, a male snapped, obviously annoyed.
Kasumi yawned as if bored. "Let's just say we came from a long journey and we don't 'serve' anyone," she said idly, digging one finger in her ear as if not even caring about the situation.
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Merrick shifted as the female ninja he'd helped rolled out of the spectral hand as it dissolved into an outline before fading away. His arm flashed up, his palm slapping the flat of the blade on top of it as it shot towards him, letting the blade impale itself a few inches from his feet in the dirt. "Personally, I get that you're suspicious, but to be blunt, we'd prefer to be out of the storm when it arrives," he remarked with a deadpan tone.
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Lorcán noticed that Merrick ignored the question and didn't answer, but was amused as he pointed out a fact he was sure all of them silently agreed with. The young woman in the crane mask seemed to sigh before flicking a hand; the ones with the snake and tiger masks flickered out of sight as if they'd never even been there. It was obvious the one with the wolf mask was extremely brash in behavior or just plain annoyed at finding them which leaned towards him being lazy as well; brash and lazy made for a very bad combination.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:07 am
Constance watched silently as one of the men asked what they were doing in this place and who they served. A grins spread across her face as she heard Kasumi's flippant response. She liked Merrick's mother more and more everyday. She was glad that her mate's mother was someone she could get along with. She had seen too many friends get with men whose mothers they couldn't stand. Merida snorted a little and shook her head a little as the woman gave a flick of her hand and some of the ninjas disappeared. At least they weren't trying to attack at the moment. She had to agree with Merrick. She had no desire to get caught in whatever storm was coming. Both Amelia and Nala looked up the sky where the storm seemed to be brewing even more. "Yes, we should be getting to shelter soon. Otherwise we will be caught in the worst of it."
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:28 am
"We will lead you to the Grand Master," Diàochē, the crane masked woman said after a couple of moments. The other guy, Láng, snorted. "We should kill them as spies, since that's what they are," he grumbled in an obvious voice.
Kasumi shrugged as she shifted her weight.
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Merrick rolled his eyes as Láng snarled at them. "Only fools are suspicious of unarmed people... but then it's obvious you're too busy thinking with what's between your legs rather than the head on your shoulders," he yawned, as he turned towards the path as Diàochē dropped to the ground several feet in front of them.
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Lorcán rolled his eyes. "If he tries anything perverted, I'm going to kick him in the balls so hard they'll be able to hear him in orbit," he muttered under his breath.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:50 am
"Someone famous once said that the cruelest thing God did to man was to give him two heads, but not enough blood to run both at the same time." Merida said with a smirk as she followed after Daioche. She flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Now I don't think it's true of all men, just some."Constance snorted and laughed at Merida's remark. She knew that the elder witch would say something like that. She always had a smart remark for anyone that was annoying her. She wondered how many buttons she would try to press. Cassandra's head tilted to the side slightly as she listened to Lorcan. She chuckled softly and shook her head. "I think you would have to stand in line." She said softly. "Merida, be nice," Amelia chided although there was amusement in her tone.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:23 pm
Diàochē was silent as she led them into the city, which was surprisingly clean if a bit rundown in places. She paused at one of the tallest buildings, glancing back at them. "You will stay here until summoned; they will allow you to use the onsens and rooms as needed," she said in a cool voice.
Kasumi nodded as if not all that surprised at the semi-distant personality of the woman. "We are grateful for that," she said with amusement. She frowned, noticing that Merrick and Láng were missing.
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Láng had grabbed Merrick's shoulder not too long after they'd started walking into the city, then before Merrick could react, had driven a booted foot into his abdomen, driving him through two old apartments that looked like little more than rough lean-tos. "You don't deserve that piece of a** you were walking with; I'll take good care of her for you... after I rip your throat out," Láng growled with a smirk as his nails sharpened into claws. Merrick's eyes narrowed, gaining a faint prismatic luminescence to them. This guy's a damned fool... I'm not in the mood to deal with idiots, but insulting my mate... he thought as his round pupils went slitted as he shot back at the guy, seemingly vanishing from where he'd been though the lingering dust imploding gave away his high speed movement as he materialized behind Láng suddenly. "You're a bigger fool than you look, then... Constance would beat your a** worse than a drum set in a heavy metal concert with twenty bands," he growled as he leveled a heavy kick straight into the guy's chest with a snapping sound as he broke two ribs before grabbing the guy by the mask and head before he twisted, slamming him physically into the ground twice before kicking him away and stalking away.
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Lorcán saw Kasumi frown as Diàochē flashed out of sight as another, this time double, roll of thunder followed. He blinked, hearing several crunching crack-booms followed in the distance. For just an instant, he glanced at Cassandra, wary of whatever it was.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:38 pm
Constance had been walking silently, looking around at their surroundings that she hadn't noticed Merrick being pulled away by Lang. It wasn't until they stopped in front of a building and the woman said they could stay there that she noticed Merrick was gone. "Did anyone see where Merrick went?" Constance asked as she looked around with a frown. She took a step away from the group as she felt the slight tug of anger. It wasn't her own anger. She could only assume that it was Merrick's. They had gotten so close since becoming mates. Cassandra watched the woman disappear and then looked over at Lorcan. She shrugged a little but stopped when she heard Constance ask if anyone had seen Merrick. She looked around, not seeing him with their group. Neither was the other ninja that had come with the woman to escort them here. She had a feeling that something was wrong. "No need to worry," Amelia said without turning her gaze. "He is coming back." While the others had been distracted, Nala had gone after Merrick and Lang, realizing the two were missing. At the moment Amelia could see Merrick coming back through her familiar's eyes.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:48 pm
Kasumi
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Merrick sighed as he approached his mate and the group. "He tries that again, I'll strangle him with his own guts... after I pull them out through his mouth," he growled under his breath.
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Lorcán blinked as he noticed bleeding cuts, one deep cut that went from the corner of Merrick's left eye nearly to the bridge of his nose and two shallower ones followed by another deep one that went from the corner of his mouth to just before his ear. It didn't seem to him that Merrick was even aware of the injuries, which looked painful.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 1:06 pm
Constance spun around when she heard Merrick's voice. When she saw him here eyes widened as she hurried to him, stopping in front of him. "Merrick, what happened?" She reached up and gently touched his face, her fingers lightly touching the wounds on his face. "Merrick, we should probably look at those," Cassandra said as she motioned to his face. It seemed that he didn't realize he was hurt, but she was sure those wounds were painful. Merida's eyes narrowed as she looked in the direction behind Merrick. She had no doubt that the other ninja had done that to Merrick, and she wanted to know why.
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Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 1:29 pm
Kasumi unconsciously figured out what it was that had pissed off her son and knew from Lorcan's look, he had as well. She absently realized she was holding Carolyn's hand firmly as her other hand was stroking the hilt of her own soul weapon as if idly thinking on using it on someone.
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Merrick blinked at the concerned looks, the adrenaline starting to fade away as he realized his face felt like someone had stuck a lit propane torch to it as his fingertips brushed the slash by his mouth, making him inhale sharply. "He got off lucky for his choice of words... next time he pulls something like that again he may not be lucky enough to be left with a few cracked and broken ribs as well as a a cracked jaw and a few missing teeth," he said quietly as he turned to walk into the hotel.
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Lorcán tilted his head, fairly sure what had pissed off Merrick and not blaming him at all as his hand unconsciously shifted to grip Cassandra's lightly.
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