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Topic Started: Apr 11 2012, 04:21 PM (849 Views)
Your Empress, Pokeh
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don't stare at it too long

The thug didn't really stand a chance against the hilt of Kira's bokken. The hard wood cracked against his skull, rendering him unconscious.

The leader of the group wasn't too happy at Hoshiko's chiding. He walked over to her, a few thugs in tow.
"Why don't you two take this girl over there and teach her a lesson?"

The two thugs nodded, and made a move to try and grab hold of Hoshiko.

Kyoishi watched as the two thugs tried to take the girl away. The person hiding in the clothing rack had managed to take one guard out stealthily enough, but there were still a fair number of them. The two going after Hoshiko, one with his gun trained on Kyoishi, two more off to the side, and of course, the leader.

Kyoishi bit his tongue. Could they take them out? He doubted that one defiant girl would walk away without a fight, and the girl in the clothing rack seemed to know what she was doing. There was another in the crowd that looked tough as well.

It seemed rather obvious to Kyoishi at this point that the leader had no persona. He would have used it by now if he did. That made the situation slightly less dark he supposed.

Will you strike?

I-it's dangerous. If we don't all act quickly enough we'll get riddled with bullets...but at the same time I can't let them take that girl away. If Kiyoko were here I'd...

Kyoishi clenched his fists. It was as good a time as any to act now he figured.

When the guard aiming at him turned around to watch the boss trying to deal with Hoshiko, Kyoishi moved up to him quickly, remembering the footwork Takashi had taught him earlier. He grabbed hold of the guard and threw the guard, albeit with difficulty, to the ground. The move was executed as a beginner would, and Kyoishi ended up hurting himself in the process. He could hear something pop in his shoulder.

He bit through the pain and grabbed the stunned thug's gun out his hands, making sure to disarm the thug.

Kyoishi sincerely hoped the others would act too, and that Hoshiko had chosen to fight off the thugs. If not things were about to get a little difficult.
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Kira allowed herself a small smile at seeing her handiwork. The teen's expression quickly faded to steely resolve, recalling she still had six to deal with. The brunette peeked through a small opening between two gaudy pink coats to look at the situation again.

She didn't like what she saw. One vaguely familiar girl was provoking the leader and trying to get him to reveal his 'powers'. Kira swallowed. The person was definitely a persona user calling the man's bluff, but she couldn't tell if she knew what she was doing or not. Not that I'm sure myself...

Her hesitation broke at the sound of a man hitting the ground. Some boy had just taken down someone who'd been pointing a gun at him, possibly drawing the attention of the others. Shit! She had to act now. Still benefiting from her trio of speed boosts, Kira blurred towards the two thugs off to the side, aiming to render them unconscious in a single pass with the hilt of her bokken and the momentum she carried.

If she were successful, that would make the fight three on three or better depending on how many other would-be heroes were around.
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The two thugs moving to grab Hoshiko were soon accosted by a ninja that literally dropped in through the ceiling.

Furai dropped in, landed between them and Hoshiko, and let loose a powerful wind spell. If it hit, it would be strong enough to send the two men flying at the nearest wall. It wasn't designed to harm, but to push: they would suffer no actual wind damage, although a significant amount of physical damage was possible. The ninja flicked his wrist. "Hidden in darkness and destroying the darkness... Master of Wind and Lightning, the shadow of Nagashima: Mask Furai has arrived!"

He hadn't done that in a while. God, he was awesome.

Immediately, he turned around to face the chick he had totally just rescued. "So, hey, baby, are you alr..." He paused. "... You?! Tono-sama? What are...?!" He shook his head, starting to whisper. "This is totally not what I meant when I said to keep quiet - oh right, shoplifters."

He pointed at the main goon. "Hey. You. You should drop your weapon before I shoot lightning into your ass. Like, literally, into your ass."
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WHERE THE FUCK IS MARIO
Hoshiko smiled as the thugs came closer, then rushing wind and suddenly there was a Ninja in front of her. "K-kamen-san!" She froze slightly seeing her retainer appear from relatively nowhere. She was partly a ninja herself, but she hadn't sensed the Vigilante when she was waiting for them to attack. Charging her hand with an electric spell, she turned towards the leader.

"Where's your power. Come on, I thought you were going to teach me a lesson." When Furai had asked her what she was doing here she casually shrugged. "I was looking for clothes when this happened." The Teen left her sword strapped where it was. A blade was not going to solve anything. Noticing Kyoishi had taken out one of the thugs by the earlier thud she gave a nod of approval.

Standing next to Furai, she waited for the Thug's next move.
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Takashi readies himself to pounce out from under the rack, legs tensing to spring... and he freezes, unable to move.
I.. I.. I... We can't do it, not yet.
Takashi finish putting on his mask, Ouzelum manifests as It's usual holographic image above the rack, as Takashi gives up on hiding, slowly crawling out from under the rack, shaking and stumbling as he tries to stand, tries to calm himself down. What am I doing?, why am I doing it?, who is this loudmouthed ninja? It's so hot, I cant focus. "Calm down!" Ouzelum's voice boomed in his mind, calming him more than his thoughts ever could.
"I.. I.. am.. only.. going.. to.. say this once!"
"H.. hand.. over... your.... gun...." Ouzelum rotated above Takashi as he cast Marin Karin at the thug closest to him. once, twice three times, that should be enough to charm him.
Edited by Cardrian, Apr 24 2012, 01:49 PM.
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As Masahiro took a peek at the standoff, he saw something shimmering above the clothes rack. He nearly turned around before he remembered he was being held hostage and froze.

Oh, shit.

Any minute now, and one of the thugs would notice. This time they wouldn't show any mercy. He expected to feel the cold gun barrel against his head again, to hear the click of the trigger and the loud bang before all went black.

Only no one seemed to care he was moving.

Hoping against hope, Soichiro turned around to get a better view, placing his back flat against the wall. Two ninjas and a high-schooler were facing off against the thugs. The shimmering illusion was still floating above the rack, blurring as though it was an out-of-sync projection: now that he could see better, he recognized it as some sort of predatory feathered dinosaur.

Nothing about the scene made sense.

Not what I'd expected, Soichiro thought. But maybe now I have a chance to escape.
Edited by Icarael, May 1 2012, 09:29 PM.
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don't stare at it too long

Kira's sneak attack was wholly succesful, knocking the two idle thugs right off their feet. The thugs were alarmed by the sudden take down of three of their members. The leader was about to order the two thugs approaching Hoshiko to simply kill the girl when suddenly a ninja dropped down from the ceiling and blasted two of his thugs straight into the back of the store, each of them crashing with a loud thump and falling unconscious.

"You idiots! Sh-shit!"

The people in the crowd were amazed. Plenty of them had heard rumors of a strange ninja like person going around and fighting crime in Nagashima. Perhaps it was this mask Furai person the whole time?

And then the grand majority of the crowd saw Takashi's persona manifest above the clothes rack and fell into a complete panic.

"M-monster!"

"It's a monster!"

"We have to get out of here! R-run!"
The people began pushing and shoving to get out of the store, not concerned at all by the thug's leader still standing in the store.

"Sh-shit, those magic monsters really are real..." He mumbled. Then he got angry. Really angry. Some punk magician had ruined his heist. He pulled out a gun from his clothing and fired randomly into the crowd.

A middle age woman dropped to the ground, struck by the bullet.

"All of you stop running! Now! I-I'll keep shooting! Which one of you was it huh? Which one of you is one of those magic people!? I'll kill you!"

The crowd stopped dead in their tracks. They were doomed now weren't they? Not only was the monster likely still in the store, but the thug leader had shown himself completely capable of killing people.

He turned to Kyoishi.
"Was it you?!"

Before the boy had any time to react, the thug leader fired a bullet straight into the boy's leg, causing Kyoishi to fall down to the ground in pain.
"Gah! D-dammit..."

Kyoishi clutched his leg. He couldn't lose so easily now. Not when they were so close. Maybe he wasn't really strong enough after all. He was just a weakling.

"What about you, you stupid fucking ninja?!" The leader shouted, firing off several bullets in Furai's direction.
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Just like that, it had all went to hell. A persona appeared, people panicked, and the thug leader lost it. Kira's heart stopped when the man started firing, a bullet hitting a middle aged woman and another hitting a boy. Something in her mind snapped, and she rocketed towards him in a rage, blurring towards a spot behind him.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" With more force than was strictly necessary, she brought her weapon down on the man's arm, aiming to shatter the bone and make him to drop the gun. "I won't let you get away with hurting them!" Twisting her arm, she brought the hilt up with the aim of smashing him over the head and knocking him out like she had his goons.

Kira leaped back from the man, acting more on instinct than rational thought at the time. Her concern made her turn from him without checking to see if he was down to look at the woman he'd shot. "Otohime!" The persona appeared over her head in her humanoid form, hopefully less likely to cause a panic. Light from a healing spell shining around her for a split second before streaming towards the unfortunate lady. Please be alright...

Stumbling and breathing heavily as the exertion caught up to her, the disguised girl summoned her persona a second time to send another Diarahan, this time towards the boy with a bullet in his leg. Kira fell back against the counter to rest. "S-shit..."
Edited by UserShadow7989, Apr 25 2012, 05:58 PM.
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[Permission received from shorty to assume the gang leader was knocked out]

Furai reacted instantly, whipping out his metallic umbrella and spinning it out in front of him, deflecting the bullets by imbuing the weapon with a wind spell aimed towards the floor, hitting no civilians in the process. He'd gotten better at doing that. He sheathed his weapon to see Kira already running towards the gang leader, knocking him out instantly. He would have made a comment if he hadn't been so worried about the civilians the now unconscious leader had shot.

He jogged over to the middle aged woman, kneeling next to her. "Hey, are you... alright?" Healing energy suddenly flowed into the woman, popping the bullet out and healing the wound. Furai stared, incredulous, then looked back - oh shit, persona. His eyes widened. The crowd wasn't going to react well to that - "Wait."

Thoughts were churning in Furai's head. The girl was disguised. He was a well known hero and urban legend. Persona users needed more positive press. This could work.

The ninja cleared his throat lightly, speaking louder than was necessary. "Miss, did you heal this woman?" He spoke with clarity and enough volume to where the rest of the crowd could hear. He walked over to Kira, sheathing his weapon. "Good job! I guess there are good magic users out there as well!" He held out his hand to shake.

"Go along with it. It'll help."
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WHERE THE FUCK IS MARIO
Hoshiko ran over to the boy, leaning down beside him, noticing the healing spell she nodded to Kira. "Are you okay?" She offered her hand to help him up, walking slowly back to Furai regardless of if he took the offer or not.

"As the current Lord of the long standing Isamu Clan, I am grateful for your assistance, perhaps there is good in the persona users after all." She bowed her head to Kira, playing along with Furai's ruse. Of course, her part meant very little, but the Isamu's had been in Nagashima since the Edo Era. Maybe it was worth something.

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