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Varjan War Camp

Kikyo, Ever Faithful

~ @Hammerman, @FrogRFlowR (RKU), @Rune_Alchemist ~

Takeshi glanced away with a blush when Lunatea raised her skirt high up to heal the bruises she sustained. He patiently waited for the yokai trio to finish up their businesses before the group set out once more, leaving behind their not-so-small victory of eradicating a whole war camp.

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"The Kishi Grasslands." Takeshi said as the group approached a landscape that was almost nothing but various types of grass and several hills. "We're close to Wadatsumi Port, come on."

Soon, the group could see a smokestack rising in the distance. An ominous sight, one that made Takeshi panic. "No... no, no, no!" The young Oja bolted through the dirt path as quickly as he could, leaving behind his yokai companions who could only follow and catch up. But despite his hopes, Takeshi could only slowly approach a burned down village port. Buildings were nothing but cinder and corpses strewn around.

"How could this happen-- Wait." Takeshi inspected one of the corpses. It was Varjan, axe in hand and armored in fur. Running over to another body, it was another Varjan. His eyes sharpened and saw that most of the slain in this ruined port were Varjans with only a handful being warriors of Shizuyama. "This... is not a Varjan victory. Too few of the corpses here are Shizuyaman." There was no sign of Kikyo here either, she and her contingent must have defeated the Varjans here and moved on to somewhere else.

Takeshi released a deep sigh of relief as he fell down and sat on the ground. "Heh, I should've realized that Kikyo isn't that easy to kill..." For once in this long while, Takeshi had ran into good news. "Come on, let's find where my dear Kikyo had gone."

Lunatea and the others had found a large set of footprints leading out of the port and back into the grasslands, likely from Kikyo and her forces. But based on her work here in Wadatsumi Port, this Kikyo was someone dangerous... and possibly on edge. Would it be wise for a monster to follow Takeshi into Kikyo.

Tokinomiya Estate

Sorae, Gentle Heart

~ @AzureKnight (ATS & HIN), @Restalaan (SKA), @FrogRFlowR (TMI) ~

"Like you said, you don't want to involve others but it's our job to be involved in this. Shizuyaman affairs or not. Besides, letting a lovely lady go into danger isn't my style. What might my parents say if lil Skar didn't do the right thing because someone said no?"Skarsneek

“As Skars-kun stated, our directive here is to defend the island from the Varjans and assist its people in any way we can. We will continue our mission independent of your word or otherwise. Also, as Takeshi-san requires your aid and we are currently working with him, what has affected you also affects us as well. This isn’t just your problem anymore, and I don’t know what you hope to accomplish on your own.”Atsuha Hangai

"Nice spiel but we all know what you all are really here for." Sorae coldly replied. "You help us out a little, we give something in return, you and I become a little friendlier then next thing you know, there's yokai crawling all around my home."

Leading the taskforce back outside, Sorae continued. "But I suppose there's no getting rid of you, at least not without more blood being shed in my estate." The last Tokinomiya then turned to the taskforce. "Tell you what, why don't we split up? That way, you all can stay out of my way while also doing what you can to help."

"The attackers must have come from somewhere, and the soils of Onrai are usually moist. They would have definitely left tracks on their way here. We'll look for those and follow them... separately. First one there... gets to decide the fate of my family's killers. Deal?" Sorae offered the taskforce. "Or are you gonna mouth off some nonsense again?"

Fung Temple

Nobutada, Unwavering Will

~ @Restalaan (GRI) ~

Gringor charged at the dual-wielding Elite, planning to use his innate strength to swat away any enemies who wanted to intercept him.

However, the Elite did something different. The two halberdier Elites thrust out their weapons, but not at Gringor. Rather, his feet. The High Orc's charge was turned against him when he tripped and stumbled, rolling messily across the wooden floor.

The three Elite immediately surrounded Gringor but before they could do anything, a powerful blast of fire and smoke blew all three Varjans away. The High Orc saw Nobutada, who had returned with what was seemingly a very thick metal staff. The monk promptly started beating down the Elites who could not block the staff swings nor could they even make the monk flinch with their attacks. Gringor also witnessed Nobutada ignite the staff on one end that then spewed an explosion on the other end against the Elites.

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While Gringor was fighting in the pagoda, Nobutada had routed the rest of the Varjans outside. Turned out, the Elites had all come for Gringor and left the small-fry and fodder to deal with the unstoppable Nobutada.

"I would say 'thanks', yokai, but your kind are not welcome here." Nobutada spoke to Gringor. "Before we do anything else, I would like to know. Who are you, yokai? And what are you doing here?"

Terauchi Temple

Rude Awakening

~ @AzureKnight (SHI), @Rezod92, @Ice Reaver ~

Kerry's arrival had paused Shizuka and the miko's duel. Unfortunately, her appearance had further sealed the miko's opinion of the azure swordsman. "Another one of your yokai allies, I see. No doubt, you have lain with them more times than there are stars in the sky!"

When their duel resumed, two samurai broke off from their fight with Ayu and the others to accost Kerry. The two wielded their blades as they approached the Hornet, their grips tight and their stances solid. One of them immediately began slashing at Kerry, his moves quite fast for a human. The other samurai began circling around, waiting for an opening on the Hornet's defense to strike.

Shizuka executed his plan, unleashing a torrent of slashes at the miko aimed at her protective ofuda. The priestess tried her best to defend her magical charms but could not, and the paper talismans were torn apart. With the miko now vulnerable to magic, the azure swordsman came at her. Not just one Shizuka though, but three! The miko hesitated and she was struck with three powerful slashes. The azure swordsman may have overdid it, though. The miko fell to one knee with the slashes having wounded her considerably.

However, she was not out of the fight. But she knew she was losing, perhaps a tide that cannot be turned. Out of options, the miko produced a gold-colored ofuda and placed it on her collar area. She began chanting, filling the talisman with golden energies. Shizuka sensed that the spirit energy within the miko was destabilizing very quickly, her veins even started glowing. This was bad.

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Yuuki Hisako had met Lady Kyouko at Otomo Port and had arrived too late to join the main group of her taskforce. Not to worry, though! Lady Kyouko still had plenty of boats to choose from to take Yuuki to the island of Shizuyama. 

The boat rowed as quickly as it could to take the Yuki-onna to her destination. Upon reaching a remote shore, a human spy came along with Yuuki to escort her to Terauchi Temple, Lady Kyouko's base of operations for her spy network in the island. It masqueraded as a temple to evade suspicion and it was only staffed by humans, thought not for much longer.

Upon reaching the temple, Yuuki and her spy escort heard sounds of fighting. Had the Varjans already reached this place? What was really going on, however, was that the human warriors of Shizuyama were battling monsters, probably belonging to the taskforce. The human spy had left immediately, not wanting to partake in any sort of violence and left Yuuki gawking at the entrance.

A magical blast sent one of the warriors sliding across the temple ground and next to the Yuki-onna. She had brown monk-like robes on and wielded a long blade. Her silver hair was pretty short and her fair skin showed small cuts. "Owww, huh? Oh, hi! I'm Ayu and you must a yokai sent by Lady Kyouko." She did her best to smile and greet Yuuki. "Listen, we're actually here to help these Shizuyama folk against the Varjans... but they don't appreciate yokai so as soon as they saw one, they... were provoked. We could sure use a hand, but uhh, don't kill them."

After the small exchange, two Shizuyaman samurai wielding spears charged at the Yuki-onna.
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