Going Numb [NK]

He tilted his head, trying to register the jumble of words being thrown at him. Lazuru seemed to want this to be a two-on-two battle, and he could see why, considering they were very in sync with each other. He almost gave in and was prepared to agree with his friend. However, it was the statements from both summons that made him change his mind in an instant. The one with the daggers...she first said a two-on-two wouldn't be fair, which made him curious, and he hesitated once the one with the bow said they would basically...demolish them. It was a bit difficult for him, to choose between a battle of teamwork or taking the intelligent way out of this and going one on one...maybe...

"...You're right, that would be unfair, wouldn't it?" he questioned, ignoring Laz for the time being, "Let's just stick to separate battles then." He kept the hand seals as he spoke, but almost initiated his technique once he saw a beam of light be launched from the bow. He stopped himself the minute he noticed the trajectory, for while he was nowhere near its speed, he could still track it, and watched the light land right by Lazuru's finger.

"...Laz..." he mumbled, so only his friend could hear him, "Let's just fight them off separately. They seem more confident in their co-operation, plus they are certainly more experienced. And, with their experience, we know nothing of their abilities and that puts us in a lose-lose situation. We don't know what they'll pull on us...then again, we also have the art of surprise on our side, I guess..." He remained silent for several seconds, his sapphire orbs locked onto the duo before him. His mind was racing, but on the outside, he seemed calm...a bit too calm. He spoke once more, his voice still in the same low tone to reach only Laz's ears, "If things get rough, we support each other, but at the same time we try to keep them separated. Make the support subtle as best you can. And if you want to make up one of your crazy plans as we fight, give me a signal or something so that I'm in on it."

Mugen took a deep breath and lifted his head up high. "We're going one-on-one! Whenever you're ready!" The boy kept his hand seal in place, prepared to utilize his jutsu once more. He wasn't sure if the combos he planned out in his mind would work, but he could only hope. However, if he thought about it...

Hope does nothing.

"Load of shit..." laz said as he would stand up when the light arrow almost hit his finger. "We would completely demolish you so bad you couldn't even comprehend how two idiots like ourselves defeated the likes of you." He said as he would walk closer. "Hey there bow girly I wonder if that light can cut through magic metal. Laz said as he would begin walking the other direction towards her right now being five meters away. "To think you are scared of, me and Mugen's ability is a bit sad. I thought you both would be fun to fight two onto for a reason." He said as he would then turn and face her always having his gaurd up and paying close attention to her movements. "My reason was simply based of my analysis,  you have a bow and your friend there has daggers which means you cover for her which she lacks in range while she covers for you which you lack in melee but I may be wrong." He said as he began to clench his fist and grit his teeth. His plan now was simple as of now he would just leave little bread crumbs of it to see if Mugen was getting what he was trying to do.

"I wonder tho...you say it's unfair for tag but your the ones with deadly weapons but we didn't complain. Say, are you afraid of the duo who took out one of kiru's dragons? Fighting summons isn't new to me." Laz stated as he would then complete his walk around Shuurin making him directly behind Daru who should be facing Mugen and Mugen should be facing Laz.  He would take precautions against the bow by always staying ready to move so he was surely light on his feet even if she could hit a moving target. Laz was also thinking of an idea he had never tried nor have he ever seen it done no less but he knew what were the steps and he was prepared to do it if he had to which could be extremely helpful against someone who couldn't hit multiple targets at once.  "So we will start on kira-sensei signal, no?" He finally said as he got ready to fight his opponent.  He got ready to win would be more exact....

The two nodded at mugen's suggestion, SHuuring flashing a bright smile as she began to bounced back and forth again, awaiting the start of the battle... Right up to the point when Laz began to speak. His first statement was simple, an inquiry about the strength... She assumed of the arms her master had realized were metal. She gave a questioning glance to kira who simply noddeded then grinned at her sister. The bow string was pulled the string back at a speed of twenty seven, another brilliant beam of light forming up within the bow to be loosed. This one flew at full draw, a speed of one hundred and thirty, the girl watching in case he moved before releasing the projectile with a sharpness of two hundred and thirty four, aimed just on the outside of the arm to split the metalic coating and prove her point without actually doing much damage.

If this succeeded she would flash the boy a bright smile responding simply. "I suppose.... It does!" A Laz approached Two things would happen. The shadows would flow from behind the Hell's angel, connecting with the two girls defensively once more. This would protect any in the fight if she actually needed, though she expected her two girls would be fine either way.

Secondly Daruku would allow her hands to slide down to her side, the twin daggers being covered once more in the strange mystical green light. Fae wild poison was a beautiful tool, she thought to herself. It would be useful and important in showing these two the error of their ways.


"WHenever you all are ready..... Girls. Not that i would expect any less as daruku is a cocky one.... but you will react first. The primary attack is on you two Laz. Mugen. "

(Shitty post because skype is exhausting and hw is exhausting and things. Apologies.)

What is he doing?

The thought echoed throughout Mugen's mind as Lazuru spoke. Was he trying to incite their anger? Was he bluffing, or was he that confident in their abilities? Perhaps it was the latter...he didn't think Lazuru was the type to give out bluffs. The boy watched Shuurin pull back her bow in confusion, wondering if it was an attack. If this was correct, well, he was sure his friend would be able to dodge before it could be released. After all, the bow was being pulled back quite slowly. When Laz had stated his analysis, Mugen almost furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. A simple observation it was, a somewhat obvious one, but maybe there was something deeper to it. And yes, it would be interesting to see their teamwork in covering each other's weaknesses, but could they risk it? It would be hard to strike them down, and they would require a well developed plan. Perhaps he was over thinking this a bit, and needed to take a step back.

It was possible to try and find a blind spot in their cooperation - if there was going to be any. However, the speed speed Shuurin launches her arrows at is a problem. And they had yet to see any of Daruku's powers. For now, he should just test his opponent's strength. It was obvious he had to keep his distance from Daruku, and Lazuru would have to- ...

Oh.
Oooh.
Ooooooh.
Was that what Laz was trying to hint at? Hopefully it was because it made sense. If not, at least he had a chance at figuring everything out as the battle progressed.

Though, he was not pleased with getting the first attack. He felt as if they were giving them a free hit 1), and he wasn't exactly the best at making the first strike 2). But, maybe this was for the best. A slight frown formed on his face, his hand seal still kept in place. He would just have to deal with it all. Without warning he dashed off to his right, which would of course be to Daruku's left, as quickly as he could while keeping his distance of eight meters. If he wasn't interrupted Mugen would then skid to a stop, releasing a stream of water from his mouth towards his opponent as he did. The water would move at a speed of 40, and also have a strength of 40 due to its power being increased by his potent chakra. His current position was directly to Daraku's left, meaning Lazuru would be out of his line of fire, but Shuurin wouldn't as she was next to his true target. If they allowed the water to hit them, Mugen wouldn't let a second to pass by before raising his left arm up into the air.

The technique he had just used, water trumpet, would have left a small trail of water. Small, but still connected and there. Therefore, as electricity would quickly travel from his body and to the water, it would use the water as a medium to move through and soon reach Daruku. The lightning would have a strength and speed of 40 as well from the same reason as before. He wasn't sure about hitting Shuurin, and really didn't care, but he did keep her in his sights just in case she pulled something. Hopefully, Laz would be making a move himself as this occurred.

If the water didn't reach them, the boy would simply draw the kunai he had in his possession and perform another set of hand seals at full speed. Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake. He would then hold it at the last seal, just in case.

(Uh...now for the hard part ;-;
Current AP is 384.
- 20 from Water Trumpet.
Leaving me with 364 AP left.
If Water Trumpet is successful then another 20 AP would be taken from Lightning Rod, leaving me with 344 AP ^_^
Seeing as I'm a battle rp nub, tell me how I'm doing so far pls? o3o)

Laz waa sure that the plan he was developing would work but he would have a back up one in case things didn't go his way but it seemed it was as he had convinced her to shoot at him again.  Now he just had to play this next part off acting skills were needed for this. He saw her shoot the light arrow at him as he would proceed to move out the way but purposely get hit with the arrow which as stated would rip through the metal coating.  He couldn't feel it he probably wouldn't feel anything if his metal arm was split in half but he should build her confidence up.  He would jump back in suprise as he looked at his arm somewhat in amazement.  "Wow I guess I underestimated your bow and I thought your sister there would be a problem guess I was truly wrong heck I even felt that just a little. " he said as he began to brush him self off. The best thing about having a metal arm was he was able to use ir as a shield so that was great. He still had the element of surprise since no one said or mentioned that his leg was also metal which he would use later on.


Grinning he would run towards Shuurin in a zig zag pattern with his metal arm blocking his face similar to a shield. .man he should figure out a way to install weapons and shields in this arm. It wasn't the best of plans but what can he do? He didn't have any really good attacking jutsu but Mugen on the other hand seemed like he's been training a lot. If he was able to get close enough to her he would proceed to do a running super kick with his other leg, not the metal one, and if successful he would aim to grab her free hand all while smiling not giving any hostile or killing intent but instead his regular fun loving friendly aura. If his kick wasn't successful which was the most likely to him since he sorta made it obvious he would go for another attack. He would throw a punch at her gut and still aimed to grab her free hand . If he was able to grab her this time he would pull her hand towards him which should make her come towards him and her face meeting his raised elbow.

Of course if he was never able to get close to her he would run for the closets rock to hide behind and quickly think of a new plan of attacking.

"Shift." Kira spoke plainly, her intention too clear to the scythe of sorrow. She switched between her abilities flawlessly, the weapon working in tandem with her thought and need to offer her the gift of shielding. Daruku jumped forward, moving at a speed of ten(fuuuuuccckkkk), activating her true power. THe Fae wilds were a strange and mysterious place, full of peril and wonder and the twin sisters wer its mistresses respectively. Her body almost seemed to glow as her feet touched against the large circular shield before her at the same time as the water crashing against it, the technique allowing for her full movement speed because moving slow is both dumb and suck and should be avoided at all costs. Now moving at fifty five she flew backwards, her legs and arms curling inward for a moment before she flattened out again. She coiled in like a ball against the next shield, pushing off about seven meters in the air now as the lightning would bounce across the ground below, heading towards her sister.

She would spin as she went through the open air, her body turning over twice as she zipped like a jet towards her opponent, her neck pulling in to roll foward as a third shield would form, it's strength only one like the second(portals have been thirty which shattered just after she pushed off it, 1 and then 1), now about four meters above her opponent, unless he moved or chose to continue his string of attacks, causing her and her master to change their strategy. From here the shield would shatter, dropping the girl down, wings spread out like a great bird of prey to pounce on her target, with the daggers of the fae wild drawn and ready. The first strike would come in a downward stab, two shots aimed to bite sweetly into the soft skin of each of his collar bones respectfully with a speed of fifty five and sharpness of one hundred of sixty four, a terrifying flesh ripping assault hell bent on slicing him in half, or so it would seem. If the attack went through moments before the tips bit into his skin her hands would slike forward, the tip biting painfully in(assumably) before the blades rolled over his shoulders, setting flat against her wrists, preparing for the next attack.

It would come in fluid succession, her feet touching down against the ground as she turned her body, offering him her back for a brief moment before the strange Fae metal could be seen again. The next strike would be dual also, two stabs coming around her side as her head shifted, barelly a moment missing from her view before she watched over her other shoulder. she thrust forward, an attack that would spread his flesh like butter, one large wound opening to allow the two daggers to meet, one atop the other before separating in a beautiful dance that would remove about a third of his body with a clean cut. If connected once more the tips would touch in for barelly a moment, a pinprick of pain showing him the fault in his defense before the blades would roll to set flat against his skin, the soft scraping of metal on cloth tantalizing their senses before she finished her sequence. Her arms formed a circle, traicing in the air to shift the two weapons possition top to bottom before coming in for her last devistating attack. Like a whip her arms would slack and tense, coming down, out, and then in with a strike that would slit his gut open, spilling entrails against the ground and blood against her dress in heavy splatters. This attack too however would feint upon connection, a tiny slit in his shirt and skin not quite enough to draw blood, reminiscent to a paper cut forming before a shift in the height of the attack turned the weapons over to make his clothing sing with the threatened attack. Her big finalle would be simple. A boot to the face.... Though not really. Faces were squishy and breakable, and as such she would strike his chest instead, pushing him backwards and out of her range for a moment. Quick, clean, and efficient. That was her teaching methods, and thankfully much more safe then her teacher... at least currently.


Her sister followed the flow of attacks flawlessly, Her wings spreading quickly from behind her to flex outward, stretching to the ready for flight. She would lift off of the ground just as her bowstring was pulled back at a speed of twenty seven to release an arrow pulsing with red light, aimed at the point he's moving towards. It was another threatening shot, just a graze against his metalic limb if it hit, mostly suppressive fire as she flew upward and away to safety, but were it to miss she would reveal it's deadly intent. The moment it was in range of the boy without connecting it would errupt into a burst of concussive force, pushing him off to the side with a power of fifty. That would keep him on his toes, she woud think if things happened as described, the attack deadly asside from a flash of hand seals from Kiranomo at her full speed of ninety one, A strange aura flowing from her body as she allowed the strength of her solidarity to course through her veins. The trail of shadow, which would be following hidden beneath the shadow of the arrow would zip upward, breaking from it's two dimensional prison as the explosion happened and open up into a small black shield that would protect the boy from actual harm, simply causing him to be thrust backwards to the ground, inevitably kissing the soft sand and potentially rolling before finally stopping.

If this happened as described Shuurin would spin a few times in the air, releasing the bow with one hand to give the boy a peace sign before her eyes grew wide. Each of the summons would disappear in a puff of blue smoke, either as they were struck or just after their attacks were done and two small plant pixies would float in front of Kira with looks of confusion evident on their faces.


"Oh come on Kira! We were having fuuuuunnnn" Shuurin would say. Daruku would be quiet. They knew these bodies needed to train to be more eficient. This form, their natural existence within Laley, the land of the mortals, required intense exercise to protect their summoner, unlike their Faewild forms.

(TWC 5648)

Apparently, Daraku had managed to not get hit by the water, and evade his lightning with he could only assume was the help of Kiranomo. Either that, or she had some strange ability where she was able to conjure up shields at will. That would be...quite troublesome. Luckily, seconds before the third shield had formed his lightning had fully traveled away from him, and therefore he no longer had the need to stay in place. Since he could obviously see her traveling through the air, Mugen was quick perform the first action that came to mind: dodge. Barely thinking through his movements, the boy quickly launched himself 5 meters to his left before pushing off the ground and landing onto a near by wall, which was also 5 meters above the ground. Upon connecting with said surface, he stuck to it by using the surface walking technique.

By then, Daruku would have most likely been three meters or two away from the surface...give or take. He wasn't the best when it came to calculating distance. He certainly wouldn't be quick enough, but it was worth a try. Dragon → Tiger → Hare. His hands went through the sequence once more, and from his mouth came another blast of water aimed towards Daruku, moving at the same speeds from before. However, as the liquid traveled through the air, Mugen had taken the kunai in his possession and secretly threw it into the water. It moved with the technique, only a few feet behind the front of the water. That meant the jutsu could go straight into one of those shields, and if it happened to shatter or disappear a second early...his opponent would be hit dead on with the kunai. Barely a second after he had done so, the boy then performed another set of hand seals, holding it at the last seal. Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake.

It seems you are using quite a number of techniques already...Usually you stick with close combat. But, seeing your situation, this makes sense...Would you like my--

Fuck off.

How rude...

(Current AP is 344.
- 20 from Water Trumpet again.
324 AP left.
2000/2000 for Takeover.)

So Laz wasn't sure what to actually think of about his current situation.  Just a few days ago he was trying to tame dragons jumping off cliffs and fighting spirits now here he was fighting pixies and being consumed by darkness. Sure he was able to keep pretending everything was ok but in reality it was not. In some weird and twisted form this was actually good for him, this was what he needed all along and because of this he could really be himself maybe even more he could probably gain that belonging he always wanted but in a place like this a place where it's kill or be killed, be useful or be dead was it really worth it? Laz didn't have anything special about him other than what was in his blood which was probably the only reason he was still alive probably why he almost died and probably why he was saved by Den..maybe Laz was just better off with Den probably still in kumo not worrying about being useful or not but he was here most likely proving his worth.  This was Laz's thought process as he watched Mugen perform his water jutsu which somewhat surprised him and at the same time made him feel more and more useless.  "So Muu wasn't sitting around doing nothing like me huh? Really that's great I guess.." Levi thought as he would watch as Shuurin flew away. "What's the point of this? I don't care anymore all I can do is just use my words probably the only thing I'm good at. Mugen obviously never needed my help and all I can do is hope I get lucky and land a hit but noo I had to fight the one that have a bow." Levi would stop in his attack and would back up and moving out the way of the incoming arrow.  To his surprise he watched as the flash of light grew and then only to be protected by something which was probably Kira's doing. He was still knocked down and skidded across the ground. 

Laz would get up and dust himself while gritting his teeth as he watched Shuurin give him a peace sign which irritated him nonetheless. Planning was useless and trying to fight Shuurin at close combat was also useless maybe it was too early but what other choice did he have right now? "Hey Shuurin that was a great hit, At first glances I thought you would be way easy to fight and your friend there would have been harder but I was wrong. Turns out you were way better than I expected and my view point changed to bbelieving I got the stronger opponent and your most likely stronger then Daru so my apologies.  Now since I know your stronger than I thought I guess I should pay more attention to you than their fight huh?" So the plan was kinda obvious plus if it worked that means he was actually good at finding ways to piss people or summons off. How much confidence he had in his plan? Let's just go with barley any since he was useless at well everything.  Doing the same thing from before wouldn't work one bit and now seeing as she had shrunken now can this fight even really be called fair?  Laz just ignored  Mugen and whatever he was doing and completely focused on Shuurin waiting for her next move. "Using a bow needs skill I really should have known you were this good and I mean anyone can go willy nilly with slashing and cutting with daggers but using a bow takes percussion and due that I'm sorta at a lost since I can't get close to you...I am truly outmatched...."  Laz would take slow movements as he readied himself to run, dodge, block,  and or attack when the time called for it. "....But I won't give up that easily now would I?"

"Well of course!" SHuurin would start, giving the boy a bright smile. It was obvious he was trying to trick her into being arrogant, letting her guard down and make a mistake. It was also obvious that she was trying to pit the two against each other. Obvious that is to everyone but the small blue pixie. Bless. Her. Heart.

"See I've always been the bright bubbly type but people underestimate me for i.." She was cut off as the call to release themselves was made, and each as described simply disappeared, forming again in their familiar forms.

"No fun miss..... So I suppose... We're starting again?" Kira gave a nod, offering the two trainees priority to attack once more. Daruku and shuuring flew forward, seeming to hover in air now about three meters in front of kira, about four meters apart from one another.

"You two, please continue. I feel these will be more on par with your skills. "

It was somewhat a surprise to see his adversary suddenly disappear, only to seemingly reappear and before he knew it, floating only a few meters away from her summoner. Start again? They were to restart the fight from the beginning? This was certainly troublesome, and Mugen didn't like it somewhat. He had already exerted himself with using three jutsu in a short amount of time, not that he was tired yet. After all that occurred in one day, he didn't want to battle anymore. Yes, physically, he wasn't tired, mentally, he could feel the exhaustion taking its toll right about now.

However, it didn't seem like Lazuru was going to stop...at least not in his eyes. That meant he would have to keep fighting too, did it not? Mugen sighed before coming off the cave's wall and landing safely on the surface. He was only 6 meters away from his temporary enemy, not that he had any intentions to attack as of yet.

"So, how much longer do we have to keep this up?" he questioned while furrowing his eyebrows.