Great Action Scene! Magical Princess' Book of Ninja Arts - Part 1
"You'll never defeat me Kosugi, as long as good is on my side, your evil will never win."
Kosugi sneered at the princess. How could this woman honestly expect to defeat him? He was well aware that Princess Mou was revered as a powerful kunoichi, but she was out of her depth where he was concerned. He had mastered the the art of black chakra, and not even her legendary "white chakra" was a match for him.
She stared him down. "You are an evil creature, but you have no power." She mocked.
Her arrogance angered Kosugi, and his face began to show it. Before, he had attempted to retain some dignity, and pretended to be calm. Now however, his faced began to show his fury, and he raised his two hands in front of him.
"I'll show you my power little girl," he screamed. Finally losing his patience.
Between his hands he had created a sphere of pitch black fire, and threw it at the princess. Upon contact with it's target, the sphere caused a gigantic explosion. And once the fog had lifted, the Princess was nowhere to be seen. All that remained was a small, flaming crater.
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"Woah!"
"Oh my god, I can't believe it"
Buri was absolutely astounded. "Wow... who knew CGI was that good?"
As it happened, Buri, Ryo and the rest of her team were watching a movie, "Magical Princess 3: The Book of Ninja Arts". For some reason their Sensei, Razu, had sent them to watch it, as "research" for their next mission. None of them were quite sure how watching a movie could in any way relate to their first mission, but they were getting in for free, so none of them argued.
Once the movie had finished, the group filed out, and waited for Razu. He was late, as usual, but once he had arrived they all stared at him, eagerly awaiting their first mission.
"So, you all watched the movie right?"
Buri nodded enthusiastically, as did the others.
"Well, you're first mission is going to be a good one. We've been hired by Mikeira Sakura's manager to be her bodyguards while they do some filming in the Land of Discord. It shouldn't be too dangerous, or they would've hired older students, so we should be able to handle it."
Razu explained that they were going to meet the film crew, including Mikeira Sakura, at the Land of Discord, and from that point on they were to stay with her at all times - apart from when the camera's were rolling - and make sure she was safe. He didn't think it made much sense to go filming in the the Land of Discord if he was so worried about her safety, but a mission was a mission - and it would be a good way of giving the kids some experience in the field. It would probably be quite a boring mission anyway, as it was unlikely that anyone would be stupid enough to attack such a high-profile target.
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The journey to the Land of Discord was quite a long one, and it took three whole days. For most of the team, apart from Kaa, this was the furthest they had ever been from home, and while they all started off extremely enthusiastic, by the end of the journey, even the most excited of them had given in to sleep. Buri was the first to wake up once they arrived, and looked out the wagon in anticipation, only to discover the Land of Discord kept true to its namesake. The scenery was fraught with destruction, almost everything was broken - and she hadn't even been looking a minute before she witnessed her first mugging.
Naturally, she dove out the window, and rushed to the aid of the poor defensless woman who was being attacked. Within moments she disabled the attacker with a paralysis justu, and left him lying on the floor - although she wasn't sure how long the jutsu would work as she had never tried it in combat before. Therefore, she rushed the woman away before the mugger regained control of his limbs, and smiled as she walked away from the scene. As she headed back to the wagon, however, she noticed her pockets feeling quite light, and upon checking them she realised they were completely empty. She spun around quickly in hope of catching sight of the woman - who she assumed had tricked her - and discovered that both the woman and her paralyzed victim were nowhere to be seen.
Angry with herself, she returned to the wagon, to discover that the others where already awake - and in the middle of a lecture from Razu-Sensei.
"...so in other words, just stay out of it. These people can't be trusted. 99% of them would thank your efforts with a quick pick-pocketing..."
Kaa was a bit distressed, "But.. surely it's our duty to help them? They can't be that bad?"
"Don't waste your time" Buri grunted as she walked past, now feeling even worse about her predicament.
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Ryo was dying to meet Mikeira. They all were. Although both parties had arrived at the same time, Buri and the team were forced to wait a while, while Mikeira "got ready". Faan and Yuan joked that she was probably just putting on her makeup, but once she had finally left her caravan, both of them were silent. Her long golden hair was something to rival and, even though the Land of Discord was a dark, dreary place, it shone almost as brighly as the beautiful white jewel that hung from her neck.
The director grinned, "So now we're all ready, we can start filming!"
Mikeira groaned, just a little. "Surely I can have a little break? We've barely just arrived."
The two argued for a while while Buri and the others just watched - feeling almost rude as they did so. It didn't stop them however, and it wasn't until Razu bopped Buri on the head that they realized they were all staring.
"Okay fine..." Nori, the director, sighed, "A ten-minute break, and then we start filming"
Mikeira barely even acknowledged him, and simply grapped Buri and Kaa and left the set - without acknowledging them either.
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By the time they returned, the three girls were smiling and laughing, and having a great time. Ryo, Yuan and Faan had less of an enjoying time - and had evidently been asleep for a good while. Yuan was snoring loudly, and Buri and Mikeira had to giggle at the sight - although their laughter served only to wake him up. He blushed - realizing he must have been snoring - and then nudged Ryo and Faan, waking them up as well.
Mikeira nodded at Kaa and Buri, smiling, and then went back into her caravan - followed swiftly by Razu and Nori. Faan was a bit confused as to why - considering the director's initial desperation - they hadn't just gotten straight down to filming, and she wasn't the only one. The three of them didn't leave the caravan for a good ten minutes, and once they did, Mikeira came out looking somewhat sad. As if Razu or Nori had just given her some very bad news. Even the glitter from her necklace seemed to have left - and it seemed to almost have become just a dull, grey stone. Nevertheless, Nori commenced with filming, and Buri and the others resumed to staring - as they watched Mikeira do what she evidently did best.
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Kaa twitched, and turned around - noticing three shadowy, suspicious figures. She nudged Buri - and, joined by Ryo, they went over to investigate. The figures were dressed in black ninja uniforms, and has strange red markings across their faces - which Kaa was sure she recognised. She tried, politely as she could, to ask the three ninja what they wanted - but they replied only with silence. Their eyes seemed glazed over, as if they were looking right through them.
The first ninja - a female with short white hair - eventually stepped forward, and, sensing her hostility, both Buri and Ryo drew their weapons, while Kaa took a shocked step back. Seeing this, the other two ninja - both male, with white hair of varied lengths - came to life, and drew their weapons also - a strange silver claw weapon and a lengthy sword - much longer than Buri's. The female took a step back, and then jumped right over Buri and Ryo, in the direction of Kaa. She took her down with a kick, and then stood above her mockingly as she struggled to get up. She didn't expect her to counter-attack, however, and Kaa took her by suprise when she grapped some dust and threw it in her face, temporarily blinding her, and then kicked at her legs with full force - knocking her down.
As the two women continued their cat-fight, Buri and Ryo began to fight the two other ninja. Their weapons seemed to be doing most of the work, and it took onyl a few strikes from the mysterious ninja's sword to break Buri's katana in half - and Ryo was in a similair situation, as the Clawed ninja has suceeded in basically disabling him - by removing both his knives from him. Defenseless - it wasn't long until both of them were knocked out - and Kaa soon followed.
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Having noticed the battle going on, Faan and Yuan took the initiative, and along with Razu they left the area with Mikeira - hoping and praying that the others would be alright. They returned to their wagon, and hid Mikeira inside - whiel guarding the door. Razu frowned, as he tried to remember something. Suddenly, the door behind them opened - and a fourth ninja exited it, holding an unconsious Mikeira. Neither Faan nor Yuan were sure how he managed to get in without them knowing - as the wagon had only one exit/entrance, and they had checked it before they put Mikeira in - but they didn't have much time to think, as the ninja didn't even wait a second to strike all three of them with a spinning kick, knocking them to the ground. He then dissapeared in a cloud of smoke, escape jutsu, and a weak Razu rose, with a startled and scared look on his face.
"The death clan..." he whispered.
