'Great. I'm stuck with you. Have you been on a mission before?'
Ayame looked down at the young girl, who had changed into ninja attire, and looked surprising sturdy and hardy.
'A few, maybe about 4.'
'What did you do? Save a puppy?' Ayame was being sarcastic again.
'No. I fed the fishes.' Sheoshu shot back an equally as venomous rejoinder.
'I'm starting to like you. You show promise. Now stuff it in.'
Padding silently together through one of the secret passages to the throne room, where Komotoya was sure to be.
'We have to exit here. I am sure that even though it's a short corridor, there are many guards. We will appear in a tiny area, out of sight of the main guards. Stealth-kill the first one, you to the right and me to the left. Slash up with the second, rollover, slash downwards with the third. Take out the fourth, if there is a fourth, by blade to blade combat. Got it?'
'With a determined nod, they both stepped into the first corridor. Ayame gave Sheoshu a 5 second head start, saw her bump the first guard on the right, then jumped to it.
Sheoshu also used two kodachis, but the attacks were quite different.
Ayame crossed her arms, swiped her leg outwards so the unsuspecting guard fell back down towards her. While he was falling, she uncrossed her arms, the attack of her two weapons leaving his throat slit.
Sheoshu on the other hand, held the kodachis parallel to each other, doing a vicious diagonal right stab downwards into the guards unprotected back, withdrawing, diagonal left stab, which turned the guard to face her, then a finishing of a quick right then left slash across his throat.
Both finished at relatively the same time, with superb speed. Both crouching, in a split second 4 kodachis were seen flashing upwards, and they both rolled over backwards to avoid the falling guard.
They were now both a lengthy way from the last, alerted guard, so both did a double jump, upon reaching the guard's shoulders, stabbed down into the shoulders, heaved themselves onto the shoulders, withdrew the kodachis in the direction of their back, twisting their arms and sheathing their weapons with amazing speed. The guards had hardly moved when they had finished. Both guards were still alive, so they instinctively used their arms to grab hold of their attacker's legs, which was what Ayame and Sheoshu were waiting for.
Ayame twisted the guards neck then immediately flung her body weight sideways, heaving the guard onto the wall and hearing it contact with a sickening crack, while doing a backwards somersault off his neck.
Sheoshu however, did in an amazing show of skill and strength, heave the guard up in a vertical flip, letting go in mid flip and rolling over in the air so that she landed with her feet on the ground. Before the guard's body, which was now horizontal, could fall, she threw caltrops onto the area where he would fall. That finished him off.
'Check them'
From her guards, Ayame got a grenade, some caltrops and a bottle of healing potion.
From her guards, Sheoshu got 3 shurikens, a bottle of antidote and poison rice.
With one look, both entered the throne room, where they found Komotoya. Ayame did the talking.
Wearing her usual sarcastic casual look, she spoke.
'Komotoya, where is the next leader.'
'You! Gohda's ninja! Why should I tell you!'
'Because I will kill you if you don't you mindless toad!'
'The details are here. Come and get it!'
'Get it I will. You watch. Actually, you die.'
Both Ayame and Sheoshu threw caltrops at the foot of Komotoya, who hesitated. That was his mistake. Ayame snuck behind him while Sheoshu took the chance to throw her shurikens at him.
Before the evil man could realise what was going on, Ayame was on him. Stabbing his leg, she snatched the scroll her held and tossed it to Sheoshu.
'Don't want to stain the nice paper, do we?'
With that, she slit his throat.
Ayame started chatting with Sheoshu
'Nice style.'
'Thanks.'
'Where to?'
'Some place near the shore. Sounds nice.'
'Maybe we should pack a picnic.'
'I'll bring some poison rice sushi.'
'I'll bring some knives. Those could come in handy.'
'I'm sure a bottle of poisoned sake would also fit in.'
'Don't forget some blow-pipe straws.'
'Yeah. We can put the darts point up.'
'They'll find a pleasant surprise when they suck up.'
'Lets go then.'
Ayame looked down at the young girl, who had changed into ninja attire, and looked surprising sturdy and hardy.
'A few, maybe about 4.'
'What did you do? Save a puppy?' Ayame was being sarcastic again.
'No. I fed the fishes.' Sheoshu shot back an equally as venomous rejoinder.
'I'm starting to like you. You show promise. Now stuff it in.'
Padding silently together through one of the secret passages to the throne room, where Komotoya was sure to be.
'We have to exit here. I am sure that even though it's a short corridor, there are many guards. We will appear in a tiny area, out of sight of the main guards. Stealth-kill the first one, you to the right and me to the left. Slash up with the second, rollover, slash downwards with the third. Take out the fourth, if there is a fourth, by blade to blade combat. Got it?'
'With a determined nod, they both stepped into the first corridor. Ayame gave Sheoshu a 5 second head start, saw her bump the first guard on the right, then jumped to it.
Sheoshu also used two kodachis, but the attacks were quite different.
Ayame crossed her arms, swiped her leg outwards so the unsuspecting guard fell back down towards her. While he was falling, she uncrossed her arms, the attack of her two weapons leaving his throat slit.
Sheoshu on the other hand, held the kodachis parallel to each other, doing a vicious diagonal right stab downwards into the guards unprotected back, withdrawing, diagonal left stab, which turned the guard to face her, then a finishing of a quick right then left slash across his throat.
Both finished at relatively the same time, with superb speed. Both crouching, in a split second 4 kodachis were seen flashing upwards, and they both rolled over backwards to avoid the falling guard.
They were now both a lengthy way from the last, alerted guard, so both did a double jump, upon reaching the guard's shoulders, stabbed down into the shoulders, heaved themselves onto the shoulders, withdrew the kodachis in the direction of their back, twisting their arms and sheathing their weapons with amazing speed. The guards had hardly moved when they had finished. Both guards were still alive, so they instinctively used their arms to grab hold of their attacker's legs, which was what Ayame and Sheoshu were waiting for.
Ayame twisted the guards neck then immediately flung her body weight sideways, heaving the guard onto the wall and hearing it contact with a sickening crack, while doing a backwards somersault off his neck.
Sheoshu however, did in an amazing show of skill and strength, heave the guard up in a vertical flip, letting go in mid flip and rolling over in the air so that she landed with her feet on the ground. Before the guard's body, which was now horizontal, could fall, she threw caltrops onto the area where he would fall. That finished him off.
'Check them'
From her guards, Ayame got a grenade, some caltrops and a bottle of healing potion.
From her guards, Sheoshu got 3 shurikens, a bottle of antidote and poison rice.
With one look, both entered the throne room, where they found Komotoya. Ayame did the talking.
Wearing her usual sarcastic casual look, she spoke.
'Komotoya, where is the next leader.'
'You! Gohda's ninja! Why should I tell you!'
'Because I will kill you if you don't you mindless toad!'
'The details are here. Come and get it!'
'Get it I will. You watch. Actually, you die.'
Both Ayame and Sheoshu threw caltrops at the foot of Komotoya, who hesitated. That was his mistake. Ayame snuck behind him while Sheoshu took the chance to throw her shurikens at him.
Before the evil man could realise what was going on, Ayame was on him. Stabbing his leg, she snatched the scroll her held and tossed it to Sheoshu.
'Don't want to stain the nice paper, do we?'
With that, she slit his throat.
Ayame started chatting with Sheoshu
'Nice style.'
'Thanks.'
'Where to?'
'Some place near the shore. Sounds nice.'
'Maybe we should pack a picnic.'
'I'll bring some poison rice sushi.'
'I'll bring some knives. Those could come in handy.'
'I'm sure a bottle of poisoned sake would also fit in.'
'Don't forget some blow-pipe straws.'
'Yeah. We can put the darts point up.'
'They'll find a pleasant surprise when they suck up.'
'Lets go then.'
