Pirate101 VI- The Wild West
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Chapter 4- The Darkness of Shinobi
James walked up the hill on Cooper's Roost alongside Emmett, Egg and Gaspard. They needed to clear their heads and find a way to locate the bisons who kidnapped Merryweather Clark. They heard a bank alarm go off. The four ran towards the bank to see five ninja pigs making off with a document. James had seen this document before. It was information on the location of a cave in Cool Ranch, where the MooShuese sorcerer Kun Kang hid his greatest spell, the Eye of Death. He could tell using his Aztecosaur Eyepatch, which alerted James' memory to anything he has seen before. Therefore, it is unlikely that James forgets anything, unless he's drunk. James ordered that they go after the ninja pigs. One ninja pig spun round and started attacking the pirates.
"Go on ahead!" shouted Gaspard. "I'll take care of this one!"
The other three pirates ran ahead, with Gaspard occupying the ninja pig. The guinea pig slashed the ninja pig with his axe, but the pig transformed into water. Physical attacks would never work against this ninja pig, as he was a master of the element of water. The water surrounded Gaspard, who was too late to hold his breath and had a lungfull of water inside of him. He couldn't move, he couldn't breathe, he couldn't live for much longer. It was the end of the line and this time there would be no second chance. You can only be a ghost once, after that it's straight to the spirit world, no matter what the cost. Gaspard then remembered something James' father, Crimson Tom, told him. A Buccaneer is a pirate that relies on brute strength rather than speed and skill. Tom was one of the first Swashbucklers, he was around when the class was created, so he was originally a Buccaneer. A true Buccaneer, however, was one who longed to right his or her wrongs, a warrior with more than just brute strength. Gaspard was a true Buccaneer, and he wasn't going to die until he righted his wrongs. He failed to save his Captain from the clutches of Deacon, and he was going to right this wrong. Determination surged through Gaspard's veins as he felt a great energy flow through him. His body temperature rose and rose so high that the body of water that was his ninja pig opponent completely evaporated.
"I am Gaspard DeVole!" declared Gaspard as he coughed up water. "A true Buccaneer that will never lose to some petty assassin like you!"
He collapsed on the ground and looked at the sky. He had done good today and he was proud.
Meanwhile, James, Egg and Emmett had finally caught up to the remaining four ninja pigs. One noticed them and threw a kunai at James. It scraped James' skin and he got a cut from it. This ninja pig stayed behind to delay the three pirates. The ninja pig threw nine kunai knives, three aimed at each pirate. Egg got his spear and, with great accuracy, knocked down all of them. Egg nodded at James and Emmett and let them go on ahead while Egg took on this ninja pig. Egg charged at the ninja pig, who simply appeared behind the goose and stab him, but the Egg Shen he had stabbed was a mere illusion. The real Egg Shen threw a hidden shuriken into the ninja pig's knee.
"You... ninja?" the pig asked.
Egg nodded. "My adoptive father is Wang, leader of the Chun Clan."
The ninja pig chuckled. "I think you mean was."
Egg's eyes widened. "Wh... what do you mean...?"
The ninja pig took the shuriken out of his leg and dropped it on the floor. He charged towards a frozen Egg. Egg was going to die, unless he moved out of the way. Egg shook his head and ran, but he didn't avoid the attack completely. The kunai of the ninja pig scraped his side, nothing major. Or so Egg thought. The ninja pig laughed hysterically.
"My weapons are tipped with deadly poison," explained the ninja pig. "You'll be unconscious in five minutes, dead three minutes after that."
With one last push of strength, Egg charged into the ninja pig and threw ten kunai from every direction (one hundred kunai in total). The ninja pig dodged all of them, but failed to dodge Egg himself. The goose had impaled his spear into the ninja pig's back.
"Big mistake..." the ninja pig muttered, then coughed up blood and died.
Egg took out the spear and fell over. His legs were getting weak from poison. Then, the corpse of the ninja pig reanimated, not into his usual body, but into a giant elephant- an oni. This oni was purple. Egg recognised the oni at once- Dokuzo, the legendary Doku no Oni, the Demon of Poison.
"Kore mite!" it shouted with a raspy voice. "Hotonde shin desu!"
Dokuzo raised his hand and sent a stream of poison towards Egg's half-dead body. He would only remain conscious for a few more seconds, and die in a matter of minutes after that. Then a hooded man appeared in front of Egg. The hood was purple, with orange ends. The man took a breath in and sucked all of the poison. Was he crazy? He was going to die! Egg's eyes forced themselves shut as he entered his final three minutes of sleep.
James and Emmett had caught up with the three ninja pigs with the document. As usual, one noticed them and attacked. Emmett caught James' eye and James nodded. Emmett was going to take on this one, and James was going to take on the remaining two. James rushed forwards and Emmett began shooting the ninja pig. Before the shots could land, the ninja pig raised his arm and a wall of dirt came up and blocked the electric shots. Emmett grimaced. Gaspard's opponent had been a master of water and Egg's opponent a master of poison, but Emmett's opponent was a master of earth. Electricity would never work against him, but a bullet might. Emmett ran up to the wall of dirt and leapt over it. He got out his Valencian Resistance Bullet Pistol and shot the ninja pig in the head. Unfortuantely, he was wrong. Bullets didn't work against him either. The ninja pig simply transformed into dirt and reformed behind Emmett, kicking the 'Otter Lieutenant' in the spine. Emmett needed to think. What made dirt more dense? Emmett just needed it to be at least a bit more dense, then he could at least land a hit on that damned ninja pig. Emmett gasped. He had figured it out. Liquid. Emmett drew his knife and the ninja pig scoffed.
"Will not work," he laughed. "I master of earth, ground and dirt. I untouchable."
Emmett smiled and cut both his hands. Blood streamed out of both of them. The ninja pig gasped as Emmett winded him. The otter was right.
"You touchable," he smiled.
Emmett keeped pushing until his hand ripped through the stomach of the ninja pig. Emmett then pulled his hand out and watched his opponent die. The otter fell back, relieved that he had won. The rest was up to James.
James threw a kunai at the ninja pigs. They dodged, but the knife cut a string that caused a log to swing into their heads. Somehow, they stayed conscious. The pig with the document ran off, while the other pig stayed behind to fight James. Once the other pig had gotten away, he breathed fire everywhere, burning all possible traps James could have set. James' opponent was a master of fire. James' arm burned. Good. His poison resistance was good, but he couldn't hold on much longer. The fire burned the scratch the poison ninja cut on his arm, burning the poison in James' arm. At some point, this would cause James' poison resistance to filter all the poison in his blood. But another problem arose. His arm was on fire. Nobody had ever heard James scream like a girl before. This ninja pig was lucky to have heard it. James eventually calmed down and blew the fire out, leaving the ninja pig pretty confused. The ninja pig shrugged and charged at James, but a wall of dirt stopped him from doing so. Someone had stomped the ground so hard that it had lowered the ground on one side and heightened it on the other. A figure rose from the new ditch.
"Lemme take care of 'im fer ye, ye big girly," the figure said.
James' eyes widened. "You heard that?"
Ratbeard smiled. "I be pretty sure the entire Spiral heard that, Captain."
James sighed. "I'm doomed."
"Aye, ye be doomed," Ratbeard agreed with a grin. "But fer now, go after the last of 'em."
James nodded and went on ahead, with Ratbeard fighting the fire ninja pig. Ratbeard drew his cutlass and charged at the pig, who dodged the blade and kicked Ratbeard in his sensitive spot. The 'Rat Commander' fell down to the ground, but stood straight back up. He made it look like he had an opening, waited for the ninja pig to charge at him and then backflipped over the pig and stabbed it in the back. The pig died almost instantly. Ratbeard frowned.
"It can't 'ave bin that easy," he muttered.
Then, another giant elephant rose from the corpse of the fire ninja pig. A helephant. But not just any helephant, a demon helephant. An oni. This oni was Hito, the Hi no Oni. The Demon of Fire. Ratbeard was terrified. He couldn't take this monster on. He stepped back and bumped into someone. He spun round. It was the hooded man James had seen on the roof. He smiled at Hito and ran up to it. Hito transformed into a giant ball of fire and charged towards the hooded man, but the hooded man simply took in a breath and ate all of the fire. Ratbeard was frozen in fear. What kind of man could eat the Demon of Fire? The hooded man had a lot of questions to answer.
James had caught up with the last ninja pig. He threw a shuriken, but the ninja used wind abilities to blow it away. The ninja pig removed his mask and grinned.
"Hello there James," the very familiar ninja pig greeted James. "How are you."
James was frozen still. It was her. Lauren. No. Him. Shin Kyosuke. "Kyosuke."
Kyosuke nodded. "That's me. How's Emma? Is she still mad?"
James scoffed. "At me? No way. At you? Yeah, and her being mad at you is certain death from the beginning. Unfortunately for her... she won't be killing you. I will."
James unsheathed Akaken and Aoken and charged at his old enemy. The ninja pig dodged and raised his eyebrows.
"Both at once? Do you know Nitoryuu?"
James smirked and shook his head. "This is Taka no Nitoryuu, my style. Good luck, Kyosuke."
James leapt and did a frontflip in the air. As he flipped, he brought out his swords to the sides, resembling the wings of a hawk and cut Kyosuke. Kyosuke chuckled and transformed into nothingness. James was confused and then he was struck three times, each in pressure points. James frowned. What kind of power was this? This wasn't like James' fight with Monsignor, when James seemed to have disappeared. No. The wind was blowing in the same direction as the angle of where Kyosuke was hitting him. James' eyes widened. Kyosuke had transformed into the wind itself- he was a master of the element of wind. James knew just what to do. He dropped his blades and closed his eyes. He listened and waited for the sound of wind. James heard it at ten o'clock. He focused and hit Kyosuke in the direction he was coming from. Kyosuke retained his original form and could do nothing as James pushed his hand through the ninja pig's chest.
"Haki," explained James. "The ability to land a hit on the untouchable."
The ninja pig fell to the ground. James picked up the scroll and read it. The Eye of Death was located in a hidden cave to the south of Cooper's Roost Skyway. James then used his Gunnery ability to destroy the scroll and walked away. He heard footsteps behind him.
"It doesn't matter that you destroyed the scroll," a voice said behind him. "I already know the location, as I have the ability... to read minds. Including yours."
James turned around to see a MooShuese Sorcerer standing there. James recognised him at once. The most evil sorcerer in all of MooShu.
"Moo Manchu."
The sorcerer nodded and replied. "We'll meet again. In the cave. I won't leave today, but I may leave tomorrow or next week. You don't know. But at least I gave you a day when I'm not going, so you have some time to relax."
Moo Manchu then clicked his fingers and teleported away somewhere. Another war had just started.