Rave of the Nargacuga

[Waru]

Seisuin was in full swing as the city streets raged with life as people transverse through the market square for the festival happening this weekend. Many of the residences rushed towards the merchants who set up shop in the square selling fireworks. Everyone wanted to get their fair share of fun for the upcoming festival. However, some of the younger youth decided to take this opportunity to hold a none stop rave this weekend in their own way of celebrating. Everyone who was at parties like this was going to be there. Except for one unlucky soul who found herself in the crossfire of something more dangerous.

The sea of people in the square parted ways as a group of mercenaries came plowing through the streets. The group of armed men seemed to be chasing a young woman who had gotten a head start. She wore a set of cowboy boots with designer jeans and a matching pair of forest green flat cap and jacket. Strapped to her back was a rather large weapon wrapped in black cloth concealing the blade beneath. Her white hair wrapped in a ponytail flowed behind her as she quickly stopped to scan the streets. She was looking for an avenue of escape as she concealed something in her jacket. She glanced back nervously at the group of mercenaries closing in on her. Quickly she took off in a sprint down the streets once again slipping past groups of people to escape her pursuers.

The group of mercenaries shouted at anyone willing to stop her. But nobody in the district wanted any part of the group's activities. As the young woman rushed further down the street she was halted by a crowd of people who wouldn’t let her pass. Just then a creature emerged from within her jacket popping its tiny head out with a soft yawn. A woman in the crowd screamed in fright as she spotted the creature calling it a monster. ”It’s a baby you shrewd hag!” The young woman lashed out just before slamming into to move into the ally to escape her pursuers. Rushing into the alley she found herself trapped by a fence blocking her escape. As she went to double back the group of men appeared marching into the alley.

“Nowhere to run now..” One of the men shouted as they slowly approached the woman cradling the creature in her jacket. “Just hand it over and maybe all will be forgiven.”

The young woman tilted her head to the side as the men approached and marveled at their stupidity. ”Men just love underestimating woman don’t they.” She rushed towards the group of men only to leap to her side and onto the building. There she continued to scale the building sides by leaping off one another till she found herself on the rooftops. Peering down at the men she gave a soft smile and a wave and went rushing over the rooftops to the only place she knew in the city. The Rave.

”Don’t worry little guy. I’ll find someone who knows where your mother is.”

[Waru]

The young woman continued her travel through the city from the rooftops. Keeping a steady pace as she leaped from roof to roof ensuring nobody was following her. She was unfamiliar with this city and didn’t know the origin of the creature she rescued from the mercenaries. Her only hope was finding someone at the rave that could tell her more about the baby creature and where it had come from. Slowly she made her way to the edge of the city where the party was about to commence.

The sound of the music blaring from outside the city limits grew profoundly louder as she grew closer. People had already started to gather ready to party the weekend away. Before joining the horde of people she checked on the creature nestled away within her jacket. The baby creature was fast asleep, mostly exhausted from his ordeal. The tiny creature was far too young to be away from its mother for too long and couldn’t fend for itself. It seemed time to reunite the two was not on her side.

Leaping down from the safety of the rooftops she joined a crowd of people marching to the event. Trying her best to blend into the group and ensuring nobody was following they made their way past the checkpoint. Once inside the festival grounds, she went out searching for anyone who might have an idea who this creature was and where did it come from. The young woman went to every vendor on the grounds asking them the same question. However, nobody seemed to know anything about the small creature tucked safely away in her jacket.

The music was blaring louder as more people arrived to dance away. She found herself sitting on the sidelines in despair. A soft sigh escaped her lips as she glare into her jacket with the creature still slumbering. If she couldn’t find someone who could give her answers soon then all hope for this baby would be lost. Staring off into the sea of people who were dancing the young woman spotted something in the crowd that caught her eye. A man was wearing a shirt that had something that could have resembled an adult version of the creature. Immediately she leaped back to her feet rushing through the crowd to find the owner of the shirt.

In the midst of the dance floor trying to push through the crowd of people, she found herself losing sight of the man wearing the shirt. She stood there for a moment trying to find him again by leaping into the air, However, this action caused others around her to mimic her action as they thought she was going along with the rhythm of the music. Frustrated she turned her attention back to the entrance of the festival to notice the group of mercenaries entering the grounds. Quickly she ducked into the ground trying her best to keep low and sneak by everyone while protecting the creature within her jacket from being smashed by the on goers of the party. Carefully she made her way to the other side of the dancing floor where she spotted the man wearing the shirt of the possible creature.

She immediately rushed over to the man grabbing him by the hand and pulling him into the dance floor. The man did not hesitate to go with her after catching a glimpse of her face. Pulling the man deeper into the dance floor she quickly whipped around beginning to shuffle in place. She kept on strong hand on the creature in her jacket as she whipped her arm back and forth overhead as did some fancy footwork. The young man followed suit trying to keep pace with her till she finally wrapped her free hand around his head pulling him close to her.

”My name is Waru and I need your help!” The said as loud as she could into his ear to be heard over the music. The man nodded not fulling understanding what she meant. Releasing her grip on him she moved to her jacket slowly unzipping it to show the creature to the young man. However, his thought process was somewhere else when she began to slowly unzip her clothing. With edger as the young man watched as she unzipped halfway to allow the tiny creature to pop out to glare at the young man. At that moment the young man freaked almost falling over if it had not been for Waru who quickly grasped hold of his shirt and pulled him in closer to prevent him from escaping.

”Your Shirt! It’s the same as this creature. What is it and where did it come from!?” The young man took a deep breath as he started back at the creature in her jacket. The music slowly dimmed away as the song was nearing the end. “The creature on my shirt is a Nargacuga. It’s a legend that shouldn’t exist…No it doesn’t exist anyway. Listen if that is really that creature then it comes from the high mountains of this nation. They are myths in these parts of the land, never seen and a bad omen. I’m sorry I can’t be here…” With that, she released her grip on the man watching him scrambled through the crowd of people trying to get away from her.

“Nargacuga? Hmm….” She patted the creature on the head ensuring its safety and closed the jacket back up. She was about to make her escape from the dance floor until she noticed a group of mercenaries closing in on her. They seemed to have spotted her dancing about and decided to encircle around her blocking any avenues of escape. The group of men started to push the dancers out of the way as they made their way to the young girl. Waru wrapped her hand around the handle of her blade ready for a fight. Everyone around her saw her reach for her weapon and rushed to the sidelines afraid of her action. The music stopped as the DJ watched from the center stage at the commotion on the dance floor.

[Waru]

The DJ watched as the series of events playing out before him. A young woman was being surrounded by a group of brawly looking men and she stood ready at the helm with a hand on a massive weapon ready for anything. Unable to resist this golden opportunity the DJ laid down some beats for the combatants until the authorities could arrive.

Song

As the music began to play one of the mercenaries pushed forward about to draw his weapon to engage the woman. As the mercenary went for his weapon he felt a small hand push his weapon back into its sheath. The young woman had moved in a blink of an eye appearing before the man slamming his weapon back into its sheath; Tsuyosa Ryuu: Shīsuseibatsu (Sheath Overcoming). She then quickly slammed her should into the man knocking him off balance and pushed back off his sword slamming her fist into his jaw knocking the man over; Tsuyosa Ryuu: Agokatsu (Jaw Smash).

Another man appeared from behind her with his sword drawn ready to strike with her attention on his friend. However, the woman was quite aware of his presence and quickly spun around sending the heel of her cowboy boot into his wrist causing him to loosen his grip. While the man was shocked from the attack the young woman wrapped her free hand onto his shoulder tripping him over; Tsuyosa Ryuu: Kaisoku (Quick of Foot). She followed the man in his decent to the ground delivering a punch to his throat. Everyone in the crowd ”Ohh” as the woman deliver the throat punch sending the man into a spiral of pain.

More men came from out the crowd ready to fight. Waru felt at a disadvantage as she was forced to hold the creature in her jacket with her off hand leaving her at a handicap. That didn’t stop her from toying with the group of mercenaries. One of them was about to move forward till she shifted towards him directing attention to her left boot signal for a kick. The man dropped back not wanting to kick by those boots as it became abundantly clear to the men this was no ordinary woman.

Waru heard someone cry out from the crowd ”From behind you!” Her attention shifted back to see a mercenary rushing her attempting to restrain her. She lunged back into the man grabbing hold of his collar as she thrust her hips back knocking the man off balance and on top of her. She flung the man overhead causing him to drop to the ground like a pile of bricks. There she stomped on the man’s chest with a boot hearing a crunch; Tsuyosa Ryuu: Onikirā (Oni Killer)


She glanced back up towards the mercenaries now rushing her as a group. She lunged forward towards one of the men with his weapon drawn high. Getting in close she grabbed hold of the man’s shirt holding on tight as she leaped into the air with a spin. Everyone watched in amazement as they twirled. She directed the man’s body towards the ground as she put a knee to his head. The two crashed to the ground with a loud “Thumb” as she smashed his head into the ground knocking him out. Tsuyosa Ryuu: Gufuukakou (Tornado Drop) She quickly rebounded back to her feet hovering over the man as the rest of the men came charging in. At that moment a burst of energy erupted from her body as a vortex of cold energy went spiraling around her sending the men cowering in fear from the biting cold; Energy Vortex, Ice

The crowd began to roar for the young woman as she held her ground against the group of mercenaries. At this point, they believed it was part of a show now. The DJ, on the other hand, knew well this was no show. It was a battle a young woman was in with very overwhelming odds. But despite the odds, the crowd cheered as the young girl began to shuffle to the music. She came here to party and save a baby nargacuga and she be damned of a couple of thugs could stop her.