Seagull City- Great Library

[Ikki Sanada]

Protection

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Seagull City is a huge bustling metropolis along the western shore of the Tea Country. Named Seagull City because when the first inhabitants made their homes here they noticed that thousands upon thousands of seagulls used the surrounding area as a nesting places. Today, through large scale extermination there are only a few seagulls left in the entire city.

In the Cultural District of Seagull City, lies a huge library complex. Some inhabitants of the city swear that this library is so old it was built before there was even a city. Many believe this was because it was originally a Temple for a group of Monks, all of which are probably dead and buried. Outside the Library is a large park with a fountain in the middle. The fountain sprouts streams of water in almost every direction, tourists are caught frequently staring at the fountain and marveling at it's beauty.

However, the library is more or less empty most days. Save for older looking people who like to come inside and get away from the heat of the City. Sometimes there are even school groups who walk through the library doing research from some activity in school. The Head Librarian, Ichiren could care less about the people. He loves books, he cares for them as if they are his children. Currently he is at the front desk, looking sheepish and fearful. There is something obviously troubling this man.

Here is where your story begins. Meet with this Librarian and he will set you on your Mission.

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[Cedany]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 498px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/1fdzie.png); height: 344px; border: 1px solid #eeede9;][classy=frost] [enter] The Land of Tea was too damn hot in a certain kunoichi’s opinion, she was so much more accustomed to the frozen lands of her home than this place. Cedany had even taken the liberty of buying a new outfit for this, which consisted of short shorts and a form-fitting T shirt. Sure it showed off her feminine figure and plenty of her pale skin, but more importantly it allowed her body to remain at a cooler temperature. And even though she hadn’t even been out in the sun that long, her skin had a bit of a pink tint to it from sun burn. Now she had sun block on, but the minor amount of damage had still been done. It didn’t take long for Cedany to find the library considering its grand size and its fame, and a relieved sigh escaped her when she finally walked in, the temperature in here less than what it had been outside. The girl had a small chunk of ice in her hand when she first walked in, which she had created herself, running it across her forehead to cool herself down further. But once she was inside she tossed in in a waste basket, the temperature in here much more bearable without the sun beating down. According to her kage’s assistant, the head librarian here had requested protection. The girl planned on helping this man, obviously, that was the entire reason why she had traveled so far away from her island home. It was probably obvious that she wasn’t a normal civilian too, as she made no effort to conceal her weapons. There wasn’t really anywhere to hide them with how she was dressed anyway. On her left hip there was a broad sword, and on her right there was fifteen meters worth of wire, both fastened by a belt. On the back of the belt there was a utility pouch; its contents of six kunai, eight exploding tags, four smoke grenades, and twenty senbon being the only things hidden from plain sight. There was a polite little smile pulling at the pretty young woman’s lips when she approached the front desk, as she figured she should be kind to this old man. “Excuse me, do you happen to know where the head librarian is? I’m here about a request he made,” Cedany inquired with a hushed tone, feeling as if she had to remain quiet since they were in a library and all. [/classy]

(I wasn't sure if we should be stating their inventories yet or not... Ah well, I don't see the harm in it)

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Main:
Broad Sword (Wakizashi)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main
Effect: Swords that slash hack, dice and anything else within this genre that reaches a certain length.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Any bladed weapon that is longer then two feet, to about three feet. These weapons range from any types of blades such as the Broad sword, the Katana, the Rapier, the Scimitr, the Shinai. Any of these weapons or any weapon that fits within the length is considered to be a Broad Sword.
Limit: These types of weapons may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop
Cost: 2,000 Ryo

Wire (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Slashing/Piercing, Soft Weapon
Effect: Metal drawn out into the form of a thin flexible thread or rod.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Wire is a single, usually cylindrical, flexible strand or rod of metal. Wires are used to bear mechanical loads and to carry electricity and telecommunications signals. Wire is commonly formed by drawing the metal through a hole in a die or draw plate. Standard sizes are determined by various wire gauges. Wire is sold in bundles of 15 meters. (May only start with 15 meters for New Characters)
Limit: These types of weapons may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop
Cost: 8,000 Ryo

Starter Pouch [9.95/15 slots]
Kunai x6 [3 slots]
Tag: Exploding x8 [0.1 slots]
Grenade: Smoke x4 [4 slots]
Sebon x20 [2.85 slots]

[Sakina]

[Enter]

After walking around the Land of Tea for a little while, Sakina found the library. It wasn't too hard to locate since it was so large. Before entering the library, Sakina stopped to admire a large fountain that was located just outside. The streams of water spouting from the fountain were gorgeous, and Sakina felt cooler just by looking at it.

Sakina was wearing a short-sleeved, close-fitting purple tunic that ended about 4 inches above her knees. She also wore a pair of short black shorts that were usually hidden by the tunic. Her long black hair was gathered into a single braid at the back of her head. Sakina was also wearing a silver crescent moon necklace, but it was hidden by her tunic. On her back, a battle fan was secured with a black sash. A pair of black ninja sandals completed her outfit.

Before heading in the library, Sakina quickly checked her weapons. Her battle fan was secured to her back with a black sash that also held two smaller iron fans. In her butt bag were 50 hira-shuriken, 32 makibishi, 2 smoke grenades, and 7 kunai. With everything in order, Sakina entered the library.

Although the library was huge, there were very few people inside. There was a girl talking to someone at the front desk and a couple of other people scattered here and there. Sakina had ended up beating Riku to the library. He wouldn't be that far behind her, so Sakina decided to head up to the front desk to ask about their mission.

As she got closer to the front desk, she noticed that the girl wasn't just a normal citizen. Much like Sakina, the girl was wearing her weapons in plain sight. Sakina had heard that there might be ninja from other villages protecting the Paper Keeper along with her and Riku. Sakina decided to ask her about it once the girl finished talking to the old man at the front desk. As she went to stand behind the girl, Sakina thought she heard the girl say "...a request he made." It was starting to look like she and the girl really were on the same mission.

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Fan, Battle
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Slashing, Fan
Effect: A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: There are different types of fans with sizes. Some range to the size of the user, and may be used to extend outwards and used for using techniques of the wind variety. Some were used to ward off arrows, as sunshade, and to signal troops. Some were made out of metals, and some were made out of fabric. This fan is approximately 4 feet in length when spread out. To add shielding properties user must add half the cost of a Shield to the fan which takes the full shielding benefits.
Limit: These types of weapons may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop
Cost: 4,000 Ryo

Tessen (Iron Fan) x2
Rank: C
Type: Main
Effect: A more durable type of fan that is often used in combat.
Special: --
Drawback: --
Description: Tessen are crafted out of iron, and are thus more durable than other fans. Two metal spoke provide the framework for the fan, some of these fans are pure metal through the entire frame work with no open area, others show the stalks one would see on a shushken or similar fan. The metal is wrought to fold easily and allow the fans to open and close. Designs are often painted upon these weapons at the users digression. Small fans measure four inches when closed, medium measure eight, and large twelve inches when shut.
Limit: Must be a follower of Tessen-Jutsu
Cost: Small: 2,000 Ryo ; Medium 4,000 Ryo ; Large: 6,000 Ryo.

Butt Bag Type 1 (10.83/15 Slots)
Hira-Shuriken x50 (3.33 Slots)
Makibishi x32 (2 Slots)
Smoke Grenade x2 (2 Slots)
Kunai x7 (3.5 Slots)

[Riku Tadami (Sage)]

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[/i]"[/color]After a woozy ship ride that lasted a few hours, Riku and Sakina had finally arrived in the Land of Tea. Riku assumed that the place must have exceptinally good tea, due to it's name. "Well at least their should be a reason for it's name.", thought Riku. After wondering around the country and asking a few people for directions, Riku had found his way to a specific library where he would receive instructions for an important mission. Once the boy stepped foot into the library he felt a cool releif from the heat. Riku personally like warm, hot weather but some cool refreshment was also nice every now and then.

Riku was wearing shinobi based summer clothes. He really liked how he looked in them. He was wearing a dark T- shirt that had a dark, leather, line that went through the middle of the shirt, and had that line extend to the short sleeves. The shoulders had some sort of gator-like style. Since it was shinobi made it was made to be protective. Riku wore some sporty shorts that just met up to the top of his knees. His kunai pouch was strapped along his thigh with some sort of bandage like material that a lot of shinoibi use. His shinobi sandals were blazer blue and were at the average quality. Under his sandals were his feet, covered in the same kind of bandage material that his kunai pouch was held by. His hair was recently cut into the spiky black-brown afro

In his arsenal of weapons were 6 Kunai, 7 Grenade Fragmentations, a Scroll he never used, and eight pouches of explosive ice that he was sopposed to use against a mojor threat in the land of water, but the problem seemed to die down on it's own. Riku also had his 4 foot long blade that he has started to use on a number of occasions. It was inside of it's sheath, that was strapped onto his back by a rope like material that was along his waistline. So basically a belt was holding up his sword on his back .Riku didn't need to check for these because he was sure of himself. He felt ready for what had to be done.

Inside the library he saw two females who looked like shinobi material. He recognized his fellow villager, Sakina, but he never knew the other. He assumed that it was another ninja that they woul accompany in the misssion. This was getting more interesting. It much of a surprise because he was informed that other shinobi from other villages might be accompanying him. In front of both the shinobi, stood an old man. He seemed of the average height, around 5,9 or 5,10 feet. "This must be the Paper Master we have to protect.", thought Riku. Riku himself at 5'9 felt kind of proud of himself that he was as tall as the old man at only 13, but he had to remember, he was old so he might have been taller in his prime. Either way it didn't matter, Riku was glad to be on such a high profile mission.

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Primary
Katana
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Piercing/Slashing, Sword
Effect: Swords that slash hack, dice and anything else within this genre that reaches a certain length.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A sword with a blade that ranges between 1 and a half feet to 3 feet. These swords can be any types such as the Short Sword, or the Tanto, Baselard, Cinquedea, Gladius, Kodachi, Xiphos or even the Mechete.
Limit: These types of weapons may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop
Cost: 2,000 Ryo

Kunai (Overview) x6
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: A digging tool, a bit like a trowel. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Also used as a knife.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The kunai is conventionally wrought in ranges from 6 to 8 inches, with the average at 7 inches. The kunai was used by common folk as multi-purpose gardening tools and by workers of stone and masonry. The kunai is not a knife, but something more akin to a crowbar. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Normally only the tip would have been sharpened. The uses to which a kunai was put would have destroyed any heat-treated and sharpened tool like a knife. There could be multiple kinds of kunais such as handless ones, or even double sided kunais as long as they are within the same length.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

Grenade: Fragmentation x7
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Explosive, Grenade
Effect: A grenade with a heavy metal casing that shatters, on exploding, into fragments that travel at high speed and with great force.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: The fragmentation grenade (commonly known as a frag) is an anti-personnel weapon that is designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding. The body is made of hard plastic or steel. Flechettes, notched wire, ball bearings or the case itself provide the fragments. When the word grenade is used without specification, and context does not suggest otherwise, it is generally assumed to refer to a fragmentation grenade. These grenades were sometimes classed as defensive grenades because the effective casualty radius of some matched or exceeded the distance they could be thrown, thus necessitating them being thrown from behind cover. Fragmentation grenades have a killing radius of 5 meters with a wounding radius of 15 meters. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo Each

Pouch: Elemental: Ice
Rank: "A"
Type: Secondary, 15 per Slot, Explosive, Pouch
Effect: A small ball pouch in 1.4 inch sphere that causes an explosion after a few seconds of hurling. Designed to release the ice element to freeze opponents into a solid block.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: This is a pouch that explodes releasing a mass amount of normal ice in a large area the moment it makes contact with an object. The moment the pouch explodes it releases a massive ball of ice spikes outwards from the point of origin. The grenade has a complete entrapment distance of 5 meters diameter, with a wounding/limb entrapment of 15 meter diameter. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 11,250 Ryo per Slot, or 750 Ryo Each.

Inventory

Pouch Elemantal Ice x8
Kunai x2
Kunai x2
Kunai x2
Grenade: Fragmentation
Scroll
Grenade: Fragmentation
Grenade: Fragmentation
Grenade: Fragmentation
Grenade: Fragmentation
Grenade: Fragmentation
Grenade: Fragmentation

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[Ikki Sanada]

Ichiren sat at the front desk of the library on this day, looking nervous and flighty. The library was busy today, but for this library busy meant one of two groups of small children on a field trip and three people reading books.

Needless to say the printed word wasn't something people had time for. Or maybe it was just that this library was so old and large that people didn't want to make the trip through it's shelves to find the books they were looking for.

Regardless, Ichiren had other things on his mind. He was thinking about the man in black. The man in black had come to see him only days before and threatened his very life if he did not give up the secrets of the Paper techniques he had learned in the old tome. Luckily the book was hidden away in a special spot and with an uncharacteristic bravery not seen before by this older gentleman, Ichiren refused to tell the man in black where the book was kept.

He had to knowledge in his head and there it would stay until he was sure he was safe, an end result that seemed extremely unlikely. This man in black meant business and he seemed very dangerous.

As Ichiren sat at his desk he decided to take a look around the library's front lobby to see if any more patrons had arrived, a way to calm his nerves. He always enjoyed people coming inside to read. When he craned his head outward, he started to smile again. He saw all of those books neatly up on the shelves and it gave him a little peace. That is until he saw the young woman striding toward him, and the smile ran from his face.

She was carrying weapons, big ones. At least they looked that way to him, he had never seen or been around weapons in his life. Ichiren took a step backwards, then another. His face gained a look of horror.

"Already? Oh please no. Please. I sent out the call for help days ago. How could they already be here to kill me?"

Ichiren felt a sharp pain in his chest and raised his hand to grab where he thought his heart was, it was racing. The young lady walked to the desk and spoke. “Excuse me, do you happen to know where the head librarian is? I’m here about a request he made,”

Ichiren tried to squeak out some form of speech but could barely muster a whisper. He wanted to send her away, but he couldn't think of anything to say.

Then another one walked up behind this woman. It looked like she carried a large piece of metal across her back. Ichiren tried to take another step back but bumped into the desk behind the counter. He couldn't get any farther away. Then the final straw, a young man came walking up behind the women. he was carrying weapons as well. Ichiren felt like he may have a heart attack.

"What are you people doing here!? Don't you know this is a library?! You can't kill me right here, please!"

Ichiren was confused, only a moment ago he could barely say anything, and now words were coming from his mouth. His fight or flight response probably took over. He was less than pleased with the fact that his last resort before dieing was simple begging.

After speaking he leaned back against the desk, still clutching at his heart.

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OOC: Sorry everyone, I was waiting for the last person to post in the other thread but I guess we will just start without them. I should be posting normally, less than 24 hours after the last person to post. The order will be Cedany, Sakina, Riku, me, etc. 48 hour IIC.

[Cedany]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 498px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/1fdzie.png); height: 344px; border: 1px solid #eeede9;][classy=frost] Cedany didn’t say a damned word about the two ninja who entered the library, though she did casually shift her weight onto one leg and turn slightly. It was so she could keep an eye out for sudden movements from the others, having seen their weapons and not trusting them for an instant. The beauty of a young woman didn’t want to be caught off guard and stabbed in the back; there was no doubt about that. At the very least they didn’t seem to be intervening. Maybe the discrete attention she was paying them faltered a little, when the old man started to panic. And since he didn’t utter the frightened words until after the boy had arrived, immediately she assumed he recognized the other two and thought they planned to kill him. In an instant she turned on her heels and brought her hands out in front of her, close together and ready to form the seals at a moment’s notice. Some water even appeared in the air around the two unknown ninja, a small amount, just barely enough to use a technique with. “Who are you two? I cannot allow you to kill him, if that’s your plan,” she said in a voice sounding as cool and deadly as the ice techniques of the Kaishin. Cedany was always one to act first and ask questions later, and it was painfully obvious that she was ready to attack if they gave her reason to. At the very least she was giving them a chance to explain themselves, before she created a few hundred ice senbon and turned them into swiss cheese. It didn’t even occur to her that maybe the man was afraid of all of them, as she knew that she wasn’t here to hurt him herself. These two, on the other hand, she knew nothing about. The valiant Yukigakure kunoichi made sure that she was physically standing between them and the old man, even if it meant she was a little closer than she would comfortably be. Having seen how frightened the guy was, she immediately assumed he was the paper keeper who had made the request for protection. And as she guarded her charge, she could have sworn that the tension in the room was suddenly thick enough to cut with a knife. “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you,” she promised the man without even turning her neck, not wanting to give her potential opponents any sort of opportunity to exploit. [/classy]

[Sakina]

As soon as Riku entered the library, the old man sitting at the front desk began panicking and begging for his life. Sakina felt sorry for him. He had probably lived a normal, peaceful life until now. Then one day he had found a book and someone wanted to kill him for it.

The lady in front of Sakina quickly turned to face her after the old man spoke. It was obvious that she thought Sakina and Riku were here to assassinate the old man and that he was afraid of them. Sakina thought it was more likely that he was just scared of the sight of so many people carrying weapons. In any case, the woman seemed to be willing to listen to what they had to say.

"My name is Sakina and this is Riku. We're shinobi from the Hidden Leaf Village, and we're here to help protect the paper keeper, not hurt him." Sakina's voice was friendly, but her dark green eyes were closely watching the woman's every movement. She began gathering chakra into her fingertips. Hopefully, they would be able to clear up the misunderstanding by talking, but if not, Sakina was prepared to defend herself.

[Riku Tadami (Sage)]

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[/i]"[/color] There was a woman in front of an old man, that Riku assumed as the Paper Keeper. She was well armed and looked suspicious. She was also looking as if she was looking for any sudden movements. "May be she is keeping watch out for us beacuse she is one of the assassins.", thought Riku. Not only this but she was shifting her weight from leg to leg possibly meaning that she had been around for a while. At least that's how Riku was thinking. On top of that, the old man that Riku assumed was the Paper Keeper seemed to be getting some chest pains from freight. "May be we were too late.", thought Riku, but he didn't seem to be more hurt than that so maybe there was hope.

There objective for this mission was to protect the old man which could mean eliminating the possible danger, meaning the lady in front of him. Riku had made it confirmed in his mind that the wpman before him was the assasin. He was fully ready to go into action and do what ever it takes to protect this old man. From her headband Riku could tell that she was from the snow village, Yukigakure. That meant that their was a high possibility that she knew Kaishin. Riku felt the moisture in the air and felt a little worried. In an istant she turned and put her hands close together as if she was about to make some handseals. "On, no!", thought Riku. It was going to be all over.

“Who are you two? I cannot allow you to kill him, if that’s your plan,”, she said in a voice that made her seem cool and collected, the perfect voice of an assassin. "I could say the same to you.", retorted Riku sounding just has casual as she was, although he was already thinking of was how to take her down. Unconsciously Riku went into an offensive stance for Goutetsu. One of his arms was behind him and his other was extended in front of him. This situation was already getting tense, even though he had just entered the library.

"My name is Sakina and this is Riku. We're shinobi from the Hidden Leaf Village, and we're here to help protect the paper keeper, not hurt him.", she said in a friendly voice. "Wow, what a simple way to avoid combat in a library.", thought Riku. She had surely calmed down Riku, but he was still suspicious of the lady. "Sir, are you alright?", asked Riku forgetting the lady in front of him. He was surely unconfortable and had chest pain, hopefully it was just temporary.

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Goutetsu no Kamae #1 (Strong Iron Stance #1)
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A simple upright stance used with most Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron) Practitioners.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture Standing with one arm behind their back and one extended, the user is ready for a quick strike with their fists and feet. This leaves them open for quick spins and jumps that will power their attacks.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron)

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[Ikki Sanada]

As the scene played out in front of him, Ichiren felt as if he was on some kind of roller coaster ride. The kinds of rides he saw children go on that took them up and down. Personally he had never been on one, but he imagined this is what it felt like. The ride took you up and down, you didn't know what was going to happen next.

He was standing against the desk behind the long counter that made up the "info desk" of the library and he was clutching at his chest where his heart was, currently it was beating faster than it had ever been. He was starting to sweat and he was about ready to collapse. If he was going to die here, this was probably the worst way to go. He didn't even put up a fight.

His heart started to come down from it's race when he saw the first woman suddenly turn to face the other two behind her. Ichiren wondered what was happening, where they going to plan out his death right now? From behind her, Ichiren could see her arms move and he surmised she was bringing her hands together to form some sort of handseal, like ninja did when they performed a technique.

Ichiren again wondered why she was facing away from him. Then he had an epiphany. Ichiren decided this first girl must be who answered his call for help! She was here to protect him. More and more his heart started to slow down, she must be a strong ninja the way she carried herself. Ichiren listened when he heard her begin to speak.

She challenged the ninja in front of her, daring them to try and get past her to kill him. Ichiren was overjoyed now, she mus be a good ninja. He waited for what seemed like an eternity for the other two ninja to answer her. Both of them took stances that suggested they were ready for a fight, but one of them tried to defuse the situation by starting to speak.

She explained her and her compatriot from the Leaf village were both here to protect Ichiren as well! The old man was so overjoyed his heart started to speed up again. Roller coaster. Ichiren threw his weight toward the ninja and stepped forward. He leaned over and rested his hands on the desk in front of him, breathing heavily.

"You three scared me half to death! What were you thinking!" Ichiren was scared and a little upset, he had no reasons to take that out on these young men and women who were here to help him, he realized this fact and composed himself. "Sorry, I was just a little frightened back there," Ichiren said as he fixed his bow tie.

The old man kept on speaking. "My name is Ichiren, I'm the head librarian and I'm the one who asked for your help." Ichiren stopped and thought for a moment. He knew from the beginning that he would need the help of some ninja, but now that they were here he wasn't sure what to say.

Should he explain to them the situation? Should he just tell them what to do? He looked at the three ninja in front of him and cleared his throat. He again pulled at his bow tie, as if it were to tight. "So um, what are your names?"

I guess it was a good place to start.

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OOC: Wow, sorry guys. We are doing construction on my house and someone cut some line by mistake. It lead to the internet going out and we couldn't diagnose the problem until today when we finally figured it out. Posting shortly.

[Cedany]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 498px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/1fdzie.png); height: 344px; border: 1px solid #eeede9;][classy=frost] Bright green eyes narrowed when the boy returned her previous statement, the way she tensed up showing that she wasn’t about to answer. She’d attack long before bothered explaining herself to them, not wanting to give them time to prepare an attack on her first. Maybe she was being a little paranoid, but she was on a mission to protect an old man from enemies she knew nothing about, and here there were two ninja from a foreign village. Luckily enough, things seemed to calm down on its own before she actually did get the chance to use the shapeless blobs of water that she had created for anything. With a small huff, she fell out of a fighting pose and sent the water she had created out the door with a wave of her hand, making it slip between the cracks in the door before she released her command of it over a flower bed. The entrance of the door and the flowers were within her twenty meter radius for controlling the water, fortunately. “Well, Sakina, I hope for your sake you’re telling the truth,” she said with her naturally calm and collected tone, a hint of a warning laced into her words as well. Finally the brunette spared the old man a quick glance, able to tell that a lot of his fear had dissipated in his posture, just as it had in his voice. He hadn’t sounded nearly as terrified when he requested their names, at the very least. She hadn't seemed to be fazed by his accusing words or apology at all, either. Still she was keeping an eye on these leaf shinobi, obviously not trusting them yet. “Cedany Abel,” she introduced herself with only those two words, not bothering with any pleasantries. There was still tension in the air, mostly thanks to her. “If we all really are supposed to help protect this man, I believe we’ll need to know a little more than names. What do you two specialize in?” Cedany inquired with no hesitance, knowing that it would be incredibly difficult for them to work together when they knew nothing about each other. It was best to start strategizing before they encountered their opponent(s), after all. “I’m a master of the Kaishin bloodline, my specialty lies in ranged ninjutsu,” she gave up this information about herself with relative ease, not really expecting them to tell her anything if she didn’t even answer the question herself. [/classy]

[Sakina]

Sakina noticed the water that had suddenly appeared in the library as the lady sent it out of the door. Sakina watched out of the corner of her eye, wondering what kind of jutsu it was. It looked like the situation had calmed down, so Sakina released the chakra she had been gathering to her fingertips.

She could see the old man start to become less fearful as the ninjas talked. After a small outburst, he introduced himself and asked for their names. The lady in front of her was named Cedany Able. After introducing herself, Cedany gave a brief overview of her abilities and asked Sakina and Riku about their own. Apparently Cedany was a master of the Kaishin bloodline. She vaguely recalled hearing about this bloodline before; it had something to do with water and ice. That explained the jutsu that Cedany had used earlier.

"Sakina Rekia, nice to meet you." Sakina replied, in answer to the paper keeper's question. She smiled at him reassuringly. To Cedany she said, "I'm a medical ninja. I use the large fan on my back for Fuuton techniques and I have two smaller fans that I use for close range combat." Cedany still didn't seem to trust them, but that was hardly surprising, seeing as how they'd just met. Sakina didn't really trust Cedany either, but at least it looked like they would be able to work together without too many problems.

[Ikki Sanada]

Finally the librarian could relax, at least relax enough to get back down to how stressed he was before these ninja had come to protect him. He still knew The Man in Black was coming, and he hoped these ninja in front of him will be able to successfully fight him, and whoever else he has waiting, off. Ichiren was finally able to sit down, he pulled a chair out from underneath the desk and with a jerking motion, collapsed onto the seat.

The Librarian was way too old and way too cowardly to be getting mixed up in something like this. Ichiren listened as the ninja in front of him introduced themselves. First was the young lady who had come into the library before the others, her name was Cedany Abel, but she was still distrustful of the other ninja, Ichiren wondered if all ninja were taught to be so distrustful. This woman started to speak about what types of techniques she knew.

She may as well have been speaking another language, the old librarian was the opposite of well versed in dealing with ninja and what kinds of things they could do with their scary powers.

The next woman was Sakina Rekia. She said something he could understand, medical. She must be someone who can heal wounds in battle and keep people from dieing. It was all magic to Ichiren, but she would absolutely come in handy. The last boy kept silent, but Ichiren had heard him say his name in passing when he first arrived, he was called Riku.

Ichiren, now seated in the chair was finally able to think straight. Now that he was sure that these ninja weren't here to kill him he had to decide what to do next. But when he racked his brain he came up with nothing. This was all so alien and foreign to him. He looked at the ninja gathered in front of his desk and just asked them.

"Well I guess thank you for coming. I'm sorry but this is very strange to me. Have any of you protected anyone before? Do you need any information?"

Ichiren paused for a moment, of course, he thought. He needed to tell them the situation so that they could figure out what to do. He began to speak again.

"Four days ago, a man who called himself John walked into my library. He asked for me personally even though i had never seen him before. When we met he asked me to talk with him in private. When i brought him to a quiet place he asked me about a certain book." Ichiren paused to gather his thoughts. "I knew exactly what book he was talking about. An extremely old tome that held secrets to a new kind of natural force manipulation. The ability to manipulate paper. I had found this book by accident and tried to learn the techniques, but I found i could barely lift a playing card with my present strength and I tucked it away so no one could find it."

Ichiren gulped. "How this man named John knew about this book and that i had it I will never know. But he wants it. When he threatened me I refused to give him the book and told him I would call the City Guards. This made him relent, but he promised he would be back soon with help. Thats my story, and now that you're here do you have any plans on what to do?"

As Ichiren finished speaking, there was no time for the ninja to react before they heard chuckling and clapping from behind them. Ichiren looked up and his whole face turned white. It was The Man in Black.

He stood with his hood down. He had a smile on his face and long bright red hair that was slicked back. He spoke, but his voice sounded slightly muffled. "Well well well. Ichiren, you decided to bring friends to our party! Good! I brought friends as well. But I came here before the bloodbath to ask you one last time. My Master requires that book. You will give it to me or you will face the consequences. This is your last chance."

As he delivered these words, the smile stayed on his face. His hands were down at his sides, he wasn't in any fighting stance. He just stood and smiled.

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OOC: I believe this is 48 hours which means Riku missed the cut off.

[Cedany]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 498px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/1fdzie.png); height: 344px; border: 1px solid #eeede9;][classy=frost] The Kaishin had been about to request more information when Ichiren asked if they needed more, but he beat her to it and she listened to his story silently. Any background information that they could get would be useful, especially if any of it contained the skills of the opponents that they would be facing. Unfortunately this story didn’t hold any information about any capabilities, but it was still nice to know what was going on. At least it gave them a small idea of what the hell was going on. Cedany didn’t know about the others, but she hardly knew a thing about this job before showing up. Green eyes lit up when the other mentioning the ability to manipulate paper, having heard of that release before. It was rare, no doubt. And a small amount of determination to protect this old, defenseless man stirred up inside of her. That was certainly a power that she couldn’t let fall into the hands of evil, this mission suddenly had a worthy cause in her mind. The life of a poor old man and a secret power were at risk, and she’d be damned if she didn’t try her hardest to help. This ’John’ was going to go down, there was no doubt about that in her mind. Once the story came to an end, her mouth opened to speak, but closed again as she spotted a hooded man and heard clapping. Instantly her body tensed and her eyes narrowed, heart picking up its pace in anticipation. Even if the man wasn’t in a fighting stance, she fell into one herself, poised and ready for battle. She wasn’t really surprised when the man mentioned having ‘friends’ as well, even if it would have made things a little easier for them if he was alone. “I’ll only ask you once, return to your Master and call off your forces. You’ll leave or face the consequences of even thinking about laying a finger on this man,” Cedany threw the stranger’s words right back at him, confidence laced into her words. While she was speaking she drew a kunai out of the pouch on her waist with her right hand, and her posture made it clear she was about to throw it at him if he failed to comply. And she even took a step so she was directly between the old man and the stranger, mind set on protecting Ichiren. [/classy]

[Sakina]

Sakina listened carefully as Ichiren began explaining the details of their mission. Apparently, Ichiren had found a book that contained information about the paper release. Ichiren had been unable to manipulate paper, so he had hidden the book. Then someone named John decided that he wanted the book. When Ichiren refused, John promised to return with help.

Sakina shook her head. It didn't matter why Ichiren had refused to give John the book. She was sure he had his reasons. Besides, Sakina the paper release was probably very powerful. You didn't want just anyone getting their hands on that information. Sakina was determined to protect the man in whatever way she could.

Sakina had just finished thinking this when John himself appeared. Sakina instantly disliked this man. He was haughty, rude, and seemed to enjoy tormenting Ichiren. Before Sakina had a chance to say anything, Cedany spoke. “I’ll only ask you once, return to your Master and call off your forces. You’ll leave or face the consequences of even thinking about laying a finger on this man.”

Cedany's words matched her own intentions perfectly. Sakina turned and stood beside Cedany. She also pulled a kunai from her butt bag and held it in her right hand. If John made one wrong move, Sakina would throw her kunai at him without hesitation.

[Riku Tadami (Sage)]

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After the old man had found out that the ninja before him were there to protect him, not the forces of the Man in Black to harm him he began to relax. He looked way more comfortable than when he was clutching his chest. Riku also felt relieved because it looked like he was about to have a heart attack and no one seemed to care other than him. The man took his chair from beneath his desk then plopped on to it. He know looked better than when the group first entered. Riku knew that even though the man looked way better, he would still be fearful that his life was at risk. The young ninja boy had mixed feeling about the man's life being in his hands.

Not long after taking a seat the man spoke. He told the ninja his dilemma. He told them about his secret book and about the Man in Black named John. John had blackmailed the old man and said he wanted the book that contained the secrets about the paper release. Riku didn't need a story to convince him to protect the man. It was the right thing to do to help a person in need. On top of that, there was a good reason to protect him, to keep the secrets of the paper release out of the hands of evildoers. Any way, it was good to do a job well done because he was being payed by his village.

Right then and there, John in person entered the library. Riku was know on guard. He stepped backwards, positioning himself in front of the old man, being his body guard. His body unconsciously went into a stance. The same one that he went into when he thought Cedany was the enemy. Cedany yelled to the freaky looking man, “I’ll only ask you once, return to your Master and call off your forces. You’ll leave or face the consequences of even thinking about laying a finger on this man.” Riku knew this would never happen, but it was always nice to be confident to our opponent.

Adrenaline ran through Riku's blood. He was ready to take on the man while defending Ichiren.

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Goutetsu no Kamae #1 (Strong Iron Stance #1)
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A simple upright stance used with most Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron) Practitioners.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture Standing with one arm behind their back and one extended, the user is ready for a quick strike with their fists and feet. This leaves them open for quick spins and jumps that will power their attacks.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron)

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[Ikki Sanada]

They were nothing to him. Just ninja from some far off land that would one day belong to his Master. When that day came their comeuppance would come but for now The Man in Black would have to keep them from getting under his skin. Using his own words against him was a surefire way to do so.

The Man in Black took a step forward. His smile grew even bigger. His perfectly straight and unreal white teeth were unnerving to those who looked at him. His smile seemed almost too big for his face. He took another step forward.

"I can do whatever I damn well please you scum. You mean nothing to me. My quarrel is with that old timer back there." The Man in Black pointed at Ichiren who was slowly lowering himself down underneath the desk. The Man in Black saw the affect he was having on the old man and he was delighted, and suddenly he pulled his arm backwards.

"But why take the sport out of these things? I love sport, don't you? Blood, guts, the chase, winning over an opponent, giving them no mercy. Everything I enjoy. So in the spirit of sport lets have ourselves a confrontation."

The Man in Black's voice seemed even more muffled now. Still loud enough to hear but it was as if he was talking from somewhere else. If the ninja were paying attention they would notice a slight flicker across his body, as if he was simply a projection and not really there.

"So I propose thusly, meet me and my mercenaries in a small cemetery due west of this building. We will decide the fate of this man." The Man in Black said, motioning toward Ichiren. "Bring him if you wish or have him stay here, it doesn't matter. I hope to see you soon."

Suddenly The Man in Black seemed to dissolve out of thin air. A simple projection, the Astral Projection technique works very well for him.

Ichiren, now fully under the desk shouted at the ninja protecting him. "Oh please, please keep him away from me. Please end this once and for all. The money and the secret to the Paper Release is yours if you just get rid of him!"

It is hard to blame this man for his behavior. Never getting into a fight in his life and then something like this is dropped on his head. He was too old for this.

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OOC: Make an exit post and then post here for the next step in the story. Sorry about the delay, busy couple days at work.

[Cedany]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,width: 498px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/1fdzie.png); height: 344px; border: 1px solid #eeede9;][classy=frost] Bright green eyes narrowed at the man before them, Cedany tensing as she was just about ready to throw the kunai in her hand at the stranger when he took a step closer. “And you’ll pay for your ignorance,” the brunette retorted with that cold promise, the tone in her voice making it clear that she wasn’t going to hold back against him. She would easily go through with killing the evil one to keep the old man safe, if she got the chance. For him to claim that she was ‘nothing’ was idiotic, in her eyes. The strange smile on his lips was unnerving, but she easily kept the same serious expression on her own face, not letting herself falter in any way. She picked up on the muffling of his voice and the flicker, but didn’t quite understand what was going on. Never before had she seen the astral projection technique actually being used, so she couldn’t help but be confused when he suddenly disappeared. Bright green eyes merely blinked at Ichiren’s fearful words, giving him a quick glance as she placed her kunai back into her pouch. “I’ll get rid of him, all right,” she muttered beneath her breath, a dangerous glint reflecting in her eyes. For this stranger to torment an innocent old man so much was unforgivable, and the best way to keep the client safe was to kill the one who brought the danger in the first place. It would keep the strange man from going to get more mercenaries and just trying again. Cedany didn’t even know if she would get the chance to kill the stranger, but she was more than willing to. “If we leave him here, there’s the risk that an assassin will come for him while he’s unprotected. But if he comes with us, we’ll be leading him straight to the enemy,” she mused aloud as she tried to think of what the best course of action would be. “I think we should leave him here. If he comes with us, he may get in the way and get one of us killed along with him. And he might have a heart attack with so much violence nearby,” Cedany said after a short silence, but she didn’t think it over long because she wasn’t sure how much time they had. “If you two disagree, feel free to bring him along,” that was the last thing she told them before walking out of the library, heading directly west towards the cemetery that had been mentioned. [exit] [/classy]

[Riku Tadami (Sage)]

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[/i]"[/color] A lot of things had suddenly happened. The Man in Black, John had came in and basically said that he liked playing the game of ninja. He liked the blood, guts, and the chase. "What a monster...", thought Riku. This was all a game to him. Riku swore to himself that he would to his best to protect this old man.

After a little descussion about where to keep the old man while they battled, Riku decided to keep him in the library. Cedany decided this as well. "Keep him here, Sakina.", he said before he left.


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OOC: Sorry for the very short post. I wanted to get this off my chest and start the confrontation.

[Sakina]

After the Man in Black vanished, the three ninja decided to let Ichiren stay in the library. He would probably be safer here, and it was risky to take him along to the fight. "Don't worry," Sakina said, smiling reassuringly at Ichiren. "We'll take care of John and his friends. You just stay here and wait for us to come back."

With that, Sakina quickly headed after Cedany and Riku. Someone could have stayed behind, but there was no way of knowing how many people John had working for him. Sakina thought they had the best chance of defeating John if they stuck together.

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