[SP:F7] Arc 1: Story 7: Attack on the Temple [Complete]

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Arc 1: Story 7

Attack on the Temple

The following night after that ordeal of hers, Opal had spent much of the day in meditation only coming out of her room for bathroom breaks and food. She was given the day off to reflect on what happened, the mental wounds still fresh on her mind. The raven haired girl had spent most of the night starring out at the stars and looking into the sky. A single tear balled in the corner of her eye as she blinked it away and expelled a plume of lilac smoke from her lips. She sighed as she sat there looking up into the blanket of darkness. The air felt chilly to her, she had to get something better than some skimpy looking pajamas that she wore at night. The end of her cigarette lit up as she took in another long drag and slowly exhaled the smoke. Her eyes fluttered when there was a loud crash from inside the house. Questionable honey eyes scanned the area as she stood up, she peered through the darkness and one by one the lights slowly started to fade from the house. 

"Sensei?"

Edited September 26, 2015 by Opal

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That was a loud eruption from her right as Opal jumped up as a shadowy figure emerged through the broken wall. And stepping out quickly was Master Myoga, "Opal-san! We are under attack!" The woman's eyes widened, she didn't need this right now. Several more dark figures jumped from off the roof tops and landed on the ground surrounding them as the Shinobi duo converged towards the center. The woman cursed as she brought up the Izunami in her hand, but she was unable to equip her armor for the extra stats. 

The shadow figures were other Shinobi, it seemed like they traded in power for the Sneak and Hide skill as they blended in the darkness quite well, "Stay close, Opal-san!" Her Master beckoned to her as he looked behind himself. The female nodded her head and three of the dark shinobi converged on their location. She cursed as she activated <<Sprint and Acrobatics>> sliding a few feet and raising her blade up over her head to deflect the attack of the katana coming down on her. 

Edited September 25, 2015 by Opal

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She slashed horizontally and vertically as she twirled with her raven hair whipping over her sleek body. She dodged the incoming slashes that were aimed for her neck. In the dead of night, the swords crossed one another and caused sparks to ignite from the grinding of their metal blades. Opal had landed a clean jab across the face of one of the warriors and then striking him four times in the face with the hilt of her blade enabling her <<Bear Knock>> Sword Art. The warrior was pulverized into the wall where he recovered and slipped back into the shadows. Master Myoga stood still, his weapon was sheathed to his side, but his hand was ready on the hilt. He was surrounded by four Ninja that circled around him each one of the using a different weapon of choice; a dagger wielder, a curved sword bearer, a single handed straight sword user and finally a katana master. 

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Master Myoga watched carefully of their foot movements, he knew the outside of this temple better than anyone. He lowered his eyes slightly as the first ninja came in for the attack then the rest followed in shortly after to attempt to overwhelm him. Myoga pushed his blade forth and there was a dazzling array of techniques used as each Shinobi was mowed down by his blade. He moved fluidly like water, graceful like a swan and as violent as a snake when he chose to attack. Both hands on the sword he moved in on his next target. The blades clashed against one another, the ringing of metal echoed out all over as he purused his attack in the dead of the night. Opal watched as Master Myoga took to the roof tops, she only saw glints of metal on metal before he moved onto his next target.

"So much for sticking close..." Opal said grunting as she was attacked, a thick blade had stabbed her in the chest. She roared and swept her blade across the man's torso as his sword was dislodged from her chest. She groaned as her HP was minorly depleted. 

Edited September 25, 2015 by Opal

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The black haired beauty once more twirled in a circular motion, blades passing by her like nothing as she threaded herself in between her enemies. Her honey orange eyes narrowed into devious slits as her lips curved into a wicked smile. The crash of metal against her Izunami clanked in the night time air as she lowered her body and lifted upwards to deflect, she spun around the long tendrils of her midnight hair danced around her body as she followed through with a vicious slash, running the blade down the torso of her enemy and straight down into his leg. The man grunted and pushed back into the shadows only for another to take his place as the next victim of the Izunami curved sword. She brought both hands on the blade and slashed downwards once more erupting a pillar of dust from the ground. The Shinobi moved back as she ran through the dust and sprang out of it like a lion as she roared. Her blade outstretched as she stabbed one man, turned around and thrust her blade and whipped around bearing a deadly thrashing to the next. 

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There was screams of pain and agony as her blade was seeping from the wounded Shinobi. They were breaking apart and spreading out their numbers as the injured were carried off to safety. The bones in her hand cracked as her digits rolled into a fist, her sharp smile was apparent in the darkness as she one more charged forth swinging her blade violently, "Get out of my house!" Of course it wasn't her house, but it felt like her home and they were intruders. She would not allow any one of them to stay and defile the peace of Mastery Myoga's home and temple. She shot forth in the cold night, her black blade thrusting forward and then slashing over one of the more experiences warrior. He dodged the attack easily and now they were entering the courtyard of the main area. They rushed for the dojo and Mastery Myoga followed several inside leaving the weaker ones to Opal and her Izunami. "I'll take the ones inside, you finish off the rest out here."

Opal nodded her head and popped the joints in her neck, "Come on, boys...Don't keep a girl waiting..." she said with a sickly sweet tone, her blade dancing her hand as she spun it around waiting for the first attack.  

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Master Myoga followed the experienced ninja into the dark deep shadows of the dojo complex. They wrapped themselves in the darkness, but his Night Vision kicked in, giving his eyes and eerie green color as he scanned the area. There was eight of them in the room with him and he moved towards the center, once more his blade had been sheathed. He kept his head ready at the hilt and would strike the moment he found clarity. They circled around him like a dance of fire waiting to devour him whole, but he would act like water and douse their intentions with the grace of his blade. They charged him one after another, his eyes stayed on them. His left foot moved back, unsheathed his blade and quickly cut upwards, a blood curdling scream echoed through the dojo as he moved to the next oncoming attacker. His blade was quick and efficient as he moved it upwards and then downward to slash at his foe, the man quickly tumbled holding his wrist as Master Myoga flicked his wrist and thrust his blade and stabbed the next. 

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He twisted his blade and pulled back sheathing his blade. There was a loud boom in the room as a rather large man with hand wraps emerged from the shadows. He grunted and groaned like a monster as his massive arms and legs smashed down into the middle fo the dojo. The old master jumped backwards and fluttered into a spin and landed on his feet. His eyes narrowed, "Such...immense power..." Mastery Myoga said, followed by the man giving a low haunting laugh.

Opal had continued her diligent battling outside. She wiped her blade back and forth over head combining her attacks until her Energy had run out. She side stepped a low slash cut at her wrist, moved and spun and thrust the blade into the Shinobi's gut before hearing the doors of the dojo bust wide open and Mastery Myoga being thrown off his feet onto the pavement. 

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The other ninja fell back and formed a massive circle surrounding the complex as Master Myoga was helped up to his feet, his head was bleeding slightly as he staggered a bit as the massive brute jumped from the shadows and into the light, his fists slamming down into the ground causing a small seismic reaction. Opal's honeyed eyes widened, Mack was a big guy...but this guy was a giant. He had to be close to seven or even eight feet tall...her jaw dropped.

"Don't let your guard down, Opal-san! He moves quickly and has a high damage output. But he needs to get in close range for his fists to actually do any real damage..."

"Master Myoga-sama..." the man said with a mix of thunder and gravel in his throat, his voice sounding deep and chasm like. Opal looked over to Master Myoga, "You know this guy...?"

The old teacher nodded his head slowly and stepped forward, "Volcano-san...Have you come here to take the life of your old teacher?" The man laughed in reply, "Now, now...Master Myoga...I see you have a new apprentice, she looks weak and frail. A night with me though, I can turn her into a real woman..." 

Opal glared and raised her blade, however Master Myoga shot his arm out and gestured her to back away.

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"Tch!" Opal almost spat in the direction of the behemoth. The man cracked his knuckles as Master Myoga stepped forward, he turned his head slighly towards Opal and spoke calmly to the woman, "He was once an apprentice of mine. However, he desired too much and had little self control. He would throw his sword to the ground and claim that his fists would get him what he wanted. After several long tiring tries..."

"He cut me from his apprenticeship..." the thunderous voice spoke folding his arms over his massive chest, "But if you don't teach me the secret techniques, then I'll rip them out of your new apprentice. I'll break her spirit...then I'll break her body." 

Mastery Myoga glared at Volcano as the man took a step forward, his hands were like massive hammers as the digits rolled into fists. His massive feet spread to shoulder width and got into his martial arts stance, "Volcano-san, I will not be holding back..." 

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The man showed off his stained teeth as he gave a snarling like smile to his ex-teacher. The man moved swiftly like a rhino charging head first into the fray. Mastery Myoga took off, his sandals chomping down on the cement foundation as he moved quickly to his left and drew his blade slashing upwards at the massive man. Volcano shifted his left foot and spun in a circle raising his right arm. The blade came crashing down into his steel bracer as he moved it downwards and grinded against the blade of the katana. Pushing his weight forward, the Master Shinobi Elder bound back with a quick step sheathing his blade once more. 

"You have become agile for such a massive man. Where was this speed when I trained you?"

"Hahahaha! I found a better teacher!" the man replied, he sent his mighty fist into the ground causing a seismic reaction to occur. Mastery Myoga's foot slipped, and the raging Volcano jabbed the elder in the head with blunt force trauma sending his weak body spiraling into the air into a broken pillar.

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Opal yelled out to her master as he weakly got up. Volcano had leapt into the air, his massive weight falling down towards Master Myoga as he unsheathed his blade to counter the attack. Two balled up fists hit him directly in the face one after another being pummeled back into a wall. The muscles in his arms seemed to get larger as he sent a straight punch into the gut of her master. Opal clutched the blade of the Izunami and defied her teacher's warning. She ran towards the man howling like a demon through the wind. Her feet quickly moving towards her downed teacher. She lifted her blade to strike the massive pugilist. He turned on his foot and looked to her with bright glowing eyes and thrust his hand out to her neck grabbing her in time before she was able to deliver a blow to him. His digits wrapped around her throat as he summoned up a tiny bit of his strength to jab her solar plexus. The woman spat outwards and was thrown into the air and came crashing down into the concrete ground. 

"Opal-san! Ugh! Your fight is with me, Volcano!" an angry Myoga unsheathed his blade as he stood up delivering three quick slashes to the man's steel like exterior and then slammed the hilt into his face. The man was knocked back staggering a bit but he laughed as his HP barely decreased.

 

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The woman looked up coughing as she placed her hands on the ground and got to her knees. She whipped back the long black tendrils of her raven hair as they dangled in front of her face. She had been reduced to half her HP with just a single, unskilled punch from that Volcano guy. She cursed loudly, despite all her training she was still outclassed by this brute. She got up slowly on one foot then the next, she was no match and had to rely on Master Myoga to finish this guy off. 

The Teacher did not sheath his blade anymore, instead he took a different stance. Normally when he used his Katana, he quickly sheathed his blade after each series of attacks, he called it Iaido. But this was a new stance he was taking upon, holding the sword in both hands and moving slowly with both feets as they circled around the ground. 

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"Ahhh, finally getting serious are you Master Myoga?" the man said with a sadistic grin as he moved towards his teacher holding the japanese sword in a perfected stance, "Hey little girl...remember what you are about to see. Brute strength will always prevail..." the man said clapping his hands as if dusting them. 

Opal snarled at the man's cocky words, "You show him the honor of the sword, Master Myoga!" Opal cheered from the distance holding her gut as her HP slowly started to go back up from natural regeneration. Mastery Myoga listened not to her words, he was focused on schooling his ex-apprentice. The man moved once more swiftly, his feet like massive tree stumps quickly moving towards the fragile teacher. A fist came rolling from out of the night air, Master Myoga parried, moving back slightly, then to the left and slashing. A deep red gash appeared over the man's arm. She didn't even see the sword move. 

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Volcano grit his teeth as the blade smashed into his forearm, his attack had no effect as the Master moved quick enough out of range of the attack. He held his blade straight out and watched carefully with his emerald eyes. Volcano grunted and charged once more his fist cocked back as if ready to just lay down the beatdown on his old teacher. The man's mighty body moved quickly just as Mastery Myoga moved, there was a series of attacks and they stared at one another. His blade rose over his head and he chopped down as it smashed into the metal bracer. A foot came upwards, the toes digging into Master' Myoga's chin as he was uprooted from his position. 

"One-two Punch!" two quick punches were delivered to the old man as he was airborne and then a quick uppercut sending him higher into the air. The stunning attack caught Master Myoga off guard as his body limply fell from the heavens back to dry earth. Opal could not watch as she closed her eyes as he master fell with a dull thus. She clenched her fists, she didn't know what to do at this point. 

Edited September 26, 2015 by Opal

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The Old Master was slow to get up this time, but he felt the massive hands grip his shirt as he was lifted upwards. They stared at one another briefly before Volcan launched his head into the elder's skull. The old man gave out a yell of pain as he skull seemed to shatter from the attack on his head. He was dazed as his head tilted back and his body became lifeless, he was hanging on by a mere thread of his HP. He was tossed aside into the rubble as the ninja surrounded Opal. She squeezed the hilt of the blade in her hand as she brought it up to defend herself. She spun in place and delivered a quick AoE blow to several of the ninja and even nicking Volcano in the process as she moved towards Master Myoga. 

"Damn bitch! Surround her!" Volcano erupted with his booming voice. The dark clad ninjas fell into place surrounding the two of them. Master Myoga, bleeding from his head slowly got up with Opal's help and rose to his feet, "This battle is far from over, Volcano..." the old man spoke coughing in the process as he got back into stance. 

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"Stay out of the way, Opal-san." The old man said readying his blade.

"But Master Myoga!" 

"Listen to the old man...there is no reason for both of you to die tonight..Hahahahaha!" 

Opal's honey eyes turned dark as she grunted and quickly moved forward, Mastery Myoga was then a step ahead of her, hitting her low and causing her to topple over on herself, she cursed as the old teacher charged for the behemoth once more and struck with his blade. Three slashes going in different directions, he was now fighting with more severity and intent to kill as his student's life was now in danger as well as his own. Volcano laughed as he used his bracers to bounce the attacks off and absorbed most of the damage through his high mitigation stat. Opal weakly rose her head to see the details of the battle as she gripped her stomach and got on her knees. She felt a tug in the back of her head as her hair was pulled from one of the dark clan Shinobi. She grit her teeth and plunged her blade into his abdomen before getting up and kicking him away. 

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"Ahh [censored]! I had enough of this! Sorry Master Myoga, but it seems I have orders to take the girl tonight. I'll be ending this now." The man brought his hands together as they smashed into one another causing a mini boom from his hands disorienting both the female and the old master. With him slightly ajar from the technique, he was rushed and picked up by the collar of his shirt. Two lethal blows were dealt to his already injured head and then he was thrown into the ground, stomped on and then an elbow drop to his spine. Master Myoga gave a howling yelp as he blacked out instantly his HP hanging on by one or two pips. Opal turned her attention to the massive man named Volcano, his attacks were just as the name suggested, hot and fueled by heat. Her innocent eyes turned to cold slits as she moved in for the attack, the Izunami waved around her like a tool of destruction as she closed in on the laughing mountainous man. 

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He slammed his foot down into the ground as several shinobi surrounded the raven haired beauty. Her blade danced in the darkness as she mowed through the dregs of his soldiers and moved in on to him next. The man brought himself into an attack stance, Master Myoga regaining conscious but unable to move due to the paralyzing attack. He watched as Volcano shot a fist forward into her direction, she growled and whipped around the fist faster than his eyes could keep up, her dark blade falling into his chest and cutting him deep. Her movements surprised the ex apprentice as he took a step back feeling the hot searing blade cut through his armor. It was neglectable however, his mitigation was still far beyond her reach to scathe him. He laughed with a thunderous gruff, a mighty hand came down and clamped down on her throat. Her mouth pooled with saliva as she spat at him kicking with all the energy she could muster. 

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The man was spat upon, "You dirty bitch!" he closed a massive hand over her tiny head, his digits digging through her skull as he was tempted to just crush her right there. Master Myoga was finally lifted from the paralysis and he shot towards Volcano, he yelled out her name but it was too late, "Ninja! Vanish!" several items smashed into the ground as waves of smoke broke free of the potions they had used and covered their tracks. Master Moga could not see through the blinding fog as he yelled out Opal's name. 

"Opal-san!!" OPAL-SAN!!!" but there was no answer...as the fog was lifted, Master Myoga was left alone in his temple, his sanctuary had been defiled and Opal had been taken prisoner. He looked to his blade and cursed to himself falling to his knees in a desperate act, "I will find you, Opal-san...please...stay strong."