Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 25, 2012 17:54:28 GMT -5
Tsukai blinked at Ira's comment, "Originally dear I was going to have you go gather metals since thats your area of expiration ... but I hear your stomach from here." He grunted as she walked off with a bit of a childish sway and pout about her and chuckled, "I forget how young she is mentally sometimes ..." He murmured fondly, before he looked at her and nodded a bit considering this. "Well I wont mend the Angels Wing with cheap steel. I guess I'll have to go mine some titanium or melt down another pirates ships titanium for it." He shrugged before he blinked as out of nowhere a compass nailed him between the eyes. "OOF!" He grunted and fell with a clunk onto the ground, the imprint of a compass on his forehead. "Ow ..." he muttered and reached up rubbing at the spot before he lifted up the compass blinking slowly. "I have one of these already." He said blinking a few times before he leapt upward and eyed her a moment. "If your a Navigator though, if thats what yah mean, your welcome aboard. But we arnt going anywhere until my crew and myself have healed, our ship is repaired, and as such while Im here this island is under my protection." He smiled a bit.
Then blinked and face palmed, "Or, right." He meandered over to the nearby building and knocked on ti a few times, causing a mans head to pop out. "Wheres the Major for this town that can direct me the big hanco for the whole island?" He asked curiously and the man stared at him before pointing toward the majors building. "Thank yah." He said nodding a bit before he turned and motioned for Kira to come along, he headed toward the main building ... a guard was half asleep when Tsukai walked right past him. "H-hnn?! W-Wait hold on you cant just barge in ther-Ugaahh ..." He fell over suddenly eyes white, obviously just randomly falling unconscious as Tsukai glanced at the guard and he gently caught him, setting him back as eh was and patting his head. "No time to mess around with babies sorry man." He murmured before he opened the doors wide and limped inside his 'cane' clicking repeatedly over the stone tiled floor as he tilted his head curiously.
"Neh neh ... alright." He slowly slammed the staff done, sending cracks across the floor, and sending a head-rattling crash through the air, making the hole building stop and stare. Tsukai then took in a breath and called out, "WHERE'S THE MAJOR?!" Slowly, a slim older man with a cane all his own wearing a black trimmed suit walked forward, Kira likely knew him well as he eyed her and then Tsukai in confusion. "Kira-Chan ... what ...?" Tsukai however simply leaned on his staff and offered him his hand bowing his head politely. "Sir, if we could talk privately please?" He said and the old man, even more confused now slowly lead the way to a small room closing the door behind them. "How may I help you sir ...?" He asked tilting his head in confusion, Tsukai grinned before he sat down and crossed his ankles over and leaned his cane against his chairs side. "I want you to place my Jolly Roger over your Towns Sign." He said simply with a grin.
The man stared at him and suddenly reacted, "P-Pirates?! Your trying to take over my town?! I wont have it!! GAUR- Uwah?" he was suddenly conked across the head with a small pebble and the old man rubbed his forehead in surprise. "Calm down old guy ... your ganna have a heart attack. I dont want control of noffin. The Marines cant protect everywhere and they only patrol the seas, not the islands. Im offering you protection of this town and by your example I want you to try and get the entire Island to hold up my flag to keep other pirates, and bandits to behave around here. Oh. Too prove it I'll go and take out the local Bandit Gang by the way ... They tried to touch my new Navigator. They wont be living for long." His voice was calm and collected ... he rarely ever killed, but no one touches his crew, new or old they were all his family. He slowly stood as the man stared at him in shock, "Deal ...?" He offered the old man his hand, and he stared at him in shock. "What about payments ...? Do you want tribute or something from us?!" He couldn't believe a pirate would help them for nothing.
Tsukai gave him a very annoying look and smacked the older man upside the head lightly. "I just told you. I'm going to do this for my new Navigator." His eyes flicked at Kira then back to the man, "Helping out you all is just a bonus." He chuckled, taking the mans hand and shaking it as he stood there shocked. "I'll have my flag sent to you via one of my men. I have a job to do now, cya." He grinned and walked out the door expecting Kira to follow once more as he headed toward center ... and groaned, Ira was missing. "Damnit ... we have a job to do Ira!!" He face palmed and sighed, looking around and made an annoyed face and closed his eyes, beginning to search with his Haki. As he entered the center however, there came a cry from the nearby Newspaper area, "F-F-FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION?!?!?! T-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION?!!? IN THE BLUES?!?!" Tsukai blinked nad glanced over as a young boy rushed out waving two new bounty posted. "EVERYONE!! Watch out!! Theres two Pirates int eh blues with Bounties of over 200.000.000 !! Heavens Rath Tsukai!" He held up a posted with Tsukai's face on it, grim and covered in blood and sweat, "450.000.000 BELI On Par wit the Four Pirate Lords in the New world!!" He then held up one with Ira's Face, "Ira the Phoenix! 250.000.000!!" ... Suddenly he stopped as the image of Ira with a bit of blood running down from her lip her normal stern face showing, was seen on the paper as the boy simply ... stared at Tsukai. As he simply raised a hand and blinked. "They raised me from nothing to 450 Million ...? Damn. I really pissed them off." he chuckled, and turned "Lets go find Ira, Kira-chan." He said contently as the village stared at him as he walked along whistling.
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 26, 2012 3:39:01 GMT -5
Ira was content to nibble on her sweets, feeling oddly proud of herself for having purchased them herself, and with her own Beli, no less. Somehow, she expected this made them taste all the better, but she didn't spend too long pondering over this as she popped the box open, surveying the contents a moment, during which time she tried to figure out what was what, and furthermore what she should eat first! After a little serious contemplation, she picked out a colorful little cookie and began to munch away at it, finding herself plesantly surprised at the taste, she stared at it a moment, appearing very serious for someone having rather innocent, if not borderline niave thoughts that further expressed her occasional childishness.
I need to tell Tsukai that we need to find a baker... She told herself, quietly finishing off her cookie in one bite, she proceeded to practically melt at the next items unique texture and flavor. Maybe I should ask that man at the bakery to come with us, she went on to think, still walking, albeit very slowly, out of the town, her feet scuffing lightly along the ground, kicking up a little dirt and dust as she went - something else that went unnoticed by the teen.
I wonder... Is this what people call bliss? She licked at a pastry that she had retrieved from the box, with a wonderfully delicious cream filling. she wasn't fond of a white powder that was on it, but she merely dusted that off and ate to her hearts content. When she had finished this piece, and wasn't entirely certain if this was the third, fourth, or fifth item she had devoured in such a time, she closed up the white box, holding it carefully in both of her hands to keep in steady. I shouldn't eat any more, or I'll get a stomach ache, she sighed out loud without really realizing it, a heavy, burdened sigh that made her situation sound very dire and hopeless. She purposely kicked a small rock along the ground, watching it tumble and roll, hmm, I wonder if Tsukai would like some... I should probably share... She concluded, nodding a little to herself, she finally lifted her head a bit to look around.
Her icy eyes scanned the unfamiliar buildings, the line of trees and nothingness that she was faced with, the fact that the buildings had gotten sparce and few and far between, and the people even fewer. "... The hell am I?" She wondered out loud, a slip up on her part, but there did not appear to be anyone else around to hear this, so she shrugged it off.
Ira's eyes continued to wander, and some distance away, at the very edge of town, she spotted a bulletin board of sorts, which wasn't unusual at all, and yet it caught her attention. The girl was certain that she saw something very familiar on this board, and with a timid, borderline grim, expression, she filled the distance between herself and it, suspiciously eying the paper that had caught her interest.
She hissed a bit, venomously at the paper being displayed, which had her face plastered over it - and yet, it was not her bounty, nothing even remotely close to that, really. The paper resembled what one might post if they lost a prized dog, a lost poster, which even granted a small rewards and a 'if found, please return to' section that had her glaring daggers through the bulletin board. Truly, she had been nothing more than a trophy as a blacksmith, but it was somewhat demeaning to see a poster with such content - reminding her that she perhaps didn't have a place wandering the free world as she was, and certainly sometimes she wondered if she would have been better off to stay where she had been.
Her head shook lightly at the thought, noting that it was far too late for her to regret anything. Even if she did regret it, which she really didn't aside all of the weird things that kept happening to her, she was well aware that she would not merely return to where she was without question. No, she would be punished, she knew this, and she knew it well. She might not have suffered it often - for the simple fact that she was an obidient dog - but, she knew what sort of temper people like her previous 'owner' had.
She felt more than a little disgusted to think this, and had not even noticed that a man had crept up behind her until a sack had been placed over her head and drawn tight, even tied closed as the man behind her, accompanied by several others, snapped a hand over her mouth (not that she was going to scream anyways), closing it tightly around her face, and tugged her back, away from the board, effectively jerking the box of sweets from her hands, and damaging the delicate box and his contents.
The girl didn't wriggle or squirm in his grasp, rather merely lowered her head, as though staring at the mangled box, though she obviously couldn't see it, and was mourning her loss. She even outstrected a hand towards it slightly, terribly calm for someone in such a position, but as blue fire began to creep up her arms it was rather clear that she was anything but calm, and due to a combination of being further demeaned and losing a simple pleasure, she was angry.
Naturally, the man released her, and she rose her hands, attempted to pull off the sack which had been tied in a double knot, but her flames wouldn't burn it, of course, and she very well couldn't remove it on her own. She growled a bit at this, narrowing her eyes against the heavy sack, it's hard to breathe in here, She thought, still tugging at the bag with brute force, stumbling about a bit in place as the men stared on - clearly very confused since their target had just burst into flames.
Please, please, don't let Tsukai come along and see this...
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Kira
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Post by Kira on Feb 26, 2012 7:04:31 GMT -5
Kira's sly grin had soon disappeared as she watched her compass fly, it meant for Tsukai to catch with his hands. He clearly thought it would be best suited for his head however, or rather he just wasn't prepared for her quick motion. Either way it was enough to send this man to the ground as the compass cracked him in the head. She cocked an eyebrow partially out of shock as he verbally expressed a bit of pain, an expression which soon turned to one of annoyance as this man seemed to misread her actions, She couldn't help but stare at this man as if he were a moron, something which quickly changed to a bit of sock as he was quick to leap to his feet in front of her, eying her for a moment before continuing onto the right track. Although he seemed to quickly dismiss it by simply stating they were not going to leave until a few things were accomplished. Although one of his claims did bring an internal smile to her face, one of the things she was going to bargain for anyhow, still she managed to mask her joy with a stern face.
"It's a deal if you manage to keep this island safe." She exclaimed, unable to hide her happiness at this idea. Although she did keep a slightly monotone voice, slight traces of joy could be heard along with a slight grin which she couldn't hold back. The moment was short lived however as Tsukai was once again on the move, ushering Kira to follow him again as he had been directed toward a building, a very important building within her village, the "major" as Tsukai asked for. She had to admit she was curious as to what he had in mind as he made his way for the building, ignoring the guard who had been apparently sleeping on and off on the job. He waking up just in time to catch them and protest their advance, zlthough he was quick to fall over, his eyes rolled into the back of his head, something which only made Kira stop in her tracks as she looked on with intrigue. Had Tsukai done that she found herself wondering, still she watched as this man was quick to catch the guard before he hit the ground and prop him back up into his position he had been in.
Her wonders were only confirmed as Tsukai pat him on the head and addressed him in such a way. Immediately she narrowed her eyes for a moment as she felt a huge amount of intrigue sweeping over her. How had he done that? A curious question to be sure whilst she herself remained ignorant to her own potential for the same powers within her in the form of Awakened Haki, although it would only take the proper triggers for it to surface. Still, she silently followed Tsukai, expecting him to knock or do something other than just straight up opening the door and inviting himself in to this building. Things only got worse once inside as he had slammed his cane down, cracking the floor whilst crashes could be heard before crying out for the Major. Such the individual had soon showed himself and indeed it was someone she recognized all too well, this man having served this role for quite some time, even whilst her and Asura were small girls. He had always been kind and devoted to the villages needs, even going as far as to aquatint himself which the people in town personally. Although he didn't know Kira all too well except from when she was a girl, he did know her parents and this would possibly be the reasoning for his shock at seeing Kira shoulder to shoulder with this ruffian of a man.
Kira could only give him a small, half hearted smile and wave before the group was ushered to another room for this private session of discussion. One of which had kept Kira in pins and needles as Tsukai started things off a bit roughly, she getting the occasional nervous glare from the older man as if blaming her for bringing a bunch of Pirates to Dawn Island. Tsukai did manage to redeem himself however as he had offered to protect the village as he had told her, although one added note was thrown in as he addressed Kira as "their new navigator." even going as far as to say the local bandits which had been a problem she wanted to deal with since the beach incident were as good as dead for what they tried doing to her, because she was now apart of them, and although he never said it, it was almost like the crew was a close nit family. This had taken Kira back a moment, even causing her eyes to water slightly at the thought. It bringing back her fond memories of Asura and how the two had swore to watch the others back no matter what.
The old man seemed to notice this as he motioned to his own eyes whilst looking at her, Tsukai's attention on him. With a nod, Kira quickly wiped them as the discussion came to an end. The old man shocked by the generosity of this pirate, possibly even happy to see a resident of this town under his protection as they would be for some time now. Kira had done her best to hide her tears from this man, not wanting him to see them for his touching words in regard to her. She may have grown and hardened emotionally from her days with Asura and Reks, matured but still family was a tender subject with her and the idea that she may have just found that within this crew was more then enough to pluck at her heart. Quietly whilst turning her attention back to the old man once or twice, she slowly followed Tsukai once again, this man being quite the busy body whilst not having spent much time in her village as he made his way back out into the town square.Immediately becoming distressed by a lack of his partner, Ira.
Kira was quick too look around, giving her eyes one final wipe to ensure they were dry, doing her best to do so whilst Tsukai's head was turned away from her. Most notably her chance whilst he had taken notice of the new Wanted Posters which as fate would have it were of both he and Ira with ridiculously high bounties. The high numbers only left Kira stunned. Who were these guys she was joining and why were they still in the blues? Those numbers were of people you could most likely find in the new world, it was unheard of to find in these calm waters. Shaking her head however, Kira merely turned her attention back to Tsukai as they continued to walk. "Perhaps, we should just continue on, there are only two paths into the village, one from the Beach and the other leading farther into the island." Kira began wisely pointing out the layout of the place she had grown up, no doubt her knowledge at this time being of use to her new Captain. "So she either went back to the ship, or wondered on ahead, unless she's in one of the buildings." She calmly stated for one who was on the verge of crying not too long ago. Still as she eyed the trail farther along, she couldn't help but crack her knuckles in her hands at the thought of getting rid of those bandits once and for all.
Stamina: 1900/1925
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 26, 2012 13:15:20 GMT -5
Tsukai blinked and slowly glanced back at her, "Well! ... That makes it easier ... he wouldn't go back to the ship and beach she can't swim thanks to her fruit and the Boat has nothing for her." He looked forward and tapped his lip thinking a moment, "Neh neh ...so she went forward." He chuckled a bit and meandered forward his cane clicking along before he finally exited the main area of the town his hands lowering as he scratched at his chin before eh blinked, he hadn't been paying attention but they were in a shady neighborhood ... and about ten men had surrounded them grinning wide licking knives and blades. "Oooh ... damn." He murmured looking at the sun as they grinned thinking he had realized he was in trouble, but instead he said, "It's almost mid day ... I missed breakfaaaast ..." He sighed and frowned crossing his arms over his chest with a almost pout like look. The men stared at him a minute then one growled, 'You bastard!! You underestimating us?!" Tsukai slowly looked at him ... blinked and sighed. "What do you guys want ... Beli?" The men grinned, "Ah thats right! Its a toll of 1.000.000 Beli to pass through here!!" They all chuckled tightening the circle.
Tsukai blinked ... shrugged, tossing a bag at his belt into one of the mens hands. "There go, now scoot." He waved his hand as he limped forward, kicking the one that got in his way so e went slamming in to the ground with a small crater around him. Tsukai just walked over him as the others stared in shock, Tsukai however didn't seem fazed. "I see no reason to beat on those that just need money to get by ... they acted strong but I could feel each one of their despair and sadness for having to do this to feed themselves and families ..." He murmured in explanation to Kira. Instead he simply moved onward through the town and then blinked as suddenly he heard screams about a woman on fire with a bag on her head. Tsukai slowly sighed, "Ira-Chaaan ... I leave you alone for ten minutes and all hell breaks loose." He sighed and turned, heading tword the bounty board that they said they had seen her, before he slowly face palmed again at watching Ira flail and tug at the bag on her head.
Then he noticed her face on the board, for 250 Beli ... 'Return to Owner' It practically said. Tsukai's blood boiled as his eyes found the men that were trying to coral her, he could have knocked them out with his Haki ... but at the moment he wanted to get his hands on someone that had attacked his Nakama and (Unofficial) Lover. His lip twitched and he suddenly disappeared in a blur appearing beside Ira he gently placed a hand on her shoulder. "Feed the flames into the bag dear ... stop trying to tug on it." Before his gaze found the five men that stared at him in shock. "Wh-who the hell are you?!" One yelled in shock as Tsukai practically teleproted there, His lip curled slowly and he didn't say anything, instead he appeared beside the man, grabbing the seven footer by the head and slamming him face first into the solid ground leaving his head buried int eh earth that was now red with blood as his body went limp, unconscious and liekly with a major concussion.
Tsukai's eyes slowly went tot he others who stared a moment and then cried out, "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!" Barreling tword him, Tsukai watched as a blade flew at his bandaged side and he caught it with the side of his fist sparks flying as if the blade had landed on steel. His eyes narrowed slowly as suddenly cracks formed through the air, and the blade shattered to bits sending shards of steel everywhere ... then there was a flash of motions before Tsukai slowly grabbed his cane in one smooth motion before it had even fallen from his sudden movement, a few splotched of blood on his wrappings form cuts reopening but nothing serious. He tapped the can on the ground ... and suddenly all five of them slammed into the earth blood flying from their nose, ears, and mouth their eyes rolled back from the impact of the strikes so fast they may as well have been invisible. "... That's for laying a finger on my First Mate." He hissed softly as they fell back, the imprint of his foot in each of their chests.
Slowly Tsukai sighed, looking to Ira and helping her take it off if she hadn't burned it yet, before taking her cheeks in his hand and surprisingly tender and serious for once cheeked her throat and body for injury carefully. Once satisfied he gave her a kiss on the cheek and smiled a bit, "Your worse them me in getting in bad situations Ira-chan ..." He sighed before glancing back at Kira and giving a wave, stating the obvious. "I found her! Come meet Ira-chan officially Kira-chan ... oh ... don't step in the blood, trust me it never comes out of your shoes." He winced at the memory.
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Ira Travis
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Post by Ira Travis on Feb 26, 2012 22:44:33 GMT -5
Ira's somewhat frantic tugging on the heavy bag on her head stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder, her arms, laced with blue flames and looking like wings still, began to draw downwards quickly, as though to bat away whomever had the nerve to try and touch her when she was so clearly on fire and less than pleased - however, the familiar voice made her freeze, and she mentally groaned as she became aware that it was Tsukai whom was standing behind her. Within the bag her head lulled slightly, whyyyyyy? Why did it have to be him? Anyone else in the world could have stumbled over here and saw me like this, so why is it always Tsukai?! She inwardly sulked, swallowing a hard lump in her throat and raising her hands to her head as she did so, once more situating on the heavy bag that had been tightly secured around her neck to cover her head.
She contemplated his words, and with that the blue flames around her hands seemed to swirling about the bag in an instant, a little flurry of a blue flickering glow, before the bag merely seemed to vanish into thin air, a few particles of ash flew about in the air, and Ira coughed softly, inhaling deeply, not only for lack of breath but also to help calm down her jaded nerves. Her eyes immediately fell to the smashed box of goodies, and for a few moments it seemed as though she was about to make someone feel her wrath, and certainly, between making her drop her precious sweets and trying to kidnap her, it was a well deserved beating that they would inevitably get.
However, when she turned to look at the men that had made an attempt to grab her in hopes of carrying her off, she looking in time to see Tsukai fighting off a blade with his bare hand - which might of surprised her if she didn't know him, but really, she sort of expected such things from him at this point. She looked on as he made quick work of them, before announcing that it was their punishment for laying a hand on her. The teen felt an odd fluttering in her chest, which she could not immediately identify, due to the fact that it was something that she hadn't allowed herself to feel in a very, very long time. As stubborn and independent as she preferred to be, it did feel nice to have someone stand up for her like that - even if she was completely capable of handling the situation. Well, aside the bag, she inwardly grumbled, seriously, after all that training, and fighting those strong fishmen... I was defeated by an empty potato sack? Wonderful... She swallowed a bit, still sulking quietly to herself.
Ira watched as Tsukai approached her once more, blinking rapidly as he took her cheeks into his hands and proceeded to look over her throat and such, presumably to see if they had left any marks on her - in which case she assumed that he would quite probably kill the men. She blushed a bit as he did this, her eyes slying off to the side for a moment, feeling his lips brush her cheek she blushed a little deeper, though her attention slowly returned to him as he spoke to her, and she huffed a bit. "I could have handled it myself," she quietly assured, raising a hand to rub at the back of her neck, "it wasn't a bad situation so much as a stupid one..."
She licked her lips softly, slowly raising her arms and crossing them over her chest, she exhaled a bit and kicked softly at the dirt with her right foot. "Maybe we should buy a leash or a length of rope while we're here..." She mumbled, sounding somewhat serious as she suggested this, "if I wander off here I'll only be worse in bigger places," she went on to mutter, casting a slow glance side long, at the poster with the meager reward for her return. It was a rather undignifying thing to see, and she found herself somewhat resenting having left the household as quietly as possible, without having stirred up a fuss or even attacking anyone.
Gently her fingers reach out, ripping the paper off of the board. In a second it had burst into flames, reduced to mere blue sparks as her phoenix fire shredded it to nothing. With a somewhat heavy sigh, her icy eyes rising to Kira for a moment as she raked her fingers through her blonde hair, attempting to fix it a little since the bag had messed it up, before finally lowering them to merely jam into the deep pockets of her jacket. For the first time, she began to take a good look at Kira, merely observing her quietly. They seemed to be roughly the same height, with Kira being a little taller, and even close to the same age. Hell, their names were even incredibly similar, so she could not help but be a little curious about the other female - if only because she was still following around her Captain. Could that... Possibly mean that she was another recruit for their crew?
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Kira
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Post by Kira on Feb 27, 2012 4:02:52 GMT -5
It hadn't taken them long to move through the town and find Ira at the end of it. The only encountering a group of men who attempted to collect a toll on them to pass, something Kira was more then prepared to meet with force although for some reason Tsukai agreed to pay, only giving the one who stood in his way to kick which sent him into the ground creating a crater as the rest of his group stared in shock. Now at this point Kira wasn't so surprised by the fact that Tsukai could do such things, after all looking back at the major's home, he cracked the stone floor by simply slamming his cane down. She was so much more intrigued however by the man simply handing over money to them without so much as a word of protest. It was clear he could have easily defeated them, although as his explanation followed, it all dawned on her. Maybe he sensing her confusion as he had sensed her feelings before or even these men's true nature to which he had just handed money over.
She couldn't help buy eye him curiously as they continued to walk on, she completely unsure of what to make on him. There was one thing she was becoming more and more certain upon though, this man had a good heart. Each and every action he preformed, each word he spoke, he only reminded her more and more of Reks who had taught her that others like him were at sea, people such as Tsukai who defined the very definition of a good pirate, something he had not given her any reason to think otherwise. Still as she stared at him whilst following close behind, she retained her usual hardened expression as the two simply moved on, taken back suddenly by a scream of some peculiar. Already Kira could feel herself sighing as she brought her right hand to her face, resting her index finger across her temple,thumb on her cheek and the rest of her fingers spread cross her face, lowering her head as she did so.
Was this what she was to expect from this group all the time she wondered, it already seemed as if she was adjusting to the fact and all the while she had yet to be introduced to the actual crew, a quick learner she was. The two of them made their way for the Bounty Board where she had been seen near and low and behold there she stood. Although Kira couldn't help but cock an eyebrow as she looked upon Ira slightly stunned. After all this was quite the spectacle. You had the young girl using her fruit to allow her flaming wings for arms, a set she had used to fly earlier. All the while she had a bag over her head which she seemed to be struggling with. Forcefully tugging at it to try and pull it off, something which only made her want to rest her face in one of her palms as she looked on at this. Tsukai was quick to break her stare on Ira as he had seemingly disappeared from her side only to reappear behind Ira.
Kira's face wasn't one of shock as she saw this, once again looking to what he has done prior to this, he may as well be able to walk the bottom of the Ocean as far as she was concerned, he simply was inhuman with his abilities. She merely stared on with a now straight face at where he had been in front of her, to where he stood now, and then to the group of men who clearly had done this to Ira. She able to see the anger in Tsukai's eyes at this. Thinking back once more to the major's home she remembered what he said he would do to the bandits for what they had done to her, and she wasn't even a part of the crew at that point. She almost feared what he would do now as they had done far worse to one of his crew members who had been around awhile she assumed. The first man fell quickly before Kira even had a chance to react, meanwhile the others began to strike, Kira spied his bandages becoming red from the wounds reopening, something she was no stranger too from her past.
Quickly she was ready to jump in and assist Tsukai in this fight, but before she even had a chance, the remaining men fell, covering the surrounding area in blood. Narrowing her eyes, she allowed herself to relax a bit as she looked over to Tsukai who had yelled at them for touching his first mate. "You should take it easy, your wounds will never heal at this rate if you keep tearing them open again and again." Kira spoke in a tone which almost sounded as if she was scolding him. Truth be told as she followed this up with a sigh, thats perhaps exactly what she was doing, only based upon her own personal experience. Her gaze soon fell Ira who had finally freed herself from the clutches of the evil potato sack. Kira merely stood her current ground as Tsukai quickly began to look his first mate over, not wanting to intrude as she could see Ira's face beginning to flush, even more so as she received a kiss on the cheek. This had actually almost brought a smile to Kira's face at seeing this display of friendship, or perhaps even more than that, something she hadn't had in quite some time.
Tsukai had invited Kira over to meet Ira, officially as he had put it whilst also warning her to avoid the blood which was seeping further and further out from the initial pool from the bodies. Taking a careful step, her foot had made contact with something, a smash and torn white box. Narrowing her eyes slightly, Kira looked down upon it. Hadn't she see this before, hadn't she spotted Ira walking with it earlier when she wandered out here in the first place. bending her knees, she squatted down and retrieved the box, carrying it along with her, opening it as she walked only to spot the pastries inside smashed beyond recognition. Still as she made her way in front of both Ira and Tsukai, she held the smashed box out for the younger girl, although what was inside wasn't editable, she still felt to return what she had bought to her.
Kira did her best to smile as she did this, although she could tell that it seemed unnatural for her, almost forced and quickly her attempt to look happy all together. Still Tsukai had wanted her to meet this young woman. Although when it came down to it, all Kira could do was nod in this woman's direction. She had never been the best with first impressions even as a little girl it took her days to work up the courage to approach Asura. Turning her attention back to Tsukai for a brief moment and then back to Ira she finally decided to speak again. "After a few bandits are dealt with, I'll be your new Navigator." She spoke naturally of the "deal" although it was never confirmed as such. Still as Tsukai had mentioned to the major about it, that was the plan. Although still he was the captain and she soon turned her attention to him, almost as if to wait for him to confirm it.
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 27, 2012 14:17:03 GMT -5
He smiled a bit at her blush and attempt to pull away, chuckling softly and finally releasing her before he smiled, “I know you could have Ira-chan … But I don’t like people touching people I care about.” He smiled happily before looking to Kira and nodding his head for comfirmation, “Yup that’s right.” He agreed happily before he eyed the nearby barriers and the large forest, “That’s probably where there camp is.” He murmured, closing his eyes a moment as he reached out with his Haki invisible tendrils flowing over the earth and tree’s in search of his prey. “… Twenty Five of them, and one big guy that I assume is their leader. About three miles deep in there.” He nodded his head before dusting off his hands and sighing, as he rubbed the back of his neck in thought for a moment before he shrugged and grinned, “Shall we?” He said with a chuckle before he exited the area and began limping up into the forest smiling at Kira’s concern. “Nah Im fine … I won’t overdo it.” He chuckled lightly.
His eyes gazed around curiously before they found the used pathway, Tsukai snorted. “Not very secretive are they …” He muttered before he began to slowly move forward, the cane clunking along the ground as he moved forward with his girls, an occasional twig snapped beneath his heavy iron toe boot, but besides that all was quiet as they walked along. However this didn’t last long, walking strait into bandit territory usually ended badly, and just as expected suddenly there was the sound of a gunshot as Tsukai blinked as he smoothly stepped in front of Kira, the bullets bouncing strait off his steel-like body, watched the bullets blast strait through Ira as her flames would imidiatly form and seal her clothing and her wounds up as if nothing happened. As the ringing of shots died down he blinked slowly and scratched at a few holes in his bandages form bullets that hit and bounced off him. “Tch … rippin’ my bandages …” He sighed and then tapped his lip considering what to do.
After a moment there was the sound of a gun being reloaded, before Tsukai sighed and reached up, yanking one of the massive deadening tree’s strait from the earth he hefted it above his shoulder aiming it carefully for a moment. After he was sure all of the things were aligned, the sounds of several screams were heard as he hurled it strait forward … the sound of crashing and flying as dirty and dust was thrown up alongside broken limbs, grass, and stones as the huge tree rolled about a hundred feet from his light toss, Tsukai coughed and waved at the dust around him. “Gah … remind me to just walk up and mele them next time, that was just messy …” He grumbled before he began forward once again dusting off his body as they walked, stepping over the unconscious men their guns shattered from the impact he hopped over standing on the log and walking along it he looked over and spotted the clearing where smoke was rising up. Then blinked watching them begin to rush forward obviously intending to see what had happened to their comrades.
He sighed and slowly sat down on the log crossing his ankles and swinging them aimlessly, amusingly he looked much like a young child as he rested his chin in his palm eyeing the men as they came charging up. Finally when they reached them they stopped and stare,d as obviously these three kids couldn’t have done anything so sintead they growled, “Get outa here kids! This is our territory and somones attackin’ us!” Tsukai leaned back and blinked, “Someones attacking you …? Does that happen often?” The men faltered, as the kid showed no fear but literal curiosity, they slowly shook their heads. “Nah we’r top dog son this island no one usually attacks us.” One of them said with a smirk and the others nodded in agreement chuckling, Tsukai blinked and frowned. “Oooh … top dogs huh … that sounds strong …” he sighed tapping his lip then grinned, “Hey! If you guys are strong can you take us in? Can we join you?” The men stared, unsure what the hell that had come from, then one shrugged. “Bah! Why not, I’ll take them to Shervan you guys look to see what the hell happened up here.” They nodded and Tsukai grinned.
Hopping down he limped over and watched as the other men leapt off to search for the ones that had caused problems, the guy grinned at Tsukai and offered his hand to shake, “Gevren.” He said, Tsukai however … face suddenly turned cold. “Murderer, and Skum. They only stole money to feed their families, they are mostly innocent … you take pleasure in pain, Im glad my trick worked.” He said this calmly, as he walked past, the man had a shocked look on his face as he slowly looked down, staring at the perfectly cane-shaped hole strait through his heart and chest. As the man slowly fell over Tsukai continued moving forward calmly, “… Those of Guilt will die. Those of Innocent will be let to flee.” He murmured coldly, showing a side he hadn’t even shown to the sharkmen, these were good people … and yet these bandits were not non-humans with a grudge against humans, they were normal people that simply enjoyed what they did … Tuskai couldn’t stand it.
These men to Tsukai … were true evil. No purpose but chaos and destruction, to cause pain in others. As he limped forward Tsukai walked strait into their camp … eyes flicking over the shocked mens faces. “Innocent … Innocent … Innocent … Murderer.” Sclunk! A mans head rolled suddenly across the ground, decapitated by a wooden cane as Tsukai stared coldly at the rest, half of them scattered and ran … “Let them go … they are those that have people to return too. These …” His eyes found the about fifteen men left, and then a huge tent behind them likely holding the leader. “… These are all the ones that deserve to be killed for what they have done, and how much they simply enjoy the pain, suffering and death that they have caused everyone that they have come within contact with.” His eyes narrowed and he tossed the blood coated cane to the side … fists twitching as the air around him began to vibrate and shake ... cracks forming in the air itself around him as the entire battlefield began to shake, tree’s and earth shaking and storming as if a mini earthquake was about to hit the area.
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Post by Merc on Feb 27, 2012 16:59:35 GMT -5
Ira hastily rose her scarf to cover her face, at least up to her nose, as Tsukai told her that he cared about her. It was a strange sound to her ears, and certainly one that her mind still had a bit of a hard time processing - or accepting, rather. A great deal of her time awake, she was nagged by the possibility that she was merely setting herself up for a big fall by having agreed to join a pirate crew that was lead by a man such as Tsukai, whom was so... Tsukai-like. She couldn't entirely describe him, he was merely himself, one of a kind - with any luck, at least.
She amused herself a little with her idle thoughts, before noticing that Kira had approached her, holding the smashed box of goodies and even offering it to her. Ira wasn't entirely certain what to make of this, as it wasn't exaclt something that she was willing to eat, which was saying something really, considering her love of food, or more precisely eating. Slowly, she extended both of her hands, accepting the broken box and just sort of stared down at it. She could smell the sweetness of it's contents, but somehow the scent was bitter, likely because she would not get eat something that she had been so proud to buy for herself, and even share. Aside armor that she had been forced to make for others, she had never really had anything that was worth sharing.
The girl sighed a bit, licking her lips softly and wrinkling her nose against the tickling sensation of her scarf. "Ah, a navigator. Surprisingly convenient," she commented, having finally returned to reality, she raked her fingers slowly through her blond hair once more, pushing a few stray strand from her face, she began to follow after Tsukai, pausing only to set the destroyed pastries in a garbage bin before following after the man once more. Her rough hands slowly slid into the deep pockets of her jacket, resting there as she shut her eyes and merely followed along based on the sounds of her allies footsteps.
She popped an eye open as Tsukai commented that the bandits weren't very secretive, though it soon slipped shut once more, "all these people are the same," she murmured, the wind gently ruffling her hair as she stalked along, "arrogant and with the same flat superiority complex," she huffed a bit, slowly allowing her blue eyes to open, they danced a little bit, darting forwards in time to see bullets coming at them - though they passed through her harmlessly, and her powers even protected her clothing this time! "They're all quick to leap into a fight, too," she muttered, yawning a bit and watching with disinterest as Tsukai yanked up an old, dead tree and hurtled it forwards.
The teen shook her head a little at her Captain, "mm, I'm not the only one that causes a scene," she pointed out, observing the destruction that his throw had caused, she yawned a little, removing her left hand from her pocket in order to stifle this. She snorted a little as he sat himself on the log in a very childlike manner. Men were approaching and he retained this image, while she kept up her usual neutral front. Unsurprisingly, they were again underestimated - which seemed to be a trend among their enemies. She rolled her eyes at their shameless bragging about their own power - which was not but a burning candle compared to... Well, the flames of a phoenix.
She arched a brow at Tsukai as he asked to join the bandits, the teen no doubt wondering what he was playing at. His reason for doing this was revealed soon enough, though she still saw it as something of an unnecessary action, she made no comment on it, for it was of little importance. Before long the number of men had been narrowed down to a little over a dozen, and she cast glanced at Tsukai as he was rambling about innocence and guilt. Slowly, she allowed her attention to turn to Kira, almost curiously, as she spoke up, "he's always like this," she warned, blinking slowly and pulling her hands from her pockets - just in case.
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Kira
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Post by Kira on Feb 28, 2012 8:00:18 GMT -5
Having given the box of sweets back to Ira who didn't seem to react much to her gesture, she merely staring back at the box as if not sure in the least what to make of what had just happened. Perhaps she was contemplating her loss, either way it left Kira to take an awkward step back and give a nod in response to her comment regarding the situation as awfully convenient. To which that was impossible to deny, but hey, when the stars align, they align regardless of convenience. Still, Kira being fresh to the group couldn't help but feel a tad bit of awkwardness as she merely stood idly after witnessing these two sharing a tender moment. She without a word merely followed the two of them as Tsukai carried on, soon assuring her that he would infact follow her advice and take things a bit easier considering his wounds.
"Good, I know first hand how fragile the body gets when wounded to that degree." She was quick to add him with a small sigh to herself. While she was correct to say so, she remembered her wound being a bit more severe, or in the very least it seemed that way. No way in hell was she up and moving around as this guy was as she head been bedridden for at least a week, too weak to even walk as a result of that attack. Still the group had carried on until they had same to a beaten and worn path, one of which Tsukai was also quick to announce upon. Commenting to the not so secretive nature of the Bandits in their hideout. "Who says you have to be secretive when you can just browbeat the locals into submission?" Kira's voice upon saying this, it was evident that the idea was infuriating for the young woman. These bandits who for who knows how long, having harassed her village and even her parents for years in her absence.
A growl escaped her lips as she thought about it, she rolling her head to the side immediately, her neck emitting a loud pop, she following this by rolling her shoulders, doing her best to work out any kinks and warm up as she was more than ready to crack a few of these bandit's skulls for the trouble they had caused while she wasn't here to do a single thing about it. As they entered into Bandit territory a place no normal person would dare trek without some reason as such as being lost. It wasn't long before they had heard the sound of gunfire and in an instant Tsukai had jumped in front of Kira before she even had a chance to react to the initial shot, he taking the bullets for her, although they only seemed to bounce off rather then shoot through or do any sort of damage to him aside from tearing his bandages slightly. Still this only seemed to cause Kira a bit of a mild annoyance as she continued to watch, hadn't she been assured he would take things easier?
It wasn't as if she was completely useless after all, although before she would have much time to react or protest to this, Tsukai was ripping a tree from the earth. Something to which she merely watched with a straight face and a hint of intrigue. It almost frightening her how quick she just became alright with this man's feats. Knock a huge bandit out in one punch good going, crack a stone floor with your cane, not even getting warmed up. Ripping a tree from its roots and chucking it at the enemy, who do you think this guy is, piece of cake. Still for as powerful as he was, he still somehow managed to get a groan out of Kira as she listened to Tsukai complain about the results of his actions. She couldn't believe his reaction to the dust kicking up from ripping the tree up and tossing it, did he really expect that NOT too happen she wondered.
Her expression only worsened along with her posture as Tsukai was quick to move in and take a seat ontop of the tree he had just thrown, playing himself as innocent to the ordeal. Kira's body fell limply forward as her head was allowed to drop, looking at the ground, a long sigh escaping her mouth in disbelief as not only was this man being quite childish in his approaching of these bandits, but the fools for some odd reason believed him, not suspecting the strange man whom they had never seen before as being, oh I don't know, being the guy who did infact attack them or something. She felt her brow twitch as this scene continued, Tsukai blowing her cover mere moments after "joining their ranks". The mere concept of this "betrayal" her had schemed up, something she just imagined he had thought up on that exact moment, it actually made her head hurt to think about it. As if to respond to her as a few of the other bandits, deemed innocent by Tsukai ran past them, Ira had passed on a warning to assure her that this was how her captain would always be acting.
"Awesome..." She sarcastically retorted, not at all meaning for it to sound malicious in the least. Anyone with half a brain however should just understand the headaches that she could only imagine she was going to be receiving by Tsukai's hands if THIS was how he would conduct himself in combat, or in general even. It wasn't at all a bad thing, but it wasn't necessarily that good either. Shaking the thoughts from her head, Kira corrected her stance as she slowly began to take a few steps into the battlefield, allowing her body to relax a bit, relieving some tension to loosen up as she strolled up behind Tsukai. Although that was put to rest once she felt the ground underneath her begin to quake. Stopping in her tracks she grounded her footing to keep herself vertical. "What is this?!" The young woman cried out, not at all familiar with what she was feeling. Looking at things from her perspective, rather than her other two comrades, this was something she had never experienced before, and naturally would cause her to be a bit cautious otherwise. The young woman's eyes wide, body once again tensing up, she stood her ground for the moment.
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Tsukai Xoi
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Post by Tsukai Xoi on Feb 28, 2012 18:37:58 GMT -5
The bandits ... reacted as much as Kira rally. Immediately they began looking around in confusion one of them crying out in shock "What the hell is that?!" Grabbing a nearby tree as Tsukai began to drip blood from his stomach and his fist clenched as he drew back his fist, slamming it against the ... air? "... Me." He said simply, Before suddenly the cracks blasted forward, the air shattering like glass and all of the shaking stopped for a moment, before it blasted forward in a funnel, the earth blasting upward, tree's flying through the air, the equal to a massive earthquakes energy funneled into a small area from his punch it seemed. The effect sent men, tree's, tents, chests, and boulders all flying as cracks split the earth in two making about a three story strait drop as his eyebrow twitched a bit, placing a hand on his gut to apply pressure to stop the dribble of blood he sighed. "Tch ... over did it ..." He grunted, as he watched the screaming men slam into the bottom of the crack after flying about ten stories into the air. The total drop of thirteen stories against solid bedrock and earth was an instant death sickening splattering noise every time one landed with a terrified scream. He sighed and slowly glanced between Ira and Kira. "Have fun girls. I'll take on their leader when she shows herself ..." He murmured as he slowly sat down and crossed his legs beneath him in an Indian style sitting, there was about ten of them left, but his attack had drawn others to them, the bandits surrounded the trio. Tsukai however wasn't even paying attention, he was currently tightening and repairing his bandaged muttering, "We need a Doctor Next dammit .." He sighed as he winced occasionally, they seemed ... scared, they hadn't seen Tsukai's attack, but they knew something had done it. However, soon they like any good canon fodder, charged anyway! The fifty men and women holding crude knives, guns, and even a bazooka and all had swords charged forward with a roar. Tsukai glanced up and sighed, slowly lowering his hand from his gut he closed his eyes. "Guns are annoying ... those can hurt my new Navigator ... play nice now kiddies." With that he slammed his hands together and narrowed his eyes, muscles flexing as suddenly cracks burst through the air and shattered the air around the entire area ... knives, guns, anything iron and rusted shattered on-impact, a few were lucky enough to have their blades, but everything else shattered to bits from the shockwave. Slowly he went back to holding his wound and he grunted softly, "Annoying ..." He grunted and for now simply watched eyes narrowed carefully on those in front of him before he before he sighed. "You two be safe ... if I have to I'll protect yah' from anyhtin' big, but I'd rather ... not move." He chuckled weakly before he placed his hands slowly behind him, the bleeding had halted but damn he still needed another day of strait sleep. He winced and watched quietly for now, ready to leap into action at any moment if needed but preferring he didn't have too. Even as he said this the bandits had originally be shocked from their weapons suddenly shattering on top of the fact of their ears ringing from the vibrations aftershock. However now they had recovered and noticed he was wounded, "He's strong, not as strong as our Leader but hes strong! Hes weak though, hes wounded! Take out the little girls and we'll kill em all!!" One cried and they all gave a hearty bellow, before splitting up into twenty five men on ether side and all of them charging at Kira and Ira from ether side. Each side had about ten swordsman, a few had knives that were steel, the rest just apparently were content with brawling with their bare hands as Tsukai's eyes warily watched the tent that held their leader, he could feel her ... her and her Haki, and he knew she felt him too. This would be interesting at the least. He chuckled weakly, and fell onto his back ... soon he was snoring, his Haki was out so he could still be aware, but the rest of his body had shut down to heal and sleep. "... ZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZzZ ..." Stamina: 3205/3240
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