"Sturmfalken!" Signum said, finally firing the arrow... and punching a hole through everything between her and the enemy ship—though she used the term 'enemy' sparingly, since it seemed the lizard had brought along a bunch of idiots—before detonating inside the hull of the... thing. It was a big explosion.
If Bowser hadn't realised that the ship he was trying to take was bizarrely well-defended, then he was going to get killed by simple logic. No less than three of the Wings were present, along with representatives of another, and he was sending... one possibly capable mage and a bunch of cannon fodder.
Undead. Mutated monstrosities. Mindless, undead, mutated monstrosities. Archer allowed the bow to shatter and slid her foot into an offensive stance as the creatures approached. Kanshou and Bakuya appeared in her hands, and she held the pointing towards the advancing enemy, at the ready. A small smile came to her lips as she watched the oncoming abominations. "Tch. Cannon fodder."
The first of the creatures that approached had no real chance to do... anything really, before its head was neatly severed by Kanshou. Both blades were beyond the ability of a normal weapon, and thus easily severed flesh and bone in the swiftest of motions. The next zombie was sliced neatly in two. Archer whirled. For someone with a nickname pertaining to ranged weaponry, the small girl was swift and efficient in melee. Every time a foe came close, it was stabbed, decapitated, or met any number of violent fates. A pile of bodies began to form around the blade-wielding girl.
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"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Ganondorf nodded, "I am prepared, Your majesty," he stood and his horse appeared nearby him. He watched as various spells caused many explosions, "I will ride in soon,"
Ganondorf was smiling, but inside he was boiling with anger. This fool had such a prestigious title, and yet...
The enemy was particularly strong, it wouldn't do to actually show his true power yet, so he of course would end up throwing this fight it looked like. The plan had been to only use a bit of power and do what was needed, but it seemed to be that things would go badly. Plan B wasn't too bad, so it would be fairly easy to pull off an escape and look like he tried.
The Narukos would find a large sword swinging through them, whether they avoided it or not was up to whether or not they saw it coming but it spun quickly and flew through their numbers, before coming back like a boomerang to what appeared to be a large man in dark armor.
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It peered at them for a moment, then rose it's sword and pointed it directly at them, before beginning to walk slowly forward.
Token Loli!Bowser was walking back and forth on the control room of the Koopa's Pride. The ship soon took another hit, and it shook violently, making Bowser fall to the ground. Getting back up on his feet, the King of Koopas was extremely frustrated, and the Koopa Captain near him was scared that he would be getting burned to crisp:
"Gah! Why do my plans always have to be ruined by the Wings! It's always them! IT'S ALWAYS THEM! Remember when I tried to destroy that chemical plant? I was so close! Then who show up? THEM! It's always them! They always keep nosing in my business!"
Bowser banged his hands on the control panel, and soon had an idea:
"Captain, is the Bullet Bill cannon ready?"
"Yes, sir, you can try to fire him, but it'll probably hit a certain area of the battlefield that will damage not only us but the enemy ship too."
"That's perfect!"
"What?"
"Captain, what if we dive the Koopa's Pride right against the Andvaranaut, what would happen?"
"Dive right into them?... I guess we would deal substantial damage?"
"And if the Bullet Bill explodes once we hit them."
"Then maybe we'll damage them even more... but the Koopa's Pride will be destroyed, sir."
"Yes, yes, I know. To lose this ship is something that I don't want to do. But I don't want to lose to the Wings again. I want them to learn the lesson that you don't mess with King Bowser!"
"But, sir, we don't even know if we'll damage the Andvaranaut!"
"Life is about taking risks, captain! We'll let the invasion continue for a few minutes. And then, I want you to order all remaining troops to return to the ship and go to the escape bay. My sons will be there with escape pods ready to carry everyone back. I'll drive this ship into the Andvaranaut, set all cannons to fire at the same time, and then escape. What do you think of this plan?"
He turned around, not grinning, and faced Ganondorf.
As the sounds of battle filled the Andvaranaut, Ezio wheeled around to face a group of boarders that had ended up nearby. Lifting a hand, he triggered a hidden mechanism. Abruptly, a small blade slid out of his left arm's bracer
◊ with a dull shink. If the Lady was paying attention, she might have noted that his expression had hardened almost imperceptibly. Running forward, the Assassin leapt into the air, raising the arm wielding the hidden blade as he tried to pounce on one of the boarders and stab them in the throat.
If he was successful, he hopped back, looking for an opening to exploit.
Locking you up on radar since '09The Lady led Ezio through the ship, staying to port, but stopped as they encountered the boarders. Sparing Ezio a short glance, she noticed his hidden blade, smiled, and rushed forward, sword held high; suddenly, she rolled, somersaulted, and slashed at a boarder, retreating with the same motion.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.Naruko
As a combination of the elements struck at the girls, hundreds of them disappeared into puffs of smoke as they were assaulted by the elements and their bodies flung by rag dolls. More of them were unable to dodge out of the way of the boomeranging sword, and thus were cleaved into halves that also burst into grey smoke.
Still, at least a dozen remained and that was enough. Springing into action, 5 leaped at Culex, another 5 at the Darknut and the final two standing close together, their respective hands together and doing spinning motions. A small ball of compressed and swirling energies steadily materialized in their palms, growing more and more loud with a high pitched hum. The quaking of the ship did nothing to disturb them, as chakra held their feet to the hull like nails were holding them in place.
Valvatorez
"So... Let me get this straight. The lassy here is only allowed to spy on you." The vampire said, piecing together the logic together. "And that was an accident. So tha must mean... You didn't break your promise." Valvatorez assumed, clapping his gloved hands together. "Excellent. Keep true to your promise, lassie." The Prinny Instructor said, chuckling at the supposed misunderstanding that he made worse.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.Koopa Squad Two had sucessfully entered the Andvaranaut, and were now trying to reach the main part of the ship. The Koopa Captain, who was the image of perfection for his soldiers, stopped right in front of what appeared to be an old man. He made various hand signs and a few Koopas retreated into their shells. A group of other soldiers walked up to the shells and kicked them, so they went flying straight at the old man (and the lady that was with him).
"Cease all resistance! This ship now belongs to the Great King Bowser!"
The Lady raised her eyebrow in what could be described as an 'Oh, really?' look. She dodged the shell, rolling forward, then, with the same fluid motion, stabbed her sword at the Koopa Captain. Without waiting to see the results of her attack, she jumped over him, somersaulted, and slashed downwards with her sword, an overhead attack aimed at the Captain.
On empty crossroads, seek the eclipse -- for when Sol and Lua align, the lost shall find their way home.As the Koopa Captain was stabbed by Lady's sword, the cries from the rest of the Koopa Squad Two could clearly be heard followed by a wave of Koopas charging towards Lady, screaming phrases like:
"She killed the captain! Get her! Don't let her walk away alive!"
The Koopas began to surround her, some of them trying to bring her down, while others tried to climb on her. It seems like everyone wanted a piece of Lady, as they all started clawing and biting her.
The zombies fell to Archer's blades, but continued attacking her desperately, despite her obviously being too much for them. Elizabeth merely hissed as her children screamed inside her head, but continued her slow infection of the ship. She was kneeling now, in a large circle of the infectious red slime she seemed to secrete out of every pore. Several infected began to drag the corpses of fallen comrades there, the tissues of the dead zombies melting into egg-shaped lumps. The slime continued to spread, as the lumps grew - and if Greene was not stopped, the infection would cover the ship, as would the eggs, and the infected would have their new hive.
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?The darknut swung his blade with swiftness and accuracy, attacking the clones that came near it.
The ghoma larvae seemed to continued coming along with the other zombies, attacking Archer but failing rather badly as they stood no chance against her.
Ganondorf mounted his horse and kicked it's sides, "YAH!" He set it going, and it seemed to run on the air. Ganondorf held up a staff. He moved to find an enemy, someone that would keep him interested until it was time to 'die'.
Token Loli!"Silence... Buster!"
A loud cry echoed across the disputed Andvaranaut
as a double-spiral of purple energy crashed its way through the blue water crystal, shattering it upon impact. Atop the highest mast of the ship, there stood a grim, morose figure, holding in one hand a great polearm with a wicked-looking curved blade. He appeared to be in every way the very embodiment of death itself.
With an intricate foward flip, he launched himself off the mast and performed a perfect landing next to Archer, before stating...
"My guardian is the planet of silence. Soldier of ruin and birth... Sailor Saturn!" He raised his weapon into the air, letting it catch the light. "In the name of Saturn, I shall bring the silence to you!"
"Sa... Saya?" Shuyin repeated, his embrace on Saya growing looser. "You're... Not Lenne?" It hadn't been the first time he'd been fooled like this. After his soul suffered a thousand years of mental anguish, he found it difficult to remember a lot of his past life. He still... He still found it difficult to even remember the face of his beloved, so much that he had mistaken not only that Yuna girl for her, but now Saya.
"I... I'm sorry..." he said, finally releasing her. "I thought... No, you're not her. He wouldn't give her to me so easily, after all."
The Koopa Captain finished getting the reports from Koopa Squad Two, and it slowly walked towards its King.
"Sir?"
Bowser kept staring at the fight between the Andvaranaut and his ship, while the Bullet Bill was still being loaded.
"What is it, captain?"
"Your plan won't work sir. Why will you drive the Koopa's Pride, your greatest ship, right onto the enemy ship?"
"What? You dare question my plan?!"
"N-no sir, I'm just wondering!"
"Well, of course when the ship hits the Andvaranaut, it's going to explode, causing massave damage to it! Bwahahah—"
"How about you just fire the Bullet Bill from far away?"
"—ahahaha do what?"
"You know, the massive Bullet Bill we just finished loading? The one you tested and was sure it could destroy even Mario?"
"I... I never thought about that... It's... it's a great idea, Captain! I'll take it!"
"But I never—"
"What are you still doing here?! Get ready to truly invade the ship! I want that Bullet Bill fired right at the Andvaranaut... NOW!"
"But, sir, what if the Bullet Bill also damages us?!"
"Just FIRE!"
The massive cannon on the Koopa Pride's back slowly pointed towards the Andvaranaut. The smiling face of a gigantic Bullet Bill- which apparently had the same size as Bowser- facing the enemy ship, one could clearly see its eyes turning red until it was finally fired from the cannon, spinning and flying directly towards the Andvaranaut.
"Boom... boom... boom... I WANT TO SEE A BIG BOOM!"
"It's fine." Saya noted with a smile. She's never been embraced like that before, at least not that she remembered. "But no, I'm not Lenne." she shakes her head again. She just felt she should be clear, hence the repeat. "And he?" Saya knew exactly who Shuyin was talking about. The Emperor. She honestly couldn't stand the guy. The way he talked, the way he went about absolutely everything got on her bad side.
"Mateus?" she frowned at the thought of even using his name. Wait, she was still on a ship. A ship that was about to attack the Andvaranaut. Honestly, she thought the best idea was to just leave and let the turtles commit the suicidal charge. Well, she just couldn't leave Shuyin here. The guy touched her, and in a warm embrace. The thought of that just made her smile.
"Shuyin," she said, "Want to get off this ship?" as she asked, vines branched out of her back, forming something like angelic wings.
The final of the attacking undead now eviscerated, Archer yanked Bakuya from the corpse and looked up in time to see the blue crystal shatter, exploding into thousands of pieces. The vast amount of power used to destroy the crystal meant only one person could have arrived. The Fallen Wings, Tomoe Hotaru. Needless to say, this assumption was proven true when Archer looked over and saw Sailor Saturn land beside her.
"You can handle this yourself," she said simply, looking up at the taller boy for a moment, before darting off to the side. The maintenance hatch on the top of the ship was sealed rather tightly, but... minor damage to the ship wasn't something Archer cared about normally and she certainly didn't care about it right now. With a quick slash, the locking mechanism was cut cleanly through. Archer pulled the maintenance hatch open, and leaped down, before taking a sharp turn and...
Pestilence. There she was, the Rider known as Elizabeth Greene. She was spreading a grotesque infection across the walls of the ship. Archer grimaced. She had to get rid of this all, and fast...
She had to cleanse it, expunge this infection. A vision of the weapon she desired began forming in Archer's mind.
The sword began forming in her right hand. It was ornate, jagged edges and orange coloration giving the impression of a sword made out of flame itself, in spite of the weapon being metal like any other blade.
At least until fire ignited the sword. Archer raised the blade...
"Flametongue!"
And swung it down. A wave of fire burst from the sword, rushing towards the spreading infection and Pestilence herself.
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"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up.""Why is the Bullet Bill taking so long to reach the Andvaranaut?!"
"There's too much explosives on that Bullet Bill, sir. It's bound to be slow."
The Bullet Bill was moving towards the Andvaranaut, but it appeared to be moving in slow motion.
"How is this even possible?!"
"You're right, sir, if it's going too slow, physics would have already brought the Bullet Bill down."
"Physics? What's that?"
Suddenly with a burst of speed, the two Narukos burst in totally opposite directions. The good thing about losing clones? You can virtually view memories of what they all encountered. This meant thousands of different angles that the girl shifted though, finding the best way to get to the enemy with through two thousand paths. As the ten clones burst into a cloud of smoke as Culex and the Darknut struck at them, two orange blurs burst forth with giant blue balls in their respective hands.
The best part was, the Rasengans were both filled with intense amounts of wind aligned Chakra. If used correctly, a vorpal storm of great clashing forces will repulse the enemy in such a way that many body parts and organs will be either crushed or mangled beyond compare.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected."No good, 00. They're still advancing on the ship... a-and.. what is that? There's a face on that missile?!" Siesta 45 reported frantically.
"D-damnit. 410 is the cannon ready for the next shot?"
"We need more time to recharge, nyeh," 410 didn't quite have the same sort of panic as her sisters, but the worry was still there. "What are we going to do, nyeh?"
Suddenly
, the sound of a loud clang coming from behind them drew the sister's attention. There... with her left arm completely encased in golden armor and a red sword of energy in her right hand, Dlanor stood. With a catlike smile and one eyebrow raised, she addressed her subordinates, "Why are you PANICKING? The battle has only BEGUN."
"M-miss Dlanor! My apologies, I lost my composure," 00 lowered her head in shame. How could she have let herself lose her cool in the heat of battle.
"It is FINE," The small woman shook her head. There was no time for the Siestas to be admonishing themselves, "I will take care of the MISSILE. I want you three to go to the cargo bay and protect THAT."
"Understood, 45, 410, let's hurry," With an affirmative nod, the 3 sisters left the area.
As soon as the Siestas were gone, there was a flash of light and the vibrant red on her sword seemed to intensify. The catsmile changed to a much more psychotic grin as her irises dilated to cat-like slits. "It's time for the sentencing to be DELIVERED!"
With that, Dlanor disappeared in a flash, using the path Signum carved out with her sword-arrow as an easy exit. She sped on, her destination Bullet Bill. She planned to cut it in half before it could even get near the ship. Her sword, the Red Key, was ready to deny this so called projectile it's existence. She quickly moved along it, attempting to cut through it. She then quickly jumped away to avoid the incoming explosion.
"Promise...? I-I think you're mis- ah..." Pratty glanced at Sugar who was looking at her with that expectant wide eyed expression. She sighed in defeat, "Yes Master Val, it was just an accident. I would never break a promise. A craftknight never breaks their promises."
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Soon however, many pinpricks of dark blots appeared in the sky above the ship as Naruko, a thousand of her, descended from the heavens like a rain of particularly hotheaded and highly visible ninja, which they were. Very soon, the units began pummeling at the enemy forces with with taijutsu as well as kunai and shuriken. Though not very durable, they were many. "Alright, time to think again for daring to attack us!" One yelled out. "That makes no sense!" Said another one. "Who cares, just smash them all!" A third one roared out.
Always be ready to do the unusual and unexpected.