by Rosetta Crawford 29th January 2013, 5:13 pm
The man known for now as Godfreed had turned to her momentarily before entering the gates. It wasn't obvious, at least not unless you knew the man, but there was a slight sense of reluctance or dismay as he pushed opened the gates. It was almost as if he was wishing he didn't have to do this. Or perhaps that it didn't need to be done at all. Yet this look changed to one of almost pleasure as he stepped through the gates. She followed suit and a shudder of pleasure went up the spines of both her and her pet. The dark aura was so thick here. It was almost as if she could taste it. Being raised in Hell by a Hell demon and possessing the dark magic of the Hell Demon Slayer she truly was at home in areas with a dark aura and Fluffy was a demon. This was a home away from home for him. The wolf had a slight grin on his face.
"Haven't felt an aura like this in a while, not since I was back in Hell." he said casually with a slight growl. She nodded to this with a sad and thoughtful expression on her face. An expression that was triggered by the aura and his words. Images swelled up in her head once more. Most of them memories that made no sense or were so jumbled with others that they made no sense. However, one stood out in her mind clearly. The death of her mother by her hands. It was more a memory of emotions and senses than a true memory though. The feeling of power, of fear, of her hand slicing the throat. She shuddered, this time not in pleasure. The sooner they finished this mission the better. It was stirring up memories that she did not want stirred. No, they were memories she wanted to forget. She knew she would never truly forget them though. Fluffy nudged her with his head and she stroked his soft fur. It was much more reassuring than his old scaly form. "Sorry Nara. I wasn't thinking." She shook her head.
"Whether you said the words or not...those memories would come back." she said half to herself and half to him. "This place may be haunted by spirits or demons, but they are nothing compared to the memories that haunt me." With those words spoken the two followed Godfreed/D'Nalsta in silence. There was nothing more that needed to be said. The size of the school was truly amazing. The children here were very privelaged it seemed. Either that or the school spent way too much money on making it look fancy and not enough on education. That seemed more likely to her, but she didn't comment. No, right now she was too focused on controlling her own emotions and her memories. The memories needed to be suppressed and locked away behind doors in her mind. One day she would be able to open them and face them, but it wasn't today. No, it was definitely not today.
As she tried to suppress these memories the guildmaster began speaking of plans to split up. It seemed a wise decision. Their target was a single individual and in a building this size there must be hundreds, if not thousands, of places to hide. As she was about to agree and head off he changed his mind. The spirits possessing the children were not normal ones or so he said. As a Great Demon he knew far more about spirits and demons than even her who was raised by one. He mentioned a single name. A single name that she recognized. Anastasia. Another of the great demons. There were originally seven of them, one for each sin, but they had been reduced to six. Well, sort of. The power of the demon of Wrath still existed within D'Nalsta. Anastasia was definitely the name of one of them though she couldn't remember which. It didn't matter which she was. What mattered was the fact she was interfering here and with her power those they were fighting would be much more difficult to defeat.
Her heightened sense of smell picked up the scent of those approaching slightly before D'Nalsta told her. "I know." she replied and prepared herself. Whilst they could excuse the death of a few students with the right lies they could not excuse damage to the building. Precise attacks would be necessary rather than brute force. Her sense of smell picked up twelve individuals each of them bathed in a dark aura. "Fluffy stay back for now" she said calmly and took a deep breath. Defeating so many targets without permanent harm to them would be difficult. From the smell of it they were all armed as well. There was a slight tang of iron with a hint of rust. Yes, each of them wielded small knives. An odd tool for a school kid in such a school and one which made things all the more difficult. The corridor wasn't that wide. If the death of twelve teenagers was allowed she would of taken them all out instantly, but that was not the case.
They weren't moving yet. They were watching and waiting. Some had pulled out their knives and were idly tossing them from one hand to the other, whilst others were just watching. They were like coiled springs. All they needed was something to set them off and they would hit with force. She formed a needle of shadow and placed it in the shadow of her cleavage where it vanished. "Hell Demon's Speed." she said and dark energy flooded her muscles. Her brute strength was decreased, but her already near superhuman speed was now increased further. Speed would be key here. She lunged forward suddenly and that was when the kids struck out at her. However, what they weren't expecting was what the needle was for.
"Hell Demon's tendrils." From out of her cleavage ten massive tendrils emerged. All of them were not going for stabbing motions, but to restrain. This would cut into them slightly, but not cause a lot of pain. The good thing was that in such a small area they couldn't dodge her too well. Particularly as they were trying to attack her and were caught by surprise. Mostly by tendrils, but also by the speed she appeared amongst them at. Naraku did not rely purely on these though and launched out four punches. These were of course more blockable.
When Naraku first went into the fight she had been worried that the boost provided by Anastasia would of also given them knowledge and magical ability. However, whilst they possessed a dark aura it seemed they did not possess any magic. All of them pulled out their knives as she appeared between them. The speed of her movement was truly great in this form, a full 40% greater. Of course, there was a downside to this form, which was a loss of strength, but in this case strength wasn't too important because it was her tendrils that were doing the work. The kids physical abilities were much greater than she'd anticipated and two of them managed to dodge her tendrils. In order to throw them off she retracted the tendrils. This, however, did not give her any real disadvantage. Instead it gave her greater control. This greater control allowed her to hit two of the teens into a wall before holding them there with two of the 20ft tendrils. They were held lightly. Breaking out was possible, but the strike against the wall and the slight cutting from the tendrils had knocked the wind out of them. They wouldn't be acting for a while. However, the anger provided by this and the lack of tendrils to defend with had allowed one of the kids to get in a single strike. This one in particular seemed to have a high level of skill because after striking he leapt back avoiding her tendrils. Seeing this the other kids attacked with renewed vigor, but the single attack had caused Naraku to become more careful and the rest of the attacks were blocked. Yes, they attacked and were stopped by tendrils of shadow. The kids had more skill than she anticipated, or some of them did. Perhaps Anastasia had awakened some hidden potential within them or something. Yes, some definitely had more skill than the others. Four of them in fact. The other four remaining ones had joined their comrades pinned against a wall. With Naraku's skill with the tendrils she held all six with just two tendrils, one on each side. The other eight had retracted.
Of course, with Naraku using the tendrils like this she was limited as the Tendrils were only 20ft. However, she had enough room. The remaining four students put up a good fight against her and managed to block the punches she launched. Yet one was hit by one of them and sent rolling backwards the knife knocked from her hand. Not enough to knock her unconscious unfortunately. If Naraku wasn't in speed mode than perhaps it would of been. For now it was enough to disarm and distract. Hopefully, they could find a way to remove Anastasia's influence and then lock them away for a while until the rest of the mission was complete. That was her hope. Otherwise they would have to be knocked unconscious and bound. The knocking unconscious didn't bother her, but the binding did. This was a school after all. Where would they find binding equipment strong enough?
Duration:
Hell Demon's Tendrils: 2/3
Hell Demon's Speed 3/4
Rolls:
1: Damage dice: Naraku Tendrils x 10
2: Damage dice: Kid stab x 12
3: Block dice: Naraku block x 12
4: Damage dice: Naraku punch x 4
5: Block dice: Kid block x 4
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