Ready to Rumble, the Ninja Edition! (Job - Angelica/Kumi)

Kumi was not usually one to meddle with the affairs of humans, but from her current location she could spy someone that was definitely in need of some assistance. Her long hair was currently as black as a raven, flowing freely around her while her tails white as snow. She was adorning a short dress, with long thigh high boots that allowed her to move without too much restriction should the need to fight arrive. Upon the vulpine's slender shoulder sat a small purple and white bunny like creature, his large purple eyes pleading for his friend to help. "Fine." Kumi sighed, the creature jumping off and floating slowly to the ground, preparing to wait on the sidelines.

“I too believe we should help.” A deep voice echoed in Kumi’s mind, causing the vixen to look down at the jet black fox beside her, the rings on his body glowing a dark red as he prepared for combat.

“I said fine already…” Kumi groaned before pushing off of the ground below to forcing herself forward at incredible speed towards the ring of people, the black fox next to her charging in beside her. As the vixen drew closer she began to feel the spiritual energy of each of those before her. However she had to use her golden eyes to notice it was a female with blonde hair in the centre, the others completely covered from head to toe, possibly part of some strange cult. For the most part it appeared the cultists were too busy to notice her arrival, however, a couple from the opposite side of the ring eyed her, shouting orders for a couple to turn to deal with the nine tailed woman. Kumi new that even with her, soul and the blonde girl, they were going to be severely outnumbered, of course there was one way to help level the playing field. “I call upon you, Tera, guardian of the stars.” the vulpine called telepathically, summoning her guardian spirit to the fray just before she got into range to send a small ball of energy towards the closest of the completely covered humans.

“Well, this is a nice change of pace from our regular training.” Tera proclaimed excitedly, her reddish brown ponytail flowing behind her as she leapt into the sky before coming down and pounding another of the cultists with her fist coated in rock and earth, completely knocking him out. “Never mind, this is far too easy.” She whined sad that they were so slow and didn’t seem to be that much of a challenge. Still the earth spirit  prepared herself, changing her stance slightly to steady herself as she stood ready to defend herself as one of the sword wielders charged towards her a smirk on her face as she stared him down with her bright yellow eyes.

Meanwhile Soul had also leapt into action, leaping up and biting the wrist with his sharp teeth of another nearby cultist. He managed to pierce through the cloth and skin before using his hind legs to push himself away again, landing steadily on all four paws as he slid back slightly through the dirt on the ground. While his attack hadn’t knocked the man unconscious it had injured him enough that he dropped his sword to grab onto his bleeding wrist, leaving him practically defenseless. Now that their defenses were broken, they had left plenty of room for the blonde to react, Kumi just hoped that it was obvious enough to the stranger that they were here to help her.

Although the vixen was curious as to what exactly the girl was doing here, did she just happen to stumble into the territory of these attackers accidentally, or was she here on purpose? If the latter was true, why exactly? It seemed like a rather odd choice to make, although, it wasn’t as if the blonde was weak, Kumi could feel a strong magical energy from the blonde, so clearly she had potential. Well, the time for questions would have to wait as she decided to make it even more obvious that they were her allies by sending out a small bright coating of aura to spread around the girl, protecting her from harm. Should one of the cultists attack her they would find their attacks ineffective, at least for a while.

[WC: 727/3500]

Tera, Soul and Kumi made short work of those remaining from the circle, the enemy’s swords useless against the trio. Tera even grabbed one and broke it in half in the middle of the fight, causing fear and panic in the ninja she had been fighting before sending her earth covered fist directly into his stomach, rendering him unconscious. In the meantime Soul had released a wave of powerful energy at the two that were coming for him, picking him as the weakest enemy due to being a small animal. A mistake that cost them dearly as a blast of pure spiritual energy caused them great physical harm and sent them flying onto the ground, collapsing with their fellow comrades.

Kumi looked around to ensure each of the cultists appeared taken care of, they all seemed at least unconscious and unmoving, their auras weak, a sign they wouldn’t be able to move even if they were awake. While she wasn’t against ending someone’s life, she only did so when deemed necessary. It was not her place to play god amongst the humans and pick who lived and died. The vixen was about to speak up, happy to see the end of these men, when she felt a strong magical force coming from the blonde woman, looking over she saw her charging what appeared to be an arrow of light, her eyes scanned to see her target was in fact more of these dark cloth covered enemies. Kumi’s fox ears upon her head twitched as the girl spoke, there were indeed more coming, they were still a fair bit away, giving the vixen time to project her spiritual energy further, feeling what seemed to be a small camp not too far into the trees, it felt almost hive-like as the auras of each living being rushed around like busy bees preparing to protect their queen. Not to mention that there were definitely more than five within range of her attacks, hiding within the trees.

The masses awaiting them at the camp would have to wait for now as there were many more enemies than the blonde had anticipated and while her arrow had taken out a couple of them, it wouldn’t be enough of its own. “Tera.” Kumi spoke out loud, the earth summon giving her a nod before charging in to the fray, her exceptional hand to hand combat fighting allowing her to kick and punch her way through a couple of the ninja heading their way, blocking and dodging with astounding finesse. Meanwhile Kumi had decided to increase their own forces further, Tera wouldn’t be able to hold them off alone in the front lines. If one of her stronger spirits were struggling then there was no way this girl next to her could have handled this alone, making her wonder yet again what had brought the blonde to such a dangerous place.

“You really should learn to pick your fights more carefully.” Kumi muttered, “Luck for you my comrades are kind hearted, so don’t worry, we’ll help you with your objective. However, it would be nice to know exactly what that is.” the vixen finished, looking directly towards the blonde’s eyes, hoping to read her true intentions from her very soul itself. However, her attention was severed as she heard Tera cry out, someone had managed to land a severe blow to the earth spirit. Tera seemed to still standing for now, she was one of Kumi’s more resilient guardians, but she was not invincible.

“I call upon you, Cordelia, guardian of the stars.” Kumi summoned her water spirit to her side in order to aid her comrade.

“You called, master?” The bubbly blue haired girl smiled, she held a sword made of flowing water that felt hard to the touch in each of her hands. Her pale blue eyes gazing at Tera fending off the ninjas as best as she could, but finding herself overwhelmed by their numbers. Cordelia pouted at the sight, “No fair! You called Tera to fight swordsman before me!?” she squeaked irritatedly.

“Never mind that, just go help her.” Kumi sighed, it wasn’t as if she had known they’d be fighting more than the original twelve when she had started this. The water spirit simply nodded, still obviously pouting as she too dashed into the fray at incredibly speed, slashing her swords around and making short work of the closest of the foes.

“I think it would be wise for me to join them as well, don’t keep us waiting too long.” a deep masculine voice echoed inside Kumi’s mind before the black fox followed suit, attacking the men as he saw fit, trying to leave openings for the spirits to get their strikes in easier.

Kumi watched the scene before her, she would prefer to be fighting by their side, but right now she needed to know just what reason the blonde had for taking on such a dangerous task alone. The nine-tailed vulpine stood with her arms crossed, waiting for a response.

[WC: 841 | TWC: 1568/3500]

Kumi thought on the girl's words, so she was here on a job. Well, in that case it was of utmost importance that the blonde kept to her word and did as she set out to do, failure was not an option in the vixen's eyes. Should one take on a contract they must fulfil their part of the deal without hesitation. As she watched the young woman fight Kumi concluded that she showed true potential, not quite as magically strong as herself, but still very adept at what she could do. Still, the vulpine couldn't help but feel that the blonde wouldn't be able to handle this job alone, she could feel so many enemies still lurking further into the forestry. Honestly, if they had met under the same circumstances a month ago Kumi wouldn't have even jumped in to help her, let alone be considering ensuring she finished the job as intended. Luckily for the blonde, the vixen didn't overly feel like having to endure through Soul and Zephyrs constant whining and complaints if she were to leave the young woman and force her to fight alone.

"We'll help you with your task." Kumi sighed, thinking hard on the girl's words. She was sent to kill anyone that intercepted her path. Well if that were the case, it would be wrong to leave their enemies simply unconscious. One by one she went around to each of the white and red clothed people that lay on the ground, laying a hand on them and draining them of their life essence. It was a quick and painless way to go, not a gift the vixen generally gave to her foes, however, in this case she would make an exception. While these men and women had strayed from the path of light, they were just blindly following orders of their superiors, they were not the ones to blame for the stolen tome.

As Kumi made her rounds to those knocked out her summons and familiar were continuing to fight at the treeline's edge. Tera was breathing heavily, struggling to keep up now, she had taken a few hits here and there between her own punches. While she was battered and bruise she continued to stand strong, one of Kumi's most perseverant guardians, she refused to admit defeat. Often Tera would choose to rather take a finishing blow that would send her back to the spirit realm she came from rather than go back before her injuries proved to be too much for her. Still her injuries were starting to take their toll on her body, she knew she could only last so much longer without aid or rest. Cordelia had noticed this as well.

"Tera, go back. You need to rest." She stated bluntly, her usual bubbly, happy-go-lucky tone turned serious. The water spirit's body flowed through the air, moving so fast she appeared to teleport behind the earth spirit, blocking an attack that no doubt would have struck Tera if she hadn't been there to intercept before countering with her own attack, impaling the masked soldier with her sword of solid but flowing water. The earth spirit grimaced, throwing a punch to knock out another in front of her, refusing to give up.

"I've still got plenty of fight in me, I'm not about to just give up so easily." Tera huffed, lifting her right leg and swinging her body around in a fluid motion till her foot connected with one of the red cloth covered cultists.

Kumi's ears twitched as she overheard the guardians arguing while she continued to drain the life out of the men they had left lying on the ground, causing the vixen to swear under her breath. She was upset with herself for not noticing Tera's current condition, the earth spirit was well beyond her limits. "Tera go, send Rai to fight with us instead and go and see Alina, she will tend to your wounds." The vulpine commanded, not wishing to see her friend in any more pain than she already was. The earth spirit let out a small 'tch' sound but did as she was told, disappearing into thin air, causing some of the attackers to jump back a bit in shock. A few moments later another appeared in her place, a man with the features of a blue, black and yellow lion. Upon doing so all those he considered allies felt a strange feeling, a nice warm tingle allowing his friends to move far faster than before.

"Geez, what a mess you lot have made here." Rai jeered before sending a bolt of lighting towards the nearest enemy, instantly striking him down on the spot. His red eyes scanned the area, till he spotted the blonde girl, "So she's the one that started this, I see." Without a moment of hesitation he dashed towards the young woman, punching a man nearby her with a fist full of lightning. "Hello there beautiful, I don't believe we've met, name's Rai." he inquired with a small bow before preparing to return to fighting alongside her.

"Ugh..." Cordelia grunted, irritated that she had to fight alongside him. The water spirit hated him with a fierce passion, but for now she had a job to do, so she would leave her insults for another time.

[WC: 888 | TWC: 2456/3500]

Rai’s face dropped as he began to sulk at the blonde haired woman ignoring his attempts at flattery. The spirit of thunder and lightning was not often completely disregarded in such a manner, especially considering he was Kumi’s strongest guardian and was often thought of as a leader figure by most of the other spirits. Still he continued to fight, just with a mopey look on his face due to his disappointment at being so easily brushed off. Meanwhile Cordelia was trying to stifle her laughter as she watched the scene unfold, enjoying seeing Rai get knocked down a couple pegs, his ego honestly could do with a blow like that now and again in her opinion. Honestly, she found him to be incredibly obnoxious and was one of the few that resented him for having the most power out of all the guardians.

While her spirits were busy amongst themselves while simultaneously defending themselves, Kumi had managed to finish ending the lives of those they had first knocked out and was now making her way into the fray herself. However, she kept a close eye on the blonde woman, wanting to learn of her magical abilities, interestingly enough she noticed a small spike in her magical pressure, did she cast some invisible spell? The vixen wasn’t too sure exactly what she had done, but it seemed to have made her stronger as she threw her weapon with an astounding force.

Yes, she could definitely prove to be a useful ally, especially if she continued to grow stronger. Kumi thought to herself. She would make a fine addition to the little group she had been slowly putting together, but invitations would have to wait till they were done with their current mission. As the vixen finished draining the very life essence of her current victim she looked around to notice that the small group seemed to have managed to completely wipe all the trash that had been sent to fight them. The blonde stranger already seemed keen to continue her objective, heading off without a word, to which Kumi had to smile a bit, she may be a human but she was definitely similar to the vulpine in some aspects that was for certain. “Cordelia, you may rest now, send Flint in your stead.” Kumi commanded as she began to follow the blonde woman.

The water spirit nodded, although looked a little annoyed as she seemed to think she was fine to continue, still she trusted Kumi’s commands were for the best. After a few moments a smallish boy appeared in her place, his long reddish orange hair tied up in a ponytail with a few blue strands free to frame his face. He followed wordlessly, hands in his pant pockets, Rai and Soul trailing just behind. Kumi felt out towards the camp as they walked along, it seemed the young woman was correct, those further ahead would prove to be far more difficult to deal with than their minions, but that was usually the case with these sorts of cults.

As they drew nearer Kumi could eventually make out their figures amongst the rundown buildings they had made their base. From what she could tell the power and strength she could feel was stronger amongst those adorning the platinum outfits, the colour system must have been their way of ranking their members, she counted six of them in total. Still Kumi was fairly certain they posed little threat to herself, her allies however, while strong, might struggle a bit. She would need to keep an eye out for them. Before she could even warn the blonde to be careful, she had already rushed into battle, causing the vixen to sigh, well at least she showed spirit she chuckled to herself, shaking her head slightly before leaping into the fray herself, her spirits and soul not far behind.

Kumi decided not to hide her true power anymore, if she wanted the blonde to respect her she would have to put on a bit of a show. Choosing to take on the closest of the platinum clad ninjas she sent out a small ball of bright blue spiritual energy, the colour matching her current aura. However, the spell wasn’t enough to completely finish this one off to which Kumi pulled an annoyed face briefly before holding her hands out together. Her left  was opened slightly as if she was holding something in it, while her right hand had her palm flat against the other before swiping it to the right, forcing her aura to take shape, forming near instantly into a katana of spiritual energy. The vixen now armed, forced her aura forwards at such an intense speed she appeared to teleport in front of her opponent, stabbing him directly into the heart with her katana. While there were no physical wounds or blood, the platinum ninja collapsed, his life force drained into Kumi’s sword. The fox maiden then began waltzing towards the next closest platinum clothed cultist, her magical energy starting to spike as she felt the tingle of Soul beginning to bind his spirit to her own causing the vixen to smirk. This was just about to get a whole lot easier.

The black fox had been busy, helping Blaze and Rai by acting as a distraction more than anything else while they fought. However, he wasn't completely powerless, as he began sending a small thread like string of his own spirit towards three of his selected allies, Rai, Kumi and the mysterious blonde stranger, binding himself to them. This would grant them a boost to any spells cast, allowing them to finish off their targets even faster, while simultaneously starting to heal some of their wounds, their cells repairing themselves at an incredibly rapid rate.

In the meantime Rai and Blaze had been fighting side by side, their electric and fire punches, allowing them to somewhat easily take down most of the golden clad ninjas that defended the base. This left the golden haired woman to deal with what remained of the gold and crimson ninjas. Once the blonde was done with her current targets they would only have a handful of the strongest of the clan left to eliminate before they could search for the stolen tome.

The vixen had managed to easily overpower the remainder of the platinum clad opponents dashing from one to the other as she cut and thrust her way through their bodies, draining each and every one of them of their entire life force. As soon as the battle was seemingly over she dismissed her summons, Flint bowed to the group prior to vanishing, while Rai simply folded his arms, disappointed it hadn't been much of a real challenge before he too disappeared, returning to the world of the guardians. Leaving only Kumi, Soul and Angelica behind to search for the tome. As they began looking around Kumi and the black fox began discussing things between themselves internally.

"She shows great potential." Soul's masculine voice echoed through the vixen's head.

"Indeed she does and her magic is rather interesting." Kumi replied to the black tod who was sniffing about.

However, the blonde proved to be quite able, finding the tome in a rucksack in nearly no time at all, giving the foxes little time to discuss matters further between themselves before she introduced herself. Kumi looked curiously at the girl's outstretched hand, blinking once before genuinely smiling and reaching out to shake hands. "Kumi." The vixen answered simply, a nickname gifted to her by the Joyans she had first met upon entering this world. She didn't have, or didn't know of any other name, so it was short and sweet. Now, that she had fought beside her she could understand why Zephyr was so inclined to have Kumi help the girl. No doubt she would make for a fine ally in times to come. As her cool hand fell back to her side she would continue to smile sweetly in the hopes to appear friendly.

"Miss Angelica, I hope I am not being too forward but recently I have been putting together a little team of sorts. So far we're nothing overly special, it's just a couple other mages and myself, but I think you'd make for a fine addition. I think perhaps you'd even make for a fine leader in due time. What do you say?" Kumi pressed, hoping that the taste for the power of leadership would entice her to take up the role. She herself could probably handle the position if need be, bossing around the humans would indeed make for some fun, but she honestly didn't feel like it was her place. Besides there really was something about this young woman that gave off a flair of nobility or something similar, like she was meant to lead. Regardless, Kumi would happily give the position to her should she prove worthy of the role.