Proving grounds

Naka walked alone through the city streets in the dead of night waiting for the assassins that he knew should be coming. For some reason they hadn't yet. His sword that marked him as the Oyabun(father role) of the Oni Waban group though he hadn't elected a Saiko komon (senior advisor) and so-honbucho (headquarters cheif) nor had he reassigned the wakagashira (number two man) or wakashu (junior leaders) to new roles and that was something that would need to be done. It was difficult because he had to decide between choosing natural born Japanese people or severely breaking tradition and inviting what he was sure would be referred to as "yaban-jin" or "barbarians" like Sorcha or Alistair. As it stood, he was at a difficult cross roads and the fact that his own role as a leader were in jeopardy. He had about five years until all the attacks would stop, but he couldn't wait that long to fill that role. Though the Yakuza was no longer as traditional as it was in the past, Naka had to consider the ramifications of further lack of adherence to traditions when he, an 18 year old "wakai otokonoko (young boy)" shouldn't have been the leader Oyabun in the first place ever.

The only reason he was the Oyabun or Kumicho (supreme boss) of the Oni Waban group instead of the entirety of the Yakuza as a whole was because of his age, inexperience (which was subsequently assumed to be because of his age), and desire to keep the bosozuku (speed tribes- people who are mostly noted as motorcycle gangsters) to a minimum. Unfortunately this was going to have to change at least a little or he would find himself a bigger target, although changing one's mind showed weakness and although his subordinates were supposed to obey him without question, he had no other experience and no one had actually accepted him in any of the senior families despite his having defeated his uncle. It was a very complicated situation. All of this flew through his mind but he still hadn't come up with a plausible solution to the problem. Despite all of this, he waited confidently to take on the assassins and prove his worth.

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Above the buildings on top of where Nakata Ishikawa stood, Zanyi fought against an opponent well below him, a female one at that.
" No one said anything about a bodyguard. Why don't you just let me kill him, I'll share half of the pay with you." Zanyi said nothing, it was intimidating but the fact was he didn't speak english.
"seventy percent?" She said in chinese.
"If you're talking about the pay I don't intend to let you live long enough to collect anything." He responded in chinese, the only other language he spoke besides Japanese. With that it was clear bribery wasn't going to work.

The chinese broadsword, one of many forms it could take, was held in Zanyi's hand and as the woman went to attack, he didn't bother to dodge, he simply held up his sword and blocked the bullet that the woman had fired from a .55 hawk pistol. As he did, a huge hole exploded in her shoulder, a maneuver that Zanyi found difficult since he had to maneuver himself so that the bullet would have his shoulder before he blocked it. With that he rushed forward cutting the girl's stomach so that blood seeped down the front of her body. As she fell to the ground and the pistol fell from her hand, the broadsword turned into a rather top heavy and attractive Chinese woman.
"Spread her legs and make sure the lower half of her body is coated with blood." He ordered her in a calm yet anticipatory voice. It was fortunate that Naka never even knew about this assassin had been slain, for he certainly would never have approved what happened to her once she was out of the picture.

OOC: Necrophilia, the best way to make a bad guy a bad guy :P

Twenty minutes of waiting, there was no one here. His enemy was somewhere, he could almost feel it but then the feeling vanished and there was nothing. Something was wrong with the situation. Despite that he didn't sense any more killing intent... At least not directed towards him. Given that, he allowed himself to be lost in his thoughts once more as he continued down the alleyway. Naka knew this was about to get heated and he slid his hands along the length of the hilt of his katana which remained covered in its usual silk wrapping. His hands this time were also wrapped in silk Muay Thai bandages and his haori this night bore a red embroidered symbol (超越 "transcendence") on the back and sleeves torn off. As it stood, there was nothing he could do but continue on his way and deal with troubles as they came along.

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Zanyi finished his business with the woman on the roof tops and his body was now covered in blood from it. Still as he stood he saw two more on the ground. The night was just full of fun times for him. With that he dropped off the roof, controlling his center of gravity and hitting the first gutter and as he did he adjusted his center of gravity by leaning to the side as far as he could. The result made his impact with the gutter leave only a footprint in the aluminum and with that he fell to the next step, grabbing onto a pipeline that led to the ground. He slid his way down the ground silently landing to a side alley that Naka had walked past. With that he stepped behind the girls, stretching his hand out at which point Feng transformed into a weapon and fell down the length of the building, finally landing in his hand as a ninja-to. With speed impossible for the human eye to follow, he appeared in front of the girls just after Naka rounded a corner and was out of sight.
"No shortage of female assassins tonight. This is turning out to be rather lucrative." He said in Chinese.

Naka opened up his cell phone and hit the touch screen on it with his thumb, zipping it to the left, then the right, and finally down the center.
"Good evening Ishikawa-sama, how may I serve you tonight." A female voice asked.

"Program my phone so I have Wind god, and Flash king and then connect me to them via conference calling please." Naka responded.

"Yes Ishikawa-sama. Also, I'd like to inform you that global satellite imaging has picked up a rather disturbing image on top of the buildings right above your location. Also the local police scanners have gotten reports of gunshots." The female voice replied.
"Alright connect me to those two I mentioned.
"Initiating contact now, oyasumi nasai ishikawa-sama, and I wish you continuing good fortune on your path to becoming our oyabun."

With that the phone connected to two male voices.
"Whoever you are what the f*** do you want?" The voice said.
"Oh and ask them if have piiieeee!!!" A tiny cheerful female voice came from the other end.
"Wind god, just check your caller I'd. It's Naka, which means you need to show some respect." Another male voice said.
"Zetou, get Akira and Kanna and bring them here, i'm sending you my coordinates. There's something going on and I'm having trouble tracking it by myself." He said coolly, issuing his orders as an authority figure despite his lack of knowledge about the situation he was summoning them for.
"Hey boss man... seriously this sounds like scouting which is f***ing boring." windgod (Akira) complained.
"We could just fly overhead. and see what we can find! It'll be an adventure!!" The tiny female voice which Naka recognised as the fairy that traveled with Windgod. Her name was Kanna... and she could be kind of annoying but she offset Akira's personality.

"We're on our way. And Windgod, you really need to learn to watch your mouth..." The other male voice, Flash King, (Zetou) said as he hung up.
"F***in A man. This job is way too damn tedious." Windgod replied before hanging up as well.

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Zanyi didn't really have any reason to believe this girl but the fact still remained that she and the other had seen his face.
"Yeah tell your friend to stop moving or she's dead. Actually you're both dead anyway. Unfortunately you've seen my face so it can't be helped." He said to the girl who had responded to him in Chinese and this was just as he disappeared and reappeared (as far as what they would have seen) to stand being the one who was backing away. Feng was ready to attack but she wanted blood anyway. In a way she was just as crazy as Zanyi, but to a much lesser degree. With the two harmonized in this way, they were a formidable force to be dealt with.

Three explored the sky above the city, two flew, the third disappeared and reappeared... or at least he would have if it weren't for the fact all three of them were invisible. Windgod's spells let him fly and made the trio invisible while Kanna's pixie wings beat as rapidly as they could as she flew next to her master, meanwhile flash king would teleport and then fall a few hundred feet and finally teleport back up to were windgod and kanna were before repeating the steps. They had already met at Naka's position and agreed to the plan, one which flash king was integral for when they saw the two girls running. The trio all noticed the figure following behind the ones on the ground who was too fast for the eye to see... well most eyes. Windgod picked up the disturbance in the way the wind moved so in a way they saw without seeing. Flash King, however, physically saw the figure. With eyes accustomed to the high rate of speed inherent in teleportation he was able to slow down the image so he could track the man. What the people on the ground didn't notice was that the guy was actually running past them and then returning to a position behind them. In this way he was continually moving faster than what they were going to be able to track... unless they were sensor types. The plan was ready, Windgod would engage with enemies on the ground if necessary while Flash King would go grab Naka and bring him to the location.

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Flames lanced toward him but he simply moved faster than they would have gotten to him as he slipped to the side and took a hidden position as the two ran away from him. A game of cat and mouse was exactly what he needed to liven up his evening.


Zanyi smirked as the girls ran and he gave chase so he could catch up to them. Then they ran past a male figure which he passed before circling back around to follow them. It was a simple task and he was barely feeling it since most wouldn't be able to see them but each time a new victim entered the fray it became more and more likely that someone was going to be able to. At this point, the best thing to do would be to retreat temporarily and finish the two off quietly and separately... At least that's what his brain told him but his blood thirst wasn't sated and all of these victims had a possibility of knowing Nakata Ishikawa. Finding out that a former member of the Oni Waban group was killing assassins above the city streets and hanging out with an evil organization. The whole situation would be a rather horrible thing and his role would get a lot more complex. Too many what ifs and variable factors, it was time to end this. With that he ran ahead of the group, including the guy on the street (he would have to be rounded up as well) and stopped and tossed his blade behind them. Instead of hitting the ground, or turning into it's normal beautiful female form, it changed into a copy of Zanyi so it would appear to them as though there were one of him on either side.

"End of the line I'm afraid. To the two innocent bystanders it's unfortunate that you didn't just run away from these girls but this game of cat and mouse is over. He said as he held up his hand so his fingertips were pointed up into the air in front of his face.