Ark 13 Episode 41: The Valiant Tasanagi

== Participants == Keyome Tasanagi

Scorpion

Deucalion Gray

The Scorpion's Tail
Thunrian: Meanwhile, on a random corner in the middle of district two. " This is Jezebel for the Kasaihana new's! This just in! Not even 12 hours ago, the Tenshimaru clanw as hit! All of the clan memebers wiped out in a horrid battle of porportions. The assisslants responsible are unknown but it seems to be the work of a powerful task force. The KPD swears they hold no ties but some of the city may assume other wise. From the looks of the task force was extremly efficent. This has been a total and complete massecure!" Keyth had been watching the new's from that same very street corner. " Shit..Daichi to.." Keyth had just been on his way from gathering intel and gear for the Kagemaru infiltration that Keyth and Michiko had been planning together. " Who in the hell would do something like this...." Images of the battle had been flashed all across the tv screen and it almost made Keyths stomach turn. " This can't be those fucking mutants handy work.. no.. this is different. Way different..." He said crossing his arms. Before long a chopper flew over his head with a strong gust of wind. It had been flying to low from the ground as it soared over the streets. Keyth shook his head and began his walk down the street. " Great...even more problems..." He said shaking his head. " You'd think the mutant attacks were enough... now there's someone targeting Yakuza. I mean Daichi was a dick... but still.. I mean he was a real bastard and all. But his men... at the end of the day there just looking for work... I cant let this one go..." Keyth said stopping on the middle of the sidewalk to occasionally look over his shoulder before continuing his stroll. " Something isnt adding up..And Im gonna find out what's going on..." Keyth said walking further on down the street. He turned his ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lj1oFE0YB8 ) Soon the rain had picked up and the smell of wet dog filled the city like it usually did. Keyth had to get answer's and he only knew one person that could give them to him. " I have to go talk to Densuke and the gu-" A bullet grazed his shoulder causing him to fall to the right. As he hit the ground he rolled, rolling into an alleyway and pulling out his pistol, holding the 9mm close to his chest as he looked around the corner only to duck back quickly. A bullet grazin his cheek with a slash. " bastard...Must be using a silencer..." Keyth said to himself. Scorpion had been on Keyth's trail, after his most recent failed attempt. He said he wouldnt fail again. " Cant hide... mob boy.." Scoprion said to himself with his eye down the scope of his rifle. Keyth began to move down the alleyway slowly. The streets had been empty almost... and it gave off a errie feeling.. a dead one. No cars even, scorpion had picked the perfect timing. Soon, the intercomes went off and the man's voice began to flow through it. " Have you ever heard of... The Oko~tsu burūmu AKA Angry bloom. Keyth, Tasanagi? " Scorpion said through the intercome's so Keyth could hear it all. " It Is a garden all around a paticular house within the city, near the Geisha district to be exact. Quite odd flower... Me and the boy's had been studying the flower. It's pretty dangerous we don't know where the girls even got it from. But appranrelty... they are made to kill oni's with the poweful posion properties that break down organic flesh into dust. The flowers also work on normal humans though it takes longer. Thus why i'm wearing a gasmask right now. It's said that... haha... Onihrouda's are powerless to this and they die upon contact with minutes... so tell me... how are you feeling right now?" Scorpion said to Keyth. Keyth pulled his right arm up. Taking the bullet out and looking at the silver container that had the small pedals within the inside of the bullet. Just looking at it made Keyth drop to one knee and start to cough. Where the gun had hit his face, his skin began to crack. " Dammit..." Keyth said feeling his vision starting to blurr. " If you want an Antitdote Tasanagi... I suggest you comeeee finndddd meeee. I'd say you have less then ten minutes. Better get moving..." Keyth shook his head, pulling himself down the street trying his hardest to fight off the poison. " I have him right where I want him Overseer. I better be getting a fat check for this one, tired of doing your job's." Scorpion said into his ear-piece... he didnt want to do this. Thunrian: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ne-vSCj8p8 ) " Shit..." He said holding his chest as he pulled himself down the streets. His heart throbbing, causing his knee's to grow weak and his stomach to turn. He took a deep breathe and looked around the corner at only for another bullet to fire off at his general direction. Keyth would kick off the ground rolling to the right as he dodged the line of fire and rushed to the other side of the street. " Got Dammit!" He said breathing heavily as his skin cracked and rippped along his cheek as the flowers damage continued to course through his body. "...I see... how it is... you son of a bitch..." Keyth said pulling his wrist bands off, pulling them into his back pocket. When he did, he closed his eyes. Only to repoen them, his eyes glowing a bright blue now as he entered into his calming hadou kussei.Similar to the orginal, this Hadou Kusei is based around Keyth using his anger and control it. Directing it towards something and using it as an ehanced focus. It's no different than the orignal Hadou Kussei or Keyths Raging Hadou Kussei. But it allows him to calm down enough to make battle strategy. Keyths anger creates a massive relay of receptor electrical waves flowing through his head, so his physical body within the Calming Hadou Kussei doesnt change, but his brain speed does. Things will appear in slow motion to him through his perception not because of time has slowed or he is faster than them. He is simply analyzing the situatiion in hopes of an outcome. This is best used against highly intelligent opponents. This Kussei is still quite physically dominant, it just uses most of its power within its brain, and because of that. The user is just as physically dominant in this on than the raging one. When He pulled around the corner again with his gun he allowed himself into the rage of gun fire, only for his Akuma no hintshu to activate when the bullets came into range with him. 'Akuma no honshitsu' Or Demons essences allows keyth to utilize a multitude of things that help him dramatically within a combat situation. Akuma no honshitsu is the release of his demon energy within himself. The demon energy follows into his complicated Onihoruda physiology. This is his more than his chi, its more so his inner hadou. So all and all, it's his Dark Hadou. When using this ability the user is able to rapidly heat the air in a large area and generate hot air from around their body. The air is significantly hotter, making it able to blister, dehydrate, and damage away targets. Using this will allows him to destroy any potential threats that may linger in the air, or around his his body within the 2 foot length and 7 foot tall aura that continuously radiates around his body. and will allow also keyth to detect anything around his aura for a further disturbance if the human eye cant detect it. Once in a hostile situation, weather he's aware of it or not. Due to his Hadou feeling the disturbance rather than himself. And react automatically which will then alert him of upcoming dangers.The user can sense nearing dangers and sense unwanted or hectic threats to their wellbeing. The user has anxiety just before a hazard (such as being ambushed). The intuition usually regards themselves at low level, then regarding their surroundings (a distant car-wreck) at middle level, then dangers regarding loved ones at high level. So when the bullets fired into Keyth's general direction, his eyes had managed to see them all seconds before they were meant to hit him, his body tucking and flipping through the range of bullets as he twisted jolted and contorted through the rain of rapid fire. ( http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/chaosdragon001/Zack-Bullet-Dodge.gif ) Scorpion continued fire at Keyth with a smirk on his face. " Intresting one..." He said before he stood and pulled out two airplane like devices from his trench coats. Keyth landed on his right knee and looked up, his eyes glowing a bright blue as he turned to study the bullet tracjetory that had been used to fire at him. " Judging from the bulletholes... He's firing from the north west. The bullets all curve, which means that he's changing the direction, unlikely, highly proabable though, some form of gun manipulation? Possible... result's unlikely.." Keyth's mind had been racing 20 miles a minute before he turned his head to eye the two paper plane like things flying towards him. Pulling his arms up in an X formation the explosion errupted around his body causing him to blast out and smash into a car, coughing blood from his lips as his head dangled before he dropped down to his knee's gasping for air. " Shit.." Thunrian: ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lj1oFE0YB8 ) " What's the problem Tasanagi.. I thought you'd put up more than a fight than that..." Scorpion said through the intercom. Keyth panted. " I... can barely.. move because of this thing..." A KPD car drove next to Keyth and looked at it out of the corner of his eye. " Yakuza scum.." They said in there full gear. Pulling there gun's up at Keyth they'd fire. Keyth rolled, picking up a sewer coverage and using it to block the gun fire in mid roll before one of the KPD fired with a rocket launcher towards him. " AGGHH!" Keyth used the seweer coverage to block the explosive but the firey impact had scarred him across his face as he rolled through the wet streets. " Are the-..they working for you!?" The KPD officers all pulled off there helmets, each a smile on there faces. There eyes were hollowed out with a glowing purple as they eyed Keyth from a distance. " Something like that..." Scorpion said with a smirk. " Just show yourself... and fight me like a man!"( http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=rSWdjRmMkgo ) Keyth said holding his heart as the KPD officers began to walk towards him. " Im no fool.." Scorpion said getting back down in his stance with the sniper rifle. Boom! He shot, It went through the back of Keyth's right thigh causing a massive splurge of blood to soar from his thigh and blast onto the ground. He dropped to his right knee, he had been hit with another one of those flower bullets. " Haa... Haaa... haaa... FUCCCK YOUU!" Keyth said standing to his full height and charging into the direction of where the bullet came from. The moment he did, the KPD behind him began to shoot Keyth up from behind. Dropping down to his right knee, he'd start to cough a heavy series of blood before dropped down to the ground. Scorpion finally leaped down from the building he had been posted at. Keyth shook violently, his skin crackling like broken glass all over his face, his skin looking almost gray. " Look at you... where's your warrior's pride?" Scorpion said looking down at Keyth who lay bleeding out at his feet. ".... AGGGGGHHHHH!" Keyth's Chi errupted from his body as he blasted into his raging hadou Kussei, his hair turning flame red as he attempted to uppercut scorpion only for the man to impale Keyth through his gut with a lare combat knife after sidestepping him. " Gawk!" Keyth said going limp over his blade, as blood leaked from his lips. " I've never had to use a got damn krptoninite on someone... Yani was right... I would have died without it..." Scorpion said looking up at the sky as the rain trickled down his face as he held Keyth on his blade. Keyth's eyes shook left to right, starting to lose it's glow. His hair dropped, hanging down over his face. "... Wh-..Who do you... work for..."Keyth said clenching onto scorpions clothing. Scorpion had been silent for a few moments before he turned down to look at Keyth's face. He looked like death, yet he held onto life. "... Since, you are about to die. I will tell you. I work for Yani farhan.. leader of the Kagemaru. His contract ended with your death, and Ginsei Yanazuka's death. But from what i hear... i may not have to kill himself. So... your death. Has allowed me to leave... so I may return home, and I can get my family back." Keyth began to chuckle. " Heh... Yeah... he-heard about you... your the guy.. who quit the KPD... so.. w-why'd ya quit huh..." Scorpion smirked, images of Duke appearing in his mind when Keyth asked the same question. " Because I wasnt strong enough. Yani used my family against me, I have a son, and a wife waiting for me in New californa. He used them, he's holding them up there. And if I didnt continue the killing for him. He'd of had them killed. I'm not looking for your sympathy... but I understand you have a family to... you must understand." Keyth smirked as blood leaked from his lip's and his body started to give out on him even further." I've been a hitman for him, since He killed his father two years ago. The kid's a real monster.. But hey. Aren't we all?" Scorpion said looking down at Keyth. "...Guess... your right... So he did do it huh... he really did kill his dad..." Keyth said starting to lose his sight. Scorpion would lay Keyth on the ground holding him up by his head."... Hey... do me a favor..." Keyth said clenching scorpion by his shirt collar. "....Gimmie my wallot will ya?" Scorpion looked Keyth in the eye's and nodded, taking Keyth's wallot out of his pant's pockets. Keyth's hand's shook as he took hold of the wallot and pulled out a few photo's. One of Michiko, another of Kin, another of Keyomi, and then little sora. Scorpion closed his eye's looking away before he sighed. " Heh... you know, these death experinces... they don't get any easier..." Keyth said with a smile on his face. " Tell my kid's... and my girl... that..." Keyth slumped over, his hand dropping to his side as he went cold. His eyes faded out. Scorpion pulled his blade out of the young man's stomach as he laid him on the ground with his arms crossed. Placing Keyth's photo's in his hand's. "..." He said standing to his full height. Scorpion then turned, looking out at the Kagemaru building, his voice sounded heavy. "It's done... don't contact me anymore Yani... You hear me. I'm done.." Scorpion said turning to the building. " I didnt know he had a got damn family." Yani remained silent before responding with. " Isnt your's more important? Your Jet is waiting for you on the Kagemaru building. A Deal is a deal.." He said through his ear piece. " it's been good working with you." Yani said with a smirk before the communication ended. Scorpion turned to Keyth and bowed. "..." Making his way to the Kagemaru building.-e-

First on Scene
LaxusDreyar: -Duke sits at a table in the chow hall eating his lunch, thinking about everything that happened the other night. The words that Scorpion spoke to him about one day having to fight against him and no longer considering him a mentor. As these thoughts pass through his mind, Dominic comes down and sits next Duke. He quickly says to him in an energetic manner-“Hey there, Master Serg. How is your day going?”- Dominic walks around in his standard Goliath PPE whereas Duke is authorized to walk around in his long black Gun Kata Uniform. Duke slowly looks up at Dominic and replies with-“I’m doing fine. How about yourself?”-“Eh, I could be worse hahaha.”- The two then begin to have a conversation about the events that had recently taken place and about how Operation Cleanse is going to continue with the Osoremaru as their next target. As the minutes pass a loud and violent alarm begins to go off throughout the base. Bright red lights begin to flicker in all the buildings and the voice of Commander Colt quickly breaks through the intercom-“Master Sergeant Deucalion Gray and Staff Sergeant Dominic Corvo! Get your asses up to the Observation Deck, now!”- The two quickly run up to where they are ordered to be and Colt quickly and hastily begins to explain the alert that has been going around the base.-“Listen up Duke, this pertains more to you then Dominic right now…Our Drones flying over the City picked up the activity of high powerful rifle fire coming out of District two. Upon further review of the video and data given the conclusion is…Scorpion has once again made another attack on the city.”-Duke’s eyes squint a bit as he is once again brought to attention of the evil his former mentor has been doing.-“The coordinates are put onto your scouters but I need you two to go handle the situation! I am tired of having to hear about Scorpion disappearing from us like a ghost! Now move out!”-Dominic and Duke quickly begin to run out of the room now as they are given order to intervene on the situation. (http://www.listenonrepeat.com/watch/?v=hTD3LhS7TXE) As they exit the observation deck, Duke rights to the right whereas Dominic runs to the left towards the armory. Dominic yells out-“Where are you going!? We need our gear!”- Duke continues to sprint down the hallway to the outside deck of the Tip Of The Sword and he says to himself-“I’m never without my gear…”- Duke quickly makes his way to the outside and he quickly leaps off the side of the airship and quickly descends to the ground below him. His body flips around in the air like a ball and he quickly lands on one knee! His impact with the gravel causes a small tremor and the ground below him to crack and lift up off of the ground. He shakes his hands out a bit and begins his sprint to the location that was given to him by Colt. His body moves like a blur, almost as if he were teleporting from place to place. He Gorilla Jumps and slides across the roofs of oncoming cars and obstacles. Carrying his Titantrite blade behind him, even this doesn’t weigh him down much. Within the next few minutes he finds himself near a building and his scouter quickly pinpoints a body quickly losing its life nature. Knowing that this could be a potential lead to find Scorpion, Duke quickly speeds up as his limbs move so fast that even the most trained eyes would only see a torso and head of Duke’s body! As he comes up to a building he jumps onto a roof of a car, causing the roof to cave in and shatter all the windows. He uses his momentum to leap off the roof of the car and his body lifts high into the sky. His power causes this car to flip backwards as his body moves onto the roof of the building. While in the air he reaches back with his right hand and swings his blade out in front of him, prepared for anything to come his way. His body jumps over the building and he once again lands on his feet creating cracks in the street and his impact even causes nearby cars to lift into the air a bit; alarms begin to go off simply from the impact. When he gets to the other side of the street he quickly runs over to where he sees the body. Duke stabs his blade into the ground quickly slides next to this body, slowly raising his head up. Duke then notices that it is Keyth and his eyes quickly widen!-“Keyth!”-Duke tries to find a pulse but the Oni had no heartbeat to account for. Duke knows that Scorpion was the person who did this and the anger begins to lift higher and higher.-“Keyth! Come on man! Wake up! KEYYTHHH!!!!”- At that moment, Dominic comes swinging in his from his grappling arrow and he comes to a stop as he watches Duke try and bring back Keyth. Duke begins the process of CPR while yelling out-“I’m not gunna let you die here!”- Dominic slowly calls the situation into Colt and says-“We were too late Colt…The Tasanagi Chairman is dead….”-