User blog:Redknight910/WWYD Kunoichi Ronchellster

Prompt:  You are a Shinobi that invaded the shogun's castle to spy. You found out the hard way that the Shogun is strongly protected by a Kunoichi clan and now you find yourself in a situation where you need to fight to get away.

Running across the rooftops of one of the shogun houses you are followed by two kunoichis, that you know, there's probably more. The two surround you on both sides, the front is holding a scythe with chain and back is holding an absurdly large shuriken.

Kunoichi1: Surrender!

Kunoichi2: And maybe you get out unharmed.



Answer:

I keep running, dodging the scythe when it's thrown at me. I slide down the side of the roof, landing in the tight, twisting streets.

The forest isn't far, and the wall is barely an obstacle, if I can reach it. A knife flies out of an alley, forcing me into a roll. When I rise there's another kunoichi waiting in the middle of the street, sword at the ready.

No having time to stop for fear of my other pursuers, I make a single slash, which she aptly dodges. But her counter is interrupted by my shoulder striking her as I push passed. I hear her footsteps beside me, and jump for the wall, calling on my magic to push myself over it in a single leap.

I land on the other side and rush into the woods, masking my footsteps with another spell. I keep listening for the sounds of pursuit, but there's nothing. No breaking twigs or rustling leaves, but also no insect's clicking or night birds calling. Immediately I stop, knowing something's not right, and then I see it.

<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">A silent figure moving from shadow to shadow, apparently skilled enough in magic to silence the entire space around her. I stomp the ground, but there's nothing. My pursuer steps out of the shadows, another kunoichi, with a rope dart in her hands.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">"You've been quite elusive, but now there's nowhere to run." Her voice is the only sound in the forest I can hear, and it’s strangely hypnotizing. I shake off the charm of her voice, and try to respond, but my own voice isn't audible, so I merely glare at her.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">"Oh, there's no need for that, you are my target, and I must eliminate you." She hurls the sharpened dart at me, I dodge and return to running. I don't make it far before the rope flies out in front of me, forcing me to turn into a cliff. Sound has begun to return to the world around me, the faintest of owl calls and the soft sound of leaves blowing in the wind have begun to come back, as has my panting breath.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">I turn to find myself once again face to face with the kunoichi. "Are we done playing this game?" She snickers. "I have much better ways of wearing you down than chasing you like a rabbit." I grab my blades out, and lay them in front of me. I've been run ragged by this clan, and now I'm panting like a dog. I know I don't have the strength or stamina left to engage this woman in battle. I kneel and give myself to her punishment.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">"Ah, it's so much more enjoyable when you understand you're beat." The charm in her voice is now all but gone, and a lusty growl has replaced it. She pushes me onto my back, using her tail to pull my pants open. "I am famished thanks to your chase, so I hope you're ready for a true ravaging." She descends upon me with utter abandon.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">At dawn I'm brought back to the city I had once spied on, the woman who had claimed me leading me through the gates. Her sisters surround us, eyes sharp, but weapons sheathed.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">"I have caught my target, and will return home with news of a successful mission. Remain vigilant, and root out more threats to our charge." With that she leads me out of the gate, and back into the forest.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Several hours later we arrive in a remote village perched in the mountains, hidden by the peaks around us. I have been given a basic understanding of what I'm to do here, and find myself strangely eager for the event. But first we approach the largest structure in the town, rising up a set of stairs to the shrine-like building.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The kunoichi and I kneel before a number of others, each wearing a much more flowing set of clothes. "You have returned with your target, and have proven your skill. You have your prize, so go and do as we must." She nods, takes me by the hand, and leads me away.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:12pt0cm;line-height:15.75pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">I spend the rest of my surprisingly long life with the woman, spending our nights trying for children, and our days training them. It's not a life I expected to lead, but I can't call it a bad life.