Prompt#27 - A Fatherās Fall
Ā A small fluttering pixie arrived before some familiar docks with a Crimson Vessel parked she spotted the familiar leather boots and aether that seemed to be rather faded. Drawing closer in sheād begin spinning attempting to get the attention of the Captain who was hacking up blood at the seas from a curse starting to take effect. Heād rinse his face his tail twitching keenly to the sudden chirping pitch. āFlicker? What ye doing here?ā Heād shrug off any symptoms despite the sweat and his aether telling otherwise the fairy was more keen than though. āAre you okay? Captain?!ā All he could do was address with a deceitful smile. āAye! Now what brings ye. I see concern. Did you want me to stuff ye in a bird cage again?ā Teasing before his expression would change. āItās terrible, Master.., no your Father is going to get himself killed heās in a battle with the Swordsman from his past a former disciple!ā Noticing her carrying an aetheryte shard. āI thought it was a dream after I woke up with that scroll, I hardly remember anything. Yer telling me that asshole really did slice my back up? I woke from no injuries or collection I swore it was authentically real and suspicious. I thought my fortunate luck seemed to grace me with my discovery over the location of the box. Well, give me that shard. No one gets to kick my ole manās ass but me! It took me about thirty years to find his identity out, heās not bailing out unless Iām his demise. He owes me that!ā Heād crack his knuckles and grab the aetheryte chunk and start running to his ship to prepare for an appearance. Though at this rate could he make it?
Meanwhile the battle still remained the rain storm had been lifted. His Truesight revealing a glowing glare over his amber hues as Hoku sized up Rykashi who bounced back up on the edge. He saw ferocity being met equally. Heād pull out another blade that looked ordinary to test the waters of this new surge of energy that was coming out of Hoku. Truesight kicked in as a sudden flash was seen and he slid across Rykashiās blade as it begun stretching itself out almost endlessly it started to bend and coil. Hoku bravely stood on the blade and balanced himself before leaping in a back flip. Heād grab a Kunai that was buried earlier into Rykashiās shoulder that he neglected to pull out and spun around as the spiraling blade came in. Rykashi avoided getting hit by his own weapon by tilting his head. Hoku went prone and then rolled to the sides. Before kipping back up with nimbleness and then dashing back heād fling the Kunai and precisely get a directive hit on Rykashiās fingers causing him to stagger from the sudden pain. Heād relentlessly roll back in and trip up his student sending him teetering down. Rykashi sent his weapon into the soils like a pole and leapt off it. Drawing another. Hoku once again used the benefits of his Truesight as it glowed again. Heād drop down a smoke screen scroll unrevealed it and delving himself in a thick blanket.
Rykashiās next blade released a barrage of earth stalactites that pierced the ground all over against the clouds. Hoku used his opportunity of invisibility to summon a decoy shadow within the mist that would be hit. While he recovered his own weaponry and plucked it up from behind. Soon as Rykashi vaporized the clouds with his volley and thought he landed the smoke cleared and a powerful heat came forward towards him. Rykashi would counter this by using his own blade and shoving it within the soils and creating a barrier as he manipulated the earth more frequently. Then released the projectiles back after the heat couldnāt burn through solid stones. Hoku started deflecting them against Rykashi as they had a ping pong battle until they both sliced through all the rubble. Hoku eyes begun feeling the effects over the exhaustion of seeing precognition having to shake off blur because permanent blindness could occur after to many usages.Ā The samurai knowing the battlefield well would pull out another blade that released a geyser of water that was boiling hot coming towards Hoku and during that process be sneakily leading towards his extension blade that could stretch again which he picked up with his tail. Hoku eyes glowed again using it to find the easiest scenario to dodge the flood coming his way as he made a clone in midair and kicked off it to dash towards but Rykashi was steadily prepared and landed a direct hit with his snaked weapon that bend and took Hokuās magitek arm clean off causing him to bleed and land down with a soft thud. Rykashi showed joy for a single glee until that magitek arm even though it was dis-attached, Hoku brought out a switch and used it which caused the entire arm to explode on the blade and send a shock-wave to both them nearly knocking them off. Rykashi stunned would try to build a barrier in time but his secondary weapon breaking and heād be engulfed in the explosion with a devastating trail of smoke surveying the entire war zone. Hokuās Truesight sensed a flux of aether still his Student was around it was dimly low before in a single flash he felt a coldness pierce through him. Rykashi teleported behind and stabbed his Master square in the gut in a back-stab his entire eyesight shutting down and eyes closing after gurgling off a collapsed lung and blood running down his chin. Rykashi pulled back a prismatic sword and didnāt used itās effect, Itās steel reflected against Hokuās disbelief and visage. Rykashi entire uniform was in tatters he should have injuries but right before the explosion heād unscabbard a sword that only had one time effect that would restore his aether entirely. So as he was burned in critical injuries his flesh torn off all his tissue would be restore if he wasnāt quick the effect wouldnāt have saved him or given him it. After that he simply Breaker Step (Shukuchi) to obtain the decisive blow. Hoku spoke very lowly, āVery good...ā Heād expunge before plummeting forward. Paying his lasting praise. He knew that last blow would be taken by his heart. Rykashi mercilessly stared as one trained from an assassin would. He pulled the weapon back from Hokuās sternum and lined up the last piercing strike. Before Hokuās eyes briefly opened noticing a familiar aether suddenly appear and a loud racketed gun shot heard firing off a spray of three rounds coming from behind his executioner. He collapsed before the bullets were sent overhead.
-To be continued - Part 4 (The Battle) - Chronological Order Previous














