Date Recruitment/Training[[open]]

[Date Masamune]

[[OoC: Open for anyone to join! Have fun, rewards will be given out at the end of the thread to everyone who participates and sticks around one way or another! You can be either a current or prospective member of the Date Clan. If you have any questions let me know.]]

[["Masamune speech." "Npc speech." Prose.]]

“Alright you lugs! Look sharp! Boss Katakura should be here to inspect you guys any second now!”



A tall muscular man with a pompadour hairstyle shouted at the new recruits. You could tell from his voice he was trying a little hard to be badass. He spoke to a line group of people that were lined up, 1 by 1, shoulder to shoulder. These were the new recruits that wanted to join the Date army. Behind the man with a pompadour, a large group of people stood. That was the Date army. They were clad in blue kimino and hakama with black armor, a few of them adding their own little flare. All in all they looked more like a group of roughians and rogues than an army.



“HUUUH?! Is this it!”



Enter me, the badass fearless leader of the Date clan. I wore my special one of a kind blue coat and black armor. Of course… my six swords were at my hips, with the sheaths held together in a diagonal fashion resembling dragon wings. After all, what kind of One-Eyed Dragon would I be if I didn’t have my wings on me. I didn’t bother with my helmet for now, so my semi-long brown hair fluttered slightly as this wind blew.



“B-Big Boss! What are you doing here?! I thought Boss Katakura was going to run the recruiting.”



“Oh come on! It’s fine. I know what I’m doing. But seriously. This turnouts smaller than I thought.”



I walked down the line of recruits, looking them up and down. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of them. Kojuro had a way of peering into a man’s soul and telling what kind of soldier he or she’d make. One thing was for sure. I wasn’t looking for any chumps. I had to come up with a way to test these recruits. I turned my back to them as I thought about it. Hmm… Well you know what, there was one way I could judge a person’s soul without even having to talk to them. I turned back to face all of the recruits and unsheathed my katana.



“ALRIGHT BOYS! LET’S HAVE OURSELVES A FIGHT. ALL OF YOU NEW RECRUITS AGAINST ME! I’ll even give you all a handicap; I’m only going to use one sword,” I turned to face my army with a smirk. “If any of you boys want to throw down, join in as well!”



“What?!”



“A fight with Big Boss?!”



“This isn’t going to end well!”

[Kuroshi Maki]

There seemed to be a line up going on to join the Date army, looking at the army it wasn't like they looked like a well organized army but still they looked like warriors, raw warriors like me. They didn't seem like those stuck up soldiers from lets say the Oda army. I would make my way to the line as told and was standing around the center as the people showed up wasn't muchts of a turn up. It seems the Date army wasn't that willing among the people. I could hear a voice coming up and it seems he was the man to be in the Date army. But he looked like a pirate the eye patch was cool I had to say.

He walked up and down the line to see who was trying to join but he didn't seem pleased as he passed me I could only crack a smile, that eye patch was so funny and cool at the same time. It was the first time seeing it. He seemed to have a plan as he walked away and just turning around with one sword unsheathed.

“ALRIGHT BOYS! LET’S HAVE OURSELVES A FIGHT. ALL OF YOU NEW RECRUITS AGAINST ME! I’ll even give you all a handicap; I’m only going to use one sword,”

Wait was he for real? He wanted to fight us all? I knew there were strong warriors in this land but all against one wasn't that abit muchts... This just made my smile abit bigger. If he really was able to take us all on, then he could help me find that strength I was looking for to reach my goal.

" Uhm mister eye patch? Are you sure one eye is enough to fight us all? "

I just had to crack a joke but I had no idea if that was a smart thing to do. I did look like i was strong as well as my body was ripped and my eyes showed determination. But this guy should have been strong to lead a army and own a part of this land. I unsheathed my two curved blades as I ran up to him just trying to test him out but keeping my distance at the same time and would slash slash both blades in the opposite directions of each other able to cut of a head. Lets see what speed and strength this man had.

[Kyoya Naotora]

[OoC: Naotora's Date faction bonus applies in this thread. +2 all stats.]

Naotora found herself here simply because Lord Masamune was, and she made it her personal mission to protect him when he went out without Kojuro. So here she would stand with him when he addressed the possible recruits, giving them their challenge. They had to fight him all together, and that was not going to be an easy task. Yet, one man spoke disrespectfully, brazenly charging at Masamune as if he were just any samurai.

"You fool!" she shouted, launching her giant iron weapon in the man's direction. If he did not fall back, he would have a large iron ball, the size of his torso, ramming into his arm with great force. "You will watch how you speak to Lord Masamune! He could break you all in his sleep."

[Kuroshi Maki]

As I made my attempt to attack, I could hear a voice calling me a fool and not soon after a attacked was thrown my way in the shape of a iron ball the size of my chest. The speed was not something that was faster then mine and I would dodge the ball by dashing to my right. Yet by doing so I would also have to stop my attack as I was not out of range of the man i was attacking in the first place. Damn, didn't he say we all had to attack him? Why is one of his warriors attacking me instead. My eyes just locked on with that warrior, it seemed it was a female that attacked me, maybe she felt some kind of love for her lord to attack me. She then spoke again saying he could break us all in his sleep? If he could why would she attack me if he was able to defeat me in his sleep.

I just had to crack a smile when she spoke that words and stopped my assault, and looked at her. These females now a days all think they can talk down on me. She thinks I'm that weak that I can not even hurt this man in his sleep. The smile soon turned into a serious face as I would also turn my body towards her.

" If he is so strong that he could beat me in his sleep, then why stop me? Seems like you rather fight me then him it seems, well bring it on then. "


Instead of now charging the man I came at the female who would still have to pull back the ball that was on a chain and came at her with full speed, yet I never lost sight of the ball if she would make a weird attack that could hurt me. When I came into range I would slice low with my left just above her knee's and my right would follow would she step back or to the side my right blade would follow and aim at her throat. I didn't care if I would kill this woman she insulted me by forcing me to stop my attack.

[Etincelle Noel]

“A fight with the Big Boss? You can count me out.”

I stuck my sword into the ground and put my hands behind my head as I watched on. Definitely didn’t like the disrespect this guy was throwing around. Making fun of the Big Boss’s eye-patch? Not cool. The Big Boss would rip him apart though. The guy had no form, just charging in recklessly at someone who may very well just be the strongest War Lord in all of Japan. And then something caught my eye.

“Hey wait don’t-!”

Before I could even finish my sentence, Naotora had already launched forward and attacked. I sighed. Looks like what he said really made her lose her cool. Looking around, most of the rest of the army had been pretty disgruntled as well. These guys looked up to Date and were fiercely loyal and protective. I was surprised that more of them weren’t attacking as well.

“SO WHO WANTS TO TAKE SOME BETS?! Naotora versus the guy with the mouth! Come on! Who wants to throw some money down!”

[Date Masamune]

[[OoC: Masamune's Speech NPC Speech Prose]]

“What did he say to the Big Boss?!”

“Let me at em! I’ll rip him apart!”

“No one talks about the Big Boss like that!”

It looked like my men were a bit disgruntled about what that guy said. After his smart ass comment, it looked like the other recruits were a bit afraid to strike forward. Probably because they figured I was pissed and were too afraid to fight an angry dragon. I gripped my katana tighter and electricity pulsed around it for a moment, making a loud buzzing noise. Before I could even attack, it looked like my shadow struck out instead. The wind blew my hair slightly as the large iron-ball went flying past me toward the only recruit with balls enough to make me angry before fighting me. I smirked a bit and sheathed my katana.

“Fine! Nao will be your opponent! And I’ll make sure no one interferes.”

“Like anyone would need to!”

“Naotora’s gonna beat the pulp out of that guy!”

“Guys… I think I’m in love with her.”

I crossed my arms and stood there. So this was how Kojuro felt all the time huh? It felt dreadfully boring just watching people fight instead of fighting myself. Though it looked like the men were pretty happy to see Nao in action. One of them even started up a betting pool. I turned towards him and smirked. It was time to mess with my men a little bit.

“Guy with the mouth? I didn’t know you were fighting Noel.”

[Kyoya Naotora]

Naotora smirked. The guy was an unbearably cocky bastard, and he seemed to underestimate her own strength, not just her boss'.  He dashed toward her, putting the ball and chain behind him. That was a terrible mistake, especially when he was up against a woman who was throwing boulders in her youth. Naotora simply stepped back, yanking the chain as hard as she could. The ball would rip out of the ground, passing by her boss' head and whipping around the recruit in a circle. The chain would whirl, getting caught on his arm, and the ball would wrap around him and bring him to the ground because of it. Even if Maki somehow managed to avoid the chain wrapping around him, the iron ball would slam into his back faster than he could reach Naotora, and it would send him smashing into the ground.

"What kind of idiot rushes into battle without knowing their opponent?!"

[Kuroshi Maki]

My words seemed to put everyone there on edge? Well I guess i earned myself a fight with the lovely lady as even their lord said so. Everybody was already counting me out as they seemed to know her. Well the odds were mostly against me anyway. And when it comes to woman I don't really know what to do either. They were even betting on this fight? Guess I know who everybody is betting on. I was never gonna leave here alive if I made them my enemies and it seemed my words really hurt the girl her heart.

I was in motion attacking this girl, and I knew she would jank the chain to bring the ball back as I was already on to that. I maybe seemed like a fool but I had learned from my fights. As she would jank the chain I would duck under the chain next to me so it would not be able to swing around me and trap me like a fool. as the ball closed in I would block it with my both blades crossed like a X. I was able to hold the impact and just slides back abit. I held my arms bend abit so I would not hurt my arms that much. The ball would drop to the ground.

My motion was stopped but at least I didn't get hurt, this would make me look even weaker. In all this I didn't lose my sight on the girl. I was indeed in a fight once again with a warrior probably more able then myself. She spoke her words and it kinda made me laugh. I already seemed to made a name for myself among these people.

" You were the one attacking me without knowing me? So you're words are empty. "

I would then slide back take my stance, left feet back but just abit and my swords raised up but instead of holding them normally I would spin then so the blade would point downwards and then hold them in a X shape.

[Kyoya Naotora]

"Oh, there is much I could tell from your actions, boy."

She smirked, tauntingly. Her hands would grip the chain tightly, and she would pull to the left, then swiftly to the right. The ball was behind the guy at this point, and her sudden tug would cause it to lift off the ground. Maki being in the way would cause the chain to get stuck on his leg, somewhere from his knee to his thigh, and the ball would wrap around him like a heavy bola, with one side being the ball and the other being Naotora. The weight would pull the guy to the ground, and Naotora would use it to effectively lynch him, tugging on the chain and dragging him across the dirt.

[Kuroshi Maki]

Tell from my actions? This girl was out of her mind... She didn't know shit about me. She really things I would be a fool and get hit by a attack like that. As she would start to swing the chain left to right to make it come closer to my legs I would dash away from it and move forwards at the same time closing the space between me and her. My blades at the ready. The chain would come close as I would jump up not even bending my knee's as that would take time and raise up lifting the knee's to my chest. Feeling the chain just barely miss me I would land and rushed forwards again.

" YOU DON"T KNOW ANYTHING YOU BITCH! "

I spoke those words as I came in close and her being just armed with the chain not the ball as it was behind us I would spin around blades to my side and stopping me would cut her. I would come really close close enough to cut her open. I would spin twice because if I would spin more I would become a target. As I stopped spinning my guard would raise up again.

[Etincelle Noel]

Didn’t know I was fighting? Wait… was the Big Boss insinuating I had a big mouth?! I sighed cause well, when the big boss says something. You shut up and take it. Especially cause he’s normally just joking around. I turned back around to face the fight. Things weren’t going too well… Nao was having a rough time with this guy… It seemed he was a decent fighter. The Big Boss said no one interferes but…

“/God dammit../”

I whispered the words in English. Before the man started running towards Nao, I was already on the move. I ran towards Nao’s position and made it to her just as the guy did. I slammed my sword into the ground to be a shield to protect her. This was pretty easy as my sword was about 5 feet tall and almost a foot wide. It was massive, and if the recruit wasn’t careful he’d run right into it. I grabbed Nao in my arms quickly and kicked off of the sword, the force was enough to propel me and Nao away from Maki. Putting about 15 feet in distance between us. It would also tilt my sword, being enough to almost fall on top of Maki. My sword was also very heavy so he might have a tough time keeping it up.

"So Nao. I think you and I should grab some dinner some time. Romantic candle light. What do you think?"

[[OoC: +2 to all stats due to Date bonus.]]

[Kyoya Naotora]

The man clearly had temper issues. While Naotora did herself, hers were logical, considering the man's actions had steered her into behaving how she did in the first place. If he got angry just by being read, that continued to say even more about his character, and that smirk never left Naotora's face because of it.

The woman was going to attack, as she wasn't scared at all of what the man seemed to be capable of. In fact, she was going to whip her ball back to herself as he jumped and then smash his face in with it. But, Noel had a better idea, and that thought was riddled with sarcasm. The boy stuck his blade in the ground and swept Naotora off her feet, causing her to drop her weapon and take her from the fight. She was amused, yes, but not impressed in the slightest.

"Well, you should know what I'd have to say to that." A giggle escaped her lips, and she shrugged. "Beat me in a spar first."

With that, she would wink, before hopping out of Noel's arms and redirecting her attention to Maki. She was now unarmed, holding her arms out to her sides, as if challenging him.

"Well, prospective recruit! Play your actions wisely."

[Kuroshi Maki]

It seems I avoided the chain but when I came close to the girl a large sword smashed into the ground in front of me. I never saw a blade this large. Before I noticed what happened I saw the blade fall forwards. Raising my blades I would hold the large blade up from crashing onto me. It was heavy how could a man use this to fight? I would push it off so it would fall the other way. I then heard a male voice talking to the female and I looked over. It seemed one of the male warriors had taken the girl from the fight just to flirt with her. It pissed me off abit because he just jumped into my fight to get some pussy.

" It looks like eye patch can't control his men.. I guess I was wrong about him after all "

I thought this man was a man of his word but he could not keep his men in check. I heard the girl talk and she said I had to play my actions wisely. They were both without a weapon and I had my weapons. I would smash my two blades in the sand. I would pick up the large sword and with all my strength toss it at the male for him to catch. I had some power and by tossing that blade i proved them so. I then picked up the chain of the female her weapon. She seemed to be able to fight well with this thing. I tossed her the chain.

" I just want to get stronger and beating two armless fighters would prove nothing. "

I then picked my blades back up and waited for them to make the next move. I now had two people to watch out for one for up close and one for distance. But I would not back down. I show them what a real warrior is about.

[Etincelle Noel]

"Me beat you? Like that's gonna happen anytime soon."

Maybe I down played myself. I was strong I suppose, but I had no motivation to fight. I almost felt like I didn't belong with the Date army, with these driven soldiers. And on top of that, Nao was Date's bodyguard. For good reason, she was powerful. Compared to her, I wasn't sure how I stacked up.

"What a gentleman..."

I mumbled as I stuck my right hand up into the air, catching my sword by the handle. I brought it down, slashing it in an x pattern through the air. Everything felt good with my sword, and more importantly, I looked badass doing it. I pulled my sword up onto my shoulder, holding it in my right hand as I used my left to pull my sun glasses down over my eyes. I looked over at the recruit and ran towards him. As I approached, I buried my sword's blade into the ground, pulling myself to an abrupt stop. I did a front flip in place, dragging my blade out of the ground and swinging it in a vertical circle. As my sword was pulled free of the ground, earth and dirt would shoot up from the ground, shooting towards the recruit. Hopefully this distraction would be good enough.

[Kyoya Naotora]

Taking her chain and pulling it toward her, the woman's ball would rip from the ground, and she would catch it with one hand. A small giggle escaped her lips as she slowly approached the recruit, who clearly didn't understand his situation. "You really were wrong about him. Because, if you can't take down a simple woman under his command, how would you even hope to take out the Big Boss of Oshu?" Rather than taunt, it was a legitimate question. He made a brazen remark and charged into a battle he would lose in a matter of seconds, and he didn't even realize it.

As Noel made his move, Naotora began to swing her weapon overhead, watching the man closely. She would not strike yet, but she would indeed watch his movements.

[Kuroshi Maki]

I think they see me as a fool? But how would it make me look if I lost to them when they didn't have a weapon I look even more weak.. if I won they would say it was unfair. I would not risk that and that why I gave them back their weapons. The first that would attack was the new boy that got into the fight when it was supposed to be a 1 on 1. But seeing as in a war you almost never fight 1 on 1 I didn't care. I would follow his movements as he slammed the blade into the ground again I would make a few steps back creating more distance and I would see him launch dirt and sand towards me? he seemd to be pulling the same move I did by throwing sand at me. I would turn my hips and bend my body abit backwards letting the dirt and sand miss me and not going in my eyes.

The girl didn't seem to team up and waited for my movements? I would rush at her, but half way when I was closer to the male change my mark and faked the dash and ran up to him, as I came close I would have one blade his tip slide the ground gathering sand on it before flipping it towards the man's face. if this would work he would not see my attack coming. I was not going to kill him and would slam both blades their backs into his torso hoping to knock him back before kicking him in the head.

[Etincelle Noel]

Heh… my attack missed. Not that it mattered. It was more of a distraction if anything. While the recruit focused himself on me, Nao would be able to strike him down. I landed on the ground panting slightly. This was far too much of a work out. Why did I bother with this in the first place? I could have stayed on the side and enjoyed a drink while I watched them duke it out. Dammit.



The recruit made a feint towards Nao and then charged at me. He tried using my own strategy against me, throwing sand at me. What he didn’t remember was that I was wearing these sunglasses, they blocked dirt from getting in my eyes. As the recruit came running at me, I stabbed my sword into the ground like a pole vault, and jumped into the air using it. Once I was in the air, I would pull my sword out and hold it above my head. As I flew over the recruit’s head, I would step on it, with the combined weight of me and my sword. That was a good amount of weight. With my foot on his head, I would bend my knee and push off of his head and soar through the sky, landing about 3 meters away. As I landed, I would spin to a stop, holding my sword horizontally with the flat side out like a shield in case he tried attacking again.

[Zhuo Jina]

[[Jina's words. Prose. Conscious thoughts.]]

Jina was laughing with the men who had been betting on the fight. With each successive move, the men who knew Nao were putting all of their money on her, knowing that while the new recruit was distracted, she would make a deadly strike. I wouldn't strike that loud mouth down so quickly. He seems to have some moves. Jina wasn't willing to speak her words out loud, but laughed along with the men anyway.

The man with the sword she had met before in a local bar. He was cocky and appeared unmotivated. In the bar, he had called her gorgeous and even bought her a drink. He must think she was weak. 

Jina devised a plan to impress him, not really wanting to side with the loud mouth, but she figured 3 on 1 would be too much of an unfair fight. She adjusted her armor slightly, making sure it was on right before she unsheathed her sword and began walking towards the fight. Her plan was to be the big man's side kick, defending him in his blind spot but not making any offensive moves. More than anything, she just wanted to show off.

"Hey Noel, remember me?!"

Jina ran at the big man, jumping lightly with one foot on his shoulder. Her weight was light enough that it wouldn't hinder his plan in any way, even though she was just there for a second. She pushed off, straight into the path of the Noel. If her plan worked, he would be surprised enough not to continue at Maki, but he wouldn't attack her mid-flight. She knew her weapon would snap the second it came into contact with the big sword, so instead she held it low, ready to strike at an open spot.

[Kyoya Naotora]

The moment the man made the fake attack was the moment he put himself in a bad position. With Naotora's deadly weapon already in the air, it would take her very little time to attack. Couple that with her impressive speed, and the weapon would be flying at him through the air in his blind spot. Naotora whipped her weapon forward, aiming to get it past him and at his side. At that moment, she would tug on the chain, allowing it ball to come past his front and wrap around his stomach with impressive speed and force. Were her attack successful, Naotora would use her strength to bring the man into the air with her weapon and slam him into the ground, before dragging him through the dirt toward herself.

"Pay attention to what's around you, warrior!"

Upon seeing Noel being stuck in his own new battle, the woman couldn't help but laugh. Perhaps she was one of his conquests.

[Kuroshi Maki]

Allot of things would happen at the same time. As I was moving towards the guy I noticed the shades to late and the sand would do nothing but at that moment he tried to make his move. seeing him going up I could feel somebody use my shoulder as a way up to get higher. Seeing a unfamiliar female above me blocking the way of the male it seems she did me a favor witch I didn't needed, at least I thought until I felt the chain wrap around me.

" Damn "


I have been careless and the other female would have already made her move.. It was new fighting 2 on 1 and I lost focus on her. before I knew It I was up in the air and slammed back into the ground feeling the chain in my back from the impact. I tried not to release a scream of pain as I clench my teeth together. Being slide of the the dirt and being lucky my arms were free I would spin my legs bringing me up on my feet. Grabbing hold of the chain and planting my feet firmly into the sand it became a tug o war with the girl.

" You got me on that one.. But I'm not easily beaten. "

[Etincelle Noel]

"/Wh-what?!/"

Dammit! Was that Jina? This just wasnt my day. I couldn't fight her, butttt I also couldn't have Nao know about her either. And by that logic I couldn't let her know about Nao. It would ruin my chances with either girl and that was a bit more important than this fight. I grunted a bit as I weighed my options... my very few options.

I swung my sword around in a circle above my head quickly before holstering it. Hopefully the circular motion was enough of a distraction. As I approached Jina, I would quickly grab her in my arms, tucking the left under her knees and my right supporting her back. Hopefully that would also catch her off guard.

"Hey beautiful. Why are you in a boring place like this?"

[Zhuo Jina]

Jina scoffed lightly, she wasn't intending for things to go this way, but truly she didn't mind much. He was a handsome man, far more so than her husband. I'll never see him again. She thought to herself, happy that she was out of that nightmare of a life.

"Saving someone's ass, as usual." She smirked, trying to lighten the mood.

"I wouldn't take your eye off that monster for too long. You can take me out tonight, if you'd like."

Jina lifted herself into an upright position and turned her attention back to the fight. The big guy had just taken it pretty hard, but he was strong enough to tug back on the chain. She didn't know who the woman was, but to be throwing around something that heavy, much like Noel, she had to be stronger than she looked.

[Kyoya Naotora]

[OoC: Considering at the time the thread began, Naotora had two higher strength and one more dex than Maki after items and faction bonuses.]

The man was quick to be able to recover after a move like that, but he would not be able to keep Naotora's weapon from her. Grinning smugly, the woman would take the chain firmly and pull her weapon toward herself, dragging the man through the sand if she had to. Once there was enough of the weapon's chain at her side, she would kick it up and pull it around her arm, so there was none of it hanging loose.

"If you were, you would not be standing right now. I give you credit for that, warrior," Naotora grinned. At least this wouldn't be another weakling. Like Noel, or something.

[Kuroshi Maki]

As we were in a thug of war I could feel she had more strength then I did, not by muchts but she did hold more. as I was pulled forwards my feet would slide in the sand slowly. Seeing her slinging the chain around her arm I knew she would be able to put on more strength. As she would pull me closer and closer.

" You still underestimate me! "

Close enough I would spin the chain around me two times fast and by now i would be in front of her and my blade would slash at her chest. being female and all it would stick out more anyway.

[Etincelle Noel]

"Come on Nao! You got this. You're the strongest warrior in all of Oshu."

Of course she was second to Boss Katakura and the Big Boss. But besides them, she was pretty fucking strong. This guy was no push over. The recruit held his ground for a while but was quickly starting to be pulled in... but shit... WAS THAT HIS PLAN?! I practically dropped Jina and started racing forward as fast as I could. I had a bad feeling about this.

"NAO!"

The guy brought his swords up, Nao was still pulling. At that distance and the way the chains were wrapped around them both... there wouldn't be a very practical way for her to dodge. I wasn't going to make it in time. I grabbed my sword from my holster and threw it as I swung it, causing the sword to go flying in their direction in a spinning metal death trap.