Drunk Day's Daze

[Kuroshi Maki]

Why could she not do it? Hate can be a weapon if chosen as it could also be a thing that could destroy you if you let it. It was a powerful tool and a dangerous one at the same time. As I saw her get up shooting the gun up in the air it wasn't that powerful indeed. But still I was able to find this weapon, she would be able to find another but why wasn't she using

" I'm not strong enough, and the man is hiding in the Oda army. So I have to be strong enough to break trough a army to get to him. My hate isn't strong enough. "

I would hold my weapon still as I spoke the words because in fact nobody knew this information. Hell it could also be a lie but it was the only lead I had so far.

" I'm not even sure he is there, but its the only lead I have. But I will find him and make him feel all the hate he created inside one person. And I will kill all that stand in my way. "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella listened and tried to put it together. He was aftersomeone in the Oda army, obviously someone who wasn't to famous or important like Oda himself other wise the man would be sure of it. A little click in Gabriella went off. 'Hook acquired.' She thought to herself. Sitting up she look over the man. 

"What if I could help. Find out if they are for you." Gabriella offered. "My father is a trader, traders go everywhere. And money talks." Gabriella would explain. Drinking some more. It was a risky move but right now she had no body guards, was drunk and probably not watching what she was saying as best as she should.

"Heck those guards are Oda troops. Why not ask them?" Gabriella said waving over to them. Well they weren't dead right now, however they might be quite soon. "I'm already going to have to get better. So might as well get rid of them in a useful fashion I hope." She said getting to her feet. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

As she offered me help in finding those I seek i raised a eyebrow, was she serious? It would be more easy if I had more eyes looking for me even if its a trader and his daughter. Before i could speak she spoke once more as those words hit my ears I would look at the two guards. I raised up from the ground picking one of them up and slammed him on the bench next to the girl before raising my weapon and pointing the blade at the man.

" Why are these guards Oda's men? What is you're link with them? "

I would ask the girl as I looked at the guard who woke up abit. I was maybe a step closer in solving this yet I knew no name or did I know how he looked. all I knew it was a black armor with a demon mask.

" You guard, you better speak up or I will kill you were you stand. "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella watched as the man lost it, and suddenly manhandled one of the guards, before demanding her link to them. "My father's a trader, he convinced one of those he trade's with to guard over me during my stay in the country. Obviously though the Oda forces didn't think I needed competent guards." Gabriella explained not really phased by the man's action. She had been expecting them.

"Also he isn't really standing, and maybe you should ask a question he can awnser. Before you kill him and waste the chance. A dead man tells no tales." Gabriella suggested, gently placing her good hand on Maki weapons blade. "Don't waste the chance. Or that hate you hold to." Gabriella encouraged, watching the man was amusing to her. She wouldn't get her satisfaction, but this guy still could.  

[Kuroshi Maki]

She was right and as she placed her hand upon the blade of the weapon I snapped back abit into reality and gave her a nod. I would look at the guard and thought of a question to ask.

" In the oda army, is there a special force that wears black armor and black demon masks raiding villages? "

The guard looked confused as he had never heard about it and started stuttering. He must know something and still with her hand upon the blade the tip would cut open the chest of the guard. My face was dead serious at this point.

" You better give me something if you wanna return to whatever family you have. "

[Gabriella Santos]

At the question the man asked, Gabriella looked over the man's armour and helm that he had place on his horse earlier. Raising a eye brow, him seemed to fit the description of what he was asking of quite well himself. Maybe he had model his armour after the fact. A dark knight to kill, a demon. Gabriella wouldn't prevent him from pushing the blade far enough to cause the guard to scream out in pain. 

"Only rumour, old rumours. The sound more like mercenary from what I heard, but the could be anyone. Please don't kill me. If they took off that sort armour how would I now. If they are part of the Oda army the obviously aren't part of the normal rabble. The have to be higher up somewhere. Please.. plea..." The words came out in a spluttering stream, pain filling his voice, and well as fear and desperation. 

Gabriella actually pushed her hand down slightly causing the man's weapon to press slightly deeper. "And they wouldn't be 
Owari. I would have seen, they would be more rumour, they would have been seen please." The man continued from Gabriella's silent encouragement. She would turn her head to look at the extremely anger man wonder what he would do next. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

It seems the girl was maybe enjoying it as she held her hand upon the blade and even pushing it abit deeper. As I heard the guard speak about just rumors and not knowing them. I raised a eyebrow. Why when in pain he would share this story. I would raise my weapon from his chest and looked over at the girl.

" Hold him down, I will show him something. "

As I walked up to my horse and put on the rest of the armor and as last my helmet. My body turned dark and demonic. I would walk back at the man and now he could maybe remember more. As I spoke my voice changed to that of a demon, darker and lower.

" Have you ever seen anything like this? Just answer carefully, if I don't like you're answer I will kill you. "

I would then look at the woman to see how she would react to now seeing a Demon herself.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella would push the man to the ground with her hand when told. Refusing did not seem like a good idea, she had caused this, might as well see it though to it's thrilling conclusion. Reaching down she would recover pouch of money, before leaning back stretching her legs and nonchalantly holding the man down with a foot by pushing down on his injury, as Maki returned over to his horse before walking back over. 

Hearing Maki much deeper voice she quickly sat up again, to a disturbing sight. The man did truely appear like the epitome of darkness for a moments. But one thing she hated in other was judging people on there appearances. So many had to her back home, that she hid her defects. While this man stood here, and though dark, he definitely did not seem weak. 

The guard broke down at the sight, repeating what he had, pleading where he could. Most of what he was saying just a rumbled mess of fear. A foul odour filling the air. "Pitiful" Gabriella muttered, pushing her foot into the guy's chest at the realisation of what the man's fear had caused. "Disgusting." he added, these men were meant to protect her, he was a quiver wreak not just incompetent. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

It seems it just struck fear into the guards heart as he repeated the same thing again and again. It was not anything I wanted to hear. the other guard had woken up but just nailed to the ground out of fear. I would start laughing. My laugh could be felt till the bone.

" Let him go, he had served his purpose. "

As she would let him go the guard would stand up thanking both of us, but when he was about to run of even forgetting his gun. I would spin my weapon around cutting the man in two, his lower body removed from his upper body. It didn't take long for the man to die but he would be able to hear my last words.

" You failed to protect this fine lady, so therefor you DIE! "

I would then turn towards the other guard and placed him in the bench next to her. I then placed my blade upon his throat and asked him the same. He better answer right or it will be worse for him.The Guando wanted more blood I could feel it.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella would let the fearful man up, and watch as the weapon quickly cleaved him in to as he tried to run. Well 'Fine Lady' It seemed she had been upgraded from 'Female' when the man had first spoken at her earlier. She smirked, it wasn't that she liked blood, she was just accustomed to it. You didn't grow up the daughter of a arms dealer without having seen some, and this land had plenty more to add to it. 

She would watch, as Maki dumped the second guard beside her, knocking her arm and causing her to move over from the pain as he put the blade of his weapon to the man's throat and repeated his question. "Nagoya, they'd have to be Nagoya. It the capital, there enough men in armour around that more don't bring notice. Plus it's the head of the Oda lands. These warriors in black, would be too obvious any where else. If they that dangerous, they would have to be close to Lord Oda or one of his generals. There isn't anyway normal troops in the army would be armed like you are." The man would said, trying his hardest to stay come in front of the weapon, eye longingly looking to where his gun lay on the floor. 

Gabriella would stand up and move aside while the man told everything he knew. Impressively staying composed while he did. Gabriella would retrieve her own gun, and lazily load it. A slightly awkward task but she had learned how. And then she would watch to see how the man reacted to the info.

[Kuroshi Maki]

If what the man had told me was true, then I would have a long road ahead of me. If they were close to the man Nobunaga then I would need a army to get there. Or just improve my strength to that of a army. As I looked at the man revealing a white grin that of my teeth because the rest was black. I saw the girl load her weapon up for some reason again just using the same arm. Was she not able to use the other?

" Well, you did give me information worth looking at so I won't kill you. "

Raising my weapon i would give the lady a evil grin and node, as in you can have the honor of killing this fool for not protecting you. As she had already refilled her weapon. My feet would be placed on the man his gun so he won't be able to take it.

" I don't think you can let this one life and tell on you fine lady. "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella was almost disappointed in the man, she had wanted to make him kill both of these fools. That way she could say someone else had killed them with a completely straight face, and know it be the truth. But he was going to make her do it. Well at least it made him a man of his word. However much that counted when the must of know that she couldn't let the guard live anyway. 

"Make a lady get her hands dirty. Dreadful." She smirked and laughed as she raised her gun. Her aim was still shaky, but the man was extremely close and wasn't really going anywhere, plus the chest was a big target. Pulling the trigger the guy screamed and slumped back, blood pouring out his chest, in a unceremonial amount of gore.Well, it seems even drunk, she was lucky. That looked like it was the heart to her. 

"Well this is going to be slightly difficult to put my kind of spin on." Gabriella said sliding her pistol away and moving over to pick up the dead guards rifle. The one who had been to slow to fire on Maki earlier. Walking over to the man cut in half, she kicked him over and shot the dead man square in the chest. "Now if someone finds the bodies, I can say they turned on me, and a travelling blade protected me." She said with smirk and dropping the gun. "Now that's over." She said turning to Maki. "I'm Gabriella, and pleasure, I'm sure was mutual." She would say confidently. Looking to the entrance of the Sake shop. At least the owners had been smart enough to not come outside when the shouting had started. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

She didn't seem to like it, she did however shot the man right in the chest. Being drunk made her a bad shot but still missing from that close would have made her blind. She then played the whole thing out like if they attacked her. It was kinda funny that she cared about what others would think. I would clean my blade before covering it up again.

"I'm Gabriella, and pleasure, I'm sure was mutual."

" All you need to know is the name Maki... "

I just used that name as I didn't like the family name because of my father. I would then make a move that could change this whole scenario around. My right hand would shoot out at her left arm, fingers wrapping around it. First thing i noticed that her arm felt under trained compared to the other one. I knew something was up. I would just squeeze alittle not using much's strength as it could break it.

" You think you can hide that bad arm from me? "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella let a sharp exhale of breathe out at the pain of the Maki grabbing her arm. Feebly she tried to pull back but as the pain grew worse she gave in. " You think you can hide that bad arm from me? " Maki asked applying slightly more pressure. Cursing under her breath she tried to keep calm, even through the pain. Lashing out at him could be a damn sight more deadly for her then when she had hit the guard. 

"Let go." She tried to growl, to sound as anger as Maki had done interrogating the guards, but her voice came out weakly. "Go ahead mock me. I'm as useless as those guard because of this arm. It be no great loss I'm used to it." She managed to say her tone betraying that her words weren't true. There was no way she would manage to reload her weapon again, and fight back. "I'm just a girl at the mercy of a killer in black demonic armour." She would spit if he hadn't let go by the time she reached the words.

[Kuroshi Maki]

"Go ahead mock me. I'm as useless as those guard because of this arm. It be no great loss I'm used to it."
She spoke those words weak and in pain. I knew the arm was weak but I didn't knew it would cause her this muchts pain. She grew up like this or? My thoughts ran inside my head until I heard hear speak again being at mercy of me? I would release the arm and my grin disappeared as I take of the helmet revealing my face again kinda shocked of her pain. Never did somebodies pain make me stop unlike her's.

" A killer? Yes I am a killer... But I would not be able to kill you. "

Did I really spoke those words, what was going on? Why was I feeling remorse and why the hell was I even feeling anything other then hate towards this fine lady.

" You're arm? What happened? "

[Gabriella Santos]

Maki let go of her arm, and with he good one she cradled the where he had been grabbing her. assuring that he wouldn't kill her, no not that he wouldn't. That he wouldn't be able to. Maybe her word had struck a chord inside them man, maybe it was something else she didn't care. "I've always been this way, as long as I can remember." She explained turning her back to the man. 

"Growing up was painful, inside and out. It's not like I could drink the pain away back then. nor can I kill the gods for making me this way." She using her good arm to rub away tears, before turning around with a grin on her face. "I can't use anger like a weapon like you. Nor can I use a real weapon against those who mock me for it.  I'm no warrior." 

[Kuroshi Maki]

So she drank because of the pain? It makes sense now. As she turned around emotional. I knew she tried to hide the fact she was in more pain that I would even know. Unlike me she wasn't really one to fight others with anger or hate.

"Growing up was painful, inside and out. It's not like I could drink the pain away back then. nor can I kill the gods for making me this way. I can't use anger like a weapon like you. Nor can I use a real weapon against those who mock me for it. I'm no warrior."

Her words did for some reason made me feel her pain. As my anger grew but not towards her but to whatever she was facing. She said she could not kill the gods for making her this way, and she could not use anger as a weapon as she was no warrior.

" Why not stick with me, see me become a demon and punish those gods that made you this weapon. Use my anger and hate to take care of those that mock you. "

Well this was the first time I offered anything to somebody but myself. But seeing as she could not fight back and just drink. It just raised my anger to see people would mock her for not being able to use both arms. My face turned dark before a white grin appeared upon it. Weapon raised up as only I could hear it roar for blood, but maybe she could sense the darkness coming from the weapon.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella blinked at the offer Maki made. She wasn't sure how to responed. A demon out to kill other demons while protecting her from those she considered hers. It was a odd idea to be thrown around. Still not able to think of a response she sighed. "Why?" She asked, before realising that she didn't really care why. Just that he wanted to look out for her. 

She had taunted the man with his desire for vengeance for her own brief amusement, used him to get rid of her incompetent guards, and now he was offering to protect her to. Rather then waiting for a answer though she walked towards the sake shops entrance, staggering step. "I need another drink." Quite clear that she probably shouldn't. "And you can tell me more about demons, so I can see if my father knows anything. Money talks when held up to ones ear." She offered pushing her way inside. "Thank you." She added simply as the door closed behind her. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

She didn't seem to know the answer to that question or rather offer. As she spoke and walked back into the inn, I would grab me weapon as I kept my helmet off not to scare those inside. I would walk in also.

" You sure you need another drink? I don't feel like carrying you afterwards. "

I would walk up to the innkeeper grabbing her drink and walked back outside. Inside was to hot anyway and outside it was just them. Placing her drink on the bench I would wait. for her to sit back down.

" You wanna hear more about demons? You have just seen one that will be known across the lands as the strongest one. "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella was surprised when Maki helped her get another drink, and pulled the second dead guard off the bench and picked up the bottle. Pouring a little on the bench to was away blood had gotton on it. Drink smelled, blood however stained. Before she sat down. 

" You wanna hear more about demons? You have just seen one that will be known across the lands as the strongest one. "

"I know you will, and I'm going to watch." Gabriella said with a smile, just holding the bottle in her hand instead of drink  it. Maybe she had to much, however her arm still hurt. She'd wait, let her body sober a little until the pain became to much before starting on the bottle. "But I meant the warriors in black you were after. I can't fight, so you'll help me face mine, but I'm not useless I will help you track down yours." She would say, leaning back into the bench and moving over slightly, an invitation for the man to sit back down with her. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

So she wanted to help me as well, well there isn't that muchs I knew about those warriors. Just the things I know were the armor their mask and weapons. They raided villages that seemed to be of no fraction. There could be a connection there. Seeing she kinda offered me to sit next to her I would drop down sitting on the ground with my back against the bench. so she would not have to move that arm. I could see the pain that's why she drank and that was fine.

" They seem to be a group raiding villages, killing all those that live there. The villages they raid are the ones that belong to no fraction. They dress in black and hide there faces. they use these curved blades to cut the throat. The man that killed my mother he said to find him once I grew strong enough. "

I spoke it with emotion as I could see it happen in front of me again. the village burning, blood like a river flowing the streets. And my mother dying in front of my eyes, to weak to save her. Emotion turned into anger as I slammed my fist in the sand with force letting it raise up because of the impact. It could show her how muchts strength I had and she should be lucky her arm wasn't broken.

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella listened intently as Maki told her, his story. Before in a short burst of anger slamming his fist into the sand. He was physically strong, not just fast and skilled with that weapon he carried. Of Maki story the way he told it, something was off. "You don't mean this lands Katana, otherwise you would have used the word. Give me more of a description of these swords, the must be uncommon for them to have stuck in your mind as such." Gabriella asked not ignoring his fit of anger but still slightly wary off it. 

"They all used them. Isn't that odd, that they all used similar weapons, and ones not common. Maybe there is more to the design of their weapons and armour beyond intimidation, such as origin." Gabriella would explain her question, putting the bottle of drink between her legs and putting a hand on his leg, in hope of calming him a little so that he would think slightly straighter. 

[Kuroshi Maki]

Now that she mentions it, the weapons used were not normal Katana blades from these lands. They were all using weapons not seen that often. As I heard her ask about the sword, I remembered they gave me a set of those blades. I would stand up after she placed her hand upon my leg calming be down a little. Walking up tow my horse I would reveal the set of blades. I would toss them in front of her.

" Now that you mention it, they all used weapons barely seen in these lands. His voice sounded off also. Could it be that they were hired to do so? Do they really use people from outside of Japan to do it. "

Also revealing the note I had gotten awhile back stating the man was hiding in the Oda ranks. I walked back placing the note in her hands as I sat back down.

" It would be harder to find a secret force then just a man. "

[Gabriella Santos]

Gabriella looked at the swords and recognised the style, but said nothing reading the note. Wondering why the man Maki was after would want Maki to come after him to kill him. Disregarding the note for now Gabriella reached down for one of the blades. "This seemed to be a variation on a sabre, often used by navel forces from lands in the part of the world I am from. It makes sense." Gabriella explained putting the weapon back. 

"These weapons, covered faces preventing you from seeing what they looked like. The fact that the guard would say they had to be in Nagoya. A coastal area in the Oda territories, as well as a major location to them. But there garb being more more Japanese style of demons. As we in the western world have a different image of they are. Your looking for a group that has foreign members in. You're looking at non-Japanese mercenary at least that what I think."

Gabriella would list off the facts and her assumption of what they made. "Finding a secret group maybe hard, finding a group of non-Japanese people staying in the heart of Oda lands, and probably not working with the traders from home. Their aren't as many of those, and they will probably be in the docks. Men who use weapons like that often return to the coast. I'm making leaps but it's a real lead." She admit as she ended her explanation before taking a drink at last.

[Kuroshi Maki]

Hearing her talk my grin turned into a smile, can you believe it me, Maki smiling? This girl was really smart and she knew more in just seconds then I did in all that time looking for clues. She had the same clues as me yet she know way more. As I would look at her I could not look away what was this feeling... Why did this woman interest me so much.

" So I have to be able to go into Oda land and look for navel forces? You look younger then me yet you know all this? You're maybe not a warrior but you got some talent in that head of yours. "

Looking back at the note and the weapons I would finally be able to get closer. But how would I just walk into Oda land if the man knew I was coming and could maybe send more my way. I had to improve more hate more and gain the strength that none would stop me from finding this man.. Hell even the strength so none could make fun of her anymore.