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Shou would stagger back as the sword was launched at him, and bring his dagger up as quick as he in order to push the sword upwards. So that it would pass over his head. The knight had disarmed himself how stupid Shou thought. Dashing forward, Shou sent the current throwing dagger out aimed for the knight head. Sliding and new set of three into his hand Shou would come in low and stab out with the larger dagger toward the creatures gut, before bring the claw of daggers up and across at the creatures face. 

Shou watched once more as the devastating wrecking ball weapon, not only cleared those surrounding him, but the ones surrounding Naotora as well. Shou would gracefully jump up from his back on the ground to his feet with relative ease. Regretting it slightly as his back hurt from where the creature had tackled him. 

"Thanks Nao." Shou said shortening the women name, they had helped each multiply times now, and well she had just saved his life. Plus something shorter to say in a hostile encounter was probably good idea. "Having trouble swordsman?" Shou would ask looking over. "Oh and have you got a name. Cuz swordsman a bit hard to shout." Shou would say purposely annoying the man, he seemed as if he was about to charge the left over creatures. Might as well give him a little more incentive. "And you two. If you said them I missed it." Shou would look towards the gunners of the team. 

Shou watched impressed with how well the last couple seconds seemed to pan out for their motley crew. 5 creatures attacked and then 5 plus the last standing samurai were defeated. Shou would watch as the light show ahead revealed another chest.

"Is tha... You know I'm not going to jinx it." Shou started before changing his mind on what to say, shrugging and arms spread, daggers still hanging in between his finger. They made a pretty good team it seemed. Even if the swordsman was part of it. Even so they had more trouble with the traps and dark bat/crow things in the previous room. And now the chest laid ahead.

Suspecting they may be more traps in this room as well. Shou would turn to the two gunmen and the swordsman. "Your turn to dodge spikes maybe?" Shou said with a grin, walking forwards anyway. Cautiously towards the chest even though suggesting one of the others should. 

Shou ignored Maki' s words, but move to prevent the man touching him, he didn't know what the other man was planning. It seemed everyone had decided, and the door ahead opened as if in answer. The stench of death was rancid, as it suddenly came on a sudden wind. Heading inside, Shou didn't like the scene ahead, bodies everywhere and blood. Door slamming behind them, left them briefly in greater darkness as touch light appeared from seemingly nowhere illuminating the room. 

What happened next was the stuff of tales, as corpses got to there feet weapons at the ready, and started to charge at them. Shou slid a couple daggers into each hand, and picked out a couple of the under men that were more rotten flesh, then bone compared to some of the others. His daggers were designed to rend flesh, and lacked the weight to deal a serious blow to bone. With a swing of each arm he would send a pair of daggers at each of the two deadmen, before taking a sliding step behind Naotora. It seemed slightly cowardly to move for cover behind the only female, but she had a close range weapon and the only other choice for that was the swordsman. As Naotora would monumentality hold them off Shou would slide three more blades in to each hand to make claws. Now ready to fight them close up. 

As he stepped off the pressure plate below him, Shou saw the spike start to try and spin up to speed once more. Shou would quickly take a step back on the pressure plate cutting the spikes movement off almost as quickly as they were trying t start. 

"Just go I'll catch up." Shou would say to Naotora, it was best if as many of them got to safety as quickly as possible. Crouching down Shou looked at the pressure plate examine the seem of it. "Damn it. Well I can always get more made." Shou would say to himself pulling out a dagger into each of his hands. Shou would place one into the seem of the pressure plate, hammering in with the back of the second dagger. Before doing the same with the second throwing dagger using the handle of his larger blade. Once please that the trap would be stalled by the daggers, if not held in place completely Shou would head after Naotora. 

Type of Quest: Delivery Mission under attack.

Quest Info: Tasked with meeting a Takeda spy in Uesugi territories in order to collect information on the Uesugi forces, the spy’s cover is blown and Uesugi troops enter the village to capture him. Yamabara now has to escape pass the Uesugi enemy, and get back home in order to bring the information to the Takeda.

Location: Village in Uesugi territories

People Involved: Yamabara Shou, Takeda spy, Uesugi soldiers

Plot-Important: Possible advantage of information to the Takeda faction in next battle vs the Uesugi.

Shou tried to make sense of the message in his head. The man quite clearly hadn't set his sword aside, so why say he had. It must have been something only Yukimura would understand. It seemed the man was pretty damn good at being vague and cryptic. 

"Sakabato aside? Got it. I'll track him down when I get back." Shou would reply. "And likewise about the friend thing." Shou added, in his head not really thinking of the other man as a friend quite yet. It was hard to when, someone actively hide their face to trust them quite that far. 

The man mused over Shou alignment in these current times out loud, before revealing to Shou surprising him that the man, knew Sanada Yukimura. Shou own experiences of meeting the man were small, and Shou had been tried at the time. But Shou did know that Yukimura and his father and family were key members inside the Takeda and loyal as anyone could be.

It seemed strange that and man not of the Takeda considered himself a friend of Yukimura, but Shou had also met men who were not and like them quite well. Shou actually believe the guys words.  Which gave Shou more then the other man probably hope in terms of information. It meant he knew someone, if he could get time to see him. Could reveal who the man was possibly. Getting rid of even more of his curiosity at the same time hopefully. 

"A friend of the Sanada is most likely a friend of the Takeda. It is a pleasure to meet you Shiro-san." Shou would reply giving the other a more formal bow. If he was personal friends of Yukimura it was best not to show any disrespect. "Do you want me to take him a message once I'm home. It's kind of what I do for the Takeda." Shou offered, an extra message was no hassle, and it was a excuse to speak to hi superior. 

Shou watched as Naotora not only was he impressed with the idea, but with her strength as well. That ball and chain must have been heavy. It was doubtful that his own arsenal would have trigger any traps that well. As spikes shot form from the ground, and the walls, other chunks of the path fell away. A form of trap not capable of resetting itself. Shou made a mental note of the traps that appeared momentary. And as much as Shou wanted to have the women keep doing so, he had no way of knowing if the path could take the strain. 

"I'm going to risk it." Shou informed the group, giving the ball wield women a Nod. Carefully Shou would approach the nearest safe section of the ground that he knew. Keeping one eye on the paths safes spots up ahead while another on the wall, in case another pair of slamming spiked walls shot out. HE would follow the safe spots as best he could, whenever there was a section he didn't know he would leap to the next one carefully rather then risk and unknown location. It wasn't long until he had managed to reach the last safe spot before the giant spiked wall trap. 

Feeling relatively safe where with where he was standing Shou tried to look ahead for whatever triggered the walls. They had reset, meaning the trigger quite possibly could trigger again as well. If no triggering device seem obvious, he would quickly throw a few daggers one by one at the path and walls father ahead until something triggered a trap. If nothing did Shou would look back to the other. "Do you think you could try the same up here, so we know a path father on?" Shou asked turning back and bring back to his mind the safe spots, so that he could point them out to the others if they hadn't seen them. 

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Shou turned a flash of anger filling him in recognition of the man and his voice. Hand's twisting ready to flash blades to his hand in a moments notice. However before Shou could react to the other man Shou noticed another approaching as well. "Naotora's the name. You?" "Yamabara." Shou replied simply before returning his gaze over the other man. Randomly attacking the man who had left him dying when they had met did not seem like a good idea. Not only because he knew he would lose, but because he didn't know how the other would react. 

"So you all want the riches too, eh?" A third voice cut in, and Shou turned to look at him. Noticing the gun over his shoulder. "Any funny business, I'll put a bullet between your eyes." The man added, well that settled that, he could try and settle things, with a threat like that hanging in the air. 

"I'm here after something yes, but i've heard the rumors. If there is treasure to be claimed along the way i'll take them." Shou explained, turning his gaze back to Maki. "I can't beat you, I'm not ready. I won't stab your back and you don't stab mine." Shou told the swordsman, before looking back into the pathways. "I was thinking of going left, and clearing the place out path by path. But i'm open to suggestions." Shou would explain his comment aimed at the two people he didn't know rather then the one he did know, and truth be told didn't like.