Fairy Tail RPG: The Wild Hunt

[Tame]

Sniff dodged aside Canter's punch and palmed the outstretched arm away from him, then leapt at his enemy, right knee first. It dealt a glancing blow to the ribs, then as he landed he felt the brute force of a knee to his own ribs. He dropped to his knees but as Canter's left hand came round to strike him in the back of the head, he dived forward, rolling across the carriage flow and coming to a crouching position to face his opponent once more. Canter had already skipped over to him and raised his forward leg to kick. Sniff stood and, having anticipated the attack, extended his own leg to block the kick before it was barely off the ground with his foot. But Sniff now literally had his back to the wall. He weaved to avoid a straight right punch which slammed into the wood behind him but Canter's left fist dealt him a rib-shaking body blow. Sniff recovered before Canter could attack again and brought his right elbow crashing into the man's chin. Apparently stunned, the boxer stumbled backwards, long enough for the Take Over Mage to deliver a powerful skipping side kick to his chest. Thrown completely off his feet, he tumbled across the carriage floor.

Sniff felt the rush he always did when he was in a tough fight and he knew an attack had hit home - part disbelief, part satisfaction. Canter was a skilled fighter; good reflexes, fast and strong. Sniff had great instincts for this kind of fight but even he was only able to match him. And to make matters worse, his vision was starting to blur.

'Damn, didn't expect you to be so good!' Canter admitted with a laugh as he lay face up on the floor. 'But I got a punch in - y'know what that means!'

Sniff started, remembering Canter's Magic. But he could still hear, still see, still feel, so...? 'What have you done?!' Sniff tried to demand, but nothing happened. No sound came from his mouth.

'Haha, have you realised it yet?! I've taken your voice!! Now you can't even scream for help as I pummel you to death!!' the cruel man cackled as he got to his feet. 'Oh, and I stole something else, too!' It was then that Sniff saw what he was holding. Canter held his glasses. Before he could stop himself, their eyes had met. A moment later everything went dark.

'When did he take them?! When I got him with my elbow, it must have been! That's why my vision's blurred!!' Sniff thought desperately. Then he felt a knee in his ribs once more and he fell to his knees before collapsing on the floor, clutching his chest and gasping for air.

'Mage, are you alright?!' one of the guards shouted.

'Oh he's far from alright, my friend,' said Canter's voice from somewhere nearby. 'Ain't that right, Bright Eyes?! Hahahaaaa!'


The blast shattered the bull and as it rushed towards him Gekko cast a hasty defensive spell. 'Clay-Make: Shield!' A huge shield with an image of a lizard on it appeared before him to take the brunt of the attack. It cracked upon impact with the incredible power of the Magic and only held together for a moment more. 'Clay-Make: Double Shield!' Two more shields appeared and both were broken one after another, but they had done their job; the attack was over.

The Celestial Dragon's Roar had torn almost the entire the roof off the first carriage (its occupants were looking up in astonishment) and even with three shields, some of the flames had successfully licked round them and torn Gekko's clothes. 'What power!' he marveled as dust swirled around him. When it settled, however, he found his opponent had vanished! 'The engine!'

Immediately Okami's plan had become clear to Gekko. He jumped down through the open roof into the carriage. The door at the far end was open, giving him a direct view into the engine cabin. There he saw Okami's hand reaching for the brake lever...!

'Clay-Make: Python!' Gekko yelled, charging forward at full speed. The huge snake he summoned flew the length of the carriage, barely missing a couple of Goblin Coin's members and straight into the cabin! More dust filled the air and Gekko watched intently for the scene to become clear. As visibility was restored, he saw the broken brake lever now only a stub. But the screech of the brakes told him his adversary had been successful. The train was beginning to slow down...


'Please, don't kill me!!' screamed Clint as he clutched Dante's hand, trying in vain to tear it from his head. Dante was standing over him, parts of his body semi-frozen, others singed from electrical shock, but still he stood, apparently unaware. Clint's crumpled guns lay discarded on the carriage floor. His head felt like it was about to implode. 'No, please, please, let me go!!'

 

[RaveDragon]

"Thanks a lot lizard man, that was great help," Okami smirked at her opponent fying atop the roof once more to face gekko.

She had managed to evade the clay python which had damaged the engine quite a good deal, Okami hoped the enemy would be too angry to make some good moves she was still up for a fight but had a few scratches there and here. The train however would take awhile to stop.

"Oh well now i can go just take care of you and not worry about the others," okami smiled at her opponent as if they were having a tea party. She spread thier wings wide and brought them down speeding towards Gekko and once she was in range she shifted her feet facing her opponent in the air.

"Celestial dragon Talon!"

 

[Ghan]

Dante released his grip from Clint's head. He could see his oppenent was scared shitless. "I shouldn't kill him" , he thought. A smile started creeping upon his face. "No I won't kill you , I'm going to make you go through hell". Dante tossed Clint on his stomach. He then grabbed both of his arms and put his right foot on Clint's back and pulled. The scream that ensued made Dante's heart squeam with joy.

 

[Tame]

The kick, powered up by the Dragon Slayer Magic, connected with Gekko's chin, sending him flying up into the air. He knew that if he didn't do something then, vulnerable as we was whilst still in the air, he would be an easy target for Okami's attacks.

'Clay-Make: Snake Whip!' He cast the spell whilst still in mid air. A snake appeared wrapped around his arm and its long neck shot out and wrapped itself round a broken bar of the train. The snake then tugged its body, pulling Gekko sharply towards the train. He landed safely on the roof of the second carriage and, seeing that his Guild mates had leapt to safety (with the rest of the gold from the carriage) onto the Golbin Coin train, immediately counter-attacked; 'Clay-Make: Elephant!' Above Okami's head a huge ceramic elephant appeared from nowhere, and fell straight downwards towards her.

Gekko was trying to right his unsteady body. He couldn't see yet whether his attack had hit home. 'I've used up a lot of Magic Power... And I've taken damage too... If that last attack didn't finish her off, then I reckon she's got me,' he thought unbegrudgingly.


'No I won't kill you , I'm going to make you go through hell.'

'Ohthankyouthankthankyou!!' Clint gushed pathetically. 'Wwwwwait, hell?' Dante tossed Clint on his stomach. He then grabbed both of his arms and put his right foot on Clint's back and pulled. The scream that ensued made Dante's heart squeam with joy. The moment his scream ended, the Goblin Coin Mage fell unconscious.

Dante vs Clint Stallone
Winner: Dante


As if to toy with the man, Canter placed Sniff's glasses on one of the poor guards' face. Then the cruel Mage stood up and kicked him sharply in the stomach. 'Agh!' cried the man. Canter merely laughed. Sniff heard more screams of agony as his enemy continued to beat the helpless men. More laughs. Able to take it no more, he pulled himself and charged. Only able to roughly guess the position of his target, he was sent back to the floor with a single easily-placed kick.

'Haha, in a rush to die, are you?' he heard Canter gloat. 'Don't you like to listening to these screams whilst you lie unable to fight back, unable to even reassure them?! Haha, you goddamn do-gooder! But this is the best kind of torture for people like you!' Sniff lay, apparently unable to stand, on his front at the far end of the carriage, his head against the floor.

Then Canter went from being manic and excited to suddenly being composed quiet. 'The finishing blow,' he murmured to himself. They never know where I'll strike from...' The carriage fell into deadly silence save for the click-clack of the train wheels. No one said a word. No one moved. None except Canter. He crept round slowly and silently, trying to unnerve his opponent like he always did before finishing them off.

Sniff couldn't see or smell, but he could still hear. He could hear his enemy's footsteps, hear them getting closer. Tmp tmp. Tmp tmp. With his head on its side he had his hare's ear to the floor and could hear the sound of his enemy's approaching feet as clearly as if they were wearing tap shoes. Tmp tmp. Tmp tmp.

Suddenly Canter charged forward preparing to finish Sniff in one deadly knee drop. 'He's coming! Now!' Hearing the running feet he waited until they got as close as he dared let them. At the last moment he pushed himself to his feet with both arms. In the same swift movement he pivoted on one leg, bending it as he did so, propelling himself round into a devastating reverse kick with his other.

Canter was too surprised by the accuracy of the attack to do anything - he was sent flying down the carriage. The moment he landed, Sniff identified the location of the sound and charged forward, still blinded. He could hear his target groaning in pain. That was what he aimed for when he threw one last punch into the ground. The attack hit home; Canter was struck square on the side of the head and was knocked out instantly.

Sniff vs Canter
Winner: Sniff

 

[Rarhyx]

"Come on shiny stop that stupid train already, I want to have some fun" was Terry thinking.

The two exceed still carried him above the the next carriage

"How long can you two still carry me? If you both are too tired say it, I will heal you for a short time"


As the train started to slow down Terry prepared to jump onto the roof.

 

[RaveDragon]

Tora watched Terry steady himself and since Alica had it under control, "I'm gonna go back to Okami!"

Meanwhile the Celestial dragon slayer was amused at the clay elephant running towards her, it was big but slow. However she had to destroy it for the sake of the passengers on the train.

"That is cool!" Okami grinned, "but i still got enough energy for my breath attack, Celestial Dragon ROAR!"

Once the elephant was out of the way she would fly top speed towards Gekko and finish him with a headbutt, after all she needed to conserve her magic. Their master was still around somewhere.

 

[Tame]

(OOC: the clay elephant is descending on Okami from above, not charging, but it doesn't really matter. We'll just pretend she shot her Dragon's Roar upwards instead of forwards. :P)

The train was still moving at a fairly high speed; it would be a few minutes before it stopped. Three figures, all of similar build and wearing identical loose black robes that completely concealed their face, suddenly jumped onto the carriage Terry and Alica hovered just above. They had the pair surrounded. At the exact same moment they all performed the same action - they swung their right arms towards the Dragon Slayer, and he noticed that they had large mallets where they should have hands. The hammers would deal a lot of damage if he didn't somehow avoid them.


Gekko looked on as a blue blast of magic flew upwards into the from the carriage in front of him, smashing his last spell to pieces. 'Damn, I lost,' he thought with a strange thought of satisfaction as Okami flew at him. He took the headbutt straight on; he fell back, unconscious.

Okami vs Gekko
Winner: Okami


'Master, the bank train is slowing!' the worried Goblin Coin driver told Argent. The middle-aged mage clenched his fists. Another Goblin Coin mage burst into the carriage.

'Master, Clint and Gekko have both been defeated!'

'What's the situation?' muttered Argent through clenched teeth.

'No word from Canter! Kalima has engaged one of the Dragon Slayers in combat, sir!'

'I meant about the gold! How much gold have we managed to get?!'

'T-two carriages' worth, sir!' Argent's eyes narrowed and he looked over to the charging. They were about two-thirds full.

'Very well. Stop the train. I'll deal with them myself,' he said stoically.

'Yessir!' said the train driver and pulled on the brake lever.

'When the train stops I'll fight them myself. As soon as the lacrima is charged, inform me.'

'Yessir!' his two underlings consented.


Sniff ran into the next carriage along the train and glanced from side to side for signs of enemies. 'The train's slowing down. Nice one, Okami! That means the guards and most of the gold should be safe. But unless we get aboard the Goblin Coin train then Argent will get away!'

He was still in his Brown Hare form; he had taken back his glasses and had left the guards to tie up Canter. They had arranged that the guards that weren't too beaten would move up the train, arresting any beaten Goblin Coin members had helping out any injured comrades. 'Sorry we can't be of more help,' the guards' leader had told Sniff.

This new carriage was empty save for half a dozen bruised and battered guards. To his left he saw some triumphant Goblin Coin members on the opposite carriage. They were just sliding the carriage shut...

'Herbivore Soul: Silver Kong!' Sniff immediately changed form, taking on that of powerful, silver-haired gorilla, and leapt across the gap between the two trains, smashing the carriage door in as he went. He landed in the midst of the enemy, knocking two them down with his long, outstretched arms as he did so. In a flurry of swift and powerful movements he began to strike his foes down one-by-one.

 

[Ghan]

Dante slumped against the wall next to the crumpled body. Looking at his arms, he could see huge bruises and streams of blood flowing down them. He exhausted a lot of his magic. He began to waddle towards the opening of the carriage. The battles seemed to have ended. "hopefully everyone is alright ". It took all his energy to crawl to the corner. Dante knew he was pretty banged up.

 

[RaveDragon]

Okami took a deep breath and let it out.

"thanks lizard man that was fun" she saluted. She looked at the Goblin's train and right adjacent to her she could smell blood

'Dante?' she frowned and flew to the cabin opposite her, the kid was badly beat up and bruised. Next to him was the body of a Goblin who was in much more horrible state, his arms were bent at a funny angle.

"You went wild didn't you?" Okami sighed hovering in front of him, "Need some help?"

"I'm gonna have to carry you, you know flying is faster," Okami said as she followed the scent that led to Sniff and some time later, "There's the captain!"

 

[Ghan]

"Yeah I do need some", he responded. His body ached all over. He outstretched his hands to Okami. " thanks, a lot ".

 

[Rarhyx]

Before thinking what to do Terry shouted:
"Alica, Tora: evasion maneuver"
Tora and Alica did a back flip in the air to avoid the three hammers

"Three on one, huh? Then I'll need some area attack"
'Blue Lightning: Dragon Roar!'
Terry aimed at his enemys, hoping his attack will hit them

 

[Tame]

With a last swing of one great arm, Sniff batted aside the last of the Goblin Coin mooks. They lay bruised and unconscious around the carriage. Sniff quickly gathered up the sacks of gold they had taken and threw them back across into the bank train. Then he hurried onto the next carriage, running on all fours. This one was completely deserted - anyone who had been here recently must have left. There were no signs of a struggle. In the next carriage he found Okami tending to a tired-looking Dante whose arms were bleeding badly. Unconscious next to them was a Goblin Coin member whose arms had clearly bent in an unnatural way.

'Dante, are you alright?' the gorilla-man asked, coming over, concern in his voice.


A powerful rush of charged magic shot down at the enemy. The cold lightning tore not only the carriage roof off but, it tore all three figures them all to pieces too - bits of wood and metal flew everywhere.

'Kikikiki,' giggled a voice. Terry noticed on the roof of the Goblin Coin carriage opposite him six people stood. They all looked identical to the three he had just destroyed. The voice was coming from one of them. 'You're powerful,' the female voice said. 'I'm Kalima, Puppet Mage! You just destroyed three of my favourite toys, meanie! They were my puppets!' The six figures all raised their arms in unison. Terry couldn't see the hands that lay beneath the robes (if they had hands), but he could see a single long, sharp blade emerge from each sleeve. 'There's six of us,' the girl said playfully. 'One of us is the real me. Three of us are puppets. And the other two... the other two of us are captives, forced to do my bidding! Another attack like the one you just did could destroy us all, but a goodie-goodie Mage like you couldn't hurt innocent people now, could he? Kikikiki!!'

 

[RaveDragon]

"Good thing I have my first aid kit, I'll stop the bleeding but he'll need real treatment I can only stabilize him," Okami said grabbing the her bag and tending to the younger mage.

"I took care of a Goblin, so did Dante, i managed to stop the train, it will stop in some time, Tora is with Alica and terry so they should be fine but I can only vaguely sense Alex, no idea what she's up to," Okami told Sniff, "For Argent we'll need everybody to take him down wont we?"

 

[Ghan]

"Yeah I'm fine , but he's not", nodding his head over towards the dismembered body . "I kinda overdid it ", he said. He didn't even remember crossing into this train. Last thing he saw was Clint firing bullets towards him from across the train tracks.

 

[Tame]

'You patch him and up as best you can. Hang in there, you're gonna be fine,' Sniff said, trying to sound reassuring. He didn't read too much into Dante's words about over-doing it; this was battle and sometimes over-doing it is the only way to do it.

'Nice work,' he said after hearing Okami's report, 'Both of you. I took one out too, though I'm getting pretty tired. This train train from here to the back is clear, I think. I haven't seen Alex either though and I'm getting worried. And yeah, I think it'll take all of us to beat the leader.'

'They're weak, get 'em!' they all heard from behind them. From the bank train six more Goblins were preparing to attack.

'You heal Dante, I'll deal with them!' Sniff said, turning to face the attackers as they jumped towards them. He knocked the first one out of the air with a well-timed swipe of his and he made ready to do something similar to the rest.

 

[Rarhyx]

"Damn, I overdid it again..." said Terry with a low voice while watching the flewing roof pieces.

As he noticed six other creatures on the other train he said surprised
"Did they just double or what the heck is going on"

Kalima introduced herself

"Three puppets and three real persons...? No big deal, a Dragons nose can smell humans, just for your information"
Terry threw his swords infused with yellow flashes to two puppets, supposed to be no humans.
"Alright ladys, fly with highspeed at at this puppet" Terry pointed to one puppet "I'll tear it apart with my Dragon kick"

 

[Tame]

'Grrrr!' Kamila grumbled as Terry's nose out-did her trick. However she laughed as the swords pierced and stuck in two of her puppets. 'Kikiki, that will do no good! They move at my will, even if they're stabbed or chipped! You'll have to break them to pieces to stop them!' Kalima was clearly skilled at throwing her voice, since every time she spoke it seemed to come from a different direction.

Terry was flying towards the third puppet. Two more of the figures, which Terry could smell were human, moved quickly in front of it to defend. Both raised their two swords and pointed them directly up at the oncoming Dragon Slayer, ready to impale him if he wasn't careful.

 

[Rarhyx]

"Retreat, retreat!"
Alica and Tora flew to the left to avoid the two sharp blades.
But it was a bit to late. Terry's right arm was hit a bit and started to bleed.
"Ouch! You are pretty pathetic to hide yourself behind some crappy puppets, you stupid goblin loser. Show yourself" Terry mocked Kamila, hoping she would let down her guard so he can identify where the real puppeter is

 

[RaveDragon]

"That's should fix you for now," Okami grinned at Dante, she stopped sniffing the air, "Terry's fighting someone and...some stuff, I hope he's okay, i didnt leave Tora there for him to lose!"

"Can you move?" Okami asked Dante gently helping the boy up when he extended his hands to her, she put his arm round her neck and her arm round his waist, "Let me help you for now,"

Meanwhile Sniff was making scarce of the Goblins goons, "Lets wait for Sniffy before we head forwards, maybe he'll need us,"

 

[Tame]

'How dare you!' shouted Kalima. 'You stupid poo-head, you know nothing of the grace of my Magic! You're the coward - get down here and fight me like a man!' She was obviously a very childish person. 'Six Puppets: Spider Stance!' she called out. The spell activated hidden weapons within the three remaining puppets; two long, blades sprung out through their robes on either side their abdomens. They were about three foot long each and curved forward menacingly. 'Fancy a hug from these?!' Kalima shouted. 'Come and get one, poo-head!'


Meanwhile Sniff had just clunked the heads of the last two Goblins together, ending their attack. He was panting a little; the constant assaults were beginning to take a toll on his physical stamina. 'Can you tell if Terry's nearby?' he asked, turning back to Okami. 'We should help him if he's still fighting.'