Mission:

After ending a threat of a prison break by taking out the leader, who was scheduled to be executed anyway, Kurai and Little Kong made their way directly back to the Mission Board. The Shinobi that handled all of the scrolls congratulated the pair, telling Kurai how things weren't as exciting as they were before he came along and began taking jobs. Kurai only nodded his head while taking another mission scroll and peeling it open to read the scrawled contents inside.

A ship managed to sail its way here by way of one of the rivers that lead in between the ring of volcanoes and out into the ocean. A carrier pigeon was sent to tell them to turn back. They responded by killing the pigeon. People standing around the shores reported that the ship was flying a black flag with skull and crossbones – A jolly roger. This meant they were pirates. A certain kind of pirates, known for sacking towns, looting riches, raping women – pirate shit.

By killing the carrier pigeon, the individual brave enough to attempt to stop these pirates was given the green light to eliminate them with extreme force. Kurai didn't want his sister being dragged into this, and he didn't see any of those leaders doing anything about it, so Kurai figured that if he didn't do it, no one would. With a head nod, Kurai motioned for Little Kong to follow him. The two quickly left the village and sped through the branches and trees of the wild. In minutes the duo arrived at the eastern edge of the island. Their pirate ship could be seen in the distance, and at the shore, a Chuunin was waiting with a small boat.

The Chuunin jumped when he turned to see Kurai and Little Kong standing there. “Oh!...Oh, you must be who they sent to deal with this... but, you're doing this alone?...” he said, then he was hit on the side of his head with a rock by Little Kong. “Oww! Ok ok, just you two then?...”

Kurai nodded his head. He noticed how shaken up and nervous the Chuunin was, and how he was sweating so heavily that his uniform was soaked completely through. ”Go back to the village. We'll take it from here,” he said.

“But... but i'm supposed to get you close to their ship, and supply you with a grapple so you can get on board,” replied the Chuunin, before Kurai picked up Little Kong and rose into the air. The Chuunin looked with wide opened eyes and a slightly dropped open mouth.

”Not needed. We'll be back when we're done with these guys.”

Kurai flew close to the surface of the water, staying out of sight as best as he could, using the darkness from the coming evening to mask his approach. His jacket flapped around behind him as he moved, making him resemble a super hero of sorts with a cape. Once he figured he was close enough to where they wouldn't be able to get a line on him with cannons or ranged weaponry such as crossbows or kunai launchers, Kurai rose, releasing Little Kong as they made their way up onto the deck. They both landed upon the heads of unsuspecting pirates, knocking them violently to the wooden deck of the ship.

Everyone else was alerted to their arrival. The pirates came at the duo with knives and Kunai. Every one of them were felled by hard kicks and punches. There was a variety of different ways that Kurai could have handled the situation, but he decided to reserve his chakra, for he knew something way worse than the likes of these goons was in store once they were all on the ground sleeping, dead, or in the water drowning. Power shots broke jaws and sent bodies flying. Some went overboard into the drink. Some were knocked through the wooden deck of the ship after being juggled around in the air by Little Kong, creating an explosion of wood chips.

After all 13 of the low level goons were down and out, the Captain and his first mate came out of the Captain's quarters. The captain was an older looking guy with an eye patch and swords. His first mate was an insane looking individual with a half mask on his face and knives. The Captain looked seasoned with age and experience, whereas the first mate looked wild and reckless.

”The guy with the stupid mask thing, he's mine,” said Little Kong, and Kurai nodded his head, setting his sights upon the captain. Little Kong approached the first mate, and Kurai approached the captain.

“Just make this good, alright? Don't die in the first 5 seconds,” said the captain, pulling out twin swords. The first mate laughed at the small approaching monkey.

“Can you believe this? I'm gonna get my ass kicked by a monkey, hahahah--” he said, before Little Kong was before him very swiftly, and kicking him in the mouth. Little Kong had previously been training, so despite his small size, he was still able to knock the grown man completely off of his feet.

“Don't underestimate them!” said the captain, never taking his good eye off of Kurai, who was still slowly walking toward him. “These two are something else!” Kurai was brave enough to walk right up on the captain. The man swung the swords toward Kurai's head, but touched nothing. The captain swung 3 times, missing all 3, and was kicked in the mid-section. Every swing that missed from that point on was countered with a kick to the mid-section.

The first mate began to showcase extreme speed and agility with his twin knives, but Little Kong was faster still. The animal was making sport of the man, using his unpredictable “Drunk Monkey” style of Tai Shing. The simian was purposely falling and doing tumbles, counter attacking with strange but solid blows, greatly frustrating the knife wielder. Little Kong used this frustration to his advantage, making him attack wildly and countering when he least suspected it.

The captain was now spitting up blood from being kicked in the mid-section so many times. He'd resorted to swinging at Kurai with only one arm, using the other to attempt to block those rock hard kicks to his stomach and sides. He was kicked twice in that arm. The second produced a loud audible pop sound, signaling that the arm was now broken. Then came the Great Whirlwind. A kick to the leg, then to the mid-section one last time, then a roundhouse kick that launched the captain airborne.

This was around the time that Little Kong executed the very same attack upon the first mate. Both of them were launched airborne where they crashed into each other, then down to the deck; the captain upon his head, and the first mate slamming through the deck. Kurai picked Little Kong up and raised himself into the air. When he was high enough, he put the monkey upon his back and began to create a dust cube. Slowly it began to expand larger and larger.

Both the captain and the first mate managed to shake off the haze of the beatings they'd just received to see their ship suddenly engulfed within a large cube; a large sphere just above the bow. Then it was over. The inside of the cube exploded, turning everything within into fine particles of dust. With the threat of the pirates ended, Kurai turned to head back home.

1,261 wc