Mission: Reaping the Flying Dutchman

^Takai and Furiko would be standing on the sandy beach of the Freshwater Sea next to a small boat which was what they would need to get to the ship of the Flying Dutchman. The area was almost completely dark since it was night only being lightened up by the moon reflected off the water in sea. Takai and Furiko would stand around waiting for Nathan and Yumari to arrive.^

_-Nathan and Yumari soon arrived towards the fresh water seas having never being in the Chaos before it was kinda hard to track. But luckily takai was there so he just followed his scent and found the place. he looked up into the sky as the moon was shining brightly. It made him feel more relaxed and calm about the mission that was about to commence.-_

"Hey there takai hows it been?"

Takai- We're fine Nathan-san I hope you are ready for this mission from what I have heard the Flying Dutchman has been gathering many souls so he has to be strong.

^Takai would hold out his hand and Furiko would change into her weapon for attaching to Takai's wrist. Takai would then jump back and would land in the boat waiting for Nathan to hop in so they could set sail.^

_-Nathan would nod as yumari transformed into her bladed form as he placed her in her sheath by his leg. He jumped in the boat and awaited to set sail -_

^Takai would sign causing the water the rise a little over the boat and would pull them out to sea. Takai would then pull down his gas mask and would release a white non-toxic gas from his mouth to act as one way fog allowing himself and Nathan to move around unseen though the fog while they could see perfectly. Takai would hold out Furiko's crystal to act as navigation around the Freshwater Sea while they searched for the ship of the Flying Dutchman.^

After a little while of sailing around, the two of them would be in the middle of the sea with no land in sight. As they sailed, another fog would roll in that counteracted their own fog, making them unable to see... It was an odd fog, a ghostly fog, in fact. Just then, two gigantic, piercing red eyes could be seen out of a fog and a horrible, gruff moaning like that of a monster would be heard..

"Grruuuuaaaauuuuuuuggghhhh..."

What would come from the fog appeared to be some sort of ship of sorts... but now, Takai and Nathan's ship would be completely and utterly consumed by the fog and threatening to be eaten by the ship, itself. It was the monstrous ship, Nidhogg.

^Furiko's crystal would be able to clearly see the ship though the fog and would alert Takai to the ship trying to consume them. Takai would create a set of hand signs causing the water between them and the ship to spin into a large whirlpool which would cause Takai's ship to be pushed past the mouth allowing them to move on the side of the ship. Although Takai would have Furiko create a boat out of crystals which would move into the mouth of the ship to make the ship think it ate them. Not taking a time to recollect what happened Takai would motion to Nathan to fallow him as Takai would jump into the air landing on the deck of the ship.^

_-Through the immense fog nathan could see through it like it wasn't there. When takai motioned for him to hop on the ship Nathan would already be on the deck of the ship as he activated his soul perception and unsheathe yumari and griped her tightly. They were in enemy territory so he had to remain on his toes.-_

Once on the ship, the gigantic ship, Nidhogg fell silent, though its mouth was still open wide as if it were hungry. It let out low grumbles every now and then...

Immediately after the two got onto the ship, though, spirits started to appear around them.. Ghosts. Though, only 3 of them, they were definitely not friendly at all.



The ghosts fazed in and out of the realm continuously... Not staying tangible or visible for longer than a few moments before reappearing in a new spot.

Takai- I will deal with these Nathan-san.

^Takai would look at all three of the Ghosts moving around the ship and would use his soul perception to begin to slowly fallow them one at a time. Takai observation of them would suddenly begin to move faster and faster. Takai would then hold out Furiko's holster and would then fire her crystal at speeds only Nathan could clearly fallow. The crystal would instantly appear where one of the ghost would appear and would punch though it release a flux of soul energy freezing it in place so it could not change position. Furiko's crystal would do the same thing to the other two ghost until all three where unable to move. Takai would then tap the top of Furiko's holster sending a surge of energy though the wire connected to the chain. This energy would be trying to turn all three ghost into puppets which would push out their souls for Takai,^

_-Nathan just stood there observing the display of speed that just happened. it seemed that Takai has gotten faster and more in sync with Furiko. Since nathan had nothing really to do he just stood there on guard encase needed-_

Unfortunately for Takai, the Ghosts had an ability that could easily drain Soul Energy and utilize it for themselves... Osmose. It drained more than Soul Energy, too, so if Furiko DID make contact with them, it would not only drain her soul energy, but also her and Takai's chakra and general energy within them, thus would be more trouble than they thought they would be. Soooo, the Ghosts got to continue on as they wished with the Soul Energy not affecting them once they absorbed and converted it into energy for themselves. Thus, no puppets for Takai.

Now, each of the Ghosts would faze out and appear faaaar away from the original area... Hovering over the sea, in fact. They held their hands out at Takai and Nathan and tried to use their 'hand' abilities... The first would use Silence Touch, trying to completely seal away both of their chakras and soul ability usage... The second would use Sleep Touch, trying to put them to sleep by stealing their conscious from them.. literally... and finally, the last would use Zombie Hand, trying to transform them both into undead Zombies... which was actually non curable by any conventional means that either of them had. So, that one was probably the most deadly of them all. Their hands would disappear and reappear near the two of them, ready to follow them to the ends of the earth.

Takai- Don't let those hands touch you Nathan-san I ain't bringing back not sleeping zombie.

^Takai would say this as he would instantly avoid all the heads moving toward him being able to easily tell where they would appear each time. Takai would then sigh as he would move forward and jump into the water. There would be a moment of silence before from around the three ghost would erupt a large amount black poison would surround them release a large poison which would block the use of energy from the ghost within this area meaning they could not change location without going though the deadly poison which could damage to ghost since there energy was being blocked making them solid. Although Takai would then appear from above not being part of the poison with a strange love on his hand and Furiko nowhere in sight.^

Takai-Innocence Activate.

^The glove would be Takai's Anit-ankuma weapon Odyssey which would release a large amount of innocence covered thread which appear around the ghost releasing a large amount of energy for the 3 ghost to hold them down and for them to absorb. Although once they would being to absorb energy the innocence in the energy would purify the ghost turning them into nothing but souls. Also to be safe Furiko would appear from underwater under the ghost and would release a wave of crystal that would explode with poison energy on contact with the ghost causing them to corrupt and turn into nothing but souls.^

"Yea yea I know."

_-Nathan using his speed would avoid the hands coming towards him as well as know which direction they would come from using his soul perception. He would be moving in a very complex fashion while shooting beams of the storm flame flame towards the hands destroying them on contact. He would then land by where takai would land as takai wished he wouldn't help but gave an idea.-_

"Well, since there ghost is there a way to purify them or something?"

(So, I'mma be frank... I don't feel like fucking around with you like I usually do in missions. I kinda want this to get straight to the point cuz more important missions are on the rise. So, we're making this quick.)

The ghosts would be easily disposed of by Takai, as they could not do... anything... about their deaths, or whatever. ANYWAY, the little shits died, okay? So their 3 souls go to Takai, each being worth 1 soul a piece.

Though, from out of the ground, another ghost would appear... this guy was much different from the others, though. He had more power to him...

"Heeechchchchchchch....."

He floated in the darkness of the ship a bit of a ways away from those two, pointing his gun at them, having it loaded. The Flying Dutchman.

^Takai would appear back on the boat next to Nathan along with Furiko after she absorbed the souls and she would turn back into her weapon form an attack to Takai's wrist. As the ghost would appear and point his gun toward them Takai would already know who this was.^

Takai- Well well welll the Flying Dutchman already but lets get this over with I want you in my collection.

^Takai would instantly fire Fruiko's crystal toward the Flying Dutchman as the crystal would glow with energy splitting into 20 crystals which would try to stab though the Flying Dutchman not only destroying him but extracting the soul and turning his body into that of a puppet.^

"You can take his body just let me reap his soul."

_-Nathan would say as he grew tired of watching Takai have all the fun and he felt it was his time to partake in the mission. He clenched both his fist as they formed orbs of soul energy that formed around yumari and his fist as he got into a running stance and took off at a speed so fast that four after images formed as nathan would appear jumping in the air. The three at the bottom would attempt a soul menace of deadly proportions with enough force behind it to crush a mountain while the real nathan in the air would send several volleys of the okami flame mixed with soul energy in attempts to distract him so that either his or takais attack would hit home.-_

The Flying Dutchman would instantly disappear, having warped somewhere around the Nidhogg.

"Heechchchchchch! I'm not letting you get into MY soul room! These souls are for the Kishin! You can't have any! Hechchchch! NIIIDHOGGGG!!"

The boat started to moan violently and grotesquely, as Nathan and Takai tried to attack at the Dutchman who wasn't there, boards of the boat would quickly flip upward and try to launch them off of the ship. Now because this would be totally unexpected, there would be a slim chance that they would be able to avoid this, especially with their attention not on the boat.

Now, after that happened, many, many cannons appeared from many, many placed on the boat. They were all aimed at Takai and Nathan.

"FIRE!"

The cannons repeatedly and relentlessly fired off nonstop shots of just cannonballs from every direction, every angle, completely and utterly aimed at Nathan and Takai, no matter where they went or where they thought they could go. They were targeted.

^Takai would be launched in the air because of how sudden this happened but he would not be up there for long as since Furiko was fired after missing her target she would dig herself into the wall near by and would instantly reel Takai back down to the ship. Although Takai would notice the cannons so would not grab Nathan trying to divide their fire. As the cannonballs moved toward Takai he would sign creating a dome of poison around himself which would melt all cannonballs that came on contact with the dome before they came even close to Takai. While the dome was holding off the cannonballs Takai would begin to look around using his Soul Perception to try and lock onto the Flying Dutchman. Although after a moment Takai would think of something and ram his hand in to the deck of the ship sending a large wave of poison though it trying to completely melt the ship to the point of sinking although Takai would keep it a float it that happened and corrupt the soul of the ship which might also affect the Flying Dutchman.-

_-Nathan who was already in the air would notice how takai was sent upward as he reverted his after images back into him. As the cannon balls came its way towards nathan he would instantly be covered in an almost skin tight sheet of the okami ice who defense could easily take the bombardment of cannon balls.-_

_-Once finished nathan would use his soul perception not trying to locate the Flying Dutchman but this soul room he spoke of. If anything he would be guarding that specific room since he said they were for the Kishin. Once located he would began heading towards the room with the okami ice layer still around him encase need be with yumari clutched in his hand as well.-_

The poisonous wave released by Takai would reveal the Soul Room below, harboring 50 ripe, juicy souls with the Flying Dutchman floating above them. He was surprised, and Nidhogg moaned out of pain because of the poison.

"NIDHOGG! You are destroying my ship, Niiidhoooooggg!"

The Flying Dutchman fired his hand cannon, more cannons appearing on the ship in random places and firing at both a singular point on the Okami ice, which would weaken it much, much, much much easier, then would fire many, many cannonballs into the air, The Flying Dutchman would disappear once again.

^Takai would create a shield of black poison which would block and melt the cannon ball fired by the Dutchman. Takai would then jump down from the deck into the soul room to avoid more fire from the other cannons. Takai would then begin to walk around the soul room and poison would continue to flow from his feet burning into the ship constantly. Takai would also begin to bag the souls to be given to Shinigami-sama after this mission. This was also begin done to draw back the Dutchman to defend his souls and ship. Takai would continue to move below deck burning into the ship with all 50 soul stored in a extra crystal on his hip created by Furiko.^

_-As the cannon balls were continued to be fired at Nathan it somehow pierce the okami ice but not as much as he may have intended. So on that note nathan made haste towards the soul room helping takai with the souls and placing them in the crystal. Once that was done he went up on the deck where the Dutchman would be as he attempted to provoke him.-_

"Thanks for the souls Shinigami-sama really appreciate this, but we'll need yours as well in order to fulfill his wish. "

_-While speaking nathan rain ring ignited as Bliss was already out and cocked at the Dutchman right when he finished his sentence. It began glowing the same color as the deep blue sea as the okami water,the rain flame,and soul energy was channled into the barrel of the gun.-_

"Crashing of Souls."

_-With that several large tidal waves the size of a mid sized building launched towards the flying Dutchman at light speeds. The rain flame would render his body to complete ineffectiveness if hit by this causing the soul to just float on out leaving his body there on the deck while the okami water and soul energy would act as a concussive force of energy being brought down towards him if this indeed worked.-_

(So, the both of you take too long. So, it's time to end this now. >>; )

Just then, the ship started to collapse on itself in various places, the strain of the two fighting the Dutchman on it was causing it to break apart. Planks and wooden boards started to float away from the ship at a distance, the ship starting to sink underwater.

Then, the Dutchman would appear groaning and crying.

"My souls! My souls! NIIIIDDHOOOOOOOGGGGG!!!"

He would disappear, as would the frontal part of Nidhogg, where the eyes were. It would seem as though those parts would have totally disappeared from out of the area in a flash. The rest of the ship started to sink and if nothing was done fast, the both of them would drown and all 50 of those souls would be lost.

^As the ship would sink Takai would sign and touch the ground causing a large amount of poison to erupt from his hands and into the water though cracks in the ship. The water around the ship would turn purple turning it into poison thus placing it under Takai's control. Takai would have the poison around the ship harden creating a large platform for the boat to rest on so it would not sink into the water.^

Takia- Crap he disappeared again.