isleofavalon | Get out your guns, battles begun.... (February Catch All)

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Get out your guns, battles begun.... (February Catch All)

🧙 WHO: Yamamto Takeshi, Various and YOU!
⚔️️ WHAT: Open catch all for February with quests, TDM and random shenanigans
🕒 WHEN: All of February
🗺️ WHERE: All over~
⚠️ WARNINGS: NPC death in comments as I will be doing the Selkie quest. None other than that will update if it changes.

Quest for the Pure of heart: Yamamoto accepted this quest not only for the gold offered which will certainly be good for the three young hitmen. But because he wants to help as much as he can here in Avalon, it seemed a good way to do so. The young man has harvested his crystal, making it across the bridge with ease as if ever there was a pure heart, Yamamoto Takeshi possesses it.

His problem, he is now standing on the other side, torn between completing his task as Morganna instructed or not. Slipping something into a person's food sneakily seems wrong to him. Maybe he should ask the man, tell him about the vial? Honesty is always best right.

As it is, maybe a fellow traveler completing this task would like to accompany him to finish the rest, a little teamwork might motivate him to choose a path, rather than stand there torn between his decision because while one completes the task, another feels like it is the right thing to do.

Ingredient 2: Deez Nuts!
Yamamoto figures with his animal magic and sword, he stands a pretty good chance at this task. So he is there in front of the quests postings and going to flash a beaming smile at anyone who catches his eye. He's clearly a young man on a mission and ready and raring to go.

Anyone who even so much as makes eye contact is going to be met with a grin, a slight wave of his hand, and the following question.

"Yo! Want to help me gather some nuts?"

Wildcard: I am open to any of the quests or TDM prompts, if you'd like a starter for one let me know. Or if you want to fling someone at Yamamoto at random, he can be found training daily, not only his magic but his sword too, or just out and about getting to know people, so feel free to fling a random hey, I see you in the street starter or let me know, and I can write it. Long story short, up for anything, so come on at me; I had a rough couple of months but here for all the tags now. You can get me

bethestorm to plot.

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Yamamoto figures they can help out and work together, something he and Gokudera definitely need to do. With the crazy timeline shenanigans, he has felt far too disconnected from his friends. Especially the bomber as the swordsman and Tsuna can still with ease be friendly with each other. As it is, Yamamoto is once more in a place where Gokudera seems to think he is useless and needs to prove himself.

The swordsman is hoping that taking on this quest and completing it as a team will help strengthen what ground they have gained since he arrived. Of course, they will make sure Tsuna is aware of what they are doing as well as the outcome because they don't keep anything from him.

But for now, it is just the Rain and Storm, off to take on a pelt thief.

"Maybe he'll give it back if we ask him?"

You never know till you try, right?

Shenanigans really are just a part of everyday life with this trio, narration knows that. However, currently, the three have just met up, Gokudera having picked up some experimental arrows.

All of them obviously a little curious to see how they work.

One thing Yamamoto should know, if Gokudera is shooting anyone, it's probably him. But that does not stop the swordsman from standing there with a big smile on his face, laughing with that soft inhalation like he always does.

"Huh, what do you think they will do?"

Yamamoto is not entirely useless, by Gokudera's standards. He just doesn't see him taking the Mafia seriously. It's insulting, but now on a different world, it doesn't always apply. Gokudera isn't so callous towards the baseball nut if they are not doing anything involving the Family. If this is just the two of them working on a quest, then Yamamoto's behavior towards the Mafia doesn't even cross the bomber's mind. The swordsman is focusing on things he shouldn't, clearly. If he's going into this thinking that Gokudera will mistreat him, it won't be anything aside from the usual scoffing and dismissal. The baseball idiot can be useful.

"I honestly don't care how we take it back. I get the feeling my familiar will be upset if something happens to the Kraken." Which isn't entirely the truth or a lie. Gokudera wants to protect the creature because he loves monsters, and if it hasn't hurt anyone, it should not be hunted as if it has. He'd assumed his own familiar was a danger to new arrivals, and so this is a sort of act of retribution.

"I say we show up and act like the guy is a hero, get him thinking we're on his side, and then trick him into handing it over. We can always ask for it." He wonders if he can use his magic to create a barrier that will bounce back the man's means of catching or killing the kraken. Then, they won't have to get their hands dirty. Gokudera could always just say that the kraken is magical and repels those attacks? It's worth thinking about, but he won't know until they see the thief/poacher.

"If he's from this world, it'll be obvious we're not locals. Next time we do something like this, we should be disguised." Hell yeah Gokudera will dress up as a medieval peasant. Why not? He's not unfamiliar with looking the part.

"They wouldn't sell something like this for me to use on people if it hurt them. You want to play target, baseball nut?" Gokudera asks while inspecting the bow and readying an arrow. He aims it at his fellow guardian before twisting at the waist to aim at some random person.

"It'll be nice to have a weapon that's a little more quiet. So, this will be like training." And he fires off the arrow, but it doesn't really fly so much as drops. This is not the cool practiced Gokudera from the future with G Archery, ok? With an aggravated grumble, he picks it up, set it back and watches how his fingers grip. Ah, okay now it feels more secure. He pulls back and aims it at Yamamoto, a mischievous grin on his face.

Yamamoto will catch on to the change, sooner or later. The strange place, the timeline it is all an adjustment and the disconnect could really be all his own doing. He knows, no matter what he cares for and will protect his friends and they would do the same for him. But, he does not consider himself mistreated in any capacity. More he just wants to rebuild with this Gokudera what they had built back home. About the only thing he expects out of this is the possibility that they either get stupidly competitive or they come out it having worked together great as a team, he is aiming for the latter.

"We won't let him hurt it." Yamamoto can guess that added onto that should be that Gokudera does not want to see the Kraken hurt either. Truth neither does the swordsman and he also does not agree with anyone being forced into marriage. It seems entirely unfair what this person has done, so while peaceful would be nice, he is prepared to do what has to be done.

"Huh, how do we do that?" Yamamoto is not the best at deception, he is a straight forward kind of guy so if deception is what they are using, he is going to have to follow Gokudera's lead. But then again, Gokudera has a good thought, playing it off friendly that way may just make acquiring the pelt a peaceful endeavor and then they can save the Kraken too.

"Think so, maybe we should go back and get some?" Though, his weapons alone would probably give him away, since despite it not being able to be activated, he keeps not only his future versions sword but also his Shigure Kintoki with him.

Gokudera doesn't have any goals as far as how any of this is going to work out with his relationship to Yamamoto. This is just something he knows would best be tackled together. It isn't that he's looking to compete or even bond... this is for the good of the kraken, and that's it.

"Right." He's much more invested in the beast's safety than the fact that a selkie got her pelt stolen. It won't be too much trouble to beat some thief up.

"Just act like we think he's great, that's all. We could even act like all we've ever heard of krakens are how horrible they are. I'll even go in and see if I can 'lure it out' for the guy." Gokudera says with a shrug.

"Or whatever. I just want to make sure he's good and distracted. I'll put up a barrier around the creature if I can."

"No. I don't want to waste any time. Whatever the next quest, maybe blending in will do us some good, though."

It does not matter if Gokudera does, Yamamoto does, so for him, it is a part of what he is doing here. It is also apart of fulfilling his duties as Rain Guardian, he is meant to help keep the bonds of his friends strong, so if it is his bond with someone that is suffering, to him he has to do everything he can. Yes he wants to save the Kraken, he is focused on that, but he did have more than one motivation for doing this.

Yamamoto thinks the theft is wrong, the forced marriage even wronger still, but the Kraken is the one in immediate danger so it makes sense that be the biggest focus of the mission.

"Then I'll get the pelt and knock him out." If they drag the thief back to justice then the Kraken should be safe, right?

"Good idea, we'll have to get Tsuna some too, in case he comes along."

"I think it may do us well to blend in with the natives of this world," he says, knowing that at some point they may need to hide out. There may not be much of a mafia that they have noticed in Camelot, but if there is anyone who suspects it from them, it'll create more trouble than it's worth.

Gokudera isn't so against the forced marriage. He has to wonder how a human got close enough to a creature like a selkie to even take its pelt. It's not right, and he wouldn't dream of justifying such a thing, but the marriage is current. He's glad that Yamamoto seems to recognize that the kraken is the one in immediate danger.

"Alright, I'll keep the Kracken from him. I wonder how he even plans to get it." Maybe that's something he can ask while he plays curious bystander.

"It's a good idea, makes sense if we don't stand out too much." Kind of like in the future, they had to learn how it worked in that time and adjust, blending in more here, learning how it works, and being able to be more connected to the way of this world can only help them survive and keep them safe he assumes.

Yamamoto just feels no one should be forced to be with someone or be kept captive, but no, the Selkie is at least not currently in danger, so the pelt will be a secondary concern, once the Kraken is safe they can take the Selkie her pelt back. Of course, Yamamoto was not even aware of Selkie till today so he has no means of understanding how or why she ended up this way.

"Maybe he's got magic too?" Or a long spear that he just plans to chuck out there, then again, if he does that while they try to rescue, Yamamoto will be forced to do more than distract, it's a fact he is prepared for.

"Right? Thanks." Gokudera says while they walk out towards where the pelt thief should be. He sees someone out there and isn't eager to make much noise while he cracks his knuckles, still walking alongside Yamamoto.

"Good thing I'm a light magic tournament champion, then." If this guy has magic, two can play at that game!

"You speak animal. Let me know if you can tell if the Kraken is in distress at all."

Tsuna is nervous.

Unsurprisingly really, since he's always nervous around any sort of weapon. Especially with the word experimental in them. Tsuna has terrible luck in the best of cases but it seems to only increase in the presence of experimental weapons.

"Maybe we should find out what they do first before using them?" He suggests, though he knows it will likely be a futile effort. He flinches as the arrow is fired off.

Yamamoto chuckles, where most people would say no, he is of the mind, they are magic arrows, so they won't kill him, why not go for it? Could be fun, he won't know till he tries so he grins at Gokudera.

"Hahaha! If you think you can hit me." He banters, propping his elbow on Tsuna's shoulder as he does with that grin then turned on his other friend.

"Maa, maa, they wouldn't give them to us if they could kill us right, it should be interesting!" They just got to try them out and hey, Yamamoto is willing to be the target, so it's a win, win right?

"Sure..." He is easing, forgetting all about his worries about their relationship, the general conversation back and forth goes a long way to make him realize that maybe even without all they went through being something Gokudera remembers, he can find his footing again with his friends, both of them. This of course only means he is stronger going into this fight, as he always draws from those connections.

"Hahaha! Right! You can take him down if you have to." Though, if this guy has magic, he has probably been practicing it longer than any of the people in the tournament, maybe the hitman might forget, they competed against people who have either barely been training longer than them or been training the same amount of time. But, that's half the fun of them, they may not always think, it may get messy but they always get the job done.

"Got it. Maybe we can use a signal, so he doesn't know I'm talking to the Kraken?" As he gets closer though he blinks, he can almost feel the distress from the Kraken, it's a worry at this man who seems to want to harm it, he stops before they reach the thief.

"It feels like it's wanting help, I think it's scared..." Lucky for them, the creatures here know their magic and could sense Yamamoto before he knew they could it looks like this is definitely a rescue mission at all costs. That poor Kraken, it's breaking Yamamoto's heart already and strengthening his resolve to do what needs to be done.

By now they are almost to the pelt thief and he is turning, expression anything but friendly as he watches the two young men approach. "Go on, get out of here, this beast is mine."

“They’re enchanted, Tenth! Not cursed! Don’t worry about it!” And he’s having too much fun aiming at the baseball idiot who seems to be having as much fun with the thrill of this as he is.

“Oh, just hold still, then. I’m just starting out!” Gokudera complains and pulls back the arrow, aiming it for Yamamoto’s torso, near his right ribs. When it flies, it goes right for the Tenth, though. Oops! Well, at least there isn’t much power. Maybe the boss will just end up with an enchanted left leg?

Gokudera is obviously more focused on their mission at hand. Honestly not even focusing on the glory of a quest, or the adventure, or that he’s trying to help someone. What matters most to him in the moment is the creature. He’s too soft when it comes to animals, and if he had Yamamoto’s magic, he’d probably be in tears feeling the stress and fear.

“Or at least save your empty head from getting knocked off,” He grins and then looks around, wondering if his familiar is nearby. It should be... and he can sense Larry, but as usual, the creature likes to hide in plain sight, an illusion of its surroundings.

The man’s expression is one thing, but his words make Gokudera snarl and he has to hold himself back from jumping at him immediately. Instead, his fists ball up and he turns to walk into the water, to wade out further than the man or the Kraken is. Once he’s clearly out of arm’s reach and acting as if he’s completely unaware of the supposed beast, he hollers something he hopes will make the man angry, distract him for Yamamoto to knock him out. “I will once I’m done washing the smell of your wife off my lips!” He snaps back before diving under the surface of the water. There’s a large swell after him, something following before it’s sinking under. It definitely isn’t the Kraken.

Yamamoto is not thinking of glory or a quest. And from the moment he can feel the Kraken hear its distress in his head he is laser-focused, his grin is gone, his body is that tight, ready to pounce state. His eyes have that sharp glint to them, he's ready for battle without a doubt. He can not give in to the way he feels hearing the Kraken, feeling its fear, no he has to compartmentalize and go into what some would call his hitman mode.

He chuckles, even if he is more focused on the Kraken now than anything else "Thanks! I kind of need my head." Yamamoto can feel the Makami move beside him, that's a plus, though his magic will do nothing in this fight, his familiar is still a comfort to him. Especially since he left Jirou back at the inn, with the Akita being a normal dog now, he realizes the dangers of bringing him along all the time.

Gokudera! Yamamoto's eyes go wide at the words for a moment, grateful to see that small sell that he assumes is his friend's familiar. Yamamoto readies himself, thinking to jump in and knock the pelt theif out, that is until he seems to ready a magical attack and aims directly for Gokudera.

Oh hell no! Not on his watch and the swordsman is blade in hand and graceful movements within seconds. The problem, the pelt thief is not unarmed himself and not unskilled, he drops his magical attack and meets the young swordsman with a parry and a swipe meant to cause damage. He may not be able to knock him out as easy as they thought, but if he is engaged for his life with Yamamoto, then Gokudera can get to the Kraken.

This means Yamamoto holds nothing back, he flips his blade around, there will be no dull edge today, that fear from the Kraken screaming in his mind and the young man finding himself angrier than he has been since facing Spade guarantee it.

Yamamoto and the thief begin to exchange blows, some are blocked, other's land but Yamamoto realizes one thing, it's the killing intent and he can feel it ooze off this man. He's a bad person there is no other way around it and while Yamamoto hopes to end this with a serious injury to the pelt thief, it's clear the other is not going to stop, unless he is dead.

Gokudera is under the water before the attack can even start. Yamamoto stepping in to stop the crook of a man from attacking him helps.

And it seems he’s gone beneath the surface, along with the Kraken. The boy can’t communicate with it, but Larry at least understands that his human wants it safe. He motions to the Kraken, then to his familiar. The Lariosauro understands as swims about the Kraken, cloaking them both and acting as an escort to deeper water.

Gokudera breeches the surface with a gasp and flings his arms out to create a mobile shield for Yamamoto. He’s too far away to get involved, but he’s not just going to tread water and watch this like it’s some kind of show! He’s chattering cold, hands extended to maintain that shield as his legs kick to keep him from sinking back under. The longer he can watch that shield and believe in it, giving his magical energy to ensure Yamamoto’s safety, the more effective it will be in taking some of those hits.

Truth, the swordsman is not surprised by the presence of the shield, he trusts in Gokudera to back him up in battle. What matters most now is that Gokudera must have saved the Kraken if he is assisting. And his stance slips into Early Summer Rain, unlike his fight with Squalo though he intends to slash the man with his blade.

He remembers the pelt at the last minute and raises his blade, in that instant, in that matter of inches, Yamamoto goes from what would have been a severe injury but ruined the Selkie's belt to a blade that meets a much more sensitive part. The raising of his blade more so than an actual decision is the final move in this fight.

Because in that instant, rather than slice through the pelt his blade meets the man's neck, carried by his own momentum and a well-maintained edge it sinks in he can feel it, knows but also is too late to stop it as the man's head severs from his spinal cord and shoulders, the sound is one that burns into his ears, the feeling one that sinks into his psyche.

But, these are also all things he will not show as he reaches out, grabs the man's torso before it can fall, and disengages the Selkie's pet with a flick of his wrist and the tip of his blade. The corpse falls at his feet, the head settled nearby from its random removal.

And the swordsman stands there, not moving, not speaking blade dripping with blood, chest rising and falling and the Selkie pelt in his free hand.

Well, that's one way to do it.

Gokudera has seen plenty in his young life that most people his age couldn't imagine. He drops his shields, watching Yamamoto with blatant fear in his expression, skin gone pale. His eyes focus on the head lying at the swordsman's feet instead of the face of his fellow Guardian. He knows what it means to be a hitman, to be a supposed natural with things like that. But he's always seen men killed from bullets, and never something as gruesome as a head legitimately severed from a body. There is so much blood, and he can't look away, mouth dry and all thoughts about saving a Kraken gone from his mind. It's just a shrill sort of ringing and buzzing and then his eyes flick over to Yamamoto's blade, dripping blood.

Larry surfaces beside him and looks on, nudging Gokudera, who decides he does not want to approach, doesn't know why he's so locked up by fear. He knows what he has to do, but his body isn't willing it so easily. The Lariosauro swims to the bank and slides up, picking up the head and swallowing it whole.

That's odd and startles Gokudera right out of his fear. Enough that he approaches and walks out, clothes absolutely soaked, socks squelching with each step as he looks over the body. The boy glances about, making sure no one is seeing them. The sooner he gets the body in the water, the better.

"You alright, idiot?" He asks, voice oddly hoarse as he check's the dead man's pockets for any gold, just looting it of anything that may help it be identified before he looks on at Larry and nods to the water. The creature grabs one of his feet and then starts dragging him in.

That was not the way he meant to do it.

Never not once in his life would Yamamoto ever plan to decapitate someone. Killing is not comfortable in his nature, no matter how natural of a hitman he is. He is only that because while this moment will forever mark him, he has the capacity to get past this and still keep that smile on his face. Just not right at the moment as he is staring at the scene in front of him as if detached.

The familiar does not snap him out of it nor does his own materializing and seeming to lean into the young man's legs. His eyes blink, his chest rises and falls but while Gokudera is frozen in fear and then he and his familiar taking care of the carnage, the swordsman is frozen in shock.

What has he done...

Then Gokudera talks, a drop of blood punctuates it as it drops from the tip of his sword to the ground. He snaps back to reality, not acceptance but he is at least there in the moment and gives a nod.

"I didn't mean to do that." He really did not, it was all instinct, with keeping in mind what he was there to do, not once did he intend for his blade to actually take the man's life unless he had no choice and definitely not in the way he had.

Gokudera looks on at the smearing of blood across the gravel at the water's edge, then at it on Yamamoto's sword. Thankfully, it isn't all over the swordsman, and Gokudera gives a labored sigh. He's cold.

"Alright." He says easily enough. Whether Yamamoto meant to do what he did or not doesn't change what's happened, and Gokudera is not going to try treating him any differently. It wasn't exactly cruel what Yamamoto did, but swift, and probably something he didn't even give much thought to. Gokudera steps to stand in front of him, where his enemy had been. He looks over how he's holding his sword, then looks at his lips, trying to figure out if the other is going to be sick over what he'd done, or if he needs his weapon removed from his hand so he doesn't have to feel the burden of his action so heavy in the moment. There are any number of things Gokudera could do.

"How do you feel? Do you uh... do you need anything?" Perhaps to go back into town and take a hot shower. Gokudera may be cold, but he's capable of taking the pelt back to the woman they took this quest on for.

In truth, they were never getting that pelt while the man was alive and that Kraken would never be safe, he would have hunted it. And had the thief had the chance, he would have gladly murdered both young men. Yet, not one of those is a comfort, not to a young man who tries his hardest to not let the darkness in him have any sort of foothold.

"Thanks, for cleaning it up." The water continues to come in, Yamamoto's familiar using its own magic to help induce it, so that it can advance and wash the blood away. He is not going to be sick, he is most likely going to close the door inside of him that is flung wide open and shove all of this inside of it so that he can process and not worry his friends. Or, have them see him differently because of how things went down.

"Huh?" Then he realizes, he's clearly not alright, so much so that Gokudera has noticed and while he does not chuckle, he does not flash that usual bright smile he does take in his soaking wet, cold companion and snap back into some outward semblance of okay.

"No, I better clean this off so we can get the Selkie her pelt back." Then he simply moves to begin cleaning his sword, using sand versus water, he rinses his fingers once he's wiped the entire blade clean, watching in the water as the blood floats away.

Then he rises, gives the blade a flick to get any remaining sand or water from it, and sheathes.

"You want to go back and dry off? I can take the pelt." And Gokudera looks more than a little uncomfortable with as cold as he is.

Gokudera knows that this is definitely not okay, and Yamamoto can try to hide it, but nothing really is going to change what he just saw, what the baseball idiot just did. He's not thinking it's unnecessary, but the boss likely won't be happy. They're at least safe. Gokudera is usually a bit scared when his fellow Guardian gets intense, and that's one thing. Watching him cut some murderous bastard's head off is another entirely. He feels ill, but he's going to hold it together. They have to finish this up.

"No let's just go take it and go back so the Tenth doesn't worry."

Yamamoto probably needs time alone to process all of that, right? Gokudera is cold and uncomfortable, but he's not going to walk around alone because he doesn't feel safe. Not going to admit that, though.

"I want to see the look on her face, knowing she'll be free."

Gokudera is right, on all accounts and it is going to be a bad idea if he does not at some point once he's processed open up about what happened here today. These sorts of things tend to fester and while he is not going to hide, he will do his best to be okay for his friends. He can not afford to fall apart nor would he even know where to begin to do so.

"Okay. Let's go." He picks up the pelt, it actually might make Yamamoto feel a little better, that despite what he just saw Gokudera feels safer with him than going off alone. Part of what's swirling in him, the worry that he will have disappointed them, he knows he will have Tsuna and they will deal with that at some point he is sure.

"I bet she'll be happy, huh?" Right, they gave a woman and a beautiful sea creature their freedom today, he is not sure if he feels like the ends justify the means, but here they are and nothing can change it. So he puts the pelt over his shoulder and begins walking back where they came from.

He may feel he can't afford to fall apart, but Gokudera expects it. It'd only be healthy to process this in whatever way feels right, and he may not be as close to the swordsman as Yamamoto remembers, but he is supportive... even as someone he doesn't consider a friend, this is not anything he'd want dealt with alone. When it's all said and done, Yamamoto will answer to himself however he sees fit, but Gokudera knows that he may need support... the same kind he offers to them over things far more trivial.

"Oh yeah, definitely. Do you think she'll have to marry you, since you have her pelt?" Gokudera asks and nudges Yamamoto in the ribs gently with his elbow.

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Get out your guns, battles begun.... (February Catch All)

Locked to Gokudera: Selkie thief : CW NPC death.

Locked to Gokudera and Tsuna : Cupid's Arrows

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