Mission 10:Yuki Yuki..no mi?

[lily]

Kaito was walking through Ohara. He was not surprisingly unaware of the events that had transpired here years ago and was walking through some of the ruins of former poneglyphs that once stood there. His hands were behind his head and he was walking in an odd manner to which some would call him an idiot. He stopped and picked a broken piece of a poneglyph and stared at it. He then shrugged and tossed the piece behind him before continuing walking towards town. When he was on the outskirts of town he heard a scream then right after that he heard a couple more. "Must be trouble!" he said as he ran into town.

When Kaito has entered town he noticed a big man (who must of been around 7 feet tall) swinging a sword around while people frantically tried to run away. "I've gotta help them!" he said as he passed the people moving away from the center of town. "Hey little girl you're in my way!" said the huge man to some 10 year old girl laying on the ground, cowering in fear "Would you really get in the way of the almighty pirate Captain Galley!" he brought his sword high above his head and brought it down intending to stab the girl when he met a new target. "It was Kaito and he had allowed the man to stab through his coal body. "YAHAHAHAHA!" said Galley "Two targets for one kill!" suddenly Kaito turned his open palm and shot a very hard piece of coal directly into the man's face. "How...unfortunate.." said Galley as he fell to the ground unconscious.

Kaito yanked the sword out of his body and threw it on the ground. He began to fall backwards (about to land on his butt) when he was caught by the girl. She pulled him back to his feet and said "Thank you very much! If it wasn't for you I would be dead right now!" Kaito just smiled and said "No problem! It was a little coal-ed of that man to attack you like that for now reason anyway. "My name's Kaito by the way and i'm a pirate!" he said standing up fully "If there's anything I can do for you just ask!"

The girl thought for a moment and said "Actually....I think there is..." she quickly yanked Kaito by the arm and began to drag him off into a different part of town.

[jubakilaque]

Juba was in Ohara.Somehow. His memory was completely blank as to how he had gotten there.
"No biggie, just go with the flow I guess," He said aloud. He walked towards the town, and arrived just in time to see Captain Galley fall unconcious.
"I didn't know open fighting was common here." His relatively up to date knowledge told him that the slightest infringement could have disaterous consequences, but he pushed that away from his mind. He had much more to do.

Juba looked around, trying to find the victor of the fight. He saw someone being dragged away by a girl, who by the look of her backside, was somehow involved in what was going on.
"Maybe they know what's going on, and by the look of things, they need protection. Easy money is easy!" he said, mostly to himself.
"Hey! There's the guy that beat Captain Galley!"
"Yeah! And he's was talking about easy money-that's insulting to us!"
"Get him guys!"
"I didn't hurt your cap-woah!" Juba was interrupted, as one of the goons made a swing for him with a sword. He had just dodged, nearly falling onto a frail looking woman in the process.

Suddenly, the window of opportunity was gone, the girl and stranger vanished from sight, and Juba Kilaque found himself in a sticky situation.
"To get out of here without civillian casualties will be impossible, I need another route."
He jumped onto a nearby building, and climbed to its roof. From here, he had a wider viewpoint of the people he was trying to track, and he had lessened the chance of unnessesary casualties. The goons quickly followed.
"Fight me now! Retsu Retsu no Jack Frost Fury!" he cried. Going overboard was the only way to come out of this in time to catch the girl and the stranger. For some reason, he had a strange fixation with finding them.
"Gahhh!"
"C-c-cold!"
"My arm! I can't feel my arm!"
Juba had dispatched the other pirates. Leaving them to recover, he ran across the roofs of houses and churches, eventually catching sight of the girl and stranger. He leapt from the house he was currently standing on, and surprisingly gracefully, landed in front of them, blocking their path.
"Juba Kilaque, nice to meet you. Say, you look like you need assistance, can I help?"

[devin718]

In another part of Ohara, Jake was just wandering through the ruins observing the remains of the poneglyphs that had been there. After looking for a while, he arrived in town and saw the commotion that had been going on, secretly glad that he had no part in it, since he was a notorious trouble magnet. However, as he walked deeper into town, his luck gave out, for he had run into a group of pirates who were standing around a large man that had been knocked out by something

Hearing his footsteps, a few of the men turned and spotted him standing there. "Hey, what are you looking at guy?" one of them asked, brandishing his sword at him. Jake sighed softly. "I'm just passing through. I don't want any trouble." he replied in an almost exasperated tone. "Well you got it for getting in our business!" he shouted, and he rushed forward to attack him. Jake sighed softly. "I don't have time for this...." he said, and he quickly dodged the slash that the pirate eventually performed. "Sorry guys, but I have to jet." he said, and a pair of circular saw blades sprouted from each of his feet and started to spin, propelling him forward and away from the group. They did give chase, but were unable to catch up with him due to his speed.

After he had put a good distance between him and the pirates, Jake stopped and looked around where he was now. It seemed to be empty except for three others who were gathered just ahead. Curious, he walked up to them cautiously. "What's going on here?" he asked.

[lily]

Kaito was being pulled by the girl down the street. He wasn't really fighting against it since he had agreed to help her with whatever she needed. His feet dragging against the ground he said "Oi, where are you taking me little girl? And for what purpose would you need a pirate to help you out?" the little girl just stopped and turned around, she dropped Kaito's arm, clenched her fists and said "I want to be stronger!" she said in a much more serious tone "and that is why i'm trying to get a devil fruit!" she pulled out a picture of a blue fruit. "It's called the Yuki Yuki no mi and it's a logia type! My father is willing to pay for it's succesful delivery and you seem strong so you can bring it too me! It's supposed to be somewhere deep in Ohara's uncivilised part" Kaito scratched the back of his head "Okay....I guess i'll get it for you!" he said smiling brightly at the young girl. She quickly grabbed his arm and began pulling him in the direction of what seemed to be her house when suddenly a man jumped down in front of them and said "Juba Kilaque, nice to meet you. Say, you look like you need assistance, can I help?" before Kaito had a chance to say anything another person showed up and said "What's going on here?" The girl said "Perfect! You guys can follow me! I need to find the Yuki Yuki no Mi!" she began to walk off and Kaito quickly followed her not waiting for the others

[jubakilaque]

"What's going on here?"
Juba turned to see the stranger who had attracted his attention. Before Juba could comment, the eager little girl addressed them both.
"Perfect! You guys can help me find the Yuki Yuki no Mi!"
"A cursed fruit you require? Sure, I'll help!" Juba, ever willing to help began to follow after the girl, who had already ran off, and the first stranger. He stopped
"Shouldn't we introduce each other first?" he pondered. The little girl stopped and turned around. She seemed to think about it, as if she was wondering wether giving personal details to strangers was a good idea.
"My name's Snowflake. Jabba wasn't it?"
Juba sweatdropped at the fail attempt of his name. Remebering that she was only little, he controlled himself.
"My name is Juba, Juba Kilaque, pronounced joo-ba. I'm a pirate. Nice to meet you Snowflake."
He chuckled
"HiBihihihi... Snowflake after the snow fruit..."
"Pardon Mister Juba? My mommy says not to mumble."
Juba's little joke over, he once again swivelled to face the newcomer.
"I hope I'm not being frosty, but I never caught your name?"
Bored, he raised his hood and downed it again, seemingly indifferent at the prospect of a treasure hunt.

[devin718]

Jake stood there, just listening to the others for a while, gathering information on what they were supposed to do. It seemed that the little girl was searching for a Devil Fruit, and she needed their help in that respect. When he was addressed, he looked in Juba's direction and gave him a rough smile. "My name's Jacob William Masters, but you can just call me Jake." he replied, nodding his head in acknowledgment before turning to the little girl. " You can count me in on searching for the Yuki Yuki no Mi." he said. "I've been getting bored in this area anyway, and it sure beats having to run into pirates all the time. Not that it matters, since I can just cut them out of me way." he said casually. "After all, it'd be wrong of me to just let a little girl like yourself do something dangerous like that. Remembering something important, he made the saw blades on his feet vanish before anyone noticed, since he didn't want anyone to know that he was a Devil Fruit eater just yet. "So, where do we start on this little search, huh......Snowflake was it?"

[lily]

"So, where do we start on this little search, huh......Snowflake was it?" Kaito's brow wrinkled at the thought of this man tagging along with him and Juba. "He seems pretty...uh..dangerous maybe.." he thought to himself before smiling and said "i'm Kaito by the way! I'm a pirate shipwright!" he didn't bother to shake hands because the Snowflake began to speak.

"There's my house!" she said enthusiatically "I heard there's supposed to be a really tough pirate looking for the fruit as well. He's supposed to have the highest bounty in the West Blue!" she began to walk towards the door "My parents aren't home but I can give you a map of most of the island" She opened the door and quickly grabbed a bunched up map "Here" she said handing it to Kaito "You'll need it to avoid the big bounty man!" she then entered the house and began to close the door "I don't know where the fruit is exactly or where that man is but it's somewhere in the circled area" she paused for a second "It's probably best to split up if the rest of you are strong that is" she closed the door and through it said "Good luck! i'll be waiting here for you to come back!"

[jubakilaque]

When they arrived at Snowflake's house, Juba saw the other man, who went by the name Kaito, enter and leave with a map.
"My parents aren't home but I can give you a map of most of the island here, you'll need it to avoid the big bounty man!"
Juba's calm air vanished for a second, then returned.
"Which big bounty man, I thought we were just going on a treasure hunt?"
Juba wasn't feeling particularly ready for a big battle, but nonetheless, decided not to abort on a little girl's dreams.
"It's probably best to split up if the rest of you are strong that is good luck! i'll be waiting here for you to come back!"

Splitting up,although no matter how logical it seemed, wasn't Juba's idea of safe-especially when a powerful, antagonistic pirate was lurking Ohara. Still, as to not seem weak, he set off towards the far shore,praying to all of his (part time) gods that this wanted man wouldn't interupt his search.
"See you in around an hour OK guys?"

After three minutes, Juba had reached the rocky coastline of Ohara, and something had piqued his interest. A glowing blue aura was coming from between some rocks. He went over, hoping to complete the search already, but when he picked it up, it was only an odd clam. Looking up, he saw the shore was littered with these clams, each of them having a similar aura to the Yuki Yuki no Mi.
"Great, trust me to find the most irritating shore on Ohara."

[devin718]

Jake actually smiled when the little girls said that there was a pirate with a large bounty lurking somewhere on the island. Obviously, since he was a bounty, hunter, he could get big bucks by capturing the pirate and finding the Yuki Yuki no mi. When they were all told to split up though, Jake felt a little uneasy. With his luck, he could get into a major battle the moment he left the others, but he supposed that it wouldn't matter, since he was a good fighter and all. After the others, left, he ran of a bit before activating his Fruit power again and skating along the pathways of Ohara.

After rushing around the island for a while, he ended up in the uncivilized part of Ohara and decided to start his search here, so he made his blades vanish and walked around the place normally. Eventually, he saw something blue just up ahead and rushed over to it and picked it up, only to find that it was just a large jewel. Cursing furiously, he started to search the area more thoroughly, staying on the lookout for anything out of the ordinary (Which would be simple, since he was searching for a mystical fruit.)

[lily]

The little girl said to split up and then closed the door. Kaito stood there for a minute holding the map when the others decided to run off. "He-!...y...." said Kaito as he tried to call out to the others but in a flash they were gone. "Man oh man" he said to no one in particular "That was a little coal-ed to leave me hanging like that..." he sighed as his head hung ffor a bit

"Oh!" he said as he reached into his pocket "At least I have the map for now!" he looked at the area that was circled in red (where the fruit was supposed to be) and the area in blue (where the pirate/s where supposed to be) "Hmm...I couldn't really care less whether these guys have big bounties or something" he started to walk towards the forest-like part of Ohara. "I wonder where I should go first?" he walked into a clearing and saw a bunch of blue things in the ground.

"Aww man.." he said aloud "I have to dig all of these up to find the right one..." Kaito walked over and started to pick them out of the ground but little did he know that he was being watched...

[jubakilaque]

Juba had been searching the island for twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes too long
This shore was littered with shining clams, all glowing with an aura similar to that of the Yuki Yuki no Mi. There was an innumerable amount of them, each time a wave broke on the shore more clams were deposited.
"There has to be another way." muttered Juba. He was getting tired of his fruitless searching, and was going to head back soon.
"Perhaps if I...get frosty." he mumbled, talking to himself.

"There! That's him! The frosty basta*d!"

Someone had overheard.
More goons
Infact, thirty people had been sent after Juba. They were looking for the Yuki Yuki no mi too, as well as revenge for earlier.
"Well, I hope I'm not being frosty..." said Juba. "But your frequent interruptions are starting to annoy me."
Getting into a ready stance Juba drew his nodachi.
I have to take them all out at once, or one can go and alert the rest of that man's crew.
"Retsu Retsu no Whiteout." he stated, announcing the use of his devil fruit abilities. Waving his arm as if to call on the tide, Juba Kilaque called forth a blizzard, and subsequently froze the pirate lackeys.
"Simples."
The unfortunate men were statues littering the brazen shore, trying to fend off any attack from afar, and they would stay that way for a long time.

The side effects of Juba's attack had frozen shut the clams on the shore. They would no longer open, and they would never glow as brightly again.
"Damn, it wasn't even here." sighed Juba, slightly frustrated that he had wasted his time.
"I wonder if the others had any luck?"

Walking off back in the direction of the woods, Juba Kilaque saught to meet up with the others before that infamous pirate captain found him.

(OOC: Sorry for the wait, have been busy with college and stuff.)

[devin718]

Jake's search wasn't going all that well so far. He had spent the last few minutes (or hours; he wasn't too sure since he didn't know the time) looking for the fruit in the area, but nothing had turned up. He paused for a moment and leaned casually against a wall to rest, thinking about possible places that a fruit would be....

Then, it came to him. It was a fruit right? So there had to be a tree or something of the sort that it was in. With this thought in mind, he activated his fruit powers again and started to skate around the area again, scanning the trees carefully as he went. Unfortunately, he wasn't looking where he was going and he ran smack into something solid, causing him to let out a off of surprise and fall right on his behind. Grumbling, he looked up.......and his eyes fell on a large man with a sword. It was one of the pirates that was looking for the fruit, and he looked angry. "Son of a....!" he said, quickly rolling to the side to avoid the man's downward slash. "I'll tech you to ram into me, you bastard!" he said, swinging his sword indiscriminately in Jake's direction, who was swerving, rolling or whatever to avoid the strikes. finally, he got an opening and got back to his feet. "You messed with the wrong guy, meathead...." he said, raising his hands and turning them into circular saw blades. The man was shocked, but now rushed forward to attack again. "Why me?...." Jake though as he got locked in combat with the man.

[lily]

Kaito was slowly plucking little odd shaped fruits out of the ground, hoping one of them was the Yuki Yuki no Mi. They were coming out in weird shapes...some were bananas others were watermelons. Kaito was puzzled by what he was pulling out when he heard a sound. It sounded like fireworks to him.

He slowly turned around and saw a small orange ball floating towards at a quick pace (but not too fast) Kaito turned around and grinned slightly. He put his hand out attempting to catch the ball in his hand when all of a sudden it started to expand. With the sound of a jet taking off and with enough force to knock over an 18 wheeler the ball expanded and exploded.

Kaito came out and reformed just in time to see the person who had attacked him. "Hey you!" he said yelling at the person.