Art Of Puppets

Youji Started his mission. He started his search for the one that was known to control puppets. He arrived in front of a mountain were the Puppet Master should have his hideout. He didn't know anything else about him.

He started searching from the base of the mountain for a foramtion were a cave could be. He looked all over the mountain and started to walk around it. He was searching every spot nothing escaping him. He should find him fast enough.

Youji continued to look around but he couldn't see nothing. Maybe it was hidden he thought. He should find another way to look for his target. But how? An idea came in his mind. What if he uses the nose of his tiger? That might help alot. He did the necessary handsigns and then touched the ground.

Alastor, his tiger, appeared. Youji ordered him to start sniffing the air and tell him if he finds a human scent. The tiger then started sniffing the air and was moving his head easily. Then he stoped and pointed with his nose Towards a cave that was in the mountain. Youji ordered the tiger to go away.

After the tiger left Youji then said in a loud voice"I know you are in there so better get out". After Youji finished saying what he wanted a girl came out from the cave. It was a girl with cat ears and a fox-like tail. Youji then wondered if that was the puppet master or if she was the puppet. As Youji was thinking she instantly attacked him with a katana.

Well from what he knows the puppet user never attacks so the girl must be the pouppet and her controller must be in the cave where he thinks he is safe. But for know Youji had to dodge the slashing attacks of the puppet. He tooked out his rapier too and blocked the katana.

This puppet's moves seems to be a little slow and he dodged another attack of the girl with the katana. But then one of her arms opened and hundreds of other arms came out from it all aiming for Youji in order to punch him. He managed to block some of them with his rapier but he was still hitted by some. Still the attacks were weak, Youji started wondering why.

Ok now let's see. From what Youji know puppets are controlled by chakra threads. So all he needed to do is cut them and then the puppet is useless for a short time until she is connected with the wires again. He made a couple of dodges but then the puppet started shooting with firebalss from her palms. Youji dodged then continuously.

After a time the fireballs stoped getting out from her palms and a scroll that was on her back dissapeared. There was one left. Then the puppet again pointed with her palms at Youji and 2 pressurized streams of water came out from the launchers in her palms. The pressure was so high than the stream of water cut threw a rock before aiming Youji with it.

As a rock shattered from the water Youji was hitted by some pieces of it. He then felt on the ground. The puppet stopped shooting with water and came next to YOuji raising the katana in order to slash him. As the slash was in the middle of it's way the puppet suddenly stops and falls on the ground without moving. Youji got up and then saw that the puppet wasn't moving any longer. He went in the cave where the puppet came out from and saw and old man there next to some scrools, seems that the man was too old and died. Youji tooked the scrools and putted them in his backpack. Then he went back to the puppet and wrapped her in bandages like a cocoon leaving only the white hair to be seen. Then he headed towards his village with the puppet tied to his back.