Chained World Ninja: Guardian Of Wood [Episode 204798]

by Kestral

The naginata had several enchantments, Ranma could see them if he unfocussed his eyes and tried. It wasn't that the weapon had them ON it, as the Saotome line of this world wove the spells in the making of the weapon. The wood was grown enchanted and as tough as ironwood but as smooth and resilient as fresh-cut cypress. The rings of metal on the wooden shaft were typical of the Saotome line and he recognized them from reading up on the lore. Those rings were common among Saotome polearms and allowed that wooden shaft to go from a length of a single foot to as long as nine feet. That way the weapon could be used in corridors and open areas equally well.

The butt of the weapon was capped in what looked like brass, with a single glyph. The blade of the weapon was fairly typical in size and shape for a naginata, being roughly the length of a wakizashi's blade. Currently that blade was covered by a leather sheath that was purely utilitarian dull black leather.

What powers it had were unclear, but Ranma could tell they were of less power than Genma's Foebane but also very different. He wasn't really up on all the details of magic or weaponcrafting, but he seemed to have some talent in that direction.

The clink of metal links shifting drew Ranma's attention. "Pop."

"I noticed," said Genma, apparently concerned with lacing his sandals.

"What?" asked Rock Lee.

"Four of them," said Might Guy, who was brushing his teeth with apparent unconcern.

Foebane was Genma's kusarigama, a Saotome weapon whose main power was that it would detect enemies. The weight on the chain shifted like the head of some serpent that was moving by itself.

"What?!" asked Rock Lee, scanning the surrounding forest.

Leaves erupted as the four lurkers launched their attack.

Tenten reacted instantly, dropping the bucket of bath-things and twirling her naginata at high speed. Shuriken tinged off the blurring weapon.

Ranma had a few seconds grace to identify the attackers as:

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(Posted Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:50)


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