Visiting Kina Clans! Fuyuhana of Morihana, Higanbana appears! [Chain]

Job Name: Visiting Morihana's Minor Lords
Job Rank: D
Job Location: Kina
Job Reward: 50 XP / 3000 Huang
Job Prerequisites: Complete Kogata Chain, Be Part of Kogata Alliance, Learn Kogata Secret
Job Overview: The Fuyuhana clan, minor lords within the Morihana clan, were targeted by a strange woman for talks. Eight has gone to talk about how he can help the clan, in exchange for any amount of help. Initially offering the clan wealth for negotiations, but instead he kidnaps their favored child, and takes their unfavored child as well. For the sake of their favored child, they keep this secret and refuse to help the Morihana clan until they see their child back safely.

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Hyperion would have to appear before a minor clan of the Morihana clan, the latest of the clans to join the Kogata alliance. However, Hyperion had found a lot of difficulty in making good negotiations with any village. There was a lot of effort to put any sort of deal from his behalf, but next to no benefits for him directly. Hyperion would set out to find a clan that he could possibly exploit. As he kept spending his time with Naruto and Sasuke, they were able to find one of Morihana's clan that seemed to be in a dire financial situation. The Fuyuhana seemed to spend more money than they earned for quite some time and were probably near financial ruin, but even for a Morihana clan they were on the peculiar side. After getting that information from his Kogatan spies, he would travel to the Fuyuhana clan with Manaka on his flying carpet.

Soaring from the Kogatan manor, he would land beside a village that flew the Fuyuhana flag, travelling to the largest building nearby, hoping to reach the leaders of the Fuyuhana, but he would spot a sort of wooden cage that would catch his attention.

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“Cold…” The platinum haired girl hugged her knees as the cold wind blew into her home, her cage. It was almost winter it seemed...and her blanket was not working as good as it was before. Her nails found their way to her skin as she dug her knees to distract herself from being cold, shifting it to the stinging pain as her skin started to bled. She looked up at the ceiling of her cage where hundreds of scratch marks seemed to be carved there in a way only the girl, Higanbana, was able to decipher. It was actually her trying to count how many days had passed and at least to keep her mind sane.

The girl would chew the wheat placed on her silver bowl, a plate fitting for the family’s outcast it seemed. She wondered about what was happening today though, because it seemed that all the servants were busy running back and forth, preparing something. “Pfft.” She scoffed as she looked right in front of her although there was nothing that could be seen other than that scenery she saw every single day. It was just amusing for her actually, she knew that the Fuyuhana family was running out of funds due to the lavish lifestyle they had been doing. They put the blame on Higanbana, labelling her as the unwanted child who brought misfortune for the family, well, it was because their financial situation started to get really bad after they threw her to be experimented.

But who cared? No one cared.

Every single person in this country knew that the Fuyuhana clan was just a money loving clan, a parasite,  a cowardice clan that was willing to sell their unloved daughter for the sake of gaining fame, status and money. They all knew about her being locked up in the cage, treated like an animal but they didn't care enough to help, because what did they say? Oh yeah, they said it was not their business, it was the Fuyuhana clan’s business.

Fuck Kina.

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Rising over the hill, he could see the ashen haired girl with her curls in shambles, naturally weathered to levels of that of a mangy beast. There was something about her that made him take pity on her, a feeling that he felt for Dalia. He would remove a dagger from his coat. The obsidian dagger with golden trim, perhaps it was better if he would put her out her misery. He grew closer and was able to see a name.

He would infuse the blade with magoi, increasing its cutting power as the ebony knifes edge began to glow orange. As he passed by the cage... he would bring the knife up and then slip it between the bars. Perhaps the warmth would bring her some comfort for now. Hyperion would continue to walk past the cage without looking back

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It was at this point where one of the Fuyuhanas clans attendant found him. He would bow his head nervously upon greeting him, asking if the beast had done anything to offend him. "Hm?" He didn't quite understand what the attendant was asking, but after a second glance back, he understood immediately.

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Shortly thereafter, he was in the main hall of the Fuyuhanas manor spesking with the head. From the words exchanged, it was evident that they desired to be recognized, they wanted their legacy to live on but they blinded by the light of recognition. They had weak character, which would make them a prime target. Through their conversation Hyperion was able to gain information of their children especially their angel.

Hyperion managed to signal to Sasuke, who had managed to infiltrate as one of the Fuyuhanas attendants and then with Naruto and Sasukez they would kidnap the heir without a trace.

It was at this time where Hyperion would force the clans hand by admitting to the kidnapping, they initially laughed it off thinking it was a bluff but the clan quickly grew into frenzy ss they realized it was the truth.

After threatening the heirs life, having taken him away off the grounds with ease, Hyperion would just ask them if they wanted to see their secondborn again, they would simply need to provide information on the Morihana for him, but when they agreed so quickly, Hyperion knew he could ask for more.


His mouth opened before he could think, the clan was confused but they were almost relieved to get rid of the beast on the hill. Hyperion was unsure why he asked for her but he would leave the manor unscathed.

Hyperion wasn't particularly strong but he had used the crystal key in his possession to use the crystal key to force the magic lock on the cage, infusing magoi into it to cause water to flow from the keys edge then turning into crystalline. The magical padlock would click open. "You are now my slave, Higanbana. Make yourself useful." Exchanging the crystal key for the dagger in return.

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Higanbana was… dumbfounded. The entire time that man casually walked towards her cage without even uttering any words...and just casually slipped a knife into her ‘bedroom’... she didn't understand what he was doing. It was a cage locked with a magic item, a simple kni-- but wait… The girl could feel the warm air emitting from the knife, she would slowly touch the handle, letting the warmth spread to her skin. But before she could warm up her freezing body, an attendant from the clan approached this man. From the way that stupid servant bowed before this stranger was enough to tell Higanbana that he was an important guest for the family. But something didn't feel quite right with this man. That eyes, they didn't belong to a normal man.

Even when the attendant asked the stranger if she had done anything bad towards him, the man’s reaction was different from the others. He...didn't see her like she was some kind of an exotic pet. Higanbana was intrigued and that made her couldn't even say anything until he left to follow the servant.

“Koinu…” She called her beast who would appear from the wilted bushes near her cage. “Dont you think he is kind of strange?” The girl would then pick up the warm knife, hissing as she felt the piercing heat the moment she touched the tip of the knife. But the pain felt good, she felt something, finally…

A moment would pass and the man was there, back again, standing in front of her cage. But he would see how her hands, her slender fingers would be covered in burns because she played too much with the knife, just like a curious stupid kitten. Higanbana, like a curious beast would stay still, eyeing the movement of the man himself, watching as he used that...key to open the lock of her cage. Then he declared that she was his slave now… she...didnt know how she should react… Her family sold her again, this time to be a slave. She wondered how much money they received from this man…

But then again… this man piqued up her interest. So the catgirl would hand back the dagger and take the crystal key from the man’s hand. “I am your obedient slave, master~.” She said in a playful tone before following him...hiding her claws ready just in case she needed to use it...

WC: 747/500