Catch of the Day(Solo Job)

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A great yawn escaped the mouth of a sleepy giant as he casually enjoyed a morning walk through the trade city, Balbadd. Yakuroro stood out among the humans despite his best efforts to remain inconspicuous. He was wearing a large cloak to hide his elegant robes worn below the tattered travelling garb. Sadly, no hood on earth could contain his impressive head of exotic blue hair and a simple cloak could not hide his massive height. The Imuchak's senses picked up the occasional whisper or pointing finger from the humans he was passing, however he smile never wavered one bit. While the city wasn't perfect, it was a good place. There was a festive cheer about the populous and its democratic government seemed to be far less controlling than those of Zou or Reim.

While appreciating the peaceful nature of Balbadd, Yakuroro made his way towards the morning markets where he expected the first haul of the day to be displayed. The large Imuchakk's mouth watered at the thought of frying up a basket full of the morning's catch. Yakuroro's grinning faded as he turned the corner to see empty fish stalls with upset vendors. A short inquiry told the wanderer that a school of sharks had moved into the bay and they were causing trouble for the fishermen. Apparently there was a reward for whoever could oust the sharks and several young men had taken to boats with harpoons. But the people of Balbadd were not hunters of the sea and so far not a single shark had been slain. Being an experienced underwater hunter, Yakuroro volunteered to join in the hunt!

When Yakuroro volunteered to participate in the current shark hunt, he did a few things that the fishermen at the markets thought to be rather odd. The first was how he refused both a boat and a spear. The Imuchakk was offered both just like all the other young men, but Yaku simply raised a hand and shook his head. After insisting that he would be fine without these basic sea faring tools, Yakuroro asked what was more important, the sharks being killed or leaving? Of course just getting rid of them would be fine, but Yaku wanted to gauge the hearts of the people. If they demanded the sharks death out of retribution, Yakuroro would have been very worried. However the reply he got was not one filled with vengeance. So long as he got rid of the sharks the reward could be his.

With moral concerns settled, Yakuroro dove into the water from the docks and began swimming at a speed of 5m/s. The Imuchakk "kicked" off the water thanks to his people's unique skin. Bubbles surrounded Yakuroro's body as tiny hairs reduced his friction against the water and allowed him to increase his swimming speed. It would not take long for the skilled underwater fighter to reach the bay where the sharks were located. When he arrived, Yakuroro looked up to see the many boats of young Balbadd men floating overhead. They were waiting for the sharks to show themselves, but Yakuroro could see that it was a futile effort.

From under the waves, the Imuchakk peered through murky depths to spot the three predators. They were deep under water near the sea shelf just before it drops off into the deep ocean. The three seemed to be fighting over a shredded piece of fish that had seen better days. Spotting his chance to ambush them, Yakuroro increased his speed to 10m/s and held his Unicorn Horn staff in front of him. Yaku threw all of his force and power into a sweep of the staff smashing it into the sharks mouth. The rough coral of the horn and the strength of the Imuchakk would both ensure that the blow crashed into the sharks mouth destroying many of its teeth.

Yakuroro was familiar with sea life and knew the shark could regrow it's chompers in time. His soft heart sought only to injure the creature no matter how cold blooded it was known to be. This surprise blow would defeat one of the sharks and send it fleeing, but now Yakuroro had lost sight of the other two sharks as they began to ominously circle him in preparation for their own attack...

The first of the counter attacks come from behind Yakuroro as a shark flew towards him at 10m/s only to smash into his side. The beasts teeth sank into Yaku's abdomen causing him to wince in pain and let out a muffled shout of pain that simply became bubbles floating to the surface. Blood began to cloud from the wound the shark had given Yakuroro as its bite loosened and the finned fighter tried to swim away. The Imuchakk's large hand would grasp the nose of the shark before it could swim away before smashing its teeth as he had done with the first shark.

Two of the present sharks had been sent packing, but one more was lurking behind the pluming blood clouds that were now blocking Yakuroro's view. The beast lashed out through the water violently aiming to take a bite out of Yakuroro's leg, but this time he was ready to the charge. With his vision blocked, Yaku closed his eyes and listened for the sound of the water being pushed aside for the sharks movements. He wasn't sure of the direction, but he was sure of the timing and activated his Borg. Pure Magoi would form around his body in a shell that protected him from the D rank attack. The Imuchakk's borg had cracked under the pressure of the attack, but it did not break and did a fine job of stopping the shark in its tracks.

One last powerful blow to the final sharks mouth and the ordeal would be all but over. Yakuroro would kick off the water and drive the head of his staff into the shark's mouth which was still wide open from trying to bite into his borg. When the final shark swam away, Yakuroro made his way to the bottom of the sea floor and collected all the shark teeth he could find. Albeit wounded, Yakuroro returned victorious and showed a bag full of shark teeth as proof.

It was only a matter of hours before the fishermen were back in the bay bringing in hauls of fish again now that the sharks had run away. Yakuroro checked the waters for the next few days to make sure any other sharks were scared off until it seemed like they learned that the bay was protected territory. So long as Yakuroro was in town, the fishermen's shark problems were over.