Fern's Forest

"uh, meet me in fern's forest. I'm kind of in a jiffy right now."
With that, Jane bolted off, and the other guy went in the same direction. Yaku looked back, and saw a large figure that looked like a scarlett, with a VERY large weapon. That couldn't be good.

"Well, a trio of pirates is better than two, I guess." Hangyaku-sha sighed to herself, before starting towards the forest. She had an unusual manner of walking: fast and with a purpose, but not tense in the slightest. Her father walked in this manner, so she picked up his quick stride so she could keep up with him.

It wasn't long before the buildings and bustling activity faded into towering trees, making a verdant canopy over the forest. She spotted the scrawny male pirate, Peter, and strolled his way.
"Well, what're we going to do about that big scarlett guy? I mean sure we can take him down, but I was already wanted dead in the east, so I doubt killing him would be a good plan. Thankfully, disappearing for about ten years has left them to assume that I'm dead." Yaku shrugged her shoulders.

"Besides, do any of the three of us even have a ship?" Her facial expression was a mix of inconvenience and amusement, mostly the latter.

He grunted at Alexander and kept running with footsteps that sounded like a small herd of elephants. He disliked being paired with him just as much as he disliked Thriest, but there was nothing he could do about that. Jane ran off the beach and into the village where two other people were waiting for her. Her crew perhaps? Not important, Jane held priority. "You go back and get the others, I'll follow her..." Like that was going to happen. By the time he'd gotten back to the ship, Jane would be gone and the hunt would start all over again. Jane took off, the other two remained behind. He brandished his massive blade and kept charging. The male, dressed in extravagant clothes threw a half empty bottle of rum at him. Thriest smirked and flicked his wrist, somehow slicing the bottle cleanly in half with the massive blade. He grunted, noticing that both of the others had disappeared.

He picked up the pace, not even sweating yet, and found himself in Fern's forest. So she planned to give them the slip here? He kept running, managing to catch back up with Alexander. He merely grunted recognition and kept running. He saw them then, the man and woman from before. They were talking about killing him. He grinned and brought down his sword through the tree they stood near. It deftly fell in two. He spoke then, in a voice that brought on a vision of an avalanche hurtling towards them.
"Pretty sure you can kill me eh? Are you ready to back a up a statement like that miss?"

Peter finally saw another character from the scene back there - the blonde pirate. She walked his way and begun to speak saying "Well, what're we going to do about that big scarlett guy? I mean sure we can take him down, but I was already wanted dead in the east, so I doubt killing him would be a good plan. Thankfully, disappearing for about ten years has left them to assume that I'm dead." she shrugged, "Besides, do any of the three of us even have a ship?"

"Now that is a good question, I-" before Peter could continue the tree behind him split in half and he jumped forward as it happened and grabbed a handful of dirt in the process. The largely armed Scarlett was back. "Pretty sure you can kill me eh? Are you ready to back a up a statement like that miss?" Peter casually stepped in front of her, looking as if protecting her. "Excuse me, sir. It's rude to interrupt." Snow quickly pelted the dirt at the man's eyes and stepped back and to the side (while pushing her back and out of the way as well, hopefully avoiding any counter-attacks) as he drew his cutlass and aimed his pistol at the raven haired man that was nearby. "Don't think I over looked you, I am pretty experienced in stealth and precision." he hinted toward the gun in hand. "Now let's all just have a nice little chat, hm?" he tilted his head toward the blonde beside him, "and I certainly hope you can take care of the big guy, if necessary. I'll eye the follower." Could sure use a Jane Spuckler right about now too.

Jane glanced over her shoulder, and watched as the male, Peter, was it? Threw his bottle of rum at the Scarlett. She bit her lip, as he cut through it the blade of the sword, and kept running.
He's going to be fun to mess with,
She thought, smiling. She whipped her head back around, just in time to catch an incoming...apple? She grinned, and sank her teeth into the apple.
Man, that tastes good.
She thought, placing it between her teeth. Now she just needed water, which she swiped from a nearby civilian. It was in a canteen, which was quite useful. Jane, now content with what she had, made an A line for Fern's Forest. She zigged zagged through the trees, and have seemed to lose him. Jane looked around and confirmed that he wasn't on her tail anymore...
Now to find those pirates.
She thought, taking another bite of the apple. She could probably get a good sight of the forest if she climbed a tree...Jane nodded slightly, and made her way up a tree.
"...to do about that big scarlett guy? I mean sure we can take him down, but I was already wanted dead in the east, so I doubt killing him would be a good plan. Thankfully, disappearing for about ten years has left them to assume that I'm dead. Besides, do any of the three of us even have a ship?"
She grinned, and started to hop tree to tree to where the voice was coming from. Jane, about to hop to a new tree, almost shrieked when it split in two. She held her breath for a moment, only knowing that must have been the doings of that large Scarlett's sword. Her suspicions were confirmed when she heard his voice,
"Pretty sure you can kill me eh? Are you ready to back a up a statement like that miss?"
Jane, making herself snug in the tree, watched as she took a mouthful from the canteen, and displayed an amused smile,
This will be fun to watch.

"Well, I was wanted dead for over a decade in the eastern kingdoms, so me surviving that long should imply I can do something for myself."
Hangyaku-sha's lips curled into a playful smile, as she realized that this scarlett was thick headed, and that was an understatement. Anyone knows it's suicide to try to have a 'fair fight' with pirates, especially when outnumbered. Part of the reason that pirates last so long is because they are the best at fighting dirty.

She reached towards the two handles inside the lower half of her coat, and gripped both of them, pulling out her two hooked blades, that seemed shaped more like animal claws than legitimate swords.

"These two are hooked and jagged so they rip and tear, instead of slice and cut, and they're plenty sharp. Remember, pirates never play fair." Yaku glanced up at Jane in the trees, hoping she'd come and help.

He blocked the flying dirt with his left arm, it was a cheap but effective trick. It was also very predictable. He straightened up as the blonde woman drew two wickedly curved and jagged swords, looking more like claws than an actual sword. They also looked quite painful.
"These two are hooked and jagged so they rip and tear, instead of slice and cut, and they're plenty sharp. Remember, pirates never play fair."
He eyed the man as he drew a cutlass and pistol, aiming at his legs and his chest.
"Any chance of you backing down now and running off? Cause I'm afraid she is right. We don't fight too pretty."
His eyes widened slightly, looking more offended than shocked. "Run off? Do these look like the muscles of a man who runs off!?" His voice rumbled through the forest like a herd of angry, wild animals as he thrust his sword into the ground, the earth around the blade shattering like glass and jutting out in huge chunks, and flexed his massive torso, literally ripping his shirt into tiny shreds which floated slowly to the forest floor.
They did not look at all like the muscles of a man who ran off. Hell, the man looked like something you'd see carved out of stone and placed in a museum somewhere.
"I will not run off like a cowardly pirate!" He flexed again in a different pose that placed both his hands closer to the hewn tree. Suddenly he grasped the tree and swung, throwing the massive piece of lumber at the two pirates. He quickly retrieved his sword and grinned. "But I'm not exactly big on fighting fair either."

Hangyaku had barely enough time to listen to the man talk when he threw the halved tree at the two of them.
She quickly ducked under it while swiping upwards with her left (lesser) dagger, splitting the piece of wood in a way that looks more like it was gnawed on by an animal.

With her balance regained, and the projectile (barely) avoided, she braced herself, ready for whatever move the brute may have next.

"We need to make a break for it. Mr. Muscles will be a pain in the ass to kill, not mentioning the other two with him." Hangyaku-sha quickly turned about-face, in the direction Jane was in. She took her right (greater) sword and cocked her arm back, and saying in a more hushed tone to Peter,
"I'm going to get Jane down from that tree, and I need you to catch her whilst we run."
She gave him a few moments to process it, before swinging her arm and hurling the sword at the tree branch Jane was in. Once she saw the blade rip through the branch and cause Jane to start falling, she rocketed after her falling weapon, ready to dive and catch it.

"Damnit!"
The meat-stack had just bowled over Peter, taken Jane, and was already running. Hangyaku knew she had to stop him before he got to a ship. She took off after him with her greater dagger held back, ready to throw. He sped up and she did too, slowly gaining on him. Now there was only about 15 feet between them, and Yaku knew this was her chance.

She pulled her arm back, focused on the man's legs and hurled the weapon at him, the wicked hooked blade spinning and whistling through the air.
If this fails, Jane is done for,Yaku was already beginning to worry.

Thriest hadn't been paying much attention to the blonde woman, or her knife. But it seemed luck was on his side, for this massive blade swung out behind him as he ran, knocking the knife aside as it flew for his legs. He heard the clang of steel and looked over his shoulder, seeing the woman. He grit his teeth, held on tighter to Jane, and ran harder, his huge feet thumping hard on the forest floor.
Perhaps he was running off, but capturing Jane took priority over his pride. He yelled to Alexander before he was out of ear shot. "I'll leave them to you! Try not to die before I get back!"

The raven haired man tapped the edge of Peter's cutlass and begun the showdown with the statement of his own, "well, lets dance." Head for the trees for cover during the fight. Fight atop the branches if I can. Shot him if I get the shot. Peter took a step back and held his stance of a swordman. He gave a few strikes at the man, sure that he would dodge or parry them being how he looked and acted. Afterwards he sidestepped and parried when he saw the cane come for him, trying to take careful and fast notice of how the man attacked to try and discover when to get a swipe in on the man.

"Listen. I don't want to kill you..." Peter got in during several steps and slashes of his cutlass at the enemy. "I just want a talk with the girls. There's no need for us to waste our energy on each other. I'm sure you've got bigger fish to fry than me - a pirate you've probably never heard of." He jumped back from the battle as he ended his comment, raising an eyebrow to the man. "What do we have to gain from killing each other, hm?" Peter didn't keep his guard down, he did not expect this man to turn tail and go. He didn't expect him to even answer him. This was worth a shot though, unless the man really had heard of him. Though either way it went they'd be heading the same direction afterwards; toward the other three fighting in this forest.

It worked!
Her sword had forced him to halt, but she knew someone as huge as him wouldn't go down without a fight. Before she even had time to retrieve her weapon, the man was already swinging his colossal blade at her. She used her lesser dagger to attempt a parry, only resulting in his brute power wrenching the hooked weapon from her hand.
well shit, now I'm down two weapons. I'll have to get Jane out and run, or he'll chop me in half.
Hangyaku grabbed a fistful of dirt from the ground and charged Jane's captor. She threw the soil at his face and eyes, then leapt to her weapons and sheathed them inside her coat. Then she turned to the man to dive past him, grabbing onto Jane when she came by. If the dirt worked, she'd be able to snatch Jane and slip away. It was a risky plan, but Yaku had no choice. This was her opportunity to make something of herself.

He growled as he wrenched the pirates weapon out of her hand and winced from the pain in his leg. He barely noticed the woman scoop up a fistful of dirt and only had enough time to shut and cover his eyes before it was thrown. Even at that, a bit of dirt got in his left eye, rendering some of his vision blurry. Half his vision was more than enough to figure out the woman's plan. Render him helpless enough to steal Jane back, then run off. He reversed his grip on his weapon and turned slightly, lowering his shoulder and putting more weight on his good foot, as the woman tried to dive past him and grab Jane.
Two could play at this game. As the woman dived past him and Jane, missing only by inches, Thriest swung again. To swing the full length of the blade would take to long, and the woman would be gone. Instead, he was swinging at a quarter arc, but that would be all he needed to drive the massive pommel of his weapon into the small of the woman's back.