3:30AM Local time
It was quiet, and peaceful inside the halls of the Shogun's Palace, the handful of Shogunate Guard tended to their patrols, calmly walking along the halls of the palace, checking that everything was in order as the VIP's slept. Tonight was the last night in Shintenchi before a newly revived Nobuo returned to Niihama to claim his throne, or so they thought.
They snuck in almost undetected, muffled footsteps, and thermoptical camouflage meant that the wandering guards did not see what was about to happen. No one knew how they got in, or where they came from as the op started without a hitch.
Inside the main reception hall, two Shogunate guardsmen were enjoying cups of hot tea, as the first snow flurries of the coming winter began to flit outside the windows, they were remarking how pretty the city was in the winter, interrupted by two muffled 'thwips'
Both of them slumped over at their station as blood pooled under them.
Kendra Shaw was having trouble sleeping that night, nightmares had awakened her in the dead of night, and she was quietly shuffling through the halls towards the kitchen, where she was going to get a glass of water, and take some of her sleeping medication, as it seemed to be the only thing that kept the wolves at bay. As she shuffled through the hall, she heard a muffled 'thwip' and saw one of the guards slump forward. Stifling a breath, Kendra moved towards a nearby Shoji, and slid it open as her heart began to race.
She had been out of it for years, but training took over, she quickly tried at assess the situation. She heard muffled footsteps outside, slowly they crept, and the wood crept under the weight. She kept completely still, and waited for the muffled footsteps to fade.
"Shit." She cursed quietly under her breath, throwing the heavy winter yukata from her back, and throwing her sandals aside. Slowly, she slid the Shoji door open, and peered down the hallway, catching a glint of a figure as he rounded a corner.
Slowly she crept, moving against the wall, she had to make her way back to the bedroom and warn Nobuo, but Kendra was caught completely by surprise as she rounded a corner, and stared straight down the barrel of a silenced c26A. She let her legs go limp as she dropped, the weapon making a muffled 'thbbt' and splintering a nearby pillar. Before the man could reorient himself, she moved to uppercut, grasping the rifle, and struggling with the figure for it, They struggled back, and fourth, grunting, as Kendra shouted. "Tasukete! Shin'nyū-sha!" The Soldier grunted and shoved Kendra to the ground, and leveled his weapon to fire as she rolled away, bullets splintering the floor besides her.
At that moment, a Shogunate guard rounded the corner, and caught the tussle. "Yameru!" He bellowed And he opened fire from his own MN23, sending 5.56 rounds streaming towards the man with a deafening 'ratta-tat'
It didn't take long for alarms to blare all throughout the palace from the sound of the one Shogunate soldier's assault rifle. The Umibozu stumbled back, with several holes in his chest, and collapsed to the ground. Quickly, Kendra grabbed his assault rifle, and several magazines, stuffing them into her bra, and executing the dying man with a single shot to the head.
"We need to find Nobuo!" Kendra called out, as more gunfire filled the inside of the Palace. She pointed to the guard and shouted in Taiyou.
"You, with me!" The man nodded and began to follow Kendra, as she started to move down the hallway, sweeping the barrel of her assault rifle, checking her corners with the guard behind her. Spotting another Umibozu behind cover, engaged with Shogunate soldiers down the Hall, Kendra dispatched him with two well placed shots from his right flank before he could react. Quickly, she moved, releasing the empty magazine and letting it clatter to the ground as she slid a fresh magazine into the weapon, and chambered another round.