[Naomi]

"Well...now that I know who you are..." and with that a slightly evil grin came over her face. Another outlaw was another outlaw. And with that she disappeared into the shadow of the bench which was stretched out barley touching the shadow of a tree. Suddenly what looked like a puff ball erupted from the shadow. It had been a shadow shurikken aimed at Tris ankles. It hit one. The pain would be terrible but there wouldnt be a mark.

With a laugh she stepped out of the trees shadow becoming visible again. "Did it hurt?" she asked grinning. Rhea had a reputation for toying with her opponents. Infact it was the worst part of her reputation. She was well known for putting her enemys in so much pain and tourchering them to the point that they would beg for death. After which she would gladly agree. It was terrible yes but all part of her plan to reach the top. Atleast this way she wouldnt feel like a murderer. The people always ended up asking her death.

Rhea had another strange reputation though. She did spare some people. Those who were strong enough and put up a big enough fight.

[ichijin]

IN:
His ankle, he felt a piercing pain through it. His eye twitched with the pain, but this was nothing. Then he looked over to where she reappeared,

"I've seen worse", but just that attack was only worth 20 forte. The pain was beginning to disappear... No wound? Well, all the better for him, already he was invisible from the human eye. Wind swept up in the area as the wind from his speed began to pick up. First, he blasted a few small blasts of electricity while moving, so it looked like shots coming out of thin air. Then, the moment the shots would impact, he'd already be above her. Sending a Dragon Screamer her way, and so the shots approached her, while he was in midair. His fist pivoted back, and the moment the impact of the smaller shots occurred. With a large, Chinese styled Dragon of thunder, Tri attacked from above.

He was known as the Sky Breaker, due to the clarity of his thunder, and the small amount of time it was there to light up the scene. It looked like the area itself was being broken by his attacks.

[Grit]

A woman yawned in front of an alleyway. She was wearing a gray colored business suit with a deep red tie. Her golden hair tied with a ribbon of the same color. Her arms were crossed as she stood there watching the streets. Behind her, a young girl ran up to her and tugged her hand. " Miss Kirimado! " The woman fell back, her expression was like that of someone who woke up. " W-wuuut?

This was Izure Kirimado. Owner of the inn called " The Misty Window " and one of the oldest residents of Hitorigito. The girl helped her out and tugged her arm. " Ma'am! We have to prepare the restaurant for opening! " Izure slouched as she rubbed her back. " Why can't you guys do it yourselves? Can't you let your boss sleep in peace? " The girl scratched her head. " The opening ceremony has to be done by the owner of the establishment. It's a ribbon cutting ceremony so you need to cut the ribbon. "

" Fine. Fine. " Izure slouched and shooed the girl away. She slowly went to the her newly opened restaurant and did the opening ceremony. After the ceremony was done, she went up to her office, sat on her office chair, and went to sleep. She didn't bother to mingle with her guests. The same girl busted through the door. " Ma'am, there's a lot of... " Izure snapped her fingers. " Itsu! Please, at least let me be in my office and shouldn't you knock before entering here? " Itsu bowed. " I'm sorry, but there's a few guests who want to meet you. " Izure leaned on her chair and looked at the ceiling. " Tell them that Izure went out to do her business work and besides, aren't you assigned as the PR representative? If there's anything lacking in stock, tell Nanigoto to go shopping with Dou. "

Itsu bowed. " Yes ma'am. Right away. " The girl skipped off back to the guests on the restaurant below.

[Naomi]

Thank god for good reflexes. Rhea had dodged the first few electrical blasts. Then suddenly there was a dragon of sorts above her. SHIT! she thought glancing around and spotting a small bit of shadow directly behind her. The damn electric dragon thing lit the place up there were hardly and shadows left. Bending backwards one of her hands hit the edge of the shadow. I dont have time to disappear.. she thought and instead flipped back forward with all the speed and strength she had. From the shadow she pulled one of her stronger basic techniques. Shadow sword. Barely fast enough to block the dragon coming at her. Still it was so close she could feel a few spots on her skin get singed and possible burned a little from the electricity.

Shadow sword was a unique shadow technique. On of about two or three that could actually inflict damage and block other attacks. Though once the dragon thing had been blocked and disappeared the sword did too. "That was tricky...sky breaker...what was that...umm dragon screamer I think?" and with that Rhea flipped back and disappeared into a shadow again.

"Looks like ill have to kick it up with you..." she said from the shadows. Her voice untraceable and echoing. Suddenly a few different shadow weapon shot out aimed towards tri's chest area. They were more of the type that inflict no wounds but induced pain. Then sliding completely silent through the shadows Rhea got behind him in a flash then jumped shadow sword drawn again. She wondered if tri would be able to focus enough to forget the small shadow weapons and pick up on her in time to block.

[ichijin]

Upon landing, he found himself listening to her voice. So she was only going easy? Well that's fine, there were many of these sorts of people out there, and it's often because they're overconfident. His Forte count is nearing two hundred, well, it should at least be around there. But that wouldn't be the concern at hand, already, formless shadow blasts were coming at him a few different directions, none of them above, none of them behind, or below him... Well, he should contemplate too much, there were to many to actually use his arms to block. Then again, the same thing with his ankle might happen, well, let's put this attack to the test. It worked in his last battle, so it should work in this battle, quickly he twisted his right hand into a palm, then with thunder and electricity alike, he slammed the ground. There was a deafening roar of thunder for a split second, and then altogether, thunder shot up from all around him, it looked like a shield attack. But it was Dragon Claw... It wasn't intended for defending, since it burnt his body all over a little, he definitely has to find a new attack for defending.

The shadow blasts were destroyed, well, a small bit of one of them was able to get in and cause a needle-like pain in his rib. Which caused him to stop the shield, then he noticed that something was behind him. He turned around and there it was, his opponent with her sword raised. So that's why there weren't any attacks from behind, she wanted to do it personally. Still bent over, he took advantage of it, and rolled forward, the moment he laid his feet on the ground, thunder shot throughout his legs, and with unnatural speed, he'd already jumped a few metres high into the air. As he jumped, he spun, taking advantage of this, he stuck his leg out like he was kicking, and already, a sharp extension of thunder shot out, it was long enough to reach his opponent. And as the extension, which had a whip-like effect, and looked a lot like a dragon's tail, swept the ground, it created a semi-circle lining in the ground, debris was swept up as the tail whipped around.

[Naomi]

For a moment rhea wasnt sure if tri was going to dodge any of her attacks. When he did she noticed that he had slightly injured himself alittle too. He had caught her in time though to pull a counter move. Something similar to a dragons tail slung around at her as he made a kick. Using her shadow sword to block the actual hit she realised that as small as she was there was no way to escape getting airborn. The move had been to fast for her to dodge anyway.

Stopping the attack but getting shot through the air into the side of a building rhea fell down and hit the concrete hard. Just another reason I hate the city... she thought pushing herself back up. It had been bright out with the sun still high when their fight had started. Not the sun was just barley starting to set. Rhea got a devilish grin on her face.

Stepping over into a shadow but not disappearing she said "Unless you want to call this a draw I suggest you try and finish me fast...I get a bit stronger at night when the shadows and darkness reign supreme.." Tri was a tricky opponent and rhea liked that. She wouldnt mind fighting him a few more times. they had both been using so stronger attacks so they had definitely earned some forte. She would be willing to call it a draw, but if he wanted to keep fighting she would also. Though this was his one chance. After this she might mess around with him some more until he either injured her or she got sick of him. Then she would use her finishing technique. If she did that it would up to him to fight his way away from the shadow realm. She smirked at the idea.

[ichijin]

OOC: Well the sun's getting lower... It's around noon, or late noon since my character needs his lunch

IN:
Well, he didn't want to kill her, he didn't intend to either, but he was reaching the point where he can afford his lunch, and dinner, since he needs that too. Strangely enough your appearance doesn't change, probably why it's called the afterlife. Let's see... He's already used Screamer, it's too slow, Tail is meant for sweeping a line of enemies, and Claw... It's meant to knock enemies back. Well, he hasn't used tongue yet, but he only needs to do this for another minute or two, and with that, he moved his stance into a sort that's better for punching. Then, charging his hands with thunder, he concentrated... Expel, and before it can separate, withdraw.

"I only need another minute or two before I can go", he said, and after a short moment, his front hand punched, and as quickly as he did, he withdrew it. The building behind his opponent was nicked, upon closer inspection, there was a nice hole where it hit. Claw is palm, Screamer is power punch, Tail is roundhouse kick, and Tongue is a jab. That was what he defined his attacks as. Before his opponent could react, he quickly jabbed many times, pointed towards the ground around her. Making it slightly unstable, and since it was thunder, lighting up the area.

[Naomi]

ooc: ok yea so my timeing was alittle off....im just going to say shes ultra sensitive to the suns motions...yea we will go with that....>_>

Rhea didnt flinch and inch when the building behind her and the ground around her was broken by the electrical jabs. It crumbled beneath her a bit. She just stood there and stared at tri. One would have thought she was peering into his soul with the look she had. Rhea could tell he realy didnt want to kill her.

"Ok well a few more minutes...fine with me." Rhea had a small bit of honor. If an opponent fought well she would let them live and if they did realy well she would allow a draw. Smiling she bolted forward surprisingly quick then streaked sideways into another shadow from were she emerged with another shadow sword. It was the third time she used it today so she wouldnt eb able to use it again. It was tiring but her favorite and she hardly had an opponent worth using it on.

Running in for a head on attack her speed was impressive for someone with no thunder abilitys to improve it.

[ichijin]

IN:
I can't catch her

This thought rang through his head as he tried to hit her with his Dragon Tongue. His Dragon Tongue was his quickest attack, to even dodge it is impressive. Looks like he'll have to retreat a bit. With that he dashed backwards as his opponent reached him. He had two options, if she went for a strike that was quick, he'd have to jump back, he may get hurt, but it's better than losing a limb. If she went for a strike that screamed out "power", he can go for using the Claw correctly, instead of a shield. The Claw was his most powerful attack, it was quick to execute, it had a blow back effect, and it was almost certain to stun.

[Naomi]

ooc: he he I think ill give your character a bit of a surprise...XD

Rhea dodged tri's attacks. Barely but she did. When she got into range she went to come down on him with a strong down strike. but he went to jumping and dashing back. In a last ditch idea she landed on the ground a few feet in front of him while he was still jumping back. Moving the shadow sword infront of her in a sweeping motion she yelled out as loud as she could "SHADOW SCREECH!!". What looked like an air wave shot out from infront of her in a half circle. The wave slammed into tri and kept going breaking a bunch of windows and setting off a car alarm.

Shadow screech was a combination of soundwaves and dark elemental control. The reason she had to scream the name of it out was to form the original sound waves. The louder her voice the stronger the attack. After that she uses the shadow sword as an amplifier for her voice and compresses the waves into a solid attack..well almost solid. Even if it wouldnt leave a mark shadow screech tended to impact with such force that it stunned the opponent. On top of that the opponent tended to have temporary hearing damage from he sound waves. Though with some stronger opponents it didnt quite stun them.

Rhea now stopped to wait an see if her attack had worked. Keeping the showd sword out infront of her in case a defense was needed she took a deep breath. Rhea was starting to get alittle tired.