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====Guan Xing====

((Let's make things interesting here...))

Guan Xing just slashed down a Japanese samurai when his attention caught to Musashi. He knew not who the man was, but he also figured that the man was not nearly chinese. So, he took the initiative and charged at Musashi, aiming to strike him down in one blow.

====Tadakatsu====

Tadakatsu seemed to be in trouble as Yukimura's blade came closer and closer. He was doubled over and unable to bring his spear's front to block him. Time seemed to slow for the legendary warrior as his mind raced to assess the situation. He could do nothing to block the attack in full.

However, he some how managed to bring his spear back and deflected the blow from Yukimura . The spear of Yukimura continued downward and was met with the armor of Tadakatsu. Quickly, Tadakatsu took what he could to force the Red Samurai off and swung his Tonbogiri in a wide arc, then stood. He felt his side, only a slight bruise, if that. It was nothing and would't affect him, but he knew all to well now that if he wasn't careful the Sanada warrior would be able to inflict an actual wound on him.

((Oh, alright then, I'll do it with Guan Xing like my original plan... I misread it thinking he was standing on the wall))

Hmm, this man was fast, faster than most, faster than he had anticipated. Guan Xing rolled expecting to get damage for he was sure to be hit in the back by the samurai, but after he stood, he was surprised to see he was unscaved.

"Why am I not hurt?" Xing wondered. "Oh well, shouldn't second guess luck."

Guan Xing needed to find this man's weakness. Xing was already tired of all the fighting he did, and now coming against a skilled fighter was not what he wanted. Either way, this was a battle and he had to commit himself to it. Guan Xing rallied his strength once again and went for a thrust, holding his spear high incase he needed to switch defensive real quick.

((Sounds good to me))
Musashi heard the man's comment and smiled. This man was tired from battle, in no condition for a proper duel. Oh well... Musashi thought, I might as well check out his fighting style. He watched the man's thrust and noticed his high defensive stance. Musashi lifted his tachi to face the blade downward toward his opponent's knees, but brought the blunt edge against the spear's shaft. From there he moved in close and slid his blade forward down the shaft as he pushed up. He darted in close to get a good look at the man's face. "Nice spirit." He said in Chinese with a thick Japanese accent. From there he spun to his right and thrust his elbow toward the man's left cheek, keeping his eyes on the rest of his opponent's body.

====Tadakatsu====

Tadakatsu replied with more wide arc swings. He kept up an onslaught while taking aggressive steps toward Yukimura.

((Meh, short))

====Xing====

Xing stumbled backward from Musashi's elbow. But he stumbled back more because he could have sworn he heard him say something in Chinese. After Guan Xing regained composure, he reset his spear and glared at him.

"So you know my language?" he asked not wanting, or caring, for an answer.

Xing took a few breaths, his energy was ebbing, but he was ready to die on a field. He came at Musashi again going in for a horizontal slash this time, instead of a thrust.

====Minamoto====

Minamoto's dance was not over. He continued with a swing of the feet around low toward's Ning's legs, but they were too far to make contact. But that was merely to keep his momentum up and cause the enemy to keep guessing. he raised his katana high while his No Dachi kept in an arc. Then, he swung downwards with his katana and aimed to kill with his No Dachi from the right.

The fight inside the castle raged on as hard as it could considering that Japanese soldiers were heavily out numbered due to the fact that the gates STILL stood strong. Benkei and Yoshitsune killed their fair share of men and slowly worked their way to the northern gate, which was still being rammed by Date's soldiers. It held rather strong, impressive for such a culture. They admired the layout of the city, feeling as though it were familiar to them. "Yoshitsune-dono, doesn't this place remind you of the stories that we've heard about Nara?" Benkei asked.

Yoshitune nodded, "It does indeed. Perhaps the Gods created these cities also?" He wondered intensely on this thought as he slashed through another set of men.

Date was amazed at how she moved. She was quite agile and knew her shield well enough to use it to fling herself around! She was good considering the fact that she was a woman and also that she was so young. Hell, she was more or less a female version of himself! Ha! Too bad she didn't have the experience of real life battle that he had. She muttered a few words that he couldn't understand literally but he understood how she felt. It was a fun battle, one that would be remembered by both of them. All this went through his head as he stood up from his position on the ground after his rolling attack and before he knew it she was charging him. He could only answer with a charge of his own. She had her fork back now so he would have to be careful of the metal part. He got in close again but she began a spin. The shaft of her fork caught him in the ankle. He was going to fall, but as a reflex he flung himself back, away from immediate danger. He landed hard on his back and the dust from the battlefield surrounded him for a split second, long enough to cake itself onto his sweaty face. He knew that if he lay there any longer he was finished so he brought his knees up to his chest then flung his feet forward, jumping up to his feet. He shook the shock from landing on the hard ground off and thrust his sword into the ground and reached for one of his pistols. With a grin he pointed it at her and paused for a moment. The shield had a large surface area and he only had one shot for this gun, so he had to make it count. He watched her move and awaited her to notice him aiming at her. The fear of this weapon would be a weapon on it's own so he would wait for her to see it before finding an open spot to fire at.

Guan Yu fought hard, battling samurai left and right as he kept one eye out for Xing Cai. She was doing rather well against him considering that he was her first...

Date watched Cai jump back and his stomach leapt up in excitement for he knew that she just took away her one advantage against the gun. With an excited grin he lowered his brow to focus his single-eyed vision and look at her in more detail. Her eyes were filled with fear! Perfect. But wait, what else was there? It was a look of determination. Though this girl was terrified of his gun she stood strong. What spirit! It almost made him sad that she was going to die right here. Oh well, just another bump in his path for glory. He took aim at her face, looking to shoot her right between the eyes through the fork. He steadied his hand and fired.

Guan Yu finished cutting through another samurai and glanced over to where Cai and Date were fighting. It was a really good thing that he was so tall for he was able to look over the people between them and notice that Date was aiming a gun at Xing Cai! Suddenly a twinge of pain shot through his ear as he remembered the destructive power of that weapon. Cai was too far away to do anything in her defense and Date had a firm foothold on the ground this time, there was no way he'd miss. In an act of pure adrenaline he thrust toward the area where they were fighting, plowing through a dozen men, Chinese and Samurai alike, not caring about any other person's life other than Cai's. He shoulder checked one last man before halting to a stop to watch the man go flying into the open space between Date and Cai. A loud shot was heard and the samurai Guan Yu had sent flying suddenly changed his path from crossing in front of the two fighters to being pushed toward Cai. His chest exploded with the piercing bullet and his blood shot up into the air briefly then seeped into the dirt that he landed on. Yu had done his duty and quickly ducked to avoid being spotted by Cai. He didn't want her to know that it was he who had knocked the man into Date's shot. After all, people go flying in battle all the time, it could happen...

Guan Yu smirked and fought his way away from the duel, "If you can't take advantage of that situation then you aren't meant for dueling... good luck, my neice." He thought as he slashed his way away.

Date couldn't believe his eyes. By some chance in hell a body got knocked into his bullet's trajectory! Not only was his bullet stopped but he killed one of his own men! Enraged Date threw his pistle at the ground in a fit of anger and as he looked up he saw his opponent charging him at incredible speed. "s**t!" He cursed as his eyes darted around his area, looking for his bokken. He quickly pulled it out of the ground and used the momentum to slash diagonally upwards at her fork. He parried her attack but she moved with such momentum that it wasn't enough to stop her charge. Her shield was like a metal wall crashing into his right shoulder and knocked him to the ground, causing him to land on his injured arm. An extreme shot of pain bolted through his body as he began trembling and sweating. He kicked out of reflex at her legs to at least try to trip her then rolled off to the side and up to one knee as fast as he could. His vision was blurred from such pain and he could hardly grip his sword. "Damn... damn it!" He screamed out "You fools will not make me lose again!" He stood up and looked around for her with his one good eye still watery and blurred. Blood was seeping through his bandages and even began to drip to the ground for his wound was re-opened. He stood there, despite the pain, waiting for another attack.

((Ahh, that was fun I don't know why but I enjoyed that post...))