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Akiraa tilted her head as she noticed Ryuu walking past. She blinked seeing the guitar over his shoulder and hanging down his back. "So he's a musician... I wonder if he has anyone close to him," she murmured. She saw him writing quickly in a notepad before he stowed the pad in the black and gold jacket.

Ryuusei tilted his head as he glanced up at the school, seeing the blue haired girl, Mizuno Ami, walking several yards ahead of him. He shifted to stow the pad he was writing on in the inner pocket of his jacket, well aware that Akiraa was behind him. He shifted his weight fractionally as he pushed off suddenly, shifting to land in a handspring as he cocked his head, sensing that they were being watched as he flipped back onto his feet.

Akiraa shrugged. "I'm not sure if he even likes me, much less knows me," she said wryly, half amused. "I've seen stranger people than Ryuu, though... some of them the less desirable kind," she said carefully.

Ryuusei glanced back, now noticing Roe and Akiraa. He heard a whistling sound and twisted, thrusting a hand forward sharply. Mizuno Ami flew a few feet forward and landed hard, rolling almost immediately to her feet as she spun, practically ignoring the scattered books. Ryuusei was already moving, inhaling deeply before he exhaled, an odd phrase slipping from his lips. "Doton: Doryūheki," he barked as he coughed up a spray of mud that hardened almost immediately into a wall seven feet tall and half a foot thick. His eyes narrowed before a thunderous boom followed. Damn it, he thought with a growl. The moment his eyes narrowed, they changed from a deep midnight blue to a brilliant glowing reddish gold while the pupil became slitted.

Akiraa blinked; she had never seen any technique like that. "I don't know, but it seems as if whoever it is is after Ryuu," she said quietly. Her hand rose to the necklace around her throat, ready to transform.

Ryuusei frowned before he pushed off, hearing a second booming sound. He heard Mizuno Ami yelp in surprise and fear as he saw her dart around the corner of the wall, apparently forgetting about her books. His hand shifted through several one handed seals as he evaded a few shuriken lobbed at him as an aura of bluish black energy swirled around him. His eyes were half closed and while he seemed focused on something else before a marking no larger than a quarter ignited in bright silver on his forehead. Tribal markings very similar to tattoos scrolled themselves over his visible skin, which was almost all of his arms and his legs from his knees to calves.

Akiraa shifted her weight carefully, noticing the aura fading as it concentrated into his right hand before he clenched it tightly. The shockwave of energy that pulsed around him engulfed his form in an aura of brilliant purplish blue flames. Her eyes widened as the aura faded away to reveal the body armor he now wore that made his leanly muscular form very visible. She could sense that his power had been heavily restrained and was at the moment easily three to four times what it had been.

Ryuusei waited several seconds, letting his infused reflexes allow him to evade a couple of double edged throwing knives before he sensed the crystal was fully formed before he clenched it in his fist, unleashing its hidden power. He could feel the sub-armor forming around his body, the silver forearms and biceps glaring against the dark purplish black metal over his hands, elbows and shoulders. He also had silver metal over his abdomen and ribs while the rest was purplish black down to his hips while his groin and calves were sheathed in silver, as were his toes, sheathed in individual sheaths. His hair, formerly a deep black with midnight blue tips, had pale lavender streaks going from the front of his hairline and bangs all the way to where his hair reached the midnight blue tips a couple of inches below his shoulders.

Akiraa shifted slightly, her sneakers squeaking slightly as she shifted to support Aierie's subtle weight though the guardian wasn't very heavy.

Ryuusei shifted his weight, his gaze snapping skyward to lock onto a guy in black body armor with spikes rising from the thicker shoulder plates, his long black hair wavering slightly in the breeze as the man clung inverted to the bottom of the car holding a couple of window washers. His eyes widened ever so slightly. "Kagaen," he muttered through clenched teeth. Kagaen was his cousin, and a traitor to their home.
"Here I was waiting for the 'prince' to show himself only to find a coward that hides behind the skirts of stupid little girls that think themselves strong," came the mocking voice.

Akiraa frowned as the strangely armored individual suddenly dropped from the bottom of the cart, causing it to sway before he somehow redirected himself and shot straight at them. Her hand snapped up, a corona of sky blue-teal light flickering around her hand as the same corona flickered momentarily around the cart before it slowly stopped swaying so sharply. Her eyes shifted to her left slightly, then widened as the guy, Kagaen, shot straight at her.

Ryuusei drew back his fist as a flickering indigo-blue aura flared to life before he threw a punch that impacted with Kagaen's fist. "Kagerashū," he snapped as the attack imploded, causing his fist to recoil as Kagaen somersaulted backwards.
Kagaen frowned as his punch at the young woman was blocked by his idiotic cousin before his 'Shadow Crush' imploded, shoving him backwards as he somersaulted twice, landing near the middle of the street in a skidding crouch.

Akiraa's eyes narrowed, the look in them focused rather than fearful; she was nervous, though she hid it well enough. This guy feels like he's on a whole other level, as if he'd kill us and not even care, she thought nervously.

Ryuusei cocked his head slightly, lowering his slightly smoking fist before he flexed his fingers. "You've gotten stronger, but strategically, showing yourself this time was a stupid move," he said as he reared back his fist before launching it forward. It was the precursor to his 'Kagezuma' technique, though he doubted Kagaen would recognize it.
Kagaen snorted, rolling his eyes as Ryuusei reared back his fist and threw a hard jabbing punch. "If you're..." he said arrogantly before he leaped aside, his eyes widening ever so slightly as a spiraling burst of black lightning narrowly missed him. His eyes widened slightly before Ryuusei suddenly flickered into sight in front of him, catching him off balance before driving a hard knee straight into his face with a crunch before he felt a hard kick to his abdomen that sent him flying backwards with a metallic crunch into the side of a car that shook it slightly.