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The black, detailess humanoid raised its blade-like arm above its head and struck the deers forelegs. The deer let out a silent screech as its legs fell to the ground. The Penumbra Op lifted its blade-like arm again, and struck the deer's back legs. The deer violently tried to buck, but the monkey was holding it much too firmly. When the deer calmed down slightly, it loosened its grip, and changed its position. Now that it no longer needed to hold onto the legs, it grasped the deer's head, holding it in place. "And thanks again, Astro."

Totro began to shake violently, not loosing eyecontact with the deer. His extended arm, and hand remained perfectly still, as his head and much of his body shook. The deer's jaw opened and hung weakly, it's eyelids dropped slightly. It placed its head on the ground, still keeping its eyes in contact with Totro's. Eventually Totro broke the eyecontact and stood up. The deer made no motion to move. As he approached the deer, Totro thrust his head to the side, and the monkey got off the deer. The deer didn't try to get up. Totro knelt beside the limp deer, who slowly moved its eyes to watch him.

Totro pressed harder and harder against the deers head. Then he stopped and thought for a moment. Then he stood up and sat a few feet away. The monkey, then crawled over to the deer and picked up where Totro left off. It squeezed the deers head harder and harder. The deer began to flop around, as it could not take the pain it was recieving. "Oh, Astro, just get it over with. The deer doesn't deserve so much pain." The monkey's elbows flew out , so he could get the greatest amount of pressure with his palms. The monkey's chest expanded as if it was taking a breath, then it squeezed harder. Totro looked away as a snap/crack sound was heard. He peaked back to see if what he thought happened had happened. The monkey crawled over to Totro on all fours. He showed Totro his hands. They were covered in blood mixed with dirt. He looked over the monkeys shoulder, to see the deer's mangled, screwed up face. He cringed in disgust. "Well, thank you, again Astro. It appears that I can, infact, use the skills I have gained in Necromancy to force someone partially into death. This does, as I thought it would, weaken them in every way. Everything from their energy to their actual bones."

(-agrees-)

Alyssa stood up, dusting herattire off with a quickflicking of her wristing. the small dust cloud lingered in the humid air, but slowly disipated as a small gust of wind blew past her. It was true, the fall had been more for effect if anything, but it had not really worked. She actually got hurt in the process of her fall. Smart. Very. The bleeding on both her palms had ceased, and her vampiric abilities were causing the bloodied scabs to heal over with impressive speed. The levi jeans pulled themselves together, the fabric winding through the frayed fabric. An invisible needle tightened the material until it was returned to its normal stature. Alyssa was not paying attention to the process either. It was simply second nature to have thing sfix themselves. Sometimes her telekinetic abilities were led astray.

The vampress was about to retaliate when Hiro's words floated into her earsdrums, and vibrating with a stern finality. Her delicate hands curled into rageful fists, shaking slightly. "But...but.." Alyssa stammered, staring at Hiro with disbelief and noticeable anger. "Hiro..!" Her mouth was agap in a stunned surprise. It was then she realized how subordinate both Hiro and she were to Seishi. Alyssa vomitted inwardly, but the theory never left her mind. Maybe it was the fact that Alyssa had found hiro that she had become so weak; she lost her natural hate for everyone. This place caused her absuive cold-heatered to dwindle into nothingness, and it really agitated the vampress. However, her fists loosened as she knew this was not an argument to dwell on.

A hand rested on a hip which was protruding slightly from the shift of position. All fingers curled around the bone with her half-moon nails digging itno her flesh to prevent herself from lunging at Seishi. This girl had embarassed her countless times. "You have some nerve. And yet.." she paused, stroking her chin with a long, black nail. "I find that you are a worthy opponent." Alyssa then did something that she would probably nver do to anyone else. Her waist broke its perfect posture, allowing her upper body to bend halfway. The vampress stared at the dirt threshold for a moment before rising from the respectful bow. Being the proud race that she was, it was very unusual for any to bow down and respect those whom are better in a certain place. For Alyssa to drop down into such a low bend, Seishi had to be a damn good fighter; she was which was the problem.

"...." There was dead air lingering in the air after her startling odd reaction to this whole thing, and Alyssa welcomed it gladly. She had grown tired of speaking, fighting, and the akward silence brought her time to ponder her actions. had she really done the right thing? Giving up being the condescending vampress, and allowed Seishi to have full rights to it. Was she truely that weak? The thoughts played through her mind like a small film clip flashing infront of her eyes repeatedly. She grew vertigo, and quickly shook her head to regain some composure. Both eyes switched gazes; first to Seishi then back to Hiro. Why were they taking so long? A soft cough passed her lips, and Alyssa reached up to cover her mouth before any bacteria escaped the vicinity. "Excuse me.." She muttered quietly, wiping it across the dirtied jeans. Not like she had any other place to put it.

Hiro watched the both of them quietly, waiting to see what they'd do as a result of what he'd said. His eyes darted towards Alyssa, widening slightly in surprise as she spoke. The way she said his name at first made him feel a little guilty. He felt almost like she was angry he hadn't proceeded into the fight and added more conflict and trouble. He didn't want to, and it was as simple as that. He stared back at her almost emotionlessly, his face nearly blank, until she finally seemed to be attempting to calm herself. He breathed out slowly, but it caught in his throat as she suddenly bowed her head towards Seishi. Hiro gaped at her. Was she really... doing that? He wasn't imagining things?

He continued staring at her until he felt Seishi's grip on his sword disappear. He slowly lowered it, gazing silently at the blood on the blade and then looking to her as she retreated up to the treetops without saying a word. He blinked, his own large wings shifting restlessly against his back. He wanted to fly too, even more now that he saw her do so, but he kept himself standing upon the firm ground. He frowned to himself, closing his eyes for a couple seconds, before he carefully wiped the blood off his sword onto the grass and then sheathed it. "Is... everyone ok?" he asked, somewhat loudly so that hopefully Seishi would hear even at that distance. He'd seen Alyssa's scrapes healing themselves, and Seishi had fixed the bullet wound. But he wasn't sure about her hand. He himself felt a little guilty that he somehow escaped without injury. It was fairly obvious he hadn't been the intended target. Seishi could have killed him instantly with that gun, but she'd shot herself instead. He was still a little confused about that as well.

"Amon... Amon!" she became even more worried and looked around desperatly. "Onee-chan and Onii-chan?" She stared at him for a moment. "Oh, her must mean Yume and Ishimaru! I hope they come soon. How do they know...?" Risshun stared at him for a moment. "I hope... they come soon..." she said griping his hand. "Stay with me Amon..." she said quietly, seeing his breathing slow down. She sat him up slightly, and looked around, looking and listening for any signs of Yume or Ishimaru. She had taken down the fire ring, since there was no more demons.

Risshun heard Ishimaru and quickly looked up. "Over here!" she called loudly. She tried her best to lift Amon off the ground and looked around for any sign of Yume or Ishimaru. "Hurry please!" she said frantically keeping her balance steady as she walked around a few feet, still carrying Amon. Her bright white wings apeared again and helped her move around better, looking for Yume and Ishimaru. "Where are you?" she said knowing they were close by but couldnt see them.