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His sword back to it's normal size, caught the darts with just between his fingers. Dropping them to the ground with a soft tap to the floor, dashing in front of the assassin and began charging at him as they clashed swords together. Meeting him eye to eye, he flicked his wrist quickly and prepared to slap a talisman onto his mask, causing elctro shock to cover his eye sight.

Sitting at the head of the table in the meeting room at Zodiac Society headquarters at the next meeting, General Rayt's eyes scanned the table in front of him. One seat was empty. It was Lieutenant Izieixie's. It had been a month since he had assigned the mission of recruitment to the other leaders. Mostly it had been good news, but now with one soldier gone missing, one of the leaders nonetheless. Rayt had to act, and fast. "Seargent Blade," Rayt started, "Where was Lt. Izieixie last seen?" Blade looked up from his files and addressed the General. "Well sir, she was last seen in her apartment, about to leave on the mission. Lt. Binx was the last to see her alive." At this news Rayt turned to Binx, hungry for answers. "Binx, where is she? Do you know?" Binx just scratched his head. "No sir, the last thing she told me was that she was going to leave on her mission." Rayt glared at him. "Very well. Next mission, is to continue recruitment. Except for you two." He looked at Commanders Zaniii and LaRaine. "I am sending you two to search for Lt. Izieixie. You should know that this should be treated as search and rescue situation. You are my two Commanders, I deeply trust you, do not let me down."

kitsuna smiled as she stood by ryuho's side. "i'm always ready." she said as she unsheathed her two deul swords and went into a fighting stance, waiting to strike. she whispered." what's the plan ryu?"

"How foolish.", said Shadowstep as he crossed his arms. "Two on one seems hardly fair. I'll likely kill the both of you... Very well then." Shadowstep jumped up, dropping twelve pebbles to the floor and a loud burst would sound. Light would fill the room as he disappeared from his position on the floor.
His arms remaining crossed, Shadowstep was standing upside-down on the ceiling looking down at them. His mask was analyzing them, absorbing data as his suit absorbed the energy filling the room. Blue leylines flowed from joint-to-joint of his suit, seeming to distribute the energy evenly.

"Very disappointing..."

Placing his set after set of talismans around Shadowstep and then trowing his knives at him, missing him due to his quick agility and reflexes, he then slammed his right palm into the floor before him, forming a glowing blue seal below his feet. Finishing his word spell, he thrust his left hand on to the floor next to his right and muttered a word that sounded like, "Athera." Within seconds the talismans glowed the same color, forming a massive pentagram that was in the shape of a hexagon, trapping Shadowstep in the center of it all. Forming an electro barrier around his foe, he began to finish his counterattack spell on the masked assassin. "Not so easy to move with all that metal and gears on you, is it?" asked Ryuho as he intensified the barrier around the assassin, making his body feel like he weighed tons as he shifted all of his metal on his body to the floor. "Nothing more then a conductor..." he muttered as massive electro shocks went through the barrier and into the assassin's body, increasing each time as a minute went by as he watched him try to figure a way to escape from Ryuho's trap. "Don't bother destroying the talismans, the seal is burned and carved into the ground. Not unless you can reach me in my own barrier." called out Ryuho with a smile as he watched his enemy being slowly tortured by the waves of intense shock as he slowly moved toward Ryuho.

"Are you mocking me?! You b*****d!!! Dismissing his spell within seconds and jumped back and stood next to the sleeping Isamu. Looking at Isamu and then back to Shadowstep. Provoked to awake Isamu, even though he warned them all not to wake him, it was the best chance they had in surviving from this guy...this freak. "I can't transform...not unless I....no. I won't go back down that path. but, without it we don't stand a chance. I'm not ready for him and he oicked a perfect time too. I'm useless on the nights of the emerald moon. Damn what are we going to do?" thought Ryuho as he tried to think of a plan that would rid of this freak. power stillWatching him approach Ryuho slowly, still crossing his arms acting as if he was superior. "Jerk...thinks he's so powerful, with him crossing his arms like that....pisses me off, I'd kick his a**, but I'm useless now...damn it. What am I going to do?!" he said as he grinned as he gritted his teeth tightly.

He kept his visions on the two, also watching the third girl. His attention did, however, seem in another direction. Shadowstep took a liking to Soap Operas, he watched them on a day to day basis. In fact, he is currently watching an episode where one of the main characters are put into a coma.

"My apologies, but if we could hurry along. I'm afraid I might not be able to watch my show.", he'd say with a quick bow before holding out his palm. Lights would flash and a large rumble before, suddenly, a large blue blast of pure energy came flaring at them all. He kept his free hand on his hip, giving a sigh as his built-in radar kept their positions in view.