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"Yes we are getting ready to leave.....this contract is time sensitive....and it gives a pretty good payout for it as well, which we can use to get you some more clothes..." and with that Hitori placed a hand onto her shoulder as they shadow stepped together to an unknown location surrounded by a wooded forest and the remnants of a castle. He instinctively pulled his dagger out and into his hand, preferring a reverse grip on his weapon, this allowed him to catch and hook people's weapons and or body parts so he could finish them off with clean precises deaths. "Now...stealth is of the up most importance...you already have that going for you due to the feline in you...but we don't want you to be seen under any circumstance...if you detect something you cannot handle I want you to shift and get out of here..I will find you by the scent of your blood..." he said in a whisper of a voice as his tone took on the usual calm, his body language that of a stone statue.

Hitori crouched down low to stay under the top of the broken down walls surrounding the castle as he took a whiff of the air, tasting it like a snake would, for any presence of another being in the area. When he finally concluded that no beings were outside he stepped and crouch ran to the first tower off to the right of them, using the shadows to conceal his movements. His strides flowing effortlessly and smoothly like a dancer performing their favorite act. Once under the cover of the tower he waved Jiyaankji over to him in a sign saying it was safe to come over to his position. Once she arrived to him he whispered again "Our target is a rare talisman of sorts, the properties of it are unknown, but a magic user has claimed it as his own...our goal is to retrieve the talisman and dispatch any would be obstacles to our goal....including the mage himself...".

Hitori made a rope with a grapple hook attached to the end appear in his hand as he tossed it up into the tower window and began his ascension to the top, his movements were slow, but filled with a purpose, no energy wasted on his travel upwards.

Hitori crouched down behind a corner as he took a whiff of the air smelling the familiar scent of humans, by his count at least two stationary and one walking up the winding stairs towards them. He moved a bit closer to Jiyaankji "I smell at least three humans....two are stationary...which means they are probably guarding a door...and we have one coming up the stairs towards our position...I need you to stay in the shadows and remove the guard coming towards us....I will deal with the two on the other side of this hallway..." he said whispering to her, knowing her feline ears would pick up on his voice no matter how quiet he was.

With that Hitori vanished into the shadows around them, as if he just melted into the wall. Once he reappeared he already had his dagger drawn and was directly behind the two guards who were talking to each other, unaware of his presence. With a quick flick of his wrist he threw two long needles into the base of each guards neck, hitting them right below the brain stem into the spinal cord, paralyzing the both of them. Hitori knew that would keep them quiet, and once he removed the needles the blood would flow up through their spines and pour out of every crevice it could, eventually and quickly killing them with a brain hemorrhage.

Hitori walked out so he was in front of the two guards who looked like they had before he got to them, their eyes following his movements barely as he strode down the hallway to where Jiyaankji was posted. He took his position behind the corner, listening for anything that would cue him up to her doing the task she was given. He was met with silence, no thump of a body hitting the ground, no grunt as the life slipped away from the human nothing. This began to concern Hitori slightly, but he held his breath and waited to see what would happen next.

OOC: You apologize for such silly things razz

Hitori heard his name, which gave him all of the confirmation he required, he stood up and stepped around the corner looking at her. His dead gaze met her eyes and he nodded in a movement of one part compliment, and another part to let her know they were free to move to the room. As they walked down the hallway quiet as ever, the two paralyzed guards eyes followed the two of them. He paused for a moment and smelt the air one more time, getting the familiar scent of a mage. "The wizard is inside...I can smell his magically tainted blood from here...this is where things become more difficult..." and with that he picked the lock open and opened it casually only to be greeted with a gout of flame that burned a hole through the door and scorched some of Hitori's flesh as he pushed Jiyaankji away from the fire.

His left side of his body was burned beyond recognition, and yet he made no sound as to any pain that may have been inflicted on him. The guard on the left of the door was burnt to ash, nothing left of him save his armor that he was wearing, but that to was partially melted. Hitori stood up and held his left side, feeling his flesh begin to mend itself, repair itself if you would, until there was not a mark on his body. "I knew you would come for me Huntsmen....I could see it...feel it in the magic energies around me...if you think I am going to let you take this amulet then you are mistaken..." a male voice said from the darkness of the room. "Good he hasn't noticed Jiyaankji hopefully....we can use this to our advantage." he thought to himself.

Hitori moved with blinding speed and sank his fangs into the second guards neck sucking blood from him as his eyes took on an eerie glow to them, shining bright red, cutting through the darkness as he tapped into his Vampyric side allowing him to see in the dark, and enhance his already refined sense. Once he let the guard fall lifeless to the floor Hitori pulled out a special dagger he kept on his left hip, this dagger was imbued with multiple poisons so the victim wouldn't know which one to cure. Without hesitation he dashed into the mage's room and began his confrontation with the wizard, waiting for the precise moment to strike and get the killing blow.

The dance began, Hitori dodging the occasional gout of flame thrown at him, the wizard parrying his blows with some sort of shield. "Give up now poor blood sucker, and I may let you live for tonight...you cannot over power me..." the wizard said as he muttered what Hitori could only assume was an incantation as small orbs appeared all around the wizard. "You know what these do? Each one of these orbs burns with the intensity of the sun...they can melt flesh and bone, boil your bodily fluids, and turn you into nothing more then a mere pile of ash that will soon enough be blown away in the wind..." the wizard spoke again, this time his features more prominent then before,

The wizards face was all angles, a sharp pointed nose, a firm jawline set in a clench, beady eyes, and long fire orange hair. Hitori made no reply to him, answering all of his gloating with silence, waiting for the opportunity to strike, but with no luck, the wizard always seemed to be on the defense, with shield spells at the ready to deflect his counter attacks. "He talks too much...if I can stall him maybe I can send a signal to Jiyaankji to attack from behind where he seems to be the most vulnerable..." he thought.

Once a plan was formulated Hitori circled around the wizard who matched his steps until he was in the doorway and Hitori was in front of him. With one quick motion Hitori summoned a note onto the dagger he threw flying through the air directly at the wizard who simply ducked letting the blade stick into the floor boards outside of the bedroom. All Hitori could do now was hope Jiyaankji caught on.