This whole entire time Yuurei had figured that Thomas had been reading his moves beforehand. That every time he had gone for an attack the man was always reading his movements. Yuurei figured he would do the same. He had been dodging his attacks all this time, or parrying his blades. He had seen that Thomas had been jumping around this whole entire time, and even with the fact that he changed his paced and tried to surprise him, it was still no use. The man was able to see through the person who had been running away this whole time, when he decided to go and attack. It sucked as it was a good attempt, but it didn’t work, but he knew that jumping over him would mean he would counter after that then. He knew this well because it was what he had been doing majority of the time.

So when Yuurei’s blade didn’t cut, and obviously he could feel the force of him swinging upward, and still missing with his long arms, he knew Thomas would try to attack him midair. Yuurei sighed as he was going to focus on what he plan to do right now. The man had gotten behind and was probably thinking of a way to kick somewhere around his head, or upper area of his body. Yuurei decided it was base to duck and do a front barrel roll to avoid any attack that Thomas would attempt from his behind. ”It seems no matter what I do I can’t hit you,” he said with a smirk on his face. When he used speed to his advantage, the man was still able to dodge his skills. The pirate could only conclude that Thomas was stronger, and faster than he was in every way. Yuurei had been cut by this man, kicked by this man, but each time he tried his best to dodge these attacks.

Yuurei needed to read his attacks, and observe the retired pirate. The thief gripped Benihime as he had taken it out of its sheathe again. He looked at the man as he readied himself. He slowly moved watching Thomas as he knew he was going to attack the man. He figured using both his hands with the sword would give him a better advantage in strength, or so he hoped. Yuurei launched himself to Thomas, swing the blade towards his left, but in a way that would stop his arms from going all the way through, and bring his arms back if he needed to. This was done so he could bring his arms to defend against any attack that would come his way. Still, he was hoping that Thomas would either parried his blade with his own, so that Yuurei could attempt to break his swords with Benihime.

Yuurei didn’t just do this as he had attempted to kick Thomas on his right shin with his leg real quick, and see if that would work as well. Yuurei figured the man would attack with his legs, or the blades, but if his plans went through the right way. Still, he knew that this man would have probably seen all of this, and it was why he was getting ready to defend himself right away.

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@devroux

Yuurei had swung his blade at Thomas, and when it came through he expected the man to be able to parry the attack. What he didn’t think would happen was that the blade that he was using didn’t break his sword from impact. He had been using two hands on one of his katana to be able to have the advantage against Thomas who had been using one hand on his sword. With Benihime parried he had sighed, but knew he wasn’t going to allow that to go. The pirate figured it was time to use his arms against the man. He used the momentum of the parried, and bend both of his elbows to regain control of his arms motion. With that being said, he could see that Thomas was aiming for his midsection ready to slice him there. The green horned swordsmen had one advantage throughout this fight, and now he figured it was best to use it. His reach was much longer than that of any human, which meant that Thomas would have to get closer to Yuurei than usual.

The thief had slightly moved back a little bit, but the slash across his midsection had grazed him, slicing his shirt, and opening a superficial wound from the attack. Still, he didn’t jump from this and simply thrusted the katana straight towards Thomas’s heart. If the man had tried to jump back from this, it would be proven difficult for him, only because of Yuurei’s arm’s length and their distance between each other. If he was able to graze Yuurei with a sword strike, then it meant that Yuurei was close enough to be able to try and pierce Thomas in the heart even if he tried to dodge it. If Thomas would dodge, or parried this attack in anyway, Yuurei would use this thrust momentum to tumble forward, and turn to look at Thomas. He also hoped if he parried that his sword would break this time.

Yuurei was trying to end this fight, and even though he preferred not to kill the man, he knew that if he didn’t he wouldn’t have stopped chasing him. He didn’t hesitate, but he felt bad because Harley would be annoyed, and upset with him if she ever found out that he had killed another person.

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@devroux

Yuurei had watched the man dodged his attack, but barely like he had done his. He was impressed by this man, and if this battle taught him anything was how to be better when using his weapons. He didn’t understand what was going on, but he was enjoying this fight more than he should. He had always run when he needed to, and this time it was no exception. The only thing that was different this time was that his opponent was besting his every move, and making sure that he wouldn’t escape. That had never been done before, which surprised Yuurei in more ways than one. The other part was that this man had bested him as a swordsman, and Yuurei knew that even if it had hit him in his heart. Still, it had made sense as this man was a pirate before, and must have done a lot, and must have been skilled to get where he was.

He knew one thing, and it was that he had to take risk in order to gain results from his action. When he noticed that the man had been bleeding from his attack, it encouraged him to fight with more will, and power. He watched the man as he noticed that he stepped forward and was thrusting his blades towards him. There were two of them, and they were both heading in his direction. Yuurei looked at both of them, and noticed that he couldn’t block both of them, and if he dodged, then his vantage point would be lost. He had to give something up, but he decided to do something drastic. Yuurei noticed that his thigh would be targeted, and he moved it in a way that it wouldn’t hit any vital areas. Thomas first sword had pierced Yuurei, as the young man grunted from the pain, but knew it wasn’t done just yet. There was the second blade, and that was being aim straight into his dominate shoulder, which would drastically weaken him if he had let that attack go through.

Instead, Yuurei had let go of Benihime with his left hand, allowing Yuurei to hold it with only his right hand, and moved his left arm towards the thrust of the blade. Yuurei stopped the blade from piercing his right shoulder, but at the cost of it piercing through his left forearm. Still, Yuurei didn’t think of it as a lost, but as a beautiful opportunity to end this. The blades were stuck within him now, and he while this was happening, Yuurei had swung his right arm around with Benihime in hand, and he was tempting to slice Thomas’s head off. He figured that attacking while the man was attacking was for the best, and having the blades pierce him would leave him without any way to defend, or dodge his attack. Yuurei used his long arms to his advantage, and the joints to bend twice and have the blade thrust across his neck.

He would have to abandon his swords that were pierced into Yuurei, but he doubt he would have enough time for that either. Yuurei had gone all in with this attack as he was waiting for such an opportunity to present itself.

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@devroux

Yuurei’s plan had succeeded, but it wasn’t exactly how he wanted it to go. He had gotten stabbed in different locations, and he was planning on watching his head being cleaning cut off of his head, but he had gotten something a bit better. He watched the man’s throat be cut open, and with that the man started gurgling and spurting out blood from that area. It was a bit scary and creepy, but it was something that had to be done. He could feel the pain on his forearm, and thigh, but he knew it wasn’t over. He was hoping that they didn’t show up on time, but honestly wishing for things like that was out of the question. He had to be realistic, and even though they were slow on the chase, they possibly wouldn’t give him with all the clashing and slashing that was happening through the night.

He was right on that, and Yuurei could hear the rumbling of footsteps coming from the distance. He turned to see the troubling guards, and he just sighed as he was panting. The fight with Thomas Jones was enough, but now he had to deal with these fools as well. Yuurei wished that he could he find a simpler way to block and dodge these attacks in the position he was in. Yuurei heard the gun shots of the three men, and knew that they were aiming straight for him. He had stood his ground, and focused his mind to deflecting these bullets. ”Ittoryu: Youkai’s Hei,” he whispered this in his mind, as he watched the first bullet make their way towards him, and he deflected the first bullet, which he directed it to one of the incoming swordsman who were rushing towards him, then the second bullet he had done the same thing, but this time towards a different swordsman.

With the third bullet coming he would deflect that one as well as it would go towards a third swordsman. While the three of the seven swordsman were distracted by the bullets that were directed towards them, Yuurei would have to do deal with the other four that were still coming his way. He could barely dodge, and he doubted himself to be able to block the attacks of all four of them. When they lunged at him he sighed as he was getting tired of this. ”Leave me alone, he is dead stop chasing me!” he shouted as he tried his best to guard against the swordsman. Benihime collided with all four of the men’s blade, which pushed Yuurei back from the attack. While he was stumbling he could feel the pain on his thigh right now, and even his shin that was kicked by Thomas a while back. He grunted from the pain, and figured he would have to take them all out.

Yuurei already knew that he couldn’t outrun them, but he knew when he was done with this, that he would have to go to Harley, so she could patch him up. The wounds he had gotten weren’t something he could overlook, and that much he knew. Still, he wasn’t done just yet; Yuurei stumbled only a bit, so moving close to the swordsman wouldn’t be much of a problem. The thief had stepped forward towards them, and gripped Benihime with both his hands, even though his left arm was in pain, and he tried to cleave straight through all four men with one sword Yuurei knew about the guys with the guns, and honestly he was afraid of them more than anybody that was around currently.

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@devroux

Yuurei’s attack had went through, and he honestly had to think Benihime for it. While he was using the blade, he came to understand its strength through running around, and taking on Thomas. The strength between this sword, and the one he had sheathed were tremendous. Still, he learned one thing, and it was never underestimate your opponent. Thomas taught him that in both ways; he didn’t think Thomas was strong enough to take him on because well he was a retired pirate, but god that man was strong, and scary as well. Then there was the fact even though weaker, with enough determination you can win a battle. He looked over to the gunmen who were still there, and when he counted he noticed that there were only two men left. These guys weren’t going to leave him alone, or so he thought. They shot at him, and he figured they wanted to die by his blade.

The thief panted when the bullets came towards him and he moved to avoid one of the bullet, while the other one grazed him on his right arm. Still, their plan seemed to have been more of a shoot and run tactic as they had finally got the picture. They were smart men indeed, and he was to hurt to chase after these gunners. The only downside about all of this was that they knew about him, and knew there was a man who went around stealing swords. Yuurei chuckled because they would spread rumors around him, so that just meant he would have to change his outfit, and hide his face better. Yuurei sighed as he sheathed Benihime and walked passed Thomas. He crouched to get the man’s sheathe for the two swords that were stuck in him and slowly limped away. His body ache with everything that he had gone through today, and his legs limp with every step he took.

Still, he knew that he couldn’t fall right here because then he would only lose blood while resting. Yuurei’s destination was Harley’s clinic. The doctor of the crew he joined would knock him over the head, but would be willing to patch him. The thief kept the swords that were pierced into him as he figured they would also join his collection. Yuurei could tell they were strong, but he wasn’t sure how strong they were. The reason behind that was because he was focused on being alive more than anything. When he walked through the streets it didn’t take long for him to make it to Harley’s office. He was heading there from the beginning of the chase. It was his getaway area and the place he knew where he would have backup, if he never lost sight of Thomas. When Yuurei opened the door he took a step in, and sighed.

”Harley can you help me please, and don’t throw away the swords that are pierced into me they belong to me!” he shouted, hoping she would hear him to clean his wounds, and patch him up. Yuurei had a tough day, but it was a day where he grew and learned as a fighter. His figured his tactics of running away wouldn’t always work.

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