(Open) Lost & Found...

[saerin]

Such a mediocre attack. The projectiles whizzed through the air towards their target, only to fail as a sphere of water curled up to protect it's master. They passed into the shield, only to slow to a complete stop only halfway before the shield was then lowered. Cocking his head to the left slightly, the face devoid of any feeling seemed to think about the situation for a second, then he resumed his posture. A plan already formulating within his mind.
Without a moment to spare, Tachi threw up both his arms on either side. The reaction sent four tendrils of water shooting out of either side of the dark abyss; two for either brother. Heatseeking missles of sorts, they sought the end of those threatening the life of Master as they tore through the air seeking vengence.
Meanwhile, Tachi brought his hands together, eyes closing once again as his body began to pulse with a mysterious blue light, then slowly, began to split apart into three identical beings. Sure, these men may now know the source of his magic, but little did they know that he did not have to be attached to it in order for him to draw it's power. No one could destroy nature. Regardless of the power they held, if nature felt threatened, it always fought back with more force then anyone could possibly imagine. As dangerous as it was, the magic he used still had it's strengths from a nearly endless source as long as it was present. The only thing that a average Mage doesn't have...

Seeking to end this conflict, the four forms of Tachi all flicked their wrist as a bright explosion of light danced on their palms. The Blade of Water was once again brought to the fight as the mist settled upon the area around them. Light with a faint hinderance in visibility...for now...

"There has to be an escape..."

The single thought seemed to hover within his mind, hidden both within the mist, and with three other clones dispersed about the lake in efforts to confuse the enemy. Sure, there was always a way out...he just had to find it before they would notice...

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Loz had disappeared for awhile, only to appear behind the stranger. He looked down on the man with his bone-chilling eyes. The blue aura radiating from his body suddenly disappeared. “You cannot defeat what is part of Sephiroth,” he whispered in a lethal and yet bone-chilling tone. While the stranger was busy defending against the weak attacks, formulating a plan and bringing it into action, Loz was observing him while sneaking up in the process. Without any hesitation he hurled his Dual Hound through the surface of the water, entering its depths in a bullet motion. Suddenly the ground began to quake, followed by the upward burst of water due to the displacement power. Like a reverse shower the lake’s entire water shot upwards, taking in the stranger as well. The structure of the tendrils was quickly separated by a spreading wave of electricity. This wave began to spread throughout the mist as well. After the upward burst of water engulfed the stranger, the electricity hurled through the water like numerous arms attempting to grab its target from all sides and tear it apart.

Water was the stranger’s source of power, but it was only providing Loz an advantage. Although he couldn’t manipulate water like the stranger, he was able to make it move, and use it as a pathway for his attacks. It only increased the success rate of his attacks connecting. Water was of course a conductor of electricity. The battle was decided before it even began. If the stranger died then he and his brother won, if the stranger retreated then they still won. Yazoo and Loz were two separate people, but they originated from one body, one mind, one spirit and that was Sephiroth. It would be realized that this was actually one against one instead of one against two.

Loz who had impaled his Dual Hound into the lake’s bottom and formed this destruction disappeared without any hesitation, leaving an afterimage of his position behind. He knew that Yazoo also had a plan, and so he had to make sure he stalled enough time for it to happen. One solution was to use comet while the stranger was vulnerable. It wasn’t the best though unless the stranger was pressured high into the sky and engulfed by the high voltage water. It was Yazoo’s turn this time, and knowing him, Yazoo would’ve wanted Loz to terminate any chances of escape when planning to use his materias. Loz was jealous of Yazoo’s materias, but they never ceased to amaze him whenever he saw him using them. Loz was able to cause much destruction, but Yazoo was more better in that even though he didn’t look like it. With one call of comet he was able to cause widespread extermination in little time. If that were to be used on Loz, he would be unable to exterminate all of them completely.

[squall311]

Yazoo saw the stranger using some sort of a water shield in order to negate the bullets that were shot at him. Of course, this attack was only a diversion. Within him, Yazoo has started to call out one of his Materias, comet, which power was more than enough to destroy any enemy, especially this one. So far Yazoo and Loz only toyed with him, since they haven't fought alongside each other in a while, but this game lasted a while now, and it was time to end it.

Keeping his position Yazoo looked straight ahead, as two tendrils of water were shot from the stranger to his direction. He could've avoided it without much effort, but he had to focus on his Materia, so staying still was necessary. Yazoo figured that in case that the attack will be close to him and he hadn't finished calling forth his Materia to completion, he would avoid it, because his focus will be lost if he was hit as well. His only hope was to finish it before getting hit, and that's exactly what happened. A grin showed on his face as he could sense the object hurling towards their location, alas, the activation of it took a lot of time, and Yazoo soon faced the tendrils that were at a dangerous range from him, one after the other. Quickly jumping sideways, he avoided the first, which hit the ground were he stood seconds ago, but the other came after him. Apparently those were some sort of heat seeking missiles, rather than ordinary ones. As he didn't foresee that, the second tendril came straight to him, hitting him in mid-air with great power on his chest.

The impact sent him crashing to the ground, but he got back on his feet seconds afterwards. This attack was nothing to Yazoo. He survived much powerful attacks than this one when he fought greater enemies. Knowing that, Yazoo sacrificed himself and endured that inferior attack in order to use his Materia. As he got up, Yazoo noticed that a change of events has happened. The stranger was now surrounded by a mist, and Loz stood next to him.

Smiling at his brother's attack, Yazoo knew that he had done it for letting the comet a chance for a clear hit. As always, Loz's part was a focused attack that would neutralize the enemy for a short while, while Yazoo's was ending the scene with one of his high damage area attacks. This occasion wasn't different.

Looking up at the sky, Yazoo noticed the comet heading towards their direction with a blazing speed, ready to hit its vulnerable target, thanks to Loz. The impact would happen in a few seconds, so taking cover from it was necessary. He called out for his brother, as he jumped backwards and out of the range of the attack, as a sign for Loz to do the same.

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((i skimed through)) zoke had been in the cabin sleeping when loud noise's started to come from out side, "what on earth is that noise" he said under his breath. as he walked out side rage over took him again as he fell the one knee "ahh no not now it can't happen not...... metor, shinra" zoke had been taken over again. His eyes glazing greenish blue, again he had heard the noise "maybe a battle" he thought to himself.

the rage was starting to increase,he started to fall in and out of control "must stay in control" and to think shinra could have actually done this to him. Sweat started to drip down, when all of a sudden he had disappeared and reappeared right behind a skinny man with gray hair. "this could be interesting" he thought to himself however what he was really preparing for was a massive limit break attack he had said "hay you wanna fight" as though he wanted to cause harm. then he had taken a small pistol out.

this clearly was a situation where he had become almost completely taken over. his spines started to grow down his back the the way up to the hips, and he started to change.

[saerin]

"Good, they opened the door for me..."

He hadn't much time as it was. With a newly created comet heading straight down towards the lands below, he only had what seemed to be a few seconds. But that was all the time he needed...
A fleeting grin passed his face, hidden within the misty depths as he spoke out to the two men that he fought; his voice once again echoed into the ears of those that listened carefully.

"I thank you my good gentlemen. Now, if I may take my leave..."

He would turn this new found magic against them in a way, and escape at the very same time. How might you ask? Only a trick something of Water attribute can accomplish, even then it takes a slight of hand in order to get it right. Had he himself ever done it? No...course not. But he was leaving the scene within a moments notice. Why did the issue concern him? Sweeping a thin hand across the mists before him, his bellowed a single command into the air before raising that hand into the sky; pointing at the very object that loomed overhead. The water that was dispersed seemed to quickly collect into a thin layer that quickly wrapped itself about the falling rock. A loud hiss of fire followed shortly thereafter as the flames met their doom by the layer of water that soon covered the comet which was still incoming downward at an ever increasing rate. Though as if to react to the thoughts and prayers of Tachi, the water about the rock fell back into the hole it called home in a downpour upon the men, and the caster. Slowly reforming back into the giant lake it was before the fight had ever started. Not more then a second later, the bare rock struck the lake with a thunderous crash that send torrents of water into the air before crashing back down into the lakebed once more...

...The figure of Tachi was nowhere in sight...

All that was left of the magician were the remains of the mist his sword created. Even then, those soon dissapated into the skies above; a light chuckle rode on the light breeze that swept through the area. He would be back, and with better knowledge of either man that he had fought this day. Eventhough he was naught but a mist, he watched on from the skies for a moment before rising up into the clouds on a current of air. Round one, lost; but the actual battle was far from over...

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Loz reappeared by the side of Yazoo. His eyes glimmered with disappointment as he watched everything quickly come to a close. The stranger was nowhere in sight, and all that was left behind was an impacted comet covered by the lake’s water. The water continued to crackle with sparks of electricity. However, they weren’t as dangerous as before. The stranger was pretty good in avoiding all that high voltage water which engulfed him. The trees around them were brutally wiped out. Loz strayed in thought as to why his brother used only one comet. By using the comet materia his brother could’ve summoned numerous comets, so why did he call forth merely one?

He brought his attention towards the person that spoke to his brother. He watched as the newcomer’s figure started to change. Although Loz would’ve been impressed, he was shrugging it off. He turned his back against the stranger and waved his right hand over his shoulder. “Pest,” he stated in his deep yet offensive voice. Although they won, Loz was saddened by the fact that he was unable to extract any information from the stranger about Cloud or his purpose for coming to the Capital. Truly, they had lost the game. However, he was relieved by the fact that they were able to force the stranger out.

Loz’s serious expression faded as tears began to seep through his eyes. He slowly brought his head down as he usually did whenever he had outbursts of tears. Slowly he brought his right arm towards his face, wiping the tears that seeped through his eyelids and began to run down his cheeks. He then dropped his right arm to his side. With his back facing towards the newcomer he said in a calm yet fearful tone, “Hey, I want to kill you, so let’s have fun.”

He approached the comet that floated in the lake until his entire body entered the surface of the water. Loz was tolerant of the high voltage water. The silence was deafening. Suddenly the comet was rising from the water, revealing a hand implanted beneath the object. He was unnerved by the mass of the comet and the electricity that shrouded his body. “This is my comet,” he said as he threw it into the air. He then pushed his feet off of the ground and so jumping high above the object. He rotated his body in a 360 degree turn, throwing his foot forward into a roundhouse kick slanting downwards. The comet came hurling towards the newcomer. Although it wasn’t very strong, it was simply a distraction.

Loz despised Cloud so much. He felt that Cloud was the main reason why he couldn't be with Mother. He hated Cloud from the depths of his heart. Although he appeared calm and immature again, there was an anger within him that was beggining to take over. One part of Loz wanted Yazoo to stop him, the other part wanted to slaugther the stranger that was now before them. 'Cloud, Cloud, Cloud!' Loz repeated in his mind.

[squall311]

Yazoo waited for the slight fog that was a result of the comet's crash to disappear. When it did, all he could see is the one comet he called inside the lake and the mist of the water magician, though he himself was nowhere in sight. A smile appeared on Yazoo face, his plan worked. In fact, Yazoo could've summon up to dozen, if not more, comet, though he called forth. Why he did that? Simple. Yazoo was a man who liked to win at battles, but he liked even more to win a battle against someone powerful. It was in his nature to humiliate his enemies. That single comet was actually a test. Knowing that dodging one comet only wasn't something too complicated, Yazoo figured that whether his enemy get hit and destroyed by it, he will be humiliated by Yazoo, but if he escape that attack, Yazoo will know that he is powerful enough, and when they will face off the next time, he will find another way to humiliate him, if just eliminating him isn't enough.

Sighing slightly Yazoo heard the voice behind him, though he didn't turn to see who said it. He already knew that voice; it was the dark haired man that he once fought in Edge when he refused to give him information. Knowing his brother, he could see the disappointment on his face. "Don't cry, Loz" He said cynically, and added in a lower and more serious tone moments after- "Killing with the first shot isn't so fun". Almost as he did it on purpose, Loz started to cry. If he hadn't known him, Yazoo would've thought that it was a joke, but he know how much Loz hates to show his emotions when he's next to his brothers. Something bothered him, though Yazoo didn't know exactly how.

While Loz lifted up the comet that was in the lake, Yazoo turned to face the one who stood behind them, whom he knew only by his looks and voice, by not his name. Apparently his figure was starting to alter for some reason, but Yazoo couldn't care less. With a grin on his face, he mocked him, "Sorry didn't catch your name last time", and then turned to look at Loz throwing the comet to their direction. "Oh well, never mind", he added with an evil laugh as he jumped out of the way to a tree far from the events.

Looking at his brother from a distance, Yazoo let him have his fun. Apparently Loz let his emotions took over him and he wanted to destroy their new opponent. Yazoo knew that it won't be much of a problem for Loz to accomplish it on his own, but if would start to fight recklessly, Yazoo will be there to end it.


OOC-
Terribly sorry that it took me so much time, but I had a lot of other things to deal with.

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rage told loz well "well then let there rain death" as the comet was heading toward him he just stood there smiling evilly. until the comet looked like it was going to hit then he jumped up and swung the comet back with an amazing power spike, he looked at the person that mocked him he eyed him for a moment "come on join in the fun after all it's what your mother would have wanted" he scoffed. he was pushing his luck with the comments but rage could careless, fur was now starting to cover his body, and his eyes turned blueish green.

((sorry it's so so short writer's block ahhh))

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When Loz kicked the comet towards the stranger he disappeared in a flash of blue. When the stranger took action and countered the falling comet it hurled through an afterimage of Loz. He was no longer there. Suddenly a fist appeared in front of the stranger’s face. The distance between the two was less then a centimeter. It was Loz and his Dual Hound. He revealed a facial expression of tremendous anger as his violent eyes connected with the stranger. When he spoke about Mother Loz felt like the stranger was spitting on her. “Unforgivable!!” he roared as his Dual Hound unleashed an explosion of thunder.

From his perspective, only he and his brothers were allowed to speak of Mother, even if it was Cloud. Anyone else besides them had no right at all to speak about her. When the stranger spoke about Mother there was no respect in his tone. The way he talked about Mother was like he was speaking ill of her. Loz was not going to allow the stranger to escape or even make a move. He was not intimidated by the stranger’s change of appearance. He had seen uglier foes then this. Questions came to mind as well. How does this man know about Mother and how does Yazoo know this man. However, Loz was in his immature state of mind, and so it didn't matter to him.

[squall311]

How dare he!, the thought rushed through Yazoo's mind. A part of him was trying to unleash itself, and make Yazoo attack carelessly to protect Mother's honor. As much as Yazoo wanted to, he couldn't lose his temper, especially when it seemed as if Loz lost his. Yazoo was always the one to remain calm among his brothers.

Keeping his distance from both of his opponent and his brother, Yazoo closed his eyes. He wanted to unleash the full power of his comet Materia, but for that he needed Loz to immobilize the target. But since Loz was on his rage frenzy, making up an attacking plan with him was impossible. Therefore, Yazoo will have to do it by himself. Calling forth the power of his other Materia which was within him, Flare, Yazoo had only one objective in his mind, destruction for the one who insulted Mother. He didn't care that the attack's destruction would be wide-scale and would demolish all of the trees nearby. As long as it would get its target, Yazoo would be satisfied.

Letting Loz keep his attack, Yazoo jumped from one tree to another, getting farther from the place of events. He needed time to concentrate on his Materia without being interfered, both the distance and his brother would supply him that.

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as rage had his face half way turned he meet with a fist and received a jolt of thunder through the fist. "heh" he disappeared and reapeared on top of loz in a slashing down ward motion with a katana "it's fun lets play" a voice ecohed through loz's head.

he disappeared and reappeared far from the man *loz* with his two fingers waving back and forth as though he was saying "c'mon come and get some" the black materia started to turn black. he knew that what he was planning could take out more then just one spot if it failed. the materia started to glow black "ahahaha now you will see the true power" he said out loud, he saw the other guy getting a bit far from battle "oh don't go it's so much fun" he lifted his hand in the air and thundaga hit him and loz.

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(OCC: Zoke, please be advised that the actions you have caused is an instant assault where you have not allowed the opposition to judge whether or not the attack will be successful or a failure. Although I’ve used an attack against you, I have given you time to choose whether or not you will avoid it. But I will allow your actions to slide for the last paragraph.)

Loz watched as the stranger disappeared and reappeared above him. Although his head didn’t move, his eyes were looking upwards. The stranger was coming down towards him with a katana in a slashing downward motion. “Heh,” Loz simply said as he closed his eyes and formed a smirk. Loz used his left forearm to counter the blade to the side by smashing his Dual Hound on the side of the stranger’s Katana. Without any hesitation he used his right hand to grasp the blade. This was followed by a twirling motion. Loz used his weight and strength to spin the stranger and his katana around and around in midair before throwing him away, but suddenly he disappeared and reappeared at a distance far from Loz.

It appeared the man was using some sort of black materia. Suddenly as Loz reached the ground, a tremendous voltage of lightning struck him from the air. The impact caused the ground below him to form a crater. After the smoke disappeared, there he stood in the middle of the crater. His left arm was extended above him. His battle instincts had acted up. Using his Dual Hound to produce a negative charge, he attempted to repel the static electricity; however, the power was quick enough to circulate around his body. Interestingly to say, it had quite an affect on Loz.

Loz slowly cracked his head side to side as he brought his left forearm down to his side. He simply watched the stranger with his green mako eyes. Flicking his right wrist to shoulders length apart, he was then disappearing and reappearing in a flash of blue light as though he was teleporting. He quickly appeared in front of the stranger in eye level. Loz was face to face with the stranger. Loz possessed an unnerved facial expression. His Dual Hound was in close contact with the stranger’s abdomen by around five inches. He formed a devilish grin before he unleashed another explosion of thunder, before contact he unleashed an array of thunder bolts around the stranger like a sphere before disappearing, leaving behind distracting blue-blurry afterimages of himself.

[squall311]

A slight smirk appeared on Yazoo's face as he jumped off one tree to another, thus avoiding the thunder spell. It wasn't enough to harm him, and Loz? Lightning was his area, and even though Yazoo could barely see him over the distance, he knew that he handled it well. As Yazoo kept drawing the tremendous power of the Materia, he hoped within him that after its usage it will be over. It's been a long day for him, and having another long battle wasn't what he just needed. If Loz wasn't blood related to him, he would've left. Loz's strength was more than enough to accomplish this small task, but Yazoo wasn't able to leave his younger brother behind.

Yazoo let out a sigh. This day was nothing but irritating. He came there searching for that special something that will help him against Cloud, apparently a quiet and calm mission, but it all changed after meeting his brother and quickly getting into a battle against a weird water-sorcerer, who he hasn't finished with yet. Just as he escaped from the two another problem popped out, in the form of the dark-haired delivery boy, apparently, who Yazoo once fought in Edge. Yazoo had enough of it. He wondered when will Kadaj finally show up and run the business, and allowing Yazoo to return to his beloved place behind the scenes. He wasn't too good in leadership, but he had no choice now.

Being far away from both his brother and his enemy, contacting Loz was impossible. As he summoned out the power of the Flare Materia, he hoped that his brother will sense it somehow, and will get away before it's too late. Yazoo didn't even care about all the trees that surrounded him, if his attack will destroy its target, a pile of wood won't matter to him. It was all getting rather bothersome, and Yazoo had to put and end to it.

This ends now, he thought to himself as he jumped high up in the air, facing the general direction of his target. The Flare Materia was powerful and wide-spread enough, that he didn't have to worry about precise aiming. Reaching out his left hand, as it started to glow in red, Yazoo felt the enormous and pure power of the Materia. As it unleashed, an evil smile appeared on Yazoo's face, there was nothing he liked better than seeing his own Materia wrecks havoc. As the giant fireball hurled towards its target, Yazoo hoped for two things; his brother safety and a clean hit.

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rage had let the thunder blots hit him however the spikes on his back are now moving a bit letting him know an extremely powerful attack is heading his way, his limit break started to go up and until it reached the limit. his eyes opened now completely blood red a blue ball formed around him full of water it then hardened and formed into a huge rock it then fell to the ground hard.

it moved a couple of times before the rock started to crack. the skies started to turn dark as though it was going to rain. when all of a sudden the ground started to shake as though a 7.9 earthquake it, The rock opened and a dark light came out ((ooc-keep in mind this is a limit break attack)) and a wing broke through the rock. just then winds stated to pick up to 10 mph the 20mph then 30, another wing broke and finally the rock completely cracked.

the flare had hit rage, he was different when to rock broke, he had long silver hair all the way down to his legs and some geostigma on his arm, he had a different face and he didn't appear to have anymore fur. he had a black mark on his four head and had blue gloves. he looked at yazoo and loz in the 30 mph winds "hmm fools" like if they were nothing ((no offance)) thunder started to strike random places, a thunder bolt came down to hit rage but it reflected and hit a far tree.

he disappeared and reappeared behind yazoo, it was as though dispear was gonna strike him . a dark purple aura could be seen even though he was behind yazoo, 4 spikes were left from the impact of the flare and thunder blot. he smiled be hind yazoo, it was as though fear was his enemy at the time, with now fully red glowing eyes. two katana's appeared in front of yazoo and loz. (remember still in limit break mode) "it's too late now" the voice said behind yazoo be even the man's voice sounded different.

[rshinra]

Kadaj was in a splendid mood. Quite splendid, really.

He'd begun the day scouting, as ever, for leads on how to find Mother, or hopefully, one of his lost brothers. Kadaj didn't like to admit it, for fear of being compared to Loz by Yazoo, but the absense of his fellow remnants was something that Kadaj really wasn't suited for at all. In short periods it was sensible; they could execute as much as possible when apart. But even that aspect of the separation had dried up terminally without any communication between them.

In any case, that had been the start of his day. As time wore on, however, his day progressed into the finding of a rather large crop of Geostigma-afflicted children traveling through Junon. When he'd started to approached them, however, intending to inform his younger siblings of their glorious fate, he'd been beaten to it by a man who began beating them shamelessly in an effort to drive the gaggle of children away. Infuriated, Kadaj had stopped him at once, of course, only incapacitating him for the moment, and proceeded to deliver his vigorous and joyful rhetoric to his newly found little brothers and sisters. When he'd finished, he proceeded to torture the loathsome, blasphemous pig who'd laid a hand on Mother's children for hours, very effectively killing some time trying to find out if the man knew anything about Mother. It hadn't been a very eficient way to do it; he'd been fairly certain the man knew nothing after the first finger or two, but he didn't want Souba to feel neglected.

So, as he had traveled north from the West continent with the intent of visiting the Crater once more, or rather, as Kadaj bitterly thought of it, the sight where those self-righteous men not worthy of Mother's very presence had ripped her from her place of pained but peaceful rest, for anything he might have overlooked, he was never the less in a splendidly content mood, considering how things hadn't exactly been going according to plan. All that could make this day better, short of finding both his brothers and Mother, was that he'd have some kind of excuse to level the closest town. Kadaj smirked to himself under the heavy, constant roar of his motorcycle's engine. Wouldn't it be grand seeing the various, ornate colored woods of Wutai splintering, flying about in the air like a cacophonous, colorful tapestry of destruction?

As he was nearing the start of the Northern continent, Kadaj felt a strong pull calling him toward the Forgotten City. The place wasn't nearly in sight yet, but something that felt a lot like Mother pouring her power through his veins and tugging him to her physical self ached for the old capital. Feeling a thrill of excitement, (he might actually find Mother!) Kadaj kicked his bike into higher gear and sped toward where the white-forested city stood...

The leather-clad teenager left the hefty transport vehicle at the entrance to the city, making his way swiftly through the pale trees and searching for any sounds or sights of things that might point him in the right direction. An expression of concern crossed Kadaj's features as the sounds of battle reached his ears and the tug he felt on him intensified--could it be that Mother was here and somehow in danger? Kadaj rushed closer to the sounds, but as he neared, a stark reality hit Kadaj as he realized that he felt not Mother's beconing call to herself, but the inherent urge to protect...

Brothers.

Yazoo.

Loz.

"It's too late now..." he heard a voice that was neither Yazoo's nor Loz's say.

Without a second thought Souba slid from its sheath at his back seamlessly, fitting into his leather gloved hand as though he had been born with it there (and for all he could remember, he had been, creditable or unreliable as that recollection could be in either direction). Kadaj's pace quickened, and when he reached the fight occuring between his brothers and some unknown foe, there was no hesitation, no pause to asess the situation in his mind before sliding smoothly into action, and perhaps it was this lack of any pause that allowed him to get so very close in the blind spot of his brothers' unknown attacker, Souba held poised to slice the thing's head away from the body as though chopping vegetables, a Fire spell gaining momentum for impact in its hilt.

"I think what Mother would call it," he said, "would be just in time..."

ooc: I'm not that accustomed to fighting in roleplay, so forgive me if I'm a shade timid. If that seems to minimal, let me know.