Ami/Miroku: Personality Clash!

[Kwokinator]

Two down, three to go... shit.

Kwok began to back up away from the dogs, still facing them.  As he was backing up, he began swinging the frozen branch in front of him in a modified figure-8 to create a shield in front of him to ward off the dogs and hit them if they came close.

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder, now sufficiantly away from the big guy's sight, starts to rush towards his back...

"Aqua..."

Kami, I hope this works...

With a leap in the air, she cupped her hands and shouted out, "RHAPSODY!!!!"

And with that, she let loose a massive burst of icey water...

[Carthrat]

It was somewhat unfortunate for Miroku that Ami had not been watching his fight, otherwise she might have noted that he was in more than a little trouble.

The dogs all leapt at him simultaneously, and while the twirling staff managed to keep two at bay, one got through and bit Miroku on the thigh.

A fiery, burning sensation spread across him, causing an adredaline rush..

Meanwhile, Ami's blast of icy magic was partially melted as it flew towards the fiery man.

The man was clearly hurt by the blast, taking a few steps back and clutching his chest in agony. However, he did not fall.

And the five swordsmen, after finishing up their... disgusting acts, began moving towards Ami, two of them drawing and preparing their pistols...

[RyderHakubi]

CrapCRAPCRAP!!!!

Ryder quickly rolled behind the house nearby...

"Damnit... that didn't do nearly as much as I needed it to...  Now what?  My element of surprise is gone, and I don't see Kwok anywhere."

[Kwokinator]

"ARGH!" Kwok screamed in pain as the dog bit him in the thigh.  

"Dammit," he cursed. "I can't waste my time on these things."

Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught Ami rolling to behind a house, and broke into a run towards her location.

[Carthrat]

Miroku barely got five paces before the dog bit him again, this time, in the shin.

[Kwokinator]

"FUCK!" Kwok swore as he got bit on the shin.  Whirling around, he swung the impromptu staff like a golf club to club the dog in the head.

[Carthrat]

The dog, somewhat comically, went flying away, yelping as it did so.

Two of the swordsmen chasing after Ami looked over Miroku's way, and promptly began to advance on him.

Miroku began to feel somewhat warmer, as his adredaline high began to diminish.

Meanwhile, the flaming man along with three swordsmen advanced slowly towards Ami's position.

[Kwokinator]

As Miroku felt himself growing warmer from the diminishing adrenaline high, something nagged him in his mind about the flames of the lead swordsman and his sluggish movements.  Pushing the thought ouf of his mind, he concentrated on the problems in front of him.  Two large problems with swords, to be precise.

Deciding to strike first instead of waiting for his opponents to attack so he could get a counter, he ran towards the swordsmen.  At a couple of feet beyond the length of the men's swords, he leapt diagonally towards the left and forward to deliver a sweeping attack at one of the swordsmen's sides.

[Carthrat]

The swordsman, somewhat more canny than your average hound, blocked the too-long strike on his sword, but didn't offer offensive action.

The reason soon became obvious, as the second swordsman stepped behind Miroku and thrust forward with his sword..

[Kwokinator]

Kwok pretended to be occupied with the first swordsman and not notice the second swordsman thrusting his sword at his back.

A few short seconds before the strike would hit him, he dived off into a roll to the right to hopefully let the second swordsman take the hit instead, hopping back up to his feet to face the two swordsmen again at the end of the roll.

[Carthrat]

Unfortunately for Miroku, the two swordsman were both seasoned veterans, not to be fooled by the ploy.

The second swordsman halted his blow, but the first swordsman managed to twist his sword and slash out, cutting Miroku across the other thigh.

[Kwokinator]

"Dammit!" Kwok cursed as he felt his previously-unhurt thigh getting cut.  Forcing himself to complete the roll, he got back up to his feet to face the two swordsmen again, somewhat favouring the less-hurt thigh as he stood.

"Man, I'm turning into Miroku fillet here..."

[RyderHakubi]

Ryder quickly hopped out behind her hiding spot and casted a quick Shabon Spray...  Because it lacked the shouting of the name, the spell was a bit weaker, but still did it's job in creating a nice thick fog in the area around her...

Good... now, think Ryder... think!

[Carthrat]

OOC: Grr. Overly short and sweet, seeing as the tempation to REALLY FUCK SOMEONE UP is at an all time high, and in the interests of fair DMing..

IC: The Shabon spray combined with Ami's hiding spot meant she couldn't see exactly what was happening with the swordsmen.

The two warriors walked after Miroku, confident in their abilities to bring him down quickly.