Counter Strike! [Seikatsu/Thorn]

Lisa had slithered from an opening in the collapsed man's shirt down his pants and out a pant leg, the shadows in the hall being plenty to conceal her enough for her to get close to the second one. One of the fools knelt down to check the body, leaving the other standing. Lisa flew and rammed her tail in the man's throat, turning it and allowing herself to drop on top the last man. The man began struggling and trying to pull the wyvern from his neck as Lisa began constricting him, forcing his airway shut. The man began to see black, and purple, and then passed out on the floor. Lisa followed her master's orders and made sure he was dead by slashing his throat, figuring that would be plenty as far as killing goes. Lisa was about to go off and continue searching the rooms, but she received a new order from Seikatsu. 'I want you to come back to the other hall, there's something our ally needs from you.' Seikatsu said, ordering the creature to come back using their telepathy.

Seikatsu waited at Thorn's side until Lisa arrived, welcoming the sight of the black half dragon with a slight smile. Lisa landed on Seikatsu's outstretched arm, and looked at him awaiting his new orders. "Sorry to pull you away sweet heart, but Ms. Thorn is having a slight problem with a bit of head injury. Would you mind using your Wyvernic Resonance to take care of it?" Seikatsu asked calmly. Lisa slithered off of Seikatsu and landed on Thorn's shoulder where she gently wrapped around an arm. Lisa glowed a slight grey color and then a set of black figures that looked exactly like Lisa came from the ground and entered Lisa. "I may not seem like a nice person, but I'll never let my team suffer. I'm trusting you with Lisa, she may as well by my daughter. I'll go ahead, you can move on while Lisa heals you." Seikatsu said in a stern, but friendly, almost leader like voice that implied there was a human behind those cold dead eyes of his. After his words, Seikatsu got a move on, not wanting to lose too much ground.

Seikatsu had long since left the company of Thorn when his faithful companion had contacted him. 'That girl is quite strong willed master. She didn't want me to remain at her side, I respected her wishes.' Lisa said using the telepathic bond between her and Seikatsu. "Very well. Let no man, woman, or beast claim that I had not offered aid to my ally. What my allies do with such things is of no concern to me. But I'm ordering you to provide her any backup necessary, stay close behind in the darkest shadow you can find." Seikatsu said bluntly. Continuing down the hall, Seikatsu came across three men traveling together. They hadn't notice him quickly duck back into the hall upon Seikatsu's seeing their shadows, but they did hear the rock Seikatsu accidentally kick. The tapping sound echoed through the halls, and immediately summoned the magical trio of victims. Seikatsu quickly went Ethereal and entered the walls. He waited to hear footsteps where he had kicked the rock stopping, as he heard them, Seikatsu stuck his head out for a peek. His opponents were three recruits, fresh turds who were no threat.

Seikatsu stepped out the solid rock wall, and turned while undoing his Ethereal Form. "Pardon me friends, but I do believe your opponent is not in that direction." Seikatsu said calmly with one hand on the Thorn of Betrayal under his cloak. The three of them charged at him without knowing what laid under that large tattered cloak, and all three paid the price. The first man received the blade as it was being drawn, having the blade cut open his stomach and unleash his entrails. The second man saw Seikatsu begin to spin around the first, and attempted to punch him but received a downwards slash from shoulder to hip, also letting his entrails hit the floor. The third man was stabbed when Seikatsu dropped to a knee and thrusted his blade forwards, sending into the man's testicles. Seikatsu pulled the sword out, and then slammed it into the man's skull after realizing the man was in too great of pain to even let out a squeal. Seikatsu stood up and flicked his sword before putting it back into its sheath, and walking away.

Seikatsu got a ping from Lisa in his mind 'Master, the large breasted woman has asked me to pursue the leader. Your orders master?' she asked. 'Do it.' Seikatsu replied, simple, but powerful words. Lisa didn't take from the water, she looked at Thorn and gave a quick nod before pushing off her shoulder and flying to find the boss. Seikatsu walked around the halls, trying to understand the connection between his ally, the mortal named 'Thorn' and the mother. He had a similar connection between himself and the netherworld, being that he could fight using the power from it, but he never once made a connection to the mortal plane. 'Most perplexing...' Seikatsu thought to himself. His train of thought interrupted by the sound of three men approaching from a connecting hallway, each holding billy clubs. Then three more from behind him, each using small daggers as their weapon. "Ya know, boss-man telled us there was a snoop 'round here." one of the men said in a cocky tone. Seikatsu drew his Thorn of Betrayal while giving off a slight grin. "Ya' don't s'pose this guys the snoop?" the other said. One of the men holding the clubs chimed in "also heard some bangin' hot chick's with em. heh, bad luck we ain't met her." then the other with a dagger "we'll get ha, soon as we kill 'im." the man said licking the blade of his knife. Seikatsu didn't care that it was six on one, in his mind those odds were fair. He shifted his weight a little, making sure that he'd be able to parry the first attack while not being too open for the second one. The only thing he wished for right now was that he didn't leave his cloak behind. He took a slow breath, and waited for his six victims to get nice and close.

The six men moved in slowly, each not wanting to be the one to be hit by Seikatsu, but all wanting to land the first hit. Seikatsu stood in place, with no expression on his face and his hands at the grips of each of his swords. The first of them came forwards a few inches too close, but had not intention of attacking. Seikatsu didn't care that his movement was an idle threat, he pulled his two swords and slashed the man across his stomach, marking he was now on the offensive. Seikatsu spun around the man who's stomach was cut and slashed his arm, and then his leg while he continued the spinning motion. One of the others snapped back to reality, after being dazed from Seikatsu's sudden attack. He immediately tried to stab Seikatsu with his dagger, but was cut short by the sword sticking out of his stomach. The short length of the dagger makes it a large handicap when accompanied by an opponent who's just as skilled, but has a longer weapon. Seikatsu pulled his sword out of the man and spun, beheading the person who'd already been slashed a few times. The man who was stabbed fell to the ground and held the hole in his chest, trying to contain the blood. One man came from each of Seikatsu's sides, trying to stab him with their daggers. He jumped over the man holding his chest, landing in a forwards commando roll and turned to see the two men had stabbed each other. Two more men came at Seikatsu with the intent of slashing at him. Seikatsu stood in place and let them get closer, since one man was on the floor with no head, the other was holding his chest, two had stabbed themselves, and these jokers were about to join the others. Meanwhile, Lisa, not suspecting her dark guilded ally to betray her, continued looking for the boss.

Seikatsu allowed his opponents to get a bit closer before he would show the difference between a mortal and a demon. The two bafoons didn't expect that the soul wizard was planning something, they'd assumed he was too tired to try and attack. However, they were sadly mistaken when the sharp pain of a blade fired through their bodies just before the cold embrace of eternal darkness took over. He looked at the two men, each having been split into two halves at the waist and then flicked his swords. He calmly slipped each blade into their respective sheathes before walking away from the six man death party. He took a seat against the stone walls and initiated his link with Lisa, allowing him to literally see through her eyes. He saw the walls moving rapidly as Lisa flew through the cavern searching for the boss. Several people were passed by, some of which no older than ten, but all were moving boxes. Lisa dipped down, entering a hole in the ground and then leveled out, going by a hall that dimmed and brightened with each passing torch. A light was seen at the end of the tunnel, along with a black figure looking back at Lisa. The man held out a small, blue, crystal-like object that glowed brightly as he put on a cocky smile. The item lit up and engulfed his silhouette. When the light disappeared, it revealed that the man was gone as well. 'Master...' Lisa said using her telepathy, having a worried voice. 'I saw. You did well, I'll rendezvous with you at the exit.' Seikatsu replied in a black voice. With that said, Seikatsu began making his way down the hall in his Ethereal Form. He decided it would be best to use it as he could quickly dip out of sight if an enemy was spotted.