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Jiyu had been doing something in one of the other countries around earthland, visiting places and traveling was something she did often. Even though Black Rose was her home these days, and she had plenty to keep her there for long stretches of time, the mage was still a woman afflicted heavily by wanderlust. However every time she left, the female missed everyone she left behind, which was a nice change from the days she had been a mere run away who didn’t care if anyone missed her and never bothered to miss anyone herself. This last round of quest’s had taken more of a strain on her than normal, making her heart ache and nearly shatter, considering she had been gone for somewhere around a week or longer this time, compared to the way she normally took two or three days on a task. Considering all of that, one would think the wind mage would been happy to finally see home once more, stick around and treat herself to some relaxation in her own bed. However when Jiyu had gotten back to the guild, she had found someone very important was missing and she wanted to see that absent person badly, she wouldn’t be able to settle down and relax before her next mission, unless she could find him and be by his side again. Kazehime had looked all over the Guild and city for her prince charming, before someone finally decided it was time to tell the wind mage that Marschal had left somewhere with Izayuki and Ruminal earlier in the day. This fact? Alarmed her because she could swear she’d seen the Master of Black Rose since she had returned today, and if the tanuki was actually here, it could only mean that the feline and his son could be alone on some mission over their own head’s due to Iza having left them alone on it! So Kazehime had not relaxed at home or anything of the sort yet, instead the inu had instantly rushed back to her room to grab her three weapon’s, equip her proper mission gear once more, and scramble for one of her feathers. Suure, he was always saving her life and she knew the panther halfling was powerful, but him and ruminal being on a mission above their own rank without her or some other higher ranked escort, it just didn’t sit well with the sorceress! Jiyu was going to strangle their guild master for letting this even happen in the first place, but that was for a later date, panic rose inside of her body as it took longer than she’d like to find one of her feathers in her currently messy room, no care for stairs as she tossed the item out her window and leaped onto it, behaving far more rashly than normal. Right now? Her only concern was making sure the two of them were safe, so the preparation she normally put into something, did not go into this, she knew where they supposedly where and she was going there, no matter what or who tried to stop her.
Jiyu arrived just as Marschal decided it was a wonderful idea to try and take on what could be considered the boss of this set on his own, and to say she was displeased was an understatement. “That idiot!” she looked terrified from her vantage point high in the air, while her vision was shit from up here, she knew his scent, and his blurry outline was unmistakable to her, which might be a good thing or a sign of insanity, who knew. Kazehime was quick to perform the sequence of her takeover’s that activated the one’s up to her paw’s, gritting her teeth as she did so, regretting she didn’t have more time to think about this. Jiyu finally let her feather lower down near where they were, hidden slightly by the tree’s that naturally sprouted in this area, she doubted herself noticed yet, considering the fight that was currently happening. The inu was careful to not rush despite her instincts to swiftly protect the pair already involved in the fight, she had to battle smarter than such urges, or she would never win any match she was involved in, and it would also be a bad idea to act before her team-mates knew she was here. Finally she got to the place they had been hiding before the fight started, taking a few swift steps to stand behind Ruminal, gaze falling to the white haired child, her hands aimed to touch his shoulder gently as her voice would break the silence that followed his statement “Yeah I don’t know what iza was doing, but she’s not here right now.” Jiyu was going to murder that tanuki when they got back, she just needed to find a knife sharp enough to help her cut through the raccoon dog's neck, or get the perfect arrow shot. “But don’t worry~” there was the usual spunk she brought with her to these dangerous situations, hips swaying as she took a place between the wolf and the lion’s, lifting her left hand and smirking. “I’ve got this one, help your dad, these aren’t a threat to me.” she was very worried about Marschal fighting that large lion on his own, in fact she wanted to help him right now, but if she neglected the young lions and lionesses, than it would be more trouble later. Hopefully the boy did as she asked, because the inu was about to get serious.
“Now kitties, let’s play~” all five of the lionesses and their ten adolescent offspring rushed forward at the long haired woman. Jiyu’s response was simple, she slid her feet, pushing up with her leg’s in order to dodge them, watching them all jolt from her aura suddenly emerging. “Oh are you thinking of backing out on me now?” each and every one of the fifteen looked terrified now, the youngest ten backing up slowly while snarling at her, watching as the inhuman mage started laughing softly. Slender finger’s tapped against the air as her body came down, landing on her feet due to her tail, finally finishing off the spell she had been casting, once she made the playful gun firing motion with her hand, condensed air bullets springed on the lioness, their children running off terrified, than for safety she lifted her arm causing her wind blades to pour out. She had not been joking when she said they were no threat, but she had also wasted her stronger spells on them without thinking about it properly.
Her gaze turned, expecting to see Marschal finishing off the pride alpha, however the sight that met her half color blind eyes, was not such. “Marschal!” he had been hit by the grand lion, pushed back slightly, stumbling until he plopped down onto his ass. What if he didn’t get up first? This wasn’t good. “Stay Away From Him!” she didn’t even think before pulling out wind serpent, lashing the ground between the man she loved and the lion he had been fighting, in a bid to keep the beast from getting closer to Marschal. Jiyu was quick to rush over to him now that she had bought a few seconds. “Are you alright? I can help you right, this isn’t some dominance match thing is it?” she hadn’t attacked the lion directly because she knew the instinct that he might be affected by, it had happened to her before, whenever she ran into other canines on a job, if there was an alpha of sorts, she went for it without thought, and would get pissed if anyone directly intervened. “He’s all we have to worry about though, I already took care of the other’s.” she was focused on Marschal entirely right now, even if the lion was on his feet, she was likely not to notice, since the enemies before had been so weak, she had gotten cocky. Jiyu’s concern for Marschal was clear thought, tears pricking at the corner of her eyes, waiting to see if he’d regain his normal stupor instead of sitting on the ground stunned, offering her hand to him. So maybe that made up for her own stupidity of not watching their enemy.
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