"Unfortunately we must," Jade unsheathed her swords and got into a battle stance. The village began to gather around to watch the fight. Seats were brought out for the elders as even the ninjas in training came to watch. One of the elders stood, "ready? Begin!" Jade dissappeared in a blur and appeared over Kurama, her sword raised and slicing at his head.

OOC: Uncreative, I know, but I decided it was better to get something done. Er, I could have sworn there was a post about Nyoka attacking Kirie, but I can't find it now.

Kirakiri's reply was light as she spoke, "Really there is little we have to be wary about save for Kurama's grandather, Genkai Tanaka. Though the village has a small militia, they rely on him to help protect them against any marauding demons. He's a giant of a man and wields a pair of tetsubos, using his own version of the Drunken Boxing style rather than Tama style. Nothing that we can't handle. He even dwells on the outskirts of the village. We have far more force we can bring to bear than some wandering demon after all."

"But let's not forget the best advantage we have over him," Kirie jumped in to Raikotsu's other side, her mouth circular. "He no longer possesses Raigaki."
The redheaded ninja thought for a moment, then added. "Of course, I hear that real diligent martial arts masters only grow stronger as they get older. Let's not try to take this one in an honorable duel. We're just asking to wind up as losers doing things that way again."

OOC: C'mon, people, post! Someone must have to say something...

IC: Suzume wandered off to the sidelines of the village so he could be on his own. He wasn't exactly in entertained by watching fights, so he would just have to stay away from the makeshift arena for now. If would just be a matter of time before they finished.

"Geez, I never get to do anything in this group..." Suzume said to himself, not needing to be quiet since everyone else was watching the fight. Pulling out a whetstone and taking his double-blade off his back, Suzume sat down and began sharpening the blade. "Well, at least I can make time for a cat nap later doing this."

(OOC:Oh shit. Forgot. Sorry. Me post now!)

Garud placed himself next to Suzume and sat down. However, he didn't relax, but kept his focus. Just in case there was some complication, his summon would be ready for it. Despite the worry though, the summoner knew that his charge was able to best any opponent that came into his way.

"Give 'em hell Kurama!"

And the guardian sat back to wallow in his use of irony. Hell indeed.

OOC: Hotel. Internet. Not working. Hate.

There was a slight pause. “Oh… Uh, thanks?” He said awkwardly, snatching at the wineskin. On his third try he managed to grab it.
Beraku looked around, and saw that the other group had moved on while they talked, apparently leaving Kazu behind.
“It looks like your friends left …” He looked around, trying to think of something to add. Then it came to him, “Why don’t we go and have that drink you mentioned?”
He didn’t have any clue why, but he trusted this man more then others. It might have been because he was completely drunk, it might have been his easy-going manner.
It might have been shock. Yeah he would go with shock.
He looked at the wineskin and shook it.
“After we reach the village,” he added with finality.

Kurama looked up as Jade attacked, his eyes staring lazily through the straw of his hat. His blue irises seemed to almost quiver as the nerves increased their speed and reaction times, taking in as much of the action as he could.

It was only a slight push of his toes, but his entire body sprung back, moving himself so that the blade sliced down mere inches from his body.

Jade smirked at Kurama as she looked up at him. She dissappeared again, this time aiming a kick for his stomach. Kurama's hand went up, catching the bottom of her foot in his palm. "So forceful." Jade rolled her eyes, "you would do best to take me seriously." She aimed a slick at his face. His head rolled lazily to the side, her foot grazing his ear. "Awwww...you're cute when you're angry."

"And you're stupid for underestimating me," her blades jabbed at his face.

OOC: Collab post

Kurama's body leaned back at the hip with a strange flexibility, the swords going over his body. "No need for insults."

She pulled her blades back from the attack. "Says the one who won't fight back."

"Why should I? There is no reason for it."

"You have to defeat me, not dodge me." Kurama dodged another attack. "I figure you'll just tire out eventually, and neither of us will need to get hurt."

"First of all, defeat means put into unconsciousness. Second of all, I won't tire for a while." Kurama shrugged. "Well, then I'll be dodging for a while."

"This will not prove anything to them, besides you won't be able to dodge soon enough."

"Oh really? Why? Will you mesmerize me with some of your other...assets?"

"You laugh now, but do you honestly think I've been moving as fast as I can?"

"Well, I haven't seen much of your movement, so I can't honestly say. But I wouldn't mind a surprise or two."

"Surprise!" Jade said and dissappeared from thin air.