"Eh..." She heard Arc give one set of suggestions, then Lynx give his. She leaned slightly to look down the hall, seeing Thid laid out and hardly moving. "I think the kitty's right..." Dawn looked back at Arc. "I promise I'll be back to help you, but I need to help him first."

She rushed down the hallway, kneeling down beside Thid and taking a moment to access all that was wrong with him. "Hmm... " She shut her eyes, beginning to focus.

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(OOC: Thank you SO MUCH for waiting! God, this is going to be like "Hunters of the Damned" all over again. I'll try to catch up, just don't get pissed off if I do something wrong. I'm going to need a good post to make up for this.)

There were yells in the clearing of a forest. Dead people littered the ground, and there were still 4 men standing. One of them was Tamakatari, the other three were some of the guards he had chased after from the theive's hideout. Tamakatari was swinging around his two katanas, and blocking the attacks from the guards. One of the guards put his sword down too low, and Tamakatari ran him through for it. He did a flying back flip over one of the other guards, and pierced his back with the last katana. He now had no weapons to use. The last guard charged, and Tamakatari leaped up and plucked a leaf from a nearby tree. He tossed the leaf, which was now made of sharpened metal, and it stuck in the man's throat. Tamakatari stood alone. He decided to take count of the dead.

"..13, 14, 15, 16. 16 dead people. Who needs that group, I'm good enough." Several of the bodies still had swords stuck in their backs. He decided to just leave them there. He checked his injuries. His left hand was cut, and his leg had a nice sized gash in it. It wasn't infected or poisoned, but it did hurt like hell. He picked up a stick on the ground, and changed it into a walking cane. He left the clearing to try and find the group.

He had just left the forest, and he looked up at the moon. Staring at the moon got him back to thinking.

"I don't need that group, do I? I work better alone. I wouldn't have been in that trap, if it hadn't been for those bleedin' hearts. I could make it through that dark wizard's castle on my own. Those other people will just slow me down. I don't need any help saving MY angel."

Then he looked at himself. He was wounded, and that was just from fighting 16 guys. Trying to break into the castle of a dark wizard would be a hell of a lot harder, and being able to make weapons won't get him very far. Whether he liked it or not, he needed that group.

"Well, just because I need the group, doesn't mean I have to be part of it. We'll break into the castle, use the group, and when we find my angel, I'll take her back by myself."

Making his way through the town, he finally found them in a building. He entered quietly, and took a seat.

"Glad to see you made it back Tamakatari." Cid said to the fighter. "I'm most impressed with your performance in combat, my information on you was very good it seems. I may have a place for you in my regiment after this business is done. Our healer is away so you have two choices, wait for her to come back, or try to make due with my first aid skill."

Tamakatari pulled a roll of bandages from his cloak, and wrapped up his injuries.

"I don't trust anyone touching my wounds. They'll heal eventually. And you can take your regiment and shove it up your ass. I work alone."

Tamakatari put his bandages away, and laid back in his seat.

"That seems to be a common problem with this group." Cid said. "I'm getting to old for this Maverick shit." He relaxed in a wooden chair in the store. He picked up a cloth wrapped bit of hard tac. He tossed it Tamakatari's way. He picked up one for him too. "Eat it, you'll need your strength. Do you realize i've been in the military of this nation since I was seven years old. I started out as a page to the king when he was still a prince."

Tamakatari took the tac, sniffed it, and chewed on it. It was habit to not trust any food given to him.

"Wow. And I bet you were the best little page they had, huh? Did he graciously let you shovel the stable, or was that a little treat you could only do on your birthday?"

Cid laughed. "Hostile to authority, but funny. It truely is a shame I won't get to work with you again after this."

Tamakatari popped the last bit of tac into his mouth.

"I'm glad to say, I most likely won't feel the same way. I've got a thing about people in the military. Take away their soldiers, and their big fancy weapons and titles, and you'll simply find a man trying to compensate for something. It's the people who are alone, and still live, that are truly strong."

Tamakatari took out two small sticks in his cloak. One stick he turned into a small knife, the other he kept normal. He started to whittle at the stick.

"In fact, under normal circumstances, I wouldn't even be in this group. But, I have my reasons."

"My troops are all strong individuals, however by coming together my troops are nearly unstoppable. I'm here to regain the honor of my soldiers that was stolen in this security lapse. Your reasons however are substanially less pure. I'm going to be straight up here." Cid leaned forward. "Do you hnestly think you have a chance with the princess?"