"Their here," Tsuukai said shortly as his body was slumped in a half hearted way against a building breaking the awkward silence. The other two looked at him speculatively, both of them expecting to be the first to realize when the opponents had come.

"How do you know that?" Kaze said gazing Tsuukai's way.

"There are two of them. One of them is named Zachary, the other Monroe. They are friends of Zorlo. Zachary is an ice-innate and has the ability to replicate others abilities, and the other is a Quincy."

"you haven't answered my..." Kaze's question was answered as the sounds of arguing suddenly flooded their ears. Tsuukai only smiled confidently as the other two looked at each other with looks of confusion in their faces. Tsuukai lifted himself into a standing position and walked forward a few steps his eyes looking straight forward in pure determination.

"Kazaisu you will take on Zachary. Derrick you will fight Monroe," Tsuukai said in a commanding tone bring sharp criticism to light.

"Who died and made you king," Kaze snapped, his smooth image was always broken when other tried to order him around.

"I am the strongest of us," Tsuukai said not with blind arrogance, but with a perfect assessment of the situation at hand, "Furthermore I was the first to sense their presence. Or, if it is my decision you question, allow me to explain. Kazaisu as a mage you will be far better against a man like Zachary who can change from long to short distance at a whim. And Derrick can outlast Monroe in a long distance fight. I will wait here as I suspect the challenge will be harder then just that, so I will take on new comers as they arrive."

"But.."

"Shutup," Derrick said coldly as Kaze started up again, "Your arrogance wont help us. If you can find a flaw in his assessment then please point it out, but I can assure he is most correct. If you have a problem with the way he said it then you need to grow up and have no place in the real world."

"Everyone's always against me," The Wind mage remarked in a tongue in cheek way as he leaped into the air and flew towards his opponent.

"Tsuukai was it? Your eyes are as black as hell, so I hope you fight like a demon because you will need it," the Assassin said as he used the full force of his legs to land on the roof he hid his sniper rifle.

oOc: If you saw my first post as setting up a contrast between the physical appearance of my main three, then see this one as setting up a contrast between the personality of the three characters.

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