Public Enemies (PassionateShadow & ColdRain)

[ColdRain]

Footsteps.

He could hear them approaching; not in many numbers, but enough to be considered a potential threat. From above, Leo stilled himself while observing the people who were passing by, careful not to make any unnecessary sounds. Although he has been in this profession for a while, and he was pretty damn sure he had the skills to avoid stupid blunders that a novice would make, it never really hurts to be too careful.
Voices were heard, most were just incoherent mumblings and whatnot but it wasn’t important anyways. His mission was to target his enemy and kill him and that was it, no questions asked. It was how he was brought up to act and he sure wasn’t going to change any time soon. Scanning the group of people that assembled a distance away from where he perched up on the tree, Leo tried to make out the faces to see if any matched his target. The day was getting late, so the quicker he could find the enemy, the quicker he could get back to headquarters and rest. It had been a long day and he wasn’t about to prolong this assassination any longer.

After a few moments, he saw the group of people disperse, leaving the sole man he had been looking for out in the open. A smirk etched on his face as he pulled out a dagger from his belt, gripping it tightly. Perfect opportunity to strike and he was not going to let this chance slip at all.

Without another word, Leo swiftly jumped of the tree and quickly dashed towards the man, the knife pointed directly at the neck and his eyes showing no mercy.

[Passionate Shadow]

Three sharp stars flew from the other direction towards Leo. A black and crimson red blur seemed to dart from across the stone paved walk away. A male wearing a strange metal mask that made it appear his mouth as full of fangs like that of a demon, and a leather metal head protector which had horned only added more to the effect. His fore arms, hands, elbows,knees, shins, and insteps were covered in protective metal and leather gear. His chest was covered in what looked like a metal rib cage that clung close to his body. he had spike guards that froze over his shoulders on a metal strip. He however didnt weild a dagger, h had a curved short sword in each hand, like katanas but smaller and lighter weighted. This demon came forward and before Leo's target not relenting the charge ready to clash with the other full on.

[ColdRain]

Leo immediately skidded to a halt the moment he saw something swipe across the air in his direction, missing him completely when he bent down to dodge it. He grimaced and glanced up to see the offender rushing towards his target at full speed.

"Like hell I'll let you." Leo changed his path and started speeding towards the man in the bulky gear, who looked way more protective in comparison to his loose black and white garments that hung around his body. Still, it gave him an advantage in speed. Pulling out multiple knives, he threw them at his opponent's head while running faster towards him. Reaching close behind, Leo attempted to strike the guy in the back with the dagger and planned to tackle him to the ground for a good measure.

"Don't you dare mess with me and my target..."

[Passionate Shadow]

Although Xearon was patched up quite heavily with metal and leather, it was quite form fitting in most areas. Witha simple raise of the finger guards f the two sword Xearon deflected the knives. The dagger in the back seemed to make a melodic sound as it his the metal rib protector, Xearo set his fore arms out to break the fall a the other practically pounced on to his back. With an easy, quite inspected move of some one who just hit the ground at such velocity, Xearon jammed both swords upwards a and back in a very fast speed. Judging by the pure weight of the other he had a good idea of where the solders were and aimed right for the collar bone turning the blade of each sword side ways a bit and going for the collar bone. The red head had attempted to stick the male atop f him right beneath each end of the clavicle where it stared to connect to the shoulders, aim for sinking the blade in right below where the bones were.

at the same time Xearon used his left boot, the one with out the heel blade sticking out from it, to kickback and hopefully nail Leo in the small of his back. The read had had some sympathy for the other choosing not to paralyze him by not using the heel blade on the spinal cord which was in such, perfect range.

[ColdRain]

Leo felt entirely let down when he did not manage to get much damage through the protective gear, even though his dagger was slightly altered to become more stronger and sharp compared to the regular ones. Leo grimaced, for he knew he was not prepared to face on-on-one with this heavily guarded man. This mission was suppose to be simple and required few weapons, so he did not think to bring any reinforcements.

Before he had the chance to retreat however, two swords were suddenly thrusted towards him. Leo was able to move slightly so that any vital areas were missed, but the swords had managed to pierce him right through his shoulders, shooting out flames of excruciating pain throughout this whole body. It hurted like hell and he wanted to scream but instead, he clenched his mouth shut, not allowing his enemy to hear his cries. A second later, he was shoved backwards towards the ground, but he swiftly manage to twist his body and that resulted in him skidding back on his feet instead. Using this moment, he looked around the area, noticing that his target was long gone by now. He quietly swore under his breath.

Mission failed.

Gripping his shoulders to stop any more blood from flowing out, Leo looked up at the redheaded male with a disdainful smile on his lips. He was in no position to take him on now - there was no other choice but to buy some time for himself.

"It's not everyday I get rudely interrupted like that. Mind telling me who you are?"

[Passionate Shadow]

Once the other was effectively removed Xearon was able to get to his feet with ease. His bright green eyes held a some what mischievous glint and a long slender elf like ear twitched in hearing the shouts for the imperial guards to head towards the court yards. Xearon chuckled gently. "Well it's not every day some one tries to steal my line of work right from under me." he countered watching as guards seemed to flood the area. His green eyes shifted about - right now they had a common enemy. "Perhaps this conversation can wait for anouther time?" Alhough his voice seemed sweet and smooth it reverberated giving it strange over and under tones through out the facial mask he wore obscuring the true sound with in the ranges.

"So tell me... how well do you fair behind stone walls?" He asked moving closer although as if with out threat, more so of protection of the other. If they were going to make a movie they had better do it quick.