[center][b][i][u]Umichi[/u][/i][/b][/center]

Watching Suki jump in to land two quick attacks, Umichi mentally sighed a little as he ran up to Suki and the Minotaur. Although she had dodged out the Minotaur's attack and had gained some distance on the enemy, just that moment of stopping, led to the Minotaur the ability to catch up. Charging through and attempting to swing it's battle axe with a [b]<<Sword Skill>>[/b]. The battle axe started to glow a pink color, Umichi was unfamiliar with the skill, but interrupted it, but intercepting the Minotaur in it's charge. 

Umichi had run between Suki and the Minotaur, his [u]Anneal Blade[/u] glowing a sky blue color. Activating [b]<<Uppercut>>[/b] he intercepted the Minotaur's [b]<<Sword Skill>>[/b]. Noticing Suki had turned back to look, he advised her, " You really should be more careful.", while his blade glowed blue, activating [b]<<Vertical>>[/b] cutting into the Minotaur. He followed his blade's downward motion, rolling over and under the Minotaur's legs, leaping up into a fighting stance behind the Minotaur.

Jumping up, Umichi cut twice into the Minotaur without any [b]<<Sword Skills>>[/b] as the Minotaur turned to him. It readied it's battle axe to swing, but Umichi was already on the ground, ready to dodge the blow. However, a message notification popped up, distracting him very temporarily, causing him to guard the swing. The swing connected with his blade, starting to cause Umichi to lose a little bit of health at a time. This only lasted a quick moment though as Umichi's quick reaction allowed him to alleviate the resistance he placed against the swing of the Minotaur and redirect it. This lead to creating a clear shot to do some major damage. Attacking with a [b]<<Vertical Square>>[/b] Umichi dealt most of the Minotaur's remaining health.

Stuck in the post-motion, the Minotaur had changed it's weapon to a war hammer. It was getting ready to pound Umichi flat, but the post-motion wore off, allowing Umichi to run past, and deal two big slices in the Minotaur, finishing it off. "Well, that's that." he smiled at Suki, getting around 400 exp again from the Minotaur. Looking at what he got, he got the cream as per the quest, as well as ... Minotaur horns. He had not gotten this before, so it was not any of the common drops the Minotaur would give. He was curious what it was for, but decided to wait for next time.

Reading the message from Ayame, he quickly replied, "Alright, heading there soon."

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[center][b][i][u]YukiHana[/u][/i][/b][/center]

Backing down a little, due to the aggressive nature of the Onii-san that had stayed behind, YukiHana replied to his question.
"Um.... I can't just stay in town ... doing nothing ... and .... I just ... thought I would train a little ... I didn't expect to find so many enemies suddenly or anything ...."
The girl was just about to cry, unsure of what to say, since she had no real excuse. She was afraid that he would get angry and more aggressive, starting to yell at her or scold her.