As it turned out, Itsuki was in the middle of her cartwheel when her opponent sprung into action.

Frankly she was surprised that she hadn't seen something like that beforehand.

The knee screamed up from the ground even as her hands contacted the ground. She saw the armoured man's leg leave the ground even as her momentum carried her body up and around. She felt the armoured joint impact her gut and her hands left the ground.

Her body flew the distance across the circular chamber to the other side of the room, making her grunt in pain as she impacted the wall.

Struggling quickly to her feet she drew her swords.

[color=pink]"Akuma! Sei! Wake up!"[/color]

It was then that her swords awoke. Akuma and Sei, her katana and wakizashi, came to life as she dropped into her regular stance; katana firmly in her right hand, held up to face level in a high guard, blade out forward parallel with her body, wakizashi out in front in her left hand, blade held out horizontally. Her body faced to the right, left foot forward right foot back, in a slight crouch.

[color=9966ff]"Hmm? Itsuki-chan? Subete daijōbudesuka? Dō shimashita no?"
[sub](Hmm? Itsuki-chan? Everything okay? What's going on?)[/sub][/color]

[color=ff6600]"Un! Dō shimashita no? Subete daijōbu?"
[sub](Yeah Itsuki! What's up? Everything okay girl?)[/sub][/color]

[color=pink]"We have a problem. Ahead of us."[/color]

[color=9966ff]"Oh? Daiken de sono kyodaina otoko?"
[sub](Oh? That huge man with the big sword?)[/sub][/color]

[color=ff6600]"Kare wa nanika o hoshō suru hitsuyō ga arimasu! Ha ha!"
[sub](He must be compensating for something! Ha ha!)[/sub][/color]

[color=9966ff]"Shikashi, wareware wa kono otoko to kōron o motte imasen."
[sub](But we do not have a quarrel with this man.)[/sub][/color]

[color=pink]"Well he [b]did[/b] try to chop me in half and he hit me across the room."[/color]

[color=ff6600]"Ohhhhh!"[/color]

[color=9966ff]"Sate, watashitachi wa kare to [i]kenka[/i] o motte imasu."
[sub](Well, [i]now[/i] we have a quarrel with him.)[/sub][/color]