[center][color=#9E1E1E][h3][u][b]Taraatsu, Akine[/b] - [i]The Soul Thief[/i][/u][/h3][/color][h3][sub][i]The Cornered Beast[/i][/sub][/h3][/center][hr]
Then the unexpected happened, his location was drastically altered. As he came face to face with a multitude of blades, his eyes widened and his smile evened out somewhat. His blade came up, spirits released from its form, shooting out as they did so. He twisted his body, avoiding a ring or two, and a tanto, but he couldn't dodge them all. Some his spirits managed to intercept and knock of course, but a great amount of them sliced him as they flew by or impaled him. one or two passed through his body in his ribcage, slipping through his lung and causing a tremendous amount of pain to blossom.

It seemed that his recklessness had earned him a great many wounds, some of them which would easily become fatal.

He landed, collapsing to a knee and coughing up blood in the process. Spirits whirled and danced around him, batting away any further projectile attacks. He was managing them almost subconsciously. It was too bad he hadn't been able to predict their initial approach. He opened his mouth to talk, but as his lung moved, the tanto in it cut more, causing him to cough up more blood, not to mention the searing pain that the action caused. He channeled sound and chakra into one of his spirits, willing it to speak in his stead. [color=#9E1E1E][b]"Well, isn't this funny,"[/b][/color] the spirit said. Akine's face was contorted in something between a grimace and a smile. He noticed he couldn't feel his left arm. It was still there, he noted with the eyes of a spirit, just...his body was blocking out sensation. [color=#9E1E1E][b]"Going around all this time. Pain and suffering forming in my wake and at my arrival, and now here I sit, bleeding and about to die. It's ironic. No...no it's fitting, if I cared about that sort of moronic crap,"[/b][/color] he spat on the ground and felt his body shudder at the motion.

He raised his one uninjured arm and grabbed the tanto in his chest then yanked it out. He collapsed and threw up promptly afterwards. He wiped the bile and blood from his mouth and withdrew some pain pills, popping them back. They hit his stomach and immediately he felt the pain began to recede. He began pulling more blades out of his body. He didn't throw up this time though and all the while he kept his eyes on Chiyoko. His spirits were imbued with chakra by now, some having passed through him to gain it, others having passed through each other to take portions that the others had gained.