Due to the nature of the wave blast that Caspian had discharged, Raiya was not able to dodge it. Raiya had a choice to make, she could waste excessive mana to create a barrier or take the wave head on. Her manalysis revealed that the wave's nature was only concussive so she decided to grin and bear it. The impact of the wave sent her backwards and airborne briefly. The feel of weightlessness and the sudden jolt of the force gave Raiya the sickening feeling of butterflies in her stomach. Other than the displacement, though, the wave didn't do any physical damage to her. Raiya reoriented herself midair, back flipping and landing on one knee. 

The weight of Raiya's odachi made it difficult to cast spells with a separate hand. Normally she would just cast her spells using the sword as a medium. But due to the fact that this enemy was a quick threat in close quarters and at range meant Raiya had to switch up her tactics. Raiya closed her eyes and thought about it for a few seconds. Still knelt down on her right knee, she quickly flourished her sword before sheathing it in one quick solid movement. Her odachi then disappeared in a puff of pinkish lightning back into her manainventory. She then opened her eyes and stood back up. [color=ec008c]"I must admit,"[/color] Raiya began to speak, [color=ec008c]"I am not used to fighting someone who is skilled at both close quarters and ranged combat. It's normally one or the other."[/color] She extended her right hand out in front of her, her palm face up, [color=ec008c]"That doesn't mean I haven't planned for every contingency."[/color] She smirked. The familiar energy dispersion of manainventory summoning consumed her hand and dispersed leaving a peculiar object. What was left in her hand was an empty black katana hilt. Normally the hand guard of a katana hilt was held in place by the blade, but it seemed that the shiny hand guard was permanently attached to the hilt. The guard itself was a hollow triangle of polished stainless steel attached to the hilt by thin jagged lightning bolts at each point of the triangle. The hilt wasn't corded, and it wasn't made of wood like normal either. The sleek hilt was mostly made of metal, with small rubber grooves for finger grips.

Raiya gripped the hilt and began chanting an incantation in Japanese under her breath. [color=ec008c]"Watashi wa hone kara niku o wakeru..."[/color] Her mana began to fluctuate as she began her incantation.