Kaede had nodded in understanding to the Miko's explanation of the limits of her abilities. Truthfully she only knew what Miko's were capable of vaguely, having always been an enemy of them in the past. She humphed as she watched her arrow arch towards the Masked individual and growled angrily as it melted away into nothing at his feet. She briefly tapped the Miko's shoulder in assurance. "Not your fault Miko-san." Before the berserker arrived. She growled low in her throat, oh so she's decided to turn up now had she? And make snarky comments too. She was not in Kaede's good books, especially when Asuka was risking her life very brazenly at the Spirit's feet. Kaede started forward, intending to help her but she knew she couldn't leave the princess.
However that problem was solved for her as a dashing figure passed her by without her being able to catch her. She cursed aggressively as she watched the Princess completely disobey her orders and put herself in awful danger. She knew it had to be something the princess knew that the rest of them didnt but still. She simply kept up with the Princess, leaping up with her just as the Miko shot her arrow and running along the shoulder to grab her up in her arms and jump down to the Miko.
"Heal her please Miko-san, I will deal with these." Taking Asuka's very great example she found a lantern nearby and quickly got oil running down the length of her blade before striking it against a stone just so, lighting the whole blade ablaze. She took a defensive stance in front of the Miko and Princess. "Asuka-dono are you still fit to fight?" She called over to the brave Ronin before looking up at the others who were trying to deal with the two strange men. She doubted they could do anything but distract them however a distraction may be all they would need, an opening would be enough to flee with the princess and regroup out of the city. Just then the puppets made their move and Kaede was ready for them, her blade slicing and splintering them apart, leaving their corpses to burn, keeping them very far away from the Princess and the Miko.
