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As Kaze fell through the air, the blizzard of the ice witchs wrapped around him and tried to fly him back to the top, spinning him mercilessly with an onslaught of sharp icicles. He growled from small cuts but managed to break free from it and continued to fall the remainer 30 feet. he turned and sighed, he felt like dieing again but remained true to his vow of staying alive, opening his wings liek a parachute but due to being in the icey cold so long, his body didn't react right, falling on the ground and tumbled down the mountain untill hitting the tree by the base of the mountain. his breathing was hard as he panted, slowly falling asleep in the warm heat on his face from the sun.

(( Hopefully someone picks him up domokun Must..unify rp...everyone is off in their own worlds..))

At last after a couple of hours wandering through maze-like hallways, Rayne have at last found the Ico general and which room he resides in. As he move through the last hallway swiftly, more Ico rebel members started to swarm the place and usually there are three to five members that would swarm. The first member in the group charged forward trying to slash at Rayne, but at that moment Rayne leaped into the air and connected his blade of the katana to the Ico rebel's head. As the Ico rebel member fell dead to the ground, he shedded out a huge amount of blood that left blood stains on the carpet. Two more Ico rebels charged forward and tried to slash him, but they both met their fate with the Shinku Ten Ken technique that burn and cut them both at once. They both fell to the ground still engulfed in flames that started to decompose there body to ashs.

After the flames died down, Rayne approached the door and opened it only to find a huge courtroom and at the right corner, he found the Ico general standing there as though he was waiting for something. Finally at last the general speaks and said " Hmm...I see that I get to finally meet you as I've heard that you are the one known as ' Hitokiri Ten Hinote', well I assume you are here to assasinate me, but I can't let you do that. " Rayne stood there with a manslayer's glare and responded in a calm, harsh voice " Well I will prove you wrong and that will be a promise, but I can assure you that your death is ensured tonight." He said once more in the same calm, harsh voice " At this very moment I will slay you and your clan will started to cripple and weaken." The Ico rebel general responded " Well then I will slay you before you can even slay me and I'll be even more famous because I've slain the most powerful hitokiri in this lifetime." Rayne stood there for moment , contemplating upon what is the Ico general's weakness, and spotted it. It must be...power....and ...greed...that is what taking a analysis...about the opponent....and to dismantle him.....through his emotions... He thought to himself silently as he sheathed his katana and unsheathed his chikai tantou kens. The general stood there and spotted the strange looking swords that the Hitokiri Ten Hinote was holding, but he ignored and prepare to unsheath his wakizashi.

The Architect was busily sketching on a blueprint. He delicately drew lines and curves that playfully raced their way across the surface of the paper. The shapes seemed to form an infrastructure of some type. His eyes locked themselves within his eyelids as he continued to sketch out the marvellous designs in his mind.

The door burst open. "Sir!" a young man cried. The scout bowed. The Architect briefly nodded his head in acknowledgment. The scout proceeded with his story. "Sir! We've engaged combat with some Ico." The man behind the massive desk stared at the scout behind his thin glasses and resumed his work. "The Ico were about to defeat us...but then someone came and slaughtered them." The Architect's pencil paused. "Someone by the name of Arrode wishes to fight for our cause." The pencil slowly slipped free of his grasp and clattered onto the table, awakening the Architect from his dreary state. He stood up from the table and stared blankly at him. "And I thought we were losing all of our battles. I am constantly updated on the news. Word has gotten out that some Manslayer has been eliminating my generals one by one. Quite the strategist he is. I want to see Arrode in person." He turned around and stared out the window. "Escort Arrode here at once."

Matsu smiled as a rainbow appeared over Kaze's head and dropped down water on him. Dreams were always so easy to manipulate.

"Good, very good, a successful mission, I should be able to take that mountain fairly soon" Matsu said seeming to talk to himself. A large flower grew beside him and began circling the garden as his tails twitched about and seemed to be manipulating the dream.

"As for the poisin.." he addressed as he pointed a finger at Kaze, as he did so the poisin weakened in it's strength, now barely even able to cause vomiting, though it still would, but not violent. Giving Kaze his gentle smile, Matsu swirled a little fire on his finger. " There you go, one good heave from your body will get the remaining poisin out."

His expression turned to disappointment as Matsu snapped his fingers and Kaze was trapped by vines. It was one thing Kaze needed to learn, patience was a virtue, there time would come soon, no need to rush into combat, no reason at all.

" We will go when the time is right Kaze." Matsu said sternly transforming the vines into a chair for Kaze. "You must realize that attacking the country now would be folly. We shall soon, when one side of the war between Ico and Ico rebels is won. That is when we shall strike, when that clan is at their least expectant stage" Matsu explained, transforming the dream into a peaceful place once again. "However, this plan does require you to be patient. "

"Too much risk now, the war between them is slowly coming to a close, with the Valheru attacking the Ico, and a strong manslayer attacking the Ico rebels." Matsu explained while sipping some tea, he did so enjoy dreams. After finishing some of his tea, he continued. "Essentially both sides will be weakened even if one wins, the other will be seriously lacking in troops and even the buildings themselves." he said taking another sip of tea. "Waiting is the best option, but if you wish to do elsewise I won't stop you, and in fact I'll let a legion of troops in that area help you out." Matsu said smiling. "It's your choice if you want to go or not, I myself shall remain here until I take the mountain." he said laughing a bit. This was a bit of a test, his answer would either lengthen or shorten the test.