Skipping Ezequiel.
The golden Lykoi was not accustomed to genuine battle like his darker coloured warrior-mother, but he had tasted it enough to climb above the average optime in his skill with the weapon he so cunningly had retrieved from the heart of Inferni during the prominent blizzard previous February. His inability to know fear turned into strength at this moment, for there was much space for cold, calculated thought behind the empty scarlet of his eyes.
A terrible shriek escaped the mount engaged by his sword, and he knew the horse would stumble and fall before it happened. The sudden taste of red in the air was sweet on his tongue. Alert eyes followed as the horse’s red gushing forelegs gave into gravity, falling heavily onto the ground and throwing off its rider because of the harsh halt. Blond ears flattened with effort to shut out the sound of more than one injured mounts, and his eyes focused on the female optime alone.
The lady had a shield, but not currently equipped, as it had been thrown off together with her, and been flung a few spaces away from her. Spears remained attached to her fallen steed, and he blocked off her direct path to them as he darted in between the woman and the horse. She would spend precious seconds recovering from being thrown off so brutally, but he could see her hand reach out for the sword by her side already. Rising his now bloodstained katana, swift and pale feet brought him up close and the angry song of metal against metal rung in his ears.
The woman had lived for many years, and was on the brink to be perceived as old. But Itachi rarely underestimated his opponents. Their weapons clang together several more times, and the woman had gained her footing and was swiftly backpedalling as he dealt aggressive blows. Sunset eyes saw that her backward route was deliberate, and a moment after doing a swift roll as he slashed after her, she got back up on her feet with her shield safely in her left hand. It would make matters a little bit more problematic.
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