Meeting

A calm look came upon his face as he heard that someone with markings of banishment was looking for him. A local, and one of his guards. Three more joined him and Rei placed a hand on his head before he moved the horse towards the crowd that was driving away from a white haired person. Rei raised an ebony eyebrow. He placed a hand down and said, "I'll need no help if he chooses offense. My health and fitness are still very much alive. Now stay here and look after Kurohoshi. I wouldn't want him spitting acid on the young lad."

Nodding their heads, Rei slid off of his warhorse and took the long sword from it's saddle sheath and added it to his sash in one of his scabbards he carried with him. He walked up to the man calmly to gather looks upon himself. Rei spoke in a neutral tone to the male, "I heard that you were looking for the Lord of this area. I am the lord."

Rei allowed the man to absorb the information- after all, the young man barely looked sixteen by his face alone, one might wonder why Rei was lord of Harlem with such youth. The answer was his skills in battle, at least in his mind that was why Domen placed him in charge. The nobility vaspire also had to do the stately affairs and protection for Harlem, thus he was the 'Lord' to those on the outside. He waited patiently for the man's response and wondered what he wanted.

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After a moment of silence, Rei nodded as the man finally accepted that Rei was the lord. He listened silently as the man decided to request something of Rei, but did not seem to want to request it right away. The male tilted his head silently before straightening his neck and said, "Go ahead and request it. I can't accept or deny a request unless it is made, sir. My only condition is that it must be made in public. I'll have no secrets form those that live in Harlem."

He went ahead and smiled after that. He knew what it was like at times, but he wasn't going to be walked all over. A demand would be crushed into oblivion with words or slashed into shreds with the blade. The cloaked vaspire had plenty of methods to do either at a range of thirty meters, and he even closer than that. This was because he also had a day time form if he choose it: the incubus within him. He barely revealed it, however, since he had an aura that sexually attracted people. And that would not do for those working.

Rei listened carefully to the request and then spoke after a moment of thought, "I will help you, however, I will need more forces. I've only ten for security here- it will not be long until I aquire more, but I'll need to leave some here for security," Rei took a momenintary pause so that this man could understand and then continued, "Also, since I haven't heard a name from you, I'll need that. Additionally, you must be able to fight yourself. If your not worthy to retake your own kingdom, then I'll haveto wait a bit longer. Those are my conditions."

Since Rei needed to take the security of Harlem into his consideration, and it was Rei's main consideration, he would also make sure that this man was not weak. Rei had taken on that trait from Domen'yun. He could no longer stand the complete weak if he was 'helping' them if they were weak. That is, helping people like this man. Someone with these tattoos of banishment. He knew them from his studies of the area, now that he'd been looking at them a bit longer.

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Rei saw that the man would accept his offer even before he spoke it. Yes, Rei knew that from his body language and visage- as a swordsman, Rei had trained himself into a master for knowing when to strike and when to defend depending on his opponent's body and face, even emotions when he was using his katana. The male's name was swiftly given as Enriji Akatoush, which Rei knew meant his family name was Akatoush. Easy enough to remember, Rei nodded his head at being asked for his name, "Yan Rei is my name."

Enriji told Rei next that he was indeed not suited for combat, he was more of what Rei called a shinobi- one who's main objective was spying, rather than combat. In battle, they could be useful scouts, depending on their specialty of infiltration. But Rei would saw nothing about it, and simply nodded is head before the vaspire spoke, "You will need to tell me if you prefer hand to hand combat or weapons play. That will decide the first path that you will take. We can retire to my estate to speak this over more."

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Rei nodded when the man motioned for him lead the way. One of Rei's guards moved closer to the two- one of the more skilled Roe'nin in his ten man guard squad. He wore glasses with a yukata and as always smoking a rather long pipe. He spoke as people moved on from the scene, finally told the go by the others, "The whip is a useful weapon, but my lord has not used the weapon- something similar, perhaps, but not the weapon its self. I, on the other hand, have. I can teach you both, since my lord is a weapon user himself. If my lord does not mind me saying..."

Rei turned his chocolate eyes to the other male, and nodded his head as he said, "Yes, I admit its not a weapon in my uses. I use a special wire, called Tora Twine, but not a whip. I'm more of a blade user- perfected in the arts of the sword, and training in polearms, bushido, and unique weapons like kama."

The silver haired Roe'nin nodded his head and then turned his golden eyes to the other man- although he understood the face painting message better than Rei did- still, that did not deter him from offering this training. This Roe'nin wanted to see what this one could do. He looked to be strong in a different right, perhaps not physically, but he had an air about him, like those Myztix that Rei had with him, "Are you fine with this, then, Enriji-san?"

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