Travis
Im gonna reply and go to sleep for like 6 hours
Juan
The Oni hears the coughs, but he knew that there was a cost for everything like this. Money needed sacrifice, and that sacrifice this time was a family... And a baby. He didn't particularly feel like beating up a baby. Or a sick woman that probably couldn't leave her bed once the fire was set. If Nox were to proceed, he would as well— but could he? Honor was what he lived by, could the Oni sacrifice that for money? Nox really didn't seem like a man that had compassion, but the Oni wasn't a hooded... Mage. Maybe he would break, but he hoped that he wouldn't. He sneaks up to the door, standing just outside of it.
Travis
*Nox acted as if he had hear nothing. Money was one of two gods that he worshipped; and money was well, money. He was going to need the coin to hire a thief to steal that book on arcane magic he had been eyeing for far too long. He looked at the Oni and sensed a slight hesitation in him, and decided to finish the job before he could back out. Without saying a word, Nox raised his arm to the sky, and his prized weapon Iapetus, came flying out of the sky into his hands. The dark wing spear was even more terrifying now that the last rays of light form the sun began to fade. Rings of runes that danced around and emitted a strange blood-red glow. He spoke quietly to the Oni: "When I set fire to the hut, I assume the woman and child will come out first. Take care of them. No fatalities. I will handle the rest." Then, with a swift move, Nox thrust his spear forward, and a steam of Blood-red fire unleashed itself onto the hut, setting it on fire immediately.*
Carmen
As expected, the hut made of logs easily catches aflame from Nox's magic. The crying gets louder and the coughing worsens as you hear a man screaming in panic
"You monsters! Haven't you tormented me enough!" 
As you are right next to the door Akuma, you can hear scrambling inside and the raspy voice of the woman
"Just... Leave... Me... Save... Our... Baby..."
"I'm not leaving you behind!"
The footsteps come closer to the door along with the coughing and crying. The door is hastily opened and as you are right next to the door Akuma, you see a muscular dark haired earth macen carrying a brunette earth macen woman in one arm and a baby in the other. 
Being a mercenary you can tell those arms aren't that of a warrior, but rather someone who had diligently worked on the field. Around his belt is a woodcutter's axe and it appears to be the only weapon on him. The man is clearly shocked to see you at the door but you can see an intense desire to protect in his eyes. 
The man let's out a mighty roar and attempts to slam you out of the way with his shoulder.
Juan
Fuck, this pained him to do, but as the man attempted to slam the Oni out of the way, the Oni simply grows to his normal size(230 centimeters), and using his 10 strength, attempts to knock the man out by using a rather well formed, strong right hook to approximately the jaw. 

At this form, Akuma really did look like a devil. His white hair flowed down to his shoulder, his eyes glowed orange. His teeth were pointy, almost as if they were a carnivore's. His skin was as red as the evening sunset, and most importantly, he was 50% bigger than human form. 

As the Oni threw the right hook, he roared, his voice much raspier and booming than before. "Calm, THE FUCK, **DOWN!**"
Travis
*As the inhabitants of the hut came rushing out, Nox was on the side of the hut, around 20 feet away from Akuma. To his suprise, all 3 inhabitants came rushing out of the hut. At first he waited to see what the Oni would do, but then quickly remembered that the Oni was slightly averse to attacking unarmed people. Striding quickly towards their position, Nox saw the brief shove and punch get exchanged.*

*The man was clearly dazed by the Oni's punch, and was disoriented and trying to regain his footing. Nox acted quickly, striking him on the back of his head with the blunt of his Winged Spear.*
Carmen
As Nox takes advantage of the man's disorientation he is slightly caught off guard to see the weak wife raise her arms as an earth barrier is summoned and blocks the attack from the spear. This buys the man enough time to regain his footing as he is an earth macen and thus had a somewhat higher tolerance for pain. 
He glares at Akuma with hatred seething in his eyes before glances over to the window inside the hut."Calm down?! After trying to burn my family?! How about you leave us alone?!"
Realizing he won't win in a test of strength with Akuma, he mutters some incantations and earth reinforces his body. He then runs back into the burning hut and with an impressive display of strength he charges through the window using his body, tearing down some of the wall as well, granted it had weakened from the flames. He then attempts to run deeper into the forest with his wife and child still safe in his arms.
Juan
Well, he was right. The phrase had just kinda popped out of his mouth while he was high in adrenaline. As the man started to run into the house again, the Oni follows, but not before casting Steel Skin on himself. After doing so, he runs through the house, and crashes through the wall himself as well, leaving a much bigger hole in his wake. "Stop right there, Macen!" The macen might be faster then him, but he was also carrying two people under his arm. I mean, come on. He has earth around his body and two people under his arm? Come on, man, that's a lot of weight. Anyways, the Oni follows, his woolen clothes now mostly burned off, revealing his set of armor under his clothes. "I do not want to hurt your child!"
Travis
*Nox cursed loudly. Tactical error, he thought to himself. Should have used his perverse fire spell. Their skin would be boiling off by now. No matter. Alive was a wide range. Alive could be missing limbs, as long as he burned the stump to prevent them from bleeding out. Nox quickly shook these thoughts away, drew a dagger from underneath his robes, wispered a spell, and the dagger turned jet black with a sharp hiss. Only pausing momentarily to aim, he sent the dagger flying, and hit his traget dead center at the feet of the Macen man. 6 black, thorned tendrils immediately erupted, and grasped the man, holding him in place*
Carmen
The man is caught by the tendrils and it is clear that he is frustrated with the situation. However, he is strong and stable footed, so he maintains his balance as he slowly prys his legs free from the tendrils. However, it uses up all his movement allowing Akuma to catch up and be within melee distance once more. 
The man looks up and yells in desperation "Leave us alone! If I'm gone, who is going to take care of my wife?! Who is going to take care of my child?! I can't die here and I can't get caught! If either of you have a heart, please, spare me!"
Juan
Akuma remains steely faced, although his heart tugs at his feelings. The Oni lets out a roar as he runs towards the bound man, and activates Herculean Strength. As he reaches the man, the Oni pulls a hand back, and sends a massive punch, aided by his metallic skin and 14 strength, into the man's side. It probably cracks a few bones. Maybe even knock him out. As he does this, he decides to do one thing that was morally right. He would take care of the man's family.
Travis
*Nox follows the Oni up to the man while taking out two long pieces of rope, handing one to the Oni. He silently regarded the man and his wife and child with a cold, taunting gaze. Then without warning, he thrust his spear into the man's left thigh with his full force. He said in a terrifing tone: "That's for giving us trouble." He paused as if thinking. "Next one goes through the chest of your child if you try to run." He didn't mean it, but he was annoyed at the man's pathetic attempts and plea for help.*
Carmen
The man buckles from your punch Akuma as the wind is knocked out of him, but are surprised to see none of the bones have broken, though you suspect they are likely fractured at least. It would seem with the man's earth skin still active and his naturally tough bones, he was able to somewhat tank the blow. 
As Nox comes up and thrusts his spear, it impales the man's leg as he grits his teeth in pain. Even still he looks ready to fight, but when you mention stabbing his child it is replaced with fear as he grips his wife and child closer to his body. He wants to fight, but fears that at this distance he can't protect both of them and starts swearing, cursing his weakness.
The wife is coughing terribly and the child is crying loudly as the man looks up at you two in anguish. "Do... Do you just enjoy seeing others suffer. I just wanted to live a normal life with my family... Was that too much to ask for?" 
It looks like he has accepted defeat.
Juan
The Oni looks grim as he stands over the skewered man. This wasn't a battle that all Oni respected and lived in, this was a hunt. A hunt for a powerless man that just wanted to take care of his family. But work was work, and spirit was spirit. He could easily tell those two apart. The Oni doesn't say a word, and starts tying the man up, picking up the child and placing it on the woman. His eyes were grim, but he still did his job without much complaints, now back to his semi-human form. He would rather not tie up a man that had ran from battle for his family, but it was a good idea. After the tying, he looks to Nox. "All done here."
Travis
Nox silently watched as the Oni tied the man up. He proceeded to tie the woman and child together, than linked them to the man, making a chain of prisoners. He almost smiled under his mask, as he didn't expect the Oni to carry through with the plan. In fact, he almost thought thant he was going to have to fight him because of their vastly different moral compass. "Good. Didn't think you had the stomach."Nox said curtly. He stood looking into the trees and wildlife, trying to find the shapeshifter. "Show yourself, shapeshifter"
Carmen
As you call out Nox, you see a squirrel climb down from a nearby tree and slowly transform into the robed figure again as he walks on over. You can't see his face, but you can hear him chuckling to himself.
"A job well done. I expected nothing less. Three live captures. 18 gold total. You can split that among yourselves however you see fit."
The robed figure snaps his fingers and from the bushes you see a horde chipmunks carrying a pouch of gold toward the two of you and drop it at your feet. 
The robed figure then pulls out 4 vials and 4 rings from his pocket and walks over to the earth macen man. The man mutters under his breath
"My wife is still sick, you damn con artists. To think you would hire mercenaries to deal with me just cus I refused to pay for your useless herbs..."
The robed figure simple shrugs and proceeds to open the child's mouth as he pours one of the vials into it. The child then stops crying and goes limp and the man looks in horror.
"W-w-what did you do! You monster! I'm going to kill you!" Yells the man as he struggles to break free from his ropes.
The robed figure pays him no attention and goes to the wife. The wife weakly mutters "No... Stop... Please... You can't do this..." But she is too weak to resist as the vial is also poured into her mouth and her eyes roll back as her body also goes limp.
At this point the man's eyes are red from tears and anger as he almost breaks free from his bindings. "I"LL KILL YOU! I'LL F KILL YOU!!"
The robed figure simply walks over and with terrifying grip strength you see him pry the man's mouth open and pour the vial inside as well. A few moments later the man stops yelling and his body also goes limp. 
The robed figure lets out a sigh and puts a ring on each of their hands as well as his own. He then also drinks the vial but remains standing. 
He looks over to the two of you
"You both did good work today. I hope you don't mind if the boss requests your services in the future?"
Juan
The Oni nods, his face grim. He didn't plan on seeing a baby dying, but he was prepared to see... Worse things. "Next time, a real fight would be preferable." The Oni gives a short, curt nod to the shapeshifter, looking to Nox. "Half half?" Once the price is decided, he takes his amount and leaves with a bad taste in his mouth.
Travis
*Seeing the concern on the Oni's faces, he chuckles and says light heartedly: "They aren't dead... What would be the point of paying for live bounty then?" He only nodded at the Shapeshifter, holds up the bag of coins. Shaking it, he says This will always buy my services." He taesd the remaining half and dissapears into the shadows.*