Taiga watched him leave. He stood lazily.<br/><br/>Something twinkled at the edge of his fingers. He felt the knot in his chest unbind.<br/><br/>His powers were back.<br/><br/>Taiga walked behind Mashi, tapped his hand on his shoulder, and the razor sharp knife he'd just made of jagged ice was plunged deep into Mashi's gut.<br/><br/>Taiga used the internal damage and the surprise to hook Mashi's legs out from under him.<br/><br/>"I told you, Captain," he said, smirking. "Slap my face, I knife your gut."<br/><br/>He knelt down, another ice knife appearing in mid-air. "Sorry," he said, with a Cheshire grin. "That was overdramatic. This isn't actually personal. I just spilled a lot of things to you I don't want an enemy knowing."<br/><br/>"How's about I slit your throat, and you and your brother can take it up with me in hell, Cap'n."