Daijin gasped as he happened upon the scene of the ambush, then grimly set his teeth in determination.  "Help the waterbender," he shouted back to Lawan as he dashed forward.  Sword out and dancing into his hands, he dove low, sweeping out to cut down a pair of the attackers.  A moments though had him twisting the blade in hand, sweeping out the feet of his target with the back of his blade.<i>Best to shed as little blood as necessary.  It would be unwise for me to slaughter these men, even if they are scum.</i>Following through with his swing, he proceeded to spin around and plant a heel into the fallen man's chest, knocking the air out of him and putting him out of commission for the moment.  Reacting to the firebender that was reacting to him, he dodged left to watch flames shoot past him before spinning in place to plant the butt of his handle into the man's face, knocking him down and out.<br/><br/>Turning to the massing swarm of assailants, a calm calculating part of his mind made an annoying observation.  "There's too many of them," he grumbled under his breath.  It was obvious that they weren't very well skilled, but there was a good number of them.  Being firebenders made them a cut above a random bunch of thugs, and that made it all the worse.  If he made it out of this alive, he would have to ask why the were in the Earth Kingdom.  Allowing himself a second, he glanced over to see how Lawan and the waterbender were doing.