Nathaniel walked towards Capet, cracking his knuckles. "I prefer hand-to-hand combat, if you don't mind."<span style="font-style: italic">You would prefer using claws far more than your bare hands, but this is hardly the place to do that."</span>He thought as he nodded to Capet.<br/><br/>The two were very quick, dodging and parrying, it looked as if they were dancing to an unheard beat, Aris thought, entranced.<span style="font-style: italic">Nathaniel's moving so fast, it looks like he has smoke vaporing off him.</span>She looked closer, then let out a little sigh with a smile,<span style="font-style: italic">It's just a shadow from one of the windows...</span>After a though, she froze, and turned to look at the window nearest the corner.<span style="font-style: italic">Shadows shouldn't look like smoke....</span>The angel grew stiff at what she saw.<br/><br/>A shadowy form, looking down at her with yellow eyes. Aris' heart lept into her throat. "They've found us." she whispered hoarsely.<br/><br/>Nathaniel hear Aris as well as if she had shouted it. He paused mid-blow and looked at the group of girls somewhat confused. Capet was quick to make use of this distraction. Next thing Nathaniel knew, his legs were knocked out from under him, and he landed on the floor with a grunt. "Enough." He called sharply to the butler, and stared at what the ladies were gawking at.<br/><br/>He grew tense. The very tips of his fingers turned into billowing smoke, the nails lengthening and sharpening into claws. The shadowy smoke quickly consumed his hands. That was enough to keep him from being slaughtered by this demon.