"Dogs," Emi curses as she jerks her head back, arrows whistling past her nose.  Two archers in an elevated position up a stairway that looked like it had been built by a mujina.  Well, no one said being a Crab was easy.<br/><br/>Just at that moment, her fellow magistrate Hanzo ran up.  An experienced warrior, Hanzo didn't hesitate to take up a ready position.<br/><br/>"Two that I can see," Emi said in a terse, low voice.  "Maybe more.  No sign of maho yet, but with our luck, I wouldn't count it out."<br/><br/>Setting her both of her hands on the hilt of her katana, Emi holds it straight up and down before her, bowing her head as she whispers a quick prayer to Bishamon.  Then Emi opens her eyes and says to her two companions, "Be ready."<br/><br/>Taking a quick calming breath, Emi readies herself.  Then she flings herself around the corner and into the warehouse, running full out towards the narrow staircase with a full throated shout, "FOR THE HANTEI!"