Jurai turned his head when he heard Fiona call out in fear, grunting as he didn't see Shizuru's knee strike coming as a result. But as he staggered backwards, Jurai saw the look in Fiona's eyes. She was no soldier, she didn't belong here... He then saw the two demons sneaking up behind her, and was about to go for his knives when Shizuru suddenly took care of it for him, much to his surprise. He looked at Fiona sincerely, trying to reassure the girl. "Don't worry Fiona, I'll be fine. I need you to go help organize the evacuation, get these people out of here. I'll take care of this."<br/><br/>Jurai then turned his attention back to Shizuru. It was subtle, but the Demon General could probably notice that Jurai was looking at her with a completely different attitude now, as an honorable opponent rather than just an obstacle to be overcome. He then gave her a small nod, and said something in Orcish, the closest translation of which being "I shall count your death among my greatest victories, and if I am to die, may I fight well enough to be counted among yours." It was an old Orcish warrior's blessing.<br/><br/>As Shizuru charged him, Jurai quickly drew three knives with his left hand and his wakizashi with his right, hurling the three knives at Shizuru's center of mass as she charged, trying to give her as little time to dodge or block as possible. He was rather impressed how well she was moving given how deep that knife wound had been, his respect for her only growing as she managed to block out the pain. However, even with her impressive willpower, he had damaged the muscles in her sword arm, so she was moving just a little bit slower than before, and so even with the feint, Jurai managed to avoid the main brunt of her attack, receiving only a shallow gash, though still deep enough to draw blood. He immediately went on the counterattack, striking at her sword arm as she attacked, aiming to cripple and weaken her further rather than going for any potentially fatal wounds, attempting to wear her down. Unfortunately, while such as strategy worked well in the long term, this fight wasn't going to last much longer, as Jurai would have to escape soon with the rest of the soldiers once the demons entered the city.