The male counterpart of the unlikely duo poked his head out following his partners comments. Casually chewing on a piece of hay, Kyou Hayami (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs10/i/2006/081/4/5/Joshuan_The_Monk_Sketch_by_WillDan.jpg) usually maintained a generally calm demeanor considering the danger of their line of work - or especially the type of company he kept. Today wasn't really any different, although the former monk turned assassin/thief could understand Sayuri's own concerns. His original hunch had warned the man against taking on this assignment, for many of the same reasons his partner felt on the matter. However, Kyou also had a weakness toward several vices such as monetary value, and the chance of earning a hefty amount of money without needing to dirty their blades for a change was a prospect which sang out to the man.<br/><br/>"You're right. It has been easy. But we shouldn't be surprised considering the advanced preparations offered by our 'clients'." The male addressed her concerns, even if he'd not been totally convinced himself on the matter before shaking away such thoughts reluctance which they couldn't afford to linger on at this point, "This is a higher profile target then what we're normally tasked to dealing with. At the same time, the coin is far too good for us to pass up such a rare opportunity. So just keep on your guard, and if a worst case scenario were to occur? Well, we've fought our way out of far deadlier situations then any pampered nobleman's guard can muster."<br/><br/>A confident smirk spread across his features at the last part. Some may consider such a boast to be a result of overconfidence. And perhaps there was some truth to the notion? But after the number of jobs and encounters they'd been through over the past couple of years - often times dealing with inhuman monstrosities which few others had lived to tell the tales about - it didn't seem quite so odd a notion for Kyou to carry such pride in their own abilities. At the same time, the assassin remained cautious, as he always was, when it came to actually carrying out the final execution of their assignment.<br/><br/>However, the man's attention had been diverted, albeit momentarily, by the sudden teasing advances of his devilish cohort. Stifling a light groan as she pressed into him, a strong hand moved over to gently caress along her hip as he inquired with a hushed tone, "....If I said 'Yes', is there any chance you would actually let me fill you quickly before we moved to make our grand entrance?"<br/><br/>Pausing to await any response, it didn't really matter what she may or may not say, as Kyou already knew her well enough to realize it was little else then an attempt at testing her fully human companion. "There are men who would have a woman killed for less then what you do to me at times like this...." He grumbled under his breath - shooting her a brief glare before taking another look around and finally signaling for them to make their move.<br/><br/>Moving within the shadows, the pair scaled a wall which the earlier blueprints had shown would lead them toward a narrow walkway with a hidden entrance leading directly into the room where their targeted artifact was supposedly held for safe keeping. Currently wearing his robes with the hood pulled over his head, Kyou had lead the way as they found the false stone which triggered the wall - watching as it slid open with considerable dust falling down to indicate how rarely this was used. Such a delicate detail for the people who gave them the blueprints to be aware of, which had set off another warning sign for the male. Not that they hadn't dealt with those whom tried double dealing schemes in the past, but the further they got involved with this assignment, the more Kyou started to doubt his judgment call of accepting the job.<br/><br/>Either way, it was far too late for them to pull out now, as they made their way through the secret passage - following through the hidden path until reaching the other end and cautiously triggered the hidden doorway to open. On the other side of the wall, a doorway shaped portion of the Lord's chambers would suddenly push outward and slide aside seemingly of its own accord. The resulting noise wasn't terribly loud, but would be easy to pick up for the bodyguard given how close in proximity Lord Tenshin's corpse had been left to the hidden entrance/escape route.<br/><br/>Partially pulling away the hood which covered his face, Kyou's dark brown eyes widened at the immediate sight which greeted them when the door had opened entirely. "What in the seven hells is going on here?" The man let slip, followed by pulling his robe back enough to begin grasping at the hilt of his own weapon in a gesture toward the woman to keep her own distance, before freezing in position near the hidden passageway upon taking a better look at the unmoving male figure. Bad enough they stumbled upon a seemingly unbreathing body with an armed witness nearby. But looking a few feet away to one side of where the body laid, there was a familiar looking dagger with fresh traces of blood upon the blade. It wasn't hard to figure out whose blood it was, but all one would need to do is look at his partners own choice in weapons to find an artificial resemblance in their make.<br/><br/>Maintaining a watchful eye on the bodyguard, uncertain of whether she would jump toward the at this point forgivable conclusion of themselves being the ones behind the man's killing, Kyou could already hear the sound of footsteps nearing as he gloomily remarked to Sayuri, "Ok....so I may have been in the wrong on agreeing to this one...."