It seemed that the half-demon did not need to actually do any fighting whatsoever, especially seeing the white-haired woman taking the lead instead as she drew her own blade out and to intersect with one unfortunate guard's sloppy attack. Whether she was really just buying time or whatsoever, even the red-eyed female could see the potential fighting capabilities of Hoishi. There was that urge to have a small spar with her, if possible, but still, she had to dismiss such thoughts as it was not the time. Seemed like the woman, nor former guard of the dead Lord, was determined to follow them no matter what they would had said and done. For that, the dark-haired woman had to give her some small respect, but she was still cautious and suspecting of her.<br/><br/>For the Adviser, his eyes narrowed at the former General as his expression turned into out of disgust and rage, even if former General Oda came closer to him with her blade out and directing it towards him. The older man did not budge and kept his eyes steady upon the younger woman, but then moved his attention as the male counterpart of the hired duo came forward to suggest they should leave as if on this moment. With that, he snapped his head towards the cowering guards as they were hesitant to fight with such skilled fighters, and even more, seeing the feat their former General had shown. They knew the white-haired female to be such a talented fighter despite her gender, and only knew of her merciless side when she had to.<br/><br/>"What are you standing around here for?! Go after them! Attack! Do not let them get away, you buffoons!" Adviser Gorou began to shout commands out to the soldiers, and they finally snapped back into reality though with some hesitance, as they began to near towards the newly-made trio. Though they stopped at their tracks, now seeing the female half-demon nearing towards her male partner and the former female General and made a firm nod with her head as a response to Kyou before they finally split from the scene. Her long-time partner would had known by now that Sayuri would had a lot to mention to him, mostly just lecturing him and then scolding him slightly and perhaps mentioning that it would be an unwise choice to bring the other woman along. But she knew better and also was aware that it was not the time. As they dashed with their rides away from the stables, the remaining soldiers then began to chase after them on foot but looking a rather comedic sight as they almost stumbled upon one another.<br/><br/>But they were indeed persistent. Now seeing another group of soldiers now approaching, and this time, wielding their bows and notched their arrows while aiming at their targets —<em>them</em>. Just like Kyou, even Sayuri's eyes widened slightly but she quickly regained her composure before tossing a look towards her partner and almost gave a look which would had clearly read, "<em>I told you so.</em>" But still, she returned her gaze upon the man ordering the more organized and trained soldiers and gave a harsh glare towards him. When her partner-in-crime did his move, the dark-haired beauty had already acted and cover her own mouth and nose with one hand. Unlike normal human beings, she was rather more immune towards the effects of the smoke bombs Kyou had conjured by himself, but still, the stench was still foul, even for her nose.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, through the thick, dark smoke, the trio had escaped into the far distance with the soldiers along with their leaders to be left coughing terribly and some of them hacking towards the floor from the foul-stenched smoke. Far off into the distance as they headed towards the large, dense forest; it was only then did the raven-haired woman turned around to give a short glance behind her and seeing they were truly safe now as she could not spot a soul after them; only saved for the other strong female who tagged along with them.<br/><br/>Allowing for the man to mention briefly to their new addition before turning his attention to her, she gave a nod towards him, "How could I forget his face? Especially a handsome one, at that." Perhaps that was a light jab, but she then continued, "But yes, he came to us and offered us a job. Just to steal an important artifact, but as you can see, we had been running into a trap after all." She gave a slightly satisfied look towards her male companion, and she knew he would be aware on why she had such a look. After all the little warnings she mentioned and they both knowing this was too simple to be true, Sayuri felt she had the right to rub it in a little. But she did not say anything more, as she considered on how her partner must had felt at this moment and dismissed the thought for another time.<br/><br/>At the mentioning of heading back to their safe house, the half-demon looked slightly reluctant and actually wanted to voice out her disagreement with the idea. She still had felt that there was something amiss, especially having this former general following them and even knowing their secret location. Not that it would really matter, since she was really certain that if the other woman did ever inform her associates on the location, it would be extremely difficult to even near to their safe house. Not when their secret location was within the infamous dense forest which many local people would had known to fear and stay away from.<br/><br/>This particular forest was known to be filled with potential predators, but they would be far from normal ones — more of like, being from the underworld to be more precise. For some reason, the forest had such a dense population of dangerous, demonic creatures, even since from such a long time ago. Even as they neared towards the entry opening of the forest, their steeds were unnerved by the unnatural, dangerous aura which could be felt from the outer-skirts of the forest. Even then, Sayuri calmed her own ride and both duo seemed to be calm into entering such a dangerous place. "Do stay close, and one word of advise? Don't be afraid; they would be able to sense your fear and might attack you." That was what Sayuri had mentioned to Hoishi, though without even looking towards her as they headed straight forward and entered into the forest.<br/><br/>As the trio entered into the woods, the three of them could clearly see the danger lurking and prowling within the dark shadows between the trees, especially seeing many glowing red eyes watching their every movements. Odd sounds echoed through the forest; most of them sounding so inhuman and so unnatural, which only served to deliver the truth of the stories behind this particular forest. But oddly, none of the creatures had came out of the shadows to attack them. In actuality, they seemed to be hesitant and even afraid to leave the safety of the shadows and just remain in their positions.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, they did not take long to reach to their secret location as they soon arrived to a normal-looking house, in an open area in the forest. Once reaching there, the female half-demon had unmounted from her ride and waited for the other two to do the same. Looking over to Kyou, she then finally voiced out to him though in a more joking manner despite the situation, "You know. If I would not be damned, but I feel the only reason you actually allow her to come along is that, because she's a beauty. Then again, I know your taste in women and already can see in your eyes on how you are attracted to her somewhat. Just make sure that you do not favor her more, it's all I'm asking."<br/><br/>She then turned her attention towards Hoishi, and then looking from her feet and all the way to her face and she tilted her head slightly. "Let me say this right now. I do not trust you, and I'm not as gullible as my partner is. You may say that you are here in hopes to find answers, but I hate to break it to you, that I doubt we would have that many. Just like you, we both are mostly lost and only had realized we had been fooled and set up like so. But well, since you are here with us for now, I shall try to treat you as a guest and give you a bit of hospitality. And well, if I don't, then you would be eaten alive by those creatures you had seen in the forest. You.. really do not want to be eaten by them, let me tell you that."