He kept that frozen smile on his face, though anyone sensitive to energy would not sense any gathering power. He was much more controlled about power usage now.<br/><br/>He gave shard Kyuubi a slightly more animated smile, before turning and practically shoving the priest out of the room, and then sealing it to ensure they stayed alone. "Originally? Just seeing how the males were doing, though I was curious as to why the power I was getting from the male kitsuens was practically non-existent. Now I know.<br/><br/>You know, I had a hunch you were screwing with me, when we first met, but I thought you were something Barid had come up with, using mid end psychological warfare against me. Taking my place among the males? I will admit, that I didn't see coming. Though that Inari didn't warn me implies she didn't know, meaning either a rather spectacular coverup, or a new development."<br/><br/>He turned back to the shard, and gave him a somewhat vicious grin. "Sadly, there IS a known and established method of dealing with two beings claiming to be Kyuubi, and when I walked into the temple and made that claim, I locked us into that death spiral."<br/><br/>He activated his comm unit, and had it link him to Amaterasu's guard units before speaking aloud into it. "Please inform Ama that she needs to let Barid know he is about to lose a lieutenant immediately. The Kyuubi specifically. Reason is conflicting leader claims, and the time honored and<strong>TRADITIONAL</strong>method of determining the 'real' one is a fight to the death between the two."<br/><br/>The unit on the other end confirmed its orders, before disconnecting the comms to find Ama. He gave the Kyuubi a smile that was all fangs. "And this will be the second time I have had to kill a tainted that thought it was Kyuubi. Maybe this time I will do it right this time.<br/><br/>So, should we go ahead and start here, or did they build an arena for things like this when they were designing the city?"