The battle cry raised all red flags all around her. Kaylin chanced a quick glance to see a man with black hair fighting a swords man. It was a short lived look at the auburn haired man took a closer step to her. He was already less than 10 feet from her. Thankfully the man stopped when she looked at him again. "Stay Back and state your business!" Fear fueled her anger. Not knowing what was going on only intensified the reaction. The smile returned to the mans face, sliding his hands into his pockets before he looked behind her. She heard a set of footsteps, one coming at her fast. She managed to pivot herself so that all three people were in range of sight.
The man with a spear stopped a decent distance away from her. The other person chasing him looked to be in his late teens, had the brightest red hair she'd seen, and had many small, deep cuts that were slowing his movements down. The man had his weapon facing the one with the sword. Kaylin listened to his words, wondered if all of this could really be happening. Was this someone elses life she was watching?
Kaylin was stilled by the man's silent fury. If she was those other guys, she knew she'd take the hint and save her life. The others didn't seem to follow her mindset though. "Employer?" The auburn haired man asked in confusion. His eyes opened to take in the message tube before he went into a fit of humorous laughter. The red-haired young man stilled his own labored breaths to put his free hand on the hilt of another sword on his back. His whole focus came to be on the taller man with dark green eyes. The pleasant laughter became darker as the brief moment went on. Finally auburn-hair stopped, delivering Takuma a cocky glare. "The only person I answer to is Commander Wayde. Since I don't think he's magically transformed into a tasteless bum recently, maybe you should be off to fetch him if you'd like results," The sinister look returned to his features. Lin felt her legs moving her closer to Takuma, ever so slowly. "Hope you don't mind if the party continues without you." The bright, red haired grip tightened on his weapons. The first man delivered another chuckle. "Actually you're right, Agito. It wouldn't be much of a party if he left.... Finish him!"
The man with red hair drew his sword in a flash, resolve settled in his eye. It might've been clear that he never expected for a fight to go this far, that the young man though trained to take a life in combat, had never actually done so, nor even faced such an opponent that could possibly take his. He didn't want to fight, but what choice did he have now? Steeling himself, he charged for Takuma. Before within range of the spear, he dove to the side, hoping to confuse his opponent. At the sight of new battle, Kaylin's plan get-closer-to-the-least-crazed-person quickly transformed into operation Get-The-Hell-Away! Without second thought, she headed for a safer spot. She ended up closer to the water, but turned so she could see everyone. This was fine with gray-eyes as he was more focused on watching the fight. Kaylin kept backing up, wishing she had thought to bring a weapon to protect herself with before leaving that farm. An axe, a pitchfork, hell even a shovel would've been better than nothing. There had to be something she could use. Soon, she was stepping on something solid before her boots hit something hard. Kaylin glanced down. Rocks! That was better than nothing. Looking around, she found the heaviest one she could carry without strain.
The auburn haired man continued to watch the battle, a deep frown on his face. Agito was no match for the man. It didn't matter that he wanted to succeed, it was the fact that he wasn't that had to be dealt with. If only there was a way to tilt the battle in their favor. It might be too late for such measures, but he had to try something. He started to lift his arm, getting ready to initiate another signal. Before he gained much movement something smacked into the back of his shoulder. Hard. He let out a grunt laced with surprise, pain, and anger. He spun around, reaching to grab whoever it was behind him. The only thing he caught was a red braid. He snarled down at the medium rock dropped near his foot as Kaylin tried to reduce the pain of his grip. She had snuck up behind him in hopes to get a surprise blow. It was a surprise alright. She didn't mean to slip on the grass and land a hit, and avoid a blow all in one mistake. He hulled her up from the base of her braid from her crouched position.
"Ooo, I can not iterate how lucky you are that I can't hurt you. I'm certainly not in the mood to entertain you, deary. First we're ordered not to have standard fun with you, then you try to insult me with your lowly moves. Make one wrong move and I might have to rethink orders." There was a glint in the distance, unbeknown to either of the two. It was small, light reflecting off an arrow. It seemed to be pointing in the general direction of the four in the clearing. The exact target wouldn't be known until it made its mark.
((ooc: ^_^ You know the drill. Feel free to KO or injure more the npcs.))