[center][h3] [color=ed1c24]Hyakuya[/color] [/h3][/center]
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Hyakuya could more or less claim that being shot at was not a good experience but it wasn't entirely foreign to him either. As someone who fought in the war, he could confidently say that he had his fair share of arrows being stuck between his scales. The problem was, he was never attacked by a ton of arrows at once and expect to actually live after it. Well, fortunately for him, because of his old age and battle experience, he had managed to live through it.

To say that there was no improvement would be a lie. Not only had he gotten used to dodging arrows and shooting fire at them for it to melt, he had also noticed that his scales were growing tougher, stronger and more durable. Every day, he would thank Hirotsuka for the training and then limp off to Joan for her to heal him. He had also noticed that he was the one who went to her the most because of his injuries. Hyakuya wasn't sure if Hirotsuka was going easy on them or was just going extra hard on him because his training was being rained by arrows.

There were multiple instances that Hyakuya wanted to turn into a dragon and keep himself low to the ground while flying so he wouldn't need to endure the hike of Dragon's Back. But that would be very unfair to his squadmates, he thought, so he kept the thought to him and continued to walk. He was having as much trouble as his squadmates but he didn't mind. After all, he was forced to walk long distances when he was with the bandits when younger so he was used to it. When they were going for a decision to either climb the safe path or not, they all stopped.

Bodies lying on the ground, motionless. Their blood smeared the ground below. Five men, one missing. Well that was odd, they were a group of men weren't they? So where was the other one. So very odd. Hyakuya walked behind Tybalt to go for a closer inspection when Alexandria came into view. [color=ed1c24]"We are squad Quinque, sent her to rendezvous with Squad Septem but it seems they have failed to survive an attack."[/color] He told her so she would not attack them.

A scream. Female. His ears twitched and he turned to where the sound originally came from. She was saying that she was a survivor from the bandits. Was she really? Was she claiming that she was part of Squad Septem which was compromised of only men? Or was she a bandit trying to lower their guard? These thoughts ran through the Manakete's mind as he watched Hiro and Joan rush to aid her with Tybalt explaining that she might be a trap. A most wise decision. [color=ed1c24]"I'll keep to the rear then."[/color] He said as he followed behind their tactician once more, his hand wrapped around his stone, ready to transform any time.