Mari takes a step forward and slashes at Ichizu horizontally intending to strike at his waist so to immobilize his movements. Ichizu disappears from her view only to reappear beside Mari and strikes with his black key wanting for the *Internment Rite* to take effect.
'How did he appear beside me??? ,cloaking-magic??? no!!!!....there was no flow of psion from his body meaning he didn't use any kind of magic...' Mari was shocked by the sudden appearance of Ichizu beside her but as a veteran is quickly regained her calm and dodged the attack with a black-flip while swinging her C.A.D towards Ichizu.
{Meanwhile}
"What was that??? how did he appear beside Mari just like that, we couldn't see any psion activity..." exclaimed Hattori in bewilderment.
"Yes i too want to know the reason behind it...." said Mayumi as all of them watched the battle between Mari and Ichizu from afar.
"Brother is using one of our clan techniques known as *Bajiquan*. It is a style that takes the shortest route to the opponent without showing any initial movement to damage the inside of the body instead of the outside. It is compatible with both weapons and bare handed." said Nikasu in a cold tone.
"It's good that Mari dodged the attack otherwise it would have been very painful for her." concluded Ichihara.
{Meanwhile}
Mari once again attacked. Her baton like weapon extended into a whip and once again horizontally slashed at Ichizu waist. Ichizu holds two black keys and crosses them. When the whip was near his strike zone he quickly rotated the cross, reeling in the whip and stabbed the keys in the ground.
He again disappeared and reappeared near Mari while stabbing towards her. Mari knowing that her whip was pinned down didn't panic but threw some sand-like black particles towards Ichizu. Seeing this Ichizu smiled a bit before throwing one of his keys towards the black sand.
As soon as the key came in with the sand Ichizu muttered "*The Cremation Rite*".
BOOOOMMMMM!!!!!!
The black sand burst into flames and produced a small explosion causing smoke to cover their vision for a sec. Suddenly another voice entered her ears "*The Excarnation Rite*" Crows emerged from the smoke as it disappeared and allowing her to see once again but she didn't see Ichizu anywhere and was them attacked by the large group of crows successfully distracting her.
Mari wanted to use her magic to take care of the crows when suddenly a black key shot towards her from the flock of crows. She quickly used her C.A.D to defend.
{Ding}
She manages to block the attack but the strength behind the attack send her flying across the room ,she black-flips in the air and land on her feet. Ichizu appear in front of her and slashes down ,Mari smiled as a magic sequence appeared beneath Ichizu's feet.
"*Air manipulation*" a gust of wind blasted upwards propelling Ichizu upwards in the air. Mari seizes this chance and swings her whip to wrap around Ichizu. Ichizu smiles towards Mari and disappears with a {poof}.
Mari's eyes widened as he left a blade on her neck and a soft, calm voice "*Shadow clone jutsu*"
Seeing that she could no longer retaliate ,she decided to give up "I give up.....*sigh* when did you got behind me????....." asked Mari wanting to know how she lost.
"When the black sand burst into flames i used that opportunity to use a substitute and use cloaking-magic to transform into a crow. 'It' threw you near my true position and appeared in front of you so that you attention would be focused on his instead of a crow behind you and the rest is history." said Ichizu in a calm manner as he removed his keys from Mari's neck and makes them disappear.
"But i didn't sense any psion disturbance when you used the Magic????" asked Mari.
"My control over my Psion is at peak level ,i can confidently say that their is no Magician who can sense it relying on his/her senses." answered Ichizu.
"I could see you weren't even trying to fight me ,your speed ,you reaction time, you psion control, you fighting style far outstrips me, so much them i can't even guess your level of combat awareness." said Mari.
"I didn't mean any disrespect i just wanted to see your level of combat...." justified Ichizu.
"Well i don't mind .....and welcome to the * Public Morals Committee*...both you and the other person....." said Mari.
"Did i stood a chance at any point in the battle...????" asked Mari.
"You lost the moment we decided to battle....." said Ichizu as the world around them broke like glass and Mari found herself standing beside Mayumi ,she looked ahead and saw a devilishly handsome back standing in front of them with red-eyes.....
"Wh..at th...." before Hattori could say anything Mayumi interrupted him, saying "*Genjutsu*, damn i didn't even knew when i fell into one....Ichizu you too can something be mean.....*Humph*"
"A gen.... what????" asked Azusa clearly not knowing the meaning of the word.
"A genjutsu is like a illusion it is created when a Magician controls the psion flow of a target's cerebral nervous system, thereby affecting their five senses; this is frequently used to create false images and/or trick the body into believing its has experienced physical pain."
"Those under the influence of genjutsu will either appear to be unconscious or continue to move around under the pretense of the genjutsu. The latter is very effective in battle as a genjutsu user can make themselves appear to be somewhere else and attack the victim from behind or change the environment to make the victim see a flat plain where there is a steep cliff." said Ichizu as horror and fear gripped their hearts.
"Though there are not many who can cast a strong genjutsu .The difficulty of performing genjutsu in the first place presents an additional barrier to its use: genjutsu require precise psion control in order to manipulate the target's senses and advanced intelligence to make the illusion convincing which not even one of most talented magician can do." said Ichizu.
"Then why are you able to do so....???" asked Mari.
"Let me answer the question you asked us before all of this....my name is Ichizu Ruujiki and he is my brother Nikasu Ruujiki ,pleased to meet you all...." said Ichizu as he bowed to the stunned Individuals except Mayumi who had a smile on her face.
'The clan of Illusions and one of the 11-masters clan....' thought everyone as they remembered the Ruujiki clan.
But there was one thing that bewildered them though ,even if they belonged to one of the 11-master's clan they should still be under the command of the council after all other members of 11-master's clan were also following the rules of the council.....but they decided to shrug off this question and focus on matters at hand.
"Welcome to the council, hope we all will get along well...we need to hurry the ceremony is about to begin." said Mayumi as them made their way to the stadium.