As Takumi strolled home, he noticed a slight amount of movement in an alley he passed. Chuckling, he turned and walked into the shadows of the pass. And, in 3...2...1... He mentally counted down, a small kunai coated in a dark purple liquid flying at his head at 'one'. Leaning aside and whirling around, Takumi stood in a casual stance as Nightshade came out. "Heya, Shade." he said, still smiling. "What did you need me for?"
"What makes you think I need you? How do you know I wasn't planning an ambush?" Nightshade said, bursting from the shadows and delivering a swift kick aimed for the head. Takumi quickly bounded back, landed on his hands, and pushed homself back up onto his feet as she rushed in.
"Shade, we both know you only make yourself seen when you have to say something. You're too good an assassin to be caught like THAT." The student pointed out, blocking and evading blow for blow as the woman nodded.
"True...Anyways, Ryoma wanted me to send you his congratulations for making it into GPWA. He's really proud of you." she said, evading one of Takumi's kicks and backing away to gain distance. "He wanted to see you himself, but Miura pointed out his...destructive tendencies."
"Yeah, big bro always did kinda go overboard." Takumi laughed, evading another pair of kunai by ducking behind the dumpster nearby. "Speaking of, when're you two finally gonna hook up?"
"Wait, WHAT?!" Nightshade asked, but in her distracted state, she didn't notice Takumi slip behind her with his Flash Step until he had his hands around her. Leaning back, he slammed the villainess to the ground in a suplex before trying to follow up with an axe kick, which was blocked. "Dammit, Takumi, don't even joke like that!" She swung low for Takumi's legs, but the teen jumped up, pushing off the wall into another flash step and grabbing onto the fire escape railing.
"Who says I'm joking? I've seen the signs!" Takumi proclaimed, swinging onto the platform as another kunai whizzed past. "Anyways, tell Ryoma I said hi!" Bounding up after that sentence, he used Flash step once more to warp onto the rooftops and ran off, Nightshade smiling up after him.
"Little brat..." she chuckled, before adjusting her cloak and walking off.