Ioshi: "I think I made it clear Esca-sama, that I'm fighing only according to the rules and there is a figher waiting for you to challenge her. I'm sorry, but Ihave no intentions of fighting you right now, so I have to leave you. Also, normaly my shadows would listen only to me because they are loyal to me and I'm their leige lord, never before anybody could make them listen to them, but you did and I have to admit that I kind of underestimated you. However, even though you killed them, doesn't means I can't summon them back! You see, when they dieing, they are turning back into the shadows and I can summon any shadow as a ninja warrior to my help if I need too, even your shadow!"
He closed his eyes and a new ninja warrior apeared from Esca's shadow.
Ninja: "My lord, what do you want me to do?"
Ioshi: "Nothing, it is not our time or place to fight, we will wait patiently, but to make sure Esca-sama would not break any rules and go after us...Here!"
Ioshi perfermed a handseal and cast a binding spell on Esca that traped him inside a seal.
Ioshi: "Don't worry, it will wear off eventually, as for your clones..."
He closed his eyes and began to concentrate on Esca's clones and suddenly they began to fight each other as if something made them do that.
Ioshi: "Ninja's also have phychic powers, this one is ninja mind control that makes my enemies fight each other for a short time. So Esca-sama, if you want battle me, come after your fight into the bamboo forest and if the battle between those ladies would not be over I'll be there, as for now...Saya nara!"
Imeadeately he had leapt from the arena to the place where Toshi-san was standing with a really awsome and hardly noticable speed that almost made him a blurry shadow.
Ioshi: "Konichi wa Toshi-san, genki deshu ka? Now that I freed myself from Esca-sama, I'm ready to see that kattana and maybe try it out on a pice of wood or rock if you would alow that. So, what will you say?"