The shadows never welcomed the light, and likewise the light never made room for shadows but both exist together, if unwillingly but with understanding that both were needed to exist. Talon moved alongside the west side, moving along the roof tops of stores and other buildings. Knowing the sun being low enough so that anyone that would look at the roof would be momentarily blinded by the sun and take no second thought to a shadow moving along the roofs.
Talon wanted to deal with Lux quickly, he wanted to nearly tell Katarina "no" with this mission first off, but if Lux did possess information that could lead to more information of the mission to find the General than it was up to Talon to suck it up and deal with it. He jumped to another building and quickly stalked and crouched towards the edge to see if he could find that girl. His instincts screamed at him to turn around and just as he did a blade whizzed past his head. Not a blade but a kamma and a very stylish and recognizable kamma as well. He smirked as he spotted his assailant.
"Well, how is our Noxus assassin?" a female voice said, dripping with malice. Talon turned around to see Akali, the Fist of Shadow, a top ninja and deadly assassin. Talon gave her a curious glance before stepping back one step.
"Put your weapons away," a deeper male voice said as Talon turned and saw a blue cloaked Ninja, Shen the Eye of Twilight. Talon mused that he must have walked into a Ninja party that he wasn't invited to, rather he would have delighted to slit any of their throats but not together and certainly not where he was bound to not kill any other champions.
"Ha, as if our enemy hasn't aimed his weapons on us already," Akali muttered as she reluctantly tucked away her blades.
"Regardless, he isn't our enemy today, or for the moment, is that correct Blade's Shadow?" Shen asked as he turned to face him.
Talon nodded his head as his response to the man, he did have his weapons ready in any case they were to attack to him and to that he was thankful that evidently was not the case. "I'll just take my leave," Talon said as he began to move past them. He had no wish to begin a battle of wit with them, especially with Akali and Shen.
"Afraid of us little assassin? Your blade not big enough?" Akali mocked. Shen refrained from saying anything and simply kept his gaze on Talon and remained silent.
"I don't have time to chat Ninja turtles," and with that Talon leaped towards the other building. He heard a swoosh of a blade just before he lept and grinned to himself as he continued to run along the roofs before finally leaping off and landing in a bush to continue his hunt on the ground. The shrubbery that Talon landed on protested and left its mark on Talon as the man began to pull out thorns from his cape.
"Akali, you must learn to calm yourself, it will do you know good if he continues to get a rise from you," Shen commentated as he began to walk away from the roof and head back to the streets.
"Well why can't we finish that man? Hasn't he done enough trouble and terrible deeds with the evil in him?" Akali asked him.
"I see that he has greatly been force into such life style and done great and terrible deeds that merit death but, he holds something else about him. I do not see Valoran balancing out with him gone, in fact I may see it disturbed and unbalance," Shen explained, "Enough of this, we must continue and findi Kennen. He said he told us he had one match and that was over an hour ago," Shen said.
"Probably mousing around," Akali muttered as she quickly followed Shen.
The fall towards the ground was not pleasant in the slightest but Talon would had rather fallen on top Zyra than engage those two Ninjas. He was not scared of them, of course not, but quite frankly he had seen enough of them to realize that he needed to respect their strength. But that doesn't mean I have to respect anything else about them he mused as he silently moved through another alley as he caught a small glimpse of glowing blonde hair, but his eyes tracked the woman walking next to the Crownguard. It was in fact Riven, a strange sight to Talon's eyes but he simply shrugged and simply viewed it as another variable that was needed to be removed before conducting his investigation. Of course he couldn't remove Riven but he needed her away from Lux before he began his mission.
"Hello Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome," A silky voice began, Talon to his credit didn't swing blindly behind at the unknown voice but casually turned around.
"Should have taken that cold shiver running down my spine as a warning to your presence Evelyn," Talon said, his face turning that into a bored expression.
"Ah, well isn't it nice to finally meet the great Talon, anyways Mr. Stabby I was just walking around when I happen to come across you, and your spying ability certainly needs some help," Evelyn said, her voice silky and sweet.
"Some of us can't stay invisible for a ludicrous amounts of time, as well as some advice for you," Talon started.
"Oh, some advice more me?" Evelyn asked as she batted her eyelashes at his direction.
"Mind your own business," Talon said fatly as he turned around to leave.
Evelyn pouted her lips out as she placed both her hands on her hips. The nerve of the man was certainly that made of steel, A Jerk Steel Evelyn thought as she continued to moving about her own business. Whatever that Noxian Assassin was after it hardly mattered to her anyways. Now where is that Card shark she mused silently, shifting back to her invisible form.
Talon began to wonder if he was growing soft, rather if he was losing his edge. Granted both Evelyn and Akali were indeed masters of sneaking up on someone and both could turn blasted invisible for a large amounts of time, much longer than Talon could ever hope to achieve, regardless he needed to work on his self-awareness as soon as he had the time. His eyes scanned the streets, shifting through several robed beings before finally finding Lux and Riven. This will take a while Talon mused as he saw Lux pull in a somewhat reluctant Riven into a fabric store. He shivered at the memory of one of his first assignments, taking care of the Du Couteau Sisters during their shopping sprees. It was a total nightmare for the younger Talon as he tortured himself stay awake as the younger Kata and Cass milled through every aisle in every store in every plaza in Noxus. He felt somewhat empathic towards Riven, knowing full well that look of reluctance she had. Perhaps I should do something Talon mused as he disguised himself within in the shadows and crowds.
"Riven!" Lux cried as she shifted through aisle after aisle of assortments of both fabrics and clothing. This store perhaps contained enough material to cloth an army, to cloth an army into either skirts or blouses of colorful colors and somewhat girly apparel.
Riven couldn't suppress the grin as she envision an entire battalion of harden soldiers dressed so ridiculous. Her amusement did not go unnoticed by her escort Lux and she apparently mistook her amusement of her own imagination as for her enjoyment of looking through aisles and aisles of what Riven thought was the same clothing.
"Well, we should look over here at this aisle, there are some fabulous fabric that would suit you quite well. Perhaps a dress for those formal events? Or just some everyday use," Lux said as she pulled Riven further into the abyss of clothes and fabric. Riven couldn't possibly imagine how one could be so obsessed with clothing, but then again she herself was obsessed over something once.
"Honestly Lux, I do not see the need for new clothing, I'm not one for social events or even the 'hanging out' every day kind either," Riven began, strange how one could fall into such bliss of unawareness, and at such places such as the Institute of War as the Champions around them were a constant reminder of why such as the place like this exist.
"Huh, strange, you are strange, I me-mean, not in a bad way," Lux started, "W-well, I don't hardly meet other kinds of people outside of who my brother wishes for me to see and those who I usually ally myself with in the Fields of Justice," Lux started, her words fumbling, trying to give Riven an excuse that probably was not needed.
"It's okay Lux, I don't mind the shopping or clothing, I don't mind at all, but," Riven began, noticing her younger companion in a mild distress, "I am more interested with the political affair of my home and hardly feel the need to remember such luxuries," Riven stated, her voice cool and calming.
"Oh, yeah, I just get tired of all this war. I though with the creation of the League of Legends and the Institute of War things would smooth out eventually but as far as I could tell things have gotten a lot muddier and nowhere near better," Lux responded, "And I thought you were an Exile? I don't mean any disrespect, but you still consider Noxus your home?"
Riven eyed the young Demacian, "I understand, entirely, when I joined the Military it wasn't because of some blood lust or craving for the glory of the battle field but for the sheer feeling of being important, of serving a larger purpose of believing that what you are doing is right," Riven said as she absent mindly flipped through a few fabrics, "Noxus is still my home, and I intend to reform my home into the image and idea I fought for during my time in the Military," Riven added.
Lux stayed silent, unsure of where to pick up their conversation, the awkward silence ensure before suddenly Riven's mouth quirked into a half smile as a laugh escaped from her lips. Lux smiled as well, sheepishly granted but thankful for the tension in the air had dissipated, "But I of course have my favorite color, it's dark blue and black," Riven said, diffusing the rest of the tension.
Lux shyly placed back the pink the fabric she was holding and giggled as her brain began to crank out several different ideas, "Well then, let me find you something nice to wear than Riven, something dark and blue to suit your taste," Lux said finally. Perhaps they could carve out a friendship after all, political strife would always be there but so could friendship and warmth of another friend as well. Just as the light and the shadows coexist together, so could pain and happiness exist together. It would though not the best outlook of any life but it would be foolhardy to believe in a life without pain, and likewise a life without happiness as well.
Talon shifted through the alley next to the fabric store and quietly waited for the duel he was following. He was a master assassin, but even his own patience was wearing dangerously thin. He remembered what had happen last time when his temper had gotten the better of him, and that was not an event he wanted to remember at the moment. Talon moved forward before hearing a bell ringing loudly into his ear. He grown inwardly, he knew that bell summoning sound, and how he detested such noise. The air around him began to glimmer to remind him to go into the Fields of Justice and await for the battle to begin.
Talon sighed and moved quickly to the starting spot, he moved quickly and easily through the streets before finally reaching the double doors of the Summoner's entrance into the Fields of Justice. The darken hallway illuminated nothing but the light at the end was enough for him to see enough to walk without concern. He stepped through the magical veil and opened his eyes to see a familiar sight of the Nexus and the Field. He turned around to see four other Champions already waiting for the match to begin.
"Why how nice for you to finally join us Talon," Warwrick greeted, his mouth quirked to what some might call a smile, or grin, regardless it unnerved Talon," As you see you were chosen to go up Top Lane against the Exile," He grinned his toothy grin and shifted away to go see to the shopkeeper.
His eyes widen, he was use to taking the middle lane against the mages of the League. Whoever chose him certainly must be one smart summoner, Talon scoffed, he had not met many and doubted this one was one of the few. Something tugged at his cloak and Talon turned around and looked down to see the Dark Child, she was taking his place in the middle lane. "Yes?" Talon asked, his voice not so cold.
"Mr. Talon, do you have any tips against the Champion I'm going to be facing?" Annie asked, her eyes burning with fire, to which Talon wondered if it was real fire. He shrugged, indicated he knew not who she was supposed to be facing, "It's Katarina," Annie inputted quickly.
Talon's eyes widen, he then grinned, "Don't get too close to your own minions, her blades bounce off those near the first minion she threw his minion to. Her gap closer will add some magic resist but what makes her deadly is the combination of her bouncing blades and twirl of blades. Once you are marked with her blade you are given extra magic damage." Talon explained, "Save your stuns if you see her ready to move in to attack you. Stun her and spend all your moves, this will make her back off and try to go for the kill. Bait her close to her and wait for Warwrick for the gank, stun her once and Warwrick will come in and assist you for the finishing move. Just control her in the lane and don't let her move around, if she steamrolls it'll be hightime for us to surrender," Talon added.
Annie nodded, taking the time to take in the advice, "Oh, alright. Well she sounds deadly, I was wondering and asked you cause well you are like her boyfriend," Annie explained she hugged her teddy bear closer to her as she waited for the game to start.
"I'm not her boyfriend," Talon started, he almost doubled over by that lone comment, "What gave you tha-" was as far as he went before the announcer sounded off the start of the match. Talon shook his head and quickly went to the shopkeeper to get his Long Sword for increased damage and two health potions. He was going to need to push his lane quickly, Katarina would certainly have a field day today and even though they respected one another's skill, she was always trying to see which of them was the better assassin. Great, two women to worry about, one I have no clue of to fight against and the other I'm not sure I could win in a fight against Talon sighed and moved towards his lane.
A/N: It's been awhile. Anyways, please enjoy reading! Soon to come hopefully! Oh to give you the actual teams for this match
Talon, Warwrick, Annie, Soraka, Caitlyn
Riven, Lee Sin, Katarina, Morgana (Support), Ashe