[[OoC: o.o Oh boy-o! Sorry for the slight absents guys! I ended up going to a D.R.U.G.S show yesterday [yum Craig Owens] and we left *Monday morning! My bad for not telling you n.n; Thank you for waiting!]]
Tomoko was surprised to see the captain deflect the second Bala. With a nod of her head in thanks she turned her eyes back to the Gillian as they faced several head on attacks with no damage done! What kind of hollows were these? The confusion wracked her brain a moment before she was pulled back by the captains orders after he had sent out a hell butterfly for back-up. When back-up had arrived she figured it was best to leave it up to the captains. Defense was probably the best for her, as Tazuma had suggested.
She was quick to place herself in front of Ash as Micheal rushed towards him. With the initial attack parried, Micheal would probably rear back allowing her to slip in to actually take the full force of Ash's next attack. In her back she felt the searing pain of his kick. She let a soft "Tch" from her lips as the flame cauterize the wound but the pain was still searing none-the-less. She cringed softly but didn't turn around to address him. With soft words she starred at Micheal making herself his opponents while sending out a plea to the person behind her.
"Please understand, we do not think you are weak," she said knowing the feeling of being played off as such, "it is simply we do not know what we are up against. If you can't tell these hollow are not normal. It is against us as shinigami to let humans get hurt. It is the whole reason we exist. If you get hurt, it will be our heads on a post." She hoped with that he would let her handle Micheal as best she could. Although weakened, as long as she had enough flow of Yin she would okay till the captains took care of the Gillian.
She smirked a warriors smile at Micheal now addressing him, "Come on. Try me out for size instead," she challenged flipping the wakizashis in her hands awaiting his next move.