The ash hits hitting his eyes plus the shield bash caused quite the stagger, causing him to back up and the slash to miss. Temporary blind, he relies on his aura to find JJ, and sheaths one of his katana's. He dashes past JJ, quickly drawing his blade for a series of slashes that only a trained eye could catch, and sheaths his katana again. [spoiler]You know, the fancy shit that happened in anime.[/spoiler]