As he carefully watched the rat whose blade was crossed with his own, keeping the man and his rat companion in the corner of his eye, Susano'o noticed something strange. The rat's body began to shift, but in an unnatural way. There wasn't even a split-second to react as the rat's body began to explode. Attempting to ease the damage, Susano'o caused rocks to grow from his skin, and though his technique couldn't be completed to it's full before the explosion, the Nekura was able to save himself from at least half of the damage done to his body.
As his armor flaked away, Susano'o noted the slight burns and bruises from the concussive force of the blast on his arms and chest, all while keeping the two opponents in the corner of his eye. And for good reason. Fire began to come towards the Nekura, and now wasn't a good time for heat. Clapping his hands together, with his sword still around his left hand like a gauntlet, Susano'o summoned a circling vortex of water around himself, which collapsed in upon itself in front of him and formed a large wave which crashed down upon the flames, creating a veil of steam as the water continued onwards.
Dangerous? Ha! I could have told you that...
Preparing to move towards to attack, Susano'o noticed something. A splash noise, and disturbance in the mist. Something was coming. Pointing his index and middle fingers outwards, he flicked his wrist and released a powerful blade of wind, which circled around a speeds great enough to cause the air around it to move as well, creating a powerful, cutting, sucking cyclone of wind which, even if slightly off it's target, would alter the trajectory of the Mirage Blade just enough to get caught up in the cutting wind, and cancel both techniques. With the wind drawing in the mist for the short time that it was present, the layer of steam left was thin enough that Susano'o could see his opponent, while still being thick enough to be visible.
...but you don't worry about danger, do you?
Technically, if the rat flesh didn't have a mind of its own, the rain should have still phased through (at my rank, the only thing that'll protect you is a "human" shield), but it's all good. "Things get too boring when we're worried about the result." Just... I don't know, felt like saying it? Like how I tried free-forming cutting the flesh spikes <.<