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"Worth a shot." She thought to herself, raising her shield to the ready. Most of the Rioushu's came then, completely surrounding her. Slowly Quint turned to keep most of them in her sights, but then they surprised her slightly by thrusting their weapons, not at her, but the ground. It was a small pause before a low rumble hit the room, it followed by another soon after.

Silently thanking Rioushu for the ice-cream, which affected her legs along with her bust, Quint leaped into the air, her bats catching the drift by forming a small pair of hard working wings and a buckler for protection. "Insurance fraud is illegal by the way..." Quint spoke in the direction of the stationary Rioushu, thinking that it could be the real one. A short moment was all that was needed to realize it more than likely a ruse.

"Each of them has a different weapon, ten fatal blows would be a guaranteed victory...Don't stay in the same place too long."

Quint looked skyward for a moment, wondering where the advice came from. It was obivous advice, but it continued to stick on the brink of her forehead, she unable to forget it if she tried.

Her bats then noticed some plaster falling from the ceiling, moving Quint out of the way forcefully, reminding her of the secondary danger. Acting quickly, Quint swung her whip, going for the lead leg of the closest Rio to her. Once the whip was secure around his leg, she yanked on the cord, pulling Rio along. She would wind up some momentum with the large ceiling that was available, and slam her former friend directly onto his back, probably breaking it. The face would have been more effective, but that would be a real mess to bring back to Roan..

First of the many clones crashed into the ground shortly after his allies had used him to get into more advantageous positions. His axe was taken care of in quick order, Quint thrusting her body to the side to avoid the deadly weapon.

"One down.." With a crack of her whip, it once again became a solid sword, Quint using that to encounter another Rioushu, this one to the far side of the room. It was close quarters, and now the clones were spotted around the large area, so she used her time to slash at the second Rioushu with malice, attacking the torso and limbs of the possible copy.

The clone that smashed to the ground disappeared leaving only smoke behind, while the rest watched Quint intently with their red eyes. As soon as Quint had jumped for a second Rio however, they all pounced on her, the one she was attacking jumping over her and going for an axe kick. The real Rio had just gotten through all of the bats holding him down to the ground, smiling as he held one particular bat in his hand. "You're going to help me out, aren't you Rio?" Rioushu asked the other half of his soul.

He tilted his head to the side as he looked at the minion, wondering if his plan would work. "Alright demon, I know you can do this, so don't hold back on me, this little guy is going to be very helpful if you can do it." Rioushu said, holding the bat tightly in his hand, waiting, staring at the bat intently. Then, he smiled as he saw it, the bat was being absorb into his body, and Rio could feel the missing half of his soul returning, along with a nice chunk of his power, his clones could feel it too as she flew through the air swinging their weapons at her.

Aonice was on her way towards Rio for another one of her visits regarding his formula, curious for one if there was an opposite. She rested her hand on her hip, just above the pocket the contained the typical ninja essentials, and wore her usual black tank top and vest, along with her favorite pair of cargo shorts and s**t-kickers. She recently cut her hair short, for a more sporty, wild look, it's brushy figure bouncing around her shoulders, only to suddenly be blown behind her as a shock wave emanated from Rio's place. She blinked with surprise, and smelled the burning debris, "What the hell? " was first to escape her lips, and immediately she darted towards the burning structure.

A few moment's later, she found the place burning rapidly, fire escaping through some of the thinner walls, the front, steel door only growing hotter.. She bit her lip, now having to figure a way into this strong hold, barred windows and metal doors only made it harder to enter, but a fire of this strength would soon have the building unstable. She whipped forth her sword, and began focusing her concentration and chakra along her blade, nearing the nearest set of bars that accented his window. The pressure inside apparently wasn't enough to shatter the glass yet, but there still was no telling what the glass was made of. She focused on the small, useful techniques Gatz had taught her, and easily wiped her katana blade through the metal bars, bending them slightly as the blade pushed them aside. She immediately followed through with a higher cut, and the bars easily fell to the ground, her chakra creating a surface around her blade best measured in molecules.

A few moment's later, the sound of a wood crashing against the thick glass caught both of the fighters attention, and soon thereafter, Aonice's voluptuous figure crashed through the thick glass, the pane failed to shatter, but flying knee first, and using her signature leg strength, the entire bit crumpled forward like a car's windshield, and slid against the ground, Aonice's feet landing firmly behind it. She still held half of her staff in hand, blade distended, and looked over the bright, fiery surroundings, She could just make out the two figures across the room.. "Quint! Rio! What's going on in here?!" She asked with a few steps closer to her presumed friends. "You need'a get out'a here, the fire department will be here any second!" She yelled towards the two, holding an arm over her face to shield her sensitive blue eyes from the heat..

Aonice's brow twitched, her arm still shielding her face for a few moments as she thought about what Quint said, "Your?! Your after Rio?!" She asked, just to make sure of her own assumptions, "Theres much cleaner ways of killing someone!" She advised, the sounds of sirens in the distance were fading slowly through the load roar of flames.. "Rio's stronghold is too deep in the forest for such a fire like this! I can't allow it!" She yelled at the two, then eyed Quint for a few moments longer, "And i can't allow you to kill off our other members! Even if he is annoying!" She explained once more, pointing her sword towards Quint, her eyes trembling slightly, not expecting to have to turn on a friend like this..

"I thought you considered us family!" She brought up Quint's rather deep words from just the day before, "I thought you cared enough to keep use out of your mingling with Rake!" She squeezed her eyes as a large pillar billowed at the ground behind Rio, burning debris falling with it..

Aonice blinked, it made little to no sense to her, or atleast how he was explaining it. The sirens were only growing louder with the passing time,and the building growing weaker. She would formulate a plan in her head for a stealthy, or atleast quick KO while Quint did what she did best; talk.
"So to protect those you care about, your killing them off?!" She asked curiously. Rio would make a good distraction, that was for sure, and her effortless grace and speed would easily get her behind Quint, but she'd still have to fight off those insidious bat's of hers. She carefully began to strafe to the side, getting far enough from Rio to make a good flanking position at Quint as she would answer..

Aonice furrowed her brows, Quint had finally learned when to stop talking, or she was taking this too seriously. She glanced back at Rio, the roar of the flames began to quiet down as she zoned out the annoying crackles. She held her blade at Ready, and continued to step forward, less then about 6 yards from Quint. She took note at the ready position of her wings, and thanked the gods they were still fighting in doors.. "I'm warning you Quint. Your wings will do you no good here" She squinted her eyes as more flame busted from behind a door, "Give up now!" She yelled back at the woman before the fire grew too loud for any audible conversation, another beam soon making it's way down behind her.. It'd be a matter of minutes before the building collapsed, and more so, the helicopters would be there any minute now to deliver showers of water to the house and the remaining, burning forest outside before it spread too quickly.

Rioushu yawned as he sat on the couch, currently laying down and watched the two girls squabble, Quint moving closer and further away from him. He looked around his house, shaking his head as the fire started to do some real damage. "Damn, and I was hoping not to need to rebuild for another few years, thanks a lot Quint." Rioushu complained, sighing as he sat up. "I would suggest you find a position and keep it Quint." Rioushu said, then noticed that she repeatedly changed her position to get closer to him now.

"Heh, if you're thinking about outspeeding me, I'm faster than both you and Morrigan's bats combined, it's the aerial speed that eludes us without wings, or should I say direction." Rioushu warned, though he didn't sound all that interested. In reality, he was completely alert, yet not worried, Quint had no chance to win here, and he knew it. For the first time since the fire started, Rioushu let out a cough from the smoke. "Ah, so training at the volcano did help in that respect, amazing." Rioushu said to himself. "Alright, can we start the dowsing of the fire already?" Rioushu asked to no one apparently, however what looked to be sprinklers came out of the ceilings, one appearing every four feet. As they washed over the building with water, Rioushu snapped his finger, and automatic turrets came out of the walls and pointed at Quint. "Gotta thank Gatz for the idea later..." Rioushu said to himself, then looked over to Quint. "Amateur, you never attack someone on their turf..."