Kiro chuckled slightly, sounding exhausted, as the faintest smile made its' way onto his face. "You really think so?" He appreciated the praise, and became quite happy, as he thought about the masters' own reaction to hearing their disciple won another battle.

"Not a bad fight, my friend." Niijima laughed, as he gave him a short pat on the back. "You're really climbing up on the popularity chain these days," he added, as he pulled out his PDA to make a few changes here and there to his plans.

Kiro winced once the hand hit him, as Niijima had hit dead-on on one of his bruises. He just continued on to the doorway with Shaz and Ally, as Kiro felt just a bit too tired to deal with Niijima. Just as Kiro reached to open the doorknob, the door suddenly swung open, as someone kicked it.

It was the dark-haired, tall man that had challenged Shaz a while back! He carried a baseball bat this time, as about a dozen men stood behind him, most of them all carrying a weapon of sorts. "Well, what do we have here?" He laughed, as he saw his unconscious rival hang in between the two others. "I was told I'd find Shaz here, but I never imagined it would be in a state like this!" He continued to laugh, as the intimidating figures behind him did the same. "Listen, kid," The man looked over at Kiro. "I have orders to take you out," 

Kiro gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists, as he stared back up at the tall man. He was in no condition to fight again, but if he had to, he would. 

Niijima shook in fear, as he slowly backed away towards a far-off corner. '[i]He's not as strong as Shaz, but in the state the ol' boy's in, and with those weapons...[/i]' He reasoned why Kiro and Ally would lose. 

"But I'll make a deal with you, since you seem pretty beaten up. I didn't come here for you, I came for him." He pointed his bat off towards Shaz. "I'll let you and your friends walk away today. Leave now, and we won't have any problems, kids. We can settle our fight another day." He said it as if he was being extremely merciful, because in his eyes, there was no way any of them stood a chance against him and his group.

"Take the deal, Kiro! That's Taro Ito, he has the same ranking in Ragnarok as Shaz!" Niijima warned Kiro to try and get him to back down, so they could all leave safely. "Who cares about the guy!? He tried to beat you up, for crying out loud!" Niijima angrily continued upon seeing hesitation in Kiro's eyes.

"You can forget it!" Kiro exclaimed to the bully, as he slowly brought Shaz to the ground behind him. "I'm not sure what kind of beef you have with Shaz, but I won't let you fight him so unfairly like this!" His legs started to shake uncontrollably, as he brought his fists up. He had Ally with him, but these guys had weapons! Some of them rather sharp-looking! He hadn't had any sort of weapons training, and so was petrified to face them.