*THROWS YOU ALL TO THE WOLVES*

"Aha, I've found you! Hibari Koichi..." A cheerful foreign female's voice sounded from a nearby rooftop. Within an instant the girl had jumped off and somehow landed without breaking her legs. Her eyes fell on each of them, she was like a predator having just spotted her unsuspecting prey. Taking a few steps closer, the girl continued, "It was easy to find ya'. I just followed the beaten down cannon fodder... Pretty impressive stuff, I gotta admit." She grinned fiercely at them and unhooked a whip that was attached to her belt.

"...Dunno who the other one is, but I've got orders concerning you, Hibari. You have an opportunity to join a stronger faction than the Vongola Family. But of course, I've done my homework... You're not with those dudes really. You just like a challenge, don't ya?" The teen let the whip fall at her side as she stopped walking and tilted her head curiously, "...Well?"

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Ami pushed her eyes into Hinata's shoulder as their white-haired saviour tore through the intercepting men in suits, refusing to look knowing that she'd more than likely hurl. Just what the hell had they gotten themselves into?! No... What did she drag poor Hinata here into? Her eyes inched away from his shoulder, head slowly turning to see the swordswoman's blade tinted with red. At least they were still alive... What was that bright light coming from the young woman's ring? It was like fire, but brighter; it shone like the sun.

But before the curious girl could ask, Ami found herself suddenly staring at another source of pressure. The Shrine?

"Fuck, Ulfric! I told you not to let her out of your sight! Rrr.. I'll just fix your screwup and take all the credit...!" An Italian man's voice sounded from the direction of Nami' Shrine. There was the sound of a flame being ignited, but it was soon replaced by a low growling sound. A predatory creature long forgotten by time charged down the steps towards Amalea, Hinata and Ami baring it's two massive canine teeth. "Tear 'em apart, Ripper! ...But leave the girl."

The Sabertooth slowed to a halt, staring at the three. It's tail was tipped with red fire, along with it's claws and some patches of fur. The beast clearly hadn't just escaped from the fucking zoo. The Box Animal's master was at the top of the steps suited like all the other mafia troops, but this one looked more carefree, even smug about the whole situation.

"We.. We should go another way.." Ami suggested-slash-whimpered at the sight of the prehistoric 'humans worst nightmare'. ...Just what the hell was with all this colourful fire?!

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"Oh man, Option C sounds so fun! Let's go with C." Laughed the firey-haired young man, the same one Calthorn had witnessed executing Sora Sawada only minutes earlier. Now he was here - confronting the CEDEF agents in the pouring rain. Alone. Without a weapon. The guy didn't even have the gun he'd shot Sora with anymore... Either he was insane and had a major deathwish, or more likely: he knew he'd be able to take them both out without the need for rings or boxes. Unfortunately that risk didn't cross the pink-haired swordswoman's mind at the time - she simply wanted to do one thing to the smug son of bitch.

"I'm going to cut his head off," Ruby commented out of nowhere, glancing at Leo with a bored expression plastered on her face.

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(I'll throw some evil guy CSs up sooner or later, just uh.. just roll with it for now. Gimme a day to sort this out. xD

Also Cronic, feel free to join anyone's fight. Your Mist counterpart is a little preoccupied with other things for now, like sneaking. :3)

And just like that there was another here before Kaji could speak or decide or anything. Would the annoyances ever cease? Koichi sighed and turned to fix his gaze on the female who'd just come down from the sky. That might have impressed another. Maybe it even impressed Kaji. but not Koichi. She obviously wasn't a normal girl after all. He sighed and held up his arm holding tightly onto his tough as he got ready for a seemingly inevitable battle. "It seems you're different from the rest of these little animals." He said obviously showing no care for any of the things she'd just said. "Still you are associated with them." He then said calmly his expression becoming slightly more serious than it had been. "So for disturbing the peace of Namimori..." There seemed to be a paused. This wasn't a normal situation. Seriously even an idiot could see that. But the Hibari boy treated it as an everyday occurrence. Rather than focusing on the who, what, when, where, and why of the situation he focused on the only thing that mattered to him. The fact that they were an eyesore and bothering his town. "I'll bite you to death." He said as he charged at her thinking it best to finish this quickly and get to the shrine. Though if she was as tough as she seemed to be compared to an average person she might hold up against him. And if she was part of the world that Koichi thought she may have things on her that he did not. This could prove to be quite troublesome. And almost as if on cue with that thought a small smirk appeared on his face. This might prove to be a bit more fun than he though.

Kaji wasn't entirely sure what was going on. But considering how his day had already been going it was getting harder and harder to surprise him. A girl with a whip jumping off a building. and subsequently baiting Koichi into a fight. Well bait might not exactly be the right word but kaji was certain he was one of the few people dumb enough to do it. Normally he had an issue with boys fighting girls but given the circumstances around him he wasnt about to say squat. Kaji was good but somehow he knew not to get involved with this fight. So he waited and watched. kaji had been in many cough cough altercations cough cough with Koichi hibari over the years. He was ruthless, fast and most obviously strong. But Kaji got the same feeling from this mysterious chick.

'What. The. Fuck.'

That was Hinata's train of thought once the red tinged, prehistoric beast crawled out from its hiding spot. Claws and fangs bared to attack. It looked like a tiger, kind of, but it lacked any sort of orange. Plus it was on fire, which was... very odd. Hell, it was even acting like its skin wasn't being burnt to a crisp! And why was the fire red of all things?

The frightened brunet turned his head slightly at his two companions. The swordswoman was pretty strong... She could protect Ami better than he could, no doubt. He directed his gaze to the steps, where the sabertooth and its master stood. After all, he was just dead weight. Not important to anything or anyone in the grand scheme of things. Trembling, he managed to say, "S-Swordswoman... You... You can save Ami, right?" His grip tightened on the pathetic wooden practice sword of his, "Well you... Get her out of here. I'll... I'll hold them off...!"

Fortunately it was raining, so nobody could see his sobbing. Though that didn't prevent his voice cracking due to it. Hinata widened his stance and stepped between the tiger and the girls, before readying his 'blade'. "C'mon... Let's play fetch."

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'What. The. Fuck.'

That was Hinata Leonardo's train of thought as the fiery haired, cocky-sounding motherfucker decided to show his face among the mooks gathered around the two agents. He had troops around, perhaps that was why he was weaponless...? No, no, any mafiosi worth their salt would come armed, or have an 'out' to a situation. Which meant that underestimating this guy was a bad idea. Very bad, especially since he came unarmed...

"Wait. Don't get too hasty here, Ruby."

Leonardo looked around the area, mentally forming a plan of action for himself and his team. While he did maintain a Cloud Flame, he wasn't some raw power fighter like some people, but tactics more than made up for strength. His nearly-invisible wires spread out around him as he drew and activated his Box Weapon, placing Nest into play. He glanced at a few mooks stepping into the midst of his wires. He could use that... He turned to Kaoru.

"So. Who the fuck're you and why should we give a shit?"

A single swipe of Leo's hand would entangle the footsoldiers and drag them between himself and the fiery man, making for a quick human shield just in case the guy would attack out of the blue.

All Amalea was told to do was to get the Sawada to safety but there was no way that this boy could beat these people with a wooden sword. "This is pathetic." she muttered, hearing the crack in his voice."The Varia never back down." she said as she reached into her jacket and pulled out a small yellow box. She lifted it up and shoved the flame covered ring into the hole. When she faced it towards the beast A large flame covered spider appeared, followed by tons of much tinier spiders. "Sole! Get the beast first." she ordered, the large spider jumped at the beast trying to bite it to distract it, and the smaller spiders attempted to make their way up it's legs to get into it's mouth.

She looked over at Hinata. "You need a real weapon brat. Now stop your whimpering and fight if you want to protect that girl" she shouted, "use this and i swear if you break it i will use it's remnants to kill you with." she told. She pulled out another box similar to the first one and repeated the process. Out came a bow covered with sun flames. She drew an arrow from the holder that was attached to her back and quickly aimed it at the Italian man. She took a second before she loosed the arrow with a smirk on her face.

Hinata fumbled with the spatha literally thrown at him for the first few moments. It was his first time with a 'live' blade, and it didn't even have the decency to be a katana, or one sided, orr sized to his fit! Plus it was heavy as hell, which was likely to do with the size and the fact it was made of metal, not bamboo. It was unyieldy in Hinata's unpracticed grip. Perhaps if it had been a handle of Japanese-make, then he could heft it easier, what with practicing with a tool meant to emulate katanas and the like.

The brunet quickly cycled through staring at the metal blade in fear and staring at the prehistoric beast in fear. The blade he was provided was one handed, so using it in both hands was gonna make his strength better... but his speed much lower. It was better to use it one handed, then, since adding onto his pitiful strength but reducing his superb speed was stupid idea... He looked at the much lighter shinai in his offhand. It took a moment, but the circuits in his brain finally clicked.

"Ha... Niten ichi-ryu is a thing... But I don't think I'd ever imagine any two-sword style being used like this..." Hinata joked to himself, holding the shinai in front of himself as a makeshift shield and holding the spatha behind his back in a way that would give quite a bit of force in he were to swing it. "Ami!" Hinata yelled, "Make a run for it! I'll cover you!"

It was a sound tactic, Amalea taking the master, and Hinata diverting the murderous pet tasked with hunting Ami down...

'There's no way I'm gonna make it through this...!'

"Charge straight in and deal with the problem, huh?" Angelica asked, kind of astonished at the brutal tactic being used. Well, it was a Hibari, it's not like he was going to pull off some kind of epic acrobatic stunt - he was out for blood from the very moment this fight began. Not that Angel really cared how threatening he was - this was such a perfect opportunity... She cracked the whip, making it glow purple and grow a few extra lashes before flinging them at Koichi's legs. The aim here was to get ahold of him, and launch him straight at herself with a very odd degree of strength for the slim-built and short girl. If it worked, she had a simple goal: introducing Koichi to her fist while he was helpless, tied up in mid air.

If it didn't work, she'd just have to try something else...

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Kaoru shrugged at the questions asked by the CEDEF's young boss, watching the two with a not-so-interested smile, "Who I am: doesn't matter all that much! Why should you give a shit: we're enemies, and I kinda feel inclined to turn you guys into ash~"

Ruby's eye twitched, "I'm definitely going to cut his head off," she asserted. She punched the CEDEF Storm Ring into a decorated box on her belt with the Vongola crest on it and out seeped red flames that eventually became a falcon. The various troops standing around waiting for the fiery-haired man's command began visibly preparing for combat, as did Leo's pink-haired subordinate, tossing and twirling her blade around skillfully.

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The beast let out a fearsome roar, spreading storm flames from it's mouth to destroy many of the smaller spiders before they got close. It then dived to one side to avoid getting bitten by the larger spider, using it's momentum to suddenly break into a charge at Hinata and Ami. The frightened girl gripped around her best pal's chest in the worry that this was the end for both of them, not taking in the fact that she might be restricting his movement, "Goodbye Hinata!" she cried as the sabertooth started to circle them.

There was no chance Ami was going to make a run for it, not with this thing chasing - it was just too damn fast...

Romario flinched as the arrow blazed past his head, narrowly avoiding getting stuck by the projectile. He drew a long revolver and took aim at the Varia woman, "...Bitch! That almost killed me!" he yelled before beginning to unload in her general direction in rage. Every bullet was coated heavily in storm flames, the man's resolve evidently being equivalent to how pissed off he was!

As if on cue, the large sword that Calthorn typically lugged around appeared out of nowhere, and went to collide with the sabertooth using the flat side if the blade. The amount of force it was being swung with would be enough to knock the beast flying if it hit. The sword itself was also covered in mist flames, giving it a more ethereal like appearance.

"Reinforcements have arrived, ladies and gentleman." Calthorn said, as he faded into view from his feet upwards, his right hand gripping the sword's handle. Once he'd fully materialized, he turned to look at Amalea, and by extension, her adversary.

"Now then, let's make this a little more favourable, shall we?"

The young brown-haired teen took a step back, Ami still clinging to him for some reason. Likely having to do with the fact that escaping might not end the way she'd, or even he'd, like it. Upon the sound of bullets flying, Hinata's body went into overdrive. He threw his body, and thus Ami, who was cling to him, onto the ground to avoid the stray bullets in their direction. Their new positioning was something like Hinata's forearm wrapped around Ami's shoulder's to protect her head from the ground, and Hinata himself on his side, blocking Romario and the sabertooth's line of sight, and holding his borrowed blade in a defensive position. His head was craned back to watch the battle before an object entered his peripheral vision.

"Th-That was a convenient flying sword!" Hinata remarked incredulously as the blade came into view, sending the beast away from them, whether by dodge or by making contact. Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, a man in a dark garb began to appear, holding the sword in question. Fortunately though, it seemed that the guy in question that had recently appeared was actually going to assist them! Now the battle was 3 on 2! ...Or, more accurately, 2.25 on 2, as Hinata wasn't much of a contributor, to be completely honest. He was just there, unwieldy borrowed spatha and worthless shinai in hand, being clung to by and using his body as a shield to protect what seemed to be the objective of both parties.

Amalea smirked and jumped out of the way of the man's bullets as she pulled out another arrow. "That was the point dumbass!" She shouted back loosing the next arrow. She smirked casting a glance at her new ally. "Let's finish this quickly, these two brats need to get the fuck out of here." she said pulling out two more arrows, getting them ready as she ran towards their enemy. She kept her aim and once she got closer she fired, letting her sun flame coat the arrows before she did. Her flames growing with her resolve to defend her honor as a fighter

Amalea's spider charged at the sabertooth while it was knocked down to try and take a bite out of it and plant it's eggs. That would be the fastest way to get rid of the stupid beast. More smaller spiders spilled from it's mouth to distract it from the larger spider.

Koichi was in no mood to play games with this.girl and it showed. He wanted to make this quick and yet still something told him it would not be that easy. There was a slight advantage in her favor. The tonga weren't very well suited fair channelin the cloud flames. And because of that he chose not to. Not to mention he didn't have the other weapons a battle like this would require. Still he was prepared to fight. He jumped, avoiding her first attack. "Not bad." He had to admit as his foot touched down on the side of a building near him and her. He kicked off, propelling himself towards her and spin aiming a kick first to her side. It would then be following by a powerful downward blow with the tonfa. Whether or not it worked wasn't of any concern. He just needed to win one way or another.

(Hey guys sorry I took so long. I will try not to let it happened again.)

"Shit... Ripper, it's time to go! The prey can wait." Romario grumbled, the Storm Sabertooth obeying it's masters command and dashing back up the steps toward the Shrine. It was definitely hurt, and it's master wouldnt be able to finish the battle now that he was outnumbered. The oversized tiger dived into it's box before Romario legged it off into the thick forest behind him.

Ami finally let go of Hinata just as the rain began to cease, and sunlight began to break through the clouds. She span her spatha-wielding pal around and checked him for injuries, despite him not having really fought at all. Damn it, 'Nata was precious! The only other person she cared as much about was Dad, wherever he was at this point. The little mafia boss then turned her attention to the newcomer and his.. chainsword? "Okay, the bad man and his pet are gone, and another scary person is here now..." she commented, gulping and watching for any other out-of-the-ordinary fellows around. It looked like they were in the clear! "Aren't we supposed to be going somewhere safe now?"

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Hibari's shorter opponent evaded a spinning kick by rolling out of the way at the last moment. He was fast, sure, but it's not like he could helicopter himself directly into his opponent, ...despite what the stories said about Hibaris. As soon as Koichi landed he began another attack, swiping his tonfa downwards to successfully smack Angelica on the head.

"Ouch," she neutrally commented on the powerful attack. Anyone normal would be knocked out after that strike, or having this kid's size and weak frame, maybe dead! "I hope that's not all you've got, Hibari..." the girl giggled before backflipping quite a ways away from her opponent. Her gaze found Kaji then, as she hoped to stoke Koichi's irritation by ignoring him. The purple lashes from her whip extended and multiplied yet again as she swung it - this time aiming to hit the onlooker.

Kaji watched Koichi engage the girl...and was genuinely astounded by her...how shall we say... resilience. The glowing whip made him reach for the rings in his pocket. He was barely aware of it but he slipped a ring onto his finger as he watched the fight. Taking a direct hit from Hibari and still moving was a feat few were capable of. When she turned her attention toward Kaji he cursed under his breath and held up his bat to defend himself by covering his head. The act of desperation must have triggered something because it activated the ring he was wearing. A red flame ignited from the ring and coated the bat in its Storm flame. He had no idea what was going on but when he received less lashes from the whip than he expected he looked up in amazement as his glowing..well flaming...bat. He looked at it instead of looking at his apparent opponent. Not the smartest move but then again he never saw a bat on fire before.

"Outnumbered and potentially out-gunned. Smart men would flee when facing those odds." Calthorn said, spinning his sword around a few times as though it's weight was non-existent, before stowing the blade onto his back, turning to look at Ami and Hinata.

"You're unharmed. Good. But that guy will be back with reinforcements soon enough. Right now we need to get you two to the Shrine, ASAP. It's not safe out here." Calthorn said, sounding relatively calm despite being ready for a fight barely a few minutes ago.

"Idiot" Hibari commented as he angrily attacked the girl from the side. Direct contact. A roundhouse kick to the side which could possibly break the ribs of an ordinary person. Though Hibari had a suspicion that it wouldn't phase her much. Still it was enough to send her flying into the side of a nearby building. It was all to get her away from Kaji who was stupidly staring at his bat. Albeit Hibari had to admit it was good to see the red flames. Perhaps he could use Kaji. "Where did you get the ring? Do you have any purple ones? Did you happen to steal any red and purple box looking items as well?" He asked quickly thinking Kaji would have already snapped out of his moment of idiocy. These questions were all important. If Koichi could get his hands on some boxes he could strip the girl of her slight advantage. Of course, he'd never actively say or admit these things. He was a Hibari after all. "We don't have time. Answer now." Hibari ordered as he watched out for the girl.

(I got Jake's permission to make that attack.)

hearing Hibari yelling snapped kaji out of his stupor but irked him at the same time. "bite me." was his reflex response as he reached into his pocket and dug out the rings. there were two purple ones. "I got no box's" He tossed Hibari the two rings. Normally he would have argued, probably gotten into a fight to but the situation was far from appropriate. So he willingly handed over the rings. He had plenty left anyway. "Does this mean you know why my bat is on fire?" He asked as he turned and faced the direction the female flew and held his bat at the ready. She had already taken one of Hibari's attacks and stayed conscious Kaji was sure she would be able to take a second. Damn life or death situations making him cooperate with Koichi hibari, hopefully this didnt become a normal thing. He wouldnt be able to live with himself if it did.