The oni moves surprisingly fast for a creature of such size, and it darts out towards the garden, apparently seeking escape from the confines of the building. Fast as it is, it cannot outrun the wrath of the kami, and the jade strike hits it squarely in the back, elicting another of those piercing shrieks from it.<br/><br/>As the echos of that sound die away, half a dozen of the Thunder Guard pour through the door with bared blades, just in time to see one of the small creatures die at the blades of two of the magistrates, the other taking grevious wounds of its own. Its own attacks are feeble things, and hardly come close enough to even be a concern.<br/><br/>As the last two magistrates rush outside after the Oni they see it bounding into the air, a leap that must carry it 50 feet or more. In moments it vanishes into the night shrouded city.<br/><br/>- - - -<br/><br/>Inside the last of the smaller creatures is swiftly disposed off, and the gunso of the Thunder Guards steps forwards, looking at the scene around him. "What has happened here?" he demands.