Six men rushed the trio of Exalted - and two of them fell immediately, though of the survivors, two of them managed to get through Aika's defenses and land hits - albeit weak ones.  "Ngh!"  She replied as she felt the blows land, and two pips drain from her health meter.  The three women immediately backed into each other, forming an outward-facing defensive wall to watch the remaining four fighters.  Two of them surged forwards, trying to grapple Joy; a third rushed right at the Air Dragon race queen; a fourth hung back, playing defensive in hopes of avoiding an instant knock out.<br/><br/>Joy's Muay Thai elbow slash took her under the uncoordinated grapples of the two men coming for her, and they even allowed her to sneak in a solid blow against the Fang that had decided to stay out of the fray, putting his health bar into the yellow.  The same went for Aika's target - the one that had decided to attack Miku - she didn't KO, not like last time, but the man was forced to reel back after getting hit by the Tennin's Waking Dream palm strike.  Miku herself managed to down the foe she'd initially hit with her flying kick, using the wind itself to throw him away from the three of them.  He hit the ground and his bar drained all the way to nothing, as he lost consciousness.<br/><br/>Half of them down, and only one of them totally undamaged at this point.  For an opening volley, this had gone rather well...considering they were facing two to one odds and without any sort of weapons.  (Then again, what was the point of martial arts if not learning to fight well without them?)  "Doesn't really look all that good for you boys, does it?"  No sooner had Aika said that, though, than the three women heard the sound of feet running.  It wasn't them...and it wasn't their enemies, either...  "...let's hurry up and get through these goons!"