The stars faded from above the goon's head, and he came roaring back into the fight with a vengeance, trying to grab Aika so his buddy could land a clean blow on the Tennin.  Too bad for him that Aika had already moved, evading his compatriot's punch and grabbing him by the head, kneeing him in the chest a couple of times as his health bar zeroed out and he went to the floor in a heap.  The motion of his body as Aika kneed him foiled the formerly-stunned thug's grab.  "Like that?"  Aika asked Joy as her own opponent went to the floor.<br/><br/>Speaking of grabs, Joy's still-standing target tried one himself - as if the point at which he would try and grab her wasn't all that obvious.  Joy's basic, no-frills front kick response wasn't one of her more powerful moves, but given that the guy had already fallen into the red, even the barest minimum of force applied to him was enough to put him down.  That left just a single thug against the two much more skilled and powerful Exalted fighters, and he only needed single blow to fall.<br/><br/>But, just then.<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">!!! ALERT!  ALERT!  Incoming Enemy! !!!</span></div><br/>From behind the bar nearer the back of the restaurant, both Aika and Joy would be able to see someone coming this way.  He was bigger, older, and he didn't look like he carried himself with the same brash quality that all of the other Jade Fangs had...and more importantly...the health bar above his head was set with two stars, denoting extra bars that would have to be drained.<br/><br/>The boss of the crew here.<br/><br/>As Joy put down the last goon with an elbow slash, Aika turned to face the man coming towards them with a length of pipe in hand.  When the eyes of both fighters saw the weapon he was carrying, they would both realize that this would give him extra reach with some attacks.  "Joy...?"