"Right!"  Joy and Miku answered together, turning to look at one another and then both moving to the attack.    They split in opposite directions after the first few steps, moving to either end of the loose line of tong thugs.  Joy lashed out with her right elbow, smashing it into the brow of the man on the far end, drawing blood and making him grunt.  The bar over his head flashed and drained down to flashing red.   "Damn!"<br/><br/>Miku's hands blurred into motion and she battered down the first of the men with a flurry of knife-hand strikes up his chest and then on either side of his head, smirking as the goon toppled.  "One for me and none for you, Armstrong."  Her smirk lasted only a moment before three of the them rushed her.  She nimble spun to avoid a clumsy grab from one man, leaning out of the way of a punch from the send.  Then the man Joy had struck then lunged in with his own punch and struck the lithe woman in the chest, making her grunt and stagger back, one hand clutching her right breast.<br/><br/>There was a thump as the fighter Aika had attacked with a powerful roundhouse kick flew back and hit the floor hard.  The Tennin then ducked under a punch aimed too high and seemed to flow around the blow, her left hand flickering out in a knife-hand strike that struck the elbow and shoulder joint to the man attacking her, her ki flaring up his pressure points and the man crumpling to the ground.<br/><br/>Miku jumped straight up into the air and was about to snap out a kick when the man she was facing drove a palm-heel strike into her stomach.  "Ufhff!"  The blue haired girl tumbled back and onto the ground, shaking her head as a bar appeared over her head that dipped down to Yellow.<br/><br/>"You all right?"  Joy stepped back as two of the fighters rushed at her, dodging them both and then rocked forward and threw a strong right cross that caught one of them in the jaw.  The force of the blow made him stagger, his bar going into Red, but he did not fall.  Three more of the tong fighters leaped down with a ringing battle cry.  "Lots of bastards here!"  She grimaced and then just snapped out a fast, simple left jab that caught her foe in the nose, doing enough to knock him out.  Then she gasped as one of the other men grabbed her extended arm and then pulled, swinging a foot between her legs to slam the buxom blonde face first into the floor.  She groaned as one of the pips on her bar drained away, leaving her with six and still in Green.<br/><br/>"I'm...fine," Miku answered.  She reached into a pocket and overhead, visible only to Aika and Joy, appeared their Inventory.  A blue flashing box moved to the Chicken Leg and then the whole box flashed, the pixelized icon disappearing.  On the floor, Miku got back to her feet, holding a chicken leg in one hand, the crispy skin crunching as she tore the flesh off.  Over her head, her bar refilled partly back into Green and only down one pip.  Then she lashed out with another flurry of knife-hand strikes and bore the man that had struck her twice back several feet with hit after hit until he toppled.  She smiled and then dove into a roll to avoid a rushing shoulder blow from another one of the tong.<br/><br/>Aika stepped forward and thrust her right hand out, her index and middle fingers extended and struck one of the tong in the forehead.  The contact was minor but his eyes widened and he staggered back as if she had punched him hard in the nose as his ki was scrambled and stolen by the Bridge of  Jade Harmony.  The other man near her was wary and did not advance, ready to defend himself.  The black haired woman turned on him and her fingers flashed through hand signs and then she put her hands in front of her, thumbs extended and touching to create a square space between her hands.  A paper prayer strip rippled into being out of nowhere as a drum beat and there was the whine of a high whistle from somewhere before the strip shot through the air and slapped onto the forehead of the cautious tong fighter.  He cried out as power shot from it through him and sank to his knees before falling over on his face.<br/><br/>"D-demon woman!"  One of the tong fighters spun on Aika and gathered himself to leap at her, only for Miku to suddenly be crouching in front of him.  The blue ponytails fluttered and flew in a graceful arc as she threw herself up and backwards in a backflipping kick that caught him under the chin with both feet.  He was lifted off the ground and fell hard.  Miku landed gracefully and gave Aika a thumbs up and a wink before hopping straight up and spinning to crack a kick across the jaw of the thug Aika had damaged and finally dropped him.<br/><br/>On the other side of the room, a snarling Joy hopped to her feet, her generous breasts bouncing, and threw a quick one-two combo jab and cross that spun the man who'd throw her about in place before he fell over.  Three more men rushed into the room, already littered with the fallen, from a side corridor.  Joy growled again, "Like a damned clown car."  She lunged with a flying knee strike and flew across the room to smash her right knee into the first of the newcomer's chest's, making him gasp as the breath blasted out of him and toppled unconscious.<br/><br/>Apparently wanting to take down their foes with a raw display of power, Aika rose high and then swung forward and pushed both hands together.  A flare of rainbow hued energy flared around her and rolled forward in a crashing wave.  The man facing her leaped over the wave as it rolled across the room, ripping tiles and sending the unconscious men flying before it slammed into a wall and blasted almost clean through it, drywall, nails, and pieces of wood falling.  There was a brief pause as all of the combatants looked at the destruction in awe.<br/><br/>Then another three men burst in, a door in the corner slamming open to admit them.  "That's enough!"    The three men all rushed the blonde as she drew herself up and golden light, swirled through with red and orange, burst around her and flowed up her body to collect in her upraised right fist.  "EARTH SHATTERING STRIKE!"  In one motion, she dipped and slammed her fist into the ground and power erupted out of it, shattering the floor and sending tile and concrete flying.  The ripple of golden energy pushed the three men back, though the man in front was engulfed in the solar flare of power and flew through the air to slam against the far wall.  He slid down it and did not stir again.<br/><br/>Behind her, Aika gracefully dodged in a circle around a clumsy attempt to grab her, her skirt swirling and her pert ass giving a luscious bounce.  The Tennin snapped a palm feel strike to the man's forehead and his eyes widened before rolling back up into the top of his head and he fell over backwards.  Miku launched across the room, a lighting fast flash of motion to tap into the furthest man that had just burst into the room, his bar dipping down to Yellow.  She landed in crouch and then flipped up into another Sky-Breaking Kick to knock out the thug.<br/><br/>Joy grinned at the rest of the thugs, "See what you're dealing with, bitches?  Come at me!"  She crossed her arms over her chest, power rippling through her as she prepared to meet their attack.  Which did not come.  The men instead attacked her comrades, one swinging where Miku had been before she did her backflip kick and the other attempting another clumsy grab on Aika.  "Aw, come on!"  Aika pulled the man trying to grab her over, hands on his head and then slapped a hand on his back, a glowing brand flaring there and making him cry out but not fall.<br/><br/>Miku and Joy moved together once more, Joy slashing out with her elbow again and Miku doing a jump spin kick, both on the same man.  The blow hit his forehead and the foot struck the back of his head.  His body rocked and shimmied, falling down between the two woman.  "Yes!"  Joy and Miky then high-fived with broad smiles on their faces and then blinked, realizing that they had just celebrated with the person they'd been quarreling with all day.  There was a crackling sizzle and the two turned to see another prayer strip on the forehead of the last thug as he then toppled over with a groan.<br/><br/>Joy looked around, breathing a bit heavy.  "...Is that it?"<br/><br/>Miku licked her lips, "Perhaps only the first wave.  This isn't over yet."<br/><br/>As if her words were a cue, there was a sudden siren sound that only Aika and Joy could hear and a message flashed in their vision.<br/><br/><div align="center"><strong><tt class="bbc_tt">!!! ALERT!  ALERT!  Incoming Enemy! !!!</tt></strong></div>