The girl had managed to get Aika in the eyes, "Agh!"  Normally, she was the person making other's people's eyes go nuts; she was not used to being on the receiving end - she could still see...but it was hard for her to clear her vision and actually get the full picture of what was going on.  The good news was that the girl...'Peaches,' she supposed, turned her attention to Joy while she was having to deal with having a pair of knuckles jabbed into her eyelids.  And she was not about to stand this round out.  No sir.  She was going to show that a dirty trick like that was<em>not</em>enough to put her aside.<br/><br/>Peaches came at Joy, her index and middle fingers solid together, like they were seeking to stab Joy.  Joy had employed the Meteor Atemi, the fist wreathed in golden flame coming down hard on the girl's head, even as the pair of fingers jabbed her in the chest - barely, just barely.  The attack had been sloppy and there had been no power behind it at all.  Barely worth even calling a hit!  That was when Aika made her move; she grappled the truant schoolgirl from behind, using her semi-superior strength to force her into a crouch, even as the Mark of Heaven manifested itself on the girl's forehead.  "Young ladies only get treated like them if they<em>act</em>like one!"  Granted, slightly hypocritical on her part, but...the Mark glowed with power, and both Exalted could see that the girl's health bar drained, refilled, and then drained to half, again.