Yumiko Toshiro By FAX Rain falls and a young boy standing in front of a burning building is holding another young child. With burns on his arms and in pain he still holds his friend dearly and always will… Thunder crashes and a young man suddenly sits up panting from a nightmare. His Hand raises to his face and runs them through his dark blue hair. Later that morning… "I see you couldn't sleep either last night." A strong Red head spoke with a smile. The young male red head placed a bowl on the table for breakfast. "That was quite a storm last night huh Toshiro?" Toshiro looked up exhausted with bags under his eyes, "Yah, what a storm." A distant thunder sent shivers down Toshiro's spine. "So what's for breakfast?" he asked. "Well… since my aunt and uncle are out of town visiting a sick friend, I decided to make some Chocolate Carmel Pancakes!" The young red Head spun around from the counter holding up a large plate heaping with sticky pancakes. "Man, Manzo! Your how old? And you still eat like your 4!" Manzo gave a grin "Awww a little treat never hurted anyone." Manzo stated as he plopped a large quantity of cakes in his bowl. Toshiro looked up from his plate confused between watching his diet and watching his manners. " Uh… I hope your not planning on cooking like this the entire time your aunt is gone." Manzo looked up to meet Toshiro's eyes " uhmmm… wellll… uh I guess if you put it that way." Yumiko Toshiro smiled in pleasure. Manzo met him again with a copy cat smile, "I'm also planning on making my mom's special potato puff chips!" Toshiro's Eyes dimmed and mumbled "baka." He looked back down at his plate "I don't think I'm hungry any more, but thank you for the offer." Toshiro politely smiled as he stood up handing back the plate of chocolate Carmel pancakes. Manzo's eyes lit up as if it was his first birthday. "Oh, more for me!" As Yumiko Toshiro went through the kitchen doorway he couldn't help him self to look behind him to see Brikan Manzo happily stuffing his face. And for a moment he had forgotten the nightmare. Hey Red Head, Watch your Butt! In the mid day sun Yumiko Toshiro started his way back from the local market with some fish. It was this same market where he had ran into Brikan Manzo 6 months ago. Toshiro began to think back on how he had gotten so lucky to make such a good friend. "I was so tired and hungry. I had been traveling place to place for such a long time, stopping here and there, not even giving myself a chance to make a single friend. I came here eventually... I guess the only reason why I went out of my way to stop here was because I heard they had a good market for fish and rice. In fact I believed I was looking at a barrel filled with scarlet bull eyed fish when I heard that scream. It was a sharp painful scream. I turned around and there in the ally this poor girl was getting mugged, but before I even took any action this red headed cocky guy punches the muggers lights out. I was about to turn away and continue 'looking' at the fish when I notice him telling the girl to 'Get the Hell Outta Here!' and like a swift arrow she fled out of the ally into the market place and we probably wouldn't have collided if I had kept my eye on her and not the shadows in the ally. She seemed in fear but ignored me and continued running. I leaped up on the rooftop of one of the buildings that's side made up part of the ally and I looked down. There in the center of a group of guys dressed in black trench coats was the red haird defender. ' You know you shouldn't pick on helpless little girls' the young man said. One of the men dressed in black stood forward 'Well maybe we should just pick, on you!' Just then the strange men began charging toward the young man shouting out battle cries. The young man showed great skilled and seemed to repel every one of their hits as well as getting some of his own punches in. I sat there quite entertained by this. But then it began to get serious when they started to pull out their knives and daggers. Just as he would dodge one leaping attack he would fall into another. While he was facing one opponent I notice another one just below me charging him. I knew that even if the young man notice the attack toward his back he probably would not have been able to do much about it with in that time limit. So like anyone else I jumped in. as I leaped from the roof top I pulled out my fighting bow and began twirling it as the ground came closer to me I gave a battle cry "AHHHH!" I caused my bow to snap the dagger out of his hand and sent it flying high into the air while at the same time giving the attacker a good sized depression in his forehead. And as he hit the ground I held up my hand and caught the dagger falling from the sky. The red haired guy looked at me through the corner of his eye. 'I don't need your help, don't get yourself involved, these guys mean business.' I spun my bow in a figure 8 formation knocking out 3 more guys as I tossed him the dagger. 'Then I guess I should stick this in your back for you.' I sensed no movement from him for a few seconds. And I realized that he had not even known the presence of the attacker. A simple charge and fighting cry from another shadowed being and he was brought back to reality, just in time to give a nearly fatal blow to the guy's face. With in moments we found our selves in the center of a ring of unconscious bodies. The red head turned and looked at me with a bloody face but oddly with a child like smile, ' Come on, the street police will be here soon, and they can be a major pain. My aunt and uncle live about a half a mile from here.' Once me and him had gotten out of the market place and on to an old dirt path he told me that his name was 'Brikan Manzo' and that his village was destroyed about a year ago and decided to stay with his only surviving relatives. And he now does chores for his aunt and uncle as payment for his rent. Boy is Manzo and his aunt and uncle kind enough to let me stay here with them for awhile." Yumiko Toshiro looked up from the dirt path and saw Manzo siting on the porch of the house, playing tic-tac-toe with a naboring kid. Even though Manzo was 20 he gave Toshiro a greeting smile that could only have came from a kid. Bite, Chew, Then Swallow The smell of cooking fish ran through Brikan Manzo as he came running into the kitchen. "Toshiro!" Yumiko Toshiro looked up from the kitchen counter "uhmm?" Manzo ran up to him and looked over Yumiko Toshiro 's shoulder (which wasn't that hard considering that Manzo was tall compared to Toshiro.) "You're cooking! I didn't know you could cook?" Toshiro smile as he turned slightly to face Brikan Manzo, "I only cook when I feel I need to." Manzo, not realizing what Toshiro was suggesting about his cooking, looked at the fish that Toshiro was making and began drooling, "Those look so good, and, ahhh smells good too." Toshiro placed two fish on a plate and handed it to Brikan Manzo. Manzo sat on the table, being there no rules to him while his aunt and uncle were gone, Manzo scarffed down an entire fish. Manzo mumbled with his mouth full, " An Dey tahe goo doo!" Brikan Manzo swallowed the fish but then it got caught in his throat. Yumiko Toshiro smiled being in the presence with such a comedian friend, "You better becareful Manzo or else you will end up choking if you joke around like that." Brikan Manzo slammed his fist on the table and Toshiro's smile wiped off his face when he noticed the real fear in Manzo's eyes. Toshiro jumped on the table and bent down grabbing Manzo's right collar and raised him to a standing position. Manzo's legs and arms began to grow limp as Toshiro raised Manzo higher above the table so that his feet would not touch the tabletop. Then with all his might Toshiro cried out and punched Brikan Manzo right in the stomach. Toshiro held Manzo up and slowly lowered him back on the tabletop as Manzo Gasped for air, being glad to be alive. Yumiko Toshiro jumped down off the table and gave a little smile to Manzo, "Now stop joking around Manzo, you almost scared me." Brikan Manzo struggled as he sat up panting in relief for air, "aw, * gasp* , But I like pretending, * gasp * , to choke." Manzo gave a wincing painful smile at Yumiko Toshiro. Toshiro grabbed a glass of water and handed it to Manzo, "Here drink this." Manzo began gulping it down. "Slowly." Toshiro placed his hand on the cup. Brikan Manzo finished the glass and slid off the table and sat back into a chair next to Toshiro handing him the empty glass. "Thanks" Manzo said. Manzo Looked over at Yumiko Toshiro and thought, "A punch like that to my stomach has got to of broken his knuckles" Brikan Manzo rubbed his bruised abdomen as he look at Toshiro's hands that were whisfully cleaning out the glass. Manzo noticed the white bandages on both of his hands and fore arms which covered them completely. Toshiro always had them on , ever since they met Yumiko Toshiro has had them on and had never taken them off. Brikan Manzo began to become curious and his imagination flew. "Maybe he got hurt along time ago and it's just never healed. " he thought. "Or maybe his hands are all deformed, or maybe, Or maybe He really doesn't have any hands at all!" Manzo couldn't contain himself any longer. "Toshiro?" The young blue haired man turned and smiled "yes?" Brikan Manzo cleared his throat, "why do you have bandages on your arms and hands?" Toshiro dropped the glass in the washing tub as his eyes grew large but his pupils constricted. And he became engulfed in the horrifying memory. As he turned he could here the children's playful laughter become painful cries of terror and the sound of crackling thunder sent fear into Yumiko Toshiro's heart. Manzo bored with Toshiro's unresponsiveness tapped him on the shoulder, which sent Toshiro to jump into a defense pose, and knocked him out of his fearful trance. Manzo looked concerned at Yumiko Toshiro, "hay buddy you OK? You look a little pale there for a second." Toshiro flinched and color came back to his face, "oh me? Ah yah I am fine." Brikan Manzo realizing how awkward his friend had become from his question, patted his friends back and smiled, "Never mind, stupid question to ask anyways. You wanna go out back and practice?" Yumiko Toshiro looked up at him, "uh maybe later." Manzo shrugged his shoulders, "yah maybe later." The Matador As Yumiko Toshiro laid his head on his pillow he looked up at the celing wondering if his life was going to start settling down. Its been a long time since he knew what it was like to have a comforting friend, a warm bed and food in his stomach. "These people are so nice to me," Yumiko Toshiro thought to him self, "I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to repay them." His eye lids closed and the young man fell fast asleep. After a good nights rest… "WAKE UP SLEEPY HEAD!" a full loud voice boomed over Yumiko Toshiro's head. Toshiro rubbed his eyes and yawned , "good morning my friend." Toshiro outstreched his hand which was soon met by Manzo's and was pulled up untill Toshiro was at a full standing postion. "And how was your sleep Toshiro?" Yumiko Toshiro streched , "Better than last night." Manzo smiled, "Good! Then get dressed and ready were going to town." "Town?" Yumiko Toshiro became puzzled, "but I just went to town yesterday." Manzo gave a childish smile, "I know but they are having a parade down town to day." Toshiro was now even more confused, "Why would there be a parade today?" Manzo Rolled back his eyes, "Because! The Captain of the Buteos army is back from fighting the rebels at the Tiko village! And they're coming through today through the market and down main, Here in Sutton!" Yumiko Toshiro tried his best to look uninterested. Manzo continued, "Man! Those guys rein victorious over every one who comes in their way!" Brikan Manzo began to pretend to have a sward in his hands and started to chop up invisible attackers left and right. "No one can stop the Buteos army, No one, Not even the Accipits Rebels!" Yumiko Toshiro yawned again, "You go ahead," Brikan Manzo looked at him confused. "I'm just not into political things like that." Manzo slapped Toshiro on the back, which sent him stumbling a few steps, "Nonsense! Who cares about politics and war! There is gunna be food there!" Toshiro laughed, "You have a one track mind my friend." Manzo responded "Nope there is also gunna be girls. And if I haven't been mistaken it's been quite awhile since I've seen your eyes on any girl." Brikan Manzo began prancing around Yumiko Toshiro pretending to be a flirting woman. "Manzo," Toshiro looked up at Manzo trying to contain his laughter at the sight of his friend, "I haven't even gotten a chance to, I've been…"Manzo cutted him short, "You been practicing. I know I know, But for what?" Manzo placed his arm around Yumiko Toshiro's shoulder, "There is no reason for anyone who should need to practice as much as you do." Toshiro gave a smile, "ah, just consider it a habit." Manzo grabbed Yumiko Toshiro and shoved him out the bedroom, "Habits were made to be broken." Toshiro gave a smirk, "look who's talk, mister 'I eat Chocolate Carmel Pancakes every day of the week." Manzo smiled, "So what, they taste good!" Manzo began making breakfast, as Toshiro sat at the table, "You know going to town to get a chance to R and R might be a good Idea for you Toshiro." Manzo turned to hear his friend respond to the question but Toshiro seemed to vanish, "That Yumiko Toshiro." After Manzo was finished his breakfast he began looking for his friend Yumiko Toshiro. "Toshiro. Toshiro! TOSHIRO!" Manzo walked out side onto the front porch, "Fine you stubborn ass! Have it your way, Come if you change your mind." Manzo quieted his voice. "Just leaves more food and girls for me." Manzo gave a pleasuring grin as he walked down the dirt path. As he walked off Toshiro sat upon the rooftop watching his friend Brikan Manzo depart to go to town. And as Manzo left Toshiro's sight he looked up to see the clear blue sky, "Maybe I will go after all, But I'll go my own way." As Yumiko Toshiro Jumped from The rooftop He had the strangest feeling of being watched. When Toshiro Reached the Market of Sutton He decided to try to keep out of sight, so while the people were watching the streets he stayed on the rooftops above. In the streets were Beautiful women dressed in costumes and Men handing out Candy to the children. There were people dressed in dragon costumes that would stretch out for a good quarter of a block. Then came some of the army men all dressed up and a carriage carrying the captain. Brikan Manzo had found a nice little spot to stay between his favorite sugar fruit stand and a group of giggling young women. "Yah, so I just went up to the guy and said 'Pick on some one your own size' And he said , 'Fine then we'll pick on you." Manzo began flirting with the girls as he chewed on a piece of sugar cane. The girls Giggled, " Oh then what did you do?" they began to blush. "Well," Manzo started, "He came at me of coarse, and me being a fine gentile man I didn't want to get into a fight but I had no choice. I just reared up and punched him in the stomach. He had obviously left himself wide open, but the others were a lot harder to beat than him." "How many were there?" cooed one girl. "I bet they were big and strong too." Another one giggled. " But not as big and strong as you, Manzo San." another sighed "OH, There were 30 or 40 of them," Manzo exaggerated. "Oh my!" one women exclaimed, "Did you beat them all by yourself?" Brikan Manzo grinned "Of coarse! I wouldn't have wanted to see anyone else get hurt in such a fight, So I beat 'em all before anyone else could get hurt." "That's not What I herd." A strange yet somewhat familiar voice cut through the small group of voices. A young woman dressed in a sky blue dress suit with lime green hair and a pair of Katanas on her back and a golden dragon stitched onto her right pants leg came through the crowd towards Brikan Manzo. She had a white porcelain mask that hid her identity and also showed that she was a member of the parade group that was just passing by. "And who are you?" Manzo asked in a quite cocky way. She crept up beside him and whispered through her mask into his ear, "just consider me a great fan of yours." The other young women began examining her from a safe distance but none of them were able to recognize her. Her light blue eyes flashed from under her mask as she ran her fingers through his hair, "Meet me in the ally way by Kanes diner and the Sutton Inn in 5 minutes." Brikan Manzo's eyes widened as she walked back through the crowd of young women and back into the parade. Brikan Manzo might have been the type to flirt with other girls but to fallow a woman like that into a dark ally way… Manzo wasn't in it for the lust anymore … He just wanted to find out who she really was and how the hell she knew about Yumiko Toshiro and that fight. Manzo looked at the girls around him. And then a young man from the parade past the group and Manzo, For once, took this to his advantage. While the young women turned their heads to check out the 'other hot guy in town' Manzo made his escape. As Manzo walked down the side of the street behind the viewers of the parade he could hear the young women question each other on where he went. Brikan Manzo smile, "still got the touch." He mumbled to himself. Manzo walked into the ally way. There the young woman stood there partly cover by the shadow from one of the buildings. She grinned from under her mask. "So you finally decided to show up." Brikan Manzo greeted her back with a sarcastic smile. "Who are you? And what is your business here? How do you know what happened during that fight?" Manzo questioned. The Masked woman came towards Brikan Manzo, "You ask to many Damn questions." Manzo stood there trying to figure out who she was by the sound of her voice but to no avail. "Now Your Going to Listen to Me." The woman stated strongly as other figures became apparent in the shadows. They seemed to have been wearing black outfits with a red dragon patch placed below their right shoulder and a larger one on their backs, and were also wearing masks. He knew who they were 'The Red Dragons'. A careless gang who seemed disorganized by the new eye but have been said to be one of the most organized groups around. Brikan Manzo thought to himself, "Oh Shit!" He soon realized that One of the guys from the mugging gang that he and Yumiko Toshiro had fought about six months ago must have been from the Red Dragon Gang. "Where is He?" The women exclaimed pulling out her Katanas. Brikan Manzo Questioned, "Who?" "Don't play dumb with me," The woman bit his words short," I know that Yumiko Toshiro has been with you. So where is he?!" Manzo became curious, "What's he to yah guys any ways?" Brikan Manzo began to become extremely nevouse as he saw the gang members pull out their daggers, knives, and short swards. "Well since you are a dead man," she gave an evil grin from under her mask that seemed to strike some challenge in Manzo's soul. And then the gang members seemed to slowly come out of their shadowy hiding spots. "Your friend has a hefty price on his head. One that we, 'THe ReD DRaGoNS!' Plan to Claim!" She place one foot infront of her and went into a fighting stance. "Now Tell Me were Yumiko Toshiro Is, Now!" Brikan Manzo gave a dumb little laughter, "Well I've Been looking for him all morning ," he carefully tuned his back as if to leave the ally, "So if you see him tell him that he missed all the fun." He looked back at her, "And that I ate his breakfast for him." The young woman lunged at him "Your not Leaving here ALIVE!" Brikan swiftly dodged her attack , which sent her feet skidding across the earthen ground bring up dust along the way. "Prepare to meet your Demise Brikan Manzo!" Manzo went into a defense pose… He had never had to fight some one with a pair of Katanas before, But then again he also never planed on fighting a woman either. Manzo thought to himself "Well, If I'm gunna fight I might as well get armed." Brikan Manzo Reached into his shirt and pulled out a pair of brass knuckles. The woman laughed as he slid them on his hands, "You plan to fight Katanas using Brass knuckles! HA!" she gave Manzo a sly look, "It's your funeral." The young woman charged at him holding the blades toward the ground with the tassels on the ends of katanas facing infront of her and the tips facing behind her, and having the blades parallel to her fore arms. She took a running leap into the air And as she came down above Manzo She cried out "WHIRL WIND ATTACK!" The atmosphere grew dense and everything seemed to darken as 6 bright slashes ran horizontal agenced Manzo's forehead, neck, chest, stomach, waist, and knees And each bright slice met by a spark. The woman landed in a kneeling position then stood up to view the damage but was amazed to see him still standing. She took a few steps back as Brikan Manzo ran his fingers over his brass knuckles reveling 3 deep scratches on each. Manzo grinned. "My mom always told me never to hit a lady," Manzo Brought his fists together on his left side and with intense speed sent them into the center of her chest flinging her into a wall knocking the wind out of her. "But then again your not F*cking lady." Brikan Manzo spitted the remaining bit of his sugarcane on the ground as the gangsters began enclosing on him. Manzo rolled back his eyes "Oh, Sh*t. Not again?" One of the Red Dragon gangsters charged him, as Manzo Jumped High into the sky to dodge him, Manzo shouted "BLAZE ATTACK!" and as If he was fired from a cannon he sped through the air and like a blaze of light, he bounced from one dark body to another. Manzo landed in the center and as he hit the ground, like a domino effect their masks broke and the gangsters fell. "Ha!" Manzo gloated, "And I thought The Red Dragons were supposed to be tough!" The young woman in blue stood up. "Manzo, You always were a fool." She pointed to the faces of the gangsters laying on the ground uncouciouse. Brikan Manzo was stunned "They're Children!" There on the ground laid a dozen kids ranging from anywhere from age 6 to 16. The woman brushed the dust from the ground off her pants, "So much for the New Trainees." She said with a disgusted voice. Brikan Manzo smiled, "So, am I supposed to fight you now or do you have any back up coming?" The young woman laughed sinisterly "You do underestimate the Red Dragons don't you, Brikan Manzo? The so-called 'Back up' has been here the entire time!" the young masked woman outstretched her arms and brought her hands together infront of her until her palms touched. The side door of the Inn opened and about 2 dozen ready and armed gangsters came filling out And began to attack Brikan Manzo. One attacker thrusted a short sward at Manzo's side. Manzo slipped to one side grabbing the masked villain by the hand, which held the short sward and with a high kick to the face the man went flying. Another Dragon member gave out a battle cry as he raised his saber and brought it down at Manzo's back. Manzo quickly raised his fist just slightly above his head and blocked the blade from hitting him using his brass knuckles. He then gave a high kick to the guys chest which sent him into 3 other men knocking them all down. Manzo was able to keep this pace up for quite awhile. Until one gangster came running towards Brikan Manzo with his sward swinging it left to right horizontally and continuously. Manzo repedidly leaped back wards to avoid the deathly blade. Manzo knew that he could not continue backing up like that in such an ally way with so many Dragon members in it and so gave a quick glance backwards and saw a gangster rear up for an attack. But with that glance Manzo took 3 slashes to his own chest. And as the one with the sward lunged to stab him in the chest, Manzo leaped to left to avoid the attack but had gotten a deep gouge in his right upper arm as the gangster flew into the other one which was getting ready for an attack behind Brikan Manzo. Manzo grabbed his arm as blood trickled from the wound. Manzo clenched his teeth, "you little Muther F*ckers." The young woman in blue leaned against the wall of the diner, "You're weakening Manzo. You losing that untouchable touch of yours." She gave a cocked a$$ smile. Two guys came running at Manzo from either side. Manzo took a quick jump up and as he came down he stuck one leg straight infront of him and began to spin hitting and knocking both men out cold. Manzo landed and gave a hard stair at the woman in blue, "If you think I am so weak, Why don't you just fight me? Why bother sending your Buddies after me?" The masked woman drew her katanas, "Why not." She spoke as she came to the center of the ally way. "I will enjoy this very much Brikan Manzo." The two stood there in the center of the ally as the Red Dragon members backed off into the shadows and the edges of the ally. Manzo looked into the woman's cold eyes, "Who are you?" The lady ran towards him, "I'M THE LAST THING YOU'LL EVER SEE!" and with that she gave a low kick to his chest as he herd cracking sound of his ribs. And she gave an Upper cut to his face using the handle of her katana to bust his jaw. Brikan Manzo studdered backwards and blood spatted from his mouth. The young woman leaned one of her katanas on her shoulder, "Are you ready to die now?" Manzo spitted a glob of blood from the corner of his mouth, "You little b*tch." He jumped high into the air, "FIRE BALL ATTACK!" Manzo Came falling from the sky like a meteorite headed straight at the woman. Crack! Sparks flew and Time seemed to slow down as the woman raised her katanas and blocked his fist. The woman leaped up and Gave a high kick to Manzo's face, breaking his nose and sending him into a wall. Manzo kneeled on all four, holding his mouth shut as blood dripped from his nose like rainwater off a tree's leaves after a rain. The woman walked up to him, "You are so stupid, you Baka., for Ever thinking that you could actually beat the Red Dragons alone." The woman smiled as she looked at her comrades, "We may seem weak if there is only one of us against A dumb bull like you, But together, we Are strong." Manzo mumbled through his tightened lips, "So, This was your plan, huh? Have your little rodeo clowns tire me out, So a heartless Matador like you, would try to do me in. Clever." The woman looked down at Brikan Manzo's hunched over body,"Tell me where Yumiko Toshiro is!" Brikan Manzo's eyes drew up from the ground, "I'm not telling you any thing." The woman Kicked Manzo in the stomach, and Manzo's mouth opened wide with pain as the blood he had been holding in spilled out from his mouth onto the ground. "TELL ME NOW!" The woman shouted. Manzo winced in pain, "Never." "TELL ME!" she kicked him again. "no." Manzo spurted out blood. "TELL ME!" she kicked him again. "I'm not say'n nothin'." Manzo spurted out more blood. "TELL ME NOW!" she kicked him real hard in the stomach. Manzo's back arched and his head went up as he coughed up more and more blood and then collapsed. The masked woman raised her sward, "Well, Then if your Not going to tell me… I just guess the 'Matador' better do her job then. Good Bye! Brikan Manzo!" The woman brought down her katana with lightning speed. Manzo Tensed up And shut his eyes tight waiting for death. "Get over with it," he thought to himself, "Stop playing with me B*tch! Why must you leave me in so much pain?! GET OVER WITH IT?!" Manzo slowly opened his eyes to see what was stalling his demise. There above his head was a pole, His eyes followed the pole to see what kept it from letting the woman's katana end his pain. "T..T...Toshiro." his eye widened. Yumiko Toshiro stood there, Strong and straight, "No, Manzo, I didn't miss all the fun," Toshiro looked down at his friend And gave him an out-of-placed smile, "And Don't worry about my breakfast, I did eat something." Manzo gave a cockeyed smile at Yumiko Toshiro and mumbled "you a$$." The masked woman stood up straight. "And who are you?" Toshiro spun his fighting bow playfully above his head, "I believe I am the guy your looking for." He went into a fighting pose. "I am Yumiko Toshiro. And who are you?" The woman placed one foot infront of herself, going into an attack pose, "I AM YOUR FATE! YUMIKO TOSHIRO, YOU WILL DIE NOW!!!" The woman charged at him. Toshiro jumped over her and as she pasted underneath him and sent his bow into her back causing her to fall to the ground. Yumiko Toshiro stood standing facing the woman. "I suggest you take your petty band and leave Sutton now." The woman crouched, "I'm not leaving until I have your Head!" And with those words she sprang at him. Toshiro ducked under her and used his bow to smack her against a wall. Bang! The woman struggled as she stood up. Drops of blood came dripping from the bottom of the white mask. "You are a dead man Toshiro." The woman spoke with harsh words. She charged at him again, but this time he did not leap or duck out of her way. Toshiro held up his bow above his head and brought it down with a massive force. CRACK! The woman fell to the groaning on her knees. It was a direct hit to her forehead that would have killed a normal human. Yumiko stood up straight and looked at the woman. Her mask suddenly broke off her face into many pieces. Brikan Manzo struggled to sit up and turn his head to examine the woman's face. "It's Goat Girl!" Manzo laughed as blood continued to drip from his nose. The woman came to and stood up giving Manzo the B*tchiest look she could give. She stumble over to Brikan Manzo's limp body, "Don't Call Me That!" She squeaked in anger and pain. "I AM THE GREAT SANTOM HOSHI OF THE RED DRAGONS!" she kicked him in gut causing him to throw up blood and writhe in pain. Manzo Gave a shity grin, "call what ever * cough * you want to call yourself. * cough * But Your still Goat Girl." Manzo caughed up blood. The woman Named Hoshi raised her Katanas above Manzo's head, "Dead Men Don't talk!" Brack! Manzo looked up to see that Yumiko Toshiro had taken his fighting bow and smacked it against Hoshi's shoulder blade, breaking it. She fell to the ground. Yumiko Toshiro looked down at Hoshi as wind blew through his dark blue hair. "Admit defeat, and leave." Hoshi looked up at him and then looked at the other gang members as fear engulfed her. Everyone knew that she didn't even have enough strength to even stand. Manzo spoke quietly, "If she admits defeat," Manzo paused from pain, "those Gang members will kill her." Toshiro became puzzled, "Why?" Santom Hoshi spoke softly, "Because the Red Dragons don't accept people who admit defeat." Yumiko Toshiro stood up straight and turned his head to one side, "Well that's stupid." Hoshi laid there staring at the sky. Her eyes began to burn with a mixture of rage, pain, and sorrow, "Fine." She mumbled, a million thoughts ran through her head. She couldn't move. She couldn't go back to way things were 20 minutes ago and avoid the whole situation. All those things she'd never get a chance to do. And all her friends she will never get a chance to see again. She bit her lips, clenched her teeth and shut her eyes tight. "I… I…I admit defeat." Voices became apparent in the shadows and one by one the gangsters charged at Santom Hoshi and Yumiko Toshiro. Toshiro's eyes seemed to turn green and widened, his pupils constricted and the wind blew threw his hair. He knew that a single blow to either Brikan Manzo or Santom Hoshi would kill them both instantly, given their condition. Yumiko Toshiro leaped up in to the air, he seemed to hover above the ground as he pulled out his bow. "RAIN STORM CRASH!" Toshiro spun his bow above his head as sparks and flashes of light came from it and temporary blinding the gangsters. He suddenly came crashing down from the sky slamming his fighting bow on the ground causing the earth to split slightly knocking out all of the Red Dragon gang members. Whistles were heard echoing down the street. Manzo looked up slightly, "D*mn it, it's the street police!" Manzo looked at Yumiko Toshiro, "Forget about me, Get the H*ll out of here!" Toshiro picked up his friend Manzo, "Don't say that, I wouldn't leave you even if my life depended on it." Toshiro leaned over and lifted up his friend. Toshiro herd a moan that caused him to turn around and he saw Hoshi uncontious on the ground. Toshiro lifted Manzo onto his right shoulder and walked over and picked up Santom Hoshi and placed her on his left shoulder. Toshiro sneaked into the Inn and went out the back just as the street police arrived at the scene.