The City Musuem

[Kunoichi]

"Spectacular"
said Kunoichi from behind her, having shadow stepped again, this time standing less than two feet away from her, ontop of a plastic bin (insulated ) wheeling to send a high powered kick from very close range

[Carla Glenn]

Carla turned, but this time she didn't have time.

The kick hit her in the back and she went flying, crashing down the alleyway and smashing into a nearby wall.

She fell down, letting out a scream of agony and pain. She turned from the floor and sent electricity blasting at the ninja, even while on the ground.

Carla tried to move, but couldn't. She was in too much pain.

"You'll die for this..." She growled, blasting more electricity, and still sobbing.

[Kunoichi]

By the time Carla had recovered enough to blast the electricity, Kunoichi was gone; she didn't hang around to be a target, instead she was running at high speed towards the circle's HQ

[Rino]

The speedy ninja was suddenly tackled by what must have felt like a meteor.

"Leaving so soon Kunoichi?" Came a voice as the white clad figure stood before her. "That would be a shame, don't you think?"

Rino let out a sinister smile.

"I mean, sure you passed round one. But that was just a warm up."

Fireballs flamed up in Rino's hands.

"Welcome to the real show."

[Kunoichi]

"cant stay and talk, must dash"
she replied, running up him and jumping off of his shoulders, continuing to run
must get to HQ...

[Rino]

"So...you're after a chase, huh?" Rino asked, grinning. "Well, it has been a long time since I've done this..."

He thrust an arm out, and suddenly, with the sickening sound of ripping flesh, a massive leathery demonic wing began to grow out of his back, following his arm.

He thrust out his other arm, and another wing began to appear, with the same noise.

And then his body began to grow and stretch, becoming massive and wolf like, his eyes becoming red, his teeth becoming long, black fur covering his body as he grew to what was easily three times the size of even a werewolf, belching fire from his mouth and his now massive demonic wings spreading out almost like a dragon's.

The huge beast let out a roar, and grinned.

"I love transforming like this. It's like taking your shoes off after a long day." The now monsterous Rino roared. "Now...run rabbit run. Here comes the hunter with his gun..."

The now fully transformed gigantic demonic Rino sprang fron the rooftop into the air, his gigantic wings beating and carrying him through the sky.

He smirked and dived, smashing into the ground and burrowing underneath the building Kunoichi was running along.

He smashed through the foundations and burst out the otherside.

The building collapsed in on itself, and just to be safe, Rino roared, breathing out a massive blast of fire enveloping the entire rooftop of the falling building as it collapsed.

[Kunoichi]

Kunoichi just kept running
fantastic... just fantastic... first i get electrostatic woman now this idiot... my day gets better and better
she dived off of the rooftop at the last moment before it collapsed, landing on the next one at the same pace
i really hate this guy... i'll be happy when Austin kills him

[Rino]

Rino flamed the roof Kunoichi had landed on as he watched her jump about, almost like an insect.

"Austin won't be killing anybody!" He roared, having read her thoughts. "Do you really think that fool can stop me? Look at what you're dealing with, girl! There is nobody on this planet to rival me. You're so far outclassed it would be funny, if it wasn't so sad." He let out another roar of flame and rocketed towards the insect-ninja, crashing towards her like a rocket, certain to smash the building apart even if he didn't get her.

Extra destruction was never a bad thing.

[Kunoichi]

"Austin's killed people more arrogant than you"
she called back, diving off of the roof again, shadow stepping in mid air to give her some extra distance on Rino
man this guy gets annoying after a while...

[Carla Glenn]

Carla hauled herself off of the ground with an embaressing sob. That one kick from Kunoichi was all she could take, and now she could barely walk.

And she'd gotten away with the gem too. Hope wouldn't have lost so easily, and she knew it.

So did Rino.

What was she going to now? Rino was going to lose faith in her for sure.

She began to drag herself away, painfully. Right now, she knew all she had to do was get back to Devil's Advocates and collapse.

And then she'd have to find some way to prove herself. She'd do something.

Right now she just wanted to kill them all.

[Rino]

"I've killed people more arrogant than me too, but you don't here me bragging." Rino mocked, sending out another blast of fire. "Besides, I'm not at all arrogant. I'm perfect. Arrogance is a flaw. So naturally I'd lack that."

He smirked jokingly, before sweeping down at Kunoichi and this time slicing at her with his now razor sharp claws.

"You Circle members don't bleed nearly enough." He decided, ripping into her as he swept down from the sky like a vulture picking at it's prey. "How does this feel?" He soared back in, slicing at her again. The wounds wouldn't be fatal, but they should hurt like hell. And that was good enough for him.

[Kunoichi]

Kunoichi gritted her teeth through the pain, doing her best to evade the tearing claws, dodging, wheeling, throwing wild punches at her attacker, not giving him the satisfaction of a verbal response.

she was losing blood and she could feel it but she refused to stop, refused to give in
"cedo nulli"
she murmured to herself repeatedly, reciting the assassin's guild's motto to herself to keep her going, still jumping and diving over the various detritus on the city's rooftops

[Rino]

"You know...how many of your number are vampires?" Rino pondered aloud, blasting fire at her again. "I mean, your just dripping with tasty blood, and a human too. A nice sweet human soaked in blood. I'm sure they're gonna love you when you get back to HQ."

Rino swept in again, this time under the rooftop causing it to cave in on the top floor of the building he flew through. Nothing too flashy, but it should make Kunoichi fall a bit, and scrape her up a little.

His plan required her making it back with the gem, but there was no reason for him to make it easy on her.

[Kunoichi]

"your words mean nothing demon"
she yelled back, diving and shadow stepping at the last moment to evade the falling building, alas she was not able to dive and or shadow step far enough and she found herself looking at the rest of the roof slanting off above her
Ai Ya!
she kept her pace up and ran along the roof that was rapidly becoming a steeper angle, reaching the top she dived blindly for the next roof.

she made it but the landing was awkward, she stumbled for a few seconds before rolling back to her feet and running on

[Rino]

"Well, maybe. But they're awfully fun." Rino continued happily, breathing fire at her again. "Besides, aren't you usually the chirpy jokey one? Sounds like you're getting upset. Hit a nerve did I?"

He grinned.

"You know the vampires in your order are gonna want to feast. You're like a walking steak to them now. That's the food kind, not the kills-them kind."

He swept down into the streets for a moment, and when he came back up, he was holding a car.

He tossed it at the ninja effortlessly, still smirking.

"Well, when they betray you and try to kill you, make sure to send them my way. I'd find work for them."