The Wanderers

[BladeRunner]

"Yeah... Sure..." Toshiro replied as he was confused by some party. Of course he started to realize some details the longer he looked between the two, the feel he got from the situation was wrong. Not in the way he just barged into the pair literally having sex, but in the way that things seemed forced, there was struggle and unwanting in this room. 

Toshiro turned his head to Elie and made a gesture with his eyes to move. Things were about to get ugly, and the little voice in his head kept egging him on. He took a breath as his power started to grow, slowly, but surely. Toshiro addressed the... Demon(?), "You know, I dont appreciate rapists." 

The man began to roll up the sleeves to his undershirt after removing the suit he wore. He popped his neck and knuckles, his energy sparking although he couldn't feel nor see it quite yet. For as untrained as he was Toshiro's body seemed acclimated to fighting already as if he's been doing it for a very long time, "Aside from looking like an extra from a Rob Zombie film, that stupid outfit of your's is gonna need a changing after I'm done with you."

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Alexandrine and Ryan kept up the drive.  Ryan had transformed in the process.  A sigh from Alexandrine.  "I had hoped to train you before this.  But we have no time.  You are faster, stronger than normal.  But stick behind me for now.  Don't fight unless you have too.  If you do have to, all I can say is draw the power from within, discover it's nature and use it to defend yourself."  Ryan did not have time to respond as they reached their destination, with a screeching halt.  Alexandrine quickly transformed and they ran into the building.  Another unfamiliar presence.  The first one had help at least.  Two new Magical Girls and/or Knights?  Visitors from another territory?  They would find out.  For now they were running through the building, towards the demonic presence she had sensed.

[Chiyako]

Two Demons?

As the bunny popped into existence atop a rooftop opposite to the building she'd sensed their foe within she detected another presence. It too had a darker feel to it, but it was somehow different too. Not a Demon, more knightly. Perhaps they were as she was: the spawn of a Demon and a magical girl? Or maybe they were one of those poor broken creatures, the ones which had been turned to the side of evil.

I've not faced two at once.

It didn't really matter in the end. Emi was here to help. Any time spent waiting meant it was more likely that people got hurt. Besides backup wouldn't be too far behind. Also sticking around and waiting gave her foes more time to take notice of her. If she was quick enough perhaps she could make a surprise attack!

Moving from one space to another was still not something she was completely comfortable doing without line of sight. Thankfully these buildings often had windows uncovered by blinds. In the next moment she was stepping into an empty room within what she had judged to be the same floor as the presence. The bunny started to jog forward, phasing out from her realm of space mid-hop to pass through a wall into the next room. And then the next one. Then the one after that!

She picked up speed as she went, skipping through entire rooms, cracking hard tile floors as she put more power behind her charge. As she grew closer she determined that the very much Demonic presence was set between herself and the one which did not feel completely evil. If it turned out to be a foe then perhaps she would take out both in one strike! But if it was a friend then maybe she could serve the Demon up for another attack. At least, that was her plan.

Emi landed in a crouch within a room opposite the wall of the room filled with the strange occupants. She ignored the screams of the civilians who had just witnessed what they might have perceived as being a ghost. The muscles within her legs tensed, the floor beneath her groaned and cracked, and in the next moment she disappeared. As The White Rabbit phased through the wall she was already twisting her body and lifting her right leg, drawing it in towards her body.

I really hope you're not an enemy!

Her leg shot out as she neared the back of the woman who seemed to emit the most Demonic energy of those present, herself included. A kick aimed towards the center of her back with the goal of sending her flying towards the lone male within the room. She twisted in a way to make her profile as small as possible, to avoid the woman who seemed to be the least corrupted of those present within the room. Sure, she knew not how strong her foe was, or what she could do, but she was relying primarily upon the element of surprise here, and the hope that it was somebody who had not fought her before. That and the possibility that the unknown factor within the room might be a friend!

[Balthier]

"Hmmmm, yes, channel your anger into violence, uff!" Exzel was kicked hard in the back as she addressed Toshiro. Only she had been readying her own surprise attack just as she was sent flying, so when her portal opened in front of her she went sailing through it, and when it opened behind Toshiro it caused her to fly into him full force, with the opposite trajectory Emi has kicked her. He felt more solid than a regular mortal when her body crashed against his, even so it sent him flying forward directly at Emi.

Exzel picked herself up off the ground, standing up and brushing dust off herself. One shoulder strap of her black dress falling lower on her arm. "Ghosting through walls, that's new." There was a smile on her face, as her legs widened and arms came up into a combat stance. She grabbed the door frame near by and pulled a chunk out of it with part of the wall, throwing it at Toshiro with a spinning throw, generating incredible speed, though being careful to not hit Elie, still on the ground.

She looked at Emi, rabbit ears? She stayed on guard, keeping one eye on the two in front of her, and waiting to see who else would show up, ready for the next attack, and summoning more energy for a portal. She felt super charged thanks to stealing Elie's energy, and had power to spare tonight. This had become a very eventful evening.

[ElieCapulet30]

As Elie stood up she stumbled into the wall to stay standing. She saw something ghost through the wall as she shook her head. "A.....a bunny? A....a boy and a bunny came to....to sa...save me?" She said softly feeling how she was she tired to stay standing seeing Exzel use a portal to hurt the man who came in earlier.

Edited May 9 by ElieCapulet30

[BladeRunner]

As soon as the action started by someone appearing out of thin air, they disappeared again. Immediately he felt pressure behind him, Toshiro turned and had moved slightly luckily avoiding the kick from the newcomer via portal... Only for him to trip and start falling, with his head being caught between the girl's thighs. Not what he was expecting, but a lovely surprise. Toshiro was sent against the opposite wall, with his body immediately bolstering his durability it felt more like a hard smack on the back. 

Toshiro immediately recovered only to duck and let the entire fucking doorframe crash out of the window.  He ended up next to the victim, he glanced over to her and suddenly felt something surge. His energy flared,  beginning to engulf the room, and there was a sudden change to his eyes. Toshiro looked directly at the Demon with an odd sense of- The fuck, justice?!

"You... Fucking parasite!" Toshiro barked at the Demon, "Do not take me as a sorcerer of cheap tricks!" 

Immediately Toshiro rushed the Demon with inhuman speed, what would have took thirty steps he closed within a second with one swift lunge. His initial attack was to throw a punch at the face, however the attack was feigned and in a split second change his other fist came up in an uppercut to the assailant's windpipe. For as Human as Toshiro was, he moved faster and his attack if successful would rock the world of the Demon. Thank God he left the schizophrenia meds at home... And hopefully the crazy goth lesbian underestimated him. 

[Chiyako]

She's really tough. Would bullets work?

Emi didn't like to open fire indoors. It really hurt her ears when she did. Nor did she expect firearms to work all that well against a Demon. Sometimes they did, but most of the time they were somewhat impervious to the weapons unless they were charged with magic. Also it would almost certainly hurt the other two in the room as well.

Not that she had too long to think about it. Unfortunately this Demon had a similar ability to her own. Instead of flying face first into the Human their foe had appeared behind him and had sent him crashing forward with her own attack! This of course meant he was sent directly towards her in turn. Pink flashed across her face as his face ended up between her thighs, and on reflex she transported herself to another plane of space, allowing the man to pass through her as though she were nothing but air. Even so the brief initial contact had negated her momentum enough that she landed stumbling backwards.

He seems really strong too. That's good. I wonder if he would join us?

It hadn't taken long for the man to recover. She hopped back to stand next to the girl who had been attacked by the Demon. One hand grabbed one of the girl's arms, ears perking up and shifting this way and that in preparation for anything the Demon might attempt. Thankfully the creature seemed to be more focused on the man, who had by this point allowed his energy to flare. He was clearly the more dangerous looking target in the room.

Can't be reckless. She can use portals. Keep the girl safe until the others arrive.

As the large Human charged the Demon the little bunny glanced back towards the girl. "Just stick close. You'll be okay."

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Alexandrine and Rin made their way through the halls.  Hearing the noise get louder as the approached.  It seemed Emi had found the demon first.  Along with a number of other presences, none of them familiar.  Alexandrine focused on the presence of the first one she sensed Emi, now at her side.

She focused her power, took Ryan’s hand.  The door was blocked.  The demon.  If she did not have Ryan with her she might have tried to intercept the demon, prevent it from running.  Then she heard the crash.  Another option.  She moved towards that, finding the open window.  Jumping in, landing in front of Emi and Ellie.  Ryan behind her.

She glanced back at the Magical Girl behind her.  Hints of what had happened.  Then the boy, a new Knight?  Finally the demon.  She glared at it.  “You are not welcome here.  I would tell you to ask the last bunch of demons to torment this place what I feel about them.  If there were any left.”  Anger.  Flashbacks.  That last battle.  Her old team.  She had no reason to believe this one was the same as Emi.  “I will give you one chance to run, and if you do, don’t come back.”  Her body began to glow.  Years of pain bubbling back up, her gaze locked on the demon.  “I am the Diamond Sorceress.  This is my home.  I will allow no demon, monster, alien, to hurt the people I swore to protect.”

[ElieCapulet30]

Elie looked at Bunny and then the two girls that jumped in fornt of her. They were magical girl just like her. So Exzel was right. Elie closed her eyes as one of her Tarot Cards appeared and caught her before she fell. The card was judgement as the judge held her close seeing her magic was nearly spent. The judge looked at people in room and spoke. "I will move my lady to different place so she may rest. Her celestial magic is almost spent for today."

[Balthier]

There was a lot of action going on for Exzel to keep track of, and with four new arrivals she was at a disadvantage. She watched the daimon sorceress enter, could sense a lot of latent power, more than any one of the youngsters. Her voice was low, and dripping danger as she reponsed to Daimond S, "Very well, point taken." She had everything she needed tonight, there was no need to risk her life foolishly with a bunch of unknows. Skilled unknowns at that. But there was something else, she still sensed power out there, dark power, it felt a little more distant than the city limits,but it was there, she spent a moment trying to zero in on it.

That was the moment Toshiro needed to launch another attack. She saw the punch to her face coming and dodge that easily, what was not so easy to dodge was the upper cut, only too late did she realize the skill of the combatant, to think someone could perform the fabled 'Raising Dragon Fist" technique at his young age was unexpected, so she took the punch to the throat, but was limber enough to roll with it, like a reed in the wind. Spinning back and around it did reduce the blunt force she took. It did actually hurt, surprising, as she put a hand up to rub her throat, sounding low and raspy, even as her demon healing kicked in quickly, "This one likes it rough eh?"

She still had her energy gathered for a portal, and focused, ready to release it. She tried a barrage of lightning kicks at Toshiro, which he was able to block. Launching herself she brought up both legs, putting all she had in the attack, wrapping them around torshio, and swinging sideways. Releasing her energy, she opened a portal that she fell through bringing Toshiro with her, firmly clenched between her legs.

The portal opened in the forest by the dark energy she had sensed. Exzel and Toshiro fell out of the portal rolling apart from each other. Landing at the feet of Hellhound. Exzel could have closed the portal, but she choose to leave it open, keeping her energy channeled as she slowly stood up. She didn't know what this dark force was, but she figured his boys team probably wouldn't leave him alone with a demon, and if they did, oh well. She could always try to push him back through if she felt like it.

Exzel looked to Hellhound, raising a hand in hello. "What is that smell?" She smelled the cooked meet, looking around, "smells pretty good." She straighten her dress once more.

@Warning

Edited May 9 by Balthier
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[BladeRunner]

Upon the successful attack Toshiro attempted twi swift follow-up strikes but interrupted by a series of kicks. They were manageable as he did block or parry them, however what wasn't manageable were the goth lady wrapping her legs around Toshiro and taking him through a portal with her. Timing,  the portals have a burst of energy, time that, recognize that. The man was slung through and was sent rolling away, opposite of where the goth had landed. Quickly however Toshiro got back up and was ready for more until spotting a second contact, another woman with a different but equally dark presence.  

"Shit..." Toshiro said to himself as he watched the goth greet the stranger kindly, "This ain't good. 

"The portal,  you're close to it, you're not capable of a fighting two at their level quite yet." 

"I managed with the one." 

"With the one! You don't know what this new contact is capable of!" 

"Fine, fine, you win, you won't be so bold when I take the meds." Toshiro had said to himself whilst looking slightly at the ground. The young man started to inch his way toward the portal, he suppose an escape route was nnecessary. The power he used up was still available for whatever cause he needed it for, in this case he used the two lady's conversation as a distraction to get closer and closer to the odd vortex. He was just a few feet now...

[Chiyako]

There they are!

Emi heard the approach of her friends. They had been quicker than she'd anticipated, but she certainly wasn't going to complain about that. As they arrived she visibly relaxed. The Demon was now thoroughly outnumbered! Also Alexandrine, an experienced magical girl, was here. There was no way that they could lose now!

Unfortunately the Demon appeared to sense that as well. Bafflingly, they were even allowed to retreat! But then maybe that was part of why Alexandrine was the better magical girl. Emi would not have given the woman such a chance. Couldn't for fear of claims that she might be on their side.

She glanced towards the girl they had come to rescue. Another magical girl. The sort of situation her mother had been in, only this one had managed to be rescued. A quick nod and her attention returned to the Demon. If they were going to let it go then she wouldn't question it. Alexandrine was experienced. She knew what she was doing. Emi trusted her.

Unfortunately the man had continued his attack. Not that she could blame him. If she were alone in his position she would have done the same! No, the unfortunate part came when a portal opened and the man was pulled within.

A trap? An accident?

The girl was safe. Alexandrine and Rin were here. If anyone could flee from Demons it would be Emi, even if it meant dragging the man with her. He clearly wasn't an ally to the Demon. Heck, he could maybe even become their ally!

"I got it."

One quick leap forward sent Emi through the portal. It was a strange sensation, teleporting through someone else's abilities. Different too. Her power was the manipulation of space itself. This was, well, more based in magic? Dark energy? She didn't really know.

As she popped out the other side the bunny girl landed on a knee, both pistols flashing upwards to point towards the Demon woman. They were outdoors. The gunshots wouldn't be quite so overbearing here. Of course it was then that she noticed the presence of yet another Demon, prompting her to instead point one pistol towards the strange bestial woman.

Oh. He is leaving.

She didn't like allowing the foul beasts a chance to escape, but if he wasn't confident in the fight set before them then it was probably a good idea. And so she simply stood, keeping her weapons trained upon the two. Ears twitched, scanning for sounds of other opponents while her gaze darted between the two.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Zorn had looked up from his meal as the portal opened.  That was another demon’s work.  But he sensed other powers on the other side too dim to recognize.  ”You may get your chance to play.  But it is too soon for humans to see me.  I will watch for now.”  He had an interesting way to watch.  He faded but joined with Hellhound in a sense, his shadow joining with her’s his presence masked by her’s.  He was gone before anyone came through.

With Elie gone.  Alexandrine and Ryan followed, mostly to keep up with Emi.  Then they found themselves in the forest.  Another creature.  Not exactly a demon.  She watched to see what would happen.  She was keeping her word.  Would only fight in self-defense.

[Warning]

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As the portal opened not far from them, Hellhound had her instincts confirmed that something was not right. Zorn then suddenly went into hiding, making her tilt her head but she then focused on what was going on again. Mostly, for the moment, she was staring with a cooked piece of meat in her grasp as Exzel And Toshiro dropped out of it. Now, that was quite the sight to see but if anything, to her, it was merely the usual demon shenanigans. Except, there wasn't just a demon this time. One of them smelled like a human.

To them, she was a dark skinned beast girl with not so much clothes on except a bare minimum to hide what mattered. Her shirt was torn and what was left of its bottom hid half of her breasts while she wore a personal kind of panties with strings or whatever it was. Thankfully, it covered everything that was between her legs. Regardless, what stood before them was a creature of power. Maybe a little bit airheaded but otherwise, still was armed with pretty sharp claws. All she could do at first was blink and observe the scene.

First, the demon woman had spoken to her and commented on her meat or rather its smell, making Hellhound grin and reply, "It's my prey! I used fire on it myself. If you want some, uh...", She looked around but remembered Zorn was not there. "You can but you'll have to get your own piece.", she said, keeping a grin on her face. She had no idea who the demon was and why a human found its way there as well but she was not worried, except for the part where he seemed to try and escape. Should she try to stop him?

Hellhound soon gave up that idea as soon as more activity from the portal happened. Another girl? And she was pointing what looked like a gun toward her. She had been threatened with a gun before and while she had not gotten out of the fight unscathed back then... Her opponent ended in a pretty bad shape themselves. Now, she was certain that something off was going on and this made her brows furrow and her feet moveslowly into a fighting stance. If she shot, the game would be on. Still, she eyed toward Exzel, too.

There was too much going on right now. If any of them wanted to play, Hellhound would gladly give them what they wanted. Her sharp eyes for now observed everyone.

Edited May 9 by Warning

[Balthier]

Exzel looked at the boy edging toward the portal, and the bunny girl holding the guns. Addressing them, "I could have easily closed this portal and trapped you. But I think it's time for you to go now."

She gestured toward the portal. "I'm doing you a favor and letting you walk away this time. Unles you want to try your luck? Or... we could talk some?" She only said that because she could sense some darkness about them. If they wanted to talk she would do just that with these two.

Exzel looked back to Hellhound. "Do you wager the one with spikey hair would be fun to play with?"

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

The Sorceress!  Zorn watched the appearance of the last of his old enemies through the portal from Hellhound’s shadow.  All the more reason to stay hidden.  The time would come to reveal his survival to her.  But it was not today…But the one with the bunny she got his attention.  Was that part of her transformation.  That face resembled someone’s too.  The aura surprised him the most.  He had to process that, figure out what it meant, and why his old enemy seemed so protective of her.  He watched her just quietly stand there, she was here to protect that girl.  And the one behind her.

[Warning]

Hellhound stared at the scene happening before her. The only times she had so many people around were casual times when humans tried to make her the prey and that never turned out very great for them. Still, this made her wonder if those were the super humans she was told about. They did not look like simple armed civilians. Why were they even in the forest she hunted in, to begin with? It kinda annoyed her as she was not done eating, which did not stop her from taking another bite of her cooked meat, seeming to eat faster.

If she had to understand the situation, this demon woman clearly was about to get into a fight with these two humans. Wherever Zorn had gone, he probably just didn't want to fight. It's not like Hellhound ever needed anyone to fight for her. As Exzel looked back to her, asking her if mister spiky hair looked fun to play with, she wasn't sure what to answer. He was not armed, in appearance, like miss bunny girl was. The beast girl loved a fight, more so with someone who could offer her a fight. He tried to escape while she was not. It was easy.

Taking a look at Exzel, smirking stupidly somewhat, she simply pointed toward Emi and replied, "She looks more fun to play with... You can keep the other human.", then took a last bite of her food before she threw whatever remained away. Hellhound was not sure what this fight was about as she was basically dragged into it but she could at least wake herself up properly with some exercise. Knowing that this girl could shoot anytime, the hell beast only stood ready on her paws but didn't move a single one yet. She just watched her, for now.

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

Alexandrine watched the two creatures.  This new one was different.  Dangerous, but perhaps not cruel.  There was something lingering in the air she did not like.  A trace of something much more unpleasant.  Too faint to try to identify.  A third one, who escaped when the portal opened?  She was unlikely to be able to trace it now.  She kept Ryan behind behind her.  "I am only here to retrieve my friends.  I intend to keep my word."  The new creature made this much more unpredictable.  She was unsure if it was going to attack.  Hopefully Emi did not attack recklessly.  She did not know with any certainty where they were.  How easy it would be to find their way back, if the portal closed.  That was the demon's biggest strength.

[BladeRunner]

Right as Toshiro was about to make sideways lunge into the portal the other girl who had... Rabbit ears(?) jumped through and held up two pistols. God, he forgot to bring his side piece. Toshiro now had no choice but to remain here to fight. He was far more confident with the crazy goth bitch, but now she had a friend who seemed to be talking about him and rabbit girl. Why him? 

"Hey..." Toshiro said quietly, "Not gonna lie, I'd rather not fight in an open area where they could do whatever in a forest. Close quarters a enclosed spaces were a much better option. But uh... If there's two of them here, wouldn't there be more?"

[Chiyako]

A stalemate. Two on two. Emi had both of their foes at gunpoint. A battleplan was already beginning to form within her mind when Alexandrine emerged with Rin right behind her. Now it was four on two. The odds were in their favor.

Rin is new to this though. Does she even know what her capabilities are? Might become a liability until we train her. Or maybe she wouldn't be.

Fighting was the fastest way to unlock one's true potential. That she had learned the hard way. However they didn't know the full capabilities of their foes either, and the more classical Demon woman had already proven herself to be capable of utilizing portals. That in turn made protecting people far trickier.

Claws. Bestial. Probably based around physical combat. So, much like myself. And probably the big man. Us two against her. I don't know Miss Alexandrine's capabilities either. Could she handle the Demon lady?

The Demon lady started to chat with the beast. Something about having fun. It implied a few different things. Maybe these two ate Humans. Or they meant fighting. However it could have easily meant the other thing, the sort of thing Demons in general were well known for.

And then the bestial one pointed in her direction. A choice had been made. Her plan was to split them up. Emi was actually fine with this.

I don't need to beat her. Distract her. Isolate her. The others should be more than enough against just the Demon lady. Wait until they catch up. We win.

Of course she couldn't switch her target just yet, couldn't focus both upon the beast. The Demon lady was capable of utilizing portals. This way she could react if she attempted something. Or, at the very least, give that impression. Not that she would hesitate.

An ear perked up a little straighter, shifted to face the clearly strong man as he spoke quietly. Truth be told she was far better with open areas like this, but then it wouldn't just be her fighting either. He was trying to leave. They had been given the opportunity to leave. If it were her alone then perhaps she would have already opened fire, however she wasn't about to risk somebody else's life.

Not to mention the other note he made: there very well could be other Demons lurking about. For all she knew they might be the ones who were outnumbered. Improbable, but not impossible.

"We leave. I'll exit last. They can't catch me."

Confident? Yes. But she had reason for it. Running was what she knew best. It was almost certainly the truth. But it was also a jab at the beast. Insurance should hostilities actually break out.

[Warning]

Hellhound observed, her ears attentive to what was going on. 4 humans? She didn't really need to fight 4 of them, only one. Or two. The bunny girl got her attention the most, however. She was planning something. Humans rarely planned anything. Not in a fight with her anyway. Most of the time, they would have shot by now or they waited for her to leap and tear. That would be a mistake. At least for a common human. She was more than ready to play, so much that her instincts twitched for her to move. But she waited, for now.

Then a challenge was issued. They can't catch me, she said... These words made Hellhound grin. She wanted to escape, with how she had arrived in her forest just now? Not a chance. The hunter was way too ready for this to not let her pride and power talk. If she was not going to pull a move, the beast would. If they escaped, it would be too late. So be it. Hellhound suddenly moved but not in Emi's direction. She would be made an easy target. Instead, she moved to the side before dashing toward another side, closing in to her in a zigzag pattern.

Three leaps in three different directions. It was all that was needed to make the beast girl end her last leap directly toward Emi, ramming against her if she had to. A hit would certainly let the velocity and the gravity do the rest, depending on what the bunny girl did or if whoever tried to intervene. Hellhound wasn't there to care about the portal and if they both got flung through it from the leap, her eyes would still focus on her target, locked on the one she was hunting, not caring about whatever was around. It was all for the game.

Edited May 11 by Warning

[Chiyako]

There it is.

The little smirk upon the beast's face had confirmed to Emi the sort of foe she was up against. Someone confident in their abilities. Perhaps arrogant. Also the sort to fall into a challenge. Headstrong often went hand in hand with those gifted physically. Demons too. It was an easy enough guess.

BANG!

A pistol, the one aimed towards the hound, went off. She didn't expect it to hit. In fact she planned for it not to hit, firing at the spot she had been instead of where she expected her to be. No, a miss would hopefully make the creature more secure in her own victory. Draw her in with confidence. Perhaps make her think that handguns were Emi's primary weapon, or that she was simply a slow shooter. However the gunshot was also to act as the same sort of thing that sprinters at a competition used. Something to urge her allies into action, whether that be fleeing or fighting.

Not a direct assault?

That had caught Emi off guard. She had fully expected the woman to straight up charge her. Unknowns were dangerous. This, however, was not the worst outcome. A zigzag pattern slowed one down. Perhaps not by too much for someone as physically gifted as some of those present, but enough for Emi to activate her defenses.

One ear focused towards the Demon lady. The other twitched this way and that, keeping its focus upon the leaping beast. Emi's gaze settled towards the other Demon, as did both handguns. When Hellhound finally did initiate her leap towards the rabbit a faint shimmer in the air very briefly emerged around the short magical girl, spreading outwards to form a dome. It was not, however, a shield.

Upon closer inspection one might notice the distorted overhead view of the Demon lady shattered across the face of the shimmered light. Impact with the dome would instead place the attacker on a direct collision course with the Demon lady from above. Emi had stitched together the space around herself with the space above the other Demon. Her method of jumping through portals utilized as a defensive measure.

Was it draining? Yes. But with allies around her Emi didn't expect any sort of prolonged fight. Now she just had to convince the Demon lady to leave as well.

BANG BANG!

A couple of rounds erupted from both pistols aimed towards the area around the Demon lady and, should she have fallen through, the bestial Demon, causing the rabbit to wince a slight bit in pain. It hurt her ears but being outdoors at least meant that the sounds were not concentrated. Besides ending the fight quickly was probably a fair tradeoff. A full barrage may have been more warranted but she didn't really know how quickly or precisely the woman could create her own portals, nor did she wish to reveal the full extent of her own capabilities so soon.

Just flee!

[SataiRolePlayingGuy]

The voice of Zorn spoke through the shadow, directly into Hellhound’s mind.  ‘Beware the older woman in back!  She is an old enemy…though I wonder about the girl you chose to play with.  Is her scent similar to mine.  Respond with your thoughts.  I can hear them for now.’  He had considered what she might be.  He wondered if Hellhound detected some evidence that might back it up.

Alexandrine narrowed her eyes.  She pushed Ryan back through the portal.  She glanced to the boy, then Emi, and the other demon.  She was not going to let Emi be left behind.  She was going to make sure she could make it to the portal.  The body began to glow again.  Judging if she needed to attack, to allow either of the two left a chance to escape, to shake either of the opponents off.

[BladeRunner]

The action was starting. Immediately Toshiro could feel the slight excitement of pressure around him as the second lady disappeared in a blur, the voice in his head was guiding him with near pi point accuracy as to avoid contact with the new enemy. He really just wanted to go home at this point. Once Toshiro was out of harm's way just enough he turned his focus to the original goth woman, seemingly gauging her. In reality, he was thinking about whete to eat after all of the shenanigans. 

Immediately Toshiro begun powering up at the guidance of the tiny voice, focusing and allowing his energy to surge. Once it had reached a certain peak he released it in a violent wave of pressure, both malevolent and pure, and his power continued to rise until.the goth made her attempt. And that was what Toshiro was waiting on, a reaction, and under normal circumstances he was unaware of knights with this much "evil" inside them would be easy to goad into joining the forces of dark. However if anyone had reached the young man mentally they were met with an impenetrable mind wall. And something seemed off to the dark forces. Slowly did he get into a fighting stance, slowly did the invisible aura bind to his skin like a protective suit, and slowly did he tense for a counter or attack. 

"Well... My path is blocked," Toshiro smirked like an ass toward the goth lady, "Shall we continue this tango of two? Or am I to dance on my lonesome?" 

There was a change in demeanor. Before he was a tad reckless but now did Toshiro seem calm and collective. Already the voice helped him work out several strategies. Toshiro ignored Hellhound and the rabbit girl, he ignored anyone behind him, whether they thought him a threat was irrelevant. Right now he needed to focus.

Edited May 11 by BladeRunner

[Balthier]

"My, your endurance is commendable, but I wonder how long you'll be able to keep it up?" She said as she eyed Toshiro, annoyed he looked so calm. He wouod be much harder to break or corrupt than she'd like. Although that could be a fun challenge for another time.

Exzel was aware of a hole in the dimensional space opening above her, as she talked to Toshiro. It felt different than the usual demon portal, she didn't think she could control it, but she could sense it. Beside her instead ability, she may as well have been air traffic control for Gyumao's army dimensional travels, for far to long. Her finely honed sense at reading all portals and dimensional holes, tears and pockets was second to none. The little one was trying to use her own tricks against her, cheeky, she liked it.

Hellhound was mid air, in a leap at the little one, spikey boy was in front of her, the dimensional hole above her, linked to a dome around the bunny girl, she thought fast. Exzel using her demon strength jumped straight up quickly, emerging from the dome in such a way she caught Hellhound before she hit the dome, altering their trajectories to the side. "Careful! She seeks to use you as a projectile." She felt the powerful muscles of the monster girl as she held her, she would be a real asset in any fight.

Exzel set Hellhound down, releasing her as soon as they landed. "That shimmering dome will transport you." She nodded to Hellhound, warning her about the little one's defense.

Though she had saved herself from getting hit by Hellhound via Emi's portal, they were on opposite sides of Exzel's portal from the humans now, she all the humans would have to do is back up and jump through. Exzel did keep the portal up, as she saw no advantages on forcing a fight here and now. She didn't particularly want to see what the Daimond Sorceress was capable of while fighting with the kids.

She did take a fighting stance however and leapt at the spikey boy, hoping to drive him back through the portal. Launching an extremely rapid punch combo followed by a high spinning kick that would have split a tree, at Toshiro. Hoping it would either anger him, or make him tap his dark power more. She had been holding back earlier, this attack she launched at full speed, as she sensed they were fairly close in strength now.

Edited May 13 by Balthier