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For some reason Raven was amused at being called Birb. Her cheeks flushed and her eyes lit up in a way Aria refused to believe was real. A girl like Raven, acting like a normal person for once? "Once we're done here, maybe I'll come visit your place, Yui." Raven grinned. It was nice seeing the two interact though Aria couldn't tell why. On the other hand, K interrupting the extraction mission was far from something enjoyable. In the end, with everything K said, Yui wanted to stay with those she was already with. "We have to go!" Midori panicked, cradling her little brother who was making strange babbling noises. "The Black Reaper's going to be here any second!" K smiled. "My Benefactor doesn't fear the Black Reaper, and neither do I." She spoke like venomous honey to attract her prey. "Come, Tsukasa, we can shelter you far better than these people can."
She wasn't just going to give up on Yui though, it seemed. "Yui, I have evidence that the Hikari sisters are evil. Have you ever heard of the Go-" An electric shot from nowhere, Raven was serious now. The Fox took that as his cue to get ready too, dashing forward to grab Tsukasa and pull him back while creating a wall of fire between them and K's forces. "Stop spreading misinformation." The bird of prey hissed, seeming very imposing despite her small size. "Let's get moving, we've wasted enough time." Shinobu looked as if he was about to protest but his niece took his arm with a pleading look. "The Reaper's coming, so we need to go." The Yakuza leader was not impresesd but at least for now he didn't have a choice, not unless he wanted to burn in the flames.
Then there was a crack, too fast for Aria to react. It was headed right for Raven and K never missed a shot. The whirring of the railgun was automatic but it was going to take too long and then there was another crack, shooting right through the bullet. No one else in Japan but Jenny was capable of such a feat. She blew imaginary smoke from her revolver and grinned. "You guys were taking so long so me and the Leader decided to show up." Her long blonde hair rippled brilliantly in the cold wind from the warehouse's entrance. Xavier was next to her, smiling proudly at his lover. "Let's get moving before Shoku's forces notice us." But still, K and her men were already here, they weren't just going to let them leave unless Aria did something. "You should know that pushy people are just annoying!" She thrust her arm forward, wind fanning the flames and causing them to surge ever more strongly towards K's direction. If ever the smell of burnt fish was stronger than it was now, the idol really didn't want to know.
The Koto Ward was big. The Freedom Fighters had two bases in the ward. The first was in Odaiba, a small apartment right next to the famed Odaiba Beach with a beautiful view of the Rainbow Bridge and an easy pathway into the Minato Ward where the imposing Roppongi Building existed with all it's looming height. The second was farther east, away from the pier, almost at the border that would take them from the Koto Ward to the Edogawa Ward. The base was in fact, right next to the Yumenoshima Park, famous for it's beautiful tropical greenhouse dome. "And past Edogawa is Disney's Wonderland." Aria said cheerfully to the Fish as they walked in the dead of night on the near empty streets of Japan. Not that Aria knew it, but the Enforcers were being kept directly away from here by Natsuo so that their breaking curfew wouldn't be suspicious. The Fox snickered appreciatively. "Wonderland." He whistled. "Let's get Yui mouse ears!" But no matter how he tried to joke, and how casual Aria was trying to be, nothing could dispel the tense air about them.
It all happened in an instant. Blood tails struck out from all around them as if they had walked right into a trap. Aria quickly formed an air shield to stop Yui from being skewered on a tail and Jenny's rapid reflexes saved her but everyone else was tangled up now. The Black Reaper was here. He grinned, deliberately pulling little Midori up off the ground where she was pinned. "Shoku says to take her for testing." He said cruelly. "The rest of you can die." With a roar Shinobu wrenched himself free of his binds and with his elbow he jabbed Ronan hard against the wall. "Run." He shouted with the force of a mad bull. "I'll keep him here, just get Midori and Ao out of here!"
Excitement bubbled in Aria but she remembered Xavier's orders, they were to leave and get away because fighting with the Black Reaper was death. "We need you alive to lead the Yakuza, Tsukasa." Fox grabbed him off of Ronan who struck like a vice, only to be held back by a sudden sprouting of vines all over his body. Midori confirmed Aria's suspicions, she really was a light bearer too. Was this why Tsukasa was so reluctant to follow them? Special Enforcers under Ronan's direct command encircled them. "Shoot to kill." Ronan ordered. The idol had to act fast. So she swirled air around her to form a dragon and used it to break past two of the enforcers creating an opening. Without looking at the others she used a blast of air behind her to shoot herself and Yui out of the trap like a rocket. Then almost just as quickly, a blood tail went flying right at Midori who was too focused on her vines to notice. She was in danger but just as much risk was Shinobu who was about to jump between her and the tail to take the hit in her place.