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Somewhere in China, near the India border, that's all he was sure of for the time. Romeo had long ago thrown away his map and now went on instinct alone. It seemed a bit harder for his followers to adjust to his way of thinking, but that didn't surprise him. Alexander had been with him now for nearly a year. He was a good student, and reminded him of an old friend he hadn't seen in over ten years now, and doubted he'd ever see the man again. Zhao, on the other hand, was a bit of a handful, but then again Romeo himself had been in a similar place when Master Yang had found him, so he tried not to give the newest student a hard time.

From what Romeo could read of the signs they were headed for some sort of a national forest, which lay just on the other side of the India border. He had grown adept at reading other languages, as well as speaking them, since he left his old life behind. As the forest gets closer, he gets the feeling that he and his two students are being followed, then remembers why.

It's been over a month now since the last attack. Zhao wasn't around at the time, so he might not realize it, but Alexander might be thinking of the same thing, Romeo thinks to himself, remaining quiet as ever during their journey. When we reach the forests, that will probably be when they strike. Will it be a single assassin this time, or a group? If they've learned about Zhao then perhaps more than usual...

"We'll be making camp soon," He finally says aloud, crossing his arms and looking over to the students, "It's going to be another night under the stars, but maybe tomorrow we'll make it to a town. The last sign I saw said it was a national forest, but I'm sure they won't miss enough game to fill our bellies for the night." He gives the two of them a smile, then glances back down the way they'd come, an old and dusty road with little traffic. Right away nothing seemed out of the ordinary, however at a second glance he was able to catch just the tail of a black cloak passing between two buildings, a man slipping into the shadows.

"It's about time, Gramps!" Barked ZhaoZhao, the Delinquent. "Do you want us to use our weapons, or should we consider it as training, like usual?"

ZhaoZhao's eyes held a kind of hunger, that demanded lots of things. Plenty of Food, Drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, and pretty women, like most young men. He probably has 2x less the wisdom his Master Margrave probably had, but he was also 2x younger than the martial artist. He remembered the beating he was given when his gang had been single-handedly beaten by the man, and he was given the worst loss of all. That was when he gave his life away to learn the formal arts of fighting, and surpass Romeo one day.

He kept his heavy backpack firmly over his shoulders, straps tightened, the bag which held training and sparring gear mostly, as well as extra "Fireballs," Lighter fluid, and his Jack knife. Thoughts of wild animals ripe for the taking sounded perfect, and he couldn't wait to cook them all. But perhaps what would pride him most was proving his strength by fighting animals unarmed.

"What kind of Animals will be in India?" Asked ZhaoZhao. "I wanna wrestle Tigers, Or Bears! Then, I can take the pelt, and show people how strong I am!"

Lagging not far behind the three men was another member of the group. The other members of the lot seemed to have forgotten her for the moment--and that served Wu Ling Chao just fine. She didn't want their attention anyway--that wasn't why she was here. She was here because she wanted the technique the Romeo Margrave had mastered, to master it herself.

Remembering that the sole master of this martial arts technique was a foreigner only caused a look of irritation to come to Wu's face (well, an even more irate expression than the one she usually wore). Under any other circumstance, she would sooner have died than call a foreigner master--but this was different. Romeo Margrave was the only person in the world now who had mastered the ability to seamlessly combine internal and external martial arts--the only living person who was a master of combining spiritual energy and physical power into a deadly new style of martial arts.

As soon as Wu heard of this--let us not speak of how--she began to seek out the master of the style. She knew not his name, his appearance, almost nothing about him, but she had assumed that he had to be Chinese to have mastered such a complicated, unusual style.

Imagine her surprise when she had at last found the sole master of this style and discovered that he was not Chinese at all, not even Asian, but an American. An American...the sole master of this unique martial art? It was insufferable...

But Wu's need to perfect herself, make her the most formidable martial artist in the world, and, most importantly, overcome her half-blood status, her greatest mark of shame, overpowered her extreme aversion to studying under a foreigner 'master'. So now here she was, with two others--one who seemed to be Chinese, but another who was also a foreigner--training under the tutelage of Romeo Margrave. And as soon as I've mastered the basics of that style and can continue on my own, I'll be right on out of here... she thought to herself as she trekked after the other three. And then this technique will belong to someone who is meant to use it rather than this foreigner.

((Meh. Crappy intro post :v Before anyone gets pissed, I made a reference to Wu already being in the group in the profile, and cleared it up with Soul))

Alex cracked his neck and fixed the knapsack on his back. We'll be making camp soon, It's going to be another night under the stars, but maybe tomorrow we'll make it to a town. The last sign I saw said it was a national forest, but I'm sure they won't miss enough game to fill our bellies for the night. He laughed a little and gazed around, coming to focus on the forest. "We aren't lost again, are we?" He joked. Though, with Romeo, he was never sure. They had gotten lost numerous times before, and it was growing into something to expect when traveling with the man. It's about time, Gramps! Alex looked over at ZhaoZhao with an annoyed look. "Relax there hot shot. We haven't been walking for that long." In truth, he had no idea how long they have been traveling, but it was something Alex hardly noticed. Rubbing his shoulder, he tugged the bag off of his body and reached into it, pulling out an apple. He took a few bites, before stopping himself and glancing over his shoulder. He thought he saw someone, other Wu. Must be my imagination.

Romeo listened as they walked, leading the way into the forest. They were, as far as he knew, in India now, a place he knew very little about, but then again he knew every little of the world in general. After the tournament he'd gone home to America for a short time and wandered the streets before hitting Mexico, then South America. Eventually he had ended up taking a long boat ride to Japan, traveled the island and made his way to China. Now he was in yet another new land.

"Zhao, you know the Silver Dragon doesn't allow for weapons," Romeo says as he brings the group to a stop in a large clearing a good ways into the forest, away from prying eyes, "I'm going to show you how to use the technique to hunt. If done properly, you can take the life of your prey without them even feeling it, and leaving no mark," With that said he turns and gives ZhaoZhao a stern look when he sees the fire in his eyes, "This cannot be used on other humans though, understand? Naturally, all people have a flow of ki throughout their bodies, which make this technique impossible to be used on them...understood?"

Turning back he sets his bag down and takes out a bottle of water. while he takes a he drinks he thinks for a moment, then turns to Alexander and says, "No, I don't think we're lost. Not yet anyway. If I'm right we passed the China-India border just a few miles back, and now we're in a place called the Nanda Devi...or something like that," he smiles as he sets the bottle down, "And even if we are, does it really matter?"

After the group had been given an ample amount of time to rest and make camp, Romeo leads those interested in following him deeper into the forest. Eventually they come across a small river and find themselves face to face with a brown bear that easily stands two feet taller than him. Raising a hand to his students to keep them back, Romeo makes his way forward, towards the now angry bear, and stands perfectly still for a moment, focused completely on the animal. Slowly he brings his hands together, as if he were going to pray, but he leaves only the index and ring finger of his right hand extended. Slowly he gathers his ki, his spiritual energy, into his right hand, focusing it mostly on the two fingers. At the same time that the tips of his fingers begin to shine a bright white, the bear charges.

What happens next happens in an instant. Romeo moves his hands away, keeping the two fingers of his right hand extended, the white light still shining. as the bear moves in it swings a paw at him, but he knocks it aside with his left arm, then jabs the bear in the chest with his fingers.

Stepping aside, the bear collapses beside him and Romeo lets out a sigh.

"I call it the Merciful Point, and it is only ever to be used for hunting food so that you may continue to live..." He says solemnly, sounding much older and wiser than he really is for the moment, "If I ever find out that you used such a technique on another human being I will never teach you anything else, and force you to forget what you already know..."

ZhaoZhao grunted in response to the no weapons policy. But in compensation, he'd learn to do even stronger things without a weapon. The delinquent was setting down his things as he listened to his master, on the subject once more, of the bizarre power that was Ki Energy. The life energy found in all things. ZhaoZhao didn't really tap into it well, thinking of it more as the will, and spirit to fight rather than the kind of thing that could have launched a freakin' Kamehameha.

After he finished setting his things down securely, he followed Romeo to watch him take on the bear, at first, thinking it would be, some form of struggle at least, only to be surprised at how Margrave had defeated the lumbering beast with a mere strike of his fingers.

"What the hell was that?!" Went an impressed ZhaoZhao, the tone of appreciation in his voice rising. "It was AWESOME! like something outta' Hokuto No Ken!" He exclaimed. "I can't wait to use that too! Man, my sensei, such a bad motherfu-"

He then heard the words once more. He could not use it on a human.

"But Master..." He began "I understand we can't use it freely, but what if some douche gets us in a tight spot, and tries to finish us off? It would be a good technique for the merciful. To know your enemy ain't gonna die a painful death...But only if the situation calls for us to kill in self-defense, ya know?"

When they reached the clearing, Wu stopped to lean against a tree, gathering her energy for the moment. Most of their idle talk and conversation simply went by her, and she crossed her arms across her chest, looking around the forest as they spoke, listening to the sounds of the forest. Flora and fauna, wildlife and plants and the various places they could be found, they were sort of a specialty of Wu's. Back in the days of Yunxi Monastery, it was often Wu would venture out into the woods and rivers that surrounded the rather obscure, detached monastery, and over time she memorised the calls of various birds, the tracks of different animals, the characteristics of many plants and greens; since then, she had tried to do the same wherever she went. Right now she heard on the breeze the long, monotonous, almost music-like notes of the great barbet, the screech of an oriole, and the lilting whistle of the Eurasian kingfisher--that meant wetlands were nearby, or perhaps rivers and streams.

The conversation's topic had turned--turned to something she now wanted to hear. Wu turned as Margrave began to speak of showing them a technique used to hunt--something that could instantly kill an opponent. No pain, no mark, no wound...just instant death. Wu's ears perked up--this caught her interest. But she raised an eyebrow when Margrave said it couldn't be used on humans--couldn't. Ah well...it still sounded an extremely useful ability. Now this I must see, she thought, as Margrave began walking on, followed one by one by his students.

Soon they were approaching a small river--more of a stream, really. The water ran green and shallow, and under its surface small fish could be seen darting around in the water. On the other side of the stream, a kingfisher, with its vivid, magnificent, blue-orange plumage fanning out over its wings, stood on the shore, its black, orb-like eyes watching the fish in the river intently. A moment later, it saw one of the fish pause and idle, and with a fan of its wings it took to the air, sweeping over the water. Before the fish could take off, before it could even realise its fate was upon it, the kingfisher dived down to the water, snapped the fish up in its beak, and then plunged back up into the air.

Wu turned from the surface of the stream, as she heard something approaching--something heavy. It was a large brown bear, wandering along the shore of the stream, perhaps to snatch itself a fish. When it saw four humans disturbing the peace of its habitat, however, it began to become aggressive. The bear faced Margrave, and then suddenly made a vicious swipe at the man with its paw--but Margrave blocked the attack, and then pressed his hand to the bear's chest.

Without a sound the bear fell to the side, stricken dead.

"...................." To say she were not impressed would be an utter lie. Though she forced her face to remain impassive, Wu stared at the fallen bear, as if expecting it to stand again, but it did not. This was most definitely something she had to learn.

When Margrave spoke on, however, it became apparent that it was not true that one couldn't use the technique on a human. Margrave was telling them not to--that he would "never teach them anything else". ...whatever, Wu thought coldly, keeping her mouth shut rather than support Zhao (who in this case was talking sense). Once I'm outta here I won't need your teaching anymore, foreigner. She, of course, never was so rude as to call Margrave foreigner to his face, as despite this he was still her master and, grudgingly though she would admit it, her superior in terms of skill and strength. But that didn't stop her thinking spitefully of him as such.

Jackie woke up to the sound of footsteps. She stretched slightly and looked down from the tree she was perched in. The night before, it had been too late and dark for her to make it back to a village. The sight of a man followed by three others made her stiffen. Hopefully, they wouldn't bother her because it would be hard to get away from four people at the same time, even if none of them could climb trees. She continued to silently watch as the man- who must be the leader or something- talked about showing them a technique for hunting. He must be a teacher and they must be students. This came as a flash of insight, but it made everything else they were saying make so much more sense.

She decided to follow them in order to see his so called "technique." Maybe it could help her in the future. Jackie sucked in her breath at the sight of the giant brown bear that loomed in front of the man. Watching him manage to block an attack and then kill it with a single shot took Jackie's breath away. His warning about not using it on humans didn't faze her. Jackie knew that this was the man she wanted to learn from. "Do you think you could teach me more stuff like that?" She slid down the tree and approached the group slowly.

Alex had just sat down when Romeo said he would be showing them a new technique. Never a break with this guy. He laughed to himself, standing and following the others. The short fight that took place between his teacher and the bear caught Alex off guard, and he was surprised at the move. He was a little angry though, that ZhaoZhao questioned the restriction to use the merciful point on humans. "It would be a disgrace to use the attack on a human. You should win a battle by the sheer strength and might you hold, not by one lucky shot." While he spoke, he heard something behind him, and turned around to see a girl. He hadn't seen where she came from, so it was a little odd for Alex. Nonetheless, this girl was a stranger, and he couldn't take any chances. Not after what happened last time. He took a few steps toward her and raised his hand up. "State your name and business, or I'll have to get rid of you."

"I'm telling you not to use this technique on humans because it doesn't work the same way..." Romeo says, turning back to the group, which he noticed was one person more now. He had sensed that there was someone else around, but during the course of using the Merciful Point he hadn't been able to tell if they were hostile or not, and now that he could tell more about the girl he was sure she wasn't dangerous, "This technique works by halting all the internal functions at the same time by forcing your ki into their body. Animals will die, but for a human, it would be like setting their insides on fire without killing them..."

With his little lecture and demonstration over for now, he turns to the girl and Alexander. "Leave her be, she's not going to harm us." He says calmly before turning back and starting to lift the bear up as best he can, "Zhao, you seem full of energy as usual, mind giving me a hand with this? And Miss, you look like you've been sleeping in a tree all night. Come with us and get some rest and I'll think about teaching you something, alright?"

By now Romeo had most of the weight of the bear on his own, but it was simply too large for one person to carry it, or even drag it. He was waiting for ZhaoZhao to come over and help, then the weight suddenly lessened, so much that he toppled over forward and found he only had the top half of the bear. It had been cut cleanly in half.

"Kids, get out of here, now!" Romeo yells, standing up, now covered in blood as he looks around, searching the trees for any sign of movement, "I'm not going to tell you twice! Get-" he was cut off at a sudden flash happened before him, then a slash appeared across his right shoulder. Another flash and another cut, this time to his left leg. He was doing all he could at the moment to keep these attacks from doing enough damage to being him down. Dodging another attack he falls towards the students, and then in another flash he sees what's happened.

There is a man in the woods with a Long Blade, a tool from the Golden Tiger school. A blade that an extend outward and retract in a silvery flash with just the flick of the users wrist. Whoever this person was, they were good, and now that Romeo was down they were starting to aim for the students.

ZhaoZhao began to understand that it would do something far worse than murder: It would cause horrible torture to a human. He had a hand on his head, trying to stop imagining the horrors of this deadly technique. Sadly for ZhaoZhao, the merciful point could have been considered to be called the Hell Point if he ever brought it into human battles. It was conflicting because he could beat up, and possibly kill a man, but to cripple them for life, as what had been done to his father, providing a never ending pain, and destroying a life in a much, much worse way, rather than ending their existence in seconds without a feeling.

"I'm sorry Master." Apoligized ZhaoZhao. "I refuse to use this move on humans, personal reasons. As long as It truly is merciful to animals..."

The Delinquent heard the words of his master, and nodded. He pushed up his jacked sleeves, and was walking over to help with the heavy lifting. That sounded good, seeing as the reward was his next meal.

ZhaoZhao suddenly noticed the blade-wielding attacker strike Romeo. He started forcing the others away, shoving them. "Master!" called out ZhaoZhao. "What kind of attack was that?!"

Alex reluctantly stepped aay from the girl. He was still a little unsure, but he trusted Romeo. When they were attacked, Alex's instinct kicked in. Luckily, Romeo had warned them all in time, and Alex was able to dodge a few attacks before being hit in the side. "Gah. Damn it! I thought we lost them back in Hong Kong!" Alex used his shoulder guard to block a few more attacks, trying to inch closer to the attacker. But this guy was fast, much faster then Alex. Another gash crossed over his chest, causing him to stumble back. What kind of attack was that?!" "Long distance! He's hiding in the brush, try and draw him out!" He kicked back another strike, sliding over to Romeo and helping him to his feet. "Got any ideas?"

At the approach of the boy, Jackie had stopped moving and held her hands up to show she was unarmed. She opened her mouth to say something but was beat by the teacher. At his remark, Jackie grinned and nodded before realizing that it could also be taken as an insult. She paused to think about whether or not she was offended, but decided against it. He was merely stating a fact.

The attack came suddenly, catching Jackie off guard. Since she was farther than the others, most of the shots were concentrated towards the other kids. Of the ones that came her way, only one was able to get her in the arm, which she had lifted up at the last second to shield her face. No one else seemed to be obeying the man's comand to leave, so Jackie decided to stay as well. However, it would probably be safer to be closer to everyone else, so she maneuvered towards the rest of the kids. This could be bad.

"This is a style taught by Long Fang, the user wields a special sword and by sending their ki into it, they can control the blade as it extends. It's sort of like a chain whip..." Romeo says, starting to let Alexander help him up. But then another attack comes at them, and he moves his student aside with his left arm, causing the tip of the blade to stab him. The blade gets stuck, so he quickly raises his leg and kicks it down, causing it to pull tight so the man can't use it, "Whoever the hell you are, come on out so I can kick your ass face to face! You've got no business attacking my students!"

A moment later the blade goes limp and falls away, then a man steps out, wearing something that looks like samurai armor and a black mask that covers his face, all but two bright blue eyes.

"Leon of the Long Blade, I should have known..." Romeo says, letting the blade go and standing up, ignoring the cuts to his left arm and foot, "It's been too long...I see you're still doing Long Fang's grunt work..."

"At least my master yet lives," Leon says with a smirk, drawing out another sword, "Come on out boys, I think he's ready for the main event. Try not to kill any of them outright, I don't want to have to bury a bunch of bodies today..." With that said three other men step out, all wearing some sort of armor and wielding a weapon of their own, though these weapons were all normal. "To think, even with that precocious Ginryu Style your master was still killed by my master. I don't really see why Lord Fang wants your technique anyway..."

Dropping into a stance the air around Romeo seems to heat up, as if there were a large fire roaring nearby, "Everyone, you're on your own for now. Look out for one another, don't let them back you into a corner. Remember, they're trained assassins..." he tells the students, as his eyes seem to glow a little, "Alex...get away, I don't want to hurt you, but if you stick close like this you might get burned..."

(double posted...)

Alex had a feeling Romeo was going to do something either incredibly stupid or incredibly cunning. He couldn't tell which though. Jumping out of the way, he slid next to the girl he had recently met. "Stay close. These guys are a bunch of nobodys and will go down fast." His overconfident boast sounded better then how he really felt. More of Fang's goons were after them, and they were starting to get stronger. Still, so were the students. There would be some difficult battles, but nothing Alex couldn't handle. He was rather looking forward to it.

(Sorry couldn't think of anything else)

ZhaoZhao Rolled his eyes. "Gee, you make it sound like we actually have a chance!" He barked. Then, he started digging into his pockets, whipping out his zippo lighter, and some small glass-like orbs. Holding the delicate items in his index finger and thumb, his other hand lit the little ball, tossing it up into the tree. thankfully these orbs were incapable of starting fires, unless he lit them a different way. He pulled out a few more, and tried to get a good shot on the attacker.

Jackie smiled strangely at the boy. "Oh really?" she gave a small chuckle, especially at the other boy's response to it. If she survived this, Jackie was going to enjoy working with these people. She tilted her head and frowned in concentration. Despite the boy's bragging, Jackie had a feeling that this was going to be much harder than expected. Still, it was reassuring that she wasn't alone. There was strength in numbers, or so she'd been told.

The minions of Leon moves to surround the students, one of them dodging the fireball thrown at him, then laughing a bit before another one caught him in the chest. There was little damage though, thanks to the armor. His only worry was a small shard of glass from the orb cutting his chin. Deciding he was as good a target as any, the man chooses ZhaoZhao to go after, drawing a spear from his back and charging forth. The remaining two men nod and surge toward Alex and Jackie, one of them wielding a katana, the other with spiked gauntlets. It would be a tough fight, but to anyone with training in the martial arts it would be clear these three were amateurs, just hired hands.

"Ooo, the Red Aura Stance, It's been a long time since I've seen that one. You think that old trick will help you now?" Leon says with a laugh, raising his sword, watching to see if Romeo will take up the one he'd lost earlier.

"Unlike you, I've gotten stronger in these last few years, and so have my techniques. This time, you're going to get burned Leon of the Long Blade!" Romeo says, charging at his enemy, fists raised in an odd manner unique to the Ginryu Style.

Glaring at Romeo, Leon forces his ki to flow into the blade of his sword, then slings it like a whip, causing the sections to move apart and come at Romeo like an angry serpent. However, the blade strikes only the ground as Romeo disappears, only to appear behind Leon to deliver an elbow to the kidney. As Leon moves to recover, Romeo disappears once more and comes into view before him, back in the same stance. Again the blade is thrown, and again a counter, until Leon gets an idea of how Romeo is moving, then the whole thing turns into a blue of silver and red as the two clash, smoke actually seeming to rise up at every impact.

Alex always liked a challenge, so when the two men charged at him and the girl, he jumped for the man with the spiked gauntlets. His new opponent swung low, trying to knock Alex off his feet. Instead, Alex jumped into the air and kicked the man hard in the face. Luckily, he was slow, which was a large advantage for Alex. Still, he was pretty strong. A single hit from one of those gauntlets could seriously hurt him. Another swing for Alex's legs. He jumped up again, but this time, before the man had a chance to change his direction, Alex pushed off the ground with his hand. He landed behind his opponent and jabbed his fists into the man's shoulders.

The short, quick punches Alex used wouldn't cause much physical damage, but they would block the flow of Ki throughout that segment of the body, causing the limb to go numb for a few minutes. But a few minutes was all Alex needed. In one swift movement, the man was grabbed by the throat and thrown up a few inches off the ground. It was high enough that Alex could jab a series of punches into the assailant's back. The overall damage caused the man tofall to the ground like a sack of bricks. But Alex kept him alive, just in case.

ZhaoZhao knew the armor would protect him, and ditched the fireballs for someone dressed normally. He grabbed a large rock with one hand, and sprinted at his armed opponent, smashing the stone onto the blade, the weight likely to force the spear to go towards the ground, as ZhaoZhao tossed rapid punches at the spear fighter, his fists caring less about armor than his glass-like orbs, as he started smashing. In the delinquent world, there were some cheap guys that had hid ceramic tiles under their shirts to defend against stomach shots, so ZhaoZhao just pounded on a punching bag full of stone until he could punch the tiles with little to no pain.

This armor his opponent had made him feel like he was punching a wall. There was more difficult in this than a single tile used on the floor. Every fist the street punk tossed was like an Atom bomb moving at Mach Speed.

"Ora Ora ORAAAAA!!!!" Shouted ZhaoZhao furiously, summoning up his Kiai.

Jackie waited until the man with the katana was closer. She knew that to get hit with it even once would probably spell disaster. When he was only a few steps away, Jackie dove underneath him and swept her legs around, effectively knocking the man to the ground. The armor was making it harder for him to move quickly, otherwise he might have had an advantage over her, strength never being Jackie's strong suit. She rolled to her feet and turned in time to dodge the katana slicing through the air. "Note to self: Katanas are longer than arms," Jackie muttered to herself.

The next time the man swung out, she ducked under and attacked while he was off balance. Jackie grabbed one of his arms and knocked his feet out from under him again. But this time, she added leverage with his arm and slammed him into a tree. Even armor couldn't protect a person from a tree very effectively. The man collapsed heavily and Jackie dusted her hands with a small grimace on her face. "Have these people never heard of deodorant?"

The battle was growing more and more fierce between Romeo and Leon, and it seemed as if neither fighter had the advantage, however, the temperature around them was rising by the second, and the man in the armor was feeling it. Sweat trickled down his arms due to the heat generated within his armor by his own movements, which was doubled or tripled by the Red Aura Romeo had going for him. And soon, the swordsman made the mistake Romeo had been waiting for. Shifting his grip on the sword, his hand slips, and the opportunity it taken to kick the sword away. It flies up and tangles in a tree for a moment before the segmented blades but through the branches by the weight of it along and it falls back to the ground in a heap.

Romeo follows this up with a mighty axe kick, delivering the powerful blow to Leon's right shoulder, dislocating it. It was made obvious by the look of immense pain on the mans face, as well with the loud pop that came with it. And so, seeing he was useless, Leon growls a few threats at Romeo and his students, then leaps backwards into the trees and disappears.

"Everyone still alive?" Romeo asks, turning to face his students, seeing that all but one had taken care of their opponent. Seeing he didn't need the power anymore, he drops the red aura, and the area begins to cool off once more, "Remember Zhao, his armor makes him slow, and those gauntlets will slow his fists, use that to your advantage..." After saying this Romeo looks himself over, now noticing several cuts all over his body, but not worrying about it. Looking around he sees the sword Leon had been using and take it to use on the bear.

Alex cracked his knuckles and dropped down to the ground, crossing his legs once he sat. "Romeo, this once's still alive. Should we question him, or can I kill him?" He had an evil grin on his face at the thought of ripping the man's body limb from limb. But he would hold back his urges until he was allowed to fulfill them. A low groan echoed from the man that laid out in front of Alex. He jabbed his assailant's shoulder, which resulted in a sudden shriek of pain. "Wake up. We need to ask you some things. Cooperate, and I won't kill you." Go.. To hell.. Alex jabbed his shoulder again, and the man shouted with pain. "Yikes. I must have really did a number on his spinal cord. Whoops."

"My Pleasure!" Barked ZhaoZhao, laughing evily as his fists began to take apart his opponent with amazing power. "This guy isn't really much anyway. What's this armor made of? Plastic?! I betcha' I can throw out more than this guy's wearing!" Finishing with a mighty front kick, ZhaoZhao had at the same time, grabbed his opponent's Spear, and disarming him. He snapped it in two with his knee, and brought the goon up, pulling his arm back....

"Aku...(Satanic...)"

He thrusted his fist forward.

"HASHOU!!! (BLAST PUNCH!!!)"

The first punch knocked the goon backwards, followed by a series of invisible explosions erupting all over his body, putting huge dents into the armor.

"One!"

BOOM!

"Two!"

BLAM!

"THREE!!!"