[Bakiri Retsu]

Kakurega Incorporated. On the surface a company focused on food processing and transport boasting not just a large plant by the bay of Tokyo but also several distribution centers spread throughout the city. It was the former that Retsu found herself standing in front of, or more accurately, sneaking towards the side of. Specializing in both the handling of fish fed into the processing plant's hungry maw daily by overnight fishing fleets and the preparation of dough for a wide variety of bakeries, pizza places and other miscellaneous stores, the facility was sizable indeed. Casting a brief glance at the large grain silos next to the left wing of the industrial complex Retsu calculated the potential destruction if she blew one of them up for the fifth time since arriving. Again her mind told her the same. It would cause extreme carnage and while that would certainly put a smile on her face it would also inform her targets not to mention get the city at large involved, something she wanted to avoid.

After all, her enemies were much better connected than she was. No, if law enforcement got involved she'd be the one in trouble. They'd likely just back up her quarry and force her to skip town, something she'd prefer to avoid given how many years she spent building up connections in this place. On the note of connections and back-up Retsu checked her phone again to see if Rui had replied yet, holding her hand over the screen to stop its glow from lighting her location up amidst this late night gloom. With a sigh she stuffed it back into her pocket and continued her work. Back-up or not, by the end of the night she'd either have one less enemy or the Akimichi crime family would. 

For that was who truly owned this factory. Alongside fish the boats brought in various kinds of contraband, from weapon parts and illicit substances to untraceable electronics and more, the Akimichi family used the distribution facilities to smuggle a wide variety of prohibited items into Tokyo. The diversity and scale concerned her, after all, it was highly unlikely they could source all of that by themselves. Whether they were funded by a bigger fish, a foreign organisation or simply got too ambitious and were attempting to expand far faster than they were adequately prepared for however were none of her concern in the end. She'd deal with whatever came her way one day at a time.

Finishing the final check on her preparations Bakuretsu stood up and cracked her back with a content groan. The same reason the Akimichi's used this facility was about to become their downfall. Far enough down the bay so as to be almost isolated from society and surrounded by abandoned industrial complexes that hadn't survived the crash of 1992 and had yet to find a new owner even a century later it would take law enforcement more than fifteen minutes to get here. If they were somehow informed of her attack that is. Sound does not carry well here, stopped by the various buildings and sheer distance between the factory and the outside world.

"Alright then, let's get this show on the road!"

Stepping around the corner and covering her ears she pressed the detonator connected to the square of C4's she'd set up minutes prior, the sharp crack of its detonation and subsequent crash of part of the metallic wall dropping inwards sounding the opening shot of tonight's war. Retsu couldn't help a grin from making its way onto her face as she pulled the pins on a pair of flashbangs and threw them through the hole. The time for thought and speculation was over. Now, it was instinct and reflexes that would carry the day. The corners of her mouth crinkled upwards in delight. She's yet to find anyone that could out react one of her explosives after all.

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Rui Matsui Shō Matsui

[Rui Matsui]

Oh yeah, she had been captured on her way to meet Retsu.

Rui wasn't a full-time idiot for nothing. Knowing where they were going to meet, she naturally assumed Retsu meant inside the place, as in she was the owner. Lo and behold, Rui couldn't have been more wrong when she was detained and put in handcuffs and brought to a small dark room as a bunch of people she had never seen before tried to figure out what to even do with her. They clearly weren't taking her very seriously, as only two guys were stationed outside her room. Presumably they were going to interrogate her, but the interrogator hadn't arrived yet.

''And then he just shot a dude. I'm talking like, blood on the ground besties! He shot a man in front of all of us! Can you believe that?'' She was giggling the entire time as she recounted the events of the Vestibule villain meeting. ''I can, because I'm kind of a bigshot villain and it was a meeting for bigshot villains. Have you heard of Mummy, per chance? That's me! You know if you free me I'll show you what my quirk can do, I'll make it totes worth your while.'' Although Rui was the hostage with her hands tied behind the chair, it was looking more and more like the two guards were the ones suffering from her constant talking. She was acting less like a hostage scared for her life and more like an over-excited kid on a field trip. ''By the wayyyy do you have any beer? Just the cheap stuff will do, I'm getting thirsty in here!'' She whine, making her handcuffs chain rattle loudly.

''Why is she still talking..''

''I don't know!''

''This one time, I was performing in Akihabara when a woman showed up-''

''Shut up in there, or we'll hurt you!''

''Me?'' Rui laughed loudly, kicking her legs in delight.

''This girl is insane, Taka.''

''Here,'' a third guard arrived with a long piece of cloth in his hands. ''This should give us some peace and quiet.''

Walking into her makeshift cell, he tied it around her mouth. ''Mmm, mmm mm!''

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Shō Matsui

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It was by complete chance that Rui was captured in the exact place he needed to be. Shedding his vigilante alias for the time being he was fully invested in a contract to murder a few members of the Akimichi Family. Who made the request wasn't really known but ultimately it didn't matter. Like with all of his jobs, he always did enough diligence to ensure the target, or in this case targets would balance out his positive karma. In this case, the scale of their operation was easily one of the more morally evil things he had to deal with and while he intended to take his time with this and wait until all three of his targets were in the same spot his sister had other plans.
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One of the first things he had done when he returned to the scene of his murdered father was to make a deal with the three of his siblings. He would occasionally help them out but in exchange, he required them to enable location tracking on their phones so he could keep tabs on them in case he needed to help them out OR stop them if they got out of hand. With a sigh he took out his phone again seeing Lil and Ume were in their usual spots but Rui happened to be exactly where he was headed. She must have gotten captured AGAIN. This was the 3rd time in 2 months.
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From the opposite side of the building as Retsu he had cloaked his face in shadows and brandished the handle for his weapon as she skulked through the darkness keeping his eyes peeled for anyone on the lookout. As he was about to move forward a large explosion rang out which served as the perfect distraction for him to slip in through the wall from a higher vantage point. Lucky for Retsu he managed to intercept a group of 6 men who were fully armed and likely headed to deal with whatever caused the disturbance. With one swift motion, he pulled himself entirely through the way and dropped down transforming Black Talon into its katana mode, and before the men could even fire he would behead 4 of them with a twist and pivot on his feet. One of the remaining two brandished a shotgun taking aim and firing. The bullets would just through him instead punching a hole in the wall behind him and Sho would retaliate with a quick slice to the man's throat and then would slice the tendons in his wrists causing him to drop the shotgun and keel over. With a few steps forward he would point the blade at the last man's throat who was sweating profusely "Two options. I can cut your femoral artery and tendons in your legs and you'll bleed out slowly or you can tell me where your boss is. Choice is yours" the man would quickly spill the information and Sho would use the handle of his blade to strike him over the head leaving him incapacitated but still alive. He had the dumbest little sister if she got caught by people like this.

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Doors were a set, agreed upon entrance constructed by the people in charge of whatever building they were in that everyone was just expected to use in order to gain access, limiting their options in favor of obedience. Retsu had never been one to listen to authority and she wasn't about to start now.

Using her own way in the moment she heard her little present go off she rushed through past the dazed gangsters. On the way she slapped a piece of C4 underneath each of the three massive dough mixing tanks within the area she'd breached setting timers for a minute, three minutes and ten minutes respectively. The massive echoes they'd make should draw some of the attention away to an area she was no longer in. For as much of an arsenal as she'd brought she knew she wasn't bullet proof and wasn't about to tempt fate by getting herself surrounded. 

On that note she craned her ears, figuring that at least someone should be coming to check out the commotion. While she was more than willing to look a gift horse in the mouth to critique its teeth she had better things to do right now and after tossing a frag grenade over the overturned table the pair of guards were cowering behind she leaped up and grabbed onto the side of a conveyor belt to pull herself up.

From there the nearest vent was but one OSHA nightmare of a walk away. Making sure to use her modified airsoft rifle to shoot out several windows on the other side of the hall first she clambered her way up and used her combat knife to wrench the grill off. Stuffing her heavy bag through the opening and following after took valuable time she wouldn't have had were the Akimichis competent enough to send someone out immediately but Retsu couldn't care less about whether she fit in and forced her way through regardlessly. 

Her face split into a wide grin hearing the first of her bombs going off behind her with an echo that no doubt reverberated through the entire factorial complex. That lack of caution would be the last mistake they'd ever make. She'd paid top dollar to get credible info on when their entire leadership would be in one place for 'inspections' and she'd be damned if she missed the opportunity. Her elbow dropped forcing a vent panel several rooms from her initial entry to do the same. With her bag in tow Bakuretsu promptly did the same. Hearing startled murmurs in the next room over she clicked her tongue.

What the hell were they doing in the store rooms at the very back of the factory this late into the night. Whatever it was she wasn't planning to lose the element of surprise because of them. With a quick glance at her watch she lined out a rectangular area with her more precise breacher strip and slapped on a timer ensuring it'd go off at the exact same time as her second set charge of C4. Seeing the timer tick down out of the corner of her eye she tossed a canister of tear gas out the door and closed it just in case this offshoot was more competent than the last and got off their asses to check on shit. Soon enough she'd know exactly how good they were.

Her grin widened. She couldn't wait.

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Shō Matsui Rui Matsui

[Rui Matsui]

''Do you think she's really a villain?'' One of the guards asked the other nervously. ''Of course not you idiot! What kind of villain just comes out and says they're a villain?'' He gestured to Rui who was still trying to speak, but muffled by the cloth. ''Besides, look at her. You think a tiny woman like her could be a villain? Let me ask you this, if she was a villain, and a strong one at that, why didn't she use her quirk to attack us? Obviously because she's lying, right?''

''Right...''

''Right, so stop worrying so much and wait for the boss's orders.''

Then the loud explosion caused by Retsu went off.

''What the hell was that?''

''We're under attack. Stay here, I'm checking it out.''

''What? You can't just leave me alone with- man...'' The other guard groaned as his friend ran off in the direction of the next C4 explosion. The other guard looked back at Rui who just shrugged at him. ''Mrp mrp.'' As more and more commotion began to stir around them, Rui was getting excited about the possibility of escaping in the chaos. Maybe her siblings had come to save her? Or maybe it was her Bomb Bestie judging by the bombs? In any case, Sho knew her location so sooner or later her big bro would come. Still, that didn't make being a hostage any less boring, and so she began to rattle the chains of her handcuffs loudly as she rocked back and forth in her seat. ''Stop that. Stop it!''

''Mm mm!'' She giggled, shaking her head.

Shō Matsui
Bakiri Retsu

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Before leaving the area, Sho opted to dig through the inventory of the corpses around him for anything worth taking advantage of for the time being. From his experience, many groups that conducted "business" like this usually had a rudimentary way of communicating short distances, such as an earpiece or walkie-talkie. It was necessary in their world to have simple, low-tech ways of passing information along as the advent of hero society had skyrocketed the technological level of monitoring devices. If you didn't have the money to buy your jammers, it was stupidly easy to figure out what the unsavory population was up to. His search this time, however, came up short as the most he could find were encrypted burner phones. Not having a skill for hacking or thinking it was worth his time to pursue this avenue, he would crush the one he had found in his hand, dropping it back onto the ground next to the beheaded body.
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Footsteps could be heard in the next room, prompting him to brandish his sword and take a few steps back until he was out of the moonlight coming through the rafters. Whoever moved in the next room over was more skilled than the others. They actually used discretion which was a nice change of pace. The door was quickly flung open and something was tossed inside Sho not wanting to find out what it was quickly extended the shadowy tendrils from his quirk to the ceiling and pulled himself through until he was on the roof just narrowly missing the resulting explosion of tear gas as it quickly filled the space. He wanted to investigate the explosions in the front to ensure Rui wasn't caught up in them; otherwise, he would have gone into the next room himself and dispatched whoever had targeted him. He would slice the roof to cause a cave-in over his aggressor before dashing off in the direction Retsu had just come from. If there weren't anyone at the front, he would double back and check the western side of the building as that's where the man he interrogated said she would likely be...but Rui was crazy enough to bomb the place in retaliation.
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Whoever was in the next room bursting through the door guns blazing she'd have expected. Them running away through another door Retsu had considered even more likely. Destroying part of the building to use the roof -the fucking roof- to attack her, yeah, that one she hadn't accounted for.

With a lot of swearing and a big new bruise on her forearm where she'd used it to shield her head from falling debris she'd made it to her breaching strip just as the thing went off. Her very own little bit of good luck as she'd managed to dive through the newly made hole just as the rest of the ceiling collapsed and covered the area she'd just been in with a lethal amount of cement, stone and steel. Establishing communications with the floor drove the air out of her lungs and her heavy duffel bag slamming into her back certainly didn't help. Even more unfortunately she instinctively gulped down her own tear gas setting off a coughing fit as she stumbled towards the edge of the room. 

The door was just in front of her but taking that way out would leave her prone to being ambushed by anyone on the other side. As much as extra holes in her lungs would help get the tear gas out faster Retsu didn't quite feel like getting shot up on the way out and instead took a step back. Holding her bag in front of her she decided to use what she'd just learned to her advantage: the fact that this place was clearly built by the cheapest bidder.

With a roar she charged towards the wall and burst through the thin, rotting plaster dividing this room from the adjacent corridor while tossing a grenade down one end of it and charging the other. Perhaps if she hadn't been stuck in the middle of a cloud of vision-obscuring tear gas and in a rush to get out before she coughed her lungs out she'd have checked what kind of grenade she threw but she didn't quite have the mental capacity for it at the time.

Uncaring of her struggle the incendiary grenade went off covering part of the corridor in liquid fire. Fortunately plaster wasn't flammable. Unfortunately however the planks used to cover other holes busted through said plaster in the past didn't share that same trait and the contents of the storage rooms weren't exactly stored in fire-secure ways either. Not that Retsu noticed or would care if she did. Sticking around long enough for that to become a problem was not part of her plans.

Sure, she'd need to take a detour to get back to her motorcycle on the way back but the fire would also cut off anyone in this wing of the factory preventing them from reinforcing her targets. Heedless of the danger Retsu rushed off in the direction of the setting sun, occasionally throwing another miscellaneous grenade through a window or opened door when she thought she heard something inside as she made her way to her targets. She couldn't afford to take things slower. If the Akimichis got away she'd have done all of this for nothing.

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[Rui Matsui]

With a crack, Rui freed herself from the handcuffs as she broke her wrist, which healed again in the blink of an eye. The guard didn't notice as the chaos on both sides offered plenty of audible distractions. To make matters worse for him, it sounded like both were getting louder and closer. Sucks to suck! There was no doubt in her mind that all this ruckus was actually to save her. Precious little her! Sho wouldn't just stand around and let her die and well, she had recently made a very good bomb bestie too. Ripping the cloth away from her mouth, she grinned as she slowly began unwrapping the skin around her arms.

''Wh-'' The guard hardly got a word before her skin wrapped around him, choking and healing him simultaneously, trapping a loop of feeling like he couldn't breathe for half a second, before being cleansed, then back to struggling for air. The guard continued to struggle, flail even as Rui laughed at the top of her lungs. ''Gimme your gun! I want it gimme gimme gimme!!'' She cackled, until three shots were fired squarely into her forehead, causing her to slump back and retract her skin so she could regenerate. With both parties now left panting, Rui hopped up a couple of seconds later, the bullet wounds already healed with no spilled blood to speak of. ''Ah!'' The guard exclaimed as she held her arms over her head triumphantly.

''GUN!-''

BANG.

Rui collapsed once more and just as the guard turned around, she threw the bullet he had just fired at her against the back of his head like a little pebble. ''That's totes a normal gun, bestie ~ you're gonna need something stronger to exorcize me.'' She grinned wickedly. ''I WANT BEEEEEER!'' She leapt onto his back and started scratching at his face, doing little to no physical damage. However, she was very successful at scaring the living shit out of the guard who was flailing and screaming as he tried and failed to throw her off his back.

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As fast and as quietly as possible, he dashed over the roof of the complex, unconcerned about the chaos he would cause by the roof collapse. At this point, whoever was fighting had been constantly using explosives, and whether that was Rui or the Akimichis didn't matter. All it meant was that he could scout faster than if he was sneaking around as usual. He would reach the front where the explosions had occurred and leap down towards the ground extending the shadowy hands from his back to slow his fall. Once he landed, he was greeted with a destructive sight with ash and shrapnel everywhere. Additionally, there didn't seem to be anyone in the area, and he was sure that if Rui were here, he would have heard her by now. She NEVER stopped talking. He would turn back to the entrance seeing a trail of destruction and scattered body parts strewn about. Whoever had done this knew where Rui was, given the path of destruction they had made. Figuring it would be best to cut them off in a way that only he could, he would dash off in the direction of the western exterior of the building and then used his quirk to move right through the wall, sword brandished and ready.
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Two guards greeted him, and as their bullets flew, he didn't hesitate using the shock of him being unaffected to pivot on his right foot and take a large swing easily taking off the right guard's head and, in return would, cut the other guard in half. Without missing a beat, he would head further, hearing the familiar voice get louder with each wall he passed through. When he finally entered the correct room, it was pure chaos as an explosive went off in his direction, another above and ANOTHER to his right. His eyes narrowed as he saw Rui playing with her captors; he focused on the person who had entered the side opposite of him. SHE was the culprit to the explosives and couldn't be on his side if she was willing to throw explosives around wildly she would be disarmed before Rui got caught up in it. Pushing off his right foot he would lower his center, gripping his blade and switching it to its tanto form for his maximum speed and he would fly at Retsu attempting to slice off one of her hands before trying for the other one on his return. From there he would jump towards Rui smacking the other guard with his hilt before landing and turning his head to face his sister "Rui. What do you think you're doing." she could have likely killed this man easily but she had a habit of playing with her enemies. Children.

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Retsu's eye widened. She'd been running for a bit towards where she'd been told the Akimichis were when she heard a very familiar voice cry out.

''GUN!-''

A burst of adrenaline sent her forward faster than she could, one arm reaching into her bag while the other raised said bag horizontally in front of her as she reached the room she'd heard Rui and the subsequent gunshot from before it all fell quiet. She'd been taking this way too lightly, setting up distractions and sneaking her way through. Should've just blasted her way through all the obstacles, it'd never failed her before. 

As she neared the window everything seemed to slow down. She saw her own hand pull back out of her bag holding the end of one of her improved 'firecrackers', a set of small grenades linked by a thin, highly flammable rope that would catch fire the moment she pulled the cord attached to all the pins off sending a veritable barrage of explosions in whatever general direction she tossed it. With her mind running at a hundred miles an hour she wondered why she felt so strongly about this. The thought gave her pause even as she saw her own body continue her actions. Did she care about Rui? Impossible, she barely knew the girl. Was it because it was her fault that she'd come here and gotten caught? She felt a twinge deep inside. It might just be that, unlikely as she felt it was. Either way she had no time to continue thinking about it. Her bag finished raising up to head height and with a roar she put her full force into her jump, barreling through the window surrounded by a flurry of glass shards as the world came back into focus.

She barely even paid attention as she let go and watched it drop, one hand pulling the cord triggering several pings even as her other reared back for the throw. Right before she threw it another door slammed open and she very much recognized who walked through. Or the third one at least. First came two professional armed guards, each aiming to one side of the room, the one on the right already swiveling their gun her way. Right after them came a man wearing a suit under his body armor and a bold shoulder above. He smugly ran his fingers over his koi-like mustache, the patches of gleaming scales on his cheeks glimmering as he walked, his gun raised atop his shoulder as if he were on a simple stroll instead of walking into a war zone. Behind him came three more people with similar features.

They arrived just in time for bombs to start dropping between them. Two died outright alongside the guard aiming at Retsu while the third alongside the final guard lost more than one limb, only senior Akimichi himself ending up mostly unscathed. Unfortunately for him it didn't last long as her next firecracker was loosed just before Retsu managed to take in the rest of the scene. When she finally did she froze.

"What in the fuck? Rui?"

Unfortunately her words were inaudible due to the next burst of explosives going off and before she had time to ask again someone much scarier than the Akimichis was suddenly right in front of her. Her arm reached down to pick up an explosive, failing to reach when she found herself just one handspan short of it. A handspan she should have had. In fact, it was pretty much the exact length of the one that should've been attached to her bleeding stump. Reacting purely on instinct she managed to pull her other arm back just far enough that she only ended up losing three fingers on his second swing, her thumb completely intact and her index finger only having lost part of its first joint.

A scream of pain and disbelief escaped her lips before she bit down on her teeth so hard they bled and reached into her bag with what remained of her left hand. The man was heading for Rui. For a moment she cursed her choice of weaponry. She didn't have anything that could kill him without also taking out Rui. Then the thought passed, she shrugged mentally and pulled out the strongest bomb she had, one she was unsure she'd manage to survive even this far from where it'd go off. Her fingers clenched around it and she was just about to lift it up to her mouth to pull the pin when she heard him speak to Rui. They knew each other? She froze for a second and cursed in her head, hoping that mistake wouldn't be her last.

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[Rui Matsui]

Rui wasn't even really noticing what was going on. She had a single, selfish goal in mind. Get her captor's gun, because having it and maybe shooting it at someone would be really funny. Sadly she wasn't strong enough to just yoink it from the guard, and even from his back which she was hanging onto, she still couldn't reach it in his hands. Curse those short arms of hers!!

It wasn't until Sho very much got involved in her situation that she took notice. ''Sho-bro!'' She cheered, running towards him for a hug. Whether he actually returned it she would quickly brush past it. ''Okay so like, I was trying to meet up with one of my friends- she's my bomb bestie, I'm sure you'll love her, I think she's here somewhere.'' When Retsu let out her scream Rui looked past Sho and waved at her. ''There she is! Hi bestie!'' She skipped over towards Retsu carelessly, stopping to inspect something on the ground in front of her. ''A hand! What a rare find!'' She picked Retsu's hand up and looked at it, then back at Retsu. ''Oh- it's totes yours! Here,'' she handed it to Retsu, ''hold it up to your arm.'' Hoping her bestie would comply, Rui wrapped her bandages around both the hand and Retsu's arm and like Hollywood magic, the two were attached again, no blood, no injuries! ''You know, a hand is pretty important, you can't just go losing it you have to take better care of it.'' She muttered as she began plucking Retsu's fingers off the ground like she was out in a field picking flowers. Naturally she would help reattach those too. Then, with the biggest, proudest grin she turned back to Sho.

''Sho! Come meet her, come meet her! I made a bestie.'' She stood there with her hands on her hips proudly. This was proof that Rui was responsible and cool enough to make friends all on her own. It was only natural she wanted to share this with her family. ''Sho is my bro bestie.'' She nodded to Retsu, pointing at her sword-wielding shadow bro.

Shō Matsui
Bakiri Retsu

[Shō Matsui]

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Sho took a minute to evaluate the situation flicking the blood from Retsu’s disarming off his blade on the ground. His usual overly affectionate sister would soon greet him as she usually did, hugging him by the waist, which he rarely reciprocated, ESPECIALLY in circumstances like this. She was all too eager to try and butter him up, and he stared down at her eyes narrowed as she should have been very aware of what was coming next. What he didn’t anticipate was that the woman he had disarmed was an ally of Rui’s. He would be able to get a better look at her now and didn’t recognize her from any previous meeting, and even if he could, he doubted that he could get her to say anything at this point, given that her face was contorted in pain. He was about to tell Rui to heal her, but she beat him, picking up her severed hand and fingers to reattach them. He would stand silently as he watched Rui work which was still pretty impressive to this day despite him having seen it many times before.
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Once she was done and insisted he comes to greet Retsu, he did just that, moving closer but still keeping his distance. Rui wasn’t exactly the best judge in character, and half the time she got kidnapped it was because she pissed off enough villain. He did speak up, however, “Sorry about that. I didn't realize anyone else would be coming to rescue her.” refers to him severing her hands before he would pick up Rui with his spare hand, bringing her up to eye level. “This is the 17th time this month.” he had been counting how many times he needed to intervene. Lil and Ume mostly kept a low profile; at least in Ume's case, she would just care for her own problems. The man who had opted to leave during this chaos was trying to be as stealthy as possible to not bring attention to himself, and without warning, Sho would throw his sword at the man with enough force to pierce his arm and pin him to the wall. With a scream, the man began to panic, attempting to take it out but to no avail. “This time, it was a coincidence I saved you.” he placed her down before walking to the senior Akimichi. “I have a job to finish.”
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The acute silence that followed any intense conflict was something that was always underestimated. Suddenly going from explosions, adrenaline and near death to utter calm was a liminal experience that could unbalance even the hardiest veterans and make them feel like something was wrong. Like something was missing.

For Retsu the mental feeling was accompanied by a physical one. It was gone. From one moment to the next, just gone. Her hand. Her fingers. Her future. Just like that. She hadn't even seen him coming. One moment she was taking down the Akimichis, her victory finally achieved after a long and arduous struggle. The next she was done for. Sure, she could technically still throw her weight around but it had certainly lessened, both metaphorically and literally.

She collapsed to her knees. Retsu had already been standing in a rather haphazard way while reaching down into her bag and the combination of blood loss and shock didn't exactly contribute positively to her stability, be it mental or physical. When she turned her head down to look at her injuries it almost seemed like she was observing someone else, as if she were a passenger along for the ride in her own head while the injured woman's mouth opened and closed, debating whether she should use what little strength she had left to use the grenade tightly clasped between her index finger and thumb like it was her lifeline. If she was gonna go out she might as well do so with a bang, right? The decision was made for her when a shudder made it slip out of her blood-slicked fingers. Wasn't that just her luck? All this time, all this effort, all the sweat and tears just to get control over her own fate and when the time finally came it wasn't enough.

She observed herself turning her head towards the approaching devil. Rui looked so much taller than she usually did, the bright smile atop her face so starkly in contrast to Retsu's own features it added further to her almost out-of-body experience. 

"Yo. We've gotta stop meeting like this." Her mouth vocalized. Seeing Rui casually treat the severed hand like a toy further brought to mind the image of a man-eating demon of myth and watching her wrap part of herself around Retsu made the purple-haired one feel odd. Like Retsu had stumbled into some nightmarish corner of reality not meant for human beings. The kind people wouldn't leave with their minds in tact and would spend the rest of their lives trying to rationalize.

And then she had feeling in her hand again. Retsu noticed she blinked. The right hand clenched and unclenched, no sign left of its previous separation other than an invisible line below which her arm was covered in clotting blood moments ago and above which it seemed slightly paler than the rest of her body. It didn't look like hers. Too pristine, too unblemished by what Bakiri Retsu had just gone through to be part of her. Surely it too would show signs of how her world had just been on the verge of ending? It felt like it should show rents, tears or even rot yet it didn't.

Her eye unfocused and she had to squint and blink to see again, her hand coming up unbidden and rubbed at it to get out the salty liquid obscuring her vision. Slowly her surroundings came into view again. Her other hand looked just as pristine as the one rubbing at her eye. It didn't make any sense whatsoever.

Shaking her head side to side to get a hold of herself she took in the dilapidated remains of what had been a top of the line factory warehouse a century ago and was now relegated to serving as a stopping point for the Akimichis illicit goods before they were dispatched throughout the city and clearly as a temporary hold for prisoners as well. She was just about to open her mouth and address Rui when the whimsical girl turned to face the man that had nearly ended her life. What was it she'd heard Rui call him? Subaru?

Huh, now she was calling him Sho. How did one get Sho from Subaru? She put the thought aside for now and pushed down the twinge she felt as he approached. Not a damn sign of that would show on her face, she'd make sure of it.

"Yo, name's Bakuretsu. All good. Shit happens when y'r out." She shrugged, her expression showing a level of nonchalance she absolutely did not feel. "Y've got soot on your shoulder bee tee dubs." Retsu added while pushing herself upright. That slight victory obtained she grit her teeth and took slow, careful steps to ensure she didn't end up swaying as she made her way to the man that had captured Rui and been pinned to the wall by Sho.

"Hey there, shrimp-face? Remember me? Y'r the one that shot me in the leg back then weren't cha? Well buckle up fucko cause have ah got a proposition for ya."

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[Rui Matsui]

''Awww don't say that bestie! Meeting you like this is fun.'' She reached for the top of Retsu's head to give her a gentle pat. Not only did she like feeling like the crazy super useful and reliable villain that she was, but if she showed up when people were hurt and healed them, then those people just had to love her. No one could hate her! Not Rui with her angel face and her charming personality.

When Sho joined them Rui stood there with her hands on her hips proud as could be. Not one, but two people she really liked had come to save her! At this rate she might be the most beloved villain in Tokyo!! ''It can't be helped, being a bigshot like me! hup-'' She blinked her eyes and didn't resist for a second when Sho picked her up. Like an unruly kitten she just hung there and looked between Retsu and Sho. ''Who's keeping count anyway!'' She pouted, but her grin was back just as quickly when Sho's precision throw nailed one of the baddies to the wall. ''Nice throw!'' She giggled, clapping her hands together as she was put down. ''That's okay, it was a coincidence that I needed saving too! Hey bomb bestie! Can I shoot him in the leg? Can I? Can I? Shooo-Brooo? ~'' She followed behind the other two eagerly, eyeing Akimichi like he was just another toy.

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Shō Matsui

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Anyone else probably would have felt bad about putting Retsu in the position they were in, but Sho wasn't like many people. Perhaps not as crazy as Rui or as indulgent as Ume, he fit in well with them. If Retsu was similar, he was sure they would get along. Well, once they resolved the matter at hand. He would brush the extra dust off his shoulder, and the crew would gather around the man whose face had turned pale and was struggling to pull out the sword. Since the rest of the men had been dispatched, he would pull the blade out and while Retsu was likely interrogating him, Rui was bugging him about shooting the man in the leg. This was not the ideal situation since they had a chance that the police would show up if the Akimichi's had a contingency in place.
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"I don't care either way." he changed his blade into a nodachi and hold it over his shoulder. "He needs to die. Don't forget I'm still working." he wouldn't elaborate further since Rui could tell her friend later exactly what he was up to. Even still, he owed Rui so with restraint he would turn to Retsu, "If you need to interrogate him you'll need to do it fast. I need his head so get whatever information you need while you have the chance." normally he would cleave off the targets head, take a picture and then go on his way. At the very least he would stick around to make sure Rui didn't get arrested if or more likely when the cops would show up. Breaking her own was a pain.
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