"Well we need to hurry up then! Let's go save her!" Tedashii demanded.

"Good idea! And do you have a lead to where she is?!" Jeong-Min said sarcastically. Tedashii look back surprise. "Exactly none of us knows where Li Mei Xiaodan is."

Back at the warehouse the big delinquent swung out his fist at Li Mei who block being knock into the air. She immediately swift her body to land on her feet. As she reposition herself she realized a chain was wrapped around her foot. The man pulled his chains and Li Mei trip over being pulled by the chains of the bulky big delinquent. Now close up, her face was out and open to a smash attack with both he's hands. As flexible as she is. She wrap her legs around the man's waist.

The man blushed and flinch.

"Jun! Get away from her!" Mara shouts but it was too late.

The embracing Li Mei place her palms on him. "Force Palm!" Jun felt imaginary shock waves internally hitting his nerves he fell down as smoke escape his body. Li Mei freed from Jun's hold follows up with a twirling kick. "Tatsumaki Senpukyaku!" He fling over crashing down

"Uhh... okay?" Mara said puzzled of Li Mei shouting the familiar names.

"Oh my look at this, how amusing." A short and tied in a low ponytail style girl stood above standing ontop pillar. "It gradually changes colors this is very bad for her she will be the most predictable esper I've every target. And easy."

"What changes colors?" Mara look back at the chill relax girl.

"Hmm? I say something?!"

"I didn't ask for your assistance Tsurigane Saryou!" Mara said annoyed. Looking up with a sigh."

"What's the big deal AihÄña..." After saying in a distorted tone she pause covering her mouth and looking at the odd light blurring fluffy cloud AIM visual then chuckle with a smile. "Oh I see now I notice you seem different."

"Shut up! I know you were scouting this pass week for us. But I don't need your help go away."

"That's not nice to talk to your ally that way. And besides I brought Kenichi with me."

"Don't bring him here! I don't need him I'm the hero! I'm the protagonist!"

"Oh! Are you breaking one of Kenichi's rules?" Tsurigane ask with a glare. Mara turn away tightening the grip of her baseball bat. She charged at Li Mei who was still pushing back the bulky delinquent man swinging her baseball bat at her. "She's gonna dodge." Tsurigane easily predicts Li Mei ducked. Li Mei rise up and push Mara avoiding harmful violence against Mara. She jump into the air bouncing off two walls of the abandoned shack near by.

Li Mei back flips soaring down at the big delinquent with a kick. Sudden needle comes spearing at Li Mei who twirls her body barley dodging but once she evades she was helpless to avoided the grab of the big delinquent. Holding a firm grip of her neck he hurls her across into the abandoned shack.

"Nice one Yosuke Jun!" Tsurigane phrase.

"You idiot don't go around throwing out our names" Mara shouts as Tsurigane squeal.

"Sorry!" Tsurigane cried out.

"Jeez don't be so wimpy." Mara look away looking at the damage shack.

"Sorry!" Tsurigane bowed.

"With just a throw she easily went through the shack. I didn't throw her that hard." Yosuke said cautious stepping away next to the two girls.

"Kenichi and that Joker guy really did some damage here... bunch of monsters." Mara said studying the damage.

"If you think this is big, wait till I get serious." Li Mei came out with a smirk. She swift her arm as beautiful aurora rainbow light sparkle. "Such damages like this is pretty weak."

The big delinquent pulled a chip out his pocket and inserted it smoothly into his chains. The changes enter a thermal radiation transformation, smoky and red light visual. He whips them up leaving a burning hole of ash.

"Metal transformation? Are you sure you wanna use that now the day is still too long." Mara ask peering Yosuke.

"We have only one target here! Our day and job ends with her! That's all the merchant ask for!" Yosuke relies. He charges at Li Mei swinging and rapidly twirling his burning chains. Sparks scattered as he closed in on her.

Mara smiles watching the the two clash. "Thermal Expansion. Metal expands when heated. The length, surface area and volume will increase with temperature. Because heat increases the vibrations of the atoms in the metal. Accounting for thermal expansion is essential when designing metallic structures. Peaking wavelength and total radiated amount vary with temperature according to Wien's displacement law. However this display in radiation can reach her." Li Mei swift her body keeping perfectly up with her reflexes.

"To move like water." Li Mei mumbles eventually closing in the gap between her and Yosuke. A platinum basic rainbow aura barrel, space in a zone between her and him. Her eyes turn completely white as she start shifting her hands into sign, "Gentle Fist Art (Baguazhang) Plum Flower!" In a spilt bizarre moment Li Mei aimed poking with two fingers at pressure points striking nerves. Her attacks were so quick it look as afterimages were left behind her speed. Radiating rainbow energy rush through Yosuke body as Li Mei begin counting at fast pacing. "37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 57, trigrams 64!"

The last strike knock him back so far his eyes pupils went up. Yosuke grin his fist and shouted "Why you!!" Trying to lift his arm but his muscles tightened up preventing him to move.

Meanwhile Director Kaneshiro alone in office room speaking on the phone with a certain merchant. "I need to talk to you Ive put all the pieces together. Call it off the hit."

"Excuse me, but I apologize but you have no right to advice me to do anything after all we never share our identities to one another."

"Well you would have a little change of heart. The target is a young level 4 high schooler Li Mei Xiaodan."

"What!? Why would they.... oh I see that's disappointing I guess there wasn't another way."

"Don't be such a selfish prick." Kaneshiro scold, "targeting kids is regardless unforgivable you don't have the right to choose. Don't shake up now dispute everything you've done to those kids. Anyways call it off or four kids will be hurt, maybe even kill."

"I'm sure Tardy can handle it. There train kids and they won't lose. They'll fight and make money for those child errors."

"No they will not... Because I'm a board of director and I failed that girl's entry exam on purpose."

"What!?"

"I can't give you the context why...."

Li Mei smile as she explains what she done to Yosuke. "Meridian points in Traditional Chinese Medicine, the field of martial arts, refers to an area on the human body that may produce significant pain or other effects when manipulated in a specific manner. I just hit sixty-four of them and now it's over. Mara I took down your strongest ally, now stop these games."

"But I believe Li Mei Xiaodan is a level 5"

Mara tense up taking a step back. "No I'm the protagonist me."

A faint vision from her past with a group of espers stood in front of her helpless as her family was harmed protecting her.

"I'm the hero! I'm the protagonist!!" Mara whip out her control as the frisbee tech device floating in the air started spinning and twirling. Creating dust images blinding Li Mei's eye sight. Li Mei closed her eyes and waited patiently for needle coming her way Li Mei was capable to see the radiant aura light with her eyes closed. Li Mei dodges as tiny bits of her hair was cut. Tsurigane spear in with a sinister smile. She swung rapidly at Li Mei.

"Delicious your appalling!! Hey I just wanna let you know I apologize for stating you would be predictable!" Tsurigane true nature reveal among the dust zone. As she continued to slash at Li Mei. Li Mei quickly made a solid aura spoon staff. As they clash at blades but to Li Mei surprise Tsurigane easily kept toes with her. Li Mei swirl her spoon staff spinning it in. Tsurigane jumps over throwing her needles that Li Mei easily block off. She hid into the shadows of the tornado dust trap that they were stuck in. "I have a favor, can you chop my head off!" Tsurigane strikes behind at Li Mei who blocked once more.

"What!?" Li Mei said confuse, Tsurigane use this confusing statement as an opening stabbing Li Mei's arm.

"It's over." she said with a smile.

"It's over? For what?! That your needles has a poison that paralyzed me? So what!" Li Mei use her free arm punching Tsurigane in the face. Tsurigane twirls back forming a back flip. She studies Li Mei's reaction.

"Oh I see you some how focus a lot of your rainbow energy of yours, into your arm to stop it from spreading however! You can only use one arm now."

"It doesn't matter I don't need both arms to use the Aura Storm signature attack." Li Mei threatens as the effect actually work she curiously step back.

"Hmph!" Tsurigane chuckles and then charged Li Mei anyways swinging her needle blade. "So what?! All I need to do is break down your scientific formula before you can do anything! I'm tired of helping these losers I just need to get you outta the picture take Tardy's secret CV tech and then I can betray them so I can do the same to Kouga School! And then, then I can finally be." Before Tsurigane could finish four aura staff spoons spike into the ground acting as a lightning rod breaking Tsurigane esper ability. Tsurigane lost sight of Li Mei's AIM diffusion field, blinded she tried to step back but it was too late.

"So I see outta of all the non-espers here, you're the only one that's an esper." Li Mei confirms rushing up on Tsurigane with a dragon kick to the face. "You can see and visualize the AIM diffusion fields of other espers. That's why you were easily predicting me, however I can see the radiating spiritual nature of all animals, plants and insects in the universe."

"What that's not scientific... at all!" Tsurgane fling into the air in disbelief. Li Mei dragon kick across to Tsurigane. A tooth came out of Tsurigane rolling over on the ground.

Li Mei spins in the air combining the wind and aura in the air. Creating air that did piercing blows into the frisbees that lock her and Tsurigane in.

Mara helping Yosuke up turned around surprise to see Tsurigane on the ground. "What?! Did she really defeat Tsurigane in combat too?! I knew Li Mei knew martial arts but still!"

"Mara stop this!" Li Mei cried out still trying to reach out to Mara.

"Shut up!! You're ruining everything just like before! Just as now!! You still haven't change at all!"

"Mara!?"

"I hate you!!" Mara's shout stabbed Li Mei in the heart as Li Mei power slowly weaken. Li Mei shrugs it off, and started walking towards Yosuke and Mara.

Yosuke rised up despite his condition. "This is bad go search for Kenichi! We can't do this alone."

"Yosuke!?" Mara said in shock.

"Don't forget the mission we can't let them down. They need the food and money." Yosuke stood strong on his statement as Mara took a deep breath.

"I might have one numb arm at the moment, I might be a failure level 4 but don't take me lightly." Li Mei form a circle walking stance with one arm hanging. An metal high tech gear with emblem "CV" hit the ground in front of Li Mei.

"Mara what the hell is this?!" bandanna hoodie delinquent with slapping jeans and trace shoes. He jumps down sliding off the rocky hill landing next to Mara.

"It's You!" Li Mei shouts."

Even if he wasn't as intelligent as his allies, Kenichi could easily study the scenery and at her then Mara he clench his fist angrily.

Tedashii quietly wires cameras of Academy city.
Jeong-Min scouts up down and sighs once returning to Tedashii. "I haven't found anything I look all over the Daihasei Festival. I wanted to search outside the boundaries of the event areas but I'm sure it'll be too late.

"It's okay. I've already got eyes on the outside borders I just wanted you to check just in case. We can't jump to any conclusions just yet." Tedashii relies.

"Don't worry, I'm gonna make a certain call to someone but once I do, I won't be able to return to Academy City after this is all over." Jeong-Min pulled out a tiny golden flute.

"There's a ninety percent chance that there in district 19." Tedashii answers interrupting Jeong-Min. "I think this group's plan is to start up a uprising or this could just be some job. However there's not technical supported to carefully make moves in the open after all. After all Mara wanted to invited me into Tardy for that type of support."

"You look gloomy I understand how you feel but Li Mei will be fine she's really strong." Jeong-Min took off her cape like cloak showing her slim revealing purple kunoichi outfit with yellow lining, lace leggings, light sandals.

Tedashii blush and looked away, "God Damn it of course she looks sexy in that." Tedashii mumbles to himself.

"You said something?"

"There was a weapon I've made to take down the level 5's I'm sure he wouldn't forgive me but it's fine I knew we would never be friends anyways..." Tedashii said bothered ambivalent tone. "I've made a weapon to take down the 7th rank level 5 Sogiita Gunha."

"What!? Why would you do something like that are you really that much of a chinpoko loser?"

"Yeah... apparently so. I didn't know that he was well... very kind caring person, during the time of making my inventions. Of course you may consider I can't counter something that the scientist can't even figure out. So to counter a variety of effects. I had to make my own depending on the reaction of that said effect of vectors. And the damn bastards is not even using it right! He still has the weapon sheathe. But anyways sounds like something that would work, it was the only weapon I believe that would work but I given up on it and all the others after losing my best one while fighting a self righteous hero. But it's funny now after meeting Gunha I realize it'll never work now I didn't realize that he would be that strong."

"Hero? ...You're telling me this because they somehow have that weapon huh?!"

"Yeah it's true Tardy has that weapon."

"It's still fine." Jeong-Min held her hands together in a pray. "Li Mei is stronger than that to lose to you."

"Kenichi..." Mara said as he still look away from her.

"Mara what's effing gotten into huh?!" Kenichi said angry. "Isn't this your friend! One that would look out for you so why you choose her as the hit?"

"Shut up you wouldn't understand, don't go acting like the hero now you've played along then."

"Damn it! You effing think I like helping these merchants?! I told you to chill for a second I know that effing detective tick you off but he did it to all of us Yo! We need to slow down a bit!"

"Shut up Kenichi move aside, you're being hella annoying today!"

"You need to listen! Something about this shit just don't suit well for me. One minute it's simple, then the next it's complex like there plotting something big. It's like I'm talking to two different merchants!"

"Kenichi...?" Yosuke mumbles anxious.

"We need to bail!" Kenichi shouts, "Where effing not just doing a job were pawns in this!"

"Screw those child errors! Screw our justice! I wanna take her down!" Mara points her baseball bat at Li Mei who was completely confused.

*Slap* Li Mei stood there surprise at Kenichi slapping Mara.

Mara stood there in shock as her past images return to haunt her.

That's a nice ass you got there."
Make a move she's a level 0 and her parents are non espers.
Ouch you bitch! Who the hell you think you are you're not a hero!"

Mara drop down on her knees. As Kenichi was surprise at her reaction.

"Mara?" Kenichi sorrowfully reach out his hand to her but a sudden radiating aura burst out of control. The tardy gang stood there terrified of Li Mei bursting of energy. Li Mei's AIM burst out to a point Kaneshiro, Tedashii and Jeong-Min witnessed it becoming visible.

"How dare you hurt Mara!!" Li Mei shouts angrily.

"What the hell! What now!?" Kenichi said lost.

"I don't know I've never seen her angry." Mara said puzzled.

"Watch out!! She's transforming!" Yosuke said regaining his strength.

Li Mei erupted as the intense power surging overflow that they couldn't even get a visual of what she's becoming.