"Good, now let's go after them." Yukio said, as he opened the door.

Everyone cheered, and followed Yukio out of the dorm.

Once outside, Ikaruga was the first to speak. "Alright, let's split up. We'll cover more ground that way."

"No, we have to stay as a group. We don't stand a chance on our own." Yukio countered.

"In that case, why don't we split into two teams?" Yumi suggested.

All I know is that one-on-one, the girls won't stand a chance against them. However, if we paired up, or went into teams of 3...We might be able to win. Should I risk it though?

"I like that idea." Katsuragi interrupted Yukio's thoughts. "It should be easy to take them out if we team up."

Yukio sighed, "Fine, let's split into two teams of three and four. What will the teams be then?"

"Katsu, Hibari, and Asuka will be one team, then the rest of us will be the other." Ikaruga said.

"Wait a minute, let me be in the same team as Hibari." Yagyu demanded.

"Asuka and Katsu are stronger than you, Yagyu. She will be fine with them." Yukio countered.

"You don't know that, you never know what might happen-" Yagyu argued.

"It'll be fine, Yagyu." Asuka joined in. "We'll protect her with our life."

Yagyu went silent.

"You trusted me to protect Hibari before. Why can't you trust them?" Yukio argued.

"It's not that, it's just..." Yagyu hesitated.

"If something happens to me, it wouldn't be your fault, Yagyu." Hibari countered.

Yagyu finally gave up, and the group split into their teams.

"Alright, see you guys later!" Katsuragi said.

"We'll meet back at the dorm." Ikaruga stated.

"Got it. Good luck, everyone." Asuka said, as her group left.

Yukio and his group also left. They searched around town.

Ok, so Miyabi's team includes...her childhood friend, Imu. That shy purple haired girl with an unnatural sense of smell, Murasaki. And the weird S&M duo of Ryobi and Ryona. I don't even know what Ryobi and Ryona look like. I only know Imu's appearance from flashbacks, but I remember Miyabi's and Murasaki's appearances very well. I'm sure It'll be fine.

Yagyu tapped on Yukio's shoulder, and he turned to face her.

"What's up, Yagyu?" Yukio asked.

"Are they really going to be ok?" Yagyu questioned.

"Of course, Asuka and Katsuragi will protect Hibari, no matter what." Yukio replied.

Plus, Hibari has her eye technique thingy that mind controls people. Wait...if that's the case, she shouldn't have died the previous times. Unless she didn't get the chance to activate it or something.

"I'm not just worried about Hibari..." Yagyu's voice went quiet. "N-Never mind, I can't say it right now. We have to beat these new Hebijo girls first."

Huh? She's not just worried about Hibari? Is she worried about the others?

"These new girls are no joke if they overpowered Kiriya-Sensei." Ikaruga joined the conversation.

"Y-Yeah..." Yukio replied.

I'm sorry, girls. I lied to you about that.

"The air here is warmer than usual." Yumi said.

"Is the air around you always cold?" Yukio wondered.

"I think she means there's an enemy nearby." Yagyu replied.

"Someone activated a barrier." Yumi said.

"Really? How do you...know..." Yukio looked up at the sky, and saw it turned red.

Red again? Is that the only color it turns into when inside a Shinobi barrier?

"Wait, everyone stop moving." Yumi said, and everyone stood still.

She suddenly spawned a ice shard, and fired it at a tree. Something fired back, and both projectiles were destroyed. A figure dropped from the tree.

The figure had an appearance that Yukio didn't recognize. Her brown hair was tied into long, thin pigtails that reached her knees. Her eyes didn't have matching colors, her left eye was blue, while her right eye was green. The girl's clothing was a red overcoat-like shirt, that covered a white button-down shirt with a black ribbon tied around the collar, which was over a long black dress that went down to her ankles. The weapon she wielded was a bolt-action sniper rifle, and she had a belt of bullets wrapped around her waist.

The girl's weapon reminded Yukio of his previous death. There was a hole in his stomach right after he heard a gunshot. Yagyu's corpse also had a hole in it when he found it.

This girl, she killed both me and Yagyu last time. I've never seen her before, so she can't be Miyabi, Murasaki, or Imu. Which leaves the S&M duo, but which one? Ryobi or Ryona?

The girl quickly loaded another bullet into her sniper, and aimed it at Yumi. "Get the hell out of the way!" A deep feminine voice said.

It's the S, Ryobi.

"Everyone, get down." Yumi said, as she fired another ice shard, which hit and destroyed Ryobi's bullet.

"Tch, damn you." Ryobi cursed Yumi, and quickly loaded another bullet.

"If you continue to fight like this, you won't win." Yumi warned, as she spawned more ice shards and aimed them towards Ryobi.

Ryobi silently chuckled to herself. "Don't get cocky!" She threw a spiked ball up in the air towards Yumi.

Yagyu spawned her umbrella, and shielded Yumi. The ball exploded as soon as it made contact with the umbrella, and sent Yagyu flying back.

"Ugh!" Yagyu grunted as she flew into a wall.

"Like I said, get the hell out of the way!" Ryobi aimed her rifle at Yagyu, and fired the shot.

Ikaruga quickly stepped in and deflected the bullet with her sword.

"Erg...damn it! Three against one is not fair. To hell with you, all of you!" Ryobi cursed again, and threw a bunch of spiked balls into the air.

Alright girls, you've already shined in the spotlight, now it's my turn.

"Timer!" Yukio shouted, and time froze around him. He jumped and threw the spiky balls right back towards Ryobi before Timer ran out.

The spiky balls exploded before they could hit Ryobi, but still sent her back.

Ryobi grunted as she fell on her stomach. Yumi stepped on her back to keep her down. "Any last words?"

"Ugh! What the hell?! No, not like this, I'm not gonna die like this!" Ryobi tried to get Yukio's foot off, but to no success. She on the verge of tears. "Damn you...damn you!"

What the? Is she about to cry? This...feels wrong? Maybe...she's like Homura and the others. I need to find out to make this right.

"Soul Travel." Yukio whispered, and his soul got ripped out of his body.

He opened his eyes, and saw a young Ryobi in front of her. Next to her was another girl with short blonde hair. Her eyes were the same as Ryobi, but on the opposite sides. Her left eye was green and her right eye was blue.

Then a somewhat familiar voice spoke to them. "Ryobi, Ryona. When you two grow up, let's all be Shinobi together, ok?"

I've heard this voice before, but where? Wait, don't tell me this blonde girl is Ryona...is she?

"'Beep' yeah! I can't wait to finally kick some 'beep' with big sis!" A young Ryobi exclaimed.

'Beep'? Was she trying to swear, but replaced it with 'beep'? That's...actually kind of funny.

"I can't 'beep'ing wait! I'll finally be able to say bad words like 'beep'." Ryona added.

Hahaha! Why am I laughing? I know these girls are evil, but seeing them like this. It's kind of adorable and funny at the same time.

"Ryoki, you'll come back after your entrance exam into Gessen Academy, right?" Ryona asked.

"Of course I will. I will always come back for you two." The voice replied.

Wait, hold up a minute. Ryoki? I'm her again? Last time I was in her body she...oh no...Ryoki was Ryobi's and Ryona's sister. She died during that Yoma mission, with Miyabi and Imu being the only survivors. Wait, if Ryoki was a good Shinobi, why did these two join Miyabi's team?

Yukio woke up back in his body, and fell onto Yumi. Ryobi took the chance and ran to her sniper, and aimed it at Yumi. "What the hell was that?"

Suddenly, an ice shard grazed Ryobi's cheek, and left a scar. "Damn you annoying ice witch!" She turned her attention to Yumi, as Yagyu and Ikaruga came to Yukio's aid.

"Yukio, are you ok? What happened?" Ikaruga asked.

"I used my Soul Travel ability, and saw some of her past." Yukio explained, then looked over at Yumi. "Yumi, don't kill her!"

I refuse to let her die now, after learning that Ryobi was related to a good Shinobi, maybe we can turn her onto our side.

"Grr..." Ryobi gritted her teeth. "Don't you dare underestimate me, bastard!"

"Yeah? Well you shouldn't 'beep'ing underestimate me either, Ryobi." Yukio countered, as he stood up, and approached her.

Ryobi aimed her rifle at him. "How do you know my name? How do you about the 'beep'ing?

Yumi fired another ice shard at Ryobi, but she countered it with one of her spike bombs. "Nobody move! If you do, I'm pulling the trigger. Now, how the hell do you know about that?!" She brought out a bunch of spike bombs as a threat.

Yukio stood in place, but didn't panic. "Ryobi, I know some personal stuff about you. You may refuse to believe it, but it's true. I know about you and your sisters. Ryona, and Ryok-." Yukio calmly spoke.

"How the hell do you know her?! Who the hell do you think you are?!" Ryobi shouted.

"You wanted to be good Shinobi with her, together. What exactly made you work for Miyabi?" Yukio calmly asked.

After a moment a silence, Ryobi chuckled. "Why else would I join them? I'm only here for revenge, revenge for my damn sister! Once I gain Miyabi's trust, I will shoot her and her 'loyal dog' dead." Her response confused Yukio even more.

Revenge? Are you kidding me? That revenge is aimed at Miyabi, even though it was the Yoma that killed Ryoki?! Why is she fighting us when she'd have better odds fighting against Miyabi on our side?! This girl...is getting on my nerves.

Yukio suddenly snapped. "You...you're a goddamn idiot! You say you want revenge against Miyabi. Yet here you are, killing off her targets like you're some kind of mercenary. You need to cut that shit, and realize what you're doing is wrong!" Yukio approached Ryobi, who was taken back by his sudden shouting.

"Yeah? And who are you to say that?" Ryobi asked, as she stepped back.

Yukio continued towards Ryobi. "You think betrayal would be the most satisfying way to kill Miyabi? How much of a sadist are you?" He grabbed Ryobi's collar ribbon. "Stop saying I'm taking revenge by betraying her when you could've easily killed her yourself!"

Ryobi threw one of her spike bombs towards Yukio.

"Timer!" Yukio shouted, as time stopped.

He grabbed the spike bomb and smacked Ryobi in the face with it. He ran away from the explosion before his timer ran out, as Ryobi was sent flying into a wall.

Yukio was breathing heavily, as he saw Ryobi fall to the ground. He could still hear her cursing at him silently. "Damn you. Who the hell do you think you are? You don't know a damn thing about me..."

Yukio calmed down, and approached Ryobi again.

"You just need to realize that you're going about this all wrong, Ryobi." Yukio said, his voice now calm. "Your sister was a Good Shinobi, you think she would've wanted you to avenge her this way?" Yukio scolded her.

Plus, it wasn't even Miyabi who killed her. The Yoma did it.

"You can make this right again. There doesn't need to be anymore bloodshed." Yukio said.

I don't want to see anymore of it. Not even from the evil ninjas.

Yukio suddenly heard someone else walk out of a nearby bush. Her hair and eyes seemed very similar to Ryona from Yukio's Soul Travel. She wore a white outfit with a short, wide ballerina tutu. The top of the outfit has two triangles held together by thin threads around her shoulders to keep the chest cover of her outfit from falling down. She wore long white socks that reached up to her skirt, underneath a pair of long platform boots with a golden outline. Both the socks and the boots have triangle trimmings around the edges, and she wore white gloves with the same trimmings. To top it all off, she wore a silver tiara on her head, and two angelic wings attached to her back.

"Aw man...Why couldn't I be the one taking the beating instead of Ryobi? Also, can you step away from her?" The girl said in a familiar high pitched voice, as she spawned two strange handguns, it looked as thought she was holding two pistols in each hand.

She's Ryona? I didn't think she would be wearing that outfit. Also, what the hell are those guns?!

"Ok." Yukio backed away from Ryobi, as the short blonde haired girl kneeled to her sister.

"What did you do to my sister?" Ryona aimed her double-handguns at Yukio. "Don't make me avenge her too."

"She's not dead." Yumi replied, as she approached the twin sisters.

"I remember you, you were one of Gessen Academy's Shinobi. Oh, I've got an idea, let's fight! I wanna know how cold your icicles feel!" Ryona said, as she aimed her guns at Yumi.

"I'll have to decline that offer. I'd prefer if we can avoid conflict with you." Yumi responded.

Ryona sighed "...What a shame then." She said, as she fired at Yumi.

"Yumi! Tim-" Yukio was gonna use his Timer power again, but his head started aching and his nose started bleeding. "Ugh! No...Yumi!"

Yagyu jumped in front of Yumi, and shielded her with her opened umbrella, which blocked the bullets. "If you want a fight, I'll gladly take you on."

Ryona sighed again. "I'm not gonna fight someone who'll just defend. I want to fight someone who'll hit me back! How about this then, all of you can take me on!"

"Both of you are weirdos, what the hell is wrong with you two?!" Yukio shouted.

Ugh! My head still hurts. I guess Timer has more of a recoil than Soul Travel.

"Ooo, the boy is shouting at me, and it feels...so good!" Ryona responded.

"You're gonna give me an even bigger headache." Yukio said.

"You remind me a lot of Ryobi, you're so demanding." Ryona said.

"What? Are you even listening to me?" Yukio said.

"And you, umbrella girl. You have the look in your eyes that I love!" Ryona looked over at the disgusted Yagyu.

I'm not getting anywhere with this girl.

Yukio saw Ryobi get back up, and hit Ryona on the back of her head. "Can't you shut up for a second."

Ryona fell to the ground and squealed in pleasure, which made everyone glare at her in disgust. "Having so many people give me these looks...it makes me so-" Ryona was interrupted as Ryobi pulled her back up by her collar.

"I told you to shut up!" Ryobi said, in a more harsher tone.

"Fine, fine." Ryona then went silent.

Wow, what a lovely duo...

Ryobi approached Yukio, grabbed him by the collar, and head-butted him. "Ugh! First, that was payback. Second, what happened to me or my sisters is none of your business."

"Ow! It became my business when you attacked us." Yukio countered. "Learning that you were originally a good Shinobi made me believe that I could convince you."

Ryobi tilted her head in confusion. "Why would you believe that? What good does it do to befriend someone like me, or this bitch?" She pointed to Ryona, who has been sitting on the ground.

"Valid point, you two are weird for all the wrong reasons. However, I'd rather have more people fighting with me, rather than against me." Yukio stated.

"Damn it, why are you so insistent about helping us? We're here to kill you, dumbass!" Ryobi shouted at Yukio.

"What's stopping you from killing me now? I'm powerless and defenseless here." Yukio said.

Ryobi grew angry. "Tch, you're right, nothing's stopping me. I could still kill you with no regrets." She responded as she aimed her rifle at Yukio.

Yukio saw Yumi, Ikaruga, and Yagyu heading towards them. "No one is going to stop you! I'm willing to risk my own life for convincing you." He shouted, and glared towards the girls, who stopped in their tracks.

"What are you doing, Yukio?!" Ikaruga exclaimed. "Do you have any idea how careless that is?!"

Yukio bit his lip. The last thing he wanted was to die and restart again. However, he stood his ground, and approached Ryobi.

The only backup I have is Timer, but using it would probably have major consequences. I just need to get through to Ryobi.

"You can still avenge your sister, we can help you with that. You just need to put down the gun and stop working for Miyabi." Yukio said. He approached the barrel of the gun, and moved it to the side.

Ryobi lowered her rifle, aimed upward and pulled the trigger. However, only a puff of air came out of the barrel. "Did you know I was bluffing?" She asked Yukio after a moment of silence.

"I don't even know how a rifle works, and I thought you were going to shoot me for a moment there." Yukio let out a sigh of relief. "But you didn't, and that's what matters."

Ryobi let out an annoyed sigh, "you really are a dumbass." She replied, her hostile tone vanished. She went to talk with her sister, who was still on the ground, confused about the current situation.

That was too damn close.

"Don't scare me like that again!" Ikaruga scolded Yukio.

"You're right, I'm sorry for worrying you." Yukio apologized.

If Ryobi had killed me right there, that could be a traumatic experience for the rest of the girls. Ugh, I forgot that Death's Restart works that way. I need to stop relying on it.

Ikaruga lightly hit Yukio on the head. Yukio looked over at Yagyu, who was facing away from them, and had her fists clenched at her sides.

"I'm sorry for worrying you too, Yagyu." He added.

"I...I wasn't worried. It was your fault for acting like that." Yagyu stated. "However, stopping us from getting involved was just foolish. What if you actually died?"

"I know, I won't do that again." Yukio accepted the scolding.

"I would also scold you too, Yukio." Yumi approached him. The icy Shinobi looked over at Ryobi and Ryona. "But your recklessness yielded acceptable results, so I won't complain."

"I'd love to complain about it, you are a complete dumbass!" Ryobi shouted at Yukio.

"You can't complain, my stupidity worked on you." Yukio countered.

"That's only because...your words stuck with me. But that's all, nothing more." Ryobi said, she sounded a bit bashful.

"Anyway, now that we've got two members of the new Hebijo Elites. Would you mind telling us where the others are?" Yukio asked.

"We split up into groups, me and my sister were one group. Miyabi, and her loyal dog were another." Ryobi stated.

Ryona joined the conversation. "There was another girl too, and she wanted to go alone."

By 'loyal dog', if it's not Ryona, then I think they mean Imu. Ok, so Miyabi and Imu are together, and Murasaki's by herself. Why would they leave the shy purple one by herself?

"Why should we trust you? You could easily betray us, and give us false information." Yagyu questioned the twins.

"Because we all want Miyabi dead, am I wrong?" Ryobi asked.

I don't know about 'dead', but we both want to stop her.

"Come on, Yagyu. We need to go find the rest of Hebijo's new Elites." Ikaruga stated.

"And the twins are coming with us." Yukio added, as everyone left the area.

I hope the other girls are doing ok.

To be continued...