Arumi grinned around the sword at the older kunoichi's reaction. Sometimes fear was the appropriate response, especially when Hirano were involved, and Arumi would never tire of seeing people freak out at her changes. It was especially satisfying with this girl, seeing that confidence melt away like that. Unfortunately, the satisfaction was short-lived. A second sword swung around, barely giving Arumi time to block it with her forehead protector. Part of the blade angled around the piece of metal, cutting her head. Arumi didn't flinch, still glaring at the other girl. The blade stung a bit, but it was nothing after the transformations she had just pulled. This girl was going to have to try harder. Arumi let out another growl, making a wide one-handed sweep at the girl's gut. The bitch had sassed her enough. If she cared so much about her looks, Arumi was going to modify them a bit.

Seeing that she had dealt the first mark of damage, Shoshi smirked, especially at the fact that she had drawn blood. She felt a exhilaration more than ever before for some reason, likely because of the fact that it was even more satisfactory since it was this bitch she had cut. Still, even though caught up in exhilaration and happiness that she had managed to cut the girl, she was still not distracted and noticed the claw that was coming at her gut. From earlier, she knew that getting her first sword out of this girl's mouth was near impossible, and so she abandoned it to save herself from receiving a blow--that no doubt would only make her opponent feel more full of herself. She leap back quickly avoid the swipe by a hair's inch, but forgetting that she was in a restaurant, she had fell back into a waiter and the two fell to the ground--the waiter squealing in pain. Almost Shoshi's entire body was bathed in barbecue sauce and soda from what the woman was carrying, and Shoshi angrily stood up to her feet, more angry than before because of her state. "I swear to god your fucking dead, flat chest," she hissed looking at the girl angrily, yet she was now more focused on her other sword.

Arumi grinned, plucking the sword from her mouth and dropping it out the open window next to the booth before getting up. "I think you might be going a little too heavy on the makeup right now, Flapjacks." Arumi took off her forehead protector, tying it around her arm. This occasion might call for a little more brute force, or at least a little more terror. She tensed up and snarled, tattoo burning as she started her next transformation. Cuts opened up on her forehead, and a pair of four-inch horns grew out from them, each coming to a sharp point. Once they stopped growing, the skin closed around the base, as if the horns had always been there. Arumi took a fighting stance, laughing. "What's the matter, ho, never seen a Hirano before? Don't worry, I'll teach you plenty about us. Now, I know you're looking to make a few bucks, but why don't you just climb off that girl? You can work later." She growled, keeping her stance. She might be able to have an edge like this, but if the girl dodged she would end up mauling one of the wait staff, and that would be bad. Better to let her get up.

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Shoshi watched as her sword was tossed out the window like some useless piece of steel, and she couldn't get angrier. The girl was literally doing everything to anger her, and at this point the anger made her headache. She ignored her snide remark, and instead looked on as the girl took on yet another transformation that had Shoshi admittedly amazed. At this point she was curious as to just how many of these transformations the girl was capable of. Still, at least she had now acquired some information on what was the girl's source of these transformation, for a second she pondered over the word Hirano thoughtfully in an attempt to figure out what she knew about them, or anything. Sadly, due to her dislike for reading, she knew nothing. "I thought you were just capable of amplifying your ugliness more than it is normally," she commented back, smirking. "At least I can score a date bitch--they wouldn't even let you pay them to touch them," she said, already on her feet and running at the girl, her sword at her side to perform a horizontal slash, and then would try to follow up with two more.

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Arumi brought up her bracer, holding her arm to help absorb the impact. She skidded back a few inches, but managed to mostly hold her ground. "That's the difference between us. I'm a warrior of Donzokogakure." She pushed back against the blade as hard as she could, trying to shove the other ninja off balance. "You're just a cheap hooker fussing over boys and looks!" Arumi used the opening the shove had given her to go on the offensive. She clawed at Shoshi in wide, diagonal sweeps. These claws weren't long enough to cause deep cuts, so she was aiming to maim and cause as much blood loss as she could. She made occasional slashes at the eyes, trying to blind her opponent or at least get blood in her eyes. "Now pretend it's date night and just GO DOWN!"

Shoshi smirked as she placed her opponent on the defensive using her Lateral Moon technique. Still, she knew from practice that combat was a give and take experience, and so she knew that her opponent would try to put her on the offensive in return and was prepared, somewhat. She hadn't expect the girl to be so strong--or maybe it was just her fatigue from her earlier training that was making her groggy. Nevertheless, she was shoved back with some considerable force and staggered a little on her feet to keep her balance, by the time she had managed to stand firm the girl was already coming at her, and before she could react to place her sword as a guard she had received the first claw mark against her arm, and as the pain stunned and hindered her a bit, she received two more--one at her other arm and another barely missing her eye and instead drew a mark against her forehead. The cuts were small and nonfatal, but they burned slightly and blood trickled from the open scrape wounds. Still, Shoshi smile in masochistic satisfaction and started to block and dodge the wild slashes coming at her. "If you insist," she said in response to the girl's "go down" comment, and would duck down to avoid another claw by a hair's inch, and then would attempt to kick the girl's legs out from under her and then she would follow up by trying to slice at the girl if she was to lose her balance.

Arumi was grinning ear to ear, putting the fangs on display. She was drawing more blood than usual today, and getting to duel another ninja was a rare treat. This girl was lucky she was so quick, but it was clear the scratches were starting to wear on her. She was flinching with the cuts, apparently not as used to them as Arumi was. A Hirano wouldn't even blink at a wound like that, although the other girl almost seemed to be enjoying the pain. She was grinning at the cuts, which was pretty unusual at least. Still, Arumi pressed the attack. She wasn't going to let this one off easy.

Things turned when the girl dropped low, dodging her onslaught. Then, Arumi felt something hit her legs and the world turned sideways. The bitch had swept her! As she fell, Arumi barely had time to respond to the sword flashing towards her. She brought her bracer around, deflecting the blade from going too deep but getting a shallow cut all the way across her stomach. Arumi snarled, rolling into a low stance as she landed. She had both hands at the ready, not even making an attempt to stop the bleeding. She could worry about her own injuries when this girl was bleeding out on the floor. "That's it!" she roared. The parry had given her an opening, and a blast of air launched Arumi at the older girl like she'd been fired out of a cannon, clawing at her as she tackled.

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Shoshi grinned excitedly as she had managed to actually do a somewhat considerably about of damage to her opponent. Still, she knew that such a little cut across the stomach practically wouldn't even hinder the bitch now since even a little kid could bare with it, but instead simply give her something to think about after the match--if she was alive that is. Nevertheless, at least she had the upper hand... for now. In the slim second that she had as the girl rolled on the floor and regained her stance, Shoshi pondered about the predicament of her other sword. Someone could have easily stolen it by now, and, much like now, that would put her at a disadvantage in combat until she could afford to buy another.

Nevertheless, she would have to worry about her sword later, she knew that was for certain as the girl had come at her with a sudden speed that had Shoshi eyes bulging in surprise. She brought up her sword at the last second to defend against the attack, meeting the girl's hard nails with her swords in a loud clash of metal. But the extra momentum the girl had gained from the speed boost was enough that Shoshi couldn't keep her balance, and eventually was sent spiraling back. She crashed about ten feet away into a wooden table that broke in two under the force of her impact, causing Shoshi to scream in pain. She stood up, tossing pieces of the broken table aside, brandishing a series of considerably deep cuts all over her body with her hair completely down as the ribbon holding it up was forcefully removed in the collision. Angrily, her jaw tensed. "There is definitely no living for you now, bitch," she said angrily before she broke out into a smirk. She then would remove her yellow vest, then her shirt, then lastly, her skirt, and tossed them aside, brandishing a pair of matching multicolored striped bra and panties. Already she could feel a weight lifted off her shoulders because of the extra weighting in her clothing.

"Let's see how fast you are," she said and would stick her sword on the ground behind her, and would use it to kick off, sending her flying at the girl at the same or speed as she had just did. When she was close enough, she would attempt to deliver a knee kick to the girl's stomach, likely sending her flying like Shoshi did. If successful, she would bolt at the window which her sword had been thrown out of to retrieve it. She knew she was definitely going to need it.

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The Hirano girl threw her head back, laughing. Now this was getting fun! She'd finally got a good hit in on the girl, smashing up some furniture in the process. The other kunoichi seemed to be having a harder time of it, covered in cuts, scrapes and bruises. But still, Arumi could see that masochistic streak. The girl was smiling again.

Arumi couldn't believe what she was seeing. The girl was actually stripping! She stared in confusion, head tilted, while the older girl stripped down to her underwear. "Look, I knew you were a whore, but I didn't know you were a stripper too!" she shouted, finally thinking of something to say. "Did you hit your head and think you're at work or something?" Arumi laughed nervously. This whole scenario had gotten a little uncomfortable. As a Hirano she was used to all sorts of violence, but having an opponent put on a striptease in mid-battle was weird, even for her.

She was so distracted that she didn't have time to react when the girl launched herself. A knee slammed into Arumi's gut, hitting the fresh cut there and sending her flying back into a wall. Arumi growled, still hiding the pain as she stepped away from the hole in the plaster, looking around for her opponent. The girl had had her on the ropes, why didn't she strike? Arumi's eyes widened. She was heading right for the window where she had dropped the sword. She coiled up, ready to launch herself again when two people flickered into the restaurant. One stood blocking her way, the other grabbed the other girl's shoulder and pulled her back inside. Arumi didn't recognize them, but she knew the uniforms. They were Donzokogakure jounin, and she was in a world of trouble.

Sprinting the small distance to where her sword has been thrown out the window, Shoshi was greeted by hands grabbing her before she could get the sword. Naturally, she thought that it was the bitch, Arumi, and reacted violently by spinning around and attempting to hit the girl across the face, but as her hand was grabbed and she was met face to face with a stern male with blonde hair, her jaw tensed in anger. She had expected that someone would intervene eventually before the two could potentially destroy the entire restaurant, but she had at least hoped that she could slice the girl up to a few bits before they could--who was now also held back by a jounin with blue hair. "Let go off me," she snarled, struggling out of the grip on her, and actually managed to get away and started to run at the girl, her sword drawn. Before she could actually get to the girl though, she collapsed with a soft, yet firm, surface that had her falling on her butt. She looked up to see another male with blonde like the other who held her, and around her two more had joined the fray. "Dammit," she hissed, calming herself since she knew that escaping now was only going to make things worst for her than it was. As she would be lugged away from the mostly destroyed restaurant, she frowned and would turn to the girl, "Great, look what your flat chested ass cause."

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Arumi stood down, starting to reverse her transformations. She growled as the horns receded into her head, the skin closing after them. She laughed at Shoshi's accusation. "And who pulled the sword out and stuck it in someone's face? Seems like you started all this, ho." With the pain of the horn transformation out of her system, she could focus on reversing the claws. She clenched her teeth as her nails blunted and shrank, returning to normal. The Jounin shadowing her stood back to let her change, apparently familiar with her clan's tricks. He started to step forward, but Arumi held up a finger. "Hang on, one more." She let out another growl, focusing on her teeth. The fangs retracted, leaving ordinary human teeth in their place. "Okay, good to go." The Jounin nodded and took her arm, leading her out. Arumi was calm about the whole thing. This wasn't her first case of disorderly conduct, and her family was pretty good about getting her out of these situations. She turned to get one last barb at the other girl as she was dragged out. "I'm sure this is a new experience for you, getting arrested for something that isn't prostitution. Just roll with it."

[And exit]