The madness continues! Mwahaha!

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Bow Girl released her deadly payload, the projectile crossing the distance to its target in but a moment's span. So quick was the attack that Illya had not the time to inhale in order to produce a satisfactory terrified scream.

The explosion sent the unconscious Cu sliding face first along the ground and cast the contents of the ruined flower shop sky high.

And then there was a satisfactory terrified scream.

Moments later, a serendipitous gust of wind cleared the smoke. Standing in front of the terrified Illya was a boy…no a man. Dressed in blue jeans, a white and blue long-sleeved shirt, and his signature black framed glasses. His light brown eyes looked to the destruction around him with an infinite sadness. Another gust of wind served to clear what little soot had clung to the shoulder of his shirt, and to sway his spiky and fluffy read hair, and he turned to glare into the amber orbs of Bow Girl.

"Sword Man…we meet again." She said with a smirk.

"Bow Girl. I see you are still trying to kill my little sis-Ghk!- Illya."

"Y-You know my name?" Illya asked, her eyes brimming with tears of happiness.

Sword Man gave her a warm smile. "It's a Hero's job to know the name of those he rescues."

As Illya's face took on a crimson hue Sword Man whirled, the sound of steel striking steel resounded through the cracked streets of the Miyama shopping street. Sword Man was holding a gladius in a deadlock against Bow Girl's black and white scimitars.

"Don't ignore me, Sword Man!" she growled through gritted teeth.

"I would never think of it, Bow Girl." He grunted back, before he put more strength into his arm and sent Bow Girl stumbling back. "You will not escape me again. I will make you face justice!"

Bow Girl chuckled before speaking in a throaty moan. "Oh, you think you can stop me? How cute."

And so the fighting began and raged for hours. More fighting than could possibly be documented in a snippet this short written for the laughs. The kind of fighting that makes you wish there was a save point somewhere because your family is calling you to dinner but you have no idea how much longer it's going to be, or if this is just another hideously long cut-scene before you get to the real boss fight.

The power of their masterful strikes was simply unquantifiable. If one were to try and put a number to it, any number would fall short, for simple arithmetic would never be enough to comprehend the ferocity of their attacks.

Except maybe for the number 9999.

They separated, the two of them panting, sweat running down their bodies in rivulets. Neither one was harmed, though Sword Man's shirt had been reduced to tatters along with Bow Girl's top.

Though a scrap of cloth and a string of hair always managed to fall just so, and keep her decently covered despite all odds.

Bow Girl was about to resume the attack, but faltered.

It was not every day that she got to look at Sword Man's naked chest: the well toned muscles seemed to ripple even though he was standing still, the muscles of his arms bulged as he strained to hold on to the four feet of bastard sword one handed, his left arm still preoccupied with keeping a bag of meat-buns safe. She spied a drop of sweat as it began to run down from his neck, following the line of his collarbone and falling down his pectoral. She licked her lips as it reached his nipple and then fell from there to the floor.

God, did she love being the super villain.

"You should not waste your time staring," Sword Man said as he took advantage of her momentary distraction to close the distance between them, brandishing a zweihander in his right hand.

Bow Girl smirked.

Then she struck a revealing pose and fluttered her eyes at him. "Hmm... I don't know. I don't mind if you look at me, after all~."

Despite himself, Sword Man faltered.

Bow Girl went back to unashamedly staring at his chest. She was of the opinion that, contrary to popular belief...

Real men had nipples.

And she absolutely loved them.

A beam of incandescent light buried itself into her side, sending her flying into a building with such force that it collapsed on top of her. The drool that had been expunged from her mouth splashed against Sword Man's chest.

Sword Man smiled, he knew that attack.

"How dare you cause so much destruction, Bow Girl!? I, Kaleido Ruby, am here to stop you!" said a girl that looked a lot like Illya as she floated above the rooftops. The similarities Kaleido Ruby held with Illya were uncanny. They had the same height, build, eye color, face, voice, hair. If one were not careful, one would assume that Kaleido Ruby was Illya.

But he knew they'd be wrong.

"Kaleido Ruby! Good to have you here," said Sword Man with a smile.

Ruby blushed. "H-Hi!"

"Oi oi oi! Is it too late to join the party?"

Ruby and Sword Man both turned, and tensed.

"Lancer!" spat Sword Man, the name sounding like a curse when it left his lips.

Lancer smirked, he was dressed in a one-piece blue suit with metal pauldrons, his blue hair swaying in the breeze. Across his shoulders he held a red broom handle that had the paint chipping off in several places.

"What type of welcome is that?" asked Lancer. "For once I'm here to help."

Ruby and Sword Man both narrowed their eyes, but Bow Girl chose that moment to dig herself out of the collapsed building, a small tear on her hot-pants but otherwise unharmed.

"Very well." Said Sword Man. "But we're right back to being enemies after this."

Lancer smirked. "Whatever, I'm just in it for a good fight."

The three readied their weapons. The magic stick, the broom handle, and an enormous slab of stone that could only vaguely be called a sword. And charged, their battle cry resounding within the Miyama shopping district and frightening a nearby flock of doves into flight.

Bow Girl smirked.

Moments later, the two heroes and one vaudevillian were picking themselves off the floor. Sword Man's left pant-leg was completely annihilated as he lay on the floor wit Bow Girl's boot pushing his face down. Lancer's one-piece was shredded on the back and its left pauldron had been cracked. And Kaleido Ruby's outfit had been transformed into what looked like an accidental bikini of cloth.

"How…how is this possible?" Kaleido Ruby asked with awe in her voice.

"She…should not be this strong," said Lancer as he tried to pick himself up off the floor.

"Mrhmmpfhhbbkt!" Said Sword Man beneath Bow Girl's boot.

"You fools," said Bow Girl as she dug the heel of her boot a little more harshly into the back of Sword Man's head. "Do you not understand?"

She turned him over and stepped on his navel, making him squirm. Her foot made a trail down toward his pants. "There is only one of me." Her statement made, she kicked Sword Man toward his comrades, where he landed in a pile atop Lancer.

Sword Man, Lancer, and Ruby all froze. """The Inverse Hero Law."""

Bow Girl's smirk was smug indeed. "You should have fought on alone! By receiving help, you only managed to ensure my victory!" An enormous black bow appeared in one hand, and an enormous sword that could best be described as a monstrous corkscrew appeared in the other. She then notched it to the bow and pulled it taut. "Now sit there and weep."

The three heroes looked at once another, despair etched in the eyes of two, eagerness in the eyes of the third.

Bow Girl took a deep breath.

"CALADBO-" Her triumphant declaration was interrupted as a brass bat descended on her skull with a dull thunk. "Oougoodbyemusclecontrol," she mumbled as she fell to the floor.

The three heroes opened their eyes, and were awed by the light haired beauty standing before them with her back to the sun.

"No..." said Kaleido Ruby.

"When did she arrive?" Said Lancer.

"Boy am I glad I kept the meat buns safe." Said Sword Man.

"Oblargbfwa," Bow Girl said in a way that was really inappropriate for underage audiences.

"Sword Man."

Her blue and gold scarf was blowing in the heroic wind as she pointed at him with her golden bat.

"You're late."

Mysterious Heroine X had arrived in the scene.