The apparition of Hanma Yuuchirou, as soon he appeared, disappeared just as quickly, leaving the father-son pair, and the watching bystanders in silence, before a voice, a girl by the soprano sound of the voice, broke the silence.

"Yo, Yuujirou."

"Keh, what you doing here, old hag?" His attention turned to the source of the voice, a young girl, probably in her twenties, stood very close to the fight. She wearing red Chinese-styled clothing with black pants.

"Picking up some groceries." She says, lifting the plastic bag she carried. "Heard you were in the fight? Who's your opponent?"

Using his thumb, the Ogre pointed at Baki. "Him. My son." There's a hint of pride within his voice. Unnoticed by many, save for a few persons.

"Ah, that's Baki you keep mentioning? He certainly a Hanma, to be sure." She looked at Baki, assessing him and his skill. "Anyway, is he strong? Skillful? Fast?"

"He is."

"Really?" Tone skeptical, she approached both of them. "Mind if I test him a bit?"

"No." A simple, short answer.

"Phooey, you're no fun, you know that?" Replied her.

"So I've been told."

"Feh, whatever. I got many other things to do too. Anyway, there is another reason I'm here. Did hear anything about a Yagami around here?" She asked him.

"Is he or she one of yours?"

"Yeah, but he keeps missing out on our family reunion! That brat!"

Chuckling, he said, "Good for him, keeping away from an old hag like you."

"Why you!" She disappeared. Although she has incredible control over her Ki, as there's almost no Ki leaking out of her body when she begins her attack, but his animal-like instinct is nothing to be scoffed at either.


The bystanders, the few lucky fighters that were around, and Baki himself could only watch in shock and awe when the young and petite girl, casually greeted elder Hanma like that. With such familiarity and without fear most people would have when around the elder Hanma. When the elder Hanma made fun of her, she attacked him.

'Fast. She is faster than my jab! I couldn't even see her move!' is what in Baki's mind when he sees her disappear and reappeared above his father, the plastic bags still in hand. His father moved from her punch, the punch just one cm away from hitting him, and his father continues to move away for quite a bit.

She didn't stop her punch when it almost hit the asphalt as he expected. Instead, like his father, she hit the asphalt with her fist.

Instead of just breaking her fist or her fist going through the asphalt like his father's arm did, the asphalt exploded instead. Debris and pieces of asphalt flew everywhere, hitting some of the bystanders. He absent-mindedly caught any pieces of asphalt that coming his way. 'How the hell does she do that?'

"Fast as usual eh, Yuu-chan?"

"..."

"Yuu-chan!?"