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OOC: Back dated to when she was in New York and human.
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The end of August was coming near, Kira had been here in this city for almost a year. Almost a year since she woke up on a grave. With no memory of anything before that Halloween of 2011. She pulled her knees to her chest as she studied a map, trying to figure out where this pull was leading her to but all she knew it was to the North. She had plans to get a passport, just in case she was crossing the border. She would much rather find a way across without such papers though. She didn't exist in this world, no records. No one missed her, no one to miss her, no one was looking for her. She was alone. Her greens eyes drifted up to the room full of cots, people moving about or asleep. Alone in a room full of people. She didn't make any friends, the only use she was to these people was a protector. Mainly the women against one of the men who run this shelter.

Kira put the map away, watching the man move around the beds. He was rather tall, big, fair skin and hair. He would give you an extra blanket, food, money, if you gave in return. He preyed on those who were down on their luck and had no where to go. Just looking at him, she wanted to take a baseball bat to his head, to his knees. Cut open his chest to see if he even had a heart.

She leaned her head back against the wall, closing her eyes. Her eyes snapped open when she felt a hand on her knee. She glared at him, "Don't touch me, Joe." she hissed.

"You look so lonely...and cold." Joe replied with a smile.

"I will kick you in the face...or maybe I should aim lower.." Kira replied simply. The smile left Joe's lips and he removed his hand. "I rather be butt naked at the North Pole then to be warmed up by the likes of you." she added. She looked at the time and stood up, she quickly left and went outside.

During her time here, she had beaten up or killed those who were taking advantage of others. But they were in the act of doing so, beating someone, attempted murder, mug, rape, drug deals, the evils of the city. The people were grateful enough not to tell the police of who did it, mainly what she looked like. Which the annoying part was everyone mistook her for some damn Britney Spears person.

And she was normally covered in bruises, cuts, gashes. Not only because of acting on her wanting to fight others, and those were so easy to pick on. She also fought in cage matches in an underground area of a building that was no longer in use. That's how she made her money, it paid good, she got to beat someone up, it was a win-win.

She hurried down the alleyways, holding a dagger tightly. She didn't stop to wait for people to attack her, if they seemed threatening she just went on the attack. She went into the building and made her way down the stairs, everything was covered in several inches of dirt which was kicked up every time someone walked around in this place.

Kira got to the end of the stairs, the people were cheering and yelling. It was always males vs males and females vs females. Right now the males were fighting. She moved around the cage and the people, going to the area to get ready. Putting the dagger into her jacket and slipping it off. She sat down on the bench and started to wrap her hands.

"Oy, Kira!" this was someone she saw down here a lot, he took in a lot of bets. Dark skin, huge bedazzled sunglasses, large hat, flashy clothes. One would think he was a pimp. "Got a lot of money ridding on you honey. You beat those other women, give them a smack down!" he grinned.

Kira rolled her eyes. "I'll do my best just for you Tone. But if you're making so much money on me, why not cut me in on it." she said with a smile.

Tone flopped down next to her, putting an arm over her shoulders. He was merely friendly and meant nothing else by it. She was used to him. "Girl, I might do just that." he said. He then frowned, "You still plan on skipping town next month?"

Kira nodded, "I need more money for some fake passports though." she replied.

"Well, they'd pay you real good if you went against a guy. But wouldn't want such a pretty face to get all bloodied up." Tone said, tapping on her nose. "But there's a guy. I think you could really could do some damage to. You're smarter than these big brutes."

"Brute?" Kira said, she laughed. "Maybe, as my finally farewell." she added.

"Right on." Tone said, "Excuse me, more people, more bets to make!" he said and got up, slipping off into the groups of people.

Kira shook her head. He was a character. If it wasn't for the fact he liked making money at her expense, she might consider him a friend.

She heard a bell, sounding the end of the fight. One man was on the floor, the mat bloody. The other man, bleeding as well, swollen face, and was leaning against the cage.

"Kira and Tish, you're next!" the ring leader yelled.

Kira got up, tightening the wraps on her hands. They were hosing down the floor of the cage, it had a drain in the middle. The only area that did not have dirt.

Kira was putting on her jacket after the match, her body was protesting against just moving but she did win. She rubbed the blood off the edge of her lip as Tone came up, he did give her a cut of the money he made. "Thanks." she said with a smile.

"Get some more clothes girl, and work that thing." Tone replied.

Kira frowned, "I don't need to work anything. I attract a lot of attention because of who I look like. Its annoying." she said, putting the money away. She waved goodbye to him and headed up the steps. People were clearing out into the night. Going back the way she came, the deserted alleyways. There was only the distant sounds of cars zooming, honking, sirens and here the only sound was her shoes against the pavement, broken glass and puddles.

She gave a sigh when she heard screaming of let me go down another alley. Slipping her dagger free, she moved towards the yelling. She got there in time to see a man hit the woman, who fell into a pile of trash. He was going through her purse. Did the punishment fit the crime? There was no telling what else he might do to her. She pulled the hood of her hoodie over her head then tightened the grip on the handle of her dagger.

She ran down the alley, he was starting to turn when she jumped onto his back, she didn't have the greatest grip on him but she plunged the dagger into the back of his neck. He thrashed at first and tried to knock her off, she twisted the dagger as lost her grip and her feet touched the ground. He turned towards her, his hands reaching for her throat but he slumped to the ground in front of her. She had watched his eyes as he fell. She reached down and pulled the dagger free and wiped the blood on the man's clothes. She stood again and walked off without saying anything.

Kira returned to the shelter and cleaned up in the bathroom. She returned to her bed and got under the covers, falling into another restless sleep.

The next few nights went by without anything happening. The people there were used to her not going out during the daylight due to her fear of the sun. She had one fight to go, a couple more nights before she left. She had her paperwork in order now.

Tone came to the shelter to tell her about the next fight.

"So I'm seriously going against him?" Kira asked, she was one of the high ranking females, the guy was the lowest ranking but they still felt it would be a worth while fight.

"You won't believe the bets on this one!" Tone said, a little too excitedly.

Kira shook her head slightly but smirked. "I have a feeling I'm going to need a lot of rest after this one." she said.

"My money is on you. Do me proud girl." Tone said, giving her a quick one sided hug and left.

Kira sighed, and leaned back against the wall. She would be leaving this all behind soon.

---

Kira was leaning on Tone, "Did he get bigger since the last time he fought?" she asked in his ear.

"Maybe.." Tone was mostly speechless. "But that just means you quicker."

"If he gets a hold of me, I'm screwed." Kira said.

"So, don't let him get a hold of you." Tone replied.

"Great advice." Kira said, rolling her eyes. She wrapped her hands and headed inside the cage. They stared each other down. If he lost, his name was good as mud in the fighting world so his ego was on the line.

The bell dinged, he charged right at her, she dodged out of the way. He turned towards her, all she could do right now was keep ducking out of the way of his fists as she looked for an opening. Finally she faked a hit with her left to go in with her right, she hit him on the jaw. Pain shot through her hand and down her arm. '**** that hurt..'. And so did his fist slamming into her ribs.

Kira stumbled backwards, leaning against the cage. She took in a sharp painful breath, he was already on top of her again. Backhanding her across the face, she flew to the floor. She spit out some blood and wiped it on the back of her wrapped hand.

He stood in front of her, ready to hit her on the back of the neck. Kira put her hands firmly on the ground, kicking off the ground behind her, doing a handstand. She locked her legs around his neck and let her weight pull him forward, making fall over her and onto the mat. She kicked his chest, then his stomach, and right into his face. Once he was down, she got on his chest and started to punch his face. The wraps on her hands were covered in blood. He knocked her off and she went rolling. She rolled onto her feet and took a few steps back as he got to his feet.

He charged at her again, she ducked down, rolled under his legs. He went right into the cage and she helped him get more personal with the metal by kicked him in the back. He fell backwards, almost on her but she jumped back.

The countdown started, and she was declared the winner.

Tone was on her within moments. "That was awesome!" he said.

"Sure.." Kira said, as they walked away from the cage. She got her money for winning and a cut from Tone's winnings.

"I'm going to crawl under the covers and not come out for a few days." Kira said as they headed out the door together.

"Just don't skip town without saying goodbye.." Tone said.

"Right." Kira said as she made her way back to the shelter.

---

Healing was the worse waiting game there was. She was still bruised, her ribs still hurt. If she was going to travel, she wanted to be some what comfortable when she did it.

By the end of the week, she was feeling better and trying to sleep when when a girl almost fell on her. "Kira.." she said, it sounded like she was crying.

Kira opened her eyes and looked at her. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"He tried...when I went to use the bathroom...he...he grabbed me." she said, but her sobbing got worse. She wasn't sure if the girls clothes were ripped like that before.

Kira sat up, looking across the room to the doorway that led to the bathrooms and showers. There he was, standing there. He turned and disappeared down the hall. Her hands tightened into fists, "Don't go anywhere alone, for now...very soon no one will have to worry about him.." she said. She wasn't one to comfort others, so the girl had to go do that elsewhere.

'I'll leave tomorrow...but one more thing to do before I go..' Kira thought to herself, drifting off to sleep.

---

Night had fallen, it was time to act. Kira gathered what things she had into her bag so they were ready to go.

She took in a deep breath as she went up the stairs to the offices. She went inside, Joe was sitting at his desk, staring at a computer screen. He quickly turned it off when he saw her. "If this is about that girl..." he started.

Kira had closed the door and walked over to him. "Why are you so pathetic Joe? Can you really not get any outside this place that you have to take? I'd give you some money so you can get your jollies from a hooker but that wouldn't last you long, would it?" she said, sitting on the desk in front of him.

Joe's jaw tightened, he was angry, she could tell. "How about you offer yourself up in place of the others here?" he asked, his hand went to her leg, moving up.

Kira's grin was cold and he couldn't place what else. She moved back, taking a pair of scissors and pinned his hand to the desk. He cried out in pain. She moved her leg over so she could get down from the desk. "I got other plans, Joe.." she said, taking out her dagger and stabbed his shoulder, making both his arms useless. "You will bother these people no more, expressly the women." she said, taking her dagger, tracing out names such as pig and abuser onto his skin of his face and chest. No matter how loud he screamed, no one came to help him.

His breathing was slowing down. "I expected you to last longer, such a shame." Kira said, she couldn't deny she enjoyed this kill, enjoyed him screaming, his protests of no, stop. How many girls had said no and stop to him but he didn't listen? Now he would never harm anyone again. "Goodbye Joe." she said, slicing open a nice artery so he would bleed out the rest of the way.

Kira took a kleenix and opened the door with it so she could go to the employee bathroom and wash her hands. While she did not exist in this world, they had her fingerprints on file now. Once she was clean, she went downstairs. Everyone was watching her.

"I don't care if you tell the police of what I've done. I'll be long gone. Just give me awhile before calling the police." Kira told them. She went to her bed and grabbed her bag, quickly heading for the door. From there she quickly jumped from one bus to the other until she got to the bus station that would take her out of the city.