The Ninja Epidemic

You hop back and narrowly avoid the swipe of the ninjas blade, which rips a slash in your shirt but does you no real harm. You counter with a swing of your bat which the ninja attempts to parry, but cannot combat the force of your bat with the narrow steel of his sword. You knock his sword arm wide and swing in again, knocking his head to the side like it was attatched by a spring. He falls to the ground on his side, his skull crushed benieth the weight of the blow.

Another ninja steps over his body, his own sword drawn. He seems a bit more cautious than his now dead companion. He waits for you to attack.