It's a dreary day in Saffron, the technnological center of Kanto and one of its largest modern cities. Dark clouds stretch over the whole face of the heavens today and some occasionally thunder and lightning signals some a storm may be moving in…
For just that reason, most of Saffron's residents have gone indoors and many business have closed as the storm and the encroaching night time naturally would force them to. There is, however, one woman standing alone in the otherwise unpopulated streets of Saffron.. right outside the Silph Co. building. Staring up at the steel and glass mega structure (easily the largest building around), the raven-haired female in the glaringly obvious white and black 'Team Rocket' uniform mutters to herself.. "..It's been a long time."
Super Sailor Mars, for once, is away from both Selendos and Hikawa to visit Saffron, though the incoming storm has her in a rush to get to shelter instead of browsing the businesses as she'd planned-the sight of an unusually-dressed civilian catches her attention, however, and she walks over. "I would've enjoyed going shopping here, but the storm cut th-are you lost, or is there something wrong?"
Sabrina, caught off-guard by Rei's approach, is more than mildly shocked.. judging by the look on her face. (My.. powers must be on the fritz again. Damn it!) "A-ah… no. I'm not lost.." She takes an admittedly warranted step back from Rei, exposing the deep crimson 'R' on her barely there chest. She didn't know if the girl knew who she was, but she was /quite/ certain she didn't want to be caught by anyone.. not when her plans were just gathering momentum.. "I'm just… sight-seeing.." She lies… blatantly. But will the girl believe it after her suspicous behavior regarding being noticed..?
Utsuho Reiuji has been invited to join you.
Utsuho Reiuji arrives in: Pokemon Adventures.
Utsuho Reiuji has joined you.
Utsuho Reiuji ports in from: Pokemon Adventures.
<OOC-#3> Sabrina says, "Rei said it was alright… do you want a recap? I can page."
<OOC-#3> Utsuho Reiuji says, "Sure."
Super Sailor Mars looks down for a brief moment, then steps back and narrows her eyes as fire suddenly erupts in the palm of her left hand. "I'm not convinced-and you're one of THEM, aren't you? Don't try playing games with me. Fire…"
It seems Utsuho had finally found some new clothes~ Well, not quite new. She had this outfit a long while back when she was lending Ai her aid in the New Vegas incident. Either way, Utsuho walks into the general area wearing this.
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With the impending storm, she wasn't exactly happy about the thought of rain. That, and she was here for a reason. She was looking for Sabrina specifically, having hoped to find her about the area. Not really knowing Rei was here, for whatever reason, the sudden presence of energy in the area that she was familiar with caused Utsuho to blink a few times. What was -she- doing here? At least, the sudden flare in energy seemed like something she had felt before. Looking towards where she felt it and also looking at the little tracking device she had on her wrist, Utsuho quickly hurried and landed about a hundred feet away from the pair. She was silent, though Sabrina might notice her presence if she was paying attention.
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: Master, is everything alright?
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' Fine, just peachy… a Union lackey showed up in Saffron.'
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: If you would like me to do anything about it, let me know. Otherwise, I will do as you asked and leave things to you.
Sabrina sneers as Rei becomes aggressive, immediately seeing through her lie. Well, it's not as if she weren't expecting it.. everyone knew who the Rockets were. At Rei's conjuring of flames from seemingly out of nowhere, Sabrina immediately leaps to what is probably a very accurate assumption.. "Ah… a Union dog. If it isn't one thing it is another. Why must you fools always be in my way??" Yes, she did notice Utsuho in the area… she'd been feeling her presence for a while now but wasn't about to turn her eyes from the Unioner. Glowing a faint blue, Sabina levitates of of her feet and immediately retreats backward.. grabbing a pokeball from her waist… (I know just how to handle fire.. if I have to…)
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' Do as you wish.'
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: The woman is known as Rei Hino… I will… take care of her for you. Proof, then, that I consider your safety first, Master. Even above those I used to ally myself with. This is the girl I spoke of, the one who threatened to attack me just after I saved her life.
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' ..I see. So that's how it is.. you may participate then. But I won't be backing down from this dog either.'
Super Sailor Mars throws the fire-orb out with her hand, swiftly drawing Inferno with the other and sprinting in to deliver the first strike. "I'd have to-…Soul!-ask the same of you, if I wasn't so focused on fighting! Let's see how WELL you do against the power of Mars! Mars Inferno Blaze-Breaker!"
Rei Hino does 2 damage to Utsuho Reiuji with a Graze hit.
Rei Hino hit Utsuho Reiuji with her Fire Soul!+Mars Inferno Blaze-Breaker! weak attack! <Standard Mechanic>
It's a flash of fire that streaks between Sabrina and Rei, and suddenly there stands Utsuho, her Third Leg drawn and her weapon even looking different than what Rei would have remembered. As the attack came, Utsuho had sped as much as she could and used her weapon as a block to the attack, though it did push against her and cause her to grunt softly.
"What are you doing here, Rei? Still trying to attack random individuals and being insane? Attacking this woman will net you the same thing as if you attacked me… pain."
She was speaking, of course, in a softer, less crazed manner. Seems she has calmed down a bit since she left the Union. Maybe a bit. Still, she had now inserted herself between Rei and Sabrina and made it clear she was going to lay into Rei without restrictions if needed.
Sabrina has a look about her that is more than mildly annoyed as Utsuho bluntly gets between her and Rei. ".. I TOLD YOU not to interfere with me. It is fine if you two have a score to settle, but I refuse to allow another to do my fighting for me.." Clearly, Sabrina has ego problems… levitating around Utsuho and off to Rei's left side she gives her held pokeball a toss.. landing right behind Rei with a flash. … A large, pink, hippo-like pokemon with a massive conc shell attached to its tail appears. It's a Slowbro. "…Regardless.." She chuckles softly.. "You are surrounded Union dog… what will do you?"
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: I apologize, Master… I did not intend to upset you. I thought you had said I could participate. Please let me know if you do or do not want me to keep you safe, as I wish to.
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' :sighs. "Participate yes, guard me…no. I am a big girl Usuho. … I appreciate your sentiments however."'
Super Sailor Mars turns rather quickly, furrowing her eyebrows as Utsuho steps in between her and Sabrina-she backs up a few steps, keeping Inferno in a firm one-handed grip and remaining wary. "I've got no grudge against you, Utsuho-san… And my fight's with her, not you-I'd rather not be forced to take action against you as well, but if you don't step aside, then I'll have no choice."
Closing her eyes for a moment and listening to both Sabrina and Rei, Utsuho does something that is probably quite unexpected… without any warning at all, Utsuho brings her Third Leg 'gun' up to try and connect it with the underside of Rei's chin, only to turn and swing her leg out with a swift kick, attempting to hit her square in the chest and send her flying backwards. "Your fight is with me as well, then. I have a new loyalty within this Multiverse, and it lies with her. Thank yourself for threatening me and making up my mind to leave the Union."
Utsuho does turn to step aside, though, moving from between Sabrina and Rei as was requested of her by her new 'Master'.
Utsuho Reiuji does 12 damage to Rei Hino with a Critical hit.
Utsuho Reiuji hit Rei Hino with her Yata… KICK weak attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Sabrina laughs haughtily.. "My, my.. but you talk big don't you. Even with three independantly powerful individuals baring down on you." ..she comments in regards to Rei's threat to Utsuho. As Utsuho kicks the girl backwards.. directly toward her Slowbro… Sabrina grins wickedly and sends a mental command to her Pokemon.. choosing to do nothing herself at the moment. As the command is given, Slowbro opens its massive maw.. and out from it comes an extremely powerful jet of water… atimed directly at Rei's backside…
That target is not in this room.
Sabrina does 9 damage to Rei Hino with a Direct hit.
Sabrina hit Rei Hino with her Water Gun. weak attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Super Sailor Mars drops Inferno and staggers back with a grunt as she gets kicked in the jaw, just before the kick to her chest sends her flying right into the path of the torrent of water-she's sent stumbling forward onto the street, though she recovers rather quickly and ascends to Eternal for an added advantage. "Gh-! Oof! To think I was trying to be your friend… It's time to take this one step higher-Mars Eternal Power, Make UP!"
Even as the Soldier of Fire transforms again, eight razor-sharp rings of fire appear in front of her. "Since you're BOTH standing against me, let's see how you like a Burning Mandala!"
Rei Hino does 18 damage to Utsuho Reiuji with a Direct hit.
Rei Hino hit Utsuho Reiuji with her Time to go Eternal?! Burning Mandala! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Rei Hino missed Sabrina with her Time to go Eternal?! Burning Mandala! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Much like Sabrina, Utsuho completely underestimated most opponents she ever faced in battle. Rei? Especially so. She had absolutely no respect for the girl, and thus, thought her incapable of actually harming her. When the attack came, Utsuho brought up her Third Leg again as the Fire attack hit the thin barrier that was surrounding her. Not being near as proficient with it as the AU Utsuho had been, though, that attack succeeded in nearly shattering her barrier.
Frowning, "You were not trying to be my friend, child. You were upset because your superior, Kino, scolded you for being a fool. You wanted to make up for it… The only friend I have with the Union is Untamed Breeze."
It seems that since she changed outfits, her general style of attacks changed. Instead of going hogwild and blowing up everything, Utsuho began to fire rapidfire shots out of her Third Leg 'pistol', tiny suns flying towards Rei, superheated globes of pure Nuclear Fire. And she kept firing, over and over, leading her, trailing her, shooting all around her in anticipation of any movement she might make.
Utsuho was a Gensokyo girl… she knew quite well that there wasn't just a couple of directions to dodge.
Utsuho Reiuji does 18 damage to Rei Hino with a Direct hit.
Utsuho Reiuji hit Rei Hino with her Bullet Hell moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Sabrina laughs uproariously as the girl bounces around like a racket ball after their attack. Then, responding to Rei's 'friend' comment, she stops laughing and grins derisively.. "That's not what I had heard…". As the girl collects herself from the pavement and undergoes what appears to be a transformation, completely with dangerous pyrokinetic assault rings, Sabrina scoffs dismissively as the the rings are launched in her direction and simply teleports out of the way.. meanwhile her Slowbro - if it even gets near him - reflects the fire energy harmlessly away from himself with a psychic barrier of transluscent blue energy.
Appearing a few feet away, this time levitating at Rei's right side.. she prepares for an attack of her own. Here eyes would begin to glow faintly blue as an aura similarly colored surrounds her.. then she unleashes what would be a very painful psionic attack directly at Rei's nervous system.. if it succeeds..
Sabrina does 1 damage to Rei Hino with a Mild Graze hit.
Sabrina hit Rei Hino with her Psychic! moderate attack! <Standard Mechanic>
<OOC-#3> Sabrina laughs!
<OOC-#3> Sabrina says, "Oh my.. a level 2 painful 1 damage"
<OOC-#3> Sabrina snickers.
<OOC-#3> Sabrina says, "The system likes me"
You have +allowed. The next attack made against you will hit.
<OOC-#3> Sabrina allows the next attack.
Eternal Sailor Mars falls to one knee momentarily as she's buffeted by the sudden 'shower' of miniature suns, though it doesn't stop her from standing back up and retrieving Inferno-the psionic assault barely fazes the Eternal Senshi of Fire and War, and she raises her saber before dashing towards both her attackers. "No more time for words. Mars Inferno DUAL Blaze-Breaker!"
You suffer 14 points of damage.
Rei Hino does 14 damage to Sabrina with an Above Average hit.
Rei Hino hit Sabrina with her Mars Inferno DUAL Blaze-Breaker! strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Seeing Sabrina so close to Rei caused Utsuho to hesitate. Some part of Utsuho deeply wanted to protect Sabrina, from -any- harm. Thus, she wasn't paying attention when Rei came and hit her hard, causing her to cough and growl lightly.
"This would all be over if you just left! No more, I'm done holding back!"
It was here that Utsuho's weapon began to glow heavily, sucking in energy, only for it to begin glowing like a sword might. Energy coated the weapon, leaving the woman to run into close range and begin slashing in every different direction with her 'Nuclear Sword'. Perhaps her time in the Union -did- do her good… she's learned some measure of self control in using her powers.
Mostly.
Utsuho Reiuji does 25 damage to Rei Hino with a Direct hit.
Utsuho Reiuji hit Rei Hino with her Nuclear Swordswoman strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Sabrina sneers as her attack does not even visibly affect Rei. "Curse this place… what is impeding my powers." As she spit these venomous words, Rei approaches without her notice and lashes out at her with a sword of flames… which makes a deep gash in Sazbrina's shirt.. exposing er cleavage to some degree and searing the flesh beneath. Sabrina recoils from the pain, backing way off, and clutching he chest with both arms… both out of embarassment and pain. "..Slowbro! Hydro Pump!" She yells loudly as she proceeds to move far away from Rei. Slowbro proeeds to open its Maw again.. firing another high-pressure column at Rei.. this time however it is MUCH larer and much more pressurized than the last.
Huh? (Type "help" for help.)
Sabrina does 18 damage to Rei Hino with a Direct hit.
Sabrina hit Rei Hino with her Hydro Pump. strong attack! <Standard Mechanic>
Eternal Sailor Mars raises Inferno to block the strike from Utsuho, though her relative lack of skill with swords as opposed to Uranus' is made clearly obvious as a large gash appears along the front of her uniform-another pained grunt, and the Soldier of Fire falls rather heavily to the ground, just before she's pushed into a building by the forceful torrent of water from Sabrina's Slowbro. "…d-damn… I just can'-…ugh… F-fine, Utsuho-san… You-ugh…-win…"
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: She seems to be surrendering… I would just as soon finish her off than leave her be. What are your wishes, Master?
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with '… If it truly does something for you, you have my permission to finish her. … Ugh … Despite the minor annoyance, however, I'd just as soon leave her. I don't need blood on myhands just right now..'
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: Then your hands shall be clean, Master. I warned her before I left the Union should she ever cross me, I will cripple her.
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' And she is, may as well let her lie.. she can't do much now anyway.'
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: … you put me in a hard spot, Master. I promised I would leave her crippled or worse should she cross me, yet… I promised I would do exactly as you say. Very well, Master… your wishes over my word.
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with 'Sabrina sighs. "I am not giving orders… and I told you about this master business before.. oh, never mind.. let's just get this over with. I need a new shirt..'
Seeing Rei crumple and surrender causes Utsuho to stop where she was. Glaring with a burning hatred towards the woman, she then looked towards Sabrina a moment, then Rei again as if considering her place.
Walking up to Rei, Utsuho raised her weapon and leveled it with her head, leaving the tip of the weapon to rest right near her temple. "I should kill you now, girl. You knew what would happen if you ever took arm against me, and you even attacked that woman after I told you not to. You live now because my Master wishes it. You live because she does not wish your blood on her hands… thank her, or I will break you slowly and painfully. I am not a nice being… I am a Youkai, and I am not your friend."
That said, Utsuho stands and begins to walk towards where Sabrina last was. In fact, she was reaching to unbutton her jacket coat. "Master, here… you may cover yourself with this until you find something more suitable."
Slowbro closes its maw a moment after Rei is shoved into a building by the water jet, effectively turning the water works off. A few drops of water line it's mouth, which it quickly proceeds to lick off. … Sabrina, levitating much further away, is still grimacing and holding her chest… albeit seeming to derive some manner of sadistic glee from Rei's apparent defeat. "..Heh.." Watching Utsuho's little display of anger towards the girl was, also, admittedly satisfying in some manner. Though perhaps only because she knew Rei could do absolutely nothing about it.
Seeing Utsuho approach her, however, gives her pause. In fact, she even seems to be backing away.. albeit very slowly.. "Utsuho..!" She turns pink in the face as the girl offers her jacket, and then immediately scolds her.. "Not here! I told you about how you should behave when we are out.. " She sighs… a very long sigh then. "Come, Utsuho. We're leaving." She then sends the same command, albeit telepathicaally, to Slowbro. 'This is.. a very bad day..' Then she's gone in a flash of light.
Eternal Sailor Mars lets her gaze fall to the ground, bleeding rather heavily from the cut she sustained and detransforming out of sheer fatigue-a sigh, and a few tears, and the Soldier of Fire finally passes out. 'I don't fear death, and I suppose I ought to resign from the Union… Ugh, so weak…'
RADIO: You radio Utsuho Reiuji with ' ..My apologies but.. it is not proudent to show weakness even infront of Union dogs. You must understand Utsuho… if they know you have any sort of emotional connection to me they would most definitely use it against us. … Try to be a little more distant next time… but thank you..'
RADIO: Utsuho Reiuji radios: …yes, Master. As you wish. I… will try.