Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained [Open][NR]

A sigh escaped the female as she sat upon the empty beach and stared out at the waves that were coming in and crashing against the shore: she was far enough back that the water hadn't yet reached her even though the tide was indeed coming in. Nightfall had hit the beautiful island causing the colors to change to deeper and yet still beautiful tones. Ka'lara sat on her butt with her knees brought up to her chest, arms wrapped around her legs. Her chin rested on the knees as she stared out at the ocean.

She was still waiting to run into the young girl who wore the red hooded cape but so far she hadn't been able to spot her. Was she still here? She hadn't seen Mitsukai in a very long time and wondered if Amaranth would recognize her, or if perhaps those memories had never made it over from the shinobi world. If that was the case then what would she do? She couldn't expect someone who didn't know her to be willing to teach her such a dangerous technique, after all.

Every so often the female would tilt her head back and look at the sky, searching for that ball of a spaceship that the Saiyan seemed to travel in. She hoped he didn't come here, she hoped that he didn't find her. She hadn't yet fully accepted that she now had Ankoku sealed inside of her: the tailed beast had been quiet, giving her her space or so she figured, and it had been nice.

Amaranth had spent the majority of the day shut away in her laboratory working on a new summon, one that had been proving rather difficult. She had spent so long on it that she had found herself surprised to look up and see the water outside of the lab darkened - a sign that night had fallen. So, figuring it was definitely time to take a break and grab a bite to eat she had made herself several sandwiches, two of which were in a bag with the third being in her hand and had then ventured to the beach.

She had been in the process of walking and eating, enjoying the coolish night sea scented air when she noticed a female covered - at least from what she could see - completely in a tattoo. From what she could see if the girl she had dark hair, dressed like she belonged in the ninja world, and had what Amaranth noticed were training weights around her wrists and ankles. The girl looked familiar and so Amaranth headed towards her. As she walked she took another bite out of her sandwich and began to chew.

"Nanalie? That you?", she called out as she got within ten or so feet of the female. She had taken notice of the way the girl kept looking up as if she were searching the sky for something. Was there supposed to be a shooting star tonight or something? She didn't know; she had been out of the loop a bit with how busy she had been working. There was a reason her lab had been built under water after all - it blocked out everything and anything, especially when her monitors were shut off.

Amaranth took the last bite of her sandwich, thinking of fishing another out of her bag, as she waited for the strange powerful female to respond.

Ka'lara looked up as she heard her old name called. She turned her head and took in the familiar sight of Mitsukai - or rather, of Amaranth. A small smile formed on her lips as she watched the girl stuff what looked like was the remainder of a sandwich into her mouth. "Hey, there. You're just the person I was looking for. Are you busy?" It seemed like a silly question - what Boss wasn't busy? - but she felt the need to ask anyway.

She would wait to see what Amaranth was going to say before glancing back up at the sky: she knew she was being a bit on the paranoid side. Surely that alien kid couldn't recover from such an ass beating that quickly - especially considering that Ka'lara had removed a part of his body. She glanced back over to Amaranth, hoping the girl would have a bit of time to talk...

The female turned as Amaranth called her name and she saw that it was indeed the Konoha shinobi from the other world - though she was sure she had heard somewhere that the girl went by another name in this world. No matter, it didn't seem like that big of a deal. The older female asked if she was busy and she shook her head no as she walked the last few feet that separated them.

"Actually, I guess you could say I just went on break. I sort of lost track of time working on something.", Amaranth explained as she went and took a seat next to the female. The girl looked like she had been in a nasty fight and yet Amaranth couldn't sense any sort of pain coming from her nor see any injuries - apparently someone had healed her but Nanalie had never bothered to change her clothing. Amaranth reached into the bag with her two remaining sandwiches and pulled one out - thinking it was rude not to share she offered it to Nanalie. If the girl would take it then she would pull out her third and last sandwich and take a bite of it.

She would chew her food rather quickly and swallow before asking, "So, what's up? Mind telling me what's going on? No offense but you look a little worse for wear. I've been kind of shut up for a few days, out of the loop you could say. I see you have a Company pendant on now, and your Konoha headband.." Another bite of her sandwich and she would chew as she waited for the female to respond.

Amaranth said that she wasn't busy, that in fact she had just gone on break after having lost track of time. She came and sat down next to Ka'lara and then handed her a sandwich before asking her a series of questions. Apparently Amaranth had been out of the loop for a while, busy likely with whatever it was that she had been working on.

Ka'lara took a bite of the sandwich and could taste peanut butter and jelly - perfect amounts. She chewed her bite and swallowed it before thinking back to the whole story. "Well, I guess Demi put in a real good word for me with Junior because I got called up to the office and hired on as a Company member on the spot. Following that some alien landed over in Ground Zero and started killing all of the freaks and demons over there. Junior asked some people to go over and check things out and The Vigilante and I went over. It turned into a fight and it almost didn't end well. The kid was strong, and even in a fight against the both of us he started to hand us our own asses. In the end The Vigilante did something that made himself glow that apparently made him more powerful and got us out of there. Getting my ass handed to me like that kind of woke up that old ninja spark in me and I went to Konoha and asked Spook sensei to teach me some new stuff; he put me through my paces around the village and taught me two awesome Taijutsu abilities. I went back to Edge after that. I guess during the time I was gone this alien kid went over to Neutral City and started causing all of this death and destruction - it was on the news when I woke up after getting some rest after all of that training. Then the kid headed towards Edge. The Vigilante went to take him on by himself, he didn't want help, but I went over not too long afterward. The kid was a beast. Far stronger and faster. In fact, this kid was so fast that he was the speed at which I used to be when I was half angel and half demon - back before the arrival of Konoha caused me to revert back to how I am. We barely won, again. Now this kid is pissed off: before he took off he said that he was going to come back again and again until he got the revenge he wanted."

Ka'lara took a deep breath and paused long enough to eat another bite of her sandwich before continuing on. "I really don't know what this kid is going to have up his sleeve next time but I was kind of hoping to have another ace up my sleeve too. Taking my weights off just doesn't seem like it is going to be enough next time. So, I came here looking for you in the hopes that you would be willing to teach me Swift Release. When I couldn't find you at first I went exploring and ran into Alec and a few other people - then this bijuu, Ankoku appeared and wanted to be sealed inside of me. One of the people there preformed it.. So, I got a tailed beast out of all of this. But, I guess I'm worried that it's not going to be enough..."

She fell silent then, wanting to give Amaranth a chance to take in everything she said. It had been a long an interesting story, but now she wanted to simply eat the rest of her sandwich while she waited to hear what Amaranth would have to say about all of this.

"Where is he?"

He'd heard enough -- enough to the point that he was pissed off. The male wasn't that far off from the duo-- He'd been tracking Nanalie's location through the bond thet now shared, hoping to get another chance to speak with her. He hadn't heard from her since that day in the alley, and had been starting to get worried about her - - until he saw the shit happening on TV. About how some kid had appeared in Edge and began billboards with the image of that local hero, Vilgax or Viagra or Vigilate something.

Normally, Tony kept his nose out of shit that didnt concern him -- especially when it came to people who worked for that Company that located in Darkman tower. But to see Nanalie show up in the midst of that chaos, fighting this kid was something he wasnt prepared for.

He'd thought she was just a bartender down at Zero Sum. When she said she was going to work, he'd assumed Zero Sum.

When the situation was over, he'd set about to tracking her down. Normally, he'd have gone through other methods of tracking her. But he remembered the bond they'd shared back in the other world, and figured 'Why the hell not?' Using the Sibling Bond, he'd tracked her to this location, arriving just in time to hear her story.

Now, he was seeing Red. The duster he wore was raising up around him, flapping in the breeze generated by the demonic energy he was releasing from ihis body. Whoever this kid was, had hurt his sister. Not once, but twice.

He'd just have to keep shooting until he felt better.

Amaranth remained quiet, taking bite after bite of her sandwich, as she listened to the tale that Nanalie told. Her and Vigilante were sent over to Ground Zero to investigate some strange alien and a fight had occured. Vigilante had pulled something off at the end that saved their asses and got them out of there before either one of them could be killed. Following this Nanalie had gone to Konoha to train under Spook sensei only to return to find that the alien had been causing all sorts of death and destruction over in Neutral City. Then the alien had left and went to Edge - something that Amaranth had thought was rather foolish - only to pick a fight again with Vigilante. Nanalie had decided to go join in on the fight and the pair had almost died before something strange happened that put them both on their feet. They had got a chance to get a second wind so to speak and the alien had been defeated. The alien was coming back to seek revenge and likely wasn't going to stop until the pair were dead.

It all caused Amaranth to frown and shake her head. Then she listened as Nanalie described how she had come to Sunset Isle to learn Swift Release from Amaranth but how she hadn't been able to find her. This had caused her to venture up further into the wilderness where she came across a shadow bijuu named Ankoku which had been sealed inside of her willingly.

Amaranth opened her mouth to speak only to pick up on the sudden feeling a demonic presence nearby and close it without word. Eyes narrowed as she turned her head; silver colored eyes taking in the appearance of the male with the red coat. Ignoring the question that the guy asked Amaranth stood to her feet, hand going to her waist where her gun-scythe was folded; her hand on the clip that attached it to her belt and ready to remove it if the need rose. "Sir, I suggest you control yourself and that demonic energy of yours on my island or we're going to have problems." Was this guy asking for her dad to show up? He was always nearby: hell, he was likely hidden in her shadow right now listening and watching everything.

Amaranth's halo was glowing brightly, a response to the demonic energy that was coming off this guy. She didn't want bloodshed on her island, but if this guy meant trouble then trouble was what he was going to get.

Ka'lara finished her story only to jump, startled, at the male voice coming from nearby. She turned her head only to spot her brother who had obviously heard if not all of her story then enough to know she had been talking about getting her ass beat by a guy. Amaranth was suddenly on her feet then and her hand was moving towards that weapon of hers that Ka'lara had heard the girl was lethal with: Amaranth was then telling Anthony to control himself and the demonic energy he was letting off.

It was then that Ka'lara noticed the way his jacket was blowing about and realized that it wasn't wind that was causing that. "Hold up, that's my twin. Or... well, it's complicated. It's like you and Mitsukai.", she explained hurridly. She didn't want to see Anthony getting shot or sliced up just because of a misunderstanding and she had a feeling that Amaranth wouldn't hesitate if she thought he was a threat.

Ka'lara got to her feet too and turned her attention onto her brother, shaking her head. "It's not that easy.", she settled on saying in response to him.

"Where am I? I'm here!"

Kyuuri had heard everything. He'd been in the deepest depths of the river, not very far from the island that was called Sunset, owned by an Amaranth Kane. She had to be some relation to those that ran The Company across the river in Edge. After the last fight with Vigilante and the female Ka'lara, Kyuuri had the Attack Ball take him to the bottom of the river so that he may recover, though his tail hadn't grown back yet.

Microphones were open so that he may hear any approaching adversaries while he recovered from his latest battle. The microphones instead picked up on some very interesting conversation, while he himself sensed the presence of the female. She'd changed; now it seemed like she was two people. Had she been training? Had she gained some sort of new power? She was really of no concern to Kyuuri; his target was Vigilante. There was someone else with her that felt... out of this world; there but not really there. She had to be the Amaranth in question. The female Ka'lara explained her story: the first fight in Ground Zero, her going off to train with someone named "Spook," her return to Edge City while he rampaged in Neutral, Kyuuri's trip to Edge and the second fight.

Sensing:

She spoke of wanting to learn something called "Swift Release" from the child Amaranth, and her sealing something called a "bijuu" within her. Perhaps this was the other presence that he was feeling within her. She was desperately trying to find an edge for the next time Kyuuri decided to attack, and it just made him grin.

But then there was another voice. Another presence, a male. He said "where is he" and Kyuuri was left to assume that the new male was referring to him. This new presence felt strong; powerful. Kyuuri could feel anger; rage radiating from this person, whom he concluded to be of some relation to the female Ka'lara. Kyuuri could contain himself no longer in his excitement.

So after a large splash of water from surfacing from the depths, there Kyuuri was, hovering several feet above the surface of the waters, his arms folded, his scarf tails flailing in the winds from the large white aura surrounding his form. He wanted to know where Kyuuri was, and he announced his presence. With a grin, angry, serious eyes stare down towards the male with the red coat.

Flight:

Power Up:

To Anthony he'd say "Well?... what now, weakling? You seem angry because of the thrashing I gave that stupid woman, would you like the same treatment? Breaking you will take hardly any effort!"

Power Up: +1

"Sir, I suggest you control yourself and that demonic energy of yours on my island or we're going to have problems."

"Hold up, that's my twin. Or... well, it's complicated. It's like you and Mitsukai."

"Where am I? I'm here! Well?... what now, weakling? You seem angry because of the thrashing I gave that stupid woman, would you like the same treatment? Breaking you will take hardly any effort!"

Normally, Anthony didn't crave fights like most of his species, nor did he normally care about who was the strongest, but right now, this kid was asking for it. His head rolled backwards, eyeing this kid whom appeared from the river to float above them, glaring down at them like he had a god complex.

There was no questions, no hesitation. He was pissed the fuck off, and this kid was hitting ALL the right buttons; The male lept so hard into the air that his coat and holster were left behind on the ground in the crater that formed from the force he exterted, leaving him clothed in the A-shirt, black plants and boots. As he came level in the air with kid, platform of sorts formed in the air below his feet. Blue eyes locked on this kid, the stare freezing over as he cracked his knuckle before flashing the kid the 'Bring it on' gesture. He was ready for this kid; if he gave Nanalie trouble after a persona training session with Spook, he knew this kid was no joke. He'd have to keep on his toes if he wanted to win this.

Air Hike:

But Tony was no pushover -- in this world, or the other. Here, he was a demon hunter; used to taking on creatures far larger or smaller than himself with all sorts of power. In the other world, he was member of the Sekitai clan, infamous for thier taijutsu usage. He was pretty sure he could handle anything this kid threw at him.

Speak of the Devil and he would appear, apparently. A figure rose up out of the river that seperated Edge from Sunset Isle soon after Anthony's question and Amaranth's warning to him. The figures words indicated to Amaranth that this was the Saiyan that Nanalie had been speaking of just moments ago. A sigh followed by an eyeroll later and her hand was reaching out to touch Nanalie's shoulder. As contact with the female would be made both of them would be forced into intangible forms: this was not only to protect both of them from physical harm but to keep Nanalie from interfering with the fight.

Spirit Physiology - Intangibility:

"Nanalie, you're a member of the Company. When you're on my island you're my responsibility and I'll be darned if I have to deal with my uncle getting upset with me because you went and got yourself injured for the third time on my watch. So, until this is over welcome to the universe of being a ghost.", she commented to the female. She couldn't stop Anthony from fighting; he was a civilian who - as long as he didn't break the rules - was technically none of her immediate concern.

She watched as Anthony somehow made himself fly and gave a deep frown. "I should warn the pair of you before you get ahead of yourselves; any abilities you use that are of a higher power (PC, and some higher MP moves) will not work here. And destroying large portions of my island will have... severe consequences.", she would comment to the two who were obviously going to fight.

Amaranth focused her attention on the island itself which was like a living being that responded to her every whim. The sand rose up like a football stadium with flat walls; creating a protective barrier that would separate Nanalie, Amaranth, Kyuuri, and Anthony, from the rest of the vacationers while leaving a very large open area for the fight to take place. Sand 'monsters' would also begin at this point to rise up out of the sand, escorting any vacationers near the outside of these walls away and off to a safe distance - all without Amaranth moving a muscle since all of the commands were mental in nature.

Her red hooded cape would flap in the breeze as she kept her left hand on Nanalie's shoulder and her right hand near her gun-scythe... Amaranth didn't normally allow violence of any kind to happen on her island but curiosity was making her allow it this time around - she wanted to see what this alien kid was capable of with her own eyes.

This was like a bad dream or maybe a full blown night terror. It seemed like no matter where she went today trouble was following her - and the majority of the time it was in the form of this kid. Before Nanalie could react to the Saiyan's appearance or do anything for that matter Amaranth was putting her hand on her shoulder and forcing her into an intangible form. Ka'lara looked down at herself, shocked: she was completely see through - there but not there. A friggin' ghost.

Amaranth made quick work with explaining why and Ka'lara couldn't blame her: Amaranth was doing what was in her best interest, and Ka'lara's, by protecting her. "I understand, Amaranth...", she said simply. Amaranth went on to explain how super powerful attacks and powers wouldn't work on her island, and how attempting to destroy large portions of her island would have severe consequences: and though Amaranth didn't go into detail of what those were Ka'lara felt her skin crawl.

Then, to add further shock to her, walls of sand formed that were high like a stadium; creating a large battle field for Anthony and Kyuuri to fight upon while keeping everyone else safe. Ka'lara had a feeling that this power had come from Amaranth, though the girl had not moved a muscle. What else was this young looking female capable of? Anyone looking to fight her was likely looking to get their ass handed to them on a silver platter.

Ka'lara kept quiet as she watched, hoping that this fight didn't go as badly as the past two she had got in with this kid...

Bring it on? He asked for it.

A psychotic grin appeared upon the face of the Saiyan. The two females were opting to keep out of it, at the same time giving he and the male space to fight. The child with the red cape said that major powers wouldn't work, and that trying to destroy large parts of this island came with consequences. This was fine. The male had roused Kyuuri's interest. He would be the only target. Nothing and no one else mattered.

An appetizer until the next time he went and found The Vigilante. Waves of water were being cast in a circular motion away from Kyuuri's body below him from his rising power. While the male jumped to land on some kind of platform, making a hand gesture for Kyuuri to come on, the kid unfolded his arms and made fists. The male before him was strong, this much was certain, but how fast was he?

The white aura surrounding him suddenly turned red, and the child's body expanded rapidly; his arms and legs swelled dramatically to the point where they resembled tree branches with veins protruding from them. His body looked like a tree trunk. The waves of water below grew more violent suddenly; an indication that his power level had grown to dramatic levels.

Multiply Ki:

Multiplying his Ki only took but a short moment. Having raised his strength and speed 10 times, with the previous Power Up, this placed Kyuuri's strength and speed at +23. He could only keep this up for a short amount of time, (3 posts) and he planned on using every second of it.

With the way he moved, to those not even half as fast, or able to see such speeds, it would seem that Kyuuri just vanished into thin air suddenly, but he actually charged straight towards Anthony with a kick, aimed for his chest. If he didn't have the speed to dodge, many of his ribs would be snapped like toothpics on impact, many of his internal organs would be ruptured, and he would be thrown backwards like a bullet.

"LET'S BEGIN, FREAK! ENTERTAIN ME!"

Kyuuri would vanish and re-appear behind Anthony as he rocketed backwards behind the kick, to fly into his exposed back with an elbow. With Anthony's momentum and Kyuuri's own, in a collision course like this, his spine would likley be snapped in half like a twig. Then would come the backflip and a kick with it, which would impact the right side of Anthony's face and send him falling like a comet towards the water; the impact upon the surface sure to cause further injuries.

Rapid Movement:

If he didn't have the speed to dodge, the fourthcoming punishment was inevitable. Would he survive? Would he prove tougher than his sister? Tougher than The Vigilante for that matter? Or was this over before it even began?

Multiply Ki Count: 1

From the moment he saw this kid's aura turn red, he knew he was in for a fight. This kid had to been getting strong somehow -- the whole 'releasing more energy' as tell-tale way that this was the case. He was sure he was right; given the way kid's body expanded to make him look like a talking tree.

Game on, then. No Holding back!

And so, as the kid disappeared from before his eyes, Anthony reached within himself to unlock his own hidden power; namely that of his Devil Trigger, the ability to unleash his full demonic power.

But apparently, it was not meant to be.

He had just enough time to register the fact that his power remained bottled within himself as the kick connected with his chest, knocking him off platform that kept him airborne to throw him backwards. As he flew backwards through the air with the breath knocked out of him and a few odd lumps scattered across his chest, a few things became clear to Tony; this kid was not only growing stronger, but faster as well. This would have be dea--


WHAM! Something that resembled thunder filled the air as Tony was struck in the back full on. The sounds of bones cracking filled the air as the feeling left Tony's legs for a moment, followed by the imprinting of a boot across the side of his face. As he spiralled downward towards the water, Tony could only think of one thing; this was going to fucking fun.

You see, while Tony was indeed hurt by kid's assault upon him, it was -nothing- compared to what he'd been through in the past. Tony has been impaled throughout his body mutiple times  -- at least twice on his own sword, no less--, shot point blank in the head with numerous times, and still  continued fighting less than a minute later as if nothing had happened. But how?

To quote a green puppet, "The force was strong with this one."

You see, even though Tony was unable to access his Devil Trigger to release his full potential, it still did not stop him from being what he naturally was, a Half-demon. Being a half demon meant that his own body's natural healing faction was well above that of a normal human. Even with the vicious, high speed assualt that Kyuuri visited upon him, Tony's body was already mending itself, repairing the cracked bones and bruised muscules. His feet felt tingly as the nerve ending reconnected themselves.

Cambion Physiology:

His Regen was not godly by a long shot. Given enough time and enough damage in rapid succession, it could be worn down to the point of of being akin to a normal human for a time, but for things like internal wounds and broken? They'd be sore for a while, but heal within seconds.

Before hitting the water, the hunter would throw up a hand to form another platform, and use it to vault himself right-side up and stand upon. A slow, cocky grin spreading across his face as he looked back upwards at the kid above him. "Uh.. that all you got? Wassa matter kid, your gramma teach you how to fight?"

This wasn't a fight he was going to win if he tried to go toe-to-toe with the kid. No, Tony had to be smart about it. It was probably time to break out an old style that he used a long time ago, one that allowed him to deal with people like this kid. Given that this Kid seemed to be all about flexing musucles and showing off how strong he was, it would be perfect.

"Come on, show me something new. This is no better than my morning workout." Good. Piss him off. Make him mad. The kid seemed like a tryhard  anyway.

.oO(Oookay. I'm going to let your post slide because I realize that no written rules have been established for the difference between MP and PC healing. But, for future reference, even if you have natural regeneration/healing abilities, on Sunset Island it's going to take several posts to recover from a grievous wound such as a broken back. The basic difference between the two is that PC is instant healing where as MP takes a few posts.)

Amaranth's ghostly grip on Nanalie's shoulder tightened as the fight began: unless Nanalie learned how to manipulate an intangible form and get free there was no way the female would be able to interfere. Which, given the way this fight was already starting to look was likely a good thing...

The Saiyan was fast, very much so, but Amaranth was able to see his movements due to how fast she could naturally move herself. That meant she saw in detail as the Saiyan kicked Nanalie's brother in the chest hard enough to break ribs and rupture organs only to then move behind him and kick him in the spine hard enough to break his back and send him flying towards the ocean. Amaranth knew that if Nanalie's brother made impact with the ocean he was going to suffer even more injuries at that speed. However, it seemed that that wasn't to be as not only did Anthony find a way to stop himself but had healed.

Eyebrows furrowed and her grip upon her scythe tightened as she kept watch. She could feel her own adrenaline kicking in as she watched, and due to the merging of Mitsukai and herself she felt herself wanting to jump into this fight and get involved. Yet, she wasn't going to. This was between Nanalie's brother and the Saiyan and it was going to remain like that if she could help it.

Nanalie felt Amaranth's grip tighten on her shoulder though she didn't quite know how considering they were both intangible. Perhaps it was something to do with one ghost being able to interact with another? She didn't know, and she couldn't even try and figure it out because all she could focus on was the fact that her brother was being attacked.

The sound of crushing bones reached her ears and she knew he had been badly hurt; sent flying towards the ocean only to stop himself somehow. Right now this fight looked like it was going to be bad and there was nothing she could do to help or get involved.

All blows met their mark, of course, with the sounds of bones breaking to accompany them. This wasn't the end of his punishment though. The force behind his blows and movements were enough to cause large waves and clouds of sand to be formed.

The effects of Kyuuri attacks didn't seem to last long though, as he would notice, since before Anthony hit the water, he was back upon one of those queer platforms. He looked back up to Kyuuri, smirked, and began to open his mouth to speak. Was he in possession of some sort of healing ability? It only put a grin upon the Saiyan's face as well.

"Uh.. that all you got? Wassa--"

This moment is when Kyuuri was upon him again, driving both of his fists towards the mid-section and face of this new adversary. He would attempt to bowl him over with repeated, blinding attacks. With his arms moving at a god-like speed, many hundreds of punches would be delivered in a short time span.

"Shut it, worm! If you have time to talk, you have time to fight!"

The forces behind these punches would cause hurricane force winds, and large waves of water to wash up upon the shores of Edge City across the river. So he could heal? Fine. Kyuuri would test the extent to which his body could repair itself. Every punch launch, were it to connect, would shake the earth in a terrible quake; would shatter whatever bone it landed on. The ribs. The Clavicle (shoulder blades). The Humerus, and both the Ulna and Radius of both arms. The Sternum. The neck, the back, and the Ilium and the Sacrum of the pelvis. The jaw, and nothing short of a full on skull fracture.

Whatever healing factor this one had, surely it wouldn't be enough to just instantly heal all of that damage in a short amount of time (Not in 1 post without it being a PC ability anyway). This rapid combo of punches would end with a round house kick to the face; the heel of his right foot aimed toward the temple on the right side of Anthony's head. If this kick didn't outright kill him, unconsciousness was all but guaranteed. The force of the kick would be enough to whip up another large wave to wash over the shores of Edge again, and send Anthony bouncing across the surface of the waters several dozen times, further snapping bones and doing nasty damage to internal organs in the rough ride. This would all occur were Anthony unable to dodge. With Kyuuri's current speed, this was very unlikely.

"Now, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER SO I CAN BREAK YOU AGAIN, WEAKLING!"

Multiply Count: 2

As the kid appeared before Tony, the male attempted to counter, to absorb the force of the blows to build his own energy and release it back at the kid. The first few blows were caught, but with the way this kid was moving, it was only a matter time before Tony began to lag behind. The result was devastating, his healing factor, which kicked in to heal the damage of the first few blows that Tony caught, began to fall behind as well -- there was just too much damage coming in too fast for his body to handle it all. With his regen failing, the blows would bgin to last longer, compiling upon each other as Kyuuri literally turned Tony into a bag of broken bones and innards.

This dude even broke his fucking pelvis. His PELVIS FOR GODS SAKE!

It was one thing to beat someone so bad that they couldn't stand via breaking thier legs. But you were not supposed to break a dude's pelvis. You were NEVER, EVER supposed to keep another man from being able to perform with the ladies like that.

That was just plain rude. Bad manners. Shame on this kid.

But there wasnt a way for Tony to complain, his jaw was broken. And with the way this kid was rearing back for another kick, it seemed that he was about to be sent on a trip.

Damn kid didnt even give him time to pack his luggage. Oh well, he'd just steal some of the towels and blame it on house keeping.

As the kick to his temple connected, everything went dark as the lights went out upstairs.

[Unconscious!]

The winds and waves calmed. The fight was over. Kyuuri noticed that after skipping across the water's surface, there was no further movement from Anthony.

He laughed. The sound of his laughter seemed to echo across the river. When the red glow vanished, his body returned to normal. Kyuuri let out a sigh. He thought of leaving the man to drown, but perhaps he would come back and try again in the future. Perhaps he'd made himself a rival.

Still airborne, Kyuuri hovered himself over the water and deeper out into the river, to grab up Anthony's floating unconscious body by his coat's collar. After staring at him with a smirk for several moments, he'd fling the limp body towards the beach, where the caped child and the woman Ka'lara were standing.

"Tell him he's welcome to try me again when that weak body of his mends itself," he'd say with an evil grin. He pointed an index finger towards Ka'lara. "The same goes for you, and that clown Vigilante! It feels like you've been doing some training, but it will make little difference! Vigilante is my target, but if you get in my way again it will be your last time! Stupid woman!"

A white aura appeared surrounding Kyuuri, creating waves in the river. He blasted off then, quickly disappearing into the horizon...

[Unless prevented, Exit]

Nanalie's brother was unconscious and at the mercy if this Saiyan. Amaranth thought at first that perhaps this was going to be the end of the guy and that Amaranth was going to have to use her power to drag his soul back from - Hell? Heaven? - somewhere. But, no. After the Saiyan tossed the unconscious Anthony onto the beach he spoke of how they could tell him that if he wanted round two he could have it, then the Saiyan turned to Nanalie and said that the same went for her and Vigilante. He also said that Vigilante was his true target. Then the kid flew off, disappearing into the horizon.

Amaranth waited until she was sure that the kid was gone before releasing her hold on Nanalie; both of them taking on solid forms once more. With a soft sigh Amaranth walked over to Anthony and knelt down. She placed her right hand on him and forced natural healing energies into him while allowing - at least for this moment - his own natural healing abilities to be boosted higher as well. This would allow Anthony to be returned to his normal self as well as regain consciousness within seconds instead of how ever long it would have taken otherwise.

Angelic Physiology:

When she was finished she stood back up and took several steps away. She turned and looked at the wall of sand she had created around the fight and lowered it back down. She then looked out towards the water and forced it to become its normal calm once more, all without moving a single muscle as the island responded simply to her mental commands.

When this was completed she then would look back towards Anthony - who she figured was conscious now - and Nanalie; her gaze resting on the female more so than the male. "It would seem you have quite an enemy Nanalie. Are you planning on going after him again?", she asked, choosing to call the female by the name Mitsukai had known her as.

When Nanalie was released from Amaranth's grip she felt her body become solid once more. It took a moment for her to become re-orientated with her body during which time Amaranth went over to her brother and healed him of his injuries. When Nanalie began to feel like she could move again without falling over from dizziness she went quickly to her brother's side. "You alright?", she asked, though it was likely needless due to the healing. Still, he was her brother...

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect him to just be here like that.", she said, frowning. She felt bad; her brother had asked a question and the Saiyan had been close enough to answer it without any sort of warning. Of course, their bond meant that she had felt her brother's pain as if it were her own: something that still throbbed through their connection even though the wounds were gone. Still, it was a pain she was willing to bare because she felt it was her fault he had had to go through all of that: if only she had wielded that knife and killed the kid, none of this would have happened.

She looked towards Amaranth as the other female asked her a question and shook her head no in response. "No, not right now... Maybe not ever. It seems he has his sights set on The Vigilante."

Ugh... even though he felt fine... his pride was still hurt. He'd gotten his ass handed to him by a kid, and now another one was healing him.

Fuck. He needed back up. Not back up in the form of another person, like Trish, Lady, or that kid Nero, but back up in the form of a few Devil Arms and Items. This kid was strong, and fast; he'd need things to even the odds. Perhaps Beowulf or Gilgamesh would be appropriate, and mayhaps that little charm that held Deathvoid's soul....

"You alright?"

Tony could only nod his head as he sat up. Shit was going through his mind as he sat there for a moment; he could feel Nanalie's concern for him through thier bond, but he didnt know how to respond to it-- he felt as if he'd failed, and let her down.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect him to just be here like that."

"Its fine." He didn't even register how he sounded just now -- he didnt intend to sound harsh to her, but his mind was drifting elsewhere at the moment. Getting off the ground, the male dusted the sand off his clothes before turning towards the girl in the red cape whom healed him. "Thanks for the healing, little lady, and sorry for the mess I caused." After picking up his coat and hosters from the ground, he slipped them back on, then offered his hand to her. "Name's Tony. Tony Redgrave -- or as Nanalie knows me, Gekido Setikai."

Amaranth nodded to Anthony when he thanked her, and offered her own hand in response to his. "Ah, Gekido... that's a name I know. Nanalie spoke highly of you. I'm Amaranth, Boss of Sunset Isle. However, you've likely heard of me as Mitsukai." She understood now exactly what Nanalie had meant by the fact that her brother was exactly like her - two people in one body.

Amaranth's attention then turned towards further down the island where she could see her father and two other individuals - one of which looked like Kurai Yanagi. She turned her attention over to Nanalie with a thoughtful expression. "Nanalie, come see me later at my Underground Lab; the doors just past those bushes over there and all you have to do is knock.", she explained while pointing towards the bushes that covered the metal door that would look as if it went right into a huge boulder. "We'll talk more about teaching you Swift Release. For now you'll have to excuse me, I need to check on something..."

She gave a nod goodbye of her head to both individuals and then turned and walked off down the beach and off towards the other three individuals...

[Thread Exit]

Nanalie listened as her brother introduced himself, and smiled a bit as Amaranth stated that she had heard of him. Then something seemed to catch the other female's attention further down the beach that seemed to - worry? - her, or at least catch her attention well enough to make her need to leave. She returned Amaranth's nod of goodbye. "Alright, I'll come by later on.", Nanalie responded, hoping that Amaranth would indeed end up teaching her that speedy ability.

She then turned her attention back onto her twin as Amaranth left to join the group further down the island's beach. She lifted her right hand and scratched some at the back of her head: she really hadn't been expecting to drag her brother into this situation - especially when it had started out as a Company matter. But, he was family and she figured she likely owed him an explanation, and another apology.

"Listen... I really am sorry." She paused, figuring to start from the beginning. "When I got that call from Demi I ended up going over to Darkman Tower; that's where she called me to. When I got there I was offered a job by the Boss of the city himself." She paused, remembering that there were certain things Junior hadn't wanted her to tell anyone, like those strange cult people running around - she didn't want to break Junior's trust, nor drag her brother into another situation he shouldn't be in. "That's when that alien you saw started terrorizing Ground Zero, that place that got blown sky high a few years ago. Anyway, me and someone else were asked to go over there and take a look. It turned into a nasty fight and we both almost got our asses kicked. But, the person with me saved myself and him and got us the hell out of there while knocking that alien for a loop. When I got back to the tower I let the Boss know what was going on and then headed to Konoha - I figured it was time to get some more training done and I sought out Spook sensei. We did some old school weight training and he taught me a couple taijutsu moves. When I got back to the tower I figured I'd rest for a bit and then let you know what was going on... but the alien kid was attacking another city, and then took off to Edge. The Vigilante went off to fight him and I followed moments later; it turned into another nasty fight. This kid was even faster and stronger than me with my weights off... I thought I was gonna die to be honest, then something... happened... not sure what. But, I found myself healed and on my feet again. The alien was attacked, and The Vigilante was on his feet once more too. The fight kept going but in the end we won. I came here to look for Amaranth because I knew she had merged with Mitsukai and I wanted to learn Swift Release so I could catch up to this kid, maybe even be faster than him, in case we fought again. She wasn't around so I ventured deeper into the island... that's when I met up with some people, and we were confronted by Ankoku, the seven tailed beast... the beast wanted sealed inside of me and the girl, Kouki was her name, said she would do it only if I agreed. When she sealed the beast inside of me she also tweaked the seal so it couldn't take control of me - the beast is... evil, in a sense of the word."

She took a deep breath and then motioned towards the beach. "That's when I came back here.. and you know what happened after that." She probably could have made do with letting her brother know all the information mentally, but she felt an actual apology and explanation were rather needed after all that had happened.

As Ka'lara began to speak, Anthony quietly began to freak out in a mental trifecta, at the fact that he just got his ass kicked in that manner, that someone existed that was this strong as a child, and the fact that for some goddamn reason he was developing a mental boner over the fact that he might be able to find this guy and fight him again. Or maybe his other-self was developing a boner for other reasons.

Go figure.

To keep himself from screaming, the male busied himself, putting his hands to work in removing Ebony and Ivory from thier holsters to clean the sand out of them. He listened very quietly to the explanation that Nanalie gave him, how she'd been promoted from a mere club bouncer/bartender to a member of The Company itself, and the fights between her, the alien kid, and another Company member. He soaked in the information, both minds taking in the time to process it so that he didnt miss a detail.

The whole time, his fingers flew over handguns, sliding, locking, and cleaning the beautiful ladies until they were free of sand. As he was sliding a fresh magazine into place in Ivory, Nanalie finished her apology. With a small sigh, Anthony stood up, turning to face her as he holstered the weapons and stepped over to the female. He grabbed her, drawing her into a tight hug. He could feel her worry and concern -- it was drawn on her face, and flowed through thier mental bond like a river. He did the best he could to dam up the flow with a blockade of calm, but he knew time would be able to heal this better than he could. "Nana. Its fine. Its not your fault that he was here. I don't feel any differnt about you now than before." Those blue eyes seemed to shine, and he offered her a wink. "Besides, I'm kinda glad he busted me up. I've been needing to see a chiropractor anyway; been having a bit of pain in my lower back..."