Mr. Hyde

"Not really. I like, I like jungles and places ri-rrrrich in greenery. Like the ve, venus flytrap. Did you knoooooow that it only grows na, naturally in coastal bogs in the Caro, Ca... Carolinas? They a, they are veeeeeeeeeeery humid places." "Whoah! Get out of town!" Juri's mouth hung agate at the sudden information on a predatory plant straight from left field. "They really grow there?! I for sure thought they'd only grow in like...the rainforest! Super cool!" Juri laughed. "You're so smart Avery! What else grows there?!" Before any more information could get passed around, however, Iris came from topside to grab their attention. "We've got something! It isn't much but it's more than the nothing we've been seeing. We gotta get the ship over there!" "Another time then." Juri seemed disappointed. He wanted to learn more, but it seemed there was some strange goings on afoot. He motioned for Grudge to follow him, who rolled his eyes and rose from his post. As they passed Avery, Grudge could be seen pointing his fingers towards his eyes, and then reversing them towards Avery's. The light in the sky made his eyes squint, but they soon were able to handle the harsh simulated rays. As they got to the Deck, Juri giggled as she saw Iris' Herrismon fiddle with the ship's controls. Grudge, in a fit of either annoyance or jealousy, approached the small hedgehog-like monster, pushing him out of the way. "You're doing it all wrong! You gotta do it like..." Grudge looked at the intimidating array of buttons and levers, only to start mashing them wildly in a desperate attempt to keep appearances. "L-like this!"

With enough punches, the wall began to shatter and collapse. A hissing noise came from the Angel, as it fell from the wall, firing off a bunch of whatever the hell it was shooting out and causing a whirlwind of glass to blow their way. However, his new companion seemed to dive towards him for some sort of protection, withdrawing his own Angel back to wherever these things came from. Was the guy afraid of a couple of cuts, or was his Angel just not combat capable enough to deflect the glass? "You gotta be kiddin' me, right pal? It's just some glass. What's got you so spooked?" Looking at the sharp rain of glass above, Joey pointed to the glimmering shower. "Do your thing, 『HYBRID THEORY』, and do it good-like, capiche?!" With a couple of precisely placed Hachacha's, the glass fell in a cloud of dust in a clean dome around the two. Joey looked to his knuckles, which seemed rather cut up from the whole ordeal, but it was better than getting sliced up every which way, that's for sure. With that foxy bastard nowhere in sight, Joey sighed. "Looks like he fled the coop. I got no idea where the schmuck was headed, do you?" The answer would have to wait, as he turned to look into the empty museum. That guy from before was still holding up the place, although it seemed a lot more vacant than before. "And here I thought things were going to go smoothly for once." Joey cupped his ear, leaning in towards the man. "Huh? Come again?" Like he could hear the mook from across the way. What he could hear instead was a gunshot that made him immediately hit the dirt of the alleyway, covering his head. A Hacha was more than enough from 『HYBRID THEORY』to knock the bullet away. Joey, from his prone position, opted to take out his own gun and fire at the guy, shooting off another two rounds.

Team ThunderWaves To her surprise, she actually caught the blade mid-air. Even more to her surprise, it wasn't a sword at all, but a part of the Gijinka's arm. It was still incredibly hard, but she was sure her Crunch had did a solid number on that armor of hers. "I already knew you wouldn't care. I'm the only one. The only one left to do what must be done." The Gijinka grabbed hold of Taiga's shoulder, with an amazing grip that made her wince in pain. She easily threw the girl across the room, right in the path of the attack that Lok had thrown out as well. She wasn't able to see it until the last second due to the hail that pelted down, but she was able to dodge it with a jet of water pulsing from her feet. She crashed into the snow. Thankfully it was a softer landing than being racketed around by giant wooden poles. As she got up, Taiga heard that annoying giggling again, before being pelted by some larger chunks of ice. They hurt way more than the tiny stuff that was falling. She gripped her rips, where the shards had hit, and looked for the girl to reappear from the ice again. Another giggle could be heard, as an array of giant icicle spears began to rain down on Taiga. Noting their pointed tips, she made it a priority to get out of the way, avoiding the attack, and managing to capture one of the spears for herself. "You know, you're really annoying with all that laughin'! What's so funny to you about this, huh!?" Taiga said, chucking the icicle in the direction she heard another giggle. She could hear it crash against the metal, not as effective as she would've liked, but it still hit her target. The girl emerged from the hail once more to take a crushing claw to Taiga's leg, but Taiga managed to take a good Crunch at the girl's shoulder in kind. The slash was pretty deep, as Taiga's warm blood began to melt the snow she stood on. The pain was mixing in with that familiar sensation again. She was faster than this bitch now.

In Memoriam

The creature began to slowly approach the students, while small bolts of electricity jolted from it's body in every which direction. A stray bolt managed to land on the dazed Nanami, sending another small current through her body. The thing didn't seem to much care, as it approached Juryo. The boy grit his teeth. There was no way his quirk would work on something made completely out of energy...but what was the weight that was there? And what did he feel inside it's body? "If you want electricity, I know a great place to get some without getting caught by its shitty security," Kiburi called out. "A whole generator's worth, in fact! Man's gotta eat, right?" "Kiburi?!" Juryo shouted. Was was the girl planning. Did she not think they could win. Honestly, settling this peacefully would be the best option for unlicensed student's, but it just didn't sit right with Juryo to let this guy run around and do what he pleased. However, he noticed the monster was clearly mystified with her offer, his gestures giving away the fact that he was totally interested in what she was saying. Without a second thought, Juryo gave in. "You're not supposed to tell him about that place! It's a secret!" Miyu's chain had made it's mark, but it definitely wasn't enough to put the woman down. Waiting for the next move, she began twirling the chain with her hand, keeping it's momentum up for a nice little thwack when she got the chance again. However, she was cut short by someone pulling her away. She lost a grip of her chain, as it was dragged across the floor. Turning around, she noticed it was Midome who had pulled her away. And now they were headed for the exit! "LET GO OF ME!" Miyu shouted, as she used her elbow to knock the boy away. "Were you gonna leave Yu here alone, huh!? You don't think I can take care of some old hag, huh!?" Another chain sprouted from behind Miyu, rising over her shoulder as if it were akin to a snake. "Make light of me, and you'll get wrapped up, got it?!" She put emphasis into her words to make sure they got through to the boy. That's when she noticed a whole ass shelving unit fly past the both of them, crashing into their exit. Miyu turned around to see the old lady again, almost snarling at her while doing so. She then turned to Midome. "This lady's obviously off her rocker, and there aren't any heroes around! You know what that means, right?" "I can't say I approve of attacking out of nowhere like that," she commented. "Now then, I'd prefer to make this quick. If you're going to fight me, then let's hurry up. If not, the door's right behind me, and I would advise using it right now. But, is this really a fight worth picking?" The line resonated with her for a second. It would be foolish to do something like this...Hairo Academy gave her a chance to become a pro hero...but then again, she couldn't oversee such blatant violence go unpunished in front of her. "MIdome...if you want, take the exit." Miyu outstretched her chain with both hands, stretching it out in a show of assertiveness. "But I'm gonna make sure she doesn't get away with what she's done today. That's what being a hero means!" Miyu slammed the chain to the ground, just short of the woman, before the chain over her shoulder rocketed out, focusing on the woman's midsection. "Hate to break it to you, but this store's got a No Bitch policy...and that means you." The kid approached her slowly, but it was amusing enough. She allowed it. That would fall under the category of her many mistakes today, as the boy's arms turned to stone and gave her a swift walloping. "That means, take your hide and get out...or things are going to get ugly. Heh, not that they aren't already with you here." Almost out of breath, the girl staggered back. His comments began to make her skin glow even more red. "Why you little!" Before she could get anymore out, another attack hit her clean from out of nowhere. "Tentacle Knuckle!" She stumbled back again, and fell flat on her face after the attack landed. For a moment, she lay motionless on the ground. However, the dark electricity from before began to swell around the girl once more, and she began to transform. Her muscle mass almost doubled, and she took on more dinosaur like features. She planted her hands into the ground, causing a minor quake in the store. As her head slowly picked up, she eyed Akuma. The glint in them was savage. "Star..." The girl began to utter, until she finally picked herself up off the ground. The team would be able to get a nice look at the monster she had become, before dark lightning crackled all around the girl. "ME STARVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She roared, tiles on the floor rattling at the sheer volume. She then began stomping towards Akuma, opting to go in for a bite that would surely take more than a chunk out of the boy.

“Twice a day, huh? You sound like that guy who came over a couple months ago saying things like we couldn’t worship the house god in our own homes. I told my mates I should have shown him some proper sense, but he’s not here anymore, so I guess I’m gonna have to do the same to you.” Finn's mouth hung in an O shape, as he waited for inevitable violence to occur. “John, he’s a kid,” someone with some common sense said, grabbing the man's arm. A small snort of air escaped from his nose, in a struggle to keep himself from laughing. At least the man seemed to be a good friend to stop John from getting into a scuffle with a teenager. Although, it would've ended badly for the man, if Finn weren't a pacifist. “Besides, we’ve got bigger things to worry about right now. Like what we’re gonna tell Wendell. I don't wanna also tell him you beat up a kid because of it, even if he is a brat.” The name made a wave of calm crash of this, John fellow. He must've been somebody that neither of the two wanted to deal with. Was he a bad dude? “Whatever,” John said. Looking to Finn, he added, “You better know what you’re doing. Get out of here before I change my mind.” Finn's cheeks puffed out. This was his Goddesses holy site! Or should he say, former holy site. If anyone was allowed here it was him. He puffed out all the air, and instead turned on his heel. He waved to the line, smiling while turned away from them. "I'll see you all at Dia's temple! Have a rad day!" With the tear placed safely away, Finn made his way back to Galatea. There, he'd ask Levanna who this Wendell guy was.

Team ThunderWaves After proper introductions were hashed out all around, they decided to shove off. They'd had enough of a breather, regardless of how short it may have seemed. Taiga hadn't recovered fully, but she definitely had enough gas in the tank to fight again if she had to. That's when the platform from before began to glow again, taking them to a whole new world it seemed. This time, it was a tundra-like area, much like she remembered in Fryst. Her eyebrow twitched. "Great. Glad I brought my summer clothes." She could see the frost on her breath. It pissed her off. They really had all the bells and whistles installed into these torture chambers, huh? "This is just like when I visited Mount Lanakila," She could hear Keanu whisper. She didn't know what that place was, but if it were anything like this she didn't much care. "Don't see anybody...does that mean that there's nobody here and we can just go on through?" "Don't jinx us, twerp." She groaned, as she saw a figure appear through the snow. "Fantastic. You jinxed us, twerp. I'm doubling your bill." The figure that emerged was a Gijinka she had never seen before. It was a common theme at the end of the world. She looked nice enough, although there was something off about her approach. "You, you're Alolan. Why. Why are you here? You should come with me. Did you see those Beasts that attacked our home? Did you witness their power as they ripped apart our brothers and sisters? The Legends failed us. Even Tapu Koko couldn't stop their onslaught." This girl wasn't really all there...her laugh was sinister, as well as her mannerisms. "But he. He can gain great power. Greater than any other. He has promised to save our homeland. Join me or stay with them. If you come with me you will be a hero. If you don't...you will die alongside those strangers." She then looked to Lok and Taiga. "I don't care about this place. But I won't let you ruin my chance to save my home. I won't give you the choice I gave him. I was warned. Warned you people were too far gone. You will die cold and afraid." After a long winded exchange between the two...Alolans...the fight began to pop off. "Finally. I was wondering when you were both gonna shut up, and put your dukes up!" Taiga said, raising her fists in the air. "Sorry about yer precious Alola, but Adarid's still kickin' bitch!" Taiga laughed, but it was soon cut short but a swift slash to her arm. She knew that familiar sensation of cold steel, but here it was upped to the nth degree. Taiga watched as her red blood stained the snow and ice below, as she frowned. She couldn't see her, and she was just as fast as Veronica, if not faster. The giggling from beyond the white void was also starting to irritate her beyond belief, along with the hail that pelted her at the end of almost every action she took. A rage was starting to swirl in her stomach. "Sorry about what I'm gonna do to your little friend, Keanu." Taiga's voice was deep, and darker than usual. Taiga took a Dark Gem from her bag, and ripped into it, swallowing it in two bites. Her teeth began to seep with dark energy, as she waited patiently. "BRING IT ALOLAN!" She roared, as she sensed the killer intent from a mile away. Taiga's jaws clamped down almost instictively, catching the girl's sword in between her teeth. It took almost every bit of fight in her to offset the force of the impact, but she was shooting water from the back of her heels in an attempt to not slip and fall. Her neck strained, but her jaw made an attempt to snap the sword in half.

Joey smiled as he saw his bullets reach their target, brushing some imaginary dust from the top of the barrel of his gun. He still had it. However, this didn't deter the devil much as it shot something at the ground beneath him. Joey took a look down, before the earth itself sprang up to sock him square in the chin, knocking him a fair height off of the ground and onto his ass. His bottle of whiskey shattered as it was flung out of his hands and onto the ground as well. It took him a moment to recover from the recoil, but when he came to, he noticed that the Foxy perpetrator was now clinging onto the side of the building. Joey fixed his jaw, before 『HYBRID THEORY』helped him off of the ground. That's when he heard a whirring noise come from that thing. It must've been revving something up again. Taking a chance, Joey picked up a chunk of glass, before throwing it straight at Foxy's face, hoping to intercept whatever the hell was going to come from it. After the toss, 『HYBRID THEORY』picked up it's own shard of glass, and planting it into the wall that Foxy clung too. In no time flat, the entire wall was turned into one giant sheet of glass, with Foxy's claws still inside. "I may not be as tough as they come, but even my pal here is strong enough to shatter glass! Let's do it 『HYBRID THEORY』!" The stand balled it's fist, before unleashing a flurry of punches at the wall. "HACHACHACHACHACHACHACHA!" It would take a moment, but the wall would eventually start to break and shatter. Hopefully the whole roof didn't come down on the Museum, but that was a complete afterthought in Joey's head.

Joey's pursuit of the suspicious creature made him run all around the museum. It was definitely a workout, reminding him back in the old days when people were running away from him. Funny how things never changed. Just as they were about to hit the front door, where that guy had touched the floor, it began to rise up and try to block his path. Joey ran face first into one of the obstacles, landing him a bloody nose, before he pressed onward and out of the museum. He got a glimpse of the mook rounding the building. Joey followed, reaching for his holstered pistol. He found himself in the alleyway, when a sudden earthquake knocked him to his feet, causing him to almost discharge his weapon. Good thing he didn't have his finger on the trigger. The figure in front of them also tripped, revealing itself to be quite the looker. "Well would ya look at that, I've been chasing after some sorta freak's freak this whole time." Joey managed to catch something whiz right past him, making the ground behind him rise just like it had done at the entrance to the museum. Taking another good look around him, some other unfortunate soul was trapped in this alleyway with him. Joey raised an eyebrow at him. "You got one of these guys too? You'd be a lot more helpful if ya did." Joey took aim at 『FOX ON THE RUN』with his pistol, firing off two rounds at it. "『HYBRID THEORY』!!" Joey shouted, before throwing two objects from his pocket into the air: A whisk and key. "Never leave home without 'em." He joked, as Joey's stand appeared from above him, grabbing the two objects and pressing them between it's hands. Out from it's palms dropped a rather generously sized glass bottle of whiskey. He took a swig from the bottle, and offered some to Rodrigo. "Cheers to my first whacky fight!"

“So, Ms. Joanna, if I may call you that… do you have any other exciting news or plans in store for tonight? It seems the event is about to begin, but I don’t mind meeting after. The name’s April Soleil, and I’ll be at The Valentine after this, if you want to… discuss an article with me.” Joey's eyebrow raised for a moment. Was this broad trying to compete with the Joester? As if. His eyes locked onto the reporter, before all hell broke loose. The lights cut out for only a moment, but when they did the display before them was gone. To make matters worse, there were now chandeliers falling all over the place. Joey sighed, before he opened his mouth to let...it loose. That's when he heard Ms. Joestar's voice clear as day. “『CD SPACE』!” Joey's eyes were lead to Joanna, an angel appearing from behind them to smash the chandeliers to bits. Joey was cut up by some crystal shards in the process, but looking to that reporter from earlier, it seemed he had gotten off pretty lucky. The girl had a huge chunk of chandelier sitting in her damn rib cage. Sadly, Joey was pretty desensitized to violence like this...it wasn't his first time seeing blood seeping out of some poor soul. However, the chandelier part was pretty new. He didn't even get to enjoy the view before he could hear gunshots ring in the air. "『21 GUNS』" Seemed like all the crazies were coming out today. Joey had seen stand users before, but he never engaged them for lack of a reason to. But now it seemed his life was being threatened. "Put your hands where I can see them!" The man said. "Any sudden movements, and I'll make mince meat out of you!" Guns spread throughout holes in a wall fired off in the air above the crowd. Joey had done many a bank robbery in his heyday, but stealing the corpse of a saint? Come on man you could do better. Who's gonna wanna display that at home? "Do I make myself clear? Especially you." His eyes lead towards Ms. Joestar. "Make me." The girl charged the man brazenly. She had guts, he'd give her that, but he expected nothing less of a stand user. "Everyone get down or get the hell out of here!" In the midst of the chaos, Joey started to slink away towards the back of the room, keeping his head down the whole sluggish way. "『HYBRID THEORY』!" he whispered, as a small, phantom arm appeared from his shoulder, and moved it's fingers towards all of Joey's cuts. The fingers pinched both sides of the cuts, fusing the individual skin cells back together. He wasn't necessarily prepared for a Stand brawl, but he still had his trusty Colt in his pocket. Now the real question was whether or not he had to chase the thief down, or help Ms. Joestar out. Looking back at her situation, he nodded to himself and figured she had the situation under control. He definitely wasn't going to chicken out in this situation! He'd fight that 『21 GUNS』freak...if he had more firepower. Instead he made off towards where the thief was heading.

“Hey, kid! What’d you mean by that?” Finn stopped in his tracks with a bit of a jump. He was afraid someone was gonna ask that. Him and his big mouth were going to get themselves in trouble...again. As the man approached, Finn's head had to keep tilting up and up. He was a hulking colossus of a man, certainly making Finn himself look like quite the small fry. There was always a bigger fish though. To the ordinary citizen, this man must've been quite the intimidating force to reckon with. “John, don’t,” A brave soul tried to stop the man. “No, he can speak for himself,” The citizen, John, ignored his fellows plea. “What’d you do to our water, kid? You don’t just get to say, ‘Well’s dry,’ what’s your game?” Finn giggled. "There isn't a game! This is some serious business! I'm quite the follower of Dia, you see." He smiled at the man, the boy's smile was almost a ray of sunshine in itself. "She must be upset that she's not getting enough credit for the miracle you all have received. She must've just...taken it back." Finn's smile turned melancholy, his bottom lip quivering. "If only people would give thanks to her..." The man leered at him. "She has a temple just like every other god, don't she? Why don't you go down there and complain?" He got even closer, letting his height and mass emphasize every word. "You didn't answer my question anyway. What'd you do to our water?" "She has a temple, duh! But no one's in there. It's just the caretakers at this point. And for everything she's done for this island, the inhabitants should be praying twice a day, at least. She graced your town with the gift of infinite water...what have you done to show thanks for that, John?" Finn, not even slightly intimidated by the man's display, smiled again. "Besides, I didn't do anything to your water. This is Dia's will!"

Team ThunderWaves And with a stray Thunderbolt that somehow managed to hit it's mark, the confrontation was over. She was upset she wasn't able to get the last word in before she saw the slayer fall to her knees. It was such a relief to see her go down though. So much so that Taiga let out and exasperated gasp, falling to the ground on her tail. These two she was fighting with really pissed her off, but they managed to get the job done, mostly due to her impeccable strength. "Fufufu.." She let a laugh slip, before falling straight onto her back. Her breathing was heavy and ragged, but she took her time to relax her body. It had been non-stop battles for a good while now. The whirring of the teleporting door began once more, prompting her to sigh. Whatever was through that portal probably wasn't going to be friendly. She took a piece of food she nabbed from Rayquaza's palace, and started to chew on it. It would be enough to give her some energy back. "Phew, thank the legends that that's over." "No thanks to you, ya lightweight!" Taiga rattled her fist at him with a mouthful of food. "Hopefully we won't have to battle anybody else." Taiga's eyes almost rolled into the back of her head. Was this guy really that dense? "Hey, good work out there. And I never got your names earlier. I assume yours is Taiga, though, if what that wahine was saying was right. Mine's Keanu." "Well, seeing as how you risked your neck alongside me, I'll acknowledge your efforts." Taiga put her fist out to the side, towards Keanu. "The name's Taiga the Terrible Tyrant Toppler. I won't answer to anything else, so you better remember!" "Even perfection has to fall sometime, I guess..." Taiga looked at the frazzled body of the unconscious Crobat. Perfect wasn't a word she'd use for the bitch. "So, uhh...What're ya gonna do then, sistah?" "Sister? Oh," she shook her head. "I'm going to stay here, with Veronica." "Thanks for back there, by the way." "It was no problem," the Fletchling replied, turning to look at the other two as well, giving Taiga a little wave of recognition. Taiga waved back, albeit with minor annoyance at the girl, but with a smile on her face. "Actually, I want to thank you three. I...hope that, when she wakes up, she'll have changed her mind. About the gods, Adarid, and...her life." "Yeah." "Doubt it. But we'll knock her back down if she tries anything funny." Taiga pointed towards the Fletchinder. Keanu then offered some berries from his pouch, which Taiga gladly accepted. Fruits were hard to come by, but she loved their sweet, sour, and spicy flavors. The bitter ones could go suck eggs. "Wouldn't mind resting a little longer, but I guess we can't put it off for too long, eh?" With him rising to his feet, it signaled for their departure into the next room. "Guess not. Why the rush though? The others can handle it..fufufuf." Taiga got to her feet, and stretched from side to side. "Just kiddin'! Let's make this quick, I wanna be the first ones done!"

Joey usually hated being in crowds these days. He never knew who he was rubbing shoulders with in these sorts of places. But today was a special occasion, one that he couldn't afford to miss out on. Regardless, he made sure to keep a watchful eye out for anything suspicious in the slightest. The corpse of an unknown saint was being unveiled here today at the American Museum of Natural History. He almost laughed at the site of the veiled relic. Weren't those guys supposed to have ascended to heaven? What were they doing leavin' a corpse behind, the mooks. He raised his gold cross necklace to his lips, and crossed himself afterwards, praying to whoever was listening. "Hope Ma and Pa are doin' alright up there. Keep an eye on em for me, would ya?" He asked towards the unknown corpse. "Ms Joestar! Ms Joanna Joestar!" The racket was coming from some nosy reporter. These guys always had the tendency of sticking it where it usually didn't belong. It wouldn't have been so long ago that Joey might have found himself whacking the guy if he got too close to the mafia. "You father rode in the Steel Ball Run race, correct? And your grandfather got second place? How does it feel to be the heritor of such a legacy?" That Steel Ball Run? Someone related to one of them famous guys was here? Joey looked away from the display towards the woman being questioned. If he didn't have a cigarette in his mouth, his jaw would've dropped to the floor. Now that was a woman. "I don't really think about it much," The woman shrugged, her broad shoulders moving up and down. The broad sure had a build, Joey could tell that much. "When I was a little girl I thought it would be nice to try and follow in their footsteps, but... horses seem to hate me for some reason. I'd rather be a florist or something; flowers can't kick you in the face with their muddy hooves." Joey couldn't help from busting a gut. "Muddy hooves! Now what kinda flowers' got some of those!? Good one Ms. Joestar." Joey didn't usually like causing a scene, but this lady just radiated something fierce to him.

Gonna live out my Demon Slayer fantasies here. I'm in.

"Put all that guy's weight on me then throw him the hell out of this store." Juryo blinked a couple of times, amazed at the fact that she would volunteer for such a scheme. He could put it on anyone, or anything else, but this would be more strenuous on her. "If you're worried it might hurt me, don't. I'm a tough girl." Juryo couldn't help but crack a smile at the comment. "That's what I like to hear!" He said, grabbing a hold of Kiburi's wrist and running at the bad guy. Meanwhile, the coffee maker that Nanami had thrown hit it's target, breaking the large plasma screen T.V.'s face, and sending circuits flying out. Some hit the punk, which led to him increasing his size by a small margin. He looked to Kiburi, and seemed to wail, but only that loud static from before came out. It shot out a small bolt of electricity at the Shark Girl, readjusting him to his normal size once more. He ran away from the sparks that continued to pour out of the T.v., before heading over to another appliance he had plugged in. However, this time, he was intercepted by Juryo, who tried to tackle straight through the monster. The living laser's torso then manifested through the static, bare chested as could be. Juryo's shoulder ran straight into it, and he was met with little resistance. He pinned the guy straight up against the wall, as he placed a hand on the guy's chest. He began transferring the thing's weight to Kiburi, but was stopped short when the thing's chest returned back to it's energy-like state. The buzzing sensation was enough for Juryo's hand to pull back, but he persisted and shoved his hand back inside the being. For some reason, he could feel a lot of squishy things inside, but that wasn't what he was after. He began draining it's weight once more, but once again he had a sudden revelation. This guy barely weighed a thing at the moment. What little weight was there was already gone to Kiburi. The girl would feel as if she'd put on just a bit more weight, like the sensation after gorging one's self after an all you can eat buffet. "Aw crap..." Juryo sighed, as the creature before him roared. A flash of light was enough to send both Juryo and Kiburi flying back. When he was able to pick his head off the ground, he'd see the thing start to bathe itself in the sparks that he had avoided before, now becoming almost big enough to reach the ceiling. "He feeds off electricity! There's gotta be a way to cut him off!" He yelled towards the others. The sound of bones cracking after the lady slammed her foot into the man was enough for her stomach to sink in. The owner of this store was surely a pervert with all the ads..but did he really deserve such punishment. Yes, she thought to herself, before shaking her head. No...she was seeking justice for girls all over the world, not trying to destroy some shop owner's business, let alone his femurs. "Shameful. Truly shameful. I'm starting to think it would be better if I just took the entire store." The woman glanced behind her again, to the Hairo students that had gathered here. "Wouldn't you say so, children?" Chains began to leak from Miyu's skin, before she smiled. "Why don't you take this instead!" Miyu said, as she threw a chain whip coated in flames towards the woman. The large woman made her way over to Toshiko with a fury in her eyes, and began to break into a run. However, one wrong step on the ice beneath her was enough for the girl to slide across the store uncontrollably and into some glass doors. She crashed through them, and promptly was splattered by eggs and glass. She emerged from the door with a low toned growl before starting off at Toshiko again. This time, she was stopped by something from behind catching her by the throat. It bent her back, but she tried her best to get a grip of the tentacle. Trying her best, she dug her fingers into it with pure grip strength, but it wasn't enough to loosen them. They were too damn thick. Her neck muscles had reacted properly, and tensed up as well, so she wouldn't pass out anytime soon, however the situation wasn't her favorite. She began to lean forward, dragging Akuma forwards as well, trying to reel him in. "If you were that hungry, you could just ask for a dinner date!" Hane exclaimed. "How's tonight at nine sound?" Like a wrecking ball, the boy came in and knocked the woman's feet from underneath. She fell flat on her stomach, while still being strangled by the thing around her neck. Now she was pissed. "I'M!" She opened her mouth, as the veins around her body began to swell up and turn a bright glowing red. Her mouth started to pour a dark cloud like substance, with red static flowing all around it. "HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!" She roared, as the stuff pouring from her mouth came out and a higher velocity, causing everything in her immediate vicinity to explode with extreme force. The team would be knocked away by the sheer wind pressure alone. Once the clouds settled, the girl could be seen licking egg yolks off of her fingers, before raising an eyebrow. "That all ya got?"

As he traveled outside of the city, Finn could really begin to appreciate the nature the Galatea had to offer. Forests were definitely beautiful, but he was more fond of the ocean. Duh. But the strong greens were definitely a nice change of pace from time to time. His least favorite thing about places like this were all the leaves scattered about. He didn't like the crunching noise under his feet, and he especially hated it when they were all wet and stuck to the bottom of his sandals. The sea truly was the only place for he. Strolling down the path, he was greeted with many signs that read 'Cornucopia Rock'. Finn giggled under his breath at the irony of the incident that would take place shortly. "Cornucopia, more like Cornulearntocoapwithdehydration...ia." He sighed. He'd make it work somehow. As he approached the cave's mouth, he noticed a large line of people at the entrance. Each of them held a bucket, supposedly to get their endless fill of water. "Ingrates." Finn muttered under his breath. He figured that he wouldn't cut in line, that would draw way too much attention to himself before he'd even get the chance to scoop up all of the water. If he did cut, he'd have a riot on his hands, and he didn't want to bring violence upon the ignorant citizens. He just wanted to teach them a lesson in gratitude, and make sure that they prayed properly to his goddess from now on. It took a couple of hours, but Finn had finally made it to the so called 'Cornucopia'. It was really rather plain, contrary to what he was expecting. The never-ending stream of water seemed to pour out of a slot in the cave, pouring into a singular basin. The basin, however, didn't seem to have the capability of overflowing, as if by magic. Not so much magic as divine miracle, though. He walked up to the basin, and placed a hand on the surface of the water. He could feel his predecessor's power here, and he apologized to her beforehand. In a flash, all of the water in the basin, and that poured through the wall, had turned into a sapphire like gem in Finn's hand. The water's flow stopped completely, not a single drop was left. Finn nodded his head with a smile, and turned on his heel. As he exited the cave, he saw people were still lining up with buckets in hand. "Well's dried up. You must've made Dia angry." Finn grinned, innocently, as he began making his way back to the city.

Team ThunderWaves Taiga couldn't help but smile after her attack had landed so perfectly, and did so much damage to the place. She was so happy with herself, in fact, that she didn't realize that the gale force winds were beginning to throw her around like a rag doll. She bounced rapidly between the poles spread throughout the room, uttering a loud and gutteral 'Fu!' every time she impacted one of them at such a velocity. In time, the winds would peter out, and Taiga would get to feast her eyes on a brutally battered Veronica. It was enough to make her laugh, if she had the physical capability to do such a thing at the moment. Veronica came at her with those same jaws, but she jumped back in the nick of time. However, her sudden maneuver was followed by her rolling on her ankle and sending her straight back on her ass. "Fufufu...damn...that's gonna cost me." Her ankle was tender, but she managed to stand back up. It was a shame, as when she looked onward, Veronica was already once again in hot pursuit. Taiga took a cross slash of poison straight to her chest, her body being sent back towards the other side of the room. It stung...a lot. She propped herself off the ground to look back at the god slayer. They were all in rough condition, but she'd been in worse situations than this. She managed to pick herself off the ground once again, wiping her mouth of blood and flicking it onto the ground. "Sheesh...just give it up lady, before I really turn up the heat." An obvious bluff. One of their teammates was gone, and the Raichu was down. But he wasn't out just yet, she could still see him breathing. "Hey, are you gonna get off your ass and help me, or what? I'm tired of having to babysit you, you know?!" She yelled, chastising him. "This is gonna cost you extra. Hope you're a good tipper." She began to bounce up and down off the ground in an attempts to get her speed back up, ignoring the pain in her ankle the best she could. A breeze would be able to take this crazy bat bitch out, but the same could go for her. Before she could bolt off, she saw that same girl from before wake up. She seemed sore, no doubt because of that blow Veronica gave her in the beginning of all of this. Taiga grinned at her. "So...I know you've been out cold for a minute...but would you mind like, maybe I dunno...helping us knock your friend out?" Taiga had never begged once in her life before. It was sickening to her, but she was basically saying the unthinkable at this point.

Finn looked on at his goddess, as she explained the past and her previous watchdog, and how this pool was blessed by them. Funnily enough, this pool of sacred water was a fraud, detached from that of the true endless fountain found outside the city. Finn knew where he had to visit next, to offer proper prayer to his goddess who had so long since not be adored by the people of Galatea. They had forgotten how to be grateful to his goddess, and it honestly ticked him off. Finn's eyebrows raised while he saw Dia's hand do the same, prompting him to flinch a bit. “You’ve made me wistful. Now, you can either find a way to have Galatea accept the ocean it deserves or, failing that, make them remember just who is keeping them alive.” Before she could smack him, Finn put his hands up. "Then I'll just take it all back!" With his words, the goddess paused her assault. "Oh?" She grinned, smugly. "Yeah, that seems like the best way to get them to recognize what you've done for them. I can't have these people go around, not thanking you for keeping them alive all this time. I bet this place would be abandoned by now if it weren't for you, but they go about their lives without so much as giving a single thought to you...it makes me mad!" The goddess put a hand to her mouth, in shock. "Finn Flanagan! I don't think I've ever seen you this irritated before. This must be quite the atrocity in your eyes." "Of course it is...they might as well be spitting in your waters...I'll be off now, but by the time I'm finished you'll have one-hundred times the amount of prayers!" Dia nodded, as Finn lifted his head out of the water. He looked around the pool, and towards the entrance. Turning over his shoulder, he saw the Mother of Pearl. "That's part of the deal too..." He groaned, lifting it off of it's alter and into a pocket. "I won't have them treat you as a mere tourist attraction anymore, either." He huffed. As he exited the temple, he saw the other priests of the temple minding their own business. He stopped to wave goodbye, before smiling. "Somehow I feel like this place will be a lot busier soon! You better get the place in order!~" He skipped out of the temple with a smile, as he could hear a loud commotion coming from the Taros Temple. He hoped Kitt was doing alright. Without Levanna in sight, he took a deep breath. He could feel the water coming from where Dia had told him before, now he just needed to find the entrance. He continued his merry skipping towards the outskirts of town, all the while humming his favorite shanty.

"Aver, A, A..." For some reason, it took some work for the words to come out of her mouth. "Avery Fiiiisher." Juri nodded and watched as the girl walked over towards the window, lamenting their situation. "Of all the, all the places to get stranded," she sighed. "Hope you like rooocks." "You got somethin' against rocks?!" Grudge could be heard barking from the corner, his eyes hadn't left the girl he stared knives at. "Grudge, not another peep or you're off the boat!" "What does that even mean!? You gonna toss me off with your bare hands?!" Grudge slammed his hands on the floor. "I mean it mister! Avery's our partner now too, whether you like it or not!" Juri almost barked back. Grudge tried lifting a finger, whilst opening his mouth to probably berate Avery again. However, this display was met by an angry, stinging glare from Juri, who narrowed his eyes at the beast. The digimon finally looked away towards the wall, while his nails tried to dig into the aegis floor. "Now, where were we again?" He tapped his chin, for a moment before the conversation topic popped in his head. "I like rocks! It's kinda like we got stranded on a beach too! Like a mini vacation to start off our arduous adventure! Don't you think?" Juri asked the girl. "Why, don't you like beaches? I know we can't swim in data, but we should try to have some fun, right?"

Team ThunderWaves Taiga watched on as she made her approach. The Raichu had done some sort of insane attack that she'd never seen once before in her life. It was kind of incredible how devastating it looked. But even after all that their foe still stood, albeit, with a new hairdo. Taiga still was running, faster than before, when Veronica started to lift herself into the air. "No...I shouldn't expect uncivilized plebeians like you to understand. I didn't want to use this move, but...I won't hold back anymore!" The godslayer began to twist in midair, whipping up a tornado that sucked the close range Keanu into it's swell. Taiga stopped in her tracks, commanding her spectral fangs to clench themselves into the ground beneath. With a tight grip, Taiga held onto the jaws. However, due to the force of the vortex, the ground the teeth hung onto was starting to give way. She need a plan, and fast. She'd need to move fast enough that the winds from Veronica wouldn't be enough to lift her off the ground and into the attack. But how was she even going to get a running start in this situation? After a quick second of thought, she laughed at herself. "Same as always!" She roared, as a geyser beneath her feet sprung out in an instant, lifting her to the top of the room in almost an instant. The geyser pinned her against the ceiling, and at the rate of speed in which she did so, she managed to give herself a bit of recoil. But the maneuver gave her enough time to get herself into a favorable position. "LOAD THE SHARPEDO!" She cackled, as she could feel a surge of energy spread throughout her body. She could feel almost every bit of muscle tense up, before boosting themselves to their limit. "Is this how you did it, ya old fossil? Well I'm gonna do it ten times better, so says Taiga the Terrible Tyrant who Toppled the Tyrnatrum!~ FUFUFU!" The geyser had stopped, Taiga's feet pinned against the wall. In an instant, she shot herself directly towards Veronica's position in the storm, a powerful vacuum appearing in front of her head as her speed and power was enough to neglect the fast winds. "TAIGA BOMB!" She roared, as she soared into the gale force winds.

『I hate this and all of you 』

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Team ThunderWaves With the Rotom landing a burn on the pinned Gijinka, Taiga smiled. A burn would really wind up weakening all of Veronica's attacks! However, the girl was able to get up from the torrent of water thanks to the winds that rushed from behind her. She managed to race to the top of the waterfall, only to sink her fangs into Taiga. "Tch!" Taiga winced, as the girls speed was still enough for her not to be able to react to the assault. What was more was that the Gijinka used Taiga as a damn springboard of sorts, pushing off of her abdomen to take to the air once more. The kick was enough to knock Taiga off balance, sending her down the side of her own artificial aqueous creation. She really didn't want to take a fall from this height, so in the midst of free-falling, she shot a jet of water out of her feet to push her into the forest of poles. There she grabbed onto one, and used her momentum to spin down to the ground. She looked to the bite wound that she had received. It stung, but what stung more was that the bitch probably healed from that attack. "We can't be hit by too many of those...she won't catch me again so easily!" Taiga rattled a fist off at the girl. Her eyes focused on the girl's movements, looking rather similar to hers. They were the same type of fighter after all...speed ball attacks at a high enough frequency would beat even the toughest of foes. But Taiga now had the advantage in power, and she would in speed soon enough. "Forget about aiming at her, ya good for nothin's! Aim where she's gonna be! Cover this place in lightning for all I care!" Taiga realized she might get caught in the crossfire as well. As a precaution, Taiga linked both her and Veronica's destinies, with a red glint in her eye. "Let's finish it already!" Taiga said, sprinting towards Veronica with a large pair of frosty jaws ready to snap.

The figure in front of her didn't so much as flinch as Nanami approached him. As her punch landed in his stomach, it would feel as if Nanami was punching a wall of static, her fist disappearing into the being and coming out the other way. Her teeth would do the same, although the would meet some sort of resistance a couple of inches deep into where the being's 'skin' lay. It's voice was indistinguishable from harsh radio static, but it was obvious the thing was mocking her with some sort of laughter. Soon after, Nanami would feel the harsh sensation of electricity firing into her arm and gums. The thing brought it's arm up, and a clear fist began to manifest at the tip of it's arm, fleshy as could be. It brought itself into the girls face with enough force to dislodge the girl from his neck, but it wouldn't truly be painful. Right after the blow connected, the fist turned into energy once again. It turned around, hopping over to an electrical outlet with a t.v. in it's arms. It plugged the t.v. into the wall, and started doing the same thing with multiple appliances in the store. Juryo got up, and rubbed the back of his tender head. His muscles were still spasming from the sudden introduction of electricity to his nerves. "I don't think physical attacks are gonna work on this guy...we either need to let him run out of juice...or we need a better plan." Kiburi had run up to him short after he had been flown across the room. "Can you redistribute weight across people?" She asked. "Yeah." Juryo responded, as he rose to his feet. "What did you have in mind?" "That's three months you haven't paid me now," The woman said, clearly quite frustrated with the man across from her. "And now you want me to let a fourth slide and just pretend like business will suddenly get better?" Miyu's eyes lit up with excitement. Was she truly witnessing divine punishment before her!? She didn't even have to lift a finger! It clearly looked like the two of them were arguing about payments of some sort, yet she couldn't keep her eyes off the lady. "I'm not asking you anymore. I'm telling. Pay off at least some of what you owe me. Today. If you can't, well..." The woman paused, thinking about what to do. With a reluctant sigh, she concluded "Well, you won't like it, anyway." "Let me know if I can get in on a slice of that pie too!" Miyu raised her hand behind the woman, her eyes closed as she smiled devilishly. The mountain of a girl paused in pure astonishment, as she watched the two buffoons in front of her begin to pose and spout off some ridiculous lines. She stood there, flabbergasted, continuing to watch the display while also reaching into the cart for more food, chowing down on it as she looked on with a blank stare. Keika's gamble had paid off in the meantime, as the family nearest the girl would notice the can rolling from out of nowhere. They rushed over to Keika's position, without even the girl noticing, not that she would've cared if they had. After Hane and Akuma finished, the girl smacked her head and began to laugh wildly. Her arteries rose to the surface of her skin, lighting up a vibrant red throughout her entire body as she laughed. The sound waves were almost enough to shake the entire store. "Dinner and a show, huh!? I gotta thank you two later...haven't had me a good laugh like that in a while! FWAHAHAHAHA!" The girl continued to laugh, as Akuma's tentacles wrapped themselves around her arm. "FWAHAHAHAHA! And now you wanna fight me!? THAT'S AN EVEN BETTER JOKE!" The girl reeled her arm back with out any resistance from Akuma's tentacles noticeable whatsoever. Using Akuma's momentum against him, the girl clotheslined the boy with a stationary lariat, laughing all the while. She popped an entire rotisserie chicken into her mouth, spitting the freshly picked bones in Hane's position at incredible speeds. That's when a big jug of frozen water smacked her in the face. It exploded into shards of ice, revealing her eyes filled with murderous intent, now locked on Toshiko. "I don't mind burning off a few calories fightin' you mooks! It'll just make me hungrier!"