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Super Sailor Tsui had many enemies; the Negaverse, the Dark Mirror Court... math and anything to do with science or school. But her biggest enemy was her own pride, and perhaps her own battle-hungry nature. Despite her frustrations with the Dark Mirror Court and the impossible task she had signed up for, Tsui figured that she couldn't spend too much time wallowing in what she figured was self-doubt. Something she hardly felt, and she didn't like that feeling.

So her goal was to simply move on with her life, do her Senshi duties, despite everything and keep the streets safe. Perhaps she was just overreacting to what Benitoite had said about the youma, or maybe Remarque had just caught her on a bad day? She was determined to trudge on.

Trudge on, right into a bad situation. She had sensed the approaching youma but it was too late for her to properly prepare for it. It was small, but quick, with multiple legs and a fuzzy butt. Just her luck that she'd be attacked by what she suspected was a spider youma... she may have loved animals, but she was no fan of spiders or other arachnids. And this youma was determined to make her hate them all the more, as it shifted around the darkness and spewed what she figured was some kind of webbing at her.

"Gah! Why don't you come down here and fight me? If you were human at one point, you were a coward!" Tsui shouted to the creature, dodging its spit and trying to think of a way to bring it down to her level. Why did she think it was possible to roam dark alleys and NOT be attacked?

Tsui wasn't sure what startled her more: the fact that she almost didn't dodge the white, gooey stuff that the youma spat at her, or the sudden appearance of Chaonis. Had she not been so focused on not becoming the youma's next meal, she MIGHT have recognized the Senshi from the meeting and then the ambush that followed immediately after that. No, she hadn't talked with him, but she did recognize him... or she thought she did.

"Catch and release? No... I don't want something as ugly as that coming back to bite me in the a**..." Tsui said with a sneer, not really directing it towards him but rather the youma that continued to scuttle just beyond her reach. If its goal was to piss Tsui off, then mission accomplished. "What I need is for that coward come down here and fight me like a man! Or woman... or whatever the hell it is!"

Yes, Tsui was mad. Tsui was frustrated. She needed to blow off some steam, and this damn spider was mocking her. Would this Senshi do the same?!

Suddenly Tsui realized why Chaonis was a Senshi that she seldom saw or talked to have the meeting... he was a real jerk. Of course, her pride always got the better of her, and there were few things that pissed her off more than someone, especially a guy, trying to put her gender on the table as a flaw. What does being a woman have to do with not liking spiders? She knew PLENTY of boys that hated spiders... okay, that was a bit of a lie, given that she didn't have the chance to know that many guys (thanks to St. Mag), but youma spiders was something that she thought many, male or female, would agree was a bad thing.

She snapped at him, too angry and frustrated by this trolling youma to notice his injury or how he held himself; for all she knew, he could have been mocking her! "How about I lift YOU up and throw YOU up there? Don't think I wouldn't!"

Physically, she probably couldn't, but that's how mad she was right now. She did consider his advise and looked around for something to hurl at the spider, and she grabbed the lid off a trash can and was prepared to Captain America that youma. How hard could it be to hit a youma by tossing a trash can lid like a frisbee?

Extremely hard, as reality would have it, as she missed completely, but the sound of the flimsy metal lid slamming against the wall was enough to cause the youma to lose its grip on the wall and come falling down. The moment it hit the pavement, it gave a shriek, both heads from each end spewing the white, gooey substance, and it charged towards the closest one to it, straight for Chaonis.

No, things DEFINITELY weren't going according to plan, but since when did Tsui ever have a plan? At least not one that worked... or didn't resort to her doing a power charge and hoping for the best? She gave a shout and charged at the youma now that it was down at her level, and she drove a foot right into the giant, oversized abdomen of it when it got close to Chaonis. "Well... he made me mad first!"

It gave a shriek and bounced along the ground, and Tsui was torn between helping the other Senshi up and continuing after it before it had the chance to scuttle up the wall again. Like hell she wanted to fish it down again! Maybe she'd make it so mad that it'd stay down to fight, which meant that she needed to get Chaonis back to his feet, and quick!

"Come on, get up already! For someone that talked big, you sure are taking your sweet time getting back up!" Tsui said, even as she tore at the webbing that was collected around his feet. Still, she hadn't noticed his injury, but it was because her eyes were on the youma that was turning around and scuttling towards them. "Got a plan? I'm not one for planning..."

It was such a simple maneuver, one that Tsui would have thought of in her basic stage, and yet, she couldn't deny the fact that it was super effective against the enemy. Perhaps the spider youma was just as surprised as she was, as it hadn't scuttled away quick enough to avoid Chaonis' blow. It gave a pain shriek and flopped backwards with its scrawny legs, leaving an opening for Tsui or Chaonis to attack.

"Oh, gee... why didn't I think of that?" Despite her sarcasm, Tsui wasn't going to miss that opportunity Chaonis opened for her. She ran forward and gave that disgusting, trolling spider more than a punch. White aura formed in her arms and she lunged forward at the enemy, crashing the white claws against the youma's face and slamming it back. "Striking Tiger Flurry!"

It hit the ground and bounced, its body quivering but unable to move thanks to the stunning effect. It wouldn't be stunned for long, and Tsui shouted to the Eternal Senshi, "You want to do it in, or should I get the pleasure?"

Tsui wasn't sure if he was fishing for praise or if it was a rhetorical question, but she wasn't going to deny that watching the Eternal curb stomp the spider youma was rather impressive. She would have done it herself, of course, though she felt winded after doing her attack- he had not been there to see it, but she had actually used her attack once before he arrived and missed, horribly, when the damned thing scuttled higher up the wall. She played it off with a scoff, however, trying to return the snark that he had thrown at her earlier. "That was cool, I guess. I did weaken it for you, though!"

Despite her snark, she was grateful for his assistance, and she let it be known with a beaming smile and a rough slap on the back, not knowing of his injury or how much strength she put into that motion. "Thanks for the assist, though! You've definitely earned your buttwings for a reason!"

Tsui was never really that observant, or perhaps Chaonis hid his discomfort well enough that Tsui was none the wiser. Chaonis may have started out a bit trollish, but she couldn't help but admire his strength and tenacity in battle. FINALLY, a Senshi that was like herself and enjoyed the thrill of the fight. Killing, not so much, and that kind of soured some of her good mood for the time being. "Say... you've been at this game for awhile now, right? Tell me, what do you think of the youma?"

She motioned to the remains, giving some of the dust a kick and spreading it out. "Obviously you like to dust them, but did you ever feel guilty about it afterwards?"

Tsui straightened up and immediately tried to hide any of her hesitation within her, as though the thought of appearing weak or timid in front of Chaonis was more insulting than begging for help in the first place. "Not that -I- ever felt such things, but... hypothetically speaking, what if a Negaverse officer told you that youma were once humans that MIGHT have been transformed into monsters because of a certain Queen... that shall remain nameless. How would that make you feel?"

It was a very simple outlook on the matter, one that Tsui could have figured out for herself... had she not allowed the more complex and troubling thoughts to simply take over and fester. She had hoped that Chaonis would have enlightened her on the matter, and yet, at first, his words seemed... too simple. If the answer was really that simple, then why did it seem like it was such an impossible task ahead of her? Had she been over-thinking the whole thing to the point that the answer was under her nose the whole time? How silly had she looked, then, when she hit that moment of 'revelation' and ran away from Remarque that night? How many had gotten hurt because of her sudden restraint?

It was all just too much... and yet, Tsui did feel enlightened. What Chaonis said rung some truth. They were human, once. They were no longer human, and they did hurt, they did kill... she had seen it with her own two eyes the brutality of a youma. The matter of whether or not they could be saved wasn't meant to distract from the fact that they were going to hurt people, humans, innocents and those fighting alike. Chaonis' solution was simple, and Tsui liked simplicity.

Her shoulders grew lax and her chest didn't feel so heavy anymore, and the laugh that escaped her lips were light, almost desperate. She tried to keep up her image, though, though one could hear the relief that swept over her at that moment, thanks to Chaonis. "Oh, I get it! I agree! I was just... speaking in hypothetical terms, that's all! Just testing you..."

She was relieved, but she was still a lady of pride... it was time for her to start repairing that gaping hole that was left there, if she was going to be of any use to anyone. Her friends needed her to be strong, not this simpering, confused little kitten anymore! The fact that she carried on this prattle for so long disgraced her, and she was eager to get it put behind her, and quick! "So, is this the part where we say our good byes, or are you eager to go on the hunt again?"