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He hadn't spent much time dealing with youma lately, concentrating on Negaverse agents instead, but he hadn't been able to walk by when he saw one attacking a family. He'd let the civilians escape before tempting the youma off so he could actually deal with the thing. It wasn't too hard to dust the monster overall but it had taken more running around than he'd wanted to deal with.

He was going to add vines to things he wished didn't come in youma form.

Running a hand through his hair he sighed and looked around for Sumi. The kitten had been with him and had jumped off his shoulder when he'd found the youma. "Sumi? It's gone, you can come out now..."

Arsinoe had been about to open his mouth to call for Sumi again hoping the kitten hadn't gone far when he heard clapping behind him. Spinning around he registered two things at once.

One someone was being an a*****e for no reason

Two that someone was a General.

Cursing to himself he straightened up and eyed the woman over. In a fist fight he could take her, probably, but given that he'd half exhausted himself with the youma and knowing what she was?

"Your kind's little pets are a bit of a handful but they're not that taxing." When the words were out of his mouth he kicked himself mentally. History rinse, wash, and repeat. This was exactly how he'd gotten his ribs broken years ago.

"The fact that the lot of you keep those monstrosities as pets is not something you should admit." He'd seen some following the orders of agents before but to think of them as pets? That was too much. "At least you have something in common with them though. Birds of a feather."

He really didn't have the energy to take on a general and he doubted he'd get to his phone fast enough. Sumi probably wasn't going to be any help either.

Which meant he should shut his mouth but it didn't seem like it wanted to listen. As the general came closer he took steps back to match hers. He'd run out of street eventually but maybe he could keep her distracted long enough for someone else to notice.

"You know curiosity killed ... s**t." His unneeded, and stupid, retort was cut short as the General came at him. He was used to them having more pronounced weapons but her clawed gloves did seem sharp.

Sharp enough that even though he managed to twist out under her attached the claws cut through his sleeve and scraped across his skin. Hissing at the pain he scrambled away from her and yanked his lantern off his belt. He had to switch it out of his dominant hand as his arm started to tingle along with the sharp sting.

What the hell did she have on those things?

His arm was shaking as he lit one of his matchsticks and his joints protested with how tight he was holding on but he wasn't going to just let her scratch him to ribbons. Not without fighting back. He eyed the General before blowing the flame off the matchstick. "Dancing Lights!"

Arsinoe had expected his attack to miss, the base of his magic not being very strong, and had thought his best bet would be distracting her enough to run. He was shocked when the General stepped in the way of one of the orbs and then ended up catching herself with a second.

The distraction was what cost him. Something he told countless students not to do. Don't get distracted because they will kill you.

His stupidity cost him and her claws raked down along his arm. The sharp sting and the numbing sensation caused him to drop the lantern, cast iron making a loud clang against the pavement, and his other hand snapped around his arm as if that would help stop the sensation.

"I think you're overdue for a declawing..." He glared at the General, trying to rub feeling back into his arm. The other shoulder seemed to be alright now, most of the numb sensation and the pain gone but his lantern was still on the ground.

Any ideas of snagging it again were cut short as the general's shoulder collided with his ribs. She was shorter than him but that just gave her a good angle to slam him back against the shop front behind them.

With a grunt he grabbed at her shoulders hoping he could shove her off while he lashed out with one foot. He didn't have a lot of room but one of his rather hard sandles and her knee wouldn't go well for her.

He didn't have much time to react to his shoe clicking off her armor with how close the General was to him and how fast her fist was coming at his face. He cursed, ducking his head and wincing as he heard the metal slam into the wall beside his ear. If that had been his jaw he'd have been eating out of a straw for months.

Her fist missing his face wasn't much of a plus given that it meant she had him completely cornered against the wall.

He snarled quietly at the generals words and would have responded, intended to respond, but her tongue sliding along his jaw threw him off. He'd had the Negaverse do some strange things to him but none of them had ever licked him before. He shuddered and would have started bitching if the General's hand hadn't buried itself in his chest.

Arsinoe had seen them to do that to civilians before but didn't think he'd ever be on the receiving end of it.

His jaw clenched as he felt her hand reaching for something and for a moment he couldn't think of what that would be. Until it clicked. His starseed. That's what she was going for.

Scratching at her arm he tried to get a good grip on it, tried to pull her hand back, but he didn't have enough strength in his injured arm to make a difference. The pain wasn't helping matters either and he bit back a few curses as his hands clenched on her arm.

As he tried to get a good grip, pull her arm out, something, he noticed another strange sensation. It felt as if his tiara was getting warm, like the gem in the center was burning against his forehead. As soon as he noticed that he noticed the same sensation along his arms. "What..." His voice cracked on the word before a wave of complete calm washed over him. It felt almost like being back on his asteroid. The way the Vigil room had felt when he'd spent the evening in it. He wondered for a moment if this was what dying felt like.

The general on the other hand wasn't likely to get as nice of a sensation. The asteroid of Arsinoe was not willing to give up it's guardian to the Negaverse. As the General's fingers brushing against the starseed a wave of energy pulsed from the crystal forcing the General's hand out of the senshi's chest and propelling her out of arms reach. Arsinoe's tiara melted away leaving a bright glowing mark on his forehead and along his arms strange scrolling text appeared as if someone was writing notes on his skin.