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Tsui remained as she were, standing and keeping whatever sense it was that felt for the Chaos aura on high alert. She felt a few of them nearby, and she was certain that Benitoite had sensed them as well. Which meant that she had his undivided attention, and for now, that was enough for Tsui to not seek them out. For now. Him being on edge about their safety was enough to appease her for the time being, but she didn't let him see that.

She had no comment about the human war in the middle east; personally, she thought both sides were overreacting to their differences as well, but at least that war didn't start over some stupid love story gone wrong. But, neither one were here to discuss such manners, so Tsui let it drop. However, the other part about doing nothing? She couldn't do that.

"I can't do nothing. Maybe if I was never awakened I could, but then I'm sure I would have just been one of your many victims..." Tsui said, though it was a partial lie. She WAS one of his victims, but for the sake of her civilian identity, she couldn't bring it up. "Now that I have this power, and the ability to defend others from harm, telling me to sit this one out is impossible. Especially after that ambush... you're not naive, Beni; surely you don't expect all of us Senshi to lose our will to fight after an attack like that. Maybe some did, but others, like me, have only gained a reason to fight back. And you have no one to blame besides yourselves."

Her senses caught wind of a low-leveled member of Chaos, likely a youma, and though Tsui looked in that direction, she didn't move towards it yet. Instead, she was considering that last part. Who woke up first? Chaos, or Order? A very legitimate question, Tsui had to admit, but one that did not interest her in the least. At least, that's what she wanted to show, as she gave a shrug. "Who knows who woke up first? And who cares? It's like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg; really just depends on who you ask, or even who was there."

Tsui didn't know, nor did she pretend to know, and, just to see how far she could push the issue, she took a step in the direction of where the youma was, but only a single step and nothing more. "But even if you had someone that was there, could you really trust them? Who's to say that there's not some eviler third party involved in all this mess? Playing both sides against each other, just for kicks?"

Once again, Tsui wanted to explain to Benitoite that it was she that he had danced with and likely drained her energy that night of the Valentine's Day rave, how she was the one dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz and therefor making her completely unforgettable to even the dimmest of memories. How COULD one forget someone dressed as Dorothy at a completely unrelated event? But again, Tsui could not tell him everything, and it took her longer than she thought to reply. "I was a civilian once, you know. Let's just say I had a run in with a Negaverse officer, before I knew what one was, and after the... encounter... I felt extremely weak. As though my energy was drained."

That's all she felt safe to say. Anything more and he might realize her civilian identity, and that would not do Tsui any good here. So, she was grateful to move onto a different topic, even if it was one poking a hole in her flaw, though she was relieved to hear that he didn't completely hand wave her theory on a third party. She wasn't even all that serious about it, but it was still a comforting thought. "Trust me, if there is a third party out there that's messing with both of us, then I will gladly join you in seeking them out and putting an end to them. Then maybe there can be peace between us, but as you said, that's a big if."

He had stepped closer, and in returning, she had taken a step back. Not in retreat, but in defiance, and she made sure to not turn her back on him. They may have been talking, but her ordeals with the ambush had only served to make Tsui more weary about trusting any member of the Chaos faction. "And what if I am leaving? What if I'm tired and just want to go back to my nice, air conditioned room? Slip out of my fuku and into something a little more comfortable? Are you so paranoid about me skipping out on our little chat to go youma hunting that I can't even go home?"

She might have been pushing her luck, but he had not summoned his spear yet. She kept her smile sweet and innocent, which clearly meant that she was up to something.

"Yeah, I was once a civilian that didn't know any better. Now, I'm a Senshi of the White Moon Court, and I can no longer pretend to stand by and do nothing when I know that there's a great evil out there," Tsui said, initially regretting her words and how well she had twisted them around, but her response had felt natural to her. Proper. Like it was the right answer. She could no longer be Gwendolyn Caspian, sophomore of St. Mags and student guilty of the occasional truancy. Perhaps that was the mask, and Sailor Tsui was the real deal. It was a topic for later, that was for sure, as she could tell that her backing away was working in driving his suspicions up. The tension in the air was thick, and yet, Tsui felt it was natural, like it was meant to be this way.

Maybe there simply couldn't be ongoing peace between the warring factions. What he wanted her to do simply could not be done, no matter the risk or the outcome, and her smile had faded into a more serious gesture, her golden eyes more confident and resolute. She knew she couldn't beat him in the battle of wits, and maybe she couldn't even beat him in a straight up fight. But she would not allow innocents to be harmed by youma, and she reflected this by not merely taking another step back, but practically leaping several feet away, putting some distance between them to make her stance known. "Then we have an understanding that neither one of us can trust each other. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a feeling that I'm one youma away from earning my stripes, so it's been nice chatting with you."

And with that, she was off, running towards the edge of the building and leaping off onto the next building. She knew that he'd follow, despite the heat, if he truly suspected her to be hunting down that youma. At least this would now free the citizens or any other White Moon Senshi or knight from any possible harm from one Negaverse general, in the very least.

So the night would not be a total waste after all, Tsui thought, not even bothering looking back to see if Benitoite was following her as she ran along the rooftops and jumping over to the next building. She didn't need to. She knew that he would follow, if he was true to his word about protecting the youma. That, and the sound of boots hitting the rooftop behind her and catching up was enough of an indication that he was in hot pursuit, and that only made Tsui run all the faster. She may not have been a track or marathon runner, but she was confident enough in her abilities that she felt she was more than able to outrun him.

Perhaps she could have, even, had she decided not to run her mouth while in the middle of a chase. "You know... had you followed your own advice and did nothing... you wouldn't have so many Senshi and Knights rallying up to fight you."

She threw back taunts and and chance she could, glancing back periodically just to get a good grasp of how much distance was between them and when she might have to stop her mad dash and fight instead. All the while, she held nothing back, verbally, at least, as they drew closer and closer to the youma's signature. "A lot of us didn't wanna fight. Were willing to do nothing. Then you guys attacked, and blew that chance up... just like the youma blew their chance those many, many years ago!"

She had no idea how far she had really traveled, but she was starting to feel the effects of the run, and the taunts certainly didn't help either. And while she may have been fast on her feet, even with her increased energy as a Senshi, she was starting to feel herself slow down. She was not an endurance athlete... were tigers even meant for endurance? She didn't stop, even as she barely made the jump into the shorter building and rolled to prevent an injury, and the youma was close. So close. The splashing water from the other side of the building indicated a swimming pool; perhaps it was an aquatic youma? Tsui took one last glance behind her to see where Benitoite was, before dashing towards it. All she needed was a good strike; she couldn't imagine the look on his face when she dusted a youma in front of his very eyes, though she could imagine it'd be similar, if not the same, as hers when he ripped that starseed out of that senshi... yet, where was he?

Tsui had many more taunts saved up for the general, was willing to spoil a few segments of the meeting even if it meant to help her case, and yet, he seemed to have spared her fromt he dishonor of revealing any big secrets or names when he had pulled his little trick. Tsui had never seen such a power before and she felt like someone among her White Moon Court had completely forgotten to remind her of this one very important fact.

Had someone warned her of this feat that Negaverse officers were capable of, maybe she could have prepared accordingly and have had the wit to avoid the spear's blade, but be as it may, Benitoite's spear had hit its mark, cutting into her side and throwing her trajectory completely off. She had hit the flooring of the rooftop and rolled so fast and hard that she had practically bounced and slammed her back against the side. The youma that she had been hunting was long since gone from her mind, as she brought an arm over her bleeding wound and managed to sit herself up. Benitoite meant serious business, and she had seen him kill before, mercilessly so. This was not how she was planning on dying this evening... not to him.

She glanced over the side to see what fate awaited her below. It was a swimming pool to a hotel, and from this angle, she could see the youma that was now alerted to their presence, peering up at them. She had two choices; take her chances up here with a general that was most definitely out of her league, whom she knew would kill her without a moment's hesitation, or take her chances with the youma that eagerly waited to drain her energy below. Between the two, she'd take the youma for now.

"J-just so you know... I was one of them... the one willing to not fight, just let you be... assuming you never hurt anyone. But... you changed that. And I'll never forget... or forgive you. One day, we'll be on equal footing, Beni..." She spat, pulling herself onto the sidings and throwing herself off before he had the chance to drive his spear in for the killing blow or take her starseed, and she gave a shout as she plunged herself into the pool below, gaping wound and all. "Until then... Beni!"

This was crazy, and she knew it would hurt, but Tsui refused, absolutely refused to allow him the honor of ending her life. Better to give that honor to a subhuman youma than to him.