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Nyx yelled something down to her, but to be fair, Tsui wasn't paying all that much attention. When one was fighting a grotesque creature made from pure nightmare fuel, it was rather hard to focus on anything else besides to keep the thing at bay and not letting it kill her. She kept pummeling it with punch after punch, refusing to let up and reigning down insults on it too as it kept swinging around. "Attack me? Fine! Attack my fellow Senshi? Fine! But don't you dare hurt animals! Not on my watch!"

Somehow, the blasted thing managed to thrust its neck around with enough force to loosened Tsui's grip and sent the Senshi of Tigers flying. Normally she'd have little trouble landing on her feet, but the strength behind that throw could not be denied, and it seemed that the youma had unintentionally saved her life, as the moment she hit the ground and rolled, she heard the other Senshi shout.

"DODGE!"

"Dodge? Dodge what?" Tsui managed to mutter her question before she saw exactly what she was talking about, and no sooner did she manage to scamble to her feet was she running out of that projectile's path. She cursed loudly and dove to the ground, just avoiding the laylift and hearing the youma's pained howl drown out her shout. "Holy shi-!"

Nyx's aim was true, and the youma had just enough strength to lift its neck and give one last, pitiful mewl before falling limp, the unfathomable mess that made up its underbelly bubbling and absorbing into the hay as the rest of it began to fade to dust. Tsui looked back at it and then flashed a thumbs up to the green-haired Senshi, announcing proudly even as she remained on the ground. "I think you got it! Remind me never to piss you off again..."

Tsui wasn't usually the type to accept help, but she was in no condition to turn it away, and she graciously accepted the hand that was offered to her. Within seconds, she was standing upright again, dirty, filthy and bruised, but otherwise alive and well, and she was eager to give another round to the youma, but it seemed that death felt it necessary to show it mercy this evening. It was easy to boast when their enemy was being carried away with the wind, and who would Tsui be if she didn't give a smug remark. "And let that be a lesson to you to not mess with two animal lovers again!"

Speaking of, the sounds of the horses' curious whinnies and nickers reminded her of their previous predicament, and she was quick to turn around to face Nyx, arms behind her back and one black boot kicking the dirt at her feet. This sudden shy spell was her way of acknowledging her guilty conscious, and if there was one thing she had learned from her allies, it was to try to be a little more humble and accepting towards others' requests.

"Alright, I'm not too good with apologies, but I am really sorry about all of this," Tsui said, starting by trying to acknowledge her flaws and hoping that'd be enough to gain some leniency from Nyx. She was genuinely sorry, and it wasn't just for putting the horses in danger. "I didn't mean to put your horses in danger and I'm sorry for hitting you. I didn't hurt you too badly, did I?"

Tsui was fine with letting the encounter end with another 'I told you so' to her record at this point, even if it meant given Nyx the victory today. Considering the hair-raising youma that've dealt with already and the fisticuffs they partook in prior to that, she figured she could afford a pseduo-loss under her belt. She got to see the horses, go hand-to-hand with a rather ornery senshi, and worked together with said ornery senshi, so all in all, a good day.

"Yeah, much worse. I survived Painite, so what could possibly be more terrifying then tha-"

Her sudden shout made Tsui jump a good distance in the air and she instinctively rose her fists in defense, half expecting the Senshi to came charging at her all of a sudden. Yet, there was no fist to the face, and Tsui blinked a few times before she finally caught on to what Nyx was getting at. She gave a laugh, though it wasn't entirely in mockery of her fellow senshi, but out of the need to hide just how spooked she was for a moment. "Haha, yeah, funny that you remember things at weird times, right? Though maybe it wasn't exactly like that... now that I'm thinking about it, we might have run into each other. Given our temperaments, I think that's fitting, right?"

She held not anger towards Nyx for that, oddly enough, but it was nice to know that she remembered. It wasn't much, but it was something.

Tsui tilted her head at Nyx's proclamation of working on her own, but it wasn't something completely foreign to the Tiger senshi either. Most of her hunts usually were done another until recently, so for her to even try to question or lecture Nyx just seemed like a bad idea. Maybe some senshi just did better on their own, Tsui thought, so she let the topic go. For now. "I don't really need help often, but I'll give you a call, if you can pull yourself away from your horses long enough, anyway."

It was nothing more than a joke, and she hoped Nyx wouldn't have taken offense to it. Before she could, though, it seemed that the other senshi was eager to get the trespasser out of there, and Tsui didn't have the energy to push her boundaries again, especially after knowing what she was capable of and what they've been through. She shook her head and immediately turned around to leave, calling back to the other senshi and giving her a wave. "Nope, got enough of those lectures to last me a lifetime! Take care of yourself!"

Tsui was a little disappointed that she was leaving without petting a single horse, but she'd simply have to come back again later, maybe when Nyx was in a better mood. She knew nothing of Nyx except what she revealed about herself today, but somehow Tsui had a feeling that the other girl simply wouldn't let her, or anyone, waltz in there and have their way. And that was oddly comforting for the Tiger senshi. It was always good to know that there were others in her court that could take care of themselves.