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She had broken her promise. That was the irritating thought that nagged her in the back of her mind as she resumed her nightly activities at the park. Broken it. Technically, it had been some random promise. So she didn't need to keep it, really. In fact, keeping that silly promise would be a dereliction of duty-- and duty was more important. She reminded herself of that over and over, the explanation seemed plausible enough.

"Wow, I'm an idiot. I shouldn't have made that ridiculous promise in the first place if it was going to bother me this much." She said aloud to herself, sighing at her stupidity. She was on the ground, using a delicate stick to draw a bunny in the dirt, a bunny similar to her hair clip. She was coloring the eyes and mouth-- more so, just shifting dirt around and using rocks to decorate the drawing but nevertheless, the art of drawing in sand and dirt. Something that an elementary school student could master oh-so-very-well. Not half as well as Serandite did though. Ha.

Somebody... was here. Probably a civilian. She didn't stand up, sitting on the ground as she turned her head around to see who this new intruder was. After all, this drawing was quite a good one. But she could recognize that outfit design and aura anywhere. It was a senshi--! To think, that senshi might have caught a negaverse slacking off and drawing. oh crap-- oh crap. In any normal situation, any typical negaverse would attack the senshi immediately. but Serandite was in a slightly alarmed state-- What if Charonite had gotten hold that she was drawing on the job?! GODDAMNIT.

She turned towards the senshi, unable to hide, quite sure he or she had spied her by now (unless they was blind) and tried to step over the drawing so that the senshi wouldn't see. She didn't know that this was the Pavel she had met-- certainly not in his henshined form. But for some reason.. as the scout neared, there was an nagging familiar feeling about that senshi.

"How surprising. I didn't know that kids were recruited in the senshi ranks as well." She put her hand to her mouth in a shocked gesture, the surprised words also meant to cover up her lack of patrolling. Could this be.. she wasn't the only kid-look alike in the negaverse/senshi ranks! Yay!

... WHOO-HOO.

"Well, I say that too and nobody listens to me." Serandite said in an amused helpless tone, shaking her head. She didn't realize his turmoil inside but if she had known his identity, she would have gone through the exact same thing.

She took the time in between to admire his.. uh.. colorful colors. There was no other way to describe it. And strangely, it worked. It was almost a rainbow. And since it was almost a rainbow, Serandite dubbed it as such. "True. I may be the same size that you are but let me assure you, it's not the size that counts. I definitely can hurt you." She informed him, mirroring his pose with the air of haughtiness, hand on hip.

"You're a really cute little girl. I like your fashion too, even though it's a bit on the odd side. But it's a shame that you'll have to go." She certainly didnt mean for the other to exit the park nicely if he got her drift.

"My name's Serandite. What's your name, Miss rainbow senshi?"

"Wait, you're not a girl?" Serandite's voice raised in amazement, taking a step forward to examine the scout. B-But.. that was clearly a skirt. Clearly.

Whaaaaaat?

Her confusion and bewilderment was clear on her face. She knew she should have stepped up and fought her--him by now, since their introductions were over. And his words were just so.. amazingly, elementary. How old was this kid? (She was still amazed because he was wearing a skirt okay.)

Serandite's smile grew larger, realizing that he had little experience with "mean" people. Oh, poor deceived little senshi. She spoke in a knowing tone, wondering what this senshi was really fighting for. Did he even understand the consequences of fighting?

"Oh, I'm mean? I simply do what I need to for my goal. Is it really so wrong, to work towards your duty? People hurt each other physically and emotionally every day. They trample others in an attempt to reach their goal. But you fault me for this? Is it 'not nice' to head for my goal? To carry them out? I don't see you punishing everyone else out there." Serandite had thrown a psychological question at the scout, wondering what sort of answer he would give. She hoped it wasn't the horribly typical answer.. not that it mattered, since he would be crushed soon from his own inexperience anyways. If not by her, by some other senior agent. But she wasn't planning to let him get away.

Her small bunny leaped next to her, mimicking her gesture of waiting because that was was she was doing. Waiting for an answer.

It was clear that this scout was too young-- or too sheltered-- to have experienced any harshness in life. After all, from his ideal logic, it was obvious that was a fact.

Unfortunately, as much as Serandite wished his logic was true, life always pointed out otherwise. And.. uh.. he was crying on her now. Serandite didn't know what to do. What do you do when an enemy is crying in front of you? But he was crying. Enemies shouldnt cry in front of each other.. Serandite's head was spinning. She seemed nice? Since when? She didnt know where he got the impression that she was nice. Well, she was, but she had never met the scout before for him to know that.

But she grew offended by his accusing question, her posture distinctly offended now.

"What's wrong with a bunny?" She said, the topic of her weapon was a sensitive topic. " You live in a fantasy world. You think we'll both walk off unscathed but I'll tell you something. I walk away from a battle from you, go around the corner and get a nasty beating for not fulfilling my duties. It doesnt work." She mimicked his words, shaking her head.

"You're a senshi. As soon as you stepped out and confronted me, you made your choice to live with the consequences. Don't waver and hesitate in battle. You're gonna end up dead, whether it's me or someone else that kills you!" She yelled the last sentence, lifting her arm, her bunny suddenly jumped sizes, a large paw coming down to smash the crying scout.

Hitting up crying girls--boys left a bad taste in her mouth. Or actually, just this crying kid. But she had a duty.

"That's a good attitude to take on!" Serandite replied, a grin taking over her features. She hated fighting opponents that hesitated-- and felt much better about fighing an opponent who actually had a reason to fight. A half-assed reason was a sure blow to an enemy's pride after all. Wavering and hesitation were not allowed.

Yellow dots blinded her vision and she thought she was hallucinating for a moment. .. Fireflies.. blinding her? Her eyes, unused to the sudden shift in lights through the dim night, blinked. They neared her, even brighter up close, and caused her to fall over uncertainly. What if they were.. explosive fireflies or something? Would they come in a swarm to attack her?

She reached a hand out, touching the area they swarmed in, cautiously but aware that her hand might be blown off. But it was a risk she took.

Normal.. fireflies? What?

He was running toward her-- she got herself ready for the impact that never came. Instead shew as being pelted with.. small items? She stared in bewilderment at the candy and trinkets that flew at her, hardly inflicting any pain. Regret filled her, his teeth bit her lip tightly.

He was so pathetically cute. and he would die for it. She walked towards him, even though trinkets were flung at her, and her hand had made contact. But not with his starseed. In fact, it wasn't even the lower part of his body that she made contact with. Not even with his chest. Instead, he stood there with a red cheek, her eyes on fire with anger, her other hand clenched into a trembling fist.

"Shape up!" She shouted at him, her hand still throbbing from the slap. This was probably the first time she had ever slapped a senshi.

"We're enemies. It's a life and death situation. Not every negaverse agent is as soft as me. They will kill you. They won't care about your candies or your trinkets, they'll take your starseed and leave your cold body here." She said, her voice ringing with regretful anger. She knelt down, picking up the scattered items, soon holding out both hands filled with Pyxis's trinkets, to put back in his bag.

"I will kill you before the night is over. If you don't want that, punch me. Do whatever it takes. Hit me and run if you want." She told him with resolution in her eyes, although the frown that took over her expression told him that she wouldn't like killing him. Her bunny disappeared from it's past location and appeared next to her, ready to attack Pyxis. But she would kill him. Unfortunately.