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Ever since earning her stripes, Super Sailor Tsui had felt the need to take her patrols outside of her usual turf; the pickings had become rather bare, likely either due to her dusting any youma that dared step foot within it, or perhaps orders from Negaverse generals for their lower leveled youma and lieutenants to avoid that area. Or perhaps they have merely heard of her reputation and grew some sort of intelligence and that's what kept them away, but Tsui wasn't the type to sit back and allow her enemies to come to her.

That would have been the smarter thing to do, but if they stayed away, then how would Tsui get stronger, or learn more about her enemy? So, the tiger left her usual hunting ground and found herself in a place that neither she, nor her human counter part, would have never have imagined entering on her own accord.

A graveyard. Of course, the only Chaos aura she felt would come from a graveyard; it was a rather fitting environment for them to be lurking about, wasn't it? Didn't mean Tsui liked it, though, but who was she to complain. She felt a dark presence and worked on finding the threat; it wasn't that particularly strong, but Tsui knew better than to underestimate it. 'Not the size of the dog in the fight, but the fight in the dog...'

She knew that personally. So, with her senses on high alert, she stalked throughout the graveyard, being careful not to step on any graves as to not disrespect the dead. If things like youma and magical beings from space were real, she didn't want to think of the possibility of there being zombies as well.

It was already a creepy enough setting, but the sudden voice and the almost deadpan tone of it was enough to make even Tsui jump in her boots, and that wasn't a feat that was to be taken lightly. Tsui was brave, courageous, maybe even reckless and brash (okay, definitely brash), but even as she had felt the aura, she simply wasn't prepared to hear a voice.

But just as quickly as she had jumped, Tsui had managed to hide whatever initial fear she had behind a brave front, and she looked to the Senshi that had managed to spook her. And, of course, she immediately recognized all the signs of a Senshi of the Dark Mirror Court, though she didn't recognize her as an individual. New? Or perhaps just another member that she hadn't met before... Tsui wasn't afraid to admit that she was not the most knowledgeable, even after the ambush, of every individual member. But she knew a DMS when she saw it.

"Or early, if I'm waiting until the end of the week," Tsui retaliated back, though she felt that the reply was weak. It certainly wasn't the best comeback she could think of, but the atmosphere and the setting simply didn't allow her to think straight enough to come up with a good one. To be surrounded by so much death? For such a lively person like Tsui, it was stifling. Maybe a fight would liven up the mood? Tsui was certainly willing to try. "Fitting for a Dark Mirror senshi to be in a graveyard though. All the dark and gloom and dead kind of fits. So, are you the Senshi of Ghosts or Dark-and-Dreary Moods?"

It seemed like a rhetorical question, with the stance that this new DMC had taken, and Tsui figured that she was going to find out exactly who she was and what she may be capable of much quicker than she had expected. Yes, definitely a new member of the Dark Mirror Court, to not even bother with the whole 'convert you to my side' spiel, and honestly, Tsui welcomed it. That whole bit was getting old anyway, and after what had happened with the ambush, there wasn't a snowball's chance in hell that she'd even consider it now.

So, she liked this Senshi, and she let her know as she rotated her shoulders and rose her fists to prepare for the upcoming fight. "Yeah, that's what I like to see. No talk, just fight. Makes our existence so much easier when there's no philosophical dribble and attempts at conversion being wasted. You wanna fight? Then Super Sailor Tsui will gladly give it to you!"

And without another warning, Tsui struck first, using her new opponent as a focus and keeping her mind off of the gravestones and the creepy environment all around them. Yes, focus on her and only her, and hope she didn't step on anyone's graves along the way. She moved forward with a fist, ready to punch the new DMS right in the face; this was a test to her speed and reflexes, as Tsui would soon find out...

Tsui wasn't sure what she was expecting from the other Senshi, but her to challenge her punch in such a straight forward manner made her feel all giddy inside. Finally, a Dark Mirror Senshi that she could understand, could get behind, and despite her recent upgrade and increased strength, the Tiger senshi was forced back as well. She gave a spat, though there was no malice or disgust in that voice; in fact, if Tsui was being brutally honest, she was giving the other Senshi a compliment of her own. "Well, good for you then. I think the two of us are going to get along just fine then, because I hate that conversion dribble."

Never to take a compliment from another, especially an enemy, lightly, Tsui had made sure that she was going to let it go to waste, and she certainly didn't want to prove her wrong. Though, if Mjolnir's plan was to cause Tsui's ego to swell and allow her prideful nature to take over and cause her to make a mistake, then she would simply have to try a little harder, as Tsui fell back on her many years of gymnastics and had managed to cartwheel herself out of the way of that kick and trying to follow up with a kick of her own. "As are you. Still don't have your name, though..."

It never failed to put a smile on Tsui's face to see her attack hit its mark, though she couldn't help but wince when her attack sent the other senshi into a tombstone. It certainly wasn't her intention of breaking another person's tombstone and she was certain she'd get some seriously bad juju for it, but at least its get her point across to the Dark Mirror senshi. She did tilt her head with some confusion at the senshi's words, and she couldn't help but express her confusion aloud, despite the circumstances between them. "Odin? You're into Norse mythology or something?"

She tried to think of any celestial bodies that held those names to start guessing, the other senshi made a movement with her arms, a clear indication that she was about to retaliate with an attack of her own, and what she was expecting was certainly not what she got. Suddenly her eyes lit up red, something unlike anything Tsui's seen before, and as quick as Tsui thought she was, the other was upon her, her fist shooting past her feeble defenses and slamming hard against her chest, leaving Tsui breathless and stumbling backwards.

Whoever this senshi was, she meant business, and Tsui could only focus on trying to dodge as many as possible, certain that she'd miss a few of the punches heading her way.

The difference in rank didn't matter when it came to punches, it seemed, and while Tsui thought she'd be able to dodge some of them, she was horribly mistaken. She felt the blows at full blast, and she was surprised that she was even able to stand after such an assault. Either it was her senshi strength that granted her this, or adrenaline, or sheer dumb luck and anger. Whatever the reason, she was grateful when the onslaught of fists finally ceased, and though her opponent appeared exhausted from her efforts, Tsui was angry to admit that she couldn't immediately jump on the chance thanks to the pain.

The moment it let up, though, Tsui lunged forward, fighting against the pain and knowing that she'd be riddled with bruises in the morning but refusing to let it drag her down. At her words, she was willing to acknowledge that she she wasn't quite sure what the other senshi was getting at, but since when did not getting a hint ever slow Tsui down?

"Hammer, huh? Well, I'm the tiger!" Tsui said, seeking to drive a shoulder into the Dark Mirror senshi's gut and throw her to the ground, to give her a taste of what her own punches might feel like. "You'll need more than that to kill this beast!"

Tsui thought it would have been fulfilling to send the other senshi crashing down, yet there was little satisfaction to be felt when her blow hit, and she thought it to because her adrenaline was quickly beginning to wane. She had gotten a single burst of energy, but she'd be damned if it stayed with her, as the moment that Mjolnir scrambled back to her feet, she could feel the various aches and pains throbbing from where the Dark Mirror senshi struck her.

She tried not to show it, though, trying to bite back the pained grunt when her legs threatened to give out. She had to stand strong and finish this fight! Though it seemed that her opponent wasn't quite so willing to follow through, as she suddenly turned around and ran! Part of Tsui wanted to feel relief and was willing to accept this as a victory, but she was still riled up from the fight and now angered that she'd have the nerve to call for a fight and run off like that! "Oh no you don't! Get back here!"

Tsui got a few steps in before she stumbled over her own feet, the pain from the earlier blows simply refusing to be ignored any longer and coming back with a vengeance. Tsui at least managed to stop herself from colliding into the broken parts of the tombstone, and even when she felt too sore to follow suite, she made sure that nothing but anger and rage was heard in her shout. "Good riddance, Hammer! Let that be a lesson!"

In the end, the tiger's roaring was more or less nothing more than empty threats, and before her opponent could realize Tsui's exhaustion, she pushed herself to her feet slowly and began her own retreat. Though she got the other senshi to retreat, it was still a bruise to her ego to have allowed herself to get this messed up in such a short amount of time... seemed that she still had to hone her claws a little more before she could even think of helping end this war.