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It was certainly a fight to remember. It wasn't often that Eternal Sailor Tsui felt pushed to her limits, but given that they were fighting against a shade of a Princess, and a capable and tough one at that, it wasn't unexpected that a lot of them would be walking away from this encounter with some pretty serious injuries (or walking away from the encounter at all). For that, Tsui was grateful that her wrist was the worst part of her, and still she could almost feel the burning sensation that the grey ribbon caused with its touch. With no one there to see her, she held it tenderly, preparing to hide the weakness should anyone, friend or foe, came into her line of sight.

It wasn't often that Tsui wanted to go home and rest, but tonight she was willing to make an exception. Eternal Senshi she may be, but she was drained and exhausted from the fight, a price to pay when giving your all against a princess. She kept her senses on alert but mostly looked for Chaos auras that might have tried to sneak up on her. She felt the Order aura approaching and thought little of it. After all, it wasn't too far fetched to think that the one that was following after her simply lived in the same area as her, or simply wanted to talk.

Except this one. She heard footsteps rapidly approaching and Tsui's curiosity got the better of her as she turned to face the incoming Senshi. She immediately recognized her from the recent fight- with such long, silvery flowing locks like that, it was impossible not to remember her, even if she didn't know her name. Because Tsui's gaze was on the hair and her mind was elsewhere, Psyche's fist hit its mark, sending the Tiger senshi tumbling back a few steps before eventually regaining her balance, and she brought a hand to her jaw, though it did nothing to muffle her angered and bewildered shout.

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Not only was she assaulted, but this one sought to mimic her as well? Tsui wasn't sure what to make of it, except for the fact that she was starting to care very, very little for the amount of white in her attire and seeing the other senshi as more of an enemy. She tried to control her temper, and she moved to dodge the punch that was aiming for her face, as she curled her own fist and aimed for Psyche's stomach as she drew close enough.

"You're making a mistake," Tsui growled, realizing that she was vaguely familiar in the sense that they had fought together against Shade Princess Iris not too long ago, and she half wondered if she was handling the shade of this senshi instead, as she struck back. She wasn't aiming to kill, or even seriously harm her, but to push her back and force an explanation for this assault, but if she kept it up, then who knew what the Tiger Senshi would do in retaliation. "Back off!"

Tsui was ready for another strike and part of her was eager for the scuffle- maybe she enjoyed fighting a little too much and maybe she was still round up from their most recent endeavor, but Tsui was willing to duke it out with this one, consequences be damned. She rose her fists, but nothing came instead of the broken Englist that came from the other senshi, and then, the hand that she extended as a clear sign of friendship. Tsui first reaction was to slap it away and follow it up with a punch, but she just barely refrained, as she took a moment to try and make sense of this encounter.

"You... forgive me, even if you struck first?" Tsui wasn't sure how much sense it made, but when there was no immediate danger of another strike, it gave her brain time to mellow out and think about things. This senshi DID look familiar and she knew that had fought against Princess Iris' shade, but she wasn't sure what had caused this one to be so angry with her...

Until, of course, she remembered that her foot had nearly found its place against Psyche's face when she was aiming a strike on the Princess, and suddenly, a lot of this encounter made some sense. She took the hand that was offered to her, scratching the back of her hand with the other as she expressed her sudden revelation to the senshi known as Psyche. "Right, I'm sorry I almost kicked you in the face during that fight back there, didn't I? I guess I just got so engrossed with the fight that I flat out forgot... it happens from time to time, I guess."

She suspected that English wasn't her first language and that a lot of what she was saying would fly over her head, but if they were shaking hands, then that meant that they had settled whatever problem they had, right? "Psyche, is it? My name's Tsui, Senshi of Tigers. Nice to meet you, despite, you know. Nice punch you got."

Tsui may have put forth a ‘like I care’ attitude towards a lot of things, but it was only a front for the truth. She did care, especially when it was her reputation on the line, and she did care about the feelings of others and tried to reconcile any differences she may have had with them, otherwise she’d never hear the end of it from her conscious. The same could be said for Psyche- once Tsui remembered she had put the other senshi in danger, she was genuinely apologetic for her actions, though the Tiger senshi was only willing to go so far to apologize. If someone feared she was insincere, then she’d simply leave it at that.

Or maybe Tsui was thinking too deep on it? After all, it seemed that English wasn’t her first language, and if there was something that Tsui admired, it was the tenacity of her fellow senshi. If this was what she was willing to do to an ally for getting caught in the crossfires of an attack, then imagine what she’d do against the enemy? White Moon lucked out with having Psyche on board, Tsui thought.

“Take care,” Tsui shouted back to the retreating senshi, a little befuddled at her sudden departure but not willing to look a gift horse in the mouth. Better to let potential trouble like that go than to welcome it with open arms, Tsui thought, having a very rare moment of clarity, and she rubbed her jaw from where Psyche decked her. No loose teeth, but another blow would have definitely done it. She lost one tooth from her tenure and Tsui had little intention of looking for more. “Well, that was interesting. She’ll be alright.”

And, drained of all desire to fight, the Tiger senshi embarked on her journey home, before anyone else came looking to suckerpunch her.