"Mima, that's enough." You state, firmly. "...Reisen. Go ahead."

Mima hesitates only for a moment before flying back to your side. The fact that she so easily complied with you tells you that she's getting a strange feeling from this situation, too.

"Hah! You're scared of her? You should be!" That Guy gloats,"She's a better mon than someone like you could ever hope to control!"

Reisen calmly advances towards her opponent, her eyes focused on the ground at the strange Seiga's feet. Each step is carefully measured and taken with absolute control and caution. You don't think you've seen Reisen this serious before, not even when you were attacked.

"Control?" You scowl at him. "...That's not what it's about, you ass."

"That's exactly what it's about!" He responds, throwing his arms wide,"Why can't you or those other idiots understand!" Everything in training these monsters is about control and discipline. You have to keep them in line by any means necessary or else they'll be a danger to everyone! Now, Seiga!" He snaps his fingers and points at your little Reisen, "Break that Reisen and show what proper discipline can do!"

Seiga takes one step towards Reisen before seemingly vanishing and-

The ground where Reisen once was is torn up as if a massive set of claws just passed through it. Seiga is standing there now with a horrifying, screeching aura surrounding her right hand. But, where's Reisen...!"

Your friend drops out of the sky and lands atop the Seiga's head, pounding home a blow before leaping off of her to avoid the retaliatory strike. As soon as she lands Reisen moves again, dodging a blast that Seiga launched seemingly from nowhere that shatters the earth where she'd been standing.

These two...they're moving faster than you've ever seen before. And...that's not even mentioning the sheer damage they're doing to the area around them.

"I didn't tell you to miss Seiga! Stop trying to hit her and hit her!" That Guy barks out another order at his poor touhoumon, "Now, use your Broken Claw!"

That horrible aura returns to Seiga's hand, accompanied by its painful shrieking noise as the strange 'mon hurls herself at your Reisen, bearing down on her rapidly.

Yet, Reisen doesn't move. She stands in place, holding her ground as she waits for her opponent. She doesn't even blink as the Seiga slams a foot down in front of her and swings those horrible claws straight for Reisen's head. You can't see clearly with what's in the way, but you can easily see Reisen's hair go flying.

"R-Reisen!" You take an abortive half-step forward, worried for your friend. Is she alright?! Was she hit?!

Mima grabs onto your arm and holds you in place, not letting you get any closer to the danger than you already are.

"Hah!" That Guy laughs,"Hahahahaha...huh?" And then he doesn't. Seiga stands unmoving, arm still fully extended, and you can see why.

Reisen stands there on her arms, sans a large amount of her hair, and has her face mere inches from the Seiga's now. Lunatic Red Eyes stare into the Seiga's flat blue ones. So...it was all a trap by Reisen to set this up?

The Seiga jolts suddenly, flailing wildly at Reisen who deftly jumps away and out of range of the Seiga's maddened attacks.

"What are you doing!?" That Guy snarls,"Stop flailing and WAUGH!" He lets out a distinctly pathetic cry as he hurls himself to the side to avoid a swirling, colorless vortex fired in his direction by the Seiga.

Seiga grasps at her head with one hand, eyes wide as her face contorts strangely. She stumbles a few steps forward...

Before reeling backwards and letting out a monstrous howl towards the heavens, one whose pressure forces you to cover your ears to protect them from the pain.

Her roar finishes and the Seiga slumps forward, standing with her back nearly parallel to the ground as her arms droop. Slowly, mechanically, her head turns those now wide open eyes to stare at your Reisen. But, all you can think about is how that horrible pressure has become even worse now.

As the two fight, you fumble out your tablet, setting up a scan and trying to get a decent picture of this Seiga. You know exactly nothing about Seigas, especially since they aren't native to the region, and if you want to be able to help Reisen at all, this might just be the way to do it...

The tablet quickly attempts to scan the Seiga but...something's wrong, you can already. Tell the picture it comes up with is garbled and distorted and the little charts and graphs that pop up have been replaced with warning signs and question marks.

"Abnormal Touhoumon Detected. Unable to scan due to insurmontable interference from field surronding target. Activating full sensor sweep. Please wait warmly." The little thing tells you as it starts to hum lightly and more windows and pictures start popping up that you can't make heads or tails of.

Whatever's going on, even your fancy tablet can't tell you anything about this Seiga. Speaking of her...

She blasts off of her position and barrels wildly towards Reisen, her hands held like claws as they tear up the ground behind her in her charge. She unleashes a mighty swing with one of those claws wreathed in that horrible screaming aura. Reisen twists herself to avoid it, and leaps into the air to dodge the followup, twisting mid-air to avoid the third.

But...the Seiga doesn't let up. She just keeps following Reisen and unleashing blow after blow after blow, a never ending stream of furious attacks.

That Guy is crumpled on the ground, staring widely at the scene in front of him.

Despite it all, Reisen isn't panicked in the slightest. Her expression is one of calm, cool focus as she bobs and weaves and avoids every attacking sent her way by that Seiga. It's as if she can predict its every movement, no matter how frenzied or berserk it is. But then...

The Seiga lashes out with an attack and you watch in horror as it slams into Reisen, sending her skidding to the side...but, only a few feet.."

Reisen holds onto the arm that her opponent hit her with using both hands. The Seiga attempts to wrench it free from the smaller touhoumon, but simply cannot manage it. It's at that point you see a slowly blooming small smile appear on your Reisen's face. She's set everything up perfectly, and now it's time...for the Coup-de-grace!

Reisen yanks on her opponents arm and drags her down towards her and slams her head into the Seiga's, driving a vicious headbutt straight into her face. But she doesn't stop there. Reisen holds the stunned Seiga's arm to her body with one arm as she rears back and clenches her now free hand into a fist, shadow bursting into existence and wreathing it in a dark flame.

Reisen slams that shadowy punch straight into the Seiga's face, sending her reeling back again. But even that wasn't the end. With her opponent well and truly made incapable of responding, Reisen grabs onto Seiga's middle as tightly as she can and bends her legs to launch her high into the air, dragging the Seiga up there with her! There's a brief moment as the two of them hang in the air, not rising or falling, that you almost imagine that your little bunny could fly.

Then they come back down with all the force of a meteorite and Reisen slams her opponent into the ground with seismic force, kicking up a massive amount of dust and blocking your view.

"...what..." That Guy sputters, "A seismic...but she's a..." He seems to be cracking up a bit as he sputters nonsensical statements and words.

The dust clears and Reisen casually strolls away from her downed opponent, who is currently planted deep into the ground from the waist and up, leaving only her legs visible. Reisen simply dusts off her hands and takes her position in front of you, waiting for what is to come.

"This..." That Guy sputters,"That's impossible! There's no way for Seiga to have lost! She's been made perfect! She had the type advantage! Proper training! She can't have lost!" He seethes, "You! You must have done something to that Reisen of yours! What kind of trick are you pulling here!" She CAN'T be capable of that, she's just a chibi!"

"...Whooooa." You breathe, stunned. "Reisen..." You say, softly, "...That was incredible. Great job. Are you okay? She didn't hurt you, right?" You ignore THAT GUY for the time being.

Reisen stares at your chest before she nods, tugging at her uneven hair. She's going to need a haircut now, but apparently she didn't get banged up too badly or anything.

Mima whispers into your ear that you should check Reisen's side where she took that attack from the Seiga. You nod, knowing Reisen's reluctance to 'worry you'.

"This is such...!" That Guy gets to his feet and takes a step towards you.

splish

He touches his now wet face as he wobbles on his feet,"Oh...not agaaaaaainnurgh..." He crumples to the ground, fast asleep.

"Come here," You tell Reisen, with a slight wave, intending to make sure she's really okay, before you're distracted by That Guy's collapse. "...Hey, are you alright?"

Suddenly, you are distracted once more by a awe inspiring display of pyrotechnics, fog and confetti obscuring your view. When you can stop blinking the dots free from your eyes, you can see that there's...who's that magnificent man?

It's Chester!

Chester scoops up the touhouball from That Guys loose hand and recalls the Seiga from her position planted into the ground before kneeling down next to That Guy's unconcious body.

"Poor, stupid fool. You have no idea what you've done, have you?" He wonders, as he carefully tucks the Seiga's ball away into one of his pockets, "You brought this on yourself."

"H-hey, what're you doing?!" You ask, as the man pockets the other's ball.

Kukoi fades into existence right next to Chester and she leans down to whisper something into his ear, eying you in a way that unsettles you deeply.

"That won't be necessary." Chester responds, "He's just a boy after all." Chester picks up That Guy and puts him over his shoulder,"I, young Nebosa, am going somewhere and taking this fellow with me." He informs you, "His actions have offended the wrong sort of people, and we just can't let that stand, you know. It would be bad for business."

Kukoi nods sagely at his side, confirming his totally legit story for you.

"...What." This is...this is shady as anything you've ever seen. "That's really suspicious sounding." You point out.

"Oh, is it?" He asks you with a grin, "I'd say it sounds more like something you shouldn't think about too much." He suggests to you.

Kukoi nods sagely in agreement, fingering something behind her back thoughtfully as she watches you.

...No, seriously. This is ridiculously shady.

[ ] Demand an explanation.
[ ] It's pretty clear what's happening here. You'll have to stop Chester...
[ ] NOPE. Not your problem, not your problem.