The Psycho Circus continued its rampage through Suna. Anbu and Medical nin were deployed to deal with various outbreaks of violence in Suna. The Steward himself was to deal with a lion tamer who whipped his beasts into attacking his people. Sousuke approached the scene cautiously. These lions he had as pets were not organic in nature. Initial reports suggest that they are made from biosteel? Impossible thought Sousuke. Though it could simply be that there was a breed or race of lions that could have a sort of iron flesh, a mutation perhaps due to their surroundings perhaps? An interesting concept to theorize about, but now was not the time.
"Look boys and girls dinner has arrived." The tamer would say as Sousuke approached. The tamer was quite a tall man. He even towered Sousuke in his armour by an extra few inches. The man had an unshaved face with a mustache. He wore a loose leather tunic, and carried with him a whip. The man sniffed the air. "Oh. What a peculiar smell. I smell... dog, horse ... and tiger? Well... hrmph. The smell of steel is there above all else." The Tamer stroked his chin. "Tell me boy... are you a man or a beast? With all those smells, have you ever let go? Simply just let go?" Did this man smell inexperience upon him? Sousuke was always of calm and cool intellect. Sousuke wasn't a strange to physical combat, but it was never was ... very personal. The most personal it got was against Shizune, but those fights were controlled. "Feast boys and girls. Save some for good ol Kravick."
Three lions charged Sousuke. The Steward armed himself with the ebon blade. Two of the lions threw themselves at the Steward immediately. Sousuke dropped to the floor and evaded the first one, the second one did catch Sousuke. The Steward took immediately to the defensive and upgraded the ebon blade to its runeblade form. Sousuke held the ebon blade with both hands and tried to force the beast off of him with the flat end of the sword. "Rough time with the ladies eh boy? Girls. Such pretty things to look at. She really likes you." The taunt came. Sousuke forced the lioness off of him and then swung a counter attack. He didn't sever any limbs but he placed a deep cut in her hide. The hides were certainly not flesh. Iron they were. The lioness made a cry, and then was whipped by Kravick. His whip when it was in transit it ignited. Flames cracked upon the lioness and she again went onto Sousuke in a flurry. This creature was in pain, and clearly very afraid. She rose up on her hind legs and swiped at Sousuke with both paws. He countered against with the flat end of the sword. He then slid underneath the lioness who was by no means of an ordinary size but quite large. He kicked himself up and blasted her with a plasma shot. The lioness again cried out in pain. Inwardly it made Sousuke feel sorry for the tortured beast. The Steward then merely knocked the beast unconscious with the pommel of his blade. A simple act. These beasts did not deserve death.
One down and two to go. One male and one female. Kravick whipped them cruelly sending them into a frenzy. The lion emmited a roar and then charged Sousuke down. The Steward was caught by surprise by the speed of the beast. It knocked him onto the lift. Sousuke watched the paw raise itself up and it batted him across the face. Pain. Their strength levels were above normal too. The lion then raked his claws against Sousuke's arm. their nails were tough, but not quite enough to fully pierce Sousuke's armour. Before Sousuke would be victim to another blow he ran his blade through the beast's paw. The beast cried out in pain, and its partner came to its aid. Sousuke was mowed down by the beast. He was disarmed of the ebon blade, but simply enough he recalled it. "That's quite a trick you know. Maybe I should tame you next boy." More whipping and more action came from the duo of male and female lions. The Steward kept on his toes. Battling animals wasn't his forte. He could calculate human movement, but these were felines of a different breeding.
If it wasn't the lions throwing their weight around, it was their paws, and if it wasn't their paws, then it was their teeth. The Steward's armour was holding, but it was starting to wear down. He continued to battle with blade and plasma. He dare not use his iron jutsu. Melting these poor beasts would not be just... that and he wanted to study them for himself. The two lions had him slightly conrerned. Sousuke had a plan of course. He merely stood there and allowed the two to charge him. At the last moment he shadow danced out and the skulls of the lions met one another... and that was that. Two more sleeping lions... or Lyrons Sousuke would call them.
"Stupid animals. Good job m'boy. Quite the fighter you are... but you're holding back aren't you? You fight with calculations and the intent to murder back. Why is that?" The Tamer would inquire.
"They deserve better. Should I survive this I will rehabilitate them and undo the damage you have wrought."<i></i> Sousuke would finally answer. His ebony armour was scratched. Dented, and certainly worse for wear. He sized the Tamer up.
"You've been trained by animals yourself. You live with animals. The smell of dog. Once I have you tamed and on a leash I'll be having you feast on their innards. You see... I too have a way with animals." The Tamer patted his whip. "Now then my boy. Let's see that beast in you!" He whipped Sousuke. The Steward tried to catch the end of the weapon, but he was far too quick. Sousuke's hand stung. Something was attacking his mind. Again he was whipped. "Ah. You're starting to find me quite persuasive aren't you." Part of Sousuke wanted to crawl on all fours and listen... Sousuke's eyes narrowed. He couldn't... no. "What are their names lad?"
"Grrr..."<i></i> Sousuke emitted a growl. He was gritting his teeth underneath his armour. He looked about and saw the security cameras. "Off."<i></i> Each of the cameras stopped moving.
"Off? That's a weird name." Kravick let loose again. "Tell me boy. Tell me. Be a good boy." Sousuke's vision was starting to go red. He gripped the ebon blade and knelt for a moment. "Oh. Come here boy. Come here."
Sousuke gripped the ebon blade not by the handle but by the blade itself. The Blade turned black and was absorbed into Sousuke's very being. Sousuke's mark I armour looked compromised. Several gears were shifting nowing. The lower part of the helmet dropped slightly as if unhinged. Several spikes would grow out of the armoured form as Sousuke's armour was changing quickly into a fearsome form. It was not the normal form that he should take, but he was being emotionally compromised. "You will cease and desist permanently now." Sousuke's merged from would look up. His glowing yellow eyes were a series of zeroes and ones. Calculations to murder this foe was showing up. All weak points were being found and showing themselves upon the Tamer's body. Sousuke merely charged at the foe. Impact was made and Sousuke used his right hand and virtually drove it through the shoulder of the Kravick. Calculations that would sheerly drive one mad was going through Sousuke's mind. The Steward held the Tamer up with his arm and then proceeded to hack off the arm entirely. The whip fell.
"Bless you m'boy. Bless you. Finally a beast worth truly taming---" Sousuke's hand immediately went to dislocate the jaw to cease any further discussion. Sousuke then hurled Kravick. Such cruelty deserved to be answered with cruelty? The Tamer tried speaking. It wasn't much but it sounded something like 'I didn't expect him to do that'. Sousuke approached the body. His jaw dropped slightly. A curious thought came over Sousuke. Did Okibi ever use her jaw to bite anyone? Surely Seven did. "I'm full of surprises. I can right now see over one thousand ways to end your life. I only need one of them now..." Sousuke turned his back on his broken foe and retreived his whip. Several of the lions came up and circled Sousuke.
Were they going to attack? All three of them looked at him with fear in their eyes. Sousuke raised the whip and then threw it on the ground. He raised one of his talon-like hands and then brought it down upon the weapon destroying it. Upon its destructions the metallic lions sprung upon the Tamer and ... well. Sousuke was hard pressed. To him it looked like they were eating him, but he could also safely say that they were making use of their new found liberties.
***
Sousuke was ashamed of having let himself go. He sat there with his head in his hands. He battled his foe with superior ferocity, and superior intellect, but it was not humanly. Sousuke found something brushing up against him. He looked up from his shame to seeing the Lyrons at his side. Each of them looking quite pleasant and shining now that Sousuke had attended to them. The three of them proceeded then to very gently brush up against Sousuke. He patted each of them. Kitchy too passed by. The canine looked at all three of the felines and too decided to join in attempting to making Sousuke feel better about himself.
Sousuke's hands were quite sore. Petting metal wasn't exactly... fluffy like petting fur was. Still though a smile formed upon Sousuke's face as his mind took in much data about the Lyrons
"Look boys and girls dinner has arrived." The tamer would say as Sousuke approached. The tamer was quite a tall man. He even towered Sousuke in his armour by an extra few inches. The man had an unshaved face with a mustache. He wore a loose leather tunic, and carried with him a whip. The man sniffed the air. "Oh. What a peculiar smell. I smell... dog, horse ... and tiger? Well... hrmph. The smell of steel is there above all else." The Tamer stroked his chin. "Tell me boy... are you a man or a beast? With all those smells, have you ever let go? Simply just let go?" Did this man smell inexperience upon him? Sousuke was always of calm and cool intellect. Sousuke wasn't a strange to physical combat, but it was never was ... very personal. The most personal it got was against Shizune, but those fights were controlled. "Feast boys and girls. Save some for good ol Kravick."
Three lions charged Sousuke. The Steward armed himself with the ebon blade. Two of the lions threw themselves at the Steward immediately. Sousuke dropped to the floor and evaded the first one, the second one did catch Sousuke. The Steward took immediately to the defensive and upgraded the ebon blade to its runeblade form. Sousuke held the ebon blade with both hands and tried to force the beast off of him with the flat end of the sword. "Rough time with the ladies eh boy? Girls. Such pretty things to look at. She really likes you." The taunt came. Sousuke forced the lioness off of him and then swung a counter attack. He didn't sever any limbs but he placed a deep cut in her hide. The hides were certainly not flesh. Iron they were. The lioness made a cry, and then was whipped by Kravick. His whip when it was in transit it ignited. Flames cracked upon the lioness and she again went onto Sousuke in a flurry. This creature was in pain, and clearly very afraid. She rose up on her hind legs and swiped at Sousuke with both paws. He countered against with the flat end of the sword. He then slid underneath the lioness who was by no means of an ordinary size but quite large. He kicked himself up and blasted her with a plasma shot. The lioness again cried out in pain. Inwardly it made Sousuke feel sorry for the tortured beast. The Steward then merely knocked the beast unconscious with the pommel of his blade. A simple act. These beasts did not deserve death.
One down and two to go. One male and one female. Kravick whipped them cruelly sending them into a frenzy. The lion emmited a roar and then charged Sousuke down. The Steward was caught by surprise by the speed of the beast. It knocked him onto the lift. Sousuke watched the paw raise itself up and it batted him across the face. Pain. Their strength levels were above normal too. The lion then raked his claws against Sousuke's arm. their nails were tough, but not quite enough to fully pierce Sousuke's armour. Before Sousuke would be victim to another blow he ran his blade through the beast's paw. The beast cried out in pain, and its partner came to its aid. Sousuke was mowed down by the beast. He was disarmed of the ebon blade, but simply enough he recalled it. "That's quite a trick you know. Maybe I should tame you next boy." More whipping and more action came from the duo of male and female lions. The Steward kept on his toes. Battling animals wasn't his forte. He could calculate human movement, but these were felines of a different breeding.
If it wasn't the lions throwing their weight around, it was their paws, and if it wasn't their paws, then it was their teeth. The Steward's armour was holding, but it was starting to wear down. He continued to battle with blade and plasma. He dare not use his iron jutsu. Melting these poor beasts would not be just... that and he wanted to study them for himself. The two lions had him slightly conrerned. Sousuke had a plan of course. He merely stood there and allowed the two to charge him. At the last moment he shadow danced out and the skulls of the lions met one another... and that was that. Two more sleeping lions... or Lyrons Sousuke would call them.
"Stupid animals. Good job m'boy. Quite the fighter you are... but you're holding back aren't you? You fight with calculations and the intent to murder back. Why is that?" The Tamer would inquire.
"They deserve better. Should I survive this I will rehabilitate them and undo the damage you have wrought."<i></i> Sousuke would finally answer. His ebony armour was scratched. Dented, and certainly worse for wear. He sized the Tamer up.
"You've been trained by animals yourself. You live with animals. The smell of dog. Once I have you tamed and on a leash I'll be having you feast on their innards. You see... I too have a way with animals." The Tamer patted his whip. "Now then my boy. Let's see that beast in you!" He whipped Sousuke. The Steward tried to catch the end of the weapon, but he was far too quick. Sousuke's hand stung. Something was attacking his mind. Again he was whipped. "Ah. You're starting to find me quite persuasive aren't you." Part of Sousuke wanted to crawl on all fours and listen... Sousuke's eyes narrowed. He couldn't... no. "What are their names lad?"
"Grrr..."<i></i> Sousuke emitted a growl. He was gritting his teeth underneath his armour. He looked about and saw the security cameras. "Off."<i></i> Each of the cameras stopped moving.
"Off? That's a weird name." Kravick let loose again. "Tell me boy. Tell me. Be a good boy." Sousuke's vision was starting to go red. He gripped the ebon blade and knelt for a moment. "Oh. Come here boy. Come here."
Sousuke gripped the ebon blade not by the handle but by the blade itself. The Blade turned black and was absorbed into Sousuke's very being. Sousuke's mark I armour looked compromised. Several gears were shifting nowing. The lower part of the helmet dropped slightly as if unhinged. Several spikes would grow out of the armoured form as Sousuke's armour was changing quickly into a fearsome form. It was not the normal form that he should take, but he was being emotionally compromised. "You will cease and desist permanently now." Sousuke's merged from would look up. His glowing yellow eyes were a series of zeroes and ones. Calculations to murder this foe was showing up. All weak points were being found and showing themselves upon the Tamer's body. Sousuke merely charged at the foe. Impact was made and Sousuke used his right hand and virtually drove it through the shoulder of the Kravick. Calculations that would sheerly drive one mad was going through Sousuke's mind. The Steward held the Tamer up with his arm and then proceeded to hack off the arm entirely. The whip fell.
"Bless you m'boy. Bless you. Finally a beast worth truly taming---" Sousuke's hand immediately went to dislocate the jaw to cease any further discussion. Sousuke then hurled Kravick. Such cruelty deserved to be answered with cruelty? The Tamer tried speaking. It wasn't much but it sounded something like 'I didn't expect him to do that'. Sousuke approached the body. His jaw dropped slightly. A curious thought came over Sousuke. Did Okibi ever use her jaw to bite anyone? Surely Seven did. "I'm full of surprises. I can right now see over one thousand ways to end your life. I only need one of them now..." Sousuke turned his back on his broken foe and retreived his whip. Several of the lions came up and circled Sousuke.
Were they going to attack? All three of them looked at him with fear in their eyes. Sousuke raised the whip and then threw it on the ground. He raised one of his talon-like hands and then brought it down upon the weapon destroying it. Upon its destructions the metallic lions sprung upon the Tamer and ... well. Sousuke was hard pressed. To him it looked like they were eating him, but he could also safely say that they were making use of their new found liberties.
***
Sousuke was ashamed of having let himself go. He sat there with his head in his hands. He battled his foe with superior ferocity, and superior intellect, but it was not humanly. Sousuke found something brushing up against him. He looked up from his shame to seeing the Lyrons at his side. Each of them looking quite pleasant and shining now that Sousuke had attended to them. The three of them proceeded then to very gently brush up against Sousuke. He patted each of them. Kitchy too passed by. The canine looked at all three of the felines and too decided to join in attempting to making Sousuke feel better about himself.
Sousuke's hands were quite sore. Petting metal wasn't exactly... fluffy like petting fur was. Still though a smile formed upon Sousuke's face as his mind took in much data about the Lyrons