Of Coffee and Pyrokinesis [open to all]

Anzu threw her head back and laughed rather loudly up at the night sky at the man’s comment. She then focused her red eyes back on the mouthy Saiyan with a smirk on her face. ”And YOU talk tough for someone who’s only sitting at around a power level of five thousand. I haven’t been that low for a few years. Tell me, what’s it like being so frail? I’ve forgotten the feeling,” she snickered. "I might have had cause for concern if there was a full moon in the sky, but that’s poor planning on your part.”

Head on approach, huh? Anzu had just the thing for him. She stood rooted to the spot, hips cocked to one side and arms crossed over her chest. She still wore her confident smirk, even as he lunged right for her. However, when he launched his fist at Anzu, the Saiyan would find that she was completely intangible. It was an afterimage technique. Suddenly, the older of the Habane sisters appeared right behind him and grabbed him by the tail, clenching her fist down on it. ”I’m sorry, what were you saying Mr. Saiyan Elite?”

Kaiyo watched the scene from her spot next to Celric. Or, she was trying to at least. The incredible surge of energy that had filled her form was starting to fade. The crippling pain that had wracked her body before her transformation was coming back, and she soon found herself unable to remain standing. The red haired teenager collapsed onto her back and found herself staring up at the starry sky above her, listening to what was happening on the battlefield not too far away from her position when she wasn’t too busy groaning in pain.

Anzu continued to tighten her grip on the furry appendage, listening to the Saiyan cry out in pain as he stood there paralyzed. She had warned him that she would make his life miserable if he stuck around. Why the hell did all of these Saiyans have to be so prideful? It seriously got in the way of their better judgment. Oh well, she was about to show him that the women of the Habane family weren’t to be trifled with, and that they always kept their word.

While holding him in place, Anzu gave the back of his head a hard whack with the pole of her glaive. She then swung him by the tail and smashed him down face first into the dirt. Stretching out her arm until his tail was taut, she then made a swift cut at the base of it with her blade, completely severing it from his body. The dark haired woman tossed the severed appendage to the ground, mere inches away from his face. ”What’s the matter? Can’t handle playing with a mere toy? You’ve got until I finish up with my sister over there to gather up what’s left of your dignity and get off of my planet. If you want to wait and take your soon-to-be tailless friend over there with you, go for it.”

Anzu paused for a moment to survey the area. Her sibling had finally fallen to the ground, that Celric fellow hadn’t moved at all, and the one that she had heard called Athren was still passed out it looked like. ”Try anything funny and you’re going to be finding your way home with broken limbs on top of the loss of your tail. I won’t hesitate to demonstrate what this ‘small thing’ can do a second time. Or a third. Or a fourth,” she called back to him as she made her way towards Athren. After all, he was the closest one to her at the moment and might be able to shed some light on what the hell had happened here if she could get him to wake up.

Once she had reached him, the human woman pulled out a couple of Senzu Beans that she had tucked beneath her belt. They had been left over since the last adventure she had gone on with her mother, and decided to grab them when she had first sensed the battle from their apartment. Pressing down on his chin with a single finger just enough to get his mouth open, Anzu popped one of the beans in there before shutting it and nudging the side of his face a bit. ”Hey, if you can hear me in there, try to swallow that. It’s time to rise and shine,” she spoke to him before moving away and walking in the direction of Kaiyo and Celric.

Celric, who she decided to stop at first, appeared to be quite unconscious as well. He was still breathing though. She lightly kicked him over so that he was lying flat on his stomach. Anzu then removed his tail with her glaive much like she had with the other guy. The older of the Habane sisters finished the job by grabbing one of his ankles and flinging him across the makeshift arena to land a few feet away from the first Saiyan she had taken care of.

”Kai, Kai, Kai... What am I going to do with you?” Anzu sighed, moving to stand over her immobilized sister. ”Sh-Shut up. I was doing just fine,” the younger of the two of them groaned. ”That must be why you’re sitting here in a pile of bruises and broken bones. I’m going to want a word with you when we get home. Now, open up.”

Kaiyo scowled but did as she was instructed and opened her mouth. She watched as Anzu dropped the last of the two Senzu Beans and gulped it down the moment it hit her tongue. The pain started to fade away as she felt her body begin to mend itself. The teenager wasn’t looking forward to the earful she was going to get back at the apartment, but it was better than longing for the sweet relief of unconsciousness. Maybe...

”You’re welcome,” Kaiyo grumbled as she climbed to her feet. She briefly returned the eye contact before walking over the where she had tossed her hoodie at the very beginning of the fight. She was able to get a good look at the battlefield now that she was back on her feet. Anzu really did a number on that bastard. Tossing the oversized article of clothing over her shoulder, she returned to her spot next to Athren and her sister.

Kaiyo opened her mouth and was about to answer his question, only to realize that she was a little hazy on the details. She remembered charging head on at Celric and getting her ass kicked big time. The teenager could still hear her bones being crushed and snapped like they were nothing. Her memory got a little bit fuzzy after that point. She knew she got seriously pissed off to the point that she was looking to see some blood, but it was hard to recall much more than that.

”Well, when I got here, Kai was stomping the daylights out of that Celric guy. I think the other one was about to do you in over there though,” Anzu spoke up, placing her glaive at her feet before crossing her arms over her chest. ”I tried giving them a chance to get out of here with what few bruises they had at that point, but no. And what do they have to show for it? No tails or dignity, that’s for sure.” She made sure to raise her voice for that last part, making sure that she would be heard by the two downed Saiyans assuming that they were still conscious.

At Athren’s suggestion to finish the both of them off, Anzu shrugged her shoulders. ”I don’t know. I think it might be kind of amusing to send them back to where they came from in this state, bloodied and beaten at the hands of a pair of human women. I know you Saiyans don’t generally see us capable fighters,” she said with a bit of a laugh. The elder of the two Habane sisters then looked to Kaiyo with a mischievous look in her eyes and a grin from ear to ear. ”What do you think Kai? Think we should take a picture and send it to Planet Vegeta?”

”I think you should have stayed home and let me take care of it. I had everything under control,” Kaiyo replied, a scowl still on her face. ”Keep telling yourself that. Sorry, but I would rather not piss Mom off by showing up to the next family reunion with a corpse for a sister. You should just be lucky that I still had a couple of leftover Senzu Beans on me, or you would be stuck in a hospital bed.”

Kaiyo grumbled something under her breath before looking out into the distance. It was obvious that she wasn’t happy about the fight had turned out, and even less so that her sister had seen what had happened. Anzu couldn’t help but chuckle at her sister’s behavior before ruffling her bright red pigtails and earning a small growl from her. She then turned her attention back to Athren. ”Anyway, they called you Athren, right? The name’s Anzu. I guess it’s up to you what you do with those punks since it’s not really any of my business. I would like to ask what the story is with them though.”

Hearing movement behind her, Anzu turned her head to see both Saiyans flying off into the night. ”Aww, that’s too bad. I was kinda looking forward to having a quick photo shoot with them before they left,” she sighed before turning back to the other two. She noticed Athren lookin in their direction as well, but he seemed to have decided against finishing the job.

Anzu listened carefully to Athren as he told his story. Even Kaiyo stopped her grumbling and turned to face him. Sure she had gotten bits and pieces of it already, but she hadn’t actually heard the whole thing up until this point. Yikes. She already knew that the society he came from didn’t accept him from because of his looks, and she had already kind of had an idea that the three they had fought had been the three he had mentioned in his story earlier, but the teenage had no idea that they had left him homeless. That was rough...

”Man, that sucks. I was wondering why you looked a bit off from the other Saiyans I had run into. Seems like a stupid reason to alienate someone,” the elder of the two Habane sisters commented before turning to look at her sibling. ”And how did you get mixed up in all of this?” Kaiyo seemed to flinch a bit as Anzu turned her attention to her. ”Well, I lit a dumpster on fire, we talked for a bit, and then those assholes showed up and started causing problems. I wasn’t gonna just stay out of it. It’s not like there’s anything else to do around here at night. Besides, he dropped his computer thing...”

Anzu looked back and forth between Kaiyo and Athren, studying them both for a few moments before laughing again. She was still planning on giving Kaiyo a talking to later, but there was something about the situation that she found amusing. ”You mean to say that he saw your pyrokinesis act up and you two still managed to have a nice little chat? That’s a first,” she commented lightheartedly. Most people didn’t react well to someone when they learned that said person could make things spontaneously combust around them, even less so when such an ability seemingly happened at random. Maybe it was because the guy was a Saiyan who had been through plenty of crap in his life already. Still, she thought it was good that Kaiyo finally had someone to talk to that she didn’t scare off.

”Sounds like you’ve been through a lot. You said that they destroyed the place you were staying at, right? If you don’t mind sleeping on a couch, you can come crash with us at our apartment. It’s kind of small, but you’d have a roof over your head. All you have to do is clean up after yourself and keep the noise down when I’m trying to sleep,” Anzu offered with a grin after turning back to Athren.

Kaiyo looked up at her sister and raised an eyebrow. ”You sure about that, An? You’ve known the guy for less than five minutes.” ”Of course I’m sure. What? Do you have any objections?” The teenager looked at Athren and shook her head. She didn’t have any problems with the guy at all. She just thought it was a weird thing to suggest out of the blue like that. ”Good. Now that that’s settled, what do you think Athren? Feel like sharing an apartment with two other misfits?”

”Hmm... did I?” Anzu asked playfully. ”Why yes, I believe I did.” The dark haired woman definitely had her reasons for making such an offer to the Saiyan in which she had just met. It was about time that her sister stopped moping about and actually had a friend to talk to. If there was one staying in their apartment that she knew wasn’t scared off by her pyrokinesis, that would be a pretty big first step for that. For now, she just listened as Athren named off his two conditions, taking note of his glare when the full moon had been mentioned. ”Ah, good thinking on that one. It had almost slipped my mind,” she answered nonchalantly. ”Both of those are fine.”

Kaiyo looked back and forth between them with questioning eyes. What the hell were they talking about? However, Anzu shook her head at her before she could ask. Damn it, she hated being kept in the dark. She would just have to ask them later, or do a little digging herself. ”Stay as long as you want, but I gotta remind you. The dumpster back there? Not an isolated incident. There’s a reason the apartment is packed full of fire extinguishers. Do you know how to work one?” Kaiyo asked as she reached into the pocket of the hoodie hanging from her arm. She pulled out the small, red canister that she had been carrying with her all night and tossed it to him. ”It’s important to know if you’re going to be staying with us.”

Anzu moved to place her hand on Kaiyo’s shoulder. ”Speaking of fire, could you pop on over back to the apartment and brew some coffee? I’m going to need a cup if I’m going to stay awake for work tomorrow.” ”Huh? Aren’t we all heading there anyway?” ”We’ll be right behind you. I needed to go over a couple more things, but you know that old coffee maker of ours. It takes forever to get going.” Kaiyo eyed her sister warily. She wasn’t stupid; Anzu definitely had something up her sleeve. Unfortunately, there was no arguing with her on this. With a defeated sigh, the teenager waved at Athren before taking off back to the city at full speed.

The younger of the two was no longer in sight, Anzu turned back to Athren. ”I actually have a third condition as well,” she spoke in a bit of a lower tone than before. ”Don’t tell Kaiyo I told you this, but I want you to talk to her. Her pyrokinesis hit her a lot harder than it hit me when she started showing signs of it. She refuses to open up to me about a lot of things and has basically shut me out of everything I don’t HAVE to be there for. Having someone to talk to would do her some good.”

Having said that, Anzu turned and started walking in the direction of West Capitol. ”Assuming that's alright with you, shall we go?”