Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-24296957-20140301210623/@comment-25763181-20140719022311

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Too late.

There are those times where an opportunity arises yet you decide to pursue it after it's gone. For Reiku, this was one of those times.

''Deryn would've been a nice person to talk to. I'd love a person who'd constantly relate to my problems, someone who I'd be willing to talk to...and hell, she looks real badass...''

''Damnit, Reiku! Why do you have to be so shy!?''

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''Hm? What's this?''

The boy felt an odd disturbance, his Aura detecting a strange presence nearby...it felt oddly...familiar...

Out of pure instinct, he performed a quick one-eighty and pulled out Aura Blaze, switching it to its Gun Form before aiming the barrel towards the tiger-woman, who had a sniper rifle trained back at him.

Sniper rifle...

Tiger-woman...

"Natsu?"

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The tiger-Faunus warily surveyed her surroundings, she felt herself nearing her target as she cautiously took a step closer towards the person of interest-

Oh fucking hell.

"Damnit, Reiku! Please, don't make this hard for me."

Natsu sighed out of annoyance as she saw the group down her sights, her target catching her eye.

"Ness, why are you here?" Reiku called out to her. "And why are you threatening us?"

"I'm not here for you, Rei," she responded coldly. "My Commander wants someone dead or alive, Someone who defected from the White Fang..."

The woman slowly shifted her aim, Deryn's feather-decorated head now in her sights.

"You're not getting away from me this time, Deryn. I've been looking for you for three goddamn years. Now, I finally got a trace. And I'm not spending another three fucking years doing this."

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No way.

"No."

"No?"

"You heard me damn well, Nat."

"...So I see."

Reiku saw the woman's eyes grow violent with anger as his impuses sent words flying out of his mouth without a second thought.

"Look, Reiku," the tiger-Faunus spoke flatly. "This is an opportunity that I've been looking for. Three years...no way in hell am I going to let this one slip through my fingers."

"For the last time, Natsu," the boy responded with a slight tone matching hers. "You're not hurting Deryn."

"Oh?"

"You're not taking her from me."

"..."

Did...did I just say that?

A short silence fell over the two, before Natsu spoke again.

"...Alright. Fine. If that's how you want it..."

The woman decided that she'd bring her POI alive to her Commander, picking a random target as she leveled her sights on Aria and pulled the trigger.