The Imperial Bunker

Jin saw the incredible strength of this woman first hand as it felt like his entire face was shattered with her slugger of a punch...was this a man disguised as a woman! It sure as hell felt like it as he flew a bit from the punch, luckily he ripped the sword away from the girl so Yukianesa was still by his side. As he flew Jin felt like he was about to pass out but remembered what he wanted to do as he saw that flowing red hair.....he wanted to save Tsubaki. How could you save the one you loved if you passed out right in front of her!? Jin spat some blood from his mouth and did a recovery flip in midair, all he could do at the moment was fire three projectile ice blades at the lycan girl and if hit she would get cut and then frozen for his next assault as he set back to the ground.

"Tch bastard got a lucky hit! TENGA HYOJIN!"

Jin quickly unsheathed Yukianesa and fired a powerful downward ark slash...several feet away from the girl? But then he released a large wave of ice energy straight towards her that would slash her up like a blizzard and end up freezing the woman, ceasing this fight. He would make sure to leave this hell hole with Tsubaki even if he had to break a few bones to do so.

Tsubaki nearly lost her breath when she saw Jeanne's punch land square into Jin's face, sending him sky rocketing...She was about to tear up and cry she didn't want her to be hurt so why was she just standing here!?

"J...JIN!!"

D...Did she just scream his name out loud!? No no no no no this was bad...really REALLY bad! Tsubaki was worried that Jeanne heard her scream to the Ex-Major..What if she saw her as an enemy? Nonetheless Tsubaki quickly took a battle stance, the tears from her eyes vanished and she grew serious. With her Izayoi charged up to maximum power she was already at her best to fight now. She ran right next to Jin, closing the gap with Jeanne and her from attacking.

"My aplogies Miss Jeanne but it appears the tables have now turned, the NOL might serve Justice but what is the point of tasting it when all of your loved ones get hurt and killed! Jeanne please...stop fighting...come with us! The NOL is filled with terrible people ones like you and I have no right to be here please!"

Despite the fight she saw Tsubaki wanted to help Jeanne too, true she fought even stronger then most men did but Jeanne could possibly have some shards of light within her heart.

Jeanne rather lazily dodged the ice swords, doing a couple of backflips to gain some ground between him and her, then snarled at Tsubaki´s inquiry.

Miss Yayoi, if you want me not to kill him, you can fight him in my stead... and kill your 'loved ones' yourself. I think you noticed that he´s trying to kill me. He`s beyond saveing. His crimes against the NOL require the death penalty."

Jeanne was rarely going "By the book" but she failed to see what Tsubaki was going on about. He was a criminal, a Sector Seven sympathist, scum that needed to be exterminated, and she was almost protective of him. If she wouldn't be fighting for her life at this moment, she would seriously question her loyality. With another roll to the side, she had to escape the sword swing and the ice wave following in its wake, slowly starting to realize her disadventage. But, she was in luck. He had striked with his sword, so she ran into his proximimity again, faster than an average human would, and just before she was about to get into his reach she jumped at him with both legs at once, useing her palms planted on the ground for support, and aimed to kick him in the face, with the full force of her dash.

Jin was happy that Tsubaki was standing by her side...she was going to help him? He chuckled a bit as he wiped the remaining blood on his lips as he looked back at Jeanne...it appeared that Tsubaki wanted to help her...but the NOL most likely got her crazed already. There was no hope of getting her to leave the NOL.As he was prepared he couldn't move his arm fast enough to slash Jeanne as she came in for the kill was this the end!?

Jeanne obviously mistook Tsubaki as a fool, after avoiding Jin's attacks and even ignoring her plea to help her she went to kill Jin!? Did she not forget who was standing next to her? Tsubaki worked with Miss Jeanne for quite some time to see her inhuman Lycan speeds she knew what Jeanne wanted to do and this was to her advantage. She quickly hopped in front of Jin...the direction that Jeanne was kicking as Tsubaki's Izayoi book shield floated in mid air.

"I won't let you lay another hand on him! Izayoi, give me strength! Macto Maledictus!"

The shield would absorb the light surrounding them and create a mystical barrier, the barrier would not only shield them from Jeanne's attack but it would also pin her to the wall as if bound by chains, Tsubaki's spear would transform into a long staff with wings as she concentrated and fired a ball of energy straight into her shield! When Tsubaki used her Install Drive earlier she charged the Izayoi to its maximum...five! As the ball of light was absorbed by the book shield the light that was charged earlier magnified the ball into a powerful, five ringed blast of energy straight for Jeanne. Despite its raw power Jeanne would only fall unconscious. She was lucky she didn't take too much damage from Jin or else this Distortion Drive would have killed her.

Jeanne was bounced off of the barrier, bound on the wall and hit full force by the energy ball, but she wasn´t done just yet. Sure, every fibre of her body hurt, but she was masochistic, enjoyed pain, and found pleasure in it. A pleasured werewolf was the last thing the two wanted, and the traitorous Tsubaki would pay the price.

"Not bad at all, but you made a mistake there... You shot that into the wrong direction!!"

With a roar, she ran towards them as the bounds were loosed, blinded with pain, pleasure and blood lust, as claws appeared instead of her hands that raced towards Tsubaki´s body, aiming to slash across her chest.

Jin was amazed by the sheer power of Tsubaki's attack...But how could Jeanne still stand!? She was smiling and even running towards Tsubaki with claws out...dammit not even Tsubaki's agility can outclass a Werewolves! As Jeanne was coming in closer he had an idea as he looked at Tsubaki. Jin took out Yukianesa and stabbed the floor, a large, sharp pillar of ice emerged right in front of Tsubaki acting as a shield and if Jeanne didn't slow down then she would be skewered through her stomach and frozen in place.

"T...Tsubaki! Come on hurry!"

Jin realized the trouble of staying in a NOL base for so long...they were fighting one powerful individual...and others may still be coming. Jin shuddered at the fact that Hazama, Relius or even the Imperator could be on their way! The Ex-Major quickly forced an Ice Car and grabbed Tsubaki's hand and got on the ice crystal and started riding off out of the Base.

[EXIT to wherever the hell I wanna post!"[/b]

Tsubaki nearly closed her eyes when she saw her full on attack fail and as she saw claws about to rip her flesh. But she suddenly felt a chill as she saw a giant pillar of ice emerge in front of her...Jin? The blond haired male quiickly formed some kind of ice crystal and grabbed Tsubaki by her hand, as they were both on the car she was freezing a bit as they were riding away from the base. Tsubaki looked at Jeanne as they were busting out of the front door.

Miss Jeanne....I'm sorry."

[EXIT to wherever Jin-Niisan posts.]

Jeanne stopped in mid motion as a pillar of ice appeared in front of it. By the time her claws had smacked it into ice cubes and smaller iceicles, Tsubaki and Jin were running out the door, far from her position. The door locked shut behind her, and Jeanne could only scowl at her escaped prey. She then kicked the remaining pillar of ice, returned to her more human form and tried to calm down again, to be herself, not the beast inside her. Relius and the others would be here soon..

------------(Hallways and Horrors)

Hazama walked down the stairs from the hallway that he lost Jubei in, he walked down as he heard the loud noises of blades being used and a woman screaming...she sounded like First Lieutenant Tsubaki Yayoi. As he walked down he looked around to see large sheets of ice around the floor and Jeanne Talbot all by herself with scratches everywhere. She even saw a small crater in the ground with a chunk of rock missing. Hazama nearly clapped as he continued to walk down the stairs.

"My my my look at what we have here! Miss Jeanne were you training down here? The giant crater in the ground was obviously you but where did those ice waves come from? God damn its chilly in here....mind telling ol' Captain Hazama what was going on here?"

Despite his questioning Hazama already knew the ice was from Jin...I mean..who else in this crazy world could use ice?

Aomi was hovering just behind Hazama. She had a mindless look at the ruins one would call the scene of the fight that had just ended. She stood there silent, telling no word as usual. She paid no mind to Jeanne as she was above all that hierarchy things, and only cared about Hazama, and she answered him: "Aomi's scans detected the source of the ice as Jin Kisaragi. First Lieutenant Tsubaki Yayoi probably fled with Jin Kisaragi. Aomi requests the permission to engage pursuit."

Jeanne merely growled at Hazama and turned to Aomi, who requested to chase the two. That wouldn´t do, they were probably almost out by now. if they knew where they were going.
"Forget it.. seal the exits and trap them here, that´d be more effective.." She snapped, turning around swiftly to see the ice pillars remains turning to water and dripping audiably. There was nothing she could do here, nothing left she was able to accomplish. All she could do was see if the exits could be sealed in time, then she could hunt them down...

As E'thale stood on the edge of the present 'existence', his eyes surged with the chance to still hunt. While Aomi made the request, he more or less stated nothing and just sat back to cool his heels. Still with the desire to hurt something, if they got the word to hunt down Jin Kisaragi it might be half as fun he imagined. Not thinking much that he was a match for such a foe, but once more that the chance to test one's life might well be worth while.

"Xanthos Paradom system, still on stand-by, requesting orders from NOL representative Jeanne Talbot or Captain Hazama of NOL." the taint was still relaxed...the desire for the blood lust was present but ultimately would not show itself unless he let it do such a thing, this was ultimately the whole point; to let it take root in his system when he could truly enjoy it. Otherwise the Homunculus saw no purpose in acting beyond his programming, it served little logical use.

=====>Hallways and Horrors Topic

Arriving from the same dark hallway that Hazama and the others entered through, Relius did not seem to have a scratch on him despite his battle against the strongest creature on the face of the planet. Beyond that, his breathing was normal and he did not seem rattled in the least. All of it played together like a grim orchestra to set the mood for his untouchable demeanor. "A fine strategy Miss Talbot. Though I doubt it would do much to dissuade the Lotus, they may bog down the former Major and Lieutenant until their capture can be completed." he said, already refering to Tsubaki as a former lieutenant. Turning his head to the side as if listening to an angel upon his shoulder, Relius glanced back to the group and focused in on Jeanne in particular. "Considering you were the first to engage them, I leave their capture and execution up to you. Feel free to call upon the Homonculus should you find yourself unable to do so alone and unless Captain Hazama has any objections I don't see why the Omoikane cannot assist as well."

Hazama simply sighed as he scratched his head thinking of what to do...Would he let them kill Tsubaki? Or order them to capture her? After all...The Imperator wanted Tsubaki for something..or else the girl would have most likely been executed already. He simply shrugged it off as he looked at the Unit next to him.

"Omoikane, would you be a dear and go with Miss Jeanne? You are to assist her in WHATEVER she tells you to do and follow all of her orders...E'thale if you want you may go with the two as well as support or just to raid some shit or something I really don't care....well...of you all go now!"

Hazama idled by as he looked at Relius, even HE was impressed that the Puppeteer escaped without even a dirt stain on his robes with his fight against Jubei or that cyborg girl.

Aomi was still hovering and looking around to see the damage. Not that she actually minded: she wasn't one to repair things, she was one to blow them up instead. She heard the Intelligence Department Captain ordering her to follow and obey a mere officer, and didn't show her disappointment, because she wasn't a leader anyway.
Thinking Hazama-sama doesn't consider Aomi more than some officer?, she just answered mindlessly: "Aomi understands. Aomi will follow Jeanne and retrieve First Lieutenant Yayoi.".
However, just after she talked her head tilted briefly to her side, showing some kind of headache... which was completely absurd because Aomi never had anything of that sort... Hazama and Relius could notice the effects of the brainwash were starting to fade, but would any of them care?

Jeanne grumbled, then shrugged it off and headed towards where Jin and Tsubaki went.
Somehow she didn´t feel like Aomi and E´thale were going to be so much of a help to her... once she got into her chase instinct, they probably couldn´t keep up all that easily.
Aside from that, there was no telling if they were still in the building by this point. She didn´t think it was possible, but Jin´s abilities were fearsome enough.
Still, she walked towards the closed off door, kicking it firmly, three times over, till it gave way and headed down the path they went.
"If you want to follow me, you two, you´re going to have to keep up. Keep that in mi- in your RAM or whatever."

Well it worked out just the way that he hoped, the chance to hunt someone of a major threat to the NOL's plans, not that it really had anything to do with an obsolete model as himself; he was simply in this for the chase...ultimately this would be something that he would be able to grasp, to test his mettle again; hopefully to experience something...this taint had given him something and of that he was sure that it was something his body would never forget. With the fact that Aomi was along, it merely meant that he could ensure her continued functionality, should it be called into question. With Jin Kisaragi, he had no doubt that it would come to pass and that was something that he would not allow if he was functional. He hadn't even certain of this whole thing, what was drawing his body and mind to such a defense without any knowledge.

Her simply being as 'young' as she was and without the age he'd gathered was enough reason for him it seemed. "Acknowledged, Xanthos Paradom Unit parameters: accompanying NOL Representative Jeanne Talbot on capture and destroy mission; sub-directives set." though he was capable of it, the tone and readings he'd gotten from Jeanne said one thing in a stable light: she was a loner, a serious huntress. He would not get in the way lest he saw an opportunity to do so...

Aomi was agitated inside, her mind feeling insulted at just about everything: Hazama placing her under a random officer's orders, and Jeanne believing she couldn't keep up, and treating her as a machine. Interiorly ranting about it, Aomi suddenly held her head between her hands, shaking from head to toe. The brainwash was fading, and people could tell Aomi would just destroy everything (and probably Jeanne first) if Hazama just left her in that state.

It appeared that once again he was surrounded by fools. The lower ranked members of the NOL and his experiments were childishly trading thinly veiled insults and challenges between one another and Hazama was oblivious to the fact that the Omoikane Unit was dangerously close to a break down. As always, it fell to the Puppeteer to set things back in order. Snapping his fingers, he signaled Ignis who dashed in front of the Omoikane Unit and reached out to restrain her by holding the small girl's arms against her sides. Relius himself slowly advanced on her from behind, waving for Hazama to join him. "It appears that your systems are in need of an update Omoikane. Cease your struggling and I shall attend to it immediately. Hazama, if you would be so kind as to prepare Ouroboros." Clover reached out with his artificial hand, the transmutation circle beginning to glow with an azure light. On his own, he could fortify the mind conditioning program that had been put in place on the Omoikane's mind well enough for her to function without mishaps for a while. However, with the added support of hazama and his nox nyctores the process would be far more thorough and should last much longer. Since hazama was so close at hand there was no reason not to.

"Huh? Oh yeah right right sorry Relius...now Omoikane be a good girl and sit still this will only hurt for JUUUUST a second!"

Hazama flicked his wrist which formed a green portal of energy, Hazama's Nox Nyctores: Ouroboros emerged from the portal with its fangs jutting wide open and bite the Omoikane Unit, Hazama's Nox Nyctores can actually cause brainwashing if bitten enough and this would help keep the Omoikane in their grasps.

Spying the brainwashing of the Omoikane Unit, the elder homunculus remained inactive and eyes were lacking their usual active glow luster. The purpose being? Internal thoughts and account of recording this process, so it appeared to him that she might actually have more thoughts for herself if not periodically 'treated' in this way? Not that it wasn't curious to him, but he wasn't sure why that would even be necessary. While several of the active Murakumo Units (He knows of only Units#12 and 13 from loose reports, rumors really) didn't serve N.O.L. willingly, was this the case with Aomi? He had not been certain logically why it was necessary, but of course he made no verbal point of mentioning it.

But that was very interesting to keep in mind. 'To think that the creator needs to update her constantly to keep her underwraps and that the NOL Captain Hazama must use his Nox Nyctores to keep her mind under wraps? Highly of intrigue...' the mental note was something that excited his taint, the use of the Nox Nyctores so close to his person almost made him giddy with excitement. But there was nothing in response from his body, nothing more than the minor system update that was going on in his sub-directories as per N.O.L. tactical updates on Bounty heads that required capturing and/or incidents that might need dealing with at the moment; there were several things going on that might well require his attentions.

Jeanne´s instincts chased Jin`s scent, and one would think that everything else surrounding her would be blacked out, but she was only half an animal, so as she rushed to the door, she could still hear Hazama talking.
She heard the sound that Oroburos made, shooting out of a vortex, and within an eyeblink, she was there, rushing over at superhuman speed, getting in front of Aomi and getting hit by Oroburos chain in the arm.

"If you finally lost your minds, Hazama, Relius, just tell me. Aomi is clearly functioning the way she should. Now, i DO believe we should be on our way before the traitor gets away...!"

She didn´t know where the sudden sympathy for Aomi came from, nor did she care. Hazama and Relius were about to hurt her without haveing a reason for it, they were about to hurt THIER ally, thier creation, just for thier own twisted minds. As much as that sounded like treachery to her, she wouldn´t sleep well at night if she would let this proceed.
Without leaveing them time to argue about it, she grabbed Aomi´s wrist and headed out, in paces too quick for a human to follow, chaseing Jin´s scent, which was just as strong as ever, thanks to his very unmanly perfume.

Aomi was on her knees and didn't move because she trusted her creator to extreme extent. In a moment, she was imprisoned between Ignis' arms, and the moment she saw Ouroboros, she knew what was going to happen. She remembered the "games" she played with her favourite Captain, games which were actually her training with Hazama only using his Nox Nyctores, to make her emotions fade away each time she was hit.

But right at the moment today's game was about to start, something got in the way. Opening her eyes, she saw Jeanne, the same low-ranking officer that treated her as a machine not so long ago... She didn't understand nor did she really agree, but she had no choice: the werewolf had grabbed her wrist and led her to the exit as the little blue-headed girl couldn't do anything against it, simply shaking and extended her hand towards her masters.

E'thale had quirked a brow and then activated his Schwarzvald's Reach and began to track after the two, keeping them within his view while the claw-hands dug into the terrain to keep pace. He drew up just enough speed to keep at Jeanne's back, while he took a moment to consider what her reaction could have meant, he didn't let it bother him too much since it was not of any concern right now. He looked ahead and began to let the taint build up, he had a feeling that the newly brainwashed Aomi wouldn't care, nor would Jeanne in that right, he could let loose as long as the situation called for it. 'Now this is what I call fun, it seems like this will be a wild hunt...I get to fight some more, well...and see the effects of the brainwashing, how odd...that the creator would need to do so with one of his creations? I'm an example, albeit the fact I am considering, whatever the hell's going on in my head.'

While he did know, it was of little consequence to the situation, he was just trying to focus on his chosen duties, support in this case and protecting the Omoikane Unit. He would not let harm come to her, for the simple reason that she had yet to experience the greatest 'creation' of them all; perhaps a chance to make her own choices in life down the line.

(Exuent following Aomi & Jeanne)~~~~~~~~~~>