Kuoh Academy

[Bloodedge]

Takumi wasn't quite certain what was happening. He felt the influx of power leave his body, only to then witness the questionable, somewhat erotic reaction of Eira's to receiving that same power. His eyes widened to the sight of this, and his own face filled with blood as the transfer became audible from Eira's end of the exchange. Moving on though, the purpose this served was a great one. A grander sphere of destruction energy had been worked on by Eira, finished apparently by the added energy from the Boosted Gear. Though slow moving when sent Onoko's way, the large ball of energy functioned somewhat like a black hole in boasting its own gravitational pull. Onoko, for once, had an expression of shock upon his face. This was actually something that seemed capable of ending the Rating Game in Eira's favor. He had to do something major to earn his victory. With a mighty swipe of his left hand, he conjured several violet barriers layered over one another between himself and Eira's attack. The latter cleaved its way through regardless, albeit at a slowed enough pace that Onoko was able to hold out his right hand and channel his own demonic power through it. By the time the orb was upon him, Onoko was firing a large beam of violet energy into that which endangered him so. The impact of the two energies caused an explosion consisting mostly of the Power of Destruction. Onoko was blasted away, left heavily injured on the ground in wake of the blast. It seemed he was struggling quite a bit to even try getting up at this point.

"... Sugoi," Takumi virtually whispered after watching the sphere go forth and accomplish so much, even when being reacted to. The next thing to be seen, though, was the return of the black cat which ran out of the Principal's office earlier. After casually strolling up to the fallen Onoko, the cat pounced on his chest. Suddenly, a paw raised and bared its claws. The next thing to occur was a very furious flurry of slashes delivered to Onoko's face, followed by a leave just as lax as the cat's entry. The cat's leave would come thereafter, but not before it made a stop between Eira's legs and rubbed itself against each of them.

[Apollymi]

Her somewhat questionable reaction to the influx of power aside, it was more than obvious that Eira had succeeded in backing Onoko Astaroth into a corner so to speak. She got to watch with those happy scarlet eyes of hers as he frantically tried to save himself from being sucked in by the Extinguished Star technique. And though he succeeded in not being swallowed up completely it had been at the expensive of several energy barriers and a violet beam of energy he'd had to use at the last second to try and compensate for the use of the veritable black hole. Takumi seemed to have an awed expression but Eira herself was still at the ready, body still alight with an overflow of power the likes of which she'd never felt before. She'd seen the type of attacks Onoko could potentially give out so she had to be ready for an attack, but it seemed... something else was to occur.

While tensions were still so high, the small black cat who'd previously fled this room, came back... for vengeance apparently. It sat upon the downed devil's chest before having a field day with his face, delivering several clawing marks to the downed man. Only after it finished with this, did the cat rather calmly walk back to Eira and rub between her legs in the way cats do. A smile came to Eira's face, 'We could use that little guy as a mascot' she thought as it wandered off, but that would be for another time. She let go of Takumi for the first time since catching him and looked towards him with a smile on her face. "How about we go claim our victory?" she offered with her hand out to the pawn of her peerage. True to her word she intended to have him at her side when she won her first official rating game.

But before she could take her first step forward, a bolt of pure light landed before her. She put out her hand almost confused but made sure that Takumi wouldn't take a step forward. Descending from above was black feathers followed by giant black feathered wings on a very seductive body. A single strip of cloth surrounding her body in a v-shape revealing the center of her person both in front and in back. "Sorry, not happening... hand over the boy and nothing bad has to happen here..." said this woman who didn't seem to care much one way or another about the rating game in progress. "I am Eira Gremory, and I don't hand over my servants to anyone. We're busy... back off," the crimson haired woman mentioned without a second thought. "You have no idea what he truly is..." she started. "The Red Dragon Emperor is what he truly is, and I already said, you can't have him," Eira revealed her knowledge here and now much to the chagrin of the fallen angel before them. She'd hoped to get a hold of this young man before any realized the true nature of his powers, even as a devil he was more useful to her group than many could know. As such, she created a light spear in her hand and aimed it at Eira who looked as impassive as she always did. It was a threat and this was a standoff. It seemed Onoko had fallen to the wayside by virtue of what was happening here.

[Bloodedge]

No comments came from Takumi about the strange cat who shredded the face of their opposition, but he did recognize it as the same one seen leaving the office mere minutes prior. It seemed to come and go without any fuss, seeding the thought that it simply had something against Onoko based on its time spent in the office with him. Maybe the devil had just scared it prior to its earlier leave, and it sought a chance at vengeance. Whatever the case, that situation was over now, and Eira was offering her Pawn a hand up. He took the hand, of course, and rose into a standing position to prepare a trip in Onoko's direction. Before Takumi took more than a single step, Eira's hand was out to stop him. All he could see beyond Eira's form was the descent of many black feathers, belonging apparently to yet another woman possessing a figure beyond normal standards. Once more, Takumi found his eyes widening. Of all things, this strange woman seemed to be here for him. The exchange between her and Eira led to Takumi being referred to as "Red Dragon Emperor," whatever that happened to be. "I don't get what's going on," he said from his standing position behind Eira's outstretched arm.

"I could answer that for you," spoke the voice of a male who also didn't belong here during this Rating Game. From behind Takumi, this male figure approached. His long, waist-length hair was a brilliant shade of red, matching a sparkling pair of red eyes with slit pupils which seemed to look into the very soul of their target at any given time. He wore a black mantled trench coat paired with a long sleeved shirt and jeans, both red. He also wore a black choker around his neck, and a pair of black boots with buckles across them. He could overall be referred to - ironically - as a "devilishly handsome" fellow, from the gleam in his eye to the perfect sculpt of his face. Of course, this was to be expected of this particular man. "Fallen Angel Sachiel. Fallen Angels don't have ways to reincarnate others to their race like devils do. Lately they've been going around and snatching up whatever Sacred Gears they can find. At least... the ones they can't replicate," he said with narrowed eyes aimed in the Fallen Angel's direction. "It's nice to meet you by the way, Sachiel. You're looking rather lovely today," the man continued, even going so far as to smile, wink, and kiss at the air when looking upon the intruding Fallen Angel.

[Apollymi]

Though she'd rather not have faced a high class Devil while they were at full strength, having already witnessed the fight taking place here, she figured she had at least a standing chance against Eira in order to properly enchant Takumi and take him with her. But alas, such a thing wouldn't be happening anytime soon, as before she could speak again about what she would do here, and change the nature of their standoff to an actual battle, Takumi asked a question and it wasn't answered by Eira, instead by a red haired man, who when looking at the pair side by side bore striking resemblance to her. Sachiel managed to look more than a bit surprised by the appearance of this man. In fact, she began to tremble... This man, with his insanely good looks and marvelous crimson locks, was one she was told to look out for, and never under any circumstances engage. "But... but... you're... the Crimson Satan," she gave pause, as if the idea of speaking his name in front of him would make him real. "Sirtreize Lucifer! You shouldn't be here..." she seemed to be a bit dumbfounded, that spear of light she was holding in her hand seemed to shake, Eira to her credit held out her finger and watched as a tendril of Destruction Energy broke it apart without much of a problem given this particular Fallen Angel's lack of concentration.

"Yare yare, I was planning to kill this woman, and she's afraid while you're flirting with her," mentioned the young woman as if she didn't care one way or another. It was obvious by virtue of this man's appearance that nothing else would happen this day. Sachiel seemed to also think better of her actions especially given the disappearance of her weapon during her moment of distraction. "Uh-huh, I'm not afraid. It's nice to meet you... but I'm not qualified for this, keep your little dragon..." she stated as she flapped her wings and began to rise in the air to leave this place. "For now." she concluded as she aimed to leave. If there was one thing she wasn't going to do, it was end up in a battle with the Crimson Satan, she'd be nothing before she knew what happened. Eira looked towards this woman and had a series of thoughts about the good sense it would have made to kill her now, but at the same time, such an individual could be potentially good for the rest of her peerage to face as well. After she considered this she looked to her elder brother. "Thank you, Satan-sama... though I definitely could have handled that myself..." the girl said to the elder crimson haired male, addressing him in an oddly formal way considering their familial relationship.

[Bloodedge]

"Shhhh~" Sirtreize replied with a finger raised to pursed lips, as if to warn the woman away from speaking his name to the general population... as if nobody in the vicinity already knew his identity, even. Or perhaps, this was to the notion that he shouldn't be here now. This idea could possibly taken from his following statement to Sachiel. "You're not supposed to be here either. You're really earning those 'bad girl' wings, aren't you?" he asked. In response to the trembling of the Fallen Angel, the man apparently known by the name Sirtreize began dancing, as if in rhythm with Sachiel's shaking. In the meantime, his gaze shifted to Eira. "If you were planning to kill her, kill her. She's not very into this dance, so I don't think I'm her type anyway. It would save me the heartbreak." As Sirtreize spoke with Eira, Sachiel took a moment to voice her present lack of interest in claiming the Red Dragon Emperor. This was about what he expected, but he didn't much care. In fact, Sirtreize only wondered if Eira would still go about killing the Fallen Angel. Whether she did or not, she would be getting an earful from Sirtreize about how she chose to address him. "No... no, no, no. Stop it. I'm not answering to that."

All the while, Takumi's mind was being blown time after time. He could only accept the existence of devils, being one himself since yesterday. On the other hand, though, he had yet to even consider angels and their fallen counterparts, an interest in him on either side, and... the presence of a man who was apparently Satan here in a Rating Game. "What? Dragon Emperor? Fallen Angel? Satan? I thought this was a simple fight."

[Apollymi]

Sirtreize's words and actions towards this Fallen Angel only served to further confuse her. And the thought that his sister could apparently take her, made her believe she was right to retreat. Surprisingly enough, Eira let her go, seeming to be a bit huffy as she crossed her arms under her rather massive chest. "I'll save it for later, there is no need to give chase at present, perhaps they will take a while and reconsider. And if not my peerage could use the battle experience later..." Eira said aloud to her brother, figuring he might be a bit curious about her decision to allow this Fallen Angel to flee. But Eira herself was nothing if not practical and tactical. After the flight of the Fallen Angel and post Eira directly addressing Sirtreize, he went on to give her what could amount to a chiding for how she chose to address him. A small smile formed over her face in this moment, and she somehow managed to seem the tiniest bit embarrassed, which was unusual given her general demeanor, "Fine, fine, no need to talk my head off about it... Arigatou~ Nii-sama~", she finished up.

If she was about to continue talking it would be put on hold, as Takumi's mind was apparently blown. She looked towards the young man and realized that it had been a lot going on for him in the last couple of days. "Gomen Takumi, there is a lot you probably don't know about... and it's going to take a massive amount of time to explain. Quick version..." Eira tried to think of the easiest way to explain what she knew of his questions to him. "Red Dragon Emperor is the title given to the person who holds the Sacred Gear: Boosted Gear. Which is what your once thought Twice Critical evolved into. It has within it the soul of one of the Heavenly Dragons... You can probably talk to it yourself to find out more information. He seems to be quite talkative..." she mentioned for the first part, and in consideration of all the things she'd heard his Sacred Gear utter over the last few days. "A Fallen Angel is likely what you think it is. It was once on the side of God in Heaven and was cast out for sinning, basically. But they can still use light based weaponry which is poisonous to Devils, so you should be careful when dealing with them," she mentioned as a side note. "Satan, back in the super old times was a single guy, but then it became a title applied to Four different people. This is Sirtreize Lucifer, known as the Crimson Satan. He's currently one of four Satans, formerly known as Sirtreize Gremory. He's my older brother," she clarified just in case that part of their greeting was missed. "That's a lot to take in though, we can include more information about this stuff with your combat training rotation if you'd prefer... it can seem a bit overwhelming if you try to think about too much at once," she mentioned. For this lad to be so fresh onto being a Devil, he was encountering a great many kinds of beings which would have been unknown to him in his human life.

[Bloodedge]

"Whatever you like, Eira~" Sirtreize commented at the end of his little dance routine. With that out of the way, he slipped his hands into his pockets and looked to the sky where Sachiel fled. His eyes shifted toward Eira again when she addressed him in a preferred way, and this time, there was a gentle smile upon his face. "Hai hai. I didn't come for that, though. I was the first one here, just waiting to take you guys to the reception."

It seemed Takumi was due for the explanation of a lifetime. There was so much that was new to him, and so much information to take it right at this moment. Eira delivered unto him the allegedly short version of the tale, but it was still quite a bit. He could break even with the confirmed existence of God and Angels, and Fallen Angels only made sense with those things in mind. Two things that bothered him were: The existence of multiple Devils with the title "Satan"; and the matter relating to the true form of his own Sacred Gear. He was only just realizing that it was different from its original incarnation, and since Eira mentioned being able to speak with the Dragon inside the Sacred Gear, he did recall hearing some mysterious voice in his head a few times over the years. "Sou ka. I guess... I understand everything I need to. What happens to the Rating Game, though? Do we win?"

[Apollymi]

Sirtreize after being 'properly' addressed, seemed to be happy with his day, smiling even at his younger sister. She was then given silence as she went on to explain several of the details of the world to the formerly human Takumi who seemed to still be stunned by the information. After she finished speaking, she was even more surprised that he went on to claim that he understood about what he needed and now simply wanted to know if they'd won the Rating Game they were participating in or not. A grin crossed Eira's face then... "I wonder about that myself. Let's find out, shall we?" she posed it as a question but turned her body so that all of her attention was now shifted to the downed Onoko Astaroth. "I am actually a bit disappointed, he managed to not get swallowed up by that attack. I figured that would have led to an instant retirement. I made that up as my ultimate one hit kill, and with the power I got from Takumi it seemed to be even better than I initially intended. All the same..." she paused looking to this man and expressing how she felt in no uncertain terms. Though before she spoke there was a minor bit of consideration as to why he wasn't immediately pulled from this space, she supposed she'd have to wait and ask the moderators at some point in the future.

"I'll take your absolute surrender right now, Onoko Astaroth. Along with you renouncing any inkling of an idea that I'd marry you... ever," she said with the seeming calm demeanor she always possessed, but there was an edge to her presently, like the sinking weight of a collapsed star. If Onoko wished to continue this fight he was more than welcome to try, but Eira was quite sure of her abilities and would not be surrendering at any point.

[Bloodedge]

"I told you, that one's just too clunky. Besides, you probably would have been disqualified. You wouldn't have been forced into marrying Astaroth, but... bad way to start a record of Rating Games~" These words left the mouth of Sirtreize with utmost calmness, as if he hadn't a care in the world. In fact, he didn't. He didn't even care how obvious he made it, but he had no care whatsoever for how the Rating Game ended. Of course, he would have been glad to see his little sister claim victory in her first official battle, but from the political side of this agreement, neither outcome made a difference.

Speaking of outcomes, one had yet to be decided. Onoko had been downed, but not at all incapacitated. Eira's approach gave the male devil every reason to rise to his feet, challenging her assumed victory as he did. "Keh! You think you've beaten me just because you got a temporary power boost from a dragon kid? Don't make me laugh. You took me by surprise, but I can still crush you here and now." As Onoko spoke, he began collecting demonic power en masse within his left palm. Sirtreize stepped forward yet again, taking a side to Eira to speak with the younger male devil. "Give it a rest, Onoko. I told Eira she could have been disqualified for that last attack for a simple reason, and it had nothing to do with the extra power from the Red Dragon Emperor here," he spoke. Onoko continued his accumulation of energy, but took a pause in his overall efforts to glance in Sirtreize's direction. "What? What other reason could there be?"

Sirtreize snickered. "Because even though Extinguished Star is slow, and a little unwieldy if you ask me... even its normal output has such a concentration of the Power of Destruction, it would have obliterated you before the Retiring System saved your sorry ass. You probably didn't notice me intervening to lessen the impact more, but let's all be honest regardless... You died a few minutes ago."

"I... I..."

[Apollymi]

A huff escaped Eira at the words of her brother, in this moment she would seem utterly childish as she explained the use of the ability. "Oh yeah, it is totally fair that I would have been disqualified because after talking an amazingly annoying manner, he couldn't do anything about it... as if. Besides, Lu-chan is mediating, I figured he would have caught it..." she finished seeming to be slightly annoyed by the assertion that she would have managed to be disqualified because of the nature of her use of Destruction in the form she chose to use it in. Besides that point her words in her previous sentence had been chosen specifically to stop her from saying the innumerable number of swears she wanted to, because she had a lot of dignity to maintain, and one such as Onoko didn't deserve to see the kind of person Eira could be.

Beyond this point Onoko seemed to have a problem with the idea of Eira thinking that she had beaten him in some way. She would have opened her mouth to explain exactly why he shouldn't be thinking this way. She gave a slight bit of pause and left it to her brother to completely explain this, and she stood quietly by, watching as Onoko gathered energy as if she didn't care. In fact, this was much like the earlier threat of the Fallen Angel, which Eira was more than certain of her ability to handle. Onoko for his part seemed to be a bit stunned when the final conclusion was made, Eira herself seemed to be stunned by her brother's assertion about her ability and why it was so dangerous. "Really? I didn't know it worked that fast... hmm," it gave Eira pause as she began to immediately consider other ways to use the same thing in principle. She supposed her use of the Power of Destruction could use a bit more work so that she could properly use it without it requiring the focus which caused her to potentially need to sacrifice any of her pieces for the amount of time it took to charge. Regardless of this Onoko was so stunned by the news he simply repeated 'I' a couple of times. Eira took a moment to look at his rather stunned visage with a smile which just bordered the line of sinister. "You... surrender?"

[Bloodedge]

"Lucaro? There's no way he could have caught that. Like I said, even Onoko here wouldn't have survived that blast if I didn't intervene. And yes, it is fair for you to be disqualified for killing someone during an official Rating Game. Be reasonable," Sirtreize urged. Onoko continued to gather himself for the duration of Sirtreize's speech, all while Sirtreize himself looked at the other male devil with a smile most wicked. Onoko's eyes narrowed before darting in Eira's direction. "I thought this would be an easy win. I was promised I would get everything I deserved, if I just participated in this stupid Rating Game. Isn't that why you were here!?" the raven-haired devil asked as his gaze found Sirtreize again.

Sirtreize's smile turned into a toothy grin, and he laughed again. "You were right. If you won today, Eira Gremory was to become your betrothed-to-be. Even if you lost, though, you would get exactly what you deserved as heir of the Astaroth Clan. That was the agreement, right? Gomen... I left something out." As he spoke, Sirtreize removed only his right hand from its respective pocket. With it free, he extended his arm and held his hand with its palm facing the sky. "What you deserve is to be wiped out of existence, like the smudge on the face of our kind you are, for thinking you could be considered worthy of associating with the next Gremory Clan head. I never lied, though... The territories of Astaroth and Gremory will be combined, but it will no longer be your territory. You'll be dead. I utilize my rights as Satan to declare Eira Gremory and her peerage the victors in this Rating Game. I just need to decide whether I should kill you now, or make a spectacle of you."

[Apollymi]

Eira managed to roll her eyes just a tad, "I didn't know it would kill him." she said honestly. "I figured intent would be taken into account and I'd get a gentle reprimand," she said though since this situation seemed to be working out in her favor she was hardly one to argue. "But I get your point... I'll be reasonable and I won't use a move that will kill people in an Official Rating Game," she mentioned. This done, she fully expected a surrender, which she still didn't get it. It was really starting to bother her at this point, because it was more than obvious that she'd won legitimately ages ago. But it seemed that Onoko found something strange about the agreement he'd made with Sirtreize and how it'd managed to turn out not in his favor at all. Eira heard this part of the conversation with her brows drawn together.

"Oh? Well that explains a lot..." she said, having several of her questions answered at once as her brother went about explaining how he truly felt about this Astaroth and his behavior up to this point. It was just like one of the Satans to set up something like this just to get rid of someone they didn't like. But Eira saw this situation a bit differently. As a person who would likely be dealing with the repercussions of this situations. "No...no no no," she said with a frown on her face, and her arms still crossed under her chest. "If you were just going to come in and declare me the winner, there was no point in me participating in the first place, Nii-sama," she said, seeming to take it upon herself to explain her case as why this would be annoying for her to deal with later. "No one will believe my first win was legitimate. There will be all this talk about how it was handed to me by my big brother... at this point, I would have been better off getting disqualified. If he dies now his entire peerage could potentially become strays, and those who don't will resent me and come after me like it's my fault," she said, which were all very valid potential outcomes to the outright slaughter of Onoko Astaroth. Though she could agree that the man's attitude was more than a bit old fashioned for her own taste, and that she didn't like him, she couldn't help but feel sorry for his peerage. "Besides, fear and public shaming work better when people are alive to show it off..." the girl said, and with that she'd seemingly given up. It was obvious to her that even if Onoko lost part or more of his territory and a Rating Game to a rookie King it would look good for everyone involved. And of course, he'd get to keep his life and the lives of the members of his own peerage. If Onoko was half as clever as it was claimed he was, perhaps he'd see it, or maybe he wouldn't and her brother would see that she didn't really want to live with all the potential backlash, because no one can go after Satan, but she still had to live her life beyond their interactions.

[Bloodedge]

Eira came forth with an argument against Sirtreize's intention to eliminate Onoko Astaroth. She apparently believed him killing this man here and now would discredit her victory, while also dooming Onoko's peerage to becoming strays. The latter scenario was obviously a very real potential issue for the Devils of this peerage, but the former idea seemed to be no concern of Sirtreize's. "Shhh~" he said to Eira as a marble-sized orb of Destruction Energy manifested above the palm of his hand. "You've already won the Rating Game. If you want to be that nit-picky about it, Onoko here lost by disqualification the moment I weakened your last attack against him. Put that on your record; even help from a Satan didn't save him from your fury."

Onoko was sweating bullets in the face of Sirtreize's impending assault on him. Though Sirtreize's use of Destruction Energy was visibly minuscule compared to Eira's at this very moment, the mere idea of a Satan assaulting him was worth fretting over. "Wait wait wait! I admit it! I admit my loss... Just don't kill me. You can have the territory, but spare my life," Onoko pleaded with the Crimson Satan, virtually grovelling before him. In response, Sirtreize dispersed his own attack and chuckled. "There we are! A third of the territory will do. I just didn't like you from the moment you came asking to marry my sister, so I figured I'd scare the pants off you. The Gremory Clan will claim the portion of your territory closest to the border... You know, the part where your family's house is. That's if Eira wins. I'm in no position to accept your surrender."

[Apollymi]

At some point before she could talk more Sirtreize shushed Eira. She managed to look a bit surprised by this, but stopped talking just the same, only to have her brother make a statement which made it sound like a furious Eira was something even he couldn't save people from. "No one wants a reputation like that...especially not me. Also don't shush me, that doesn't work on me," she said as if this was something she knew to have been done on purpose. If anyone cared to remember he'd done this earlier to the Fallen Angel Sachiel and she'd gone silent for way longer an amount of time. But that was a matter for a different time, for now, Sirtreize seemed to be using the Power of Destruction in a way very different from how Eira tended to use it. 'I still can't make them that small or that fast,' she thought with her brow becoming ever so furrowed. The small orb seemed to strike fear into every fiber of Onoko Astaroth's being, causing the man to surrender finally and beg for his life in the meantime. Even going so far as to forfeit his property in exchange for his life, this man seemed almost pitiful.

And just as soon as the little ball came into being it disappeared. It seemed it had been Sirtreize intent to scare this man for his bold desire to marry his little sister. Knowing this was more than a little embarrassing from her own perspective, Eira simply chuckled before clearing her throat seemingly in relief. "Ufufufufu~ I figured you didn't really like this guy," she said calmly before allowing her gaze to shift back to Onoko. She was a tiny bit petty but, she'd pretty much received a decent laugh because of her brother's antics. So, instead of treating this as she would have if she were alone, she shifted her gaze to Takumi. "Takumi~ What do you think? Do we accept his surrender without making him say it again?" she asked as she stood beside her treasured pawn, just as she'd previously stated was her preference in how her Rating Game would end.

[Bloodedge]

"Pfft! Tell that to my wife," Sirtreize said with a roll of his eyes. Since his right hand was once again free, Sirtreize put it back into his pocket and left Eira to the completion of her first Rating Game. He felt there wasn't really much else to warrant his presence, but he did have the intention of seeing to the festivities once this was over.

Onoko was still panicked, but he would allegedly be allowed to keep his life this day. At least, it would not be Sirtreize to kill him. The decision of whether his surrender would be accepted was left to Eira, who then passed it on to the Pawn Takumi. Never had Onoko felt so pitiful as to have his fate in the hands of a Reincarnated Devil, and a Pawn at that. Takumi stood next to Eira, eyes still painted red from the rage he experienced earlier in this battle. His gaze was upon the beaten Onoko. He wasn't sure why Eira left the decision to him, but he was on the proverbial fence about the decision itself. On one hand, he would have happily seen Onoko beaten to a bloody pulp for everything that happened this day. On the other hand, though, he had seen this man as an obstacle he was incapable of overcoming in his current state. He wanted that changed. "I think... we should leave him be," he answered as his Boosted Gear faded into his arm, and his eyes returned to their former orange hue.