Deep thoughts ( Open)

[Yuki]

Toshiro was relieved when the questions stopped, as he feared they would have lead to his true identy. He nodeed and watched as Kaede left. Toshiro then looked back at Cassandra and what about to say something when a new voice cut him off. Toshiro's heart skipped a beat as he then turned to see a group of three thugs and they where harassing Kaede. Toshiro knew he needed to do something but just like before when he was needed he froze. Then suddenly who seemed to be the leader of the group made his way over to him and Cassandra. Toshiro placed his hand on his sword and used illusion magic to hide it. When the thug called him a mutt Toshiro flinched, and the look in the eyes of that thug was the same look he got from most people.. The thug then started to harass Cassandra but Toshiro was still froze he could not move,

But when Cassandra kept saying no the thug then turned his eyes on him. once again calling him a mutt, next thing Toshiro knew the thug grabbed him by the collar of his coat and lifted him off the bench. And held his fist up ready to hit him. Toshiro's heart raced as he paniced and closed his eyes. Suddenly it was like he could hear his Mother's voice, "Toshiro.. You have what you need inside you. Don't be afraid.." Her voice said in a whisper. Toshiro opened his eyes and heard Cassandra's plea's not to hurt him. It was time to act! He would not fail like he did back at the school!

" I believe the lady said no!" Toshiro said in anger as he then removed his sword from its sheath and smacked the thug hard in the head with the butt of his sword. He then did a fast jump kick trying to kick the thug away. It was like his body was moving on its own.. All those years of training where starting to pay off. Toshiro then got into a protective stance in front of Cassandra. " I suggest you leave..." Toshiro said trying to sound brave but he was visibly still shaking. Though to help put the scare into the thugs, he then casted a spell on his sword and hot burning flames started to dance on his sword. He then masterfully swung the sword around mainly to show he knew how to use it. if this did not scare them off well he still had plenty more tricks up his sleeves.

[Draken]

As Kaede started to leave cassandra and Toshiro behind she is suddenly blocked by a rather tough looking punk with two others with him as she immediately thought, "(Great, just what I needed...annoying street punks!)" Kaede was not amused, let alone even remotely interested in any of the street punks that just decided to bug her, Cassandra, and Torshiro. Having her wrist being restricted by one of the punks was one thing but the fact that Cassandra and Toshiro were mainly being targeted was what really set her off. Now Kaede was not about to let these guys off the hook and would be sure they would regret running into her. Considering her situation, Kaede had come up with the following plan: First, the punk that had grabbed her by her wrist would need to be distracted with something else. Next, while said punk is being distracted, she would then deal with the other punk next to her along with the one that decided to grab her wrist. last, after the two punks are dealt with she could then deal with their boss that was harassing Cassandra, and Torshiro...or at least the idea was to give punks' boss a beat down of his life. Satisfied with the plan she came up with, she decided to put it into action. "you know..." Kaede spoke coldly to the punk who was still holding her by the wrist, "...didn't anyone ever teach you how to properly hold a girl's hand...?" Once Kaede posed the question to the punk holding her she then quickly threw her other hand towards his face and promptly jams her index and middle finger into his eye sockets.

[Lepa]

"Gyaaah!" The second punk released Kaede's arm, stumbling backwards to cup both hands over his eyes. "Augh, f@#k! S%&t, my eyes! Shiiiii...!" He screeched, reeling and lurching about in a violent daze. The first thug's eyes widened; he was no doubt startled by her audacity. He quickly steeled himself however, clenching his teeth as he lunged at her from behind.

"Tch!" He spat aside, grabbing at her arms in an effort to hold her back. "You think you're tough sh&t?! Eh?! Eh?! " He growled. "Too bad, sugar! You got another thing comin' if you think you can outmuscle the likes of us over here, yeah?!" Though his grip was tight, at most he had attempted to keep her arms behind her back. Kaede's legs were still free to move about, though she no doubt could've had several ways to snake herself out of his grip as well. As threatening as he was, she had plenty of options to counter - especially while the other man was still reeling.

Their leader, however, was dealing with his own problems. One moment, he had some mutt of a coward in his grasp, all ready to punch his lights out... The next, he felt a strike to the head and blow to his chest, knocking the wind straight out of him. He staggered backwards a few steps, then hunched over as he regained his breath. He clenched a hand at his chest before jolting his eyes back to Toshiro, glaring daggers at him. The kitsune had definitely gotten the one up on him, that much was clear; but this punk wasn't about to give up.

"H-Haa..." Cassandra let out a small, shaky breath, frozen in place. For a split second, she had contemplated running away, but when Toshiro proved he could stand up for himself, well... for now, the safest place seemed to be right behind him.

"...Heh..." His voice was audibly strained from the strike, but still dripping with arrogance. "...Heheheh..." He laughed, standing back up straight and trying to shake it off. "So, the little mutt's got a bite to him, huh?" He smirked. Toshiro's flaming sword just about gave him second thoughts, but the way the kitsune trembled was enough to convince him otherwise. Perhaps he was in over his head, perhaps not; the important thing was that his bravado didn't falter, no matter how potent the mutt was! If he could scare him into submission like the animal he was, then this punk would walk away with a win under his belt and a girl on his arm - and that was good enough for him.

"Hmph! So you got a lucky hit!" The punk leader shrugged, attempting to play it off. "You think you're the only one with some flashy tricks around here, eh?" With the snap of a finger, a small flame sparked to life in his palm. He kneaded it into a fireball in his fingers. "C'mon, mutt!" He sneered at Toshiro, winding up. "How's about we play some... fetch?!" The punk grinned maliciously, snapping his arm forward and hurling forth a ball fire towards the kitsune.

[Yuki]

Toshiro firmly stood his ground, his eyes never leaving the thug. He could hear Cassandra's shaky breathing and he could not blame her. He was rather nervos himself this was his first fight he had ever been in. When the thug recovered Toshiro readied himself. Once again the thug started to throw insults trying to act all tough. Though Toshiro did not waver, when the thug formed a fire ball like it was going to scare him the young kitsune just smirked. when the thug threw it Toshiro the kitsune did not cower. He raised his sword and at just the right momemnt cut the fireball in half making it sizzle out.

Now it was his turn to have a witty come back. " Ever heard the saying... The weakest dog barks the loudest?" Toshiro said as he now was no longer trembling. He could do this... Yeah he was scared and this was his first fight but he was not going to fail.. NOT this time. With a free hand Toshiro then casted another spell, a lighting ball formed in his hand and strong bolts of lighting shot out at the thug. He then rushed forward turning his sword backwards so not to hit the thug with the sharp side. He then came down as hard as he could on the thug and then jumped back once again standing in a battle stance. He could hear one of the other thugs screaming in pain and the other getting angry. It was good that Kaede could defend herself. He just hoped she would not get over powered.


Then idea came to Toshiro time to use the magic that Kitsune where best known for, the young kitsine then casted his illusion magic making fake copies of himself that now surrounded the thug and to further confuse him the fake Toshiro's including the real one ran around switching places though the real Toshiro was still close to Cassandra knowing it would be bad if the thug went for her. If he did Toshiro would be there to greet him. But then another idea came to him... He could get Cassandra out of harms way all together. Using his magic more he made it so the thug would not see him move and made a copy of Cassandra that would stay where she is sitting now. Toshiro moved closer to her, "Cassandra, go get to a safe place he wont see you leave. Trust me." Toshiro whispered said to her. She was the thug's main target so Toshiro knew he needed to get her out of here. Toshiro then once again readied himself for the thug's next move.

Though as the fight started to escalate a crowed started to form, some started to call the cops while others just looked on. But some started to recognize Toshiro. " Hey isn't that the mayor?" one asked. " Y-yeah it is! Heh! Go Mayor kick his butt!" Another one cheered. Toshiro winced a bit at that he feared that would happen but it could not be helped.

[Draken]

The whole being restrained thing for Kaede was getting pretty old for her fast but compared to other punks and delinquents she fought, these guys were no different. Kaede may have been jumped by the punk behind her but she still had plenty of tricks up her sleeve. She immediately elbowed the punk behind her and then spun around, shoving the punk into the other punk whom she assaulted from before, then jumped out of reach. Once she lands back on her feet and free from the punks grasp she says to him "actually, I don't need to think that I am... that's because I know I am." she says with a serious look on her face. She then notices that a crowd of people were watching the fight, "(looks like the fight grabbed a lot of attention, I hope this doesn't get on the news and I need to finish this fight fast.)" she thinks to herself as she prepares for the punks next move.

[Lepa]

The punk with the purple hair dye (coincidentally called Pulper) had been rubbing at his eyes, scrunching them up and prodding at them to ensure he wasn't bleeding. He hadn't expected the dame to fight dirty - much less fight at all, right off the bat! Just as the pain began to subside, he pulled his hands away, only to be bodied by his crony, the red haired punk named Rojoe.

"GAH![" Pulper shouted, landing hard on his back. "Why, you little sh&t...!" He growled as Rojoe rolled himself off of him, pushing himself back to his feet. He stood guard in front of Pulper as he wiped the back of his wrist against his own face.

"Tch! Yous just got lucky, sister!" Rojoe sneered as Pulper returned to his feet. "If our boy Maruun wasn't busy tryin' to win that there girl over there-" He started, but was cut off by a blur dashing past him. "Eh?!" Rojoe blinked in surprise as he realized he just caught a glimpse of Pulper charging past him.

"I'LL BEAT YOUS SENSELESS, YA HEAR?!" The punk roared in anger, bum rushing Kaede at full force. Rojoe had no time to react; Pulper was committed to his charge. In this moment, Rojoe briefly glanced over to see how Maruun was fairing... And it didn't seem to be much better.

"What?!" The leader clenched a fist in shock after Toshiro cleaved his fireball in two. "The hell?!" He grit his teeth. He was surprised, but he refused to be shaken, especially by some little mutt! That resolve was quickly tested, however, as he immediately ate a bowl of lightning to the face. Though he held up his arms to guard, there wasn't much they could do to fully protect him from a lightning bolt. And while he heavily stumbled backwards from the attack, he managed to stay on his feet. "Frrrrhhhhh...!" He growled, gnashing his teeth together in an effort to not completely scream out in pain. He still had some dignity he'd like to keep, after all; it was already bad enough that he was getting dunked by some mongrel! Maruun was by no means a pushover, but he had definitely underestimated Toshiro. While he could've blocked the blunt side of the blade that came down at him, Maruun was still reeling from the lightning strike, leaving himself open to a full on attack. "F#%K!" He shouted as he was knocked down.

As Cassandra could only watch the action before her, she heard Toshiro instruct her to leave. While it was a bit hard for her to focus - especially with these large men shouting and hollering alongside the dizzying amount of powers and magic being thrown around - she was just able to make out what he said (or at least she thought he did) and gave a small nod of affirmation. At this point, he definitely seemed to know what he was doing... Quickly, she hugged her messenger bag to her chest and bolted away. She just wanted to return home, she thought. She wanted to keep running: away from those thugs, away from this park, away from everything and hide under the covers in her room like she had done for most of her life.

But she couldn't. Not without feeling guilty, at least.

Instead, she ran back to where she had started; in the small clearing where she was practicing her monologuing earlier. She ran behind a large tree, hiding her form behind a massive trunk. Finally finding reprieve, she slumped against the tree, clutching a hand to her chest. "Ha... H-hahaa..." She breathed heavily, trying to recover from the commotion. Once that quickly stabilized, she gathered the courage to poke her head out from behind the trunk. Her eyes were screwed shut as she did so, fearing Maruun would be waiting for her just on the other side. When she opened her eyes, however, that wasn't the case much to her relief. What she did see was Toshiro still in combat with that punk creep, and a small crowd beginning to form around their fight.

"Hmph...!" Maruun sneered, pushing himself back to his feet. "Is... Is that all ya got?!" The punk leader grinned again, but it was much more forced this time. The grin faltered though once he realized there were more people taking notice. "Tch... Sh%t..." He winced, muttering to himself. "Ugh... There's no way... that I'm gonna look like a total loser in front of all of these chumps...!" He grit his teeth again, letting out a primal snarl. "I'LL SHOW YOU!" Maruun curled his fingers upwards, crossing his arms into an X in front of him. He grinned again - this time, out of desperation, as he began developing multiple fireballs between his fingers. He began to sweat visibly from this apparently high exertion, but this was do or die, and he wasn't about to lose his street cred to some fox boy!

"You think you're tough sh$t?! You think your dumbass magic will beat me?!" He sneered. "Think again, idiot!" The desperate smile grew. "The name's Maruun, ya damn mutt! I'll make sure you'll remember it...!" He laughed manically before his face curled into a vicious scowl. "BY BURNING IT INTO YOUR SKULL!"

The fireballs in his fingers flourished with the heat of his anger, and in that moment, he snapped his arms forward, hurling them all towards Toshiro! For Maruun, this was it: it was all or nothing!

[Yuki]

As the fight went on there was one bystander who had been watching everything. He was just going home after visiting a snow boarding shop, till this fight broke out. Ugh typical street thugs thinking they could have whatever they wanted... Zander Torres had lost count of the street thugs he was forced to fight back in his home town.. He was about to walk away through when someone shouted Mayor. No way... Was that kitsune the Mayor? What was he doing out here with no bodygards? Ugh why did things like this always happen around him? There was no way he could just walk away from this.. Zander then reached into his platic bag pulling out a snowboarding mask putting it on as well as snow boarding goggles. There now no one would see what he looked like.

Mean while Toshiro was unsure how much longer he could keep this up, the magic he had been using was starting to take its toll. This was the first time he had used so much at the same time. But he had to keep fighting he was not going to back down. Maruun now seemed to be feeling the pressure of the crowed as he now seemed to be putting on a bit of a show then the next thing he knew Maruun was throwing dozen of fireballs at him. There was not much Toshiro could do at that point. He tried to dodge the flaming balls of fire but he could not ecscape them all. The fire balls hit Toshiro, the kitsune cried out as he dove to the ground and started to roll trying to put the fires out.

As that happened that is when Zander took action, as Maruun was busy Zander rushed forward without a word, when he got closer to Maruun he came to a stop and aimed a kick right at Maruun's knee cap. Trying to dislocate it. Though if that did not work at least it would still hurt his leg. Zander then ran over to Toshiro who was now a bit singed. Though he was starting to stand back up. Zander offered his hand to the mayor who happily took it as he stood back up. "Th-thank you.." Toshiro said. Sadly at this point the illusions he had up where all gone but the illusion for Cassandra was still there though now hiding begind the bench as if trying to use it for a sheild from the fireballs.

Zander just nodded not really wanting to say anything. Though something happened that Nether Zander or Toshiro expected. The rest of the crowed started to get into it. Tossing things at the thugs, rocks, twigs or what small things they had on them. " Leave our Mayor alone you punks!" One called out. " Your not welcome here!" Another one shouted. It seemed when Zander took action it inspired them to do the same.




( OOC here is the gear Zander is wearing~

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[Draken]

While Kaede was busy fighting the punks she overhears Toshiro caught in a tight spot and a bad one. "(Dang it! These two idiots are stalling me!)" She thought but then she hears a loud voice that's not too far away sounding very angry with the following words, "I'LL BEAT YOUS SENSELESS, YA HEAR?!" Kaede saw the punk rushing her was mad and she had to make a move quick or be tackle to the ground hard. It was at very moment she noticed that the crowd of people were tossing things at the punks and one of those things happened to be a baseball that was heading towards her direction."(Perfect, One fast pitch comin' right up!)" she thought as she grabbed it. Once the ball was in hand she immediately threw a fast ball towards the punk's face hoping that would be enough to slow him down and throw him off.

[Lepa]

Pulper didn't see it coming. And even if he did, he'd have no time to react at the speed he was going! All he knew was the wind at his face and the brat at his 12, and then-

"F%@k!" He shouted, the swear as quick and concise as the ball that violently beaned him in the face. He howled in pain as he stumbled backwards, clutching his hands over his nose. "Sh$t! Sh&t, sh#t, sh%t, sh@t!" He repeated under his palms before releasing a colorful stream of various other obscenities. First his eyes, now his nose?! Today just wasn't his day.

"Gah...!" Rojoe snapped his head back to him. "Pulp! Sh%t, you okay?!" He called out to his comrade, reaching a hand out but stepping no further. He had been keeping an eye on the boss too, after all, and... things weren't going so good for him either.

Though Maruun was heaving from the exertion of his attack, seeing that damn mutt get singed was enough to get his adrenaline rushing. He couldn't help but smirk as the fox rolled around on the ground. Maybe he could still win this, he thought. Yeah, he could totally win this! After all, could magic save you from getting punched in the face? ...Well, maybe, but that's why he had to act before Toshiro had a chance to protect himself! But before he could even get close to him, bam!

"GAH! THE HELL?!"

His leg crumpled beneath him, forcing him to drop to one knee. "Ksh...!" He hissed, clutching at his injured leg. Who did this?! Who the hell did this?! As he looked around, snapping his head back and forth, he saw a masked person running away from where he stood and towards the mutt. "Tch, are you kiddin' me...?!" Maruun growled, gritting his teeth. Some onlooker decided to get involved?! What a load of crap! "No one interferes in my damn fights...!" He snarled, forcing himself to his feet. As soon as he was done with that fox, he'd make that idiot pay, too! Quickly, though, he realized that might not have been in the cards - a sharp pain shot through his leg as he bit down a wince. He glanced down at it. No... This was nothing! He'd just walk it off!

"Hey, mutt!" He growled, though the fatigue in his voice was clearer than ever. "I... I ain't done with you...!" He pointed toward the weakened kitsune's form. He could barely continue before getting pelted with a soda can. "Gh...!" He cringed, and the pain in his leg shot through him once more. He began to hear protests and shouts from the crowd.

"Boss..." Rojoe had scurried up to Maruun, ducking under the debris and trash launched towards them. "I think... I think we gotta ditch..." He muttered just loud enough for him to hear.

"What?!" Maruun shot back a glare, though it was less intimidating as he held an arm up to shield his face from the crowd.

"We gotta go, boss!" Rojoe repeated, pulling at his arm. "It's... it's Pulp!" He motioned his head towards Pulper in the near distance, who was still clutching at his nose in pain. "His face... it got all messed up, yanno?!" It wasn't a lie, but he knew Maruun would be too proud to run away from a fight without reason. "We gotta go take care of it! Pronto!"

"Tch...!" Maruun winced again as he was pelted with a particularly sharp rock. "F... F-fine!" He snarled, and no sooner than he did did Rojoe take off running with him in tow. "This ain't over, kid!" Maruun shouted back to Toshiro as he grew farther away. Rojoe grabbed Pulper as they escaped past him, increasing the distance between themselves and the crowd. "Next time I sees, ya ugly mug, I swear...!" Maruun called out, his voice getting fainter. "I'll pulverize ya! I'll burn ya alive...!"

A brief pause.

"And I won't vote for ya...!"

And then they were gone.

As the commotion died down and the sounds of the crowd were littered with hollers of rally and relief, Cassandra peeked out from behind her tree again. She gulped. "...T-too many people." She murmured to herself. Far too many people - more than she was comfortable with. She wanted to thank Toshiro, but the last thing she needed was an anxiety attack... especially in front a crowd... urk. She shuttered at the thought. "Gh... W-well, he said h-his name was Toshiro... I think..." She mumbled to herself, shrinking back behind her tree. "Maybe I can... just... find him online or something..." She frowned. It would be rude to just leave, but... She was still shaken. She needed the safety of her home. With a sigh, she clutched the bag to her chest, held her breath for a moment, then took off running. She mentally apologized to the kitsune as she discreetly left the scene, unaware that she'd probably see him on the news later that night...

[Yuki]

Zander stood in a fighting stance ready to take on Maruun, but he was not to thrilled at the idea fighting someone with powers. Though it seemed his surprise attack worked the leader was having a hard time moving and standing. But it seemed like he did not want to give up, that was until one of his underlings suggested they leave because one of their own had been badly hurt. It first did not seem like the leader was going to leave but he caved in running off while throwing threats and insults. Zander rolled his eyes, "Just had to get the last word in did ya...." Zander thought to himself as the thugs ran.

Mean while Toshiro was struggling to stay on his feet, he has used to much magic at once and now that the danger was over his adrenaline rush was coming to a end. The young Kitsune looked over where Cassandra had ran off to, only to see she was now gone. Heh she left but he could not blame her, he was just happy he was able to keep her safe. Toshiro then looked at the masked hero that had stepped in, " Th-thank you... I think you should go now.. " The Mayor said knowing the reason he was wearing a mask so no one would see his face, meant he did not want any trouble from this. Zander looked back at Toshiro, at first he hesitated but when the sounds of sirens of police cars could be heard he nodded and ran off.


Toshiro's vision now started to blur, the pain from the burns and the exhaustion hitting all at once caused the young kitsune to pass out. When this happened the bystanders all come to his side worried for their mayor. The cops then came as well as medics. They got Toshiro onto a gurney and into the ambulance and drove away. May not have been the best fight in the world but in the end Toshiro was glad how it turned out.

[Draken]

"*sigh*Good grief..."Kaede said under her breath once the two punks finally decided to leave. Then her attention turned to Toshiro and she saw that someone had helped them which made her less worried though she couldn't tell who it was due to the make they were wearing. She was about to start walking towards the two until she herd sirens in the distance, ("Shoot! I'd hate to leave him on short notice, but I'd better leave before the police show up"), She thought to herself. She immediately leaves the park and catches the nearest bus, on the bus she looks at her phone to see if Kaleo called and see that she had yet to call she decided to call Kaleo herself. The calls ends up going to Kaleo's voicemail so she leaves her a message and then hangs up. After everything that happened in the hour, she realized she never introduced herself to Cassandra and Toshiro and she still didn't know that Toshiro was the mayor thanks to the fight the punks gave her.