There Ain't No Party... (July M.E.)

[Ryu Hikari]

Smirking slightly even more, admittedly, Kazuya had gotten some amusement from seeing Silk jump a bit from being startled, though as always, she was ever the drama queen.

"... Now don't be like that. You should know that's how I always greeted you before, I thought you'd be used to it by now."

Reaching out with one hand, Kazuya would gently massage the spot over her heart, raising an eyebrow at her, not from her staring at him with her natural dark brown eyes, but from the state the invite had ended up in.

"Truly? How unfortunate, because the Student Body President, the one hosting this party, is--"

"CANNONBALL!"

The same yell that had drowned out the last part of his son's sentence had drowned out the last part of Kazuya's sentence. Silk and Kazue must be cursed or something. Though it was not apparent with Kazuya, he did indeed miss Silk, bedroom aside.

"... Yes, but my bedroom in this house is bigger than the one in my house back in Japan... much bigger."

A full-on smirk on his face, he'd reach out and take her hand into his own rough hand, giving her the full on tour, ending with inside his bedroom.

A mock thinking expression appearing on Ryu's face, he'd pretend to ponder over it... for two seconds, before shaking his head.

"... Nope, still felt like a breeze to me."

A slight smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth, this girl was just as sarcastic, if not more, as he was. Challenge Accepted.

"Win? Who said you won? You didn't win anything, last time I checked."

Hearing Mai call out to him, Ryu would poke fun at her as she looked down at him from up top her perch on his back. Mai waving happily at Kazue, Ryu would lift her up higher and give her a proper perch by piggyback.

"Nice to meet you, Kazue, but don't get us started on our ethnicity, it's long, though... a drug party? I'm pretty sure I'm not part of the yakuza or anything, if I was, I wouldn't be the Student Body President for very long..."

"Hi Kazue! Your name resembles our dad's!"

"Yeah, it does... But so does Kazumi's, Aunt's Kevala's daughter."

"Oh yeah..."

A thoughtful look on Mai's face, Ryu would return the familiar smile on Kazue's face with a familiar slight smile of his own.

"Besides the other two Pillars, the Varsity Captain, Kazumi Badoer, and the Head of the School Newspaper, Michael Cypren, and the School Captain, Patrick O'Connor? I'd just go with those three. Come on, I'll show you around the place."

Giving her a tour just after his father had finished his own tour, his would with the two of them walking along the pool edge, Mai having gone back to her room halfway through.

[kazue]

"Well your daughter does the same thing so you are right I should be used to it. Damn you both for being ninja like."

She said with a soft smile. It was nice seeing him again. Admittedly, keeping him and Kazue away from each other from so long was bad for everyone involved. Kazue needed him around and even though Silk hated to admit she needed any help raising her daughter, it would have been nice to have another parent around. Silk was just about to hear who sent her daughter the invite when some brat screamed cannonball. The Spanish woman's eye twitched and she would look around Kazuya's shoulders.

"Is there a brat around here who doesn't know the meaning of an indoor voice. God Kazuya you are much too lax letting people use your home as a party place."

She said not knowing that Kazuya's adopted son was the person who was throwing this party. Curse the little idiots for trying to be the center of attention. Kazuya brought up his bedroom once again and Silk realized it was probably the quietest place in the home right now. It would make sense that Kazuya might want to discuss Kazue and their whole family situation some where private.

"Very well Kazuya, I can take the hint. I will have you know though... if you think you are getting me in bed, you are sorely mistaken. I do have to be mindful of our daughter. She tends to play with fire in various ways... so if we smell smoke we know who is the cause."

She smiled and let him lead her off on tour of the home and to his bedroom.

Meanwhile out at the pool Kazue was being heckled by the new soon to be classmate she met. Her eyebrows raised in mock surprise that he still was not giving her props for having partially knocked him over. We all know walking into him was like walking into a wall for little Kazue, but let her believe what she liked. Kazue's little jaw fell open in a mock gasp. She was as dramatic as her mother.

"How dare you sir, I nearly punched a hole through you when I bumped you. I say that is a win if ever there was one."

She teased back with her smirk showing up again. Ryu's comment about her mother showing up because of a drug party made Kazue snicker.

"My mom used to live in New York but a lot of the people she knew made money in what ever way they could. She didn't know what type of party I was going to. It must have rained or something and gotten in my mailbox cause the person who invited me here... their name got all smudged off."

She said, finally raising those sunglasses to sit on her forehead and reveal her grey eyes.

"Oh so you are the student body president? Does that mean you know everyone in the school? Cause if so that would be awesome! I'm actually looking for like two people. I think their names are the same as my dad's and his last name is --"

The Dj, who ever it was cut off poor Kazue's words as he had set the volume a bit too high for the next song he was playing. Kazue blinked and wondered if Ryu had heard the name. Certainly having the Student body president help you locate your siblings would make things easier. Hearing Mai say that Kazue's name was like their dad's, Kazue blinked and smiled at her. She giggled at the young girl.

"Well I was named after my dad. My mom said I was too close of an image to him to not be named after him. Maybe one day our dads can meet and talk about what cool kids they have."

She smiled sweetly at Ryu's little sister and brushed some of her black hair from her face.

"I like your name Mai, it is cute like you are. You are so lucky Ryu, you have an adorable sister."

Kazue meant it. She thought Mai looked absolutely adorable. At the mention of pillars she looked confused.

"Wait... are we talking about people or did you name supporting construction? Cause dude.... if you named parts of your house... we need to find you some friends."

She smirked her sarcastic little smirk once more. If you took the spanish looks from the young half and half girl, she would be a female version of her father no doubt.

"Show me around... so wait... this is your place? That is so cool. Here I was worried I was going to be like the only rich kid in a public school. Before this... I was in a private school. According to them I acted too poor to be there any way. I'm glad for a change of scenery."


She smiled at Ryu and let him lead her about the house. Occasionally asking questions about the school and the people who went there. It was quite amazing that they would miss their parents on their little tour but it turned out that way.

[Guy]

"Got some extras over there, do I even want to know what you plan to do with them? Actually... never mind, I don't..."

A voice came from a rather indignany looking fellow all too slow to lower his headphones down to answer in a single point hand his response. It drew Guy's features into a cautious stare.

"What? I mean, what do you think I'd do other than swim in them."

Guy would grimace momentarily finding a way to slink to the other end of the poolside, working his way into the hot tub area and cautiously giving a look around before pulling his pants down and cautiously dressing into the spare looking around as though he were the sort of prey birds went after.

[Cael Seran]

Cael would barely bat his eyes at Aryanna, in fact he looked on past her making sure to strike her once with the emerald hues and make her feel something insignificant. It was all just a game, and with her all the more so. Perking up his jaw into a smile he'd linger his eyes over his "Aunt" and Mr. Hikari. Sure he'd heard a bit here and there from his father about the man but would hardly consider him family by any notion.

Kevala of course gave into his demands, even with the little wet behind the ears puppy dog Jerome sweating it in the background. A small drawn up grin, the sort a child would make knowing they could press any button to get their way, would make an appearance on his face when Kazuya corrected her. Dog. The only word he could think as he cracked a smile forcing himself not to break out into hysterical laughing fits.

As Kazuya took his leave Cael broke the facade and spoke up once more, "Nothing more than a lap-dog wanting into your pants Auntie, maybe a few more children will show him his penis is not a toy."

A mean spirited laughter as he flitted forward beckoning Jerome onward and to the basement where they met John. A wide grin from ear to ear still in a deranged sense of amusement over this whole exchange before slamming down on the table. "A bottle of Jameson's and Jaeger now."

[Ryu Hikari]

"Kazue is half-Japanese and I am Japanese after all, if neither of us were not ninja-like, how could either of us call ourselves Japanese, half or full?"

Gently massaging the spot over top Silk's heart as if he was trying to lower her pulse-pounding heartbeat, even though her heart was about as racing as a snail, he'd smile slightly back at her, pulling his hand back after a little while. Having been a single parent for 6 years, taking care of not just one, but two kids, he knew what Silk had gone through raising Kazue up by herself.

Seeing her eye twitch and look over his shoulder as some kid did and screamed out cannonball, Kazuya would lift his hand up and methodically palm his own face. Now you knew where Kazue got that action from, even Kuro, Kazuya's cat, did it too.

"... Yes well, it is an outdoor pool Silk, I don't think telling them to keep it down would do any of us any good. Besides, I'm only here for a vacation, I don't stay here all the time."

In fact, it would be Ryu and Mai that stay in the house all the time, seeing as he had bought the land and built the house for his two children, and seeing as Ryu was not one to throw parties all the time, and definitely not Mai, she was still in middle school and young, he need not worry about the house ending up trashed or destroyed.

"... Come come Silk, what do you take me for? Even though it has been fifteen years, I am NOT that desperate after all this time. If I had been trying to do that, I would've just forgone the tour and just lead you straight to my bedroom. She is your daughter and mine, I wouldn't be surprised if she does, regardless of what you or I do or do not do."

Giving Silk's hand a gentle squeeze, he'd smile slightly at her before leading her upstairs and to his bedroom, where he'd quietly close the doors after she went inside, and take a seat on one of the pair of cushions at the Japanese table in his room, gesturing for her to take a seat if she wished.

"... What will happen? The two of us, I mean. I will not be in New York forever, I will be returning to Japan soon."

Andy staring back at the guy with a blank look on his face, he give a simple shrug of his shoulders.

"Hey man, I got asked some pretty innocent sounding questions by some of the guy students here, only to learn they have some not so innocent plans with whatever it was they asked me. Sorry if I sounded a little douchey, just don't want anything to end up blowing up in my face again."

Leaving the guy to grab the swim shorts, Andy would pull his headphones back on and resume his duties as the DJ.

Jake standing behind the bar, adamantly refusing to give some kids that were pestering him for the whole bottle of vodka, the sound of slamming down on the counter made him end the argument then and there, and turned to the two guys that had just arrived.

"Comin' up."

Working quickly, in no time flat, he'd slid the two bottles to the Seran kid, and move down the bar to help out another group that had come down.

His smile continuing to tug at the corners of his mouth at Kazue raising her eyebrows in mock surprise and her jaw dropping and acting like a drama queen, though she was smaller than him, she hadn't been sent bouncing back by the collision. All things considered, Ryu had to give her props, she was a tough girl.

"Yeah. Right, more like a small dent, I barely even felt that. You win nothing, NUH-THING."

A bit of a smirk on his face as well, it would be quickly replaced by a frown, not only because of her gray eyes, which reminded him a lot of his father's own eyes, but because of the state her invitation had ended up in.

"Really? That's unfortunate, since I was the one that--"

"Oh cra-- Watch out! Incoming!"

Immediately yanking Kazue down to avoid a frisbee accidentally thrown their way, the moment the coast was clear, he'd let go of her and straighten up. Sending a frown Will's way as he accidentally set the volume too high for the next song he played, Will would send a sheepish grin back Ryu's way, and give a little shrug of his shoulders.

Unfortunately for Kazue, he had not heard the names, he had tried reading her lips, but in the end, what he managed to decipher was "Hekawi." There was no one in the school with that last name. Was that even a last name?

"Oh that's so cool, Kazue! Ryu was named after our dad, while I was named after my mom. I wanna meet your dad now, Kazue! I'd think you'd like our dad! But... I'm... not cute..."

"I think dad and just about everyone else that has met you would beg to differ, imouto-chan."

Giving her brother a smack on his back, she'd just glare silently at him.

"Ow... Hahaha. And I mean people, Kazue. The three Pillars and the School Captain are the ones that basically keep the peace by breaking up any fights between the other students at school. Besides, if anyone would name supporting construction, it'd be the workers that built our house, not me."

Smirking that sarcastic smirk of his, you can't take any looks from Ryu to get him looking like his dad, because he doesn't even have any blood relation to Kazuya, Emily, or Mai.

"Yeah, well, my dad bought the land and built the house for us, he doesn't stay here except for when he comes for a vacation, it's just Mai and me the rest of the time. I used to go to a public junior high school along with my other step-cousins before transferring here, but I must not look rich, because most of my classmates were sad to see me leave."

Giving Kazue the grand tour, except for a single picture of their grandfather in the living room, the only pictures of his dad were in Ryu and Mai's bedrooms, but he only pointed them out to Kazue, he didn't actually take her inside them. Answering her questions about the school and the students and teachers there, soon enough, they were back at the pool, and were now walking along the pool edge.

"Hey Kazue? I hope you find your siblings. I know I'm looking for my half-sister myself, I think her last name is--"

"Hey Ryu! Think fast!"

And without warning, a hand belonging to his friend Daisuke Kobayashi would emerge from the pool and grab Ryu's ankle, yanking him into the deep end of the pool. Ryu's arm automatically stretching out, he'd grab onto the closest thing to him which was, you guessed it, Kazue, unfortunately. He'd end up pulling her along for the ride and into the pool.

*KER-SPLASH!*

Someone gonna get hurt real bad

[kazue]

"Oh sure, work the asian angle."

Silk said with a teasing smile. Kazuya's hand on her chest was a rather intimate touch and despite having been apart for so long...Silk didn't mind it. Though no doubt if anyone saw them like this it might lead to the wrong idea. She could only think of what her daughter might think seeing this. The spanish woman knew her daughter would love nothing more than to see her parents together. Kazuya replied to her twitching and comment about the loud kids and she blinked.

"You really think your kids are fine with out supervision? I don't think I could trust Kazue to not end up in jail. Her temper has gotten her in quite a bit of trouble at school."

Though Silk was hardly one to talk. She had no doubt been in her share of trouble and has been arrested more than a few times. Now the cops just don't even bother. They warn her and let her go. Not cause she pays them off but because she never changes. Some would find that comforting though. Silk would be lead around on the tour and eventually they would go into his room. She would sit down at one of the cushions and blink at his question. What would happen between the two of them? Right. Silk had almost forgotten. She sighed softly and looked over at him.

"Well...I... I don't know. Kazue asked me the same question. Her and I talked about it and she does want us to be a big family. I just... I think if you and I try to work this out, the kids should be kept in the dark for a bit. I don't want Kazue getting her hopes up and then something bad happens between us and it doesn't work out. She'd be crushed."

Silk said her face for once looking serious and showing that she had thought this through.

"Sanada corp has been going through some rocky moments. My ex has messed quite a bit of the stuff up. So I have to go to Japan myself and fix a few of his mistakes. I was thinking... I take a lot of trips to Japan to deal with Sanada Corp and I can tell Kazue that is why I'm going. It isn't a lie. The time I have away from there... could be spent with you. You know trying to make this work."

A few locks of her silver hair slipped from the pony tail and fell. She reached up and tucked them behind her ears.

"I think before you leave though, we should sit down and have a family dinner. You, your son and daughter with me and Kazue. It might be hard for the kids to find one another and I don't want to leave Kazue here with out anyone to look after her. It might be good if she stayed with your kids while I am away. Give them more time to learn about each other."

She said softly looking at him.

"Does that sound alright to you? Is that what you want?"

Kazue smirked at Ryu. He was very sarcastic but she was having oh so much fun with it. He was cute too. Oh no, she better not think that way. If she starts getting a crush or something she becomes an utter idiot. Hearing someone call out and then suddenly being pulled out of the way made Kazue flail a bit. She had no idea what was going on but was thankful of being moved.

"Well... that was close."

She commented an annoyed look shooting to anyone who could have thrown that frisbee. She turned her attention to Mai after Ryu let her go. She giggled and smiled at Mai.

"I'd like you to meet him too, but he's in Japan right now. Trust me Mai... you are adorable. My mom would try and spoil you because of how cute you are. She'd take you out for hours of shopping, get you a ton of clothes and probably any toys or necklaces you wanted. She can't help but spoil cute people or animals. That is why the two pets we have are total lazy butts."

She giggled and looked to Mai. A gentle hand poking the little girl on the nose. Then Kazue said in a sing song voice...

"Kawaii Mai-chan is kawaii."

Kazue would switch her attention to Ryu and nod as he explained who the pillars were.

"Ah, Interesting. We didn't have a Pillar system at my old school. Just a bunch of rich wannabes and over achievers."

Kazue blinked as he spoke about his old school and how his dad is only home on his vacations and how he had step-cousins. She wondered if once her family was together, how big would it be? Would she have cousins? What about grandparents? Aunts? Uncles? It would be nice to have a big family.

"Wow, wait... your dad lets you stay home alone? Lucky! Every time my mom has to do something for business she either takes me along or hires a group of bodyguards to watch me. Something about how I am too much like her and how she gave birth to me so she knows what trouble I can get into. She's funny when she goes on those rants. I laugh through the entire thing. The bodyguards are cool and sometimes even play video games with me but most of the time I'm on my own till mom gets back."

Kazue would follow Ryu around on the tour. It was nice talking to someone. She didn't like to admit it but Kazue got lonely and even at a huge party where there were a bunch of new people...the outgoing girl still felt like a bit of an outcast. Talking to Ryu lessened that feeling though. Once back at the pool side she smiled at him.

"It is much bigger then my penthouse. It's nice."

As Ryu tried to tell Kazue about who he was looking for she heard someone's voice and looked down just in time to see them reach for Ryu. It happened so fast... If the young girl had a couple more seconds she might have been able to save Ryu or at least her self. Ryu held onto her and both fell into the pool. Kazue clung to her floaty and still went under then bobbed back up clutching it and taking a gulp of air. Now... normally the young girl would take a while to get riled up but with all the sudden accidents that had been happening to interrupt the conversation between her and Ryu she must have finally snapped.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"

She said as she clung to her floaty. It had shocked her, the falling into the pool. Like her mother, she didn't deal with shock or fear very well. It usually turned to anger and annoyance and this was no exception. It was probably good Mai had returned to her room cause nice Kazue was about to change. Kazue's eye twitched a bit as she tried to keep her anger down. This was a pool party and there were people here. She didn't want to ruin everyone's fun time. Soon she had calmed her self down enough that she didn't look like she would kill anyone but a sadistic smirk crossed her lips as she caught sight of the boy who had pulled her and Ryu in. He was clambering to get out before he got what was coming to him from Ryu.

Kazue seemed to disappear in the water. All that was seen was a mass of her black hair and then her hand shot from the water. She grasped the boy's swim trunks and gave them a tug. Down came his swim trunks and she popped out of the water with a rather large smirk. People looked and the boy tried to cover himself with his hands.

"You should be more careful getting out of the water dude. Sometimes you lose your trunks..."

Kazue said a bit casually which was a drastic change from the freaked out panic sound of her voice earlier.

[Jacelyn Winters]

Jace honestly wasn't too keen on showing up at some student's summer party. Not that she didnt love parties, it was just that being a teacher, she was worried that the kids would see her more as a stick in the mud adult rather than the person that she really was. Even though nothing about her suggested such a thing. Ever.

But, when Tray, a guy from one of her college courses asked her to go, she decided that she was going to throw caution to the wind and agree. She was young enough to pull off being one of the students, and well, technically she was. So what was the harm in going to a party with a guy that was not that much younger than herself and who was also a student? She saw none. So, she had agreed and now here she was sitting in the passenger seat of his car as he pulled into the driveway, letting out a slow whistle as he looked up at the house.

"Woah, this dude's house is huge." A little shake of his head as he turned off the ignition and then turned to look at the petite brunette in the seat next to him. Jacelyn would then give a little giggle of her own and turn to look at him in return. "Much nicer than anything I have ever lived in. In fact, I am almost certain I have never even been in a house this big."

A small chuckle given from Tray before he would climb out of the car, Jace doing the same as she reached back behind her to tug on the hem of the t-shirt she was wearing. It was a pool party right? So she had opted to just throw on her pink and black striped bikini and pull a shirt on over that. Needless to say, if she didn't keep tugging, she was going to be showing off her ass a lot sooner than she would like.

A few moments later, the two were making their way into the party, or at least into the general area of the party, his hand reaching down and lacing his fingers with her own as he tugged her along toward the pool area. Her free hand coming down to grasp the end of her shirt and pulling it off over her head, since yeah...they were headed for the pool. Releasing his hand for a moment in order to do so. This left her in nothing but a pink bikini and her flip flops, t-shirt grasped in her free hand as her other returned to intertwine with his own.

Though, just as they were about to head out onto toward the rest of the group, one of Tray's friends came strolling up. A cocky little grin on his face as he slapped Tray on the shoulder and then gave Jace a steady and almost creepy once mover.

"Nice one dude." A little chuckle, turning back to his friend. "But hey, owner of this place just told some kid where the bar is. I say that we hit that shit up." Nodding off into the direction of said bar.

Tray would glance at Jace and then his own cocky and arrogant little grin would curl onto his lips. "Come on. We can hit the pool after we get a drink." Not really suggesting it so much as telling her that was what he wanted to do. Though Jace would move to pull her hand from him, shaking her head just slightly. "I don't know if that's--


Her words cut short as he took off, tugging her along with him and forcing her to try and regain her footing before keeping up with him. However, once the reached the bar area, she found herself a bit thrown off by the sight of Cael sitting there. Yeah, just what he needed, to be drinking.

Meaning to say something to him, she once more opened her mouth to speak before again getting cut off by Tray as he took a seat down directly next to Cael, releasing her hand in the process and wrapping his arm about her waist to tug her in against him. "They got anything good here kid?" Speaking to Cael of course...Jace's eyes glancing toward him and then back at Tray, an inward groan given.

[Cael Seran]

Cael made swiftly to wrangle the drinks from the man's grasp figuring it swifter to take them rather than risk the opportunity to look the fool and be just as quickly denied. A brief jostling chuckle from Jerome would irritate Cael a little, the boy was tough but a tagger nonetheless. Simply riding along on the coat tails of his own greatness. Perked cheeks upwards he'd pour a glass of the mixed concoction and slide it before him before making one of his own a fair share taller and thicker in dark hue.

A jostling noise would be heard right beside him feeling the very air shift a bit hotter than it'd once been before. Cael's glance never even shifted but he could feel a presence similar to his own. Arrogance begot arrogance so it seemed but Cael was a step ahead, he felt his own arrogance was backed by legitimate strengths.

"They got anything good here kid?"

His gaze would shift upwards and to the side catching the man's motions taking prize over a particularily attractive therapist he'd known and faded interest in at one point or another. Haha.

Cael would softly chuckl cocking his glass up to his lips slowly before resting them along the rim. "Not for faggots who need to stuff their pouches." A little snicker given cocking back the glass to shoot the drink. A heavy breath of exhasperation feeling Jerome's features shift to one of slight horror.

[Jacelyn Winters]

Jace would shake her head slightly. She didn't need to be psychic to know that the air in this room had shifted and become rather thick with a tension that could only be created by two egos about to clash. As Tray spoke to Cael, Jace would sigh, reaching down to curl her fingers about Tray's in order to keep him in place.

She knew Cael well enough at this point to know that he wasn't going to let Tray's ego outmatch his own, especially when being talked down to in such a passive manner. And sure enough, there came the retort...though not without casting her a look that honestly made her feel very uncomfortable in her own skin.

She never knew what to make of him, but she also knew that it shouldn't matter. She had tried to be his friend and if he didn't want her to be...well not much she could do about it. Though, once he spoke, she would hear that growl from Tray, his hand on her side gripping a bit tighter. Not so much because of anything to do with her, but because he was getting angry and she was in the path of it all. A little hiss of pain given as his nail dug into her delicate flesh, causing her to pry herself free from his grasp, which he did not protest. "Let me guess, you are another one of those rich kids that thinks everyone else should lick your boots." Scoffing the words at him as he would turn back to the bartender. "Scotch...And some fruity little drink for the lady." A nod of his head in Jace's direction about all she was worth of in this moment, at least with all this testosterone in the air.

Still the unease of the situation made her nervous, not ever having been one for such confrontations and wishing for nothing more than to be able to turn and leave....which was exactly what she went to do. However, she was quickly stopped by Tray's friend who stepped in front of her to cut her off. "You should stick around and watch while Tray kicks this kids ass." That same icky grin on his face.

"Tray stop it. Lets just go out and enjoy the party." A glance then given to Cael as she shook her head. "Please...." She knew it wouldn't do any good to try ad reason with either one, but she did just the same.

"How about you just shut up and look pretty. I will be with you in a minute." An irritated little come back at her comments before he would grab his drink that was given to him and down it in one quick sip, leaving Jacelyn's sitting there in case she wanted it.

"Besides, you are the one here with another dude. From what I can tell, your the faggot. Least I got me a hot little piece of ass." He wasn't the brightest color in the box, nor was he the smoothest. Sadly, that just seemed to be the type always attracted to Jace. Though yeah, his words could only make her groan once more and fold her arms over her chest. Not able to do much else.

[Cael Seran]

Cael wouldn't look the guy in the eyes, it may look as though he was hiding from eye contact but in reality it was something more in line with his ego. The lesser of the species didn't deserve to glance up at him but quite affectionately lick his boot as the boy had so fondly put it. A cruel and cold sort of laughter filled the room making its presence known. Cael couldn't stop, it made him look stark raving mad, enough to put even Jerome in the corner a bit.

"One you're so adament about losing too I can see AHAHAH."

Cael's drink finished and pressed back across to the bartender he simply rolled his shoulders caring little about the confrontation but looking forward to the after effects. His casual gaze would carry over the man's shoulder giving Jacelyn a wink. Purposely taunting his opponent on.

[Jacelyn Winters]

Tray Stats:

Str: 25
Dex: 20
Con: 15
Int: 10
Wis: 8
Cha: 10

Tray would take about a split second to notice that wink that was given over his shoulder to Jacelyn, getting a growl from him before he slammed his fist into that smug little bastards jaw. "She is way out of your league...boy.." Clearly making the assumption that this kid was way too young and immature for the likes of the small brunette.

Though, to be honest, Jace felt very confused at this moment. She wasn't sure what they were fighting over, and throwing her into the midst of their little mental/verbal confrontation just proved to confuse her more. Though once Tray had taken a swing at Cael, she would gasp slightly and take a step forward. "TRAY!"

She didn't like the idea of anyone fighting, let alone when one guy had no reason to be getting jealous. One, they were not "together" and two, Jace was not the type of girl guys got jealous over. It just didn't ever happen. If anything, she was starting to feel like she was nothing more than a scapegoat to conceal the real reason for all this...their egos.

[Cael Seran]

*Crunch*

A hard fist to the face catching a bit of the glace on the inside of his mouth knocking him clear off his seat into an awkward stumble before catching the floor in an awkward position. *Click... Fizz* The vial in his pocket went off into his thigh making him cringe from the sudden pain it'd sent through his body.

"Pffft.."

Cael would spit the blood in his mouth all over the floor, probably deserving a good talking to from Kazuya at some point for staining his floor. Cael's eyes would glaze over and the power seemingly flowed through him like never before.

"Hah, cute punch."

A quirked grin pulling himself up into a drunken looking stammer, wavering to his feet and holding himself balanced by the stool.

Upon getting up Cael would laugh again pausing for just a moment before uppercutting to the guy's gut with a fist. Coming down on the opposite fist he'd slam across the face.

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Strength: 20
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 15 (+9)
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 15 (+8)
Charisma: 11

[Jacelyn Winters]

Jacelyn would shift to move forward, of course concerned about Cael seeing as how he got knocked out of his seat and all. Though a large hand would shoot back and grasp her about her bicep, jerking her backwards so that her back was flush with the other guy's chest. "You stay right here. Let them settle it." His breath on her neck as he spoke a little too close to her ear.

Just then Cael came up off the floor, his fist slamming into Tray's gut and doubling him over with a little grunt of pain. The second blow to his face knocking him fully to the ground where he would growl and spit out a bit of blood from the cut inside his mouth.

He was quick to recover though, jumping back to his feet and throwing his right fist into Cael's torso region before using the other to try and deliver a swift left hook into his jaw. Not as easily beaten as this boy might have hoped he was. "Come on you little bitch. Lets see what you got." Egging him one, while behind them a little yelp would sound out as Jace tried to jerk away. "Stop it! Both of you!" She hated fights, with a passion, though that was for personal reasons that had nothing to do with what was going on here.

Already she could feel tears building in her eyes, though not really for either one of them. No, it was her past coming to haunt her and the tension in the air playing havoc on her nerves. Knowing she could easily jerk away from the guy who had her, but her mind not working on all cylinders right now, so yeah, she didn't think about it. She was too focused on the two fighting.

[Cael Seran]

Cael couldn't help but feel pumped up, the adrenoline in his veins was now pumping to the fullest his body responding to a degree he couldn't truly recall ever before. This was going to be child's play. A sinister little chuckle rolling in the back of his throat as he took the punch to his torso ducking in his limbs to block much of the blow still feeling the response echo through his body. Pulling his fists up he'd shield his face from getting knocked the fuck around.

"Heh Heh, It'll be a damn shame having you eat your own words."

Cael would jostle tucking his shoulder in opposite of the side of the chin that Tray had hit using the momentum to thrust the opposite shoulder upright and beneath his jaw snapping his teeth together and maybe rattle a bit of his brains. At this point with the gap closed his hands would lurch up beside each side of his head and pull his face down to Cael's kneecap and drive the kneecap into the bridge of his nose.

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2/8
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 15 (+9)
Intelligence: 14
Wisdom: 15 (+8)
Charisma: 11

[Jacelyn Winters]

Tray let out a bellowing sound of pain as his face was driven into Cael's kneecap. Splitting the bridge of it open and obviously breaking it as it now sat at a somewhat awkward angle. Staggering back, both hands cupping his nose to catch the blood that had begun to spill down his face, those eyes would look to Cael, narrowing as he grabbed the first thing he could find, a bar stool.

Not thinking things through, clearly, he would raise it over his head and charge at Cael, aiming to crack it over his arrogant little skull and hopefully bash his skull in in the process. Jacelyn already saw the flaws in this plan, and yet there was nothing she could do to stop it. Much like watching a train wreck that was about to happen and feeling powerless to get in the way.

Still, as the guy holding her began to tighten his grip with his own excitement and she felt him starting to shift as if to join in on the fray, she would growl and jerk her arm free from him...already noting the five distinct bruises forming there from his tight grip on her delicate flesh.

He blinked a bit, looking at her a bit bewildered as to how she could have gotten free and then turned his attention back to the fight, jumping forward in some attempt to help his buddy. Though, an instant later, the sound of glass would be heard shattering along with a very distinct little "EEP!" from behind him. The big guys eyes going wide and sort of glossing over as he collapsed to his knees and then face planted into the ground.

Behind him? Jacelyn with what had been a gallon sized bottle of some kind of whiskey or other. Her own eyes a bit wide with surprise at her actions as she looked down at him then back to the bottle in her hands, quick to drop it and scramble out of the way, eyes focused once more on the fight happening in front of her.