[h2][center][color=BFBFBF]Zenkichi Hasegawa[/color][/center][/h2]
[center]Deep Ground- The Source[/center]
[center]Lvl 6 Zenkichi - (61/60) -> Lvl 6 (65/60)[/center]
[center]Word Count: 550 words[/center]

As the Seekers exchanged words and philosophies with their newly-arrived opponent's, something...changed. Nobody but Nox seemed to be able to tell, but whatever it was, he reacted to it about as well as Zenkichi had to Aoi's death, stumbling and raving as though his life had just been ripped out from under him. And, based on the way he was talking...it had. Ten minutes. Given that he was just talking about undoing all the damage he'd done, the evil he'd wrought, Zenkichi got the feeling that this wasn't their first rodeo. And boy, was that thought harrowing. [color=BFBFBF]"Ten minutes...all he got was ten minutes. What a joke."[/color] Zenkichi shook his head, but that was neither here nor there. Nox gave up. 

And with that, it looked like things were about to wrap up fairly nicely. Sam and Mephisto looked like the wind had been ripped right out of their sails, and frankly, there wasn't even a snowball's chance in hell that Travers could deal with the full might of the Seekers collected here. He'd put up a fight, but not enough of one. 

Unless the other remaining Consul decided to join in on his own terms, transforming Mephisto into a monstrous bird-like creature. [color=BFBFBF]"You [i]monster!"[/i][/color] Zenkichi howled, summoning his greatsword. Still, with Tycoon stirring, they had to act, and even as the transformed Mephisto created clouds of gas that made Zenkichi wish his mask covered his mouth, he ran at the Guardian, buffing himself with Rakukaja to help shrug off the titan's blows and the sting of the gas clouds. 

It was not an easy task, however, as Zenkichi found his vision obstructed enough that he had to abandon attacking more than once to reposition, which left him open to taking a surprisingly soft blow from the Guardian. Yes, he was defense-buffed, but still...that was like a feather! More threatening were the frozen lasers, which further reduced his mobility and forced him to maneuver around their lines of fire, lest he wind up being blasted around by them. Still, there were patches of safe zones he could work with, even if their relative infrequency limited his ability to dish out damage. But as soon as Rakukaja expired, Zenkichi threw it back up to keep himself covered. Susie seemed to be doing alright for the moment, and if things got dicey he'd be more than happy to throw a Heat Riser her way and keep her going, but he had another way to put the hurt on.

[color=BFBFBF]"Valjean, Megidola!"[/color] Changing tune to dodging and relying on Valjean to attack, Zenkichi found himself even more taxed as Tycoon ramped up its efforts, covering the arena with little balls that started getting larger way too quick. This time, however, he missed the mark, another target zone hidden by Mephisto's clouds, and the follow-up strike from Tycoon landed nearly head-on, launching Zenkichi a bit away and knocking him onto his butt. [color=BFBFBF]"Ohhh, that stings. Still in this thing, though."[/color] He mumbled to himself, stretching his arms. [color=BFBFBF]"Let's go for a One-shot Kill this time, Valjean."[/color] He ordered. 

It was slow going, but between his many buffs and ability to deal damage from a distance with Valjean, Zenkichi was able to help Susie in slowly wearing down the Guardian.