Rajaka grinned beneath his mask as Mikhael's word snapped in two. The giant grunted happily, but before he moved to strike the young boy once more, his target tossed the broken blade aside and asked a question that tore deeper than any blade ever could. Something in the towering man cracked, an invisible nerve within him that fancied little more than excitement, adrenaline, and battle that could push him to his limits.

	[i]'What do you want?'[/i] As if he didn't know! Rajaka grit his teeth angrily and tightened his posture, reeling both armed closer to his waist and bending both knees. Mikhael kept blabbering on, but Rajaka wasn't having any of it. He glared at him, containing a rage that built like relentless magma. When the boy dropped to one knee, the cap was full to bursting within his would-be executioner.

	"That's it?!" Rajaka blurted, stomping his foot against the ground hard enough to shake the entire field, "That's really it, huh!? You're just another sniveling kid! Another fucking disappointment! I don't [i]care[/i] about your humanity, but if you're so goddamn eager to die," The giant stepped forwards and pulled his right leg back, "I'll be happy to oblige!"

	[center][h1]"Stop!"[/h1][/center]

	Maya's voice cracked the tension within Rajaka's stance, and froze him in place just moments before the edge of his boot struck Mikhael's face. A blow that would have ended the boy was stopped by no more than a word. Dust and air pelted Mikhael in placed of the giant's mighty foot, no less frightening than a raging storm. Rajaka turned his head towards the village, catching Maya's slender figure, draped in white, only a few yards away, and closing fast. He pulled his foot back and glanced at her, wide-eyed with shock and disbelief. But his brow lowered again, and his smile returned once he recognized her lovely face.

	"Maya, Babe! You haven't aged a fucking day!" Rajaka shouted crudely, slowly walking towards her with his hands extended out to his sides, "Gimme a hug!"

	"Silence, demon!" She shrieked, raising her palm to face him, "Begone from this place, or face-"

	"Seriously hun, stick to your [i]benevolent[/i] shtick," Rajaka interrupted, "You're threatening the wrong fuckin' guy." The Queen wavered in his stance for a split second, but reaffirmed herself and began gathering power within her gut.

	"I will not-"

	"I'm here to kill you," Rajaka blurted, not allowing Maya to speak any further, "How's that for news? Haha!"