The Commanders exchanged looks for a moment, but were quick to shut their mouths before they got yelled at further by the Captain. They were both well aware what this Captain was like when he was angry. And one thing was for sure, they didn't want something to be blown up unnecessarily. Especially if it were either of them. However, they were both more than willing to let out a simultaneous:

"Yes, Captain Baku!"

Of course as soon as he held out his arm, both Hibiki and Will's eyes widened in surprise. Hibiki was fine where he was, but Will knew exactly what was about to happen and he needed to move. And he needed to move fast. He scrambled to the side, stepping away from Ryu, the obvious target of the soon-to-be-fired weapon of choice for Captain Baku. If he got caught up in the blast himself, he'd be in big trouble! He scrambled away as quickly as his legs could carry him, moving to stand beside Hibiki, on the opposite side of him from their Captain.

"Heheh...Lizard Boy's in pretty big trouble now," Hibiki commented, a snide smirk beginning to cross his face.

"Y-yeah..." Will remarked back at his fellow Commander, still a bit shaken from being in the cannon's blast radius a few seconds ago. "Nobody gets out of the Captain's blast unharmed." 

However, Ryu did not seem frightened for even the briefest of moments. Instead...his face darkened as the Marine Captain showed up on the scene and bellowed what he did. His eyes narrowed and he felt his hands clench themselves into instinctive balls. His teeth clenched and it was all he could to to keep himself from rushing straight into the obvious cannon fire. Of course, he had been taken aback by the sudden appearance of a huge cannon, as well as the ease with which it was wielded...but it was all drowned out by fury in less than a few seconds. He glared at the Captain, furiously burning a hole in the Captain's head with his eyes.

"Wr-wrongdoers...?" he murmured under his breath. "How-!?" But just as he was about to explode and unleash his anger...he felt something on his shoulder. At roughly the same moment, the cannon erupted, firing a large iron ball straight for him. His eyes widened and he crossed his arms, ready to defend himself against the blast...only to feel the grip on his shoulder tug, pulling him backward.

"What-?" he started, but was interrupted again by a flash of metal and the cannon ball having been cleaved completely in two, harmlessly falling to either side completely. It took Ryu a few moments to register everything that had just happened. And when it finally did click in his head, he looked up at the same swordsman from earlier in the day. Did...did he really just cleave that cannon ball in two...?

"Er...y-yeah," Ryu murmured in awe, his anger seemingly forgotten all at once. "Thanks...."

Meanwhile, the Commanders were stunned into silence. Neither of them had really registered what had happened, but they could both see the results the same as anyone else. Not only was that dragon man still standing, but there was another swordsman in the way, and he looked like he had barely even lifted a finger to escape the blast. Who...who was this guy...?