Kousuke sits on the roof after class. He had told the captain that he wouldn't be able to make practice today so instead he went to one of the places he loved the most. He sits on the roof staring up the sky and wondering where and what he'll be at the end of the day. Kousuke did not love to fight and he certainly was not happy about the way things had been going lately, but there was no point dwelling on it. That would not help him or anyone else, he had to be a hero, because if he wouldn't how could he ask others to be?

But then he remembers that he is supposed to go to some boarded up building and hops down then heads off to where he is supposed to be and knocks on the door.

Sophia smiles at Kousuke, joining him at the location. She sits across from him. Hopefully, Kail calmed down a little for when he joined them. “Sorry for asking you to meet again. I spoke to Kail after lunch about somethings. We wanted request to hold off the assault on Libra’s base for maybe a few days, so that Kail can coordinate a few things. I believe he had a few ideas to make this more successful. Would you be willing to hear him out?”


Tag: Killian Lancaster

Amarissa saw Kousuke leave, not headed for practice like he usually did and let her curiosity get the best of her. She followed him up to the roof and then, when it seemed he suddenly remembered something else, to an old warehouse where she was surprised to find Sophia. "Hey Kou, hey Sophia. What's going on?" she asked. Trying to be casual, like she just happened to be here, she pulled a small canvas from her bag along with her paint supplies and began sketching out the inside of the warehouse.

Kail was leaning against a far wall as he was clearing his mind and heard a few voices. Two were female voices and one of them was Sophia and the other Amarissa. He did hear the knock from the door "Come on in, I am waiting" Kail yelled out as he was waiting for everyone to come in. They would be heading through rear entrance that would lead from a back area and they would see Kail out in the main area. It would be mostly standing room and he would look very calm in the dim light, even though there were a lot of things swimming in his mind. None the less he had to get this done, although hoped that he could try and convince Kousuke without resorting to that corse of action. The only thing he did not plan on was Amarissa showing up to this.

"We have much to talk about, so get in now" said Kail calmly but his voice was very firm and serious on the matter.

As Kousuke sees Amarissa he feels a sense of reassurance. If she was with him he believed he could handle this confrontation...and he didn't doubt the Mars Knight would turn it into one. As he arrives he follows the Mars Knight and as he insists on Kousuke coming in he frowns. "That's pretty rude for someone who asked me to come." He comments and wanders then leans against a wall.

"So what do you want to talk about? And more importantly why does it need to be in a sketchy building?" He asks.

Sophia nods at Amarissa, "We wanted to talk about the Libra thing." She enters the building as Kail calls back. She smiles at Kail, as if urging him to be calm and cool about the situation. He was still tense even after his walk, it seemed. It’s not like Kousuke wouldn’t understand. “I don’t think Kail meant anything personally,” she says, trying to smooth the situation over. Looking around, Sophia shrugs, “This is far from the sketchiest place that I’ve been to in the last week. Ok. Kail, tell everyone what you had in mind.”

Amarissa jumped a little when she heard Kail, and frowned at the canvas as the pencil reacted. She hadn't noticed him standing over there. She relaxed a little as everyone seemed to accept her being there and didn't ask her to leave. Sophia explained what was going on, but there was a lot of tension between the two knights. Kousuke looked relieved that she was here, she was worried but she didn't let it show and instead smiled at him and the others.

Continuing to sketch out the old building, delight crossing her face a few times as she reveled in the details of the warehouse. "That's a good idea, Sophia. Libra does need to be dealt with and a plan would be good. As for this building, I'm loving it," she said, "So what do we know about Libra so far?" she asked, just to start things off.

"Let me not beat around the bush and let me get to my point here, A frontal charge against Libra will a fools arroend, and a fate far worse then death. I sudjest we wait a few days to get help from the JSDF. My reasoning is this, Libra is a mad scientist and unlike Scorpio who was using brutal power. This guy has intelligence that's far above us all with power equal to him. He would use a combination of magic and technology. Magic we can deal with but technology is another story. None of us could disarm a security system that is highly advanced. Or a self destruction program or device. The JSDF would have people with that kind of skill and knowlage. They are a resource to be used. Even then they could give us some better insight on this man. " said Kail as he starts and then pauses for a second to get some more of his thoughts out. As he knew the next part would not earn him points with Kousuke. But maybe with the rest of the group as he

"Plus.....if we utterly destroy Libra's lab a lot of knowlage would be lost. For example, what if we found data or the process of how SPECTORS are created? And some how, our allies found away to reverse this process? Perhaps restoring Amarissa's father? Plus they could modify some of the SPECTOR plans to create better prosthetics? There could be more then this that our allies may want. But I need the two to three days. Because we would need to convince the JSDF for help and then the man power. This is not up for debate, I will not send everyone to there doom. This is not our time to die or meet our ultimate fate " said Kail as he was looking out for the rest of the group. His voice was calm but like earlier a bit firm as he was serious He looked from Kousuke, Sophia, and Amarissa trying to gauge each one of them. Since he did not know what was on there mind.

"Kousuke, I heavily sudjest you do not go on your own. Libra will use you as a guine pig for his experiments. He might turn into something worse then what was done to Amarissa's father. Because killing you would be to easy for this man's sick mind. I would not be surprised if he was the one that was turning people into youma in Valdis's vision. Plus if the covenant got there hands on you....you know what we saw about the planet becoming a hell? IT would happen the next day. Don't be a hot blooded fool. I am urging you not to attack Libra" said Kail showing some emotion as most of the time he was a very in control of himself.

Kousuke frowns as Sophia tries to bridge the gap between Kail and himself. Kail still had not explained why they were here. "Kail, you have not explained why we are in this warehouse." He says calmly this felt a lot like being lured into a trap but he wasn't going to believe of Kail who had been with them from the start, and if this was...

"Sophia, you do not have to try and smooth anything over between the two of us. I am very aware that Kail has no intentions of being friends or even friendly or respectful with me." He tells her looking at Kail with serious eyes. Kousuke did not have a grudge against the man, but the way he acted made as if Kousuke was his enemy and how he treated him like a stupid child was irritating. He takes a deep breath and lets it out and when he does there is a smile on his face.

"Alright, I'll hear you out." he says as he listens to Kail's explanation.

"So what's the contingency when the military turns on us due to a zodiac spy still within it?" He asks citing a very realistic concern that Kail had not addressed. "I will agree if you can convince me you are not just setting us up to get shot in the back, and that you will actually do something instead of planning endlessly." He states simply.

He chose to ignore the research reason since the very thought disgusted him, but there was no point thinking about it now and in the end there was a lot of good the research could do, but Kousuke had lost his faith in the military in the very beginning.

"Kail I do need to say this though, you explicitly declared you were not picking up the mantle of leadership. You have no right to force anything upon any of us. If you are reasonable I will listen, but we are people not pieces are you send the senshi and knights nowhere unless we want to go." He says squinting his eyes. He had hoped this would be a more personable chat, but he was not so mature to turn his gaze from blatant provocation.

Sophia shrugs, “I’m not sure why we are here either. I assume privacy.” She gestures to her surroundings, “I mean not very many people will probably hang out here.” Maybe the setting was putting everyone on edge. Perhaps, going outside would have made everyone calm down. Well, Ama said she liked it though.

Sophia frowns as Kousuke says Kail had no intention of friendship. “I wouldn’t go that far, Kousuke. I think this is one of those things where neither of you really understand each other. And trying to do is made more difficult by us all being in a tense situation. And I’ll admit, I don’t understand how everyone in this group things, but I don’t think

She thinks on the points that both Kousuke and Kail made. She gives a glance to Ama as if to ask for help. “First, both of you need to stop insulting each other. We both have the same goals, so give each other some respect. Both of you are so much better than this bickering. Act in a manner befitting of your knighthood. Second, Libra does need to be dealt with in the immediate future. He is dangerous and has hurt a lot of people. Involving the JSDF is risky, particularly if there are Covenant spies. However, the alternative is fighting a small army of SPECTORs that Libra has amassed on our own, which is a more dangerous prospect for the group. We can involve the American military who wish to get an edge in the war in their country. Taking down another Zodiac will allow them to push forward. When Scorpio died, all their fronts advanced.”

Amarissa listened as Kail, Kousuke, and Sophia talked things over. She knew that Kail and Kousuke didn't get along but this was concerning. It was only getting worse and they didn't have time for bickering amongst themselves. "Look. None of us chose this life or each other, but we have to work with what we have. We all want the same thing, to save the world from the Covenant so that Valdis's horrible vision doesn't come to pass. And right now? Everything is balancing on a knife's edge so we don't have time or energy to waste on this pettiness," she said, rising to stand with a very serious expression. "You two," and she pointed at Kail and Kousuke, "actually have a lot more in common than you realize and I think if you spent some time together, or even apart, trying to figure out what those things are instead of focusing on your differences, you might get along a lot better."

Walking forward, the moon senshi positioned herself between the two. "We've already lost two members. Yes, we've gained quite a bit more but Valdis and Lance were both very useful. We can't afford to lose anymore and both of you have good points. Yes, this needs to be planned carefully but quickly and action must be taken sooner rather than later. I agree that we're going to need outside help on this. WE alone just do not have the manpower or force to take on Libra and his army of brain washed SPECTORS," she finished, looking very sternly from one boy to the other.

Kail stays silent and then speaks trying to keep himself calm while speaking as at least Sophia and Amarissa did realize his plan at least. "Sophia, do remember though we were ambushed by Aquarius at that meeting with the American military. They could have had a leak in there security. Or they have some Covenant spies in there mitst or Aquarius was spying on them. There also on the same level of uncertainty like the JSDF. Right now at least though they know that they had a spy and I am sure they trying to weed out more. Even then, they might know at least somethings about Libra and some of his powers" he said and then he looked at Kousuke and he was starting to get him pissed off. Since he really did not know anything about making an attack on the enemy. But what really stung him the worst was that he was accqusing him about them getting shot in the back. Then saying that he was treating them like game pieces on a game board. That's was the last straw and moved off of from the wall. Then a aura of pure rage was pulsing around him. All of the things that were eating at him just exploded out from him. They would feel his anger and frustrations as it was glowing a furious red.

"Alright Kuosuke.....you don't think I am not doing anything besides planning things up? That I am thinking that each of you are piece on a board game? I would think twice about accusing me about that, you are far more guilty. You see Kou unlike you I don't use a Hallowed Ground tactic in every battle. If your not familure with it then I will explain it. Its where a commander or leader will put his men in a situation where there is no retreat or surrender and they can only win. Causing the men or soldiers to fight like dangerious cornered animals. The commander and or stratagist only use this kind of thing as a last resort or if they don't care about there losses. This can backfire if the enemy is smart, which Libra is. He could easily send a overweilming amount of Youma or god knows how many SPECTORS out until we are tired. Then strike us down" said Kail and then grew more furious on the matter.

"But with you Kousuke, you can use your emotional power of Hope and use to make us keep fighting. I could easily do the same thing with mine both negative and positive. But you know why I don't do this? One I am not a uncaring or self centered bastard, because if I did. How can I be trusted at all if I do something like that. Two if I have other options I use them before doing some kind of shit like this. Three I am not trying to do this for attention" he said and then and then unleashed some more of what was on his mind at the trio.

"The reason I put my foot down you little shit was that you could get us killed. But since you don't give a damn about us only taking out the villain. THIS IS NOT SOME GOD DAMN SHOUNEN ANIME, WHERE YOU CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO LIFE AT THE LAST SECOND! DON'T YOU SEE THAT POSSIBILITY OF YOUR SELF DIEING AGAIN OR OTHERS AROUND! THIS IS GOD DAMN REALITY. TELL ME WHAT IF YOUR ACTIONS COST YOU THE ONE YOU LOVE THE MOST! THIS IS WHY I TRY AND MAKE SOME KIND OF PLAN OR STRATAGY. I WANT ALL OF YOU TO LIVE AND HAVE A TOMORROW" he screamed as his aura was still flared around him.

"BUTTTT NOOOOO, ALL YOU SEE IS SOME COWARD OR SOME MORRON KNOW IT ALL. OR KNOW NOTHING AT ALL AND I AM JUST BLOWING HOT AIR JUST TO BE A ASSHOLE" he said and was now trying to control himself as he knew that he went a bit too far. And did not realize that his emotional power just went out of control like that.

As Kousuke listened to Amarissa and Sophia he felt a bit ashamed. It was true that he was upset and that he was taking it out on people by rising the challenges he really shouldn't have. This group had been sustained so far by the firm conviction that hey were doing the right thing and that they all had a purpose to defend those around them...well most of them had...Kousuke found himself wondering what actually drove him. The desire to protect Amarissa, the need to feel validated as a hero? These were both part of it, but mostly he acted because that is what he did.

He did not know any other way to live than by continuing to move forward. As he watches Killian lose it he takes in a deep breath and tunes out the rant. The words got through but instead he imagined a field with the Mars knight standing on the other end talking calmly...heh when you heard it like that the man actually had a point, sure there were holes, but there was no need to push everything onto him.

But as Killian's emotion control grew in power it fed into Kousuke. He was sensitive to emotion controls and in the bowels of his mind he saw his desire to sneer at the man for losing his cool for letting his emotions over take him and using that as a justification for not listening to him.

"See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil and you won't be evil." He says under his breath with a smile. Something Capt had told him a long time ago came to him then.

"You're good, its not hard to believe that you basically individually won the championship. But that strength is only there to satisfy you. A team that believes soley in a single player is not a team at all. They become a team when everyone aims for the basket, and as a group they apply their talents to get there."

As Kail got closer to the Earth Knight his eyes brightened again, the optomism he had carried this far rebuilding itself. He places his hand on Kails shoulder and forces him down into a nearby chair then sits across the table from him.

"You're right." he says simply, "I have been making an ass of myself and for that I am sorry. I think your plan still has some holes, but instead of doing our own things let's sit down and figure out how we can all best implement our talents."

Sophia smiles at Ama, glad that they are on the same page. It didn’t happen too often, but hopefully it would get the message across to the other two.

Sophia raises an eyebrow at Kail as he mentions the JSDF being safer. “That doesn’t make sense. You don’t want to involve the American military over a possible leak. However, you want to involve the JSDF, which has been known to have been infiltrated. I honestly doubt they have a single spy. The discovery of one spy shows widespread security issues.” She shakes her head, “I don’t think involving just one or the other is a good idea. I say involve both.”

The emotional control of rage hits her like a punch in the face. She reels back a bit. On better days, the effect would have been minimal. However, she was angry lately. “Kail, didn’t we just say not to insult each other? These outbursts aren’t helping anyone and aren’t conducive to discussion.” For once, she feels like Kail is a child, throwing a temper tantrum. With that thought, she has the urge to tell him to sit in the corner for 10 minutes. She crosses her arms, “Accusations aren’t going to do anything but divide us further.”

Sophia smiles at Kousuke as he chooses to be the better person in this conversation. She doesn’t expect that kind of maturity from him. “Thank you, Kousuke.” Sophia takes a seat as well. “Yeah, let’s talk and just move forward. What resources do we have? And are we capable of taking the base as we are now? And who do we feel comfortable asking for assistance and how much assistance? Then we can talk about potential dates and times.”

Amarissa returns Sophia's smile, but it is brief as Kail loses control. His aura of anger hits her like a wave and her eyes flash pure silver as her own powers war with it. She had never felt such anger in her life, always being calm, not even when she found out about the others turning sides. Amarissa finds herself transformed into her senshi state in her mind's effort to resist and a wave of white energy, pure and cool, eventually breaks from her and spreads out through the warehouse.

Sighing, the moon senshi sinks to a seat on the floor and looks up at the others. She smiles again, this time at Kousuke as he makes an effort to help Kail and she nods. "Yes, let's all talk about this reasonably and plan it properly together," she says.