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When; November 8th, evening
Rating; PG-13 for cursing
Characters; Tayuya {

kendogrl}, and Cobray {

gunofdis}
Summary; In order to inform Tayuya of Greed's goings on as asked, she invites Tayuya over to drink with her and another roomate.
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Tayuya mumbled curses under her breath, rubbing her hands together as she did so. She didn't know what the fuck she was doing there, she hardly knew Greed's roomates at the Hot Springs, but hey, she'd been invited, and she had nothing better to do. Still flinging out curses at intervals, she raised a hand to bang loudly on the door, wondering what the fuck these people were actually like. And how they could stand living with Greed.

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Motoko had gotten a hell of a lot more sake than she had in the past, some of the cheap kind that she had seen Kitsune with, but also some higher quality that Haruka had recommended to her. She wasn't exactly sure if it would be able to get the image of Greed in the nude out of her mind, but Kitsune seemed to not remember anything that happened when she was drunk, so it was worth a shot. When the knock at the door came, she had been starting to get ready to go into the hot spring, and was wearing only her panties and bandages wrapped around her upper body, with her baggy training shirt open. She went to open the door, mind still stuck on the events of the night a couple weeks ago, and opened it, not realizing that she was still partially undressed. "Ah, Miss Tayuya, it's been quite a while." She bowed and smiled, motioning for her to enter the temple.

Tayuya had raised her hand to knock again, but halted, mouth twisting into a grimace as she caught sight of the other girl.

"I didn't walk in on some shit, did I?" She said, eyeing the state of undress. She entered, kicking off her shoes (you did do that, she thought), and looking around, half-expecting to see Greed. When there were half-naked women, he was usually somewhere around.

Motoko finally noticed her appearence. "Uweh?! No no, I was just getting ready for the hotspring." She quickly closed up her shirt, her face a deep red. "Ah, I'm sure you know the way to the hotspring, Cobray should be there already." With that, she rushed back to her room and closed the door, horribly embarrased. Though she was going to be in the spring with her in a matter of minutes, so really she shouldn't worry. After calming herself down, she walked back out to the spring, this time in her school swimsuit, the only suit she owned. With her she had a bag with the sake she had bought in it.

Tayuya shrugged. "Whatever." She still glanced around, unable to believe the man couldn't unconsciously feel the undressedness and come running.

Walking out, she pulled her uniform off over her head as she went, throwing it in a corner of the spring, she shimmied out of her black bodysuit, adjusting her bathing suit and sitting down at the edge of the spring, slowly slipping in.

"Where's this friend of yours?" She asked.

Cobray stood up from the middle of the spring and said, "You must be talking about me. My name is Cobray. Pleased to meet you."

Cobray's face twisted a little as he tried to imitate Tayuya's frown, thinking it was the proper way to greet her. Once he had the mild frown perfected, Cobray nodded and sat back down.

Tayuya's eyebrow raised, watching as his face moved to match hers.

"Yeah... right..." She slipped in all the way into the spring, now quite confused. "I'm Tayuya."

She examined this man. He looked like a real weirdo, but who was she to judge?

"So... you new to this shit hole?" She asked, reaching up to tie back her hair.

Cobray stopped for a moment and counted in his head.

"I've been here over one week, earth time. But in that small amount of time, I've met more people that amaze me than I've met in my life," Cobray stated.

Cobray grunted softly and grabbed his head. His hair and eye color turned a light blue and then faded back to a dark silver. Cobray sighed in relief and looked up, waiting for Motoko.

By this point, Motoko had slipped into the hotsprings and opened up the nicer sake, offering some to both Cobray and Tayuya. "I hope this is good, a passionate drinker recommended it to me back where I'm from." She slid farther into the spring until just her head was above the water, then leaned back with her head on the edge, staring up at the sky. "So...you've found a way to control Greed?"

Tayuya accepted a glass, nodding. She didn't like alcohol in large quanities, but she didn't mind a glass now and again.

"Control?" She smirked. "I wouldn't say that." She downed a mouthful, the taste burning down her throat.

"Reigning him in? Maybe." She gave a laugh. "Though the methods I had to use to do it were unconventional, to say the least. But as for Greed, I don't know how in the world you can live under the same roof as him, for fuck's sake."

"It's more just sleeping under the same roof as him. Most of my time is spent either here or off training, so I only see him at night or if he also comes to the bath." Her cheeks seemed to grow a bit redder than the hot springs were making them. "And there was that one day, though I'm sure it was a curse, he was a bit...charming." She tried to mentally shake that memory out of her head, but to no avail.

"Besides, he needed a place to stay, and there's plenty of space here." Now with Greed almost completely invading her thoughts, Motoko downed her glass of sake. She then poured a glass of the cheap sake for herself, leaving the good quality out where Tayuya and Cobray could get to it easily. She started to drink, this one burning noticibly more than the other. How Kitsune could drink so much of it in a day was beyond reasoning.

Cobray grabbed the whole bottle of sake, wondering exactly what it tasted like. He took one large gulp and almost dropped, choking. Cobray set the bottle back down, the alchohol already pouring through his Balmarian veins.

"Heh. I can give you a solution to your Greed problem," Cobray slurred, still sober enough to keep from letting his other personality take hold.

"Ick." Tayuya fought the urge to spit. "You've got to watch out for him." Though she was mentally sizing the other girl up. While she never planned on staking out the man for her own, she certainly was the jealous type. And she kept tabs on any woman who slept with Greed. Just to be in the know, of course.

"So." She rolled the glass in her fingertips, leaning against the rim of the spring. "What exactly went do-"

"... Are you going to be okay, man?" She asked, glancing over at Cobray, who seemed very... susceptable to alcohol.

Cobray's eyes gleamed with a new light, as he saw the world from what seemed like different eyes.

"I'll be okay, I assure you. I've never had alchohol before and I'm not human. But I have partaken in an energy drink that, while not tasting as good as this sake, was just as potent. This is a very good experience for me, as long as Ingram stays away," Cobray said matter of factly, keeping forcing himself to stop slurring.

Motoko blushed a bit more. "He was very...gentlemanly, and wasn't forceful at all, which surprized me. But all he did was kiss me. I don't think I could have forgiven myself if it had gone past that..." She downed the rest of her glass, trying again to force out the memories. She placed her glass on the edge, and soaked, letting the warm water soothe her.

"I'm curious though...what exactly is your relationship with him?" It almost surprized her to hear the question come out of her mouth.

Tayuya glanced between the two, settling on Cobray first. "Woah, not human?" She smirked around a sip of sake. "Can't say I'm surprised however." She wanted to crack at the way he spoke, but she decided she'd try and be civil.

Looking to Motoko, she pursed her lips. "My relationship with him?" She took another small sip. "Well, whatever that Weapons Bitch Tenten may say, I am hardly in love with the bastard." She rolled her eyes at the thought of the Konoha ninja. "But he is entertaining, at the least, and our bet is the most amusing thing I've seen in a long time."

Cobray nodded at Tayuya. "That is correct. I'm not a human. That get's me around to the point of us meeting. I was informed of this bet by Motoko. I have decided to take part in what you humans call a practical joke, so I can experience why you would do this. Of course, I would like your consent before I put this into place."

"... You want to play a joke? On Greed?" Tayuya stifled a guffaw.

"What sort of prank are we talking here?" She had to admit, she was mildly interested, not only in his motives, but in what he proposed.

"I will try to keep this as simple as possible," Cobray said. He stood up and started his explanation.

"By using the power of Dis Lev, I can create a selective time spatial warp around the temple. With this in place, it will allow only people I want into the temple area. What I will allow it to do is let anyone into temple grounds. Anyone but someone who accompanies Greed. Whenever a person who is accompanying Greed tries to enter the temple or the surrounding area, they will be immediately teleported to a random spot in the city. If you choose to do this, I will allow you to choose the spot that the accompanying person teleports too. Greed, of course, will have no clue as to what happened. What do you say?"

Blinking several times, Tayuya took a moment. Dis Lev. Spatial Warp. Teleportation. All bizarre to her, but after a moment she managed to connect it.

"... You can really do that?" She asked, finishing off her glass, twirling the ice around. "Cause that would be damn funny."

Cobray sat back down and nodded one more time.

"I can do all that in the time period of one minute and thirty seconds. You just need to choose an exit point for the unwanted guests."

With that, Cobray took another chug of sake. He coughed again, and then pointed at Motoko.

"I have a friend by the name of Zengar Zonvolt. Greatest swordsman in the universe. If I ever get to leave this city, I would like to be able to beat him at his own fight. Do you think you can help me? I've noticed you *hic* also use a sword."

Tayuya thought about that. Exit point. Exit point.

"... Can we place the exit point in building four? Right outside apartment 5?"

Glancing over to Motoko as well, she raised a brow. "Sword?

Motoko sat up at this strange request. "It's more complicated than just picking up a sword, it takes years of dediation." She then turned to Tayuya.

"Ah, perhaps you don't remember, the day I showed up here we were both cursed and destroying the city. Though it pleases me that you forgot, that is a side of me that I wish to be forgotten.

Cobray smiled like he knew everything.

"You see Motoko, I am dedicated. Very dedicated. But when you can bend time and space, years can easily become weeks. Can I at least learn the basics?"

"Oh yeah!" Tayuya put a palm to her forehead, nodding. "I remember now, you acted quite differently." Most of the people she'd associated with on that day had acted different from their norms.

Refilling her glass, she contemplated it, sinking deeper into the spring up to her shoulders.

"We should fight sometime. Maybe you too." She nodded to Cobray.

Cobray shook his head.

"I'm afraid that we can't fight on equal levels. In person, such as now, I am completely powerless. It would be an overwhelming victory for you. My true ability lies in piloting Dis Astranagun. That is what makes me powerful. While I am piloting my mech, I am undefeatable. And speaking of it, I think I will set up that barrier now."

Cobray stood up and took a deep breath. He yelled as loud as he could, "Astranagun!!"

A white light flashed as Dis Astranagun floated over and teleported Cobray into it. "Ingram, if you want to come out, now is the time!"

"Tetractys Grammaton," Cobray uttered, his voice taking on two different tones.

Dis Astranagun opened up its chest, revealing a shining cylinder.

"Target: Temple grounds. Exit: Sector 25, 37, 82. Astranagun, do it!"

A large demonic symbol formed around the temple and quickly vanished. The air wavered slightly but was only noticable to people who were staring directly at it. In another flash of light, Cobray was back in the hot springs and Dis Astranagun had flown off, landing behind the temple.

"Holy shit..." Tayuya murmured, staring up as the large mech did its work. She sat, mouth agape, staring in shock and wonder.

As Cobray teleported back, she spluttered, pointing up at the sky, to Cobray, and back to the sky.

"Holy shit!" She reiterated.

"This is not the extent of my true power. The ability to wipe people from existence without resistance is what I do best. I only perform this act on the people that deserve it. Ones who cannot control evil instincts," Cobray stated, "If you ever want, I have a log that shows the full extent of what I can do. I could show it to you at anytime."

Before Motoko cold give Tayuya a reply, Cobray had teleported out and back in. Her mouth was gaping, not quite sure as to what had happened. She was used to being around giant robots, Su seemed to have an endless supply of them. But never anything like that. "Wha...how?" was all she could manage to say. She quickly poured another glass of sake and promptly emptied it.

Cobray, weak from the space bending, finally was driven over the edge with the alchohol. He dragged himself out of the hotsprings and walked inside. Cobray walked back outside with Motoko's sword. Cobray unsheathed and yelled, "My..My name is Cobray! COBRAY ZONVOLT! THE SWORD THAT CLEAVES EVIL!"

Cobray swung it a couple times and managed to cut down a lamp pole. After it fell down, he re-sheathed it and said, "Heh. There is nothing my Zankantou cannot slice!"

“… Did it ever occur to you that you live with some crazy-ass bitches?” Tayuya asked Motoko, taking another sip and idly watching the man swinging the sword. He was definitely off.

She figured she’d need another drink.

"This is the first I've seen him like this..." She stood for a second, considering trying to take her blade from him, but instead sat down.

"A fight? Maybe...I've sparred before but it was mostly with other swordsmen. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt though." The heat and alcohol combined started to make her feel a bit dizzy, but she brushed it off and tried to relax. At least she wasn't thinking about Greed at all any more.

"I don't use a sword, but I've got weapons." Tayuya mentioned, running her index finger around the rim of her glass. "And I'm sure it would hurt, in fact. But we won't kill each other, how about that?"

She used her other hand to pin up a stray strand of hair that was hanging damply in her face, still watching the man Cobray warily.

"Ah, I meant...it's an expression...I meant it might be fun." She thought hard about the offer. Sparring before had never been an issue, so why now? Maybe she was still unfomfortable here. The city was a strange place. "I'll think about it, how about that?"

"Sure." Tayuya nodded, setting down her glass and trying to remember how many she'd had. Two? Three? Four?

"... How many drinks have I had?" She asked, eyes narrowing. She didn't like being impaired by drink, and had no intention to be. But she had been... distracted.

"That's...that's a good question." Motoko began to question how much she herself had consumed. "Maybe we should quit while we're ahead. Before we end up like Cobray." She giggled a little, looking back at Cobray with her sword. She set her glass down on the edge and left it there. Getting drunk didn't seem like it was really going to work after all.

Tayuya set her glass down, muttering under her breath.

"Quitting sounds damn good to me." Looking back upwards, she noticed the time.

"Oh shit!" Scrambling out of the hot springs, she grabbed up her clothing, not even bothering to dry off before throwing them on over her head.

"I told Orochimaru-sama I would be back before now!" There was an urgency to her voice, and with dire consequences involved, urgent she was.

And with that, she was off as quickly as she had come.

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