From Fire to Ashes: Past and Future Collide [Hasenya only]

Hasenya was at a complete loss for what to do now. There was only so much a crippled cloud of smoke could do to change the world, even if it was from the background. Productivity was most definitely down, and she was in dire need of either something she could do at her current level of power or some cheap and quick means to get stronger. Shortcuts to greater strength were never a good idea, and given her heritage they came with an added risk, but if things were to continue on like this then she would just have to take those risks. She wandered about, lost in thought as she contemplated what her next move should be, until she felt a familiar power. One that sent a rather uncomfortable tingle up her spine, almost making her shudder. The power of her cousin brought out a very childlike glee in the usually very bitter Elemi, she just couldn't hide the smile on her face. Of all her relatives she thought to meet, she expected Tomina to be the last one, assuming that she would be on a different planet.. Like Saiya or Namek or something. Something Hasenya wasn't thinking would be important places to check out.

Fond memories and instinct drove Hasenya to book it for the source of the energy she was feeling. Starting off at a run, but quickly ascending into a boosted flight that would take her into the ruins of a destroyed city. One that she recognized far too well, even more than two decades into the past. The irony of such was not lost on Hasenya. It was in fact, quite depressing to think about. To think that she and her cousin would be back in this same city, just without the looming threat of some universe devouring Makaioshin to ruin their lives. Or rather, erasing one life and destroying the absolute hell out of the other. Fiery wings carried her down bad memory lane to the rather impressive sight of her cousin taking down a skyscraper, just for laughs, it seemed like.She kept an arm over her face and had her wings flapping, keeping any dust or debris from getting near her or hitting her in the face. When Tomina finally finished with her fun- or with randomly exerting her dominance over inanimate objects- it could be either one, from all Hasenya knew in her years from another time knowing the Saiyaness- Hasenya drifted closer but still kept to the air and at a comfortable distance. The Elemi really didn't want to become a humanoid version of that skyscraper.

It was only now, that it was too late, that Hasenya was having her doubts and thinking about going back on this. As much as she wanted to see and talk to her favorite blood relative.. What would she say? Unless she told Tomina the truth, there was only so many words that could be exchanged and Hasenya was almost certain that at least two of those would be 'fuck you'. Looking back on it now, she should have stayed back and thought about what she was going to say or even do if she were to approach her cousin. Now she had to think fast, before she came off on the wrong foot. You could bet your sweet ass she was nervous. The Elemi descended slightly, just to make herself more visible but not enough to touch the ground. The pale girl furrowed her brow, unsure of what to say so she simply let the first thing that came to mind come out. "Are you Tomina?"

Hasenya fidgeted and squirmed, not even a peep out of her after her initial poor greeting and she was already feeling like she just couldn't do it. All the possibilities she could think of seemed to play out at once, the consequences of being here too soon, too late, or even at all would have been too much to bear had she not been through so much already. She was momentarily lost in her thoughts when she furrowed her brow and let out a soft growl, not fully realizing where she was and what she was doing for just a brief moment. Just brief enough to embarrass herself. "No, nobody sent me. I came here myself. I know you because I.." Hasenya trailed off, hesitating and feeling as if her voice had just grew legs and ran away before she could finish her sentence. Would it be right to assume that Tomina and Flare knew each other? She may have had knowledge from the past, but it wasn't exactly Supreme Kaioshin level of knowledge. She snapped her jaw shut and shook her head. "I know Flare. My name is Hasenya." She finished simply, not wanting to push the limits of her confidence much further beyond incomplete and either vague or blunt statements.

She let herself drop to the ground and then stepped closer to Tomina. If she were going to have to woman up and try to have a real conversation with a relative that up to this point had been dead, then by the Kais she would at least having it at a proper distance and try to maintain her composure. Relative or no, Tomina was still a woman to be respected, and hovering in the air like some coward and stuttering like a frightened child was no way of showing that due respect. The hybrid took a deep breath, finding her resolve and taking advantage of it while she lasted she opened her mouth to speak. Far more clearly, this time. "I wanted to deliver a message, and I was hoping for a favor. A big favor, but I'm not exactly sure how much time either of us have for that to happen."

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Hasenya had bit her tongue and remained quiet through a lot of very similar vulgar rants from Tomina before, but talking about the hybrid's very own mother that way.. She couldn't help but to let it get under her skin. Any trace of fear that might have been left on her face was gone, replaced by irritation. There was no hiding it with the way her brow furrowed deeply and how her lips pressed into a tight line. Embers played at the tips of her fingers, which she was quick to try and conceal by balling her hands into fists and shoving them into her pants pockets. If she weren't so intent on keeping her identity hidden, she would have gone at Tomina right there and then with no regards towards the power difference between them. Taking her anger out on Tomina or having it beaten out of her made no difference. It wouldn't have been the first time she had chosen that way to bring herself down from the brink of throwing a temper tantrum and going nuclear on anything that had a face she could melt.

"I might sound a lil' crazy when I say it, but if you and your allies aren't careful and more vigilant in these next few years, you're all gonna find yourselves six feet under with a' bunch of clueless kids wonderin' where their mommies and daddies went, but they'll be sure to follow." With the way her tone dropped to match her mood, it almost sounded like a threat, until she continued to speak. "Even your enemies aren't safe, so you should likely reconsider just who your enemies are and aren't, because you're gonna need as many allies as possible if you hope to even possibly avoid what could be coming your way. I'm not exactly able to give details.. But there's your message, do with it what you will. I'm gonna be sticking around here and doing some training myself, hopefully be useful when the time comes."

And since the option.. rather, order had been given to her, Hasenya decided this would be the perfect opportunity to let herself loose. She could've settled with torching some ruins, but apparently today was Christmas. Getting an ass kicking from one's cousin for Christmas sounded bad on paper, but as weird as it sounded, Hasenya missed getting a boot shoved up her ass every now and then. "Don't brush me aside that quickly, lady. The way you've been talkin' has really pissed me the fuck off and I'm eager to see this 'boot' you're going around shovin' up peoples cunts. Sounds like a perfectly good waste of a boot, if you ask me." The hybrid gave as much as she got and then brought her fists out of her pockets, raising them to her chest and popping each of her fingers deliberately slowly, just to really taunt her. "I had another favor in mind.. But I think giving me a better chance sounds fair. I might just entertain you after all. Punchin' rocks and plugging holes with your boots sound like very boring hobbies to have."

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"Cryptic is as good as I can give without angering somethin' or someone." Hasenya simply shrugged. Hell, she must've angered something just by coming back here, and even more so by interacting with family. "It'll make sense in time, I hope. I've got a lot'ta knowledge but there's too many variables in play for me to say things with a hundred percent certainty. So even if I were upfront and clear about it, it could end up being false information.. Not intentionally false, but you can't take that at face value."

She wouldn't get much time to say much more as Tomina came at her without so much as a small warning. Hasenya wouldn't even get a chance to lower her arm for at least an attempt at what would've been one sloppy block. She just didn't have the speed, despite having the right reflexes. Now Hasenya was no stranger to intense level of pains, but that kick easily reached her top five 'wouldn't want to experience again' kinds of pain. "Oh, sweet.. Merciful Kais." The hybrid choked out in a high pitched little whimper when Tomina's boot made brutal contact with her no no bits. Hasenya took a deep, shaky breath and wrapped her hands around Tomina's leg. She didn't plan to retaliate after a hit like that, but she needed something to keep herself steady while she tried not to succumb to the painful almost electric shock that had sent through her body. Whether her bits were non-functional or not, that still hurt like all Hell. Hasenya clenched her eyes shut and pursed her lips tight before her body seemed to melt, or turn into a small cloud of ember-filled smoke. She wasn't about to try to physically pull herself off of Tomina's boot, so she thanked the Kais for her defunct physiology and materialized some short distance away, on her knees and clutching her girly bits, panting, breathing hard. and.. laughing?

Indeed she was, Hasenya was quietly laughing her ass off and nursing at her brutally handled special place. "Ha.. Fuck, that was wild. I knew it was coming and it still hurt like a bitch, damn." The elemi chuckled weakly, flopping over onto her side and then taking a particularly deep breath. The pain was mostly in her skull by this point, but damn was she feeling stupidly tender. Going to the bathroom was going to be an uncomfortable experience for this coming week. Despite all the apparently crappy parts that came with that kick, Hasenya was still losing her shit. Of course it hurt to go any higher than a quiet chuckle and the occasional guffaw, but she was still clearly amused by something. Or maybe she was just a huge masochist.. No real telling from an outside perspective, but Hasenya was just incredibly happy to be interacting with her cousin again.

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"Ya move far too fast for me to dodge.. Too fast for my body, anyway. Gave my brain a right nasty shock when you cunt punted me." Hasenya wheezed, wiping her sleeve across her forehead and staggering to her feet, keeping one hand on her hip to keep her steady. Not once did she take that grin off her face through Tomina's taunts and insults, which likely didn't help her look any less like some pervert. Hasenya held her gut for a moment before she seemed to recover, standing straight and rolling her shoulders back before looking back at Tomina. "Nothin' too funny, but you kick just as hard as I.. remember." The elemi paused after whispering the last word of her statement, catching herself just barely before she could accidentally spill the beans for what felt like the twentieth time. She then sighed, raising a hand to push her hair out of her face. She couldn't be too sure that Tomina would give her the time to think her decision over before giving her another brutal hint, so Hasenya decided it would be now or never.. There was no telling her cousin would be coming back from that tournament, after all. This encounter was more than enough to put her in a good mood and make her comfortable, so she felt she might be able to get it out a little more clearly without having to speak in rhymes in riddles like some goblin living in a swamp.

"Before you go giving me the cruel dominatrix treatment for free with more of those suggestive words ya barkin' at me over there, I'd ask you if you wanted me to make more sense or if you're content with beating my ass, but knowin' you I think I know the answer to that. So I'm just gonna go with the former, and hope kicking me in the lower regions isn't so fun that you interrupt me." Hasenya was mostly kidding around, but she was sure they both knew there was some truth to her words. Hasenya was kinda like one of those Tickle Me Elmo's you could punt across the room and still get a high pitched squeal of a laugh out of, so no doubt Tomina would prefer to hear that over more cryptic garbage. She would need a good minute to prepare, too. It wasn't the kind of energy she often called on the use of, due to it's origin, but it was all she had after coming back to the past and it would serve as better proof to her next words.

"I don't really expect you to, but would you believe me if I said I were Flare's daughter? You did say little sister earlier, so I don't think I'm coming out of left field too hard with that.."

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"Yeah.. I am a little slow, I'm sorry." Hasenya huffed. Tomina was right, but then Hasenya wasn't about to tell Tomina that she had the partial intention of letting herself be hit to begin with. That woulda pissed her off more, and then she wouldn't be able to get a word in- at least that's what she had assumed, anyway. Hasenya couldn't even bring herself to laugh at the ridiculous scenario Tomina had come up with, this was not going to be a fun topic for her and she felt incredibly anxious knowing that whatever proof she has might not be enough to convince her cousin she is who she says she is, and not some demon lackey. She shook her head, furrowing her brow. Now or never. "I can't resign to that, as much as I'm in the mood to really want to at this point.."

She peered back over her own shoulder, looking to Excalibur's hilt. She doubted Tomina would recognize the legendary blade in it's new form, but she would still need it for her explanation. The hybrid unsheathed it from her back and then brought it up over her head, ramming it's tip into the ground in front of her and letting it rest there. She then motioned to it with both her hands and looked up at Tomina. "I came from the future.. Couple decades or so, I'm assuming. I used what power I had then combined with what I can only assume was all of Excalibur's and paid a huge price for it. But it's worth it, because I want to save mother.. And you. She died when I was real young, that was when Chris took me in and got me on the path with Excalibur here. Didn't take long for him to die, and that was when I got stuck with you.. Things were getting real bad by then, and I'm sure if it had been an actual decision for you to make, I woulda been kicked to the curb. Or at least you sure made it sound that way on some of your drunken rants."

Hasenya turned her gaze to the ground, her shoulders slumping as she let her arms hang loosely at her sides, like someone had dropped a huge weight on her. "I wouldn't have blamed you- Lots of friends, relatives, allies, and not just enemies wanted me gone. All because of who my father is- and what he did to my mother. It's likely already happened, so I don't doubt there's a littler me running around here somewhere. As much as I'd love to see that.." She trailed off for a moment, looking back up at Tomina and allowed the other half of her genes to show. A dark, twisted aura of dark pinks, purples, and blacks formed an outline around her body and then exploded around her body as her cursed power reached it's height. She wasn't strong in comparison by any means to Tomina, but still far stronger than she had been just a moment ago if Tomina were still keeping track of her power level. "Y'wanna take a guess as to who that guy might be based off this, or do I have to explain that, too?"

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Hasenya couldn't help but to flinch as if someone had raised their hand to her in response to Tomina's reaction. "Yeah, I know.. That's pretty much the reaction everyone has had. You're the only person that knows, as of right now.. Until I can find my mother, assuming she hasn't died or been kidnapped yet. My luck up to this point as been pretty shitty so far, so hopefully there's some sort of relief headed my way cos' I'm starting to see some appeal in what one might call the 'coward's way out'." She growled lowly, furrowing her brow and looking down towards her feet, and Excalibur.

The question asked wasn't necessarily a hard one to answer, but it did force Hasenya to dig through some rather painful memories in search of the right answer. It wasn't hard to tell it was painful, either. Not the kind of pain even someone as talented as Nakiya could create in a lab. Her aura flickered and she seemed to be on the verge of a panic attack, her eyes wide and pupils dilated like some horrible event was playing out in front of her. Except the only thing she was looking at was the ground, and her Excalibur. Then it became painfully obvious what the answer had to be- She dug far too deeply only to realize that her most recent memory of being with Tomina in her timeline held the key. The hybrid had made a similar promise, it should have been obvious from the very start.

Her vision blurred and blood pounded in her ears, her heart pounding like a battering ram against the front of her ribcage. She could vividly recall her final conversation with her cousin, as if she were living through it a second time and having to once again experience the heart shattering pain that followed just before her departure. "It.. It was Karen. You wanted to carry out her will, but then- I.." She struggled to speak, struggling to get anything out just above a whisper. Her hands shook and her chest tightened, bile rising in her throat which she was quick to push down. "You died. I didn't get to see the body, because.. you told me to run. And I did, me and Excalibur. We ran and we.." She cut herself off, shaking her head and bringing her hands up to grab at her temples. Hasenya closed her eyes and clenched her teeth, looking more downwards at her feet and shaking her head. "No more- It's Karen. The answer is Karen. I don't want to think about it anymore." She whined pathetically, as if to plead and beg.

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