[Tokyo City] Interchange

"Hai." Nanami said to the assertion that she was next. When the boy before her went on to say that she should give such a match up everything she had she looked at him a bit strangely he was asking a lot and though he'd beaten one of theirs in a dash it still felt a little wrong to give someone without a regalia the kind of punishment he was seeming to ask for. "Nii-san... if you are sure that is what you want fine. But if you can't walk away after this I won't be faulted." she said. She wasn't bragging or even thinking about doing anything to the young man, but she knew for a fact that if he was a wind user against her he'd be at an extreme disadvantage. Within the cube she began to move grinding against walls and causing wind to blast through her regalia as she rode across the surfaces. Eventually she built up enough to spin forcing wind into the turbines and causing them to open blasting the area and creating a plethora of solid wall like mirrors around them, sort of like obstacles which she would appear to disappear around and into at various angles depending on the angle of who was looking. She could have made these one at a time, but she'd done it this way to force the use of her regalia and keep this as easy as possible for her. It turned into a larger pair of boots extending further up her legs with multiple turbines lining them making them blow air through even while she wasn't moving. This was a Rumble Queen but she was very different from the one that was part of the 2nd Generation. And when she moved again she aimed to strike the young man but with a flat hand and the wind that was expelled would be at high force and speed from beneath the young man's sternum even if he managed to see her coming towards him through the mirror set up.

"I never want anything less from anyone," Shoichi replied. What he witnessed next from within the cube was the activation ritual for Nanami's Regalia, and he had to say it was an interesting one. The way the wind moved through the Regalia, and what it formed as a result, led Shoichi to believe this was a Rumble Queen of the Over Road, or some variation of it. "That's pretty cool," he said blandly. As she approached him, he was looking in her general direction, but he didn't seem to be looking directly at her. In fact, he was watching the wind's movements to keep track of where she was, picking out the disturbances that seemed different from those made by the mirrors. "Sugoi. I see why you chose cube," he stated. As he did, Shoichi held out both palms toward the lass, producing a wind barrier between her and himself to disperse the vacuum as it formed. As if to spite his earlier demeanor, he now had a smile on his face, and his eyes were back to their normal violet form. "You'll be amazing one day. You'll even finish this trick." To give purpose to his words, Shoichi flexed the muscles within his left hand, mimicking the vacuum from a standstill while multiplying its size, speed, and power. His aim in doing this was simply to show her why he said to give all she had, showcase an improved version of this newer trick of hers, and also send her rocketing toward the other side of the cube.

This was a strange match for the young purple haired girl. As it soon became obvious that this young man was observing her actions and commenting on them in a way which wasn't unlike what her leader was known for doing. He was standing here facing off against her, but he was doing so from a much higher platform than the apparent small gap between them. In most cases a person being a slightly better wind user than her meant that she'd be able to overcome them with the intensity of their own strength. In this case he was much bigger than the small space own abilities currently occupied. The wind barrier that met her thrust she was surprised, no one had yet completely overcome that maneuver. "Nani??" she questioned eyes widening. No one responded that way, this was a Wind King, he had to be because he fully understood her trick and nullified it. As he went on to compliment her work and even advise how she should fix it she seemed completely and utterly stunned. This sent her reeling backwards as she was hit with her own trick in a much stronger variation. "Who are you, how is that even possible?" she question as she tried to right her brain and work herself back into the standing position. Though she hadn't been able to stop this attack, she'd used the wind to cushion her fall, making her take a lot less damage than something of the strength of her multiplied attack would have done normally.

While this all occured, Tayuya watched. This was strange indeed. Beyond the fact that Nanami had been stopped and that she was now trying to get back up to continue her fight, this young man had used the girl's trick and it was so new that the girl hadn't fully perfected it yet herself. "This is getting stranger by the minute." she mentioned to those around her, because for all her pondering she couldn't figure out what was going on with this young man before her.

"You should know how. When you can see the Wing Road, everything's possible. You can already see it a little, can't you?" he asked. From what he understood of the Rumble Road by having his best friend use it for years, and using it himself to create the Hurricane Road in the past, it wasn't necessary to see the wind while using this Road. However, the girl's vacuum attack told Shoichi otherwise. She had to see it, at least to some extent. "Gomen. I came here in a shitty mood just to blow off some steam, but you've got me excited. Let's keep going!"

During all of this, Natsu seemed to share Tayuya's surprise. He had come to the conclusion that this man was not up to par in these battles, but now he had officially won two out of five battles, and had simultaneously countered and improved a technique of Nanami's which he could only envision Tayuya, and perhaps himself, countering. "I thought this one was just an idiot, but he might be some sort of genius."

There was something that this young man said which made Nanami's eyes widen just a bit. His understanding of the wind was well beyond her own, and to be fair it was something which only seemed to confirm her earlier thoughts that this boy was a much more advanced wind rider than the norm. At least on par with the girl who was their leader by virtue of his ability to understand and copy her trick. "Hm, I suppose I do. I kind of have to... given the way the mirrors work." she mentioned dusting herself off the turbines of her regalia still blowing the wind around herself. "But I don't think I see it as clearly as you do." she stated. She knew this to be a losing battle for her, but she was rather studious in nature so it would give her a chance to figure out something new, even if she couldn't conquer this particular young man with it. Then much to her surprise he apologized stating his earlier display was the result of being in a bad mood, but that somehow she'd contributed to making it better and that he wished to continue their match. "Eh? I have no idea how I did any such thing. But I'm glad you feel better. Nii-san you're a bit strange, but we can continue since you want to." she said gesturing for the young man to try her again. This time she was ready so it wouldn't be a shock, and to be fair her road was better suited to defense than offense anyways.

"Yeah, I wasn't hopeful he'd make it so far. Perhaps... I might get to have some fun today after all." mentioned the girl whose big blue eyes continued to watch passively from the distance but deep down she was a bit excited. Beyond this there was at least one other person unrelated to this group watching the fights taking place here. She'd posted up on the top of the exchange with a clear view of the kids sitting around waiting their turn and the cage below. As she watched she seemed to be quite interested in what was taking place here.

"Ya' gotta see more. Look for the light and how it moves to predict the wind and pressure. That's the fourth principle of my Road." While Shoichi was giving this brief explanation, he gathered the wind between his hands and turned it in a circular pattern. This created a small tornado, which he kicked with his ATs, sending it horizontally across the cube to where Nanami stood. By the time he kicked it, though, he was already preparing another, more powerful version of the trick for his next move.

"I wouldn't say that much. The last big challengers also exceeded expectations, but they all fall the same by the time you join in," Natsu said regarding the overwhelming strength of the Talon Queen beside him. The fight below seemed like one among Gravity Children of different quality, but what he had seen from Tayuya was far beyond even what he was seeing here today from the white-haired man. "Don't get your hopes up too high. Even if he gets past me, do you really think he'll be up to the challenge?"

"Look for the light?" she questioned. It was strange but she supposed she'd give it a try, and given what she understood of her mirrors she supposed she could give this a more thorough try. And she was given an opportunity to do so, because a tornado of a smallish size was made within the cube. And when it came towards her the Rumble Queen created a wall of the winds which were much like the initial activation of her regalia. Only this time it seemed to take the brunt of the wind-laser pushed against it and after a second she kicked back against it forcing it back with a bit more intensity. The Mirror Rumble Wall allowed this while retaining its original shape, thus she lost no defense while redirecting the offense. This was how she used the wind.

The Talon Queen looked to the boy at her side with the same deadpan eyes she always had. Looking at the fight and the types of tricks being used by the young man in the cube, she shrugged. "It's hard to say... going through all of us though he hasn't seemed to slow. I am not certain of his getting through you..." she'd had a lot of time to consider her own strength and knew herself to be well above the level of almost all of her peers. With this in mind, she also figured she'd never get to have any real fun. The previous showing of Gravity Children had shown at least one among them who was also strong but it wouldn't have been a good match up for either person involved. But the wind could be a bit different. Meanwhile the dark haired girl with pigtails had moved to right at the edge of the roof and was looking over with wide eyes. 'Sugoi!~' she thought as she watched the fight below. This group and had ended up in the spot she used to hold was rather interesting and now she was a little disappointed not to be participating herself.

"Yep." Shoichi knew the Rumble Road quite well, so when the initial Pile Tornado trick was returned to him, he was in no way surprised. The method was different from the two he had become accustomed to, but the end result was the same. However, he intended to showcase yet another advancement on this day. With a spin of his body while amplifying the swirl of his second tornado, Shoichi absorbed the returned attack into his current trick. Afterwards, he kicked out a Pile Tornado again, though this one was quite different. The second use of the trick was quite a bit stronger than the first, and it was fired away from Nanami instead of toward her. The angle it was fired in let the shot ricochet off the wind mirror behind him, and subsequently off other mirrors in the cube, gaining strength and velocity at a rapid pace as it bounced around on a course that would eventually lead to the wall Nanami had in place. By Shoichi's approximation, the Pile Tornado would be more than enough to break the girl's defense like a hot knife through butter by the time it reached. "So... I heard your leader is really strong."

With her defenses up, she figured she could take time to try and reason out this watching of the light. And the attack presented to her by the white haired young man seemed to be something quite strange indeed. But the wall could take the first one at least so she watched and was then stunned when the young man had his attack redirected and continued forward with his attacking method, though not in a way which was direct to the young woman. Instead she watched and watched seeing the light and the pressure changes and she understood what she was looking at now. And was stunned by the winds bouncing around the cube. A grin crossed her face as the one which would have struck her from behind became one of the things she changed to be subject to her, she spun in a circle using her hands and the vacuum palm to rotate the air of the tail winds in the direction it was already travelling and then around herself creating a barrier of defense from swirling circular winds which had the same properties as the mirrored rumble wall but the strength of the pile tornado. It allowed her to protect herself from all angles while avoiding the attack which came her way. At the question of the strength of her leader she nodded. "Tayu-sama is quite strong, she always has been. She's miles ahead of the rest of us." this was all she had to say about it, and it was the truth as far as she knew it. She knew not of her spectators but it was beginning to look like she'd be able to turn this around a bit.

"Sugoi. She blocked it with vacuums. Maybe my new trick would have been useful against him after all," said the otherwise silent Kuroko. Tayuya of all people present, at the very least, would be privy to what he meant when speaking of his newer trick. He had created a vacuum ball attack after quite some time working at it, all in his attempts to gain offense while retaining his invisibility.

Ironically enough, in the meantime, Shoichi was clapping to create that which Kuroko Tatsuya spoke of. His, however, was quite a bit larger than what the boy could have managed at this point in the trick's development. "Miles, huh? Sugoi. Sorry, but... I gotta get a piece of that, so I'm gonna have to cut our fun short." Without further ado or any explanation, Shoichi launched his vacuum sphere into the barrier created by Nanami. This sphere of his was surrounded by an outer casing of swirling wind, small but strong, and spinning in the opposite direction as Nanami's winds. This would cause a nullification on impact, allowing the vacuum sphere to continue through the wall en route to the Rumble Queen.