Avery jolted when he felt two hands on his shoulders and arms, pinning him in place.
"Huh? What do the two of you think you're doing—?!" Avery asked, looking at Mikie and Graham behind him.
Vox drew his attention by punching his fist into his palm and said /"Sorry brat but you brought this on yourself. You should have just let me pummel you back then. At least it would have been quick and easy"\
Avery looked at Vox and frowned.
"You're cheating. I thought this was supposed to be between the two of us and no one else"
Vox shrugged.
/"What a shame. Because of that backwater language, you're speaking, I can't understand whatever nonsense you're trying to tell me. Well, I'll just take it as you begging for your life and tell you that my answer is no"\ he said then grinned mischievously.
Just then, from the bar, Mosey yelled "Hey bastard! Don't you think it's cowardly to go after a pug who's half your size and age, lose, and then gang up on him with your friends?"
Vox, whom the message was aimed at, turned around to look at Mosey and Kove and grimaced wondering what was said.
"Why don't you try me instead? I promise not to go easy on you, unlike the pug" Mosey said as he and Kove kept walking to where all five men and Avery were standing.
Vox quickly looked at Kenser for translation and she was about to say it but Mosey cut her off.
"No need. I'm about to have my fists do all the translation he needs" Mosey said as both he and Kove walked passed Vox from both sides and went to stand by Avery.
/"You cavemen. What do you think you're—!"\ Mikie said but was interrupted when Mosey and Kove forced him and Graham to let go of Avery then they pushed them away.
Avery, who was surprised that he was getting help from Mosey and Kove asked "What are you guys doing here?"
Mosey looked at him then at Centshuu's jacket and said "You know I'm going to kill you myself if anything happens to that jacket, right?"
Avery looked at the jacket, grimaced, and then he looked at Mosey.
"I can take it off if you want?" He said and was about to take it off but Mosey slapped his hand and stopped him from doing so.
"Just shut up. What I want is to know what that nonsense was?" Mosey asked and Avery grimaced with confusion.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Avery asked.
"You had a chance to punch the cheater in the face but for whatever reason you stopped yourself. What happened?" Mosey asked, sounding annoyed.
Avery looked at his left hand and then furrowed his eyebrows as he clenched his fist.
"I don't know," he said.
"What?" Mosey replied, shocked.
"For some reason, just before my attack could land, I felt like the impact would seriously damage my left hand," Avery said, sounding confused himself.
Mosey looked at the hand Avery was talking about then he said "Are you trying to tell me that your punch is so powerful that your hand can't handle it? You seem like you know how to fight so shouldn't you know a way of punching without damaging your hand as a result?"
Avery shook his head.
"That's not what I meant. What I was trying to say is that, just before my punch landed, I had a feeling like the bones of my left hand were barely hanging on and that the impact would shatter it" he said and Mosey groaned.
"And now? How does it feel?" Kove asked.
Avery released and clenched his left hand a few times then said "I guess that feeling was all in my head because right now my hand feels perfectly fine. Well, now that I think about it, what happened doesn't feel all that strange"
Mosey furrowed his eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I mean, I had a similar feeling back in the forest. Just before you helped me from the ground, I had a feeling that my legs were broken but I was wrong" he said.
Mosey looked at Avery's legs and groaned.
"Now that I think about it, you did act weird when I was about to help you up"
"Yeah," Avery replied.
Mosey sighed and then said, "I guess you're right, it is all in your head so you should be fine."
"I know," Avery said
"What you should be worrying about is that jacket. Centshuu it to gave you so unless he says so, don't you dare think about taking it off" Mosey said then looked at Vox and his two friends, Kief and Fez, who had taken their place beside Vox.
On the other hand, Kove looked at Mikie and Graham who had both gotten in place to ambush whenever Vox signals
Avery furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at Mosey and asked "What if I want to take a bath? Can I take it off then?"
Mosey flickered his eyes to him, raised a brow and Avery smiled mischievously.
"Just shut it with the jokes and get ready to protect yourself from all angles," Mosey instructed and Avery became serious.
He assumed his boxing stance, saying "I guess it's a three versus five now"
Mosey chuckled and then said "I kind of like those odds. Just make sure nothing happens to that jacket and no more holding back. You're representing Centshuu now so don't do anything that'll bring shame to him and that includes losing here"
Avery nodded "Got it"
"Good," Mosey said then smirked as he too went into his fighting stance.