SPIAGGIA IN VENICE!

[RAITARO INAZUMA]

Shinnosuke's agents had been scouting for months to try and find more signs of the Mare Rings. One of their agents had a positive match in a jewelers in Venice and after some deliberation, Shinnosuke had agreed to send them to stay with the Riva branch so that they could find the ring. As far as combat strength went, they had enough with the Inazuma's to defend Namimori, but they didn't know what or who would have taken the Mare Ring. So the members of Spiaggia had a road-trip ahead of them to the sunny town of Venice...

The sparkling waters of the canal and the gleaming white of the buildings were fortunately muted by the large ostentatious pair of sunglasses perched on Raitaro's face as he stood uncertainly in the middle of a plaza. They'd travelled together as a group but had half split up once they reached Venice proper, Sheeka was probably sorting out their living arrangements and he had no idea where the others had got to. He was stuck in a trap only the perv-king of Namimori could get trapped by. Pretty girls in flowery dresses sauntered around everywhere, trailing behind them as they went with small bundles of giggles floating in the air, almost physical hooks Raitaro stared at like the world's most suicidal tuna. Shaking his head rapidly and remembering they were on important business, Raitaro did his best to keep his distraction to a minimum as he turned to go until he heard one particular set of words nearly hook under his shirt
"Quel ragazzo giapponese è carino" He didn't know what he was hearing but deep down, in his soul, he knew it was a compliment and the hook suddenly yanked him off his feet and helplessly dragged towards the fisherman's boat!

The Mare Ring in question, the Sun Ring, was currently in the possession of an oddly dressed man in a big coat and broad-brimmed hat, completely hiding his features as he stalked through the narrow streets of Venice, a carnival mask covering his face as he leaned around a corner and saw one of the Spiaggia, it's leader in fact, struggling to communicate to some local Italians. The masked man hid behind a building and observed silently

Raitaro was trying his level best to flirt with the Italian girls but his lack of Italian knowledge was somewhat failing him here
"What's that word Sheeka says to his stuffed animals... ohh, uhh, Coccolone!"
"<Eh? Is he calling me plump? What's wrong with this boy?>"
"No good? Uhhh... Mi Piace tette? That's like "You're pretty" right?"
"<Vulgar! I was wrong he isn't that cute>"
Using the bloodhound like ability certain men possess, a small group of burly guys swaggered over to talk with the girls and see what was going on. There was a rapid flow of Italian that Raitaro could not understand and blinked as the group of dudes rounded on him. He gulped as they all started cracking their knuckles.

How had he found a fight already? They'd only been there a few hours!

[SHEEKA RIVA]

my heart is cold, please don't leave

Sheeka would never fathom why he agreed to split up from Raitaro who barely knew any Italian, let alone English. However, he did feel that heading towards one of the properties that the Riva family own in Venice was better left for his own hunt. Especially being, that he knew his way fairly well around the city of canals, having been there once before. In all honesty, Sheeka would have much preferred the more laid back members of the Spiaggia to accompany him to his native country, but it was for the best that everybody would have gone. However, their limited knowledge of Italian posed a problem, especially now that they had split up.

Rai's even more limited knowledge of English wasn't much help either, but now that he had their housing for their stay all set up and the servants of the resident preparing it for the Spiaggia, he could go hunt down the members of his family. He knew exactly where Rai would most likely be, hunting down some pretty girls to flirt with. He was sure Hachi was in at least a better position that his boss - Hachi at least knew more English than Raitaro did. It was a wonder nobody had taught Raitaro Italian when he was younger, his father knowing that he would eventually have to deal with Italians who spoke mostly Italian and little Japanese. He made sure the current staff at the Riva penthouse he had borrowed for their stay were fluent in Japanese. He was balancing himself along the side of the Canal, watching the house staff close the water door that also lead into the lovely, expensive looking property to prevent unwanted guests before he headed out.

It was good to be back in his native country. He hadn't really been back since he'd shown up at the Inazuma's doorstep. His adoptive parents usually came to Japan to visit, so he hadn't really been back in awhile. Italy brought back a lot of memories he'd rather not be remembering. He'd never been in Venice while he was a runaway, but he could see the ghosts of himself huddled in alleys, trying to find a way to stay warm in cold weather, stealing from people and street vendors and stores to survive. Speaking of street vendors and stealing, Sheeka carefully moved passed a vendor selling apples and when the vendor wasn't looking, casually slipped one of his wares into his pocket. When he was out of sight, Sheeka wiped it off on his shirt and bit into it, weaving his way through crowds of people, hunting down his boss as well as trying to catch rumors of what was going on around the town.

One in particular caught his interest was that of a rumor of a foreigner hitting on a couple young girls, but insulting them rather than flirting with them. That sounded like Rai. Definitely. He approached the ones with the rumors, cheerfully smiling and asking in rapid Italian were this rumor was happening. A few moments later, he had a direction to where his boss was...screwing things up, per usual. He loved Rai to bits. They were like brothers and even shared a similar loss of their mother. However, that's where they branched off. Rai had still had the support of his family and Sheeka hadn't had that. Sheeka had shown up at the Inazuma's, very much still the traumatized child he had been for six years. His adoptive family had helped a lot to at least get him to a presentable form, not the street urchin they had picked up. The last four years with the Spiaggia, around people close to his age had done the rest.

Sheeka made his was towards the area his directions indicated, taking towards the alleys as a quicker way to get to his destination. He arrived just in time to see a group of large men approaching. Tossing the remaining apple in his hand, he scowled in an annoyed manner and yelled in Rai's direction the single word of "Baka!" before hurling the apple core at the back of one of the heads of the men.

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[RYKER REESE]

Never really stayed in one place Maybe that's the way it should be Visiting a place he loved to be in was not exactly a bad thing, the fact that they might have to work annoyed him though. Ryker had only told one person he was leaving, Alexei deserved to know. After all he was always working for that guy. He could only hope that it wouldn't get too screwed up. They weren't supposed to mess this up, or make people mad. But with Ryker and Rai in one place it wasn't going to be avoided. Of course Sheeka might get mad which would only make it worse. He wanted to bring Alexei with him but getting him involved in a Spiaggia related thing didn't sound like a good idea to him. So he'd leave him behind for now, hoping he could handle the clinic without Ryker for a few days. Or however long the boss said they were here. He did really like hanging out with these guys and being in the place his parents always took him too. It was a plus, though he didn't want to admit he knew how to speak to people here. Of course with Rai he probably wouldn't get a word in anyway. For all he knew Rai would say the wrong thing, make the wrong person mad. And they'd all be in trouble. He had split away from them for a little while. After all he wanted to find some good food, and eat. His stomach was twisting from the trip over here. Maybe he felt nervous a lot more then he let on. But of course he'd rather not comment about any of that. What good would it do? He yawned, and looked around. He was starving so he ordered a literal stack of food, and carried it off after paying. Ryker could eat all of this, and he proved that. It was gone in a matter of minutes. Ryker's stomach had to be a black hole, he almost wondered how his family had managed to feed him all these years. He couldn't help but wonder what the other guys were doing, he had to hope Rai hadn't done anything stupid already. But with his head in the clouds it was only a matter of time. Ryker wanted to have fun not get kicked out of Venice because of something stupid. Though he was a trouble maker too. So it would either be Rai or Ryker causing something to happen. And so far Ryker was trying to be a good boy. He yawned and walked further to explore the city. He hated the idea of what might be happening. Something didn't feel right but Ryker would take his sweet time. He had no reason to rush or so he thought, so far no one had died anyway. Ryker yawned again as he walked, he could hear that voice he knew all too well. Sheeka's voice. What was he mad about? Peeking out from behind Sheeka he glanced at the taller guys then Sheeka. "What did Rai do this time?" He hadn't really been paying attention to people speaking. Ryker didn't need to have some guy translate everything for him. Though he still had a few difficulties sometimes. Now he could only wonder how stupid Rai would be. Or if they'd have to fight. He stuck his tongue out at the gross horde of men. Why did Rai have to cause issues? Ryker thought he'd be the one making someone mad but apparently he was the good one today. So much for getting a vacation though. Tagged: Spiaggia

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[SHENG RÉN]

CRASHING IN AND breaking you to bits

Truth be told, this was actually the first time he had been out of the Asian region and into European territory, so Sheng was rather enjoying himself in his search for the ring. However the only thing is though is that the group had split  up in order to find the mare ring, well that wasn't really the best decision due to their group. Rai could barely speak Italian...and was well Rai so something was bound to happen with him, Sheeka on the other hand actually spoke the native tongue and this was his home land so no worries there. Ryker however despite being a bit of a trouble-maker like Rai, couldn't possibly get in the same kind of situation like the boss. No the boss was on a completely other level when it came to getting in trouble, so why not go international? 

Sheng sighed as he wasn't really one to talk, as he can barely speak Italian as well, he can speak Japanese, Chinese and even Korean but anything other then that he is a bit over his head. His father did teach him a few phrases that would come in handy for his tournaments, but in this kind of context it really was gonna help him find the ring if he kept on saying, "Good match" or "Sorry about your nose." so that's why he actually bought an Italian dictionary before they left.  With the way Sheng would wander around with a map in one hand and his dictionary  in his other, all he needed was a camera around his neck and he could just go undercover as a stereotypical tourist.  Judging by the way that the poor man was lost, that can still very much be the case.

"Now how the heck did I end up here?" Sheng asked himself as he looked at his map of the city once again only to turn it about 90 decrees to the left before he let out a small sigh. He tapped his foot against the ground slightly before putting the map down and looking around the area slightly to at least to get a feel for where he was. It was then he started to hear people talk, something about an "zuffa" going on and something about that word struck the teen, and he quickly went through his dictionary until he found it,"Now what are the chances that this is just a coincidence? " It was only a second of thinking before Sheng shook his head slightly and ran towards the source of the brawl that was gonna start. 

He ran down the streets before coming face to face to a bunch of rather burly men surrounding someone followed by the voice of someone that he knew,"Now how did this happen? On second thought, never-mind." He asked his two fellow friends as he approached them before putting away his map and he held his dictionary  in the same manner of a blunt weapon.

Oh well, regardless he shoulda known that this trip was gonna end up something like this. "Might as well take this as an opportunity to train." Sheng said as he took on a fighting stance, and waited for the shit to hit the fan.

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[RAITARO INAZUMA]

It's probably fitting that Spiaggia didn't have an official meeting point for these things, invariably it was "split up until Raitaro picks a fight and re-convene at the commotion", if it ain't broke don't fix it! They did at least look multi-cultural as his friends approached. He heard Sheeka appropriately shout an insult and nodded with a thumbs up
"Yeah, Sheeks! You show them who's boss!" the italian men were mostly confused as the apple bounced off one of their heads
"<This isn't a berry, it's an apple!>" one of them shouted in confusion as they all moved to advance on Sheeka. This was slowed by the appearance of Ryker who casually asked what Raitaro had done this time to which Rai hastily chipped in
"Squirrel! I was fraaaamed! I did nothing!" Rai's puntastic nickname based on the gang still looked set on violence until Sheng rocked up once again standing besides Sheeka and causing them to truly backaway though Rai was a little surprised by his equipment... that was... some heavy duty tourist there
"Was Shen wearing that before?" Raitaro mused to himself as he tried to remember what his housemate was wearing on the plane. No wait... he'd spent most of it asleep. Snoring. With his head on Ryker's shoulder. Huh... why DID they hang out with him?

These thoughts were interrupted by one of the larger guys apparently losing his temper completely and taking a swing at Raitaro. The girls screamed, time seemed to slow for a moment. Would the young Japanee boy dodge? He seemed to turn his head and opened his mouth to say something as the fist crashed into the side of his head with a loud slam and left a moment of silence. The Italian guy drew his hand back, slightly confused and stared at the now broken mess that had been his knuckles
"Oh man, that was a bad idea, you should really see a doctor or-" Raitaro's advice was cut off by the guy bellowing in pain as his friends, now furious, turned on Raitaro's obvious friends. There were quite a few of them, they were all far larger and more muscular than the assembled teenagers and stalked menacingly towards them. Raitaro blinked as the largest of them approached him and cracked his knuckles threateningly
"OK, so, I guess we're getting a sparring match. Don't kill them guys! We'd get in so much trouble and Sheeks's dad is terrifying when he's angry, if I get Sheeks arrested he'll definitely sell my kidneys to make bail" Raitaro shuddered as he remembered Sheeks (technically adopted) father and the recurring threat he incurred as a younger teenager. They may be outnumbered and outsized but Raitaro was well aware how much stronger his friends were than these guys. They just had to do it quick enough to evade the cops.

From the shadows of the alley, the coated man still watched but a distinctly mechanical sound, like a camera lens adjusting sounded out as the fight appeared to start

[SHEEKA RIVA]

my heart is cold, please don't leave

While Sheeka would have loved to have designated an area to meet up, probably somewhere along the Grand Canal and then branching off in different directions to search for the sun Ring, however; the Spiaggia tended to forgo any intelligent plans any of them may come up for the more spur of the moment plans and meetings. It somehow, amazingly, worked. Sheeka couldn't fathom how it is...but the remembered that Rai did a lot of damage and wherever Rai was, everybody would show up. It was a method that worked for them. He wondered, idly, if the Varia did that too...just waited for Arashi to destroy something and then converge on said destroyed area.

Sheeka was confused for a moment when they thought he said 'berry,' when he had thrown an aple and the confusion showed on his face a little. He switched into Italian for a moment. "I was calling moron over there an idiot in Japanese, not yelling berry..." He glanced over at Rai, switching back into Japanese for his benefit. "I was calling /you/ the idiot, moron," he stated evenly as he readied himself to take on the men who were now advancing on him, at least until Ryker and then Sheng showed up. Sheeka was confused by Sheng's get-up for a moment, but decided the tourist look was definitely helpful to some extent.

"He's been hitting on girls, apparently...badly," Sheeka added as an afterthought, wincing as he watched one of the men take aim at Rai. What an idiot. Rai had a hard head. "...I know several good doctors," Sheeka ventured casually with a soft smirk. They really deserved it though...Sheeka blinked, watching at the remaining approached them, obviously outsizing most of them...especially tiny Sheeka. They were definitely underestimating him. It was almost funny. Looking rather innocent at the man he had thrown his apple at as he approached him, cracking his knuckles. "I wouldn't, if I were you?"

"Why, you scared, you little brat?" the much larger man sneered. "I won't hit your face, I promise. It's kind of cute, after all," the man offered. Sheeka made a disgusted looking face at being called 'cute' by the ugly brute of a man before smiling cheerfully. "And I'll make sure to go for yours...anything I do it will be an obvious improvement."

With an angry roar, the man lunged for Sheeka, only for the child to dance carefully out of the way, chiming a cheerful little "you missed me. Try again." This child was infuriating. He continued lunging from the child, who continued to dance out of the way, his small stature providing the perfect escape. A few times, Sheeka's leg shot out, tripping him and letting him fall into his own comrades, at one point causing him to trip into one of them trying to catch Sheng from behind. As the man continued to try to catch Sheeka, the child eventually grew bored with avoiding him and when he was backed up towards a wall, with his opponent back him into a corner, he slid under his legs, vaulted up onto his back and shoulders before he could turn and react, a pair of twin knives held up against his throat that had materialized in his hands with mist flames, drawing blood.

It was at that moment he recalled that Rai didn't want him to kill anybody and he growled slightly, before forgoing the knives and yanking roughly on his hair, causing him to flail a bit and move around, until he reached the edge of the canal and Sheeka leapt off, the force of Sheeka's weight, meager as it was, causing him to fall in with a screech. He stood up straight, wiped the small amount of blood on his knives on another fallen man before glancing up sharply. Rai, Sheng, and Ryker were dealing with their opponents, but Sheeka couldn't help but feel that they were being watched. It was sort of a six sense he had. He had to be able to know when danger was around when he was a kid, especially when it came to knowing if his stepmother was in a mood or not or anybody on the streets was looking for a fight. His gaze shot from here, to there, trying to pinpoint the location.

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[RYKER REESE]

Never really stayed in one place Maybe that's the way it should be They were only here to have fun, not end up being forced into a fight. What had Rai caused this time, it seemed most of the fights had to do with him. They were around him and he said something stupid. Most of the time anyway, but Ryker could only hope for once he'd been smart. But that was like calling a slug fast and thinking it'd win everything. Here they went again having to save his butt in another place. Ryker wanted a vacation was that too much to even ask. Apparently he would get the response to his own question. Thanks to what Sheeka was saying he didn't seem to be making it any better. This was just going to end up like the last time most of them were all in the same place. Though if it was fun Ryker wouldn't complain. Train, Train and more train. Was that all Sheng thought about? Well might as well join him. It would be fun. He only glanced from Sheeka, to the guys then to Rai. Why did he keep calling him squirrel? What point did that even have. This guy was still strange but of course Ryker liked that about him. He couldn't talk about that right now, since they were supposed to be focusing on the scene at hand. Fighting and so on. As per usual this was how his life had gone. Ever since he met Rai and the Spiaggia group of course. Ryker figured he might as well try to enjoy this, minus the squirrel comment. He was hyper and talked really fast, so of course he wondered why he'd been compared to a squirrel and not something else. "Uh huh. Framed, you really need to be careful ya idiot." He rolled his eyes, and laughed. He was lecturing him in a more teasing manner then actually meaning it. That was not his problem. Sheeka did most of the lecturing he was the best at it after all. "Aww. So we can beat them up till they cry like little babies?" He pulled off of Sheeka's shoulder to let him do his thing. He knew they all needed to fight now. However he still felt as if this wasn't right. Something was there, something he couldn't quite put his finger on. He didn't really care, so what if he was tiny compared to these guys. They'd handled worse. "Come on brainless muscle head." Ryker wasn't as good as Sheeka when speaking this stuff, but at least he knew what he was saying. And he said it properly. Well mostly, it was always funny when he said a few wrong things without meaning it. "Yea yea got it man. We won't hurt them too badly." He smirked, and cracked his neck. He wiggled his finger and stuck his tongue out at his target. Ryker wanted to play with them, he had no plans to be respectful. This whole back and forth thing was annoying him. Ryker stuck his tongue out at his opponent, he hadn't made a single move yet. He was luring this guy into things and when the muscle headed moron tried to grab him Ryker jumped up to push off of his head. He knew they couldn't kill, but trolling them and hurting them couldn't be too bad. While kicking off of the guy's head that idea of being watched had been shoved out of his mind. They didn't really need help they just needed to avoid the cops. Tagged: Spiaggia

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[SHENG RÉN]

CRASHING IN AND breaking you to bits

Sheng couldn't help but to laugh slightly at the situation the group had managed to get themselves in, as his grandfather was absolutely right on how he would have plenty opportunities to test hone his skills. He just didn't consider how many times this kinda thing would happen, but who knows if they didn't plan their rendezvous area to wherever the nearest brawl was he might have just gotten lost in the town's various streets. The true shame of it was, however that they couldn't spend a few more minutes to at least look around the area and to give Sheng a bit more time to actually look around the town. However at this rate the sightseeing portion was over and if Sheng actually wanted a chance to look around town he might have to do so on his own time, perhaps even ask Sheeka on some Italian lessons.

Speaking of Sheeka and Italian, it seemed that he was having his own little trash-talking session with a few of the brutes, or at least that is what Sheng had gathered by the way they talked. With nothing but a shake of his head the storm guardian walked forward towards the few Italian muscle heads before taking a quick bow before entering a traditional tae kwon doe stance which cause a bit of snickering among their group."Oh look at mister Kung Fu over here. He just thinks that if he is asian he can fool us that he actually knows the stuff."

Even if the teen didn't understand their language, he could tell one thing by the way that they were speaking and he couldn't help but smile. "Underestimate me? Funny." Was all he said before in one fluid motion pivoted his body 90 decrees to the side followed by a quick kick to the man to the left's gut. With the man kneeling over, Sheng mustered a large amount of upper body muscle and grabbed the man's arm before twisting it and pulling the man over his shoulder, sending him into the ground. Sheng then simply resumed his stance while looking at the other two men with a small smirk, the look he gave them were obviously an challenge and the two men angerly accepted by charging at the boy. 

"Too slow. Your form is all wrong." Were the thoughts that ran through his head as he pivoted his body to dodge the rather heavily swung punches towards the boy. It wasn't until the fifth swing that Sheng finally  decided to respond, by bringing up his arm to stop his opponent's swing, before a quick pain struck the man's stomach as Sheng's other arm punched him causing the man to wince in pain. It was simple to knock the guy to the ground at that point with his leg hooking over the man's which caused him to plummet to the ground face first into the ground. The third ban was rather reluctant at this point but Sheng had to prove himself at this point and he lept in the air and delivered two swift kicks; one to the man's chest followed quickly by one to the face, the force was enough to knock the man off his feet and crashed to the ground while Sheng regained his balance before giving another bow to the three."Good match."

After his bow he sighed sightly as he reached in his pocket for his dictionary and circled through the pages before looking at the three men,"If you wish to get better I know a nice dojo in China where you can reform."No better time to promote his grandfather's dojo then to a group of delinquent, as he was sure that Fon and his father can get them fighting like champs after some practice. It wasn't until the teen slightly relaxed, when Sheeka tripped an man behind him that had the goal of grabbing the asian from behind. Sheng scowled at the man whole tried to attack from behind and stood over him with his dictionary and turned a few pages before just tossing it at the man's head. "Fight with honor next time."

As he turned to see how the rest of his friends were doing, a thought went into his mind as he looked around, "What if this was all planned? We could be under watch right now." With the thought in his head, Sheng glanced around them in sorts of finding anyone suspicious, without drawing suspicion to whoever might be watching. Judging by the way Sheeka was acting, he would imagine that the teen came to the same conclusion so Sheng figured that he might as well do his thing while Sheeks looked around. "So who's next?" He asked as he faced a couple more guys and resumed his fighting stance.

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[RAITARO INAZUMA]

As you'd expect of Raitaro, he was handling his own problem with about as much ease as his comrades. The huge gentleman was perhaps slightly better versed than his friends as he was using fundamental boxing with jabs and crosses flicking out sharply while Rai shifted left and right at the same pace to avoid them. Rai didn't have his hands up because, after all these years, he was accustomed to blocking with his fore-head but after a suitable flurry (and making sure the others had mostly won as he saw Sheng pulling out his phrasebook, so he must be rounding it off), he rolled to one side under the huge gentleman and landed besides the canal and a boat that had pulled up. He grinned and held his hand out with two fingers pointed up, his face shaded with mysterious energy seeming to radiate off of him
"Inazuma style Secret Technique:..." what? He had another secret technique? The atmosphere seemed charged as Raitaro stared down his opponent. Had he gotten serious? Was this poor Italian gentleman going to end up in serious trouble? The girls looked worried and held each other while the big gentleman limbered up, he was worried but he had no idea what the punk had said so he wasn't about to run away. He charged and saw as Raitaro moved! He grabbed at the punt being used by the boatman and... hauled it out of the water, over his head and brought it crashing down on the unfortunate brawler's head with a loud cry of
"Chokuzen Sokkyo no Yari!" despite the impressive kanji framing the screen, the actual 'attack's' name is "Last Minute Improvised Spear" so needless to say, it was likely less than impressive for those watching who knew what he said
Still holding the spear, Raitaro stood up and breathed deep while the poor man lay on the floor with stars spinning above his head
"Phew, it's a good thing grandpa taught me such an awesome technique before I left. Sorry guys, I've been keeping such an incredible move hidden from you" He sounded serious but no doubt Spiaggia would not be as impressed by their 'Fearless Leader' as he liked to think. The few remaining guys picked up their friends and hastily skeedaddled after receiving such a furious beating and Rai cheerily waved them off, glad no-one had been killed.

Gathering together once more, Raitaro awkwardly scratched his ear
"So... now that's out of the way, I actually went to the jewlery store that had the Mare ring but someone had already robbed it and killed the people inside. I think it was fairly recent so I kiiiiind of came up with a plan" he glanced apologetically at Sheeka "I was gonna start a ruckus since whoever stole the ring would likely come after us since we have 4 of the remaining 6 on us right now." Of course, he didn't add at the end that he wasn't planning to do it HERE and that the misunderstanding with the girls had been legitimate because he was an idiot, he wasn't stupid "So it all worked out, we just need to wait for some sign of the guys who-" Raitaro was cut off by a blur of dark grey iron and a loud wham as he was lifted off the ground and catapulted across the canal. He landed with a heavy wham on the solid ground at the far side and a hovering figure chuckled to himself as he did so.

The cloaked man from before walked calmly out from behind the corner he had been hiding behind, removing his hat it was obvious he'd been heavily modified with machine parts sticking through his jaw and a targetting laser by the side of his head. The Sun Mare ring was perched on his finger and he eyed the remaining trio up.
"Retrieve the rings" he stated mechanically as two other steel grey targets appeared. They looked humanoid in shape but covered in metal and with different builds, one was thin and wiry with claws and the other had four mechanical legs splayed out and what looked like a turret. The wiry one took a second before deciding to go for Sheng, claws swiping for vital points with frightful precision while the turret started opening fire on Ryker with bullets sparking off rapidly. Both of them were taking great effort to drive the two of them back and away from the original arrival. The man with the Sun ring turned his focus to Sheeka now and smiled
"Looks like it's just you and me... Mr Rithan"

((OOC: I didn't give 'em personalities but deal with the Moscas how you guys see fit. They're pretty tough but not DWF proof.))

[SHEEKA RIVA]

my heart is cold, please don't leave

The other members of the Spiaggia were easily dealing with their opponents, which was a good thing. They could finish this up and be on their way before the Italian police showed up. Sheeka could most likely talk their way out of being arrested and for the other three, deported. He was an Italian native, so they had to go through hoops to get him deported. Before then, all he really had to do was drop his surname and they'd be on their way. Dropping the name Riva in Italy, the name was renown in the entire country as their most successful business and medical facilities. The Riva had ties all over the place. The military, the police, the government...and seeing as too much damage hadn't been caused at the moment, it would be easy to get out of it.

However, even after the group had been spent packing, Sheeka couldn't help but feel like they were being watched. He completely ignored Rai's statement of 'hiding' such an 'awesome' technique from them because he was carefully and lightly circling their area, looking for whoever was watching. There were those girls that Rai had attempted to hit on still there..they looked outright terrified. For a moment, Sheeka paused and flipped out a card from his wallet - hidden by mist flames so nobody could pick his pockets...he knew the trade well enough, after all. A pen followed as he scribbled something down with a pleasant smile, speaking in rapid Italian to the girls. "Forgive my idiot friend there. He...doesn't speak Italian and it is entirely my fault that he, most likely, insulted you because I wasn't here to translate." The card he'd written on was a business card for one of the health spas in the city run by the Riva. "There should be a health spa in the area run by the Riva, this gives you both a free afternoon there if you forget any of this ever happened."

The group had regathered now and the two girls had wandered off with the business card, forgetting everything that had happened thanks to the Sheeka's bribe. He was still keeping an eye out for whoever was watching though, obviously on edge as he switched back into Japanese for Raitaro's benefit. "Those girls won't say anything. I apologized for your behavior as well as bribed them with a free afternoon at one of my family spas," he stated casually before Rai reported what he had seen in that jewelry store and that he had planned that. Why did that not surprise him? Well, it did...a little bit. His plan might work, depending on if he captured the attention of the perpetrators or the police. A thoughtful frown crossed Sheeka's features as he tried to figure out what was going on. Besides the fact that perhaps somebody else was after the mare rings besides them and were willing to kill for it, but before he could even voice that to them and tell them that whoever was after the rings were willing to kill and they should follow that example, at least against those who deserved it, something slammed into Rai and sent him flying across the canal. A figure slipped out of the shadows and Sheeka couldn't help but feel a sense of foreboding as he ordered some things to retrieve the rings - obviously talking about the Mare Rings. Sheeka's own Mare Ring, the Ring of the Mist, was cloaked in mist flames to keep others from seeing it and the only one visible on his finger was the Segno Hell ring.

The two robots went after Sheng and Ryker which left Sheeka with the mastermind of the group. They were attacking his friends with the intent to kill and this one had ordered it. Sheeka's weapons, stiletto and tanto appeared in both of his hands. Rai may have been against killing anybody, but it was clear that this was the person who had ordered the people of that jewelry store murdered, so Sheeka knew that he was going to be aiming for the kill. He was ready to go on the attack when the name Rithan stopped him. Sheeka stiffened noticeably, the name Rithan obviously causing the reaction in him. How. Why. How did he know that name? Nobody did. Besides the Inazuma's and his own adoptive family and neither of them would reveal that to anybody. Ever...maybe Sheeka didn't want to kill this man, especially when he wanted answer.

He was speaking in Japanese, probably for the benefit of the other Spiaggia members, but Sheeka didn't much care for that. Everybody besides Rai didn't know that his original surname had been Rithan. They knew he was adopted considering he son of an Alessandro and a Celino - both men and unable to have children of their own as his parents but didn't know the entire story behind it. They didn't know how the son of the previous generation's mist guardian had come into their care and he'd rather not delve into the portion of his life he tried his best to leave behind. "I don't go by Rithan anymore," he snapped coldly, his fingers tightening around his weapons. Calm. Keep calm...but how could he when that name brought back memories he didn't want to come back. The name itself sparked a fear in Sheeka's mind that he hadn't felt in ages, but he did his best to hide it. He hid a lot of things from the people he was closest to. Rai knew, but Sheng and Ryker didn't know much about him. Was he trying to spark the words of distrust in the Spiaggia over their lack of knowledge about him?

"Of course. Of course, Riiiiva," the Mare Ring wielder drawled in amusement as he casually trailed back and forth in front of Sheeka. "I bet your absolute bursting with curiosity of how I know that name," he continued. "Well...maybe I'll tell you...but I doubt it," he mused carefully. The man suddenly lunged forward, claws sliding out of his hands - both obviously cybernetic enhancements. "They told me not to kill you...but that I can hurt you. A lot. The more, the merrier," he stated in an overly cheerful tone as Sheeka brought up his weapons to parry the attack from his obviously metal claws, only for him to lift a leg casually and slam it into Sheeka's side. It didn't feel like his legs had been enhanced any, but it still hurt either way and sent Sheeka into the canal itself. Sheeka would be grateful for the filtration system that had been added to the canals in recent years.

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[RYKER REESE]

Never really stayed in one place Maybe that's the way it should be This had bored him so at least it was over, Ryker didn't like constantly fighting with people. Now well maybe he found experimenting new moves on them fun. But he didn't feel like getting arrested or beaten up here because of something stupid. Ryker felt that he could go take a nap now. He wanted one vacation without fighting people. But that would never happen, till maybe he dated someone. But like he'd do that either. Ryker only yawned and stretched till his back cracked. He wanted to whine and complain or smack Rai. But he didn't for now. He was too bored now, could they go have some fun? He only glanced at the others, they had to regroup now. But really why did this even have to happen. Ryker still kept his mouth shut about how he wanted a simple vacation. Not a let's fight people every two seconds. "Ugh that was really annoying. Keeping us involved would have been nice ya know. Jeez Rai, killed all of them though. People are so stupid." He shook his head, he was already bored here, but he stood next to Sheng and yawned. He felt a bit tired from this but it wasn't like he'd be able to sleep yet. For some reason he felt they still had work to do. And he didn't know why. What could he do without picking on the wrong thing. Ryker blinked and looked at Rai suddenly go flying. "Rai! Sheeka!" He didn't like where this was going, but Ryker should have been used to this. Fighting and all, it had become a typical thing with Spiaggia. No matter where they went, at some point they'd get into a fight. Now it all depended on who they fought with. Ryker didn't entirely like this, but on instinct he knew what he had to do. "Sheng move. Hey stupid robot you want it, come and get it~" He laughed as he jumped back on his hands and stuck his tongue out at the robot before repeating the action so he was back on his feet instead of his hands. Ryker growled and slipped the ring out of his pocket shoving it on his finger. They'd have to cut his finger off to get it. And Ryker had no plans to get hurt or lose a finger. The fact that the jerk who showed up would probably be the one that ordered those people to die. It annoyed him so much. The flames flickered over his hand as he caught his weapon holding it in one hand. Ryker wouldn't wait for a second, he wanted to find some weak spot on this thing. Ryker slide around barely dodging the mosca's bullets. He didn't feel like being turned into swiss cheese. Ryker tried to knock this guy know, his flames coated the sword as it hit the metal. He could hear the familiar ding of it smacking the metal, Ryker knew he should be careful. Rolling out of the way again he whistled for Tazzy feeling the animal jump on his shoulder. "Let's play hm?" Ryker still had his mind in two places, he was worried about Sheng, Rai and Sheeka. So make that four places counting this fight. Ryker lunged forward, trying to avoid being struck down quickly. The name he heard, what they said to Sheeka it still bothered him. "Tazzy bite!" He grumbled as the box animal attacked the Mosca's face. Maybe this would turn into his favor for once. Tagged: Spiaggia Notes: totes didn't fall asleep halfway through writing this oops.

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[SHENG RÉN]

CRASHING IN AND breaking you to bits

With the fighting of the group of Italian 'fighters' over Sheng returned to his casual body movements as he stretched his arms from the training session. While Sheng made his way to regroup with his other friends, the thoughts on what would really happen if the police actually showed up? The teen didn't really think of it until now, if they showed up while a bunch of teenagers were beating up a group of civilians. "Well I guess it is a good thing the police were called then." He thought a-loud before standing next to a rather bored Ryker before nodding at his comrade's remarks to his leader,"Why is it that it just sounds like an attempt on covering up that you just messed up?"Was Sheng's reaction to his boss' plan and if this was some manga of sorts one could clearly see a rather exaggerated sweat drop on the teen's head but he could only sigh slightly, because sadly even if it were true, it truly was a plan only Rai would think of.

It was during this sense of relief, that danger had once again shown it's ugly hand, starting with Raitaro being sent to the other side of the canal in a grey flash."Rai!" The attack was rather unexpected, well they were sure that they might have to fight again, but Sheng was hoping not this soon and this followed a cloaked man walking out into the scene and gave what seemed like an order followed by two other grey figures arriving into view and before Sheng could get another word in edge wise the two grey figures made their move. 

Once Ryker gave the signal Sheng stepped back as he left the cloud guardian to face his opponent, while the more lanky one made it's way towards him. It swung it's claw at the teen with the clear intent of striking his vitals and ending the battle quickly and brutally, and the storm guardian quickly pivoted to dodge most of the strikes, but a few swings managed to strike Sheng's flesh leaving some shallow cut's on his abdomen. The teen winced as he kept on stepping back in order to create distance from him and his robotic attacker, and he placed his right hand against his wounds to check the condition."Nothing major, good." His face shown a small sign of relief, that the claws didn't manage to do do any major damage to him, but his face went back into a serious manner as he looked at his opponent.

"Interesting choice of weapons. So how about we see which is better." Sheng quickly shoved a hand into his pocket and pulled out a small red ring and placed it on his left hand," Your claws or my fangs?" With one swift movement his ring was covered in his flames and he inserted the ring into his weapon's box, Hǔ bǔshí took form on his hands. His robotic opponent once again lunged towards Sheng with it's claws once again aiming for Sheng's vitals but now equip with his gloves he could actually parry a few of the swings, and it was evident of the sounds of metal striking metal whenever the two clashed. Sheng's rhythm was a pace where he could observe his opponent's movements while dodging most of it's strikes. 

It was during this time that Sheng managed to look from the corner of his eye to observe the situation. While he saw Ryker fight his opponent, Sheng was sure that his friend would surely come through. His attention however was mainly towards Sheeka and Raitaro, one of which was sent across the canal and the other was kicked into the canal. This whole situation left a terrible feeling in Sheng's stomach before he returned his attention to his opponent. His glove's blades started to glow a light red, before they were covered in bright storm flames and leaved a small trail behind every movement, as he struck at the robot's arm during it's mid-swing.

"Outta my way dammit!"

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[RAITARO INAZUMA]

The mosca attacking Ryker was caught by surprise when it's target opened a box and released it's box animal. It hadn't been programmed to target two targets at once and the flurry of bullets were even easier to dodge than originally expected. While the sparks of the ground being torn up flew, Tazzy managed to land square on the Mosca's face and causing it to struggle with the box animal, the gunshots from it's cannons flying wild as it tried to knock Tazzy off of it. Leaving itself nearly entirely open to an attack from Ryker as it gave as best an effort as it could to free itself from the damage of the Box Animal. Of course, it was still dangerous but not as much as it would have been.

The Mosca fighting Sheng was having an even tougher time, they were resistant to swords certainly but flames were harder to deal with. Especially the more directly damaging ones. Sheng's counter attack as the mosca struck hit it's arm square and the fierce roar of the Storm Flames burnt it away almost immediately. With a loud clang the removed limb struck the ground and left the Mosca with only one functioning arm. It's programming limitations kicked in once more as it seemed unaware of it's limitations and continued striking at Sheng ineffectually with the stump in pre-programmed motions.

While they weren't pushovers by any stretch, they clearly had not been intended to fight people at the level of Ryker and Sheng... what was their goal?

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Raitaro saw Sheeka fall into the canal and immediately tried to run forward to help, interrupted by a harpoon thudding into the ground near his feet.
"Units Yotta and Upsilon are faring below projections, I told you to send live agents" the guy who'd tackled him was floating in the air, another harpoon in hand and apparently in contact with someone "They're perfect for normal people but those two teenagers are taking them apart"
"Uhhh... shouldn't you be attack me or..." Rai blinked as the guy hovered down some more, around 7 feet out of range as he tapped his helmet once more. He was clearly not like the robots, he was a guy in armor which meant Rai couldn't kill him outright. But as he floated down over the canal his jetpack hummed as he positioned himself 7 feet from shore
"Outside of his range: ideal. Commencing extermination." The voice raised the spear "Primary goal, eliminate before he can reach his box weapon" The guy hurled the harpoon immediately and smiled as he expected it to perforate even Raitaro's body. It was stopped by a flash of emerald as Raitaro swiped the spear out of the air and held Raku Raku up with a slightly vacant expression
"Hngh... intel was off" muttered the jetpack wielding assassin "Listen up, brat. I'm Aldo, hitman extraordinaire! You've earned the anger of my clients and that's all it takes to ensure you don't see another dawn..."
"ahh! so scare. such fight. very danger" Raitaro intoned flatly as Aldo got more worked up
"Yooooooooou, I'll kill you! As long as I stay out of range, I'll-"
"You're out of spears" Raitaro observed as Aldo himself realised this. Taking a running leap, Raitaro leapt for the floating hitman with Raku Raku drawn back and was caught by surprise as Aldo's face split into a grin. A metal tendril snaked out of his suit and slammed a weight onto Raitaro's chest that fastened on quickly
"I fight at sea all the time idiot, I don't need my spears to kill you" and with that the tendril snaked around Raitaro and pitched him at the canal below!

Aldo cackled with laughter, that weight was 30 kilograms, it constricted movement and it almost guaranteed you'd be unable to swim with it on. He watched as Raitaro hit the surface and... stayed above it. He glanced down to see he was somehow floating despite the weight on him.
"Impossible! He should be sinking! How?!" Looking down he realised what he was seeing, the dull green crackle coming from Raitaro's skin as he got to his feet and stood upon the water. His Lightning Flames were solidifying the water enough to stand on it. Aldo didn't let this slow him down as he engaged his jet pack and flew down to still be outside Raitaro's range as he stormed forward with tendrils
"Even if I can't drown you, I've read the reports, Spiaggia's boss is the idiot with no redeeming features. Relying on his stronger guardians to survive in fights, right!?" this was punctuated by the metallic tendrils being unceremoniously shredded in a flurry of thrusts by the jagged-headed spear
"Gimme a break" Raitaro sighed "You aren't any stronger than those robots Sheng and Squirrel are fighting. Guys like you who talk really big, keeping me from helping Sheeks... kinda piss me off" Raitaro growled, and for the first time Aldo realised how off a lot of those reports about Spiaggia might well be...

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[SHEEKA RIVA]

my heart is cold, please don't leave

He surfaced moments after being knocked into the canal, looking somewhat akin to a drowned rat. It wasn't like he couldn't swim, but that side he'd been kicked in certainly stung enough to stun him for a moment. He could foresee a future bruise there, but knew with fair certainty that nothing was broken. His opponent was approaching the edge of the canal, looking somewhat amused.

If it was one thing that Sheeka knew and that very few people knew, or had ever seen was that Sheeka fought dirty if he was cornered. So when the man's hand reached out to grab him, Sheeka found what little flesh his arm still had, just above the wrist and his teeth sank into the flesh of his arm. There was an enraged shriek of pain as Sheeka's sharp teeth draw blood. "Little brat!" he snarled, as his other hand twisted into the wet locks, fully pulling Sheeka out of the canal. It would have been rather difficult for Sheeka to pull himself out, anyway with the steep sides of this portion of the canal.

He ignored the obnoxious pain from having his own hair pulled, as he viciously kneed his opponent in the gut, causing him to loosen his grip enough for Sheeka to free himself from his grasp, almost causing him to be dropped into the canal again, just as Rai was thrown into the canal nearby and Sheeka carefully landed on the hardened water, with a wry comment. His foot tapped lightly against the water. "That's pretty cool, actually, Rai..." before pulling himself back onto the side, flipping acrobatically onto his hands and delivering a vicious kick to the man's mechanical jaw before turning his handstand into a neat cartwheel and appearing back on his feet several feet from the man. Sheeka's head shook rigorously, water splashing everywhere as he huffed in annoyance, flipping the wet strands on out of his face.

The man carefully turned around, adjust the metal in his jaw that had been knocked out of place and wiping blood from his mouth. A mechanical eye adjusted slightly, closing in on Sheeka again with his vicious-looking metal claws. Sheeka's blades were in his hands again, mist flames flickering off of them as he blocked the blows, returning the favor as his tanto, the mist flames causing deception on its true length, sliced across the man's stomach, drawing blood for the first time besides the bite that Sheeka had landed on him earlier. He hoped he didn't get rabies, or something from the little brat.

They exchanged several more blows between the two, with the mechanical man managing to land a neat slice across Sheeka's right check with at least one his claws. It had been enough to draw a trickle of blood, but it wasn't deep and probably wouldn't even scar over. Sheeka hadn't counted in the added weight from his wet clothing into his ability to dodge and parry blows. After that mistake though, he had and was better managing to dodge the blows, despite getting more and more frustrated with the man as time continued. This was ridiculous. Ryker, Sheng, and Rai weren't have any problems with his opponent.

After their flurry of attacks was broken, the man took several steps back to survey the situation at hand, looking rather unamused now. They had clearly not expected this from the Spiaggia. He was going to murder whoever gave them the information about the Spiaggia. He had to finish this up and fast. "Well...I suppose it was fun while it lasted, I didn't hurt you as much as I intended to...blood loss is good for transporting prisoners, after all..." he mused lightly to himself. He smirked at the confused, looking child before speaking more, this time outloud and loud enough for the group to hear. "It's funny...really, Rithan," putting emphasis on the name that he had called Sheeka. "Now that I think about it...if your mother hadn't died, then Raitaro's would still be alive, wouldn't she? Varina would have undoubtly returned to aid her best friend against your enemies...and if that had happened. Saya Inazuma might not have died."

A look flashed through Sheeka's eyes at the commentary concerning his mother. A mix of rage that he would dare even mention his mother...how did he know about his mother? What else did he know? He knew too much. That worried Sheeka and he couldn't put a finger as to why it worried him so much, besides the obvious reasons. The other look that crossed over Sheeka's eyes was shame as he looked down, unable to meet the man's gaze for a brief second as the words "It's your fault, you know." flashed through his mind as did the mental image of his father, drunk, ranting that repeatedly during one his drunk rages. This trip was bringing up more memories that he didn't want brought up...and he didn't like it. They knew too much about him, things that very few people knew. Why? His father and his stepmother hadn't known about the mafia...but had something happened to them?

The mechanical man smiled in victory, the momentary distraction that he had caused. He had to finish this job up before his allies were completely dealt with. His claws hit Sheeka in the back, drawing blood from the blow when Sheeka had finally come to his senses, a moment to late and had made the move to dodge, his wet clothes preventing faster movement. He made a pained noise before he retaliated, a murderous aura flaring to life for a brief second before dying down. Rai was his friend and he wasn't going to disobey his order to not kill. Besides, he wanted answers, answers he wasn't going to get at the moment.

The cybernetic man stumbled back, yanking the knife out of the eye socket. With only one eye working, his allies on the losing side. The best course of action was to retreat. He turned to the armored man for a brief second before calmly ordering a retreat. "It seems we've underestimated the Spiaggia, besides...it sounds as if the police are on their way..." he smiled, looking between Raitaro and then Sheeka with his one working eye,. "This won't be the last time...it's not a good idea to fail my boss in any way, this one should know..." One of his wrists detached for a brief moment as a small ball dropped into his free hand before he carefully reattached it and then dropped it. It exploded as black smoke filled the air, when it cleared, the man and his allies, included what remained of the mosca would be gone, but the damage would still be there. And so would the Spiaggia.

Sheeka moved, half snarling. "Get back you, you fucking asshole!" he wasn't even trying to stay calm anymore. It was too late though and the movement only hurt. He rose, closing his eyes for a brief moment, trying to calm down. The feeling of blood dripping down his back wasn't a feeling he liked to have. The feeling of blood in general, his own, was not pleasant at all. he moved over to Rai, slowly as he tried to also wring out his clothes of water. "S-s-sorry, I didn't get the mare ring from him...we should go to the house I have set up...I'll be okay until then..." It had been a long time since Sheeka had honestly felt this way and looked somewhat like a puppy who had just been kicked.

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[RYKER REESE]

Never really stayed in one place Maybe that's the way it should be This made him feel a bit blah, he wanted it to end. But over time Ryker noticed he was enjoying beating it up. He had put the sword and slammed it into the Mosca's head. Tazzy's flames flickered as Ryker plotted over his next move. He wanted to finish this off already before he got bored all over again. Though logically he felt it wouldn't happen right now. And yet he wasn't certain where to go with this. He was not about to put up with these jerks, he wanted them destroyed. He still worried about everyone, Sheng, Rai and Sheeka. But Ryker had to make sure he didn't get hurt too badly. Already he could feel the bruises forming on his body from the few strikes he gained. This was not going to help much if he thought about those. "Haha I wonder..." He laughed low in his throat as he stuck his hand into Tazzy's flames. Pulling the flames off of Tazzy's back he flung the two of them into the Mosca's chest before jumping back and slamming the end of his sword against the spikes on the Mosca's chest. "Tiiimber!" He said with a laugh, he knew this wasn't a time to be joking around but he was having fun. Ryker couldn't keep focused one everything right now, it wasn't possible for him. He felt frustrated knowing he couldn't help them. Sheng,Rai and Sheeka needed a little bit of help from him. Or maybe they didn't but Ryker still wanted it to be the option. He grumbled then glared at the Mosca on the ground. 'Stupid thing' Ryker felt that he wasn't thinking clearly, all he thought about was beating it up. Making the Mosca cry like a baby if it had any human emotions. Those things were robots that needed to die and nothing else mattered. He'd love to see this thing in pieces at his feet. He stomped on the Mosca, putting his sword on his back. "You idiots really can't handle us. You okay Sheng!?" Ryker had to ask even if the Mosca under his feet started to move again and he had to jump back. Ryker didn't like feeling worn down, or fighting on a vacation. But things needed to be done no matter how much they didn't want to do it. The Spiaggia might act like dorks, and be a bit playful but when they really thought about things. Or really worked hard on those things, they made it work. And proving they weren't that weak was part of it. Though mostly people thought Rai was nothing. He wondered if they'd figured out otherwise yet. The very idea amused Ryker. Too bad Mosca's didn't have feelings or he'd be sticking his tongue out and trolling it. Wincing slightly from the stinging he felt. Ryker only wanted this to end, his arm was stinging and that wasn't the only part. But he didn't have the time to look at it till this was over. Ryker couldn't help glancing back over where Sheeka and Rai should be. They could handle themselves but it didn't change the fact that wanted this to end. Ryker had been diving into the fight to kick the Mosca again, wanting to watch it fall apart even further. To say he was shocked when it disappeared was not a lie. He didn't even know what had happened, trying to follow it was another matter entirely. " OH COME ON! Ugh...why do they run off like beaten puppies." He stomped his feet a little, but ignored the idea of the damage. He wanted to find out what Sheeka was up to. Sheeka and Rai. Sheng too now that he thought about it. "Sheng...You coming?" He asked without looking back. The damage was probably not pretty but Ryker didn't want to look at it. He hadn't thought it'd go this bad so quickly. Tagged: Spiaggia

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