&quot;Well, when you'll probably see that on your travels&quot; <i>Haken raised an eyebrow as her presence changed...but its considering her...she's still possibly a tyke bomb...one mistep and BOOM! She may go crazy. However, as Haken listened to her daydreaming, he smiled a little...but of course, he still had to tread lightly. He couldn't just forget that presence she let out...as she asked her request raising his eyebrow once more</i> &quot;Monster? Well, I mean many people would rather be the adventurer than the monster that'll be slain. Maybe ask them if they want to be the adventurer accompanying you?&quot; <i>He suggested this lightly, trying to gamble his efforts...hopefully she'll take his suggesting and, best case scenario, go along her merry way. But if she still pleaded to him, well at least he had other cards to play</i>

<i>Soon enough, the doors of GYM swing open...revealing a rather peculiar looking guy. While the GYM itself did have some people that would look to pretty much stand out from everything else most of the time...this guy might've looked a bit more outlandish in the fact... ...That he dresses like a Cowboy Well, that aside, he walked in, he came upon the fight that was occuring between the Keyblade wielder and the arrogant overlord...with an unusual looking rifle strapped onto his shoulder, one that had a pile driver under the barrel and a fold out blade in the stock. Not to mention, his ridiculously long revolver...WHY his revolver is that long has yet to be seen as of yet. For now, the cowboy looking man watched the battle whilst leaning to the side...and maybe some western-like music played around for a little, just mostly watching</i>

&quot;..?!&quot; <i>Haken blinked as he parried in thin air...as Roxas suddenly appearing on his right about to stab his right arm! &quot;Well played...&quot; Haken thought to himself...as he quickly moved to press a button below the stock of his rifle...under the fold out bayonet, where a playing card would shoot out from it, flying into Roxas's face before exploding...and Haken attempting to move out of the way of the stab...only to have his arm grazed by the brutal electric blade passing through</i> &quot;Guh..! Not bad! You managed to hurt me alot with a graze!&quot; <i>Even with him Focusing more...he would need to ensure that he'll be faster in order to match up with Roxas's ever increasing speed. Though...now he focused on firing a few rounds after that card shot out of his stock. Before taking out a few more cards that spun around...in an attempt to send Roxas flying back...</i> &quot;I'm good at throwing cards, wanna see?&quot;

<i>A well played gamble indeed it was...but unfortunately for Haken...it was a gamble that he had lost. poorly so in which case. Despite having fought several magic beings before, including one that constantly stole bodies, for someone who was adept in magic to the nth degree was a little too much for Haken to deal with, as he shot those light swords with his revolver, although he still had tact to be able to dodge some of his own shots...but the gravity raids hit him...really hard.</i> &quot;Guh..!!!&quot; <i>Of course, still going along with his move, the Last Showdown, Haken dashed behind Roxas as he somewhat were able to parry him...but Roxas was undoubtely faster than he was, so the damage were done. However...Haken still had his final playing card, as he dashed behind Roxas once more to at least give himself some spacing using the Blasting Stake, before dropping the rifle and pulling out his Longtomb Special...as it expanded to enter its Klondike mode...charging up a blue enrgy blast...before Roxas suddenly rushed into melee range and used Defense</i> &quot;...What..?!&quot; <i>Haken had fired the shot...and as per usual, he was sent flying back due to the recoil. The Shot however was inevitably reflected back to him...and as if luck decided to shed some pity on him...barely missed him after he fell onto the ground...creating a hole and incinerating the poor door that usually granted entrance to those in the GYM...poor Eito. Haken panted a little...nearly being incinerated by his own shot...as his hat was falling back down onto the floor right in front of him and Roxas</i> &quot;Phew...How about we call that the tie-breaker? Seems that your luck was better than mine.&quot;

<i>While Haken managed to get him with the second set of gunfire, the spinning rifle wouldn't hit Roxas as he's out of its trajectory. As Haken caught his rifle, the Nightfowl, he proceeded to parry the keyblade...which has now changed to its previous black form that was used against Laharl...with another snowflake one to go with a two bladed style. Haken grinned as he tried to parry some of the strikes...but it was obvious that he wouldn't be fast enough to parry all of them...so he focused his mind a little...and... &quot;...Focus!!!&quot; A little spirit command activated, as Haken breathed in to concentrate more, allowing the spinning of his rifle's bayonet to parry about 10 of the strikes. The remaining 3 did end up hit him...Haken decided to retailiate during the parries by firing off a few rounds whilst spinning his rifle, the shots directly timed and aimed at Roxas, before directing an upward swing and gunfire to parry the final blow of Roxas's Ars Arcanum, having countered with his own skill of gunplay with the Rifle...the move known as &quot;Full House&quot;</i> &quot;Yeah, I've been keeping my cards in check. But now lets see whose deck has the better odds.&quot; <i>Haken said, as he was grinning too, enjoying this fight as well. Frankly, this was a better fight that he had than the moment he had entered the Nexus outside of the Endless Frontier</i>

<i>The Cowboy took his eyes off from the battle and looked to the young frilly girl who was next to him... He looked to her from the notch from his hat as he smirked</i> &quot;Ah, don't worry about my getup, though some people call me a 'Cowboy' for that.&quot; <i>He was somewhat appalled by the fact that a child like her would decide to visit a place like this...although, he does remember having to deal with someone who was like her...namely, a magician who he had to fight a couple of times. Regardless, he tipped his hat to her</i> &quot;Though, may I ask, what are you here for? Are you lost?&quot; <i>He wouldn't be surprised if she weren't...there were many surprises that had occured in the Endless Frontier...and if she came for something else or is a capable fighter...he won't exactly be that surprised. He just hoped that she wasn't annoying or troublesome to deal with.</i>

&quot;Well, if you ever watched some of those Wild-West flicks, you'll know what I mean.&quot; <i>Haken noticed the seemingly empty eyes for a moment as she considered the idea &quot;...Empty eyes..? Well that can't be good&quot; As he listened to her line of going on an adventure, he quietly wondered why someone would try to run away from her...as the air started to grow cold and her grin became more sinister... &quot;...Man, I guess I pulled the unlucky draw of this one, the snake-eyes may you will&quot; He fixed his hat a little with one hand and said</i> &quot;Well, normally I wouldn't deny such a pretty lady the opportunity to have a companion on her adventure...as I have had many adventures myself...but tell me, what is your idea of an adventure?&quot; <i>Haken treaded lightly around her statement...trying to at least find the best possible way to let her down gently to avoid evoking the girls wrath...whatever is coming from her...it doesn't necessarily look good. She managed to get him on guard as he tried to stay cool. If they would have to fight...well, he'll know what to do hopefully if that happened</i>

&quot;Ah, so starting the battle already?&quot; <i>Haken said as he unslung the rifle he was carrying and the fold out blade in the stock folded out to meet Roxas's blade. Knowing gunfire would not really be great at this range, he decided to stick to melee as he was just fast enough to parry his attacks, spinning his rifle as before the fold out blade folded back in as he turned his back to land a blow from the pile bunker that was at the front of the barrel, right after parrying Roxas's attacks</i> &quot;Then its Showtime!&quot;

<i>As the Pile Driver would hit its mark, it would fire itself as it extended forward, obviously knocking him back a few feet, once Haken looked to Roxas, he smiled back a little, as the kid managed to tank that attack pretty well</i> &quot;Honorable, huh? well, I wouldn't mind those cheap tricks anyways, but lets make it a duel then!&quot; <i>Anticipating his opponents moves, Haken quickly drew his fold-out bayonet, as swung it upward...but with a twist!</i> &quot;How about I shoot you with all of this?&quot; <i>He threw the rifle upwards, spinning fast enough to be a spinning razor, in an attempt to send Roxas somewhat flying in the air, as he drew his extensively long revolver quickly as he hammered down shots at Roxas</i> &quot;High-Low Draw!&quot; <i>He called out as he fired his rounds...before quickly reloading in time to fire another set of rounds when the rifle itself fell down</i>

<i>Haken felt his wounds heal up once Roxas casted that spell.</i> &quot;Well, I don't think I'd ever plan on getting in a real fight with you, the odds stacked against both of us can be quite even. Besides, you're a pretty cool guy.&quot; <i>Haken said, as he went over to pick up his hat and place it back onto his platinum white hair</i> &quot;Adios, Keyblade guy, it was a pretty nice fight.&quot; <i>Haken then picked up his rifle and then went back to Luna...assuming she was still around</i>