As Echo walked out of the arena to join her two friends, she couldn't shake off the feeling that someone...or something...was watching her. Her eyebrows furrowed as she looked around, blue orbs taking in her surroundings. When she noticed nothing out of the ordinary, she shook her head. "I must just be a little tired from my match...", she mumbled to herself as she continued her walk. But she couldn't shake the feeling...the feeling of being watched...like she was prey to a fearsome preditor. She looked behind her and quicker her pace, if only slightly. She could feel her hear beating faster and a bead of sweat dripping down her cheek. That feeling just kept getting stronger...more menacing. Echo thought she was just going crazy...until she saw it. A figure cloaked in black, a terrifying smile the only feature you could see. It stood just a little ways away infront of her. She froze, eyes going wide and jaw dropping.

'This...this is the thing Dante saw last night! I thought he was just stressed but..oh my god...Dante! And Kaya! What if it got to them first and it waited for me!?' She was panicking, fear for her friends and herself freezing her in place.

The thing tilted it's head, and floated a little closer to her. It raised a horrifying clawed hand, raising it to her cheek

"Ruby, Moonblast!"

Just as the tip of its claw touched her, a bright glowing pink sphere slammed into its hand. It let out a pained hiss, backing up.

A larger hand grabbed Echos roughly, "C'mon kid! Don't just stand there!" Echo was then dragged away. But her eyes were still glued to the figure. Its smile was turned upside down, an ear tearing shriek was heard as it started to follow them. That seemed to get Echo back to her senses, and she started pumping her legs as fast as they could go, now keeping pace with the person beside her.

"I'd like to say it's nice to meet you, but considering were being chased by some creepy horror movie thing, I think it's not that nice at the moment!" She turned to look back, seeing the THING now just standing there, glaring at them before melting into shadows.

She kept running anyways.

After some time, her and her mysterious savior stopped, chests heaving and breaths labored.

Her Companion wheezed , "Holy Shit, I shouldn't have eaten all those hotdogs earlier..."

She finally decided to take a look at the person

Messy red hair, fucking tall as shit, and a scar over her eye was the first things she noticed.

The second thing she noticed was his outfit. Denim jacket over and black shirt with a Love ball Logo, blue jeans and rusted colored shoes.

The third was the shocked, confused, and over all terrified look he was giving her.

Of course, Echos ever present intelligence kicked in

"...Do I have something on my face?"