More people arrived to fight the thing. [i]Well that fixes that.[/i] Araris thought. [i]But not many of those newcomers look like they could really take a hit.[/i] [i]Damn, if only I had some way to attract it's attention. Then the others might be able to find a weakness.[/i] He looked around for anything useful and his eyes fell on a spent cannon ball lodged in the ground. [i]That will do nicely.[/i] Araris sheathed his sword and ran over and picked up the heavy ball. "Hey! Calamari!" He shouted at the monster. He spun in place holding the cannon ball outwards, gathering momentum in three massive turns. He let go of the ball at just the right instant, and the ball went sailing through the air. It bounced off the creature's hide, not doing any damage, but defiantly making the thing mad. Or madder. What was left of it's beady eyes focused on Araris with palpable hatred. [i]Oh, look. I made a friend.[/i] Araris thought. The thing reared up and shot three cannon balls in rapped succession. Araris barely had time to shout "Oh crap!" and he threw himself to the right to avoid the barrage. He landed face down in the dirt. "At least I have it's attention." He muttered as he quickly rolled and jumped to his feet to avoid another cannon ball. "Find it's weakness while I have it distracted!" He yelled at the others who had shown up to fight. 

	There was a scream. A little girl who had somehow ended up on the battle was running despratly away from the monster, trying to escape. The girl's scream drew the attention of the big octo. It turned it's ugly snout on the frantically running girl. [i]Oh no! She is going to be killed![/i] Araris thought. The Octoroka ignored the ice and coccos it was being pelted with and instead focused on the fleeing girl. [i]Where the hell did all those coccos come from?[/i] A part of Araris that seemed to not realize he was in combat wondered. The big baddie quickly shot a cannon ball at the girl that she had no hope of dodging. The young girl tripped, fell and started crying. That was the final straw for Araris. He pulled out, and put on his Fierce Deity mask. Power. Power rushed through him, supercharging his body and spreading to his sword. Power enough to crush a mountain or level a town. With the power came euphoria. Araris felt like screaming, laughing, and shouting all at once. He wanted to declare to the world his power by burying it under a mound of corpses. In a flash of light, he transformed. He moved so fast he could only be seen as a blur, he got in between the girl and the cannon ball. With tremendous strength, speed and skill,  he cut the cannon ball in two. The halves whistled as passed them and hit buildings on either side of them. [b]"Go."[/b] He said to the girl. She nodded and scurried away. [b]"Your turn."[/b] He said to the beast, his voice echoing loud enough to be heard over the sounds of battle. He brought his now whole greatsword up and took a stance. In a blur of movement he charged directly at the Octoroka's head.