[ A chase scene? On a calm beach? Naoto didn't know if the Cauldron had just tossed him into a cartoon world or if this was the world's sick way of torturing everyone who came here? Deciding not to entertain the thought, he just let the chase get close to him, and at the last moment-- ]

[ A brutal, unforgiving roundhouse kick to the attacker's stomach, and he was down for the count. Naoto cringed at the amount of strength he showed, wondering if the weight of his metal leg was a factor of how knocked out the man was. He decided that that small fact wasn't worth worrying over right now, and looked over to the victim-- a teenager just like him. ]