She watches Shantae with amusement

It was challenging to put a solid grasp on what was going on. Risky's presence, and generally devious antics, was familiar enough. Heck, the buxom pirate attacks Scuttle Town often enough. It's more of a question of when she isn't up to something rather than when she is... but when did she become so busty? Risky was always well endowed but... was it to that degree? It created an unneeded headache to consider; the more thought she put into it, the more she felt that Risky was always sporting a gigantic pair of boobs. Each passing second just made the idea settle more and more into a solidified fact.

Risky wasn't... she.. she was, always that busty?

Gahh!

Thinking about her archrival's boobs was enough to tie her brain in a twist. And that's not even beginning to consider Bolo and her- his... situation.

Shantae shook her head and forcefully expelled any pesky confused-ridden thoughts. "Whatever it is you're up to Risky. It stops here!" She leapt down the steps leading to the square and clenched her fists as she landed before the pirates. "Untie Bolo and I might hold back." After a brief pause to think it over, she added, "Maybe."

"Ohohoho!" Risky found Shantae's threat funnier than the half-genie had. She snapped her finger, and one of her sexy tinkerbats moved to a position on their hands and knees behind her to form a makeshift seat. "Ahh..." The pirate sighed as she sat down on the tinkerbat's back. "You don't understand it yet but- ohohohoho! I'm not-"

"Ohohohoho!" Shantae interrupted her by mocking the villainess' evil laughter, "Am I that funny? Maybe I should do stand up. Or are you just laughing at the memory of all those times I've beat your butt?"

Her comeback **** a frown to appear on Risky's lips. Shantae couldn't help but smirk at how easy it was to put the pirate down by merely reminding her of her countless failures. Maybe if she just gave up and stopped trying to commit evil acts, she might've put a stop to her continuously filling ledger of losses.

It's funny; Shantae could easily see herself having been friends with Risky if she hadn't chosen a life of villainy. She is already friends with a wide assortment of people, the pirate queen on her list of associates would've been awesome.

But this very encounter was a reminder of why that will just never happen.

"Beat my butt?" Risky held her frown. "That won't be happening today." She glanced at her ring finger and smiled.

An odd shimmer passed across Shantae's bare tanned skin. But she ignored the strange, nearly unnoticeable feeling to give the pirate one last chance. "This is your last call, Risky. Let my friend go, and I'll make sure your ship isn't too damaged on your ride back."

"Ohohoho! But your friend looks so incredibly sexy tied up there."

Shantae gritted her teeth. The pirate's snarky remark was true; Bolo looked incredibly hot tied up. The chains squeezed perfectly against her slender framed body; they hugged directly between her large rack and around her waist to cause her shirt pressing chest to jut out...

..But that wasn't important. Honestly, Shantae had hoped Risky would take the hint and leave. It hadn't been more than a month since their last encounter, and it ended with her having to spend the whole day to stop the villain. She made a promise to Sky, and right now, that sounded more fun than putting up with Risky's crap.

But it looks like fate is planning something else...

"Fine, I'll free her myself," Shantae sighed. "..after I send you and your goonies flying!" She leapt into the air and performed a spinning maneuver which sent her purple hair flying directly down to where Risky was seated.

Or... at least she could've sworn that's where she was aiming, but at the last moment, it felt like her body twitched and altered the angle of her swing just enough to crash her hair into the cement floor beside the pirate queen.

With a raised eyebrow, Risky hummed, "Interesting." She flashed a coy smile and eyed Shantae in a somewhat unsettlingly sensual manner.

The look itself was new for the half-genie. Every encounter they shared prior to this point was consistent in the way Risky was always annoyed by her presence. If Risky was ever cocky, it was BEFORE Shantae's appearance, especially as of late since the pirate began to attribute Shantae with another failed plot.

Yet currently, Risky stared at her as if she were something to toy with rather than the constant foil and rival that she is. The simple fact that so far, she has never failed to stamp her foot on Risky's devious schemes should imply that Risky attributes her as a genuine threat and definitely not some toy for her entertainment.

Honestly, that coy animal-like stare only served rev Shantae for her next attack, which she delivered by spinning in place to cause her sharp swinging hair to fly like in an arc a sweeping bladed attack. Except, somehow, her hair ended up missing its mark yet again and swung aimlessly beside the casually seated villainess.

H..how... how does...

She doesn't miss! Unless the target is moving around at crazy speed, she learned enough to hit her marks, especially if said target is sitting casually.

"Are you done?" Risky teased. With a casual yawn, she stretched her arms behind her head and jutted out her massive bra-filling breasts. "I have a nice warm cup of coffee in my hand." She said,

Shantae posed to make another attack, but for some reason, she flinched as Risky had finished her sentence. She had to shake her head, and when she noticed Risky was drinking from the single cup in her hand she-

Ignored it because it was just a freaking cup that Risky had casually been sipping from this whole time. Why she kept missing each strike, it came to the point where she began to swing her hair repeatedly at the seated pirate to no avail. Each swish and swing just barely missed the woman who showed no display of visible fear or even annoyance.

Risky just continued to sip from her cup while an amused smirk was held on her lips. Her eyes seemed to land on Shantae's jiggling breasts and exposed midriff as she swung her multiple failed attempts, something Shantae tried to ignore. But after a solid minute passed, Shantae staggered back while her chest rose and fell with constant intakes of air.

"You're tired yet, runt?"

Clenching her fist, Shantae stamped her foot onto the ground. "You won't be smiling when I smack that look off your voice."

"Oh?" Risky licked her lips. "And what makes you think you can harm me after so many failed attempts?"

"I just need one solid hit to take you out-"

"You really don't realize it? O'hohohoho ~" There it was again, that annoying cocky laugh from a bothersome and cocky pirate. "A part of me hoped my greatest foe would be able to stand against my new toy. At least somewhat... O'hhohohoho! But alas, you're as gullible as everyone el- Ackkkk!" Taken by complete surprise, the pirate queen found herself collapsed directly onto the cement floor as the tinkerbat serving as her stool was knocked aside with a ridiculous amount of **** by a strong whip of purple hair.

Risky winced as she had fallen head; first, her coffee spilled and scolded the side of her right hand right before she felt the solid **** of a foot press down on her bare toned back. "You little- how did you even-"

Shantae pressed her foot down harder on the pirate. "You took things too far this time, Risky." She said with her arms crossed above the pirate, "You messed with my friend, **** her to dress up in a cheerleader getup, AND disrespected me? C'mon Risky. I've put a stop to you and your tinkerbats every month of the freaking year! I'm not some toy for your entertainment! If you come to stir trouble in my town, at least bother to stand up and face me!"

"Wah.." Risky grunted. Her massive bosom was serving as a cushion to push against the foot pressing her downwards. "You- You still see that brat as a girl? So you're not immune- then how did..."

"Immune to what? Hmm?" Shantae interrogated the daily annoyance with her hands still crossed below her breasts. "Did you find some new magic relic to stop a half-genie?" She rolled her eyes, "Shocker. Didn't work on me? Is that how you tied up Bolo?" After saying that, she suddenly remembered that her friend was still hanging up in chains. She glanced upwards at the busty girl and (after pausing for a moment because some tiny itch in her brain was flashing the fake memory of Bolo being a tough-skinned guy for some odd reason) said, "I'll get you down from there in a sec!"

"Mmmmnnmmm!" was all that she heard in response from the gagged cheerleader.

Turning back down to face Risky, Shantae felt herself grow slightly amused at the sight of the previously cocky pirate stuck against the floor.

"How are you able to do this!? The ring heated up... I said you couldn't hurt me today. It-"

"You're really annoying me, Risky." Shantae rolled her eyes, "And what did you say about a ring?" She narrowed her eyes towards Risky's ring finger, which housed a golden ring that reflected the morning's light. "Is that your new secret weapon for the month? Doesn't seem too effective since I was able to pin you down and knock your goonie aside like-

"Oh!" Risky abruptly shot her head up. "That's how! You attacked my bat, not me... Nice workaround runt, but I think you've had enough time to toy around here."

"Really?" Shantae smirked and cocked her hip to the side as she looked down at her easily defeated nemesis. Risky was usually a lot more of a threat to defeat, but apparently, her cocky attitude just leads to an easier foe altogether. Serves her right for underestimating the heroine of Scuttle Town. "You're literally the one boob-first on the dirty ground."

Risky opened her mouth but was interrupted.

"And..." Shantae raised her hand to look off into the distance where she had sent Risky's sexy tinkerbat soaring. "Seems like your ship is about to sink from the hole that tinkerbat made in your cargo hold. But it's hard to see it from here... Wow I really set that thing flying."

"What!" Risky blinked. "Ohh you-"

"But you're totally right. Enough is enough. I actually have a life outside of plotting to take you down. So..." Shantae sighed and leaned down to take the reflective ring of Risky's finger by ****. "I'll just confiscate your toy and send you on your way."

Risky stared at her now sinking ship off in the distance towards her now sinking ship. She clearly couldn't see it from her position on the floor, but regardless, the expression on her face grew to one of annoyance. Yes! That's the classic Risky look she loves to see.

Too bad it came a little too late; Shantae was already about to take Risky's new ring. Which, after giving it some thought, was probably the new weapon or magic item Risky found to provide her with the confidence to attack in the first place. With their many years of conflicts behind them, she has never recalled seeing Risky with a ring like that. And the one time the pirate queen comes with a confident attitude, she is possessing a shiny new trinket? Yep. That is def~ some kind of magic relic or something. Obviously, it didn't work on her, but at least someone could give Risky credit for trying.

Though Shantae's focus was so dead set on the ring that when her fingers brushed against it and Risky opened her mouth, she didn't have a chance to realize what the pirate had said before-