It wouldn't be the first time he'd gotten punched by a girl. Hell, Natalia punching him in the face was nothing compared to being stabbed and shoved off a flying island. Nothing ever beats that, yet he still came back fine. Yuri wasn't expecting anything to happen other than bruised cheek if he let her sock him.

It'd be unbecoming of Natalia though and she probably would have been more pissed off if he made fun of her feminism. In any case whatever, he was fine with how it all worked out in the end. He wasn't trying to be subtle about his words to begin with. Natalia was one of those people where he felt like messing around with her was fun.

That didn't mean he didn't like her obviously. With that, he puts his focus back on the fight as he moves away from the tendrils. Good thing he's quick on his feet and attacked from a good distance. Natalia's comment made him roll his eyes but it's something he knows he needs to work on.

"Don't worry about me Princess I got this."

Only he didn't have it because now the freaking thing just released toxins.

"BACK UP!"

He moved towards her as he made an attempt to shove her roughly out of the way of the toxins since it seemed like it was able to travel a good distance. Too bad for Yuri though. He was caught in the smoke and no coughing from the nauseating sweetness that entered his lungs. Crap.

"Damn."