Marius stood motionless while Sanosuke charged, stopping mere inches away to stare into his cold, unforgiving eyes. A moment passed before Sano's first slammed into Marius' chin. His head snapped back as his body was lifted above the floor due to the force behind the sucker-punch. His body arched while in the air so that his chest and side of his face smashed into the cement floor. A brief moment passed where Marius lay still. His face was numb, but he knew who had done it. The one he was here for had made the innitial attack. Plans were going as assumed.

Marius rolled himself over onto his back by pushing with a balled fist against the floor. He then sat up, a gash in his right eyebrow bled freely, flowing down his cheek to join the blood oozing from his lip and down his chin, ultimately to drip upon the concrete. Marius spit at Sano, the crimson saliva landing before his attacker's feet.

He stood up slowly, raising his black sleeve to wipe his mouth. Now it was his turn. He ran rapidly towards Sano, his appearance blotchy, if not invisible, to even the most trained and powerful eye. He slammed his right fist into Sano's cheek and temple. As soon as his arm was pulled around, Marius quickly and powerfully drew back his arm, smashing his elbow into Sano's eye socket, countering the direction of his head due to the previous hit. Marius then jerked his left hand up, hitting Sano's chin palm-up with incredible force. At the same time, Marius shoved his right hand onto Sano's face pusing up and to the right - all the while his thumb was placed below his chin and his forefinger and ringfinger protruded into Sano's eyesockets - as to not only break Sano's nose, but to shove the shattered bone up towards the brain. Marius then jerked his hand down and in the opposite direction, pulling at Sano's eyelids and ripping the flesh. Marius then quickly stepped back and did a side kick into Sanosuke's abdomen, causing him to bend over. With a quick jump to the other foot, Marius forcefully lifted his knee so that it hit under Sano's chin, thus knocking the man backwards. Marius quickly reached for the man, pulling him up with his left hand by grabbing a chunk of Sano's hair. Marius then, with much strength, extended his right arm, palm forward and fingers slightly bent, and slammed it into Sano's mid-chest. His body shot backwards and his head ripped from Marius' grasps. Marius stepped two feet backwards, smirking devilishly, and wiped his hands of the matted glob of flesh, blood, and hair. He was enjoying this far too much.