Bewitch

[Yuna]

Yuna would be the second one in the hotel to wake up to the sound of someone singing. It was a beautiful sound and she wondered who could be singing at this hour of the night when she saw Ayen heading out. "Ayen?" The High Summoner got out of her bed and quietly followed Ayen out of the hotel to see where he was going. Could he be sleep walking? she thought. He certainly looked like it.

Following him would eventually lead back to the docks. A heavy fog soon surrounded him and what looked to be a redheaded woman that was the source of all that singing. Hardly being able to make out anything around her, Yuna continued forward only to find Ayen laying down on the docks with a dark-headed male beside him and the redhead being confronted by a hooded figure in front of them. "Ayen!" Yuna got down to her knees and looked the man over, seeing a stab wound where his heart would be and some type of energy holding back the bleeding but not healing the wound at all. "W-what happened?" Yuna stood back up, not waiting for any of the others to act as Ayen needed help right now. Pulling out her staff she held it over Ayen body and a white light cast from Yuna and channeled through the staff before touching Ayen and healing the puncture wound in his heart.

[Ayen]

"I had no choice."

There would be no time for a follow-up question. Ayen was already on the ground by then with Kira over him calling for a doctor before things started to grow dim. While Raal's power kept him from the cold hands of death, Ayen could not tell what was going on around him. He could neither see nor hear the confrontation from Raal and Ariel nearby or what Kira was saying to the others. It wasn't until he felt the warm and familiar white light of Yuna's healing staff that his surroundings started to fade back in again, and he saw Yuna looking down upon him from above with a worried expression on her face. All Ayen could do was smile.

“You do care.”

Ayen slowly got up to a sit and looked around, his eyes glancing over Kira and Raal before finally falling upon the woman who put him here to begin with.

“That crazy bitch stabbed me!”

[Ariel]

Ariel didn't understand what they were waiting for. He could have easily fled with both the dagger and the man in his possession but instead he for some reason chose to stand there and stare her down. Even the second pair of hands did nothing. It wasn't until a third person came altogether that something was done to help the boy. Ariel made no attempt to grab the dagger, it was far beyond her reach and the Sea Witch wouldn't punish her for not trying to jump hopelessly just to get it. But what the Sea Witch would never forgive was insubordination.

Ariel's eyes stared into Raal's and in the moments to pass his surroundings would begin to slip away, the voices around him growing dim as the only thing he saw, the only thing he'd hear, was the redhead before him her eyes not even blinking as the demon felt relaxed and the wraith's own beauty magnified as they seemed to be the only ones standing at the docks and then she asked politely, "Give me back my knife," as she held out the palm of her hand to receive it.

[Raal]

Raal lowered the knife, ever so slightly. The psychic plug that he had created moved out as Ayen was healed, eventually fading away when the human was completely fixed. He lowered his hood, revealing a mess of burgundy hair, a pretty face, and luminescent violet eyes. The dagger hovered a bit, then levitated lower to float above Raal's head.

The woman was beautiful, but if he gave the dagger to this angel face, she'll stab someone else. This he could not allow.

He felt calmer than normal, which gave him a further iron grip on his will. Was she doing this? If so, then she was damn good at it. He hadn't felt this peaceful since his last intense meditation. Then again, he was allowing her to do this to him. His powers were best controlled when he was at peace. He grinned slightly, fangs glinting in the available light, "What will you do if I give it to you? Will you stab me too?"

[Kira Yamato]

Kira tensed as someone else approached. Another girl by the looks of things. It seemed she knew the one that had been stabbed. Ayen was it? Good to know. And it seemed she knew magic he guessed as Ayen's wounds were healed. And then she asked the question he himself was wanting to know. Just what had happened here? She didn't know however. His eyes changed to Ayen as he got up. He found out at the same time Yuna did.

He moved to seperate Ayen from Ariel in case he tried anything. He really didn't want a fight to break out. The only question that remained was why. Then it seemed as if the blade slipped. So it was that demon that was in control of the blade. Slowly peieces were staring to fall together not enough however to make sense for some things however, but the main thing missing was why. His eyes turned to Ariel as he watched the exchange between the two. ”Why did you do it?” he asks his attention on her now.

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Song: Fields of Hope by Rie Tanaka
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[Yuna]

Always the jokester. Yuna was happy to see that Ayen was okay but the person who did this to him was still there. After Ayen pointed out the stabber, the High Summoner stood up to her feet with her staff still raised and stood across from her and next to Raal. "You tried to kill my friend. Why?"

[Ayen]

"Give me back my knife"

Nice try, lady, thought Ayen. There's no way that's going to work.

"What will you do if I give it to you? Will you stab me too?"

That better be sarcasm.

"Why did you do it?"

Because she's insane, what more of an explanation do you need?

"You tried to kill my friend. Why?"

Okay, I had enough.

Ayen held out his hand and cast a white stream of electricity on the knife, magnetizing and bending it beyond all recognition with a few simple hand gestures before tossing it into the ocean altogether and then aiming the palm of his hand towards Ariel where all she could see was the white light flickering from it.

“You have until the count of ten.”

[Ariel]

It was at her own dismay that her own hypnosis was working on the man now faced across from her. He was beautiful in his own right and it even reminded her of the prince she opened her heart to nearly two hundred years ago only to have it stomped on when he gave his heart to another. The memory of that moment was painful even to this day. Just when she thought that she would have her dagger returned to her, the man would speak. "What will you do if I give it to you? Will you stab me too?" "You have my word I will leave. I'm already in enough trouble as it is because of my failure. If I don't return with that dagger it will be even worse. Please. Give it to me."

The worst thing about hell aside from the sheer torture that came every minute of every day, was the fact that just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, they did. Every single time. There was no ceiling as far as the torment was concerned. No end. It truly was worst than death. "Why did you do it?" One of them asked. "You tried to kill my friend. Why?" Another asked. It was killing her. The hurt found in Yuna's eyes almost too much to bear. Ariel felt like she was going to explode with grief until she saw her own dagger dismantled and tossed into the ocean by electricity from the palm of her victim. "You have until the count of ten." Though her eyes were filled with tears her heart was filled with joy as she jumped off of the docks, her legs binding together and transforming into a long green tail as she returned to her mermaid form just seconds before entering the water with a splash and vanishing beneath the deep blue sea.

[Raal]

He was going to give her the dagger, until it was blasted out of the psychic grip. Raal supposed it was for the better. He said nothing, had done nothing, to stop the woman from plunging into the sea. Based on what he had seen, she was far from human to begin with. Why stab someone, though? The next time, he'd ask that.

If there was a next time.

When the mermaid disappeared beneath the waves, the pretty boy turned to the grouping that had quickly collected and gave a brief bow. He had rescued someone from a watery grave, and that was enough for him. He also owed it to the female medic for saving him from guilt if the boy had died on the docks. Raal hated being useless. It was one of his biggest fears.

He wasn't useless this time.

[Kira Yamato]

Kira frowned at the entire scene. He might not agree with the fact that she had almost killed him. However as Ayen threatened her he couldn't help but step between them. His stance was still split so that he could see between the two. If she tried something he would be ready and if Ayen tried something the same. Kira couldn't agree with her trying to kill Ayen, but neither would he stand by and let Ayen kill her. It just wasn't right.

”You don't have to do that.” he said trying to defuse the situation. He might not agree with either side here, but he wasn't about to just stand there and let someone die. There had to be a reason why. He really didn't believe people liked to kill other people for the fun of it. So then what was hers. Ayen's was obvious if Kira couldn't entirely agree with it. That time of thinking was pointless. As it turned out though she left. Almost as if she had planned to all along. Maybe she had. He couldn't tell.

Still it was better then a full blown out confrontation. Much better in his opinion. He let out a sigh wondering what all that was about. He turned to Ayen and Yuna. ”You okay?” he asked Ayen. He was up and about, but that didn't mean there were no injuries.

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[Yuna]

Yuna was amazed by the sudden transformation of the redhead. One moment she looked like the rest of them and in the next she was a mermaid swimming away after her claim on Ayen's life. The High Summoner still couldn't make head or tails of it as she looked at Raal and Kira. "Thank you." After offering her thanks for their assistance Yuna turned to Ayen hoping he had some idea what just happened. He was a psychic after all. "What happened?"

[Ayen]

"You don't have to do that."

“I disagree. When you get stabbed you can act however the fuck you want.”

Ariel decided to skip town after his threat but before doing so her legs turned into a green tail with fins and splashed into the water disappearing from sight.

“What the fuck!?”

"You okay?"

“Thanks to Yuna.”

Ayen stood up and looked over to the High Summoner.

“I owe you one. I'll buy you dinner.”

Always persistent. After thanking Yuna he looked over to Raal.

“A piece of advice, the next time someone dangerous ask you for their weapon back you say no!”

"What happened?"

“I'm not sure. I remember hearing a beautiful voice singing, then I was standing on the dock, then we were kissing and the next thing I knew I had a knife stuck in me and I was laying on the dock. Anyone knows who or what the hell that woman was?”

[Raal]

He shook his head, "She was not going to do it again this night."

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The psychic stared Ayen right in the eyes, "She was a wraith. The Greeks called them Sirens. I'm surprised that a wraith like her could remain as pretty as she was. Most wraiths reveal their true face when the victim gets too enthralled in their spell."

How did he know this? Well he was nearly slain successfully by a couple of them when he was younger. His psychic ability saved his ass from being eternally drowned. Dumb then, smart now. What an experience that was.

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[Kira Yamato]

Kira could only frown at Ayen's words. It really didn't give him the right he needed. If people went around killing people just for killing others there would be nothing left. The sad reality was that was how things normally worked now anyway. Kira looked over to the new entree and give her a small nod. ”Thanks for your help.” Kira said. He honestly hadn't a cule where to find a doctor in this time let alone this time of night.

”I'm Kira.” he said finally introducing himself to the group. Now that things were over he might Then Yuna asked the question Kira had been wondering himself. It's not likely Ayen would've let himself be stabbed so then what had caused it? So he himself wasn't clear on what had caused it? Then that would explan why he hadn't seemed to hear when he had called out to him.

Kira turned his attention back to Raal as he started to explain some things. He seemed confused. Not going to try to kill anyone again tonight? What made him so sure of that exactly? A siren? He had heard of those, but hadn't thought they were actually real. At least not in his realm. Ever time he thought he had something figured out about this world it went and surprised him again. ”And what makes you so sure she was a Siren?” he asked. Typically they were as she described, but that didn't mean she was one. Perhaps she could just change her form.

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[Yuna]

"That won't be necessary," replied Yuna to Ayen's offer. The High Summoner then turned her attention to Raal as he explained what attacked Ayen but as soon as the word wraith was uttered, Yuna became confused. Wraiths in her world didn't resemble anything remotely close to a human. They were also able to cast death on an individual making them extremely dangerous to take on. But this one needed a knife to do harm to Ayen. Why? Perhaps wraiths were different in this world than that of Spira, but if there were wraiths here did that mean Genesis had it own version of Sin as well? "Where do these wraiths come from?" Yuna feared what Raal's answer might be.