Calamity Trigger - Sin (World: Spira)

With a hop, skip, and a gravity-defying jump, Ima bounded over to Takato and looking up at the giant monster that they were going to fight this time.

Her first thought was 'Puppy!'.

Her second thought was 'Big puppy...'.

She brought out her gun and changed the setting before aiming at the 'big puppy'. It was orange, and the little girl hoped to at least be able to push it off of the person that it was stepping on. It wasn't very nice to step on people, after all.

"Oi, don't leave me behind!" Zora shouted as she managed to catch up to Ima and Takato. She stopped dead in her tracks as she saw the giant, three-headed dog-like giant. "Oh...you got to be shitting me..."

Kuro, on the other hand, managed to hitch a ride on top of Takato's head again. He jumped down before charging at the three-headed beast, slowly growing in size as his form changed from a cute little kitty to a large, ferious, dark monster, whose size and terror could match the current beast before them. He jumped over Tidus and Kimari before opening his mouth and chomping down on one of the necks of the three-headed dog.

A whisper spoke the gentle air as leaves from the trees fluttered by, and within passing glances, the ebon coat of Raven Blair flowed in the power of momentum, careful footsteps on the stone spelling out a war song as Raven paced by, standing next to his companions. Steel eyes fearlessly returning the stare of the three-headed canine. The image opened many books in the library of his mind, reading stories of the gaurdian of the underworld of Hades. They would say that music would sooth this savage beast.

There would be no music today, just the sound of steel and of flesh in the heat of battle.

"The Crimson Beast" locked onto his target, taking mere seconds to decide which emthod he would take to face it. Force, physical power, things that would be on the side of Raven when against a typical opponent were lost against this one. He reached behind him to the holsters on his back, taking up arms with his trusted handguns, locking in place as his forearms crossed in and X after a brief spin.

"Sorry to say, but I'm afriad there's no dogs allowed."

A smirk was born onto his face.

"Let's party, fido."

Cerberus growled as the earth shook with its footsteps, seemingly more annoyed at Kuro than anything within its backing up. Energy began to gather within two of the free maws, disappointingly gesturing to the cat beast without a word. Then, it happened. The energy roared outwards, washing over the dog-like monster in a spiral of raw light as it tried to consume the cat creature. Everything the wave touched was unearthed and vanquished with a unheard whimper, a single massive tail lashing out from the built up smoke.

The Magi launched forwards past the shell-shocked Yuna and gang, sparks echoing at the edges of his metal fingers. He brought up the false palm and let loose a burst of mana, a aura of light forming quickly with the sparks. "Locos Umbrae Regnans Scáthach! In Manum Meum Dedo Iaculum Daemonium Cum Spinis Triginta." He suddenly skidded to a stop before the beast and swept up his hand, the spell coming alive. "Iaculatio Fulgoris!"

Large lances of lightning suddenly burst outwards from his glowing form, reaching around thirty in total as they howled down upon the snarling creature. Sadly, something happened that Takato could only stare stunned at. Each bolt that hit the Cerberus ran down skin before simply fading out, a content roar of mocking following within an instant. They had been absorbed, merely making the beast even stronger.

Six eyes glared down upon the Magi, three heads striking down to chomp on his form. A single hand quickly shot out, a orb of power coming alive within the steel focus before expanding with a spasm of Latin. The sharp teeth of the Cerberus met a newly formed glyph, words slipping out over lips as Takato struggled to hold it back from it consuming him like fresh meat. "F-Fatalis Orbis."

Ima immediately jumped onto the puppy's back and began to shoot at the back of its head. Or rather heads. Ima was rather curious as to why it had so many of those. Most creatures she had seen on this planet only had one.

Ah well. Different anatomies for different beings, she supposed.

Ima felt questions bubble up again, and made a mental note to ask them all later. For now the alien just focused on saving Takato and everyone from the wrath of the giant puppy.

"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!!!!!!" Kuro let out a agonizing roar as he was sent flying backwards, landing next to Tidus in his human form. His body looked...gray and transparent. He wasn't moving, either. Soon, it dissolved into the earth into nothing more than a black puddle of a shadow and made its way to Tidus's shadow.

"Fuck! You've got to be kidding me..." Zora hissed before glaring at the dog. ~Damn...there's no way in hell I can fight that in my current situation...I ahve to do something!~ She thought before glaring. ~.....~ She broke out into a sprint as she headed straight for the dog.

"HEY! YOU OVERSIZED MUTT!" She shouted as she jumped up and grabbed on to a tuff of fur. "WHY DONT YOU TRY FIGHTING ME?!" She started to climb up, hoping to reach one of the necks.

Raven had been watching the creature's moves, noting breaks in the defense that he could exploit. Three heads, each acting on their own as if they were seperate entities, able to survey the attack and incapacitate their prey.

Jackpot.

Debris from the attacks had been launched back at him from the impact of the battle, a death sentence to some, but only obstacles in his path. Raven danced through the waves of stones and earth, contorting in a display of grace.

He flipped over a final piece, landing on his feet like the fabled cat, his guns flying through the air before landing directly in his hands, like they had called them to their position.

"Two."

Triggers clicked into play, bursts of flame pressing rounds forward. As opposed to his typical shell, these bullets were rounded and built of a green rubberish material. They soared through the open space, perfectly timed as they smased into both eyes of the left head, each one exploding in a black substance, causing the head to shriek in unbearable pain. Eyelids held tightly shut, searing the orbitals beneath in a blinding pain.

"Four."

Two more shots fired off, aimed for the center head. The combined force of Raven's marksmanship and the rounds formed by the skill and magic of the magi Takato proving their might in the situation.

What can fight what it cannot see?

Takato was blown back by a following roar and explosion of mana, the mighty Cerberus snarling as its fur was burnt by the annoying blasts to its heads by the alien child. All in all, the large creature seemed to just get increasingly more pissed off with each blow. The bullets slammed deeply into the rock-hard skin of its form, each burrowing blast causing it to stumble back with a terrifying howl to the sky above, the massive tail swiping out to toss Zora away with all the force of an unstoppable truck. A single paw smashed down upon the earth, six demonic eyes flaring with rage.

The stone floor below suddenly gave a unheard cry as earth split open, trees falling to grass the instant the very land began to move. It was an Earthquake, and it was getting stronger. A certain Magi barely had time to shout in stunned awe, his form being forced into air before sinking into stone with a forming crater. Hands twitched, literally trying to force himself up from the hole with a echoing groan trailing over pale lips, blood dripping down to cracks within creation. He had no choice, elemental spells just were not enough.

"Speculum..." began Takato, his voice nary a whisper. His amber eyes fell to a close as he brought up his real hand, blood licking down the pale skin. Latin trailed over the vicinity, each word flowing up through his throat like a chilling cry. There was no fancy light-show, only the flicker of each noted word. Yet, it was like the flip of a switch. "...Universitas." The metal arm upon his body suddenly gave a spasm, a blast of fire surging to the back of the Cerberus.

Oddly, the Cerberus ignored the blast and seemed to defend against something that wasn't' there. in-front of it. The flame swallowed the tail and a pained howl quickly followed soon after, the holes already inflicted upon it being wounded further. Safe to say, the dog-like beast seemed extremely confused, yet Takato merely chuckled and fell to his knees, never moving his real hand. "Speculum Universitas..."

He flashed a pained smile,

"Mirror World."

Ima was as confused as the puppy with what had happened. If she had to guess, it made the puppy see the opposite of what was happening, which would make the name make sense.

She shrugged, and added the curiosity to the ever-growing pile that she had in her mind.

The girl felt kinda bad for the puppy as she continued to fire at its heads. She knew that it was only a matter of time before it lost, after all.

After a few more shots at its heads, she jumped off the giant puppy's back and landed next to Takato. She adjusted her beam, hitting him once with the green on and once with the white. "You're always getting so hurt." She said sadly before hopping back up to her previous position on the puppy's back and shooting again.

"GRAH!!!" Zora cried out as the tail smacked her side dead on, sending her flying off pass the group and landing behind Yuna with a sickening "thud!". She gasped for air as she glared at the sky above her, knowing all too well that fall broke SOMETHING in her body.

~Damn....As I thought, it was no use without me using my arm...~ She cursed herself in her mind as her breathing slowed down. ~...I am SO going to regret this.~ She struggled to get off her back and stood up.

"Oi...Yuna, right?" She muttered to the summoner as she put her left hand over her right arm. "Can you go over to that damn beansprout and take care of him before he gets himself killed? You won't have to worry about Fido over there." she took in a deep, shuddered breath before exhaling slowly before lowering her body and readying herself as if she was about to start running.

"I'll take care of it."

The moment she said that phrase, she disappeaered. Running towards the Cerberus as fast as she could, she jumped up its body until she was face to face with the middle head. Drawing her right arm back, which soon turned monstorous and demonic, she thrusted it into one of its eyes.

Raven shook his head as he saw the girl bring forth her demonic arm again, charging at the monsterous dog. She had such a drive. Even in the face of chaos, in the face of certain agony, she fought on. Could that obnoxious, self-righteous attitude be a facade?

Yeah.....probably not.

"She's going to get herself killed."

Raven sighed as he placed the guns back into the holsters behind him, wrapping his gloved digits along the hilt of his large sword,the skull decorations gleaming in the sun as he removed it with a single draw, resting it at his side before leaning forward, and then he was gone.

Force was all that remained as Raven dashed at the creature. It was distracted enough that a well placed strike, if hit with enough force, would be a terrible blow to it's chances in this fight.

Blood red and pitch black energy kissed his form as it whipped up in a fire-like tandum, seeping from his arm over the weapon he carried, it's features darkening, a red pentagram appearing on the bottom of the blade in a glowing form. He whipped the weapon in a circle, the 'flames' kicking up, surrounding his body until he became nothing but a red and black fireball rocketing toward it's victim.

"CURSE TEMPEST!"

In the flames, Raven gripped his sword with both hands, leaping, and slamming the edge under the chin of the right head, the flames around him exploding in the sheer force.

Takato grunted and silently brushed himself off, releasing the spell as the effects of the healing from Yuna and Ima washed over him without a word. Amber eyes took in the destruction of the three-headed beast as a cloud of dust swallowed the area. There was no chance the Cerberus had time to dodge, let alone defend, each attack consuming it with a shudder of raw utter power. The final blow was delivered by Raven, the name of the attack shaking the very heavens.

The Magi slowly got up from his knees and shook his head, his footsteps light as he grew closer the crater caused by the combination of blows. He could scarcely hear Yuna and her group following his lead, coming together with a gesture of healing. A single object caught his eye in the wake of dust, his metal hand coming out to grasp it with a certain knowing air. It was the same item that granted him his "beast of lightning" and Ima her "king of the sea"

A certain summoner and crew looked confused as the Magi tossed the orb over his shoulder...

Zora landed back down before letting ou ta tired sigh. "Finally..." she muttered as she tried to catch her breath. "Stupid ass three headed dog..." She turned around and started to walk back to the group, raising her right hand and pointing behind her. "All right, now that THAT thing is done with...we should....probably..."

Her pace became slower as she started to stagger before finally a noticable convulsion in her arm brke out, causing her to fall over and knocked out.

Smoke bilowed up from the crater from ther sheer intensity of the attacks. Crimson and black embers licked up into the air from the corners, similar colored sparks fluttering in the air. The sound of the groups' footsteps was soon joined by another, heavier set. The gray of the cloud deepened to a black, forming into the shape of a humanoid male, a long coat flowing gracefully in the aftershock along with spiked hair following it's example. The smoke parted, bowing to it's creator as the form of Raven emerged, sword placed in victory over his shoulder.

He nodded to the group, just before Zora collapsed to show that he was fine, in fact, he was better than ever. His strength was unlike anything he had felt before, his eyes flashing a beat of red before returning to the steel-colored iris. Then Zora fell. Something in that moment seemed to....sadden Raven. why should it, she had done nothing but insult and disrespect him since he had arrived, and with the inccident at the campfire his hatred should be at an all time high.

Yet it wasn't.....

The reality of having a power that would slowly kill you if used for too long wasn't something Zora had to go through alone....but that was a story for another time, another place. He did something never done before...he spiked his sword into the ground. As he went to step forward, a small tap hit him in the chest. He looked down at the glittering orb. this....was the means of summoning. He picked it up and held it to the sun...then shook his head, only placing it in his pocket, opting to keep it but not use it.

Ima's eyes widened a bit as she saw Zora fall to the ground after her arm convulsed. Not again! This was almost like what happened on the boat, except now she seemed to have passed out.

Was it going to keep getting worse?

She quickly jumped over to Zora and shot her with the white and green lasers. The child wasn't sure if it would help, but it was better safe than sorry, she had heard. That was one of the human sayings that she actually understood.

"Yo, you guys okay?"

This came from a certain odd haired blitz-baller, the accent thick to the ears of the Magi as his amber eyes blinked away a hint of dizziness. It felt like he had been standing there for months, never once moving out or even thinking. Thankfully, this was not the case. Takato shook his head and glanced at Wakka, giving a brief nod before meeting the dark eyes of a Black Mage, silence suddenly echoing. The clash of stares was tense, the woman looking at him with a hint of unhidden interest. It was no way in the shape of romantic or lust, merely a look that had found something new and wanted to study it. Finally, Lulu seemed to ponder before speaking,

"Those words you spoke during battle...."

She suddenly paused, as if hesitant to continue,

"...How can you speak the tongue of Yevon?"

Safe to say, the Rutherford had no idea what she was talking about. Latin? He blinked and scratched his cheek, suiting to shrug after a few moments of not saying a word. He had no idea why the magical language was connected to such a thing, but he did not want to mess anything up or create an enemy by accidentally sprouting an idea that had no proof behind it. "I..don't know. I..." All in all, Lulu was not exactly pleased with that answer either, but made no move to fight out anything more. She sighed under her breath and turned away, walking back over to Yuna and her guardians, making note of the summoner staring at Raven. Elsewhere, Wakka seemed to want to ask Takato something, but instead gave a scratch off his head before returning over to the group.

Takato glanced over his shoulder and at the fallen Zora, walking over to her as Ima did her best to heal her. The Magi stood in silence looking over the knocked out girl with concern before taking a gander at the alien girl, amber eyes blinking slowly. "Ima, can you use your gravity powers carry her to the temple? I doubt we can go back through the forest without encountering something that needs us to fight, so we should keep going forward and all rest up top when we get there."

"Sure!" Ima told Takato. "I can do that." She waved her arm over Zora and instantly the girl began to float in the air. "I'll make sure she doesn't fall or get left behind, don't worry."

The small child was also curious and confused about what Lulu said. Takato's funny language was Yevon's tongue? What did that even mean? Tongues were a part of the anatomy, not funny spoken words. Or was that another human saying?

Humans could be so odd...

The massive demonic fang that was the blade of Raven Blair stuck right in place as it was cloaked back into the coat of it's wielder, a melancholy facade masking his normally smirking face. Darkened features matched the armada of shadows cast upon the earth from the inferno left by his strike. He had found himself taken over by the very essence of the moment. His body was sore and so was his attitude. He felt in a way he had not before......

Saddened,

It was not for the pain of his associate. She was a strong soul, pain was their life. They inflicted it, they were the victims of it. It came, it went. Physical wounds were all but nothing to him. Simply a matter of the mind in chaos. He felt the pain of the journey. Of the summoner, and of her gaurdians. All of this to battle sin.

Raven reflected it upon his own life. He had battled sin himself in a more concentrated form........but this was not the life one should know. Battle, wandering..........dealing death. It wasn't a life one should choose, and even less so a life one should be selected for. Knowing that this was what they found honorable put a taste on his tongue he couldn't shake.

His eyes darted between the group as he began to walk toward the temple, not saying a single word. His eyes caught those of the summoner, eyes of seperate colors locked on him. He said nothing, simply shared a moment of silence, then a snap of his neck tossed silver hair from his lightly red-tinged eyes, his stride continuing.

It was night, the temple glowing atop the hill as a single figure stood outside staring up at the sky with blinking amber eyes. The groups had met up and had made a decision to sleep at the temple instead of running back to Killika, seeing as increasingly powerful monsters would come out and most were simply too tired to deal with them. A certain Magi was concerned about Zora, but there wasn't much he could beside casting healing spells over her and making sure she was well. All he could do was wait now, humming over thoughts in his head for the future that nipped at their heels. He was stumped. A wanderer like him had seen many things, but he was lost in a world that he knew nothing about.

He had changed his clothing after briefly using a bit of transmutation Magic, his metal hand coming up to adjust the glasses on his face. The wind whipped past him and blew through his golden hair, a sigh echoing over his lips. He felt like the world was on his shoulders. Raven might of been strong, but he was no keeper of books or scholar. Ima was powerful, but she was naive and he doubted she would last long without guidance. Zora was suffering, yet it seemed that he couldn't help her. It was up to him to find some way home. If he had been a lesser a man, he would of turned emo. Thankfully, he didn't suck enough to do such a thing. Instead he merely pouted and kicked a stone down the long, long staircase leading down from the temple view.

The "tongue of Yevon" huh? It didn't take long to find that Yevon was some sort of divine being, something a being of magic would rather not involve themselves with. The fact that Lulu had recognized his spell-casting language had sent a brief shock through him, while at the same time making him worry. Whose to say that a powerful Magi had not arrived in the world way before them and had twisted things, or wreaked chaos in a manner that would scar them all? It would not be the first time a Magi had called themselves a God. All in all, it was silly to think about, but it was something that had began to nag at him ever since he heard that dark woman express such. He was no holy man, but people were starting to think he was.

It was rather scary.

The, as Takato had mentally put it, powerful and naive child was currently sitting on top of the temple. She kicked her legs over its edge in a rather bored fashion as she looked up at the stars. They looked so different here. Where were her own?

The thought of what Fate had told her popped into her head without her consent and she pushed it back into its corner. Ima wondered if there would be a time when she couldn't do that to emotions she had yet to be able to deal with. There was only so much room in her little 'human' head.

She would deal with that day when it came, she decided.

On an almost whim, Ima looked at her hand and tried to focus. After a good number of minutes, in her hand suddenly appeared a small bud, which slowly began to unfurl and bloom into a small daisy. After it had reached its peak of beauty, it suddenly vanished, leaving her hand as empty as it was to begin with.

The alien sighed. That was much more difficult and tiring than it used to be, but at least she could do it. Ima made a mental note to practice that more if she could.

She turned her eyes back to the stars.

"Sir Takato.."

His amber eyes blinked and the Magi turned, footsteps breaking his concentration on the future ahead with a meeting of multicolored stares. Takato let a small smile flow across his pale lips as he resumed staring out into the dark sky, his discarded red coat having long left his form and giving her a full view at the strange clothing he had decked himself out in. Yuna didn't know what to think of this man, he was something her grasp was unable to reach. A single essence of mystique and odd wise strength that a part of her couldn't help flock to. Now, before you got any ideas, she didn't possess any feelings for the blonde stranger. He might have been admittedly attractive, but something in her heart felt warmth in his presence, something she desperately desired,

A piece of untainted hope,

"Funny, I thought meeting Raven would be your first call,"

Yuna blushed instantly and bowed her head, pretty white cheeks gaining hints of red that could not be denied. The laugh that followed from the oddly relaxed Magi gave her notice that he had seen that cute little circle of blood, merely winking while shrugging his shoulders. He held up his hand and made a gesture for her to follow him down the steps, giving them a moment of privacy away from those staring at them the Kilika temple. It took a lot of strange trust for the Summoner to unknowingly agree, merely nodding her head and following the short male down with nary a small smile. Her robes followed her slim figure perfectly and the casting moon made the two stand out among the entrance of the forest, almost daring monsters to come out at them,

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" asked Takato, adjusting his glasses with a gloved finger and a glance at her peering beauty,

She looked down for a second before snapping her head up with a hint of gathered courage, her soft hands clenching slightly before she spoke with a untapped strength just trying to get out. She needed to do this, she needed to at least try and grasp the hope that this man had brought her upon the boat all so long ago, "Please, Sir Takato, would you reconsider? Would you please be my guardian?" The very same question she had asked before they had even reached this precious little island they had protected from Sin, from a monster that towered over any horror that the Magi had ever witnessed in his life. Sadly, she got the exact same answer,

"I just want to get home."

Yuna paused at his words, lifting a hand to her lips with the word 'Yevon' on the edge of her breath,

"Home? What part of Spira are you from?"

Silence followed, amber eyes looking away and back up the steps once more. He could almost see the signs of Raven and Ima atop by the temple, noting that the resting Zora was probably inside.

"I'm not from Spira."

Yuna didn't say anything. Stunned.

Life certainly was unexpected, more so for this dear girl,

"Why do you want me as a guardian?"

Another pause, another dead silence.

She couldn't really answer that, merely gazing at the burning fire in his eyes before placing a hand on his shoulder,

"B-Because....I want to beat Sin."

Takato felt himself smile,

"Noble,"

Before Yuna could even react to that she was forced to follow him back towards the rest of the group at the temple, a new goal in the mind of the Magi. The pretty Summoner was both confused and hopeful at his unspoken response, never once noticing that she had not removed her hand from his own,

"Come on, it's time to see how the rest of the group is doing before morning hits. Hopefully Zora feels a tad better.."

A chuckle echoed, a wink tossing her way,

"Just try not to flirt with a certain someone too much, okay? Leading two boys on, tut-tut..."

Yuna burned red with a pout just itching to grow,

Ima waved from the top of the temple as she saw the two return. She wondered what the two had been talking about. Maybe it was private, since they had to go off on their own.

Pushing the thought to the back of her mind, Ima jumped down to greet the two of them. "Hello!" She said brightly before giving the two of them a hug. She grinned up at the two of them, and then noticed that they were holding hands. She blinked curiously and tilted her head a bit. "Why are you two holding hands? Are they cold?"

Ima mentally shrugged. She personally thought it wasn't that cold, for a human body at least, but what did she know?

"Do you think Zora's gonna okay?" She asked. "She keeps using her arm so it's not getting any better." The child pouted. "I'm worried..."

He wondered if, somehow, somwhere.......they were looking at them too.....

Raven, like most there, had spent a great while looking to the heavens above. He mapped the stars silently, hands folded behind his head in a self-produced pillow as he lay upon a slab of stone from the temple. The constellations were different here, but that was to be expected. At times like these, the night breeze and the stars above were the only things that could still his boiling blood.

That, and their faces that still lived in his memories.

Would it be too hard to assume they could somehow be here, alive again? It was foolish to think so, but Raven had seen stranger things before. He digressed, there were more pressing matters at hand. Hopes and dreams were to be saved for another time.

He had separated himself from the rest of the pilgrimage more or less voluntarily. The ill-regard for his "Machina" had not worn itself off, and his sudden urge to appease to their teachings had faded during the last fight. Their teachings were flawed if it denied them advancement. They were so worried about the fiends or Sin killing them, and yet they themselves were denying a route or survival. It was no wonder they despised him, so he sat in the shadows alone.

But he could still feel their stares.

Then there were the others. The strangers to this world, just as he was. The young magic-wielder was very talented, though weak in regards to his own self-preservation. Still, Takato was a good kid. He meant well and had supplied Raven with the gift of custom weaponry. That made him a friend in Raven's book. The bubbly kid, Ima, was nice to have along for the ride. He couldn't understand why they let such a small child fight, but who was he to question her obvious skills? Without her, the other magi they had encountered would had slaughtered them all.

The angry one, Zora, on the other hand, he still couldn't trust. That arm of hers was plainly demonic. Her could smell the death from her claw even now, with her inside the temple. Curse his heightened senses. She held some sort of grudge against Raven, and he couldn't care less. He would let her continue to fight, but if her own uncontrolled powers wouldn't finish her off, she would become a nuisance.

The thoughts raced, but he still stayed in a comfortable position. He may have been surrounded by men and women with weapons, but he was surviving on his own. He kept his sword close, his guns closer, and meditated on what would come next.

"Eh?"

"A-Ah!"

Takato and Yuna blinked before looking down, noticing that they were indeed still holding hands. Oddly, neither of them felt awkward. There was no essence of attraction between them, nor had the thought truly crossed each other. No, it didn't take long for them to grasp why exactly they were holding hands. They trusted each other. The Summoner herself felt safe and didn't seem to feel any feminine instincts to jerk away or even blush, allowing the boy to lead her without a word and see nothing truly wrong with it. The Magi was more or less the same way, he couldn't help but trust the multicolored girl. A blush didn't once grace either of them as their hands broke away from each other, a hinting smile gracing both lips,

"No, just helping Yuna up the steps."

He chuckled and ruffled the hair of the small 'child' with bright amber eyes, the wind flowing through his own blonde locks as the Summoner watched on. The Rutherford looked pretty calm as he clicked his fingers and let off a brief spark of magic between the two digits, "Don't worry about Zora, I'll figure something out. If I'm correct I have a pretty good idea how to help her..." He trailed off and paused, scratching his cheek gently as he passed the little girl and made a gesture for the two to follow him towards the temple, a brief yawn notching through the air, "I'm not exactly a Doctor though, so it could take the rest of the night. You two should get some sleep, okay?"

Yuna blinked and looked ready to refuse, only to falter a second at the gaze the Magi looked at her with. She finally nodded and bent down to hug Ima once more, squeezing her softly into a wave of delightful kindness. He was right, the night was starting to grow and neither of them truly had any sleep. She had no idea that Ima didn't exactly need such a thing, so she completely missed to look that Takato had tossed to the small girl, let alone the small secret tap of his lips with a single finger. All in all the Summoner finally bowed to the Magi and headed up into the area, a vicinity a certain Raven was in,

The two strange blondes were left alone for a few moments,

"Ima, can I borrow your gun?"

Such a sudden, strange desire from Takato. He must have had a good reason to suddenly ask such a thing, right?

His ears perked up at the tapping feet on the stone and dirt road. They were light, gentle, yet carried heavy weight that could only be found in a troubled soul. Their percussion joined his breathing in the symphony of nature. The Summoner approached.

Raven made no attempt to contact her. He simply kept his eyes to the night sky, mapping the course of a shooting star that passed overhead. This place was peaceful. Strange to his senses, but peaceful yet.