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Okay, Issac, say it!

Issac: Okay. Albino does not own Golden Sun nor its characters. She does, however, own Azael and Azael's Djinn, but not their species.

...But she had already dodged out of the way. Garet's eyes widened, and his jaws fell open. Then he attempted to yank his now-stuck ax out of the ground, struggling. He glanced back at a all from Azael.

"Aaah!" Garet yelled as he was sent flying, an inch-deep and non-deadly gash in his stomach. He landed on his feet, and grunted, looking at Azael.

She was grinning widely, her scythe now stuck in the ground, She let it go, just as Garet put a hand to his stomach to absorb some of the blood in his gauntlet, letting go of his ax.

Garet growled. "Okay, that's it!" he roared, "Flash! Protect me! Fever, go bother her!" The angry Mars Adept pointed at Azael, and a Mars Djinn immediately began heading for her, but then he paused--and began spinning around and around her.

She watched his every move, but looked surprised when he began releasing smoke, as if to block her vision.

Meanwhile, Garet grinned as Flash flew in front of himself, causing a large red shield to form around him. Roaring, he rushed for the puff of smoke that was now Azael... And ran through it. He stumbled, and his jaw dropped again.

"Heh! Good one, Arrow," Azael said, pleased as she patted a Wind Djinni, to Garet's annoyance. He growled, then pointed at her again. "Scorch and Torch, go toast her!"

The two Mars Djinn appeared, then flew towards her, an aura of hot air around Torch, with Scorch flashing slightly.

Azael growled. "Can't take a hint, can you!" she screamed at Garet just as Torch hit her, singeing some of her hair, and Scorch exploding right in front of her, obstructing her vision again. Azael grunted, then reeled backwards and fell onto her backside on the ground.

"YEAH!" Garet roared in delight, his fist in the air. Jenna was screaming and clapping for him, while Sheba and Ivan were booing him. Issac, Mia, and Felix all looked uncertain as of who to cheer for and who to boo. Piers was grinning, amused by Jenna's frantic cheering.

Garet was startled when Azael got up again. He growled. "Now don't you ever get the hint?!" he snapped, repeating Azael's quote from before.

"LOKI!" Azael screamed, and a Mercury Djinn appeared. Garet gulped. His worst nightmare. He backed up, thankful that Flash was still there.

Garet let out a grunt when he felt water travel up his legs. Up, not down... He shivered, then glanced down swiftly once he felt a burning sensation. "What the..." Garet swore loudly. "Hey, don't curse," Sheba yelled.

Garet's eyes widened as the liquid travelled even further until it'd reached just above his knees, and he grunted, trying to bear the burning, but it was difficult, even with Flash's protection.

"Wanna give up?" Azael asked teasingly, grinning evily at him. Garet shuddered; it was horrible to think of what else Azael could do...

He could see that he wasn't going to escape Loki's strange water, so shouted, "FINE, I GIVE UP!"

At that moment, the liquid ceased burning and fell from his legs, looking like normal water. Garet gaped at his legs. The fabric there was burnt, and the flesh was red... It was like liquid fire.

"YOU COWARD," Jenna screamed, running towards him. Garet yelped and fell onto his backside, then scooted backwards as much as possible. He was so glad that he could've died when Piers leapt forward and grabbed Jenna's arms, dragging her back(though she was protesting and kicking) so that she couldn't torture him like she had poor Felix.

Felix had been Jenna's brother, so what would she do to her best friend? Garet had no desire to find out, but he glanced at Azael. "Where'd you get those Djinn?"

"I didn't find them," she explained. "They found me."

Issac stood up, as did Mia and Felix. "Well," Issac said, "That may be the same with ours... Hm. Strange how that works."

"It certainly is a mystery," Mia agreed. Sheba sighed. "That was so boring," she wailed. "You call my legs getting burnt by water boring?!" Garet retorted.

"Yes!" Sheba growled. Ivan grinned and bounded up to Sheba, hooking his arm around her elbow, as if to comfort her. It did the complete opposite, though; soon, Ivan was rubbing his head, where Sheba had hit him with her frying pan.

Garet was serious about that, of course; she was much more scary with a frying pan than a staff. He glared at Azael, then at Felix. "So, shall we go inside?" he offered cautiously, stepping close to the inn despite his raw, hurt legs. Azael made to follow him, but he stopped her. "Not you! The others!"

"Oh, fine. I have to go find Alex, anyway, to kick his butt," she sang, before leaping off. She then leapt back and yanked her scythe out of the ground, then leapt back where she'd come from.

"Finally, that nuts lady is gone," Issac muttered. "She was weird." "Weird's too soft a word," Sheba protested. "She's the eptiome of insanity."

"In a case such as this, I usually wouldn't agree," Mia said quietly, "But I have to agree."

"Hmph!" Jenna growled after Piers had released her. "The nerve of that lady! Showing up, scaring us twice in a row, attacking, then just disappearing! She better watch out or I'll burn her...!"

"Yeah, but I bet she won't feel as bad as that toast you burnt," Garet muttered. Luckily, the female Mars Adept didn't hear him, though Ivan and Sheba did. They grinned evily at him, and Mia looked at him sympathetically. Piers had heard as well, Garet knew, though he didn't show any sign of it.

Finally, they retreated inside where Garet could take a nap in his room, which he was still sharing with Issac.