Kaito had heard a rumor of another creature that was causing Astera trouble again and it seemed to only be effecting men and he had heard rumors of a creature like this from his master back when they use to travel she told him if he were to hear singing while at sea that he should instantly cover his ears and that she would take care of it and if it was safe he was free to cover his ears on her signal but never to do it unless she gave him the okay sign in case it was a trap or if she ended up being controlled by it some how, though he never had to put this knowledge into action in the end as they didn't often travel by water but this area was a thriving port town so this would be the perfect area for one to be living and he would now probably have to go and hunt one of the things his master had warned him about.
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He has ear plugs so that if he ears the song start he can defend himself and he has Revy to snap him out of the daze he would be in if the song were to catch him off guard but he figures he will be able to catch himself but it is nice to have a back up plan in case he was not fully ready to fight this thing that would lead these men to their deaths or a comatose state that leaves them unable to comprehend that they are trapped and in a total daze and if he goes to hunt this thing he is either gonna have to have a full woman crew or he is gonna have to play catch with the men walking into the water under the creatures influence to become shark bait or worse. He walks into a local watering hole to see what they have to say about all of the happenings.
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He is looked at as if a god had walked in the door and gave them all a friendly and firm hand shake, their faces read of their need for help and wondering if asking him if he can help looking like it is weighing heavily on some of their minds and he takes a seat and he ordered a fruit punch for himself and a water for Revy and he drinks it as they stared at him and he wasn't sure if he was gonna have to make the first move here or not.  Then he opens his mouth and he speaks and asks as Revy sips her water about if the rumors were true and the bartender woman named Ash looked at him and she started telling him that they were indeed true and that they were in dire need of help before anymore men are lured to their deaths and are killed off.
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Kaito agrees that he will do his best to help them but that it will be a bit harder since it can lure men to their deaths and the young bartending woman looked at him teary eyed as she was expecting the man to turn it down as he was at risk himself of being controlled and lead to his death but Kaito just shrugged it off as him simply helping the people of the city as this country also depends on them as well for fish and other objects that they dive to grab just like their southern neighbor in Hargon , if he doesn't help these women will lose their fathers, husbands and sons to the wake as they drop into the water never to be seen again or heard from again so really their was never a choice. He talks to them and asks it of them to please get a crew of brave people to come with him so they can hunt this creature.
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The woman get fast to work to get a crew together for him to use and to save or avenge the ones that have already lost to the waters, and soon after they have a crew of willing men and women to go out into the waters with him and he smiles and he goes through the intro ductions and if they need anything or need to settle anything before they head out because they may not make it back again if they take this trip and he wants to make sure if any die with little to no regrets even though he is gonna be protecting them there is never gonna be a one hundred percent chance that he can protect or save them all but he is gonna do his damnedest to do it. He can not just allow to let these fine and brave people to perish as if they were specks in the time line of this dimension.
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Once they have finished their good bye they board the ship and they set sail and start on the trip toward a safer future for these people and that is gonna be a rough one to really carry on as he was still unsure of how all of this is gonna shake out by his crew seem steadfast and brave as they start sailing toward the spot where the siren was known to make its home or at least where many a ship has run into the rocks and sunk it is more her hunting ground than its home but Kaito doesn't have time to complain or start splitting hairs plus he doesn't know if this thing can sense his magical pressures from how strong he is so he sits and he meditates to keep the levels of pressure he is giving off low so that it will not scare the woman like creature away in case of it can sense it.
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Revy is gonna put the ear plugs in his ears in case of hearing the siren starting to sing and she hopes that if he was gonna be okay to not allow the creature to take him to his watery die cause she knows even if he is strong he is still just a human male when it is all said and done so he can still be caught up by it and end up costing them royally if his mind is taken but she is gonna make sure that that never comes to be as she will bring him back even if she has to kill him to do it, she will make sure to do it, as they get closer to the area of the siren Revy orders the female crew mates to tie a rope from a piece of the ship to a male crew mate that way if the walk off board they will still be caught and not drowning making one less thing for kaito to have to focus on in the middle of a fight with the creature.
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Soon the singing rings out and she gets the ear plugs in Kaito's ears in time and he wakes and he stands and he hurries out and he watches the men walk off the ship and the ropes keeping them just above the water and he looks around to see if he can see the siren then she jumps up onto the ship pissed that the males she had lured were saved by such a cheap trick and she snaps at Kaito who can not hear her as the ear plugs are still firmly in his ears and he runs at her as she starts using sound waves at him that didn't even make him budge an inch as his belt negated the knock back from her sound waves the siren looked like she is begging for mercy and to not be killed her that she will  change her way and he not hearing or caring to hear her excuses leans toward her and he shoots toward her and he slashes at her and he cuts her head clean off.
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He looks over the side of the ship and he sees the men all recovering from the sirens mind control and he along with the women on the ship help pulling them back on board so they may start their trip back to the port and Kaito tells Revy that he is proud of her for coming up with the idea to have them tied to the ship so that they were safe and none of them were lost, the men and women shake Kaito and Revy's hand and then they get everything in order to sail back to the main land and get back to their families and to their duties as this was a big under taking that only worked because of all the pieces working as they should have and Revy keeping a cool head as Kaito left her in charge as he did his best to be able to finish off a monster that was killing and taking joy in killing their people. They return to the port to a warm welcome and he goes and sees if the ones that did come back after a siren attacks had recovered from the brain washed states that they were in and he sees they are all recovering now and he is paid for his hard work and he and Revy head to the bar to drink some more juice and some bar snacks on the house.
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(1583/1200) 40%wc (10%guild, 10%companion, 20%ring)