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"Glad they didn't kill me...." Psych lept off the rooftop and landed about ten feet from Lyka, still in the shadows. "Why? So you could finish me off yourself? Did you want to collect the rest of the money you couldn't get the first time around?" Psych's tone dripped with an unbridled rage that would cause most to retreat rapidly in fear. "What else could you possibly take from me."

Psych stepped from the shadows, slowly emerging to Lyka's view. "You've already stripped me of my friends, what little life I had, my trust... I'd say you've done quite a lot." He was now completely revealed and the sight was fearsome to behold.

Scars were easily visible over most of his body, the result of Lyka's betrayal. The worst of these caused him to appear more fearsome than he ever had before. The scar traced over his right eye and down his lower jaw. Miraculously, the eye had escaped undamaged.

Psych examined a scar on his arm before speaking. He used words that Lyka herself had spoken. "If you think I'm going to just let you go now, you must be joking... The damned stick together... who else will stick with us...? He pulled his shield off his back, and pulled his axe from it's place at his waist. "I guess water is thicker than blood where you're concerned... traitor..."

Akashi looked over at An'an and smiled as he nodded his head, fixing his hat back on his head.
"Thank you for your kindness, An'an. I would like that very much."

"Where have you been, darling, it's nearly early morning!" Her mother was waiting for her in the parlor, staring at the fire.

Orb paused then sighed and walked in and plopped in the other seat, "I went out with some friends, mother, no need to worry." Her adopted mother was an actress, like her mother's fans she thought her mother was very beautiful. Her hair was a dark grey, but with a young woman's sheen to it and her eyes were large and green and set into an angelic face. No one, however, met the beauty of her real mother, she tried not to think too much on them, though, it always made her sad.

"Don't you have to wake up early?" Her mother asked worriedly.

Orb laughed gently, "No, but I will be rehersing tomorrow. I don't have to get up early to do that, though."

"Oh...alright." Her mother said faintly.

Orb smiled and stood, she planted a gentle kiss on her mother's cheek, "Thanks for worrying, mother. I'm alright. Let's turn in for now."

She smiled and stood, "I'll have some warm milk sent up to your room. A bath is being draw already. Goodnight." She smiled and they went to their rooms. She wondered if her father was home tonight, if so, he must be comatose. Her father was the District Attourney and he'd been recently handling a very difficult case...He'd been recently coming home dead tired.

A hot bath and one glass of warm milk later, Orb was tucked into bed, thinking about the night. The club had been awesome as usual, she'd danced until her feet were tingling and then rested before running home with her friends....her mind lingered on that man, "Mr. Akashi Yamato. No...Sir Akashi Yamato, or Lord Akashi Yamato." She smiled sleepily then sat up with a gasp, a sudden spike of adrenaline jerking her into full wakefulness. Now she remembered, the after party at her last performance. The opening night....they hadn't spoken that night but she remembered seeing him across the room, just a fleeting glance before he was lost in the crowd. She lay back, now lethargic as the adrenaline drained away, "I'll have to invite him again....in my box seat..." She mumbled before drifting off.

"Ah yes, of course. You belong to the Standards. Why would somone of your lofty status ever bother being a friend to the damned..." He ran directly at her as though to meet her, but lept over her before they collided. "I assure you, I'm no phantom. I survived because I'm not human..."

He smiled in an almost maniacal way that showed his teeth in an unsettling manner. He laughed for a moment. "Pitiful wretch... You became a traitor and now you're a drug addict." He sounded happy about this fact. "The last time you fought with me I was on the edge of starvation. Let's see how you do now that I'm at full strength..."

Pysch just laughed cruely. "Ah ah ah, must control that temper. You'll make mistakes." Pysch stood where he was, watching her come closer. "Besides, you're in denial about the Fatal Vein... One of those watchers was on the Fatal Vein, I dispatched him first."

"Then his side effects probably made him stupid then." Lyka answered, seeming unaffected by his laughter, but on the inside she was raging. She tightened her grip of her katana before using her heightened speed at full use, "I'll make circles around you with mine."

Lyka suddenly jumped up, barely misisng his tail and landing behind him, "You're so cocky. You think that just because you don't take Fatal Vein that you'll beat me? Please, this thing doesn't make me an idiot and obviously you've forgotten what I can do."

She charged towards him, being much close rthan before, "Now stop playing around and fight!"