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Chapter 98 - Power

When Red Demon stumbled through the door Hastor rose up and helped him keep his balance. "BOY! It hasn't even been eight hours since we led you away two hours ago?" Hastor said with concern. Red Demon took a seat on the table, "I had something happen to me when I was asleep? I spoke to the elements themselves. Is that normal?" Hastor looked at Sister Spinner, "Seems he's starting to awaken his connection to the natural energies. It's not uncommon for what happened to you" he told him. "All earn this ability after travelling the Celestial Step. Listen to them, they are wise and will guide you on your journey. They are older than time itself and the natural power of the cosmos. What we wield is merely a fragment that chooses us. So now that you know that, why not turn around and go to bed!" Hastor demanded. Red Demon leaned against the table contemplating, 'So you all will guide me. Perhaps save me from myself once Bedlam comes' he nodded. "I apologize for the intrusion then...I will go rest. Oh I have a guest would you mind seeing him for me" he gave the two a nod and stumbled out. Sister Spinner smirked, "Seems our guest is here? I seem to be a regular stop for everyone, but I know what he will tell me. And it's not good news he brings" she stood up and followed Red Demon out the door. 

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After getting Red Demon to his bed he was out again. Raijin was escorted by Sister Spinner to the medical wing. Hastor promised to stay behind to make sure his patient remained asleep. Nora patched Raijin up and gave him some chi circulating pills to help jump start his healing. 

"So give me your message?" She asked after pouring the two a drink. Raijin took a long drink before speaking. "Good wine," he told her, pleased. Then his face got serious, "The World will exile you. Kill the Red Demon and has imprisoned Prometheus. He set the Guides to gather their armies and invade the Void Realm. Decimating the entire realm and the king" he then took another drink of wine. "I figured as much. Well Raijin, shall I bring you into my confidence?" She asked. "Yes. If your intention is to protect the young man I call Lad. Then I will be happy to counsel on this and assist if need be" he poured himself another cup of wine. "I have nowhere else to go. I have committed an oath breaking for him" he said bluntly. "It's for the greater good?" She started sipping her wine. He shrugged, "That or I did it for selfish reasons. I had grown soft in my own plane. I still could go back there only I can access it now. But that's where I have the disadvantage. The World has permission to be there. How was I even able to step foot here?" He asked, confused. She gave him a knowing look that said 'Really?' He seemed able to put two and two together. He knowingly nodded, "Well thanks" he took another chug of wine. "The plan will fail, you should know that now. The Nexus will awake and with it she will be like nothing we have seen before" she told him. "Prometheus seemed to think the same. He said trust you and not interfere till the time right. But Master World is prideful. They play like they are logical and non emotional. You taking the King Slayer seemed to throw that all away. Now they feel slighted by you, Prometheus and Lad. They want you all to suffer for this" Sister Spinner shook her head. "Yes. Everyone doubts visions. They doubt my intentions. My role is to guide and give out options. I push where I need too and interfere when the future is too much to risk" she leaned forward with glowing gold eyes. "Shall I tell you your fortune?" She smirked. "No. I don't care about my future. I know I'll die by the sword, it's been written since birth" he said this with certainty. "Who do you think wrote it?" She smirked as she sipped her wine. 

Raijin looked at her with wide eyes, "Well I've made peace with it. It's how I want to go any way" he downed the wine and set the cup down forcibly. "Nexus let's discuss that?" Sister poured him another drink. "Yes, she is what we call in the fate game; an Anomaly. Something that cannot be seen through the tapestry  mainly because they shouldn't exist. They shouldn't exist, but they do anyway. They have no thread of necessity and are cataclysms like our friend will be after I'm done. We need to match brute force with brute forces. I have two more demons to help him. But the trick will be to convince them to fight with him. He may be an inspiration to them, but they will test him to see if he's the real deal" Raijin stared at his wine in contemplation moving his jaw about. 

"He knows most of my sword techniques. He was a great student. I'll have something else to teach him then how to use lightning element Bolt? I could sense Gust, Terra, Flame, Shadow, Iron, and Light chi coming off him. So you saved the hard ones for last? He will need some pointers and tips with Bolt" Sister nodded at this. "Bedlam will go last, I merely need to unseal it" Raijin scowled, "Sealed? You mean he's been walking with that element all this time? Was it growing even sealed?" She was silent. "Yes. It was still growing, even sealed. I didn't want to cripple him when that decision was made" Raijin was taken aback, his big figure sinking back into the chair. 

"So have you been interfering with his life all this time?" She nodded, "He knows about everything. His mother and father's feud, he is able to hold all elements and originally started with three for one to be sealed from his father. It was for his safety" Raijin shrugged. "Who am I to judge? I was meant to kill him if Smiling could not. Forever the Sword of the World" he chuckled at that. He was clearly drunk, "How strong is this wine?" He asked. Special recipe made with chi powder, and aged for a thousand years. It's quite strong. I'm surprised you had as many cups as you did and remained coherent?" She sipped her wine. Raijin's head began to sag. "Nora please escort him to a room" she ordered. Nora complied, "Master Raijin, may I take you to a guest quarters sir?" Nora asked. "Yes…that would be lovely thank you" he stood up gripped his odachi. He turned and looked at Sister Spinner. "Answer me this and only this. The power you have given him will change things for the better, or worse?" She was silent as they remained locked with eye contact. 

"For the better" she merely said. Raijin nodded and then followed Nora to the guest wing. Sister Spinner drained her cup and stood up. 'I need to go check on Hastor.