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Pivotal	By : Macx Category: Descendents of Darkness/Yami No Matsuei > General Views: 2391 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Chapter List
- 1-Pivotal
- 2-part 2
- 3-part 3
- 4-part 4
- 5-part 5
- 6-part 6
- 7-part 7
- 8-part 8
- 9-part 9
- 10-part 10
- 11-part 11
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- 5
The night passed without any mentionable changes or incidents.
Rikugo sat vigil over Touda, working in shifts with Kochin, while Sohryu
spent the time in deep contemplation outside the palace, sitting at the
lake that was nothing but an inky spot in the middle of nowhere at the
moment. Moonlight, broken by clouds passing over the sickle, barely reflected
in the hidden place. Usually the lake gave him the peace of mind he needed
to think things through, but not this time.
Sohryu knew this situation was deadly serious, for Touda and for their
master. He couldn't imagine losing the young man who had bested him so
long ago. He couldn't imagine not feeling his presence in GensouKai, not
touching him not seeing him smile. Tsuzuki meant so much to so many. Sohryu
doubted the shinigami was even aware of his importance. If he was, he probably
didn't acknowledge it to himself out loud.
It was in the morning hours when he returned that one of his servants
hurried toward the God, clutching a scroll. Sohryu didn't have to ask where
it came from. It bore the seal of their Emperor. So he accepted the scroll
and the servant left.
Walking into his chambers, the scroll in hand, Sohryu discovered he
had someone waiting for him. Genbu, Protector of the North, and Suzaku,
the Protector of the South, and like him one of Tsuzuki's shikigami. Genbu
gazed serenely at him from under bushy eyebrows.
"I see the Emperor has called," Genbu remarked, walking after Tsuzuki
as the dragon strode toward his desk.
"Yes. Is there something I can do for you?"
Genbu smiled. "No. We just wanted to see if you needed help from us.
With Byakko spending most of his time with Touda, things are a bit disorderly,
I believe."
Sohryu snorted, breaking the imperial seal. "I can manage, thank you."
Suzaku was just about to say something, but she stopped when Sohryu
stared at the scroll, eyes widening.
"Sohryu?"
°
The dragon sat down heavily, eyes distant, face a mask. Suzaku looked
at her fellow God, then at Genbu, who was gazing at the dragon with the
same quizzical expression.
"Sohryu?" she asked again.
Their leader appeared pale, shocked, as if whatever he had just heard
behind these closed doors had shook up his world, maybe even worse.
"What's wrong?" Genbu wanted to know.
"This is much worse than it looks," Sohryu answered softly. "Much. I
need to call a council of the twelve." He smiled wryly for a moment. "Well,
eleven."
That alone told Suzaku how serious it was.
"I'll inform the others," Genbu just said and walked off, faster than
anyone would have believed the small man was capable off.
° ° °
It couldn't be called a true, classical council meeting, due to the
fact that it wasn't held in the council chamber and that four members weren't
able to be present in person. Sitting on the hastily delivered chairs in
the large yard of Tenkuu, the Divine Commanders looked at their leader
as Sohryu prepared to inform them of something that would change everything.
Tenkuu would relay his words to the quarantined shikigami inside the
building, in turn telling Sohryu if either of the three had something to
say.
Sohryu looked at the assembled Divine Commanders.
"I called you here because of recent information concerning our
latest crisis. There is more to this than the danger Touda and with
him Tsuzuki are in. We all are in danger, but not just the twelve of us.
I'm talking about the whole of GensouKai � and more."
Murmurs could be heard.
"You know we are all connected. All life in GensouKai is connected to
this realm. We live and breathe together, and death hurts us all to a degree.
Touda's illness has an effect on the twelve of us, as well as Tsuzuki,
who shares a bond with him. Should Touda die, Tsuzuki will probably not
survive the backlash."
More murmurs rose. They all knew that, they all feared it. Deep within
them was the need to protect their master and currently there was nothing
they could do.
"But Tsuzuki's death would have an even greater effect than simply freeing
us from a master we love. We grew through him, our powers developed. All
of us can feel it. The four Gods who protect GensouKai reached a power
level that we never even considered possible. Our power is reflected in
the stability of this realm. Our power made it possible to balance our
home within the digital world, to overcome the difficult times with the
worm holes, and to continue as strongly as before."
Sohryu looked at them all, noted the first uneasy looks and growing
realization.
"Should Tsuzuki die, the power he has deep inside him, the power that
sustains us and through us our home, will disappear. Instability will be
the result. GensouKai would separate completely from Meifu, close all Gates,
destroy them, and become adrift. We would be lost."
"No..." Suzaku whispered, aghast. "It can't be!"
"But it is. Enma-Daiou apparently knew what Tsuzuki's existence as a
shinigami could be, what it could create. His step to make our master one
of the angels of death had been planned. It was around the time the first
problems in GensouKai appeared, when we first considered moving our world.
Shortly after we four Gods became his shikigami, we moved GensouKai into
the digital realm. Ever since then, we grew. With each Divine Commander
joining us as servants of our master, we became stronger. The last step
and the completion of this process was the connection between Touda and
Tsuzuki, sealing a pact no one knew about � except Enma-Daiou and the Emperor."
Sohryu inhaled deeply, noting the silent horror and amazement in the
faces of the others.
"It's a network that stands and falls with our master. Tsuzuki is the
life blood and back bone of GensouKai, and with it even of Meifu and the
world of the living. He is our source of power, our strength, our weakness."
The silence was deafening.
"What will we do now?" Tenkuu rumbled, the deep voice echoing within
her walls of the yard.
"We can't do anything at the moment. I wanted you to know what we are
facing."
"If we can't find a cure for Touda, he will die, taking Tsuzuki with
him, and as an aftereffect GensouKai will become unstable," Rikugo's words
relayed by Tenkuu.
"Yes, exactly. With GensouKai adrift, Meifu loses us as its allies.
The instability will spread. Enma-Daiou's realm is the buffer and catalyst
for Hell and Heaven as well, not to mention the world of the living. Should
Meifu fall in chaos because we lose our shinigami partners, the angels
of death have a much harder time operating and working their cases, and
Hell might gain a temporary advantage, which Heaven needs to compensate
for. It's all a precarious balance and Tsuzuki is its central point, its
pivotal point. We can only hope that there is a way to heal Touda," Sohryu
explained levelly.
There was nothing else they could do but trust in Meifu to find a solution
because their own healing capabilities were reaching their limit.
If GensouKai went down, so would Meifu. And with it the world of the
living. And in the end, maybe even Heaven and Hell. They were all connected,
they all lived off the other.
Sohryu closed his eyes, feeling the weight of his responsibility more
than ever.

tbc...
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