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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
- 6
- 7
- 8
Sohryu had become the leader he was. Terazuma could see the changes
in his lover, the changes almost palpable to the shinigami. Gone was the
happy relaxed man he had shared a bed with only... days before? When had
that been? Touda had collapsed, and Tsuzuki with him due to the unique
bond they were sharing, and it troubled both GensouKai and Meifu. It troubled
Tsuzuki's shikigami in a special, two-fold way � there were the shikigami
worried for their master, and at the same time praying for the life of
a friend, of two friends, and, in Byakko's case, a lover.
Terazuma didn't know how deep the relation between Sohryu and Touda
went, but from what he had learned in the past it had gone deep.

But somehow he got the impression that there was something else Sohryu
was concerned about, something that affected his role as leader of GensouKai.
"When did you last sleep?" he asked his lover, running a gentle hand
over the robe-clad back.
Sohryu sighed and briefly leaned into the touch. "I don't know," he
replied honestly.
"Maybe you should give it a try?"
A wry smile. "It's not like I find much sleep, Hajime. Whenever I close
my eyes I see Touda, burning up with this virus."
"You can't help him by destroying yourself."
Terazuma was just about to reply when the door was opened and a soldier
entered. He was a messenger, carrying a scroll.
The soldier bowed deeply and handed Sohryu the script roll. The dragon
acknowledged it with a nod and Terazuma watched as his lover unrolled it
and started reading. And paled.
"Sohryu?" Terazuma asked, suddenly deeply worried.
There was a lump of foreboding forming in his stomach that only deepened
when he saw Sohryu close his eyes briefly, fingers clench around the paper
in his hand.
"Sohryu? What happened?"
The dragon looked up and Terazuma swallowed � it was no longer his lover
he was facing. This was the Protector of the East, the Azure Dragon.
"You have to pack whatever things you have here. You will leave GensouKai
within the hour," he said tonelessly.
"Sohryu?" Terazuma was speechless with shock.
"This isn't to be discussed." Sohryu turned to leave, his back rigid
with tension. "I'm sorry, Hajime," he whispered, almost too low for him
to hear � and then he was alone.
Terazuma stood thunderstruck.
°
GensouKai was one of five worlds. There were Heaven and Hell, of course,
the two opposing sides. There was the world of the living where the souls
both realms fought about came from. Then there was Meifu, the home of the
angels of death who worked for the Lord of Hades to retrieve lost souls,
and it was where they were judged to be sent to their final destination
� Heaven or Hell. And then there was GensouKai, the dream world, home of
the shikigami, ruled by the Golden Emperor.
All worlds were closed off against each other, except the world of the
living, which could be entered easily enough. Demons, angels, shinigami
and with them their shikigami could manifest there. All worlds drifted
in Limbo, sometimes coming close to each other, but collisions didn't happen.
There were Gates into the four that were closed-off, four exactly from
Meifu into GensouKai. They were guarded by priestesses and no unauthorized
access was allowed or tolerated.
Political relationships connected Heaven, Hell, Meifu and GensouKai
and while humans believed there was an eternal fight between Good and Bad,
it was more like a political stage where demons and devils tried to bargain
for souls with their owners, shinigami fought to rescue lost souls and
bring them to Hades to be judged. The Lords of each realm interacted on
a regular basis and while their employees, minions, subjects and servants
fought each other, the powerful beings battled it out in the world of bureaucracy.
GensouKai, the GensouKai of today, was a virtual world. Decades ago,
when the realm had started to become unstable, when humanity had had no
more room for them, the shikigami had moved their world into the Net. They
had done the only thing they could with the growing instability of their
home � go somewhere else and severe all connections, allow only four Gates
to remain working.
The choice hadn't been made lightly. It was the growing technology and
science that had forced them to step back and back and back until they
were with their backs against the wall, and now it had proven to be the
only refuge anyone could think of. It had been a hard time and it hadn't
helped improve Sohryu's opinion of humanity.
The Emperor's order to move the whole of GensouKai had taken them all
by surprise, had shocked the most powerful beings in this world, but they
had followed the order. Technology was their enemy, but technology was
also their savior. It was so laughable.
The world of dreams, the world of illusions, existed in electronic minds,
and while little had changed, it had been too much in Sohryu's opinion.
It had taken him too long to accept that this meant their survival and
he had changed. Colder, walling himself off from others, hating humans,
distrusting the whole lot, he knew he hadn't made the best decisions back
then, but he had seen it through.
Someone had pulled him out of this. Someone whose insistent warm presence
had been with him ever since the fateful day Sohryu had made the mistake
to challenge a shinigami out of the anger that had developed and resided
in him because of too many events. He had lost to Tsuzuki Asato, but he
had won so much more. And Tsuzuki had worn away his defenses. The �puny
human' he had lost to had proven to be his lifeline and savior in the time
to come.
Now the most precious life was fading, together with Touda, and things
were culminating.
Sohryu slowly walked toward the throne room, trying to grasp the depths
of the orders he had received. Though he was the leader of GensouKai there
still was the Emperor above him. True, he seldom interfered with what Sohryu
decided was best for GensouKai � but when he did, it usually meant there
was something really bad going on. And now, in a situation like the current
� Touda ill and probably dying, taking Tsuzuki with him � an order like
this... it made his stomach knot and twist.
And not only because it meant he presumably wouldn't see his lover again.
Because the Emperor had ordered all shinigami to leave GensouKai immediately,
had ordered Sohryu to close down all four Gates and lock them. This action
would result in the only connection the endangered GensouKai had to any
of the other worlds to be severed. They would become adrift again � and
there was no telling what would happen then.
° ° °
The result of Sohryu's order couldn't be missed. Not only Terazuma had
been told to leave, but every other shinigami as well. There was confusion
spreading in Meifu, but requests to talk to the representative of the Golden
Emperor were turned down.
"What is going on?" Tatsumi murmured, standing in his office, staring
out of the window. "What the hell is going on?"
Had it already come this far?
GensouKai had closed down. There was no getting in. Wakaba had tried
opening a Gate, but she was denied, as were all other priests. She was
unable to contact the Tengu, which had never happened before. All key strokes
to get into the virtual world were returned as �unknown command' and Wakaba
was close to crying.
Shinigami demanded to know what was going on and Tatsumi expected Enma-Daiou
to finally reveal what was happening to the other divisions. But no explanations
came. Only a select few knew the truth and they had been told not to talk
about it.
Things were getting worse.
There was a knock on the door and Watari's blond head appeared in the
crack.
"I got it!"
Tatsumi blinked. "You have an anti-virus?"
"Yep!"
"Will it work?"
A grimace. "I couldn't go and try it on another shikigami, Seii. We
have only one patient," Watari scolded him.
"Point taken. But we have a problem."
"I heard. Sohryu closed down GensouKai."
"Yes. We can't go there to get the anti-virus to Touda."
Watari smiled slyly. "We can't, but I know someone who can. Terazuma
Hajime."
Tatsumi was thunderstruck. "Terazuma?"
"Sure! He doesn't use a regular Gate and Sohryu can't control it. His
Key will open a wormhole into GensouKai." Watari's smile dimmed a little.
"The problem is we don't know how far Sohryu has removed the realm already
by severing all connections. It might be either too late to jump there,
or Terazuma might not get back."
Tatsumi sank back in his chair, exhaling sharply. "Damn..." He rubbed
his forehead.
"But he's our only chance, Seii. Our truly only one. We have to ask
him."
"I know."
And he made the call.
° ° °
Terazuma listened to Watari's explanations, to his only solution and
he realized the dangers.
"I sent a probe across," the blond explained. "GensouKai is still within
your reach. The Black One can easily compensate for the growing distance,
but... I can't insure you can return."
"It might be one way, hm?" Terazuma muttered.
"Yes," Tatsumi said calmly. "Most likely you will be stuck in GensouKai.
If the anti-virus doesn't work, the realm will be lost to us, with everyone
inside."
"I understand."
He did. And he knew he was their only chance. It was a strange feeling,
but sitting here, in Meifu, separated from his lover and aware that he
might never see him again, this choice was the better. At least he could
spend his life time with Sohryu, should GensouKai survive the separation.
If not, he would perish with him. It was preferable to becoming... a widower.
The thought made him smile darkly.
But he also did it for Tsuzuki, who lay comatose in the medical wing.
There had been no chance in his condition to the better. Like Touda he
was dying.
Terazuma turned to Watari.
"Give me the anti-virus. I'll do it."
The scientist's expression was solemn as he reached into his coat pocket
and pulled out a silver disc. He handed it over to Terazuma.
"Good luck," he said softly.

tbc...
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