Heavenly Damnation, So Thou Shalt Trust the Seer [Kanix Kumonosu & Yazuki Yoshino]

Yazuki stood there waiting for an answer from the woman. While he was a patient individual, he hated to have someone who was uncooperative about answering questions. She had spouted things about him no one who was mortal should know. He watched as she crossed her arms and seemed to ignore his onslaught of questions, causing him to grind at the stick in his mouth all the more fiercely. Most people respected him enough to tell him how they knew his brother, how they knew who he was if they did, but to date, only one had, and it was a fluke. She did some simple magic with her hands that seemed to remove the scent of blood from the air after a while, but his mind was in a haze. Most of the world still didn't know Yazuki existed, they thought he was Raijin the lightning god who sped through the skies to help those in need. No one dared question him because of such flashy dress and spectacular displays, though he didn't try to show himself as such a person. He just simply wanted to help, and his gear and himself were full of strange abilities to make most people wonder what was going on with him and question if he was truly a god. Truth was, he wasn't a god, he simply didn't want his brother knowing he was still alive. It was nothing more than that, he didn't want his brother to see him when he was wounded, but he could never fully repair, so he slowly changed who he was until he no longer resembled being anything like his brother. Instead, he was something new, and that is how he wanted to keep it for the time being. He didn't want all of Fiore knowing he was back. Fairy Tail didn't seem to take too kindly to people leaving it seemed. Speaking of which...

This woman was the previous guild leader? He wondered how many guild leaders the guild had had previous to the one he knew. He barely interacted with the guild, and barely knew any of its history to boot. For some reason, he only had a few friends there before his accident. The scar across his face had devastated him, so he had changed all of his looks to suit a more... unique appearance. His eyes were once blue, now radiated electric green. His hair that was once middle length and black was now a vibrant auburn, almost red, and close to four times as long as it used to be. He wore the bangs the same in effect, giving him somewhat of his previous look, but only just enough to make him barely recognizable. Even his dressing style had changed, as no one but Nightken knew about his armor. No one but Raijin knew of his shoulders and dharma either, and his gloves he wore were also something not many would know of, as he got them from a drunken smith that seemed to think that they were a joke, but their power was impressive.

He finally got some of his answers from her as she started to talk about how she was blind and how she supposedly saw from eyes around her, which perplexed him a bit as he thought about it. His head started ringing again as Raijin chimed in as per the usual to make it a little more clear, but with riddles as always. To see from others, yet not from others. To see through the minds eye of those who do not any longer have one of their own. She is a unique individual and one that may be best to keep around. Some of who you are she will not see, for not even other Gods know what I know about you, youngling. But in time you will see a truth, and you will have to embrace it. The ringing subsided once again, leaving him with an even more messed up idea, and yet more questions to be determined. He started to wonder why Raijin had taken this special interest in him and why it was so important for him to continue his contact with Yazuki when he was just a human with nothing special about him.

After a few more moments, however, she explained in full that how she saw was from the dead. This at first puzzled him as she seemed to think he would have some sort of problem with it, but in reality, wizards all had their quirks, hers was just an intriguing one. He studied her and around her as she looked at him, trying to determine if it was possible to see these spirits she claimed to be guided by, but quickly dismissed it after he started to realize it was her specialty, not his. This was her ability to see the things around her, and he was likely not going to be able to see such things or understand them for some time without proper exposure, but something felt odd about her from moment one. Something had been pulling at his mental attention, but he just could not place it at this moment. He wondered if she would reveal this something to him, and if Raijin's sayings were referring to something about her gift allowing him the knowledge to know something further about himself. This also came to question, as why was she important in the grand scheme of things? Also, why was he more than what he had come to know himself as, just a normal average human that seemed to have some interesting qualities that normally could not be explained so easily. He pondered this as something caught his attention, a twig snapping in the distance. She had started to tell him about what was coming, but something already told him that there was more coming after their fallen, possibly to avenge what had just transpired. Her abilities allowed her the capability to see what was coming, which also helped greatly, as he now knew what to expect at this moment. Yazuki began to charge up so that his spells would have a greater impact, hearing that there would surely be more this time.

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Yazuki watched as Kanix seemed to speculate about him and then look a bit behind him. She spoke in riddles, something he didn't quite get but it reminded him of Raijin. After some more dialogue from her to a being he could not see, a look of shock came across his face as a chuckle raidated through both of their heads of Raijin. Even at the first meeting of Raijin, he spoke telepathically and not out loud. The was she talked was as if he was directly behind him, but when he turned, he saw nothing. If it was truly Raijin this woman was talking to, he was now determined to try and see the god himself, but he could not see him and his glory that Yazuki had longed to see for a while now. Raijin showed him the last step necessary to understand holy lightning, and even the arts of more, but he didn't understand why the god had taken interest in him, he just had. He seemed to thrill in meeting Yazuki, almost as if he was proud to be there to meet him, yet it just made him curious to the God's intentions, as he never spoke to him in anything but proverbs and riddles, sometimes the advice being obvious and other times not so much. However, it seemed certain that this woman was speaking to him. As if to answer only one question for the time being the ringing began in Yazuki's head, as would Kanix's head, of the God's voice.

Not all that glitters is gold, not all that shines is the sun. There are but few who rival it, yet it stands before you. Without him, there would not be this world, yet he knows not. Without his soul, there would be no beginning. The words seemed to taper off at the end, leaving Yazuki far more confused than before. These riddles were deeper than he could comprehend, as if to answer Kanix's words or intentions, but he did not comprehend what was going on. What was so important about him that Raijin would stick around, invisible to his eyes, yet always there? Why would the god take special interest in someone who was merely human, talk to him as though he was a mentor, and try to confuse him with the words the god spoke? Yazuki was deeply puzzled about all of this, but right now, none of that mattered. What mattered were the beasts in front of them, as Kanix performed some magic that seemed to make her staff have Icicle like appendages. "What is he talking about, what is all that gibberish? He is talking to you too now, right?" He forced the words out and his voice cracked, betraying his confusion over the whole situation. He just wanted to understand, and she may very well be able to explain if she heard the god too, however, the vulcans arrived at the most inopportune of times.

As the vulcan beat on his chest, he received an electrified foot to the face, as if Yazuki had teleported and kicked him all at the same time, moving faster now than ever before. The rage fueled him as 5 of the weaker vulcans surrounded him as his arms began once again to ripple with lightning, forming wings that exploded as his arms shot down straight in front of him crossed, hand pointing at the ground. The torrent of lightning was immense, far more so than usual, as he poored more energy into it than usual.  The five weaker vulcans fell to the ground while the larger one seemed to convulse uncontrollably though highly damaged. At this point, Yazuki's dharma glowed brightly, brighter than most things that produced light save the sun, indicating it was time to go all out. Everything for him from this point would be a cake walk, and his dharma had never gotten this bright before. Raijin's voice once again reverberated into the minds of those he had chosen to have contact with as he stood watching his chosen reach the maximum of the gift he had bestowed upon him. His face seemed wholly amused, waiting to see what the young human would do with such power backing him. Yazuki felt a strange surge within him with the dharma on his back, something he had yet to receive from it, which seemed to make him feel more alive than ever, as lightning gathered in his mouth. Four more vulcans gathered around their leader to protect him from his seeming doom. Yazuki let the blast radiate out as he released the lightning from his mouth, the blast more white than usual and more potent than he had ever seen, as the other four fell, and their leader slumped over. He stood there in shock for a moment at the sheer change, not knowing what to think. His abilities had finally peaked, and the sheer destructive force he held was more than he could imagine.

Raijin watched as his chosen stood confused, pondering still what he would do with his new found ability. Raijin had made that dharma for a particular purpose, and its energies were more holy than himself, but he had yet to allow it to be fully unlocked. Right now, it was at the peak of what he would allow it to do, yet it still had a potency that couldn't be explained. Full capacity, yet not finished, the full shine, yet not finished. This is the power that holy holds to you, young lightning slayer. Chosen by me, seen by all, always helping, making sure no one falls. The path of light is the one you will travel, but even the beginning will slowly unravel. As the lightning god's words reverberated in their minds, he outstretched his hand towards the sky, letting lose a bolt of electricity that could be seen by all, creating a thunderstorm within seconds. The downpour could be felt through the trees, the thunder seemingly striking predictably around the area of Yazuki. My gift to you on this fight, slayers of both, a downpour of water, and lightning of my oath. Water natural, lightning of light, on this day, your dharma grows bright.

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Raijin listened to the words of the seer, still amused that she knew not what Yazuki's true purpose was, but he gave her a lot of credit for trying. It was not often the god had someone converse with him, and it was not often someone questioned his rights as a god. He spoke as he did to not allow the child to know who he really was, as Yazuki needed shaped first. He needed to know what it was to be who he truly was, and what his soul was actually capable of. Yet this enchantress seemed to not understand his motives, but instead question how he went about showing the boy his wisdoms. He could care less about what Kanix had said until he heard what she had muttered. He looked at her with a stern, almost disgusted look, as she knew not what was before her. How could a seer of such magnitude to see him not see the boy for who he was? As she rushed into battle, the god took Material from to block her path, his face in hers. He breath was hot, causing the air around the golden and white god to almost steam as it struck Kanix's as he began to speak into her mind alone. There was disgust still in his face as he peered at her, not wanting to divulge as he was about to.

Heed this about my wisdoms. The boy is not to know until he has proven pure intentions, and a will of righteousness of what he truly is. He is a leopard who has yet to knock off the soot that covers him black, yet he cannot see his true beauty until the time is right. His soul is not a soul at all, but the very fabric of your Earthland you are so fond of. He is Creation, the Aspect of Life itself, but mustn't know. Yet you insist on this wisdom, it is now your charge to deem him worthy of this title. You are now charged by the gods with this, consider this your geas as you have now been charged by the gods with this task. This storm shall last the week. The world around you is changing youngling. Life now walks among you, to say he is not something worthy of this world's notice is to be sadly mistaken. He has a role to play, and even the gods shutter at the thought of what he could cause. I tutor the boy out of respect, yet keep him out of my reach because he knows not his role. To say he is most important is a falsehood, but to downplay his role in Earthland is to say Death also has no effect on all things when the time comes. To build a dam to prevent the flow, you must release the dam to revitalize the stream. The dam remains for now. This is your charge, your duty now. I will be watching. The voice rang through her head alone this time, as only she was to know what was to be, and what Yazuki was to be. The god's voice would ring more harshly and louder than before, almost as if he was angry and screaming. Yazuki, however, would not notice the change as the strangely more vulcans came into play, quickly dying on his bent rage, leaving only 3 like the one who led the charge to enter the clearing.

Yazuki knew that he was to help Kanix, and before he turned, Raijin had gone back to his realm in the Thunder Palace. Not even his visage remained behind her, as he had passed his charge onto her, but it would hardly be the last time that they communicated. Looking at Kanix gave the opening for the vulcan brutes with two war hammers each their chance to attack Yazuki, causing him to notice their movements too late and receive two of them to connect, lightning swirling up their weapons to cause burns on the hands of the apes and cause them to drop them in pain as the young man was thrown backwards a few meters. Blood dripped from his nose from the blow on his face, but the blood quickly seemed to vanish just as fast as it had appeared.

Lightning rippled up Yazuki's arms once more as the two who had dropped their weapons rushed at him while the other rushed at Kanix. Yazuki did not have time to react to the one heading towards Kanix, thus had to deal with these two first. He crossed his arms in front of him as per normal to release a devastating explosion of lightning that hit both of his assailants before their new blows could land. They stood their convulsing, but these ones seemed a little tougher than the ones that lead the charge. He loosed Lightning from his mouth as his rage hit them with full impact point plank, knocking them down but yet they still remained alive. Surely, they were a little stronger, he thought as his forked lightning hit them, one bolt each, ending the task. He still didn't understand what was happening as a lightning bolt struck down directly in front of him. He consumed it before it could dissipate, not having tasted lightning for some time as he turned towards Kanix. Eating the lightning was meaningless except for the taste, and this one tasted pretty sweet.

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Yazuki had not overheard much of the conversation as he was fighting but she was obviously still arguing about stuff with Raijin. He grimaced as he was fighting the beasts, not knowing what was truly going on, or why Raijin stuck around. With a few moments passing and him try to hear what she had said over the sound of lightning and rolling thunder, he made out only a few things that troubled him. Kanix knew more than he did at this moment, and he had to ask her after this was all through. He knew getting answers from her came after a time, but at least she had answered him. Her words to the god were if nothing else confusing. The god had started talking to another, another that could answer him. But what had the god said that had gotten her so riled up. As he glanced back, he saw bloodied tears falling from the woman after her talking with him, and rage filled Yazuki. The one thing he hated most was seeing others in pain, to see others hurt, and the god had made her cry. He cursed Raijin under his breath, receiving but a grunt in acknowledgement from the god. It would be then that the shrill whistle came from Kanix, one that confused Yazuki as he watched the last vulcan charge her. She wasn't poised to attack? She wasn't going to defend? She was going to whistle. An uncanny roll of thunder occurred to clue in she was doing something other than just simply whistling. Within moments a great beast appeared and swallowed the last vulcan like it was nothing, leaving Yazuki in a state of shock at the way he was introduced.

Yazuki approached Kanix now, not worrying about the beast as obviously she summoned it. A look of determination was on his face, his dharma still glowing bright as before if not brighter. The more he used lightning, the brighter he got, and at the current moment he was glad she was blind, as the light was starting to burn brighter than he had ever seen. Looking directly at it had put spots in his eyes, and he didn't want to know if it would get any brighter. He stopped a small distance from her as his voice cracked once more.

"You argue with a god that could kill you in an instant? Is that wise?" he questioned the woman. "Yet you have answers I have long waited to hear. I could barely hear anything over this storm yet you said something about life and death and something dark ahead? What did he tell you? What would get you so angry at a being like him? Sure he speaks in riddles but there has to be a reason he is around and doing what he is. Please, for the love of all, just tell me! I am tired of not knowing why this man seeks to watch me develop, why he wants me to walk so righteously, why he wants to see the compassion in me. I have changed a lot since my scar and its mostly due to his teachings, yet I do not understand why he would have me become what I am now. While I am grateful for what I have become and wish to never be any different then what he has made me become, I must know why. Raijin is the father I never had, yet he still treats me as if I am a child who does not understand anything, and he always speaks in riddles and proverbs, to where I cannot understand." Tears streamed down his face as he spoke. A lot of trauma had just been brought up by this outburst from him of questions. He had never had a father growing up, nor any brothers or sisters. Now he had Raijin and Takumi, and even Zeno was like a brother, but it wasn't the same. Raijin picked him up at his lowest and showed him the way to a life of happiness and hospitality, one that was getting him noticed throughout Fiore, though he didn't care about the recognition, he just wanted to help others as Raijin had taught him. He stood steady and waited for a response from Kanix


Miva was miffed about having been left behind again, but luckily, Raijin had dropped the note on the small table he had made for beside the stone slab in the main cavern. Flying had seemed to be fine until she reached the forest and the storm had started. She continued on foot, but noticed there was lightning that seemed to be localizing ahead of her. She heard a voice coming out loud proclaiming some arrival of something and she rushed forward, only to see a huge figure bolt above her. She leapt back in terror at first, then headed in that direction, hoping nothing had happened to Yazuki. As she came to the area they currently were, she sighed, seeing bodies of vulcans laying strewn out everywhere. The woman looked peculiar, but she assumed this was the person from which the note had spoken of . She studied her as Yazuki walked up and started to plead with the woman. Miva began to wonder what was going on, and why he was referring to Raijin in the third person. Yazuki didn't ever tell his real name except to a select few. Only those he truly knew were given this knowledge, and even some it was still guarded from yet. His face told the story that he was in his more demonic form at the moment, having activated force, but she had to turn away because of how bright the dharma had gotten, and she couldn't see for a few moments as he finished. She started to advance but tripped, having to get back to her feet. She thought for a moment and decided to keep her eyes shut and sit down until they calmed. This wasn't something she was used to, seeing such brightness from the dharma. She had seen it work well before, but never like this.

"Can't you shut that thing off you asshole!" Miva yelled at Yazuki as she still had her eyes shut. "And stop leaving me behind! This is getting annoying you know, having to chase you just to find out you are done with everything! Start traveling like a normal person why don'cha. I am getting tired of coming after you all the time to find out you didn't leave anything to me!" She had stood up and was shielding her eyes slightly as she was now able to see just ever so slightly. She walked over to stand behind one of Kanix's legs, trying to use her to shield her own eyes. "Sorry about him, lady, he can be quite a hassle sometimes, next time just smack him upside the head." Miva was not too happy as she spoke, betraying she had just ran their way with her slight panting as it was slowly regulating.

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