Chapter 4

Will of the Dragon Death God

Miki led Eric up the walkway to a very comfortable house that "wait a sec, we're going to your house to meet your contacts?" asked Eric

"Indeed you are correct, Miki's parents are the contacts in question" said Miki as she led him to the door and opened it, "Mama, papa, Miki is home!" said Miki, leading Eric into the house, a man that obviously was Miki's father, Eric could tell by the eye color and a woman emerged from another door that had miki's looks only she was 40

"So Miki, this is the young man you think is a victim in the case your dad is working on?" asked the woman and Miki nodded

"Miki's Dad is a prosecution lawyer that specializes in child abuse cases, he has never lost a case." Said Miki brimming with pride

Miki's father rubbed the back of his head with a grin "c'mon miki, you're embarrassing me." Said her father

"What can't Miki be proud of her papa's accomplishments?" asked Miki

"And don't forget about me." Said Miki's Mother "I am a doctor that he usually goes to to ID physical signs of abuse." Said Moka's Mother in a kind motherly voice

"I was going to get to that, mama" said Miki

"Good to know." Said Miki's mother

"anyway why don't we move this conversation into my office." He said leading Eric and miki through a door labeled OFFICE,

"This is an office?" asked Eric surprised of the layout of the room, it looked more like a lounge than an office

"Papa prefers to meet with possible child abuse victims in an informal setting, it helps open the victims up and helps them talk about what they went through." Explained Miki as the two sat down on a very plushy couch with Miki's dad picking up a tablet computer and heading over to a small fridge in the corner "Would you like something to drink?" he asked, surprising eric

"What do you have?" asked Eric

Miki's dad listed off the drinks in the fridge until he came to lemonade "I'll have a lemonade." Said Eric and Miki's dad retrieved a can and handed it to Eric as he sat down "so, what can you tell me about yourself?" he asked in a kind, calm and slightly hypnotic voice

"Huh?" asked Eric "as in?"

Miki's Father shrugged "Anything, Likes, dislikes, hobbies, goals and so forth." With Eric looking surprised at him as to why he was bringing this up and then miki leaned over and whispered

"He's doing this to ease you into a comfortable state to make this easier to talk about." She explained Eric nodded and began talking about what he enjoyed and so forth and they really struck up a good conversation, about an hour into it Miki's mom came in wearing an apron and holding a tray of chocolate chip cookies and set them on the coffee table

"You're all welcome to them." She said before leaving, eric nodded in thanks and picked one up and took a bite out of it then looked up at miki's father

"Pardon the language." He began "But this is one damn good cookie." He said and Miki's father beamed, it seemed Eric was getting along well with miki's family but then came the reason he was there and he was more ready than he was when he walked through the door but he calmly and with a bit of a trembling voice talked about what he went through at his house until it came to a certain part and it seemed like his voice had turned off and he couldn't speak of it, the pain was still too near to him

But it seemed Miki's father had experience in cases like this and immediately asked "Can you sing it out?" he asked Eric took a couple breaths then began to sing and it was surprisingly easier and Miki had a jaw dropped look on her face, never before had she seen a guy sing so melodic and beautiful she almost fell in love with his singing voice but Eric sang it only to get the story off his chest which he did and after that the session was over and Miki's father stood up "given the circumstances I would like to offer you a place to stay here for the night, I don't want you out on the streets at night." Explained Miki's father

"I don't want to be a burden." Said Eric shouldering his bag

"You are not, I am doing what I can to protect someone I agreed to help get free of neglect and abuse, and besides…" he added with a grin when he saw Miki tightening her grip around Eric's forearm "My Daughter seems to have taken a liking to you." At those words Miki jumped a foot away from Eric Blushing redder than the trim on eric's jacket

That Night Eric curled up in bed and as he did so Seyrawyn appeared you did well to trust him eric, but I think you can trust him even more he said

"As in…?" asked Eric

Telling him about your abilities as one to see deck spirits explained Seyrawyn

"and how do you think he'll believe me?" asked Eric

My friend, I may only be a couple weeks old as far as time goes but in mind I know a great many things, and in the case of how a deck spirit is manifested, there are two things that are needed: one is enough duel spirit energy within the deck, and the other is a fervent wish for things to be different, in your case your wish was to be free from the chains of your family and that wish with the passionate energy you put behind it was what caused me to come into being, with conditions like that it is possible you are not the only one he has seen who had a deck spirit."

Eric listened and heard the TV going on downstairs so Eric climbed out of bed and went downstairs to find Miki's father watching an anime of somekind "Mr. Hoshii?" asked Eric the man jumped in surprise

"Why Eric, is there something wrong?" he asked

"I just have a question." Said Eric

"And hopefully I have the answer." Replied Mr. Hoshii

"Are you familiar with deck spirits?" asked Eric

Mr. Hoshii's reaction was not what Eric expected, he expected the lawyer to laugh or look at him weirdly, but not to smile "I was wondering when you were going to ask me that." Said Mr. Hoshii who reached into his briefcase and pulled out a Duel deck!" and with that another figure appeared before Eric and Seyrawyn, that of a Knight from a High fantasy genre "you see I too made a fervent wish to be free and the energies in my deck manifested into eldanore here." He said nodding to the warrior, he taught me the code of chivalry, to protect the weak and defenseless, to keep faith that things will turn out good, and it was his teaching that inspired me to become a lawyer specializing in child abuse cases."

The deck spirit Identified as Eldanore turned to Seyrawyn "most likely in another life and another dimension you and I would be bitter enemies but in this case we are allies, I am sure this duelist will learn well by you." He said with a smile

"Well I guess it is off to bed, we have to take you to the hospital tomorrow." Said Mr. Hoshi

"Why?" asked Eric

We're going to need to get you examined and get some scans to find physical evidence of abuse, I am not saying your word isn't good but we need physical proof before we can prosecute your family in court," Explained the lawyer

Eric nodded and returned to the guest room and clambered back into bed, shortly after Eric fell asleep Miki came into the room and looked down at the sleeping duelist, remembering the painful stories he shared with Eric and her earlier and gave a smile "there is nothing for you to fear in this house, Miki will make sure of that, and on a spur of the moment idea climbed into bed next to him and wrapped her arms around him before falling asleep herself

well, there you go, after bouts of laziness, pre-promised events I had to attend to, and several attempts on my life chapter 4 is up, and there should be a duel in the next chapter so stay tuned!