Osirus was sitting in a traditional Japanese room, on the other end of the table was Kumiko who was drinking her tea.

"That could be quite problematic for you" she said after hearing the explanation Dragarth gave him "I can try to convince Glarion to make something for you, but I don't think that's going to be easy"

"Do you know a way to make sure that nothing controls me, or corrupts me?" he asked.

"I don't know" replied Kumiko "But maybe they can do something…"

"Who?" asked Osirus.

"The Shinto deities" replied Kumiko "With my Oni heritage, I can ask them for an audience"

"Can you really do that?" he asked with wide eyes.

"I am a part of the Shinto after all, since I'm half Oni" replied Kumiko before closing her eyes. She stayed immobile without budging for ten minutes.

"How much power does she really possess?" asked Osirus with a low voice.

Kumiko opened her eyes and said "It seems like the Kami Omoikane would allow you to talk to him, even if you caused the destruction of the world"

Osirus gulped before nodding.

Kumiko got up and put some talismans around them before retaking her place. She closed her eyes before mumbling some sort of praying in Japanese, then the darkness enveloped the room.

"It seems like you wish to find knowledge" said a young man with white hair, black eyes, and a traditional Japanese priest robe.

Osirus could feel the power coming from him, this guy was way more powerful than him.

"I didn't wish to come to talk with someone who was the sole responsible for the destruction" said the Kami with a stern look "But since it was asked by the last Oni, I thought that I may accept to give a small talk"

Osirus nodded as he tried to keep a straight face.

"I heard that you wish to overcome your fear of losing control over yourself" said Omoikane "You should consider working on your mental abilities" Kumiko coughed at that, she was really a sadist.

After gathering all his courage, Osirus said "I'm afraid that even if I try to do that, I may end possessed… or worse, before arriving at that"

"That's the only thing possible for you" said Omoikane "Unless, you accept to deal with Bishamonten, he may give you an object to protect you"

"What kind of deal do I need to make with him?" Asked Osirus with a nervous tone.

"See this with him" said the deity before disappearing, as well as the darkness that was there.

Osirus noticed that Kumiko was coughing harshly.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Don't worry" replied the samurai "I… I just need a moment" she then mumbled another Japanese prayer.

The darkness came back. And this time, a large red skinned man wearing a golden armor and wielding a golden spear appeared.

"So, you are the one who asked for my help. Omoikane already explained the situation to me" he stated "So, you want to make a deal?"

Osirus gulped at how strong Bishamonten was. He can't even scratch a fraction of it.

"What are your demands?" asked Osirus.

"You must call your first born after me" answered Bishamonten as he gave him an amulet "You can take it, if you wear it, it would mean that you've accepted the deal"

Osirus took the object and the other deity disappeared with the darkness.

"I was waiting for more" muttered Osirus before seeing Kumiko vomiting blood "Woah! Are you okay?!" he asked as he rushed to her.

At that moment Li Niang entered and saw Kumiko with a lot of blood around her and her unconscious near Osirus.

'Oh crap' he didn't have luck with him.

"Listen! It's not what it looks like!"

"What did you do!?"

"Nothing! L-let me explain!"

Her weapon appeared in her hands.

He quickly summoned only his shield and began blocking strikes, he was pushed back against the wall.

The door opened again and Shirone came in.

The first thing she noticed was Osirus getting attacked, then she felt the remaining presens of Shinto in the room.

That is also when she noticed Kimiko on the ground, with blood around her.

"Li, stop!"

"He did something to her!"

"No! I did nothing!"

Suddenly, his old teacher appeared in the room and threw a dagger at Li.

"No!"

Osirus quickly moved in front of Li with his shield, refusing to allow her to be hurt.

His will to protect set in steel, the shield responded.

[CLASH] [BOOM]

The resulting clash of steel created sparks and an explosion, she put a lot of power into that dagger.

When the light and smoke cleared, Osirus was no longer in his previous place.

There was a large hole in the wall and the wall after that, and the wall after that.

The three girls followed the destruction to find Osirus five rooms away, they were all not occupied.

Shirone got to him first.

"Are...are you ok?"

"I-m..fi-n-e…." he gave her a smile before passing out.

His shirt was torn to scraps, his chest and sides were scared and bleeding, and his shield had a hole right at the center.

That ment one thing, Shirone turned him onto his back.

The dagger was embedded in the center of his chest, she reached to pull it out.

"Wait! If you touch it, it will kill you"

She retracted her hand.

The woman picked up her old student and teleported away with him.

Shirone went back to see a now conscious Kumiko.

"What happened?" she asked as she looked at the walls.

"That's what we were about to ask you"

XX Osirus's home XX

The woman placed her student on his bed.

"Oh my gods….what happened to him?" Chevalir asked when she saw his state.

She was given an explanation as the woman worked to keep her beloved alive.

She had removed the magic dagger from him and quickly started to chant spells.

"Will he be okay?"

"Yes, he just needs re-" she was cut off by Osirus himself when he lurched up and began to cough up blood.

He felt the now healed wound. "Heh, that's the third time I have escaped deaths clutches"

"I'm sorry for that, when Chevalir said that her ring was acting up, I came to help you"

Thats when he remembered. 'Kumiko!' he needs to find out if she is ok.

He attempted to stand up but was immediately pushed back down.

"Where exactly do you think you are going? You need to rest, you lost a lot of blood"

"I'm fine, you d-do..nt…" he then passed out.

"Idiot," his teacher said while shaking her head.

"That's why I love him" Chevalir added.