Chapter three: The Fighting God's Descent
"Who's Zerev?" asked Lei as she followed Nataku, who was walking briskly down the corridors.
"He was a demon who almost destroyed Tenkai about 6000 years ago. I remember him being spellbound, but I can't remember who did the spellbinding and where." answered Nataku.
"How can we stop whoever is trying to revive him if –"
"I know someone who knows."
"Tenpo!" Nataku called as he knocked on the adjutant's door.
No answer.
"Tenpo, this important!" Nataku knocked again.
This time, the door opened. Tenpo emerged, his hair messy and a smile in his face.
"Hello. I'm sorry if I didn't answer sooner." Tenpo said cheerfully and beckoned Nataku and Lei inside.
Lei looked around Tenpo's room. One could say that a hurricane had just passed through it, for books and scrolls lay almost everywhwere.
"What brings you here, Nataku-sama?" asked Tenpo.
"Tenpo, do you know about Zerev?" asked Nataku as Lei walked freely around the room.
"Yes, I do," Tenpo answered, walking to a shelf and taking out a book. 'He tried to destroy Tenkai 6002 years ago, but failed when a fighting god spell bounded him."
"Do you know where the spell binding was done?"
"I'm afraid I haven't read anything saying where it was done, but I know that it was executed by the fighting god in those times, Kaiten."
Lei suddenly stopped walking and faced Tenpo.
Kaiten…,she thought. That name sounds familiar…
"Kaiten used a special spell binding which they say only he could have done because of the power the spell binding required –"
"Tenpo, I'm not interested in Kaiten, unless he's still alive and can tell us where he spell-binded Zerev." Nataku cut in.
"Well…" Tenpo muttered. "Kaiten's already dead."
"Oh, no…" Nataku murmured to himself.
"It's sad…" Tenpo muttered. "…how he could have been the greatest fighting god…you must've remembered him, Nataku, you replaced him."
"How did he die?" Lei asked with a sudden enthusiasm that surprised Tenpo.
"He was hit on the head by a coconut." Tenpo answered with a smile, though he wasn't joking.
Nataku and Lei didn't ask.
Then, a thought struck Lei.
Wait a minute, can it be…?
"Kaiten…he's my grandfather."
"What?"
The next day, Nataku and Lei were sent to Togenkyo. Kenren muttered to himself that he'd miss his 'little friend"; Nataku stayed for a moment to hit Kenren for not telling him that Kami-sama been looking for him the other day; Homura was at ease, for he knew that Nataku would succeed; but Shien held on to his beliefs that something would happen once Nataku and Lei were in Togenkyo.
Just before Nataku left, Tenpo came to the gate and told him that he would send word of Zerev's whereabouts as soon as he found out. After that, the fighting god desceded.