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Shitza: Sometimes dreams come true, litterally. Like De Javu. But then again, its a slim occurance for most. You'll have to see to find out.

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Chapter 31

Questions about water

Aikia's P.O.V.
Making sure the twit was fastly secured and wouldn't be going anywhere until he had finished taking his bath I left and strode down the hallways. Servants who were cleaning, were sure to move and bow before I went past them.

"Aikia!" I heard a screech. Gritting my teeth I changed directions.

What does the wench want now…a cup of tea I suppose…a bed time story…me on my knees…praise of her power…a new mirror…the floors scrubbed…a message sent…a town destroyed…spirits killed…maybe while I'm at it a new servant complete with bath and fresh clothes…

"Aikai! Now!"

"Yes?" I asked pleasantly enough.

"The boys power is diminishing." She complained. I blinked.

"You mean, he's sending it out?"

"No, you numbskull I mean it's fading!"

"That's not possible. If the barrier around him is broken, he may be sending out energy for some unknown reason and can cause a power fluxuation, but his power can't be diminishing."

Looking at me, I felt my skin burn, and couldn't help but scream. Needles pierced me and I couldn't move or breath.

You just wait…you…

I counter reversed her spell and fell to the floor with ice shards littering the stones.

"You think I am stupid? I can feel it. As surely as I drain his power, I am connected to him and I can feel it. His power is diminishing. I want to know what is wrong immediately!" She screamed. I felt my ears pound and all sounds muffled. I faded away as soon as her attention was redirected.

"Master Aikia…"

"What." I snapped. Katsu faltered a step and then ran right up to my side.

"I am clean." He said lamely, apparently for lack of something else to say. I glanced at him. He looked sleek and smooth. In the small amount of time he was left with the servants, he had been cleaned, brushed and fully dressed in new clothes.

"A rule of socialism. Talk only if there is need or a subject to be discussed. Don't talk just to fill the silence." He nodded, memorizing it.

I stood, looking around for any sign of life around me. Other than Katsu and myself, there was none. As it should be, since this corridor was off limits to all castle personals. As well as many others.

I removed the picture and tapped the false brick, giving me an open doorway. I strode in, with impatience and purpose.

"Um…am I even allowed in here?"

"No, but that hasn't stopped you before. I don't see why it should now." I could feel his stunned surprise. I turned to look at him, eyes wide, ears swiveled toward me as if waiting to hear more to what I said. I turned back and looked at the purpose of my being here.

He looks better than the rest of any prisoners we've had this long, but then again, cat boy here has been tending him. I watched at all of the crystals and the green beams that met them. They are a strong colored.

Except for those three…

The more I looked at them, the more I noticed the others. Some beams were pale and transparent, while others were a strong green that seemed to be solid. The solidity looking of them all varied, as I notice some more of the finer nuances. On flickered and another disappeared.

"How can that be." I murmmered to myself.

"How can what be?" I brooded on the subject.

"Katsu, tell me what you know of this man."

"Well…

"Call it a slight test if you will. Depending on the answer, I will make you take a bath in a great lake where the shore line isn't even visible.

"Him and the girl Chihiro have a connection. I think he loves her or some such nonsense. He's a water spirit, looks like a young human I suppose." He shrugged.

"He married the human Jin."

"Who?"

"Chihiro. When she first came here, she was called Sen after signing her name away for work. Then when she came back a second time, she was called Jin. The spirit Hideaki was occupying Haku's body. His mission was to place a shard into the boys body while Ahrima would have the Iraz stone that is was broken from. She would drain his power and make it her own."

"How did Hideaki get into his body to begin with? If he's so strong…"

"Yubaaba, a witch used what was once a powerful artifact. A blue crystal forged a long time ago, a tool for revenge you might say. This jewel entraps the soul of anyone who comes in physical contact with it. When the soul is trapped, the body is nothing but a shell until a soul or entity enters it. We sent Hideaki into his body, having planned for the boy's soul to be removed. In the end Jin destroyed the crystal, and on another plain of existence, the boy destroyed Hideaki. Now, the boy still has the shard in his body, in the middle of his heart to be exact. When done right, that shard act like a mirror, deflecting his power to outside of himself. This makes it impossible for him to find his power or for it to be traced. Without it running through his body, he aged like a human."

"But why bring him here?"

"Ahrima tried to take too much of his power at once. It made him ill and I was sent to bring him here."

"Why is it that the ground shakes because of him?"

"He is the strongest spirit in all of Kamikakushi. Ahrima has stripped him of that power and is wielding it. She is bringing Kamikakushi and the human world back together."

"Back together?" I didn't answer him and inspected the boy farther, finding no reason for his powers to be acting as such, since obviously they were all contained here, even with the weak barrier.

"What was his body of water, and why is he here?" I shook my head.

"I suspect his body of water was destroyed."

"If it was destroyed, how is it that he is so powerful then?" I looked at Katsu, stunned. I had never bothered to think about it before.

"Well, we are about to find out."

"What?" I erased all of the barriers holding the boy's magic to this room and held my arms up.

"This spirit

His past unknown

Left to this world

All alone

Now let his past

Be rediscovered

Let his problems

Be uncovered

I take myself to Nigihyami Kohaku Nushi's world

My body, essence, and mind all one

I take the cat spirit to Nigihyami Kohaku Nushi's world

His body, essence, and mind all one"

The words clicked in my mind as I felt the threads of my magic rush in and around me. All of it crushing me, binding me, yet setting me free. I was in a state in between hot and cold.

Then I was pushed into an open area.

I heard Katsu coughing.

"Welcome to the boys past." I said and he gazed out upon the amazing sight of the human world.