Authoress Notes: Hey guys!! Well, for those who wanted the HxA one-shot, I'm planning on that, but I just had to post this chapter up! And for those who suggested that I put IsisxHikaru in this, well… umm… NO! Sorry, but that's all I have planned, okay? So don't sue me or anything just because I didn't do what you want me to. I made the vote specifically if I should do it as a one-shot, not on this fic. I hope you enjoy the chapter!!
Disclaimer: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never have, never will. If I did, Atem would act darker like this one, and wouldn't leave!
Pairings: AtemxAnzu, SethxShizuka, JounouchixMai, and others.
Warnings: OOC-ness, strong language, mature themes, sexual themes… Get my drift?
Genre: Action/adventure, romance, angst and… I dunno.
Plot:
((AU Dark fic)) In a world where vampires are gods, humans are low, and slaves are treated as dirt, Anzu is a pleasure slave, serving years in bed. Atem is a high-ranked vampire, in need of… entertainment. Could love between a lowly pleasure slave that lost the ability to love and an arrogant, cold vampire exist in such a world where status is everything, and your image determines how you're treated? Now with the mention of Bakura, necromancers, sorcerers, and the three God Orbs, could things become more complicated?
Dark Desires
By: xKuroSeraphimx
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Chapter 15: Surprising Revelations
Ishtar Isis sat down on the stone bench of the garden, reading a novel with interest, drinking a cup of coffee. She was about to flip the page until Malik, her younger brother, walked to her from the west entrance to the garden with a rather large brown book tucked beneath his arm.
"… Good day, Malik." She greeted warmly, setting the cup next to her and book marking the page she was on. "Where did you get that book from?" Isis asked, inclining her head to the book he held.
"Oh, this? Well, I found this book in Atem's library. It's about healer spells and that kind of stuff." He shrugged. "Just thought I'd review on some things and maybe try out something new from these books I find."
Isis nodded in acknowledgement. "Well, that's good. You need to keep up with your studies. I'm glad that you're very dedicated to your job, Malik—"
"Are you ever going to tell someone your dream?" he cut in, taking a few steps towards her, his voice turning to a serious tone.
The smile on Isis's face faded when he mentioned the dream she had weeks ago. Her eyes fell down to the ground, not wanting to look at Malik as the horrifying images of her dream replayed in her head. She had told Malik not to tell anybody else the dream she had about Anzu, not even Atem, she knew what he would do if he found out about the nightmare. Isis didn't want any more tension happening around them, like now.
"… Malik… You know I don't want to talk about this now…" she spoke after a while.
He shook his head. "No, Isis. You really need to talk to someone about that dream you had. Maybe it could lead to—"
"It could lead to the death that Anzu might have in the future." She cut in, glaring up at him. "Look Malik, there's a reason why I want this kept secret. I don't want anyone to worry than they are now, it'll just cause things getting worse. And Atem and Hikaru would---"
"That's the thing, Isis!" he cut in. "If we told Atem and Hikaru about your dream, then they would do something about it! Just tell the others your dre—"
"That's enough, Malik!!" Isis shouted, standing up from her spot, the book on her lap dropping to the floor. "You know that if I have these kind of dreams, they mostly come true, and I wish to God that they didn't, but the interference of Atem and Hikaru and the others could trigger what could happen later on! That's why I don't want to talk about this anymore! If I can, I'll try to figure out a way to stop from Anzu dying like she did in my dream!"
((scene change))
"You know little angel, if you want, I could get some new clothes for you." Atem offered as he sat on his bed, watching Anzu rummage through his drawers for clothes before she took her bath.
She looked up at him and shook her head. "No thanks, Atem. I kind of like your clothes, even though they're mostly silk, velvet, and leather fabrics other than the other clothes you gave me." She replied, not bothering to look at him. Then she found some clothes that would have to do, grabbed a towel and made her way to the bathroom.
"I like those kind of fabrics, thank you very much," the vampire said with a grin. "And I know you like them too, you just won't admit they look good on me."
She muttered, "Please…" before slamming the door behind her. He chuckled softly, faintly hearing the sound of water running in the bathroom. After a while, Atem stretched across the bed, yawning slightly. It had been a few days since he, and Jounouchi, and Seto had gotten back from their business trip to Tokyo. It was near the time the sun would rise again, replacing the dark sun and having all the vampires hide from the rays.
Which slightly worried him. Sure, Hikaru would return to his vampire self again, but something inside of Atem was worried that something bad would happen on that day, something big. Add to that, he would be limited to a few options if another attack from Akito and Bakura happened again. It would give the both of them the advantage while he and the others try to fight them off, all the while, avoiding anything that might send them to total oblivion.
And Anzu… Atem shot a glance at the bathroom door. Some strange things have happened with her ever since Akito and Bakura had attacked them. He was worried that something might happen to her when he least expect it, and was already too late to help her. He didn't forget the time he bought her, and the news he had received about her. She had killed vampires and humans in cold blood… Supposedly… Then he wondered back to the strange presence he felt that called him to her in the first place and the same presence that he had felt that affected the area around him when Anzu was in a torrent of emotions, mostly when she was angry.
But what did he have to worry? He would protect her, but if it was on the day when the sun had risen…
A small rapping on his door cut off his thoughts. Without waiting for his consent, Hikaru walked into the room, closing the door behind him. He looked around. "Where's Anzu?" he asked, not noticing the brunette around Atem.
Atem sat up and pointed with his thumb at the bathroom door. Hikaru's lips formed a small silent "Oh," before Atem asked, "What do you want, Hikaru?" Somehow, in the back of his mind, that sounded rude for some reason.
It did, since Hikaru chose to ignore the rude tone of his voice. "Something's just come up that you should see. I just got the message now, and it sounds suspicious, but maybe it would lead to some clues for you." He replied calmly.
"Well… What was the message about?" Atem inquired, moving over to the other edge of the bed and staring at the ebony-haired man intently.
"Some murder in an alleyway near a club at downtown Domino. The details were fishy, but they told me to tell you that you should inspect the murder site yourself."
Atem cocked an eyebrow up in interest. "Why me? And who told you to tell me this?"
Hikaru shrugged, leaning on one leg a bit. "The police thought you'd be the right guy for this kind of thing. Honestly, I don't know why we need police like them nowadays, they're really not dependable as I see it, always running around and looking for someone else to take care of the situation. But I heard that Otogi was the one that suggested to the authority that you should look it up, he said you'd be quite interested in what they found."
Atem perked an eyebrow up at the mention of Otogi's name. Then his mind registered upon the time he and Anzu went to the port to see him. The first thing on his mind was the death of that woman vampire who had tried to hit on him might be the cause for this sudden call. Had the bitch died already? Pity… He would have liked to do the act himself…
"Uh… Atem?" Hikaru called, snapping the vampire out of his reverie. "You going or not?"
"Going where?" asked Anzu as she came out of the bathroom, brushing her hair. She was now wearing a black tube top, a black leather jacket and tight black pants, her legs adorned with high boots. Atem and Hikaru eyed her intently for a few moments before Atem said a comment that made Anzu's cheeks go red in color. Hikaru looked down her figure and at the clothes she wore.
'… Leather seems to be in style now…' he thought for a moment then looked down at himself. 'Then again… I'm wearing leather as well…'
"I was just told to investigate a murder site somewhere in downtown Domino City, little angel," he answered, standing up from the bed and walking over to a chair nearby that had his trench coat draped over it and placed it over his shoulders. Picking up a five foot long katana that sat next to the chair, he turned to the brunette and said, "We'll be back in a couple of hours, you just—"
"I'm going with you." Anzu declared, placing the brush on the drawer nearby and walked toward the two males.
Atem shook his head. "No, Anzu. Remember that time at the port? You might—"
"I'm not going to blow a fuse as long as no one pisses me off, okay? As for the blacking out part, don't worry; I'll take care of myself, alright??" she said, knowing full well what he was about to say.
Atem opened his mouth to protest her decision but a hand fell on his shoulder. He looked up to Hikaru who had a serious look on his face.
'Look, I know you can hear me, so just listen to me for a while, okay?' Hikaru's voice called to him on a thought sent to him. 'I know you don't like her decision in her going with us, but I think it's for the best. Seto left with Shizuka to Kaiba Corp. and Isis, Malik, Mai, and Jounouchi would be the only ones here if we left with Anzu, but considering where Akito and Bakura could strike, I think she should be carefully supervised. So just let her come with us for a while.'
The tri-haired vampire growled at him, shrugging Hikaru's hand off his shoulder and turned to face Anzu. He hesitated, but said, "… Fine, you can come. But don't stray from our side, is that understood?" he asked cautiously.
She nodded her head. "Fine! I won't leave you or Hikaru's side, alright?"
Atem eyed her for a few moments before motioning for Hikaru and Anzu to follow him. Once they were out his room, he sent a message to the raven-haired man behind him.
((Don't forget, this was your idea to bring her along…)) he snarled.
Hikaru shrugged his shoulders. 'Just being cautious…'
Atem rolled his eyes.
((scene change))
"Wait! Where're you going now?" Bakura called after Akito as the ebony-haired man walked to the main entrance of the building they occupied with Zorc. Along with a few other things…
Akito turned toward the doppelganger with that lazy smirk on his face, stopping before the doors. "Off to have some fun. Want to come with me, Bakura?" he asked in a soft, caressing voice.
Bakura stared at him skeptically for a few moments. Something was wrong with Akito… well… more than wrong right now. He couldn't quite place it was, but something in Akito was very disturbing. Furthermore, he always held secrets about his being. He didn't seem like a normal human from the way he thought, acted, and spoke. But he knew that the moment Akito showed him a few 'tricks' to prove what he could do after Bakura's resurrection. He also hated to admit it, the guy scared him sometimes.
"On second thought, I'd rather you watch instead. You're well needed on the day the sun rises, so I can't have you getting hurt with a wound that would make you incapable of carrying out our plans." Akito chuckled darkly, softly. "… I'd think you'd enjoy the show I would perform today. But it's your decision…" With that, the dark-haired man walked out of the building, his cloak billowing behind him.
Bakura gritted his teeth strong enough that they nearly cracked, his hands curling into tight fists as he saw Akito's figure disappear from view. Even though they worked together, he hated Akito to the core, despite the gifts he gave to him. And he was sure Akito felt the same way he did, he just usually hid behind that cool, cruel mask to hide his real intentions. And the other reason Bakura hated the cruel bastard because Akito made him feel weak and expendable, like he wasn't worth anything but his skills and blood heritage…
That aside, he slowly walked out the building as well.
((scene change))
Atem sniffed the blood around the alleyway, which the police reserved specifically to police forces or to important vampires that were suggested that they should take a look at what they saw. He wrinkled his nose at the stagnant and decayed smell of spoiled blood around the walls and ground.
Hikaru observed lines of long, thin scratch marks on the stone wall nearby with interest, his silver eyes flicking with something as he stared at the blood drip marks that trailed down from the scratches.
"I'm surprise no one had found this mess shortly afterwards… The blood is only weeks old…" Atem said, his voice low, shooting a glance at the far end of the alleyway at Anzu who had a disturbed sort of look on her face, but her sapphire-colored eyes had a glazed sort of look as she stared at the dried blood.
"A swift, quick death maybe?" Hikaru presumed, turning away from scratch marks on the wall.
Atem's crimson-colored eyes looked down upon the dried pool of blood and found dust around. He narrowed his eyes. "… No… A torture… The healers scanned the feelings that stayed in this place, the inner organs were ripped apart, the head crushed, limbs ripped apart… The last thing to strike was the heart, of course. But all this was done in seconds after each blood touched the ground…"
The raven-haired man stared at him for a few moments before looking around. "… A smooth, but torturous kill then. I wonder who was the poor soul that received this kind of fate…?"
As Atem and Hikaru scanned the premises of the alleyway, Anzu's heart was hammering inside her chest, something inside her felt excited and delighted to see this. But the brunette had the strangest feeling that she had seen this before…
…TING!
Anzu's head jerked up, her head swerving from side to side. That sound… She had heard that sound before…
… TING!
There it was again! Anzu took a step back to look around the street around her, nothing seemed to produce or move that sound anywhere near her. Maybe she was just hearing things…
TING!
The sound had come from her left. Anzu, without thinking, took off on a run towards the sound of that wind chime she had once heard in a dream of hers. It took a few minutes before Atem and Hikaru saw her run off and called to her, but she didn't listen. Cursing viciously under their breaths, they both took off from the murder site and ran after to where Anzu had gone off.
When Anzu turned to a corner, she was in a street with less vampires and humans around with a huge street line. The sound was louder here. She began running again, straight to where the sound was leading her, Atem and Hikaru appearing at the corner from where she had previously stood.
"Curse it! I told her not to leave from our side!" Swearing along the way, Atem ran to her, Hikaru following closely behind, trying hard to catch up to Atem's speed.
Anzu looked around, looked for that small chime. Again, her body was only attracted to that sound, and nothing else, rudely pushing aside any that got in her way. When she finally looked ahead of her, she skidded to a halt, her eyes widening as she laid eyes on the figure that stood a few feet before her.
"Well, hello, darling. We meet again." Akito said with that lazy, arrogant smirk on his face.
She took a step back from him. "… A-Akito… What are you doing here…?"
"Well, Anzu, I decided to have a bit of fun, you see. I'm getting kind of bored of waiting for the day the sun rises, and when I'm bored…" He shrugged innocently, the smirk on his face turning to a cold sneer. "And when I'm bored… I tend to get, you know… A little crazy…"
Anzu was about to say something when Atem stepped ahead of her, his body shielding her, his crimson eyes narrowed dangerously into slits. Hikaru stood next to Atem, his hand on the hilt of his sword, prepared to attack when the time came.
"Ah, the little dove's guardians, I presume?" Akito asked mockingly, taking a few steps back, chuckling. "How very gallant of you to protect something so precious…"
"What are you doing here, Akito!?" Atem shouted at him, his hand itching to draw out his sword and slice the bastard apart.
Hikaru sent him a look that went unnoticed before he turned to the dark-haired, sapphire-eyed man before them. "But first of all, what are you planning now? It doesn't seem like you to just blatantly walk into open ground."
Another fit of chuckles reached their ears. "Oh, Hikaru…" Akito crooned in an unusually soft voice, his sapphire eyes glazed with amusement. "Asking such stupid questions… How very unbecoming of you… But if you wish…"
He cleared his throat before raising his arms to the sky as if praising the twilight-colored sky. "I plan to pay back this world that gave me pain… I plan to repay the people who wronged me in the past… I plan to destroy everything and create things anew…" he said in an elated sort of voice as he lowered his arms, but his face held a sort of crazed look on his expression.
"Create things anew?" Atem repeated suspiciously. "What do you mean by that? Are you planning to destroy the world?"
Akito burst out laughing for a few moments before shaking his head; his shoulders shook with laughter that grated against Atem and Hikaru's nerves. "That's not all I desire to destroy… I desire to destroy Heaven and Hell, the universe… Every single thing that was created by God… And destroy Him, myself…"
Atem stared at the dark-haired man as if he had grown a second head out of nowhere. "Destroy… Destroy… God?"
"Yes… And then I'll become the God! And she and I," he pointed a finger at Anzu who jumped as he pointed at her. "Will be the key instruments to fulfill that plan…"
Anzu stared at Akito with a bewildered look. "I… will kill… God?"
"Instruments? What are you planning with Anzu!?" Atem asked, easing closer to Anzu to make sure nothing happens to her.
"That is, if she's willing… But the more she stays with you lot," Akito spat the last word out with a disgusted tone. "The more she'll lose her efficiency to the plan… And if that happens…" he laughed a bit more. "I'll just have to dispose her sooner or later. I mean, what use is an instrument when it loses its usefulness?"
At that moment, Anzu stepped up. "NO!! I won't become an instrument in your plans! I won't! I won't destroy the place where it holds my friends, and I won't let you destroy them either!"
Her declaration amused him further, sending him into another fit of amused laughs before he composed himself and faced Anzu with a madman's gaze.
"Oh really, Anzu? Too bad for you, you don't know what you really are…" he murmured quietly.
Anzu's eyes widen. "Wait… What did you say?" she asked.
He chuckled before everything flashed to a bright light, causing everyone around the area to shut their eyes tightly to try and block out the blinding light.
"Wake up!!"
When the light cleared, screams erupted around the area when Atem, Anzu, and Hikaru had to look up to a huge shadow over them. Anzu felt a scream build inside her throat but swallowed it back down.
What now stood in the middle of the street, beating down the buildings around it, was a black, over 40 foot length and possibly over 30 feet from the tip of its scaly nose to the tip of its long tail laid a legendary dragon! It's body looked like a skeleton of a great dragon, but its red, fiery slanted eyes saw everything that needed to be carnage.
Atem's eyes widen in surprise and fear as he stared at the great dragon. "That can't be…! A dragon!? They were said to have disappeared long ago!"
"That's not just any dragon, it's one of the legendary dragons: The Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Hikaru confirmed in horror. 'My God, Akito… Your powers… They've grown that much that you would unleash this thing from the Forbidden Realm!?' he thought in his head.
The black dragon threw its head back and let out an ear-splitting shriek of a howl. Atem, Anzu, and Hikaru had to cover their ears as their eardrums vibrated. Then the dragon looked down at them and the three of them froze in fear, thinking that any sudden movements might aggravate it even more.
'Shit!' Hikaru thought in his head as the Red-Eyes gazed down at them. 'I have to call 'it' to destroy this dragon and put it back to where it belonged, but any movement might…'
It didn't need to wait as it threw its head back again and threw two large fireballs from its mouth. Atem took Anzu in his arm as he jumped out of the way, Hikaru evading the attacks as well. Atem ran to a secluded alleyway and placed Anzu on her feet.
She began to protest but he placed a finger on her lips. "No, Anzu. You stay here. Understood?"
Without waiting for her answer, he ran back to the middle of the street to locate where Hikaru might've gone. Anzu stared at him worriedly, but felt that she had to obey him. But something inside her roared to get out, but she stomped it back down. Then all of a sudden, her back began to feel like something was burning, like she was being branded or scarred, her heart beating rapidly in her ribcage.
'Ugh! Wh-What's happening to me…!? Why… Why am I feeling this…? Aahh!' she doubled over as the pain began to be unbearable, faintly hearing someone chuckle in her head.
Atem found Hikaru on the ground and helped him up, but ducked in time to avoid the Red-Eyes' tail the lashed out at them, crashing into the buildings.
"Shit, that things needs to calm down!" Atem cursed as he glared at the dragon.
Hikaru was chewing his lower lip in stress. He had no choice but to do it. He turned to Atem, "Atem! Where is Anzu?"
Atem stared at him strangely. "Where is she…? She's over at hiding. What do you have in—"
The raven-haired shook his head. "Never mind! You think you can stall him for a few moments until I tell you to go behind me?"
The tri-haired vampire stared at Hikaru for a while before nodding his head and charging at the dragon. Atem brought his sword down with enough force that scraped against the dragon's tough hide. The Red-Eyes roared before twirling and bringing its tail down. Atem dodged but found Hikaru in the way of the tail. He turned as he landed on the roof of a building. "HIKARU!!" he called.
Hikaru had heard his call and dodged, but not enough as the tip grazed his left shoulder and chest and smashing the ground, causing him to fall on his back. Atem growled, swearing viciously under his breath before he drew the dragon's attention away from Hikaru who stood up after a few moments, shots of pain shooting through him as he attempted to move and run to where Anzu hid. He had found her, bent over, possibly in pain. He cursed before bringing her to her feet and dragging her back to the open street, thankful that Atem had the dragon's attention as it tried to swat and burn him like a cat trying to push away at annoying fly that got in its way.
"Hikaru, what--?" Anzu began but he shushed her, ordering her to stand behind him.
Then he faced the dragon, determination gleaming in his eyes, despite the shaking his body was doing because of the injury he had sustained. Then, with his right thumb, picked some of the blood that oozed from the wound, hissing as he felt singes of pain shoot through his body as his thumb pressed against it. Then he pulled up the left side of his sleeve, taking off his glove that showed intricate marks with letters on his wrist and the intricate marks circling a dot on the middle of his hand that Anzu didn't quite understand because it was possibly in a different language before Hikaru trailed his thumb over the markings and to the dot and shouted, "Atem!! Get over here! NOW!!"
Thanks to his keen sense of hearing, Atem heard him and jumped away from the dragon just as it released a ball of fire at him. The vampire rushed to Hikaru and Anzu, seeing Hikaru's hands forming a circle ahead of him. When he got behind Hikaru and held onto Anzu, he heard Hikaru speak.
"I summon thee, O great beast, from thy slumber. I summon you to lay a path before I and destroy anything that stands between us! I beseech you now to descend from the heavens and heed your master!! I summon thee! BAHAMUT!! (AN1)"
The clouds above them gathered and turned gray, thunder clapping over them. Atem stared at Hikaru when he saw a red orb in Hikaru's left hand that was extended upward where the clouds were gathering. He couldn't believe it! Atem had just heard a summoning spell from the ancient Summoners! Summoners were of the ancient race that had disappeared a long time ago as well, but they were powerful as they summoned beasts that when combined, could rule the world! But how did Hikaru know or have Summoner knowledge inside him…?
His thoughts were cut off when the clouds above circled and not before long, something emerged from the clouds, its long, great wings circling around its body, descending fast to the ground that Atem and Anzu thought that it would crash into them if it didn't stop. It did a few feet away as it unfurled its wings, showing the legendary Dragon God, Bahamut, with its massive and well toned build as it roared, the thunder clapping along with it.
Then Atem realized Hikaru's intentions to use Bahamut's ability to destroy the Red-Eyes. But if he did… "Hikaru! If you use Bahamut's strength, thousands around will—"
Hikaru looked at him over his shoulder. "If I don't use Bahamut's strength, then millions more will die by the Red-Eyes! I have no choice!!" he turned and looked up at Bahamut who eagerly waited for an order. Ignoring Atem's shout to stop, Hikaru commanded, "Bahamut!! Destroy the disobedient dragon!! The Red-Eyes Black Dragon!!"
Bahamut heeded his master's call and threw its head around and pointed its mouth straight at the Red-Eyes who shrieked at Bahamut when a clear ball formed inside Bahamut's mouth and before long…
BOOM!!!
The ground shook, dust and wind circled in maelstroms, Atem squinted his eyes and saw the enormous blast that ensued after Bahamut's attack. Buildings were caught up in the shockwave that they were ripped apart, screams could be heard, but the loudest was the Red-Eyes'. Then…
It all stopped in an instant and all that was left of the Red-Eyes was a huge crater in the middle of the street only 40 feet wide and Bahamut was nowhere to be found, the clouds back to normal. Atem and Anzu stared at awe at the crater and looked at Hikaru before he stumbled to his knees, coughing up blood.
They ran to him checking him and saw that the wound he received during the battle bled more, possibly from the strain he had put on his body and he was breathing heavily and quickly.
"Hikaru! What happened!?" Anzu questioned as she knelt beside him while Atem on the other side, inspecting the hole in the ground.
"… I haven't… used…. Bahamut's strength in a long while… That's why… But I knew how much power… Bahamut had to use and I told… him to use that amount… But I guess…" Hikaru panted, going on his forearms. "Summoning magic… Too strenuous on the body… Not wise to use too much if I haven't… used it for so long…" Then he passed out.
Anzu and Atem tried to wake him up, but he wouldn't. Then Atem was ready to carry Hikaru until they heard a familiar voice at the crater.
"I'm surprised he took the action of summoning Bahamut… Ehehe… He has done well in sending the Red-Eyes back to the Forbidden Realm…" Akito said amusingly as he stared at the crater before turning to them with an amused smile on his face.
Atem growled at the sight of him, but just as he stood up, he heard his voice next to his ear, "But you've done a good job too… And in protecting Anzu… So I part with you, a gift…" In a matter of seconds, he felt pain shoot through his body as fangs punctured them on the base of his neck, his agonized scream echoing through the area as he strangely felt Akito's hand through his abdomen and roughly pull something round and red from him, letting him fall to the ground, darkness slowly claiming him as he faintly heard Anzu's cry for him.
Then he heard Akito's voice in his head. "A little gift… I hope that you enjoy it… Until then…' A high, cold laugh reached his ears, but when Atem thought darkness had finally claimed him, he heard Akito's voice, yet it didn't seem like Akito was the one talking to him.
"Until then, Atem… Take care of Anzu… Take care of my little sister…"
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Well folks, there goes chapter 15!! Hope you enjoyed that explosive chapter!! If you want the next chapter, click on that button down there and review and tell me what you think of this chapter!! See you!!!
These are not part of story. Just notes.
AN1: Bahamut is a summoning magic in numerous Final Fantasy games I've played and a mythical dragon I've heard in history. So, since I put Summoners in this story, he'll most likely make more appearance in the near future.