Will walked with the mysterious people for a long time. After what seemed like hours they finally arrived at a door. The people ushered Will inside, though it wasn't necessary since he was so excited. The room itself was in contrast with the rest of what seemed more and more like a castle. It was adorned all over with odd shifting and pulsating runes, there was a single chair in the middle of the room with a writing table in front of it. On the table was what looked like a book, and once Will sat down he was sure it was a book.

"That text will contain all the information you may want to know." One of the men said suddenly.

"It seems awfully thin to have so much information." Will replied skeptically

"Hmm how can we explain." From the same man, then with a jump as if getting hit with a good idea he said "You have seen the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, it worked in much the same way."

"Ahh, ok I understand, so I just open it and say what I want to know?"

"Correct."

"Ok, can I stay here as long as I like?"

"Yes, stay as long as you please, we will be waiting on you in the main room." All the unknown people left the room.

"Hmm well let's see what we have here." Will picked up the manual; this was all he knew to call it in light of what the men had said about it.

"Tell me who those people are please." He said this with a bit of trepidation not sure how to address the manual.

To his surprise it reacted with just the information he wanted. "The people of whom you speak are widely known as the Medigi or magi depending on certain circumstances, would you like a more detailed explanation of each one?"

"Uhh yes please." Will was feeling a little more comfortable talking to a book.

"The Medigi consist of five members, there names are derived from those of different universes. There names are Balthazar, Melchior, Gasper, Jadoa, and Cellas."

"They derive there names from different universes?" Will looked a bit confused "How do you get a name from a different universe?"

The book whirred for a moment then responded "It is accepted that there are an infinite number of universes or dimensions if you prefer, and in an infinite amount of universes anything and everything can and will happen. So knowing this it would stand to reason that at least one of them would obtain the knowledge to travel to other ones."

Will mulled over this for a moment and contemplated his next question. He then asked slowly. "So then how did I get here?"

Another pause. "In the case of Will the accidental and purposeful crossing of dimensions is at this time unknown. Although it was the will of the Medigi to eventually bring Will across the barrier to the home universe."

"Home universe what is that?"

"The home universe is the original universe. At the moment of creation there was but one universe and at the first instant the universe copied itself instead of splitting, as universes do now, the two universes where the home universe and the hub universe." "In response to you next logical question, the hub universe is your universe."

"What is the difference between two." Will asked now obviously excited from curiosity.

"The difference is simple; the home universe can only open portals to other universes, but can't receive them. The hub universe can only receive portals, but can't send them. You being here though throw these truths into question."

At this point Will was not worried about theoretical physics, but instead was reeling over something the book said 'anything and everything can and will happen' he then turned to the manual and asked his most important question yet.

"When you say that 'anything' and 'everything' can and will happen does that cover "everything"?"

The book then paused as if in a sarcastic manner, and then replied shortly "Yes."

"Ok I just wanted to make sure." Will was beginning to feel a surge of adventurous energy. "So any world I have every seen or dreamt up is out there somewhere in a mass of infinite universes?"

"It would be safe to assume that, in fact that is exactly what reality is."

Will was up from the chair pacing the room as he usually did when that rare something amazing did happen.

"So I can visit worlds that mimic anime and video games or anything that my mind has cooked up. Will was now practically bobbing on the spot.

"Well no, you won't be able to visit worlds that mimic what you have seen, but instead you will be visiting actual worlds not a shadow of what's in your mind."

"So how do I do this, you know travel to other worlds?"

"I am not able to tell you the Medigi will have to be the ones to explain it to you."

"And so we shall." One of the Medigi had returned at some point, Will had been so caught up in this sudden overflowing or information he had quit paying attention to his surroundings. "There are some things we, the Medigi, I assume you know who we are now, will need to teach you."

Will nodded slowly wondering what these people these Medigi would want to teach him. "Am I a prisoner here." He asked in a half-whisper. The Medigi stood there just for a moment as a small smile spread across his face and broke into a deep rumbling laugh, and said. "My boy you have been brought here for some unknown reason a good fifty years before we were actually going to call you here, but just as well you would probably prefer to be eighteen forever instead of sixty."

"Eighteen? Why and I going to be eighteen forever."

"The hub universe is the only universe that operates in the realm of time, and if you are jumping through dimensions without time then technically you will never age."

Will's head was now hurting. He returned to his seat in front of the manual.

"The manual said that there was something's that it couldn't, or err wouldn't, tell me and that you would have to." He looked at the Medigi in a curious manner.

"Yes, we will have to show how to open the portals and of course show you Fusion."

The comment about the portals was no surprise, but this mention of fusion have Will stumped.

"Umm, what is Fusion?" "Isn't that something the Dragonball Z characters do?"

"Hmm, yes those people do have the ability to fuse, but I am talking about Fusion, the sword." The Medigi smiled slyly.

"Fusion, Fusion, oh yeah that sword from Musashi, right?" Will's eyes widened "You mean you have the sword Fusion?"

"Yes, in a manner of speaking, you see Fusion was only a sword because the power it held was being wielded by a swordsman, granted he was the only to carry the power since we obtained it, but more than likely the sword will change forms for you."

"For me?" Will said this in his best 'surprised by this' voice.

The Medigi laughed a little "Why yes, why do you think we have gone through all of the trouble of bringing you here?" "You see Will you are an anomaly in your own universe, you don't exist in any other universes."

At first Will didn't really pay much head to this, but slowly it sank in. He wad the only one of himself there were no copies of him in the infinite universes, he was unique. He turned to the Medigi. "So what about the Medigi are there a whole bunch of you in the universes?"

"No that's why we are the Medigi; I am the only Balthazar out there, though some do share my name."

Will jumped up form the chair suddenly. "Then why am I here just to join your little group and look out for more anomalies?"

"Well that would have been our original intent but seeing as though you have come so early you have missed out on a lot of Life's lessons that we would have rather you learn, Which brings up back to Fusion." Balthazar motioned for Will to follow, turned and walked out of the door. Will stood and followed. They walked for what seemed like forever again till they reached a large set of golden double doors, Will thought this was a bit extravagant, but seeing as though the rest of the place was kind of drab maybe a little show off was good.

Balthazar reached for the handle and pulled the door open. There was a rush of wind into the room as though all of the air had been sucked out and the room sealed. Will and Balthazar moved into the room, Will noticed quickly that the doors where the only magnificent thing about this room. The only thing that stood out was a small dais with a wooden and wicker box.

Balthazar moved to the dais and extended his arm to the would be chest, he rested his hand on the edge, and an odd look passed over his face. He looked at Will most seriously and said in a half sad tone. "Wherever you go Will and whoever you it would be for the best if you didn't leave a lasting image of yourself behind, in the end it would only bring sadness." Will was totally shocked by this comment and had a familiar butterfly feeling in his stomach, and as he pondered this Balthazar had opened the box. Will looked down into it and there sat a rusty old katana that looked like it hadn't been used for many years.

"In this dormant stage the power grows slowly weaker, though it would probably be hundreds of years, by your reckoning, before it would completely lose power." "All it needs to be rejuvenated is for someone to take control of it again and there life energy to re-power." At these last words Balthazar looked at Will, who was now starting to look a little pale but determined. "As you know the power of the Fusion as you know it was to assimilate the abilities and attributes of others correct?"

"Yes." Will responded

"So it would stand to reason that if you were to wield it then you would be able to command that same power." "Now the way you've seen it, it used only one ability could be assimilated at a time, but in the form you saw the power it was in a game so certain rules don't apply." Balthazar was smiling again knowing that he was really making Will's day. "Now I told you that there were life lessons we wanted you to learn before becoming a true Medigi, and the way the hub world is set up that is just not possible." "You would have spent your life working for material things and dieing late I life, so we have placed the tools at your disposal to go on, how would you say, an adventure?"

At some point Will had sat down on the floor and was rocking back and forth. "This can't be real." "I have to be dreaming, why would everything I have ever wanted to happen just suddenly happen." Will was on his feet and looking a bit perturbed. Balthazar looked at him knowingly. "We have been watching you Will, this is what you want, we want you to have it, so we have collected the needed resources for you to have it."

Will was still a bit skeptical, but being the person he was he was willing to give it a try. "Ok what do I do."

Balthazar looked happy and triumphant as he said "Just pick up the sword."

Will looked into the box again. It was just a rusty old sword, and that was it seemed like to. There wasn't some aura of power emanating from it or light shimmering on it where it shouldn't, it seemed like sword.

He took deep breathe as his hand hovered over the box. Then with a quick motion he reached down and snatched the sword.

At first he thought nothing was going to happen, and then to his horror the sword disintegrated. He looked at Balthazar sorrily, but Balthazar just shook his head and smiled. "It's ok, is there anything different about you?" this was the first time Will had heard him ask a question that he already didn't know the answer too. Will was just as shocked as he was, but began to look himself over; everything seemed to be in place nothing new or nothing missing. He counted off ten toes, two legs, and two arms. Then he noticed it when he looked at his hands, in the right hand was a tiny white hemisphere attached to his hand, and in the led was the same thing save for the fact it was black.

Will showed Balthazar his hands. He looked them over slowly and carefully, and then nodded with understanding. "I would have guessed it would something concealable, you never did like to show your power." "Hmm, but I guess that also means that you will have to find out for yourself how to work them." Will didn't take in much of this he was kind of concerned with the two jewels encrusted in his hands.

Balthazar made to leave and Will followed. He then spoke again.

"Now all that is left is to see the Key maker and send you on your way." There was actually a tone of regret in his words, but Will decided not to press that particular subject.

There trip this time was not so long, but the climb up three flights of stairs was kind of tiring. Once they reached the top Will laid eyes on the second portal he had ever seen.

"That, Will, leads to a world you know very well." "It was attacked by very great entity and the only living thing to ever cross decisions with out our knowing." Balthazar smirked. "And after coming in contact with the inhabitants of that planet, we have never had anyone to try that same thing again." He turned to Will. "Ok now listen carefully, when you get the key and are ready to leave you have to focus on your destination, if you enter a portal with no destination in mind you'll just get flung around in different points in the same universe, or you may perceive that better as time, either way just keep a focus on your destination." "This portal is one way so I'll just let you see where it takes and let you be surprised, and don't forget you are looking for the Key maker that is your main goal right now, once you've done that it's all up to you." Will nodded in understanding and moved for the portal, he looked back at Balthazar again and wanted to thank him somehow but the words just didn't come to him, he then turned but was cut was cut off by more from Balthazar. "Remember try not to leave a lasting impression of yourself, you will ultimately only be hurt by it." Will was taken aback by this warning a second time and was starting to get worried but a sudden movement form the young looking Medigi pushed him into the portal and to what was obviously going to be great adventure.