Lin had summoned as many of his spirits as he could.
"Guys there has to be a way to get Leo back to y'all world." Lin said to his spirits.
"You could try summoning the Celestial spirit king." Zi said
"And I do that how?" Lin asked
"Well you would have to sacrifice one of our keys to do it." Zi responded
"How about no." Lin said "Could one of you take to the celestial spirit world?"
"Well, I don't actually know if that's possible." Zi said
"Could you find out?" Lin asked "Or could you talk to the spirit king?"
"We'll try both." Zi said
"Let me know what you find out." Lin said before closing the gates he opened.
1 Week Later
"Ok Zi what you got?" Lin asked
"Well, unless you're willing to try to make a contract with him and tell the celestial spirit king to go fuck himself, I got nothing." Zi said
"Thanks, Zi. Close gate of the rat." Lin said as Zi disappeared. He headed to the guild and slipped inside. He scanned the guild looking for Loke. When he spotted him, he moved quickly to close the distance.
"Hey, I got a way to help you." Lin said approaching Loke
"How?" Loke responded getting up from his seat
"First I need to know where your key is." Lin said
"Buried with the last person who had a contract with me." Loke said
"Let's go then ain't got all day." Lin said leaving motioning for Loke to follow him.
They traveled to the grave of Karen Lilica.
"It's buried here." Loke said
"Ok let's get started." Lin said cracking his knuckles. He started digging in the grave until he found the key.
"Open gate of the rat, Zi." Lin said "Ok walk me through the process of pissing off the spirit king."
"Well you have force your magic through key and that right there will piss him off." Zi said
"How can I make the contract if he can't be summoned by use of the key." Lin said getting annoyed
"Well Its pretty much a normal summon except you have to focus on pulling him through the celestial spirit world." Zi said
"Couldn't you take him when you go back and then I summon him again?" Lin asked
"Maybe. That would piss off the spirit king." Zi said
"Let's try that" Lin said
Zi walked over to Loke and grabbed his arm.
"Close the gate." Zi said
"Close gate of the rat." Lin said
Zi and Loke disappeared.
Ok I really hope this works Lin thought
"Open Gate of the Lion." Lin said swiping the key. When nothing happened he tried again and again. He finally got annoyed and started cursing the celestial spirit king.
"You god damned Fucker. I wish you would come here so I could kick your ass." Lin yelled. His rant was cut short by a blinding light.
"You dare to curse me, Mortal?" The being who appeared asked
"Yeah, I'm trying to save a good person, and you won't let me." Lin said flipping off the spirit king.
"You wish to save the one known as Leo the Lion from the fate he has brought upon himself when he let Karen Lilica die by staying out of his gate?" The spirit king asked
"Yeah, and I will fight to save a another soul from damnation." Lin said
"You can not harm me mortal." The spirit king said trying to intimidate Lin.
"I can grant you access to the place known as Roma." Lin said
"What is this place you speak of?" The king asked
"I'll show you." Lin said with a smirk "From this day till the end of nights, My heart beats as one with my sword, The hate burn to ash in my heart and love of my heart, edge of my blade and spine, the everlasting flame of hatred and war into steel and metal us by war, In the Oaths of this world turn ablaze, Now rise as his everlasting flame burst into steel and burn us by war. We dance in immortal flames of battle as we are re-taken and judged by our very souls, immortal flame now it turns to sorrow. Awaken Porte di Roma, Reclaimed."
The area around the two changed into a wasteland with weapons littering the ground.
"This is Roma." Lin said gesturing around.
What is this place? And how can a mortal hold the keys to it? The celestial spirit king thought
"Now, We got a deal?" Lin asked. He looked around when he heard the keeper coming. Thinking quickly he willed the chains of Babylon to stop it.
"Yes we have a deal." The king said
"Ok good, now open gate of the lion, Leo." Lin called.
A flash of light blinded Lin and Leo was standing before him.
"Close Porte di Roma" Lin said as the world changed back to the gravesite.
"Well Leo lets form a contract." Lin said
The spirit king looked at Lin in awe. He was shocked at the power this mortal controlled. With out waiting to see what happened the Celestial Spirit King disappeared.
"No, never mind, I don't want to make a contract with you." Lin said "I think blondie might need your help more than me."
"You mean Lucy?" Leo asked
"Yeah, her." Lin said before heading back to the guild. Leo followed behind him
Well at least I was able to save someone Lin thought