The fourth account
After about half an hour, Kite returned with a strange box. He sat back down at his desk and carefully opened the box. What was inside it struck Kurapika and Kaita with awe…
It was a DUCC card. But this one was different somehow. It seemed almost mystical or divine. Kite grinned as the two were stunned speechless by the card's sleeping power. He closed the lid gently and the two snapped back into the present.
"What…what was that?" asked Kurapika.
"That, my friend, is the Guardian account card. We haven't given one of these out in years…" said Kite with a grin.
"Wait, what's the Guardian account?" said Kaita.
"A Guardian account is the most coveted, most sought after, and most powerful of any accounts. Those who possess one are given more power than any of the other three combined! They're given unlimited access to the Dimensional portals and gateways for free, they never have to repay any money they spend even if the price is astronomical, and they're given exclusive access to certain items," said Kite as if he knew it by heart.
"How do you know all that?" asked Kurapika.
"Because I am one. I'm a Guardian…well, half-Guardian anyway. My main job is to search out and find others who are capable of wielding this tremendous power. That's how I came up with this Dimensional Universal banking system. I use the lure of a card that can be used in any dimension to search for potential Guardians. But lately, Guardians are harder to come by. Most people have either lost their way or worse, have died before they could even get here."
"What could have happened to them?" asked Kaita.
"We don't know. Most of our senior Guardians are trying to find out who's causing this."
"But…but why are you telling this to us? We didn't do anything that could cause us to change!" said Kurapika.
"Kaita, what you have done would normally be inexcusable…but, in light of the circumstances, we hold NOTHING against you." Kite said with a strange look.
"Wait…what did he mean by 'what you have done'?!" said Kurapika in horror.
"I'm…I'm not really human Kuruta-kun."
"I figured that out the day I met you!" snorted Kurapika.
"We don't have much time…Kurapika, you can either choose to accept the Guardian card or you can walk away without any fear or worry about what may happen. Kaita isn't going to be punished for bringing you here…quite the opposite in fact!"
"What do you mean?"
"How many does this make?" said Kite.
"About three or four…sir," said Kaita quietly.
"Kaita, what's going on?"
"She's getting her former status back…" said Kite.
"Her former what…?"
"She used to be a full-fledged Guardian like me, but she went against us and did something she wasn't supposed to do. We knew she never meant any harm, so we only dropped her account ranking."
"What did she do?"
"I learned the song…" Kaita said.
"The song…you can't mean THAT song!" said Kurapika in shock.
"You know of it?!" said Kite.
"Of course I know of it! Every Kuruta child that is born knows it. Our parents sing it to us as lullabies, so we're immune to its affects!"
"Wait…your parents sang that cursed song to you as a LULLABY?!"
"I don't know why they did either. All we were told was that we should never let anyone hear the song that wasn't from our clan," said Kurapika sadly.
"So that was their secret! All this time and we never suspected that they would figure out the cure to the song of the Heavens…" murmured Kite.