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Chapter 3: Strategy
As Rikuo about to rush into the Spiral Castle, a hand suddenly held his arm tight.
'What?' Rikuo turned and felt quite surprised.
"Don't act randomly, Rikuo," Ryuuji loosened his grip and let Rikuo's arm go.
"Ugh, why did you stop me? They have her," Rikuo felt annoyed.
"Come with me. You must know something. So that you know, what Seimei planned to do with my sister. I need you to stop it, the so-called ceremony," Ryuuji never been serious than this before.
Rikuo knew he meant it. Then both of them headed back to their base, meeting other members of their respective clan. The chaoses caused by the hollow tornadoes have stopped. Now, the clans were treating their comrades' wounds and injuries.
"Waka…" "Ryuuji-san" Both clans greet their leader. Both leaders only nodded and ordered their right hand, Akifusa and Kubinashi to be in charge for their clan while the two of them having a secret discussion inside.
"I'll be straight to the point. Actually in Keikain, there is a prophecy passed down to generation by generation. It was already there before Hidemoto even existed," Ryuuji explained. Rikuo listened to him carefully.
"It was made by Ashiya Doman, an infamous onmyoji during Heian era and a traditional rival to Seimei," when Ryuuji mentioned that name, the situation left silence before he continued again.
"It is mentioned that… There will be a time; the greatest of the three will be bound by a fate, Trapped in triangle, where two will reign in supreme power, while the other one shall die," Ryuuji recited the verses of the prophecy.
"Huh… The three mean?" Rikuo asked.
"Nura, Keikain and Gokadoin clans. The greatest of three mean you, Yura and Seimei respectively," Ryuuji broke the question mark in Rikuo's head.
"To take you down and build the world he always wanted, Seimei will unite with Yura and reign in supreme power where it will be impossible for anyone to defeat him afterward," Ryuuji already had worried and scared expression on his face.
"What do you mean he will unite with Yura?" Rikuo's tone filled with anger and impatience.
"They will unite in…" Ryuuji paused, before gave him a serious meaningful gaze.
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As their master entered the hall of the Spiral Castle, every Gokadoin members knelt on their knee. Seimei sat on his throne together with Yura beside him. He smiled. The Gokadoin members rose from their knee.
"Victory will be ours. There is no doubt," Seimei gave an enthusiastic speech, rose from his seat and walked forward towards the crowd.
The Gokadoin soared and cheered.
"But, for the world we dream of, we all must work hard and destroy those who stand in our way," Seimei said determinedly. Again, their cheers became louder and more enthusiastic.
Seimei then sat on his throne with a cup containing sake in his hand poured by his right hand man, Hiruko.
"Cheers," Seimei invite others to drink with him.
"Cheers," all Gokadoins soared their cup in the air before they drank it.
In the middle of the feast, Seimei leave with Yura followed by two escorts.
"Yui yui, sent her to her chamber. Put her to sleep," Seimei ordered.
"As you wish master," Yui yui nodded and led Yura to her chamber.
Seimei continued his steps with Hiruko escorting him. They went to meet Yume, a sorceress.
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"I won't let that happen," Rikuo stood and rushed out from their base.
Ryuuji only looked Rikuo went away. He knew he could not force him to stay and strategize first, that just not The Third Head of Nura clan nature.
Rikuo rushed to the nearest highland to clear his mind and determine his next step. From that distance, he could see the Spiral Castle surrounded with clouds. He clasped his hand in determination.
'I'll gonna take you back, Yura,'
As his thought went far and deep, he could felt someone held his shoulder and called his name. He could not believe his eyes. Besides him, is the person he missed deep inside his heart honestly.
"Father…" his eyes went wide and watery.
"You already grew up, my son. I am proud of you," Rihan spoke and pated Rikuo's head. Rikuo only remained in silence without single word coming from his mouth. He wanted to hear his father voice.
"For sure, you will defeat them all even though their numbers and strength are hundreds folds than us. That is because you are my son, grandchild of Nurarihyon ,the Third Head of Nura Clan and Nura Rikuo," as Rihan spoke, their gaze met.
"Always remember that, my son. Lead our Hyakki Yako and believe in yourself," Rihan slowly disappeared after held Rikuo in his arm.
Rikuo came to his sense and realized what happened just now perhaps was just a dream. But, deep inside his heart he knew it was real.
'Was it is my imagination only?' Rikuo released a weak punch to the air. He sighed.
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Ryuuji held a sudden massive meeting with both clans even though it will be too awkward for him to talk to the yokai clan and telling them what to do.
"To both clans, I have some important thing to tell all of you. In two days, during the 'red moon' phase, Seimei will hold a ceremony to empower himself. We must stop him before the ceremony because afterward it will be almost impossible to defeat him even though we combined all of our strength," Ryuuji explained.
Almost all of them went uproar, some just sat in despair. Then, situation suddenly turned silence with arrival of someone they had been waiting for.
"Master…" "Waka…"
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GLOSSARY:
Waka means master.
Hyakki Yako means Night Parade of One Hundreds Demon.
Onmyoji means Demon Exorcist.
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