Keita nodded silently as the gypsy verified what he had just said. But...her "sweet guardian?" Did the two have some relationship? N-not that it mattered to Keita, he was just curious! He was going to teach her some things, and hopefully he'd learn some, their relationship wasn't anything that mattered, but the Jun was naturally curious.
Souji seemed surprised behind that cool demeanor, as though he hadn't expected Kitsune to join the group. Her abilities were so similar, though, how could she not? "I invited her to our humble practice; her skills with the Void are far too amazing for me to have not. They may, young Souji, even surpass your own," he'd admit. She was amazing, but to say that Souji wasn't as well would be a falsehood. Not too many excelled in the illusionary arts, which made it rather easy enough to know most, if not all, of those who practiced in the art.
The Yukata had a pact with the snake, so seeing something regurgitated like such did not surprise the Jun in the slightest. It was a small, a simple scroll, Keita took it without his eyes going from Souji's face. "I'd die before allowing something to happen to her out there," he'd state. He would, too. He would for anyone he took under his supervision beyond the protection of Maruishi or Iwagakure or the Arcadian Guard. Another seal? This one by his clan rather than his own accord.
"I thank you," he stated already anticipating the feeling. When the seal of Hell was inscribed into him as a child so crudely, Keita had nearly died. He was left incapacitated for days within the Infirmary and was almost expelled from the Spartans for what they believed to be seeking antiteleos. Was this antiteleos? Power that the gods did not directly give to us? Keita did not think it so -- how could he? It is something he had willingly done once and was to do again!
This scroll offered a method for balance. Before, the seal of Hell provided a one-sided battle; to have it alone would be to only feed into one's hatred, fear, and anguish. This would counteract that, supposedly. Souji was right, balance of the heart was one of the believed pillars to reach teleos...but to figure out how to do that while attaining ever more power...how close was he? Even without being a Shaman...
He had to channel his lifestream -- chakra as it was known by others -- into the scroll. It was easy enough. Keita took a deep breath and closed his eyes, letting the lifeforce into the scroll. What sensation awaited him?
It wasn't pain that flooded his system, rather it felt like the entire world was closing in on him at once. Everything physically around him seemed to be pushing against him; his breathing would hasten faster and faster, but air seemed to never enter his lungs. His vision was darkening fast, as though the sun was setting without a sunset. He thought he could see one image superimposed over the darkness he saw, a familiar symbol that did not belong to him...no, it belonged to the one who gave him this scroll. It was the Yukata clan symbol; it was a familiar one due to it being found in many places within the Temple. Keita felt as though he could remember all of these experiences before, but nothing he had ever done was remotely similar to this. He could remember things, too many thing, from the past and from other sources he couldn't recall from those vivid memories. Was it a hyperactive imagination? No, it was not surreal enough. What was it...?
It all hit him like some boulder, and just like that the entire sensation was gone. What had just happened...? The Jun didn't speak a word just yet. He didn't know what to say. He didn't know how he felt, but at least he was alive this time. He just didn't know.
[Heaven Seal accepted! :3]
