Dead Hall

We soon reached my room, but before I could reach the door Dragon already had it open and was walking in. Irritation flares that he didn't ask before walking in but, I will let it slide just this once. Viridis along with the other two members of his team were already taking up positions out side the door. As I approached my room, followed by Seika as she twirled through the doorway blowing a kiss at Viridis. His eyes stayed on her even as he leaned back crossing his arms. 

Dragons, the race was so rarely seen it was nearly myth. I always admired the strength Dragons were said to have, that strength allowed them to be physically intimidating. Their young would not near puberty until they were around three hundred or so years. They then spent another two hundred years in puberty before they would be considered late teens or young adults. I was learning a great deal from the young fox-child about the race, we shared a pursuit of knowledge.

I needed useful people but I also needed someone who could understand. Seika fit that bill, but also I needed her protected to a extreme. To be honest physical intimidation could be very useful in my opinion, everyone has their strengths, but I can use intimidation for my benefit. My benefit always outweighed everything because I could not die until my goal was seen accomplished. They also have their weaknesses, and those could be just as useful.

I followed after Seika and spoke out loud "I only want Cross and Viridis for now, everyone else in just a bit". I needed to use and protect this weakness because she is one hell of an Ace. I could smell Viridis as he followed and I just knew Cross was likely behind me as well. "Shut the door" I say to no one inparticular. Seika was on her bed, and Dragon was leaning on the wall at the foot of her bed. I walked straight to the mirror in our room placing a hand on the cool surface. Golden eyes filled the mirror for a split second before they seemed to move further away. 

"How can I be of assistance?" Looking at my best friend sent a pang through my heart. While she is my best friend , finding out the same male contributed genetic material for us was the same had been a shock. I know he had an obsession about his precious bloodline and what his offspring could offer. She is like Fia was carrying the rare Seraphyium trait but she was also different. However since the revelation I had found my mind often drifted towards my eldest sister. Felicia his eldest that was always sickly, Lasciva the middle who he abandoned and his last disappointment Blythe.

"I'm going to go over the plan one more time, Seika has your directives for you all " I gestured even as nervous energy danced down my spine. I would be talking to Via soon about our elsest sister, but first thing first. I look over to Cross "There are three jobs, one we both have to do but also one that we each need to have completed at the same time. I don't know who is going to be there, I can't tell you the way there but you will figure it out when your there." I turned seeing Viridis leaning against the door eyes focused on me. I suppressed a shudder taking up my position at the end of Seika's bed. I turned to Dragon "You know what I need you to do Keshiro." His eyes always startled something deep in my soul, such a pale and cold color. Dragon locked gazes with me, his actual birth name was Keshiro but only a few used it.

"I will not disappoint." His gaze slid from mine, a gaze that is so much older than he actually is. Silver Peonies drenched in age in a way that made a part of my soul take notice. He was so much older than he appeared, so even though he flushed and blushed around me I still noticed. He did it with nearly any female but our lovely doctor, became nervous and red that is. Seika alone only ever made him smile softly, and his bond with his birth mother had also improved. He was over five hundred it turned out, although Seika would not say his exact age.

This was a rare phenomenon amoung their kind, and powerful. Seika had just acquired the scrolls on the subject and was translating them with her mother. Syrena had told me simply he should be fully mature but would not for some time yet. It was on Dragon when that time came, but due to that I had gotten information on Voids. We could sense bonds of all kinds, Seika had some kind of connection to Voids. I could taste it on her when he was nearby, as his own bond with her flared. Dragon treasured Seika, it was all so absurdly adorable and equally parts hilarious. He had fallen for the girl to the point he had many portraits, but his family was even worse if one could even belive it.

I could not even tell what things they treasured most outside of her, which is why she was overly protected. Only the elders and leaders of the other clans had been allowed to meet Seika as she was the youngest of the Crystal Clan. Turns out, any Dragon that meets Seika falls into a type of charm for her, they loved treasure and she was treasure. It could turn very dangerous for her, so all precautions had been taken due to insistence. She had still made them all wrapped completely around her little paws. She was now in my custody while her mother and elder sister debated with the Clans. Her innocent mentality of wanting to save and protect also won over many. However for the Dragon Clans it was the fact she was a Golden Kitsune.

Her high intelligence flushed out any one else who opposed her by either removing them or befriending. Seika's very existance in areas or around a person was lucky. At birth she had bonded to Dragon who became her guardian. It was soft and warm, Seika's bond with Dragon, but this had always tasted cold and bitter. The faintest feeling of the Void but it wasn't my ocean at the other end it was different frost crept into my veins when I touched it. Between research, experiments and training had been the long search for information about my so called curse. Learning that rarely Voids had a person who could stop the madness.

"Seika will be doing her own thing, no one but Dragon is allowed to bother her in any way. Cross will be tasked same as me, we have a few teams we need to eliminate." I continued even as my mind spun while Dragon signed to me, they found her. She was another Void, we were almost unheard of outside of very certain bloodlines. Almost entirely those who carried even trace amounts of Angelinan DNA could develop it. However the birth and survival rate of this cursed child were not recorded. I would have once been killed quickly, or as I was female sold to the highest bidder.

"Pass them out, Seika." I said gesturing to the room even as I locked eyes with Viridis.

"Passing now~" I waited as she passed them out and knew I could not allow her 'new' brother to mess things up.

"We are being sent into the Labyrinth after the breakfast meeting. Your list Cross, and mine is names of who we have to eliminate if we see them. Don't take too big a risk though, your being given your task for the regular grounds and the new areas we have to explore. I'll hand you more through the hand mirror if you need it. Each team will have explosives, and a few ideas. One of three locations has the secret path, that is our target."

"What do you mean by there?!" Cross was surprised even as the smell of cotton candy teased my nose.

"The Dead Hall will be where we go." Her face paled at my words "Only fifty-two will be promoted and we all know anything is allowed. We have to survive six months before we are allowed to leave the Labyrinth." I gestured to the documents Seika finished handing to them"We will hang out in Limbo. Find the path, communicate when ypu do, and then the other joins. We will take the path together set up nearby if the other team isnt close."

The Dead Hall is a place only Cards or above can enter, and even for lower Cards was still deadly. Limbo however, was the perfect training grounds for them and that was the goal. I stood with a stretch "I am going to take a nap before we have to meet. Join us whenever your ready, your assignment otherwise has been handed to you." Seika had her bag now a smile one her face as she bounced toward the mirror. "We ready?" I asked her as I stood following as the smell of cotton candy grew with a flare of magic.

"Yup~" Her confirmation was a sweeter sound as Via's magic surged. Only I would feel it, the subtle shift in the very air as she prepared to fully open the mirror. "Follow us~" The second the mirror shimmered before settling Seika moved, and then she was standing beside Via. I placed a hand on the edge of the mirror, which was more like a doorway now, as I stepped through.