Mountain of The Suns • Book 2

Chapter 16

I walked through the warm temple behind Yami and I kept my hands behind my back though no cuffs kept me bound. I saw a few people in black robes nearly slam into the walls of the hall as I walked down it. They looked at me like I was royalty or like I scared them. Either way I knew that was for my own benefit they feared me.

As we went down several sets of steps I felt a tingling sensation in my chest. It was that same feeling I got in the vision Yami had shown me on the dock last night. I knew it was some source of power but I knew I needed to find out what it was and why it was here. From there I could only assume it was my job to use it to do something they wanted me to. I needed answers, but I at least had the right questions lined up.

I saw a light coming from the room in front of us and my attention grew stronger. I walked behind Yami into the room and what I saw was enough to make me stop in place. Each fountain I had seen at each of the temples I had been to had one thing in common. A golden liquid would drip from the ceiling above into the fountain below and create energy to help us train and become powerful.

It was the same at each temple and it was said the liquid falling from the sky and touching us below allowed the Meishu's to connect the water given from the godly realm down here to us. Thus allowing for us to receive a dose of their power and for the Meishu to have the strength to protect our temples.

This place however had a golden flood that came down from the ceiling like a faucet. It collected into the small almost bath like structure and caused it to glow itself and the room around it. I didn't know for sure what this light was but I could feel it's energy. I knew it was the same power we all used but this just felt like more. Like it was that but condensed into this strange phenomenon.

"Beautiful isn't it?" I heard a voice at my side say and I nearly jumped just in the doorway. "Pardon, I didn't mean to scare you."

"What is that?" I asked wanting to know as I looked at the man with long greasy looking hair. His eyes were wide open as he looked to me intensely.

"Aren't you a curious one?" He said with a smile that told me he was friendly but his eyes said otherwise.

Though his eyes were a dark brown I knew he was the Meishu. I sensed this same presence around Midori and Daigo plenty of times. What confused me was that he didn't share the same glowing eyes like the others. That and he had spoken with his own mouth. They all spoke with their minds and never with their mouth, I didn't even think they were able to speak.

"Rin." He said with a cheesy grin.

His hand outstretched to my own and I just looked at it and then back at him. I didn't want to shake his hand, I knew who he was and what he had done. If he wanted my warmth he'd have to earn it. I had expected him to take offense, but he only smiled more after a moment.

"Smart one she is, Kenji." He said with a giggle and his silly nature was odd for someone of his position.

I turned to were he started to walk off towards and I saw the collection of people in the room. Yami was stood on the edge of the room like a fly on the wall, he looked sad but said nothing. Next to him stood Han and my mother who looked at me with scared wild eyes. I could see her shaking frame from several feet away. What I had failed to notice was my father standing on the other side of this fountain with his hands clasped in front of him standing very calmly. His eyes were on me but his emotions were impostor read.

"I wouldn't trust me either. Come around." Rin said walking around the fountain with almost a pep in his step. He saw down on the large throne just on the other side of the fountain with a bounce. I had never seen a throne inside a chamber like this for a Meishu but knowing the Meishu that I did a throne seemed a little overzealous. "Let's have a family reunion, oh goodness I've looked forward to this."