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I heard something inside. "Get back my lord." Then some more shuffling noises. Then a voice I recognized.

"Fall back my friend. These are not enemies." I stepped forward, and he looked at me. "I see you found my message. I do hope I didn't inconvenience you any."

I thought for a second. "Lord? What did he mean by 'my lord'?" After a second, Chris spoke.

"Majesty. . . he's dead too. But before he was killed, he showed me a vision. I am suppose to lead the united sanctuary." I just kept looking at him, waiting for him to continue, and he did. "This war, it's escalating to Earth. Soon enough, both Cray and Earth will be battlegrounds. Even as the leader of the united sanctuary, I refuse to force my will upon you, but I must ask you a favor. You are the best candidate, and the only one I trust with this mission. To strengthen our numbers, I ask you to unite any clans not allied with Aqua Force. It will probably be a daunting task, but I have faith in you." He stopped talking and waited for a reaction, but I just kept staring at him. Something seemed somewhat different about him, but I couldn't put my finger on it. He started to look as if he were second guessing himself. He turned and took off his sash. The glow from his eyes was harsh. 'So you still haven't gotten that under control yet.' I couldn't voice anything right now. Something just seemed so different about him, and it wasn't the fact that he had the really cool looking guy calling him "lord" either. He put the sash back on, and turned back around. Then, his face went blank for a minute. "Exculpate, stay with Rey. Listen to him while I am gone." He started to walk away. "Stay safe friends. And Rey, nice outfit." I just kept staring at him. This was getting weird, even for me. I just couldn't say anything. A flash of light, and Chris was gone.

"So your name is Exculpate?" He jumped a little, probably thinking that I couldn't talk much. 

"Yes. I serve lord Blaster. I would give my life for him." 

"Well I don't think it would come to that, but I am glad to see someone so loyal on our team." My thoughts went back to shirayuki. "What clans do you think we could unite?"

"Well the pale moon doesn't seem to be a part of this war." I smiled at him. "What?"

"They are now." I pointed to my right eye. "I am now the leader of the pale moon." 

"I believe the murakumo are unaligned." I started to laugh. "Let me guess, you run the murakumo as well?"

"That is what the kimono is for."

"Well, maybe the nova grapplers?" I thought for a second.

"We could check. They always seemed to be on our side." I turned towards the mouth of the cave. "Oh. I should warn you."

"What?" I looked back over my shoulder at him.

"Dragonic waterfall is following me. He wants to help us." I looked at me in shock.

"You found such a powerful unit? Where?"

"Just wondering around." I stepped outside, and Waterfall fell at my feet.

"I think someone found us." I looked up to see Pyroxene titan standing there.

"Lord Maelstrom requested your death, Waterfall. You are the only reason that we don't have complete control over the waters yet."

"And you never will get control of them." Here we go, another fight.