"Kai himself said that by the end of all this, You may be the only sage left..." Asura informed. "I... Time is supposed to be neutral, in all affairs, as Time governs the living, the dying, the winning, the losing, all of it. No matter what happens, Time still goes on. But... " Asura looked at Hikaru, watching as the sage prepared to throw the band. "Neutrality in this case, may be the worst thing for existence. So, here is the news, my omen. In your brother K2323's own timeline, it was revealed that Plex, the prize of this tournament, is alive."
Hikaru stopped what she was doing to look at Asura in shock, but completely ignoring Gaserlake, still. "Alive? Lucifer's giving something alive?"
"Lucifer does not know." Asura snapped her finger and a barrier of time surrounded the three of them, keeping sound outside of it unable to reach, and vice versa. "Again, Time is supposed to be neutral, I shouldn't be revealing these things, as K2323 and the others with him..." Asura glanced at Gaserlake for a second as she said this, "should have forgot. But, times... they are changing, we are entering a troubled era. The things found out in the personal timeline, may succeed, and Kai did say to look after you. Therefore.." Asura looked at Hikaru very seriously, "Plex is alive, it will attempt to kill Destruction, Koty; and he will try to stop it. Once that happens, your brother in his timeline was the successor. Where your children were, to be unable to take the title? We can only believe that they were destroyed as well.."
Dropping the band to the ground, Hikaru looked at Asura, focusing all of her attention on the embodiment. "Are you entirely sure of this? Could it not have been something different? Koty? Die?! Is that even possible?!!" Her expression turned to one of pure pain filled terror.
Asure held up a hand, to symbolize silence. "We don't know this. Remember, the future is not set in stone. Knowing the future changes the future, everyone's personal timelines, can be much different from the omni-timeline. That's why I'm revealing the things to happen. I will be neutral between sides of the war, until you bid me to choose. Your brothers have taken their sides, and because you are the first of the Sage Three I have met, I believe as each of them joined embodiments, I am to assist you as well."
Watching the floor, Hikaru had her eyes trained on the band, just to have something to look at so her emotion wasn't seen. Koty? Dead? Her children? But if the future wasn't set in stone... Hikaru looked back at Asura. "Then only one thing can be done." Asura looked at her as Hikaru continued. "I'll see to it that either I, Celestie, or Nisorin win this tournament. To make sure Plex does not fall into the wrong hands. But they have to be warned... and a plan made to combat Plex without Koty, if it does happen."
"So you're joining Destruction's side?"
Hikaru shook her head. "No. I'll choose no side as well. Koty is my partner, but I am not bound to his side. Who knows what the future will bring if even he wins. The only possible thing to do, is to keep Plex from even happening. And to do that, this tournament needs to end."
"Then that will be my side as well." Asura smiled. "I trust you, as I have given you my item of power. Every embodiment has one item that will end their life and change their ownership. You have mine, if in some way I die, you are my successor."
Kind of surprised, but hiding it, Hikaru nodded, then picked up the band again. Since Asura's omen ended, Hikaru looked to Gaserlake. "Yeah it is. Once I destroy this, that never happened." At that she threw it against the nearest wall, and held out her hand, charging a concentrated beam of revelation magic to her finger. Because of her stunt with the astral projection, however, the beam came slower, as she was already tired and worn out in magic.
