He gave me a conflicted look. "I want to, Jax, but it's hard when I'm seeing other things."
"The future can be altered with a snap of one's fingers. Just because you see something, that doesn't mean it's set in stone," I muttered. "Can you take me to Brianne, please?"
He stared at me for a long moment before he sighed. "Fine. Call me when you find her. I'm sending you based on coordinates. I'm not sure exactly where she is."
"Fine," I replied and prepared myself to be teleported by his gift.
He rose up from the bed and closed his eyes. Power surged through his aura down to his arms to the palms of his hands.
Before I knew it, I was in another room - one that was extremely familiar.
"Elijah's room?" I whispered.
"What took you so long?"
I turned my head to see Fuwa jumping on the pillow of the bed, but my attention moved to Brianne, who was sound asleep. My heart that I hadn't realized was beating so quickly slowed down as relief flooded me.
She was curled up in the bed, hugging the blanket, while Elsa was curled up next to her face. I couldn't help ignoring Fuwa for a moment to walk to the side of the bed and reach out to gently stroke Brianne's cheek.
Her pouting lips pressed together in discomfort for a few seconds before she seemed to further relax, as if recognizing my touch.
"Jax...” she muttered in her sleep as a slight smile formed on her lips which then fell to that peaceful gap as she fell right back into slumber.
Allowing myself to sigh, I turned my attention to little Fuwa. "How did Brianne get here and in terms of taking long, Kaito was interrogating me."
Fuwa pouted his small lips before he floated into the air to move past me. Turning around, I now faced god Fuwa as he crossed his arms and sighed.
"Why was he interrogating you?" he asked with a seriousness that told me something was up.
"Kaito said he's been having a consistent dream where we're all in some final battle that deals with good and evil Elijah," I began. "However, a girl comes from nowhere and triggers a vast explosion that kills everyone. When the light dims, only the girl remains, but she shapeshifts into someone who looks like Elijah."
Fuwa didn't seem to like the news but he bobbed his head in understanding. "So why does that involve you?"
"He said his sister and Sebastian believe the Shadow Kingdom is going to do something to trigger me to either get in an argument with Brianne, which could set me off, or they'll aim to target Brianne and kill her to trigger me to destroy the world."
"So to make history repeat itself," Fuwa concluded. "We knew that ages ago. Why would that be prominent now?"
"He said he saw me getting into an argument with Brianne. Well, Jaxsin getting into an argument with Brianne."
"And where do you stand with this?"
"If you want my honest opinion, I absolutely hate it and it makes my blood boil that my friends can't trust me to keep my cool when I've proven myself again and again," I confessed and looked to the floor as Jaxsin's energy thrummed through me. "Why is it fair that because of the sins I've committed in the past, I should continue to be judged like I did those deeds in this future?"
Fuwa didn't answer as I lifted my head so he could see my black eyes.
"This is why I sometimes hate this damn world. No matter all the good you do, one mistake will haunt you for the rest of your life," I complained and looked to Brianne. "Brianne gets me. Marianna even gets me. They know what I've done and they’ve seen the reasoning behind it. They know why I'm so aggressive and understand my bits of jealousy. It's not something I can control but knowing she's there to support me when I struggle helps. It upsets me that such conversations are happening behind my back and not to my face. It makes me want to lash out, but I'd never do it against the woman I love."
"Kaito's probably anxious because of what he keeps seeing," Fuwa suggested. "It doesn't make his lack of trust in you valid but proves he wants to be as cautions as possible because you aren't going to be given a second shot like you were during the holidays."
"I get that," I voiced. "Yet, it still doesn't erase the fact that he had to assess me before sending me here. He knew where Brianne was."
"He knew because I told him," Fuwa revealed. "Obviously not through speech."
"How did you do that?" I inquired.
"Simply sent a wave of energy with the thought of Kaito in mind," Fuwa revealed. "It's not hard for a god."
"You..." Jaxsin pulled back to give me control, and for the first time, I didn't have to blink out of the haze. "You did that on purpose?"
"Seers are predictors that use energy forces that pulse through the air to communicate. It definitely helps when you're trying to predict something like a global pandemic or natural disaster, but dangerous if the seer can't tell the difference between a naturally sent message and one manipulated by another."
"Are you suggesting?" I began but he nodded to confirm my suspicions.
"Katsume was talking to Sebastian about you specifically because she saw similar to what Kaito may have told you, but there were survivors," he whispered. "You being one of them."
"And Brianne?" My voice was barely audible as I stared Fuwa dead in the eyes. His silence already answered my question, and I bobbed my head in understanding. "I lost it."
"Yes," he replied.
"Kaito said there may be three Elijahs," I voiced. "Did Katsume see the same?"
"I'm unsure," he replied. "I didn't remain for the whole conversation." Nodding once again, he quietly commented, "Now the problem is whose vision is correct."
"How do you know this and how did Brianne get here?"
"I know about this because I was listening in at Aurora's request. Apparently, I'm useful in these conversations and I don't like stalking Brianne when she wants to be left alone," he revealed. "As for how my little sister slash Mistress got here, I'm just as clueless as you are. I left the conversation to come to check on Bri because she felt off."
"Off?"
"Off as in passed the fuck out," he summed up.
We both looked at her as she slept away; our discussion had not even made her stir.
"Then who brought her here?" I questioned even though I knew I wasn't going to get an answer.
"The biggest mystery of the year," he muttered and looked around. "Whose place is this?"
"Elijah's," I responded. He looked at me with interest before I added, "Before Brianne cut ties with Elijah, she accidentally Spell Traveled us here. Elijah didn't want to attend the party with us around and I guess the thought brought her here or something."
"She didn't bring herself here," he mumbled as he looked back to Bri. "She doesn't have enough energy for that."
"Are you sure it wasn't Professor Phoenix?"
"Aurora has a fever. That's why she's taking the majority of the day off until the festival thanks to Ms. Electra's strict orders."
She's sick. That's rare.