Phoenix Clan Letter - #19
I mourn your loss each day, dear sister. I write these letters to you, knowing that you shall never read them. Yet some small part of me hopes that as I cast them into the sea, the same power that tears us from one another will eventually bring them to you. I am so happy for you to have been chosen to bear the burden of being an Oracle. Yet I am filled with hatred for the Dragon of Water who stole you from me. Will I be damned for my hatred? Can I resent the Heavens for their choice and still retain my soul?
I wish that you could be with me once again, Mitako. The present state of our family and clan would be much easier to bear if you were by my side. I cannot bear the nightmares alone. The voices call to me and I turn to you to dispel them as you once did, but you are not hereÉ
The Elemental Masters disappeared and many think them dead, but I wonder. A vision came to me through the Void not so long ago. I had not felt the Void's sweet touch in so long, I had wondered if perhaps it had left me. It was a vision of Ningen-sama, so perfect and powerful, as he was when we trained beside him in Gisei Toshi. I have foreseen his return. Will the other masters return with him? I cannot say. I wonder what they shall think of what has become of the Phoenix.
The upstart Aikune has harnessed the power of the Last Wish. Can you imagine? What horrible, terrifying power he wields. His creations, the so-called Children of the Last Wish, flit among us now. Their voices are familiar to me, as are their hollow black eyes. I know I have seen them in my nightmares, and I am afraid. Many say they are a great boon, but I sense something else. I feel they are Aikune's eyes, taking a measure of the Isawa. I think perhaps he hates us for the way the Masters treated him. If he finds us wanting, will he turn the power he used to destroy the Dragon armies against us? Again, I do not know.
Perhaps if he does, part of my spirit will be with you again, darling sister.
Isawa Sayuri