I finally approached the doors, and I knocked. I waited anxiously, my heart pounding in my chest faster and louder than each knock I made. I waited, and I waited. I thought that in about another 2 minutes, this door would have some pretty large dents in it from all of my constant pounding, when suddenly, someone came to the door. I was really hoping it would be Master Soo himself, so I could discuss my issue with him and hopefully get it fixed before I caused any other type of damage. Sadly, when the door finally creaked open, it wasn't Master Soo. It was one of the maidens.

"Hello, may I help you?"

I couldn't believe it. The one person that would finally solve all of my problems was merely a few rooms away from me, a man of great power and authority, well, if he would even help me at all. I gulped, as a wave of anxiety and utter impatience went through my stomach.

She stared at me for a second, as if she was analyzing me. "Um, do you have the wrong place?"
I finally stumbled back into reality, and shakily, I answered, "Um, m-may I please see Master Soo?" The words flew out of my mouth faster than I could even comprehend them. Hopefully I didn't seem too anxious; otherwise she might get suspicious. Lay low, I thought. "I would… like to speak him," I said as I cleared my throat and held my head high.

She hesitated for a second, and a friendly smile appeared on her face. I sighed in relief. "Of course you can, just one moment," and she disappeared through the doorway.

In what seemed to be about 20 seconds later, Master Soo appeared through the door.

"Yes, this is Master Soo. What can I do for you, young man?"

"Um, hi. I kinda have a problem, and I was thinking that you might have a solution, you know, some kind of spell, to fix it."

"Oh yes, I'm sure I… wait. Hold it! It's you! The man with the pigtails and the heart on his chest! You are the murderer! FOOL!! How can you live with yourself?!"

"Ugh… don't remind me."

"I'm sorry, but you are merely too dangerous for someone of my high authority. I'm afraid I can't let you in." He slammed the door in my face.

Huh, guess this wasn't going to be very easy after all.

There's no way he'll let a murderer—I shuddered at the word—come in and ask for help, so I guess I would have to get rid of some of the evidence. I untied my pigtails, letting my hair fall down and drape over my shoulders, and I removed my shirt.

No pigtails, no heart, not the killer.

Hopefully he would be gullible enough to buy it. Most likely he won't, but hey, it's worth a try, isn't it?
I took a deep breath, and I knocked on the door once again, and he answered, still frazzled.
"Whaat??!! What is it now?? Oh, Garu, it's you! Come on in. We will always welcome an honorable ninja like you with open arms, right my maidens?"
I heard room of mixed noises, some "Yeah!"s, some "Oh yes of course!" ,a few murmurs that I couldn't understand,and a few giggles in there as well.

Wow, for someone who is thought of as very wise, he's way more gullible than I thought.

Let's just hope he's not a mind reader…

"Right this way, Garu." I followed. He led me to his room of books and spells and special devices and whatnot. Hopefully there would be something that would allow me to undo my events that I regret so deeply that I can barely get myself up in the morning. Maybe just one more blow to my head will wake me up from this dream, if I'm dreaming at all. This all just seems so unreal…

"So, Garu, what can I help you with this time?"
I would have to word this very carefully. "Well, as you've probably heard already—everybody else in town has—my girlfriend was murdered," I still couldn't say her name without getting choked up, so I tried my best so subside from that, "by that vicious pigtailed man." I pretended to be disgusted, which was kind of awkward considering it was, well, me.

"Oh, I see."

"And, I wish there was just some way I could go back and stop myself—I mean, stop him from killing her."
"Hmmm… I think I can do just that!"
"Really? That's great! How?"
"Ah well, you see… I have this spell that I've been saving for centuries. Nobody has ever used it before, so I'm not quite sure how effective it really is, but that's not the point.

This very spell will take you back in time to whenever you need to go back to, say, if you were to fail an important test that you forgot to study for, you would enter the time and place, and BAM!! You can do it over! The same goes for you and your girlfriend crisis."
"But, wouldn't that technically be cheating?"
He growled. "That's not the point!! Now, do you want me to show you how to use it, or not?"
"Of course I do!"
"Alright then. First, you have to use this device," he held out a small machine, about the size of a hardcover book, with three screens on it, "to set the time and place of the event you want to return to. But, this part is tricky, because you must do it in your mind! Eh… for some weird reason, saying your destination out loud will screw the whole thing up, so be careful with that part."
I nodded.

"As soon as you do that, this device will set itself, and there ya go. You're on your way through the 8th dimension as your body's particles separate as they fly through time and space, and rearrange as you reach your destination."
"That sounds painful."
"Oh don't worry, you'll be unconscious! You won't feel a thing! At least, I don't think you do. Anyway, it's as simple as that. But use it wisely, for it can only be used once!"

I felt a little nervous about the last part, considering how much I've been screwing things up lately. Hopefully it would go as smooth as possible.

He held his hand out and handed me the machine, "You got it?"
"…I think so."

"Good. Well, I wish you luck, and, goodbye."

He shook my hand, and I left.

~Later~

Wow, my brain is so fuzzed up right now. I'm surprised I even remembered how to turn this thing on!

Okay, here it goes…

I began to let the thought flow carefully through my head, clearing my mind of any other thoughts in the off chance of it getting screwed up.

I've had enough of that lately…

I was about to say (or…think) the second half of my thought, when all of a sudden, I saw someone familiar to me appear out of nowhere.

Very familiar.

And not in a good way…

Well, you've probably already guessed who it was that I saw, but I'm going to tell you anyway.

It was…

Yep, you guessed it:
Tobe.

He was walking towards me with a bitter scowl on his face—more so than the usual scowl he has, something must be up…

"Hello Garu," he said, his words like acid, "I believe I need to have a … talk, with you." He pulled out his sword when he said the word talk.

I pulled out my sword as well. "Heh, let's see… 20 seconds of my life wasted… guess I don't mind that much." I leaped at him, expecting him to jump out of the way in terror like he usually does right before… she comes around, but he just stood there and blocked me.

"Garu, Garu, poor, non innocent Garu. How many lives are you going to risk ceasing because of your anger issues?"
I twitched. "I—err… WHAT!?!?!? Anger issues??! I do NOT have anger issues!! You're the one with the anger issues!"
"I AM NOT!!! …well, maybe I am. Still, that's not why I'm here."

"Then… why are you here?"

"Well, I heard about what you did to Pucca, and I've come to say that that was completely DEMONIC!!! Outrageous!! What the hell were you thinking??!"
"I uh… wasn't really thinking when it happened, I guess I kind of just… lost control of my anger, that's all."
Under his breath, he muttered "Issues…" making me want to stab him, but that would only prove him even more right, so, I put away my Katana.

"So, Garu, you think just because Pucca is gone now, our feud has been put to a halt; well, let me tell you, if you thought I was furious before, wait until you see how infuriated I am NOW!!"

"Wait a minute, so that's what we've been fighting about all along??" I swallowed hard, and forced her name out of my throat, "…Pucca?"
"I um… I never said that!! What gave you that message? I really have to work on how I word things don't I…"
I just stared at him blankly, and solemnly nodded.

Even now, he still seemed a bit shaken. "Well, um, ANYWAY; I have a plan that will completely knock you off the face of this planet!"
"I'm waiting for the day," I replied sarcastically.

He growled through clenched teeth, muttered something under his breath, and continued, "I have planned to go back in time, and put an end to you once and for all. Then, you will finally be gone, and I will never have to see your annoying, smug face ever again! And that way, you and your precious Pucca will never go all Romeo and Juliet on each other," he also really needs to work on his analogies. "And I will finally have my long wanted victory!"
"So it is about Pucca!" A small smirk appeared on my face.

"Did. I. SAY THAT!?!? Ugh…whatever. I know you're just trying to distract me from putting my plan into action, and I can finally do just that, by using THIS!!!"

He pulled out the machine that Master Soo gave me earlier.

Crap.

He must have snatched it out of my hands when I wasn't paying attention.

So much for things going smoothly…

The words echoed through my head: 'Use it wisely, for it can only be used once!' That grave sentence repeated itself in my mind over and over, until I finally snapped back into reality, and darted for the device. "Hey, give me that!"
He dodged away from me again. "Ha! Dream on, lover-boy! I'm not letting you ruin my plans again!"
"You don't even know how it works!!"
"Don't need to. No matter what, I will still make it back in time to kill you!"
"I'm serious, you could really screw things up!"
"I don't care!"
"We could die!!"
He was silent for a moment. "… I could live with that."
That was it. I finally snapped, and I tackled him, in attempts to grab the device, thoughts of hatred going through my head the whole time. I couldn't get myself to focus, so I finally blurted out:
"TAKE ME BACK TO DECEMBER 12th, 2009, HERE IN SOOGA VILLAGE!! I want to fix this mess I created!! I want to bring Pucca back to life!!! I want to wake up from this horrible nightmare… and I want to do it NOW!!!"
Now.

How long would it be until that now became a reality???

I'm sure the same thoughts of hatred were going through Tobe's mind right now as well, which, in retrospect, kind of serves me right. But that was the last thing I was focused on right now.

Moments after my outburst, the device started to vibrate, and there was a bright flash of white light, and before I knew it, we both blanked out.

Way to go, Garu.

You screwed things up again…