A/N: In the past few days I've realized something important, I've becoming WAY too much like Miroku. It's like they hid a camera in my house and just copied everything I did, except for of course the fact that I don't have nearly as bad of a problem when it comes to groping women, I can restrain myself! Either way, enjoy the next chapter and if it confuses you at all let me know so I can make fun of you. Just kidding, enjoy reading!
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Chapter 8
Inuyasha had awoken to the sight of an arguing Sango and Miroku, probably grabbed her ass again, he thought to himself as he started to get up only to be forced back down by two strong pairs of arms.
"You shouldn't be moving around yet Inuyasha; you did lose a lot of blood." Even though his head was still spinning he recognized the voice to be Sangos'.
"I don't need your help, I'm perfectly fine!" Inuyasha attempted to rise to his feet but dropped back down as he lost consciousness again due to the pain.
"Still as stubborn as always," Miroku mumbled to himself as he exited the tent closely behind Sango. He had to exert all the energy he had to keep himself from groping her again, but for once in his life he actually succeeded.
They sat down across from each other as Miroku attempted to make a fire; the sun was beginning to set and they still had to cook supper. "Do you think we will ever see her again?" Worry was evident in her eyes.
"Who" Came the reply even though he knew exactly who she was talking about.
"Kagome, we don't even know where to start looking for her, and Inuyasha's not going to be able to start moving around again for at least a couple of days. I just feel as if we're running out of time."
Miroku stopped what he was doing and sat down beside her, she did have a point after all. "Sango you mustn't think like that. You have to have faith, I'm sure that we'll see her again soon enough."
They embraced each other, and it was if time itself had stopped for them. Though Miroku knew how to ruin a perfect moment and soon there was an unconscious monk lying on the ground, and it looked as if she would have to fix dinner herself tonight. She sighed and set out to work.
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Techbu had long since stepped into his library; boredom had overcome him since there was really nothing to do at the moment. He resided himself to begin reading some books that he had stolen from the future, hell, half the stuff he owned had been stolen from the future or at least discovered in.
He had been so preoccupied with his thoughts he didn't notice when someone had slipped into the room. "Master," Techbu glanced up and glared at the man, his stupid servants never had the courtesy to knock.
"And what is it that you want?" Came the cold reply; however the man known as Deus remained unfazed, he had come to accept the fact that his master never really showed any emotions, at least any positive ones.
"As you asked of me before you left, I kept an eye on the girl"
"And?" Techbu never enjoyed playing games with this mortal.
"It seems she did a little snooping around while you were gone, and she knows about your race." Deus prepared himself to get chewed out for letting her find out so much information, but it never came.
"I see, does she know what we truly are?"
"I don't believe so master."
Techbu became furious, "you don't BELIEVE so!? Well you better find out!" He grabbed a book that was sitting near him and hurled it at his servants head.
Deus dodged the book but glanced down to see what he had been reading earlier in the day. It was exactly as he suspected, Techbu had again been reading the book of fates.
Deus just couldn't take it any longer; his master was so pig-headed. "What is your obsession with this book? You know he is not bound by it."
"Hn, every creature is bound to it; even you and I must abide by it."
How could his master be so ignorant? "He was bound by it, but when you refused to finish him off when you had the chance, the chain was broken. You were not the one that brought the roof down on the half-breed at the museum, that was fate attempting to right your wrong while straining to write a new future, but your refusal to kill him released him from the wheel of fate. He is now the only thing in this world that can kill you. The coin has landed Techbu, and now you must abide by its outcome."
Techbu rose from his spot and grabbed Deus by the throat holding him off the ground. "The coin is still turning."
Deus forced a smile, "You expect to kill me here? That honor belongs to another. You can thank your precious 'wheel' for that."
He released the servant and hell burned in his eyes, "He will return to the wheel before I am done with him."
Deus laughed, how naïve Techbu could be sometimes. "He is not your pawn anymore Techbu, and he is coming to kill you."
He practically spit out his next words with venom, "Free will is just an illusion." With that Techbu turned his back to the servant and began to walk out only to stop suddenly at the doorway. "Keep an eye on the girl, she must not find out what I really am."
"If you look in the book again you will see that new pages have appeared, a second outcome if you will. And as for the girl, she will not find out." Deus proceeded to leave the room; he knew that if nothing else his master would go about with more caution now.
Techbu was left with his thoughts as he quickly picked up the book that Deus had indicated, paging through it he realized what he said was true. New pages had indeed appeared as if out of nowhere indicating a second outcome, one where the half-breed would vanquish him. It was written as to be known as the final epic battle, the fight that would determine the fate of the world. Yet he knew that whatever the outcome would be, this time period would not be the only one affected, the future would be changed drastically as well. He must be careful and try to coax the hanyou into doing exactly what he wanted; this new piece on the board would indeed prove very interesting.
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A/N: Hope you liked it, and I will try to get the next chapter up soon enough even though I am still feeling under the weather a bit. I would really appreciate a review to help motivate me to finish the story, though I'm still debating with myself whether or not I should write a sequel to this one. It would drastically change my ending for this one, but would prove to be very interesting if nothing else. I would love to hear your guys' thoughts on it, even though it's still a bit early to be talking about a sequel. Either way, I hope you enjoyed reading this one as much as I did writing it. So have a great rest of the week and I will see you next time I update this story, which shouldn't be too long. Bye!
