A/N: Just letting you all know before hand that I was pretty happy and in high-spirits while I was writing this chapter so please excuse the fact that the beginning is not very dark, or mysterious like the others. But when chapter 10 rolls around I'll go ahead and try to pitch some more questions your way to try and confuse you even more because it's just so fun to do. And if you haven't noticed yet, this is one of those stories that will create mystery after mystery until the last couple chapters in the story where everything is revealed. So enjoy the next chapter and let me know what you think, and thank you to the two people who reviewed chapter 8, the comments were very helpful.

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Chapter 9

Techbu was sitting in one of his favorite chairs while staring intently into a red rubber ball; one would naturally assume that he was deep in thought, when in reality his mind was drawing a complete blank. Slowly an idea forcefully crept into his head, exactly how is Inuyasha supposed to reach my fortress? He doesn't even know where I am, unless…

His thoughts were abruptly interrupted when Deus swiftly entered the room. "Well, I got laid last night."

"No, you didn't," Came the cold and careless reply to Deus' claim.

"And how would you know?" Techbu picked up the book of fates and began paging through it trying to find his servants outcome. Deus suddenly realized exactly what he was doing, and silently cursed himself for ever mentioning it.

Techbu found the page and he did a double take not believing what he was seeing. "You disgust me,"

Deus quickly changed the subject attempting to escape with some dignity still intact. "Uh, anyway, the real reason I'm here is that the girl has requested your presence, she wishes to know what you plan to do with her."

Techbu gave an aggravated sigh, and told Deus to send her in. All he really wanted was a little time to himself, in exactly one week he would end up being overrun by his occasionally annoying brethren.

Kagome entered the room and Techbu motioned for her to sit down in the chair across from him. She began to open her mouth in an attempt to say something but Techbu stopped her. "I already know what you are about to ask so don't even bother wasting your breath. You are only here for your own safety, when I showed up Inuyasha was also there. I had spoken with him earlier and he had talked about how he was planning on killing you, he had lost his mind since you last left him. You broke his heart, and he just wanted to return the favor."

Kagome noticed the evil gleam that was so evident in his eyes, distrust filled her, but she attempted to mask it. The look that he gave her indicated that that was the end of their 'little' conversation. She was now sure Techbu planned on killing her. There was no way she could defeat him herself, she could only hope that Inuyasha would come for her before it was too late.

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It was nearing late afternoon, and despite the others objections Inuyasha was in the woods slicing down trees with his sword trying to rid himself of the stiffness he was feeling. He had only awoken earlier that day, but he had felt strong enough to go out and blow off some steam.

Inuyasha was still angry with himself over what had taken place no more than three days ago, only eight more until the next full moon and he was still no closer to finding out where Kagome was. He drowned himself into his thoughts so much that he hardly noticed he had cut down enough wood to last an entire village for a whole year.

After a couple of hours night swept in and he smelled the scent of an approaching human, naturally he assumed that it was Miroku or Sango coming to try and get him to come back to the village. His common sense quickly kicked in and he noticed that the scent was coming from the other direction. Jumping up into a tree he observed from above, soon a young man came into view. He had jet black hair, and was literally covered head to toe in dirt. And from the look of how tired he was it seemed he had either traveled a good distance or had been working extremely hard out in the fields.

The young man kept walking until he abruptly stopped right under the tree that concealed the hanyou. "You can come down from up there Inuyasha."

He stared in shock, Inuyasha had never seen this person in his life yet the young man knew his name. He decided to confront him; after all he was only a human. Leaping down from his branch in the tree, he began to question him. "Who are you, and what do you want with me?"

The young man flinched from the icy tone that was directed towards him, he really didn't want to die here. "I'm only here to help you Inuyasha, calm down. The name is Deus, it's a pleasure." He gave the half-demon a slight smirk before continuing. "I can give you directions to Techbu's castle is you wish."

Inuyasha was slightly confused, "You work for him or something?" Deus nodded politely and he continued. "Why do want to help me?"

"I've grown annoyed with him; he's ignorant of everything around him and believes that nothing can affect him." His tone of voice slowly became more malicious with each word. "That bastard needs to be put into his place while it's still possible. And you are the only one who can do it."

And what makes you think that?" Inuyasha was still quite suspicious of Deus' motives for betraying his own master.

"You are the only one who possesses free will, you can single handedly change any event in history." The only response he received was a blank stare. He sighed and went on. "You see, all creatures are bound to something called the wheel of fate, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. This wheel is inevitable to all, their destinies are prewritten and they are oblivious to the outcome. But once in a great while a soul such as your own finds a way to escape the wheel and has the chance to right the wrongs of history to attempt to create a better future for all."

Inuyasha slowly began to understand what Deus was speaking of. He still didn't trust the young man; his motives had yet to be revealed. Though he could not pass up an opportunity no matter how dangerous it might be, to rescue Kagome. "Very well, where is the castle?"

"It's a five day journey from here at a humans pace."

"So how exactly did you get here so quickly?"

Deus cracked a bright smile, "I had help."

With that Deus began to walk away, leaving a baffled Inuyasha behind with his thoughts.

"I shall see you at the castle!" He was suddenly jolted out of his thoughts and realized that he had better head back and get ready to set out, he would still have a lot of explaining to do to Miroku and Sango, and there was no time to lose when the girl he loved, life was on the line.

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A/N: Just letting you know that Inuyasha's part in this chapter took place the day before Techbu's if you didn't catch that when you read through the chapter. Hope you liked it, please review, and I'll see you next time I update. Have a nice week!