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I'm not dead! Geez, it's been something around four weeks since I've last updated! Sorry about that!
You know, I always found that school slowed down come the end of the year, but this year it's done the exact opposite. One thing that's killed any time to sit and type my stories is three research papers, all given at about the same time. Two were due back to back and the other was due four days later. And lets just say that if one is failed (which I've never done in my life, thankfully) I don't graduate.
Getting away from all that
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Pil-z – Thank you and I'm sorry about the late update. I seriously thought that all would calm down after the senior art show, or at least prom, but just my luck that thing haven't.
Chichiri's Wanderer – Yep, slowly but surely all the living sensei's will grow weak, but the question is, will Lily be able to stop it? Hmmm… we'll have to wait and see. And sorry for keeping you waiting so long.
Crimson Firefox – Thanks, I hope this one is better then the last so it can, in some fashion, make up for the long delay.
Silver Pain – Lol. Ya that line did cause me chuckle. That's a good question, one that won't be answered in this chapter however. Ah yes, Byakko. I had debated in the beginning whether or not to have him or Genbu as the surviving god. I decided I liked tigers more. Lol. There was more to it than that actually, what Byakko is associated with made me what to go with him more than Genbu.
Chapter 10
Lily tossed and turned in her sleep all night as dark events clouded her mind, keeping her from falling into a world of peace and tranquility. There was pain and great strife seen through her minds eye and no matter how much she tried she could not rid herself of it.
There was a great beast that looked like a giant turtle with snake like creatures coming out of its massive shell. It was a wondrous creature that Lily had never before seen, but it had a sense of great power and authority, much like Byakko had held when in their presence.
Even though this creature grasped her attention firmly there was something else that seemed to have an even stronger pull on her. As she glanced past of the turtle like creature she saw another wondrous creature, however this creature was wondrous in a frightening way.
The beast seemed to be of shadow, yet it had the definite shape of a wolf, its fur flowing like that of a black flame and its eyes were a soul piercing blue. Lily shivered at the frighteningly cold aura it gave off, even though she was some ways away from it. It felt evil, almost too evil for her to bear.
The shadow wolf leapt forward with its jaws wide open as if to ferociously bite something. The snake upon the turtle like beasts lunged forward, preventing the wolf from biting it or the one to who it were attached to. This didn't seem to deter the black beast as it clawed at the snake, leaving a deep gash upon its body.
The snake recoiled before lunging forward once again, this time its mouth closed down on one of the front legs of the creature, causing it to yelp and bite at it. The wolf's teeth never got to sink into its target however, as the giant turtle itself rammed into it with such intensity that the wolf was thrown back.
"Why are they fighting?" Lily asked in shock and fear. Red blood dripped down the snake from the wound the wolf had given it and a deep purple substance she guessed was blood oozed from the shadow beast's leg. Despite the injury the wolf had determination shown within its eyes, a determination Lily could only place with the villains or fowl beasts she knew of from movies or books.
It then struck her like a bolt of lighting; this was the battle between Genbu and Fenrir. Somehow she was seeing the past, seeing the very events that had caused the gods so much strife. She was, in fact, witnessing the event that had inevitably led to her arrival in this world.
There was a loud pounding noise and the earth beneath Lily's feet ripple like the waves created in a placid pond when a pebbled is thrown into it. For a moment, given her shock, she wondered if a meteor had crashed into the ground, but upon regaining her senses she realized that Genbu had been thrown back roughly, landing on his back.
Genbu shifted violently as he tried desperately to get back on his front. Taking the situation to his advantage Fenrir lunged at the fallen god with his claws extended, tongue lolling out the side of his mouth.
"Genbu!" Lily screamed.
Suddenly the snake shot out from underneath the god to ferociously latch itself to Fenrir's neck. In its sharp movement the snake had sharply turned Genbu on his side, which was enough for the god to then clamber to his feet.
The snake unlatched itself from its prey's neck as Genbu unleashed a wave of freezing breath. Fenrir leapt high into the air to evade the attack, but was not quite fast enough to prevent the tip of his tail from being frozen.
The wolf had no time to even growl upon landing, as the snake once again came strait at him. In a quick movement Fenrir swiped the snake away with a clawed paw, creating several deep gashes, before going directly for Genbu. This time the snake could not react fast enough and there was no time to breathe ice.
Fenrir's sharp jaws clamped down upon Genbu's neck hard enough to immobilize him, but not hard enough to kill him. The god fell to the ground, the snake wriggle for a few brief moments before falling still. It was only then that Fenrir let go of his grasp and not a second later did a black mist devour them, leaving no sign of either beasts once it cleared.
A sharp roar from the distance came to meet Lily's ears, causing her horrified gaze to climb to the sky. In the distance she could vaguely make out a blue snake like creature and a red blur she figured was a bird, only to realize once they was closer that it was the dragon known as Seiryuu and the phoenix known as Suzaku. Behind her came another roar, one that belonged to the giant tiger god known as Byakko, whose massive head lay directly over her.
…by the time we arrived the battle was over and both were gone.
Byakko's words echoed in her head as she watched the god's confusion. Next Suzaku would fall victim, but there was nothing she could do about it, it was all in the past. All she could do was correct the events to save the future, but to do that she would undoubtedly have to go up against Fenrir.
'How am I supposed to fight him?' she asked herself worriedly. The feat seemed impossible now that she had seen him fight and the reality of the god's falls finally crashed into her mind.
She looked down to her feet with a heavy sigh. 'I am no miko, nor am I a seshi. I have no god given powers like Tasuki. How am I going to fix this mess?'
Only a few hours ago she had been so confident in everything, she had felt that she could indeed beat Fenrir at his own game, but now it seemed hopeless. There was only one god left and he could rarely contact them, something that was not in the least soothing to her mind.
'But when are hero's battles ever easy?' She found her mind questioning. 'When is it ever a simple matter of barging in, waving a sword about and declaring that all will be as you desire it and having it happen for a hero?'
"Never," Lily said aloud, though she hardly felt like a hero. A pawn perhaps, but not a hero.
Everything around her began to ripple and fade like an illusion in the scorching deserts.
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With a groan Lily sat up and opening her eyes to she realized that she was back in the room Taiitsukun had given her during her stay, laying on the soft bed that had done nothing to give her a peaceful nights sleep. The soft rays of light entered the room through the windows, dancing upon the carpeted floor and polished furniture.
After releasing a deep yawn and stretching her tired limbs Lily climbed out of bed. As she began to take her out from the braid in which it was held she pondered over her dream and her own capabilities for doing as the gods wished her to.
If she decided not to help she could go home and be safe from these trying matters, but her life at home was far from perfect. If she decided to help she would save thousands, but run the risk of getting herself killed and inevitably doing nothing to help anyone else.
What was a person to do?
A soft knock at the door brought Lily from her thoughts. As she looked over the door opened slightly and an all too familiar red head poked his head in.
"An' here I was ready to rattle ya out of bed," Tasuki smirked as he opened the door all the way and leaned against the doorframe. "Well, breakfast is ready and you'll want to eat somethin' since we've got a long trip ahead of us."
Lily nodded, "Thank you Tasuki."
The bandit waved the comment off, "No need to thank me. Just hurry up and get ready." With that he turned and left, closing the door behind him.
"That's not the thanks I meant," Lily murmured to herself as she placed her hair tie down on the table. The sight of a white shirt resting over the back of the nearby chair brought a faint smile to her face; it was the one she had 'borrowed' from Tasuki the day after she had pneumonia, she never had returned it.
Picking it up she could not help but let her smile grow at the feel of soft material in her hands. A frown quickly took over however as she remembered she had a decision to make. With a sigh she folded the shirt and placed it gently on the table before picking up her brush and started removing the tangles that had found their way into her hair.
Hmm. Once confident, now questioning. What path will Lily choose?
I'm hoping that the next chapter will be up next weekend since by then most of my finals will be over, but I do have my math final on either the 14th or 15th… lets just say I hate math and my mind is very sketchy on what I learned at the beginning of the year. If anything I'll update the day after my final. Ya, that sounds like good plan to me.
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