Fated Destiny

Fated Destiny Chapter Fourteen Mashu's special training

Mashu and I follow Caster's up the stairs to the top. I turn and look back at the large room before turning back and following Caster and Mashu up the second flight of stairs back into the house. I reached the top of the stairs and stepped out of the stairway into the main house, closing the door behind me. I turned to see Mashu and Caster waiting for me at the door. I walked over and Mashu nodded her head at me and turned and grasped the doorknob and turned it. When Mashu pulled the door back she let out of a gasp of surprise.

"What is it Mashu?" I said looking over her shoulder, there sitting on the door mat was Four, twitching his tail back and forth.

"Four there you are! Where have you been?" Mashu exclaimed.

"Four! Kyu, Kyuu~!" Four yelped his usual bark.

"Oh I see, well I'm glad to see you are alright Four!" Mashu said.

"What is this creature Mashu? You obviously know it!" Caster said, Mashu turned around holding fists up with an angry look on her face.

"This animal is Four and Four is a male not an it!" Mashu said angrily.

"Alright Alright Sorry." Caster said apologetically.

"Are you going to tell Four you're sorry!" Mashu said in a demanding tone.

"Alright! Four I'm sorry." Caster said in an apologetic tone as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Four. Nkyu, fou!" Four barked replying.

"Four say's it's alright." Mashu said looking up from Four at Caster.

"Well glad to hear that's all behind us..." Caster said, I knelt down and patted Four's head and gave his ears a rub.

"Yeah so let's get going." I said standing up.

"Yeah, follow me. I'll lead the way." Caster said.

"We're right behind you." I said and Caster pushed past Mashu and Four and started walking off to the gate. I followed behind him with Mashu in toe with Four trailing not far behind. Caster walks through the open gate with Mashu, Four, and I behind him. Caster turns left and we turn left following him. Caster leads us down the street for a few miles. As we walk I look around at the house's lining the street, some had been burned down to ash and rubble, while others were in the process of burning down. Mashu looked around gripping her shield tightly, looking out for enemies. My eye's wander around for any enemies, but the only living things that walked these streets was us. The smoke appeared to be thinner here in the residential district and the fire had mostly died. So cleaner air was always a nice change of pace. My mind wandered as we walked and Scathach entered my thoughts once again as I wondered where she was. We had been in Fuyuki for well over seven hours and I was starting to worry if she was alright, there had been several times I wanted to detour and try and find her, but I knew our objective was priority. She should have regrouped with us by now, but we had not. So where was she? I glanced down at my right hand for a moment, her command seal was still there. So she was still alive, which was only partially reassuring, she could still be alive bleeding out in some field or a ditch or an alleyway. Caster took a turn and I almost kept going straight until I felt someone grab my arm and turn me in the right direction. I turned and saw Mashu holding my arm and looking at me.

"Caster is going this way, Senpai. You almost kept going straight. You could have ended up wandering off and getting yourself injured or worse." Mashu said.

"Sorry Mashu. My thoughts were just occupied, and I wasnt paying attention." I said.

"If I may ask, by what?" Mashu lowered her voice, I motioned my head down and Mashu looked down. I took my right hand out of my jacket pocket showing Scathach's command seal. Mashu noticed it and nodded her head.