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Chapter 45 - Chapter:45 Rumours??

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Possible, but I thought I collected all my fragments after the Killing Stone was broken. For one of them to not only remained hidden but gain sentience after so many years, let alone how it retains the ability to access the Leylines," frowned Amaterasu.

"It is odd, so what do you want to do? Go and collect it?" asked Tsukuyomi, curiously, only to frown as they felt the power disappear as it stopped draining the Leylines.

Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu blinked as they tried to sense it again only to fail as it seemed to literally disappear of the face of the planet. The two Shinto Gods just looked at each other in shock, "it would seem this fragment is quite good at masking itself," commented the Moon God.

"Indeed, I'll send word to our followers in Kyoto to be on the lookout for it. In the meantime I'll keep my eyes on the Leylines, if it revealed itself before to use them it might do the same again," agreed Amaterasu with a sigh.

"And if you do find this individual? What will you do then?" questioned her counterpart.

The Sun Goddess was silent as a thoughtful look crossed her face.

Lugh just laughed as he joined in the song, singing along with the other drinkers, their loud voices drowning out the storm raging outside the castle walls.

It is God who suffered them, though He restrained them,

They landed with horror, with lofty deed,

In their cloud of mighty combat of specters,

Upon a mountain of Conmaicne of Connacht.

Without distinction to discerning Ireland,

Without ships, a ruthless course,

The truth was not known beneath the sky of stars,

Whether they were of heaven or of earth.

They all cheered as the song came to an end and more drinks were passed around the room before the God ducked under a thrown tankard. The flying mug sailing over his head and hit a drinker behind him, causing the God to get socked in the face by the drenched drinker.

A wide grin spread across his face as Lugh returned the punch and knocked the drinker off his feet, overturning a table and spilling the drinks of another group of merry-makers. The group cried in outrage before one of them grabbed a chair and smashed it over the Sun God's head, shattering the chair into wooden fragments.

Lugh just laughed in response as he picked up the man and threw him at the rest of his friends, knocking them all off their feet as the God ducked under another thrown bottle. By this time, the entire hall had devolved into their own personal bar fights as the staff just sighed, clearly used to this kind of behavior.

Grinning Lugh grabbed an empty bottle and smashed it over one of his attacker's head, knocking the man out as the bottle broke. One of the four remaining attackers grabbed another chair before throwing it at Lugh, who dodged to the side before snatching a still full tankard of ale and sculling it.

Giving a sigh of satisfaction Lugh blocked an incoming right cross to his chin before elbowing the man in the face, causing his opponent to fall to the ground unconscious as the Sun God stepped over his fallen body.

The other three piled on top of him as they tried to pin Lugh to the ground, only for the Sun God to simply stand up with the three hanging off his body. Lugh then smiled as he shook his body vigorously, like a dog, and sent the three men flying across the room before the landed on the floor with a groan.

"Having fun there Lugh?" asked an amused male voice.

The Sun God smiled as he recognized the voice and spun around to see a jolly looking man with a smirk on his face, "well if it isn't the Eochaid Ollathair himself. What brings you here Dagda? Come to grab a drink and join the fun? I'm good for a round two."

The smirk on Dagda's face dropped to a serious expression as he gestured for Lugh to take one of the few undamaged seats left, "not today Lugh, I think you know why I'm here."

Lugh just frowned in confusion as he sat down, "oh? And what would the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann want with me?"

Dagda stared at him with a calculating expression, "I've heard some troubling rumors recently."

"Rumors?" repeated Lugh with a clueless look on his face.

Dagda nodded as he kept his gaze focused firmly on Lugh, "yes, apparently the Immortal Witch has left the Land of Shadows and is currently in the human world. Something that has not happened in centuries."

The Sun God laughed, "Ha! I did not think you would take stock in such things, are you sure you're not going senile in your old age Dagda? You know as well as I that if Scáthach had left the Otherworld then we would have sensed it."

Dagda eyes narrowed, "indeed we would have…unless she had help."

"And what makes you say that?" asked Lugh as he reached across the table for one of the still full tankards.

"The rumors say that she was seen talking to you and Morrigan before the two of them disappeared," replied Dagda, making Lugh pause before he starting cursing silently in his head.

"Are you insinuating something Dagda? Morrigan hasn't been here since she left. She's still on her vacation in the human world, you know that," replied the Sun God as he downed his drink.

"Yes, strange that she chose to tell only you of this before she left. I wasn't aware the two of you had gotten that close," commented Dagda.

"We're not exactly close but I'm one of the few among us that doesn't treat her like crap after the incident, so we do talk occasionally," growled Lugh as he leveled a glare at his friend.

"I see, and what do these talks usually entail?" asked Dagda with raised eyebrows.

"Oh you know, reminiscing about better times, drinking ourselves to oblivion, the usual," laughed Lugh with a smile.

Dagda just sighed tiredly as he stared at his friend, "Lugh, what are you and Morrigan up to?"

"What makes you think I'm planning anything with Morrigan?" he asked with a frown.

"She has been gone in the human world on 'vacation' for an abnormally long time and has already missed one of our meetings," reasoned Dagda.

"Morrigan has always been like that Dagda, you should know that better than me. You know how she feels about politics, in fact I think that's one of her more redeeming qualities," mused the Sun God.

"True but she at least used to show up for our meetings, despite the hostility she got from the others. And she certainly wouldn't miss one because of some 'vacation,'" argued Dagda.

"So she finally got fed up with how they were treating her, I can't say I'm that surprised. You know how she is treated," Lugh replied, glaring at his friend.

Dagda just sighed under his friend's glare, "yes I'm aware, but I also know Morrigan wouldn't shirk her duty due to some hostile name calling, nor would she mask her presence from us just so she could 'enjoy her vacation undisturbed.'"

An amused grin spread across Lugh's face, "who knows how the mind of that woman works? Perhaps, she found a nice human to spend some time with? A way to let off some steam? We might have another demigod in the making."

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