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Seeing his expression the witch just laughed, "Oh, don't be like that, Morrigan knows how to keep a secret. She won't tell anyone about you except Lugh, no need to give him false hope you know."
Issei just nodded a guilty expression appearing on his face, "yeah poor guy, can you tell him I'm sorry for that when you see him."
Scathach's face suddenly gained a manipulative grin that made Issei's heart sink, "oh I'm not going."
"What? But I thought you two were only here to figure out the Cu Chulainn connection, besides aren't you both in trouble with this Dagda guy," frowned Issei in confusion.
"Dagda may be the leader of the Celts but I work with them, not for them. He has no power over me and he knows it, besides…" explained the witch with a hostile growl.
"Besides…" prompted the teen, curiously.
Scáthach gave the teen another grin as she stare at his arm, "I hear that dragons tend to attract all kinds of powerful entities, who knows maybe if I stick around you long enough, I'll find someone who can grant me my wish. Plus I don't want to miss any time with my new sparring buddy."
Issei was silent as he stared at the witch with a look of pity in his eyes, "Scáthach about your wish…is it true that you want to die?"
Much to his disappointment Scáthach just nodded her head, "that's right; I've lived a long time Issei. Far longer than I've wanted, I'm ready for death."
"But that just seems…wrong. To want to give up your life like that," argued Issei, causing the witch to smile sadly at him.
"Do you remember what Morrigan told you Issei? When Death has no meaning is Life really that fulfilling?" replied Scáthach as she turned back to look at the moon.
"But what about all the experiences that you'll never have? The possible events that await you in the future?" shoot back the teen, making Scáthach sigh.
"Issei I appreciate what you're doing but I can tell you right now that there is nothing I haven't already experienced left waiting for me in this world. No adventure, no excitement, no beauty, no change, just the same old thing repeating itself over and over again in an endless cycle," she responded, wistfully.
"Do you truly believe that Scáthach?" asked Issei as he looked at her with a familiar expression, bringing memories to the front of the witch's mind.
"Do you truly believe that Scáthach?" asked the blue haired man.
Scáthach just sighed at the question, "I don't believe it Sétanta, I know it."
The man just fixed her with a sad expression, "I see, take care then Scáthach. I hope that one day you are given your wish."
'These two, so alike in so many ways,' she thought with sad smile as once again the past began to repeat itself in front of her.
"I don't believe it Issei, I know it," she said with a sigh, waiting for the predictable response.
"Then you're an idiot," replied Issei with certainty, causing Scathach's eyes to wide in shock as she turned to face him.
Seeing this the teen continued, "tell me Scáthach, have you ever been to school before? Have you ever been out of the Otherworld in centuries? Do you know with 100% certainty that everything will repeat itself in exactly the same way?"
The immortal witch was silent as she just stared at him in utter shock, making Issei sigh as he looked up to the starry night sky with an amused smile on his face. "An annoying old man once told me something; tell me Scáthach when you think of alternate realities what do you think of?"
Snapping out of her shock, the witch frowned as she joined his stargazing, the two of them staring up at the sky as Scáthach replied, "A world that is exactly the same."
Issei just nodded, "and you would be right for the most part. Most worlds are the same except for just a single difference, a single person's life is changed slightly and suddenly it's a new world, even if only a select few are affected."
The teen then lay down on his back as a shooting star flew over the sky, bringing a smile to his face as he gestured for Scáthach to do the same. Frowning the witch lay down next to Issei and stared at him in confusion as the teen continued his speech.
"However, sometimes that one little change is just the signal of something much greater, the calm before the storm as bit by bit, that one insignificant difference suddenly changes everything around you. These small little differences eventually adding up to create something entirely different from what you used to know," he replied with a smirk.
Scáthach sat up from the ground as she turned to face him with a confused look on her face, "Issei, why are you telling me this?"
The teen just got up from the ground and placed a reassuring hand on the witch's shoulder, "Scáthach while the past may repeat itself, there are always small changes to them, you just have to be willing to look for them. Don't focus on how everything is the same but rather how everything is different, you have the opportunity to observe people as time goes on, why waste it?"
The witch was silent before a soft laughter escaped her lips as she smiled at him, "this old man was truly a wise one."
"The damned troll does have his moments," agreed Issei, grudgingly.
The pair then fell into a comfortable silence as they turned back to the sky, each absorbed in their thoughts. Eventually the silence was broken as Scáthach felt Issei's hand leave her shoulder, making the witch turn to see him give her a determined stare.
"Scáthach I promise you that I will make your life have meaning again, I will make you see that you should never just give up on Life like that," he promised without a hint of uncertainty in his voice.
"Issei why do you care so much about this? It's my choice after all," frowned Scáthach in confusion.
"Because Scáthach, I care about you. You and Morrigan both, you helped me when I needed it and now I'm going to return the favour. Besides…" trailed off Issei, not noticing the witch's eyes widen slightly.
"Besides?" prompted the witch, bringing an embarrassed smile to Issei's face.
"Besides a pretty girl like you shouldn't have such a sad expression on your face, it looks much better with a happy smile," replied the teen as Scáthach quickly looked away, hiding her face from view.
"Don't ask for the impossible Issei…but thank you," murmured the witch as a true smile spread across her face, a light blush forming on her cheeks.
"What was that?" asked the oblivious Issei.
"I said you should head off to bed, it's getting late after all. Don't worry I'll check on your friend," lied the smiling Scáthach.
Issei just shrugged his shoulders as he got up from the ground, "if you say so, 'night Scáthach give my regards and thanks to Morrigan if you see her."
"Of course, oh and Issei. Catch," replied Scáthach as she threw something at him.
"Try not to break it this time," she scolded with a smile as Issei looked down and saw another Rune necklace in his hands.
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