Sometimes fate works in mysterious ways. No, that's not right. Actually fate Always works in mysterious ways, having invented the entire mystic aura-thingiee to match its work. Sometimes it has to pull a lot of strings, each a life, each a destiny waiting to happen. And sometimes the strings get tangled. But fate never mentions something like that, it would be bad for its mysterious aura.
This time, there were not many strings to be manipulated, and there were no knots or tangles to hinder its plans. All fate had to do, was to make sure that there were no guns left in Ethan's Costume Shoppe, by the time a certain Xander Harris entered the shop.
Xander listlessy fished around in the bargain bin. No rifles, no guns, not even a simple pistol had been left in Ethans shop, after the gradeschoolers had stormed the place.
There was a lot of useless junk, cheap demon masks, plastic wands with glitter, vampire fangs and fake bunny ears, but nothing that he would wear guiding a brunch of kids.
Then his hand closed around something different and he pulled it out to see what he'd found.
Hmmm... a pair of headphones, a claw necklace and a strange holster with a small stone tablet in it.
Oh yes... this definetly had potential. He only needed to add a fake katana and he was set.
It was strange, he thought as he made his way to visit Jesses grave. All this trouble, all this pain the chaos spell at halloween had done, but he felt like he should hunt down Ethan to give him a hug. Finally he understood why the demons and other critters were so drawn to him, finally he knew why HE of all people had ended up with the hyena matriarch and not one of the girls.
He had had the potential to become a shaman, past tense, because of the crash course of being Asakura Yoh for one night, he WAS a shaman now. All he had to do know, was practice what he had learned through Yoh, to commit it firmly into his memory.
"Where are we going to, master?"
That was the other 'gift' he had gained on halloween. When Asakura Yoh had called his bonded companion spirit from his resting place in the stone tablet, the spirit Amidamaru had been created by Janus chaotic magic. Once created he was there for good, nothing could uncreate him unless he decided to move on. And Amidamaru had decided to stay with him.
"To visit an old friend."
He didn't know how often he had gone to Jesses grave since his death, but he did knew that this was the first time Jesse would be there, to talk with him.
And for that, he had to give Ethan a big hug if he ever saw him again... after he had punched him for selling that dress to Buffy.