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All is Fair in Love and War

Prolouge

Deep seraphic eyes watched from the Heavens above. The Goddess they belonged to stared with an obvious curiosity with a burning need to be questioned. Her full lip formed a soft smile as she watched on.

"Merciful Goddess, do tell what is it down there that is holding your attention so fiercely?" Jiro Shin asked, his footsteps silent against the stone floor. Kanzeon smiled, pointing.

"Look, down there, do you see here?" She asked. "See the young woman?" Her attendant squinted into the distance, trying to pick out the woman his mistress spoke of.

"I'm afraid I don't know which one…" He replied.

"The one with white hair, look? She's so young, see her pink eyes. She's got somewhat of a heart shaped face with pink eyes. And a widows peak. She's wearing turquoise robes. Isn't she pretty?" Kanzeon asked, now more lively than ever. Jiro Shin noticed her glee and looked at her blankly.

"The big breasted one picking berries?" He inquired.

"Yeah, that one!" Kanzeon exclaimed. "She looks just her mother…"

"So you knew her mother, is that why you are excited?" Jiro Shin asked. Kanzeon grinned.

"Well, It's been about 19 or 18 years, but do you remember the recent banishment of the Love Goddess Sephora?" Kanzeon inquired, rubbing her chin. Jiro Shin was silent, deep in thought as he shuffled through his memories.

"Yes, I do, she looked almost exactly like that young lady down there. She was banished for having an inappropriate affair with another Goddess." He reminisced. "A Goddess in love with another Goddess, how terribly trashy…" Annoyance flashed through Kanzeons eyes.

"The Jade Emperor assumed it was another Goddess. But in all actuality, Sephora had and affair with a hermaphrodite and conceived. The two Goddesses were inseparable. They never did anything alone, or without the other, the romance was very short lived however, as the heavens frowned upon it. Upon conception, she was banished from paradise. She had her daughter in the lower world. She was so unaccustomed to the lower world that she died within 2 years of giving birth to that sweet young lady down there." She smiled fondly. Jiro Shin blinked.

"But Merciful Goddess, you are the only hermaphrodite in heaven." He stated pointedly. Kanzeon bit her lower lip.

"Yes, I'm aware of that. That lady down there, that is my daughter. I guess you can say I fathered her."

"…...Merciful Goddess……I never knew that you…."

"Send for that Dragon King fellow, he knows this area of the lower world well. She may also be of some use to us, I remember Li Touten stating that he was wondering about a mate for Nataku to see if they could breed another war hero to fight on behalf of heaven. If that's what it takes to secure my daughter a place in heaven, then I am more than willing to convince her of it. By the looks of things, she doesn't have much going for her in the lower world except those shocking good looks acquired from myself and Sephora. Now, bring me Gojun."

"Of course, right away, Merciful Goddess." Jiro Shin lightly bowed before walking away from his mistress. Kanzeon stared affectionately down below at her daughter, lightly chewing her lip.

"I swear I will change your life for the better, just as your dear mother did for me…"

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AN: Sorry it's so short, next chapter will be longer! Please R&R, this is my first fanfic in 2 years, so enjoy!