A/N: I just wanted to see how this would do…its been in my mind for a while…well enjoy.
Chapter 1
It was a dark and thunderous night. The wind howled like an angry beast, caged and bounded by strong, but slightly rusted chains. Cold rain pelted against the rooftops in a futile attempt to enter the buildings that refused to bow down to the wind that whipped harshly around them. Bolts of lightning flashed along with the ominous clouds illuminating the sky and surrounding forest in an eerie ivory glow, a moment later the light vanished, shrouding the village in darkness once again. As the dark clouds swirled above a dark haired woman lay screaming in a white hospital bed.
The woman's ear splitting screams echoed through the village, rivaling the wailing wind and growling thunder. Her screaming seemed too intensify when the wind knocked out the power leaving only the constant flashes of lightning and the dim light provided from the back up generators. The small hospital trembled as a bolt of lightning crashed in close proximity to the hospital grounds. Lightning mercilessly attacked the soaked earth, annihilating everything in its path.
After six hours of unrestrained screaming from pain, the dark haired woman finally gave birth to a beautifully healthy baby girl. The chaos outside seemed to stop as soon as the baby girl drew in her first breath. The terrifying attacks upon the earth ceased and the storm faded revealing the once hidden crescent moon, shinning a bright beam of silver light into the hospital room of the mother. The light danced across the little girl's face then engulfing her little body in a silvery glow. Her dark hair sparkled and her blue highlights became visible gleaming against the light.
"The storm seems to have cleared," stated the nurse, sighing in relief and releasing the death grip on her clipboard. The mother merely smiled as the last beads of sweat trickled down her slightly flushed face. Dark brown tresses clung to her face, her whole appearance showed that she was exhausted, but her eyes showed differently; they showed genuine love as she watched her child sleeping in her arms.
"It's a miracle that everything turned out alright, but its rather strange that the storm disappeared so suddenly," said the nurse, eyebrows knitting together in thought.
"You know I thought that the epidermal was created to take the pain away," said the mother laughing softly, resting her head against the elevated mattress.
"That's what I thought when I had my first kid, but at least it numbs the pain somewhat," said the doctor coming into the glowing room hospital room smiling gently.
The doctor walked over to the mother, her blond hair was in a neat bun with a few strands framing her face. Her long white jacket fell to her mid thighs, covering her black slacks. She adjusted her glasses slightly before scribbling down something on her clipboard.
"How are you feeling?" asked the doctor, glancing at the mother while smiling kindly.
"Fine, just a bit tired," replied the mother, smiling tiredly as the baby shifted in her arms.
"Oh would you look at that," stated the doctor, looking down at the baby girl.
The little girl's eyes slowly fluttered open revealing Vibrant emerald green eyes with silver lining the iris. The glow from her eyes lit up the dark room. Her eyes twinkled as she gazed up at the three people in the room.
"Beautiful," said the mother and the nurse simultaneously with soft eyes.
"I have never seen eyes like hers before…she is a unique one, don't you think?" said the doctor, writing on her clipboard after checking the mother's I.V. and monitors.
"Yes, I completely agree with you," replied the mother slowly turning her head to look at the night sky through the window.
"I hope you can see her up there Zeus," thought the mother.
"Do you have a name in mind," asked the nurse, snapping the mother out of her trance.
The mother looked at the hazel haired nurse. Her hair was tired in a high ponytail and her copper colored eyes tinkled in anticipation. Her blue scrub top was slightly wrinkled and her white scrub pants were in the same condition.
"Yes, I think Natsuki Kuga would be a fitting name for her," replied the mother, smiling down at the infant who looked up innocently at her surroundings.
"Alright, well we'll leave you to your peace for a little while," said the grinning doctor.
"Thank you very much," said the smiling mother, gently rocking Natsuki.
"It was my pleasure," replied the doctor, walking toward the door with a window and walking out with the nurse close behind.
As soon as the two health care providers left, a sudden flash of blinding light appeared in front of the mother. The light slowly faded revealing a tall, muscular, broad-shouldered man. He had silver hair that flowed down to his shoulders and his golden eyes with silver around them shined in the moonlight that flooded into the room. He took one large stride and was an inch away from the mother. The man grinned at the mother before carefully sitting on the bed.
The mother gazed up at the man with adoration in her eyes. Her eyes took in his appearance. His tan sculpted chest was bare and he had a tattoo of a lightning bolt on his deltoid. Golden cuffs covered his wrists and arm guards covered his forearms. A white cloth hung loosely from the red belt around his waist and flowed down to his feet.
"I thought you weren't going to show up," stated the mother, rocking Natsuki back and forth.
The man lifted his right hand and brushed a strand of hair out of the woman's face and placed it behind her ear.
"Well she is my daughter also so why would I not come to see her?" whispered the man smiling a genuine smile while watching as the little girl grabbed onto his finger.
"I just thought that someone as high and mighty as yourself couldn't care less about people like me and Natsuki," growled the mother as she scowled at the man before turning her head away.
"You are very foolish if you think that I would not care about you or my little girl," grumbled the man turning the woman's face so that she was looking directly into his golden silver-rimmed eyes.
"Do not think that I do not care, it is just that Hera is suspicious and I do not want you to end up walking in the afterlife," he explained with a calm voice, but it was his eyes that told her how worried he was about the situation.
"You really should have thought about that before Natsuki happened," yelled the mother in a hushed tone.
"Sorry, but I am not in charge of who falls in love with who," said the man as he wrapped an arm around the woman's shoulders and nuzzling the crook of her neck. "I love you."
"Whatever, let's just forget about Hera," said the mother, spitting out Hera's name venomously.
"Agreed," replied the man, still nuzzling her neck.
"Zeus, what will happen to Natsuki…will she be treated like me or you by the others?" asked the mother looking down at the bundle in her arms.
"I do not know, but I will find out as soon as I get back to Mount Olympus " replied Zeus, removing his arm from around the mother's shoulders and stood up. Zeus then placed a chaste kiss on her forehead and gently rubbed Natsuki's dark haired head.
"Until I am able to come back down to earth, take care," said Zeus as he walked to the window.
"No need to worry, I'm a big girl," said the mother, grinning from ear to ear.
Zeus chuckled before disappearing in the same blinding light he came in. The mother removed her gaze from the window to Natsuki's sleeping face.
"I hope you'll have a bright and fulfilling future with lots of people who care for you," thought the mother just as the nurse walked through the door.
"I have to take her now," said the nurse lightly.
"Alright," replied the mother, slowly handing the little bundle over to the nurse.
She watched as the nurse carried her baby towards the nursery. When the nurse closed the door the mother closed her eyes and yawned tiredly before falling into a deep slumber.
Just a few minutes after the mother fell asleep, Zeus arrived at the golden gates that guarded Mount Olympus, the garden of Eden. The gates slowly opened, harp music flooding out as Zeus made his way inside. Within the golden gates stood magnificent white marble Greek buildings with golden brick pathways leading to a variety of locations. Emerald blades of grass swayed as a warm breeze passed by, spreading the sent of apples and cherry blossoms though out Mount Olympus from the surrounding trees.
Zeus quickly walked toward the largest and most extravagant building of them all. White marble columns held the roof up and a gold lined walkway stood between the pillars and the building. White marble blocks made up the building itself and it sparkled in the sunlight and two giant lion statues sat guarding the entrance. He walked past those giant lions who's eyes followed his every step until his figure disappeared.
He walked down a red carpet along the long and wide corridor with ruby red tapestries bordered with silver hanging between the lanterns on the walls. Zeus turned the corner and entered a large conference room. He walked toward the stone table in the center and sat in the big chair at the end of it. He took his time to study the room. Zeus noticed that potted ferns stood at either side of every door as if to personally greet anyone who happens to walk into the room. The floor was bare, but was as stunning as any finely made floor cover, it gleamed and reflected the images around and above it in a crystal clear image. As Zeus looked above he saw a glowing chandelier made of gold and silver. Little golden angels bordered the base of the ceiling, smiling with their wings spread out as if to take flight. His gaze drifted lazily to the gods, goddesses, and the few titans that entered the room. When they were all seated he began.
"As you all may have realized I have a few important matters to discuss," stated Zeus while standing up.
"Yes, yes…get on with it because I was in the middle of something," yawned Hades, rubbing his black eyes.
Zeus looked over to the tired underworld god. His normal spiked blue with purple highlighted hair was in disarray; sticking up every which way. He wore is black toga which covered half of his muscled chest.
"I intend to get this over and done with quickly…where is Hera and Eris," asked Zeus glancing at all the gods.
"Hera said something about discussing an issue with Eris," replied Poseidon, the god of the ocean, while twirling his trident in his left hand.
"Alright…I have summoned all of you to discuss the topic of my newborn daughter and where she stands," stated Zeus, his voice void of any emotion.
"Well she is your child right…so why not make her a goddess," suggested Athena while poking her finger with the tip of a lightning bolt.
The gods looked at the dark red headed goddess, some with agreement and others with disgust. Athena just rolled her lilac colored eyes and frowned.
"Everyone deserves respect I mean she is just a baby…what the fuck is wrong with people," thought Athena, glanced at Ares as if to dare him to say something.
"Only immortals can become gods, not some half-bred disgrace," snarled Ares, the god of war.
"She is an immortal," growled Athena as her lilac eyes darkened in rage.
"Even if she happens to contain more power than anyone of us gods, the fact that she has mortal blood coursing through her veins is enough for me to loath her," Ares said acidly, completely ignoring Athena.
"He is right!" shouted all the gods except Zeus, Apollo, Athena, Themis, Prometheus, and Nemesis.
"Silence!" roared Zeus.
"What do you intend that we do then if you do not wish for the girl to join us?" asked the irritated Zeus.
No one answered the frowning supreme ruler of the gods except for a titan who knew the conversation would have gone nowhere if no one were to answer.
"What is the child's name?" asked Coeus, the titan of intelligence.
Zeus eyed the blue tinted titan. Coeus had a long white beard and half glasses, placed on the bridge of his pointed nose. Black beady eyes held no emotion as they gazed at Zeus while his mouth was set in a firm line, hiding his pointed teeth. He had a silver necklace that dangled down to his pectorals and dark blue sheet wrapped around his waist, held by a white leather belt. Zeus exhaled before answering.
"Her name is of no importance to you," responded Zeus, narrowing his golden eyes.
"Touchy," snickered Aphrodite, goddess of love, obtaining a death glare from Zeus and a lightning bolt just two centimeters above her head.
"Well since the girl was born on earth and possesses the powers of a god, I suggest that we grant her the title of the guardian of earth," suggested Coeus, shrugging his shoulders.
"W-what…why should that half-breed get such a noble title!" demanded Ares and Hades, the god of the underworld.
"Well would you rather have that half-breed up here with us and show you up?" asked Coeus, raising an eyebrow.
"As if she could," retorted Ares, crossing his arms.
"Her powers match those of a god even though she is merely an infant," replied Coeus. "And she would be far away from you," finished Coeus.
"That ignominy should also have her powers sealed up," said Aphrodite, inspecting her fingernails.
"Wow…that is the smartest idea you have ever had," replied Athena. "That way the girl would be able to live like a normal girl until she is able to control her powers."
"Yeah I know…wait did you just call me stupid?" seethed Aphrodite, slamming her manicured fists on the table.
"Silence!" boomed Zeus. "Athena and I will seal up Skye's powers and place the mark of the guardian upon her."
"Whatever," mumbled Ares, holding the hilt of his sword while walking out the door.
"Good it is over, now I can sleep," yawned Hades, following the god of war out the exit with the other gods trailing behind.
When all the gods left, Zeus slumped in his chair and rubbed his throbbing temples. He sighed and looked up at Athena.
"Well we might as well get the sealing over with," said Zeus, standing up from his chair.
"Are you sure you want this for Natsuki father?" asked Athena who looked over at Zeus with a bit of worry.
"It is the only way to keep her safe," he replied, walking over to the exit.
"You mean from the gods and the mortals," stated Athena, walking toward the door Zeus was headed toward.
"Exactly, now we need to leave quickly, so we are going to transport our selves," said Zeus.
"Right," responded Athena, transporting to earth in a blinding white light after Zeus.
From the shadows of the doorway a platinum blond headed goddess emerged. A wicked smile plastered on her flawless face and her cerulean eyes held hatred.
"Sorry little guardian, but I am about to make your life a living hell or just kill you…father made a foolish mistake when you were conceived," thought the blond goddess of discord. "I better tell mother of what information I have stumbled upon," finished the goddess, leaving to look for Hera.
Both Zeus and Athena reappeared in the nursery of the hospital. They both looked through the infants until Zeus found Natsuki wrapped in a pink blanket, sleeping soundly. He smiled softly at her and resisted the urge to hold the little pink bundle close.
"I found her," whispered Zeus while motioning Athena to come over to where he was standing.
When Athena waked over and looked down at Natsuki, she couldn't help, but smile at her.
"So this is my new baby sister…she is so beautiful," thought Athena with a warm and happy feeling in her heart.
"She is beautiful," sighed Athena, looking kindly down at Natsuki.
"She really is, but it is time to unfortunately seal her fate," replied Zeus, his mouth set in a firm line.
"Alright," whispered Athena, not wanting to seal the seal.
Athena's hand glowed blue and she placed it over Natsuki's abdomen. Eight icy blue Japanese characters appeared in a star shape on Natsuki's abdomen, sealing up her powers. Natsuki started to cry as the characters burned into her skin. Athena then removed her hand, felling a burning sensation she looked down at her burnt palms that slowly began to heal.
"Wow…she must have some powerful energy for burning my hand so badly and in so little time," thought Athena, admiring her baby sister's power.
"The seal has been placed," stated Athena, glancing over at Zeus.
"Excellent, now I will place the mark of the guardian," said Zeus, his eyes glowing as her took out a lightning bolt and tapped it against Natsuki's right bicep.
A red outlined flame tattoo appeared on her bicep with white outlined wings on either side. Natsuki once again started to squirm and struggled until the pain subsided.
"If the eight character seal is broken she will be in a great deal of pain," said Athena.
"Yes, but it is the only way that will guarantee that Natsuki will have a normal life," Zeus replied.
With everything said and done, they both left for Mount Olympus, but not before Zeus left a small note with a single word.
Guardian Kuga
A/N: I hope you guys liked it. R&R