Disclaimer: Never belonged to me, never will.
Yukari walked out with Cassandra. "Before your one man fan club Icarus comes back. I was wondering; why don't you like Icky? I mean he's nice, funny, and loves you to death. What else do you want! I mean I know he's annoying but HEY everyone has a character flaw."
"What is it with you people and that little nightmare, Icarus? Nice? Yea, what's your definition of nice? Funny? HA! He's hilarious! But that's just because his mind went coo-coo. And he is obsessed with me! It's not love! Obsession is a totally different category, believe me! But, all in all, I GUESS I like him a little bit... AS A FRIEND!"
"Huh." Yukari thought a bit then asked, "Where's Hercules?"
"Parenthesis called him to his office."
"Aw, poor Hercy! What did he do this time?" Yukari said then immediately changed the subject. "So, how'd you get the gift of prophecy anyways? There are some rumors going around that you had a fling with Apollo the sun god and it didn't quite work out. So as a little reminder of the tiff you two had he cursed you with the gift you have today. Is that a nasty little rumor?"
"How did I get the gift of prophecy? Well I had this little tiff with Apollo. Kinda happened on my first real job. I was born with the gift of prophecy and so I thought I should get a part time job in that area, you know, pocket money and all. So I went to work at the Oracle of Delphi for Apollo. Well, that was the one time I think I let my smart mouth get the better of me. He did try a few of his godly moves but I find the thought of hooking up with a god kind of repulsive. Their relationships usually end up in either death or disaster! So yes, it is a rumor! I think Apollo was just having a bad day and decided to take it out on me so he cursed me and made me only see doom and disaster. I wonder if it had to do with me turning down that date. Joyful story huh?"
"Yeah. Is the cafeteria food always like this?"
"And as for the cafeteria food, I would not be surprised if you did see an eyeball. I found a few toenails in my Pita one time, not a pretty picture. The cafeteria ladies do things in that kitchen you do not want to know about! Now doesn't that make you want to take your lunch from now on?"
"Oh hell yeah."
"Does your brother know you swear?"
"Yes he does." Hercules said, as he went out to them.
"So why were you called in?"
"Parenthesis apparently had a brilliant idea. He wants every new kid, from the time I joined until the time Yukari joined, to create the party."
"Under who's influence?"
"Adonis? I mean you embarrassed him pretty badly."
"He's not smart enough to do anything except build holes to make me fall into them." Yukari answered as she easily avoided the holes.
"It's Phinous." A new girl came up.
"Persephone?" Yukari asked. The girl smiled at Yukari.
"He claimed that it would help the 'new' students to fit in." She said.
"Yes, fit in to this crazy place we call life." Yukari said. Both Cassandra and Persephone said goodbye, since their mothers expected them to be home. There were no conversation with Hercules and Yukari, as each had their own thing to think. By the time they reached Phil's place, they saw that it was a mess. A huge mess.
"My gods… who could have done this?" Hercules asked, completely shocked at the mess in front of him.
"Oh… I don't know… monsters, evil plotting princes from schools, your uncle Hades… take your pick. There's plenty more who could and would do such a thing." Yukari replied.
Hercules gave her a look. "C'mon, let's see if Phil's alright in there."
"No need." Yukari said as she picked up a note from the ground. She handed it to Hercules who read it out loud.
"Damn Man and brat, Because of the two of you, I've lost the birthright to the throne of the Amazons. So I'm taking the satyr and your horse in payment for the damage." After reading it, he turned to Yukari. "Why would she lose the throne though?" He asked thoughtfully.
"The Amazons will not accept a leader who is intoxicated or is addicted to any alcohol forms."
"Who would she lose the throne to?"
"Her sister, Hypptaia."
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The next day came without a delay, and the two siblings could not find heads or tails as to where Phil or Pegasus could be at. Walking to school, Hercules looked around, as if he missed something the night before and kept his ears open to hear any rumors as to where his coach and his horse was. Yukari was doing the same, at Hercules' side.
By the time that they reached school, they had heard nothing of the two missing ones. Icarus and Cassandra, who were informed the night before as to what had befallen Phil and Pegasus, had nothing to tell the two.
Pretty soon, the girls parted from the males to go to home economics; a subject that Cassandra loathed. In class, they were to make olive soufflés. The only problem that Yukari had with it was that it was too easy for her; she got bored. Therefore, the question to whether she could switch to boys gym came up. She was pitifully denied. Grumbling to herself, she sat far from the teacher and a lot closer to Cassandra. "Hey, Cassandra?"
"What?" She asked exasperatedly.
"What is it about the room that annoys you so much?"
"Other than the fact I'm getting a toothache just from breathing the air in this room?" Yukari gave her a look. Cassandra shrugged then went back to her food. Yukari, her attention span being decreased every second she's in the room, leaned back on her chair to look outside where the boys were playing. It happened to be some sort of ball game.
From the bird's eye view, Yukari saw that there were two goals. Each was guarded by three boys, one in the center, the other two on the sides. It also seemed that there was an offense and a defense to each team. The offense would try to get the ball to the goal, while the defense had to make sure that the ball stayed out of their court. All this while using their upper bodies; the legs were to run with.
It was a game that Yukari would have loved to join in. Forsaking her chair, she sat on the window sill, staring intently at the game. After five seconds of watching the game, she understood every rule that was associated with the game. Every once in a while, she hollered, "Foul! That was a dirty foul! Penalize the scoundrel!" The game continued as if she hadn't shouted. However, something was wrong. Hercules wasn't playing the game at all. And Yukari was not someone who was going to stand for that. "Hey! Coach-type person down there! Why ain't Hercules playing eh? You discriminating jerk!"
Persephone and Andromeda saw that Yukari had abandoned her perfected soufflés and came over to the shouting girl. "Sweetie? What's the matter?"
Yukari turned to the half nymph. "They ain't playing fair, and they ain't allowing some to play." She pointed to Hercules who was on the bench.
Andromeda sighed and Persephone replied, "That's how Adonis and Phineus treat Hercules. They even threatened the school in order to have their way."
Yukari growled and continued to shout at the offending sight before her eyes.
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Yukari and Hercules, as well as Cassandra and Icarus, sat together during their lunch period. Adonis was nowhere to be seen; neither was Phineous. "Ah… a snob free atmosphere. Life is kind." Yukari stated as she leaned back on to a column. The moment she said that, Parenthesis came walking towards them. "Life is cruel." Yukari corrected herself.
"Have you-"
"Shut up and go away."
"I beg-"
"Don't, it's just pathetic."
"Excuse-"
"You are excused."
"Will you-"
"No."
"Listen."
"Uhh… no. Go away."
Hercules placed a hand over her mouth and nodded towards Parenthesis. Thankful, he continued. "Have the two of you planned anything for the party yet? And Yukari, could you sacrifice this at the Temple of Zeus?" He held out a large piece of meat that looked a lot like a pig's loin.
Yukari glared at the man. "I sacrifice nothing for him. I sacrifice nothing for your gods."
Sputtering, Parenthesis managed to say, "That's-"
"What I do. I don't believe in your gods. I may live in Greece, I may even go to this school of yours, I may even have a brother who's the son of Zeus, but you can not make me believe in these gods of yours."
"You shouldn't insult the gods. They'll smite you with their-"
"Amazingly weak power." Yukari scorned and then stood up on the table. "Smite me oh Great Smiter!"
Nothing happened.
Smirking, Yukari jumped off the table and sat with her feet propped up on the table.
Everyone around stared in shock at the nerve of the raven haired girl. Who was she to insult their creator?
"Ah, suck it up. It's not like he's gonna throw down a stray thunderbolt and zap me." With that, she took out a flute that she hid somewhere in her clothes and began playing an unknown tune.