This story is pure fan-fiction. The characters and locations are the sole property of Shonen Jump and the series's creator, Masashi Kishimoto. Nor do I own any rights to Flame of Recca, published by Viz media and created by Nobuyuki Anzai nor Herules: The Legendary Journeys which was produced by Sam Raimi and created by Christian Williams. At no time is this fiction an intent to infringe upon their rights nor properties.

Undisclosed Dimension

Ancient Greece

Sparta, circa 542BC

Temple of Ares, Central Prayer Chambers of the High Priestesses

The High Priestess was rising from her afternoon prayers and was turning slowly to leave when she felt the wind pick up in the sealed chamber. She spun with wide eyes as she saw the air begin to gather up minute dust particles. Making the swirling mass become visible. Pressure of a kind she had never before experience slammed into her, making her fall to her knees, breathing becoming increasingly difficult. She could only stare as a bundle of rags fell from that swirling cloud to land onto the cushions reserved for when her patron came to claim the offerings of one of his priestesses, that is...her virginity. With a clap of thunder the dark vortex snapped shut and threw her fully to the ground.

She rose to her knees and ever so slowly crawled forward to peer at the bundle. To her shock, a child...no, a newborn was nestled amongst the cushions wrapped in a cloth of a weave she had never seen before. A male...maybe a week old from the looks of him, she thought in awe as she took in the tousle of sun kissed hair. Reaching out, she gently ran a hand over the child and found him to be real and not a hallucination nor god-induced vision. Picking up the bundle, she could only stare as the babe opened its eyes with a yawn and met her gaze with a stare that only a child had. Eyes the color of the deepest Agean stared at her deep brown without fear and with no little confusion as it twisted slightly and let out a loud cry...

Elsewhere...

High above the mortal realm, in the halls of Olympus, the Gods and demi-gods present paused as the very air echoed with the cry of a child. A cry that slowly changed, deepening into that of a beast so filled with bloodlust it made more than one of them gasp as the very rare sensation of terror gripped their spines and hearts like a vise. One, once he got over the shock could only smirk to himself as he sensed his initial plans working. Other Gods were already rushing to the Scrying pools to see where the source of this threat was. Many already preparing themselves to enter the mortal realm to destroy it. Or to have one of their Chosen do it for them.

Inside a closed antechamber Ares, the God of War himself, son of Zeus and Hera, found himself slammed against a wall by his half sister. He felt himself being locked in a stasis by her god powers and he snarled until his own power emerged to shatter it. His gaze met hers as he cursed, "Dammit, sister...What in the name of Tartarus' deepest bowels was that for?" It was only the feel of her blades, one at his throat and a second caressing his privates, that kept him from retaliating.

Athena stared hard at her brother, searching his expression intently without removing her swords from his throat and balls. "What have you done Ares? You know what Father decreed.. If any of us dared disrupt the mortal realm again like we had in the pas,t the guilty would join Kronos. Only a god power could reach Olympus...Whatever...THAT...was, it has POWER. I will ask only once more...WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

Blinking at this uncommon display from his tactically minded sibling, he could only begin to laugh. "I have done nothing...This time, I can be honest and say this is not of my doing...I will find out who did though..." he said with a threating growl which reached his eyes as he reached up and very, VERY, gently psuhed aside the only thing that could a god feared from his throat and nuts. "My vow, Athena...If it was one of mine...I will send them to Hades myself."

Finding no deception in her half-brother's eyes and voice, she nodded and quickly stepped back, sheathing her blades. "You do that. I have to find it before Father learns of its existence. It was purest of luck he has gone out to chase some poor mortal woman again. As it is, it will only be a matter of time befoer he does. Nothing can be hidden from him for long. It is also only sheer luck that I know where to begin. I leave you to hunt here. I go to the mortal realm to attend to this matter."

He nodded, straightening his tunic. The he asked the obvious question, "Where do you go, sister?"

"Sparta..." she replied evenly before she disappeared in a plume of owl feathers.

The Mortal Plane...

The High priestess quickly moved to the entrance of the private chamber. Knowing full well the child's cries would be heard in the temple. What to do? What to do? THis has never happenned before. Obviously this child is meant for greatness but what? Either this male is a gift from Ares to this temple, which means he is to be trained as a Priest. Or this is a test of Ares. Perhaps he himself come to us as a babe to see if we would recognize him and treat him with the deference and protection he deserves. Unable to decide, she pressed the release for the panel door as to step out and show the child to the other priestesses. Deciding that in either case the child would be taught the arts of war and then when he came of age...her face contorting into a lewd smile that she knew would be shared by every woman there, he shall be indoctrinated into the ways of the flesh and heavily. About to make an announcement her eyes lifted from the child to see twenty guards and over a dozen shrine maidens and lower priestesses sprawled unconscious all over the mediation chamber. A lone woman was slowly walking forward, surveying the scene around her with a sneer of disgust. Her steps were fluid and graceful as she avoided touching those that had fallen and as such her silken gown was undisturged, its colors revealing her to be the High Priestess of Athena.

"I see you refuse to keep some of your best in your temples. Has the debauchery that goes on here rotted away whatever brains you once had?" came the soft yet determined voice. "Now...hand over the child to me now." a hand rose with palm up as if expecting the High priestess to do as demanded.

She clutched the child tighter in outrage. "How dare you defile our holy place, you prudish little bitch!" On the verge of calling for more guards, she saw the woman raise her other hand and make a flickering motion before she felt herself lifted and suddenly sent flying backwards to collide with a column a good thirty feet away. Teetering on the precipice of unconsciousness she only then saw the glow of power about the woman. Power so great her flowing tresses were lifted about her in an unseen wind. The child she had tried to keep floated on nothing towards the non threatening hand and settled atop it. Gasping as she passed out, she knew she had just offended a goddess. And not just any...but the half sister to her own patron.

The newcomer stared at the bodies around her and sneered once more. "Brash and unobservant. Typical of what my dear brother favored. " She looked down into the fearless gaze of the child as she turned and left the temple without a care. Speaking in a sing song cooing tone as she rubbed the baby's belly. "Those stupid little sluts...didn't know you could have had them all for lunch did they? No they didn't..." Her eyes crinkled as the child giggled at her,"Besides you're just too cute to leave in the clutches of those bimbos...yes you are." Crossing the city to return to her own temple, her nostrils flared. "Definitely going to have to find you a caretaker. No way in Olympus I'm changing that..." It took the possessed Priestess only a few minutes before she entered her domain and saw one of her shrine maidens kneel to her. "You, girl...go fetch me the king immediately!" she commanded as she handed the child off to another saying, "Attend to this child's needs." I know just how to turn this to my advantage now... The demon is sealed and it appears to be stablized. Now to ensure he is cared for...Ahh I know just who is perfect for have always wanted a child and they will ensure he thinks with his head just as much as his heart...