My Place among the Gods

Kochou-hime

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A Destiny Unfolded

A journey back into the past

1,000 years before the rebirth of the princess and her soldiers…

Selenity smiled fondly as she strolled through the many gardens of Olympus. Their beauty was one that was incomparable to any life she had seen before. Her feet landed gently on the smooth paths of pure gold as she admired the rare and exquisite plant life that surrounded her. She entered a clearing and was mildly surprised by what she saw. Her father, the God Eros of Love, sat in waiting on a flattened rock at the center of the small clearing. "Ah, Selenity! I've been expecting you," the ancient God declared in an almost psychic fashion as he stood and approached his daughter. "I was hoping you would accompany me in a journey to visit your mother." Selenity's eyes filled with light and happiness as she looked at her smiling father.

"Is it possible?" Selenity inquired. Her father laughed and held out a welcoming arm to his daughter. His eyes danced in mirth as Selenity looked on wondrously.

"In Olympus dearest Selenity, anything is possible" and with that the two were surrounded with a bright light and were taken to another place.

They appeared in a place that was very foreign to Selenity. The ground they stood upon looked like clouds and she actually felt as if she was standing in a sea of soft cotton balls with no firm ground below. She overcame her concern of possibly passing through the floor when she looked up and saw her mother walking towards them. She looked majestic in a long flowing white dress, and her hair, in the same style as hers but with long tendrils flowing at her sides, was pure silver and shone brilliantly in the heavenly light. She still looked as youthful as she looked to Selenity when she had last seen her. Tears filled Selenity's eyes as she rushed and embraced her mother which was gratefully returned.

"Oh my Selenity, how beautiful you have become," Serenity said to her daughter. After the two had parted in their embrace, Eros approached Serenity and embraced the mother of his child happily. Serenity smiled at her daughter within his embrace. "My only daughter, you are as I had always dreamed." The small family stood in silence for a few moments and suddenly; the three of them appeared in a cozy sitting room. "I figured we'd be more comfortable here" Serenity said as she sat down on a sofa. The other two followed suit; Eros sitting beside Serenity and Selenity sitting in a seat before them.

"Is this heaven Mother?" Selenity asked. Serenity glanced at Eros and then looked back at her daughter.

"Not exactly Selenity," Serenity stated. Selenity looked confused as her mother continued to explain. "This is not the mortal heaven, but it is not Olympus either." Serenity stated simply again causing Selenity to fidget in her seat.

"Then what is this place?" Selenity asked exasperated.

"This is the home of the Delphi," Eros declared while holding his partner's hand.

"I'm sure you have a lot of questions Selenity, which is why we decided it was time for you to hear what really happened so many years ago." Serenity told her daughter. Selenity immediately looked intrigued as her mother prepared to recap her tale. "As you know Selenity, I told you the story of your father when you were younger…" Selenity nodded as she recalled the tale of the gentle and kind huntsman, Cupid, in which her mother had fallen in love with, but strangely had disappeared before Selenity's birth. "I just didn't know a few details at the time." Serenity explained with wink towards her daughter, "To tell this tale we must start with my mortal death…"

It was a dark night, the smell of death hung in the air. A young woman with silver hair tied in unique pigtails was panicking in the silence of the night.

"Mother!" Selenity screamed as she held tightly onto her mother's hand, "hold on, just a little longer, the healers are very near!" Serenity groaned as she clutched the gaping wound in her side. She was losing blood fast as her daughter was scrambling and ripping her own clothing pressing it on the wound in an attempt to stop her loss. She had been struck by the enemy with a hard flying blade; the pain was excruciating and rippling through her body. Tears were streaming down both their faces as Selenity was running out of ideas.

"Stop Selenity," her mother managed to choke. Serenity weakly raised a hand to her beautiful daughter and moved the hair away from her tear stained face. "You must fight against their hate without me now." The brave leader spoke to her daughter. Selenity screeched in negation and shook her head. Tears were falling down her face more violently now as she looked down at her mother.

"No! You will live to see the day when we succeed, when we defeat their terror and their evil." Selenity cried as she firmly gripped her mother's hand, "you cannot let me do this alone." Serenity, who was slowly losing the feeling of pain managed to smile at her daughter.

"I believe in you Selenity, you will make me proud, you always have." Serenity let go of her daughter's hand and pulled it to her neck. She reached beneath her shirt and with unusual strength considering her condition she pulled a necklace from her neck. On the chain of the necklace was a smooth black stone that loosely hung from the chain. "Take this my child, it was given to me by your father," Serenity whispered as she gasped for breaths, "let it remind you of me, and give you strength." She shoved the necklace toward Selenity with her last amount of energy in which collided with Selenity's own hand. Before Selenity could push the stoned necklace back toward her mother in negation a strange feeling washed over her.

A bright light emitted from the two's hands with the black stone between them. The strange connection must have linked their senses, because immediately Selenity felt her mother's intense pain. She turned her head to the sky and screamed in agony because as the intensity of the light increased so did the torture of the ache that ripped through her body. Although those few moments of the light were short, the pain that accompanied it seemed to drag those moments on for hours. The light finally dissipated and Selenity shook with weakness and fear. She looked down at her mother whose body was still and stiff, her mouth dropped in horror as she slowly entangled her own hand from her mother's.

A woman with raven colored hair ran toward the two. Others followed behind her but not as fast as the woman was moving. She flung her sword into the blood-stained dirt and skidded to a halt kneeling beside Selenity as she gazed upon her late friend and leader. Tears began to fly down the young woman's face as she turned her gaze to the sobbing Selenity. "She's gone Reina, she's really gone." Selenity sobbed as the young woman named Reina took her into an embrace. After a few moments, Selenity felt something dangling from her finger and remembered the necklace. She pulled away from Reina and looked at the necklace sitting in her hand.

In place of the smooth black stone that was once on the chain, there was a brilliant crystal that deceived the light and flung its rays in all directions. She looked at the stone in wonder and uncertainty. Concerned, Reina looked at the woman.

"What is it Selenity?" she asked. Without an answer Selenity slowly stood up and clasped the necklace with the brilliant stone around her neck. She was suddenly filled with strength and power as she picked up her mother's limp body and started walking toward the space vessel that had come to get them much too late. The others that had been following Reina, her friends and allies, bowed their heads solemnly as Selenity walked passed them with Serenity's body in her arms. Reina looked on sadly as the crushed woman walked painfully toward the ship. Before she reached the ship's door she turned around back toward the others with determination in her eyes.

"They'll try to stop us," Selenity declared with power in her voice, as she stood before them broken; her clothing torn, and her heart in pieces. "they will take from us the ones we love, but they can never take from us our love." The sun was starting to rise along the horizon as the others looked upon the strong woman as she seemed to shine gold from the sun. "I will never give up; their evil and hatred will one day perish."

Tears were falling down Selenity's face as her mother and father looked upon their daughter proudly. "My faith in you created the Imperium Silver Crystal," Serenity stated to her daughter, "it gave you the power to perform any deed of good, but at the most precious price, your life." Selenity wiped away her tears as her mother continued speaking. "However, I'm sure you're wondering how He came to you and intervened…" Selenity nodded as her mother complied.

The last thing Serenity saw was a bright light accompanied by a painful scream. As suddenly as she had left that moment she opened her eyes and she was surrounded by a world of white. She gasped as she felt herself standing and moved her hands down to where the wound had been. To her surprise the wound was gone, and in place of her battle uniform, was a long and simple white dress. She gasped as she realized what had happened.

"I'm really dead?" She stated loudly to herself.

"Yup," came a voice to the right. She whipped her head; her hair flying everywhere and noticed that to her right was a purple haired woman seated at a desk. "What's you're name hun?" Serenity seemed dumbfounded for a few moments before answering the strange woman.

"Serenity…" she replied as the woman jotted down her name.

"Okay thank you," she said causing Serenity to blink, "that's all I need from you, you can go wait with the others." The woman used her pen to point to the left where there were an endless amount of chairs with both humanoid and non-humanoid beings seated in them. Serenity traveled over to the chairs and slowly took a seat in an empty chair. She sat beside a peculiar blonde with short hair, she seemed to be staring out into space until Serenity had seated.

"Ugh, I really wish they'd hurry it up in there, I've been waiting forever." The blonde explained exasperated. Serenity looked confused upon the woman.

"What are you waiting for?" the woman looked strangely at Serenity and laughed.

"The same thing as you," she began, "judgment of course." Serenity's eyes widened in shock. "They've been taking forever to get people where they belong since the Hades, the lord of the underworld, and He, have been fighting."

"Who's He?" Serenity asked. The girl seemed to ignore her question and changed the subject.

"So, how did you die?" Serenity told the blonde her story although she felt it was strange to share something so intimate with someone she barely knew. "Wow…" the woman expressed as Serenity finished, "You're definitely getting into heaven!" Before Serenity could even reply to such a blatant remark, the purple haired woman from the desk approached them and stood in front of Serenity. The woman shook like she was freezing and took a moment to gain her composure.

"Excuse me…Miss Serenity," the woman shuddered, "He, wishes to see you." Serenity narrowed her eyes at the woman and stood up to her face to face.

"Who is He?" Serenity demanded as the purple haired woman stared in horror. She shook as she tried to come up with a description.

"He, is…Him!" the woman finished causing Serenity to become more annoyed. Before she could argue anymore, the woman who had worked at the desk grabbed Serenity by the arm and dragged her along past the building she and the others were waiting to enter and to the entrance of an another building. The purple haired woman opened the door quickly and shoved Serenity inside quickly slamming it behind her. Serenity was about to turn around and yell at the closed door when she quickly calmed down upon noticing her surroundings.

The room in which she stood was completely white. Around the room there were many white sofas and one sole window. At the window she saw the back of a man. Upon feeling her stare he whipped around as his grand white cape flew with him. He stood extremely tall in stature and muscular in physique. His hair was wild and blonde, and his eyes shone like blue beacons into her soul. She felt herself paralyzed for a moment as he started to walk toward her. "Who are you?" she asked innocently causing a great chuckle to fly from his perfect mouth. A majestic echo rang from his voice, which made her feel very unimportant and small.

"I can tell you haven't been here very long," he said pompously as he sat down on one of the many sofas and motioned for her to sit beside him. "Most mortals don't refer me by my name out of fear and respect," he began. She sat beside him and listened curiously. "To some I am known as the great lord of the skies, to others I am known as the God of the God's," as Serenity listened to his words she could feel her heart beat faster as she became nervous. "But my name; that was once shared with mortals long ago…is Zeus." Serenity's mouth dropped as she stared at the man. He grinned at her reaction as she couldn't believe who she was talking to; none other than the great immortal being revered by most of the world; both heathen and sophisticated.

"Why…" she stuttered, "…are you here talking to me?" Zeus smiled at the small woman.

"One of my great and elder friends," Zeus began as he waved his hand in front of him causing an image of the man Serenity recognized as her once lover and the father of her children.

"Cupid…" she muttered causing Zeus to laugh.

"Eros," he corrected, "the great God of love, spoke of a mortal woman of the utmost beauty, fire, strength, and intelligence," he stated simply as shifted his gaze to Serenity, "I felt the urge to meet this mortal woman for myself." Zeus finished causing an intense blush to spread across her face.

'Cupid…Eros? A God?' Serenity pondered to herself as she gained her composure once again. She chuckled a little which caused Zeus to raise an eyebrow. "If he thinks that I embody such qualities," she began, "he should have met our daughter." As Zeus was looking at Serenity she saw a sparkle of curiosity flash through his brilliant blues. Suddenly the window that contained the image of Eros, changed and inside the chasm Serenity saw her daughter. She wore a tight silver-gray bodice and was heatedly talking to the people surrounding her. Serenity saw strength and intensity in daughter's eyes and knew that an imminent battle for her and her allies must be near. Zeus's eyes filled with laughter and even more curiosity as he watched the woman.

"Selenity…" he began, "what a pity." Serenity, not expecting such a response, turned back to look at Zeus in a questioning manner. Zeus, noticing the concern in her eyes continued to speak. "The Titan Chaos escaped from Tartarus not too long ago, he is the one responsible for the evil plaguing your world as he is the God of temptation." Serenity looked dumbly upon Zeus as he continued to explain, "Chaos will not favor her, for she loves, and Chaos knows nothing of love." A tiny tear flew down Serenity's cheek as Zeus looked emotionlessly upon her. He clenched his fists in anger as it seemed Chaos's escape bothered him. "If I ever find the one who betrayed me and released him, he will pay dearly…"

"You are the God of God's correct?" Zeus looked hard upon the woman for being so bold, "why do you not return Chaos back to his prison?" Zeus closed his eyes and relaxed.

"Chaos affects me none whatsoever," Zeus opened his eyes and looked at Serenity, "he cannot harm me, and I as well as Chaos, know nothing of mortal love." Pain swept through Serenity's eyes as she gazed upon the Great God.

"Aren't you married…?" Serenity asked referring to the mortal acknowledgement of Zeus's wife Hera. Zeus shrugged.

"Marriage has nothing to do with mortal love." Serenity looked at Zeus like he was crazy. She crossed her arms causing a surprised response from Zeus.

"Perhaps," she began, "if you met my daughter, you would know love." Zeus looked incredulously at the woman and snarled.

"Are you insinuating that a woman, a mortal nonetheless, could cause me to experience such feelings of weakness?" Serenity was scared for a moment as Zeus's eyes became that of a warrior's. "If this is some scheme for my help to save your daughter's mortal life; it won't work." Serenity was speechless as Zeus's eyes softened and were replaced by mischief. "I think that I will meet her however, seeing how bold her mother has proven to be; you will stay here, until I return." Before Serenity could say another word; he had disappeared.

Serenity jumped out of her seat and rushed to the window. She peered outside looking desperately for where the God had gone.

"I'm sure he's long gone by now," Serenity slowly turned around from the window as she heard a voice that she hadn't heard since a long time ago. When turned she saw her once lover and Selenity's father. He smiled at her and brought her into an embrace. She seemed mesmerized for a moment before she narrowed her eyes.

"You have a lot to explain…" she claimed boldly and unafraid. Eros nodded solemnly and sat her down on the sofa beside him.

"I do, but first, we need to observe what our daughter will endure; because Zeus truly does not know anything of love…" Eros the God that knew all of love, waved a hand before him opening a chasm similar to the one Zeus had made. The two sat and both worriedly watched.

Selenity rubbed her temples as she sat outside the allies of peace's military base. She could feel the terror that infected the people all around her. The enemies that were trying to enslave and destroy their way of life were closing in fast as they destroyed allies on different planets easily. The main base in which she and her closest supporters were present was on the planet Neptune, a cold and often dark planet. She sat outside during one of the few hours of sunlight, and rubbed her arms as she sat pondering about what their next move should be. She looked up from the ground and saw a man standing before her. She jumped up and put a hand on her sword that remained in its casing.

"Who are you?" she demanded from the man intensely. To her surprise the man smirked at her which caused her to snarl. He held up his hands showing no weapon.

"I mean no harm; I only wish to join against the war against the war driven people who are trying to enslave the galaxy of the star sun." Selenity seemed to falter for a moment but relaxed as the man finished speaking.

"What is your name?" Selenity asked finally after a couple moments of silence. The man seemed to ponder for a moment and finally responded.

"My name is Jupiter." Selenity nodded and approached the man. He was very tall and muscular, his hair blonde and his eyes blue. He wore nothing more than a tight sleeveless white tank and black free movement pants. She approached him and touched her hand to his arm. He shuddered for a moment seemingly startled at her touch.

"You must be freezing," she began as the man looked down at her incredulously, "come inside, there are warmer clothes for you to wear." The man looked shocked at her kindness and followed her inside a building.

Jupiter had spent quite sometime with Selenity and her allies. He came to admire her as a great leader, as everyone respected her as well as loved her as their friend. She was an exceptional beauty, by far the most beautiful woman, mortal or not, he had ever been around.

Zeus had taken on the identity of 'Jupiter' a name some mortals had given to him at the opposite side of the universe. He had often wondered why he hadn't just seduced the girl, like he had done so many other mortals and the like, and get on with his immortality. However, there was something that stopped him with Selenity; he was intrigued by her, as ridiculous as it was, personality. He hadn't truly noticed how much he respected to her until the day the ultimate battle arrived…

Selenity sighed as she walked down the corridor through the military base. She was starting to have strong feelings for the man, Jupiter, who had appeared to her just months before. Though she vowed to never show it, because her life's goal was to avenge and achieve her mother's dream, she couldn't help but sense that her inhibitions were getting smaller and smaller. She was pondering deeply when the alarms went off…

"Enemy Forces Detected…" The alarms sounded as Selenity ran to the heart of the military base. There everyone gathered; everyone from her best friend and ally Reina to the mysterious Jupiter. A Mercurian genius, Anita, was sitting at the base's computerized detector and reporting its results.

"The enemy's ships are landing…" Anita solemnly reported, "the battle will be fought on the ground." Everyone in the room seemed to drop their heads down at the news. Some lowered their faces in prayer, and others in pure fear. Everyone knew that the warrior enemy's forces would be more than enough to overpower their already weakened defense. The only person who hadn't lowered their eyes was Selenity, the one who had stood brave and lead them all through this war, she scanned the room and noticed that Jupiter too had not lowered his eyes, and was in fact looking at her. Selenity stepped to the center of the room and spoke to them all.

"Whatever happens today…" she began, "we will win." Everyone looked at her incredulously as she smiled at them all. "It's been a pleasure knowing you all," and with that Selenity turned and started walking toward the exit of the base. The room stood silently for a moment believing that the woman had gone crazy. One by one they all followed her. Jupiter was the first to leave the room, and caught up with her first.

"What is your plan?" he asked her calmly as she continued to walk toward the landing the ships. She was silent for a moment as they continued briskly walking.

"I don't have one," Jupiter looked at Selenity as if she was crazy.

"You will perish, their forces are stronger than your sword," Jupiter informed her as she stopped and stood before him.

"I know, but the one thing they can't take away from me is this," before Jupiter/Zeus had time to react, he was engaged with a lip lock with the beautiful general herself. When he pulled away he felt a strange feeling wash over him as he looked into her blue eyes. "This may sound crazy," she began, "but, I've fallen in love with you Jupiter." He stood their looking shocked at her as she simply smiled at him and continued walking to her impending doom. He stood there for a moment more and suddenly felt anger well up inside of him.

'That is love?' he thought bitterly as he watched her march fearlessly while drawing her sword toward the enemy. 'It's stupidity! I can now see why mortals will always be inferior.' He turned to return and gloat to her foolish lovesick mother when a strange feeling washed over him. He turned back around and watched her. With each step she took toward the enemy he felt strange. He almost could describe it as pain but it was not a physical feeling. He had never felt such a thing before; the more steps she took the more angry and horrible he felt. It took him minutes to realize that it was the idea of her dying that left such a feeling inside. He thought back and recalled how interested and good he had felt in her presence; which was more intriguing to him than using any special tricks to achieve sexual pleasure with her.

The air flew from his lungs as he finally realized what had happened. He, the God of all God's had fallen in love, love with a mortal. The thought of her hurting in anyway made him angry; his eyes started glowing as thunder clouds filled the skies…

He respected her, he was intensely attracted to her, she intrigued him, she loved him… Thunder screamed in the skies as lightening started crashing onto the ships that had landed on the surface of the planet.

As Selenity approached the ships the warriors snarled at her as they menacingly started to stalk towards her lone form. Before she could launch an attack lightening almost seemed to pour from the sky onto her enemy. She backed up in surprise as many of the evil warriors began to fall. She grasped onto the crystal of the necklace and closed her eyes.

'Mother, give me the strength to fight with love, against this evil and hatred', she thought solemnly. As if her prayers had been answered, the crystal on the necklace began exert a brilliant and bright light. She felt her form fill with power and suddenly a bright light shot from the crystal and was slowly vaporizing the entire army of the enemy. With her great power came great pain as she slowly felt herself dying; she let lose a scream that resembled more of a battle cry as her power pushed on. Almost as suddenly as her power exerted it was extinguished and she felt herself falling into the arms of another.

Selenity was slowly falling in and out of consciousness as she felt herself being carried. "Hold on Selenity," came a voice when suddenly energy flew back into her body. Before she had the strength to open her eyes she fell out of consciousness.

When Selenity finally awoke she was staring at an elaborate ceiling. It was detailed with gold and images of lightening. When she moved she realized she was under a pile of white and soft blankets. She sat up and saw Jupiter standing at the foot of the bed looking at her. "You have been sleeping for a long time." He said with a genuine smile. She studied him wordlessly for a moment and noticed that there was something different about him. A strange echo had rang in his voice and there was a golden light that surrounded him. He had noticed her confusion and moved to sit by her on the bed. "I haven't been completely honest with you…" he said as she stared at him dumbfounded. He lifted a hand to her face and brushed it across her flawless skin.

"What do you mean?" she finally managed to ask.

"That power you used…" he said changing the subject as he indicated the crystal she still wore around her neck, "it destroyed your enemies using the vitality of your life; you would have died if I hadn't…" he trailed off as Selenity gasped. "I am an immortal Selenity," he finally confessed. Selenity said nothing as he continued, "I am the one mortals call Zeus, I am sorry for deceiving you." Before Selenity could speak he put a finger on her lips. "And as much I've tried to deny it, I too have fallen in love with you Selenity." Again, before Selenity had time to even form words he pulled her to him and finally returned the kiss that she had began what had seemed to be so long ago; and gave her so much more…

Selenity's eyes flew open. All around her were the faces of her allies. Reina cried out in happiness as hands from everyone around her lifted her up. She was settled in the arms of one of the stronger men of the group, Loran, a mighty man from the planet Jupiter. She seemed confused as everyone stared at her in a daze.

"What happened?" she asked not getting a reply from anyone. Selenity thought for a moment and laughed as she recalled her apparent dream. "I dreamt that the enemy's armies had come," she began receiving no reply, "and that I used this thing," she continued grabbing on to the crystal around her neck, "to destroy them all at the cost of my life." She finished leaving out the part about 'Zeus.' Everyone's mouth dropped as Selenity was set back onto to her feet.

"But Selenity," Reina began waking Selenity from her amusement, "…you did, we saw it with our own eyes, but you didn't die; you blacked out." Everyone's shocked faces turned to one with a smile as Selenity stared in bewilderment. "The enemy's greatest army was destroyed," Reina continued to explain, "They have surrendered, and the war is won!" Panicking, Selenity scanned the crowd for a certain face.

"Where's Jupiter?" she demanded as everyone looked around.

"I don't know," Reina finally declared, "he disappeared hours ago." Selenity felt extreme confusion in her head and was shocked as Reina continued to speak. "Thank Zeus that this fighting is finally over," Reina finished causing Selenity's mind to scream in déjà vu. After several moments the realization of her succession finally reached her brain as she did her best to push her other thoughts to the back of her mind.

"Peace will finally be ours," Selenity finally spoke which sparked them all the cheer. Selenity raised her spirits in happiness as she stood unaware that a miracle had started forming inside her body.

Zeus stormed through the underworld past the screaming souls that tried to cling onto him. His face resembled stone as he continued briskly walking. Hades, the lord of the underworld who had sensed the approach of his great brother, walked out into his path.

"Zeus!" Hades hissed as his brother expertly avoided him by walking around him. Hades hurried and walked beside him. "You are playing with the balance of life; she was destined to die as it was predicted by The Fates." Zeus chuckled as he continued walking as his brother struggled to keep up.

"Why should it matter to you Hades? Her soul wouldn't have come here, as it contains only pure innocence." Hades said nothing as the two reached a great door. "And last time I checked Hades," Zeus glared at his brother producing fear in Hades' eyes, "I can do whatever I please." Zeus flung open the door as three women with dark robes stood. "Fates!" Zeus demanded as they lifted their hooded heads to look at him, "Where is he?" Zeus yelled ferociously as the woman in the middle nodded knowing exactly who Zeus was seeking.

A young boy sat in a dark room as he grinned mischievously. He was looking through a supernatural chasm as a large dinosaur wrecked havoc on a city below. He laughed happily as people went screaming and running away from the great monster. He was thoroughly enjoying himself as suddenly horror washed over his face. He turned around to see a very angry Zeus. Zeus was snarling at the young boy as he picked him up by the collar on his shirt. Instantly, the two appeared in a strange place as Zeus tossed the young boy into an enclosed room. He sealed the opening of the room with lightening bolts as the young boy ran up to the barrier. "Please oh great lord of the skies, I am sorry don't lock me up in here again." Zeus glared dangerously at the young looking boy.

"You will never be in the position to hurt her again, Chaos," Zeus declared lowly and menacingly. Zeus turned to one of the guards of Tartarus who was shaking with fear. "There will be someone here guarding him at all times," Zeus began, "and that person will prevent themselves from hearing Chaos speak, because he has the power of temptation to anyone with weakness." The guard nodded as Zeus took his leave uncaring of the sounds of the crying boy to his back.

Zeus appeared in the room where he had first met Serenity and looked as both she and Eros sat upon the couch. He strolled over toward them and for the first time in his immortal life admitted to his only defeat. "I am in love with Selenity." He stated to them as they smiled. He seemed frustrated, "but she is a mortal…"

"Half mortal," Eros corrected as an idea shone in his eyes, "the others are awaiting you to answer their question of where one who is half immortal belongs." Zeus smirked at the wise God.

"Then today I shall decree that a half immortal worthy of godliness shall become so upon proving his or her worth." Zeus seemed to be happy with his decision as he looked upon Serenity. "And you…" he began as both she and Eros tensed. "From this day forth you will become the link between the Gods and the immortals; the Oracle of Delphi, where you will be able to see the past, present, and the future; let it be done." After Zeus had made his decree Serenity held her head as it was filled by dizzying information. She gasped causing both men to look inquisitively upon her. "You've had your first vision?" Zeus said as she nodded her head in pain.

"It is not good news." She stated as Zeus seemed unafraid. "The legendary race of the Saiya-jinns will one day produce a mortal with great power." Zeus tensed a little as Serenity continued to speak. "He will become the truth of a story of legend, and become the legendary Super Saiya-jinnn; he will one day use his great power to overthrow the great lord of the skies…" Zeus's eyes glowed dangerously as he turned away from the two.

"If such a prediction is made, then this mortal will not live to see his destiny."

Selenity stared at her mother as she finished her story. "Did Zeus kill this adversary?" Selenity asked hopefully as her mother looked nervously to Eros and back toward Selenity.

"He has not yet been born," Serenity explained as Selenity nodded. "However," Selenity continued gravely, "when he finally shows himself, he will one day cross paths with my dearest and only granddaughter…"

WOW…that was hard to write and kind of a darker chapter compared to how the rest of this story will progress.

Some of you may have hated this chapter because it didn't contain your favorite characters but the background is very important for this story.

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AN: I won't be answering your questions from your reviews in the text because I feel that everything was pretty well explained; but your comments and rhetorical questions are always welcomed! If you have a question; I have an answer and an email address. Also…I made a webpage with some crossover pictures for my two main stories. It's not that great…but check it out, the link is on my profile page.

Thank you,

Kochou-hime