AnimeKiwi369: Salve! And sorry for the delay in updating. This little thing called life got in the way. Plus I had two midterms Tuesday and a quiz Wednesday that I prioritized over updating. Especially for my second midterm... I couldn't uncurl my hand for a good two minutes after it was over...

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Back in Session

Chapter 8: The Entrance Ceremony

After splitting up and look for the others, Yui decided to check around the gardens and courtyard of the academy, hoping she wouldn't find Loki drawing on anyone's face again. If he did, Takeru be a possible target, if the Japanese God decided to take a nap outside, completely vulnerable to the trickster god. For some reason, the violet-haired girl didn't think the blue-haired boy would be the redhead's mark. Eir was a more likely candidate, given the fact the Norse God of First had played pranks on her in the past. And given his playful personality, Loki was likely to give the brunette-haired Norse girl more reasons to want to strangle him. The human representative hoped that she wouldn't see the two Nordic Gods fighting.

While Yui searched in the gardens, Persephone had decided she would go check out the dorms, including knocking on the door of each of the guys', to see if any of the others were holed up in their rooms. The brown-eyed girl hoped that the Greek girl didn't do any rash after she checked the dorms, like climbing up a tree again. Ame-no-Uzume had gone off the direction of the classrooms and library, and Nanna announced she would search the hallways and any other open spaces besides the courtyard. Yui still couldn't believe how much more at ease she felt now that she had support from the goddesses

at least. If the gods would support this new endeavor, the swordswoman thought that being in Zeus's academy would start to feel somewhat normal again.

Still, she felt better than the previous afternoon. Even though there were similarities between this time and last, being with the goddesses felt different than with the gods. As close as Yui had become with the guys', the relationship that she felt was forming with these girls wasn't the same. She didn't mind though. It felt like the kind of relationship she had with her girlfriends back home. The budding friendships felt like they would be closer than with the gods. She realized that with girls around, she could talk with them about certain subjects that she wasn't comfortable mentioning with her m

ale friends. Things like cramps, fashion, bra size, emotions, romance, etc. The human girl giggled to herself, seeing she now had girls to possibly gossip and do some kind of clothes swapping with.

The more she thought about the goddesses, the more she thought she wanted to come up with activities that would help them bond or just for fun. She thought about the fun that she and her friends back home had during sleepovers. Yui smiled at the thought. That would be fun once she got everyone to participate. Maybe that would be a good way to get the goddesses to wind down after a stressful time, like midterms. The Japanese girl sighed, thinking of the unexpectedness of the exams last time. She was prepared for there to be comprehensive tests six months in this time.

So long as nothing gets in the way this time, she thought, chuckling awkwardly to herself. She looked around in time to see light aquamarine locks disappear down the stairs to the main gate. Huh? That's Kushinadahime-san.

Yui ran towards the steps, hoping she'd catch up before the goddess was out of sight. Half-way down the stairs, she called out, "Kushinadahime-san, please wait!"

The Japanese Earth Deity stopped in her tracks, startled. She didn't expect anyone to follow her; she turned around to see the human representative at the so-called school for the gods coming down to flight of steps to meet her. She blinked, surprised, but then stared blankly at the violet-haired girl, "What do you need, Kusanagi-sama?"

"Please…" The brown-eyed girl started, panting, "Please attend the entrance ceremony with everyone else."

"No," the goddess said flatly.

"Why not?" Yui asked seriously.

Kushinadahime turned away from the human and did her best to act like she didn't care, "It's not as if I need to attend a school for the gods when I'm just an Earth Deity." Her demeanor tensed, "I'm finding a way out of here."

"But the only way out of here is to graduate," Yui told her quietly as she saw the girl's shoulders drop.

The other Japanese girl turned towards her, putting her hands together and bowing a little, her face hidden, "Please, Kusanagi-sama. Just leave me be."

The violet-haired girl opened her mouth to say something, but not before the goddess turned on her heels and ran away from her. She furrowed her brow as she watched the girl disappear from sight and sighed.

One attempt to coax a goddess: failed.

So this is how's is going to be again… Her thought trailed off as she walked up the steps again, "I didn't think it would be easy, but still." She sighed again, "I was hoping dealing with girls would be easier than the guys!"

"Aww, why so down, Kusanagi?" A familiar playful feminine voice asked.

Yui looked up to see the Norse Goddess of Fidelity on the high wall that surrounded the academy, looking at her with a combination of playfulness and curiosity that created an oddly elegant air about her. The brown-eyed girl was slightly startled, "Sigyn-san!"

The auburn-haired girl giggled, her hand covering her mouth as she did so, "I'm so glad you remembered my name." She looked curiously at the human again, "Now, why do you seem dejected? Perhaps it had to do with that Japanese Deity?"

The violet-haired girl nodded as she made her way towards the Norse girl, "Yeah. Some of the other goddess and I are trying to convince everyone else to help with setting up for the entrance ceremony."

Sigyn twirled a lock of hair between her fingers, looking off in the distance, "That's right. Nanna said something about that earlier."

Yui looked earnestly at the amber-eyed goddess, "Sigyn-san, will you help us?"

The said girl hopped gracefully down from atop the high wall and stretched, putting her arms behind her head and turning away in a manner that reminded her of Loki. The Norse girl sighed, her arms dropping to her sides, "Sorry, Kusanagi. As much as I'd like to help Nanna and you out, I've never exactly played well with others besides Nanna and Eir."

"What about Balder-san and Loki-san and Thor-san?" She asked, "Didn't you grow up with them?"

"Sorry," the goddess repeated, turning back towards her, her eyes slightly hard. Sigyn sighed again as she walked past Yui, looking over her shoulder as she moved away, "But I won't be helping or attending."

Second attempt to convince a goddess: failure.

The Japanese girl put her head in her hand, wishing this were easier. But if it was, then Zeus wouldn't be testing her. At least these were slightly altered rejections; the goddesses were telling her they weren't going to help to her face. She walked around the grounds, looking for anyone else. Although she hadn't gotten Kushinadahime and Sigyn to help, there were still plenty of other gods and goddesses she might run into. And Persephone and the others were searching, too. They may have had better luck than her.

Yui heard the sound of something flying through the air as she walked past what was once Dionysus's garden towards the tennis courts. She looked ahead to see a target set up with an arrow sunk deep in the center of the bulls-eye. The Japanese human looked to who was practicing archery. Golden hair tied back into a side ponytail and emerald green eyes. Artemis. Apollon's older twin sister. She stayed quiet, watching as the Greek girl took another arrow from the quiver slung around her shoulders and lined it up in the bow. The blonde had neatly set her blazer aside, and there was a wrist guard on her left arm. The goddess had an intense focus in her eyes as she aimed the arrow.

The violet-haired girl thought she saw the Greek's lips move as she released the arrow. Her eyes widened as she watched the arrow bury itself dead center of the target. Splitting the previous arrow exactly down the middle. Yui felt mesmerized by the display of archery.

"Amazing!" She breathed, catching the blonde's attention; she didn't look too pleased to be interrupted. The human girl clapped lightly as she walked towards Artemis, "That was amazing, Artemis-san!"

The Greek's face flushed ever so slightly, but her composure didn't falter, "Thank you. It's Yui, right?"

"Yes," she answered.

The blonde took another arrow from the quiver, turning back to the target, "If you're here to try and get me to help set up for the entrance ceremony or whatever it's called, the answer's 'no'."

The brown-eyed girl blinked, "How did you…?"

"That Norse was already here," Artemis replied, lining the arrow up. "And the idiot was here before that."

"Apollon-san?" Yui clarified, surprised.

"That would be the one," the goddess commented, letting the arrow fly. It split the second one, "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm kind of practicing."

The human representative reluctantly left the Greek, rejected for a third time.

Third attempt: failure.

Yui sighed. She almost felt like giving up. But she knew she couldn't. If she did, then she would be giving up on everyone else. And she wasn't about to do that. As long as some of the gods and/or goddesses were willing to help her, she needed to be willing to do everything in her power to get everyone to graduation. She thought about the others; they might have succeeded and were waiting back in the auditorium. The brown-eyed girl started heading back towards the building that would be used for the entrance ceremony. She looked at the flooring of the corridor, thinking of other ways get everyone to attend. Another seaside school might have to be in order if Zeus changed the seasons. Or maybe a camping trip.

"Yui-san!" She heard Nanna's voice call out, causing her to look up to see the blonde running towards her, half-expecting her to trip on nothing like Balder often did.

"Nanna-san, have you had any luck?" She asked when the Norse girl reached her.

The goddess shook her head, "No. Artemis brushed me off when I asked." She looked up with a bright smile, "But Thor said he'd think about it!"

"At least that's something," Yui commented.

Nanna laughed awkwardly and rubbed the back of her head, "I'm not sure if he will or not. Despite growing up together, I've never been able to read him."

The Japanese girl smiled, "It's better than my luck. I've had flat-out rejections each time."

"Let's keep trying, Yui-san!" She exclaimed earnestly, taking her hands.

The violet-haired girl was taken aback a bit, but smiled, reassured by the goddess's enthusiasm. She nodded, "Yeah."

The two girls started heading towards the auditorium again in a pleasant silence until the jade-eyed goddess halted in her tracks and pointed at something. Yui stopped as well and looked at what her friend was interested at. She frowned as she looked into Dionysus's previous garden and saw something unfamiliar lying down in the dirt. The brown-eyed girl put a finger to her lips to signal the other girl to be quiet as they approached the unknown figure and crouched next to them. As they got closer, the swordswoman recognized it was Anubis, Egyptian God of Death. He was curled up like a cat in the sun, asleep.

Although she didn't want to disturb the tired god, if she didn't wake him, she thought Loki might come after him. And, since he was already a shy god, something like that might cause Anubis to shrink away from the task of graduation even more. Even if he didn't want to help with the entrance ceremony, the least Yui could do was spare the Egyptian boy from the redheaded trickster. She lightly tapped him on the shoulder, ignoring the confused look Nanna was giving her.

"Anubis-san," she whispered, "it's not a good idea to be sleeping out here. Anubis-san, please wake up. Anubis-san…"

The tufts of hair that looked like animal ears on the God of Death twitched, and his eyes blinked several times. He sat up and yawned, not noticing either the human or Norse Goddess. Anubis rubbed his eyes before realizing he wasn't alone. Surprise was more than present on his face. Just when Yui thought she might be able to talk with him, the Egyptian seemed to regain his senses and hissed at the two girls like an animal, causing them to fall back in surprise, before he ran off.

"Wha…What was that?" Nanna asked slightly frightened.

"I…have no idea," the Japanese girl commented, confused.

An unfamiliar chuckle caught the two's attention. Both the human and goddess looked up to see Iabet behind the wall of the garden, smirking at the two of them, "That was rather bold. Not even I try to awake a sleeping Anubis."

"I-Iabet-san," Yui said, still reeling a little from what had just happened with the other Egyptian.

"Does that happen often?!" The blonde exclaimed.

"Only if you try to wake him up," the brunette replied casually. "The fact that you're strangers doesn't help either."

The brown-eyed girl made a mental note to not try that again as she stood up and offered the Norse Goddess a hand.

"What are you doing out here anyway?" Iabet questioned, a hand on her hip, her eyes sly, "Weren't you supposed to be setting up for an entrance ceremony?"

"Yeah," Yui answered, "but not many of us showed up. So we were trying to recruit the oth—"

"Iabet, will you help us?!" Nanna cut her off unintentionally as she looked imploringly at the Egyptian girl, "Please!"

"Uh… Nanna-san, you don't have to be—" She tried, before being interrupted again.

"Fine," Iabet answered.

Both the violet- and blonde-haired girls looked at each other and then to the brunette, "Huh?!" They exclaimed in unison.

"I said I'd help," the gray-eyed goddess repeated, smirking a little.

"Really?!" Yui blinked in disbelief.

"Oh, thank you, I-a-bet!" Nanna told her in a half-singsong voice, sounding out each syllable of her name. She looked at the human representative, who was still in disbelief, and grabbed her hand again, "Come on. Let's get back to the others with Iabet, Yui-san!"

She snapped out of it at the sound of her name and nodded as they started making their way to the auditorium once more. With the Egyptian Goddess of the East. With! The Japanese girl felt like she might burst with disbelief and excitement. They had at least one more person to help with entrance ceremony, and, with any luck, be participating in classes as well. She wasn't exactly sure how she was able to keep from crying out in triumph, though it was more the Norse girl's win, since she had actually requested help. Still, Yui smiled brightly to herself at the small victory.

Maybe things will be easier with girls around, she thought to herself, silently giggling.

"Kusanagi-senpai!" A younger voice called out, breaking her thoughts as she, Nanna, and Iabet approached the auditorium. She looked ahead to see Persephone and Ame-no-Uzume with the other Greek Goddess, Aphrodite. The burgundy-haired girl waved with both arms as the other three reached them and smiled brightly, grabbing the other Greek's arm, "Look who I brought. This is Aphrodite. She's Greek, just like me."

The green-eyed goddess smiled softly at the rest of them, "Persephone insisted I help. It sounds boring to me, but I couldn't say 'no' to that cute face she was making." The brunette chuckled lightly.

"Thank you so much, Aphrodite-san," Yui bowed. She stood, looking at the other two and motioned to the Egyptian girl, who nodded, "This is Iabet-san. She's going to help, too."

"There isn't a lot of time left," Ame-no-Uzume commented. "The six of us will have to set up ourselves."

"Right!" The other girls nodded.

The violet-haired girl stepped ahead of the others and led them to the auditorium. She was glad there was at least one more person help this time. Still, she had been hoping to run into the guys and that they'd help.

Now that I think about it, she thought, I haven't seen any of them since last night.

Yui shook it off as she walked through the doors to the large hall, her eyes on the floor. They were probably still as unsure as she was and weren't ready to face this new reality. She wished Apollon was there, though. She desperately wanted his bright smile and enthusiasm for everything to cheer her up more. She didn't realize it until then, but she hadn't seen that at all the previous day because of the circumstances. The violet-haired girl pushed the feelings to the back of her mind as she turned her attention towards setting up for the entrance ceremony.

She looked over her shoulder at the goddesses, smiling, "Let's start by getting this place cleaned up a little, then we can get the chairs. After that, we should decide who's going to do the pledge as student rep."

"Aww, I don't get to do it this time, Yousei-san?" A familiar Sun God's voice asked in a tone that sounded like playful disappointment, stopping Yui in her tracks.

She turned her head towards the stage, her eyes widening. Apollon stood there with Balder, Tsukito, and Dionysus! All smiling softly at her. The goddess Eir was standing off the side a few feet from the Greek God of Fertility. The human girl felt a new batch of tears mist over her eyes, and it suddenly became hard for her to breathe.

They were there.

Yui swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat and rushed over to the gods, temporarily forgetting about the goddesses, managing to keep her tears at bay and smiled at them, "You're…here."

"Of course we are, Yui-san," Balder said softly.

"We couldn't just ignore our duty to do this, Kusanagi Yui," Tsukito told her matter-of-factly. "Besides…"

"We couldn't just leave you after making you cry last night, Kusanagi-san," Dionysus finished, giving the human girl a wink.

"We're here to help, Yousei-san," Apollon told her brightly, hopping down from where he was sitting on the stage and grabbing her hands. He gave her a sad look and reached up, brushing away a tear that had fallen down her cheek, "We're sorry, Yousei-san. For last night."

Yui felt her face flush a little at the action, but she smiled and wiped her hand across her eyes, "It's okay." She took a step away from the blonde Greek and looked at all of them, "You were only acting naturally. Still…" She closed her eyes briefly, placing a hand over her heart before looking back at the four gods, "I'm glad you came."

"Thor-Thor would have come, too," Apollon told her.

"Oh," she said, feeling slightly disappointed, but perked up after a second. "I'm sure he has a good reason why he's not here."

Balder chuckled awkwardly, scratching his cheek, "Thor's keeping an eye on Loki."

"He's making sure Loki Laevatein isn't harassing any of the goddesses as a form of acting out," Tsukito stated.

"Oh," Yui repeated, surprised. "What about Takeru-san and Hades-san?"

"Hades is going off about misfortune again," Dionysus commented more nonchalantly than was needed. "But he'll probably be easier to bring around this time."

"And we have no idea where Take-Take is," the blonde Greek added, laughing nervously.

The Japanese God took a step forward, "Totsuka Takeru is torn over this new situation and may be dealing with this in his own way."

Yui nodded. Takeru dealt with frustration in his own way. He was probably on a run to clear his head or using a branch as a sword again to take out his anger in a way that wouldn't hurt others. She nodded again and looked over at the brunette-haired goddess who stood off to the side, "Even if Hades-san and the others won't come, you brought someone who's willing to help."

The Norse God of Light guided the violet-haired girl over towards the goddess, "This Eir, Yui-san."

The green-eyed girl flushed a little and looked away, "Balder, I can introduce myself. And I'm only here because you said Loki wouldn't be."

"Well, that is true," Balder chuckled.

Eir sighed and looked at Yui, bowing her head towards her, "I'm the Norse Goddess of Healing, Eir. And even though I'm only here because I was assured Loki wouldn't be able to prank me here, I'm willing to be of assistance wherever I can."

The human girl smiled, "Thank you, Eir-san."

"Eir!" Nanna called, rushing over and enveloping her in a tight hug from the side, laughing, "I'm so glad you came around!"

"N-Nanna!" The other Norse girl stuttered, embarrassed, trying to break free of her friend's grip.

"You're going to help set up, too, Nanna?" Balder asked, looking at the two goddesses.

The jade-eyed girl let go of the other Norse Goddess and nodded at the blue-eyed god, smiling but staying silent.

Yui looked at the others, who had gathered over to where she and the three Norse Gods were, all giving introductions to those who they didn't know. She silently counted how many of them there were. Besides her, there were four Greeks Gods, three Norse, two Japanese, and one Egyptian. Eleven in total. She blinked, doing a quick recount.

"Eleven," she said.

"'Eleven'?" Persephone repeated, hearing her.

The human girl felt her face heat up as all the gods' and goddesses' eyes turned towards her. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed, "There's eleven of us. That's more than twice as many of us setting up from last year."

"Then this should be a breeze! This will be easy!" Apollon exclaimed excitedly.

"You really never do change, do you, Apollon?" Aphrodite commented, tousling her brother's hair.

"Di-Di!" He laughed.

"Now that we're all here," Tsukito started, "we should set up."

Everyone looked at the Japanese God of the Moon and nodded.


For the next couple of hours, Yui and the gods who had previously been in Zeus's garden gave the goddesses instructions on what should be done and explained what would happen from there on out. The human girl and her friends—both old and new—started out by giving the auditorium a quick, but thorough cleaning. Not too many mishaps happened during that, although Balder did trip a couple times, spilling buckets of soapy water. One of which just about drenched Ame-no-Uzume and Iabet. After scrubbing down the building, the eleven students went about setting out chairs and preparing the desk on the stage.

Yui wasn't surprised when she saw Tsukito measuring the angles on the chairs, but was slightly startled when she caught the other Japanese Deity making sure the tapestry was completely straight.

The brown-eyed girl took the opportunity to get to know the goddesses better as they set up and observed their relationships with the others. From what she saw, it was more than obvious that Apollon was extremely close with his half-sister, like he was with his brother and uncle. Dionysus seemed more than comfortable with her as well. Even though Persephone wasn't related to them, she seemed excited to be with the other Greeks, and she did seem relatively close to Aphrodite.

The two Japanese Gods seemed somewhat close, but not the way the Greeks were. Tsukito and Ame-no-Uzume spoke to one another like they'd know each other their whole lives, but it still seemed too formal for having grown up together. Both appeared to be perfectionists, though. Yui did see, however, that the goddess snuck a few glances at the God of the Moon when he wasn't looking. She also noticed that the lavender-haired boy was slightly less stoic when he spoke to the Goddess of the Dawn.

The relationships between the three Norse Gods seemed a bit perplexing to the violet-haired girl. She couldn't quite figure things out. Balder was kind to both goddesses, whom he seemed to feel at ease with, but the two Norse girls acted differently when talking to the God of Light. Nanna never said more than a few words to him, instead opting to nod and smile, while Eir would speak more freely. Both girls looked comfortable around the blue-eyed boy, but the blonde girl almost seemed a little awkward around him. Yui did catch the Goddess of Joy blushing a few times after speaking with the Norse boy. The human girl couldn't help but wonder if she might had romantic feelings for her fellow god. She also noticed that Eir was a bit more reserved than the other two Norse Gods and rather liked her personal space, which Apollon, Persephone, and Nanna had just about invaded a few times.

Overall, the relationships between the gods didn't look too bad. Yui wished she'd been able to see how Iabet was around the other Egyptians, but none of them were there. She did interact with the others gods from the other mythologies pretty well, even if she had a bit of a cynical and hardened personality. She wasn't easy to read, but she wasn't causing trouble. And the human girl got along pretty well with her.

Everyone worked well with each other, and Yui was thankful for that. Things felt like they were going by much more smoothly than before, even if she was still worried about the others. During the course of set up, she went to the library to gather a few books on the various mythologies to come up with surnames for the goddesses, as well as less complicated first names for the Japanese girls, giving the names to both Thoth and Seshat when she finished. About halfway through getting the hall prepared, Apollon began writing out what he was going to say as the student representative.

The violet-haired girl didn't think that her name and the gods who had been there previously would have their names called, but both Egyptian Gods of Knowledge pointed out that it wasn't exactly the same academy as before. Since the garden had collapsed completely, it was technically a new school, therefore making all the students new. Yui had to admit, the logic made sense.

After a little more than an hour and a half, the auditorium was ready for the entrance ceremony.


"The entrance ceremony will now begin," Seshat announced.

"I shall read the names of the new students," Thoth said, looking at the piece of paper he held in his hand. "Hades Aidoneus." He paused for half a second, "Absent… Persephone Kore."

"Here!" The young goddess piped up.

"Apollon Agana Belea," the white-haired god continued.

"Here," the blonde responded.

"Artemis Khryselakatos Iokheira," The Egyptian man read, waiting for a moment. "Absent. Kusanagi Yui."

"Here," she responded.

"Susanoo… Totsuka Takeru," he paused briefly again. "Absent. Kushinadahime… Sugashina Kyoko. Absent. Tsukuyomi… Totsuka Tsukito."

"Here," the God of the Moon said flatly.

Thoth didn't look up as he continued to read off the names, "Ame-no-Uzume… Kagura Uzume."

The mint-haired girl nodded slightly, "Here."

"Dionysus Thrysos."

"Here," the said man stated with a half-nonchalant tone.

"Aphrodite Cytherea."

The Greek girl mused to herself quietly as she answered, "Here."

"Balder Hringhorni," Thoth read.

"Here."

"Nanna Setre," was the next name.

The Norse Goddess shifted in her seat a little, "Here."

"Eir Lyfjaberg."

"Here," she answered.

The Egyptian God of Knowledge continued, secretly glad he was at the end of the list, "Thor Megingjard, Loki Laevatein, and Sigyn Gosforth. All absent."

"Iabet Amduat," he read.

"Here," the brunette answered, bored.

"Anubis Ma'at. Absent," he finished.

Seshat motioned towards the front row where the human girl and the gods were sitting, "The student representative will now recite the pledge. Apollon Agana Belea, to the front."

"Yes, ma'am," the blonde responded, standing.

Good luck, Apollon-san, Yui thought as she watched the Greek God walk up the stage, I know you can do it.

Apollon approached the front of the desk as Zeus stood across him from the other side. He stared at his father with a serious expression as he stopped before him. He and his father stared each other down for a few moments, before the God of the Sun spoke, "I hereby swear. We, the students, enter this academy today. Although many of us have gone through this before, this new situation is truly surprising, and I am shocked by the suddenness of everything once more. It's truly a surprise. Being recalled here with our friends and the goddesses being brought to an unfamiliar place, they must be more confused than the rest of us. And I don't know what will happen this time around."

That's right, the human girl thought, looking at everyone from the corner of her eyes. The guys feel the same way I do, and the goddesses are like how we were back then.

"However," the blonde continued with a slight smile, "I know there must be a reason for being here again, even though this garden is not the same as before. Over this next year, not as gods and goddesses but as humans, we will correct the mistakes we have made with each other and repair our relationships. Additionally, those of us who have been here before will continue our studies of humans' history, culture, and love, while helping our fellow goddesses to learn the same. And with our wonderful friends, both new and old, I promise that we will follow the academy's will and graduate. Representative of new students, Apollon Agana Belea."

Friends, Yui thought, a feeling of calm washing over her. Thank goodness. He sees the goddesses as friends. An unconscious blush crept onto her cheeks as she smiled softly at him, Apollon-san, you're always so optimistic.

Apollon turned around with a bright grin and held a triumphant fist in the air, "Everyone! Let's do our best!"

The room broke out in thunderous applause as the green-eyed blonde finished his speech. The warmth that had slowly made the human girl's heart feel at ease little by little took over her whole body. Her worries and anxieties, though she knew she still had them, felt like they were gone in an instant, as if they hadn't been there. Yui could feel her whole body relax, her stress ebbing away fully.

I'm not alone, she thought, feeling a slight déjà vu as she looked at the gods and goddesses crowding around Apollon, the room still flooded with applause. I may have just met the goddesses, but I've known everyone else for a while now. And we're all going to spend the next year together working together with everyone towards graduation, living together once more. She placed a hand over her heart, remembering the crucial detail Zeus had told her. She didn't let it bother her, Even if I only have one more year with Apollon-san and the others, and only one year to get to know the goddesses, but I'm all right with that. She smiled at her friends and went over to stand with them, Even if it's only a year… I'm going to make the most of everything!


"It has begun," Seshat mused from behind the curtain on the stage, watching the students carefully.

"Everything starts here once more," Thoth said, also eyeing the gods and human girl.

Zeus walked past the two teachers, "We must weave the future, no matter what tragedy may arise. Again." He looked at the Egyptian Gods of Knowledge, "Let us hope that history does not repeat."


AnimeKiwi369: Foreshadow alert! Okay, so I hope everyone enjoyed the chapter. I believe this is the last chapter that I have that is extremely similar to the rest, but there will be little things that will echo the series. I'm trying not to do too much of that, though. Also, if anyone is wondering about surnames:


Artemis: Khryselakatos Iokheira comes from her bow and arrows, likes how Agana Belea do for Apollon, and I thought she ought to have a different last name than her twin because of their estranged relationship.

Persephone: Kore is an alternate name for her and means "the maiden".

Aphrodite: Cytherea is also another name for her and means "the lady of Cythera".

Kushinadahime: Henceforth known as Kyoko Sugashina; I randomly chose a first name that started with a "k" for her, and Sugashina is a combination of Suga, which is the place Susanoo built a temple for her in mythology and part of her father's name Ashinazuchi.

Ame-no-Uzume: Now Uzume Kagura; Uzume comes from the last part of her goddess name, and Kagura comes from the kagura dance, which she is said to have created.

Nanna: Setre comes from the Setre Comb, of which her name possibly appears among the runes on it.

Sigyn: Gosforth comes from the Gosforth Cross, which she is possibly depicted on.

Eir: Lyfjaberg is a hill on which she appears in mythology.

Iabet: Amduat is an anthology that she is depicted in.

Seshat: Although, I don't mention it this chapter, her surname is Heliopolis, which is the location of her main sanctuary.


AnimeKiwi369: I'm not sure when I'll update again. I haven't decided if I'll give another update Monday, or change my update day to Friday or Saturday after this. I am starting to run out of chapters, since I have written in a while, so I'm not sure. But I'll be back soon! Don't worry. :)

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed that chapter and is looking forward to the following chapters! Does anyone want to guess what is going to happen next? ;)

Until next time! Please be kind and please review! Valete!