I'm so sorry it's taken me so long! Please forgive me, writers block is an awful thing! I started writing this chapter ages ago with punishments in mind for Ichigo and Hermes but I forgot them... Even after I started writing this again two days ago I had no idea till I was writing it what I was actually going to do to the pair... Anyway I hope you enjoy it, there are a few twists in this one~~

Zeus was furious! Everyone had disobeyed him, his son, Hermes... He was especially furious with Hermes! Zeus had entrusted him with guarding Ichigo and as soon as his back is turned he takes Ichigo to see the mortal and not only that but heal the dying mortal as well! Zeus felt cheated. Cheated of his victory and betrayed. And Zeus would have his vengeance on all three of them.

Hermes chaperoned Ichigo back to Mount Olympus his nerves began to set in shaking his heart like an earthquake.

"Ichigo... I know what you did..."

The young god visibly stiffened, but didn't look away from the path ahead of them.

"I couldn't let him die..."

"Your father will know as soon as he looks at you... Just standing next to you I can feel it... The difference in you. Zeus will know-"

"Hermes!" Ichigo interrupted. "I could not let him die! Grimmjow means everything to me. As long as he is alive then so am I, he is my life force so I see no problem in giving him some of what is rightfully his... Part of me..."

"You gave him half! If he dies now then so will you! This is not something you can take back!" Hermes hated to shout at the younger male but he was worried for his life and his safety. Ichigo's human had nearly died once and the tasks only got harder from here on out.

Ichigo had barely stepped a foot through the gates of Olympus when the ground began to quake and Ichigo's name rumbled through the air. It was his father's voice. Ichigo's courage faltered he knew, of course, that his father would find out... But he didn't think it would be this soon...

"You had better go to him, I'll come with you." Hermes paused. "He'll probably be in the throne room, let's go"

Hermes felt like he was walking to his own execution he was terrified but refused to let it show for Ichigo's sake.

When Ichigo and Hermes arrived at the throne room Zeus was, as predicted, sat on his throne. It was a magnificent throne made of clouds with lightning bolts wrought round the clouds it was high backed with two mighty arm rests. If anyone but the king of the gods sat on this mighty throne the lighting would turn on them taking the life of the Imposter.

"You deliberately disobeyed me!" Zeus roared.

"Father I-"

"Enough! I don't want to hear your pathetic excuses! I told you not to interfere and you went against my orders! And you!" Zeus turned to Hermes "You were supposed to watch over my troublesome child! Him I expect disobedience from but from you? I expected better"

Zeus' face was turning an impressive shade of purple as he turned to continue to roaring at his son.

"How can I ever trust the human realm to you when it's your time if I can't trust you to... "Zeus paused staring at his son weighing him up, slowly putting together the pieces and figuring out why Ichigo felt different.

This was it. Ichigo knew his purple headed father was figuring it out and suddenly all his courage ran away leaving him only with his reason, conviction and his heart which currently resided in his throat. The young god couldn't deny he was terrified and completely surprised he wasn't shaking. Despite all that he had no regret, he had saved the man he loved how could that be wrong?

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE YOU INSOLENT CHILD?! HALF OF YOUR LIFE FORCE?! YOU GAVE HIM HALF!"

Ichigo visibly flinched away from his father, Hermes had to give it to the boy he was far braver than he had given him credit for, he doubted he would be able to stand up in the face of such rage all for a mortal man.

"Father he was dying-" Ichigo tried to speak but was quickly cut off by the angry god.

"YOU DO NOT REALIZE THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE YOU DISOBEDIENT BOY!" Zeus grabbed hold of Ichigo's arm and dragged him out of the throne room towards the gates of Mount Olympus.

"F-Father what are you doing? Where are we going?" panic was starting to rise in his voice.

Zeus refused to answer this failure of a child, he would never inherit the human realm, could never inherit it now. Where did he go so wrong with Ichigo? He was filled with such promise and hope... But in the end he turned out too much like his mother... The only choice he had now was to do the same thing he did with Ichigo's mother... Give him to the dragon to guard for the rest of eternity.

Ichigo was frightened, his father had been silent since they left Olympus and began travelling in a random direction. The young god had no idea where his father was dragging him and his grip was bruising.

Finally Ichigo began to recognise the scenery, they were going to Io's mountain, to where the giant Argus lived.

The mountain itself was steep and rocky almost impossible to climb because there were almost no footholds, but of course Zeus made light work of the rocky mountain face and in almost no time at all they were at the top. If Ichigo wasn't standing in the middle of the beautiful green and flower filled garden that was at the top he would never have believed it was there.

Zeus dragged Ichigo to the centre of the garden that covered the flat mountain top, there was no house, just miles of beautiful flora and dead in the centre of it all was a massive olive tree, barely visible from behind the giant Argus.

Argus sat cross legged in front of the olive tree where Hera had placed him many years before to guard a very well hidden secret and perhaps Zeus' biggest temptation.

Argus sighed as he saw Zeus approaching and stood with his club in hand. The giant was 8ft tall and 500lbs flabby but deceptively strong, but that wasn't the reason Hera had entrusted him with the task of guarding her secret. It was his eyes, Argus had 100 brown eyes which never needed to sleep. He was the perfect guard because he was able to look in every direction at all times, so needless to say he had seen Zeus coming.

"No disrespect Zeus" Argus' voice rumbled like thunder in a storm. "But you know I'm ordered to kill you if you try and take her. You are not allowed to even look upon her."

"What a faithful servant to my wife."

Argus bowed his head slightly at the comment but kept two of his eyes locked on the god and his son just in case before returning his many eyed gaze to the pair.

"I am not here for her. I have come to return her child to her."

Ichigo whipped his head round to look at his father, who was avoiding his gaze and focussed on Argus like Ichigo wasn't even here. Who was this "her" Zeus was talking about? Hera was his mother! Ichigo was the child of Zeus and Hera! How could this mystery woman be his mother? Zeus had to be lying to punish him... He just had to...

"Very well" Argus rumbled. "Leave him with me and he shall rot here along with her until my last breath."

"Thank you Secret Keeper." Without a second glance at Ichigo Zeus walked away leaving his son with the giant and what Ichigo imagined to be a frail old woman... A witch of some kind perhaps...

Unsure of what to do Ichigo just stood there in the soft green grass as the Sun shone down on him and his whole world fell apart.

"You boy. Come here so I can-"

"Ichigo."

"What?"

"My name is not 'boy' it's Ichigo."

A soft gasp came from the giant's direction but not from Argus himself from behind him...

"Boy, Ichigo, it makes no matter just come here."

Ichigo began to move towards the giant, sighing heavily, as he walked he noticed words scorched into the grass around the tree.

"Don't do it! Stay away from him!" A woman's voice called to him but he couldn't see the source. Ichigo stopped dead, however it was too late he was within the giants reach and the next thing he knew Argus had picked him up and dropped him next to the olive tree.

"Don't cause no trouble Ichigo and everyone's lives will be easy." Argus chuckled to himself. "Mother and son reunited at last"

"What are you-?" Ichigo started but movement in the corner of his eye and the same soft and gentle voice as before stopped him.

"You are my son Ichigo"

Ichigo looked towards the source of the voice and saw a beautiful woman standing there she was tall and slim with curves where curves should be. Her hair was long and like fire cascading down her back, a brilliant orange just like his. The woman, dressed in white, had large expressive brown eyes that mirrored Ichigo's own and a full heart shaped mouth. She was breathtakingly beautiful yet Ichigo felt like he was looking at a female version of himself.

"Who... Who are you...?"

The woman smiled and Ichigo felt his heart melt. "My name is Io, and I am your real mother."

So what did you think? Io is Ichigo's birth mother! Who saw that coming because I sure didn't! (I literally thought it up as I was writing lol) pleeeeeease leave me a review with your thoughts and opinions! Also concidering a Q&A so if you want to ask me something, anything about writing, anime or my personal life private message me and if I get 10 questions or more I'll answer them and publish it on here for you guys.

Ciao~~