A/N: Well I just can't believe it's 2008 now – where has the time went? I hope all of you had a very fun-packed Christmas and got everything you want. I've been busy during the past few weeks hehe. I would like to thank those who have reviewed and they are Jamester211, Link Guru, Valkyrie Celes, Highwayman Myth, Razer Athane, The Legend of Soul Enblem, xvalentinexbladex, Magic of Wakalaka, pawprint0110, Rain Crystal, Ronin Drake and finally Passerbywanderer. All your support means the world to me so thank you. Anyway here's Chapter 10 of 'A Problem Aired is A Problem Shared' and it's all about the holy Greek warrioress Sophitia and her husband Rothion. As I've been reading some of the stories on here I noticed that some of the people really despise Rothion for some strange reason and either kill him off, split up with Sophitia so she can be with Siegfried and other things like that. When I first played Soul Blade, I thought that Sophitia would make a cute couple with Hwang! Oh come, I was nine or ten at the time so don't tease me ;-) In this chapter Sophitia has a few secrets that she has kept from Rothion during their marriage...

Disclaimer: I've had two requests which I'm pleased about! I had the pleasure of Highwayman Myth letting me use his character Carter Nick from his story A West Virginia Redneck in Princess Zelda's Court. Also Passerbywanderer wanted me to use Ivan from his story Innocence and Purity.

AngelEyes87: Do I have to say this? (sighs) Oh, I guess I have to otherwise I'll have Namco suing me! The Soul Calibur characters are all owned by Namco and all I own is that lousy fool whose name is Jay.

Carter Nick: Hey, I'm back cutey!

AngelEyes87 (smiles): Oh hi Carter. Have you heard anything about Myth?

Carter Nick: Yeah and you're not gonna like it. Myth got thrown into jail for shooting Jay in the ass.

AngelEyes87 (frowns): God, that's bad! (sighs) What are we going to do?

Carter Nick: Well I could bail him out for you by paying the sheriff. I know it's gonna-

Jay (singing loudly from a distance): I'VE GOT A LOVELY BUNCH OF COCONUTS!

Carter Nick: What the hell is that?!

AngelEyes87 (covers her ears with her hands): Oh, make it stop!

Jay (still singing): ALL OF THEM ARE STANDING IN A ROW! BIG ONES, SMALL ONES, SOME ARE AS BIG AS YOUR HEAD!

AngelEyes87: Jay, shut it! (glares) Because of you, Myth is in prison.

Jay: Like I really give a damn about that thug – he deserved it.

Carter Nick (noticing Jay sitting on a big rubber ring): Dang, that's a real nice donut you've got there. Does it come in different flavours? (bursts out laughing)

Jay (sarcastically): Ha ha ha, that's it – go ahead and laugh! Why don't you go back to Virginia or wherever you come from, redneck!

Carter Nick: Hey you have no right to call me that just because I'm different from most Americans.

Jay: At least I don't fancy any of my cousins unlike you and all the rest!

Carter Nick (cracks his knuckles): I'm gonna beat the shit outta you for saying that, boy! (attacks Jay with punches)

A Problem Aired is A Problem Shared

By AngelEyes87

Chapter 10: Greek Tragedy

"Hi and welcome to another edition of A Problem Aired is A Problem Shared!" Jay greeted, looking like a right state. He tried to smile but he couldn't do it because his face was throbbing badly. "I am your host Jay and I know you're all surprised to see me again after what happened on last week's show."

Jay sighed sadly, nursing his wounds. 'Damn that redneck for doing this to me!' Jay thought to himself. He had to endure getting beaten to a bloody pulp by Carter Nick only because he made that stupid cousins remark. How the hell was Jay to know that he had such a BAD temper?! Luckily Jay managed to escape from getting his head almost flushed down the toilet by Carter Nick when the producer of the show told Jay that the show was about to start in less than two minutes. Jay could feel his entire face swelling up and not only was his bruises started to show on his face but he had a black eye too. He almost fainted with shock when he caught sight of himself in the mirror. 'God, I'm in ENOUGH pain as it is without Carter attacking me,' he mused, wincing at the pain in his rear end when he took a step forward. It took a team of professional surgeons to remove that bullet from Jay's arse in only five and a half hours! The hospital wards were filled with Jay's screams of pain that day. To his dismay he couldn't sit down properly and the doctor gave him a rubber ring for him to sit on at all times and people would take the piss out of him and his ring everywhere that he went. Not before long Jay received some happy news – Myth was sent to prison for assault with a weapon. Needless to say Jay was thrilled to hear that and celebrated by having a few drinks at the local bar.

"HA! I'm surprised that you haven't LOST your job!" a tough man jeered from the audience. Jay looked at him through narrow eyes. "You have a lot of GUTS to show your ugly face around here after what you done to Hilde!"

Jay gritted his teeth, not impressed at all. "Excuse me but would you PLEASE shut your mouth. I'm trying to present a show here if you don't mind!"

"Well, I've got news for you. Why don't you do us all a favour and go throw yourself off a cliff then the world will be happy!"

"Yeah, whatever," Jay murmured with a shrug, not bothering with what the man just said to him.

What happened with Hilde made headlines and it caused quite a big controversy. Jay couldn't pick up the newspaper or watch the news to see that he was the centre of attention yet again. Whenever he would go out in public people would glare at him with daggers in their eyes from afar while others would approach him and give him nothing but hell. If you thought that was bad enough then Jay was swarmed by reporters and the paparazzi all the time, shoving microphones into his face and asking him all sorts of personal questions about him and his relationship with Hilde. Jay hated it completely and once Jay got so pissed off with a reporter that he knocked him out with a single furious punch. Hilde succeeded into sending Jay to court and by the end of it she had won the case and Jay had to pay for child support for their daughter Victoria. It was an experience that Jay never wanted repeated in his life ever again.

"Anyway, today's show is about this Greek warrioress who used to work in her father's bakery when she was growing up," Jay explained in a gentle voice. "At the tender age of eighteen she received an oracle from the Greek God of Forgery, Hephaestus. From that moment on she set forth on a quest to destroy Soul Edge on behalf of the Gods. Several years later she seeks to find the sword out of free will to protect her family. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Sophitia Alexandra!"

A blonde haired woman walked onto the stage while the audience gave her such a hearty round of applause. Jay along with the rest of the male members of the audience couldn't take their eyes off her. Sophitia had the radiant beauty of a goddess and when she smiled gracefully she lit up the entire room. She was dressed in Grecian clothes that highlighted her gorgeous, slim figure and not a strand of her silky hair was out of place. There was no doubt that she was the epitome of absolute perfectness and refinement. Jay's eyes travelled up and down her body, observing every small detail. 'She sure is beautiful,' Jay thought while staring at the Greek woman in a trance. Just as he was wondering what was the best way to work his charm on her, Sophitia's emerald eyes narrowed in a stern glare.

"Don't even think that," Sophita warned as she sat down on the chair that was already provided. Jay's mouth hit the floor in surprise when she said that.

"Think what?"

"Think that you can come onto me because THAT is not going to happen. I know what's going on through that head of yours and if you try and sweet-talk me then I won't hesitate to shove my knee into your groin."

After the experience of Amy kicking him there, Jay knew what it felt like and needless to say it was very painful. He wouldn't dare underestimate her as she was the sort of woman that would do it given the chance.

"Uh, I-I...welcome to the show Sophitia," he stammered, breaking out in a sweat.

"I'm just glad to be on this show Jay," she beamed, giggling girlishly. Her laughter was like music to his ears.

"Why, thank you! Jay exclaimed. "So please tell us a bit about yourself."

"Okay, well the reason why I'm on the search for Soul Edge once again is that my children is in danger," she explained softly. At that moment every single male including Jay groaned sadly when she mentioned about her children – that meant she had a man already! Sophitia was unfazed by this and carried on. "I went to Ostrheinsburg Castle to look for Nightmare but when I got there I was encountered by this strange green-haired girl draped in evil. She told me that the sword wasn't there any more then she smiled sarcastically, saying that she wanted to play with my children."

"What happened next?" he asked. He was sure that the girl that Sophitia was referring to must be Tira as the other night he was on a date with her and Tira freaked him out when she wanted to tie him up to the bed and do wicked things to him, mostly involving his arse. NOBODY touches his arse ever!

Sophitia's eyes held much sadness in them. "Then I returned home to see my family and they were quite safe. Wanting guidance in my quest, I decided to pray to the Gods in the Eurydice Shrine and as soon as I got there, the same girl that I had met at the castle was there. I knew that I had to fight although I was terrified and during this I realised that she hasn't experienced happiness in her life as I sensed it. The girl stopped fighting and warned me when the time will come she will be after my children. It was then I decided to destroy Soul Edge for the sake of my family."

"Well most probably she wants to get to know them better." Jay was rewarded a stern look from Sophitia. "Or maybe not!"

"No offence Jay, but you know NOTHING about parenting," Sophitia told him. "Look at the way you have neglected your role as a father to your daughter."

"Moving on," he hissed through clenched teeth, deciding that it was better to change the subject right away. "is it true that you destroyed a half of Soul Edge when you battled Cervantes during your first quest?"

"Yes," Sophitia replied, nodding. "I had passed out when the shards of the blade pierced through my skin and just before Cervantes tried to kill me, this mysterious Asian woman appeared and saved me. She managed to perish him and she carried me back home to Athens and upon seeing this, my sister Cassandra was the only one that believed me. A few weeks later I went shopping and I fainted then a blacksmith called Rothion took care of me and we fell in love with each other and got married."

"Hmm, sounds interesting. Why exactly are you on this show Sophitia?"

"Ever since we got married everyone has always said we were the perfect couple but that isn't true," Sophitia said. Jay suddenly was interested in her story now and he couldn't wait to hear it – was it bad news? "I have a startling revelation that I need to tell Rothion and it's not going to be good."

"Well this is your chance to tell him now," Jay announced. 'Oh, I hope her news is something really juicy!' Jay smugly thought to himself. "Please give it up for Rothion!"

Everyone cheered as Rothion walked onto the stage. He was a tall, handsome man with dirty blonde hair and he was dressed in Grecian style clothes too. Jay wasn't too impressed. 'Ha, a lout like that doesn't deserve a woman like Sophitia!' he thought, quietly snickering. As soon as Rothion saw his lovely wife, his eyes lit up with affection for her. The audience made awwing noises when Rothion gave Sophitia a tender kiss and then sat down next to her. Sophitia's eyes started to water up as soon as she looked at her husband. Rothion wasn't the only one who was confused by her crying – Jay was as well.

She wiped the tears away. "Rothion I've been keeping a secret from you all these years and you'll need to hear it. The truth is-"

"OH NO!" Rothion held his hands up in the air as he shook his hand. "Please don't tell me that you're a lesbian!"

"Lesbian?" she questioned. Sophitia was instantly baffled with the idea. "Of course not! Why would you THINK such a thing like that?"

"Well because you were in the arms of a woman that you barely know when she carried you home," he reasoned. "It didn't take long before everyone started rumours that you were a LESBIAN!"

Sophitia's cheeks turned furiously red when the memories come flooding back to her. Just because she was rescued by a woman the citizens of Athens all thought that she was a lesbian. When her father Achelous heard the news, he almost had a heart attack!

"So if that isn't the case then what it is the secret then?" Rothion demanded, looking suspicious. Jay wished that she would just hurry up right now so the truth would be revealed.

"Rothion...you're not the father of Patroklos and Pyrrha," she confessed.

"WHAT?!"

"Hell, you can have my daughter if it makes you feel any better!" Jay laughed. He soon backed away when Rothion raised his hand to punch him. "Or not..."

Sophitia just sat there, not knowing what to do while Rothion was seething silently in frustration. 'Bloody hell this is like a Greek tragedy opera,' Jay thought as he waited patiently for someone to speak first. He just couldn't believe that Sophitia was that sort of woman. All of a sudden Rothion jumped up from his seat.

"AHA! Siegfried's the father isn't he?!" he yelled triumphantly.

"Uh...I'm not exactly sure whether or not he is the father," she murmured, glancing down. "But yes, I admit that I did love Siegfried and we had an affair before you and I got married."

"So SOPHITIA, how many men have you slept with during your journey?"

Sophitia chucked slightly. "All of them..."

"ALL OF THEM?!" Rothion repeated in horror. Even Jay was surprised to hear this. "Oh, what did I do to deserve this?! WHY, GODS, WHY?!"

"Well it's not my fault," Sophitia defended, standing up and jabbing Rothion in the chest. "I can't help it that you CAN'T get it up all the time!"

He gasped, obviously betrayed by what she just said while everyone burst out laughing. "How could you? You promised that you would never say that ever..."

"Oh, and I've got something else for you too," Sophitia said mysteriously. "We have a foster son called Ivan."

Before Rothion could say anything further a young boy with black hair ran onto the stage, delighted to see his mother standing there. With a cry of happiness Ivan flung himself into Sophitia's arms and embraced her. A few seconds later Ivan approached Rothion with a huge smile on his face.

"Father!" Ivan exclaimed, attempting to embrace the man. Rothion halted the boy by placing a hand in front of him.

"If you come any closer then you're dead," Rothion threatened in a pissed off voice. Ivan's eyes turned a dark shade of yellow and Ivan shot him a look. Jay knew that something bad will happen.

"That's it," Ivan snarled. "You'll pay for what you said just now!"

Rothion smirked. "Oh yes? I'd like to see you try boy."

Ivan grinned impishly then stepped forward and bit him hard on the finger. Rothion screamed in agony and tried to break free.

"OWWWW!!!! THIS IS EVEN WORSE THAN ME GETTING HURT BY THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE FIGHTING OVER THAT DAMN SHARD!"

"I think it would be best if we invited you back at the end of the series to find out who the real father is," Jay told Sophitia, wondering when the madness was going to stop.

"Hey, shit head!" a male voice called out. Jay instantly looked to his left to see Carter Nick standing a few inches away from him on the stage. He didn't like the grin on his face at all.

"Oh no, not you again." Jay silently prayed that Carter Nick wasn't there to beat him up once more.

"Myth is out of jail since he's got bailed out," Carter Nick taunted. "And he's after you so I think you better run for your life."

"I'm afraid it's time up now so tune in for the next episode of A Problem Aired is A Problem Shared!" Jay shakily said as he started to run for the nearest exit when he heard a distant gunshot. "HELP, I'VE GOT A MADMAN AFTER ME!"

A/N: Here's an idea – I'm giving you the chance to guess who the real father is to Sophitia's children. Now you can choose from any of the Soul Calibur men except from the COTs characters as they're not part of this. The last ever chapter of this story will review the mystery father and whoever gets it right will be specially mentioned and will receive a virtual kiss/cuddle from me! Okay, the next character I'll be doing is Zasalamel as I've got an interesting idea for him.