Sage; Perhaps I do, but its like say...Gotham city. Not only is it not just Joker this, Joker that (You've got Bane, Penguin, Riddler, Hush, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn and Catwoman (Your three faves I'm guessing?), but its also a choice between Batman, Nightwing, Huntress, Batgirl, ect
Angel; The characters were just meant to be random ones, whoever just came off the top of my head
Now then, lets get to this chapter, and the fleshing out of one of the original characters who I really do need to give more life to. At the same time, I hope to try and give flesh to characters, who my good fan the Sage might have forgotten. I ask for feedback if I should add more of Tasukeru's backstory next chapter
Many years ago flashback
Snowy Mountain; Japan
A figure in a black cloak, after narrowly avoiding some annoying an eccentric Japanese youth, Tetsuya Nomura, or something, was walking through a blizzard on the isolated mountain range. Eventually stopping, the stranger sensed something behind her.
"Who are you stranger. These mountains are not for mortals" a serene sounding voice spoke weakly. The figure turned around and found herself before a female of asian descent, dressed for the cold weather on this mountain. The hair of the person appeared to be made of ice, and a necklace on her neck was adorned with the Kanji for Frost. The woman's eyes were like ice, refleting normally a serene power under the, but now they seemed weak.
"Your weakening, I sense" the cloaked figure spoke with a female tone. The strange being stared at her with injured pride.
"The powers of the Japanese civilization are slowly degrading, being consumed by the falmes of the west, of Olympus. Don't feel weak, it is happening everywhere; the deserts of the southern continent, the jungles of the lower new world, The northern hills of the Laplands, its a disease. A disease trapped in a monotonous cycle, but a powerful cycle it is. Tell me, what does hiding on this snowy peak aid you in?"
The woman muttered weakly "My people are, waiting. Every year, its getting harder and harder, to remain. Our stories are slowly fading from memory, until we will be nothing more than folktale. Its been picking up, in these last 50 years..."
"But it started, with the arrival of that Matthew C. Perry, a son of Ares, who broke this lands shielding, one of the last places to fall to the expanding powers of Zeus's west" the stranger added on "Millard Filmore, while only a son of Nemesis, made the decision that is currently, should you stay this path, lead to your people's fading, unless" the woman stared at the stranger in confusion.
"If you join my group, Ragnarok, we can heal your ailing members. Kyuubi, or Nine Tails in my preferred tongue, the Trickster, has already chosen to align with us by the greatest oaths of his people, and his ally, Ichibi, or One Tail, of the Vine, followed suit similarly after his close allies, among others, from other oppressed lands. Then, once our forces have recovered to a good extent, and once Zeus's little renewed spat with his father is finished and Olympus left weak, we will strike. Will you agree, Kenmeina Kōri no Kaze, leader of those of the Ice?" The woman closed her eyes, before opening them slowly.
"Come to my village, and we will continue to discuss this proposal with the elders before I submit. By your gaining the trust of Nine, it is obvious you are trustworthy, but one should never make such a decision rashly is one is responsible for a group By the name, what is your name" the person remained quiet.
"My name, even I can't remember it. I believe its coming back, but for now, I am only known, as the Ragnarok Sage"
The crunching of snow under the boots of the Sage's feet pre ordained her arrival, along side Kenmeina, into a village made of buildings that looked like something between shinto buildings, and igloos. Ice was the predominate decoration, making ice neko cats, ice fences...but the place itself had a feeling of sadness and neglect, as if an underlying issue, like the degradation of Japanese culture, was underway.
A few, attractive, young Japanese men were also around in this mostly female village of the 'people of the ice', or the Yuki Onna as they were properly called, but they were mortal men who a Yuki Onna had captured, and locked in ice.
They...had a very odd idea of marriage.
Like Kenmeina, all the woman were tall, with either black or purplish blue hair, adorned in Kimono's and ice made hair bands.
As the sage proceeded through the village, she only noticed one little Yuki Onna, a little girl who was trying to make a little thing of ice, but whatever she was trying to make didn't seem to be working, as the pieces just looked like badly made snowballs.
"Yes...I see you've...well noticed that we only have one child in the village at the moment, her name is Tasukeru...the Yuki Onna have long had a low fertility rate, and the troubles..."
The sage smiled softly "Yes...where is her mother..." she just assumed the father would not be around...and for some reason she was more inclined to mothers than fathers.
"She...well her human mate" as all Yuki Onna mates were "Left her, and she melted out of loneliness. Yuki onna, are a race whose hearts are fragile. To be betrayed by the ones they love, to loose them, is a great tragedy, its why we freeze them when they age. To preserve them, forever...or at least until we can cure them of aging. But the fact that no Yuki Onna will take a second mate, is part of the reason for our low reproduction rate. Our last daughter, the one before Tsukeru, is no longer with us, promised to one of the kits of Kurama, the Nine Tails you spoke of." (A/N, applause to whoever guesses the last daughter's name, and the name of Kurama's kid?)
As they spoke, a half dozen older looking Yuki Onna appeared around them, the council of elders.
"What if I tell you, that I can give you a way to bring your lovers back, beyond the veil of death" the power that gave the honored warriors of Valhalla life, could be used to give them life, beyond their sword wounds, gun bullet holes and cancer cells.
That caught the attention of the aged ice woman, and the alliance was quickly done after that.
All along, the girl was watching the elders talk with this stranger, and had wide eyes as she saw the Sage remove her hood, showing off beautiful hair, done in a ponytail (think Annabeth's hair), and its color was (Spoiler alert...not going to say)
As the meeting concluded, the elders and Kenmeina quickly dispersed into icy mist, quick to spread the news amongst the Yuki-Onna, leaving the sage in the snow with little Tasukeru, who had finally gotten a shape out of ice.
"Oh..." The little girl said cutely, as the Sage looked over at her, quickly recovering her head "Your pretty"
The sage smiled at the compliment "I'm nothing special. You..however, are. Your the future of your kind, the heir of a new age of Yuki Onna" the sage knelt down in the snow "I sense, no..I know, your play a part in the crusade, to make things right in the world"
"Right!" Little Tasukeru said cheerfully as the sage chuckled.
Little children; human, demigod or Japanese spirit known for killing lost hikers by freezing them, were so cute.
"Here" the little girl handed the sage what she had made of ice. The sage noted it, and smiled.
It was a crystal clear, ice heart.
"Thank you...and may you one day find someone, who you will give your own heart to, one day"
Omake
Canon
The battle of the Demigods
What do you think when I say this; Percy vs Nico, Percy vs Jason, Jason vs a son of Artemis...
Or just Greece and Rome after each other
No, its a fight of a, different manor
A fight, which for various reasons, is done in the dark, with no witnesses
"I've been waiting a long time for this, Percy" Thalia said seriously.
"So have I, I'm going to kick your ass!"
"Sure Percy...but I've got type advantage"
"There's more to this noble game than type, Thalia" Percy smirked as they both drew out...Nintendo DS's?
"BATTLE!"
Swampert, Slowbro, Lapras, Kingdra, Ludicolo and Jellicent vs Raichu, Jolteon, Magnezone, Lanturn, Electivire and Eelektross
Meanwhile, watching this geeky face off, were the hunters and Artemis
"Lady Artemis...you said we cannot have..."
"...Technology that portrays elements that I find unsettling, such as cell phones and laptops, however I have no problem with handheld entertainment devices that cannot be hacked with offensive images." Not to mention, Chiron had asked her to try and find a safer, less lethal way for the campers and hunters to settle their differences.
That, and she was getting annoyed at being beat by her subordinate at a Japanese video game...what was wrong with her Nidoqueen, Liligant, Blissey, Sawsbuck, Staraptor and Emboar anyway?
Phoebe paled, perhaps that is why Lady Artemis had a Pikachu plushie
This omake was dedicated to my sister, who, naturally, got a Pokemon game and choose the starter that beats mine...