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With Itachi carrying me, Hidan carrying Taylor, and Sasuke carrying Cassie (Kisame couldn't carry Cassie because of his sword), we made it to the temple that day, with only a couple of zombie attacks. The temple was an old, decrepit looking thing.
"We have to go in there?" I asked. "The roof might fall! Or the floor might…" I was cut off as Cassie grabbed the back of my shirt and dragged me toward the temple.
Suddenly, everyone became tense. I couldn't see what they were looking at because I was backwards. "What is it?" Nobody answered me. "Another zombie attack?"
I growled in frustration, pulled away from Cassie, whirled around… And came face to face with a giant, blood red wolf. I took a step back and it followed me. "H-hello." I murmured. Its ears perked up.
I took this as a good sign and started talking. "My name is Alexa, or Aleah." It sat down right in front of me and started wagging its tail.
Two more wolves came bounding out of the woods. One was bright gold, the other a deep, midnight black. The golden one tackled Cassie and licked her face. The black one stood before Taylor and rubbed his nose on her.
A voice spoke in my head. Aleah. It had been so long. I had almost given up hope that I would never see you again. My companions and I flinched. We had all heard the red wolf.
"How do you know me?" I asked the wolf.
Ah, you do not have your memory back yet, I see. Allow me to tell you then. You raised me from when I was just a pup, goddess. I am Cerberus.
"I… Raised you? Isn't Cerberus a three headed dog that guards hell?"
You misunderstand. We, all three of us, are Cerberus. Humans over the years have twisted the legend of what we are. We are in fact wolves, and we do guard the underworld. You gave us to Hades when you found out what was going to happen to you. Now that you are back, however, we will not continue to do that job. We have to protect you now. Keep in mind that we are not the only animals that will obey you. After you go in that temple, you will gain more of your powers. Be careful in the temple.
I took a deep breath and nodded. I began to walk when the red wolf said. Only the three goddesses may go into the temple. The rest of you must wait out here.
They ninjas looked to us. I nodded and began to walk again. Adrenalin was coursing through me, and I felt like I was going to throw up.
As big as the temple looked from the outside, it was all only one room. There were stone chairs positioned in a circle. There were roughly one hundred of them. We walked into the middle of that and saw a circle stone platform. It was divided into thirds. I stepped onto one of the thirds.
Cassie shrugged and stepped onto another third, as did Taylor. The circle we stood on lit up, and suddenly we were standing in a pillar of light. It was like the one that we had traveled to the Naruto world in.
Just as quickly as the pillar of light came, it disappeared. I blinked until I could see again. When I finally could, I gasped. The stone chairs weren't stone anymore. They were gold thrones. The room was elegantly decorated. And there were people sitting on the thrones.
The chair directly in front of me was occupied by a dark haired man. His eyes were the same green color as mine. I gasped again.
"Is that all you can do?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and smiling.
"Jashin!" I smiled. I jumped off the pedestal and ran to him.
"Aleah." He said and hugged me. "I have missed you." He held me at arm's length. "Do you know who I am?"
"Yes. You're my brother." I said, confused. I looked around at all the other people watching us. They must be gods and goddesses, I concluded.
Jashin sighed and dropped his arms. "I was afraid that you would not remember. I am not just your brother, my dear Aleah. I am also your husband."
"But…" I took a step away from him. Was this all true? I knew that gods and goddesses would marry their siblings, but I never, never once, thought I would be one.
"That is beside the point. You are here for one reason, and one reason alone. We are to give you part of your powers back." Jashin said.
Another god stood up. He had white hair and yellow eyes. "My name is Zeus."
I gasped, then glared at Jashin when he chuckled at me. "You're the king of the gods!" I said excitedly.
Zeus's eyes turned grave. "I am afraid that that is one thing that the humans have gotten wrong. I was never the king of the gods. There has never been a king of the gods. There has only been one ruler and she was a just queen. That queen is you, Aleah."
Cassie and Taylor gasped. I nearly did to. Instead, I asked, "Then why was I sealed away?"
"Jealousy." Was his simple answer.
"How do we get some of our power back here?" Cassie asked.
"You must be on the sacred platform, and as soon as we give you some of your power back, you will leave. Say goodbye now."
Jashin touched my face tenderly. "Goodbye my sister, my bride."
My breath hitched at his words. "Goodbye." I hugged him, but he pulled me away. "After millennium apart, that isn't good enough." He said, then kissed me roughly and passionately. He let go and gently shoved me towards the platform. Cassie and Taylor were already there.
As soon as I was up onto the pedestal a red light enveloped us. Soon, the white light came and took us back to the stone temple. I fell to the ground and started to cry. They ninjas came running in, followed by the wolves.
Itachi was surprised when I jumped into his arms and held his as tightly as I could. I was crying too hard to tell him what was wrong, so I had Cassie tell him what was wrong.
"She saw Jashin," Cassie started, but Hidan interrupted her.
"Really! No fucking way! That is so damn awesome."
"Anyway, it turns out that not only is he her brother, but he is also…" Cassie seemed reluctant to say it, but she finally said, "Alexa is Jashin's wife."
"And also that she is the ruler of all the gods, and is therefore the ruler of all that is in existence." Taylor added.
All was silent except for my sobs, which quickly subsided. Finally, Itachi pulled my chin up so that I would look him in the eye. "I didn't know Itachi. I don't know him. I love you." I said, feeling the hot tears slip down my cheeks. The red wolf came up to me and licked them away.
I giggled and touched Itachi's cheeks. A flash of light came from my fingers and into his eyes. Itachi held onto me and closed his eyes, groaning. I started to panic.
"Oh my… Itachi, I am so sorry… Are you…" He opened his eyes and looked at me as though for the first time. "You fixed me." He said.
"What?"
"I was going blind." He looked at my face for a long while. "You healed me." He said.
I had an idea then. "Um… This may sound weird, but take off your shirt." He looked at me strangely, as did the rest of the ninja, but Taylor and Cassie already knew what I was about to do. "You have a disease with your lungs." I said. Realization dawned on everybody.
I took a deep breath and laid my hand on his chest. The white sparks came again, and entered into his chest. Itachi convulsed and fell to the ground. I started to panic again, but he got up and took a deep breath. I breathed a sigh of relief.
Itachi chuckled as he put his shirt back on. We were all in good moods now.
Out of nowhere, a zombie lurched out of the shadows and grabbed ahold of Taylor. It wretched her head to the side and brought its head down to her neck.
The end of chapter eleven. I hoped you all liked it. I added a little cliff hanger in there. Oh, the love-hate relationship we all have with the cliffhanger. Feed me reviews!