It started storming when I found somewhere in the forest to be alone.

I rocked myself back and forth, trying to block out the noise of the thunder, which would have scared me to bits if I wasn't so focused on my anger and confusion.

The rain came a while after I started hearing Apollo calling me.

I wanted so badly to just hate him, but how could I when he wanted to explain? What if it was all a misunderstanding?

What was he planning do with me? Why wouldn't he tell me about his true intentions if he WAS from another planet with a reason for being on Earth?

And why did I have to find out from someone else that he was sent to Earth to destroy mankind? Why wouldn't he tell me?

I still didn't understand much why I was so angry, which was why I was confused.

It's likely that he would marry me and take me back to his planet before he took action and completed his mission, but that wouldn't make me any happier.

I could never live or give myself to a person like that...

I never wanted to marry him in the first place.

I jumped when a crack of thunder ripped through the sky. It sounded so close that I yelped.

"Karin! Where are you?"

Apollo's voice sounded much to near.

I had to get away from him. I needed time to come to realization. Why would he destroy Earth in the first place? He didn't seem like that kind of person.. even if he was rude to everyone else.

What was up with him being protective toward me like he owned me and already calling me his fiance? The only real reason why he wouldn't tell me any of this was probably to try and convince me he was harmless.

Traitor.

I stood up, shaking in anger and fear and stumbled through the forest. My clothes were soaked and started becoming uncomfortable. I could barely see where I was going, and I was FREEZING.

I heard footsteps behind me and picked up the pace.

"Karin, wait!"
A blue light flashed behind me and I turned to the blinding ray.

I suddenly felt myself being lifted from the ground and pulled through the forest. Screaming, I flailed my arms around. Trees were inches from my face as I flew by. I could have hit something and been instantly knocked out.

All of a sudden, it stopped and I landed in a warm embrace I fought hard to keep away from.

I peered up into glowing amethyst eyes and thrashed around.

"Put me down! I don't want you to touch me! I hate you! How dare you drag me over here like that?! Stop it! Let go!"

"Karin, you have to let me explain."

"Stop it! I don't want to hear!"
Apollo set me on the ground, but before I could jump to my feet and run away, he bent down and took my face in his hands.

"Why would you pretend like everything was okay?!" I screamed at him, "Aunt Chisame and I let you live in our house for 2 months now and you didn't bother to tell us you wanted to destroy Earth? What? Where you planning to kill us both when we weren't paying attention, or something?! What's wrong with you!? Let go of me! You don't own me! I'm not some toy, you know!"
I raised my fists and beat them on Apollo's chest.

"Let me explain.." he sounded patient, but slightly upset.

"Explain what? How you were planning all of this?!"

"Fine. You don't want to listen, so I'll have to show you."

I wanted to turn away from him, but he was holding my head firmly.

"No! Don't! Stop it, Apo—nn!"

I felt a pair of soft lips crash against mine. Angry he would do something like this in such a situation, I thrashed around again.

I was about to slap him when my body went still. I couldn't move. My eyes widened as a sensation starting from my mouth spread through my body before gathering at my head.

A horrible head ache pounded against my skull as if I was being hit with hammers. The pain was so overwhelming that I whimpered and almost started to cry.

Apollo pulled away and I sucked in a breath.

He held his forehead gently against mine.

"Forgive me. Just a moment longer." his voice was soft and pleading over the thunder.
"What... what did you.."

Suddenly, as the strange head ache subsided, something blocked out my vision. My eyes were wide open but I started seeing images.

There was one of a young boy with bright blonde hair, gentle blue eyes, and a promising smile hugging a woman I guessed was his mother, and then a moment later, the boy was kneeling over her motionless body. She looked horribly beaten, her skin torn and strange marks that looked like burns from an electrical charge had ripped through her. Her body was smoking like it was on fire.

Tears poured down the boy's face at the loss of his mother, but another image appeared shortly after. A huge, strong man with muscles the size of my head came over to pull the boy from his mother.

The next image I saw was of the boy, much older this time, arguing with his father over something. The father shot a golden eyed glare at his son, silencing him immediately. There were other images of the son being neglected and left out of the decision for anything. The next time I saw an image of the boy that aged, it surprised me.

Of course.

It was Kazune. The long, blonde hair and sweet blue eyes were so familiar I was surprised I couldn't see it before.

He didn't look so helpless as he did when he was younger. This time when he was arguing with his father, he wore a serious expression and managed to convince his father over something. After ward, he traveled in a space ship through the universe before crash landing on Earth.

Near my backyard, of course.

After that, the images stopped and I was back in the forest.

I blinked, "That doesn't prove anything."

"I know. Just let me explain."
I looked away, anywhere but those sad violet eyes.

"Like in the stories told on this planet, Zeus is my father. However, we never had a close relationship. We could never agreeing on anything and trying to make things work our own ways in managing the Olympus Planet always ended up in some kind of war between us. As I got older, it was time I started thinking about marrying since I would move to build my own kingdom in Olympus."

Of course, with such a life changing decision, I wanted to make it on my own," Apollo continued, "That meant I could choose my fiance myself. I had my heart set on finding her on Earth."

Although he was angry at me for breaking tradition, I got my father's approval, only I knew it was best I didn't tell him I'd already chosen the planet."

However, he gave me 2 conditions. I had to bring my wife home within 2 years, which I thought was enough time to create a close relationship with someone.

I stared down at the ground, my head aching slightly. I wanted to blurt out dozens of questions, but I needed to know just one answer now. I could tell he was getting close to that, however.

"Then, Zeus told me what the last condition was. It was something he wanted me to take care of a long time ago. In order to prove my worth and strength to him and show him I had future king potential and respect for Olympus' history, I had to destroy Earth and it's humans for mistreating the planet and developing such unforgivable crimes. Truthfully, my father has been waiting centuries for revenge on the humans for forcing us to leave their planet when it was still very young. I'd never seen Earth before, or a human, so I was very interested in seeing what the planet was like. I traveled to Earth to see what he meant and couldn't believe my eyes. They really have changed. Humans have turned into such horrible creatures. My father and siblings had told me they used to be such calm, gentle beings, until they turned on everything and acted mercilessly. They polluted their rivers, cut down trees, hurt each other, committed death crimes, adults abused children, many dirtied the air, and found so many ways to hurt their own selves while hurting others around them..."

I gave up, biting my lip and looking into Apollo's eyes. They were so sad. I'd never seen him looked so pained before.

"You were the first human I'd ever encountered face to face." Apollo reached forward to brush my wet hair from my face. I shivered.

"...so beautiful. You shine even in the darkness. Far more beautiful than my sister Aphrodite and she's the goddess of beauty." he laughed once.

"I gave it a lot of thought after I met you. After seeing Earth for the first time, I thought the humans deserved to die, I really did... But..I kept thinking over and over again that lots of humans can be different, I just had to see more of it myself. I see many of them doing their best to take care of this planet and I thought of how much it would crush you if I destroyed it. It was something I could never bring myself to do. Even after seeing only very little humans in the entire planet care and lots of others don't, I want to give the life here a chance. Karin, I decided only a few days after being with you that I didn't want to destroy this planet, can't you see? If I hadn't..."

My face softened and I almost felt like crying for being so angry at him.

"I'm so sorry. I struggled to explain everything to you, but didn't know how to say it, of course. And if I did, you would have probably turned away from me. Like you did moments ago when you found out at the wrong time."

I felt my face heating up, despite the freezing cold.

"I..." I sighed, "No, Apollo, I'm sorry. I should have let you explain first."

"I should have told you earlier."

I let myself smile a little. If he was going to be on this planet he was still so curious about, I was going to have to be the one to teach him. I knew he was willing to learn.

Even in this god form of his, Apollo was still just like a puppy who needed an owner to teach him everything about the world he lived in and how to handle others.

"Then.. now that I know, I promise, I'll do my best to teach you whatever you want to know about Earth. It's a beautiful place, even if it doesn't seem like humans are careless, there are still so many out there that take great care of it. There are people who liked to preserve Earth's energy, people who recycle their belongings, feed those who are in need... so don't think we don't care."

The sadness from Apollo's jewel like amethyst eyes disappeared and they brightened with happiness.

"I see. Then, I'm willing to listen, only if it's you who will be my teacher."

I blushed again. He had such a beautiful, peaceful smile on his face. I guess I've never noticed those when he was being perverted. It made me shudder, thinking about him walking around and asking me thousands of questions and whispering "sensei" in my ear.

I noticed his cheeks were turning red, too, and almost forgot how ill he seemed before the other god and goddess had arrived to look for him. Worry made my throat tighten and I quickly reached forward to touch Apollo's forehead.

Feeling the burning heat of a fever on his skin, I pulled away and stood to help him up.

"Oh, crap! You have a fever. We need to get you inside."

I remembered something else. We had no home to go back to.

"What about the house?" I asked worriedly as we made our way through the forest.

"I told Ares and Hera to rebuild it before I left to look for you."
"Rebuild..?"

"You'll see."

Apollo grabbed my hand and walked me back to the house, which was literally back to normal. All of the bricks were in place, even the backyard fences were in order.

"I.. .don't believe it.. how...?"

"Huff... huff..."

I felt Apollo's grip loosen on my hand. Now that there was light, I could see his cheeks were flushed a deep red. He was panting heavily and sweat was running down his forehead and chest.

"Apollo...?!"

He looked like he was going to faint!

He stumbled, wobbling off balance before falling forward. I caught him in my arms and gritted my teeth as I struggled to hold him up.

"Apollo!"

His condition had been more serious than I thought!

Author's Note : Well, there you have it! I'm thinking of working on this story more often, I just have a BUNCH of other stories to try and finish. You know, I have about 10 other story ideas, but I don't want to stress myself out and write like 24 stories and try and update them all at once, you know? But, I will definitely pay more attention to this one.

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