Kid POV

So perhaps things ended up rather...different than expected. To sum everything up and away from confusion, basically, the future of this world lies on Soul. Whether the son of Apollo accepts it or not, he is the precedent of the Oracle, meaning that he will be the next deity of Apollo. Or if he gets lucky, he'll be temporary. But for now, the balance of good and evil lies on him and his visions.

The woman he described is not an enemy to be taken lightly. She is sinister and damn vile. To think that she would arise in a time like this. But it makes sense that she would. The Roman said that she calls out to him in his visions. She must've been the one to send the hellhound Othrus. Why would that be so?

Then there's the connection that Soul and Maka feel for each other. That could mean that Maka and the Roman are subjects of the prophecy.
In that case then Soul must hurry and spill it out.

I just finished elaborating the plan to Stein. He was in charge while my team was gone.

"Kid we're all ready to go. Are you ready?"

I straightened up and glanced toward Maka. She was dressed with some light armor and had a normal sword attached to her belt.

"You're going to need something more than that." I spoke eyeing toward the sword.

"Well what do you want me to use, a battle axe?" She exaggerated.

I chuckled. "No. But perhaps a sword that can do that amount of damage. There are certain weapons we demigods use for battle. They are called celestial bronze weapons, made specifically for battling monsters of all types."

She widened her green eyes and took a look at her normal, scratched and dented sword. "Where can I find one of these, cestial bronze swords?"

"Celestial." I corrected. "And just take this one." I sprouted my hand toward the floor and caused a loom of black smoke. "Deimos*." I spoke, and a sword sprouted out from the cloud and into my hand.

"Your powers are really handy aren't they?"

I cleared my throat. "Yes. I can be quite unpredictable. Anyway here you are." I handed her the newly summoned celestial sword.

"Deimos." She spoke as she examined it.

I nodded. "Yes. That was Stein's sword at a time. It is adaptable to your wavelength. That's how celestial bronze works. The stronger your soul, the stronger your attacks."

She sprouted a confident smirk on her face and swung it a few times. I decided to get going before she swung down my whole cabin.

We met with Black*Star, Kilik, and the Romans. Soul's group had their attention fully set on me, studying my gloomy and dark appearance perhaps. I have such a way with people.

Soul stepped out from his group. "Ahem. So since we're gonna be working together, we should probably introduce ourselves properly. This is my team, we call ourselves the Eaters. Why you may ask, I really don't know. We just call ourselves that for cool purposes. And starting from here." He gestured toward his group. "Tsubaki, Liz, and Patti."

"Alright." Kilik cheered. "Eaters, we are Spartoi. I'm Kilik-

"And I'm the mighty Black*Star!"

Kilik paused for a moment and continued. "And these two well." He gestured to me.

"I'm the leader of this group, go ahead and just call me Kid."

"Kid? I think I like death boy better." Soul teased. I gave him a sly look to threaten him which worked pretty well.

"And I'm Maka, the new girl pretty much."

Stein approached from behind and took a look at the teams. He nodded at me, meaning it was alright for us to take our leave.

"Alright. Spartoi execution team, Eaters, let's go onward!"

This. Was. Torture.

It had only been ten minutes and already, a series of yelling and threats had commenced. I just had to bring Black*Star didn't I...

"Will all you just shut your mouths and be quiet!" I yelled out.

"Tell that stupid ninja of yours to shut up about his apparent "awesomeness." The tall dark haired Roman Tsubaki groaned.

"Apparent? Hah! There is nothing apparent about me! I'm the badass of all Greece. Nothing can ever measure up to-

I had about enough and turned to smack the obnoxious idiot atop the head. It turns out that Maka had beat me to it though.

"Maka Chop!"

Note to self, Maka can apparently summon books from out of nowhere, and if she has one, don't do anything stupid.

Kilik ended up dragging the idiot as we continued walking. Things were calm now and Soul along with his team were still rather uncomfortable about this. It was just about time that Maka spoke up.

"So Kid, what is going on exactly?"

I took a moment to phrase things short and to the point. "Soul's visions are leading him to a vile enemy that must be defeated. Otherwise, this world may be consumed in evil."

"So what about the prophecy?"

I could see the look of anger that Soul put on as Maka said the word. The poor guy was blessed with a burden, but he needed to accept himself at this point.

"Well, until Soul has an episode and speaks to us in a strange voice while sprouting out green smoke, the prophecy is yet to be heard."

"What makes you think I am the so called Oracle death boy?"

I sighed. "Well you have visions about things that are going on in the present. You feel some sort of connection to Maka. Maka isn't supposed to be here for that matter and well, your wavelength is hard to read."

"Wavelength?" The white headed roman questioned.

"Yes. It's something that you Romans have yet to understand."

"Is it just another trait you inherit from our good ol godly parents?" Soul spoke sarcastically. "Ya know cus you Greeks get the special treatment from the gods instead of us."

I didn't answer and instead kept leading us forward. I hated to agree with the Roman but he had a point. Olympus treated their Roman spawned children unfairly due to that fact that the Roman reign was over and erased. Having gone back to their ancient roots of Greece, Greek demigods have much more "attention" from Olympus rather than Romans. Despite the hundreds of attempts to balance each root out in the past, somehow the rivalry between Greek and Roman always prevailed. Like I said, even the gods can be unfair...

"So how long til we get to Vegas?" I heard Maka ask from behind.

"Hoping that we don't get caught up in any skirmishes, hopefully by three days. However, wait no. That won't work."

"What won't work?" Soul asked.

"I do have a form of teleportation called shadow travel. I can use the shadows to-

"No! No. No. No. I'm already forced to work with you but don't you dare drag me into the shadows!"

I put a smirk on my face. "What? The son of light can't handle the underworld?"

He replied back with a threatening look, to which I just chuckled and gazed forward. So far nothing but forest engulfed us. It would be long before desert took over. I could take the wait, the open sun isn't my thing. Speaking of which, I still had yet to know what Soul's team was capable of. "If you don't mind me asking, who exactly am I working with here? Who are your Roman parents?"

"Well you know my dad is Apollo so I'm settled." Soul lazily said.

"Ooh! Me and sis are daughters of Mercury! He's a cool god." The youngest innocent looking one cheered aloud.

If she did that to answer every question, pretty soon I was going to be deaf.

"Yeah, Patti and I are spawns of Mercury. Nothin special."

I eyed the two blondes. "You two are sisters?"

"Mhm. Sis and I are surely sisters. Or I wouldn't call her sis anymore. That would be weird."

Soul tapped my shoulder and whispered into my ear. "Don't judge the innocent looking one, she can literally rip an arm off of ya."

I decided not to question it. "Alright so two daughters of, Hermes in our case. Patti and?"

"Liz." The older one spoke.

"And I'm Tsubaki. Daughter of Venus. I'll most likely be the most resourceful one out of us four." She spoke with a sense of disappointment instead of confidence, which made me take her word for it.

"What about you guys?"

"Yeah! Who's your Mommy's and daddy's?"

"Well as you already might've guessed, my father is Hades. In your case, Pluto."

"Ooh. Do you have cool powers like summoning the dead in order to feed on your victims' souls and devour them into the depths of the underworld?!"

I as well as everyone else turned to face Patti in fear and shock. I'm a child of the underworld. I've seen despair and desolation. But this...this was something else. She was an innocent sweet looking girl with the mind of a psychotic. Now I understood what Soul had told me just a moment ago.

"Uhm. I suppose?" I wasn't sure how to respond really. "Uhm. Maka you take over."

"Eh? Why do you gotta put me in the spotlight?"

I didn't answer and could hear her sigh.

"Well. I'm Maka and my father is Zeus."

I could see Soul eye her. I couldn't read the expression on his face though.

"Zeus? Who's Zeus sis?" Patti innocently spoke. That girl was going to be my exception to creeping me out, and that was saying something. Creeping people out was supposed to be my job but now it seemed like competition was arising.

"He's our equivalent to uh...Tsubaki?"

"He's Jupiter." Tsubaki answered.

"Oh you mean like Ox? Ok I see now." Patti spoke.

I halted myself, causing Maka to run into me from behind and Kilik to run into her. "Who's Ox?"

"Ox is our leader. He's really stupid and annoying but we have to deal with him."

I clenched my teeth. "What do you mean he's a son of Jupiter?"

The Romans exchanged looks until they were all gawking down at Soul to answer. He grunted but faced me. "He's the son of Jupiter. Is there a problem with that?"

I glanced over at Maka who faced me with confusion. "I thought you said no children of Zeus or-

"I know. Just hold on one minute." I interrupted.

"What is Maka talking about?" Soul crossed his arms at me.

"The reason why that leader of yours concerns me is because there isn't supposed to be any children of Zeus, Poseidon, or Hades in this era."

"What does that make of you two?" Tsubaki asked.

"I was an exception."

"How so?" She gawked down on me with suspicion.

"I...just was." I faced away from her. She was a child of Venus, she could get any information out of me using charm speak. I didn't need that right now.

"Anyway I'm not the one who matters. It's Maka. This is why I need to know the prophecy." I abruptly snapped my head toward Soul. "Because she is a spawn of Zeus and Zeus has claimed her. Zeus has done this for a reason and the fact the two of you feel some sort of connection ties everything together."

I adjusted my overcoat and took a look at the sky. "And Soul, we've all noticed that the sun hasn't shown its face in a great period of time. You should know what that means."

Nobody bothered saying another word.

By evening, I had arranged that we camp out and get rest. We had to be a good thirty miles away from the fort by this time. So far, so good. My only worry was about approaching the city. There were eight of us. That is far more than needed for monsters to sniff us out. I needed a good plan before even thinking of setting foot in Vegas. But with the various obstacles within the city, I need to make sure that neither us will be killed.

Everyone dozed off and occupied themselves by either sleeping or conversing. Kilik and Black*Star seemed to have a good bond going on with Soul and Tsubaki. Liz and Patti were dozing off and Maka…Where is she?

I looked around and caught her sitting near a small pond.

Welp, it wouldn't hurt to make sure she's alright. "May I sit down?"

She looked up and nodded. She was calm as always, never showing any hint of what she truly felt. I sat and joined her side. I looked down at the pond and was surprised that it was crystal clear.

"Hey Kid?"

My gaze shifted toward the green-eyed girl. "Yes?"

"It's dangerous to step into a big city isn't it?"

"Yes. It's a risky choice for even one demigod. But now we're eight, and the two of us are children of higher blood. For now we'll have to go with it. Once we reach the city, I'll see what I can do to keep us safe."

"That doesn't sound too assuring. Knowing you, wouldn't you have some friend that can help us out or something?"

I giggled at Maka's enthusiasm. We've only known each other for a short while and she already knows me so well. "I wish I could say that, but unfortunately I don't."

She sighed and I noticed that she was frustrated. I took a moment to think of what to say. "So why did you want to go to Vegas so badly anyway?"

She sat up and inhaled a shaky breath. "Because that's where I live. Where I lived before all this happened. My family is there and I just want to see them…before something bad happens."

I didn't respond and was actually feeling a little bad for her. It was a rough life for a half-blood, leaving a family isn't easy for anyone. Though I couldn't say I knew what it felt like, I knew it wasn't an easy aspect to let go. "I understand."

I couldn't think of anything else to say and silently beat myself down in my mind.

"Anyway that's not the important part. This enemy that you're talking about, is she the one from Soul's visions?"

Geez, sometimes I wish Maka was as dumbed down as Black*Star. But knowing her tendencies as a daughter of Zeus, she always had to know what was going on.

"I suppose I can't say that you're wrong. She has been around since the beginning of the beginning. She's been killed and resurrected over the millennia and now she's back. But this time I know that she is ready to do some damage to Olympus."

"Who is she?" Maka's eyes bore into mine with question. I took a breath and exhaled.

"Medusa."

Dun Dun Dun DUN! ...Ok I swear, this is the last build up chapter. I promise, the next chapter shall be more anticipating.

*Deimos*- Fear.

Responses:

Sara Lovelymusic- Don't worry, they're a group of eight awesome demigods, they can survive within the big city...or maybe not. We'll find out shortly.

QuantamTheory- Glad to know that you're always loving my stories. You are truly amazing. As far as the all the demigods learning to work together, we'll just see how that goes ;)

WeightlessWriter- Whoo! It's great seeing your review on this story :) And I'm glad to hear that you love it. I have a lot planned regarding Kid and Soul. They're gonna have a good rivalry going on that I hope everyone will enjoy.