Hey everyone, here I am with another chapter continuing The Lord's Fallen Angel's story, Virgin Blood. I now have an update system, I have decided that I will post the date that the new chapter will be posted at the bottom of each chapter in an author's note with the reviews. Please note that I may be late on some posts due to an upcoming school year.
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This chapter is dedicated to Izanami (August 23) was her birthday.
Chapter 13: Tracked
In the shadows a woman watched the girl heave, her eyes narrowed as the edges of her lips lifted revealing a calculated smirk. She could smell an opportunity for chaos rising. This woman was a goddess of little power; she envied everyone around her and she wanted to have everything. Her long black hair floated in the air defying the gravity that existed. Her extremely long and sharp nails wrapped around the tree trunk as she peered at the girl again, this goddess loved to make trouble.
The winds blew softly and then rose into a crescendo. If mountains could shake in animosity, they would. She could feel how much fun she would have messing with the god's little game they started. This would be more fun than pining Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena with the golden apple. "To the fairest," she said, "Zeus was a fool for passing the judgment to Paris, but it made it even more fun and interesting." Her ultimate goal was to ruin everything that people had. Everyone's pain was her fault, always.
Her ears seemed to have twitched and her blazing amber eyes turned animalistic. Her smooth and dangerous voice cut the short silence in the forest like a knife, "Huntress, revel yourself!"
Tenten emerged from the brush that hid her form the goddess's view. She held her bow tightly in her hands, "What do you think you're doing here Eris?" she said softly, she hoped the winds would rage causing the trees to rustle violently, but alas they did not. The warrior could not afford for Sakura to hear them.
The said goddess lifted the hem of her long purple robe off the ground, all of the edges torn laving holes and small treads dragging on the ground. Her pale bear feet stalked the warrior and she circled around the woman deliberately, like a lioness studying her prey in the wild, "Oh, nothing much, I just wanted to see why there was such a commotion down here." She said thoughtfully. She then glared at the warrior, her head slightly tucked into her chest, "But the question is, what are you doing here?"
Tenten looked at the goddess slightly afraid, uncertain where she was going with this conversation, "I am her guardian charged by Artemis. I have a purpose. You on the other hand are just looking for trouble."
The goddess's claw like nails touched the bottom of Tenten's chin, ghosting over her tanned skin. The warrior went very still. "And you have a right to say that after you took my man away from me?"
Tenten stepped away from the goddess as she defended herself against the accusation "You stole him from Aphrodite in pure jealousy, and you had him poisoned." She glared at her in hatred. She drew an arrow with her hand and pointed it hazardously at the goddess's neck, "You can't treat these mortals like toys!"
"That's what they are to god's alike, toys." Eris strutted to a nearby tree and reached for the nearest branch, she tore the branch off of the treed and shaped it to resemble a man, "Those mortals are for our entertainment," the goddess played with the figurine like a puppet, she made it dance "and if you don't like that, little nymph, I can send you to Hades myself." The wooden man burst into flames for emphasis. "You're the reason why my toy is broken and gone." The goddess fake pouted, "Now I don't know what to do…"
"He was Aphrodite's in the first place, he never belonged to you. He doesn't belong to anyone." Tenten watched the ashes float sadly to the ground. She would hate for that figurine to represent herself, hell, she would hate for that figurine to be her!
Eris crossed her arms defensively across her chest, "You WOULD defend that bitch after she gave you a reward. You sicken me." The goddess glanced at the river again and watched the pink haired girl wash her face and mouth with handfuls of clean water. A plan formulated in her head.
"Believe me, you make me even sicker," Tenten mumbled. She started her day with a smile on her face and a couple insults to her charge and now it had to all go downhill. What's next, an invasion of horses and men?
The dark goddess closed her eyes and tossed her hair carelessly as shadows shaded her from the light "Any way, I must be going now. I have lives to ruin." The goddess eyes snapped open and glared at Tenten, "You will pay for what you have done to me."
The goddess faded into the shadows of the trees, the tree seemed to have trembled and its branches shuttered. Eris left no trace of her ever being in the forest.
Tenten stared at the shadows, she then rolled her eyes "What a drama queen." She walked past the brush and trees to the bubbling clear river where Sakura still sat. Tenten rested her hand on one of Sakura's shoulders, "Are you ready to go?"
The pink haired girl nodded as she kept her head down cast, "but I don't really feel good." She rubbed her stomach, "my stomach hurts so much. It must have been all of that running from the day before or that oil. It did kind of mess with my internal organs." Sakura looked at the warrior; her eyes closed happily as the girl tilted her head, "Thank you for the clothes, I am really glad you gave them to me. And I'm happy you're here, I don't know what I would do without you."
Tenten smiled at Sakura as her other hand brushed through the pink girl's hair, "No problem, they're not mine. It was a gift to you from Artemis…" She grabbed Sakura's arms and helped pull her of the ground. The huntress stood back, "turn around." Tenten inspected the girl's clothing as Sakura pivoted gracefully on the balls of her feet. The girl held out her arms from the side of her body, confidently showing off her new wardrobe, "You didn't put the arm guards on properly, in fact, they are upside down." Sakura's confidence deflated dirastically, she looked down at her arms in embarrassment.
Sakura watched Tenten imprudently take off the light brown arm guards and reposition them on her arms. "I will have to thank Artemis for giving me these."
The warrior tightened the thin leather bindings on the arm guards, "These will protect you from your bow when you fire, they will also protect you from the brush and tree limbs."
Tenten stepped away from Sakura again giving her a good second look over, "This leather is special. It was forged by Hephaestus. This armor will defend you against flying arrows and light sword abrasions, but it has no power resisting other gifts of the gods."
Sakura looked thoughtfully at her armor, then she was confused "I know this is bad of me, but who is Hephaestus again?"
Deadpanned Tenten shook her head and bit her pinkish lips, "He is the god of the forge and is married to Aphrodite. Yes he is lame and usually forgotten, but Sakura really?"
"I'll be sure to thank him too in prayer." Sakura said.
The warrior pulled an arrow out and positioned it on her arrow, "First lesson about battle archery, always have your arrow on your quiver during travel. You never know if you are going to come close to encountering your enemies."
Sakura difficulty began to lift her bow and load it with a sharp arrow. Unconsciously the arrow was pointed in Tenten's general direction.
Tenten quickly took away Sakura's bow, "Hey, hey, hey! You will not shoot that until you get done with lesson zero! Gods and goddesses above you could kill someone and that someone would be me!"
Sakura blushed and rung her hands together guiltily. Tenten gave her bow back to her, "Sorry." Sakura mumbled. Her breath caught as she heard a pounding in the distance, it was getting closer.
"I hear it as well…We need to get going." The warrior said hastily, "I can feel the pounding of horse hooves on the ground. He is near." Uttered the warrior, she gestured for Sakura to follow her. "We are going to the north; the Senju will help us, hopefully."
"Senju?" the girl questioned, "The former high priestess at the temple was Tsunade Senju, and no one knows where she went. Is it possible that she returned to the north with her husband?"
"Sakura, at the moment, I don't really care. The most important thing we should be focusing on is getting the hell out of here." The warrior took her bow in both hands, "The last thing we need is for you to get caught."
The pounding of hooves stopped, the silence was deafening.
Tenten froze, "What in hades is going on?" 'Please tell me I didn't jinx myself while talking to Eris, though I wouldn't be surprised if I did.' She tought.
The warrior gestured for Sakura to follow her, her finger held up to her lips signaling for Sakura to be quiet. They both silently moved deeper into the forest, their sandals carefully treading on the soft ground. The two avoided sticks and leaves like the plague, they could not afford to make a sound…even a tiny one.
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Sasuke once again was at the front of his legion, riding on his stallion. The army marched in sync, but the men and horses held their heads downward tiredly. The flags that some of the men held were not held quite as high as they were earlier in the day. The hot blaring sun by now was starting to sink from high noon. The white fluffy clouds were no longer present in the beautiful blue sky.
Azuma kept his eyes on the prince and the road ahead of them, 'Something seems off about him…' the commander thought.
The legion continued marching until Sasuke's stallion, Mars, reared and gave a panicked whinny. The white horse jumped up and down, Sasuke struggled to keep himself on his horse.
On the ground was a dark five foot long snake, its purple scales tore apart from the body and mended themselves together as the great snake stood taller and taller. It spoke to the prince as black hair grew from its head, "There'sss no need to be afraid. I have come bearing newsss for you my prince." The figure morphed into a woman, her long nails raised to the prince offering welcome, deceptive amber eyes met calculating onyx.
Sasuke calmed his stallion and watched the woman twirl her hair, "Who are you, and what kind news do you bring?"
The woman smiled cunningly at the young prince, "I am Eris, and I offer you news of your wife…"
Cliffhanger!
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Message for w: The gods Kratos, and Zelus and the goddesses Nike and Bia are real gods and goddesses. They are only mentioned briefly in mythology. I will explain them later in the story.
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