(Aqua)
Kazuma had fallen asleep, she couldn't wait anymore, she needed to get to the Galeon her power was disappearing fast and she needed to restore it now.
The captain had offered to keep watch over Kazuma, the only reason she was even walking as fast as she is now, is because it's raining, the rain was new water and that meant a new power source.
She had already let her presence known to the waters here and it accepted her strengthening her. The island was quiet now, no it wasn't quiet, this island will never be quiet, even now the people that can manipulate water or live in water were walking around not really caring about the rain.
The houses here were strange but familiar, there really weren't any trees or green plants, if a person wanted to see something green, like grass, trees or anything to do with nature they would have to leave the island or buy one of the many potted plants being sold.
She began to skip in the growing puddles and waved at the guards as she passed by them, the houses here seemed to lean into each other and if a person walked down an ally or went up, they would swear that every building was apart of another.
Where one started, it only ended where another stopped, this was because of one street or another had forced the buildings to stop.
She danced in the rain and heard it sing her name "Aqua" each raindrop sang, each drop of water had its own voice and yet it was so perfectly in tune with the others that their song was breathtaking.
She finally arrived at the Galeon and the moment the guards laid eyes on her, they guided her down below, mortals weren't allowed in this ship, this was a ship only meant for Gods, their own little piece of Heaven.
Yet she stopped when the noticed that everyone was present at the moment, normally half of the Gods would be off somewhere doing their own thing and it would up to the angels, holy beasts and so on to keep guard.
Yet if someone were to manage to get passed them, they would have to face the convinced might of every God, both inside and outside the sheath.
"Ah, lady Aqua, I see you finally arrived. I take it he survived then" Thor said to her.
"Kazuma is sleeping, but he should be up and about by tomorrow" she answered the Thunder God.
"I see that's good to hear, please replenish your strength, we will explain everything when you're done" Thor added and got out of her way, allowing her to walk up to the sheath and place her hand on it.
The sheaths energy flared and she felt its energies flow into her, it was only a second but a second was all she needed, after all, she was a Goddes and if she was willing a second could and would last an eternity.
She took in a deep breath and opened her eyes "Alright what's going on?" She asked the gathered group of Gods.
There was an uneasy feeling in the room and usually, that spelled disaster, either a city needed to be destroyed or the gods had to kill or imprison a God or Monster and sometimes both in some forsaken place.
"We want to reform our Pantheons, but unfortunately we're all there is." Thor said to her, his long blond hair and muscular body, combined with his young face really made him attractive. Unfortunately for him, none of that was going him a favor at the moment.
There was fear in his eyes.
"What he means is, that unless everyone is okay with this, then this won't happen...Aqua do you want to help create our new pantheon?" Hera asked her.
"Nothing will change, all of us will continue to do what we are doing now, but considering that we can't return to the heavenly realm at the moment...We have everything we need, between all of us." Added a Goddes Aqua had never met before.
"What do I have to do?" She asked/demanded.
This made all thirteen Gods rise from their seats and stand around the sheath. Aqua looked at them and mentally wrote down, that they should really think of a name for the thing.
"We have a heavenly realm, one that houses the souls of those that came to this world with us and we know that even those that went to other realms are coming here as well" Gaia added, before pausing.
"We all need to pour our energy into it and let what happens next happen. Not even I know what that is" Gaia the Titan of the Earth exclaimed to her.
"If it all works out we all regain our strength without having to return here to replenish our strength. If anyone attacks one of us, even if it was self-defense it will be considered an insult to all of us and we will retaliate." Thor told her.
"...Can Kazuma stay with me?" She asked them and the assembled Gods all smiled.
"We have no say in how you treat your brother," they all said at once.
She stretched out her hand and placed it on the sheath, one by one all of the Gods present did the same, each one shrinking or changing form to be able to even touch the sheath.
There was a point where some had to go into the thing just to be able to do their part and the moment they were all ready they let out their power.
If she had to compare it to something, it would be like that one time a man managed to marry not one but two Goddesses. No one knew what happened, how it happened, but they were all left in shock.
It was but a second, but the second was all it took, the entire room was flowing with power and every God had to struggle to keep their energies contained.
"We are one, this is our family. Even if we find members of our old pantheons, we will not show special favor besides warning them or giving a good word from them. The past is the past and we are together now" they all said as one.
It was hidden from mortal and immortal eyes, but each God and Goddes was smiling, before they were alone, now they had each other and heaven help those that attacked them.
It was obvious to them all, that they would never be allowed to enter the heavenly realm here but that didn't matter anymore a new Heaven had just been created. No not created, expanded, the sheath had a heaven in it, one meant for a certain group of people, the only thing they had done was widen the list of people that could get in.
Aqua found herself inside a vast empty room, a single chair placed in front of another, both were on top of a black and white tile floor, there was no sky here, for they were above it, everything from the sides, to the sky was a black empty void.
This was her old room, Aqua sat on her new chair and smiled at her first soul. He wasn't dead, she had made sure of that, he was sleeping now, slowly he began to open his eyes before they instantly widened.
"Hey welcome home" She said to Kazuma, who sat on the chair in front of her
(Sindel)
The waves crashed into the sides of the island, each ship shook with each passing wave, they seemed to grow stronger with each passing moment, Sindel didn't care about any of that, she had left Kitana behind sleeping in her room.
Her daughter would soon begin her training inside the palace, right now she couldn't afford to think about her for the moment, no she had something important to do.
As things were she had nothing to give, nothing except for herself.
The Edenian people had accepted her as their leader, but they were from different worlds, everyone was angry when the Captain revealed the truth, that the people from their world weren't the only ones and that there were more people.
He hadn't told them because he wanted to avoid infighting, certain important events could have not happened in one world, wherein another they did. For example, say in one world a person never existed, their wife or husband would have simply married someone else.
What would happen, when one person had memories of events that happened for them, but another person claimed they never happened.
That was just one scenario, a scenario that came to pass, few people can match a Tarkatan in a hand to hand fight and a lot of people ended up being knocked out and dragged back to their homes.
All of this meant that like it or not she was starting from square one just like everyone else and would have to learn as she goes.
She didn't bother to cover herself from the rain, she would soon be dry anyway, her one real issue was the bad hair she would have because of the rain.
She carefully walked up the stairs and noticed that there were no guards, not even the women were present. Sindel wasn't someone to jump to conclusions, but this was troubling something could have happened, there was no way of knowing if the ship had been attacked.
She made her way below deck and nearly slipped when a strong wave hit the ship, again there were no guards the halls of the ship were completely empty.
She readied herself for a fight, but she reminded herself that he lived here and it would take a lot to just put the man down.
Sindel opened the door to his room and it was empty.
"No" Sindel said to herself in a gasp.
"The captain had said that he wanted to leave, the man must have taken his guards, left everything behind and left during the storm." These thoughts and more were growing her mind, when a tap on her shoulder made her jump.
All of those years of combat experience rendered useless in a moment of weakness.
"Need help" Jose/ the Captain said to her.
"I came here and everyone was gone" she said to him.
" I gave everyone the rest of the day off, they said something about celebrating a union or consummating a union?" He said to her.
"But if you were attacked, you need your guards" Sindel said to him.
The captain just smiled at her "Sindel due I really need guards, the're to keep everyone else safe. So what did you want to say? He asked her.
She took a deep breath and slammed him into the wall, not caring for any traps he must have set up and planted a passionate kiss on him.
" Sindel what?" He asked her as he gasped for breath.
"Don't think just do" she said to him as she took ahold of both sides of his head and planted another kiss.
He separated his face from hers and as he was gasping for air "This never happened" he said to her as he lifted her up and began to embrace her, Sindel could feel bother heart along with his beating like crazy.
The storm only grew louder and seemed to strengthen as the night passed, but when the sun began to rise the storm finally ended and a familiar feeling spread all over the island.
Sindel moaned as she began to open her eyes, she didn't want to think of anything, right now she just wanted to enjoy this moment.
She turned around and was about to high the man lying beside her, but her hands only landed on an empty bed. It took her a moment to process the fact that she was alone, then she remembered his words from last night.
"This never happened"
She reminded herself that, last night was just that a night to relieve stress and nothing more, but when she fully opened her eyes she found him sitting at the side of the bed speaking to someone.
"Are you ready?" He asked someone thru his gold portals.
"Yeah I'm ready" the man on the other side answered him.
"We will begin the next fight now. Wolverine versus
Sindel looked at the Captain as the portals close. "Why don't you take this more seriously, if they manage to will all ten tournaments, then there won't be anything you could do to stop the realms from merging" she asked him.
"Begin" Blaze's voice said in the background.
He only turned his head slightly to look at her. "Because there isn't anything we can do. We don't have a proper military to lay siege, because if we do and it fails, that's it for all of the island's defenders."
"Not to mention we also have the civil war going on in this world, once we begin to grow there won't be any way to avoid them" he answered her.
"Wolverine wins" Blaze announced and Sindel was only able to see a man with metal claws that were covered in blood.
"...Perhaps you should form an alliance, keep your kingdom separate while having their help in times of need. Of course this means that you will have to help whoever you choose to side with" She told him, as she wrapped her hands around the Captain.
"...Get dressed, we both have things to do" the Captain told her, before he removed her arms away from him and left the room.
Sindel smiled, he was considering her words.