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Standing in the doorway was a beautiful woman with dark cropped hair dressed in an elegant black dress, she was wearing gold sandals. Two locks of hair were woven in front of her. All of this wasn't what shocked Jacque. Although Chrona favored her paternal grandmother, she inherited her body from her mother. Months of proper feeding and childbirth made a duplicate of her mother physique. Even Jacque could see they were mother and child.
"Me-Me-Me-Medusa?"
"Hello darling. I've told you to call me mother."
"Chrona, 'o is zis?"
"My mother."
"Chrona darling, I've been looking for you. Do you know how worried your father and I have been?" Chrona instinctively tightened her hold on Azalea. Jacque was not blind to her discomfort.
"Darling, please come home, your father and I miss you so much." Then the look flashed in her eyes. The look that said come with me or else. Chrona shuddered. She didn't want to go with her; she didn't want to go to the witches. Azalea and she both were part witch but she never wanted either of them to be pulled into the society of witches. But if she didn't go, Jacque would be hurt. She would never let that happen.
"I'm sorry Jacque, but I'm only fourteen, I should be with my parents. I'm sorry. I shouldn't be imposing on you." Jacque felt horrible.
"Please Chrona, you're no imposition. Please, will you marry me?" Chrona's eyes widened and her resolve faltered a little. Then she felt her mother's grip tighten on her arm.
"I'm sorry." She whispered and left with her mother. Jacque stood horrified as she disappeared around the corner. He slowly retreated into his home and shut the door behind him. He sat on the floor. This wasn't happening. Then he heard more frantic knocking on the front door. Had she come back? He opened the door frantically.
Standing before him was a breathless teenage boy. He was very well dressed with black hair ad big golden eyes. Strangely his hair was marked by three white stripes. A pair of adults ran up behind him. A pretty woman with golden eyes and hair with an eye patch. A man with grey hair, golden eyes and a huge screw in his head. Jacque searched the three for a delicate female carrying a child but saw none. The teenaged boy's eyes grew smoldering in hate and lunged at Jacque.
"You stole her!" The boy hissed grabbing Jacque's throat.
"What?"
"My Chrona, you stole her away." He snarled.
"Kid! Cut it out!" He watched two hands pry the boy off him.
"Chrona?" He whispered. He took a good look at the boy and the truth clicked. This was Azalea's father. Anger and rage burned in him now.
"You!" He growled.
"You were ze one 'o 'urt 'er!" The boys fought each other in testosterone fueled rage. However, despite Jacque's muscular physic and the fact that he was larger than his opponent, Kid was still a shinigami and had his opponent pinned in moments. Child's play. All the adrenaline made it hard to think there was only one thing going through his mind; kill the rival. Jacque summoned his courage.
"You are ze bastard 'o knocked up mon ami."
"Your love? How dare you act as if you can claim her? She's mine."
"Despite zat you let 'er wander off wiz a bebe in 'and."
"She was ripped away from me!"
"You should 'ave protected 'er." Jacque spat.
"You better damn well pray that you haven't touched her."
"What do you care? You let 'er go."
"She's mine, I had her first!"
"I waz going to ask 'er to marry me, unlike you! You're fine wiz a mistress!"
"You can't marry her, she's freaking fourteen!"
"I'm sixteen, I wasn't going to marry 'er right away, but promise her she had someone to depend on. Face it, you failed 'er as a lover and fazer." Kid punched him.
"Iz zat ze best you got Stripes?"
"Shut up, I'm surprised you haven't surrender Frenchie!"
"You should be zanking me for caring for 'er and your daughter."
"Thanking you, the hell! I'm not thanking you for stealing my girl!"
"She isn't yours, besides, your daughter will always see me as 'er fazer." Oh, that was a low blow.
"You think you're going to see either of them again, you've got another thing coming!"
"You can't keep me from zem! I've come to love zem as my own!"The two boys verbally sparred for another few good minutes before Marie and Stein intervened.
"Alright you two." Stein hissed pulling them apart.
"Look kids, this girl is my daughter, which means I have superiority over both of you. Oi, kid, where is my daughter."
"You're 'er fazer?"
"Yes…..?"
"She said was leaving wiz 'er mozer to meet you." He watched the blood drain from all of their faces.
"Her mother? Black hair, gold eyes, voluptuous body?"
"Yes...?"
"Dammit!" Kid's eyes grew large ub fear.
"Dammit!" He cursed as well.
"Did she fight?"
"No, she was very calm."
"Ugh, idiot, she was protecting you!"
"Eh?"
"If she didn't go Medusa would have killed you. She saved your sorry ass!" Kid shouted in frustration.
"We have to find her before she gets too far." Kid and Stein ran out into the street. Try as they might, running the streets for hours, they found no trace of any of them. Not knowing what else to do they head back for Shibusen, leaving a broken artist alone.
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Miles away Chrona sat in the back of a cart cradling her daughter in her arms. The child could sense the unease and remained quiet staring up into her mother's eyes. Medusa was reclining among the straw staring at her daughter. It annoyed her that Chrona had not been born a regular witch, bit a demi-witch. That her daughter of all people, her skinny, shy daughter won the heart of Shinigami-sama's son. Not only that but she bore a shinigami infant. Originally she had planned to make her daughter mature into a beauty then use it to seduce her enemies. Chrona was her daughter after all and a Gorgon. It disappointed Medusa, that despite her daughter and granddaughter being the youngest of the Gorgon line, neither showed any signs of maturing into a proper Gorgon like herself.
"Chrona, tell me, have you enjoyed your freedom?" Chrona said nothing and stared blankly forward.
"You know Chrona; I'm surprised you behave the way you do when you are Gorgon."
"I take after my grandmother." Medusa blinked.
"Your grandmother Ceto was nothing like you."
"Not my grandmother Ceto, my grandmother Liza."
"Franken's mother?"
"Yes. They say I look and behave like her. Alyce told me that my behavior is normal for a demi-witch."Medusa cringed at the mention of the inferior race.
"Soon you will be home with your own kind Chrona, you cannot trust those Shibusen fools."
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"She's a Gorgon?" Alyce shrieked. Excalibur was sitting a bit away drinking tea, ignoring his lover's outburst.
"Yes, her mother's Medusa Gorgon."
"Why the hell wasn't I told this before?"
"I fail to see how this matters!"
"She's a freaking Gorgon! There is no crueler and more sinister breed of witch."
"Breed?" Kid and the other Spartoi questioned.
"The witches originated from three shinigami females; Yaga, Sorcessa and Gorgon."
"Yaga was their leader and the most powerful, Sorcessa discovered and encouraged her sister to encourage their nature while Gorgon, she was the cruelest and most calculating of the three. All witches are descended from one of these three. The most powerful witches along our leaders were born from the Yaga line. Sorcessa had over twenty daughters; most witches are descended from her. Gorgon however produced two daughters, one died before she had children of her own, killed by her sister. Gorgon witches have always reproduced sparingly. Before my time in the book I knew of single Gorgon named Ceto. During my lifetime she gave birth to three daughters. The eldest was the daughter of ancient mercenary, the second, a cruel Count, and third, a power hungry advisor."
"That's a lot to know."
"The youngest, Medusa was a toddler when I was sealed. Arachne was rejected as a traitor. It truly wasn't surprising to me, Gorgons always feel they above rules. Ceto even encouraged that behavior during their childhoods. The eldest, despite her easy going behavior, is the fiercest and frankly most dangerous."
"What's her name?"
"Oldest of the Gorgon sisters is none other than Hectate Gorgon, the Death Witch."
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Chrona sat on the back of her mother's broomstick. She was flying the rest of the way to the Witch Palace; the palace was the fortress for the witches. Chrona and her baby would be kept safe there until Azalea reached maturity. Her entire childhood would be dictated by the Witch Law and trained to fight and kill. She would be treated like a princess by the witches more than a princess, a Goddess. Azalea would be raised to kill her grandfather and her father.
Medusa touched down at the edges of the rock walls that protected the stronghold. Then she froze. She grimaced at the sight before her. A large dog was sitting among the rocks. The dog was shaggy with floppy ears; it looked like a mix between a wolf and an afghan. The fur was a deep chocolate brown and the eyes were practically black. Its forelegs were adorned in ornaments and the face almost seemed to be smirking. Chrona took one look before realizing the dog was a witch.
"Hello little sister." The dog said calmly.
"Hello Hectate." The dog stood up then morphed into a beautiful, wild woman. This woman had long, scruffy brunette hair. Two pigtails that resembled her ears as a dog were tied on the sides of her head. She wore beaded armband on one arm and solid gold one on the other. She wore a long black dress torn up the side revealing a toned tan leg. She wore thigh high boots laced with gold. Fangs peeked out from between her pink lips. Her dark eyes peered over the trio. Her expression was mocking and cheerful. She stepped forward, Medusa stepped in front of Chrona. It was rare act of protectiveness the mother felt for her child, though it was stemmed to her own personal gain.
"This is the 'Holy Mother' I've heard so much about?" Hectate came closer, Medusa moved to shield her daughter and granddaughter from sight.
"And her little shinigami bastard." she touched he infant with a clawed fingernail.
"They're adorable Meddy."
"Don't call me that."
"I'll call you what I like." She then ran the finger over her sister's cheek. Even Chrona could see her mother flinch and stiffen.
"So, that baby is supposed to kill our enemy."
"That's exactly what we expect her to do."
"What of my niece? What's her purpose?" Hectate questioned cocking her head.
"So nobody else has to rear the brat."
"Well reasoned, Meddy." Medusa strode past her sister with the young girls in tow.
"Come along Chrona and I'll introduce you formally to the witches with Azalea."
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Princess: Well we're upcoming on the last arc of the story, the witches arc where Chrona meets her admirers, fun time and the last Gorgon sister is introduced! Hectate was a sorceress in Hades in Greek mythology, she was associated with dogs (they guard the dead) hence her animal choice. I will laugh so hard if that is the third sister. Jacque and Kid have the long awaited battle and the poor painter didn't stand a chance. We also get a bit of history about the witch's origins. I can't think of anything else to say but get your entries in. Yays! I have several new entries for the contest, they're listed on my profile check it out.
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Reviews:
dino kid: And he does!
Kairi Destiny: Raggy is adorable if you didn't see his scary form.
wolfmann6696: As such he does, Kid kicks Jacque's sorry butt.
Alice Everafter: Here it is.
MyObsidianSoul: Oh, this I want to see. The fanart I mean.
Mikitsan: Well there were blows exchanged and wrestling.
WkiSorcerer: Oh I don't think Kid's angry at her, I'd say more towards Jacque for going anywhere near her.
Straight-Jacket Jack: Well done first one to figure it out!
fantasticpanda101: I don't think she was really keen on listening to them argue for hours about who screwed up more.
Madman: Like Jacque said, he didn't intend to marry her right away; he wanted to promise her that he was going to take care of her. He wanted to prove he was better than Azalea's real father.
Primitiveradiogoddess: I can't wait to see your entry.
UnjustToMe: Yay for internet
kittirasi: Thank you.
DeathNoteFangirl13: And here it is.