Disclaimer: "My" Ares is based on how Kevin Smith played him in the Xena and Hercules series.

Dedication: To Kevin Smith - You will be missed

Pictures that go with this story can be find at http://www.mehlaa.50megs.com/ares/minitempeleng.htm

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~*~ Ares and... Ares ~*~

Ares throne is on the floor. Happily my two, 8 week old ferrets are sniffing the weird object. Ares (my ferret) climbs on the throne like it was made for him. Xena (my other ferret) also wants to climb the throne. I smile while watching the two little animals play. Then... my living room is filled with a big blue flash. I don't look up, I am keeping an eye on the little ones. "You don't greet anymore?" Ares sounds irritated. I look up for a second and smile at the god. "What is that doing on my throne?" Ares points at the ferrets.

Before my eyes Ares, the ferret, disappears in a tiny blue flash. I look at Ares, the god, and see that Ares, the ferret, is sitting on his hand. Xena, the ferret, is taking this opportunity to climb on the throne. She also disappears in a tiny blue flash. I get up to watch the hands of the god. He wiggles his thumbs and the little ferrets start jump right up to play. "At least they are brave." mumbles the god in black in front of me. "But of course that doesn't mean that they can sit on MY throne like that. I see that I have been to kind lately." The last comment is directed at me, but he isn't looking at me he is looking at his hands. There the two ferrets are still attacking the gods thumbs with lots of energy. "KIND?" I growl. "I haven't seen you in weeks!!!" 

"Because you are not seeing me doesn't mean that I am not here." Ares tone is suspiciously calm. He starts telling me about what I have been doing the last few weeks. "... all kinds of things except working on my temple." He concludes his story, it sounds a lot like a very boring sermon. I sigh, "okay, you were here."

At that moment the two ferrets appear next to the throne again. "Make sure the temple looks like it should be again. And I want you to finish that doll you are making." This sounds like an command. He disappears without giving me the chance to say something. "He... kind???" I grumble while I am putting everything back in the temple.