Epilogue:
It's weird how two mummy-like gods can become so famous in Tenkai. But Lei and Nataku were indeed the center of Tenkai after their chivalrous battle in Gekai. The two received quite a welcoming parade, where all the gods in Tenkai came. Well, at least all except their parents.
After a week in the hospital, the two were brought to a bar for a victory party planned by the Heavenly Army. The doctors were quite disapproving, though.
"Nice party, eh?" Kenren asked and gave Lei a pat on the back.
"Ow!" Lei exclaimed. She hasn't healed completely yet.
"Sorry!" Kenren said not quit sincerely and joined the celebrating crowd.
Lei was sitting on a stool in front of the counter, contenting herself with drinking a couple of glasses of beer. Nataku, on the other hand, was already fit to join a head-butting contest. There was even a heavy-drinker contest. All went well until someone burst open the door and yelled, "Yung Lei!"
Everyone suddenly stopped partying and stared at the doorway. There stood Misao, the Goddess of Chastity. She was looking very mad and had her hands on her hips, her face contorted in a scary frown.
To Lei it was the most frightening sight of all. She sighed deeply and lowered her head, then started to walk toward her mother. It was no use to explain; her mother would probably just make a scene. Lei thought bitterly of how everything would be back to normal, and everything that just happened was another dream that couldn't possibly be true.
She was just a few feet from Misao when someone suddenly spoke behind her.
"Excuse me, ma'am."
Lei turned around. It was Nataku.
The fighting god walked past Lei and faced her mother. Then, he made a sign of respect and began to talk.
"Miss, I know you don't approve of your daughter's joining the army, and I understand that you are only trying to look after her. But sometimes you have to let your child go and realize her dreams and make her own decisions…"
Lei stared, not knowing whether to be thankful or horrified. Her mother's jaws were clamped shut, but Lei knew her too well that she was too furious to talk. Nataku was going to make it worse.
The fighting god spoke to Misao without the slightest expression. The few minutes that the goddess of chastity stayed silent seemed like ages to Lei.
When Nataku was done, Misao crossed her arms and looked at her daughter with anger, but as much as she hated fighting gods, she also feared them. Making her decision, the goddess sighed and tried to keep her voice low.
"All right. But she's your responsibility." she told Nataku then walked away silently.
Nataku turned to Lei, gave her a small smile, and said, "Congratulations, Sergeant."
Lei smiled too.
Her mother might reject her as her daughter, but what the heck? At least she's free now to realize her only dream.