Miss, you have the nicest pair of Grand Teetons I have ever seen.

INHERITAGE 0.5

THE AVATAR

KIKKO-BEAM!

TODAY'S NICKNAME IS: CLEVER DAN

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ASGARD

"Ow."

"You okay?"

"…yeah,"

"Then stand up."

Rhys slowly opened his eyes, and even more slowly sat up. His injuries didn't hurt as much, but they still hurt.

"Huh?" He said, "Bastet?"

"Hello, Rhys," Bastet said.

Rhys' eyes trained over to the other woman standing there. The reeked with just as much power that Bastet did, but it was different.

"Hey, kiddo," She said, "Glad to meet ya."

"Some goddess you are," A voice said.

"Oh, shut up," The woman said, looking over Rhys' head.

Rhys turned to gaze at the person behind him.

The man was tall. Very tall. At least seven and a half feet. He had a lions face, with deep emerald eyes. He had a black mark on his left eye just like Rhys did on both of his. The mans wild yellow mane was tied back in a long ponytail. He was wearing a green silk shirt that had yellow cuffs. His brown loose pants allowed plenty of mobility.

"Rhys," Bastet said, "This is Ixiath and Kyros."

"Yo, little dude," Kyros smirked. He did a small salute with his right hand, showing the ornate symbol he had on the back of that hand.

"Kyros is the one that made your Chaos Gem," Ixiath said, "Unintentionally, but he did make it."

"Hmph, don't remind me," Kyros said, looking grim for a moment.

"Um… do you want it back?" Rhys asked.

Kyros looked down at him. He then smirked and chuckled.

"Nah, you can keep it," Kyros said, "Not much use to me anyway."

"So, now that we're all introduced," Bastet said, "What was that whole scene?"

Rhys stood up, his attention towards the conversation.

"Well, first," Ixiath said, "The reason why all this is happening is because of an anomaly that happened when the reality I'm from was being remade."

"Remade?" Rhys asked.

"Every few billion trillion years or so, the reality that I'm from… overheats, sort of. Chaos Energy starts to overwhelm the plane of existence, basically snuffing out everything," Ixiath said, "After that, Maia and I, being the two Goddesses of our reality, reset it. The whole thing basically starts over."

"Everyone who existed in one universe, is born again in the next one, in almost the exact same circumstances," Kyros said, "Sally Struthers of 105 Boulevard Avenue will be reborn as Sally Struthers of 105 Boulevard Avenue."

"The only people who remember their past life are the Avatars," Ixiath said, "They're created as cesspools for Chaos Energy to be dumped into. Chaos Energy is perpetual and it makes itself. A surplus of Chaos Energy can make anything happen."

"Thank you for labeling us as living garbage disposals," Kyros quipped.

"Oh shut up," Ixiath snapped back at him.

"What was this anomaly though?" Bastet asked.

"When an Avatar comes of age, they are given a new form, a Master form. This form is their races perfect being. When they obtain this body, they have a chance to make what is called a Chaos Gem," Ixiath said, "A Chaos Gem is linked to that Avatar in everyway. And, being immortal, the Avatars can create countless Chaos Gems."

"Of course, the process involves being killed when in demi-god form," Kyros said, "Which hurts."

Ixiath glanced at him.

"The Chaos Gems, one for each Avatar, are saved from the previous universe. They are the only things that survive. When the Avatar is reborn, they are given their Chaos Gem, and receive all the memories and abilities of their past selves," Ixiath continued, "But the anomaly took ten of the Chaos Gems from out reality and dumped them into yours."

"But why would Kami-sama ask me to give Rhys one of them?" Bastet said.

"Honestly, I have no idea," Ixiath said, "I've never met the man, or woman, or whatever he she it is. But when Rhys used it, it brought my attention to it. I wouldn't have noticed without it. That's probably why."

"But should we let Rhys keep it?" Bastet said, "He's just a boy, after all."

"That is a lot of power for a mortal to have," Kyros agreed.

"Yes," Ixiath nodded, "But Rhys, along with everything else here with the exception of Kyros, myself, and the gems itself are out of my jurisdiction. You're gonna have to ask Kami."

"Um…" Rhys said, feeling really odd about the whole situation, being as he was the only mortal here, "Excuse me?"

They all turned to him.

"What is it, little dude?" Kyros asked.

"I noticed that… um…" Rhys started, "Back and Ucchans… I somehow activated the gem. And I was suddenly wearing what Mister Kyros here is."

Kyros looked up at Ixiath, who shrugged.

"That's weird," Ixiath said.

"And… um…" Rhys said, "I fought this guy, and I don't know how I kept up with him. He was just as fast as Genma."

"Hmm…" Kyros said, "Technically, I'm in little dudes head, right?"

"Um… yeah," Ixiath said, "Why?"

"Little dude," Kyros said, "Can you remember anything about it? Visually?"

"I remember what I did to avoid his moves," Rhys said.

"Do it," Kyros said, "Visualize it. If I'm right, I might be able to see it."

Rhys nodded and closed his eyes, and thought furiously about that night. Kyros continued to rub his small goatee for a moment, before he started nodding.

"That's enough," Kyros said, "Little dude, you were using the Zoan art of the Arch Ragnarok there."

"The what?" Bastet asked.

"It's the type of style that I mainly use," Kyros said, "It shouldn't exist in this reality. Somehow, little dude here reached into the Chaos Gem and started using some of the moves that only I know."

"Is it powerful?" Bastet asked.

"Lemme put it this way," Ixiath said, "Kyros, using only that style, and none of the Chaos abilities, could whip some of the gods you have up here in Asgard."

"Really?" Bastet looked skeptical.

"Hey," Kyros laughed nervously, "I'm old. I might even be older than you are."

There was a sudden lightning blast that landed nearby. Bastet and Kyros were the only ones who didn't jump. Bastet because she was used to it. Kyros because he masked his surprise very well.

Bastet looked over at where it struck.

"Kami doesn't want to put Rhys through this kind of thing," Bastet said, "So I guess we'll take the Chaos Gem out."

Kyros sighed, "I guess so."

"You looked bummed about it," Ixiath said.

"Yeah, because I finally had something to do," Kyros said, "I've spent the last thousand or so years doing nothing at all."

"You and Kizi have kept yourselves busy enough," Ixiath smirked evilly.

"Ah…" Kyros said, before cutting himself off, "Well… I mean… she…"

He noticed that Ixiath was smiling like a dork.

"Shut up," Kyros said.

"Well I have something for you to do," Ixiath said, leaning towards him.

"What?" Kyros asked, leaning away from her.

"Helping me find the other Chaos Gems, you idiot!" Ixiath yelled.

"Gees, fine, alright," Kyros said.

Ixiath glared at him for a moment, before she turned back to Rhys. She reached her hand out, and the green Chaos Gem that used to be in Rhys' forehead materialized in front of him. It flew up into her grasp. She held it up.

"I'll take that thank you," Kyros said, plucking it from her, "I don't want to risk loosing myself again."

"Spoil sport," Ixiath said, "Come on, lets go look for gems."

"Alright," Kyros said, he turned back to Rhys, "See ya later, little dude. Keep practicing, I'm gonna have to test your skill myself one day."

Ixiath waved her hand, and a portal appeared. She walked through, and Kyros hopped after her.

Bastet looked back to Rhys with a sad expression.

"What?" Rhys asked.

"Nothing," Bastet said, sighing, "It's almost time for you to awake. I'm going to go ahead and send you back now."

"Okay," Rhys smiled as Bastet waved her hands at him, casting a spell like always.

Rhys slumped over, but didn't disappear.

"I'm sorry, kitten," Bastet said, "Kami doesn't want you to remember… anything."

JAPAN

Rhys awoke. A campfire had been built nearby. Genma was now asleep next to a tree.

"Whoa…" Rhys said, "What a freaky dream."

Rhys stood up, and started to practice. His moves were fluid and graceful.

And for the life of him, he couldn't remember where he had learned the style from.

FINISHED:

SUNDAY, MAY 15th, 2005

12:17am

I checked in on the previous chapters on I discovered that it was ignoring the dashes that I put in the story to separate the scenes, and anything that was in BOLD after the Title. I'm trying several different other things with this chapter, to see what works with my clunky computer.

Yeah, I know this ending sucks, kinda. But the story doesn't end here. This story was to set up for the sequel. Yep. Grown up Rhys is gonna be back with a vengence. Many things will be answered.

Who are the other Chaos Gems connected too?

Where are they hidden?

Who was that stranger that attacked Ukyo?

What is Ukyo?

And if the destiny that Bastet said that Rhys had before him didn't involve Ixiath or Chaos Energy, what does his true destiny hold?

Bwahahaha, I love the complexity of it! I BATHE IN IT'S WATERS!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!