A/N; Wow, Feathertop, you'd do that for mweee? BTW, your fic rocks! I'm a bit disappointed about my last chapter, I only got two reviews… Honestly, I was expecting more since even I thought the plot was unique and the HaoxPirika pairing was out of this world! But it's ok, as long as I make some people happy, I'm happy too! Anyway… Let's see how this chapter unfolds… when Athena, the goddess of wisdom herself, comes into play…

Here are the final pairings:

YohxAnnaxHao

HaoxPirikaxRenxHoro

MantaxTamaoxYoh

JunxRyuxlots of OC's!

Lots of love triangles there… Hehe…

Disclaimer: Same as the last chapter, guys! Oh yeah, and I do not own Greek Mythology! I just wanted to play with it in my story… heheh…


Chapter 1: A Godly Challenge

Mount Olympus. The home of the gods.

It rose high above the clouds, where the heavenly beings cannot be disturbed by any mortal and come out alive. The gods and goddesses wore elegant robes of silk and were having a banquet on the floors of the Parthenon-like structure made of the finest gold and silver that Hephaestus himself wrought. Zeus himself was feasting on Ambrosia and Nectar with his daughter Pallas Athena on his side. Hera gave her distance, brooding about Zeus' new mistress on her loyal son, Ares, who was in turn bragging to his mother about the war he had caused in the Middle-East. Hermes, the hyperactive one, was having a race with Apollo as Artemis stood back, laughing at their childishness.

Asakura Hao looked at the scene and frowned, irritated by the singing of the Muses. His mother Aphrodite gave him a reproachful look. He gathered up all his courage and joined the other heavenly beings on their day of leisure. The others stared at him as he entered, confused at the fact that he was at Olympus. Zeus stood up from his golden chair and faced the steadfast boy.

"What in the blazes of the Underworld are you doing here, boy?" Zeus roared at him, but he stood his ground calmly, "It's two weeks before the feast of Lupercalis and you are nowhere near earth!"

"Yes," Athena purred at him menacingly, she had been bullying him the last few centuries, "We demand an explanation, Hao. Can't you see the decoration?"

She nodded at the cotton-candy pink clouds that were forming around the structure and the glittering hearts that the Muses were putting up.

"For your information," Hao proudly said in a flourish, "We are in the 21st century, in case you haven't noticed."

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Artemis said, interested. She had been one of Hao's closest friends and she never really heard him talk that way before.

Hao smirked at Artemis and took out something from the folds of his pink cloak. It was a pink laptop with hearts on it. He held up the laptop, floating in midair and the high-tech LCD screen flickered to life. He showed them the slides of what looked like a very huge high-tech laboratory.

"This is my very own Earth surveillance satellite," Hao was showing the screen in a high manner, most especially to Athena, "Codenamed EROS-"

"Eros?" Athena raised an eyebrow.

"Earth-Roaming Occasional Satellite," Hao rolled his eyes and pointed to what looked like little humanoid robot cherubs working around the satellite, "It's programmed with my Mini-Q's, designed to keep track of the amount of love inside the bodies of all the living things on earth."

"And how is that possible?" Athena was still skeptical.

"Every living thing has its own nervous system," Hao explained, "Complete with its own hormones and neurotransmitters with different functions. All the Mini-Q's have to do is to keep track of the amount of hormones and neurotransmitters that have something to do with love inside the person's body. If there is not enough in the person's body, it's up to the Mini-Q's to keep it stable by making the person fall in love. Each screen is equivalent to one being and the amount of Mini-Q's working in my personal satellite numbers to ten billion and counting. Any more questions, Athena?"

Athena bit her lip and started to think. Zeus boomed a laugh and gave Hao a pat on the back that almost made him fall over. Artemis gave Hao a smile and they went on feasting. Hao joined the table and sat next to Apollo, who was congratulating him.

"Yes," Athena suddenly piped up, "Yes, I do have a question, and even a bet for that matter."

"Fire away, I haven't got all day," Hao looked at her in an arrogant fashion.

"Do your so-called Mini-Q's have the powers to make the most heartless girl on earth fall in love?" Athena purred again, sensing victory.

"Not her…" Artemis whispered under her breath.

"What?" Hao checked his laptop and scanned the whole satellite's log, "Who is that girl you speak about?"

"Her name is Anna Kyouyama," Athena said, a smirk playing on her lips.

Hao ran a search engine on Anna Kyouyama and found out that he had no such files on her. He scanned the surveillance cameras on the satellite and found that nobody was working on Anna Kyouyama's screen.

"Ha!" Athena jeered, "I knew it! I bet you couldn't make her fall in love if your life depended on it!"

"Who are you kidding?" Hao gave her a nasty look, "I'm the God of Love, I can do anything I want."

"I bet that you cannot make her fall in love before midnight of February 14," Athena said, "So, are you game?"

"What're the stakes?"

"Ooooh…" the Muses chorused.

"If you win, I'll do whatever you want," Athena told him.

"And if I lose?"

"You leave Mount Olympus."

"Alright, I can do whatever you want."

"No!" Aphrodite spoke, "This is enough!"

"Shush, my sister!" Zeus said, "So be this challenge! It will be a test of strength to the God of Love! Go and do as Athena wills!"

Hao gave Athena a very disapproving look and clicked his tongue. He left the room and started to transport himself to EROS. His mother watched him with care as he left and Athena with a sneer.

"Don't be too cocky," Athena muttered under her breath, "You don't know who Anna Kyouyama is and I have a few tricks of my own."

Hao arrived in EROS and was starting to feel like he needed to fire somebody, although he knew he couldn't. He reached Anna Kyouyama's monitor and saw that the screen had been flickering red for the last fourteen years. He sighed and got all the information he could about Miss Kyouyama.

Anna Kyouyama, currently 14 years old, residing on a house called Funbari Onsen in Japan. Born an itako, a maiden with the power to contact spirits. Engaged to Yoh Asakura, a shaman…

Hao stopped reading there and felt that he had all the information he needed. He took out the girl's picture and saw a pretty, serious-looking, blonde girl staring back at him. He chuckled and leaned back on his chair.

Meanwhile, it was an ordinary day at the Funbari Onsen, except for the fact that Pirika was hanging paper hearts everywhere. Yoh was taking no notice of Pirika's handiwork, but it was annoying Anna.

"Pirika, stop doing that, it's irritating," Anna said, her eyes glued to the soap opera on TV, "And Manta, get me fresh cup of lemonade while you're at it."

Manta, who already had his hands full with the laundry, tried to protest, but couldn't. Horo and Yoh yawned in unison at the boredom of it all.

"Give me 200 push-ups," Pirika and Anna chorused.

Pirika got the paper hearts down and was grumbling as she did, but didn't want to start a cat-fight with Anna. She began to talk animatedly with her boyfriend, Ren, who seemed vaguely uninterested in what she was saying. Ren on the other hand, was staring at Horo, who was doing push-ups with all his might. He gave Ren a wink and Ren turned a bit pink.

"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" Pirika said in her hyperactive manner.

"What if I'm not? What're you going to do?" Ren answered acidly back.

"You're a git, Ren! A nasty git!" Pirika screamed and ran away from him, but Ren didn't seem to care.

"Hey, Anna, wanna go out for ice cream?" Yoh asked as he finished his push-ups.

"Go with Manta, I still have to finish this," Anna said cruelly.

"Oh, c'mon, Anna," Yoh whined, "Didn't it ever strike you that we're engaged and we haven't had a date yet?"

"Not really and frankly, I don't care, so leave me alone," Anna sighed while checking her nails.

Yoh scratched his head and went away, leaving Anna to enjoy her soap. She never really felt anything for the boy, all she ever wanted to be was to be the Shaman Queen. Who cares whatever he felt, as long as her wishes are fulfilled.

This is what Athena assigned me to do? Piece of cake…


A/N: Oh really, Hao? Heheh… That was a weird chapter, huh? Please DO NOT blame me for letting Hao wear PINK! He's Cupid after all and it would be fitting for him to wear pink! And by the way, I like PINK! (Akune and Akuja: Go PINK! Akuya: O.o) Ever wondered where I got the idea? It was one summer class session where we were bored to death and I was talking to Eric about Feathertop's story. Anyway, I started singing the "Stupid Cupid" song out of boredom and Hao came to my head. Then, the whole fic fell into place! Weird, huh? Anyways, stay tuned in for the next one, where things will get utterly crazy, I promise that! Again, thanks to you Feathertop! And please give this fic a chance, you might enjoy it! See you later, guys, and as always, ROCK ON!

Akune, Akuya and Akuja: Eric is macho!

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