"Just when you thought you knew every little secret in your past, fate decides to bitch slap you"
-Geno Roads
Introductions
Kevin, veronica and Eliza walked over to a restaurant, Kiarou going to find his mom and dad. The three sat down, Veronica trying to make the woman comfy.
"Would you like something to eat? Drink?"
"Thank you, but I can not have anything till you receive this message."
Kevin frowned. "Then I refuse to receive it until you drink something." He looked at Eliza, who shifted in her sit.
"Ok, I will have water!" She said quickly. Kevin nodded and got her a cup, which she drank down fast and furious. She looked at him once she had finished and blushed. "I am sorry…peanuts on the plane."
"You speak flawless English.
"Thank you Dr. Allen. I was taught well by my uncle."
Veronica nodded. "Your uncle?"
Eliza nodded. "He is the reason I was sent to Japan. You see Dr. Allen…"
"Kevin, please."
"Kevin." Eliza said softly. "You see…Kevin…my uncle is Lord Dhmitri Nolvis of Romania. He is a land owner, several 1000 acres of lush fields and forest. He has a castle, a stable of horses, many servants working for him. He has never married, no children. I live with him, he took in when my parents died. I was only 3."
Kevin nodded, his face softer. "My apologizes. I lost my parents at a young age too."
"Yes, we know."
Veronica looked at the woman. "You know? Why do you know about Kevin's family?"
Eliza shifted again slightly. "Well Dr. Noga…it is the reason I am here." She leaned in and began to whisper. "My uncle had a sister, my mother. Her name was Elizabeth."
"You were named after her?" Veroncia asked gently.
"Yes." Eliza said softly, closing her eyes. "Yes I was." She took a deep breath, Veronica handing her a hankie, which he wiped her eyes with.
"What's going on?" Tristan asked, slipping on a slurpee. Kevin gave him a look, and Tirstan jerked his thumb to Serenity, who had brought 5 more. "Kiarou said to get another one."
Serenity gently placed the drink in from of Eliza, who examined it carefully. Kevin and Veronica took theirs as the family of three pulled their chairs up to the table.
"Eliza, these are my friends Tristan and Serenity. This is there son and my godson Kiarou." Kiarou nodded.
"Hello to you all." She looked at Kevin. "Are they.. would trust my life to these 3. They are the only family I got." He smiled and squeezed Serenity's shoulder as she smiled.
"Kevin is like a father to Tristan and me. He is also our best friend."
"If you can tell me something, you can tell them."
"Very well. You see Kevin, my mother married another lord from Romania, Vladmir. His family was a powerful one. They had royalty from Romania and France..his brother was a French noble. After a few years, I was born, and we lived a good life.
"Shortly after I turned three, my mother and father were invited to visit my uncle in france. I was going to go with them, but I came down with a horrible case of the flu and was bed ridden for a month. My mother and father left. I never saw them again."
Kevin gently took her hand. "I am sorry. But…I fail to see what this has to do with me."
"It is ironic that you said that your friends were your only family." Eliza licked her lips. "My mother…when she left…was pregenent." She looked at Kevin. "You see Kevin…" She sighed…knowing it was now or never. "my real name is…Eliza Allen."
Kevin looked at her, then down at his drink, then back at her. The eyes. He thought. They…they are mine.
"Are you telling me…"
"Yes Kevin…I am your sister."
In the realm of lightGuy Roads growled at the god in front of him. "Say that to me one more time…I want to make sure I got it right."
The little guard god shifted, wishing he had been the god offlowers or fleas right now, and not of the gates to the realm of light. Sure, it was a nice job…but when he was staring up a pissed off god…
"No mortals can enter the relam of light sir." He said.
"Do you know who I am?" Guy hissed. "I a Prince Guy Jin Roads, heir to the throne of heaven itself. My father is King Kaos, high lord of heaven. My wife is Raia Chitoshi, the greatest mage that walks the earth." Guy leaned down,way down. In his anger, he had grown almost 6 times his normal height, making him taller then a school bus, and was about ready to break into the relam and destroy anyone that got in his way.
His old dark side was flaring up.
The little god let out an eep and backed away. "I understand sir…but your daughter is still mortal."
"My daughter is a princess of heaven…you do realize that you are rapidly pissing me off. Do I need to remind you idiots in the relam of light what happened when you didn't let Raia in?"
The god shuddered. Guy ahd wanted Raia there for when he took his godhood, but he had been told she wouldn't be allowed. He had snapped, and used all his then angelic power to shatter the gates, and threatened to cast the realm into Hell itself. In the end, Raia was allowed with a new rule by Kaos. All the gods had quick;y learned that day that Guy Roads was his father's equal and just as angry.
"But she is your wife…that means you are allowed to bring her. But if we allow all the children of gods to enter….There is another way…"
"No." Guy said. "I am not letting tressa…"
"Were she to simply…"
'NO!"
"Daddy."
Guy paused and looked at the little teenager that was now standing on his shoulder. She was slightly startled to see him so…big…but considering her life….this was normal…ish.
"Uh…hi Tressa." Guy said, slightly embarrassed at his outburst. He rapidly shrunk, until Tressa was sitting on his shoulder, her father bending to allow her to slide off and stand next to him, looking at the god that was currently shaking. "Daddy and the nice guard here were just talking…"
"Daddy…why are we here?"
Guy sighed. "It's the best place for us to relax. Your mom and I talked…we then you and Lilka and Owen need to be away from each other for a bit, settle your nerves. The relam of light is the one place that neither of them can get too, and I figured it would be nice to let you see where daddy works." Guy chuckled slightly.
Tressa nodded. "Then the guard is right daddy."
"But…"
Tressa sighed, placing her hand on his shoulder as if he were a child…a really, really big child. "I know you and mom wanted for us all to wait before you two began training us…but I promise I will not cuase any trouble or get..seduced by it."
Guy sighed, cracking his neck. "Are you sure there is no other way to let her in?" The guard shook his head. He nodded and looked at his youngest, his face serious. "You will not go wandering on your own, nor will you try anything fancy. And when we leave, there will be no complaining."
Tressa nodded. "Ok dad." She smiled and took a step back and giggled. "I can't believe I'm finally going to be a goddess."
"A temporary one!" Guy said, flustered. When Raia had first been pregenent, he had feared that his children would be godly, and didn't want them growing up like htat. Godhood was…seductive. Once you let it fully grasp you, you never wanted to leave. That's why he couldn't even assume a true mortal form for more then a day. Had Tressa, Owen or Lilka been born gods…they would never be able to handle being human for more then a few hours. That was no way to live in the mortal realm.
Guy held out his hand, and Tressa watched as her dragon wing pendent slowly began to glow. "I, at first, locked your godhood in your soul. Then, I placed it in ehre, so you could call upon some of it's powers if needed…now, I will unlock it fully."
The wings flashed and Tressa let out a silent scream as power blasted through her frame. Her body shook, and energy burst from her mouth, her eyes, her ears and nose…every opening in her body suddenly being open as godly energy contorted her form.
And she loved every minute of it.
Kevin looked at the woman, his body shaking slightly. Though she spoke with an accent and he had never seen her before today…he knew…
"Oh god." Kevin said, giving her a hug. Eliza held him tight, holding him close to her.
"It's ok little brother." She stroked his hair. "we have more to discuss. I have a reason for being here."
Kevin nodded and let go, settling back into his seat. "What do you need to tell me?"
"You see Kevin…we do not know what happened to our mother and father. I was hoping you knew."
Tristan shrugged. "They got va.." Serenity clamped a hand over his mouth.
"It's a long story I will explain when we get you home. Is there anything else?"
"Yes…I need to tell you that our Uncle is coming to Domino by boat…to bring us home."
Veronica frowned. "What?"
"Kevin is really Count Allen, lord of the land my uncle is now caring for. It is Kevin's duty to return and rule."
Kevin shook his head. "Sorry, but no. I have bigger duties here."
Eliza frowned. "You would throw away our family heritage?"
"My job is our heritage now. What I do gives our family a great name. I will just tell him he can continue…or you can rule."
"I can not."
Kevin raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" Eliza gave him a look. "Oh…don't you dare tell me it's because your a woman." Eliza nodded. "Now I defiantly don't want to rule a place where a woman can't have land."
Eliza looked at hi, her eyes full of shook. "I could never rule! And I do not want to!" She paused. "I love our uncle…but these last week days traveling…they have been wonderful. I wish I could stay here."
"Then do." Kiarou said. "We have room, don't we Doc?"
"Of course we do Kiarou." Kevin said. "No sister of mine is living in a place where she has no rights. You are staying with me, then we are getting you an apartment and anything else you need."
Eliza stood up, shaking her head. "I could not. It would cost too much, and unless you return home, you will not gain your inheritance."
Kevin laughed. "Eliza, I have plenty of money."
Veronica nodded when the girl looked at her. "Kevin earned quite a bit dueling. Also, his job pays well, very well."
"It also doesn't hurt that you are friends with the Roads and they paid us all for our services during the great war."
Eliza looked at him in shock. "You fought in the great war….all of you did?" They nodded and she sat back down. "Amazing…I heard stories about it…is it true that hell itself burst forth?"
"Several times." Kevin said, almostin a lazy tone. He had been oen fo the few not to be…mentally scarred by the event. "But we won, and Kaos…he's the head of the Roads family, the ones that fought most of the war, paid us very well for our aid. I have a feeling I could match your uncle in wealth."
"In other words…" Veronica said, "…we can support you Eliza. You can spend the rest of your days getting to know your brother…and your parents."
"My parents?" eliza asked, looking at veronica.
V nodded. "We…have our ways."
Kevin nodded and stood up. "So…I will deal with Uncle Dhmitri when he appears." He eyes grew dark, just for a moment. "Untill then, I think it's time to get your luggage and get you home. You must be tired."
Eliza nodded. "Yes, I…oh!" Her eyes went wide and she reached into her pocket, fishing out something. "There is one final question I need you to answer…and I think I should give these two you now."
She gently handed him an envelope. He opened it and paused, looking at the two duel monster cards.
"My uncle discovered these cards a few months ago. It was because of them that we found you. But…we need to know…why do these two demonic monsters resemble myself and our uncle."
Kevin stared at the cards. The first, Mistress of the Night, was a woman in a long blood red gown, her white hair glimmering in the light, her deep blue eyes staring back at him. There was no doubt that this was his sister.
The other was his uncle. It was a stern looking vampire with spiked white hair and cold features.
Curse of Vampire Kevin thought.
"Tressa?" Guy said quietly, gently shaking his daughter's shoulder. She murmured, and with a slight flutter of her eyes, white light poured from her eyes and onto her father's face.
She giggled.
It was a soft, silky laugh. It also took Guy surprise for two reasons. The first was because he was afraid this might have been a very bad idea. Given his family's…history with insanity, making a teen mortal girl into a goddess might be the stroke that sent Tressa's mind tumbling into evil madness.
A quick scan of her aura told him that she was the same…mentally.
The second thing that had startled him was how old she sounded. The laugh was like that of his wife. IT was smooth, with traces of culture and grace. It seemed as if it belonged at a society tea.
"I'm fine daddy." She said with a giggle. "Does godhood always feel so…ticklish!" She giggled again, flashing a grin.
Guy shook his head, smirking. "Yea, it does kiddo. Ignore that, part of it's…"
"I know, seductive charm." She sighed and Guy helped her up…and she giggled again as she, for the first time ever, was standing straight and tall, just like her father, and looking him in the eye.
Tressa was now what appeared to be 7 feet tall. This wasn't real though. Were she to fall to earth without thinking, she would find she really stood 40 feet. Another reason Guy wasn't letting her out of his sight. However, while that was above average for most gods, it wasn't something that made Guy blink twice. Considering that he, his sisters, his father and his stepmother, the top gods, had a minimum size of over 50 miles in length, and Guy, Kaos and Neph had never discovered their maximum size.
She still wore her old clothing, though Guy had resized it for her. He summoned a mirror and she gasped, taking herself in.
The most obvious change was her hair. It was snow white, like all the gods and goddesses in her family. Her father had explained that white was the most powerful color, hair always taking on that color if the god was in the upper echelon of power. It was now so long that it hung below her butt, and shimmered if she moved just right.
Her eyes were glowing a healthy white glow, giving her face a gentle look. She sneaked a peak at her hips and breast, smirking at their slight increase from general size to super sexy. She resisted the urge to slap her own behind and make sure it was real.
The final change was her face. While all the men of the Roads family had the famous Blitzkrieg War Paint face: a triangle under each eye, a zig zag on each cheek and the Y down their nose and eyebrows; Tressa had the markings of the goddesses of the Roads house.
They were the Egyptian marks, Tressa had learned. The men had the House of Time's marks, the women got the House of Egypt's marks: A tear drop shaped patch of color on the forehead and on each cheek. Hers were blue, showing that she was of her father's house, since his color was a brilliant blue.
"Wow."
Guy glanced at the gate keeper, who quickly opened the door. He nodded, and held out his hand. "Stay by my side."
Tressa nodded. "Of course da…whoa!" guy looked down to see her land straight on her bottom. She giggled again and struggled to her feet.
"I forgot to mention, you'll hav eto learn how to walk again."
"Thanks daddy." She grumbled.
Author's Note: Some people wondered why there was a lack of updates on my stories. It isn't really burn out (Well, for this story it is, but I have another 10 chapters all written up to post). No, I have been writing my first novel, and it has taken all my time. The novel, titled GRIM tells the story of how the Arch Angel Michael became romantically involved with a succubus demon named Rebecca, producing a half angel/half demon child: Jonathan Grim. The story follows Jonathan as he and his ragtag group of human friends work to solve a heavenly mystery. A cross of Japanese Anime meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer, GRIM reads like a movie novelization, and is action packed.
Hopefully, it will be completed and on bookstore shelves within 2-3 years.