"Life threw you a curve ball, big f-ing deal. I went in one day from being a beloved general with a family to an exiled traitor whose daughter was killed. So don't come to me with your sob stories. I don't care if the boy next door knocked you up, or over, or under a tree. I don't care if yoru daddy didn't love you enough, or too much, or loved you in a way to get you on Jerry Springer! Deal with it and get out of my face, alright?

We all got problems too, and we don't have time for yours"

-Geno Roads

"Actually, if your dad loves you like that way, I would like to hear about it. Sounds like a funny story. Of course, I have a dark sense of humor."

-Dr. Kevin Allen

Conversations

"Look…it's Guy!"

Guy groaned, lightly pinching the flesh between his eyes, as if he had a headache. Only this ache wasn't in his head, but curretly coming right at him, fawning over him. And there was mor ethen one.

"Daddy?" The goddess that had been his daughter Tressa asked. She was still Tressa…yet another version of his little girl. One that was far from being considered 'little."

"Vultures" Guy muttered. He let out a deep breath as the 3 goddesses grouped around him, fluttering their eyes and not so subtly pressing their breasts towards his face, wiggling their hips. Tressa raised an eyebrow and Guy resisted the urge to pick his daughter up,go home, and demand that his family never let him go here ever again, so help them god.

Instead, he grunted.

"Hello ladies."

The goddesses swooned happily. One, with long red hair, ra a finger along his shoulder. "Where have you been Guy? We missed you."

"With my family." He said, his teeth gritted. "You know, my kids…and my wife, Raia?"

"Oh, her?" The second asked, one with curling black hair and dark eyes. "The mortal." Tressa shot her father a look, and was rapidly seeing why her father was on edge all of a sudden.

"If you mean the woman that is so strong she could kill all 3 of you, then yes." Guy replied, no hint of mirth in his voice.

The third goddess, with golden locks and a rack that made Tressa wonder who she could walk upright, shook her head. "I never understood you Guy…staying with that mortal." She licked her lips. "You know…there is no law saying you can't have a ltittle fun…"

Guy growled again. "Yea, there is. It's called the law of marriage. Now, if you don't mind…"

He made his move to leave, but the goddesses blocked his path. The second smiled cutely. "But you are here with this young woman…" She leaned in. "…come on guy, I am ten times sexier then that tramp.."

Guy's hand went for her throat.

Tressa's beat him to it.

"I am his daughter." She hissed, tightening her grip, the white light in her eyes bleeding into a black. Guy sighed, watching as the Roads anger made it's appearance in his youngest. Seems godhood had enhanced more then her body. "And you will leave my father alone…or I will make it that not even the god of ugly people will look at you!"

She dropped the goddess, who looked at Guy and trembled as he smirked. The first and third paused…and slinked up to Guy once more.

"We are still allowed, right?"

"We could be such a better mommy to you little girl"

"HEY!"

The three goddesses wheeled around and froze as the new god appeared. He was dressed in black, with black eyes, black hair and black war paint in the house of time fasion. The goddess disappeared in an instant.

Destiny sighed as he looked at his grandson and great granddaughter. "sometimes it pays to have been a evil power hungry monster."

Lilka frowned as she heard the knock on her door. "Go away!" She shouted, setting her deck on the nightstand and burying her face in the pillow. She wasn't in the mood for a lecture.

Right now, the eldest daughter of Raia and Guy was waging a battle in her own head. It was an amazon battlefield, except each Amazon was fighting against her own sisters.

Lilka's rager, anger at Owen and his betrayal, at her mom for yet again not taking her side…was being personified by Amazoness Fighter. Big, dumb, and tough. That was what Lilka thought of herself when she looked back.

Her sorrow was right now the Paladin…calm, cool, but mournful of her big mistake.

And the Swordswoman was just standing there, waiting to see who would win the fight.

The problem was that Lilka still felt heat for Owen's risk…but also felt she should have handled it better. A lot better….oh hell, a million times better. She had screwed up.

I hurt Tressa.

Lilka cursed again. Tressa…her baby sister…she couldn't forget that face, that cry as she had run out. She was so fragile…so…weak…no…not weak. Weak was the wrong word. Lilka didn't know the right word, per say, but she knew that Tressa wasn't…strong enough yet.

Right now,she wanted to go downstairs, apoligise to her mom,and ask her to help her find Tressa. Then, the two of them would find Owen, bring him home,and the family would have dinner, togheter. And it would be just like old times,with happiness and laughter.

But Lilka was too prideful.

Instead, she lay on her bed, trying not to break down in tears, because she was a strong, indepenedent woman that didn't do such things. Instead, she would be strong, and wiat till she was sure her mom had cooled down.

KNOCK KNOCK

"NOT NOW!" Lilka cried out. She sighed and snuggled into her pillow,ready to sleep.

That's when the door was ripped off it's hinges.

Lilka screamed, leaping off the bed, as her mother floated into the room, her eyes crackling with energy, her hair flying all over the place with violent gusts. Her hands ebbed with a soft glow as she glided to her daughter.

"Get up." Raia said, her voice echoing all over the room for effect.

"m…mom?"

"Get up and get yoru duel disk." Raia said, and Lilka noticed that Raia was wearing her own. It was a modified version of Seto's first dueling disk system. A one of a kind item.

"Mom…what are you…" The duel disk flew into Lilka's hands, as did her cards. "Mom…I can't duel you…I'll destroy you?"

Raia smirked.

"You have trained under yoru grandfather Lilka…this is true. But I was his second student. And I am going to begin…your training."

"Kaos?"

Kaos turned from his book and smiled as Tea Kaiba entered the room, smiling softly. He nodded and with a flick of his wrist, a chair flew to her. She managed not to squeak, since his magic still startled her sometimes, and sat down, her hands shaking slightly.

He decided to wiat for her to speak, and reclined back. Neph was with Dinatha and Siris, enjoying a night out at a mother and child party at the toy store. He didn't really ask, as it gave him so free time to finally catch up on his reading the old fashion way, and not by grabbing a book and absorbing it's meaning directly into his brain like he usually did.

Tea sat there, like a stone though…a big, wiggling stone. He sighed, watching his old student shift more and more. He could tell she was nervous, but he didn't know why. He could…butas a rule, he never invaded the minds of people he considered friend. And Tea was more then a friend.

They had started out as student and teacher. Then mild friends. Then, there had been those nights of passion when she unveiled the real Tea and took him. He was still sore thinking about it.

The point was, Tea had been the only person that wasn't family…or what he considered family…to stand up for him and too him. She had been willing to see him less as a 5000 year old general who wanted revenge or a man that all the women wanted…and see him as a person.

And for that, he owed her everything.

"Uh…Tea?" She leapt up, startled. "Is something…wrong?"

"yes" She said…and began to cry. "That's a horrible thing to say!" She shook withsobs and Kaos raised an eyebrow as she held him close, wrapping her arms around him. "I don't know what to do!"

"I would like to help…except I have idea what is going on." He gently pushed her away and back into her chair. "Mind clueing me in Tea?"

She nodded, sniffing. "…I'm just so scared of what Seto will say!"

"To wiat." Kaos said, starting to get annoyed.

"I'm….i'm pregnant."

Kaos paused as she looked at him, her eyes wide, and he did a quick looka t her tummy, finding the little heart beat.

"And…I'm the father?"

"WHAT?"

"Ok…Joey's the father?"

Tea stood up. "What the hell are you talking aobut?"

"I honestly don't know." He said with a smile. "Just like I don't know what yoru problem is." He stood up and hugged her. "This is great news!"

"Yes…it is…but Seto…"

Kaos frowned. "You're afraid Seto will be mad?"

"We're tooold to have another baby." She said softly. "I'm almost 40."

"But you are really 20."

"You know what I mean." Tea sighed, holding him closer. "What if he wants me to…"

Kaos growled. "I would snap every damn bone in his body." Tea blinked, looking at him as he gentlystrokd her hair. "And you know I would never do that too Seto. What does that tell you?"

Tea smiled. "Hell be happy?"

Kaos smirked and gently kissed her cheek. "That's my girl." He paused, and smirked slightly. "And Tea?"

"Yes?"

"Your baby…it's going to do great things."

Not too far from where Kaos was holding Tea, Owen Chitoshi-Roads sat in the woods, his eyes closed, his breathing soft. He was focusing on that little ball of energy in his gut, calling it forth, trying to make it rise forth. Slowly, he began to feel a light penetrate his skin, giving off a soft glow. He resisted, eh fought, he tried to beat away the smile that was slowly leaking out of his face.

He failed, and the glow faded.

A year. A whole year he ahd spent trying to master his Ka. And yet, all he could do was make it slowly bubble forth. Even Lilka could summon her Ka in a duel atleast, and Owen couldn't even manage to feel it. He knew the being was there, he could feel it…but it just refused to appear.

Owen was currently working on this because he really didn't have anything better to do. He was all alone in an enchanted forest thatallowed even the gods to hide in peace without being bother, with his family unable tolook for him, a girlfriend that hated him, and with lilka's mouth, a fan base ready to kill him for what he had pulled. He let out a soft sigh and tried again.

"Pathetic."

Owen raised an eyebrow, but kept his eyes closed. He was hearing voices, that was all.

"Pitiful."

Just hearing voices. He focused on the darkness, trying to feel that little ball bubble up again. He wasn't like that for more then 3 seconds when he felt something bash him hard on the head. He grunted, rubbing the lump that was trying to form, and looked at his attack.

"Dressed all in black, holding a strange weapon, insulting me…" Owen sighed and closed his eyes. I must be imagining this. No one can hurt someone in this forest." He gave the figure a wave of his hand and went back to his meditations. The figure sighed and grabbed Owen by the throat, slamming him into a tree. That got Owen's attention rather quick.

"I am more powerufl then Kaos' spells." The man hissed. "And you are pissing me off." He let Owen drop and too out a deck of cards. "I came here to issue a challenge to you…"

"Damn it, not another fan boy. If you want to duel with me, join the tournament. I don't duel on the street."

"We are not on a street." The figure said. "And You will duel me Owen Roads…if you ever want to see your Ka."

Owen licked his lips, trying to hide his surprise. "How…do you know about that…"

"I know many things boy." He said quietly. "Now, are you willing to see what I can offer you…or are you going to sit on a stump forever?"