Author's note: Nothing new, but thanks for waiting as always!

P.S. Sorry if there's no actual sex in this chapter, just wanted to add in an unexpected (if contrived) interruption.

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As the sun flickered through her window, Elizabeth slowly opened her eyes. She found herself to be sleeping with Patroklos next to her, as they were also spooning.

Turning around, she traced his biceps with her fingers, before giving a gentle peck on the lips. His eyes were open in an instant, and he smiled as he saw Elizabeth resting on her side.

"Good morning."

Both then kissed again, showing their love for one another once more. Once they broke it, she asked, "Have you got anything on your mind today?"

"Y'know, Liz, I was planning to return to Greece for a while. After all, I need to develop a lot more courage and confidence." he replied.

"You mean, to train with Cassandra?" she inquired.

"That's right."

Elizabeth nodded with a small smile, before she suggested, "Maybe you should see Pyrrha before you leave; I believe she's gotten better somehow."

Patroklos replied, "Thanks."

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As he visited the Schwarzwind's castle, Patroklos had planned to visit Pyrrha, true to his and Elizabeth's word. Expecting Siegfried, he instead came across Tristy.

"Tristy," he said, "May I drop by to see my sister? I hope she's doing alright."

"Of course. She seems to be a bit perplexed about one of her arms, though. Maybe you can talk to her about it?"

"Sure."

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Pyrrha had just awoken, and had asked for some soup for breakfast. When the doctors brought it to her, she began to eat.

At the same time, Patroklos had entered the medical bay. "Pyrrha? Are you okay?"

Hearing him speak made her smile, and she replied, "Patroklos...it's good to see you again. And yes, I'm getting better...I hope."

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that I'll be traveling to Greece with Elizabeth at my side." he said.

"Oh, you and Liz got together as a couple?" she asked. "Isn't she a little old for you?"

"Yes, and as for her being a bit older than me, I actually don't mind. Besides, I just need to undergo some training with Aunt Cassandra."

Pyrrha's smile grew bigger, and she said, "Just...be careful, okay?"

"I will; don't worry."

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Several days later...

Having returned to his native country after taking temporary leave from Lasberg, Patroklos smiled. He heard Elizabeth ask, "Do you recall the place where Cassandra lives with her husband Elijah?"

He looked over at her before nodding. "Let's go find her."

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Cassandra had just come home after a rather busy day, and was preparing to have a bath. However, her plans were cut short when she heard a knock on the front door.

"Could you save the bath for later?" she asked one of the servants.

"Of course, madam."

She went to answer the door, and upon opening it, she was pleasantly surprised.

"Patroklos!" she exclaimed with a smile. "It's so good to see you again! How's life going?"

Patroklos smiled back, before replying, "I'm glad to visit you again as well, Aunt Cassandra. I've got good news and bad news, by the way. So can we talk in the courtyard?"

"Sure!" Cassandra said. "Oh, and uh...from the looks of things, is Liz now your girlfriend?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

It was obvious that she was referring to Elizabeth, who just smiled sweetly. Patroklos briefly looked over at her, before looking back at his aunt. "Yes...she and I are currently in love." he replied.

"Well, it's about time you've found someone to find romance with."

The Greek youth couldn't help but blush, but also smiled even more radiantly. As he entered the house, he was already poised to go to the courtyard to speak to his aunt.

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"Nightmare chose her?!"

Cassandra bolted from her chair, eyes widening in shock.

"Yes...and to make matters worse, she was assigned Soul Edge as prophecized. Pyrrha was also assigned to work for Nightmare, and was also told to find and kill Marie and I, the holders of Soul Calibur, and also the Fated Hero and Heroine."

Taking a deep breath, the Greek woman asked, "Y-You didn't fight her, did you?"

Patroklos replied, "Marie and I fought her, but in the end, Pyrrha lost fair and square. Luckily, we didn't kill her. Instead, we brought her back to Schwarzwind's castle, where she would be tended to by Liz and the doctors."

Cassandra breathed a sigh, and exclaimed, "Oh, thank the gods!"

"But, as she told me, she also has a bullseye on her back, in a figurative sense. In other words, Nightmare could track her down and kill her for her failure." Patroklos added.

"Then I'm glad you've still got her on your side. Otherwise, things would've been even worse for Pyrrha, my poor niece." she said, giving him a hug out of relief.

He hugged her back, before eventually pulling away. "So I came here to train for a bit, and with you as my teacher." he added.

"Oh, really?" Cassandra asked, before her relieved smile grew bigger. "I'd be honored! Besides, it's been a while since I last kicked ass!" she exclaimed.

"I'll be sure to join in once you're done." Elizabeth called out to Patroklos.

"No problem, Liz." he replied.

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After escorting him to her home's training room, Cassandra has already took out her sword as well as her shield. "So, you ready?" she asked as she turned to see him.

"Yes, but hold on." Patroklos replied, before taking out Soul Calibur from its sheath.

This was enough to take the woman by surprise, and exclaimed, "So it IS true! You're one of the holders of Soul Calibur's newest incarnation!" before asking, "Didn't it come with a shield?"

"It did, but Ares destroyed it one not-so-uneventful day."

"I wonder why?" she inquired.

"Well, Athena insisted that she and Ares mentor me and Pyrrha, but Ares wasn't all that happy about it, so in a rage, he broke it." Patroklos told her.

"Couldn't you bring it to a blacksmith?"

"No, I'm far better off with only the sword." he replied.

"A-ha, I see..."

Once she walked to the center of the room, he followed her lead. It didn't take long for her to charge, exclaiming, "Here I come!" before her blade cut through his armor.

As he took the first hit, Patroklos had to put some effort into his training. After a couple of hits from her, he retaliated with several swings of his sword.

Cassandra smirked, before dodging an incoming attack. However, she was already caught offguard by his combo.

Ready to strike back, she was close to pulling it off. To her surprise, since he didn't have a shield, Patroklos parried her attack with Soul Calibur.

"Way to improvise." she said.

"Thanks."

He finally slashed at her several more times, nearly breaking her armor. Around the same time, Marie watched, eyes full of curiosity.

However, his string of moves were cut short when Cassandra blocked with her shield. She would then figuratively slice through him a few times, before attempting to jump onto his head with her posterior.

Luckily, Patroklos was more than happy to evade her, before taking her by surprise with his Critical Edge. When he was finished, he sheathed his sword and looked back to see Cassandra panting and grinning at the same time.

"Well, damn. You sure did learn an awful lot back in Germany!" she exclaimed.

He smiled, before helping her up. "Thank you, Aunt Cassandra." he told her.

"I suggest you take a load off for the rest of the day; what do you think?"

"Sounds pretty good."

Both aunt and nephew smiled out of respect, before Cassandra noticed Elizabeth. "And don't worry, you'll get your chance to fight me." she said, prompting the American woman to smile.

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Later on, as night began to fall, training was done for the day. Everyone had finished cleaning up, and for Elizabeth, she had chose to go outside to look at the stars.

To her surprise, she found what resembled a garden, though there weren't anything growing there. Due to her fondness of gardening, she wished that she'd brought some seeds along for the trip.

Elizabeth suddenly heard the sound of feet walking, before turning around and seeing that it was only Patroklos. She smiled as she asked, "Oh, you've come here, too?"

"Yeah, but I couldn't help but see you look over at that small spot over there." he replied.

"It's a garden; unfortunately, there's nothing planted there."

He nodded with a small frown, before his attention was brought to the night sky full of stars. "Beautiful view, ain't it?" he asked.

"It is." Elizabeth looked up as well, until she heard him say, "But not as beautiful as you."

The blonde woman blushed as she chuckled, her eyes returning to him. "You're so sweet; funny thing is, before you met the five of us, you were quite surly." she said.

"Yeah, but I've changed for the better thanks to you guys, and even Pyrrha, too."

As he spoke those words, Patroklos took hold of one of Elizabeth's hands. He leaned in to kiss her sweetly, and while this surprised her at first, she was okay with it all.

However, she suddenly asked, "Don't you think it'd be awkward doing it outside? People could hear us, you know."

Taking her words to hear, he nodded. "Yeah, I guess we should head back in."

Elizabeth nodded his approval, before the two headed back into the villa.

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Some time later...

Patroklos and Elizabeth's tongues almost mercilessly danced together, all the while she ran her hands down his body. Most of his clothes were off, leaving him only his boxers.

She was also clad in her bra and undies, having mostly undressed herself. Lowering down to see his growing erection, she smiled as she gently lowered them down.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

"More than ready."

Hearing his response, Elizabeth took his shaft into her mouth. Seeing her like this reminded him a lot about his first time with her, what with her being gentle and quite easy on him.

Patroklos grunted as one of his hands stroked her hair, only to discover that she hadn't undone her bun. He didn't care, though, as he watched her continue to do her thing.

But at the same time, he heard the sound of muffled panting. He didn't know where they came from, so he just let it slide.

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What he actually didn't know, was that Athena, who had been keeping a watchful eye over both him and Elizabeth, was hearing some of the noises that he was making whilst reading in the study. As a goddess sworn to chastity, she had never had any sexual relations with other men, mortal or not.

She bit her lip, fighting the urge to being turned on. However, she began touching herself, curiously hoping to explore her body as she left for the main room.

All the while a man in red and black armor grinned as he crossed his arms.

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Elizabeth continued her service, even going as far as to deepthroat him. The Greek youth balled some sheets with both hands as he noticed her change of plan, groaning a faint "Liz..."

She looked up at him, and since she also discarded his boxers, brought one of her hands to cup his testicles. Her movements started to quicken, and as he bucked his hips, Patroklos couldn't help but be enthralled as to how much of a good job she was at giving oral sex.

"I'm getting close..."

When he spoke those words, he saw Elizabeth taking him out of her mouth. She eagerly stroked him off, hoping that he would express onto her face.

Patroklos then grit his teeth as he came, his seed decorating her face and lips. As his length began to return to its normal state, he watched as Elizabeth tasted him.

Just as she was ready to take off her bra, she heard the same muffled pants and moans. "You hear something?" she asked.

"Is...is it Athena?" Patroklos asked, before putting his boxers and pants back on. "If so, then I need to know if she's alright or anything."

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As he left the bedroom, he went to the main room, and saw saw Athena leaning against one of the pillars, close to masturbating. It didn't take long for him to ask, "Athena?"

The goddess gasped as she stopped, before saying, "S-Sorry...I was-It's just that I was reading a book or two when I thought I heard some grunting in one of the rooms. Believing it to be erotic, I couldn't help myself and..."

"You've...masturbated?" he asked.

"Y-Yes, I was. But I'm sorry if I interfered with you and Elizabeth, judging by the how you're almost wearing next to nothing." she said with a sigh.

"It's okay, Athena. I'm sure there's a way for you to absolve yourself of such foul obscenities."

"Actually, it was MY idea."

Patroklos and Athena then saw that the voice belonged to none other than Ares, who said, "I dropped by to see how Athena was doing with your progress, and when I heard what was going on between you and your girl, I convinced Athena here to masturbate."

Athena gave him an annoyed glare. "You made me what?" It wasn't long for the siblings to start arguing, leaving Patroklos letting out a somewhat flustered sigh as he returned to Elizabeth.

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When he came back, Elizabeth asked, "What happened?"

"Ares thought the noise I was making would prompt Athena to touch herself in obscene ways, so much so, that she's giving him a verbal beat-down about it." Patroklos replied.

"I'm sorry to hear that," she said with a frown, "But I know we can finish what we started, right?"

A smile lit up his features as he took off his pants and his boxers, before he replied, "I know we will, Liz."

True to his word, Patroklos would resume his lovemaking with Elizabeth for the night.

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With love for my fans,

Chrissy