Chapter 39

This couldn't possibly be happening! Why would he not just leave her alone for once? For once in her memory, she couldn't figure out why this little pest kept hounding her, even at a place where she felt somewhat safe. Mimori... She growled internally. That little witch must have told him that she was at school. How was she supposed to live like a normal mortal teen girl, with those two constantly tracking her?

She looked in the bathroom mirror, where she had taken refuge, and pondered on her choices. She couldn't call on her sisters today, they were busy with their own works. She couldn't call her father, she was pretty sure he would strike the boy down where he stood and everyone would be witness to it. "I refuse to be cornered like this!" Deimos would be disappointed if she ran from one of her own battles, she thought. No, he honestly wouldn't, he probably would have turned Sho to dust himself, if he knew that the little vermin had been stalking her.

She straightened her clothing, smoothed her hair, and decided to calm herself as much as possible for the trials ahead. She would face him, stand up to him, and teach that little mortal a lesson. If he insisted upon hounding her, she would make sure that he would regret doing so for the rest of his life, and his little helper would go down with him.

She strutted out, Natsu style, stared directly at him and smirked.

"Sho-chan wants a word with you." Mimori hissed.

Aoidḗ turned to her with the regal glance of a goddess and glared. "Silence... Is what I want from something like you. You do not address me in such a tone, mortal." Aoidḗ spat out, sick of Mimori's antics. Aoidḗ turned and caressed the girl's cheek. "You shall not utter a peep with your grating voice until your true prince graces you with a kiss." She told her, and Mimori's eyes went wide, then glanced at Sho. Aoidḗ laughed. "Silly creature, he is prince to no one... He is unworthy. Now leave us."

She tried to speak, yet nothing came out. Her voice was completely gone. Mimori stood in shock at the revelation and nodded shakily. She wanted to scream, rant, anything, but it was all met by her own silence. She was terrified. She stared at Sho with pleading eyes, but his vision was completely focused on the goddess. Tears streamed down her face as she pulled out her phone and texted her manager to pick her up.

Aoidḗ honestly hadn't felt like this in a very long time. The feeling of being a true goddess pulsed through her veins and excited her. Zeus and Hera had always scolded her for been so meek. Well, no more. She had her fill of this mortal and this was the final straw.

"Get the fuck in the car, Kyoko." Sho demanded.

She looked at him with a look that sent a chill down his spine. "No..."

"Fine... I didn't want to do this, but it looks like you're forcing my hand." He slapped the cuff roughly on her thin wrist hard enough to cause bruising.

She looked up at him and laughed. She glanced around and noticed they were gathering an audience of other students. She sighed. "As beautiful as the gift is that you just gave me, I'm afraid that I cannot accept it Fuwa-san." She held up her wrist and he gasped.

"Wh-What the fuck?" He exclaimed as he stared at the diamond and gold bracelet that rested on her wrist where the handcuff should have been.

She removed the trinket and placed it in his hands as she passed him. "If you ever try that again, I will turn you into a lawn ornament." She cocked her head and smiled at the stunned musician. "Would you prefer marble or, granite? I prefer marble, but I'm not sure you're worthy of it. Perhaps a wood carving." She murmured, patting him on the shoulder. "Although, feathers are more my style. I hope this doesn't get back to my sisters or father for your sake." She glanced at the crowd, laughed and left him standing in shock, wondering exactly what she was capable of.

She glanced around warily, making sure that there were no witnesses and began to shimmer. She certainly hadn't traveled in such a way in a very long time, but she just didn't have the time to waste, and this was the quickest way. She arrived in the ladies room of the parking garage at TBM in a shower of glittering silver and gold. That ass had nearly made her late for work. Well, him and her little short victory celebration that she'd personally held as she ate her quick dinner.

She brushed her hands over her clothing to something more suitable for work. She brushed her hair out and splashed a bit of cool water on her face to calm herself. She would not allow him to upset her. She had given him sufficient warning, and hopefully it would work. Hopefully, he would not bother her again. She was certain that Mimori wouldn't. Not that anyone would believe the girl if she told the truth. What were they going to tell anyone? That she was a witch or some kind of magical being? She laughed at the thought. She felt so good about this. She hadn't really done anything to assert herself before now. She'd always been the meek one of her sisters. She could clearly see the appeal in standing up for herself. Perhaps she should do it more often.

He sat silently in the back seat of the car as his driver took him to his next appointment at TBM. What had she done to Mimori to make her run like that? The girl didn't even make a sound. He somewhat expected at least a call from her, demanding he pay up on the kiss he'd promised her, but nothing. He wondered exactly what Kyoko had told her to make her shut up like that and not contact him. What was more important at the moment is how he could have possibly mistaken that bracelet for a pair of handcuffs like he did.

He glanced out of the window of his car and saw Tsuruga getting out of his car. He was going to end this now. He thought as he remembered all of the times that he had that stupid lovesick look on his face. He was not about to allow something like that to happen. Kyoko was his, not Tsuruga's. "Stop the car!" He demanded to his driver and the car came to a quick halt in the garage.

He practically jumped out of the slow-moving car. He had a plan to quash this little tryst. She was his whether she liked it or not. "You know she's only using you." He commented as he casually strutted up to Deimos, not realizing the shit-storm he was willingly walking into.

Deimos rolled his eyes. He would not be goaded by this little swine. He smirked. "Don't you have anything better to do Fuwa?" He asked tiredly.

Sho smirked. "She's always been mine. She'd never fall for anyone like you."

"Do you really have so much spare time in your schedule that you can be doing this Fuwa? I won't be as easily manipulated by you as your little fangirls Fuwa. Is there a point to all of this?" Deimos was fighting the urge to seriously deform this creature.

Sho felt a strange heat at the back of his neck and a tingling on his skin.

"Why don't you run off and go play with your manager or something? I've got more important..." Kuon noticed the strange look on Sho's face and furrowed his brow.

It was almost painful now. Like thousands of tiny needles piercing his skin all at once. "Wh-what?" He squawked. Wait, that didn't sound right! He screamed internally and judging from the look on Tsuruga's face, something was very wrong.

"I warned you..." A familiar female voice hissed to him. "I told you to back off and you just wouldn't listen. Now you need to be punished."

He looked up at the now giant female, then down at his body, covered in shiny black feathers. "What did you do to me?" He squawked again, in fear.

"I am sick you inserting yourself in my life Shotaro. You refuse to learn your lesson. Perhaps this will teach you properly." She told him angrily, with a strange golden glow.

"Aoidḗ? What have you done?" Deimos asked her worriedly, and Sho watched in horror.

"Only gave him his just desserts." She answered blithely.

"What will Zeus say?" Deimos was seriously worried that she would be punished.

Sho saw her sigh, walk up to Tsuruga and caress his worried face. Her look softened. "I really don't care what Father thinks. I'm tired of him making my life difficult. I warned him to leave me alone and he refused to listen. He tried to abduct me at school. If I hadn't been who I am, he would have succeeded. I'm sure Father is very aware of that now. The filth should consider himself lucky I didn't follow through on my promise to make him into a lawn ornament." She giggled evilly. "If Father chooses not to erase his existence, more power to him... I am finished. I will no longer tolerate his or his little follower's antics. Do you have a problem with that Deimos?"

Deimos shook his head in shock. He'd never witnessed anything more beautiful than her at the moment. He caressed her cheek. "No my love, no problem at all. In fact, I think that this is more fitting. I'm sorry I doubted your judgment."

She turned to the young man that was now a small black bird. "I think you should leave, before I decide to cook you."

Sho squawked once again in fear, and spread his new wings.

"Do not approach me again or I will snap your neck." She told him with a glare and he quickly flew away.