"And you didn't think to tell us?" Marco roared in fury.

Chazz simply stood there, unfazed by the Italian Assassin's rage. He merely continued to listen as Marco ranted on and on, waiting for the older man to finish.

"I thought it wasn't important. He holds no threat to us." Chazz said. "The great Sartorious…"

Marco body trembled as he resisted the urge to shoot the fool. "I don't care how great Sartorious is…a god just threatened us, killed two duelists, and created two more goddesses!"

Antonio shook his head. The group was seated in the special room Sartorious had made Chazz build for him. Antonio and Vera were by the window, Chazz and Alexis nearby, and Sartorious on his throne. Brutus stood by the door, and Marco was pacing up and down the room. He had been summoned from the Holst, where he had been dwelling with Brutus since he had left Vera, to hear about this new twist.

Sartorious merely smirked. "You fear too much, Mr. Giovanni. Fate is on our side, and destiny has already proclaimed me the victor against this academy and against this god."

Marco wasn't convinced, however. "Believe what you will, Sartorious, but the gods are not ruled by fate. They have ways to go against it, and more so…in the battle of gods and men, gods will always win."

Vera frowned, fanning herself. "Marco, you are much to gloomy. Lord Sartorious will show himself better then any god…"

"Blasphemy!" Marco roared. "You dare talk of the gods like that?"

Antonio shrugged. "The gods are petty and weak. Sartorious has shown willingness to stand against the evils of the world." He sighed. "I am afraid, my son, that your believe in the outdated gods will only serve as your downfall. Already you are considered less then us…"

Marco snorted. "Fools among fools…who would wish to be best among these."

"…and your family does not hold the same authority it once did." Antonio continued. "The House of Mars is weak, my son, as are all the houses that still cling to the outdated gods. I have learned much in these last few weeks, and that is there are stronger forces in the world then the gods…Lord Sartorious for one."

Alexis nodded. "Anarchy merely got in a lucky strike…Sartorious will be victorious in any future meetings."

Sartorious nodded, holding up a tarot card. "Thus it is already predicted."

Marco shook his head. "I will not stand here while you all disregard such threats. Brutus and I return to the Holst." The two men left, and Vera shook his head.

"Such a stupid boy…my Marco will be so embarrassed when he returns to me."

Antonio raised an eyebrow. "You believe he will return to you, bella?"

"But of course." Vera grinned. "All men return to me. None can escape my grasp."

&&&

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Arliss trudged towards the door, black robe trailing behind him. He checked his watch…sure enough, it was 2 in the morning. He had been happily asleep, dreaming of Spike and Buffy beating Dr. Crowler to a pulp, when Nessa had kicked him and told him to answer the door.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Arliss pulled out his shadow star, ready to kill whoever was at his door. But when he opened it, he found no one there.

"Mmm…good, I'm going insane. I can live with that." He muttered.

"please, Arliss…" He heard. Lowering his head, he finally noticed the three boys kneeling at his feet.

"What's going on?" Hayden asked, joining Arliss at the door, Cassandra close behind.

"We have guests." Arliss muttered. "At 2 in the morning."

"Oh." Cassandra said, sliding against the wall she was leaning on, eyes closed. "That's nice."

"No its not nice." Arliss replied. "What do you people want."

"We need your help!" Souta said, grabbing out Arliss' leg.

"oh." Arliss said. "no." He moved to slam the door in their faces, only to find Mayday stopping him. "What?"

"Lets hear what they have to say." She said.

"Fine." The King of Hunters ground out. "Come on, we'll go into the kitchen…but take off your shoes."

"Arliss…" Mayday warned.

"Its new wood!"

Souta, Johnny and Hector looked at the mansion, whistling to themselves. Hayden lifted Cassandra up, placing her on the couch and telling her to go back to sleep. She only argued for a moment before drifting off, leaving him, Arliss and Mayday to meet the boys in the kitchen…

…along with Lexie.

Johnny raised an eyebrow. "You know, you look a lot like Alexis."

Hayden rolled his eyes. "You wouldn't believe how much." Arliss glared at him but didn't say anything.

"What are you doing up?" Mayday asked.

"Cravings." She said. She held up a pickle. "I have chocolate syrup…any takers."

"Dios mios…" Hector murmured.

Lexie shrugged, and dug back into her snack, much to the disgust of those sitting near her.

"So, what brings you to the hall of the hunters?" Mayday asked the three pleasantly.

"We've come for you aid, Rare Hunters." Souta said. He began to lay out the story, from the White Association, to Viola, to Anarchy, to the goddesses being born. After ten minutes, the three Slifer Duelists looked at them with big wide eyes. "We didn't know who else to turn to!"

Arliss scoffed. "How about Jaden? This seems like his neck of the woods."

Johnny shook his head. "no…Jaden allowed Alexis to be made into a White Association member…he can't be trusted."

Lexie frowned. "So, Alexis is evil…has she tried to seduce Jaden or take of the world?"

"No, she mostly just acts like a bitch and glowers." Hector said.

Lexie grinned. "Yea, I'm still the most evil Alexis!" Lexie began to dance. "Go Alexis, its you're birf-day, go Alexis, you're evil…go go!"

Souta frowned. "Wait…you're Alexis too?"

"She's from a different dimension, where Jaden was evil, its no big deal." Mayday said, playing the whole thing off. "Now, back to your problem…what do you want from us again?"

Souta apparently was spokesman. "You are the only group that can protect us…we all saw what you did during that fight with Doc K. You have shadow magic…you can stand up against the Society of Light."

Johnny nodded. "We don't want to be Chazz' ass-puppets."

"To busy being Hector's?" Hayden muttered.

Hector gave him a saucy grin.

"We don't want to fight them, we aren't strong enough. But you guys…you guys can protect us!"

Mayday nodded. "You want to stay here, under our guardianship." The boys nodded. "And what's in it for us?"

"We'll do chores!" Hector said. "I am good at dusting…we can clean, cook, help you with any tasks…we'll even let you duel us to try out any new combos."

Mayday was intrigued. The idea of taking on new students seemed to fit perfectly. Arlen could move them to the Hunter Dorm, and they could train these boys. If they weren't up to snuff, they would ditch them once this Society of Light was gone. If they were good though…

Arliss frowned. "I'm not sure…" He didn't like the idea of being a paid bodyguard for these kids, having them always underfoot. It would mean being more careful with his evil plans…hide all his blueprints and weapons and magic relics…plus, it would be harder to have naked breakfast with Nessa. 'Knowing Nessa, she would invite them to join us…already has with the rest of the house…'

"I say we let them stay." Mayday said. "I'll vote for Arlen too."

"And I'll for Nessa and me opposed." Arliss said.

"I don't get to vote…" Hayden said.

"Damn right." Arliss muttered.

"I vote stay!" Lexie said, Arliss whipping around to stare wide-eyed at her. "I'll need diaper changers in a while, and they look like they can handle changing a poopie diaper."

"Oh yea." Souta said.

"Totally." Johnny added.

"My specialty." Hector said as Hayden choked back a laugh.

Arliss sighed. "I'll show you to your rooms…"

&&&

Anarchy didn't need to sleep. As a Titan-God, his power level allowed him to remain awake forever, without need for rest. However, Sola demanded he sleep, as, according to her, when he remained awake for more then 16 hours, he got grumpy and crazy. And a grumpy and lazy Anarchy resulted in very bad things.

As such, the God of Chaos was currently asleep in his massive god-size bed (no king-size for him!), enjoying the best rest he had ever had. That was because, after blocking the image of his sister and the vampire-god out of his head, he had taken Viola to his bed, and had christened the mattress, as the mortals say. His new queen had been more then happy to be with him, the buzz from her ascension having left her very happy.

Sated, the two had slept in each others arms, each feeling more secure in safe then they ever had before. The tiny part of Anarchy's mind that remained awake while he slept wished for this rest to never end.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up!"

Anarchy blinked in confusion as the bed bounced up and down. Being in his true form (sleeping forced him to reveal his true size and form, unable to hold onto any glamours he might have), he allowed the tentacles on his back to stretch and search for what was causing the bed to rock.

"Wake up!" Lacey cried with glee, giggling as her adopted father grabbed her. "Hyper wants bweakfast!"

The God of Chaos shook the cobwebs out, while Viola rapidly awakened. She groaned, her own tentacles rising her up as she reached out for her daughter, grabbing the squealing girl from the air.

"Never spent a morning with a toddler, I take it?"

Anarchy frowned. "Too busy trying to take over all existence." He rubbed his eyes. "Puck!"

"Here, my lord." Puck cried, the little general rushing to sit his tiny form on his master's shoulder. He barely larger then Anarchy's hand, and thus knew to come close to his master's ear when speaking. "I have taken the liberty of summoning servents to make the little Mistress breakfast…and I assumed you and Mistress Viola would be joining her."

Viola nodded. "Of course…" She tickled her daughter. "Someone needs to make sure she eats all her cereal."

Anarchy nodded, a bit overwhelmed. It was easy to think about kidnapping a human and her daughter and during them into goddesses so that they could be his family…it was another thing actually surviving the morning after!

"Also, my Lord, your sister and Count Adrian await for you at the table. Mistress Sola demands you, and I quote…" Puck summoned a piece of paper. " ahem…"Meet my mate or die a painful death.""

"Your sister has a wacky sense of humor." Viola said.

Puck and Anarchy shared a look.

&&&

Arlen rolled his neck as he walked out of his bedroom, green tee shirt in hand. He was so glad he wasn't needed to teach anymore. The school couldn't fire him, but they could remove all his classes. Which was fair enough. He'd done what he needed.

"Morning Dhmitri." He said, his adopted son just getting up. "Morning Missy." The insect duelist nodded as he passed her room. she sprayed herself with perfume, and Arlen gave her a thumbs up. "Morning Souta."

"Hey Prof. Milo."

Arlen nodded. "Morning Johnny, Hector."

"Morning." The two said from their room as they admired his abs…

"Wait a minute." Arlen backed up. "Something isn't right… Missy, is that new perfume."

"Just bought it."

Arlen nodded. "Ah." He walked past the three Slifers and ran into Nessa in the living room. Over the summer, the two of them had become close, Nessa finding comfort in having someone that cared as much about Arliss as her nearby, and Arlen thrilled to be able to discuss dueling theory with a new listener. "Why are there 3 new guests?"

"Your wife let them in. We're now protecting them from the White Association and Prof. Malloren, who is now a 150 foot tall goddess, along with her daughter and some big god of chaos."

Arlen blinked. "You know…when my brother told me he wanted to start up the Rare Hunters, he failed to mention the part about borders or sisters from other dimensions, or undead professors or gods turning other professors into goddesses."

Nessa gave him a sympathetic smile. "Hey, he just told me we could have sex till the cows came home and kill a bunch of people."

Cassandra chose that moment to sit up, a pillow sticking to her face. "Mornin' mum, Uncle Arlen."

Nessa looked at her daughter, who had once been a year older then her. "Morning baby." She kissed her forehead. "Sleep well?"

"No. Aunt Mayday bloody dragon kept tryin' to wake me up." As if on cue, Norman emerged from under the couch, chirping at his 'daddy' and nipping a his foot. Arlen lifted the baby dragon up and cuddled him close.

"what do you want to bet that things will only get a lot worse if we take these boys in?" He asked Nessa as Cassandra trudged off to shower.

Viola shrugged. "How could they get any stranger then this?"

&&&

20 minutes later, Anarchy, Viola and Lacey entered the dining hall, all three in their human disguises. That had been the first lesson, and an interesting one. It was easy last night to teach the two to take true form, as all one had to do was let go and grow. Of course, they hadn't gotten the hang of enlarging their clothing (they were not like some of the Titan-Gods Anarchy knew, that went around buck-naked), so Anarchy was forced to summon pjs for Lacey. For Viola…well, he wasn't worried about that.

Shrinking had bee harder. It had taken them several tries to figure out how to shrink, and it was only until Lacey equated it to "twying to hold a poopie" that Viola had clued in on the necessary force needed to shrink.

Anarchy made a note to find out what "holding a poopie" meant.

Viola asked Puck to summon a kiddie chair, lacking the ability to summon objects yet. Setting Lacey down and making sure she was set, she turned towards Sola and gave her a smile.

"Hello there…we weren't properly introduced last night when we found you boning Doc K. I am Viola."

Sola nodded. "Nice to meet you." Adrian elbowed her, and she forced herself to smile a bit brighter.

"Hello Prof. Malloren." Adrian said.

"Dr. Allen…I see this is where you were taken too."

The vampire nodded, pouring himself a goblet of blood. "Yes, Annie over there brought me."

Anarchy's eye twitched.

"He is so funny!" Sola giggled. "He tells the best jokes."

"I'm sure he does." Anarchy grumbled. "Sola…I thought we agreed no pets at the table."

His sister glared at him. "Adrian is not my pet. He is my mate, just like Viola is your mate."

Adrian raised an eyebrow. "So…you and me are family now, Prof. Malloren?"

She nodded. "Yup. Going to take over the world and all that good stuff."

"What made you evil?" he questioned.

"Him." Viola said, jerking a thumb at Anarchy, who was letting Puck serve him. "You?"

"Sola smashed a gem that made me good, let me become my evil self again."

"Yay!" Lacey giggled. Viola moved to feed her some cereal, but she shook her head. "no! Daddy feed Hyper!" She opened her mouth wide and stared at Anarchy.

"Huh?" The Chaos God questioned.

"You pick up the spoon with food on it and stick it in her craw, Einstein." Adrian said, sipping some blood.

Anarchy turned to Puck. "Did he insult me?"

"Yes, my Lord."

Anarchy fired a bolt of energy, only for Sola to catch it.

"Anarchy!" Viola snapped. "You don't kill family at the table!"

"Fine." He snarled. "Adrian, join me in the other room…"

"You don't kill family, period!"

"hello?" Everyone turned as a dark skinned demon entered, dressed in a suit and holding a cane and top hat.

"Sweet!" Sola exclaimed.

Anarchy's eyes lit up. "Sweet!" he echoed, giving his general a hug. "You look good!"

"As do you, my lord. Puck found me last night, and told me to return." He looked over at the table. "And who are all these people?"

"This is Viola, my mate, and our daughter, Lacey."

"Hi!" Lacey squealed.

"And that is Sola's pet…er…mate, Adrian Crabface."

"Kratos." Adrian said.

"Whatever."

Sola and Viola shared a look. "Oh boy…"

&&&

Marco eyes remained closed, focused only on breathing in and out, in and out. After he and Brutus had returned to the Holst, he had commanded the silent duelist to activate the security field and to start the plane. After they'd reached cruising altitude, Marco had told Brutus to fly into Domino for refueling, while he meditated and sought out the gods' aid.

The news of this Anarchy disturbed him. A god had come to Earth, was making new gods…and that wasn't his biggest concern. No, the Italian Duelist was worried about Sartorious, Vera and Antonio. Their actions earlier that day had only served to worry the assassin, and he feared they may be prepping for something dangerous.

Thus, he now sat in silence, prayer candles all around, focused on trying to call forth the gods.

'I need your aid, gods of Rome. A high priest has betrayed you, and a priestess as well. They follow a charlatan, who believes himself a god and sets himself up in your image. Please, mighty gods…I do not know what to do.'

"You must follow through, my son."

Marco opened his eyes to find himself in a grand temple, thrones surrounding him. There, seated infront of him, were Lord Mars, Lady Juno, and Lord Jupiter, the 3 greatest of gods.

"Father…Grandfather, Grandmother." Marco whispered in awe. Only the high priests were allowed to enter the high chamber of the gods…and only then, their patron would call them.

"Off your knees, Marco." Jupiter commanded. "You are family, my grandson. You do not need to bow."

Juno smiled. "But, you will always bow, and that is why you receive our honor and respect. You show us the same in kind when you need not, while others who still need our aid refuse us our due."

Marco nodded, rising to his feet. He glanced around to notice that several other gods and goddesses surrounding him, including Lord Apollo, Lady Diana, and Lady Minerva. Noticably absent was Lady Venus. Lord Uranus had been cast from the chambers long ago, but Marco did not doubt the god would no want to see him.

Giving nods to his aunts and uncle, Marco turned back to his father, lowing his head in reverence. "Father, you heard my prayer…I seek guidance."

Lord Mars nodded. "Yes my son. We have seen what Antonio and Vera do, and we let you know now that they will face punishment for their crimes. But their judgment will be from another, the smiting brought by another of our glorious family." The God of War frowned. "Though, I would lie if we said we were not pleased."

"Pleased, father?" Marco questioned.

Juno took up the tale. "Vera has never held our favor as you have, Marco. You and your house have remained loyal not just to Mars, but all the gods. You seek to bring back the old ways."

"More then that…" Jupiter continued, "You are family."

Apollo made his presence known. "You are a son of Mars, Marco, and like Romulus before you, one day you will cast off your mortal shell and join us in Olympus."

"Yet you remain as humble as the lowest creature." Diana said. "Vera does not."

"Yes." Minerva added. "She, a common human, acts like she is Venus descended. She is not fit for a priest…and she is not especially fit for a future God of War."

Marco nodded. "I see that now, father. But that is why I seek you…Vera was the final straw…I wish nothing more then to leave with Brutus and return to the temple, train him in the ways of your priest. But you command me to stay. Can I not leave, father? Serving this Sartorious is a fool's errand."

"that may be." Jupiter said. "but you shall remain." Marco lowered his head, but was surprised when the gods provided more. "Sartorious is merely the road to something grander."

Juno nodded. "You have already guessed that you will aid in his defeat, why else would you ally with Brutus? But more then that, Sartorious will lead to the strength you will need in the days ahead."

Mars finished the tale. "This…Anarchy…he is an unseen force. A titan and creator of the duel monster realm, he and his sister are a threat to all gods. As we speak, Lord Zeus, Lord Odin and other gods send word to their champions…but we fear it will not be enough. You will be needed, Marco, in this coming war…and only through Sartorious will you become the being you need to be." He stood up. "In the name of Rome, my son, remain in Domino. There, you will find your answers."

Marco nodded, and after a moment he was gone, returned to his body. Juno turned to her son. "You did not tell him of his reward? Our gift to your child, his bride?"

Mars merely smiled. "She is a queen worthy of my son, but he will not have her if he believes we brought her for him. The fates transported her here…and we must let things run their course."

&&&

Next Time on G/X Hunters- The Rare Hunters are finding their lives turned into a mess. Everyday, more Slifer Red and Ra Yellow Duelists show up at their door, wanting to camp out in their backyard. Arliss and Nessa don't know how to behave around them, Arlen and Mayday disagree about what to do with them, Lexie is hot and grumpy as the due date for her baby draws closer, and Cassandra is building a new security system. That leaves Hayden, Dhmitri and Missy to act as the go betweens for the Rare Hunters and the new students. Hilarity ensues.

But it all can't be laughs. The three learn from a student that the White Society will soon target one of Jaden's own. And Arliss decides it best to take out the target before Chazz and Alexis get to it first.

Walk in the Park Part One