[A/N] Hopefully I'll continue this writing binge I've been on. Review's feed it. So feed the binge.
[Disclaimer] I don't own PJO and I never will.
Chiron noticed Nico's purposeful stride toward the big house first then Thalia a half-step behind him.
He groaned just back from olympus reporting on the demi-gods and their skills he did not want to be bothered by two of the big-threes kids. It would probably be of importance though that is if Nico's face was anything to go on. Dionysus was still in olympus tying up lose ends.
Nico was now climbing the steps now, Thalia right behind him. Nico had a look of grim determination on his face. Thalia however looked a bit flushed and slightly confused. She had had trouble keeping up with Nico's longer stride without running and could feel her breathing slightly more elevated than usual.
"We need to talk." Nico said to him pointedly. Thalia nodded her head. "Somewhere a little bit more private would be nice." he added.
Chiron nodded his head and wheeled his way into a room next to the rec. room. Inside their was a table and two chairs set beside it with a bunch of other foldable chairs stacked in the back. Chiron gestured for them to take a seat.
"What is it?" Chiron asked them knowingly. Perhaps if he was lucky it would be something simple or even unrelated to quests.
"I've been having nightmares." Nico stated tersely.
He and Thalia told him of what had already happened. Thalia was waiting on him to mention the black skeletons but he never did. Chiron didn't interupt them but he looked troubled.
"Grave things have come to light today." began Chiron after they had finished "It could only be some form of incarnation Kronos."
"But how could he come back again and so soon." Thalia interrupted.
"I don't know." Chiron said simply. "But I have been ordered not to allow any of the big-three's children to seek a prophecy from Zues hims-"
"But," Nico interrupted "this is important they didn't know about him before did they?"
"Well, no." Chiron conceeded. It looked as though he would have to go back to Olympus today.
"Niether of you do anything rash." he ordered "I'm going to Olympus to inform them." He turned and rolled from the room the door closed of its own accord behind him.
"Why didn't you mention those skeletons, Nico?" she asked him when she was sure Chiron was out of earshot.
"Uh.. Well.. Uhmm.. I didn't really see it as being relevant with Kronos or anything." he answered hoping she would leave it at that.
"Yes but maybe Chiron could of told you what they were." she pressed onward hoping to sway him.
"Just drop it. Ok." he said a little bit sharper and louder than he intended. For a moment he hoped he hadn't hurt her fellings.
"Whatever." she said with a cold edge to her voice and he knew she was mad. "Next time I even think about caring I'll remind myself not to." she had stood while speaking and was headed to the door her shoulders were set and her hands continued to clench and unclench.
The door slammed behind her, Nico could only look at the table guiltily. She hadn't said anything and she did seem to sincerely be worried about him.
"Shit." he said standing abruptly he left the room and exited the big house. He looked around Chiron was nowhere to be seen. A flash of black hair caught his eye it was moving towards the woods. He took off after her.
Thalia's eyes were slightly wet but she refused to acknowledge it. "Ungrateful, stuck up, insufferable, jerk.." she continued in muttered tones walking fast.
He was catching up to her she had just entered the woods.
"Thalia!" he called after her slowing down, she sped up from a slight jog to a heavy sprint. He chased her she managed to stay ahead of him the whole time sometimes fading from sight and other times almost close enough to jump out and grab her, She was getting ahead of him again. Neither payed attention to where they were running. Finally she stopped, she was breathless sweaty and holding a stitch on her side. He slowed and stopped a three feet away his hands were on his knees he was breathing heavily and clutching his side as well. She regained her breath first.
"What do you want?" she asked coldly whirling around to face him still breathing slightly heavy. He stood up straight and mumbled something under his breath and started to blush. She couldn't hear him.
"What?" she asked her voice losing some but not all of the frost. She unconsciencely moved toward him they were now two feet apart.
"I'm sorry." he said louder this time "I didn't mean to sound so mad it's just.." he finished lamely. She looked closer at him he still wasn't looking at her, but down at his shoes. and his blush deepened. It was surprising to see a son of Hades blushing. He did sound like he meant it though.
"I don't know if I can accept that." she said hoping it would lead to something. What that something was though she was unsure. His head snapped to look at her his eyes probing as though looking for an outward sign of what she would accept he found none.
"What am I supposed to say, the Zaru have me flustered is all." he told her in a quite voice looking down quietly at his shoes. He knew he probably shouldn't of mentioned it but it had just slipped out, its not as if Thalia were an enemy to the knigdom of death anyway,
"The Zaru?" Thalia asked studying him closely. She took another step closer they were barely a foot away from each other now. "You knew what they were the whole time and didn't tell me?" she sounded angry and a little bit hurt even.
"They're" he began, he looked like he was having some inner drama. "well it's hard to explain." he was silent for a moment.
"Well can you at least try?" she asked hoping he wasn't going to blow up at her.
"I guess the easuest way to explain it would be.." he trailed off obviously talking to himself.
"You know the three wise monkeys right?" he asked giving her a look that showed now wasn't the time to make jokes. She had opened her mouth to make a smart remark she closed it and shook her head no.
"Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil." he informed her "They were once humans of course, but that was long, long ago." he continued "When they died they came to my father's domain he gave each a job in his domain for their deeds in life." she kept quiet while he talked.
"Each was given their respective jobs Hear was ordered to ignore the souls who were deemed evil and listen to those who were deemed good. Speak was ordered to console those deemed good and never to talk to the evil. See was ordered to watch over those deemed good and allow no harm to come to them while, ignoring those deemed evil while they were tortured. " he finished compressing the three hour lecture the ghost tutor. his father had forced him to study under, had given him.
"So why were they here?" she asked him looking curious and moving slightly closer.
"Well some of the ledgends about them say that they will only come to the beckon of thier master Hades, so I guess being his son and all.." he said without finishing he felt slightly uncomfortable being so close to her.
"How did you summon them if they're supposed to only obey Hades then?" she asked him. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked deeply into her eyes her heart started to beat faster. She looked back into his, and so did his.
"I don't know" he said simply turning from her and making to walk away. She caught him by the shoulder he didn;t turn around.
"I accept your apology." she said smiling lightly. He turned to look at her a smirk on his face. They looked around for what seemed to be the first time.
"I don't suppose you know where we are do you?" she asked him hoping that he did, lost in the woods was not what she'd been hoping though.
"No clue." he answered her with a grin still surprised at how those four simple words had made him feel like he was doing something right.
"So we're lost?" she shook her head and snorted, lost in the woods with Nico di Angelo. It could be worse she thought to herself and wonderded when that statement had become true for her,
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[P/S] I couldn't think of a name for the NoEvils so i used the last four letters of thier names. Thankfully they are all the same.