Man I'm having fun with this story (shame its about to end soon) now let's begin part two of three. Take it away Kiriyu!
The cloaked boy stopped stirring the pot along with his sentence when he then puts his hands into his hood pulling out an odd pair of glasses that he must have been wearing and started cleaning them with a handkerchief it was very difficult to see his glasses (let alone his face) but if one happened to see him take off his glasses and looked straight at them just right they could see odd shaped lines on the seeing part of the glasses that were very thin so they most likely couldn't upset his sense of vision
He then puts his glasses back on (as best as you can tell) and asks if you would like more
You nod and he pours you and himself another bowl he takes a quick spoonful of soup and gulps it down
"Now then along with the story" said the boy as thunder rolls in the distance
Centuries past and under the direction of the gods the world started to take a turn for the better
Vanitus started teaching mortal humans about the honor and pride within a true battle to soldiers all over the world Vanitus never bothered with marriage
The goddess of love Kairi had fallen in love with the king of the gods Sora and the two were wed making Kairi the queen of the gods
Ansem the god of wisdom had been keeping a close eye on all of the new gods giving them pieces of wise advice time to time earning him the title as the god's advisor
While the four elemental gods and goddess shaped the world with their power over nature all while each becoming a competition for the earth and wind gods Terra and Ventus to have the water goddess Aqua's hand in marriage (though she could never decide between the two) while the last elemental god Axel the god of fire fell in love with a nymph named Larxene who had become the goddess of lightning after their marriage where they made her a goddess by feeding her nectar and ambrosia the food and drink of the gods
Sadly Riku despite all of his power and good will towards mankind had little followers as well as the fact that he kept himself busy with the constant confinement of Xehanort as a result Riku didn't bother with marriage
Meanwhile Roxas as the god of balance it was his duty to keep the balance between light and darkness in check Riku and Sora often assisted him from time to time but as it turned out only Roxas had the knowledge of battle as well as light and darkness to keep everything in check
As time passed many of the gods began to pity Roxas for unlike Riku and Vanitus who had the time to find marriage but simply didn't bother with it Roxas had been staying in the world between light and darkness constantly battling all for humanities survival for you see there was no moon or sun so the only way humans could tell day and night was when Roxas kept balance between light and darkness Sora and Riku used their own power to manipulate the darkness and the light to come and go as they wished humans eventually called the periods of light day and the periods of darkness night
Together the gods came up with the idea to give Roxas one week off while managing to find a way to give Roxas more freedom from his job
The plan was simple Sora, Riku and Vanitus would combine their knowledge of light, darkness, and war to keep balance between light and darkness while Roxas would enjoy a short time on earth (most likely at his temples seeing as he was constantly celebrated as a hero for his constant protection of the earth and its inhabitants) while Ansem came up with two devices that would give Roxas more freedom from his horrible curse
Ansem soon came up with the plans for the devices and the plan was set into motion
Ansem asked for the assistance of Terra and Aqua to create one device while Ventus and Axel helped create the other
Soon Sora, Riku, and Vanitus appeared to Roxas and told him that a few powerful creatures of darkness and light had managed to slip past Roxas and made their way to earth without him knowing of it and were wreaking havoc and that since Roxas was the most experienced at defeating these creatures he was the only one who could handle this while they would watch over the balance in his absence
Roxas quickly left feeling guilty at his thoughts of failing his duty to keep balance however once he left the gateways that connected the earth and the world of light and darkness as a well as the world of the gods were sealed from the outside meaning Roxas could not return to his job and he could not ask any of the gods why they had done this
As a result Roxas sat down near a river to try and understand what had happened but then an image of the queen of the gods Kairi appeared in the river and explained why he had been removed however she did not tell Roxas about the two devices the other gods were working on
Roxas was both humbled at the other gods concern but furious that he had been tricked out of the job he himself had chosen so he asked Kairi how long his supposed "banishment" had been
Kairi explained that Roxas had exactly one week to travel the world and do what he wished and then the gates would open and allow him to return as soon as she finished this sentence the image of Kairi disappeared
Left with no other choice Roxas wandered the earth like Kairi had suggested and appeared mostly at all of his temples (in disguise) and was glad by how the people of his temples had understood balance
There were those however who had upset balance and often proclaimed either Riku or Sora the supreme side at this argument Roxas removed his disguise and proclaimed that neither light or darkness were greater but equal sides and that there should be no better
After this incident word had spread throughout the land that the god Roxas was visiting his temples so Roxas decided to escape the land he appeared in and found a new place with a temple that would be dedicated to him as soon as it was complete
This new temple was on a small island far away from most other civilizations so no news had spread that Roxas was visiting his temples what truly impressed Roxas was that this new temple had been placed exactly in between eight other temples that surrounded this new one and all of the houses and stores were outside the ring of temples and stopped at the edge of a jungle which led to mountains that made up the remainder of the island allowing this island to be almost completely cut off from the outside world
The temples were arranged so that each temple was placed at a compass angle with the opposite of each god directly across from each other
The temples included:
North-Sora
South-Riku
East-Kairi
West-Vanitus
Northeast-Ventus
Southwest-Terra
Northwest-Aqua
Southeast-Axel
Roxas decide to visit all of the temples but when he came to the last one which was Riku's temple he saw something he could never forget
When Roxas had entered the temple (he was disguised as an old man) he looked around the temple and was impressed it was his first time he had seen such an amazing temple built for Riku (since only a handful of people actually worshiped him) as he looked around he noticed that the one temple's only present time worshiper was a young girl around 16 with long black hair sky blue eyes and despite the darkness in the temple a face that radiated beauty her name was Xion
Roxas was amazed that such a beautiful girl had worshiped at a temple for darkness as opposed to a temple for Kairi (which most young girls her age had gone in search of their own true love) so (while still disguised as an old man) he approached her and asked her why she worshipped at a temple for darkness
The young girl known as Xion responded that she worshiped at Riku's temple more often then the other temples because she knew that Riku was not as often worshiped as he should have been so she worshiped Riku in order to try and bring some balance to the scale of Sora and Riku's worshippers
Roxas was amazed so young and yet she knew about balance between light and dark he knew that this was someone he wanted by his side forever but in order to keep his disguise a secret he waited until she left the temple and while she was walking home she looked down and noticed that despite the light from the day she had no shadow she looked around and noticed that her shadow had run off towards the jungle seeing as this as sign from the gods she set off after her shadow
When she had made it to the jungle a safe distance from seeing eyes her shadow returned to her body like normal when she noticed that the old man that was at the temple previously was also there
Xion would have asked why he was there but before she could say anything Roxas had transformed himself into his regular god appearance swords and all
At this Xion was astonished that she was in the company of a god and fell to her knees apologizing for any of her insolence she may have spoken at the temple about Roxas or any of the other gods but Roxas told the young maiden why he had brought her shadow here
After his quick explanation Xion was even more astonished. She had caught the eye of a god? She had thought that was impossible and claimed she wouldn't be worthy but Roxas would here none of it and gently kissed her lips at this the girl could resist no more and kissed him back and that was the beginning of their love
However it was also the beginning of their trials for Roxas' "gifts" had not arrived yet….
So there's chapter two (yeah I'm probably not that good with the beginning of the romance part in this chapter) anyway only one chapter left! (Sorry but this is one of my shorter fanfics and my first short one at that!)Just so you know even though Xion is only sixteen please remember that this story is based off Greek mythology so it would not be uncommon for a girl at that age to be married(let alone in love) One last question what do you readers think of Kiriyu?