Olympus 14- Son of Dionysius- Shun returns home to Gou crying in the corner. "Hey buddy, what's the matter." "D-dad was fighting with mom a-and I tried to stop him b-but he whacked me i-in the gut." "That's awful. How's your mother?" "She's calling the b-bartender to tell him about m-my dad." "I never noticed your dad was a drinker." "He only drinks when he's out, but he drinks himself so bad sometimes, that he's a completely different person." Shun goes to the kitchen. "Hi Mrs. D." "Oh, hi Shun. Sorry you had to hear some of that." "It's fine, say, do you happen to know where that bar is your husband goes to?" "It's down the street to the left, can't miss it. I want that man back in this house by 1 am tonight or he's out." "Um, yes Mrs. Daimonji." "Now where did that girl go, ugh, why does she never call me about..." Shun goes to leave the house. "I'll be right back Gou, be a good boy for your mom, and don't forget, the dress rehearsal is tomorrow." "Yeah. Thanks Shun." Shun leaves the house for the bar and meets Mr. Daimonji drinking shot after shot at. "Hey bartender, could I get a coke?" "Sure. That'll be 100 yen." "Thanks. Hey Mr. Daimonji-" "I don't care what you do." "What?" "You could call child protective services for all I care." "That's pretty drastic. Mind telling me what happened?" "It's none of your business. I have half a mind to-" "I understand that, but if I don't know what happened, how am I able to hear both sides of the story?" "Fine, if you're going to be that curious. It was 10 years ago. My wife, Hikari, was out on business while I was with our daughter, Miyuki. So, when my wife came home, I found out she got pregnant the night after we had a pretty big "homecoming". Anyway, DNA tests showed the child was not mine, or even someone on earth." "WHAT!" "Yeah, I'm as shocked by it as you are." "How is that even real?" "Beat's the hell out of me kid. All I could say is, that boy must have his father's face cause he looks nothing like me at all. I can't believe I was so undesirable back then that my own son wasn't even "my son"." "But he's still your son. He loves you, you love him-" "I WANT TO LOVE HIM, OK! You think I want to spend the rest of my life looking at something that reminds me of my failings, it's just. I work hard every single day scraping for yen while I feel like my wife favors Gou above the rest of her family, especially Miyuki." "Man, that's rough. I've never faced the situation, but if you want my advice, do what you can for your son. Not this preconceived notion that because you didn't provide the seed that he isn't your son. Gou has lots of confidence issues, and I think having a loving father would start breaking him out more. There's only so much I, the help, can do." "I guess. If I only I could know the jerk that-" "I think the first step to helping Gou is starting with your drinking problem." "Whats wrong with my drinking? Are you insulting me-" "No, I would never do that, it's just I think you might be a bit, excessive, tender, what is his shot count?" "20 shots." "That is a lot of shot-" "SHUT THE HELL UP!" Gou's Dad, Kenshiro, goes to hit Shun with a beer bottle in his hand but Shun trips him and holds him down with some help from the patrons. "You think this is over you little shi-" Shun puts his hand over his mouth. "Calm down Mr. Daimonji, just relax and I'll walk you home. Thanks for help boys." "Ey, no problem eh?" "Yeah. Bartender, get me a shot of brandy, I wanna taste it." "Umm, sure. Don't tell anyone I'm doing this." "Done." He takes a drink and immediately gets sick. "Anything wrong?" "It tastes like shi-" and Shun immediately starts vomiting. "Alcohol doesn't normally do that till later. You must have some allergic reaction." "Thanks captain obvious, anything else I could help with?" "No need to joke around, think you'll be fine taking him home?" "I'll be-urgh-fine. C'mon, Mr. D."

"I'm home, here he-urgh-is." Hikari goes to her husband. "What the hell was that earlier?" "Kari please-" "No, what you did to your son was completely out of line. You could have seriously hurt him psychologically." "Well if he figured out the truth, he would be a lot worse off than what I gave him, ok?" "And you are never going to tell Gou anything about that, or there will be serious problems." "Like what, divo-" "Don't you say it. Not with the kids to think about. I'm telling you mister, you are-" "I'm going to go upstairs to tuck Gou in, brush my teeth and hit the hay." The two continue arguing loudly as Shun tries to keep Gou calm. "It's never been this bad." "Well, I barely got to know my father. He was almost always out on Navy command." "I thought Poseidon was your father." "He is, but I mean my real father, the father that raised me as his own son. I'm sure, somewhere deep down, your father cares about you very much." "I hate it though!" "I know it seems hard, but your dad is not an emotional man. It's not easy for people to change-" "NOT EVEN FOR HIS FAMILY!?" "Yeah, I'm afraid so, I wish I could do something about it." "Your doing enough Shun, thank you." "Yeah, goodnight buddy. Get some rest for the dress rehearsal, you'll need it." "Night Shun." Shun stands next to Gou's bedroom and ponders. "I need to look into this matter further. There is something Mr. D. isn't telling me." Shun immediately calls Amy. "You wouldn't happen to have a demi god tracker back at base, would you?" "I think so, ask Hera. Why, whats the problem?" "Just some curiosity." Shun runs out to get the Demi God tracker from Hera. "Hey Hera." "What are you doing out late child? What is so important that it can't wait till morn-" "I think I found a Demi God!" "YOU DID!?" "Yeah, at least I believe so, and if he is, he's been right under our noses the whole time." "Oh, this is such great news, I can't wait to tell everyone who it is." "Thats the thing, I need the Demi God-" Hera hands it off to him. "Make sure to bring him here as soon as possible. Oh happy day indeed!"

Back at Mt. Olympus, the Titans prepare their next move. "Hey Red, your plan failed there." "There was a slight miscalculation on my end-" "THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME YOU STUPID HUMAN! Each battle those Joutengers get stronger and we get less and less against them, what the hell?" "I'm working on it. I don't see you doing much you hotheaded ape!" "APE! THAT DOES IT, I DON'T CARE WHAT-" Asteria comes to Typhon and pulls his arm. "Not now you Ape." "Asteria, you too?" "You need to calm down and you need to find a plan that will work." "I do have a plan in mind, Typhon, do you still have her?" "Why yes I do." "It would only realistically work on one of the Joutengers, but as long as we are able to separate them one at a time, then we will have a chance at defeating them. Ever hear of divide and-" "Yeah yeah yeah I know, we did it last time, didn't wo-" "ALMOST WORKED. That plan was perfect, the only issue was the Arachnid switching sides at the last minute and that JoutenYellow. My how that girl is fierce. One could expect much from a child who has lost their mother." "YOU killed her mother?" "Indeed. She had no information, so I-" "That's pretty sadistic, and right in front of her?" "I figured she was connected to Yellow in some way, so I made it quick and painless." "That does explain the anger she has at you." "Regardless, I think this plan will work. Who would sacrifice their own mother for humankind?" Tetsu goes to the cave where Shun's mother is being held. "Who the hell are you and what is going on with my son?" "Don't worry ma'am, your boy will be here soon enough, and when he does what we say, you'll both be free to go." "WHAT!?" "I think you should relax. If you exert too much energy, you'll die before seeing him again." Typhon enters the picture. "Why don't we kill them both when he gives us what we want?" "Because he won't be a threat to our goals, it would be pointless to kill them-" "Didn't stop you from killing Yellow's mom and Black's friend." "Just be quiet Typhon, this isn't your plan, I'm your superior-" "IN LORD CHRONOS' WORDS ONLY! If he wasn't around-" "Please don't forget who keeps you on the ground in our spars. I'm not asking much from you, just that you follow my plans, I'm giving you the easiest jobs. Anyone can do your jobs, so just do what I say and there won't be any problems, can you get that through your thick skull hothead?" "Yes, yes I can." "Huh, that was shocking. Anyway, back to the plan..."

Back at the Daimonji house, Shun uses his demi god tracker to detect huge readings of Demi God energy. "Please don't tell me." He goes up to Gou's room and it goes off the charts, a confirmed demi god. "This can't be real, this thing must be busted." Meanwhile, Ken and Kari are still arguing in the kitchen. "If it wasn't for your little f*cking stunt 10 years ago we'd still have a marriage worth saving!" Shun butts in. "Can I ask Mrs. Daimonji something?" "Shouldn't you be sleeping?" "Regardless, I have to confirm. Mrs. Daimonji, did you have an affair with a God?" "A WHAT!?" "SHUN! OF ALL THE-" "All I personally want is the truth. I mean, I'm a demi god, I have a right to know who is and isn't a demi god, cause it seems like those bad guys in the news are going to start searching for them." Ken starts talking to himself. "I can't believe I was tossed aside for a God, but which one-" "Fine, I admit." "That must have taken a load off." "It was just so lonely out on business. Ken was with our Daughter Miyuki, it was a stressful part of the trip. I needed something to calm my nerves and the music wasn't doing it." "So you turned to the first guy who said yes." "Yes." "What a slut!" Kari angrily steps on Ken's foot and he starts screaming in pain. "Anyway, I had wanted another child but numbskull-" "Who are you calling numbskull?" "Let me finish. Ken wasn't having any of that, so I felt, well, alone. I mean, he was just so handsome. Not in a adonis kind of way, but his aura of confidence, perfectly sociable, a party kind of guy. Complete opposite of mopey over here." "You know, this is your problem, you think because you help run a company that my job doesn't matter, so I don't matter, is that it?" "No and you know-" "I know perfectly well that you've always wanted me playing second fiddle, raising the kids almost by myself while you try and woo your boss. I work in a factory all day, I'm always in danger of losing my job. I didn't get a business degree like you did, I didn't get well-to-do business parents, I had blue collar poor parents raise me. You think just because your always at birthdays that it shows you love your kids but no, it doesnt. Your daughter barely talks about you when she talks to me, and your son is a complete pan-" "Don't you dare!"

"And I think that's where this discussion stops. I got all I needed to hear. If I may leave some advice, as the help around here I do know quite a bit about this place and who lives here. Mrs. Daimonji, I see it clear as day that you love your children to death, maybe you don't get as much time with them since you have to work hard to give them this nice apartment. It doesn't diminish Mr. Daimonji's work either though. Nobody is superior in a relationship, it's all about give and take, relationships are 0 sum. Mr. Daimonji, I understand your pain. I had nothing for a very long time as well. You still need to open up more, because your son truly believes you don't love him, and I can't think of any father not loving their son. I know you think he prefers his mother over you, but I know all he wants is your approval, it's just your wife gives him the love he wants. You both need to learn to give your children an equal amount of love. It doesn't matter who their mother or father is, as long as they see you as mom and dad and you can show them the care and love necessary for children to grow the way they're supposed to. My mother had nothing when my dad died, but she loved me with all her heart and did everything she could, and showed it. You guys have a beautiful house, nice kids and decent jobs. Try and get over your problems for their sake. Especially Gou, he has a long way to go." Kari politely interjects. "I think its wonderful how you think highly of Gou, I really do, but I don't think this is your place to talk Shun." "Your right, I'm just wasting my breath. Good night." As he leaves, Ken starts muttering. "Damn kid think's he's hot shit." "He is right, we need to make this work." "Would you please just stop? First you had to cheat on me, then you had to do it with a freaking god?" "I'm not continuing this conversation, you're clearly intoxicated."

They go to bed as Shun contemplates to himself. "It won't be in a day, but I hope by the time the missions done this house will be a lot more unified." Miyuki appears downstairs for a drink of milk. "Don't mind me." "It's fine, hey you want to talk?" "Umm, sure. I have school tomorrow-" "I know, it won't take long." "What is it about?" "I wanted to ask personally, how long has your parents relationship been like this?" "Ever since Gou was born, everything started falling apart. I tried my best to be a good big sister to Gou since our parents are always busy and Dad always looked at Gou negatively. Didn't quite understand it till now." "You overheard?" "When your parents shout like that, it's hard to ignore, even up here." "I know you love Gou." "Of course I do, I'm his sister. Sure, I have more friends than I used to, so I'm always out, but I've always wanted to hang out with Gou more. I think what you do is pretty cool actually." "What, the superhero business?" "No, being the cool big bro Gou needs. He's always needed someone caring to watch over him, he's so impressionable. It goes back to when he was little, he always wanted to do what I was doing. He's such a good kid, it's a shame he's got very few friends." "Well, I'm hoping he's broken out of his shell a little bit." "I'm sorry if I look disinterested sometimes, it's just I've always dealt with mom and dad's crap for years, and I just kind tune everything off." "Umm, how long till you turn 18?" "WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?!" "Relax. Anyway, it was nice talking to you. I feel like I hardly know you." "Sorry about that. It's either homework or the cafe for me. I guess it's fighting monsters and being a stagehand for your life, huh?" "Yeah. Come by tomorrow, I think Shun would really appreciate his big sis coming to his play. Maybe rekindle the relationship a bit." "That sounds like a plan. Please don't stop what you're doing Shun. You're the kind of guy who could help keep us together, no matter how hard mom and dad fight." "Thanks for the talk. I knew underneath that stereotypical teenager was someone with a big heart. You need the sleep more than I do."

That morning, as Gou gets ready for school, Shun goes to him as he's about to leave. "You wouldn't mind if we walk to school together, right?" "No problem." "Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about something interesting I learned. There's a new Demi God in town." "Really? That means more people to help you guys." "Yeah, well, it's about who is the Demi God. Gou, your the newest Demi God." "WHAT!?" "Yeah. I don't know who it is yet, but once we find out, you need to give me your powers." "I can do that?" "Yeah." "But what if-" "No if's and's or but's about it. I know I don't usually say no but you can't be a Joutenger." "Why not? You guys need-" "Your way too young Gou. You have a great life to live, you shouldn't be fighting alongside us. We risk our lives every day." "But Shun, you know-" "We're at the school. I gotta work around the house, I'll be there for the play. And I think someone else is coming to your play today." "Miyuki?" "Yeah. Everybody from the team will be there too. You'll have the best audience anyone could ask for." "It's gonna be awesome today Shun." "Well, have fun." "See you around!" As Shun walks away, he gets ambushed by a Lion-looking monster with huge paws. "What the hell?" "You're coming with me Jouten Blue." "How do you know who I am?" "If you don't come quietly, I'll have to fight you myself." "Fine by me. 1-2-5, GODCHANGE!" Shun transforms and pulls out his trident. "You don't stand a chance." Shun tries using his trident to attack the Lion, but to no avail. "What the hell is your fur made of? Titanium?" "Foolish boy, you don't know who I am? I am the Nemean Lion. My hide can withstand any bladed or surfaced weapon. Your swords, hammers, and blades are no sweat to me." "Shit." Nemean Lion counterattacks with his huge paws, knocking Shun back hard. Back at Olympi, Hera contacts Kai. "Shun's in big trouble, you have to help him." Kai replies "Tch, stupid comedian. I'll be right there."

The Nemean Lion starts going for Shun's face, and it knocks him out for a bit. Kai shows up unamused. "Who the hell are you?" "Nemean Li-" Kai immediately goes for a punch. "I was speaking ironically you numbskull. Get your ass up Shun." "Ok." "1-2-5, GODCHANGE!" Kai uses his stygian rock to create a large arm blade. "Hit me all you want JoutenBlack." Kai ferociously attacks him, unaware his attacks are dealing 0 damage. "Hah, you're even more bullheaded than he is." "WHAT?!" "Your bladed and flat weapons have no effect on me, you have no chance, HAH!" Nemean Lion punches Kai back hard and takes Shun, punching him hard in the face again. "His presence is required. So long JoutenBlack!" "GET BACK HERE! GRRRRRRGH!" Kai throws his fist to the ground in frustration as he demorphs. "Damnit, I'm not strong enough." Hera contacts him. "Kai, where's Shun?" "He got taken by the Nemean Lion, I just couldn't stop him." "You did the best-" "No I didn't. At my best I'd be able to defeat that thing no problem." "No Kai, you can't solve all your problems yourself. Didn't you just get a lesson-" Kai cuts the call. "I'll find out where he is, and I'll take him back myself." Kai starts wondering what he needs to do to get Shun. "Maybe he could help. 1-2-4. Des Cerebus!" The Cerberus arises from the underworld to meet Kai. He licks him a bit. "C'mon, I'm not calling you for a game. Your a dog, and I need to find where Shun is." "Do you have something of his I could smell?" "Afraid not." "Then I can't really do much, but perhaps we could, idk, go out for a walk or something? C'mon master!" "No." Cerberus wimper's like a pup as Hera looks back at base in disgust. "Can't even treat his own dog right, the jerk."

Shun wakes up several hours later in the caves on the outskirts of Mt. Olympus. "Get up Blue." "TITAN RED!" "Indeed. A pleasure." "Cut the crap, why am I in here?" "Because I have an offer you're not going to refuse." "What offer? What could you possibly give me?" "The best gift anyone can ask for. Typhon, bring in the cage." Typhon drags in a cage with Shun's mother, Jun, keeps trying to attack the outside of the cage, yelling. "WHEN MY SON GETS A HOLD OF YOU HE'S GONNA- SHUN!" "MOM!" Shun tries to get to his mom but he's being held by chains to the ground. "Obviously, it won't be that easy." "What do you want? I'll do anything." "You will not!" "Relax, it's just your demi god powers." "WHAT?!" "Yes, with your Demi God powers, I will be unstoppable. I have no intentions of killing your friends if they surrender their powers to me. If I don't get them, I will do everything I can to kill you all and just accomplish my goal that way." "Our goal Tetsu." "Testu?" Tetsu begins speaking again. "I know what it feels like to lose a mother Shun, I know it better than anyone else. Please, I implore you. Surrender your powers to me and I can assure you and your mother can live out your lives in solemn peace." "But you'll still take over the world." "I promise we will spare your lives in the conquest, I'll do everything I can to protect that promise. It's a man's promise." Shun thinks about it as Typhon grows impatient and his mother glares at him. "If you make the wrong choice Shun, I won't have a son anymore." "Are you absolutely certain that we would be 100% split from the conflict if I do this?" "Do I need to repeat it? Yes, you will be guaranteed your peaceful life away from the conflict." "Make a choice human before we change our minds." "Quiet Typhon." Typhon grunts angrily. As Shun is contemplating, he is using the sweat from the heat surrounding Typhon to create a tiny water key to unlock his chains. "Take as much time as you need to think this over. It isn't easy to sell your comrades out for your own mother." "Shun, you better choose right or else!"

Back in town, the other's except for Shun and Kai show up, Dave bringing Sara along. Demi is puzzled. "Why is she here Dave? She doesn't even know Gou." "Relax Demi-" "Oh Demi, it is an honor to meet you. Dave talks nonstop about you, Jouten Green." "That is creepy, Dave, I want to talk to you for a minute." "Umm, sure." Sara then tries to make chit-chat with Miki. "Hi, I'm Sara, you must be Miki. Jouten Yellow?" "Why yes. How are things between you and Dave?" "He is just the greatest friend I've ever had, yet I see nothing but dark clouds for the future. I wish it wasn't that way." Meanwhile Demi pulls Dave aside to talk to him. "She is very cute." "What, did you think this was a romantic date?" Demi blushes a bit. "Umm, not really-" "I can read your aura, you know?" "Oh, shut up." "Why are you so concerned about if I have romantic feelings for this girl?" "It's just, it doesn't seem fair to Jamie, since after all he just died. I thought you were-" "What, homosexual? I've never really had a personal preference, I just kind of fall in love with who I fall in love with, which isn't Sara. We're just friends." "Could have fooled me. You two are always together when you aren't with us at Olympus. She almost seems perfect for you. Soft, kind, gentle, well-read, mild mannered. I can't be all those things no matter how hard-" Dave hugs Demi hard. "I didn't know. You think of me this much as a friend. I can't believe you felt this jealous about my friendship with Sara. Yes, we have similar personalities but that isn't how relationships work. You can't just date a clone of you, you need someone who compliments your weaknesses and vice-versa. I have no interest in seriously dating someone yet. I just value Sara's friendship as much as ours." "Dave!" "Please, give Sara a chance, I know for a fact you two would get along." "Ok, for you Dave. I can't believe I was being so selfish." "It's part of being human Demi. We can't completely avoid our flaws." Miki is talking with Sara as Demi gives Sara her hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you too." Sara reciprocates the handshake as Dave has a smile of relief on his face. "Oh, I forgot, has anyone seen Kai?" Miki then asks "Come to think of it, where is Shun?" Amy wonders the same thing. "He must be somewhere nearby. He wouldn't dare skip out on this day." "Maybe we could try and contact him." "I think Kai is first priority Dave, after all Shun is probably backstage waiting for curtain call." "Oh, sorry, you're right. Let me just call him."

As the day is going on, Kai finds a key near the sight of the attack. "Huh, maybe this can be of use. Cerberus, smell it boy." Cerberus simply raises his snout. "If I rub your belly-" "YES! YES! YES!" Cerberus smells the keys as Kai begrudgingly rubs the large three-headed dogs belly. "That feels wonderful. Thank you master." "Just take me where he is." "Ok, let's head on out. Oh boy, it's all the way in Greece." "GREECE!? That's halfway across the world. How the hell are we-" "By going underground of course." "How do we do that?" "I am the hound of the underworld, I know a thing or two about how Earth is underground. Just let me dig through master and we'll be in Greece in no time." "Ok, just lead the way." As they are a few miles away from Greece, Kai gets a phone call from Dave. "This better be important. What do you want?" "Oh, hi Kai, umm." "Is the play starting?" "Yes, why does it sound like an earthquake where you are?" "Never mind. I'm finding Shun, he got captured by this big lion and got taken to Greece with the Titans. I was with him when it happened, so it's my responsibility to find him. Tell the others that." "Ok, guys, Shun is out in Greece, he was captured by some ancient Lion." "Must be the nemean lion." "Most likely. Kai went to go save him while we stay here in case." "We need to tell Gou." "That's a good idea Amy, show doesn't start for another 10 minutes."

Backstage, Gou is waiting for Shun to arrive but notices he's a few minutes late. "Must be eating something, hehe." The director comes to him as he's dressing up for his part. "Daimonji, where is the stagehand?" "He promised me he'd be coming, he must be running late." "Well, if he doesn't show up, I don't want him at the banquet afterwards." "Understood sir." The director notices Gou has a distressed look on his face. "C'mon Gou, don't be down. You're playing the lead role, this is your time." "You're right. Thanks Mr. Fubuki." "Don't sweat it, yah got real talent kid." As they are preparing, Gou finds a displaced bottle of wine on the floor. "The hell is this doing here? Well, I'd never get to drink it again, so-" Gou gulps most of it in one shot, and the show begins, one of the stagehands looking for his bottle of Moscato but unable to find it, looking frustrated. "Presenting from Ieyasu Elementary School, Directed by Hideki Fubuki, Beauty and the Beast!" As the show starts, Hera reports from Olympi. "Kai is in Greece, Shun should be there soon." "Great to hear, let's just enjoy the play for now."

Back in the cave, Shun is still going over in his head what he wants to do. Typhon loses his patience. "ENOUGH OF THIS! He's clearly never going to join us. Let's fry this bird!" Typhon shoots an ember at Shun's mother, lighting her on fire instantly. She starts thrashing about as Tetsu yells at Typhon. "WHAT THE HELL TYPHON!?" "I did what was needed. He clearly isn't on our side-" "Yet. I had him in the palm of my hand, we almost had one less Joutenger to worry about you stupid-" "Watch who you're calling stupid." "You think I'm scared of you rocks for brains?" "You ought to be, I'm so much more powerful than you now!" As the two argue, Shun finally releases himself from his chains and uses his water to release his and dowse mother, but the burns are just too severe. "MOM!" "S-shun, baby, I c-can't believe it ends like this." "Don't say that, we have someone who can heal you, you'll be fine, we just need to-" "I think this is the end Shun." "No, it isn't the end, c'mon mom. We could get out of here." "Oh Shun. You weren't seriously considering t-them were you?" "Well, umm-" Shun's mother slapped him hard with her weak strength. "I'm glad you always thought of me Shun, but placing my needs ahead of the world? That would have been a very fatal mistake, and I'm glad you didn't make it-" She starts coughing violently. Shun is silently crying, holding back his bellows. "I'm sorry I couldn't find you earlier, we might have been able to-" "I know I'm a goner, but you could still make a difference Shun. You have the heart of a dolphin. Be sure to take them-" "MOM! MOM! ANSWER ME! MOM!" As the two titans stop arguing, Tetsu notices Shun mourning his mothers death. "Hey, what are you doing?" "Can't you see he's mourning." "What the hell? He's vulnerable, we could kill him now-" "Maybe when he's finished. The bond between mother and child is sacred, he deserves his small reprie-" "Out of my way, I'm gonna finish him-" Tetsu uses his spear to trip him up. "What did I tell you to do?" "This is how you wanna lead huh? Well I'm gonna show you just how powerful I am!" The two start hand-to-hand fighting as Tetsu notices his punches having little impact. "My magma armor is invincible-" "It isn't!" "Shut up Blue, wait, what?" Shun stands tall as he morphs angrily. "Now I have no qualms about finishing you titans off! TIDAL CRASH!" Shun uses his powers to send a huge pillar of water into the cave, washing away Typhon and Tetsu, Shun using the water to escape with his mother's body. "Don't worry mom, I'll make sure to defeat the Titans for you now, especially Typhon." Tetsu and Typhon argue again. "It's all your fault human!" "My fault? You disobeyed the order of your commanding officer! I ought to-" "He's getting away if you want to catch him!" Tetsu begrudgingly agrees with his comment. "Let's get him!" As Tetsu starts running, Typhon shoots a large magma storm into the back of Tetsu. When the attack is done, Tetsu is on the ground paralyzed as Typhon runs ahead of him in glee. "Don't worry, I'll be sure to kill him for you." "Damn fool." Tetsu recovers and chases after him, slowed down a bit.

As Shun gets near the outside, he see's Kai. "Hey man." "Just jump on the dog and let's get out of here." "Ok. Who knew you'd be so good with animals?" "Who knew you'd be so good at shutting up?" "Oh, we're playing that game. I get you. Thanks anyway man." "No thanks." "Oh crap." "What is it?" "The lion is following us." "Who is that?" "Nemean-" "Not him, the broad in your arms." "My mom." "That's rough man. I know how encounters with Titan's leave our loved ones. Not like I loved Jamarah or anything but-" "I get it. I'll get over it soon. I'm a man, you know." "Yeah, we always get over it." "At least I know she isn't being tortured by those Titan's anymore." "Let me guess, it was Titan Red, right?" "No, it was that creep Typhon." "It was? What the hell was prince charming doing?" "He was actually trying to play good cop to the situation." "He was? Who'd have thought." "Yeah, he actually tried forcing Typhon into giving me time to say goodbye to my mom." "That is strange. He usually takes advantage of any opening we give him." "I know. Something tells me there's something up. Maybe Titan Red isn't what he appears." Cerberus butts in. "Master, I think the lion is catching up to us." "Then we just got to get him to slow down. Shun, you use your earth attacks to collapse the tunnel." "Doesn't that seem risky?" "Not as risky as when he catches us, we can't beat him now." "Right." Shun uses some hand gestures to cause a large chunk of rock to crumble onto Nemean Lion, creating a small earth tremor that slows the Joutengers down a bit. "Hold steady Cerberus, we need a few thousand more feet." "I'm trying master, the grounds all shaking." "I told you-" "Can you at least use your powers to stop it from doing that?" "I'll try, its kind of hard considering I have to stop a huge chunk of the earth at once but-" "JUST DO IT!" Shun uses his powers to stabilize the ground as he gets exhausted. "You tired that quick?" "You try to control a piece of the earth's crust and see how hot you look." Cerberus smells a nearby hole. "We're home master." "Let's get to the others. Shun, you ready to demorph?" The two demorph and run to the play as the show is about to end. Shun enters backstage, exhausted as the director prepares to chew him out. "Where the hell- What is wrong with you Shun?" "Sorry, I had to something really important, I ran as fast as I could." "Well, I'll have you know the show is a resounding success. In about one minute, your boy will be showered with applause." "That's great director." As the curtain drops on the final act and all the actors take their bows, Gou meets Shun backstage. "I heard you were great." "Yeah. You look exhausted Shun, take a drink of this. It helped give me energy." "Gou, this is wine." "Wine? I've been drinking?" "Yeah, afraid so. Don't worry, it will be our little secret. Gou, I need something from you." "You need my Demi God powers, right?" "Yes I do. It would be very helpful. I understand your plight Gou but-" "I don't want to be a Joutenger anymore." "You don't?" "Yeah, I want to be an actor from now on!" "Well, be the best damn actor you can be. We make the world a better place in our own way Gou." "Don't feel bad for me Shun, I know I could do anything, thanks to you. Here's a drink I found." "Alrighty, I am parched. What the hell, oh, oh-" The effects of the alcohol start taking their toll as Gou tries to transfer his power. "I hope this works." Shun is given Gou's demi-god powers and immediately recovers from the adverse effects. "Was that, wine?" "Yeah, I don't know who my father is, but the one I know is sitting right there, clapping for me." "Yeah, that's all that counts. Also, did you drink this?" "Yeah." "So I guess one of the powers is you never get drunk again?" "I guess so. See you later Shun!" "See yah buddy, enjoy that party." Shun joins the others, exhausted but triumphant. Amy asks "You going to be ok?" "Yeah, of course. By the way, there wouldn't be any god's that are related to alcohol, would there?" Miki replies "Well, there is Dionysius. He's the god of wine and of grapes. He's responsible for heavy drinkers." "I see. Well, since I've basically got a full immunity to liquor, I'm gonna kill it at parties." "Don't get carried away. We need to use those powers responsibly-" Kai then asks "What exactly is useful about not being able to get drunk?" Miki tries to reply, but can't. "Just don't get any funny ideas Shun." "Sure thing."

Back outside, the Nemean Lion, also exhausted from the trek to Japan, sends Kokolos to attack outside the school. Shun immediately springs into action. "You guys ready? This guy's mine." "Mhm." "1-2-5! GODCHANGE!" They arrive to the battle ready for action as Nemean Lion gets frustrated. "I have to fight all five of you now? I liked it better when it was just the two idiots!" "Nemean Lion, for making this one of the worst days of my life, I'm going to personally take you down." As this is happening, the crowd inside the theater goes outside to hear the commotion. Random people in the crowd start talking. "It's the Joutengers!" "Yeah, they're totally gonna beat that lion." "I think Black's gonna be the one to do it!" "I don't know, Yellow's pretty strong too!" As the crowd argues this, Miki orders "Everyone, GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" "Yes Ma'am." The Joutengers have no issues breaking through the Kokolos with their weapons as Shun pulls out his trident to duel Nemean Lion. "Are you really such an idiot? My fur is impenetrable to bladed or flat weapons, your silly little fork is no match for me!" "Who said anything about weapons?" Shun then uses his earth attacks to immediately clobber him with hard ground. All of a sudden, as Shun is letting his anger out, a pair of twin pistols appear in front of him. "I guess these are Dionysus' weapons. Let's see if they work!" Shun then uses the pistols to fire a double shot at Nemean Lion, actually damaging him. "Woah, this is pretty cool. I have an idea. BACCHUS SHOT!" Shun shoots five rounds of bullets, each with an olive vine inside. The Olive vines bind the victim as the user puts the two guns together to make a huge shot of energy at the victim, causing a tremendous amount of damage. Nemean Lion is clearly out of it. "Now you're finished." "But how?" "All I used was bullets, not bladed and not flat. We found your weak point kitty cat." "Ergh! You're gonna pay for this! MS. ASTERIA, NOW!" From back on Mt. Olympus, Asteria uses her ball to make Nemean Lion grow. "YES, AHAHAHA!" As Nemean Lion tries to attack the city, Shun gathers the others. "Godbeasts, ARISE! Jouten Gattai!" Nemean Lion doesn't look intimidated. "You think an oversized toy soldier will stop me?" Miki replies. "Not like this. HEPHAESTUS FORMATION!" The crab godbeast appears, combines with the Olympic King to fight Nemean Lion. "I'm gonna rip you apart!" Nemean Lion tries to scratch the Olympic King with his claws, but the crab beasts incredible defense makes his attacks fail. "Now's our turn." The Crab Hammer however does no damage. "Don't you remember from our last fight? A weapon like this can't touch me!" Nemean Lion grabs the hammer and tries to trip up Olympic King, to no success. All of a sudden a white panther arrives to fire a large energy blast at Nemean Lion, knocking him down. "What is that thing?" "I want you to meet the newest Godbeast, the Panther Godbeast of Dionysius. Miki, if you would allow please?" "Sure." "Jouten Gattai!" The Panther breaks apart: it's legs become twin pistols for the Olympic King while the head and spine become a scarf and shoulder armor for the Olympic King. "Now to finish you off. BACCHUS BLAST!" The Olympic King does the same maneuver as the Bacchus Shot, except for the finishing blast, it charges the gun and fires the shot, one aimed at the upper body, and one at the lower body, blasting Nemean Lion to smithereens. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

As the Joutengers go to Olympi, cerberus sticks around. "Master, could I go for a walk?" "Didn't we just have a fight?" "But I want a walk-" "Fine, yah stupid mongrel." As this is happening the other teammates are joking around. Demi remarks "Clearly a dog whisperer, am I right?" Miki replies with a huge grin on her face "Yeah. Who knew he could be such a dog guy?" Shun remarks "Yeah, that dog has earned it after today." Dave says goodbye to Sara as he proceeds to walk home. "See you guys tomorrow." "Ok." As Kai uses his stygian rock to form a fake leash, he takes Cerberus on a walk, looking displeased and almost disgusted. "This is so demeaning. I'm the meanest, toughest guy in Tokyo, and I'm walking a 50 ft happy, flea-ridden hell hound." Shun walks to him alongside Gou. "I figured we could all use the exercise. Gou needs to get home and I need some rest after that. Woo boy, what a day." Miki and Demi immediately follow them. "Wait up." "Shun, tell us what happened today, please." "Well, I didn't really want to say anything but-" "His mother's dead!" The rest of the team and Gou are in shock as Shun just tries to walk away. Miki tries to give him an embracing hug but he lightly refuses. "I'm so sorry Shun. I wish you'd have told us." "Guy's, I'll get over it." "It's your own mother Shun, how do you just get over it?" "I'll use those feelings against the Titan's. Now I have my motivation. My mother, Gou, the city, you guys. Typhon won't know what hit him." Kai starts smiling, amused. "Now there's a Shun I could get behind." Back at the Daimonji house, Shun sits on the couch looking into the stars deep in thought, the family watching him from the dining room. "Hey Gou, is there something Shun isn't telling us?" "His mother was killed today." "SHE WAS!?" "Yeah. She was used for ransom and Shun was torn up about it, so some bad guys killed her in front of him." Miyuki says "Seems weird for him to not look so torn up. We should do something." As shun is watching the starry night, he starts tearing a bit and the Daimonji's, including Ken, approach him and hug him. "Thank you guys." Kari says "You're part of our family, name or not. You've helped us through a major crisis. We can't thank you enough for that Shun."