Camp Half Blood:
Zacharias looks in shock at his mother standing before him, " Did I just hear you right, you want me to be Sailor Venus? "
Aphrodite smiles, " Yes, you heard right, however, while you sleep you will receive training from the previous Sailor Venus, Queen Kirsten of Venus, whom took on the title of Aphrodite when she ascended to the throne, can you do this for me, my son? "
" Bien sûr, je le ferai, mere. C'est comme un rêve viennent vrai. Je ne peux pas commencer à vous dire combien cela me rend heureuse( Of course I will, mother. This is like a dream come true. I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me). " Zach says.
Her magician of a son was practically dancing in his excitement, " Now, you can't tell Josh this, but he has been chosen to be the new Sailor Mars, Apollo and Ares want to tell him themselves. " Aphrodite says softly and finds herself on the receiving end of one of Zach's bear hugs. She smiles as he expresses his gratitude for that news, now young Josh wouldn't take it that well, and young Jason was on his way to Camp Half Blood, as per Jupiter's orders. Young Kiley Stoll was in the camp, thanks to being attacked by so many monsters at once, the Ronins had dealt with that well enough. The gods knew that they still had their duty, though when they had tried to interfere once Evan Daniels had stormed up to Mount Olympus and told them all in no uncertain terms that he would not allow them to use them for their own means, the Ronins were meant to protect the Mortal Realm, not be the puppets of the gods.
Zeus had been ready to strike him down when Evan had summoned the warlords and Kayura to him. Seeing as how he'd had immortal back up, not to mention that Sekmet had threatened to poison them all and not leave an antidote, oh it wouldn't kill them, but it would be immensely painful, Zeus had backed down. Moments later the Queen of the Japanese pantheon had ordered them to leave those under her protection alone, sure they may be half-bloods of Greek origin now, but they had been Japanese born in their last lives, and they all still had Japanese ancestry.
Seeing as how none of them wanted a war with a different pantheon they had backed down, even Ares, though he hadn't challenged the boy. Probably because he knew damn well that Evan Daniels never lost any fight he was thrown into. He was a true warrior, and was the only one of the Ronins to ever receive the blessing of the Japanese Queen Goddess, in every lifetime.
Elsewhere Ethan Nakamura curses as he looks at Evan, " Are you serious, you're going to make us all run the obstacle course until we can get it done in under five minutes? "
Evan grins, " Yep, now get going, or you clean out the Pegasi stalls by hand like Bianca had to. "
Evan had seen what Zach had done to Bianca and he had taken several pictures as well. Nico would love to see that, though he'd let Zach show him. Kiley Stoll was in his group and runs the course first, completing it in under four minutes, " That was easy, don't know what these boys are whining about. "
Evan shakes his head, " Not everyone has figured out how to manipulate chakra just from watching an anime. "
Kiley grins, " What can I say, I'm talented, give me something hard to do, or I'll end up robbing you blind, I'll give everything back later, but still, when I get bored, my hands start stealing. "
Evan grins, " All right, I want you to go over the Camp defenses and find the weak points where someone could sneak in, the same for the entrance to Mount Olympus. "
Kiley grins at this assignment and sets to work eagerly. Evan watches her for a moment before heckling his half-brothers to get them to try harder. If a girl could do it then so could they. Ethan shoots him a look that promises retribution, cursing him out in Japanese, " Creative, bro, but you're in the same boat as Rowen, no chance in hell. "
Ethan curses at this, startled that he'd been heard and understood. Evan smirks at this, he still had it. Aidan shakes his head at this, " You are enjoying this way too much, Ev. "
" Ah, it's harmless fun. Besides, he's now learned to not underestimate your opponent's knowledge. " Evan states.
Aidan has to give him that, and the look on Ethan's face when he realized Evan had understood him had been priceless, " I'm off to see if Kevin'll do some staff practice with me. "
" All right, make sure you get your ass to the Nemesis table before lunch, and tell the guys they're all invited. " Evan says.
Aidan nods and walks off, " Ah, Evan, would it be too much trouble to ask for an armed escort? "
Evan turns and sees the Ares campers clustering into Aidan's path. He curses creatively and then grins as Arthur Montez and Ryan Marks had completed their training for the day, " Yo, Ryan, Arthur. "
They race over to him, " Yeah, bro? " Ryan asks.
" Go with Aidan while he hunts Kevin down for some staff practice, the Ares campers are at it again. " Evan says.
The younger Nemesis campers grin and walk to either side of Aidan, their body language daring the Ares campers to attack them. Ryan and Arthur were both rough scrappers, having taken on ten opponents twice their size at one time. The Ares campers snarl at this move of Evan's. If they didn't know better they'd swear he was an Athena child. The few times the Nemesis cabin had been their opponents for Capture the Flag Evan had kept Kevin Masters, Rowen Smith, Aidan Shark, and Sage Valentino back with him to keep their flag safe, while he sent the others out in such a way that completely overwhelmed them. He had an uncanny knack of knowing where to place each one of his people and which ones were the best for the job.
With his escort Aidan was perfectly safe and the Ares campers were ready to spill Evan's blood. Evan sighs at this and continues to hassle his bros. The fact that two of the younger ones had completed caused Ethan to manage it and the thirteen year old son of Nemesis collapses in front of his older half-brother and mutters, " I hate you. "
Evan grins, " Love ya too, bro. Come on, ya wimps, a Hermes daughter beat you all out and none of you have beat her time yet! "
Parker Marshall flips Evan the bird, in response to his taunting. He was observing how his brothers did it first, then he was going to try. He figured he'd let the others make fools out of themselves, he had run the course before and knew where the problem areas were, he just wanted to see if his bros had any tricks to make it easier. Evan shakes his head at this, Parker's father happened to be a genius and Parker inherited that intelligence along with a keen competitive edge that made him observe his opponent first. The kid was an excellent fighter, Evan normally had him do stealth infiltrations or hide in the forest and take out the enemy with stun darts.
Meanwhile Josh is staring at Ares and Apollo in shock, " What the hell did you just say? "
Apollo sighs, " I've agreed to allow Ares to make you the Mars Senshi, which means you'll be gaining the power of precognition, and since I am a sun god I can give you fire powers as well. The Tsuki no Hime needs a new court, and well, you're the only one that fits the bill to be Sailor Mars. "
" I won't be turning into a girl or anything, will I? " Josh asks.
" No, you will still be male, the uniform will be slightly different since you're male, but it will still be skin tight and skimpy. " Ares answers him gruffly.
" Fan freaking tastic. I guess I'll do it, since it will get me out of this camp more often and I won't have to put up with my idiot siblings. " Josh says.
" Great, oh, you should know, that Zacharias fellow, he's the new Venus Senshi. " Apollo says and disappears.
Josh looks at Ares, " Please smack my father for just dropping that tidbit and leaving. "
Ares grins and disappears, oh, he'd do that all right. Josh groans as he goes to get some training in, " What in the name of Hades did I do to deserve this? "
Zach sees his Joshy muttering to himself and grins, so the news had been dropped. He goes to hug his Joshy, " Joshy, I found you. "
" Get off, you idiot. " Josh snaps at him.
Zach smiles, " You will make an excellent Sailor Mars. "
" Gah, how'd you know about that? " Josh asks as he tries to remove himself from Zach's bear hug.
" Mom told me. " Zach answers.
Josh groans, " I need to get some training in, Zach. "
" Oh fine, ruin my fun, but we'll be working closely together soon, Joshy. " Zach says and races off.
Juuban District, Tokyo, Japan:
Makoto Kino is walking in the park when a bolt of lightning touches down in front of her, " Father, how nice to see you again. "
" Makoto, don't even think you can get out of this. You will receive due punishment for your betrayal of the hime. You no longer have my blessing and I have chosen a new recipient of the power. You are a bitter disappointment to me as a daughter, Makoto. "
Makoto stands her ground and glares at him, " Why the hell would I want to protect and serve that whiny little baby? "
Thunder crashes all around them, " Because you swore a sacred oath when you took up the mantle of Sailor Jupiter, an oath that you dishonored when you helped to kill the hime, a princess that went out of her way to befriend you, wasn't scared of you, and mourned your loss when Beryl killed you and then when you died against Galaxia! "
Makoto flinches but still stands her ground as a Jovian warrior should, Zeus glares at her, " Your time will come, and then when you do die, to never be reincarnated again, Hades will make sure you are miserable in your after life, am I understood? "
Makoto looks him straight in the eye, " Completely, father, though it will not be as easy as you think to separate me from my powers. "
Zeus takes his leave and once he's gone Makoto sinks to the ground, Minako had been right, the gods had truly turned on them, instead they were siding with that sniveling little bitch of a princess. It made her sick to think of how pathetically weak her supposed princess was, and then to be killed by those foolish Outers. Makoto blinks when she sees a familiar dusty blonde in front of her. Haruka Tenou grins, " Well, Makoto, seems your judgment will soon be at hand. I hope Hades makes you pay for all eternity for what you helped to do to koneko-chan. "
" Who says I'll be the one to lose? "
Haruka smiles ferally, " I will never allow you to hurt koneko again, and Fighter will help me in that quest, Jupiter. "
Haruka walks away with a smile on her face, that had felt good. No one was allowed to harm her koneko-chan, especially an ambitious Jovian senshi. She wondered what her fellow senshi were up to. Minako was already jumping every time she heard the Starlights' music. She figured Michiru was waiting for an opportunity to speak to Ami. Hotaru had said the Mars senshi was hers for hurting her Usa-mama. That left Setsuna with speaking to Minako. They were going to have fun with tormenting the traitors. Haruka knew her hime was safe and that the Ronin Warriors would be there to help her if anything were to happen. Michiru had seen their death in her mirror at the same time as the hime's and Setsuna had explained that they had needed the hime's power in order to win the battle they had been fighting, they had won, but because they had all been linked up with the hime they had died too.
While admittedly Haruka didn't much care for men, the Ronins had been different, they had actually treated her koneko with respect, and Ryo, well, he had been the only one that had truly understood the stress her koneko had been under. They had met at least once a week to talk to each other and for Ryo to train her. Of course, koneko had been smart and had never allowed herself to truly fight as she could, to see who was loyal to her and who wasn't. If Haruka ever saw that sack of shit by the name of Chiba Mamoru she would castrate him with a rusty butter knife.
Mamoru's Apartment, Upper East Side of Manhattan:
Mamoru suddenly shivers and cups himself protectively, knowing that Haruka had been thinking of separating him from his boys. The wind senshi was highly pissed at what he had done to his Usako. He knew if he ever met up with Haruka in a dark alley he would not come out of it unscathed. Haruka's wrath was much like a tornado mixed with a volcanic eruption, highly unpredictable, though he knew his castration was high on her list of things to accomplish, she would let him live with the knowledge that he was an eunuch.
" I am Wheat, and I will destroy you. "
" I am Rye, and I will crush you. "
Mamoru curses when he looks down to see all sorts of karpoi surrounding him. He just knew Demeter had something to do with this. He had completed the blood right and he summons his sword and starts to destroy the grain spirits in his apartment. They just kept appearing and then one of them destroys his laptop while another one, with his desktop computer starts to make purchases from e-bay with his credit cards. He curses them and unleashes a volley of roses upon the annoying little spirits, and they still kept coming.
While Mamoru battles the grain spirits Artemis' hunters are taping the show and laughing all the while. Lady Demeter was quite creative when her anger was roused. Hades and Persephone were quite relieved that her ire was directed towards someone else for the time being. Zoe Nightshade, Artemis' lieutenant smirks, that arrogant prince was getting what he deserved. He should never have been allowed to walk the Earth a second time let alone the first or this third time. She had watched the Outer Senshi take him down and had cheered them on. She had given them a proper send off for being such noble and true warriors.
The hunters laugh themselves silly, enjoying Mamoru's misfortune with the karpoi. Artemis herself pops in to see what has her hunters so amused and immediately starts laughing as well. This was truly classic, Demeter had outdone herself this time, and it couldn't have happened to a better person.
600th Floor, Mt. Olympus:
Hermes had Mamoru's troubles broadcasting live and every god and goddess was rolling on the floor with laughter. Hermes was also recording this moment, as it was sure to be needed again when they gods were in desperate need of a good laugh. Even the normally calm and collected Athena was rolling on the floor in her laughter. Hermes would have to make sure that Evan and Ally both got copies of this, as they would both love to see it. Hell, he'd have to send copies to Haruka and Seiya as well.
Nike was laughing so much she was starting to gasp for breath, Apollo was starting to lose control of his powers and flicker every so often, but that didn't stop him from laughing. Only Demeter remained calm, though she had a self-satisfied smirk of her face. Served the pompous ass right. Iris was shooting off little rainbows in her mirth while Nemesis had them all shocked, she was laughing with a deep belly laugh and chortling at the spectacle that Mamoru was making of himself.
Had he known he was a source of godly entertainment he would have stopped, however he did not know and the gods were highly enjoying the show he was putting on. Triton, though still pissed at his dad for having a half-blood son was guffawing so much that he had a mini whirlpool swirling around himself. Phobos and Deimos had dropped all decorum and were outright laughing in pure mirth while Eris, the goddess of discord, was also caught in the hilarity of the moment, not even she could wreak that much havoc in someone's life that effectively. Eos, goddess of the dawn, well, due to her enjoyment the world was treated to spectacular sunrises for weeks to come.
All in all, Mamoru was putting joy into the life of each and every Olympian. Hestia was laughing so hard she had tears coming from her eyes and for the next month there was no strife in any household in the US. Hera, known for her distance from things was absolutely alight with joy watching Mamoru's misfortunes, and several marriages went smoother as a result. Aphrodite was in her element at the moment, insanely happy, while at the same time ensuring Mamoru would never find love. Hephaestus was sitting in his throne, smacking his hands on the table as he belted out a full throated laugh, he hadn't seen anything this amusing for quite some time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Percy Jackson, Sailor Moon, or Ronin Warriors. I also do not own Zach or Josh, they are the brain children of Illusionist Owl, whom has graciously allowed me to borrow them for my story.
