Chapter 3: Gaia's Gift
Part 1: Garden, Location unknown
I am lying in as pool of water. This water is healing me. I really pushed it too far during the last battle. I have my eyes closes and I am replaying the battle over in my head. "No matter how much I think I close the gap he shows his overwhelming power," I say to myself. "I am so tired of being played with. I thought the sub forms would help but the strongest one barely scratched him. I really hate this." I sigh.
"Well you aren't fighting at full power," Gaia says. "You are missing a lot of power when it was stolen. I am impressed you are coming up with way to try to combat that loss but you are starting to see how much you truly need it."
"Why is it leaking out despite being taken?" I ask. "Something is not right it should not be leaking out. Unless she has been." I sit up and turn to Gaia. "Do you have some kind of magic that I can see some of the past battles?" She nods. I stand up and grab a towel. I wrap the towel around myself. "It's nice that I can move again." I follow her to a fountain with a small birdbath looking things around the out edge of the circle. "This makes sense now." I walk up to one of the birdbaths and look into the water. I scan over the times the black aura has leaked out. "That bitch has been here the whole time. No wonder it's leaking out its trying to become whole." I step back.
"She seems to be challenging you," she says.
"Where are my clothes?" I ask.
"You have not full recovered," she says. "You have to wait until you are back to full strength before facing her."
"I know," I say. "I want to train."
"Did you not hear me?" she says. "You have not recovered."
"It's not that kind of training," I say. "I need to mediate and work in my chi."
"I understand," she says. I follow her to a small building. She walks in and comes back out with my cloths. I quickly put them on and look around.
"Thank you," I say. "Where is a quiet place to focus?"
"Over there," she says and points over to a field of flowers. I nod and walk to the field. I find the center of the field and sit down. I close my eyes and begin to focus.
"This place is very interesting," I say. "The chi here is so calm and peaceful. It is a nice change; it's much easier to relax here. I hope everyone is doing alright." I sense something and open my eyes. I look over to my left. "It seems Vali and Issei are training. I can feel it from the chi." I look at my left arm and summon the gauntlet. "Why do I feel like something is wrong?"
After a few hours of mediation I am come back to everyone. They are eating and I sit down with them. Gaia hands me some food. "Are things going well?" Gaia asks.
"More or less," I say. "I will have to check something out in my sacred gear after this war. I have a feeling something wrong has happened."
"Speaking of that gear," Draig says. "I have wanted to ask you about it." I stand up and walk over. I grab Issei and Vali's arms.
"First things first," I close my eyes and focus. Behind Issei, Draig appears and looks around. Behind Vali, Albion appears and he stretches. Gaia frowns.
"You are not listening," she says.
"Draig always had the ability to be summoned out," I say. "I just allowed that ability to used for Albion. I don't need to use that much energy to do that." I walk back to my chair and sit. "You were saying Draig?"
"That new scared gear is made from great reds flesh," he says. "From your own words a true sacred gear needs a soul or a part of a soul to be used. From what we can tell we do not sense any part of his soul in it." I sigh.
"I knew this was coming," I say. "I assume you figured it out base on my ability to breathe fire now?" I take a bite of the fruit on my plate. "It is not a tradition sacred gear, I made it for me to use only. So when I die this sacred gear goes with me. Not only does it function like a normal scared gear it can be adjusted if I need it to. I can also link with other sacred gear via the pact but it burns though my form timer. So I don't like to use it. I suspect you are curious about devour the dream line from the chant?"
"That is correct," Draig says.
"Its quite literal," I say. "I ate the flesh of great red to survive." I summon my gauntlets and take off the toy of both of them. I show them the 4 glass cylinders in the gear.
"What is the liquid inside them?" Issei asks.
"It is blood," I say. "The blood of great red to be exact." I sigh. "It has been mixing with my own blood since I equipped the gear. I have been slowly having my body change and gain powers of a dragon."
"Why would you do that?" Issei asks. "You are strong enough without that?" I laugh.
"It's because of his power," Vali says. "He is a devil born with the powers of god. His light own light harms him."
"Correct," I say. "I researched everything that I could to allow me to freely use my light powers. I fail until I had to turn my friend Kronus into a sacred gear. The solution was a dragon; I could freely use my light without taking damage. Sadly I learned that Kronus was not strong enough to survive my increasing power, so I revived him. So I made a desperate gamble with this new gear. It has worked. Before you ask, I thought of using a different dragon. It would not have worked." I turn to Issei. "Your mastered AxA form will become stronger than me. I will also never reach the power of your future ExE form. You were chosen one after all from Great Red and Ophis. You are the bringer of change. I am just a crazy fool who is so afraid of the future that I am doing crazy things."
"Speaking of which," Albion says. "Any more visions of the future?"
"I stopped having them when the titans appeared," I say. "I have no idea what's coming. I really don't care anymore. I want the titans dead."
"I can help with that," Gaia says. "First you need to recover Cartil. As for you dragons, you need to start mediating as well along side your training."
"Yeah I know," I say and stand up. "If anyone needs me I will be at the pool." I walk away.
Days later after I full recovered we are all meeting before we go. Gaia walks up and hands a crystal to Issei. She moves over to Vali and gives him a crystal. "This is a gem created by my blessing," she says. "It will give you a boost of power that will allow you to kill the titans. Only use it when you have started your fight with the titans."
"Are you not upset that we have to kill them?" Issei asks.
"They made their choice to follow down the path of destruction for revenge," she says. She walks up to me. "Before you can receive my blessing you need to take back your lost power." I nod. "Now go child of two worlds and get back that power." I am surrounded in green light. I disappear from the garden. I arrive in a field during a storm and there is a figure in front of me.
"Hello Tracil," I say. "Its time we finished this fight." I summoned Endeavor and Exsiege. I get into battle position. She draws her sword. We charge each other and swords make contact.
Part 2: Mount Olympus moments after Gaia took Cartil, Issei, and Vali
"What the hell was that green light?" I ask. "Where the hell did the titans go? Also where the hell is my husband, Issei, and Cartil?" I cut down another enemy. "Another question why haven't this army stopped fighting?"
"That green light was Gaia," Zeus says as he lands and takes out more enemies. "It seems she has taken them after the titans left."
"Is that a good or bad thing?" I ask.
"We will see," he says. "My grandmother can be strange at times." He blasts more enemies with lightning. "As for your other question, these foes appear to me just drones that will just keep attacking even after their masters have left. So we need to kill them all."
"Ok then," I say and charge forward slashing through the drones. I leap into the air and slam my sword into the ground sending them flying backwards. I look around. "I was hoping for someone stronger to fight."
"Don't worry Lady Catherine," he says. "He will be proud of you no matter what and will probably reward you."
"Shut up," I say blushing. He laughs. I look around and wipe the sweat off my head. "This is going to take forever." I walk to an open area. I create a communication circle. "So with Cartil and Vali missing who is in command?"
"I believe that would fall to Yin," Nivana says.
"I don't believe I am worthy of that," he says.
"I don't really care," I say. "Whoever is next in line needs to start ordering things. There are so many drones left." I hear an explosion. I turn around. "Zeus what is going on?"
"It seems the elite soldiers have been deployed," he says. "It seems I was wrong these drones are being controlled by them."
"Did you hear that?" I say.
"Yes," Nivana says. "We are seeing them here as well." I hear Yin sigh.
"Permission granted to break release," he says. "Just don't over do it, you all need to return to Cartil." I stand up and turn to the battlefield.
"What is break release?" Zeus asks. He then notices pillar of light in the different area shoot into the sky. I walk up and stand beside him.
"It's basically releasing our full power in times of war," I say. "We need permission to use it, since it's my husband who created this ability." I hold my sword and close my eyes. "Take care of the drones the commander person is mine." I open my eyes and a pillar of light shoots into the air. I charge toward the commander. He lifts up his staff and shoots fire at me. I block with my sword and continue to forward. I slash at him and he blocks with his staff. I smirk and he gets engulfed in fire. I kick him back and spin. I slash him and he jumps back. I slide my finger down the side of my sword.
"What was that?" he asks.
"So you can talk?" I say. "This sword was created by my husband for me. It eats spells and then I can use the power of the spell for my own attack." I ready my sword and flames engulf the blade. I dash forward and slash. He blocks with his staff and pulls out a hidden sword. He slashes at me and I block with my leg. He laughs and I look around. I see a lot of magic circles. I jump back as he fires the spells. I land and plant my feet. I hold my sword in a blocking position. I shift positions and I swing my sword sending out a wave of magic at him. He dodges by jumping into the air.
He lands and raises his staff again. I place the blade into the ground and focus at his location. The ground underneath him begins to crack and he looks down. He is covered in lava. I look around and see the drones numbers start to disappear faster. I hear foot steps and turn to see a giant creature. He slams his giant axe down and I barely manage to dodge. "I see Anubis and Set have sent their little toys to back up the army," Zeus says. "Think of that thing as a royal guard. It's super strong. I wouldn't hold back."
"I don't plan on it," I say. I create a communication circle. "Are you guys seeing the new targets as well?"
"Yes," Yin says. "These things are massively annoying. Girls just use them."
"I planned on it," I say. "Everyone good luck and lets finish this quickly." I stretch and then look at my sword. "Let's do this partner. We of Cartil's peerage have been given unique weapons to each of us. They also function like sacred gear." I take a deep breath and get my sword into the ready position. "Balance Breaker." My sword changes into a smaller version of itself and my armor changes. I dash forward and the creature swings down to hit me again. I flip over to the side and spring off using my free arm. I slam my feet into its jaw and it staggers back.
I land on my feet and dash forward again. I can hear it growl as it recovers. It swings at me against and lean back sliding on my knees dodging the attack. I spring up towards it and swing my sword. The sword slashes its arm and it roars again. Before I can land back on the ground it has grabbed me and slammed me into the ground. I cough up some blood and sit up. I stand back up and get back into the ready. I dash forward. He swings down and I dodge to the side. I pull out a chain and start swinging it in a circle. He turns to me and swings again. I jump into the air. I launch the chain forward and it wrap around its neck. I pull myself forward. I slash at it but it blocks my attack with his other arm.
I spring off the arm and use the momentum to pull it into the ground. The chain releases from its neck. As tries to get back up, I spin around and slam my sword into its chest. I focus and it begins to twitch. I jump back and it explodes. I fall to my knees and breath heavy. I look around and the whole area is clear.
"Are you okay Lady Catherine?" Zeus says.
"I am fine," I say. "I am just tired." I create a communication circle. "Zone C is clear." I return to normal. "I did it without losing my cool." I smile. I feel something grab my hair and throw me into a bolder. I slowly stand back up and look over to where I was thrown from. "Oh great there is more." I sigh and get into battle stance. "You ruined my hair you jerks." I dash forward and slice through drones and slam into the giant creature. It staggers back and I swing my sword cutting in half. I jump back as another one comes down with its giant mace.
"Lady Catherine do you need help?" Zeus asks.
"I am good," I say as I keep dodging attacks. "I am trying to find an opening for my attack." I launch the chain forward and it wraps around one of its legs. I yank hard and it falls backwards. I jump back and retract the chain. I look around and sigh. I hear an explosion and I turn to see smoke in the distance. "Looks like Nivana is pissed off now." I turn back to face my opponents. I grip my sword tight. I jump into the air and place my sword into the shield position. "Zeus fire your magic into my sword."
"I understand Lady Catherine," he says and shots his magic into my sword. I focus and the magic leaks from the sword. It engulfs me in a shield barrier.
"That is enough," I say. He stops and goes back to attacking drones. I move my sword into attack position by my side. I take a deep breath and charge forward to the ground. "Grand Meteor." I slash at the ground after reaching the right distance from the ground. A huge explosion and shock wave is sent out creating a large crater. I wipe the sweat off my head. "Don't mess with a girl's hair you jerks." I laugh and walk out of the crater.
"The enemy is gone Lady Catherine," Zeus says. "How about you go home with the rest of your family."
"What about the damages?" I ask.
"Don't worry we will handle that," he says. "Don't worry, he will return just fine."
"Thank you Zeus," I say. "It was an honor to fight along side you." I wave and leave to meet up with everyone else.
Part 3: Cartil household the next night
We returned after the battle and the girls went to take a bath. I was explaining everything to everyone. "I don't like the fact that she took my husband," Hanalil says. "What does she plan to do with him?"
"She is the mother of Cronus," Sirzechs says. "But she is also known as mother earth. If she believes her children is a threat she will give them an edge to defeat the titans. Don't worry so much. Yin."
"Yes sir?" I say.
"You will still be standing trial after this war," he says.
"I understand," I say. "This is my fault. I let my emotions get in the way. So I will do what I can to make things right before hand."
"It will help," he says and I nod. "How is Liza?"
"I haven't seen her yet," I say. "I am too scared to go home right now. I don't think I can face her yet."
"She will forgive you," Hanalil says. "So don't worry about that." There is a knock on the door and Hanalil gets up. She opens the door. "Lady Reylana, I didn't expect to see you. Please come right in."
"Thank you," she says and steps into the house. "I have come to visit Yang but it seems like Yin is here too." She turns to look at me. "Hello son." I get nervous and look away. "Is that anyway to greet your mother?"
"No," I say. "I am just not ready to deal with this stuff yet."
"Mom," Yang says and she comes into the room. She runs to mother and they hug. "What are you doing here?"
"I have come to see you and congratulate you on the engagement," she says. I turn back to watch.
"Thank you mother," yang says blushing. "I am very happy but I am worried about Cartil. Gaia kidnapped him."
"I know," she says. "That woman has always been a mystery. I assume he will be fine."
"As fine as one can get while missing half his power," I say quietly. I stand up and walk over to yang. I mess up here hair.
"That was mean big brother," she says.
"Shouldn't you be helping Lilian?" I say.
"Nivana is helping her," she says.
"What is going on with little Lilian?" mother asks.
"She is pregnant," Yang says. "But she is having trouble with it even though it's in the early stages. Nivana is helping with using chi."
"Why didn't see say anything to Cartil?" I ask.
"You know he would have been distracted in battle worrying about it," Yang says. We hear a scream. "That was Lilian. Yin, go get lady Trifae." I nod and I run outside. I open a teleportation circle.
Part 3.5: Lady Trifae's house
I arrive at the field and run over to the gate. "Trifae this is Yin," I say. "We need your help open up the gate." The gate opens and I run inside. I wave at the servants as I head to the garden. I spot her at the table and run up to her.
"What is going on Yin?" she asks.
"It's Lilian," I say. "She is having a difficult pregnancy and we need your expertise with chi." She closes her book and stands up.
"I understand lets go," she says. We teleport back to Cartil's house, we run into the house. Trifae goes up the stairs with Lady Gremory and Lady Phoenix.
"This not good," I say. "I need to go somewhere. I will be right back." I leave the house and run down the street. I stop once I reach the Hyoudou house. I knock on the door. The door opens up with and Issei is standing there. "Sorry to bother you Issei but is Rias, Kuroka, and Koneko here?"
"Yes, is something wrong?" he asks.
"Yes," I say. "Lilian is not doing so well." I step into the house. I spot Rias who just walked into the room.
"I over heard you as I walking up," she says. "What is going on with Lilian?"
"She is having a difficult pregnancy," I say. "I understand you know a monster expert around here."
"I do," she says. "Why do you need Koneko and Kuroka as well?" I bit my lip and sigh. "Cartil should be the one to tell you but he hasn't returned. Lilian is a half nekomata. She is two kinds of cat yokai. Cartil did some research into her parents and learned that. He hasn't told her yet. So I am hoping they might be able to help in some form." Rias nods and grabs her phone.
Hours later we head to Cartil's house. Everyone has come because they are worried about Lilian. The girls went to go help with Lilian. I am staring blankly at the floor. Sirzechs walks up and places a drink on the table. "Why don't you tell me her story?" he asks. "The way Rias, Akeno, and you have been freaking out something bad must have happened to her." I take a deep breath and inform him of everything that happened when we found her. "I never knew the full story. Its good he saved her."
"She did not want to leave his side for the longest time," I say. "It took awhile for her to relax when Cartil left to do important missions. She needs him the most right now and he can't be here. I don't want to image how this is hurting her."
"Is this pregnancy too early for her?" he asks.
"Its not," I say. "Her body has been able to support having a child for awhile now. Cartil and Lilian are not that crazy." I hear footsteps coming down the stairs. It's Ravel.
"Lilian is stable now," she says. "Her hormones are freaking out and her chi is all over the place. They have been stabilized now and she is sleeping." I stand up and take a deep breath. "Can you tell Hanalil I am using it now."
"Okay," she says. "I don't know what it is but I will." She runs back up the stairs. I lift of my shirt sleeve and place my hand on the tattoo. It begins to glow and a communication circle appears next to my ear.
"What is going on for you to use the emergency signal?" Cartil asks.
"You need to come home now," I say.
"I cant right now," he says.
"It's about Lilian," I say. "She isn't doing well."
"I will sneak away," he says.
Part 3.75: Garden
After learning something is wrong I have begun to break through Gaia's magic barriers on her garden so I can teleport away. "What are you doing?" Gaia says as she walks up. "I told you to rest." I keep focusing on breaking the barriers.
"I have something important to do," I say. "One of my wives needs me right now so I am going to see her."
"She will be fine," she says. "You need to recover." I turn and glare at her.
"You will be silent," I say. "I will not turn my back on any of my wives in need." I smirk and teleport away. I arrive home and burst through the door. "Where is she?"
"She is in the bedroom," Yin says and I run upstairs. I quickly run down the hall and into the bedroom. Everyone turns to me and I slowly walk over to Lilian. I kneel down next to Lilian. I grab her hand and look at her.
"What is going with her?" I ask.
"Her body is freaking out over the pregnancy," Trifae says.
"Brother did you not wait?" sister asks.
"I waited," I say. "I waited for everything to be right. You can see that her body was ready. I don't know why things are like this." I sigh. I lean in and kiss Lilian's forehead. She blinks and wakes up. "I am sorry I woke you."
"You made it home," she says with a faint smile. "I did thanks to Yin. I am sorry I am late. I needed some time to recover enough to move. I was an idiot and pushed myself too far."
"Can you hold me?" she asks and I hold her close. We are surrounded and hugged by the rest of my wives. "It feels nice."
"You are loved my little kitten," I say. A few hours later after she had gone back to sleep I went downstairs. "Why does this have to happen to Lilian?" I sigh.
"The world is cruel is sometimes," Grayfia says. I stare at the wall thinking.
"Her body has been ready for a while," I say to myself. "Could it be?" I stand up and walk over to the hall closet and go through items. "Its not here." I walk down the hall and go through another closet. "I found it." I walk back into the room with everyone.
"What is that?" Lady Phoenix asks.
"An ultrasound machine," I say. "It is a medical device it has many uses. One of the uses is for pregnant women. I hate to wake her but can someone go get Lilian." Reylana nods and walks upstairs. A few minutes later she comes down with Lilian. "I am sorry that I had you get woken up. Can you lay on the couch please?" she nods. She lies down on the couch and I walk over to her. I flip the machine on and get everything ready. "Its going to be cold so sorry in advance." She nods. I move up her shirt and place the wand on her belly. I move it around and look at the monitor. I tilt my head.
"What is it?" Sister asks.
"I am not medical expert," I say. "But I believe I see 2 heart beats here." I point to the screen and people take turns looking at it. "It seems Lilian is having twins and her body is freaking out over it. So I say she needs to change her diet and see if that helps any." I turn to her and smile. She smiles. "Take it easy my little kitten." I lean in and kiss her. "I need to go now. I will be back as soon as I can." I stand up. "Thank you everyone. Keep helping her please."
"We will," they say. I step outside and wave.
"Next we meet it will probably be the final battle against the titans," I say. I teleport back to the garden.