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Chapter Forty-Three
"Zeus what is wrong?" Hera asked as she laid back in their bed and stared at her husband.
He had been sitting and staring out of the window for since he returned hours ago with Poseidon. It made her both worried and happy. Worried because he seemed to be deep in thought which was never good. Happy because he wasn't ranting about using Kaileara. The little demigod had earned her respect by protecting her family with such passion. It also helped that she killed the manipulative bastardized many times great grandson of one of her husbands mortal children. She nearly smirked upon remembering how easily she had killed the man, but held it in as Zeus spoke, "Nothing Hera."
"You've been deep in thought since you came back with Poseidon. Tell me what's wrong," She ordered gently causing him to sigh much to her surprise.
He had always put up a fight when she ordered him around, but not this time. It felt oddly disappointing and made her feel slightly cold. Zeus sighing again made her stiffen only for confusion to fill her as he asked, "Am I wrong?"
"What do you mean?" Zeus turned to her and she was surprised to see the battling emotions in his eyes.
"Was it wrong of me to want Kaileara to listen to me after leaving her to the wizards?" He asked his wife.
Hera felt shock flow through her before allowing herself to answer the question, "Yes it was," She paused before adding, "I also think that it was wrong of you to ask her to fight against the spirits when they've helped her. They've been more of a family towards her than any of us save for Hestia and the Egyptian gods," She sat up as she continued to speak, "Her heart is tied to the will of the spirits and the sea. Perhaps if we had helped her and acted as her family, she would be on our side, but now that idea is merely ash in the wind."
Zeus grimaced, but admitted that his wife was right. No matter how he spun it in his mind, he couldn't come up with a way to justify what he had done to Kaileara. It seems that he had failed his family not once, but twice. He walked over to the bed and sighed softly, "Perhaps we've been in power for too long."
"What do you mean?" Hera asked in shock since Zeus had never said anything like that before.
"Having such power had blinded me to what allowed us to rise to power in the first place," He answered softly, "Our family bond was the reason we grew powerful enough to be what we were to the mortals. It's what allowed us to defeat Father. It was family that allowed us to keep our position, but I lost sight of it," He stared back at the window, "All of us have,"
Timeskip the next day with Kaileara
"Luffy!" I shouted as I watched him fly through the sky, "I told you to stay out of my work shop!"
"So that's how he got that broom," Tracy muttered from my side, "Damn he's flying fast,"
"You actually designed your own broom?" Hermione asked only for me to give her a deadpan stare, "Of course you did,"
"Not just one, but a whole line of them," I said before growling to myself, "I'm going after that idiot,"
I shifted into my dragon form and took off. My wings easily carried me towards the laughing boy as he sailed through the sky on the broom he stole. I quickly grab him just as the broom began to malfunction and quickly burned the broom before it could explode. The ashes of the broom fall from the sky as I hovered in place. I took a deep breath before looking at the boy currently in my claws. He grinned at me, "I wanna go again!"
"No," I deadpan as I returned to earth, "You took one of my experimental brooms for a ride. Experimental Luffy. None of the brooms I'm currently working on have reached the stage that one such as you can ride them without being in danger of having it explode,"
"An exploding broom? Cool!" Luffy shouted causing me to sweat drop.
"Idiotic little pup," I grumbled under my breath, "You could have died!"
"But you got me before it could explode," He said causing me to snort a stream of smoke, "Cool! Can I do that?"
"No Pup," My eyebrow twitched and I decided that after dropping him off, I would go to the nearest bar to drink.
Luffy pouted and I snorted again as I dropped him onto the ground before landing. I moved away from the pouting boy as Kiyo appeared and she asked me, "What happened?"
"Luffy got into my work shop," I growled softly, "Please go guard it for me,"
Kiyo nodded and took off just as a hand brushed against the feathers of my right wing. I turned and smiled upon seeing Law smirking at me. He walked towards my head and murmured, "How about a flight? Just me and you?"
I let out a chirp-like pur of agreement and lowered my body slightly. He got onto my back causing Luffy to ask, "Can I come too?"
"No," I said before taking off.
I let out a small roar as I flew high into the sky. Law cursed lightly and held on tighter causing me to chuckle lightly, "Damn it Kaileara-ya! Not so fast."
I rolled my eyes lightly, "Honestly if you think that's fast, you won't like how fast I can really go."
He groaned and I slowed down a bit causing him to sigh lightly, "I don't think I want to see that just yet."
"Fine," I pouted lightly before taking off towards the west.
"Where are we going?" He asked after a few minutes, "And it's beautiful up here,"
"I wanted to show you an island I found a while back," I answered his first question as I settled into a steady glide, "Of course it's beautiful up here. Why else would I want to fly other than the peace it gives me,"
"We should do this more often," He said causing me to hum in agreement, "It feels like nothing can touch you,"
"It's why I fly," I murmured softly, though with the almost automatic bubble that formed around us he could hear me perfectly, "The freedom it allows is almost as addicting as sailing around on a ship with your Nakama," I duck under a cloud and snickered lightly as he put his hand through it, "The air gives you a weightlessness that allows one to preform moves that you couldn't do on the ground. It makes fighting up here all the more fun,"
"Is this why you like to sit and sleep in high places?" Law asked me causing me to nod lightly.
"Yes," I closed my eyes lightly before snapping them open as I felt something, "You might want to get a better hold on me. Something's coming closer to us and I don't know if it's an ally or an enemy,"
I heard him grunt in agreement just as I moved to the side to dodge a beam-like energy. I turned my head lightly and found a group of eight wizards on brooms following me. I growled lightly and closed my wings around myself as I created a shield around Law to protect him. I heard muted curses from those following me as I dove straight into the sea. Law spoke as I moved deeper into the water, "Who was following us?"
"Wizards," I growled lightly, "And based on their outfit's, they're part of the British ministry,"
"Why would they be in this area?" I frowned deeply as an answer came to me.
"They're looking for my island since they want to get their hands on anything powerful there," Law snorted softly at the idea, "Honestly they need to realize that only I can allow them onto the island. Even if they did manage to get my permission, they would have to face a whole group of mages that wouldn't hesitate to destroy them not to mention the pirates that have claimed it as their home," I grinned as I slowly rose towards the surface once I was sure they were gone, "And due to it being classified as another country, we can kill them without any trouble,"
"How is it classified as another country?" I chuckle softly.
"The island was never officially put under the English rule nor under the rule of any country so it's still considered a country," I could feel Law's amusement at that, "The bastards tried, but were always denied due to the fact my ancestors never trust them. In fact, the potters are only considered English citizens because the main line wanted to make it easier for their kids to go to school, have jobs, and meet their lovers,"
"Interesting," Law muttered causing me to snort, "How long until we get to the island?"
I carefully resume my flight and hum softly before checking around us. I spotted the island in the distance and said, "Five maybe ten minutes."
Law slid off my back as I landed and I shifted back once I felt that he was off. I smiled and stretched lightly causing my back to crack in multiple places. Law shook his head before looking around at the area we were on. The beach was one of those white sandy, clean ones that you saw in magazines and commercials. I stared to move deeper into the island prompting Law to follow and take my hand. I smiled softly at him since it wasn't often that we held hands, so it was a nice surprise. He chuckled before looking around the grassy area, "Why show me this place?"
"I wanted to know if you want to come to this island for our honey moon," I answered causing him to turn to me with surprise in his grey eyes, "This island is one of the few that have an active lay-line that hasn't been discovered by anyone save for the magical creatures that live here,"
"I thought I was supposed to decide the place," He said causing me to blush lightly.
"I know, but I wanted to show you it so you would consider it," I scratched my cheek lightly, "Sorry,"
He chuckled and took my hand in his, "It's fine Leara-ya."
I smiled and pressed a kiss to his cheek. When I pulled back, he pressed his to my own and pressed me against one of the palm trees we were near. I groaned lightly as he bit my bottom lip which allowed him to slip his tongue into my mouth. He held my hands against the tree as he pulled away and chuckled at seeing me breathless. Once I regained my breath, I asked, "Forgive me?"
"Of course," He let go of one hand to run his fingers down my side, "I'll consider the island,"
"Good," I smiled softly just as a crack echoed.
I frowned as I smelt the scent of ozone prompting Law to ask, "What's wrong?"
"We need to return home," I answered as I gathered my powers, "Zeus is here or at least one of his creatures. I do not wish to deal with him at the moment,"
With that said, I slipped out of Law's embrace and summoned my scythe before creating a portal for us. Law held onto my right hand as we made our way through it and I closed the portal once we were through. I nearly fall onto my knees as the drain on my energy hit me, but Law held me up and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," I panted lightly, "Just give me a few moments,"
"Mind explaining why you seem even angrier at Mr. Zeus?" Law asked causing me to sigh.
"Zeus and Poseidon cornered me yesterday while I was out on my flight," I answered causing Law to growl under his breath and pull me close, "They tried to get me to fight against the spirits. Zeus made it even worse by trying to say he was my king," I growled at the very thought, "I ended up letting it slip about what my marks mean and how you were my soul mate,"
"Kaileara," He murmured causing me to sigh.
"I know that it was dangerous for me to do so, but I couldn't let him say you weren't," I clutched at his shirt, "I just got so angry that I let it slip,"
Law sighed and wrapped his arms around my waist, "It's okay since it was bound to get out."
I nodded lightly and pressed my face into his neck, "It doesn't help that I'm tired."
He chuckled softly, "True," I breathed out lightly, "Let's go to our room and go to bed."
I giggle softly and nodded as we headed towards the castle.
End of chapter.
