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CHAPTER 15.

"Ugh...guys? Where'd everybody go?"

'SHIT!'

Jou's head spun wildly around what used to be his classroom, but to no avail.

All around was dark; black as the night and twice as deep.

The nothingness was cloying, it stuck to the inside of Jou's throat and filled his stomach with dread.

"W-w-where are we?"

Anzu was looking round too, desperately her arms were around herself – trying in anyway to protect herself from the all-encompassing threat. Honda and Otogi were in similar states.

Yami and Bakura had positioned themselves back-to-back with Yugi and Ryou close at their sides – all had eyes wide with fear and slight shivers.

"I suppose you would like to know, wouldn't you?"

The sweet voice appear from no-where and the sound startled the whole group.

Chono-Sensei wavered into focus from the inky background. Her face was cracked, but she unusually paid no mind to it. And her eyes gave the reason; full of fire, malice and insanity.

"Boys, boys, boys," She shook her head tauntingly, while Anzu and Shizuka glared in indignation – Jou had to admire their bravery in the situation, "If only you had kept you noses elsewhere, then we wouldn't be in this mess would we?"

She seemed to glide forward, regardless of the horror her body was enduring – as at that very instant, the cracks in her make-up quickly oozed a tar-like substance, her hair fell out in great clumps, only to be replaced by writhing creatures ripping out from her skull.

Sulphur choked the air.

"Then again," Her hand reached out towards Jou, liquid terror dripping from her finger-tips, "Maybe not, eh?"

Jou and Shizuka scowled at her. The person in front of them could only be one person.

"What do you want, Alecto?"

Shizuka, no, Artemis' voice was stern and scornful, Jou had no doubt that in other circumstances, it would have been Yami to utter such orders.

Alecto, cackled as her true horror was revealed, leaving all trembling in her nightmarish sight, her snaked hair swishing in sheer glee.

Jou had had enough, as he too spoke his mind.

"Did Hera let you out again?" He sneered, "Is your job to be again faithful lap-dog to the might of Heaven's Queen?"

Alecto's hideous face contorted in rage, her mask of humanity no longer even visible; and her shrieks left her audience pale with fright, as foul wings were ejected from her body.

Everyone bar Jou and Shizuka huddled in fear.

Even Kaiba.

Rather then glory in the moment of superiority, Jou refocused on the enemy as she answered in discordant tones.

"My orders," She spat with venom, "Came from much higher than from you and your kin," She seemed to gain some sort of repose from this as she straightened, her wings cracking with the sounds of breaking bones, "Heed my words, Musician, while our plans have needed some adjustment," Her eyes wandered over to the stricken Egyptians, and fixed her monstrous gaze and thoughts upon them,"I almost lost this whole mission, because of you boys," She mockingly tutted as she gestured to her face, but her eyes swung back to Jou, while her body never moved an inch, "I almost thought you would catch me then, but this seems to not be the case,"

As fast as lightning, she swiftly stuck Jou across the face, causing him to fly backwards into the gloom.

"Oh, how the mighty have fallen!" She crowed as she stomped upon his prone body, "Mortal flesh does suit you so, Pheobus,"

A couple more kicks left Jou feeling physically pained, but more mentally tired.

He should have noticed before.

Yami had even cracked her mortal mask with his Shadow Magic – a yet he had subconsciously ignored all the signs. All the wisps of the darkness that filled the void of Alecto's soul – they had been seeping through, always...and he had just ignored them.

She had also set up this whole Greek Gods project thing...but why?

'What would she gain from exposing me to my friends?'

A forceful thump from his sister brought him back into Alecto's conversation, it seemed as if he'd missed a few things during his thoughts.

"Well, I best be off," Her steps were deceptively dainty, as she headed off in the direction she had arrived from, "It was fun tormenting you and all, but I've got bigger and better things to occupy my time with," A last smirking glance behind saw her off, "Enjoy your last remaining time on Earth, believe me when I say that it won't be long,"

Her laughter left them all in nervous tatters.

But the room had gone back to normal by then.

All the students were back in their seats.

And none knew, as the Yugi-tachi could tell from their joking and laughter, what had just occurred.

Anzu collapsed to the floor in tears, Yugi and Ryou not far behind, whereas Honda was looking over beseechingly towards Jou, his gaze hopeful, while still concerned over Jou's bruised face.

Bakura was first to speak as usual, although he still seemed lost for words.

"What – what -" Pure helplessness spread across his face as he tried to help Ryou off the floor, "What the bloody hell was that!"

It seemed as if anger had replaced the fear as he directed his attention towards Jou.

"You."

Jou never knew how one word could hold so much hatred.

He glanced sheepishly down to side.

"Shall we take this outside, ya know," He grinned lopsidedly, "Privately?"

Jou took a deep calming breath in, he knew he'd need it for the upcoming conversation.

After the events with Alecto, the group had excused themselves from class, claiming that they'd all stupidly eaten the school lunch food the day before. There was little hassle leaving the room after that announcement.

But the peace did not last long.

"Who, no...What the Hell was that?"

Surprisingly it was Otogi who said this, one hand held to his face in shock.

"More importantly," Kaiba sidled into the conversation, "How did it know you?"

All the gang turned questioning, or in some cases, threatening glances his way.

Shizuka sniggered behind him.

"Well," Jou really did not know how to start this, but he supposed he should come clean already...

'Nah, that'd just be far too much of a hassle to deal with later. Half-truths will have to do for now; I'll wing it,'

"Guys, you've probably already realised that something's been going on for the last few weeks-"

"You can say that again," Otogi snorted. The others glared at him for interrupting their hard-earned explanation.

"-But, you see," Jou paused, his brow furrowed in concentration, before his face lit up in realisation, "I've been set a secret heavenly task."

The others stared at him in disbelief, including Shizuka, but Jou was on a roll.

"I was told that I was to remain in the human realm, as a human, to keep an eye out for any supernatural goings-on," He smiled to his friends, "And as you probably realised, I haven't exactly been running out of things to tell them,"

"T-them?" Bakura choked.

"Yeah," A large grin spread across Jou's face, "Them. The Greek Gods – they're real,"

Jou supposed they took it rather well. Although, Honda, and suspiciously Kaiba, were looking pretty smug at the gang's disbelief and wide-eyes.

Yugi, as always, was the first to recover.

"Jou, if they're real, was the guy, your brother, Bromius...?"

He left his question hanging, but no more was needed.

"Yeah, he's the god of wine Dionysus, we're brothers as we share the same father; Zeus,"

The gang looked shell-shocked.

"...S-so," Anzu stuttered, "Your father is the King of the Gods? Does that make you a prince? Who are your really?"

All these questions seemed to run out of he mouth without pauses, but the second question was what made Jou laugh.

"Prince!" He nearly broke down into chuckles again, "I wish! No, father has far too many children to be giving them all places in Olympus, I mean I'm only a minor immortal under the instruction of the another of my half-brothers; Apollo, that's why I'm so knowledgeable about him!"

'Genius, I'm pure genius. This explains everything to them. I've admitted I'm a god, and only barely lied about my identity to them!'

Even Honda and Shizuka looked shocked at his flash of ingenuity.

Ryou was the first to plot things together from this new revelation.

"Wait, so if you're a god, what does this make you?" He pointed to Shizuka who stepped back in response to all the stares she soon received from this statement.

Jou decided she'd had this coming for a while.

"Yeah, Shizuka," Jou smirked, "What does that make you?"

His sister bristled at his mocking tone, but took a proud stride forward.

"While some of us may shy away from the truth, I do not. I know when the game is up,"

She sent a meaningful glance to her twin.

However, this was lost to the group, as, literally, a Goddess appeared before them. Her figure and clothes remained the same, but her posture spoke of power and strength. She was youthful; a young girl in her prime and beautiful in a way that showed that you could look, but never touch. Fitting for the goddess of virginity. Her skin glowed like the moonlight, her eyes were fiercer than a hawk's, but yet held the gentility of a mother; and hair was wild – streaming behind her in a non-existent wind, not to be tamed even by the Laws of Physics.

"I, am Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt."

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