Ch. 12 Underworld
~Ignia~
I open my eyes to a poorly lit room inside an abandoned bar
"Gah what the hell" Kharon falls back "Who do you think you-" he stops
"Wassup kid" I smile "where's your dad at ?" I ask
"Gahh Ignia" he backs up nervously "sorry what are you doing here my lord" he asks
"I came to pay Iapetus a little visit" I say
"Oh of course come right this way" he says leading me to the back room
He puts his hands together "Meikai no mon o hiraku" he says 'open gate of the underworld' in the divine tongue
He slowly opens the door revealing the dimension of the dead
It was a 'dimension' located deep beneath the Earth's surface it allows spirits to take their original forms
"Why's it so dark" I ask
"I guess father likes it that way" he says "come now" he says getting into a canoe
I hop in and he began rowing across the river styx
It reeked of hatred and death down here so much it was almost sickening
"W-were here now" he says
"Thanks kid" I say
He nods "take care now" he says before rowing off
"Hey Cerberus" I pat the belly of the three headed pup
"Ruff" it wags his tail excitedly as it scratched my thigh trying to get me to pick them up
"Oh man I can't right now boy" I pat one of their head
"Welcome brother" I hear Iapetus
"It's been a while" I smile "how you been kid"
He smiles widely "come join me" he says opening his double doors
"Well if you insist" I make my way up the steps and into his palace
"So I've heard you got Tora pregnant" I say as we begin walking around his oddly beautiful garden of dead roses
He smiles "apologies I'm aware the both of you were quite close compared to the rest of our brethren" he says
"Nah it's nothing I don't mind" I let him know
"Heh* that's good to hear then" he smiles "so when did you arrive ?" He asks
"Today actually we delt with Kara and all"
"Really ? Did you help mother as well ?" He asks
"Yes just before Tora came to me with the news about little Hisoka"
"Ah yes that boy" he smiles "he'll truly be something once he's older" he says
"Of course he is your son"
"Yes of course" he chuckles "so brother there's something I wanted to talk to you about"
"And what was that ?" I ask
"As you are aware I am capable of sensing fathers energy" he says
"Yes you were gifted with such a feat it would've been nice having you during our battle" I say
He smiles "well I knew you could handle it" he says
"Your lucky I did" I chuckle
"Anyways I am also capable of sensing his soul" he says
"His soul ?" I ask
He nods "though it's something I can only do the moment when his body parishes" he adds
"Ah okay" I nod
"The thing is when he did parish his soul isn't the only one I sensed leaving his body" he says
…
"Aether" I remember during the genjutsu father told me he had trapped Aether inside himself after consuming his heart
"So you were aware ?" He asks
"the day before I went to Othrys I visited father before his body turned to ash" I say
"Did you ?" He asks
"His sharingan was still active somehow and he showed me the hell he was put through as a child" I clench my fist "he also told me how he felt Aethers soul trapped inside him till the very end" I add
"Hmm" he thinks "I guess that would make sense" he says
"Only" he stops "that soul was just as hateful as fathers" he says
But how ?
"Aether is supposed to be as pure as mother" I finally say
"Yes it is what I've heard from mother as well" he say
Damn that can't be good
If a being like him decides on revenge things can go south all over again since he's for sure stronger than father now that we had dispose of his hateful essence
"My guess is his soul was stained with hatred after being trapped inside Kara for so long" he says
"Yes that's what I was thinking" I look up "man then it's far from over Huh" I sigh
I just know he'll seek out father after his memories come back
"Mannn" I sigh what a draagg "that only means we gotta get stronger huh ?" I smile
"I never understood why you take pleasure in that" he sighs "but yes that's exactly what it means" he smiles
"Alright then that means Kara too" I put two fingers to my forehead
"You do realize what your implying" he says
I smile widely
"The first step is always forgiveness" he says "you really think you can get him to forgive those that caused him so much pain ?" He asks
"Nothing's impossible" I smile
"I guess not for you huh" he smiles back
"You know it" I giggle before teleporting back to Othrys
"Ahh" I watch Coeus screaming for his life as he ran from Hisoka
"Help he has a booger" he giggles as the two run around me
I ascend into the air heading straight to my balcony where I could see my mother beside Kara both sleeping soundly with of course beast on his lap
I carefully close the glass doors to the balcony
"Mgh*" mother sits up after her little nap
"Hey ma" I say sitting right beside her
"Oh… hey" she gives me a little smile
"He looks different doesn't he" I say
She nods "he had been tortured for so long the stress even made his fur turned white" she says twirling his finger in his red fur
"R-really ?" I ask
I always thought it was cause he had altered ultra instinct
" yeah" she sighs as sorry for him as I was
I wasn't sure if I should bring up Aether right now
"Listen Ignia I…" she stops
"Yeah ?" I ask
She stays silent
"Is it about Aether ?" I ask
She nods "I knew he had been trapped inside your father" she admits
"Oh… it's why you decided to stay for so long ?" I ask
"No, I was really happy… after he became a great father to Chaos he became the man I always knew he'd become" she brings her hand to her chest "I loved him more than you can understand" she says
"I know ma" I smile remembering what he'd shown me
"after losing Chaos… for the first time… I understood why he hated the world so much" her voice shakes as she leans into my arms
"God it was so hard losing my child and the man I loved so much at the same time" she sobs
"I-it's okay ma… it's over now" I rub her back trying to comfort her "fathers with us and he'll be the great man you turned him into"
"N-no" she whispers "Aether… he'll t-take everything from us now that he's back" she says under her breath
"No he won't ma" I hug her tighter "don't worry about it okay ?"
She shakes her head
"C'mon don't be like that"
"We have to do something" she says
"And we will, okay ? " I raise her chin "just give it some time we'll figure something out" I say as I wipe away her tears
She sighs "alright"
"Now go on with your nap" I say laying her back down beside my father
She wraps her arms around him as I found my way out leaving the two alone
-months later-
A few weeks after we got home we restored the land I had fought father when he had turned into a dragon
I also restored poor Andromeda but it was orbiting Othrys for now since the moon's gravity was acting all weird these past months
"You think we should name the moon something else ?" Irene asks as we watch it shine brightly above us
"How about Luna ?" I ask
"That's just moon in Español" she says with a little accent
I smile "I know it is mamas" I say with an a little accent
"Hehe your so sexy" she giggles
"How long you think it'll take Hamura and Hagoromo to fix that thing ?" I ask her
"I'm not sure it's their third attempt" she sighs "from the looks of it Kara will wake up by the time they're done" she says
She yawns "now why don't you fix it already they been at it for a week" she says
"Where's the fun in that ?" I ask "besides I want them to get stronger so they can handle the energy I sealed inside them" I add
"Hmm" she frowns "fine whatever but if they die then it'll all be on you" she sighs
"Yeah it does doesn't it" we hear the guards chatting as they looked up at the moon
"H-hey lord Ignia" one gets my attention
"Yes ?" I ask
"Sorry my lord but does the moon seem to be getting larger ?" He asks
I sit up squinting my eyes paying close attention
"Nghk" I clench my teeth "those idiots" I quickly get to my feet
"What is it Ignia ?" Irene asks
"S-stay here" I say before launching myself straight up at the free falling satellite
"Gahhhhhhhh" I could hear the two brothers shouting as I got closer
"I-Ignia !!" I hear Hamura
"SHUT UP !!" I slam my fists onto the massive rock trying stop it before it took out Othrys and Gaia itself
"A-are you going to a-stop it ?" Hamura asks
"Sh-shut up !" I demand
Fuckk the things a fourth the size of Gaia what the fuck
"Idiot I told you not to mess with the solid one !!" Hagoromo shouts
"I'm sorry they all look the same !!" Hamura shouts back
"Gahhh fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" I push as hard I could
The fucking thing is falling so fast I can't stop it
"Ah man we really gonna diee" Hamura cries
"Nghkkk" I give it one final push
"FUCKK" I finally manage to stop the damn thing
"Now…" I huff "how in the fuck do you two manage to fuck up so fucking bad" I ask angrily
"Hehe" Hamura giggles nervously as they backed off from the moon
"Now" I hold it with one hand
"hakai" I say before completely obliterating the moon
"M-man that's fucking awsome" Hamura says
"Watch idiot" I hold out my palm "first the solid INNER core" I say making a puny version of the moons core in my palm "you see this ?" I ask
Hamura nods nervously
"S-O-L-I-D" I throw it at his face
"Gah that's hot" he rubs his nose
"Then the fluid outer core you see ?" I say creating the second layer of the moon's core "then partial and finally mantle okay ?" I finish the tiny version of the moon in my palm
Hamura nods nervously "y-yes sir"
I sigh "forget it" I raise my hand multiplying it's size till it was as large as it once was
I snap my fingers and the satellite began moving slowly returning to its rightful place
"You two still need practice" I say as we descend joining Irene who was playing with Hisoka and Coeus
"How long will it take to be where it's supposed to?" Hagoromo asks watching the moon go on its way
"four to five days" I lay back down beside Irene exhausted from the b.s I just had to do
"Aw how sweet you did do it for them after all" she frowns "where was the fun in that" she teases
"Oh shut it" I huff
"Man I need a soda" Hamura giggles making his way back to the palace "c'mon bro"
"Yeah I'm starving" Hagoromo follows him inside
"Hmm you know who else is hungry" Irene sits up
"Ouu who mamas" is ask excitedly since it's been a while since we've had time for ourselves
"mee" she giggles as she crawled on top of me
"Mmm so what you tryna gobble up" I giggle childishly as she put her hands on my chest
She smiles widely as she slowly began swaying her hips back and forth "you know exactly what I want in my mouth" she giggles
"Mmm alright c'mere thenn baby" I smiles as she reached down my pants
"Gah fuck" we hear Igneel
I sigh
"D-dad" he huffs
"What is it ?" Irene rolls here eyes
"Isis she's been rushed to the ER"
"Nghk" I sit up "for what ?!" I demand as I got to my feet
Igneel giggles
"Oh my" Irene puts her hands together "it's the baby" she smiles
