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Chapter 24

Ares looked to Shikamaru. "Show me to the tower." He told the boy as he looked down at him.

"Yes. Sir." Said Shikamaru as he lead the way. Xena and Naxena saw them walking towards a building and began following them as they knew it would be something important as Shikamaru looked a little nervous and he only looked that way around his mother.

"So, Grandpa where are you going?" Asked Naxena as she jumped onto his back as she was tried of walking and figured she could ride his back for a while.

Ares looks over his shoulder to his granddaughter. "We are heading to the kage tower. We are going to see if we can find anything of any importance or value that will aid you in your growth as a shinobi and as a Goddess." He said with a smile on his face.

"I see. I do hope we find something." Said Xena as she walked next to her husband with a soft smile on her lips. As she always loved the softer side of Ares when he is with their granddaughter.

Once standing before the tower. They could see a seal over the tower that was the only thing keeping the tower standing and not allowing age and attacks form allowing it to fall all those years ago.

"So…" Said Shikamaru looking at the trio standing next to him. "How do we get in?" He asked them.

Naxena jumped off of Ares back. "It's a blood seal. So all I have to do it swipe a little bit of my blood over it and it should open it up." She said with a smile on her face as she bit her thumb and did as she told the boy before her.

The blue seal turned red than green and once bluer as it shatter. Naxena grin at everyone. "It worked." She told them all as Ares walked up to her and ruffed her hair as she batted at his hand. "Good job kiddo." He told her.

Naxena pout crossing her arms looking at the man before her. "Grandpa!" She whined.

Xena covered her mouth with a chuckle at the two's antics. "Alright you two. Let's go inside and look for anything that will aid our little one here." She told them as Naxena was pounding her fist on her grandfather's fist.

The two stopped and blinked at her owlishly as Ares as just chuckling and Naxena was growling at him. They both looking at the regal warrior woman goddess standing before them laughing at them. "Fine." They said at one.

They entered the tower to see paper all over the hallways and boxes knocked over in different rooms. Some blood on the sea foam colored walls and on the sea green carpet. "It appears they had taken some of the injured in here to protect them from the attacking armies." Said Ares looking around as he rubbed his bearded chin.

Naxena just nodded her head to his words as she looked up to another set of stairs as she saw a crimson sword sticking out in the middle of the stairway. Her eyes began glowing as she mindlessly began walking towards it as her right hand reached out for it.

Xena moved to stop the girl but Ares stopped her as she looked back to her husband, he shook his head no to his wife as Shikamaru looked up to them questionably. But Ares held up his hand to stop the boy from question him as well as turned back to look at his granddaughter.

Her eyes blanked as her right hand wrapped around the hilt of the crimson sword. As she began to pull the sword from the stairway a crimson light engulfed her as her blonde locks took on a several crimson highlights. It appeared she had grown about an inch or two.

"What is going on Ares?" Question Xena looking to her husband who was grinning like a mad man.

Ares looked to his wife. "It appears little Naxena found one of my missing war swords. One of the cursed ones. The crimson death. The one that would never allow anyone but myself the willed it." He told his wife with pride in his voice.

She looked at him with shock. "But didn't that sword vanish long before we marry. Long before I was born?" she question him.

Ares nodded his head to her words. "Yes, it did, and I am not sure how it found it's way here. I guess he wanted to be found. The thing has a temper of it's own." HE said shaking his head.

Falling to the ground Naxena passed out still holding on tight to the sword. But anyone tried to come close to her the sword made a crimson shield to from around the girl. To protect her from anyone. Even its former master.

Hmm… It appears one of Ares old toys is now out to play and what will happen now that Naxena has it in her hands?