Chapter 20

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TwinstarDragon: well, the guide said to NOT attack the vestiges. Also, tenya needed some answers

Previously

The guide scoffed, before he turned and walked towards the exit. "The next time you wanna die, don't drag us into it, kid," he said.

Now

Izumi had been experimenting with her domain of music for a while now, and she discovered something interesting: If she were to think of the song/music and will others to hear it, it becomes heard without her actually doing anything. So, she decided to try it, by playing a song that she heard, back when she was izuku.

Play ódinn by SKALD

While the music was playing, izumi was reading a book. As she was reading, she had a thought. "Huh, i wonder what eri and ariel are doing?" she asked herself.

With ariel

Ariel was trying to have eri take a nap, but eri was being really fussy. "Come on, eri. You need to have a nap," ariel said. "No, i want mama!" eri said, as she crossed her arms and pouted. "*sigh*, eri, please, lay down and go to sleep," ariel pleaded with the little girl. "No!" eri rebutted. Ariel had her head in her hands in exasperation. "How does izumi handle her fussiness?" ariel said to herself in a really quiet voice. That was when ariel had a sudden idea. "Wait, i could try that…" ariel said. Eri looked at her in confusion, as ariel picked her up and placed eri on the bed, before she took a deep breath and started to sing. "Luckily i managed to get the song memorized, in case i needed to watch her," ariel thought to herself.

Lonely mountains and tragic spells

Forbidden potions from haunted realms

Seas of stardust, lightyears apart

Feel the dragons that'll rip your heart

I faced them all, and i survived

To get right here, as you arrived

And when i heard your voice and song

I knew that i finally belonged

Now i know we'll never part

Cause your magic lives inside my heart

And we'll always be together

Cuz your magic lives inside my heart forever

And ever

Eri was fighting sleep with all her might, but she eventually succumbed to the soothing lullaby of the song, as she fell backwards to the bed, and started to gently snore. Ariel smiled and gently placed a blanket over eri. "Sweet dreams, little alicorn," ariel said in a whisper.

Back with izumi

"I'm certain that ariel is adjusting to how to care for eri," izumi said. The song ended, and it was quiet, once more. She put the book away, and teleported to ariel's side. Ariel jumped a bit, but relaxed as soon as she saw that it was her lover.

"I succeeded in putting her down for a nap, my love," ariel said, as she leaned against izumi. "Though she didn't make it easy. Luckily i memorized that song you sang to her, just in case i had to watch her," ariel said. Izumi simply hugged her girlfriend. "You did wonderfully, my love," izumi said lovingly. Just then, her domain as a healer pulsed, confusing izumi. Following her instincts, she pulsed her domain for healing into ariel, who let out a pleasured moan, as she covered her mouth, so as to avoid waking eri up.

"My love, before the system was up and running, were you constantly fed anti-venom?" izumi asked in concern. "Yes, i was. It allowed me to live long enough for the system to start, but because i was constantly fed anti-venom, i was unable to grow, and i was always in a wheelchair," ariel explained. "I see. If what i'm feeling is correct, your body constantly produced venom, but it had no way of holding the venom, causing the venom you produced to try and kill you," izumi said worriedly.

Ariel was shocked that her girlfriend knew so much about how her body worked. "How do you know all that?" ariel asked in a shaky tone of voice. "It's part of my domain of healing, as a goddess," izumi explained. "Also, if what i'm feeling is correct, then the system is the only thing keeping you alive, since it essentially paused the venom making your body naturally does," izumi explained. Ariel grew pale at that revelation.

"Luckily, if you trust me enough, i should be able to fix your body by creating an artificial sac for your venom, and correct your body to not make any more venom while the sac is full. Also, i should be able to devise a way for you to distribute the venom from the artificial sac, but that can come after i fix the problem with your venom production," izumi said.

Ariel grew hopeful at what her lover said. "Please, fix my body," ariel practically begged her girlfriend. Izumi smiled and kissed her girlfriend on the lips, ending the kiss after a few moments. "Let's get started, my love. I'm gonna put you to sleep for a bit," izumi said, before she pinched a nerve cluster at the base of the neck to put her in a death-like state (like how haku saved zabuza the first time) and began to work.

She cut her girlfriend open and used her dominion for healing to find the problem. After a few moments of scanning her internal organs, she found the problem. "Ah, there's the fucking problem," izumi muttered. She altered the chemistry of the venom production of her lover's body, before she started to create a sac for the venom. She made it large enough to hold a large amount of venom, but small enough so as to not negatively affect ariel's body. Once she created the sac for the venom, izumi began to integrate it with ariel's body. Once she was finished, the entire process of attaching the sac to ariel's insides took about an hour.

Once the sack was completely attached, izumi artificially stimulated ariel's venom glands to produce venom. Once the sac was full, the glands stopped producing venom. After spending some time poking the sack, before hitting it with a good portion of her strength, the sac did not have any holes or tears, and it survived massive amounts of damage with no ill effects.

Satisfied, izumi healed her girlfriend's torso before she woke up ariel. "Urgh, wha-" ariel said blearily as she slowly opened her eyes. "My love, i just finished fixing the problem with your venom production. Now the only thing left to check is if your body will support it," izumi said.

Ariel slowly managed to stand up, stumbled a bit before she righted herself, and managed to stand up to her full height. Ariel moved around for a while, before she went to her girlfriend. "What was the problem, my love?" ariel asked. "There was a problem between your venom glands and body chemistry, so i altered the chemistry before i made the sac to hold your venom. Now your venom glands will not make any venom while the sac is full," izumi said. She then checked the sac by placing her hand on ariel's torso and pulsed her domain for healing. Frowning a bit, she saw that the sac had slightly removed itself from the rest of the organs. She sent a surge of healing energy into ariel's body to reattach the sac to the insides, and made sure that the bond was MUCH stronger.

Izumi pulled her hand away from ariel's torso. "There was a slight problem, my love, but i easily fixed it," izumi said. Ariel started to cry a bit in joy. "Once the system is down, you should no longer need the anti-venom to be put into your body, and you should have a MUCH longer lifespan, now," izumi said.

Ariel was now openly crying. Not caring that izumi was covered in blood, ariel hugged izumi with all the strength in her body. Izumi simply hugged her back and kissed the top of her head, while rubbing ariel's back. They stayed like that for about ten minutes, before there was a knock on the door.

Izumi and ariel separated, upon hearing the knocking sound. "I'll do the venom distribution at a later point," izumi promised her lover, before she went to pick up her daughter. "Enter," ariel said.

The door opened, and balto entered the room, and knelt to his leader. "Demon lord, the meeting you ordered has been gathered," he stated. "Very good, balto," ariel said, before she left the room, with izumi right behind her, carrying her daughter. After his leader left with her closest aide, balto followed the three of them.

In the future

The group had traveled to the elven forest after leaving the labyrinth (and after they thanked their guide), and they arrived at the forest after a week of traveling. "Oh, boy, we FINALLY made it," tenya said. Once they made it to the area where the other reincarnations that aizawa were gather, ochaco was ambushed by the reincarnations of toru, mina and tsu, who all quickly brought her into a group hug. "Right, students," aizawa said, getting the attention of the students there.

"As you can all see, i managed to find most of the class. However, there are a few that i haven't found, with one i'm certain is among the dead," aizawa said. "Who haven't you found, sensei?" mina asked. "I haven't found kirishima, tokoyami, momo and little eri," aizawa said. "What about midoriya?" tsu said. "Midoriya is the one i'm certain is among the dead," aizawa said.

After he said that he was certain that izuku was dead, the found class members were all shocked, with ochaco openly crying, albeit silently. Just then, another elf called for the group to come with him. The group followed the elf, and were shocked to see potimas alive and well. "Father, how are you alive?" aizawa asked.

"Mithrandir, you should know that there are skills that allow one to survive, no matter the cost, correct?" potimas answered. "Was there something you needed?" aizawa asked. "I have reason to suspect that we will be attacked, soon, mithrandir," potimas said.

"If that is all, father, my group and i need to rest," he said, before he turned to leave, and his group followed him. Once the group was back with the rest of the gathered class, the students began to converse. While the students were conversing, ochaco was being consoled by toru, mina and tsu. Mineta, on the other hand, was being stared at, while denki was trying to flirt with him. A few hours later, night fell, and they went to bed.

In the morning, after the class freshened up, they went outside to practice their skills.

current time

Ariel was standing on the balcony, looking down at her soldiers and the members of her spider family, called great taratects. "Nice to see that the troops are ready to go," she said gleefully. Izumi walked up to her side, eri sleeping in her arms and in her sling. "My love, once we get to the forest, shall i use my teleportation magic to bring my siblings as well as my mother?" she asked her lover.

Ariel perked up at that. "Yes, please, my love," she said, as she looked at izumi. "Then i will do so. That being said," izumi smirked. "I think that it's only fair that MY children get to have some fun, also," izumi said.

Ariel looked shocked at that, before she fully turned to face izumi. "My love, you can't be thinking about sending eri into battle," ariel protested. That was all she managed to say, before izumi silenced her protests, by putting her lips on ariel's lips. Izumi held the position for a few moments, before she broke the kiss. "My love, how can you think that i would send my baby into battle, when she can barely walk?" izumi asked.

Ariel was confused. "What children do you mean, then?" she asked. "Well, before i became a goddess, i laid some eggs, while i was an arachne," izumi said. It took a few moments, but ariel put the pieces together, as evidenced by her eyes widening. "You mean…?" ariel asked. "Correct," izumi said, as she nodded.

"Then you can use them to kill the elves," ariel said excitedly. Izumi nodded, before she kissed her lover again, this time in front of her troops, causing them to be incredibly shocked. Izumi broke the kiss, and looked at the troops. "WHAT ARE YOU IDIOTS STARING AT?!" izumi yelled at them, causing them to fall to the ground in shock. Ariel chuckled at the response of her troops.

"Alright, everyone, it's time to march to the elven village," ariel declared.