Reaper of Rome chapter 32- stomping the earth
This chapter will conclude the heroes of Olympus arc
Ichigo and his team will have to help the demigods defeat the earth mother as she emerges in her full beast glory
As well as have make new friends and save souls
Ichigo pov
we waited at the Athena statue until Merlin Showed up and then handed me a suit bag and as I was about to open it, we said "I wouldn't do that, it belonged to Beryl and is very cursed. About the statue, you should just check back on it tomorrow. You are going to want to head to the Frisk center and see the play there tonight. You will find out why at the play and your friends are trying to shadow travel but stalled by the son of hades overdoing things." After that he handed us a set of tickets to the Tempest, and I remembered reading the play but never seeing it live and said to the group. I would have loved to see this with Rukia.
After that we went to a bookstore and Flatt asked me "what book are you looking for?" I replied to a book that I have to offer to the goddess Vesta and her priestesses. It was then the others looked around as I checked my wallet to find it packed with hundred-dollar bills with a note saying "my blessing my make your funds limitless and curse those that even try to steal your wallet and your bank account will have as much as you need. The count." After that I knew, I would have to buy out a stack both the novels and manga for the series I needed to find."
Flatt, and Gray went with me into the manga section while the others went to find their own books. I picked up all the books in the 'is in wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon' series as my companions looked at me and asked, "why would a goddess or her followers like books like that?" I replied with "because it brings focus to Vesta in her Hestia form and shows the other gods in different lights. The series is naughty but the priestesses being virgins love this it helps raise the goddess status at least in Japan. They looked at a girl with a huge bust and short dress on the cover of many books and asked, "is that Hestia?" I said "yes, I have read each new volume in Japan and have my sisters send me new volumes with each release. As well as the anime DVDs as well. my girlfriend loves watching this with me."
After that we went to the play only to spot a man in a business suit talking. Then I peered through the mist to learn his form was fake. After that play ended, I picked him out and he looked over my group to say, "what would five demigods, a girl that is the vessel of the king and a magus want with little old me?" I said to the man "we can make a little trade and help each other." I then showed him the bag with the Skinwalker pelt with loads of Japanese curses, I can use that, and we can make a deal."
He then went back to the hotel while telling us stories about the different magical races, the different faery tribes and how he was born from the actions of Shakespeare and the brother of Titania. He wouldn't stop telling us various facts until we made it into the hotel. Once there he made a deal to give me three favors for the pelt and I said to him, "I have lots of other items in my collection and can trade if you help me." he replied with "you have a deal as we traded phone numbers and said "between the house of life more active and children of Hecate being claimed more magical items are getting harder to get." I replied, "when I moved my collection of monster parts into my house, It required a room to hold them all," with that I heard a whistle from my new friends and Jolyne said "Ichigo has nearly completed his full legion service and could be a praetor, so I am not surprised."
After that, the faery parted with us and we slept and woke up to learn Reyna, a son of hades and a Satyr had reached Buford South Carolina. With that we went to our contact and told him to try and get us something that could move the Athena statue in Nashville. He replied with "why do you need the one in Nashville?" but I said back, "we don't need it, but we need something to move the original statue, and the replica is bigger that the original. Said original is in South Carolina right now." he then asked, "does one of you have a semi-truck license or should I get a driver as well." I replied "I can drive one and should be able to drive between there and long island with no sleep. He replied, "give me a few hours and I will get back to you."
Reyna pov
It wasn't long after we landed in Buford with Nico in bad shape, that we ended up clashing with a camper I banished and the boy that deemed himself my replacement brought back to kill me. but lucky enough for me Nico had enough power left to kill the boy inadvertently and after that I learned our satyr friend called a herd of Pegasi to help us transport the Athena the rest of the way hopefully. I then texted back Ichigo to cancel the ride I thought I needed and would have him direct his team to help me the last leg of the way.
Ichigo pov
It was another hour that we heard back from Renya to learn she wanted us to meet her at camp half blood to help get the Athena to said camp. I in turn replied to her message with "when Gaia awaken, I have a tool to aid in the battle." after that I texted her with the new friends and contacts met and the name of the servant I summoned only to get in reply "gods speed. You don't have much time left and neither does Percy or Jason."
With that we got back to the old man to tell him to cancel the semi and get us a bus, and Gray said my group "I heard back from my master, and he wants Flatt and I to stay with you to confirm the beast of humanity is dealt with. so, we will need to follow." With that I prepared for the fourteen-hour drive to come.
With that I drove and in a brief nap in which Gray drove the bus, I had a dream of my mother saying to me "you need to save his soul. The huntsman was cursed by Gaia after my brother poisoned him to become her spawn. You need to figure out a way to save him before he dies to let his soul rest in the domain of heroes instead of the realm of his dark father." After that I woke myself up and told my servant what we need to do and in turn she said to me "I should be able to save him." with that we kept going and hoped we could get there in time.
Using magic drawn from the mist, I was able get the drive done much faster than I thought and make it in ten hours over fourteen and we only got stopped once by an police officer but convinced him via charmspeak to go somewhere else and ignore us and tell the other officers to ignore us. But as we closed in on camp, I spotted Renya dealing with the giant that had to be Orion.
Before my servant and I had to get involved, we saw the praetor manage to draw out the power of two gods and make a killing blow. It was then my servant, and I jump in, and she stabbed the dying body of the giant as Reyna asked me "why is she doing that?" I replied "at one time Orion was a normal demigod like us, the son of Orion and the father of one of my siblings. But Gaia took the moment of his death to turn the demigod into her kin and against my mother and uncle. My servant Atalanta is removing the earth mother's beastly taint so he can go to the place he is meant to go after death and have a chance to be reborn as the hero he was meant to be." It was then black smoke started to come off the body of Orion and his body turned human again. after that he said, "thank you, now please let my body rest in my father's domain." We then pushed him into the sea and had the Pegasi help us get the statue to camp.
But not long after we did, Gaia rose from the earth and then two horns grew out of her head. After that, my team members that had stands used them to hold off Gaia with my servant as she said, "we can't kill her without the seven." But as she said that a bronze ship crashed into her body. I then saw Jason with dark skinned boy and a dark-skinned girl and then asked them "are you ready to fight?" all three nodded and I then said to the servant "by all my command seals, I order you to release your grand statue to sever this beast from her source." With that Atalanta formed a massive blade in her hands and sliced the beast free of the earth, then faded away.
With that the three demigods lifted Gaia free of the earth and used their powers on her as they lifted her higher and higher into the sky. After that, the scarecrow of a boy that wished to take over for Reyna used a catapult to shoot himself on a large pile of imperial gold into the sky as well. After that, I looked up and saw a massive explosion of fire and gold. Then Jason and the girl that had to be his lover lowered with tears in their eyes. Then Gray behind me said "beast confirmed terminated, now we can go back and report these results to master." They then walked off to what had to be the nearest airport.
Once that was done, we had a massive party between the Greek and roman demigods at peace. I told Jason and Percy of all me went through as the two boys told me of what they went through. Many of the Greek demigods were surprised in my parentage and even more shocked to learn I met both Merlin and Puck and many of the servants I met. It was the next morning that we took vans and buses back to Camp Jupiter as I prepared to meet Rukia and buy brand new house.
It was before I left, I talked with Percy to learn the war against the titans was on two fronts one on the Greek side and the other on the roman side. But Percy said there was something strange about Chronos like a piece was missing.
It was a few days later that we made it back and Jason and his girlfriend traveled with him in the vehicle I was using. I learned that he pretty much agreed to take over the job of high priest between the two camps and would go attend regular high school with her in La and would travel around helping me locate demigods when he had time, Piper and Jason would be considered agents of camp Jupiter officially but part of the sixth cohort unofficially. It was a few more days later that Rukia finally had a day off and met with me at camp. Then I told her about my sudden windfall of money and that we would be moving into a larger house very soon. after that I gave her the sword and said "its supposed to restore my powers but I am not sure how it works. The person that gave it to me hinted someone in the soul society would know." Rukia then said "I have two idea who might know how it works but meeting with them is rarely pleasant. But the sword feels like the blades all soul reapers are supposed to get in training before our zanpakuto spirits inhabit them. it will likely be sometime before I get some answers about what if is."
After Rukia and I found a much larger house, we had our stuff and the gate between camp and the soul society moved in. I offered each member of the sixth cohort including Jason and Piper rooms to use when they want to use them or even live in them. the house had over twenty bedrooms and Tsugumi knew she would have to pick out a few more maids to aid us or something along those lines. There was a large area for our giant rabbit to wander around and eat grass as it pleased.
I knew peace was restored for know but the count came out of my shadow to tell me, "There is still that one you seek vengeance on for a sin from the past and beasts rarely show up alone in a single era. So, prepare to have to fight again before you have a chance to regain your power. but I can tell you the serpent of chaos fell and never became a beast. So Egyptian world ending event was prevented. But remember the bat of sadness nor the tyrant of time emerged as beasts." From what I knew the bat was Ulquiorra and from my talk with Percy that Chronos was the tyrant of time. So I would have to deal with the why both were missing pieces soon enough.
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