Chapter 12 A Poodle Named Arcie

Its been a week since May was defeated, My father's powers have returned and he gave me the middle finger and vanished returning to the plain of Void called the Divine realm.. I thought he was gonna stay but his exact words were, "Arc.. You know I love you, but... I.. They.. Ok son, I'll be perfectly honest with you, Your friends are very... Veeeery annoying therefore, I will be returning so.. Best of luck make good grades and don't i repeat dont die to someone much weaker than you." And then he was gone prolly with my mom.. but on the bright side at least I have my friends and Isabella.

There is a knock on the door and I lean back in my computer chair trying to do as Ive seen in comics as I say, "Its unlocked, Come in!" The door swings open and I see Isabella is with Gil, They both enter as I start to feel the chair tilting more than I planned causing me to fall backwards looking like and Idiot, Gil just smirks as Isabella rushes over to help me up as she says, "We heard from the school 'Cafeteria Council' that there is another kid here now with godly powers, to make matters worse he wants to fight you.." I then laugh remembering the group of students who never leave the Cafeteria and refer to themselves as the Cafeteria Council and after actually realizing what she just said I jump to my feet, "Woah woah woah.. Define new kid with godly powers.."

Suddenly there is a knock on the door and it just falls down revealing a kid with light green hair and Dark green eyes, he looks down at the door then says in a very awkward manner while looking inside my dorm, "Um... knock knock?" Regardless of how pissed I was that I had to fix that door I couldn't help but burst into laughter, I then walk over to him and say, "So what brings you here to my dorm?" He looks down once more as he says, "Im very sorry about your door.. But I am looking for a god named Arcinon.. Would that happen to be you?"

I smile as I look at the kid and say, "Yes, but why are you looking for me?" My eyes Glow red as I attempt to intimidate him and make him flinch. To my surprise his eyes glow white and he says, "Arcinon Tasfarian, with you being next in line to be King of the Gods I am here to challenge you, My name is Azatreal, I am the god of time and death." I then chuckle and say, "You do realize that if you challenge me to a battle of Gods it will be to the death right?" He smirks and nods to me then says, "Oh son of Tasf the God King I am more than well aware, and I know only one timeline in which I fail to kill you."

I begin to glare at him as he says to me, "I know you know what I mean, but in case if you don't, As God of time I have reign over how fate is decided, If I am hit by an attack then I can reverse time and easily avoid it beings I will know it is coming." The open door of my dorm grows tense as we fail to break eye contact. I look at him and say, "Just because you can do that doesn't mean it won't defy the laws that even us Gods must abide by, being a God doesn't make you immune to laws, just immune to the human set ones, there are some laws that were set by my father to ensure the balance was never broken, you know that."

He chuckles then says in reply, "Yes, but there is a loophole to everything, and oh I know you are wondering how I can defy the course of time and not upset the balance of nature, and thats because when trees begin to grow they branch out, the branches and twigs that extend out are never set in stone, and neither is time. Time can do the same thing a tree does, it can have its twigs extend out while the branch goes on and with that the tree of time allows for a alternate path as long as something important never changes, I have already figured out the catalyst, as long as it remains in tact then I haven't broken nor have I upset the balance. In other words.." His happy smiles becomes sinister as he continues, "Even if you die because I change the course of our fight, I will not be erased to fix the balance."

I glare at Azatreal and he says, "So Arcinon Tasfarian, I challenge you to a battle of Gods, You have one week to decide the terms of the battle, but know regardless of what you decide your fate is death." I watch as he walks away laughing. After he rounds the corner I put my door back up and sit on the couch and kick my feet up onto the coffee table, Gil and Isabella sit next to me, then Gil say's with a sigh, "So how do you plan to train Arc?" I shrug then say with a smile, "In the only way I know how." Isabella smiles at me and says, "Abandoned planet?" I shake my head, "Nope." Then Gil says, "Sparing with us to improve skills?" I shake my head once more before I say, "Also no." They both look at each other with a confused look then they look back at me, then Isabella says, "Then.. how?" I look at them both and say, "By doing.. Absolutely.. nothing we are fucked im not going to lie about it.." They both grunt and fall back onto the couch and Gil says, "You are rediculous... You realize that right?"

I stand up and then say, "In all fairness there is nothing we can do.." Isabella looks at me and says, "We can ask Tasf for help, right?" I shake my head and Gil kicks his legs back, "Arc's right, Tasf won't help with something like this, he is the God King, not a real father figure." The ground rumbles as he says that, causing Gil to say, "Its the truth, and you know it is tasf.." Apparently dad realized hes right because there wasn't a second rumble. Gil then says, "Plus.. we all know if Arc did something to disrupt the balance of nature or even just pissed him off enough hed erase him from this plain of existence and replace him with a poodle named Arcie or something." I glare at Gil and say as I raise my fist in anger, "Give him anymore Ideas and I will kick your ass!"

The ground rumbles again and I know my dads laughing at my friends accidental suggestion, Isabella then says, "Hes not that powerful right?" She goes silent as she looks at both of us trying to find something to comfort her as she says growing anxious, "Right?!?" I then chuckle and say while I walk over to the window, "Yes he is powerful enough to do that, but he loves me too much, hed never do something like that." The ground rumbles once more and I mumble under my breath, "Well fuck you dad...." My father then appears in my dorm and says, "Yes I love you." He then says in a very obviously joking manner, "Although.. I might do the poodle suggestion, plus I always wanted a dog.." Both Gil and Isabella burst into laughter after hearing my father say that and I turn back towards the window.

I then watch my dad through the window reflection as he does the most unusual thing, he stops floating and walks over to me then says while he hugs me, "Arcinon, You are my son, I may act like I don't care.. And sometimes I question it myself, but know that everytime I think about you, i never feel disappointed, you always find some way to make me proud, therefore you shouldn't act like I hate you, I love you Arcinon, Though you may not be the Heir I wanted.." He pauses for a moment and I say as I go from happy to upset, "Thanks dad..." He then says, "I wasnt finished, Though you may not be the Heir I wanted.. You prove to me with everything you do that it's not about being a Omnificent God that gives you the right to rule the others, Its about having the ability to cast aside all you care for the greater good. So don't sit by and let yourself lose because you have the disadvantage, you need to take what holds you back and make it into the reason you win." He then lets go of me and says, "Well.. I am returning to the Divine Realm, Do not let yourself Lose Arcinon, I don't care how much of a depressed little shit you can be, You haven't lost until you have Lost."

And with those words my father vanished and Left me with me friends, both Gil and Isabella open their mouths to speak, yet neither can muster a word, I then glance back towards the window before sitting back down on the couch next to them. There is a knock on the door and it falls down revealing a very ghost faced Terrence and a smirking Greg, Terrence enters and says in a very apologetic tone, "I am so sorry.. I will fix your door for you I promise, I didn't mean to knock it down please believe me.."

I then say in a fake Angry tone, "Well Terrence me and that door were in a very intimate relationship and you just broke her, looks like there is one thing I can do.." The others start laughing, yet Terrence doesnt catch on as he say's while flinching, "What would that be..?" I draw my fist as I say, "That you need to realize you arent strong enough to knock the door down and it wasnt you." I start to laugh and he straightens up as he says followed by a cough, "Well yeah I know that, How would I not am I right?" he starts to laugh awkwardly and greg says, "So.. what happened to the door Arc?" I then say, "Welp have you heard about the new God?" He then says as he stares at the door, "You mean the one the Cafeteria Council mentioned?" I nod and say in response, "Yeah.. His name is Azatreal, hes the God of Time and Death. And to make matters worse he not only knocked my door down, both figuratively and literally.. but he also challenged me to a battle of Gods."

Greg looks at me and says, "You can beat him right? You have overcame so many before who says you won't beat a God of Time and Death, You are Arcinon the Son of the God King, You aren't weak by any means. I doubt you will be easily defeated." I then say while flattered by the compliment, "True as that may be.. It won't be easy to bypass someone's ability to turn back time to prevent me from hitting him.." Greg's face drops and so does his mouth as he say's, "What the hell did you just say? That's the most confusing sentence I've ever heard in my life.." I sigh and say, "He can reverse time and avoid my attack since he knows its coming.." Greg then says as he understands what I meant, "Ooooh... Oh... In other words its impossible to harm him.. wait.. Don't you have the right to decide your terms of the fight?"

I look at him and begin to say, "Yeah, but wha.." I then realize where he is going with this and I say, "I remove his right to bend time during our fight!" Greg then points both his index fingers at me and says with a smile, "Bingo." And I know Exactly how to even the playing field.