The New World
Book Three
Volume 8
Ch. 100 The New World
Pov.
-Rhea-
-Othrys
(during the battle with Eren)
"Yay!" I clap Poseidon's hands
"Now come over here, Poseidon. C'mon, you can do it" Hestia opens her arms
Poseideon carefully turns around
Step by step he began walking over to Hestia
"Yay!" She scoops him up "you did it, Poseidon! You did it!" She strangles him as he giggles hysterically
"But the Oracle-" I hear just outside
"I gave you a direct order, General." I hear Oceanus "Question my authority again and that will be the last thing you do." He raises his voice
"Y-yes, Sir…" he sighs
"Careful, okay?" I pat Hestia's head
"Mhmm" she nods
I head outside where I find Hyas, General of the Southern Armies, standing in the garden. Alongside him was Zyas, Admiral of the Southern Navy. Both esteemed children of Atlas, most loyal to the crown of Oceanus.
They take a seat by the fountain where I joined them
"M'lady" they bow down on one knee
"Please" I ask them to raise their heads
"What's the meaning behind this sudden visit?"
…
"Nothing.. m'lady. Just admiring the garden is all."
"Are you lying? To your Queen no less?"
"We have sworn secrecy on the matter to Lord Oceanus. If you must really know then it's best you talk with him." Hyas said with a troubled look on his face
"Though I'm afraid it is highly unlikely he will speak to you now" Zyas adds
…
"What is this prophecy the Oracle foretold?"
…
"Please.. m'lady." Hyas sighs
Zyas looks around
"The Oracle.. she said…"
"What?" I ask
"Zyas. Don't, brother." Hyas begs him not to break their oath
"Hyas.. she is the only one who can stop this madness…" Zyas closes his eyes
Hyas looks away
"She gave Iapetus a number, Five Billion."
When the Oracle gives Iapetus a number that only means one thing, Mass Genocide. Whether it's a War or an attempt to extinguish an entire race it is up to him to find out and inform the corresponding Generals to eliminate the threat.
In this case it's in the south
Where Kara resides
"What does this have to do with Oceanus?"
"Well, eight months ago we informed him about the matter. He had us under the impression that he was going to deal with this himself."
"Yeah, and we believed him since it's been twelve thousand years last we had a number this high" Hyas adds
"When will this happen?" I ask
"On the fifth, two days from now the Genocide will begin and then we'll have three days until.. well…"
"Right…" I sigh "okay, I'll talk with Iapetus. He'll know what to do"
"Perfect." Hyas smiles
"Momma, momma." Hestia comes out before I could get going
"What is it, babe?"
"Poseidon wants more 'baba'. What the heck is baba?!"
"Milk, baby. Fill his bottle with water and put one scoop of the powder milk."
"Oh.. okay!" She turns back around to Poseidon
"S-sorry" I apologize
I close my eyes and focus on Iapetus' energy
…
"What?"
"What is it?" Hyas asks
"Iapetus… he's with…"
"Please hurry."
"Right."
I quickly take myself to their location with instant transmission
"How long?" Iapetus asks Oceanus who was looking at someone in the distance
Wait…
"Wh-what's going on?"
This… this stench
It reeks of death, it..
It already happened…
"What's going on?! Why did you let this happen?!"
"How long, Oceanus?" Iapetus asks again
How long, what?
What is Iapetus talking about?
Oceanus slowly turns around
His eyes were closed but he had a bloody tear rolling down his cheek
"Not… very…" he opens his eyes
…
The…
Mangekyo Sharingan
I thought Oceanus was incapable of this feat
Not only that, his were different
His iris was rotating. Slowly but surely it was rotating.
"Took you sixty-five billion years to realize you had it in you?"
It's rare even for us Titans, direct descendants of Amaterasu and Isis. It could only be found within the line of Ignia and Iapetus
And now Oceanus…
"Yes.. yes, that's it." Oceanus smiles
"Bastard, you expect us to believe that?!" Iapetus growls
"No matter how sour our relationship has been. You know I'd never use it on you brother."
"Wh-why? What ability does he have? What is it?" I ask Iapetus
…
"He has the ability to access and manipulate one's memories with one eye. The other can see into the past or future."
"That's exactly the same as you, Iapetus."
"Well, we were born only a millennia apart, Brother." Oceanus says
Iapetus crosses his arms
"That isn't it. He possesses a third ability with the power to put anyone into a genjutsu without them even knowing it."
"Kotoamatsukami." Oceanus wipes the blood off his face "I can possess anyone into doing my bidding whilst they stay completely oblivious."
"A third ability? Is that really possible?"
"Ignia tried to hone a third technique for his Mangekyo Sharingan. That was when he discovered the Rinnegan. Oceanus managed to evolve his Mangekyo without evolving his eyes"
"Guess it's just something you're born with." Oceanus shrugs
"Wait does that mean that-"
"Yes. I sent Cronus off to fetch our brother, Hyperion."
"You did that so he wouldn't sense this battle brewing, didn't you?"
"Perhaps."
"Perhaps?!" I growl "Billions of-of people died because of-"
"Thanks to their noble sacrifice Kara will only grow stronger"
"How Dare You?!" I storm over to him
"That is it, you have taken it too far! I'm bringing him back!" I kick his shin
"Rhea…"
"You're letting innocent people die on our watch! That's not what we're here for. We're here to protect these people with our own lives!"
"The longer we have Cronus on the throne only means more and more people will die. Cronus spends his time seeking the riches of the universe rather than attending to his planet."
"You've seen how far Othrys has fallen it's only a matter of time till Gaia follows" Iapetus sighs
"What?! You're taking his side?!"
"I'm not taking anyone's side."
"How dare you?! He's supposed to be getting stronger!"
"Thanks to this great battle, He Is."
"What?! Do you have any idea what's going through his head?"
…
"Yes, actually I do."
"Th-Then? Y-you're torturing him." I can't even begin to comprehend the amount of pain he must be in
He doesn't deserve this…
"This is our father we're talking about, Rhea. The only thing that is ever on his mind is his undying Lust for battle and women, it's all the same to him"
"No, you never knew him the way I did."
"Rhea.." Oceanus sighs
No, this is ridiculous. Doing all this so that he could one day dethrone Cronus?
"If you want him to get stronger than train him yourself! I'm bringing him back!"
Before anyone could protest I use instant transmission to take myself to Kara in an instant
Only…
I didn't even get ten meters from everyone else
"Wh-what?" I look up at the 7 foot man standing in front of me
He had a set of wings on his back spanning 40 feet
His arms were crossed and his hair was up in a messy bun
The only thing he had on was a white robe dropped to his waist much like our father wore before he was slain and a sword with a beautiful golden cross as the hilt
"Michael." Oceanus says behind me
"Oceanus" Michael nods "Rhea… where might you be going, darling?"
"I… umm… to bring Kara back."
…
"Now, let's not be hasty" he pats my head
How did he…
He got in between the transmission
But how is that possible? The technique is instantaneous.
"I thought I made it clear it is not yet time." He tells Oceanus
"I was going to stop her myself had you not shown yourself."
"You should have more decancy than to lie to my face, Oceanus."
"What are you talking about? Wh-what do you mean, it isn't time?" I ask Michael
"You will not speak, nor see the boy until you are told otherwise."
"What? Why?!"
"Count yourself lucky that He has not yet struck you down already."
'He' who?
"What? He's suffering out there. How can you let this happen?!"
"Please, your greatest concept of infinity is but a speck of dust, to the amount of pain that boy has already endured." He scoffs
"Wh-what? Then why do you-"
"You can't even begin to fathom the sort of creature your Father truly is." Michael said with a sliver of disgust in his tone
"There's an even greater being at play, Rhea." Oceanus says
"Yes, one that far exceeds your foolish attempts at supremacy." Michael adds
…
"Now. Will you cooperate, Rhea?"
…
I nod
"I'm glad." Michael smiles."Very well." He nods at Oceanus
And then nods at Iapetus
"Farewell, children of Amaterasu."
Oceanus sighs
"Let's take our leave before the boy realizes we're here" he looks back at Kara who was looking in our direction
No.. he was glaring right at Oceanus
…
Pov.
-Sasha-
"B-but why mama? Why's he have to go?" I watch as they take my little hamster away
"Don't cry, baby. We'll all run out of time eventually"
"R-really? Even.. even you?"
She sighs
"A-and papa too?"
"Papa?"
"No. Papa is big and strong. He's going to be with you forever"
"Really?"
She smiles
-present day-
5 years after Historias death
"Woop-dee-doop-dee-scoop" I plop the scoop of mud ice-cream "Tadaa!" I hold my mud pie over my head like a trophy for papa to see
"You like it papa? Do you?"
"Yeah, thanks Sasha." He takes my pie and sets it on the table
"Maybe it's best that we turn the other way. A battle like this could result in millions of casualties" Armin says
"Turn away? They're the ones who declared war. What will the world think of me if we cower away?"
"We are not cowering-"
"That's not what they'll think. If we squash these insects now we'll only be avoiding unnecessary battles in the future"
Papa has been obsessed with taking more and more land
He traveled so far up north that he ran into a continent with a population of just under 8 billion. That's still like 3 more than us so I don't know why he's so happy.
Their Overlord used nuclear warfare to topple the surrounding nations and conquer his Continent
"Maybe, but-"
"Look, we'll send in a single Titan to give them a little motivation"
"We already sent three colossal-"
"Then, why don't we show them the next big thing"
"What? Oh no-no-no, No! Hell no!" Armin shakes his head
"What? Why not?"
"You know what the world government said."
"Those fools are just the same. They're nothing without their little toys."
"They said an Overlord must never-"
"Maybe I should annihilate them as well. Before they get out of hand of course."
"You wouldn't dare!" Armin stands up
"I 'wouldn't' what?"
"Don't, seriously. We've only been at it for ten years. Ruling an entire continent is enough weight on your shoulders and further conquering yet another Continent on top of this is the last thing we need"
…
Armin sighs
"Let's stick to expeditions. We're doing good, really good. There's still a lot of land that has yet to be claimed by anyone"
"Fine" papa smiles
"R-really?"
"Yeah. The world government can wait" papa stands up "let's do one thing at a time"
"What?!" Armin growls
"Honestly. I don't know what you'd expect, Armin" Annie comes back with their coffee
"You're right, he's completely hopeless" Armin sighs
"Hehehe" papa giggles
"Someone came to see you, Sasha" Annie pats my head
"Who?"
"Why don't you go and see for yourself?"
"Okay!"
I head down stairs and to the front door
"Mikasa!" I jump into her arms
"Happy birthday, baby!" She strangles me
"Hehehe" I giggle
"My birthday isn't for another month" I say as she sets me down
"Oh really? Whoops." She chuckles nervously
She doesn't forget. She just wants to hang out again. Which is super awesome
"It's okay. Let's go get hangabuergers"
"Yay, hamburgers!" She picks me up again
They drive us to my favorite restaurant and they had our food ready in no time
"Mmm-mm-mmm" I chow down on my cheesy burger
"Mmm-so g-good" Mikasa takes a tiny bite from her fries
"Hmmm" I frown
"Wh-what is it?"
"You have to eat your hangabur too."
"It's okay. I-I'm really not that hungry"
"Hmm" I crunch my nose
Ever since… well.. mama passed away she stopped eating all that much. Her and papa alike. Only he looks the same way he did five years ago and Mikasa's wrists have gotten so small that even I can almost wrap my little fingers around them
She breaked up with Mr. Jean after mama passed
He got married and had baby boy soon after so now she's all alone
"Say ahhh" I lead a piece I ripped from her hangabur to her mouth
"A-Ahhh…" she opens her mouth
"Mmm" I lick my lips as I move her chin up and down so she could chew
"Mmm…" she chews on her own. "So how is Kara holding up?"
"He's okay…" I take a bite from my boorgur "I go to his room at night and I make him go to bed. Cause if I don't, he'll stay up all night"
"Oh really? What, he can't sleep?"
"Mhmm, the two of you are super lonely. Both of you need to go out and…" I stop
"Hmm" I give her an evil little grin
"Wh-what is it? Do I have something on my face?"
"Nope. harumph*" I stuff the last bit of my hangbur into my mouth "c'mon" I grab her wrist
I lead her over to the Rolls Royce
"Hay-hies!" I say with a mouthful
"Sadies?" The driver asks
"Mhmm-Mhmm-Mhmm" I nod hysterically
"For what, Sasha?"
"Hehehe" I giggle "we're going shopping!" I jump into her lap
"Oh… yayyy…"
After we arrived we scoured the whole store for some cute clothes for her
But we ran into a major, super duper, most biggest problem
"I don't care, eat!" I lead a spoon full of rice into her mouth
"B-but I'm not hungry" she chews
"I don't care. You're too skinny, nothing fits! So eat!" I stuff another spoonful into her mouth
"Awe, I'm going to throw up." Her eyes get teary as she forces everything down
After stuffing her face like a big fat turkey we kept shopping
She ended up getting a whole bunch of baggy harem pants and some hoodies
I thought they looked silly. They're the same kind of pants papa wears but they fit her better than anything else she wore
"Perfect! You look awesome!" I jump into her arms
"R-really? You think so?"
"Yeah. Except when Papi wears these pants he has a big snakey thing in between his legs that swings back and forth… but your pants aren't doing that…" I examine her crotch area
They must be broken…
"Oh my." She blushes
"Anyways. C'mon let's go see Papi!"
"Wh-what? Why?" She asks as I pull her out of my room
We sneak over to papas room
"Ready?" I ask Mikasa
"F-for what?"
"Hehe" I giggle before creeping the door open
A sudden gust of cold air blows into my face as I did
"Whoa. He's doing it, he's doing the thing!" I whisper at Mikasa
"What thing?" She gets on her knees beside me
"Meditating…" I whisper as we both peek inside
"Whoa…" we both watch in astonishment as he just sits there, criss cross applesauce, with his arms crossed
There were blue and purple lights flickering around him like you'd see in a fire
Except it was super duper upper chilly in there
Even so his body was steaming as if he were burning up
"Oopp!" I move my head back, accidentally bumping Mikasa's chin, after papa opens his eyes
I quickly crawl away and turn the corner
"Ouch, S-Sasha" Mikasa rubs her chin as Papa opens the door
"Mikasa?" He asks as a gust of wind coming from his room blows her hair out of her face
"K-Kara.. hi." Her face turns beat red and her eyes dart around from his face to his steaming hot body
"Hehehe" I giggle
"What's going on? Where's Sasha?" He looks my way
I quickly turn back around before he looked down at the floor where I was hiding
"She's… she's uhh…"
"C'mon. Want a drink?"
I turn the corner to see what they were doing
"I… umm… s-sure.." Mikasa takes his hand
He helps her up and she follows him inside
"Yes!" I quickly crawl back over and peek under the door "mission… accomplished"
Now it's only a matter of time till they start wrestling
…
Pov.
-Kara-
It's been ages since I've last talked to Mikasa
She drops by to take Sasha out for dinner every now and then but we never talk
She looked like she put more effort into her clothes today. Ever since she ended things with Jean she's just been laying around doing nothing
If it weren't for Sasha dropping by with Connie and some groceries she'd probably starve herself
"Wow that's.. that's a lot."
We sat on the balcony and I told her what's going on. My plan to conquer that continent in the North and how I've been practicing to control my chakra like Cyrus taught me
"I can't believe you still have that fight in you." She stands up. "I mean look at all of us, we're beat. Even Levi he's…" tears began building up in her eyes as she grabs the railing
…
"Mikasa…" I slowly stand up
"I-I'm sorry it's.. it's so hard" she bursts into tears. "I loved him. God, I loved him so much."
We tried to warn her.
She grieved for Eren for so long she ended up by herself
"I just, I can't live without him. I knew I couldn't and I still can't."
"He's gone, Mikasa. It's been ten years."
"I know-I know. I-miss-him-so-much" she sobs
"I know you do. But Carla, Historia, Eren a-and Sasha. Everyone, they're all gone, Mikasa. There's nothing we can do to bring them back."
…
"But that doesn't mean you have to be alone… for the rest.. of your life…"
Historia…
I remember those exact words coming out of your mouth…
"B-but it hurts. It hurts so much. I can't live like this. I-I can't do it, Kara."
"Sure you can. You just have to stay strong for the rest of us, for Sasha. Alright? Do it for her, do it for my baby. You know she adores you."
"I-I know" she nods as I grab her wrist
I carefully pull her into my arms
"I'm sorry, Kara. I just, I don't know what to do anymore…"
…
"God, Mikasa." I sigh "let's… let's go to bed, alright? You need some rest." I huff
I don't know what I would've done if she'd really…
…
I pick her off her feet and I lay her in bed beside me
It took her a couple minutes to control her breathing but when she did, she finally fell asleep
-to be continued