Chapter 23

"mother am so sorry for what i did." Aphrodite who is still in pain after losing her child cried out while hugging the legs of Soul. "....stop it child. You shouldn't blame yourself for what i did." The mother of fate said to Aphrodite and she raised her head in shock. "What do you mean by what you did?" Aphrodite ask her. "You will understand better is you summon yourself to my presence." The mother of fate said to Aphrodite. "No! Mother tell me now. Do you really caused all these? Did you rewrote all our fate, and change it in a way that we will all meet today, and some of us will die?" Aphrodite bombard the mother of fate with countless questions. "Summon yourself into my presence child, you will have all the answers you are looking for." The mother of fate who is still using Soul's body said, and then step backwards from Aphrodite. "Mother! Mother! Wait i still have some questions." Aphrodite stand up from the ground and shouted as she rushes and hold Soul. "Mother! Answer me, answer my questions." Aphrodite shouted as she holds soul's arm and shake her. "Wha.... what's going on?" Soul struggles to talk as Aphrodite continue shaking and begging her talk. "What are you talking about?" Soul ask Aphrodite because don't know what's going on. "..... Your voice, it changed. Why did it change. Where is mother?" Aphrodite ask Soul as she staggered backward. "What mother?" Soul as her. "Ah! What just happened to me?" Soul ask herself and then hold her head about feeling a little headache. "Summon me my child, summon me." The mother of fate voice began to ring through Soul's mind. "Summon what!?" Soul shouted and hold her head. 

As she does this, Aphrodite came back to her senses and then remember what mother fate said to her before she left soul's body.

"....what are all this voices again." Soul continue shouting as she hold her head. "....she wants us to summon ourselves into her presence." Aphrodite said to Soul. ".... summon ourselves to who's presence?" Soul ask her. ".... come Mortal, this is not the time to ask questions." Aphrodite said to soul as she walk closer her. ".... Don't hurt me, stay back." Soul who is now scare of the way Aphrodite was approaching her. "Stay still Mortal." Aphrodite said to her and grab her Souls heads. "...we need to say the spell to summon ourselves to the mother of fate presence." Aphrodite said to Soul. "....why do you think i know the spell to summon the so called mother of fate?" Soul as Aphrodite. "You mortals ask a lot of questions." Aphrodite said to her and then place one of her finger on her head. "There! Now all you have to do is say that spell that i just placed in your mind touch." Aphrodite said to soul. "Wow!.... But i still don't know how to control what just came out of my palms when i slap that guy." Soul said and then look at Zadre. ".....I don't think i will be of any use to you, goddess." Soul added as she turn back to Aphrodite. ".... You mortals always need an explanation." Aphrodite said to Soul and then walk few steps away from here. "Here!" Aphrodite said to Soul as she create a huge board like object with Cloud. " Wow!" Soul said in amazement.  

"Look!" Aphrodite shouted at her and she immediately turn face her. "You are Dusa's reincarnation." Aphrodite ask her and then human like cloud figures came out of the board. "Wow!... I mean yes." Soul answered Aphrodite. "You were give the memories fruit by that demon over there, am i correct?" Aphrodite ask Soul and then she saw cloud like figures of Zadre giving her a apple. "Yes! goddess." Soul said as she remembered how Zadre deceived her into eating that apple. ".... You dare demon." Soul said in her mind and then gave Zadre a look of hatred. 

If looks could kill, then Zadre who have probably died from the look Soul just gave him.

"Hey! Look over here mortal." Aphrodite shouted at Soul. "... don't worry, i have something in store for that one." Zadre said and then also look at Zadre. "....so after you ate the fruit, you turn back into my sister Dusa, but you were able to turn back into yourself from time to time right?" Aphrodite ask Soul. "Yes! goddess, i think." Soul replied her. "You think?" Aphrodite ask her with a devilish look. "....wait! I remember before eating the fruit i saw in Zadre palace. But suddenly i saw myself at the sky of the underworld, and other places which i can't recall." Soul immediately explain to Aphrodite after seeing the way she looked at her. "...then that means my depictions of happened to you are correct." Aphrodite said to soul. "....you consumed a unripe memory fruit, and that's why you didn't totally transform into my sister. You two were both half consciences in one body, and that's why you were transform from your true self to my sister and my sister can transform from yourself go her." Aphrodite explained everything to Soul.

"So that's why. Those incompetent witches." Zadre said in his mind as he listen to everything they were saying.

"...so i am really the reincarnation of the goddess of lust." Soul ask herself as she look at her palm. "Yes....you are." Aphrodite who heard what she said answered her. "...but the strangest thing is why you were able to use Dusa powers without transforming into her." Aphrodite ask as she walk closer to Soul. "....or did your conscience over powered Dusa's own and that's why you were able to use your body and her powers at will." Aphrodite ask herself as she draw closer to Soul. "No! Dusa conscience isn't that weak. She wouldn't even allow a mere mortal conscience overpower her's." Aphrodite said. ".... it's because of love." Soul spoke out. "What?" Aphrodite ask her. "....It's what because of the love and pain i felt when i lost Eros. That's why i was able to gain the powers of the goddess and also keep my body." Soul said without being sure of what she was saying. "Hahahaha! You mortal are quiet the believers. You really think you know what love mean?" Aphrodite laughed at the nonsense she thought Soul said. "Hmmm!" Soul mumble to herself after memories of the love that she and Eros shared passes through her mind. "Oh! Eros." She mumble again and then tears drop down from her eyes.

"....so now that you have some of Dusa's powers you can channel it and combine it with mine to summon ourselves into mother fate presence." Aphrodite who saw Soul's sad face expression took pity on her and change the topic about love. "Okay! Great goddess, Aphrodite. I will try my best." Soul boldly said to Aphrodite. "..... this is for you Eros." She mumble to herself. "...you better try your best mortal." Aphrodite strictly said to Soul and release the cloud illustration. "....okay. it is time." Aphrodite said and hold Souls hand. "... repeat after me, and after i am done saying the spell. Stretch out your hands like this and this will hopefully summon us to the mother of fate presence." Aphrodite said. "....okay, but what about him?" Soul who took pity on Zadre said. "We will take care of him later. Now, no more directions, so concentrate!" Aphrodite shouted and her eyes instantly become white. "What's up with her eyes!" Soul who was a little scared said, but didn't loose focus. "Now repeat after me." Aphrodite said, but Zadre began to distract her. 

"Noo! Noo! Noo!" Zadre screamed out loud as distract Aphrodite from saying her spell. "That Demon!" Aphrodite angrily said and then turn around to see Zadre trying desperately to free himself. "I won't let you take her!" Zadre shouted as he try harder and harder to free himself. "You are really in a hurry to die." Aphrodite said to Zadre as she looks at him struggling. "I won't let you or that human take Dusa away from him!" Zadre shouted with rage increasing all over her body. "....so you are really determine to end your pathetic life." Aphrodite said and was about to walk towards Zadre but soul's stopped her. "Get out of my way, mortal!" Aphrodite shouted at Soul after she blocked her path to Zadre. "Let me talk to him." Souls confidently said. "You are quiet the brave one ain't you." Aphrodite said to Soul. "...You know can kill you if you get close to him." Aphrodite said again. "Please goddess just let me talk to him. The number one thing Eros...." Soul said and happy memories of her and Eros fly through her mind her again. "....use to tell me is that everybody can change, and everybody, no matter how bad they are can turn good. They just have to be taught how." Soul said to Aphrodite. "....you mortals. Okay! How do you intend to turn that demon good?" Aphrodite ask Soul. "By showing love." Soul replied her and she grabbed her. "Do you think you know what love is more that me? I am the goddess of love." Aphrodite said to soul as she continue holding her arm. "...love isn't want you think it is. It was because of love, pain and suffering began because every bad person loved the negative things they want, so they work desperately to get it. So do you understand now mortal? Love isn't precious." Aphrodite explained to Soul, but she holds her ground and explain her own view about love.

"...you say love brings pain and suffering. But goddess! Love also bring peace, kindnesses, and forgiveness because at the end of the day, the people who truly love us will always try their best to see us in good conditions." Soul boldly said to Aphrodite. "..... I learnt that from Eros, the god of love." Soul said again and Aphrodite shift away from her. "... Eros! Really said that to this mortal?" Aphrodite softly ask herself as she walk few steps away from soul. "Oh! My son." She said again and hold her palm. "goddess? goddess? Are you okay?" Soul ask Aphrodite after seeing the way she reacted to what sue just said to her. "Stop! Don't talk....." Aphrodite shush soul. "Am sorry!" Soul said and immediately stop talking. "Fine! If you believe in love and how it can change any bad person to good. I will release that Demon for you and if he wants to hurt you. I will not intervene." Aphrodite strictly said to soul and conjure up a golden palanquin which levitated on his own. 

"Okay! Let's see if want you say about love is true." Aphrodite said as she enter her golden palanquin and sit down. "Go! On." Aphrodite said to Soul, and she walk towards Zadre but didn't get close to him. "Mortal!" Aphrodite called out for Soul. "...you better not die. We still have to summon ourselves to the mother of fate presence." Aphrodite said to Soul as she tries to hide the fact that she is worried that Soul or her sister may die in the hands of Zadre because of her belief in love. "Free him now." Soul said to Aphrodite as she walk closer to Zadre and look at him. "Very well." Aphrodite responded and release the spell she placed on Zadre. 

"AHH!" Zadre shouted as he fell to the ground after being freezed in mid air for hours. "You two will pay." He said again as he catch his breathe. "....hey! want to talk to you." Soul softly said to Zadre as she slowly walk towards him. "I don't want to here anything from you. I just want Dusa back." Zadre charges towards Soul while stretching his spear at her, but something unexpected happened. 

"Wait! Stay back, i just want to talk." Soul begged Zadre as he flies up in the sky and charges towards her. "Give me Dusa!!!" Zadre shouted like a madman as he got really close to Soul. "I said i just want to talk!" Soul shouted as he stretch her hand towards Zadre face, and a huge magic blast came out of her and hit him in the face. "Nooo!" Zadre who was in pain from the blast shouted as he drift away from Soul. "Just...give....me.... Dusa." Zadre shouted as he successfully regaining balance in mid air, after getting hit with the blast.

Zadre came down to the ground, and stand on his feet. He began to run towards Soul thinking that he would b able to avoid any unexpected magic blast from her.

"Stop! Stop!" Soul shouted at Zadre as he runs towards her. "Let's see what you are you to do now." Zadre shouted as he runs towards her. "...Stop! Stop now!" Soul shouted again and began to blast Zadre with more of Dusa magic. "Stop! Just stop walking." Soul shouted as more of the magic blast hits Zadre hard. "Just...give me Dusa!" Zadre shouted as he leaps towards soul. "I said stay back!" Soul shouted to him again and blast him even more. "Arrrhhh!" Zadre shouted and fall to the ground. "I just want to talk to you. Why are you making this so hard?!" Soul shouted at Zadre after he fell on the ground. "Just give me Dusa!" Zadre shouted as he began to crawl towards Soul. "Will you just stop? Stop!" Soul shouted as Zadre relentless crawl really close to her. "Just give me Dusa..." Zadre said and he crawl closer to Soul and stretch out his hands to try and grab her. "Please! Stop. Just stop." Soul shouted at Zadre, as he slowly stretch out his hands to grab her. "I...just... want." Zadre who have now become really weak struggles to speak and then drop down his hands. "Are you okay?" Soul ask Zadre as she slowly lean towards him. 

"He isn't dead, but the magic you blast him with, wounded him greatly." Aphrodite shouted to soul as she observe what was going on.

"Jezz...she can't even help." Soul quietly said after hearing what Aphrodite just shouted to her. "....so if he is terribly wounded wouldn't he die?" Soul ask herself and try to check if he was still alive. "Why?" Zadre ask Soul as she got real close to him. "...why do the universe always want to separate me and Dusa?" Zadre ask again with tears falling from his eyes. "...the upper gods banished Dusa from Olympus just because she fell in love with me. We promised to be together after the creator of the first chaos Pearl, but they killed her. Before the second Pearl was created, we promised to be together forever, but now she is probably gone. Your mortal conscience may have suppressed her's." Zadre explained and more tears fall from his eyes.

"I understand what you're saying, like i really do." Soul added. "I was just a mortal princess who was worship by all the people in my kingdom against my will. I was even force by my father to do this i never wanted to do for years. The only time i had freedom was when Eros...." Soul said and tears began to drip from her eyes. ".....Eros was the one who showed what freedom was like when he took me to his palace, he even thought me what love really is. I wish i never left his palace that day. Maybe we would have still be together by now." Soul said and wipe the tears from her eyes. "Ha! So have experience similar situations of our parents controling us, and also our love leaving us." Zadre said to Soul and try to stand up.

"Ain't you wounded?" Soul says to him as he slowly stand on his feet. "I have taken magic blast bigger than that i will manage." Zadre who doesn't want to attack Soul again said. "...am sorry for deceiving into eating that fruit." Zadre apologize for the first time. "....am i also sorry for almost killing you just now." Soul apologize too.

"So what now?" Zadre ask her. "I think that's up to her?" Soul said as she turn back and look at Aphrodite who was secretly listening to everything they were talking about it her magic.

 "I see you're able to talk some sense into that demon." Aphrodite said to Soul as she step down from her palanqiun. "... You!" Zadre who was getting angry again said. "Please goddess! Don't call me that." Soul defended zadre and he was surprise. "... MORTALS! But anyway, we have something to do so i will not punish you for interfering." Aphrodite said to Soul. "As for you, I have my third eyes on you. If you try anything, then you are dead." Aphrodite turn to Zadre and said.

"Come Mortal! we have important things to do." Aphrodite said to soul.