Chapter 82

"...I am not going to let you hurt soul!" Eros shouted at Dusa while he grabs hold of he hands. 

"..That is not soul. Now let go of me!" Dusa shouted at him and drag her hands away from his. 

"I am not letting any of you hurt her, that is soul." Eros stated. 

"Sure! And Soul will attack me, you and Aphrodite...huh?" Dusa ask him, and suddenly remember that Zadre is no way around where he was moments ago. 

"Wait! Where is Zadre?" Dusa turn to where Zeus was and look around. 

"....She have probably get rid of me.." Aphrodite spoke out.

"No! No! No!" Dusa freaks out.

"... Listen Dusa. Before you anything that you will regret just know...." Eros was about to say something to Dusa, but she charge at soul before he complete his statement. 

"...YOU WILL PAY!" Dusa shouted as she charge towards soul with her chains, tightly fixed around her hands. 

"YOU AGAIN?!" Soul ask as she watch calmly watch Dusa run towards her. 

"You will pay for whatever you did to my man!" Dusa shouted, and strike soul with her chain, but she easily dodge the attacks, and grab the chain. 

"Let go!" Dusa shouted at her.

"...YOU TALK TOO MUCH!" Soul said, and drag the chain with emerges force. This act push Dusa towards her, and then she headbutt her as hard as she can. Tearing through her head, and breaking her skull.

"AHHHHH!" Dusa shouted in pain, and fall to the ground in front of Soul unconscious. 

"...NOW YOU DIE!" Soul stated, and raise up her left leg. She plan on killing Dusa by plunging her leg through her body.

"NO!" Eros shouted, and push soul to the ground. Saving Dusa from almost being killed. 

"YOU AGAIN?!" Soul ask, and slap him away from her side. 

"Stop what you are doing soul!" Eros said to her, and grabs hold of her hands even after being slapped. He then quickly pull her closer to his body, and hug her tight as he can. 

"...Let go off me you damn upper god!" Soul shouted at him, and then summon out her fire breathe on Eros face, but he did not sustain any burn. 

"...my fire breathe did not work on him...why?!" Soul ask herself. 

"...Stop what you are doing soul, i know the reason why you are doing all of this is because you witness my death in your mind. I want to let you know that what you witness is not real and you should snap out of whatever is wrong with you." Eros said her, and tighten his grip around her body. 

"...not real?! I held Eros in my arm, and i heard his heart take his last beat. I know what is real and what is not. And Eros death was very much real, so don't try to deceive ME!" Soul shouted, and headbutt Eros as hard as she can, and his head immediately burst open. The pain from his head wound would have weaken any god, but Eros who do not want to give up on soul still held her tight with all the remaining strength in his body.

"Soul look at me. If i was really dead will i be here holding you? And stopping you from killing the people you are very close to?" Eros ask her.

"...will you stop it...stop it okay! You are not Eros, i watch Eros die. And you are not him...and let me go upper god before i kill you." Soul said to his face.

"..Look closely Soul. it's me Eros." Eros said to her, but she still did not believe him.

"You are not Eros you gat that?!" Soul shouted at him, and headbutt his at the thesame place she first head-butted him. Eros head burst open again, and blood slash out of it, but he still hold on tight to her.

"... It's me. Look at me Soul it's the love of your life." Eros said to her while blood drips down his face. 

"..I can't see Eros in you...all i can see is another upper god trying to stop me from killing his king." Soul said, and suddenly grab hold of Eros hand. She then slowly start to pull his hands away from hers body, and Eros was shock by the amount of strength she has. 

"The real Soul don't have the type of power!" Eros said in his mind as he watch her pull his away from her body. 

"No! Wait!" Eros shouted to Soul after figuring out a way to make Soul understand that he is the real Eros.

"..Look! They are some special memories we both shared together which you might still remember. So if i can just..... AHHHHH!" Eros was about say something to soul, but his words were cut short when she suddenly break his arm, and he falls to the ground with his arms now bend to the other side. 

"Eros!" Aphrodite who was healing Dusa with her magic, shouted his name after hearing the way he screamed him pain just now.

"... It's okay mother....i am fine!" Eros said to her.

"Your hands are broken!" Aphrodite shouted. 

"It's will heal back mother... don't worry!" Eros said, and look up at soul who was staring at him. 

"...I THINK I WILL JUST FINISH YOU ALL OFF!" Soul stated. 

".. Fine! You can kill me but first i need to tell Soul something." Eros quietly said to her. 

"...And what is that?" Soul ask. 

"Do you still remember the day you first came to my place in the sky?" Eros ask her. 

"What?! How do you know that" Soul ask him in shock. 

"...the first night you waited for me and lighted a candle Inorder to see my face, i actually watched you from the clouds in the sky still the candle burn down and you fall asleep before i swoop into the room." Eros revealed. 

"Shut up! Shut up!" Soul shouted at him and hold her head. 

"...Even the day you went exploring in the palace, and enter the room that you weren't allow to enter.  I was the one that send that tornado to push you out, so that you wouldn't realise that i was the man in the paintings...i am really for that." Eros revealed again, and Soul slam her head on the ground trying to get rid of the memories of her humble self that have began to cloud her mind.

"It's a lie! It is all lies!" Soul stand up from the ground and shouted. 

"...How can you know all those things. The only person that know them are Eros, and he is dead." Soul said with tears dripping down her eyes. 

"No soul, Eros is not died. He is standing right here close to you." Eros fly up from the ground and said to her. 

".. It is all a trick! You can't just know what Eros know." Soul said to him. 

"It is no trick. Look carefully soul. Look at me... it's the real me." Eros said to her, and she slowly open up her real eyes and see Eros standing in front of her with a bended arm.

"ERRRROSSS!" Soul shouted and rush to where he was and then grab him as tight as she can. 

"..I thought i lost you." She whisper while she holds him tight. 

"..You never lost me Soul. My death in your mind was an illusion created by the god of pride to wake you up from your unconscious state." Eros explain to her. 

"Oh! I see. Okay! What then happen after...how did get out of my unconscious state and why is your hands broken?" Soul ask.

"Well, you kinda cause a little havoc when you woke up from your unconscious state....but just a little." Eros said to her, but soul could tell that he was hiding something. 

"..what type of 'a little' Eros?" Soul ask him with a serious tone. 

"signed! This type of a little." Eros said, and point to Dusa, who now conscious, but still on the ground.

"Dusa!" Soul shouted and rush to her. 

"Are you okay sister..?" Soul as she get to where she was laying. 

"AHH!" Dusa screamed a bit as she see soul. 

"It's okay! It's the real me.." Soul stated. 

"Oh! You are back! Thank goodness." Dusa said, and turn to Aphrodite. 

"..Are you okay sister?" Soul ask her.

",..What do you think?!" Dusa angrily ask her.

"You head-butted me and i fell unconscious....!" Dusa shouted at her.

"Oh! I am very sorry about that." Soul apologize.

"It's okay. We all have our moments." Dusa said, and lay up. 

"...I hope nothing his broke in you?" Soul who was worried that she may have hurt her badly, ask.

".. Noting is broken. I am just tired and kinda hungry." Dusa said and they all laugh. 

"...glad to have you back soul." Dusa and Aphrodite said to her. 

"...It is good to be back." Soul said, and then she and Aphrodite help Dusa up.

"YEAH!" A loud voice call out to all of them from behind, and they turn around to see Zadre standing and breathing heavily.

"Hey Zadre! Where have you been?" Dusa ask him. 

"...why are you letting that thing to hold you..? She will attack you!" Zadre shouted to them.

"...Hey what you mouth...Soul is not a 'thing' you gat that?!" Eros angrily said to him. 

"..That is not Soul, and you all should better step away from her before she starts attacking you all." Zadre points his spear at them and said. 

"..LOOK! I know Soul attack you moments ago. But i Eros have cured her from her..... madnesses. So you can put the spear down, and come over here let's talk." Dusa said to me.

"No! I will not fall for your tricks. She might have bewitched you all and now you all are acting all cool and nice so that i can get over there, and get bewitch too." Zadre said.

"Oh mine. Really?" Eros ask. 

"..Look!..." Dusa was about to say something but Soul cut her words short. 

"...Wait! Let me talk to him." Soul said to her.

"..i don't think that is a good idea. He believe that you have bewitched us...so if you try to talk to me,  he won't listen to you." Dusa said. 

"...let me try!" Soul said, and was about to walk to where Zadre was, but Eros grab hold of her hands. 

"..your hands... they are back to normal!" Soul said to him.

"..yeah!" Eros answer.

"Please be careful.." He added, and get go of her hands. 

"I am always careful." She said, turn around and take a few step with her hands in the air.

"Hey!" Soul shouted to him.

"...I know what you are trying to do... it will not work witch!" Zadre shouted at her.

"...What am i trying to do?" Soul ask him.

"You want to make me believe that you are the real soul, and i should listen to what you have to say and you were just possess or something and that's why you attack me... right?" Zadre ask her.

"Maybe i wad going to say something like that." Soul said to him. 

"..Okay! Now stop bewitching my friends and stop controlling soul you witch!" Zadre shouted and points his spear at her.

"If i tell you that i am the real soul you wouldn't believe me, so i just have to prove it to you." Soul said to him, and conjure up her bow and quiver. 

"..Soul! What are you doing?!" Dusa angrily ask her  after she conjured up her bow. 

".. Noting! Trust me." Soul said. 

"Trust you?! You just conjure up your bow, and what to fight with Zadre...why?" Dusa ask her. 

"..I have my reasons, so just trust me." Soul said, and fill in her bows with just one arrow.

"You are seriously going to fight me with just one arrow? Ain't you scare of dying?" Zadre ask her. 

"Yes! But i will still defect you with the arrow." Soul said. 

"Even the real soul wouldn't be able to defect me with one arrow. Talk less of you!" Zadre said. 

"...I am the real Soul, and i will do that today." Soul stated, and her words made Zadre extremely angry. 

"You ain't the real Soul, and you won't be able to defect me!" Zadre shouted and pounce straight to where she was.

"...NOT TRUE!" Soul quickly hold her bow on both hands use it to hit Zadre away before he could land a hit on her.

"AHHHHH!" Zadre shouted as she drifts away.

"...No again!" Zadre said his mind, and plunge his spear on the ground, and this stop him from drifting far away from soul.

"...She hit me twice... ME!" Zadre shouted, and fire blast of his body, this act got the attention of the upper gods who were discussing among themselves. 

"Zadre calm down, she just want to talk to you." Dusa calmly said to him.

"I don't believe that!" Zadre said with a devilish tone.

"..Yeah! She is right. I don't want to fight. I just want to make you believe that i am not bewitch." Soul said and aim her arrow at him.

"SHUT UP!" Zadre shouted and hurl his spear at her. The spear flew straight to her with emerges speed while fire surrounds it, but soul unexpectedly caught it with her left her before it could hit her in the head.

"WHAT?!" Everybody who just watch what just happened shouted. 

"Since when did soul have so much power?" Eros ask. 

"..I don't know..." Dusa answered. 

"...I think the godly strength, powers and magic locked inside her are now manifesting." Aphrodite revealed.

".. but she needs like thousands of years of training before she could unleash her godly powers.... right?" Dusa ask.

"Yes! But i guess Soul don't need training before she unlocks her powers. She just need the will and the heart." Aphrodite stated.

"...damn! That is no fair...i trained for thousands of years before i could even unlock my own godly powers and now soul just unlocked hers in hours?" Dusa ask. 

"...I guess everyone is different. But few are special." Aphrodite muttered.

"... soul is really lucky!" Dusa stated, and continue watching the fight. 

"She is indeed. If Soul continue gaining power and strength like this, she will be more powerful than me or even the goddess of fate. Damn! The mortal really is lucky." Aphrodite said in her mind and continue watching the fight.

"...I see the thing possessing you have bless you with emerges strength." Zadre said, and stretch out his hand. Immediately his spear that Soul was holding tears through her hands, and fly back to his in just a second. 

"...Woah! That is a impressive. I wonder if i can do that with my arrows." Soul said as she look at her tear up hand, which were now healing. 

"Shut up! Enough games. Tell me how i can free Soul and the powers from your bewitching spell?!" Soul shouted at her. 

"Seriously?! He is stupid or what? Can't he still tell that i am the real Soul, and goddess Dusa, goddess Aphrodite, and Eros are also not Bewitched?" Soul ask herself.

"Speak out witch...tell me what i need to know!" Zadre shouted to her.