Chapter 83

"look! I am the real soul, and the others are not bewitch." Soul explain to him.

"I don't believe you. The real soul won't attack me or try to kill Zeus. And she definitely don't have the strength and powers you have now. So for the last time, tell me how to release Soul and the others from your spell witch!" Zadre said to her.

"... This is hopeless. I have to think of another way to make him see that i am the soul." Soul said to herself. 

"Damnit! If i even try another way to try to convince him will that work?...I showed him my skills just now, but he still thinks that i am bewitch....what should i....." 

"Soul look at!!" Dusa shouted to her, and she immediately look at up to see Zadre flying straight to her while holding his spear with both hands.

"Damnit!" Soul panics, and move back a little. 

"STOP BEWITCHING MY FRIENDS!" Zadre shouted, and strike with his spear. B hiut she counter his attack by blocking the spear from hitting her with her bow. 

"...so fast and so strong!" Soul shouts in mind, and then use one of her hands to hold the bow, and stretch out the other. She conjure up a fan on her other hand, and use it to hit Zadre away. 

"...Two blows huh?" Zadre ask as he drifts not too far away from her after being hit. 

"Yes...Two...two blows." Soul said as she breath heavily. 

"...Why do i suddenly feel tired?" Soul ask herself. 

"YOU ARE USING TOO MANY POWERFUL ATTACKS AT ONCE, AND IT IS DRAINING YOUR BODY'S ENERGY." Aphrodite shouted to her from behind. Even she notice that soul was looking tried. 

"...Thanks for the info goddess!" Soul shouted to her while still looking at Zadre, who was burning up in flames. 

"...You just heard what she said right? I am draining my body's energy, and that means that i am soul. If i was bewitch, my energy level will not have reduce at all...i think." Soul said to him, but he was still not convince. 

"...I don't believe that." Zadre firmly said to her. 

"Oh! Are you stupid all something? Can't you tell that's the real soul, and we are not bewitch? Are you dump?!" Eros who was tired of watching their fight, shouted angrily at him.

"..You dare insult me?!" Zadre asks and his rage increase. Fire also began to radiate from his body, and all the upper gods who were far behind him felt the heat. 

"...Soul! Get out of there!" Eros shouted to her after seeing the quantity of flames burning and surrounding Zadre. 

"No! I need to make him believe that i am the real soul otherwise...he wouldn't fight with us in the battle against Hades!" Soul said. 

"Soul listen to Eros and get away from him, he is not in his right mind now." Dusa said to her. 

"...He is my friend, i don't care if he is in his right mind or not. I need to make sure he know that i am the real soul and we ain't bewitch." Soul said, and began running towards Zadre even though fire was surrounding him.

"No! No! No!" Eros shouted after seeing Soul running straight to fire, and was about to fly to her, but his mother grabs his wings and slam him back on the ground before he could fly away.

"You ain't going there!" Aphrodite shouted at him.

"Mother! I want to save soul. She is running..." 

"...Running into inferno fire right? I know. And that's why i stopped you from going. If you go and try to help her, and mistakenly touch the fire, it will burn you everlastingly. So don't go." Aphrodite said to him.

"...but soul? What about her..?" Dusa ask.

"..I think soul will be able to handle the fire." Aphrodite stated. 

".. What?! Can you listen to yourself?! How can soul handle the flames?" Dusa ask her.

"..I know." Aphrodite gave a firm answer.

"...Soul is just a mortal who was converted into a goddess. Her body wouldn't be able to handle the flames." Dusa stated.

"...We are going to find out then." Aphrodite stated, and they all watch what will become of Soul as she run straight to where Zadre was.

"DAMNIt! I can't do anything...." Eros said while still in the ground.

"Sorry my son but i can't let you go into fire. If soul what's to go, she can. But not you...i won't lose you again." Aphrodite said to him.

"Damnit!" Eros shouted, and turn to look at soul who was still running towards Zadre despite the heat. 

"DO YOU WANT TO BURN BODY?!" Zadre ask her as she run towards him.

"I don't care..." Soul said and stretch out her fans. She then raise up the fans, and then some huge waves of water burst out of it and drift to where Zadre was. They cover him up before he could counter them, and for a moment the heat from his body was suppressed, but suddenly all the water that covered Zadre began to boil up and then the god of hate burst out of the heating water with fire surrounding him.

The water that Soul conjured up failed to quench the hate god flames.  

"NO!" Soul shouts in fear after seeing Zadre. 

"..You can't suppress me.. it's impossible." Zadre stated.

"Okay!" Soul answered and release her fans. 

"What...what are you doing? Don't you want to fight?!" Zadre angry ask her.

"Yes! I want to but i want to fight with the real Zadre. You are the fake." Soul said and this anger him.

"What do you mean by i am the fake...huh?!" Zadre angrily ask her and fire burning around him increase.

"..the real Zadre would never attack his friends...unless..." Soul said. 

"Unless what..?" Zadre ask her. 

"Unless he wanted to." Soul answer. 

"..I don't want to hurt you...you were one that first attack!" Zadre shouted at her. 

"Sure! That is something a demon will say!" Soul said and quickly points her bow at him. 

"..what...what is going on? What is she doing?!" Dusa who was confuse by what soul was doing ask. 

"...I seriously don't know." Aphrodite muttered.

"...What?! You are talking me a demon?" Zadre ask her.

"Yes! You are have possessed by a demon and that's why you are acting this way." Soul said to him. 

"..I am not possess. I am only acting this way because you attacked me earlier." Zadre said again. 

"...So i am not the possess one here...you are!" Zadre shouted. 

"No! I am the real soul, but you are not the real Zadre." Soul said to him, and they both kept quiet for a while staring at each other.

*Hahahaha*

Both Zadre and Soul burst out in laughter, and all the gods were shock to see the two people who was about to kill each other suddenly laughing at the same time.

"What is going on with them?" The goddess of moon ask. 

"... I think they are lost it." The goddess of flowers spoke out. 

"..the two people who was about about to kill each other are now laughing with each other... strange!" The god of mystic arts said as he watch them. 

"... Strange indeed." The god of wine said. 

"Oohh! What a crazy day." Soul said and stop laughing. 

"Crazy indeed. I almost killed you..." Zadre said and chuckled. 

"Yeah! And i almost killed you too!" Soul shouted and they both burst into laughter again. 

"Wait...wait! Wait! I think we should go to where Aphrodite and the rest are. I think they need us." Soul manage to stop laughing, and said.

"Yeah! You are probably right." Zadre said and they both walk to where Aphrodite and Dusa was. 

"Wait! You guys ain't angry with each other anymore?" Dusa ask them as they both walk to where she was.

"Do you still want to kill me?" Soul ask Zadre.

"Nope! I am good." Zadre answered.

"You want to kill me?" Zadre ask her. 

"No! I think i am good too." Soul answered. 

"...So what convince you that we ain't bewitched and the person fighting with you was the real soul all along?" Dusa ask him.

"...hmmm i don't know." Zadre said. 

"Okay! But i am glad that you are back." Dusa said and lean forward to hug him.

"Wait! I am still very hot!" Zadre warns her. 

"Yeah! I know...i like it like that." Dusa said and hug him. 

"...And that's why i love you." Zadre muttered, and hug her back. 

"Hmmm goddess Aphrodite! Can you please let Eros go?" Soul ask her. 

"Okay." She said and remove her feet from his body. 

"SOUL!" Eros shouts as he step up from the ground and rush to hug her. 

"Eros!" Soul muttered, and hug him back.

"Don't do anything as stupid as that again.. please!" Eros said to her. 

"Yeah! I won't." Soul answer. 

"No! Promise me. Promise you will never do anything that will kill you in the future just because you want to help or save a friend. Please promise me!" Eros said to her in a serious tone. 

"Okay! I promise." Soul said. 

"Thank you. I just don't want to lose you." Eros muttered. 

"..Yeah! Me too." Soul said.

"You all should stop hugging we have important to do!" Aphrodite said to them. 

"...What is this important thing you speak off?" Dusa stopped hugging Zadre and ask.

"...The war and him." Aphrodite said and points at the god of pride who was still unconscious.

"Yes! We should heal him. I totally forgot about him." Dusa said and walk to where he was.

"We should." Aphrodite muttered, and lay her hands on the god. 

"..What happened to him?" Soul ask.

"You happened." Dusa answered, and also lay her hands on the god of pride. 

"Wait! You mean i did that?" Soul ask.

"Yes! You did." Aphrodite answered, and close her eyes.

"No! Is he alright?!" Soul ask with a worried look on her face. 

"Well...you slammed him to the ground, broke his bones and fracture half of his skull. And you also nock him unconscious, so i think he is not fine." Dusa answer her, and close her eyes. 

"No!" Soul softly said, and was about to rush to where the god of pride was laying but Eros stopped her. 

"Don't go!" Eros said to her.

"...No! I need to assist Dusa and Aphrodite..." Soul stated. 

"...I need to heal the god of pride." She added.

"Look! I know you are blaming yourself for what happened to the god of pride, but you have to understand that it isn't your fault that he is in that condition." Eros explain.

"..When you got out of your unconscious state, you were blinded by rage and grief and he was in your way at that time, so he got what he....." Eros said. 

"No! The god of pride did not deserve what i did to him." Soul stated.

"If i remember correctly. He was the on that brought me out of my unconscious state, so why say that he deserve what happened to him?... don't say that again Eros! It's wrong!" Soul shouted at him, and walk to where the god of pride was laying. 

"... Damnit!" Eros muttered, and kick the ground.

"You shouldn't have say that Eros...it was wrong!" Zadre jokily said to him, but he did not find it funny. 

"Soul is kinda right. The god of pride did not deserve what she did to him." Zadre said and went to add more chains around Zeus. 

"They hurt her first... so they all deserve whatever bad things that will happen to them." Eros said in his mind, and watch soul as she walk to where the god of pride was.

"...He is alright?!" Soul ask Dusa. She have gotten to where the god of pride was, and can see the bad state he is in. 

"..Are you all able to heal him?" Soul ask. 

"...We are trying soul!" Aphrodite spoke out.

"Damnit! It's not going through." Aphrodite opens her eyes and complain. 

"What is not going through?" Soul ask. 

"... sighed! It's our powers. They ain't healing the god fast enough." Dusa explain. 

"Why don't i try?" Soul ask them, and bend down close to the unconscious god. 

"...You sure about that? But you don't know how to use healing magic." Dusa said to her.

"I can learn.." Soul said. 

"Okay! Just close your eyes, and place your hands the god body." Dusa said, and she did exactly what she just instructed.

"Like this...?" Soul ask after placing her hands on the god's body, and his entire body began glowing.

"Woah!" Dusa shouted. 

"...wait! How are you doing that?" Dusa ask her.

"I don't know. I just place my hands on his body as you said, and he began to glow." Soul answer. 

*CREAK!*

"Wait what was that sound?" Soul ask.

"... It came from the god of pride body. His broke bones are know relocating and growing back." Aphrodite said. 

"Woah! Soul...do you know what this mean?" Dusa ask her.

"No! What?!" Soul ask.

"Your healing powers are extraordinary...!" Dusa shouted.

"...Nope! It's just simple to me." Soul humbly said. 

"No! She is right. You powers, strength, abilities and magic are growing faster than anything we have seen before. It's amazing." Aphrodite said.