Chapter 96-God, Part Two

Master F's, Ana's, and Gaia's spells subside, and once they do, my eyes widen as I spot Prometheus lying on the ground, soaked in blood and writhing in pain.

As for Poseidon, he continues glaring down at Prometheus, who coughs weakly.

"I TOLD you to use your Godly powers, older brother," Poseidon growls.

Prometheus' pained expression curls up into a sadistic grin.

"Man…little bro…tou're far stronger than I EVER imagined…"

Prometheus grunts as he pushes himself up to his feet.

Poseidon raises a hand and creates a second trident, but before he can lob it at Prometheus, a hand SHOOTS out of Prometheus' shadow, and latches onto his ankle.

"I already got what I came here for," Prometheus teases as he reaches into his gi and pulls out the jar with Smokey's eye floating within it.

Upon seeing this, Poseidon's enraged expression falters, as his trident fizzles out.

"Smokey…"

And then…a SECOND hand reaches out of the shadows and latches into Prometheus' other ankle.

"I think I'll be taking my leave now," Prometheus smirks as the hands begin pulling him down, and Proemtheus sinks into the shadows.

"What…is happening…?' I ask, my eyes wide in shock.

"PROMETHEUS!" Poseidon roars as he creates a second trident of water and aims it at Prometheus. Though Poseidon's voice now sounds more human…like Noah's.

"I'll see you later-" Prometheus says as he slips the jar containing Smokey's eye back into his gi, before submerging neck-deep in the shadows, "-Little brother."

"PROMETHEUUUSSS!!!" Poseidon roars as he launches his trident towards where Prometheus was once standing, but it's to no avail…Prometheus is long gone.

PROMETHEUS!" Poseidon roars as he launches another trident at the ground, demolishing the earth once more, over and over again, OBLITERATING the area where Prometheus once stood in a fit of rage.

"Noah is going berserk!" I cry.

"If this keeps up…he could level the entire Land of Fire!" Master F exclaims.

"Master F, what do we do?!"

"Simple-" Master F smirks as he peers down at me, "-ANA!"

"Right!" Ana replies as she resumes her Charge Stance.

"GAIA!"

"On it," Gaia replies as he thrusts his wand towards the ground.

"Woah!" I cry as the ground beneath my feet begins to rise, forming a ramp of rock.

I then feel two small hands press against my back, and I turn over my shoulder to see Mary treating my wounds.

"I treated your wounds…so your body should be able to withstand this trip…" she whispers solemnly.

"T-trip…?"

"You have a special place in Noah's heart, right, Khione?" Master F smirks, causing my body to tense up as I blush.

"Um…I…" I quickly stammer as I look away from Master F in embarrassment, "Well… we ARE each other's' first and best friends…"

"Then it's YOUR job to save him!" Ana exclaims.

"Give Noah a good PUNCH to the face to wake him up for me!" Gaia smirks.

"Bring Noah back to us…" Mary whispers.

"Only YOU can do it, Khione…" Master F adds with a gentle smile.

Before I can add anything else, Ana draws her katana and thrusts it towards me, firing off a powerful gust of wind, which sweeps me off of my feet and sends me FLYING up Gaia's ramp and into the air.

"WWWAAAHHH!!!" I scream as I flail about through the air, meanwhile, my friends laugh at me from below, "I SERIOUSLY HATE YOU GUYSSS!"

I flail through the air and scream as I fly towards Poseidon.

Meanwhile, Poseidon continues screaming in rage as he launches trident after trident towards the ground where Prometheus was previously standing, but upon noticing me, Poseidon turns to face me as his eyes widen.

"What…WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He cries as Poseidon lowers the trident that he was about to hurl towards the earth.

"WHAT AM I DOING?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" I shout as I chamber a fist, "GIVE ME BACK…MY BEST FRIEND!"

And then, with the fiercest battle cry I can muster…I SLAM my fist into the face of God.

Poseidon's head violently snaps to the side as the trident in his hand dissipates.

Meanwhile, I began falling to the ground, but the force of Posieodn's typhoon keeps me afloat in the air. 

"You filthy human…" Poseidon growls as he turns to face me again. Poseidon then lifts a hand into the air and forms a trident of water, with its pitchfork blade aimed towards me.

"Uh-oh."

"YOU DARE TOUCH M-" Poseidon roars as he begins to thrust histrident towards me.

I flinch as I turn away and clench my eyes in fear.

But before I'm skewered by his trident, Poseidon pauses.

"Thank you…Khione…"

My eyes widen as I open my eyes and whip my head towards Poseidon.

"No-" I began to say.

But before I can finish…the typhoon of water that Poseidon was standing on dissipates without a moment's notice…and two of us begin hurdeling towards the ground.

"WAAAHHH!!!" I scream as I plummet towards the earth, only to find that Poseidon is unconscious.

"DO SOMETHING, YOU USELESS GOD!" I scream as I frantically shake Poseidon's shoulders, but he doesn't wake.

"KHIONE!" My friends scream as they scramble over to help me.

Poseidon and I continue rocketing towards the earth, but before we can splat against the ground, his eyes shoot open.

I scream in fear as Poseidon scoops me up in his arms like his pride.

And then…a mere moment before we crash to the ground, Poseidon coils his body up like a spring and braces for impact.

I scream as Poseidon crashes into the ground using his crouched position to soak up in the impact so that his legs aren't destroyed.

From my position cradled in his arms, my eyes widen as I look around, observing the HUGE crater that Poseidon and I find ourselves in.

"So this…is the strength of a God…?"

As the seafoam-green wave tattoos swirling around POesideon's body begin to dissipate, the God opens his eyes and smiles at me.

"You're safe now, Khio-"

But before Poseidon can finish…he drops to the ground with me on top of him, out cold.

"NOAH!"