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"When Scathach gets back, she'll have your head," pointed out Issei.
"Not if she doesn't know who's responsible, speaking of which," muttered the Goddess as she pointed a glowing arrow up to the upper floor.
Issei watched as the glowing projectile hit the ceiling before four bodies came falling down through the hole in the floor. The teen's eyes widened as he saw the unmoving forms of Asia, Xenovia, Irina and his dad, laying across the floor.
"Now for the final touch," said the Goddess as she pointed her arrow up to the roof again, intending to crush the four helpless victims under its weight.
'No he wouldn't let her do this! He had to protect them! Damn it!' he growled as a familiar burning rage began to fill his body. The teen rushed towards the falling debris even as he grabbed a card from his holder, 'please I need your help Herakles!'
"INCLUDE BERSERKER!"
Lancer hissed as Caster began healing his wounds from their attempts to subdue Saber, "she's definitely her father's kid that's for sure."
"Let's just be glad she had that mental breakdown, I doubt even Ddriag could have subdued her easily without it," agreed Tamamo as they turned to the Saber doorway.
"True, nonetheless I doubt she will be able to fight anytime soon in that mental condition. We have lost a powerful fighting force," replied Atalanta.
The three were then silent until Archer suddenly leapt to her feet, "this power…oh no. It's…it's her!"
Suddenly the all saw the female figure through Issei's eyes and the colour drained from the huntress' face, "Artemis…"
"Artemis!" cried Lancer and Caster in shock.
[Not good partner, you need to run now! That's Artemis!]
"What do we do? Archer, who would be the best match for her and can they beat her?" questioned Lancer as they all turned to face the huntress.
Atalanta was silent before she sighed, "there is one of us who could beat her."
"Who?" replied Lancer.
"▂▂▂▃▃▃▄▄" came a loud roar and everyone turned to the Berserker doorway in fear and shock as the giant grey giant emerged from within it and glare at the image of Artemis.
"Never mind, I think I figured it out," muttered the Celt.
Artemis frowned as she saw the debris that were supposed to collapse on the helpless humans get tossed aside by Issei. "Try all you want, as long as the moon is in the sky you cannot win," smirked Artemis, only for her expression to change as she saw the teen slowly get to his feet, his Rune necklace glowing with a blinding purple light as a massive axe-sword materialized in his hand.
Suddenly the Greek heard a loud clap of thunder and turned to see the bright full moon in the sky begin to be covered by furious storm clouds, lightning striking all around her as if in a fit of rage. "You hurt my family, that was a mistake" growled a low voice.
She turned back to see Issei clenching and unclenching his fist as blobs of grey patches appeared on his skin before the human glared up at the Goddess. "Ready Berserker? Together you and I, are going to beat some sense into your sister," he said as Artemis stared at him with a shocked expression.
Artemis took a quick step back as her instinct began screaming warnings at her and she was frowned as the human glared up at her before rushing the Goddess, whom fired a burst of nine arrows at the teen. However, Issei didn't stop his advance and instead continued on a direct course to the Goddess before he brought his axe-sword up to meet the incoming projectiles.
"Nine Lives: The Shooting of the Hundred Heads!" shouted the teen and suddenly faster than any other than Artemis could track, the barrage of arrows were knocked aside by high-speed sword strikes as the teen continued on course.
Eyes widen at the sudden speed the teen was now displaying Artemis ducked under the axe-sword swing at her neck before backtracking to gain distance from the human as she continued to rain arrows down on him. 'He has greatly increased his power, is it the Rune necklace? It did activate before he began fighting like this, in that case if I destroy his necklace then I win,' she decided, loading another arrow into her bow.
She then stopped moving and took careful aim at her target, after all if she missed the chances were that she would hit his heart, and Amaterasu did want him alive. Releasing the arrow she smiled as it impacted the rune necklace, shattering it on impact. Only for a shocked expression to appear on her face as she felt it, the Divinity emanating off the teen. "H-Herakles?" gasped Artemis.
Zeus froze as he felt it, it was unmistakable, the power that was had suddenly appeared in Shinto territory. It was weaker then what he remembered, perhaps equal to when he had still been a demi-god but this power was no fake, there was only one person who could have it. "My son," muttered the God even as small tears of joy ran down his face.
"Zeus? Are you crying?!" exclaimed Poseidon in shock.
The leader of Greeks turned to his brother with a smile, "can't you fell it brother? My son has returned."
The Greek God of the Sea's eyes widened before he frowned, "Zeus, remember what Amaterasu said."
"I know my own son Poseidon, this is no fake," growled the God of Thunder.
"Now to gather everyone and inform them of the good news," cheered Zeus, happily only to freeze at his brother's next words.
"Let's hope the others believe you, especially the twins. They were pretty close to him after his ascension to Godhood," sighed Poseidon.
"Apollo and Artemis…where are they?" questioned Zeus, a cold feeling spreading across his body as his brother shot him a confused look.
"They're helping out Amaterasu with something. Didn't they tell you?" asked the God of the Sea.
"Send them a message immediately! Tell them I want them back at Olympus now!" shouted the Thunder God frantically.
Hearing his worried tone Poseidon nodded and ran off, meanwhile Zeus frowned in concern as storm clouds grew above him.
"This power…You…How dare you use my brother's strength! I'll kill you where you stand HUMAN!" snarled the Goddess as she shot a rapid burst of arrows towards the human, her aim of capturing Issei apparently forgotten in her rage.
Issei quickly leapt to the side as the barrage hit the spot he'd been moments before, his Eye of Mind instinctively knowing that those attacks would pierce his weakened God's Hand. If Artemis was surprised by his new sudden agility, she hid it well as the Goddess growled angrily before leaping out of the building and onto the roof of one of the surrounding houses.
"The Goddess of the Hunt has found her prey, now come to me, those who were gifted to me by the god Pan. The time to hunt has arrived, Hunting Pack of Artemis!" she called and suddenly the ground between the two fighters had a blue mist form around it before the sounds of barking and howls were heard.
Issei gripped his axe-sword tightly as the mist cleared and he saw seven of the largest wolves he'd ever seen easily reaching half his house in height now standing in between him and the Goddess. "You dare to imitate Herakles then so be it. Be prepared human you're about to face your own set of Labors," growled Artemis, the thunder and lightning still crackling behind her even as the moon once again began to poke out of the clouds and bathed the Goddess in its light.
Without further warning, the seven wolves howled before they charged at Issei and the teen instantly ran out of the house and into the streets, trying to lead the beasts away from his injured friends and family. Sure enough, the wolves were hot on his tail with the Goddess following close behind as she continued to pelt the teen with arrows. It was then that Issei realized why Atalanta held Artemis in such high regard; even as she was running along the rooftops after him the accuracy of the Goddess was incredible, he felt numerous arrows pierce his skin as his back began to resemble a hedgehog.
Even so Issei kept running as he felt yet another arrow hit disturbingly close to his heart and the teen tasted blood in his mouth, he was desperate to lead the enraged Goddess out of Kuoh. He didn't want it to become the new Calydon after all.
[Partner, your body can't take much more abuse! We have to escape! NOW!]
'You and I know that's not going to happen Ddriag, there's no way I can escape the Goddess of Hunting especially with those hounds of her's,' replied Issei as his instincts warned him of an incoming arrow at his head and he deflected it with his axe-sword.
[Partner you cannot be seriously considering fighting her can you?]
'We don't have a choice Ddriag, we can't hide or outrun her so the only thing we can do is fight,' replied Issei as they finally reached the outskirts of the city. There was silence from the dragon before Issei heard a loud sigh in his mind followed by the dragon's voice.
[Be careful partner, even though Longinus' are called God Killers…no one has yet been able to live up to that reputation.]
'There's a first time for everything Ddriag, besides it's not just me and you fighting against her," replied Issei as he glanced at the axe-sword in his hand, feeling its comforting weight in his hand. The teen then stopped running as he quickly turned around just in time to cleave one of the gigantic hunting wolves i
n half as it leapt towards his throat, the animal's body quickly evaporating into a blue mist.
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