(Aden's P.O.V)

I pulled up closer to her, grabbing a GRANGO off the bowl of fruits on the table. She had a small glass of fresh grape juice, taking a short sip while leaning on the table, the sun was halfway gone, only one half peeking out from the horizon and casting a beautiful evening glow over the beach.

The ocean hit the shore gently and the kids were dancing in a circle around a huge bonfire. Raava sat a ways off, watching them while singing gently. She had a really nice voice. It reminded me of my own love for music. It made me want my kids to grow up with a passion they loved. Which was one of the subjects Kori and I needed to discuss.

She watched our big family interacting. Grape juice was her favorite and the fact that the glass was magically refilled everytime it became half empty was points for Gaea.

"Hey, Stranger. Why so silent?"

I oozed charm while sliding next to her, leaning on the table as she did.

"That is your opening move?"

Kori rose up her eyebrows, hitting me with an unimpressed expression.

I sighed in exasperation.

"Can't you at least pretend to not notice the awkwardness of first impressions."

She giggled.

"You must be a hit with all the ladies."

I smirked at her statement.

"Oh you have no idea." I leaned in.

"For example I have this awesome Tamarananean warrior chick who somehow sees past a lot of my bullshit."

"Oh." She said interestedly.

"She sounds amazing. Tell me more about her."

I looked unsure.

"Are you sure? I mean I don't see how I'll have a chance with you if all I do 1 minute upon introducing myself is talk about another girl."

"I don't mind."

She placed a hand on my shoulder. I was now taller than Kori and it seemed fitting having her look up at me with those green beautiful eyes. Infact...

"She has the prettiest green eyes I've ever seen." Her smile widened.

"And her hair." I touched one strand and ran it long my finger, bringing it close to my nose to smell her scent.

"Is her easily her second best feature. Long strands of scarlet with the scent of Strawberries."

A blush appeared on her cheeks. She gulped feeling the heat from our closeness.

My heart hammered inside my chest. God she was beautiful. Kori bit her lip and asked the question I was waiting for.

"What's her best feature?"

Without hesitation, I placed my hand in her belly and softly rubbed it without saying a word.

Star choked up and hugged me tightly.

"I love you Aden."

I wrapped my hands around her and my chin on the top of her head. This felt right.

"I love you too Kori."

We stayed like that for a few minutes before Kori pulled away and stared at me.

"Damn, I guess this means I blew up my chance with you. Talking about my girlfriend at this particular time." I shook my head.

"Bad move on my part."

The playful punch I was expecting didn't come. Instead, Kori grabbed my face and softly kissed me.

The softness of her lips, brought about a surge of arousal in me and I leaned in to the kiss, getting lost in the sensation. Kori pulled away again, motioning to the kids. Nooooo!!

"If you want to continue with them around, you will have to give them 'the talk.'"

She warned making me wince. I was not looking forward to that. The thought of any boy looking at my girls like that? It filled me with a sudden irrational rage. Huh, guess I am a dad now.

Still...my hands snaked around Kori's hips to grab some of that ass. What can I say? I'm black. The ass does it for most of us.

"This is not over."

I growled, making her shiver and gulp.

"I'm counting on it."

Damn.

Our thoughts were stolen away by the sudden arrival of my god of War. Yaotl had been monitoring the Amazonian situation to make sure a fight between them and the larger populace did not happen.

(Yaotl's P.O.V)

Amazons. A proud tribe of warrior women who had more bravery in their pinky toes than some of the men Yaotl had ever come across. He liked them. And it wasn't because a faction of these women had elected a statue to honor him as their new god of war. The previous one was a dick. Or so he heard. So how fitting was it that he carried his essence within him.

Every fighting experience Ares had was Yaotl's now. Normally that would be accompanied by memories of all the deeds the dead god had committed. Which were deplorable acts of cruelty Yaotl could not stomach. Hurting innocents was not something to be proud of. True strength lied in being powerful, dangerous and last and most important, Peaceful. It was ironic and hypocritical but that was the god Yaotl aspired to be. That was the kind of god he knew his master needed.

Not having Ares' memories but his combat skills was a concequence, a very good one, of having a master who cared.

So it wasn't surprising that Yaotl had refused the Amazonian's worship if they did not induct Aden Strong as their God King. They had been hesitant at first but after a fair match without his powers against one of their strongest for that right, Yaotl had succeeded and the Amazons had taken up worship of Aden Strong.

Their pantheon had a whole new set of priestesses dedicated to Master Aden, their God King and Savior. Yaotl was only waiting for the time when Master Aden would announce the full pantheon to the mortals. Yaotl wanted his Master's name to reach far and wide!

He arrived at the beach, ready to give a report about everything that was happening. The moment he stepped out of the portal, Yaotl ground to a stop. That angelic voice...that voice was the first thing he heard. His eyes instinctively looked around for the source of the voice.

When his gaze landed on her, everything changed for him. Yaotl's heart started beating fast in the only way it did when he was in a fight. The beautiful white hair, the beautiful face and smile as she watched the kids dance around the fire pit...Yaotl brought a palm to his chest.

"What...what is this?"

"Love."

A voice answered from behind him. Yaotl managed his best to tear his face away from her and looked at the source of the word.

"Vaatu."

Vaatu had a strange smile on his face that brought about a shiver down Yaotl's spine.

The god of chaos walked forward and slung a arm over Yaotl's shoulder.

"Walk with me, Yaotl."

He thought of refusing but Vaatu tightened his hold on Yaotl's shoulders. Ok, Yaotl was never afraid of anything but the way Vaatu was acting made him...wary. Yes wary, nothing else just wary.

Yaotl chanced a look at his back to ask for help from Master Aden and the mistress but all they did was wave at him with smiles full of humor.

"Come on, Yaotl you're acting like I'm planning to kill you."

Vaatu said cheerfully.

Yaotl noticed his eyes did not smile along with his face.

"You're not?"

He gulped making Vaatu bark out a laughter.

"Yaotl, you made a joke!" He slapped him on the back. They were now far away from the family beach, having taken a sharp corner along the coast line to appear in a section of the beach that was filled with coral stones and rocks.

"No, I'm not gonna kill you." Vaatu stated while shaking his head, as if he couldn't handle the absurdity of such a notion. Yaotl wasn't so su...ah there it is!

Vaatu's face underwent a change.

"However, that makes me curious just like I'm sure it does to you too."

Yaotl was pretty sure he now knew why they were having this 'chat.' His brain was finally pointing out the similarities between Vaatu's energy signature and the angel on the beach.

"Curious about what?"

Yaotl asked, confident in his assumption that this was Vaatu's way of telling him to stay away from her.

"About a hypothetical situation." Vaatu shrugged.

"In other words, what could you do that would force me to think of the possibility of killing you? I mean you wouldn't really be dead dead but I'm sure the process would be... unpleasant."

Yup. This dude was a sis con.

"Is this about her?"

"You're damn right it is. That is my little sister!"

Whoa. Yaotl had never seen Vaatu so out of control of his emotions.

"So what exactly are you worried about?"

The question brought Vaatu to a stop. Yaotl saw the opening and pounced on it! He was not going be able to stay away from her so why bother lying or pretending when he could squash this whole thing right now by giving Vaatu the assurance he wanted. Yaotl placed a hand on Vaatu's shoulder.

"I would rather die an infinite number of times than ever hurt her. I swear on my Master."

Vaatu's mind went blank. That conviction. He knew that the world would end countless times before Yaotl betrayed Aden. They were all like that. Aden Strong was just a really really good master to have. It made it easy to love and respect him because he would die for them.

It was also why Vaatu lost the feelings of worry and misgivings he had about Raava's protection. His little sister was different now and Vaatu had felt weak and helpless after he had failed to save her. But he remembered what she had told him the last time they spoke. She hadn't died...she had just become more.

He had to let her live. For life is precious because of the freedom to make choices.

"I believe you."

He nodded at Yaotl. This time the smile was genuine.

(Aden's P.O.V)

"Is he giving Yaotl the shovel talk?"

Star asked.

"Yes most definitely." I chuckled.

"Did you see the way Yaotl stared at Raava?"

She agreed with a nod.

"I have never seen him so entranced before. I ship them. I think they would look good together."

Ignoring the fact that Raava was physically 19 and Yaotl 22, they were still technically too young. However both of them were created having a mature mindset so the conundrum basically balanced itself out? Who knows. The only thing that mattered was their happiness.

"Mmmh, I see it now."

"We're really lucky."

Star stated.

"Yeah we are but we could be even happier if we dealt with a few things."

At the seriousness of my words, Star looked up.

"I think we should discuss a few things babe."