DanMachi one shots

Lost Memories Part 2

It had been 2 weeks since Bell had left Orario. The Hestia Familia had tried their best to find Bell, they even asked Ouranos for help but sadly they couldn't find his whereabouts. The Loki Familia was also given the harsh card of reality, Ais Wallenstein had died. At such a young age she had everything taken away from her, so for her to die without getting a happy ending was sad. Riveria was one of the first people to meet Ais, she is also one of the few people who knows of her past. Riveria tried her best to be a parental figure in Ais's life, Ais was like a daughter to her. But what made it hard for Riveria the most was seeing Bell's expression. Bell had broke Ais's shell and she was slowly becoming more cheerful. It was obvious that the Ais and Bell had feeling for each other but didn't know how to confront them, Bell didn't just loose the person he admired, he also lost the love of his life.

Bell POV
I don't know what to do, it has been 2 weeks since I left. What would grandpa tell me? Was it right to run away? Am I a coward for not facing reality? Ais, I really wish you were here right now.

Bell began to cry, and cry until it seemed like he had passed out. When he opened his eyes he and saw that day, the day he had fallen for Ais, the day where he knew he wanted to catch up to her.

"Ais" Bell muttered as he walked, trying to catch up to Ais, only to fall down.

"Ais will never like a weakling like you!" A voice called out.

"Hahaha, a newbie could only dream about getting strong!" Another voice called out. The insults kept on happening, many of them grew harsher and harsher until he heard it, Ais's voice.

"Are you okay?" Ais called out, she brought one of her hands closer to lifted up Bell.

"A...Ais" Bell whimpered, "i...is it r..really you?"

Just as Ais was about to answer she disappeared, over and over again, Bell was faced with many scenarios where Ais was taken away from him.

"Stop!" Bell yelled out, "stop messing with me! I know you're there!"

There was a brief moment of silence before Bell hears clapping, he turned around and saw a man, he had a beard and looked a lot like his grandpa.

"You're as impressive as they say" the man said as he continued to clap, "not many have been able to get past the torment of my illusions"

"I..Illusions?" Bell asked.

"Yeah, what you saw were merely illusions" the man said as he began to pull down on his beard, "a sort of test that I had made for you"

"Who are you?" Bell asked.

"Ah, excuse my rudeness" the man said, "I'm Hades" he had as he approached Bell and raised his hand for a handshake.

Bell accepted his handshake, "Hades?"

"I guess they don't teach mortals about me" Hades said out loud, "I am one of the 3 legendary gods, the others being Zeus and Poseidon"

Bell was shocked, but quickly regained himself to ask another question.

"Why do you look like my grandpa?" Bell asked.

"Grandpa? You must be talking about Zeus" Hades said.

"Wait! My grandpa is Zeus?" Bell asked.

"Yeah, I sense some of his Arcanum radiating off you" Hades said.

"If you can sense it how come the other gods couldn't sense it?" Bell asked.