| 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑮𝑶𝑵𝑵𝑨 𝑮𝑬𝑻 𝑼𝑺 |

| CHAPTER 12 |

"Nothing can stop us,
not now I love you."
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Gemini gripped Leo's hand as Aries plucked the blood spikes out of her back one by one. It had taken them a while to reach her with the death of Aquarius' brother and all so the spikes had sunk deep into her skin. Aries had to dig to get them out.

The half-breed howled in pain as Aries' fingers dug inside her bag to reach the blood spikes.

Pisces wiped the sweat off of her face with a handkerchief she had received from Cancer.

"And..." Aries sucked her teeth before letting out a relieved sigh. "There we go, all done."

Gemini let out a breath as she already felt much better. Her wounds already began to close in on itself and she was perfectly fine again.

"Great," Gemini smiled as she sat up, letting go of Leo. "Let's go then."

The other trailed behind her as they continued to stalk up the path. Aquarius was quiet. Completely mute.

Libra tried making him laugh by saying stupid things but he wouldn't even look at her. The death of his brother really hurt his heart.

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"Humans?"

"Yes." Virgo nodded. His legs were crossed as he sat on the ground infront of a certain shapeshifter that guarded the Astral Sanctum.

"How many?"

"A group. I've only met three, but I'm sure there's more."

"Hm," The dark-blue haired man rubbed his chin. He sat in the middle of the Astral Sanctum's entrance, beside him stood two guards dressed in armor twenty feet away on each side of him. They didn't have physical bodies, or souls, their metal armor was their bodies, and without it, they are nothing.

But they're strong, incredibly strong. It takes a lot more than a few exorcists to defeat them.

"What is their purpose here?"

Virgo blinked as he tried recalling the reason. "Oh, right," He snapped his fingers as he remembered. "The one I found said she was here to exorcise Ophiuchus."

"Exorcise Ophiuchus?" The man sat back, completely flabbergasted. Those who come usually either arrive by accident, or are there to use the Cup of Oracles to unleash Ophiuchus back into the world. Never has one ever come to the Astral Sanctum to exorcise the God of the Underworld.

"That's definitely a surprise to me."

"Mhm." Virgo nodded, his hair swaying with the movement of his head. He brought his hand up to scratch his chest through the fabric of the shirt he was given. "This is itchy, why do people even wear clothes?"

"Do not take your clothes off, Virgo."

"I'm taking my clothes off."

"Virgo!"

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The group moved cautiously along the path. They'd been there for a while, walking up the seemingly never ending path. More and more creatures came across them, they could feel them. The creatures in the forest started finding out about their presence, and they all wanted a piece of the pie.