The Tales Of Esmeralda

Chapter 28: Arsenio The Wicked Finally Found

Sebastian woke up the next morning to find Theseus standing over him and yelling, "GOOD MORNING, SLEEPYHEAD! IT'S TIME FOR YOUR HERO TRAINING!"

"What?" Sebastian asked groggily. "Why?"

"BECAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA FIGHT TITANIA AGAIN WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE MEN."

"Mm, five more minutes." Sebastian rolled over to where Petros would be, but he wasn't there.

"NONSENSE, BOY! YOUR BOYFRIEND'S ALREADY UP! COME ON, COME ON! IT'S NOW OR NEVER!"

"I'll pick never, thank you."

Theseus didn't like that answer. He grabbed Sebastian's sword and shield and dropped it on Sebastian.

"YOW!" Sebastian cried.

Theseus grinned. "Meet us all outside in ten minutes."

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Sebastian, unwillingly, obliged. In ten minutes he was outside in the warm sun, wearing armor with his sword at his side and his shield in his hand. He heard the chaos before he saw it. All of the male Argonauts were fighting with swords and wrestling and yelling. As Sebastian got closer he noticed that Petros was currently sword fighting one of the Argonauts whose name Sebastian couldn't remember. Petros stepped back, the Argonaut swinging overhead. But Petros stopped it with his own sword and pushed the Argonaut's sword to the ground with a triumphant smirk. Sebastian smiled. In his head he was cheering, YEAH! WHOOOO! THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND, BITCH!

Sebastian didn't actually say that, however. Instead he walked up to Petros with a chuckle. "Wow! You're even better at this than I am! Way to go!"

Petros blushed as he handed the man his sword back. "Oh, uh, noo. No no. It was nothing, really..."

Sebastian kissed Petros on his cheek, making his face even redder. "Well I still thought it was amazing."

Petros smiled at Sebastian.

"Sebastian! Petros!" Theseus yelled. The two of them turned to face Theseus, who was smiling at them. "Come! You've proven yourself before by fighting the other Argonauts. Now fight Heracles to prove yourself. And then when you finish fighting him you'll fight me."

"Wait, what?!" Heracles asked as he turned to Theseus. "So...these two, together, have to fight me. Then you?!"

"Hmm, yeah!"

"Why? You think you're better than me?!"

"Well, some people consider me to be a better hero than you!" Theseus said.

Theseus and Heracles kept arguing for a bit, though Petros and Sebastian didn't hear. They were having their own conversation. They looked at each other, each with a smirk. Neither of them wanted to fight...well, either of the heroes. So they came up with a plan silently.

"Hey, uh, Theseus! Heracles!" Petros said, interrupting the argument. They looked at Petros as he spoke. "How about you two fight it out, and then whoever loses we'll fight first!"

"Yeah!" Sebastian agreed. "Then once we defeat the loser of this fight we'll fight the winner."

Theseus and Heracles looked at each other. They both smirked then said, "You're on!"

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Meanwhile, Yolanda woke up in her bed and found somebody laying next to her. It was Esmeralda, who was still sound asleep. Yolanda frowned as she turned to her side to face Esmeralda. She hadn't been there when she fell asleep. She was originally laying in her own bed, not Yolanda's. Yolanda figured that when Esmeralda got up she'd ask her. She sat up, about to get off of her bed, when she heard Esmeralda groan. Yolanda looked at Esmeralda, who was slowly opening her eyes. She smiled at Yolanda.