AfterDuo: Children's tale

Chapter 25: The Pain of Mokali

A/N: None of the songs are mine, I claim not rights to them.

Libidine was silent, not wanting to escalate the situation. Ryu also saw the danger and went up to his mother, laying a hand on her arm.

"Mother, perhaps we may speak in my mind?" He offered, hoping that he could soothe and calm her before she started tearing the world apart.

Mokali looked at her son, looking like she was going to break down crying.

"No, my child. I will not. Not with how I am. I just need time to myself." The goddess said before she walked off, then taking her god form and taking flight.

Ryu shook his head and sighed. Arachne simply put her arms on the table and collapsed her head onto them. Nairo stood and started pacing. The three all thought the same thing, this coalition is falling apart. And the longer we sit here in Liones, the more likely there won't be a home to return to.

"Perhaps we should take a more assertive course of action?" Libidine suggested to Nairo. "Ryu and Arachne are as restless as you are."

Ryu walked back into the tavern.

"I'm restless because of my mother's emotions. Everyone's emotion. So stop talking about what you don't completely know, Libidine." The boy said with an edge in his tone.

"The World!" A voice called and time froze inside the tavern. The writers appeared, the purple hoodie wearing boy and the wolf. The boy was annoyed, while the wolf simply unamused. "Hey, why the hell can everyone and their mother hear the spirits? It's making things difficult to write if they can hear Libidine. Honestly, I don't get why they're going out of their way to listen in on somebody that they've arbitrarily decided to hate..." And on and on Writer 2 ranted instead of actually coming up with a better plan.

"You are not helping." The wolf said as she watched her fellow writer. "Have a plan b. It is what I do with you."

Writer 2 grumbled something about plan B, then he opened his book. He started scribbling and soon the pair of them folded out of existence. Time resumed, and nobody was any the wiser.

"Calm yourself, Ryu. I say we need to face Amogaru soon. But we can't leave until Mogasi is is fully healed, seeing how she was the one that brought us here in the first place." Kami said as he looked more like the assassin he was.

"And then what?" Arachne asked, emotionless. "We wait here and train until we can match Amogaru? There's no chance of that in time. Every minute we are here, Earth could be wiped out. The longer we stay, the longer Tokali has to suffer at that beast's hands. We need to act soon. I suggest we arm ourselves, and then practice until Mogasi is healed. Then leave immediately to overthrow him. That seems the best plan of attack."

"Yes, you might stand a chance. But remember, we will be facing the other gods." Kami said as he pulled out a book from his small bag and opened it to reveal the info about the gods. "If we want to face them, we have to know their weaknesses besides the plant and blood coated blades." The cat demon said as he held the dark assassins tone.

"Since when have you had that?" Sarah and Nairo asked simultaneously.

"Only a little while. Snagged it from the temple."

"And why is this the first we're hearing of this?" the pair once again asked. They looked at each other with a mixture of amusement and annoyance.

"Needed to see what it was first."

Kami looked at the book and held it up to Sarah, who was closer.

"I think your mother wrote it, gives better detail on lady Mokali." The cat said in a dead calm tone. Sarah shivered at this tone, making her feel like she did something wrong.