6 Chapter 6

Even with Athena's ever brilliant mind, she could not utter a word. Along with the others, the Goddess of Wisdom merely sat still and stared at the two girls standing in the middle of the room. As much as she wanted to point out that the girls were not who they thought they were, it was clearly her daughter standing in front of her. Involuntarily, a sense of nostalgia came over Athena. Instead of her tall, mature and grown up Annabeth, it was a short, cute and little Annabeth.

Aphrodite was in a similar state, only she had stars in her eyes as she stared at little Lacy. Her baby was so little and adorable it made her squeal inwardly. The young teenager in this world was just as cute, but seeing the small little princess made the goddess' heart melt.

"What happened, Annie?"

The older girl blinked and shrugged, "I have no idea."

But as soon as Annabeth turned around, she was shocked at the scene. Instantly pulling Lacy close to protect her, Annabeth stared at the giants in front of her in shock. Twelve giants sat upon twelve thrones, and all of them were staring down at the girls with intrigue. But soon, the girls started to see some familiar faces.

"Mama?!"

"Mommy?!" Annabeth and Lacy cried out when they say their mothers in their giant form.

Zeus sighed as he looked at the shocked and unmoving Athena and Aphrodite and rubbed his temples. "This is getting out of hand." As expected, a scroll appeared in his hands, once again a message from the Fates, and the King wasted no time in reading it. "It seems the Fates have decided to send these girls here; they will help us get a deeper understanding of this book." Zeus read the scroll over again, "Wait…it says these girls and their mothers."

Much to the shock and exhaustion of the people in the room, another two bright lights appeared behind the girls. Silence filled the room as the powerful lights died down. All divinities and their children stared at the new occupants of the room in shock, none more so than Athena and Aphrodite.

Aphrodite's jaw dropped, "No way…"

Athena bit her lip and leaned forward, her brain almost overheating at seeing the seemingly impossible happen in front of her.

"Annabeth," the newly appeared Athena pulled her daughter close and stared up at the familiar sight. "Stay close to me."

"You too, Lacy." An Aphrodite with long flowing red hair and bright violet eyes stared at the Olympian council, eventually landing on a goddess who looked like a mix of Hera, Rhea, and surprisingly, Gaea. "Don't look around."

"How is this even possible?" muttered Rhea very seriously. "Interdimensional travel…"

"I believe the Fates have explained to you the situation," stated the Athena on the throne.

The Athena holding young Annabeth nodded, "Yes, and as difficult as this is to understand, I'm afraid we don't have much choice in the matter. It seems that the Fates in my world and the ones in yours have decided that our meeting is necessary." The two Wisdom Goddesses nodded at each other, "Though I do not understand why my daughter has to be here as well."

"This is so weird…" whispered Apollo as Hermes and Hephaestus nodded along. "Double Athena and Aphrodite." A grin appeared on the sun god's face, "Actually, the latter could be pretty hot!"

A loud smack almost knocked Apollo off his throne, "Shut up you idiot; this is not the time!"

Ares winked at the new Aphrodite, only to be brushed off completely with a scoff.

"Hey, it's Ms. Hess," whispered little Lacy as she pulled on her mother's sleeve.

Hestia smiled at the girl and stood from her seat, her warm smile putting the newcomers at ease. "I believe the girls need to be here because we are reading a story about their relationship with their parents." Athena and Aphrodite's eyes widened, but Hestia immediately continued. "Yes, we do know about this Naruto person, but I wouldn't worry." The Athena who sat upon her throne was stoic, but Aphrodite looked a little sad. "He doesn't seem to exist in this world.

Thea (Athena from AFL) sighed and nodded, "Yes, this is another dimension."

Dite (Aphrodite from AFL) stared up at her counterpart of this world, "So…you never met Naruto in this world?"

The other Aphrodite shook her head. Lacy was lost to the change, but Annie immediately grasped the implication, but before she could give it more thought, her sister called for her.

"Annie!" suddenly cried Lacy loudly, making everyone look at her. "Look, it's you!"

Little Annie (Annabeth from AFL) stared at the older girl who clearly looked like her and couldn't utter a word. "W-What is going on, mama – I mean mom." Remembering a documentary she'd watched before, "Is this like a parallel universe or something?"

The girl's mother smiled and nodded, "Yes, exactly."

Older Annabeth was still in shock, 'I can't believe it…'

Thalia smiled at the sight, "Oh, I missed little Annabeth." The demigod daughter of Zeus smiled at her best friend, "You were so cute back then."

"I knew it!" cried little Lace (Lacy from AFL) again as she pointed at her sister's other self. "Look, look! That's Percy!" Young Annabeth blushed when she saw the older Percy, who was very handsome, with his arms wrapped around her older self. "I knew it! You do have a crush on him!"

"Shut up, Lace!" Annie was steaming red.

"Don't worry," Percy chuckled, "I'm sure my other self like you too." He hugged his girlfriend closer and kissed her cheek, smiling as the other Annabeth blushed like a tomato.

In unison, both world's Athena glared at the Hero of Olympus. "Silence, Percy Jackson!"

Annabeth lightly punched Percy's arm, "Don't try to embarrass her!"

Annie huffed with her red cheeks and pointed at the older Lacy, "Well, you're here too!"

It was Lace's turn to look shocked, but Dite squealed, "Oh, you grow up to look so beautiful and cute!" Lacy smiled at her mother's counterpart and her younger self, wondering how the girl was so lucky. "I bet she has a boyfriend already, too!"

Lacy shook her head, "N-No, I don't."

Drew scoffed, "That's because you're still a little kid, Lacy." The Asian beauty glanced at her mother, then to Dite. "You need to start acting more mature."

Dite smiled as Lacy stuck her tongue out at the other girl, making Dite wonder if it was the same Drew from her universe. She hadn't seen Drew in many years, but she was happy her daughter grew up to look so beautiful. 'Who is her father again?' Dite smiled, 'Wow, now I really can't remember any of them except for Naruto.'

"Enough!" Zeus thundered, "We're wasting time."

Poseidon sighed and nodded, "Yes, we have to continue."

"Come, sit with me." Rhea smiled at her relatives from a different dimension and created a longer sofa around her. "We've really been enjoying this story."

Dite smiled as Aphrodite held the book and flipped to the new chapter.

Sally Jackson was stunned as soon as she walked into Sweet on America.

"Hey, my mom is making a real appearance!" chirped Percy with a grin.

Right in the middle of the store – between the chocolates and the wine gums – her boss was making out with perhaps the most beautiful woman she had ever seen in her life. She was so gorgeous that Sally had a hard time believing that she was real, so much so that she had a hard time concentrating on her. It was as if her features would constantly change; the tone of her skin was a little tanned at first, but soon Sally noticed that it was actually a creamy white shade of perfect skin. It was the same with her hair; it looked dark brown at first, but after Sally blinked it turned into the most stunning of red tresses that flowed to her lower back. It was hard to believe that someone so stunning would actually exist.

Dite giggled, "I know when this is~"

"You have absolutely no tact," muttered Thea.

Annie and Lace, on the other hand, were completely appalled at seeing the image of their dad engaged in a very intense make out session with Dite. Even Lacy and Annabeth averted their eyes, not wanting to see the scene.

"I do not want to see that!" exclaimed Annie as she shook her head, making Dite ruffle her hair.

"S-Sally!" exclaimed Naruto as he pulled away from the kiss, blushing at the fact that his employee walked in on him and Aphrodite, "G-Good morning."

Sally looked sheepish and turned away, "I'm sorry I interrupted you two."

Some melodic giggling pulled Sally's attention back to the couple, "It's alright, dear." The Goddess wrapped her arms around Naruto's and smiled, "We're sorry you had to see us like that; we'll get out of your way." She pulled Naruto to the office in the back as she gave Sally a friendly wave. "We'll be in the office if you need us!"

"B-But I should help set up."

Aphrodite pushed her lover into his office and lightly closed the door behind them.

"Ohh~, in the office?" Aphrodite winked at Dite, "Nice!"

Ignoring the grimace of Lacy, Lace, Annabeth and Annie, Dite winked back. "It really is nice, but it's not what you think."

Naruto groaned as he sat down on his chair, shuddering at the thought of the awkwardness later in the shop. He was quite thankful that his other employees were coming in later and didn't see him such a compromising position. He had tried hard to establish a formal but friendly attitude for his employees, but that might be for naught.

"I should have remembered that you have employees coming," the Goddess muttered as she looked at her image through a mirror she magically summoned. "We're lucky we saw her so quickly; people usually see me as the perfect beauty of their interpretation, but now that I'm staying with you, I'm going to permanently take the form you see as me." The mirror vanished as she sent him a wink, "Since I'm going to meet the people around you, it is best that I keep a constant appearance."

Aphrodite smiled, "It really is a great look."

"I know, right?!" Dite toyed with her red hair, "I've really been enjoying it."

The two goddesses of love smiled at each other. For the first time in their lives, they got to see what their own definition of perfect feminine beauty looked like. They didn't say anything to each other, but both knew that when they had the chance, they have to speak to each other privately.

Naruto nodded, but was still blushing, "That's a good idea, but I wish that I could have remembered that I had people coming in earlier."

Aphrodite giggled and sat down on Naruto's lap, "Don't be embarrassed, that wasn't as bad as the time the waiter caught us at our booth."

"Don't even remind me of that," replied a red-faced Naruto as he wrapped his hands around the Goddess. "It took me a long time to forget about it; to this day I haven't returned to that restaurant."

Artemis sighed, "A restaurant?"

Dite scoffed, "I see you're a prude in my world as well as this one."

"Totally!" added Aphrodite with a wink to her other self. "Dumb deer sniffer."

Thea glanced at Dite, "You shouldn't act so rude here; these are not the Olympians that we know."

"You as well, Artemis." Athena gave her sister a stern stare, "Please mind your tone."

'Dear Order, there are two of them,' thought everyone present.

She giggled again and kissed him softly, "Oh, come on; everyone in the restaurant was jealous of you."

Naruto chuckled and kissed her back, "I guess that's true."

"And it wasn't as if you didn't enjoy what I was doing to you~" Aphrodite nibbled on his lower lips as she stared into his eyes, "I remember that it was your loud moaning that alerted the waiter that night." She giggled as she felt something poke her between her legs, "I don't blame you, though."

Naruto stared hungrily at Aphrodite and his hands started to roam her body, "You're making it really hard for me to not take you right here on my desk."

"Ohh, that's kinky." The Goddess bit her lip as she leaned down closer to him, "Do you have some sort of fetish of fooling around in the office? Did you do it here with some other girl?"

"Ears bleeding!" Annie clamped her eyes shut and plugged her ears.

Annabeth shuddered, "Please read faster."

Lace didn't really understand what was going on, so she was confused why her sister and the older girl who looked like her seemed so disturbed.

Aphrodite giggled at the girls, "Are you kidding? These are the good parts."

Naruto closed his eyes and blissfully breathed in her scent as he kissed her neck. "I haven't been with anybody since you left…"

"What?"

"What?" Aphrodite was a little shocked.

Dite smiled at Aphrodite and nodded. "Yep, not one woman for nearly seven years."

Apollo scratched the back of his head, "How is that even possible? Many other gods silently agreed with him.

He chuckled at her surprise and just continued to kiss and nibble at her sweet skin, "It's not that surprising; having two little girls doesn't exactly give me a lot of time for dating." He pulled back a little and stared into her widened violet eyes, "And I really loved you and still love you, so it was hard for me to find someone else." She bit her lips as a surge of guilt and sadness filled her, "Though I would be lying if I say there weren't some pretty ladies, but they just weren't you."

Dite smiled giddily, "He is so sweet~"

'Much more than what I can say about the gods here,' muttered Hera in her head.

Aphrodite sighed, "He really is." The Goddess of Love couldn't help but feel a little jealous that she didn't have someone like Naruto in her life. In all her current and previous lovers, she couldn't tell if anyone of them could be so devoted to her.

The Goddess gently cupped his face and lovingly kissed him, "I'm so sorry…"

Naruto smiled and shook his head, "You have nothing to be sorry for; the important thing is that you're here now."

"I will never hurt you again," she whispered against his lips. "I love you more than I've ever loved anyone, and I'm staying with you." She snuggled and rested against him, "We'll be together from now on and live as a family, the four of us."

"Sounds good…"

Dite smiled as she hugged Lace close to her chest, kissing the top of her head, feeling cozy and warm. Perhaps she was far too into the moment when Naruto actually said those words, but reliving the moment now made her appreciate the moment even more.

Apollo scratched his head, "This is really weird." The God of the Sun looked over at the Aphrodite of his dimension, "I don't think you'll ever say things like that."

Hera nodded, "It definitely is unlikely." Considering Aphrodite's line of lovers outside of her marriage, the Queen doubted her family values.

Aphrodite remained silent with a small frown marring her beautiful features.

Dite sighed with a smile, "I wouldn't be so sure~" Aphrodite looked at her counterpart with a little hope, "I didn't think I would, but these feelings really sneak up on you and changes everything instantly." Dite smiled and winked at her counterpart, "Give it some time. I promise you'll find out what it's like."

Pursing her lips with a small smile, Aphrodite nodded.

He pulled her down and kissed her tenderly on the lips, slipping his tongue into her warm and wet cavern. She tasted like honey and he was once again becoming addicted to her taste. He had nearly forgotten about how wonderful it felt to kiss Aphrodite, but with only one kiss all his desires and addictions rushed back. He wanted nothing more than to make sweet love with the woman he loved, and give her as much pleasure as he could give.

'I love this man so much,' thought Aphrodite as she wrapped her arms around his head and added more pressure into the kiss. It was incredible; in all of her immortal life she had never felt so much affection for any person. It dwarfed whatever affection she had for Ares or Adonis; it was completely in a class of his own. For the Goddess of Love who had been in love countless times before, it was truly something special. 'This is the real thing; he's my true love.'

'Maybe there really is something as true love?' wondered Aphrodite inwardly, her eyes focusing on her counterpart, who had a dazzling smile of someone deeply and truly in love.

Naruto slowly reached into her blazer and started to slip his hand under her silk shirt. Her skin felt just as smooth and creamy as it did all those years ago and it made his desire amplify ten folds. He wanted to have her under him again, moaning his name in ecstasy. He wanted to feel her warmth, her wetness, and her love. He wanted to take her again and again until he made her fall in love with him even more.

"Oh, gods!" cried Annabeth as she looked away from the scene. "Do we have to see these scenes?!"

Annie couldn't help but agree with her older self, her face as red as a tomato. "Yeah, can we skip these parts?"

Dite laughed and kissed Lace, who was hiding her face behind her hands, "To think you all are so embarrassed now! Just wait till later when the real steamy scenes come."

Thea sighed, "Be quiet, you dumb pile of foam."

Many of the gods and goddesses were unfazed by the scenes, but Ares was close to melting another pair of sunglasses.

But all his plans were obliterated when someone knocked on his office door.

"Who is it?!" cried Aphrodite as she turned to the door with an intense glare, resisting the urge to blast the person to Hades.

"Umm," It was Sally, "I'm sorry for interrupting again, but everyone is here and we need Mr. Namikaze to come start the registers and give us the plan of the day."

Naruto was disappointed, but smiled at the adorable angered look on the Goddess' face. "I know, Sally; I'll be out in a second." Waiting until the footsteps were gone, he turned to the woman on his lap. "It's okay, beautiful, we have the whole night tonight."

Aphrodite smiled saucily and kissed him tenderly, "You better be ready for it~"

"I've been ready for years."

Dite sighed blissfully, "Best night of my life~"

Aphrodite perked up, "Really? That good, huh?"

"You have no idea, girl." She winked at her counterpart, ignoring the glare she got from Thea. "Better than every other night ever!"

Olympus – Athena's Temple

"Aww, I want to see the steamy scene!" groaned Apollo, "Why'd they change the scene?!"

Artemis grunted and smacked his head, "Shut up and listen, you perverted fool."

After an hour long argument between Artemis and Apollo, Athena finally managed to drag that Goddess of the Hunt back to her temple. She had to wonder if her arguments with Poseidon were as annoying and stressful as the twins'. The Goddess of Wisdom couldn't believe the massive headache she got just from listening to the siblings argue about who their mother loved more. It was nearly as bad as when Zeus and Poseidon would argue over Mother Rhea.

"That damn arrogant moron!" Artemis was still angry as she stomped into Athena's Temple. "I can't believe he thinks his sons better than my hunters!" Athena sighed and rubbed her temples as her sister rambled on, "Zoe alone can defeat all his sons!"

"That's not really fair, I mean, none of my kids are immortal, so they don't have hundreds of years to train."

Artemis scoffed, "That's beside the point."

"Can be please get back to our original objective?"

Artemis groaned, "Honestly, who knows where that lovesick Goddess is!"

"Well, it's not that hard to guess," she muttered as she sat down in one of her many chairs. "For Aphrodite to extend such a favor to our brother means that she really doesn't want anyone to find her, and there is only one reason that could possibly make act so careful."

"You mean…"

Athena nodded with a sigh, "Yes, I think she went to find Naruto."

"She is going to get into so much trouble," Artemis mumbled. "At least you only stayed there for a few minutes, but from what we've gathered, she's been there for at least eight hours." The Goddess of the Moon sighed as she looked down at her sitting sister, "And I don't think she's going to come back soon."

"That stupid woman," grumbled Athena angrily. "If Ares or Hephaestus find out she's so close to Naruto they are going to kill him."

The Smith God scoffed, "I don't have time for something so mundane."

"You're right; they will definitely do something like that."

"I'm going to go find her," Athena stood and started to glow. "Are you coming with me?"

Artemis sighed and nodded, "Yes, at this point I'm a little committed." She stepped closer to her sister and crossed her arms, "Though I need to go back to the camp for a little while and ask Zoe to drive the chariot for me tonight. Do you mind coming with me first?"

"Of course not, let's go."

"Here, try this one," chirped Aphrodite as she happily fed Naruto a small strawberry truffle.

Ignoring the slightly awkward glances from Sally and his other employees, Naruto smiled and gladly accepted the treat. For the past few hours Aphrodite had been looking over the selections Naruto had in his store and provided him with a list of items he should omit. There were many products in the store that she said was an insult to sweets, and Naruto knew perfectly that no one knew more about candy than the Goddess of Love. Though there were many she adored and she was busy with feeding them to Naruto – sometimes from mouth to mouth.

"Oo-la-la~" chirped Aphrodite, "Nice!"

Dite nodded happily, "Very effective stuff!"

"Delicious~"

The Goddess giggled and turned her attention back to the laptop, typing in all the candies she wanted to order from various places on earth, mostly from France. Every one of Naruto's employees were surprised at the amount of knowledge their boss' girlfriend had on sweets; ever since she opened the laptop she had been typing names after names of candies along with their various ingredients and their manufacturing process.

Thea smirked, "It's weird seeing being so knowledgeable."

It surprised Athena and Aphrodite that Dite only giggled at Thea's jab, and the latter smiled back at her. The two goddesses didn't really hate each other, but it seemed that their counterparts from the book's dimension were much friendlier to each other than they were. It was as if they were good friends.

Naruto smiled at her enthusiasm and pecked her on the cheek, "Thanks for helping out."

"No problem at all."

Looking at the clock, Naruto smiled and clapped his hands. "Okay, it's time to close up!" Sally and the others smiled and nodded, "Thanks for the great day guys!" The boss stretched his arms and grinned, "Remember to come meet us tomorrow, Sally!"

Sally smiled back and nodded, "Of course, Percy is very excited about it."

Percy grinned, "I get some screen time!" He wrapped his arms tighter around Annabeth, making her smile and little Annie blush up a storm.

"OH!" exclaimed Aphrodite excitedly as she turned to Sally, making her a little nervous. "You're Percy's mother?"

"Yes…"

"Tell me: do you think your son has a crush on Annabeth?"

"He so does!" chirped Dite.

Aphrodite laughed, "Yep, just like the Percy and Annabeth in this dimension." The young couple smiled at each other, "So perfect together."

Annie snuggled closer to her mother, hiding her face from everyone, making her mother smiled and hug her closer.

"Dite!" cried Naruto, horrified at the prospect of his baby girl liking a boy.

Sally giggled and shrugged, "I actually asked him that a few days ago and he blushed and yelled at me, so I definitely think he does!"

"That sounds like something I would do," muttered Percy as he chuckled at how shy little Annabeth was being.

"Boys, huh?" Aphrodite giggled and clapped her hands together, "Getting angry whenever they try to deny something."

"Nobody has crushes on anybody!" Naruto waved his hands around and shook his head, "My baby girl does not like any boys!"

The Goddess merely pointed at Naruto with a smirk, "See?"

Ignoring Sally's laugh, Naruto grabbed his girlfriend's hand and led her out the store. With a quick goodbye and a reminder to lock the door to his employees, he left the store and headed towards his car, all the while trying to rid the disturbing thought of one of his princess dating some boy. They will always be his little babies and will never like any boys! No, just no!

Aphrodite giggled at Naruto's reaction and hugged his arm close; he was just too cute. She loved teasing him about Annabeth liking that Percy boy; the way his eyes would widened and his body would shiver was just too funny. It was very sweet of him, but he would have to face the facts sooner or later, and she would be there to see it – and laugh about it. In fact, she had already planned out of daughters' love lives; she would make sure that they would both be very happy. All she needed was to meet Percy so she would plan his life together with Annabeth's.

"For my birthday present, maybe you could make it so that Annabeth and Lacy will never like any boys?"

"Please don't," softly said Annabeth.

Aphrodite and Dite laughed, "Don't worry, we won't."

The Goddess grinned and shook her head, "Never, those girls are beautiful and deserve the best love lives." Naruto paled at the thought of his girls spending nights with boy and shook his head viciously, making her giggle. "Don't worry, daddy, both girls will have a very happy marriage and a great family." She smiled up at her lover, "I promise."

"I guess that's better than nothing…"

"Come on you big baby, let's continue our day." Aphrodite let go of his hand and got into the passenger seat of the car before she grabbed his hand again. "Where are we heading next?"

"We'll go pick up the girls and go to the supermarket to get something for dinner."

"Sounds fun!"

In the past week, Hestia had been enjoying her job as a teacher.

Hestia smiled at her counterpart's appearance. "I wonder if I know about Aphrodite."

Demeter smirked, "Ohh, this will be good."

She had always adored the children of her siblings and would treat them as her own, but even including them Lacy was quickly becoming her favorite. The little girl was adorable, even more so compared to the other children of Aphrodite she had met before. Hestia could see so much of the Goddess of Love in the little girl, most prominently in Lacy's bubbly personality and charming smile. The way her eyes would light up at the sight of a fresh batch of cookies just melted Hestia's heart.

Lace smiled at Hestia, making the goddess wink at her.

"Thank you, Ms. Hess!" exclaimed Lacy as she quickly grabbed three cookies from the tray. "I love you!"

Hestia giggled before she began to attend the other children, "I love you too, sweetie."

Hestia had made a tradition out of handing out fresh baked cookies at the end of the school day, and the children had never been more excited about anything. The parents were all happy at how happy their children would be when they pick them up and was perfectly fine with the cookies – they were mostly oatmeal and were healthy.

From the corner of her eyes, Hestia watched as little Lacy stand beside her sister, both seemingly waiting for their dad. The Goddess of the Hearth almost squealed in delight when she saw Lacy split half of her last cookie and gave it to Annabeth.

"Aww, that's nice." Hestia gave the two girls a sweet smile.

Thea and Dite smiled at their daughters, who smiled at each other as the scene was read. They really were close sisters.

It was endearing to see such love between two demigods with different godly parents; the Olympian siblings had never been very close – except for Hestia, who was loved by everyone – so seeing such a scene was heartwarming.

Then a familiar car drove into the parking lot.

"Daddy!" cried Lacy as she jumped into her dad's arms. "I'm hungry, can we get some ramen?!"

"No, I want sweet potato mash and ribs!" Annabeth held onto her dad's hand and looked up at him, "Or baked potatoes and roast beef, that's good too."

Naruto playfully rolled his eyes and kissed both his babies' forehead, "We'll decide when we get to the supermarket."

Hestia smiled when they looked over at her direction and she waved over at them, smiling at their wonderful family. In the domain she shared with her little sister Hera, Hestia would often feel delighted at the sight of happy families, and Naruto's certainly was one of her favorites. But then she caught sight of something, something inside their car.

'Is that…'

"Hoohoo, she saw you, Dite~" Apollo grinned in anticipation.

Whatever she saw disappeared as soon as she laid eyes on it, but she distinctively felt a very familiar aura of power.

'Don't tell me she actually came down here?'

'That was far too close!'

Aphrodite sighed in relief as she appeared back inside Naruto's home, holding her hand to her chest as her breathing leveled out. She had forgotten that she and Athena had asked Hestia to look after their daughters. She had no idea the Goddess of the Hearth would actually pose as Lacy's teacher, but she had to admit that it was very smart. It was very dangerous; Hestia had almost seen her and if she didn't teleport that instant, she might have been sent back to Olympus.

"It's not as if I'd drag you back, Aphrodite." Hestia frowned at Dite, who shrugged with a grin.

"Had to play it safe."

'I better not teleport back to the car yet; Hestia might be looking for me.'

Seeing how she had time before Naruto and the girls would come home, she decided to explore her new home, or the most important part of her new home: the master bedroom. Now that she only had one lover, she planned to have an amazing sex life with him. Even several years ago, Naruto was an incredible lover. His stamina, strength and overall huskiness made her loin burn and knee quiver. She had missed making love him with over the years and couldn't wait to spend the night with him.

"Eww, I don't need to hear this!" Annie groaned.

"I don't either," whispered Lace to her mother.

Dite smiled, "Don't worry. They're not showing anything on screen."

"But in the end, this is not suitable for the children." Hestia snapped her fingers and covered Annie and Lace's ears with her handmade earmuffs.

Especially after she took Hera's sacred bath…

Just thinking about it made her giddy, and she skipped all the way to the bedroom. It was exhilarating. Hera was absolutely right; a wife preparing a wonderful night for her husband felt very sexy. Just the thought of Naruto as her husband made her heart flutter; she had decided to not use the more powerful of her love magic on Naruto, but she still had her bag of tricks. Naruto's world will flip upside down in the morning!

With a snap of Aphrodite's fingers, the room was filled with a subtle scent of her personal brand of aphrodisiac, one that will make Naruto lust for her even more than before. Then with a flick of her wrist, the simple white curtains morphed into a luscious sheet of deep purple silk, the white walls turned an elegant shade of purple, and the hardwood floor turned into rich and fluffy black carpet. Then the most important part: the bed. The simple queen-sized bed changed into a magnificent king-sized bed, with a seven feet tall black leather headboard with intricate silk designs, a wide black wooden frame with a lighted edge, a perfect mattress made out of the softest celestial cotton and wool, and the most beautiful purple and black bedspread with knitted patterns worthy of Athena. With one last wink to the lights, it dimmed to a soft fluorescent glow.

"Perfect!" With a pretty smile, she turned to the final object in her way. "Now, what to do with all these books…"

"Oh right, this part," muttered Dite, making Aphrodite wonder.

But her smile soon faded when she saw all the books on Greek Mythology. She shouldn't be surprised that Naruto decided to read up on their tales after having children with two Greek Goddesses, but she wasn't too excited about it. Her actions in the past hadn't exactly made her an angel in the eyes of mortals. She was exactly ashamed of her past lovers, but she wanted Naruto to know that she was only with him now and those other men were out of the picture. She had to assure him that her relationship with him was nothing like her marriage to Hephaestus; she truly loved him and would truly marry him.

Aphrodite bit her lips and avoided the gaze of many in the room. She had often wondered if it was possible for her to be like Hera – to be entirely loyal and loving to only one person. Her domain of love had always been wild and hard to contain, so she never thought being restraint to a marriage would work for her, but seeing her counterpart so happy, she had to wonder about it.

"DADDY, LET'S HURRY AND EAT!"

Shaking her head of her troubled thoughts, Aphrodite snapped her fingers and made the three bookshelves vanish before she teleported down to the main floor. The scene that greeted her made her feel better instantly. Naruto was walking into the kitchen holding a bag of groceries, then Annabeth followed after him with another bad in her arms, and Lacy just skipped after them with a lollipop in her mouth.

Lace couldn't hear the words, but the plasma screen showed the scene and she smiled at the sight.

"Calm down, princess; dinner will be ready soon."

Naruto's eyes met with the Goddess of Love's and relief quickly rushed through him, making her smile. She walked up to him and gently kissed his cheek, making him smile silently and continue to put the groceries away.

"I'm sorry I suddenly vanished like that," she began, "I thought someone was messing with my domain somewhere in Spain, so I had to quickly check."

Hermes nodded, "A good and quick lie."

Naruto smiled and nodded. "So, are you girls okay with having just spaghetti and meatballs?"

Aphrodite smiled at Naruto who was looking at her as he spoke and nodded. "That sounds delicious." The Goddess used her illusionary powers to hide her plate and food from the girls so she could eat at the same table as them, her first family dinner ever. "I love everything you cook, honey."

Oh, she had waited a long time to call someone that.

Dite smiled at Thea, "I love calling him that."

"Me, too."

Athena nearly gawked at her other's answer, and blushed when many started to look over at her. She couldn't wait for the story to reveal more of her relationship with Naruto; she had to know for sure if it was possible for her to feel such feelings and emotions.

Naruto winked at her, "Thank you, honey," he whispered softly.

Artemis' Hunter Camp

"Yes, milady, I will prepare for the flight immediately."

Artemis smiled and nodded at her lieutenant and closest friend. While Athena may have her brain children, her hunters were like her own flesh and blood. Her older hunters – Zoe and Phoebe – may be more like sisters, but all the others were like her daughters. In a way, Artemis would sometimes think, she had also found a way to keep her chastity and feel like a mother.

Artemis gave a sad smile at the sight of her best friend and eldest hunter, and looked over at Thalia and her hunters. They all smiled back at her – their patron/sister/mother.

Athena smiled and nodded at the huntress as well, "Thank you, Zoe."

"It is of no inconvenience, Lady Athena, I am glad to help."

As Zoe went to prepare the Moon Chariot, Artemis turned to Athena with a smile. "Are you hungry, sister? Maybe we should join my hunters for dinner before we head for New York."

The Goddess of Wisdom smiled and nodded, "I would like that; it's been a long while since we've had dinner in your camp."

Demeter sighed, "The other you keeps wasting time, Athena."

Athena remained silent, but Thea responded. "It was a long day and I needed some time to think about what I should say when I confront Naruto and Aphrodite."

Demeter shrugged.

Artemis smiled and led Athena to the camp by the hand, "My hunters may not be as skilled as Aunt Hestia at cooking, but I'm sure you'll like it."

"Good night, princess," whispered the blond as he kissed his baby girl's head. "I love you."

Lacy smiled sadly at the sight and Lace felt sleepier looking at the scene.

After finally convincing Annabeth to stop reading her new book and go to bed, Naruto began to tuck Lacy in. The little girl was already tired from her day at school and was semi-asleep when he carried her to her room. As mature as she was with love and her sister's crush on Percy – traits she inherited from her mother – she was still a little girl and definitely acted like one to her daddy.

Now, onto his most anticipated part of the day: spending the night with Aphrodite.

All throughout dinner, Naruto's mind had been wondering about the night. He could still vividly remember the last time he made love to the Goddess of Love and it would still exhilarate him every time he thought about it. He just wished his prowess in bed didn't diminish over the years and he could still satisfy her. She wasn't like his girlfriend like before; she was going to stay with him, more like a wife. That took the pressure to a whole new level.

"Don't be nervous~" whispered a beautiful voice to his ear as a pair of slender and soft arms wrapped around his waist from behind as he walked into his room. "Just let your feelings guide you and make love to me, just like you had so many times before."

Naruto turned to face her and pulled her closer, "I plan to."

Ares melted his second pair of sunglasses and cracked his knuckles. "I'm going to kill this guy."

Thea glared at the War God, "I will kill you if you do, that I swear on the Styx."

Dite flared her power, "I will as well."

Hermes and Apollo chuckled as Ares turned away, trying to ignore the two goddesses. All the while, the other Olympians only wanted to continue reading.

Aphrodite closed the door behind and locked it securely; she snapped her fingers to make her current clothes vanish. Her jeans were replaced with a tiny thong and her silk shirt changed into a lacy red ribbon tied together quite precariously. She stepped up to a stunned Naruto and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her large breasts against his chest as she did so.

"Ooo, nice!" chirped Aphrodite.

Dite grinned, seemingly forgotten about the War God, "Yep!"

Hestia sighed and snapped her fingers again, conjuring blindfolds around Annie and Lace's eyes. "This is not suitable for children!" Annie and Lace didn't resist at all, both feeling a little grateful.

"You're just…perfect."

Aphrodite smiled and leaned up to kiss him lightly on his lips. "Thank you, Naruto; you're really good to me." She massaged the back of his neck and bit her lips, "I love you. I really mean it. I…I know that my reputation has suffered throughout the centuries and I might not appear as someone who could be faithful to just one man."

Dite looked at her counterpart and nodded, signalling her to listen carefully.

"Hey, what are you saying?" Naruto whispered gently, "I fully believ-"

The Goddess cut him off with a kiss, "Please, let me finish." Naruto reluctantly nodded. "Most of the stories written about me in mortal myths and legends are true; I am temperamental, flirtatious and seductive, but it is a little different now. I will only be temperamental with you, most likely when we disagree over what clothes to buy for our little girls. I will only be flirtatious with you, probably when we're in public because I love how you react to it." Aphrodite smiled as Naruto pulled her closer. "And I assure you, I will seduce you every single night from now on, and only you, my love." She had tears welling in her eyes as she felt her emotions bubble to the surface, "I have decided to leave everything behind and have a fresh start; this is completely new to me. I intend to find out everything about being family and a loving mother with you." Aphrodite kissed him again and smiled against his lips, "And with Annabeth and Lacy and with our future children."

The room was silent.

"Wow, that was really sweet, Aphrodite." Hera smiled at the goddess from another dimension, "I'm impressed.

Dite smirked, "Thanks."

Dite talked as much as possible, doing as much as she could to pull the attention to her and away from Aphrodite. She knew better than anyone that her counterpart needed some privacy and some time to think.

All the while, Aphrodite sat silently in her throne, her mind replaying Dite's words over and over again. They were beautiful and lovely – they she was sure. For Dite to say something like that, it must mean that she truly loved Naruto, more than anything else. But for Aphrodite, she was wondering if she'd ever find someone who would make her feel so passionate and intense.

'I wonder if the Naruto of this universe is somewhere out there. Maybe I'll meet him soon?'

Naruto ran his fingers through her luscious hair and kissed her tenderly on the forehead, "I love you, Aphrodite; you really don't have to say anything. I fully trust you."

"I know, but I needed to say it for myself." She guided Naruto's hand to the red ribbon and helped him pull it down, allowing the small article of clothing to drop to the ground to reveal her perfect breasts. "This is literally a fresh start for me." She smiled brightly and looked up into Naruto's eyes, "I went to Hera and used her sacred bath; I used it to completely purify my body and to regain my virginity." Naruto's eyes widened as he felt an unprecedented surge of emotions rush through him. "I've never done this before, but I believe that you are truly the only one for me and I wanted to do this for our relationship."

"And so far, it's the best decision I've ever made in my life!" Dite's smile was beautiful, and it made everyone who looked at her want to smile.

"I-I don't know what to say…" he whispered as he wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"You don't have to say anything," she pushed him down onto the bed and straddled his waist. "Just make love to me; take my maidenhood and make me yours." She kissed him as softly as she could and spoke against his lip, "Forever."

Naruto knew that no words could possibly convey his emotions to his lover at that moment, and the only way to do so was to use his actions. He kissed her with as much love as he possibly could and spoke inside his mind…

'I don't deserve this, but I'll give her something she deserves or die trying.'

5th Avenue, New York City – Mother Rhea's Home

"Ha, it's me again!" Rhea smiled and leaned forward.

"Mother, why are we suddenly moving?"

Hestia came home to see all hers and her mother's possession packed into Rhea's small magic suitcase and their apartment was completely empty. Her mother had a smile on her face and held a house-deed in her hands, looking amused beyond words.

Hestia sighed, already having a good guess at what was happening. "Mother, really?"

"What?" The mother of the gods giggled, "It's always important to have a nice vantage point."

"I bought us a house closer to your workplace," she said with a smile. "It's right next to your new favorite nieces and Athena and Aphrodite's love."

Hestia was shocked before she shook her head with a sigh, "Why?"

"Why not?" Rhea chirped as she placed her hands on her hips, "Do you have any idea how boring it is to just sit at home all day watching the world go by? This little mortal man's relationship with little Athena and Aphrodite is the only interesting thing going on right now and I'm going to enjoy it." She stood up and held her daughter's hand with glee, "Most of my soap operas are becoming repetitive and no matter how much I complain to Apollo, they are not getting any better. Let's hope this little situation entertains me better than television."

Thea looked at her grandmother's counterpart, "So that's why Grandma suddenly moved next to us."

"Mother, this is not a soap opera!"

Oh really? If you could sense the other goddesses the way I do, you would not think that." Rhea giggled as she pulled her favorite child along. "Aphrodite has been at that mortal's home since yesterday and Athena is about to come visit them in the morning; this has entertainment written all over it!"

Hestia groaned and shook her head, "This is not going to be pretty…"

"No, not at all!"

Dite grinned again, "I'm going to love this part."

Thea grunted, "I'm not."

"No, you're not!" Dite laughed and bumped her shoulder against Thea's.

Artemis' Hunter Camp

As she enjoyed a nice long dinner with her sister and her hunters, she couldn't help but feel a shiver go down her spine, as if something terrible had happened. She shrugged it off for the copious amount of ambrosias and nectar she shared with Artemis. She was starting to have a headache, and decided to take Artemis' offer of using one of her tents for the night. She didn't want to visit Naruto so late during the night; the girls should be all asleep and she didn't want to possibly rouse them by pulling an annoyed Aphrodite back to Olympus. The last thing Athena needed was for her daughter to find out about their world in such an undignified way. She needed to be patient and careful.

'What's the worst that could happen if I wait until morning?'

Athena sighed and nearly palmed her forehead, "Really, of all things to say, you say that?"

Thea crossed her arms and looked away, "Be quiet."

Athena shook her head and snapped her fingers, making the book appear in her hands. "Let's continue to the next chapter. I'll read."