12 Chapter 11: Declaration of War

3rd pov

Ten years later

In a bright Greek-style throne room with white pearly columns, a golden paved walkway, the walls are decorated by paintings and drawings of a titan with a scythe in hand slaying another titan.

Then, A young white-haired man with electric blue eyes and the very definition of Olympian physique approached the throne.

{AN: Look up greek style throne room, and you'll get an idea of what it looks like.}

Seated on it was Poseidon, or rather a ten-foot-tall titan who looked unerringly like him, but his golden blond hair reached his waist, and his face had a stubble beard. This titan was none other than Kronos, the king of titans.

"Zeus, I don't recall requesting your aid."

Kronos stated to Zeus in a gruff voice, who had a golden chalice and an oenochoe on a serving tray.

{AN: Oenochoe is a wine jug}

"I thought you might be thirsty, my lord. Therefore I brought you one of my favourite ambrosia mixtures."

Zeus answered as he went to the foot of the throne and kneeled on Kronos's left side. He chooses to kneel at the left since Kronos was holding his scythe in his right hand.

"Hmm, your ambrosia mixtures are always quite the delight."

"My king, you flatter me."

"Hahaha, nonsense. If only Rhea could be as grateful as you; I tell her that I do everything for a reason; nonetheless, she has still grown to despise me more and more as the years go on."

'Maybe if you didn't eat my brothers and sisters, that wouldn't be the case.'

*Grab*

"Huh, my lord, do you not wish for me to pour it in the chalice?"

Zeus questioned Kronos when he pulled the oenochoe (wine jug) out of his hands.

"No, that would just be a waste of time."

"What about testing it, my lord? I'll go fetch the taste tester right away."

"There's no need for that he won't come."

"Why is that?"

Kronos brought the oenochoe (wine jug) to his lips and took a swig from it.

"*Gulp* *Gulp* Ahhh, his presence was annoying me, so I killed him hahaha."

"!!! I understand, my lord."

Zeus only looked shocked on the outside. When in truth, he was the one who came up with Metis for her to transform into the taste tester to annoy Kronos.

Then replace her with the real one when his annoyance hit the limit so that he could kill him for them to feed him without anyone else tasting it.

They knew that Kronos was easy to anger; because of that, there was no doubt that the plan would succeed.

"Tch!"

*Gulp* *Gulp*

"It seems something is on your mind, my king. Allow me to lend you an ear so tell me what's troubling you."

Zeus requested to listen to Kronos's worries. Though Kronos looked a bit apprehensive for a while, it quickly vanished.

"Women…"

Three hours later

"*Gulp* *Gulp* *Gulp* All in all Zeus *Hic-up**Gulp* women are mysterious creatures that's why I have two *Hic-up**Gulp**Gulp* so when one kicks me in the dog house like Rhea did *Hic-up*. I can get puss- *Hic-up* *Gulp* huh, it finished."

Kronos knocked the bottom of the oenochoe (wine jug) as he tried to get a bit more ambrosia from it.

"There's no need to do that, my king. I have another with me, a special one that I've been saving just for you."

Zeus tells Kronos as he reached into his clothes and pulled out another wine jug.

"Hahaha, then why didn't you say so earlier. Give it here."

*Grab*

Kronos grabbed the wine jug from Zeus's hands as he immediately put it to his lips.

*Gulp* *Gulp*

"Urgh, I think you should work a bit more on this one, Zeus. I don't believe it's ready to drink ye- *Blaaaaargh*."

Kronos started vomiting all over the immaculate throne room's floor.

*Smirk*

"I, for one, think it is."

With a cocky grin, Zeus stepped back from Kronos's throne as he watched his helpless figure.

"YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO!!! *Blaaaaargh*!"

Kronos shouted with rage as he looked down at Zeus.

"What I did was simply something I've been waiting for all my life to do. Along with the help of Metis, I made a mixture that would make you disgorge my siblings from your revolting body."

Zeus had pure unbridled hate in his eyes as he said this to Kronos.

"SIBLINGS!! That's impossi- *Blaaaaargh* impossible Rhea had no other children after the sixth!"

Kronos denied Zeus's claim of him being his som.

"What mother gave you to devour wasn't a baby. It was a stone which you'll be disgorging alongside my brothers and sisters."

Zeus calmly said as he was in complete control of the situation.

"I'm going to rip your head off and throw you in the deepest depths of Tarta- *Blaaaaargh*!"

*Thud!*

"!!"

Before Kronos could finish talking, he vomited yet again, but this time a baby-sized rock came out. Kronos was horrified by this since he knew what it meant.

'Just like how you, my own son, slew me for the throne. Your children will become stronger than you and kill you for the throne as well.'

The words that Ouranos prophesied kept repeating in his head. It seems that no matter what he did to prevent it, the prophecy will still come to fruition.

"That was only a stone, and you already look horrified; next will be my siblings, so prepare yourself.

*Blaaaaaaaargh* *Blaaaaaaaargh*

Kronos kept vomiting for hours, but no matter how long Zeus waited, there were no signs of his siblings even as the effect of the mixture started wearing off.

Eventually, even Kronos started realizing this as his strength started coming back to him.

'Don't tell me did Metis messed this up! There's no way she could have. She's the most competent person I know, not to mention that he vomited the stone.

Then he should have disgorged my siblings, so why isn't it happening.'

"Hahaha, *Cough* *Cough* Your little mixture is wearing off."

'Tch, it's not working. Why isn't it working? After all, my preparations after demeaning myself as his cupbearer for ten years I fail. I'll have to leave damn it, and there's no way I'll get another chance like this.'

Zeus began stepping back with a regretful look as he was getting ready to escape.

*Whoosh*

"You aren't going anywhere."

Kronos said to Zeus, who was frozen in place by a purple aura that surrounded him.

"That little experiment of yours disrupted my powers, but now they've returned."

'Damn it; I can't move!'

"To think Rhea would trick me making me fail to eliminate someone who threatened my reign. But now that you delivered yourself to me, I'll correct my blunder."

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

With his scythe in hand, he approached Zeus with heavy footsteps that shook the whole castle. Zeus watched as Kronos raised his scythe and began bringing it down to slay him.

'I-I can't die here Not after he took my sibling lives, not before I avenge them.'

The scythe reached Zeus's neck and was only an inch away from decapitating him.

*Twitch*

Zeus's fingers began moving with blue sparkles surrounding them despite being frozen in place by Kronos's power.

*Crackle* *Crackle* *Kabooom!*

"!!!"

A gigantic streak of lightning came crashing through the roof of the throne room. The lightning hit Zeus, sending a shockwave blowing everything away, even managing to push Kronos back a few feet.

"Huuuf-haaaa huuuuf-haaaa."

Zeus was exhausted from fighting against Kronos's time abilities then summoning a bolt of lightning.

"Hahahaha, you have incredible potential. There's no doubt that if you had more years to grow, you'd be capable of taking the throne from me. That's the reason why I won't feel anything from this."

Kronos approached the exhausted Zeus and once again got ready to decapitate him.

"KRONOS, STOP!"

Before Kronos could complete the action, a woman with curly dark brown hair and brilliant green eyes appeared.

"Ah, Rhea, you're here; that's good. You'll be able to witness the death of the child you hid from me for all these years."

"Kronos, please don't do this! If you do, you won't be any different than our father!"

Rhea pleaded to Kronos, who started hesitating.

"If it means I'll stay in power, I am prepared to be like our father."

Kronos said coldly, and during that moment, Kronos felt liberated and at peace for the first time in years.

This shocked Rhea; she couldn't believe that Kronos would be ok with being like their tyrannical father.

Kronos raised his scythe to kill Zeus.

"!!!"

*Crack* *Boom* *Screech*

{AN: Can't you just let Kronos kill the guy in peace.}

But before he could, a tear of space appeared behind Zeus, and a shockwave sent Kronos sliding back.

Poseidon walked out of the tear with glowing blue tattoo-like patterns on his stomach and chest.

"Who are you!?"

"Your brother."

Zeus, Rhea, and Kronos were surprised to hear this. Zeus and Kronos, more so than Rhea, after all, thought that the mixture didn't work.

"So my plan worked."

Zeus was ecstatic by this. It meant that all the time he spent preparing for this wasn't wasted.

"No, it didn't."

"W-what! But you're here."

"I'll explain that later; for now, you need to through that."

Poseidon told him as he pointed to the tear in space.

"W-what about mother?"

Rhea was closer to Kronos than she was to the portal, and there was no way he would just let her go with them.

"Don't worry about her. I'll bring her back now go."

*Whoosh*

"W-waaaiat."

Zeus screamed as an invisible force pulled him into the portal while it closed behind him.

"You, you're Poseidon. The resemblance between us is uncanny."

"I don't know. Some say I look better."

Kronos wasn't irritated with Poseidon's arrival; if anything, he was a bit eager by his presence. As for Rhea, she had a regretful look on her face.

"How did you escape my pocket dimension? If anything, I was hoping those monsters would have killed you and your brother and sisters."

"It wasn't that hard, especially when the one who built it is incompetent."

"So you've gotten strong. You know, Poseidon, you were the only one who made me feel actual pain when I devoured you.

I regret not raising you; you could have been an excellent addition to the might of my kingdom.

Kronos told Poseidon as he inched even closer to Rhea.

"I could have."

Poseidon answered him as he followed Kronos with his eyes.

"Then why don't you join me now. Together we'll be a force to be reckoned with."

"Yeah, we would be. But I'm afraid that you're too late, you see, the years I spent in your body were torture, and I'm hell-bent on getting revenge for all those years."

"That so. It's unfortunate, then."

*Grab*

"!!!"

Kronos got close enough to Rhea, grabbed her by the back of the neck, and placed his scythe right beside his throat.

"I'll have to kill you, son."

"And how are you going to do that, father?"

"It's simple; even after escaping from my pocket dimension, you still came back here for your brother.

That means, unlike me, you at least care a bit about your family. So you wouldn't let your mother die, would you?"

Poseidon narrowed his eyes at Kronos after hearing this.

"Arrgh, it's ok, Poseidon. You don't have to risk your life for me knowing that my children are safe; I'll be able to die with only one regret.

Not being able to name you and give you the love that you deserved when you were born."

Rhea said to her beloved son with a heartwarming smile while crying.

"Isn't that beautiful?"

Kronos said as he wiped a tear from Rhea's cheek.

"Rhea, mother, there's no reason for you to be worrying about death. Since I won't let you die."

Before Kronos could contemplate what Poseidon meant, Rhea was pulled from his hold and was caught by Poseidon by her throat.

"While I could tell your apology was sincere, Rhea. I don't easily forgive now, sleep."

Ice began to crawl from Rhea's neck down to her lower body. At first, Rhea had an astonished look on her face, but it was quickly replaced by one with content as a smile was placed on her lips.

When she was completely frozen, a portal was formed beneath her, and Poseidon dropped her in it.

"!!!"

Kronos was astonished by this; he thought that Poseidon would give himself up. He didn't expect him to take Rhea and freeze her.

"What did you do to my sister to my WIFE!?"

"Hmm? Despite you saying you don't care for your family, that's a strong reaction, father.

But don't worry, you're next I'm going to rip away everything you fought so hard to keep this kingdom, your title, your power, and eventually your life."

"You, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"

*Fling*

Kronos shouted as he threw his scythe at Poseidon.

"If you're too inept to figure it out, this is a declaration of war."

Poseidon told him right before the scythe hit him, and he vanished in a burst of fog.

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On an island, Zeus was having a conversation with his newly found siblings.

"So don't worry too much. I'm sure that Poseidon will be able to rescue mother."

Hades just finished telling Zeus of most things that Poseidon achieved over their time together. To reassure him that Poseidon will bring Rhea back with him.

"That Poseidon sounds incredibly amazing."

"He's also the reason we were even able to escape the pocket dimension a year ago."

Demeter said to Zeus for even more assurance of how brilliant Poseidon is.

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One year ago

Back in the pocket dimension that Poseidon and his sibling were stuck in nine years ago. They all surrounded Poseidon as he poured his divinity into the air.

"Are you sure this is going to work, Poseidon?"

"Are you doubting me, Regina?"

Poseidon asked the cat eared girl.

"Well, no, but still it seems unre-"

*Whirl*

A blue tear appeared where Poseidon was pouring his divinity.

"You were saying? Now.....let's leave this hell hole."