Making Plans

A/N: People are really salty about the implied betrayal of Kali. I never even planned for Kali to be the pairing. She was just someone with a crush on MC. The pairing was going to be either Chhaya, or some Earth Goddess like Hathor or Bast, Bast was the most likely. Enemies to lover, straight style. But well, I changed my mind, and now Chhaya is the pairing, with the love story still too far away.

I'd like to explain something. Kali "loves" MC, and feels as if she betrayed MC by having someone else's child. Why did she do it then?

She wanted a child, simple as that. Her need for a child outweighed her love for MC, and she did not wait for Theos to return before moving on with her plans.

Was it stupid? Yes. Is she going to be punished? Yes. Is Chhaya going to be punished? Also yes, although a bit lightly. Does that mean the girls don't respect Theos? Nope. They made a stupid decision, a selfish decision. They're gods, that's all. Now move on from that.

Why didn't Gaea warn Theos of the Child? She was told not to. Manasi is Kali's child, and has no relation to Theos. Gaea had no reason to go out of her way and tattle.

And yes, some chapters will be boring. That's the point of writing stories, you can't let every chapter have a plot twist, adventure, and all. Well, you can, but I'm not good enough at writing to do that without spoiling the fanfic. Yet.

I know my fic isn't anywhere close to being a GOOD read yet, and I'm trying to improve my writing skills. But I cannot do that if every decision I make in my fic is being criticized my monolingual people. Trilingual here. Not bragging, I'm equally bad at all three languages. Just saying. I'm trying to improve, I request you to let me.

Now, read on my good readers!

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"Uru?" Kali asks, scrunching her eyes at the brick in my hand, in concentration. Finally, widening her eyes, she whispers, "The metal which your Asgardian Gods use to make their weapons? I thought it was rare!"

Chuckling, and already pushing the conversation from before to the back, I hand her the brick of Uru, which she gently takes, and say, "Uru is the rarest material in the Universe, and the Asgardians have definitely used up more than I have access to, at the moment. But, I just so happen to have been born in the only type of Star that forms it. A dying one."

"Amazing!" Kali whispers, looking the metal over, and caressing it with her fingers, which I can tell is her casting scanning spells uselessly. Uru absorbs magical spells cast directly at it.

Uru has magic within it, and was absorbing more from Andalok. And this was just unrefined Uru ore. Just think, what pure refined Uru would be like, let alone an Uru alloy.

Chhaya takes the brick from Kali's clingy hands, and starts her own spells, and I have to say, I'm proud of her progress. Her magic was getting better year by year. Alas, like it did to Kali, the brick ate up the magic.

"This shit is absorbing my Magic!" Chhaya yells, a bit excited and concerned at the same time. Her hands start glowing, as she starts heating the brick up with her fire powers, that she got from the Sun above us.

Taking it from her hands, before she can destroy it, I say, "Well, yes. This is Uru, even if it is just the ore right now. And we can't even use it as it is."

"Right, the stupid oaf and his spawn will declare war on us." Kali mumbles, looking at the Uru with envy plain on her face.

I snort at what she called Odin, and say, "I said we can't use it like this, not that we won't use it. Can't let the first daughter of Andalok not have a Divine weapon when she finally ascends."

At that, Kali and Chhaya both widen their eyes, and I can see them both get a glint in their eyes.

Cackling a bit, Chhaya asks, "How? And what can I do to help?"

You know, Goddess of the Sun? Yeah, she's definitely a big part of this project, and I wouldn't deny her even if I could. All three of us will work on this, to make sure it works properly. Chhaya has her fire, Kali has her brains, while I have my strength and the Forging Handbook for dummies written by mum. Their punishment can come later. I'm still a bit conflicted on my feelings, and hence, need time to think it over. Of course, Manasi won't be punished. I'm not an Asgardian, you know.

So, I explain my plan. Well, my series of goals, that I hope is a plan.

Uru is really durable, having been created in the heart of a dying star, and was also dense as an ore, with an average density of 232.7g/ml. That number will only get higher when it is refined. So, our first job will be to find it's melting point, and then refine it.

But, for the Goddess of the Sun, and the Celestial Elder God, that will be just a few days work, after we have figured out a refining technique suitable for Uru ore.

Once I have access to refined Uru, I can probably transmutate more refined Uru for us, like I did with Adamantine, or I can just transmutate the Uru in my Dimension to become refined.

Or, well we might have to repeat the process each time we want to refine Uru, which will get old real soon.

This is just step one, after which comes the process of creating alloys of Uru, and finding the best possible Divine Alloy. We will try every "magical" metal we have access to, Vibranium included, and even some non metallic stuff. Magic works in mysterious way, and if some tooth of a Wyvern is an ingredient required, we will get it.

Or well, the girls will. This step will be carried out by Chhaya, Kali, and Manasi, with a lot of help from Sonny, while I practice making weapons. And yeah, I will have to bring the Ship here while the weapons are being made.

And well, step 3 will be creating weapons for each of us, using the new alloy, which will be completely my job. Chhaya will probably have to step in if I can't get my blue flames hot enough to melt it.

Guess I'll have to add the God of the Forge to my titles, if I succeed that is.

That will come tomorrow, for now, I'm going to catch up with the girls, and then hopefully properly meet Manasi. She did faint while meeting me for the first time.

A few hours later, we convene in the Dining room, having split up to allow me to rest a bit, while also allowing Kali to talk with her daughter, who had woken up while we were talking. Chhaya, meanwhile, went to prepare dinner from the animals Manasi hunted.

We don't need to eat, but Manasi does. And frankly, I had gotten used to eating after these 5000 years of living like that. Skipping meals doesn't harm me, but eating does give me pleasure, while the sisters were already used to eating, so they never stopped.

For the first few minutes, we stay silent, eating the food in front of us. Damn, Chhaya's cooking has definitely improved.

"So, Manasi.." I say, breaking the silence. As the small girl looks at me, with a bit of fear in her eyes, I ask, "Chhaya tells me you like hunting? I'm impressed, you know. At your age, I was probably just wasting my time wrestling with monkeys."

Ah, good times. I miss the little shit flingers.

Manasi visibly perks up, losing a bit of her fear, and says, "Yeah! I love hunting with my bow and arrow! Aunt Chhaya taught me to do it when I was 5, Lord Theos!"

I frown, feigning sadness, and ask, "You don't like me, Manasi?"

"NOO!!" Manasi yells, in horror, and then widening her eyes, she realizes what she just implied. She shakes her head and says, "I mean, yes!"

"Ah, so yes, you don't actually like me?" I ask, putting my hand on my heart, while Chhaya chuckles.

Chhaya says, "You're going to break his heart, Manu." Throwing oil into the fire.

Shaking her head again, Manasi says, "I.. I don't not like you. Uh.. dislike, yes. I don't dislike you, but I don't know you enough to like you!" and then she nods to herself, feeling satisfied with her sentence.

Still feigning hurt, I ask, "Then why do you call me Lord Theos? Did your mother ask you to? I think I might have to punish her later."

"Eh? But.. what else do I call you?" taking a pause, she turns to Kali, confused, and asks, "Why is your face red, mother?"

Chhaya meanwhile is hiding the smile on her face with the goblet of wine, as Kali just shakes her head to deny being red.

I answer Manasi, and say, "Well, you call Chhaya an Aunt, but I am not exactly related to your mother. Hmm.. why don't you call me Theos? No need for the Lord."

"But- but- you're Lord Theos! King of Andalok, Guardian of Induk, and our Skyfather!" Manasi says, looking at me with disbelief in her eyes. Gee, if only your mother and aunt remembered that.

Taking a sip from my own wine goblet, I say, "I'm also Elder God Theos of Donna, Celestial Theos, the Guardian, name still in working, and the God of Nature of Induk. But, most important of all, I am one of your mother's oldest friends. So, do you think she will like it if you think of her friend as a stranger?"

"No." Manasi mumbles.

I ask again, "And do you think she'll be happy with me if you keep calling me Lord Theos when even she doesn't do that?"

"No." Manasi again mumbles, shifting her food around. Looking up, she says, "But.. you're a God! I'm.. I'm just a demigod." Whispering the last part.

Shrugging, I ask, "And what difference does that make? You're Kali's daughter, and that's all that matters. I allow you, no.. I insist you call me Theos, or Uncle Theos if you wish."

Manasi thinks for a while, scrunching her face, and then nods. Looking at me, and smiling widely, she says, "I will call you Theo then! Theos sounds like an old man's name, and you're not old. And I call your mother Aunty Gaea anyway, calling you uncle will be weird."

"Don't give him more of an ego, little one. Eat your food for now." Kali says, gently admonishing her daughter.

Nodding, Manasi returns to her food, allowing us to exchange an amused look. She's a cute one, Manasi, or Manu, as Chhaya called her. And she's far smarter than I was at 8. Well, at my first 8th year, at least.

And she already has a lot of Magic for someone so young. She will become a great Sorcerer when she grows up. I will make sure of it.

Putting a small invisible barrier around Manasi, that blocks the sound of our voice going towards her, I say, "She needs to mingle with others of her age, preferably on Terra."

Nodding, Chhaya says, "As much as I hate to say this, the Andals aren't smart enough yet, to have conversations with her, maybe in a 100,000 years, or more. But not now."

Sighing, Kali says, "I had already anticipated this. I've asked your mother for help in this regard, when she was last here. But it's been a few months since she's been here, and I don't know if she has any ideas."

I think on it for a while, knowing that there are only a few young Gods on Earth, and they probably won't even talk with Manasi yet. Gods only like Demigods when they want to satisfy their libido.

So, Demigods of Earth are the best option.

Nodding at Kali, I say, "Before beginning work on our Divine Metal, I'll go and visit mother first. I have an idea, but mother is better equipped to handle it."

"What?" Kali and Chhaya ask, together.

"A gathering place for young Demigods. A place for them to train, play around, and just make friends. And who better to handle the place, than the Mother Goddess?" I answer, with a self satisfied smile on my face.

I'm really proud of this idea, you know. A park for demigod children, where even Manasi can play, and she will definitely blend in amongst the Vedic Demigods.

"That's.. actually a good idea. Huh." Chhaya says, mumbling to herself.

Before I can show my indignation, a small voice asks, "Why are you talking in secret? Mother, you said it's rude to talk about someone in secret!"

Honestly that sentence came out of nowhere, with Manasi looking at us wide tearful eyes. As Kali goes to comfort her daughter, and explain some stuff to her, I lean back, done with my food.

Manasi. Born of the mind. A smart Demigod daughter, who will most definitely join us as a Goddess soon. Heh, I'm going to have to add another person to the list of people to protect, aren't I? Probably more, if the look on Chhaya's face is any indicator.

Damn, I'm going to have to visit mother for advice again. She's definitely going to be mad at me for not visiting sooner. Hopefully not too mad. But.. when have I ever been that lucky? And I have a bone to pick with her too.

Sigh, I should have stayed on Donna and worked on the metal by myself.

'Troublesome women.'

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A/N: In case anyone didn't realize, the pairing is Chhaya. Theos won't have any relationship with Kali, beyond the "Sister of my lover", and "Fellow High God of Andalok."

I do realize that Theos outing himself as a Celestial to Manasi, so soon, is something a paranoid bastard like Theos won't do, but right now I'm too lazy to change anything.

Tata!