Chapter 23

The building I was in shook as Kunou and Me where drinking our tea and frankly not wanting to be held responsible for the princess getting hurt I yanked her into my arms and cast a barrier around us. "divina claustra!" I murmured holding Kunou beside me as a rotating spherical barrier that grew to surround us with five separate shells of barriers. "Kunou we should be fine here in this barrier. You're mother will come to pick you up soon, don't worry." I said to reassure her which seemed to make her noticeably relax if the way her tails drooped down from there stiff appearance.

The door leading out of the room we were in slammed open harshly "Crack!" The thin door couldn't take the stress and broke in half sadly but I only noticed it later as I was more concerned with the dark purple blur slamming into my barrier crashing through the first three and only stopping after heavily cracking the second to last with me heavily reinforcing it.

"Jake!" Scathach cried just outside the barrier in question and seeing the tears in her eyes I sighed and opened the barrier and prepared for several broken ribs from the bear hug I didn't need to be a seer to see coming.

I was surprised when she grabbed me ignoring Kunou sitting beside me, she wasn't crushing me it was.. just right I couldn't explain it better than I was truly safe in her arms.

She was mumbling asking where I have been, who took me, have I been hurt, and so many things I couldn't even cut in with my face being buried within her chest so I gently tapped her side and she reluctantly let me pull back

"I am ok now.." I petered off, I tried to say Mom but I couldn't say it with a straight face and I didn't want to hurt her so I didn't finish.

Scathach was staring me down and her gaze seemed to see past any form of façade I could put up and I could see the hurt in her own eyes as she saw my discomfort so she slowly and haltingly literally dragged her hands and arms off me as she sunk into the couch we were on previously with a sigh.

"Jake my son... no are you even my son? I see no love in your eyes and that hurts more than being struck by a gods blade." She whimpered and I was torn on what to do before I gave up.

"I don't know if I could call myself your son. I literally woke up in in the middle of New York a year ago and I have zero memories of you." I paused and seeing her covering her face with her hands I continued making her pause. "But that hug right there. I have never felt safer and more um at home I guess." I said uncertainly

Scathach nodded and dropped her hands and looked at the ceiling and I couldn't see her expression as she spoke "I have your blood scent memorized and even with the taint from the Olympians you are certainly my son but how do you not remember me? Don't you remember me making you a small spear for your fourth birthday and you crying about wanting a puppy instead... I got so angry that you weren't following in my footsteps that I actually spanked you for the first time."

Wow I must have been a saint to only have been spanked once in this life. Kunou meanwhile was waved down by a wild Yasaka who was standing next to the broken down door who then led her away leaving us alone minus the broken door.

"Well actually I have taken up the spear and I learned a good bit from a Yokai when, um Ellesmera took me away and dumped me in a Yokai realm." I was about to say mother by habit but I feel that would be a very stupid idea right now thankfully I caught myself. "I also made a lot of friends there!" I said cheerfully but she seemed to be within her own world. but I knew a way to bring her back for sure. "Oh um by the way I was told to ask my mother this but uh a girl there wanted to suck me dry what does that mean gurk!" I choked as a hand grabbed my collar and Scathach was very much here in the moment now as she glared at me.

"Which little bitch am I going to have to mount on my castle wall my dear?" Her voice was like poison, it was velvety smooth in its delivery and I instantly felt bad for this but I wanted to see where this would go from here.

Like its where you started a fire but didn't realize the grass around was super dry and now there was a huge forest fire and you just wanted to stay there and watch the world around you burn but hey when you are in California you have to make your own entertainment.

"Oh erm I fought a vampire and lost but I managed to escape." I hurriedly explained seeing her already reaching for my collar to look for hickey marks or love bites like I was an escaped teenage who didn't come home after prom till the next morning. "She tasted my blood and I think sweat going by how my teacher made me new clothes and she kept my old ones after training." Seeing her misunderstand look I explained. "My teacher was one of the vampires guards she is a really strong martial artist!" I said defending Hong Meiling.

I could see she was struggling not to snap at the thought of a leech going after her son. Little did we know the leech in question not to mention her sister were already planning on retrieving me and keeping me there at there side having already ran out of my blood.

She already seemed to have come to a mental agreement with her feelings as I told her some of the stuff I did in Gensokyo as she relaxed around me. "Jake I don't know who or what took you from me all those years ago, but with you being a human whoever took you may very well have stolen you're memories..." She trailed off and I likewise mentally agreed whether it was DXD or PJ everyone seemed to lose memories in them at some point or another. "But I am you're mother and." She paused and I could see her body losing the massive weight she had on her shoulders when she learned I didn't even know her. "I can't stop loving you... I received so many wounds hunting for you as I tore apart the Supernatural world in search of you yet I don't regret a single one of them. I cant stop loving you, even if you don't have a single memory of us, we will just have to make new ones together."

And with that speech she gently pulled me in and I could ironically smell Irish spring soap coming off her and the little giggle that escaped me is what made me break down and I started bawling and I could feel her unquestionable love as she shivered and held in her own sobs.