Chapter 93: Family Part 4: Young Love
Four months flew by and the day before the wedding arrived. Xander was already walking around, causing all sorts of mayhem with his magical abilities. He couldn’t fully control them, but that didn’t stop him from trying.
"Having a god baby, now that’s a 48 hour a day job." Sora joked, clearly tired.
"At least we know he’s happy and healthy! It was nice of Athena to bless him as a formal god. Thanks for the heads up on that Celeste, otherwise I would have freaked out that night!" Brie exclaimed while shaking her head. "The blessings are so much different than regular visits!"
"The visitation in dreams alone causes many to worry. It’s not something anyone would consider normal. Your heart rate does drop very low and your breathing is super slowed, so for a newborn, it can be very chaotic. Especially when it’s a blessing. Those take much longer."
"Well, we’re past it and now we can celebrate this wedding!" Sora exclaimed.
*****
While everyone was getting ready for Julius and Rissa’s wedding, which was going to be hosted in Sorbella, Xander walked up to Sora and said, "Dadda."
"AWWWWWWWWW," the party gushed.
"Yes little buddy. I am your dadda! What about that, whose that beautiful woman?" Sora asked in baby talk.
"Mama! Mama is best." Xander blurted out then covered his mouth and frowned. "Dadda is best too."
Sora laughed and whispered in Xander’s ear, "Mama is best." Xander then smiled sheepishly.
Despite his magical theatrics, he was well behaved, clearly growing faster than any human baby, and it made Brie wonder if becoming a goddess was the right idea. She always reminded herself a child wouldn’t be possible without becoming one, so she was proud of herself for accomplishing such a rare feat.
Xander also finally understood the concept of "no," which helped whenever he’d open portals to areas he shouldn’t. One night when he opened a portal to Azazel’s lair. Thankfully, Azazel was not there and Xander closed the portal when he sensed his Mama and Dadda’s fear. Because he was walking, Julius suggested that Xander was the ring barrier for the wedding.
Sora and their party were on high alert for the wedding. Because it was in a public location, they were ready for anything. Julius insisted on Sorbella.
"If my mother gave her life for me to get here and that’s where I met Rissa, that’s where I’m getting married."
Rissa agreed and was happy both her biological parents, who were proud of her for joining the Valencia family, and Soren and Lyra planned on attending.
*****
On the wedding day, Julius had Sora be his best man but also had Levi, Jubelle, Ox, Bishop and Aegir stand on stage with him. Sora explained some traditions from Earth and Julius was all for them, as was Rissa. Rissa had the lovely ladies of the party dressed in pink, with the exception of Celeste, who purposely stayed invisible for the event.
Thousands of people showed up, all bearing gifts. A demon vampire marriage was almost inconceivable, but to Sorbella, it was just a day where members of the Saviors party were joining hands in marriage.
The wedding went off without a hitch, and Rissa’s horns continuously changed colors, which showed how happy she truly was. Julius was lost in her pink eyes, which had become more clear and vivid since becoming a Valencia on her birthday.
As they gathered for the afterparty, Wrath and Pride showed up, ready for a full scale attack.
Sora and Brie cast Divine protection on their guests and the party began teleporting everyone out of there. This became useless as Xander opened a portal to the vampire settlement, where people happily rushed through.
"Thank the gods we have a god and goddess and now a god baby!"
"If it wasn’t for Sora and his party, this would have been a mess! Good luck everyone!"
Julius was PISSED. He gave Rissa another kiss and said, "I got this one babe. They chose the wrong day to mess with me."
"PROPAGANDA!" Julius shouted. Wrath’s 4 purple, 2 red and 2 orange eyes turned white.
Julius was now a puppet master and took the fight to Pride. Sora linked with him, just in case he wasn’t able to hold Wrath for long.
"Wrath? What the fuck are you doing snap out of it you moron!" Pride yelled as Wrath began shooting acid at him.
Brie stopped pride from getting near Julius. "Stay the fuck away from him." She shouted.
Pride tried to attack Brie, but it was useless. She simply used Aphrodite Unleashed: Evasion and every attack Pride tried to land fell through thin air. Sora ensured the people were safe and that they all returned to their homes, with the help of Xander.
"Thanks lil guy. You’re pretty powerful, you know." Sora said as he picked him up.
"Dadda!" Xander smiled.
Central Sorbella was now a battleground no one anticipated. Azazel, Helen and Eris teleported there and were met with Sora, Celeste, Levi and Sasha.
"Make a move and you’re dead," Sora said angrily.
"We’re not here to fight you. We’re just here trying to figure out what in the literal hell is going on." Eris said calmly.
"What is stopping me from ending you right now?" Sora snapped back.
"Do you want titans to crush your entire planet? I can make the call anytime. Their orders are to attack if I die," Eris said with a smirk.
Sora knew she was right. Sora teleported to Brie to assist her in defending Julius, but Pride gave up on trying to get to him.
"Azazel, what are my orders?!" he shouted.
"Kill Wrath. I’m sure he’s not at his strongest as he’s being controlled by that young man’s demon art. What a shame we lost him and his Father couldn’t retrieve him. I’m afraid we’ve allowed this party to get too powerful, too quickly." Azazel barked back.
It didn’t take long for Pride to kill him, which was Julius’ main objective.
Wrath melted away into the surface of Sorbella, and Rissa quickly teleported back to Julius.
"Are you ok sweetie?" She asked in a concerned tone.
"Never better," he said as he gave his new wife a kiss. He went to tell Sora to unlink, but realized he didn’t want to give anything away to the enemy.
*****
"Well, Sora and Brie, it appears I have underestimated your party. It also appears you have quite the powerful son. Until next time," Azazel said while teleporting away.
"What was that about? Sora asked Brie while handing Xander to her.
"I’m not entirely sure," she responded while giving her son kisses while whispering "Nice job."
"Mama Dadda stwong! JuJu also stwong. Riss pwetty." Xander exclaimed.
Sora gave Celeste the live-streaming video camera from his dimensional void when she finally appeared.
"Hello everyone! I am happy to say our party is doing quite well! Thanks to Julius, we defeated the demon sin Wrath today! It is now safe for the citizens of Sorbella to resume normal activities!" Sora said passionately.
"We’re very sorry they attacked, but thankfully everyone was able to get out safely! Please, if there is anyone injured, let us know right away!"
Xander opened a portal to an injured couple.
"Amazing." the couple muttered.
Brie walked through and healed them.
"Mama best heawer." Xander said joyfully.
The couple thanked Xander and Brie and when they walked back through the portal, he opened another one to their mansion.
"You’re such a good boy you know Mama and Dadda love you very much!" Brie said as the rest of the party walked through the portal.
Rissa and Julius spent the night relaxing and reminiscing. They made out, but agreed they’d wait until Julius was 18 before they did anything sexual.
*****
Meanwhile, the masked god paced in irritation while observing the events of the wedding.
"What are my allies doing? The goal was to power him up, not make them so powerful that a 17 year old could control a sin!" he screamed in anger.
A masked goddess teleported to him and said, "I’m here on Lox’s behalf. I’ll be your right hand lady."
The masked god turned, baffled.
"Didn’t know I needed one. What’s in it for me?"
