"Nachos, and well more nachos. This is the pinnacle of nacho making." Jano said as we walked into the kitchen. Now I like nachos but it's not something I wake up and crave. Regardless, food is food and I'm starving.
I still don't know what the agreement Jano and Hestia have with each other to keep each other alive and now live with each other. However, who am I to question an agreement? I'm just here to get stronger and take naps.
The same could be said with Zeph who locked himself in a room. Ever since his fight with Dajin he's been training... we think. He just locked himself in a room and hasn't said a word.
We're almost concerned for the blind man. We know he trains to an extreme but this is crazy. He hasn't even eaten, not a single meal. It's something he does to push himself however, how long can he push himself? I remember I used to do this, but sometimes I still do. Especially recently...
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CHAPTER 45: Nachos
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"Whatcha think kid? How are my nachos?" Jano said to me and I just took a bite and... man.
"These are... Really good! These might actually be the pinnacle of nacho making."
"See? Jano nachos are the best you'll ever taste! With my hand-picked vegetables, perfect cheese made from the gods of cheese, the best sour cream you'll ever have from the mountains of the coldest best to retrieve this sour cream. Custom shreddings of oranges and lemons lightly coating the delicious meal."
"I can taste it!" I said going for another.
"There is also the guacamole from the swamp monsters of the swamp."
"I would hope the swamp monsters from the swamp... A metaphorical swamp of course." Aza muffled, while biting down on another nacho.
"No. Olives from the caves full of bats, salsa from the hottest volcano in the world, cilantro diced and fused with four leaf clovers."
"Wait, are you saying this came from the swamp!?"
"No interrupting! Onions from the saddest place on earth, filled with my tears."
"Like, the metaphor... right? Like Blood, Sweat, and Tears? Right!?"
"Let me finish! Both red and green onions. Corn from the purest crops in the world, at the same place I got the meat, from Hestia and she actually added it on. I just couldn't go that far... Anyways, I got approval from the taste gods and they let me add the secret sauce."
"Secret sauce? What's in the sauce!?"
"Anyways, with some finishing touches... Voila! I preset, Jano's nachos... Non-Vegan Edition."
"Non-Vegan Edition!?"
"Well yeah, I don't want to force you guys into the lifestyle I have... However, if you are considering it, my door is always open."
"Thanks, Jano, but we're good!" Kingsley said, eating a chip full of meat. I just know he didn't even mean to do that; however, he's just like that. Oblivious to his own doing.
"Are they really?" Hestia said, grabbing a chip.
"Yes! Taste one! Hestia!"
"Alright, alright. They can't be... I stand corrected."
"Yes! I'm 4/4!"
"Indeed you are," Aza said smiling and grabbing a chip like the rest of us. There was this silence, a calming silence. Nothing trying to kill us, nothing trying to hurt us.
"Well, I'm going to see if I can get through Zeph."
"Alright. Have fun doing so!" Kingsley responded to Hesita who took the liberty to see if Zeph is okay. We know he is, he only gets like this after a long fight. Trains before he comes out of his room and acts as if nothing happens. However, I don't know this time it feels different.
I mean I can't blame him. This hasn't been easy. We've lost two members and had so many severely injured. Two of them aren't even conscious. Not to mention, our situation. Our situation is a unique one.
They couldn't tell us everything since they said they wanted to confirm it first. However, from the bits of what I heard, we have to stay inside at all times.
We all we're talking and even laughing. Jano started talking about the most random things ever like a time he stubbed his toe or he got so sick that he started to see things like a pony dancing. He's a funny guy, and way less awkward than I thought he would be.
"Hello everyone." We heard in a low tone from the door and we saw Apollo looking... grim.
"Hi, Apollo! I made nachos. Do you want some?"
"I'm fine. I'll be in my room." Apollo then started his sad walk up the stairs.
"I wish we could do more." Kingsley rolled his finger on a chip then bit into a chip while mumbling the words.
"Same." We all followed at the same time.
"I think we're all due for something." Hestia stood up saying with huge excitement.
"Something?" Jano, Kingsley, and Aza all looked at Hestia like she was a goddess.
"Yes. It's truly a wonderful idea! I don't know how we didn't come up with this sooner!"
"Yes! Yes!"
"A spa day!"
"Yes! A spa day!" They all started to jump up and down and all screamed in excitement.
"Koji, get happy! You don't get the right to just sit there!" They all yelled at me.
"Huh!? What about the others who won't even eat!" That's when they all huddled together and started whispering. That's when Aza turned around and cleared her throat.
"No comment."
"What!?"
"Regardless, a spa day would be so fun!" Hestia clapped her hands together making everyone nod from her statement.
"I agree." Aza's voice reaching a new level of happiness, for the first time in a while.
"I agree as well!" Kingsley's smile matched his words.
"Well, I'll go if everyone else goes."
"Nice to hear Koji! I'm going to hold you to that."
"So be it."
With that Hestia, Aza and Jano started to walk away bickering and planning the whole thing leaving me and Kingsley.
"Hey, Koji?"
"Yeah."
"What's a spa?"
"You don't know what the spa is?"
"No."
"You jumped up and down, smiled really hard, and agreed to go and you didn't even know what it was."
"I wanted to be happy for them! It also sounds fun!"
"You... truly are an idiot."
"Stop!"
"No, because this is it. The true pinnacle peak of being an idiot."
"I'm not!"
"Well, at least you're a nice idiot."
"Thank you... Wait. That's it!" Kingsley said, starting to chase me everywhere around the house.
"Come back here!"
"Never!"
We ran around and climbed on all types of things and yet he still couldn't catch me. We started doing the around-the-table maneuver where you go to a table and start to try to predict the other movements.
"Give it up! You're trapped, Koji."
"No. No way am I giving up." We were both huffing and puffing and sweat were dripping off our foreheads.
Kingsley then dashed towards the right and ran towards the left and ran directly into someone.
"You kids."
"Sorry, Erebos."
"Oh don't be sorry, however, I start running."
"Huh!?" Kingsley runs up finally catching up to me.
"I'm just saying you two better find a good hiding spot because when it comes to chasing people in a cartoon-like manner I'm the best!"
"Bull! We're the best!"
"Alright, then I'll give you... 30 seconds!"
"Bet, come on Kingsley I've got a killer hiding spot!"
"Alright!"
"You better! When hiding from a god, you'll need the best of the best!"
I don't know how it happened but now it's turned into a hiding-seek game. However, when it comes down to it I'm the best of the best. For the first 15 seconds, I made dummy versions of us while Kingsley set up traps.
Then for 5 more seconds, Kingsley turned off every light that was the furthest away from our spots while I set up the spot.
Our spot, is inside of a wall. I cut the wall with my sword to make a perfect cut so now all we have to do is push the wall in.
Lastly, we got into our spot and made sure there was enough space so we weren't hugging each other forever and stayed quiet and let him find us.
"Alright, you fools! Come out!"
Erebos is really an idiot. He doesn't even notice it. No matter how hard he tried we won. The only thing is we didn't set a time. That could be... annoying.
Well, I'll give it an hou-
"Found you, two."
"What!? How!?" I'm confused. How l. He found us, how!?
"Well to be honest you were being too smart. Which I expected of you. So I made clones go out and check the areas without lights and trigger all you're little blanket traps.
"That's so smart!" Kingsley remarked
"I know. I noticed how the lights that were turned off were all in a circle formation away from this spot exactly. Which makes this room more sus than the last."
Dammit, he's right. In our act to move all lights away from us, we made it so we trapped ourselves in. He's good.
"Lastly, you're in the shadows, shadows I can feel. So once I got in range. It was over."
"You cheated!"
"There was no rule about not using powers."
"It's unspoken!"
"Well, it should have been said."
"It's a draw then."
"Draw!?"
"Yup, now I want to eat the remainder of those nachos we all just left."
"There's nachos!?"
"Yup, they're quite delicious too, Erebos."
"They are good," Kingsley said, closing his eyes.
"Well, I got to have some then, let's go! Minions take me there!"
"We're not your minions!"
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"Can't wait to eat those nachos!"
"Same!"
"Those were soo good!"
"Phoneix noo!"
"What? Oh, we're you going to eat these?"
"Yes! We were!"
"Oops, my bad."
"30 seconds."
"30 seconds?"
"To hide and to not be found and die for eating those nachos!"
"How's a minute?"
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