Pea was pissed at her sister when they got back to the cave. She walked in front of her sister without saying anything. When path wanted to hold her shoulder Pea transformed into her serpent form and slithered to the far end of the cave. Path just smile and followed her. "Nile likes master. You have always wanted someone to take care of him and to love him." She explained to her sister who was still coiled up mad. "Nile can be that person, I think he is that person Pea." She went on t say. Pea transformed back to her human form. "Nile is a man, how can he and master fall in love?" She asked her sister confused. Path took her sister's hand in hers. "Love is love Pea. I think Nile can help break this curse." She told her sister. "But won't this bring back Jahzara?" Pea asked her sister even more confused. Path smiled. "Jahzara wouldn't go away for good, she is cunning and evil. I will not allow him to live his life this miserable. If the loophole in the curse is a man, then we will deal with Jahzara then." She was so convinced. The snakes had been enslaved by Jahzara and had done so many atrocities at her command. The Guardians had not taken any time to understand them but Khari had nurtured them and quenched their blood thirst with his own blood. He didn't know the reason why he was cursed and the serpent had kept it from him. They intended to keep it that way but now they both knew since he was out in the world he'd find out sooner or later and the Guardians wouldn't let him be. Pea hugged her sister and they sat there looking at the moon from the small opening.
Imani had been past her mourning and she was ready to kill her enemy. Zahari the high priestess had not gone back to the valley so she walked up to the new queen and helped her put her armor on. "The serpents need to be brough here. They can not go around causing havoc." She told the queen. Imani looked at the priestess and nodded her head. "I do not intend to let any of them to do any human or supernatural harm." She replied her. Adana walked in the room and bowed her head down. She wore a white armored dress with two long slits on both legs. The dress was made by the priestesses and it protected her. "We are ready to leave, your highness." She let the queen know and Imani nodded her head. She walked out and Adana followed the queen as they headed to the human world to the cave. Imani and Adana took three more soldiers to the cave. When they got there Imani stood at the entrance and she lit the phoenix fire at the entrance. Serpents are allergic to phoenix fire and she let the fire burn. The flames were heavy and quite big. Path felt the fire from inside and she began choking. She woke her sister up trying to look for a way out but the fire covered even the atmosphere. The two of them crawled and choked as their powers felt drained. They couldn't move as they felt powerless. Pea crawled on the ground and she let out a silent cry to Khari. "Master, help me." She cried out with tears in her eyes. Imani and her guards stood outside the cave waiting for the snakes to slither out powerless so they could take them to the palace and lock them up. Imani didn't want to lock them up but she wanted to kill them as revenge to her brother.
Khari was still sleeping when he felt Pea's cry for help in his veins. He sat up straight and he listened to her blood in his body and he felt her feel weak. He was furious and Nile walked in from outside only for Khari to disappear. "Auw, no greetings huh." He said to himself as he stood at the door confused. Khari got to closer to the cave and saw his sister and her guards standing outside the cave with the phoenix fire lit. "You torture my snakes Imani!" He screamed in anger as he shot ice from the palm of his hands and the whole ground froze from the ice. He he waved his right hand to the right and his magic pushed one of the guards away. He knelt down and hit the ground with his palm letting out more ice and blowing out the fire. He stood face to face with his sister and he stared at her angrily. The other guard tried to sneak up on him but he shot ice spear out of his body and he got hit in the chest. "How dare you Imani! You have the audacity to torture my children!" He was furious and she didn't care. She drew her sword from her side and ran towards him but Khari flew in to the sky dodging her attack. He held out his two palms on opposite side of each other and formed a sword from ice and fire. His sister followed him and she noticed her mother's power from the fire. "Oh yes sister I inherited our mother's powers too!" He mocked her angrily. The two siblings began fighting each other in the sky and they both fell to the ground. Path had gained her consciousness and she saw her sister fainted. She saw Aadan's figure walking into the cave so she transformed in her python self and slithered towards him, dragging him outside the cave. She hit his legs with her tail and coiled herself around her throwing Adana at the closest tree. Khari saw Path and he hit his sister with his hand and flew to the sky. "Get Pea out of here!" He ordered Path. "You named them?!" Imani shouted at her brother who didn't look at her but flew closer to the river. He went up high and surrounded himself with a boundary spell. Imani tried to come closer but she couldn't. "Oh dear brother I didn't think you'd chicken out so soon." She said sarcastically to her brother but Khari looked at her with a smirk on his face. "No one tortures my snakes and gets away with it Imani!" He warned his sister.
Khari put his right hand up towards the sky and he chanted out loud. The skies began to grow darer and the rivers began to flow uncontrollably. The winds blew harder and it was a hurricane storm. Imani looked around her and saw the Mawone village closer. "You torture my children, I drown yours sissy." He warned her and he put his hand higher with his head up towards the sky. Imani tried to break the boundary spell but she couldn't. the rain began pouring and the winds grew stronger. The river waters were too much and the dam wall was almost full. Khari looked at his sister in the midst of this and Imani looked hopeless. Adana had joined the young queen and they both tried to break the spell but they couldn't. Khari had a serious angry look on his face. How about they all drown?" He paused a rhetorical question to his sister. Imani gave up on trying to break the spell and she looked at the dam wall and the village. She knew she couldn't beg him to stop and she would have to watch her brother kill a whole entire village. Khari was full blown in power when he heard Nile struggling to hold on. He was holding on to a pole. He could hear his heartbeat and he looked at the village. The thought of Nile drowning and dying didn't seat well with him. Imani saw her brother's look change from anger to something she didn't quite understand but it looked like he was worried. Khari heard Nile scream as he slipped so he instantly let his hand down and disappeared from where his sister and Adana were. He got hold of Nile's waist and landed with him safely on the ground. Nile opened his huge eyes wide open seeing Khari and he couldn't help but continue to look at him holding on to his arms. "There now, I am right here." Khari assured Nile as he pat Nile's head with his other hand. Nile's heart beat so fast that Khari could literally hear it. He was slightly taller than Nile and he bend his head looking down into Nile's eyes. They were gorgeous and they had an effect on him. They kept staring into each other's eyes and they didn't even notice the sky was clearing up.
Khari felt a sharp pain in his chest and he held on to it bending downwards. "Khari are you alright?" Nile asked him as he held him. Khari kept on holding his chest groaning in pain. Far from this world sat a very beautiful woman, she had long white hair and she was wearing a black dress. She smiled with joy. "Finally, the loophole. Let the games begin now." She said as she saw a tiny crack on her wall. The seal on Khari's heart had just cracked and the withered iris flower in the Lotus Valley had a tiny glow it scared the three priestesses. Khari held on to his heart and Nile helped him up. "You can walk?" He asked Khari and he nodded his head. The two of them walked slowly to Nile's place. They were both quiet along the way. Nile knew Khari was the one behind the hurricane but he didn't ask him. Khari was deep in thought wondering what the sharp pain in his chest came from and how Nile had the ability to make him question everything he thought he knew. He wanted to destroy the whole village to spite his sister for hurting his serpents but for Nile he stopped and rushed to his side. Khari looked at Nile as they walked back to his house. "Who are you?" Khari whispered to Nile and Nile just smiled and helped him home. When they got home Pea and Path were there. Pea was still out and Khari rushed to her side. "She took in most of the phoenix heat let me absorb it." He said as he took her hand and absorbed the energy. Path stood next to Nile who kept on looking at Khari absorbed the energy. "Enough master, you too have our serpent blood in your veins. Too much of the phoenix energy may also weaken you." Path warned her master and he nodded his head and then he stopped. "I think I have taken all of the phoenix energy out. Take her to rest." He told Path, Nile quickly carried Pea in his arms into the house to sleep in the other room. Khari looked at his hands and skin, he was dirty. Path saw him frowning. "Let me run you a bath master, you need to freshen up." She told him and he nodded his head. She went inside the house and found Nile already pouring hot water in the wooden tub in his bathroom. "You want to take a bath now?" She asked him but he shook his head and poured another pot of hot water. "It's for Khari I had prepared this for him but he left in a hurry." He explained to her and she just smiled. "I will call him for you." She said to him as she left the room. She told Khari to go and bath. Khari went to the bathroom and found Nile busy testing the waters that he didn't even see him enter. Khari took his shirt and pants of leaving him naked. Nile stood up straight and turned facing Khari. He was shocked to see a naked Khari right in front of his eyes. He swallowed hard as he looked at Khari's naked body and his male organ was the perfect quite large. Nile kept staring ad Khari's male organ biting the inner of his lower lip and Khari just stood there still. "Is the water ready?" Khari finally asked Nile and Nile nodded his head. "Yes it is ready, please dip it in…. I mean you can bath." He said as he choked. He quickly rushed out, closing the door behind him and leaning on it with his eyes closed. He smiled and bit his lower lip. "Now that was a sight." He commented as he walked away. Khari just stood there confused and he went and sat in the tub bathing.