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Artemis never took the vow of chastity. Her father hopes that one day she’ll fall in love. She spends most of her days in the public garden. Unknown to her another visited the garden. His name is Ronin, and he is the minor God of warriors. He’s also the son of Ares.

“Hello,” Artemis says.

“Hello,” the man says.

“Who are you?” Artemis asks.

“I am Ronin, minor god of Warriors,” Ronin says, “Who are you?”

“I am Artemis, Goddess of the moon,” Artemis says.

“It is a pleasure to meet you, daughter of Zeus,” Ronin says.

“Son of Ares?” Artemis asks.

“Yeah,” Ronin says.

“I come here a lot,” Artemis says, “I’ve never seen you before.”

“I’m normally over there, in the daffodil section,” Ronin says, “I just wanted to change it up for one day.”

“You can stay here if you like,” Artemis says, “I normally water the flowers while I’m here.”

“Isn’t that someone else’s job?” Ronin asks.

“Yeah, but don’t worry they know,” Artemis says.

The two became close meeting in the garden every day they could. Eventually, the two confessed their love for each other.

-Garden

“Artemis,” Ronin says.

“Yeah?” Artemis asks, turning around.

“Would you sit down?” Ronin asks.

“Sure,” Artemis says sitting down next to Ronin.

“I love you,” Ronin says looking in Artemis’s eyes.

“I love you too,” Artemis says looking in Ronin’s eyes.

The two draw closer. Ronin grabs Artemis’s chin ever so gently, and places his lips on hers, giving her space if she wants to close the kiss. Artemis closes the kiss and sparks fly. Their lips making a conversation without words.

The two met more and more over the weeks. Growing closer and closer. The only one to suspect anything was, of course, the Goddess of love, Aphrodite.

After two months the two meet in the garden again.

“Artemis,” Ronin says.

“Yes?” Artemis asks, sitting next to him.

Ronin gets down on one knee and asks, “Would you make me the happiest man ever and marry me?”

Artemis is surprised at the gesture of love from the minor God of Warriors.

“Yes,” Artemis answers, hugging Ronin.

Ronin puts the ring on Artemis’s finger, and they kiss. Their love exploding, and of course, Aphrodite can feel their love.

Soon they tell the others. Zeus is overjoyed for his daughter. He thought she’d never fall in love. Apollo was happy for his sister, but constantly picked on Ronin.

The two soon married, and received gifts from the others. Apollo made sure it didn’t rain on the wedding day. Zeus had a home built for them on Olympus. The two headed for their new life, and home after the festivities.

“It’s beautiful,” Artemis says, seeing the house.

“That’s only the outside,” Ronin says.

The house is a pearly color, but made of stones. Ronin picks Artemis up and carries her inside.

“Wow,” Artemis says.

The walls shine around them. Aphrodite had painted one room in flowers. A nymph had helped set up a garden just for them. It was a magnificent house. Poseidon had helped get the furniture in the house. Artemis loved it.

Ronin carried her to their room and set her on the bed. The two soon began kissing.

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It has been a year since Artemis and Ronin moved in together.

One day Artemis asks, “What will we do today?”

“No idea,” Ronin says, “Lay here forever?”
Artemis laughs at Ronin.

“What’s so funny?” Ronin asks.

“You know we can’t lay here forever,” Artemis says, “We have to eat.”

Ronin begins laughing, and grabs Artemis, pulling her back on the bed. They roll around for a while, Artemis trying to get off the bed, while Ronin tries to keep her on the bed. Eventually Artemis falls on top of Ronin, their lips barely touching. Ronin pulls closer in the kiss, but leaves room for Artemis in the kiss. Artemis closes the small space, the two fitting together perfectly. Artemis begins pulling at his shirt, and he stops kissing her. They stare at each other.

“Are you sure?” Ronin asks.

“Yes,” Artemis answers, nodding her head.

The two begin undressing and they do It.

-Early the next morning

Artemis wakes up first, and gets clothes on. She heads for the kitchen and begins making breakfast. After finishing cooking breakfast she takes a tray into the bedroom and sets it on the end table. She walks over to Ronin and gently shakes him. He finally wakes up.

“Morning beautiful,” Ronin says.

“Morning,” Artemis says, “I made breakfast.”

“I love you,” Ronin says.

“I love you too,” Artemis says.

The two eat in bed, and then head to the throne room for a meeting.

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Two days later Ronin has to leave. There's a war going on, and he has to help his father. A week later Artemis became ill.

Artemis is cooking, until she falls to the floor, and begins coughing. No one knew, no one could help. Artemis slowly got back up, almost falling every once in awhile. She finally makes it to the bathroom, and throws up.

No one notices Artemis’s absence all day. They just figure she was sleeping or something. That is until Zeus decides to have a last minute meeting. Just when Artemis thinks she couldn’t have worse luck it got worse. The others start to show up to the meeting, even Apollo. Then they begin to notice Artemis’s absence.

“Where’s Artemis?” Apollo asks, finally.

“I haven’t seen her all day,” Aphrodite says.

“Me either,” says some other Goddesses.

“This is so unlike her,” Apollo says.

“Well I will not tolerate lateness,” Zeus says.

“Let me talk to her, please,” Apollo says.

“No I will make her come,” Zeus says.

“What if something's wrong?” Aphrodite asks.

“Exactly why I’m summoning her,” Zeus says.

“Exactly why you shouldn’t,” Aphrodite says.

By this time Artemis has finally made it back to her room and she reads the note saying that there’s a meeting today.

‘Great how am I supposed to get there? ’ Artemis thinks.

All of a sudden Artemis is whisked away.

-Throne room

“Maybe we should leave her be,” Aphrodite says.

“To late,” Zeus says.

They watch as Artemis appears in the throne room. Artemis’s head begins spinning again, and she begins to feel nauseous. Everyone looks at her as she just stands there, and doesn’t move.

“Artemis, Are you okay?” Apollo asks, seeing how pale she is.

She doesn’t answer, but tries walking. It doesn’t work though. After two steps she begins to lose her balance, and at the third step she falls to the floor with a thud.

“Artemis!” Apollo yells, running to her, but she has fallen into unconsciousness, “I’ll take her to the medical ward.”

Apollo flashes out, but the others stay for the meeting, filling Apollo in later.

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 Zeus shows up sometime after the meeting.

“Have you figured out what is wrong?” Zeus asks.

“No,” Apollo says, “I’m afraid I can’t find anything.”

“Check again,” Zeus says.

“I’ve checked about ten times already,” Apollo says.

“Check another ten times,” Zeus says, 

“Keep checking until you find out what is wrong.”

“I’m hoping she’ll wake up soon,” Apollo says, “So that she can tell me what was happening before she fell.”

“Until she feels better her carriage will cross the sky on auto pilot, and we’ll all have to hope that night will come,” Zeus says.

“I’ll keep trying,” Apollo says as Zeus leaves.

 A week later Artemis finally wakes up. She looks around, and realizes it’s morning. She begins to wonder what had happened and how long she was out for. She begins to stand up, but almost loses her balance. Apollo finally shows back up.

“Where did I leave my sunglasses?” Apollo asks no one in particular.

“On your head,” Artemis says.

“Oh,” Apollo says, finding them on his head, “Thank you Artemis.”

“Your welcome,” Artemis says, and 

Apollo stops in his tracks and turns around to see his sister standing there.

“You're awake,” Apollo says, dumbfounded.

“Yeah,” Artemis says, “How long was I asleep?”

“A week,” Apollo answers.

“What happened?” Artemis asks.

“You blacked out,” Apollo says, “I still don’t know what caused it.”

“Hmm..” Artemis says.

“What were you feeling before you fell?” Apollo asks.

“My head was spinning and I felt nauseous in the throne room,” Artemis answers.

“Did you feel anything before appearing in the throne room?” Apollo asks.

“Headache and nausea,” Artemis answers.

“Go through your day with me,” Apollo says.

“I got home, and made breakfast, ate, and then headed to the garden in my backyard,” Artemis says, “I then went inside and started to make lunch, that’s when I started to feel sick.”

“Maybe from that night with the moon,” Apollo suggests.

“That’s what I thought so I ignored it, and kept making lunch,” Artemis says, “I set my finished sandwich down and headed to the fridge to get something to drink, but before I could, I fell to the floor.”

“Tripped?” Apollo asks.

“No, because I felt nauseous, so I tried getting up. I almost fell back down a couple times. I finally made it to the bathroom and began throwing up. When I figured I was finished I headed back to my room, and found a note saying there was a meeting right then,” Artemis says.

“You threw up?” Apollo asks.

“Yeah,” Artemis says.

“Lay back down,” Apollo orders.

“Okay,” Artemis complies.

 Apollo begins to check her again, and finds that his guess is right. Artemis is pregnant.

“Artemis,” Apollo says after finishing.

“Yeah?” Artemis asks.

“Drink this, it’s water,” Apollo says, handing her a cup.

“Okay,” Artemis says, and she begins drinking the water.

“Artemis, When’d you have sex?” Apollo asks.

 Artemis spits out some of the water she was drinking and almost coughs on the rest, and she looks at her brother bewildered.

“What?” Artemis asks

“I asked when’d-?” Apollo tried to ask.

“No, no. Don’t repeat yourself. I heard you,” Artemis cuts him off, “Why is it any of your business?”

“Your.... pregnant,” Apollo says.

Artemis spits out water again and asks, “WHAT!? How?”

Apollo tries answering, “Well you see..”

Artemis cuts him off again saying, “I know how, but how?”

“When you and Ronin had sex,” Apolo answers.

“I can’t believe I’m pregnant,” Artemis says.

“You are married,” Apollo says, “We all kind of expected you to get pregnant eventually.”

 Artemis looks at Apollo, mad. She then realizes something.

“How am I supposed to tell Ronin?” Artemis asks.

“Same way I told you,” Apollo says.

 Artemis begins to worry, and then begins to rub her stomach.

“How am I going to tell dad?” Artemis asks, a little scared.

“Good luck,” Apollo says.

“I hate you,” Artemis says.

“Uh huh,” Apollo says, “Well here’s your chance to tell dad.”

“Crap,” Artemis says, hiding, “Get rid of him. I’m still trying to grasp this information.”

“Okay,” Apollo says. 

 Apollo walks outside, closing the tent door.

“Hello father,” Apollo says.

“How is Artemis?” Zeus asks.

“Still the same. No progress,” Apollo says.

“At least she’s not getting worse,” Zeus says.

 Zeus then walks away.

“He’s gone,” Apollo says as he walks back in.

“Thank you,” Artemis says.

“You’ll have to tell him soon,” Apollo says.

“I know,” Artemis says.

“Tell who what?” Aphrodite asks from behind Apollo.

“Crap,” Artemis says.

“You’re awake,” Aphrodite says.

“Don’t tell Zeus, yet, please,” Artemis asks.

“Only if you’ll tell me what you’re trying to hide from him,” Aphrodite says.

“I’ll only tell you if you promise not to tell anyone until I’m ready,” Artemis says.

“I swear on the stix that I won’t tell anyone,” Aphrodite promises.

“I’m... pregnant,” Artemis says sheepishly.

“Artemis!” Aphrodite says excited, “That’s wonderful news. Why don’t you want to tell everyone right away?”

“I have to figure out how I’m going to tell dad first, and I’m so not ready for that conversation,” Artemis says.

“He knows you're married. We all do. We all expected you to get pregnant eventually,” Aphrodite says.

“I said that too,” Apollo says.

“Of course she doesn’t listen to you, you’re her brother. You’re not a girl,” Aphrodite says.

“Fine I’ll tell him, later, but you still can’t tell anyone else till I’m ready,” Artemis says.

“Fine,” Aphrodite says.

 Aphrodite finally left. After telling her about Artemis’s dilemma Artemis felt a little more confident, though she’d never tell her that.

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 Apollo walks in front of me to a meeting, trying to make sure no one notices. We finally enter the meeting area and I hide behind a pillar. The others file in and sit down.

“We are meeting today to discuss the war going on right now, and to hear if there is any news on how Artemis is,” Zeus says.

“Yes, how is Artemis?” Athena asks.

I walk out and say, “Feeling much better.”

“And she’s awake and walking around,” Apollo finishes.

“I thought I told you to alert me as soon as something changed,” Zeus says.

“I did,” Apollo says, “Is that not in part why we are having this meeting?”

“It is,” Zeus growls.

“How do you feel Artemis?” Demeter inquires.

“Still a little nauseous,” Artemis admits.

“Totally normal,” Apollo explains before anyone can yell.

“So what is wrong with you?” Aphrodite asks, already knowing the answer.

I shoot a glare at her before taking a deep breath and saying, “I’m pregnant.”

 Everyone’s mouths drop open. They had expected it sometime, but they were still shocked.

“That’s..” Zeus tried saying.

“Wonderful news,” Poseidon says cutting Zeus off.

***3rd person POV***

 Aphrodite walks over to Artemis and just stands there. She knows the next subject will bring the moon goddess to tears. Artemis looks at her as Zeus begins talking about the war going on.

“As you all know Ares and Ronin went down to the mortal world because there is a war,” Zeus says and Artemis looks at him quizzically.

***Artemis’s POV***

“Unfortunately there is bad news,” Zeus says, and I feel a tear slide down my face, “They have been delayed in coming back.”

 Zeus looks at me as I let the tears slide. He dismisses us home and Aphrodite comes with me.

“He’ll come back soon enough you’ll see,” Aphrodite says.

 We enter my house and Aphrodite stays with me for the next couple months, helping me prepare for the baby that will come.

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***A/N: Artemis is six months pregnant***

***Ronin’s POV***

 We finally arrive back at Olympus, and Demeter approaches us.

“You’re finally back,” Demeter says.

“Yeah it took us awhile,” I say.

 Ares, my dad, walks off and I jog to catch back up with him.

“Go to your wife I’ll report everything to Zeus,” Ares says dismissing me.

“Thank you father,” I say, bowing, then taking my leave.

 When I arrive home instead of being greeted by my wife Artemis, I get greeted by Aphrodite, to my surprise.

“Hello,” Aphrodite says, “welcome home.”

“Where’s Artemis?” I ask.

“In the garden,” Aphrodite says pointing to the backyard, “But please announce that you’re going in. Don’t try to surprise her.”

“Why not?” I ask.

“She already hit Apollo for sneaking up on her. It’s a good thing he is the God of Healing,” She answers.

 I walk to the door of the garden and peek in. I see my wife sitting by the daffodils crying. I want to run to her, but I heed Aphrodite’s warning and announce myself.

“Coming in,” I say.

“Go away Apollo,” Artemis cries.

 I can’t hold myself back anymore and walk to her.

“Why do you cry?” I ask.

“You know why,” Artemis replies.

“I do not,” I say, “I am not Apollo.”

 Artemis lifts her head from her hands then looks at me. She throws her arms around me and sobs into my shoulder. I had never seen her like this, she was always strong, always hiding her emotions.

“I thought I had lost you,” Artemis explains, still hugging me.

“I am sorry,” I say sheepishly.

“I have something to tell you,” Artemis says.

“What is it?” I ask as she goes back to staring at the flowers.

“I...I” She tries to say.

“Yes?”

“I am pregnant.”

 My eyes open wide and I look at her. Tears still streaming down her face.

“How?” I ask, “I have been gone for six months-ish.”

“I am six months pregnant,” Artemis says turning towards me.

 I can see her baby bump, and I grab her, softly hugging her.

“I am so sorry.”

“It is not your fault. You could not have known.”

“I should not have stayed away for so long.”

“You are here now that is all that matters.”

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***This is shortly after Artemis tells Ronin. They decide to tell Ares.***

***3rd person POV***

“Hello father,” Ronin says.

“Didn’t I tell you to go home?” Ares asks.

“I did,” Ronin says.

“Then why are you here?” Ares asks.

“Aphrodite was at my house so I walked her home.”

“Why was she at your house?”

“So that Artemis was not alone.”

“I will never understand that Goddess.”

“I have something to tell you.”

“Well what is it?”

“Artemis is pregnant.”

“What?” Ares asks, surprised.

“Yeah that was my reaction when she told me,” Ronin says.

“How?” Ares asks.

“She is six months pregnant, must have happened before we left,” Ronin says walking away.

 Ares just stands there still bewildered. He is going to be a grandpa.

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***3rd POV***

 Today the baby will be born. The Gods and Goddesses wait to see the baby. Soon they hear a cry, the sign they were waiting for. Apollo steps out of the tent.

“You can come in, but only two at a time,” Apollo says.

 So they go in two at a time. The first pair to enter is Zeus and Hera, and last pair is Aphrodite and Ares. When they enter Ronin turns around and in his arms a little bundle.

“It is a girl,” Ronin says.

“Oh she is adorable,” Aphrodite says.

 Aphrodite walks over to Artemis and talks to her. Ronin hands the baby over to Ares. He looks down, and the little girl captures his heart immediately. On top of her head is little black spikes of hair. Her eyes, a mix of her parents and so unique, greyish-silver. Ronin’s eyes are grey and Artemis’s eyes are silver. She just stares at Ares and he stares back. The little girl caught every heart of the immortals that saw her. She’s a little bundle of joy that gives some hope again.

 Ronin got the two Goddesses' attention, and they look upon the scene in front of them. It's perfect, but perfect does not last forever especially when you are a God.

*** later that week. Artemis’s POV***

 Zeus calls a meeting for a few things. Of course I brought my baby.

“Artemis,” Zeus calls, “What have you named the child?”

“Her name is Astrid,” I say.

 The meeting goes on, but I am excused to take care of Astrid.

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***Astrid’s first birthday. Artemis’s POV***

 Astrid’s first birthday. The party is in the meeting place, but it is going to be decorated. Ronin and I walk in with Astrid on my hip. She began walking and talking before she turned one. Some say she is a smart girl, others say she picks things up easily. Either way everyone has to watch what they say.

I set Astrid down and she spots Ares and runs to him. It is one of her new favourite things to do. She also likes pulling on beards because she has no idea what they are.

 Aphrodite picks her up before she reaches Ares and begins playing with her. Beside me Ronin laughs.

“Should have seen that coming. She never made it to Ares,” Ronin laughs.

 We sit down and the party begins. Games are played and the day goes on. Finally it is cake time. Ronin sets the cake in front of Astrid and she just stares at it. Then she looks at Ronin quizzically, not sure if she should touch it. At this, awes can be heard. So Ronin shakes his head yes.

“It is okay, it is just food,” Ronin says.

 Astrid puts a little on her finger, watching Ronin the whole time, as it gets closer to her mouth. Then she sticks her finger in her mouth and her eyes open wide at the sweet taste. Suddenly she begins eating messily and even sticks some on Ronin’s face wanting him to taste it. The room explodes in laughter. Then Ronin walks over to me and gets it all over me. After that a food fight begins. Cake flies everywhere and Astrid just laughs and squeals at the fun.

“I think our daughter has a dark side,” Ronin says to me, while watching Astrid.

 After the party ended they finally got everything and Astrid cleaned up.