Chapter 225 What Lies Behind Her Door

"That's true, but there is something else that I wanted to ask you," Kali said as she looked down at the ground. "I was wondering if maybe we could... um... spend some time together?" She asked, and my eyebrows raised in surprise.

I had not expected this request from her at all, but now really wasn't the time for it. Plus, when I did, I was going to make sure that I had plenty of time to give this woman a good dicking. She needed the same treatment as Eliza and Chili got, leaving her barely able to walk.

"I am sorry, Kali, but now is really not the time. Things are about to get really intense, and I need to focus all of my attention on the battle," I said, and Kali nodded.

"I understand. Thank you for considering it," she said as she turned to leave, but I stopped her before she could walk out the door.

"Kali," I said, and she turned back to look at me. "I am serious when I say that I will make time for you once this is all over."

Kali's face lit up in a smile, and she nodded before walking out of the room. It seemed that things were starting to work out with her as well, and that was good.

Now it was time to go get Tallia, and the portal opened beside me right on queue.

"You called?" Tallia said, and I nodded.

"Do you mind giving me a ride to the wall?" I asked, and Tallia frowned at me.

"It is still pretty early, isn't it?" Tallia asked, and I nodded.

"Yes, but there is a bunch of prep stuff that we need to do, and I want to introduce you to my brother, Leo, the fifth Zodiac," I said with a smile.

This was important because I had a new ability that would be able to give her the power of one of the Zodiacs. It was impolite to try to take power from someone without asking first and would get Tallia drawn in. If that happened, I don't know if I could help her or not, so it was best if we went together and connected with one first.

"Alright, come through," Tallia said as she stepped to the side, and I walked through the portal.

On the other side, I found myself in a lovely little house, and I stopped once I was through, and the portal closed behind me. The place was clean, and there was a small kitchen off to the side. It was apparent that this place was well cared for, and I walked over to the small table in the middle of the room.

"This is cute," I said as I looked around, and Tallia blushed a little.

"Thank you," she said, and I smiled and walked over to her but reached behind to pick up a small statue of a white cat.

"What is this?" I asked playfully, and Tallia blushed, grabbing it out of my hands. I never imagined that she would keep something like this around, but if she had been dreaming about us, it made sense.

"Nothing! Don't we have a place to go?!" Tallia demanded, but I slowly encircled her in my arms.

"Not that much of a rush. There is no need to get embarrassed. It means a lot to me to see that you kept something like this around as a reminder of me," I said, kissing her cheek.

"What if I told you that it wasn't the only one?" Tallia asked as she borrowed her face into my chest.

"Not the only one? How many more do you have?" I asked, and Tallia pulled away while blushing.

"Come with me, but you have to promise not to say anything about it. This is really embarrassing!" Tallia said without looking back.

"I promise," I said as I was led to a room at the back of the tiny house.

When the door opened, I witnessed a blinding display of whiteness everywhere, and this whiteness came in the shape of white cats of every shape and size, but none of them were real cats. They were all statues, stuffed, or paintings, and I was in awe at the display.

"These are all of them?" I asked, and Tallia nodded while blushing.

"Every single one. I have been collecting them for years," she said, and I chuckled as I walked around the room, looking at each one individually.

"You have quite the collection here," I said, and Tallia nodded.

"I know it's silly, but they make me feel happy," she said, and I nodded in understanding. It wasn't silly to me at all because it meant that she had thought of me often over the years.

"There is nothing wrong with that. I think it's sweet, and I am honored that you would keep them around," I said as I walked over to her and pulled her into a hug.

"Thank you," Tallia said, and we stood there in each other's arms for a moment, enjoying the feeling of being close to each other again.

Eventually, we pulled away, and Tallia led me back out to the main room, where she opened a portal to the wasteland where our battle site would be.

After seeing Tallia's room filled with mimics of myself, I felt on top of the world. I had wondered just how much she thought about me, and this was proof. Just like me, she couldn't forget me, and now I was going to make sure that I was a permanent fixture in her life.

I still had plenty of worlds to explore, but now I would be able to do it with my favorite person. That, and all my other girls and everyone in between!

"Are you ready to go?" Tallia asked, and I nodded.

"I was born ready," I said with a grin, and Tallia chuckled as she led me through the portal.

This journey to get to this point had been filled with all sorts of ups and downs, but now I finally had what I had come for. Now it was time to make sure that I never lost her again.