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Chapter 22: Weddings and Holidays

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It had been a few days since the game with the Harpies and it was finally the day. It was a good thing that the place was a palace since the shear number of guests would have made things impractical for most wedding chapels let alone the ceremony. One would think that with being so recent to this time that he would not have that large a number of guests, but their were people that would want to show up to see those they had not seen in a while.

It made obvious sense if one had to think about it to use a mystic landmark for the ceremony. This was in part because of the increased security that was providable as well as allowing some guests that would not have been able to be as involved if the ceremony was held in the mundane or even wizarding world. Add to that that they were in one of the larger domains allowed for the absolute control of the area that was impossible elsewhere.

The Palace of Ice and Crystal was rather large and was at least as tall as most sky scrapers in height and covered many acres in size. Unlike the normal mundane residences and most mystics, it was not made of stone or stone like coverings as it was made of a reinforced crystal that was harder than diamond and could take damages that would make even the most advanced modern armor balk at the forces involved. It would have probably been called a fortress if it had not been for how beautiful and how elegant that the place was arranged to be.

The palace was a relic of an older time and rumor had it that the first sorcerer or actually sorceress to discover the ability to differentiate Ice or more accurately the ability to unite Water and Air to create Ice constructs and other solidified objects. Their was a debate ranging on what exactly the Crystal part of the palace was made of as it was still a well guarded secret after all of these years. The firm bet was that it was some sort of crystallized composite material that was about a higher density and durability than anything short of nuetronium. It was known that it had an ability to help focus energies for the palaces uses as well as absorb and redirect apposing energies to protect the palace. Their had been plenty of attempts to seize the palace over the past twenty thousand years, but they had all resulted in failure.

That it was located in the Winterlands the cold counterpart to the Summerlands was not something that could be easily understood by most. The main point was that it was a haven for those that did not or could not enjoy the perpetual days of the Summerlands and that their was a hereditary title passed down to the Lady Winter of the Line of Lady Ice. The perpetual moon light was not as strong as on earth that being that it strengthened and fortified those tied to the moon without forcing those under her sway to change.

The palace was arranged around a central spire with many slightly shorter spires arranged in circles radiating outwardly. It was sparkling in the moonlight with the light snow always drifting and falling upon the land. The road lead from the ice sculptured forest on the approach to the palace was while white was neither covered in snow nor was it solid ice like it looked like.

It was to this impressive sight that they arrived in a group to see one of the wonders that had at most been reduced to a myth to the mundanes and a legend to the wizards. Still the impressive sight was a bit more intimidating than wizarding and most mundane great projects that had been forgotten only to be rediscovered. That it was far larger than any of the possibly contemporary buildings in either the magical or mundane worlds helped to knock the breath out as they saw this barely remembered place especially for the wizards who still had old stories about something similar in their legends.

Well more accurately had faded to legend with the rise of the ministries and the eventual lessening of their original cultural values. European magical communities had at their beginning with a changeover with Merlin and Morgana been in large part of the old cultures of the time that had survived the rise and fall of Rome even if the more pompous parts of that culture had influenced them in both decadence and grandeur. This was in part why muggle born tended to not fit as the culture had solidified before the modern countries were formed and as such tended to still keep their roots even after the rise in modern religions.

The mundanes had long since forgotten about this land let alone the palace although some butchered retelling may have been the basis for the home of the Frost Giants yet those dwelling here were not they although some of the ice beings that dwelled here in their paradise would seem to disagree with that. The strange thing was that none of the ice or the wind seemed to chill the inhabitants which would seem rather strange all things considered until one realized that relative afterlives were based on relative suffering. Desert tribes had a tendency to make their hell a place of unimaginable heat while those in northern and colder regions made hell a place of being frozen alive which was rather depicted in the difference between the traditional hells of the Christian church and the variant found in Dante's Inferno. That being simply that those dwelling in the frigid north who feared freezing to death would think that a place of heat would be a paradise with similar ideas of a cool place in the minds of those raised in sweltering heat.

None of them had been transported to the hall directly as no one was ever portkeyed to the Great Hall at Hogwarts and that was the image of the place would be diminished if one did not arrive at the palace from the path. They were however not dressed in thick cloaks or even furs and yet were not feeling the cold that seemed to purvey the realm. While their breaths were crystallizing in front of them they did not feel the nipping of the heat leaving them nor the hair raising chill from the winds that occasionally picked up at their arrival point.

The group was not dressed in bright colors nor were they dressed in dark colors save the occasional tans or grays that they were wearing. Horus kept quite as unlike the meaning of white in traditional weddings symbolizing purity the ceremony would be garbed in white for a different reason. Winter was a time of rest before growth and as such white was the color of both death and rebirth in the community. They did stand out against the white fields and in general white tones of the entire land. The only dark was the almost purplish black night sky between the land and the moon.

"Well it is an impressive sight," Horus said as they appeared at their arrival point. "Though you do have to admit that after this it is obvious why I was not overly impressed by Hogwarts. It just never seemed to compare."

"You could say that," Nym said as she looked over the place. "How often had you been here?"

"Not to often," Horus said with a shrug. "Maybe less than a handful of times. Still it is impressive and I still remember seeing it when I was little. It seemed even more impressive since it was so much large to me at the time."

"So what now?" Ginny asked. "Besides the obvious of having to reach there, how do we get there?"

"Besides walking?" Horus asked rhetorically. "It's not like the walk would be too trying for you nowadays. Still the walk would allow us to look over the approach better. It's not like one could actually slip on the ground. I mean you can skate on it yet no one who does not mean to attack has ever fallen on the ice."

"Still making someone walk when there is an alternative would be rather rude," Kasumi said. "A good host provides for their guests and makes their stay as pleasant as possible."

"You have a good point," Horus said with a sigh. "There is another way, but I wanted to spend time walking and talking. Still we can talk on the way and the method is not that strange all things considered. A sleigh ride is not that strange."

With that a sleigh pulled not by horses or reindeer, but of rather large arctic wolves showed up. The sleigh was like the rest of the place decorated in shades of white with a more luminescent shade for the outlines against a more dull white design.

"Welcome to the Winterlands," the lead wolf said. "Lady Winter asks that her guests proceed so that they might get ready before the ceremony."

"Hello Arcturas," Horus said with a grin. "How have you been?"

"As well as can be expected," Arcturas said with a wolf grin. "Shame no one thinks to invade any more. Not even the lesser demons seem to care to try to take this place as they seem to think it too cold. Icy Hel indeed! I always thought they were crazy and this just proves it."

"My what a nice wolf you are," Kasumi said before she started to pet and stroke Arcturas's fur who promptly started making happy sounds as his tail flicked back and forth.

"Well no matter where Kasumi goes she makes friends," Nabiki said giving her sister a smile as she saw her happy so often nowadays.

"Still it just proves to everyone how special she is," Seras said looking at her friend with a fond smile.

"A shame that not everyone could come here," Luna said as she looked over the place. "Still some are not ready to know or accept the differences that other communities have. It is a pleasure to meet such friendly beings."

"As much as I would like to disagree," Hermione said with a sigh, "I just cannot do so. That we are here is pressing things a bit as it is I would imagine."

"True I don't think that their has been anyone outside the communities here in several thousand years," Horus said with a bit of whimsy. "Still it is an important day and we should probably get going soon. We have to get things set up and there are the preparations and the like. Still a shame that some of our friends are unable to participate."

"True enough," Nabiki said with a sigh looking over the group waiting and how happy Kasumi looked. "Still I just don't feel right interrupting Kasumi when she is with a friend."

"No one does," Hermione said with a sigh. "Kasumi is one of the most serene and loving people that I have met. Is there any truth to the rumor that even though she is not Catholic and alive that the church wishes to nominate her for sainthood?"

"It does seem odd that sis would get such a thing to those that don't know her, but she is just so caring," Nabiki said with a sigh. "Still even with the way things have gone they would not think about changing their minds. Finally she is happy. She gave so much for us and some times I just wanted to drag her away as she deserved better."

"Like you didn't deserve better," Horus said in a scoffing tone of voice. "The two of you sacrificed your lives to provide and care for your family. Kasumi sacrificed her dreams of being a doctor to keep things after it fell apart. You however put aside some of your reservations to get the money that was needed to provide for your family. So what if some of the things you did was a bit excessive? It is being able to put aside personal reservations to help the family that was important. Not many people get sacrificing your personal honor to save the families. Even with a still functioning honor code not enough of the modern generation gets that."

"Thus speaks the voice of experience," came the misty voice of Luna. "You have done the same and from what I know of your ancestors they did the same. That is part of the reason that even with mystics no longer hiding that they exist that they do not try to hard to explain things. Those who do not understand the reason for personal sacrifice even at the cost of not just their lives but their reputation and honor for the good of others will never truly understand them."

"Your friends told you then, huh?" Horus asked as he leaned against one of the trees. "That is not something that can be explained easily as we have yet to find any if many that can understand our history or better yet our origins. They have no way to understand the sacrifices involved in civilized modern culture. Some of the old tribes would understand, but most went the other ways. The price of power was not just never truly fitting in, but ..."

"To be truly different," Luna said walking over and giving him a hug. "You are not us and that is something that has to be understood." She looked at him before resting herself against him. "You may look like us, but you are different not just with your abilities, but in the very way your mind works. You may be human after a sort, but you are not like us far more than we differ from other human subspecies. You have far more differences in the way you think and react that are completely different from what we would do. Your mind is far more tactical initially and is capable of things that make the most brilliant strategist seem like how most of us felt watching Ronald play others in chess. The basis of the cultural mores that you come from were from a different time and it is one that most of the modern world and especially the wizarding world does not get. The sanctity of life has become so great that most cannot kill to protect their loved ones and yet are willing to die to save them. Your psychology profile is such that killing the enemy is far more easy to accept. Your people came from a time of war and never forgot that compared to others. You know that things are never truly safe and that the enemies could return. Our psychological profiles do not have that as we try to forget unpleasant things."

"I have to agree. Killing is something that we have to be trained to deal with as death seemed so permanent especially until you meet ghosts and then you know that life can continue, but that most never came back to explain things it remained an unknown to most," Hermione said walking over to join the comforting hug. "While some knew otherwise people prefer to believe what they believe than to accept things. That was part of all the groups separation as even if they could help, that they did not like to be made to feel inferior because they needed help."

"Yeah that is the reason that so much that we know is not shared," Horus said with a dark cynical laugh. "People do not really want to know what the afterlife is like despite saying they do as it has a far stranger system than most of their faiths can accept. The only thing we are holding back as bad is the messier things. I don't think that saying that magic can make nuclear weapons look like firecrackers would have been a good first impression. They were going to make enough issues with just the medical things let alone some of the other things that they would not accept. I don't think that most of the scientists would like all of their hard work to understand things to just be dropped into their laps. It would be an insult to just solve all their problems in such an indifferent way. It would remove the sense of accomplishment that they have. Just think how you would feel if someone solved a puzzle and just dropped the answer in front of you, would you not feel cheated when you were so close?"

"The defeated sense of uselessness," Hermione said with a sigh. "It would be horrible to lose the sense of accomplishment in a task as if everything that had been done to reach it was pointless. There was a story about that once in the science fiction category where humans ran across an older yet less technologically developed race that had over a million years of culture yet never developed the advanced sciences of modern medicine and transportation. They chose to build a ship and leave rather than be relegated to a secondary protected group. Their pride would not allow that loss having struggled to reach something only to be handed it without effort or trade. There is no value in something given without reason or cost. The problem with some charities is that they give handouts that create dependency and as such degrade those given. I still cannot believe that I wanted to free the house elves when they chose or more accurately need to be bonded to survive. I should have focused more on their well being than on other ideas."

"Pride both your own and the house elves let things degrade so much," Horus said with a grin. "Like any other they take pride in what they do if they want to enjoy it. A house elf is a servant that is true, but servants are not necessarily mistreated any more than a pet or slave would be. You were overwhelmed by the images of misused slaves in the past. That is what caused the problems now let's get back and head up to the palace."

"Ok Horus," the two said with a smirk as they planned on spending most of their time not recovering during his honeymoon but rather blissfully unconscious and hopefully rather involved.

"Hey Arcturus," Horus said with a grin as he approached the talking two. "We will be staying for a while so there will be plenty of time to talk, but we do have a ceremony to get ready for."

"Well it would be rude of me to take up any more of your time and it would be quite inconsiderate to make the guests wait," He said with a sigh. "Still if Lady Kasumi would visit from time to time..."

"Of course I would," she said as she resumed petting him behind the ears. "I will visit often and it is nice to talk to some new people."

With that they made their way to the sleigh and sat down before the wolves pulled them up the slope toward the palace. The group in general was impressed by what they had seen so far and it was even more awe inspiring close up as they traveled. Soon enough they would be at the palace and getting ready for the wedding.

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The hall was split into three parts one for the groom and one for each family of the brides. This was a relatively big event and a large number of important people and beings were here already.

While one would think that the Tendo section would be normal they would be wrong as like every other section there was a large turnout and several of the patrons and matrons of the line had arrived. The majority of the seats were those deceased family members that had managed to take off for the ceremony. As this was not taking place in the realm of the mundane, the spirits were tangible and a rather significant number of glomping hugs was prevalent as those who needed to finally become acquainted with family did so.

Seras's section had the Hellsing contingent and those in the know among the organizations that showed up. Strange enough even Rip Van Winkle showed up and there was no hostilities when Alucard's progeny showed up. Even Mideons knew better than to upset those that were present. The Black's or at least the Tonks part of the family was there as Seras was family in a strange way with Nymphadora. No one really wanted to see what happened if Alucard and Sirius had sat next to each other. Al had a rather strange sense of humor, but then again so did Black.

Horus's section was the most divers as his Senshi and Veela were there as well as his in the know acquaintances and family. Sitting next to Inari and Bast were Naruto and his girls. Some of the more famous and infamous family members were there. The only group that the Wizarding raised wondered about was that even if there were deceased people there how come the Potters were not there to see the wedding of their son. Still with Sirius Black with Remus and the brats it helped make up for that.

This was a rather unique situation as most of the mystic community eventually drifted from their mundane roots and the few that were born among the wizards tended to spend as much time in that world as a squib would.

It was a good thing that the wedding procession had decided to do the exchanges in private before most of the guests were seated as some of the more puritanical and prudish would not have taken well to the tradition as it was against most of their mores. Still those that had been involved thought back to the strangely entertaining ceremony and part of them were unsure about performing in front of the gathered crowd. Even Horus commented that the same part with Oroborus, Ama Des Sarta and Ilyana had been rather private in comparison it was a shame that Ginny was still rather out of it from her experience. Now if only they never had to explain the rather bowlegged walk or the silly smile they would not feel as bad. It was a good thing that the modified form had been used as there was no one in what was typically the best man's position except for Sirius and he was a bit stiff after the festivities.
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Flashback

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They were in a rather expansive chamber that they had been shown to as soon as they disembarked from the sleigh into the Palaces courtyard. The inside walls were a bluish white on the inside resembling a very light sky blue that accented the other near white colors that made up the rest of the palace. The main spires that were part of the central structure now that they were inside the snow white outer walls of the palace were rather high and thick enough to prevent most forces from entering as the walls were designed in stages to prevent unauthorized entry. When they came in they were met by two people. The male was dressed in light near white green and silver while the female was dressed in white with the hint of blueish white with the rather decorative amount of ice and crystals on her body.

"Lady Winter, it is an honor to see you again," Horus began with a slight bow towards the two. "Lord Oroborus it is also a privilege to have you here this day."

"None of that between us son," Oroborus said after barely suppressing his smirk. "We are family after all and have had a very beneficial relationship with Lady Winter. Really Ice must you be so formal?"

"The same could be said for you old friend," Ice said with a slight smile. "The important thing is that we get to finally meet those who have gained your love that also complete you as they have."

"She is right about that," Oroborus said while looking the ladies over. "It seems that you have taken my lessons to heart after all. Love is to be shared and like laughter is not laughed by its usage but grows from it. Now I believe you have introductions to do son?"

"Well gee wiz dad," Horus started in a nineteen fifties son's voice. "Do you really have to be so stern especially in front of your future daughters in law? Oh well. We have here the loves of my life and my future mates Kasumi, Nabiki and Seras. Next to them is Seras and my future pet Nym. She is just so adorable and she followed us home so you don't mind if we keep her do you?"

Oroborus just glared, but Horus could see the playful look in his eyes.

'It looks like the kid has really learned to deal with the mess he has gotten into,' he thought. 'Still he is getting too cocky and I don't want what happened with my mates to happen with his although I can tell that he has been training them.'

"Carry on," Oroborus said in a rather off hand manner which would disconcert most, but his son just went on with the show.

"Right then here are some of my fellow classmates," Horus began before pointing to the rest of the group. "I hate to say it dad, but there might be some serious poaching going on. Still we should not focus on those matters today of all days. Well my fellow classmates are Hermione, Ginny and Luna along with her pets Ronny and Nev. The two sprites on her shoulder are Evilyn and Lust who have been her companions since her mother made a minor mistake in a ritual."

"Lovely bringing those from the wizarding world here," Oroborus said with a sigh. "I can understand your mates and immediate family, but bringing others would normally cause problems. Thankfully there should not be any problems today, but do try to make sure they don't cause a scene with some of the beings here today. I get the feeling something is going to happen and it is going to be big so be on your best behavior. At least they seem well mannered and I mean no offense talking about you in the third person with you being here, but Horus would be held responsible as you are his guests. Now son who are the others and I get the feeling that this is going to be a very trying day."

"I get that feeling too and I have to wonder what those such as ourselves would consider trying my dear shadow," Ice said. "Still they are guests and we will have to do complete introductions before we continue. Tradition is important dears and one must follow certain ones although even we must change with the times."

"The formalities have to be observed even if we do not wish otherwise," Horus responded as his face went devoid of emotion. "As you know I am Journeyman Horus of the Order of Shadows and the Order of Serpents, Master of the Elements of Shadow, Fire, Air and Lightning, Master of the Akuma Kami Ken Ryu, Speaker of the Dead, Azrael's Chosen, He-Who-Commands-The-Silence, Death's Right Hand, Blood Heir of Lord Oroborus and Heir of Ilyanna and Ama Des Sarta. I ask of you to allow us the use of your home for the Ceremony of Mates."

"I am Lord Oroborus of the Line of the Snake," he began to speak with his voice echoing around the room. "Grandmaster Sorcerer, Prince Azrael of the Sun, Pan Were Alpha, Master of the Shadow and Serpent Orders, Master of the Elements, Master Necromancer, Grandmaster of the Akuma Kami Ken Ryu, Slayer of The Great Beasts Arachnid and Saurian, Creator of the Planetary Elemental Soldiers, and Keeper of Sorrowful Secrets."

"I am Lady Winter, Mistress Ice of the line of Dragon, Mistress of the Elements of Water and Ice, Mistress of the Transformative Art, and Member of the Order of Wolves," she spoke in a formal tone. "I welcome you to my home and am honored that you would wish to hold this sacred rite here. I offer Safe Haven and Hospitality."

"We are honored to be welcomed into your home and domain and gratefully welcome your offer of Safe Haven and Hospitality," the two sorcerers spoke in unison before inclining themselves towards their host. "We pledge to you to act with decorum, honor and duty while we are guests in your home."

"I accept you as guests in my home and accept your pledge in regards to your behavior," Ice said with a slight bow to her guests. "My home's services are at your service. May your time here be comfortable and enjoyable."

"I thank you for allowing us to stay as guests," Oroborus said with a slight bow. "Now if you would excuse us, I would like to get to know my sons mates and see what he has been up to lately..."

"Of course old friend," Ice said with a smile. "If you have some time to talk with me later..."

"I will do so," Oroborus said with a fond smile. "Now as you know family must come first..."

"Until then," Ice said before walking out of the room.

"Well then son," Oroborus said as several benches raised out of the ground before contouring into very comfortable couches. "It is time to talk. Now I can tell that you not only care about your mates here, but your other companions. We have a bit of time before the pre ceremonial rituals need to be dealt with so tell me about your friends. After your vacation we can discuss what to do with the current opposing rogues as I would rather hear about the expansion of the family."

"Well it began when I was dealing with a Rian Queen," Horus began. "Well, how was I supposed to know that the portal was not one it created but one sending me back."

"You couldn't have known since you have not really studied portals as much as you should," Oroborus said. "Most likely you will spend a good deal of time traveling through them during your Master's Quest. Those things always have to be trying and therefore unpleasant. Now we have several hours before so you can go into detail."

With that Horus went into detail before they had to go deal with all of the matters at hand. To avoid embarrassing the slightly less worldly members of the group, they would not be performing the ceremony of holders with the bridesmaid in front of an audience. Poor Ginny had in one way lucked out. Unfortunately do to the complete disproportion of males in the group they had to use a modified format. Poor Ginny would be proxy for the couples and finally the mates as she was passed down the rest of the wedding train. It was a good thing that there was plenty of time and heated baths for them to clean up before and after allowing her muscles to relax or she would have been a rather embarrassing sight.
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Lemon Scene

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"Well we have a bit of time before the general ceremony will be preformed and I know that most of you are less likely to be able to do this part in front of that large of an audience," Horus said with a sigh. "Still this is a tradition even if it is a bit less used lately. I am sure that we will all have plenty of fun now."

With his official statements out of the way the group began to disrobe from their travel gear before heading into the baths where they would get cleaned before and after their fun. Some of them might even do so during the washing.

The group reached the baths where Horus was soon swarmed by the girls and they also seemed to spend far more time touching each other than was necessary. Tradition was important and while dalliances would occur here the general practice was that mates did not sleep outside of the group while non penetrative sex was easily encouraged.

What that meant was that Horus alternated in fucking or more accurately coupling as they were not in a frenzied state as they washed each other off as a quadruple union where Horus helped to soap them up before sliding inside them with slow strokes before their own juices helped to rinse them off. Horus of course was not do to traditions allowed to cum inside them except in the mouth or on their skin where it was then rubbed in before being once more lathered up before rinsing off.

Horus spent his time slowly coupling with one mate while the others played. There was more of a sensuality to the coupling than a sexuality as he tended to go for feather touches that tantalized and teased rather then brought completion. His first coupling was with Kasumi and as almost always there was a tenderness there that was hard to match as they rhythmically moved together while rubbing against each other even as they watched the Sapphic embrace that Nabiki and Seras were doing in front of them.

His hands were moving constantly but without quickness or hurry as he slowly worker Kasumi up while they watched Seras similarly draw Nabiki up the heights of pleasure. As was traditional there was no anal sex even if the position they were in would be perfect for it.

Horus whispered to Kasumi, "Look Kas-chan. They are really getting along. Isn't this nice that the four of us will always be together?"

The thought of never having to worry about loosing any of her mates drove Kasumi over the edge as it was her greatest worry. She had after loosing her mother always worried what would happen.

Horus carried the form over to the form of Seras who had just driven Nabiki into a rather enjoyable orgasm. He just smirked as they traded partners and Seras chuckled at the similar moans that the sisters made as they readjusted to their new coupling.

Nabiki and Horus were in a different position than either had been in previously. Nabiki had been cuddled and held by Seras while Kasumi had done the same. Nabiki was in a very modified doggy as while she was being held with her legs wrapped around his knees she was being supported by his hands on her tits which were being needed not too firmly but also not too softly. One could say that Horus was playing with her tits just right for her at that moment with a slight upturn of his hips there was a significant reduction in her weight being suspended by his hands. It was as such little surprise that Nabiki was relaxed in this position yet not too relaxed from her previous cum but that did not mean that she was not enthusiastic in her motions as with a slightly more fervent motion she rocked back against Horus.

There were no words needed between them. He felt no need to whisper into her ears as she rocked with him as they both watched their mates as Seras was once more acting in the superior position in driving Kasumi to many little deaths. Horus did not need to be an empath to feel and understand what was going through her mind. Nabiki as well as Kasumi had sacrificed everything that they could to aid their family which had squandered and ignored their sacrifice.

'It is so good to see her so happy,' Nabiki thought just before her mind was a wash as her orgasm hit.

Horus had once more carried a Tendo sister to one of their other lovers. This time he left the two sisters to be more in a post play action than their other encounters of the day. The two sisters soon cuddled and left kisses on each other before kissing each other before each worked their way down the other to slightly stimulate each others slits after playing very gently with their still aching tits.

Horus wrapped his arms around Seras before she went into a crouching pose where she could touch her toes while watching the two sisters at play. She had reached around and started to play with his balls as he held her ass as he stroked inside her. He felt her snap around him before he started adding a slight turn to his strokes as he kneaded her ass appreciatively. He had a very hard time not cuming in her pussy when she used her increased flexibility that would have allowed her to giver herself head to suck his balls with an eye popping suction while she played with her tits.

He had barely held back and decided that leaving her in that position would be a disaster. He knew better than to focus on the sensations that she was giving and that from the waves of pleasure radiating around the room as well as the rather vocal sounds the other couples were going as well. He pulled Seras up so that she was resting against him. After giving her another cum to help offset how she had brought both Nabiki and Kasumi to completion, Horus sighed as she leaned against him before he resumed his pace once more.

Seras was reclined against Horus as he moved in slow calculated strokes as he whispered to her, "Look at that two sisters truly showing how close they are. Really makes you wonder about some of the cultural taboos out there. Tell me how can Anything that looks that beautiful be wrong?"

Seras had a minor kink at least among this group and seeing the two sisters embracing each other and realizing that they helped to complete her. Like a rather large number of the population there was something about the incest taboo that pushed her buttons. A taboo that was rather modern as it was born out of the dangers of inherited liabilities and there was none in this union.

The only ones in the group that were not somewhat mellowed was Ginny as she had been the poor girl that was going to stand in proxy. To be more accurate she was the complete opposite of Tonks as she had while not having had any penetrative sex been the one that the others had taken the time to use their tongues to indulge as she rarely had the time to play with others. The group had dressed in the attire provided which covered the whole body and yet was able to provide easily access for later coupling.

The group had then walked from the baths to the Great Hall. For some reason none of the wedding party really cared about being private at this time. The couples paired off and passed Ginny in between them. One of them would mount her pussy while the other enjoyed Ginny's tongue eating or sucking until they came in her mouth. The time was a blur as she was pretty much gang banged by her friends in front of a partially assembled multitude.

Unlike the couplings in the shower where she was not allowed to cum but was spending her time using her mouth on everything but a girls pussy or a guys cock she was cuming her little mind out as she was passed around before being carried to the back where she would help to consummate the union of the mates before the ceremony. The only reason that she was not being taken by the four was that the logistics were difficult and leaving her slumped while they exchanged vows would not really work.

When she was brought back she was filled with cum and pussy juice. She was held up by the four mates and they proceeded to mount her and use her in a manner similar to Luna would. They had sex with her at least four times as they each came in a hole and on her tits. That was both at once and in succession. It was a very good thing that time dilations were controllable in the room or they would have been very late.

When Ginny thought back specifically in what happened she was shocked that she had came that hard and often especially since she had always been uncomfortable when Luna had topped her. She had been on her knees where she had been forced to suck the four off while alternating fingering the others. After she had swallowed the cum that they had spurted into her mouth they preceded to slide themselves in turn against her tits until they coated that as well. They had next mounted her one at a time and fucked her pussy until they had cum inside her. While that happened they had let her stroke them to keep their arousal peaked so that their couplings would be fierce, fast and frenzied while they fucked her firmly.

Once they had each taken her individually they had smirked when Nabiki had slid into her mouth while she was mounted on Seras before cackling when Horus slid into her ass while Kasumi slid between her tits. They next rotated without giving her a moment to recover as they felt too long would allow her to calm down. By the time they had finished they had made sure to cum in and on her so that she was dressed in cum. The last thing they did was have Ginny suck and stroke them before spurting one last time over and on her prone form.

They let the cum soak into her while they poured recovery potions down her mouth although they did so with body shots and other interesting ways to enjoy delivering the potions to the girl either from their mouths and pussies or from her lapping some of the more gel like potion from their tits or his cock. After that was said in done they dressed her in a wrap that was gentle to the skin and interwoven with circles of gold and silver around red and blue gems.

The absolute last thing before they had carried her to rest up a bit was Ginny mumbling out, "Thank you."
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'Well that was fun,' Ginny thought as she was grateful for the revitalizing potion or she would be still passed out on the floor. 'Shame that I won't get the marriage to the Boy-Who-Lived, but being an occasional lover along with Hermione with Horus has turned out good. The only drawback is that Luna is a bit more adventurous than I would have thought.'

The four prospective mates were walking down their aisles being escorted by their representative in the ceremony this day. Alucard was walking Kasumi down the aisle while Oroborus was walking with Seras and Nabiki was with X with Horus walking down the isle lastly with Kimiko. It was simply tradition that differed from the normal ceremony where the parent walked the child down it was in fact one of the father in laws that walked the daughter down while the mother in law walked the son down the isle. Some would wonder why that traditional difference in cultures and it was that staying with ones prospective family was traditional in the culture to get to know the family before the ceremony was called.

The person that they were walked in front of was not a priest, but an official for such matters and was dressed unlike the wedding company not in white, but in a almost reflective design that looked like diamonds spun with silk into a cloth hanging that was over a cloak of fine white interlaced with silver images over the almost gray and cream colored pants and tunic. He never gave his name and no one asked. He was one of a very small and almost extinct among the living sect of one of the earliest of religions that predated the Demon Wars.

"Ladies and Lords and other honored guests," he began. "We are here this day to witness a union that has some precedent and standing before us. While others have forgotten the old ways we remember and revere them. This day we are to witness before the stars and skies, the earth and seas this union between these loved ones. A mating of true mates is a rare and special thing for most never truly find their mates until many centuries of searching and that these would find their other counterparts at such a young age is a great precedent and tiding of what is to come."

The assembly looked on with pride on their faces. This was a monumental moment as while marriages can and did happen often enough it was rare that a mating ceremony was held and even more so for True Mates. Those that did not understand the full ramifications were still moved by the mood in the hall.

"Such unions only serve to strengthen us but it is important to stress that this is a time when the many parts become one whole," he continued on. "This is a far more serious commitment than any normal marriage as it is before nature and beyond life and death that you pledge yourselves. Mated people rarely live on if their mate dies preferring to die and be reborn or otherwise rejoin with their mate. This is always after those who took their mate from them has passed on in an appropriate manner with a well deserved vengeance being brought to those that caused this."

The absolute of duty that was present in the audience's eyes as they understood what this actually meant for those involved. That this was for life and that most likely that if one dies the others would soon follow after laying to waste whosoever sought to divide and destroy them.

"It is rare that so many would be able to witness this as most mates are very private when they do find each other and most go so far as to only ever tell their closest family and maybe hold a very private and secret ceremony even if this is one of the most sacred and honored of occasions," he said to the assembled. "Now then as is typical far more so than in a common wedding the mates will recite their vows..."

He trailed off as there was a sudden disturbance that gathered all their attentions. Twelve rather uniquely dressed individuals had appeared without invitation and the palatable power that flowed off them gathered the masses attentions. Their was something that just seemed to draw ones attention to them and at the same time want to be left alone with them.

It was rather odd for this to happen as the wedding vows were about to be said when their was an interruption and with the mystics in the audience had a look of profound shock at who had dropped in on the wedding this brought a very confused look to the others. They were twelve in number and in stylized and ancient armor and clothes. Any mystic would realize who they were even if they did not remember exactly what had happened after all this time. They were the Twelve. The first Sorcerers to walk the earth and live. They had given up everything as had their parents to ensure the survival of humanity and the other races.

To make this a matter of clarity they had not been seen in a little over nine hundred years or more accurately one of them had not been seen by anyone directly in that long. Their retainers and followers had been seen, but they had not. The last time they had actually appeared before a gathering was at the end of the Mystic Wars when the three heirs were mated.

One would think that none of the history or knowledge of the mystic races could be lost what with the fact that the original candidates still existed in some form that their knowledge and skills would have never been lost, but there was the simple fact that even a mystics mind was not designed to handle complete recall of a hundred thousand years of violent and brutal memories. Over the millennium they had changed and became more idealized representations of their basic characters similar in a way to how the wizards viewed the Founders or other historic figures.

The twelve had over the period of time since their eventual death long before the Sorcerer Wars let alone the Mystic Wars drifted away more so than even those that were previously let alone currently considered as deities. To explain it would be to a Britain as if Arthur was there or any other founder to have appeared and it was the equivalent of having Circe show up for the wizards.

Their names were lost and all that remains is the modern translation. Before modern or even so called prehistoric naming of the twelve so called Zodiac Constellations, these were named after them and while some modern attributes were inaccurate they were a rather accurate overall image of their behavior.

"Well this is unexpected," Horus said in a barely audible whisper.

"Who are they?" Nabiki asked in a whisper as their mere presence radiated great age, power and wisdom. "They feel so much more than anyone I have ever seen."

"The Twelve," was the sudden awe filled hushed statement that every mystic made. "Watchkeeper (Cancer, Dog), Judge (Libra, Monkey), Healer (Virgo, Hare), Soldier (Ares, Ram), Mariner (Pisces, Serpent), Protector (Leo, Tiger), Scout (Gemini, Bird), Destroyer (Scorpio, Dragon), Defender (Taurus, Ox), Forager (Capricorn, Boar), Hunter (Sagittarius, Horse), Harvester (Aquarius, Rat). The first of our kind. They who sacrificed so much for us to live as free and safe as we do now."

"Why would they be here?" Horus whispered in wonder. "Not one has been seen in over a thousand years let alone for the entire assembly to show up."

"Could you explain that a little better, luv?" Seras asked in a still quite whisper.

"The Twelve are the progenitors of the lines," Horus began. "When the Sorcerer Wars ended the twelve strongest of their descendants kept the lines name as it became called. The Twelve were renamed as the Grand Masters of the Lines of Serpent, Dragon, Wolf, Cat, Raven, Horse, Ox, Monkey, Fox, Wolverine, Ram, and Shark. The funny thing is that Scorpio was named that not because he was a scorpion, but that he killed the Scorpion Lord of the Great Beasts, the Progenitor of the Rian. Well that and he cleared the worlds of both the Scorpio and Draco constellations of demons. Part of it is that they spent so much time liberating those places of their suffering that a part of them went their while the rest is before us. Still that was almost a eighty thousand years ago."

"Well they seem like nice people," Kasumi said while looking at them. 'They may be powerful, but they are not intending us any harm,' she thought. 'Still their presence was rather intimidating to the unprepared mind.'

"Yeah they are," Horus said, "It is just that they have a bit of a reputation and their being here is a bit disconcerting..."

"Greetings," Watchkeeper said as he looked over them. "It seems that you are a bit disconcerted by our presence. For those of you who do not recognize us, let it be known that we mean none of you gathered here any harm. We merely came to lend our support to the matter at hand."

"Greetings descendants," Destroyer, Mariner and Scout said. "We offer to you our blessings on the prosperity of your union as we did your ancestors. It is a shame that outside forces decided to ruin such a lovely life, but you at least had some time together."

"I thank you ancestors," Oroborus said. "We did have time together, but as always it was too short. Still we will meet again someday."

"I do as well, Honored Ancestors," Horus said. "I thank you for blessing this joining of me and my mates."

"We are always pleased to see the younger ones able to enjoy life," Destroyer said. "It is why we did what we did for after all. I am sorry that even though It died that its offspring still plague us. Sadly their domains are still inaccessible to us at this time. Perhaps..."

"Someday we can finally settle matters," Horus finished. "It would be nice to do so when the opportunity becomes available. However, until then we should deal with what we can."

"Well spoken especially for one so young," Judge said with a playful smile. "I look forward to seeing what you shall accomplish in the future."

"I too look forward to the things you will do," Scout said with a positively evil smirk on her face. "The things you have done so far have been rather entertaining especially with the way you plan to deal with the betrayer."

"I am grateful that my adventures have been entertaining," Horus began, "but I hope that my more personal matters stayed private."

"Like any of us would do that," Harvester said. "Even during the War we did not pry as much as some of the moderns would. They have no respect for privacy or personage still."

"I noticed that too," Horus said with a sad tone. "They feel no regret in the sloppy almost butchered manner that they modify memories let alone the other rather immature ways they try to influence, control or bend the mind."

"They are like children playing with things they do not understand," Mariner said with a sigh. "Still we had best be moving along there are matters coming too ahead besides those here today. We will speak with you later."

"Until then," Horus said while keeping his composure barely.

With that the Twelve departed and the crowd gathered settled down a little bit. The mystics were a bit more rattled as these were legends that most had not seen and if they had it had been a long time since they had last shown up. Oroborus was worried as he looked over his Heir. The last time they had shown up was before a rather trying time and as much as he wished for his son to have an easier time with this he knew that his Heir's life would be even more hectic and complicated than he had hoped.

'We will have to talk later my son,' Oroborus thought before turning back as the Official cleared his throat to get their attention back. 'Some of your friends are rather interesting and finding and inviting one of Inari's gets was interesting. It seems wrong for ninja to be here, but they follow the hierarchy so that won't be too bad. Yes we will have to talk about your friends Kyuubi, Tsunade and definitely Naruto. Two new nine tailed foxes have caused a stir even if they are limited to so few tails at the moment. We will definitely have some interesting things to come of this.'

"Well now that we have been blessed by our most revered ancestors perhaps we could continue," the official said. "Now then do you take these as your mates to have and to hold, to care for and cherish, to love and honor, for now and until the end of time?"

"I do," the prospective mates said in unison.

"Do you promise before each other and your kin living and dead?" he continued the set questions. "That you will protect and preserve your mates? That you will never allow the petty matters to interfere with your love and devotion to each other?"

"I do," the prospective mates said in unison with a look of firm conviction in their eyes.

"Do you swear that no matter the way things go and the time that may pass that you will forever put each other before any other?" he asked of them.

"I do," the four stated with conviction after looking each other in the eyes.

"Do you so swear to forever unite with each other in this life and beyond?" he asked

"I do," the four said with a smile.

"Now then with such conviction how could any doubt this union of mates?" the official said. "All that remains is the reciting of your pledges and the sharing of blood to formalize this union."

Horus looked at them with a feeling that was strange and fulfilling before he said, "Ladies I have known you for what seems like a short time and yet we complete and complement each other. Seras you show me that I am not alone in my actions and that while we are both caring people we are also able to put aside our happy lives to do what is necessary. I would be honored if you would join with me this day. So will you?"

Seras smiled and hugged him saying, "Yes of course I do."

"Nabiki," Horus began, "you understand me in a different way than the others do. You understand that while we are both playful that we will do anything to protect those we care for. I can be kind and loving and yet to my enemies and those that seek to harm those I care for I can become a cold blooded killer. You were willing to sacrifice having a life, friends to the duty of protecting and providing for your family. Where else but here would the Ice Queen of Furinkan High ever be able to let her heart melt and know that even if melted that you could once more freeze your heart for those you love while knowing that we would do the same? Today I ask before these witnesses to join with me and know that you never have to fear falling to the cold that we will be there for you. So will you this day join with us?"

"Of course I will Horus," Nabiki said with conviction after giving him a fierce hug and several kisses. "Where you go, we go as well. You took us out of our boxes and let us be ourselves. Besides it is nice to have someone that I can talk to as an equal."

"Kasumi some would say I saved the best for last," Horus said as he held her hand tenderly. "I want you to know that I am not overlooking you, but I merely wanted to find a way to say this. Kasumi when I first saw you I felt an immediate attraction not just physically, but spiritually as you are one of the most caring persons I have ever met. Would do me the honor of joining me as my mate?"

Kasumi gave a dazzling smile before agreeing saying, "I would be honored to be your mate. You took me from the dull throws of being little more than a house slave and freed my sister from the traps that honor and duty had dragged us into."

"I, Horatius Stone, Journeyman Horus, Blood Child of Azrael Scion of the lines of Oroborus, Ilyanna and Ama Des Sarta, pledge to you my mates," Horus stated in a firm voice as he looked each of his mates in the eyes. "That I will always love you, care for you and protect you."

"I, Kasumi Tendo, Daughter of Kimiko Tendo, pledge to you my love," Kasumi said with the others echoing.

"I, Seras Victoria blood daughter of Alucard the No Life King of the Mideons, pledge to you my heart," Seras said with the others echoing.

"I, Nabiki Tendo, Daughter of Kimiko Tendo, pledge to you my soul," Nabiki said with the others echoing.

The three ladies looked at each other before intoning, "We pledge to you and each other that we will never leave you nor forsake you."

"I accept your pledged and pledge that I will never doubt you nor forget you," Horus said with a tone of absolute trust.

"We pledge to thee," they said in unison. "Our mates, to never abandon you who are our hearts and souls. To you the keeper of our hearts and souls, we pledge this day to be true. Never shall jealousy or doubt come between us. For as we are many so are we one."

"Now for the joining of flesh and blood," the official said. "May this union be blessed with the sharing of blood freely given to strengthen this bond among these mates."

Horus took his dagger and slit his palms before passing the dagger on to the others while saying, "I offer you my strength of blood to fortify and strengthen us in the times to come.

Nabiki slit her palms before saying, "I offer you my blood to share the strength of mind to guide and keep us in the times to come."

Kasumi slit her palms without a grimace before saying, "I offer my blood to share my strength of spirit and of caring to preserve in the times to come."

Seras slit her palms before adding, "I offer my blood to share my strength of purpose preserve in the times to come."

With that the group placed their bleeding palms together with Horus's left hand touching Nabiki and Seras while his right held Kasumi and Seras's hands. The group let the blood mix between their palms before taking a deep breath.

"By the joining and sharing of blood," the official began. "Let this union be witnessed by the spirits of the living and of the dead, of those kith and kin and let it be witnessed by the very presence of creation itself."

"So it is done, so mote it be," the mates said. "Before those gathered and those witnessing, we pledge ourselves to each other. As it is spoken, so it shall be."

"As it was sworn so shall it be," the gathered intoned.

"I now pronounce you as witnessed by those assembled as mates. All hail the scions of the Triad. All hail Horus, Kasumi, Nabiki and Seras, the Blood Children of Azrael and Alucard Scions of the lines of Oroborus, Ilyanna, Tepes and Ama Des Sarta," the official said. "You may now kiss your mates."

With the official word they joined each other in a rather interesting kiss as the logistics of three way kissing is complicated enough, but compared to the four way kiss that this was made that look laughable. Somehow they actually managed to kiss each other at the same time without breaking anything while they wrapped their arms around each other. Their was only one thing left to do and it was almost as formalized as mating. The concept of mundane, sensitive or even magical pets that were sentient and were able to also enjoy physical interactions including intimacy as well as passionate playing was nothing new to the culture. It was relatively rare now a days among those mystics that were not either vampires or zoanthropes.

Vampires in particular still held the practice although that was because they tended to attract the fringes of society as far back as remembered. They had kept their human pets continuously since the first city states and the rise of the Masters of the Cities during the second Mystic War.

"We, Horus and Seras, the Blood Children of Azrael and Alucard Scions of the lines of Oroborus, Ilyanna, Tepes and Ama Des Sarta, ask you Nymphadora Tonks of the Most Ancient and Noble House of Black to freely join with us," they spoke together. "You who is cherished and provided for, we ask this day to formalize our relationship. You asked not to be a mate, but that of honored, cherished and beloved pet. To this we pledge our protection, our love and our care. Will you who is cherished this day accept us to care for you, to protect you and to cherish you for as long as you choose?"

"I was always alone," Nymphadora said. "I was never loved for me, but for my gifts. You showed that you loved me and while you took pleasure in my forms that you gave and not just took from me."

"What was given was no more than offered," Seras said fondly to her. "You were left to try to find yourself and had as such been used for your gift. We merely gave what we could to make you feel better."

"I love you," Nymphadora said with absolute conviction.

"We know that you love us and we love you as well," Horus said.

"You offered yourselves to show me that I was not just someone that was to be used after my past few boyfriends merely wanted me to take whatever shape they fantasized about," Nym said looking at her lovers and future owners. "What must I offer to you for that to be forever?"

"We offer to you our love and our care," they spoke to her. "You merely have to accept what is offered."

"I accept what is offered," Nym said. "To you who care so much for me."

"We accept what you give," they spoke to her in an almost cat like purr before kissing her forehead then cheek.

"I pledge to you my love," Nym said before kissing each of them on the hand. "I will always love you."

"We accept your love given to us freely," they said before hugging her and kissing her on the lips.

"I pledge to you my body," Nym said before hugging and touching each of them caressingly. "That we may enjoy this body together and find the limits of what joy we may find in it."

"We accept your body offered to us," Seras said.

"That we may take and receive pleasure in it," Horus said.

"We promise that we will always seek to expand your horizons," Seras said.

"That you may never bore of the pleasures of the flesh, bit always find new joys together," Horus said.

"I pledge to you my soul," Nym said before they held her between them. "That it may be kept and preserved from the trial sand tribulations around us."

"We accept your soul to keep," they said. "To guard it from the ignorant and the idealistic who would seek to destroy what joy you have found with us."

"I am honored that you accept me," Nym said. "Yet a physical sign of this must be shown so that this claim can not be disputed."

"With this collar, we so claim you," Seras said slipping a stylized color around her neck.

"With this mark, we so mark you," Horus said before he and Seras sunk their teeth into her neck before tracing a pattern with their tongues grazing sigils on each side of her neck with one each symbolizing Horus and the other Seras.

Nym was a bit out of it when their teeth sunk into her neck as both of them had gained an even more stimulating bite than before. Her knees where weakened and she shuddered as her pussy gushed as they sucked her blood. When they started to draw the sigils with her blood she felt the area of skin under the drawing tongues tingle as if she was gaining yet another erogenous zone. If they had not been holding her she would have slumped to the floor instead of just leaving a new pool of liquid that was soon turned to ice beneath her feet.

Her eyes had rolled back into her head when she let out a guttural moan before slurring out before snapping her head back to shout, "Yes! Thank you Master! Thank you Mistress!"

The new Master and Mistress slowly eased her down with careful caresses as she leaned against them now that her head had slumped down after her cries. They just murmured words of encouragement or at least sounds that helped their new pet calm down from both the orgasmic as well as emotional high she had just achieved. It had probably helped that no one had acted as if what they had just done was odd even the Hellsing delegation.

The main problem was that Alucard could now feel them as well as they felt him. That the ties that Horus had to the Mystic community was now tangible to his mates was helpful in explaining the things that were not explainable in any mundane language. That was such things as trying to explain several of the higher end theoretical cosmology equations that had been solved yet could not for want of a common grasp in mathematics and physics that are necessary to understand either Unified Field Theory or the advanced scientific theories that explain how magic and other para-sciences work.

It was a good thing that formalizing claims of the rest of the group was not necessary at this time or the ceremony would be lengthened to a rather irritating duration. Now the group merely had to deal with the after formalities that were involved. The post wedding matters before they could get on to dealing with their honeymoon and the fact that none of the four planned on leaving bed unless they had too. It would be a good thing that as long as they did not eat too much normal food that they would not need to break to go to the bathroom save for cleaning off excessive body fluids.

One would typically wonder why taking a mate had not been used to convert mundanes into mystics. This would be for the simple reason that most mundanes had traditionally not been able to deal with things. That and it was far less painful if they were at least sensitives as the basic channels that would allow more than the bare minimum of energy necessary to sustain life would only need to be widened and fortified. It was for the same reason that Avatars were typically not mundanes as the process hurt and without the ability to control the others pain receptors it was likely to fry their brain.

The other main reason that the claiming of a mate was not used to increase the numbers of mystics and sorcerers in particular was that a mundane changed was normally far more likely to suffer from overload and the most important reason was that such things normally were done after many decades if not centuries of cohabitation to make sure that such a necessarily binding commitment was properly understood.

That Horus had been willing to undergo this rite with his prospective mates so soon was most likely attributed to the Triad and the blood he inherited from that most revered union. Normally most mystics or at least most sorcerers or vampires did not settle down with mates until well into their fifth or later centuries. The zoanthropes were more likely to settle down with their mates do to their slightly shorter life span and that is when compared to how long a vampire or a sorcerer would naturally live.

Zoanthropes tended to go into old age somewhere younger around their sixth century of life and that this was offset by the fact that they settled down somewhere in their first or second century of life to have younglings to maintain the various pack, prides and various other groups. This slight notion is what would be attributed to the blood of Ama Des Sarta that Horus had. Zoanthropes tend to use their more heightened than sorcerer sense of smell to evaluate if at least subconsciously a perspective mate.

Of his three mates they were all at least sensitive by the reckoning of the scale used even if they were not at the level that some of their peers where at. They had not noticed the fact that their channels had been forcefully widened or that their cores had been evolved to handle the eventual mystical energy that they would produce. That was simply do to the fact that the ceremony was a ritual that was as close to the origins rite as was possible without the rather sinister sacrifices that had been necessary to stabilize the first two generations of mystics.

This was something that was never ever to be discussed outside the community as even the more enlightened sensitives of the modern era were far too influenced by the modern mores of mundanes to understand the terrible sacrifice that had been done. The first crop of candidates before the second experiment now known as the Zodiac Candidates had created a near mystic condition at the cost of the users' life span. At the time humans without the threat of the demonic menace had a life expectancy on par with a sensitive that being two to three centuries without ache or pains of old age that a mundane would have. The original experiment was a success power wise, but the subjects died before they were thirty and most were rendered sterile as a side effect. The time needed breedable subjects and for that the parents who had survived fighting had made the ultimate sacrifice. They had gave their lives to the fight since they were old enough to walk and they had no qualms of making the ultimate sacrifice to allow the ritual to succeed.

The void in the center of a mystic's core was the result of what wizards would call the darkest of magicks resulting to something that even any of their dark lords would be loath to do. The so called dark lords had no qualms in killing or even using human sacrifices of exceedingly painful rites to reach their goals, but few if any were willing to dabble in the very depths of soul magic. Fragmenting a soul took a murder to accomplish. The creation of the void to counterbalance the conflicting and canceling powers in a mystics abilities required the willing sacrifice not just of blood, flesh or life, but that of the very souls of the offered.

It was that which drove the sorcerers to inevitably war among each other as they could not and would not allow their ancestors great sacrifice to be for vain and so they pledged themselves to rebuild the world after the Fall even if it meant that brother had to turn on brother for the believed greater good.

All of this was revealed to the depths of the new mates minds and they would not notice this new information till well after the honeymoon and most likely not until well after their holiday. There is a reason that they say that one can never judge someone until they have walked a mile in their shoes. The strangest thing of this was that Kasumi would be one of the very few untainted souls that would have access to the powers of a sorceress. On the plus side she would have access to the power to better help those around her. Nabiki would gain an even more analytical mind as the evaluation parts of a mystics mind were far more developed than in any other human variant. Seras would gain an even more improved efficiency in her dietary requirements. The one thing that all of them had gained was a Mideon level of regeneration as well as a permanent tie between their minds and souls. These ties were the strongest to exist period. They could stretch across time, space and dimensions and not even death would break them. In the event that any of these four were killed to where even the No Life King could not reform, the affected party would be reborn eventually. This was a known fact and the only problem was that memories that were impressed into the soul would take a while to reform.

There was the small and often unbelieved fact that if any sorcerer was mundane born it was from their soul that the difference came from. For the body to provide the genetic combination to be born a sorcerer, the parents had to be at least sensitive and that they have most likely some mystic blood in their veins. So called lost lines did occur and they were welcomed back unlike the returned lines of the muggleborns were in the wizarding world.

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The post ceremony matters were of some importance to the people there. While the people were important most would soon indulge in the party favors that were hanging around. Most would do their level best to ignore whatever Sir Integra got up too. The poor woman was a Protestant and this type of thing seemed almost Heathen or worse Heretic in her personal opinion. That their were people hanging around to be used and abused did not necessarily sit well with her, but their was little that she could do as she was unarmed completely and to make matters worse she had been informed that she should be mindful as the ceremony was ancient and that a good number of the guests predated either Christianity or more often than not Judaism. People of that age tended not to be sympathetic to new fangled notions or faiths that were considered as possibly passing fads or cults. That is not to say that they would say so to her face even without her reputation as it would be considered rude to do so.

So Sir Integra looked at what appeared to be rather deviant behavior as most of the guests mingled and some even started to take up the naked whimpering available toys up. That the pleasure pets were both male and female and most seemed to have no concern who sought pleasure with them was a rather irritating thing. It was made worse by the casual touching, feeling and even coupling between guests that she saw.

'I just got to remember that this culture is a live like you could die tomorrow some what similar to how some of the troopers act like,' she thought to herself. 'Still being surrounded by a group of beings that even Alucard is wary of is not too concerting. I really do not want to know why that woman is behaving like that.'

Poor Integra had to watch as the various party favors were used and that most if not all of them had blissful smiles on their face regardless of being covered in blood, cum and other fluids. She would have found things more disturbing if she had known that the woman she was gazing on had been a mature mother who had tried to manipulate and social climb in a rather low born manner. If she had not had to conceal her irritation with Alucard she would have most likely blushed as she watched Molly being used rather enthusiastically especially when her body shuddered as her holes were being rather rapidly used almost what most would consider a reaming speed.

She finally managed to avert her gaze only to fall on the woman's son and she noticed that the boy was not too disconcerted with being used let alone who she all saw indulging. That a rather strange looking girl was smiling as she watched what happened to the boy while a red headed girl was between her legs did not help matters any. That she recognized the red head as the girl that had been gang banged by the bridal procession before the mates had used her and left her dripping at their feet before they began the ceremony proper only managed to show how different the people here were.

Matters were not helped when she overheard some of the old timers reminiscing about the good old days and the days that came before. Horus had been rather reluctant to get into matters before the history that she knew. It helped her to hear that the Watchers Council's origins speech was incorrect. That Earth had not been a paradise for demons, but that they had invaded and it was mans determination that had driven them out at least for the most part.

It was a rather intriguing conversation as several of the very secretive and hidden past of the mystic community was coming to light. Do to the appearance of the Twelve the stories were more about the Demon Wars than the later wars which would have had a very negative impact on the non mystics in the audience.

When we were children we spoke and acted as children, when we grew up we put away childish things is not just a quote from what most mystics would feel was one of the newer beliefs and religions. Those that had grown up during any of the wars or the more trying times in rising demonic activity would have had short and intense childhoods which was part of the reason that they partied so hard. Mystics during such times tended to live hard, work hard, and play hard in their lives as they never knew if they would come home from the field on the morrow and every moment was to be savored.

One important note was that the mingling groups were not just cavorting but also talking, dancing and reminiscing although they tended to couple with a rather startling regularity. To be more accurate a group would form they would talk and then partner up for some rather traditional yet risqu� dancing before after using the dance to see if they would be compatible for a dalliance in their motions and not just lusts.

That was one thing that would take an outsider time to understand and that was simply that while mystics were more likely to indulge in carnal pleasures and other similar activities this was offset by the almost fanatic way they threw themselves into their work. During any of the wars there was a very Spartan attitude about life. In war one could die at any time and getting a quick fuck helped to keep them calm. Now while there has not been a major war there was still the occasional skirmish and that kept the attitude alive and well. The other important thing is that the training has not really changed in several thousand years and while less strenuous than during the Demon Wars that it still maintains the intense methods from the Mystic Wars. Work hard, train hard and play hard was the mantra that the community had accepted long ago.

While the community in general was not in any way shape or form monogamous in their behavior in general if they made a commitment they kept it. Mystics did not cheat in their relationships as unlike most of the world there is not just a moral system and legal system but also a still functioning honor system. Now while this has vanished for the most part outside of traditional places like Japan in the modern era that is not and so far seems to never will be the case for the mystic community. Oaths are binding and if they actually mean what they say they are held to it. Oath breakers, traitors and other betrayers are anathema and are hunted down like the dogs they are. There is even a monument to those who would do such things in the Hall of the Forsaken which like the other monuments are traditionally visited on ones fifteenth birthday of their passing beyond an initiate level in ranking.

What all that boiled down to was that Sir Integra Fairbook Windgates Hellsing of the Royal Protestant Knights was now getting a rater life altering and image shattering image being driven into her skull. She had been watching the activities of the various other guests and was rather appalled by their behavior. That was until she ended up overhearing a long discussion by one of the less active guests who while not looking any older than herself was acting even more reserved than she acted where a young visitor was being informed of the reasons behind the behavior before her.

'I cannot believe this is a wedding,' Integra thought to herself. 'It seems like the kind of thing that I should be stopping, but after that last conversation I am rather having another confusion in regards to my steadfastness. I can understand dealing with supernatural threats to the Crown as that is my duty, but for the information that is coming to light it is rather strange. Having people that may predate the deluge walking about and talking about the way things have changed is very offsetting as it was not supposed to be possible that people outside of Noah's family could have survived. When you start talking to people that were alive during the death and resurrection, it makes one want to ask what their views are as they lived through it. My faith is certain and I know that, but could their in fact be a basis for all the heretic beliefs in fact? I mean I see people that were worshiped as gods and goddesses walking around and mingling as if they were just ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. It is rather confusing to see that their believers are here. I should remember to ask Horus about why his parents did not show up as even if they were dead that they would attend.'

"What is your opinion my master?" came the whispered question interrupting her thoughts.

"Really Alucard, Must you behave in such a way all the time," Integra said with a slightly biting tone. "One would think that at your age you would learn to act your age..."

"Like the other guests," came the teetering reply. "Really Master must you suggest such a thing. Why if I didn't know any better I would think that you were asking me to bend you over and take you like some of the other women here are doing?"

"Alucard don't ever think of insinuating that again," Sir Integra said with a glare in a very harsh and cold tone that would have sent chills up his spine if he was not used to worse threats and promises.

"I was merely pointing out how much you are sticking out now," Alucard said with a chuckle. "You are not even dancing with some of the less forward individuals and as you can see just because two or more people are dancing together is no indication that they will behave like randy teenagers although a good number is. Remember my Master that this is a different culture and judging it in ignorance is quite foolish. Getting in their faces and saying that what they have done for centuries and in this case many millennium would be rude and ignorant. You must remember that a good number of those here think of Judaism as just another small religion that splintered and blossomed. They have met gods and angels and fought against demons and other evils. They dedicated their lives to the fight for tens of thousands of years to live and die without the world around them remembering them for the most part. You may think my loathing of the weak demon trash is rather extreme, but compared to what they do when they meet such filth it is like comparing a gentle breeze to a typhoon. I once saw one of them run across one of those filth in the mountains of my homeland. It was before I was Nosferatu and even now I know there is little chance that I could have stood against him. One of the demon trash had invaded the lands of Carpathian and what I witnessed led me in most ways to accept the choice when it was offered. I had seen a power in this world and even with my knowledge and skills at the time I was in awe."

"Really talking about me are you young Vlad," Carpathian said as he walked up. "It is good to see you growing up and being a friend of young Death Stalker. Azrael has always been troubled since the loss of his mates. If it had not been for extenuating circumstances things could have been far worse."

"Where are my manners my master," Alucard said with a bit of chagrin. "Sir Integra Fairbook Windgates Hellsing of the Royal Protestant Knights meet Lord Carpathian King of the Vampire Nation after the fall of Galcuth and Ramses. Lord Carpathian is responsible for several important things in the past millennium in which he took over after the tragic death of Ramses. He like Lady Ilyanna are childer of Galcuth. Sir Integra has helped to reform Hellsing in the wake of the coup attempt by her uncle and has unlike some would have thought shown a greater temperament in dealing with matters."

"I had heard that you were a woman of your word and it is a pleasure to meet you in the flesh," Carpathian said with a practiced ease hiding his discomfort. "I look forward to the misfortunes that our mutual enemies will be facing in addition to what they have currently."

"If you would excuse us my Master there are some private things that I need to talk to with Lord Carpathian," Alucard said as he tried to steer her away in a practiced manner.

"I should mingle at least," she said with a sigh at the headache that this situation had brought about. "Still this will take some getting used to."

"Remember not to drink Anything too potent. They tend to favor things that are rather strong," Alucard said as she left. "Now then my Lord what is the concern. It is obvious that you are not feeling too well..."

"Yes even I am experiencing the eventual wear and tear that even we can go through," he said with a sigh. "Azrael managed to get me into this mess the crafty fellow. He convinced me that being King was a good thing and that it was a reward for all the time and service together that he refused. He knew the stress that I would be under. A Prince is served by his people, but a king serves his people I believe the saying goes. I don't think that I will be too long for this world a few centuries more at the least. Immortality and I have one of the few conditions that nothing short of Ascendancy can cure..."

"So that would explain why you hide things so," Alucard said. "So who is next in line that Azrael will trick into it. He likes being a Prince and you said so yourself that he had declined before..."

"Most likely he will ascend the throne and he is not able to put off the final test for too much longer," he said with a laugh. "He has come far too close to the level of mastery needed in the various disciplines to become a Supreme Grandmaster. He is also far more powerful than Lin is. How he was not named Pan Were Alpha I do not know. Things are coming to a head and I can see that he has tried to retain a separation of power. If the mystic races had one leader things could become quite grave. He will not be the power behind the scene for too much longer and his Heir will no doubt need to step into his place when that time comes. Why else would I be to see his gets Mating? The Twelve showed up here and I can feel the others presence here today. Legends walk among us once more and things will come to pass that have been delayed far too long. The Lord Shadow will have to stand in the Light of public scrutiny and that may mean all kinds of things. I do have to wonder how the sheep can not notice the others that walk among them now that we are not hidden. One would think it would be obvious then again there are those that believe this is still a trick or better yet an alien conspiracy with advanced technology. As if any of the other races would show themselves after what they did. Remember this Vlad or as you prefer Alucard now, the masses want to believe what they want to see and are rather blind if they are presented with something they do not wish to see. With none of the other Princes able to assume the throne it will fall to him this time as it should have last time. Ankarsis and Antonius are to wrapped up in their petty rivalry and with Amaris too consumed by his projects there is no way that he would try anything but to micromanage the Nation. The Vampires of the Sky are far too few for him to have the experience with numbers to handle all of the Nation. Death Stalker will need an advisor to the other breeds and you would fit that role perfectly. With a few centuries of experience especially if he continues on how he has been and he will be worthy of becoming a Prince. He would be a Master of the City if he settled down already. Unfortunately like his sire he is involved in the community in general and being Death Wolf as well as Azrael and Oroborus must be trying. I worry that the added burdens will become too much too soon..."

"While he is young he already handles himself as if he was several centuries older than he is," Alucard calmly replied. "It is obvious that he has been trained and combed for his future role. He will be a Master in too near of a future and with having reached that before a century he will reach similar rankings among the rest of the community."

"She really needs to loosen up," Carpathian said as his gaze lingered over Integra's form as she tried o cover up her distaste for the events around her. "If she acts like this for too much longer she will most likely accidentally drink something and most likely regret what she does in the morning."

"She has always known her duty," Alucard said. "It makes things difficult for her as she knew that she would mot likely never fall in love let alone marry for love as she will have to secure the Hellsing legacy with an appropriate man. Also this is far different from what she thinks of for a similar occasion and is adapting fairly well. She is unfortunately not going to allow her feelings or passions to run out of control or better yet vent enough for her wellbeing."

"You are worried about her," he told him in a soft voice. "You offered to sire her and it is only duty that compels her otherwise. Even I can see that there is more between you than either of you are willing to admit let alone accept. Remember this Alucard that even if we are long lived there are beings out there that can destroy us with the same ease as we could squash a bug. Look around and realize that while they may live longer than others they still take time to have leisure while they can because even we can die."

With that parting turn he left Alucard to think about things. Some of what he had said had hit home, but the rest were things he was not ready to deal with. He had allowed Van Helsing to capture him because the riff raff had grown during his rants. He should have not let his emotions so readily blind him. He did wonder why Carpathian had not simply destroyed him.

'I will have to thin on what he said,' he thought with a sigh. 'He more than had a chance to destroy me permanently and let me merely act like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum. Perhaps that is why I seem at times so carefree and she wonders if I have entered into a second childhood. It is not like I really had one at the time.'

With that the No-Life-King returned to sipping on his beverage. The blood was mixed with a slight amount of alcohol obviously designed for the sanguines who would be guests at the event. He knew better than to relax his guard completely as there were more than enough people and other beings who would take an opportunity that the concentration of important and powerful would provide.

'Perhaps things would go wrong or yet perhaps not,' Alucard thought as he felt a few attempts to breach the building end with a silent scream as the fools died a painful and suffering death. 'While guests have no fear of the cold to the trespassers it is quite lethal. That is without the domain attacking them let alone the inhabitants. It looks like I do not have to worry as the security is quite formidable even for one such as myself.'

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While that meeting was going on the others were congregating and talking to the well wishers. One of the more interesting was one of Horus's former students who had brought guests and was doing his best at getting along with his sensei's mates. It was actually going on rather well.

"So it is good to finally meet you," Naruto said while smiling happily. 'If it had not been for Horus-sensei I would have never been in as good of a life as I have now,' Naruto thought as his girls cuddled him. 'I just cannot imagine what life would have been like without Anko-chan, Kurenai-chan, Shi-chan, Tsu-chan and Kyu-chan. Add to that I am finally not viewed as a demon and that I no longer act like the attention seeking idiot that I had been life has been good. It is a shame that things have not worked out with Hinata as much. She is still so shy yet she acts like Ero-sensei with how much she peeks on me that it reminds me about how that Ginny girl did the same to sensei. Still I saw what happened with her so maybe things will work out with us.'

"It is good to meet you Naru-kun," Nabiki almost purred as the effects of the mating were increasing her instincts. "Ho-kun talks about you and so does auntie. It looks like life is making up for the bad for all of us in spades. Still it was kind of eye opening that we were not the only ones that grew up neglected even if it was no where as bad as it was for you."

"Yeah I have to admit that Naru-kun did have a very hellish childhood and that it was somewhat my fault that they blamed things on my actions," Kyu-chan said. "I have made up for that haven't I Naru-chan?"

"Yeah you did Kyu-chan," Naruto said before giving her a kiss. "If it hadn't been for you things would have been very miserable without you there." He turned his head to look at his other lovers before continuing. "That does not mean that I don't care about you my loves."

"Thanks Naru-kun," his other lovers said as they hugged and kissed him. "We love you two. Did today give you any ideas?"

"Eventually loves once things settle down a bit for sure," Naruto said while wrapping his arms and tails around his loves giving them a hug.

"It is good to see that you truly care for them Naru-chan," a female voice said with a teasing humor to it.

"Hey auntie," Naruto, Kasumi, Seras, Horus, Nabiki and Kyuubi said. "How's it going?"

"Doing fine kids," she said with a laugh. "It looks like you lot have been making up for lost time. Ho-kun I always knew that you would luck out!"

"Auntie!" Horus spurted as she squeezed him tightly. "Could you please try not to crush me? I don't want my mates to have to wait too long for me to recover."

"Really teach," Naruto said with a laugh. "You need to lighten up when auntie glomps you. I mean if I hadn't I would have gone crazy."

"Who says you haven't," Horus said blankly before smiling. "Just kidding brat. It is good to see you as well. You to Anko-chan, Kurenai-chan, Shi-chan, Tsu-chan and Kyu-chan. It is always good to have friends around. Still I think dad is going to be asking some questions about some of our guests today since they don't exactly fit in."

"I see your point," Naruto said with his head down. "Still they are family in a way and it is only right that family is here today." Horus gave him a look and he looked sheepish. "Oh sorry I forgot that your birth parents aren't here seems a bit odd that."

"I have to agree considering what Lily was like as a child," a male voice said as he approached. "Still there has to be a reason that she is not here. It most likely is something that we are better off not knowing."

"Hey pop," Horus said with a wave from where Inari was still swinging him about. "How have you been? I take it that you are a bit annoyed at the problems I brought huh?"

"Not really," Oroborus said with a shrug. "Love is not just blind it is pretty much one of the irresistible forces. It is good to see that you did find some friends and now you accurately know that they will always be with you. Having friends that will stand with you helps get through the difficult times. You know how it is..."

"Yeah you always wondered if your friends would accept you when you came back," Horus said with a sigh. "Still true friends will always stick with you. They are not just your friends their your family. They got your six when things go completely Charlie dancing the Foxtrot on you. Shame about the lack of music but what can we do?"

"There is no way that I am going on a stage at a wedding," Oroborus said with a cold look. "I have my standards after all. Still after you get to settle down I am sure that I can get your favorite band to play."

"Now how are you going to do that with all your power?" Horus asked. "They are never available for private shows and you know it. Getting them to play somewhere outside the scene is almost impossible."

"Let's just say that it is my little secret," Oroborus said with a smile. "We will have to talk about your quest, but not today. I am fairly certain that their will be a few missions during it and that your intuition is rather on. It is a good thing that you have a domain and not a demesne as that lacks certain things."

"You know something, but it is probably one of those set in stone and the stars themselves things huh," Horus said with a sigh. "Look I am going to have to put that stuff aside at least for a little while. We are not at war at the moment so I am going to enjoy my honeymoon. I am sure that you can understand that?"

"I was young once too you know even if the times were different," Oroborus said indignant. "Still you are young and should spend time with your mates. I do need to speak with some of your friends though so if you will excuse us for a moment. I would suggest you remember to mingle as several other people will still wish to speak with you."

"I see," Horus said as he untangled from Inari-hime and turned to his friends. "Well if I don't get to see you for a while, it was good to see you and remember to visit when you get a chance. Naruto remember to stick with your friends."

"I will teach," Naruto said with a smile that was no longer a forced mask that he wore. "Remember we are friends and most definitely family. If someone goes after one of us they go after all of us."

"If you step up to one of us better be ready to step to the whole crew huh?" Horus said with a look. "You have been spending too much time listening to some imported music. Inari-chan please stop trying to corrupt my students please?"

"Maybe if you ask really nice," she said with a chuckle. "Besides a good chunk of the niche music coming from there is good. Isn't your favorite band similar?"

"There is a difference even if they have a similar show style," Horus said grudgingly. "I will admit that the fans for either tend to be fanatic in their following."

"Yeah you are our little DB after all just like it looks like Naruto is going..." Inari said as she ruffled his hair affectionately before being cut off with an indignant shout.

"Really auntie while I have nothing against that band and their followers they can be a bit extreme and the brat needs some more positive role models that what he got stuck with," Horus said with a teasing tone. "I mean look at how he as raised. Still he turned out ok so far and with his girls to keep him in line things shouldn't get to bad..."

"So does that mean that your girls will keep you in line, teach?" Naruto asked trying to get the last word.

"Well they try, but it is fun when we see who is right," Horus said with a smirk before he walked off.

"So Naruto," Oroborus said. "I take it by the way you walk that you have continued in learning the style?"

"Yeah. I hope that is not a problem," Naruto said with his inner trepidation hiding like Hinata's courage.

"No real problem, but it will be good to have a few more real practitioners unlike a few of the run away students," he said before turning to Inari. "I take it that you have a reason for the look on your face?"

"But of course I do," Inari said with a chuckle. "I am just wondering what the look on his face will be when he finds out your secret."

"It will be funny, but you know why none of us have been in the spot light since Separation," Oroborus said with a sigh. "There is far too much attention paid to those in the public eye to have been Anything but mundanes unless they moved on. GothiKnight did help in that. It is almost a shame that they are starting to have issues."

"Yes they may have been the first but their presence pales compared to Live Evil and you know it," Inari said with a bit of bluster. "How Devil Boy - Incubus, Fallen Falcifer and Nightmare Knight could put on such shows and still stay away from being ousted. Then again, no one wanted to really see KISS outside of their makeup either so why would someone want to see them untransformed. You did know them don't you? I thought you were spending your second childhood and teen years being a roady or was that just in the middle bits of the century?"

"Hey Woodstock was cool if a bit too much shions getting into mundy hands for my tastes," Oroborus said before looking thoughtful. "Although I will admit that it was a shame about all the really good musicians that offed themselves in the seventies. Hendricks could really play an ax. Besides we all need hobbies in our down time. So I followed the music scene I at least staid out of the lime light."

"You still banged groupies and I so do not want to recall when you decided to travel with the Dead Heads," Inari said with a shake of her head. "Why you would do that I do not want to know?"

"I admit that the smell could be bad but the people were struggling to redefine themselves you know that some people would have gone for Revelations to occur before and the sixties looked like a good shot before it went bad," Oroborus said with a sigh. "It did help to put things in perspective. After all of the wars and destruction we have seen there was just something interesting about people wanting peace although they seemed like idiots at times."

"You just like the music what was it Belushi said in the Blues Brothers?" Inari asked with her head cocked. "'Nothing can replace the feel of being on stage' I believe it was. You just like rock and roll to much for someone of your age."

"Music is important as you well know and just because what they listen to is not traditional does not mean that the spirit died," Oroborus said with a hard look. "I have to admit that it can put things in perspective when one contrasts seeing the wonders of what they called the ancient world and seeing modern artists expressing themselves at the same place. Remember that unlike most I did not distance myself completely from the mundanes outside of my followers. I recall seeing gladiators fight in the same place where the Stones played a concert. I can see the changes that have come to Europe and most of the world and at times the changes are disgusting while others are interesting. So what if I liked to be backstage at shows. There are plenty of us that like that life although it is more the werewolves than other zoanthropes that like the lifestyle."

"Sex, Drugs and Rock N Roll," Inari said with a sneer. "You have to admit that substituting shions for drugs and you would be the literal icon of the lifestyle. Still you are a bit more grown up although you tended to hang with the fringes of decent society as it is said."

"So I was an outcast?" Oroborus asked with a shrug. "I thought I would be when the loop ended so I practiced. I toured with the Dead, jammed with Hendrix, moshed before moshing was in, attended what would become raves, banged with the metal men, danced slow and fast to all kinds of music, I saw the rise and fall into obscurity of many a form of music from rock to Motown from punk to the psychedelic as well as the various global music scenes and all that while the critics said things would change while I danced and enjoyed most of this century. There were so many ways to dance, to sign and to live. It was a very good century and it is a shame it is almost over. I loathed the seventies though with its downward spiral and corruption almost as I loathed the rise of the puritanical and the veneer that polite society gained. I have to admit that I had more fun traveling than I should have during my vacation, but we all need a break from the work we do. Besides it let me evaluate my assistants to see how they did during my travels. The Orders almost run themselves and with our communication methods if something of enough importance came about I was able to do so. Just because I did not sequester myself in my domain does not mean that I was less cautious or that I allowed myself to become rusty as it were. I simply was better able to blend in than most of my contemporaries could or still do. Still there is no reason that any of us wish to interact with the modern media let alone the masses unless it is necessary."

"I will admit that they tend to develop more diversity do to their greater numbers, but that does not mean that there is anything else that we should do," Inari said. "They were not ready and have adapted rather well all things considered, but they can never and will never truly understand us."

"Because they cannot understand us if even our comrades can not do so," Oroborus said with a sigh. "I hope they never gain the experience to understand us. The world was different and we were different. It was a different age and e have to remember to adapt or like those that were left behind we to will be left behind as they move on."

"They can no more understand us than most would understand those who fight wither they be soldiers, priests, ninja or other fighters," Inari said in regret. "They have not seen tragedy close enough to understand what a warrior must."

"Why do you think that fighters prefer to be called martial artists nowadays," Oroborus said. "They fight to defeat and not kill their opponent and most will hopefully never have to make the choice. It is an age when we do the most dangerous and important of work as always in secret and in the shadows."

This was something that the ninja understood as well as the basis of the divide from the Order. They had already drifted away and were while not listening to the conversation at least paying enough attention to it so that they would have the more important parts to contemplate.

"Your order always was good at leaving no proof that they had been their," Inari said. "Whisper and shadow dreamed up by superstitious minds I believe those that have imagined your actions as more than that of natural causes or accidents. Then again your agents never really were obvious unless it was necessary. They always went for perfect assassinations where only the client would know that anything untoward had happened."

"For the sanctity of the innocence shed we bring the justice of the innocent to those who would hide their crimes against the pure," Oroborus said. "It does sound almost as well as what those who have tried to follow in our steps have tried."

"The Black Hands of Death will come to bring the justice for those who commit their sins against the Newborns," Inari said with a cold whisper. "How are they Anything more than your tools like the others before you Master of the Dead?"

"Simple they seek justice and not vengeance," Oroborus said with a chuckle. "No mercy is offered to the merciless, no peace but the grave for those whose greed has damned them. Far too many have forgotten and far too many are willing to make pacts with demons and other beings that are working cross purpose to us. We can do no less unless by our inactions we allow a greater tragedy than that which was wrought by our actions. Never forget we have strayed from the path we were to do. Why else would the Twelve have grown so distance over those millennium when now they return to walk among us? Perhaps it is a sign of things to come?"

With that parting shot he left Inari to compose herself as he walked back to return his discussions with the other guests. Naruto and his lovers had already moved out of range before the more interesting bits of conversation was said. That was not to say that they missed the important bits as they were ninja. It was simply that they now had more questions than answers to think about.

'Perhaps it is indeed time for things to change,' Inari thought as he left. 'Still you have allowed yourself to become attached to those that have such short lives. They are barely there for a moment and all that will remain of them is the memories. Perhaps you sought to remember what they had accomplished when things have faded and they no longer remember. You have seen the rise and fall of your contemporaries while in Asia at least there was less loss of knowledge. The people still remember who they are and where they came from. This new land is quite strange and some of the notions they have are so different. Perhaps in a thousand years we will talk of the people that dwelled here as we do of other lost people or perhaps they will be remembered by their descendants?'

'This has left us a lot to think about,' Naruto thought. 'I still cannot believe that I became the mask I wear so much that I forgot how to do more than act spontaneously. Action without thought was what I had become. Still there is more to it than that he knows the band almost as if... he was in the band. He never told teach that. It would be like me finding out one of the ninja in the village was really... Well that is immaterial. I just hope that their disagreement on the future does not drive a wedge between us. I love Kyu-chan, but I am loyal to my leader. This could end up bad or it could be the opposite. I guess time will tell and at least sensei is going to have some time to relax for a bit. I would join in with my girls but that would leave the ratio to skewed even if it is rather skewed now. Perhaps we can spend some time here together without the pressures and responsibilities we have in Konoha. Who knows maybe even Hinata will stop acting so shy when we get back. I know that Anko and Kurenai want to play with her as well. Kyu-chan would probably just love to spend time thanking her for not viewing me like the others while also punishing her for not standing up for me with her being a Hyuuga and all. I can just see what poor Hinata would have to do while Kyu-chan's tails beat me to Hinata first.'

'I wonder what Naru-kun is thinking about,' Anko thought with a grin as she relaxed now that the particulars were over. 'Well there is no need to drag ourselves to a different room sine the others are already indulging. I just have to work to drive out whatever thoughts could be distracting him. Well unless it is us or plans to snag that cutie. I just want to bend the girl over my lap and feel her squirm as I spank her for not helping Naru-kun when she had the chance and she can make it up to him at the same time.'

'Well it looks like Anko is feeling naught,' Kurenai thought with a grin. 'She only gets that frisky lately when she thinks about Hinata-chan. She so needs a bit more confidence and a good seeing too. Yep from how she is acting to Naru-kun being all submissive while rubbing against him and nuzzling him like that she is doing a bit of role play. Well since it is obvious no one minds I don't think that Anko-chan will mind if I role play her part.'

'Those two really needed a place to let loose,' Tsunade thought as she watched Anko start to worship at Naruto's erection while Kurenai sat her down onto her lap before preceding to spank the squirming ass. 'Well it looks like Shi-chan wants to distract me. Hmm she is definitely getting better with her tongue.'

"Really Tsu-chan," came the whispered breathing husky voice of Kyuubi into her ears. "Just watching the show is so unlike you. We might as well play a bit until they are able to accommodate us. Well it looks like Naru-kun is getting his tails into some action. You don't mind if I do the same?"

Tsunade whimpered a bit as Kyuubi slid her tails into her.

"Well you obviously do not mind any more than if Shi-chan is involved," Kyu-chan said while gently nipping at her neck. "Now let's get back to the party and who knows maybe soon enough Naru-kun will be able to accommodate us as well."

A groan was her only reply as the Shinobi contingent began to act like the rest of the party goers and preceded to couple and copulate with each other. They would be far too occupied to overhear any more conversations until well after they finally found a room where they continued to play long into the night. Like most groups they shrugged when others asked if they could join in. Love and sex did not have to coincide and if someone wanted to join in and help themselves and each other to rise to the cloud and rain who were they to object if they didn't get to possessive.

It would be a shame that not one group managed to snag Sir Integra even if it had been a near thing too many times especially when she had gotten caressed by some of the more dexterous tales almost had teased her to cum and loose her mask. She would make it a personal mission to not get to close to any group as she still had to worry about providing a suitable heir than to indulge in the carnal carnival that was going around her. She had to try to stifle a snarl when she saw Alucard frolicking among the masses. She would spend a while trying to not think about how often she would have to couple with someone of her station to get an heir and that was after the weeding out of those unsuitable to her needs. It left no room for love or even lust to develop until long after she could conceive and bear an heir for the Hellsing line.

'Perhaps my honeymoon would be as good as there's,' she thought whimsically. 'I wish it were but I must as others before sacrifice my happiness to duty. At least they were able to find happiness in addition to their duties. If they can than I can hope and pray that I will someday do so.'

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The honeymoon was facilitated and lengthened by the fact that the palace as being in a domain not necessarily connected to earth was not bound by the same linear time constraints and as such that the honeymooners had far more time to enjoy before they would have to leave let alone take the more boring tour of the world at large.

For the most part they staid in the same room and preceded to shag themselves mindless and then kept going until they finally passed out. Unfortunately their guests were still recovering from the rather intense sex and the frequent way that the non stop shagging quadruplet would sip some of their blood to keep going. With the constant in stream of willing participants they had not needed to stop for too long as both of Horus's as well as Seras's vampiric traits reduced the amount of sweat that they gave off so only sexual secretions were covering their skins and as those were still warm and fresh the group tended to lick each other clean. The added fact that having been on a strictly blood diet for their stay in the room and more often the bed left them with the simple fact that they did not need to go to the bathroom for normal body functions as blood was completely metabolized leaving no waste products to worry about. Sadly the poor unfortunates or at least in terms of their ability to do more than groan and sleep were rather sated and sore form their close encounters of the nymphomaniac vampiric kind. Looking back it had been a rather pleasurable if exhausting time.
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Lemon Scene

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The four mates were on the bed. While they had earlier shagged Ginny senseless leaving her with cum in her mouth, pussy, ass and coating her face, tits, back and stomach, they had not had a chance to spend time together since the symbolic joining during their bathing. As such they would be rather feisty in their current coupling as their urges were amplified by the ceremony. Normally as their was only one pair of mates they would have shagged themselves until they passed out in front of the assembled leaving the room silent save the echoing of their screams of completion.

The four were making up for lost time as Horus was occupied as much as any male could be in servicing four women. Well actually he was only touching three of them as Nym was acting up as clean up. Her job was to make sure that when the ladies reached his mouth their pussies were not dripping with his cum. This served as an accent of how Nym had been licked and sucked to orgasms without getting to taste anything. To some that would not feel bad as they would not have to do all the effort while for Nym she liked the interaction and she liked having her mouth overflowing with flavor.

Seras was ridding his cock while Kasumi was ridding his face. This left Nabiki being lapped until she had no cum left by gushing and licking her pussy clean from Nym's actions. Nym had to focus hard as she was being lapped by the two girls riding Horus and his hands were wandering over all four of their bodies. This continued as Seras took Nabiki's place while she went to take Kasumi's as Kasumi moved to Seras's place and started up a rather quick and furious rhythm now that she had control instead of Horus changing his tongues movements to work her up to edge and back until she wanted to cry before he let her cum.

This continued for a while as only the girl being eaten clean by Nym was able to make any noise that was not muffled by a pussy being eaten. The group had lost track of how long they had cycled from position to position as they did not seem to tire as easily as they had before and the ever present need to cement their bond as mates filled their minds.

It was to this scene that his other guests had the misfortune of walking into. While they had been indulging in the non committal orgy outside, they were not prepared to be grabbed by eight eager hands to be completely disrobed and drawn into the action. Soon Horus was along with his mates finding that his mouth and cock along with his hands were occupied each with a different girl where his mates found their mouths, pussies and hands occupied with the newcomers. The only thing of note was that his mates were not occupying him as often as before and as such he found himself nipping at their pussies when they were on the verge of orgasming only to give a very hard such drawing in both their gushing pussy juice and the blood he drew.

Horus cocked his head a bit as he heard a similar sound coming from three other places. He shrugged as he realized that his mates had gained that lovely ability.

'If they had not noticed that only Nym had needed to occasionally get some air while none of them did who am I to point it out to them,' he thought with a wry grin as he continued to keep a hard suction for an inhuman amount of time on the girl who was riding his face. "It would be more fun if they discovered it themselves. Besides I should pay more attention to who I am with at the moment. Let's see Hermione is riding me while Minako is on my face with Kasumi on my hand along with Luna. Well this is definitely fun. I do have to wonder how long even with their stamina training that they will last. They have no way to recharge when they reach their limits and we will only need a mouthful of blood.'

With that Horus turned his attention to bring the girls currently writhing on top of him to creaming. This was a time to indulge in their base pleasures and what better way then spending time with his mates shagging some of their lovers into exhaustion?

What followed was a rather blurry series of encounters that left the victims short of blood and passed out not from the minute blood loss but from the shear intensity of the sexual peaks they had been driven too. That was in part do to the fact that the slight blood loss caused a sudden spike in blood pressure and with the lack of needing to breath and the inhuman stamina and flexibility that they employed their partners were rather quickly left as smile plastered eviscerated husks having been used and left to sleep off the encounter where they littered the floor around the bed. The poor girls that had joined in were left with spread pussies and asses and covered in cum both male and female. The most important thing to note was that they were quite pink and that their eyes were rolled back and their lips curled up into smirks even as drool heavily laden with cum dribbled out.

'It had been rather fun getting to that point for all of those involved,' Horus had thought before turning to the newest body on the bed. 'Well, well, well it looks like someone is really been working up their stamina while I wasn't looking. Usagi I think this is going to be the ride of your life or at least until this point.'

Horus had noticed that Usagi was completely recovered from before and was bouncing around like she had drained a mix of sugar and restorative potion along with something with the caffeine level to make your average caffeine addict look like low levels. Having noticed that and noting that Usagi had just ridden poor Nym through a series of brain frying orgasms he quickly reached over and dragged the girl onto his lap where she quickly grabbed his cock before sliding down and returning to a very fast and hard rhythm. She was already glistening from her previous activities when she had slid down onto his dick and she was already on her way back to orgasm.

Usagi was rather skilled in being able to maximize her pleasure while still moving so she did not freeze up when she came but instead she simply continued to move while her pussy snapped and squeezed his dick while she maintained her movements. While she was moving riding his cock her hands were no less active than his were as this was pointed out with the way she ran her hands over as much of his available skin as possible. Usagi was spending most of the time with her hands running up and down stroking three specific areas and those were his chest, his back and his thighs. Horus was doing like wise although he was spending a good deal of the time alternating between kneading her tits and her ass.

With all that frenzied movement one would wonder why neither of them was using their mouths on similar areas and the reason for that was rather simple actually. The reason was that they had been so preoccupied with kissing and necking that their mouths had been unable to drift much past that. It was a very good thing that Usagi had learned a way to keep breathing through her nose without disrupting the kiss or the ability of going without air for very long periods of time that vampires had would have had her pass out from lack of oxygen instead of the way that she wanted to pass out and that was from her mind and body being overloaded by the number and strength of her orgasms.

Their arms were spending more time running down each others backs than elsewhere as they were rubbing against each other while moaning into each others necks. Usagi was trailing kisses along his neck while Horus was leaving slight nips as they worked themselves higher. Usagi was one of those lucky girls that could easily once having cum to continue to do so and could in fact have orgasms that were far stronger than her initial cum on the path. She was on her way to peaking another mountain above the others when Horus had started suckling on one spot to bring the blood to the surface when he sunk his fangs in as he carefully timed it to happen just as her latest orgasm hit.

This pushed Usagi over the edge wrapping herself around him inside and out. Her legs and arms were wrapped around tightly as she writhed against him which rubbed her aroused and stiff tits against his chest tweaking her nipples as she did so. Horus was running his hands up and down her back spending time to squeeze and rub her ass as she ground against him. While that was going on visibly to the other writhing groups of orgasming and working toward orgasm people, Usagi was a snapper and she was doing just that as she was cuming like crazy and Horus with all his control having outlasted several of the previous ridings without cuming inside as often as he could finally did so after far too many of the girls having passed out having been merely wet from their cum and not his.

Horus held her as she shuddered and went limp. It had been a long time since the two had been able to have as fulfilling of and encounter and as such Horus did not jest let her slide off of him before sliding off the bed and did in fact just set her to the side to recover after tracing her face and giving a lingering kiss. As much as he wanted to cuddle his blood was still charged and those that had at least partially recovered from this round would be more than likely to snuggle, nuzzle and especially suckle at the slowly recovering girl. It seemed a shame that she had drifted off, but he knew that she had outlasted several of her previous dalliances and that was after the pre ceremony orgy that they had enjoyed.

Horus did not really spend a lot of time thinking for the next while as having just spending time with Usagi had built up the horny girls even as they indulged in getting each other off. So the rest of the time passed with only the more memorable of his encounters standing out as the girls seemed to want to make up for any lapse in participation by not just being worked to orgasm but to very hard orgasms. The only way he could identify which of his lovers were with him at the moment was by the taste and feel of their pussies.

'I really am looking forward to summer and with having a domain I can spend time their and with portals and such travel quickly although Trish would probably act strange if I let the List girls suffer to long,' Horus thought while he was occupied being ridden by another set of four girls who he was doing his best to bake cum on his hands, fingers and gush into his mouth. 'Now lets see who is currently here at the time... Well it is not any of my mates and the pussy on my mouth tastes like... Well it looks like Setsuna is involved again. Now lets see on my left hands it would seem to be Tasha this time with Hermione of all girls having really spent some time training her pussy cuming on my right hand. I will have to really thank Luna for increasing her skills as I have been a bit preoccupied with today to get her to the next level. Well speaking of Trish it seems that she finally is getting a chance. I guess I will have to wait till she gets around some more. I really should remember to leave my lovers at least bowlegged once a week or I will definitely feel guilty about neglecting them. It will be a very good thing when the time dilations of my domain are stabilized because then I could pop in with some of my lovers and spend a nooner that last for days without being missed.'

Similar thoughts would follow, but as time passed the girls that joined them on the bed lasted less and less in their activities and more and more of their time sleeping off their encounters. If it had not been for the walls being stocked with recovery potions and them taking shifts they would have passed out completely into a coma before half of their time had passed. Still they were mostly almost human and as such they could not go for weeks with just the potions and other such things sustaining them while Amber along with the now sanguineous Nabiki and Seras indulged in the monthly treat.

The others could no longer rise or do more than soak away the soreness as the mates continued expressing their joy and happiness as they moved together again. The girls that did wake long enough to watch were not playing with themselves even if they did tend to rub their pussies. That was because they were rubbing a mix of cream in with what cum they had easing the soreness of overuse. Each of the girls made a mental note to work on the ability to last longer in such matters for the next marathon even if they all preferred either being with each other singly or much smaller groups.

That did not mean that the mates were inactive or that the more nimble and trained were not in the middle of sating the last of their bond induced lusts. It was almost as if all four of them were dealing with the buildup that Horus did on every Halloween and they did not realize that they probably would as well. It boiled down to at the end Nym, Amber, Trish and the mates to finally be the last to succumb. Kasumi and Nabiki were wrapped around Amber and Trish while Horus and Seras were double teaming Nym.

Nym was being in a Sapphic embrace with Seras with their pussies and clits rubbing together while Horus was alternating in sliding into their pussies and between them whereby he rubbed their two standing clits and pussy lips against and around his cock top and bottom. When the two started to grind against each other he staid for a while and enjoyed feeling Seras grinding against their joined bodies. Finally the three ended with Seras and Horus fucking Nym rapidly with Horus sliding inside her ass while Seras experimented with the limited shapeshifting that she knew to enlarge her clit into cock sized where the increased size did nothing to reduce the sensitivity as Nym's pussy snapped squeezed and slithered over her clit.

While that was going on, Trish was joined to Amber as their pussies leaked and gushed into each others while they rubbed their pussies and clits frantically against each other. Nabiki and Kasumi were far too preoccupied with the feeling of release they were experiencing while sliding sharply in the two undulating and writhing women's asses.

When they were finally spent they dragged their extended family to cuddle against Horus acting like blankets to his pillow. Finally Horus was sleeping with Nym and Seras to his sides with Nabiki and Kasumi resting on his chest while Amber was curled at his feet and Trish had slid under him so that she was being used as a pillow or more accurately his head lay between her tits with his neck being properly supported. If one took a closer look they would notice that all of them had shared bites with each other and that while leaving a slight redness to the spot their was no sign that their fangs had pierced each others necks, pussies and tits.

It was a shame that the others were too tired to crawl into bed to join in a big puppy pile. However this was offset by the clustered smaller piles that had formed from girls dropping after their last orgasm proved too much to continue on.
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It was a shame that it would be several days before the well used guests were able to move. They were to tired to move let alone fuck. Still some of them would miss out on the fun that the newly mated quadruplet would be having. That was not to say that they were completely bored by recovering for the rest of the holiday when they in fact were only really asleep for a few days before they woke up and ate a rather large meal to offset the lack of food from their encounter.

Those that had been around when Horus took his bike for a spin were a bit disappointed that they were unable to go on a road trip, but consoled themselves with any future times they would try to go along with the group. It would be a rather bad thing to admit that they were going to go clubbing and to the beaches on their spring breaks and drive many a man to shag whoever they ended up with until their arousal abated from the group's looks and actions. They planned on using those days to visit every famous party club that they could and enjoy themselves. They would only be young once that they would remember so it was best that they take advantage of it.

Horus had been careful not to tell them that controlling ones age was rather simple and that they would most likely never look like McGonagall or Dumbledore ever if they did not wish to do so. It was humorous that most of the Wizarding World was ignorant to the simple solutions to extending life thinking that they needed complicated and illegal rituals, potions or elixirs to stay young and alive longer.

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Holiday after the honeymoon was a simple matter of the group visiting some of the acquaintances that had not been invited to the wedding. It was not that they did not want to go, but that there were things that they were not ready to see or those that would have an adverse affect from visiting the Winterlands.

They took a few of their days to visit the mundane sights that they had always wanted to see in a rather relaxed yet quickly moving world tour. The group had spent enough time careening around the countryside's instead of just teleporting because they wanted to see the scenery and their otherwise would have been their companions were still recovering. This left the five of them to traipse across the modern world while they recovered back home and as such the four ladies who had not really traveled even as much as Horus had to want to see what they could at the moment even though they knew that they had a rather long time in which they could spend eventually traveling when their other preoccupations did not get in the way. The main points was that Nabiki and Kasumi had some time away from school along with Horus and that Seras had some time off that she had accumulated with Hellsing to actually do some things besides just screwing each other. That was not to say that they did not do that frequently and fantastically. That in part was the reason for the scenic routes as their was plenty of the outdoors to see and in the typical manner find plenty of somewhat secluded places for a quick shag.

It had been a bit weird for them on the bike with their arms wrapped around each other even though the bike was charmed to prevent the riders from flying off. That it had allowed them to hold each other snug against each other while the ladies had used it to rub against each other was just another good thing about the trip. The speeds they went at put most brooms and sports cars to shame although that was mostly to make up for the long picnics they took for lunch and the slow wake ups they did in the morning.

The most interesting thing that happened outside of their touring and nightly or more often hourly lovemaking breaks was that the main dwellings that they resided in had solidified into a linked domain that was more fantasy than reality. The domain was made up of two islands with one that was composed of Potter Manor and the other the former Kuno Manor.

The Potter Manor which had been a haven for purely wizarding and mundane creatures began to attract some of the more eccentric beings that were known. The manor was already large before it became a domain and there were now actual nests of dragons, griffins and some of the more esoteric magical birds dwelling there.

However not all were what one would consider light creatures as the domain was effected by the will of the Dominatus and as such there was little worry about weather control. This meant that those species that were less likely to dwell in Britain felt an attraction to the area. There were in fact several magical snakes that dwelt there now including a colony or runespores and fire snakes. With the mating including the ability to speak parseltongue there was little worry that the residents would have in being attacked. While Lord Oroborus tended to favor snakes he knew that girls even those with familiars of snakes liked cuddly things and while he had companion animals in the past he was far more at home feeling scales than fur.

As for the other matrons in Horus's life, Bast had allowed several of the more fear inspiring cats to dwell there including the griffins but also Nundu as well as Shadow Cats. The Nundu did not have to release its breath not that most of the inhabitants could get sick with its poisonous and disease riddled breath as one of the main advantages that had led to the superiority complex of mystics was that most diseases were ravaged by the immune system which had several improvements that made them twitchy about geneticists trying to duplicate the process. Shadow Cats were simply cats that had elemental affinities and as such were at home with the shadows and could travel in them rather quickly in a manner similar to their wolf counterparts. They were pitch black in color and tended to have very dark and rather often black pupil less eyes with rather sharp claws that tended to adopt people that they would protect.

Inari was not left out and the number of kitsunes of all kinds tended to visit and there were several dens both here and abroad that would allow the kits to play with other kits as well. The twin terrors tended to spend whatever time they could here after the way from Grimmaould place allowed them to travel.

That was not to say that the Japanese Manor was normal by any means as the more sensitive than magical creatures started to far outnumber the inhabitants of the district. In fact the island that had grown around the manor was populated by a large number of the more friendly beings. Than again as Kasumi spent so much time there this was of little wonder. Those that might have been mistaken for demons by the ignorant tended to use the place as a sanctuary and many applied for asylum than face the less informed modern devil hunters that seemed to crop up who started to equate non human with evil.

For the most part the group was enjoying the fact that unlike everywhere else their weather was perfect in the joint domain. With the permanent walk able path between the two islands their really was no need for the specialized portals that had been installed and as such with the kids going to school Horus soon had them connected to the system with the usual security concerns for a domain as a destination.

At the moment he was currently enjoying the rather large pool that had recently grown in along with the warmed waterfall and the hot springs adjacent. He was swimming around with his mates spending time relaxing and for the most part avoiding thinking about the plan finally coming to fruition.

'With the Room of Requirements actually being able to create a temporary portal connection,' he thought with a sigh as he continued playing a very modified and enjoyable version of tag. 'There is no reason to spend weekends at Hogwarts. The only concerns is for those that are completely ignorant about my home which is a few. I don't feel bad that they were not informed and I did visit them over the Holiday. Still it would have been nice to have everyone here and the reason for the floo to be set just to a secure connection at Grimmauld makes sense as besides the alleys for public appearances there is nowhere in the Wizarding World that we want to go to. I should see about visiting some of the other centers when I get a chance. There is no way that letting the girls loose in one of the malls would end well as there is enough to keep them occupied for a long time. It is a very good thing that the subconscious allowed my mates to learn what they did as even with the Holidays allowing me to refine their techniques there is no way that I would let them out in the world completely devoid of an ability to protect themselves. Thankfully the previous training was a very good base.'

"Hey Ho-kun," Nabiki said with a purr as she swam up to him. "Its time for us to just lean back and relax. There will be plenty of time to plan later. And I cannot believe that I said that."

"Well I guess we all have been a good influence on each other," Horus said with a grin. "Its just that I cannot shake the feeling that something is going to go wrong. Still there are plenty of advantages to the changes here as it prevents things from affecting those here. For instance if a mass mind control memory altering or even reality altering spell happened everyone would be safe here. For some reason I get the feeling that someone I overlooked is going to ruin or at least almost succeed at ruining things."

"Seers Blood," Nabiki said with a sigh. "Seems there was one in the family a very long time ago. The same with Miko in addition to the more martial artist leanings as of late."

"That would explain it if added to my usual intuitive abilities," Horus said with a sigh. "But for the day, Carpe Diem or more accurately Carpe Noctem."

With that the two swam back to rejoin their other mates and continue to enjoy the day. A simple fact that sorcerers and mystics in general hand long accepted was that even with all their powers and longer natural life span that it was far too easy to die from something happening than not. One had to wonder why the group tended to plan like they would live forever and yet live like they would die tomorrow.

Perhaps they had overly influenced the Grecian and Roman Era with their attitude of eat drink and be marry for tomorrow we die. Some would draw an analogy between Sorcerers and the Spartans in that both were warrior cultures although sorcerers had for as long as been remembered not been sexist in regards to combat.

It is amazing how dense the muscles developed within the body of someone with mystical energy. The number of times that sorceresses were mistaken for Slayers by the Watchers Council was rather numerous as the physical abilities would seem on par at first and then it would go crazy when the sorceress started using their abilities. The only comparison would be the difference between a normal martial artist and one able to utilize chi in their actions. The upper limits are raised substantially.

It is a wonder why thoughts like those tended to pop into his head, but that was soon driven out by the feel of his mates surrounding him.

'Sometimes life can be really good,' he thought before they started to move. "Make that really good.'

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Continued in Chapter 23: Ambush Ambushers

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