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Immi felt sorry for the girl. She really did. This young yourouzoku was tied, irrevocably, to another for the rest of her life. She would never be able to escape him, could never leave, could never hide. And the worse part about it, he was a flaming idiot. Thank god he was good looking. Kakashi and him were at least lucky in that department. She flashed a small smile, the same seductive glow to her eyes as she switched her attention from the two studs, to Zuki.

"I see." She brought one silky white hand up to Zuki's face and brushed her knuckles softly against her cheek. Letting out a soft, alluring, peal of laughter she dropped her hand once more. "You sound so proud of that, dear. I feel for you. I really do." It wasn't a lie. She didn't even need to look over her shoulder to know that her manly husband and studly son were probably hugging and snuggling on the ground as they spoke. "But. I have a little secret for you." She leaned forwards, just about the same height as Zuki, the same smile on her lips. "I don't give a shit."

With another soft peal of laughter, Immi gracefully, and rather quickly, danced and swirled around Zuki. Making a small show with her bright kimonos as she once again stood before the boys. "Now. Where were we?"

And just a few feet away, a small, crying, hugging, heap of male yourouzoku's were bonding after being apart for several decades. If only they had been lovers, or even brothers, but no. It was a father and son, gay fest. And the others in the clearing were having to witness this, small, embarrassing, unavoidable moment between Kouga and his father, Kakashi.

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She tugged back firmly on Immi's hair-- not so much a sharp pull to hurt her, but to bring her head back. Not to mention the youki she was concentrating in her palm would probably make things just a little bit chilly for the poor woman.

"I don't like your tone. I think you should change it."
Her voice was almost a seductive whisper as she narrowed her eyes, casting a glance at her brothers. The two of them just stood there, looking dumbfounded... and maybe just a tab bit frightened.

Kizu of course, ever the smooth talker, found a way to break the tension.
"No offense lady... but you're kinda old..."

And it was at that moment that Athos woke up. The little pup yawned and pulled himself onto still slightly unsteady feet. His bright blue eyes were still half closed, and he stumbled along only half aware of what was going on around him. All he knew was that he wanted his parents. But from either side of the clearing, he could smell other males too-- and instinct told him to shy away from them... Rival males were rarely above killing eachothers pups. So instead he took the safer route, the one into a more central part of the clearing, where he could smell his mother...

...and another female who smelled a bit like his father...

...and guess whose leg he chose to cuddle and rub his head against?
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"OLD!? OLD!?" She was not old. She had no wrinkles, her hair, her skin, her body was perfect. No one had ever called her old before, no one had ever dared to even think it. Her eyes flashed red as she glared daggers at the two boys. How dare they. Her, old. Never. Ever. Ever. Hell, she was only twenty years older then Kouga. As strange as that may sound. And she didn't see anyone calling him old. Immi had ignored Zuki at first, her hair had seen worse days, and with the little girl trying so desperately to claim her dominance over the current situtation, Immi let her feel like she was still in charge.

Immi liked being the submissive.

Glaring at the twins once more, Immi disected them, piece by piece, starting with their appearance. Apparently wolf boys have never heard of pants. Or maybe they're gay. A shiver suddenly bolted down her spine, and Immi realized that she was cold, even with bother her heavy kimono's on. What the... Unfortunately, she didn't have much time to figure out what was causing this sudden chill, or figure out how to free her blonde hair, because her thoughts were now directed at her legs.

"Wh-What... Is that. Oh my god!" A miniature version of Kouga was clinging to her legs. Not just clinging, but drooling, murmuring, and calling her something she could barely make out. Oh. My. God. Keep your cool, Immi. Keep your cool. She squeaked and screamed, yanking her head forwards and freeing her hair [loosing a few strands in the process] as she tried to de-cling the pup. "Get it off! GET IT OFF!"

It was just a pup.
And she was much bigger, stronger, and... Well...

"GET IT OFFFFFF!"
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Being that she was the equivalent of a fourteen year old mortal, it'd be hard to beat that-- and if Immi did, it could only have been by a year or two. And just because she didn't look old... Hell, Granny didn't even look old. They were demons. Old wasn't something they looked for millenia.


She would have continued on...bragging...about being a teenage mother.... Well, we already know Tsuzuki was strange. So anyway, she would have continued, had it not been for one of the products of her little accident...s.... wandering over and adhereing himself to Immi's leg.

And she would have kept laughing about it, had Immi not started freaking out.

"What the hell!? Oi, watch it! You're going to hurt him!"

Glaring daggers at the older woman, Tsuzuki bent down and snatched her son before the other female could do any damage. Clutching Smothering him against her chest, Tsuzuki advanced on Immi with all the grace a sleep deprived, delerious yourouzoku could... Which was a suprising amount, really.

"What in all the hells do you think you're doing!? This is your grandson! You son's oldest male heir! Are you stupid!?"

Tsu was so not in the mood for this right now. Tired, lifting a suprisingly heavy toddler, with burned hands. The last thing she needed was a bitchy slut of a mother in law trying to hit on her brothers and harm her children.

"Kami! Now I know why Kouga is so fucked in the head! You're a nut case! You're insane! It isn't his fault after all!"

And of course, she meant that in the most loving way possible....


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"If you hadn't noticed, dear, I don't like children. Of any shape or size. I never held Kouga or Cheiko as babies, and if you think I'll start with my grandchildren, you'll be quite disappointed." With the toddler away from her, Immi calmed down considerably and straightened out the silk of her kimonos. Ugh. I can't stand those... things... She was, of course, referring to the pups lying a few feet away from her. Kids, toddlers, children [up to the age of sixteen], crept Immi-the-fuck-out. She wasn't even sure why, it was just... Ew.

Straightening up, regaining her calm, perfect, composure, she smiled softly at Zuki [in a some-what motherly way], "As I said before, I feel sorry for you." Maybe Zuki didn't despise children as much as she did, and maybe, just maybe, that pink eyed yourouzoku would be a much better mother then she had been. Sighing she turned her attention back to the boys, her brow raising in a perfect arch as her lips dipped into a small frown. "You boys are far too poor for my taste. But, I hope you both find that one special boy, you're pining for." She flashed a dazzling smile in there direction, glanced once more at Zuki and her child and retreated back to where Kouga and Kakashi were hugging, it seemed safer back here.

Kicking Kakashi as she walked by, Immi growled softly and rolled her eyes. "You two love birds done yet?"

"IMMI! GUESS WHAT! KOUGA'S FORGIVEN ME! ISN"T THAT GREAT!?"
"I'm standing right here, dear, you really don't have to yell."
"BUT ISN"T IT GREAT!?"
"Yeah. Great. Whatever." Immi mumbled to herself, Kakashi and Kouga quickly getting up to their feet. Kakashi's cheeks were wet, rosy, with stray strands of hair clinging to his skin as he sniffled away the remaining tears.

Kouga, on the other hand, jumped to his feet, ran straight for Zuki and Athos, tears of joy streaming down his face as he picked her up in his arms and carried her quickly back to his father. "Zuki! I want you to -sniffle- meet my daddeh! -sniffle- Daddeh! This is Zuki. My mate!" He sniffled again and wrapped his arms around Zuki, using her shoulder to wipe away the tears, and wipe his nose on. "Oh. And Immi, my mother-person-thingy." Less enthusiastic that time, but Kouga felt it would be rude if he didn't at least name her.

Kakashi's smile turned from a soft uplift to a full out beaming grin. "ZUKI!" He leaned forwards and scooped her up into his arms, along with Athos, and in the process of giving her a bear hug he spun her around. "Welcome to the family, Short Stuff!" He let out a loud laugh and set her back down, patting her on the shoulder. He then swung an arm around Immi's neck and clamped her close to his side, as she fought and growled to be let go. "Don't worry. She doesn't bite-" "I'll bite you, ya bastard, lemme go." "Much." Kakashi let out another laugh and turned his attention to the pup. "AHH! A GRANDSON!" Once again tears started to stream down his face and he let Immi go [whose hair was now totally mussed up and was bound and determined to fix it] and snatched the baby boy from Zuki's arms and bounced him up and down in his. "I'm so proud. -sniffle- Beautiful wife, kids. -sniffle- Thank the Gods Granny ain't here."

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...It hadn't been totally an act though. The smirk crept slowly back onto Tsuzuki's face.

"Besides, sweetie, just how much action did you get last night?"
Once again, her taunting was cut short-- but this time not by her son, but by her overgrown manchild of a mate. She'd been having so much 'fun' with his mother, she almost forgot he was over there...

And for the second time in under twenty four hours Kouga picked her up and carried her off somewhere-- though she has this sinking feeling that whatever came next wasn't going to be nearly as fun as last night...

Yep. She was right. Looking up at the older, taller yourouzoku, Tsuzuki arched an eyebrow and opened her mouth to say something... but she couldn't exactly figure out what.
'Hi I'm Tsuzuki, and you can probably smell what I did with your son last night'...

Luckily, Kouga and Kakashi saved her from that sort of awkward situtaion. When she turned her head to try and stop Kouga from wiping his nose on her--not even the pups tried that anymore, knowing she's beat the crap out of them-- she found herself lifted into the air by a pair of strong hands, Athos still in her arms, and spun around.

Choosing to ignore the short comment for now-- she didn't really have the energy to argue with anyone else. And, as it turned out, her and Kouga weren't the only ones in the family with a dysfuntional relationship...it was like looking in a mirror....

Tiredly nodding her head, Tsuzuki said the only thing that came to her.
"Hai, I've already met Granny. I don't think she likes me."

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"Don't take any offense to that." Kakashi's grin seemed to grow as he continued to stare at Zuki and bounce Athos in his arms. "Granny doesn't like very many people. I think it's just because of her age. Only a few decades shy of a thousand years old. I think she has a right to be a bit grumpy about everything." He let out a booming laugh, one that sent a familiar smirk to Kouga's lips. "Then, there's the clan- Er. So! How many grandkids do we have?"

Three reactions spawned from the mentioning of what happened to the clan, and the numbering of children. Kouga, who had been smirking, happy, and overly hyper at the return of his father, numbly shied away from his words. His brilliant blue eyes darkening with sadness, and embarrasment, while his normally bushy tail flattened and tried to sneak between his legs. Kakashi, realizing the mistake he had made immediately changed the subject, bounced Athos a little harder then he had intended, and held his breath as he waited for a lashing, either from his son, or his mate. But, no lashing would come - this time - because at the mention of grandchildren, Immi, who had planned on bitching Kakashi out for mentioning something so traumatic, froze. Her dark eyes growing wide in fear, in agony, in confusion, in hate.

"I am not a grandmother." She grumbled half-heartedly to herself. Crossing her arms over her chest as she bit her lip, keeping back a pout. She knew it was true. Even in her young age [for a demon] she was a grandmother. But she refused to refer to herself as such. Until the day she had gray hairs, yellowed teeth, and a nasty attitude like Granny, she would never accept the term.

Never.
Ever.
Ever.
EVER.

"Yes ya are, Granny. Now shush. I wanna know about our grandchildren." Kakashi stuck his tongue out, stepped up to Zuki, placed an arm around her shoulders and directed her over to the sleeping pups a few feet away. Once there, he hugged Athos closer to him, smirked at Zuki and waited.

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Owch. Low blow.

The clan was something even Tsuzuki learned not to bring up... even when she was in the foulest of moods. Sure, she taunted and mocked and insulted her mate a lot-- but none of it was really intended to hurt him. Piss him off, maybe, but nothing worse.

She made to step closer to Kouga during the rather awkward pause. And while opening her mouth to say something nasty to Immi, Kakashi grabbed her by the shoulder and walked her over to the other pups, but not before Tsuzuki could cast a pleading, over the shoulder look at Kouga.

Eyes now back on the rest of the sleeping children, she counted in her head a few times, checking herself. Four came after three? Or was it two? Numbers weren't something that she could easily keep straight.
"Four-- we have four... FIVE!"

Amaranthe. She forgot Amaranthe. And now she looked like a moron who either couldn't count, or couldn't keep track of her own children.
'Why did I have to do that... they wouldn't have known any better anyway, considering how infrequently Eichi and Amar visit.'

She considered explaining, but kept her mouth shut this time. Only if they asked. And hopefully they wouldn't. Instead, she turned to Athos, still in his grandfather's arms, and gave him an almost sweet, still sort of creepy smile.

"Can you say Obaa-chan? Obaa-chan?....Babaa?"
She pointed at Immi.

The boy looked thoughful for a moment, then, looking quite pleased with himself, made full use of the extensive vocabulary his father taught him.

"Bitch!"

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"Aha-ha." Immi forced the half laugh past her lips as she glared at Zuki, Athos the offender was giggling happily before her. I see his father's been teaching him new words. Wonder what else Kouga taught his children? She glared at the back of Kakashi's head as the older yourouzoku stared wondrously at the sleeping pups. Great. I'm stuck in the middle of the forest with a bunch of wolves, and two idiots. No men for me to flaunt around, and no women for me to degrade. Except Zuki. But damn it, she's too cocky for my degrading to work.

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"Very good, pup. Only, when you say that, you should be looking at your mother. Alright?" She smiled sweetly, almost sickly sweet, and then straightened up to stare at Zuki. "I figured you probably already know, but you probably shouldn't allow Kouga to teach your kids... Anything." She let her eyes slip down to Kakashi, as if she was talking from experience. "Like father, like son..." Immi mumbled softly before glaring at the pups once more.

"You said five, right? I only see four. Where's the other one?" Kakashi took a moment to look up, at the two women. Maybe she can't count. Leave it to Kouga to pick a woman who can't read or write. But, eh, she's cute. He glanced at Athos, then bent lower to pick one of the sleeping ones up. Just so happened to be the only girl sleeping there. He held her with his hands under her arms, her legs dangling below her. "Well, I'll be. She looks just like Kouga." Kouga puffed his chest out behind his father, a smug, toothy smile lighting up his face. Damn right they do.

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"Don't worry, he already does",she mumbled, glaring down at Immi.

Seilu, woken from her sleep by two unfamiliar hands, yelped as her eyes flew open. Eyes wide with fear, she trembled a few moments before picking up on his scent... he smelled kinda like her father.

Being more older, more adventurous, and well.... less male than her brother, her face cracked into a smile and settled into his arms...though it wasn't the most comfortable.

"Oh, yeah, there are five.."

Tsuzuki silently cursed herself agian, struggling with a cover story.

"A friend of mine, a shadow demon sorceress, took her on as an apprentice. Said she had the potential to be powerful."

That wasn't a total lie at least...I mean, Amaranthe was Eichi's apprentice... and for a young demon she was certainly no pushover....

She flashed another look over to Kouga, willing him to keep his mouth shut and not say anything else. The last thing she needed was Immi insulting her mothering skills, or another Granny episode in which she was proclaimed an uneducated whore. It would be nice if at least some of her newfound family members didn't hate her guts....

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Kakashi couldn't say he approved of his son allowing another demon to raise his grandchild, but, after everything he'd put his family through... Who was he to talk? Instead, Kakashi kept his mouth shut, like a good boy, and stared at the pup in his hands. She was cute, and unlike the three sleeping males who were spitting images of his son, this one had some of Zuki in her. "What's this one's name?" Kakashi chuckled as he bounced her up and down, not really caring if he was hurting her, or making her uncomfortable. It was fun.

For him.

And only him.

Immi glared daggers into her mates back. I want to leave. I want to leave. Damnit. How'd I get roped into this again? Glowering she was almost taken by surprise when Kouga approached her with one, semi-asleep male pup in his hands and was completely shocked when he stuffed said pup into her arms. "Uhhh...." Her jaw dropped as she looked up at Kouga, who only responded with that goofy smile of his. Figuring she wasn't going to get much help from her son, she turned to the only other female with large eyes.

She mouthed the word, help, and hoped that the female yourouzoku would help her, instead of standing there staring at her. Even with her own children, Immi had never been a very good mom. She never held her kids, ick!, never bathed, feed, or changed their soiled clothes, triple ick!, and most importantly, Immi never stood in the same room as her children. Until they were older, less high-maintenance, and served some greater purpose to Immi.

So of course, that never happened. All Immi ever wanted was money, sake, and sex. And her children couldn't afford to give her the first two, and she was pretty sure it was against not only ethical and moral law, but also legal law to have sex with her children.

And she felt bad enough that Zuki had to sleep with her son.

With a groan she glanced down at the child sitting rather awkwardly in her arms, his face was turned towards her chest, his eyes closed and the tiniest hint of a snore leaving his lips. It was... Cute. She cringed at the thought, then glared up at Zuki once more. From beside her came Kouga's voice, since when did he get so tall.

"His name is Porthos. We're not positive yet, but we're pretty sure that he'll bring about the apocalypse." Insert smug, happy papa smile and....

"Oh. Joy."

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She was watching Kakashi with a smiliar look to that of her daughter, but somewhat more quizical. She knew that look on Sei's face, and she was sure her mate's father wouldn't take too kindly to his granddaughter trying to steal his soul upon their first meeting.

Granny already hated her, she kinda actually wanted at least some of the rest of his family to like her.

Noticing Immi's glare, she turned her now smirking face to the other female.

When there were only two of you, leaving the care of your pups to someone else was not an option. True, Tsuzuki had hated it probably just as much as Immi had. She tried to force Kouga to take care of them as much as possible-- but that would have required him to do work, and he had noticed his tendency to disappear when there was work involved.

Still, it forced her to spend time with the pups. As did travelling constantly-- when you had no home to go back to, you had to take everything with you. Pups included.

But they had their moments-- they were cute when they were sleeping, no? And the 'I stuck around to raise you bastard children' card was something she frequently used against her mate.

Yep, they were good for something at least.

But she also liked watching Immi suffer.

"You can hold some of the others too, if you want. He's a triplet."

She smirked and came closer.

"If one gets more attention than the others they tend to start crying."

That was a lie, but why not scare the poor girl?

"I think Aramis is starting to wake up..."


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