Hades and Rayne

Chapter 37: The Arrival of the High Priestess

A/N: Please review guys. Enjoy!

Previously:

Ember Talon nodded before she looked over the gloves that gave Rayne talons, "Now those are some wicked claws." Rayne smiled and held up the metal talons so Ember Talon could look them over, "Did you get the master forger to make them?" Rayne shook her head, "No. I had Metal Talon make them. As well as the spikes at the end of my hair. I got tired of Yautja grabbing them."

Ember Talon nodded before she settled back, enjoying the visit with one of the few females on the ship. Several hours passed before Rayne scooped Azure Eyes up as Ember Talon did the same with Carbon Claw and both headed to the mess hall.

Rayne plopped down at the blooded table and instantly two males stood to gather her and Ember Talon some trays of meat though as usual they gathered small ones for Rayne and her pup for it seemed that her pup could eat more than she could.

Rayne thanked the male before she began to eat, very carefully using her metal talons noting that they glinted wickedly in the dim light and many of the males eyed her warily.

Rayne devoured less than a quarter of the meat and gave the rest to Azure Eyes before heading to the training room.

Rayne set Azure Eyes down on a small bench where she could easily keep an eye on him before she began to go through her warm ups and stretches.

Rayne slid out of her one handed hand stand and carefully set her feet on the ground before she began to go through the strenuous exercises that had been pounded into her brain as a child.

Rayne forced her body to move for three hours until sweat was dripping from her body and her legs trembled, barely keeping her standing as she slumped forwards, her arms dangling in front of her.

Azure Eyes looked over at his mother in shock before he clapped his hands, "That was amazing mother!" Rayne smiled before Azure Eyes clambered over to her side and carefully grabbed hold of her talon and began to walk beside her back to their quarters.

Rayne took off her talons and armor as well as the bands and spikes in her hair before she gave Azure Eyes a bath before setting him in bed and once he was asleep she quickly took a shower.

Rayne ran a bone brush through her hair but being to tired to braid and band all of her hair she simply climbed into the bed and slid into sleep with Azure Eyes curled up against her stomach.

Bloody Talon silently walked into his daughter's room and looked over her bed to find her sleeping but her hair was loose and flared over Rayne and Azure Eyes in a crimson curtain that went all the way down to her knees.

Bloody Talon kneeled beside the edge of Rayne's bed and carefully reached down, brushing his hand over Rayne's hair before he stood and walked out of the room.

Rayne awoke hearing Azure Eyes shuffling around and sat up to see him trying to climb out of the bed before she climbed out of the bed and began to braid and band her hair as Azure Eyes continued to try and get out.

Rayne looked over at the bed and smiled when she saw that Azure Eyes had managed to climb out of the bed as she placed the last spike on the end of her braid.

Rayne pulled on her gloves before Azure Eyes followed her out of the room and to his surprise she headed to the science wing but in a matter of minutes he was just as intrigued at what the Yautja showed him as she was.

Rayne continued to learn as much as she could, traveling all over the ship whereas she had originally only gone to the mess hall and the training room, as well as her quarters but now she was spreading her knowledge as much as she could, heading back and forth between departments.

Rayne blinked when she got an urgent message from her father but she immediately wrapped a spare piece of cloth around Azure Eyes and quickly secured him to her back before she began to run as swiftly as she could, occasionally dropping down to all fours yet she moved with the swiftness of a hard meat, smoothly flowing from running on two legs and then down to all fours before she dug her talons into the floor as she was forced to suddenly stop seeing her father.

Rayne straightened to stand fully before she looked up to see a very scantily clad female Yautja with a pure white mask that stood out on her dark green skin that was mottled with gold.

Sensing that this was someone important Rayne bowed to the female, hearing a curious purr before she straightened before he nudged her slightly and Rayne immediately headed off to gather all of the Yautja.

Rayne barked at several of the young bloods and they immediately quickened their pace until they were all packed into the community room which thankfully was about the size of three football fields and all the Yautja were able to comfortably fit inside.

Rayne moved forwards to her father's side when he walked in and he nodded to her before she nodded back and stepped back into line, grateful that Azure Eyes kept quiet before Hades moved up beside her.

Ra'van, high priestess of the Death God, Cetanu studied the Yautja hunters before her. True many were great hunters but few were ever touched by Cetanu himself.

Ra'van paused looking down at the ooman female before she stiffened slightly seeing Cetanu standing behind the female with two of his hands resting on her shoulders, two resting on her elbows, and two on her waist before he looked over at the dark male beside her and placed a hand on his shoulder as well.

Such a gesture showed that the two were indeed irrevocably bound together even in death, however Ra'van was surprised to find that the two were not life mates.

Cetanu smiled at Ra'van, his favored priestess before he carefully wrapped his hands around the ooman female's throat and leaned against her slightly and to Ra'van's utter shock the female leaned forwards slightly as if she felt the weight of Cetanu leaning on her before he slid into her shadow.

Ra'van grabbed a black pendant that hung around her neck that was said to contain the blood of Cetanu himself and was an utter honor of all honors to a hunter, it seemingly said that even the death god was on their side.

Ra'van took the pendant from her neck before she slid it over the female's neck before she watched in awe as the pendant began to conform.

The metal on the stone completely disappeared and the stone itself stretched over her throat and neck like a large stone choker before red runes appeared on it in a language so ancient that even Ra'van did not know what it said.

Ra'van smiled behind her mask before she went to her knees in front of the much smaller female and bowed low and in an instant all the hunters did as well.

Rayne looked around in confusion at all of the bowing hunters before Rayne crouched down in front of the bowing female and gently nudged her, knowing that confusion was clearly etched on her face for the female purred reassuringly before she stood and clapped her hands and the other hunters did the same.

Ra'van turned and headed to the quarters that was to be provided for her, hearing the hunters surge forwards behind her to the ooman female's side.

Rayne hissed softly as all the hunters crowded around her and leapt onto Hades' shoulders and he snarled at several of the hunters and they immediately backed away.

Ra'van paused seeing the ooman female climb up onto Hades' shoulders and he snarled at the other males, driving them back as she chuckled, maybe the two did have feelings for each other but they didn't have it all worked out yet.

During her stay Ra'van planned on visiting Rayne as often as possible but for now she would leave the female in peace simply being to exhausted from the long trip out to the hunting ship.