Thanerah's wrist was getting tired from signing so many autographs, seriously. She glanced at her husband from the corner of her eye to see that he was getting tired too and he looked incredibly irritated that more fans demanded for more of his autograph.

Suddenly they heard a loud horn sound which nearly made the earth to shake. The crowd fell silent and they all turned their heads to where the horning sound came from. They realized a middle age woman with grey hair and she had two scars across her from her jaw to her nose from the side of her cheek. She had also some slight wrinkles with amazing green eyes.

The one who blew the horn shouted "Now the Full Moon ceremony for young ones to proceed into their forms for the first time! All hail to Lady Payne!"

The crowd cheered as she stared at the crowd emotionless. She definitely had an attitude of an arctic wolf. She raised her hand which instantly made the crowd to fall silent. She shouted to the crowd with such authority "I welcome you all to join us for the Full Moon Ceremony. As you may all know, this ceremony is only to test those who are ready to turn into their wolf forms for the first time, to test their strength and dignity. Be aware that this won't be easy, but it is worth in the end."

Then she suddenly spotted Thanerah and Hidan. Her eyes widened in surprise and she grinned widely. She crossed her arm as she said "Well, well, this is an honour. We have the Heroes in our presence." She mentioned for the couple to come forward and the crowd immediately moved to make a path for them.

Thanerah felt nervous since she was in the middle of attention now, but thankfully she was still with her husband.

Hidan saw it and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. He whispered in her ear "Honey, calm down. I'm here." He led her down the path towards Lady Payne as Thanerah's heart was thumping loudly in her rib cage.

When the couple approached to Lady Payne, she reached a hand out to shake either of the couple's hands. "It's really an honour to finally meet you both. You just made this Ceremony far better than I expected."

Thanerah blushed from the compliment and shook her hand with a polite smile "Happy to be here. We're actually here to enter our children into the Ceremony."

Lady Payne looked surprised "Really? I've heard that one of you is a werewolf, but I thought that was just a rumour."

Hidan pointed at his wife and said "They are not. My wife is the werewolf you all been hearing about."

Lady Payne smiled politely at Thanerah before she asked her "Would you like to say something to the crowd?"

Thanerah felt her throat got caught up and she looked at the crowd before her. She could faint at any moment. She's not used to have this much attention to her. Hidan sensed her discomfort so he said to Lady Payne "Um...that's really not that f**king necessary. Just carry on with the f**king ceremony."

Lady Payne looked surprised as she stared at Hidan. Thanerah quickly informed her "Don't worry. He's always like this."

"Well that's...good to know," she said as she stared at him strangely. She turned her attention to the crowd with a suddenly stern expression "Now, let the ceremony begin! Let's test your teeth, pups!"

Then another horn was heard as the sign that the ceremony had begun.

Claw was observing the people around him. They're the same as he and his siblings are: pups. They're about to phase into their wolf forms for the first time tonight. And to be frankly honest, Claw was nervous but he hid his emotions well...unlike Soran.

"Aw shit, aw shit, oh double shit..." he muttered under his breath as he was pacing back and forth while obviously looking nervous as hell. The moon was full but it was behind hidden by the dark clouds above. This felt like a ticking bomb.

Claw growled at his older brother "You're not helping the situation, brother. Calm the f**k down."

Soran stopped to glare at Claw "Don't tell me to calm the f**k down, you jackass!"

"You really, really need to keep that big f**king mouth of yours, dumbass!"

"You're no better, Claw! You're nervous as f**k as me!"

Suddenly they were grabbed by the back of their heads and their heads were clogged with each other by their annoyed baby sister, "Seriously! Can't you two act on your age just for one f**king minute!? I swear!" She released their heads and glared at them. Her older brothers groaned deeply while rubbing their foreheads. Then they both glared at her.

Hidan was standing behind Thanerah as they both were watching their children with the other parents and friends who had already past their test. Thanerah suddenly felt her shoulders being massaged and she moaned softly.

She smiled at Hidan over her shoulder and leaned against his chest. He stopped massaging and wrapped his arms around her waist to secure his property. She rubbed his arms and whispered to him "Can you believe how long it has been since we first met?"

He let out a small laugh "Heh...I didn't notice much. But we have the time of the f**king world. We might even have 30 children in the end."

She stared at him surprisingly "I hope you're joking about that."

He grinned down at her "And if I'm not?"

"Then you're going to have to find a way to switch bodies, so you may know what it is like to have a baby as a size of a bowling ball in your belly for nine months! And don't get me started with the labour and the cravings! Plus the morning sickness! That was a fun ride."

He shook as he chuckled. She was a little exaggerating. "Don't you think that's a little a bit...exaggerating, sweetie?"

She thought about it for a moment and then made a small gesture with her finger and thumb to show him the size she thought "Maybe a little..." He chuckled and quickly claimed her lips with his in surprise. She muffled in surprise with her eyes widened but she quickly closed them as she kissed him back hungrily, ignoring the stares from the people around them.

Suddenly they heard "Mom! Dad! Stop! We're in public! Argh, I can't unseen that!" The couple pulled away to see that it as Soran and he was covering his eyes with his cheeks flushed while their other two children were staring at them with shock with their faces red as well.

Hidan shouted to his children "Hey, when you find your mate you will f**king understand!"

The children groaned deeply and looked away from their parents. Other parents chuckled and some sent Hidan and Thanerah some thumbs-up.

Suddenly the full moon finally appeared and it shined brightly down at them. Everyone stared up at the moon before Thanerah suddenly heard some screaming. Everyone looked down to see the starters kneeling on the ground while they were groaning or screaming in pain.

Claw was biting the bottom of his lip hard, hard enough to draw blood out as he was keeling over. Soran was lying on the ground while arching his back while holding his sides. Fenora was holding her head as she was in a human ball position.

Thanerah felt her eyes being stung to see her children in such agony and she wanted nothing else to do but to gather them in her arms like when they fear of a monster coming out from their closet at night. Thanerah nearly ran to them but Hidan held her back and whispered in her ear "I know it's hard to see them like this. But they must do this. You know this better than me." But Thanerah could hear some restraint in his voice. So it wasn't easy for him either.

Then they started to hear the loud agony screams as some of them started to phase into their wolf forms. Thanerah shut her eyes tightly and buried her face in her husband's chest while covering her ears to block the agonizing screams.

In response, Hidan wrapped his arms around his wife tightly. He glanced at the other couples to see that most of them had done the same. Some wives were crying in their husband's chests.

Hidan couldn't even look up to see his children and just buried his face in his wife's raven hair. He prayed to Lord Jashin that this will all be over soon.

Thankfully his prayer had been answered because the agonizing sound stopped. Everyone lifted their heads up to see the pups had phased into their wolf form. They were all lying on the ground as if they were dead, but for some time they started to get up with wobbling legs. Though Hidan and Thanerah's children stood out the most because they were larger than the other wolves and they had some glowing marks around their eyes.

The three children stared at each other weirdly. Thanerah could tell which wolf is. The black one with red markings around his eyes was obviously Claw.

The second with grey/silver fur with light blue marks was Soran.

Third was Fenora who was the dark grey wolf with light purple marks.

But soon their glowing marks faded. Thanerah wondered if she would ask her father about this. Then they all heard Lady Payne's voice "Congratulations for phasing into your wolf forms! Now it is time for you all to get use to your new forms. First is the race!"

She suddenly pulled out a red cloth and shouted "You will run to pointed areas that have a red cloth just like this! You start from there!" she pointed at a path that has a stick with the red couth. Up ahead there was another red cloth attached to a tree.

She shouted "Now on your mark," all the wolves took a ready stance "Get set! Go!" Then all the wolves quickly ran to the first red spot in nearly a flash.

Thanerah was pacing back and forth while Hidan and Tagor were sitting on the side and they watched her pacing back and forth. She was incredibly worried about her children. They were taking longer than she had thought.

"Where are they? They should be here by now…" she muttered under her breath as she kept glancing at the finish line. She couldn't hear any incoming stampede from the newly werewolf pack.

Tagor sighed heavily and said to her "Thanerah, calm down. You're overreacting. They'll be fine. They should be here at any time."

"You said that an hour ago!"

"And I will say it again! You need to be patient."

"But what if something happened to them? What if they're hurt?"

"Sister, this area is nothing but forest and werewolves. Overall, this place is the safest place for werewolves. Trust me. The bests are guarding the borders and they're rarely any intruders; considering that this forest is rumoured to be haunted. And who would dare to attack a large pack of werewolves?"

"The Natoku," she simply answered as she continued to pace back and forth.

Hidan said to Tagor "She does have a f**king point. Though the Natoku haven't made any f**king attacks for years now. It's really…strange and irritating."

Tagor arched a brow "Having some trouble with the other Generals and Captains?"

Hidan groaned deeply "You don't know the half of it. The f**king lot are going ballistic since they've been planning for an assault for the f**king Natoku, yet nothing happened. But I'm not surprised of the f**kers going nuts. I just want to get rid of the f**king Natoku as soon as possible."

Suddenly they heard a loud horn which was the signal of sighting the newly werewolf pack. "Finally!" exclaimed Thanerah as she turned her gaze to the finish line along with everyone else. Soon the newly werewolf pack returned and they came to a halt while panting heavily.

"Well done! Now, phase back into your human form! By doing so: you must clear your mind and think yourself in your human form! Girls, go behind the trees on that side. The boys, that side!" She pointed out two sides that were far apart from each other so they would have some privacy.