Disclaimer: How nice of me to make an extra long chapter? Well don't worry I made up for that by making ANOTHER cliffy! (::instert evil laugh here::) Oh and by the way I OWN MY erm, umm, let me think if I own anything, whilist im thinking, heres the chapter!
Hermonie got violently ill looking at Tasuki's back. Blood was streaming down from bare muscles; there was hardly any skin. Tasuki didn't even seem to notice.
Tasuki whipped out her wand when someone got there first.
"HE WAS MINE!" She screamed hoarsely, tears of pain crawling down her cheeks. It hurt to be alive, to breathe, to think. It hurt!
Fenix doubled over with the pain she shared, THIS GIRL! THIS GIRL IS-IS RUNNING OFF OF EVERYTHING SHE HAS!! HOW CAN SHE SUSTAIN SUCH PAIN? HOW CAN SHE LIVE? WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER BODY? ITS FILLED WITH SCARS.
Tasuki faced a VERY shaken and worried Sirius Black. He didn't like the pain Fenix was in, or this girl. She was also naked.
Sirius looked in shock at the hand printed burn on Tasuki's chest. What did she GO through?
Harry straightened up, and said calmly, "Sirius, meet my sister Tasuki, Tasuki don't die yet, you have to met Sirius, my father- er I mean my godfather."
Tasuki nodded at Sirius politely before... "AAAAAIIIIEEEEEE!" Sirius, and Tasuki bent (which was doubly painful for Tasuki since she was still skewered with that sword, and her collarbone was broken) over in pain clutching their heads.
"NOOOOOO!" They both screamed as their minds remembered something long forgotten.
****THE THINGS YOU FORGOT***
(AN, this is in Sirius's Head, it is the thing that was locked until now, it'll make sense in a minute.)
Sirius was at his wedding. He was marring HER! (His wife)
Sirius watched as his wedding went by. He was crying, he had forgot how much it hurt. Love was too cruel. He didn't even notice a girl watching everything including him, her eyes wide, all scars visible, and stark naked.
He was marrying an elf with red hair, she was beautiful. Her name was Orion. (A:N SOOORRRY COULDN'T RESIST! ^-^)
The scene faded. Sirius, James and Lupin were all in a room in James' new house. There were all laughing.
Sirius looked nervous, but then said, "I have an announcement to make!" He wrung his hands around, and pulled at his shirt. James ruffled his hair. Remus joked and said, "What? You finally found out to use your brain?"
They all laughed. Sirius (the current one, not the one in the memory) stood by James and looked at him, tears falling from his face. Tasuki clutched her hands tight. She hated when people cried. It was worse to see a grown man do it, she rather be stabbed. Tasuki hated seeing people in pain, unless they truly deserved it. It always got her in trouble.
***Back in real life***
Everyone went white Tasuki and fell to her side, (not the one with the sword in it) "Stop it!" she moaned, "Stop crying your killing me. STOP!!" Tears fell across her face, she screamed in agony as Sirius pain filled her, and ripped open scars.
Hermonie was screaming, Tasuki's scars started to undo, and bleed. Hermonie clutched her wrist and cried helpless watching her only sister in pain.
Fenix watched the two, and realized what was going on. She grabbed Harry and thrust the two of them into their heads.
***BACK INTO THE MEMORY***
Fenix appeared by Sirius and looked and said, "Shush shhh, it's okay. Is that James?"
"Yea, he's so close, but I can't reach him..."
Harry came beside Tasuki, and hugged her. "Shuuush, its okay. Shuuuush."
The Sirius in the memory exclaimed, "NO Moony! Me and Orion are going to have a baby girl!"
James laughed and said relieved, "Oh good, now she can keep our son-to-be occupied!"
"YOU DOG!" Remus hollered at him. They all laughed when James said, "Nope, he's over there," and pointed to Sirius.
Everything had been said, and the Marauders had just told their secrets, they were going to be fathers. They started joking about Remus getting stuck with being their nanny.
A new scene formed.
Voldemort was attacking Sirius' house. He had killed his wife, just as he stepped through the door from getting home from work. Sirius grabbed his baby and his dead wife and apperated them to James' house.
"Help me!" Sirius was crying, he asked James desperately.
"She's- She's dead." James said numb in shock, that was his oath sister, and now she was dead. Sirius howled like Remus did at the full moon.
Tasuki was crying. Lily came in just as Voldemort apperated in.
Lily grabbed Tasuki, and ran to Harry.
James apperated Sirius out and said, "FIND LUPIN! PROTECT LILLY AND HARRY!" He then apperated back in.
Sirius went screaming through Lupin's house. They found them and apperated to James' house again. It was leveled.
"Here take her! TAKE HER! I'll come back for her, I need to find Lily and James..." Sirius said holding out Tasuki to Lupin.
"No, no you won't." Remus said, under the Imperious curse. They turned and heard Voldemort laughing. Remus apperated out with Tasuki but lost her halfway there. Voldemort erased both of their memories.
Never to be remembered. UNTIL NOW.
Tasuki, Harry, Sirius, and Fenix woke up, Tasuki was screaming. Sirius was crying, and figured out that the person in front of him screaming and dying was his daughter. Orion's daughter. HIS.
Sirius started screaming, and so did Fenix, she was being ripped apart between everyone's confusion, Tasuki's and Sirius' mental pain, and Tasuki's physical pain.
Harry and Hermione started screaming, feeling Tasuki's pain as she lost control of their bonds together.
They could hear far away a vampire screaming. Tasuki was crying. "STOP IT!! STOP IT!! YOUR KILLING ME!!" She screamed as more scars ripped into more blood.
Everyone stopped. Tasuki faced her father. "I have hated you every day I have lived." Sirius stopped dead. His heart stopped beating.
"I have also tried to look for you every second of my life. You, You I love." Said Tasuki crying her face breaking out into a smile, and she hugged Sirius.
Tasuki gasped after their hug ended, and fell on the ground, 'dead'.
All they saw was Tasuki hit the ground, and heard something that made the hair stick up on everyone. It was Ron, he screamed. It was a horrible scream, the one of someone who just lost the person they loved the most. It was the scream of someone with nothing left. One without comfort, hope, or anger, just pure desperation.
A second later it was echoed by something that flew up above.
It came down took one look at Tasuki, and backhanded Harry.
"BASTARD! You don't deserve to LOOK at her!" He was gone, and he took Tasuki with him. They never got a good look at his face.
They all stood there mouths-a-gape. Harry was nursing an almost broken jaw.
"GREAT JUST GREAT!! I FINALLY REMEMBER I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND THEN SHE DIES!" Sirius was beyond rationality.
He hated the roller coaster he went through. First I'm happy to see Harry, then I'm is scarred to death that he will die, THEN I am tortured by memories of people I love and can't reach anymore, and THEN I finds out I have a daughter. OH AND IT GETS BETTER! He thought sarcastically to himself. My daughter dies, Harry gets decked by a vampire, and then the vampire takes her away, so I can't even bury her with my wife. Sirius fought the tears that tried to emerge thinking about Mimi (AN That is Orion's nickname. Among the many things Sirius calls her Mimi its his favorite nickname for her along with babe. One day James heard Sirius calling her that and thought it was a pretty, and started calling her that, and then everyone did, hence a nickname. ^-^ Sorry enough history ^-^)
"She's not dead." Ron said suddenly, "Are you REALLY that attached to Harry?" He cocked his head in curiosity.
"WHAT?" Sirius jumped back, Who in the blazes is this...oh wait, protective red head, broke his leg in the 3rd year, and forgot to say sorry, no girlfriend, Harry's friend. He thought remembering.
"HEY!!! Try NOT to insult me!" Ron shouted going red in the face, "It's not like YOU have a girlfriend either! Yes, she already said you were oath bro and sis." He was talking about Fenix.
Sirius looked startled. Harry and the rest were thinking What the Fuck?
"Well HE was the one who's talking out loud!" Ron defended him self.
"We didn't say anything Ron. And neither did Sirius." Hermonie said concerned.
Fenix laughing, there tears in her eyes, "You're telepathic!"
"OHHHHH. You could have told me sooner..." Ron grumbled.
They all tried to calm down, and wonder about all the stuff that just happened.
***Where ever the Hell Max took Tasuki***
Tasuki slowly began healing herself as Max held her, and flew over the world, (well not that high, more like just above some of the clouds.)
Max winced, "Don't move," he warned her. In one quick motion he pulled the sword from her broken ribs, and bleeding torso. Tasuki tried to hold a scream, but the intensity of pain was so great she yelled in her pain. Max looked like he was going to cry.
Max made a motion as if he was going to drop it. "Wait!" Tasuki held the sword by the hilt. There was a dragon on it. In the metal above the hilt were the initials TM. On the other side of the hilt was inscribed, "To you I love."
Tasuki looked at the sword tears blurring her eyes, as she thought about the past. "Juren." She whispered. "This is MINE. That bitch stole it from me, I have killed her and now it is mine once again."
Tasuki started licking everything that she could reach, she knew Max and Dracula could take the rest. She tried to make her limbs stop shaking. She gave up and curled up into Max's muscular arms.
"Oh God...Oh God... Max, oh god, Max I love you I really do." Tasuki said into his chest. Max chuckled, "I love you too. What I don't get was that there was only twenty of them...why..." He stopped and screamed when he finally noticed the state of Tasuki's back. There was none.
"BLOODY HELL!!" Max shook with rage, "You idiot." He whispered, "I'm gonna kill the bloody bastards!"
Tasuki laughed quietly and said, "They are already dead. Don't forget about the next Meeting, and then you will be able to hunt without YOU being hunted."
They both talked about minor things to get Tasuki's mind off the pain.
***An hour later***
Harry was inside waiting for Tasuki to come back. "IM AN IDOIT!" He said jumping up. In the other room, Fenix was trying to help Ron with his telepathy powers, because he was starting to 'hear' what ANIMALS were thinking, and it was driving him nuts.
"WHAT?" Ron said leaping up from a meditating position.
"SHUHHH! I need to dream," Harry said, making everyone roll their eyes, the next thing they heard, was, "GENROU IS BACK!! ME AND MOI PHANTOM WOLF SELF IS BACK!! IVE GOT MY BACK, AND I'M BACKK!"
She ran around the room hugging everyone, and kissing all the guys, even Sirius, Lupin and Author and Mr. Granger (AN What was his name again?), though she kissed the later on the cheek.
Tasuki's red hair was bouncing around as she stood on her hands and walked across a table, and balanced herself on the tip of a chair, before flipping, and landing on her feet, and hugging Ron profusely. Ron was hugging her back profusely too.
"Well she IS a lot like you when you're hyper Sirius." Remus said, and Fenix snorted along with Harry.
Tasuki beamed.
"Told you she wasn't dead!" Ron grinned like an idiot, ecstatic she was back, and healed.
"DEAD??" Tasuki eyes were a shocked yellow. Then they turned to a sea blue in her mirth. "You- you thought that-that bitch- of a-whore- could kill me?!" She toppled over laughing until tears streamed from her eyes.
They all winced but Sirius beamed and said, "Yup, she's mine alright!"
"Gods Sirius!! You're setting a horrible example!" Fenix said giving him a mind slap, but Sirius could see her smiling.
"You know what just occurred to me?" Tasuki pronounced making s everyone start cep Hermonie (who was the most accustomed to her behavior), "I wasn't there at Harry's birthday party, neither was Sirius, his girlfriend, or Lupin."
Tasuki's nose flared as she smelt Fenix and Sirius' odor change. "Oh I'm sorry, you are not mates? Ah, oath siblings. Like me and Sunshine, and me and Harry." And Max she added silently.
"Who's Max?" Ron asked, and winced as everyone's thoughts, including the nice squirrel family outside's thoughts.
Ron hastily closed his mind off again. Fenix looked wide-eyed at Tasuki and said, "How did you know that?"
"Your smell changed of course." Tasuki's eyes became as stone as she blocked off all her thoughts, and emotions, and mentally kicked herself.
Lupin was now staring at her too. Oh shit she knows. Tasuki moaned to herself. Then she quickly cleared her mind but not before Fenix caught her thought.
"I have a very acute sense of smelling. Ever since I left Hermonie."
Lupin puzzled to himself. No normal human can smell that. Only I thought I could do that. Weird. She might be the, nah she's Sirius'. He felt an aroma in his mind an quickly blotted all thoughts from his mind and looked at Fenix questioningly.
What is it that your hiding? Fenix asked Tasuki.
You don't want to know. We all have secrets, even you. Gray eyes challenged her. Fenix tensed, and then let it go, hoping later on she could help her.
We all have secrets. Harry heard venomously in his head. He stood very still and kept his mind blank.
Tasuki went over and stood by his side and whispered, "Your safe from him around me. Trust me." She was talking about Voldemort
Sirius was a blank. "Okkkayyyy. Well anyways Tasuki is absolutely right! Tonight we are going to celebrate Harry's birthday seeing as I didn't join the last one."
"That'd be great!" Ginny said, and Tasuki smiled, the light catching her fangs.
Tasuki jumped up into air, landing squarely on the shorter Fenix. They both tumbled to the ground. Tasuki sniffed, nostrils flaring, getting used to her scent. Fenix realized what she was doing, smiled and blew her breath in Tasuki's face.
"You ate turkey jerky recently?" Tasuki finally commented, now sniffing Fenix's shirt.
Fenix blinked and then said, "Yes." Wind and Silver came into the room along with four other dogs she didn't recognize. Tasuki leaped off of Fenix, tripping slightly, and gave a short howl.
Wind and Silver howled slightly back. "You never said you were in a Pack!" Tasuki said delighted, liking Fenix more and more by the second.
"Pack? You mean Silver and Wind?" Fenix said, sitting cross-legged trying not to feel dwarfed with all these tall people in the room.
"Yup. Mercury! Herc, Ath and Aph! You leave them alone!" Tasuki shouted rolling and covering Wind and Silver with her body, seeing all of them, hackles raised, and growling.
Tasuki, and everyone else rose their eyebrows when they heard from Merc, This is the new Pack? No way, there isn't enough of them.
Silver retorted, Well might as well take your, 'not big enough' and shove it up your, "SILVER!" Fenix warned, Little puppy. I like her! (her meaning Tasuki of course)
Herc smiled and sneezed, his way of wolf laughing I like her too. We are Pack then, excuse Merc, he's very protective of her.
Wind answered back with a sneeze (laughter) and Same with Silver. We are Pack.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the pups were introduced to Fenix. Fenix pet them all, and then Sirius was introduced too.
*****
Mrs. Weasley started to cook while the rest played quiddich.
Finally it was done, and the sun was begging to set.
Sirius came in dirt smudged on him, and cold on the outside, steaming on the inside. Ahhh, THIS is it! He thought happily, then smelt the air, his mouth watering, he looked over to his oath-sister, and his daughter, Tasuki he mentally corrected himself.
He heard Fenix say Go wash up, tell everyone to wash up too.
"Yes Ma'm" Sirius said saluting, and walked out the door again, catching Remus and Ron by the arms, and leading them to go wash up with rest.
"You been okay Harry? No attacks save today?" Sirius asked giving Remus a mind slap saying, YOU were SUPPOSED to be watching HIM!
"Yeah," Harry said grinning cheekily, "Tasuki's been taking care of me."
"Oh REALLY??" Ron asked
"You just jealous cuz she only slept with you once!" Harry taunted back, green eyes flaring with mischievousness.
"WHAT??!!!" Sirius, Remus and the Twins yelped and spun around into the conversation.
Harry blushed and wouldn't met anyone's eyes, he daydreamed of him eating chocolate... Tasuki appeared wide-eyed saying, "You called?"
At that point everyone grabbed a towel and held it for dear life save Harry who had finished his shower.
Tasuki was starting to grin, Ahhhhh, nothing better than a view at the Weasley's. She thought naughtily causing Hermonie to yell threw the wall, "TASUKI IF YOUR IN THERE PREPARE TO DIE!!"
Tasuki started laughing, and Hercules tackled her, and covered her eyes for her. "Whew, I knew I loved that dog for a reason." Ron said his ears still pink from hearing what Tasuki had thought.
"Was someone picking on you Harry?" Tasuki said getting up once everyone had their towel on properly.
"NO, not much anyways." Fred muttered to George.
"Explain why you sleep- er um share my- no that doesn't sound right, explain why you keep me company at night!" Harry said spitting out a hopefully better sounding statement of the truth.
"Ohhh," Tasuki's eyes slipped into a contemplating muffin brown. "Well see Harry kept on having dreams about you," she started as Harry thanked the gods she didn't say nightmares making him sound like a baby. Tasuki was looking at Sirius when she said 'you'. "I have a kind of Dream Magic. It allows me to transport myself to anyone if they are having a dream, even a Day Dream. I also can block unwanted dreams, or Shirley's influences on Harry."
Sirius looked confused, while Ron and Remus snickered, and Harry smiled wickedly. "Shirley is Voldemort." Ron winced a little at the name, and made a noise of protest until his air was cut off by a kiss.
Sirius looked at the two and noticed they looked like Lily and James when they kissed. He cleared his throat remembering that that was his DAUGHTER Ron was snogging. It wasn't kissing, it was snogging.
They broke off the kiss, both grinning like idiots. Harry pinched Tasuki lightly, and whispered, "Don't float off yet." Tasuki blushed and continued.
"One of the parts of my blocking magic is I have to be in contact with the person, so it was only reasonable we shared a bed. Also, even though I don't mind sleeping on the ground, Harry's room in the Dursley's is wood, much more harder than nice soft grass or dirt." She nodded her head and her eyes slipped into a soft blue, in her love of sleeping in the woods.
Remus' thoughts were shocked along side Sirius' Oh god. She knows what it's like to sleep on the ground, and remembers soft dirt pillows lovingly? Oh God, what did she go through?
"Ohhh. Got it." Sirius said making an effort to keep his towel on while politely pushing his daughter out of the Men's bathroom. He closed the door and gave and exaggerated breath of relief.
"How come she always kisses YOU goodbye?" Ron asked Harry mock heatedly.
"Because I'm MUCH more good-looking." Harry said smirking back. They shoved each other around for a minute, and then Harry washed his hands with Sirius as more food's fragrance called them out to eat.
"WHAT IS THAT!?" Harry Remus said at the same time. However Harry had grabbed Sirius' hand, while Remus had grabbed Harry's.
"Oh that's that nothing." They said at the same time looking at each other's marks on their wrists, Sirius' a star's Harry's a X shaped scar that in the dimly light was glowing in a golden star.
They sighed and told the tale of how they got it. (Both Harry and Sirius.)
They all trooped up to the table and sat down, and filled their face full.
The conversation was all basically catching up stuff. Now near desert, now that's interesting. (AN ::evilly laughs::^-^)
Remus was sitting next to Fenix, and Sirius. Across from him was Tasuki, and he had been watching her all supper. Harry and Ron sat on the other sides of Tasuki, Hermonie beside Harry after that. Fred, and Ginny were across from each other, and they were all on big picnic benches, George on the end.
He (Remus in case you have forgotten) leaned back and said, "Has anyone noticed any werewolves running around here lately?"
"Besides you?" Sirius joked, tilting back on his chair, not noticing Tasuki had just been doing that, but after Lupin's remark slammed all the legs on her chair down, and knocked over her glass catching everyone's attention.
"You are- you're a werewolf!?" Tasuki tried to ask, her eyes wide yellow in surprise, her voice coming out into an uncharacteristic squeak.
"Yes." Remus said calmly studying her closely. "Is something wrong with that?"
"No," Tasuki growled confused, picking up her glass, "I just didn't know that you, or ANY werewolf willing to say it in front of so many people. Aren't you afraid they won't understand?" There was the oddest expression crossing her face. She looked terrified, and for some reason, was that hopeful? Ron let down his barriers slightly to see if he could read her. No such luck.
"Yes. I always am, but everyone here has no problem with me being one." Remus smiled slightly, and Sirius smiled back.
"Then why were you locked up?" Tasuki whispered fear creeping into her eyes and voice. What is she afraid of? Hermonie puzzled, Even my old Tasuki was never afraid.
The emotions in Remus' eyes shut off suddenly and Fenix felt a small rage emit from him, "So I don't hurt anyone."
"Are you still taking that potion?" Sirius asked. Tasuki stood up her eyes blazing red and hair on end.
"You take Wolfsbane?!" She looked terrified. "Yes why." Remus was confused.
"You shouldn't kill yourself even if you are a werewolf." She calmed down thinking, He doesn't know. Well no he will. A more vicious part of Tasuki thought.
"Wolfsbane is a potion that keeps the Demon harmless, yes, but what it also does is kill the person taking it! How could they not have told you this?!"
Remus looked alarmed then said, "I did take it yes, but now I do not."
"Oh good." Tasuki smiled and forced her eyes into a neutral brown.
"So how do you know this?"
"My uncle, he studies them. So far he has found 20 races of werewolves. He even made a group of them. I have also got them to sign an alliance with Dumbledore, they will sign it the next Order meeting we have."
"Oh." Remus' mind was reeling. Werewolves, yeah now that I think about it they COULD be like humans, different kinds.
"Stupid really!" Tasuki's eyes clouded with annoyance. "They are nothing like wolves." At the raised eyebrows from everyone save Fenix and a few others Tasuki elaborated, "Firstly, wolves hunt to eat, they do not like to kill to kill. Secondly, when they want another Pack to get off their territory they will drive them off, but murdering each other for no reason like humans do, it makes them crazy. Thirdly the characteristics are all off. I could go into a discussion on how different they are that would go on all night!" Tasuki slammed her fist on the table for emphasis.
"You like wolves." Fred sated, though it was posed as a question.
"Well yeah. They saved me." At this point Sirius paid close attention, "Vol- sorry Shirley killed my mom, and spelled my dad, and the wolves raised me until I met Sunshine. They are my Herd."
At the mention Herd, Remus looked sharply at Tasuki, but Tasuki was looking at Fred, so she didn't see it. Herd? Isn't that, isn't that? Oh God.
"Are you in the Order?" Fenix asked breaking the chain off thoughts. Fenix moved ever so slightly and reached Remus with her Healing and started to Heal him, for his body was still weak from the Wolfsbane's poisoning.
"Yup, you could say that." Tasuki said while changing into the person that Harry saw from her memories when Dumbledore first found out her true identity.
Jaws dropped. Remus was spluttering, Charlie had missed his mouth, and his drink was flowing into his lap unnoticed. Bill was frozen, and Mr. Weasley was gawking. The rest looked confused, while an irritated Hermonie elbowed Harry for he was laughing himself silly.
Tasuki's eyes floated to a mischievous green as she changed back into her real self.
Fenix had caught some thoughts, having figured it out, grinned.
"Well this night has certainly been informative!" Charlie had dried himself magically and put his glass down.
Tasuki nodded, and shared a look of pride with Fenix. "CAKE!" They both exclaimed and jumped up to go get Harry's presents and birthday cake.
Harry's mouth dropped seeing it. It was huge! 5 layers high, and that wasn't the best part, on the top were people playing Quiddich, but not any people. On one team Fed and George were the beaters, and Harry was the seeker, Ron being the Keeper, Hermonie, Ginny and Tasuki being the chasers. The other team had Sirius, and Bill as the Beaters. Charlie was the seeker, and Remus, Fenix, and Lee Jordan were the chasers. Oliver Wood was the keeper.
Harry smiled radiantly and said, "You know this has got to be the best birthday ever!" At this everyone smiled back.
Tasuki was starting on eating her 3rd layer on the cake when Fenix saw something she hadn't in many years. "Tasuki, are you aware that you have a bite on your neck?"
Tasuki rubbed her neck absently quickly coming up with a lie, just to scare them shitless. Harry sensing her evilness quickly stifled a grin and signaled to the rest not to say a word.
"Yeah. A while ago I was abducted from Vol- er sorry, Shirley, and tortured." Everyone went white, save Hermonie Ron, Harry, Ginny, and the Twins for they had already heard the real version. "Some where in the middle of a Cruisius Curse (sp?), and the Death Eaters beating me up Shirley made them stop. The Vampires then took me." Tasuki pretended to shiver, and she was very good at acting.
Sirius had slipped into a mini-depression, and everyone's stomachs (save the people who knew) started dropping, feeling cold and burning at them, their hearts mirroring their stomachs.
Tasuki burst out laughing and Remus smacked her upside the head. "Your-your faces!!" She managed between helpless fits of laughter, and 'sorry!' to try and lessen the hits people were giving her.
They all settled back down, Fenix glaring (mock though) at Tasuki. "No, what really what happened."
Tasuki looked into space then tilted her chair back and said with a wicked grin, "He'll tell ya." She looked over her shoulder, into the garden. "Hey, Max. What? The all powerful son of Dracula afraid to met the rest of moi Herd?" Again Remus noticed her mention of Herd.
A deep and graceful voice floated over, "Oh come on! That's no way to treat me! Besides, I've been waiting for this all night. Can I kill him now?" Then a bat flew right into Tasuki's outstretched arm, and hung upside-down on it.
By the mention of Dracula jaws dropped once again. Tasuki laughed and tickled the bat, until it sneezed. Tasuki took it and hugged it and ordered, "Change back."
Gasps emitted from everyone when the bat changed into a VERY hot guy that was looked as old as Ron and Harry. This guy was muscular, and had almost blue hair that was in a low pony-tail at the base of his neck. He was pale, but his eyes were such a deep blue they looked black, and if it weren't for the diamond shaped light blue flecks in them, they would have been labeled as black. His teeth were elongated in the canines, true vampire fangs. His nose was long, but perfect for is face, which was determined, and if one looked closely they saw protectiveness in his jaw, humor in his cheeks and lips that almost always smiled, or smirked, and also the kind of softness that would make them passionate, and make them an exceptionally great lover.
His body was muscular, which was plain for the man was stark naked, nude. (Now doesn't that make a dirty mind work! ^-^) (boy? No he's not a boy, but not a man, and dude, or guy doesn't sound right either. Damnation! Curse the English language!)
Tasuki hugged him when he blushed for lack of clothing. Tasuki took off her cloak, and gave it to him. Tasuki's eyes widened as she heard a threat that sounded very familiar to her.
Tasuki threw her head back and howled, reminding them of wolves, and Remus of werewolves. Tasuki was shaking and prancing around. She then gave a low silvery whistle that was returned in seconds, followed by a howl.
A silvery green fox came out of the brush. Tied to her was clothes and a small parcel in her mouth. Max looked overjoyed for some reason Harry got the impression it was a different reason than Tasuki's though.
Tasuki and Max went over and hugged the fox, and it changed into a-
"Wooooaaahhh. Check her out!" Ron said appreciatively while Fed and George whistled lowly impressed.
Between them was an elfin girl. Her figure was very well endowed. Like an overly large hourglass. Her legs and arms were perfect too. Her eyes were a deep purple, and her hair an aqua and silvery, flowing around her in the wind, as if she were in water. She was tall, an inch shorter than Ron. Her name, as they would learn soon, was Talim. (AN anyone recognize that from Soul Caliber II?) It was like she came out of a dream, and was made out of something VERY fluffy and bouncy. (AHHHHH A MARY-SUE!! No no no, shes too, well um, hyper to be a Mary-sue. I LIKE Talim, and I DON'T like Mary-sues.)
Tasuki undid the clothes and took the present from her, and Max and Talim started to change. Talim let her hair stay lose, but it was long, (about knee length) and it was normally tied up somehow.
Tasuki and Talim were bouncing up and down, Talim going higher up than Tasuki, Max just grinned idiotically, and Tasuki had to help him tie his shirt.
"As I was saying, Max can tell you." Tasuki said still grinning, eyes golden and doing a happy-dance.
"Well, you see we were engaged. It was the only was I could keep her." Max gulped seeing the disapproving looks from Sirius and Ron, "When I mean keep her, I mean every Vampire clan protects each other. My father, Dracula liked her, and was trying to negotiate peace with her Pack at the time. The way to protect her, and make her safe from Shirley was to make her mine, ours."
Ron felt his heart dropping. Don't be stupid, he berated himself, Of course my perfect girl is taken by a perfect guy, not a shadow like me. (AN: I love how he keeps on putting those possessive words in front of her name. Don't you?)
Talim stopped bouncing and finished the story, she spoke with a Scottish accent, and an elvish one too, "Then I met Tasuki one day when she," HEY!! Tasuki screamed into Talim's mind, THEY DON"T KNOW, SO DON'T TELL THEM! Stupid elf... "she got lost," Talim amended wincing, "I found her, and she fascinated me. I have never me anyone like you before." Talim said smiling, "And if your luck you never will" Max muttered earning a slap from Tasuki, and a grin from Talim.
Everyone at the table listened not ever having heard about the Elves before, "When the Vampires came, they were furious, thinking that we stole her. They only stopped when Max told them too, seeing Tasuki protecting me. She also screamed that she would not have her Herd fighting, and that convinced Dracula and the rest that Tasuki wasn't under a spell."
Tasuki grinned lop-sidedly remembering. She pulled Max and Talim to the table.
Max grinned checking over the company. He faced Hermonie and grinned flirtatiously, seeing Harry's death look he screamed, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!"
Talim's eyes widened, "Is he the one?" Tasuki nodded.
"HARRY CATCH!" Tasuki screamed and threw him her sword that was currently sucked in her. She winced; she had meant to give him the blue one. Tasuki prayed he wouldn't notice.
Harry caught the sword parrying Max's claws. Harry's eyes were wide and he shouted, "What did I ever do to you!"
Max stopped attacking and Talim and Tasuki inched closer to them. "What did you do?" Max whispered cracking, "WHAT DID YOU DO? YOU WANNNA KNOW WHAT YOU DID? THAT DAY WHEN YOU CAME HERE DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID?" Max had lost it, who did this creep think he was?
Tasuki was close to tears, "STOP IT MAX!! HE DOESN'T KNOW!! Its- its not his fault. Max turned and to everyone's shock Max was crying, and Tasuki's eyes had just brimmed over with hot and angry tears.
"Well you know what, I think he SHOULD know, so I'm gonna tell him." Max whipped the tears from his eyes hurriedly, but he still was crying.
Max turned to a very startled and confused Harry, "You wanna know what happened? She got attacked by Death Eaters. She was tortured for information, for where you were. All the time she was screaming for YOU! For you to have a day-dream, and come and save her." Harry was stunned. He couldn't move.
"T-T- Tasuki is this true?"
Tasuki nodded. "Well where were you when all this happened?" Hermonie shot angrily at Max.
Max hung his head, "I was trying to help, but I got caught. I was with Talim, protecting her at the time, I heard Tasuki, but I couldn't leave."
Tasuki looked at the scene before her. "You know I've got to say, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind for you meeting my sister, and my newest Herd." Everyone cracked a smile as Max pulled a face.
"Well soooory! I can't help it if people don't like Vampires!" He defended rather poorly.
Talim and Tasuki smacked him over the head as Talim said, "Well you're not exactly helping, trying to attack and kill Tasuki's new oath-brother."
Max looked defeated, sorrowfully he said, "You made him your brother? What about me?" He was a picture of boyish regret.
Fenix smiled in spite of herself watching Tasuki's family, nope, sorry Herd.
Tasuki smiled and pulled Harry towards her, "Don't worry about it, He's just mad that I got hurt. Its not your fault." Seeing he was going to argue she kissed him, and Ron rolled his eyes, Hermonie however, looked ready to bitch-slap Tasuki.
Max and Hermonie pulled them away. "He's your brother!" Max scolded.
Tasuki's green eyes were back and she said, "So, that never stopped you!" And proceeded to kiss him too.
"Life is sooooo cruel." Ron said sniffing, only to be pulled into yet another one of Tasuki's kisses. This one however was different, for this kiss became a snogging match, ended only when Sirius and Remus went 'EWWWW they're kissing!' like little girls.
Max then looked around the table and Tasuki saw that look in his eye, "Hello me name is" he started to say to Hermonie when Tasuki interjected, "TAKEN!"
"What! By whom could this lovely lady be taken by, save me of course?" Max said suavely. Tasuki said, "Of course. She is taken by this one." She bounced over to Harry and pushed them closer, and they kissed.
"Oh, sorry my bad!" Max said holding up his hands as their kiss ended. "And her?" This time he was referring to Ginny. "Nope him." Tasuki pushed Dean together, though they didn't kiss until they stopped blinking in surprise. (AN: Dean wasn't there before, and uhhh, MAGIC! Brought them together, yeah, well he disappears in a second.)
As the kiss ended Dean disappeared going back to where he was originally.
Max looked at Angelina, "Fred's." They kissed without being shoved together, and when Molly finally coughed they ended the kiss reluctantly.
Max looked desperately at Alicia, Tasuki laughed when they kissed without her saying anything.
Max looked around and finally his eyes rested on Fenix. He smiled devilishly and said, "Is this radiant love taken?" Remus growled unconsciously and Fenix smiled lightly as Sirius said, "Isn't she too old for you?"
Max, Talim and Tasuki grinned at this, and Max puffed out his chest, "For your information, I am 1,220 years old!" Talim treaded on his foot.
"ALRIGHT! Alright, I am 2,331 years old, HAPPY!" Max shouted at Talim who was laughing hysterically. "AT LEAST I'M NOT 200 YEARS OLDER THAN ME!" He stuck out his tongue childishly as everyone was still getting over how old he was.
Talim gasped and screaming back at him going pink in the face, "THAT'S LOW YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T TELL!!"
They then proceeded to have a face making contest involving several faces, that only immortals, Vampires and Elves could pull off.
Tasuki said it was a draw. Max sighed and said, "Well once again you have disappointed me Tasuki, you make a whole bunch of additions to your Herd, and not one of them is single, and they are all stunning!" He pretended to cry into Talim's shoulder, all the while Talim sticking her tongue out at him.
Tasuki pretended to be hurt. Max finally pulled himself together very exaggeratedly, and turned to Talim, "Well Pearl-of-My-Heart, it looks like once again I shall be stuck with you till the end of time!" Talim pretended to swoon, and be overjoyed, and Max picked her up (bride in a wedding style), and kissed her passionately, like the ones in the ends of story books.
Tasuki cheered and clapped as everyone blinked in surprise. Ron finally said, "Well now I can see why they like Tasuki, they're just like her!"
Tasuki decided to shut Ron up with a kiss that made them both swoon.
Max and Talim stopped kissing and Talim said, "Sorry! I forgot my manners!" She retched into the pocket of the jean flares that she was wearing, and placed it on top of Harry's birthday presents stack.
"PRESENTS!" Harry said remembering and he leapt and opened the first present that was from Sirius. It was an earring stud, and it had a dog intricately carved on it. Harry put it in his right ear, grinning. The earring glowed silver, even though it was made from gold.
Sirius touched his ear, and Harry saw he had on just like it except a Griffin was carved into it. "It connects us. Anywhere in the world, wherever you are I will be able to find you. Cool eh?" Sirius said, and grinned back at a beaming Harry.
The next present was from Fenix. It was large, and an outfit that slipped under his clothes. Tasuki threw a knife at him, and it stuck to the armor, and it didn't hurt him at all. The clothes were invisible once he put them on, they were fire resistant, bullet proof, and weapon proof, (knives, swords, arrows, and other stuff.) Harry thanked her, with wide eyes, and Max muttered about getting on her good side to get something like that.
Tasuki had given Harry two things. She gave him her blue sword, "It saved my life, it will follow you around, and when you want to use it just concentrate on having it. It also has a tendency to give the person holding it a energy boost, and deadly accuracy and aim." She informed him happily and proudly.
Harry however looked at it suspiciously, "Where did you get this?"
Tasuki scuffed her toes and said, "Ummm, I stole it. HEY! The guy was dead when I found him!" Max burst out laughing and said, "Yeah only cuz Talim here got mad for he called her a defenseless chick." Talim tried to look sorry but everyone heard her mutter, "He deserved it." Ron inched slowly away form her, and when she noticed she sniffed, then gave him a huge bear hug.
Harry opened the smaller gift from Tasuki, "Umm, what are these?"
Tasuki felt blush creeping up her face and neck, "Well they are engagement rings. For you and Hermonie." Then, using her werewolf quickness she put the rings on Harry and Hermonie. The rings glowed pink, then returned to their golden state. They were simple rings, a golden band, but on closer inspection, the ring was engraved with tiny designs, and the ring transformed to get fancier and fancier the closer Harry and Hermonie physically got to each other. (AN: I hope I didn't lose anyone, when Hermonie and Harry are physically close to each other, the ring takes on a fancier shape, and when they are far apart the ring becomes a simple golden band.)
Tasuki smiled eyes glowing green.
Harry blushed and muttered Thanks, and reached over to another present.
It was a small box, and it said, From Talim and Max on it.
Two earrings silver, hops were in the box, they weren't glowing, though Harry felt the magic in them. He put them on, and they made holes in his ears magically. (AN: Now Harry has two silver hops in his left ear and a golden stud in his right ear, kinda like Miroku from Inuyasha now that I think about it. ^-^)
"These bind you to the Elvin clan and the Vampire clan, you are one of us now, and we will protect you, and we will fight alongside you brother." To Harry's surprise Max said this. Max smiled lopsidedly, fangs sticking out and said, "Well if I can't kill you, might as well make you one of us." He hugged Talim around the waist as he said us.
Max reached into his cloak and gave him a black bow and arrow, the wood was black, and had silver streaks in it. "For you, so you can hold your own." Harry nodded his thanks his eyes glowing at the perfectly made bow, and the priceless arrows that accompanied it.
Hermonie's present to him was a necklace. It was copper, and Harry had the distinct impression it was the one Hermonie used to always wear. Inside the heart-shaped locket was a picture of her, Harry, Ron, and glued in was Tasuki. "Umm thanks." Harry said trying not to roll his eyes at the purely girly necklace, "Your welcome, my grandmother gave it to me before she died, and I love it, and now I'm giving it to you. I think she put a protection spell on it, but I'm not sure if se was a witch or not."
Harry gulped feeling as if he was going to break it, handed it to Hermonie who put it around his neck.
"Harry?", "Yeah?" "What's this?" Hermonie said fingering a golden chain that was already around Harry's neck.
"Oh that, Tasuki gave it to me."
"Oh."
Fenix sat bolt upright, "Can I see?" She said moving closer to Harry.
"Sure." Fenix fingered her necklace that looked identical to the one hanging on Harry's neck.
"I have one identical to it." Fenix said looking at Tasuki in curiosity.
Tasuki looked at it and said, "Can I see your sword?"
"Okay." Fenix made her sword appear and it looked similar to Tasuki's. They both decided that they would investigate it further, but for some reason they both didn't pursue it further just then.
"Well now that all of your presents are unwrapped, what are you gonna do?" Ron asked lazily.
"I want to see Tasuki beat you in Wizards Chess!" Harry said as Ron groaned. "I WOULDA WON!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Ron, are you any good at sword fighting?"
"Yeah."
"Then I challenge you!" Tasuki exclaimed.
"Okay."
As they trooped to a flat area Talim asked Tasuki, "Are you sure you should do this, you know what happens if you lose."
"I am sure. I never lose, and I certainly won't do THAT!"
Talim shook her head, feeling uneasy.
*Scene come to Tasuki and Ron swinging swords and dancing, trying to win, you also see everyone else in a circle shouting one name or the other.*
Ron saw a opening and slid the sword up right beside Tasuki's neck into the Kill potion. Tasuki was stunned.
Nobody had beaten her before. Nobody, save one person. Oh god, Oh god. Tasuki thought her mind racing, Well it wouldn't be fair to him, but I HAVE too. Amazon laws. OH SHIT!
"I TOLD YOU, YOU IDIOT!" Talim found herself screaming at Tasuki, "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CHALLENGE HIM! NOW YOU HAVE TO-TO! MAX HELP ME HERE! YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO SHE'S BOUND TO AMAZON LAWS!"
Fenix and Hermonie got what was going on right away, and dissolved into laughter, "At- least- he- won't mind!" Hermonie said, unable to stop laughing.
Ron on the other hand was totally confused. Oh no. She looks pissed. I shoulda let her win. Great Ron just great! You just pissed off the best damn girl your ever gonna meet! SHIT!!!!
Tasuki was stunned. Now that she thought about it she really DID want to go through with it but- "OWWWWWWW!!!" Talim screamed as an arrow protruded from her thigh.
Tasuki swirled to see 10 Death Eaters. Not one of them was Lucius. She took out her golden sword and tessen (she already had her dragon sword, the one that was stabbed into her earlier).
"Fateor Sinus!" Yelled one of the Death Eaters, a man.
The spell was pink and hit Tasuki squarely in the chest. Tasuki's body flipped in the air, as her mind went vacant. She got up, like a confused animal on a bad horror film. She tilted her head, and her eyes were a strange gray.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!" Max screamed along with Ron.
The Death Eater smirked, "I cast a spell. In a few seconds she will point out who she wants as a mate, and who she wants to kill. It will be amusing watching you suffer over her feelings. If she has any."
"YOU BASTARD!" Talim screamed, and drew her bow and arrow, and shot him squarely. He dropped down dead, surprised.
Then Tasuki got up, her eyes flaring red, "SHE'S CHOSEN WHO SHE WILL KILL!" Squealed a male Death Eater rather girlishly.
Ron's last thought was OH SHIT I'M GONNA DIE, I'M GONNA BE KILLED BY THE ONE I LOVE!
Tasuki had turned and her hair was on end. Her swords pointed at him, knives losing about her body, ready to be thrown. Her tessen flared up, and waited for those two magical words.
"YOU!" Her voice was so full of hate, and venom nobody moved. Not even the Death Eaters.
(OH I GOT IT!! I OWN MY, UMM, wait, I DON'T own that either, durn it all! Oh and umm, review and the cliffy shalt be solved! ^-^)