XII

"God, what the hell was that?" Yumi said feeling the earth under her shook lightly. "Does earthquake meow?" Sachiko asked when she heard the hissing and the meowing from afar. "Really?" Yumi asked sounding so innocent that Hannah was only a bit ahead had to held her mirth. "Yeah," Sachiko nodded and Hannah had to seriously keep herself from bursting into laughter. These two are just too much, Hannah placed her hand over her mouth to calm her laughter.

"Alright you two, we're almost there so let us make haste, I'm worry about Dante." Hannah said after clearing her throat. "Yes," the two said in unison.

"Pss…" Sachiko murmured nudging at Yumi. "What?" Yumi whispered. "Shouldn't she be worrying about herself?" Sachiko asked. "I know," Yumi replied in a low tone. Yumi know Dante and was very sure that whatever it is, Dante would be able to handle it but Sachiko never met Dante before but still worried about the mortal woman before her.

When they got there, both Yumi and Sachiko were shocked to see there are three women sitting at the table having tea while the larger-than-life kitten with a snake for a tail ripping the bug's wings like it was but a lizard or a giant rat. "Oh hey," Noriko looked up and saw her cousin. "I hit you but what the hell is going on?" Yumi said pointing at the cat eating the bug. "Ask her," Noriko said pointing over at Dante who was enjoying a bottle of 2R.

"Well, you know how your mother is, you did something and something else happened and I'm ended up raising the offspring of the things you guys killed. It's wonderful isn't it?" Dante asked with a sarcastic smile on her face before she chugged down the rest of the wine in the bottle. "Anyway, why don't you two stay for a while, I'll go catch us some fresh meats and fishes. Honey, show them their rooms and I'll be back in a little bit," Dante said getting up and moved to kiss Hannah on the lips. "Before you go, can I ask what the heck is that?" Hannah asked pointing at the bug that the kitten was still stomping on. "I'm not sure, but I got it from Noriko there. I'm sure its mother is a leech but what the hell that thing has been mating with to give birth to such a bizarre looking creature that I can't tell if it's a leech or a caterpillar or a bat," Dante replied snapping her fingers to stop the kitten before torching the remains of the bat-bug creature.

"Hannah-sensei, you might want to go with her," Yumi leaned over and whispered into Hannah's ears. "But…" "We been here before, so don't worry about us and I promise not to hurt anyone." Yumi cut off her teacher's wife before the woman could protest. "Alright," Dante said holding her hand out and Hannah took it, together the two climbed onto the back of the kitten and road off.

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"Oh, remember the time she tossed both of us into the lake?" Noriko asked as Yumi poured the whine into the cups for everyone. "Oh yeah, we didn't listen to her about not blindly attacking the Gaoran the flying dragon/horse." Yumi laughed. It has been a while since the other two left, and the four of them had introduced themselves to each other and now they're drinking good wine and telling stories of their old days. "Oh that thing had a face only its mother could love," Noriko shuddered just thinking about that mouth open up like four petals with thorns upon it. "It took us over a month to heal from its attack," Noriko added. "She was bitching the whole time," Yumi laughed.

"So, should we ask Hannah to perform the ceremony for you two?" Yumi finally become serious looking at her cousin. "What ceremony?" Sachiko asked. "Their wedding ceremony," Yumi replied and the other two blushed. "Once you're marked by Fenrir's child, you automatically belong to her. So it's only natural that you should have a proper ceremony," Yumi continued. "After all, Noriko had bite you back at the cave, right?" Yumi asked looking at Shimako who just nodded her head.

The thumping sound notified the four of them that the family hosts are back from their hunting trip, they got up only to be greeted by a giant fish mouth right at their face. "Gah, what the hell?" Noriko and Sachiko exclaimed in unison. "What? You don't like fishes?" Dante's voice came from the fish's mouth.

"Dante, stop teasing the kids," Hannah said leaping down from the kitten gracefully. "Fine, let's prepare dinner then," Dante pushed the fish up in the air over her head and headed to the back of the house where a kitchen stood separate from the house. "Come along Yuri," Hannah said and the kitten meowed before following after her in light steps as though its paws doesn't even touched the ground.

"Oh… oh… ohhhh…" Yumi finally understand why there's a giant kitten there. "Boy, now I feel bad…" she murmured. "What do you mean cousin?" Noriko asked not understand her cousin. "Remember the serpent and the cat we killed?" Yumi asked her cousin. "Yeah, what about it?" Noriko asked and then a light bulb went off in her head. "Wait… you mean… you mean…?" "Yeah…" Yumi nodded.

"Okay, I'm lost…" Sachiko exaggerated. "Well, that big kitten is the offspring of the feline and the serpent that we killed." Yumi explained. It was a moment where Sachiko acted like a carp out of water and so did Shimako, neither woman could belief that a monstrous feline would possibly mate with a sea serpent to even have such an offspring. But it's not like they haven't seen weird offspring before, all the monsters roaming the world now were the result of mating outside of its own species.

Dinner was peaceful, even the giant kitten got its own portion and Dante seemed to be somewhere else even though she's there. Hannah on the other hand, paid close attention to the kitten making sure it eats all of its foods. The other four just exchanged glances with one another as they all noticed something odd about the couple, even the two that didn't know Dante and Hannah well knew something weird was going on. Surely enough, just as dinner was over, Dante was summoned by Hel who sent her royal guards up to escort the other woman back with them to Hel. Hel itself was a place where Hel ruled over, a part of the Niflhiem, yet not anywhere near where everyone was residing at the moment. This part of Niflhiem remained hidden in the mist and slowly submerged into darkness, and in the darkest of darkness is where Hel was, fortified with a colossal mansion where Hel, Yumi's mother ruled over the dead.

A/N: Hel rule over Hel in Niflhiem, this may seemed to be weird but I did look it up. Anyway, next chapter... I hope for a ceremony between Noriko and Shimako, needs some lovin' with a hint of chaos in it. Hope y'all enjoy. Ja ne~