Shade and the same men from last time approached but this time they were wearing their uniform and looked more formal than before when they were trapped inside the barrier.
"Funny to meet you in a place like this…" said Shade as he approached them with the group following.
Hidan slightly growled as he said while softly glaring at him, "I could say the same thing to you…"
Shade softly glared back, "I have my rights to be here, two-legs. Just because you saved us doesn't mean that I won't bite if you go too far."
"Is that a fucking threat?" asked Hidan and he sounded very eager to fight him.
Thanerah could see he was lusting to fight him and he looked a bit unstable to just charge at him so she quickly hold his hand to be certain that he won't go berserk.
"You decide."
Shade wasn't any different. It was obvious that he too wanted to have a match with Hidan but it would seem childish to attack him without a good reason.
She rolled her eyes to the air, *What is it with men and dominance? I swear they're in love with wars…*
Thanerah cleared her throat to get everyone's attention, "I'm sorry but we have business to intend to. But what brings you here, Shade?"
"I'm here on a mission from my clan. That's all I can say." He stopped immediately when his eyes landed on Tagor. "Wait…I know your face…" he muttered as he observed him.
Tagor slightly tilted his head to the side as he narrowed his eyes at him as he was also trying to remember something. "Hey…I've seen you before…"
Everyone else looked between the two in curiosity but the werewolf men were also looking at Tagor as they were also trying to remember.
"Will someone tell us what the fuck is going on!" asked Hidan as he was getting frustrated from the quietness and the awkward atmosphere.
They didn't seem to hear him because Shade asked Tagor, "Haven't I seen you at the annual celebration…?"
Tagor smirked, "And are you the one who danced naked under the moon in front of everybody?"
Hidan asked with a grin on his face, "What!" he had such enthusiasm in his voice.
Shade started to blush furiously while his companions were snickering like crazy. Thanerah was snickering as well but she tried to stop it by covering her mouth with her hand but she couldn't stop giggling.
Hidan asked Tagor, "Are you fucking serious!"
Tagor mentioned towards Shade, "Ask the man himself. He's the one who done it. It was quite a show and the whole clan still talks about it."
Shade went even redder from embarrassment, "That was…a long time ago. I had too much than what I should have taken."
Tagor rubbed his chin as he stared at the warm color sky in deep thought, "Wait…that wasn't it…"
Hidan's grin widened and he laughed as he said, "Oh, this is GLORIOUS! Tell us the fucking details and I'll buy you drinks!"
Shade glared at him as his face was still red as a tomato, "Do you want to die!"
His companions were trying not to laugh out loud but they continued to snicker behind their hands.
Tagor snapped his fingers as he remembered, "That's right! You vomited on the Leader of the Ecrotie, Sheela, when you were hugging her. Damn, she really beat the crap out of you to death."
Shade's companions couldn't hold their laughter any longer and laughed to their hearts' content while Shade was glaring and still blushing like crazy.
"I was drunk!" He rubbed the side of his head as he remembered that night, "But that does explain the agonizing pain when I woke up the next morning."
Tagor asked him flatly, "Are you sure that it wasn't just the hangover."
"That too but I think she left my skull with a scar, seriously." He turned around to face his laughing companions, "And it is NOT funny!"
Tagor chuckled a bit and then said, "Oh cheer up! You made it a night to remember."
"But it's humiliating!"
"For you but it was quite the entertainment."
"Not to the Sheela I bet."
"You think?" asked Tagor with an arched brow.
The companion's laughter ceased. Shade decided to change the subject and he looked at the group solemnly. "Seriously though, what are you doing here? This is a dangerous territory, you know?"
"We know but we have to come here."
"Please don't tell me that this is Jashin business. Maybe we can work together since we worked so well the last time."
"The last time?" asked Tagor with an arched brow. He looked at Thanerah, "What's he talking about?"
"I'll explain it later."
"Hmm…" he murmured to her.
Hidan said, "We're here just to get something that doesn't belong to those fucking mercenaries up ahead. That's all."
"You're quite fortunate today, because we're on our way to face them as well. Considering that they have been slaughtering some of our people for some time now."
Hidan slightly frowned, "Well…I suppose we can work together one more time."
"You don't sound so satisfied…" Shade muttered but he was probably not happy about this either.
"I don't need to be. I just want to get this over with."
"Then why did you come here if you didn't want to be here?"
"I came only for my wife. She wanted to come here and I'm not letting her out of my sight. That's reasonable enough."
Thanerah couldn't prevent a small smile forming on her face and she squeezed his hand softly. He glanced at her and squeezed her hand softly as well.
Shade looked a head and sniffed the air. "Hmm…I could smell a fire going on. It appears they still don't know we're here. So let's do this quickly and quietly, shall we?" he asked nonchalantly.
Shade looked at the camp from the edge of the entrance. He saw tents are up; mercenaries were doing their own business. But what mostly caught his attention was an old man who looked like the leader of this band and he was carrying a massive sword on his back.
The sight of wolf skins hanging was revolting. It boiled Shade's blood on fire that they would do this to their long distant cousins.
Shade let out a soft inhuman growl, "I swear I'll tear them apart with my bare hands…"
Tagor asked him, "How many are there?"
He answered without hesitation, "Enough for us to beat them."
"Then what the fuck are we standing around here for? I need to set loose," said Hidan as he grabbed his scythe from his back.
"All right, in the count of three we'll attack."
Everyone nodded.
"One…two…thre-!"
Hidan just charged into the camp without bothering to wait for him to finish. The rest quickly followed him and Shade was left behind.
He huffed "So much for a countdown…" He then also charged into the camp site.
Hidan chopped a nearby mercenary in half with a wide excited grin on his face. "Oh how I fucking missed this!" he screamed as he cut another nearby mercenary who tried to attack him.
Tagor ducked an attack and sweep kicked him in a mercenary's head. "You're husband's a big crazy lunatic, you know that!" he said to Thanerah.
She smirked at Tagor after she sent five mercenaries away with her Krystol powers. "You think so? Have I ever given you the expression that I was turned off by crazy?"
"Oh right and eeeew! Don't need to get all that detailed!"
She scoffed, "That wasn't in details but if you want to know I ca-!"
"Just stop!"
"Heh!"
She stopped when she saw the leader and he was facing Shade and two of his other companions. "You're dead, old man!" shouted one of the companions as he phased into a werewolf and pounced at the Leader.
The Leader didn't move an inch until he suddenly and quickly cut the werewolf companion in half after he dodged the attack. "No!" cried out Shade and he growled inhumanly at the Leader.
Shade phased into a werewolf as well but he didn't pounce, he charged towards the old man.
Thanerah growled inhumanly as she watched her kind fighting against the Leader who was tougher than he look. Hidan finished off his opponents quickly and glanced over his shoulder to see the battle with the Leader.
"Shit…for an old man he can fight…" he grumbled under his breath as he watched a werewolf being thrown swiftly by the old man in one swift movement with less effort.
He noticed his wife and his brother-in-law phasing into werewolves as well and they charged towards the Leader who was the last one remaining. Hidan didn't hesitate to charge since he can't let this old man to harm his wife.
Everyone charged towards the Leader but he didn't seem affected that he was outnumbered. He raised the large sword AKA the Key and swiftly used it to try to cut anyone who tries to attack him. But everyone swiftly dodged his attacks but some got some near cuts from the blade.
Tagor accidently got one on his leg and he instantly fell to the floor. He whimpered and glanced down at his bleeding foot until a shadow hover over him. The old man raised the weapon over Tagor until Thanerah suddenly pounced onto him unexpectedly and quickly bit his throat out.
The other werewolves joined her and ripped the Leader apart before he could react. His blood spilled all over the ground until it was over. Thanerah was growling softly and quickly phased into human.
"Tagor!" she cried out as she quickly ran to her older brother.
Tagor phased back into human as well and groaned at his injured foot. "Shit…he got me." He groaned with a small sneer while looking at his bleeding leg.
She smirked down at him softly and said, "Aren't you a Jashinist?"
He let out a small laugh and gave her half a smirk, "Not fully, I believe in our father but I don't do those bloody rituals as you and your husband does."
Thanerah looked down at the wound and quickly used her Krystol energy to heal him.
"Thanks sis…"
"Anytime…"
Hidan looked down at the decapitated Leader and glanced at the fallen weapon AKA the Key that was covered in blood. He picked it up and examined it for a while. "This is what we were fucking after…?" he muttered under his breath with a small hint of disbelief in his voice until he heard his name being called from his wife.
"Hidan," he turned around to face her, ", do you think you can call a transport to pick us up? Tagor's injured."
Thunder appeared by her side and whimpered softly towards the wound.
Tagor smirked and said to Thunder, "Don't worry, boy. I had worst injuries."
Hidan nodded to his wife, pulled out his phone from his pocket and called an emergency transport from Jontha.
