"How the f**king hell! You must be cheating!" Soran shouted in anger at Claw as he was playing a card game with his siblings. They decided to play to pass the time while their mother was still out hunting and their father was polishing his scythe/sword.

It had been two hours since Thanerah left to find dinner. The children were worried but their father kept telling them that she's fine. But they still couldn't shake the weighty thought of their mother's safety.

Claw smirked at Soran and held his hand out "You lost. 50 silvers."

Soran glared at him and growled "No! You were f**king cheating! There's no way I'm going to pay a f**king cheater."

Claw's smirk widened and chuckled "Just admit it. I beat you in your own f**king game."

"Argh…" Soran groaned deeply, feeling his pride being squashed. Usually he's the best gambler in the family, but now it's his little brother. This was infuriating to him.

"50 silvers," Claw reminded him with a wide smirk.

Hidan couldn't help but to chuckle at his sons. Fenora was giggled as well as Soran dug his hands in his pocket money while cursing many things under his breath. And he grouchily handed 50 silvers to the victorious Claw.

Soran whined to his father "Dad! Claw f**king cheated! Aren't you going to scowl him or something!"

Hidan stopped polishing to turn his attention to his eldest son, "Why the f**k would I do that?"

Soran stuttered as he tried to make up a good reason. He can lie well to others, but when he comes to his parents he is hopeless as a lost puppy. "I-I…I don't know…h-he…" he point at Claw and shouted dramatically "He f**king cheated!"

Claw rolled his eyes and growled at Soran "Oh, just shut the f**k up and let's start a new game. Prepare to lose more of your f**king money, brother." He smirked as he said the last part. He collected the cards from his siblings and shuffled them to restart the game.

Soran looked more determine now "No. I'll get your money. I'm done playing nice." He said with a wicked grin.

Claw froze his hands that were shuffling the cards and he stared at Soran suspiciously, "Wait…you were…" he voice started to rise in rage "…you were holding back!"

"Hey, who the f**k taught you to play in the first place!" argued Soran. Then he cracked his knuckles and said determinedly "This time, I'll play with you seriously."

Claw glared at Soran "Why you little piece of shit…" he growled dangerously as he summoned some pure energy power in his palm by his rage. That's his specialty, performing pure energy to attack his enemies. Thanerah had no idea how he achieved it at first until Hidan explained to her that it's part of the soldier training.

Yes, their children joined the military ranks and learned from the best. Everyone's expecting Soran to take Hidan's place after Odan retires and gives his position to Hidan. Everyone wondered when the time will come, but the family preferred to take their time.

"Claw...don't," Hidan growled to Claw sternly as a warning to keep his cool. Claw really has a bad temper like his father. Unleashing uncontrolled pure energy is dangerous and frightening. Luckily Hidan had been teaching Claw how to keep his temper down.

Hidan can do some summon some pure energy as well but it had been a very long time since he used the technique. He vaguely remembered using it when he was just a Mist. Nowadays he preferred to use full force of his weapon than using energy. Waste of energy.

Claw glanced at his father and then dismissed his energy power. He took in some deep breaths to calm his mind. Thankfully Soran didn't say a word since he knew how serious Claw anger is. When he calmed down, Soran said to him "Now then, let's play, shall we?"

Just as they begin to play, a dead deer was suddenly dropped before them. Fenora shrieked loudly in surprise and her brothers jumped in surprise and already grabbed their weapons. But when they realized that their mother returned with the dead deer lying before them, they calmed down.

Soran screamed at his mother as she turned back into human "Mum! Are you trying to give me a damn heart-attack!"

Thanerah smirked down at her son and she tried to surpass a giggle "What's the matter, sweetheart? I thought you were more vigilant than that."

Soran stuttered with a small blush "I-I am!"

Thanerah giggled and sweetly said to him in a motherly way "Don't fret, dear. I was only joking."

Soran got anime tears running down on his cheek "As much as I love you, mother, please stop making fun of me."

She giggled again "I'll try my best." She turned her attention to Hidan "Love, can you help me with this? You know how I am when it comes to skinning…"

Hidan stood up from the ground and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder "Yeah. And please, keep the boys off each other? They're nearly cutting at each other's f**king throats…" he whispered to her as he mentioned towards their sons who were arguing who was going to play first as they restart their new card game.

Thanerah nodded and swiftly plant a kiss on her husband's cheek before walking towards her sons to calm them down before things get out of hand. Hidan smirked as he watched his wife and then turned to the task of skinning the dead deer.

"Hmm! This is so good!" beamed Soran as he chewed a big chunk on his roasted piece of the deer. The Half-eaten deer was being hover over the fire to be cooked while the family ate their dinner. Thanerah had to agree with her son, this really was a good meet. Better than she ate for a long time, in fact.

However, Soran's other two siblings were eating their meals politely. And Hidan was…eating in his usual way. Not caring one wit if he was eating it in an ill proper way, though he's surrounded by family so that was all right.

Soran quickly finished his dinner and he sucked his fingers cleaned. Then he took out his dagger that was always strapped onto his left upper arm, and used it to cut off another piece of the roasted deer.

Fenora stopped her meal to stare at her older brother in disgust as he already began to devour his second meal. "I swear to Lord Jashin, can't you stop eating! Someday you're going to get yourself sick!"

"Hey, I'm a big boy! I need to f**king eat, sister! Don't need to worry about me!"

"At least leave some for the Ukrahs! They're as hungry as we are!"

"I can't f**king help it! I'm starving here and this meat is really, really good!" He chewed some more of his second half eaten meat.

Fenora groaned deeply in frustration and turned her eyes to her second older brother "Aren't you going to say something about this!"

Claw flatly looked at her before he silently went back eating his meal calmly. That was his answer.

Fenora groaned in frustration and looked at her parents for help. Unfortunately, her parents shook their head to her. Thanerah said to her "Honey, just leave your brother alone. You know he has a big appetite."

Fenora sighed heavily in defeat then torn a piece of her meal to feed some to Lune who was lying behind her.

Soran discreetly mouthed to his mother "Thanks" before he continued to devour his second meal.

Thanerah rolled her eyes and leaned into Hidan. In response, he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed her forehead.

The family continued to travel until they finally reached the gates of Polan which was heavily guarded by two large robots and two normal guards. They were tense and the robots were instantly activated to prepare for an attack.

Hidan stopped and said to them "We're Jashinists from Hanatul City. We have business here."

The guards glanced at each other and one of them stepped forward "Show me the papers for proof?"

Hidan dug his hand in his robe and pulled out the permission sheet, "Here" he grumpily said as he passed the permission sheet to the guard. The guard scanned it for a while and nodded with approval.

He nodded to his guards and said "They have permission to enter." He passed the sheet back to Hidan. He shouted "Open the gates!" Then the robots pushed the large iron gates and then moved to the side to let the family to enter.

They got many strange stares as they passed through the town. They all stopped to watch them pass by. It was quite disturbing for them.

Soran kept a straight face but he couldn't stop his palms from sweating. Suddenly he noticed some of the women eyeing on…him with…interest in their eyes. He couldn't help but to grin widely at them and they beautifully smiled back.

"Don't, Soran."

Soran tore his eyes from the lovely women to his father who said that. He cleared his throat softly and replied "Sorry." He remembered the rules of Jashinism. Don't dally with women who just want you to be her entertainment. Find the One. Soran groaned a bit and grumbled "Why can't I f**king enjoy some entertainment for one night…"

Thanerah sent him a stern look "Soran, do you want me to drag you around by the ear?"

Soran flinched and shook his head eagerly.

Thanerah smiled sweetly to him before looking up ahead.

Soran silently let out a long heavy sigh of relief. Then he glanced at his little brother to see him smirking with his eyes closed. Fenora was doing the same thing. They both glanced at him with the eyes that were screaming "Busted!"

Soran glared at them and mouthed "Shut the f**k up!"

Hidan stopped and said "We're here."

The siblings looked to see that stopped before a large tower with some weird energy glowing and flowing at the very top. Soran couldn't help but to asked "Um…is this guy a f**king wizard or something?"

Thanerah softly glared at him over his shoulder but she didn't say a word since it would be pointless. She was helped to get off Steel by Hidan. Then Thanerah said to her children "You can go around, but please, don't make any trouble. We're going to be here for a while."

Soran groaned deeply and said to her "Mum! Can we at least sleep here for one night? I bet Thunder is tired as shit." He patted the side of Thunder's neck "Right, boy?"

Thunder couldn't help but to nod and the other Ukrahs agreed with a small growl. Thanerah sighed then whispered to Hidan "They do look tired, honey. We should rest for the night."

Hidan glanced at them over his shoulder and whispered back "But my father is going to get so f**king pissed off. He's expecting us to come back tomorrow."

"I know, but look at them…" she glanced at them and he glanced at them too "…they're exhausted."

Hidan examined the Ukrahs and had to admit that she was right and the kids looked eager to look around. He glanced at Steel to see him eyeing him, waiting for his command. As a Master Ukrah, he didn't look tired at all but the others are just young adults.

"…Fine." Hidan said.

Soran couldn't help but to cheer "Yes! Cheeses, here I come!"

Claw also looked relieved but he glared at Soran for his enthusiasm. Fenora mouthed to her father thanks and patted Luna.