A/N: Heyo peeps, i wrote this and asked a good friend of mine to look at it before I updated. So, thank OokamiLover19 for helping to convince me that this chapter was okay. Please enjoy and sorry if it seems weird.

-Tami-

I smiled sadly at the letter in my hands. I could clearly see the emotions Cece was feeling in her writing.

'Dear Tami,

Thank you. I don't want my parents to suffer because of me, but I'm not coming back. I should have thought things through first, but its too late now, the damage is done. I have one last thing to ask of you Tami, and that's that you make their pain go away. Erase me from their lives and ease the pain they feel. i don't want to lose them, but I can't have them wondering or worrying where I am. Just ease their pain.'

I sighed at the letter before running a hand through my hair. I knew Cece would wind up doing something like this, she always did things without thinking about the consequences. I knew her parents were in pain, but Cece'd be in worse pain if she lost them.

"Cece, just know I love you."

I said aloud to myself before I grabbed my coat and headed out the door towards Cece's family's shrine. I'd do one last favor for her, but it wouldn't be the one she wanted. I wasn't sure when or if she'd ever come back, but I knew she'd thank me for what I was about to do in the long run.

-Raiden-

Ever since Zapphirra sent her last letter to Tami she'd been emotional. She didn't smile, she didn't laugh, and I could hear her crying herself to sleep at night and it was killing me.

"Zapphirra, its getting late."

I said softly from the doorway of the living room and she turned away from the window to look up at me. Her eyes were full of sadness and guilt and I felt my heart clench at the fact I couldn't do anything to help her.

"Oh, okay."

She said softly before moving to the couch and laying down.

"I-"

I started, but stopped whens he rolled over so she was facing away from me. I just sighed before going back into my room.

I slipped my cloak off and pulled off my shirt and rings before climbing into bed. I had just closed my eyes when I heard the muffled sound of crying from my living room. I tried to tune it out, but with my hearing being above that of a normal human's it made it all but impossible.

After a while I couldn't take it anymore and I got up and walked into the living room, picked Zapphirra up-ignoring her squeak of surprise-and carried her to my room and laid her down on my bed before crawling in after her. I covered us with the blankets and pulled her to me. I felt her stiffen against me before she curled up to my chest and fully broke down.

"I-I'm a horrible person."

She said and I frowned.

"No you're not."

I said and she shook her head and pulled back so she was looking up at me.

"I was so selfish t-that I made my p-parents think they l-lost the only other f-family they had l-left, then I had Tami erase their m-memories. How does t-that not make me a h-horrible person?"

I frowned to myself at how torn up she was about this. If this kept up she'd never be able to move on and be happy.

"Zapphirra, you're not a horrible person."

I said as I reached up and gently wiped away her tears. She opened her mouth to argue with me, but I cut her off.

"Its not selfish of you to want to find happiness. Your parents may have lost you, but that doesn't mean you're a bad person. You made it so they wouldn't worrya bout you, if anything that makes you a caring person, which you are."

I said and wiped her tears again as they continued to fall, but at a slower rate now.

"No matter what, don't blame yourself for anything because they're no longer in pain. You can't let this keep you from finding your happiness."

I said and smiled softly down at her.

"You're not alone anymore Zapphirra, I'm here with you and I'm not going anywhere. I love you."

I said before leaning down and lightly pressing my lips against hers.

I pulled back and she smiled up at me.

"Thank you Raiden."

She said and I smiled back at her before kissing her again. She kissed me back and I felt her move even closer to me as she wrapped her arms around my neck. I moaned softly when I felt her pelvis brush against my own and blushed slightly and was going to pull away until I felt Zapphirra's tongue run along my bottom lip, asking for more of my attention.

I looked her in the eyes and was slightly shocked to see lust int heir cerulean depths. I felt my own lust and hunger for her rise and pulled her head closer to mine and deepened our kiss as I thread my fingers through her hair. I heard her moan quietly as I ran my other hand down her side to her hips and mentally groaned as I felt my pants start to become uncomfortable. She broke the kiss and I trailed kisses down her jaw to her neck as she tried in vain to regain her breathing. i kissed a part of her neck before pulling some of the skin into my mouth and sucking on it. She moaned and breathlessly said my name which made me harden almost painfully, my pants were pushing against me and I wanted to tear them into pieces.

"Raiden, please."

Zapphirra begged me breathlessly and I kissed her again as I rolled us over so I was hovering over her. i smiled against her lips when I felt her reach between us and undo my pants and push them down past my hips. I stopped and looked down at her, a little shocked at her bold actions, but I wasn't complaining.

I trailed my hands down to her hips and pushed her pants down as far as I could,s he kicked them off the rest of the way before pulling me down for another kiss. I moaned when she lifted her hips and ground them against mine, but I got the message she was sending me and moved so I was at her entrance. I kissed her again before thrusting my hips forward.

-SOME YEARS LATER-

-Zapphirra-

"Ruby, stay still."

I told my hyper seven year old little girl as I braided the strands of hair on either side of her face.

"There."

I said as I finished and she turned in her chair to look up at me with beautiful lilac colored eyes she got from her father. Her hair was black like mine, with purple streaks and bangs and it went down to the middle of her back. She had pale skin and was as intelligent as Raiden, but had gotten my powers with a little bit of her father's.

"Thank you mommy!"

She shouted before smiling at me and running off. I shook my head at her before turning around when I felt Raiden's aura behind me. I smiled when I saw he had our four year old son on his shoulders. Today was his fifth birthday and Katsume had said we could hold the party at his palace since our house wasn't big enough.

"Happy birthday sweetie."

I said as I took Loki from Raiden. I smiled at him and Raiden called Ruby over before teleporting us to the outside gates of the Northern Palace.

"Go find Katsu and let him know we're here."

I told both kids as I set Loki on his feet and they took off.

"I have no idea where they get all that energy."

I said as I wrapped my arms around Raiden's waist and heard him chuckled at my comment as his did the same to me.

"I've got an idea of where they get it."

He said before kissing me on the top of my head.

"He's right Celia, you always were full of energy."

I turned at the familiar sound of my favorite Panther demon's voice.

"Shadow!"

I shouted before running and tackling him in a hug. He caught me and hugged me to the point it was almost impossible to breathe.

"She does have to breathe at some point hunn."

A female voice said and I turned to look at a woman a few inches shorter than Daiki with brown hair to her hips with emerald green eyes with a nice figure. I could tell from her aura that she was a Panther demon too.

"Sorry."

Daiki said as he set me down. I opened my mouth to introduce myself when I heard Ruby and Loki calling my name and turned to see they had succeeded in attacking Katsume.

"I suppose we should go save Katsu."

I said with a smile and heard Raiden, Daiki, and the woman laugh.

"Yeah, we've got all day to catch up."

Daiki said as he ruffled my hair and I rolled my eyes at him but smiled. I had missed him and the others, but he was right, we had all day.

A/N: No, this isn't the end, but It is pretty close to it. Hope you've enjoyed so far, please review and stay tuned for the next chapter. Love you all muches, peace.