InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Loneliness of the Free wind ❯ Truths, Instincts and Bloodlines... - part 2 ( Chapter 5 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Written by: Zelix

Story type: One-shot… or a five chapter one-shot to be precise.

Contains: Sex, romance, drama and slight angst.

Pairings: OC/Kagura

Time and Place: Modern timeline.

Disclaimer: I will never own Inuyasha so stop bugging me with these! Shit, no one is listening… *sigh*

"Talking"

`Thinking'

If this was an OAV or OVA whichever is the right term:

Opening theme: Steve Conte & Yoko Kanno - Stray

Ending theme: Angelic Layer - The Starry Sky

A/N: Here's part 2. Hope you like it as much as I liked writing it! And I made it extra long as an apology for taking so long.

Loneliness of the Free Wind

Chapter 4: Truths, Instincts and Bloodlines… - part 2

Arc was sweat-dropping at the sight before him… it always went like this, first dad says something un-appropriate and mom smacks him, then when he's about to say `bitch' mom says that `Osuwari' which makes dad hit the deck… literally. It is always funny to watch that happen, sometimes Arc wondered if his family should take part in a sitcom series… he could see it now, the title of the show: `My family and they're F***** way of living.' number one on the viewers list…

As Arc stared at his parents usually argument, mom scaring dad with her glare, his dad first sweating with fear but then begins a counter-attack that always fails and it always ends with them first ignoring one another but when night fall arrives… let's just say that when they `make up' with each other, he always sleeps outside at the Goshin-boku… (Now where did he inherit that little habit I wonder?) since the noise they make all night long usually is enough to make the neighbourhood believe a riot had started or something…

Arc begun to remember the rest of his family, his grandfather had died (Guess who that was.) when he was 10 years old, it was inevitable, he was just too old to live anymore… he didn't know what his last words had been, but to his father they had been: "Demon be gone…" and after those words he had died with a wide grin on his face… his dad, he had fumed over the guy for getting the last laugh out of him like that… that had made them a bit more cheered up but they still cried over him…

His grandmother… she was currently living at an old folks home, they visited her on regular basis, the reason she was put there was because she was no getting very old too and she didn't want to be in the way because both Inuyasha and Kagome would have their hands full trying to raise Arcerdo, Kagome had been against that but eventually had to give in. Arcs uncle, Souta though… he was currently 38 years old and was at the moment in America for a business trip, (If Souta was 9 years old in the series, then 10 years after the death of Naraku he would be 19, then the 2 years Kagura had lived with them and finally the 17 years since she'd last been there, all added up, he would be 38 right?) it still disturbed him that his uncle, his moms little brother now looked older than his mom did… well, his dad was after all, a hanyou and mom was his mate so they aged REALLY slowly… he found about all that when he was 12…

That day he had been attacked by some bullies that were about 2 years older than he was, ever since his 11th year birthday, he had had problems with those assholes… of course he never said that out loud since his mom did not want him swearing like that, the reason was because his dad was a regular cussing machine and she did not want a miniature version of that… but anyway, he had always had problems with those assholes but his two friends, Shippo and Katou (Those 2 guys from chapter 3, remember?) were always there to help him… Shippo was like a older brother to him and was about a year older than he was, Katou was a year and a half older, they both knew how to defend themselves rather well so even adults didn't want any trouble with them. That day though, he wasn't that lucky… since they had literally, ambushed him and wanted to pay back some past humiliations caused by those two friends of his.

They had hit and kicked him a few times, taunted and mocked him… things like that, Arc didn't fight back… not even a little… he didn't know why, he was in pain and wanted to fight back but he couldn't… he was… scared at that time, he was afraid that if he let his anger and urge to defend himself take over, something bad would happen… and after a minute, something bad did happen.

(I'll save the details for the last chapter, wait for answers to that one until then.)

His remembering moment was interrupted though when his mom and dad said at the same time: "Earth to Arc!" He nearly jumped out of his skin, damn… this was a problem of his, whenever he begins to either think or remember about the past events, he always gets sucked into them and everything else just closes off to him. He stared at both of his parents with a nervous look, they're expressions were still un-readable and that was making him quite nervous…

Arc could tell though, this was going to be a VERY serious talk between the three of them, he could tell it from these things:

Both were strangely calm.

His FATHER was calm… that alone was enough to convince him it was serious.

His instincts were also telling him this was going to be serious.

Lastly… why was his life flashing before his eyes…? That creped him out to no end for some reason…

He then said with a cautious voice: "Uhh… mom? Dad? I know I screwed up but was it THIS bad this time?" Both of his parents looked at each other, silently asking which one should tell him. Kagome just nudged her eyes at Inuyasha, telling him to go first and he nodded slowly, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath… then there was a painful silence until he finally said with a smirk: "Was it bad this time? Well br… son, (looks at Kagome with an apologetic look.) First we get a call from both Shippo and Katou saying about you almost getting turned into a road-kill and right after that we get another call from Katous parents telling us to watch the evening news… and well, to make the long story short, (Picks up a remote and points it at the TV, turning it on and then points it at the VCR and pushes the `play' button.) watch this and make a damn good explanation." Arc turned his face towards the TV screen and goes pale.

In the recorded news report, which was missing the first minute, there was a female reporter talking to a bunch of teens (The ones from chapter 3.) about a… some kind of a `super human' that ran like a rocket straight into a heavy traffic and almost got hit by over 13 cars and one truck, yet he somehow dodged them all without getting even scratched by them and finally JUMPED over the truck like it was nothing! The teens described this guy as the `hottest and fastest piece of ass they had seen' (making Arc first turn 10 shades of red and then began to chuckle really nervously.) and most of the drivers from this little… incident described the kid as the most reckless, idiotic and the most suicidal guy they had seen… yet after all that, he was pretty damn COOL, jumping over a truck like that… after a few minutes of this, Arc was now turning into interesting shade of red and was both sweating and chuckling nervously, VERY nervously… then the news reporter finished by saying: "… that's all we have about this `mystery boy' but sadly no photographic nor video taped evidence are available, so all we can conclude is this: Was this fact or fiction? Did a boy really run through a traffic like that or was it just pure luck and coincidence that it happened? Now back to the studio…" And that's where Inuyasha pressed the stop button, after that, Arc slowly turned to look at dad and mom with eyes that clearly asked: `Short or Long version?' This was a familiar thing for both of them, Arc always made those eyes when he was in deep trouble, which was often now a days… so they said at the same time: "Long version, from the beginning to the end and don't you dare to leave anything out." Arcs head fell down, he was screwed, skinned, cooked, eaten and then shat back out again… `Then again… maybe, just maybe, there is a small chance that when I reveal that I am not gay after all (Inuyasha was slowly starting to suspect that his son really was gay… Kagome on the other hand… well, she was rather open minded, even if Arc was gay then as long as he was happy she wouldn't but into it.) since i… shit, since I… goddamn it! Can't I even THINK things like that without stuttering?! *Cough* so, when I say I literally, almost had monkey like sex with a woman, yet we decided to stop since well… you know… and decided to see each other tomorrow, maybe they'll become distracted enough to let me off easy… just maybe.' And then he began to tell them everything and I mean EVERYTHING.

`This does not look good… ` Arc thought, after he had finished explaining and telling them everything he had done (He had a small memory disturbance since he had acting on instincts but he remembered most of it, he couldn't lie to his parents, if he did, they would know) and said to this mystery female Youkai, Kagura. He was now deeply troubled by the way his parents looked at one another, they were having a `silent conversation', it was a way for two mates to communicate without having others hearing it… wait a minute… `When I was with Kagura… didn't my instincts tell me to make her feel at ease? Like a… like a… mate, that was the word… now I remember, my mother and father are `mates'! Why didn't I remember it sooner?! The term `mate' meant husband and wife… wait a second…oh god… WHY IN THE HELL DID MY INSTINCTS SAY THAT WHEN I WAS WITH HER?!?!' His face paled a bit, no enough to notice but still, this was WAY too heavy… what the hell was going on?!

Inuyasha and Kagome had listened to their sons explanation, they had expected it to be something unusual but this one… this one they did not expect… it did bother Inuyasha that his son had made contact with Kagura, since even after all these years he just couldn't bring himself to trust her completely but that was not what deeply bothered and troubled him… the thing that made his bothered feeling sky-rocket was the way his son described how he had felt around her and the fact his Youkai instincts had almost completely taken over him, making him go after her and almost went all the way with her as well… he was relieved that his son wasn't gay… actually, it was a mother fucking HUGE relief that his son wasn't gay but that's besides the point, now normally he would be glad that his son had actually found himself a possible mate but this was not a normal situation… The reason he was worried was because ever since Arc had been told the truth about his bloodline, that Arc was an Inu-hanyou but had only a quarter of Youkai blood running in his veins, majority was human but it was also mixed with Purifying powers that he had inherited from Kagome.

He had taken it rather… harshly… he had refused to leave the house for about a month and during that time, he had hated his parents more than anything since they had never told him anything about his demon heritage, not to mention he was deeply hurt from the fact that neither one had trusted him enough to talk about it, it was even more worse because he was a quarter Inu-Youkai and dogs have a very high level of trust to their parents and family and Arc had been no different, his trust to his parents had been hard like steel but when it was betrayed… well, you get the idea, Inuyasha had wanted to tell him earlier but since Arc did not have any out showing Youkai traits like claws, ears or eyes, he had thought and talked with Kagome that maybe it was better that he never found out about his quarter demon blood since he never showed any signs that his Youkai blood was even effective… since he both looked like a human and was weak like one too… but after that nasty `incident' with those bullies (I'll tell you what happened soon, be patient) they had no choice but to tell him and it wasn't until that point that Inuyasha realised just how bad of a mistake it had been not to tell him about his Youkai blood…

So Arc had refused to leave the house, which made him miss a month worth of school but at that point, no one in the family could have cared about that, the only concern was Arc… during that month he had not spent even 10 minutes with his parents, he didn't look or even talk to them, not to mention if he did meet his dads eyes by accident, all that they could see in their sons eyes was pure and absolute hurt and hate. Not even Shippo or Katou could make him feel any better, he hated them too, since both had known about his heritage but never told him… he felt so betrayed, his uncle, grandmother, father, mother… even his mothers and fathers friends, Kouga and Ayame who were also Katous parents (That wasn't much of a surprise right?) had known… Arc himself was the only one who hadn't known, which only added more fuel to his depression and hate…

After a month of this, both his parents knew that something had to be done or they're sons depression would go into such levels he would do something really stupid… so, they had literally locked themselves and their son into his very own room and… least to say, it was amazing they were still a family anymore… The talk had been more brutal than all they're battles in the past put together… but in the end, they at least managed to get they're son to stop hating them, since they had told him how hard his fathers past had been because of him being a hanyou, that was also the point where they had revealed all the information about the well, that his father was a hanyou from 500 years ago and all that… they didn't go into detail but Arc had got the basic image, his father had been through living hell for being a hanyou and the reason they had not told him was because they just didn't want to take even the smallest risk of him going through the same… even if this was modern times, being a freak of nature was still almost equally bad. He had made peace with them eventually after that and trusted them again now a days but his depression had not dropped away… especially since becoming a teenager, because he knew he could never really be one of everyone, the risk was just too great that someone might find out about him…

(Sorry, I got side tracked, back to the present.)

So the reason Inuyasha was worried was because ever since they're `talk' about everything 5 years ago, (Arc was 12, now he is 17, do the math) Arc had started to show Youkai abilities, strength, hearing, smelling, all that but every time he suppressed them completely, as if never wanting to use them… which hurt Inuyasha a bit since his son was rejecting his own blood, his fathers side of it… but he couldn't blame his son for it, after all that has happened it's amazing Arc even calls him `dad' anymore… so he was worried because now, after 5 years of keeping all his traits in tight check, he suddenly uses all of them without a second thought, he didn't like the idea very much that Kagura was the reason his son had suddenly started to accept his demon blood but he couldn't really say that out loud… he should just be glad that Arc had found someone who could understand him and share his pain with, he did do it with his them, his parents, but now a days it wasn't enough anymore… he was at the age where he would start seeking out a mate but because he had mostly human blood in him the search was going to be hard, since humans don't do it on instinct… (In chapter 1, Arc thought that every time he had looked a woman and tried to talk to them, something in the back of his mind called him a `traitor'. Hope that gives you the idea of what it meant.)

So maybe now, Arc had found a way to make his deep rooted depression heal and ease away, just maybe… maybe now his son would finally find the strength to be happy, like he and Kagome were, he truly hoped so… because the reports he and Kagome got from school saying they're son was getting more and more depressed day by day, not to mention his slowly dropping grades in P.E were really starting to get annoying… maybe now things would slowly begin to change.

As they both silently debated about this and that for a few more minutes, they finally came to a conclusion and Kagome was the one to start: "Son, there is something you should know about Kagura…" Arcs eye brow rose a bit and he asked: "You know her? How come you never told me about her?" His last sentence held a hidden sound of hurt, they had kept another thing from him… to this his father decided to intervene: "Before you get any more depressing ideas son, it wasn't that we didn't tell you about her because we didn't trust you, it was because we didn't know if she was even in this city anymore…" At Arcs very confused, yet a bit relieved look, Kagome continued: "Kagura… she lived here for 2 years, she left about half a year before I became pregnant with you…" because of that, Kagome blushed a bit, which made him Arc chuckle and his dad grinned, Arc thought: `Mom… how can she keep blushing every time she mentions that one? (Bit more serious thinking) So Kagura lived here… hmm… I did sense somewhere deep in mind that I `knew' her scent from somewhere… so that is why I knew it, even if her scent was very old here, I still somehow knew it… must be a Youkai thing.'

Arc then asked with a curious voice: "So… where did you know her from? Considering you allowed to live here for 2 years, you must have known her from somewhere?" At that, both his parents hesitated a bit, then Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a questioning look and he nodded, Kagome took a breath and started: "You remember how we talked to you about the well and the past?" He nodded and she continued: "Well… just like Kouga and Ayame, Kagura is from the past as well." Arc was a bit shocked, she was from 500 years ago? Then he remembered something she had said, when she had panicked and started yelling and screaming, she had said this: (From chapter 3) =You're dead!! You died over 500 years ago! So why can't you just leave me alone?!= So… now it made sense… but now he was more curious than ever before, so he asked with a voice that did not hold any signs of hurt, but it held a strong sense of demanding and worry: "Mom, dad, tell me, when she said something about someone from 500 years ago who hurt her, what did she mean?" Kagome and Inuyasha were surprised by his tone of voice, it was rare that Arc showed spine and guts like this, it was even more amazing because Inuyashas dog instincts were actually submitting to this demand, Arc, their son had more power than they could imagine… he just didn't have the motivation, reason or purpose to use it, they both decided that to honour his new found determination and show of willpower, they told him everything, from the beginning to the end, about the jewel, about Naraku… they told him everything, no secrets, just the truth in it's both beautiful and brutal form. (Of course, they never figured out what Naraku did to Kagura on that day, she never told them).

*About an 3 hours later*

Arc was sitting on one of the branches of the Goshin-boku and was desperately trying to cover his ears, his parents were… well, at it again… they were at it like fucking rabbits in heat between 2-3 days… sometimes twice in a day… so he spent those nights at the Goshin-boku, trying to cover his ears. He tried to distract his mind from the noise so he thought back on the explanation his parents had given him about this… `Naraku' and all that.

After learning that Naraku had been, literally, Kagura's `Puppet master'… keeping her from betraying him by holding her heart in his hands… that alone made his demonic side growl with absolute anger but when all about Naraku and what he had done was explained he began to wonder if Hitler had been Naraku's reincarnation or something… then they had told him about Kagura's stay at their home for 2 years so she could get used to living in this era and finally told him that she left one day, saying that she just couldn't bare to stay with them anymore, because after all, she had tried to kill them several times but later on they realised that the real reason she had left might have been the Shikon no Tama, it was complete and had been hidden inside Kagome's body, in that very place where it was originally ripped out from, they had figured out that Kagura must have felt the jewels presence and had decided to leave before she might have accidentally done something very bad.

After everything had been told, Arcs feelings were in a total mess: He wanted to find that bastard Naraku and rip him to pieces, but he was already dead so… He also wanted to go back to Kagura's place and just… do something but he knew he shouldn't do that, since there was no telling what his instincts would make him do… All in all, he resulted to just quietly and calmly ask these questions that had plagued his mind all this time, firstly: "Mom, dad, why am I feeling like this when I'm around her?" His dad answered that one: "Son, it is because your Youkai blood recognises Kagura as your potential mate for some reason, I wonder why her though… (That one had earned him a punch from Kagome to the back of his head)… but whatever the reason is, your instincts are telling you to… literally, make her yours, but since you have mostly human blood you won't act on your instincts just like that, since humans tend to be more…" His mom finished for him, since she understood that part more better: "Humans tend to be more conscionable about those things, so while your demon blood is good and ready to go, your human side is not so… straight forward, so you hesitate this time, but after a while…" Arc waved his hand in front of his face and said: "I get the picture… it's a pain in the ass to have two different bloodlines huh?" Even though his mom would have scolded him about his language, she and his dad had to agree on that one, though his dad said with a humorous smirk to Kagome: "But then again, I don't hear you complaining about it during the nights…" This made Arcs eyes just widen and his mom turned 10 shades of red while sputtering something but it made no sense and his dad just chuckled victoriously… though Arc knew his dad was right, having demonic blood did give advantages to certain… body parts… though Arcs `developments' were normal, meaning that at first there was nothing special about his body structure but after turning 16 his demon blood gave him the `extra developments'… but he was rather embarrassed about them and the other students at school did wonder why he always after P.E showered with a towel on…

The next question from him was: "But dad, why did my demonic instincts and abilities come out just like that? I don't remember starting to use or accept them but… now for some reason I can't shut them off anymore… it's kinda scary… I can hear, see, feel and smell things I shouldn't be able to normally be able to… it's like I've opened my eyes to a whole new world and… I feel cold…" To emphasize his point he rubbed his shoulders and shivered a bit, his mom had responded to this like a true mother that wanted to comforts her pup(s), she had gotten up from the couch and walked next to Arc before sitting down to his right and pulling him into an motherly embrace, his head resting right below her chin while she gently rocked back and forth and let out a very low purr like sound, which made Arcs mind and body slowly settle down. (She's a mate to a hanyou so she has picked up certain traits and abilities but they only work subconsciously, like now when she needs to comfort her `pup' Arcerdo.)

Arc had felt the small vibrations coming from her mother… he had always wondered how this small, tender and warm purr like vibration always calmed him down, now he understood why though… his demonic side helped him understand it, it was a mothers way to comfort a distressed pup, he was surprised at himself for thinking like that but because he thought like that… it made him feel at ease, like at least one thing made sense in the middle of this insanity. After he calmed down completely, he could feel his fathers arms circling both himself and mom… from the outside it looked like a normal family embracing but in the inside of their hearts and minds, it was two mated dogs helping to calm down a distressed pup, either way you wanted to look at it, it had the wanted effect.

After a little while, Inuyasha decided to answer Arcs question: "Son, there is no one big reason as to why your demon side awoke, just many small ones that piled up." After saying that, Arc separated himself from his mom and looked at his dad with curious puppy dog like eyes, making Kagome giggle silently, those eyes were not in same colour but the puppy like look in them was just like his fathers was… after they settled into better sitting positions on the floor, Inuyasha continued: "Firstly as to why they awoke was that you have been ignoring and pushing them away all this time, they are a part of you and you refused them… so it's natural to think that when you least expected, they attacked and pushed out with a vengeance. Secondly, you smelled the distress and sadness that you described coming out of her and because your demon side was already seeing her as a possible mate, they literally ordered you to comfort her. Thirdly, since your human side was confused and had no idea what was going on, they gave your demon instincts total control since that side of you was the only one that knew what was going on… but when Kagura panicked because of those memories, even when your demon instincts were ready to just keep going, your human side felt her distress and literally ordered your demon side to stop… but what I don't understand is that why did your demon side stop? Youkai lust can't be stopped when it begins…"

(I know, he is way OOC, but after being a father for 17 years, who wouldn't change?)

Kagome suddenly realised something and was about to say it but a silent command came from Inuyasha, telling her not to, even though Kagome didn't understand why wasn't he allowing her to say it, she complied since Inuyasha said to her silently that he would explain later. Arc had listened to his dad very carefully, so that's why… that's why his instincts were now out and not going away… it made sense in a way, since his demon side had found a potential mate and considering that she too was a Youkai, which meant that his human side was not enough anymore so his own Youkai abilities, senses etc. were now becoming a permanent part of him, it was like going through a short evolution from a boy into a man, from a pup into an adult, and naturally things chance… but… how much would things change?

After all this, he felt like he understood most of it now but… it was sill quite overwhelming, so as he rose to his feet he said: "I'm going out, I need to think about all this…" to this her mother had said with a teasing voice: "Going to the Goshin-boku? You sound just like this certain overgrown puppy I know…" At first Arc wondered what she meant but when his dad growled and his mother giggled he understood and laughed, like father like son huh?

That brings us back to the present moment.

Arc heard that the noises from his parents… `nightly activities' finally stopped and slowly removed his arms from his ears and sighed with relief… damn they were loud sometimes… then he looked at the sky and noticed the moon, it was late already, as he settled on his branch and leaned his back against the tree he saw the moon, half full moon, from what he had understood from the story his parents had told him, his dad hated the night after the full moon (Even after all this time…) because he always turned human on that night, now that he carefully thought about it, now that his Youkai side is becoming a permanent part of him… would he also have a night without any kind of powers? When would that be? He hoped for full moon, since that would just be fitting… first he would be helpless and then his dad would be helpless… he snickered at the thought… but then he wondered what would tomorrow bring? From the short things he had heard and seen earlier today, tomorrow he would be the latest topic of school… if not for being the number 1 suspect to being the `mystery boy' then it would be the questions about what he was doing in the `Vampire lady's' apartment… then, if he still had any sanity left after all that, he would meet Kagura at the park, which made him question… she didn't know his full name and he was a bit worried about how she would react to the fact that he was Inuyasha's son?

He shook his head, it was useless to worry about it now, tomorrow he would see how things go and decide from there how to respond to it all… he thought before feeling sleep take over him: `I wonder… if I feel like this towards Kagura… how does she feel about me? I've just met her and already I feel like if we were separated, I could not go on living for even one more day… I feel like I lover her… but… no, I really DO love her, I can feel it in every cell of my heart and body but what part of me loves her and why? Is it just my demon side and it's lust for her? Or is it my human side for wanting to help her? Or is it both, and if it is, why? Damn… there I go again, worrying about things like that, even if I worry my ass off, it won't change anything at this point… just be patient and see how it goes Arc, one day at a time…' and with that, he fell asleep, mumbling only one name: "Kagura…"

In the bedroom, Kagome was snuggling against Inuyasha, both were laying on they're sides facing each other and were still covered in sweat from their little `activity', not to mention exhausted but content with each other… after a moment of silence, Kagome asked the question that had bugged her: "Inuyasha? Why did you stop me from telling him?" He simply put his arms on her waist to pull her closer and sighed before answering: "Because that is something Arc must discover on his own, I lied to him when I said I didn't know why how he stopped his Youkai lust, you knew that right?" She nodded and he continued: "If you had told him, then the main purpose of it all would be lost… it is something everyone must discover on their own, like we did." Kagome smiled and rose her head towards his and he lowered his to hers to kiss her tenderly, after the kiss Kagome said with a bit sad voice: "I just hope he doesn't have to go through the same hardships we did…" He hugged her closer and she did the same and he answered: "He won't, since he doesn't have the one thing that would make it hard…" Kagome looked at her mate with confusing eyes before they widened and she asked with giggle: "You mean…?" He too smirked and answered: "Yup, it won't be so hard to him because he lacks the ability to be a jerk like I was." Both laughed at that one, after they settled he said a bit more seriously: "Kagome… tell me honestly, do you have any doubts about our son being with Kagura? I'm just a bit worried about… you know, what Arc has?"

Kagome looked thoughtful for a moment, she too worried a bit but then said with a assuring smile: "It'll be okay, from what our son told us, Kagura has changed completely from those times and Arc has began to accept his bloodline because of her, those two need each other now, our son has felt alone all this time and we can't do anything about it… he needs her and she needs him, not because of what they are, but because they can give each other something they need more than anything and no one else can give it to them…" Inuyasha smiled at that, Kagome really was a good person and a perfect mother… but she was right, even if they were both good and understanding parents, this was they're limit, from this point on it was all up to their son to make the right decisions, all they could do was be there for support but that's all they could do for him now… tomorrow would be the starting point for those two, a free but lonely wind lady has now met the loved but sad little boy… it was up to them now to decide the course of they're path…

To Be Concluded…

A/N: *whew*… damn… that was REALLY hard… well, that's all for this chapter, next up will be the final one… though it will be either one REALLY long chapter or split into three parts, I haven't decided yet, we'll see. Anyhow, hope you liked it!

- Zelix