Judan: Oh yeah back to this story!

Slayer: How many stories on the account are actually yours anyways?

Judan: I think about three…maybe four, I'm unsure seeing how we're so similar in our writing styles. Plus most of them are pretty much co-ops…

Shadow: Well I think that doesn't matter to much, also seeing how we don't have any questions today I think we can get right into the story.

Slayer: Hold up! We still have to put in the automated message.

Judan/Shadow: Automated?

Gracia: He means he's just going to copy and paste what he wrote down in the other story.

Judan/Shadow: Oh…

Slayer: Yes thank you new character now for the message… as said in the last two updated stories we'll both be leaving to do different things on the twenty eighth of this month. I'll be gone for two years at least in Pensylvania. While Judan will be in the navy for about the same time. Probably a bit more actually. After words we'll both be going to college. Reasons are our own of course, but this is a heads up for extremely rare updates for the next two years. Sorry for the disappointment…

Gracia: Aww… this means I won't get as much screen time.

Shadow: I know what you mean I was looking forward to having some screen time in my story.

Judan: It's not to bad… because we've been writing for years now, so a small break will be good. Also don't worry we promise to never abandon a story. So just be patient all you readers.

Gracia: Don't you mean watchers?

Judan: Same difference, now as the newbie can you end this?

Gracia: Sure! Now then we here at the Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…

Everyone: Here's the story!

Hello= Regular talk

(Hello)= Sacred Gears

'Hello'Telepathy

Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits

(J/N)= Judan Notes

(S/N)= Slayer notes

Chapter Four: And time marches On.

With a small breath the man in black turned to his companion. "You want me to read this time?" His companion nodded his head curtly. "Is there any specific reason for this… because you have a much better voice for this." At his compliment the one in white chuckled for a moment before giving his reply.

"I thank you, but I do believe our writers want us to switch off every three chapters. So please go ahead and read, do what you wish and find what you want to read next." For a moment the man in black looked at him suspiciously before sighing. This suggested to the other that he had won.

"Alright I'll continue for the next three chapters. So let's see… what does this one say. Huh… and time marches on eh? Interesting chapter, wait what do the last chapters say for their titles… what the. Chapter one and two are quite weird." At his statement the one in white only shrugged. "Okay… let's see here, it would seem as if this chapter is a few months after the last one. Not too much but still."

Chuckling the man in white eventually spoke up. "Indeed, and let me tell you this will be a rather unexpected chapter. So please do continue to read." Another long look at his counterpart before the one in black looked back down at the book.

"Fine then let's see here… okay here's the beginning. I hope everyone at homes comfortable because without any more delays here we go!~"

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Humming happily as she whisked some kind of batter was Mary. On her face was a bright smile as she danced about the kitchen. Today was a special day for not only her but for her own son as well.

Not to mention for everyone else as well, I wonder what the twins will do today? They seemed to be plotting something for a while now. Although I'm willing to bet that Leon forgot what today is, just like last year… and the year before that… and the one before that… Just what am I going to do with him? Despite such a line of thought, Mary couldn't help but giggle before setting down the large bowl she was using. Then with speed she moved over to the little cubby under the oven.

With a few seconds of shifting things around, Mary picked out a dark ten by ten square pan. After that she picked out a dark eight by eight inch circular pan. After putting them next to the giant bowl she filled them both up with the dark brown batter. As Mary continued her baking Aki and Natsu sat in the library, both were on the second floor and whispering to one another. But only because Leon was reading something down on the first floor.

"It would seem as if Mary San was right Nya… Cutler Kun really did forget about today. This gives us the perfect opportunity to enact our plan." Though Aki seemed a little giddy Natsu was a little bit more apprehensive of things.

"I guess Mya… but why do you think Leon Kun forgot? He doesn't seem to forget anything, so why today Mya?" While Aki was just as curious about that as her sister, she didn't find that quite as important. After all if his mother said it was a usual occurrence, then it couldn't mean anything bad. With that thought in mind, the older twin thought about everything they've learned about their hero in the last three months. It was quite imperative for their plan to actually work.

Eventually she came to an idea. "Hey Natsu Chan.~ I think I know what we should do today Nya!~" At the gleam in her older sister's eye Natsu gulped a bit in worry. Down below them, unaware of the multiple plots going on around him. Leon continued to read his book; it was actually the power of magic book. The book he had already read it in its entirety, but he still found the book fascinating.

The book was essentially a huge inspiration for him, so he read it whenever he could. In fact he was just about done with it. Though he already had another book lined up, but he was going to take this one into the workshop. The book was about some more advanced alchemy circles. He was planning on reading them and then applying them to some of the circles he's already made.

However his plans would be quickly disrupted by two voices. ""Leon/Cutler Kun!~"" Blinking he found himself being hugged on both sides. To his left he saw Aki, on his right was Natsu. Knowing that they probably wanted something he only smiled before speaking.

"Yes? Do you want me to scratch your ears again?" It was a common thing the twins had done in the past, though this time he was surprised when they shook their heads.

But before he could ask what they wanted Aki spoke up. "We just thought since it was such a lovely day, that we should spend it together outside Nya." He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at that, especially since it was a Thursday and he wanted to work on magic.

But he caved when he turned to Natsu. "Please Leon Kun… we barely do anything fun that doesn't involve magic Mya." Aki knew Leon would cave to Natsu's sad face, because while she was a bit disappointed that she herself couldn't pull it off. Aki had to admit that she was the brasher of the two, and people found that out about her pretty quickly. Natsu on the other hand was naturally shy and that made it easy for her to pull off.

Well not exactly pull off… for that to happen Natsu would have to purposely make that face Nya. Let it be known that Natsu's sad kitten face was completely natural and was never forced.

Which was why it always worked on Leon. "Alright… if that's what you two want, then that's what we'll do. Speaking of what we'll be doing… what is it that we're doing outside?" Aki could only smile at that before turning to Natsu and nodding her head. Taking that as her cue Natsu answered Leon.

"Well we thought that we could go and just wander around, just to see what caught our interest Mya. But we do want to go to the city library Mya, who knows maybe we'll fine an interesting movie or book there?" Leon gave out a small hum while nodding his head. Taking that as their cue both girls quickly dragged the poor boy out of the library. Though he didn't mind, and only laughed good-naturedly at their excitement. Truthfully he was finding himself being happy, whenever they were happy.

Mean while the two adult males were also doing something for the day's festivities. Of course the father of the two was rather conflicted as he looked at two different magic books.

"I don't know Chang… even if the amount of explosions he's made have been cut down to just two per week. Maybe it's a bit too soon for Cutler to be learning offensive magic."

Chang shook his head before retorting. "While I can understand your hesitation, I do believe your son is quite ready. Thanks to his own ingenuity, work ethic, talent, and just plain determination. He's already gone beyond most other beginners his age. Isn't that why you decided on teaching so young?" Dom could only sigh before finally nodding his head in agreement.

"Alright then… but on that note… are you sure what you're planning to isn't a bit too soon?" As he expected Chang shook his head before verbally answering.

"Of course not, he's improved in leaps and bounds in his martial might. He deserves the next step, in fact so do Aki and Natsu. But they'll have to wait just a bit longer. There is a tradition to this after all." Dom would've spoken up at that point, saying something about Leon wanting to make it fair. But they heard the kids run into the living room. Before they could question them however Aki winked at them before speaking.

"Hey we're going to go out for a few hours Nya, is that alright?" Very quickly Dom deduced what they were actually doing and gave his best smile.

"Sure just don't run into anymore demons alright?" Both twins shuddered a bit at that thought making Leon upset.

"Dad don't scare them like that!" Dom could only gulp a bit at the aura his son was producing. He was definitely his mother in the form of a little boy. So naturally he nodded his head making Leon smile again. "Alright well I'll see you both later, dad, Shifu Wong." Along with that last name came a bow from all three of the children. However it didn't last long and the trio quickly ran to leave the house.

Hearing the door open and shut allowed Dom to finally breathe easily. "Whew… that kid is starting to really act like his mother, not only that but he seems to get more protective of those girls by the day." This only made Chang chuckle before giving his thoughts on the matter.

"I personally think he's just growing up. And as he gets older the more he discovers his true feeling for them. It's only natural that he become more protective of them, after all aren't you protective of your own wife?"

At that question Dom chuckled a bit before answering. "I guess I am… in fact I think besides his looks, that's the only other thing he got from me. My need to protect the ones I love. Okay now back to-" Of course he was cut off as the doorbell rang and his wife called to him from the kitchen.

"I think that's Gracia! Can you be a dear and get the door Dom? My hands are kind of full at the moment." With a sigh Dom turned back to Chang while getting up.

"Please hold that thought." Chang only chuckled while waving him off. Once he made it to the front door Dom opened it only to smile when he saw that it was indeed Gracia. Also known as his sister in law… or Mary's older sister, even though she looked quite a bit younger. Though that had something to do with a magical accident when they were kids, but that's a tale for another time.

Now Gracia Siren Goth had the same hazel eyes as her sister. But her hair was an even lighter shade of brown, and it went over her eyes just a bit. She also had her hair done up in a bun in the back, but let two long strands fall down to her chest on both sides of her face. Also right behind those strands were dark blue ribbons that were tied up into bows. She also had a dark blue cloth chocker around her neck that was edged in red.

Her dress was also rather modest yet form fitting around her chest. It was mainly black in color but the front part over her chest was white. Though the lining around it was red, it also showed only revealed the top of her chest. It was also short sleeved though they were slightly poofy and were frilly at their ends. The dress also flowed outwards at her slim waist, and stopped halfway down her calves. Finally she had on red tights with black high heeled boots that stopped at the dresses edge.

Altogether though she looked like a younger version of her sister, only with brighter hair and dark blue eyes. Something of which shocked Dom the first time he met her, especially when they told him Gracia was the older sibling.

However unlike her sister when she spoke it was more formal. "It's good to see you again Dominique, it's been too long since we've gotten together." Dom couldn't help but smile and give his sister in law a small hug before pulling back and greeting her as well.

"You're right as usual but it's wonderful to see you right now as well. Please let me escort you to the kitchen, Mary's hard at work getting things ready. But I'm sure she'll enjoy your company." Gracia gave him a beaming smile before nodding her head. Taking that as his cue he led her to the kitchen, although she already knew where it was. It was truly the thought and purpose that counted. Of course as soon as Mary heard footsteps in the kitchen she turned around.

The moment she saw her sister Mary pounced on her. "Gracia! It's so good to see you again sis!" Gracia would've said it was a pleasure as well, but her face was currently stuffed into Mary's chest. Of course Mary didn't notice her accidental suffocating of her sister, and only danced around a bit. The scene made Dom question the different aspects of his wife… like it usually did.

How can she be a genius mage, a wonderful and kind mother, a stern lecturer, a scary and violent person, and also a ditz all at the same time?! I just can't comprehend her even after all these years! Of course poor Dominique would probably continue to feel this way about his wife, for as long as he lived. Thankfully for Gracia's continual life span Mary let go before pulling out her camera.

"Oh you just have to look at these photos I've taken of Leon and the twins!~ I'm sure you'll agree that they're quite adorable." Knowing that her sister wouldn't take no for an answer, despite having already been sent the pictures beforehand. Gracia decided it would be best to just let her younger show her the photos. Not that she minded she too thought that they were adorable, especially the one where they fell asleep together on the couch.

That was definitely her favorite. Just the way Leon leaned back into couch, with the twins resting their heads on his shoulders was just adorable to her. It also showed her how much the trio cared for each other. But it was not to last because Gracia spoke to her seriously, because while it was fun. She truly needed to ask Mary something.

"So just in case you were wondering I have what I promised, but are you sure he's ready?"

Becoming serious Mary looked into her sister's eye. "Of course I am sure. He's been ready for quite some time, besides I'm sure he and the girls will have fun picking out just the right one. I also got promised help while we're there so I'm sure we'll be safe." Of course Gracia still looked at her skeptically but in the end nodded her head. She was indeed willing to trust her sister on this.

"Well I hope we'll have fun, but seriously the timing of today… it's just kind of funny. You know with the moon and all that, but I guess Leon has always had a way with fate." Mary couldn't help but chuckle at her sister's words.

Oh if only you knew Gracia… if only you knew…

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The first place the children went to of course was a candy store, but only on the insistence of Aki. However having planned everything out in advance she knew what to do. So once inside, she grabbed Leon's arm and dragged him a wall that her favorite kind of candy on it. As for Natsu she quickly went and got Leon's favorite cheap sweet as he called them.

It also happened to be one of the few candies he actually liked. Basically beyond chocolate, cake, pie, and certain ice-creams Leon disliked most other kinds of sweets. However they had learned that he loved a certain medium chew candy. So after picking out sixty that she knew were his favorite kind, Natsu very quickly brought her bag the counter.

"Can I get these please? Also can you put it in whatever bag you'll use, for the ones my sister and friend back there will use? It's kind of a surprise and we don't want him to find out about it quite yet." The man hummed to himself, he was a middle aged man with brown hair. He was also wearing a red apron over a white button up shirt and black slacks. Around his waist was a black belt and he was also wearing brown dress shoes. He had seen these kids before and was familiar with Leon.

However the request of the shy girl was odd. But seeing no harm in it after looking back at the other girl distracting the boy, he nodded his head before quickly counting and giving out his price.

"That'll be about five dollars miss." After giving him a bright smile, Natsu quickly fished out the money she and Aki brought with them to use. It was just seventeen dollars in total, but she was fine with that and got out a five. Handing it to the store owner he quickly looked it over before putting the candy in back in the bag. But he kept it and waited for the other two to come up.

After looking back Aki saw that Natsu was done, so very quickly got three large kitkats. "I think these will do just nicely Ny… cough…" As she tried to hide her verbal tick with a cough Leon chuckled a bit. This earned him a small glare while they walked back up to the counter.

"I'll take these sir." The owner once again nodded his head, before putting them into the already used bag. In the end Leon forked over three dollars and left. But not before looking at the bag strangely. "Is there already something in the bag?" Very quickly Natsu answered him.

"Yeah I just got some tootsie rolls that's all, you know for me and Aki." Leon looked at her for a moment before sighing.

"You know that I would've paid for them, even if I don't like them too much." Natsu just nodded her head before taking the bag. "Here let me carry that."

Very quickly Natsu pulled the bag from his reach. "Sorry but since I got the most I think that I'll be holding onto it." Leon only looked at her in confusion, while Aki crossed her fingers and Natsu felt sweat go down her neck. The store owner however was trying hard not to laugh at the scene going on. Eventually Leon caved though unable to find it in himself to argue with the younger twin.

"Fine if you want to carry it that badly then go ahead." Behind him Aki let out a breath of relief while Natsu gave him a beaming smile.

"Thanks Leon, I'm glad you saw it my way." With that she kissed his right cheek before walking away to leave the store. For a few moments Leon stood there while the store owner rolled his eyes.

They have him wrapped around their fingers… Eventually Aki was able to pull him out of the store, where she mentally checked off the sweets on her to do list. Their next stop would be the arts and crafts store. This time it would be Natsu distracting him as Aki quickly looked around.

"Okay Nya… where's the good chalk…" After a good bit of searching she eventually found some good white artist chalk and charcoal. After putting them in the almost too big hand basket, Aki left to find the thing which Natsu asked her to get. It was also for Leon but since Natsu was distracting said person it was up to Aki. "Okay what's a good notebook Nya? What would Cutler Kun really like?"

Eventually she found one that was perfect, and despite seeing how it would cost all the money they had left. Aki knew it was a good fit, so very quickly she ran over to the counter and bought them. Now… for most sensible people out there leaving kid's alone like this would be irresponsible. Especially a bunch of "six" year olds, but these weren't your average six year olds. Still the cashier, a dark haired woman was still a little concerned.

"Where's your parent's sweetie? Are they here with you today?" At her line of questioning Aki winced. The woman noticed and frowned heavily in reaction. "Just stay here a bit… I'll call-" She didn't finish as Aki did something she wasn't too proud of, Aki used what little she knew of illusion and mind youjutsu to make it seem as if she was an adult. Also Aki made sure to remove all trace of her from the ladies mind.

I'm so sorry about this Nya, but I can't be interrupted right now. I'm on a mission! With that thought in mind, Aki barely was able to pay for everything when Leon showed up with Natsu. Almost immediately did Leon see the bag Aki was holding.

"You know… I keep saying that I will buy everything for you girls. That's what Dad always says I should do for you at least." After a small chuckle Aki just shook her head.

"I know but that is quite unnecessary Nya, besides you bought us some kitkats already. Plus you're getting the paper we need for shikigami so I believe that's good enough Nya." At her use of Aki's verbal tick, as well as the word shikigami Leon became suspicious. Quickly he looked at the cashier lady and saw that she was in a trance.

Sighing he knew he had to get Aki to stop. "Aki… why did you hypnotize this poor lady?" Aki pursed her lips even as Natsu looked at her in disappointment.

"Sorry… but she asked me about my parents Nya. Then because I didn't answer she was going to call someone, so I had to do something Nya!" Sighing Leon decided to just let her actions go for now. After all things were already going to look suspicious on the security cameras. So after paying for the different types of paper and ink he was carrying, they left the store.

He was thankful that no security guards came after them. Still with that little escapade, and Aki insisting that she carry her own bag… Leon was starting to get rather suspicious. Just what are they trying to hide from me? It was a fair question to ask, but the twins really didn't want him asking about such things. At least not yet as they approached the library, entering it quickly made him forget about his suspicions. For if it there was one thing magician's liked… it was books.

This time however they didn't exactly try to distract Leon. No… he instead distracted himself by running over to the science section. Pretty soon he had an entire pile of biology books, zoology books, anatomy books, and even books on chemistry. The twins could only shake their heads at him, while they went off to find some other books and movies he'd like.

"How about the sword and the stone Nee Chan? After all it does have some magic in it, although I don't think Merlin was quite like that Mya." Turning to her younger sister, Aki just shrugged before continuing to look through the kid's movies herself. It was actually hard to find a movie that both of them, along with Leon would actually like. Especially since Leon was to mature for his own good. Well most of the time at least, wasn't like his steps into science helped with that.

But it wasn't if they had much room to talk either, already their experiences have matured them faster as well. Plus they were Yokai… so it wasn't as if movies with super powered, or "mythical" beings really appealed to them that much.

Thankfully they were able to get a nice little pile of five movies. Thinking that was enough they searched for Leon, who actually wasn't that hard to find. All they had to do was find the person behind the five different book stacks. Though they've seen this a number of times the scene still made them sigh a bit. Not so much that he was reading that number of books, but because he had no discretion about it. Every time someone would pass him by they would stop to stare a bit.

I mean wouldn't you? The kid was reading books the size of his head, some of them way to advance for anyone his age. I would also like to point out that Leon didn't quite understand everything he was reading either. So next to him was a dictionary for him to use. Though that could only fix part of the issue, fact was that despite his magician heritage. He was simply too young to understand everything he was reading. But as they say A for effort right?

"Cutler Kun, we're done here. Do you want to take all those back N-now?" Putting down his book on the structure of protons he turned to the twins. He saw them holding a small bag of what could only be movies. Leon was curious about that, but figured that they'd probably want to watch them with him. That was fine with him, but as to Aki's question he turned back to the books.

Seeing the pile he created Leon laughed a little sheepishly. "Hehe… It would seem as if I went a bit overboard again. Just give me a minute to put back the ones I don't care for." Both girls nodded their heads and waited, thankfully it didn't take too long and soon he only had ten books. Instead of forty like he originally had.

After getting them checked out the trio left the library and headed home. Unfortunately they didn't have an uneventful walk home; no instead they ran into some trouble.

"Well, well… if it isn't the crazy bee kid, and the two eye weirdo's!" All three of them groaned before turning to a group of four kids. They were a year older than then the trio and were the neighborhood bullies. Their leader Henry Harlow was a boy with lightly tanned skin, messy blonde hair, and was the tallest out of his group. He wore blue jeans, white sneakers, and a orange t-shirt that had the words, "Hit Hard" in bold letters on the front. This also wasn't the first time they've run into one another.

The first time was when Leon was messing about with the killer bees. Hence the crazy bee kid remark, which Leon had to note, was a fair thing to call him. However it had gotten worse when he started picking on Aki and Natsu. Mostly for their dual colored eyes and Natsu's hair color, something which Leon did not appreciate. Because personally he found them really pretty colors.

This had led to a couple of arguments and a single fight. Truthfully the mage really didn't want to deal with them at the moment. Especially since they had already trounced them in the fight, though calling it a fight might be a bit of a misconception. A one sided slaughter was more like it. Still if Henry and his gang were here trying to rile them up, then it means that he had gotten over the beating.

So after turning back to the bully Leon decided to get it over with. "What do you want now Henry? Can't you just find someone else to try and bully because this is getting old. I mean seriously! WE beat you into the ground last time!" Unconsciously some of Henry's goons rubbed invisible sore spots. Henry however only sneered before pointing his right index finger at Leon. This made the magician blink as Henry yelled at him.

"That was a fluke! Plus we've been taking martial arts classes ourselves now! So this time we'll beat you into the ground! And we'll make the two freaks who hang out with you watch!" At his over dramatics Leon clapped his hands confusing Henry and his group. "What are you clapping about?"

Leon happily answered making the twins sigh. "Oh sorry it's just… if you ever got out of this bullying business, you could probably be a good actor. Maybe you should consider a career change? It'd probably be good for you." Henry's face turned blank at Leon's response before he nodded to his group.

"Get him." So with a yell the group charged Leon with a yell, the magician however only sighed.

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"You know I wonder if they'll ever get tired of this." The twins only shrugged as they kept walking, but finding that unsatisfactory Leon turned around and yelled. "You really should consider acting! I think it'll suit you much better!" His only answer was a groan of pain, behind him the bullies were on the ground. Though nothing was broken, and there was no blood spilled during the fight (if you could call it that…) Leon had still beaten them up a bit and most were quite unresponsive.

As the trio disappeared Henry got to his knees and slammed his fist on the ground. Only for him to wince and hold his now hurt hand; there were some tears in his eyes, but he still glared at Leon's retreating form.

"That guy… he acts so cool and always so smart! I'll get him back one day… I'll get him and his little friends too! He should know never to cross Henry Harlow!" Unbeknownst to the young bully, he was being watched. Though he wasn't approached, it would seem as if things were going to get interesting in the little town. But back with our trio already things were getting interesting, at least for Leon as he entered the house.

"Hey we're back! Mom? Dad? Shifu? Huh… where is everyone." Confused he turned to Aki and Natsu. "Do you know… and now they're gone." Indeed the two Nekoshou were now missing, in response to this Leon scratched the back of his head. "Well that's just great; first they were acting strange all day. Now they along with everyone else has disappeared. Hope they weren't possessed or something." With that thought in mind he proceeded to explore the house cautiously. It was dark in the house, but he didn't dare risk turning the lights on himself.

But when he walked into the living room the lights turned on. """SURPRISE!""" And indeed he was surprised to see everyone holding onto balloons, or other party decorations. In fact the entire room was covered in decorations that said happy seventh birthday. It was then that Leon finally remembered what day it was.

"April sixteen year two thousand one… a Thursday…" At that point he couldn't help but palm his face. "I forgot my birthday again! Why do I keep doing that?!" Everyone around him only laughed at his antics making him sigh. "Yes I'm glad that you find it all amusing…" The first to stop laughing was Gracia who still sounded amused as she spoke.

"Oh don't be like that Leon. In fact it actually helped us get this all ready." Turning to his aunt Leon smiled brightly before running up to and hugging her tightly.

"It's awesome to see you again aunt Gracia!" In response Gracia hugged the young boy back, as for Aki and Natsu they couldn't help but stare at her a bit. Sure they were introduced to Gracia before surprising Leon, but that was in the dark. Now in the light they could see how young and beautiful she looked. It was indeed a shock, but eventually they decided that it didn't really matter too much and ran up behind Leon.

Upon hearing them behind him, Leon let go of his aunt and turned around only to be hugged by both girls. However he blushed heavily when they kissed his cheeks.

""Happy Birthday Leon/Cutler Kun!~" There was then a clicking sound followed by a flash of light. All three of them turned to the source only to see Mary holding onto her camera.

"Well that's going into the album!~" In response the trio only sighed having gotten used to seeing such things. After that the party officially started, first was dinner which consisted of Leon's favorite kind of pizza. In other words a vegetable and three meat pizza, of course they also had bread sticks and different kinds of sodas. Although the adults had to laugh as both Aki and Natsu tried to feed Leon.

"Say ahh Nya!~"

"No look over here Mya!" Poor Leon was stuck having to deal with both the wants of twins. Thus he slightly over ate much to his stomach's complaint. Really after dinner he was lying on the couch groaning a bit. The girls ended up being quite apologetic, but Leon only waved them off saying it was his fault for not saying stop. So in order to let his stomach recover they all had a half hour break playing board games.

Funnily enough everyone even Chang kept trying to cheat. But only because somehow, someway, Leon kept winning no matter what they did. It was enough to make them all pull their hair in frustration.

"Geez! How do you keep on winning like this son? We even teamed up against you during that round of Sorry!" In reply to his father's questioning Leon only smirked while winking.

"Apologies but that's a trade secret!~" With that they decided that trying to play any kind of game was a no go. Leon would just keep on winning, so seeing how everyone was still slightly full. They decided that presents were the next best thing. The twins were the first to insist that Leon open theirs. There were two of them but it said that the gifts came from both of them. Both were in boxes and wrapped with black and white paper.

The first one Leon opened surprised him a bit. "Hi Chews?" Then he realized what was really going on during the day. "I see now… you were all just trying to distract me while you got my gifts weren't you?" The twins nodded while Leon opened up his next gift. "This… this is actually really nice." It was the gift Aki picked out at the craft store, a leather bound notebook that had exchangeable papers. Leon also appreciated the chalk and charcoal, so in response to the gifts he hugged the Nekoshou tightly. "I love them thanks."

Leon then proceeded to kiss the cheeks of the girls, making them blush heavily as Mary once again took a photo.

"You lot really are just too cute sometimes." Leon could only roll his eyes at his mother's actions. The twins would've as well but were still blushing scarlet. The next present came from Dom and was wrapped up in red paper.

"I figured that you'd enjoy something a bit new, although I fear you'll become even more of a recluse than before." Leon raised an eyebrow at this but eventually opened up the present. Immediately he had to agree with his father, there were two books on basic offensive spells after all. One was about glyph spells, and another was on elemental spells.

He was beyond giddy. "Thanks Dad! This is great! I can't wait to try them out, look out world! Leon the black mage as been born!" At his words everyone but his father clapped their hands; instead he sighed and palmed his forehead.

"I've created a monster…" In response to his muttering Mary slapped him over the back of his head. With that Dom grumbled as Chang got out his present, though it was quite different than the others. First off it was long… about seven feet and five inches long; it was also in a carrying case that had a lock on it. The case was black but the edges were silver in color, it was also about six inches tall and seven inches wide.

But before handing it over Chang spoke seriously to the young boy. "Leon… you're starting to get older now, and you've come a long way in your training. But you still have a long way to go before you can call yourself my equal. So I give you this in the hope that you'll be responsible with it, and only use it in training until I say otherwise. Or… you have to use it, though I hope that never happens." With his speech done Chang got out a key and handed both the case and key to Leon.

Taking them both carefully Leon opened up the case with the key. Once it was opened Leon gasped a bit. Inside was a finely crafted dual sword. It was similar to the wooden one that he used for training. Except that the blades were a bit thinner, and had blue runes running up their silver sides. The guards also while similar, now resembled curved dragon fingers with the claws at the end. With trepidation Leon carefully picked it up with his left hand.

It was just a bit heavier than his training weapon, it was a small surprise but Chang quickly explained.

"The weapon was made of mythril, and then enchanted for toughness and magic conductivity. It is both weapon and foci, perfect for any magician trained for that weapon. Now I truly hope you'll be responsible with this, after all it is a true weapon." After putting it back into the case, Leon proceeded to close it before standing up and bowing.

"I swear that I won't misuse this weapon Shifu Wong." His promise only made Chang smile although Mary looked a bit worried, but had decided to trust Leon with it. After all he wasn't your average seven year old. Plus both hers and Gracia's gift was something she trusted Leon to be responsible with. So with a small breath she stood up along with her sister.

Clapping her hands she eventually spoke when everyone was looking at her. "Alright… it would seem as if Leon got some good gifts, but me and Gracia have come up with a dual gift. We talked it over… and we decided that Leon can go to the familiar sanctuary to get… well a familiar. Funnily enough today is a half-moon so we can actually go right now. We even got help from the watcher of the sanctuary, my old friend Nomic." At this Leon's eyes widened before he ran over to tackle his mother in a hug.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Mary only hugged her son back while chuckling; eventually they parted while Leon spoke excitedly. "I hope I get a baby dragon or something! That'll be cool!"

Quickly Mary chided him on that. "Leon… you can't just pick something because it'll be strong. You need to pick your familiar very carefully." At her rebuke Leon looked at her in confusion.

"But I don't want one because of their strength. I want one because they're cute, and they have awesome magic abilities I'd like to study. Plus we could learn magic together as we grow up." Again Mary was left baffled by her son's reasoning.

He never ceases to surprise me… Shaking her head Mary turned to Gracia.

"So is everything ready to go?" Her older sister grinned before taking out a card that had a strange magic circle on it.

"Of course!~ Who do you think you're talking to little sis!" Grinning Mary turned to everyone else in the room.

"So who's coming and who's staying?" Of course she expected everyone to raise their hands. "Alright just grab a piece of the card and we can be on our way." Following her instructions everyone grabbed hold of the card, after looking around and seeing that everyone was ready. Mary sent a pulse of magic into the card, with that they felt a small lurch as they disappeared into particles of light. It was actually bright enough to make everyone close their eyes, although Leon forced his to stay opened.

It was his first teleportation and he wanted to see how it worked. So while he was partially blinded by the time the teleport was over, Leon felt that it was a worthy sacrifice. He thought much differently as he tripped over something after letting go of the card.

As he laid faced down in the dirt he heard an old gravelly voice. "Are you alright there my lad?" Leon only raised his right thumb in response. "Hmm… are you sure he's ready for this Mary my dear?" As he got up to his knees he heard his mother speak with certainty.

"Now he may not seem like it, bet I'm certain he can handle the responsibility of having a familiar. So there's no reason to worry Nomic." Once on his feet Leon's vision returned and he looked towards the one called Nomic. To his immense surprise he saw it was actually a dragon his mother was talking to. He was large, and had four limbs though his back legs were much more muscled than his front arms. He also had two large bat like wings with orange membranes.

Nomic himself was actually mainly dark brown in color, though his under scales were a light tan. His large eyes were yellow and slited like a snake's, and he had two long "whiskers" coming from the top corners of his lips. And although Leon knew he was old, he also knew that the dragon was still quite powerful.

Still his inner seven year old emerged. "Awesome you're a dragon!" The old dragon could only chuckle at his response.

"Indeed I am… well at least the last time I checked. Now welcome to the familiar sanctuary youngin's I'm Nomic the sage dragon. I will be your delighted guide for your trip today, now before we begin a few rules. One don't go wandering off on your own, for despite most familiar's being tame unlike those in the familiar forest. There can still be ones which are hostile. Two do your best not to provoke any of the creatures of the forest. This means no loud noises or sneaking up on them. And third… just choose well."

Leon couldn't help but grin at that last one. "That's exactly what Mom said, but don't worry! I plan on choosing the most perfect one for myself." Nomic gave out a sharp toothy grin at this before turning back to Mary.

"So… is it just him who'll be gaining a familiar? Or will anyone else here be choosing one, because if so it won't be too much of a bother. After all you came rather early, plus the half moon is always the best time to choose familiar's in this woodland."

Mary quickly shook her head at Nomic's question. "Just my son for today, but we'll probably be back here when the twins turn seven. That way they can pick them out for themselves then." Nomic nodded his great head but noticed Aki's and Natsu's annoyed expressions. This made him chuckle before once again addressing everyone.

"Alright then we may now precede, just make sure to follow in behind me. Else you meet something you don't want to see." With that he turned around and started lumbering off into the beginning of the woodlands. As he did so he gave some history of the sanctuary. "Now for those of you who don't know, this sanctuary was founded by the first American magicians. Mostly because they didn't want to deal with the devils familiar forest, or their British counterparts getting in their way."

Taking a small breath he continued. "However they also wanted a place to put their own mythical creatures. So with my help over four hundred years ago, we created the sanctuary right here. Right under the very noses of the government, here in the forested areas of Washington. Truly it's a wonder what one can do with magic. Oh hello there Phil!" Looking over they saw a huge bear like creature, covered in brown fur wave at them before continuing on.

The first one to question Nomic about the creature was Dom. "Uh… was that who I think it was?" Nomic used his long neck to turn and nod at him.

"Yep that was Big foot or Phil as he likes to be called. He usually spends his time around here when he's not trolling his usual hunters." Suddenly things made a whole lot more sense for everyone. But decided that if Big foot, or Phil wanted to be left alone then that was just fine. So they kept on walking, and eventually made it to what Nomic called their first stop. It was a large lake with the forest on one side, and a plain of grass on the other side.

"Alright here we are! Now this is a usual spot for some of our water and near water inhabitants. Though some of the land lubbers as they like to call them, come here every now and then to drink." Looking around Leon saw a whole sort of different creatures. There were some large frogs and salamanders swimming in the lake. He even saw a beautiful undine who waved at them with her delicate hands. Of course Nomic had to speak up at that. "Fun fact everyone! Undines in the familiar forest are actually more like giant body builders. This is mostly because they have to fight over territory. Here well you can see for yourself."

At his words the undine huffed before yelling at him. "I say that they shouldn't even be called Undine! It's a disgrace to the rest of us, right girls?!" Around her other undine cried out in agreement, this of course only made the old dragon sigh before turning back to Leon.

"So… see anyone that you like?" After a bit of thinking Leon did a half nod.

"Well I kind of the like the giant ice salamander over there. But I want to check more places before making a final decision." Looking back at the ice blue salamander currently sleeping, Nomic nodded his head before leading them onwards. This time out into the open plains of the woodland to find some other creatures. As they walked Leon saw many fantastical creatures, including a gryphon, a Chinese unicorn, and some weird blob monster which was quickly destroyed by Nomic.

"Those things are such an infestation! I thought I killed all of them by now! Well at least they're as numerous as the ones in the familiar forest, eeuk!" When they questioned him why the slimes were so bad, his answer made Gracia and Mary quite angry. "Well… let's just say they melt clothing and stimulate… um… certain parts on the female body... Let's just move on…" With that said they did move on, but only now did they have two fuming women. Who wanted a certain species of slimes to become extinct.

Somewhere in the world a certain young man began crying for no reason. Eventually they made it to their next stop, this time it was filled with some other interesting creatures. There were wolves that lazed about waiting for the moon. Some large crows who watched them curiously, along with their less intelligent raven cousins. There were also some large snakes, a chimera who yawned loudly, and a cockatrice who was being quite shy around the strangers.

"So lad see anyone that you might like here?" This time Leon was rather tempted to go for one of the crows, or even a wolf or a snake. But in the end he instead made a note of the probable familiar's before turning back to the dragon.

"I see a few, but if you don't mind I'd like to keep going. I still haven't felt as if I've met the right one yet." Nomic nodded his head in understanding before moving the group along. This time he led them all back into the forest. While they were walking Leon kept looking back and forth, but for some reason nothing actually clicked with him. It was as if he felt something was just missing from all the creatures that he passed. Not that he didn't find them fascinating or amazing, they were just… not for him.

Come on… there has to be someone in here that I can bond with! That's when he bumped into the left back leg of Nomic. Holding onto his nose, he looked up at Nomic who seemed to be sniffing for something. After a bit Nomic shook his head before turning back to his entourage.

"It would seem as if we have a little company in the woodland today. I can smell some blood, along with fear in the air. There is also the hint of smoke and gun powder, as well as steel and rubber. This suggest poachers are nearby, unfortunately a terrible yet albeit rare problem. Please wait here as I go check it out." Nomic then took off before anyone could say anything to him. This caused Leon to sigh and move to sit down at the base of a tree.

Truthfully he was rather disappointed. "That was rude… he just left us here, personally I'd like to go and help." While Aki and Natsu nodded in agreement, the adults shook their heads before Mary spoke up sternly.

"Leon… we don't know who these people are. They could prove to be dangerous and very hostile, so it really is best to let Nomic deal with the issue." Leon was about to protest when Mary cut him off. "Look I know you want to help, but we should let the professional handle the issue." Though he didn't like it Leon knew that his mother was right and nodded his head. Unfortunately or fortunately in some ways, that was when a white blur flew into the area.

It was quick, but whatever it was didn't seem to be paying attention to where it was going. For it slammed into the tree Leon was sitting underneath. It made an indentation of itself in it before falling down right onto Leon's lap. For a few moments everyone just looked at the small white creature, just kind of in shock at what had happened.

The first to snap out of his shock was Leon, but only after he saw what the creature was. It was a small white dragon with smooth scales that glittered in the light. It had four fingers and was holding onto some kind of shiny orange orb, it also had four back toes with a small spike coming from its ankles. The dragon's wings were also swan like in structure, yet had regular orange leathery membranes.

On its head were a few white and orange tipped scales that jutted a bit behind the dragon's head. The dragon also had orange ovals that stretched from its eyes. Even the spines going down the dragon's back were orange. Finally it had a small black horn in the middle of its head, and had almost glowing orange eyes. Though they looked quite dazed from ramming into the tree.

Picking it up Leon shouted with glee. "I found the one!" The loud shout quickly shook the dragon out of its daze. Though as it looked at Leon it wasn't in fear, no it was genuine curiosity. In return Leon only gave the little dragon a warm smile, but before he could say anything to it a voice rang out.

"I know it went this way! That little wyrm will fetch me a nice price!" At hearing the words of whoever was coming, the dragon seemed to panic a bit. However after hardening his gaze Leon stroked its back calming the little critter down a bit. Turning towards the human holding it, the dragon seemed to understand what Leon was trying to do. So even after a dirty looking man came into the clearing it didn't run.

Upon seeing the people in the area the man paused to get a good look at all of them. Leon and the others did the same while waiting to see what would happen next. The man was ten inches taller than Dom so easily towered over all of them. He also had a large thick and messy beard with long brown hair. His clothing consisted of a large wool coat with muddy leather boots and tattered brown pants. His chest was bear and they could see his defined yet heavily scarred muscles.

His eyes were brown and there were scars all over his face, and his teeth were yellowed. All in all he looked almost like a cave man, and Aki and Natsu decided that it would be best to hide behind Leon. They could feel that the man had a magic core of his own, but unlike the family they've been staying with… it was dark and twisted. Unfortunately their movement caught the man's attention. But at the sight of both the white dragon and the twins… he smiled menacingly before talking with a low and deep voice.

"I see that you've come to the sanctuary to claim a familiar. However you see that I already called dibs on that white dragon. So if you could hand the hatchling back, it'd be much approving. Also while we're at it… I'd like to buy the two Nekoshou from you." This got both Aki and Natsu to stiffen while the baby dragon hissed at the man.

It also got Leon rather furious and he snapped at him. "Buy them from us?! Sorry but we don't own them! They belong to themselves, as for this dragon… sorry but I'm not going to let you sell her to who knows what!" At his words Aki and Natsu looked at him in awe, as the baby dragon also looked at him appreciatively. Though it also made Leon sigh in relief, but only because his guess on the dragons gender turned out to be right.

After all she wasn't trying to bite him for calling it a girl instead of a boy. Though as one might expect Leon's answer angered the man before them. So with a snap of his fingers the man seemed to summon a brown staff, though Leon had to frown at the lizard skeleton nailed on the front, and the mouse nailed onto the back. It also looked extremely old and rotted. But the worse part for the young boy was that it seemed to give out a feeling of death.

"You'll regret not making the deal with me boy!" His yell elected quick responses from the adults. The first to make a move was Dom who created a glowing glyph underneath the man. "What is-" He was cut off as he felt himself being launched into the air. However using his own glyph, the man was able to turn his feet against it and float there upside down. "Nice try but it'll take a lot more than that to defeat me."

He then thrusted out his staff while creating pure black orbs that floated around him. Underneath him everyone stiffened as he tapped his staff on the circle, sending the orbs into the ground. For a moment nothing happened, but slowly a dozen skeletons came crawling out of the earth. With them came a hiss and single word form Gracia.

"Necromancer…" Above them the man laughed before waving his hand, the skeletons charged at the group. However… it would seem as if their worries were quite unfounded, especially when Chang slammed a skull of one of the skeletons into the ground. This shattered its entire upper head and made the rest of it disintegrate. Seeing the ease of skeleton's defeat bolstered the others into attacking.

So with a few fire and lightning spells the undead were soon dead once again. The man however had lowered himself to the ground by then, his eyes wide in shock at what he had just seen.

"Impossible… how could you destroy-" Interesting enough he wasn't able to finish as Nomic landed right on top of him. This crushed the necromancer and made the all three kids a bit sick to their stomachs. It got even worse when the old dragon spit out a head he had bitten off. On his scales were dark red splotches of blood, and he had some strings of flesh hanging from his claws.

As he spoke it was with annoyance. "What is with these poachers lately?! All talk and no power to back up their boasts! Makes me wonder if Tiamat ever has to deal with things like this." Shaking his great head he turned to others, but paused when he saw the small white dragon. "Ah… a Truth seer dragon, looks about four years old. Female and has seemed to taken a liking to you. Do you wish for her to become your familiar?" At his question Leon looked at the small dragon who looked at him curiously.

He couldn't help but smile brightly before talking to her. "Personally I would love for you to become my familiar, but really I'll let you make the final choice." The hatchling seemed to be taken aback at his statement, but eventually nuzzled Leon's left cheek in affection. Much like a cat would to a loving owner. "I'll take that as a yes! Wonderful now how does this go?" After a bit of instruction from Mary and Gracia, soon Wiess as Leon had named the dragon was riding on his left shoulder.

In her hands was the white orb she had before. Thankfully Nomic was happy to give out some details. "Alright now… know that Truth seer dragons aren't about being big and powerful, though they do grow to a respectable size. They're more about sensing, identifying, understanding, and seeing then other dragons. The orb they carry is actually a very special crystal that with practice… can identify objects and people for what they are. Along with being able to translate languages both new and ancient. But most of all being able to tell if someone's lying or if someone has entered the area."

Leon thought about this before giving his own analogy. "So basically they're like fortune telling dragons?" Nomic closed his left before waving his right paw in a so, so like fashion but that was good enough for Leon. "Cool! Having you as a partner is going to definitely help Weiss!" At his praise Weiss rubbed his left cheek affectionately. Seeing this the girls swayed a bit at how cute she was. But after a few moments Mary spoke up with a smile.

"Well I guess besides the small adventure things turned out okay, but it's time to go back home now. Thanks again for helping us Nomic." The older dragon chuckled before giving his goodbye as Gracia got out the same card from before.

"Is everyone ready to get moving?" Everyone gave out affirmatives and said one last goodbye to Nomic, before grabbing the card like they did before. And just like before they were swept away in a bright light, and also like before Leon kept his eyes opened. This time though as he stumbled a bit he couldn't help but grin.

Oh yeah… it's all coming together…He then tripped over something and landed on something soft while hearing two squeals. Opening his eyes he saw that he was on top of both Aki and Natsu. Chuckling sheepishly he got up and while helping the twins.

"Sorry about that." Quickly they accepted his apology while Weiss jumped off his shoulder. Landing on a table the curious little dragon looked around, observing her new home. However when the small dragon saw some left over pizza, she gave out a small squeak before flying over to it. Taking a cautious bite suddenly a look of pure bliss appeared on her face. Soon she was eating it by the slice. Leon could only shake his head at that. "Well at least we have the same kind of taste in food."

His comment made everyone laugh before Mary spoke up again. "Alright!~ Now with that all done how about we eat some cake? I made it myself after all." With a cheer the kids ran to go get some plates and forks, while Mary giggled and went to get the cake. After getting it out of the fridge the kids saw that it had a square base with a another circular layer on top of it. "Alright now this is chocolate fudge, so please go a bit easy on it."

Though she said that it wasn't too long after that half the cake was eaten. Even Weiss joined in on the eating with pure bliss. The hatchling really was a connoisseur of food it would seem like. Of course it was after cake, which the twins got out the movies they borrowed and dragged Leon to the living room. The first to go in was the sword in the stone, which Leon commented about how the sword was actually Caliburn and Merlin wasn't quite so crazy.

The next movie was star wars episode four where they all fell asleep. With Aki leaning into Leon's right and Natsu leaning into his left. Even their new family member Weiss got in on it and fell asleep on his lap. At the scene Mary once again took a picture with a small giggle.

"It'll be such a shame when they grow older… I'll miss seeing them just lying there asleep together." Behind her Gracia nodded her head with a yawn. But with a sigh Mary turned to her sister seriously. "So now that the festivities are over… can you tell me the latest news from the underworld?"

With a frown Gracia nodded her head before speaking. "You know when you asked me to get you information on the devils I was a bit confused. But after what's recently happened… well I can only guess that you somehow predicted this. Currently my contact told me that they're in a bit of an uproar, thanks to one Nekoshou called Kuroka. Allegedly she went mad with Senjutsu and killed her king, now she's on the run and the devils are purging Yokai… well mostly the Neko's they've been recruiting for so long."

Mary couldn't help but frown before looking back over to Leon and the twins. "I thought something was going on when the twins told me different Nekos were disappearing. Truthfully those girls were making a smart decision when they decided to leave. You think they'll be safe here?"

Gracia shrugged hopelessly before answering. "I don't know… while America is hard ground for any supernatural race to lay claim to. Mostly because of the hunters running around along with the current mage association leaders. It is always possible for them to come here for Aki and Natsu. Well I say possible… but it's more like improbable. Still best to keep an eye on things and make sure your defenses are stay strong." Looking at Natsu and then to Aki Mary's gaze hardened.

"I won't let those two get hurt, they're my responsibility now and they've been a wonderful influence on Leon. So I say this… if those idiotic devils want them. They'll have to get through me first."

Feeling a hand on her shoulder Mary turned to see her husband smiling. "But first they'll have to go through me right dear?" Mary chuckled before giving him a peck on the lips.

"Indeed honey!~ I'm sure am lucky to have found a man like you." Dom could only chuckle at this while Gracia frowned heavily.

I wish I was married already…

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With a small sigh the man in black closed the book. "Alright the end of the chapter, hopefully we'll be able to read the next one soon. But you'll never know when we truly can." His fellow reader nodded his head before speaking soberly.

"Indeed, but one can always hope that it would be soon. Still a new familiar, along with something else creeping in the shadows. What do you make of this?" For a few moments the man in black was silent.

But when he did speak it was with a certain edge. "I think something is going to happen, something that will be the catalyst that will change this happy version of Leon… into the rather cynical version you originally read about. Still for now I do hope he enjoys his childhood for as long as he can." He then sighed before continuing. "I can see that the twin's will also have an interesting experience. What with the devils going crazy and all that… man do I remember when that happened. So many innocent lives…"

The man in white nodded his head in agreement. "Just goes to show, that even after so many thousands of years. They really haven't changed all that much. Why I remember the original devil… what a piece of work he was. Funnily enough… he actually hated and never cared about any of the devils around him. He just wanted to get back at god, and well… I guess in a way he did, even though he died in the doing it. The poor simple fool…" At his last statement both being's slumped forward a bit and sighed.

They stayed like that a while until the one in white stood up. "Well that's it for now. How about we go and have some lunch? Although you're cooking, after all I made us dinner last night." His companion stood up while huffing a bit. "What's wrong? Can't cook or something?" Shaking his head the man in black spoke bitterly.

"I can cook… but why are we always the ones cooking? I'm pretty sure our misses can cook just as well, but they're always making us cook. It's not as if any of us need jobs and magic is more than enough to clean well… just about anything. So why are we always the ones literally doing everything? Seriously they don't do anything!"

After that little rant the man in white sighed before patting the other's shoulder. "Just roll with it, after all we're supposed to keep them happy. Plus… you know as well as I do that they can't cook to save their lives. Now come on, let's get going." With that he left the room slowly followed by his grumbling companion.

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Magic Notes…

Teleportation Card: A simple yet effective way of taking others to places they've never been to. Originally made by a British wizard it has been adapted for many other supernatural beings as well. A good example would be the devil flyers.

Summon Skeletons: A magic more on the darker side, it uses any bones in the area to create undead skeletons. Strength and usefulness however depend solely on the caster. If he or she is weak, then the skeletons will be weak.

Familiar Contract: Adapted and used by many races of people, this allows a person to create a bond to almost any creature or being. This usually creates both a mental and spiritual link between the two parties, allowing for more communication and even allowing them to share one another's sight.

Jumper Glyph: A simple glyph designed to make anything on top of it be launched into the air. Though it can be also used mid-air, underwater, or any surface.

Grounding Glyph: An adept level rune that allows one to "walk" on air, even if they're sideways, upside down, or straight up. Useful for those who don't have any way of flying.

Judan: And another chapter done, though this one just show's where exactly we are in the timeline.

Slayer: I think it was kind of interesting… but after seeing the Doctor Strange movie… my thoughts on what magic can do has been expanded.

Judan: Yes I know… and I truly want to incorporate just a bit of that into this story eventually.

Shadow: Yeah… after about two years you mean.

Judan: Hey what can I say? I got to do what I have to do, and I need to expand my life and make it move forward.

Nomic: Well that is true enough. Though perhaps we could've done a bit more.

Shadow: Yeah… but these guys are kind of lazy.

Slayer: Hey I have stories that I'd like to read myself! Plus I'm quite busy with my own stuff coming up… Still need to prepare that fifteen minute speech to. I can't do that much! I'm blunt and to the point, I can't jump around during something like that.

Judan: Oh poor little Slayer, he can't do fifteen minutes worth of talking.

Slayer: I will break you.

Shadow: I can see where this is going… So Nomic care to end this today?

Nomic: Sure, now then this has been a Dark Guard production signing off!

Shadow/Nomic: Goodbye!

Judan: You couldn't beat me even if you tried!

Slayer: Then how come I've always beaten you?!

Judan: I… I let you win so there!

Shadow: Okay even I have to say that was a bad lie…

Judan: Who asked you… you… you thing of evil!

Shadow: Still not evil crazy man. Still not evil…