A Moment Like This
By: Serenity Emrys
Disclaimer: Read the one in the Prologue…
I have decided to change Inu's name to Inuki. It just sounds weird for Serenity to call her dearest childhood friend 'Dog' in Japanese while he is a dog demon. It just sounds offensive. I promise there won't be any more name changes and such. :D
Chapter 10
Hermione felt rays of warm sunshine around her face. Her eyes fluttered open and saw a bare lean but muscular chest. Her eyes grew wide and blinked a couple of times to recall what just happened. Her eyes roamed around and saw an arm draped around her. She looked to see who it was and it was Severus. He was still sleeping from last night's activities. She blushed at the memory. He took her 3 more times that night and it was incredible. Hermione looked at her husband, who had a very peaceful expression on his face. It was probably the only time he'll ever have such expression.
Hermione slowly and carefully got up so she wouldn't wake her husband. She looked around the room, and it was covered in bright, warm light. There were white transparent veils around the room, and around the bed. Hermione stretched and felt a cool breeze across her chest; she looked down and realized she was still naked. She felt sore and the hot spring around the room looked really tempting. She looked at sleeping Severus once more and smiled. He was gentle at first but it turned wild and rough. She didn't mind it, she enjoyed it immensely.
She walked across the cool marble floor and walked outside to the water. She saw lotus flowers floating around with some cherry blossom petals. She saw a little basket of essential bath things at the edge of the steps and a white fluffy towel carefully folded right next to it. She smiled and walked down the steps and walked into the hot spring. The water was very warm and smelled wonderful. The water was about her waist deep. She walked over to the built-in benches by the wall of the hot spring and sat down. The water level reached right below her chin and closed her eyes as she relaxed in the delightful bath.
Severus felt sunshine on his face, it was annoying. He accustomed to the calm, darkness of the dungeons. His arm felt a bit emptied, if that was correct word to describe the moment. Something was missing, his hand roamed around for his young wife, but her side of the bed felt cold and empty. Severus's eyes snapped opened and got up immediately. As his eyes searched the room, he heard a splash of water. He walked to the hot spring and saw the most delectable sight. He sighed in relief and watched his young wife pour the hot water over her naked, smooth skin. He could get used to this. Hermione was standing by the hot spring waterfall. The waterfall was a very gentle one yet with enough power to give soothing massage to the sore muscles. The steam from the hot spring covered some of her essential part of the body as well as a little help from the floating lotus flowers.
Hermione enjoyed the warm water against her skin as she washed off the soap. Her hair felt great, and it curled naturally and gracefully down her back without her having to use a hairdryer. The shampoo they gave her did wonders. Suddenly, she felt arms wrapped around her waist and a certain something prodding against her back. She looked up to see who it was and it was Severus.
"Severus!" Hermione gasped. "umm, good morning." Hermione blushed as she realized that Severus was in the same bath as her AND he was still naked.
"It certainly is a good morning." Severus smirked at her blush. He pushed her against the wall gently and buried his face in her smooth hair. "You were such a delectable little wanton last night." He continued to whisper dirty things to her as he kissed her neck and shoulders. His hands wandered around until they reached down and teased her. Hermione gasped and moaned. She pressed against his fingers as he pleasured her.
"Severus…, I…just…finished….my bath!" Hermione gasped after each word as Severus contInukied to tease her senseless and his lips on the sensitive part of her neck.
"I haven't…and you can help." Severus chuckled as he kissed her neck and his free hand cupped her breast and flicked her nipple.
"Severus…." Hermione moaned in pleasure. The warm water lapping against them and making their body more slick then ever wasn't helping at all. "Severus, please…"
"Please what witch?" Severus smirked.
"Severus!" Hermione gasped as he inserted his fingers inside and started to pump. "I…need…"
"You need what witch?" Severus asked in his low baritone voice as he pumped his fingers slowly in and out of her as he rubbed his aroused member against her round buttocks.
"I…I…" Hermione couldn't take it, and her breath turned shorter as she felt Severus rub himself against her.
"Do you want me to fuck you witch?" Severus whispered seductively in his low baritone voice as he felt Hermione push herself against him and start rubbing against his fully aroused member.
"YES!" Hermione shrieked as Severus pumped his fingers faster and deeper.
Severus pulled his fingers out and then thrusted powerfully into her from behind. Hermione shrieked at his powerful entrance, but it felt wonderful. He didn't start out gentle like he did last night; his thrusts were fast and deep from the start. He grabbed her petite waist and pumped into her powerfully and at each stroke he was rewarded with her shrieks. She was so tight against him, so responsive and sensitive and even though her body was small she took all of him. He felt Hermione starting to tense up and increased his speed more along with the power of his strokes. He quickly turned her around, not missing a stroke, and pushed her against the wall and lifted her legs and put them on his shoulder. He drove into her wildly and then at his powerful last thrust they climaxed together. He pulled out of her and buried his nose into her wild entangled hair from their wild sex. Hermione had her arms around his neck and breathed heavily against him. She leaned her head against his chest and kissed her way up to his lips.
"That…was…incredible…" said Hermione as she kissed him roughly and passionately. Severus returned the kiss and felt her hands going lower and reaching for his deflated member.
Gods, what a way to start a morning, he could definitely get used to this Severus thought. His young wife was insatiable and at least he would die as a happy man.
MEANWHILE AT HOGWARTS
Another delightful morning started with Albus once again finding Sirius wrapped around his grandbaby. Harry and Ron snickered as they sat at the breakfast table at Serenity's balcony. Remus had stayed over and joined them once again for breakfast. The breakfast was a delightful one, quite cheery. Everyone was enjoying themselves and Serenity felt another severe headache coming. Thankfully, everyone was a bit distracted with small talks and such. Serenity firmly grasped the sides of her chair as she leaned back a bit, her knuckles were turning white. Inuki looked at his mistress with a worried look. He gave a little whine, but Serenity looked at him and shook her head slightly. She gave him a small pat on the head slowly as she endured the pain. Elle quickly appeared silently and handed Serenity a cup of tea which contained a temporary reliever for her pain. Elle knew her lady didn't want to worry everyone; she used her elf magic to help her lady to drink the tea and quietly went away.
Sirius was talking to Albus and Remus. He noticed that Serenity had stopped eating and talking. He looked over to her and saw that she was leaning back against the chair.
"Are you all right babe?" Sirius asked with a worried face.
"I'm fine. I'm just a little tired that's all. Don't worry its nothing big. Right Inuki?" Serenity smiled. Inuki inwardly sighed and took the hint from his lady. He nodded his head and rubbed his head against her hand. "I'm done with my breakfast anyway, I promise its nothing to worry about. Grandpa, I'll be gone for a bit today, I need to finish up on some things at the Realm as well as other things to take care of here. I'll be back before dinner. Remus, I need to talk to you and Sirius soon as I come back."
"Serenity, you are in no condition to go back to the Realm right now." Albus commented.
"Grandpa, I'm fine. I have to go, it's my duty. I finished most of the major things yesterday. Harry, Ron I'll see you guys at dinner all right? Be good; don't get into too much trouble." Serenity smiled. Serenity kissed Sirius and Albus on their cheeks before she got up. Serenity stood up and walked into her room. Soon as she closed the French doors behind her, she wearily walked over to the coffee table and finally her legs lost their strength and collapsed. Serenity leaned against the coffee table chair. Inuki quickly went to Serenity and gave her his support. Serenity hugged Inuki and buried her face into his soft fur.
"I'm fine Inuki. I'm just a bit tired that's all. I promise, I'm fine." Serenity reassured Inuki. Inuki pulled away and licked her cheek to cheer her up. "Thanks Inuki."
Serenity slowly got up and walked over to her staff. With a little tap on the ground with her staff, she was dressed in her Guardian dress. Elle appeared in front of her holding a shiny, sleek black Japanese stacked bento with sakura petal designs on it. (The square lunch boxes that you stack up one another.)
"These are for you Lady Serenity. It has your snacks in it made with the vitamins. Make sure you eat all of this." Elle handed it to her with concerned and worried look for her lady.
Serenity nodded in reply with a smile as she took the bento. As she took it from Elle, her arms lost strength as well as her legs and she was about to fall down and then suddenly, there was a soft glow of light from the floor, there were similar runes and symbols that usually appeared when Serenity arrived. A figure came out dressed in an oriental/western robe, catching her just before she hit the floor and Inuki caught the bento just before it hit the floor.
"Lady Serenity!" Elle gasped.
"My lady, are you all right?" the figure asked with a worried look.
"I'm fine Koyuu (pronounced Koh-you). What are you doing here? I was about to leave."
"We were worried, after all it is our duty as your guardians to protect you at all times." Koyuu answered as he helped her up. "Although, you make it very hard for us to follow you around by traveling to all sorts of places and evading us."
"I'm sorry to worry you and the others. You still manage to follow me around everywhere, so I don't think I'm very good at loosing you guys." Serenity giggled softly. "Well, let's get going. There are too many things to be done and others are waiting."
Sirius heard a soft thump as he chatted with Harry and the others. He excused himself for a moment and walked back to Serenity's room. He opened the door and saw Serenity and a male figure holding her, it was Koyuu! He was about to reach for her, but there was a flash of soft white light and Serenity, Koyuu, and Inuki were gone.
He met Koyuu before, while James and Lily were still alive. Koyuu was one of the protectors of the Guardian. Even though the Realm where the Guardian stayed at was a neutral field, there were guards and soldiers protecting the area as well as the Guardian. These were all self-volunteered soldiers who wanted to dedicate their life to the Guardian. One of the leaders of the soldiers was Koyuu. He was actually Serenity's bodyguard before she became the Guardian. Sirius didn't like him that much, Koyuu was a male and he was too close to his girl. The image of Koyuu holding Serenity didn't leave his mind. It worried him, because one, Koyuu looked like he never aged and still looks like he was in his mid 20s; two, Koyuu was holding Serenity; three, Serenity must've almost passed out therefore Koyuu was holding her like that. Sirius sighed as he ruffled his hair in frustration and then he felt a hand on his shoulder. It was Remus.
"It'll be fine Sirius. They'll take care of her at the Realm as she does her work." Remus smiled, trying to cheer Sirius up.
"Thanks mate." Sirius smiled back.
AT THE REALM:
"My lady!" a women shouted in excitement and hugged Serenity the moment she arrived at the realm.
"Rizu…good…too see…you…I…can't…breathe….hug…too..tight!" Serenity tried to greet back as she was in a deadly tight hug.
"Oh, I'm so sorry! I'm just so glad to see you and you too Inuki." Rizu replied. Rizu was one of the protectors. She was dressed in a black snug ninja like outfit. She was a bit tall, had a nicely toned body, amber eyes, and had dark violet hair that reached to her waist.
Inuki placed the bento down on the ground barked happily in reply.
"You just saw me yesterday. It's good to see you too Rizu." Serenity smiled.
"My lady, I'm hurt. Koyuu gets to hold you and so does Rizu, but you don't even say anything to me?" a male figure spoke with a playful tone.
"I'm sorry Lavi (pronounced Lah-vee)." Serenity replied and gave him a hug as well.
Lavi was tall, lean and muscular. He had dark shad of red hair that suited him very well. His hair was shaggy but neatly styled; he was dressed in a black snug oriental shirt with a pair of black pants and black boots and had on a black coat with silver designs. Lavi was also one of the protectors of the guardians.
"We were just worried. The others are on patrol right now and I have the transportation ready to visit Yuri. How's Sirius and Remus? They know about Yuri's situation by now right?" Rizu asked as the group walked through the open corridors from the main gate courtyard.
"They are both fine. Sirius knows Yuri's still alive, although I'm quite surprised why Sirius didn't say anything to Remus about it yet." Serenity answered.
"I'm surprised as well that big oaf actually kept his mouth shut." Koyuu commented.
"Koyuu! Please just try to get along with Sirius?" Serenity asked with a smile. "Remus and Sirius don't know anything about Yuri's situation."
"I'll try, but I'm not going to promise anything…" Koyuu replied with a smirk.
"Everything's prepared to be reviewed by you. The list of proper documents, the inventory, the spells that need to be renewed and the things that you need to check up on." Lavi informed Serenity as they walked toward the private study of the Guardian.
"Let's get working then." Serenity smiled with little smirk, excited for the work that she had to do.
BACK AT HOGWARTS
Sirius and the others were sipping some tea as they finished their breakfast. An owl flew toward them and gave them the Daily Prophet. Sirius gave the owl a little tip and then took the Prophet from it. Sirius opened the Prophet and his eyes grew wide and it fell from his hands.
Albus smiled knowingly as he calmly sipped his tea.
Remus picked up the paper and read it allowed.
SIRIUS BLACK ALIVE!
By Rita Skeeter
The famous Sirius Black, who supposedly had died during the fight between Death Eaters and the Aurors inside the Ministry of Magic, was alive! Looking very handsome, VERY SINGLE, and delicious looking I might add. He and Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts of Witchcraft and Wizardry, had gone to meet with Minister Fudge about his return. According to Minister Fudge, Sirius Black was under a coma for the past 2 years and was being treated in a secluded private area. His freedom was granted with full pardon with the help of an anonymous person who provided necessary evidence. More information please turn to page A10.
"But-How-eh-How-did-?" Sirius tried to speak but words wouldn't come out of his mouth correctly.
"You know Rita Skeeter Padfoot, anything that has big front page theme on it she'll get it." Remus replied with a chuckle as he put the newspaper away.
"You know if they find out that Serenity is back, she'll get tons of marriage proposal probably. I mean she's really hot. You are so damn lucky Harry, to have such a hot godmother. With all those possible marriage proposals, then she'll have to-" Ron thoughtlessly talked and then Harry elbowed his side really hard to stop him from talking on.
"Albus, Fudge didn't leak any information about Serenity's return to the wizarding world right?" Sirius asked with worry.
"Fudge is smart enough to know that if he leaks such information what will happen to him." Albus replied with a calm face, which was kind of disturbing to the onlookers. It was one of those calmed expression while giving off a black aura. "Serenity plans on letting the society know of her return soon. She'll do it on her own accord."
Days passed by quickly and it was soon Yuri's "death" day. Sirius was having a rough time and so were the others. Serenity didn't return yet and he was getting really worried and paranoid. He started to get really cranky and that crankiness was received by Harry and the others.
Sirius resolved his crankiness for a moment as he prepared to leave with Remus to visit Yuri's "gravesite". At the moment they were going to apparate, Serenity appeared in front of them. She looked really tired and exhausted, but she was smiling. Sirius didn't say anything and walked straight to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly and buried his face in her soft, silky hair.
"I'm home. I'm fine, it took a little longer than I expected." Serenity whispered softly to him. Inuki gave a soft bark to hurry them. He knew they had to hurry and if he didn't bark, the couple would take forever. He was really glad he wasn't a human. Serenity pulled away from his hug and gave him a soft kiss on Sirius's lip.
"Sirius, Remus, I need you two to come with me." Serenity asked with seriousness.
"Serenity…I can't…I need to go - " Remus declined but was cut off.
"If you don't come with me, you will regret it for the rest of your life Remus." said Serenity with a stern voice. "Yuri is alive, she's under our family's enchantment, or you could call it a curse. It really depends on the way you look at it."
"Yuri, alive?" Remus asked with a confused look. "It's impossible; she died in my arms Serenity."
"She didn't. Now, we need to go and hurry. Unless you want some other man to break Yuri's 'curse' and take her away." Serenity smirked and without giving both man any chance to reply, she transported them and Inuki to the Realm.
Once they arrived they were greeted by Rizu and the others. Koyuu and Sirius didn't get along so they just acknowledged each other with a nod.
"Come on boys follow me, you two need to change to travel to Yuri's home." Rizu greeted them and motioned them to follow her.
"She'll bring you back here once you guys finished changing. I have some other matter to take care of right now. I'll be here when you two return." Serenity waved at them and turned around and walked away with the Koyuu and Lavi.
Sirius and Remus were dressed in a very eastern like traveling outfit. It was very light and cool. They had traveling cloaks on and followed Rizu back to the main entrance of the Realm. There they saw Serenity mounted on Ares with the staff magically clipped on her back and dressed in the Guardian's traveling garment with the familiar white cloak with golden embroideries. Her hair was tied in a ponytail held by a silver hair ornament and sapphire ribbon. Inuki transformed himself into his full fledge form and stood beside Serenity and Ares. Beside Serenity were 2 horses, Sirius rode the dark brown horse and Remus rode the white horse.
The three and Inuki traveled peacefully, enjoying the beautiful scenery surrounding them. They passed some towns and some quaint villages and then about an hour and a half later they saw the castle. The castle and the towns around the area were very eastern like. The castle resembled something from ancient china. The gates to the castle were well guarded. When they arrived at the gate, the guards recognized Serenity immediately and bowed their heads and kneeled in respect.
Serenity nodded and continued forward, leading Sirius and Remus.
"Serenity, why did we change into these clothing, if the travel was only hour and a half?" Remus asked as they demounted in the courtyard.
"It's safer that way. People will have least suspicions to why the Guardian is traveling with two men that are not from the Realm. Since you are dressed this way, they will simply think of you as my guards." Serenity answered as she gracefully demounted from Ares.
"Serenity!" a male voice yelled in greeting.
Serenity turned immediately and squealed in joy as she ran to the male voice.
The male voice was dressed in spectacular dark sapphire Elven silk Han robes with magnificent embroideries in silver. He had long jet black hair which was tied partly up in a bun with male hair ornament thingy. He had auburn eyes with small golden specks in them. He was tall and very handsome, and his presence was commanding and charismatic.
"Uncle!" Serenity screamed in excitement as she hugged the man.
This was Lord Ryuuki, grandson of Lord Eclipse (Elizabeth Dumbledore's younger brother's son) and Yuri's dad. The man looked like he was in his early 30s. His realm was located northeastern side of the Realm and Lord Eclipse was on the eastern side.
"My darling, adorable little niece!" Lord Ryuuki greeted as he hugged her tight. Yes, this was the great mighty demon lord of the northeastern realm. He loved his daughter and niece quite dearly; after all, they were the only girls in the entire family.
"Uncle Ryuuki, I brought Sirius and Remus." Serenity informed him as she was in her dear uncle's embrace.
"Welcome boys and good to see you Inuki. Remus, thank you for coming and for waiting for her." Lord Ryuuki greeted them with a smile. He was a bit more of the understanding uncle than Endymion about Sirius's situation.
"Serenity!" a female voice called her. Serenity looked where the voice came from and it was Lady Shureii. Lady Shureii had beautiful dark jewel tone magenta eyes and had beautiful long dark violet like hair with beautiful white and lavender highlights decorated with jeweled hair pins that held the top part of her hair gracefully styled and the rest of her hair flowed down. She was beautiful, graceful, and dressed in beautiful layered Han dress in dark purple to lavender with silver embroidery.
"Aunty!" Serenity greeted her with a bright smile and she notice the 3 very handsome men behind Lady Shureii. One, who appeared to be oldest of the 3 had white hair just like Yuri and was dressed in a similar robes like his father. The other one had black hair like his father with silver eyes and dressed in a black robe with a sword with a very exquisite sheathe hung around his waist, and the third one also had long dark purple hair and magenta eyes just like Lady Shureii and dressed in sapphire blue robe with silver embroideries with a white silk sash around his waist and had a book in his hand.
"Serenity!" the oldest of the three greeted her with a big smile and ran towards her with open arms.
"Kamuii!" Serenity squealed and jumped into his arms.
"Kamuii, stop hogging her and let us give her a hug too!" the one with the black hair grinned.
"Sei! Kazuya!" Serenity greeted them with a big smile and gave them hugs too.
"You look tired Serenity. You aren't overworking yourself are you? And good to see you Inuki" Sei asked with concern as he rubbed Inuki's head.
"I'm fine. How are you Aunt Shureii?" Serenity greeted Lady Shureii.
"I'm fine thank you Serenity." Lady Shureii replied and gave her a warm hug. "We were worried when we heard that you were ill."
"I'm fine now. Thank you for your concern." Serenity thanked her.
"Remus, Sirius welcome." Lady Shureii greeted them. "I believe Serenity has told you about Yuri?"
"Yes, but she hasn't explained all of it yet." Remus answered.
"I did! Remember, she's under the family's enchantment." Serenity explained as she walked over to Sirius's side.
"Serenity, Remus doesn't even know what the family enchantment is. Sometimes, you just forget to explain things clearly like your grandfather." Kazuya commented.
"I have tea prepared in the garden. We'll talk more there." Lady Shureii smiled as she linked arms with her husband (who had a loving, dopey grin on his face) and led the group to the garden.
The garden was beautiful and really big. There were cherry blossom trees everywhere with some of the pink petals gently falling on the soft green grass. There was a big pond with koi fish swimming around with some lotus flowers and lotus leaves floating around. In the middle of the great big pond was a small pagoda filled with beautiful arrangements of orchids and lilies.
There was a grand circular table with a white silk tablecloth set near the pond with cherry blossom trees surrounding them. Everyone sat in the little round chairs, Inuki transformed himself to his puppy form and sat in Serenity's lap, and Lady Shureii started pouring hot water into the cups and Serenity served the cups with the little plates with a flick of her finger. There were dim sums and some sweet red bean buns as well as various traditional Asian sweets and cookies set elegantly on the table.
Inside the little cups were dried flowers, but when the hot water was added the flowers enlarged and bloomed. It was quite beautiful and the smell was sweet and divine.
"Remus did Serenity and Yuri ever tell you about Lord Eclipse's wife?" Lady Shureii asked as she sipped some of the tea.
"No Lady Shureii." Remus replied as he tried the tea.
"I think Serenity mentioned it briefly during our Hogwarts days." Sirius commented as he tried the dim sum with the chopsticks that were provided. "I think Lord Eclipse's wife was Lady Aurora, the Sleeping Beauty."
"That is correct Sirius." Lord Ryuuki nodded his head in approval. "My grandmother is Princess Aurora from the human fairy tales. However, the fairy tale is only somewhat correct from what really happened. Lady Aurora is one of the Elves and a white magic user. She was cursed as a babe and my grandfather broke the curse that was placed on her, but its passed on to the princess's daughter and so forth."
"Originally the spell is set for 100 years and then the princess can naturally awaken after that or it can be broken in the midst of the timing by her true love." Lady Shureii explained. "However, as it's passed on the time set is different, but it won't ever exceed a 100years. Supposedly the curse is supposed to weaken every time it's passed on and passed on only to the direct female member."
"Yuri's supposed death was predicted soon after she was born." Kazuya contInukied. "Her suppose death was too early for her age. Naturally, all of our family members did all they can to prevent this situation. The only one that had the family enchantment was Aunt Elizabeth and Serenity. It took immense amount of research and great deal of knowledge in ancient spells to remodel it and modify it. Lord Ranaef, Serenity's godfather, is the master in the Ancient spells, took part of the curse from Serenity, modified it and cast it on Yuri. So when Yuri supposedly died in the wizarding world the spell took place. The spell makes it as if they are dead, but they are truly sleeping. Yuri knew of her foretold death and asked us to keep it a secret from you Remus. Our little sister didn't want to trap the man she loved into such relationship. Yuri wanted to grant you freedom to meet another woman whilst in her sleep. She would've eventually wake up. She didn't want you to wait for her your entire life."
"I could never love another like I love Yuri, Kazuya. If you weren't suppose to tell me then why did you now?" Remus gritted through his teeth with some anger.
"You are correct. We weren't supposed to let you know and we weren't going to. Yuri was in critical condition and her body wasn't healing up in a normal speed. The process was very slow or sometimes it didn't progress at all. We weren't even sure she would've lived after she woke up. It was just three years ago when her body started to heal in a steady speed. It's all thanks to Serenity that Yuri's recovery started in a steady speed. Then not too long ago Yuri's healing process turned normal and then we decided to let you know. Of course, if you did love another right now then we wouldn't have contacted you." Sei continued the explanation as he took a bite of the sweet red bean buns.
"I…see…" Remus whispered in reply. A single tear rolled down his cheek, he didn't know why. Even though he was angry at Yuri's choice not telling him, he was glad for this second chance to see her once more.
"It's time." Serenity announced, Inuki jumped down from her lap as she stood up and looked toward the middle of the giant pond. Serenity and the others walked over to the edge of the pond and then Serenity lightly tapped her staff on the ground. The lotus leaves gathered in front of them like a stepping stone, a pathway to the pagoda. "Remus, Yuri is sleeping in the pagoda. We will wait for you here and yes you have to go alone. Don't worry; you won't sink when you step on the lotus leaves."
Remus chuckled lightly at the last phrase. He whispered a thank you to Serenity and walked toward the pagoda calmly and slowly. Each step felt light but yet heavy. He was anxious and nervous; he couldn't describe the emotions that swelled up inside of him. The walk seemed to last forever but when he reached the mini steps to the pagoda, he saw her. She was dressed in a white soft and silk-like yukata (the ones that are designed for sleepwear, link of picture on the bottom) and her long white hair spread across the bed. She was lying on an oriental style bed with a veils hanging from the ceiling to give off a princess like room. There were lilies and orchids everywhere. She looked so peaceful. He walked up to her and sat carefully beside her sleeping form. He tenderly touched her soft locks of hair, caressed her cheeks. It felt so real, and it was real. Last time he saw her, her body was covered in blood, a lot of blood. Now, her body was free of it, as if she was never sick or injured. He leaned over and gave her a kiss. He pulled away from her face. Her body glowed slightly and the glow disappeared.
Yuri's body took a deep breath and her eyes slowly opened. Her vision gradually became clear and saw Remus smiling at her. He was so close to her, perhaps she was dreaming like she had in the past.
"Good morning love, did you sleep well?" Remus softly asked with a smile. His eyes were full of warmth, happiness, a bit teary.
"I did have a good sleep. Thank you, Remus." Yuri replied softly with a soft angelic smile. Her amber eyes became teary and slowly raised her arms and placed them around him, pulling him close to her.
"No, thank you for coming back to me, for this second chance." Remus whispered with a shaky voice.
Yuri slowly got up but her legs gave her away. Her body was still weak, lacking energy. She hasn't used her muscles in years after all. Remus caught her before she hit the floor. With bright smile on their face, Yuri walked out of the pagoda with Remus's help.
"Yuri! My baby!" Lady Shureii squealed in joy and embraced her in a tight motherly hug.
"Welcome back," Lord Ryuuki greeted her with a trembling voice and he hugged his wife and Yuri.
As Serenity watched the happy scene of the family, it reminded of her parents. She dearly missed them, but she promised to be strong. Yuri's brothers joined the scene and created a massive giant family hug. Serenity suddenly felt her hands twitch and then felt a shock of pain through her head. It felt like as if her head wanted to split apart. She tried to mask the pain from her face, but Sirius noticed the small beads forming on her forehead and her hands were tight fisted. Sirius placed his arm around her and made her lean against him as well as placed his free hand to hold her hand in comfort.
Serenity gave Sirius a thankful look and closed her eyes and leaned against him.
Yuri sensed something was wrong and looked toward Serenity. She immediately went to her reached into Serenity's pocket, grabbed the bottle of pills and helped Serenity take it.
"You…should..have said…something, and…should have…taken…these earlier." Yuri scorned Serenity as she gasped for breath. Moving that fast took a lot out of her. After all, her muscles haven't moved that much at least over a decade. Yuri's leg were about to give out, but thankfully her brothers were right behind her so they caught her before she fell.
"I was fine." Serenity replied with a smile as she leaned against Sirius as she felt the pills working their magic. "Glad that you're back Yuri. I need you back as one of my protectors and there's much to talk about."
Lord Ryuuki nodded and led the group back to the giant round tea table. The chairs were replaced with more comfortable ones so that Yuri and Serenity could lean back and rest.
BACK WITH THE SNAPES
It was time to return back to Hogwarts. Hermione and Severus were getting ready to leave. He was dressed back to his infamous black robes. Hermione was dressed in a pastel yellow sundress with a white sash ribbon tied at the waist. Her hair was in graceful curls and was pinned back with a silver jewel hair clip with emeralds embedded in them. The clip was given from Severus's mother during her wedding dress shopping day. Among the jewels that were picked for her, this hair clip was packed along with it. On her left hand, on her ring finger was the platinum ring with a gorgeous emerald held by little diamonds twisting up to hold it.
"Severus, I forgot to ask you something." Hermione asked as she finished packing.
"What is it?"
"How are we leaving this place?"
Links to the pictures: The links to the pictures are in my profile. Please read the directions carefully! The pictures of Yuri's brothers are on but the brothers are not wearing the clothes that I described in this chapter in the picture. I found all the pictures online, they are not mine. I just get inspiration of the characters from the pictures that I find online.
For Lord Ryuuki and Shureii, they are the same characters from Saiunkoku Monogatari.