Chapter 142

Willow

A few months passed and it seemed the boys went from maybe 2 pounds each to 40.  Kaizen told me that he didn't get his form until he was a teenager, but I had a Sneaking Suspicion that the Horned One was going to give them forms early.

After all he said *five* but didn't define if it was the *equivalent* to five or five *actual* years that followed the Sun not Hell or whatever

Harmony warned me about the words of gods, but if they really did become big boys, that would be fine.

The boys seemed to have a growth spirt. While Harmony was pregnant, they went from tiny to border collie sized.

The Horned One said they'll get their mortal forms at five but he didn't specify between five years, or the Equivalent to five but I don't mind. That they're mentally older, and might get their forms soon makes me happy. Harmony was 5 months along, and my pups they looked about ready to get a human shape.

It also means that they can play with the other kids their size and I don't feel so standoffish about sending them to daycare.

They didn't have hands, so Kaizen helped get them ready. I could hear him sing in there.

"Splish splash! Na-na-na na"

"Yay!" Beamed Ari I started recording. I wanted to catch this without him noticing.

Ari was done and on a towel, bouncing to the song, while Vex was miserable, still hating water. Magic held the blow dryer. That's cheating!... also I never thought to do that.

"Splish-Splash and you're all clean!" He chuckled. "Vexi boy, stop being mean."

"No!" Complained Vex. "I don't wanna be clean!" He barked.

"Stop trying to run!" he laughed, scrubbing our lil dirty boy who likes to dig in the mud!

"Mama!"

"Oh my gods." Kaizen rolled his eyes. "It's Just water. You're Fine!"

"MAMA!" Vex's complaint was loud, and unanswered. If I come now, he'll never learn that baths are GOOD and needed! "Mama save me! I don't wanna be clean! I wanna stay in the mud!"

"So, you *really* want to keep playing outside?" Said Kaizen.

"YEAH!" They both beamed.

"I thought you wanted to go to the treat I had planned *but* the mud's more fun." He smiled softly.

"Treat?" They both asked at the same time. I was going to come in, but I trusted my mate...

".I have an idea and Willow's gonna kill me..." He sang, looking at the ceiling. ".A bath for grandpa's house."

He was right I Am gonna kill him! They were supposed to take a bath and go to day care today!

My son stood in the ankle high water for him The two debated, but grandpa's house, any one of them, meant playtime, not sitting in a classroom. And I don't know a puppy out there who doesn't want to play.

".ok." Vex huffed.

"Willow, I got the pups! Your trainer's here."

"Sweet!" I yelled behind him. I didn't teleport or anything; he just wasn't paying attention.

"AH!" He yelled.

"EE! I Got You!" I laughed.

I ran down the stairs.

There was a knock at the front door, and sure enough, the kitsune couple was here. They were proudly in their fox forms, but it wasn't one I would be able to have. I run on 4 legs like a normal fox, but I was told that because of my horns, I should be able to cast fox magic while shifted.

And I would very much like to not have another incident Shifting in the castle was embarrassing

"Come in!" I said summoning my textbook Fox Tricks, Licks, and Sticks. The name was weird, but it was catchy. So far this, and some basic forcefield stuff was all I'd gotten my hands on.

"No no, remember, today's test day!" beamed Mr. Red. His real name actually means a specific shade of red in autumn, but with his real name comes apparently a reputation in the supernatural community.

They were slow and methodical with my training. No shortcuts. Just old fashioned repetition, testing, and lectures.

There are no fill in the blanks, nor worksheets either Each question must be answered in writing, using the correct key word. If I'm right, but leave out the terms or vocabulary I get NO credit.

Absolute Bullshit but they take this as seriously as they take their restaurant.

\-----Kaizen----

I let her think she got me. She still thinks Way too loud.

But now it sounds like a distorted radio.

It'll help her confidence when she does her teleportation test. She doesn't know, but I'll see her here later today, and I'm supposed to give her a mortal item that smells of her parents to prove that she completed her task.

I had the kids. They were going to see their human grandparents today.

Why not?

By scent, and instinct, I could tell that this is likely the last week they will be pup-shaped.

I hadn't spoken with the Horned One, but I know he does this for their sake. I think? Talking wolves and being overloaded with our existence is probably a bit much.

I knocked on the closet. Her mother knocked back.

"DAD! DAD! CAN I TAKE MY SQUISHY?" beamed Ari Mr. Clarence gave my boys a teddy bear each. They were octopi; Ari's was the green one, and Vex's was the yellow.

They loved them, and were careful not to destroy them too

Fuck if I was a pup, those things would be *gone.* I was such a rotten lil bastard. Heh. There was nothing we didn't get into, half not knowing any better, half knowing that whatever it was would be fun.

"Sure." I said shaking my head.

"AHHHH!!!!!" yelled Vex, spinning, about to chase that tail. He already had his squishy.

"Thanks dad!" Beemed Ari.

"No problem boys. Let's go." I said shaking my head, heading downstairs to see my mate taking a test. She looked focused.

I would leave her alone, but for encouragement, I kissed her on the cheek. They ran down the stairs as fast as they could with those toys, and a small part of me already missed them being small. But this is for the best.

"Good job mama." Said Ari, getting pet on the head. My boys are good.

I'm getting flack in hell for not having them kill anything, eat souls, or roast humans already. I will teach them combat, but by their own morals they'll *choose* as I did to eat man's meat or not to do the work or not.

As generals, they can for the most part work Below in the castle. They don't *have* to fight since there is no war.

. They don't *have* to be killers. I'll train them when they're ready, and not a day sooner... If they choose to take life, it will be their choice to help. For now, let them be fucking children. Me and Slah-hesh'Rraa really got into it over this. So much so that the Pit sent a message from grandfather to stop.

I knocked on the closet three times again, and they knocked back; this time it was her father. With the coast clear, we hopped through, and her mom was with her baby girl.

"Sorry Willow didn't come this time. Her trainer's training her how to use fox magic." I said putting the updated care bag on the table. They didn't need bottles or baby supplies anymore, but more importantly, they were a little bigger.

I hate being out the territory with our pups, but I'm *the* biggest thing this side of the state Nothing will harm my sons, and with Xaxas's protection, none will harm the humans.

"Granma!" beamed Vex, being respectful and *not* jumping on her. He did jump on their couch, and pressed his nose to his aunt. "She smells like mama."

"Well 1Angelica *is* your auntie." Smiled Willow's mother. "Want to hear about your mama?"

"I do! I do!" they barked at the same time; it made little Willow giggle. Angelica scents like her sister before she became a fox.

All in this house are to remain mortal. I was going to give her a blessing, but father forbade it. Arviel wants this line left alone.

She really does smell like Willow too But we must respect the Light's wishes. Had the Horned One approved it, I'd have blessed her with health or something, nothing special. She looked healthy, and smiled reaching for Vex. I'll leave well enough alone. I went to speak with her father while they excitedly laid their heads on their grandma's lap.

They learned about how much of a shy kid she was. She was a good kid who didn't rock the boat, always well mannered and always with a smile.

I took this time to speak in the backyard with her father. So long as we don't leave the yard, we're good.

"I see the horns and fire, and it still doesn't feel real." He mumbled, handing me a glass of lemonade. "Sorry, do you drink juice?"

"I do." I said leaving out that it's usually when I'm doing Tarteron Shots but *he* doesn't have to know that. I saw the broken swing set back here. "Did my mate use that?" I asked.

"Didn't you?" he asked.

"I was born like our boys but I was a teenager when I got flesh Like I know what they are, they're at our pack park and stuff, but I didn't get to use that growing up"

*I sensed my mate's approach.*

"Ah." I said rolling my eyes, but her father really did scream. It made my mouth water

*Shit.*

"You can fly; stop being a *baby.*" beamed Willow to the left of me. She thought the fear was for her but really it was because I see even her father as a walking hamburger when hungry

I can't help it! I hadn't eaten yet!

"Sorry dad this was my homework and I passed." She smiled. Can I get a paper towel that smells like home?"

I snapped my fingers and fixed her playset. I also summoned the paper towels. Her dad put his scent on it, by wiping his hands on it.

"Thanks dad." She hugged him.

"Anytime. Go learn magic." He chuckled.

Willow vanished.

"She's coming along nicely as well." I commented, hearing my pups have zoomies, zipping past us now that the story was over.

"I don't know anything about it, but for her, I'll support her." He said looking at our sons. "She really is Night Marked"

"In our case, it isn't a bad thing." I said as he nodded. "She's not taken life, nor do I think she'd ever want to. She's still the same person just my wife."

"I've never seen her so happy either Kaizen." He said getting a stick, and tossing it for the boys to playfight over. "She damn near glows."

"I try to keep her happy. My moon rises and sets with  her" I mumbled. "Sometimes that's hard since I have no human part of me like other werewolves I'm all monster mated to a formally human."

"You may be a monster, but you're also a good man." Said her father.

If only he knew how many thousands of people I'd killed, and how I didn't give a single fuck.