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Ly had settled himself down on his bed, had a container of Ben and Jerrys Chocolate Peppermint Crunch, Kill Bill 1 and 2 Blu-Ray and a packet each of the Wonka gummi range and placed the first Kill Bill DVD into his portable DVD player, pressed play and started snuggling down with the ice cream when he heard a knock on his door "Kuri, go away, I am not in the mood to see anyone!" He called to the rabbit, having stopped crying for the time being, the fact he and Noah had parted was was horrible on him, he had come so far from the wolf he once was and that was all because of Noah but now...now he didn't feel like facing the world again and maybe not even for a long time if ever, he just wanted to stay in his room and wallow.

"Ly, please, let me in?" Kuri asked as he sighed, wanting to help his friend, it wasn't just him who had broken up with his mate, Kuri and his cat mate had parted ways as well but before he could say anything more there was a knock at the door "someones at the front door, I will be back, Ly" he called through the door as he went to answer it.

Ly said nothing, he settled down and went back to watch his movie whilst eating ice cream.

Ly looked up at who was coming into his room, thinking he had been hearing things but what he saw made him freeze in one spot as he just stared at the figure coming down the stairs "E...Eclipse, what are you doing here!?" He asked stupidly as he backed off his bed and over to the wall as far as he could get whilst Eclipse took his shoes off and made himself comfortable on his bed "get out! I don't want your sympathy or support! How did you even know about mine and Noah's break up anyway!?" He asked, knowing that those he lived with and those in the guest house would have said nothing to anyone, they trusted each other, they would never betray them...wait, Ly felt his phone vibrate as he took it out of his jeans pocket and looked at it and saw that it was Calypso and groaned. "Alright, seriously, are you and Calypso trying to just annoy me today or what? What is my brothers enemy wanting to talk to me about? Hell, how did he even get my number!? Eclipse, please, just leave me alone, is that REALLY too much to ask!?" He said as he opened up the message system in his phone and read the text message from him before texting back a reply asking for him to come and help, he hated doing this when he promised his brother he would never speak to him and that he would not even acknowledge his exsistance and yet here he is desprate enough to get rid of this fox that he is actually wanting this unicorns help.

"That unicorn has nothing to do with me and if it was up to me I would of snapped off more then his damn horn and I learnt about your break up via two of your house mates talking about it at the shop, quietly I might add but still, you know me, can't help but love to listen in" he said, thinking of that unicorn now, whilst he possess' the physical strength to take him on and admittedly, even won a few rounds, he still hated him he just liked the fact that whilst he was the bane in Ly's existence that unicorn was the bane in his brothers but whatever that unicorn was no big problem...at least not here anyway, even he knew better then to come here with the amount of protection on this place after his last visit.

Ly sighed as he stayed where he was, still hating the fact that there was a certain fox on his bed but that guy scared him, always had, it had taken ages to lose the hold Eclipse had on him and no way was he about to go back there again but to Eclipse Ly was still scared of him, still scared of what he might do and for that alone he didn't want anything to do with him, his past was the past and that was how he wanted it to stay. "Eclipse, leave please, I don't want to deal with you right now" he said as he got up, finding a bit of courage as he walked over to his bed and pushed him off it "and go change, just once, go put on something a guy would wear, you and your cross dressing is pissing me off also" he said, not usually minding anyone who cared to cross dress but Eclipse liked to go all OTT about it recently and that was just about as annoying as what he was and he couldn't handle it when he wasn't depressed.

As Eclipse fell on the floor his anger was starting to surface just a little and this wolf was slowly starting to annoy him greatly so he decided to do the one thing he came here to do and grabbed the wolf, forced him to look into his eyes, ignoring his struggle and let his eyes turn an ice blue color and slowly started to hypnotize the wolf, speaking slowly he decided to just hurry up and do what he came here to do "Lycurgus, you will be coming with me, you will be joining me at my place and having a bit of fun with me, you will do whatever I say and if anyone asks you where you are going you are going to say with me" he said as he let the wolf go and got up and started towards the bedroom door. "Ly, come, we are going" he said as the wolf slowly got up from his bed and followed him as Eclipse extended his hand to him "take it, hold it, say nothing" he said as he waited for the wolf to hold his hand as he finally walked out the room with him and started to descend the stairs, seeing Kuri coming up them he smiled at him just as Kuri placed a hand on his chest.

"Oh no you don't, where are you going with him?" Kuri asked as he looked at Ly "Ly, you hate this guy, why are you going with him?"

Ly looked at Kuri and smiled at him "I want to go with him" he said, as normal as possible as Eclipse chimed in.

"There, see? He wants to go, now leave us, I will bring him back in one piece...maybe" he said as he walked by him and left, leaving a shocked rabbit on the stairs.

Arriving at his home, Eclipse got out of his horse drawn carriage and looked back in "come on Ly, come with me and close the door" he said as the wolf did as he was told and got out of the carriage and closed the door, smiling up at the driver he bid him to go put it away and then take the rest of the night off and Eclipse lead the wolf into his home, greeting his mate upon entering and walked over and kissed him passionately "my dearest, look who I have brought home for us to play with" he said as he grinned back at the wolf.

"Eclipse, what have I said about bringing stray mutts home?" Charon said to his mate as he wrapped his arm around the foxs waist "you have a pet as it is, two if you count me, are Priscilla and I not enough for you?" He asked with a frown on his face but a playful glint in his eye.

"Oh, Charon, you know I have wanted this mutt for years and he has always eluded me and now I get to have my way with him, you are more then happy to join in as well if you want, we could even let the kids join in, you know how much our boys love having family fun" he said as he grinned sadistically at the wolf who was just standing there, awaiting his next order.

Charon sighed and kissed the foxes temple "how can I say no to an offer like that?" He said but shook his head "no kids though, you are inviting me to have fun with the wolf you have wanted to be yours ever since you met him and now that you can have him I feel honored to be able to share this with you, I want this to be our little treat we can share as a couple" he said as he walked over and took the wolfs arm "shall we?" He asked as the fox walked over and took the other arm and started up the stairs "oh, and because I know the Calvary will be coming sooner or later I am going to give Ly a small parting gift when he leaves so we are going to have to have as much fun as we can within a short period of time, do you mind?" He asked his mate who shook his head "of course not" he said as he he looked questionably at Eclipse "though what is this 'small parting gift' you speak of?"

"Poison" Eclipse said with a smirk "I am going to have Priscilla bite him, she doesn't usually like to do so on cmmand, she can get rather bitchy when i ask her to but the promise of a couple of extra live rats will bring her around I am sure" he said as he looked at his mate who was grinning at him "I guess you like?"

"I LOVE, your father would be so proud of you...well, that is assuming he has forgiven you for taking over that other realm and basically forgetting your duty here, but yes, I think he would like you causing chaos here, even a little, besides that I haven't had any letters from him in a while, I assume I am still counted as his right hand man I just haven't received word from him about anything, I guess he is alright with what we are doing. Though" he said as he stepped onto the landing and started making their way down the long hall to their bedroom "I did get a note from some guy named Styx, alright, it was intercepted, but anyway, apparently, he wants to meet you, said something about wanting to tell you how he really felt, do you know anyone called Styx?" He asked curiously.

"Nope...not that...wait! I do! He was a demon I played with when I was a child, was one of my best friends besides you, don't you remember him? He and I used to throw fireballs at the succubus just to see them burn, sure it didn't kill them but it was fun...that was till my father killed said fun and told us to stop doing it" he said with a sigh "watching them try and put themselves out in Hell was totally amusing...stupid father."

"Ahh yes, now I remember, but didn't Styx stay a child when your father killed you and reformed you as an adult fox anthro?"

"He did but even as children he did mention to me once that he liked me but, as a child I passed it off, thinking it was nothing more then just a random comment a friend says to another friend but thinking about it now and this letter then obviously I was wrong."

"Well, you better set him straight because I don't want my man running off with some punk, I want to keep him all to myself!" He said smiling at the fox.

"Don't worry" he said as he opened the door to their bedroom "I am forever yours...unless, of course, we can, some time, get this wolf again, Styx was cute and all but Ly...Ly has been the object of my affection for years, not as strongly as you but since you were not here he was a good replacement" he said as they entered the room and closed the door.

Calypso looked at the undead rabbit who walked into the room "nice trip?" He asked with just about as much interest as one would have watching paint dry, he wasn't interested at all, he decided to just try and be polite.

"Your interest in my trip sounds so genuine and sincere" Muraki said sarcastically as he sat down "listen, horse" he said glearing at the unicorn, knowing he hates the term 'horse' but technically, with his horn broken off, he IS a horse, alright so he has half a horn left but still, one could easily just pass that off as not a 'real' unicorn given how his horn hasn't 'developed' properly. Muraki got a glare that could of curdled milk from him and he just smirked a little at him before continuing. "I don't want you here, no one wants you here, you are here because we need your help and the only one who can help us when we go up against Eclipse is someone who can fight him and has done in the past and that is you, you know how that fox works, so while you are here I don't want you to upset anyone and faking interest is not something I suggest you taking part in either.

Kuri offered you something for your help right? Because I know you wouldn't be here without that offering, I know that you would not even have considered helping without some sort of payment so, tell me, what was it?" He asked curiously, wanting to know what Kuri promised him, hoping it wasn't what he thought it would be but besides money there was only one other thing that he wanted and that was Tamaska and he knew Kuri wouldn't of promised him that right? Kuri wouldn't be so cruel.

Calypso smirked and looked at Kuri who sunk down in his chair a little before looking back at the undead one and smirked "he offered me the one thing I have wanted all this time, Tamaskas head upon a silver platter" he said as he saw Kuri sit upright and looked at Muraki and shook his head "that isn't true! At least not exactly, I did promise Tama as payment but not beheaded! I am sorry, Muraki, really I am, but I didn't know how much money you would offer him so I decided to go with the only thing that I could think of and that is using Tama. Tama he wouldn't say no, this is his brother, if anyone would jump in and offer up his life for Ly it would be Tama, you know this!" He said as he looked at Calypso "you are lucky hes making his way over here now, I didn't cancel the visit, if he was going to be here then it would of made the offering a lot more genuine and that is what I wanted" he said with a sigh as he wrapped his arms around Murakis waist and rested his head upon his shoulder "I am sorry, Muraki, really I am, but I just didn't know what else to do."

Muraki kissed the rabbits head and hugged him back "thats alright, I understand" he said as he noticed his son finally sat down at the table and let out a sigh as he let go of Kuri and looked around the table "Kyou, what about you, are you interested in helping out Ly? We can handle Calypso from here so if you wish to back out I understand"

"And miss out on a fight!? No way! Besides, I was doing nothing before, this gives me something to do and I do want to make sure Ly is alright" he said, having gotten close to the wolf as of late, besides being upset about his break up and ending up being more mopey then good company at this present time, he was actually good company when he was more himself.

"Alright then, thank you, and I don't want to use magic but I think I will call Drake just in case, I don't want to pull him away but dragon magic would be so handy right now and if we are going to be breaking into Eclipses place then we need that magic" he said as he pulled out his cell and texted Eclipse.

Kuri got up and refilled cups and got more snacks as the back door opened into the dining room and Tama walked in, looking around the table his gaze fell on Calypso and he walked back out again, not in the mood to deal with him.

"Tama!" Necro called as he ran to the door to open it and ran out after him "please, wait!" He said as he grabbed Tamas arm.

"What, Necro? I am not going to sit down with that unicorn and have a tea party, he is bad news and I don't want any part of it!" He said as he tugged his arm away and carried on walking back to his car.

"Your brothers in trouble" the undead merbit called to him as Tama turned around and looked at him "Eclipse has him" he said as as he saw Tama run back to him now with a worried looking on his face "I don't know what happened exactly but all I do know is that Kuri was here when it happened" he said as he saw the wolf rush past the undead anthro and back into the house.

"Muraki, Kuri, what happened!?" He asked, worried greatly now, this wasn't right, Ly wouldn't just up and leave like this especially with Eclipse, everyone between here and three towns over knew how much Ly hated that fox, he just wouldn't go willingly with Eclipse, he knew his brother.

Kuri walked in and put more snacks on the table and looked at Tama as he explained the situation which just made Tama drop down into the seat at the end of the table.

"That rabbit hasn't told you the best part" Calypso smirked at the wolf "you are to be mine in payment once this is over".

Tama looked between the unicorn and the rabbit "Kuri...what does he mean by that?" He asked as he looked more frightened now then he had before.

"It means..." Kuri sighed "I used your life to get him here, I didn't know how much money Muraki would offer him so if we didn't have his help we would be sitting ducks so I said that he was allowed to lay claim on you once this is over" he said as he looked at Tama, tears welling up in his eyes, hating himself for what he did as he thought of Tama as his own brother but what could he do? They needed Eclipse.

Tama got up and wrapped his arms around Kuri and hugged him, whispering in his ear "it's alright, I trust and believe you and Muraki (or anyone else) won't let him harm me so we will let Eclipse believe he has my life as payment for a bit" he said as he kissed the rabbits cheek and smiled at him "I can also take care of myself, Calypso himself taught me how" he said as he sat down again as Kuri smiled at him and turned to walk back to his seat.

Kuri looked at Muraki, worried now they picked the wrong person...alright, they DID pick the wrong person but still, he was now more sure of it.

Muraki looked at Kuri and nodded, he knew what his best friend was thinking and he hated to say yes to his question but they had no choice "i'm sorry" he whispered to the rabbit who sat there and wrapped an arm around the bunnys waist and cuddled him, trying to calm him down a little because he knew Kuri would be crying sooner or later and before the water works begun he wanted to try and stop them before hand.

Kuri moved his chair over and wrapped his arms around the undead rabbit and cuddled him back "I'm sorry" he whispered into the undead bunnys ear "he scares me" he said as Muraki nodded "I know" he said as he stroaked the rabbits head "but you know I won't let anything happen to you or Tama or anyone else" he whispered, this is why Drake is also coming along, we may need protection and I don't want to use magic if I don't need to but with this unicorn here Drake is needed.

Kuri stayed close to Muraki, nodding, "thank you" he said as he lent up and kissed the undead rabbit on his cheek, still not wanting to let him go, he knew that Muraki couldn't really do anything to physically protect him and the others but he had means and that, to Kuri, was all that he needed to know but still, the unicorn did scare him still greatly.

"Now, if you two have stopped talking about me can we get on with this?" He asked as he looked at the two rabbits and back down at the piece of paper and picked up the pen "right, the house has several security locks and an electrical panel that no one can get into besides me, he keeps it specially locked and I have spent many nights studying it, it is not easy to break into this locked panel but I think I now have the means and ways to get into it, one thing about Eclipse is that he loves to make sure he and only he can get into things but given how great a lock picker I am I think I have finally cracked his locking system which was not easy. So, I will take care of that and the rest of you be ready to enter the front door, if you meet with his children take care or them as we are after the snake and the snake only and it sleeps either in the library, his room or by the fire place, off to the side a little, of the main room so we get in, put a bag over it and take it. sooner or later, given the bond that snake has with Eclipse, he will be down, he will feel something is amiss, that snake and Eclipse pretty much share one heart, so yes, he will stop what he is doing and come down and see his precious snake is now being held captive.

This is when we can negotiate getting Ly back, he will want NOTHING but the snake, threatening to kill it or anything else that involves killing it, will have him eating out the palm of our hands, after that we will still maybe need one last magic user, as soon as we are in and we see Eclipse we can send someone up to get Lycurgus however there is still his demonic mate to take care of and if we send Kuri or Muraki to deal with that then another magic user will be needed to stop the demon.

Right, so, this is where we talk, we shmooze, we go home, done, got it?"

Tama looked at the unicorn and smirked a little "still watching Disney films, Calypso?" He asked, knowing this was the unicorns one and only weakness.

Calypso glared at the wolf "don't say a word wolf" he said as as he looked back at the paper "easy, pretty straight forward, any more complex and you lot will probably have a hard time understanding it so, shall we go?" He asked as a voice rang out.

"Sorry I am late Muraki" a disembodied voice rang through the air, a head following soon after, trying to step out of the thin air his head was now in but couldn't "alright, I guess Elder Draco still needs to teach me some more" he said, smiling a little sheepishly before completely disappearing, a mirror showing up soon after which, if one cared to take a look, could easily see into the Dragon Realm of which Drake now spent most of his time "coming" he said as he stepped through, carrying a child with him. "I am sorry for being late but this little guy couldn't be left alone and I promised I would babysit for him just before you called so I will just see if someone here can babysit for me and as It is, obviously, his first time in this realm so I am sure as a toddler he will be more then interested in practically everything here more so then he has been in the Dragon Realm but he is a good boy, he does listen to his elders, from an early age we have that installed into our heads so he has finally learnt that whoever is in charge they listen to them.

Of course we have had rebels and I was one of them back in the day but mostly we get along and listen to our elders so I am sure he will listen to whoever takes care of him" he said as he cuddled the child "you will be good?" Drake said as he looked at the child who nodded, paying more attention to the world around him, just being in awe of everything new to him.

"Alright then lets get you a babysitter" he said as he pulled out his phone and scrolled down his list of contacts and stopped on Absinthe and dialed his number and waited several rings before finally the beta rat picked up "Hi, Ab, can you do me a favor if you are not busy?"

Absinthe groaned a little, not realizing at first who it was till his brain computed the voice and he grinned "Drake! How are you!? It has been way too long!" He said, pleased to hear the dragons voice again, true they were pretty much best friends but he did have a little crush on the dragon as well, after spending time with him in his world, seeing the good he was doing to help his kind he had started realizing how sweet, kind, caring and compassionate the dragon was, a lot different then what he knew him when he was in his realm. Oh sure, he could be all those things there but here, in his own home, they just seemed to shine though a lot more, made him look more appealing and it was nice to help him and his own kind out and getting to know Drake on a more personal level was a delight also which is why he had started developing a crush on him and thats besides the fact he was rather cute as well.

"I am fine but I can't talk, Muraki wishes to have my help with something and I promised to babysit, you know that cute little boy you came across who had lost his parents? Well his new family are wanting a babysitter for him and I promised I would do it but that was before Muraki phoned and I could of said no to him but it is urgent, he needs the help, so I am going to ask if you could mind him for me? It won't be for long hopefully and you and him did get on rather well when you found the poor boy so..."

"I would love to, Drake! I have missed that little guy I must say" he said as he remembered the games he used to play with him on the days he didn't have to help Drake with anything in his realm, exploring the gem caves a little was fun and letting him make his own first bracelet from some of the gems they found (and were allowed to take) was a joy for him, it was true he was helped by Drake in the end but still, with the two working together he did make a beautiful and sturdy bracelet.

"Great, I will bring him over now, just in the guest house right?"

"Yep, still here though I did swap rooms with Ammut so just go to Ammut's old room, his was bigger and he no longer needed a double bedroom for whatever reason so we swapped so see you soon" he said as he hung up and got up to wait for Drakes arrival.

Drake put his phone back and smiled at the little boy "Want to go see Uncle Absinthe?" He asked as the little boy looked straight at him and grinned, nodding his head "uncle Absinthe!" She said happily, Drake knew he had missed the rat which was another reason to have asked, if you can't trust a leader of the rats then who can you trust? "Alright guys, back soon, just going to drop this little guy off with Absinthe" he said as he turned and walked out the door and started heading towards the guest house.