A major port city on the edge of the great sea. Whoo hoo. Actually its a very nice city, with sparkly blue waters, and a massive fleet of ships (war and economic) at the harbor*******

"Please.....I want him in me........ahhhhhhhh let me cum dammit" Sabriel begged. Syll gave her a kiss on the forhead
"Nope. Not until brumadia" she said.

Lets recap. Sabriel, Gelo, Ketashi, Syll, Andorra, Heather, Holdan, and Amad spent a long time traversing the Asan countryside. Winter turned to spring, spring turned to summer, and summer to fall, and winter again as they made their way west into southern Ren. That entire time, on gelos orders, Sabriel had been trying and restrained from making love with Ketashi, mostly on the grounds (as gelo had nicely put it) of "possibly traumetizing Andorra". Now they were in an Inn in the Seaside City, and gelo had also taken it upon herself to punish Sabriel for running away all those months ago. that was how sabriel found herself tied up, her arms behind her back, her legs folded and spread apart, on the verge of climax but not allowed to release (of course with no way of allowing herself to bring it about either).

"But thats still a day away I wanna cum NOW!" sabriel roared.
"No! besides" syll looked around then whispered into sabriels ear "you have to show heather and andorra the divinity of us women on the first day. You can have ketashi on the second day" she giggled.
"Please gelo" sabriel panted

Gelo sat with an amused look on her face. "No." She said quiet firmly. "After the hell you put us through, I believe this is just punishment." She sighed a little and looked out the window though. Her thoughts were on Kero. She had heard from him but that was it. He had not been able to come and see her on their travels. "Besides, you want to save your energy for that night with him." she said with a soft smile at the memory of her first night with Kero. She stood and straightened her robe.

Andorra was in a separate room embarassed as hell. Heather was doing her best to try and comfort the, well... reserved princess. Even though Andorra had been raised around the pleasure slaves, this kind of treatment and exhibiton was kept from her. "I don't see why they insist on treating their princess that way...." Andorra groaned. "I do not see the reason behind it...."

"for Sabriel? its a punishment worse then death in her opinion" Holdan said nodding wisely. Ketashi said nothing. Sabriel was released only after she fell asleep. Syll covered her in a robe and then tucked her in.
"Its going to be a good year. Unfortunate we'll have to confine ourselves to the inn" syll said.
"Any word from Kero?" she asked.

Gelo shook her head. "No I'm afraid not." She sighed quietly as she looked out towards the streets. "I haven't heard from him in a few months...." She sighed and turned back to Syll. "He did say in his last letter that he'd try to meet up with us before Brumadia though."

Heather covered Andorra up and let the Asan princess sleep. "It surprises me that I didn't get yelled at for not taking her back to the castle." Heather mused as she sat down beside Holdan.

"well isnt she in danger if she goes there?" Holdan asked as he climbed into bed with Heather.

"Well he better hurry" syll said "hes only got one more day, then it starts" she said.

"That's what Bakura said after he found out who the new council was. I figured that Seto or Rei would have sent guards after me for it though." Heather said snuggling against Holdan. She yawned then giggled slightly. "Don't tell Gelo," she whispered in his hear, "but Kero is getting in tonight. He wants to surprise her. He'll be here in a few hours."

Gelo sighed taking wolf form and curling up on the bed beside Sabriel. "I know....I just hope he's ok." She said as she yawned.

"Its going to be a good brumadia. Ill teach you all about it" Holdan said with a yawn. Ketashi stood on guard tonight, allowing Amad to sleep. Syll lay down on sabriels other side, wondering if she would get action on the holiday.

"It sounds intersting. I'm looking forward to it." Heather yawned as her eyes drifted shut. "Night, Holdan." She said as sleep took her.


Kero was careful as he entered the town. He was actualy surprised he had been allowed time off to meet his lover for this celebration. He had been on the move since he left the group. From returning to Rome with information on his sister taking over the Asan lands his family held to gathering information on Diablo's movements in between Rome and Ren, he hadn't had time to do much but send letters to Gelo and that wasn't very often. He entered the inn and took a room on the oppisite end from the group. He was going to surprise them in the morning.

Sabriel poked her head out of the blankets (once again on the opposite side of the bed, How did she do that?~!). "Tomorrow" she said aloud to herself.

Gelo opened an eye and looked at Sabriel. "Good morning Master." She chuckled as she jumped off the bed. "Have good dreams?"

Heather was awake but didn't move from where she was in Holdan's arms. She was too comfy but she also wanted to see if her brother had arrived yet.

Andorra was sleeping still. she wans't sure if she wanted to know what was going to happen over the next couple of days or not. Amad was looking over some papers when a crisp knock came to their door.

Ketashi opened the door.

Sabriel stayed under the covers. There was nor eal reason for...anything really.
"Really good" sabriel sighed.

"That's good to hear." Gelo chuckled as she changed her robes to a dark red. She went over to the mirror and started to pull her long hair up into braids.

Kero stood there with several trays of food. "Sorry, I wasn't sure if anyone was awake yet but I brought breakfast." he said with a small chuckle. "It's been awhile Ketashi. The girls drive you crazy yet?"

"Not yet. Soon might though" he said quietly.

"mmm I smell food" Sabriel said. She contemplated if it was worth getting up though

Kero shook his head as he brought the food in. Amad stood up at the sight of his lord and bowed deeply to him. "They can be a handful from what I've heard from Heather and Gelo's letters." Kero said as Amad went to get the rest of the trays from the hall.

Gelo's ears perked up as she thought she heard Kero's voice. It was low though but her heart was thumping loudly. "Breakfast does sound good." She giggled as she finished the braids. "Up already, Master. You got to get dressed." she said.

Heather smiled to herself as she heard her brother's voice. And yet... she was suddenly afraid. Kero had only heard about Holdan in their letters. He had yet to meet him personaly. ~Oh boy...what's he going to think of Holdan....?~

"I hear someone out there" Holdan said waking up.
"BUt but I dont wanna" Sabriel said diving under the covers again.

Heather bit her lower lip a little as she got her heart to stop pounding. "It's my brother...." She said a mixture of happiness and worry in her voice.

Gelo grinned a little. "Oh really? Are you going to stay in bed all day and miss Brumadia? I'll go tell Ketashi if you want...." she said her voice hiding the mischief.

"you cant fool me, Its not till tomorrow" Sabriel said, who had always kept track of brumadia.

"mmmm where ish he" Holdan said groggily.

"Damn. I guess we get to eat all the food then." Gelo chuckled as she shook her head. Gelo heard Kero's voice clearly this time as he was speaking with Amad on things concerning the hunter's guild. "He's here..." She said her heart stopping as she froze where she stood.

"He's in the main room." Heather replied snuggling into Holdan again. She gave a slight yawn and tried to go back to sleep. She wasn't sure if Gelo had seen him yet or not.

"well go on. You hasnt seen him in forever" sabriel said sleepily

Gelo looked at Sabriel before heading out the door. She stopped as she saw him though. He was looking out of the corner of his eye in her direciton as he finished up business with Amad. "Hey. Long time no see, Gelo." He said as Gelo blushed. He chuckled and went over to her.

"Bout time you show up." Gelo said as he stopped infront of her. She looked away from him a moment and then grabbed him in a big hug. Kero smiled and hugged her back, holding her close. "your sister's been worried about you to...."

"Let her sleep. I want her awake enough for me to try and argue with me." He said before kissing Gelo deeply. Amad felt uncomfortable at the site of the two embracing and escused himself.

sabriel was fast asleep again

"That's mean to say." Gelo said when they broke apart. "Why would she want to argue with you?"

Kero chuckled as he shook his head. "I'm very protective of her and I've yet to meet her boyfriend." He said a little seriously.

Gelo rolled her eyes. "Silly. She's got a good guy." She said sighing as she rested her head on his chest.

"Well, let the rest sleep more. I've brought plenty of food for everyone. It's early I know, but I was...well....lonely." Kero whispered the last.

Gelo smiled and laughed. "Then lets eat some." she said sitting down at the table.

Heather smiled in her sleep as she heard Gelo's laugh and Kero's voice though she couldn't make out the words.

"mmm they sound happy" Holdan mumbled. Today seemed like a very sleepy day.

"They do." Heather said with a yawn. "Don't want to see him.... too afraid he'll give me the third degree...." she said with a sleepy giggle. She was half awake to begin with.

Kero and Gelo spoke low as they caught up, stealing kisses every now and then.

Holdan had no idea what she meant by 3rd degree, but he did not argue. He just yawned some more.

Syll was marveling at sabriel. She wanted to know how she could sleep so long.

"What are you going to be doing after Brumadia" Gelo asked as she set her tea down.

"I have a job after. I've been hired to escort someone back to the castle here in Ren." Kero said a little hesitantly. "It's not something I can talk about I'm afraid. The person is of high importance to the country."

"I see." Gelo said as she looked down a little. "Will you ever be able to travel with us again?"

Kero set his cup down and looked at her. "I can't answer one way or the other, Gelo. Unfortunatly, I never know where my jobs are going to take me. And right now, I've gotten caught up in something that I can't get out of...."

Syll poked sabriel with a stick in the side. No response

Gelo didn't look at Kero a moment. She gasped when she felt him hug her from behind. "I know, Gelo." he said with a soft whisper a box in his hand. "I was going to wait to give this to you but..." He said teasinly.

Gelo started to reach out for the box but Kero pulled it out of her reach. "Hey!" She said pouting.

He chuckled and moved the chair so he could kneel before it. He held the box out again. "Now then." he said her cheeks going red. "I've been wanting to ask you for some time now, Gelo but didn't know if you'd still feel the same." He said opening it to reveal a ring made of mother of pearl. "Will you be my wife?" he asked. Gelo was left speachless and was staring at the ring and back to Kero unable to respond.

Syll was now sitting on a chair, her eyes on sabriel, her mind in overload. syll had attempted many ways to wake up sabriel, all of them failed. Somehow, SOMEHOW, sabriel had managed to aquire all the shiny things that syll had been using to tempt her and was now covered in the small pile that had been in sabriels special bag (with the standard gold necklace hanging from her mouth)

Kero chuckled lightly at Gelo's speachlessness. "I take it you still need time to decide?" He asked his eyes understanding if that was the answer. He hadn't expected her to answer at the moment anyway. Not after not seeing him for so long.

Gelo shook her head and looked at Kero and then tackled him to the ground kissing him, the ring box falling from his hand.

Syll gave up and decided to eat something. Sabriel turned over in her sleep.

Kero laughed when Gelo let him breath. "Is that a yes or are you just horny?" he asked getting a smack across the cheek. "Just kidding." He said still laughing as he grabbed the ring box. He placed the ring on her finger. He removed his left glove and took her hand in his. "I had them make matching ones." he said as he kissed her gently.

"Your sister is going to be surprised..." Gelo said as she got up, Kero right after. They straightened their clothes and chuckled.

"Yeah but I think she'll be happy..." Kero said as he winced a little at the sound of Heather's voice.

"If you two are making out in there, I'm not coming out for any reason." Heather called out making sure to cover Holdan's ear when she did.

"I see they are getting ready for the holidays" Holdan said. yes he was trying to confuse her.
"Well at least itll be a bit more exciting.

Heather looked at him and tilted her head. "What are you talking about? How would that be getting ready for the celebration?" She asked as she heard Kero and Gelo's laughter from the other room. She had never looked into the celebrations of Rome since she had never been in Rome during them.

"Well at least she's honest." Gelo said as she and Kero sat back down.

Kero chuckled a moment as he thought then groaned. "Oh boy...." He said smacking his forhead. "This is going to be very intersting.... I've never told her about Brumadia." Gelo started at Kero then busted out laughing.

"oh...tomorrow...and the next few days youll find out. Its quite fun" holdan said nonchalantly.

Heather looked at Holdan and chuckled. "Ok. I'll wait... though you got my curiosity peaked." She said as she settled back down beside him. "Some reason.... I don't want to get out of bed."

Kero kissed Gelo once more before he got up. "I've got a meeting to attend to."

"But..." Gelo pouted.

"I'll be back later. I promise." Kero chuckled. "Tell my sister, when ever she crawls out of bed, that I want to see her. I'll be expecting her before night fall around the town square." He said as Gelo escorted him to the door. "I'll see you later." He said reluctant to go.

Gelo sighed as she leaned against the door when he left. She looked at her ring and smiled as she raced in and jumped on the bed beside Sabriel.

Sabriel woke up instantly
"Did he do it?!" sabriel asked (syll didnt say anything, her jaw dropped when she saw sabriel get up so suddenly)

Gelo held out her hand for Sabriel to see the ring. "He did." She said nearly falling over like a love sick school girl. She shook herself out of that stupor though. "He'll be back tonight. He's got a meeting to attend then he's free until the end of the celebration."

Sabriel hugged gelo
"I knew he would do it. And no i didnt read your letters.....you know i cant read good...." sabriel pouted

Gelo hugged her back kissing her on the cheek. "He never even mentioned it in the letters acutaly." She said blushing. "I was compleatly shocked. Heather's been hinting about it but I thought she was just doing it to tease me."