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Arien grinned a bit too widely. Right! A tuxedo! Why hadn't he thought of that sooner? Maybe he could teleport to town...or maybe walk there and teleport back? "Of course," he said, and chuckled nervously. Crap. Of all times to space out!

Bella looked up at Nex and wagged her tail. She didn't have a worry at all. But she stood up and shook her coat and then trotted out the door.

Red raised an eyebrow and smiled a little, crossing her arms over her chest.
"You forgot a tux didnt you?" she asked.

Nex looked at her surprised then got up quickly, following her out.

"No! No I didn't! I was, uh, simply waiting to surprise you!" Right. Right, and surprise him too.

Fortunately, coming up the path at that time, was a trio of brothers. Zane brought up the rear, tired of being pounced on by tigers, he figured that Darien or Ralen would have more fun with that particular event. Darien, even, carried a tuxedo over his shoulder.

Bella was waiting at the path, tail wagging at their approach. She looked over her shoulder to Nex and whuffed at him, before looking back down the trail. Their wedding party had arrived.

Red smiled then stood on her tippy toes and kissed him. "Uh huh well i'll trust you with that then," she replied teasingly.
Then she pulled away from him and grabbed the tray. Taking it into the kitchen, she started washing dishes.

Nex sat next to Bella and licked her cheek happily. When he saw Zane though, he purposly bared his fangs and pinned his ears to his head. Bunching his muscles as if he was going to pounce on him, but out of nowhere Neo launched from the bushes and tackled Darien to the ground.

Arien heard the all-too-familiar cry of someone with a scream akin to his. And he was on his feet and running out the door before Red had even reached the kitchen. "Berightback!" he yelled without pause.

Zane jumped and then sniggered as Darien screeched in surprise and terror.

Ralen sighed. "Yo, tiger, you're getting Arien's suit all dirty--let him up." But he worked his telekinesis to shake the tuxedo clean and then grabbed it to hoist over his shoulders.

That was when he saw Arien racing towards them. "Brother! Congratulations on-"

Arien's fist connected with Relan's jaw, knocking him back several steps. "Why are you guys here?!"

Neo looked sightlessly into Darien's eyes then got off of him. He had smelt Arien's kin on them and he didnt need to waste energy on him. Nex watched in slight amusement as Arien punched his brother then Nex bunched his muscles and bowled into Arien.
"Leave em alone. We invited them," Nex said before walking back over to Bella.

Red watched confused as Arien ran out of the house.
"Ok?" she mummbled then dried off her hands and walked out of the house.
She saw Arien's brothers and smiled.
"Ralen, Zane, and Darien. Hi, glad you could make it here," she said cheerily.
Walking over to the group, she glanced at Arien and raised a brow at him laying on the ground.

To add insult to injury, the tuxedo that Relan carried settled itself over Arien's prone form. "There you go, little brother. We brought you your tux since we knew you'd forget." Relan shook his head.

Arien grimaced and got to his feet. "I didn't forget! I was just, uh, procrastinating!" To Nex, "Why did you invite them? Anyone else would have been better!"

Relan rubbed his jaw. "What, you don't think we'd come to wreck your wedding, do you? Seriously, if you haven't wrecked it by now, there's nothing we could do to-" he blocked Arien's next punch with a tree branch. "I don't think so."

Arien growled and stormed past Red to the house. "Don't let them touch anything," he muttered loud enough for her to hear.

Bella just watched in amusement, tail wagging and stirring up the dust.

Red frowned and watched Arien storm away. Then looked back at his brothers. "Im sorry i dont know whats going on," she said confused an put her hand to her tummy rubbing gently.

Nex flicked his tail irritatedly then leaned against Bella and relaxed. Neo trailed behind Arien in case he wanted to talk.

Relan shook his head. "It's a long story. But I don't think Arien wants us at the wedding. He's probably afraid we're going to wreck it."

"Which we're not," Darien cut in.

Arien growled under his breath as he carried the Tux with him back to the house. "Showing up like that? I'm gonna kill whoever told him about the wedding..." he trailed off and narrowed his eyes. He knew, or figured he did.

Bella wagged her tail and happily leaned at Nex, proud of herself for having found the three brothers, even if Arien hadn't been pleased.

Red smiled and shook her head. "Well he may not be happy to have you here but i am. Thanks for coming," she said happily.
Hugging all three of them briefly, she motioned for them come inside their house. There was some left over food and she warmed it up for them.
"Hungry?" she asked them.

Nex purred and nuzzled Bella's neck, proud of her tracking skills. Nudging her gently, he led her back inside and went to go lie down by the fire.

Surprised by Red's welcome, the three brothers meekly followed her to the house. "We didn't come empty-handed," Darien said after a moment. "Zane thought we should come up with some wedding gifts...so...he's carrying them."

Arien peered into the room suspiciously. "Wedding gifts?"

Zane tossed him a package about as long as his arm and wrapped. "Happy early wedding, Arien." Arien paused to look at Zane and then at Red, wondering if he should open it.

"Well, give Red one too, idiot," Relan muttered. Zane produced another gift, wrapped, and looking rather suspiciously like a tube. "Happy Wedding day."

(FYI: Red's gift is an elaborately-designed quiver.)

Red set down three plates for his brothers, which had some sweet tasting meat and mashed potatoes on it. Taking the present, she opened it and smiled happily at the eleboratly designed quiver.
"Aw thanks. Its amazing," she said cheerily.
Again she hugged them then went over and put the quiver next to Arien's bow that he bought for her.

Nex watched Arien and rolled his eyes at Arien's suspiscion. "Just open it already," Nex thought to him.

Arien ripped into the present to find an elongated jar of, what else, Tabsco Sauce!

"Tabas-" he cut himself off, just shy of saying the word. Across the room, Bella pricked her ears up--almost hearing the word.

Confusion crossed his brother's faces. "We heard you love that stuff, bro," Zane said. "We found someone who made it specially for you, and you should try it."

"What? Arien doesn't like Tabasco-" Bella went from a lying down position to a full-throttle sprint in two strides. "Sauce?"

Arien yelped as Bella tackled him to the ground, and then proceeded to sniff the bottle. Oh no... Now his brothers knew about Bella's habit...

Red closed her eyes as she saw Bella get up and when she peeked again Bella was on top of Arien. Sighing, she walked over and tried not to laugh as she took the bottle from Arien. Then she pet Bella and told her good girl before walking into the kitchen. Putting the tabasco sauce up in a cabinet, she walked back out and motioned to the food.
"Eat you three before you cause more havoc," she said playfully with a smile.

Nex flicked his ears amused as Bella tackled Arien. Purring, he sat up and wrapped his tail around his paws.

His brothers laughed, not quite understanding what had just happened and then eagerly tucked into the meal with a chorus of "thank you".

Arien shoved Bella off him and she trotted happily over to Nex to shove her head under his and curl up in front of him. She was happy to see the family together.

"Thanks Red," Arien grumbled as he picked himself up off the floor and went to join his brothers, though he kept arm's length away from them.

"C'mon Arien, don't be like that, we were just having fun." Said Darien. "Here you need that warmed up?" The briefest flamed appeared in Darien's palm before a dash of water squelched it out.

"Not in the house, Darien," Zane muttered. "You remember what happened last time?" There were a couple of laughs as Darien groaned.

Arien shook his head. "You guys are terrible. Red, I saved you some food if you're hungry--or these pigs will eat it all." He didn't see half his food lifting from his plate...courtesy of Relan.

Red sat down next to Arien and watched his food start floating. "Arien, babe, i think your food is trying to fly away," she said with a smile.
Looking around at his brothers, she couldnt figure out why Arien was so mad at them. She would ask him later when they were alone.
After everyone was done, she gathered up their plates and took them into the kitchen. Washing them off and giving the scraps to Patch, she dried and put them up. Going back into the other room, she went to a small closet and pulled out lots of thick blankets and a few fluffy pillows. Dropping them on the floor, she pet Neo, Nex, and Bella since she was close to them. Looking over at Arien's brothers, she set up the makeshift beds from the blankets and pillows.
"Ok this is where you three sleep," she said over to Ralen, Darien, and Zane.

Nex purred and licked her cheek. Nuzzling her neck, he got closer to her.

Arien resisted the urge to flick food at Relan--not wanting to start a food fight the night before the wedding. Besides that, his brothers were helping Red as much as they could; they weren't bad guys, they just had too much fun poking fun at Arien.

"Here let me," said Relan, using his powers to heft the load from Red's arms and helping to make the makeshift beds. "We should have called ahead. Sorry about that."

Arien couldn't stay mad for ever and Bella stuffed her head on his lap. He sighed and rubbed her head. "I guess if you guys are staying, we'll need to call a truce. So, consider the truce starting now."

Zane grinned. "You don't have to worry about us, Arien. Red'll take good care of us."

Arien offered a small smile to Red. "Thanks, Red."

Red grinned and sat down on the floor next to Neo. Petting him, she put her other hand on her stomach.
"Of course i'll take care of all of you. Besides you couldnt make it without me," she teased Arien and his brothers.
Nex snuck up behind Zane and got ready to pounce on him. He enjoyed freaking Arein's brothers out.
Patch pounced at Ralen's leg and started to climb up, digging his claws into his leg shallowly though.

Arien snorted in spite of himself, then relaxed. He trusted Red more than he trusted his brothers, but he figured with the tigers around they just might behave themselves.

Zane's eyes had never left the tigers, but for the moment of truce, he'd lost track of one. Now he whipped his head around, trying to figure out where the second one was. ...if he was frightened too badly, he'd very likely wet himself--with his own water power.

Ralen grimaced as the kitten began to claw its way up his leg. He reached down with his hands, to give the kitten a boost to his shoulder. "Who have we here? This little tiger is going to be a fierce tracker, aren't you?"

Arien blinked at Ralen. Since when did Ralen care about animals? Or anything for that matter? Ralen looked over at Red. "Does it have a name?"

Red smiled as she watched her tigers and her eyes twinkled as she saw Ralen boost Patch up to his shoulder. "His name is Patch," she answered with a kind smile. Neo leaned into the petting and purred, his tail flicking back and forth happily. "You know Ralen, you can take Patch with you. I have my hands full with two already," she offered.

Patch sat precariously on his shoulder and peered down at the table where the food was. Then he took a leap and landed right next to Ralen's bowl rather gracefully for a tiger. Tipping the bowl over, Patch started eating the food found in there. What was left anyway.

Nex rolled his shoulders to loosen them up before leaping at Zane. Hitting him and taking him to the floor, pinning him down with a smug look in his eyes. His tail flicked happily at being able to scare Arien's brothers.