12 Chapter 12 - Are We There Yet?!

The scent of soap wafted through the area as the girls took their first shower in who knows how long. Their giggles echoed through the silent clearing, the moon bright enough that they didn't need another source of light.

Styxx waited patiently, rushing wasn't part of who he was. He has been indifferent to the passing of time for centuries now, after all, he figured the laws of time didn't apply to him like they did to others.

"Um?"

The voice of Tara woke Styxx up from his daydreaming.

"Are you done?" he asked them,

"Yes, but can we get some towels or something to dry ourselves? If that's not too much to ask, of course," asked Tara uncertainly,

"Here," he said as he tossed something over the wall,

Three brushes landed in front of Tara, who looked visibly confused.

"Eh?"

Tara looked up when she heard the sounds of water boiling. The water bubble was slowly dissipating before their eyes, once the water was gone, they were hit with a heatwave.

The small black flame grew to the size of a tennis ball and the water on their skin began to evaporate. Styxx manipulated the wind so that the room became a giant blow dryer. Tara quickly passed the brushes to her little sisters who began brushing their heads and tails.

…

"Done?" asked Styxx,

"Yes, sir," responded Tara,

"Just call me Styxx, no need for anything else,"

Tara heard him say as three dresses landed on top of the wall in front of her, along with underwear. Tara blushed furiously when the underwear was a perfect fit, the panties even accounted for their tails.

The walls came down and the girls found Styxx standing there waiting for them.

Styxx took another look at the girls before him, the dresses fit nicely and emphasized the girls' characteristics. Fenrir's dark blue hair now shined like it was made out of sapphires; her white skin now tinged with pink. Her eyes were bursting with joy as they looked at him, her tail wagging so fast that he felt she might take off into the sky.

Bastet's hair was now as black as the darkest night, her golden pupils glittering in the dark like a predator. Behind her, her tail flickered in happiness as her ears twitched. Her skin was clean and finally showed the slightly tanned skin that she had.

Tara, on the other hand, her white hair shined like fresh snow under the moonlight. The dress accentuated her growing assets showing the woman she was slowly becoming. The fierce flush on her face matched her pink eyes as her dress rustled from her tail twitching behind her.

"Much better now, let's go," Styxx complimented them before turning around and walking into the forest once again, the girls quickly following behind him.

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"*huff* *huff* How much longer until we get there?" asked Tara,

They all been walking for an hour in the dark, they have been following Styxx without question, but they were getting exhausted again.

*THUD*

Styxx turned back to see that Fenrir has once again fallen. He knew why this was… her tail. She has spent years without it that the weight of her long and fluffy tail is putting off her balance. Bastet adapted quicker as felines have a better sense of balance than canines, but she still falls once in a while.

"I'm sorry!" cried Fenrir as she tried to get up,

This was around the 15th time she has fallen due to loss of balance, walking through the untouched forest didn't help either as her dress was slowly becoming dirtier with each fall.

"Please don't cut it off! I won't fall again, I promise!" pleaded Fenrir,

Styxx walked up to Fenrir, she had tears in her eyes and was scared that he was angry at her for slowing them down.

"I won't," Styxx said as he reached his hand towards her and patted her head.

Warmth spread from the top of her head to her toes and she looked at up Styxx, surprised over the head pat.

"And to answer your question… see, that mountain in the distance?" Styxx pointed in the distance as he turned to look at Tara,

"That mountain is home."

Tara felt despair, that mountain was kilometers away, they probably won't make it by morning.

"Isn't there a faster way?"

"There is," Styxx said,

"I can teleport,"

Tara looked at him incredulously, while Bastet and Fenrir looked confused, they didn't know what teleportation meant.

"Then why are we walking?!" exclaimed Tara stomping her foot,

Styxx smirked,

"You're weak," Styxx stated,

"Your bodies wouldn't be able to handle the jump through space. You will be torn to shreds or end up missing a limb or two after the jump." Styxx said calmly,

The girls paled at the thought.

"I can also fly but I won't be able to carry all of you and I could also use telekinesis but it's too strong and will probably end up crushing you instead," Styxx continued to say,

"Besides, you need to work on your stamina,"

"Yes~," Tara said her shoulders slumping in defeat,

Styxx looked at them and saw how tired they were and decided they should take a small break.

"Let's rest here for a bit, once we get closer to the mountain, I have a faster way to get there," he said,

The girls slumped to the ground in front of him, their clothes getting dirty in the process, but he wasn't worried about it, he could always give them new ones.

He pulled out some water bottles and some snacks and handed them to the girls.

*GROWL*

Three stomachs rumbled when they saw the food in front of them, they turned slightly pink from the embarrassment. It seemed they holding back their hunger.

"*sigh* if you're hungry, just tell me, I'll either make you something or grab something for you," Styxx said,

"*munch* I want *munch* beef!" exclaimed Fenrir, her mouth full as she devoured the packet of snacks.

"Fenrir!" berated Tara,

"It's okay," said Styxx looking at Tara,

"I said I would give you guys everything and anything,"

As he said that, he pulled out a nice, big, juicy T-bone steak on a plate, the steak was still hot as you can still see the steam coming off from it.

Fenrir began to drool uncontrollably as her tail wagged even faster. She reached out for the steak, but it disappeared in front of her eyes.

"Your body can't take a full steak right now; you will get sick. I wanted to show you that what I said was true and not falsehood," Styxx said to the girls,

They nodded, Fenrir looking a little sad that she didn't get the steak.

"Um, Styxx-sama?" called Tara,

"Just Styxx is fine, what is it Tara?" answered Styxx who was looking at the moon,

"I thought people could only have one Quirk, but you seem to have multiple…" wondered Tara,

She then got flustered thinking it was disrespectful for her to ask such things and quickly tried to explain herself.

"I-I-I mean, y-y-you don't have to answer if y-y-you don't want to,"

Styxx stopped looking at the moon and looked at her before smiling.

"Relax, you can ask anything you want, I won't hurt you just because you're curious,"

The three girls visibly relaxed when he said that, it appeared their trauma will take a bit longer to deal with.

"I only have one quirk," Styxx said,

"But it lets me use multiple quirks, that's all,"

"That's cool!" exclaimed Fenrir,

Bastet nodded in agreement with Fenrir, while Tara looked at him dumbfounded.

"Um… Um…" Bastet shyly tried getting Styxx's attention,

Styxx walked up to Bastet and sat down in front of the girls.

"What is it, Bast-chan?" Styxx said softly,

Bastet's went wide at the sudden nickname and was startled when she suddenly received some head pats. Her ears and tail stood up before visibly relaxing and unconsciously let out a cute little purr.

Bastet looked up, only to see a smiling Styxx softly looking down at her. She slowly gathered her resolve now knowing there wasn't going to be any pain if she asked her question.

"Can I ask for some more snacks… S-s-styxx nii-san?"

Styxx was startled for a second at being called 'nii-san' before smiling and pulling out some fish-shaped snacks for her.

Seeing the snacks, Bastet smiled widely at Styxx before grabbing the package and starting to eat again.

"You girls want more too?" Asked Styxx,

Fenrir nodded her head, her tail wagging and thumping against the ground. Tara also nodded shyly as her tummy rumbled once again.

They sat and ate quietly for a while under the moonlit sky. Styxx then stood up and the girls took that as the sign it was time to keep going.

When Bastet and Fenrir stood up, they stumbled and began to fall only for them to be caught by tails.

Looking up in surprise they found Styxx had nine black and white foxtails, two of which were preventing the girls from falling, growing from his lover back. To top it all off, two black fox ears with the tips colored white had grown on top of his head.

The girls found the scene both cool and funny as they looked up to the 2-meter-tall new fox man in front of them. Styxx figured maybe if they all looked similar, the two small ones in front of him won't feel so bad about their tail and ears.

"Hold on to them for the rest of the way, I won't let you fall, okay?" said Styxx with a smile,

"Mn!" the girls nodded smiling widely as they grabbed Styxx's fluffy black tails.

Styxx turned around and began to walk only to feel a third person shyly holding on to one of his other unoccupied tails. He said nothing and continued to walk towards his home.

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