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HHHHHHHHHhhhhhh hey guys...so um...its the Crossmare anniversary today and umm...to celebrate I'm publishing a new Crossmare book before the Criminal Sequel...(pls no hate) So yeah...it should be fairly short don't worry :3

Okie that's that

Once back at the mansion, everyone instantly relaxed, flopping down on Nightmare's soft sofas and giving up, laying limply against each other.

Ink sat down on a single person couch, curling up, eyeing the middle of the living room, hoping that Error would return soon, safe and sound like he promised.

Blue sat on Dust's lap, snuggling up to the taller skeleton, a relieved sigh escaping him. "That was scary..."

Dust nodded and nuzzled him. "I know Blue...but you're safe now, don't worry..."

Blue purred softly. "Mmm...I know...it was still scary though..."

"Error will take care of it...I hope..."  Dust muttered as he stole a quick glance at Ink, who was currently chewing his knuckle nervously, clearly not happy about leaving Error all alone in the dark basement with a demon dog that could possibly kill him.

"He'll be fine Ink." Dust called, attempting to reassure the smaller. "He's a big boy. He can take care of himself."

"I know..." Ink mumbled. "That doesn't make me any less scared..."

Dust sighed. "He'll be back before you know it...just you wait and see..."

Ink nodded stiffly, hugging one of the cushions to his chest. For reassurance or to relieve stress? Dust wasn't sure.

"So what now?" Killer asked from the other side of the room.

Dream yawned and curled up next to him, resting his head on Killer's lap. "We wait for Geno and Reaper to come back with the cures and hope that Error comes back fine as well...there's not much else to do really..."

Killer sighed, rubbing his thumbs over Dream's ears, focusing on the soft base.

Dream arched his body towards Killer, purring loudly. "Mmm...they'll be back sooner or later..."

Killer nodded, kissing his cheek before glancing at Ink. "We just need to be patient..."

"I hate being patient..." Horror muttered from the other side of the room as he ran his hands up and down Lust's sides, making him shiver and purr.

"We know Horror. We know."

"I'm just saying..." He muttered, moving his hands to rub around Lust's should blades, making him relax, going limp.

"Mmm...we need some way to get back at Sci..." Lust mumbled, snuggling closer to Horror, his tail stroking the tallers face, tickling him.

"Eh we'll figure that out easy enough Kitty." Horror said with a chuckle, leaning down to hug Lust's side, making him purr louder.

Horror smirked, looking over at Nightmare. "How do I find his special petting spots? I wanna see his reactions. It drives Cross up the wall, so I'm wondering if Lust would be the same or different."

Nightmare chuckled, looking at Cross, who was currently sat on his lap, far too busy daydreaming to take in the conversation. Completely oblivious.

"Well, you just have to pet them everywhere and find where they like it most. For example..."

He reached his hand out and rubbed Cross' cheek softly, making him purr before moving to the underside of his jaw, rubbing at that spot.

The reaction was clear. Cross went limper, his eyes going half-lidded, purrs getting louder.

Nightmare smirked. "See?"

Horror watched, an amused expression on his face. "Nice."

"Try it."

Horror hummed, rubbing across Lust's cheek before waiving his hand under his yaw, rubbing the bone softly.

Lust certainly purred louder, but didn't react like Cross. He didn't go limp and weak, in complete bliss. He just looked happy.

Horror shrugged, petting more of Lust, searching curiously for any 'purr amplifying' places he could discover.

Eventually he settled on the side of his ribcage. That spot never failed to make him go limp, purring.

"Heh, found one." Horror said, looking over at Nightmare, who had by now, started working his magic on Cross. The small Neko was purring incredibly loudly, trying and failing to keep his eyes open as he stayed pressed up against Nightmare.

"Good for you." He muttered, not really paying attention to Horror any more. Focusing it all on the small Neko in front of him instead as he rubbed at the base of his spine, making Cross' body twitch as he blushed deeply.

For a few minutes everyone just watched Nightmare and Cross, the only sound in the room being Cross' incredibly loud purring.

Ink had been watching them, an amused expression on his face before he suddenly sat up, his ears pricking. "Someone's coming..."

No sooner than he had said those words, a portal opened in the middle of the room.

Horror and Nightmare both stopped petting Lust and Cross, looking over at the portal like everyone else.

Ink stood up, taking a cautious step towards the portal. "Error?...Geno, Reaper?"

There was no answer for a moment before a low growl emitted from the portal, making everyone hiss, body stances turning from relaxed and carefree, to tense and ready for attack.

A black paw stepped out of the portal, quickly followed by the scarred nose of the demon dog.

Everyone's eyes narrowed, their grips on their partners tightening.

Nightmare's tentacles twitched, the memory of it biting down on one still clear in his mind.

The tentacle had healed by now, but still, the memories still there.

Soon enough, the demon was fully out, stood there in Nightmare's living room, growling softly at everyone.

Dust summoned at bone attack, making it growl louder.

"Wait! Don't!" A voice called from the portal.

Ink froze. "Error...?"

Another figure stepped out of the portal, nodding. "Yes it's me..."

Ink went to tackle him with a hug, but stopped abruptly as the demon growled at him, stepping between him and Error.

"Calm down Fluffy..." Error muttered, placing a hand on the slightly less matted fur of the massive dog.

Nightmare went frisk faced. "I swear to god...you did not call that massive monster of a dog...Fluffy."

Error blinked. "Actually I did."

Nightmare face palmed. "There's no hope for you I swear..."

Error shrugged. "His furr is fluffy. Therefore I'm calling him Fluffy. Is there something wrong with that?"

Nightmare rolled his eye, muttering something under his breath. "No. Nothing wrong at all."

Ink inched over to Error, eyeing 'Fluffy' warily.

The demon was higher than Errors waist, reaching to halfway up his rib cage, significantly smaller than it was in the basement. It was now around half its original size.

"H-Has it shrunk?" Ink asked nervously, still edging closer.

Error nodded. "He went smaller before we came here. I guess it means he feels safe..."

Ink nodded, finally reaching Error's side. He hugged him tightly, ignoring the look 'Fluffy' gave him. "I'm so relieved you're okay..."

Error chuckled and kissed the top of his skull. "I told you I would be didn't I?"

Ink nodded, burying his face in Error's chest as he picked him up and took him to the sofa.

Fluffy walked over with them, flopping down at the base of the sofa and curling up, eyeing everyone warily.

Error kicked off his slippers before half-stroking fluffy with his feet, running them across his, slightly cleaner, fur.

It was half an hour later that Geno and Reaper arrived. They both had smug looks on their faces, the two of them carrying a large box between each other.

Immediately everyone in the room sat up straighter, blinking as they set the box down, smirks still on their faces.

Reaper looked at the box for a moment before prying open the lid, revealing the six injectors layed out neatly, each with their own respective label and colour.

"Here they are..." Reaper said slowly. "We watched Sci closely as he made them to make sure he didn't slip in something he shouldn't...or confirm that he wasn't trying to poison us for some other weird-ass experiment."

He crouched down, picking up the six injectors, passing them to the non-nekos of the couple.

Error took Ink's, Dust took Blue's, Killer took Dream's , Horror took Lust's, Nightmare took Cross' and Reaper kept hold of Geno's.

"Lets do this guys." Reaper muttered as he guided Geno over to one of the sofas, rolling up the sleeve on the opposite arm to the one that had been injected with the Neko serum.

He held the injector up to Geno's arm, glancing up at his ears momentarily, sighing.

Error hesitantly pushed up Ink's sleeve, looking at the holo-rainbow liquid in the injector warily, still not one hundred percent on board with this.

Dust rubbed Blue's arm bone softly, letting the injection needle rest against it gently, his mismatched eyes staring into Blue's innocent sapphire ones.

Killer pet Dream softly as he fiddled with the injector, eyeing it for any noticeable things that could pose as a threat to the smol Neko.

Horror nuzzled his face into Lust's neck as he pressed the needle lightly against his partners arm, ready to push the injector in when Lust gave him permission.

Nightmare rubbed the top of Cross' skull as he checked the injector, placing it at Cross' arm, not saying a word.

Cross looked at him worriedly, his mind staring to panic.

What if Nightmare didn't like him as much as a normal skeleton and not a Neko?
What if he went back to ignoring him?
Hating him?

Cross looked at Nightmare, panicking. "W-Wait!"

Everyone in the room froze, looking over at Cross.

He gulped. "I-I don't want to turn back..."

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Mmmmmmmmmmm crossypoos dun wanna go bacc >:3

Will the others follow him?

Who knows...

Anywayyysss just staying....Fluffy is something me and DylanNorris108  made and now we say that he's Errors loyal pet so...ye :3

-Jess-