Light Fire Sequel
Chapter 1-Holidays

Snow fell on the lawn of the Kanbara-Minamoto house as Takuya left to go shovel snow before relatives and friends started coming over for Christmas. Nanami and Percy raced downstairs accidentally waking up their cats, Cinnamon and Vanilla. Cinnamon yowled at having his tail stepped on while Vanilla slept peacefully, blissfully unaware of her feline friend's predicament.
Reika, however, was up and running and already in the only shower the kids were allowed to use. Neither of her siblings were happy with this,

"Dad! Reika's in the shower and she locked the door on us! Tell her to hurry up!" Nanami shouted as she pounded on the door, eventually resorting to try and yank it open. After a few seconds, she gave up and turned to her father for help.

"Hey! I JUST got in the shower, sister! Don't tell me to hurry up! Wait your turn!" Reika snarkly retorted from the bathroom. She chuckled as she turned on the shower and got in. Reika rolled her eyes; Nanami always took longer than she did!

"Reika, after you're done in there, it's Nanami's turn." Kouji called. "Don't waste all the hot water; all five of us have to take showers early today so we can get the house ready for the others!"

"Aw, but dad, what about me?" Percy whined. "I don't want to wait that long to take a shower! Those two take forever!"

"You, Percy Kanbara-Minamoto, get to use my shower today as a Christmas treat. Grab your shampoo and conditioner from your room and I'll help you get it to the perfect temperature. Afterwards, I'd best get started on the Christmas Turkey and Yule Log." Kouji replied with a smile. Following his father with a smile, he walked down the hallway towards his parents bedroom, then made a sharp left turn.

Percy often didn't get a chance to look inside his father's bathroom, but he loved the few times he got to see it. He really loved the silver tile floor.

"The way this shower works is that you have pull this little knob out before you turn the shower on, otherwise the water is too cold. It'll only take a minute for the water to warm up." Koji said as he got out a couple of towels for his son.

"The shampoo and conditioner are on the shelf. Have fun, dear." said Koji as he walked out the bathroom. He was glad to have two of the kids in the showers already in the shower by now.

Meanwhile, Takuya was helping finish the Christmas tree as he soon walked into the house after finishing shoveling the snow that was on the driveway. In the garage sat two cars, one a Forest Green 2016 Honda Pilot while the other was a Honda Odyssey. The Kanbara-Minamoto family drove exclusively Honda cars for years since it was the only brand they trusted. Takuya grew up with Hondas, Kouji grew up with Hondas, even the kids' grandparents save for Kousei drove Hondas. Kousei used to drive American cars like Ford and Chevrolet for years.
He trusted their quality and was often pleased with their safety. However, as Kousei was now in prison, that wasn't a matter of great importance anymore. The triplets' grandmothers from their mom and dad's side of the family and grandpa from their mom's side of the family were both planning on coming in light of their old age.
Satomi was right; they did grow up fast. It was no surprise when there was a knock on the door. Kouji opened the door to welcome Davis and Kari.

"Hey guys! Glad you guys could make it! Let me get the turkey out of the oven and the Yule Log from the fridge. Go ahead and head into the living room." Kouji said, welcoming the couple and their kids.
Kari looked about 3 months pregnant and you could tell she was going to be having a girl. It was obvious because Lobomon was able to tell this stuff just by his strong sense of smell. Lobomon sniffed the air and smelled a female child from the Warrior of Water's womb. Lobomon's sense of smell was uncanny after all. It's no surprise that he was able to tell this.

"Whoa! Oof!" Davis said as he tumbled inside the house, tripping over Vanilla who yowled in pain.
"Davis! Are you alright?" Takuya said, rushing over to Davis's side and fetching the first aid kit.

"Yup, I'm okay! No need to worry about me! Motomiyas are tough cookies! That didn't even make a scratch!" Davis said, smiling with his usual toothy grin.
"That's good, I'm glad to hear i-... Wait one minute Davis. You fell and hit your head, which is now bleeding, so you're getting a bandage on your head, like it or not." Takuya said with a huff, taking out the gauze and bandage wraps. He had become rather good at wrapping up injuries like this thanks to Shinya being rather reckless as a child. Of course, he wasn't any better at that.

"Jeez, Takuya! I told you I'm fine!" Davis retorted in annoyance as he stood up.

"Not if your head is bleeding you're not." Takuya flatly stated. "Do you seriously want an infection?"

"Boys, that's enough! No more fighting out of you two! It's Christmas for the love of Pete!" Kari said, holding their newborn daughter Kaede in her arms. Kari was pregnant with another daughter already, continuing the Motomiya line of heritage. Already, there were two sons and one daughter with a second daughter soon on the way.

Kari smiled as baby Kaede began fussing for milk. Kari sat down and began to breastfeed Kaede who had quickly settled down and fell asleep. She gently put her down in her seat.

The doorbell rang once again and Takuya opened it to find Izzy and Sakura, Joe and his son, Mimi and her son, Sora and Matt and their two kids, Kaede and Yusei, Tai and his son Taichi, Yamawa and Ken and their three kids and Cody and his daughter Sayo and TK and his son and daughter, Natsu and Nami, two twins who are strikingly beautiful like their mom and they entered the house. Ken and Yolei got a divorce the previous year, but sadly shortly after the divorce, Yolei died of a heart attack and Ken had been morning for 4 months before meeting Yamawa.

A few hours later, dinner had been served and presents opened and everyone had settled down, save for Tai and Izzy, who made sure their Digimon partners could join in on the fun. As the Digimon came in the house through the DigiPortal, Takuya was glad they had moved into a far larger house. He dreaded the thought of doing this in his old home.
"Hi everyone, sorry we took so long! There was a rather long line!" Biyomon said as she flew over to the humans and sat down near Sora. Each Digimon partner made their way to their partners and began chatting with them. The pile of Christmas gifts grew larger as Kouji moved them over, out of the walkway.

"So what took you guys so long?" asked Tai as he downed a glass of water. "Something happen?"

Gatomon rolled her eyes as she stared at Agumon, "Agumon got stuck in a mudbog. They're rather annoying this time of year there." Oblivious to his friend's conversation, the orange reptilian Digimon was stuffing himself with Davis' home-cooked noodles, to the ire of said human.

"Hey, leave some for the rest of us, Agumon!" he yelled as he took the fifth bowl Agumon had managed to scarf down. He looked guilty,

"Sorry, they taste so good!" he sighed as he apologized.