A Blue-Eyed Boy

Rated: T

Author: Green Phantom Queen

Summary: A day after the events of "Month of Sundays", Jun Shigeno is resting on her day off from school with her new brother Quetzie. But just as they have everything planned, they have an unexpected visitor from a different world who only wishes to be with his parents. So, Jun and Quetzie are off on a whole day of peace, happiness, tea parties, and donuts in order to appease the strange boy's heart until it is time for the tearful farewell.

Note: Takes place after "Month of Sundays" and is a crossover to the fanfic "Dreams are for Nights" by Mana Goddess. It is highly recommended that you read "Dreams are for Nights" before reading this fic. Also, this story is a gift to the author Mana Goddess and her support for many of my works.

Chapter 1: Bedtime and Breakfast

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast."

-Alfred A. Montapert

Once upon a time, there was a little boy being tucked into bed by his parents. It had been a busy day and now it was time for sleep. At night, he found himself surrounded by a multitude of toys, particularly a beautiful bird with a green belly and long red and green tail feathers that he loved to stroke whenever he crawled into bed. Tonight was no different.

His parents read him a bedtime story about a bright green bird with a red belly known as a quetzal, and how it was looking for a friend by using his song to call over other birds. The boy loved that story very much and loved how the story ended with the quetzal and his new friends flying off into the sunset.

Then, after goodnight kisses and hugs, the lights would turn off, and he would fall asleep. He would dream sweet dreams, traversing into a magical realm of wonder and happiness. Most of the time, he would go to places that would be familiar to him, but one day he found a strange pool of water that interested him very much. He knew that it wasn't right to wander to different places, but this thing was calling toward him...it begged him to enter the strange pool to see what was in store.

Taking a deep breath, the little boy in his red and purple pajamas jumped into the water and disappeared out of sight.

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The sun slowly began to rise for a high school girl fast asleep. The day before, she and many of her friends fought off a humongous hydra that caused a building to collapse into rubble and prior to that, confroned intergalactic serpents and people that were transformed into human-sized dolls that had to be resurrected and their souls transfused with a bit of magic in order to ensure that nothing like that ever happened again. The battle resulted in everyone growing a bit stronger physically and emotionally, but it also told them that it was just the beginning—the war they were involved in had just begun.

Jun Shigeno turned to her side when the sun's rays touched her face. She slowly opened her eyes, seeing her alarm clock read 8:30 AM. She immediately sat up, thinking she was already running late for classes until she looked to see her cellphone by the side. She took it into her hands and saw a simple message.

"Just to remind you, it's Golden Week. Take care, and see you tomorrow for training."

-Mari Yamamoto

Jun sighed in relief. The last thing she needed was to go to school exhausted and sleeping through all of her classes as if she was hibernating. In fact, she wouldn't go even if you bribed her with the best sweets in Japan! She was just that tired.

Grabbing onto the nearest scrunchie on her desk, she pulled her brown hair back into a high ponytail as she turned to her left. There, completely asleep, was a young boy with light blond hair and dressed in a light red and green cotton robe. Jun smiled and shook him awake.

"Morning, Quetzie," she said. "Time to get up."

Quetzie, short for Quetzalcoatl, mumbled something under his breath before opening his eyes. He let out a loud yawn as he giggled. He then wrapped his arms around Jun's waist and said, "Good morning, Jun nee-chan!"

Jun smiled and ran her hand through Quetzie's hair. Just two days ago, he was a Serpent who the Cosmic Hunting Dogs despised until she befriended him through lollipops. It turns out that he was actually pretty lonely, having been trapped underneath a large stone temple for 500 years, and just wanted to be with his family again. Thankfully, everything got squared away and Jun adopted him as a little brother.

"Morning," she replied. "Are you ready to start the day?"

"Yeah!" Quetzie's eyes were so full of excitement which reminded Jun of her little brother from long ago. "What are going to do first?"

"Well," Jun got out of bed and grabbed onto the sheets. "We make the bed, open the windows, then we'll make breakfast! After all, it is the most important meal of the day. Will you help me?"

"Of course!" Quetzie hopped out of bed and took the corner of the blanket into his hands. "Let's start!"

Jun nodded her head as she grabbed onto her side of the blanket and brought the sheets up into the air. Quetzie's eyes widened as the blanket fell down with a flutter as Jun tucked the sheets under the pillow and smoothed it out with her hands. Finding this fun, Quetzie also followed suite, carefully making sure that any and all creases were flatted with a simple sweeping motion. Jun then fluffed the pillows before tossing them to her little friend.

"Just be very gentle," she said. "Those are stuffed with feathers for a soft and peaceful sleep."

Quetzie vigorously nodded his head as Jun went to the window and pulled the curtains apart. She sighed as she saw the sun staring down at her, amazed at how peaceful it was. After spending at least two days going back and forth, fighting, escaping, chasing, and yelling, it was so strange to find herself at home in her bedroom alive and in one piece. It was going to be difficult to return to peaceful lifestyle, even though she knew that it would never happen.

"Jun nee-chan!" said Quetzie. "Catch!"

Jun turned around, just as a pillow was tossed into her hands. She lightly fluffed it a bit and then tossed it back onto the bed, where it landed with a soft thump. Clapping her hands in delight, Jun approached the young Serpent's side and began to tickle him, running her fingers down his soft belly.

"Stop it!" he squealed. "I'm ticklish there!"

"That's the point!" Jun laughed. "It's to make sure you're filled with energy for today. We're making omelet rice for breakfast!"

"Does it taste good?"

"It sure does!" Jun gathered Quetzie into her arms and spun him around and around. "Are you ready?"

"Yeah!" Quetzie hugged Jun back and said, "I love you Jun nee-chan!"

Jun stopped twirling around and hugged the young serpent back. "I love you too," she whispered.

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Jun's mother and older brother had work and college classes to go to, thus giving her free use of the kitchen until they came home. Already tying an apron over her pajamas, she stared at the ingredients in front of her and smiled. Quetzie found himself standing on a stool, curious as to what was going to happen.

"Oh!" said Jun, noticing the bottle of milk. She handed it to Quetzie and asked, "Quetzie, can you do me a favor?"

"What do you need?" asked the young serpent.

"Can you give some of the milk to Rosary and Goldstar in the backyard? I'll start prepping everything while you say good morning to them. I'm sure they'd want to say hello to their new friend, right?"

The boy's eyes widened in surprise as he rushed toward the backyard. He opened the door and found himself greeted by two small kittens. One had a collar with a red and silver rose tag, the other had a brilliant gold star in the middle. They mewed in excitement as fresh milk poured into their bowl. They sauntered toward the cream and began to drink it in deilght. Quetzie smiled and ran his hand through the kittens' fur, hearing them purr in delight...

Until he heard a loud noise coming from upstairs. He heard Jun exclaim what was going on and quickly followed her upstairs. From the sounds of it, it was coming from Jun's bedroom.

"I hope it wasn't something important," Jun muttered, slowly opening the door. She poked her head inside and saw a young boy on her newly made bed. He had brown hair and was dressed in red and purple pajamas, with blue eyes that seemed confused as to where he was. He looked around, frantically searching for something important to him.

"Papa!" he cried. "Daddy...where are you?"

"Eh?" asked Jun. But she said it a little too loud, causing the boy to turn to her. He jumped and scrambled out of bed, crawling underneath as if it would protect himself from the strange intruders. Noticing this, Jun went to a shelf and picked up a lollipop reseting in a jar. She began to unravel it and slowly approached the boy's side.

"Here," she said, handing the lollipop underneath the bed. "Take it."

The boy looked at the lollipop with hesitation, but he soon took the candy into his hands and then into his mouth. The lollipop had the taste of blue raspberry candy. He then continued to lick it some more as Quetzie crawled into the bed, extending a hand out.

"My name is Quetzie, and I wanna be friends with you!" he said. "What's your name?"

"Um...it's KoAnkh," the boy answered, shrinking away from the strange boy. "Have you see my papa and daddy?"

"I don't think so," said Jun, squatting down. "I bet you're hungry, though. Why don't you come downstairs and we'll cook something together? My name is Jun Shigeno, by the way."

"Really?" said KoAnkh. "What are you making?"

"Omelet rice," Jun replied, pulling KoAnkh from out of the bed. "I bet your papa and daddy would love it when they find out that their son learned how to cook."

"They definitely will! They work at the Cous Coussier after all, and Auntie Chiyoko is a great cook whose helped them be even better cooks!"

"Yeah I'm sure she...wait a minute," It was if lightbulbs were flashing in Jun's head. "You know Chiyoko-san and the Cous Coussier? Tell me...what are the names of your parents?"

"Papa is Ankh and Daddy is Eiji!" KoAnkh answered, standing up. "I'm their son!"

"...EH?!" cried Jun and Quetzie.

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"How is that possible?" asked Jun, picking up her knife. "Eiji and Ankh aren't parents...yet. Unless this is their kid from the future. And why did he show up in my house? Why isn't he at the Cous Coussier? And I thought my troubles were already over..."

"Here," said KoAnkh, picking up an egg and showing it to Quetzie. "You crack it open like this!"

He tapped it against the side of the bowl twice and split the cracked egg shell open with both hands. Dropping into the bowl was a golden egg yolk. Quetzie stared in delight as his new friend did this a few more times, until there were three yolks floating in the bowl.

"You've cooked before?" asked Quetzie.

"Daddy's always helping out at the Cous Coussier," KoAnkh answered. "And I help him out sometimes. I can't wait to help cook for today's theme. It's going to be all about cherry blossoms and Papa and Daddy are going to be dressed in beautiful kimonos!"

"Cherry blossoms?" Jun thought, picking up her cellphone. She read the text message on it and narrowed her eyes. "But today's theme is a tea party."

KoAnkh began to whisk the eggs while Jun was already dicing the onions. The tears slowly began to form in her eyes as she began to chop them through a blinding speed. It wasn't long before she started to cry.

"Jun nee-chan," said Quetzie, seeing the tears form in her eyes. "Are you all right? Why are you sad?"

"It's the onions," Jun answered, wiping the tears away with the back of her hand. "Chopping onions always makes one cry...and seeing KoAnkh here reminds me of...him. You know...before that accident..."

"Don't cry, Jun nee-chan!" said Quetzie, going to the cheerleader and wrapping his arms around her legs. "Don't cry! I'm here now...so keep smiling!"

Jun sniffled a bit and squat down, hugging Quetzie back. After a second or two, they released the hug and Jun was quickly mixing ingredients for the rice. Quetzie made his way back to KoAnkh, who finished whipping the eggs for the omelet.

"So, Eiji and Ankh are your parents?" he asked. "How is that possible?"

"They got married at the Cous Coussier in beautiful kimonos and kissed at the stroke of midnight! Isn't it so romantic?"

"Well, the last time I saw them kissed was when I accidentally tripped them over that masquerade..." Quetzie trailed off. He saw the look in KoAnkh's eyes so full of excitement and joy at the talk of his parents. He then added, "And they were very sweet to one another. They said how much they loved one another underneath the moonlight!"

Jun approached the boys' side and picked up the bowl of beaten eggs before going to the counter. With two pans already heating up on the stove, she placed the beaten egg batter in one pan, and the rice and onions in another. In a few seconds, the sound of food frying filled the house. Quetzie and KoAnkh watched her movements as she tossed the egg mixture into the air with a flick of the wrist, creating the omelette that would sandwich the rice in just a few minutes. Jun's right hand was already combining bacon, carrots, soy sauce and a dash of salt and pepper into the rice, combining the ingredients through tossing them into the air until the rice started to darken. Then, she scooped it into the omelet.

"It looks so yummy!" said Quetzie, trying to reach for a bit of the egg. KoAnkh stopped him by snatching his hand. "Hey! What are you doing?"

"You'll hurt your hand if you try to touch something hot like that," said KoAnkh. "You have to wait until she's done."

"He's right," said Jun. Seeing Quetzie look like he was about to cry, she added, "But you can help me out with something important. Can you set the table for us? The plates are over here..." she pointed to a cabinet with her left foot. "And the forks and spoons are here." She pulled a drawer, revealing all of the utensils.

"I'll help!" said KoAnkh, gathering three plates. "I help papa and daddy at home all the time. It's so much fun to do chores around the house."

"That's very sweet of you, KoAnkh," said Jun, seeing the two boys setting the table. "Tell me, how old are you?"

"Um, I'm about five years old," KoAnkh answered.

"I'm that age too!" Quetzie exclaimed, grabbing his hands. "What type of food do you like? I love chocolate!"

"I'm more into sugar donuts actually, like the ones Haruto eats."

"Haruto?" said Jun. "As in 'Haruto Souma'?" She remembered how Haruto was wolfing down sugar donuts during the masquerade party after his successful recovery from his doll form. Yayoi was also with him, trying to coerce him into eating the onigiri that she made for the party. "How did you two meet up?"

"It's kind of a long story," KoAnkh admitted, looking away. "Is the omelet rice ready?"

"Yep!" said Jun, using the spatula to fold the omelet in half. She then scooped it onto a plate, turned the stove off, and carried the dish toward the table. KoAnkh and Quetzie looked in awe—it looked delicious, especially when Jun drew a pair feathery wings from a bottle of mayonnaise in hand. "For good luck," she explained.

"Itadakimasu!" said Jun, grabbing a spoon. "Let's eat!"

The three began to scoop out the egg and rice into their mouths and smiled when they swallowed. In no time, they finished the omelet rice without wasting a single grain of rice. With breakfast over, it was now time to talk about what they would do for the rest of the day.

"What should we do after breakfast, Jun nee-chan?" asked Quetzie.

"I wanna see papa and daddy!" KoAnkh announced. "Can you take me to the Cous Coussier so we can see them? I bet they're wondering where I am."

"Um...sure," said Jun, still trying to comprehend how Eiji and Ankh were married. Two nights ago, their first kiss ended with them blushing furiously and neither of them able to speak a full sentence without feeling so embarassed. How was she going to explain to the boy that his parents weren't what they seemed?

"Call that magic snake thing to take us there!" said Quetzie. "It's so much fun!"

"You mean the DenLiner?" asked Jun, pulling out her cellphone. "I guess we can ask Hana to pick us up...as long as she's still not reeling from the the big fight we had."

"Please?" Quetzie went to Jun's side, his innocent eyes now the size of saucers. "Can we, Jun nee-chan?"

"Pretty please?" KoAnkh added, his eyes also wide as he knelt near Quetzie. "With sugar and whipped cream on top?"

Jun swallowed a lump in her throat as she saw those cute eyes staring back at her—her little brother used his trick on her all the time, and she knew that prolonging the answer was going to make her die of sugar poisoning. So she immediately nodded her head.

"Why not?" she said. "I mean, it's going to be pretty boring staying in the house all day, and all of my friends are all going to be resting. Now, why don't you both help put the dishes away while I call the DenLiner to pick us up? Then, we should all get dressed out of our pajamas so we look presentable to everyone else."

The boys cheered in excitement as they carried their plates and utensils into the sink. Jun immediately began to place a phone call, hoping to figure out what exactly was going on.

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"Curiouser and curiouser, nya!" said Yumeria, placing some rose bushes into the Cous Coussier. "Yesterday was so exciting! Is it always like this here?"

"It depends on the occasion," Chiyoko giggled, placing a few tea bags into an assortment of brightly colored teapots. "I was glad that I took those capoeria lessons in Brazil when I had the chance. You did well out there with those strange ninjas also."

"I had to, nya!" Yumeria replied, slipping a pair of oven mitts (designed like cat paws) into her hands. She opened the oven and inhaled the scent of cherry tarts floating across the kitchen. "I wouldn't want to let this beautiful restaurant be taken away by evil. Plus, those cute boys work here—I just had to work here with them!"

"Speaking of which," said Chiyoko, looking at the stairs leading up to the attic. "I wonder if those two will ever confess their feelings for one another."

"They have to, Chiyoko-san!" said Yumeria, pulling the tray of cherry tarts out of the oven and placing it on the counter. "After all, they did kiss!"

"But it was an accident," Chiyoko noted.

"Still, it's a step to the first signs of true love!" Yumeria sighed, staring at the heart-shaped pastries in front of her. "And that is what shall make this all the worthwhile."

Chiyoko could only nod her head as she began to prepare the next set of pastries to bake. Right now, there were no monsters or threats of world domination. It was just her in her restaurant, preparing for today's theme. Nothing else mattered.