After the kids were too excited to even say hello to the other Saints while they were going downstairs, Hyoga was indeed impressed about it. He was a kid and thought everyone was calm as he or maybe as Shun, but those three had a lot of energy and they were showing it all the way to Rodorio even when Hyoga was trying to make Ario use the security belt in his special chair. After such a fight with the kids to calm down a bit, the car was now moving to the Zoo... even so Hyoga could heard the kids talking about everything they wanted to do; Ario was still saying he could talk with the penguins and the baby wolf, Helena wanted to take pictures with her camera, specially to the birds and of course Hecate wanted to see the insects and big cats... for sure she wasn't thinking in just drop a hi but do something more.

Some more hours later they arrived to the zoo. The kids couldn't wait no more in the moment they had their tickets to run inside the zoo.

"Let's go to the penguins."

"But there are more animals than just penguins."

Hyoga and Ikki were in front if the kids before they could say more.

"The girls goes with me." Ikki said. "Hyoga, could you go with Ario to see the penguins?"

His best friend didn't mind at all, Ario was shy and very calm so would be easy to take care of him. After that they decided to begin the walk thru the zoo. The weather was perfect and the time was just great to can see the animals and go to the theme park. But while Ikki had it easy with his daughters... the Cygnus Saint had a problem and via cosmos he needed to call out to the parent of the little kid.

Of course Ikki didn't wait to run with the worse of the ideas in his head. And they were all together when found Ario crying over the lap of his uncle. The Phoenix ran and almost fall to be over his knees.

"Ario? Puppy, are you ok?" He asked holding him.

"It is... kind of... my fault?" Hyoga said a bit nervous while the other two girls arrived.

"How so?"

"He began to cry because the penguins doesn't talk." Hyoga sighed. "So I thought he was kidding and I began to cry as well."

Ikki had one of those serious murder faces to his best friend. Hyoga could feel the cosmos and didn't wait too long to hear some terrible words from it. But he was lucky to have Hecate close.

"Hey, dad, I can help."

"Oh no. I know what you mean darling and no. The magic can't solve everything."

"No, but can help." Hecate was talking as an adult more than a kid and Ikki could feel it. "I'll do it just once today, to help your son."

The Phoenix was hearing her but as well the little kid crying. It wasn't something so important to cry about but indeed Ario was someone easy to show his feelings.

"But the penguins can talk." Ikki said with a smile. "Uncle Hyoga is a penguin; he lives in a very cold place."

Hyoga was serious about that joke.

"No, uncle isn't a penguin." Ario said to make smile to Hyoga... even if that smile would be easy removed. "He is a duck, but I don't want to talk with ducks."

While Ikki was trying to don't laugh, Helena and Hecate couldn't hide a giggle and Hyoga was still serious but indeed Ario knew how to make jokes.

"Ok, fine." Ikki sighed. "Do your magic, Hecate."

She nodded and hold Ario's hand to run close where all the penguins were now eating. There Hecate hold her hands close to her mouth and began to say something. Everyone around saw the next scene as something very adorable indeed.

"Close your eyes, Ario."

"Why?"

"To make the magic work." Hecate smiled really big as she opened her hands.

The little kid didn't wait to close his eyes and then his sister placed her hands over his ears.

"Open the mouth." Ario did and Hecate touched his tongue with a finger. "You can open the eyes."

Ario did as said and saw around. Nothing was different at all.

"Now what?" Hyoga was curious of what Hecate was doing.

"Hey, dad Phoenix." The girl pushed slowly to Ario. "Hold him so he can see over the grid and then, brother, just ask them something."

Ikki wasn't totally sure, maybe was just a game but at least Ario was calming down.

In that moment Ario could see the penguins he looked a bit shy and even came close to Ikki who just smiled and kissed his cheek.

"Penguins!" He yelled. "He is a duck!" Pointing to his uncle, of course.

"Hey!" But the Duck Saint couldn't say anything when Ikki and Helena laughed.

Then some penguins turned and began to make noises. And this make Ario open his eyes and mouth very widely, not even Ikki couldn't describe his face.

"They are talking!" Ario turned to hold Ikki's cheeks. "Dad! They say uncle isn't a duck! They can talk!"

"What?" Helena came close. "I want to hear them too! It isn't fair, Hecate."

As she turned to see her younger sister, Hecate hit her in the ears and put her finger inside her mouth.

"Hecate..." Ikki was trying to calm Ario who now began to cry again. "What? Now what?"

"I can talk with the penguins!" He was so happy.

Helena was angry but her eyes opened widely as well. She turned to see the penguins and throw a gasp.

"I can hear them!"

Hyoga was impressed and Ikki was holding both kids who were yelling and having a conversation with the penguins. But then the young adult realized something.

"Hey, Hecate. Didn't you say to Ario he needed to close his eyes so the magic could work? Then why Helena didn't need to?"

Hecate smiled and chuckled.

"Nah, I just like to play with Ario. He may be a future Saint but is very innocent still."

"Penguins! I need to visit the baby wolf! See you!" Ario waved his hand while Helena said good bye as well. "Dad, dad, dad." Ario began to jump and move a lot in Ikki's arms. "Let's go with the wolf."

"Wait, does it work with all the animals?" Ikki asked to his daughter who was standing very calm.

"Yes, of course. Even birds and some marines but they are hard to understand."

Helena jump of happiness and hold her camera to then run but she needed to stop.
"I promised to Marin and sister Shiva I would take pictures to their birds. Let's go."

"But I want to talk with the wolf."

Both adults saw each other and smiled as they already knew what the other was thinking. Ikki and Hyoga gave each other a hi-5 and the younger came close to Helena.

"See you in one hour with the lions!" Ikki said holding Ario harder. "You choose, Hecate, uncle Hyoga will go to see the birds."

None of them wait too long to run when Hecate was hesitating. But was easy for her... go to see the insects.

Taking pictures to the birds were easy when Helena even asked them to pose and show off their wings. Hyoga was happy to see her around with the camera while he was waiting close to a peacock.

"There is sister Shiva." Helena smiled coming close. "Oh, look, it is white. You know, uncle, the males are the ones who has beautiful feathers and the females are very simple... like that one."

"Then that white Peacock must be Shiva."

"He says his name is Rob." Helena laughed. "But why?"

"Isn't Shiva a girl but a boy?"

"I don't know." Helena said getting the camera ready. "She is just Shiva." The girl then looked disappointed seeing her camera.

"What?" Asked Hyoga.

"I forgot to remove pictures from it and now I don't have space. I just needed some for Shiva and I saw a beautiful quetzal that aunt Saori might like."

The Cygnus saint smiled as he pull out his cellphone and gave it to the girl.

"Take all the pictures you want."

"Really?"

"Of course! We can send it to Shiva right away as well."

"Thank you, uncle." She then took a picture to the peacock. "And Rob says thanks, he wants to show off his feathers."

"You are welcome, Rob."

For Hyoga was too funny see the little girl talking with the peacock as she was taking photos, she didn't wait too long to talk with the quetzal as well and take many more pictures. But the time was over and Hyoga asked her to go now to see the lions.

"Wait, just one more picture."

"Which bird now?" Hyoga asked without standing from the bench where he was waiting for Helena.

"A swan." The girl quickly sat at his side and put the cellphone so both of them could be in the picture. "May I send it to dad?"

Hyoga smiled very warm and pat her back softly.

"Yes, he is like old brother in the contacts."

Note: I don't know if you had seeing around some twiters about a parent with three or four girls? Well, I took the idea of the penguins from one of his twiters. I was talking with a friend and we were joking that uncle Duck and Ario would be crying because of it. Yeah, Ario is like that.../p