Little Brother

3 years ago

"You have a little brother Akane?"

Yasu and Ren were very surprised. Although they were around Akane a ton, they never knew she had another sibling. For their entire lives, they had been siblings to one another. But now a fourth was going to join their bunch! It was so exciting.

"Whats his name?"

"What does he look like?!"

"Is he cute?"

Akane squeaked and hid behind the picture she was drawing for their assignment. Most of the class had fallen silent to watch as Yasu and Ren bombarded the ravenette with questions. It wasn't until Kokonose-sensei came and quieted them down that everyone was back on task. Ren thought Yasu was lucky.

Her dad worked as their teacher and he was super nice. She even got to spend time with him more often. But she was away from her parents all day! There was no laughing mommy or huggy mama. although she did have fun with her bestest friends in the world.

"My mommy said she was having a baby, you guys. He hasn't been poofed in yet." Akane explained.

"What?! But if he hasn't been poofed in yet then how will you know what to do? How to make him laugh or what toys to give him. Worst of all! We can't see him!" Ren cried.

Yasu and Akane shared a small smile. Leave it to Ren to overlook the important things.

"My mommy will teach me those things when the baby is poofed in, so don 't worry."

That seemed like a good answer as Ren nodded and went back to scribbling. The bell for lunch rang and the door slid open, Ren's mommy poking her head in.

"Ren! You left your lunch at home!"

Ren's jaw drop and she looked at her cubby. She saw her favorite bookbag but not her lunch box! How could she have forgotten it?! It was the ultra cool one with the snake on the side that fired lasers from its eyes and breathed firey flames of death! Running to her mommy, she took the box and smiled as a kiss was pressed to her cheek.

"Hey mommy?"

Momo turned and smiled, Kido emerging from the corner in curiosity of the wait.

"Can I have a baby brother just like Akane?"

Haruka, Kido and Momo experienced a mutual shock of awe at the cuteness. Then a wave of pink touched Momo's cheek and Kido coughed before looking away.

"W-Well, you can't have a baby brother."

The disappointment in Ren's eyes was staggering almost too much to bare. But then Momo opened her arms and grinned.

"Cause you're having a sister!"

Kido dropped to the ground and Ren cheered with the rest of the class while Haruka stared in shock.

X X X

"A baby.. We're having another baby."

Momo fanned Kido as she sat on the bench outside of Ren's school. The green haired woman passed out after the announcement and was now merely mumbling and staring. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to announce a pregnancy to a bunch of gradeschoolets in front of your wife.

"T-Tsubomi, its okay. I mean, if you don't want to have another baby-"

Kido sprung to life and seized Momo by the shoulders staring her in the eyes. Momo froze. This wasn't Tsubomi, her loving and sweet wife, or Kido, Ren's stern yet caring father-figure. It was Danchou - cool, calm and rational. Momo couldn't help but zone in on Kido staring obediently and silent.

"Kisaragi. Ren is our first born. I was nervous then and I am nervous now. But I will never turn my back on a child. Especially the one you will be having now. Besides.."

A warm smile broke through the stoic face, a smile so dizzy and sweet that Momo remembered why she fell for Kido. Although she was always trying to be cool and didn't express herself. She was truly honest with her feelings in different ways and tried her best. Being a parent was a difficult challenge for both of them especially when they didn't know how. But with the help of their friends, it smoothed over and Ren was a success.

"I love you."

Momo smiled and hugged her, Kido chuckled and hugged back resting her cheek against Momo's head as they sat together.

The girls peeked from their classroom window and Ren smiled. This new baby was going to be a wonderful person. Already bringing their family closer together.

X X X

Months had passed.

Momo and Ayano were bigger than whales.

Shintaro and Kido were trying to stay strong under the might of the hands squeezing theirs. Ren and Akane stayed outside awaiting the judgement day. First, they paced back and forth. Then they tossed around potential names for the babies. Afterwards, they played a bit of hop scotch outside with the nurses who so kindly wanted to entertain them.

Then the button in the room stopped flashing and they were at the door in an instant. When it opened, their eyes widened. There laid their mothers each holding a bundle in their arms. But something was weird. Akane's mom didn't have one bundle but two.

Shintaro noticed Akane and smiled, he lifted her into his arms and brought her over to her mother. Leaning down, Akane could see two baby boys staring at her. One of them had grey eyes like her father, the other had brown eyes. Both of them had her mother's hair but once they saw Akane, they reached out to her curiously. She held out both her hands and smiled as their fingers touched.

"Boys, Akane is now your big sister. Everyone, get along for me please."

Ayano's lips twitched a bit. She remembered when her mother said those words to her. Akane's eyes lit up and she held her brothers' hands gently in hers.

"Akane. The doctors told us you and Ren were coming up with names outside. Would you like to name the boys?" Shintaro asked.

Akane looked to him in shock before looking at Ayano who slowly nodded.

"The one with papa's eyes is Masahiro. The one with mama's is Katsu."

Shintaro raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Why?"

"Because! Katsu means victory. Mama is like a superhero and superheros only reach for victory against evil! Then..Masahiro means justice prospers. Papa is like a superhero too! And since we're good guys, only justice can prosper!"

Shintaro and Ayano seemed to be satisfied with that.

"Welcome to the world, Kisaragi Masahiro and Kisaragi Katsu. We are happy to have you."

X X X

Ren had never seen her mommy look so tired. Her hair was sticking to her forehead and she was breathing a little hard. But she was smiling and the baby in her arms was looking up at them. Kido kissed Momo's forehead and held her hand nuzzling her cheek gently. She didn't mind showing public affection once in a while, and it made Momo happy.

Without knowing, Ren climbed onto the bed and made her way to the baby. Reaching out, she poked her cheek. The baby looked at her with wide eyes before reaching out. Ren held her hand and gave her a silly grin. The baby giggle a bit and Momo watched as Ren brought her baby sister over.

Her little sister had a tuft of orange hair and dark eyes. She was small and seemed curious in Ren but they were getting along. That is all that mattered.

"Mama! I know what we should name her?"

Kido blinked and looked over.

"What is that?"

She grinned.

"Umeko!"

X X X

Present

"Onee-chan! Onee-chan!"

Ren opened one eye and smiled a little. A little girl with shoulder-length orange hair was trying to wake her up. She was wearing a blue t-shirt and white shorts, a toy bucket and shovel sitting next to her. Her lips were curled downwards and her arms folded, a concentrated expression on. Kido and Momo watched from the doorway as Umeko tried to wake up her big sister.

They both knew that Ren was awake but Umeko didn't. She picked up her pail, put it close to Ren's ear and began hitting it. No one could fake sleep through that. Ren leapt off her bed and hit the ground facefirst. Umeko was startled and dropped the items turning Ren over to check her. She patted her face then her chest before shaking her.

"Onee-chan! Plaaay!"

Ren rubbed the red mark on her forehead before sitting up.

"Okay, okay. Lets eat first and get dressed then play till dinner time!"

Umeko lit up and she cheered. Ren smiled and ruffled her hair. Umeko was only three, but she was very smart. She was born a few minutes older than the Kisaragi twins but they all got along stellar. It helped that the Kisaragi lived only a house away. Once they were dressed and fed, Momo and Kido watched as their kids ran through the hedge to meet the Kisaragis on their side of the hedge.

Masahiro wore his red cape and Katsu wore a smaller version of his father's jacket. Akane borrowed a smaller version of her mother's scarf while Umeko and Ren decided to dress like their parents.

"Its time to play Mekakushi Dan!" Ren cried.

The others yelled as well. Yasu, who lived across the street came yelling dressed just like her mother when she was Ene.

"Never thought we'd be like this.." Momo muttered and hugged Kido.

Umeko rode on Ren's back as they 'fought' the invisible evil villains.

"And I never thought I'd have all of you," Kido said hugging her wife close.