* Beware of the OCs. There are a bunch of them in here.
Disclaimer: I do not own KHR.
Chapter 2, The Triplets who look like me
Giotto stood still, mouth gaping…eyes widened in shock and surprises…his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
The two children standing in front of him blinked in confusion as he continued to freeze like a statue. "Nii-san…do you think he's alright?" asked the brown-haired buy as he tugged the black-haired boy's shirt lightly.
The black-haired scowled. "Who cares? Anyway…are you hurt anywhere, Tsuna? You were almost hit by the car?" he asked worryingly.
"Ah...no. I'm fine. The car stopped before it could even hit me." The brunet replied. The black-haired sighed in relief, hearing this.
"Tsuna! Tsukuyomi!" The two of them turned to a red-haired boy and a blonde girl, running towards them, followed by a young lady with black hair.
"Hey, are you two alright?" the lady asked as soon as they made it to the two. When she received nods from them, she sighed. "That's why I told you to be careful when playing near the gates, all of you!"
All the four children had their heads slumped down in guilty at this. "We're so sorry…."
"Ahem…Excuse me." All of them turned their attention to Bob who cleared his throat. "I apologize for what had happened, Miss Ellen. I wasn't looking where I was driving."
"Oh!" the black-haired lady muttered when she recognized the old man. "Look if isn't it the old butler from Vongola Mansion? Hello, old man. How have you been doing?" She greeted.
"Yes. Thank you for your concern, Milady. You look as delicate as usual." He responded, bowing slightly.
"Hee…delicate, eh?" Ellen smirked. Then out of blue, she grabbed the old man by his collar, glaring murderously at him. Four of the children shook in fear and immediately went to huddle up behind the black-haired boy.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to describe ME as delicate?! I'm not like those weak, highly honored, house-sitting women!" She snarled. This only made the children shrieked in fear, excluding the black-haired boy.
Bob responded at her threat with a calm expression. "My mistake, Milady. You are as graceful as ever."
Ellen scowled and let go of the man. "What are you doing here by the way? It's unusual for you to come all the way here."
"Uhh… I'm here to accompany Master Giotto because he was coming to see Don Shimon." The butler replied, fixing his collar.
"Hmm…Your master, eh?" She turned to look at the blonde who was still freezing as if he had seen a ghost. She frowned and crossed her arms, glaring at him, indicating that she wasn't very pleased to see him.
"So…why the hell does he look like a lifeless doll? Oi!"
"My apologies." The butler approached Giotto. "Master, snap out of this. We have arrived at the Shimon Mansion." He told the blonde. "Master?"
"D-Do…" A small whimper broke out from Giotto as he stared at the children, pointing his finger at them.
"There is a saying that if you were to see your doppelganger, you will definitely meet a bad end…" He murmured, his voice seemingly shaking.
A vein twitched down the black-haired boy's head when he heard this. He stepped forward to deliver a strong kick on the blonde's knee, making him yelped in pain.
"OW! What the hell was that for?!" Giotto winced painfully, holding the place where he was kicked.
The black-haired boy huffed. "Serves you right, blondie! I don' understand what you're trying to say, but we ain't your dog, jerk!" He hissed.
Giotto immediately jerked up. "No, wait! I didn't mean it that way!" He exclaimed in defense, waving his hands in front of him.
"Hey! Giotto!" A man with red hair called out as he constantly waving his arm at the blonde, grinning at him.
"Yo, Cozart!" Giotto greeted back as the red haired approached the scene. "It's been a while."
"Hey there, Giotto. Glad to have you back, too." said Cozart as he fist-bumped with the blonde. "Say, where are the others? Are you here all by yourself?"
Giotton grinned. "Not really. I have got Bob to keep me company while G and the rest are with their family."
"I see." The redhead slapped him across his back playfully. "Well…everyone needs their privacy, don't they? Come and have some tea, Gio! It's been ages since we've last chat. Also, I want to introduce you to my family."
"Oh...Okay…"
With that, the both of them walked down the side path, into the garden.
Ellen sighed and turned to Bob. "Go and park the car somewhere else. I'll go and prepare some tea for them."
"Yes, Miss Ellen."
She then turned to the kids. "Go and play somewhere else. Don't wander off too far, got it?"
They all nodded. "Yes, Mom/Aunt Ellen." Immediately, they all took off to a certain direction with the small red haired boy leading the way.
"So…how was life in Italy? Got a girlfriend yet?" asked Cozart teasingly as he crossed his legs.
"That thought has never actually crossed my mind since I'm busy with the Family." The blonde responded nervously. The two of them were sitting on a chair under a shady tree.
Cozart rested his chin on his palm. "Oh really? So…life's great?"
"Well… Life is great after the Vongola Family was created…it's really great…Cuz all I have to deal with every day is endless amount of paper works and meetings…" replied Giotto.
The red head grinned. "Oh…Seems like you're having a good time."
Giotto chuckled and turned to where the children were playing. "Not as good as yours…" He murmured.
The redhead smiled in sympathy. "You should really look for someone, Giotto. I think it's about time you get married. Even G and that stoic Alaude is married, you know? Damn…they even have kids."
The blonde immediately held up his hand. "You don't have to remind me about that. I myself am well aware of that."
"Ho… is that so?" wondered his friend in amusement.
"Yeah…But… I'm not going to give that much of a thought to the topic yet…I have a feeling that…I shouldn't…"
Cozart raised a brow. "Your hyper intuition?"
"Yes… It's telling me that…I have things to settle first before I look for someone else…"
"Hmm…maybe it's telling you the truth…" the redhead spoke up. "You DO have some problems to solve…" He grumbled in a very low voice.
"What was that?"
"Uh…no! it's nothing! Nothing at all! Ahahaha…" Cozart brushed it off.
The blonde gave his friend a look of curiosity but didn't quite pay any attention to it.
"By the way, Cozart…" the redhead turned to him. "I thought you only have a son. How come there are four kids in total? Plus…three of them kinda look familiar…"
"Oh! Sorry, sorry! I forgot to introduce them to you." Cozart chuckled and turned to the kids. "Hey, Enma! Triplets! Come here for a second!" He called them.
All of them immediately stopped playing and raced towards the redhead. Cozart stood up and knelt down, opening his arms. The boy with the red head cheerfully ran into his arms while the rest of them only stood by his side.
"Papa, what's up?" the redhead asked.
The father grinned and turned back to his friend. "Giotto, I would like you to meet me and Ellen's son, Enma. Enma, this is Papa's best friend, Uncle Giotto. Say hello to him."
The boy nodded and looked shyly at Giotto. "H-Hi, there, Uncle Giotto. My name is Enma. Nice to meet you." He muttered timidly.
Giotto smiled. "Nice to meet you, too, Enma-kun." Somehow…he felt a little bit old being addressed as 'Uncle'…But wow…the similarity between the boy and Cozart…you could tell almost immediately that they're father and son.
The older Shimon grinned and ruffled the black-haired boy's head. "And…the three here are Enma's friends. This kid is Tsukuyomi."
The kid only scowled at the mention of his name.
"…and Tsunayoshi…Tsuna for short though."
The brown haired boy smiled, looking as shy as Enma as he hid behind Tsukuyomi. "H-hi there, Mr. Giotto."
"…and lastly…" He gestured at the blonde girl who was also hiding behind the black-haired. "…this young lady here is Tsubame. The three of them are triplets."
"Oh…I see…they are quite…unique looking triplets…" Giotto commented as he carefully looked at each of the triplets.
The two boys have the same hair style as his but with different hair colors. Tsukuyomi has black hair with red eyes, whereas Tsuna has brown chestnut hair with honey brown eyes. As for the girl, she has long golden hair with sky blue eyes.
'Blue eyes?' Giotto raised a brow. 'Why do they look kinda familiar? It's like….I've seen them somewhere else before…' He mumbled to himself as he stared deeply into those clear blue eyes that resembled the blue sky.
"Ummm…Giotto?"
The blonde blinked and averted his gaze from the three. "Oh yeah. Nice to meet you guys. I'm Giotto."
"Yeah…the one that called us dog-something…" Tsukuyomi snarled, glaring menacingly at the blonde.
"I've already told you that I didn't mean it that way!" Giotto's face turned red in nervousness. "Doppelganger! It's doppelganger! Not dog!"
"Yeah right…" was the boy's response before he turned away.
After that, Cozart told them to run along and continued what they were playing saying that he has to talk with the blonde. The children nodded obediently and left the two adults.
Cozart laughed. "Seriously…I don't know what you two are talking about, but I guess you've totally pissed him out by whatever you've said."
"I've told you…it was unintentional…" Giotto muttered, somewhat feeling a bit guilty.
"Ahahahaha…don't worry. That's how the way he is. Though he behaves a little rebellious, Tsukuyomi is quite sensitive and overprotective when it comes down to his siblings. He is the eldest after all."
"That's quite amusing…anyway…they usually come to play here?" asked the blonde.
Cozart nodded. "Yup. They don't have other kids to play with around their homes so they often come to play with Enma. They are classmates after all. Moreover, their mother and Ellen are close friends."
"Speaking of Ellen…You haven't probably introduced me to her yet…You didn't even invite me to your wedding…you big meanie…"murmured Giotto with a sad sigh as he rubbed a fake emotional teardrop form his eye.
The redhead looked a bit irritated at this. "Idiot…I DID invite you…you were the one who didn't show up at the wedding…"
"Eh? Really?"
"Also...I thought you've already known Ellen so I don't really bother telling you…" He grumbled the last part.
Giotto stared confusedly at him. "Huh? What do you mean? This is actually the first time I've met or seen her."
The redhead tensed up and grinned nervously. "Yeah! That's right! This is obviously the first time you've met her. What am I saying?"
The blonde raised a brow in questioning, but said nothing.
"The tea is here." said Ellen as she approached the two Dons with a tray of tea set and placed it on the table.
"Uh…Ellen, sorry for troubling you."
"Nope…this is nothing at all." The raven responded while pouring the hot liquid into the cups before placing them in front of the two. "Here. Help yourself."
"Uh…thank you very much, Miss Ellen." The blonde said politely before picking up the cup, taking a sip of the tea. "Wow…it tastes great. What brand is this?"
Ellen took a seat beside her husband. "This is no brand tea. It's herb."
"Herb?"
"Yes. It's good for your health."
"Oh…you seem pretty knowledgeable about Japanese herbs then?"
"I appreciate your compliments… but I have little knowledge about them unlike someone else…" she replied sternly, her eyes glowed an erringly red as she directed a threatening at him.
A bead of sweat rolled down the side of his head when he sensed this. His face began to turn pale. 'Why do I get the feeling that she's trying to hold herself back from devouring me whole?'
The atmosphere around the three became super tense as carnivorous aura began to leak from Ellen. Giotto began to get scared of this.
'I thought Bob said she's a wonderful person?' He cried in his mind.
Cozart could feel the killing intense from the raven so he placed his hand on her shoulder, giving her an assuring smile. The raven's face flushed red as she scowled and averted her eyes from him.
She placed her cup down and stood up. "It's getting pretty late. I'll drive the three kids back home."
"You're right. She might get worried even if she knew where they are."
"And Cozart…" Ellen glanced over her shoulder to the redhead. "We need to talk tonight." She told him.
Cozart stared at her for a moment and grinned. "Sure…Be careful on your way."
The raven huffed. "Well then, if you would excuse me, Don Vongola." She walked away from the two towards the children.
After she left the two men, Giotto felt like he had just dodged a bullet that nearly hit his heart. He was still sweating nervously.
The redhead took notice of this. "Sorry about that, Giotto. She seems to be in a bad mood today."
"Is she always like that?" the blonde asked.
"Hmm...Yup. She's like that all right. But, there were times when she gets upset and goes on a long term mission. Only when she cools down that she would return." said his friend with a thoughtful look.
"Wait! You assign her on missions?" Giotto exclaimed. That was unexpected.
Cozart blinked and nodded. "Yeah… She asks for it by herself. Though she looks weak, she's one fearsome young woman." He let out a disappointing sigh. "If only she could behave more lady-like…she would be super cute…"
As soon as he finished his sentence, a sword with black blade flew past in front of his face and hit the tree beside.
The two of them jumped and shrieked at this. "What the?!"
Giotto turned to the side and saw Ellen standing her ground near the children with her arms crossed.
"I thought I just heard someone talking behind my back. Maybe I was mistaken." She said with an amusing smirk.
This time, Cozart also shivered in fear as he watched her left with the triplets.
"She's scary…Very much scary…" the blonde murmured. Maybe even more scarier than Alaude…when the hell did she get her hands on a dangerous sword like this?
"Well…that's what people usually get for comparing her to the other ladies… But, at least she didn't try to cut my head off last time." The redhead chuckled.
Last time? You mean…this usually happens? "Cozart…what does she usually do when she's not on mission?" asked Giotto.
"Huh? Oh…when she has no mission, she would stay at the mansion, helping with the chores, checking on the herbs, polishing her sword and….trains Enma…" The last part made him shivered a bit.
"But…even though she's like this for most of the time, she's a great person, you know? She always takes good care of everyone around her, especially Enma." The redhead smiled gently.
Noticing hi friend smiling that way, Giotto could tell that Cozart loves her more than anything. He could feel that the man was very grateful for the fact that she has always by his side…even though she might be a little bit fierce…
The blonde huffed and rubbed the back of his neck. "You're one lucky man, Cozart…to have someone like her…I'm so jealous…"
"There's nothing to be jealous about Giotto. I was the one to get jealous towards you at first… but then…when I thought about it…it was because of the two of you…that I've met her…So I'm grateful." Cozart scratched his cheek as he gave his friend a toothy grin.
The blonde raise a brow. "There is it again. I don't quite get what you mean. You're talking as if I used to have a lover or something…"
Realizing what he had blurted out, Cozart immediately snapped is mouth shut. 'Ah, Crap!' he sweated.
Giotto's eyes narrowed suspiciously as he leaned forward. "Now, fess up, Shimon Cozart! What exactly were you indicating to?"
The redhead could only backed away, letting out a small laugh which sounded like a whimper. "Uh…well...you see…it was just a jo-"
"Cozart! I can tell when someone's trying to tie his way out, remember?" the blonde said with smirk, tapping his head.
'Damn him and his freaky demonic hyper intuition!'
Now what was he going to do? Giotto didn't seem to know what he was talking about so that could only mean that… 'He still doesn't remember anything…' The redhead felt sad at this. But, even so…he couldn't tell him yet…Giotto has to settle his mess on his own. But, right now... 'Somebody please help me!'
Luckily, his wish was granted. "Master Giotto, it's almost time for dinner. I suppose we should leave as well." Bob interrupted the conversation as he took out his pocket watch.
The blonde sighed and stood up. "Very well. Cozart, we'll talk about this matter next time." He told the redhead. "I'll drop by when I have time. See you later."
Cozart sent Bob an appreciation look as he watched the two of them left. The butler responded by bowing slightly. He then scratched his head, looking very troubled.
"Damn…Me and my big mouth…Ellen's going to kill me once she heard this…" he murmured.
The raven in mentioned sneezed slightly which startled the kids.
"Aunt Ellen, are you alright? Did you catch a cold?" asked Tsubame.
Ellen shook her head. "No…not really…"
"Maybe somebody's gossiping abou you, old lady." Tsukuyomi smirked, crossing his arms behind his head.
The raven's eyes twitched. "If it weren't for the fact that I'm driving at the time, I swear you would have been history." She growled. They were currently on their way back home with Ellen driving the car.
"Mom…can I ask you something?" Enma poked leaned forward at the passenger seat. He insisted that he wanted to come, too and she couldn't refuse him.
"I've just notice… Tsuna and Tsukuyomi look quite similar to Uncle Giotto, don't they?" the red head asked. Ellen tensed a bit at this.
"Yeah…who was that guy anyway? He even has the same hair color as Tsubame." Tsukuyomi added, glancing at his sister. "Do you have any idea of who he is?"
Ellen clenched the steering wheel, gritting her teeth. "He's no one else…" She muttered which made the kids confused. But, feeling that they shouldn't ask anything further, they sat in their seat quietly. After a few minutes of driving without uttering a word, Ellen stopped the car in front of a shrine pillar.
"We're here." She told the kids. "I'm not going to see you guys off today. Make sure to go straight to your home, alright?"
"Yes, Aunt Ellen." Tsuma and Tsubame responded before they got out of the car. When Tsukuyomi was about to step out, the raven muttered to him.
"Brat, tell your Mom that I'll drop by some time."
The boy scowled, but nodded. "You owe me once again, old lady." With that, he got out and stood beside his two siblings.
"Let's go." He murmured before he stepped forward, taking the lead. Even though there was a shine pillar in front of them, there was nothing else but a large forest beyond the pillar.
Ellen watched as the three walked into the forest. When she was sure that they were out of the view, she drove away.
As the three walked deeper into the forest, they spotted a woman dressed in miko robes, waiting for them. The woman has light blue eyes with long dark hair that was tied with a white ribbon into a loose pony tail.
The triplets' eyes brightened up when they saw her and immediately made a run to her. The woman smiled when she saw this and opened her arms to greet them.
"Tadaiima, Kaa-san!" the three exclaimed in unison as they ran into her rams, hugging her.
"Okairinasai, Tsuna, Tsukyomi, Tsubame." She responded, patting them on their heads. "So…did you guys have fun today?" She asked once she pulled away.
"Yes, we did."
"I'm glad to hear that. Come along. Dinner's almost ready. It's your favorite dish today." She said with a gentle smile as she began to walk off to a large Japanese style house several meters away from where they were standing.
"Hai, Kaa-san!"
Well...and that's it. How was it? The rest of te Guardians and their kids will appear in next chapter. I hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks for reading and reviews, plz!