Woot chapter 3 already!
Thank you to the guest who LOVES Grandpa Mirch! He's so flipping awesome to write and I'm glad you liked him.
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Everyone sat at the table half asleep, mainly the kids. Some of the adults had trouble staying up and by the time Luce had breakfast on the table Ken was on the floor asleep…
Mukuro stabbed his eggs and watched as the yolk dripped down, "I just love stabbing the yolk of an egg and watching all that yellow goo drip out slowly," He aimed a look at Lal knowing it would get her sick. He did the same thing to Luce when she was still pregnant.
Lal turned a pale green, excused herself quietly, and then ran like hell to the bathroom with a hand over her mouth to prevent herself from vomiting on the floor.
Colonnello sighed and stood up to make sure she was okay, cursing Mukuro under his breath.
Viper slapped Mukuro, "That wasn't funny Mukuro, just wait till you're the one having to take care of your pregnant wife."
Mukuro paled at the thought of himself in Colonnello's position. "My wife won't be a complete bitch." He said to his mother with his signature smirk. The little comment earned him yet another slap and lose five dollars to the swear jar.
Once done with breakfast everyone got dressed and headed to the church.
Mukuro looked up at the church with eyes filled with horror. He stepped into the church and started to cough madly.
Viper, who was still outside, pulled him out of it, he stopped coughing. For the heck of it she pushed him back in and then began to cough again. "Oh god my son is Satan." She said blankly.
Bel himself was having trouble feeling comfortable in the church. He had this huge stomach ache and felt like people were staring at his glorious hair…don't tell Squalo but everyone in the Varia knew he had the best hair.
"The Prince does not want to be here." He said to his wife as he held Chrome close to him in hopes she would protect him.
Viper rolled her eyes at her husband and took Fran's hand in hers to keep him from running off. It had been a long time since she's been in the church and it hadn't changed all that much since she had last seen it. "Get over it Bel, its just one day." She said in a hiss. She then waved to an elderly woman she had grown up seeing often helping out in the church.
Mammon looked over at his daughter and her family and groaned, Bel was asleep as well as Nagi, Fran was passed out in Viper's arms, and Mukuro had this far off look in his eyes that Viper used to get when she was younger. The preacher turned to the other people that lived with his youngest child.
Reborn was tapping his foot in annoyance and Luce was off changing Aria, Reborn's parents were whispering quietly to each other and Ada was leaning on her brother, one of his arms wrapped around her protectively like any older brother would when cuddling his little sister.
Fon and his family were not there, only because they were Christian, not Catholic and it would be weird for them to go to a Catholic church.
Skull and Ken were outside because Ken kept barking at people for no reason.
Verde wasn't there because he was atheist and refused to step foot in the church. His parents had very important work to do so they couldn't go.
Elizabeth and her family seemed to be the only one's comfortable, Theresa and Jonathon had an emergency at the hospital causing them to have to leave in the middle, and Chikusa was simply sitting in Lal's lap silently as she leaned on Colonnello, his arm around both of them protectively.
Bel woke with a start, looked around and frowned. Why were they still at the church? He looked at his watch and growled, "Viper, it's nearly three; we have to go now before Boss gets mad." He said in a hiss to his wife.
"We can't go, it's rude!" Viper hissed back, making sure not to wake Chrome or Fran.
"What's more important, making your father happy or making sure our boss doesn't skin us alive!" He hissed. He stood anyway, causing many people to turn to him with annoyed looks.
Viper glared up at him, "Sit down Belphegor, you aren't taking Nagi with you." She said lowly.
Bel glared down at her through his hair, "I'm going, and I am taking the girl…you can keep the boys, they smell." For good measure he kissed her on the cheek to say he was sorry.
"Wait, dad, take me with you!" Mukuro shouted, snapping out of his trance.
Viper slapped him upside the head, and shoed Bel away.
The next to go was Reborn, who got a call for a job he couldn't deny. Ada got hungry, as well as Aria, so they decided they would just quietly slip out.
Mammon himself was to blame for the next absence, and he would later apologize to the pregnant woman in the audience for making them sick. He had decided to use an example of some sort involving the slaughtering of a lamb…it wouldn't have been a big deal if Esper's weren't as descriptive as they were…
To make a story short Lal, as well as a woman in her mid thirties who was farther along than she, got sick and Colonnello went to see if she was okay, leaving Chikusa with Viper…
"So how was it?" Fon asked when they all got home.
"Horrible!" Everyone shouted, except Fran who was asleep the whole time.
"I thought it was great!" Fran said in a monotone, jumping out of Nicolette's arms and running to hide in Verde's lab coat for no apparent reason.
"You slept through the whole thing brat," Angioletta said to her nephew blankly.
"It was the best nap I've ever had," Fran said smugly to his aunt.
Viper looked at her son oddly, "You spend most of the day napping, what's the difference?" She asked, shifting a sleeping Mukuro to her other side. The boy had fallen asleep and it was impossible to wake the boy without a war starting, so Viper had to carry him.
"This time I got to use grandma as a pillow," He said, giving his grandmother a charming smile.
Nicolette giggled, and Viper glared, "Go to your room," She told the boy sternly.
Fran looked up at his mother, "I forgot which one was my room…can I sleep with you and daddy tonight?" He asked.
"No, because Daddy is sleeping on the couch tonight," Viper said, glaring at Bel as he entered from the kitchen.
Bel frowned, "Why am I sleeping on the couch?" He asked his wife, picking up Chrome as she ran towards him with open arms. Oh how he loved his little girl. He was not even ashamed to admit it either; he loved his adopted daughter more than he loved his knives.
"For leaving in the middle of church that's why," Viper hissed. "Now take your son to his room because he forgot which one is his!" She pointed to Fran and then turned on her heel to take Mukuro to his room.
Bel looked down at Fran and cursed under his breath, "Come on brat, let's go to your room." He said.
Chikusa sat down on the couch next to Ken and his grandmother, "Mom, can we go swimming?" He asked, looking up at Lal blankly.
"Sure, just don't drown." Lal said, opening a can of Sports Drink just for it to be taken from her by Luce and given to Colonnello. "The hell Luce," She asked her friend, annoyed greatly.
"No energy drinks, or coffee." Luce said to the older woman.
Lal stared blankly at her friend before reaching into her boot for a gun that she had hidden from Colonnello. "I'll be in the training room if you need me," She said.
"Wait, Lal I was joking! You can have coffee! Put the gun down!" Luce shouted, running after her friend.
"Luce, give it up. You had a gun on you at all times during your pregnancy, Lal loves guns more than she loves Colonnello; taking them away from her for nine months is cruel…it's bad enough she can't drink." Reborn said to his wife, taking a firm grip on her shoulder to stop her from going after the older woman.
Luce sighed; she really just wanted her friend to be okay during her first and most likely last, pregnancy. "Alright fine, she can keep a gun on her…but only a pistol!" She said quickly.
Colonnello patted Luce on the head as he passed by, "I'm sure she would love to hear that kora," He told her.
"Skull, can you do me a favor?" Elizabeth asked the man.
Skull looked at Elizabeth in shock, someone needed his help? And a Mirch of all people! "What do you need the great Skull to do Elizabeth?" He asked loudly.
"Johan and I need to go out and do a few things; can you watch Lexi for us? It'll just be for an hour or two." She said with puppy dog eyes.
Skull deflated somewhat, but bounced back up, "Of course I will watch Lexi for you Lizzy," He said.
Elizabeth smiled and hugged the stuntman, "Thank you! She's outside swimming with the other kids. Be sure that when she gets out she takes a bath!" She called out before running to grab her coat.
Skull smiled and went outside to go watch the kids, all of them seemed to be having fun, even Kyoya was swimming with the other kids…well he had a shark fin attached to his head and he was swimming up to the others at random times and scaring them…
"Skull, why don't you join us?" Chrome asked, swimming up to the edge of the pool. "The water feels great!" She giggled as she kicked her feet in the water.
"Not now Nagi, maybe later." He said to the little girl. It was rare they used her real name, but it happened sometimes, enough for her not to be taken aback when it was used.
Chrome frowned but then quickly smiled because Skull always kept his promises, "Okay!" She giggled before proudly showing off the swimming lessons she had gotten from Squalo.
"Watching the kids are we?" Luce asked Skull as she came outside with a tray of lemonade and snacks for the kids.
Skull nodded, "Elizabeth asked me to watch Lexi for a little bit." He said.
Luce nodded and put the tray down on the round table that was only really big enough for four or five. "Alright, just make sure Rudolph doesn't come near them. Lal and Viper don't want him anywhere near them." She said.
"He's something, isn't he?" Skull laughed. He had spent an hour talking to the older man a few days ago and somehow he ended up locked in a small box with the older man laughing crazily.
Luce nodded before calling the kids out of the pool.
They got out of the pool excitedly, all hoping that she had made her famous peanut butter cookies. They were better than when Viper made chocolate pie, which happened at least once a month when she was on her period.
"I'll go get you all towels," Luce said, smiling at the kids as they sat on the back porch eating and drinking.
"They're so cute," Theresa and Re cooed as they watched the kids from the kitchen.
"They're good kids, they just act tough kora." Colonnello said, opening the fridge to get a large bottle of water. Even doing 'light' warm ups Lal kicked his ass.
Theresa laughed, "They're just like you all were." She said to her son.
"Have you met Reborn and Lal, they were pretty scary when they were the kids age." Colonnello said, knowing both of them would kill him if he didn't defend them.
"Have you met Natalia? She was scarier than Lal is now!" Theresa exclaimed as memories of the crazy woman flashed past her mind.
"Natalia Mirch was insane, she was one of the best Varia members there ever was." Nicolette said as she too had flashbacks of the dark haired woman.
Colonnello laughed, he still couldn't wrap his mind around Viper's mother being Varia…sure it made sense but it was hard to process! "Have fun reminiscing ladies, kora, I need to get back to training."
"Don't have to; you're free for a few hours. Iemitsu called, I have to go." Lal said, shrugging on a suit jacket as she came down the stairs. "Be sure to train Chikusa while I'm gone." She said, taking the bottle of water from her husband.
Colonnello just chuckled and gave her a quick kiss, "Tell Iemitsu I say hello kora." He called out, to which he got no reply.
"So old man, why are you here?" Reborn asked Rudolph, sitting down in front of the elderly man.
The old man grinned, "Your wife called me." He said truthfully.
Reborn stared at the man blankly, why was he surprised that Luce called him…? "Don't touch the kids you old fart." He said.
"I wouldn't touch them! I just love causing people to freak out!" Rudolph said.
"Yeah…you're a Mirch…stay away from my daughter and don't burn down the barn or the house." He said rather calmly to the man, standing up wearily and tipping his fedora down low to the older man.
Rudolph tipped his own hat down low to show his respect towards the man. He knew why he wasn't allowed near the children, but he liked to think that he was a good person, at times…well, as good as a Mirch could be. "Don't worry Reborn; I wouldn't dare hurt any of these children." He said.
"And what about the house," Reborn asked.
The not so blind man shrugged, this was his house when he was young, and then his sons, and now it was his granddaughters. He felt he needed to cause some hell whilst here. "That's for me to know and you to find out." He answered.
Reborn chuckled and then went to find someone to torment.
"You're back! How was it?" Oregano asked upon seeing her blue haired co-worker pass by. They were in the break room, Oregano getting a fresh cup of coffee to keep her up, and Lal to cut up a mango, something she did every day before getting started; they had learned that it helped her concentrate for some reason.
"It was fine, minus the random texts that both of us kept getting from Iemitsu asking if we were having sex or not." Lal said as she idly started to cut the mango.
"You should have seen it coming, he does it every time you go somewhere with him." Oregano said.
"Yes well now I have to deal with even more shit from him." Lal grumbled as she eyed the door to Iemitsu's office.
"So it's true, what Iemitsu said a few days ago about you…" Oregano felt it difficult to say it aloud.
"Being pregnant? Yes it's true, unless the five tests I took were lying to me and I've started to get sick for no apparent reason." Lal said as she looked down at her cut up mango in satisfaction. They were cut into little cubes just how she liked it.
"So what does it feel like?" Oregano asked curiously. "I mean do you feel weird or anything?" She continued when she got a strange look.
"I feel fine Oregano, nothing to worry about until there's a kid coming out of me," Lal said, popping a mango in her mouth and turning to go to her office. She was, of course, stopped by Basil running out of her office happily.
"Lal-dono, thy is back!" He exclaimed, hugging the woman's legs. Everyone was so surprised when Alaude of all people came into work late carrying a small bundle saying that his name was Basil, and they were all to help raise him to be a part of the CEDEF.
"Yes, thy is back. How is thee?" She asked, having been used to his way of speaking. She found it easy to just go along with how he speaks, it's just less complicated.
"Thy is happy that thou is back." He grinned, "Master wants to see thou."
Lal groaned; she was expecting that though. "Alright twerp, let's go." And so with the cup of mango cubes in one and Basil holding her other hand the two went to Iemitsu's office.
"Lal," He said upon seeing the woman.
"Iemitsu," She said, sitting down and letting the five year old jump in her lap like he does with everyone in the CEDEF.
"How are you feeling?" He asked her.
Lal snorted, it felt like everyone was asking her that now in days. "I'm pregnant not dying so stop acting like it."
"I have requests from Luce saying to restrict you to paper when you start to…show…" He said, looking at her abdomen, which was being blocked by Basil at the moment.
"So I got around three months to do actual missions." Lal said remembering that Luce started to show around four months, and from what Verde, not to mention Colonnello's parents, had said she was already far into her first month.
"Nana started showing at two months." Iemitsu said.
"I'm not your wife, we're both different people. I may not even show until I'm six months pregnant." Lal said, softly playing with Basil's hair. She then glared at him, "I can't believe you kept texting us you ass,"
"Apparently it didn't work because my best assassin is pregnant!" He shouted.
"Get over it I've been pregnant for a month now… comes on Basil, you can spend the day with me." Lal said, standing up and putting the boy on her hip like she does with Chikusa when he's too tired to walk.
"Can thy spend the night?" He asked.
"Sure kid, I'm sure you'd get along great with the other kids." Lal said before the two disappeared.
"Mukuro," Mammon said, looking down at the little boy.
"Grandfather," Mukuro said a smirk on his face as he stared at the man that only slightly resembled his mother. "How are you?" He asked.
"I'm…fine…I just dropped your grandmother, your sister, and your aunt off at the mall…your grandmother wants to dress your sister up, and your aunt is just bored." Mammon said, sitting down on the couch.
Mukuro grinned, "Is Grandmother going to make Nagi dress up like a princess?" He asked.
"Most likely, knowing Nicolette," Mammon said, thinking back to when his daughters were younger.
"Is Mother going to protest?" Mukuro asked, jumping on the seat next to the older man.
"Yes, I believe my little Viper is going to freak out." Mammon groaned.
The grin on Mukuro's face grew, "Good, "
"Are you two bonding?" Luce asked in shock, walking into the living room to see the two sprawled across the couch watching a game of football.
"No, no we are not!" The two shouted.
Viper walked in then, stared at the two, took a photo, and then went to the den to get a shot of vodka.
Hey look, I updated! Sorry for the wait, I've been at a friend's house for a while and well my sister had control of my laptop.
I'm not sure if I got Basil's thee's or thou's right...
I hope you all had a great new year's; I know I had a blast.
And as horrible as it is to say, my hermit crab, who I named Lussuria, has passed away. May he rest in peace and always be fabulous…
