Normally I answer reviews seperately but since it's almost 1am here and I'm tired (not to mention lazy), I'll do it this way:
WouldBeSenpai, DsaANON, ALEXISSA2, Blackfang64, Confused-orange579 and Ginukuemau, thank you all for reviewing, I'm glad you all enjoyed it and I hope you'll enjoy this chapter too!
This is the longest chapter I've written in my entire life! I don't think I'll ever be able to write a chapter this long (or even longer) again, so enjoy!
Oh and before I forget.. This chapter is dedicated to someone who's very dear to me a.k.a. my idol, my senpai, my teacher, my BFF, my sister, my very own teasing Shizuru and my partner in crime, Stitch62603!
I do NOT own Mai-HiME!! -dreamy sigh- If only I did own it.. Just think of the possibilities!
"Momo Minagi! You come out of that tree, right now!" The busty redhead yelled.
"No! I don't wanna go! I wanna stay with you and Miko-mama!" The little girl, who appeared to be 'Momo Minagi', yelled back. Momo had short, spiky, light brown hair and darker brown braids dangling along each side of her head, exactly like Mikoto's hair-style.
Mai sighed and massaged the bridge of her nose, "Some times I just wish you were more like your sister.."
"What's the matter, Mai?" Mai turned around. Behind her stood Mikoto who carried a little girl. The girl looked like a mini-version of Mai. The only difference between Mai and the little girl was the girl's dark brown eyes. "Momo doesn't want to go and so she decided to climb in a tree. She says she wants to stay with us." Mai smiled briefly at that before sighing, "That child is just so stubborn!"
Mikoto chuckled as she put the little girl down, "Just like her mother then."
"Hey!" Mai giggled and playfully punched Mikoto's shoulder. "Just go get your daughter out of that tree."
The feral girl grinned and saluted, "Aye aye, Ma'am!"
Mai shook her head in amusement while watching her lover walk to the tree where her other daughter had climbed in. "Well then, come on Rika, let's put you in the car while Miko-mama gets your sister."
"Hai, mommy!" Rika happily yelped as she held her mother's hand while walking to the car.
"Oi Mo-chan, what are you doing up here?" The black-haired girl asked, climbing onto the branch next to Momo. "Miko-mama.." Momo said sounding surprised. Mikoto smiled, "Come on, your mom and your sister are waiting for you."
"No! I don't wanna go.. I wanna stay with you and mommy.."
"I know, but you can't come with us this time.. You know, I have planned something very special for your mother.. And it's only this weekend, so we will be back by Sunday evening. ..Besides.. Don't you wanna go visit Auntie Natsuki and Auntie Shizuru?"'
"Rika and I will be staying at Auntie Natsuki and Auntie Shizuru?" Mikoto nodded. "Awesome! I thought we had to stay at that scary old woman's place again.."
Mikoto laughed, "You mean Graceburt-san?" Momo nodded, "She's scary! And mean!"
"Yeah, I don't really like her either.. But don't tell your mom that! She'll hit me in the head if she heard that.." Momo giggled, "Okay Miko-mama!" She hugged the cat-girl and slowly climbed out of the tree.
Natsuki slowly made her way to the fridge. She opened it, took out the milk and closed it again. She took a sip out of the carton and noticed a small note on the door of the fridge. She leaned closer and read it.
Good morning my sexy little wolf,
Natsuki blushed at that.
The first thing I want to say is that my Natsuki shouldn't drink from the milk carton.
'What the hell? Kami! I swear that woman is psychic..' The blunette thought as she quickly put the carton back into the fridge.
Anyway, Natsuki has to be ready before 12.30, because Mai-han will drop off her children for the weekend around then. I'll be back around 7 and I expect my little wolf to behave well until then ;)
Love,
Shizuru
P.S.: I bought a DVD (the one with the bright yellow box) for the kids to watch.
'Hmm.. Oh yeah, Mai will drop off her children.. Wait.. What?!' Natsuki rubbed her eyes and desperately read that sentence again to see if her eyes were fooling her. Unfortunately, they were not..
"Oh no.. Shizuru has to be kidding me.." Natsuki whimpered and trembled, "After what happened four years ago, I swore to never go anywhere near those little devils again.."
-FLASHBACK-
The Kuga-Fujino Residence, 4 years ago
The sound of the TV and stereo blaring could be heard outside the house. In the kitchen everything was covered in red sauce, what appeared to be tomato sauce. Spaghetti was stuck against the ceiling, hung over the lamp and was spread all over the floor. And here and there you could find a meatball. In short, it just looked like a giant made out of spaghetti with meatballs and tomato sauce had exploded in their kitchen. In the hallway you could see tiny colored handprints on the walls and tiny colored footprints on the floor. They made a trail that lead to the living room. The living looked like a battlefield. And in the middle of it was poor Natsuki who looked like she was about to cry like there was no tomorrow. She was covered in spaghetti and paint and was tied up to a chair. In front of her were Rika and Momo playing with a bottle of mayonnaise, smearing the white substance over the floor with their tiny hands.
-END FLASHBACK-
'Who knew that three year-olds could tie you up so tight like that.. Not to mention what they did to my precious mayo.." Natsuki shook her head, "I need to call Shizuru and make sure those brats won't stay here for the weekend!" Natsuki quickly grabbed her phone and called Shizuru.
"Hey Shizuru-honey! ..Yeah it's me Natsuki! Please tell me you were kidding with what you wrote in that note.. No? Hmm.. Yeah I was afraid so.. But please Shizuru, I beg you, you have to tell Mai she can't drop her kids her for the weekend.. Why..? Why?! Don't you remember what happened four years ago?! ..What?! Innocent toddlers?! Shizuru, innocent toddlers, my ass! You saw what they did to the house and me! Not to mention my precious mayonnaise.. No Shizuru, that was not a good thing! ..Argh! Stop teasing me! ..Back to the point, we can't let those kids stay here! I swear Shizuru! Those little brats are evil! Pure evil I tell you! Evil with a capital 'E'! ..Shizuru..? Shizuru! NO! Shizuru, don't laugh! You gotta believe me! No! Don't hang up! Shizuru? Shizuru?! ..SHIZURU!!!"
Shizuru had hung up on Natsuki. Now the biker had no other choice than to overcome her fear and face her destiny.
'12.28.. They'll be here any minute.. Okay Kuga, get yourself together!' Natsuki was nervously walking back and forth in front of the door. 'It's okay Kuga, this time you're prepared! You can totally han—' Natsuki thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell.
"KYAA!" The blunette was startled by the sound and fell on her butt.
"Natsuki, are you okay in there?" Mai called from outside. "Y-yeah I'm fine! Ehehe.." Natsuki quickly got on her feet and opened the door, "Hey Mai.."
"Hey Natsuki! Thanks again for letting Rika and Momo stay with you and Shizuru-san for the weekend!" Mai said while she put the small bags of Momo and Rika on the ground.
"Y-yeah no problem!" Natsuki said, forcing a smile on her face. 'It's not like I had a choice..'
"Hmm? Did you say something?"
"N-no!" The biker immediately said. 'Man I swear, both she and Shizuru are either mind-readers or psychics..' Natsuki looked around but didn't see Rika or Momo. " So.. Erm.. Where are they?"
Mai smiled. "They were saying 'good-bye' to Mikot--Oh here they come!"
The two girls were running on full speed towards the door. "Auntie Natsuki!" they yelled in unison as they glomped Natsuki. Natsuki, due the sudden impact, fell to the ground. "Oof.. Kami! Get off me you little brats! You guys are fu—"
"Natsuki! Language!" Mai yelled, glaring at Natsuki. The blunette grumbled, "What I meant to say was.. You guys are really heavy!" Momo and Rika giggled and got off Natsuki.
The busty redhead smiled at the sight. "Come here, girls. Mommy has to go now." The girls walked to their mother and hugged her. Mai hugged them back, gave each of them a kiss on top of their heads and let go off them. "Miko-mama and I will back on Sunday evening. So behave like good girls as long as we're gone, okay? The girls nodded. "Good! Bye bye!" Mai yelled as she walked to Mikoto who was waiting in the car.
"Bye mommy!" The girls, who were clinging to Natsuki, shouted back. "Bye Mai, Mikoto!" Natsuki yelled as she waved at the car that now drove away. As soon as the car was out of sight, the blunette sighed and grabbed the small bags of the girls. "Come on you two, let's go inside."
It was surprisingly quiet in the Kuga-Fujino Residence. Momo, Rika and Natsuki sat at the kitchen table. Natsuki was watching them intently as they both quietly ate a sandwich that Natsuki had prepared for them. The blunette felt very awkward and tried to break the -for her- unbearable silence, "So.. Uhm.. Do you guys like videogames?" The girls, who were both still chewing, looked at each other, then back at Natsuki and nodded enthusiastically. "Oh? Cool! ..So what kind of games do you like the best?"
Rika swallowed and answered, "Fighting games!" Momo who was still chewing, pumped her fist in the air and made a noise that could be translated as 'Heck yeah!'. The biker's face immediately lit up.
"Seriously?"
The siblings grinned and nodded. "Do you two wanna play some after you're done with eating?"
"Totally!" Natsuki grinned, 'Maybe this isn't going to be so bad after all..'
"Huh?! You beat me.. Again! " Rika just grinned as she gave her sister a high-five. "That's it! I demand a re-match!"
"Okidoki, Auntie Natsuki!" They both picked there characters, Rika chose Ayane and Natsuki chose Christie, while Momo picked the location, The Seaside Market.
After a while both Rika and Natsuki had each won one round. And so far the last round was looking good for Natsuki.
"Booyah!" The mayo-addict yelled as she let Christie kick Ayane of the stairs. Rika growled as her character got up and let Ayane charge towards Christie. Lucky Rika managed to let Ayane kick so that Christie ended up under some palm trees.
"Eh?!" Natsuki yelped as she hit the start-button to pause the game, "Since when can you get hit by coconuts?!"
Rika smirked and Momo laughed, "Did Auntie Natsuki not know that?"
Natsuki blushed and grumbled, "No.. Let's just continue.." She hit the start-button again.
Both fought intensive, until Rika said, "Time to end this!" The blunette's jaw somewhat hit the floor when she saw Ayane do an amazing combo of kicks and hits, knocking Christie out in just a matter of seconds .
"You lose." The announcer's voice said. Natsuki dropped her controller in her lap and turned to Rika and grabbed her hands.
"H-how did you do that?! You have to teach me how you did that!"
Rika let out a nervous giggle as Momo began to explain to Natsuki what her sister had just done.
"It's a simple combo between Renjin-Roso, Roso-Kyaku and Koku-Hajin-Shu. First you hit Y, Y, right, B, down, B, followed by down X, B and for the finishing blow you hit right, right, Y, B, down, B." Natsuki stared in awe at Momo.
"What? It's really easy!" She let Ayane do the combo, "See?"
Natsuki could only nod which made the siblings giggle. "Don't you ever read the Command List?" Rika asked in a teasing voice.
Again the biker blushed and Momo and Rika started laughing. Natsuki looked away in embarrassment as she got up from the couch. "T-that's enough gaming for today, let's watch that DVD Shizuru bought you two. You guys put away everything and get the DVD. The box should be bright yellow. Understood?"
The girls saluted, "Yes Ma'am!"
"Good! I'm gonna get us some snacks and something to drink." And with that Natsuki walked to the kitchen.
Natsuki had just taken the drinks out of the fridge when Momo yelled, "Auntie Natsuki! The box was supposed to be yellow, right?"
"Yeah! Did you guys find it?"
"Uhm.. Yes, but I don't think it's the right one.." Rika answered.
"Why do you think that?" Natsuki asked while preparing the snacks. "Because it has a picture of two pretty ladies kissing on the front."
'Oh fuck..' The now blushing blunette immediately stopped with what she was doing and rushed to the living. Natsuki quickly grabbed the movie and ran out of the living. The siblings just stood there as they watched Natsuki run away with the DVD box.
Several minutes later Natsuki came back, carrying snacks and drinks and holding another yellow DVD box between her teeth. The biker put all the stuff down and popped the disc in the player.
"Did you find the right one, Auntie Natsuki?" Rika asked, already sitting on the couch.
"Y-yeah, it was on top of the fridge.." Natsuki replied, sitting down on the couch.
"Okidoki! So.. What was the other movie about?" Momo innocently asked while plopping down next to Natsuki.
"Ah! N-nothing!" Natsuki squeaked. The confused siblings looked at Natsuki. "Huh?"
Natsuki blushed. "L-look, I'll tell you when you're older.. For now, let's just forget about it and watch this movie, okay?" Rika and Momo looked at each other and shrugged, "Okay."
As the movie started the siblings snuggled up to Natsuki. The mayo-addict smiled and put an arm around each girl.
Shizuru closed the door behind her and called out for Natsuki, but nothing other than silence greeted her. "Ara.. Natsuki?"
Still no reply.
The honey brunette poked her head into the kitchen. 'Ara, nobody here.. And surprisingly enough everything is still clean. Oh well..'
Shizuru walked into the living room and saw that the TV was turned on.
"Natsuki?"
Again Shizuru didn't get an answer, so she walked over to the couch. Shizuru was barely able to bite back a squeal at the sight in front of her. 'They look so adorable! Ara, maybe.. Maybe one day, my Natsuki and I will have children of our own and we'll end up sleeping on the couch like this too..' The Kyoto goddess thought, smiling.
On the couch sat a slightly drooling Natsuki with one arm wrapped around Rika who clung to her right side and her other arm draped over Momo who lay with her head on Natsuki's lap. All three of them were in a deep slumber.
Shizuru kissed each one of them on top of their head and turned off the TV. 'I'll let them sleep for now..'
And this is the end of chapter 4! (Doy, no shit Sherlock) I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing this.
A few notes on this chapter:
1. Rika and Momo are the result of Tate's condom mishap (Momo has Tate's interesting haircolor XXD and Rika has Tate's eyes). So in the Mai didn't just have one child, but instead she got an unidentical twin. Rika means 'valued frangrance' and Momo means 'peach' (XXD).
2. The game they played was DAO4 (Dead or Alive 4) for the Xbox 360. I friggin' love Christie and Ayane (they're hot! XD)! Ano.. Oh yeah, the coconut part is something one of my best friends told me, I have yet to experience it myself LOL. Also, I don't know if the combo is as "fatal" as I said in the story, seeing that I just randomly picked 3 moves from Ayane's Command List (They just sounded fun) and like Natsuki I don't really pay attention, I usually just bash buttons in DAO4 -blushes in embarassment- ..Oh yeah! The 'Booyah' thing is a habit of mine, well sort of.. I yell 'Booyah bitch' almost every time I win, K.O. someone, kill the enemy and/or just hit something (even if I wasn't supposed to hit it XD)! Ofcourse I couldn't let Natsuki curse in front of the kids so I just let her say 'Booyah'.
Well I think that was about it..
Next time, 5. Sleeping! (= Something I should be doing right now!)
Please review! Bye-bee!!