A/N: Another request from ARC-27-3333
"You know Lance if you keep bouncing like that you're going to jump all the way back into outer space" Shiro chuckled as he walked hand in hand with his eight year old boys.
"You say that like it's a bad thing" Keith smirked, earning him a scowl from his twin brother.
"Shut up Keith!" Lance snapped.
"You shut up!" Keith shot back.
"Boys! Boys!" Shiro cut in, lightly shaking them to get their attention. "Do you want me to take you home?" He asked, looking between the two sternly.
"No…" Both muttered, looking at their feet.
"No, what?" Shiro asked, having the two stand in front of him.
Both repressed a groan "No sir"
"That's more like it" Shiro nodded and smirked as he grabbed the two's hands again.
"Hey dad! Do you think we'll see Grolack?" Lance asked with a bright smile on his face.
"Maybe if we're lucky" Shiro smiled warmly, the three of them were currently on a walk through a foreign planet that they had visited before, Allura and Coran were back at the castle tending to a sick Pidge and Hunk and thought that a walk would be a good way to keep the twins from getting sick. (As well as a good way to keep them from getting on their sick siblings nerves with their squabbling)
Shiro's ears then pricked up as he heard something rustling in the bushes, something that was way to big to an animal on a planet like this one. "Boys go behind that rock over their and don't come out until I tell you too" Shiro said, his tone and expression as stern as was humanly possible.
Keith and Lance gave each other a concerned look before doing as they were told.
Shiro turned in the direction of the rustling bush and took a stance with his prosthetic arm a glow "You can come out now"
"Well that's a fine way to greet an old friend" Shiro's eyes widened as a man with dark eyes and a rugged appearance stepped out from the bushes.
"Jethro" Shiro scowled "Funny, I never thought of us as friends!" He said venomously.
The man gave a shocked expression and placed his hands over his chest "You wound me Shiro! I thought we had some great times in the garrison…" His expression darkened "…until you had me dishonourably discharged"
"You were selling garrison secrets to foreign agents! You're lucky you weren't executed for treason!" Shiro snapped back.
Jethro pursed his lips in thought and shrugged with a shrug that said he could care less "I guise I should thank you, as a freelance merc I earn way more money than I ever did as a member of the garrison, there's just one thing I want from you"
"And what makes you think I would give you anything?" Shiro scoffed, his arm glowing brighter with his growing anger.
"Who said anything about asking?" Jethro smirked. No sooner had he said this a ripping sound was heard and what looked like a metal tendril shot from behind his back and grabbed Shiro around one of his ankles! Before the white tufted man could so much as blink he found himself being hauled into the air, spun around a few times and then slammed down onto the dirt! Knocking the wind out of his lungs! "I'm going to take it" He smirked, releasing Shiro so that his tail could zip around the rock and retrieve the two squirming kids.
"Leave them out of this Jethro!" Shiro hissed as he slowly struggled to his feet.
"Ahh you still don't get it do you Shiro" Jethro said in mock disappointment. "These two are the "It" I'm gonna take, mind you I would have preferred the whole set but you know me I always find a way to make it work" He smirked, holding the two up by the scruff of their necks.
"Daddy!" Lance cried, kicking his legs in a vain attempt to get to his dad.
"It's okay Lance, I'm here, I'll save you" Shiro gave him his best reassuring smile, despite the circumstances.
"Well isn't that adorable" Jethro said in a sickly sweet voice. "I can see this one takes after you a total sap"
"That's my brother you're talking about you big oaf!" Keith yelled, fixing Jethro with a fearless glare.
"Oh-ho, this ones got spunk!" Jethro laughed as he brought Keith closer to his face to try and intimidate him and for a moment it worked.
"Your breath smells like my wolf before bath time!" Keith growled and before Jethro could come up with a comeback he felt Keith's foot connect with his chin! The kid was strong for an eight year old.
"Oh yes…" Jethro hissed, his eyes piercing into the boys head. "…you're definitely your fathers son" He snarled and threw Keith through the air where he eventually rolled across the ground!
"Keith!" Shiro exclaimed, his eyes wide with horror.
"That's my brother!" Lance yelled, managing to wiggle free and latch onto Shiro's arm and bite his hand!
"GAH! Little rodent!" Jethro yelled, sending Lance through the air with a strong swing of his arm where he joined his brother on the ground. "I'll deal with them in a minute" He said gruffly, shaking the sting that Lances teeth had caused from his hand. "Now, where were we…" Jethro's voice trailed off when he refocussed on Shiro at this point he had gotten back to his feet and steadied his breathing but what shocked him more than his quick recovery was the look in his eyes, the look of a savage beast!
"You…" He growled venomously as his arm began to emit arcs of purple electricity. "How dare you..." he hissed as step by step he lurched towards the fool who had made the mistake of hurting his kids!
Jethro wavered for a moment but he quickly reaffirmed his stance and whipped his robotic tail at his target!
ZIP!
In a flash Shiro had side stepped his assault and sliced off the artificial appendage with a swift swipe of his arm! It fell to the ground and the blue liquid that probably helped it run leaked out!
Jethro let out a pained cry and stammered back, the tail was connected directly to his nerves so it hurt as much as it would if one of his limbs had been taken off! Before the merc had a chance to retaliate he felt Shiro grab him by the throat and lift him in the air, the next thing he felt was the man repeatedly slamming his fist into his gut and it was with his NORMAL hand! None of his training could protect him from Shiro's assault, he was punched, kicked and slammed on the ground! "Now you listen to me!" Shiro snarled, holding the ex-solider by the front of his shirt! "THOSE!" He used his free hand to point to Keith and Lance who were holding each other and shaking "Are MY boys! You do NOT mess with the kids of Takashi Shirogane! If you ever come near me or my family again I will rip out what is left of your tail and ram it down your throat! Is. That. clear!?" Shiro yelled.
At this point Jethro's face was covered in bumps and bruises, he had a black eye, a bloody nose, a split lip and a lot of teeth missing, at this point all he could do was nod his head.
"Good" Shiro said, letting out one final breath before returning his arm back to normal and then slugged Jethro square between the eyes and then let him fall to the ground, he would have someone pick him up later.
"Boys" He gasped quickly and all his rage seemed to vanish as he quickly ran to his boys and gave them a look over, apart from a few scratches and bruises they were fine, he was also relieved to find that Lance still had all his teeth.
"Daddy…" The two were shaking and for a moment Shiro was afraid that his outburst had scared the two.
"It's okay boys, I'm here, that bad man can't hurt you anymore" Shiro said tenderly, running a hand through their hair.
"You…" Keith began.
"Were…" Lanced added.
"Awesome!" Both exclaimed and jumped on shoulder each.
"Woah! Woah! Easy boys!" Shiro said in surprise, though he couldn't stop an amused chuckle from escaping his mouth. It was unbelievable! After what had just happened the only thing that seemed to occupy their minds was how amazing their dad had just been!
"You were amazing dad! I can't wait to tell pidge and Hunk!" Keith smiled.
"And don't forget Mom and uncle Coran!" Lance grinned.
"Uhhh boys, leave telling your mother to me" Shiro said with a nervous look, this was going to take some explaining…
A/N: So yeah, don't mess with Papa Shiro, unless you want to lose some limbs, see you all next time ^_^
