Leroy and Demon II: Life After

By: Stitchfreak626

Chapter Twelve

Devin and Damali

Hee, hee as you can see I kinda cut the end of the last chapter, but only for a good reason! I wanted to add a few moments with the family and this is one of them! Read and review:

Leroy's POV

I as the last of the Jumba experiments, or so Demon says, am growing older like my kids. About a year I think. I lost count. But like I say, I have no interest in creation dates. Just my kids' birthday are important. Oh! The rumor about me killing Vittles faded away by time. Still, some experiments believed it. Only those who still haven't forgiven me of the war, but I just ignored them. More than 98 percent of the experiment population forgave me already, but the rumor stirred them up a little. But Demon told me that too would fade away by time as well.

Anyways, the kids were growing up rapidly because before I knew they were already five and ready for fight training. Demon approved this but only to a certain level. I was wrestling time and time with the boys, but then I noticed that Damali was interested in battling too. It wouldn't hurt to teach her as well. I think. She jumped over my head and blinded me with her body as she grasped around my head. I tripped over a toy truck and found myself lying on the floor with Damali giggling.

"Sorry daddy. Am I too quick for you?" she chirped in happiness. Her tail stub wagged in enjoyment. I sighed and admitted she had great speed. Though Devin was more of the "boys are better than girls" type.

"He's only saying that because you're a girl" he growled. I sighed knowing that another war of the sexes was going to start.

"Nu uh! Daddy means every word of it!" Damali defended. Keahi and Kieran switched looks and looked back at the two fighting.

"Does not!"

"Does too!"

"Not!"

"TOO!"
"NOT!"

"TOO!"
"NOT-"

"Kids stop all this nonsense!" Demon growled while holding a pitcher of lemonade.

"Sorry mom" Devin and Damali said while lowering their heads in shame. Demon placed the pitcher on the coffee table and looked down at me.

"Having fun?" she asked while helping me up. I nodded. "Well, after a training session like that I'm sure you're tired and thirsty."

"You bet'cha! I'm so thirsty I could drink the ocean" I said sarcastically. I heard the kids gasp.

"You can do that dad?" Kieran asked with wide eyes. I looked at the rest of them and their eyes were as wide as moons. I decided to tell them I meant that I was only kidding. I was just so thirsty. In a few minutes the lemonade was gone and in our bellies.

Though the funny thing was that the kids wanted to battle even more but I was already too tired for more. The kids groaned and pleaded on their knees. I had no choice but to give in. Devin was battling with Kieran who easily knocked him down with his weight. Keahi backed away from the rough housing and watched from under the sofa, again. Damali was going to jump onto my head but this time I caught her and rolled onto my back. She gave a growl and bit my fingers. She was a smart and quick fighter. I managed to knock her softly on the ground where she let go and started to get aggressive like a cat.

She had her pupils shrunk, tail stub wagging fiercely, and her claws were unsheathed. She circled around me and I mimicked her position. I too got fierce-looking but meant no harm towards her. She gave me a low growl, I hissed, and she immediately jumped toward me. I was ready to grab her but I was unaware of her plan. She jumped over my ready paws and headed for my face. She immediately raked her small claws onto my cheek. That really hurt so I yowled in pain and she gave a startled gasp. I groaned and touched my cheek, wincing. I saw blood on my paw and she was curled into a ball, frightened.

"I'm sorry daddy! I'm sorry!" she mewed in a scared way. I wasn't angry, and I wasn't hurt too badly. So I merely said, "You got me there princess. You'll be a fine fighter when older." A look of pride sparkled in her eyes and all her fear vanished.

"R-really?" she stuttered with still a small hint of worry. Demon came with a cloth and handed it to me. I put it onto my cut and carried my little girl in my arms. She still looked guilty but I convinced her that it was alright. I knew she didn't intent to hurt me, and besides, that got Devin to start another gender fight, "Girls are still not as good as boys!"

"Devin! That's not very nice. Say you're sorry" Demon snapped. Devin lowered his head again and muttered an apology. Damali ignored him and stared up at me with admiring eyes.

"Am I going to be a great fighter like you daddy?" Damali asked. Soon visions of the war appeared before me. How I fought to kill others, my blood-thirsty ambition. I had planned to kill all, just for the need of power.

"Daddy?" Damali's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. She was waiting for my response. Demon looked at me as if she knew what I had been thinking. She gave me a smile and told me to answer. I looked down at my little girl, staring with wide curiosity and pride. I smiled.

"No," she looked saddened but I added, "you'll be even better." She smiled and hugged me tightly.

"Oh daddy! Do you mean it?"

"Every word" I said patting her head.

That Night

"I'm so proud of you three. You're growing into strong boys" Demon said to all the boys, while tucking Kieran into his bed. I was watching from the door. They were wearing green and white spotted pajamas. I had some blue shorts on. Demon had her pink pajamas on.

We were getting the kids ready to sleep in their own rooms. The boys had a bunk bed and a regular bed in their room. It was a blue room with airplane and car stickers stuck onto the surface. They had a dark blue carpet, clothes cabinet, and a toy chest. Since Kieran was the oldest he slept in the regular bed and the other two slept in the bunk bed. But no worries because they would switch beds every so often. Demon kissed Kieran on the forehead. She headed for the bunk bed and kissed Devin, who was on the lower bed. She climbed up the ladder and tucked Keahi in who had his t-rex doll. She kissed his forehead.

"Good night my big boy" she whispered and he gave a smile, "I love you."

"I love you too mom" he said yawning.

"Me too"

"Me three!" the other two added.

"I love you all" Demon said about to turn the light switch.

"Wait! Good night dad!" Keahi called out. I smiled.

"Good night guys. Sleep tight" I said turning off the light switch. Only the night light with it's greenish light was visible.

I now headed for Damali's room with Demon. Her room was pink with swirls and stars printed on the surface of the walls. Her carpet was magenta and she had a toy chest, clothes cabinet, and a book shelf. I opened the door to it and she shrieked. She was putting her own red pajamas on.

"Daddy I'm not ready!" she yelled.

"I'm sorry" I said closing the door again. Demon giggled and I sighed. It only took a second until she said to come in. "I don't know what you got to hide because this is the only time you put on clothes." Damali gave me a low growl and I growled back. She giggled.

"You're right. But I just like yelling like that-"

"Oh no honey. You have a right to hide your privacy" Demon said entering the room. I gave a grunt and nodded in agreement. Damali tilted her head.

"Really?"

"Oh yes. It will come to a time when…" she whispered into her tiny ears. I narrowed my eyes and smirked. Damali's eyes widened and Demon removed her head away.

"Really?! When's that happening?!" Damali gasped. Demon chuckled and told her in a few years. I knew what it was all about. Feminine things, not my business. After that I tucked Damali in and she giggled as I did. She held her bear, Boo, tightly and pointed to her cheek. I chuckled and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. Damali kissed my nose in response.

"Goodnight mom" she called out. Demon kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight sweetheart"

"Goodnight dad"

"Goodnight princess" I said shutting off the light, "sweet dreams."

I was feeling tired, a lot, and I knew that tomorrow I would feel better. It was November so I still had to go to work and tomorrow was Monday. Demon came back from brushing her teeth and she was now wearing her pink tank top for the night.

"It's a little cool don't you think?" I asked. She yawned and told me to scoot over. I did so and she covered herself with the quilt.

"It's not so cool. You're the one wearing shorts" she said with a smile.

"I am not anymore"

"That's nice to know" she said, "don't even think about it! We have four and that's good enough for me."

"You know I was kidding" I said putting my arms around her waist. She started to giggle as I kissed her cheek more than once.

"Oh Leroy stop! That tickles" she said as I kissed her neck. Soon I kissed her lips. We locked into a passionate kiss and I felt her legs wrap around my waist. I felt that this would end with us sleeping really late (grins).

"Mommy? Daddy?" my ears shot up when I heard that tiny voice. Demon's tongue slipped back into her own mouth and both of us shot up to see Damali eye wide. "What are you doing?" I looked at Demon who had an embarrassed grin on her face. She turned to Damali.

"Uh…what is it sweetheart?" she asked trying to confuse her. Damali jumped onto the bed with her legs dangling from the side and she pulled herself up. "I can't sleep." She crawled up to us and sat in between me and Demon.

"Why?" I asked.

"I just can't" she responded. Demon gave a yawn and tucked Damali in between. Demon pulled her close and Damali cuddled herself on the bed. I gave a smile as she yawned and closed her eyes. I turned off the lamp and it brought darkness into the room.

"Goodnight again" Damali chirped.

"Goodnight" me and Demon said.

"Goodnight" Damali said again.

"Damali! Go to sleep please!" Demon moaned.

"Sorry…" she whispered. "Daddy?"

"WHAT?!" I whispered.

"I need to go to the bathroom" Damali said. I opened my eyes and she shrieked when she saw my eyes glowing yellow.

"Shhh! Shhh! It's only me" I cooed. Demon turned on the other light and Damali's irritating shrieking seized. She was trembling as if she saw a ghost. "Calm down. It was only my eyes."

"Wh-why do they glow?" my little girl whimpered. Demon hugged her tightly. I felt a little bad that I had scared her. But not intentionally…I thought she knew my eyes did that all on their own. Demon calmed her down a bit.

"I'm sorry" I said and Damali stopped quivering. The pink little girl stopped and stretched her arms toward me. Demon handed her over to me.

"It's ok. I just get scared easily" she admitted and hugged my arm. Then she looked up at me, "can my eyes do that?"

"Do what?" Devin's voice rang from the hall. Two pairs of tiny yellow eyes appeared in the dark hallway. "What's all the screaming about- oh it's just Damali. Figures" Devin growled.

"You stay out of this nosey!" Damali growled. Keahi followed after Devin. I looked down at the boys. They had inherited everything from me powers, looks, but they were yellow or orange on their bellies and not reddish. Damali, however, came out pink and purple. I don't know how that happened but I guess it was a mix from my red fur and Demon's very light yellow belly fur. But then she would've come out orange. Genetics is a strange thing.

"Is this about how our eyes glow yellow in the dark?" Keahi asked in his fragile and gentle voice. Demon helped him up the bed. Damali explained to them what happened.

"Only one way to find out sis," Devin said, "lights off!" The lights were turned off and three pairs of yellow eyes glowed. I could hear Damali's sigh and I knew as well as Demon that she did not inherit that ability.

"I guess not…the lights can go back on" Damali admitted and I saw her ears drooping. I petted her head softly.

"But…it's ok. I mean at least you have an advantage" I said. I knew this well from my past. I had to close my eyes in order to hide in the dark. "At least no one can see you moving in the dark. If someone were after you they wouldn't see you." Damali gave a curious look. Devin was the first to overreact.

"Does that mean we could get shot easier in the dark?"

"Get shot in the dark?! What are the possibilities of that?!" Keahi gasped hiding behind his mother. I sighed regretting to have brought that up. Damali gave a big smile.

"Guess I'm different and special huh dad?" she chirped. I nodded. "Now everyone go to sleep please. I got to go to work tomorrow."

"Yes dad" the kids chirped. Demon placed Keahi back on the floor and Devin rushed out the door. Keahi turned to Damali.

"Aren't you going to bed?" he asked.

"Well…I don't like to sleep alone and-"

"Mind if I join you?" Keahi said. Damali smiled and jumped off the bed and slid toward her smaller yet older brother.

"No problemo bro! At least I'll have someone keeping watch over me" she said jetting out the door, "race ya!"

"No fair you had a head start!" Keahi said racing after her. Me and Demon gave a chuckle and I shut the door. The moon's rays shined through the window and finally we were able to go to sleep. Without interruptions to wake me up again. I needed rest before another aggravating day of work so...(yawn) Goodnight.

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