A/N: Wow, last chapter had quite a few spelling and grammar errors. I'll fix that eventually. So this chapter will be more interesting and not fluffy in the least. Don't hate me please. And as always, enjoy! ~Maya
Fire Starters
Chapter Fourteen
Almost a year since Anna's joining of the clan and her reunion with Mikoto, Hara found her every day life to be rather tumultuous. Rarely did she get a full day to relax and spend quality time with the kids, but as such Mikoto and Key and Anna had all formed an unbreakable bond. Resulting in Key always being with his father and Anna and him even calling Anna 'big sister' all the time. Hara was currently seated on the couch reading a book with the two children when Yata and Kamamoto and Saruhiko walked in with scowls on their faces.
"What happened?" Hara asked curiously. Yata clicked his tongue as Kamamoto shook his head looking down and Saruhiko continued to look more annoyed than she'd ever seen him. "Speak!" She called at them making them stiffen and go pale.
"It was those damn Blues again!" Yelled Yata suddenly. "They wanted to pick a fight and kept telling Saru to ditch 'losers like us'!" Hara looked at said boy and found him thinking deeply about something. She stood up then and placed a gentle hand on Saruhiko's head. He watched her curiously as she grabbed a coat.
"I'll be back, watch the kids." The three nodded in surprise as Hara made her way out. Walking through the streets, she made her way towards the SCEPTER4 office building. At the entrance she was greeted by a pair of suspicious Blues.
"What business do you have, Ma'am?" Hara sighed and shook her head.
"I have business here with the one in charge about an incident with some of my boys. No I don't have an appointment and I don't need one. Now move," she said releasing some of her aura. Another man clad in blue approached her with raised hands.
"No need to cause trouble Little Miss Red," Hara rolled her eyes and stepped forward. "I'd like to speak to whoever is in charge. Now." The man stiffened as her aura grew dark and dangerous.
"Y-your name and clan rank, Ma'am?" Hara rolled her eyes again and sighed.
"Suoh Hara, the Red Queen of Homura." His eyes nearly bulged out of his head at her words and he turned stiffly around.
"F-f-f-follow m-m-me t-then," smiling victoriously to herself she followed the Blue inside and to a room that was part office, part tea room. She sat down in a chair in front of the desk and waited. About ten minutes later three people walked in. One was a busty woman with blonde hair, another was a tall man with unkempt purple hair, glasses, and a long scar across his face. The third truly caught her attention though as she felt his raw power. A tall man, about the same height as Mikoto with blue hair and glasses walked ahead of the other two and sat at the desk before her.
"A new Blue King, huh? No one told me," Hara smiled savagely at him to which he only smiled softly and laced his fingers together on the desk.
"'Red Queen'? Is there no Red King?" Hara laughed at him in good nature obviously catching him off guard.
"My king, Suoh Mikoto is currently out on other business. I am here without his knowledge. I come here on business of my own." The man leaned back and adjusted his glasses.
"I am Munakata Reisi. From what I am told, you are Suoh Hara. Is the king your brother?" Hara laughed again and shook her head. Showing him her left hand she presented a pair of rings, both in red gold.
"I'm his wife." The man looked on with scrutiny at her hand before smiling.
"I see. And your business?" Hara slowly felt her anger mounting, but quickly pushed it back down. Munakata sensed this and raised a brow at her.
"A certain incident came to my attention today concerning my boys and a few of your clansmen. Now I am not too happy about this for two reasons. One, I have been taken from my motherly duties to attend to this matter. And two, I don't appreciate it when another clan tries to take my children from me. Now I do hope you will address this matter or the next time this happens, I will address it myself and you will not like how I will handle the issue."
Munakata looked thoughtful and nodded. Calling the woman, Awashima as she heard her being called, he ordered her to bring in a couple of Blues who had been on patrol earlier in the day. When they entered, Hara saw they were quite young and a bit hyper. A pair of boys looking happy to see their king until they saw his expression.
"Could you please specify what happened in this incident, Suoh-san?" Hara saw the two boys stiffen and begin to sweat at the sound of her name.
"Three of my boys, Kamamoto Rikio, Yata Misaki, and Fushimi Saruhiko were out running errands for me as I watched my children, came back looking rather... Frustrated and upset. I was then told, after some coaxing of course, that a few Blues had been harassing them. Telling Fushimi Saruhiko that he should just, and I quote, 'ditch these losers and join SCEPTER4'. My boys are able to do whatever they wish, even if it means leaving my clan and joining another, my problem lies with your boys telling him what he should do instead of him coming to such a thing on his own."
Munakata sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose in an annoyed manner. Turning to the pair of small clan boys, he spoke in a low and very deadly tone.
"Do either of you, seeing as you were on patrol today, know of such a happening. And don't lie." Both boys looked to be on the verge of tears, and Hara felt herself feeling pity for them... Then abrupt enjoyment when one did start to cry. Pointing at the other, the crying boy spoke.
"He thought it would be fun to tease them! So he made me go with him and pick on them! He said he should leave and called them losers!" The boy was now sobbing as the other looked betrayed and shocked.
"WHAT?! That's not true sir! He wanted to go and tease them!" Munakata raised his hand then and silenced them both, though one was still sobbing.
"You're both on suspension for two weeks, no pay." Both boys gasped and clearly wanted to argue, but seeing the look on their king's face silenced them. "Anymore inappropriate interaction with the Red Clan will result in permanent suspension. Understood?" Both boys stood up straight and saluted their king answering with a stern 'understood'. Once they left, Munakata turned his attention back to Hara.
"So now what?" Hara said, noticing he was studying her. "Do I just leave and trust your boys leave mine alone? Or do we converse about appropriate punishment for both sides? I know as well as any mother that not all children are innocent and pure and can be god awful brats ninety percent of the time." Munakata chuckled at her and nodded.
"I just have one question." Hara nodded indicating for him to continue. "You referred to your clansmen as your 'children' and that you were pulled from your 'motherly duties' to come here. How many clansmen, or rather 'children', do you seem to baby?" Hara couldn't stop herself from laughing at him. Holding her side as she burst into uncontrollable laughter she tried to talk. When she managed to calm down a few moments later, she answered him.
"Homura is our family, but as far as my 'motherly duties' there are only two. My son, Kegan who is currently four and my adopted daughter, Anna who is now nine. So in a sense all of the clansmen are my 'children', but my son and daughter are my actual children. I was teaching both how to read when this came up." Munakata narrowed his eyes for a moment then nodded.
"I see, you must feel lucky to have children and a husband." Hara smiled softly.
"It's only natural that I would. After all, not all kings and queens can find happiness." Hara looked at her watch and stood, Munakata following her. "Well then, it's rather late and I have to get dinner prepared before the hoard raids the fridge. Good evening, Munakata-san. Hopefully the next time we see each other it will be on friendlier terms." He smiled and nodded.
"I hope so as well." They both bowed and Hara left the building without further incident.
A/N: Munakata has made his entrance! Whoa, what might happen next? And holy freaking crap FanFiction! I tried to update yesterday, but the stupid crap wasn't working so I decided to just do another chapter while I waited. Review/Follow/Favorite!