Chapter 19

"Holy shit!"

"I wanted to say that but it was too early in the morning…"

They brought the six to the Association that day, when they ran into the Tank Tops, Tiger was the one to proclaim the swear the moment he saw them. There was no doubt in anyone's mind now, these are the children of Amai Mask. However being warned ahead of time, they knew better than to say anything aloud. However the Tank Tops were in aw of Tempest and Titan. "Look at the size of those two, they are HUGE!"

"No kidding, that's Brawler genetics." Said Melee. "Okay you six, let's go see Genus for a check up okay?"

She led the six down to the room, there Alley and Genus were getting their tools ready when Melee came in with the kids. Genus took one look at them, his eyes widened and his jaw slacked for a moment. "My God…" he whispered.

"No kidding, my little brothers and sister grew up fast," snickered Alley.

"Is something wrong with us?" asked Rimuru. "Were we not to get this big?"

"No, no sweetheart, you all had a big growth spurt, I just want to make certain everything is okay. Safe than sorry, you know."

They nodded in agreement.

Genus checked their heartbeats and temperature. He didn't dare do reflexes knowing they could strike him into a wall given the reaction. He found everything was in working order. "They are all healthy." He stated. "Remarkably healthy,"

"Mom, can we go and explore a little?" asked Yuuma.

"Go ahead," she said. However Yuki stayed behind, his eyes were drawn to Alley's workbench and tools. He just slithered up to the side of the table when he was caught reaching for one of her notes.

"Yuki…" Melee scolded.

"Oh…" he found himself standing before the bench and sighed. Alley however smiled.

"It's okay mom, he can stay. I promised to show him some of my better toys when he got bigger. I am also curious to what he can do."

Melee sighed as she nodded her head. "Okay then, not too long, I think they will need to hunt soon."

#

No one moved.

Everyone was silent as they stared down the five serpent teenagers that slithered into the cafeteria. Yuuma paused as he glared back at the heroes staring at him. "WHAT!" he demanded.

"Temper!" scolded a voice.

He shied away as Luna entered. "You should know better Yuuma!"

"I… don't like people staring at me." He said in a muttered tone.

She sighed aloud and nodded. "I know how you feel, but yelling like that won't make them stop. You need to be careful with your tone," she then looked them over. "Daddy wasn't kidding in saying you guys grew… Athena you look amazing!"

She defiantly had the Amai's movie star look, however Luna began to realize something. "You all have very long hair…"

They haven't had a hair cut yet, and it was starting to get rather close to the floor! Yet before anyone could say a word, there was another voice that boomed.

"LITTLE BRAWLERS…. SHIT YOU AIN'T LITTLE!"

Their uncles Street and Knuckle came barrelling into the room, they froze at the sight of Titan and Tempest and nodded their approval. "Yeah, defiantly Brawlers!" said Knuckle.

"Must you meatheads yell?!" Garou stated as he finally caught up with everyone. "Well since you're here, help me out with them. Melee wants to get their hair washed and cut… I just don't know a barber that would be willing to do it."

Street abruptly cleared his throat. "Advance cyborgs… right here!" he protested. "We can download anything and learn ANYTHING we download, remember?"

Garou thought it over.

"Oh so that's where everyone went to"

Melee joined them, her smile was wide and bright as she turned to her brothers. "Well, you got two nephews that are defiantly Brawlers to say the least." she muttered to them.

"Your brothers are offering to cut their hair."

"GOD NO" she protested. "Don't you remember the LAST time you cut someone's hair… it was mine and you used a bowl!"

Garou lost it.

He burst out laughing at the notion of Melee having a bowl cut hair style. "Watch it, or I will ask them to give you one!" she warned.

He stopped laughing, but the snickering couldn't be quelled.

"Sis, we got advance cyborg intelligence here. Anything we download, we can do as if a master has done it for years." Insisted Street. "Come on, trust us!"

"I'm afraid to…"

"Come on kids, you want to get hair cuts, come with uncle Street and I. We will get you gussied up!" Knuckle called out.

"I'll help!" chimed Luna.

They were willing to go, Melee sighed though wondering if it was the best idea to go with…

#

"No way…" Alley whispered.

Genus was just as amazed as she was. Yuki has barely been in the lab for ten minutes when he was already sorting through tools, reading notes and figuring things out. But there was something that began to burn in her mind. "Yuki, without looking at the notes, can you tell me what was on page seven, paragraph three?" she asked.

He peered up. "The temperature gauge used on your smelting tools should be set at 457 degrees in order to properly use, however the gauge is not to be trusted due to the different components of metals and also the materials are not foreign to this world, different degrees and tweaking as you put it will be necessary in order to ensure proper bonding of two elements."

"I thought so." She said and smirked.

"Photographic memory?" Genus asked.

"Yep… we got ourselves a new lab partner!"

Yuki paused. "Lab partner?" he asked.

Alley approached the workbench and smiled. "How would you like to know what we do here? Every aspect, every material and test we run? Would you like to learn it all?" she asked.

He froze to the request, but his eyes widened and his smile grew. "Really?" he whispered.

She nodded to him, next thing Alley knew, she was pulled into his arms! Yuki embraced her tightly, but not to the point of crushing her. "Thank you Alley! Thank you!"

"Now, before we continue, I think you need to trim your hair or it will get in the way. I think mom talked about getting you guys hair cuts or something…"

"Indeed, I do believe I saw your siblings just come by here."

"Oh we do have that salon down the hallway too… You may as well join them,"

He nodded with great excitement, as he was quick to leave the lab. Alley however was just as eager, another sibling who shared her interest! It was about damn time someone else in the family showed interest!