The group found themselves in front of Ryoko's house, the boys heard the portal when it was made and were waiting outside, "Shit… he looks like a mess."
Rep knew something was wrong with Marco, this only confirmed his suspension, "He's going to be fine… right?"
Slayer watched the adults make it to them, "I don't know man… he's got a lot of hard years in him."
Marco was picking up on their conversation, "I'm not dead yet you two!"
They were frozen in fear, "YE… YES SIR! WHAT CAN WE DO?"
Their mother's smiled, "This isn't the first time we had to hold him up like this. Go get some pillows for him to lay on."
"RIGHT AWAY!?" The boys bumped into each other as they made their way into the house.
"Those two are really your kids!" Reaper starts to laugh as he was placed on the couch.
The women smile at him, "They mean well, you need anything?"
Marco looks over to his kids and lovers, "Yeah, some water and a cold rag would be great. Girls, Yuki, you mind helping them out?" He needed a moment alone.
The atmosphere in the room was tense, "On it daddy!" Maria helped her sisters placing the scythe up on the wall as Yuki gave him a smile and walked off.
He waved at the three remaining women to stand in front of him, they followed his request, "I don't have a lot in it in me right now… so just listen…"
They looked at him worried, "I know a lot has happened... in the last few minutes…"
The Human pulled their hands to place over his heart, "We'll get through this… together… those women mean the world to me. Please understand where they're coming from when it comes to me and my past with them… swear to me… I won't wake up in a new war zone."
He put on a grin to hide the pain, the women looked at each other, "Marco… you're asking a lot out of us right now. First there was Asuka…" Janna started.
"Then you have two warriors that won't let you move an inch without their knowing." Hekapoo was more worried about Star and what she is capable of.
"And now a new women we never knew about… having your child…" That was a hard pill to swallow for the Princess.
"I know… just… let me catch my breath and we can all have a sit down to get this all worked out…" The women pull away as they remove his jacket and boots.
"We'll hold you to it!" Janna wanted to stay positive… it was the only thing she could do right now. Ryoko placed some pillows for him to lay on.
"I wouldn't expect anything else…" Star places her hand on the back of his head as he lays down.
"Marco… I love you…" She placed a soft kiss on his lips and walked away. The tears were still in her eyes.
Janna and Hekapoo gave him a kiss also, "We'll be here when you wake up, try not to sleep all day!" Hpoo points her finger at his face as Marco laughed it off.
"Don't worry, I'll be back on my feet… in no time…" The other two were now with Star.
"They really care about you…" Miia placed the cold rag on his forehead.
"All of you… care about me too much… hnnnggggg!" Reaper slaps his hand on his chest in pain.
He sits up into a coughing fit, the Lima held him up as she pat his back, "It's getting worse… we have to do something soon, sir!"
Marco held her with his chin on her shoulder, "Yeah… something will come up, Ryoko. Water… please…"
She was at his side in a flash helping him drink the water, "Reaper... "
He pulls away from the cup and lays back down, "Let me rest… you guys are in for a talking too… if you thought what I pulled on you yesterday was bad. Just wait!"
The women laugh as they crack their knuckles, "We got this, plus the babies really warmed up to us!"
"Ture… I'll...I… ju... JUST… *snore*" Marco was out like a light bulb.
Ryoko placed the cup on the coffee table as Miia whipped off his face, "Well kitty… looks like he'll be knocked out for a few."
"Yeah… ladies, if you would follow us…" The owner of the house was on her feet and walking into the kitchen.
"Boys, take the girls outside. This conversation might be a while." They couldn't pull their eyes from Hekapoo and then Marco.
"Uh mom… is that…" Rep started.
"Who we think… it is?" Slayer jumped when Hekapoo looked over her shoulder at them.
"Yes it is… where did you think Gidget got those horns from?" They both raised their shoulders and never thought about asking the mothers to the girls.
"It'll be fine… now take the girls out back." They walked off as the girls parted from their mothers to follow them.
Yuki was alone watching everything happen, "Should… should I go with them?" She asked Miia.
"No… you have a big part of the conversion also, come along." They found themselves at the dining room table. Ryoko on one end with Miia to her left and Yuki to the right.
Hekapoo was across from her with Star on her right and Janna on the left, the room was too quiet for anyone's liking, "Since we didn't get a formal introduction, my name is Miia and I was Reaper's Captain and successor to his unit. This is Ryoko, another of his Captains during the war we served in."
The group across from them didn't say anything, "This is Yuki, she helped Reaper with what happened to Asuka and was her Master for a short time."
Star held her wonder tighter, "Yuki told us a little bit about you guys…"
Didn't look like the other group had much to say, "We would lik-"
Miia was cutoff, "Let's cut the bullshit and get down to what's really going on… is Asuka gone?" Star wasn't in the mood.
"Butterfly… remember what Marco told you, I will NOT say this again!" Hekapoo was already having to keep the Princess in check.
"I'm going to honor my King's request… doesn't mean I'm going to hold my tongue!" Well…
"Star… stay cool…" Janna knew this was going to be a long day when she woke up… just not this long.
Before the group could go on with their sidebar, "Yes… the stream helps with people and their past. One side effect is slowing down the bodies natural body clock." Ryoko wanted to get this all over with.
"It can be passed down to the child also…" Yuki looked over to the group.
"My mother went to the Priest after a terrible loss, I was still cooking in the oven like mama tells everyone…" She starts to rub her stomach.
"I should be the only one still left out of all the people Marco met here… I would have been in my 90's." Star and Janna gasped.
"You look so young…?" The filipino said out loud.
"Thanks… but I'm 22, well physically at least." Looking so young was a mixed baggage for her.
"How has he been… last time we saw him didn't end on a good note." Hekapoo said as she looked at Star from the corner of her eye.
"Goddess Hekapoo… Reaper has been… different. He was a man not to be questioned and always put the safety of his Soldiers first. Asuka really made a mess of him…" Miia had a hard time talking about this.
"She wasn't the only ones that had her claws deep in him…" Ryoko shows off her hands and wasn't ashamed to acknowledge that she had been intimate with him.
Miia elbow the Jinko in the rips, not cool to poke at a pissed off mama bear, "We care about him and will see him make a full recovery Goddess…" She still couldn't believe who she was addressing.
"How have the girls been? They are crazy about their father, so much, in fact, they ran away to find him." Janna was glad to learn what was all the meaning to this.
"Your babies are amazing, we think Gidget might have a little crush on Slayer. There was a party last night for Marco and they were hit with so many stories about their father. I think they might feel closer to him now." Yuki had a little smile thinking about the girls.
"Why do you call him Marco and they call him by that other name?" Star might be ready to play nice.
"We met him as Reaper and only knew him by that name, Yuki knew him by his true name… he changed after the war and losing…" There was no need for Ryoko to say anymore.
"He didn't like when I called him Reaper… but I love him no matter what he wants me to call him!" All the women ears twitched when hearing that.
"What makes you think I'll allow you to stay in his life?" Star looks down at the young Jinko.
There was zero fear in her, "Because Marco said I belong to him and he'll never leave me behind!"
Janna jumps in before this gets any more out of hand, "So you're knocked up now and the girls are happy about that?"
"I'm proud of that fact… you don't know how much Marco means to me!" Waiting all this time just for him, pretty sure he held a big spot in her heat just like her mother.
"I see… we need to move this along and figure out how to keep him alive!" Hekapoo might have a plan.
"That we do Goddess, we are yours and at his exposal." Miia had taken the lead on the question, then the three women gave a small bow.
"I'm not comfortable about this situation at all… but for him… I'll do anything to keep him happy and at my side." Yuki and the other two women weren't out of the woods yet. Star was willing to work with them now.
"Star… they've kept him safe and the girls, we owe them a thank you at that much!" Janna was glad to find all them, for the most part, okay when Hekapoo opened the portal to the cave.
"Thank you… for everything you've done, it's clear to us that Marco won't let us move on without your help." Hekapoo knew these people loved him just as much as they do.
"Goddess…" Yuki's mouth was wide open.
"Hekapoo is fine, you no longer have to call me Goddess, Star…" She looks over at the blonde.
"What?" She was not enjoying this day.
"There might be one person that can help us… someone you might not think that's still around…" The tool maker said.
"What do you mean by that?" Star didn't like how that came out…
Ohhhhhh… who could it be?!