The next ring was five minutes after that, and when Isabelle answered the door, she saw a man with long blue hair and a leather jacket holding a small, blue-haired boy in his arms. "This is Legato. He's my little bro." The man let the boy down, and Legato looked up at her. She felt even weirder looking at this child. What kind of child had eyes that gold? She turned back to his older brother. "He don't talk much, but he's harmless. Take good care of him." And with that, he walked off, leaving her with this peculiar child to "take care of".
She bent down to talk to Legato. "Would you like to play with the other children, Legato?" He shook his head. "Would you like to have a snack?" He shook his head. "Then what would you like to do?"
"Sit and look." His voice was barely audible, and she couldn't refuse those eyes, however strange they were. She let him go off to a corner as she went to answer the door yet again.
This man was obivously the boy's father; he looked almost exactly like the child he carried in his arms. They shared the dark hair and blue eyes, and the child was even wearing the same sunglasses. The child jumped out of his arms and ran over to the juice she had put out for the kids.
"I assume you're Isabelle?" he asked. She nodded. "Ah, well, Nick shouldn't be any problem at all. Just don't let him eat too much." He looked over to Nick, who was downing all of the water. "He only thinks he has a bottomless stomach..." He turned to his son. "Be good, Nicholas."
"Yes, Daddy."
As Nick's father left, she went to tend to the children. Legato was still in the corner, playing with a stuffed kitty. She was glad he was doing something, although she swore that he hadn't moved from his spot. Vash seemed afraid of him, and was still playing with the truck. Knives, however, seemed more curious than afraid, and kept glancing at the other boy until Nick knocked down his building as he ran to play with Vash and the other trucks.
"You baka! The city is not supposed to go boom until the end! The spiders haven't finished yet!" Knives yelled. Nick seemed to ignore him and started talking to Vash. "I like trucks too. My name's Nick. What's yours?"
"Vash. Wanna play wif me?"
"Okay! We don' have this many trucks at home..."
Isabelle smiled. Although these children were a little strange, they seemed alright. As if fate was testing her, the doorbell rang again.
This time there were four children at the door, and two women.
"Hello, I'm Sara Henley, and these girls are Milly and Meryl. I-"
"She babysits us when Mommy's away!" Milly shouted. Sara smiled. "Yes, and this is my boy, Midvalley." The boy walked into the room, holding his toy sax tightly in one hand. The other woman spoke. "This is Dominique. She's a bit sensitive, but she should be fine." The two women left, leaving her with the eight children to watch after.
"Alright children, let's all come over here, okay?"
Vash and Nick came immediately, followed by Milly and Meryl. Knives decided it was worth his time and walked over with Midvalley. "Will dere be food?" Legato asked from his corner.
"Yes, Legato, there will be food. Let's all sit in a circle now," Isabelle said, and was suprised to see Legato run over as Dominique trailed after him.
"Okay, now let's all go around in a circle and say our names and what we like to do. How about you go first," she said, pointing to Vash.
"My name is Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicid-"
"His name is Vash," Knives said dully. Vash pouted. "You ruin all my fun...Anyway, I like love, peace, and everything!" Knives rolled his eyes.
"Alright. And you?"
"My name is Nicholas D. Wolfwood. My daddy wants me to be a company-person, but I wanna be a preist! I even made a portable confessional!" Nick held up a little paper church that he had obviously made himself. Vash began to play with it.




Yeah, yeah, nothing really happened. Sue me. I'm sick, and the good stuff is coming soon. In facr, here's a quote from the next chapter:
"Look! A butterfly!"
"You like budderflies?"
"Of course! /Nobody/ suspects the butterfly!"