The Sister-in-Law
Chapter 1
"Kaze!" Hikari pinned her brother to the floor. "Kaze! Give me back my book!"
"Make me!" Kaze stuck out his tongue.
"If you insist, bro!" Hikari shouted as she started twirling her fist. "Tornado fist!"
"Okay, okay! Take it!" Kaze handed Hikari back her diary. He sat up and panted, waiting for his heartbeat to slow to normal again. "Lordy, Lordy! Me whole life flashed- like boom- right before me eyes!"
"Kaze! Hikari! Knock it off!" I yelled down the stairwell. "I don't want to break up another fight!"
"Yes, mum," they replied. Then they went back to fighting.
"I meant it!" I stood in the doorway.
"Pay attention to ye mother, kids," Jin called down, tossing an arm over my shoulder. "She's got more muscle than the two of ye combined."
"Now Jin, you make it sound like I'm going to knock them senseless if they don't stop," I said.
"Yeah so?" he blinked. "What wrong with a li'l bop on the head?"
"It's promoting violence!" I objected.
"Look at 'em. Fer bein' named fer the wind an' the light, which get along so well, they sure fight a lot."
"But how do we stop it?" I asked.
"That's a real wiggle," Jin said. He paused to think about it, then gave me a goofy smile, "Ah well! Kids'll be kids an' that's all there is too it!"
"I suppose you're right," I agreed. I looked down the stairs at Kaze and Hikari.
Kaze was the older of the two by about five minutes, seeing as they were twins, and he was the only one of the two to inherit Jin's accent. He looked exactly like his father, save for the crystal blue eyes he inherited from me, and the fact that he was a hundred some years younger.
Hikari was, obviously, seeing as Kaze is older, the younger of the two. She bore a strong resemblance to her Aunt Saki, who was Jin's younger sister. Hikari's hair was messy by nature and a blue-green color just like her aunt's. She also had her aunt's deep blue eyes, rough but friendly nature, and, unfortunately, her aunt's ADHD as well. The only thing about her that wasn't like her aunt was the fact that she had less-pointed ears, the cause of which being her part-human nature.
I felt the grip on my shoulder tighten suddenly and I snapped from thought, turning toward Jin. He smiled softly and I returned the smile.
"They's a lot o' trouble but ya gotta love 'em," Jin said.
"What do you say to having a couple more?" I asked him.
"Well, if that's what ya want," Jin pressed his lips to mine.
"EW!!!!" the children gagged in protest.
"Ah shut yourselves up!" Jin yelled down at them, before turning to kiss me again.
"Save that stuff for when we ain't around!" Kaze objected.
"Yeah!" Hikari agreed with her brother.
All of a sudden the doorbell rang.
"Kaze, be a dear and get the door will you?" I asked.
"Okay mum," he said before he got up to answer the door. Kaze disappeared into the other room and I could hear him open the door. "Oh, top of the mornin' to ya, Aunt Saki."
"Saki!?" Jin and I shouted simultaneously, in surprise. "She isn't supposed to be here!"
"And the rest of the day to you Kaze," Saki said, putting down her bags, which Jin and I heard her put down.
"Oh crap! She brought her bags with her!" I said.
"Yep… that means she's here fer a long, long stay…" Jin sighed. "And I was just startin' to think we wouldn't get a visit from 'er this summer."
Don't get me wrong, Jin and I both loved his sister but having her around wasn't exactly good. She was excessively hyper for being completely grown, and she liked to pry into our affairs. In fact, while she was around, it was a miracle if we could get through one night without her either listening at the door or bugging the room. It was completely absurd and it drove us both crazy. That's why we dreaded her visits.
Jin and I headed down the stairs to greet his sister. Hikari had already gone into the other room to see her aunt and when we got there she was nearly squeezing the living daylights out of Saki.
"Good morning, Saki," I smiled. "What brings you here?"
"I was paid two billion to kill you," Saki said. Knowing full well that she really was a professional assassin, I feared for my life. Then she laughed, "I'm kidding! I'm kidding!"
"So why are ye here, sis?" Jin queried.
"I came to spend some time with you two and your kids. Is there a problem with that?" Saki asked.
"Yea-," I covered Jin's mouth before he could object to his sister's presence.
"Of course not! We love having you here, sis!" I smiled.
"Uh-huh… and your hand is over my brother's mouth why?"
"Well… I uh…."
"Everyone does stupid things sometimes. Her main stupid thing is to impulsively cover my mouth," Jin made a pitiful attempt.
"And I should believe something that stupid?" Saki narrowed her eyes. "I may have attempted to sacrifice Alicia to the 'river god' by throwing her into the pool but I'm not that stupid."
"Well uh…" I stuttered.
"Lordy, we's already off to a bad start," Jin whispered to me.