AN: I would like to thank people for reviewing my story, here's chapter 2 (part 1)!!

Something is not quiet right…

Chapter 2: Prince Etric (part 1)

Hiei crashed landed onto the bed only to have his opponent leap onto his stomach.

"Oof!" Hiei gasped involuntarily.

"Suichi! Don't you dare jump on your father like that!" Kairos roared at her son who was standing on the winded Hiei.

"It's okay, dear, I've been punched much harder and sent through buildings." Hiei was smiling, already breathing normally.

"No it not! Children do not knock their father around like that whether or not he is a warrior! You're both grounded!" She snapped using those motherly 'your fate is one worse than death' tones. There was a small giggle from the corner which was silenced nicely by a glare.

The giggle had come from a young Galen girl with lots of long, black hair. Her hair sparkled like every other Galen's though it didn't have the white tips. She had two normal cat yellow eyes and a third blue eye on her forehead. Her skin was lighter than normal for a human and it was tinted green. When you looked at her face you could see that her lips had more red than usual. For a girl her age she was muscular and athletic.

"Hey! I thought I told you not to laugh at other's misfortune!" Hiei yelled as he sat up quickly, catching his son.

"Stay quiet, you're grounded!" Kairos reminded her husband. She turned to her daughter. "Keiko, your father is right about that. Now, what am I going to do with you boys?"

"Leave us in a vat of chocolate?" Suichi suggested hopefully as he brushed his hair, which happened to have been the same color as his mother's. Like his sister Suichi had two normal cat yellow eyes and a blue Jagan. Suichi's hair didn't sparkle and didn't end in white, though it did deify gravity like his father's did. Also like his sister, Suichi was muscular and athletic for a boy his age, which is not surprise considering the types of games he plays with his father.

Many would wonder what kind of family would have a seasoned martial artist as a father, a intelligent politician that was literally raised in a barn as a mother would make. The answer is a tight, happy family. These four folks where probably the happiest in all of Crystila.

Hiei being the suspicious ex-thief that he was, had taught both his children how to fight and defend themselves. Kairos having grown up on a farm and knowing the importance of staying fit, makes the children do chores and practice the skills their father gave them. If anyone was thinking this was an easy family to steal from or try to kidnap one of, they could not asses situations very well, could they?

Kairos shook her head at her son. She picked the ten year old up.

"I believe you have to go to school in ten minutes." She set the boy down so that he could scurry off to prepare for his education. Hiei smiled as he watched his two children run off.

"They're beautiful little things, aren't they?" He said absently, his eyes filled with pride.

"Yes…." Kairos answered him as she sat down next to her husband.

"Am I still grounded?"

"Yes." Kairos half heartedly bobbed Hiei on the back of the head. "And you're going to stay that way until I know that you boys aren't going to roughhouse!"

"Its hard not to rough house when I'm doing other things! Ever since I came here, I haven't been able to fight. The closest thing I get to battles is training the kids or rough housing. Unless I find a sparing partner, the rough housing isn't going to stop." Hiei fell back onto the bed, putting his hands behind his head.

"You're such a child!" Kairos teased as she pinched Hiei's cheek.

"Ow!"

"Yet, it's just one of the millions of reasons I love you." She fell over next to him. And that's when the timer went off.

"Oh carp!" Hiei leaped off the bed grabbed various papers off his desk and threw them into a bag. While Hiei was collecting his things Kairos walked to the door and opened it. She didn't step outside, she just stood by the door, waiting. When Hiei finished he ran out the open door, pausing long enough to give his wife a kiss on the cheek.

"He's always so busy, it isn't fair for the family…."

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AN: The title is explained one of the later parts, which I am currently revising! R&R!!