Shattered Past

By Kitty-Kris

Chapter 18: Welcome Home!

"Now Nastasha, you be good and apologize to Ian…" Minxes' stern voice broke the silence in the large living room.

"No." was the simple reply she got, as Nastasha pouted and crossed her arms over her chest stubbornly.

The room chuckled at her, making the small girl glare at them all before pouting and turning her face from them as well with a huff.

She stood right in the middle of them all, Robert, Minx and Romana sitting on one of the blue couches with Nicholai bouncing on it's left arm. In a couch opposite to that one, sat a chuckling Tala and a mad looking Ian, Black Dranzer standing behind them, his face with an amused smile as he, like everyone else in that room looked down at the small girl. Kai stood next to him, eyeing his daughter with a raised eyebrow.

"C'mon Nastasha, both Nicky and Romey apologized, it's yar turn!" Minx repeated slowly.

She merely huffed again "No."

Minx sighed in exasperation. WHY was she so difficult! "And why not!"

"'Cause that would be admitting I was wrong and sorry. And I'm not any of that." The girl snickered at Ian. "He deserved what he got." She added.

Nicky and Romey were currently chuckling silently at her. It was always the same thing. They ganged up to do something to Ian, Minx asked them to apologize and both of them did. But Nastasha? Never. She refused to say she was sorry and most times, she got away with it. "Nastasha, you know your mother will ground you if you don't…"

"So? I don't care. I refuse to apologize until he gives us our candy back." She smirked.

"Oh, blackmail, is it? Why you little brat!" Ian squirmed from his seat "Well news flash! I already ate it all! HA! Now what girly?"

Kai rose an eyebrow as Black slapped his forehead and everyone else in the room shot worried glances at the kids, especially at his daughter. The blue haired girl blinked at the short man and turned back to her twin and his cousin, who were currently glaring daggers at him. She smirked and winked at them, turning back at Ian with an evil grin "Well then you'll have to pay us back for what you took then. Every cent. Now." She lowered her head a bit, never breaking eye contact with the short man though. Ian just laughed at them "Oooohh… Or you'll do what? You see this man here?" he pointed at Kai, who merely sent him a fed-up look "Well he's your father! And now he's back, things will change around here! NO MORE SPOILING YOU BRATS! NO MORE EXCESSIVE CUDDLING! NO MORE CANDY! NO MORE DO ALL YOU WANT 'TILL "MOMMY" COMES HOME AND SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER MOMMY COMES HOME! NO MORE ACTING ALL INNOCENT WHEN SHE DOES AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING EVERYTHING YOU WANT! AND ESPECIALLY, NO MORE IAN BASHING!" he finished his sentence with a maniac laugh, to which everyone sweatdropped while the kids exchanged glances. Romana stood from her mother's lap and threw her small fist in the air "CHARGE! Kill the midget!" the twins grinned evilly and took something from under one of the couch's pillows, throwing a war cry as they obediently charged at the short man with a baseball bat each. "MEEP!" Ian yelped and scrambled to his feet running around the room screaming desperately "SOMEONE STOP THEM!"

Romana laughed heartedly from her seat as the twins finally caught Ian and made him trip, Nastasha sitting on his back while Nicholai swung his bat in front of his face "Pay up."

"NEVER! It was your punishment for having taken all MY soda last week!" Ian sat up abruptly, causing Nastasha to fall back and hit her head "Ow! GRRR! WHY YOU!" she pounced on Ian and started pulling at his hair and nose, her brother laughing like a maniac as Ian once again ran around the room screaming in pain "GET HER OFF ME!"

Nicky stuck his tongue out at him and made a beeline to where his father stood, eyeing Ian and his daughter with something akin to amusement. "Is this- normal?"

Black sighed and ran his hand down his face "Er, yes… Nastasha's a bit… hyperactive… She's very temperamental and quite- vicious. Both in her daily life and on the beydish. On the other hand, she's also a perfectionist and she's extremely intelligent and tenacious; always manages to overcome her flaws or any other obstacles."

"Really?"

Tala chuckled "Yeah. You should have seen her when Black was teaching the kids how to launch. She was exhausted and on her limit, but she wouldn't stop until her launch was as good as she wanted. And she's like that about practically everything. A total pain in the-" he glanced at Nicky, who was tugging at his father's pants "er, butt." He sweatdropped.

Kai smirked and kneeled down, picking up his son and setting him on his shoulder as he stood straight again "How about this one here?" he asked as he ruffled Nicky's hair, chuckling as the small boy groaned "Don't touch the hair!"

Black glanced at the small boy and smirked "Hn, Nicholai tends to be a little lazy sometimes, but he's got great talent. He learned how to launch and all basic moves in no time, while Nastasha spent a whole afternoon until she could launch as well as he could back then. He can do practically anything without breaking a sweat, and he knows it. So he tends to be quite conceited and cocky as you saw. His sister often gets frustrated when she sees him do everything so easy while she has to work so hard to accomplish the same. But there's one thing she can do just like that and that he can't. Or at least he doesn't want to." He frowned as Nicky stuck his tongue out at him "Shut up chicken! I can do anything!"

Kai rose an eyebrow "What?"

The red head chuckled as Black sneered at the small boy, his eyes glowing a bright red "Now Black, calm down… hehe… Er, Nasty's got this amazing… let's say, talent for languages. I wouldn't be lying if I said she learned to speak Russian fluently in less than a week. She knows practically every language any of us speak. Russian, Japanese, German, French, English, Chinese… she's learning Italian now. Nicky over there can speak English of course, Russian, a bit of German and he knows his Japanese. But he doesn't have much interest in learning much more since it's not as easy for him as it is for his sister, ain't I right ya lazy little brat?" he poked at the small boy, a knowing grin spread across his features.

Nicky huffed at him and mimicked his uncle "Stop being uncouth!" Kai chuckled at him and finally grabbed Nastasha from Ian's head when he ran past them for the millionth time "Behave you two…"

The small girl snickered at him "And who do you think you are to tell us to behave? Our father?" she smirked.

"Very funny… now be a good girl and go… play with dolls or whatever it is you girls do."

Nastasha giggled and shook her head "No dolls! I like wrestling!" she said getting her small fists in front of her in a defensive stance.

Kai blinked at his daughter as he put her and his son down "Ok… like I said, whatever." He then looked at the other couch, where Minx and Robert sat, their daughter lying on their lap and smiling up at her father, her eyes shiny with admiration. "What about her?"

Tala glanced at Romana as she sat up abruptly and nuzzled her face into Robert's shirt, causing the couth castle owner to actually smile. "Romey? Hn, what can we say about her? Like Rob said, she was an accident yeah. But her parents love her to death, especially Minx. She won't let go of the poor kid, and Rob says she'll become some uncouth spoiled girl when she grows up, and then Minx says he's a bad father and he doesn't spend enough time with her… meh, ya can picture it. They constantly argue about "cute lil' Romey". And she merely giggles at them." He sighed "She's kind of a mix between the two of them actually, knows Welsh and German besides English and Japanese and everything! She's also got Rob's natural "superiority" and Minxes' taste for fun and girly stuff such as make-up and hair."

Ian sat down near them and nodded to himself "But no dresses!"

His team captain chuckled "Right, I forgot. No dresses. That's for Nasty. Oh, and she doesn't blade. Says she finds it stupid and pointless. Likes dancing and singing better. Got that from Minx, which was quite a big disappointment for poor Robbie. But we'll win her over yet…" He laughed.

Kai frowned "Nasty? You mean Nastasha?"

"Yeah, and trust me, the name suits her!" Ian pouted

"Right…" he sweatdropped.

"HEY HEY! WE'RE HOME!" a cheerful voice called out from the main hall, followed by another embarrassed one and several grunts. "Enrique, do you really have to yell?"

The girls meeped and ran up the stairs, leaving Nicky on his own, a glare covering his features as he watched a large group going into the living room, all of them stopping their track at the door, their eyes as big as plates as they gaped at Kai. The slate haired man blinked at them. There were the rest of the Majestics. They hadn't changed much, in fact, they looked the same to him. Only Enrique and Jessica looked a bit… older for some reason… kind of like how… Melody, Minx and Robert looked… 'Oh- my- God…' he blinked and turned back to Tala "Did they?"

"Wher' is Nahstashah! Where ar' you amore mio!" a chirpy voice with a strong Italian accent interrupted him abruptly, followed by an equally chirpy voice, only with a French accent instead "And Rromana? Wherr' is she?"

Kai turned back to find himself staring down at two Enrique and Oliver exact replicas. Only in mini size.

Tala chuckled soundly "Those are Nigel Dubois and Victor Giancarlo. Nigel is Oliver's younger brother and Vick's Enrique and Jessica's son. Surprisingly, he was born about a month before your kids. Apparently his parents had been together a bit longer before you realized it." He laughed "Looking for the girls are we?" he knelt down in front of the two boys.

The boys nodded excitedly and Vick started jumping in anticipation "Tell me wher' Nahstashah is! I want to see my Bella! Wher' ar' you my sweeteh flowah?" he called out loudly, making Kai sweatdrop and Black Dranzer grunt for some reason.

"FUCK OFF!"

Robert immediately stood, his face livid "NASTASHA HIWATARI! WHAT KIND OF FOUL LANGUAGE IS THAT!"

"ENGLISH! CAN'T YOU TELL!"

"HOW DARE YOU!"

"FUCK OFF!"

He gagged at that "WHA? I- I- Why I never, in my whole life-"

The front door opened once again, this time to show Melody going in, her lips pursed upwards in a smile as she chatted with her old team mates, the other two Demolition boys. 'The rest of "her boys"…' Kai smirked. They hadn't changed one bit neither. Though they were bigger… He shuddered. Much bigger… Spencer had to be at least 7 feet tall now.

She glanced over at the people in the room and blinked "Whoa, how can we all fit in here? And where are my little monsters?" she grinned.

Nicky immediately ran to her giggling "Mother!" he jumped at her in glee, hugging her waist tightly "Hey Nickels!" she chuckled "And where's your sister?"

"Huff, she is hiding upsta'rs…" Vick answered with a pout.

She blinked at him "Hiding? Nastasha! From what?"

"FROM HIM!" a blue shadow pounced on the small blond, ramming it's fists into his face " GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWAY GO AWA! HEY!" Melody giggled as she got her arm around the small girl's waist and pulled her against her chest in a hug "There you are!" she smiled softly and put her children down, kneeling in front of them afterwards with an analyzing look upon her face "I know those faces… Ok, spill it out. What did you do this time?" she frowned.

Nicky blinked "Us? We didn't do anything…" he got his arms behind his back, his toe drawing small circles on the rug, his expression in an innocent smile. His sister copied his stance perfectly, her eyelashes fluttering innocently as well "We're good kids…" she added and grinned as she and her brother hugged eachother, perfectly synchronized as they moved and spoke "We always behave like the good children we are…"

Nicky nodded "No mischief…"

"No tantrums…" Nastasha added

"No punishment for such good children, do you not agree?" they asked in unison, both looking perfectly innocent as they fluttered their eyelashes in perfect synchrony.

The whole living room took a step away from them, looking terrified. Ian hid behind Kai "They're scaring me…" he whimpered.

Melody rose an eyebrow at them "You two, are creeping me out…" she stood and crossed her eyes over her chest "First of all, I've seen you practice that speech and those cute- creepy little poses, second…" she trailed on "You two… can't go a minute- no, a second, without thinking about causing trouble, and I know that first hand. And besides all that…" she chuckled and ruffled their hair grinning widely "I'm your mother and know what you think, what you plot and everything about the way you do any of that." She poked at them teasingly for effect "So Blacky, it's time for the… "little angels" here to have their bey practice. Extra hard since they have so much energy to spend… energy they apparently use to terrorize this place and any victims they might find in the way instead of using it for useful things."

Nicky groaned while his sister beamed and ran to Black pulling at his hand "Yay! C'mon Blacky! Time for practice! And don't forget you promised to tell us about the Bitbeasts! So come on!" she grinned at him, her brother quickly pulling him as well "Yeah! I wanna know more about Dranzer!"

Kai smiled softly at the scene twitching a bit in surprise as someone leaned against his shoulder "Hello Kai-Zer…" he smiled at her and kissed the top of her head "Hey… So Black Dranzer is their… teacher huh?"

"Yes. And he's pretty good too. Knows more about Beyblading than any of us… but then again he's a Bitbeast, so… I guess he's supposed to."

Nastasha glanced at her parents and grinned, nudging her brother to look too. They quickly ran to them "Mommy are you sure he is our Daddy? Blacky said so but since you said he was trapped in a huge castle with the ugly Squid Kind and-"

"Er, yes…" Melody sweatdropped and patted Nastasha on the head "Never mind what Mommy said… she wasn't herself… hehe…"

She rose an eyebrow and sent her a knowing grin "Too much Vodka that night, huh?"

Melody avoided Kai's shocked look "You- can say that…" she chuckled dryly "Now off you go! And ignore Ian next time he wants to teach you kids about what he so-calls "The Real Life"! Alright?" she pushed the two kids towards Black and watched as they left, chatting madly to eachother, Black merely yawning and nodding as they asked him something. Melody then turned to the stairs "Romana! Aren't you gonna watch them?"

The small girl came down the stairs blushing a bit and nodded, her blush intensifying when Oliver's look alike younger brother approached her "Why don't we go togetherr?" he smiled.

Romana blinked at him and suddenly smiled "Weeeell…" she swayed back and forth a bit.

"Yes YES?"

"Er, NO!" she pushed past him and ran outside, ignoring the boy's whines and complaints for having been pushed to the floor. His brother helped him up and in no time he and Vick were running after the rest of the kids.

Kai sighed "Ok, now I do believe all of you have quite a lot to explain… So start telling me what's been happening and all that if you don't mind…" he sat on one of the couches and stared up at them all with a raised eyebrow.

Melody chuckled and sat next to him cuddling against his chest "Okie now, where to start? Hum… Ivy?"

He chuckled "Hmm, let's see now… after we left the Abbey, the first thing we did was get the Hell out of Moscow so that your kids could be born out of some dungeon and we all lived to go and save your ass later when things calmed down a bit."

"Huh… so instead of leaving Russia like you should have done, you… didn't…" Kai rolled his eyes "Smart…"

Melody huffed at him "But it was smart! I'm pretty sure Voltaire and Boris-the-lap-dog expected us to run off to Germany or maybe even Japan, so we knew we would be safe if we didn't. And since Mother Russia's so huge, why not stay? I love this place, and I wanted my kids to be Russian so…" she smiled.

Robert snorted at her "Hn, "Mother Russia" indeed! You're German in case you forgot… not Russian…"

"Yeah, well I feel more of a Russian. Besides, it's pretty much my mother tongue and I grew up here so there!" she stuck her tongue out at him.

"That was mature…"

"Fuck off…"

"Wha! LUNA JUR-"

"Anyways…" Tala quickly interrupted them before a fight erupted as usual. Through those five years they had been living together Melody and Robert had accustomed to the thought of being brother and sister, so they were now acting like it. Fights and rants especially. "Herm, we found ourselves a nice lil' place here, where we knew your kids would be happy and all that stuff, so we stayed. And a couple of months later…"

"We found out Jessie was pregnant!" Enrique beamed at them all and got his arm around Jessica's waist, the blonde immediately smiling back "Though I still don't get how she hid that from me for over three months…" he added with a pout.

Tala smirked "And sometime later, Minx started squealing for Robert and crying in desperation 'cause she had finally found out why she had been sick and missing her periods for a while…"

Ian laughed "Yeah, and Robert actually fainted! HAHAHA! That was SO funny! What a wussy dumbass!"

Robert huffed at them all and blushed, looking away "Bunch of uncouth dogs…"

Minx giggled and hugged him tightly "Aww… c'mon Robbie! Yar still mah favorite wussy dumbass!"

"Hn… "thanks" April…" he sneered.

Kai sweatdropped at them "O- k… and what were you doing while those guys got… busy?" he nudged the girl in his arms.

She chuckled "Me? Oh, nothing much… I just spent my days in my room… sulking and getting depressed over you…" she poked at him "But then I found another thing to occupy my mind. Psychology!" she giggled "Minx brought me this really old movie called "Psycho" and I simply loved it. Especially when they discussed what was wrong with the guy. It pretty much was when I decided that was what I wanted to do. Check out psychopaths' minds and figure them out!"

"As bad as it sounds, it did get her moving on… she started eating decently again and she actually smiled." Oliver sighed "Thank God…"

"And about time too! I swear, if I had to take one more day of your bitchy, depressive mood swings I was gonna snap! Hail to Hitchcock!" Ian praised.

Minx smiled "Meh, I was juss happy for Melly when she finally seemed to show sum interest for somethin' b'sides Kai… poor girl…"

Melody made a gagging sound at her "Don't make me sick…"

"I thought I had told you to forget about me when Black Dranzer took off with you?" Kai frowned at her.

"As a matter of fact, you didn't." she stated.

"Well it was inferred, no?" he sighed at her "whatever" look "Never mind… when were the kids born anyways?"

Tala gave it a thought "Hmm… well er, Nigel was actually a year old when we came here for the first time… Vick was born at around the same time Melly got off her depression, your kids as I've said came a few months later and last but not least, came Romana, two months later. Hn… the two boys don't exactly live here… Though they do come over sometimes… well, Nigel does anyways… Vick lives here most of the time actually. Unfortunately for Nasty…" he chuckled "She can't stand him…"

"Why?"

"Because he keeps asking her to marry her and stuff like that. Same thing with Nigel and Romana, but I think she likes the attention. She just pretends she doesn't because of Nasty I suppose… Nicky doesn't like any of them. Says they're too girly. He… especially loathes Nigel since he stole his Beyblade once and hid it. For over a month."

Oliver snorted "That little monster almost killed my brother when he found out it had been him… he didn't have to resort to violence…"

Kai nodded "Ok… er, enough abut the kids now, how about you guys? And my old team mates? What of them?"

Melody chuckled "They're fine… Tyson and Kenny went back to Japan about three years ago, and Tyson married this girl last year… what's her name… oh Hilary yeah. I think she was pregnant last time I talked to him…"

"No, the kid's already been born. It was a boy and he called him Tyson Junior. So typical!" Johnny laughed.

"And ya never told us?" Minx squealed.

"What? I just found out before I got home!"

Melody pouted "And he never told us… Hm, anyways… Ray went back to China on that same year and he's engaged to this… Mariah or whatever… Good ol' Maxie went back to America last year. He's got himself a girlfriend. Emily I believe… Our boys are growing… sniff!" she said with a fake sob "How wonderful!" she giggled.

Kai rose an eyebrow "Tyson got married! And so soon!"

"Yuppah. As for us here… Bryan and Spencer work as security guards on this disco… you have to go there, it's sweet! Plus, they let us in for free and we don't have to wait in line! Don't you guys?" she grinned at them sheepishly as they rolled their eyes "Ain't them sweet? Well, Ian's becoming an airplane pilot and Ivy's still studying- Economy, right?"

"Right. I'm gonna have me own company and be so rich I'll have lot's and lot's of hot girls comin' at me all the time. Oh yeah…" he said with a dreamy look "Chicks dig bling bling and pasta." He added with a nod.

"Which explains why you're still single. Unlike me." Robert said with a cocky grin as he held Minx closer. She just sighed at him and shook her head.

"Duh guys…" Melody rolled her eyes "Hn, they don't have to work." She pointed at the grinning Majestics.

"Well neither do you my dear, you have inherited part of the Jurgen's fortune in case you forgot…" Johnny stated matter-of-factly "Which ain't exactly what I would call small… and I'm rich as Hell…"

"Hn, whatever. I still rather work. Unlike what you lazy goons might think, it's very gratifying." She turned to Kai who was merely sighing at them all "And how about you? What have you been doing all this time?"

"Me? Hn, nothing much… I'm finishing law school actually. I needed something to occupy my mind too. Hn, maybe I can find some other way to finish it here… I'm only around a year away from finishing it and then I can try starting a company or something."

Melody bit her lower lip "But wouldn't that give away your location or something?"

"Actually no. As long as I'm careful… Besides, there's not much my Grandfather can do if I make it as strong and powerful as possible…"

Melody blinked at him "If you say so…" she chuckled "Well, leave those things for now and come on. I wanna see how the kids are doing!"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Nicholai, either you stop fooling around and do a decent launch or I'll be forced to punish you like I was punished when I was your age…" Black sent the small Hiwatari a dark look.

He shot his tongue out at him "And that would be?" he chuckled "Oh, wait, I see it: "Do as I say Black Dranzer, or I shall send you to KFC to become a box of Chicken Nuggets!"" he burst out laughing and started jumping around Black "Chicken! Chicken!"

Black growled and glared daggers at the boy, his eyes glowing a bright red "Why- you- little- brat!" he grabbed him by his feet and yanked him up, getting him upside down in front of him, their faces leveled "Now listen here you lazy brat! I have had enough of you and your stupid childish little jokes, so either you straighten up, or I'll put you through a nice acupuncture session… with rusty, thick nailsgot it?" he sneered.

Nicky squeaked and nodded quickly "Yes yes of course!" he smiled sheepishly.

"Hn… now pay attention to what I tell you for a change like your sister does…" he placed him down and sent him a look that clearly said "and don't you dare…".

The small boy huffed, unaffected "Oh suuure… "do just as Nastasha does, she's perfect and never does anything wrong… hail to our beautiful, perfect miss Nastasha Hiwatari!" Puh-lease!" he pouted and glanced over at Black again, noticing his glare. He smirked. That always made him mad. "You know, sometimes I wonder if you wouldn't be in love with her…" he quickly ducked the fist he knew would be coming at him and cackled to where his sister stood, hiding behind her. "Ooh… did I touch a nerve?"

Nasty sent him a fed-up look "Nicky, stop touching me or I'll kick your ass… I'm trying to learn here, unlike you!"

"Yeah well you're a nerd." He stuck his tongue out at her and ran to the arriving group, jumping at his mother "Mommy! Glad you're here!"

Melody blinked at him and looked over at Black who looked like he was about to blow a gasket "One day- I'm not gonna contain myself- and that kid will have his head sticking from a pole outside the fence…" he said through clenched teeth.

The young woman sighed and frowned at her son "Nicholai, go train and do as he says."

"Aw, but Mommy…"

"Now."

He grunted and dragged his feet to where Black Dranzer stood, picking up his launcher and getting in position "Hey Nasty! We're waiting for you…"

His sister rose an eyebrow at him and got on the other side of the beydish "No actually, we were waiting for you." She got in her pose too, smirking as the kids behind her chuckled and Nicky huffed at her "Whatever…"

"Quiet and get busy you two." Black spat.

Nasty pouted and gave him huge puppy dog eyes "But Bwacky… we were juss tawking…"

He blinked at her and his frown faltered "Er, uh… ugh… hum… er… I mean, er…" he blushed a deep red and suddenly shook his head vigorously as the kids started giggling madly at him "JUST START!" he finally calmed down as the kids finally launched, tough not without sending a couple of grins at eachother.

Kai blinked at his behavior "What the Hell's wrong with him?"

Melody chuckled as well "No idea… whenever I ask him he goes on a rampage and disappears for the rest of the day. So unless you want to stay at home and not going out tonight, don't."

"Er, why?" Kai blinked again.

"'Cause today he's supposed to stay babysitting the kids! I rented a video and everything."

Black huffed at her as he approached them, a light tinge of pink still showing on his face "I hope this time I don't fall asleep…"

"Aww… You didn't like The Fellowship of the Ring? Too bad, I rented The Two Towers. It's the second movie of the trilogy…" she grinned as Black sighed in exasperation and grunted loudly "I hate those movies…"

Melody chuckled "Well, at least they're better than the Harry Potter series, no?"

He shuddered "Ugh… don't remind me… if I had to spend another evening watching a pack of brats doing what they so-called "magic", I think I was gonna throw up…"

She laughed "Poor you."

Black rolled his eyes at her and turned his attention back to the twins while the group took a sit on the low wall where Romana and the other two boys sat watching the match. The small girl quickly ran to her father, sitting on his lap happily.

Meanwhile, the twins battled eachother fiercely, none of them wanting to lose to their twin since that would be supreme humiliation. Besides, their father was watching them.

Nicky gulped as Nasty's light blue top nearly sent his red one out of the dish "Ugh, that was close… but never again… Dranzer, ARISE!" he smirked as the great red phoenix rose from its top "Ha! You are so dead now girly!" he chuckled.

Nasty rose an eyebrow at him and snickered a bit while Black just shook his head "Idiot… Nicholai, you know that doesn't-"

"It will work today!" he interrupted. "Dranzer! ATTACK!"

The phoenix charged at the blue top, suddenly stopping just when it was about to hit it "WHAT! NO DON'T STOP! JUST FINISH HER ALREADY!" Nicky whined.

Kai rose an eyebrow at him "Er, what's happening? How come Dranzer stopped?"

Melody sighed and pointed at Nasty, who was smiling sweetly at the red phoenix.

The small girl grinned at her brother "Nye, can't even control your Bitbeast…"

Nicky growled "WELL AT LEAST I HAVE ONE!"

"Touché…" Tala stated "Sorry Nasty, but that's true…"

The small girl suddenly laughed at them "Really?" she then glanced over at Black "Meeh… I got something to show you… I found out about it last weekend when I went training in the woods. Hehe…" she turned her attention back to her brother and smirked at him "Now let me show you how to control a Bitbeast… First…" she smirked "…you have to be one with it… Second, you have to be able to see through it's eyes… hear through it's ears and feel through it's skin. And you can't do any of that so that makes me a winner." She stated matter-of-factly.

Her brother looked at her as if she was crazy "What the Heck are you talking about!"

"What your sister says is nothing but the truth so suck it up." Black muttered.

He huffed at him "Whatever Chicken, I'm winning this! DRANZER! Quit fooling around and attack!"

Nasty grinned as the red phoenix merely spared her twin a glance "Nope, not working… let me show you how it's done…" she smirked "BLUE DRANZER, ARISE!"

"What…?" Black whispered in confusion. That- couldn't be right…

But it was. In no time, a shiny blue phoenix was rising from Nasty's blue top, opening it's wings in all it's glory as it screeched at it's opponent. "Alright! Artic Blades! Turn that fire chicken into a box of nuggets with extra hot sauce!" she added.

In no time Blue Dranzer flapped it's wings, sending sharp ice blades towards Dranzer, causing him to go back into his top badly damaged "Oh no, Dranzer!" Nick gasped "Grr, IF YOU HAD ATTACKED WHEN I TOLD YOU NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!" he jumped in anger as the blue top kicked his out of the dish, the blue phoenix withdrawing afterwards.

"Ha! I win!" Nasty grinned as her top flew back to her hand.

"Not fair! Where did you get it!" he growled and glared at Black, who still looked extremely shocked "I bet he gave it to you!"

Black snapped back to reality and glared back at him "Shut up Nicholai. If you lost it's because your connection with your Bitbeast is weak. And it will remain weak unless you focus harder on your Beyblading. Now as for you…" he approached Nasty and narrowed his eyes at her "I want you to tell me precisely how and where you got that- Bitbeast…"

Melody nodded "In- deed… Nastasha?"

The small girl smiled "Well… this is Blue Dranzer, Phoenix of Ice, ain't she pretty?" she grinned as she showed them her top.

Black nodded absently, blushing a bit "Er, y- yeah… huh, but how did you…?"

"Oh, er… I don't know how I got her exactly, she just… came to me, so to speak… I was training and well, was getting a bit frustrated with my moves and then out of the blue, she just came out of my Beyblade. Then when I checked it, here she was." She gave her top to Black, who looked intently at it 'Blue… but how come? I thought you-' he looked back at Nasty "You're not lying are you?"

She pouted "Of course not! What I said is true!"

"Hn…" he looked back at the Bit-chip where the image of a bright blue phoenix could be seen 'Blue…' he smiled absently as his thumb grazed over the shiny surface in a soft stroke. He snickered and gave the top back to her, smiling down at the small girl "Alright then… here. Now listen carefully… I want you to take very good care of her, alright? She- she's very important, and your well being implicates hers. Understand?"

"Huhuh!" she nodded happily and kept the top in her pocket "I promise I will! Did you know her?"

He smiled a bit "Yes… I- I knew her…"

"Good! Then you can tell me all about her, right?"

He chuckled a bit "I don't think she'd like me to do that… but I'll tell you what I can…"

Nicky blinked at them and looked at his own top "Huh, what about Dranzer? Did you know him too?"

"Yes… I did."

Kai rose an eyebrow "Really? I never knew that…"

"Ooh… were y'all friendz?" Minx asked with a bright smile.

Black sighed "Hn… Blue and- Deenix… yes… they- they were always my- friends, yeah…"

"What about Dranzer?" Nicky repeated

"Dranzer…" he glanced at the top in the small boy's hand for a bit "Hn… at a point I- I guess we were. But we never truly got along. We were too different and the only reason we didn't break into a fight all the time was because Blue kept us from doing so. Otherwise… I assure you you wouldn't be holding him right now. Kuh… snobbish- chicken…" he huffed.

The small boy blinked at him as he felt the top in his hand warm up a little "Huh, I don't think Dranzer's too happy about you calling him chicken…"

"Does it look like I care?"

"ENOUGH!" Nasty squeaked to shut them up and pouted "Stop acting like kids already and come on, everyone's staring at you and I'm hungry!"

"In- deed…" Melody stood up and grabbed the two twins "Alright you two, I want you to spend some quality time with your father to get to know him better, which is why the three of you will be making lunch today. Okie?" she smiled at Kai's shocked expression "What? Don't tell me that five years of pampering made you forget how to cook?"

"N- no but- they're just kids for crying out loud!"

"So? We can cook!" Nasty mumbled shyly.

"Yeah! Ian teached us!" her brother added.

Kai smacked his forehead and sighed "It's said "taught", not "teached", and if Ian taught you how to cook… I don't want to taste anything you kids make… no offence, but I like my tongue whole and healthy. Besides, your mother wouldn't like it if it were-"

"KAI HIWATARI!" Melody placed the kids down and stomped to where he was "YOU GO WITH THEM AND COOK LUNCH OR YOU'RE SLEEPING ON THE COUCH TONIGHT!"

Kai's eyes were as big as plates as he nodded quickly and started walking back to the house, his snickering kids following close behind.

"Heh, never knew you'd be so whipped Daddy…" Nasty smirked

"Your mouth is too big and smart for your own good girly…" Kai muttered "Now you better cook something edible…"

"We guarantee it'll be edible, not if you'll like it." Nasty nodded

Nicky thought a bit "Huh, do you like honey and pepper?"

Kai stopped dead on his track, his eyes as big as plates "Honey- and- and… PEPPER? MELODY! WHAT ARE YOU TEACHING THESE KIDS!"

Melody sighed "Don't mind Nicky, he likes weird stuff… they cook rather well, don't worry… NOW GO!"

Kai whimpered as his daughter clutched his hand and dragged him up to the house, Nicky leading the way and giggling as he yanked at Kai as well, unaware of his "I wanna kill someone" expression.

Minx squealed "Aww… how CUTE! I'm sur' Kai'z gonna be a great Daddy!" she smiled "He'll learn how to get along with the kiddies in no time, you'll see Melly!"

"Yeah I- I'm sure he will… he better anyways…" she said with a determined frown "Or else… huh, now you guys go on ahead, I- I need to talk to Blacky…"

Tala nodded and signaled his comrades, all of them walking their way towards the house in no time.

Melody sighed again and turned to Black, who watched as Kai and the kids entered the house with a thoughtful expression "Are you gonna explain to me what that was all about or will I have to wait another couple of years till you decide to open up to me?" she rose an eyebrow at him as he looked at her "Well?"

He sighed "What now?"

"You know what I mean… Blue Dranzer? Who you call Blue as I recall?"

Black looked away "Mistress I- I'd rather not speak of that… you know that." He sighed "Besides, it's none of your business."

"Yes it is. And you know it. I remember you called me Blue when I awoke you. You said you had kissed me because you thought I was someone else, your beloved… Blue Dranzer… right?" she narrowed her eyes at him.

He looked caught for a second before looking away "I- please I- I don't want to talk about this…"

"Why? Black… tell me… you can trust me…"

"I don't want to. Why do you want to know anyways?"

She propped her hands on her hips "Well in case you haven't noticed, your girlfriend just "linked" to my daughter. And I'd rather know for sure if- if she won't get hurt or- or something…"

He chuckled "Not unless she hurts herself. Don't worry about that. Now come on, I'm sure Master Kai is starting to miss your presence…" he got his hands on her shoulders and guided her to the house smiling at her when she sighed in relief "Good… I better not find my daughter frozen in bed someday or else I'm breaking your neck. Got it?"

He just chuckled in reply and nodded.

"I'm serious ya know?" she glared at him

"Oh, I'm sure you are…" he rolled his eyes "Suck it up human, you couldn't hurt me in a thousand years, even if you wanted to. Actually, you should thank me for actually respecting you and your existence."

Melody stopped and narrowed her eyes at him "What's that supposed to mean?"

"That I could have killed you anytime if I wanted."

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"NASTASHA BE CAREFUL WITH THAT! GAAHH! NICHOLAI! DON'T TOUCH THAT!" Kai ran from one of the kids to the other, screaming his head off and clutching it too.

In the mean time, Tala sat on the balcony hardly keeping himself from bursting out into fits of laughter at him. He had never thought Kai would turn out to be such an overprotective father…

"DADDY!" Nastasha whined as her father swooped her up from the oven and got her twin away from the knives' drawer and sat both of them on the counter, next to Tala. "Now, you two stay here and let me take care of lunch on my own, ok?" he breathed.

Tala flinched "And eat stuff made by you? Ew, no thanks! Nasty, you make some fried noodles, and Nick, I want you taking care of your World Famous chocolate cake for desert, ok? I'm sure Melly won't mind making something herself and-"

"ARE YOU CRAZY? THEY'RE FIVE YEARS OLD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! THEY CAN'T COOK!" Kai fumed as his kids shot him a weird look and went to their spots again "Hey! Get back here!"

Tala stopped him "Wait here…" he motioned to the fridge and took a tray from inside "Hn, it's freezin' cold but it's still tasty… here…" he gave him the tray and sat again, taking a bit from the tray's content afterwards "Hum… yo Nasty, you forgot to add lemon juice this time didn't you?"

The small girl nodded "We were out. So I used orange instead. Where's the soy sauce?"

Nicky pointed at the fridge "Ian put it there, don't ask me why."

She growled and went to get it, looking back at her father on the way back to her spot "You know, my cake isn't poisoned… though Mommy won't like it if she sees you two eating it before lunch."

Kai blinked at her and looked down at the cake "You- baked this?" at her nod, he took a small piece, putting it into his mouth.

"Well?"

He looked at his daughter, who was looking back at him with huge shiny eyes, gleaming with expectation. He smiled a bit "It's a little too sweet but besides that… I like it…" he took another piece, frowning at Tala's laughs and his daughter's mewls of satisfaction "What?"

The red head winked at him as he motioned to some drawers "Oh, nothing… but I'm sure now you'll let them cook won't you?" he chuckled a bit and took two forks, a knife and two small plates from a cupboard, sitting down again and licking his lips as he cut two slices from the cake, grinning widely at Kai as he put one on each plate "Now we have to be quick or your girl will see us and start ranting about us "setting a bad example for the kids". And believe me, it ain't nice."

"Hn…" Kai took a fork and was about to take a piece of his slice when Melody's voice was heard from outside "WHAT! HOW DARE YOU! AFTER ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU! I FED YOU, I GAVE YOU A BED, I GAVE YOU CLOTHES AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET? WHY YOU- COME BACK HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN YOU- YOU- CHICKEN!"

The twins looked at the door unfazed and turned to look at eachother "Ten to one in how Chicken started with his "I could have killed you if I wanted to" speech." Nicky sighed.

"Ditto." his sister nodded.

A second later a smirking Black Dranzer was going into the kitchen, running towards the table Kai and Tala sat at.

The red head panicked "DON'T RUN TOWARDS US YOU MORONIC IDIOT!"

He chuckled and jumped right past them, making both men shudder as a cold wave ran through their systems "Gaaah I- t-told yo- you n- not t- to d- d- d- do t- th- that…" Tala stuttered as he shook uncontrollably.

Kai was about to comment as well when a shrill was heard and he felt someone bump into him, causing him and that someone to crash down to the floor "Ow…"

Melody moaned in pain as she propped herself up on one elbow "Damnit you- sadistic- chicken…"

Nasty chuckled at her parents, both of them lying flat on the floor and ran to Black, hugging him "Hi Blacky! Will you help me?"

He smiled softly at her and nodded, sending a smirk at the couple on the floor afterwards. "Now, you two shouldn't be doing those things in front of the children…"

Nasty chuckled and yanked at his pants to call his attention "Leave them be… I need you to get me that pan… it's too high."

He bowed his head a bit and made the pan float to the small girl who promptly grabbed it, grinning sheepishly "Thank you!" she chirped.

"Hn… this- is not normal Melody…" Kai grunted as he sat up and frowned at his girlfriend "I mean, the kids cook, a- bird helps them and goes through people like some- ghost… Geez…"

She smiled "Welcome home!"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Do I have to?"

"Yes, now don't make that face and be nice to the kids for once!"

"Hn… if they're nice to me for once…"

"Just be nice."

"Hn…" Black frowned and took a huge bored expression as he watched them all leave, leaving him, Romana and the twins alone. "Blacky! Could you make us some popcorn? And please don't burn them this time…" he sighed in exasperation and dragged his feet to the kitchen "Whatever Romana…"

And there it was in all it's glory. His greatest enemy, the thing he loathed the most out of everything he knew.

The microwave.

"Hn… Why me…" he could feel the blasted thing watching his every move as he walked around the kitchen looking for the stupid corn. He could practically hear it laughing evilly at him as he approached it and closed it's door-thingy. He could feel it wiggling with anticipation as he pressed one of it's many, confusing buttons. "Stupid thing.. one day you will pay…" he sneered.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Blacky's talking to the microwave again…" Romey sighed

"Oh great… I can see what's coming now…" Nicky muttered

"ONE DAY YOU SHALL STOP LAUGHING AT ME! ONE DAY I SHALL DESTROY YOU! THEN WE'LL SEE WHO LAUGHS!" a maniac laugh was heard, causing the kids to sweatdrop "Blacky! Stop talking to the microwave and keep it down! We're trying to watch the movie here!" Nasty called out.

In a few minutes Black went back in, blushing as Hell and gave the small bluenette a bowl filled with popcorn "Here… AND I WASN'T TALKING TO THE STUPID THING!"

"Sure you weren't…" she rolled her eyes and blinked at the bowl on her lap "Er, you burned the popcorn again Blacky…"

Nicky huffed "This is what you get when you send a Chicken to do a man's job."

Black's eyes started glowing red "Why you little!"

Romana quickly giggled and tried calming things down, a huge sweatdrop on her forehead "Come on guys! Let's just watch the movie!" she laughed nervously as Black grunted loudly and sat down on the other couch, glaring daggers at the TV.

Nastasha smiled softly at him and passed the popcorn to her cousin, moving to the same couch as him and sitting down on his lap, smiling sheepishly "Don't be mad Blacky! I'll teach you to use the microwave sometime! I promise!" she nuzzled into his chest and sighed as she watched the movie, smiling a bit when he stroked her cheek "You better… otherwise I'm afraid I'll blow that thing away sometime…"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

It had been over two months since Kai had returned, and a lot of things had happened since. He and Melody had gotten married and he was now getting used to the thought of living with a family. A real family. And he was starting to enjoy parenthood too. From what he had witnessed since his arrival, he now knew a lot of useful things about the kids and how they worked around the house.

Nastasha didn't like it if someone went hugging her from behind all of a sudden.

Nastasha was stronger than she looked when angry.

Nicholai was actually as lazy as Tyson, only cold water didn't wake him up.

It did however, give Nicholai a cold and everyone else a headache.

Garbage bags did not make good parachutes.

If he should find a half closed door, going through it was not smart.

If they found him eating chocolate, the kids would jump on him like a pack of hungry wolves.

Silence didn't necessarily mean "Everything's fine".

When he heard uh-oh there was no need to run to the kids to prevent any harm. The harm was already done.

Getting hit by a baseball bat hurt.

Nicholai was too heavy to have the ceiling fan twirling him around on air.

When chocolate, hotdogs, candy and pizza were combined all in the same meal, a whole sleepless evening filled with carrying the kids to the bathroom and changing their sheets was a very possible event.

And a lot more things of course. Kai sighed as he passed his fingers through his front bangs and spoke to his daughter patiently "And you decided to jump off that tree because?"

She grinned sheepishly and flinched as her father finished bandaging her knee "Ow… I'm sorry Daddy…" she mumbled.

Kai sighed again and stood up, keeping the first-aid kit back on it's place "It's ok… just try to play safely for a change… Now go and pack your things… This is our last day here…"

"Ok Daddy!" she grinned at him and left the kitchen, limping a bit.

Kai yawned and leaned against the counter scratching the back of his head 'Hn… tomorrow we'll be outta here and we'll hide somewhere in Japan so that Grandfather won't find us… And I'll finally be able to have a family and take care of it without worries…'

"AAAAAAAHHH! DADDY!"

"Of course maybe I'm exaggerating about that "no worries" part…" he groaned "What is it Nicholai?" he went into the living room and froze at the door, his eyes as big as saucers. Black Dranzer was holding his son upside down, completely soaked and with his red glowing eyes glaring daggers at him as he shook him violently "YOU STUPID BRAT! THAT WAS NOT FUNNY! I'M GOING TO IMPALE YOU!"

"DADDY HELP ME!" Nicky was actually crying and trying to get Black to release him "I DON'T WANT TO BE IMPALED!" he suddenly stopped struggling and looked at the Bitbeast with a quizzical look "What's that impaling thingy anyways?"

Black blinked at him and rolled his eyes "Oh never mind…" he put him down and kept glaring at the small boy "Now don't let me find you out of your room for the rest of the day or you'll find out what it is the hard way!"

"Go to your room Nicholai… I thought your mother told you to get your things packed?" Kai finally advanced to them.

"I'm done already!" he mouthed

"Well do something else then… go help your sister or something… Just stop causing mischief, you're delaying everything." He frowned at his son.

Nicky jerked his head "I'm sorry Daddy… I'll go help Mommy then…" he ran up the stairs, stopping halfway to stuck his tongue out at Black "Bye Chicken!"

Black growled at him and removed his soaked shirt "I swear someday that brat's gonna get it…"

"Water balloon again?" Kai cocked an eyebrow.

"I wished! This time he decided to use a bucket! And now the couch's soaked too… great…"

"Well, Melody has warned you about the dangers of falling asleep on the couch… it makes you an easy target for the kids. Or as she would say, You'd have to be a real dumbass to fall asleep on that couch when the kids are going around…" he smirked.

"Meh… your wife's mouth is too big!"

"Maybe. But it's also very smart, and wise… and I'm glad Nastasha takes that after her."

Black cleared his throat and blushed a bit "Nastasha's er… not- as… Well, er…" he blushed harder "She does have a smart mouth but- for- other things… mostly to- er… BAH, WHO CARES!" he stalked out of the living room looking redder than a tomato "WHERE ARE MY CLOTHES!"

Minx went down the stairs and peeked into the kitchen "Sorrey Blackey, but Melly's already put them away… What happened to ya?"

"Hn…" there was a glow coming from the kitchen and a second later Black Dranzer came out, a frown on his face and wearing his original outfit "Nicholai… the couch is wet by the way… thank your nephew for that!"

Kai chuckled and went up the stairs, walking across a long corridor to get to his room "Melody?"

"Yeah?" the young woman closed the last bag and sat down on her bed "Phew… Finally done… Got everything Kai?"

He nodded and stepped in, closing the door behind him "All done then."

Melody smiled and stretched cat-like, stifling a yawn "Good… Hmm… I'm gonna miss this place…" she looked around "And this country too… but it's best for the kids." she stood and walked to Kai, wrapping her arms around his waist and resting her head on his chest "Are the kids done? It's almost dinner time…"

Kai smiled down at his wife and held her closer "Yeah…"

"Good…" she rose her head to look up at him and smiled back, blushing a bit "Kiss me…"

Kai smirked at her command and in no time he had caught her lips on a demanding kiss, pulling her closer. Melody moaned as he started advancing towards the bed "Kai… not now I need to get dinner ready…"

"So?" he replied as he left a trail of little kisses down her neck "There's still some time… and wasn't it Minxes' turn today?" he proceeded to remove his shirt and smirked as his wife did the same after rolling her eyes. Then, he pushed her onto the bed and wasted no time before joining her.

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

Minx finished placing the last tray of food on the table and turned to the center of the living room "Hey, has anyone seen Melly and Kai?"

"Present!" Melody chirped as she came down the stairs, Kai right behind her, his face enveloped in a "I-just-got-laid" smirk "Ditto…"

Tala chuckled "Someone's been busy I see… Alright then, HEY BRAT PACK! DINNER TIME!"

A loud cheer was heard, and in no time the three little monsters were coming down the stairs, Romey and Nicky leading the way while Nasty slowly came down, step by step "Wait for me!" she whined.

Melody blinked at her and rushed to her side "Sweetie what happened to you?"

"I fell…" she grinned sheepishly.

Her mother sighed and shook her head, picking her up "Typical…" she sat her down by the table and took her own sit, next to Kai and Robert, who still wasn't too happy about her marriage. "Ok kids, after dinner, I want you to go straight to bed, ok?"

"Aww, but Mommy…" Nicky started "It's too early for bed and I haven't watched Spider-Man yet!" he whined.

His sister quickly joined in on the whining as well as Romey "Yeah, today he'll face the evil Green Goblin! And we have to know who wins!"

Melody sweatdropped "Spider-Man loses on this episode, but on the next one, he comes back and kicks Goblin's ass. Ok, now you know and you go to bed. Alright?"

The kids pouted "NO!"

Minx chuckled "Aw Melly, let them watch the show! It is too early…"

She sighed "Fine… but then you go straight to bed! We're leaving early tomorrow and we need you to be awake before 5AM. Got it? Good… And Nicky… that's for desert…"

The small boy groaned and put back the pastry "Sorry…"

(O)(O)(O)(O)(O)

"Nastasha? Nasty! Wake up sweetie, we have to go…" Nasty opened her eyes at the soothing voice of her mother "Mommy? But it's still dark…" she croaked.

"Ssh… I know… but we have to go… now get dressed while I wake up your brother and Romana… I'll come back for you in a while…"

She nodded groggily and sat up, rubbing her eyes "Hmm…" she looked around and spotted her blue dress neatly folded on a chair, a pair of black boots on the side. Nasty got up and quickly discarded of her pink pajamas, getting dressed in no time.

She was putting on the last boot when someone knocked on her window. She whipped her head in that direction and found herself staring at Black Dranzer. "Blacky?" she limped to the window as fast as she could and opened it "You could use the door you know…"

"Ssh… I need to tell you something…" The Bitbeast stepped in and kept back his black wings back, kneeling down in front of her afterwards and sighing "Nastasha… I- I won't be able to go with you…"

Nasty gasped as she felt tears stinging the back of her eyes "What? Why?"

"I- I can't tell you, I'm sorry… I- I don't have much time… I just came to say goodbye and… wish you luck…" he smiled softly at her

The small girl shook her head quickly as a few tears rolled down her cheeks "No! I don't want you to go! No!" she hugged him tightly "I won't let you go!" she cried softly.

He sighed and hugged her back "I'm sorry… but I- I have to. Nastasha…" she pulled back and looked into his red eyes, her vision a bit blurry because of her tears "Yes?" she whipped her face with her sleeve "What is it, Blacky?"

He stroked her cheek "Before I go… I want to give you something… here…" he placed a small wrapped box on her hands.

"What is it?" she shook the small package "Can I open it?"

He nodded and watched as she took the paper off and opened the small box, taking a big medallion from it "Wow… what is it?" she looked carefully at it. It was round and made out of what appeared white gold, a large round stone on it's center.

"Here, I'll put it on you… turn around…" she gave him the necklace and did so, turning back to him when he was done. She looked down at the blue jewel afterwards "It's really pretty, thanks…" she smiled.

"It's called a Light Stone. It's extremely rare and I don't think it exists here on Earth at all… so it kind of makes it- unique. Pretty much like you actually…" he snickered "It- belonged to Blue…"

"Really? So it's from your home planet then…"

Black chuckled "Not home planet… it's not on another planet… it's- well… I'm not sure where it is… nor what it is… but it doesn't matter now. Keep it and take good care of it, ok?"

She blushed slightly and jerked her head "Ok- Blacky… I- I'll miss you…"

He sighed and bit his lower lip as if considering something. "Hn… I'll miss you too…" he rose her chin to make her look up at him and smiled as his thumb grazed over her cheek "One day… you'll be even prettier than you mother…" he whispered after a while.

"Really? And I'll have lots of boys chasing after me?" she blinked.

Black chuckled lightly "Yes… lots of- boys…" he then sighed and did the last thing Nasty expected him to do. He bent down and kissed her lips quickly, standing up afterwards and motioning towards the window, his wings stretching out. "Goodbye Nastasha…"

The little girl nodded, blushing a deep red "Er… bye- Blacky…" He smirked and climbed to the windowsill, flying away afterwards.

Nasty blinked and touched her lips 'Wow… just like in the movies…'

"Nastasha, sweetie come on…" her mother called from the corridor and in no time she had kept the Light Stone under her dress and was limping quickly out of the room and into the corridor "I'm here Mo- mmy?" her mother was lying unconscious on the floor, a man standing next to her holding her brother and his cousin, both of them unconscious as well. She took a step back "Who- who are you? What happened to my Mommy?" she stuttered.

The tall man chuckled dryly and placed the two kids down, advancing on her afterwards "Stop right there whoever you are…" a voice coming from the left stopped him.

"Daddy!" Nasty was about to run to him when she felt a sting on the back of her neck and everything turned black.

RR PLEASE! n-n