m: For the record, I own AJ's song. On an unrelated note, it's my birthday. (gives everyone a slice of cake) XD

Shadow0015: Everything that Nat said was true. Very true. About the reviews, I never consider your reviews insane babbling. I love your reviews. It's like listening to a male version of myself. :D

Chapter Fifteen

"I can't believe you actually did it, Ana." said a shocked AJ.

"Well, I've been planning it for awhile." Ana said as she and her fifteen-year-old twin walked home.

AJ shook his head. "Mom's gonna be so pissed off at you."

"I'll deal with that when the time comes." Ana stated, putting a bandana on her head so as to cover her hair.

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Anotalex smiled at his sleeping wife. Nathyrra had recently been on a three-day mission for the Seer and had arrived home at two hours past midnight. She was quite exhausted and had fallen asleep on the couch.

Ano moved towards the couch and pulled the blanket tighter around her. In doing this, the bottom of one of his wings brushed against the bottom of one of her feet. Her foot twitched and she mumbled something before turning over.

The dragon disciple blinked. He gently brushed his finger over the bottom of her foot. Nathyrra turned over once more. Ano grinned and repeated himself. She grumbled something else and brought her knee up to her chin. Ano poked her other foot. This time, she kicked him full force in the stomach.

"OWW! DAMMIT!" Ano cried out.

Nathyrra's eyes opened. She reached for the knife that wasn't there and whipped her head around to face Ano. Her expression softened when she saw her husband clutching his stomach. "What happened? Are you alright?"

"You just kicked me in your sleep."

"Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine." He grinned. "I didn't know you were ticklish, Kitten."

Nathyrra arched an eyebrow. "I'm not."

He brushed his finger against her foot.

Nathyrra glared at him as her foot involuntarily twitched. "Quit that!"

Ano grinned evilly and did it again.

"I command you to stop this instant!" Nathyrra ordered, trying hard not to smile.

Ano smirked. "Not ticklish, huh?"

She glared at him and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "How long have I been asleep?"

"About thirteen hours."

Nathyrra blinked. "Oh." Yawning, she threw the blanket onto the floor and stretched.

Ano's brow creased in confusion. "What happened to your jeans?" He asked, pointing at the large holes where her knees stood out.

"Oh. Enemy duerger weapon master swiped at my legs. I fell asleep when I came home and didn't change."

"Were you okay? Did he hurt you?" Ano asked, concerned.

Nathyrra smiled. "I'm fine. My pants however…"

"Oh." Ano grinned. "I thought you had stolen a pair of Ana's jeans."

Nathyrra rolled her eyes. "I do not understand our daughter sometimes. Apparently she's going through some sort of a 'punk' phase." Nathyrra shook her head. "Just last week I walked in on her cutting holes in all her jeans. When I ask why, she said, 'I dunno.'"

"She'll grow out of it, Nat."

"What if she doesn't? What becomes Kax?"

"She won't become Kax."

"If you say so." Nathyrra sighed. "I'm just waiting for her to come home one of these days with blue hair."

Ano smiled and sat down next to Nathyrra. He embraced her. "She won't do that."

The sound of a door slamming was heard. AJ walked into the room and dumped his backpack on the floor. "Hey." He blinked at Nathyrra. "Mom, are you wearing Ana's jeans?"

"Duerger."

"Ah."

Ana walked into the room. Her eyes widened when she saw her parents and she turned around.

"Hold on, Ana." Ano commanded. "Why the rush?"

"Homework. Gotta go." She started to leave.

"Stop." Nathyrra ordered.

Ana immediately stopped. Nathyrra stood up and walked over to her daughter. Ana quirked an eyebrow. "Are you wearing my jeans?"

"No, I'm not. Now then, why are you wearing a bandana?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"Ana, you rarely wear one. Take it off."

Ana grimaced and removed the bandana.

Ano's mouth fell open in shock. AJ smirked. Nathyrra stared at her daughter. "YOU DYED YOUR HAIR BLUE?"

Anathyrra winced. "Yeah."

"WHY?"

"I thought it would be a nice change…"

Nathyrra was shaking with rage. Her breathing became quick and angry. Ana thought that she was going to spontaneously combust on the spot. Instead, Nathyrra said nothing and walked upstairs to her room.

AJ grinned. "Wow, Ana. We've only been home for less than four minutes and you've already pissed off Mom."

"Shut up." Ana snapped.

Ano looked at his daughter. "Ana, why did you…"

"I wanted to! Why can't I dye my hair blue? You dyed yours black and Aunt Sharwyn puts highlights in hers!"

"I dyed mine so that I could so that people wouldn't recognize me. Aunt Sharwyn…well…I've never asked. I don't have a death wish." He shook his head. "I'm going to discuss this with your mother."

A loud shriek was suddenly heard from upstairs. "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! EILISTRAEE DAMMIT! AAAARRRGGGHHHH!"

Ano frowned. "That would be the sound of your mother, having a nervous collapse." He stood up and walked over to the couch. "This is me kicking you off the couch. I most-likely have to sleep here tonight while your mother sorts out her feelings."

"You, I think this calls for a song." AJ jumped up onto the couch and began to sing. "Ana's hair blue. She looks like something from the zoo. Because of this little fact, Mom has finally cracked-"

"Shut up." Ana and Ano said in unison.

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Ano turned over on the couch, trying to sleep. He looked up and saw a light coming from upstairs. What is she doing? Ano got up and walked upstairs.

Nathyrra sat a desk, pouring over a list of documents.

"You should get some sleep, Nat." Ano pointed out.

"Why would I need sleep?" Nathyrra asked sharply. "After all, I've been sleeping for hours. During which our daughter did something DRASTIC TO HER HAIR!"

Ano walked over to his wife and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Calm down, Kitten." He murmured and began to rub her shoulders. Nathyrra groaned and ran her fingers through her hair. "What did I do wrong?"

"Neither of us did anything wrong, Nat. So her hair's blue…she can use a color spell to turn it back to brown, right?"

"Color spells won't work on it. Only a special dye. And I don't know where to get it." Nathyrra sighed and rested her chin in her hand. "The only thing I know is where to get more blue dye."

"You do?"

"No, but I'm sure Sharwyn does. And even if we did force her to change her hair back to normal, it wouldn't stop her. She's too stubborn."

An idea suddenly struck Ano. He grinned. "I have a brilliant idea."

"What is it?" Nathyrra asked tiredly.

"I'll tell you in the morning. We should get some sleep."

"Whatever. I don't want to move. I'll just sleep here." Nathyrra folded her arms on the desk and laid her head down.

"Kitten…"

"I've had worse. I spent five years sleeping on the floor when I was training to be an assassin."

Smiling despite himself, Ano ignored Nathyrra's protests and scooped her into his arms. "Let's go." He walked over to the bed and put her down.

"Stupid male." Nathyrra mumbled drowsily and turned over.

Ano smiled.

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The next day, Ana was walking out of her school with AJ, Hali, and Res. Several comments had been made about Ana's new hair color, but she didn't care. AJ was talking with Resotyr. "…I'm telling you, Res, Ms. Tsicar is a racist!"

"Against what?" Res asked.

"Against the drow!" AJ continued his rant, "I swear, she gave Bmud Ssa a better grade than me on his essay on conjuring spells! And he wrote it four minutes before the class started!"

"How does that make her a racist?" Halieth asked.

"He's a full-blooded moon elf! When I asked her about the grade, she said nothing was wrong and that it was the correct grade."

"Are you sure you're not just a dumbass who's overreacting?" Ana drawled.

"I AM NOT OVERREACTING!" AJ shouted.

Several strangers turned around and looked at him.

"You are as embarrassing as Dad." Ana hissed.

"Ana!" cried a familiar voice.

Ana spun around. Ano got out of the carriage, revealing that his hair was now completely blue.

"No, I think Dad's the one with humiliation trophy." AJ noted.

Ana's jaw dropped. "Oh…my…fucking…gods."

Ano grinned as he approached. "Now we match!"

"But…but…"

"Let's go home." Ano smiled at Resotyr and Halieth. "Hey, Res. Hey, Hali."

"H-Hi Mr. Derlyn." They stammered.

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That night, dinner was rather awkward. Ana kept glaring at her father. Ano returned her glares with a grin. Nathyrra found it hard to concentrate on her food. Ano's new hair had been a surprise to her as well.

AJ grinned at Nathyrra. "Hey Mom, can I dye my hair silver?"

"No." Nathyrra said flatly.

Anathyrra glared at Anotalex once more. Ano merely grinned.

Ana stood up. "That's it. I'm leaving." She stormed out of the room.

"Gotta go. Homework." AJ said and followed his sister out of the room.

As soon as her children had left, Nathyrra cocked an eyebrow at her husband. "How is this supposed to help?"

"Simple. She thought that dyeing her hair blue was cool. If she sees her father do it, she'll never try again." Ano stood up and began to leave.

Nathyrra also stood, and caught his arm. "You how stubborn she is."

"She'll break in time. She's like her mother." Ano said, winking.

Nathyrra frowned. "If anything, she takes after her father."

"How so?"

"I'm stubborn, but I don't break. You on the other hand…" Nathyrra smiled seductively and stroked his cheek. "Will shatter like glass with some…persuasion."

"Yes. I remember when Ana started dating Kenny." Ano grumbled bitterly.

"Good." Nathyrra reached up and kissed him. "I'm glad that my lessons stick."

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"I can't believe Dad did that." Ana said the next day.

AJ walked with his twin as they made their way to the cafeteria. "I told you this would happen."

"No. You said that Mom would be pissed. You didn't say anything about Dad." She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "I need to do something,"

"Maybe you should talk to Mom."

Ana raised an eyebrow. "You know that I despise talking to her about stuff like this."

"Yeah, but she may have some ideas."

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Ana sat outside in the backyard. Nathyrra sat down in front of her. "I'm going to teach you something a bit different, today"

"As long as it's not cleaning armor." Ana muttered. Nathyrra had started training Ana in her personal fighting style a few years ago. All Ana had done was clean armor, learn basic hand-to-hand combat, and fight mock battles with practice knives.

Nathyrra smirked. "No. I think you'll like this." She presented Ana with two, long daggers. Ana's eyes widened. She took the daggers. The knives were the exact weight she preferred. Sleek, long, and sharp. Ana frowned when she saw that the blades were black and the hilts, blue. Very funny, Mom. "You never let me use real knives before." Ana quirked an eyebrow. "Are you gonna train me to be an assassin?"

"No. You said that you wanted to be a ranger and I am going to respect that."

"Then…what are you teaching me?"

"I am teaching you how to kill in self-defense. Considering your father's and my past, you will probably have to fight someone in a real battle at least once in your life. I will teach you how to use your talent defensively, not offensively. An assassin is a killer, you will not be."

Ana nodded. They began to spar. An hour later, the fight ended. Nathyrra pressed a knife to Ana's throat. Ana scowled and dropped her weapon.

Nathyrra smiled. "You've improved."

"She has." agreed Ano. Ana looked at her father. Ano stood in the doorway, smiling with pride at his daughter. Ana's scowl deepened. Ano's smile widened and he walked back into the house.

Ana sighed. "Mom, can I talk to you?"

Nathyrra blinked in surprise. "Yes. Of course you can."

Ana frowned. "How can I get dad to turn his hair back to normal?"

"I would suggest that you turns yours back to brown. He will follow pursuit."

Ana blinked. "That's brilliant."

"Of course it is."

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Ano walked into Ana's room. He stared at her, surprised. "You changed your hair back."

"Yeah." Ana idly tossed the bottle of brown dye into the air before catching it. "Blue hair didn't really work out for me."

"Ana."

"Yeah?"

"Can I borrow that bottle?"

Ana laughed and tossed him the bottle.

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"Back to normal." Ano announced as he walked into his bedroom, his hair now brown.

Nathyrra smiled as he lay down next to her. "Good." She reached over and kissed him. "I missed the old you."

"Hmmm…what if I were to dye my hair black again?"

"Then I would start calling you 'Tymocallan'."

"Oh."

Nathyrra kissed him again. "And I've decided that I like the name 'Anotalex' the best."

"I'm happy with either one."

"Go to sleep, Anotalex."

"Yes, ma'am." Ano turned off the lights.