Chapter 11: The Reaction

"Let's just say," Duet sighed deeply before continuing, looking at all three people in the room before gazing at her daughter, "I'm going to have two nieces or two nephews to help take care of for Ames and Chibi Chibi will have playmates."

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Minako's eyes bulged out, "SHE'S PREGNANT? WHY DIDN'T SHE TELL ME?"

"SHUT UP!" Duet snapped at Mina. Closing her silver eyes, she sighed again and shook her head helplessly, "I finally got her to go to sleep, and here you are yelling! She probably didn't tell you on the way over because she knew you'd be excited while driving. Especially once you've had coffee…"

Minako crossed her arms over her chest and pouted like a little girl who doesn't have her doll, "Not fair! She always tells you everything!"

"Have you ever considered it's because I'm the only family she has, Mina?" Duet asked her cousin, after rolling her eyes at her cousin's childishness. "I'm not sure if you know Mina-chan, but her parents divorced at when she was seven. She has always blamed herself. Now she's trying to learn how to be a better mother than her mother was."

Duet's daughter's head went back and forth as she watched her mother and her "auty" argue. Chibi Chibi then decided to butt in, "Chibi boy! Chibi girl!"

Duet and Minako looked at her.

"Say what?" was Mina's response.

Duet frowned, "A boy and a girl, eh, Chibi-chan…you remember that?"

The little three-year-old nodded happily. Her curls bounced up and down in excitement.

Minako's blue eyes widened to the size of saucers, "TWINS?"

Duet glared at her cousin, "Didn't I just tell you that? Or were you not listening?"

Minako shut her mouth from looking like a gaping fish. She began sulking and whined, "It's not fair…"

She plopped herself in front of the television, an arm crossed over her chest and flipping through the channels.

Hiiro looked at Duet and asked her, "Duo's children?"

Duet's nod confirmed it.

Hiiro opened one of the waffle irons and placed another waffle on the stack of waffles Chibi Chibi was drooling over. When he looked up again, he asked, "How long would they have been married?"

"Would've been a year today…" was Duet's sorrowful response.

Hire's Prussian blue eyes widened just slightly. It made sense as to just why the blue haired woman looked like a complete wreck with red rimmed eyes and bags beneath the tear stains.

Duet decided to join Minako on the couch. "What's on Mina-chan? Anything worth watching?"

"Nah…" Mina told her cousin, who had hair that faded from white to silver with black tints.

Chibi Chibi grabbed the now cooled waggle and jumped off the high stool, making her way to her mother.

"Mama," she tried to say in-between chewing on the waffle and reaching her arms out for to her future mother. Duet looked at the little girl, her silver eyes shone with tears. Her mother cooed, "Aw, come here, Chibi-chan…"

Duet picked up the tiny three-year-old girl, who then grabbed apart of her mother's shirt and rested her head on her mother's shoulder while munching on a waffle. Duet stroked her future daughter's hair. Minkao looked at the two of them and hugged them.

"I'm sorry Duet-chan. I should've been there. I shouldn't have gone on that date with that cheating worthless son of a b----…"

"MINA!" Duet cried, "no naughty words in front of my daughter!"

Minako grinned sheepishly, "Still… I shouldn't have gone on that date with that bastard."

Duet rolled her eyes. Knowing Mina, she should've known that she would come up with another bad word to use. She shook her head, "There was nothing either of us could do. At least you didn't see actual thing. It gave me nightmares for a entire month. Remember when I spent the entire week at your house?"

Mina nodded, "Yea… but still… someone knew how to separate us and succeeded in that. If you hadn't been there, who knows what would've happened."

Duet wrapped her arm around the now sobbing Minako and sighed.

"We will slaughter every last one of them," she whispered with an evil tint to her voice.

Minako nodded and sat up, "We will. They will pay for what they did."

Duet hugged her little red haired daughter and asked her cousin, "What should we do today?"

"Shopping!" Minako cried in false happiness - all evidence of tears vanished. "I know they're having a sale today!"

Duet nodded thoughtfully.

"We can plan a baby shower!" she grinned.

Duet shook her head, "Plural, Mi, babies."

Mina grinned sheepishly and scratched the back of her head.

"It's a girl and a boy, right, Chibi?" Duet asked her daughter, who nodded happily.

She looked at Minkao, a sly smile on her face. "Mi-chan, why don't you dress your niece for me, while I clean up the mess you made, deal?"

Her cousin's gold hair bounced up and down as she nodded. Minako picked up Chibi Chibi, who protested for a moment until she caught her mother's wink.

Duet shook her head as Mina began swinging her daughter in circles around her. She turned attention to the silent man in her house, "You've been awful quiet Hiiro-kun. A penny for your thoughts?"

"Hn," was his grunted response.

Duet smiled a bit after rolling her eyes, "It's too darn bad Duo didn't write a Grunt-English-Japanese Dictionary while he had the chance. It would be very helpful…"

Hiiro had already cleaned up the mess before Duet pitched in. She coughed slightly, glancing at Hiiro, instantly gaining his attention.

"What did Duo tell you about me?"

Author's Note:

AH, another chapter for ANOTHER story COMPLETED! WAHOO!

Piter-chan//munches on cookies\\ YUMMY!

So, another list of shout-outs in is order, I suppose, ne? Well, here goes:

Raine of The Darkness Clan:

/laughs\\ You're extremely amusing! Thank you! Well, Taru-chan makes her appearance shortly… um, it'll be a while before it's posted, sorry! Well, I didn't understand any of the Japanese you typed, care to share? Thanks much!

Flame Ivy Moon:

O.O What info? Me forgets easily, care to share? Ah, you referring to the com stuff from last review? Yes, the Com Queen has taken over//laughs evilly\\ I need a life… I'm so happy you're happy you can use the computer! More reviews! Thanks much!

Shinegami's Lil Sis:

Is this soon enough? I've kind of had writers' block for a while, so my apologizes that it's not as fast as usual! How'd you get your name by the way? I've never seen "Shinigami" spelled that way! Thanks much!

Much Love, smell ya later,

Yupiteru and Piter-chan