Kasu Shiyaku stood in the large room where seven cribs were aligned. Inside each was a test tube child, each a few months old. Kanou stood beside the man, admiring their work.
"What's the matter?" Kanou asked when he saw that Shiyaku was frowning.
"I think they need names," he said.
Kanou raised an eyebrow. "Names?"
Shiyaku nodded. "Yeah."
"Well," Kanou chuckled. "You can name them. I'll add it to their information."
The older man got out his clipboard and pencil, and then looked to Shiyaku. The younger man walked to the first crib and peered at the baby inside. The baby girl made a gurgling sound as looked up at the two men with blood red eyes. She had a tuft of teal hair on her head.
"I'm going to name you Seiko," Shiyaku said gently. "That means 'sincerity child', because I hope you are sincere to your duties that you will perform for Aogiri."
Kanou jotted down the name, and Shiyaku moved to the next crib. Inside was a baby boy. Shiyaku gently pet his light, sea foam color hair. He batted his eyelashes, looking curiously at the scientist with the same blood red eyes as Seiko.
"I'm going to name you Shonoko," he said softly.
"What's that one mean?"
"Child of calligraphy," Shiyaku said. "I just like the name."
Kanou nodded and they continued to the next crib. The third child was a girl with white hair and red eyes. Upon seeing the two men appear she moved her hands around in the air and made grasping motions.
"Hey there," Shiyaku said. "You know what I'm going to call you? I'm going to call you Kisaka."
Kanou frowned. "How would you write that?"
"The kanji for wood and then the kanji for slope."
Kanou nodded and moved on to the next crib, where there was a female baby with round, dark blue eyes and dark aqua colored hair.
"Tasuki," Shiyaku said flatly. "It means sash."
In the next crib was a boy with brown hair and brown eyes. Upon seeing the two scientists he began to cry, but Shiyaku's calming voice soothed him.
"Shhh, it's okay. You're name is Kaigan. That means coast, like the ocean."
When the baby had stopped crying completely, they moved to the next crib. In it was a girl with light brown hair and green eyes. The child screamed angrily at the two men.
"That's not all that nice," Shiyaku scolded. "I'm going to call you Kitanai because of it. That means 'mean'."
They moved to the last crib, and Shiyaku gazed down at the green haired, teal eyed girl that was inside.
"Your name means 'always', Tsuneni."
Kanou smiled when the baby made a gurgling sound.
"I guess that's it," Shiyaku said.
"Not exactly," Kanou said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"What?"
"There's one more."
Shiyaku looked at the row of cribs, confused. "There's seven here."
"I did one without you knowing," the scientist explained. "I didn't know how it would turn out do to the paternal donor, but she seems to be fine."
"Who's the paternal donor?" Shiyaku asked, a little offended that Kanou went behind his back.
"Nothing you need to worry about," Kanou smiled. He took the younger man off to a side room, where a lonely crib sat in the middle.
Shiyaku cautiously approached the crib and peered inside. A little girl gazed up at him. She had very dark brown hair and eyes so dark that they looked like black holes. No light shone in them, and it disturbed the younger scientist.
"I'll call you Kuruoshi," he said, finding his voice.
The little girl did not turn her head; her demonic eyes were locked on the ceiling. Shiyaku did not know much about this child, but he could tell instantly that there was something very, very wrong.