Oh, Good God...

This is getting so insufferable...

Is just crying and crying, How come this kid hasn't lost his voice?!

Is not the diaper, he is not hungry.

The hell does he want?!

Wait...

There's silence...

Oh God, either the little twerp has calmed down or just died.

Ryuuga walked away from the kitchen and went right back to his room. He was just hoping that nobody died, because no matter how annoying these two are, they are under his care.

Well, it was his uncle the one who's supposed to be spending time with the little brat this weekend and he was also the one who invited them over to apparently have some 'Family time' together.

But that bastard is who-gives-a-fuck-where, and they are stuck as babysitters.

Well, at least his aunt can have some tranquility knowing there's actually someone kinda decent looking after her child for the weekend.

Because seriously, he just doesn't understand why did the asshole went through all this trouble to have shared custody over Kenta if he's just going to bring his nephews over, who are actually children, to take care of him whenever is supposed to be his turn?

The idiot is so bad at this of being a father that he could even be worst than his older sister.

Ryuuga's mother might be an angry beast, but at least he and Ryuto made it out of their infancy in one piece.

If it wasn't for aunt Shiori or them, Kenta would be dead long ago.

"Hey! Big bro, look! I got him to shut up!"-The younger brother yelled happily as he saw his older brother entering the room.

"Oh thank God, I couldn't take it anymo- Ryuto, What the shit are you doing?"-

Of all the things that his brother could have done to calm him down, he had chosen to put the little baby upside down. Oddly enough, it seemed to work perfectly since Kenta had stopped his crying and became a little ball of giggles once again.

"What? He likes it!"-Ryuto answered his brother's question in a very defensive tone.

"Give him here!"-Ryuuga took the toddler away from his brother's hands, and flipped him over for the kid to not be upside down anymore.-"You are gonna make him-"-

Ew...

"Throw up..."-The boy with golden eyes whispered as he felt his shirt get wet all of the sudden.

The boy with white and red hair looked down at the little green-haired baby, he was laughing his little heart out. Oh, this little shit knows what he just did. He's so fucking lucky he is a baby.

"Ohhhh!"-Ryuto laughed and took the little green haired baby.-"So that's why you were crying!"-

Kenta just cooed and laughed as if he was confirming his cousin's statement.

"That twerp is so lucky he's still a baby."-Ryuuga mumbled as he tried to clean his shirt, he was trying to not look so grossed out.

"Eww!"-Ryuto laughed.-"It's so gooey!"-

Okay, that's it.

"I'm going take a shower."-The older boy said as he took some clothes from his backpack and walked over the bathroom.-"Try to not kill him while I'm gone."-

"Oh, please!"-The younger boy laughed again.-"I know how to handle him! Don't I, little beast?"-

Kenta seemed to agree due to his response being more giggles and his little hands touching his cousin's face.

"Just don't do something stupid, okay?"-Ryuuga warned his younger brother before closing the door.

"Kay!"-Ryuto answered.-"Hey, Kenta! Do you want to go treasure hunting?!"-

The baby just cooed with excitement and Ryuto took it as a yes.

"Well, let's go check on your dad's room!"-He proposed with excitement.-"Even losers must have some fun secrets! Let's go!"-

Ryuto was about to reach the door until his little cousin stopped him with a distressed noise.

"Uh? What is it?"-He asked before noticing Kenta was trying to reach something from the floor.-"Oh right! Can't forget about Flame! He'll go explore with us!"-

The boy kneeled down to pick up the little stuffed centaur and gave it to the baby, who started to hug it like it was the most precious thing in the world.

"Let's dig through your dad's shit!"-Ryuto yelled with excitement as he ran through the door.

"Chi!"-

"Oh my god! Are you trying to say 'shit'?"-

"Shet!"-

"Ohhhhh! Ryuuga is going to love this!"-

After finishing with his shower Ryuuga noticed that his younger brother and little cousin were not where he left them and found them making a wreck out of his uncle's room. Even if he couldn't deny he also wanted to play treasure hunting with them, he made Ryuto clean it up. They didn't knew when the bastard was coming back, and if he saw any of this it was going to get pretty ugly, and Kenta is way too young to be traumatized by that man's anger.

Later it got dark, and they were in the couch watching TV and waiting to fall asleep.

"Didn't auntie Shiori said Kenta shouldn't watch anything too violent?"-Ryuto suddenly asked as he derived his attention from the screen and looked at Ryuuga, who was holding Kenta on his lap for the moment.

"Yeah, but Batman is the right kind of violent."-Ryuuga shrugged.-"And is not like he likes that other dumb garbage. Those other shows are way too stupid, even for babies. Aren't I right, kid?"-

The little green haired baby looked up and made a confused sound.

"Isn't Batman far more fun than those singing weirdos?"-He smirked as he asked the baby for his opinion.

Kenta appeared to agree with his older cousin, since his answer was pretty much a loud happy noise and him raising his little fist, which was in his mouth just a second ago.

"You see?"-Ryuuga laughed at the baby's response.

"I guess you are right."-Ryuto giggled.-"You know, we should give him some of our comics to entertain himself when he gets back with his mom."-

"He can't use the toilet yet, and you want him to read?"-The older brother asked in disbelief.

"I know he can't read, but he can look at the pictures and remember his two awesome cousins."-The boy with white hair and a red lock on the right said with a little bit of pride in his tone of voice.

"You mean his only cousins?"-Ryuuga mocked with a smirk, and Ryuto stuck his tongue out.-"I guess you are right though. I mean, what better way to remember your family than looking at pictures of overly saturated violence? At least we gave him something good to remember...Unlike that asshole."-That last part was almost a whisper.

There was silence for a few seconds.

"Big bro?"-

"Yeah?"-

"How do you know that uncle Koichi is a bad dad?"-

This made Ryuuga look down to see if he had heard wrong.

"What do you mean?"-The older brother asked with confusion.

"That...since Kenta is here, you keep saying that uncle is either a piece of shit or an asshole. And you always said he is a bad father."-Ryuto clarified. His voice was full of curiosity.-"Is like you've known it since the beginning, and I know he is mean with us sometimes. But I want to know what makes him a bad dad."-

"Well...Is not that hard to guess he's doing everything wrong."-Ryuuga tried to sound as relaxed as possible.-"That dumbass forced aunt Shiori to share the little twerp with him and what does he do? He brings us to sleep over every time it's supposed to be his turn. I mean, I know there is no correct way of taking care of something too stupid to survive on its own, but at least you have to give a shit."-

"How do you know he doesn't give a shit?"-Ryuto asked, he was in no way defending his uncle, but was rather still curious about his brother's argument.

"He doesn't."-Ryuuga insisted.-"He left as soon as we got here, and the little twerp was crying and suffering on his own mess because that idiot couldn't bother to change a freaking diaper. And be honest here, when was the last time you saw he actually cared about something?"-

"So...He is a bad dad because he doesn't care about Kenta?"-Ryuto wanted to see if he understood.

"Yes, he is an asshole because he won't give a shit about anything unless he is angry."-Ryuuga nodded and tried to go back to watching the show.-"All he wants to do is fight aunt Shiori, fight with mom, or yell at us for no reason. He doesn't give a fuck about anyone, not even his own kid."-

Ryuuga could feel how Kenta's little hands suddenly started to held his own, it was obvious the baby wanted to call for his attention, but for some reason; Ryuuga couldn't bring himself to look at him.

He just wanted to get distracted.

Little did he knew that his little brother had another question.

"So...Does that mean mom is bad too?"-

.

.

.

"...Yes..."-

"Ryuuga!"-

What?

"Ryuuga, wake up!"-

What's going on?

Wait...


Golden eyes snapped fiercely, as the person to those eyes belonged sat up as quick as he could while he breathed so fast you could argue he was having a panic attack.

"Ryuuga, are you okay?!"-A voice called in front of him.-"You are not hurt, are you?"-

"What?"-That question came out as heavily as his breaths.

Without paying any kind of attention to his little cousin's concern, Ryuuga stood up and looked around. He simply couldn't believe this.

They weren't in Metal City anymore, they were...In the middle of nowhere.

"W-where...Where are we?"-Ryuuga asked the kid in front of him.

"I don't know."-Kenta answered with fear in his voice.-"I woke up and...We were here."-

Kenta looked around, it was almost a desert. Except that in the distance he could see something resembling a jungle, but it didn't matter, they shouldn't be there, there is no way they could have...

Unless...

"Ryuuga..."-The boy with green hair called for his cousin's attention.-"I-I think...I think you brought us here."-

"What?"-Ryuuga asked with disbelief. That was impossible.

...

Then again, he can create fire out of nowhere and, has developed a serious dependence to sunlight and moonlight in the past few months.

But this was seriously crossing the line.

"Yeah...I remember."-Kenta started to scratch his head.-"After those other guys attacked us, I think you did something with your powers...Ryuuga, I think you teleported us."-

For a second, Ryuuga looked like he wanted to scream in anger, but he took both his hands to his face and took a deep breath.

"Let's go."-He said before turning his back and starting to walk north.

"Where?"-Kenta walked fast to keep up with him.

"I don't know. Let's just keep walking until we find a way home, we better hurry."-Ryuuga answered, he sounded so unsure.

It was clear that for the first time in his life, he wasn't sure of what he was doing.

And Kenta wasn't sure if just turning their backs was the right choice, specially after what the guy with the purple hair told them.

"But what about-"-

"I said."-Ryuuga almost growled at the kid.-"We are going home."-

Kenta flinched instantly at Ryuuga's tone of voice, and after taking a deep breath, he just decided to shut up and start walking with him.

He isn't even so sure he wants to get home right now, when his mom finds out about this they are both going to get it. Well, that is if they still have a home to go back to by the time they get there.

Come on...Now it's not the time to get scared. Everything it's fine.

But what that guy said about the world getting destroyed if Ryuuga doesn't help him...Could it be true?

No.

Kenta shut his eyes and shook his head.

There is no way that's tru...Well, maybe there is a reason Ryuuga got powers. There are more people with powers, it has to mean something.

Wait...That guy...The one with the purple hair...

Kenta knew he saw that guy before! He is one of Yuki's friends!

That's right! His names is Dynamis!

Wait...Does that mean Yuki is involved with any of this?...

No...Well, at least that's what he thought...

Then again, if Dynamis is Yuki's friend...That means he can't really be bad.

So...Maybe he was telling the truth.

Ugh! What kind of logic is this?!

Why can't he just get his mind off this?!

*BOOM*

Kenta turned his head and saw that in the distance, a ray of light was making its way towards the sky...Well, that's only if he can call it light, it looked so dark from there, it was like a bizarre combination of black and purple energy that somehow managed to glow.

Huh...It kinda looked like those portals in the sky that appear in superhero movies nowadays.

The little boy looked up and saw that Ryuuga was looking at it as well. However, he looked so lost on it...It's like he felt something just because of that light's existence.

After a couple of seconds, the ray of light disappeared and Ryuuga turned his back and kept walking. Kenta followed him and noticed how his cousin looked so...Conflicted.

That's probably because he heard something.

A couple of months ago, Ryuuga's senses had started to open in ways that were almost inhuman. Maybe it was because of his powers, or at least that was the most logic explanation for him and his cousin. Ryuuga absolutely hated hearing, seeing, and even smelling things he didn't really wanted to, this thing had him on the verge of insanity. Luckily, he and Kenta had discovered that meditation could help relax him enough to live with it.

Right now, Kenta firmly believed that Ryuuga heard something the moment that energy appeared out of nowhere.

And he would be right because he did.

And it wasn't after the light appeared, it was before.

There was a lot of screaming in pain coming from the distance, and it all stopped when that energy appeared. It was so sudden, there was also laughter in the distance. Like there was someone torturing these people and laughing at their faces...Then, the light appeared and everything was dead silent.

But he turned around, it doesn't have anything to do with them and he won't get involved.

Ryuuga won't let himself get caught in the middle of another disaster...He took the decision of not screwing up his life, and by God; he is not going to break it.

This would be the moment where Kenta should also turn his back and start walking with his cousin.

The keyword being that he should.

He just couldn't shake this feeling off him.

The little green haired boy knew there was something wrong here, there was something that needed to be done and they needed to get involved.

But that's the problem right there...

Despite being perhaps the most daring person Kenta has ever known, Ryuuga had stopped taking risks ever since...Well, if you don't count him taking his anger out on everything for a while, Ryuuga hasn't dared to do anything risky just for fun ever since Ryuto died.

Kenta almost smiled, he remembered how Ryuto used to be such a quick thinker...

Maybe he would know what to do...

The boy with brown eyes turned around and ran to catch up with his cousin. It was decided, it doesn't matter if Ryuuga doesn't like it, he has to do something or else the world might pay the consequences.

"Ryuuga, please wait!"-Kenta yelled as he ran to catch up with the older guy.

The guy with golden brown eyes neither replied nor stopped walking.

"Ryuuga!"-

Kenta tried to stop his cousin by stepping in front of him, but seeing how that didn't work given that Ryuuga didn't stopped for even a second and just kept walking after lightly tossing the boy aside.

"Ryuuga, please! Just wait a minute!"-He yelled to call for his attention but it seemed pointless.

This time he just tried to hold Ryuuga's hand and pull it in a desperate attempt to make him stop walking.

"Ryuuga!"-Kenta yelled a lot louder this time.-"Stop ignoring me, please! I'm serious!"-

By some miracle, this try appeared to work since Ryuuga had stopped walking and looked down at his little cousin.

He didn't looked happy.

But if Kenta wanted to convince him, he had to deal with his cousin's anger. So, he took a deep breath and used all of his willpower to look up and meet Ryuuga's gaze.

If there was something he was used to with his cousin, it was the lack of speech for communication. Ryuuga is not a very expressive person, everybody kinda figures that out eventually, but over the years, Kenta learned how to read his expressions.

And this one basically said: Say what you want to say this instant or I will tear your face off.

He...Kinda hopes he misunderstood that...Well...

Here goes nothing.

"Ryuuga, I...I..."-He gulped.-"I really think we should help Yuki's friend!"-

Ryuuga's expression didn't changed at all, but it sounded like he let out an angry groan.

"J-just listen!"-Kenta tried to try his proposition somewhat better.-"He said earth is in danger! A-and I seriously think that if you have this powers for a reason, the least you can do is to help!"-

Instead of getting an answer, Kenta just witnessed Ryuuga starting walking again as if nothing was said.

This time, it was Kenta the one who groaned in desperation. He remembered something quickly after that...

His bow...

Kenta took it off and looked at it.

He closed his eyes and gripped it. This could be either a good idea or by far the worst idea he ever had.

Well...Here goes nothing.

With his right hand, he took one arrow from the container in his back, placed it in the bow, and took the deepest of breaths.

If the world is really in danger and his cousin will not listen to him, then there is only one thing he can do...

He will make him listen.

"If you are looking at me right now, I hope you give me a hand with your brother, Ryuto."-The little green haired boy thought before aiming the arrow to where he wanted it to land.

And without hesitation, he launched it.