"Brought something for the victory party!" Mansuke told the others.
"What did you bring?" Atlas asked.
"Jackpot!" Mansuke opened a cooler filled with a certain sea creature.
"Squid...?" Alexandrite and Hercules asked nervously.
"And then..." Mansuke opened a second cooler filled with the same sea creature.
"It's more squid." Yuhei noticed.
"And for dessert!" Mansuke then showed yet another cooler filled with the creature from the deep blue sea.
"How come it's all squid?" Hercules asked.
Mansuke merely chuckled in response.
"Is that all you caught?" Connie asked.
"Um, well, perhaps?" Mansuke smiled nervously.
"I think I should help make something," Felicity said as she tied on an apron. "Sil vous plait, allow moi."
"Um, sure?" Mansuke said, a bit confused.
Felicity then began to cook up a meal with hints of French cuisine.
After a while, it was time for everyone to gather in the living room for dinner.
"You can cook?" Vincent asked in surprise.
"Anyone can cook!" Felicity replied as she took out a cook book that she treasured by Auguste Gusteau.
"Ohh, yeah." Vincent smiled.
Felicity smiled back as she then cooked her very best.
"Smells like one of those places Eloise would visit in Paris." Estelle sniffed the intoxicating aroma of the food Felicity made as she mixed French and Japanese cooking so she wouldn't offend anyone.
Once everyone was in the living room, it was time for introduction of the whole Jinnouchi family.
"Okay! Introduction time," Natsuki began. "First off we have Aunt Mariko and her children, Rika and Riichi. Next Uncle Mansuke with his kids, Tasuke and Naomi. Kiyomi and Tasuke's son, Shota. Then we have Uncle Mansaku."
"Hello." Mansaku greeted.
"He has three sons and each son has a family," Natsuki then continued. "There's Yorihiko and his wife Noriko, Kunihiko and his wife Nana and Katsuhiko and his wife Yumi and their sons Yuhei and Kyohei. Oh, and this is Nana's daughter Kana and Noriko's kids, Shingo and Mao. You get all that?"
"Uh... Yeah," Kenji rubbed his head nervously. "More or less."
Akito nodded as he memorized all the names.
"My memory is not what it used to be." Forte whispered to Cherry.
"That's what happens when you survive 300 years past your expiration date." Cherry snorted.
"Well, you get the idea." Naomi chuckled a bit.
"Pleased to meet you!" The Jinnouchis added in.
"Thank you for having me." Kenji spoke up.
"Us too." Akito added.
"Us as well." Hercules even agreed.
"Wow, I'm amazed the Granny gave Natsuki's boyfriend the okay." Kiyomi commented.
"No kidding," Naomi added. "Every time I brought a boy home, she was so mean he'd run back to the bus stop! Tokyo U., studied abroad, old family. Of course you like some. Quite the Renaissance Man."
"Oh, sounds too good to be true." Kiyomi smiled.
"Maybe this Spinster Club should take some notes." Mansuke joked.
"Uncle Mansuke, I can bring myself a husband anytime I want to do it!" Rika glared with Naomi.
'Whew, they haven't asked Kenji anything that would make him nervous.' Vincent thought to himself.
"Oh, Vince, you have some paint on your cheek." Mo noticed.
"It's okay, Mom, I'll get it." Vincent replied.
Mo licked her napkin and then wiped her eldest child's cheek to get the smudge off.
"Thanks, Mom." Vincent blushed from embarrassment.
Akito and Estelle quietly snickered to their big brother.
Mansuke then asked Kenji that seemed to be an inappropriate question. "Hey, let me ask you. When's the due date?"
"Huh?" Kenji asked, feeling even more nervous than he already was.
"You know, for the baby." Manasuka replied with a coy wink and nod.
"Stop being a perv," Noriko scolded. "What is wrong with you?"
"He only came to say hello." Mariko told Manasuka.
"Huh?" Manasuka replied. "But I thought he came to say hello, because he got her in a family way. You've done it, right? What am I saying? You are a college man. Of course you've done it."
"I think you've had enough to drink..." Cherry muttered to Manasuka.
"I agree." Mo added.
"Like you haven't." Forte muttered to Cherry.
"Oh, let him ask!" Mansuke replied. "Our Kenji is gonna be family soon enough!"
"Like hell is he gonna be family soon enough!" Shota snapped. "I object!"
"Give it a rest, Shota." Tasuke told him while his mouth was slightly full.
"You give it a damn rest!" Shota glared back.
"How dare you talk to your dad like that?" Tasuke said.
Atticus rubbed his arm as he overheard this, thinking maybe he should finally let Estelle and Lee be alone together more.
"Hey! I've been watching out for Natsuki ever since she was this little!" Shota retorted.
"One centimeter, huh?" Yumi deadpanned.
"Yeah, I highly doubt that." Cherry smirked.
"And how come she didn't run this by her second cousin first?" Shota then demanded.
Atticus looked to him and then looked to Estelle. He could still see her as the little girl he brought home from the hospital thirteen years ago. He even saw her, standing on her tiptoes, reaching for the table. He then shook his head and rubbed his eyes as she was looking like herself now as she ate the dinner that Felicity made for all of them.
'It's time I let her grow up, that means I have to leave her and Lee alone.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Come on, Granny," Shota said. "Are you really gonna let her do this?"
"Of course," Sakae replied as she ate the food. "Kenji will make a wonderful addition to the family. These eyes of mine have never deceived me. The Jinnouchi clan has no need of mediocre man. Not while his family and town to protect."
'Such wise words.' Mo thought to herself.
"You tell him, Mom!" Manasuke agreed. "We Jinnouchi men all need to be toughest males. This clan played an essential role of the invincible Takeda army! See?"
"Here he goes again." Naomi said.
"But when Takeda died, there was nothing to hold it together," Manasuke began. "The clan scattered to the winds. The reputation we built up didn't count for squat. We came here to Ueda and set down roots. Fought more times than I could count to defend it. Wasn't an exactly prime real estate but it was ours. On the second of August, 1585, a mere 2,000 of our ancestors faced all against 7,000 of Tokugawa's combat elite."
'I wonder when the first war in Ueda was.' Lee thought to himself.
"Thus began the first Ueda war!" Manasuka said.
"Oh, um, very well then." Lee blinked as his question was answered.
Marc began to write down everything he was learning.
"Nerd." Tony muttered.
Marc ignored him as he jotted all of this down.
"We have a winner!" Manasuke continued before getting to the parts involved with the Fudo clan. "The Tokugawa fought their way to castle. Only one wall stood between us and their feet but we held strong and we knew the land. We pushed them all the way back-"
'Nice.' Marc thought to himself.
Later on, it was starting to get dark. Lee was about to go into his own room until Atticus stopped him.
"Um, kinda lonely, even though you're with your brothers and sister," Atticus smiled nervously. "Why don't you join us so you can be with Estelle?"
"Really?" Lee smiled.
"I insist..." Atticus replied. "We're gonna be in-laws someday."
"Wow, thanks, Mr. Fudo!" Lee beamed.
Lee and Atticus soon got to Mo, Akito, Vincent, and Estelle and the pets. Snow White was complaining as this was nothing like home.
"Girl, I know it's not cushy and comfy like the house, but you can take it or leave it and have no mackerel." Vincent told his cat to calm her down.
"Fine." Snow White groaned.
"That's better..." Vincent sighed. "Man, my cat is such a drama queen."
"Much like her owner." Akito teased as he got settled in with Scruffy.
"Yeah, yeah." Vincent groaned.
Lee soon came into the room with his stuff.
"What's up?" Estelle greeted.
"Your dad says I can stay in here." Lee told her.
"He did?" Estelle replied, almost not believing that.
"Yeah." Lee nodded with a smile.
Estelle glanced at her father before smiling back to him. "Let's sleep in the same bed."
Atticus turned violently at that, but tried to keep his cool.
"Sure, is that okay with you, Mr. Fudo?" Lee asked.
"You two can sleep together." Atticus said after taking a deep breath and keeping his cool.
Cherry smirked at Atticus.
"What are you smirking at?" Atticus asked her through his teeth.
"I'm just waiting for you to pop like a balloon." Cherry smirked.
"Well, I'm not going to pop." Atticus said.
"Yet." Cherry teased.
"Ha ha, very funny." Atticus rolled his eyes.
"Pop!" Cherry imitated a pop noise and walked off with a laugh as she was clearly drunk.
"Okay, how much did you drink?" Atticus asked.
"Two, maybe three..." Cherry shrugged.
"Glasses?" Atticus asked.
"Bottles." Cherry hiccuped.
"Whoa." Atticus said.
"I'll deal with her." Forte told Atticus.
"Thanks, Maestro." Atticus looked relieved.
Forte soon got Cherry to take a little rest so she could settle down.
Estelle made up a bed with a smile to Lee as Scruffy yawned and stretched very sleepily.
"Can't wait to get some sleep..." Patch said before he sniffed a sent and then followed it.
"Dad?" Dot yawned.
Patch soon caught the same scent and began to follow it to the living room. Scruffy followed after Patch and Dot couldn't help but do the same.
Atticus and the others soon saw what the dogs were doing and decided to follow them. "What's going on?" he asked the dogs.
"I smell something funny." Patch replied.
The dogs soon pointed to a man that was in the living room. Kenji soon seemed to be going the same way after using his cell phone.
"Who is that?" Scruffy whispered to himself as he saw the man petting the Jinnouchi family dog.
"He could be friendly..." Patch hoped. "He's petting that other dog."
"Then why don't any of the Jinnouchi family members seem happy to see him?" Dot whispered to Patch as she saw most of the Jinnouchi members, but Natsuki seemed to be angry that the man was there.
"I better go talk with him." Atticus suggested to his dog and the puppies.
"That might be good." Patch said.
Atticus nodded to them and went to go see who was visiting the family, he cleared his throat loudly for attention.
"Oh, hey." The man greeted.
"Hey, I don't think we properly met." Atticus replied.
"No, we haven't." The man said.
"Detective Atticus Fudo." Atticus introduced himself and even flashed his badge.
"It's an honor to meet you, sir; my name is-" The man was about to introduce himself.
"Wabisuke! Sneaking back in here ten years later," Manasuka snapped. "What's the matter with you?"
'Wait, this guy is the guy that created that dangerous program?' Atticus thought to himself.
Wabisuke spoke with the family who seemed to not want him there. Megan poked her head out as she heard the commotion and blushed to Wabisuke as she seemed to have a little crush on him. Kenji didn't seem to know why the family members weren't want Wabisuke to be there but then soon noticed Natsuki the only one happy to see him.
"Uncle?" Natsuki poked her head in before gasping in delight and ran to the man. "Uncle Wabisuke!"
"Natsuki?" Wabisuke asked, seeing how old his niece had gotten since the last time he saw her as she ran to him. "Is that you?"
"Oh, my God, you came back!" Natsuki giggled as she tackled Wabisuke into a hug.
"Thanks!" Wabisuke replied.
Kenji stared them down as he looked rather shocked and unsure of what to say or do in this situation.
"This is feeling rather awkward." Dot whispered.
Scruffy nodded in agreement with his sister.
"What is going on here?" Atticus wondered as everyone else seemed to hate the guest.
"I'll find out." Mo whispered to her husband.
Atticus flinched at first, but then smiled to his wife. "How did you get here so fast?" he then asked sheepishly as she seemed to come clean out of nowhere and that was usually Cherry's job.
"You can thank the speed from Uncle Planet." Mo whispered.
Atticus then hugged her. Mo hugged her back and decided to do some detective work for her husband.