Sorry for the horrible delay for those who read this! I really hope that you would review because I can't know what you think about this if you do not review.
I may not be able to update in next two weeks because I won't be home and I'm not sure will there be any internet where I will be. I will write the story but I can do it only to my notebook. So sorry if you were wishing for any more chapters in next two weeks.
This chapter features Yukikaze's family and you will also see his older brother :D So read on if you want to know about this lovely family.
I was standing on the porch of the house of my family for the first time in two years. I was nervous since I was meeting my family for the first time since I entered the military and became Ayanami-sama's begleiter. I hadn't even written letters to my family. I had gotten letters from my older brother weekly but I never answered because of lack of time and energy. I hoped that he would forgive me for not writing any letters for him. I decided to not even think how my older sister would react when we met again for the first time in two years.
I inhaled deeply and rang the doorbell. I saw the door opening almost immediately. The opening door revealed my whole family. My older brother Fubuki was bowing like always because he was working as a butler in the household. My father Akagi was walking down the stairs with my youngest sister Saki. My younger brother Yukito was on the second floor with his twin Fuuka. The oldest of my three younger sisters, Shizuka, hugged me instantly after the door opened.
"I'll choke on your hair, Shizuka!" was the first thing I could utter after recovering from the shock of being hugged by her for the first thing after coming here. Hyuuga immediately started laughing like an idiot and even Fubuki chuckled a little.
"You really shouldn't do that, Shizuka", father laughed. "Yukikaze just came back and you start by almost choking him. That might be one reason he's so rarely home."
"I'm sorry", Shizuka mumbled while turning red.
"It's alright" I said and ruffled her hair. I turned to father and said: "We had to take some unnecessary equipment from the training field when we left. Can we use the old warehouse for storing them as long as we are here?"
"Of course you can", father said. "Can you help Yukikaze, Fubuki?"
"Of course", Fubuki said. He took an umbrella and walked out with me. He opened the umbrella and we collected all the unnecessary equipment. We started walking towards the old warehouse when it suddenly started to rain heavily. When we arrived to the warehouse we were already soaked to the bone. Fubuki quickly opened the door and we hauled everything inside. For few seconds we just panted there while the raindrops drummed on the roof. After that we just started laughing until we heard lightning striking loudly. I winced a bit and Fubuki suggested that we went back to the main building.
We didn't even open the umbrella this time because the rain was far too strong and the umbrella couldn't protect us from getting wet. That's why we only tried to run to the main building as fast as we could. (I wasn't very fast because I had managed to wound my leg at the training field earlier that day because of Hyuuga.) I actually almost limbed while Fubuki ran. After some time Fubuki seemed to lose his patience and he just started carrying me towards the main building.
When we got ourselves inside the building I fell on my knees. Fubuki helped me up and practically carried me upstairs and to my room. I sat on my bed and he gave me a towel and told me that the dinner would be served after half an hour. I wearily went to look for appropriate clothes for the dinner while Fubuki quickly rushed to the kitchen. I felt like I would fall asleep at any second so I almost had to fight to stay awake. I took a coat from my wardrobe and undressed my uniform coat. I took some black trousers and quickly changed mine to them.
Now I just have to stay awake for fifteen minutes, I thought before the door to my room slammed open. The opened door revealed Kanon-chan who was wearing a frilly white dress which was decorated with all kinds of pearls and silver crosses. Her hair was braided on many different braids which became a big braid at the end. The only possible word to describe her was beautiful. I had never seen her like that and right now she was the most beautiful person I had ever seen. We just stared at each other for few minutes before either of us said anything.
"I'm sorry for barging in like this!" Kanon-chan yelled while blushing. "I was just looking for big brother but I got lost."
"It's alright, Kanon", I laughed. "I was almost falling asleep so it was good that you woke me up."
"Uh… Okay", Kanon-chan smiled. "Do you know how much time we have until the dinner is ready?"
"It's ready in about ten minutes", I said after looking at the old clock on the wall of my room. "Shall we go to the hall so we can wait there?"
"Okay!" Kanon-chan smiled. We went downstairs to the hall and saw Ayanami-sama and Hyuuga waiting there. Hyuuga waved at us while Ayanami-sama just looked at the paintings on the wall. He almost looked like he was longing for something from his past.
"Is something wrong, big brother?" Kanon-chan asked. "You're looking at that painting weirdly."
"I just remembered one thing by looking at this painting", Ayanami-sama said while smiling. "It looks a lot like the ones my older brother used to paint."
"You have an older brother?" Kanon-chan asked. "You've never told me anything about an older brother."
"This is painted by someone called Christian Himmelreich, if I'm not mistaken", said Fubuki who had appeared there just a second ago. Ayanami-sama's shoulders jolted up a bit and Kanon-chan stepped back by one step.
Yes, they are professional killers… But why were they so surprised?
"Is he from Raggs Kingdom?" Ayanami-sama asked.
"Yes, I think that he's someone from Raggs royalty using an alias", Fubuki said.
"Doesn't Himmelreich mean sky?" I asked suddenly. The combination of the name and the painting were somehow weird. The painting had so beautiful scene of sunset that seemed somehow lonely. "The painting looks like it would be a requiem for someone who is dead."
"Why are you talking like that, Yukikaze?" Ayanami-sama said and placed his hand on my forehead. "Are you sick or something?"
"I'm not sick", I laughed. "I think that I'm just too tired so I'm talking weird things."
"If that is so, I suggest you all to come to eat the dinner", Fubuki said with a wide grin on his face. "The dinner was served just few minutes ago and the master wants to see all of you."
We all entered the great dining room. Shizuka, Yukito, Fuuka, Saki and my father were already there. Kanon-chan sat right next to Shizuka while I tried to get as far away from her as possible which made me sit right next to Ayanami-sama who sat next to Saki. Hyuuga sat next to Fuuka who sat on the other side of Kanon-chan. Yukito sat next to me. Father sat on the head of the table and laughed at the mismatched seating plan of the table. Fubuki also looked like he had fun as he looked at the table.
After the food had been served we all started chatting in our little groups. Kanon-chan was chatting with father and Shizuka and constantly tried to stab Hyuuga with her knife. Hyuuga was chatting with Ayanami-sama and Fuuka. Yukito quickly started chatting with me when he realized that Hyuuga might also try to talk to him. When I looked around I saw that Saki was keeping herself silent as she usually did. When I looked a bit closer I realized that she was glancing at Ayanami-sama every other second. I smiled a bit and returned to my conversation with Yukito.
"What is Kanon talking about?" Ayanami-sama asked suddenly with some irritation in his voice. "She looks so mischievous."
"She's probably spreading some nice rumors", I guessed silently. "My sister has the ability to make anyone tell her the nicest rumors."
"I think that they are talking about you, Yuki", Hyuuga laughed. "Kanon's blushing", he said when I looked at him with an expression of a question mark.
"So my guess was right", Ayanami-sama sighed.
"What guess?" I asked with a question mark expression. "What did you guess?"
"We have been thinking that Kanon has a crush on you, Yuki", Hyuuga laughed. "She always becomes bright red when we talk about you."
"Will big brother Yukikaze be married to this princess?" Saki asked suddenly.
After Saki's weird question everyone (besides Ayanami-sama who was almost choking on his food) went silent. Suddenly I started laughing uncontrollably. Father looked at me with a very surprised expression and Kanon-chan started denying everything about her being in love with me. She also tried desperately to get a bit help from me but I couldn't say anything because of my hysterical laughing. After a while I managed to calm myself down. After calming down I realized that Shizuka was looking at me murderously.
"I think that it's a bit too early to think things like that, Saki", I said and everyone calmed down a bit. "Why do you call her a princess?"
"She's so beautiful and she's dressed so prettily", Saki mumbled and blushed. "Only princesses are dressed like that."
"I am not a princess", Kanon-chan laughed. "I was actually working in a circus before I started helping brother in the military."
"Can you show me some tricks?" Yukito asked excitedly. "I just love circus tricks!"
"Of course", Kanon-chan smiled. "But not here. It would damage the room. Would it be okay if I showed them after the dinner?"
"Yes!" Yukito smiled and started devouring his food with an incredible speed. I had to tell him to lessen the speed a bit before he would die because of choking. (Like Ayanami-sama almost did few minutes ago.)
"Is it okay if I use the inner garden to show Yukito-kun some tricks?" Kanon-chan asked when she had finished her meal. "I promise that I won't damage anything. I just need a large outside space for safety reasons."
"It would be good idea", father said. "Can you wait so we all can come to see what kind of tricks you can do?"
"That would be my pleasure", Kanon-chan smiled.
After everyone had eaten their meals we went to the inner garden where Kanon was supposed to show her circus tricks. I sat down on a bench and Saki climbed onto my lap. She started singing quietly. When I listened closer I heard that the song was one of Kanon's songs. After Saki had sung a while we all heard a lonely flute starting to play somewhere far away. After Saki had sung some time there started to be more and more instruments playing while Saki sang. Suddenly Saki stopped her singing and only one lonely violin continued the sad tone of the song.
Right after Saki had stopped her singing a fog started to build up. The fog wasn't normal fog because it had some king of colors and probably some paint on the water that was used to create the fog. I immediately thought that it was for a surprising entrance. I started to look at the things that surrounded us. Unexpectedly someone started singing a choir song without choir. The ghostly instruments started playing again. When the fog cleared we saw Kanon standing in the middle of the fog cloud. She was wearing her dress but she had braided her hair a bit tighter.
"Can you step a bit back?" Kanon asked. "This may be a bit dangerous if you stay that close."
We all stepped back. In my case it meant that I walked to the space behind the bench with Saki. We both leaned on the bench and looked how Kanon prepared her show. She put up few wooden sticks on the ground and put a bucket of water few meters away from herself. She also took some string and tied it on a tree branch.
"She's going to do that fire-thing", Hyuuga grinned. "Too bad that she doesn't have Aya-tan's cap. The trick was so awesome when she was able to keep Aya-tan's cap on her head for the whole time."
"Has she done this before?" I asked. "Have you seen it?"
"Yep", Hyuuga said and grinned. "It's awesome. You'll love it."
Sorry, it ended with a tiny cliffhanger. I'll try to write the rest of it on tomorrow so you don't have to be worried. ;)