3 years later:
Hitoshi was carrying Takao's basket of clothes from the laundry room,
"I can't believe Takao's 18 since yesterday and he still won't take up his own clean laundry! Heck! He doesn't even do his own laundry!"
Hitoshi turned the knob of Takao's room but it wouldn't open.
"…Why did Takao lock his door?"
Hitoshi put the basket down and reached for the top of the door to pick up a thin paintbrush. He stuck the end of the paintbrush into the little hole in the doorknob and kept pushing around until he unlocked the lock on the other side.
--
Takao opened his eyes from some noise he heard by his door and he slowly sat up and rubbed his eyes. He looked to his side to see his favorite neko, sound asleep. After a while(like 6 months), the police gave up trying to use Takao to find 20 Menso's identity and Rei could finally come back to Takao's place as Rei instead of 20 Menso. For nearly three years their relationship has gone smoothly. Last night, they spent Takao's birthday together. Takao lifted up his hand to see his birthday gift from Rei, a beautiful ring-Bought with clean money. Takao sighed and was about to snuggle back up with Rei again if his brother didn't open the door. Takao shrieked and covered his bare chest with the covers,
"Nii-Chan! Don't you know how to knock!? GET OUT!" he shouted and threw his pillow at the door to get Hitoshi out. From Hitoshi's point of view, he was also a tad mad. He saw his brother bare from at least the waist up; Rei was in bed with Takao; Rei's hair was out, and the floor looked like a tornado passed by and threw their clothes everywhere.
"…" Hitoshi said nothing as he grew an anime vein, "May I ask what he's doing here? I thought he left!" Hitoshi pointed at Rei, "And please don't tell me he came back and you two actually had sex last night!!"
"Just get out! NOW!" Takao yelled and pulled the pillow Rei was using from under him and threw that at Hitoshi who only dodged it like the first one.
"We're having a talk after this!" said Hitoshi with a serious tone and dropped the laundry basket down before leaving the room and slamming the door behind him.
"That jerk…" Takao muttered, red with embarrassment. From the shouting and having his pillow taken away from him, Rei woke up.
"Takao…why are you yelling?" he asked turning over,
"Oh! Rei! I'm so sorry! Eh, don't mind anything, just go back to sleep!"
"Taka-Chan…maybe we should get up before your brother sees me here and then scolds us both because I stayed passed midnight like we agreed…" said Rei tiredly and Takao sweatdrops,
"Too late for that…"
--
As soon as Hitoshi got downstairs the doorbell rang and he groaned in frustration as he heads for the door. He opened it and saw no one,
"Hello?"
"Down here!" the person then whacked Hitoshi with a stick at the leg
"Ow! Okay, I see you…"
"I heard I can find Rei Kon here?"
"Huh? Yeah."
Takao came out of his room with Rei who borrowed some of Takao's clothes and something to tie his hair with, and they walked downstairs together,
"I can't believe your brother came in," said Rei after he was filled in,
"Yeah, he somehow learned how to unlock my door! That jerk!"
"I'm sorry that I caused trouble again," Rei apologized,
"No, no! It's alright! My brother's just being a pain as usual!" said Takao with a reassuring smile and before Rei could reply, he was suddenly struck in the head with a flying stick and that nearly caused him to fall down the rest of the stairs.
"Rei!" Takao knelt down to see if Rei was okay.
"Ow…what was that?" Rei asked rubbing his head.
"Hey, Rei, someone's here looking for you. An old man named Tao. Oh, and he wants his cane back," said Hitoshi walking up to them and pointed towards the living room and then motioned the 'stick' that was thrown at Rei earlier.
"Teacher?!"
"Teacher?" Takao repeated in confusion.
"So, while Rei talks with his sensei, we're having a talk ourselves," Hitoshi reminded with a serious tone.
After some struggling, Hitoshi got his brother into the kitchen and Rei calmly walked into the living room of the Kinomiya residence to meet with his sensei: Tao.
"Teacher…" Rei bowed to the old man sitting comfortably on the sofa and Rei held out his cane. Tao took his walking cane back and motioned Rei to sit in front of him on his knees. The two sat in silence for a while before Tao finally decided to speak up.
"I hear you have found yourself a possible mate…"
"Um, yeah…" Rei replied with a light blush.
"He's not from the village I assume?"
Rei shook his head.
"I see…well this is the first time in a while since someone from the village is with someone that's outside it. Hmm…"
"Is there a problem, Teacher?"
"Yes!" Tao snapped and hit Rei in the head with his cane.
"Ow!"
"My recourses tell me that you took the virginity of your possible mate before either of you were even considered adults!"
"WHAT?!"
Tao and Rei looked over where Hitoshi stood who just came in for a question and overheard that comment. Takao, behind his brother, slowly turned to sneak away but Hitoshi quickly reached back and held onto Takao, "You're not going anywhere!"
"It just…happened?" Rei tried to answer,
"H-Hey! Before anyone says anything, I'm the one that tempted him first!" Takao defended Rei only to receive a scarier glare from Hitoshi.
"Now we really do have a lot to talk about! Come on!" Hitoshi pulled Takao by the ear and they left the room with Takao screaming 'ouch' along the way.
"Hm, they are close brothers. Anyway Rei, I find that pretty disappointing. You've mated more than once?"
"Uh, maybe…? OW!" Rei only received another smack from Tao's cane.
"That's very immature of you! How often?"
"Um, isn't that a little personal…? OW! Okay! Every now and then!"
"For 3 years?"
"Yes!"
Tao shook his head,
"I wish to see your mate," said Tao and got on his feet and started walking towards where lots of shouts can be heard from.
Takao felt very awkward, an old man was looking at him as if inspecting him a little too close. Rei covered his face and shook his head,
"Please stop staring at him like that, Teacher…"
Takao turned his head and his quickly used his hands to cover up his butt,
"PERVERT! What do you think you're-OW!" it was Takao's turn to get hit by Tao's cane.
"Stop moving! This is important!"
"Just do what he says, Takao…please?" Rei asked as sweetly as possible and Takao grumbled, standing still. Tao then asked Takao to bend down so he can look into his mouth. Then he asked Takao to come with them and asked that Hitoshi and Rei don't bother them. After going into another room, the only thing that can be heard is the constant accusation of Tao being a pervert by Takao.
"Oh yes, Rei…you proposed to my brother last night?!" Hitoshi asked while Tao and Takao were away. Hitoshi must've noticed the ring earlier.
"Is that a problem?" Rei asked nervously,
"YES! He's only 18! He's too young! He's a kid!"
"Um, with all do respect, Sir, but 18's considered an adult…"
"I say when he's going to be an adult!"
"Which is 'never' I assume?" Rei thought with a sweatdrop.
Takao and Tao finally came back with Takao red with embarrassment and Tao following but he walked straight to Rei and to hit him against the leg.
"I'm extremely disappointed in you, Rei!" Tao scolded,
"Ow…what did I do?"
Tao didn't answer Rei but moved to Hitoshi,
"You watch over this boy?" Tao asked pointing at Takao with his cane and Hitoshi only nodded,
"I'm afraid that the boy and Rei will have to be together."
"Have to?" Rei and Hitoshi asked in unison. Takao only blinked,
"That's a good thing right?" he asked innocently.
"Well it's only good if you can make good kittens."
"Huh?" a question mark was seen clear above Takao's head.
Tao turned to Rei,
"Listen to me, Rei. There's a reason why those from our village are not allowed to mate unless their at least at the age 18 when their bodies are 100 percent for sure fully developed. Because you and this boy decided to do it anyway, and do it more than once, I got concerned and had to come and see for myself."
"Please don't tell me something bad happened because my brother and Rei did something stupid…" said Hitoshi and rolled his eyes, "Oh wait, too late."
"Because you released seeds before your body was even ready and doing so over a period of time for 3 years, your body thinks your mate hasn't given birth yet and then assumes your mating another male and again, thus either sends an 'egg' into your mate or creates one inside you!" Tao poked Rei's stomach, "That boy indeed has a little kitten inside him. Now I have to stay in Japan just to make sure the kitten comes out right…If your body was fully developed, the chances of that happening are slimmer but look what's happened now…" Tao muttered and started walking out of the kitchen for this news to sink in to the rest of the family…
Due to the long scolding Hitoshi did, even I can't possible record all of it down so here's a summary:
Takao blushed like mad, Hitoshi yelled at Rei for a good hour or so for doing something 'stupid.' Rei apologized at the same time Hitoshi scolded. Took Takao the same amount of time just to understand and believe what Tao just said and Tao spent the rest of the afternoon having tea and talking to Grandpa in the family room.
"So Tao's staying at your place?" Takao asked snuggled up with Rei in the love chair as a movie plays.
"Yup…"
"I find this all…a little scary," Takao admitted and Rei rubs Takao's arm,
"It'll be alright. I personally think its pretty good timing."
"Really?" Takao looked up at Rei.
"Yeah, a family's coming together. I'm quite happy…" said Rei and smiled,
"Okay then…I'm happy too," said Takao and snuggled closer to Rei, "Now here's the real question. What should we name our little 'kitten' when that day comes?"
Rei heavily blushed at that reminder,
"Um…let's talk about that later alright?"
"Okay! Oh! Maybe we can name him after Max! Or is that too American? Oh now, what if he's a she? We'll name her after my mom! Or maybe…"
Rei sighed as he listens to the ideas Takao was throwing out. Rei prefers to wait a bit before they start going too far.
--
Rei did immensely appreciated Tao for staying in Japan with him until this is all over with. Tao didn't mind since Rei's the one dealing with the heavy mood-swings…
That and he claims that Japan has all the 'cute girls' but that only got Mao to accuse him of a pervert. It didn't take long for the rest of Rei's friends to leave his home though. Gao and Kiki decided to go back to China. Rai wanted to go too but he didn't want to leave Mao here and thus stayed. Mao liked it here in Japan and didn't want to go back but unknown to everyone else, she didn't want to leave due to the boy she met when she went out with the girls and Emily introduced a new transfer student and was showing him around.
About six months after Tao started staying with them, Tao claims to have smelled and unfamiliar scent around Mao and that created some tension between her and Rai(being a protective older brother and thus doing his job).
But by the time that certain 'kitten' arrived, Rai and Mao settled their problem and Rai went back to China with Tao while Mao stayed with the Bai Hu Tzi team's trusted friend, Mystel. That left so much more space in the home and Rei had to all to himself until Takao moved in to be with him.
The two picked up two pets: a dog and cat. And they now have their little family: Two parents, pets, and son…
I was told that a man's worth is determined by how happy he made his bride. But Takao's not a bride is he? Either way, Takao told me that if the bride's happy, then so is the groom. I live by this code since the day he moved in to live with me. And it's true, I've always been happy as long as Taka's happy.
"Dad, that's not soy sauce you're using…"
Takao flinched and sweatdropped,
"I can't believe I mixed up the ingredients again!"
"Otosan will still like it, right?"
"I know…" Takao muttered and lightly banged his head on the cabinets.
"Oh dad, don't worry about it. I'll help you out before I go out with Gou, okay?"
Takao nodded and tried to cheer up.
"Alright, Makoto! Let's do it! I'm going to make an edible birthday cake if it's the last thing I do!"
Makoto slight sweatdrop,
"Are you telling me you never made an edible cake before?"
"N-No! I have! It's just that…" Takao wanted to cry anime tears, "I tend to make repeated mistakes…"
Makoto only smiled,
"Don't worry about it, come on, let's get baking!"
My first child: Makoto. He looks just like Takao with a few neko-jin qualities here and there from me such as the ears, the fangs, and cat-yellow eyes and my black hair; he even started growing out his hair. Makoto is a good boy; most of that taken from Takao kind nature. My son is really talented in many areas, most of his physical talents came from both Takao and myself but more of his mental abilities are from me. The only problem I have with him is that he's lazy and is horrible at estimating time and…he's considered an adult by age but with a mind of a teenager…
While working on the cake, Makoto's cell phone rang.
"Ugh! Stupid phone…"
Makoto stopped what he was doing and after wiping his hands picked up his phone.
"Hello?"
"Makoto, I thought you and I were going to the movies around…now!"
"Oh…" Makoto looked at the kitchen clock to see he's 10 minutes late, "Oh…whoops."
"Ugh! I knew you were going to forget!"
"I'm sorry Gou! I'm helping my dad make my Otosan's birthday cake! You can come over and help if you want!"
"Oh boy…alright Makoto, I'll come over to help you two finish the cake faster. Then we can actually go out like we planned! We only came back from college to spend time with our families and then together before we leave to go back!"
"Heh, thanks Gou! You're the best!"
The friend, would be Gou Hiwatari. Guess who he's related to...(note the sarcasm) Gou looks more like Kai than Makoto does of Takao. But that's not the point. Gou and Makoto go to the same college due to some certain circumstances but I'm not telling their story for you.
"I can't believe you blew up that cake! What in the world was distracting you?! You're the most talented chef back in school!" Gou scolded pointing to the cake on the ceiling.
"Um…do I have to say?" Makoto asked blushing as he stares at Gou. Takao then groaned and Makoto turned his attention to his dad,
"It's okay, we'll finish a cake in time!" Makoto reassured,
"Yeah…" Takao sighed.
"Can I help?" a cute voice asked and the boys turned to the kitchen's entrance.
"NO!" Makoto quickly answered,
"But why? Daddy! Please?"
"NO! Dad! She's only a kid! Please! If we can't do it, how can she?!"
"Yeah but she cooks too, and she cooks rather well for a little girl." Gou pointed out. The little girl in a red Chinese outfit with dark blue, almost black, hair and a red bow on top of her head only stared at everyone cutely.
"Makoto, stop being jealous of your sister…" said Takao staring at the wall with a sad look but soon turned his daughter, "Alright, come on Rena, we need to finish a cake before dinner!"
"Whaaa?! Dad how could you!?" Makoto nearly whined from that comment and Gou puts a hand on his shoulder,
"Just let it go, Makoto. Just let it go…" Gou advised.
"Yay! Let's bake Otochan a birthday cake!" Rena cutely cheered.
"I still can't believe I have to call him 'Otosan' but she gets to call him 'Otochan' grrr…"
"Let it go Makoto," Gou repeated.
Here's my precious little girl: Rena. My second child. She looks more like me looking like a full neko-jin vs. Makoto who looks half and half even though they're both half and half. Rena is more well behaved than Makoto and was certainly easier to raise…
I love them both, but sometimes, I admit I take my daughter's side more often than Makoto. But in Takao's case, Makoto is his favorite child so we're even.
Rena's still in grade school but she's already pretty mature.
"Otochan's going to be so happy!" said Rena looking at the chocolate and vanilla ice cream cake,
"Stop being so happy…" Makoto muttered,
"Makoto, you're acting immature for your age. You're jealous of your grade-school sister!"
"Shut up, Gou…"
After the cake was done and decorated, Takao quickly puts it in the freezer before it melts.
"Alright everyone, thank you all so much! I'll go pick up Rei. Makoto, can you and Gou watch over Rena while I'm gone?" Takao asked and Makoto groaned,
"Sure thing, Kinomiya-San," said Gou and bowed,
"Thanks, Gou. You're so much more cooperative than you're father!" said Takao as he quickly washes off all the baking ingredients and hurried to pick up Rei from work. Makoto only sighed,
"I'll be stuck with Rena for a good while…" Makoto complained but he suddenly felt something on his legs. He looked down to see Rena hugging his legs tightly,
"You're decorations look wonderful Onii-Chan!" Rena complimented, "You and Gou-Nii-Chan are wonderful at art!"
Makoto sighed again and puts a hand on Rena's head,
"And in the end, she's still the sweetest thing on earth…"
I came home that night with a great surprise. I was surrounded by people I love, things irreplaceable in my heart. My family and my friends were all there for me. I am as happy as I can be.
"Otochan! I will be right back with your present! Don't peek!" said Rena as she quickly went upstairs; she came back down not long after.
"Look!" Rena was carrying what looked like a large black costume in her arms and dragging them across the floor.
"I finished my costume! All by myself!"
Rei looked at her accomplishment after spreading the outfit out.
"Ah, not bad, Rena. I'm very proud of you," said Rei looking down at Rena's costume.
"I had a little help from daddy…" Rena admitted, although Takao wasn't much help since he stabbed himself so many times when he tried to help with the sewing.
"Ah, I see…thank you, Taka-Chan," said Rei sweetly and Takao only blushed.
"I'll be the best thief ever!" said Rena as she jumped up and down, "Better Nii-Chan!"
Makoto grew an anime vein at that comment,
"If I was still a thief you wouldn't be making your costume at all!" Makoto pointed.
"Makoto you do realized that you just pointed out you aren't the best thief because you didn't retire as a thief, you had to stop being a thief?" Gou pointed out and Makoto withdrew his arm.
"May I remind you that your at partial fault regarding me no longer being a thief!?" Makoto reminded and it was Gou's turn to feel Makoto's feelings.
"H-Hey! That's not really fair! It was your cousin that wanted my family heirloom to be stolen! Shouldn't it be your cousin's fault too!?"
"Oh don't drag him into this, he's as airheaded as Uncle Brooklyn! If he had half the brains of Uncle Hitoshi-"
"Makoto, stop insulting Jinsei behind his back," said Takao cleaning up the plates and headed for the kitchen.
"Mako-Nii-Chan! Come play with me!" Rena pleaded,
"Wha?! Why me?!"
"Gou-Nii-Chan! You too!"
"Sure."
"WHAT?!" Makoto exclaimed in surprise that Gou would accept a little girl's pleading. While the three of them went to play Rena's game, Rei made his way into the kitchen where Takao was.
"Your cake was delicious," Rei complimented and Takao faced him.
"I know! My tiger only deserves the best!" said Takao with a grin.
"I appreciate you trying so hard to bake it, as Rena told me," said Rei and Takao sweatdropped, hoping that no one mentioned he had help.
"Okay, so I had a little help…but it was okay because I have leftover vanilla," said Takao holding up a bowl,
"You're going to lick that?" Rei asked,
"Well yeah!" Takao handed the bowl for Rei to hold, "That's why I saved it!"
"…Oh…" Rei got it, "Takao, after two kids that have a large age difference you're still trying to get in bed with me?"
Takao smiled innocently,
"Is it working?"
Rei rolled his eyes and sighed,
"Maybe…" he replied and Takao kissed Rei on the lips,
"Again, my tiger deserves the best! It's your birthday after all!" Takao reminded and took the bowl from Rei walking out of the kitchen.
"Takao, I'm not going to be 'in the mood' unless the kids are out of here," said Rei and Takao puts the bowl down.
"Makoto, dear, can you and Gou take Rena home with you today and let her sleep over?" Takao asked as sweet as possible and Rei sweatdrops that Takao is actually going to literally get them out of the house.
"Wha? But Daaaaad…" Makoto nearly whined,
"Sure thing Kinomiya-San," said Gou and Makoto gave him a look,
"WHAT?!"
"Yay! I get to play with Nii-Chan some more with Gou-Nii-Chan! And I get to sleep over!" Rena was certainly happy of this request.
"Ugh…fine…" Makoto agreed and then glared at Gou, "Why did you agree to this?!"
"It's your Otosan's birthday, I can't see why we can take Rena off your parents' hands for the night," said Gou and Makoto looked confused.
"What does taking Rena away have to do with my Otosan's birthday?" Makoto asked innocently and Gou shook his head,
"Never mind…"
Takao turned back to Rei with a smile,
"Problem solved!"
"I can see that…" said Rei as Makoto and Gou help Rena pack for her sleep over, "You must be desperate."
"Oh what are you talking about?" Takao asked with that cute and innocent smile. Rei sighed again,
"Oh don't mind me…" said Rei as Takao went to help Rena get packed as well but he quickly stated, "I love you, Taka-Chan."
Takao stopped on the stairs and smiled back,
"I love you too, Rei-Rei!"
While Rei Kon is no longer 20 Menso, he did pass his skills onto his son, Makoto who became the new thief for about 10 years before he was forced to quit. Now his daughter is almost ready to take over the reign of the mysterious 20 Menso as the very first female thief in this proud family line.
And Rei, couldn't be happier, as he has lived his life to the fullest and watches the reign of 20 Menso continue down the family years after years. Each thief meeting the love of their life somewhere down the line in their career as the mysterious and great 20 Menso! Man, or Woman, of 20 Faces and 20 Masks!
-The End
Notes:
-If I counted right, 3 years later should be Takao's last year of high school. Last year of Junior high, and then plus 3 years of high school should be 3 years later.
-That's how I open doors if they're locked from the inside. There's a little hole on the outside and you just need something thin to put in it so you can push back the lock from the outside.
-Those that read "Neko-Jin of Many Faces" might recall Takao's 18th birthday and the proposal. This is just what happened after it! That means, yes, Rei came back. It was the only way I could make this chapter work
-Since Rei's Chinese, I don't think it's appropriate for him to call Tao 'sensei' so I had him call Tao 'Teacher' instead.
-Yes, I kind of do see Rei as an official neko-jin(only in shonen-ai stories so he and his partner can have a child). So I use the terms 'mate' and 'kittens' over words you'd usually say instead.
-Mao was seeing Rick for those that didn't get it(or remember from last chapter that they're a couple). Emily and Rick are on the same team and Rick is the only boy of the All Starz that Mao actually interacted with in the series(from what I recall).
-Gou and Makoto's story is: "Samurai of Many Faces" but I felt bad for not mentioning the family pets in that story…
-Gou and Makoto, like Rei, Takao, and the others, belong to Takao Aoki, creator of Beyblade, NOT me! Everything is explain for these two in "Samurai of Many Faces." The only characters I've own in this entire story are Kaida, Tek, and Rena.
Believe it or not! Now that I've finish this story, I'm done writing about 20 Menso! Rei and Takao are happy together, Gou and Makoto are happy together, there's really not much need to continue writing about 20 Menso. Well I CAN, for Rena, but I rather not. She is an OC and it was hard enough to find readers for "Samurai of Many Faces" since not many people have yet to know about Gou and Makoto's existence let alone a romance between them. Another reason is b/c Rena came 'late' into the family in a way b/c of the original beyblade characters, almost no one would have kids her age and that would only result me in making more OCs...
But you get the point! I'm going to miss writing about 20 Menso, it was really fun! To think this all started back with "Neko-Jin of Many Faces" and, in a way, their flip story "BBA School Detectives." After these two, out came this story and "Samurai of Many Faces." Now unless you count "BBA School Detectives," I've basically finished the 20 Menso saga! The reason why I mentioned "BBA School Detectives" is b/c 20 Menso still appears in it and Rei and Takao are also a couple already in it even though they are not the focus of the story and it's the only story in this timeline that I have yet to finish. So you can sort of count it and can sort of not, but basing it on stories that focus on the actually thief himself, I have finished writing about 20 Menso…I just can't believe it!! I'm going to miss it so much! anime tears
Well…since I have a passion for this thief, I will most likely make art on it in the future and then put links at the last chapter of each story focusing on 20 Menso. So you guys can check back here…in a year or so! Believe me I never do ideas I think of right away, I usually put them off…
Thank you all for reading this! I'm sorry I drabbled a bit but I was just a bit overwhelmed that I'll no longer write about 20 Menso. Oh! but I will continue writing shonen-ai! I'm working on 2 one-shots right now! A Rei/Taka one and a Kai/Rei one! But I'll write about others too! Such as more Gou/Makoto and I really need to write one for Rei/Mystel too.
Anyway, sorry again, I guess I just love this thief too much!
So, one last time:
Please R and R! Thank you!