Disclaimer: Pot doesn't belong to me. Too sad, isn't it?

Rating: T

A/N: English is not my first language; feel free to point out the mistakes I made.

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DAY12

Today was sports day. Sanada was supposed to spend the whole day at Rikkai which in a way pleased him as it meant some quality time with his dear Yukimura. The only problem was the kids. As they were new they couldn't take part to this event. The teams were made and it would have created lots of problem to include them. Moreover Sanada thought that the needles punishment wasn't enough so he told their teacher that they wouldn't come. Now he had a problem. Saruwatari-san was hospitalized, Yukimura's sister and mother were working and he couldn't ask his former team mates even though he knew they would accept. Well Jackal would. After all he was working with children all day long. Then it hit him. He could ask Niou. He had looked after them once; he would know how to deal with them.

He phoned him. The Trickster seemed to be happy to spend some time with them. His girlfriend and kid went in Hokkaido to visit her family so he was alone and, with his job, he could do whatever he wanted. Yes Niou was translated books…

Niou arrived with his laptop and the book he was supposed to translate. He greeted Sanada, winked and sat in the living room. He decided to wait for the children to wake up. At first he had intended to wake them but Sanada asked him to wait. So he started to work on the book. It was some boring treaty on economy… A few minutes later the kids went down. The blasting sound of Apocalyptica echoing in the whole house woke them up.

The kids took their breakfast, got dressed and greeted Niou. They thought they would have a lot of fun but the smile he gave them made them shiver from head to toes.

"Your uncle told me what you did the day before yesterday. I thought you swore you would no longer do things to anger him? And what about yesterday? Because of you my best friend has problems with his father. I like pranks but what you did was stupid and dangerous. A prank isn't supposed to hurt or injure someone that bad…"

"We know. We didn't know the red button was to call the doctors and we didn't want Kagome-chan to go to the hospital because of us."

"It's no use crying over spilt milk. I know your uncle punished you yesterday. But you broke the promise you made me."

"We didn't do it on purpose."

"Oh are you sure?"

The children began to look at their feet. They knew their uncle's friend saw through them. How they knew what would happen if they pushed the red button, how they broke the vase because they thought it was ugly. They knew he knew everything.

Niou was aware the brats saw through him and that was the best part of his plan. He stood up, went outside and came back with a box full of silverware. He put it on the floor and handed a toothbrush to the kids.

"Clean them. My mother needs them for tonight. After that you will wash my car and the dojo. I don't want to hear you complain. I don't want you to slack off."

Kuan Ti and Kagami sat on the floor and started cleaning the silverware. They tried to escape twice but it had been useless. Niou was everywhere. Even when he was in the bathroom he knew if they stopped working or tried to go out. How come? Well he used the baby monitoring phones his mother-in-law offered him when his daughter was born. He hid one in the living room and took the other one with him.

The day went by slowly. When Sanada came home with Saruwatari-san, the children were sleeping on the sofa and Niou was still working on his horrible treaty on economy. Sanada showed his neighbor one of the spare bedroom and then he left her alone. He wanted to talk to Niou.

"So how did it go?"

"Well. They tried to sneak out but they were caught red handed. I'm not stupid. Your dojo is spotless and the garden too. They didn't feed the carps. They told me they could but I chose not to believe them."

"You did well. The last time Father allowed them to feed the fished, some died of food poisoning."

Niou began to laugh.

"Sanada-fukubuchou, you are way too nice with your nephews. I already told you that. You should be as strict as you were with us. I know it's difficult to do as they are part of your family but think about it. They may end up being worse than me. And you must believe me. I know what I'm talking about."

Sanada nodded. He knew his friend was right.

"I will talk with my parents about it. They would know what to do."

Niou stayed to eat and they chatted with the old lady, talking about the children, about the Trickster's job. Everything was peaceful but it ended when the brats woke up. They insisted on eating a little something before taking their shower and they wanted Saruwatari-san to read a story before going to bed. She agreed.

While she was upstairs the phone rang. When she came down, Sanada was sitting in the living room with no light on…

A/N:Who was on the phone? What happened? What will Sanada do with Niou's advices?