Every child has a fear and respect for their father, some greater than others.

Daddy Crimson

"There's my little Firecrackers." The man known as Azar said toward his twins, opening his arms wide. "Give Daddy a huge."

"!" The girls flinched, jittering in their legs as they refused to move a step toward their father. So he went to them. "(Squeak)!"

"Aw, daddy's little squeakers." Their father chuckled, making them freeze in place as he brought them in for a hug.

"H-hello Daddy." They both nervously greeted.

"Now why are you two so nervous? You know I'm much easier on you than I am with-"

"!" Rangi's eyes widened in shock as his father's attention turned to him with a grin.

"Rangi..." Azar stretched out his name as he approached his youngest son. The only child he had that had his pale skin complexion. "Rangi..."

"!"

"Heh, so how's my boy been doing?" He nonchalantly asked, placing an arm around Rangi's shoulder.

"The usual, just killed a bunch of Aragami til now."

"Shit, you too. What's your kill count at. Nah, never mind. Let's face it, I'm winning."

"Well for now, old man."

"Ooh, challenging your old man already. Better not regret it when I smoke you out there."

"!" Rangi gulped. Azar gave his shoulder one last squeeze before releasing him.

"Blaise."

"Dad." They both nodded at each other with a normality that caught them all off guard. Until Azar brought the crazy back when he spotted Fia.

"Fia." He practically skipped to her as he open his arms for a hug.

"Daddy!" Fia chimed, repeating the gesture. You could practically see the flowers falling and the birds chirping as they skipped towards each other. But then all the fluffiness stopped as things took a 180.

"Fia!" He grinned as a fist scooped down for a cheek as hers scooped up for his.

"Daddy!" Their fists hitting their mark. Their cheeks molded into the offender's fist, all went silent. "You hit like a pussy..."

"Pussycats are a bitch to deal with when they're angry. I though I taught you better insults than that, you brat." They pulled apart giving each other a stare down before going in for another punch.

"I'm not trying to piss you off. God knows what happened the last time that I did!"

"Ah, yes, that was an invigorating memory. I couldn't recall the last time our boots were soaked in blood together."

"?!"

"That day was terrible! My shoes reeked of blood forever!"

"And yet you still wore them."

"THEY WERE MY FAVORITE!"

"Aw come on, we use to have fun with our father-daughter bonding time. Remember how we use to sneak out the Anti-Aragami Wall to hunt down Aragami?"

"?!"

"'You' had fun with that. I always came back covered in blood because you would always want me to cutoff the head to bring back as a trophy!"

"Ahh, that was to build character."

"What character?! How to break into someone's home and take their head for sport? Cause that's practically what we did, but with Aragami. And it was just awful, I went through clothes like a growth spurge!"

"But it taught you to wear red now, didn't it?"

"Daddy!" She tried to bring her fist down together on his head, but he grab her arm and drag her down from his side. Laughing as he gave her bottom a spank before she hit the ground.

"Ha! You're a hundred years too early to be trying that on me, Fia."

"Damn you old man!" She screamed as she rose to her feet and charged again. The First Unit were confounded as to why this was happening. Soma was going to get in between the two when Blaise pulled him back, as the two brawlers ranted on.

"Whoa, hold your horses there, cowboy."

"What the hell are you doing? Aren't you going to stop them?!" Soma growled at Blaise.

"You can't stop them once they get like this. Only one person could do it, and they're not here at the moment." Blaise explained. "It's best to let them tire themselves out. The last person who got between them got a broken arm and couldn't see out of their left eye for weeks."

"... Your family is insane."

"Yeah... I know..." Blaise sighed in agreement as they returned their attention to the chaos at hand.

"You're as crazy as I remember, must get it from your mother."

"Hello pot, did anybody tell you you're black?" Fia mocked rhetorically. "You're one to talk, you're break-into-someone's-room-and-stand-over-their-bed-with-a-knife-bat-shit-crazy!"

"Oh you do that one time and they never let you live it down."

"I was 8 years old!"

"I wanted to make your birthday special." Azar was not making his case any better.

"I would have been more than happy if you had just flashed a flashlight in my face, poured cold coffee on me, or flipped over my mattress to wake me like you normally did than shoving my gift in my face."

"Honestly, fighting over the past is simply trivial and childish. I taught you better."Azar lectured with disappointment. Suddenly their fight came to a stop, both sporting bruised cheeks, a slight leak of blood from the lips, and bloody knuckles. But their faces shown with a craze blood-lust and yet also with a hint of endearment. "Looks like your Branch could use some help."

"We don't need any help."

"Then why am I here?"

"Because my boss is a wuss."

"(Chuckle) Regardless, this is still a win for me. I've been looking forward to shooting down a new breed of prey." Azar grinned as he pulled out his pistol. Shaking all over as he chuckled. "Sweetie, do you think if I shot them with my gun blood will explode everywhere?"

"Good God, Dad, you're the only pistol model Gods Eater crazy enough to still be active." Fia sighed, slouching her shoulders as she looked to the ceiling. "You're a bloody General and 'still' you go out on the field."

"Heh, bastards wouldn't be able to stop me from going out there even if they wanted too." Azar smirked. "Speaking of which, let's go for a stroll out of the AA Walls. I've been dying to get some field action since I was stuck in that Chopper ride."

"What?! You've got to report in with Director Sakaki."

"Fuck that guy. I've got to stretch my legs."

"(Sigh) Daddy..."

"Soooo... wanna bond with Daddy like old times?" He grinned, wrapping an arm around Fia's shoulder.

"Do I even have a choice?"

"Nope."

*** Author's Notes ***

Remember this name, it may not show up now, but it will show later on in the story. And it will be important.

Avani- a Hindu name for 'the good earth'