Lookie! An update! I manage to write this one finally! I hope this is good.

Disclaimer : See previous chapter.

Warning : Extreme brotherly love and Kiku was acting weird around our little Arthur...

On with the story! XD

Chapter 2 : Of a Young Ninja and a Brother's Love

"Neighbor?" small Arthur asked as he looked at his two older brothers. Alfred and Matthew both nodded and smiled at the little boy in front of them.

"You haven't met any of them, right?" asked Matthew. "We can go to Yao's place next door, and you can meet his younger brother. He's about the same age as you."

"Yup. Kiku can be a good friend to you!" said Alfred as he smiled and hugged his younger brother. "Artie… You just too cute! Actually, I want to keep you in the house for me and Mattie only… but… but… he insists that you should spread your cute-ness to everyone… If only I could keep you here with me forever… just three of us…"

"Alfred, do you realized how creepy was that sound?" asked Matthew.

Alfred pouted at his younger twin. Arthur scooted at his older brother and gave him a hug to cheer him up. Alfred blushed and smiled at his little brother and hugged him back. Matthew only smiled at this. He couldn't believe that a few days ago, Alfred would always glare at his little brother and hated him. Right now, Alfred seemed like he had an acute brother complex for his youngest brother.

"Please don't be sad, big brother Al…" said Arthur. "I love big brother Al the best!"

"Eh? You don't love me?" asked Matthew teasingly.

"I love big brother Matthew too!" said Arthur as he stood up and hugged Matthew.

"So… this is Arthur?" Wang Yao asked as he looked at the cute little blond guy in front of him. He had the cutest forest-green eyes, lovely face and those thick eyebrows… Somehow it suited him well. "So cuuuuttteeee!" he suddenly hugged Arthur, causing the boy and Alfred shocked.

"G-get away from him!" Alfred yelled as he tried to pry Yao's hands from his youngest brother.

"Aiya~! I don't want to!"

Matthew tried to hold Alfred down from beating up Yao as soon as he released Arthur. Arthur was now really scared at the Chinese man so he kept hiding behind Matthew's legs. After things calmed down, they stepped into Wang's residence where four other children (more like teenagers) was there. There was a quiet boy who sat in the corner reading a book. A slightly younger girl and an obnoxious (if not hyper-active) boy were chatting loudly about something on the magazine and a boy at Arthur's age were drawing on the couch.

Actually, there were only three Wang's siblings. The other two are Yao's cousins.

"I'm sorry, it's such a mess. My Mother is out of town these two days…" said Yao. "Let me introduce you…" Yao pointed at the quiet boy in the corner, "That's Leon. He's now in junior high-school. The girl over there was my sister, Mei, she's in elementary school, along with my cousin here. His name is Im Yong-Soo. And this is Honda Kiku, my other cousin." Yao turned to his siblings and said, "Guys, this is Arthur. He's the younger brother of Alfred and Matthew."

Kiku looked up from his drawing to see the people in front of him. He recognized them as Al-niichan and Matthew-niichan, but he didn't recognize the boy with them. Kiku stared at those soft golden locks, and those forest green eyes when suddenly…

"Get away from my little brother!"

In a few seconds, Kiku was already hugging Arthur with the same blank expression on his face. The other Wang's residence inhabitants greeted the little boy with a bright smile on their face. Yong-Soo even tried to claim the boy, but Kiku managed to stop the older boy. He stood there protectively as he shielded Arthur from the others.

"Get away from my little brother!" Alfred finally managed to pry the young boy Arthur. He stood in front of Kiku while glared dagger to the boy. Kiku was throwing the same intense glare at Alfred. They were clearly could see some sparks of battle between their glare as Arthur stood in the middle. Matthew sighed and picked up the boy.

"Now, Arthur… What do you want for lunch?" asked Matthew as he walked into the house. "Can I borrow your kitchen, Yao? We can cook the lunch together."

"Ah, sure! Why not?" said Yao. "I can make a good fried rice for you, Arthur!"

Three of them left the front door while Alfred and Kiku were still in their glaring contest. The other Wang's siblings followed their brother to the kitchen while playing with Arthur.

"Do you like Yao's family?" asked Matthew as he, Arthur and Alfred sat together on the couch and watched movies on the television. Arthur nodded from his place on Alfred's lap (the older brother insisted to take Arthur on his lap and hugged the boy closed (he still pouting from his interrupted battle with Kiku this afternoon).

"Yes! They're so nice. Kiku-kun even gave me his chocolate cup cake…" Arthur smiled.

"Hee? Kiku-chan usually so stingy to share his cup cakes…" said Matthew. "He must be really like you." Matthew had fun as he watched the change on Alfred's expression. He decided to push him further. "Do you like Kiku-chan?"

"Hm!" Arthur nodded eagerly (and almost hit Alfred on that), "Kiku-kun is so nice. I like him."

"Good," said Matthew. He ruffled Arthur's hair. They continued to watch the television when Arthur yawned.

"Arthur, are you tired now? Let's prepare to sleep, okay?" said Matthew. He picked Arthur up and went to the bathroom. Helped the boy brushing his teeth and change Arthur's clothes into pajamas. Arthur soon fell asleep when he was lying on the bed and closed his eyes. Matthew turned off the light and went back to the living room where Alfred was still on the couch, staring blankly at the TV.

"Is he asleep already?" Alfred asked.

"Yes," said Matthew as he took a seat next to Alfred. "You've been awfully quiet after we got back from Yao's house. Something's bothering you?"

Alfred didn't say anything as he leant further into the couch. He didn't interested on the movie anymore.

"I never know how it is to have a little brother," said Alfred. "It is different. With you, you're my twin. We never care about who is the big brother or that kind of things. But now, I suddenly have a little brother, and I have the responsibility I never think of before."

"Then do you only love him because you think he's your responsibility now?" asked Matthew.

"He's more than that," said Alfred as he smiled. "It is like when I protect you from those bullies back then when we're in elementary school. Right now, I love him and I always wanted to protect him. I want to be the one he looks up to, and the one to always stay by his side. Is it weird, Mattie, that I felt irritated when Kiku suddenly came and tried to take him away from me?"

Matthew let out a chuckle as he patted Alfred's head softly.

"I can't even imagine how much you hated Arthur when he came a few days ago," said Matthew. "Back then, all I wanted to do was to hurt you so much because you make Arthur cried." Matthew looked up to the ceiling and smiled. "Guess now he has us wrapped around his little fingers, right? We're screwed up."

"I don't mind. As long as he's happy," said Alfred. "And I'll definitely kill Kiku if he tried to lay his hand on my cute little Artie again."

"Alfred, you do realize you're talking about a four years old boy, right?"

"Kiku-kun?" Arthur peered slightly to the black haired boy that stood on the front gate of his house.

"Arthur-chan… D-do you want to play?" asked Kiku.

"Sure!" Arthur smiled. "Big brother Matthew and big brother Al are not home yet. We can play inside."

Kiku nodded as he followed the boy into the house. He knew the Jones' residence very well since Yao would usually brought him here along with his siblings when he wanted to do his homework and their mother wasn't home. They went to the living room where Arthur had all his plushies and his toys.

They played a little when Kiku spotted a paper and Arthur's crayons.

"Arthur-chan, may I use that?" he asked Arthur.

"Sure! Kiku-kun likes to draw?"

"Yes," said Kiku. He took one of the crayons and started to draw. Arthur watched him in awe as he looked at the shape that already forming on the white paper. Arthur was very excited while Kiku smiled as he saw Arthur's smile.

"Kiku-kun is good at this!" said Arthur. "It looks so good…"

"Thank you, Arthur-chan," said Kiku as he finished. They were two figures on the paper, one was with the dark hair and one was blond. "Do you want to know a secret, Arthur-chan?"

"What is it?" asked Arthur.

"I'm actually…" Kiku whispered, "…a Ninja!" he ended it dramatically.

"Ninja?"

"Yes!"

"What's a ninja?"

"They are people who work secretly to protect other people," said Kiku. "They're very strong people!"

"Really? It sounds great! I don't know that Kiku-kun is protecting someone!" Arthur said in awe.

"Actually, I'm still in training to protect this town from evil."

"Can I be a ninja too?"

Kiku looked thoughtful for awhile before he shook his head.

"You can't."

"Eeh? Why?" Arthur asked, he was very disappointed.

"Because rather than protecting the town, Arthur-chan better be protected by me," said Kiku. "You can rely on me!"

Suddenly, there were a knock from the front door. Matthew and Alfred stepped inside as they saw another pairs of small shoes. They didn't surprise when they found Kiku was playing with Arthur. Matthew went to the kitchen to prepare their lunch, while Alfred went to the couch and kept an eye on Kiku if he did anything suspicious being done to his cute Artie.

"Don't you think we have to make an oath to each other?" asked Kiku.

An… what? Alfred's ears perked up.

"That would be nice!" said Arthur.

What would be 'nice'? Alfred tried to understand the conversation. He looked at Kiku, and saw the boy now kneeled down in front of Arthur.

"Will you, Arthur-chan, will you let me protect you from any danger, to cherish you in sickness and in health, to be by your side for the rest of my life? Will you let me be your shield and your sword, to be able to protect Arthur-chan from any harm?"

Wait… why does it sound like wedding vow…? How can this four years old brat know anything about those words?! Alfred looked at Arthur's smiling face and he dreaded at what Arthur would say after this.

"I will."

NOOOOOO!

"Artie! You're too young for this! Don't let him tricked you!" Alfred already jumped off of the couch to hug his little brother. "I'm opposing this!"

"Big brother Al?" Arthur asked softly as he tried to understand the situation.

"Arthur, don't leave me!" Alfred already cried as he kept hugging the young boy close. "Please, don't let that brat take you away from me!"

"But Kiku-kun didn't do anything wrong. He made a picture, look!" said Arthur.

Alfred looked at the picture that Arthur showed to him when he recognized something odd about the picture. From the first glance, he'd only saw it as the picture of Kiku and Arthur. But when you looked at it further, you'll see they wore somekind of tuxedo, with Kiku's being black and Arthur's being white. And if he wasn't mistaken, the white blocks looking thing… it looked like wedding cake and the setting… no…

He looked up at Kiku, and saw that smug on his face. My win. It was clearly written on Kiku's smile.

"And you know… Kiku-kun said he is a ninja and he will protect me! Big brother Al? Big brother? Do you hear me?" Arthur kept rambling and he didn't realize that Alfred didn't hear him anymore.

Suddenly, Alfred stood up and walked to the kitchen. Arthur gave him a questioning look, but Alfred ignored the boy. Kiku was there, beside Arthur as he was happy for his victory this time.

"Alfred? What's with the commotion?" Matthew asked as Alfred rummaged through the kitchen cabinets mumbling things. "Alfred?"

"Kill him… I'll kill him… I'll kill him…" Alfred pulled out the biggest knife he could find and walked back to the living room.

"A-Alfred? What are you doing with the knife?!" Matthew ran after Alfred who waked straight to Kiku who was chatting happily with Arthur.

"I'll kill him…! No one took my little Arthur away from me…!" Alfred shouted.

"Alfred, stop it!" Matthew tried to hold down Alfred's hand.

"Don't you dare to take him away from me! Give me my Arthur back!"

After that, Matthew had to take Kiku home, and Alfred refused to let Arthur go from his hug. Arthur, being annoyed because Alfred made Kiku (which was now his new best friend) left earlier than he thought, refused to talk to Alfred. But Alfred didn't care. As long as he had his little brother, he was happy.

A/N : That's it for now. Please, review would be loved!