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Chapter 47: Something to Look Forward To...?
The sun was shining and the birds were chirping happily in the neighborhood. Everything was back to normal. Or, as normal as life can be in this story anyway.
It had been a day since Hidan had given birth to the quadruplets. Kakuzu was sitting next to Hidan's bed and the quads lay peacefully in their crib. Kakuzu looked at Hidan with a serious look on his face.
"So you have researched parenting, right?"
"Yes, although I'm not sure if I'll be really good at it yet…," Hidan replied.
Kakuzu gave a look of slight annoyance. "Everyone went through a lot of trouble to get this far. I don't want you messing it up the first chance you get, although that's traditionally how you work."
"Well, I don't really think you should worry about it that much," Hidan gave a smirk. "After all, I have you, Sasori, Erena-chan and Taemi-chan to help me out."
Kakuzu sighed. "Once you're out of bed I'm going to hurt you."
Hidan laughed. At least Kakuzu was in a good mood at the moment. Kakuzu always acted angry, but it seemed to Hidan that he was having fun with it at the moment because he didn't have that dark aura around him. Maybe the thought of soon being able to beat up his partner was putting him in a good mood. Either that or that fact that he had just killed "The Mistress" Rin. Hidan decided it didn't matter what it was, but what the result from whatever it was was...if that makes any sense. It looked like everyone could finally rest.
A month later…
The snow was melting and the sakura were about ready to bloom. The bushes and flowers were about to begin growing again.
Kakuzu was worried about a completely different thing growing. He had run across a rather interesting piece of information on mahoko. That is why, he gathered everyone in the living room moments later. Taemi happened to be visiting at the moment, so she was obliged to come as well.
"What's the problem," Hidan inquired of Kakuzu.
He was holding his youngest son who he named Hikari.
Hikari was contently holding a stuffed doll and looking about inquisitively with his large, sapphire eyes that matched his unique hair color.
The youngest of the quadruplets, who had been named Inako, was watching Kakuzu with her vivid, purple eyes, almost as if she was waiting to see what he would say. Her frost-colored hair was hidden under a blanket which she had become awfully fond of, seemingly preferring to be hidden under things.
"I ran across a bit of information this morning," Kakuzu began. "It seems that mahoko sometimes take on the powers of other mythological-or rather, what are thought to be mythological-creatures if they are subjected to some form of magic before taking a host."
Everyone took a second to think.
Sasori sighed. "Dare I ask, is this a negative thing?"
"Well, not necessarily," Kakuzu replied.
"'Not necessarily?'" Hidan echoed, a trace of worry crossing his face.
"They might not have even been exposed to any magic. There would be no problem then. You wouldn't really know until they get to a certain age, although growth rates of a mahoko can fluctuate…"
"Huh?"
"Yes."
At that moment something hard hit Kakuzu in the back of the head. Kakuzu turned to see the oldest of the quadruplets, named Kuramaru, giggling triumphantly.
Kakuzu rubbed the back of his head and growled at Hidan. "You'd best get him to stop doing that, just in case he ends up with super strength or something."
Kuramaru mimicked Kakuzu, playfully rubbing his own head, ruffling his oddly-colored black-and-white streaked hair. His eyes were wine-colored, just like his father's…or mother's…or whatever.
"I doubt it should be a problem, Kakuzu-sama," Erena smiled. "We've dealt with much worse over the past seven months, right?"
"Indeed," Taemi agreed. "…Unless one of them turns out to be a witch."
Sasori twitched and Hidan shuddered.
Taemi noticed the sudden silence and quickly tried to correct her mistake. "…Nevermind, I doubt that'll happen."
Kakuzu pinched the bridge of his nose and then glanced at the four babies. He took notice of what the oldest daughter, Nashiko, was doing.
"I'm most worried about what she might be," Kakuzu said, gesturing to Nashiko.
The four adults in the room looked at Nashiko to see her adjusting the yellow ribbons in her pink hair and looking fondly at her male dolls with her pink eyes. Then she kissed one of the male dolls happily.
"Oh crap…" Hidan managed.
Taemi chuckled, a bit darkly, and then said, "This will be a lot of fun."
A/N: Thanks for reading everyone! Sorry it took so long to write this, I've had a lot of studying to do but now I hope to get back to writing! :) Thank you for being patient and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. This chapter was supposed to sought of introduce the quadruplets, in a way. Alot of people wondered how Hidan was going to feed his babies, lol. But they drink baby formula so there will be no odd things going on here. X) Anyways, hope you liked it. Arigato!