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Chapter 50: Connected, Part 2
A park is supposed to be a pleasant place where kids can play, people can relax and you can experience some of the magic of nature. But today, a devoted maid and a calculating but kind accountant were about to experience yet another unusual phenomenon.
It didn't take Erena and Taemi long to figure out that Kuramaru was an energetic boy. He was only a few months old and yet he was already comprehending things a young child normally wouldn't.
He had managed to catch a grasshopper in his little hands and was examining it's legs. A second later he was on the move again, crawling off to find something else to examine.
"He's always on the move," Erena commented, smiling.
"Sometimes I wonder what goes through that little head of his," Taemi said. "He has the most mischievous looks, sometimes."
About that moment, Kuramaru gave Erena a flower he had picked.
"I doubt it's anything bad," Erena replied. "My Chibi-Bocchan is way to cute to be bad."
Taemi mentally rolled her eyes.
"Are you sure?" a woman's voice asked.
Erena and Taemi turned to see Fuyumi and Izuno standing behind them.
"Oh hi!" Erena greeted. "Are you two on a date?"
Fuyumi and Izuno blushed and then replied in unison, "Most certainly not!"
Of course.
About that moment, something seemed to catch Kuramaru's eye. Meiko was riding her bike up the path. She waved at them. That's when that odd look went past Kuramaru's face again. Suddenly, the trees rustled even though there was no wind blowing and Meiko fell off her bike.
"Are you okay?" Erena hurried over and helped her up.
That was when Fuyumi looked up, and noticed that it was suddenly overcast. She looked to the tree that rustled and noticed a black crow was sitting in it, staring with its piercing eyes. That was odd. That crow hadn't been there before.
Kuramaru giggled happily.
Now a person walking nearby, accidentally walked into a lamppost.
This was when Fuyumi noticed a black cat walking by.
Fuyumi blinked and shook her head. Now she felt suspicious.
"Oh," Taemi said, looking up to the sky. "It looks like it might rain. We should meet up with Hidan-san at the plaza."
The others agreed and they left the park.
On the ways to the plaza, they passed a clean window that was so clean you could see your reflection in it.
"Ooh!" Meiko said, mesmerized by the window. "I can see me!"
Fuyumi tugged on Meiko's arm, laughing. "You're more inquisitive than Kuramaru-chan."
Kuramaru had the mischievous look again.
About this moment, the window shattered. This time, Fuyumi thought she saw a gossamer, midnight-black dog run past. It was like a ghost dog.
Kuramaru giggled again
"There is something wrong with that boy," Fuyumi said.
She began to walk faster.
Meanwhile, Katamaru was sitting on bench a little ways from the plaza complaining to Suzuki and Hareta, who happened to have been walking by, about having to run without warning. Kuromi and Akako were also there, although they weren't that much involved in the conversation. Kuromi was just having a smoke and Akako was cleaning mud off her boots.
"Don't complain about it," Suzuki rolled her eyes at Katamaru. "It's was your stalker."
"Yeah, you dirty-little-rich boy," Hareta teased.
Suzuki and Hareta high-fived.
At this moment the previously said stalker jumped down from the roof right in front of Katamaru and came at him without a moment's notice. This scared Hikari and suddenly his little hands started to glow a blue-white color. Icy winds shot from his hands, freezing Stalker Girl solid.
"Holy crap, the kid just shot ice!" Akako yelled.
After this, Hikari proceeded to cry.
Before Katamaru could say a word, he felt a hard blow to the head.
"Ouch!" he cried
He looked up to see Hidan standing next to him. With him were Tenko, Genmaru, Yumi, and Nobuyuki.
Hidan took the crying child away from Katamaru and glared at him.
"What did you do to him?" Hidan growled at Katamaru.
"I didn't do anything!" Katamaru replied.
"As if I'd believe that."
Hikari, who had calmed down, proceeded to give Hidan a hug. "M-mama."
Hidan's eyes widened. "Oh my Jashin-sama! He said his first word!"
He heard a sudden eruption of laughter. Apparently, Kakuzu, Sasori and Sorami had just arrived with the girls and Kakuzu was getting a kick out of Hidan being called "mama".
"Shut up Kakuzu," Hidan replied, hugging the little boy. "He just said his first word."
Kakuzu didn't reply with anything but more laughter.
This was when Taemi and Erena arrived with their crew.
"Are you okay, Kakuzu-sama?" Erena asked, confused.
Kakuzu regained his composure. "Yes, I'm fine."
That was probably the first time the maid had ever seen her master lose it.
"Excuse me, but Hikari just shot ice out of his hands!" Katamaru butted in. "He saved me from my stalker."
He pointed to the frozen girl; the ice wasn't even melting yet.
Hidan stopped short. "You're kidding, right?"
Sasori sighed. "Well Hidan's daughters seem to be a vampire and a succubus."
Erena's eyes widened in shock. "So Kakuzu was right about them having magic powers?"
"Seemingly so."
"Well nothing weird happened with Kuramaru today."
Fuyumi shivered and gave a look of slight dread. "Oh yes it did! You just can't sense it, I can. Taemi-chan is right about those mischievous looks. I've been seeing yokai and crows and black cats all over the place today. I even saw a black widow spider. He's got some kind of demonic aura!"
Silence befell the group.
"Chibi-Bocchan has a demonic aura?" Erena broke the silence.
"Wait a moment," Sorami said. "Something isn't right."
She closed her eyes and went into deep thought for a second, searching the depths of her anime and manga knowledge. Then, her aquamarine eyes opened again with a look of confusion.
"This isn't right," she said. "That doesn't match any laws of anime or manga."
"What?" Hareta asked, laughing.
"Because. The bocchan is never the demon!"
Everyone rolled their eyes. Leave it to Sorami to say something so off in the middle of a serious conversation. Although, with the things they were talking about, it took some interesting people to actually take it as a serious conversation.
"Well Hidan, looks like you have some rather odd kids," Kakuzu commented.
"That's fine with me," Hidan grinned. "We're all nothing but odd."
A/N: Thanks for reading everyone! :D