Daycare archive

Hana/Momo/Sean/Alamar/Fuyu:

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"Okay kids time to get some breakfast!" Hana said turning on the light.

Momo sat up sleepily and rubbed her eyes as she yawned, "I'm up."

Alamar rolled over with his teddy bear and yawned, "Five more minutes please."

"I'm not hungry..." Fuyu's stomach grumbled loudly.

"...But your stomach sure is." Sean said from where he was trying to bury his head deeper into his pillow.

Hanna giggled a bit. "Oh come on... The kitchens are nice enough to wait up this long!" She said going over to Momo and handing her an outfit to wear.

"Thank you Hanna." Momo said smiling as she got up and put on the outfit which was a dress that had a bear on the front.

Alamar sighed as he sat up and stretched while still holding onto his bear, "Alright, I'm up."

"I'm not." Sean pulled his pillow over his head.

"Can we go to Edda's kitchen? I want the cream pie~ No! Strawberry cupcake~" Fuyu hopped out of bed. "Wait! I want chicken~ Let's go to Rob's kitchen!"

"I want chicken too, it's my favorite!" Momo said smiling as she slipped on her black slip on shoes.

"I want steak stir-fry." Alamar said as he stood up and yawned.

"Alright Rob's kitchen it is." Hana replied giving Fuyu & Alamar their outfits, then going over to Sean. "Sean you need to get up...or you'll sleep the day away."

Sean responded with a very loud--and obviously fake--snore.

Fuyu gave her clothes a scrutinizing look before holding them up for Hana to take back. "I don't want the blue shirt. I want the red."

"Huh? But I thought you liked blue?" Hana replied gently rocking Sean."Come on up, up, up."

"I like red." Fuyu said with a determined nod.

Sean just curled up into a ball and snored louder.

Alamar rolled his eyes as he put on his blue jeans and black shirt before going over to Sean and poking him in the face.

"But blue looks really good on you." Momo said looking at the red shirt.

Fuyu crinkled her nose.

Sean's mouth twitched as he felt his face being poked and forgot to snore, but kept his eyes shut.

Momo shrugged as she went over to poke Sean's face too, "Uppie uppie."

Alamar raised a brow, "You're not snoring anymore."

Sean scrunched his entire face and snored again before Fuyu started trying to tug the blankets off him.

"Haha how about this shirt then?" Hana asked hand Fuyu a red shirt with frills near the neck and arms. Hana then turned to Sean."I've you don't get up they'll just keep poking you."

"It's true, we will." Momo said giggling as she poked Sean's face again.

Alamar smiled at Momo as he poked Sean too.

Sean grunted and pulled his blanket over his face, pulling Fuyu forward only for her to tug it back. After a few seconds, Sean was sitting up, Fuyu was standing, and the two were each trying to pull the blanket away from the other.

Momo giggled as she joined in on tugging the blanket from Sean while Alamar just watched.

"Okay,okay that's enough!" Hana said grabbing the blanket. "Fuyu you still need to change your shirt."

Fuyu blinked. "Okay." She then went over to the first set of clothes and put on the blue shirt.

"I thought you were fussing over wanting a red shirt." Sean narrowed his eyes at Fuyu as he reluctantly let go of the blanket.

"But I like blue."

"But you just said you wanted red." Alamar said rolling his eyes at Fuyu's indecision.

"Well, Sean your the only one not dressed yet...let's change that." Hana said handing him his outfit.

"I. Like. Blue." Fuyu responded to Alamar.

Sean took his clothes before blinking at them and looking up at Hana with an almost horrified face. "Where's my lucky hat?"

"Uh!! I most of left it in the laundry..I'll be back you guys better play nice while I'm gone!!" Hana called as she ran out.

Alamar sat down in a chair to wait for Hana to get back, he smiled slightly as Momo sat down next to him.

Sean quickly dressed and started pacing the room.

"So how's Ted today?" Momo asked Alamar as she looked at his white teddy bear.

"Oh, uh... H-he's fine..." Alamar said hugging Ted tighter.

Fuyu glanced from the two sitting down to Sean pacing and back again before sitting down in a chair at Alamar's other side and swinging her legs. "Y'know, I don't get why Sean panics whenever Hana washes his hat."

"It's because it's his favorite hat and he gets scared cause he doesn't want to lose it." Momo said.

"Yeah, but he doesn't let her wash it for weeks and it get's smelly." Fuyu's nose crinkled.

"Yeah, but that's the way it is when you love something." Alamar said.

"FOUND IT!!" They all heared Hana call.

"YES!" Sean yelled before running over to where Hana was.

Fuyu just pouted and sulked that the other two did not agree with her.

"YAY!" Momo exclaimed happily.

"Here ya go, Sean!" Hana said happily giving Sean his hat.

Sean grinned at Hana and took his hat, taking a few minutes to adjust it juuust right before turning back to her and reciting: "Thank you, Hana."

Momo smiled, "Now we're all ready!"

"Okay! lets get going!" Hana said checking to make sure everyone was there.

Alamar smiled and stood up, "Alright."

Momo hopped off of her chair and took Alamar's hand, "I'm ready!" She said not noticing Alamar blush slightly.

Fuyu scowled a little at Momo and Alamar before saying: "Can I have cream pie for breakfast?!"

Sean's eye twitched. "NO!"

"We went to Edda's kitchen yesterday...so we are going to Robs today." Hana replied to Fuyu.

Fuyu pouted.

"You said you wanted chicken today." Alamar said looking at Fuyu.

"Maybe we can go to Edda's kitchen for lunch." Momo suggested trying to make Fuyu happy.

Fuyu gave a stubborn whine.

"Ok, then. You stay here, and we go eat." Sean said with a wide grin.

"Noo!"

"Fuyu, sometimes you can't always get what you want...and other times you'll have to decide what will make the most people happy." Hana said patting Fuyu's head.

Fuyu pouted a little. "...Alright."

"Does she have to come?" Cue Fuyu giving Sean the coldest glare a preschooler can give.

"She can't stay here alone, she'd get lonely." Momo said.

"We're not going to leave anyone behind." Hana said with a sigh. "Everyone grab part of the ribbon." She added passing one of the ribbons connected to her dress to them.

Momo smiled as she took the ribbon happily with her free hand while still holding Alamar's hand.

Fuyu and Sean each took a part of the ribbon.

"Alright! To the kitchen!"Hana said leading the way.

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Momo was humming happily as she reentered the daycare with Hana and the others.

Alamar was smiling as he happily hummed along with Momo.

Hana waited until all the children where inside before she got the paint, papers and paintbrushes down and set them on the table. "There you go!"

Sean grabbed a large sheet of paper and three colors of paint. He scrutinized the paintbrushes for a moment before asking: "Can I have a sponge?"

"Of course." Hana replied as she got it down along with the things for the bird house.

Momo grabbed some paper and some paint and paintbrushes and went off to a corner table, "No one follow me, I want my picture to be a surprise!"

Alamar was a little disappointed, but didn't let it show as he got his own paper, paint and paintbrushes.

Fuyu took some supplies for the bird house. "It's gonna have a pool, and a front porch, and some windows, and a closet, and--"

"What's a bird going to do with a closet?" Sean said as he opened one of the paints and began dabbing what looked like random splotches of color on the paper.

"Well you never know...maybe the bird wants to dress up sometimes." Hana said as she started making a bird house.

Momo was happily painting in the corner, she had her tongue sticking out of her mouth in concentration.

"If birds dress up who makes their clothes?" Alamar asked.

"Uh...Weaver birds and scissortails?" Fuyu said a little uncertainly.

"I'm sure fairies help too." Hana stated.

"Really? That's nice of them." Alamar said as he went back to painting.

"I'm all done, but I want it to dry before I show you." Momo said happily as she put her paintbrush down and put the lids back on all of the paint. "Wait, I forgot something!" She said opening the paint again.

Sean closed his first paint and climbed up the step-stool to the sink to rinse and squeeze his sponge before applying the second color.

"THERE! Now it can dry!" Momo said happily as she closed the lids again and went to the sink to rinse her paintbrushes.

Sean went back to his paper and opened his second color as Fuyu placed a fifth wall for her birdhouse.

Momo came over to see how Fuyu was doing with her bird house, "It looks really nice Fuyu."

Alamar smiled as he finished his painting too, "I'm done, but it's a surprise." He said taking his paper away and setting it on another table to dry before rinsing off his paintbrushes.

"Hehe a lot of surprises today." Hana said as she started painting the bird house.

"Thankies." Fuyu grinned at Momo.

Sean made a slight twisting motion as he dabbed the second color on top of part of the first.

Momo looked at Sean and watched him paint with a smile on her face.

Alamar just grinned at Hana.

Hana looked up and smiled at the children. "My, I'm just surrounded by talented artists!"

"Hey, do you think my painting would be dry now?" Momo asked looking at the clock which said it had been five minutes since she had left it to dry.

Fuyu was putting a slanted roof on her eight-sided bird house and glueing on bushes she cut out of green paper.

Sean had already applied his third color of paint--shutting the lids accordingly and washing the sponge between colors--and had taken some white paint, squeezing the sponge a little to make smaller marks on the paper.

"You can check..it depends how much paint you used."Hana replied to Momo.

"OK!" Momo said as she ran over to her painting. "It's dry!" She said happily.

"That's great, can we see it now?" Alamar asked curiously with a smile.

"Yeah, I painted you!" Momo said as she held up her painting of Alamar. "What do you think?"

Alamar's face turned slightly pink as he smiled, "Oh... It... It looks good."

"Thanks, I'm glad you like it." Momo said happily.

Loki knocked on the door to the daycare.

"Miss Hana, someone's at the door." Momo said as she put her painting back down on the table.

Hana hummed as she went to open the door.

"Hello, sorry to bother you... I'm Loki, and this is Yuki, he was sparring and is tired. Do you mind if he uses a bed?" Loki asked once Hana had opened the door.

"Nice to meet you Loki. Of course he can!" Hana replied moving to the side so they could come in.

"We're by the ocean?!" Yuki asked looking out the window.

"Yep." Loki said smiling as he walked into the daycare.

Momo smiled happily and waved at Yuki and Loki as they entered.

Yuki shrunk a bit as he walked in and shyly waved."_"H...Hi"

"Hi, I'm Momo." Momo said smiling happily.

"I'm Alamar." Alamar said as he looked at Yuki with a smile.

"Hello Momo and Alamar, I'm Loki and this is Yuki." Loki said with a smile as he waved.

"I'm Fuyu!" Fuyu said.

Once Sean was finished with his painting, he started putting everything away meticulously, pretty much ignoring the other people in the room.

"You forgot to say nice to meet you." A faint voice said before Yuki looked. "Oh yeah... Um Nice to meet you."

"It's nice to meet you too." Momo said with a smile.

"I thought you were tired... I can show you where the beds are." Alamar said.

"Umm I'm actully not that tired any more..ow." Yuki replied as he rubbed his arm.

"Is your arm ok?" Fuyu asked.

"Oh..Uhh yeah..I probably should have stretched before training." Yuki replied.

Sean scoffed from where he was rinsing off the sponge. "No duh."

Yuki's eyes narrowed a bit. "I didn't catch your name."

"His name is Sean." Alamar said giving Sean a look that said 'be nice'.

"I could rub your arm for you." Momo offered politely.

"He's just sour 'bout being wrong. He said you're a girl, I said you're a boy. You are a boy, right?" Fuyu said, getting very much in Yuki's personal bubble.

"If she is, it'd be the first time you're right in five years." Sean muttered under his breath as he squeezed the sponge.

Yuki moved away a bit. "I'm... I'm a boy... *Sigh*" as he said this he took the ribbons out of his hair.

"See! You were wrong Sean, and me, Alamar and Fuyu were right!" Momo exclaimed smiling.

"Yuki, why are you taking the ribbons out of your hair?" Loki asked watching him.

Fuyu did a wriggly little victory dance. "I was right~ Sean was wrong~ He's a boy~"

"Alamar didn't even say anything." Sean glared at the sponge as he wringed it out for the fifth time since Yuki walked in.

"My sister pulled them out once... She said I looked more like a boy that way..." Yuki's eyes widen then he quickly tied his hair back in a ponytail.

"Is something wrong Yuki?" Momo asked looking at him curiously.

"You have a sister?" Loki said.

"I'm fine...Yeah..She'd be eleven now." Yuki replied.

"When was the last time you've seen her?" Loki asked.

"I ran away when I was four....so about four years..." Yuki replied looking up at Loki.

"Why'd you run away and leave your family?" Momo asked as she bounced on her feet.

"Did they try to make you eat brussel sprouts?!" Fuyu asked in a horrified whisper before letting out a soft 'oof' when Sean's sponge connected with her head.

"Umm no... No I like brussel sprouts... HEY YOU SHOULDN'T THROW THINGS AT HER!!" Yuki said looking at Sean.

"Yuki's right, it's not nice to throw things at people." Loki said as Snowball meowed loudly to get attention.

"OH! A kitty!" Momo said as she knelt down. "Here kitty kitty." She smiled as Snowball jumped down and trotted over to her.

Sean gave a non-commital grunt as he retrieved his sponge.

Fuyu stuck her tongue out at Sean.

Snowball meowed and trotted over to Fuyu and rubbed against her leg.

"Snowball's excited to see so many new people." Loki said as he watched Snowball.

"Hehe spoiled kitty." Yuki said as he went over to pet Snowball too.

Snowball meowed and leaned into Yuki's petting.

Momo giggled as she went over to pet Snowball more.

Fuyu rubbed Snowball's ear.

Snowball began to purr loving the attention he was getting.

"He usually only gets attention from me." Loki said with a smile.

Momo giggled as Snowball rolled on his back so she rubbed his belly.

"I like cats better then dogs....dogs are scary." Yuki stated.

"Yeah they are." Momo said nodding as she rubbed Snowball's belly.

"Dogs aren't so bad~" Fuyu said absent-mindedly.

"They jump on you and can knock you down." Momo said as she scratched Snowball's belly.

"They also bite and drag you." Yuki added.

"Yeah, that too." Momo said with a nod.

"But when they curl up on the bed they make such nice pillows~" Fuyu smiled.

"It's a wonder you don't have fleas." Sean remarked.

"Fleas don't like human blood so they don't stay on humans for very long." Momo said remembering something she read in a book.

"Werewolfs make better beds." Yuki replied happily.

"You mean like that big guy who hangs around the training grounds all the time?" Sean asked. "My uncle says he's probably got rabies."

"THAT'S NOT TRUE!! JACE IS A GREAT, KIND, AWESOME PERSON!!" Yuki protested standing straight up.

"He's kind of scary..." Fuyu said with a frightened expression. "He's always glaring at people."

"My uncle says Jace only became the head combat trainer 'cause he brown-nosed the commander and his sister got rid of the competition." Sean said matter-of-factly.

"What's brown-nosing?" Fuyu looked up at Hana.

"That's a lie! Your uncle doesn't know anything!!" Yuki growled.

"My uncle works in the security office." Sean stuck his nose up in the air. "He knows everything about everybody."

"I guess he isn't doing his job right then...because Jace isn't a brown-noser...Brown-nosing mean to suck up to someone pretty much." Yuki said in a cold, calm tone.

Fuyu blinked owlishly at Yuki's explaination. "Is that why he follows the commander's daughter everywhere."

"Yes, it is." Sean said smugly before addressing Yuki again. "How would you know anyway? My uncle's known Jace for ten years. How long have you known him?"

"Hey, calm down you two. My cousin Anabell talks about him at home and from what she says he's a nice guy, and I've met him and confirm it." Loki said trying to calm them down.

"I don't think Jace is a bad guy, he seems nice to me." Momo said.

"Jace is nice....And he and Anabell are friends...they've known each other for years." Yuki said.

Sean rolled his eyes. "Momo thinks everyone's nice. Even Fuyu!"

"Hey!"

"Jace may seem bad, but people say looks can be deceiving and that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover." Alamar said trying to help.

"Maybe you need to shut your yap and talk to him yourself." Yuki said calmly with a smirk.

Sean gave Alamar a blank look. "Et tu? Seriously? Just because she's in the room?" He faced Yuki. "He's dangerous! My uncle showed me those tapes of what he did to that guy that hangs around him all the time! He's probably too terrified of that monster to report him!"

"What are you talking about, I haven't heard anything about Jace attacking anyone." Loki said sounding confused.

"What? I was just saying what I heard." Alamar said defensively.

"Come on Sean, why don't you stop talking about him if you don't like him." Momo said.

"Person that hangs around him? The guy can't be all that scared if he hangs around him..dah." Yuki said rolling his eyes.

"He did! I saw it myself!" Sean said to Loki before turning to Momo. "That wanna-be boy just said my uncle isn't good at his job! He's the best!"

"Want-to-be boy?!!...Hehehe I see your uncle is jealous." Yuki said with a smirk.(Which if anyone knew Luki would say made him look just like Luki.)

"Jealous of what?! A flea-bitten mongrel who can't take a hint if it bit on his furry--" Sean's quoting of his uncle was cut off by Fuyu.

"Hana said no bad words!"

"You saw it yourself? Are you talking about a security video of Jace and David's training?" Loki asked curiously.

Snowball hissed angrily at Sean

"Aw, you made the kitty angry." Momo said.

Yuki's eyes narrowed slightly. "Hehe your uncle only watches security videos of all the people higher ranking then him..changing peoples lives and being surrounded by people who want to be like them... and people who train so they can actually get on the battle field.....I can see why he'd be jealous."

"Oh boy..what's up with the frowns?" Hana asked coming in with a tray of snacks and drinks.

"My uncle keeps people from going where they're not supposed to and attacking us! You and that stupid wolf would be dead if it wasn't for him!" Sean snarled.

"Calm down you two. Yuki your bed's made... Perhaps you should get some rest." Hana said handing Sean a drink.

"They're fighting because Sean is saying Jace is a bad guy, but Yuki doesn't think he is." Momo said looking over at Hana.

Snowball hissed angrily at Sean before going over to Yuki and rubbing up against him.

Sean turned to Hana. "My uncle says he's a brown-noser and a bully, and my uncle's always right! Right?!"

"Everyone makes mistakes once in a while...I'm not saying your uncle is wrong because I dont really know Jace that well...but it is possible that Jace is mean..it is also possible that he is nice." Hana said handing everyone their drinks.

Sean huffed as he sipped his juice.

Fuyu took her juice and looked up at Hana with big eyes. "Sean said we'd be dead if it wasn't for his uncle. Is that right?"

"His uncle is only one of the reasons we're still here, he's not solely responsible for protecting us, the entire government protects us." Loki said as he watched Snowball rub against Yuki's leg.

Momo took her juice, "Yeah, isn't it impossible for one person to protect hundreds of people?

Yuki smiled and pet Snowball before heading to the bed room.

"It would at least be very hard for one person!" Hana replied with a laugh. "Loki I brought you a drink too." She said handing him a drink.

"Oh, thank you." Loki said taking the drink from Hana with a smile as he watched Snowball follow Yuki to the bed room.

Sean looked up at Loki and gave him an even look. "My uncle's not bad at his job."

"No one said he was." Hana said setting a snack bowl down.

"Yeah, I didn't say he was bad at his job." Loki said slightly confused by what Sean was saying his ears folding forward in his confusion.

"Oh! Loki has cat ears and a tail!" Momo exclaimed as she looked closer at him.

Alamar looked closer as well, "You're right!"

"Well I am a werecat." Loki said as his tail flicked slightly nervously.

"You didn't say it, but I just wanted you to know." Sean gave the door Yuki went through a dark glare.

Fuyu giggled and tried to grab his tail as it flicked.

"Uh Don't grab his tail!" Hana said to Fuyu.

Fuyu jumped and clasped her hands behind her back. "I wasn't going to~"

"I don't mind if you touch it... Just don't pull on it cause it's real and it'll hurt." Loki said.

"Ok!" Momo said grabbing Loki's tail. "It's so furry." She said petting it.

Hana smilled happily at the scene.

Fuyu stood next to Momo and petted Loki's tail, too. "Teehee! It's soft~"

"Very soft." Momo said happily.

"Thank you." Loki said chuckling.

Hana slowly reached over and petted Loki's ear. "Ohhh it is soft."

Loki blushed slightly as his ear twitched slightly by suddenly being touched, "Th-thank you."

The door flow open as Debbie came in. "Hana I've told you a million times! Ask the lab or wherever you get your supplies before taking them!" she said angrily.

"But but Everything we make goes back to the place the supplies where from...like the birdhouses go back to the nature lab." Hana replied with a smile as she held up a birdhouse.

"Aw. I wanted to keep it..." Fuyu pouted.

"You don't have to get angry, Miss Hana didn't do anything wrong." Momo said looking up at Debbie.

"*sigh* Has she even taken you to the sparring room today?" Debbie asked.

"They're only kids...they need a day off once in a while!" Hana replied.

"We just finished doing arts and crafts!" Momo said getting her picture and holding it up for Debbie to see.

"That's all well and good but how is a painting going to save anyones life?" Debbie said looking coldly at the picture.

"Debbie! Please don't talk like that in front of the children!" Hana actually looking annoyed.

"Stop dreaming, Hana!" Debbie shot back.

"That new kid trained, today." Sean shot another mopey glare at the door Yuki went through.

Debbie glanced at Sean. "Hana, take them to train, end of conversation." She said as she left.

Momo sniffled before she actually started crying dropping her painting in the process.

"Don't cry Momo." Alamar said as he went over to hug her.

Loki went after Debbie, "Debbie! They're just kids! You didn't have to be so harsh."

Debbie cracked a smirk. "Then what do you suggest? Just let them goof off all day?"

"We weren't goofing off!" Fuyu protested as Sean took out his bo staff.

"No, that's not what I'm saying but it won't hurt if they do something fun before or after training." Loki said.

"They have plenty of fun....besides when they get older it isn't going to be all fun-and-games." Debbie replied before walking away.

"I know that, why not let them be kids for as long as they can before they have to grow up." Loki shouted after her glaring at her back.

Momo sniffled slightly, her eyes puffy and red from crying.

Alamar was hugging Momo, he was glad that he had finally been able to calm her down.

Hana patted Momo's head before bending down to eye-level with her. "It's okay Momo, you don't need to cry. It will just be a little training then we'll go back to playing!"

"She's crying because Debbie was yelling." Sean said off-handedly as he weighed his staff in his hands, trying to get a good balance.

"Nuh-uh, Mr. Know-it-all! She's crying 'cause Debbie didn't like her picture!" Fuyu retorted at the top of her lungs.

"I think she's crying because Miss Debbie was yelling and because she didn't like her picture." Alamar said as Momo nodded and sniffled.

"I'm sure Debbie liked your picture....She probably just had a rough childhood." Hana said continuing to pet Momo's head.

Momo sniffled, "Really?"

Hana smiled and nodded. "Really!"

"Ok, do we spar now?" Momo asked.

Fuyu tugged on Hana's skirt. "I don't want to spar. My tummy hurts..."

"Oh Lets take your temp... Um Loki could you take others to the sparring room, I meet up with you in a bit." Hana said with a smile as she went into the daycare bathroom to get medicine.

"Sure, come on guys." Loki said with a smile.

"Ok." Momo said taking Loki's hand.

Alamar nodded as he took Momo's hand.

Sean followed quietly, holding his bo staff defensively with both hands.

"Okay Fuyu, open your mouth and raise your tongue." Hana said as she brought out the thermometer.

Fuyu opened her mouth, but didn't lift her tongue.

"Lift tongue too!" Hana chirped.

Fuyu lifted her tongue.

Hana smiled as she plopped the thermometer in. "Now put your tongue down and close your mouth."

Fuyu obeyed, but fidgeted her tongue in her mouth so the thermometer swung back and forth.

"Haha. Hold the thermometer steady...Hmm Lets see what flavors of medicine we have." Hana said as she looked through the medicine the bed room door opened and Yuki came out rubbing his eye.

Fuyu grinned at Yuki, holding the thermometer between her teeth.

"What's that in...her mouth?...Is she dying?!" Yuki asked nervously eyeing the thermometer.

"Huh?! No Fuyu isn't dying...I'm just checking her temp." Hana replied clearly caught off gaurd by Yuki's question.

"Em nah dine, rye?" (I'm not dying, right?) Fuyu asked in a slightly panicked voice around the thermometer.

Hana took the thermometer out of Fuyu's mouth. "You're perfectly fine...see your tempature is normal."

"B-But, my head hurts!" Fuyu protested. (And yes, it was her stomach beforehand, but she forgot. XP)

"I thought you said your tummy hurt?" Hana said getting out one of the nastiest of the medicines.

"Yeah, that too... >__>"

"Why aren't you looking her in the eyes? Isn't that a sign of dishonesty?" Yuki asked tilting his head to the right as he looked at Fuyu.

"Why do people always say I'm lying?!" Fuyu shrieked.

"I'm sorry.....I don't really understand people that well." Yuki said looking down. "Where is Ikol?"

"You mean the cat-guy? Well Debbie came, and she yelled, and Momo cried, and he took everybody to the sparring room, and I don't feel good..." Fuyu said.

"Oh...Umm I hope you get better...I'll just go to the sparring room...I know the way." Yuki replied heading to the door.

"I can let you go by yourself...just wait a bit okay." Hana said pouring the yucky medicine into a med cup.

"....What is that?" Fuyu asked, eyeing the cup warily.

"Medicine!" Hana sang happily.

"...W-What kind?"

"Cherry-lemon!" Hana said as Yuki gagged.

"I actually feel much better, now~" Fuyu grabbed Yuki's wrist to pull him out the door. "Let's go spar!"

"HUH?! O..Okay."Yuki replied as he fallowed her. Hana was quickly behind them.

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Jack groaned as he finally found the daycare, "Man Meko's map sucks!" He said glaring at the paper.

Yuki heard Jack and ran out to hug him. "Jack! How was your training?!"

"Hey Yuki, ah the running was good." Jack said with a chuckle as he hugged Yuki.

Hana opened the door. "Hello Jack, Yuki can you go play with the others." Yuki pouted a bit but went back into the daycare. "Umm We had a incident during sparring that is rather worrying."

"Oh? What happened?" Jack asked as he looked at Hana.

"His sparring was going well... Until he got this... Strange look and aimed for Sean's head... And it seemed like he wasn't holding back." Hana said looking worried. "Has he ever done anything like this before?"

"Well I just met him yesterday, but when he woke up today he shouted... He said his dad used to get mad if he didn't wake up on time, maybe he was remembering when he and his dad trained." Jack said thinking.

"Perhaps Maniko can help him... She's good at healing both types of wounds." Hana said clearly worried about Yuki.

"I guess we can always ask her." Jack said also worried.

Hana opened the door. "After you."

"Well they do say ladies first, so why don't you go first?" Jack asked with a smile.

Hana chuckled as she walked in.

Jack smiled as he followed Hana.

"OH! It's that guy from earlier!" Momo said hopping up and running over to Jack. "Hi! I'm Momo!"

"Hi Momo, I'm Jack." Jack said with a smile as he looked down at her.

Alamar looked over at Jack, "Hi, I'm Alamar." He said as he watched Momo hug Jack's leg.

Fuyu, not wanting to be outdone by Momo, came up and hugged Jack's other leg, looking up and smiling cutely at him. "I'm Fuyu! You're kind of tall, huh?"

Sean walked into the room behind everyone and promptly ignored Jack's presence.

Yuki climbed Jack so he could be on Jacks shoulders as if to claim Jack as his."Jacks really strong and Brave too."

"Hehehe seems like your good with kids." Hana giggled before turning to Sean. "Sean, why don't you you tell Jack your name?"

Jack chuckled, "I love kids. It's nice to meet you Momo, Alamar and Fuyu." He said smiling as he held onto Yuki so he wouldn't fall.

Sean sighed before walking up to Jack with a bored expression and said in a polite tone: "Nice to meet you, Jack. My name is Sean. Are you Yuki's guardian?"

"Nuh-uh! He looks too young to be a daddy~" Fuyu said.

"Did I say 'daddy'? No, I said 'guardian'." Sean replied to Fuyu.

"He's my big brother so yes." Yuki answered sending Sean the same bored expression.

"Wow, I wish I had a big brother." Momo said smiling up at Jack.

"So he's just dropping by to visit and check on you, right?" Sean asked Yuki.

"Miss, Hana called for him actually... Hopefully we're going to be leaving." Yuki answered.

Sean's eyes widened. "LEAVING?! N-no! You can't just go! If you stay we'll be able to spar again!"

Momo looked at Sean, "You want Yuki to stay?"

"I think he means leaving the daycare Sean." Alamar said.

Sean turned to Alamar with a hiss and a panicked look. "You don't know that! And even then, how do I know he'll be sparring when we are, huh?!"

Yuki's eyes went from being big to smiling. "Hehe Okay...you are fun to spar with....by the way is your arm okay?..I think I might of hit a bit too hard."

Sean grinned smugly at Yuki. "'Course not! Takes more than that to hurt a vampire~ What about your head and tummy?"

"Pffft you call that a hit?" Yuki snickered.

Jack chuckled, "Someone had fun sparring."

"Yes....Hmmm although if I was to use all my abilities it wouldn't have been fair." Yuki stated. 'I need to forget about my father... Everything he said was a lie... Yes... I need to look forward.'

"Yeah, and you need to keep things fair Yuki... At least til you get older." Jack said.

"Pft. Hana only ever lets us fight at a human level..." Sean moaned. "She makes us stop once we get knocked off our feet, too. But that's how you know if you won! Last one standing!" >:D

"...This is the first time I've seen Sean smile at someone the first day he met them..." Fuyu remarked to Momo, still clinging to Jack's leg.

"Ha! Then you're so going down tomorrow! >:D" Yuki stated with a smile as he jumped down from Jack's shoulders.

Hana smiled. "Just...don't get carried away."

"We'll just see about that~ I practice a lot, you know." Sean smirked at Yuki. "_{You're more fun than Alamar, though, I'll give you that much...}"

Momo nodded at Fuyu, "It is."

Jack chuckled, "Try not to over do it you two."

Alamar glared at Sean.

"I practiced too. I also lived on my own for.... Four years!" Yuki said seeming ready to spar already.

Fuyu's eyes widened. "Four years? Alone?"

"Then this should be fun." Sean grinned, ignoring Alamar's glare.

"Why'd you live alone?" Momo asked curiously.

"Yeah, why didn't you live with your brother Jack?" Alamar asked.

"I...Uhh... My parents died an... And I didn't know I had a brother because... Because Jack ran away... And I just recently found him..." Yuki said quickly and almost in one breath.

"Oh, why'd you run away Jack?" Momo asked curiously.

"I had some issues I had to work out... Plus our dad wasn't very nice." Jack said smiling at Yuki. "I'm glad I found you again."

"It's great that you're together now~" Fuyu said, and--to everyone's surprise--Sean nodded in agreement.

"I'm sorry..." Yuki said to Sean.

Sean shrugged. "Just don't forget to spar every day, ok? Or I'll have to hunt you down and challenge you, myself. XP" He joked.

Jack chuckled, "Don't worry, I'll make sure he spars every day."

'Huh? He know what I was apologizing for... He's sharper then he looks.' Yuki thought. "Deal!"

"Hehe You two seem to be getting along now." Hana said happily.

"They do." Momo said happily.

"What are you talking about...I'm just excited because I found a person to spar with." Yuki said looking away as he folded his arms.

"Yeah!" Sean agreed with a furiously red face. "It's not like we're trading cards or anything! It's a rivalry! Rivalries make people stronger," he turned to Yuki, "right?!"

"Of course!" Yuki agreed.

Jack chuckled, "That's right, they do, and it's normal for young boys to have rivalries."

"Yeah!" Sean cheered. "Like Harry Cole and Nathan Barnes! They're the top blades over in the Central South sector! Their soldier stat cards say they're only the best because they've been trying to outdo each other since they were recruited thirteen years ago!"

Yuki looked a bit worried before a slight smile took over. ".... I can outdo Jace... If I keep fighting with Sean!"

Jack chuckled, "Maybe you can, we'll have to wait and see though."

"YEAH! GO YUKI!" Momo cheered giggling.

Alamar looked at Yuki, "I don't know, Jace is really tough."

"GO YUKI!!!" Fuyu cheered along with Momo, making sure to be louder.

"I've got Jace's soldier stat card! Right here!" Sean took off his hat and took out one of the cards stuck in the band on the inside. "It says he's the strongest hand-to-hand fighter in all the military in fifty years. If I'm going to be the best soldier, I've got to beat him, too!" He stated with a proud grin as he held up the card for Yuki to see.

"Alright if we want to outdo him, we'll have to train even more!" Yuki said seriously before blinking and looking at Sean. "Why do you have those in your hat?....and are we even allowed to look at this?"

"I keep the strongest five of all time in my hat~" Sean said proudly. "And of course we are! The clerks at every facility prints them off once a month and sends out the new ones to all the facility daycares! They're trading cards of soldier statistics that are supposed to inspire new soldiers~ Besides, they don't include personal history or nothing like that. Just strength, speed, how long they've been around, what they're best at, and so on... And they keep making more of even the dead ones. Once you're good enough to be on a card, it's like you're immortal or something! Never forgotten!"

"I cant wait to be on one of the cards! Can you picture it....Wow that'd be so coool! Do you have any other cards?" Yuki asked over flowing with excitment.

"Duh! I keep the rest of my collection under my cot!" Sean said. "I've got all of the top 20 all-stars of this generation! ...Except Harry Cole. Them and the Nathan Barnes card are equally rare, becuase they're the same level, so when the cards came in, Alamar and I split them. Now he won't trade it to me. :/"

"Cool can I see?!" Yuki asked.

"I don't mind showing you." Alamar said with a small smile.

Momo yawned softly.

"Looks like someone is sleepy." Jack said with a chuckle.

Fuyu yawned loudly and rubbed her eye.

"Alright, you two brushie, brushie."Hana as she got out their night gowns and tooth brushes.

"Thanks!"Yuki nearly hopping up and down.

"Aw..." Fuyu groaned as she took her toothbrush. "But I want the yellow one."

"Easter is tomorrow, right?" Sean turned to Hana. "Is Yuki going to join our Easter Egg Hunt in the East side Forest?!" He paused once he realized how excited he sounded. "I mean, I want to see how good his eyes are. No point in fighting someone who can't see a hit coming."

Momo took her toothbrush and nightgown and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

"The yellow one is Momos." Hana said with a smile.

"Sure! Your the one I'm worried about!... Oh uhh if it's okay." Yuki said looking up at Jack.

"But I don't like pink." Fuyu pouted.

"It's alright Yuki." Jack said smiling.

Alamar tried to cover up his yawn.

Hana looked up at the clock. "Oh my... I think it's time for all of you to get some sleep." She said grabbing Alamar and Sean's toothbrushes and pajamas. Then turned to Fuyu. "You didn't have problem with it yesterday."

"Jeez! Snowball was hiding in one of the kids' cots... Took me a while to catch him." Loki said as he came into view.

Momo came out of the bathroom in her nightgown, "I'm ready!"

Alamar took his toothbrush and pj's from Hana and headed for the bathroom.

"But pink's made with red. I don't like red." Fuyu reasoned.

"What are you talking about? You liked it this morning!" Sean said as he took his pajamas and toothbrush before turning to Yuki. "Can you wait until I get changed, or do you want to see the cards tomorrow?"

"I can wait tell you get changed." Yuki replied.

Hana sighed. "If you put your hand on the toothbrush you won't even be able to tell it's pink."

Sean nodded to Yuki and waited for Alamar to come out of the bathroom.

"...Ok. I'll try it." Fuyu said reluctantly.

Loki sighed, "Does she change her mind often?"

"Yeah, she does." Momo said handing her toothbrush back to Hanna.

"Everyday." Alamar said as he came out of the bathroom in his pj's.

"I do not!" Fuyu protested.

"Careful, Fuyu. My uncle says liars are the worst kind of people." Sean remarked boredly as he walked into the bathroom.

Yuki's eye twitched at Fuyu then when Sean mentioned his uncle.

"Wouldn't murderers be the worst kind of people?" Momo asked with a thinking face.

"Yeah, but what murderer is honest about it?" Sean called from the bathroom. "And for all you know, any liar could be a murderer, because they might not be saying the truth if you ask."

"...Sounds complicated." Fuyu groaned as she took her nightgown.

"People lie.... It's in our nature... Since everyone lies at least three times..that make them a liar... So if liars are the worst kind of person to be... Every person in the world is the worst." Yuki stated.

"That is true, everyone lies about something, no one is completely honest." Loki said with a nod.

"My uncle Orson is. It's his job." Sean said as he walked out of the bathroom and Fuyu ran in. "Want to see the cards, now?"

"Okay... Bu... But how do you know he's completely dishonest?" Yuki asked.

Sean was putting his hat back on and froze when he heard Yuki's question, his grip on the rim of his hat tightening and his knuckles turning white. "B-because he is! Do you want to see the cards or not?"

"O... Okay... Sorry." Yuki replied. 'Did his uncle tell him something that's not true?.... It would have to be something important to get that sorta reaction...'

Sean grinned at Yuki and started for the back room where the beds were. "Come on!"

Yuki was quickly behind him.

"*sigh* hehehe I'm not going to be able to get them to bed for a bit I am I?" Hana asked with a smile as she watched.

"Probably not." Jack said with a chuckle as he saw Alamar follow Sean and Yuki.

Sean climbed up to the top bunks and lifted one of the mattresses to pull out a binder. "I keep them in plastic sleeves so they don't fade or rip. :D"

"Smart." Yuki replied climbing on the other top bunk. "Do you guys only collect the rare ones?"

"I collect all of them, but I love when I get a new rare one." Alamar said as he got his cards from under the bottom bed.

Momo yawned again, "Miss Hana, is it ok if Mr. Yuki's brother tucks me in instead?"

Fuyu shot out of the bathroom and skid to a stop next to Momo. "Can he tuck me in, too? :D"

Yuki moved so he was half off the bed and half on, so he could see both boys cards better. "Hey isn't that Miss Anabell?"

"Huh? Well if Jack doesn't mind... I guess it'd be okay." Hana replied turning to Jack. "Is it alright with you?"

"Yeah, it's Anabell." Alamar said smiling.

"It's fine, I don't mind." Jack said with a smile.

"YAY!" Momo said happily as she grabbed Jack's hand and led him to where she and Fuyu slept.

Fuyu grabbed Jack's other hand and started swinging it.

"I have her dad's card, too." Sean flipped the sleeves in his binder to where Dennis's card was.

"Why does the person next to her dad have a D on the top left corner?" Yuki asked.

"Oh, the left corner is their current status. A is Active, R is Retired, and D is Deceased." Sean said.

"Yeah, it means they're dead." Alamar said in case Yuki didn't know.

Jack chuckled as he followed Momo and Fuyu to their bedroom area.

"Isn't our room cute?" Momo asked as they reached it.

"Yeah, really cute." Jack said with a smile as he looked around.

"That person was Anna's mother?" Yuki asked relizing the last name. "wow...looking at Jace, Anabell and her father you wouldn't think anyone they know could die..."

"Well there's always someone stronger out there..." Sean flipped to the back of his binder to a bunch of cards with Ds on the corner and red edges. "These are the people that were killed in action."

"Wow....there's alot." Yuki said looking at all of them.

"Well it's dangerous out there." Alamar said flipping through his binder.

Momo smiled as she hopped into her bed and giggled.

Jack smiled as he tucked Momo into her bed, "There, all snug?"

"Yep! Thank you Jack." Momo said happily as she turned over.

"Don't forget me!" Fuyu said as she climbed into her own bed.

Jack chuckled, "I won't." He said as he went over and tucked Fuyu in as well.

"Yuki lives with you, right?" Fuyu asked sleepily. "That means he'll be here whenever you're gone on a mission like my daddy, right?"

"Yeah probably." Jack said with a slight nod.

"Or is it going to be like Momo? She's here alot..." Fuyu's eyes drooped. "I think Hana said her parents are coming back next week~" Her eyes flew open and she propped herself on one elbow as she called out to the next bed-tent. "Hey, Momo! Is it your mommy or Alamar's that's in the Stealth force?"

"Alamar's mommy is in the stealth force, my dad's in the stealth force too though." Momo called from her bed tent.

"Ok!" Fuyu called out before snuggling back into her bed. "There's other kids too, but most have a lot of family to watch them at their apartments or something... Like cousins and grandparents..."

"Yuki doesn't have any other family to take care of him." Jack said.

"So if you're busy a lot he'll be here all day." Fuyu nodded sleepily.

"Yeah, Jace said it's too dangerous for him to be on the training grounds." Jack said as he smiled at her.

"Ok~" Fuyu rolled over, effectively untucking herself, and started snoring softly.

Jack smiled as he left the room and returned to where Hana was.

"Hehe soon the kids wont want you or Yuki to leave." Hana giggled.

"You think so?" Jack asked curiously.

"Yes... And Sean... hehe I wasn't expecting him to act like this..."Hana said smiling.

"Is this not normal for him then?" Jack asked curiously.

"He's not good at expressing himself... So to see him act so open to Yuki compared to how he acted when they first met... It's hehe something else."
Hana replied.

"Oh? How'd they act when they first met?" Jack asked curiously.

"I thought they'd be worst enemies for life." Hana replied.

"So they didn't get along?" Jack asked with a chuckle.

"You'd think they killed each other in a past life." Hana replied.

Jack chuckled, "Well boys sometimes don't get along."

"Yes... But they usually don't make up so fast." Hana said with a chuckle.

"True, rivalries are a funny thing." Jack said with a smile.

"Even more so with children." Hana replied.

"Yeah, children often change their mind... Maybe not as often as Fuyu, but often." Jack said with a chuckle.

"Fuyu still has plenty of time to find what SHE likes." Hana said. "Well I should probably get the boys to bed." She said opening the door to the boys' room.

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"I guess... But that's what you agree to when you join the army... Hey does it say how many peoples lives they've saved?!" Yuki asked excitedly.

"Anabell's does." Alamar said pointing to a number on the card.

"Yeah, but it's just a rough estimate. Unless you're a healer, it's hard to keep a headcount..." Sean said. "My uncle says that when he was a kid, they used to have kill counts, but they stopped printing those on the cards a while back."

"Everyone has a high saved count... WOW that girl doesn't look much older then us! Is she a healer?" Yuki asked pointing at a girl with a witches hat.

"Yeah she is." Loki said as he looked.

"That's Chara..." Sean half-whispered as he stared at the card before snapping his attention back up to Yuki. "I don't think she's been around for a while..."

"I don't even remember the last time I saw her." Loki said thinking.

"I hope she's okay.... But why isn't she here?" Yuki asked looking slightly worried.

"I think she went on a mission." Loki said.

"She can go on missions?! Wow she most be really powerful!" Yuki said looking at the card.

"Everyone needs healers on missions incase they get hurt." Loki said as he smiled at Yuki.

"But... I thought kids weren't allowed to go on the battlefield." Yuki replied.

Sean shrugged. "She's an alien. Some are older than they look, others just grow faster."

"Yeah, she's older than she looks." Loki said.

"Oh it does have the age on the card.... She's sixteen!." Yuki looked at Sean as if to ask if he believes it.

Sean just flipped to a different page and pointed at a card with a boy who looked about thirteen with a blank expression. "He's forty-eight."

"Wow....I kinda feel bad for them." Yuki said looking at the card.

"Why?" Alamar asked curiously.

"Well They'd have a hard time making friends or getting married an stuff." Yuki replied.

"Well that might be true." Alamar said.

"Yeah, I guess... :/" Sean agreed.

"So what's your favorite card?" Yuki asked.

"I like Anabell's." Alamar said smiling.

Sean just grinned at Yuki and reached into his hat, pulling out a card for him to see. "Two words. Bruce. Graves."

"Anabell is really cool! Oh Bruce Graves?" Yuki looked at the card.

"He died about five years ago after serving 27 years on the stealth force. Fifteen bullet wounds. Nine stab wounds. At least five dozen broken bones. Three explosions. And he survived it all to die from a cat hair allergy about a year into his retirement. e___e Whether you remember him because of the awesome stuff he lived through or the unawesome way he died, you remember him." Sean nodded to himself.

Alamar grimaced, "That's kind of an embarrassing way to die don't you think?"

Sean shrugged. "I'm sure there are worse ways to go. I mostly find the timing ironic..."

"Cool! How many explosions do you think we'll live through?!!" Yuki asked.

"I think that depends on how many bombers we fight. I hear the materials to make explosives are scarce, now." Sean replied with an almost disappointed tone.

"Yeah, I heard that too." Alamar said.

Loki rolled his eyes, "Cat allergy."

"Okay boys Lights out!" Hana said as she opened the door.

"Oh... Okay see you guys tomorrow." Yuki said seeming bummed.

"Oh...Ok. :/ Er, you better show up tomorrow. Don't want to forfeit, do you? >:D" Sean taunted. "I intend to beat you fair an square, you know!"

Jack chuckled from behind Hana, "Don't worry, he'll be there."

"Yeah, I'll make sure of it." Loki said with a smile.

"Good!" Sean replied with an almost-grin as he took off his hat and put it under his pillow.

"You know I won't miss it!! Cause I'm making you go down!" Yuki replied going over to Jack.

Jack smiled, "You tell him Yuki."

"Heh. We'll see about that." Sean shot back with a smirk.

"Well we'll see... I heard the Easter bunny was going to hide them really well this year." Hana giggled.

"Easter Bunny?" Loki repeated curiously.

Alamar rolled his eyes.

Sean blinked at Hana. "Oh, yeah... The Easter bunny... Night, Hana!" He promptly climbed under his blankets to sleep.

Alamar smirked as he climbed into his own bed, "Night Hana, Yuki, Sean, Loki and Jack."

"Good night Alamar." Loki said smiling at him.

"Good night." Jack said with a small chuckle.

"Night guys!" Yuki called as he grabbed JACK's hand then turned to Loki. "Loki, I saw a garden... Can we go there?"

"Maybe later, it's late and you need sleep." Loki said looking at Yuki.

"Loki's right, you need to sleep first." Jack said as he held Yuki's hand.

"I'm not... *yawn* that tired." Yuki stated before looking at Mr. Glares. "Okay... Mr. Glares is right.... I'm kinda tired."

Jack chuckled, "Then let's go to bed."

Jace was waiting right across the hall from the door of the Daycare.

"JACE!!" Yuki seemed ready to tell Jace all about the day when a thought crossed his mind. "Did you come to get us?"

Jack looked up at Jace, "What's up?"

"Nothin' much. Just wanted ta chat an' see if ya made plans for tomorrow, yet." Jace said, only stepping towards the middle of the hallway and keeping a distance from the Daycare.

"Yuki said he wanted to go to the garden." Loki said.

"Why are you asking?" Jack asked.

"Thought ya might want ta come with me an' Alex ta meet with the people he was livin' with tomorrow after breakfast." Jace told Jack.

"Sure, I guess so." Jack said with a nod.

"Yeah, I can take Yuki to the garden." Loki said with a smile.

"Sound good, pup?" Jace asked Yuki, still not coming closer.

Yuki looked a bit disappointed that Jack was going to be leaving. "Okay...OH BUT I WANT YOU TO MEET SOMEONE!!" Yuki reached out to grab Jace's hand.

Jace let Yuki grab his hand but did not budge. "Whoa, pup. Where're ya tryin' ta take me?"

"To see Sean! Sean listens to everything his uncle says... And his uncle told him you where really mean and you nearly killed one of your trainees! So if Sean talks to you then he'd see it isn't true!" Yuki stated hopping up and down.

"Oh, ya mean the kid with the hat? Yeah, Orson says a lot of things... >___>" Jace knelt down to be eye to eye with Yuki. "But the thing is, I can't really go in there, pup. You'll hafta introduce us another time."

"Why can't you go in?" Loki asked curiously.

Jace sighed and looked at Loki. "Like I said, Orson says a lotta things, but that doesn't mean he's alone in thinkin' they're right. Few years back, some parents started passin' around petitions, an'... Let's just say, unless I start havin' kids a my own go in there, I got no business with the Daycare."

"Oh, so you're banned from the room unless you have kids?" Loki said looking annoyed by this news.

Yuki looked annoyed before a smile crept across his face. "I KNOW!! Your about thirty... So you can adopt me!...Oh... Uh... never mind... That's only... Umm... If ya... Er want to."

Jace chuckled at Yuki and ruffled his hair. "Thirty-two, ta be exact. An' who wouldn't wanna adopt ya?! But ya gotta go through legal channels an' all, an' that's what got me banned ta begin with. If ya want, we can try, but I won't be able ta guarantee anythin'..."

Yuki's eyes lit up as he hugged Jace. "We can at least try!"

Loki chuckled, "So Yuki wants Jace to be his daddy now?"

"Looks like it." Jack said with a smile.

"Course, ya realize that'd make Jack your uncle more than your brother, right?" Jace said as he hugged Yuki back.

Yuki looked over at Jack, "Okay, he makes great family no matter what family member he is!!"

Loki smiled at Yuki, "That's really sweet Yuki, don't you think Jack?"

"Yeah, thanks Yuki." Jack said with a smile.

Jace smiled warmly at Yuki, then stood to face all three of them. "Ya pups better head to your rooms, now. And remember, if ya need anything..." He rapped his knuckes on the wall.

Yuki nodded. "Okay."

"Got it, come on Yuki." Jack said leading the way to the dorms.

Yuki quickly ran and jumped on Jack's back before climbing up. "Okay. ^-^"

Jack chuckled as he held onto Yuki so he wouldn't fall as he walked.

Loki smiled as he followed them.
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Momo turned over and yawned softly as she woke, she smiled happily as she remembered what day it was.

Alamar slowly opened his eyes and stared at the wall waiting for everyone else to wake up.

Fuyu sleepily opened her eyes to see a stuffed rabbit with large buck teeth sitting on her chest. It promptly flew across the room. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! SEAN! WHAT’D YOU DO THAT FOR, STUPID-HEAD SMARTY-PANTS?!” Fuyu demanded as she burst into the boys' room.

Sean cracked open an eye from where he was laying on his own cot. “Why’d you glue construction paper on my hat and paint it black on Halloween? It’s a holiday~”

"What on earth is going on?!" Hana asked running in due to the yelling.

"Sean snuck a rabbit into my room and it scared me..." Fuyu whined as she clinged to Hana's skirt.

"A rabbit...Sean if you want to give someone a present you should wait until after they wake up. Now apologize to Fuyu for scaring her." Hana said patting Fuyu's head.

Sean sighed. "Sorry, Fufu." He sat up and yawned.

Fuyu narrowed her eyes at Sean. "I don't think you're sorry at all! You said my name wrong again!"

"What's with all the yelling?" Alamar asked as he turned over to look at them.

"Sean put a creepy bunny on Fuyu, it scared her when she woke up." Momo said sleepily as she rubbed her eyes.

"It wasn't creepy! It was goofy-looking. It had buck teeth." Sean reasoned.

"That makes it creepy! Things with big teeth are scary..." Fuyu hid her face in Hana's skirt.

"I think buck teeth are creepy." Momo said with a slight yawn.

Alamar rolled his eyes, _{"Over dramatic."} He mumbled.

"Now, now. Sean was just trying to give you a present. Right, Sean." Hana was gently patting Fuyu.

"Uh, yeah." Sean said.

"See Fuyu, he didn't mean to scare you." Momo said.

"Okay. Now it's time to get dressed so we can get the day started!!" Hana chirped.

"OK!" Momo said happily as she smiled.

"Alright." Alamar said getting out of bed.

Sean stretched and started to climb down.

Hana sat out rather colorful outfits for everyone.

Momo looked through the clothes and picked out a purple dress with a pink bow and a white bunny on it, "I like this one." She said going to the bathroom to change.

Alamar glared at the clothes, "Why are they so colorful?"

"It's Easter! Everything's supposed to be colorful! =D" Hana said, She was wearing a white sundress with lavender dots on it.

"Fine." Alamar said looking through the clothes and finding the least girly shirt he could, a purple one with a white bunny.

"Ooh~ It's perfect! :D" Fuyu was holding up a poofy pink plaid dress.

"...I'm not even going to say it. e______e" Sean commented as he selected a bright yellow pantsuit with Easter eggs around the trim. "This doesn't look too stupid, does it Alamar?"

Alamar looked over at Sean as he grabbed some jeans with Easter eggs on them and snickered, "You'd look like an Easter themed banana."

Momo smiled as she came out wearing her dress, white stockings and black Mary Jane shoes, "How do I look?"

"Well, it's either that or an Easter themed blueberry." Sean said. "I refuse to wear anything pink or with puffy sleeves."

"I think the Easter themed blueberry, the yellow is a bit bright." Alamar said before looking at Momo and blushing slightly. "You look really pretty."

"Hmm Everyone dressed?" Hana chimed as she glanced at the door.

Sean put on the blue pantsuit and smoothed it out.

Fuyu came out in the plaid dress. "Hm... I think I want the white one with the ribbons, instead!"

"You look great in the one your wearing now, Sweetie." Hana said with a smile to Fuyu.

"I hate the clothes we have to wear on this holiday, it's almost as bad as Valentine's day." Alamar said as he looked at his shirt.

"You look cute Fuyu!" Momo said smiling at her as she looked at her.

"Okay, then~" Fuyu giggled.

Sean visibly twitched at the mention of Valentine's day.

"I love Valentines day! And I thought you looked cute!" Hana said with a slight pout.

"Guys aren't supposed to look cute." Alamar said.

"Agreed. Especially not future soldiers like us." Sean said.

"-___- your not soldiers yet... You can look cute! But you looked really good!<3" Hana said.

"Thanks." Alamar said not looking at Hana.

"So what dinning hall are we going to?" Momo asked.

"What are you in the mood for?" Hana asked.

"I want to go to Edda's and have her bunny buns!" Momo said smiling.

"I don't mind her bunny buns, but last time I got a nasty one." Alamar said.

"Nasty one?" Fuyu echoed curiously.

"Yeah, it had liver and brussel sprouts." Alamar said.

"Uh, can we go to the other one?" Fuyu asked nervously.

"I'm sure if you ask Edda to get you a nice one she will." Momo said.

"We can go to Rob's." Hana said.

"Aw, but I want to go to Edda's! We went to Rob's yesterday." Momo said pouting.

"I don't mind liver." Sean said.

"Okay to Edda's then." Hana said leading the way.

"YAY!" Momo cheered as she followed Hana.

Alamar smiled as he followed Momo and Hana.

Sean and Fuyu followed, but Fuyu pouted the entire way.

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"YAY! EASTER GAMES!" Momo said cheerfully as she entered the daycare holding Alamar and Zane's hands.

'He better not try to steal Momo.' Alamar thought as he glared at Zane.

'Why is that kid glaring at me?' Zane thought as he glanced at Alamar who looked away quickly.

"So what kind of games are the kids going to play?" Charlie asked Hana as he walked in behind her.

"Hopscotch! No, memory cards! I love memory cards!" Fuyu said.

"You always lose at memory cards." Sean reminded.

"That's because it's a stupid game. :/ I want to play tag!"

"Oh yay! people!" A young girl cheered getting up out of a chair.

"Well sometimes if the kids want to play to different games we'll have teams, and th- Oh hello." Hana turned to the girl. "Where are your parents?"

"Oh they had to leave for a top secret mission, but they filled out the papers and put them on your desk." The girl replied.

"They just left you in a room alone?" Charlie said blinking as he looked at the girl.

"Hello! I'm Momo!" Momo said smiling at the girl happily.

"I'm Alamar." Alamar said figuring he might as well introduce himself as well.

"Who are you?" Fuyu asked, not bothering to introduce herself.

"I'm Rose! And I'm four... Almost five!" Rose smiled as Hana looked over the papers. "Oh... Yeah... They left since they figured Hana wouldn't be long. And their mission is REALLY important!"

"You're too young to be left alone by yourself even if your parents did think she wouldn't be long." Charlie said.

"They wouldn't need a daycare if I had another family." Rose pointed out.

"I guess that's true." Charlie said with a nod as he thought about it.

Fuyu blinked. "But Sean has an uncle and cousin and he doesn't go anywhere."

"Well my family is high ranking and are very busy." Rose replied.

"Well the paper work checks out, and I can't very well ask you to leave if your family's gone. So lets get to know each other!" Hana cheered.

"Zaney didn't introduce himself." Momo said pouting as she glared at Zane.

"Neither did my dad or Hana... And no one asked." Zane said with a sigh.

"But it's not polite." Momo said squeezing Zane's hand trying to hurt his hand to make him introduce himself.

"Fine, I'm Zane." Zane said sighing and pretending to wince so Momo would think that she hurt him into talking.

"Your turn!" Momo said looking at Charlie as she eased up