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Chapter One: Playing House

It was a hot summer day as Kyo stared at Haru, the younger boy was concentrating on his martial arts technique whilst the elder was mortified to how anyone could get a kick so far off. This was how it usually was whenever the five year old would come to train. "Hyah!" the white haired youngster laughed as he beat up a wooden dummy that Kazuma had crafted for his students to practice on.

"You're never gonna get it right, I don't wanna show you again," Kyo sighed as he stared at the floor, playing with this kid was tiring but at least it was better than playing with...speak of the devil woman

"Kyo!!" Kagura called as she chased after him, "Don't be mean to Haa-kun okay? Now why don't you play with me!" Without a second of hesitation, Kagura grabbed hold of the kitten's arm and pulled him tightly to her arms, "Isuzu and I want to play house!"

"I..." the second girl called dashing over and stood very still, she giggled watching Kyo try to brush himself off, "Kagura-chan, I told you I liked calling myself Rin, like the horse in the book and I'm sure that..."

"Finnnne" Kagura sighed as she let go of Kyo, "Rin and I want to play house so you two have to play with us," she decided as Haru stood there and blinked, he looked up at the dummy and then blinked again, next he tilted his head to the side.

"House?" he pointed to the dojo, "Isn't that a house?"

"No you idiot," Kyo sighed as he tried to back away from Kagura, "That's stupid, they wanna play families,"

There was a second of silence as Haru stood there again, he looked to Kagura's naturally determined face to Isuzu who was smiling and holding her doll. He let his mouth form into a small circle as he blinked back at Kyo, "Pretend family? But then what is..."

"You have to pretend families because real families don't exist," Kyo shrugged, at least that was true in his case. The other three obviously didn't have the same idea, they all had their mothers and fathers and at least the two girls knew they were loved and spoiled and Haru, he had parents that cared in their own unique manner. "Whatever," he shrugged getting uncomfortable, "We don't wanna play! Martial arts is much more fun anyway, don't wanna get caught up on something boring."

"It's not boring" Kagura growled as she grabbed Kyo, "So are you going to play with us or not?" she felt Kyo weaken as he pushed her away.

"Fine, whatever," he shrugged as Isuzu blushed, it was always nice to have fun with your family and friends, "Let's just get this over with."

The brunette smiled as she held Kyo's hand, "Alright! That means me and you are married Kyo-kun and...and Rin and Haru can get married as well, but you have to propose! That's what real married couples do!"

"Why do you need a proposal if it's all pretend?" Kyo crossed his arms not wanting to submit to this stupid girly game that they had working for them. Haru however, being the youngest, just stared at them confused. "It's not like we," he took a look to Haru as he pulled up a couple of daisies.

Walking back to Rin he offered her five long stem daisies and got down on the ground as he'd seen in that movie, "I like your hair and your smile," he thought aloud, "And you're very pretty and nice and sweet and I want to pretend marriage you..."

"It's marry Haa-kun, just like Kyo and I are going to get married!" she announced as Isuzu blushed.

"I like your hair too Haru," she blushed, "Okay, thank you for asking me." As Haru dumped the small flowers into her hand, the seven year old managed to make a rin out of two of them by tying them together and tying them again, Haru held to her doll.

"Kyo marry me next! Now Rin and Haa-kun have gotten married and that doll is their baby so marry me now!" the eight year old seemed to demand as Kyo's eyes shot open.

"No! I don't want to get married!" he announced before seeing the look in Kagura's eyes and decided to run away as Isuzu giggled and Haru just stared blankly at this "house game".