Children of the Future

Chapter 6

It's me again. We're back for another chapter. This time it's the girls back at Ayaka's getting to know each other a little more along with a little surprise.

While Aether and the others were discussing the wave situation, everyone was beginning to wake up back at the Kamisato Estate. Ayaka and Ei woke up only to find Aether was long gone. Of course, recalling the fact they slept together made them both blush at the thought. Going to the living room, they smelled the amazing smell of Aether's cooking which was pancakes that morning. Ei wiped the drool from her mouth and began digging in. 

While she did that, Ayaka went to each of the rooms to wake the kids up. In the rooms, she found all the kids and Paimon except for Maki and Ayame. She arrived to the living room once more where the kids were all digging in.

"Strange. Aether is nowhere to be seen," Ayaka thought aloud.

Ei swallowed her next mouthful of food, "I have not seen Miko around either."

"I'll check outside," she left and went out to see if Aether was strolling around somewhere. After some searching, she found her daughter practicing with her sword in the yard.

"Good morning, Mother," she greeted Ayaka.

"Good morning. Have you seen Aether around?"

"Oh, he, Mama Miko and Maki left for Tenshukaku over an hour ago. I'm not sure when they'll be back but the matter wasn't too serious," she assured her.

"Alright. What are you doing? Training?"

She asked because the girl was doing slow movements with her sword rather than fast and precise ones.

"I'm practicing my sword forms. I like to take it slow before speeding up."

"Oh, well I don't want to intrude. I can talk with you another time."

"No, I'd like that. I've been wanting to talk with you too. There's so many things I've always wanted to know about you from the past. Who better to ask than my past Mother?"

Ayaka giggled and they two found somewhere to sit.

Ayame gestured to her, "You can start."

"If it's alright, how did your Father and I first get together?"

"Wow, going straight into it? Let's see. Actually, it started after Mama Yoimiya started dating Father."

"Yoimiya?! You mean she got him first?!" Ayaka was shocked to hear that. On one hand she was happy for her friend but on the other, she was a bit sad to have lost. Though, that feeling was heavily dampened by the fact she got with Aether in the future anyway.

"She did," Ayame nodded.

"Huh. And here I thought you were the oldest."

"Not quite. Big Brother Ihatsu is a few months older than me," Ayame told her.

"Then you're second oldest?"

"No, I'm sixth oldest."

"Sixth?!" Ayaka really wanted to know how that happened.

Ayame scratched her cheek sheepishly, "You see, Mama Yoimiya may have had um... divine luck as one would call it. Big brother Ihatsu is the oldest of five from her. It goes him, Big Brother Nihatsu, Big Sis Mihatsu, Big Sis Shikihatsu and Big Brother Itsuhatsu. After all of them, I'm next in line."

Ayaka held her red face in her hands, "Yoimiya had five at once?!" She all but screamed that in her head.

"Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked. After Mama Yoimiya and Father got together, you tried your best to get over him but your strength lasted about a day. After that, you mustered up your strength and went over to them to talk things out. At the very least, you could live on with yourself if you could confess your love as well."