We Are Family

Self-Defense

Zarc was very much not happy when he found out that Yuri had brought Fifi to school. But as the cabbage-head pointed out, the carnivorous plant had come in handy for protecting him and his brothers from bullies.

"Whyyyy..." Zarc groaned, resting his forehead against the steering wheel. "Just whyyy..."

"Hey, at least he didn't bring Fido, or Thor the Mighty Man-Eater!" Yugo pointed out. "The bullies would've been stuck in the hospital if they bit them!"

Zarc shuddered slightly at the thought of Fido biting a bully. Fido's toxins were bad enough to cause a bite victim to become violently ill to the point of hospitalization. But worse was Thor the Mighty Man-Eater. That plant could cause paralysis in bite victims, requiring them to be put on a ventilator in a hospital for a few days. In fact, Thor the Mighty Man-Eater was the plant that Yuri had been expelled from the quadruplets' old school for.

"I'll stop bringing dangerous plants to school once people stop picking on us!" Yuri promised. Zarc groaned and lifted his head from the steering wheel to look at his cabbage-haired brother in the front passenger seat. "I get that you only bring them to protect you guys, but still..."

"Well, at least he only brought Fifi this time," Yuya pointed out mildly. "She's non-toxic, and she's too small to cause significant damage with her bites. And if the bullies or their families try to do anything about it, well, it was self-defense."

Zarc sighed. "True, but I'm still not happy about it. And I doubt Mom or Dad will be happy either."

"Well, if it makes you feel better, I heard a teacher say that the bullies had it coming," Yuto said. "And apparently that teacher was the main bully's mother, so I think Yuri's safe."

"I hope you're right," Zarc sighed.