1A little gift for my friend Smily in tumblr! With the bird bros (Ikki and Hyoga) and of course the three babies!
The three kids are: Ario (my OC, son of Ikki and Shaka). Helena (characters from the anime) and Hecate (from ND). Normally they are always kids of Ikki but in this ffic he is couple of Virgo Shaka (you already saw that coming, isn't?)
I hope you enjoy! Please remember English isn't my first language.
All the characters (Except Ario) belongs to Masami Kurumada / Toei Animation
As the day was beginning in the Sanctuary, Hyoga was going downstairs from the Aquarius temple. Sometimes during the year he would go and visit around Camus who was expecting him to be the next Gold Saint of said temple; for Hyoga wasn't an easy decision as his brothers Shiryu and Seiya saw it. One of them was happy to have the Libra cloth only when his kids were old enough and the other accepted right away to be under Aiolos training. But for Hyoga meant even more. Anyway, that day he didn't want to think about it because was one of those bright days were his depression wasn't hunting him.
He was bored so maybe could go to Rodorio while his master and Milo were fixing some business in Athena's temple with Saga and Shion. Hyoga said hello to the other saints who were in their temple... but going out the Libra temple where even Shiva throw him a kiss, the Cygnus Saint realized the Virgo temple for sure was alone. Agora was in a mission, he saw Shiva having some time with her boyfriend and Shaka was already with the three kids and Ikki in the trip they planned all the week to go to the zoo and a theme park. So when he was entering to the temple and could see Ario in the back of a pillar he found out this very weird. The youngest of Ikki's kids was trying to hide from something and was sit in the floor when Hyoga stop at his side.
"Ario?" He asked a bit concerned. "Are you ok?"
The kid saw him with big eyes but not the normal big smiled that always welcomed his favourite uncle.
"Shh... he will find me."
"Who?"
"Daddy." Ario showed a bit of worrisome.
What? Ikki was that hard with his kids? Of course not, Hyoga knew him and knew his best friend and brother could be a bit hard sometimes but… making his own young child to hide?
"But, why are you hiding from dad?"
"I did something bad and I don't want he punish me…"
Again the Cygnus Saint felt a terrible shiver in his back.
"Punish you? What do you mean?" Hyoga was a bit too much worried. He was sure Ikki wasn't like that. "Does your dad punish you?"
"Of course!" Ario said watching the other side of the pillar and be sure Ikki wasn't there. "The last time I did something bad he didn't let me eat ice cream for dessert."
Ok… Hyoga now understand it a bit better.
"Wait, that's how Ikki punish you?"
"Sometimes I even need to sleep alone or with my sister in this temple." He sighed. "You know, uncle duck? I really love be with dad Shaka but his temple sometimes scare me."
"So, Ikki has never hit you, right?"
Ario's eyes opened widely and now indeed was scared.
"Why would dad hit me!?" the kid jump to hold Hyoga's hand. "That's bad! That's ugly! And dad isn't bad nor ugly!"
"Then why do you hide?" Hyoga chuckled and went down to his knee. "I mean, your dad isn't hard."
"Well… I broke something from the kitchen. I was looking for the cookies." Ario said a bit ashamed. "But daddy is angry with my dad and I don't want him to be even angrier."
The young uncle stand up and began to think about it. They were supposed to be in the zoo and not in their temple but looked like something went wrong and Ikki and Shaka weren't the happy couple Hyoga knew. He then decide to hold Ario in his arms.
"Let's go and talk with dad. I'm sure he will not get angry."
"But… what if he does?"
"Nah, I don't think so." Hyoga began to walk to go to the main room. "By the way, were are your sisters? Aren't they with you?"
"They went to change. Daddy said we can't go to the zoo…" he sighed a bit sad. "I really wanted to go and see the penguins, and there is a baby wolf… I want to talk with them."
Hyoga smiled because of that and preferred to keep walking without saying a word. After all, Ario was still talking about how many things he wanted to ask to the animals.
Arriving to the room, Hyoga knocked the door just once to receive a not so pleasurable welcome from his brother.
"I told you to go and fu-!" Ikki was angry indeed but he needed to stop. Ario left a gasp go and quickly hold Hyoga's hair, making him scream for the pain. "Oh… I'm so sorry!" the Phoenix Saint changed his expression to hold Ario in his army. "Baby, I'm sorry."
"Why are you so angry?"
But wasn't Hyoga who asked that, but Ario. Was he scared? Not exactly, was more impressed to see his dad yelling in that way. And indeed, even Hyoga didn't like that face and yell in the moment to open the door. Ikki sighed and opened it to let his brother enter. The room was big even so the bed wasn't the first thing in the room but some sofas and a table that already had some cup of tea on it. Hyoga could smell it, it was the favourite Ikki's tea.
"So?" Hyoga asked sitting while Ikki left Ario in the bigger sofa.
"What?"
"Where is Shaka?"
"I told him to go and fuck himself in Aries house." Ikki was angry again, and didn't realize Ario was hearing and seeing him. "He might be the owner but stupid as hell and I have three kids so is more my house than his." Indeed the oldest brother was piss off. "Fucking idiot…"
"Hey!" Hyoga said angry as well. "Ario, your dad said bad words."
"That's bad!" The kid jump to the floor and run to be in front of Ikki. "Dad! Dad! I heard you! I will tell to daddy Shaka you said bad words! You don't deserve dessert."
The Phoenix Saint was with big eyes. He really didn't thought in his kid hearing him. Of course, was normal because was in the same room, but Ikki was blind of anger. He needed to calm down and just saw how Ario was indeed angry as well. Everybody was now angry for different reasons but…
"It is his fault." Ikki said in the end crossing his arms. "It is all the fault of Shaka. You see? We planned all this trip to the zoo and the theme park together and I even told him with time. But of course his big student is more important! Of course the bitch Saori…"
"Dad!" Ario throw a little punch to Ikki.
"Sorry, sorry… even Saori is more important." Ikki said. "But not MY kids. OUR kids."
"Maybe it is something important, Ikki."
"No, it isn't not."
"Then… why don't you go with the kids to those places."
"What? Had you ever being with three kids?"
Ikki said with a serious face. "When I had only Helena was easy to take care of her. When Ario arrived I was already with Shaka so was still easy except when those "episodes" occur. But then Hecate arrived and is a bit difficult to take care of three kids. They are different, so different that one is a witch and the other is waking up his cosmos."
"That's me." Ario smiled to his uncle who gave back the smile.
"And Helena is always looking for something new to learn. You see?" Ikki kept talking while Ario sat at his side. "In the zoo they want to see different animals."
"I want to talk with the penguins and the baby wolf." Ario sighed talking with himself.
"And in the theme park, Helena and Hecate can go to some games but Ario can't."
Hyoga was in silence while Ikki kept talking. He then smiled and chuckled.
"Then let's go. It's still early."
"What?" Ikki asked.
"I'll go with you and the kids. You can take care of Helena and Hecate and I'll take care of Ario."
"It isn't that simple. Sometimes my baby wants to follow Helena."
"Then I'll follow him." Hyoga was showing a bit smile not only to his brother but to his nephew. "Hey Ario, don't you want to go and tell to the penguins how amazing is your dad?"
"No, I can't." Ario crossed his arms in the same way than Ikki did some minutes ago. "Dad said bad words and that's not amazing... but... if he let us go then will be amazing." He smiled to Ikki.
The Phoenix Saint saw his little boy to then turn and see Hyoga who was still with a smile. Since he decided to be a father and not forever a Saint, Hyoga was always helping him in different ways, even with his fear of being there with three kids, the fear of love Shaka.
"Ario, go and tell to your sisters to get ready."
The kid smiled very big and his eyes were shinning.
"I'll tell to the penguins and to the baby wolf that I love you!" He said jumping to kiss Ikki and then go running out of the room.
Ikki chuckled to then stand up with his brother. Both were now smiling.
"Will be easy, right?" Hyoga said.
Then he heard something very scary. Ikki laughed very hard and hit his back.
"You will understand why Shaka meditates after this kind of trips. And you will see why even I learn it." Ikki hold his brother to walk. "Welcome to one of your most incredible missions: take care of MY kids."
