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Looking over towards Kairi for a moment, Sparky took a slow breath as she did her best to keep calm--which was hard when your friend suddenly comes back from the dead. Right now, she wanted to run in there and possibly launch herself at her friend--she had so many things she wanted to ask her--but most of all...she was glad that she was alive.
"Kairi!" Sparky said happily, but not loudly--not wanting to Beo--as she headed over towards her friend. Smiling widely, the yellow wolf could feel all of her anxiety washing away and quickly being replaced with happiness as she headed over to greet her friend.
Waiting until Sickle had gently scooped up his son, who she greeted with an 'awww', Sparky greeted Kairi with a big hug, as her tail wagged about for a moment. "It's be so long! I can't believe you're here." she said smiling.
"I have so much I want to tell you and ask you." she said. "But most of all, I'm glad you're okay." the yellow wolf grinned a bit more.

"Hold on hope?" Nadia repeated before giving a bit of a nod and smiling. "Otay." she said a second later, as she glanced back over towards the window and seemed to blink as she spotted the weird plush, which she greeted with a laugh and tight hug.
"Its cute!" she said happily, as she held the strange plush close to her, not at all caring what it looked like.
"Auntie Kairi, Beo." she said, pointing at each one before smiling a bit more. "Nadia want to meet them, can Nadia?" she asked, speaking in third person like some little kids did.

"I'm glad, Greenie." Tsuki replied as she watched Nadia hug the plush. "That's all that matters to me." she added in a bit later, showing her more kinder side--which seemed come out whenever she was around Nadia.
Continuing to watch the reunion, which she would join as soon as Sparky was done with her hellos and such like that, the silver wolf headed back into the restaurant behind Super. She herself was happy to see Kairi--she just had her own way of showing it.
Now all we need is squeakers and we'll have a party she thought to herself for a moment.

Sickle laughed as the child grabbed his nose. "I don't think he likes me right now. Still a stranger." He beamed despite the greeting his son gave him and looked around a bit. Super passed them and grabbed one of the baby chair's that were made for restaurant's and set it up for Sickle to but his reluctant child down in. He paused a moment, before recalling that what happened with Sparky and Tsuki happened before Kairi went missing. Everything tended to happen all at once back then... it was hard to keep track. It was hard to have kept track of the last half an hour.

He saw the look on Nadia's face and laughed a moment. "No, Nadia, it's for Beo, not you, don't worry. You're a big girl." He smiled as he turned to the wolf and fox. "Want to set the little guy down, Sickle?" Super asked, leaning on the counter.

Sickle paused, but nodded. He didn't want to put his son down, but the little guy was getting upset. Placing Beo in the baby chair, Sickle returned to his wife and stood next to her, not wanting to be anywhere else right now. He let Sparky and Kairi catch up - he has all the time in the world now.

Nadia gave a bit of a pout as her father told her that she couldn't have the chair that Beo was put in.
"But Nadia always gets." she said, as she pointed at the baby chair for a moment. "Why can't nadia have now?" she questioned looking at her father for a moment, then back towards the chair. She didn't seem to get it--she always used to get the baby chair before--why couldn't she get it now. Nadia's thoughts about the chair didn't stay for very long the moment she heard Beo's next word.
"Want Nadia?" she asked curiously and began to squirm about in her father's arms--trying to get down...which she finally succeeded in after a few more squirms.
Once on the floor, Nadia made her way over towards Beo, before climbing up onto a nearby chair to get a better look. "Beo?" she questioned, as she stared at the small wolf/fox hybrid in front of her.

"Be careful sweetie." Sparky said, as she glanced over toward her daughter, spotting her in the corner of her eye when she originally started climbing.
Once she was sure that her daughter was okay, she turned her attention back towards her friend--though still keeping the four year old yellowish-green wolf within her sights, making sure she couldn't hurt herself.
"So how are you doing Kairi? Now that you found us again." Sparky asked, starting out with the simple answers--not really wanting to over realm her friend with questions, she was still too excited to see her best friend that it was a bit tricky not to suddenly spew words all at once.
"What have you been up to?? Have you--no wait...never mind that question." she said, as she realized that she was going to ask about Haden, who was much more of panicky than Sickle ever was.
"Do you want to have Tsuki call him?" she asked, giving a bit of a sneaky grin, as she glanced over towards her former counter part--now sister, as she mentioned Haden.

"what?" Tsuki asked, as she glanced over towards Sparky for a second. "I don't like that grin of yours." she muttered as she held onto her soda, which she had retrieved when she came back in. "What are you thinking..?" she questioned, fiddling with the ring on her pendant once again. "whenever you grin like that--it usually means trouble--and for me."

"...look whose talking." Sparky mumbled softly. "What do you think Kairi?" the yellow wolf comment, turning her attention back towards her friend. "Or do you want to wait on it?" In truth, she figured that she would want to wait on it, seeing how easily panicked Haden could become...although, this time it wasn't without reason.

It wasn't very long before Super's cell phone slid unto a table, Haden's name already selected, but not actually calling. He nodded slowly, in which Sickle gave a light-hearted chuckle. "Always prepared." Super nodded in response, before moving swiftly behind the baby chair and placing his hand on the opposite side that Nadia was crawling on so it wouldn't tip over. He looked over to the others while the phone sat on the table and thought about who should call.

Sickle never contacted his 'brother in law' much after Kairi had disappeared. It had a lot to due to how they both were just quiet on the phone about it. Right now, he seemed like a poor choice. Kairi was having an emotional overload, and probably needed time to recover from everything. Obviously the kids were out, and Sparky and Haden were never as close as the others were. He himself was an odd man out, talking to Haden but never really becoming his best buddy ever. This would make him the obvious choice, if not for... "Tsuki, you'd best call." He mentioned idly. "It's best to start on a high note and have it get better." Super commented.

Sickle was watching his son play with Nadia, and smiled warmly. He was blinking back tears of happiness and pride. Everything... was complete with him. Things were working. Falling into place. The other shoe wouldn't drop. Not on him. This was the other shoe.

"Not snack." Nadia said as she shook her head for a moment, before pointing at herself for a moment, releasing her loose grip she held on the front of the baby chair. "Nadia." she stated, before smiling and giggling a bit--seeming to enjoy Beo's company as much as Beo was enjoying hers.
"He funny daddy." she said, as she looked away for a moment, then back again. "Beo." she said, again, pointing at the little wolf/fox hybrid. "Nadia--" she stopped and lifted up one of her plushes. "--Mr. Fluffy-bun." she smiled and held her plush out for Beo to see.

"What's up with all of you and being so prepared?" Tsuki muttered as she watched Super slid his phone out on the table--not that she herself wasn't glad that he had Haden's number, not that she would actually admit it. It had been a long time since she had actually spoken to the fox, she wasn't even sure what kind of terms they were on anymore--not that she could call him to find out anyway.
"And wha?" Tsuki said, as she heard Super's next comment. Staring at the phone for a moment, the silver wolf grumbled before glancing over towards Sparky--who she could see snickering at the point.
"You--shut up." she replied, as she picked up the phone, before dialing his number and listening to it ring.
Pick up already--how long does it take someone to answer the ph-- Tsuki thought to herself as she listened to the phone right for a bit, before speaking as she heard it pick up. "Hey--can you guess who this is? You couldn't have forgotten about me already." Tsuki said, deciding to pick on Haden, before breaking the news about Kairi.

Sparky gave a bit of a innocent shrug--she couldn't help but pick on Tsuki when it came to situations like this--it was to much fun not to.
"I was just laughing." she mumbled softly, before smiling as she glanced over towards Nadia, who was introducing him to her favorite plush.

Super stared a moment at the children, watching as Nadia got to know Beo. He reflected on what Beo had told them when he had visited from that dismal future. He apparently was quite fond of his future Nadia, who had grown to be a strong and independent woman in her own right, apparently. Super pondered what his daughter will be like all grown up - living under vastly different conditions as her counterpart, he hoped Nadia would be strong, but have a stronger sense of peace then the one he met - albeit briefly. Time travel was a sticky subject, and after discussing the results with his own future self(who he was not very fond of), he decided not to pursue it, as such technology coming forth would be... a travesty, despite intentions.

Sighing briefly, he saw his daughter show Beo her doll. He blinked a moment before shaking his head. He had a pretty good idea what might happen, but hoped that the good mood wouldn't sour anytime soon... But whatever happened, he'd bet he'd wear a smile, be it benevolent or slightly malevolent. "Yes, he is, takes after his father in that regard, I'd bet. I think the little guy's hungry. Sick-" He mentioned idly. Super was getting used to the idea of Kairi being around again much, much faster then everyone else. His war career had seen plenty of miraculous survivals, albeit none he was all that emotionally involved in. However, Sickle had a beaming look on his face Super didn't want to change, so he gave Sickle a quick wave off and went back into the kitchen - the hedgehog was known for helping the wolf in the back, so Sickle found no fault. "Never mind, I'll get it." He informed, as he disappeared into the back.

Sickle raised an eyebrow before he realized 'Snackack' probably meant the little tyke was hungry. Super was already on it before he realized, and gave the hedgehog a thumbs up as he moved away. Turning to Kairi, Sickle gave a quick kiss on the cheek to his wife. He blinked as Tsuki started the phone call with little hesitation. And no fight at all. He snickered.

Haden's teeth clenched, "What are you trying to pull..." he growled out. "How dare you call me and say something like that?! You think it's April bloody Fools do you?!" He could feel his voice tightening and his eyes burned. His sister was dead and this was a cruel joke. "BUG OFF!"

Kairi heard the last yell of Haden's rant, instantly assessed the situation, and quickly motioned to Tsuki to give her the phone. Once it was in her hands she spoke quickly into it. "Haden!"

The fox jumped up from where he was sitting, knocking his book onto the floor and then his mug of tea on top of it. "KAIRI! KAIRI YOU... YOU'RE... KAIRI?!" Without really thinking about it the fox jumped onto his arm chair and stood in the center of the cushion. "Oh my bloody god!" He started laughing the most honest and jovial laugh he'd ever laughed, so hard that it almost hurt his throat. "KAIRI KAIRI KAIRI!" He hadn't allowed himself to say her name since he had decided she was dead. The word felt so good to say and he could hardly stop himself, "KAIRI KAIRI KAIRI!"

The female fox laughed, "Yes, yes, yes! And yes, yes, yes, again!" She was grinning at the sound of his voice.

"Are you with Sickle?" Haden asked, and Kairi could hear a lot of banging noises in the background.

"Yes."

"STAY THERE! I'LL BE RIGHT THERE!" And then there was dead air.

Kairi shook her head and sat down, looking a little faint. She hung up the phone and put it down on the table before turning her head to look at Sickle, with a tired but content smile. "Well... Haden is coming for a visit.