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This may scare younger viewers

Who: The Mankin Cast. Srsly, the whole damn cast.
Where: Cherrygrove (Pokemon Centre)
When: 18th June
Summary: Meeting the Brainbreakers
Rating: PG - 13
Log:
Anna strode full of purpose into the town, pointedly ignoring any locals as she trotted at a brisk pace towards the Pokemon Center. Where she would find her son. That was still odd to think about. Her son. Asakura Hana. Waiting with Tao Men, son of Ren and Jeanne. She allowed herself a small smirk at that. Ren and Jeanne. Oh, she was going to have fun with that.

But that was for later, right now, she had more pressing matters. Like her sick child. Whose illness she logically blamed on Ren for setting the two kids off for Cherrygrove in the first place. Stepping out of the heat and through the automatic doors of the Centre, Anna cast her gaze about for her son and his distinct looking travelling partner.

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Men did not look satisfied. Not one bit. In fact he looked the opposite. Frown set on his face, he folded his arms and fixed his gaze on his mother, he really did like like a complete mixture of the two of them. "Ren."

He'd noticed Jeanne slip up, and he was calling her out on it. "Papa's name is Ren. You know that. That's what you call him." His eyes narrowed slightly as he spoke. "And what should be calling him."

Well this was interesting. Raising his eyebrow, he simply watched with curiosity on what the boy was implying. It's true that he never heard Jeanne simply call him by his name, but he didn't expect it. They weren't so close, so it was only reasonable she call him by his full name instead..

The idea of addressing someone so informally was hard for her to grasp. She was surprised that Men even managed to catch it. She would've been happy to continue addressing Ren as 'Men's father' whenever the boy was around. But it seems that he wouldn't stand for it.

Glancing towards Ren, she wouldn't override her teachings just to satisfy Men's demands, "Would that be suitable with you?" After all, trespassing that boundary without his consent simply wouldn't do either.

The difference in their relationship to what Men was used to was becoming so clear it was beginning to annoy him somewhat. The small boy let out a 'hmph', switching his focus towards Jeanne to Ren instead.

Men waited until his father had answered before hurling a question seemingly out of the blue at the teen. "When's Mama's birthday?" It was obvious he wanted an answer.

"It would be fine."

Answering Jeanne, that question from Men popped up and he just blinked a moment, giving him a blank look. Yeah, Men wasn't going to let him get off this one -- time to take a random guess.

"February?"

"Then... 'Ren' it is," Jeanne nodded, though the hesitance in her voice was clear. It was very strange to be addressing him so informally.

However his answer to Men's question proved amusing as she smiled, "March, actually. March 2nd. You were commendably close."

Men did not look as amused, in fact he let out a noise of irritation, a husband should know his wifes birthday and so in turn a wife should know her husbands. "Does Mama know Papa's birthday?"

As soon as the words left his mouth he had another realization and took a few steps back so he could look clearly a both of them. "In your time, have you two not been dating long?"

Huh, March 2nd? Only a few months and a day off from his own. He's absently wondering what year she was born before Men let out that irritated noise and asked more questions, but that second one is what made him flush and give his future son an awkward look.

"To be honest, no. We barely know each other, and only as fellow competitors in the Shaman Tournament."

Dating? What? Dating Ren? Oh. Right. That would be part of the process, wouldn't it? Well, it stalled her brain a bit nonetheless and she had to take a moment before she was able to process the questions properly. Though she couldn't help but be a bit offended that Ren left out the part about how she often had to save his life. That's rather rude.

"I'm afraid I don't, Men," she answered the first question before moving on. "But... it's as Ren says. I only really came to know of him after he-" Got stabbed and died. But she can't really just say that. A momentary pause. "He had some complications with health and his friend seeked my assisance." More than once, actually. She quietly sighed to herself. This troublesome person was to be her spouse?

Men's brain had all but halted. As he listened to them give their explanations his frown melted away to give way to... Well, he ended up looking back and forth between the two with a confused expression. "What?"

Wait, wait, wait. His parents barely knew each other? His parents barely knew each other? He ignored the parts out his fathers health, well aware Ren had died several times over the course of the Tournament, too busy processing this new information.

Part of Men's face began to twitch and his hair suddenly stiffened and elongated. It seemed he was boiling towards what some could class as a temper tantrum. "You what?"

Looking to Jeanne with a bit of mild surprise, he.. didn't recall ever getting ill for any reason?

"Complications with my health?" This isn't something he knows about, but it must be in his future? However, Men looking so confused and then that sudden spike with his hair-- Ren knows that well enough and frowns, hands sliding up to cross across his chest.

"Don't fuss, it's not as though we had any idea that we were going to have a child together in the future. We were more preoccupied with keeping a future at all."

They all may have been Shamans, but there had been a fat chance of Hao letting them all live if he became Shaman King.

Ah... So Ren didn't know? Perhaps that's why he was wounded, as that was simply the time he came from. Before she was able to heal him... But before his soul left his body?

"We'll speak of it later, Ren," she stated, leaving no room for argument. Perhaps it was a bit demanding, but she would not waver after coming to a decision. They couldn't talk about something like death in front of Men. She wouldn't allow it.

Turning her attention to Men, she did her best to calm him down, "Come now, Men. All spouses were strangers at one point. You can't expect us to have known each other all our lives. Please be rational."

It seemed Ren's attempts to defuse Men's temper only made him more agitated. Don't fuss? Don't fuss that your parents haven't even thought about being together? Saying things like that perhaps the purple-haired teen wasn't actually Tao Ren.

Men snapped at his father. "Like I give a-" He paused and amended himself for the sake of his mother. "I don't care about Hao-kami's deal. We've got years to sort that out." Tossing the name around as though it had little significance.

Dismissing Ren's excuse he challenged his mothers next. "The Stupid Flowers parents know each other. They're together. Why shouldn't you be?"

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