Chapter 4

Bringing Up Belle

The Park and Schwarz

by

rebelyell59

September 14, 2005

Chapter 4A: The Park

By the time they had closed up the shop and gotten everything together, you could tell it was going to be a beautiful day. Everyone kept a close eye on Belle, in case she got frightened by the park. As they got closer to the park, Belle began to show some signs that she was frightened of the park. She began to get real quiet, she remembered what happened the last time she was here. She had been dumped and left alone, she remembered crying for her Mommy and Mommy calling her bad names and telling her to just shut up, that she was tired of hearing her cry all the time and she wished she would die just so she could get some peace.

Ken noticed Belle's reaction and nodded to the other three. " Belle, baby, don't worry, you will never be alone again." Ken said. " Yes, sweetness, I will always be with you, because I already told you that you are my main girl." Yohji said next. " Belle, look at me." Aya said. Belle looked at Aya with tears falling down her face. Aya gently wiped her tears and then said, " Belle, we will never let anyone or anything hurt you again. You belong to us now and we adore you and will love you forever." Omi then took Belle out of Ken's arms. " Hey, pretty girl, let's go see the ducks, OK?". Now remember, Belle is only 1 1/2 years old, so she really didn't understand the words, but she understood the meaning and knew she was loved. She then reached up and gave Omi a wet kiss, he just smiled at her and gently tapped on her nose. She then held her arms out to Aya and did the same thing to him. He also just smiled and gently tapped her on her nose. Aya brushed her hair gently out of her eyes and kissed her. She then repeated the routine with Yohji and Ken, with the same results; hugs and kisses. That day a family was born between four men who had seen to much and a beautiful baby girl, who had also seen to much in her short life. On that day, a pure love was born, that would last until all of them drew their last breath.

Once Belle got over being scared of the park, she realized she had four "slaves" to command. Ken and Belle played "soccer" or her version of it, which consisted of Ken rolling the ball to her and Belle trying to roll it back. Of course, this didn't last long, so Omi was up next. They (and the rest of the guys) visited the ducks and this is where the guys found out Belle could walk a little by herself before falling. She toddled after the ducks scaring the ducks to death and Belle got pecked by a Mama duck, when she got ahold of one of her babies. By the sound of Belle's crying you would have thought she was dying. Omi tried to get her to stop with out any success. Yohji then took her out of Omi's arms. " Hey sweetness, why all the tears?" " Come on now, stop crying and give me a kiss, you know I really could use one from you now." Belle had quieted down some and with tears running down her face, she just looked at Yohji with a serious face. " Come on baby girl, I really could use a hug and a kiss." " How about I give you one first, then you can give me one next, OK?" Yohji wiped the tears from her face and then softly and gently kissed her nose, cheeks, and even her eyes. Then gave her a hug to go with the kiss. Yohji then pulled back to see her. Belle started giggling and to everyone's amazement , she put her hands on either side of his face and did the same thing to him. She also tried to rub his back, Yohji lit up like a Christmas tree. " Thank you baby girl, I love you." Then again to everyone's amazement, Belle said "Wuv U." to Yohji. All the guys started to cheer and gave Belle hugs and kisses. Aya started complaining that he hadn't had a turn with Belle yet. " Want to play on the swings and sliding board, Belle" asked Aya. Shaking her head, she lifted her arms to be held by him. Ken and the rest of the guys started laughing at Aya as he and Belle went towards the swings. " We will start setting up things here, then meet you at the swings." Aya just nodded as he and Belle took off towards the swings.

Chapter 4B: Schwarz

Aya and Belle were at the swings, when a voice came from behind Aya. " New member of Weiss?" the voice asked. Without turning around, Aya answered the voice. " The most important part and very valuable memb, Crawford, what do you want?". Crawford came up next to Aya and looked down to Belle. Belle looked up and a frightened look came on her face. " It's OK, Belle, I told you we would keep you safe." Aya said.

"Calm down, we are not here to fight, I just saw this in a vision and had to see if it was true." Crawford said. Aya still had Belle in his arms. "Hey Belle, want to go on the slide?" She just smiled and nodded yes. "Let's go then." was the reply heard. Walking over to where the slide was, Aya scoped out the rest of the park. Farfarello was with Ken, Nagi was with Omi, and Schuldig was with Yohji. Crawford had walked over to the slide and watched Aya gently let Belle slide down. Belle just laughed and wanted to do it again. By this time everyone from Schwarz and Weiss were there, with the Weiss boys surrounding Belle and Schwarz with Crawford. " I told you we are only here due to my curiousity of the vision." Crawford said. During this time Farfarello had some how come up beside Aya and the baby. Aya handed the baby to Yohji and looked at Farfarello. " You will not be allowed to harm that child. I will kill you first." Farfarello ignored Aya and looked at Belle. By now, Belle was picking up bad vibes from everyone and had started to cry. Yohji patted her on the back and whispered in her ear. To everyone's amazement, Farfarello walked up to Belle and said " Shush little one, we are not here to harm you. Who would harm such an innocent one as you?" There was complete shock on both teams faces. the look on his face surprised both teams, there was a calm and gentle look in his eye and on his face. " What happen to her?" Farfie asked Yohji. " Ken and Omi found her here in the park. She had been left by herself in a deserted part of the park. When they found her, she was dirty and crying and we don't know how long she had been by herself. They brought her home and that's the end of the story." The look on Farfarello's face was the normal one. " It would hurt God to kill those people." The rest of Schwarz just looked at Belle. Nagi looked upset, but he knew there were people out there that could do anything. " What are you going to do with her?" asked Crawford. " You know what you do for a living is not good for a child." " Don't worry, with what we do with her " Aya replied " We will take care of her." Crawford just nodded and signaled to the other Schwarz members and left. " Til next time, kittens" they all heard in their minds, " I'll play with you another day." came the thoughts of Schuldig.

Chapter 4C: The Park

The guys relaxed and looked at Belle in Yohji's arms. " Want to play?" they asked Belle. She nodded very fast. Laughing, Belle wanted down, so Yohji let her down and she took off. The guys spent the rest of the day playing with Belle. She ran, played with the ducks again, went on the swings and slide and went until she collapsed like any small child. The guys put her in the middle of the blanket, while they surrounded her. " "OK, Schwarz had one point, what do we do with her when we have missions?" asked Ken. " We'll draw names, three will say work and one will say Belle." " If we all have to work, then we will get a baby sitter." So that's how it was decided and the crazy new family continued.

As it was beginning to turn dark, the guys decided to pack up and go home. When they got home, Aya and Omi took Belle upstairs to the bathroom to clean her up. Because she was so tired the guys decided to give her a bath in the morning. By the time Ken had given her a bottle, Belle was sound asleep, so Ken and Yohji took her up to bed and tucked her in. They stayed awhile in the room just looking at her wondering how the hell anyone could do such a horrible thing to a child, especially a Mother. By that time, Aya and Omi joined them to just look at her. They looked at each other and smiled, they all knew it was the first time that any of them had felt such peace and tranquility.

Then they wondered how something so small, could mean so much, so fast.

My thanks to Kojima Ayumi and Anendee for correcting my spelling of Yohji-tell me are you proud of me now? My love to both of you for caring enough to tell me!