Inside the house...
Shirou and Haruka did a double-take in seeing a bunch of elderly men, and some guys in late adult stages.
All wearing suits.
"Reborn, you said to make for nine more, it's just eight here…" Shirou pointed out.
"Ah, that lady is coming." Timoteo smiled. "Miss Taiga."
However, the kids' reaction is definitely eyebrow-raise worthy. It's hilarious.
"Fuji-nee is coming?! Oh heck you should have said so sooner!" Haruka freaked out, smacking her hands on the sides of her head. "You have no idea how much she eats!"
"She can eat for six people by herself for crying out loud!" the kids ran back to the kitchen. "Reborn you DUMMY!"
"O-oi?" the men sweatdropped.
"... how should I know you invited her, you just told me to make food for nine." Reborn deadpanned at his employer. "And can that lady really eat that much?"
"Anyway we can't leave kids unsupervised in there!" Visconti frowned.
"Ohhh believe me, they're very capable." Reborn snorted. "Watch." They went to the kitchen to see one hell of a sight.
Shirou was fast in peeling, chopping, slicing and dicing with knives, fast, skilled and accurate its something they'd see on high-competitive shows while Haruka gets the prepared foodstuff and using the mortar and pestle for grinding and crushing needed ingredients.
"K-kids… in a kitchen? And they're actually good at it?" Bouche choked out as this was… entirely new to them.
"Apparently Japanese kids learn to be independent at a very young age since parents tend to work long hours away or sometimes go out on parent dates so kids can fend for themselves. But I looked at every household in this town and school cooking classes, and no kid is as good as Shirou with the knives. And he's the cook of the family as he won't let Haruka touch the knives until she's older. But she helps in no-knife stuff."
"Oh… I'm half-Japanese but I grew up in Italy so I didn't know this…" Iemitsu marveled. "But kids, you cook and Taiga is your guardian?"
"Gimme a break, she can't even boil water for tea!" came the synchronized, exasperated answer.
"She cooked fried eggs once, it turned into black goo !" Shirou shuddered at the memory when he and Haruka saw when Taiga tried to cook once. "How the hell did eggs turn into THAT when normally burnt eggs will be dark brown and hard and tough to scrape off the skillet in the wash?"
The men went (*.*)
"... OK?"
And so, in the living room...
"I got to know these kids just by looking at them in these three and half days I watched over them." said Reborn, sipping tea. "Kiritsugu's parenting is unique to say the least. As you know and the brats clearly don't, his choice of jobs are… interesting, that if I ever died he's the next Greatest Hitman." he said. "But when I looked at the photo of his wife in records… She's an unworldly beauty, possessing a beauty women can only dream of having. She's the most beautiful woman I've seen in my life making me wonder where'd he meet her. I understood as he raised Shirou to be like him, and raised Tsunayoshi to be like his wife judging by hairstyle alone and choice of clothes. He's coping with her loss by raising Tsunayoshi into a daughter his wife would have dreamed of having. Fuyuki Fire killed her as we all know."
"... what's she like?" Iemitsu asked him. "Before the kidnapping… Tsunayoshi was cheerful, playful and full of energy and quite the tomboy."
"Ohhh she's still cheerful… but she's pure, sweet, innocent and lady-like." he told them airily. "All traits of an ideal princess in fairy tales…" he then took on a grim visage. "I fear for her future as the next Donna." said Reborn as the ninth generation balked. "At least I thought so until I saw THAT!" he added in an annoyed afterthought, remembering the kissing scene. He only saw one side of the kids after all. "Her clothes befit that of a daughter of a wealthy family that also doubles as making her look like a doll. Have you seen her closet in the pictures I sent you? Irisviel must be from some rich family and Emiya's not of a social class. Hence Tsunayoshi's upbringing. As for Shirou, since he is her sword… he was trained to be a fighter and recently started on guns until the man's deathbed. But before that, he's grilled physically and gifted in anything sharp and pointy. You've seen how he carved the food earlier... it's as if he's cutting air and water, no physical resistance whatsoever and that's without flames."
"Yeah, now that you mention it…" Coyote frowned. "He's too fast when beginners still have trouble with peeling carrots."
"Isn't it? And that anatomy board outside? He never misses, even when blindfolded as long as he knows where his target is. I prepared throwing knives beforehand after dinner. However, Taiga doesn't know Kiritsugu trained the twerp so as Shirou puts it, if she sees the demonstration, she's going to have a cow."
"That's weird for a yakuza child to say that." Timoteo quipped.
"Because she enjoys not being heir and nothing to do with family activities as she could choose to do what she wanted in life," said Reborn. "Back in High School in 1994, she met two foreigners who left one heck of an impression on her that she wanted to be a Language Teacher to break down communication barriers and teach her students. She bugged Kiritsugu for English lessons and she's gotten high grades since. Her father is the current successor and her brother the heir so she really could care less." he said. "She approached Kiritsugu because he did the right thing instead of dumping the kids in some Orphanage… and saw a side of him nobody knew of. She once told me he was a sweet man."
"I see…"
"As for Tsunayoshi, while she's aware her father trained her brother in the arms… I wonder about her, herself." Reborn mused. "She never showed signs of anything but it can't hurt to ask. But in my three days with her, she's a do-no-wrong girl… or is she? Her behavior threw my inquisitiveness out of whack."