dhio - Xanatos and, uhm, uhm, uhm, Hiruma. :D

"I don't like the friends Alex is making," said Xanatos. Fox dropped a kiss on his temple.

"Well, I'm not assassinating him," she said. "You remember how angry Alex got the last time we tried to separate him from those trickster figures he kept skipping school to hang out with."

"At least with Coyote he might be learning something," said Xanatos. "That Japanese boy's going to turn my son into a jock.

"And Hiruma Youichi's already deprived me of two mercenaries," he added absently. "Are you sure he has no connection to your stepfather's family?"

"The exercise will be good for Alex," said Fox.

"And the submachine guns?"

"He's 16. We can't control who he sees anymore," said Fox. "At least he's not hanging out with actual demons."

"I'm not so sure about that," muttered Xanatos.