Chapter 939 - Home with the kids (1/2)

~ Los Angeles, Cliffside villa ~

Wednesday morning was lively.

Shortly after breakfast, Jamari, Ade, Nala, Oni, Zula, Masika and Imani arrived at the Cliffside villa.

They were curious and excited about Kitty and promised to take good care of her whenever Sarah and Aiden are not around. Kids know that their bosses are traveling a lot, and even though they wish to join them, Sarah more than once told them that they still have a lot to learn.

Kitty accepted the newcomers, but she prefers her mommy. Sarah observed that the cub is very sensitive to human feelings and as long as someone has good intentions, and does not mistreat her, Kitty will accept them.

However, Kitty still hisses when Haru comes near. Sarah concluded that Kitty holds grudges. She still didn't forget that Haru checked her private parts.

Sarah watched them hit the training ground as soon as they settled into their rooms. Ade was eager to try out his skills against Haru.

Sarah laughed at Ade's outraged expression when Haru defeated him repeatedly with ease.

”You know that he is training for fifteen years, and you are training only four months. Right?”, Sarah tried to console Ade, but he was only getting more dejected.

Haru was surprised that Ade is training for only four months. But he kept that to himself.

”Does that mean that I will never defeat him?” How Ade sees it, gap of fifteen years is impossible to eliminate.

”No. But it means that you can learn a lot from him. Work hard and soon you will be able to defeat him.”, Sarah encouraged Ade.

Sarah can't deny that in only four months since those seven are in their care, they made an amazing progress. They are all capable fighters and their academics are strong as well. All seven kids are attending online courses and getting credits.

Nala and Oni are only sixteen years old, and both of them already passed all courses and tests necessary to enroll to a University. But they said that they want to stay by Sarah's and Aiden's side longer and learn other skills with reasoning that they can start University later.

Sarah advised them not to postpone too much. If they don't want to leave the house, they can always attend University courses online. And also, since they are in Los Angeles now, they have number of educational institutions available at the drivable distance, including UCLA which offers more than 100 different majors.

Nala and Oni said they will think about it. Their first priority is to get driver's license.

”You can't be our bodyguard unless you get an undergraduate degree.”, Sarah told everyone with hope to motivate them not to lower their education in priority of things to do.

”Will we fight the enemies by smacking them with a diploma?”, Jamari asked cheekily.

Sarah laughed. ”Of course, not. But there is no better way to meet variety of people than attending courses on campus. And getting more knowledge will help you in developing this…”, Sarah pointed at her temple. ”Without a brain filled with various information, you will not be able to analyze the situation properly and will end up putting yourself and everyone around you in danger. And I want you all to think about your future. What will happen if you get hurt so badly that you can't fight?”

Sarah hopes that her talk will sink in, eventually. But she can see that her audience is still young and they all see themselves as invincible.

Sarah watched all the kids take turns to spar with Haru in the rink. She didn't miss that Haru never attacked Nala. He only defended, and even with those moves he was… gentle.

”It seems that Haru likes Nala.”, Aiden voiced his observation.

Sarah turned to Aiden. She was happy that he decided to join. ”Done with work?”

”Taking a break.”, he sat next to Sarah and was happy that Kitty moved to his lap. That was a first.

Sarah looked at Nala and Haru in the rink and exhaled. ”I think that we should talk about boy-girl relationships with everyone.”

Aiden confirmed. ”Liking each other is not something we can control. But if they decide to move forward without thinking it through, it could be disruptive. We need to talk to them about this as soon as possible. Especially because Haru didn't have much interaction with the opposite gender.”

Sarah agreed. ”Let's organize a dinner event tonight. Then we can talk to all of them. Maybe you can have a talk with Haru and other boys? I will talk to the girls.”