282 Shiro comes for a visit.

From the doorway Jiro is watching his nephew, he has never seen him so excited before smiling he goes inside to get him. 

"Are you ready to go? I just finished the paperwork and we can leave when you are ready." Jiro tells him. Shiro jumps up and grabs his computer bag and goes to get his suitcase. Jiro laughing takes the bags and hands them to the bodyguard. As they leave Shiro gives a small envelope to his favorite nurses and thanks them for taking care of him. Afraid that they do not allow for patients to give gifts to staff here they rush out before the nurses can see what is inside. Shiro had his uncle give each nurse a thousand dollars for him. He knows it is not enough but it is his money that his parents gave him fit his field trip. He never got to use it so he thought they could. On the drive to Lilli's house shiro at first was disappointed that it was just a highway, Lilli had told him she lived on a mountain. He thought that it would be more scenic. His heart did a flip when his uncle nudged his shoulder after about thirty minutes they were crossing a bridge. There nestled between to mountains and a large river is a small town. The trees are so full it looks dark inside the car from them. Shiro smiles at how pretty it is. When the car stops in the middle of the road he sees they are driving straight up the side of the mountain. The driver tells them. 

"Sir according to the gps we are about a half a mile from the house."the driver smiles at Shiro. 

Shiro is looking for the house but only sees a bunch of trees. The driver turns into what looks like an over grown trail. Once past the entrance Shiro smiles the drive is lined in trees and gardens of various types are layer out everywhere. To his surprise when they pulled up to the house there were twenty cars easily. People were running around and there were two very pregnant women directing everyone. Jiro whistled and mouthed the word wow. Astila and Yona approach the car greeting their guest. 

"Hi Mr Kaji I'm Yona, your brother Hiroto told me a lot about you and your family on my last trip. " Yona takes his hand in greeting. 

"welcome to my home, don't be alarmed this is just the immediate family . No need for formalities. Just be at ease and have fun. Let me take you to meet my wife Aisling." Astila takes their guest to meet the family. 

"Aisling , Remi this is Shiro and Jiro Kaji . These gentlemen with them are their bodyguards and driver. Though I can assure you they will not be needed today. So they can relax and have fun. " Astila tells the ladies. To Jiro's delight the ladies stepped forward and told him who was who. 

"You did not have to go to any trouble for us. You should be resting. " Jiro tells Aisling . Aisling laughs and whispers to him. 

"It is no trouble I love cooking and this is everyday fare around here. It won't be long and I will need to start teaching the children how to cook. " Aisling tells them. Jiro looks at  the sparkle in her greenish eyes. It's a true sign of happiness. The blonde beside her smiles at him and says hi. 

"I'm Remi by the way ,Yona's wife I am afraid that I am a hazard in the kitchen right now so this is all Aisling. Would you like something to drink or would you like to meet some of our crazy family." Remi asks them. 

"I would love to meet your family." Jiro tells the ladies. Just as Remi was about to introduce them to the other adults all of the children converge at once. 

"Shiro im so glad i to ou got to come. This is my sister Lotus. " Lilli breathlessly tells him. Jiro looks at them confused he thought they were twins but the girls coloring is very different. Seeing this Aisling finished the introductions. 

"Lotus and Lilli are twins they are not identical. Though they are completely in sync with each other. These two are Alex and William. Alex is Remi's son and William is our uncles son. Opal and Noah are my brothers twins and Tanis and Daisy are my sisters twins. We kind of have the twin gene. So there is always a lot of children. Why don't you guys take Shiro to play . Just be gentle no wrestling or football today. You remember he is a guest so whatever he wants to do is priority. " Aisling tells them her voice carries a warning. Alex sighs and looks at his aunt. 

"You would think that we were heathens by the way she speaks . I assure you we are civilized beings. Now what kind of things do you like we can ride atv's or horses. We can go fishing would you like to go to the tree house. Whatever you want to do we can do. " Alex tells Shiro. Shiro noticed the archery targets up and asks. 

"You do archery, I love yo shoot." Shiro tells them . Aisling gives them a warning look. 

"Oh that we are required to learn to shoot so that we can hunt. What kind of bow do you use. We have all of them, would you like to pick a bow." Alex looks at his uncle who motions for them to follow him. When he opff egg me the weapons closet Shiro's eyes go large at the sheer number of bows. He walks Omer and sees the handmade bows touching one of them. It has lotus flowers engraved on it. 

"That one is mine. Uncle Onacona made it for me once I decided which bow I liked best. I liked the long bow. He made this one out of bamboo so that it would be lighter for me. " Lotus tells him. 

"It is like a Kyudo bow or Samurai bow, it is very beautiful. Your uncle made this?" Shiro asks Lotus. 

"yes he made all of us one once we knew which bow we like. We have more bows over here. " Lotus showed Shiro the different styles of bows . He noticed one bow was hidden in the back it is a long bow with black lacquered arch with painted lillies. He looks at it and it's hand made as well. Lilli shyly tells him. 

"That one is mine. I hid it because everyone teased me about it being so girly. " the kids laugh at Lilli's shyness. Jiro picks up a few of the arrows and asks Astila. 

"Do you mind if we shoot a few. It has been a long time since I held a bow and these are wonderfully made. " Jiro picks a bow with feathers and leather.

"of course if that is what you would like. Though if you want to use any of the bows in that bin you will need to ask the owner. The practice bows are in this bin they are up for grabs. We have many different types of bows to choose from. "Astila tells Jiro . 

Alex steps forward and tells Jiro . 

" that is mine you can use it if you like. " Jiro finds the details on each bow to be the finest he has seen. Turning to Alex he bows. 

"I thank you for your trust . I promise to do well. I would love to meet the person who made these fine bows. " 

Briar and William smile and race out to get their fathers. Astila nods to the children to gather their safety equipment . Onacona and Inola are waiting for them at the targets. Astila makes the introductions. 

"Jiro these are our uncles. They made the bows." Onacona steps forward and shakes hands with the gentlemen. 

"I'm Aisling's uncle Onacona and we live by the lake." Jiro shakes his hand smiling. 

"I'm Inola Astila's uncle and I live by the lake next to him." Inola takes his hand. Jiro is surprised that such a fair lady had an uncle such as Onacona. He then notices Maureen and Moll . They resemble Astila's wife as well. This family seems to be very close. Jiro watches Lilli as she coaches Shiro on how to stand. It surprises him when Lilli takes her shot . It's a perfect bullseye and the farthest target. Shiro stands dumbfounded looking at her shot. Lilli begins to laugh. 

"my mom holds the county record and someday it will be mine." Lilli quips they hear someone call from behind them. 

" it will be my record you will have to break after this springs games. " Crystal quips as she sends Brayden out to move the target further away. Once he is done she nonchalantly takes aim and hits a bullseye. Turning to her little cousin.  "That target is exactly one foot past your moms record. So it will be my record soon." Handing her father her bow she sauntered past the children and heads over to sit with the women to check on her mom.