A/N: Well, here's the next entry in my Danganronpa Gaiden series, taking place a month after Kiki Naegi's birth. This will be a two-shot, so please read and review, and enjoy!

The Ultimate Detective and The Ultimate Hope Gaiden: Kiki Meets her Family

Chapter One: Baa-Chan, Jii-Chan, and Auntie Komaru

*ding, dong*

Makoto and Kyoko's heads turned towards the direction of their living room as the doorbell to their apartment rang.

"That must be our parents and Komaru."

Makoto walked over to the wooden crib by their bed, lifting his infant daughter, dressed in a blue set of footie-hoodie pajamas. Cradling her in his arms, he then walked over to Kyoko, who took to stroking her daughter's brown and purple hair while they still had a moment of peace.

"Okay, Kiki!" Makoto cooed as he asked excitedly "Are you ready to meet the rest of your family?"

For her part, Kiki merely blew bubbles with her saliva, drool streaming onto her pajamas. Makoto sighed at his daughter's unintentional antics.

"Kiki, don't go drooling on your new clothes already! We want you to look presentable when you meet your aunt and grandparents for the first time!"

As Makoto was about to reach for a handkerchief to wipe his daughter's spit, he heard the doorbell ring a second time.

Kyoko eased Kiki into her arms and urged him "You go and greet everyone. I can get Kiki's mess cleaned up and we can join you in a sec."

Nodding, Makoto quickly exited into the living room, leaving his two favorite girls in the bedroom while he entertained his family. Kyoko looked down at Kiki, sighing as she walked to the bathroom to pick up a hand towel and wipe up her daughter's spit.

"What am I going to do about you, young lady?" Smiling, the new mother admitted "It was a little cute, though…just like your father."

XXX

"Makoto!"

"Mom! Dad! Komaru!"

Makoto opened the door for his three relatives, embracing each of them once they had walked in the door. Once he had gotten to his sister, Komaru, placed her hands on her hips as if to scold her older brother.

"So, where's my baby niece? It's been a month since you called to tell us about her birth, and you haven't let us see her once!"

At Kyoko's request, Makoto told his family that they wanted to have a private birth, just the two of them. In addition, after Kiki had been born and Kyoko was busy feeding her, Makoto called from the hospital and relayed Kyoko's request that they not visit for the next month so that they could have some uninterrupted time with their daughter before potentially overwhelming her with visits. All three family members obeyed their request, though Komaru was much more reluctant a she was extremely excited to visit her niece.

Makoto scratched his cheek and answered "She and Kyoko should be coming out any minute now." Makoto turned his head to look over his shoulder and softly called "Hey, Kyoko! Are you two ready?"

"…We're coming!"

No sooner had he heard his wife's call that Makoto and the others turned around to see Kyoko walking out of the bedroom, clad in a button-down purple blouse and dark skirt as she supported her daughter in her arms, the infant half-turned so that she could see both her mother's face and her remaining family. Walking up to Makoto, she let her husband ease his daughter out of her arms, supporting her as he turned to face his parents and sister, who were beaming with awe and joy at the infant in front of them.

Gesturing to allow Hana to hold her new granddaughter, Makoto announced as he completed the transfer "Mom, Dad, Komaru, meet my and Kyoko's first child…Kiki Naegi!"

Her eyes shimmering with joyful tears, Hana looked down to her infant granddaughter, who was only looking up at the strange new woman with a curious expression, and cooed "Hi Kiki. I'm your grandmother! You're so adorable, and I'm so happy to have finally met you!"

Makoto, Kyoko, and Shingi looked at the scene between grandmother and granddaughter, smiling warmly as Kiki merely stared at her grandmother. Since she was too young to smile yet and she hadn't started crying, they took this as a sign that Kiki was taking to Hana rather well.

The peace was soon disturbed by Komaru, who was practically hopping up and down with excitement as she begged with impatience clear in her voice "Makoto, can I hold her next? Please, please, pleeeaaassseeee?"

Chuckling at her enthusiasm, Makoto obliged "I don't see why not, just make sure you support her head and her bottom. She's still really little."

Hana turned to her daughter and handed Kiki over, easing the infant into her arms as Komaru beamed a wide smile from ear to ear, leaning right into her niece's face as spoke with excitement.

"Hiya, Kiki! I'm your Auntie Komaru! You and I are gonna have so much fun getting to know each other, I just know it!"

Makoto and Kyoko's expressions changed from soft smiles to worried frowns at how close and animated Komaru was being; Makoto tried to warn "Uh, Komaru, maybe you shouldn't get so close. You might accidentally…"

Makoto's warning came too late; everyone's ears felt like they were cracking as a wailing cry rang through the room mid-sentence.

*Waaaaahhhhhhh!*

Not wasting a second, Makoto quickly but gently snatched Kiki back into his arms, leaning her so that she was reflexively grasping onto his shirt as he bounced her in his arms.

"Shh…" Makoto soothed. "Shh…it's okay. Kiki, it's okay. You're safe; that was just Auntie Komaru. You don't need to be scared of Auntie Komaru."

Scared of Auntie Komaru…

The young woman in question felt her heart crack, holding back tears of her own as she watched her older brother rub his daughter's back, his wife stroking her hair and murmuring calming words of her own. Guilt and fear flooding her soul, Komaru walked to the couch, plopping down and clutching her face with her palms.

Makoto turned to speak to his sister again and noticed his parents looking worriedly at their youngest. Frowning, Makoto turned his gaze, his frown turning into a surprised gasp at his sister's depressed state.

Gently easing Kiki into his wife's arms, he suggested "Kyoko, why don't you take Kiki and our parents into the kitchen for lunch? Everyone must be hungry by now…" Besides, I have a feeling this is a conversation Komaru and I need to have with some measure of privacy…

Having an idea as to what her husband's intentions were, she nodded and urged "Come on; we have some leftover sin the fridge I can heat up for you guys."

Watching the party of four vacate the living room, Makoto plopped down next to his sister, holding his hand on top of her shoulder.

"Hey sis. You wanna tell your big brother why you're so glum?"

"…*sniff*…I blew it."

His eyebrows raised in confusion, Makoto prodded "Blew what?"

"*sniff* You saw what happened back there, Makoto! I made Kiki cry; I made my own niece cry and now she's probably terrified of me!"

As Komaru began to quietly cry, Makoto rubbed his sister's back as he tried to reassure her "Hey, come on now. All you did was startle her a little. Anyone could have made that mistake; don't beat yourself up over it!"

When Komaru wouldn't stop crying, Makoto sighed in exasperation before cradling his sister's head and gently pulling it to rest in the crook of his neck. When Komaru stopped crying in surprise at the brotherly gesture, Makoto continued.

"Komaru, you have to understand that Kiki's still just a baby. Kyoko and I have only had her for a month. She's not even gonna remember this when she's older. Did you get a little overexcited, sure, of course. But my friend Hina is probably gonna make the exact same mistake when she and my other classmates come to see Kiki next week. And I know that Kyoko would tell you that we're not perfect parents ourselves; we're still learning!"

Komaru scoffed against his neck and retorted "Yeah right; I saw you calm down your daughter after I scared her. The two of you were total naturals at parenting!"

Continuing to rub her back, Makoto replied "That's because we've learned a little bit after taking care of her for a month. And we've made a lot of mistakes during that time. I can't even begin to tell you how many times one of us has almost dropped her, or how we struggled to figure out how to change her diaper or how to burp her the first few times. Parenting is a lot of trial and error; Kyoko and I look so capable because we've had a solid month to learn. But we're still learning, and we're gonna keep learning until Kiki grows up and moves away from home."

Sniffling, Komaru removed her head to look at her brother as she asked "So she…she's not gonna be scared of me?"

Shaking his head, Makoto assured her "Of course not! I just know that Kiki's gonna love you when she grows up, because you'll be there for her when she needs you!"

"Makoto…"

Before they could say or do anything more, Kyoko came back into the living room, followed by Hana, as well as Shingi who was carrying a sleeping Kiki.

"Kiki fell asleep while Dad was holding her, so I thought it might be a good time to rejoin you."

Looking to his sleeping daughter, then to his sister, Makoto smiled as he walked up to his father, asking "Dad, can I have Kiki back now?" Nodding, Shingi eased his granddaughter back into his son's arms before Makoto walked back to the couch, kneeling in front of his sister and offering Kiki to her while he encouraged "Komaru, why don't you try holding her again?"

Her mouth agape, Komaru made sure to keep her volume in check as she protested "Makoto, no! I'll just end up terrifying her again!"

Beaming, Makoto assured her "No, you won't. Kiki's asleep now, so as long as you hold her steady and keep your voice just above a whisper, you'll be fine."

"But…"

Hana decided to join in, encouraging her youngest "Komaru, you'll never get better if you don't get practice."

Looking to Kyoko, who only nodded encouragingly, Komaru sighed and acquiesced "All right", finding her niece being gently eased into her arms as she supported Kiki's posture.

Komaru sat frozen, prepared to hand her niece back to more experienced hands the moment a wail looked inevitable. Yet the young woman found herself surprised when, less than thirty seconds after being settled in her grasp, Kiki merely yawned, nuzzling her face into Komaru's breast as her tiny ringers reflexively clutched the fabric of her blouse. Tears of joy streamed down Komaru's face as the truth hit her.

"Makoto…I'm holding her! I'm holding Kiki, and she's not crying!"

Makoto smiled proudly at his sister's whispered exclamations and whispered back "Yes, you are!"

XXX

The family huddled around Komaru for a good long while. Kiki stayed nestled in her aunt's grasp, unconsciously gnawing at her breast and drooling on her blouse. Makoto offered to grab a napkin to help clean it up, but Komaru refused, to her brother's mild confusion. Nevertheless, he shrugged, opting to just stand with his wife and smile until eventually Kiki started to yawn again, her green and purple eyes opening slowly to look at her aunt. The baby girl started to make confused cooing noises, looking around until her eyes settled on her mother.

Comprehending the unspoken communication, Kyoko strolled up and gently eased her daughter into her arms, Komaru letting go without complaint.

At that, Hana announced "We should probably get going; we probably tuckered Kiki out with all this excitement. Come on, Komaru."

Nodding, Komaru got up and walked over to her mother, opening the door for her parents. Kyoko turned her body so that Kiki was looking at her grandparents and aunt.

"Okay, Kiki…" Makoto began. "Time to say bye, Auntie Komaru! Bye, Jii-chan! Bye Baa-chan!"

Kiki cooed, which the three visitors took as a good-bye. Smiling, the three Naegis bowed and took their leave, closing the door as they left Kiki and her parents.

Makoto turned to Kyoko and summarized "Well, that went well I think."

Smiling, Kyoko replied "Indeed. Now we just have to do this all over again next week when our classmates come over."