Date Written: June 16, 2007

Summary: It's a one shot, I don't need to summarize this 'cause it's already summarized in the summary… yeah.

Flo: I just heart Kurogane/Sakura father/daughter moments so much! It's so gosh darn cute! -heart eyes-

Fai: I agree whole heartedly!

Mokona: Mokona, too!

Kurogane: -sulking in a corner not wanting to admit it melts his heart-…

WARNIGNS! None! It's just a cute little one shot! YAYS! Well, I suppose the small, minute amount of KuroFai-ness at the end, but really, who doesn't expect such a thing in these fan fictions? It's CLAMP!

Disclaimer: You know, I thought I was forgetting something in the last few fan fictions I've posted… crap, hope that doesn't come back to bite with "Cloud Nine," it can still be fixed with "The Quest of Sir Kurogane." … No Tsubasa ownage going on here.

LAST NOTE! I know Father's Day is tomorrow, but I'll be gone tomorrow on important Father/daughter bonding fishing trip… yay. But I love my daddy and this is what he wants… fish. And I wrote this in 1 1/2 hours! Beware.

Hope you enjoy!

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Today had been a nice day for Kurogane. No really. It had been a wonderfully peaceful day. Yes, there was the usual magician and manjuu bun bugging him, but it had only lasted for half the day as opposed to the normal full day. The kid was even extra attentive during their training session that day, which was really shocking considering Kurogane didn't think he could get even more focused. It was kind of scary, but in a good way. The princess hadn't been in his general vicinity for a while, but he didn't worry too much. If she was in trouble, the kid's princess in danger senses would notify him and the normal courses of action would be taken. In whole, Kurogane hadn't had so much relaxation time ever since they had started this journey. It was disturbing as hell.

Kurogane didn't think he could take much more of this unsettling quiet time. Not only was it cutting into his "man of action" style, it was also a horrible omen. Something bad was sure to happen, whether it be as simple as the mage and manjuu attacking him with whatever sick, sick plan they had probably been planning all day, or as catastrophic as the princess falling into a concentrated pool of acid and the kid jumping in after her.

Just when he was coming to the edge of his sanity and about to get out of his disturbingly comfortable chair (complete with a foot rest which was just the most amazing and useful thing he had ever seen), the princess suddenly materialized in front of him. By the way she was standing there and how she jumped when he began to get up, Kurogane thought she must have been standing there for a while trying to get his attention, which was frankly, impossible when you're being paranoid and sitting in a ridiculously comfy chair. She continued to stand there, staring at him. It wasn't until a full minute had passed of her not blinking that it occurred to Kurogane she was completely paralyzed with fear.

"Oi," he said, standing up to lightly knock her on her head. Thankfully, that got her back to reality and she quickly looked up at him. But since they were in such close proximity, she ended up leaning too far back and nearly falling. Kurogane grabbed her arm before she could make it too far back, though, since he had predicted the poor thing would do that. Had the kid been there, though, he would have let him play hero and dramatically yell out her name while diving to catch her. Heaven forbid she bruise her butt.

"Ah, thank you, Kurogane-san!" she quickly said once she got her balance. She backed up a bit, but that was it. She was looking at him, however, and was fiddling with something in her apron.

Sighing, Kurogane said, "If you want to say something, say it. No matter what that magician tells you, I don't bite."

The girl actually giggled at that. "Right," she began, with a little puff as if to bring out her determination. "Um, well, Kurogane-san, I was with Fai-san yesterday, shopping, and we saw a lot of signs advertising a type of holiday tomorrow, I mean, today tomorrow because yesterday's tomorrow is today's today, but you probably knew what I meant, but-"

"Stop." She immediately stopped and looked at him like a chipmunk. "Take some breaths to calm down and think about what you're going to say so you're not babbling like an idiot."

"Okay." Her first few breaths resembled hyperventilation, so Kurogane had to go get her a bag to breath into. Once back to regular breathing, she thanked him and tried to continue. "Well, the signs were saying stuff about buying your, um… father something for today and that today is 'Fathers Day.'" She paused to look at Kurogane, unsure if she should continue.

Kurogane wasn't dumb. He knew exactly where this was going. However, the princess wasn't blonde, didn't have blue eyes, didn't wear extremely fluffy coats (most of the time), and was, from what he could tell, sane. So he crossed his arms indifferently as an okay for her to go on.

"And I know and remember my father, but he's… not with us anymore. Oh, I'm sorry! I shouldn't have brought that up!"

"Don't worry about it," Kurogane said, putting a hand on her head as a silent way to show he understood. "But if you don't spit out whatever you're trying to say, already, I'll have to shake it out of you."

She giggled again before continuing (to Kurogane's great relief because this was starting to seem like it was going to take hours if she kept going off topic). "You know how Mokona and Fai-san call you, um…"

"… 'Kuro-daddy?'" he offered, much to his extreme disgust at having to say it. At least she knows you don't want to hear it, he thought.

"Y-yes… Well, I kind of think that you are sort of, um, like a father to Syaoran and me. It's nice." She was blushing like crazy, now. "And since today is Fathers Day, I was hoping that, if you don't mind, you'd, um, accept this gift from me, please?"

Kurogane had to lean down to hear that last part as her voice was getting smaller with each word. When he looked down, he saw her bangs covering her eyes while she held out a small box wrapped in paper with yellow smiley faces on it, which must have been what was in her apron. He stood there looking at it for a moment, trying to figure out how and why this girl saw a blood thirsty ninja as a father figure before taking it. Sakura looked up right when he did and smiled brightly up at him, waiting with excitement for him to open it.

With one last look at her, Kurogane began to mercilessly rip through all of those smug yellow faces and slowly lifted the box's lid when he came to it. Honestly, he was expecting something like a talking fish since she was shopping with the idiot, after all. Instead, he saw a simple wrist watch with a leather band. It looked like it was hand crafted, and extremely well at that. Taking it out of the box, he held it in his hands for a while before putting it on and examining how it looked. It looked pretty damn good, if he did say so himself.

Returning his attention to Sakura, Kurogane said, "It's nice. Thanks. But, you know, you didn't have to do this."

"Yes," she said, her eyes practically sparkling. "But I wanted to! You've done so much for us all that I thought you deserved this. I wish I could do more to help, though."

"Unless you want me to teach you how to use a sword, too, then I would say you're doing fine with the way things are." (1)

Before he could say anything else, he felt Sakura throw her arms around him and snuggle into him, giggling again. Kurogane stood there for a second, frozen, not quite sure what the hell was going on. Then, giving a quick look around to make sure no manjuu bun was hiding, he patted her head. They stayed like that for a while before Sakura smiled up at him and said, "I'm so glad you like your present!"

Kurogane looked off to the side, saying nothing. Another moment of her simply smiling at him passed before she excused herself to go find the kid. Kurogane just fell back into the world's most comfortable chair and looked at the watch on his wrist.

"That was sweet," a voice said behind him as hands came down to massage his shoulders. "Wasn't it, Kuro-daddy?"

"I don't see how she can possibly imagine me as her father," Kurogane said.

"Why's that? You keep us all safe, just like a good daddy! They real question is how can she not see you as a father?" Fai then bent over the chair to give Kurogane an upside down view of his grinning face.

"You have a point there. Especially when she's constantly hearing it from you and that manjuu bun! Probably some psychological suggestion, or something."

Fai just kissed his nose and said, "Maybe. Or maybe you're just denying your paternal instincts! Either way, you can't say that our Sakura-chan isn't the sweetest girl in the whole world, can you?"

Kurogane just grunted.

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1.) I should have put this in after that:

Chipmunk faced again, Sakura asked, "Would you really teach me how to use a sword?" She actually looked a bit hopeful. It was then that Kurogane's heart truly melted and he embraced his wonderful daughter.

2.) (this is a side note) I've always thought that Sakura and Kurogane got along very well (Piffle World!) but I thought that she would feel a bit awkward giving Kurogane a Fathers Day present. Plus, it was cute as anything! -goes into Tomoyo mode-

A/N: Too… many… PLOT BUNNIES! I already have another idea for another one shot! Geez. But I will be updating my other Tsubasa fics soon… hopefully. That is, if I can't exterminate these freakin' bunnies already! -begins to kick the numerous bunnies- Odd, I usually don't get this many ideas for stories during the summer. -shrug-

You know what to do!

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As always, CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is welcomed with my little brother's homemade brownies! Don't worry, I supervised.