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Dedicated to SakuraDreamerz as one of my six thank you stories

"...and so we say our final good-byes to a woman who was so much more, a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother," a minister said softly as several people stone in front of a grave marker marked Morinozuka, with a new name recently added to it. The name of Mori's wife of six years. She had suddenly become seriously ill and no matter of treatment could help her to the point that not too long ago the poor woman past away. That now left Mori a widower and a single father to their daughter Sakura.

"Daddy," he heard the tiny little girl of the age of four whisper into his ear, "Daddy, is Mommy really never going to come back?"

"No Sakura," Mori said bluntly, "I'm sorry." He felt Sakura bury her face into his shoulder crying. "It'll be okay, I promise."

"I'm really going to miss her," Sakura said as tears fell from her face to Mori's shoulder.

"I know I will too," Mori said, holding her closer.

"Ah!" Mori shouted as he swung his shinai towards his brother, stopping just before hitting him in the forehead.

"That's match, I guess," Satoshi said, "What is that now, 16 to 13?"

"17," Mori corrected him.

"Right 17," Satoshi said, "I'm surprised you're still able to kick my butt like that after everything that's happened."

"Hmm?" Mori asked.

"Well you know, it's been a while since the funeral. I had thought you'd want to be taking it easy you know. Giving more attention back towards Sakura or something," Satoshi said nodding towards the little girl. Mori looked over at her too. The poor girl was sitting off by herself playing with a few dolls and looking board. Before her mother had died, Sakura had just spent her carefree days with her, going shopping or to the park, typical mother-daughter things. However now that Mori was the only parent, he had to do things like bring her to the dojo with him for his training and teaching.

"I have to keep up with my work is all," Mori explained solemnly, "For Sakura's sake."

"Still though," Satoshi continued to protest, "You should be taking time off and getting your things back into perspective."

"I'm fine," Mori insisted.

"Then why are we training here at a simple dojo then at home?" Satoshi asked.

"I just thought we should get out of the house for a little bit," said Mori.

"And away from everything that reminds you of her?" asked Satoshi. Mori didn't answer.

"Daddy?" the two suddenly heard Sakura spoke up. Both turned and looked at her. "Daddy, when is the special person coming?"

"Hmm?" Mori said raising an eyebrow.

"What special person sweetie?" Satoshi asked.

"Before Mommy died, when she was still sick, she told me that if she did leave, someone special was going to come and help look after me and you," Sakura explained.

"Oh," said Satoshi, "Well Sakura, I...,"

"They'll come when they're ready," Mori said bluntly.

"Are you sure Daddy?" Sakura asked. Mori merely nodded his head.

"We have to practice some more," he said, once again picking up his shinai and motioning towards the mats again.

"Right, coming," said Satoshi pulling down his mask and following his brother back towards the mat.

"Stay there and don't get in the way please," Mori made sure to tell his daughter before he and Satoshi started practicing again. Sakura sighed and returned to playing her dolls again. However she soon found the need to go to to the bathroom. She quickly walked out of the training room and headed to the she came back, she past by a window and something caught her eye. A woman wearing a pink jacket similar to the one her mother used to wear.

"Huh?" Sakura said before hurrying out of the dojo, "hey wait, wait lady!" she tried calling out as she ran after her.

Back inside the dojo, Mori and Satoshi were busy practicing. However both somehow managed to hear the sound of Sakura shouting something. Both turned to the place they had last seen her, only to find her dolls lying around without their owner.

"Sakura?" Satoshi called out as he and Mori looked around franticly for her. Mori quickly raced outside to see if he could find her. When he couldn't find any trace of her, he figured that she must have gone outside. He practically smashed open the doors as he ran outside looking around for her.

"Did you find her Takashi?" Satoshi asked as he ran out after his brother, "Sakura?!"

Sakura kept running after the woman in the pink jacket as fast as he little legs could carry her. It made it hard to call out to her as they both walked along the sidewalk. She followed the woman towards a construction sight where she saw the lady stop and and look at it. Now might be a good chance to talk to her.

"Um excuse me," Sakura said as she tried nearing the woman.

"Hey kid look out!" she suddenly heard another voice call out from no where. Sakura looked up in time to see a bib red tool box falling right towards her. She was so scared and panicked that she couldn't move. Suddenly she felt a pair of hands come around her and pull her away. Sakura looked up in time to see it was the lady she had been following, who not only managed to swing Sakura out of the way of being hit, but also mange to give the tool box a good hard kick, sending it flying. She looked up angrily at the men who were working on the building.

"What the hell do you think you're doing up there!" she shouted up at the men.

"We're sorry Ma'am, it was an accident," one of them called down.

"An accident? You could have hit this kid!" the woman called back up. "Next time something like that happens, you can rest assured you're fired!"

"Huh, isn't that a mean thing to do?" Sakura asked.

"Nah, it's nothing I do owe the building that's being made after all," the woman explained. She brushed back some of Sakura's hair. "Are you okay sweetie? You weren't hurt or anything were you?"

"No I'm okay," Sakura said. For some reason, she felt somewhat secured and happy in the woman's arms.

"Where's your mommy and daddy?" the woman asked.

"Mommy went to heaven and Daddy's training," Sakura said.

"Your mommy went to heaven?" the woman said, "Oh I'm sorry." She brushed some of the hair back more. "Well, let's at least go and find your Daddy. He's probably really worried about you." She kept Sakura in her arms as she started to walk onward, back the way they came.

"Sakura?" Satoshi kept shouting as he and Mori moved on down the sidewalk looking for her. "Sakura, where are you?!"

"Sakura!" Mori called out in a loud booming voice.

"So what's your name?" the lady asked as and Sakura walked onward.

"Sakura," the little girl told her.

"That's a pretty name," said the woman kindly. Suddenly the two of them heard a loud booming voice

"Sakura!"

"Daddy!" Sakura said.

"That's your father? What is he a giant or something?" the lady asked as they followed the voice. "What is he, a giant or something ?"

"Sakura!" they both heard Mori call out again. Both looked and saw Mori running towards them fast with Satoshi right behind him.

"Hi Daddy," said Sakura as Mori and Satoshi came towards them. The lady was quick to put her down. However Mori was quick to snatch her up into his arms.

"Why did you leave the dojo?!" he demanded to know.

"I thought I saw the special person Mommy promised," Sakrua said looking towards her savior. The lady just stood there looking somewhat confused.

"Is this really your daughter?" she asked.

"Yes," said Mori.

"You might want to do a better job at looking after her, seeing as how she managed to follow me all the way to my construction sight like this," the lady scold.

"I do look after her," Mori insisted.

"Whatever, I just don't want to see a sweet girl like her get hurt," sad the lady before turning around to leave.

"Wait!" Satoshi called out. The woman stopped in her tracks. "We didn't even get to thank you for finding her."

"Don't worry about it . Just make sure that sweet little thing is more careful in the future alright?" the woman said smiling.

"Well what's your name?" Satoshi asked.

"It's Rin Musouka," said the woman.

"Musoka, is that any relation to the famous Musoka Family that are know as some of the greatest judo masters in the country?" asked Satoshi.

"Yeah, something like that. I've lived in Germany most of my life since my father was recruited by the German army to train them in Judo. That's how he met my mother and had me. This is really my first time in Japan. Thought I'd try come and see if there was anything interesting in my father's family legacy," Rin explained, "That's one of the reason I'm building that new dojo down the street."

"You're the one that's building that place?" Satoshi asked. "Great, just what need need, more competition."

"Competition?" asked Rin.

"We run the dojo down the street," Satoshi said pointing from where they came.

"Oh, so you're Morinozukas huh?" Rin asked, "Well you know if you offered more than just karate and kendo training at your dojos, you wouldn't have to worry about so much competition from my father's family."

"Is that what your dojo's going to teach, judo?" asked Satoshi.

"That and other kinds of martial arts. When it's open, you should come and take a look. I'll even put you on the VIP list," Rin said.

"Should we go Taka?" Satoshi asked.

Mori shrugged his shoulders. "Let's get back to the dojo," he said as he walked off, still holding Sakura in his however looked past his daddy's shoulder to watch Rin walk away.

'Is she the one? Is she the one that Mommy promised to come look after me?' she thought.

"Hi I'm Rin, I'm going to look after you from now on," Sakura made one of doll say as she played with her toys, once again waiting for her dad and uncle to finish their training.

"Do you promise to look after me?" she made one of the other dolls say.

"Of course I will," the first doll promised, "And I'll do it like this!" Sakura made her doll do a kick with her legs. She didn't realize her daddy and uncle were watching her as she played.

"What is she doing?" Satoshi asked. Mori held his hand up as he kept listening to his daughter play.

"I'll kick anyone's butt who tries to hurt you!" Sakura made the doll say.

"Thank you Rin!" said the other doll. Sakura stopped playing with her dolls for a moment, looking like she was lost in thought. "I want to learn how to kick like her!" she said out loud to herself.

"Rin must have made one kind of an impression on her huh?" Satoshi said.

"Yeah," said Mori. He walked over to Sakura and picked her up. "Time to go," he said also making sure to gather up Sakura's toys for her.

"See you later Sakura?" Satoshi said as the whole family headed out.

"Yep, bye-bye Uncle Satoshi," said Sakura waving good-bye. She let her daddy fashion her into her booster seat and take off in their car. However, instead of going home like Sakura expected, they started to head in a different direction.

"Daddy where are we going?" Sakura asked as they drove.

"To see Kyoya," Mori replied.

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"I need to talk to him," said Mori. Sakura shrugged her shoulders and decided to just let it go.

Soon she and her father arrived at Kyoya's huge home and were led to Kyoya in his office right away.

"Mori hello, and little Sakura," he greeted them kindly. "Do what do I owe this pleasure?"

"I need some information of Rin Musoka," said Mori.

"Oh, of the Musoka Family?" Kyoya asked.

"Yeah," said Mori.

"I see and why the sudden interest?" asked Kyoya taking a seat at his computer.

"She's the one Mommy promised was going help look after me," Sakura said.

"Oh is she?" Kyoya asked. He looked at Mori with a smirk and and raised eyebrow.

"She's building a dojo near one of mine," Mori said.

"Oh, so you're worried about some competition huh?" Kyoya asked. He started working on his computer. "Yes, it looks like she's half German half Japanese. She's lived most of her life in Germany up until now. With her parents retiring and going on a world tour, it seemed that she thought she'd finally come and see her father's home land. When she arrived, she as immediately offered the chance to help with the construction of a new family dojo by her grandfather. Mostly since her mother was good with construction herself. She had actually been the one tasked with building the house Rin's father was to stay in while he was training in Germany which is how they met."

Mori merely nodded.

"It looks like she's highly skilled in Judo herself, actually wining a few tournament throughout Europe and North America herself. She's also a very skilled kick boxer," said Kyoya.

"Yeah she can kick really high!" said Sakura. Mori put a finger to his lips. "Sorry," she said.

"Your family has a little rivalry with hers doesn't she?" Kyoya asked.

"Yeah," said Mori.

"However it's never been anything too serious right?" Kyoya also asked.

"Yeah," Mori said again.

"Well in either case, she seems like an interesting woman. Hopefully with her dojo being built near yours won't be too much of a problem for you," said Kyoya. Mori merely nodded. "Oh by the way Mori, how are you doing with everything else? It has to be what, seven months now?"

"I'm fine," Mori said quickly. He snatched up Sakura hastily and headed out, "Thank you for the info."

"Sure, always willing to help a friend," said Kyoya. He hoped he hadn't struck a nerve by bringing up how Mori was doing after his wife had died. He had often felt a bit of guilt over the fact that none of his hospitals had been able to help find a cure for her. However, the way he was pressing on about Rin Musouka, maybe something nice was going to happen to him again.

"So I talked to Dad last night and he says that we should go to the opening of that rival dojo when it opens," Satoshi told his brother the next day as they practice, this time karate . "Said we should at least stay in good graces with the Musoka family.

"Hmm," Mori said nodding his head.

"Plus it wouldn't hurt to scope out the competition a bit right?" Satoshi made sure to add .

"Yeah," Mori agreed. He turned to look over at Sakura to make sure she was still where he had left her playing. The little girl seemed very well occupied with her dolls so he felt okay to focus more on his training.

Sakura looked at her father and uncle out of the corner of her eyes, waiting for a chance to maybe sneak out and see Rin again. She figured her dad would be on his guard more after what happened the day before. But that didn't mean she could find an opening to escape. She watched the two practice until at one point her dad knocked her uncle down. As he examined his brother to make sure he wasn't hurt, Skaura quickly slipped out.

"I'm alright," Satoshi assured his brother as he stood up, "You know I can take a blow just fine."

Sure," said Mori. He glanced back to his daughter's spot and saw she was gone again. "Sakura?!" he said.

"Oh no she's gone again?!" said Satoshi, "Don't tell me she snuck out once more!"

Once she was outside the dojo, Sakura ran back down the sidewalk the way she remembered following Rin the day before. Finally she came upon the construction sight and started to walk around. As she managed to avoid being hit by anything from the crew, she finally saw Rin standing with an elderly man watching the construction.

"I'm thinking red for the outside," she told him.

"Hmm, sure that would work," the old man concur nodding his head, "You're doing well Rin."

"I don't know about this construction crew you got me," said Rin, "They seem a little careless."

"If you want to, you can fire and bring in new ones. This is all on you," said the old man.

"Thank you Grandfather," said Rin.

"Hey Rin!" Sakura called out as she ran to her. Both Rin and her grandfather turned to see her running towards them.

"What is she doing back here?" Rin asked, right as she happen to see Sakura get knocked over and nearly fall into a pit. Rin raced as fast as she could and managed to grab her jut in time.

"Rin, you saved me again!" said Sakura with joy.

"What are you doing back here kid?" Rin asked.

"I wanted to see you again! I think you're so amazing!" said Sakura.

"Oh do you?" said Rin smiling, "But I don't think your dad would like you sneaking out like this."

"Rin ,who is this?" her grandfather asked joining the two of them.

"This is Sakura Morinozuka, Takahis Morinozuka's daughter," Rin told him.

"Oh, nice to meet you young lady," said Mr. Musoke, "I take it this means they know about the dojo finally?"

"Yes, but I also made sure to tell them I was planning on inviting them to the opening," said Rin.

"Very well, it would be a wise idea to keep them in good graces for now," said her grandfather.

"Yeah, anyway, I should take her back to her dad," said Rin.

"You do that," said her grandfather.

"You really got to stop running away from your dad like that kid," Rin said as they left the construction sight, holding hands.

"Can you teach me how to kick really high like you?" Sakura asked.

"You want to learn how to kick like me?" Rin asked.

"Yeah!" said Sakura.

"Why can't you ask your dad to teach you?" Rin asked.

"He can't kick like you can Uncle Mitskuni maybe can, but Daddy says it's best not to really use him as a teacher," said Sakura.

"Mitskuni Haninozuka?" said Rin, "Yeah that's probably not a good idea. Even I have heard of him back in Germany. But I don't know what your father would think of me doing that."

"But why?" Sakura asked.

"Sakura!" Mori called out suddenly appearing and picking his daughter up.

"Lost her again huh?" said Rin folding her arms.

"Yeah, sorry," said Mori.

"I'm not the one you should be sorry about this. She is, especially if you keep loosing her," said Rin.

"Hmm," said Mori.

"You know she asked me something interesting though," said Rin, "She asked me to teach her to kick high like me."

"Hmm?!" said Mori sounding alarm. He looked at Sakura confused.

"I want to kick like her!" Sakura insisted.

"I can do it, I just wasn't sure if you'd agree to it," said Rin.

"Well aren't you supposed to be busy with the construction?" Satoshi asked coming up behind his brother.

"No, not too busy that I can't take on a pupil," said Rin, "But like I said I didn't think you were willing to let me teach her."

"I want her to teach me, I want her to teach me!" Sakura started to shout over and over. The three adults looked at her surprised at her insisting.

"Maybe she could teach her at our dojo while we're training," Satoshi suggested.

"I could do that," Rin said, "If you're willing to let me train your daughter."

"It might not be a bad idea since Sakura's going to keep sneaking out to see her," Satoshi kept insisting.

"Fine," Moir finally agreed.

"Great, I'll come by tomorrow around 4?" Rin suggested.

"Sure," said Mori.

"Yay!" Sakura cheered.

"Well this just got interesting!" said Satoshi.