Here it is, after nearly a month (or maybe it's more than a month?) the sequel to Five Reasons!

Just a reminder, I still don't own Ouran. Only the Quints and Kyle. Plus a few more OCs...


Found her. This is going to be a big problem, Kyle.

I put down my phone and sigh after re-reading the message. It looks like now is the time to collapse into a chair. As I settle into the soft fabric of my favorite armchair, I let loose a tired groan.

Didn't I tell Sara not to go poking through her father's private files? I'm sure that I warned her that there would be things that she wasn't ready to deal with. Especially not now when she is so close to a take-over.

As I suspected, most of the employees at the American branch were more than happy to sign over their allegiance to my favorite non-biological emotionless little sister. It was almost too easy. Maybe laughable considering how they all searched frantically for a pen once I presented them the paper that would prove their acceptance at her taking over the company.

There were so many binders that went around, I was anxious to get them to Sara so that I could prove once and for all that everyone thought she was as good I know her to be.

However, Sara insisted that I spend time with my family while in America before joining her in Japan. But it is so hard to be focused on my darling girls when I know that Sara is still in danger of her father's whims. The more I spend time here the less I want to leave again. And then that makes me feel guilty because I promised her I would stay by her side until this all blows over.

Being a Father is way too hard.

"Daddy!" My eldest daughter Mia whines. "Are you leaving again?! Take me this time, daddy!" She says this every time I look at my phone, so I am prepared to give her my standard answer.

"Princess, you know that you don't understand Japanese." I smile and stroke her red hair, it sort of reminds me of those twins that are in love with Susanna and Suzette. At least Mia has a reason for inheriting her red hair since her mother is part Irish.

"Maybe we should teach her and Kiki." My wife, Julia says with a smile. She positions the baby in her arms so she can give me a peck on the cheek. "The girls miss you."

"I know." I reply with a tired sigh "it's just that..."

"I know, you're worried about Sara." Julia frowns and then holds Kiki closer to her. "Sometimes I wonder if you care more about that girl than your family." Even if she meant it teasingly, it still stings.

I make a move to stand up as I stare into her eyes seriously. "What do you want me to do? Quit? Like it or not Julia, that girl depends on me."

"Your daughters depend on you too!" She protests with a pleading look all traces of teasing gone. "Kyle, at least stay a month. Mia and Kiki and..." She bites her lip like she's nervous. "I need you here too."

This is not something I need right now. "Jules, you knew when you married me that my work is very important to me. Besides, you know how Sara is. I'm the only one she's letting help her."

Julia sighs and then moves away to put Kiki in her play-pen. "You missed Mia's fourth birthday you know."

"Oh!" I look at Mia and grin. "Did I mention that Sara is going to buy us a horse?" Well, she did mention it once. I suppose if I begged her she would take care of it.

"A horsy!?" She squeals. "For my birthday!?"

"Yes, for your birthday since I missed it. Are you okay with that princess?" I ask her before picking her up and snuggling my face into her neck. She giggles and wraps her arms around my head.

"Yes!"

My wife sighs. "Where are we going to keep a horse?" She's trying to spoil my good news with her logic! But I can see her point...

"In the stables of course!" I announce before twirling Mia around. "We can rent a stall. And get you riding lessons." That I won't be able to take her to if I go back to Japan like I planned. That immediately sours my mood, but I try not to let Mia see my smile fade. I hug her tightly.

"How do you say princess in Japanese, daddy?" Mia asks.

I answer her immediately, but I'm confused as to why she's asking that now. "Why?"

"Mommy says that we should move to Japan since she's going to be modeling there!"

My head snaps over to my wife. "What?"

Julia shrugs. "There is a firm there that wants me to model for them. They're offering me a lot of money." She shakes her head and bites her lip again. "But the girls..."

"What firm?" I ask feeling a little worried. Kobayashi Industries recently took over a magazine thanks to the work of Suzette at the branch in France. Their empire is starting to spread over a variety of different companies.

"Hitachiin Fashions." She answers with another shrug. "I don't know if I want-"

"You should take the job." I say quickly. "I know the CEO and she's a very nice lady. She works with Sara's sister."

Julia frowns at me. "Do you think Sara arranged this? Because I appreciate it but she can't run our lives for us."

"It was probably Suzette." I say honestly. I have found out that if you give Suzette the same resources as Sara then she uses them wisely. She's becoming quite inept at picking which stocks to invest in. I'm almost afraid to tell Sara that her sister is doing better than her in that respect.

"That family can cause a lot of trouble for us." She looks at Mia and smiles at her. "Sweetie, why don't you play on the computer?"

"Okay mommy!" Mia squirms in my arms until I put her down. Then she runs out of the room shouting random words in Japanese. I can recognize a few words that I taught her and some I don't remember teaching her.

I shake my head at her antics. She is so cute! I just want to hold her and squeeze her until she realizes how much I love her.

Then that familiar sinking feeling in my stomach appears and forces my knees to give out so I have no choice but to sit down.

This feeling happens whenever I look at my girls and think of how I would hate it if they were ever hurt. And then I can't help but think of how a father can even think of hurting his daughter. That leads me to think of Sara and how her bruises have finally faded. And that makes me wonder how long her skin will stay that creamy white after she sees her father again.

"Kyle."

I plaster a smile on my face. "Yes?"

Julia puts a hand on my shoulder and lightly squeezes. Oh no, she looks concerned. "You have that look on your face again. Every time you let go of one of the girls you get that look. You never did that before you came back from Japan."

With my thoughts still on Sara I can hardly pay attention to me. So to bring myself out it, I pat her hand. "Don't worry darling. It's nothing." But she doesn't listen and she kneels down in front of me and stares straight into my eyes.

"You better tell me Mr. Sanders or I swear I will think the worst!"

She couldn't possibly guess, so I force out a grin. "Humor me."

"You're cheating on me and you have another family in Japan so now you're feeling guilty because you're leaving us for them."

That shocks me more than I can believe. "What?" How could she think that?!

Julia smiles at my expression and then kisses my cheek. "I said I would think the worst."

I grab her by her waist and pull her onto my lap. "I promise that won't ever happen." Of course Mr. Kobayashi can't say the same. Thinking of him makes me angry so I try to keep my mind off him by kissing her neck. But I find I'm not so much in the mood for that so I lay my head on hers. "It's not about that. It's nothing."

"Too hell with that!" She scolds me. "Kyle, I'm your wife! I know you better than that. Something is bothering you!" She runs her fingers through my hair and I know she's probably frowning. "Why won't you tell me?"

Ah, there's the spirited woman I know and love. "Julia, it's not something I can tell you."

We're both silent for a few minutes. Then Kiki starts to whimper.

She sighs. "Do you think I should take the job? Be honest." She turns her head slightly to look at my expressions. I try to channel my inner-Sara and look blank, but I know I will fail miserably. I can only smile when I look at Julia.

"You know Japanese, don't you?" I ask absentmindedly. I'm busy wondering if Sara will let us stay at her second mansion or if that would be too much to ask.

"Kiki will be hearing Japanese."

"It won't hurt her. And it's not like we won't ever stop talking in English."

"Mia won't be near her friends. And who will take care of the girls while we're both at work?" When she says that I know that she's made up her mind to go to Japan. It will be nice to have them there, but I worry about what Mr. Kobayashi would do to them.

"Well, that can be arranged...if Sara says yes to my proposal."

"And what will you be proposing?" Julia questions, before casting a quick glance at Kiki in her play-pen.

Hmm, Julia probably won't like it. Just as I'm about to tell her that it's going to be a surprise, my phone rings. She reaches over and picks it up. I can see her eyes read the name and then the smile that comes soon after it. "It's your girlfriend." She teases before handing it to me.

I smirk and then click the answer button. "Hey boss!"

"You didn't answer back."

"I'm spending time with the family as ordered." I answer while looking back at Julia. She gestures for me to put the speaker phone on. But I have to see what this is about before I do that.

"Oh, sorry. I thought you were at the branch. I will call back lat-"

"No, no! Julia wants to say hi." I click the speaker phone and allow my wife to say "Hello my competition!"

Sara laughs. "Julia! You're almost as bad as Kyle."

"He's taught me bad habits." She protests with a laugh of her own. "So we have some news."

"Really Kyle? You couldn't wait until you came back for good?"

I blush at what she's implying. "No! That's not it!" This is not how it usually goes! I'm supposed to be the one teasing her!

"No baby, Sara. I wanted to tell you the girls and I are going to Japan too. I got a modeling job at Hitachiin Fashions." Julia tells her as she nudges me playfully. No doubt it's because she saw the blush on my cheeks.

"Congratulations." Sara sounds sincere, but I can hear the slight fear in her voice. "Have you found a place to stay?"

"We just decided to go." Julia replies with a sigh. "I don't want an expensive place to rent, but it needs to be nice enough-"

"You're not renting when I have plently of room at my house." Sara interrupts. "Anywhere else will be too cramped or expensive. And besides Kyle stayed here and you could have a ride to work every morning. My sister, Suzette, also works for Hitachiin Fashions. I'm sure she'd love to have you as her dress-up model."

"But the girls!" Julia protests. "Kiki is one and she cries a lot and Mia runs around and-"

"The maids can handle them." She sounds amused. "I'm sure they'd love kids in the house."

All I can do is grin. Sara always seems to know what I want before I ask for it. It's times like this when I appreciate how generous she is. "Thanks Sair-Sair!"

Julia however, appears unsure as she gives me a soft glare. "You're taking advantage of her!"

"Oh I assure you, if Kyle was taking advantage of me there would be a lot of pain in his life." Her voice sounds colder and it nearly gives me the shivers. I am reminded how unpleasant it is to get on her bad side. It's a good thing she likes me or else I could be on the receiving end of her power. That's one thing she surely inherited from that douche of a father of hers.

"See! She likes us. She won't mind and neither will her siblings, right?" I ask her.

"You'll have a wing of the house all to yourselves." Sara's voice sounds lighter now. More care-free, but not like how she was before going back to Japan. I'll always miss that energy and optimism that used to come so easily to her in the past. "I'll talk to my siblings about it if that makes you feel better Julia," she sighs. "How are Mia and Kiki?"

Julia looks impressed. "You remembered their names! You haven't met Kiki yet, but Mia's hair turned this beautiful red color. Obviously her Irish roots are definitely starting to come out. Kiki looks more like her dad though. Dark brown eyes that seem to stare into your very being and honey colored hair. Just be warned, Mia is not fond of you for taking away her daddy."

I was wondering when Julia was going to mention that. That doesn't mean I approve. It's not fair for her to tell that to Sara right now. Not when Julia doesn't know the whole story. "Don't worry, Sair-Sair she'll get over it and call you Auntie in no time."

"I thought I was too young to be an aunt." Sara's voice has lost its carefree tone. "I don't want to get married Kyle."

Julia reacts to that right away. "Who said anything about marriage, Sara?"

"Kyle didn't tell you? My father arranged a marriage for me."

Ooo, bad move on Sara's part. Julia looks furious. "HE DID WHAT?!"

"Calm down, darling." I rub her hand comfortingly and then say "Boss, you know how she feels about the arranged marriages. She's going to be ranting all the way to Japan!"

"She deserved to know before she came."

Well, she does have a point there. "So when should we catch a flight-"

"I'll send the private jet. Stephen and I will be stopping in Japan to drop off Raku before sending the jet your way. Before you ask about my other siblings, we have two jets. Sakura, Suzette and Susanna are all in France, with another family so if my father feels the need to leave the country he can use the other one."

"You're too kind to us, Sara." Julia tells her. "And we I get to Japan I will yell at your father for making you marry so young!"

I freeze and I can almost see Sara do the same. "Darling...please don't get involved." To soothe Sara I made sure to say it loud enough for her to hear. "Sara has it under control."

"Fine." Julia pouts and crosses her arms. "But if you actually want to marry him I want to be a bridesmaid."

Sara laughs at that. "Deal."

"We'll see you soon, boss." I tell her with a grin.

"Good-bye Kyle, we'll discuss business later. Good-bye Julia, I hope you'll find Japan enjoyable."

"Bye, my husband's girlfriend!" Julia waves as if Sara can see her.

I can almost see her rolling her eyes. "He really did teach you bad habits."

"Bye, my sweet girlfriend!" I sing-song.

"Are you drunk again Kyle?" Then the line goes dead.

"You were drunk in front of Sara!?" Julia yells. "Kyle! How unprofessional of you! Now I have to find a way to comfort that poor child after seeing you drunk!"

Great. I should have known she would get me back for saying that...I'm going to have to be more careful about teasing her now that she'll be close to my wife.


Well, I have finally deemed myself ready to give this to you guys. But be warned, school has started so updates are not going to be frequent.

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