A/N: Okay newest story from me since it's been like two years, minus this morning, since I've posted anything. I'll try to update this story weekly, emphasis on try, cause I'm still revising Shizuru's New Friend. Anyways happy reading
Summery: My father once told my mother the other little girl was his greatest mistake, but I never saw her that way. Auish Shiznat, Mika, Kuno
Disclaimer: I only own the characters I created for this show. I don't own the characters of sunrise.
Watashi no Otou-san no Machigae
(My Father's Mistake)
Chapter One:
It was a wonderfully sunny spring day when a knock came to the front door of a two story home. The little girl that lived there with her parents named Natsuki ran to open it in hopes it would be her crimson eyed friend that came to play. Another knock could be heard and Natsuki's impatient attitude reared its' head.
"I'm opening it jeez." the pigtailed girl announced in annoyance. Finally she got the door open only to have her excited face fall.
"You're not Shizuru." she stated in a matter of fact tone not befitting someone so young. The shorter girl she was staring at cocked her head to the side, making a sound that reminded Natsuki of a confused puppy.
This girl looks weird. Even weirder than Shizuru. Natsuki couldn't help but think when she noticed the girl's strange hair color. Her long fringe that fell into her eyes was red, but the rest of her long tresses started out brown then halfway down changed to blonde. Her brown eyes stared at Natsuki still confused.
"Excuse me." Natsuki looked up to see the man she had failed to notice earlier. The blonde haired man smiled at the tomboyish girl, "Is your father home?"
"Dad, it's for you!" she yelled to her father, turning her attention back to the other girl, who was now looking around the house from her stand point.
"You have a nice house." her speech was quite good for a kid at only four years old. Natsuki wasn't sure how to reply so she just said the first thing that came to mind, "Um, thanks."
"Who is it, Nat-chan?" her father came into view. A handsome man with blonde hair and blue eyes. He looked a lot like the man standing on the other side of the door, but the other man had lighter eyes than her father. Natsuki blushed, "Dad! I told you not to call me that in front of people!"
"Hai, hai." he waved off her words with a smile; however, when he saw the man and the child he blanched, "Natsuki, go to your room."
"But-" she started, she wanted to know who these people were. The light haired man stopped her, "Now, Natsuki."
"Fine." she huffed, crossing her arms and pouting before walking into the other room, but not to her room. She hid behind the wall to listen to what was going to be said.
"What are you doing here with her?" he spoke in a harsh whisper.
"She deserves to know her sister." the other man spoke calmly.
"That demon child is not my daughter!" Kenji Kuga hissed. The small girl's hand tightened around her guardian's finger. On the other side of the wall Natsuki's eye's widened. Why was her father being so mean? She didn't understand. The calm man's eyes narrowed dangerously, "She wouldn't be here without you. She shares Natsuki-chan's DNA so as far as I'm concerned they are sisters."
"I don't want her. Take her back to that damn woman that talked me into this shit." Natsuki's father growled. The other blonde haired man sighed, "She's living with me now." He looked at his watch, "And I have to go to work in half an hour. Just keep her for the weekend. I'll pick her up on Sunday. We live right down the road now so Natsuki-chan can come over whenever she wants if they do become friends."
Kenji looked ready to protest, but the other man cut him off, "I'm not asking you to claim her, just let her get to know Natsuki-chan."
"Fine." he finally relented with a sigh. The sky blue eyed man bowed his head, "Thank you, Kenji-san."
"Hai, hai." he waved his hand about in the air. He watched as the slightly shorter man knelt in front of the child. He hugged her tightly, "Be a good girl for me, kay?"
"Okay." she nodded. He smiled, pulling her away from him, "That's my little Shadow. I'll be back before you know it. I love you."
"Love you, too, Uncle Allen." the girl replied. He kissed her forehead before standing up to leave. She watched him walk away sadly. Kenji motioned with his hand for her to enter, "Well come in."
The girl obeyed, walking in slowly. Hearing them come towards her, Natsuki hurried to her room before her father could know that she had heard the conversation. She couldn't believe she had a little sister. Her mind was racing with thoughts on how this could have happened. Why would her father not tell her and her mother about the other little girl. She had just made it to her room when Kenji called for her, "Natsuki, come here for a moment!"
"Coming, Father!" she called back. When she got to the living room where her secret sister was she looked up at the man, "Hai, Father?"
"This is Mieshii(pronounced me she holding the e on she an extra second). She's your cousin from the Utashinai prefecture of Hokkaido." he introduced somewhat wrongfully. Green eyes looked up at him for a moment in confusion before looking back to her sister. He, too, looked at the newcomer, "You can share a room with Natsuki."
"Hai, Oto-" a sharp look from him made her change her mind, "I mean Kuga-san." Mieshii bowed her head. Natsuki didn't understand what was going on at all, but her curiosity pushed her onward, "Come on."
She grabbed the girl's hand to drag her and the suitcase to her room. Normally Natsuki didn't let anyone in her room but Shizuru and her parents, on occasion, but this was different. She wanted answers and answers she would get. Once inside her room the older sibling shut the door.
"So," she turned from the door to find her sister wandering around her room. The brown eyed girl stopped her looking to focus on the girl dressed similarly to herself in shorts and a t-shirt. Natsuki continued, "You're my sister."
It was a statement, but Mieshii nodded as if it had been a question.
"How?" was Natsuki's oh-so brilliant question. Mieshii quirked an eyebrow, "How am I suppose to know?"
"Oh." then after a moment in silence Mieshii quizzed her older sibling, "Should I call you Natsuki-itoko(cousin) since Father wants me to call him Kuga-san?"
"Why doesn't Daddy let you call him Father?" Natsuki jumped up on her bed, patting the empty spot next to her. Mieshii sat down beside her, "Because I'm a mistake he made. I think Mama thinks so to."
She was staring at her hands as she continued to explain to Natsuki, "You see that's why I live with my uncle. She doesn't want me anymore."
"Why?" Natsuki quirked an eyebrow, "Are you broken?"
"No." the brown eyes turned to the older girl, "Do I look broken?"
"Not to me." Natsuki answered after inspecting the other girl. Mieshii sighed, looking down at her hands, "I think my uncle is the only one that really loves me."
"I love you." Natsuki proclaimed in childish naivety. Mieshii looked at her in surprise, "But you just met me."
"But you're my sister so that means we share the same blood. And blood it thicker than water." Natsuki explained wisely with her eyes closed and a finger in the air. Mieshii cocked her head to the side, "What does that mean?"
"I'm not sure," the blunette scratched her chin gingerly, "but I hear Grandpa say it all the time. He says that's why relatives are close. So I guess that means I love you because you're my sister."
"Oh." Mieshii mouthed, then smiled, "Thank you, Natsuki-itoko."
Natsuki crinkled her nose, an action she had picked up from her mother, "Don't call me that. Call me Natsuki-oneechan."
"But Kuga-san said-" Natsuki cut her off with a wave of her hand, "You don't have to listen to him all the time. I don't."
It sounded logical to the younger girl so she nodded to show she understood. Suddenly Natsuki jumped off the bed, starling her little sister, "Now let's put you're clothes away!"
"Okay." the multicolor haired girl followed suit, a wide grin coming to her face. After getting her clothes put away, which meant to Natsuki to shove the suitcase under her bed, Natsuki gave her little sister a tour of her house ending back in her room where she introduced her to the green eyed girl's most beloved toy. She picked the stuffed dog off her bed to show off proudly, "This is Duran. He's my best friend, but don't tell Shizuru. She thinks she's my best friend."
"He's cute." Mieshii smiled, reaching out to pet the dog's head. However, Natsuki pulled him away with a sharp, "No! You can't touch him. He's a special gift from Mama."
"Oh." she looked disappointed and Natsuki suddenly had a bad feeling in her stomach. She didn't like this feeling so after a moment in thought she snapped her small fingers. Mieshii could have sworn she saw a light bulb appear over her older sister's head.
"You can't touch Duran, but I know someone who you can touch." she hurriedly went to her closet, tossing Duran on her bed haphazardly. She rummaged around for a while, giving Mieshii the impression that she had gotten lost in there somewhere until she popped out of the toys and junk she had on the floor, "Found it!"
Mieshii jumped back out of surprise and didn't notice the stuffed animal in Natsuki's hand. She closed the closet back and turned around to hold out a gray and white wolf with his red tongue sticking out and glossy brown eyes in her hands with a smile. Brown eyes wandered from the wolf to Natsuki and back to the wolf so Natsuki explained, "I won him at a fair, but-" she whispered the rest of her words- "Duran gets jealous so I don't sleep with him." -she then spoke normal once again- "You can have him."
"Really?" she took the wolf carefully as if it was the most fragile thing in the world. Natsuki nodded proudly, "Think of it as a special gift from your onee-chan."
"Thank you, Natsuki-oneechan." Mieshii gave her a cute smile that Natsuki couldn't help but return.
"What are you going to name him?" After a long moment in thought Mieshii finally answered, "Sirrion.(Sirr as in SEAR-i as in mEEt- on as in bONd)"
"Sirrion?" Natsuki crinkled her nose again, "Where did you get that from?"
"It's Greek. I forget what it means. Something about fire." she explained. Then asked, "Where did you get Duran's name from?" Natsuki shrugged, "It sounded cool." The two let out a laugh for no good reason, as if there's ever a bad reason to laugh. Their moment was interrupted when a girl a year older and slightly taller than Natsuki wearing a purple dress opened the door, "Ara, who is Natsuki laughing with in here?"
That's when she noticed the girl standing next to Natsuki. Crimson eyes stared at the girl with round cheeks, long hair, and a slightly clueless expression on her face. That's when the oldest girl exploded. "Kawaii!" Shizuru squealed when she saw the little girl. She ran to hug Mieshii because cute things should always be hugged.
"Onee-chan!" Mieshii ran behind Natsuki for safety, "She's gonna eat me!" The blue haired girl took pity on her sister and stopped her friend, "Shizuru, you're scaring her." She then went on to introduced her sister, "This is my little sister, Mieshii."
"Sister?" Shizuru quirked an eyebrow. Natsuki nodded with a triumphant smirk, "Yep. Now I have one and you don't."
"How did you get one so fast?" the crimson eyed girl didn't understand. She had just seen Natsuki yesterday and she didn't have a sister then. Natsuki shrugged, "I'm just lucky I guess."
"Do you have a nickname for her?" Shizuru asked, patting Mieshii's head as if she were a puppy to be played with, "All little sister's should have a nickname." Shizuru smiled at Mieshii, a smile that scared the youngest of the three.
"Um..." Natsuki stared intently at Mieshii for a minute or so before nodding with her eyes closed, "Shii-chan." She looked at Shizuru, "What do you think?"
"Shii-chan." Shizuru tested it out, then smiled, "I like it, too."
"Then Shii-chan it is!" Natsuki proclaimed. Mieshii puffed out her cheeks even more, "Don't I get a say in this?"
"Nope." was Natsuki's intelligent reply.
"Why not?" she didn't understand.
"Ara." Shizuru decided to explain, "Little sister's don't get to choose the nickname their onee-sama gives them. That's why."
"Mou. That sounds stupid." Natsuki shrugged away her little sister's complaint, "That's the rules."
"Who said?" Mieshii challenged. Natsuki pointed to herself, "I and all the other big sisters say so and little sisters have to listen to their big sisters."
"That's not fair!" Mieshii continued to whine, "You don't even know how old I am. How do you know I'm younger?"
"Because you're shorter than me." Natsuki replied logically. Mieshii forward her brows, "That doesn't make me younger."
"Well, how old are you?" both Natsuki and Shizuru waited for the girl's answer. She held up four fingers, "I'm four."
"Ha! I'm five so I am the oldest." the blue haired girl seemed happy with her victory.
"But I'm older than Natsuki." Shizuru chimed in. Natsuki waved her off, "Details, details."
"Now let's go eat. I'm getting hungry." Natsuki announced as though she were a queen and the other two girls her servants meant to follow and obey her. Mieshii set Sirrion next to Duran on the bed to follow after the brunette and the blunette. Once in the kitchen Natsuki proceeded to find the bread, peanut butter(for Shizuru), and the jar of mayo(for herself). Mieshii stared at Natsuki in amazement.
"Nani?" Natsuki raised an eyebrow. Mieshii smiled giddily, "How did Natsuki-oneechan know I like mayo sandwiches?"
Shizuru stopped fishing for two spoons from a drawer when she heard the question to stare at the youngest girl.
"Wouldn't Shii-chan like me to fix her a peanut butter sandwich instead?" Shizuru quizzed while she made her way to the table. Mieshii shook her head, "No thanks. I want a mayo sandwich."
"You really are my sister." Natsuki's excitement couldn't be contained. Her parents didn't eat the condiment as much as their child and everyone she knew thought her taste was weird. But now she had someone that understood her. And that made Natsuki very happy.
"Of course." Mieshii smiled, "But I like putting cheese on my mayo sandwiches."
"Cheese?" Natsuki had never thought of that. Mieshii nodded, "You should try it. It taste really great."
"Okay." the green eyed girl went back to the fridge to get the cheese out. They peeled the crust off their sandwiches, causing Shizuru to think she was looking at Natsuki's reflection in a mirror. Suddenly Shizuru felt sick watching the two eat that unhealthy junk. Currently they were talking about the other foods they enjoy mayonnaise on.
"I like putting mayo on my scrambled egg and toast." Mieshii shared her idea of a perfect breakfast. Natsuki swallowed the mix of mayo, cheese, and bread before exclaiming, "Really! I thought I was the only one who did that."
"I also like putting it on burgers, hot dogs, noodles, pizza-" Natsuki interrupted Mieshii's list, "What about cake?"
"I've never tried it on cake before." the child replied thoughtfully. Natsuki looked at her in disbelief, "Really?"
Shizuru wanted to say something to stop their discussion, but she changed her mind when she saw how happy it made Natsuki to finally have someone agree with her about her addiction. So instead she let out a small sigh before taking a bite out of her peanut butter sandwich.
The rest of the day the three played hide and seek, pirates, and a game where Shizuru was the princess locked away in a tower and the Wolf Knights, that's what Natsuki decided should be the name of her and Mieshii squad even if it was just them two, had to save her from the evil troll king.
Kenji was reading a book in the living room when he noticed he hadn't heard the girls in a while. So being the semi-responsible father he was he went to check on them. After checking almost every room in the house he moved on to the last room, Natsuki's room. Opening the door slowly what he saw made him melt, almost making him sorry he hadn't had Natsuki's little sister with Saeko. The three girl's were curled up together on Natsuki's bean bag chair, asleep. He smiled slightly at the sight before shutting the door softly as not to wake them.
That afternoon when Shizuru's mother came to get her Kenji was once again in denial mode, seeming to have forgotten the scene from earlier. When Shizuru's mother walked through the door she greeted the man with a bow of her head, "Greetings, Kuga-san."
"It's good to see you, Fujino-sama." he nodded his acknowledgments. The two turned their attention to the three girls walking into the room.
"Wow, Shizuru she looks just like you." Mieshii stated in wonder, her mouth slightly open in awe of the beautiful woman. And apparently the little restraint Shizuru had around cute things she also got from her mother.
"Kawaii!" Fujino clasped her hands together. Mieshii took a step back nervously, Not again.
Then before she could turn and run the older woman plucked the small child up in her arms. Mieshii squirmed, reaching out for her sister and Shizuru to save her. Luckily Shizuru came to her rescue, well at least tried to anyway, "Mother, please put Shii-chan down."
"Ara, but Shii-chan is so soft and cuddly." the crimson eyed beauty teased, "Like a teddy bear."
Being referred to as a teddy bear made Mieshii blush pink with a muttered, "I'm not a teddy bear."
"Mieshii is my little sister." Natsuki informed. She stuck out her chest, tapping it with her fist in a proud movement.
"Really?" the chestnut haired woman looked at the girl in her arms, but she seemed reluctant to answer, casting her gaze towards Kuga. He immediately spoke up, "Not really."
The older Fujino quirked an eyebrow at his hurried answer. He was a little too quick to answer in her opinion. He continued with a nervous expression plastered on his face, "She's my cousin's daughter. Her and Natsuki-chan are really close."
"I see." she narrowed her eyes at him before turning her attention back to the girl she had as of yet to put down. The confused, and slightly hurt, look Natsuki sent her father didn't go unnoticed by the Kyoto born woman.
"Well then come Shizuru. We must get back home." she turned to walk away when she felt a tug on her skirt. She looked down to see Natsuki staring up at her, "Hai?"
"My sister." the child pointed up at the tricolor haired girl. Mieshii had an exasperated look on her face. This woman was crazy. It also explained where Shizuru got her craziness from. Fujino gave her a teasing smile, "Ara? Are you sure I can't keep her?"
"No!" Natsuki panicked, "She's mine."
"Is that so? Well then here is your little sister back." she placed Mieshii on the floor next to Natsuki. She then turned to Kuga, "Thank you, Kuga-san for watching dear Shizuru for me."
"It was no problem." he smiled back at her. When she turned to leave Natsuki whispered to Shizuru, "Your mom is crazy."
Mieshii nodded in agreement and Shizuru sighed, "I know. I have to live with her."
"Shizuru!" her mother called for her.
"Coming, Mother!" she answered back. She gave a quick bow to Kuga, "Thank you for watching me, Kuga-san."
"See you guys later." she smiled at Natsuki and patted Mieshii's head again before hurrying to meet her mother. The two siblings looked at each other, letting out amused sighs. It wasn't long before they ate, took a bath together at Natsuki's insistence, and went to bed. That night Natsuki lay in her bed wearing similar pajamas to her sister watching the other girl sleep, well try to anyways. Her elbows were on the bed with her hands holding up her head. Mieshii cracked an eye open, "Stop staring at me. You're creeping me out."
"Sorry." Natsuki smiled at her, tilting her head only slightly. She changed her position to lay down correctly with the other girl. They snuggled up together and soon fell asleep. The last thought Natsuki had was, I can't wait until tomorrow so I can play some more with my new little sister.
Omake:
Shizuru: Ara! Natsuki was so cute when she was a little girl!
Natsuki: -blushing-Hai, hai. Oi, author when are we getting out of our childhood?
Author: -thinking- Don't know since I have to give background.
Shizuru: That last thought sounded a bit dirty though, Natsuki. -eyes glint dangerously-
Natsuki: -blush growing darker- O-oi! She's my sister you baka!
Mieshii: Why is her mind always in the gutter?
Natsuki: -sigh- I don't know.
Natsuki and Mieshii looked on as Shizuru caught a nosebleed from her not-so-innocent fantasy.