Hello everybody! I'm so sorry for the long wait! xD

This is the sequel of my story: 'The life of a Kami-sama', I don't own any of the characters besides little Hoshiko and the Naoto family.

Please let me know what you think!

ITADAKIMASU!

Chapter 1: The Kotodama Family.

The blonde nodded at the sight of himself in the mirror. His blonde hair now reached beyond his shoulders. Not much, but just a bit and he decided that he was able to call this hair 'long'.

His blue eyes just carried a little mascara, just how Someya explained looked good and he agreed with himself that any eye shadow would ruin both his light eyes and the outfit he was wearing. The tight black dress that covered his body turned out to be beautiful compared to his pale skin colour and the necklace Kanou had bought him fit his blue eyes perfectly. It was a little blue diamond, but reflected so harshly that even the people sitting at the back of the room would be able to notice it.

The dress in fact was totally simple. It reached to his knees and had short sleeves. Nothing special attached unless a little belt around his waist spelling the word 'Gucci'. Kanou wanted to make a great impression, so he decided to wear only expensive clothing and make it obvious to the world that his daughter was going to the best school from now on.

Six years had passed and it was time for Hoshiko to finally go to elementary school. Not that Ayase already wanted her to start her definite education, he just couldn't let her stay home forever.

He and Kanou had decided that the girl didn't need to go to a nursery school, since Ayase was always at home and Kanou actually worked in the same building where he lived. So if anything might have happened to either Ayase or Hoshiko, he was in the neighbourhood.

And now that she had to go to school, Ayase would be lonely in the big penthouse where Kanou lived. He wasn't used to being alone anymore so it would be scary.

Now tonight was some sort of meeting. A meeting for parents to learn to know the other parents and their children could meet each other. After all, they would be in the same class after this weekend.

Ayase sighed, suddenly not so sure whether he looked good enough. Kanou wanted him to look like a girl, and he agreed right away. It would let Hoshiko lead a more normal life in his eyes. How else should she explain that her mother was originally a man?

In the past six years Ayase had lost his female part and now was exactly what his passport showed he was. Only his small breasts decided to stay a little longer, but Waki told him that they'd eventually disappear when Hoshiko wasn't that much around anymore.

He had also went to get identity papers since he was no longer a doll, but an actual human and it was also noticeable in his looks. Not only his hair had grown but his face looked a little older. Not more male, but older. And it also happened with Kanou.

Kanou's hair length didn't change. He wanted it to stay exactly the way it was and therefore cut it in the same model every single time. But his forehead gained a few wrinkles. (Though he denied it all the time, it was obvious in Ayase's eyes…)

But that didn't change the fact that he was still the same Kotodama user as he was the first day Ayase saw him. And, of course, Ayase wasn't able to heal him anymore, so Kanou decided not to use his powers anymore, unless fully necessary.

Hoshiko herself grew a lot in six years. Her hair turned out just a blonde as Ayase's and her dark eyes could stare just as intense as her father's. The round form of her face looked exactly like Ayase's, so now the boy knew what he would've look like when he would've ever been a young boy.

Ayase was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of expensive shoes walking over the wooden floor. Kanou walked into the bathroom, pulling on his tie, and at the frustrated look on his face proved that it didn't seem to work that well. Ayase smiled at the sight when he noticed that Kanou was quickly followed by a little girl in a pink dress. A tiara was placed over the blonde locks with a little white ribbon onto it. Her dark eyes stared towards her father as he didn't seem to succeed in whatever he was doing, her mouth slightly opened.

The blonde boy moved himself towards Kanou as he started to grumble to himself.

"Unbelievable. All these years I've been wearing a tie and just today it doesn't seem to fit!" he said irritated. Ayase again smiled.

"That's because you're not patient enough… here, let me try. " he said kindly as he helped to make sure the piece of clothing found it's place. And with just one try, it did. The blue eyes stared into the dark ones and the blonde showed a kind smile.

Kanou turned away from Ayase and he again started to mumble something about: 'And he never wears a tie…'. Ayase shook his head and turned to his baby girl. Hoshiko stared towards her father as he walked himself passed her, out of the bathroom. She then turned to her mother and looked confused.

"Why is daddy so angry?" she asked softly. Ayase smiled, reaching out for his baby girl.

"He's not angry, darling, he's just… nervous." he said.

"Then… why is he nervous, mommy?"

"It's because it's a special day." he said and he lifted up Hoshiko. Ayase noticed that her hair wasn't lying as it should. The tiara pushed her hair the wrong way and he immediately knew she had asked Kanou to place this in her hair. Ayase sighed.

"Should I comb your hair, princess?" he asked. Hoshiko smiled widely and nodded. Ayase knew she loved it when they called her princess. And she loved it even more when he decided to comb her long hair.

He placed her down onto the sideboard in front of the mirror and she cutely started to swing her legs. Ayase turned towards the drawer, opened it and took out the comb he had bought for their child. Hoshiko smiled, removed her tiara and closed her eyes with a happy look on her face.

Ayase giggled and shook his head before starting to comb the long hair. He was amazed. It already reached beyond her shoulders… He placed the pink tiara over the freshly combed hair and Hoshiko opened her dark brown eyes.

"You look beautiful." Ayase said and she smiled. She again started to swing her legs and now the blonde boy noticed Kanou had forgotten to put on her shoes too.

"Where did daddy put your shoes?" Ayase asked.

"In my bedroom! I'll go get them!" Hoshiko replied. Ayase put her down on the ground and the little girl ran to her bedroom. Again he looked at himself in the mirror. He looked just like he did fifteen minutes ago. Female, beautiful and younger then he was. He then decided to not change anything anymore and walked out of the bathroom.

"I'm ready, mommy!" Hoshiko said, wearing her little white ballerina's. Ayase nodded.

"So am I. Where's daddy?" he replied. Hoshiko pointed towards the couch and Kanou was nervously pacing around it. Watching his watch every now and then.

"Kanou-san, I'm ready." Ayase said and Hoshiko held her mother's hand. "We both are." the man turned around, staring in the sapphire orbs of his lover and he tried to smile. Ayase lifted Hoshiko up again and walked them towards her father.

"Don't be so nervous." Ayase said as he stood right next to him. "We'll be fine." Kanou now nodded at the sight of his two angels. Hoshiko leaned against her mother's shoulder and the similar dark eyes looked towards her father as she smiled cutely. Kanou couldn't help but feel relaxed. He placed a soft kiss on his daughter's forehead and then placed his arm around Ayase's shoulder and nodded briefly.

"Lets go." he said and to Ayase's surprise, he sounded certain and there wasn't even a glance of nervousness audible in his voice. That proved to him that somehow, he needed encouragement too…

The only sound that was audible in the drive to Shinjuku's elementary school was Hoshiko softly humming 'twinkle twinkle little star'. That made sure both her parents would recall that they sung that song every night to make sure she would fall asleep. And somehow, she seemed to have remembered that. It also appeared to relax the butterflies Ayase felt in his tummy.

The car arrived at the school's parking lot and now Ayase was certain the butterflies reappeared. Kanou stopped the car, opened the door and Ayase got out too. As the blonde helped to release his daughter and get out of the car.

Kanou again started to fumble at his tie, looking from the one side of the building to the other, and once again, he made the blonde nervous.

"Kanou-san, can you please calm down?" he said softly as he held Hoshiko in his arms. Kanou gave Ayase an angry look.

"I can't believe how you can stay so calm!" he replied, giving his tie one last hard pull.

"It has no use to be nervous… it's just a school…" the blonde replied softly, feeling how his daughter crawled closer. She always reacted this way when her father raised his voice. Kanou gave Ayase a stunned look.

"Just a school? You have no idea how much money I gave away to get her in!"

"I never told you to pay that much!" the blonde replied, also talking louder because the man kept raising his voice.

"Don't act like you don't want her to have the best." Kanou said.

"Paying a large amount of money doesn't make it 'the best'." and that silenced the other.

"I don't like it when you yell at each other." the little girl suddenly said, crawling closer to her mother. "Can we just go?"

Ayase looked up from his daughter, into the dark eyes of the man, and Kanou nodded.

"She's right. Let's just go."

The entrance was more fancy then the outside of the building, people waiting to take your coats and guiding you into the next room. A young woman dressed in red came walking towards the threesome.

"How can I help you?" she asked kindly.

"We're the Somuku family." Kanou said. "Here for…"

"Hoshiko." the woman fell in. Kanou smiled at her and nodded.

"Yes, my name is Yuuji Tanako. Please do follow me." she said, after noticing that none of the three was wearing any coat.

They followed the young woman into the following room. A huge chandelier hung in the middle of the room and small tables were all over the place. The most prominent part of the whole sight was that the right part was full of tables with women and the kids and the other side were small huddles of men, talking to each other, smoking and drinking champagne.

"If you would please come with me, miss Somuku." Yuuji said to Ayase. "And take your little girl along." she turned towards Kanou now.

"While mister Somuku goes to the other side and so strikes up acquaintances with the other fathers in this hall." she smiled kindly to Kanou.

Ayase quickly looked up towards Kanou, showing him a frightened look. Kanou looked down to his angels and shook his head.

"I want to stay together." the blonde whispered. Kanou rest his hand on the other's cheek.

"Don't worry, I won't be far. Just go talk with the other women and children." he said. Ayase shook his head.

"This is insane. Why can't we all learn to know each other?" the blonde replied.

"I don't know, maybe this is their way of working."

"Daddy, where are you going?" the little girl asked, grabbing hold of her father's hand.

"I have to go to the daddies' side." Kanou answered. "Now you be a good girl and listen to mommy." the little girl nodded obediently and Kanou placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Miss Somuku, if you please." the woman said, smiling kindly and guiding the boy to the women's side.

Kanou caressed his blondes one last time and then they parted ways. Ayase followed Yuuji obediently as he felt how Hoshiko held on tighter and tighter. They approached a small group of young women, sitting around one table. When they noticed Ayase and Yuuji appearing they all stood up, placing their drinks down.

The first lady, and elder lady with her long white hair up in a bun and a small tiara with what looked to be covered in real diamonds, approached the boy first.

"Ah! Miss Somuku I presume." she said and she held out her hand. Ayase smiled, put down his little girl and shook the female's hand. "I heard so much about you and your little girl of course." she addressed that last sentence towards Hoshiko.

"Hello, little one." she said. "What's your name?"

"Hoshiko…" the little girl whispered, holing on to her mother's dress tightly.

"Isn't she just like her mother…" the female addressed to the other two women in their presence, who nodded in agreement. "I'm Mizu Naoto; this school's director. And these are my two daughters; Suna and Yoji." the two girls looked a lot alike, but didn't look like their mother at all. They had long brown hair and their faces showed mean looks… as if they were planning on doing something inappropriate.

"Pleased to meet you." Ayase said kindly and he bowed towards them.

"Likewise. Now, Tanako, can you please take little Hoshiko to the other children, I'm sure she's dieing to make some new friends." Suna said. "My son would like to meet her…" she showed the blonde boy a fake smile.

"Yes, that might be a good idea." Yoji added. "Kaze come over here." she signed towards a young boy who was playing a bit further. He wore a suit, just like all the other men in the room, and looked only a few years older then Hoshiko.

"Yes, aunt Yoji?" he asked kindly. Now the little Kaze did look like his grandmother… the same bright green eyes.

"Can you show the little Hoshiko around?" Suna asked. "I'm sure she wants to make good friends…" the little boy smiled towards Ayase's daughter.

"Hello there." he said. "It's nice to meet you." and he made a deep bow. The little girl blushed and gave her mother a frightened look.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." Ayase said to her and it didn't seem to please Suna.

"Isn't my son good enough?" she asked and she glared towards the boy.

"That's not what I meant…" Ayase replied.

"Excuse me, girls, I think I'll go to the men's side for a while." Mizu said. "Please excuse me, miss Somuku. Do enjoy this evening!" she smiled kindly and left to the other side of the room."

"I do want you to play with me, Hoshiko-san." Kaze said. Hoshiko smiled now as the boy held out his hand. "I always want pretty stars by my side." Ayase widened his eyes. So young, and already flirting with the ladies. Hoshiko blushed and now took the boy's hand.

"You go, I'll be right here, darling." Ayase said towards his doubting daughter and the pink dress followed the fancy little suit.

"See, your daughter does accept my son." Suna said and her sister softly giggled. Ayase did not reply and looked away from the two women in his presence.

"I do like your dress." Yoji said suddenly, to break the silence. Ayase smiled and now took the time to look at their dressed too. Suna was dressed in blue and her dark eyes seemed to be over-make-upped, while Yoji wore a white dress that fit her dark skin really well. Their faces were exactly the same, only Suna looked a little older.

"Thank you. I like yours too." Ayase said.

"So, miss Somuku." Suna said as she and her sister sat back down. Ayase followed their example. "Do you want something to drink? Maybe some champagne."

"No thank you, I'm not drinking alcohol." Ayase replied kindly.

"Really?" Yoji asked. "Then how about a smoke?" Ayase widened his eyes to that question.

"I think it's inappropriate to smoke with children around." he said.

"That's correct. Good answer." Suna said and she grinned.

"Your husband is quite handsome." Yoji proceeded. "Isn't he a Kotodama user?" she asked. Ayase didn't know what to answer. Kanou had been hiding that from everyone… how did they know? The blonde swallowed.

"Sorry to say, miss Somuku, but we think that having a Kotodama as a father or husband is also inappropriate for the children." Suna said. Ayase stood up.

"First of all, he's not my husband and he hasn't been using his power since we got Hoshiko!" he said angrily.

"That doesn't change the fact that his powers are there, miss… however we should call you now." Yoji said and she also stood up.

"My name is Yukiya." the blonde said.

"Well, mister Somuku does seem to have fun with our husbands…" Suna said, but she didn't stand up. Ayase turned towards the men and he saw how Kanou was laughing with a joke the man next to him made. He held a glass of champagne and somehow, only the side of the men seemed to have fun.

"You see, we know all about your story. About you being a doll… made of paper. That's the only way a Kotodama user can heal, right? By kissing you…" Yoji said. Ayase turned around.

"So it should be quite easy for you to hide that he uses his powers."

"I'm not a Kami anymore!" Ayase yelled.

"It's no use lying. We also know that you must be a boy, to be able to heal a male Kotodama user." Suna said and she now also stood up.

"Which means you're not really a girl, so who knows, you might have stolen someone else's child…" Yoji proceeded.

"I would never do that! She' s my daughter!"

"Right… the daughter of a Kami-sama. That sounds honest…" Suna said and she giggled.

"Let me tell you one thing: we don't let monsters like your husband in our school. Especially not when his daughter can carry the same dark powers as him." Yoji said. The blonde could feel tears dwelling up in his eyes and his whole body trembled.

"So get the hell out of here before we tell all this information to everyone present in this room." Suna continued.

"Ayase, is everything all right?" a male voice asked. Ayase looked up at the gentle touch on his shoulder. Kanou stood next to him and held his shoulder tightly.

"Ah, mister Somuku, how good to meet you. Suna and Yoji Naoto. The daughters of the principal, whom you have probably already met." Suna said and she held out her hand. Kanou shook it politely.

"Yes, I have met her. Which proves to me that this isn't your school." Kanou replied. Ayase looked up at him. Had he heard the conversation? The girls stared towards Kanou in a shock.

"This school is your mother's. And the fact that she allowed us to come here, while knowing our backgrounds, proves to me that she doesn't care." Kanou proceeded.

"What makes you think she knows what we know?" Suna asked, irritated because of the huge help Ayase suddenly got.

"Because you two fags couldn't possibly be able to figure out such important information on your own… and with the knowledge I have recently gained by talking to your husbands, I think that they're not able to figure that out either. Which means the only brain in your family is the very kind miss Mizu." the girls gave Kanou a shocked look and turned away from the couple in front of them.

"Kaze! Come here, we're leaving." Suna yelled. Her son looked up, with a big smile since he and Hoshiko had just discovered something funny about the puzzle they were making. But his face did turn into a sad look as he realised he had to say goodbye to his new-made friend. Hoshiko stood up too as the boy whispered a kind bye and ran to his mother.

"Don't think we will let this happen." Yoji said and she followed her cousin and nephew towards their husbands. Ayase looked up towards Kanou and smiled gratefully.

"Thank you." he said and Kanou smiled.

"Why didn't you come to me?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, you seemed to have fun." Ayase replied.

"Fun? With those two idiots? They were half drunk when I got there and couldn't stop telling jokes about themselves… trust me, I was honestly relieved that I had an excuse to leave them." he answered.

"What was your excuse?" Ayase asked.

"I could hear you yell to the other side of the room. I told them I might better calm you down." Kanou replied. Ayase blushed fiercely.

"I'm sorry I ruined your evening." he whispered. Kanou smiled and placed a gentle kiss on the boy's lips.

"You didn't ruin anything. You saved my evening." he replied. Ayase smiled and then felt how a tiny hand surrounded his.

"Mommy, are you okay? I heard you were angry." the little girl said as she stared into her mother's eyes worriedly. Ayase smiled.

"No, I'm fine darling." he said. Hoshiko smiled and suddenly yawned very widely.

"I'm a bit tired from playing with Kaze-kun…" she said. "Can we go home?" Ayase held her tightly and looked up at Kanou.

"Yes, lets go home." he said.

After saying their goodbye's to the kind principal of the school, they decided to take their leave and drove back silently to their home.

When they arrived the little girl was so fast asleep that she didn't wake up one second as they took her to her bedroom.

Kanou's old office room had been changed into the girl's small bedroom. She had her walls painted purple and her bed-sheets in pink. Somehow she never got tired of these two colours… she was exactly like fairy-tale princess.

Ayase changed her clothes and put on her pyjamas, so she could now fall asleep tucked in her canopy bed.

"Good night princess." Kanou said and he kissed her forehead the little girl turned in her sleep and munched a few times, which made Ayase smile. Sometimes, she could be exactly like her father.

Kanou gave the blonde a strange look at the giggle, which made Ayase stop and they both walked silently out of the little girl's bedroom.

Kanou closed the door behind him and turned to his Kami. Ayase stared up into his eyes but looked away quickly as he felt that a slight blush was appearing.

"I'm sorry about this evening." he said softly. "I know you did really much for giving Hoshiko this opportunity."

Kanou grinned slightly, pushing the blonde's head back so he could stare back into his sapphire orbs.

"None of this was your fault. You never asked any of this to happen." he said. Ayase stared back into the dark eyes and felt tears pinching in his eyes. Ever since he got Hoshiko he was able to cry and feel like normal human beings did. But somehow, when he cried, he never found an actual reason why. This time was one of those times.

"I'm really sorry…" he sobbed silently, as he saw that Kanou's face also got a slight of pain in it, but the man smiled anyway and hugged his blonde tightly.

"Don't you dare think about whatever they said anymore. You're not a bad person." he said.

"But I ruin everything. They know I'm a man. They think I've done something bad to our daughter… and she might be like you. What if she is? I don't want her to be… disadvantaged because of that." he said it all in one breathe, while hot tears streamed down his beautiful face. Kanou shook his head at the words.

"That doesn't change anything. If she is a Kotodama… then we're here to support her. To help her, even if people treat her differently."

"I want her to have a normal life." Ayase said. Kanou smiled and removed one of the tears with his thumb.

"With parents like us, a Kami and a Kotodama, I don't think it's possible for her to lead a normal live. You knew that from the beginning." he said. Ayase shook his head slowly and looked away from the intense look of the man, towards his daughter's bedroom door.

"I just…" he started, but he was unable to proceed and he looked down to the floor, closing his eyes firmly which made another teardrop escape. Kanou smiled, holding the blonde tightly.

"You feel powerless. Wanting to help but unable to." he said. Ayase stared up in the dark eyes.

"I'm her father. I'm just as worried as you are." he whispered kindly. Ayase sobbed loudly and let himself fall into the other's arms, hugging him back.

"I love you." Kanou said as he released the boy. Ayase smiled and nodded in agreement. Although he always knew that he loved the man, he somehow was unable to get to pronounce it. The man smiled at the small nod of his angel and swallowed deeply. It had been a long time since they last had had sex. Since the arrival of their little girl they didn't really find a right time to do so.

But the boy hadn't changed at all.

His eyes were just as huge and blue since the first time he had gazed upon them. His golden hair shone brightly, even in the darkest of environments. His pale skin made you dizzy, just from the slightest look of it. But he was perfect. And he belonged to the man only.

"Kanou-san?" the blonde asked. His blue eyes were still wet from crying and he stared worriedly into the other's dark gaze. Kanou again smiled.

"I'm fine." he said and he placed a soft kiss onto the perfect pink lips. Then he stood up and decided to walk away, just for the other's safety, frightened of losing his senses in the near presence of his daughter.

Ayase followed his master with a strange ache in his chest. Kanou lately seemed so… sad in his eyes. Not that he could ever really look sad or disappointed, something was different about his look. As if he was missing something and deep down the blonde knew what it was. He just never had the courage to step up to the man and confront him about it.

He blushed lightly at the thought of it, realising that somehow he had been missing it too. But ever since his kidnapping, they never reached doing that. At least not fully. They tried several times, but mostly Hoshiko seemed to notice what their parents were about to do and it made both of them feel uncomfortable. And if it wasn't Hoshiko's fault, then it was Ayase's. He couldn't help but remember… every single time, how much it had hurt him the last time. Not only physically, but mentally too.

The blonde sighed deeply and followed the man silently into their bedroom. And again, nothing happened that night.

Let me know what you think, and again, I'm very sorry for the late update! I've been having my examinations here so... And I'm pleased to let you know that I graduated! xD