Chapter 1:

"Daddy! Mummy! Do you like my picture I drew?!" A little 2 year old girl asked her father, running up to him with her drawing clutched to her tiny hands while her long black hair flew around in the breeze.

"Your drawing is beautiful, Megumi-chan!" Her mother told her and she grinned in happiness.

"Ah, Megumi-chan, do you think you'll become an artist one day when you grow up?" Megumi's father asked her with a small smile, patting the beaming girl's hair.

"Yup! I'll keep drawing and when I become really good, I'll start drawing you two and myself and um and others too!" Megumi exclaimed excitedly, jumping up and down. But all of a sudden, her mother gave a whimper and looked as though she was in pain.

"Rihan... It's the baby..." She whispered and the couple left.

"Hey Kubinashi-kun, think you could look after Megumi for a little while? She'll probably get upset that we have to go do something, she really likes company." Rihan told a bright blond haired neck less boy who looked as though he was in his late teens, so said boy went to see Rihan's daughter who was frowning because her parents had left her alone.

"Hi Megumi-chan, how are you today?" Kubinashi asked her and she smiled brightly once again like before.

"Hello Kubinashi-kun! I feel very happy 'cause I just finished this picture! Do you like it?"

"Yeah, it looks really good Megumi-chan. You should try drawing portraits of people sometime soon? Then you can become the best at drawing, couldn't you?" Kubinashi encouraged the small child who laughed and nodded with a determined look in her bright yellow innocent eyes.

"Yup! I already told mummy and daddy that I'd draw them! I'll draw you too and maybe even the baby soon!" She replied loudly and the two carried on talking, both happily until they heard news of Megumi's mother being okay and that the baby was well too. Kubinashi took Megumi with him to see her parents and the new baby who was introduced as Rikuo by Rihan; who told them that he liked the name and felt it suited his son.

"He's so noisy...!" Megumi complained quietly and her mother giggled.

"Megumi-chan, your little brother will calm down soon, don't worry. Anyway, you were quite loud yourself back when you first arrived!" Her mother scolded her jokingly, hugging Megumi who hugged back and the little girl cheered up as she was then allowed to pick Rikuo up to hug him too.

A few years later, Megumi who was 6 years old, her father and little 4 year old brother, Rikuo were walking around in the garden. Her younger brother had happened to find a girl who looked Megumi's age and they got on well, Rikuo was running ahead of the other three in excitement that we were all going to have a family day rather than worrying about their clan and other plain normal humans. Megumi was lagging behind a bit as unlike her younger brother, she preferred to look around and doodle in her notepad what she found. It was her favourite hobby to do when she was bored which was most of the time as everyone back at home was more focused on Rikuo than her, especially since she only had 1/6 of Yokai blood whilst her younger brother had 1/4, so his Yokai form could stay out much longer than hers. Megumi's eyes wandered to her father and the black haired girl in front of her, a few meters ahead and felt a weird aura coming from the girl. All of a sudden, the 6 year old noticed the girl was holding something behind her back which she picked from a bush... a sword?! The woman started screaming as she attempted stabbing Rihan, but something... or someone pushed her out of the way, knocking her out in the progress, that was Megumi. The little girl growled in anger and made sure the lady was not awake.

"Daddy!" Rikuo said as he ran back up to Rihan who was breathing heavily, well more like he could barely breath at all. Megumi straight away ran up and kneeled with her brother in front of their father before getting Rikuo to help the elder lie down straight on his back.

"I hope this works..." Megumi whispered as she held both her hands out onto her father's wound. Rihan's eyes widened as Megumi and Rikuo saw a golden light flash from the girl's hands then in seconds the blood was cleared up but the wound was still hurting Rihan a lot. Nobody knew if her healing would save him yet though...

"Rikuo, help me pick up dad, we need to take him home and we can get Grandpa or someone to get rid of that lady!" Megumi ordered her brother who complied with a nod, so the two slowly carried their dad back home which luckily wasn't too far away.

"What the heck happened to Rihan-sama?!" One of the Yokai who lived in their house asked with wide eyes and shouted annoyingly loud. Some more Yokais appeared to see what the yelling was about and all of their jaws dropped.

"Let me help you get him inside, Megumi-chan." Kubinashi appeared and Rikuo let go, Megumi silently said thank you and they got her father inside and laid him on the floor, making sure there were some cushions there too so he would be more comfortable.

"Um... Kubinashi-kun... Would you be able to join me quickly to get rid of a lady... she was the one who caused this problem and all I could do to stop her was knock her out... Please? In case she tries waking up and hurting my dad again?" Megumi asked while staring at her father but she turned to Kubinashi when she heard him gasp.

"OK. Let's go quickly then!" He said in a hurry as he left the girl who blinked twice before she realised she had to run to catch up with him and found that he had tried to get some help as another yokai who was stronger than both of them joined.

"Daddy... are you OK?" Rikuo came into the room where his father was resting in, but he also met with his Grandpa who was looking over Rihan.

"Ah Rikuo my dear grandson! Thank you for protecting Rihan from whatever happened out there!" Nurarihyon said with a proud smile to Rikuo who sweat dropped.

"Um Grandpa, it was Megumi-nee-chan (Sister) who saved daddy, not me... You should thank her..." Rikuo told his grandfather who sighed and frowned.

"Ah OK... Where is that girl anyway?" Nurarihyon asked Rikuo who shrugged and then Wakana arrived at the room with a bowl of soup which was for Rihan though he was still asleep.

"I saw Kubinashi and Megumi leave to the gardens and overheard that they were going to quickly take care of something which I have a strong feeling is connected to Rihan..." She told the two males before sitting beside Rihan and gently waking him up.

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"Oh no..." Megumi was frozen, "the girl's gone? B-but... I'm such an idiot!" She yelled at herself; close to ripping her hair out. Kubinashi stood beside her looking ten times more worried.

"A-at least he didn't die thanks to you; Megumi-chan!" He tried reminding her.

"... I guess. I wonder if my healing actually saved him? He still looked like he was going to leave forever though..." Megumi whispered as she looked at the ground whilst walking, pain cracked in her voice. Kubinashi put a hand on her shoulder so she looked up at him, his face full of concern.

"Megumi-chan, you did what you could. Don't worry; you did something any other person would not do when it came to that. Anyone else would just watch and cry however you didn't..." He told her and Megumi attempted a small smile.

"I guess... well we're home now, maybe I can talk to my dad? See you." She said as they approached their home and Kubinashi went to see some of the other Yokai like Yuki-onna who looked like she was annoying Rikuo.

Meanwhile, Megumi walked into the room her father was in and noticed her Grandfather there too. The two men were talking about something so Megumi frowned as they looked over to her.

"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you two... I just wanted to see how you were doing dad..." She apologized but her father smiled and shook his head slowly.

"It's okay Megumi-chan, I needed to have a small chat with you anyway." He replied and her Grandfather left so Megumi suddenly thought it would be serious. "Thank you for trying to heal me after that encounter with... Yamabuki. It is just that... I understand that you tried your best and that did stop me from going... but for now I might need to have a break from being head of our clan-"

"What?!" Megumi nearly shouted but covered her mouth in shock and confusion, "But dad, you're really strong, can't you recover in like no time?" She asked quickly and Rihan reached his hand over to hers.

"I'm not strong enough for that though, after all, it was a Yokai weapon; Nenekirimaru and not just some ordinary one. I may also not recover for quite a while since I'm a half yokai and I'm also half human, so getting struck in the chest has really weakened me. But don't get too upset over me dear, because at least I am not dead thanks to you healing the wounds a bit. Just go on and enjoy life will you Megumi-chan." Rihan told his daughter with a warm smile who gave him a massive hug, fresh tears rolling down her face and dropped onto Rihan's yukata. The girl then stood up and said goodbye before leaving, yet she stopped at the door and asked a question,

"Hey dad, who will the third heir be? I won't tell anyone I promise..."

"...I think both my old man and I agree that the third heir will... please don't get upset but, your brother Rikuo since he has one quarter of Yokai blood in him while you have one sixth." Rihan replied unsure of what her reaction would be.

"OK, that is good for him. I won't let myself become jealous of him, instead I will be his big sister who will make sure he is safe and I will help him in any tough situations." Was the left thing Rihan heard his daughter say before she left the room.

(This was about 4 pages :) alot of the chapters I swear have like 6 pages though XD ~Chloe)

((EDIT 24/7/14 I SMELL BS PAST ME! Also I just edited this because here on FF I had Megumi dispose of the mysterious girl's body while on Quotev I changed it to the girl disappearing, whoops))