"Do you have to go?" A boy of about four asked his mother, his green/blue eyes were staring intensely at the floor as he swung his legs back and forth.
"You know I do sweetheart, but what'd I tell you?" A woman of about 21 or 22 asked her son, her light brown eyes looking over at him from her suitcase.
"You and Daddy will be back in dese many days and then we're gonna do anything I want" He recited, holding up five fingers.
"That's right baby, so you're gonna be good right?" She asked, raising an eye brow.
"Yes" He nodded.
"And you know what else?" She asked him, setting her knees on the floor so that she was at face level with him.
"What?" The little boy asked as his mother ran a hand through his unruly blonde hair.
"Mimi is gonna come stay with you and Uncle Matt's gonna take you to the park later today!" She said enthusiastically.
"And play basketball?" He asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Oh yea, lots of basketball" She smiled, lightly poking his tummy.
"Kari" A voice came from outside of the room, which was proceeded by a knock.
"In here hon" she called back.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Sure Tk" Kari nodded, signaling her son with her eyes.
"You're gonna be okay right champ?" Tk asked, a boyish grin on his handsome face as he took his son into his arms.
"Yes, but when you get back we're gonna play lots of basketball okay?" He instructed, putting a finger on his Dad's face.
"So much Basketball that you're gonna want to go to bed early, just to stop playing" Tk joked.
"Like that's gonna ever happen" His son said, making Kari giggle.
"We'll see you soon Natey" Kari smiled, kissing his forehead.
"Hello! God mother in the house! Is anyone home?" A feminine voice called around the house.
"Oh boy Mimi's here!" Nathan said enthusiastically, jumping out of his Dad's arms.
"Hey Nate!" Mimi exclaimed, lifting the four year old off his feet.
"Mimi, Mimi are you really gonna stay with me for five whole days?!" Nate asked, almost disbelievingly.
"Sure am buddy, sure you won't get sick of me?" Mimi asked playfully.
"No way!" Nate said, shaking his head vigorously.
"Good, we're gonna have so much fun" Mimi assured him.
"Mimi, hey thanks for doing this by the way-
"Don't even mention it Kari, I love my little blonde god son here and am guilty of not spending enough time with him, so actually you're doing me a favor" Mimi interrupted, putting Nate on the floor.
"And once you leave I will proceed to make up my lack of presence through candy and toys" Mimi joked.
"You spoil him rotten" Kari said, ruffling her son's hair.
"Hey Meems" Tk greeted, giving her a friendly hug.
"Hey Tk, long time" Mimi smiled.
"All right so the numbers for our cell phones, the hotel, business room and airport are all on the fridge, plus I ordered pizza so it should be here any minute, if there's any problem at all-
"Which there won't be-
"Just call" Kari said, hugging Mimi.
"We'll see you in a bit baby, be good, Mommy loves you" Kari said, enveloping her son in a goodbye hug.
"Love you too Mom" Nate said, his voice was muffled by Kari's jacket.
"Be good son, I love you" Tk added, kissing his son's forehead.
"I know, you too Daddy" Nate said.
"Okay so Tai's in the car, we'll see you later" Tk said, putting his coat on and heading for the door.
"Thanks again Mimi, we really appreciate it" Kari said again.
"Hey, it's no problem at all" Mimi ensured.
"One more thing, Matt's gonna come by later, to take Natey to the park is that okay?" Kari asked unsurely, she knew that the two of them had history, Mimi wasn't all too fond of him right now.
"Sure, fine" Mimi sighed, waiving to Kari as she headed out the door.
"Looks like it's just me and you bud" Mimi smiled, outstretching a hand to the four year old.
"What are we gonna do?" He asked taking her hand.
"Well your uncle Matt's coming by soon, so in the mean time how bout a bath?" Mimi suggested.
"Uh- Uh" Nathan said, shaking his head and wrinkling his nose.
"Come on cutie, don't you wanna play in the bubbles?" Mimi asked brightly.
"Well if there are bubbles…" He trailed off.
"Haha that's what I thought" Mimi laughed, grabbing him and running up the stairs with him.
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23 year old Matt Ishida sat in his 4 bedroom home, looking through the stack of papers on his desk. He worked at his father's multimillion dollar firm as the manager of business retailing, meaning he basically had to look through files of various companies making sure they were meeting regulations, financially that is. He ran a hand though his mess spiky blonde hair in aggravation.
His cell phone began vibrating off the table, he grabbed it.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Matt it's me, Sora, what are you doing?" She asked.
"Trying to sort the pile of papers on my desk dating back to the 1900's, and failing miserably" Matt joked.
"I don't understand why you work, you should just retire at 23 my friend" Sora laughed.
"Any particular reason you called?" Matt asked.
"Actually yes, did you forget that you promised your nephew a trip to the park today!?" Sora exclaimed.
"Fuck man, oh god, no wait did Tk and Kari leave, don't tell me he's by himself-
"Matt calm down, Mimi's with him, well that's what Kari told me anyway and she said specifically to remind you. He's fine by the way, did you forget she's babysitting him while Tk and Kari are away" Sora said, not even bothering to ask since she knew he had.
"Yea" Matt said, scratching the back of his neck.
"All right well I'll let you go, and quick before it gets dark" Sora smiled, hanging up.
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"How about this?" Mimi asked, picking out a fourth shirt, seeing as how Nate had denied the last three.
"Um, no" Nathan said, shaking his head.
"Come on Natey, I'm the fashion designer here, why are you so picky" Mimi said playfully, grabbing yet another shirt from his vast closet.
"This one?" Mimi asked, holding up a small blue t-shirt with a picture of a flaming basketball on it, with the words "It's a way of life" written under it.
"Yes" Nathan nodded, putting his arms up.
"You are your father's son" Mimi sighed, pulling the T-shirt over the boys head.
"Thank you Mimi" Nathan smiled.
"Awe no problem babe" Mimi said, brushing down his blonde hair, knowing it would spike back up again once it dried.
And as soon as the door bell rang, Nathan jumped to his feet and raced down the stairs.
"Nate, wait for me!" Mimi called, following him.
"You know not to open the door by yourself right?" Mimi asked, unlocking the front door.
"Yes" Nathan nodded.
"Good boy" Mimi said, opening the door, revealing an extremely sexy Matt.
"Hey Nate dog, what's goin on" Matt said hi fiving his nephew/god son, before hoisting him up in the air.
"Uncle Matt, look I'm all ready to go to the park" Nathan pointed out happily.
"Yea you are" Matt laughed.
"Hey Meems" Matt acknowledged, giving her a small smile.
"Hi" Mimi said, putting up a hand.
"Hey Natey, why don't you run and put on your shoes huh?" Mimi suggested.
"Sure Mimi" Nathan said, running out of the room.
"So, how's the fashion line going?" Matt asked uncomfortably, he was of course referring to Mimi's clothing label called Elite, it was hot everywhere, Paris, Milan, Tokyo and of course New York.
"Pretty good, my mom's running it for now, but once I get back to New York it'll be hectic again" Mimi sighed.
"How's um the company?" Mimi asked, rubbing her upper arm up and down nervously.
"Good, good" Matt replied.
"And you and Sora?" Mimi asked, she knew she was behind enemy lines now and basically had thirty rifles pointed at her heart, but it was now or never.
"Didn't work out, it's not right" Matt said truthfully, staring at the floor.
"Well okay" Mimi said, turning away from him.
"I'm ready, let's go" Nate said, running into the room.
"Uh, no not yet, jacket first angel face" Mimi said, reaching into the coat closet.
"But Mimi, it's not cold" Nate whined.
"It's gonna get cold Natey" Mimi said, putting a light jacket on him.
"So, I'll bring him back in a bit" Matt said, opening the door.
"Uh yea sure" Mimi nodded.
Sora had been her best friend for God knows how long, they had been through everything together, hell and back, through it all they had always had each other. That is until one day, Matt and Sora decided that they had feelings for each other that were much too hard for them to ignore, so instead of just breaking up with Mimi as a responsible not brain dead 21 year old would do, Sora and him started a "secret affair", it wasn't that secret. What sucked was that since the two of them didn't work out, they both pretty much screwed her over for no reason. Sora and her barely ever spoke, I mean it's been almost two years, but it was just a really hard thing to forgive or forget.
Shaking herself free of the past, Mimi reached for the remote, hoping that there might be a good movie on or something, she knew that taking care of Nate meant on her feet all the time so she took what she got. The TV turned on to the news, channel 11 news to be specific.
"Just like them, they are so boring" Mimi mumbled, as she raised the remote to change the channel.
What stopped her was the news flash, a video clip of an airplane going down…
"This is airliner 747, it was headed from LAX airport to LGA in New York, it went down right here, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, there are no known survivors at this moment, back to you Val" The reporter said solemnly, as Mimi stared disbelievingly at the screen. She felt her blood run cold, her entire body had gone numb, it was as if time and space itself had stopped, because she couldn't see or feel anything. Tears began to rush down Mimi's face in waterfalls and her breaths came in short gasps as she held her chest.
"Oh God, oh my god" She kept saying over and over as she reached for the phone.
"Tai, Tai" Mimi sobbed.
"What's wrong, Mimi are you hurt? What is it?" Tai asked urgently.
"Tk and Kari's plane, their plane" Mimi choked, falling to the floor.
"Mimi, what do you mean?" Tai asked sharply.
"Turn on the TV" Mimi whispered, holding the phone to her chest.
"No, my baby sister, no this can't be happening" Tai said unbelievingly.
"Please just get here" Mimi wept.
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It had been confirmed, the flight Tk and Kari had been on, crashed, leaving behind no survivors, this tragic and horrific incident was all over news channels and on every radio station, it had been the most significant plane related news since 9/11, this however was in no means a terrorist attack, just a miscalculation and a series of mechanical failures within the airliner itself.
"How do we break it to him?" Mimi whispered
"How do you tell a four year old, his parents died?" Matt asked back, tears lining his face.
"The funeral is tomorrow, he has a right to know" Mimi said forcefully.
"So you wanna be the one to tell him?!" Matt demanded.
"No, but you're his god father and I'm his god mother so we have to tell him together" Mimi said.
"I just lost my brother, do you really expect me to be collected enough to tell my nephew his parents are never coming back?" Matt shot.
"You have to be" Mimi said, the solidarity in her voice even surprised her.
"Mimi, are you okay?" Nathan asked, walking into the room.
"Come here sweets, me and your Uncle Matt have to tell you something" Mimi said, swallowing back the lump that was forming in her throat.
"What?" Nate asked, sitting in between the two.
"You know I love you right?" Matt asked.
"Mhmm" Nate nodded.
"And me too, you know that right hon?" Mimi asked.
"Yea" Nathan said again.
"Nathan, Mommy and Daddy they're…" Matt trailed off, looking away, he couldn't bring himself to say it, because saying it would make it undeniably true.
"Baby, you're parents, they're not coming back" Mimi said, new tears cascading down her face.
"Sure they are Mimi, Daddy promised me" Nathan said, reaching up to wipe her tears.
"Nate, you know the plane everyone on the T.V has been talking about?" Mimi asked, trying miserably to hold her composure.
"The fire one?" Nathan asked.
"You Mommy and Daddy, they were on it" Matt said, holding him.
"You're lying" He said, pushing Matt away.
"Nathan please, baby we love you" Mimi tried.
"Get away from me" He yelled, running up the stairs.
"Nathan" Matt called after him, going up the stairs too.
He was met by the sound of his nephew's bedroom door slamming shut, and then being locked, about a minute later Mimi was up too. (A/N: This part made even me cry…sorry if it's too sad!)
"Nathan" Mimi called, knocking on the door.
"Go away! Bring my Mommy and Daddy back!" Nathan screamed, his voice was strained.
"I can't do this" Mimi said, breaking into a fit of tears.
"Nate come on, open the door, please, for Uncle Matt" Matt pleaded.
"Bring them back, please, I just wanna see my mommy and daddy" He said, crying.
"Just bring them back" He said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Please Nathan open the door" Matt said again, and the little boy did, collapsing into Matt's arms.
"Maybe if I wake up tomorrow, this will all just be a dream" Nathan said, as Matt lifted him into his arms.
"Bring him into the room I'm staying in, he can sleep in the bed with me" Mimi said, her voice came out in hiccups because of how much she had been crying.
"You're staying the night here?" Matt asked, walking into the guest bedroom.
"That was the arrangement and I can't just pick him up and take him to the apartment I'm renting, not after this" Mimi sighed, turning on the light.
"Mimi, are you gonna leave me?" Nathan asked softly.
"I wouldn't dream of it" Mimi said immediately, planting a kiss on his forehead.
"Alright, so listen, I'll come by tomorrow, pick you and we'll go to the thing" Matt said, squeezing his eyes shut so that no more tears could leak out.
"Sure" Mimi nodded, as Matt turned to leave.
"Don't go Uncle Matt" Nathan said loudly.
"But-
"Please?" He asked.
"Uh, oh, okay I won't" Matt said unsurely, looking at Mimi, she gave him a slight nod.
"Come here baby face" Mimi said, settling herself in the bed, she gently put Nathan on her arm, so he was secure and put the comforter over him.
"You wanna change Natey?" Mimi asked.
"Don't call me that" He spat.
"Okay, okay, I won't" Mimi said.
"Matt you don't have to sleep on the floor, just come lay down here, the bed is big enough and it's only one night" Mimi said seriously, as she watched him uncomfortably settle himself on the hardwood floor.
"You sure?" He asked.
"Yea" Mimi nodded.
"Alright" Matt shrugged, laying on the other side of Nate.
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Everyone from friends to family to co workers showed up to the funeral, it was an empty casket ceremony, since the bodies had not yet been found. It was solemn and Matt read Tk's obituary and Tai read Kari's. Everyone there was in shock and Nathan hadn't said a word all day. The four year old didn't quite grasp the idea of death but he did know that his parents were never coming back, he'd never play basketball with his Dad again nor would he ever have his Mommy's special deluxe chocolate chip cookies again.
"Hi" Someone said behind Mimi.
"Hey" Mimi said immediately not really caring who it was, she lightly grabbed Nathan's hand as she turned around.
"He looks cute" Sora commented, referring to Nathan's all black suit and cute loafers.
"Not really going for that but thanks" Mimi said quietly.
"I know we haven't talked in a while-
"And I'd love to keep it that way" Mimi interrupted honestly.
"I, okay, I guess I understand that, but just I mean I'm here Meems, I want you to know that, I mean I totally have your back-
"Okay great, just don't stick another knife in it" Mimi said a little coldly, turning away from Sora.
"Mimi you don't like Sora?" Nathan asked innocently.
"I don't dislike her but well, we're just not friends" Mimi said, putting as simply as she could.
"Mimi can I ask you a question?" Nathan asked, as they sat down at a table.
"Sure babe" Mimi nodded, pulling out a chair for Nathan to sit on.
"Can I, stay with you?" He asked nervously.
"Oh of course, yes Nathan" Mimi said, laughing through the tears that had sprung up in her eyes.
"Coz I don't wanna live all alone" He said, swinging his legs back and forth.
"Nobody would let you sweetheart" Mimi told him, ruffling his blonde hair.
"And Uncle Matt?" He asked.
"Um I'm not-
"Mimi we have to go to that meeting thing" Matt interrupted.
"Right okay sure" Mimi said.
"Come on champ" Tai said, extending a hand to Nate.
"Uncle Tai!" Nathan said, jumping up into the loving arms of his maternal uncle.
"Come on" Matt said, gesturing with his head.
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Mimi and Matt sat patiently in the dimly lit room, awaiting the lawyer to overlook the wills left behind by both Tk and Kari.
"Due to the circumstances, it seems Mr. and Mrs. Takaishi have left the custody of their son Nathan Matthew and all of their assets, in the hands of Godmother Mimi Tachikawa and God Father Yamato Ishida, should you decline custody, the four year old will be put up for adoption" The lawyer read out, adjusting his glasses and looking up at the two.
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A/n: What'd you guys think? I just really wanted to try a new story, I have a bad habit of not finishing what I start, however this one I'm sooo excited about so please please please review!! Also I didn't mean this to be too dark, but it's an idea I've been playing around with definitely tell me if you like it! One more thing if there's anything confusing or there's something you guys don't understand, PM me, I'm sure that the whole Mimi Sora thing seems a little unclear but just so you know there's gonna be like a flashback that will mostly explain everything in better detail!! Thanks lots and lots of x's and o's!!!!