A/N: I'm finally doing another brocon fic! I've wanted to for a while, but haven't been sure what to do. I eventually decided on this idea, the plot line of which was actually Littlest1's idea (used here with her permission). We discussed a little about how a plot line like this would play out and I thought it would be fun. Ema will be a little different in this since she had a bit of a different childhood. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Adventure

Ema tried to keep to keep her lip from trembling. She didn't want to make things more difficult for her father. And she was excited. Really, she was. It was just going to be hard. Really, really hard.

"Ema," Miwa said, reaching a hand toward the ten-year-old. Despite Ema's efforts, Miwa had still been able to tell she was upset. Ema went to her and hid her face in Miwa's stomach, hoping to hide the tears that wanted to spill. Miwa wrapped her arms around Ema, rubbing her back.

"You'll have so much fun," Miwa promised her. "And you'll be a lot less lonely being with your dad all the time. Now you'll get to see him every day instead of him being gone for weeks!"

Ema just stopped herself from saying when she wasn't lonely with her dad gone when she had the Asahina house to visit. She loved being with her dad, and was excited to move with him overseas and now join him on all his adventures, but the Asahina house was always so much livelier than her own. She and her dad were just she and her dad. The Asahina house was always chaos with people coming and going and everyone wanting to know what was for dinner and who's turn it was to choose what they were watching on TV, and had anyone seen Azusa's glasses? She loved it.

"Yeah, Chi," Luis said, taking Ema from his mother's arms to wrap an arm around her shoulders. "Now you won't be alone at nights anymore. Or have to have dinner by yourself. Or breakfast." Luis knew how scared Ema sometimes got being home alone at night. Especially when there were strange noises around the apartment. "It'll be great to have your dad home every night and morning." He leaned down by her ear to add, "I'd love to have my mom home every day." He pulled back to smile. "But I understand that her work is important. Plus, you won't be all alone in a new place. In addition to your dad, you'll still have Juli. He's coming too, right?"

Ema nodded, wiping her eyes. "Y-yeah. Dad said Juli could come." She didn't know what she would have done if her pet squirrel, her companion through everything in life, hadn't been allowed to come. Luis was the only other person Ema had ever met who could also understand Juli. Juli liked most of the Asahina brothers okay, but Luis was the one he would really miss.

"Don't worry, little sister," Tsubaki said, kneeling and scooping Ema into his arms. "We'll miss you too and I promise I'll email you every week." He pouted at his mom behind Ema's back. "I always wanted a little sister and got seven little brothers instead. You're the closest I have to a little sister, of course I'll miss you." He put his hands on his shoulders and looked into her eyes. "Come back and visit, okay?"

"I'll try," Ema promised, sniffling. Her dad had said they wouldn't be able to come back to Japan for a while. He was under contract for a show that would track his adventures across the globe. He was popular enough that he was already under contract for several seasons, and they wouldn't be able to come back to Japan during that time. That was why Dad had told the producer he would only agree to the show if Ema got to come with him. The producer had agreed and was even providing a teacher for Ema while they traveled.

Her dad had promised they would eventually come back to Japan. Maybe not to live, but at least to visit. It was still a toss-up as to whether Ema was more excited to be joining her dad on his adventuring, or more upset to be living Japan and her friends.

"Every week?" Ema asked, making sure.

"Every week," Tsubaki promised. "You can yell at me through email if I ever forget and then I'll send you two emails the next week."

Ema nodded, happy to hear that. She hoped some of the other Asahina brothers would email her as well, but was too shy to ask.

"It will be an adventure," Masaomi said, patting Ema's head. "Imagine all the amazing things you'll see and experience by traveling with your father. You'll learn so much traveling the world. Send us pictures of the cool things you see, all right?"

Ema smiled and nodded. "I will!"

"And don't forgot us," Kaname added. "You'll meet so many amazing people and see so many incredible things that you'll probably forget all about Japan in no time. And then you'll meet plenty of cute boys and forget all about us." He winked. "Just wait until you're a little older before you say yes to any of those boys, okay?"

Ema blushed. "I won't meet any boys! I'll be in the mountains and in forests a lot of the time! There aren't any boys there." Or any girls either. Ema still worried about how she would make friends while she was gone.

"Mountain boys and forest boys," Kaname said. "Those are the best kind."

"There aren't any boys in the mountains or forests, like she said," Yusuke scowled. "There isn't anyone there. If anyone could do what Rintaro does, then he wouldn't be famous."

Ema got quiet. Despite the fact that Ema and Yusuke were the same age, Yusuke didn't seem to like her much. She was pretty sure he was annoyed by how much time she spent at the Asahina house. The two of them went to the same school and used to be good friends, but about a year ago, Yusuke started pulling away from her. She didn't know what happened or what she did, but he suddenly no longer wanted to play with her at school and ignored her at his house. It still hurt.

"I don't want Onee-chan to gooooo!" Wataru yelled, wrapping his arms around Ema's legs.

"I'll email you every week, just like Tsubaki will me," Ema said. "And Masaomi can read the emails to you. And I'll send you pictures!" Ema had been worried about how Wataru would take the news. The Asahina's father had dead a little over a year ago in a car accident, and Wataru was still sensitive over the idea of people leaving his life. Plus, with Miwa gone so much of the time, Ema was pretty sure she was the biggest female presence in Wataru's life. She certainly wasn't like a mother to him, but she was a little like an older sister.

"But Kana-nii just said you'll forget about us!" Wataru wailed. "I don't want you to forget me!"

Ema didn't want Wataru or the other Asahina's to forget her either, but Wataru was so young. Would he forget all about Ema in a year or two? Would the other Asahinas? She was just a neighbor girl who played at their house a couple times a week.

"Kaname was only joking," Masaomi assured Wataru, gently pulling him away from Ema. "Now you need to let go of Ema, or she can't go take cool pictures to send you." Masaomi picked Wataru up and Wataru buried his face in Masaomi's shoulder, crying.

Ema felt a little spark of envy. She wished she had a brother like Masaomi. She'd secretly wished plenty of times that she was part of the Asahina family. A large, loving family where she would never be alone. Now she wouldn't even have that. Of course, now she would have her father, she told herself. Now they'd be more like a real family where she would get to see her father every day. It would be good.

"Make sure to learn all you can," Ukyo advised. "You'll be exposed to a lot of cultures, which will let you learn different ways of thinking. All that experience will really help you later in life if you take advantage of it."

"Right," Ema agreed, trying to look serious. Internally, she was giggling a little. Of course, that was Ukyo's main concern. Traveling the world on adventures and all he cared about was what Ema might learn.

"You'll have such a good time," Hikaru promised her. "If you forget about you'll be in trouble, but I do think you'll be too amazed to spend much time missing us. Instead, you'll have lots of fun things to email us all about. And who knows, maybe we'll even come see you one day."

"Good luck," Iori said. "I hope you have a lot of fun."

"Thanks," Ema said. "Good luck with getting into Bright Centraire." Iori had one more year before junior high and was aiming to get into one for super smart kids. Ema had little doubt of his ability to make it in. He was the smartest kid she knew and had helped her with her homework more than once.

"Thanks," Iori said, giving her his princely smile. It made all the girls in the neighborhood swoon, but Ema was used to it with all the time she spent around the Asahinas. It was hard to imagine her being impressed with 'cute guys', as Kaname said, after being exposed to Iori. And Fuuto. Fuuto was also shaping up to be a really cute kid, but he was a brat. Fuuto told Ema to her face that it was annoying to have her around all the time and that she should find her own family. Kaname had banished Fuuto to his room for saying that. Fuuto wasn't even there. No doubt he was happy Ema was leaving.

Subaru might also be happy about Ema going, but he was too nice to say so. He was at least there at the airport to see her off. Honestly, Ema didn't know whether Subaru liked her not. He never spoke to her, so she assumed he didn't. Natsume wasn't there either, but he had a track practice that day, so couldn't make it. He'd texted her to wish her good luck though.

"All right," Rintaro said, checking his watch. "It's about time we went through security so we make sure we catch our flight on time. Are you ready, Ema?"

Miwa and each brother other than Yusuke and Subaru gave Ema one final hug goodbye, and then they were gone.