AND: Here's the sequel I promised. It looks to be longer than Nature's Way. A lot of loose ends from that story get wrapped up in this one. You MUST have read Nature's Way to understand 90 percent of this fic. Reading Those Left Behind will help at the beginning. Starts immediately after Those Left Behind.

Family

Eva reached out and hugged her father. He held on to her tightly. She basked in his presence. She had missed him greatly.

"Dad," she whispered once more. He clung to her harder.

"I thought I had lost you," he said softly. Eva smiled slightly and pulled away.

"Yeah, dad. I'm back for now, but I have to go back to where I was soon," she said softly.

Don's mind pulled a 180 from weeping to full out I'm-your-father-young-lady mode.1 "And just where have you been, young lady?"

"Geeze, could he have started this any earlier," she muttered to herself then turned to him. "What all do you know about Mom's family?"

That had caught him off guard. He was about to reply "everything" but stopped. He had never met Maya's family. She had said she was estranged from them, but she never really talked about them. His look told Eva everything.

"I was with her cousin and couldn't contact anyone. Her cousin is dead and I've inherited some stuff that I need to take care of full time, but I'm taking a vacation and coming back home for a week," she said with a smirk at her father's expression. Man was she the queen of the understatement.

Eva turned to look at the headstones he had been crying at and gaped. She was looking at her own headstone.

"Okay, how did that happen? And do I have to mention this feels freaky. I'm not dead and I have a headstone," she said. Don looked back at the headstone and sighed. Now he was confused, who was in the ground if it wasn't Eva.

"I do not know," Don said softly. His eyes widened a second later. The others were still back at home and would probably faint or some other such nonsense if he brought Eva back without telling them.

His daughter had noticed the change. "The others are keeping watch on you, aren't they?" He sputtered at her question. "Well, let's just surprise them." She had a wicked grin on her face. Being around Ahn and Spring so much was not doing so well for her prankster side. It was growing, and woe to those that she decided to prank. Man were the guys in for a surprise.

(AND: I was really tempted to end it here, but decided I didn't want rabid reviews on my arse)

The two left the cemetery in silence. Don kept taking short glances at his Eva to make sure she hadn't disappeared again. Eva stared out the window with slightly glowing eyes, not that Don could see them. She was feeling the connection she had to Earth through her father's bloodline. She smiled slightly as she pushed her hair back over her ears, non-pointed ears. She was lucky she had been able to hide her mother's blood. After she had taken the crown, her Elysian blood became much more pronounced, meaning she got the pointed ears and canines. After a little experimenting, she found a way to retract her mother's blood so she could appear Earther.

"We're nearly there," Don said as the car pulled onto a long, dirt road. Eva gave a nod and turned to look at her father, really look at him for the first time since they had met in the cemetery. His eyes were dim, but a spark of life was coming back into them. He was pale and very thin. The only good thing she could see from his appearance was that he didn't seem to be drinking a lot.

They were soon at the house. Eva got a really evil looking smirk and slumped in the seat so no one from the outside could see her. No one was in the garage. They were all inside, waiting for Don to get back. The two got out of the car and walked to the door.

"Go in and don't tell them I'm here," Eva said. He turned to look at her with distrusting eyes but nodded. He saw the wicked gleam in her eyes that her mother had before she pulled a practical joke. He sort of felt sorry for the boys.

"Boys," Don called as he entered the house, "I'm back."

"Hey, Don," Rick said as he entered the kitchen where the garage was connected to the house and froze as he saw a young woman with pure black hair and ruby colored eyes step through the doorway and give him a smile. His eyes widened and his breathing hitched. Don turned around and gave his daughter a glare, to which she responded with a smile.

"Ghost," Rick muttered.

Eva giggled. "I am not a ghost, Rick. I just had to disappear for a while. Blame my mother's blood."

"Yo, Rick, Don…back…yet," Jordan said as he entered the kitchen and caught sight of Eva. Stan and Koji followed after hearing his tone. They froze at the sight of the white clad girl.

"Hey, guys," she said and gave a little wave. "I'm back." Jordan and Stan fainted.

AND: How you guys like? The real meat of the story is coming up soon. Hehehe. Hope you likes. Don't forget to REVIEW! I write quicker if I get reviews.
1. Any young woman who has ever had her date meet her parents knows this guy. Guys, think of the first time you met your girlfriends father.