Nagisa and Ushio walked hand-in-hand down a very similar road-the path of cherry blossoms. The wind was blowing. Not too hard, not too soft. Just right.

"Ushio, now that you're sixteen, I think it's time you've seen some places that are very close to your father and I." Nagisa told her daughter. "This-" her and Ushio stopped walking. "is where your father and I met for the very first time.

"It was my second year as a senior. I stood in this very spot-" she moved over to where she stood on that day. "And you know what I said?"

"Anpan." Ushio smiled.

"That's right." Nagisa said softly.

"I remember Daddy telling me that when I was little." Ushio said. "But he never told me what he said."

"Daddy didn't say anything at first. But after a few seconds of silence he said, 'Just go and find more.' I was shocked at first-I didn't realize he was listening. But after he told me a few other things, we walked up the hill to school. And we may not have known it, but that's what lead us into the rest of our lives."

Ushio smiled. Her parents had explained their story a few times before when she was younger, but she never understood it like she was starting to now.

"There's another place we have to go to." Nagisa said and took Ushio's hand again.

"Where are we going?" Ushio asked as they started walking again.

"You'll see." Nagisa tucked a strand of hair behind Ushio's ear.

"Why did we walk past the jail a while back?" Ushio asked.

"Because here-" Nagisa leaned against a familiar wall. "Is where your father proposed to me.

"Daddy had just seen Grandpa in jail. Grandpa made Daddy upset, and Daddy ran here. He punched the wall out of anger, and I had to stop him from doing it again."

"Why did Grandpa make Daddy so upset?" Ushio asked sadly.

"I honestly don't know, honey. I never understood why Grandpa made Daddy so upset.

"But when Daddy calmed down, he proposed to me. He may not have given me a ring like most proposals. He may not have planned it like most proposals. But it was one of the best days of my life. We were a little young to get married. But we believed that if we were together we could become stronger-and we did.

"When was the wedding?" Ushio asked.\

"We didn't have one. We eventually got wedding rings, but our marriage was registered without a ceremony.

"There's one more place we need to go." Nagisa said.

They sat on a log.

I can't believe this log is still here. Nagisa thought.

Ushio took her shoes off and put her feet in the sand. It was warm and made her feet feel smooth.

"This is where you come in." Nagisa said. "This is where your father and I named you before you were born."

"Really?" Ushio asked.

"Yup."

"How did you come up with it?"

"Well, I suggested that it had a character from Daddy's name, but Daddy wanted it to have a character from my name. He said you would already have his last name.

"I didn't think that we could come up with a character from my name. I thought it was going to end up as something weird like 'Nagisako' or 'Nagisami'."

Ushio laughed. "Good thing that's not my name!"

Nagisa smiled. "But Daddy said that it didn't have to be exactly like my name. It could just lead up to it. And that's when I suggested you name. Ushio."

Nagisa caressed her daughter's cheek. "'It's about how the tide rises and goes out.' I said. Then Daddy and I used a stick to write your name in the sand. 'A lot will happen within a life. But as time passes, things will return to you. That will continue, and I will watch over Ushio.' That's what I said about your name."

"You and Daddy have really nice, unique stories." Ushio said. Ushio hugged her Mom. "I love you, Mama."

Nagisa embraced her daughter, "I love you, too, sweetie." She kissed the top of Ushio's head.

Should I tell her about that memory? That I yet to still understand? Nagisa thought. Nagisa looked at her daughter. She looked so happy and peaceful. I'll tell her when she's older. Nagisa kissed her daughter's head. We never took Ushio to the beach, did we?

A/N- Yeah, Nagisa probs wouldn't remember every detail, but oh well.

I love how this chapter came out. So sweet :)

Another chapter idea suggested by This Writer's Essence