DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM

Original Idea By: twilighttween ALICE aka Grayson's Gal

"He was referring to himself as her daddy?" Kyoya repeated after Mori told him what he heard between Tamaki and Akira.

"Yeah," said Mori.

"Interesting," said Kyoya, "I would have thought he would have grown away from that even before Haruhi left all of us."

"Yeah," Mori agreed.

"I also wonder what Miss Ryoushi were to think should she hear about that sort of development," said Kyoya, "Tell me what was Miss Kikku's reaction to having Tamaki refer to himself as her father?"

"She didn't seem to like it," said Mori.

"Yes I could imagine that," said Kyoya, "Well no matter. Should Miss Kikku give any indication she's not happy with being refer to as Tamaki's daughter I'll make sure to get Tamaki to stop it. It was one thing for himself that around Haruhi but Miss Kikku's our employee and I would like to not have her feel awkward around the office and or file a harassment lawsuit against us." Mori nodded his head in agreement. He left Kyoya to his own work and headed out on his own. He happened to look towards the time and noticed it was getting late. He decided to go and see if Hunny had returned from his visit to the candy factory with Ei.

The minute Mori stepped off into Hunny's penthouse he felt his foot hit something and looked down to see a whole heap of white boxes scattered all over the living room.

"Maybe I need to get a new fridge for store some of these," he heard Hunny say from kitchen.

"Maybe one of the others could house some of them in their own fridge," he heard Ei suggest as well also from the kitchen.

"That's not a bad idea Ei-Chan," said Hunny, "Here grab some and let's go see Takashi first to see if he can hold some of them."

"He can have some too if he wishes right?" asked Ei.

"Of course, sharing is the thing," said Hunny as they came out of the kitchen holding some more white boxes. They stopped startled when they realized Mori was already there.

"Oh hi Takashi, we were just coming to see you," said Hunny.

"Hi Mori," Ei greeted with a smile.

"Hello Ei, Mitsukuni," said Mori, "How was the tour?"

"It was," Ei started to say before being interrupted by Hunny, not able to withhold his excitement.

"It was great, really great! They had all sorts of wonderful treats and yummy things! And the lady who owns it was really nice! Look at all the free stuff she let us take home!"

"Yeah that I guess," said Ei, "The only problem is Hunny doesn't have a lot of room in his fridge for the cold things that need to be kept fresh."

"Do you think you have room in your fridge for some of them?" asked Hunny.

"Sure," said Mori. He immediately walked into the kitchen to scoop up all the boxes to bring to his floor.

"Thank you so much Takashi," said Hunny.

"I'll go help him," said Ei trailing after her big father.

Ei watched as Mori did everything he could to make room for the extra sweets in his fridge.

"I hope it's not too much trouble to be doing this Mori," she said.

"It's not," Mori assured her. He smiled up at the girl, "Do you want to go see that troupe with me tomorrow?"

"You mean that Chinese Acrobat troupe?" asked Ei. Mori nodded. "Sure I'd love to go with you to that."

"Good," said Mori as he stored the last box into the fridge.

'This is going to be the third day in a row that I miss after school activities though,' she thought, 'maybe it's what I need though. Maybe when I come back the next day it'll help me to appreciate it more and not be so board with it.'

The next morning before Ei could head out to school from Mori's floor Hunny came to see her.

"Oh good you haven't left yet!" he said, "I wanted to give you something to take with you." He handed her one of the white boxes from the sweets factory.

"I don't know if I should take sweets to school like this," said Ei.

"Oh it'll be fine. You can even share them with your classmates," Hunny insisted.

"Well that might not be a bad idea," said Ei.

"Ei, said Hikaru coming onto the floor as well, "You uh ready to get to school?"

"Yes I am," said Ei, "Bye Hunny."

"Bye Ei-Chan," said Hunny, "Have a nice safe day."

"I'll see you after school Mori," Ei also called out.

"Yeah," said Mori.

"What's in that box?" asked Hikaru as they road down the elevator.

"Some sweets from yesterday, Hunny thought I should take some to school to enjoy," said Ei.

"Oh yeah," said Hikaru snatching the box from her.

"Hey!" said Ei.

"I'm just making sure there's nothing bad in here for you," said Hikaru throwing the box open and taking one of the contents out, "Mmm, not bad."

"I'm sure Hunny has some more he can spare if you ask him nicely!" said Ei taking her box back, "I want to share them with my classmates."

"How are you getting along with the other kids? Just out of curiosity," Hikaru asked her. He knew how little he and Kaoru got along with the other kids and he didn't want to see Ei fall into the same pattern.

Ei wasn't sure how to respond about that seeing as how she was always getting harassed by Norio.

"I uh, I'm doing fine," she finally spattered.

"You sure?" asked Hikaru noticing the hesitation in her voice.

"Yes," Ei insisted.

"Hi Ei," said Masami when Ei got to school.

"Hey, want something sweet?" asked Ei opening the box with the sweets.

"Oh," Masami awed at the treats, "Where did you get these?"

"From the sweets factory Hunny and I visited yesterday," said Ei, "Please help yourself. I'm hoping to share with everyone." She walked around several other children and offering them some of the sweets. All of the different children took one eagerly.

"Ei what are you doing?" Kenchirou asked when Ei came up to him.

"Sweet?" asked Ei holding up the box. Kenchirou looked really touched.

"Thank you very much," he said taking one and slowly putting it into his mouth.

"Oh would you look at this sight!" Aoi suddenly shouted coming in between the two of them, "Of course it would have been better if Ei had fed Kenchirou in person."

"What the hell are you talking about reject?" Norio asked walking past. She was giving a look that would suggest she wasn't really happy with what it was she saw happening between Ei and Kenchirou.

"Its nothing," said Ei, "Here would you like a sweet?"

Norio looked at the box and than up at Ei with a sneer.

"Why would I want to even touch something that was tampered with your commoner reject hands?" she said.

"Fine suite yourself," said Ei closing the box lid, "Though no thank you is the more common polite term you know. I would think a proper lady like you would know that already." Norio looked like she was going to say something back but couldn't find anything to say so instead she stormed off.

"Do you think she'll ever learn?" Masami asked.

"Who know, probably not," said Ei.

Mori looked down at the paper he had with the address to the gym the troupe practice in as he and Ei stood in front of a big building.

"This must be the place," he said leading Ei to the front door and knocking. The door opened and a masked man opened the door to him.

"Yes, can I help you?" he asked removing his mask.

"Takashi Morinozuka," Mori told him, "with my daughter Ei."

"Oh yes, we were told you were coming. Please come in," said the man leading Mori and Ei. Inside several performers were doing their different stunts as an elderly bald man looked on. The young man walked over to him and whispered into his ear. The bald man looked over at Mori excited.

"Mr. Morinozuka, welcome!" he said walking over and shaking Mori's hand, "I'm Chao Shé head of the Fēi Yín Lóng here and I am very honored that you are hoping to book us with your performance theaters."

"There's more," said Mori, "We're hoping to book you to entertain at a wedding."

"A wedding huh?" said Chao, "Well we've never really done that before. Oh I have just the sort go act for it though." He clapped his hands, "Everyone high tower, High Tower!"

The performers all nodded and downed their masks. Ei noticed two women in yellow leotards talking off to the side and one handing the other a mask that looked like a doll mask. She turned her attention back to the other performers as at least six men in red divided up into two groups. One group went to one side of the gym while the other went to the opposite. Both groups ran at each other and did a tumble in between the gaps of each others' groups. They then all jumped up and managed to stand next to each other on the mats side by side with their hands on each other's shoulders. Next four men in blue jumped over the six's arms bowed and jumped behind them again. They then managed to leap up onto the arms of the group below them balancing perfectly. Next two other men in green came in front of the tower and one lifted the other up on to his shoulders holding him up perfectly. After he put his partner down they ran behind the tower and jumped on top of the arms of the group of four.

"How did they manage to jump up so high?" Ei asked in a whisper.

"They have spring boards in the back," Chao whispered back to her, "Just like the final acrobat will be using, watch." Two more acrobats came in front of the tower with a silver round platform and tossed it up to the two men on top who caught it and managed to hold it steady as finally a woman jumped up on it. The same one with the doll mask Ei had seen earlier who stood on one leg and twirled a streamer around.

"Wow," Ei said as she applauded, "That was amazing!"

"Well thank you," said Chao. Than Ei noticed he was starting to look less happy as he looked up at the girl on top.

"Hey, wait a minute! That's not Mu! Who is that up there?" Chao asked. The girl on top of the human pyramid took off her doll mask.
"Chill out, Dad. It's just me." she said calmly.
"Mikasa!" Chao screamed furiously. "Get down here right now!"
"Fine," Mikasa called, then turned and did a back flip off the tower, landing in a graceful crouch at the base.
"Not like that!" her father shouted.
"How else am I supposed to get down?" Mikasa asked.
"You shouldn't have been up there in the first place! It was supposed to be Mu!" Chao scolded.
"Well, I've working been on this trick a lot longer than she has, so she said it would be alright if I were to try it in her place," Mikasa explained. "I did a pretty good job, if I do say so myself. Not to sound conceited, but I think I may have done better than any of the other girls in the troop, don't you think?"

"That's not the point!" Chao shouted as he shook his fist in rage, "You're not supposed to be doing this anymore! I forbid you from doing this! It's too dangerous!"

Mikasa crossed her arms and looked off to the side in annoyance.

"You're overreacting Dad. It was just one time after all," she muttered.

"One time that almost killed you! I've told you time and time again I don't want you doing things like this! Go home to your mother now!" Chao ordered.

"Fine, fine," said Mikasa disappointed walking.

"You'll have to forgive my daughter, she's a bit hot headed and stubborn sometimes," Chao tried to explain to Mori and Ei.

"What was that about her almost getting killed?" Ei asked.

"Oh, she once tried doing a special trick and failed terribly at it that got her into a serious accident. It's nothing you have to worry about my dear," said Chao, "Um would you and your daughter like to see something else?"

"Sure," said Mori.

Ei however looked over to Mikasa was standing still sulking. She felt sorry for her and felt a huge urge to do talk to her.

I thought it was pretty cool what you did personally," said Ei walking over to Mikasa who was standing off by herself sulking. She actually turned and smiled at the small girl.
"Oh, thank you," she said, "Miss...?"
"I'm Ei Fujioka, I'm Takashi Morinozuka's daughter," said Ei looking over at Mori as he and Chao watch some of the other acrobats do a routine.
"Oh that's so sweet of him, bringing his daughter along to plan his friend's wedding." said Mikasa.
"How did you learn to do a lot of that stuff?" asked Ei.
"Oh, I've been practicing ever since I was little. I learned how to do a hand stand when I was merely three years old," said Mikasa.
"Really?" said Ei, "How hard is it to do a hand stand."
"Well it can be kind of hard if you don't know how to properly shift your weight around to keep your balance," said Mikasa.
"I want to try!" said Ei excited.
"Sure, if you want, I'll help," said Mikasa, "Just bend over and put your hands on the ground."
"Like this?" asked Ei as she bent down.
"Yep, and now try to push up while I help lift your legs," said Mikasa. Ei tired pushing up as hard as she could as she felt her legs being lifted up. "Okay," she heard Mikasa say, "I'm going to let go of your legs and I want you to try and shift your balance onto your hands as long as you can, okay?"
"Okay," said Ei starting to feel weak. She felt Mikasa let go of her and the minute she did she felt herself loose her balance and start to fall over. "Whoa!" she cried right before Mikasa caught her in time.
"That's okay, we can try again," she assured Ei lifting up her legs and helping Ei up straight, "You feeling okay now?"
"Yeah," said Ei.
"Want me to try and let go again?" asked Mikasa.
"Yeah, go ahead and try it now," said Ei. Mikasa carefully let go of Ei's legs. However the minute she did, Ei again started to fall over and landed hard on the ground.
"Owe!" she moaned rubbing her butt in pain.
"You okay?" Mikasa asked, kneeling down next to her.
"Yeah, I'm okay," said Mikasa.
"What's going on over here?" asked Chao running over to Mikasa and Ei with Mori right behind him.
"Nothing Dad, I was just trying to teach Mr. Morinozuka's daughter how to do a hand stand," said Mikasa.
"Mikasa!" said her father, "I don't think it would be a good thing to hurt the child of someone who wants to book us!"

"But I asked her to!" Ei defended the woman, "And it's not that bad! I think Mori should push you to be booked with the theater!"

"Oh well thank you my dear," said Chao.

"Hey Mori maybe we can give them a test run by having them do a performance at the Twilight Orphanage? See how much they like it?" Ei suggested.

"Sure," Mori agreed.

"Oh we love performing for children!" said Chao, "You just tell us when to be there and we'll be there."

"Sure," said Mori, "Let's go Ei."

"Mr. Morinozuka," Mikasa called out after the pair as they tried to leave, "I'm really sorry about what happened to your daughter. I really didn't mean to get her hurt."

"It's okay," said Mori.

"Yeah it didn't hurt too bad," said Ei, "I'm going to keep practicing until I can do a hand stand on my own."

"Good for you," said Mikasa, "I hope you learn it without getting anything too bruised."

"Thanks," said Ei.

"Yeah thanks," said Mori.

"She seems nice huh?" said Ei as she and Mori left.

"Yeah," said Mori.

"I hope I get to see her again! I think she's really cool," said Ei.

Mori smiled and reached over to pat her head.

"We'll see what happens," he promised, "She did seem like a nice lady."

Something about the way Mori said that last part got the wheels turning.

'Mori's not going down that path too is he? Well if he is I'd be happy with it. I really like her!' she thought.

Author note: Mikasa Shé comes from Author SilvertonguedSerpent1895, Shé being the Chinese word for serpent. If you ever get a chance look her up