Hello there beautiful readers! We are back again with another chapter, one more before school starts for me! this chapter is so sweet and I hope you enjoy it! Enjoy it so much that you want to review! Yes, no, maybe?

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"Gotta hold on easy as I let you go. Gonna tell you how much I love you, though you think you already know. I remember I thought you looked like an angel, wrapped in pink so soft and warm. You've had me wrapped around your finger since the day you were born. You beautiful baby from the outside in. chase your dreams but always know the road that'll lead you home again. Go on, take on this whole world but to me you'll always be my little girl."

-My Little Girl, Tim McGraw

Takeo POV

Last Night...

Takeo Higurashi was doing it again. It was like he couldn't help it when his daughter was out of the house. The pages flipping was the only sound in the house except for the soft noises of the dishwasher and the air conditioning. Coming upon one certain picture in his book, he stopped all action. In the photo was a baby Kagome and her mother... Takeo took off his reading glasses and rubbed the skin between his eyes.

Takeo Higurashi doesn't cry.

Aki would be so proud of her. That is if she had stayed to see her daughter grow up. He could remember it like yesterday when his wife left. Kagome was six months old, while Sota was nine. Sota could remember his mother like it was yesterday, but Kagome wouldn't even know her face if Takeo hadn't kept some pictures. He didn't know why she left; he just woke up one day to an empty bed and Sota rocking his baby sister back to sleep. If he had never found Kaede to help be a mother-figure to his daughter, he was pretty sure he would have had more trouble out of Kagome when she went through her rebellious stage. Sota would always be stuck with the burden of watching her when Takeo was away on a tour.

And though it wasn't fair, Takeo has no other choice.

The father had tried to protect his daughter from boys that would break her heart, but she eventually did end up dating that trouble maker Bankotsu for about a year.

And now there is her current boyfriend: Inuyasha Taisho.

Takeo knew Inuyasha was a good boy overall, and he had no personal problem against him. He couldn't complain about Kagome's choice of men this time but Inuyasha was dating his daughter. And by fatherly law he had to hate him.

His phone ringing awoke him from hs thoughts. Picking up the outdated silver flip-phone from the small table beside him, he answered it after looking at the I.D.

"Hello son."

"Hey Dad. How are you doing?" Came Sota's voice from the other end.

"I'm fine Sota. How is the company doing it California?"

"It's great. Our money income has increased a lot over the season, and our new models of computers are really increasing our popularity."

Sota grudated from highschool a year early to go study at a computer engineering college. Three years ago he moved to California to work for Apple. Takeo missed his eldest child,but he knew he was happy with his job.

"Hey Dad, where's Sis at? She hasn't answered her phone all night and I haven't talked to her in two weeks! she usually answers her phone the first time I call!"

Takeo breathed a deep sigh, "She is with her boyfriend."

Silence hung between the two for a few moments, until finally Sota broke out into laughter,"A boyfriend huh? I thought I would never hear that again after she broke up with Bankotsu! So they must be out on a date now huh?"

"Yes. They went with some friends to the rodeo that's in town."

"Who is the lucky guy?"

"Inuyasha Takahashi."

"Hm. Don't really know much about him except I've heard he is a pretty good guy overall, just a little anti-social."

As if on cue, Takeo heard the jingling of keys unlocking the door, and he knew Kagome was home.

'I'll call you tomorrow Sota. Kagome just got home."

"Ok Dad. Take it easy on her."

Click! The line disconnected and the eldest Higurashi set the phone back down on the table. Kagome came in through the door and threw her purse down on the entryway table.

"Dad I'm home!" She called.

"I'm in the living room." He said softly.

She must have taken off her shoes because he could hear the soft pattering of her feet across the hardwood floor. Kagome kissed the top of his head and sat in the chair beside him with a smile wide on her face.

It twisted Takeo's gut to see his baby smile like that because of Some Boy.

"Did you have fun?" He asked.

"Yes! Inuyasha surprised me by getting bucked off a horse in the middle of the show!" Kagome finished her sentence with a giggle. "What have you been..." She trailed off after seeing the photo album in his lap; or more like the picture he left off at. Kagome's eyes immediately softened and the smile wiped off her face. In the picture was Kagome wrapped in a soft pink blanket in her mother's arms with Takeo sitting beside the hospital bed, smiling.

"She loved you, you know." Takeo whispered.

"I've heard that since I could remember, but I have never brought myself to believe it."

"I don't know why she left either, but I have forgiven her," he looks his daughter in the eyes, "and you should too."

Takeo saw Kagome's shoulders start to shake and her eyes water. Motioning for her to come to him, just like when she was little. She stood up to walk over and curl into her father's arms. Takeo wrapped his arms around her tightly while the vicious sobs racked his baby girl's body.

"I'm so sorry baby," he stroked her hair soothingly, "I'm so sorry."

"It's n-not your f-fault D-daddy!" She managed between the tears.

"Please don't cry anymore Kagome. You know I hate it when you cry."

It took her a few minutes, but the sobs eventually subsided but she remained in his arms.

"My angel..."

"Dad, cut it out. I'm twenty now!"

"I don't care how old you get you're still my baby and I will always hold you like this when you cry."

"I'm not gonna live here forever you know."

Takeo snorted, "You can live here as long as you want." He saw her smile when he thought he couldn't see.

Kagome always had him wrapped around her finger since the moment she was born, and he would do anything and everything for her. And he wouldn't let her go until she found the man to the half that makes her whole. Kagome was beautiful from the outside in and she deserved the best. Her strong will always made her chase every dream she ever wanted, and he had always admired her for that.

"You'll always be my little girl, Kagome." He hugged her tighter to him.

"I know Daddy. I love you."