Title: "The Takaokas"

Author: Trinity-chan

Pairing: Sakura Nishihori & Eiji Takaoka

Fandom: GouGou Sentai Boukenger

Theme: #28 "Wada Calcium CD3"

Disclaimer: GouGou Sentai Boukenger and the Utada Hikaru song. "Colors" belong to their respective Japanese owners. I'm just using it for my own pleasure.

The mirror reflects the illusion in my soul

And before I'm aware of it, I'm quickly lifted

Where can we go and can we break apart?

The sign of my incomplete wish is entirely gray

Flickering flames paint my dreams tonight

Your brush isn't dried up yet?

You'll be able to see the blue sky if you open up your blue umbrella

Is that no good enough? The canvas is yours

I'll surrender to time and hold the white flag overhead

Now I'm like a matador, enticing you with crimson

Color after color fades under the fluorescent lights

I met you on the black and white chessboard

When I lost my way that time, I leaned close to you

Ever since that month I've wondered if you even remember it

Simply watching the orange color of the setting sun with you makes me happy

Your mouth was the origin of catastrophe

Black clothes are only worn when praying for the deceased

Crimson is intentionally left behind by the mark of rouge

You say that there are no more dreams to paint within myself

But how many times must I fill this canvas?

I'll surrender to time and hold the white flag overhead

Now I am the color that you do not know

Sakura Nishihori was 22 when she met Eiji Takaoka,, at 23 she was his wife and six months after their marriage, the couple welcomed their first child, a daughter named Kei. At 27, Sakura became pregnant again and they welcomed a son.

Their son actually remained unnamed for 3 days while they fought over what to name him.

Finally, Eiji asked if Sakura would mind if they named their son after the only family Eiji had ever really known.

"Let's name him after my father." Eiji suggested. "Would you mind that?"

Knowing how important it was to Eiji to honor his father's memory, Sakura had agreed and their son was named Kando Takaoka.

Kando was now 2 weeks old and he slept in a blue bassinet next to Sakura and Eiji's bed in Eiji's family home. It felt more like a home to Sakura than her family's home or SGS ever had. And now, it was filled with love and happiness and children, for Kei was now four and often running around with Masumi and Natsuki's 3 year old, Rin.

One morning, Sakura woke up to nurse her son, who had a tendency to cry pretty shrilly and she found Kando in the arms of his father, who was quietly nursing him with a bottle.

It amazed Sakura how much their son resembled his father. Kando had all of Eiji's defining facial features (strong jaw, defined cheekbones, dark eyes) and from the looks of things, he had Eiji's hazelnut hair, defining white streak and all.

"He's beautiful, you know." Sakura said as she sat on the edge of the bed. "I think he'll grow up to look just like you."

Eiji chuckled as he gently placed the bottle down and burped Kando, cradling his tiny son in his arms. "Hopefully, I can give him more than what my father gave me. I can give my son the world now. I can tell him that he can be anything he wants….something Father never told me." He smiled affectionately at the small blue bundle. "You hear that, Kando….you can do anything now"

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Eiji…" She shook her head, remembering that Eiji wanted to be a good father to his two children, and he didn't have much skills to go on. Neither did she, for that matter, so she had no room to remind her husband of such things.

Sighing, Sakura padded into the bathroom and fed herself some vitamins and some Wada Calcium CD3. She hadn't eaten a lot of fish while she was pregnant, so she'd supplemented the loss with vitamins. When she emerged again, she found herself facing her large bed, which now held Eiji, Kando and the four-year-old Kei, who resembled a smaller version of Sakura, with the exception of a white streak in her midnight black hair.

Her happy family. Seeing them made Sakura's heart warm.

Without thinking, she climbed into bed next to her husband and kissed his cheek.

They were a family and it was more than she'd ever hoped for.