Atobes: Past, Present, and Future

Keiichi 12: Miss You

"Kasuki come on," Syaoran called, grabbing the girl's designer sweatshirt off off the hook. "You know we have to hurry to meet your grandparents."

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Kasuki shouted back as she came bounding down the stairs. She was wearing a white tank with South Pole written on it in gold letters, and white shorts. "Where's Mommy?"

"He left already," Syaoran replied, passing her the sweatshirt as she slipped into her flip flops. "Just incase it starts raining again while we're there." Kasuki did as she was told and pulled the sweatshirt on over her tank top – she'd take it off if she got to hot.

Kasuki bit her lip worriedly, "Is it really okay to let Mommy drive today?"

Syaoran patted his daughters shoulder. "I'm sure he'll be able to hold it together for a while. If it comes down to it, I'll drive the limo back and tell Drew to drive the car back here." Noticing how Kasuki's lip quivered a bit, he wrapped his arm around her and lead her out to the limo.

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Kasuki smiled as she walked down the street towards her family, all around her boy's heads turned towards her and whispered, "Aunt Hikari! Grandpa Jirou! Nan!" Soon the 14 year old girl was in the arms of her three favorite people.

"Hi Kasuki," Akira stated smoothing her great-granddaughters hair. "Ready to eat?"

"We're eating first?" questioned Kasuki.

"Yeah," Jirou whispered to his grand-daughter. "We wanted to eat before since none of us are going to look to pretty afterwards." Kasuki nodded – this was true. Even she would be looking horrible after they reached their destination.

Keigo spoke up from where he stood talking to his son, "Can we go inside now, Mom? Being that Kasuki and Syaoran are finally here?"

"Yeah," Akira answered with a dim smile – no where near the one she usually had on. "I'll wait here with Jirou for Rina and Takuya."

Keigo shrugged, "Okay then." He kissed Jirou's cheek lightly before following his son, daughter, and their families into the breakfast restaurant. It didn't take long for the others to join them.

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Kasuki looked out the window of the car sadly as they pulled into the cemetery. Her cousin Glinda held her hand tightly, the nine year old had been extremely close to the man they were visiting now. "It's okay Glinda..." Kasuki said, thinking of the words her parents had told her last year. "Because he's still here as long as we think of him."

"That's right," Syaoran said with a smile as he twirled a strand of his niece's blue hair – god how he hated that she'd gotten Yumachi's hair - "Because he's still in our hearts." Glinda just leaned against her cousin – she'd been extremely quiet the whole week and everyone knew it was going to be like that for another week before the nine year old bounced back.

"We're here," Drew declared pulling to a stop. Kasuki grabbed the flowers she'd bought, and followed her dad and cousin to the grave.

When the trio got there, the others were already standing there. All of them had tears running down their cheeks as they looked at the grave. Her Nan was being held by her Grandpa Keigo, whose own tears were streaming down pretty hard.

Her 'mom' was leaned down rubbing some dirt off the grave with tears in his eyes as he tried to be strong for all of them since even her Auntie Rina and Uncle Takuya were crying. Kasuki could feel her own tears running down her cheeks, and distantly she heard her Aunt Hikari and Glinda sobbing loudly.

There was a few silent moment before Keiichi whispered, "We all love you...We'll never ever forget you." Slowly each of them dropped their flowers onto the grave, and touched two kissed fingers to it before leaving until only Akira, Keigo, and Keiichi stood around it.

"I'm going to tell Drew to take the car," Syaoran told Kasuki, "Stay with your Aunt and wait for your mother." Kasuki nodded to show she had heard.

As the rain started to fall down on them, Kasuki tilted her head upwards and thought, Why'd you have to leave us Grandpa Keisuke?

A/n: Oh crap I'm crying...

Um this was inspired by the fact that the anniversary of my grandma's death is on the 30. Ages are: Akira – 70 Keigo – 50 Keiichi – 30, Kasuki – 14. now you'll notice Keiichi's age implies he had her at like 14 but you have to remember – she's adopted. She was already eight when she was adopted.

Also: I know this was more Kasuki then Keiichi – but I like it.