Marco stands up from the table and looks at Asuka, "I cared about her… we gave each other a hard time to make one and other stronger… I would do anything to bring you back..."

Asuka looks up to him "I know… me too Reaper… me too... " If only she could hold him again like last night.

Janna comes up from behind him and wraps her arms around his chest, "Why don't you take us to visit her… maybe… maybe she would like to see the life you made for yourself after the war?"

"We could go tomorrow… if that's okay with you?" Star said softly still trying to understand everything he just told them.

"Marco… I know she meant a lot to you… which I'm not sure how I feel about that yet, but Janna is right." Hekapoo can see it in his eyes that this was killing him on the inside.

"Daddy?" Ember climbs out from under the table, "Can we go and play outside now?"

"I think she's my favorite one Reaper… do you think I would have been a good mother?" Asuka looks to the other girls that come around the table.

"Yes Asuka… I know it… okay girls, let's get to training" He spoke in a soft tone and then walked out the room.

"I've seen that look in his eyes before…" Hekapoo looks down at her hands.

"The brown in his eyes are black… what does it mean Heka?" Janna just wanted her Marco to be happy again.

"Those are the cold eyes of a warrior wanting to be with his men that have died in battle… some of our Soldiers had that look and would most times... take their lives after leaving the Army…" Star was scared he might go down that very same road.

"He would never leave us behind like that Star… he loved Auska…" Hekapoo steps to the window finding him and the kids working on their fighting stance.

"She must have been one hell of a gal… the way he talks about her makes me think they would have been better off together?" Janna made a fist with the right hand.

"You don't think he's using us to replace her?" Star stomach started to hurt hoping that wasn't the case.

"No… you're his shooting star, you wouldn't believe how much he talked about you when we would just walk together and got to know each other more." Hekapoo was not going to let them doubt themselves and where they stand with him.

Star's eye started to sparkle.

"Janna… he would talk about you and stealing from him and the stalking, but he would always had a weird smile. Plus he said he always liked your blue hair and wished you would grow it out more" Hekapoo was on a roll!

Janna started to smile when she heard that and glad she grew out her hair.

"With me… even when he found out I was a God to many people… he just treated me the same and would always wanted to get to know me more rather than just blowing out my flame and moving on. I fell for him… that never happened before with anyone else…" There have been hundreds of people that went on the task to earn her scissors.

Hekapoo felt Janna place her hands on her shoulder, "He did tell me a few times that he loved you when he was 14 again… it always hurt to hear him say that, I know he's happy with us now!"

Star made her way behind Janna and pulled her tight by the hip, "Let's… just be there for him and let him know that we'll never leave his side… we won't ever replace Asuka, but we can help him move on with his life!"

Outside

"Listen up troops!" Marco taught his girls how to stand in the position of attention, he was standing before them.

"As your father, it is my duty to teach you girls everything I know. You will come to hate me at times, but I promise you, everything I do is to make you stronger!" Being out here with his girls was doing wonders for him right now.

The girls sound off "YES DADDY!" They all wore some jeans and boots with red hoodies.

"You may be young, but my blood flows through your veins… that means your heart will never allow you to fail!" The Reaper felt great being in Command again, Asuka was right next to him just like back in the days.

The girls looked up to their father with the bright sun behind him.

"Today I will assess you, I know you'll make me proud!" He looks over to his Major as she stands with her head held high.

"YES DADDY!" They knew their father was now in training mode.

"SHOW ME WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!" Marco extends his left foot out and digs in his right heel into the ground with his knees slightly bent, right fist touches his chin as the left is out in front.

The girls charge at him as they start going blow for blow.

Later That Day

The training has gone on over 6 hours, the women were out sitting in beach chairs watching.

"He's really not taking is easy on them, huh?" Janna is at the table with drinks and band-aids.

"Nope!" Hekapoo was laying down wearing a large sun hat and big sunglasses.

"I'm surprised they haven't given up yet, it kind of cute!" Star enjoyed the show while the girls were getting their tiny butts kicked. Marco would always give them instructions to work as a team rather than going one on one with him.

"Gidget, you need to be faster than that and stop leaving yourself open to counter attacks!" He had Maria in a headlock while talking.

"YES DADDY!" Gidget was slowly getting back on her feet.

"They definitely don't know how to stay down after getting their asses kicked… they're truly your offspring!" Asuka was keeping an eye on his back.

Maria kicked up her legs trying to kick him in the face, "That's good honey… you need to explode with all your strength now!" She crouched just a little more and with all her might, she was able to land the kick and was out of his grasp. Marco started to walk back slowly while checking if his nose was broken.

"You alright?" Ember was next Maria as she was breathing in deeply.

"Yeah… on 3!" She was back on her feet staring down her father as Gidget was standing beside them. The girls were covered in cuts and a small amount of blood, not once did they complain about him being too hard on them.

"I think they might have a plan this time Reaper!" Asuka was standing next to him in the same fighting stance.

"That's the plan Major… make them realize they need a good plan before coming in close." He gave her a smirk.

Ember wiped away the blood from her chin, "1…" They started to slowly close the gap to him.

Gidget was rotating her sore right shoulder, "2…" They were starting to speed it up as Marco was ready for them.

Maria was ready to jump into the air kicking him in the stomach, "3!"

The other two girls did a spinning backflip into his chest, Marco didn't block himself and was knocked flat on his ass.

"You could have easy dodged that, I guess they deserve a small victory after all that!" Asuka was standing with her arms crossed.

"It's about time you guys landed a few good blows on me, let's get cleaned up!" He was the happiest man in all of Mewni right now.

They all shouted "YES DADDY!" As they helped him back onto his feet and ran to their mothers.

"… Reaper…" Asuka was walking beside him.

"Yes?" She didn't sound like herself.

"I really wished we could have had a child… I didn't tell you this… but I was pregnant before… you know..." What?

He stopped dead in his tracks, "that's… not possible... how could… I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT?!"

She stepped out in front of him, "You knew deep down… didn't you? The way I was protecting my stomach more… how I would turn down the drinks you offered me… that bump you found on my body when you washed me off…"

His eyes started to shift around, "THAT CAN'T BE… THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TRICK MY MIND IS PLAYING?!"

"You know I'm not lying… you always knew, but couldn't face the facts… I was bearing our child… look at me Reaper..." Asuka was able to pull his chin looking into her bright yellow eyes.

"Asuka…" He can feel the tears building up knowing the truth was staring at him in the face right now.

"Go ask Miia and Ryoko if you don't believe me…" She was smiling at him as she had tears running down her eyes.

DUN DUN DUUUUUUN… Holy fuck… did that just fucking happen?! Yes… yes it did.

8 MAY 18

How was that for mind blowing? It really shouldn't be, she did say something about not being a stay home mother in the chapter Death and Rebirth.

To the vets, when I was writing all this last year, Asuka was just in his head and at some point I shifted that saying she was really dead and following him. I went back and changed all that to make it seem like she was in fact dead and in spirit form, back in his life.

I like it much better this way and this was a big reason on why I wanted to go back and fix the story with these change. This just clears up any confusion, I'll talk more about the changes on chapter My Thought Part two!

It will fill in any gaps and or bring everyone back to speed that might not get what's going on, I really hope I set this all up as a shock. With a hint of seeing all thing happening at some point in the story!