Daddy's Smile

Chapter Four

Author: FuuMegami

Email: FuuNeko@yahoo.com

Rated: PG

Disclaimer: I don't own rayearth and ah well probably never will. Just like I will never own a Toyota Matrix ^_^ heh heh

Authors note: Thanks to all the reviewers! Cos the more reviews I get the more time I'm willing to take out of my day to spend writing.





A pair of emerald green eyes stared back at Kiwako.

"I'm sorry if I startled you... But I saw you watching me play and was wondering what your name is." The young man said.

"I'm Kiwako, and you are?"

"My name's Tomi, son of the royal music teacher."

"Cool, you play really well," Kiwako replied.

"Thank you. I've been playing since I was three."

Kiwako's eyes widened, "I didn't start playing until I was seven! No wonder you're so good. But of course I bet you have a real gift for music."

He shrugged. "I've never seen you around here before," he said as he looked her up and down.

"I just arrived here in Cephiro with my mother Fuu," Kiwako replied.

"You're related to one of the magic knights?" He said sounding surprised.

"Kiwako nodded, "and Ferio is my father."

Tomi suddenly dropped down on one knee. "I'm sorry princess I should have bowed before, had I but known..."

Kiwako blinked, "eh forget about that, you don't have to bow. I just wish I could get my stuffy brother and sister to bow!" She said as she giggled.

Tomi got back on his feet and smirked, "they don't even bow to their father."

Kiwako sighed. "This is so not what I expected... But I am a princess, that should have some perks!"

"Yes, and the first one is a tour guided by yours truly," Tomi replied as he bowed.

She grinned, "I feel like royalty already!"

He lead her down the hall pointing out the library, one of many bathrooms, the they stopped to go into the music room.

"It's a beautiful piano," Kiwako said as she ran her hand over keys.

"Want to sit down and try it out?" Tomi offered.

Kiwako smiled and sat down. "The keys are so white!"

He laughed and watched as she put her hands over the keys.

"Hmm what do play... Have you ever heard Ode to Joy?" Kiwako asked.

He shook his head, "no I don't think so."

"I just learned how to play it, it's actually a pretty fun song to play, once you get it right. I hate hitting the wrong notes, or even worse yet wrong chords."

She began playing the song trying hard not to mess up, without concentrating too much on not messing up. Because if she worried to much then she would automatically ruin the whole song. But she made it through the song perfectly and Tomi clapped.

"You're right, it sounds fun." Tomi said.

"Shall we continue the tour?" Kiwako suggested.

"Good idea," Tomi said as he held out his arm.

She giggled and took his arm. He lead her the dinning room.

'Here's where you'll eat dinner tonight." Tomi said.

Kiwako tucked a strand of her light green hair behind her ear. She was looking at a twenty foot table. A large modern looking chandelier was hanging over head.

"There's a lot of room, and table," Kiwako observed.

Tomi nodded.

"You eat in her too, don't you?" Kiwako asked.

Tomi shook his head. "No, and I'm glad. Clef always has a long and boring story. Miako always has a long complaint list. Roen complains that he should have his own castle by now."

Kiwako giggled. "I'll try and liven up the meal." She assured him.

"Miss Kiwako, you need to be fitted for your dinner dress." Said a blonde haired gray eyed woman in a gray dress.

Kiwako sighed, "at least I'll be able to talk to my dad!" She smiled. "See ya later Tomi!"

Tomi bowed slightly as the woman in the gray dress lead Kiwako into the hall.

"Your dress is in your room, and your room is right next to your mothers."

"Ok," Kiwako replied.

"I hope you have at least some manners," the gray dress woman said.

Kiwako frowned. "I'm Fuu Hououji's daughter, of course I do."

The blonde didn't say anything more after that. When they finally came to Kiwako's room the woman showed her the dress.

"It's... Pink." Kiwako said finally.

"Yes."

"It's a tad old fashioned, but the slim silky look isn't half bad. Maybe if I pulled the shoulders down and I-" Kiwako said with her hands on her hips.

"That's not how things are done." The woman said.

"But my mother told me all about Caldina and-" she was again interrupted.

"She was not from Cephiro. And if you're going to be a prince's daughter you had better follow the rules."

"Whatever," was Kiwako nicest answer.

"I'll leave you now to try on the dress."

Kiwako gladly closed the door behind the annoying blonde. She picked up the very pale pink dress and made a face. It just wasn't her color. But she put it on anyway. It fit fine, it just looked dull.

She twirled around in it. "Princess Kiwako, hmm I like the sound of that!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and her mother entered the room.

"How are you?" Fuu asked.

Kiwako smiled, "I'm alright. What do you think of the dress?"

"It looks quit lovely on you dear." Fuu replied with a smile.

Kiwako frowned, "there are so many rules here."

Fuu sat down on Kiwako's four post bed. "I have noticed. It has certainly changed since I first came here."

"Did you and dad work out your problems?" Kiwako said as she sat down next to her mother.

Fuu shrugged. "I am not sure... We did come to an agreement that you and I would stay in Cephiro for five days, after that we would return home to Tokyo."

Kiwako sat silently beside her mother.

"Where were you? Ferio had to send Lady Lang to find you." Fuu said as she gave her daughter a quizzing look.

"Oh well my brother and sister didn't really have much to say. So I went exploring. And I ran into this really nice guy Tomi and-"

Fuu interrupted her, "a guy?"

"Everyone keeps interrupting me," Kiwako said as she folded her arms over her chest.

"I am sorry, please continue."

"Tomi took me on a tour of the castle excluding a few rooms. But I got a feel of the castle." Kiwako finished.

"Well I had better go put on my dress as it is almost time for dinner." Fuu said with a sigh.

"Don't worry mom, things will be ok."

Fuu nodded and patted her daughter on the head while Kiwako rolled her eyes.

Kiwako spent the next ten minutes looking out the window watching nothing in particular. She was trying to make a mental list of all the things she wanted to as her father. She was so busy thinking that she didn't even hear her mother come in.

"Ki, it is time for dinner." Fuu said as she tapped Kiwako on the shoulder.

"Oh right, sorry mom." Kiwako replied.

She smiled, her mom looked really elegant in her light green dress. the two woman fallowed Lady Lang to the dinning room. Miako, Roen, Clef, Lantis, Ascot and Ferio were all seat.

Ms. Lang pointed to a seat next to Miako, "Miss Kiwako you will sit next to your sister." She then turned to Fuu, "and the king as requested that you be seated next to him."

Fuu blushed and went and sat next to Ferio. Kiwako slowly slide into the seat next to Miako. As soon as everyone was seated people began bringing in the food. Ferio looked deathly bored, almost as if he were about to fall asleep.

Kiwako didn't recognize a single dish being put before her, but she figured if they were eating it there surely wasn't anything wrong with it.

"Father," Miako said.

"Please Miako, not tonight." Ferio warned wearily.

Miako sat and pouted.

Kiwako yawned and everyone turned and stared at her. She nervously pick up her knife and cut her dinner role in half.

"Would someone please pass the butter?" Kiwako said in her most polite voice.

Again with the staring. A servant leapt up and grabbed the butter which had been next to Miako. He handed it to Kiwako.

"Thanks," she replied.

Miako rolled her eyes at Kiwako.

Kiwako put the butter on her roll, and then she put the butter directly under Miako's elbow. She innocently started eating her roll and watched out of the corner of her eye as Miako lowered her elbow into the butter.

Miako screamed, "oh how disgusting!"

Kiwako smirked, "didn't anyone ever tell you to keep your elbows off the table?"

Miako glared at her and whipped the butter off her elbow with a napkin.

Kiwako saw on her plate what looked like a fuzzy piece of cheese. She poked it with her fork. "Gross." She announced.

"Please Kiwako," Miako said as she made a face.

"KIWAKO," Kiwako corrected as she glared at her sister.

"Please try to be civile." Miako said in a very snobby voice.

Kiwako flicked the round ball of fuzzy cheese like stuff off her plate and onto the table in front of Miako who gasped.

"Father!" She shrieked.

"Kiwako," Fuu warned.

"Please pass the water Miako." Kiwako said in a mono tone.

"I don't pass things. It simply isn't done by a princess." Miako replied.

"What do you do? Sit on your overly plump behind and talk to yourself?" Kiwako replied angrily.

Miako's eyes grew wide how dare you! You little," Miako said as she raised her hand to hit her.

Kiwako quickly grabbed Miako's dinner plat and hit her in the face with it.

Everyone at the table fell silent as the plate dropped from the Princesses face. Ferio let out a slight snort of laughter.

Miako stormed out of the room, and as soon as she was gone Ferio burst out laughing so hard the table shook.

Roen glared at his father and then left.

"Ah-hah, no one's done anything like that in YEARS!" Ferio said as he laughed.

Ms. Lang quickly swooped in and took Kiwako by the hand, "you need to go to your room and think about what you just did."

Fuu stood up, "excuse me, but what gives you the right to tell my daughter what do to?"

Ms. Lang was surprised. "You think that just because you were a magic knight, and you slept with the King that you have any rule here?"

Ferio held a hand up. "Please now let's not start a fight here. Kiwako has brought back some high sprits to our drab and gloomy castle. Which is why I have decided to hold a ball on her honor two nights from now."

Kiwako jumped up "YES!"