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Natsu Chapter 4 Announcement

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Early morning rays beamed through the window as another day began in Tomoeda. The two figures on the bed began to stir as the sun crept up into the sky.

Slowly, the bedroom door was opened just a crack. A small shadow could be seen through the opening.

The first to completely wake-up found before him the image of his dreams, he couldn't help but be in awe of her beauty as he propped himself on an elbow. Now this was a sight he would never tire of. He wished they could stay like that, just like that, for the rest of eternity. But he knew that that wasn't possible, that they would have to get up, soon.

The familiar shadow he saw just beyond the bedroom door was evidence of that fact.

Slowly he closed the gap between them and planted a short sweet kiss on her honey-soft lips. The kiss turned into a second and then a third, with growing passion behind each one. A small smile, which played about her lips, told him that she approved of this wake-up call.

"Morning," said the female as she opened her eyes to find the eyes of her soul mate staring back.

"Morning to you too angel," said the male as he gave her a final kiss.

It was brief, but held behind it all of his love and devotion. Rays of light that sharply contrasted with the last shadows of twilight began to increase in intensity, as the pair lay on the bed, content to just hold the other's gaze.

Suddenly, without warning the bedroom door swung open and a short raven-haired shadow whizzed across the expanse of the room and jumped onto the bed, and onto the startled pair.

"Ooof!" groaned the male as he had the wind knocked out of him. "You're getting too big to keep doing this princess."

"But daddy!" whined the 5-year-old at the implication of her daddy's words.

"Your daddy's right sweetie," said her mother as she moved to pull her daughter from on top of her husband. "You're getting too big to just jump onto your daddy. You might hurt the old man."

The child immediately turned to her daddy to apologize when she saw him looking at her mommy with a scowl.

"Daddy?" questioned the child as she continued to scrutinize her father's strange expression. But, after some thought to the matter, she decided that she didn't like it and went about changing it the only way she knew how, with her hands.

He couldn't keep the look of distaste on his face as his little princess went about rearranging her father's face with her soft little fingers. He went along with it until he felt like playing a little himself and reached to attack all the sensitive tickle spots of his daughter.

The loud and high pitched laughs that suddenly erupted in the bedroom brought a smile to the mother's face as she watched her husband launch a relentless series of tickle attacks on his little girl. The smile only grew as she saw the delighted look on her daughter's face at the attention of her father.

Eventually the little girl was able to escape the unmerciful fingers of her father to seek refuge behind her mommy.

"Mommy!" whined the little girl as she tried to control her laughter. "Tell daddy to stop! He's being mean!"

"Stop tickling her Touya," said Hasu as she got off the bed with little Nadeshiko hanging off her back.

The little imp could be seen dangling from her mother's neck as they made their way downstairs to the kitchen. As they approached they could smell the faint waft of fresh pancakes in the air, and could hear the drip drip of the coffee machine as the dark brown substance dripped into the pot underneath.

"Grandpa!" yelled Nadeshiko as she dropped from her mother's back and ran over to her grandfather. "I brought mommy and daddy down like you asked grandpa," said Nadeshiko as she beamed from her grandfather's side.

"Good girl," said her grandpa as he affectionately ruffled her hair.

"Come here and stop bothering grandpa Nadeshiko," said Hasu as she picked up her daughter and put her down at the breakfast table.

"Yes mommy," said Little Nadeshiko as she waited for breakfast.

"That's a good girl."

"Touya get down here before breakfast gets cold!" yelled Hasu as she tried to get her husband downstairs for breakfast.

"I'm coming I'm coming, you don't need to yell," complained Touya as he got downstairs shaking his head to get the ringing out of his ears.

"If I don't yell you'd never come downstairs," chided Hasu as she gave her husband a light kiss before going to get the plates.

"Ohayo, otou-san," said Touya as he sat down at the table.

"Ohayo, Touya," said Fujitaka as he flipped the pancakes onto a plate.

They were halfway through breakfast when the doorbell rang.

"Hmm, wonder who that could be this early in the morning," said Fujitaka as he got up to go answer the door. He returned moments later with a surprise no one expected, Sakura.

Little Nadeshiko bounded out of her seat at the sight of her aunt and ran to Sakura with a gleeful smile plastered all over her face. Hasu smiled happily at the sight of her sister-in-law. And all Touya did was send daggers to the person who held his sister's hand.

As per their usual method of greeting, Syaoran and Touya began their customary staring contest.

Nadeshiko noticed the scowl on her daddy's face as she turned back to look at him from her vantage point in her aunt's arms. She saw that the intense stare was directed at the person standing next to her aunt, and she found her daddy's expression mirrored in the face of this familiar man. For the second time that morning she found that she didn't like the expression and as before, she tried to change it with her hands. But her range was limited by the fact that Sakura was still holding her. So the only thing that she could reach was Syaoran's hair and she pulled on it to get him closer.

Syaoran was fully expecting to continue his stare off with Touya until he felt himself being pulled toward Sakura by a sharp pain on the right of his scalp. As he turned to see what might be causing the pain he found a sight that would move even the coldest heart. He found Sakura holding an adorable little toddler who was in turn pulling on his hair.

"Uh, Sakura, a little help here please," said Syaoran wincing from a sharp tug.

"Oh!" exclaimed a startled Sakura as she turned from her father. "Sorry Syaoran. Let go of uncle Li's hair Nadeshiko. Its not nice to pull on other people's hair like that."

"Gomen ne," said Nadeshiko as she let go of Syaoran's hair.

"It's ok," said Syaoran as he ruffled Nadeshiko's hair slightly.

At this she looked up and beamed at the man her aunt referred to as uncle Li.

"Have you had breakfast yet?" asked Fujitaka as he motioned for his daughter and Syaoran to sit at the table.

"Not really otou-san," said Sakura as she pulled Syaoran down to sit with her with a sharp tug that almost made him topple over.

"Then eat with us," invited Hasu as she kicked her husband under the table to get him to stop glaring.

"Arigatou onee-chan," thanked Sakura as she stamped on her fiancé's feet to get him to stop glaring.

Both men could be seen trying to suppress pain as their partners carried on a casual conversation.

"How was Hong Kong?" inquired Fujitaka as he set down plates for Sakura and Syaoran.

"It was fun," said Sakura as Syaoran moved to get food for both of them.

"That's good," said Hasu.

The rest of breakfast was taken by the normal conversation of a family, aside from the perpetual glaring of two of the males at the table.

With the food gone and the dishes cleared away it was time for Sakura to make her announcement.

"Ano," said Sakura, no longer sure of her own voice. "Otou-san, onee-chan, I have something to tell you."

"Yes, Sakura?" said both of them at the same time.

"Syaoran and I have been dating," said Sakura as she gazed unsurely at her family.

"You're what!?!" screamed Touya as he all but pounced at Syaoran.

"That's wonderful Sakura," beamed her father as he held his son down.

"I agree," said Hasu with a smile, completely ignoring the ranting of her husband. "Congratulations Sakura."

"Arigatou," said a relieved Sakura. "But we're not dating anymore."

"That's more like it," said a happy Touya as he resumed his glaring with a smirk.

"We're engaged," beamed Sakura as she held up her engagement ring.

"WHAT!!!???!!!" bellowed Touya as he jumped to his feet ready to kill his sister's newly announced fiancé.

"That's wonderful Sakura," beamed her father as he moved to take his little girl in a great hug.

"I agree," said Hasu, as she tried to interpose herself between her husband and Syaoran. "Congratulations Sakura."

Eventually however, Touya was able to get himself out from behind his wife and began to advance on Syaoran, the only thought on his mind was to kill the gaki before he could hurt his little sister.

To be continued…