Parent Trap: Gravitation Style

Don't own it. Enough said.

Chapter 7

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"That was great father!" Shuri hopping along the way as they walk home.

That afternoon was a total blast. After going to the firm, they've decided to go to the nearest mall. There, they ate at Eiri's favorite tea house. They've also gone into the amusement center where Shuri won in almost all Shooting booths. Eiri didn't know his daughter is a sharp-shooter. And to finish the day, Shuri led her father on the Karaoke booth. The booth was in a open space and every person in that amusement center could hear them. Shuri dominated the stage as she sang songs from Nittle Grasper, which is quite popular on New York years ago. She earned applauses from strangers but her heart leapt with joy when she saw Eiri nodding in approval.

"He reminds me of Shu when she sang Sleepless Beauty." Eiri thought as his daughter started entering another set of numbers. He's surprised when he saw the title on the screen. He forgot...Bad Luck also made it overseas.

"This song is a very memorable one for me. My parents met through this song. The song that changed their worlds." she then paused for a moment. Can she pull it off? And in front of those stragers...much...in front of her father.

That sudden pause made a memory flashed in Eiri's mind. A memory where a certain pink haired angel stood on the stage speechless. Where the audience anticipated the song he's about to sing. The song his daughter were now about to sing.

As the intro starts, the audience expected her to sing the english version but was surprised that she's going to sing the original version. Can a girl pull it off? This are one of those times Eiri wishes to have a cigarette. But he quitted, 11 years ago since Shura is allergic to cigarette smoke.

obieta mezuki de iradatsu omoi uwaki na kaze ni hakisutete

hibi-wareta rojou ni toketa SHIGUNARU wa kuato dake nokoshite-iku

madoronda NOIZU ga asu o keshi-saru mae ni

yabou ni hibiku kutsuoto o oikakete

In Eiri's mind, everything disappears until there's nothing but the stage and Shuichi singing Rage Beat.

doko ni mo tomoranai

mitasanai Emotion SHIKATO kimete oikose yo

furueteru SHAI na seikai no nuke-michi o neratte

tadoritsuku basho e I Want New World

Shuichi, with his pink hair dancing with the lights and his huge amethyst eyes looking at him...smiling at him.

muragaru fuan ni tsume o tatareba mishiranu uso ni hajikarete

mote-amasu jikan ga sabitsuita machi o warubirezu ni kazette-iru

berubetto no KOIN dake o PAKKU ni tsumete

meiro no you na yume no chizu wa iranai

Some people at his side are murmuring. "That girl...she reminds me of the original singer. Do you remember the pink haired vocalist of that band? Even their hair is the same. If not for the eyes..." other words that followed that are drowned by the music. He smiled inwardly, his daughter has a bright future in the industry. He can't help but butt in. "You want to know why she looks so much like the former singer?" the person looked at him quite puzzled. "That's because..." he turned to the now dancing Shuri. "She's his daughter." Several pairs of eyes widen at the fact. Eiri just smiled more. "I'm proud of her Shu..." he thought.

saka-maku kodou kara

kirakira gin no Passion kakehiki dake no yuuwaku

kowaresou na kimi no hitomi ga ikeru DOA tataite

sagashi-tzuzukeru You Just a New World.

At the guitar solo, Shuri left the stage and went towards Eiri. "Come sing with me father!" she pulled him up the stage that earned some gasps from the audience. "Hey! Isn't that Yuki Eiri?" Someone from the back yelled. "You mean Yuki Eiri, the famous novelist?!" The crowd went wild.

"Everybody! This is Eiri Uesugi...my father." Shuri shocked both the audience and Eiri. "And he's going to sing with me the song my daddy wrote, Shindou Shuichi!" another shock, but this time the crowd recovered and cheered. That relationship is one of the most controversial news on Japan and the world. Catcalls and whistles can be heard as Shuri, now with Eiri, sang the last few verses.

MEIN SUTORIITO ni kizamu semegi-atta namida ga

ima mo kikoeru kutsuon o hisumaseru

doko ni mo tomaranai

mitasai Emotion SHIKATO kimete oikose yo

furueteru SHAI na seikai no nuke-michi o neratte

tadoritsuku basho e I Want a New World!!!!!!!

The applauses from the crowd drown their voices. They even ask an encore from the famous novelist but the father-daughter team quickly disappeared in the mob.

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"You Shura, took that craziness from your other dad." Eiri commented, following Shuri.

Shuri turned with a smile that's identical to Shuichi. "At least the whole world or rather the people from New York has been graced by the famous Uesugi Eiri's voice." she grinned before dashing towards their house.

Eiri almost laughed at the scene...he didn't know it would only take one request with matching strong pull from his daughter to make him sing the song he dubbed as the worst song a zero talent could write.

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At dinner, a fax came where a picture of suppose to be Kumagoro with a balloon dialouge containing the numbers 911 reached Suguru's notice. He put it in his pocket before entering the dining where Shuri, Eiri and Tohma are now seated.

He sat beside Shuri and purposely dropped the paper between them. Shuri noticed it and went pale.

"Are you okay, Shura?" Tohma asked.

"Yes...I'm fine...uh...Can I please leave? I mean, can I go out and have some fresh air? Today is quite tiring really..." she excuses herself before leaving the room. The three looked at each other with puzzled eyes.

"Have some fresh air...?" Tohma looking over the hall where Shuri left a few minutes ago.

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"Hello? Collect call to Japan please." Shuri upon entering the phone booth. After a few rings...Shura picked the other line.

"Hello? What happened?" Shuri asked in a panicked voice.

"Dad's going to marry Mariko! The wedding will be held first week of the next month."

"But how?"

"I don't know. I've done what I can do but I can't. I need you here Shuri! I can't do it alone." Shura is just as lost as her.

"Fine. I'll tell father. Wait for me there Shura. We've got a marriage to break down."

"Hurry!" Shura's last words before they both hang the phone. Being so absorbed in her call, she didn't notice the person standing in front of the booth.

"Ooops! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..Uncle Tohma?" her eyes contracted to dots with the sight of her fur-coated uncle.

"I believe that you've got something to tell me young lady." Tohma said in a very knowing voice. Shuri's words came back to her. 'Uncle Tohma is a manipulative person.'

"I...er...it's a very long story." she stutters. Tohma smiled. "Well, the park is big. I'm sure if we walk there, you could tell me the wholestory." as he leads her to the nearby park. Shuri sighed in defeat.

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After explaining it to her uncle Tohma, he told her to go to her father that night. They can't be delayed any further or they can never mend the mistakes of the past.

"Go. I'm sure he'll be delighted to see you. After all those years." Tohma encourages. Suguru's behind them crying.

"I can't believe it. That it's really Shuri...I wonder...can this family be together once again?" Suguru as he embraces Shuri. Tohma coughed and knocked softly on Eiri's room. He then signed Suguru that it's time to let go.

"Goodluck!" they told her as they pushes her to the door when they heard Eiri's reply.

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Shuri stood in front of Eiri's bed clutching her Kumagoro. Eiri's on the phone talking to one of their publishers. He signed her to come to bed beside him. Shuri follows but she turned towards his closet instead. Eiri was dumbfounded when she locked herself inside.

"Shu-chan...father's going to have a break before the start of the school year. Do you like to go to France with me?" Eiri asked as he walk towards the closet door.

"No...I can't. I need to go back to Japan."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because Shura's waiting for me there. I have to go back." Eiri looked at the closed closet door. What in the world is Shura telling now?

"As far as I know, Shura's right behind my closet door." he answered while knocking.

"No! Shura's in Japan. We've met in camp and decided to switch places." Shuri admitting the truth. That's where Eiri stopped. If what she's telling is the truth... then...

"You mean...." he can't continue with a very shaky voice.

"Yes. I'm not Shura. I'm Shuri. I've always wanted to meet you so I asked Shura if we can switch for awhile. But...but..." she tries to stifle a sob. Eiri then opened the door and revealed a crying Shuri.

"But what...?"

"But I want you to love me as Shuri not because I'm Shura." This time, Eiri cried. He locked her in a tight hug kissing her hair.

"Shuri? Is this really my Shuri? I've always loved you eversince you were born. Oh Shuri!" his tears are flowing freely. All those years, now he can embrace his other daughter. But where's Shura?

"Where did you say Shura is?" Eiri wiping both their tears.

"Japan. Father, we must go there. Daddy's waiting for you!" Shuri answered biting her tounge for lying. Eiri looked at her seriously.

"Really? Shu-Shuichi knows this?"

"Yes. Thay've booked already in this hotel at Kyoto. Shura said that dad wants to talk. You know, clear things up."

Eiri contemplates for a moment before calling Tohma.

"You called?" Tohma enetered his room.

"Could you book us plane tickets off to Japan as soon as now?"

"Sure!" Tohma quickly left. Shuri embraced her father with joy.

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"You sure you want me to come?" Suguru asked as he helps Tohma and Eiri pack Eiri's things.

"Go with them Suguru. Eiri here could use some support. Mika can't come and I can't leave the firm. That leaves you. Besides, Hiro and Shu might want to reunite with their bandmate." Tohma trying to close a suitcase.

Suguru sighed. Shuri entered after calling Shura the details. "Father, I'm ready!!!" she then stopped at her tracks. Clothes strewn everywhere, suitcases opened and boxes lying on the floor. Her father's once pristine room is now a total chaos.

"What happened?!" she exclaimed. Tohma and Eiri looked at each other. Suguru looked outside the window avoiding the subject.

"Fine! But you better be ready in an hour." Shuri's eyes narrowed before leaving.

"You know, she reminds me of someone who has the eyes that's exactly like hers." Tohma teased. Eiri just scoffed and continued packing.

"Kidding aside Eiri, if I were someone who's going to meet their ex, I suggest you bring this." He pulled out a black tuxedo from the closet. It's all black except the undershirt.

Eiri sighed. It's one of his new tuxedo's but it looks exactly like the one he wore on the night of his wedding.

tbc

Yeah, he's really OOC but almost eleven-twelve years passed so maybe he did change or he return to the real Eiri before the Kitazawa incident. Eneweiz, this is AU so...

Shu- on ff. 5, e-mails 7. Total 12
Eiri- on ff. 0, e-mails 3. Total 3