DISCLAMER: I do not own "Yu Yu Hakusho" the movie called "The Parent Trap" or anything else I may mention in this fic. I do however, own a couple original characters. These original characters are NOT reincarnated versions of me, and they are also NOT Mary-Sue fangirls who chase Kurama and Hiei around. Have I made myself clear? Good.

A/N: I hope you guys liked the nice little cliffy I left you in the last chapter! Things are actually starting to move along in the story.

NOTE: I don't know how to convert American money to Japanese money, so every time an amount of money is mentioned, it will be in American money.

"Are We Related?"

Chapter 17: Explanations

Shina had never been this scared in her entire life. She was shaking and there were tears in her eyes. 'My father is gonna kill me!' Needless to say, she was in a panic.

"You have ten seconds to speak or else this blade will slice your throat." Sakyo told her in a sinister voice. Shina could feel the cold metal touching her skin.

Shina screamed, "I'm your fucking daughter! My name is Shina!" There, she finally said it. Now she just hoped he believed her. 'I'm so screwed if he doesn't believe me.'

Sakyo let go of Shina's arm and she fell to the ground. She sat there on her knees, her body shaking from what had just happened. Many things were going through Sakyo's mind. 'How did she get here? The only way this could have happened is if she met with Ayame…how could they have found each other without knowing the other existed?'

Sakyo just stood and looked at Shina.

"Please believe what I just said." Shina begged.

After Shina identified herself, Sakyo just knew she was in fact telling the truth. If this person was actually one of his enemies, then she would have tried to fight back when she saw the knife, but Shina got scared and tried to run away. Also, the fatherly instinct was telling him that he should believe what the girl in front of him is saying.

Sakyo looked at her. "I believe you."

Shina was relieved to hear that. "I can show you my driver's license if you need proof."

"That won't be necessary." Shina got up off the floor and hugged her father. I'm so glad I finally met you…I've been waiting all my life. Don't worry, Ayame is safe with mom."

"Hell yeah! I beat you again!" Ayame cheered.

"No way, Shina! You cheated!"

"How could I cheat, Uncle Kazuma, the game doesn't let me." Ayame could not stop laughing at her Uncle. He was just mad because he got beat again.

"That's the last time I play video games with you…I'm tired of getting beat by girls. Just don't tell Yukina I was beaten by a girl."

"Okay, I won't." Shizuru said from the other room.

"I wasn't talking to you sis!"

"Do you really have to talk so loud that anybody can hear you no matter they are in the house?"

Shizuru and Kuwabara were having their brother-sister arguments, and Ayame just sat there laughing at everything. Both her mother and uncle acted this way as if they were still kids. Ayame found this all very funny.

Shina and Sakyo were sitting down in Sakyo's office. Shina was ready to explain everything about the meeting between her and her sister, and everything else that went on including the two girls switching places.

"Your probably wondering how Ayame and I met."

Sakyo nodded and Shina started to explain.

"Well, we met while we were exchange students in America, but you probably figured that part out on your own." She knew that part was obvious. "I arrived the day after Ayame, and for some weird reason I thought she sort of looked like me. I thought it sounded stupid, so I blew off that feeling and went about my business. To make a long story short, we found each other out a couple days later. Ayame was the one who spoke up first. She said she thought the idea was silly, too. She only thought about us looking alike after we took off our make-up. We found out we both had the same birthdays, I thought she looked liked mom, and she thought I looked like you—we put all the pieces together and figured things out. Then we thought it would be fun to switch places."

Sakyo listened to all of what Shina had to say. He had to admit to himself that he was impressed at how these girls managed to pull off something as elaborate as this.

"We even tricked the family we stayed with!" Shina chuckled at her last statement.

"Does your mother know about this yet?" Sakyo asked.

"No, I don't think so. Ayame and I agreed to call each other when we got found out and she hasn't called me yet. She did call the other night asking how things were, though." Shina paused for a moment. "Do you want me to call Ayame? Doyouwanttotalktomom?" (Translation: Do you want to talk to mom) Shina had a big grin on her face after asking the last question.

"I have a better idea." With that, Sakyo went to his phone and dialed a number.

"Dad, what are you doing?" Shina sat there looking at her father. 'What is he doing? Is he calling her?'

Sakyo listened to the ringing sound on the phone until a person answered.

"You have reached Credit Card Company. How may I help you?"

(A/N: bear with me here…I couldn't think of a good name for a credit card company.)

"I have an account that I would like to cancel…"

As Sakyo was talking to the person on the phone, Shina listened to everything. 'OMG….he is canceling Ayame's credit card! She's gonna be so pissed. Then she'll have no choice but to spill the beans to mom about everything! This is gonna be good.' Shina was trying not to laugh out loud.

"…Thank you." Sakyo hung up the phone and Shina spoke.

"What was that all about?" she asked, trying to sound like she did not know anything about what her father just did.

"I canceled her credit card. She only took one of her credit cards with her and I just canceled the account on that one."

"So, when she tries to use it, she won't be able to and then she'll freak out and then she'll have no choice but to tell mom about everything?" Shina said all this at a fast pace, but Sakyo was able to understand her.

"Exactly."

"You're not doing this to punish her, are you?"

"No, I'm doing it to give her a clue that I know about what the two of you did."

Shina gave another silly grin. "Oh, okay. It probably won't take her too long to figure out her credit card has been canceled…she's probably out shopping as we speak."

Shina suddenly got serious. "You're not mad at us, are you?"

"No. I was surprised when you told me who you were, but I'm not mad. I just can't believe your sister would agree to do something like this."

"Actually, it was her idea. I wasn't too sure about it at first, but I ended up going along with it."

"Really. This is surprising to hear since Ayame is not the first person I would think of to pull pranks on people."

"I have a question: why did you just try to kill me? Do you have any idea how freaked out I was? I have never been so scared in my life!"

Sakyo did not want to have to explain things to Shina right now, but he thought me might try to explain a little bit. He knew, though that eventually he would have to tell her everything, but he wasn't going to do that now.

"It's a long story that began long before you and your sister were born and before I met your mother. I won't tell everything right now, but I will try to make a long story short as to why I tried to kill you."

'Is he in the mafia or something?' Shina thought.

"To start off, I made many poor choices in my life. I became involved in dirty work and I regret many of the decisions I've made. Since you came here from America, I have noticed that you were not exactly acting the same as Ayame, and the butler even pointed that out. The first thing that came to my mind was one of my enemies had taken your sister and that you were in on it and tried to disguise as her. I'm sorry I scared you."

"I guess I can forgive you. Are you in the mafia or what?"

"Something like that, but I don't want to go into details right now. I have enemies all over the world. When she showed me the papers about the exchange student program, I wasn't sure if I wanted her to go in case someone found her and did something."

"Well, I'm glad you let her go. If you didn't, then she and I might not have ever found each other….Wait, why don't you get out of the business you're in?"

"It's more complicated than you think…I don't want to talk about it."

"Okay, but because of the crap you do, wouldn't Ayame have been in danger her whole life? Would I be in danger now if anyone found out I was your other daughter?"

"Ayame did not know about anything until she was thirteen. I kept everything hidden from her. I wanted her to be a normal child and waited until she was older to tell her everything. She would have had to find out eventually. After I told her everything, she did not talk to me for a week."

"Wow, she was pretty upset then."

"I can't blame her. I lied to her for the first thirteen years of her life. I was not a perfect father. When she was younger she was with a nanny a lot while I was off doing my dirty work. After she found out everything, we had an agreement that none of this would leak out to anyone. Her friends don't know anything about me…nobody else knows anything about me either. The only ones who know are the people I work with and the housekeepers and butlers at this house."

"Well, your secret is safe with me. I can bet there's one thing you don't regret about the choices you've made."

Sakyo gave her a questioning look.

"If you weren't in the business you're in, you probably never would have met mom and I wouldn't be standing here right now." Shina sighed. "I'm going my-I mean Ayame's room…I just need some time to think."

Shina got up and hugged her father and Sakyo hugged back. "Daddy, even though I do not agree with the bad things you have done, I'm glad I met you and Ayame." After that, Shina left the room and headed for Ayame's bedroom.

Sakyo sat down and took out a cigarette and lit it. "Ayame finally got what she always wanted…she got to meet her mother."

"Ooohhhhh…I have to have these shoes! They're so cute." Shizuru was out running some errands and Ayame wanted to tag along. Ayame spotted a shoe store while the car was stopped at a stop light and while they were waiting for their turn to go, Ayame found a pair of shoes displayed in the window that she 'had to have.' "Mom, can we stop at that shoe store on the way home?"

"I guess. Since when have you become so into shoes?"

"Oh, uh, the other girl I stayed with in America loved shoes and sort of got me into them I guess." 'That explanation sounded so fake but I think she bought it.'

After about two hours, Shizuru and Ayame stopped at the shoe store. Shizuru went and looked around while Ayame asked the attendant about the black glittery sling-back heels displayed in the window. She told the attendant her size and waited for the shoes to arrive.

Ayame tried the shoes on and was happy with how they looked on her. 'These would go great with that one tight black dress I have.'

"Is there anything else I can do for you, miss?" the attendant asked.

"I would like to purchase these!" Ayame said happily.

Ayame and the shoe store attendant walked up to the register. As Ayame was getting her credit card out of her purse, the attendant rang up the shoes. Ayame handed her credit card over and it was swiped through the machine.

"Excuse me, miss? The screen on the machine is showing that this credit card has been canceled."

"What?" Ayame asked. She was trying not be loud because she did not want her mother to hear anything. Shizuru was still in the store looking around, unaware of what was going on.

"Yes, it says your credit card has been canceled. Would you still like to purchase these shoes? Do you have another way to pay for them?"

"No, I won't get them." Then Ayame made up a stupid lie. "I just remembered that the other day I misplaced this credit card and canceled it because I thought someone stole it. I'm still waiting for my new one to come in the mail. I'm sorry for the trouble."

'Oh know…only one person could have been able to cancel my card. Dad! Wait a second…that means he knows about Shina and me switching…That has to be it! He must have done this to show me that he knows.' Ayame was a little shaky. She could not believe this. 'I guess it's now my turn to tell mom the truth.'

"Ready to go?" Shizuru asked. Ayame jumped as her mother appeared beside her.

"Are you okay, Shina?"

"Yeah, you just startled me that's all. I'm ready to go home now."

Ayame and Shizuru left the store and many thoughts were racing through Ayame's mind. Her thoughts were interrupted when Shizuru spoke up.

"What's wrong, Shina?" Shizuru asked after they had gotten in the car.

"Huh?"

"You were in a really good mood earlier today and now your attitude suddenly changed. What's wrong? You can tell me."

"Can we please just wait until we get home?"

Shizuru nodded. Ayame was both scared and excited. She was hoping things would go well. 'I wonder how Shina is doing.'

A/N: Did you like it? I hope so. I do not know when I will get to write the next chapter…I'm pretty busy. I'm having a hard time in my Accounting class, and I'm going to the tutoring center at my school probably Friday. Wish me luck!

I have a question for all of you: Did I do okay with Sakyo's character? His character is NOT easy, and I'm doing the best I can. If you guy's could give me an answer to this question it would help me out a lot. I hope you liked this chapter and please review! Honestly, if people don't review, I don't know what you all think about this story. Do you like it? Do you hate it? I'm not trying to be a review whore or anything—I just wanna know what you think about this fic. (I guess I shouldn't talk—I'm very guilty of reading and not reviewing).