AN: Please enjoy. There's a long AN3 at the bottom, I would appreciate you reading it if you feel any hesitancy with this or any of my other fics.

Chapter Seven – Cheering You On

Kyoko stared with wide eyes up at the fairy king. She could hear her heart pounding in her chest and she brought her hands to her sides. No. No, Corn wouldn't die. She had to do something to make him happy but she had to apologize to him first. Corn wouldn't speak to her if she didn't apologize and she needed to speak to him to make him happy.

"Mr. Fairy King, I need to see Corn" Kyoko said trying very hard to be polite and respectful but still using her determination to help her. She looked away, "You might not know it because you're a fairy king, but Shou had this movie called called um Never Ending Story which was American and there was a horse who died because he was too sad. He sank like a stone."

Kuu paused and looked at the determined young girl, "I don't think that the same -" he tried but saw how motivated she was to talk with Kuon. "Okay, I'll take you to his room."

"Thank you," Kyoko said as she tried to brush away her tears with her arm. It wasn't time for crying now. If she cried, she might not be able to save Corn. Following Kuu down the hallway, Kyoko nervously entered Kuon's room and ran up to the bed to where he was. "Coooorn!" she sobbed before placing her hands on his shoulders, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry, please don't die" she said. Now she wasn't able to stop her crying.

"Kyoko?" Kuon asked as he took in the six year old, "Go away."

"No," Kyoko shook her head stubbornly, "I know I'm a cry baby but if I go away now then Corn might not live so I'm going to stay. I'm going to stay so that Corn can live," she said not bothering to correct him on the way that he said her name.

"What's the point?" Kuon said as Kyoko looked down.

"There's a lot of point. Corn might be trapped in a spell right now but he doesn't need to be. If he works hard then he can do anything. Corn, you're so amazing, don't you even want to try? You made it so that you could take away my sadness, now I want to take away yours," Kyoko told him as he laughed weakly.

"I can't move my arms and legs," he told her, "It's no use."

"Well then you try to move your fingers and toes" Kyoko said, "You try hard to move and you can rely on your mommy and daddy and you can rely on me too, Corn," she told him as he looked at her. "I won't let anyone hurt you. I promise that I will do my best to guard Corn so that he gets better. Shou isn't a prince, he's a mule."

Kuon looked away, "Kyoko-chan, if I can't fly," he said and Kyoko looked down.

"Then you try your best to move slowly and I'll look up at the sky and tell you what's there. I want to help you, Corn" she said as Kuon looked at her.

"Kyoko. You don't want me to live, I'm not really a fairy…" he said, "My name is K-U-O-N he attempted to spell for her. I'm just a kid, not a fairy, not special, I'm nothing anymore."

Kyoko took a deep breath to try to calm herself. She had to think about the important things now and maybe this was a regular boy but he still showed her magic, he was still important to her. "Okay, so maybe you're not a fairy but you're my friend and I'm not going to let you give up. Never ever ever," she shook her head firmly.

Kuon took a deep breath in, "You'll be here even if I look stupid?" he asked her and Kyoko nodded before kissing Kuon on the top of his head.

"Your job is to try and fight Kuon. My job is to cheer you on," she said as he looked at her and smiled weakly.

"Thank you, Kyoko-chan," he said before smiling. "Dad, can I get something to eat?" he asked and Kuu's eyes lit up. He immediately nodded and went to the kitchen. He wasn't sure how this little girl was able to cast her own magic spells. He was just glad that it seemed to have saved his boy.

Before Kuu had come back, Kyoko smiled and curled up next to Kuon with a smile.

"Thank you for being my hero again, Kuon," she said as he looked at her as if she was the most precious and most beautiful person alive.

…..

…..

Kyoko wrapped her arms around a toy teddy bear she had been given when very young and looked at the house in front of her. She couldn't believe what her mother had just said. As much as it hurt, she couldn't understand most of it, but she could understand that she would be living here with Kuon and his family. Her legal guardian had changed and from now on she would be taken care of by the Hizuris.

It was exciting and lonely at the same time.

However, she would be near Kuon and that was maybe even better than being with Shou. She smiled as she thought about perhaps marrying Kuon but shook her head. He was a big kid. She looked up at Kuu and smiled weakly, "What kind of business do you run?"

"Business?" he asked, "Well, I'm leaving tomorrow to sort out some of my acting work. I'm an actor and sometimes I do other things like advertisements and interviews," he tried to tell her as Kyoko nodded.

"Can I help?" she asked and Kuu smiled as he looked at the little girl.

"How about you can help out by cheering Kuon on with the rest of us and enjoying being a kid," he told her as Kyoko blinked at him. Kuu couldn't help but think about how adorable his new unofficial adopted daughter was. He wasn't sure of the guidelines that Saena Mogami had told him but he wasn't Kyoko's legal father but he was her legal guardian. Hopefully that wouldn't come back to cause problems for him. "Okay, well how about when I come back from the States, you try to keep me on point for my appointments. You can remind me when it's time for me to do my work."

Kyoko nodded eagerly, "I can do that. It's like an assistant, right?"

"Yes," Kuu nodded, "You can help me out a lot by becoming my little assistant," he looked around. "I guess that Kuon is at his physical therapy appointment right now. Let's put your belongings in your temporary room," he told her as Kyoko nodded. "Are you okay living here?" he asked and Kyoko smiled.

"I think so," she told him, "because you and Mrs. Hizuri are really nice to me so I think it would be nice, besides Mother said that you were to take care of me and that I was to go with you and I want Mom to be proud of me."

Kuu smiled as he brought in the items he had picked up from the Fuwa inn. "Kyoko, you just tell me and…Julie if there's anything that you don't like eating or if you have any fears or known allergies. If there is anything that you're not comfortable with, please tell us as soon as possible. We don't mind making some changes," he told her but Kyoko shook her head and looked up with a grin.

"I like everything," she said as Kuu raised an eyebrow.

"How about roasted frogs?" he asked. He laughed when he saw Kyoko make a face of disgust but then she tried to cover it up. "Don't worry. I don't like roasted frogs either, but you can't say that you like everything because one day you're going to be with someone who might take you to eat frogs."

Kyoko's eyes widened and she was about to say something, but she heard the front door open and she quickly rushed to it. She smiled shyly as she looked at her friend who was now becoming like a brother to her. "Kuon," she said with a weak smile, "Kuon-san," she said quickly to correct herself. "Welcome home."

"Thank you, Kyoko-chan" he said with a smile, "I should welcome you home too," he said and Julie wrapped her arms around her little boy. It had been a couple of weeks since Kyoko had come back and motivated Kuon to get better and the little family was repairing itself. Kuu had gone back to America for a weekend to get some things accomplished that he wouldn't be able to from Japan and he would have to go back again as well.

Still, they had a new addition to their family and her son was getting better too.

"Kyoko," Kuon said as Kyoko came up to him and stood in front of him with her eyes sparkling. "Look," he said as he showed her how he was able to bend his elbow at a twenty-degree angle and move all the fingers on that one hand though they moved very weakly and slowly. "I did it just like we practiced."

Kyoko grinned and clapped excitedly. "That's amazing, Corn!" she said as she directed her attention to his arm. "You're incredible."

"I worked really hard," Kuon said and Kyoko nodded eagerly.

"Yeah!" she smiled happily as she saw him able to move most of the fingers on his other hand. She looked down, "Is it okay with me living with you, Corn?" she asked respectfully and Kuon smiled. He had to think about how cute she was and how glad he was that she was now in a house where love was felt everywhere. He felt a little odd as if the family were stealing her away, but he was glad that she appeared so happy.

"Dad," Kuon said as he looked up at his father, "Can we go out to dinner tonight?"

"Oh, honey," Julie said quickly as she looked at her little boy. "Please don't push yourself, it's alright for us to stay home. I know that you don't like being judged and we haven't actually tackled a restaurant," she worried. "Please, Kuon, don't push yourself."

Kuu shared the same kind of expression that Julie had. "Kuon," he said as he crouched down in front of his son. "We don't have to -"

"I want to," Kuon nodded determined to prove that he could be out in society, "I want to, that's what we do when we welcome people to a new home, right? I want to go out and eat hamburger steak," he said as he looked to Kyoko who was smiling happily.

"Okay," Kuu nodded, "but if you feel uncomfortable, you say so and we'll get it to go," he looked back at Kyoko. Already she was helping Kuon out with his self-esteem. Maybe this little girl was capable of actual magic.

End Chapter Seven

AN: Hope you guys enjoyed that, I've had people asking for that to happen in reviews for a little bit now 😊 Thanks so much to everyone who supports this fic. Special shout out to the reviewers of my previous chapter: Amy, Ashenvale, Aynari20, brennakai, Cheshire 2313, cutielove077, Dream Idol, fire1, Guest, JeremyVD, Julie, Kris, ladygraywolf, paulagato, Sara, Tabbykatroses,

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