Second was sitting on the couch playing with Mieru. It was almost amazing that she had been with them for three years.

She was bouncing around with the energy that most toddlers seem to have, and she couldn't help but laugh.

"Come here, dear." She said picking the girl up and sitting Mieru on her knee.

"Hm, daddy and Michie should be home soon," she said out loud.

Mieru then jumped off her knee and ran to the door. "They are coming, Momma!" she said.

Second followed her and looked out the door but saw nothing."Silly girl, you must have heard someone walking by." She said picking her up. Mieru shook her head.

"No no, down there," she said pointing down the road.

"Sure, sure, dear." She looked where Mieru was pointing, but she still saw no one. "It's not nice to lie, you know."

"But—but—" She pointed. "There, over there."

Second sighed and looked again. And then she saw Vector walk around the corner.

"Daddy!" Mieru said happily.

Second looked at her, somewhat shocked. "How did you know?"

Mieru ignored her and clapped her hands as her father came inside. "Daddy! Daddy!" she said.

Vector walked up to her and patted her head.

"You seem happy to see me," he said. He looked at Second. "You all right? You seem...shocked?"

"Um, no it's nothing. Mieru just seemed to somehow know you were coming."

He smirked. "Maybe she knows how to keep track of time already."

"Yeah, I doubt that." She shook her head. "Still weird."

"Maybe it's something she got from our otherworldly halfs." He laughed a little.

"Well, I mean, that could be it."

Vector poked Mieru's cheek. "Are you special, dear?" he cooed.

Mieru grabbed his finger. "No don't, daddy!" she said.

"Maybe it was just a lucky guess," he said taking back his finger. "Well we might find out later."

"I guess so. Wow, well if she really is something special I'm sure Eliphas will have a fit. First I have kids with you, then one of them has a gift either because of your Barian half, or my Astral half." She sighed. "Oh well, nothing he can really do."

"Wow, you really don't seem to care about him anymore." he chuckled.

"No, not like that. I care...but I'm not worried anymore."

"Well, if you're not worried then I'm happy," he smiled.

She nodded to him. "Yeah, well now let's just try to see if she really does have something special about her." She looked at Mieru and Michio who were playing together.

"And how will you do that?"

"Well, simply try a few things. See if she really knows when you're coming home, or if she just has a good a sense of time."

"That works."

"Exactly and we can start it now." She smiled and handed him a list. "Go get a few things for dinner and we'll see if she does anything."

"Fine fine." He grabbed the list and then kissed her. "I'll be back in a few then," he said, walking out the door.

Second joined the kids on the floor, where Michio was trying to help Mieru draw.

"Where's dad?" Michio asked.

"Oh, getting a few things for dinner, that's all."

"Oh, okay. What is it?"

"Red!" Mieru said.

Second looked at her. "Red what, dear?"

"Ah, beans! Beans!"

"Wow, well, she's partly right. Just red beans and rice," she said.

"All right, can I help cook?" Michio asked.

"Sure dear, when dad gets back you can."

"Yay!" he said happily as he returned to playing.

Second kept watching Mieru waiting to see if she'd say anything when Vector was close. However, she kept on playing with her toys like any child would have.

About an hour later Second had gone into the kitchen to start dinner, deciding that just sitting there wouldn't help.

"Daddy's here!" she heard Mieru say.

Michio got up and looked out the window. "But he's not at the door?" he said, sitting back down.

About a minute later the door opened and Vector walked in.

"Here you go," he said, putting a bag on the counter. "So, anything happen?"

"Well a minute ago she said you were coming, so it doesn't seem to be just lucky guessing."

He laughed outright. "Interesting, well let's see if it leads to something."

"Yeah, I guess so." She started cutting up some vegetables. "Michie, come here if you still want to help." She called.

"Coming, mom!"


It was Mieru's fifth birthday.

"Happy birthday!" Michio said, handing her a box. Inside it was a stuffed white rabbit. "Do you like it?"

Mieru took it out of the box and hugged it.

"I think she does," Second said, smiling.

Mieru nodded and then hugged Michio. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

Vector grabbed a box and put it in front of her. "Here dear, this is from me and your mom."

Mieru tried to pick up the box and found it too heavy for her to pick it up, so she stood over the box and unwrapped it. Inside it was a large purple crystal that was shaped like an apple. She looked at it in awe and tried to pull it out of the box, but it was still too heavy for her to lift up.

"Here." Vector had her sit down and he pulled it out and put it in her lap. "Happy now?"

She nodded.

"Do you like it?" Second asked.

"Yes yes!" She smiled happily. "Can I use it?" she asked.

"I don't see why not," Second said. She and Vector had mostly gotten it for her because they figured she'd enjoy the idea of trying to see the future and such. "Why don't you practice on daddy while I get your cake ready."

Vector glared at Second but accepted it; it's not like Mieru could do much with the crystal anyway.

"Okay! I'm going to look at your past, daddy."

Mieru looked into her crystal deeply while running her hands over it. Where she learned to do that, he didn't know, but he just went it. He heard her mumbling and looking at the crystal.

"Do you see anything?"

She didn't say anything at first and just kept looking deeply into it. Then she exclaimed, "I see something!"

It nearly startled Vector out of his skin. "Oh really? What do you see?"

She closed her eyes. "He looks like you daddy, but he has his face covered. He's standing on a bunch of people, I think they're asleep."

Vector looked around nervously. "Are you sure you're seeing that right?"

She nodded. "He has, a sword. It's covered in something red. He's covered in red too," she continued.

Vector grabbed the apple and out it behind his back. "I think that's enough for today,." he said with an unusually sweet smile.

"Daddy, was that really you?" she asked, her bottom lip quivering, like she was about to cry.

"No dear, not at all. Maybe you did something wrong?"

She pouted. "No, it was right! But you wouldn't lie to me, right?"

"Not at all, dear," he said, patting her head. He picked her up in his arms. "I think mom's ready with the cake."

"Yay, cake!" she said, instantly forgetting about what she saw.

After they sang to her and the kids had their cake, Second grabbed Vector and pulled him into the hall.

"So did she see anything?" she asked quietly.

"Well, she somehow saw my past life."

"Wait really?"

He nodded. "I just told her she must have been wrong because..." He sighed "I just don't need her to know things like that. She's too young."

"Yeah. Maybe that apple was a bad idea," she said seriously.

"We'll just have to watch what she does. Not much else we can do."

"I guess...I just don't what her to see things that might scare her, or worse." She sighed.

"Maybe we'll find someone who can teach her these things since neither of us really understand it."

"Maybe we should...when she's older though."

"Whatever you want."