When the plane landed, Sango couldn't contained her excitement. She was finally back in New York and she couldn't wait to show her father and uncles everything she brought them. Sango noticed her Aunt Karai texting, which Sango assumed she was informing her father that they landed and would be home soon. Sango knew she'll have to ask her father about the whole being heir to the clan eventually, but she wasn't sure how to put it in words.

Soon, Sango, Karai, and Shinigami got into a car as they drove to their destination. The whole thing Sango could do was to sit, crossed her arms and think of a plan. She usually doesn't have trouble speaking her mind, even in her past life, but considering the fact she wanted to be the next heir to the Hamato Clan, this kind of made her a bit nervous. Sango knew she needed to think of a plan b if things don't go the way she wanted. If Leo refused, then Sango knew she had to rely on her demon slaying training and a lot of sneaking out. Since she experienced tons of fighting and sneaking from her past life, she should be fine, but she knew the Hamato Clan's way of sneaking was different from demon slaying. Similar, but very different. Also Sango knew she could pick up some fighting styles. With the right practice, she could secretly trained herself the Hamato ninja ways.

"What are you nodding about?" Shinigami asked.

Blinking a few times, Sango giggled. She didn't realized she was doing that. "Just stuff," Sango said.

Even though she was mentally older, but she was still a kid and Sango couldn't help, but act like one. She wanted to use her time to enjoy her life and act how she wanted. Even though that'll change eventually, but she still wanted to enjoy it while it last.

By the time they got to the manhole, they went into the sewers. Without a word, Sango ran. She ran as fast as she could. She could hear her aunts calling after her, but she didn't listen. All she wanted was to see her family. Sango knew where to go cause she memorized all the routes Leo took her when she was a baby. When she got to the lair, the first thing she saw was Leo's shell.

"Chichiue!" Sango cried out.

As Leo turned and Sango leaped into his arms, causing him to fall on his shell. Leo looked bewildered at first, but his eyes softened in seconds and smiled. He let out a chuckled and hugged her.

"I'm so glad to see you too, Sango," Leo said. "Where are you aunts?"

"Sango!" Her aunts called as they ran into the lair.

It didn't took long for Leo to figured out what happened as he put the pieces together. He raised a brow, which Sango only looked away, chuckling a bit. Rolling his eyes, he ruffled her hair as set her down. Leo glanced at her aunts who were both out of breath. It looked like they ran a marathon.

"Did you had fun?" Leo asked.

Sango nodded. "Uh-huh! I-"

Before she could tell her father what happened, Sango found herself being hugged from behind. Sango turned and saw her Uncle Mikey crying, stroking her hair, and giving her a kiss on the head.

"I miss you, San!" Mikey cried. "I miss you more than these guys!"

"MIKEY!" Her father and uncles scolded.

Sango giggled. "I miss you too, Uncle Mikey."

"Got us any gifts?"

Then Uncle Raph wacked Uncle Mikey on the upside of the head. "She just got back, idiot!"

"Yeah," Donnie agreed. "and don't forget, she'll be experiencing some jetlag too."

"I got presents!" Sango spoke up. "I got them from a museum, the Pokemon Center, some gift shops, and lots from Higurashi Shrine!"

As Mikey let go, Sango took out her Space Heroes backpack, picking out everything one by one. Sango silently scolded herself for not deciding which one she wanted her family to have cause she was distracted on everything that had happened.

"Pick some!" she said.

"Booyakasha!" Mikey cheered, while Raph said. "Alright!"

"Thanks, San!" Donnie patted her head.

"Did you at least have bought something for yourself, Sango?" Leo asked.

"I did, Chichiue!" Sango nodded.

Sango took out some masks that she bought. Leo looked satisfied by her response and picked out a keychain that had a replica of a blue Shikon Jewel. As he carefully picked everything that interested him. He even picked out some Space Heroes figurines that Sango won at the claw machine, although, she kept one for herself. As everyone was looking through all of the souvenirs, they all ate seafood pizza, which Sango happily enjoyed. While she ate, she knew what her family would do after that. Her uncles and father would go on their usual patrol, have a snack, watch some T.V, play video games if they felt like it, continued to do what they left off, and if they have time training. For Leo, Sango knew he'll do the first two four things and Leo would meditate if he had some time left for the night. Since Sango was four, she had to go to bed early, like at nine and they would sometime come back either before or after midnight. That meant Sango had to stay up a bit, but considering the fact that she's not tired and is experiencing jetlag, this might work in her favor.

"Are you gonna patrol tonight?" Sango asked.

Raph laughed. "And watch you running around the lair while being jetlag? As if! We let April and Casey patrol just for tonight. We agree with your aunts that they'll cover our patrol for a few days."

Sango blinked and turned to her aunts. "Really?"

Karai nodded. "Yep and they basically begged."

"We did not!" Mikey ate some of the Japanese candies Sango brought home.

Karai rolled her eyes. "Whatever, little brother. Anyway, as much as we wanted to hang out some more, but we have to go. We got another meeting in an hour. See yah!"

"Bye!" everyone said.

In a split second, Karai and Shinigami left. During the rest of the night, Sango spend time with her family. Each of them love the souvenirs she brought home. It was even funnier when they tried each and every flavor Japanese candies and KitKat. With all of the Japanese sweets they were all eating, Leo forbid her to eat brownies and she could have her favorite dessert tomorrow, which Sango didn't mind.

Then her father and uncles helped her unpack, which wasn't that much. They even helped her hand up her fox masks. After that everyone watched movies together, Leo on the other hand wanted to meditate a bit before Space Heroes came up. While they were watching a movie, Sango's uncles fell asleep. She didn't know how long they were asleep, but it looked like they passed out. Sango slipped off of her seat and put a blanket over them. Quietly, she headed over to the dojo.

When she got there, she took a peak. Leo was meditating as usual. Sango wanted to move and talk to her father, but she didn't realized how difficult it was for her just to go over there and talk. It seemed so simple in her head than right now! How was Sango was supposed to put everything into words?

"Are you just going to stand over there and watch?" Leo asked as he opened a single eye and smirked. Sango gaped. She tried to form some words, but it only game out gibberish. Narrowing her eyes, she sighed with defeat. She stepped out of her hiding spot and toddled over to her father.

"How did you know it was me?" She sat down across from him.

"It seemed you forgot I'm a ninja, Sango," Leo simply said. "Also I'm your father, I know everything. Where are you uncles?"

"They're sleeping."

"Hm, is the Space Heroes movie on?"

"Not yet."

"Is there something wrong?"

"N-No...I-I just want to ask you something."

"What do you want to ask?"

Sango bit her lip. Why was this so hard?! Sango never had trouble expressing her feelings. Even when she was engaged to her ex-fiancé too! Sango took a peak up at her father, who was curious by tilting his head, giving her a gentle smile. You can do this Sango! This is your chance! Nodding to herself, Sango took a deep breath and stared at Leo. Blinking a few times, Leo looked taken aback by her serious expression.

"Chichiue, I want you to train me to be a ninja," Sango answered. "not just a kunoichi, but as the future successor of the Hamato Clan."

Then there was silence. Leo's eyes widened and his mouth slightly opened. It looked like he didn't expected her to say something like this. Sango made sure she wasn't showing any other emotion, aside from her serious ones. She made her she made eye contact with her father, to show that she won't take "no" as an answer.

"You know that's more like a statement than a question," Leo finally spoke.

"I know," Sango said.

"Are you sure you want this, Sango?" Leo asked. "I don't want to overwhelm you."

"I'm sure," Sango stated.

"I will train you," Leo answered, while at the same time, Sango said. "I knew you'll say no."

The two stopped and looked at each other with eyes widened. Sango froze a bit. Did she just heard that right? Did her father said he'll train her? Did he actually agreed to this? Sango opened her mouth, closed it, and opened it again. She wanted to ask again, but words couldn't come out.

"Y-You'll train m-me?!" Sango stammered.

Leo nodded and stood up. "After you get over your jetlag, we'll start training. You'll be receiving a mask just like your uncles and I. Unlike April, you will be trained just like your uncles and I. When you are ready, I will show you a technique that your grandfather taught me and you will be given a quest. After that, you will go and patrol with us. Understood?"

The only thing Sango could do was to stare at her father as she tried to processed everything she had just heard. A smile slowly grew across her face as she nodded. Sango stood up and hugged her father's leg. She couldn't believed it! Leo was actually letting going to train her.

"Thank you, Chichiue!" Sango said. "Thank you! Thank you!"

Leo chuckled and crouched to her level as he put a hand on her head. "I was planning to train you anyway, but I'm glad you wanted to do this. Anyway, let's watch Space Heroes! I'm dying to see that movie!"

"Me too!"

Leo lifted Sango and put her on his shoulders. Sango held onto his head as he carried her out of the dojo. Even though Sango was still trying to process that her father actually agreed to this, but she knew that when her training starts, she'll have to train on her demon slaying abilities on her own time. Sango was a hundred percent sure she was very rusty.

When they got to the living area, Leo set her down as the two sat next to each other. As they watched Space Heroes, Sango was still surprised about her father's answer. She knew the past was different from her current present, but at the same time, no matter how many times she learned and adapt, there were still many things she was surprised of and this was one of them.