A/N: Okay….these chapters may be a bit short. I wrote them on regular paper so…yeah. I got grounded off the computer for a week. Sorry this took me so long. .

Serika rolled over in bed and groaned. Her eyes fluttered open. She looked at the clock and sighed. Serika uncovered herself and swung her slender legs over the edge of the bed.

She got out of bed and pulled on her robe. Serika tied it close and walked to her window to open her curtains. She saw snow on the streets, sidewalks, and buildings. It sparkled like diamonds in the intense winter sunlight.

She walked out of her bedroom into the kitchen. She sat at the table and let her head fall on top of it.

Shuichi and Yuki, who were in the kitchen, looked at each other then back at their daughter.

"Didn't sleep?" Yuki asked casually cracking an egg in a frying pan.

"Not with you two having one of your midnight escapades." Serika muttered picking her head.

"What's that suppose to mean!" Shuichi yelled defensively.

"You know exactly what I mean! I kept hearing oh god….oh! I heard that until 4:30 in the morning! 4:30!" Serika yelled.

Serika laughed lightly as Shuichi's face lit up brighter than Rudolph's nose. "It's okay. I won't tell." Serika said.

The trio heard a light knocking at the door. Yuki walked to the door and answered it.

"Is our daughter here? We were told this was the address." a woman with emerald eyes asked.

Serika started to walk towards the door, "Who is it dad?' she asked. She walked up to the door. Her face fell and her eyes widened, "M-mom….d-dad?" she said.

"Serika! We found you!" the woman yelled happily. She pushed past the author and embraced her daughter.

Serika kept her arms at her sides, "Why are you here." Serika said dangerously.

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Everyone went to sit on the couch. Serika's biological father put papers on Yuki's coffee table.

"What the hell are these?" Yuki asked.

"We want out daughter back." Serika's real father said.

"You can't do that! We've had her for 6 years! She is our family! We adopted her legally!" Shuichi yelled.

"We never signed the adoption papers. She is still our daughter!" Sadie (Serika's real mother) yelled.

"You weren't there to sign the papers! You just left her there!" Shuichi said starting to cry.

Yuki placed a hand on Shu's back and began to rub in gently. Mr. Nagasaki (Serika's real father) made a face of disgust.

"You fags need to get away from my daughter!" Mr. Nagasaki yelled.

"Shut the hell up!" Serika yelled crying. "I don't want to go with you! I love it here!"

"You don't have a choice. Get dressed and start packing your things. If you refuse we go to court." Sadie said.

"Then I guess we go to court." Yuki said.

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The court date finally came around. Shuichi was pale. He couldn't believe this! He had to try and be strong.

Yuki looked at Shuichi. His eyes showed so much fear and sadness. Yuki grabbed his lovers hand and smiled at him.

The case started. The judge first called on Serika's biological parents.

"Why do you think you should get to have your daughter again?" the judge asked.

"We brought her into this world. Things started to get bad so we put her up for adoption. We put her in adoption to keep her safe. We wanted to protect her. We did not sign any papers for her release." Mr. Nagasaki said.

The judge nodded and looked over at Yuki.

"We've cared for Serika 6 years going on 7. We've given her a good life and a good home. We have never mistreated her and given her all of our love." Yuki said.

After hearing what both sides had to say, the judge was finally ready to make his ruling after two long hours.

"After hearing what both sides had to say, in the event of legal documents not being signed for the finalized adoption of Serika, the Nagasaki's are granted custody of her." the judge said.

Shuichi broke out into tears as Serika ran out of the court room in hysterics. Serika sank to the floor in tears.

"Shuichi, we should go say goodbye to Serika." Yuki said with tears in his own eyes.

Serika heard Shuichi and Yuki come out of the court room. She jumped up to hug her crying pink haired father.

"I don't want to go! I love you so much!" Serika said between hard sobs.

"I love you too, Serika." Shuichi said crying harder.

Serika went over to Yuki next and encircled his waist with his arms, "I love you dad." Serika cried into his shirt.

"I can't believe I'm saying goodbye." Yuki said letting tears fall out of his eyes.

"Get away form my daughter!" Mr. Nagasaki yelled angrily. He pulled Serika away.

"No! I don't want to go!" Serika wailed.

"Serika!" Shuichi cried. Yuki held Shuichi close as they watched their daughter get dragged away by her biological parents.

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On the way back to Yuki apartment, all Shuichi could do was cry. He missed his daughter. He loved her so much.

"Shuichi." Yuki said.

Shuichi looked at Yuki with wet, sad eyes, "What?" Shu asked.

"Serika gets what she wants. I know her; she'll do anything to get to live with us again. I've seen her sneaky side. She will be with us again."

Soon, Shuichi and Yuki arrived home. Shuichi went to go take a shower while Yuki typed on his computer. It was too quiet now that Serika was gone.