Father to Daughter: the 1st chapter.

A/N:// Ta-daa! The first chapter is here! Two things to say. Firstly, many thanks to the awesome reviewers! My favorite was the wonderful (but maybe not quite true?) review from V EPSILON, it was a very sweet thing to say. Seriously though, I love you all. Secondly, you will see an addition to the summary. This is, to my knowledge is completely true. Check the publish dates, but I believe it's the first 'kyoko finds her family' story written in this fandom. I won't say it's the best, as I haven't read other such stories (for fear I'll steal from them the bits that are better than mine - _-' ), but as it was written very early on ( I think it was in the first nine skip beat fanfics), it is the first. I just thought it was cool. It's not something you could find out about in the harry potter or inuyasha fandoms, so I just thought I'd put it out there, though if someone has a problem I'll get rid of it =).

Disclaimer: Neither Skip beat or any of it's character's belong to me. This fic was created purely for my own amusment.

Chapter the first: In which a father discovers his child.

A tall, handsome man sat with his head in his hands, resting his elbows in his polished wooden desk. After a moment he sat up and leaned back into his leather chair with a sigh. The director of Akatoki was not by nature a very public or outgoing man. He could be social when the situation required and he possessed a captivating manner and uncommon charisma. What was outstanding about him however, was his profound intellect and a talent for administration that had allowed him to rise through the ranks of Akatoki and become Akatoki's most successful director. Nothing however, could have prepared him for his current dilemma

He ran a hand through his short, jet black hair and tucked his longer than average bangs behind his ears (A deliberate contrast to that manipulative ass Takeda) and sighed as he plopped down on his cream leather couch, not caring if he rumpled his (which he thought was outrageously expensive) Armani suit.

It was also not in his nature to continuously mull over a problem without doing something about it. Much less to become so nervous about it he was incapable of cognitive thought. At least it wasn't until he had seen that name on the cast list of Fuwa's new music video.

Mogami Kyoko.

Strange that he would run into her here, much less be afraid of her since she would not remember him, would not recognise him. Perhaps that was indeed the reason he was afraid. Indeed the chances were one in a million. It could almost be ...fate or perhaps destiny that he should have found her here. And with that thought, Mogami Natsume fell asleep.

And Mogami Natsume dreamed.

He saw Saena, 15 again, so beautiful in her own way and she was smiling at him, something she rarely did and he felt his heart tighten as he admired her sitting on the cool green grass beside him on his birthday, like a dark flower timidly facing the sun.

"Saena-chan, I like you"

Then she grew older and she was smiling more, but it was a forced, insincere smile and the look in her eyes as she looked at him was the satisfied look of a predator who had just caught it's prey, he didn't notice, he was ecstatic. Saena had just agreed to marry him.

"I love you"

Then he was standing at the alter and she was gliding down to meet him like an angel in glistening white while his mother looked on in disapproval. He didn't notice, he was too absorbed in her.

"I need you"

Married for 2 months. She was rude to his mother and he noticed. She ran over the gardener's dog, a faithful companion of 10 years and just walked away, and he noticed. He noticed how much of his money she squirreled away in her own, private accounts, how much she abused the staff and how much she didn't seem to love him. He noticed her lovers and how little she shared his bed.

He applied for a divorce and before he even told her she stopped him with two words.

"I'm pregnant."

Disbelieving but hopeful, he had a paternity test done in secret, it was his child and his joy was enough to stop him from noticing. He began planning his baby's future right then. His little girl (a girl, his daughter!) would have the best of everything, she would go to the best schools and the best circles and his mother would love a baby to raise. Perhaps Saena would even mellow out and become the sweet girl she used to be, he could certainly wait for her, afterall children need their parents. Look at how much he missed his own father, dead 15 years. For two blissful months, Natsumi was on cloud nine, how could he simply divorce the mother of his beloved daughter?

Until one morning, she asked for a divorce. Despite having his own plans to seperate, he was in shock. He couldn't believe it, why would she seperate now? Then he realised she had done it, squirreled away all the money she could from their shared account. Along with the divorce settlement she thought it would be enough to break him. His analytical mind took over. She had all this time been using him. She never cared. It was a smart move for her really, this divorce, she would keep the child, the cash and rid herself of a seemingly unsuccessful and useless husband. She didn't know he had just accepted a director's position at Akatoki or that he had most of his money in a Swiss bank account where she couldn't reach it, he'd been waiting to surprise her with the news of his promotion and only blood relatives could access the swiss account. There went all his hopes, he couldn't wait for her, she wasn't going to let him.

He accepted the divorce but he wanted to keep the child. She didn't resist, a child would only hinder her. He wondered at her brand of motherly love, did she never want to see the child grow? But the child would be best in his care, he was sure.

5 months later. The doctor, a friend of Saena's she chose as her midwife, announced that Mogami Kyoko was still born. His beautiful baby was gone, taking part of him with her. He wept, while Saena looked on, unmoved at the child's funeral. He had not even seen his daughter. Sakura left him not two days after, he was relieved. He couldn't stand the sight of her.

He woke up. Natsume stared groggily around his living room as he remembered his dream. His baby was seemingly back from the dead. Mogami Kyoko, he wondered, who are you?

A/N: The first chapter finished! Yes I know it's still very much the same but there are some changes. I actually really liked my initial first chapter, despite it being so short (though it is longer than before), but I thought some parts could use a little more description and I wanted to convey Natsumi's mindset during Saena's pregnancy and why he is so accepting of his possible connection to Kyoko. A bit of foreshadowing for later as well. Despite my best efforts the chapters will likely still be shorter than average, rather than the collossal collection of different scenes that was also considered, as I like to use the chapter feature to show the progressive aspect of the story.