A/N: Hey! Thanks to all of my great readers who somehow put up with the story. I know it doesn't seem like much, but it will get better. I also would appreciate and feedback or ideas because I have a feeling I'm heading for writers block soon.

Disclaimer: Believe me, I don't own Crisis Core, Square Enix. I only own Kaci Shinra and the plot line.

Kaci Shinra used to live with her parents in a penthouse outside of the main Shinra building. She still lived there, sometimes. Mainly whenever she wanted to get away from HQ, but only on days she didn't have training. Like Saturdays, today.

Kaci was currently trying to maneuver her way around the busy streets of Midgar to the Shinra owned penthouse. She let out a sigh of relief when she practically fell through the doors. After regaining herself; she walked to the elevator, pushing the button for the top floor. The doors opened and a few feet down the hall was the door to her home. She entered and sighed. In front of her was a large living space. Two off-white couches sat in a large opening, in the floor, with a white table between them. To the right and farther behind, a large glass balcony stood. On her left, a hallway led to the two bedrooms. And to the far right the beginning of an up to date kitchen could be seen.

Kaci and her mother used to stay here while their father, who was the vice president at that time, was working. She remembered being so happy whenever he got home, running into his strong arms. They seemed to be waiting to pick her up.

As she got older her father wasn't as openly loving, more so he acted like an overseer to her. Now he was most of the time her boss, with a family tie. Kaci realized that she had slipped once again out to the balcony. Her hand was on the doorway and the sun was on her face. She loved the view from up here at night, the lights from the city glowed. It was much better than the view from the SOLDIER floor.

Kaci began humming a soft tune her mother used to sing. The tune soothed Kaci somehow, and it was almost like her mother was singing it beside her. Kaci missed her mother, and although she was alive, Kaci would probably never get to see her again. A tear slipped down her check, and Kaci refused to let any more fall.

A hand was placed on her shoulder. Kaci opened her eyes, but let them close again with the realization this was only her father. She knew the hand. She leaned back and felt her head softly impact in his chest.

Kaci's father could be very loving to her at times, but very rarely. It was times like this that Kaci looked forward to. The only reason she ever came over here. Kaci continued humming the song, and in a moment her father picked it up, "Your mother used to sing that to you didn't she?"

"Yeah," Kaci fingered the silver heart on her black chain necklace, "Do you miss her?"

"Sometimes, when I look at you like this."

"But not generally?"

"No, Kaci, your mother and I wouldn't have worked out like we were," Rufus explained.

"Why won't you let me see her?" Kaci asked sadly. "You said you miss her when you see me like this."
"Never mind that, Kaci," Rufus sighed. Kaci resumed her humming and soon thought of the words. Her mother had sung it, and now she remembered another voice joining in once, her father.

"Sing it for me," Kaci requested.

"What?"

"'The Mockingbird,' sing it for me, daddy," Kaci pleaded again. She wasn't trying to use bribery, by using daddy, it just slipped out.

"Fine," Kaci closed her eyes still humming the melody.

Her father's deep, smooth voice soon filled the room.

The mockingbird, do you hear the mockingbird?

Chase after the mockingbird, little one.

Come back, when you have the song, it's sung.

Little one, don't fly away. You have-

The phone rang and immediately her father let her go and answered the phone.

"Thank you," the last part of the conversation was all she picked up. She could hear his footsteps quickly walk to the door and the echo of the door closing rang in her ears.

Kaci sighed. Her father had his moments, and then work would always come in and ruin it. What is it that she wanted from her father? Kaci turned and walked to the couch, vaulting over it Kaci fell into a simple sleep.

For the rest of the day and the next, Kaci alternated between: training, sleeping, and visiting Aerith. Her father was home, but he was doing paperwork most of the time. Kaci made his food, and he was appreciative. Kaci liked to cook, and making more didn't bother her.

Now, Kaci was standing outside he father's study watching him. He was bending over the large oak desk. His hair was perfectly kept. Kaci sighed quietly, "Yo, President."

He didn't raise his eyes, "I hope you don't address me as such when we at the building."

Kaci bowed her head, "Of course not. Wait, doesn't Reno talk to you like that?"

"Reno's a special case." Her father said.

Kaci nodded. Her father sighed irritably, "Do you need something Kaci?"

"No, I guess not," Kaci turned away dejectedly. Her father either didn't see that motion, or didn't care.

Kaci walked to her room and fell onto the white comforter on the bed. The large room was complete with a queen sized bed, a large windowed veranda, a closet, and a fairly good sized bath room. Kaci remembered the room her mother had all to herself. It had a beautiful piano in it. As well as a desk her mother used to write music. That was what Kaci remembered about her mother, Lucinda. She loved music; her piano playing could be heard throughout the house at times. Kaci knew where the keys were to the room, and her piano playing skills weren't too awful.

Kaci smiled and searched through an old jewelry box until she found the keys to the piano room. She slipped into the room down the hall and opened the door. A musky smell filled the room, but the scent of her mother's perfume still lingered in the room. Kaci slipped over to the grand piano in the left corner and lifted up the cover. The keys were dust-free, with the exception of the slight wear. Kaci picked at middle C. A low not filled the room. Kaci smiled and soon began to play.

The music flowed through the house. Rufus Shinra looked up from his paper work upon hearing the piano music. He put down his pen and headed to where the music should be coming from. When he came in range of the door he saw his daughter sitting at the piano plucking at the keys. Watching her, he saw so much of Lucinda in her. Her graceful movements, her way of being able to pick anyone's mood up, and the way she always went to a window when she was upset.

"You miss her don't you?" Kaci asked.

Rufus sighed, "Why would I?"

"Whenever you see me doing something she would you just look like you want to see her again," by now Kaci had stopped playing.

"Why are you so persistent that I even want to be in the same building as your mother?" he asked irritably.

"I don't know, I just want to see her again," Kaci said sadly.

"Kaci, that's not going to happen."

"Why not?!" Kaci stood up and Rufus saw an angry fire in her eyes. "Just because you for some reason hate her so you won't let me see her?! She's my mother! It's been six years! Believe it or not I need my mother sometimes! Your own selfish reasons are driving us apart!" Kaci stalked off to the doors; "I don't want to be like this!" she walked off to her room.

Kaci sat on her balcony and put her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. The wind broke through her light jacket, but Kaci didn't care. The only feeling was the moist liquid spilling down her cheeks. Kaci buried her head in her legs and eventually fell asleep.

Rufus Shinra stood in the room his daughter had just left. He stood shocked at what he had just heard. Rufus had no idea that his daughter felt that way. He sighed, wondering how long she had felt this way. Your own selfish reasons are driving us apart, is what she had said. He slipped into his daughter's room and found it empty. Looking on the other side of the bed he found his daughter. Rufus Shinra carefully slipped his arms around her and placed her in the bed. As she lay down, Rufus could see the dried tears on her cheeks. He looked on sadly, but he wouldn't change, not this late in the game.

A/N: I had so much fun writing the chapter, and I know Rufus may seem a little OC but that's how I needed his character. Review please.