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700 Days of Summer Ch 13

A/N:  In London now with decent wi fi and here is ch 13 everybody. So here is ch 13 for ya and ch 14 is already doone and ch 15 is in the process of being written  Let me know if there is anything I should improve on and thank you Scoob82101 for checking over.

Mikage's pov:

It has been a week since I learned Divine was going to see my father  and while I was more subtle than my mom I was absolutely shocked.  Why did my father want to talk to my mom then instead of in the other years before?  I had not heard from him since the day I visited him and he broke down in front of me.  Had he changed in those years?  Was he kinder, angrier, what had happened to him?  The questions were eating away  at me and then I looked into my hand and saw my cell phone with the highlighter across Divine's name.  I had a plan ready but I was too nervous to try it.  What if the meeting was meant to be private and dealt with matters I should not get involved in?

However the questions I wanted the answers to took over and I started calling Divine.  As the phone rang my heart kept beating faster.  I wanted to know what was going on, what had become of my dad.  As soon as the phone stopped ringing my heart stopped for a split second.

"I was wondering when you were going to call about this."  I smiled briefly before my face turned serious again.

"Divine, I want to know what has become of my father.  Se I was thinking we used phones with video chat..."

"Now hold on for a minute Mikage, are you sure about this?  Should we really watch the conversation, I don't think your father would appreciate it."  I sighed and face-palmed myself.  He did have a point and I did take that into consideration.

"You're right divine but...I don't know I am just curious about how he has been for the past few years and I want to know how he is doing."  I could hear Divine sigh and he paused for a bit no doubt thinking about the situation.

"Alright.  I suppose it is your father after all.  now I should put a phone with a camera in the back to record so you can see what is going on?"  I grew a bit excited and said yes.

"Very well, just promise me this the last bit of spying we are doing ever."  I replied yes again and he hung up, preparing for tomorrow.  I lied down on my bed thinking to myself again, but this time I was wondering why he would want to talk to my mom in the first place?  Did something happen while he was in prison?  I tried to ignore the question s when I went to bed but they just kept growing and growing by the hours that passed.

The next day I called Divine through video chat so that he had it ready before hand.  I was in my room sitting upward waiting for him to pick up, the same feeling for when my phone was ringing yesterday applied here.  Thankfully, he picked up and by the look of the screen it was in his shirt pocket.  By the looks of things we was entering the prison and heading to the front desk.

"I am here to visit, Sato Sagiri."  Divine said passing the papers to the woman at the desk.

"You don't look like a Misako, care to explain?"  The woman asked, inspecting the papers.  I grew a bit nervous, maybe we would not get to go inside.

"She could not come due to...personal reasons but I do have a written agreement from her to allow me to take her place."  Divine said, passing the letter from my mother to her.  The woman inspected it for a bit before putting it down.

"Very well Mr. Sayer, I shall call the guard to guide Mr. Sagiri to the visitor center.  Follow Jacob, the guard by the door there, he will guide you there."  Divine said thank you and followed the guard down the halls.  Down the halls were various wanted posters for criminals, many of which looked like they were staring into your soul.  I shuddered just by looking at them.

Eventually we reached a different room and on the right lied many booths with phones in them.  I could see many people  visiting the prisoners, friends, wives or children were there.  It was depressing to look at, seeing someone separated from their loved ones and it made me wonder if some of them ever did their crimes similar to my dad's in the case of them not thinking straight.  While there was the possibility that they were sneaking in something they should not have in prison, I could tell some of them looked sorry for what they did.

"Take booth twelve Mr. Sayer."  The guard said and Divine naturally followed the instructions, walking down the booths until he came to his own.  He sat down in the chair and he began tapping his fingers on the desk.   I could assume he was as nervous as I was to see my father again.  The very question of what could have changed the past few years was something I wish I could ask my father myself.  I wish I had the mic again so I could let him know what to do but I just had to pray that he asked the questions that bothered me.  Divine placed the phone at angle so I could see Divine's face and the expression of my father's when he would arrive.  Then after a while I saw a guard come near the chair on the other side and I instantly knew what it meant.  Then I saw an orange jumpsuit cloud the window and it began to sat down.  Then I saw his face...my father.

His face had not changed much since the last time I saw him.  There were signs of stress like early wrinkles and his face looked very depressed which I was fully expecting.  However his brown hair, his bushy mustache, his thick build it was still there.  If he was out of prison you could not tell the difference in his appearance before and after his incarceration.  He picked up the phone nervously and sighed heavily into it no doubt, worried by just talking to someone outside of prison.  Thankfully from what I remember the phones the prison used were cheap ones that were always so loud it might as well have been speaker phone, so I could hear everything.

"I am guessing you are not my ex-wife?"  My father asked Divine.  Divine took a deep breath and put his palm against his forehead.

"I am Divine Sayer, I am afraid Misako can't be here because of buisness matters, so she sent me instead."  Sato chuckled but in that kind of way where you trying to take your midn off of things by just laughing or chuckling to cheer yourself up.

"Don't be afraid to tell me the truth, I know she is too scared to see me...I don't blame her.  And I know who you are, you're that guy Misako met in high school.  Glad to finally meet you."  Divine smiled lightly before my father put his serious expression back on.

"I shouldn't have done what I did.  No family should ever have to go through that.  After I lost my job, then the alcohol...Even when I got a new job, things were looking hopeful but I had to fuck things up."  I grew cold when I heard my father like this, it was like when I visited him years ago, he was no longer the happy family-man or the drunk monster, he was a broken man.

"How is she doing by the way?"  Divine looked up looking at him and took a deep breath.

"She is doing surprisingly well, she is supporting Mikage and Kaoru very well."  Dad jerked a little when he heard my name and face-palmed himself, looking ashamed for what happened.  After a second or two he put his hand down and smiled lightly.

"Good.  I'm glad Misako and Mika are moving on.  They should just forget about me entirely, I'll only bring back bad memories when they think about me."  Divine looked at my father sympathetically and tried to object to what he said.

"Misako and Mikage have both said that have had happy  memories with you."  My father held up his hand, as if saying divine should stop right there.

"Yeah, but how many of them can they look at the same way now?"  I wanted to shout and tell him he's wrong right there.  Those memories are still good ones even after what happened.  My father taught me a lot about compassion and honor and here he was treating them as if they never happened.  I think I Was beginning to tear up right there.

"Does she have a new boyfriend or husband?"  My father asked.  Divine grew extremely nervous since he was Misako's new boyfriend and had no idea how my father would react.

"Well...Sato...you see....I am her new boyfriend."  My father's eyes widened but then grew a smile on his face which Divine looked shocked about.

"Good, knowing how much she talked about you and how you are good friends  I assume you get along well?"  Divine smiled and nodded.

"Very good, I am glad found someone who cares a lot about her...Now speaking of which, Divine can I request something?"  Both of their expressions grew serious and Divine nodded once more.

"Please take good care of my family, Have fun with them, teach Kaoru's virtues she should learn and please for the love of God don't make the same mistakes as I did.  Give them the love I showed them  or more before I fucked it all up."  My dad said, almost begging Divine, I thought I could even see a tear forming in his eye.

"I certainly will.  I will make sure to care for them immensely."  my father smiled, sniffing a bit.

"Thank you."  My father than looked at Divine, sighing for a moment.

"Now Divine, I am going to leave prison tomorrow and I am boarding a train at New Domino station that goes all the way down to Kanto at 4 pm. However, I don't want anyone to know.  Not my family, none of my friends, nobody.  Please, it's best if I was removed from their lives entirely."

"Are you sure about that?  I think some would want to say goodbye..."  My father shook his head.

"No, they shouldn't.  You should go now, forget you ever saw me.  I am not needed in any of their lives ever.

Divine grimly looked at my father but sighed and stood up.  He grabbed the phone and turned it off.  While my father may not have wanted anyone to know, I knew and I wanted to say goodbye before he left.  He was the man who helped raise me, how could I forget that?  He me a lot of compassion and humility, I can't possibly let that go.  The next day after school, I instantly knew where to go.

The next day, all throughout school I was focused on getting to the train station.  So much so that sometimes my mind was taken away from what was happening.  Even my friends noticed I was acting differently that day though I tried to play it off like it was nothing.  However it was useless because at the end of the day, when I was rushing out of the school, I heard a voice asking me to wait a moment.  when I turned around, just outside of my car, I saw Yusei, Aki and Jack all there.

"Mikage, why are you such a rush, what's going?"  Aki asked me, worried.  I looked at then, knowing I could not avoid the subject anymore. I sighed and prepared to talk, looking down on the ground as I did.

"I'm going to see my father...he's leaving to Kanto today at 4."  Everyone's expressions became pure shock.  Yusei gasped, Aki put her hands over her mouth and Jack yelled in confusion.  I was expecting this kind of reaction, so I was prepared.

"Look, before the alcohol he was a wonderful man.  I loved him but it's just that after the alcohol he became such a mess..."  Jack stepped forward by my side and turned to Yusei and Aki.  I looked at him confused.

"You told me when you visited your father in prison that he was apologizing and crying about what he did.  Guys, he really is a good man and without him Mikage would not be the same girl we know today.  Hell, even negative events have their positive consequences as Yusei became Aki's bodyguard to protect her from stuff like that again and if not for Mikage's experience with alcohol I'd probably still be a an alcoholic waste.  I'm gonna help you look for your dad Mikage."  I smiled at Jack and hugged him.  I thanked him and then turned to Yusei and Aki who smiled as well.

"We'll help too."  Yusei said.  I was  very thankful but did not have much time to talk as we had to get going.  We all got in the car and I drove off to the train station.

As soon as we arrived, I got out of the car and ran into the big train station outrunning my friends and looking for the correct platform.  I looked at a nearby billboard which had the train schedules and found the train my dad was going too was a couple platforms down.  I ran there, avoiding any of the dozens of peoples there and made it to the platform.  There, dead straight in front of me was my father,  simply waiting for his train holding his bags.  I smiled as I looked at him before beginning to run towards him.

"DAD!"  I shouted running towards him.  He turned to me looking confused before suddenly wrapped my arms around him.  From the sound of his voice I could tell he had no idea what was going on.

"Excuse me but I think you have me mixed up for someone else."  I looked up, looking at him straight in the eye.  Suddenly his confused expression turned into one of awe.

"Mikage?"  My father asked.  I nodded my head.  He dropped his bags and hugged me tightly.  He shut his eyes, I thought I could even see a bit of a tear forming.  He moved back a little as if he wanted to say something.

"Why are you here, how did you find me?"

"Why did you want to leave before saying goodbye to any of us?"  I asked him.  He looked at me nervous before taking in a deep breath.

"Mikage...after what I did...all those years...I just can't look at any of my family without becoming afraid of them myself.  Much like how you should of me or better yet, forget about me."  I hugged my dad tighter.

"You're wrong.  Mom and I still remember you as a wonderful man before the alcohol.  We don't to forget the good times and you should not either."  My father smiled at what I said and we continued hugging befroe my dad put his hand through my hair.

"You look a lot like your mother with your hair this long...I am happy to have helped raise a beautiful daughter."  I blushed lightly but continued smiling and thanked my father.  I continued hugging him for a bit until I heard some footsteps coming near us.  I looked towards the source to see it was the rest of the group, looking surprised at what they saw.  I seperated from my father and pointed towards my friends.

"Father, these are some of my friends, I am sure you've met Aki?"  My dad walked slowly over to Aki and Aki smiled nervously at him.

"Of course I have.  It's wonderful to see you again, AKi.  Don't feel bad about the knife thing, I deserved it."  Aki giggled nervously.

"Actually I am over it now thanks to Mikage and the guy next to me."  Aki said pointing to Yusei.

"I am Yusei Fudo.  Aki's butler and somewhat of a bodyguard."  Aki giggled at Yusei's description, happy to know Yusei respected her independence still.

"Ahh, a strong man if I have ever seen one.  Now who are you?"  My father asked coming near Jack.  Jack gulped nervously and looked at my father as if he were a ghost.

"Um...I am Jack.  Jack Atlas...I am..uhh."  I began to look at the two of them nervous as well.  I had no idea how my father would react to Jack being my boyfriend.

"He's Mikage's  boyfriend."  Aki said.  My father looked Jack surprised before looking at me with the same amount of surprise.  I blushed nervously at his reaction.

"Mr. Sagiri...I...I give your daughter all the respect in the world and actually...before we even started dating she helped me out in life.  She got me off of alcohol and helped to get along with my stepfather, I am forever in her debt."  My father smiled and put his hand on Jack's shoulder.

"You thought I was going to be angry didn't you.  Even before you told your story I already liked you.  Please continue to treat my daughter well, love her when she needs it and protect her when she needs protection."  My father said.

"Of course sir, I always will."  My father turned to me, continuing to smile.

"You are like your mother even more Mika.  You are like a doctor and you are healing people's problems."  My father told me.  I smiled back and thanked him, telling him I had someone to teach me.
"MIKAGE!"  I heard a familiar voice yell.  We all turned towards the entrance.  Standing there was my mother.  My father began to look at her in shock.

"Mikage what are you doing here?  You are late coming home!  If not for Divine telling me than I...I..."  My mother began to say angrily before she noticed the man in front of her.  Her limbs stopped in their place, her fiery eyes froze in shock and she began shaking, unable to finish her sentence.  Her ex-husband was standing directly in front of her.  Dad looked down to the ground, his head looked like it was hanging in shame and he began shaking himself.  My mother slowly walked towards him, a tiny step at a time.  When he was directly in front of her, she examined him to make sure it was real.

"Misako...I am sorry for everything."  My mother looked up at my fathers' face, who tiled his head up a bit as well looking like he was about to cry.

"I am sorry about the alcohol, I am sorry about the abuse...You don't have to forgive me.  I can understand why.  I met your new boyfriend by the way.  He seems wonderful, he will do a better job than me."  Father said, sobbing a bit.  He sniffed and then turned around to see the train coming.  He picked up his bags and walked closer to the platform.

"I forgive you."  my mother said.  My father turned towards her, she was smiling but weakly as did my father after he heard her.  He then turned to me and puts his bags down.  He wrapped his arms around me tightly, giving me one last hug before he goes.  I hugged him back as tightly as I could before we had to separate.  He picked his bags back up and boarded the train.  He waved goodbye to us and we waved back.  He turned inward on the train and the door shut behind him.  I could hear a train whistle blow, the train's wheels started turning.

And tears started falling from my eyes.

I started crying, I never cried too much before in my teenage life until then.  I was sobbing so much it was if I could not breath.  My entire body was cold and the only warmth was the tears falling on my hands.

The only other source of warmth was Jack hugging me gently.  He whispered that it was time to go home and I looked at him nodding without crying as much as I could.  He helped me up gently and we walked towards the exit.

Jack drove Yusei and Aki home whose home was thankfully on the way back from the station.  However the drive home was completely silent.  Not a word from my mother, me or even surprisingly Kaoru in the back seat.

There was not a sound from any of us until we got back to our home, Jack waiting at the front door.  He We unlocked the door and walked inside.  Me, my mother and Jack sat down on the couch while Kaoru played with her toys on the ground.

I started sniffling again.  Tears were again falling from my eyes.  Jack and my mother must have noticed and wrapped their arms around me.

"Mika, don't cry now.  Dad would hate to know you were crying right now."  My mother said.  trying to calm me down.

"and I don't want the girl who practically saved my life to cry either."  Jack said.

A smile grew on my face and Jack gently wiped my tears .  My mother tightened her hold.

"Thank you..."  I whispered to them.  All the while, Kaoru was watching us with surprise.

"Mommy?  We had a dad?"  Kaoru asked.  my mother nodded her head.

"What was he like?"  My mother sighed.

"Sit down Kaoru and me and Mikage will tell you."

Please let me know what to improve on and comment.  I intended this chapter to be kind of a tearjerker and I have no idea if it worked or not but that is what I intended.

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700 Days of Summer Ch 13

A/N:  In London now with decent wi fi and here is ch 13 everybody. So here is ch 13 for ya and ch 14 is already doone and ch 15 is in the process of being written  Let me know if there is anything I should improve on and thank you Scoob82101 for checking over.

Mikage's pov:

It has been a week since I learned Divine was going to see my father  and while I was more subtle than my mom I was absolutely shocked.  Why did my father want to talk to my mom then instead of in the other years before?  I had not heard from him since the day I visited him and he broke down in front of me.  Had he changed in those years?  Was he kinder, angrier, what had happened to him?  The questions were eating away  at me and then I looked into my hand and saw my cell phone with the highlighter across Divine's name.  I had a plan ready but I was too nervous to try it.  What if the meeting was meant to be private and dealt with matters I should not get involved in?

However the questions I wanted the answers to took over and I started calling Divine.  As the phone rang my heart kept beating faster.  I wanted to know what was going on, what had become of my dad.  As soon as the phone stopped ringing my heart stopped for a split second.

"I was wondering when you were going to call about this."  I smiled briefly before my face turned serious again.

"Divine, I want to know what has become of my father.  Se I was thinking we used phones with video chat..."

"Now hold on for a minute Mikage, are you sure about this?  Should we really watch the conversation, I don't think your father would appreciate it."  I sighed and face-palmed myself.  He did have a point and I did take that into consideration.

"You're right divine but...I don't know I am just curious about how he has been for the past few years and I want to know how he is doing."  I could hear Divine sigh and he paused for a bit no doubt thinking about the situation.

"Alright.  I suppose it is your father after all.  now I should put a phone with a camera in the back to record so you can see what is going on?"  I grew a bit excited and said yes.

"Very well, just promise me this the last bit of spying we are doing ever."  I replied yes again and he hung up, preparing for tomorrow.  I lied down on my bed thinking to myself again, but this time I was wondering why he would want to talk to my mom in the first place?  Did something happen while he was in prison?  I tried to ignore the question s when I went to bed but they just kept growing and growing by the hours that passed.

The next day I called Divine through video chat so that he had it ready before hand.  I was in my room sitting upward waiting for him to pick up, the same feeling for when my phone was ringing yesterday applied here.  Thankfully, he picked up and by the look of the screen it was in his shirt pocket.  By the looks of things we was entering the prison and heading to the front desk.

"I am here to visit, Sato Sagiri."  Divine said passing the papers to the woman at the desk.

"You don't look like a Misako, care to explain?"  The woman asked, inspecting the papers.  I grew a bit nervous, maybe we would not get to go inside.

"She could not come due to...personal reasons but I do have a written agreement from her to allow me to take her place."  Divine said, passing the letter from my mother to her.  The woman inspected it for a bit before putting it down.

"Very well Mr. Sayer, I shall call the guard to guide Mr. Sagiri to the visitor center.  Follow Jacob, the guard by the door there, he will guide you there."  Divine said thank you and followed the guard down the halls.  Down the halls were various wanted posters for criminals, many of which looked like they were staring into your soul.  I shuddered just by looking at them.

Eventually we reached a different room and on the right lied many booths with phones in them.  I could see many people  visiting the prisoners, friends, wives or children were there.  It was depressing to look at, seeing someone separated from their loved ones and it made me wonder if some of them ever did their crimes similar to my dad's in the case of them not thinking straight.  While there was the possibility that they were sneaking in something they should not have in prison, I could tell some of them looked sorry for what they did.

"Take booth twelve Mr. Sayer."  The guard said and Divine naturally followed the instructions, walking down the booths until he came to his own.  He sat down in the chair and he began tapping his fingers on the desk.   I could assume he was as nervous as I was to see my father again.  The very question of what could have changed the past few years was something I wish I could ask my father myself.  I wish I had the mic again so I could let him know what to do but I just had to pray that he asked the questions that bothered me.  Divine placed the phone at angle so I could see Divine's face and the expression of my father's when he would arrive.  Then after a while I saw a guard come near the chair on the other side and I instantly knew what it meant.  Then I saw an orange jumpsuit cloud the window and it began to sat down.  Then I saw his face...my father.

His face had not changed much since the last time I saw him.  There were signs of stress like early wrinkles and his face looked very depressed which I was fully expecting.  However his brown hair, his bushy mustache, his thick build it was still there.  If he was out of prison you could not tell the difference in his appearance before and after his incarceration.  He picked up the phone nervously and sighed heavily into it no doubt, worried by just talking to someone outside of prison.  Thankfully from what I remember the phones the prison used were cheap ones that were always so loud it might as well have been speaker phone, so I could hear everything.

"I am guessing you are not my ex-wife?"  My father asked Divine.  Divine took a deep breath and put his palm against his forehead.

"I am Divine Sayer, I am afraid Misako can't be here because of buisness matters, so she sent me instead."  Sato chuckled but in that kind of way where you trying to take your midn off of things by just laughing or chuckling to cheer yourself up.

"Don't be afraid to tell me the truth, I know she is too scared to see me...I don't blame her.  And I know who you are, you're that guy Misako met in high school.  Glad to finally meet you."  Divine smiled lightly before my father put his serious expression back on.

"I shouldn't have done what I did.  No family should ever have to go through that.  After I lost my job, then the alcohol...Even when I got a new job, things were looking hopeful but I had to fuck things up."  I grew cold when I heard my father like this, it was like when I visited him years ago, he was no longer the happy family-man or the drunk monster, he was a broken man.

"How is she doing by the way?"  Divine looked up looking at him and took a deep breath.

"She is doing surprisingly well, she is supporting Mikage and Kaoru very well."  Dad jerked a little when he heard my name and face-palmed himself, looking ashamed for what happened.  After a second or two he put his hand down and smiled lightly.

"Good.  I'm glad Misako and Mika are moving on.  They should just forget about me entirely, I'll only bring back bad memories when they think about me."  Divine looked at my father sympathetically and tried to object to what he said.

"Misako and Mikage have both said that have had happy  memories with you."  My father held up his hand, as if saying divine should stop right there.

"Yeah, but how many of them can they look at the same way now?"  I wanted to shout and tell him he's wrong right there.  Those memories are still good ones even after what happened.  My father taught me a lot about compassion and honor and here he was treating them as if they never happened.  I think I Was beginning to tear up right there.

"Does she have a new boyfriend or husband?"  My father asked.  Divine grew extremely nervous since he was Misako's new boyfriend and had no idea how my father would react.

"Well...Sato...you see....I am her new boyfriend."  My father's eyes widened but then grew a smile on his face which Divine looked shocked about.

"Good, knowing how much she talked about you and how you are good friends  I assume you get along well?"  Divine smiled and nodded.

"Very good, I am glad found someone who cares a lot about her...Now speaking of which, Divine can I request something?"  Both of their expressions grew serious and Divine nodded once more.

"Please take good care of my family, Have fun with them, teach Kaoru's virtues she should learn and please for the love of God don't make the same mistakes as I did.  Give them the love I showed them  or more before I fucked it all up."  My dad said, almost begging Divine, I thought I could even see a tear forming in his eye.

"I certainly will.  I will make sure to care for them immensely."  my father smiled, sniffing a bit.

"Thank you."  My father than looked at Divine, sighing for a moment.

"Now Divine, I am going to leave prison tomorrow and I am boarding a train at New Domino station that goes all the way down to Kanto at 4 pm. However, I don't want anyone to know.  Not my family, none of my friends, nobody.  Please, it's best if I was removed from their lives entirely."

"Are you sure about that?  I think some would want to say goodbye..."  My father shook his head.

"No, they shouldn't.  You should go now, forget you ever saw me.  I am not needed in any of their lives ever.

Divine grimly looked at my father but sighed and stood up.  He grabbed the phone and turned it off.  While my father may not have wanted anyone to know, I knew and I wanted to say goodbye before he left.  He was the man who helped raise me, how could I forget that?  He me a lot of compassion and humility, I can't possibly let that go.  The next day after school, I instantly knew where to go.

The next day, all throughout school I was focused on getting to the train station.  So much so that sometimes my mind was taken away from what was happening.  Even my friends noticed I was acting differently that day though I tried to play it off like it was nothing.  However it was useless because at the end of the day, when I was rushing out of the school, I heard a voice asking me to wait a moment.  when I turned around, just outside of my car, I saw Yusei, Aki and Jack all there.

"Mikage, why are you such a rush, what's going?"  Aki asked me, worried.  I looked at then, knowing I could not avoid the subject anymore. I sighed and prepared to talk, looking down on the ground as I did.

"I'm going to see my father...he's leaving to Kanto today at 4."  Everyone's expressions became pure shock.  Yusei gasped, Aki put her hands over her mouth and Jack yelled in confusion.  I was expecting this kind of reaction, so I was prepared.

"Look, before the alcohol he was a wonderful man.  I loved him but it's just that after the alcohol he became such a mess..."  Jack stepped forward by my side and turned to Yusei and Aki.  I looked at him confused.

"You told me when you visited your father in prison that he was apologizing and crying about what he did.  Guys, he really is a good man and without him Mikage would not be the same girl we know today.  Hell, even negative events have their positive consequences as Yusei became Aki's bodyguard to protect her from stuff like that again and if not for Mikage's experience with alcohol I'd probably still be a an alcoholic waste.  I'm gonna help you look for your dad Mikage."  I smiled at Jack and hugged him.  I thanked him and then turned to Yusei and Aki who smiled as well.

"We'll help too."  Yusei said.  I was  very thankful but did not have much time to talk as we had to get going.  We all got in the car and I drove off to the train station.

As soon as we arrived, I got out of the car and ran into the big train station outrunning my friends and looking for the correct platform.  I looked at a nearby billboard which had the train schedules and found the train my dad was going too was a couple platforms down.  I ran there, avoiding any of the dozens of peoples there and made it to the platform.  There, dead straight in front of me was my father,  simply waiting for his train holding his bags.  I smiled as I looked at him before beginning to run towards him.

"DAD!"  I shouted running towards him.  He turned to me looking confused before suddenly wrapped my arms around him.  From the sound of his voice I could tell he had no idea what was going on.

"Excuse me but I think you have me mixed up for someone else."  I looked up, looking at him straight in the eye.  Suddenly his confused expression turned into one of awe.

"Mikage?"  My father asked.  I nodded my head.  He dropped his bags and hugged me tightly.  He shut his eyes, I thought I could even see a bit of a tear forming.  He moved back a little as if he wanted to say something.

"Why are you here, how did you find me?"

"Why did you want to leave before saying goodbye to any of us?"  I asked him.  He looked at me nervous before taking in a deep breath.

"Mikage...after what I did...all those years...I just can't look at any of my family without becoming afraid of them myself.  Much like how you should of me or better yet, forget about me."  I hugged my dad tighter.

"You're wrong.  Mom and I still remember you as a wonderful man before the alcohol.  We don't to forget the good times and you should not either."  My father smiled at what I said and we continued hugging befroe my dad put his hand through my hair.

"You look a lot like your mother with your hair this long...I am happy to have helped raise a beautiful daughter."  I blushed lightly but continued smiling and thanked my father.  I continued hugging him for a bit until I heard some footsteps coming near us.  I looked towards the source to see it was the rest of the group, looking surprised at what they saw.  I seperated from my father and pointed towards my friends.

"Father, these are some of my friends, I am sure you've met Aki?"  My dad walked slowly over to Aki and Aki smiled nervously at him.

"Of course I have.  It's wonderful to see you again, AKi.  Don't feel bad about the knife thing, I deserved it."  Aki giggled nervously.

"Actually I am over it now thanks to Mikage and the guy next to me."  Aki said pointing to Yusei.

"I am Yusei Fudo.  Aki's butler and somewhat of a bodyguard."  Aki giggled at Yusei's description, happy to know Yusei respected her independence still.

"Ahh, a strong man if I have ever seen one.  Now who are you?"  My father asked coming near Jack.  Jack gulped nervously and looked at my father as if he were a ghost.

"Um...I am Jack.  Jack Atlas...I am..uhh."  I began to look at the two of them nervous as well.  I had no idea how my father would react to Jack being my boyfriend.

"He's Mikage's  boyfriend."  Aki said.  My father looked Jack surprised before looking at me with the same amount of surprise.  I blushed nervously at his reaction.

"Mr. Sagiri...I...I give your daughter all the respect in the world and actually...before we even started dating she helped me out in life.  She got me off of alcohol and helped to get along with my stepfather, I am forever in her debt."  My father smiled and put his hand on Jack's shoulder.

"You thought I was going to be angry didn't you.  Even before you told your story I already liked you.  Please continue to treat my daughter well, love her when she needs it and protect her when she needs protection."  My father said.

"Of course sir, I always will."  My father turned to me, continuing to smile.

"You are like your mother even more Mika.  You are like a doctor and you are healing people's problems."  My father told me.  I smiled back and thanked him, telling him I had someone to teach me.
"MIKAGE!"  I heard a familiar voice yell.  We all turned towards the entrance.  Standing there was my mother.  My father began to look at her in shock.

"Mikage what are you doing here?  You are late coming home!  If not for Divine telling me than I...I..."  My mother began to say angrily before she noticed the man in front of her.  Her limbs stopped in their place, her fiery eyes froze in shock and she began shaking, unable to finish her sentence.  Her ex-husband was standing directly in front of her.  Dad looked down to the ground, his head looked like it was hanging in shame and he began shaking himself.  My mother slowly walked towards him, a tiny step at a time.  When he was directly in front of her, she examined him to make sure it was real.

"Misako...I am sorry for everything."  My mother looked up at my fathers' face, who tiled his head up a bit as well looking like he was about to cry.

"I am sorry about the alcohol, I am sorry about the abuse...You don't have to forgive me.  I can understand why.  I met your new boyfriend by the way.  He seems wonderful, he will do a better job than me."  Father said, sobbing a bit.  He sniffed and then turned around to see the train coming.  He picked up his bags and walked closer to the platform.

"I forgive you."  my mother said.  My father turned towards her, she was smiling but weakly as did my father after he heard her.  He then turned to me and puts his bags down.  He wrapped his arms around me tightly, giving me one last hug before he goes.  I hugged him back as tightly as I could before we had to separate.  He picked his bags back up and boarded the train.  He waved goodbye to us and we waved back.  He turned inward on the train and the door shut behind him.  I could hear a train whistle blow, the train's wheels started turning.

And tears started falling from my eyes.

I started crying, I never cried too much before in my teenage life until then.  I was sobbing so much it was if I could not breath.  My entire body was cold and the only warmth was the tears falling on my hands.

The only other source of warmth was Jack hugging me gently.  He whispered that it was time to go home and I looked at him nodding without crying as much as I could.  He helped me up gently and we walked towards the exit.

Jack drove Yusei and Aki home whose home was thankfully on the way back from the station.  However the drive home was completely silent.  Not a word from my mother, me or even surprisingly Kaoru in the back seat.

There was not a sound from any of us until we got back to our home, Jack waiting at the front door.  He We unlocked the door and walked inside.  Me, my mother and Jack sat down on the couch while Kaoru played with her toys on the ground.

I started sniffling again.  Tears were again falling from my eyes.  Jack and my mother must have noticed and wrapped their arms around me.

"Mika, don't cry now.  Dad would hate to know you were crying right now."  My mother said.  trying to calm me down.

"and I don't want the girl who practically saved my life to cry either."  Jack said.

A smile grew on my face and Jack gently wiped my tears .  My mother tightened her hold.

"Thank you..."  I whispered to them.  All the while, Kaoru was watching us with surprise.

"Mommy?  We had a dad?"  Kaoru asked.  my mother nodded her head.

"What was he like?"  My mother sighed.

"Sit down Kaoru and me and Mikage will tell you."

Please let me know what to improve on and comment.  I intended this chapter to be kind of a tearjerker and I have no idea if it worked or not but that is what I intended.