The Nara Family

Kaji munched on it happily "mmm good haven't had dango in a long time". He looked down at isamu " izzy what happened to the sauce ?" he asked looking around for the container. He scratched his head and let isamu feed him another on while she answered.

Isamu fed him the Nekomi dango. She held up her hands like 'I don't know' and shook her head cutely. "Oji-san took it." She blinked a little and veins appeared around her eyes. "Oh! Papa, why is Oba-san covered in sauce?" she asked innocently.

Kaji blinked " close your eyes isamu you dont need to know why" he said. Kajis eyes changed color " I have to talk to your grandpa " he said creating a shadow clone to stay with her. "do t worry he won't be gone long" the clone said feeding her the Lilith dango.

Kaji found them in a guest bedroom "well this is such a nice welcome back gift" he said icily. He looked at aiden " gather your things and leave before I cut 'it' off and feed it to you" he growled. He looked at naka "make sure your husband leaves" kaji told her before leaving.

He returned to the kitchen and resumed looking after his daughter.

Aiden rolled his eyes. "Killjoy. Fine, fine, but don't be surprised if Ushio doesn't -bleep- you for a month when she finds out." He rolled his eyes, pulled his pants up and left with a red-faced Naka.

Isamu ate the red-and-black dango and licked her lips. "Papa, let's have a picnic!" she said happily. Most of the dango had been consumed already, though. Isamu knew he would leave again. She wanted to enjny her time with him before he had to go. Then she and mama would be together again...alone.

Kaji smiled "Picnic eh... tomorrow its getting dark out" he said ruffling her hair. He looked at her " whats your favorite dessert " he asked her. He made a clone to go see what Ushio was up to, he hadnt seen her in awhile.

"Dango! Um...um...oleo cheeshcake," she said. She didn't really have a specific favourite dessert. She loved them all. "Cawamel puddin'! Banana cweam pie! Eclair! Ummm dango?" She giggled and started drooling at all the delicious images. "Papa cook fow Izzy?"

He chuckled "my my you have a sweet tooth" he said giving her an Eskimo kiss. kaji put her on the counter, and grabbed a few bowls from the cupboard. "Lets make a cake for your mother" he said to the little girl.

the clone opened the bathroom door "are you alright Ushio-hime" it asked.

"Cake! Cake!" Isamu was excited at the prospect. She loved sugar as much as her mama did. And since they had spent so much time together, no one knew her mama more than she did, not even Lilith. "Mama likes cheesecake," she announced. "Cheesecake with fruit fwosting wike wasbewwy or stwaybewwy or bloobewwy. Izzy likes it too." Her wings popped out and she started to flit around happily, charged up. "Can we write on the cake?"

"KYAAA" Ushio was in the middle of changing. Out of instinct, she threw Isamu's plastic basin at him and shut the door.

Kaji chuckled " Alright cheese cake it is " he started getting out the ingredients. " Yes Isamu we can write on it" he said sitting her back down on the counter. He shook his head and chuckled again " If you wanna help stay on the counter " he patted her on the head and started cracking some eggs. "we will spell out stuff in fruits " he said sliding a bowl over to her with a smile. " you can start mashing up the graham crackers".

The clone was hit and popped out of existence
Kaji sighed "Your mama just threw something at me or rather my clone"

"Yay! Tank chu papa!" Isamu flitted over to the sink to wash her hands like a good little girl, then went back and sat down with the bowl. Her wings sank back into her, leaving no mark. Isamu started singing the dango song as she mashed the crackers, sometimes just breaking them apart neatly when she liked one. "Papa, can we be together alwaysh? Papa and Izzy and mama....alwaysh?" she asked, then continued singing to herself.

Ushio facepalmed, she had hit Kaji. Darned it. She drained the tub and put on a sundress.

Kaji nodded "yes Isamu we can and will" he said. He looked at her "you done mashing those" kaji chuckled noticing her hands were covered in the golden crackers.
Kaji sent a clone to assembling the rest of the cheesecake.

Isamu started to eat the crumbs off her hands. She licked her fingers clean and then started to swing her legs. "Papa, when will your mission be over? What do you have to do? Izzy wants to be with mama and papa. When Papa was gone, Izzy cried... But mama cried every night and Izzy gets sad when that happens."

kaji turned white as a ghost "Tanabata" he whispered. he turned his eyes to her "I...your mother...Your to young" he muttered quietly. A single tear slid down his cheek "It could be you and me for a while kiddo" he said struggling to keep his voice from cracking. it was not an easy task, after all how do you tell your child you have to kill her mother. 'Sodding hell' he thought to himself.

"Awww, papa, please don't cry." She flew over to him and hugged him, snuggling into his neck. "Why does mama have to go? Does mama not love us anymore?" she asked, her voice laced with worry. Isamu loved her parents. She didn't want them to go. And Ushio had always told Izzy she loved her. Always. She said she would rather die than leave them. "B-but I don't want mama to go..." She started to cry. It was both cute and heart-breaking to watch.

Kaji let the clones take over, he hugged isamu back. "No izzy it's not that, it just ... It's just" he tried to explain without the gory details. "your mama... Your mama loves you very much" he said rocking her.

"But if mama love Izzy, why mama go," she wailed, her tears soaking his collar. Ushio chose this time to come downstairs. She frowned and went over to hug the both of them. "Ey? What's wrong, you two? Was there a spider?" she asked. Ushio snuggled into her family peacefully.

Kaji sighed in relief as ushio entered the room. "she asked me about when my mission would be over" he said. The clones all sighed and dispersed, kaji felt that the guilt three fold now.

"Aww, I see. Wait here." Ushio picked up the bawling baby and took her upstairs.

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A while later, the two came down. Ushio was normal as ever and Isamu was sucking her thumb peacefully, though her cheeks were still wet. The two of them had a talk and Izzy calmed down. She trusted mama. Once downstairs, she took hold of Ushio's hand and flew over to Kaji, pulling her with him. Ushio took this as a sign to hug them all. "She can wait. She wants a deal, though. She wants Papa to always be with Mama and Izzy. Even while I'm gone, you have to always be with her, like I did, no matter what. Though my body is in another country, I can still send my soul to her, all the time."

Isamu nodded and held onto her Papa's shirt tightly. "Papa can't go too, Izzy will be lonely"

Kaji nodded he supposed that was acceptable. His eyes became mismatched once again and he kissed Isamu lightly on the lips " The deal is done " he said. The timer went off on the stove "ah if youll excuse me " he muttered moving to the stove. He removed the cake and let it cool on the stove top.

Ushio sniffed the air and almost drooled, but she didn't want to dirty her baby. The baked cheese filling was perfect, as was the graham base. She spotted a bowl of fruit puree and can of whip cream beside it and smiled. Her favourite.

"Mama loves Papa~""Izzy wuv Papa too!" The two of them hugged Kaji from behind after he was done putting the cheesecake away to cool. "Danna's so sexy." "Papa cooks yummy!" "Danna tastes yummy." "Papa smell like man!" "Mm-hmm, Danna real is a big man." The two girls were hugging him, and in Ushio's case, coming onto him, showering him with praise and adoration. Distance made their hearts grow fonder.

Kaji blinked "er thank you both" he replied trying slip out of Ushio embrace. it was not that he didnt like it, it was just that moving about with two of them hanging off of him was not optimal. " Lets go sit down and talk while the cake cools" he said to them

"Papa bad mood" Isamu guessed and Ushio nodded in agreement. She put the baby down and went upstairs.

Isamu looked up at her father. "What Papa want to talk about?" she asked, smiling.

Kaji sat down and sighed " I dunno" he muttered. He Rested his head against the table " I wonder why your mother scurried off upstairs" he sighed

"Mama think papa upset with mama...don't awgue, papa, just nod head." Isamu nodded slowly and cutely as an example. "Is 'otay, Papa, jus tawk wif Izzy." She flew over and hugged him. "Becosh Papa love Izzy!"

Kaji sighed again this time it was a peaceful one " of course I do isamu". He patted her head and let her cling to him. It felt odd but not in bad way, it was kind of nice. Kaji examine his daughter "tell me izzy what do you like to do"