I jump. Careful not to disturb the slumbering gift that rests in my arms . . . how can I is feeling like this?
Landing on a tree branch, I take a moment to check my cargo. Things are fine.
The fresh air relaxes my body and I continue to leap through the trees that form the canopy. I mean myself, of all people? How could I be feeling these emotions?
I mean I had known what was coming, no doubt about that. It was apparent, with all the changes that were taking place at home. I mean with Yukina and Keiko, Boton and Shizuru always taking care of Keisa while I was away one business. . . Hmm . . . Keisa, she makes me think of rain drops.
I can still remember how happy she looked waving that little plastic stick around in my face. It had a small purple dot on it if I can recall, of course it had been 9 months ago. . .
I burst through the tops of the trees and we were showered with starlight and moonbeams. I found a place to sit, where just my legs hung below the surface.
My pulse was racing and my heart was pounding. The adrenaline in my body made it so I was almost shaking. I was excited . . . which was something that rarely happened, as everyone seemed to know.
Why was I changing?
There was a stir in my arms.
This would be, I decided looking around, this will be our place. For as far as I could see there was nothing but trees, almost like a never ending sea of plant life. Oh, how I'm sure that Kurama will take Kai to this place. How old was that kitsune's son? Two? Three? Oh well, what did it matter to me?
There was almost no noise what-so-ever, just the soft rhythmic breathing patterns of the child I held in my arms. My child, my daughter.
Her hair was the color of Keisa's, a dirty brown blonde color, yet her eyes were mine though and that pleased me more then anything else.
How strange this feeling is, this wonderful, crazy feeling. How did I ever come to know this?
Me the Forbidden child . . .