Anika
Chapter 2
The healers didn't care that Touga was leaving the room as long as he took the infant with him. Touga had no clue where the baby had come from but he didn't want to return her for some reason. Walking into his bedchambers Touga found that he was exhausted. Laying in his bed Touga clasped the infant to his chest as he fell asleep quickly. In the middle of the night Touga woke up with the infant yelping lightly and pitifully into his face.
"What's up little one?" Touga sat up still holding the infant in his clasp. The infant snuggled her face into Touga's chest and took some fabric into her little mouth while kneading his chest with her little hands.
"Whoa there little one! I get it you are hungry don't need to emasculate me."Touga pulled the infant off of him as he eased himself out of bed. Holding the infant in one of his mokomoko tails Touga took the infant to the kitchens and ordered one of the maids to prepare a warm bowl of milk. After the milk was prepared Touga took the bowl back to his room with the infant still clasped in his mokomoko tail. Placing the infant in his lap Touga put the bowl to the infant's mouth while tilting it back a little letting some of the warm liquid dribble into the infant's mouth. Clutching at the bowl with both of her little hands the infant drank hungrily.
"Easy there little one." Touga monitored the infant's intake on the milk. When the bowl was emptied the infant began to clamber all over Touga's lap sniffing at his strange clothing. Touga had no idea what the infant was but he enjoyed her little sounds of chirps and yips and yelps. Getting sleepy Touga wanted to go back to bed but the infant was strangely wide awake; her glowing green eyes darting at every object in the room. Touga was hoping that the infant would soon fall asleep so that he could get some shut eye. Studying the infant's wings Touga saw that they were a shiny gold and seemed to have a soft velvety texture to them. Going over to his bed Touga hoped to entice the infant to sleep but found it futile. The little baby girl now clambered all over his bed sniffing at the sheets. Touga's bed was set against the wall so Touga lay down on the side of the bed that was furthest from the wall and watched the infant clumsily inspect his bed.
"What's your name little one?" Touga didn't actually expect a replay from the infant but asked the question anyway. Suddenly the infant sat still on the bed as she began to groom her little wings. Touga was watching in fascination as the infant drew her head back and craned her neck gracefully as she began to look like she was choking on something. Getting very concerned Touga was about to pick the infant up when she spat something silver from her mouth. Watching closer still Touga saw that the silver glob sizzled lightly as it expanded on its own to cover the area of the break on the infants injured wing. Touga ran his finger gently over the strange substance only to find it feel smooth and warm. The infant gave a high pitched warning yelp which caused Touga to quickly retract his hand. Looking into the infants face Touga found her glowing green eyes a little unnerving.