Please know it'll take a while for things to set up before we get into Kurama and everything. She just woke up in a stranger's body after all.


I went back to check on the baby. He was still playing with his three hundred puzzle piece set and had already gotten a fourth of it down. Damn. I noticed, however, that his eyes would close for moments, blink twice, and go back to playing.

After that happened at least five times in a minute, I decided that it was time for a nap. Christ, it was only eleven in the morning.

I hefted him and and started walking to his room. He didn't put much of a fight. I stroked his hair. The bright red was so deep-what a bizarre color. Weirdly enough, my deceased spouse and I had black hair. Strange...

I continued stroking his hair anyway. Whatever, it was a cool color and the texture was so soft... "Damn baby," I muttered, nuzzling his hair "your hair is something but I like it anyway."

He purred in response.