Chapter Thirty-Four:

Every day Fuji sat in the back of the little building, watching over the little ones, occasionally he would join in. The children tended to like stories from his mischievous childhood. Which was good because he had tons of stories. Miyako would spend as much time as she could on Fuji's lap and he'd spend as much time playing with her as she wanted. It had only been about a week since Fuji started working with the young ones. Every day he grew more and more attached to Miyako.

Fuji sat on one of the children's chairs, Miyako standing between his knees as he combed out her hair, which was quite the chore as it was ankle length. She did not want to cut it, and Fuji could not blame her. As soon as it was brushed out he began to braid the long hair.

"Prince?" Miyako whispered.

"Yes?" Fuji purred.

"Miyako wants Prince to be Miyako's daddy."

Fuji's heart skipped a beat or two, maybe six. He stared at the back of the girls head, he had not expected that, taking a deep breath, composing himself. He smiled although she could not see him. "W-why is that?"

"Prince is so nice to Miyako! Miyako loves Prince!" she declared as she turned around to give Fuji as serious look as a preschool child could give.

Searching around the room, Fuji located Alexander and waved him over. Before Alexander had come to stop he sighed. "She wants me to be her daddy!" he croaked out in English.

"That's sweet, my lord. You look horrified." Alexander pointed out helpfully.

"I assure you that is not the case, I would love to adopt her, but I need to talk to my husband first," Fuji said with a sigh. "Can you distract her for a while? I need to call him."

Alexander nodded. "Miyako-chan." Alexander began, switching back to Japanese. "Do you know how to braid?" the girl nodded. "Will you show me how to braid the hair on some dolls?" Another nod and a lightning fast dash across the room "That should give you a while." he said and followed Miyako.

Fuji stepped out of the small building and dialed Tezuka. The call was answered on the first ring.

"Syusuke, are you alright?" Answered Tezuka

"I'm fine. I got a shock is all. It is little Miyako..." Fuji began. Tezuka hummed on the other line, telling him to continue. "She told me that she wishes for me to be her father." he grinned when he felt Tezuka's heartbeat falter.

"Do you?" Tezuka began

"Yeah, I would. I do not know how."

"I will talk to grandfather, perhaps he'll know. I will see you during class. Love you."

"Love you too." Fuji hung up his phone, taking a minute to compose himself. Why was the idea of adopting this little orphan making him so happy? With a few deep breaths, he returned inside. Miyako looked at him as soon as the door shut and she shot across the room and into his arms. "Do you really want me to be your daddy?" he asked.

Miyako nodded fervently. "Yes!"

Fuji stood up with the girl in his arms. "I will try and make that happen." he purred nuzzling her face. "Do you remember the other prince?" Miyako nodded. "Do you remember the other prince and I got married?" another nod. "That means you will have another daddy too." Miyako beamed.

"Miyako have two daddies?" Miyako asked and Fuji nodded. She tapped a little finger to her chin in thought for a minute before smiling. "Prince be daddy. Other prince be Papa."

"Sounds great to me," Fuji said as he snuggled Miyako close again.

Alexander smiled as he approached the two. "In all my time working with her, I have never heard her speak so much. My lord, you really are good for her." Fuji smiled in response.

Fuji crawled onto Tezuka's lap once he finally made it to the council room. He didn't say anything, just removed his katana from his hip and crawled up onto Tezuka's lap. He snuggled close, burying his face into the taller brunette's neck.

"Busy morning, Syusuke?" Oishi asked.

"Do you remember the young one that took to Syusuke while we sat down with the students prior to our wedding?" Tezuka asked. As he ran his fingers through Fuji's hair.

"Yeah, the one that put a flower in his hair?"

Tezuka nodded. "That is the one. Miyako is her name. She is an orphan, who lives at a nearby human orphanage… Today she told Syusuke she wants him to adopt her."

Kikumaru whined. "That's really sad, Nya. What happened to her parents?"

"Hunters," Fuji growled. "She's been orphaned for the last two centuries! Living with a priest and then his descendants at a human orphanage."

"Are you two going to adopt her?" Oishi asked as he pulled Kikumaru onto his lap.

"We are."

To adopt Miyako was simple, as she was in the custody of a human who, because she was a vampire, had no paper traces of, she did not exist as far as it was concerned. Any formalities would be more on their part of getting her in their legal custody as far as vampire law was concerned. Which, would be pretty easy considering they were nobles.

It had taken but a few days to get Miyako as their legal daughter. Her name promptly being changed to Tezuka, and she was put in noble classes, as she was to start learning as a noble. She was set up with a room at their campus home, the Fuji estate, and the Tezuka estate. She took to her new role as their daughter, and she absolutely adored Kazuhiko and Akihiko.

Her bedroom was decorated in pale yellows, pinks, and purples. She was bought toys and giant stuffed animals, one of which was a huge white unicorn with a rainbow mane and tail. She was given a bed that looked like an ornate carriage and a small white desk. Her closets were filled with dresses and play clothes. Yumiko, Lady Fuji, and Lady Tezuka splurged and spoiled the new little heiress.

She was bought a fat little bunny stuffed animal with pink fur and large green eyes. A gift from her daddy and papa, that she never put down and carried it everywhere. She named it BunBun. Not the most original, but she thought the name fit the stuffed toy.

Dressed in a little yellow dress and braided twin tails with white shoes, Miyako looked just like a little porcelain doll. She followed her papa across the courtyard of the school as they headed into the council room as she had no classes and Fuji and he needed to do theirs. Fuji was already in the council room, his katana resting to the side and he fed Akihiko and Kazuhiko who laid on their chair with him.

"Daddy!" Miyako cheered as soon as the door opened, bouncing into the room. Fuji quickly held a finger up to his lips to tell her it was time to be quiet, she quickly slowed and nodded. She climbed up in the chair with him and the twins, laying down with them and curling around them.

"Good job, Miyako." Fuji purred. He leaned up as Tezuka bent over the back of the chair to press a kiss to his temple. Before he could say anything further, a twinge of 'something is wrong' ran through him. "Miyako, do daddy a favor and hold the bottles?" he said calmly and waited for the girl to take the bottles. "Good. Stay here, we'll be right back." Fuji grabbed his katana while shooting Tezuka a look.

"Guards, watch the children. Yuta, Eiji, Shuichiro, you too." Tezuka growled and chased after Fuji. They both raced through the school, Fuji punched an alarm as they went. "There is a human on grounds!" Tezuka growled, the scent hitting him.

They rushed out of the school just as it was thrown into lockdown, protecting everyone inside. Kikumaru and Oishi managed to get out just in time, to help their friends. They were greeted by a large group of obvious hunters as the gates were broken down.

"Alright, pussycat, it's time to show me what you really learned," Fuji said as he drew his katana.

A/N: Five more chapters after this one! I wonder what I will do next?!