While she was crying for her husband's great loss, Shizuru suddenly felt a sharp pain. Her brother, who was standing next to her, saw her clenching her teeth hard. "Sis, what's wrong? Do you miss Yomi that much? You barely even knew him."

"It's not that Kazuma, I think it's time," cringed Shizuru through the pain.

"Here? Now?"

"Saito could you please get Daddy for me?" she asked him.

The child sprang off of his mother's lap and dashed towards his father. "Da-ee, Da-ee," he shouted, pulling at Kurama's pants leg.

"What's wrong, Saito?" he asked, brushing the tears from his eyes.

"Mo-ee sic."

"She is?" Kurama gazed up at his wife. When he did, he quickly dashed to her side. "Honey, are you all right?"

"No, I think... yep it did. My water just broke."

"Let me check you, Shiz." Kurama stuck his head under her dress.

"What are you, Kurama-dear? A doctor or something?" questioned Mukuro.

"Yes he is," Shizuru confirmed, while clenching her teeth, "He just became one back in May."

"Well it is true, you have broken water and you are at two centimeters."

"She has time to find a place, right?" asked Hiei.

"Not really, with our first pregnancy, she went fast. And judging by her progress now, this baby wants out now. Time is against us."

"My place is fifteen minutes away. She can have it there," offered Hiei.

"No that's too late, my daughter will be here by then."

"Darn, and my lair is in the same area as his," pondered Mukuro.

"Hey brother, why not in here?" suggested Ashanti.

"Inside the tomb? Why there?" questioned Kurama, "But this is a place of mourning."

"Yoko Kurama," insisted his brother, "that is exactly why you should have the child in there. Besides it would make Yomi happy if you chose his tomb. In fact it would honor him. What a better way to leave this existence, than to bring about new life from it."

The group raced into the tomb's entrance behind the statue. Inside they spotted a beautiful cot, lined with the finest cloth. The mattress was stuffed with foam, and covered in blue silk sheets.

Kurama carried his wife into the tomb and placed her upon the cot. He tied each of her feet to the posts at the end of the cot; enabling her to spread her legs apart. Once again he checked her. "Okay, now you are at five centimeters."

"I am, she is coming out quicker than Saito did," she tried to joke, breathing through her pain.

"Mukuro, could you get me a cloth or something to put under her. Hiei, go back to the car and find my sterile powder gloves. They are on the dashboard."

Hiei dashed out of the tomb, like lightning, he zipped back into the tomb with the gloves. Kurama covered his hands with the gloves. "Okay now Shiz, you are fully dilated. When you are ready, you can push."

"Can I help?" came a familiar whisper in his ear.

"Sure you can coach her, Yomi."

His eyes widened to hear his voice again. To say his name shocked his ears. "Yomi, you are alive? You can't be." Seeing his old friend standing in front of him.

"I am not alive. You are seeing my soul. I have only come back to help you deliver your child, the same way you were there at my birth and to see you one more time. I never like to leave my friends without saying goodbye to them myself. And by what you said about me, I may be here for awhile."

Tears rolled Kurama's cheeks, hearing him say that.

"Can you boys talk later? Sakura will be out before you're done," Shiz smarted.

Yomi knelt down beside her, holding her hand. Shizuru squinted her eyes, as she started to push. Yomi counted to ten as her husband readied himself to help her push the child out.

"Come on... come on," encouraged Yomi, "you can do it, girl. Okay breath."

"Babe, you are doing fine, I can see her head. It's red like mine."

"She has your hair already?" the child's mother asked.

Shizuru squinted once again and started to push again. Yomi continued the ten-count.

"Come on, she is almost out."

"Wow that's a lot of blood!" commented Hiei.

"That is normal, women giving birth usually lose some amount of blood. I had one woman pee on me in one of my classes trying to get her baby out. That is one reason I wear sterile gloves when I work."

Kurama glanced at the child, seeing her mostly out. "I think one more big push ought to do it. Can you do it?"

Shizuru nodded her head, while squinting her eyes. She continued to push, as Yomi continued to count. Suddenly, she felt Sakura drop from her body. At first she didn't hear the baby and started to worry. "Is she okay?" she wondered. Then her fears subsided to hear her daughter's cry echo through the cavern, like an angel's song. Yomi glanced at the baby in her father's arms. He felt as if he wanted to cry, though his soul wouldn't allow him tears.

"This birth, Yomi, reminds me of the first one I saw. The first day I met you. I loved you from the start. You were like my little brother. This moment almost feels like de ja vu. The days after when we played together. Those days I will never forget. Just like this day, I will always remember."

Yomi knelt to the floor of the tomb. With his outstretched left arm, he held at his fingertips his best friend's face. Words failed Kurama; instead the poor old fox couldn't contain the ache in his heart any longer. His chin quivered with a sizable lump in his throat. As he peered into Yomi's eyes, the tears from his jade eyes dribbled down his face and dripped onto Yomi's fingers.

"Yoko, I remember those days. They seem to last forever. Every night I dreamt of our youth. You will always be my best friend. Ashanti was right, I was so happy to be there for your daughter's birthday. Maybe Kurama this is the way it was meant to be. By coming to my tomb, you let me see such a miracle. I wanted to be there for you when your baby was born, the same way you were there for my mother, the day of my birth. But don't think because I am gone, that won't stop thinking of you. I will be there for you in your dreams and in your heart. Believe me I will never abandon you, I can never leave someone I have loved my whole life. It hurts too much to say goodbye now, especially seeing you this way. Until you are able to let me go, I will remain with you. Just like before when we went our separate ways. Except then we broke up the friendship out of anger. This time when we separate, please do me a favor, no tears."

Kurama bit as hard as he could on his lower lip. His friend's words only made him cry harder. Then he replied, "When we separate again, I don't know if I can guarantee you no tears. You are my best friend. I have known you forever. I will always love you. Because Yoko Yomi, you are my brother too." Kurama placed his daughter into Shizuru's arms, so as to revert to his original form. The Youko continued to weep, seeing Yomi before him. Quickly, Yomi wrapped his arms around the broken-hearted fox, hugging him for the longest time.