Konnichiwa, Akachan!

(Hello, Baby!)

Solaris: Well, here's the second chapter of this random fic. I don't own YYH, trust me, if I did, it'd be more about Kurama and Hiei than Yusuke. Read on!

Chapter 2:Late night decisions
Kurama woke up around midnight to hear someone in Solaris's room singing lullabies. He walked in to see Solaris sitting on her bed with her bushy fox tail curled up around her legs, and Okami holding it, sleeping. "Shh… She just fell asleep." Solaris whispered, barely more than a breath. Kurama sat beside her, listening to the sounds of the night coming in through the open balcony door. "You know, in all 148 years I've lived, I never thought I'd like a small child. I mean, they're drawn to me, but I've never been good…" she trailed off, then turned her CD player on to Enrai (Do As Infinity. Very mellow song, if you get a chance, listen to it.)

"Who are you trying to fool? You're great with small children. You have the sort of aura that draws them. If you ever decide to have children, you'd be a great mom." he grinned. "And I really do mean that."

"I am never having children." Solaris said stubbornly. "I don't think it's worth it. But for now, I have to do something for a bed for this kid. Maybe one of the big laundry baskets and a pillow…" she mused. Kurama smiled and went to the hall closet on the second floor and found a laundry basket. Then, as an afterthought, he grabbed two pillows and a blanket.

"Here you go." he said as he returned and arranged the pillows and blanket. As Solaris tried to pry her tail from the child's grasp, Okami began to wake up. Quickly, Kurama grabbed a furry little fox plushie Solaris had won at a fair and placed it in the infant's hands. Things got pretty quiet after that. The two teens looked down at the child. "So, is Hiei going to keep it while you're at school?" Kurama asked.

"No way, dude. I'm taking the week off form school. This cub needs my supervision, and the note was addressed to me, after all." Solaris smiled.

"I could stay to help if you need it." he offered. The foxgirl shook her head.

"Uhm-uh. I need someone to give me the homework for the week and tell me what I've missed. And before you say it, Mitsuo is still smarting that I was gone the Saturday that we were supposed to play Go. He'd be ticked if I expected him to help me." Solaris grinned. "Besides, I've gotta shepherd Foxglove out the door now. She's getting reluctant to leave Hiei."

"Maybe if you bought her a locket…" Kurama suggested.

"No dice there. Hiei isn't about to let her take his picture and my camerais out of film. But if she can get his picture and live, I've got a locket for her in my jewelry box." Solaris laughed softly. "And you have school tomorrow, so you'd best get to bed."

"I'll call Okasan tomorrow and tell her that I'm at Sanctuary for the week, okay?" Kurama said, not about to let her take care of the wolf cub alone. Solaris nodded and he left the room. Pretty soon he heard another strange melody from Solaris's room and realized she was making up words to the tune played by her music box. Kurama smiled and drifted off, listening to the strange melody. Youko didn't even think of taking over, he didn't want to disturb Solaris, and in turn disturb the cub. Besides, why force Hiei to get out of bed and drag him out of her room?

Solaris: That's all for now! Now that you've read this chapter, why not review? You know you wanna…