Konnichiwa, Akachan! (Hello, Baby!)

Solaris: Here's the third installment of this screwed-up saga. I don't own YYH, read on now!

Chapter 3: Why does everyone think it's mine!

"So tell me again why you're here?" Hiei asked over breakfast.

"To watch over Okami. Tell me again why you didn't blast MTV this morning." Solaris said, holding Okami.

"I didn't want to wake up the cub and get hit with something worse than a plushie." Hiei explained. "Why don't you go to school and let me watch the cub? Do you not trust me?"

"Hiei, it's not that I don't trust you, it's just that…I don't trust you. At least, not with Okami." She grinned.

"Gee, thanks, Solaris." Hiei said sarcastically.

"You're welcome! Now, is there any way I can contact the Reikai?" she asked, smiling.

"Yes, I think I saw the detective leave the communication mirror on a shelf in the living room last time he was here. And he came looking for it one day while you were at school."

"What good does it do me if he's got it!" Solaris asked. Okami looked up at Solaris over the end of the bottle.

"I didn't tell him it was here! I conveniently 'forgot'! So it's still in this house! Damn!" Hiei practically yelled.

"Okay, okay, don't burst a vein there. I'll find it, I've gotta change this kid anyhow." Solaris said, holding the squalling cub.

"No, I'll find it. You take care of that cub." Hiei sighed and left. Solaris blinked at the unusual display of kindness, then went about taking care of Okami. Hiei returned to see Solaris cuddling the cub. "Here's the mirror." Hiei said. Solaris looked over, handed him Okami, and opened the mirror.

"Hold Okami, please." she added as an afterthought. Hiei did, and watched as the cub's pudgy arms reached out for him. When he dubiously held the child closer, it tugged the neck of his cloak. "Darn Koenma… Darn Botan… If you want, you can set her down in the basket chair." Solaris said. Hiei did, and watched the cub play with her toes. After some time, Solaris finally got an answer. "Finally! Koenma, I need a rocking chair…Oh, yeah, just thought that I needed another chair, and why not get a rocking chair, HELLS NO! Due to the sticking ability of names, I got saddled with watching a wolf demon's cub for the week!… It just got here yesterday morning. Just get me a rocking chair, please, and I'll tell you where Joshi hid that softball sized crystal… That's the very one… You'll send someone by this afternoon, great! It's the one in the furniture store around the corner from that Chinese restaurant, and it's on sale. Bye!" Solaris said, and snapped the compact shut. (A/N: Pauses are when Koenma spoke.)

Around lunch, Hiei came into the kitchen to see Solaris cooking and hear her singing to the wolf babe, who was asleep in the sarong on her bag. "She's asleep, Solaris." He sighed.

"Thanks. Couldn't tell. Is soup and sandwiches okay for lunch? And eating outside? I really think Okami needs the fresh air." Solaris whispered. Hiei sighed and nodded. "Great! Thanks." Solaris sounded relieved. Hiei just gave her a backhanded wave and left the room. She was actually acting her age, she normally acted like a… well, a 16 year old. Granted, she had to at school and she looked 16, but it got annoying after some time.

That afternoon, the doorbell rang. The sling carrying Okami now to the front, Solaris answered the door. Yusuke and Kuwabara came into the house, carrying a rocking chair. "Yay! The very one I wanted!" she cheered.

"This thing is heavy, where do you want it?" Kuwabara asked.

"Uh, upstairs in my room is good. It's the only one with an open door." she said. As the two boys ascended the stairs, complaints drifted down.

"Some mission. I get called out of school 15 minutes early to play delivery boy for some foxgirl who uses inside info about a treasure trove to get what she wants." Yusuke growled. As soon as the chair was upstairs, the two returned to ask why she needed a rocking chair. Just then, Okami cooed in delight and waved. Solaris took her out of the sling. "Wow, Solaris had a kid…" Yusuke blinked.

"She never even showed…" Kuwabara said in shock. Solaris handed Okami to Hiei, who had been waiting for one of them to say something like that, and Solaris began to wail on the two boys.

"How the HELL can I have a kid if I'm a virgin! And if you say immaculate conception, I will make sure your deaths are slow and painful! Besides, that's a wolf, not a fox!" she shouted. Okami clapped in delight.

Okami was up late that night, Kurama could tell. He had told his mom that he was staying the week to help Solaris baby-sit a young cousin of hers. Well, it was half-true, at least! Even with carpeted floors, he could hear the chair squeak. He finally got out of bed and decided to see how Foxglove stood it. When he opened her door, he heard a strange murmur. Upon closer inspection, the foxgirl proved to have headphones attached to a small CD player. Kurama closed her door and went on to Solaris's room. "Okami's fussy, eh?"

"Yeah, a little. I think she misses her mom. It's only the second day and I'm wondering how moms do this!" Solaris sighed. "I've tried everything…"

"I know, I heard."

"Oh! Sorry to keep you awake, Kurama!" she apologized. Kurama stopped the chair and took Okami.

"You get some rest. I'll get this little one to sleep." He smiled. Solaris relinquished the chair to collapse on her bed, and Kurama rocked the young child, who still cried. Soon Kurama got to thinking and recalled that Okami had been curled up hugging Solaris's tail the previous night. He got up, picked up the fox plushie, and handed it to the cub. Pretty soon she was sleeping like Solaris. He put her in the makeshift crib, then covered Solaris with the fleece throw from the foot of her bed.

"What was wrong with the cub last night?" Hiei asked Solaris the next morning. He hadn't woken her up for an hour longer than normal, and since Okami was asleep too, she was no trouble to watch.

"I dunno. I remember Kurama taking her and telling me to get some sleep. Then this morning I woke up and Okami was asleep, hugging the fox plushie." Solaris yawned.

"Hm… Ask Kurama when he gets here." Hiei said. Solaris nodded.

Foxglove: Solaris is off sleeping. So, read, review, and remember: Flames will be used to power the Dragon of the Darkness Flame.

Hiei: No, muse. You are not dragging me into this one.

Foxglove: Too late.