Shiane: Oh, I also wanted to say that I know this chapter was kinda useless, but I'm trying to work out the next few...so bear with me please.

Notes and Disclaimers: I don't own YYH, but I own the Cardens, Silvati and the cute little foxes.

Chapter 8

Her parents fixed dinner that night, allowing Autumn to work with the foxes. She was in the backyard exercising her powers over them. They would continue to be worked with, but slowly until they were old enough to truly understand.

Nali prepared the foxes' dinner and glanced up at her daughter through the closed, sliding glass door.

"Do you think she'll form the bond of familiars with them?" she asked her husband. They both were shielding against their daughter, knowing that even with the door between them, there was no true physical means that Autumn couldn't get around.

Todd glanced at his wide and then at their daughter. "I believe she's already started. She may not know it herself for a little while yet, but we need to watch this even more closely." He replied.

"You have nothing against Autumn having them as familiars?" Nali inquired. She went to the fridge to get the milk.

"No. But we need to make sure nothing goes wrong. Think Nali, Autumn as she is now, is extremely powerful. Having a familiar will increase one's strength normally, but three? Do you realize how much power she'll be able to channel then?" he asked, fear for their only child filtering through his voice.

Before they could do anything, Autumn looked up and over at them through the glass door, concern crossing her face. She had obviously sensed something even with the shields her parents had placed on themselves.

Nali looked over at Autumn and shook her head when her daughter started to rise from where she sat. She waved that the teenager should stay just where she was. Then she turned to face her husband.

"Even now her powers are slightly increasing. But she had already fully come into them. And I've asked you before, and I'll do it again. Can we seek out Genkai, the psychic with untold powers? She is rumored to be here in Japan with an apprentice a couple of years back. Let us go to her…" Nali said.

Todd stared at her and then bowed his head. "It seems that we have no choice."

Nali gave a tiny smile and kissed Todd's cheek. "I'll inquire about her and we'll find out if she'll see us." She said. He nodded and both returned to their tasks at hand.

Autumn was curious as to why she felt the bare stirrings of fear she had picked up from her parents. But she knew she shouldn't ask, and she wouldn't. But it was one of those times that she wished she could. Before she could dwell much further in her thoughts, Twitch jumped into her lap and pawed at her. The girl blinked and looked down. Russet and Pouncer were also looking up at her. She could feel their curiousness, but there was also a touch of concern. It was then that she realized she had taken the "mother" aspect of their lives; not that she really minded. She smiled and pet Twitch's head and then the other two.

After dinner Nali joined her daughter when she took the pups outside again. She took a spot on the grass, her eyes on the three romping around.

"I assume that you will continue with them as you do now for the weekend?" Nali asked, holding out a hand to Twitch, who had curiously sauntered over.

Autumn nodded, "Yes. I want them to be accustomed to their new home and surroundings before I go back to school. I think I can get them mostly settled and familiar before Monday. But two days of hard work await me." She said with a slight sigh at the end.

"Yes it does. Where are you sleeping tonight? With these cuties again?" her mother inquired, throwing a warm smile to the pups.

Autumn pursed her lips in thought for a moment, "I don't know. Most likely thought, but probably in the garage again." She replied.

After that the two chatted about what the foxes had done that day and what she accomplished with them.

She even told her mother about Suiichi, giggling and blushing as she described him. Her mother quickly figured out that her daughter liked him and started chatting about her first boyfriend.