The girls had surprised me by decorating the room next to mine and buying a furniture set for Yuki. The walls were a lovely periwinkle color and all the furniture was a pale wood. There was a crib, a changing table, a dresser, a hamper, even a lovely chest with some toys already in it.

It was hard the first few nights having her sleep in a different room. I kept waking up fearing that something was going to happen to her only to realize I would hear anything on the baby monitor the girls had set up as well.

On some occasions the girls would take the monitor out of my room and watch over her so I could get some extra sleep.

"Boy oh boy little Yuki is becoming a handful and she's only a few months old." Keiko groaned as she flopped onto the couch.

"Yeah but Moon really needs her sleep." Yukina answered.

Botan held Yuki above her head as she lay back on the couch. "You can't blame Yuki though… she's only just a baby."

"Oh I don't blame her, but her mother is stressing out and definitely needs her sleep." Keiko replied.

"But what is she stressing out about… That's what I want to know…" Yukina sighed. "I'm worried that she's going to make herself sick and then she won't be able to take care of her baby… Yuki needs her mother…"

"Well hopefully it will wear off... Maybe it's just the baby blues…" Botan tried as she let Yuki down.

"Whatever it is I hope it goes away soon…" Keiko sighed as she leaned back in her chair; the other two agreed.

The girls had put the monitor back in my room awhile ago and they had put Yuki to sleep in her crib.

I lay on my bed staring at the ceiling, sighing for the thousandth time in the last few minutes. I rolled onto my side and stared that the two dragons sharing an intimate moment on my wall.

"Oh Hiei…" I murmured; I started to doze.

The bed next to me sank as someone sat down.



"Hiei…?" I murmured only partially awake.

The person pushed me over onto my back and straddled me that woke me up.

"K-Kurama?!" I was so startled I didn't fight back right away when he started to kiss me. "Get off me!!" I cried.

"Why don't you love me? Why can't you love me like you loved Hiei?!" He growled.

This wasn't like Kurama at all, what had gotten into him?

"Hiei's the only one I'll ever love!" I yelled as I pushed at him.

"If you can't love me by choice I'll make you love me by force!" Suddenly he was strangling me.

Tears streamed down the sides of my face. I could feel things getting heavier and getting darker for me.

Yuki… My baby Yuki… She'll be alone…

"they'll notice… the finger marks…" I gasped.

"I'm not going to kill you just knock you out. Then I'll make sure you'll have my baby and not his!" Kurama growled. "I'll be the only one in your life!"

This isn't like Kurama… what's gotten into him…?

What's that smell…?

Musk… it's fox musk…

Yoko! It's Yoko… I know that smell anywhere. It's Yoko's smell when he's in heat.

"Yoko…" I choked. "I know… It's you… You're… In heat… Please… Stop…"

Kurama stopped then choked me harder. "I. Want. You." He hissed.

My body felt heavy, I knew I was going to pass out.

Hiei…



Suddenly Kurama was thrown off me and against the wall, I gasped and coughed.

I laid there trying to regain my breath and hoping my savior wouldn't become my attacker next when the crying began.

"Yuki!" I screamed. I stumbled off the bed and ran into Yuki's room ripping open the door. "Yuki!"

I didn't notice that she wasn't covered anymore, or that the side of the crib had been down, or even that her window had been left open. I didn't notice any of it as I ran to my baby and held her against me.

"shh… It's alright now…" I murmured as tears ran down my face. "Don't cry darling… I'm right here… I'll always be right here…"

After that night Yuki only slept in my room…