The days were getting long and Yuki was getting bigger every day. Just the other day she was crawling and now I couldn't follow her around fast enough.

"Yuki!" Keiko cried.

Crash, came the sound of something breaking on the floor.

I came skidding around the corner preparing to see the worst.

And there was Yuki laughing, happy as can be, with a big grin on her face.

"Oh thank god…" I sighed as I picked her out of the mess she had made. "You're becoming a handful sweetie!"

"Just like her father." Laughed Yuske as he cleaned up the mess.

"And as fast as him too." I added rubbing my nose against hers.

Kurama didn't remember anything that happened that night and that was just fine with me, especially now that I knew the soul of Yoko Kurama lived inside him.

"She's such a handful when she's awake." Keiko said as she sat next to me and tickled Yuki under her chin. "How is she at night?"

"Surprisingly well…" I answered. "Sometimes she actually sleeps the whole night through. There are times where she wakes me up constantly, but some day she actually sleeps all night. It's like she knows I need to sleep."

"That's amazing!" Keiko cheered.

I smiled at Yuki as she gripped my finger in her little hand. She was becoming quite the adventurer.

I wonder what Hiei would say if he could see her now…

Hours later, when I had put Yuki down for her nap Yuske came over to me.

"Hey Moon…" He started.

"Hm…?"

"Well… I have this weird question for you…"

"Okay… Ask away."

"Well… The tournament will be back in a year or so… and we were wondering…"

"No." I stated simply.

"But-"

I cut him off, "no. What about Yuki? What if I get hurt in the tournament, or worse? What if I die?"

"Well… we were actually thinking about Yuki that's why we wanted to ask…"

"…What about Yuki…? Why does the tournament concern her…?"

"Well… We were thinking… for the wish… we could ask to bring back Hiei…"

I sat up straighter and stared at him. "You would waste your wish on me…?"

Yuske blushed. "Well… not exactly…"

"Then what?"

"Well… We all love Yuki and think that she deserves to have her father in her life…" Yuske mumbled.

"You would do that…?"

"We want Yuki to grow up with both her parents. And we really think that she needs her father… And… Well… You need him too Moon…"

I smiled weakly at him. "Thank you Yuske… but even with me we're still missing one person."

"No you aren't." answered someone from the front door.

I looked up. "NyghtFyre?"

She beamed. "yep! I told Yuske that if you were okay with going to the tournament then I would be the fifth person."

"You would do that? But what about Inuki?"

"Oh she'll be fine without me for a little while, besides, I know I'll be back to her as soon as the tournament is over anyway."

I hugged my best friend. "Thank you…"

For the next few days the only time I trained with the boys was when Yuki was sleeping.

"Wait…" I huffed as I rested my hands on my knees. "Wait…"

Kurama slid out of his pose, "That's enough for today…" he panted. "You need energy for when Yuki wakes up…"

I nodded and slowly made inside, up the stairs and into my bathroom where I climbed into the shower and took a nice hot soak.

Ugh… My body hurt so much…

When I finished I slipped into a tunic that fell to my knees and flopped onto my bed, not bothering with the leggings the girls so thoroughly enjoyed seeing me in.

I must have fallen asleep because suddenly Yuki was making whining noises at me.

"Hey sweetie…" I mumbled as I climbed from the bed. "Are you hungry?" I carried her downstairs, set her in her highchair poured some mashed apples into a bowl and began to feed her.

"she's such an easy baby to feed." Yukina said as she entered the kitchen.

"I know, it makes me quite happy having her." I replied cleaning up the food Yuki didn't eat.

"Are you really going to leave her alone so soon…?"

I looked up. "What do you mean Yukina…?"

"Well… the tournament… Aren't you going to the tournament with the others…?"

I smiled. "Not this year… this year Yuki will only be one years old… maybe when she's a little older…" I picked up the bright eyed girl we were talking about and kissed her nose. "I really do want to get her father back… it would mean the world to me for Yuki to have her father here to raise her… But it will have to wait until she's a little older…"

"Have you talked to Botan about her bringing him back…?"

I looked up at Yukina; it seemed a little bold for her to say that. "Well…" I began, "I tried a few times, but she would get really nervous and totally freak out about it… So I let it go… I guess she isn't allowed to bring him back unless there's a real reason too…" I surmised.

"I wish she could…" Yukina murmured.

"Me too Yukina… Me too…"

As I climbed the stairs with a sleepy Yuki I thought about what I was going to tell Yuki about her father.

I gazed down into her ruby eyes. "Well sweetie…" I started, "One day I hope your daddy will return to you and me… but 'til then it'll just be us girls. How does that sound?" I rubbed my nose against her and she smiled.

"Yeah…" I sighed as I laid her down in her crib, covering her up. "Sounds good to me too…"

I placed the teddy bear next to her that I got from my old house and suddenly she was asleep.

"Sweet dreams little angel…" I murmured as I kissed her forehead tenderly. "Sleep well…"

Oh Hiei… If only you could see her now…

If only…