Shi: Mkay, it was a while before I found time to write, but then I got this done in a day! Go me!
Kit: Cool!
Aki: Yeah, awesome!
Kit: Now who's this character you wanted to add?
Shi: 9-9 Someone...
Aki: Oh THAT's helpful... -annoyed sarcasm-
Shi: Hahaha! Just read and find out!
Kit and Aki: Okay.
Shi: Oh and we no own Yu Yu Hakusho or--
Aki: Do NOT say it, Shi.. -glares-
Shi: But, Aki, I have to! It's part of the disclaimer!
Aki: Do NOT sat it! Do not, do not, do no--
Kit: Or Sesshoumaru!
Aki: WAHH! Why'd you say it!
Shi: Hey, I didn't say it!
Kit: I said it! You just told Shi not to say it.. you never said anything about me. XP
Shi: Phew..
Aki: -glares- Hmph, whatever.. onto the chapter.
Shi: Right!

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Mizuki awoke in the middle of the night, unable to sleep for some reason... She tried everything she knew to fall asleep. She snuck into the kitchen at around 1:30 in the morning to get something to eat and drink, and when that didn't work, she flicked her lamp on to draw for a little while. Drawing didn't help, nor did writing or reading.

Soon it was 3:46 in the early morning, and she'd pretty much given up on sleeping, so she decided to go out to the forest with Tsukiyo for company. She trained a little and wandered through the trees without really worrying if she got lost.

Her dragon was perched atop the wolf's head as Mizuki kept on walking further and further into the underbrush. Soon, she stumbled upon the edge of the forest and of Genkai's land. A clearing stood before her now, and beyond that one could see the peaks of buildings in the distance. It would have been a very beautiful sight, but it was littered with soda cans and other trash.

Mizuki scowled and with a 'tsk' set to work. She moved Tsukiyo to sleep in the hood on her black hoodie, threw her hair into a fast ponytail, and began to pluck the garbage from the ground. "Stupid littering humans," she grumbled as she worked, "Look at this mess! It's everywhere! Someone should have the decency to clean this up..."

She glanced up at the sound of a stick being stepped on and snapped, and looking across the field and towards the city, there was a small boy, looking barely five years old.

The little boy stared at her in awe, seeing her ears and tail. He didn't seem to really be afraid at all, which surprised Mizuki some.

That boy is human, Mizuki thought with a frown, but what is he doing out here at this time of night unsupervised? She stood to her full height and stretched out her back some, setting the garbage bag she had found in a trash can not too far from the clearing. "Well, hello, there," Mizuki cooed and squatted down in front of him. She had always been a sucker for little kids. Somehow, the little boy had grown on her in an instant

"Hewo," Jamie said in reply shyly, a toothy grin on his face. Then, he pointed up at her head, to her ears that twitched now and then at a distant sound.

Mizuki giggled. "What? These?" she asked and patted her ears with her hand, "They're really fuzzy and soft. Wanna feel?" she asked, and when the boy nodded excitedly, she chuckled and leaned down more so he could reach her ears.

The boy giggled and petted her ears, enjoying himself.

Mizuki laughed and picked him up. "What's your name, little one?" she asked the small child.

"Jamie," he answered grinning ear to ear.

"Well, Jamie, where do you live?" she asked heading for the city. She intended on returning him to his family.

"I don't know," he replied, and Mizuki sighed, knowing that made her mission even harder, but when she started towards the city and the houses, Jamie squirmed and said, "No! My mommie told me to stay hewe!"

"What?" Mizuki frowned. Could he have been abandoned? The wolf pondered over that momentarily then decided she'd just have to delve into the boy's memories. So, she did it very quickly, but the short time spent was very informative. He had indeed been abandoned.. and not too long ago either...

"I can't go.. my mommie is coming back," Jamie insisted and wiggled out of Mizuki's grip, almost falling, but the wolf grabbed him and set him on the ground, not releasing her gentle grip though. She didn't want him to run and hurt himself.

"Okay, okay, sh," Mizuki shushed comfortingly. "Sh, it's okay... We won't go anywhere just yet."

Jamie stopped struggling after a moment and sniffled, rubbing his eyes ruefully.

"Aw, I bet you're tired... Do you need a nap?" Mizuki asked with a knowing smile.

"Y-yeah, but I gotta wait fow my mommie to come get me," he mumbled upset. He seemed to be really tired and was getting irritated.

"Okay, we'll wait right here," Mizuki gripped the boy's hand in a soft grasp and lead him over to a tree, where she sat down at the base with her back propped against the trunk, "you can take a nap, and I'll stay with you until your mother comes back, okay?"

Jamie sniffed noisily again and nodded. He came over and curled up against Mizuki, who put her arm around his small body, and within minutes, he was asleep, softly snoring. Meanwhile, the wolf sighed, knowing she'd have to get back soon, but she couldn't just leave him... She sat in thought for a few minutes while Tsukiyo moved from her hood to curl up in her lap.

Mizuki was minutes from sleep, her head nodding forward once and a while as she came closer to slumber, but Jamie's voice caught her attention and woke her up again. He started crying all of a sudden and buried his face in Mizuki's side, his sobs muffled.

"Hey," Mizuki whispered, "hey, hey, hey, what's wrong?" she asked the small boy and picked him up to craddle and rock him.

"My mommie's not comin back fow me, is she?" Jamie inquired in a small voice and hugged Mizuki's neck, hiding his face in her collar bone.

Mizuki nervously asked, "How long has it been since your mom left you here?"

"Fouw ow five days," Jamie sobbed in answer.

Mizuki sighed heavily, "No, probably not..." She didn't want to upset the boy, but she couldn't really lie to him...

In result, little Jamie tightened his grip on the wolf and cried harder. Mizuki could feel his tears falling onto her, and her heart pretty much broke. She hugged the little boy and tried to calm him some, but in the end, he just cried himself out.

"Hey, I have an idea," Mizuki said to the boy, who wiped his eyes fiercely and sniffled before looking at the wolf demon. "Why don't you come live with me? I'll take care of you!"

"Weally?" Jamie's dreary mood seemed to lift some.

"Of course! I wouldn't offer if I didn't mean it," Mizuki smiled brightly.

"Okay," Jamie chirped and hugged Mizuki, who hugged him back and laughed.

"Oh, I never even told you my name, did I?" Mizuki asked with a thoughtful look on her face as she set Jamie down beside her, and the little boy shook his head. "Well, my name's Mizuki."

"Zuki!" Jamie exclaimed, a huge grin plastered on his face.

Mizuki chuckled and said, "Come on, we'd better be heading back. Tsukiyo, back in the hood for now, okay?" she spoke to the dragon as she picked her up and placed her in the hood. She then hoisted Jamie up into her arms and headed back to Genkai's temple, retracing her steps.

They returned to the temple around about 8:30 or so, and Mizuki strode into the kitchen to be ambushed by Aki and Takara, who were both suprisingly awake.

"Where have you been!" Takara shouted as she and Aki cornered Mizuki against the wall of the hallway.

"We woke up at 6 this morning, and we couldn't find you anywhere! What's the deal!" Aki put in her bit before letting Takara take over again.

"We've been worried about you! This is not like you at all!" Takara yelled, the hanyou and dog demoness up in the wolf's face.

"Eep! Aki, Takara, chill!" Mizuki shrieked, Jamie looking near-tears and terrified in her arms and Tsukiyo scrambling around in her hood. The little dragon had been woken abruptly and rudely and was thrashing something awful, and the wolf demoness could feel Tsukiyo's claws through the hoodie. "You're causing a panic! And you're making little Jamie cry!" Mizuki screamed over Takara and Aki's yells.

Aki and Takara fell immediately silent and blinked owlishly. "Hey, Mizuki..." Aki began.

"Is that a human boy?" Takara finished as she and Aki watched the little boy hug tightly to Mizuki and start to cry.

"Um.. yeah?" Mizuki answered nervously.

"WHY DO YOU HAVE A HUMAN BOY WITH YOU!" Aki and Takara shouted, starting off to rant again.

Mizuki eep'ed again and shrunk as far back as she could, a sweatdrop rolling down her head as she hugged the upset Jamie to her chest.

"That's enough!" Genkai shouted, tired of hearing the girls' shouts while she talked with Anima. This was her temple, and she would not stand for those girls to be yelling like that.

Takara and Aki reluctantly fell silent and glared dangerously at Mizuki, who coughed in the too-thick silence and said, "So... Takara, Aki, meet Jamie!"

Jamie sniffled and looked at the two with watery eyes, mumbling, "Zuki, I'm scawed..."

"Aw, come on, don't be scared... These are my sisters! They were just worried about me is all," the wolf told the small child then turned her attention to her sisters to say, "I really wasn't expecting you two to be up and around this early..."

"Well, we got into bed earlier last night, so we couldn't fall back asleep after sleeping all night," Aki stated crossly and folded her arms over her chest.

"And just what, pretell, are you doing with a human child?" Takara asked the wolf suspiciously.

"Just hear me out, okay?" Mizuki asked anxiously, and when the two nodded, she sighed in relief. "Let me get Jamie something to eat real quick and get him to bed for a nap." She entered into the kitchen and asked Jamie what he liked to eat.

"Camel!" Jamie exclaimed brightly.

"What?" Mizuki was at a loss... Had the boy just said 'camel'?

"Camel!" Jamie cheered and pointed to a basket, so Mizuki took him over to it and let him point out what he was wanting. "Camel!" he said again and picked up a bright red apple.

Mizuki giggled, "A camel, huh?" At the boy's nod, she smiled, "Alright then. Let me peel and slice it for you." She then set him on the counter and let him watched while she took out a knife and sliced up the apple, removing the peeling and putting the slices on a plate. "Here you go," she said and picked the boy up while balancing the plate of apple in her other hand. She sat down at the table and put Jamie in her lap, setting the plate in front of him.

Jamie munched happily on his apple until he was done, then he yawned really big and curled up against Mizuki saying, "M tired, Zuki..."

"Okay, time for that nap," Mizuki cooed and pushed her chair back to stand up. She made her way out of the kitchen and down the hall to her room, Takara and Aki trailing along quietly behind to see what was up. "Here.. sleep good, don't let the bed bugs getcha," the wolf said and grinned as she tucked the boy into her own bed.

Jamie giggled and yawned again, falling asleep within the minute. Mizuki smiled softly down at the boy then sighed and left the room, shutting the door silently behind her. She found Takara and Aki in the hallway and knew they were about to go off in another rant, but she shushed them and motioned for the three of them to go somewhere else to talk.

When they were far enough away, Mizuki sighed, "Okay, go."

"What is up, Mizuki?" Aki started it up.

"Yeah, this isn't like you! You're usually really responsible!" Takara scolded.

"I'm sorry, guys, but I found him at the edge of Genkai's property in the city's park..." Mizuki explained.

"What were you even doing out this morning? You'd been gone for a while! Your scent was a few hours old!" Aki snapped, irritated.

"Well, I couldn't get back to sleep when I woke up for some stupid reason or another at midnight, and I tried everything to fall asleep, so I got Tsukiyo and went out for a moonlit walk at about 3 or so.. I wandered to the very edge of the grounds and found a littered clearing that I started to clean up then I ran across little Jamie," Mizuki said in explanation and fidgetted in her nervousness.

"Why did you bring him home with you! He's HUMAN. You KNOW you shouldn't have done that!" Aki shouted.

"You should have dropped him off somewhere, at one of the human's house in the city! They could return him to his family! You just kidnapped a child, Mizuki Koray Aisuzu!"

"But he'd been abandoned!" Mizuki screamed, tears in her eyes. "He was left there! His mother just abandoned him! How could I just 'drop him off somewhere'!"

Takara and Aki were a little surprised at the outburst. They sighed, and Takara said, "Okay, Mizuki, calm down.. we're sorry, but..."

"Do you think you'll be able to keep him?" Aki asked quietly, staring at the floor.

"I'd like to... he's just the sweetest little thing," Mizuki gave them a weak smile.

"But you know you can't, right?" Takara spoke just as softly as Aki had, watching Mizuki carefully.

"Why can't I?" Mizuki bristled, a glare forming on her face as she scowled in defiance.

"Because... you're a demoness.. he's a human. You might get in trouble with Spirit World or something," Takara muttered.

Just as Mizuki was about to say something, Aki spoke up, "Plus, we're demons and theives... it would be a dangerous environment for him to grow up in... Be the sensible wolf we know you are."

"I don't want to be sensible though," Mizuki said childishly, her cheeks puffed out and an angry look on her face. "I've been sensible and responsible for a long time now... I can be responsible for Jamie, too," she said hopefully.

Takara and Aki looked at each other then sighed, "Mizuki," Aki murmured.

"If you're sure.. we can try it out, okay?" Takara mumbled barely loud enough for the wolf to hear.

Mizuki gave them a wide grin and ran over and hugged them screaming out, "Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Yeah, yeah," Aki rolled her eyes, "just remember this is a test run... if it doesn't work out, we take him to the orphanage in town, got it?"

Mizuki sighed, "Fine.. but I don't count on taking him to the orphanage!" She grinned and ran out of the room and upstairs to feed Tsukiyo and check on Jamie.

"Is this really a good idea?" Takara asked the dog demoness.

"Probably not," Aki answered with a sigh, "come on, let's just go feed our dragons... they're probably awake and annoying somone, haha." The two then left to feed their dragons then grab Mizuki and head to the pet shop for the things they needed. They'd have to go by and get some stuff for the human boy as well...

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