Recap: "Tsuki. Her name will be Tsuki." You finally replied. The three behind you looked at each other for a moment and then to the sky. 'New Moon' They all thought and looked over at the baby. 'Indeed a new moon. Right in Gaara's arms...' :End:

The baby was crying. Tsuki was crying for some unknown reason. And Gaara, well Gaara was silently panicking though it did not show.

"Temari, come here. Now." Gaara ordered. As all ways she obeyed her baby brother.

"Y-yes Gaara?"

"What is wrong with her?" Though he said it in his normal monotone voice she knew he was worried that the child had finally come to her senses and started to cry out of fear. Temari looked closely into the tyke's eyes and saw no fear.

"She's just hungry." Temari whispered, there was a hint of delight in her voice.

"What do babies eat?" Gaara asked with his curiosity now showing through his voice. Temari knew that Gaara had no knowledge of little children besides that they can be cruel and in most cases can't defend them selves.

"Well babies either are breast fed or are given baby formula. But seeing that we have non of that mashed up foods like cooked fish, vegetables, and fruits are what she needs right now." Temari said quietly. She watched as Gaara got up slowly.

"Temari get the fruits and vegetables that she would be capable to eat." He ordered then started to walk toward the river to catch a fish or two. Once at the river he composed sand out of the ground and created a soft be for the small tyke. Reason being he didn't use the sand out of his gourd is because he and Shukaku didn't want the sent of blood to traumatize her. Gaara watched with hidden happiness as Tsuki played with the tendrils of sand that floated playfully above her. Directing his attention toward the river, in which he found her in, he started to fish.

He started to feel her shift in the sand bed and looked from the corner of his eye to see her crawling out trying to catch a big mammoth beetle. Finally catching up with the humongous bug she played with it by blocking it's path with her hand and giggled when it finally got tired of trying to go around her and crawled on her hand. She lifted her arm high in the air to prevent the buggy from leaving her hand. The tyke giggled as she felt the mammoth buggy's legs tickle her arm. Once the beetle was up to her should she grabbed it with her other hand and held it up to mouth which was wide open. Seeing this action Gaara quickly covered her mouth with his hand to prevent her from eating the germ infested buggy. Tsuki whined but dropped the mammoth buggy and instead grabbed his hand and brought that to her mouth and started to gum on his thumb.

Is that not the cutest thing yet!The redhead heard Shukaku practically squeal. 'I never knew you could squeal...That is soo disturbing...' Gaara thought to Shukaku but instead of a retort he saw Shukaku just pout in his mind. Tsuki started to make indescribable sounds that, Gaara could tell pretty well, that she was very happy. Finally after a few minutes he found a medium sized fish that was rather fat. Tsuki reached out her tiny hands to grab the flopping fish from Gaara but whined when Gaara pulled the fish away from her reach ands shook his head at the pouting tyke. He rolled his eyes at her and got up from the ground and started walking back to camp with the suffocating fish in his grasp and the sand carrying the toddler behind him.

When they got to camp he saw Temari had already gotten back and had made a fire. Right now she was cooking a peeled peach, and some non-poisonous wild mushrooms on a stick by the fire. She already had a stick that was already carved of the germ infested bark for the fish. Gaara set Tsuki down next to Temari, still in the sand bed, and sat down next to her so the tyke was the only thing separating Gaara and Temari. Gaara got started on preparing the fish to be put on the fire while Temari added some potatoes they had brought on the mission onto the stick of peaches and mushrooms. Tsuki giggled as she played with the end of Temari's obi.

Such a cute kid. I hope Gaara takes good care of her, he's already acting like a father figure should. I'll make sure father doesn't touch her! Temari thought brightly; a small smile etched on her lips as she watched Tsuki rub her face into the fabric of her obi, obviously liking the feel of it. She scratched lightly behind the tyke's ear and received a purr. This caught her attention so she scratched a little more and felt Tsuki lean into her touch more and the purrs started to get louder.

Gaara watched as his sister scratched Tsuki's ears like you would do to a cat and Temari receiving a response a cat would give. He quickly returned to cooking the fish and finishing the fruit and vegetables. He glanced over at the child again when she stopped purring and found she was now snuggled in his sand with Temari's blanket wrapped around her. He flipped the fish onto the other side and took out the fruits and vegetables and placed then into the bowl Temari had given him and started to mash the skinned potato, peach, and the mushroom. Gaara left it still rather solid so it wouldn't be too mushy when he added the fish. After a few minutes the fish was done and he took it out of the fire and took about a hand full of the fish and added it to the mixture of fruits and vegetables. He mushed and mixed the fish to make a new mixture and left it slightly chunky for the toddler.

"U-um, Gaara do you want me to feed her while you hold her?" Temari questioned somewhat shyly. He stared for a moment and then nodded slightly, not a whole lot 'cause let's face it he's Gaara. Temari gently picked up Tsuki and gave her to Gaara who gently shook the child awake earning a near tears child. Before she started to cry hysterically Temari held a spoon full of chunky mush that smelt wonderful to the tyke. Tsuki opened her mouth showing she wants the food and Temari obliged to the baby's wishes.

"Temari?" Though it didn't sound like a question Temari knew it was but she barely heard it.

"Y-yes Gaara?" She questioned while still feeding the tyke who ate the mush greedily.

"Thank you..." It was a very quiet mumble that she could barely make out but she heard and it made her smile. Temari felt proud of herself because even though she wasn't there for him when he was a child, which she regrets but it really was her father's fault, she was here for him now to take care of something or rather someone that made him happy because they accepted him.

"Your welcome, otoutou.." Temari smiled just a bit even though she knew he couldn't hear what she had called him but it was a start. A little more time with the help of their sweet little kitten and she would be able to call him that in the open and maybe just maybe get him to smile.

They continued to feed the baby until there was no more of the mush. Tsuki let out a content sigh and snuggled in Gaara's arms and slept comfortably. Gaara brought her closer to his body not only in benefit for her but for his reassurance that she wouldn't go away like all the other people that supposedly 'cared' about him. He closed his eyes and vanished in sand, with Tsuki still in his arms, and reappeared on a thick sturdy tree branch.

Tsuki was still wrapped up in Temari's blanket so Temari just stole Kankuro's blanket and went to sleep against a tree.