Several weeks passed since Faylinn found out just how bad Moon's condition really was; she hated how everyday she was getting healthier and stronger while Moon was deteriorating. Today she came in smiling just like she always did but her coloration was a paste-y color; she was loosing weight.

"Well look at you!" She chimed when she opened the door to the room Faylinn had been living in for over a month now. "You're standing and walking with your own strength, I'm proud of you." She set down the bags she had been carrying.

"What's that?" Faylinn asked as she slowly made her way over to Moon, she might be able to walk now but it took a lot of her concentration.

Moon smiled and let Faylinn see what was inside the bags herself. Not only was she walking but also she was regaining the use of her hands and fingers.

"Is this…" She looked up from the bags. "Did you buy me clothing?"

"Well you can't keep wearing my clothing." Moon answered with a smile.

'I probably wouldn't be able to fit in them if you keep loosing weight like you are…' She thought as she pulled out a pair of jeans and a halter-top, then she noticed at the bottom of the bag what looked to be training and fighting clothing.

"Am I…?"

Moon smiled. "Yep. As soon as you feel you can move around easier you will start training with the rest of the team."

Faylinn smiled back wishing the voice in the back of her mind stopped commenting on how dark the circles under Moon's eyes had gotten. "I can't wait!"

In that moment everything crashed down around the happy elf; Moon collapsed.

"Moon!!" Faylinn shook the now unconscious girl. "God damn it Moon get up!!!" Futilely she looked around the room for help, finally she gave up and bunch her new clothing up stuck it under Moon's head and straightened her out.

'At least she won't be hurt laying straight…' She told herself as she wrenched open the door to the room.

"Help!!" She screamed as she stumbled to the stairs. "Someone please HELP!!" She reached the top of the stairs and tumbled down.

"Faylinn?!?" It was Kurama who had answered her cries. He saw the girl trying desperately to pull herself to her feet. "Faylinn!! What happened!!" He rushed over to her side.

"No!" She shoved him away as she looked up at him, tears were brimming her eyes. "It's Moon, she collapsed upstairs, I couldn't wake her up; please you need to help her! PLEASE!" She wailed.

Kurama knelt next to her in shock. "Wait here." He finally said as he ran out of the house. Moments later he returned with Hiei right on his heels.

Before Hiei could ask or Kurama could tell him what happened Faylinn answered. "She's upstairs. I couldn't wake her up. I didn't know what to do! Please, help her, save her!!" She broke down into tears as Hiei rushed past her into the bedroom she had left Moon in.

Kurama knelt next to the crying girl as he tried to figure out what to do to calm her down. "It's okay. She's going to be okay, Hiei's going to help her you don't need to worry."

"I couldn't do anything." She wailed as she tried to stop her tears. "All I could do was watch as she got worse and I got better. I couldn't even catch her when she collapsed. How was I supposed to know she was so sick?!? She was always smiling. I couldn't- -" she hiccupped, "I couldn't do anything…" With that she broke down into sobs unable to make any audible words.

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Hiei had left with Moon hours ago and Kurama was finally able to get a hysterical Faylinn back upstairs into his room where she was now sitting on the bed, staring out the window, and no longer speaking to anyone.

'This isn't fair…' She thought. 'Why did she have to get so sick? Why didn't anyone notice how bad it had gotten? Why…' She stopped, she knew better than to blame everyone else when she too also had not seen the signs that Moon was dying.

"Mommy!!" The small voice caught Faylinn's attention; it was coming closer to the room.

"Yuki!! Get back here!" She recognized that voice, it belonged to the girl named Botan.

The door burst open and a girl no older than five or six stopped just inside, staring at Faylinn.

"Yuki!" Botan screeched and Faylinn turned her attention to her instead and hissed at her, baring fangs.

She stopped.

"Yuki…" She tried again as she reached for the little girl.

"No!!" The girl named Yuki wailed and ran further into the room. When Botan went to follow her Faylinn hissed more forcefully and Botan instantly backed up.

"She's not going to hurt the girl." Kurama had rounded the corner from somewhere and was standing behind Botan.

"Did you not just see what she did?!?"

"I did. She hissed, at you. Not at Yuki, just you."

"She's dangerous!!"

"From the look of it, only to you. She has not made a single dangerous gesture to Yuki, I think she'd fine."

"Hiei is not going to be happy that you're letting his daughter near that, that THING!"

Faylinn hissed louder. "Get out wench!"

"How dare you!!"

"I think you should leave Botan." Kurama said in a not so friendly voice.

Botan glared viciously and stormed away from the room.

"Momma…" Yuki hiccupped causing Faylinn to look down at her.

She didn't know what she was supposed to do; she had never comforted a child before. Almost automatically she picked up the small girl and placed her on the bed next to her. "She's going to be okay…" She started but stopped instantly when the little burst into tears. She sat there, frozen in place, with one hand halfway extended to the child; she had no idea what to do.

"Hey." Faylinn snapped her fingers in front of the girl's face; she looked up. "Now none of that." The little girl stopped crying, looking up at Faylinn with huge eyes. "What is your mother going to do if you keep crying, huh? You want her to get better you have to be stronger. She can't get better when you're crying."

Yuki nodded, hiccupping. "No crying…"

"That's right. You're a big girl, you have to be brave for your mommy"

"I wanna see mommy…"

Faylinn stroked Yuki's hair it was so much like her mother's except the two white streaks that ran down the front of her hair. "I know you do sweetie, we all do…" She stiffened as Yuki curled into her.

"It must be time for her nap." Kurama was still standing in the doorway. "She hasn't slept at all since Moon and Hiei left.

"Does she still sleep with them? Isn't she a little big to do that?"

"She doesn't actually sleep with them, she just doesn't sleep if neither of them are home. As long as she knows one of them is home and she can find them she'll sleep just fine."

"There has to be something we can do to help Moon…"

"If there is you're going to be able to help her just lying there."

Faylinn blinked up at Kurama. "What…?"

"When you can walk without using all your concentration we start training."