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The room quieted for a moment as she said it but Raiku and Senente were all smiles,"You see...awhile back I said all my love to this sweet girl and show my purest affection then....asked her to be mine as Mrs.Hatchi." Raiku says and just from that he gave the hint and everyone was smiling knowing that the two were going to be together and have the most wonderful wedding while the chrry blossems were in bloom showing over the new couple...the picture was clear as crystal. Saskue look up with a respectful nod,"Of course...I'll do it for you and will make it an honor." Senente smiled to his reply and Raiku kissed her cheek making her go pink for a minute and gives him a friendly nudge in the shoulder,"You know well this will be a great thing for the both of us...a proper ceremony to seal our bond of love and including it too a family with three little angels." he nods in agreement.

While the adults talked Nasagah was watching Yuki in her bassinette and looks up for a moment seeing Everest looking out the window,"Hey sis....how come you havent looked at Yuki for a little bit, you just saw her in mommy's arms and said she was cute and that was all." Everest turns her head,"I...I just dont want to right now, mommy and daddy are bonding with her right now and I dont need to be in the way while they do so." she says slightly coldly and he was sensing it."Look, daddy said they were not replacing us and also if they did then why would we even come and see our baby sister." she runs at him and pushes him enough to fall on his back,"Because!...because she's not even our sister by blood and neither are we so why do I even call you brother anyways if were just adopted children with nightmaric pasts." and she runs out the room leaving him on the ground silencing everyone again from her outburst.

He keeps her close knowing she was still healing from everything but knew Senente had a point,"Once in awhile every family bringing a new baby in the house would hit that block if theres other children in the group, Everest just needs some time to herself and get a breather....cool her head for a moment then after a few days something will approve. If the talk we had with her a few months ago worked than another would do the thing...she'll be alright." Raiku tries to asure her knowing for Everest with the constant change in her enviorment that it was all a sudden shock to her and with her getting attention it was different with the words going around.

Outside Everest took off as far as she could till the hospital was out of view and headed towards the swampy parts of the forests outside Skyline, not much was there besides murky waters and leeches crawling in the darker parks but from the sound of it Everest thought it was comfortable and more suited to her...reminding of Lokchaos where her thoughts were ringing around with her confusion,"The baby will be fine with mommy and daddy I'm not needed and they'll be happy playing with Yuki...maybe I can live here for a bit." she thinks but looks above the water seeing Hiroshi hovering above the branches collecting the alge hanging from it and as she went to look closer at what it was Everest didnt notice she was already waist deep in the water and could feel getting tired.

Hiroshi was careful to pick her up and looks around seeing the problem, in the murky water he could see small little black slugs swimming around...."Leeches...she probably didnt see them when she was distracted." He thinks for a moment and tries to pull one off but each attempt made it go deeper into her skin bleeding more so he leaves them running back to the dojo for his mother to help, she was playing her flute outside but pauses hearing frantic footsteps and was up automatically,"You have one of the Hatchi children..why my child?" Hirishi looks up catching his breath,"She was watching me collect the moss alge on the branches and didnt feel the leeches feeding on her, can you get them off I cant do it."

Haruka picked Everest up quickly setting her on her futon and goes by the fire picking up a small pile of Sureenut leaves, a sweet smelling leaf that when it was burned was the perfect leech repellent,"We'll just find the ones feeding on her and touch them with the burning leaves, then they'll let go and stop." she says removing Everest's clothing to spot them easily seeing ten latched on her body.One by one Haruka swayed the Sucreenut leaves onto the leeches' bodies hearing a high squeel noise as they relaxed falling on the ground, once she got them off collected them in a jar of sake water to dilute them for later use."There now well put her in a light kimono and let her rest till she can make more blood."

Once Haruka was taken into Senente's room everything made sense to her and her questions, seeing her holding the bundle with Yuki moving was all she had to know,"Mrs.Hatchi....she's beautiful you must be so prudd at the moment, my she has her father's whiskers almost looking like a baby image of himself." she smiles watching Yuki yawn again and knew what was a possible cause for Everest's reason to be running in the woods...jealously towards the new baby in the family like almost evey family with more than one child would have to deal with,"I believe the mystery in my thoughts have been solved, young Everest was near the swamp observing my Hiroshi however ended up being taken over by leeches and fell unconcious, he came to me with her and she's at my house recovering."

Thinking about it she remembered him overhear Everest taling about back home and gave an idea."Perhaps I take Everest in for a little while till you and your husband get settled with baby Yuki, I think some enviorment close to her home realm would ease her jealousy and anger calming her mind."
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While Haruka was busy at the hospital Hiroshi was taking the role of respected male tending the fire to boil up the rice water watching from the kitchen how Everest was doing asleep on the futon but he kept calm of the situation and the commands his mother gave him washing the rice a little and adding it to the fire.

She starts to open her eyes a little, dazed with a blur in her vision but it settle after a moment with a faint shade of white from Hiroshi's hair,"Here eat something, momma wants to make sure to get your strength back from the blood you lost. I have rice cooking now but eat the bread and drink something I'll help you." he says calmly adjusting her to sit up breaking the heavy, coarse bread a few pieces at a time dipping them in the water to make it easier to chew.

This was a shock for her coming to solve a problem and yet have Senente go on to handing her a large amount of money she hadnt seen in most of her time even before Hiroshi's birth,"Mrs.Hatchi...I..I dont how to ever repay for this, its true Hirishi had been living all this time with one lung and the other failed not too long ago.Since then I saved some from the Geisha house getting close to half thanks to a few of my friends, this..this is such a blessing." she says almost at the verge of tears realizing her son was going to become healthy and be able to fight with the other children at school instead of having to be in the building or under the trees watching....she was looking at his second chance.

"Well then....This is quite a gift and as part of a repayment I'll watch her for a week or two while you get things in order at your house and as well the young one will have time in a new envoirment close to her mother. I cant thank you enough for this its been so many years and now he'll be new again with proper medical attention."

He sways her gently rubbing her nose with his finger,"Bless you little one...shes the most tiniest thing I've seen but thats what make her adorable, just like you Sen." she looks with a slight blush knowing he liked to tease about her height but it was all in good fun.

Raiku was happy things were looking more brighter from the fact he had been in a nightmare for almost several weeks to finding hope in the end and afterwards his wife and daughter were back to life and healthy.Once he thought about it the reality set in motion in his mind he had done well so far and wasnt going to stop at just his daugther's birth but soon marrying Senente officially in the most romantic way possible like in an enchanted fairytale with a happily ever after.

"I thought this day would never come...we can be a faminly again back home on the island." Raiku says as Ayume typed away the last bit of information before Senente and Yuki were on their way home, he comes back into the room watching her hold Yuki asleep and cooing lightly,"I'm glad I'm coming home the hospital is such a boring place to be in now.

"I know, just a few more minutes and you'll be seeing the island." he says as Ayume came back smiling as bubbly as possible...they were released. Once everyone was back on the island Nasagah was sitting at the pier waving in excitement seeing his parents again for such a long time, both of them looked at eachother happy and relived the nightmare turned to a dream as they got inside, for Nasagah seeing his little sister closer and at home was more like a gift, knowing she was safe and his mother was as well,"Welome back mommy."
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Haruka finally got back seeing Hiroshi was hard in concentration trying to feed Everest some of the rice she was eating bit by bit,"Mother your home thats good she's still a little out of it but not eating much of the food you expected....perhaps a little later." he says putting the bowl down. Harula nods,"We'll get her back to normal but for now till the Hatchi's get back to their normal schedule we'll be taking care of her and let her be part of the culture she's used to being in.I'll dig up a few kimonos while you keep an eye on her." he nods back to her as she goes to the storage looking for the chest with clothes but on her mind things were going well, she was givin the money to complete Hiroshi's second chance.

It was a surprising change of aditute Raiku was seeing from his son for a long time, before he was timid and scared to do anything around his siblings but once Yuki was born it was like he had seen something and a thought click that it was time to be the older sibling and take charge, carefully Nasagah used the hatchet to hit the logs while he had a Vulpix help stack them into a pile by the side of the house. For the observating in the window it was pleasing to see,"Such a change in everything...from being a bully and so scared of everything around him to a helpful son."

Raiku smiles prepping some fruit from the already flooding bowl into a sweet fruity slad Senente liked especially when there were traces of berries in the mix, then he takes it upstair quietly coming into the nursery seeing her rock Yuki gently humming a low tune as Yuki cooed in her sleep. He comes up carefully watching her,"She's going to be an easy baby to take care of she's very calm....I think we might be lucky and she wont be the kind to constantly wake up in the middle of the night." he chuckles at the idea but he wasnt exact on his facts.