Modern Love

(Author's notes: I posted this chapter early, but chapters 8-11 will go into more of why the adoption was rushed. It will also speak of why Krista's grandmother didnt want her and was willing to let her go so quickly, and remember...no reviews.. no updates. I will post notes if my schedule wont allow updates as often ..)

Also quick note: I do not own the rights to the song Baby of Mine, the particular version I used is from Allison Krause, but the song is from Dumbo.


Two days later, InuYasha crept quietly into Krista’s room. She slept quietly now, her nightmares of the past few nights seemed to have ended. InuYasha had pulled a double shift the night before, and it was taking it’s toll on him. He checked her equipment, listened to her breathe, and then quietly tried to slip from the room. A small hand reached up and caught the corner of his scrub top.

“I have to go potty!” It wasn’t a request, it sounded more like a demand.

“Let me see if Brooke’s out in the hall.” Krista shook her head. Her hand stayed firmly clasped on his shirt.

“You take me!”

InuYasha gently scooped her up. Her whole body weighed less than nothing to him, even with the two casts. He checked the IV tubing and carried her into the bathroom. He sat her on the toilet, wincing at how large it was compared to her small frame. She hung on to him with one hand.

“I won’t let you fall in.” InuYasha held on to her with both hands. ‘Hard to believe a pair of blue eyes has me ready for children again.’ InuYasha thought to himself.

He felt his scrub hat pull off his head, and without a hand to stop her from doing so, she revealed his ears.

“You have pretty ears, E Yasha.” Though she had a grasp of thing, her speech was still that of a four year old. She reached to touch one.

“No, don’t, Krista. I don’t want you to fall. You reach too far, and you may.”

Krista’s blue eyes welled with tears, and her lower lip pouched out. She swung her arms around InuYasha’s neck

‘She’s so scared, poor little thing.’ InuYasha sighed to himself. He reached over and turned the water on in the shower. That prompted the child to release.

“Do I get a bath now? That pretty nurse told me no.”

“Sweetheart, you might hurt this cast so we have to be careful taking baths. If you want, I will see about getting you one.” InuYasha lifted her off the toilet. “How does that sound.”

InuYasha was just settling her back into bed when Sesshoumaru tapped on the half open door. He stepped in and waved a large manilla envelope. He watched as InuYasha tucked the girl back into bed, kissing her forehead before he raised the bed rails.

Sesshoumaru waited at the nurse’s desk until InuYasha came back up the hall. However badly he hated the smell of hospitals, he would endure it.

“She is as good as ours!” Sesshoumaru barely whispered. “The papers are signed, and the government as allowed it. All we have to wait for is her release from the hospital. Let’s wait until she’s better to tell her you are her new daddy.”

“She is healing far better than expected. The break to her leg wasn’t as bad as first thought. She’s really ours?”

Sesshoumaru smiled. Excitement danced in his eyes.

“Why don’t you tell her now?” Brooke said. “We all know that this adoption was rushed for her sake.”

InuYasha noticed a small package waiting on the desk. He saw Sesshoumaru’s cd player sitting on it.

“I think I’ll go visit her now.” Sesshoumaru walked down the hall. His graceful gait was slightly off, considering his condition. “Bring that box.”

InuYasha carried the package down the hall behind his brother. It was beyond shocking to see how tightly he’d bonded with Krista in just a few days. He’d spend almost every moment they would let him, now with things legal, he could stay all night.

InuYasha sat the package on the table next to Krista’s bed. He lowered the bed rail and noticed her gown and linens were changed. Her hair was damp, her smile radient.

“I got a bath! Pretty nurse said I had a visitor and had to be clean.” She peered expectantly around InuYasha. “Sessho..”

Sesshoumaru sat in the rocking chair as InuYasha lifted her from the bed. Wrapping a blanket around her, he sat her in Sesshoumaru’s lap. Voices could be heard in the hall as he set up the cd player.

“I don’t care if the ugly brat dies, you just tell those two freaks who adopted her that she is to have no contact with us.”

“Then why are you here, ma’am.” Brooke’s voice teetered on annoyance. “If you don’t want her, don’t bother those who do.”

“Get your filthy hands off me! I just came to sign that damn paper so your so-called doctors will get her out of our lives.”

Krista stiffened at the bitter words. She shrank into Sesshoumaru’s chest, trembling.


He swept her hair back, whispering to her softly. InuYasha turned on the cd player and flipped through the songs. A soft guitar melody filled the room, and he left it on the song. The song was a beautiful but haunting lullaby from a movie he’d seen before.


Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part, baby of mine

Krista laid her head on Sesshoumaru’s chest as he rocked her. Her small shoulders shook with tears her young heart was too young to understand. Hatred had filled her small life, and now love was to replace it. So much was going to change for her. InuYasha smiled as he heard Sesshoumaru’s voice replace the woman’s on the cd.


Little one, when you play
Don't you mind what they say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear, baby of mine

If they knew all about you
They'd end up loving you, too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you

Sesshoumaru gazed into Krista’s angelic face. He softly kissed her forehead, moving his hands into her hair. He brushed the silken strands back. His attention never left her. He seemed determined to erase the hurt.

From your head down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But, you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be, baby of mine

All of those people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you
From your head down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But, you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be, baby of mine
Baby of mine


Krista sighed quietly, slipping into a sleep. Her small fingers were wrapped around Sesshoumaru’s hand. Her smile never left her lips as he rose and laid her back on the bed. The wrapped package seemed forgotten, but Sesshoumaru quietly opened it. He hung a change of clothes in the cutest shade of pink on the bathroom door. He took out a quilt in the same color and covered her with it.

“You’ll come home soon, baby. Daddy loves you.” He softly kissed her on the forehead and smiled as InuYasha wrapped his hands around his waist.

InuYasha felt the tiny lives inside Sesshoumaru stir softly. Though not big enough for kicks to be felt, their small movements seemed intent on welcoming their new big sister. He could feel soft movements in his own body, his own child happily moving to the ending of the lullaby.