Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Atavism of the Mazoku ❯ Demonic Birds & Bees ( Chapter 3 )

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Shiori dropped a whole bunch of blankets on her son's bed, her brown eyes meeting his of green, “Would you like me to make anything, Shuichi?”

 

“Oh, no thank you Mother. We've just eaten.” Kurama smiled at her before she left closing the door behind her with, “Goodnight boys.”

 

“Goodnight Mrs. Hatanaka.”

 

As soon as she was gone Yusuke rounded on his friend, “Alright,” he started now keeping his cool, “You promised I wasn't going to eat Keiko, so if I wasn't hungry, what the hell was I?”

 

“That's a very good question…” the fox was hoping to escape without having to tell the truth.

 

“So you don't know?” Growling the former detective threw a pillow at him, “Then I was right! Raizen ate humans, I have his genetics, and now I feel like I have to feed off them too. I'm fine with Hokushin and other demons doing that but I don't want to eat my own kind.”

 

Kurama swatted away the projectile thrown at him, “I don't blame you, but I did promise. You're not hungry; remember we still have Kuwabara in the room.”

 

“Hey!”

 

“Sorry,” he spared a glance in the orange haired male's direction, and then continued, “What you're feeling around Keiko has nothing to do with appetite.”

 

“Appetite for food at least,” Hiei took his classic spot against the wall internally laughing maniacally.

 

“What does he mean by that?” Yusuke turned back around, curious and a bit agitated, “Do you know what's happening and you're not telling me?”

 

The kitsune made a mental note to strangle Hiei in his sleep for this, “And if I did?”

 

“Tell me!”

 

“Maybe you should sit down.” He closed his eyes trying to find the best way to word the situation.

 

“He is sitting.” Kuwabara's voice interrupted his thoughts.

 

“Oh no,” the raven haired teen fell backwards completely on the bed, “The smartest guy I know just said something stupid. What I feel must be so terrible it's fucked up his mind.”

 

“Not so much terrible,” Kurama tried his best to explain, “It's just really inconvenient and unexpected at this time.”

 

Yusuke sat back up, “Care to be less vague?” He asked.

 

“Yes, inform the detective of what he wants to do to his beloved Keiko.”

 

I'm going to kill him, the fox, after this thought, wondered where to begin, “…Okay, we're going to talk about the demonic birds and bees.”

 

Kuwabara went over and sat next to his best friend feeling like he was back in elementary school and his teacher didn't make sense, “That's random.”

 

“Not literal birds and bees,” he sighed, “You know…”

 

Two blank stares pretty much left that hanging comment, well, hanging.

 

“Boys and girls?”

 

“Oh.” the taller one's response was simple enough, but Yusuke, why couldn't he leave it at that? “So are guys the birds or the bees?”

 

“I don't know!”

 

“Touchy, touchy,” the former detective wasn't used to being snapped at by the fox.

 

“Can I continue now?”

 

Both nodded at him as he went on, “Right, so as I was saying. In the Makai, much like the Ningenkai, there are males and females. The differences between the two are the same in both worlds.”

 

Hiei had to use all his self control not to start laughing out loud, he'd never seen Kurama look more uncomfortable or Yusuke and Kuwabara so transfixed.

 

“However females of the Makai are different from their human counterparts for one main reason. They are not always fertile. So when one is capable of reproduction males of the same breed will go to her and if she allows it… stuff… will happen.”

 

The fire koorime in the back of the room of course couldn't let the fox be so he asked, sounding completely innocent, “What “stuff”?”

 

Kurama stood, grabbed a pillow, walked over and smashed it over his height challenged friend's head, “You know what stuff!” He then took his seat again, “And-” Yusuke's hand shot up in the air, “What?”

 

“You said of the same breed right, so what about half-breeds?”

 

The kitsune was glad to take a break from the subject and answer the question, “As you may or may not know half-breeds are very rare. When born they are ridiculed by other demons, most times an object of hate. Each is judged cruelly and has anything but a pleasant fate. I find it rather ironic that such creatures are born in result of un-racial love between two different creatures, whether they be a human and Mazoku, or a Koorime and Fire apparition.”

 

He ignored the glare from Hiei and went on, “I did say that every type of demon has a different time of fertility, this is referred to as the mating season. Yet some seasons can overlap one another, it's not all that common but it still happens, and during those times half-breeds are born. Any other questions?”

 

Yusuke raised his hand again, “Yeah, what “stuff” happens during mating season?”

 

Kurama crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in his swivel chair, “We can't just leave it as “stuff”?”

 

“Nope,” the raven haired teen decided to cut right to the chase, “I think I know what you're trying to imply, but I still don't understand why I feel like I need to taste Keiko's blood.”

 

“Well, that's part of the “stuff”,” looking up at the ceiling he continued, “If you recall I said if the female allows that things would happen-”

 

“I thought it was “stuff”.”

 

The fox sighed again, “Yes, “stuff” would happen. That's only because demons mate for life, if she didn't like the lusty suitor she wasn't about to be his mate. In order for “stuff” to occur the male would mark her with her consent, thus your desire for blood is made clear.”

 

“Not really,” Yusuke was still clueless, “How would I mark her and what does it have to do with blood?”

 

Kurama looked over at him, “You told me your fangs appeared, didn't you?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Traditionally a bite to the neck suffices for marking, naturally when flesh is pierced, there is blood drawn. Your body wants to claim Keiko and that desire for blood is the same as the desire for her in full. Once you mark her, she is yours… at least by Makai standards. I guess you could say it's the same thing as marriage, death being the only way out.”

 

A few seconds of silence passed, “So you're saying I want to mate with Keiko?”

 

“Basically.”

 

“Why didn't you just tell me that in the first place?”

 

“I didn't realize you'd take it so calmly.” the fox was relived yet fell out of his chair with his friend's next comment.

 

“You must think I'm an angel, sheesh, like I haven't wanted to have sex with Keiko for years.” He seemed to get lost in thought for a moment, “She really did become a woman while I was away, she-”

 

“Urameshi, I think those contemplations should stay in your head.” Kuwabara seriously didn't want, or need, to hear about his buddy's sick fantasies.

 

And poor exhausted Kurama, just as he was about to get up, was hit again. “You don't have a mate, so you're a virgin, right?” Yusuke's bluntness was going to be the end of him.

 

“That's no concern of yours.”

 

“Why not?”

 

The fox finally found his way back into the chair, “Because you shouldn't care whether or not I've slept with anyone.”

 

“But I'm a pervert, why can't I know?”

 

Kurama's glare answered the question for him. “Oh, I get it,” Yusuke smirked, “You must be a virgin, otherwise you wouldn't have gotten so flustered over the thought of mating.” He sighed, “How sad, you've lived a thousand years and never touched the fine body of a woman.”

 

“I never said I haven't touched women!”

 

“Oh, so you're not a virgin then?”

 

“…,” the kitsune stood up and took a blanket off the pile his mother had given them. He then placed it over Yusuke's head, “Shut up and go to sleep.”

 

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I thought it would be funny to play around with Kurama, but that doesn't mean Yusuke's problems are all over. Oh no, it's hardly begun. So he knows about marking, he still doesn't know how to deal with it. And mocking his only help probably isn't the best thing to do…

 

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Question #3: In what episode did Yusuke propose to Keiko?