Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Pregnant Fathers ❯ Pre-Pregnancy ( Prologue )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Pregnant Fathers

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Pre-Pregnancy

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What does it take to be a good otousan? Are the Reikai Tantei up to the task? What kinds of otousan would they be?

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It was not surprising to learn that Keiko and Yuusuke - three months after their wedding - were expecting a little bundle of joy. They named him Sasuke. Keiko wouldn't accept anything else; she wanted her son to at least have a normal name if nothing else about him was normal. He was an almost exact copy of his chichiue except for the fact that he had dark brown hair like his hahaue.

'Hey, Hiei, when are you going to get a girl, and start a family of your own?'

Kurama's ningen body died only a week later from a accidental discharge from a police officer; it was not a loss, however, Kurama just became his youko self. Soon after, while hunting in the Makai, he met another youko. Within the month, Byakko was pregnant, and, seven months later, their litter of three was born. Kemono, Naji, and Kibaha were all wonderful examples of the beauty of the youko. Kemono, surprisingly, had the same rosey hair of Minamino Shuuichi, and shining emerald eyes. Naji had her hahaue's white fur, and her chichiue's golden orbs. Kibaha looked like neither of his parents, and had dark burnished gold fur with darker brown eyes.

'Where's that family? You know, with the wife and the kids. That whole bit.'

Kuwabara and Yukina had been married a year before Yuusuke and Keiko had, and while Byakko had been pregnant with her litter, Yukina became pregnant. Two months after the kits were born, Yukina gave birth to Hyouchuu and Nohara. Hyouchuu - like all full blooded Koorime - was her hahaue's copy, and Nohara also bore a striking resemblance to her hahaue except for the bright orange hair of her chichiue.

'Gee, we all beat you to it. When are those kids coming, Hiei?'

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Now, Sasuke was a happy four-year-old bundle of mischief. Already sporting his chichiue's awesome power, he was causing havoc whenever he could in his neighborhood, much to Keiko's chagrin. The kits were three, and seemed to never want to leave Byakko's side. Kuwabara and Yukina's futago had just turned three, and were having make-believe tea parties, inviting all of their stuffed animals, and Genkai.

Half a year before, Koenma and Botan had wedded, and Botan had an announcement to make at Genkai's shrine.

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Otousan, Tousan, Chichiue, Chichi - Father(s)

Okaasan, Okaasan, Hahaue, Haha - Mother(s)

Ningen - Human(s)

Youko - Demon Fox(s)

Koorime -Ice Maiden(s)

Futago - Twin(s)

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As Hiei walked into the shrine, he heard little voices from six different thoats cry out, "Ojisan! Ojisan!"

He let them surround him, and walked through the living room, careful to not trip any of them or himself, "It's nice to see you too, minna-chan."

If anything, their smiles grew bigger, their eyes shone brighter, and their voices became louder. Sasuke cried the loudest, "Ojisan, did you get me anything?!"

Hiei sighed, "Yes, I got you all something. Now, calm down."

Giggling, they bit their tongues or lips, and hopped on their toes excitedly. Waiting for their ojisan to give them their gifts. He reached into his small pack, and took out six large bars wrapped in wax paper. Chocolate bars. He handed them out, and the children ran off giggling and saying their thanks.

Sudden thunder shook the house, and the children shrieked along with it, laughing wildly.

Hiei smiled, and followed the voices of Yuusuke and Kuwabara to the dining room. They were all sitting around the table with Genkai sitting at the head. Yuusuke was laughing at Kuwabara for some reason, and Kuwabara was shouting at him.

"You no good punk, Urameshi! That wasn't funny!"

"Sure it was!" Yuusuke finally noticed Hiei, "Hey, you! Quite a storm that's brewing!" Hiei smirked, and nodded, sitting next to him. Yuusuke's already large smile became wider, "I bet from the sound of those kids that you stuffed them with candy again."

Keiko half growled, "Hiei-san, you shouldn't feed the children that junk all the time!"

Kuwabara laughed, "Nah, it's fine, the kids will be all pooped out by the end of the day."

Yuusuke wrapped an arm around his wife sitting beside him, whispering into her ear just loud enough for everyone to hear, "And we all know what that means, don't we?"

Genkai and Hiei rolled their eyes at their laughter, and the old woman said, "Not at my table, usubaka."

The hanyou grinned a cheeky grin, "Sorry, baba, I'll try to keep it rated G for you and Hiei's virgin ears."

Both of their eyes twitched at the same time, and they muttered, "Virgin?"

The smile faded, "Anou . . . gomen?"

"Let us," Genkai began, "ignore the usubaka for a moment. Daioujo-chan, why did you call us here?"

Botan smiled nervously, "I want the children to hear it too. Keiko-chan, can you-?"

"I'll get them," Hiei said, and stood to find the six kids. He followed their giggles to the futago's room, and peeked his head in.

Kibaha and Hyouchuu were talking while the others paid rapt attention, and Kibaha was saying, "-can't marry him, Hyouchuu-chan."

"Why not?" She whined, crossing her arms.

"He's your ojisan."

"Oh, yeah . . . So, who's gonna marry him?"

Sasuke said, "That means that Nohara can't marry him either. Naji's the only other girl. Maybe she can marry him."

They all nodded, and Naji said, "Okay, I'll marry - Ojisan!" The children realized that Hiei was standing in the doorway, and they pushed Naji up to him. She giggled, and said, "Ojisan, can I be your wife?"

"What?! Uh, Naji-chan . . . Kurama!" He almost never called for his friends' assistance except for odd occurences that he couldn't handle, like this one.

Everyone came running - apparently, the storm had made them a bit on edge - and when no youkai popped out of the walls, Kurama asked him, "What's going on, Hiei?"

"Ask your musume . . ." he said.

Kurama turned to his middle child, "Naji-chan, what's going on?"

She frowned, "I asked him if I could be his wife."

The other adults stared at her, and then at Hiei. Yuusuke covered his mouth to cover a snicker, and Kuwabara followed suit. Kurama said, patting her head, "Naji-chan, you can't marry Hiei."

Her eyes filled with tears, "Doesn't Ojisan love me?"

"Ah . . . I don't know if he does." Kurama looked at Hiei, "Hiei?"

That all looked expectantly at him; Hiei's friends gazed down at him, and the children's wide eyes stared up at him, reminding him of two pairs of equally large eyes peering through a clear liquid-like sack.

"Naji-chan, of course, I love you," he said finally.

She wiped away her tears, "Really?"

"Yes."

Botan giggled, "Come on, minna-chan. I have to tell you all something really important. Let's go into the dining room."

They all filed out of Hyouchuu and Nohara's room, and Botan led them into the dining room. After they were all seated, and paying attention, she said, "Well, I don't think that there's any other way to say this, so . . . I'm pregnant!"

Keiko and Yukina stood up to hug the mother-to-be, Shizuru and Byakko nodded and smiled encouragingly, Yuusuke and Kuwabara patted Koenma on the back, making jokes at his expense, and Genkai just smiled. The half Koorime watched Yuusuke, predicting the exact moment that he turned to say, "Even these two beat you, Hiei, and Koenma never has time for sex. Where are those kids?"

Hiei slowly stood, and walked out of the room, not stopping even when Yukina cried out to him.

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Ojisan, Jisan - Uncle(s)

Minna-san, Minna-chan - Everyone

Usubaka - Dimwit(s)

Anou - Er, Um, Uh

Daioujo - Princess(es)

Youkai - Demon(s)

Musume - Daughter(s)

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"Otousan? What's wrong with Oniisan?" Kibaha tugged on Kurama's robe.

Kurama said stunned, "I don't know."

Byakko frowned slightly, "Shouldn't you go after him?"

"No way! He's probably having a repeat of those mood swings," said Kuwabara.

Keiko said to the children, "Minna-chan, why don't you play in Hyouchuu and Nohara's bedroom, okay? If you see Hiei-san, be nice and play with him."

They nodded dubiously, and left the room, after which Kuwabara growled, "I don't see how you girls can trust him with the kids. Remember the first mood swing? He beat the shit out of me."

"Do *we* remember?" Yuusuke snorted. "I'm surprised that you remember, seeing as he hit your head so many times against the concrete."

Kurama asked, "What did you say to him, Yuusuke? Maybe that's why he left."

"I think I said something about Koenma never having time for sex" - everyone rolled their eyes - "and then I said . . . I asked him, 'Where are those kids?'"

"Do you think," Byakko began, "that he wants a child of his own?"

Keiko murmured, "It's a possibility."

The youko nodded thoughtfully, "Kuwabara, did you say anything to provoke him into smashing your head into the stairs?"

He scratched his head, "I think that I said . . . . . . I don't remember, but I remember the shrimp said, 'No, they weren't' before smashing my head in."

"'No, they weren't?' You're certain?"

"Yeah."

Keiko said, "Well, that's weird."

Yuusuke - who had been mumbling under his breath for a while - said, "When he left for that long trip that he told us nothing about . . . when he left, he had been all smiles and laughter. Then he came back. You couldn't tell him apart from the Hiei that we first met. I asked him if he found a wife, - you know, to lighten the mood - and if that was why he was so moody. Remember? When he didn't say anything, I asked him when their first kid was coming along."

"Yeah," Kuwabara said. "He decked you good!"

"Kuwabara," Yuusuke said, looking straight at his friend, "what did you say to Hiei when he beat you up?"

The taller man bit his lip in his effort to remember, finally mumbling, almost to himself, "That was about a year ago. Him and the girls were playing in the woods next to the shrine stairs. He saw me and Yukina, and came out to greet Yukina . . . I was looking at the girls . . . Yukina took the girls up to the shrine, and me and Hiei watched them. We stood there, and I was looking at the girls . . . I was looking at the girls . . . . . . I said, 'My girls are getting more beautiful everyday.' And then he sneered at me. He said, 'Too bad we can't say the same for the chichiue.' And then I said . . . 'At least, my kids aren't as ugly as your kids are going to be.' Then he said, 'No, they weren't,' and he bashed my face in."

"Shit . . ." Yuusuke muttered. "It can't be. He has kids?"

Kurama rubbed his temples, "He must have met someone in the Makai, so he went there to either make his children or pick them up."

"Shit . . . so . . . what do you think happened?" Urameshi Yuusuke swallowed nothing, "Do you think she left him, and took the kids? Think that's why he's so upset?"

Keiko shook her head, "No, he was talking about them in past tense. They *weren't* ugly; not: they *aren't* ugly."

He paled, and he squeaked out, "They're dead?"

His wife stammered, "I . . . I think so. I can't think of anything else that it might mean."

"Great, now I feel terrible," Yuusuke said. "I went and stupidly set him off."

Byakko was unconsciously smoothing out her skirt, "He'll calm down when the kids get to him. They always calm him down."

He nodded, and swallowed a mouthful of water before saying with a slightly dry sounding voice, "Of course. He loves them. Keiko once said that he loved them like they were his own. He must compare them to his." Keiko nodded, and patted his shoulder. Yuusuke put his hand on hers, and stared at it, "I'm not the one that needs comforting. Kurama, Kuwabara, we have to go find him."

Kuwabara looked out the window, and frowned when he noticed that it was still raining, "Okay, but let's check on the kids first. He might be in there."

Once again, they all went to Hyouchuu and Nohara's room. The okaasan went in first with the otousan behind them. Keiko turned around to look at them, and she smiled, "They're so precious."

On Nohara's bed were all the children piled on top of Hiei, sleeping soundly. The parents hovered over the bed, trying not to breathe lest they awaken the usually alert half Koorime. His red eyes shot open, "What do you want?"

Yuusuke tried to smile, "Gee, you're so small, Hiei. You fit in your meichan's bed."

He looked down at himself, and the little bodies curled up to him, something flashing in his ruby orbs for an instant, unreadable. Yukina could finally hold it in no longer, and hiruiseki dripped to the floor. She stood at the head of the bed, and she wrapped her arms gently around his neck, "Oniisan, why didn't you tell us?"

He blinked curiously up at her, and then his eyes widened, "How did you . . . Did Koenma tell you?"

The other Reikai Tantei looked at each other, and then at their employer; Kurama asked, "You told Koenma?"

Koenma shook his head, "No, he didn't tell me anything. Papers go through my desk all the time of those who are born and those who died . . . Mannenyuki Himoto and Mannenyuki Enshou, musuko of Mannenyuki Hiei. Cause of deaths: infection of the placenta."

"Why didn't you tell us?" Yuusuke asked the diety, irate.

"It was Hiei's decision, Yuusuke," Botan said. "We just couldn't go and tell everyone."

Hiei asked, "Were you the one that escorted them to the Reikai?"

She smiled sadly, "Yes, they were very worried about you. They wanted to know what was going to happen to the man that made funny faces at them."

"Where . . . ?" He stopped unable to continue, and Yukina tightened her grip.

"They were *very* good little boys. Himoto and Enshou loved you very much. They went to Tengoku," she bit her bottom lip, and watched as he nodded absently.

Yuusuke scratched his head, "Wait a minute . . . she had a miscarriage? Then how could you make faces at them?"

"She?" Asked Hiei.

"Yeah, their kaasan," he rolled his eyes, thinking him a dolt. Sasuke stirred briefly before going still again.

Hiei told them, "I'm their chichiue *and* hahaue."

"Anou . . . Hiei, you don't have the . . . equipment for that. Guys aren't made to have babies."

"Koorime are, and I'm half. I figured that if I did a little research, I could pull it off."

Yuusuke laughed nervously, "You've got to be kidding me." When Hiei shook his head, glaring at him, he asked, "So, how's that done anyway?"

Hiei frowned at him, "Can I take the nap that you all so rudely interrupted by breathing on me?"

"Anou . . . Gomen, Hiei," Yuusuke said, and he pushed everyone out in his haste to get away from Hiei's glare.

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Oniisan - Older Brother

Meichan, Mei - Neice

Musuko - Son(s)

Reikai - Spirit World

Tengoku - Heaven

Sumimasen, Suminai, Gomen Nasai, Gomen - I'm sorry

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Red eyes flickered open, and almost lazily looked at their surroundings. Hiei smiled briefly at seeing the children still sound asleep. Since the majority had rolled off him in their nap, he easily slinked out of Nohara's bed. Quietly, he padded out of the room, shutting the door behind him. Not one stirred in their slumber.

He frowned to himself as he stood in the hallway. How would he explain the strange phenomenon that had been creating Himoto and Enshou? His chest tightened at the thought of them.

The others had shared their joy of the birth of their children so easily with him. He wanted to do the same, but when his musuko had died, Hiei had not wanted to share his pain with them. The only way that he had seemed to do that was by beating Yuusuke and Kuwabara senseless. He almost did it to Kurama too. He knew that Yukina had known on some strange level that he had been in a lot of pain, but had been unable to help him because he wouldn't allow her close enough to.

"Hiei?" Kurama's soft voice murmured, "Are you ready?"

He opened his mouth to speak, but stopped when he turned to look at him. Hiei stared at him, and the others that were creeping up to gaze at Hiei. "No," he said finally, "but I'll tell you anyway."

The room was very quiet when he entered, and all eyes were on him. Hiei looked back at the hallway, almost wanting to go back to the futago's room to sleep, however, they wanted to know.

"All right," Kurama said when Hiei was seated, "let's start with something simple, okay?"

Hiei began talking, "How about I tell you how I know it?

"The only youkai that I know that can have children on their own are the Koorime. I couldn't go to the Floating Isle for obvious reasons, so I dove into books here in the Ningenkai. The only things that came close to helping me were books on hermaphrodites, mitosis, and those that talked about the phases of child development while in the womb. My Jagan helped me find the ovotestis that I had suspected was in me, but it couldn't find anything that resembled a womb. I thought that it was kind of pointless that I had an ovotestis but no womb. I spent a whole week trying to figure it out until my Jagan noticed the strange tunnel that led to my navel. The fact that the child gained its nutrients through the umbilical cord was interesting, and I wondered if I could use my navel to somehow hold my children since I didn't have a womb.

"So I left the Ningenkai with those books, and found a quiet cave in the Makai. I decided to try to do what felt natural first, and fix any of my mistakes afterward, but everything went well on the first try." Hiei lifted his shirt up, and could see them calculating in their eyes, trying to remember when they had last seen him without his shirt on. His stomach was outlined with one faint long scar that resembled an oval that stretched a little over his navel, and down under his navel by about five inches. He pointed at the more noticeable scar directly on his navel, "I activated my ovotestis, and cut my navel open."

"Then what happened?" Yuusuke asked, edging closer to get a better view of the scars. "How did that scar get there?"

"I thought that you'd be grossed out by this," he chuckled.

He nodded, "Yeah, but it's like sex e.d.: it's gross and cool at the same time . . . How'd you get that scar?"

Hiei frowned, and bit his lip, "That didn't show up until I ripped off the sack when they . . ."

Yuusuke slapped his forehead, "Gomen nasai . . . so, a sack?" He asked almost hopefully.

"Yes . . . Some kind of sticky liquid came out, and made a jelly-like sack down here." He pointed at his lower abdomen, and his finger trailed up to his navel, "It was connected to my navel by a tube. I felt their energy sometime the next morning, and, a couple days later, I could see Himoto and Enshou forming . . ."

"Hiei . . . ?" Botan questioned. "Why don't you try again?"

Hiei jerked slightly, but Yuusuke persisted, "Yeah, you and Botan can be baby-buddies or something."

Kurama added, "We know how happy our children make you. If you just try again, you'll be ecstatic."

"Or," Yuusuke snickered, "as ecstatic as *you* can get."

Yukina smiled, "You can stay here at the shrine with us. Then, if something happens, I can help."

Before he could answer, a tiny voice said, "Ojisan?"

Hiei smiled uneasily, "Yes, Sasuke?"

He blinked curiously at them, "Who are Himoto and Enshou?"

The half Koorime took a deep breath, "My musuko."

"You got musuko?" He asked, "Where are they?"

"Anou . . . They went to Tengoku."

"Oh . . ." Sasuke said. "Why don't you want anymore?"

"I - I do want more, Sasuke-chan."

"You and Obasan are going to be baby-buddies?" He asked, smiling.

"Yes . . ."

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Ningenkai - Human World

Jagan - Evil Eye(s)

Makai - Demon World

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'To Hiei,

'The most wonderful friend that we could have. You are going to make a super tousan!

'With love,

'Urameshi Yuusuke, Youko Kurama, Kuwabara Kazuma, and Koenma Daiouji'

"I've just decided to try again, and you guys have to be weird!" Hiei shouted, looking for something to throw even though the book entitled 'Pregnant Fathers' was still in his hand.

Yuusuke protested, "It's a book on fatherhood, Hiei! We thought it might help you on your way or something!"

"Oh? So, the title isn't supposed to mean anything?" He glared at the other Reikai Tantei and Koenma.

"Anou . . . kind of?" Yuusuke scratched the back of his head, grinning like the fool that he usually portrayed himself as.

Hiei growled, but stopped searching for an object to throw at them, and stared at the book in his hand. Quietly, he whispered, "Arigatou."

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Daiouji - Prince(s)

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I thought the idea of this story in the shower, which is usually where most of my ideas come from. 'Pregnant Fathers' really is the name of a book on fatherhood. I found it while at a garage sale with my neesan the very same day. I was ecstatic at finding it, especially since I was also kind of high on the painkillers that I took for my ankle and toe. Neesan didn't tell me that it was Vicodin. Loser. Strangely, I kept hurting my ass that day. Whatever. She took me out to get Thai food so I forgave her. Hell, I almost got us lost, so we're definately even now.

As of this moment, I'm reading 'Pregnant Fathers,' and I just finished Chapter One. There was a Foreward and the Preface too. They gave me so many ideas that I had to jot it down in this prolegomenon.

If any of you readers are those that are reading my 'A Losing Battle,' and are wondering why I'm not doing it, I'll tell you now. I'm still working on it! I just hate doing fight scenes, and this recent battle with the lovely Kurama and the hideous Futeki had gotten me kind of stumped. However - if I get off my lazy ass - Chapter Seven should be coming soon.

And when will Chapter One of this story come out? I honestly have no clue. Within the week? Maybe?

Ja mata!

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