Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Shield Me From the Storm ❯ 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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

The redhead's heart flew into his throat and he looked down. Another squeak filled the room. Then another. "What the hell is that?" Kuwabara asked. "A youko cry. He's crying Kuwabara…..!" Kurama leaned forward. "Come on little one….open your eyes…" the baby turned his head toward the sound of his parent and slowly his eyelids lifted. He had big sad red eyes. "Boy….He's sure small!" said Yusuke scratching his head. "I told you they were." (in case you're wondering, he's about the size of a real premature baby….only healthier) "So what's his name Kurama." Asked Kuwabara. "I-I'm not sure." There was a long pause. "Hey. Why don't you two name him…" Kurama looked up at his friends and smiled. Yusuke and Kuwabara smiled back.

Two months later.

Finally! He was home. Today had been such an agonizingly LONG day at work. Now Kurama just wanted to see his baby. He walked in the door just as thunder crashed outside. Yusuke was sitting on the living room floor with Arien. Ari was trying to give his pacifier to him. Kurama smiled and sat down on the couch. His baby looked at him and smiled holding out his hands to him. Kurama chuckled and got up grabbing him off the floor.

Then Ari got that look on his face. He was about to cry. "Oh yeah! That reminds me…" Yusuke pulled a little pouch out of his back pocket. He held it out to Kurama who was bouncing the baby youko on his knee. It wasn't helping. Arien stuck his fingers in his mouth and continued on the verge of crying. It was then that Kuwabara walked up behind him, sticking a baby bottle in front of his face. "When'd you get home?"
"Oh thank you! Just in time. Um I just got in actually." Kurama looked at Yusuke after beginning to feed Ari. "What's that? MORE of Arien's tear gems?" Kurama threw his head back and laughed. "You two can keep them. I've kept more of them than I should have already." Yusuke shrugged and tossed the pouch to Kuwabara. He yawned and lifted his head from the reigns of sleep again, setting the pouch beside him. Yusuke looked beside Kurama to the bag he had carried in with him. It looked big and heavy.

After Arien was fed, he set the baby on the floor to play. "Kurama what's that? It's not what I think it is…is it?" Kuwabara sat up. "Woah! It's already here??"
"Uh huh. That's it." Kurama pulled out a long slender red velvet bag. It WAS very heavy. He handed it to Yusuke. He undid the tie on the bag and took out a long box made out of steel. It had an engraved dragon swirled around it. When Yusuke opened the box he was met with a pure silver sword with a dragon for a handle. In the dragons mouth was a red ruby. "Isn't it nice? I'm going to give it to him tomorrow. I took the day off."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"Yes Yusuke…I'm sure it will be fine." What Kurama didn't tell the two boys was that he was taking Arien with him. He smiled. "I'm going to bed now. It was a long day at work."


That next morning Kurama awoke to crying, naturally. He smiled and sat up in bed. He then got up and went over to Arien's crib.

Once Kurama got dressed for the day, he then picked up Arien and dressed him, being sure to put a hat on his head to cover his big fox ears.

Arien looked at him and his little brow furrowed at the hat he had to wear. Kurama then watched as Arien's little hands reached up and pulled off the hat. Kurama's shoulder's dropped dramatically and he sighed. Then he laughed. Arien looked up and his daddy and handed the redhead the hat, trying to make him happy. All that got him was the hat being
put back on his head. Naturally Arien reached up to take the hat off, Kurama had to give him something to play with or it was going to be like that during the entire walk to Hiei's house.

Kurama remembered that some of Arien's smaller toys were downstairs in the living room. So that's where he went.

After picking up the sword, Kurama looked around for a toy that Ari could play with on the way to Hiei's. he found none. They were all too big. "I don't wanna go back upstairs again." Kurama looked to the front door, then to the stairs, then to Arien.

Ten minutes later found Kurama walking down the sidewalk, about 3 blocks from Hiei's house. Arien had forgotten about the hat, because he was busy chewing on a nice pretty rose. Kurama's rose to be exact.

Finally Kurama had arrived at Hiei's house. He walked up the steps and took Arien's hat off of him, then he knocked on the door. He waited. Waited some more. Waited a bit more. "For someone so fast, he sure is taking his sweet time." Kurama said to Arien. Ari didn't even look up, he was too busy gumming on the rose petals.