Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ the Hanyou II: All's Fair in Love and War ❯ Chapter 9 Surprisingly Threatened ( Chapter 9 )

A/N- Left u at a bad spot did I? ha ha! Hope this helps ur riled spirits!

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Many nights we prayed

With no proof anyone could hear

In our heats a hopeful song

We barely understood

Now we are not afraid

Although we know there's much to fear

We were moving mountains long before we knew we could

 

There can be miracles

When you believe

Though hope is fail

It's hard to kill

Who know what miracle

You can achieve

When you believe

Some how you will….

You will when you

Believe….

When you believe: Mariah Carey & Whitney Houston

-Still own nothing but a few characters…..

 

Chapter 8- Surprisingly Warned

 

Desota panted heavily as she tried to bear with the pain in her lower regions and all over her stomach. She thrust her head forcefully back into the soft plush pillows Tsuya had hurriedly stacked up against the head board for the in-labor young woman. Her black bangs were already starting to stick against her forehead moistly as perspiration started to bead off the hanyou in her body's attempt to cool her off. She groaned as she clutched the sheets under her as another wave of pain started coming. Something in her lower abdomen was feeling very strained and heavy…..

 

Tsuya was pacing back and forth near the bed in a panic attack! She knew nothing about birthing babies! It wasn't in her job description when she applied for it! But she felt terrible for just leaving Desota to suffer this seemingly agonizing pain, yet she needed to get help!

 

“OHmygodOHmygod OHmygodOHmygod OHmygodOHmygod,” Tsuya stopped her frantic pacing when Desota's eyes shot open in excruciating pain and she let loose a loud cry.

 

“OOOOOOHHH!!! AAAHHHH!! MY GOD!!” Desota shouted and then bit her tongue trying to calm down and remember the breathing exercises Hakkuto had shown her, but that was when she had Kurama here with her to coach her through it! She found it difficult to catch her out of control breathing with out his presence here to calm her down. The sheets under her started to feel really moist as a good portion of the pressuring pain she was feeling suddenly snapped as if what ever had been straining was now no longer, letting loose what ever fluid the bodily dam had been holding.

 

Tsuya's tail bristled up behind her as she realized what just happened “OH MY GAWD!! YOUR WATER JUST BROKE!”

 

`No, really?!' Desota wanted to bite out but she was busy trying to catch her breath since the pressure had decreased for now, but she could feel it start to increase again as something inside her started to be pushed out very slowly as her inner muscle contracted and released in time to her raging breathing.

 

On the other side of the door, Toya was currently patting his long time friend, Jin's cheek as he tried to rouse the fainted demon. ((thought it was Kurama?? Lol)) Kurama was still frozen at the door with Hakkuto and most of the others also frozen behind him. Even though Kyo's coat was predominantly black with white strips with his white under belly, the poor little chibbi looked almost albino with how his paleness even seemed to show through the black fur. Kurama didn't even try to force himself to look back to Hakkuto as he addressed the unicorn demon behind him.

 

“She-…. She's in LABOR?!!”

 

“Well, obviously,” Hakkuto resisted the urge to roll his eyes, however, like Kurama he also was starting to get overly excited to the point of not thinking straight. Since the fox didn't seem to be using his brain it looked like Hakkuto was going to be stuck being the `calm one'.

 

“HAKKUTO!” Kurama snapped, “You said that she was due NEXT MONTH!!” the red head's green eyes turned back to blaze forcefully at neon green eyes of the unicorn. Gold amber flared near the black pupils telling Hakkuto that Yoko was also turning this to HIS fault.

 

“I understand that, however, I'M NOT A STOP WATCH FOR THE BABY!! IT KIND'A COMES OUT WHENEVER IT DECIDES THE TIMING IS BEST FOR ITS SELF!” okay scratch the `calm-one' act.

 

Another pained moan made Kurama back track to look at the still closed door worriedly. He wasn't sure if he should go in there or not. Hakkuto was out here and wasn't Hakkuto supposed to help deliver the baby? He turned back with urgency and was about to shove Hakkuto in there, but the Unicorn took it upon himself to push pass Kurama to reach for the door.

 

“I guess this is where I come i-,” suddenly the door swung open with enough force to knock an American ford truck across the high way as Tsuya appeared. Hakkuto's eyes crossed after he was hit and the unicorn promptly was knocked out cold and slumped the ground with a tired sigh, “the capitol of the united states is some where up your….ah” and he was out.

 

Kurama and the others stared stunned that the `baby-deliverer' was knocked out cold by the frantic Lemur demoness that had all but slammed the door open. She looked just as surprised to see so many males in front of the door.

 

“Uh-AH!” she quickly closed the door behind her to hid Desota's writhing form on the bed as she coped with pain of labor with her legs spread instinctively, “Please tell me one of you knows how to handle labor??” her violet eyes scanned over the group desperately.

 

“You just knocked out the only Doc we got.” Chou pointed behind the door where Kyo tried to revive the fallen Hakkuto who didn't look like he was going to wake up anytime soon.

 

“Of All The Mother Fucking Brilliant Ideas!” Tsuya cursed, impressing the confused males crowded around the door, “Now I have to run and fetch the medic, but even HE doesn't know how to handle this kind of patient! We don't usually get births in this castle if you haven't noticed!” she started to hyperventilate again.

 

“How long will that take?” Kurama and the others cringed when Desota let out another nerve wrecking cry of pain.

 

“I don't know, I think he lives outside of the castle. He's off shift now so it could be about an hour at the least by the time I'm able to get him back here.” Tsuya said worriedly.

 

“She doesn't have that kind of time.” Kurama gritted out.

 

“What other choices do we have?! I don't think that baby's willing to wait!” Suzuki flinched at the painful noises from the room. How did women put up with that kind of pain?! It sounded like she was DIEING!

 

Kurama took a quick look over Hakkuto seeing how the Unicorn's conscious energy was very low key around him. He wouldn't be waking up anytime soon…. Kurama looked back to the door where the whimpers and cries of his mate were coming from. His decision made.

 

“I don't know everything about giving birth, but I know the very bare basics from over hearing Hakkuto briefing her. I'll help give birth to the child.” Kurama quickly reached for the door and entered it with out stopping to hear what the others had to say. Soon as he was in, he saw that he had his work cut out for him. With the water broke, that meant that the babies air supply and link with its mother was getting weaker and weaker and it would need to breath soon. Very soon.

 

Cringing again in sympathy of her pained moan, Kurama quickly made his way to where her bent legs were and took his position to help her. He looked over his shoulder and saw Tsuya, Jin and Renku peaking in curiously.

 

“Renku, go fetch some dry towels to help clean up and find some type of soft blankets. Ms? Can you please go with some of the others to get warm water?” he barked over his shoulder.

 

“Right!” Renku quickly scampered off with Kyo scrambling after him. The Lemur demoness nodded over enthusiastically and was gone soon as she came. Jin was about to follow her when Kurama called him to a stop.

 

“Jin, could you use your wind to help cool her off? Just a small breeze going on her forehead until Renku comes back with the towels.” Kurama requested.

 

“S-sure!” the red headed wind demon yelped as he rushed over to the panting form of Desota and twirled his finger away from her at first to get a controlled small breeze going from his finger much like he did his tornado fists, only this was on a MUCH smaller scale with only his finger. He then held it over her forehead to help cool off the over heated woman.

 

“Dessy? Can you hear me?” Kurama looked up at her worriedly as her pain glazed eyes seemed to be staring straight through the ceiling above them, “It's Kurama. I'm here now, and I'm promising you that I'll do what ever I can to help you through this.” He promised to her.

 

“I thi'k the lassy didn't `ear ya.” Jin frowned as the young half demon groaned again. They could tell that her abdominal muscles were preparing for another contraction.

 

“Here it comes, we have to get her to push in time to the waves” Kurama said, “Desota? Dessy please say something!” he called to her again.

 

Desota's ears swiveled up toward his voice, “Kur—Kurama?” she rasped out. Blinking, she looked down to see him between her legs looking up at her worriedly and she could tell he was very much panicked but kept it on a tight leash he was known for.

 

“Listen, Dessy, do you feel that pain?” Kurama asked.

 

“Kurama!” she snarled at him frustrated as the said pain waved through her like waves of an ocean, “THIS IS CHILD BIRTH! OF COURSE I FEEL IT!” she snapped heatedly. Jin jumped back in surprise and hesitantly approached her again to keep cooling her off.

 

“Sorry,” Kurama quickly apologized, “What I meant was do you feel your muscles contracting?”

 

“Ye-yeah”

 

“I need you to push as hard as you can when you feel those come to you.” Kurama said.

 

“WHAT??” Desota's wide aqua eyes stared at him in utter horror. Did he know how much that'd add to the pressure?? Hakkuto never got this far in telling her what to do!

 

“Just act like it's a large crap ya gotta poo” Jin advised.

 

Desota gave him an incredulous look that clearly said she thought he was an alien from outer space or something.

 

She had no time to reprimand him though as the said wave was contracting her muscles, “AHH!” she hissed.

 

“Here it is! Now PUSH!” Kurama coached.

 

Desota's face pinched in effort and she held her hold on her forceful contraction of her body as instructed.

 

Soon as her muscle released, Desota was back to panting for her breath and so were Kurama and Jin who had unconsciously also held their breaths while she pushed.

 

“Good, Now, breath in, and breath out and we'll get over this just fine.” Kurama panted.

 

“Says you” Desota panted back with a smile.

 

A few more times of timed forced shoves from Desota and her contractions later, Renku rushed in with Kyo on his heels with towels. Behind them were Tsuya and the other demons carrying buckets of water. Suzuki and Shishiwakumaru were attending to the passed out unicorn demon against the wall while Toya and Chou carried some of the buckets of water.

 

“Got what'cha wanted!” Renku announced.

 

“Good,” Kurama panted as he wiped his sweaty brow and rolled up his sleeves, “Bring me one of the larger hot water bowls and then take the other 2 down by Desota's head. Toya, you and Jin work on keeping her cooled down by cooling off the wet rags you guys wipe her down with. It seems to be comforting to her to keep her cooled down.”

 

Toya nodded.

 

“Renku set a few towels down near me and then go help them. Ms? Can you please stay back here with me for when the baby finally comes?” Kurama continued to place the `team' into positions.

 

“Sure, and it's Tsuya” Tsuya introduced.

 

“Well, Ms. Tsuya, I'm sorry we couldn't meet under a different setting.” He said quickly when Desota started to tense up again. Her contractions were becoming closer and closer now and Kurama got ready when he saw her lower muscles relax and her vagina was starting to loosen. A foreshadow that the baby was coming quickly, “Okay, Dessy, PUSH!”

 

Desota gritted and leaned forward as she pushed hard before letting out a breath of relief as she attempted to gain back some oxygen.

 

“Again!” Kurama's excitement mounted when he could see the walls giving away as something was shoving it out of the way. His heart sped up when he realized that he was about to meet his own son or daughter with in the minutes to come, “its coming!”

 

Desota leaned forward again and cried out in pain when she felt her child's head fighting against the still hard muscle that was slowly yielding to the head's shape and size of the baby. Shishiwakumaru nearly fainted when she groped around for something to hold on to and snatched his hand blindly. He dumbly just stared at her and immediately started moaning and groaning in pain with her as she crushed his hand.

 

“OWowowowowowowow!” he yelped.

 

“Let go of her hand you idiot!” Suzuki said in mild amusement.

 

“She…. Won't…. let… GO!” Shishi's eyes started to tear at the pain.

 

Desota cried out as she pushed harder, feeling the child's head passing the stubborn muscle.

 

“We've got the top of the head! Just one more push Dessy!” Desota nodded at Kurama's enthusiastic cheering for her and gave it all she got in that last shove inside herself she let loose a relieved/pained/desperate howl pass her lips and it was suddenly joined with a newer small cry that sobbed and whined at the sudden cold. Kurama was grinning like an idiot when he held his first child in his hands after helping the child's mother bring it to the world.

 

“IT'S A BOY!” he called.

 

The other demons sighed with relief and Shishi nearly fainted when Desota finally was able to let go of his poor, abused hand that was an angry throbbing reddish color.

 

Yoko excreted enough power to extend his claw to cut the umbilical cord from mother and child, and then handed the whining pup to Tsuya for her to gently clean the baby off while Kurama attended to Desota. He toweled her off, still grinning and then moved to pick her up bridal style and settled her on the large couch on the other side of the room from the bed, covering her up quickly with a blanket and then lovingly kissed her lips and forehead. He temporarily forgot her condition on their relationship, too enthralled that she had just given him a child; A SON at that!

 

Speaking of which, Tsuya had wrapped the crying newborn in the soft warm eggshell blanket Renku had found for them to use and approached the new family that just got a bit bigger, “Your son.” She handed him carefully to Kurama who held the kit as if it would break while the exhausted mother was finally being able to compose herself.

 

The baby was half demon, like its mother and Kurama knew it was because her demonic blood would settle for none the less. Demon blood was very dominate and would only allow a bloodline to deteriorate to that of a hanyou, but any less and the dominant blood would simply dominate it however possible to stay at the half level. It was a preservation trait demonic blood carried and the child was living proof of it. He had a small truf of steel black hair that had mixed strands in it between silver and black. He had little soft red fox ears like his mother, but the tips of his were silver like Yokos. A fluffy puff ball behind him and between the blanket folds poked out a similarly colored tail. The baby had yet to open its eyes as he wailed for his mother which Kurama carefully relented to give him to when she motioned that she was ready.

 

“Come here lil'guy” she smiled as she cuddled the baby against her chest, “You probably wouldn't have wanted to come out just yet if you knew how bright and cold it was out here, ne?” she giggled when the baby stopped crying at her voice. His little ears flicked toward her but still he did not open his eyes. He started to cry again though soon as he seemed to fully register that this was his mother and she was supposed to have milk.

 

The baby's cries became less and less as Desota cooed at him softly and loosened her gown to feed the baby his first meal. The other males besides Kurama averted their eyes with a bit of a blush as the mother fed her son for the first time. Kurama couldn't keep his eyes off his new family. He watched as his son took the offered nipple and began to suckle vigorously soon as he realized this was his food. He looked up at Desota warmly and sighed happily in unison with her.

 

Tsuya sighed as well and then glanced between the couple and their baby to the demons just standing around, “Come on, let's give them a moment.” She ushered everyone out of the room to give the fox demon and his new family some alone time.

 

“What's his name?” Kurama asked.

 

Desota had forgotten he was sitting right there for a moment. She was so in tuned to her child as she was eagerly waiting to see him open his little eyes for the first time while he suckled away that she completely forgot Kurama was even there.

 

“Kurosuki” she whispered, “Kuro, black for in honor of Kuronue, your deceased partner and friend, and Suki for Moon for the night I was human. That way he'll have a little bit of both of us to contribute to his name.”

 

“But wait, I,” Kurama remembered that she didn't know that he was the father and started to try and cover himself.

 

“Kurama,” Desota had a gentle, exhausted look on her face as she watched her child finally yawn and snuggle against her breast as after she recovered it. A small whine came from the baby now named Kurosuki. She herself was getting so exhausted that she rested her head on his shoulder since he was sitting behind her on the long couch, acting as the support for her back, but he had managed to refrain from wrapping an arm around her waist like he so longed. He'd caught himself before that and managed to just let her lean on him. She closed her eyes and sighed, “I know. I know you're the one, you don't have to lie to me anymore.” With that he felt her drift off before he or she could say anymore.

 

Kurama was in shock. She knew! How? Who?

 

//Yomi// Yoko accused.

 

Kurama didn't know though, `what about that odd lord? Her half brother? He seemed too… strange'

 

//beats me// Yoko admitted in his drugged like state as the fox preened at being able to have her wrapped in their arms again while she rested with their child she knew was HIS as much as he was HERS. It was his new family and he silently vowed not to let anything happen to them. Yomi be damned. If that blind demon ever harmed her or his kit Yoko Kurama wouldn't hesitate to resort to his old assassination tactics.

 

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Joseph was sitting in the window seat in his room that he shared with his mate with his eyes closed and his aura gently swirling around him while his gift was in effect; the gift of foresight had unexpectedly swoon over him soon as he relaxed in his newly preferred seat of the guest room he resided in while in Yomi's hospitality. Forcing him to look into what it had to show him.

 

After about 10 minutes, his baby blue orbs opened again with mixed emotions of amusement a slight worry. That vision hadn't been so clear as the others fully through out its visit. The way he could tell if an event was unavoidable or not was how clearly the image was to him through his minds eye. If he could see it as if he was truly there, then it was inevitable to come true. If it were blurry or just sounds and voices in the dark, then he knew that it could be avoided if he took action. This one however, wavered in and out of the former and latter.

 

Jaden and Ryoga accompanied their lord and lady in the quarters. Each male was on either side of the room opposite of each other. It wasn't that the cousins didn't like one another, it just flowed that way when they'd come in. Jaden was closer to the door, wanting desperately to follow the hanyou he was so fixated on at the moment. Something was telling him that there was bound to be something troublesome about her when she rushed to her quarters with Tsuya in tow. Yet as to be expected formally at the time, he stayed by his lords side. It aggravated him to no end, though, that Kurama and his `poesy' seemed to have followed her. He'd get no where with her if that damnable red headed half fox was nosing her already with in the hour he'd returned. His intentions wouldn't be as secretive as he'd planned if the other male found him courting the desired hanyou. It would jeopardize his lords' relationship to Yomi if Kurama had complained to the other lord about an ambassador sneaking around trying to seduce something that he himself sought after to claim.

 

`To hell and back again with that.' He snorted inwardly, `he had his chance!'

 

Nar left the 3 silent males to go to the restroom. So that left the second most perceptive demon to notice the lord seemed to have snapped out of his vision trance.

 

“Milord” Ryoga cocked his golden haired head to the side as he regarded the elder Kitsune, “another vision?”

 

“Yeah” Joey nodded, “Troublesome, really…”

 

“What, you found out Yomi was secretly using your sister to get to Kurama in order to seduce the bastard himself?” Jaden could only hope. At least then he'd get Desota to himself….

 

“No, but that was a very disturbing picture to put in your lords head.” Joey smirked, “I should hang you.”

 

“You know I'd enjoy the attempt of your men trying to catch me. `S not like I don't have most of the lords foaming at the mouth to have me hung already with my current criminal record.” Jaden smirked as his silver eyes flashed in mischief.

 

“Indeed, cousin. I believe neither Lord Joseph nor I doubt that you would do such a thing.” Ryoga chided nonchalantly.

 

“Funny, Ryoga just made a joke with out asking his lords permission. You trying for the more rebellious side of life now?” Jaden shot back and his confidant curve to his lips turned smug when he heard a low growl coming from his younger cousin.

 

“Enough you two. This has nothing to do with fun and games.” Joey was serious as he snapped at them lightly. The other two Kitsune glanced at one another with a knowing look. Joey only got serious when the situation was BEYOND serious.

 

“What exactly did you come across in your vision?” Jaden asked.

 

Joey looked up at the silver eyed Kitsune then at the golden haired relative to said Kitsune and back to the window.

 

“I saw my first nephew brought to this world. It was so clear that even the smells were vivid to me, so he must have just been born.”

 

“So what? You should be happy about that.” Ryoga's smile faltered, “wait, did something happen to him?”

 

“Not really…”

 

“And just what's that supposed to mean?” Jaden pressed on suspiciously.

 

“I saw the light die from his eyes. For a moment I was able to see my sister from his prospective and I saw her fade into darkness through his eyes as if…. As if he went blind.”

 

“Your nephew is blind?” Nar asked as she returned from the restroom to sit on the bed adjacent to the window seat her love lounged on.

 

“at first, that is what I'm sure the dream told me, but then, I saw Desota through his eyes again, but it was in a type of …. Negative coloration. All I could see was the outlines of her featurnes in the same color as the yoki she possesses as it swirls around her while the rest was filled in darkness. Anything that has an aura pulsed to alow me to catch the outlines of the surroundings around me.”

 

“Sounds like that human movie hero: DareDevil.” Jaden snorted.

 

“What's it supposed to mean?” Nar asked.

 

“He's blind, that's the obvious, but then again, he's not.” Joey's brow knotted as he tried to come up with the words to describe what the vision was translating to him.

 

“Ya lost me.” Jaden admitted.

 

“He didn't accomplish much.” Nar snorted with a flick of her tail snidely.

 

“Bitch”

 

“I'm not of the K9 race.”

 

“Let me put this easier to understand then” Joey cut in before Jaden could retort, “the child doesn't see the world like we do. While he is blind to the world we see, he sees the world through seeing its aura. If he were to be locked up in a padded room with out any other living thing, he'd be consumed in darkness. However if he were to walk alone in the city, since everything there practically has an aura to it, he'd be able to see like any of us, just with a negative coloring and only outlines of it.”

 

“Why did you have such a vision?” Nar asked.

 

“That's not it though. That's just the clear part. The blurry part is where Yomi comes in. he's furious. I could feel his rage that was directed toward Kurama and Desota. He was going to use the child and Desota as a way to have Kurama repay for what he's done, but it's blurry, so I know we can avoid it.”

 

“What angered him?” Jaden asked.

 

“I know not.” Joey sighed, “But I did see Yusuke in the vision as well. Mukuro was there too. So that means that it has to do with the day Yusuke is supposed to come to Yomi with a `compromise' as we warned him about previously.”

 

“And we took care of it.” Ryoga reminded.

 

“But the vision is still there, even if it's blurry, if Desota dies, then it ruins our hopes for uniting our clans of the East. We have to get her out of harms way.” Joey said.

 

“Is there a plan to go with this resolution of yours?” Nar smirked.

 

“Is there never NOT a plan, my love?” Joey smiled back smoothly, “I intend on swiping her out of the palace grounds soon as Yomi meets Yusuke. We won't be suspicious until the very last second when we actually take her and the child away and back to the east. Ryoga and I will stay here to hear what Yusuke has to say while you,” he looked to Nar, “and Jaden take her to our lands for safe keeping. It will do good as well to reintroduce our people to their princess in some ways.”

 

“And you expect Kurama to allow you to take her from him as well?” Ryoga rolled his eyes at the very thought.

 

”He'll come around after a while.” Joey shrugged, “he really has no say in the matter. He's not her mate anymore and as family, I have the higher right to her over him. If I take her away, boo hoo for him.”

 

“Very mature” Nar said sarcastically.

 

“You would know how much I've matured. Wouldn't you?” Joey smirked at her light blush.

 

“I still say you're an armature in some positions though” she retorted playfully.

 

“Practice makes perfect then, ne?” he chuckled with a purr.

 

“In the presence of company, my lady and lord, please refrain.” Ryoga intervened.

 

“Sour puss” Joey pouted.

 

“Here, here” Jaden agreed with a raised fist to show.

 

“But still,” Joey lingered on the thought of Kurama a moment longer, “if not to only get a few fun pokes at him, Kurama is better an ally than foe.”

 

“You can't be serious!” Jaden snapped.

 

“Am I ever serious?” Joey raised a brow.

 

“To-che” Nar shrugged as she caught on to her mate's line of thinking. This time with out her enhanced telepathic abilities, “I guess it couldn't hurt to let him know what's going on and what we intend to do. If we assure him that it's for her safety, he'll probably see to it that we have a safe passage across the border.”

 

“And if not, use your power to just go back in time a few seconds and erase his memory of it by not telling him that time” Ryoga finished off.

 

“Precisely” Joey's smirk faltered a moment as he realized something, “Go back in time? Even for a little bit! You know how tiring that is!” he whined like a five year old as he pouted, “I almost always pass out after 15 minutes of resettling back in the present.”

 

“Then let's just hope Kurama sees it our way.” Nar said then frowned at her mate, “I really don't have the need to start my `motherly tactics' on you right now, Joey, so stop acting like a five year old and go do what you plan to do.”

 

“Do I get a punishment if I don't?” he husked seductively as he leered up at her from where he sat on the window seat.

 

Nar didn't even shiver, “get your ass moving out that door before I attach it to a toy remote controlled car to tow it out just so you'll get your work done.”

 

As it was, Joey had a feeling that when business came to Nar, it was all work and no play.

 

….. For now.

 

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Desota awoke to a light wiggling on near her stomach and opened an eye to spot her baby boy with his silver and black hair stirring from his first nap he'd had with her cuddled up next to her deflated stomach. He whined a bit, and then settled as he turned toward her abdomen and nuzzled his little nose into her skin for reassurance. She petted his baby soft truf of hair on his head and cooed her reassurance to him.

 

“It's alright, `Suki, momma's here” she cooed as she stoked him lovingly on the head while he seemed to nuzzle further into her, “Momma's here….” she drifted off her voice, loving the way it sounded from her.

 

“And what a beautiful mother you're making.” Kurama praised as he reentered the room from having stepped out to talk with the others who gathered in the front room of her small 3 room chamber.

 

Desota's cheeks heated up at the compliment, “I don't deserve an award or anything.”

 

“I'd say it's too early to decide on that just yet.” He agreed with a shrug and looked her over, “How are you feeling?”

 

“Much better. I don't feel so light headed, then again, all we've done so far is sleep since he's been born. He hasn't even opened his eyes yet.”

 

“That is strange.” Kurama examined his son carefully, trying to see if he could see a telling defect in the child's aura, but he seemed fine. A month early in arriving, but he was still healthy. A smile tugged on the red heads lips to see how the kit curled so tightly to his mother. He looked like he was trying to press himself back into her warm womb again.

 

Desota's serene eyes drifted away from her kit to the floor suddenly, “it's also strange that Yomi has yet to come in her to investigate what's going on.” Desota's uncertain tone made Kurama snap his attention to her quickly, “He seemed pretty intent on keeping watch over what ever happens in his territory.”

 

“He's not really one to greet the young into his world, but he's probably just off attending a board meeting. There's no doubt he'll want to visit you and our child, especially since he knows who sired Suki.” Kurama admitted.

 

“He won't…. He won't try anything will he?” her ears were flopped down like a kicked puppy as her aqua eyes fearfully looked up at him.

 

Kurama didn't bother to bite back a threatening growl, “He'd be a fool to touch anything of mine. He won't touch you again and he won't do anything to our son.” He vowed throatily.

 

Desota nodded slowly, “And lord Joseph?”

 

“And what?”

 

“I am his half sibling after all. It'd be natural for him to want to see his 1st nephew, but is he one I can trust?”

 

“I don't know honestly.” Kurama said in a defeated tone, “he's done nothing so far to turn us against him, but that is hardly sturdy enough to go by with him. You must consider the fact that he's your own blood though”

 

Kurama was surprised to hear her own throaty snarl, “the only blood I'll recognize is his own coating my claws and sword if he tries to hurt my little Kurosuki!” she snarled protectively.

 

//Now THERE'S something I'm dieing to play with!// Yoko's tail wagged as her aura spiked with it's spicy riled scent //now get her aroused!//

 

`With the child in her hands? OUR child??'

 

//Babysitter. Need to get a baby sitter!//

 

 

There was a knock on the door before Tsuya entered looking all business with her head bowed low, “Lord Kurama, Lord Yomi wishes to see you.”

 

Kurama tensed ever so slightly an out of the corner of his eye he saw Desota stiffen, causing Kurosuki to stir again and start to wake up with a small moan.

 

// `what does he want now?' // both sides of the spirit mumbled as they relented and reluctantly left their mate and kit behind to seek their new Lord.

 

 

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Kurama walked down the halls in the dark of the Makai night. The white shine to peril like floor an walls lined with gray stoned and polished pillars with vines twining their way up them framed the spacey yet narrow hallway Kurama was fallowing to meet up with his summon-er in the court room. That is the usual place one was to go if Yomi had summoned you. He saw no reason to ignore that trend now.

 

As he walked, he kept a brisk pace about his steps. He wanted to get there, hear what the old man had to say, and get back to his new family ASAP. However…

 

Kurama didn't falter in his brisk pace as he glanced over his shoulder and caught a glimpse of red scales and a dark cape disappearing behind one of the pillars behind him.

 

`Shachi?' Kurama thought.

 

//Or Perinea man as Dessy refers to him. Catchy nickname for him really.// Yoko shrugged nonchalantly. Not in the least bit fazed that the fish Youkai was following them. Both halves of knew of his exponential heights in jealousy for them in their newly acquired position at his own costs, but neither Kurama nor Yoko felt the need to acknowledge the fish's threat too seriously. If the revolting creature pushed his boundaries, then Kurama wouldn't even flutter an eyelash to kill him where the pathetic male stood.

 

Still, it was peculiar that this demon would insist on `assassinating' him `silently'.

 

`Really now.' Kurama snorted.

 

//Doesn't he know whom he's trying to kill?// Yoko also snorted much in the same fashion as his counter part had.

 

When the fish demon had levitated behind Kurama with his trident at the ready, Kurama decided to humor his unwanted guest tagalong and waited to dodge at the last moment of the considerably slow but deadly sweep of the bladed staff.

 

Shachi's yellow eyes glared in disbelief as the fox demon looked back at him still with his back turned to him but looking over his shoulder. An insult that he didn't see him as a threat and instead gave the pitiful demon his back coldly, “Are you the general of thousands of armies? If so that would mean that your troops are considered lower in power than you? Not saying much.”

 

“You have no right to critique me, human!” Shachi snarled as he jabbed at the red head's back with his trident again. This time, Kurama started to face his now irritating parasite stalker, “no demon will ever acknowledge your status among the kingdom!”

 

“Yet Yomi himself requested my advice and appointed ME as second in command?” Kurama taunted as he continued to gracefully dodge the rather pathetic attacks of the other demon.

 

Shachi saw red, “Yomi is a fool to have any concern for the word of a human parasite host to a leeching dead spirit who is infatuated with a half blooded bitch! You cant even control your hormones long enough to not bang her up with a child that is doomed to die before it's 1st year is over! Who in their right mind would listen to what ever dementation is brewing in that lump you call a brain in there?!” that was the most intelligent retort the fish had ever handed out!

 

Kurama was stunned for only a moment as his the fishes words took him slightly off guard, but sadly, Shachi was trained to wait for such opportune moments in battle and took it to full advantage and swiftly sliced a good sized wound in Kurama's thy while the fox almost stumbled to get away in time. He hissed in pain as he landed on his injured leg and caused it to give out, taking him to a kneeling position while his green irises swirled in gold hues angrily up at the soul who was begging for Kurama to rip him to small strips of dust.

 

“Finally hit a nerve, did I? What was with the sudden hesitation?” Shachi spat, “is it that you didn't know Yomi's intentions on your bastard son?! Ha! Did you actually think the great Yomi would allow such an abomination to live in his territory! Soon as you turn your back, you'll find your pretty little bitch raped and torn from limb to limb and our little wretch in someone's stomach, swallowed whole even since he's such a runt!” this demon was just digging his grave deeper and deeper with each breath of oxygen he took.

 

Kurama's injured leg was starting to tingle and he glared up at Shachi to see that his vision was also faltering as he saw double of the revolting male in front of him. Really, one was hard to bear with as it was!

 

“You're starting to feel it, ain't ya?” the fish said proudly, “That poison is a special type my kin of the sea have created. Depending on your blood it will either paralyze, poison, cause eminence pain, or put ya to sleep before kill'n ya. Maybe and hopefully D- all the above.” Shachi cackled.

 

Kurama winced as the tingling started to throb to pain, “It would be E- all the above.” He couldn't help but chide the demon nonchalantly.

 

“I never was good at taking tests anyways.” Shachi brushed off.

 

“Obviously”

 

“Now all I have to do is decide on how I want to kill you.” Shachi let his blade rest on Kurama's neck a moment, “Should I sever the head, or,” he dragged the blade down, creating a shallow wound from his neck to just above his heart, “dig out your heart while you're alive?”

 

“You won't have the pleasure to choose my death.” Kurama said darkly as his bangs hid his eyes. Hiding the way they bled golden while his aura started to reverse its flow to that of the other inhabitant of the body.

 

“Don't flatter yourself. I know that the paralyze has decided to show up through the special mixture, and even a bit of pain too I see. You'll be delusional in only a matter of a few 10 to 20 minutes.” Shachi raised his blade like an executioner would at the chop block.

 

Yoko smirked at the familiar stance. It was one he'd seen only so many times in his former days as the notorious thief of Makai.

 

“Then I guess your death'll have to be quicker than you deserve for what you've dared to say, ne?” by the time he finished his sentence, gone away was the red head hunched over in pain and restrained by poisoned paralyses. Out of sight as if he'd vanished…

 

Shachi looked around confused, “You're running awa-,” he felt odd. Like his innards simply…. Couldn't stay… together?

 

Suddenly, Yoko Kurama knelt crouched a few feet in front of him. His trademark rose whip still held out as if he had just finished attacking something with it. He didn't even bother to look back at Shachi as the fish's yellow eyes dilated when he realized what he felt.

 

“So it's true than.” He gurgled out as blood started to sputter to his mouth as his body slowly recognized what was happening, “You really are the…… Yoko…. Kurama…” he fell to his knees just before his torso fell apart from the many clear cut slashes took their ultimate toll on him.

 

Kurama had literally slashed him up in ribbons before he could even blink.

 

Yoko stood up and sneered at the splotch of blood that dotted his wrist, “Disgusting.” He chided as he licked away the fowl liquid. He flicked his rose whip straight and then back to a rose as he then placed it back to his silver locks with a toss of his head. He hissed in pain and realized the mixture Shachi's kin had made was probably one of the few he was not immune to. He'd have to take it easy. He growled as he still felt the pain in his left thy where Kurama was injured before.

 

//It'll probably be a bitch and slow my healing abilities as well.// he thought.

 

`Most likely' Kurama agreed. He was not content with the fact that Yoko had took over at the last second, but was willing to sit back for a while and let Yoko do his thing for now. The odd mixture was worse effecting in his form anyways. At least Yoko's pure blood would be able to dull the side effects.

 

“Let's see what the lord has to say to me” Yoko's eyes spied the set of heavy doors as he approached the end of the hallway.

 

`What if Shachi's attack was a set up by Yomi?'

 

//He's too dull to cooperate correctly to such a conspiracy// Yoko snorted off as he pushed open the doors to the dark court chamber.

 

The throne was empty.

 

“I arrive, milord?” Yoko called out. His silver ears twitching around subtly to search out any danger Yomi might have plotted.

 

“Easy, my friend” a youthful voice called from the darkness.

 

Yoko went on full alert. That wasn't Yomi's deep mature voice, that was…

 

The dark shadows seemed to warp in front of him as if the spiraled to open a door to their own dimension. Right in the middle of the spiral of shadows was the young Kitsune Lord he had met earlier and the messenger from so long ago. The one with long deep red hair that reminded him of a samurai.

 

“Joseph.” Kurama acknowledged as he noticed the other nameless Kitsune glaring at him.

 

“Kurama, do not be alarmed but I sent for you. Not your lord Yomi. Tsuya must have gotten a mix up.” Joey attempted to get on the right foot with this demon when he noticed the scent of blood. Two separate scents really. One was Kurama's and the other was that revolting fish.

 

Jaden seemed to notice it too, “A run in with sushi that didn't agree well with your stomach?” the red fox with silver eyes said unimpressed.

 

“Some what. If you can say that said sushi had some what of a poison tang to it.” Yoko winced.

 

“Ah, I see.” Joey pursed his lips, “then I'll keep this short. Hear me out and do with the information as you wish, but heed it if nothing else.”

 

“I'll see what my agenda has to do with it and we'll go from there.” Yoko replied.

 

“Then I shall relay to you that…..”