Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ The Worthless Humans ❯ The Child of Mixed Blood ( Chapter 12 )

Yoko Kurama stood there before Kuronue with a firm expression on his face making Nari worry that the two may fight. The fox demon's eyes lie upon the crying half demon that had ears and a tail similar to his with the exception of the color. Yomi waited impatiently for his leader to tear Kuronue apart for the stand this bat demon was taking.

 

“You want to keep this abomination?” Yoko asked looking back into his friend's eyes.

 

“Yes,” Kuronue answered, bringing the child closer to his chest. “I will watch over him and make him into something that you will learn to enjoy as well.”

 

Yoko Kurama's nose twitched slightly hearing him say that as he didn't want to have a child with mixed blood running around in his pack. “Whatever,” He replied neutrally, “You can take care of the boy but be warned, Kuronue—he is not one of us. He is half human and the others will not like this. I suggest you keep a close eye on him unless you want him dead.” With that said, Yoko Kurama turned his back to Kuronue, stepping out of the stall.

 

Yomi watched Yoko leave before turning his attention back to Kuronue angrily that the conversation didn't go as planned, “And I suggest that you keep him as far away from me as possible unless you want him dead!”

 

They were eventually both gone from Kuronue's sight and it allowed the demon to release a big breath of relief. Almost as though he was holding back the will to breathe. Looking down at the exhausted Nari he squatted next to her, handing her the crying boy. “Here-You will have to feed him.”

 

Nari looked at him confused since she had been sheltered from many things when she was in the Human World.

 

“You don't even know how to breast feed?”

 

The young girl shook her head since she had never witnessed anyone do it before or have been told about it.

 

Kuronue helped her hold onto the baby as he directed its head towards one of her revealed breasts. Feeling his mother erect nipple prompted the baby to take it, extremely ravenous after its birth.

 

Nari watched as he continued to drink from his mother. “I—I am sorry he is not yours…”

 

“What do you mean?” He asked as he finally sat down next to her.

 

“Well…he has Master Yoko Kurama's appearances…he's a fox demon,” She answered looking down at his curled up wet ears that still had afterbirth on them.

 

“And who says it's not mine? Just because he looks like a fox?” Nari lowered her head hearing him say that as she couldn't believe that her child was conceived from Yoko Kurama. “I am afraid that just because your son is a fox, doesn't mean his biological father is Yoko Kurama. Not every demon turns out with features like their parents. For all you know, he could be mine.”

 

Nari was hopeful. After all, he was the one who stood up for her baby and she would never forget that. She had to thank him somehow so she pulled out the red pendent she created and was going to give her unborn child. Looking at it in the palm of her hand, she looked over at the bat demon nervously. “M-Master Kuronue?”

 

Kuronue's eyes met with hers from underneath the visor he wore.

 

“I—I want you to have this…” Nari whispered softly as her weary hand made its way over to his.

 

Kuronue opened his hand to take the pendent she created looking at it wondering why she wanted him to have it.

 

“It's for…saving my son…”

 

Kuronue was silent for a bit making Nari afraid he would crush what she had worked so hard to make or throw it back in her face. He did none of these as he replied, “I thought you wanted to give it to your son.”

 

“And instead…I am giving it to you,” Nari boldly replied.

 

Taking the pendent, Kuronue reached behind his neck to snap it on looking at the teardrop shaped, red pendent that was now hanging around his neck. For something that was made by a little runt of a human, it was rather beautiful.

 

Nari tried to keep her baby warm with all she had as she watched her master hoping he would say something positive towards her offering. What he did, took Nari's breath away.

 

Kuronue managed a sincere smile in the darkness of the barn with a single nod. “Thank you…Nari.”

 

Nari's body began to shake as she heard her own name since she was brought there a year ago. “Wh-What did you call me…!”

 

Kuronue knew what she was so excited about and he wasn't afraid to repeat it, “Nari—I called you Nari.”

 

When she felt she almost forgot her own name, Kuronue had reminded her of what it was, making her spontaneously lean against him. Not caring if it was ok at the time, Nari nuzzled her face into his chest, sniffling a bit from her tears.

 

The bat demon did nothing at the time as he continued to watch her, fanning his wings outward a bit so she wouldn't sit on them. The baby eventually stopped feeding but started to get a little fussy since it was cold in the barn at night. Knowing what was wrong with him, Kuronue wrapped them tightly in his wings to attempt to keep them both warm from the night air. “You should get some of the afterbirth off of him.”

 

Nari looked down at the substance that had covered her baby wondering how she could since she wasn't near the river. “H-How?”

 

“I'll do it in a little while,” He grunted as he leaned against the stall. “Just go to sleep.”

 

Nari nodded, bringing her legs close to her body hoping that would be enough to cradle her newborn son and not drop him in the middle of the night. The young teen stayed close to his chest not wishing to move as she felt comfortable where she was. Kuronue said and did nothing as he rested next to her for the remainder of the night.

 

 

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Nari awoke slowly the next day to find that she was alone in the straw making her panic once she realize Kuronue and her son was gone. “Master…?” Nari panicked looking around the stall. Where is my son!

 

The stable doors glided open slowly making Nari press her face against the bars on her stall door so she could see who was coming. She couldn't see down the walkway of the large barn so Nari could only guess who was coming towards her. The footsteps heading in her direction made her stomach knot up hoping it wasn't one of her other masters coming to drag her off and beat her for the baby she had. Nari was relieved to see that it was Kuronue only with her son wrapped up real tight in silky red cloth with a black and silver design. He could see the frantic look upon her face as he bent down to hand the child to her. “I had to wash him off and get him wrapped up. Sorry, I didn't want to wake you.”

 

Nari took back her quiet son, grateful to see he was alright and resting peacefully.

 

“What are you going to name him? He still needs a name,” Kuronue remarked as he situated himself back down upon the hay for a moment.

 

Nari wondered what to name him since she was raised in America and Kuronue was a Japanese demon. Her eyes wondered about the stall as she tried to think of a name. “What's—the Japanese word for `black'?” She asked, stroking his little smoke black ears with her finger.

 

“Kuro,” Kuronue answered simply.

 

“Maybe…Kuro?” She suggested.

 

Kuronue thought for a minute wondering what else to add to that name to make it snappier than that. “How about, Okuro?”

 

“Okuro?”

 

“Combined it means `little black',” Kuronue answered looking at the little boy.

 

Sitting down in the straw, Nari sighed looking at her son. “What am I going to do with him? Though I am a mother, I know Master Yoko Kurama and Master Yomi will not allow me to skip out on the other things I am assigned to be doing.”

 

Kuronue sighed shortly after, pulling out the chain he had in his hands as he hooked it up to Nari's neck shackle. “Come on. Okuro can stay in my room while you work with the others. He will be fine in there.”

 

Nari nodded, getting to her feet, following behind Kuronue with her son moving slightly to get comfy in his mother's arms. She wanted to spend time with her son more than anything but she couldn't, no thanks to her other masters.

 

Kuronue guided her into the hideout and once they stepped foot into the main lounging area, everybody fell silent. News traveled quickly and they knew what the demon had done to the mix breed that was in his slave's arms. Kuronue didn't care. He continued to walk right through the evil stares and loud groans. Nari, on the other hand, wanted to close her eyes not wanting to see the looks they were giving her. What was worse was the looks the slaves were giving her. It seemed as though they were equally appalled by her decision to keep it.

 

Eventually they were in the right hallway where Kuronue's room was as well as Yoko Kurama's. Nari couldn't help but look down at the last door in the hallway fearing he would come out and drag her off to be punished again with those plants of his. Kuronue placed his hand on her back, guiding her into his room. “Come on. Put Okuro down on that rug so you can give me my bath.”

 

Nari did as she was told as she took her son over to the rug she once slept on, keeping him wrapped up tight. When she was finished Nari walked back over to Kuronue looking up at him through her unevenly cut dirty hair that was hanging a bit over her eyes.

 

Taking the chain, Kuronue led her down to the area where she last bathed Yomi a few months ago. Boy, did that ever turn out well. Nari was always nervous around Yomi and when she accidentally fumbled one of the bottles she was demanded to use on him, she was beat pretty bad. It took her a month to recover from his horrible abuse that time.

 

Kuronue opened the door to the washroom, leading Nari inside. Just as the last few times, the washroom had candles scattered about the pool like bathtub with candles scattered everywhere. “Stay here and don't move,” He ordered, handing Nari her chain. “I need to light the candles.”

 

“Alright,” She whispered standing still as her hands were folded in front of her.

 

Eventually the candles were lit, bringing the room slowly to life as he came back over to her, pulling her towards the large bathtub a little bit. She knew then that she had to undress him herself as her hands slowly reached for his short dark blue vest so Nari could untie it. Her fingers worked away at the vest, eventually causing it to drop to the floor. With the demon's help, Nari got the rest of his outfit off before the two of them stepped into the warm water. Kuronue pointed over to the large shelf at this moment, “Retrieve the Clary Sage and the Rosemary.”

 

Nari got out of the water to get what her master asked for. Her shaking hand skimmed the bottles looking for what he wanted, trying her hardest to remember which was which, since there weren't any labels on them. Her hands eventually stumbled upon the bottles she would need, and walked back over to her master, getting the cork out of them so she could put 5 drops each into the bathwater. Not getting in the water all the way since it came up pretty high on her, Nari stopped on the third step as she concentrated on dropping the right amount in so Kuronue wouldn't be disappointed. Once finished, Nari got back up and walked back over to the shelf to place the items back down so she could help him relax and wash off.

 

Before she could, however, another demon came busting in through the washroom door making Nari freeze up. It was a female thief this time. Nari rarely saw them around and was beginning to wonder if there were any female demon thieves in Yoko Kurama's gang. But this demon…she was different from the rest. From her abdomen down faded into that of a snake. Her hair was braided down the back and eyes were narrow and were all one color—black. Seeing her eyes this way made Nari shiver from fright being that she had never seen such a frightening pair of eyes. Her green scales seemed to change color when the candlelight hit her scaly body. Nari was too frightened to stay by herself when it came to her biggest fear coming into a room in the form of a demon.

 

The snake demon watched as she hurried over to her demonic master. She could smell the fear around the small child and it pleased her; almost filling her body with a dark joy. “Ah, so it's just you, Kuronue,” Her low tone replied as she slithered closer to the water.

 

Nari watched as she slithered closer with her slave's chain in her hands. But, what was odd about this woman was that she didn't have a male salve…she had a female slave. The beaten woman looked nineteen to twenty-one. It was hard to guess in the dark and just by how she was built. She had red hair and outgrown brown streaks that were not natural obviously. This woman's head was hanging low as if she was trained to look down at her feet always, fearful to look up. Her hair hit her breasts so it was hard to even see her facial features due to it.

 

Kuronue's expression seemed to flinch a bit in disgust as Nari slipped into the water quickly, grabbing onto her master tightly. “Hello Suzu,” Kuronue remarked almost showing his distaste for her.

 

The snake's eyes gazed over Nari making a smirk form its way over her face. “So, that is the whore you used to get yourself a child?”

 

“I beg your pardon?” Kuronue asked cocking his brow at her.

 

Suzu's body slithered eerily across the floor with her slave as she eventually got into the water on the further end that was a decent distance from the bat demon that dislike her. “It's been said many times that you were in such need of a child that you let that slave of yours bear it. So sad really that you would sink that low; having a child that is of poor blood.”

 

Nari, of course, was used to hearing comments such as that and merely sighed internally as she was forced to listen to them come from this demonic woman's mouth. But she was angered a bit on the inside as she repeated the babble that Suzu was spouting. Now these nasty comments were directed at her newborn son and that was fifty times worse than having them directed towards her.

 

“I never said I wanted a child. I merely kept the young boy because he showed much strength from surviving all the beatings his mother took,” Kuronue's deep voice retorted venomously. “He came out just fine without difficulties and that should show he has more demon blood than human.”

 

Nari looked up at the bat demon a bit confused and a bit hurt. What is he saying? Nari thought as her green eyes looked him over in the candlelight. Is he saying that humans are weak, meaningless creatures just like all the others? But…I thought he was different…

 

“Regardless,” Suzu yawned acting bored, “that little runt has human blood in him. You should have thrown him out when you had the opportunity.”

 

“Tell me, Suzu. Are you just saying all of this because you fear a mixed breed becoming stronger than you? Or are you bitter at the fact that you cannot have one with the bitch you drag around?”

 

Suzu was obviously angered at that as a hiss escaped from her mouth; her snake body making her seem taller as she pushed herself higher on her scaly form looking down at Nari and Kuronue. “How dare you, Kuronue! You may be the leader's best friend but that doesn't give you the right to speak to me like that, you bastard!”

 

“Watch your tongue, snake,” Kuronue growled, standing up in the water, bringing Nari with him. “Or you will lose more than that when I tear into you.”

 

Nari stayed latched onto Kuronue's hands tightly not wanting to let him go, fearing a fight may ensue. Kuronue's naked body stepped out of the water with Nari latched onto his right arm as he bent down to pick up his attire. Taking his clothing, he did one last glare at Suzu before walking out into the hallway not caring if he was clothed or not. Nari could tell something was wrong with him but she said nothing as she followed close beside him once they were out of the washroom.

 

Opening up the door to his room, Kuronue gently pushed Nari inside so they could get out of view already as he sighed angrily, shutting the door behind him. The loud slam of the door caused the sleeping baby to wake up, crying from the unpleasant awakening. Looking at her master she asked silently if it would be okay for her to attend to her baby. The demon nodded as he headed over to his bed needing a good rest after what he went through in the washroom.

 

Nari gently picked up her little boy, rocking him a bit to try and calm him down. The boy still didn't want to calm down as he continued to cry a bit. “Shhh, Okuro,” Nari begged in a whisper as she walked over to her tensed up master. “Kuronue…what is wrong?”

 

Messaging his forehead he sighed heavily, shaking his head. “It's nothing, kiddo. I promise.”

 

Nari was unaware that it was time for Okuro to eat till she felt him latch onto her bare nipple, the little mix sucking harshly as he balled up his fists. Glad that he was a bit satisfied now, she turned her attention back to Kuronue asking, “Who—who was that woman…?”

 

“Which one?” He asked, scooting over so Nari could join him.

 

“Both…”

 

“Suzu is just the resident annoyance around here,” Kuronue sighed talking about her first. “She thinks she cannot do wrong and yet she is a pathetic excuse for a thief and a big blabber mouth.”

 

“Is—she a lesbian?”

 

Kuronue looked over at Nari who quickly looked away from him feeling a bit embarrassed by her own question. “Why do you ask that?”

 

“Well…her slave was a girl…”

 

“Hmmm,” He thought quietly as he tried to get himself comfortable in his bed. “Well, she prefers both sexes. She is bisexual.” Nari looked back at the bat demon as he shrugged at the look on her face. “Well, she does get sexual with her female slave and she has had a thing for Yoko Kurama for quite some time now.” Turning over on his side so he could look at her better, he grunted, “As for her slave, she is a lesbian, I think, who has probably been run into the ground several times. She came from America like yourself but in a place called New York City. Yoko Kurama found her on the streets playing her role as the city hooker. And, well, to my understanding, hookers aren't exactly missed so it was a quiet steal.”

 

Sighing, Nari continued to pet her son gently as he kept eating, “It makes me wonder what my parents think about me now that I have been gone for a year…I wonder if they even noticed.”

 

Kuronue stayed silent hearing her say that wondering if she was going to elaborate.

 

“They always left me at the house either on business trips or to visit my sick grandma…”

 

“So they neglected you?” The bat demon pried.

 

“Sort of…it wasn't that bad.”

 

“Guess that was how Yoko Kurama got you so easily.” Nari nodded hearing him say that as he guessed, “You were home alone at the time?”

 

“Y-Yes…Master Yoko Kurama had injured his leg in his spirit fox form that night and I took him inside to bandage it up since I felt sorry for him. In the middle of the night he transformed in his other form and captured me…”

 

Silence fell between them as Nari didn't really have much about her life that she hated to announce to Kuronue. “I apologize on Yoko Kurama's behalf that you had to be brought here.”

 

Nari looked over at him feeling like she was going to cry again. She was sick of being down in Makai and abused and raped almost daily.

 

“He shouldn't have been in such a hurry to pick someone out that he grabbed a little girl.”

 

Nari couldn't help but flinch at the `little girl' title she was given by Kuronue. It bugged her every time he placed it upon her when she was trying everything she could to satisfy at least him. “M-Master…? Every time you say that…it makes me want to work harder….”

 

Kuronue cocked his brow at her a bit stunned to hear her say this. If he told this to any other slave that had in the past, they would have been grateful, pleading with him to let them go.

 

“I—I am not worthless…and I will prove it,” Nari continued with eagerness in her tone.

 

He continued to stay quiet wondering how she would prove that as he watched her try to get her son to sleep once he finished eating.

 

Getting up off the bed, Nari walked back over to the rug she had him on earlier, placing him down so she could use her hands. Okuro didn't go to sleep but rather, lie down on the rug quietly being content where he was. She walked slowly back over to the bat demon that was still waiting for her to show him what he wanted to see. Getting on the bed she rested her body on top of his, which was still unclothed with the exception of the pendent she gave him, running her hands all over his body almost admiring it. Bringing her mouth closer to his, Nari touched her lips to his, feeling her heart jump with excitement which was a rare thing for her to feel lately.

 

Yoko Kurama was in the hallway around this time, heading back to his room with his mind locked on several things that occurred last night. He stopped when he heard Nari and Kuronue in the bat demon's room. Knowing it wouldn't be right to look into his best friend's room when he was obviously `busy', Yoko Kurama stood at the door to take in every sound and every word said with his acute hearing.

 

Kuronue complied by kissing her affectionately back, his warm breath filling her mouth as he gradually brought his tongue past her lips. Nari complied like she was told to do by touching her tongue to his gently, messaging it, making the bat demon grunt slightly from the pleasure that jolted through his body. Taking her hands, Nari reached up towards his hair that was tied back to further undress him a bit as she took down his ponytail. She watched as his hair fell down towards the bed, amazed at how long it was.

 

“It's…so beautiful…” She remarked, looking at it.

 

Kuronue laughed quietly looking at her, “Thank you, Nari.”

 

Hearing his one best friend call their slave by her birth name, made Yoko Kurama's eyes widen a bit in anger. Never had Kuronue done this before. He had always been just as ruthless as they were. Taunting, beating, and raping the girls he brought back. Why was this one any different from the others? She has tainted him, Yoko Kurama thought looking over at the door in a furious look, I will not allow this. If I must, I will get rid of the bitch myself and find another replacement.