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Seahorses

Seeing as Kyo, Yuki and Tohru went out for a day at the beach, Shigure decided it was the perfect tim to call his best freinds. It wasnt twenty minutes after he hung up- the phone that Ayame and Hatori were at his door in their usual manners.

"GURE! IVE MISSED YOU! HAHAHAHA!" Ayame shouted.

"Ayame, be quiet." Hatori scolded. "Good afternoon Shigure."

"TORI!" Shigure shouted, and threw his arms around the dragon.

"I thought I was going to be able to deal with this today. Maybe not." Hatori sighed.

"Don't worry, Tori! We're your best friends. No way would we allow you to be in any discomfort." Shigure replied.

"Gure and I will make you as stress-free as possible!" Ayame exclaimed.

The three made their way to the table and began discussing their days in high school.

"Boy, Hatori who would have known YOU were going to be the most premiscuous of the three of us?!" Ayame noted cheerfully.

"I wanted non-commitment affection." Hatori replied dryly.

"Then why didn't you look to Aya or me?" Shigure asked calmly.

"I didn't want you to know I was not perfectly straight."

"HAHAHAHA! Like WE of all people care about straightness."Ayame yelled. "But seriously. If affection is what you wanted, Shigure and I would have been more than willing-"

"I couldn't. Not with you." Hatori turned awayfrom them, and stared at the spot on the floor beside him. "I wanted to. But I couldn't. And I can't."

Ayame's face softened, and he spoke calmly, "Why not? You know you can trust us." He put a hand gently on Hatori's back.

"I can't."

"Ayame I suggest you let it rest for now."Shigure advised.

"I'm sure Kana would have gotten a kick out of it." Ayame said, returning to his usual hyperactivity. "You not being as straigt as a board."

"Kana was a whole different chapter in my life." Hatori's eyes glazed over.

The room turned silent, as the men sipped thier tea.

It was shigure that spke up first. "Have either of you ever wanted kids?"

"That's a frightening thought." Ayame replied, "Not really."

Hatori remained quiet.

"Tori?"

"Why? Do you want kids?" Hatori answered.

"Yeah." Shigure smiled faintly, "A kid would be nice."

The room grew quiet again. The impossiblility of Shigure having a child grew in his mind, and his frown deepened. If he were to even impregnate a woman without transforming, the child would be lost. If it was a girl Shigure sould never embrace her like any good father would. If it were a boy... If it were a healthy, normal boy... But that would be impossible as surely it would be a member of the Zodiac.

"I..." Hatori began.

"Yes?" Ayame asked.

"Do either of you two know anything about seahorses?" He asked quietly.

"They live in water...?" Ayame said questioningly.

"That, and the males are the only species on the planet that are able to-..." Shigure's eyes widened. "Oh..."

Shigure stared Hatori in the eye. "Carry offspring."

"Are you telling us that.." Shigure's eyebrows were about to disappear into his hair.

"You can have a baby?!" Ayame shouted.

Hatori merely stared.

"Are you sure?" Shigure asked excitedly.

"I must explain myself before you two get any crazy ideas. YES I can have children. YES I want one. NO its not going to be yours Aya, and Shigure... The reason I'm telling you this, Shigure, is because I want it to be yours."

A/N: DUN DUN DUN! Read and review please... next chappie is coming up!