A Life of Our Own

Chapter one

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Life is not something to take lightly

It is not something to be toyed with,

But something to be protected,

Something to be cherished, and loved-

To be placed near the heart.

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"Yuusuke, Yuusuke- oh Yuusuke wake up!" Keiko whined excitedly shaking the young Hanyou vigorously, causing both the bed and the boy to groan in protest.

"Not now Keiko, it's too early," he mumbled pulling a pillow over his head in a futile attempt to block out his wife's voice.

"It is not early you dolt! It's two p.m.! Wake up, I've got important news." She cried frantically, her voice showing that something was going on, but that didn't stop Yuusuke from going back to sleep.

"Yuusuke! Don't ignore me, it's important!"

"Nothing's more important than sleeping in on a Saturday- you can tell me when I wake up."

"But this can't wait!"

"It can, and will." There was no command behind the words- just a gently plea from a twenty four year old teenager. Keiko plopped down beside him and sighed in defeat.

"Fine if I have to wait, I might as well sleep," she mumbled curling up next to Yuusuke who just rolled over and draped a muscled arm over her gently. It didn't take long for the two to fall into a comfortable slumber. But all good things must come to an end- and the demon that woke them happened to be in the form of their telephone.

Keiko groaned and rolled over to get to it, but Yuusuke wouldn't let her.

"Ignore it, it's probably just Kuwabara," he muttered sleepily after the third ring. There was a long pause before the phone began its annoying serenade once again and this time it was the raven-haired boy getting up to answer it.

"Yo," he said trying to muffle a yawn.

"Hey Urameshi, it's Kuwabara."

"No duh, what do you want?"

"Kurama just swung by, he said Botan sent him to gather the gang up, I think it's another mission."

"What? Damn, it's a Saturday. Can't it wait till tomorrow?" Yuusuke asked through another yawn.

"Naw, it's Botan and Koenma we're talking about, they like to choose the most inconvenient time to pop things up on us- I thought you were used to that by now?"

"Where and when do I need to meet with you?"

"Preferably now and at my house- bring Keiko as well." And with that Kuwabara hung up. Yuusuke sighed before also hanging up the phone and walking back over to his bed and wife.

"Hey Keiko, we're going to Kuwabara's."

"Err, okay? I'll get dressed I guess, when do we need to get there?" Keiko asked cocking her head to the side.

"About now."

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Kuwabara was lounging in the living room of the apartment he and his sister Shizuru shared along with Yukina, Kurama, Hiei, Botan, Shizuru and a teenage Koenma; all they needed now was Yuusuke and Keiko and the whole gang would be present. There was a knock on the door and Kuwabara was immediately at the door grinning widely.

"Hey guys, glad you're here," he said letting Keiko and Yuusuke in.

"Hey, man. You know what Botan wanted yet?" Yuusuke asked while trying to force down another yawn. He made his way behind the tall carrot top to the living room where everyone resided.

"No duh, but you'll just have to wait." The raven-haired man sighed before plopping down on the couch next to the vibrant redhead Kurama; Keiko took a seat beside him, and Kuwabara bent down to help Yukina up- both of them were blushing.

"Baby bro, now that we're here, can you tell us what's going on?" Shizuru asked from her relaxed position on one of the two love seats, between the index and middle fingers of her right hand was a slim cigarette smoking slightly. There was a murmur of agreement, even Botan, the supposed host of this gathering, seemed curious as to why she was there.

"W-well," Kuwabara started, his face turned from a look of relaxed joy to a brightly tinted red, "Yukina and I have an announcement to make w-w-e're…." It was clear he wasn't going to get any farther with his little announcement so Yukina took it upon herself to finish it.

"We're engaged," she said also blushing deeply. There was a brief silence in which several of the guests looked over at Hiei worriedly. But the expression he wore was not at all what they expected: he was smiling, and at Kuwabara of all things!

"Jeez man! Why didn't you tell me?" Yuusuke demanded breaking the silence as he jumped up from his seat to give the still nervous Kuwabara a celebratory noogie.

"Urameshi! Cut that out!" He yelped pushing the raven-haired teen off of him- but it didn't take long for him to start laughing. Yukina smiled at their friendly banter but her smile turned into a nervous giggle as she was quickly surrounded by the whole of the female occupants.

"Congrats Yukina! I just knew you two would get together!" Botan exclaimed excitedly.

"So how'd he pop the question?" Keiko asked eager for information.

"Well he got down on his knee and asked me to marry him," Yukina replied sweetly.

"So he used the more popular Western style, ne? That's just so cool!" Botan chirped happily. Shizuru sighed, but nonetheless smiled.

"So this explains why baby bro has been acting so weird lately," she mused taking a long drag on her ever-present cigarette and letting the smoke out in a long snaking cloud that curled up towards the ceiling lazily. Yukina nodded almost unsurely.

"Hiei, you're smiling," Kurama pointed out very amused. "Why?"

"Can it Fox," the petit fire demon snapped. "It is none of your business."

Kurama laughed lightly before getting up to congratulate his friend and teammate.

"Yuusuke, come here!" Keiko whispered from the hallway leading to Kuwabara's living room; somewhere among the excitement she had slipped away from the group of girls and into the shadowy corridor. Yuusuke looked up from his seat between Koenma and Kurama and caught her eyes with his curious ones. She beckoned for him again and he stood up and sauntered over to her.

"What is it Keiko?"

"I need to tell you something, but I haven't had the chance to," she began.

"I'm all ears, besides I don't think they noticed me leave." Yuusuke jabbed his thumb over his shoulder at the scene behind him: Koenma and Kurama had stood up shortly after Yuusuke did and both of them now held a struggling and cursing Shizuru from ripping out the throat of a smug looking a Hiei and a laughing Kuwabara; Botan and Yukina stood in front of her with their hands raised trying desperately to calm the raging girl down.

"Yuusuke, I-I'm—" Keiko took a calming breath and tried again. "Yuusuke, I'm pregnant."

There was a short pause as Yuusuke stared at Keiko in shock.

"WHAT!" He exclaimed suddenly his voice filled with shock and… was that excitement? "That's great! Why didn't you tell me?" Keiko rolled her eyes before starting a little came of 'Guess That Person'.

"'Nothing's more important than sleeping in on a Saturday— you can tell me when I wake up.' Does that line ring any bells?"

"Er," was all the hanyou said before pulling Keiko into a large hug and passionate kiss.

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All action stopped in the living room, and everyone was now staring at the embracing couple with almost identical looks of confusion. Koenma and Kurama's hold on Shizuru loosened, but the once raging female didn't budge. Did they hear Keiko correctly? Was she really pregnant? Wow, this night was really turning out to be of great surprises.

If only they knew just how true those thoughts were.

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Okay, not the best way to start out a story, but I like it! Plus if you read To Meet Again then you know almost everything is going to go down hill quickly- you might as well read that story, I'm pretty fond of it as a whole

Also each chapter will start out with a piece of a poem I wrote, the last chapter will... actually no you'll know what will happen when it happens. But what I'm getting at is that the poem is entirely my own!

Anyway tell me what you think, I don't mind flames, I don't mind critique (I actually would enjoy it if you pointed things out that I need to work on for me) and really, really don't mind complements!

Until next time

Catie-brie