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9 Months of Maternity

Chapter 2- Torn Between Help and Distrust

Kurama slightly opened his eyes, it was three in the morning, and he turned to the place just beside him and found an empty space. Sitting up, Kurama tried to look where Hiei was, then a small light coming out of the bathroom caught his attention.

"Hiei?" He called out walking inside the bathroom slowly. He knocked, but there was no reply, Kurama was worried "I'm coming in.," he announced. Kurama went inside the bathroom, and he found his lover vomiting again. Kurama was afraid, he didn't know what was going on with Hiei, and Hiei wouldn't say a word to him. Kurama approached Hiei, rubbing his back for comfort.

"Hiei, what's wrong with you? You've always been vomiting." Kurama continued to rub the back of Hiei, Hiei tried not to vomit, but each time he stops himself in doing so it only gets worst.

Hiei caught his breath, he stopped for a while. "Hiei?" Kurama looked at his lover with a concerned look. "Are you sick? Hiei if you have something to tell me please tell me. I am not sure what is really going on in you." Kurama said to him trying to get a grip of Hiei's hand.

"No," he muttered though he still looked slightly pale from vomiting. "No, I'm not sick."

"Hiei, tell me what is wrong with you, you have been like this five times now…" Kurama didn't get to finish his sentence when Hiei launched forward to the toilet, and filling it again. Kurama rubbed his back trying to help him.

"I am not sure what it is," Hiei said pushing back from the toilet; he got a face towel from the sink and wiped his mouth trying to take all the vomit out.

"Hiei I don't really know what is happening to you, if you were a woman…" Kurama stopped his sentence, when he said the word 'woman' it made Hiei very suspicious, as if Kurama knew something he didn't.

"What? If I were a woman, what?" Hiei was caught up with it, he wanted an answer from Kurama, and he demanded an answer from him.

"Uhh…no nothing, forget about it." Kurama said trying not to look at Hiei eye to eye; he was avoiding Hiei as much as possible.

"Kurama I know you know something so spill it out!" Hiei demanded.

"Hiei, it is nothing, besides I wouldn't think it is very possible, so it's meaningless to tell you." Kurama said, he didn't want to talk about it. He avoided the topic.

"Kurama, you know what is wrong with me so spill!" Hiei said loosing his temper.

Kurama was afraid now, not because of Hiei, but what Hiei can do to damage it. So to keep his lover from being hot tempered he needed to tell him, but he didn't want to rush things and make Hiei upset after he tells him, that is why he is planning this smoothly.

Kurama took a deep breath "Hiei, you promise me that you won't talk or leave this room or house until I am finished talking alright? I have to tell you this without any rush, it's for the best." Kurama said to Hiei, they were both seated on the floor of the bathroom.

"Kurama just go on with it." Hiei was impatient.

"You have to promise." Kurama reassured again, Hiei was impatient, but he didn't want to loose his temper again.

"Hn, fine go ahead." Hiei agreed to Kurama's terms and did what he said.

Kurama avoided eye contact with Hiei "You will find this strange, but lately I've been noticing unusual things that have been happening…" Kurama was shaking he was careful with the words he was going to say.

Hiei looked at him confused, he didn't know what was going on inside the head of Kurama to make him act that way, and he was paranoid by Kurama.

"…here in Ningenkai if a female experiences dizziness, increase of appetite, mood swings, knowing that you are a demon you loose your spirit energy fast, it drops very easily, do you notice that you sleep most of the day? It means your spirit energy is dropping dramatically, and lastly you experience morning sicknesses." Kurama stopped and took a deep breath.

"What is morning sickness?" Hiei asked out of curiosity.

"That is what you have been experiencing all the time during the mornings, vomiting." Kurama answered his question.

Hiei looked at Kurama he wanted to say something but he kept his word in not talking until he was finished, but he had an idea where it was going though. However, there was still the slightest possibility he may be wrong.

"Hiei I don't want to scare you, but you have to know." Kurama stopped again he shut his eyes tight.

"You're pregnant!" he finally cried out, he opened his eyes gently Hiei was looking at him stunned his eyes were wide open, both of them never said a word there was a moment of silence. Finally, after a while Hiei gathered up his courage to speak.

"Is this a joke?" Hiei was still completely stunned; he turned to his lover looking at him with an afraid look.

"Hiei you are pregnant," Kurama repeated Hiei wasn't sure if he wanted to hear Kurama saying, "it took time for me to figure it out too, I realized that all the actions that you have been showing to me only conclude to one thing, and its you're carrying a baby." Kurama looked down at Hiei looking at his abdomen.

"How…?" Hiei was looking directly at Kurama.

"I am not sure how it happened exactly, but I am certain that you are Hiei, all pregnant women give off this sent of pregnancy whenever they carry a child and you have that scent, I am sure of it, after all I am a fox." Kurama gave Hiei a proof, Hiei only had the choice of trusting his lover or not with what he just said.

"No Kurama, you're wrong." Hiei said placing his hand over his abdomen.

"What? Don't you trust me?"

"You are wrong," he repeated "hn, that is what you want to believe, stop making a fool out of me fox! This is not a joke!" Hiei started to create bags of tears under his eyes.

"Hiei, I am not making a fool out of you, I am telling you what I think is happening to you. I can never do that to you, Hiei I am trying to help you in any way I can, because I love you. I don't blame you if you don't believe me, I understand that it may be a shock for you, but that is the truth. You just have to trust me Hiei." Kurama also started to form bags of tears under his eyes.

"Stop it Kurama, just stop it." Hiei said coldly.

"But Hiei…" Kurama's tears began to fall slowly to his cheek, Hiei watched the tears fall, he didn't like seeing it, but he could see now that Kurama wasn't making a fool out of him.

"I need time to think about this." Hiei stood up from the floor and ran out to the door slamming it, with his speed he was out of the house in less than five seconds, he needed time to think about his situation, he wasn't even sure if Kurama was right, he needed the time to be alone to think about it.

Kurama cried, but he knew that the fire demon would be back; at least he hoped that he would be back. After knowing, he was not so sure if Hiei would ever come back. Kurama went back to his bed, tears slowly dropped in his pillows, and he wanted to cry himself to sleep.

"Hiei…"

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Hiei went as far as he can away from the home of Kurama, he jumped from tree to tree, building to building, without not knowing he was near the temple of Genkai, it was in the middle of the night, about four or five in the morning, and no one was awake yet, but the sun was nearly out. Hiei made his way and stayed in a very tall cypress tree few meters away the temple of Genkai.

Hiei thought long and hard about what Kurama just said to him, he placed his right hand over his abdomen; he wanted to feel if there really was life growing in him. Besides that, if ever he was pregnant, who made him pregnant? Only Kurama could have done it, he doesn't go anywhere but stay in Kurama's house, if he weren't there he would be in Makai, he would stay in Makai to work for Mukuro, the longest time he would be there was two weeks, but that rarely happened. Besides, the whole thing only happened in less then five days ago, and Hiei never left for Makai in a month now.

"Hn, I know that that fox is playing with me, its impossible for that to happen. I am just sure of it." Hiei said to himself.

Hiei looked down at his stomach having a better look at it. He took out his white bandana, and closed his eyes, he was going to use the Jagan on himself, as he was about to examine himself a gentle voice called out for him, stopping him from examining himself.

"Onisan? Is that you?" A familiar voice called.

Hiei stopped what he was about to do, he got his white bandana and tied it up back again on his forehead.

"Hiei? Is that you? What brings you here so early?" Yukina called for her brother, Hiei was looking at his sister from up the tree, and in a matter of a second, and he reappeared in front of her.

Yakina knew that Hiei was his brother since three years ago, after Yukina discovered that Hiei sheds Tear gems she instantly knew that Hiei was the brother she was in search for all her life. Only women from the Koorime Island could ever shed tear gems, and if there were a man who did, he would have been the forbidden one.

"Hiei, what brings you here so early in the morning? And you look like you were in a middle of your sleep when you took off." Yukina noticed that Hiei was still in his pajamas, she giggled a bit.

Hiei slightly blushed, but controlled it. "Nothing I just happened to stop by." Hiei lied; he didn't want Yukina to be upset with him that why he lied. "What brings you here so early anyway?"

"Oh I wake up at this time everyday, Genkai and I have the habit of sleeping early and waking up early. She says that if I wake up early I can easily finish all the things I have to do early." Yukina smiled.

That is what Hiei needed right now, the smile of his sister, it eased up the confusion in his mind. "So Genkai is awake as well?"

"Yes, pretty much." Yukina answered. "Do you want to go inside for a while? It is still cold out here; you wouldn't mind hot chocolate don't you?"

"Thanks Yukina I would like that." Hiei followed Yukina to the temple.

When they got there, Genkai was doing her morning meditations, Yukina didn't disturb her whenever she would be meditating. Hiei didn't mind her either; she was busy in the other room.

Both Hiei and Yukina went to the kitchen, Hiei sat down the floor where the table was, Yukina already prepared the hot chocolate, she got two mugs and filled it with hot chocolate. She then went to serve her brother, the hot chocolate.

"Genkai, won't be done with her meditation in two hours, it is because she trains her mental and spiritual self whenever she does." Yukina said.

"That must be why she is a Great Spirit master." Hiei said.

"Yes, she is." Yukina gave to her brother the hot chocolate; she sat right in front of him the table was on the floor so they had to be seated on the floor.

Hiei accepted, Yukina and Hiei were both alone in the room both of them had nothing to say, but Yukina could see that there was something inside the mind of Hiei.

Yukina was afraid to ask if something has been going on with Hiei, but she was worried "Onisan, is there something wrong?" Yukina asked.

"Hmm? No, nothing." Hiei said being sarcastic.

"Onisan, I know if something is wrong with you, you know that you can tell me. Is it about Kurama?" Yukina asked.

"Hn, nothing, you don't have to worry about it."

"Come 'on Onisan, tell me, I can help you know." Yukina insisted.

Hiei was looking from left to right doing the same thing repeatedly; he was thinking how to put up his thoughts. He wanted to ask Yukina something very badly he just didn't know how to put it up. Hiei placed his mug of chocolate down for a while. More confusion entered his mind as he thought of asking Yukina a question. He didn't even know if it was right to ask her that particular question.

"Yukina, I have a question." Hiei whispered but Yukina can hear him clearly.

"What is it Onisan?"

"Umm…Koorime's, right they can reproduce by themselves? I mean female Koorime's" Hiei made it clear and specific.

Yukina giggled a bit, "Yes, if they wanted to produce a child of their own they can without even having to meet a male. Besides, you are the only male, Onisan. What makes you ask that question?" Yukina pondered.

"Wait answers this, if female Koorime can reproduce on their own or with someone else, doesn't that mean I can too?" Hiei asked.

"Brother, why are you asking me this?" Yukina was confused.

"Just answer the question." Hiei said to her.

"I don't know, because you are half ice maiden and half fire demon, so I don't exactly know. Onisan, why did something happen?" Yukina looked upset.

Hiei was in a deep thought, maybe he really was pregnant. Nevertheless, he needed the evidence to proof it. "Yukina can I ask a favor from you?" Hiei asked it seems like he was begging her.

"Sure anything."

"Yukina, I need you to examine me. I need you to see if I am carrying a child inside my womb that is if I have one." Hiei was somewhat embarrassed in saying it but he needed all the help he can get. Yukina was the only suitable person who can do it, its not that he didn't want Kurama to do it, but this time it was somehow relevant to his past so he needed to ask someone who knows something about it, and the only person he could think about was Yukina.

Yukina was stunned in hearing this, but she also wanted to see for herself so she allowed him to do so.

"Alright Onisan, I also want to see it for myself, you are still a Koorime and I want to know what in the Koorime's have inherited." Yukina said seriously.

"Thank you Yukina."

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BDT: Sorry only updated now. I just realized my title sucks, I couldn't think of a better title, so this is the only title I could think of. I tried my best to keep the characters as they way they are, the most difficult one to shape was Hiei, and I didn't know how I would say he would put up with this new thing. If you ask why Yukina, its because Hiei is her brother and Hiei is a half Koorime, so like Yukina he had the same blood even if he was a boy. Ah! I'll explain in the story, I hope that you like this chappie I work hard doing this. Read and Review, check my grammar and spelling please? Thank you. O.o