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Shiori looked up when her son walked in the kitchen, rubbing his stomach and looking a little green around the gills.
"Shuichi, darling, are you alright?" She whispered and went over, placing a hand on his forehead. He gave her a gentle smile.
"Yes, of course Mother. I'm perfectly fine. I just threw up again this morning." He said, as Hiei walked in, looking just as concerned.
"You should sit, fox. I'll make you your special tea." Hiei walked over to the counter to prepare it for him.
Shiori watched her son and giggled, "You know Shuichi, it's almost like you are having morning sickness." She giggled again at his face. He immediately shook his head.
"Mother dearest, you know perfectly well I'm a male." Kurama said and then blushing bright red when Hiei smirked and chuckled, "I can vouch for that, Mother." Hiei said and got the water going to boil it.
"Hiei!" Kurama looked embarrassed as he looked at his mother in fear that they had offended her. She just giggled, "You forget I had a sex life Shuichi." She ruffled his hair.
"Wait a second," Shiori said all of a sudden, "Why did Hiei just call you fox? Come to think of it…I've heard him call you fox several other times when you two were in another room." Shiori said, looking surprised, "And I've heard the others call you Kurama, are those just nicknames?" She asked.
Kurama opened his mouth but Hiei cut in. "Enough lies, Kurama. You need to tell her the truth. You can't keep covering this up." Hiei said, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. "I'm personally tired of hiding." He said.
With a resigned sigh, Kurama turned to his mother and told her the whole truth about everything, needless to say, by the end she was a little upset.
"You lied to me for so long Shuichi…" she whispered softly, "I know you had to, but it still hurts." She said and stood up to go think about this.
Kurama sighed and looked out the window, surprised that he was struggling to hold back tears. He never cried…so why the tears? He rubbed his eyes, trying to keep them at bay.
"What's wrong?" Hiei looked over and raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know, but I have the sudden urge to cry. I don't understand why, I've never cried!" Kurama said angrily, "I can't understand why I want to now!" He hit his fist off the table in a rare show of anger.
Hiei looked almost amused, "If I didn't know it any better, I'd say you are having mood swings." He said, going over and petting Kurama's hair…which calmed him.
When Kurama didn't say anything for a while, Hiei turned to him and said, "It could be possible. Aren't there many cases of male kitsunes being born as hermaphrodites?"
Kurama looked up at him and sighed, "It has been known to happen…but Hiei, that can't be possible. Kuronue topped me many times in the past, and I never got pregnant before. There's no way that it could happen with just a few times with you." Kurama looked up at him.
"Hn. I have a theory. If you are interested in hearing it." He said, sitting on the counter.
Kurama tilted his head in acknowledgement, curious as to what his fire demon had to say.
Hiei looked out the window for a moment then looked at Kurama's eyes, "I believe that since you are so feminine in this form, and grew up with only a mother for so long…without strong male influence…your body reacted physically to that. When you were with Kuronue, you were a lot more masculine. You never thought about kits, you never thought about having a family. I think this life changed you physically." Hiei said, spreading his hands out, "Thus, you being able to get pregnant." Hiei finished up.
Kurama stood up, "I want to be sure. There is only way. I'm pretty sure a traditional pregnancy test won't work on me. So I'll go to Yukina. She'll be able to tell me. It's too early for us to feel the energy of the baby, if there is one." Kurama sounded eerily calm.
Hiei stood straighter, "I'll go get her. You shouldn't have to walk go all the way there." With that, Hiei flitted out the window.
Shiori finally came down and apologized to her son, with a quick word everything was alright between them. Kurama told her the news, but before she could get all excited, he held up a hand.
"Mother, please do remember that this may not be true." He said softly.
She beamed and took his hands happily. "I don't care what you say, I think it's true, you're displaying all the classic signs, and Hiei's theory makes total sense. Oh Shuichi! A baby! Can you believe it?" She looked so happy.
Kurama smiled gently at her, not wanting to ruin her happiness.
Hiei flitted in carrying his sister gently. He set her down. "Kurama, what's going on?" Yukina asked softly, "My brother just shows up and tells me you need my help. Are you hurt?" She looked concerned and went over.
Assuming Hiei informed Yukina that Shiori knew everything, Kurama smiled. "Everything is alright Yukina, but could you please check my stomach for me? Hiei and Mother believe I am expecting a little bundle of joy, but I'm not so sure." He said, lifting up his shirt to expose his still flat stomach.
She giggled, "Oh of course." She got on her knees and ran her glowing hands over Kurama's stomach.
Hiei held out his arm to Shiori so she didn't rush over in fear. "What is she doing?" Shiori whispered, sounding terrified.
"She's using her healing powers to check Kurama, my twin is a skilled healer. You can trust her Shiori." Hiei said calmly.
Kurama smiled up at his mother, "You needn't worry mother, I'd trust Yukina with my life. She's very good at what she does."
"She's adorable, I'll give you that. I never expected you to have such a cute sister Hiei." Shiori smiled at Hiei, calm at her sons reassurances.
"Hn." Hiei's lips twitched up in a happy smile as Yukina slowly pulled back.
She gave a great big smile up at Kurama, "Brother and Shiori were right. You are expecting. But not just one, you're expecting three." She giggled.
Kurama's eyes were wide as his face drained of blood, "Three?" He gasped, running out of air in his lungs.
"Three! Most kitsunes and vixens I have run across, especially kitsunes with this problem such as yours, have litters. As do fire demons. Fire demons are known for having multiple pups or as they call them cubs. Combine the two and you always have a chance to have multiple children!" She said happily.
Hiei was trying to hide his grin when he saw his mates condition to the news. "Kurama, it's alright." Hiei sat down and wrapped an arm around Kurama as the girls were squealing to each other happily.
"Hiei, how am I going to have three children?" Kurama whispered, in terror, "Are we going to be able to handle it?" Kurama looked at Hiei.
Hiei smirked, "We'll handle it perfectly fox, we'll be able to handle it. We're the toughest pair of demons the Makai has ever run across. If we can't handle a couple of children, then who could? If Ningen women can handle many children, so can you." He said, firmly.
Kurama slowly started to relax at his mate's words, "I guess you are right," Kurama smiled and snuggled into him, now that his fears were alleviated, he smiled proudly. "Three kits. Can you imagine it Hiei? They'll be so adorable, especially since they have your genes." He laughed.
Hiei growled playfully, "They'll be beautiful because of your genes, fox. These cubs will be perfect." He said.
Kurama gave a beautiful smile, "So confident they'll be fire demons, huh koi?" He asked.
"I know they will be. I topped you. Of course they'll be part fox, but they'll be a majority fire." He said, shaking his mates shoulder gently.
Kurama grinned, "Let's get ready to have these babies, my love." He kissed Hiei gently, when they broke apart, Hiei nearly grinned.
"Exactly what I was thinking Kurama." He said.
Later that night, in Kurama's diary, he wrote his happy entry for the day.
Diary,
I found out today that I'm pregnant with three kits today. Hiei's confident they'll be cubs. I never knew I was one of those hermaphrodite kitsunes. I must say, it shocked me when I found out. But I couldn't be happier. Hiei is excited, even if he hides it. He's already talking about the nursery.
I was so sure he'd want dark colors, but in fact, he wants neutral. He hn'ed when I asked him why and said, "If we have girls, fox, I don't want them growing up obsessed with black and gothic colors." He said. "But that doesn't mean I want pink in there either! And no sunshine yellow."
He and I sat down and discussed names with each other, we definitely aren't sure of what to name them quite yet. We're thinking of keeping it so they all have the same letters starting their names. Since demons children come a lot faster than humans…we only have a few months to prepare. I'm so excited!
Well…I must go. Hiei is growling at me to come to bed, and that I need my rest. -chuckles- Pesky little demon isn't he?
Shuichi
A.N. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!