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"Summary: This is the sequel to 'Let's talk about Sex'. This is going to be a little more complicated, and this time, the boys get to lend a hand. Sort of.


The glass that had shattered all over Botan's floor had been picked up after repeated apologies from the other males that had barged into her house and put her into the position that she would, currently, not wish on anyone.

She, after calming down a bit, was now, once again sitting across from Rinku on her sofa trying desperately to form a regular sentence without stuttering.

"Uh, wha-- you just found out what sex is. Babies come after that."

"Yeah, you said that three times already, but HOW do they come after? What happens in between the sex and the babyness?" Rinku questioned, a rather annoyed look on his face. He was young in demon terms, but he was smart. He should have been able to figure this out! It wasn't fair!

Understanding dawned on Botan's face, and then disappointment and then a look that one couldn't really pinpoint. It could have been either more embarrassment or possibly annoyance, it was difficult for Rinku to distinguish. Probably the former, considering how red she was.

Uttering a defeated sigh, the ferry girl moved back to her kitchen where the other males were gorging on her food. Well, Chu and Jin were gorging, Shishi, Touya and Suzuki were sampling, really. Taken little bites as opposed to stuffing their faces like the other two. If the blue haired deity wasn't so worn out she probably would have yelled at them, but right now she just didn't feel like it.

"Hey." She greeted, alerting them to her presence in the doorway," I'll need some help with this part."

"What do you need us to do exactly?" Shishi asked, flicking his hair out of the way of his vision, Jin's wind kept knocking it around.

"Help me! Help me, help me, help me! Just a little! Just enough to get this right and not screw him up! Please!" She begged, getting ready to cry. She hadn't signed up for this!

While the water built up in her eyes, the males looked at her with either A): Guilt, or B):Humor. Shishi and Suzuki falling into the latter category and Chu, Jin, and Touya falling into the former. The three with actual morals getting up quickly to follow her into the living room. Jin giving her a tissue he had snagged from one of her cabinets.

"Sorry 'bout this. We didn' think it would send ya to a nervous breakdown, really!" The redhead of the group apologized, hovering near her as she blew her nose, settling back onto the sofa.

"It's not your fault Jin." She said.

"Well, it's not his fault, really. The blame for this whole ordeal probably goes to Shishi, considering he's the one who left out those horrible magazines where Rinku could find them." The ice master considered out loud, throwing a dirty glance towards the tengu who had come into the living room again with the blonde narcissist. Said tengu ignoring Touya entirely.

"You expected him to be in the dark forever?" Shishi asked, sarcasm dripping from his mouth.

"No, but we hoped an extra twenty years would pass before he had to come into manhood." Chu shot back, sipping some whiskey from his trusty thermos.

"Twenty years?" The deity of the house asked, looking rather dubious.

"Fifteen in demon years." Touya explained.

"Um, hello? Back to the question at hand. Where do babies come from?" Rinku asked, looking rather annoyed at being ignored. What was with these adults? Was everything this complicated when you got older?

Taking a deep, somewhat shaky breath, the deity turned towards the young demon, hoping to Enma that this explanation wouldn't screw him up so bad that he'd need therapy in later life.

"Okay. First, as I said before, when two people have sex, the male inserts himself into the female, right?"

"Yeah."

"Well... the male does that so he can reach a special area inside the female. The place where a female stores her..." What was a proper word to use? Turning to Touya, a look crying for help was flashed.

Receiving the message clear as day, the ice master stepped in with the closest thing he could think of.

"Eggs."

Rinku's brow raised, his gaze switching from one blue haired person to the next,"Eggs?" He deadpanned.

"Eggs." Both adults replied unanimously.

"...Really soft eggs. They're made from, well... a substance similar to skin. Only a lot thinner and squishier. Kinda like a goldfish." Botan tried, thinking scientifically. Sort of.

"Females make eggs like a fish?" Rinku asked, becoming very confused, very quickly.

Botan sweatdropped a bit, considering whether to go with what she had or make things worse," Yes. Anyway, females carry their eggs so that when the male inserts himself, she can get pregnant."

"What does the guy do, though?"

"He has... Well, when he inserts himself and well... orgasms... he has this liquid that has these..." She was stuttering now. Really bad sign.

"Can somebody jump in here?!" She demanded, turning to the demons.

"Uh, um...Mini fish!" Jin said, lifting his hand like a little kid in school.

"Mini fish?" If Rinku wasn't confused before, he sure was now.

"Yeah," Chu added," Only they're white and way smaller than the eye can see."

"Oh. That makes sense." Rinku said. It was quite hard to tell if he was being sarcastic or if it actually made sense to him.

"Yes. Anyway, when the "fish" are released into the female, they race to where the eggs are. Now, depending on whether the woman is human or demon or whatever, the results may vary, but the one thing that is most in common, is that the fastest "fish" gets the egg and becomes a baby." Botan finished, sagging noticeably in her seat. 'Please, Enma, don't let him ask anything else.'

Her wish was not heard.

"I thought the female had to carry the baby for a while."

"They... usually do. But, as I said, the species vary. Some woman, usually demons and spirits, actually have eggs, and store them in a heated area for some months until they hatch. Others, well, the baby has to be carried in them for..." Oh, crap. She forgot about the time limits.

"Nine months." Suzuki pointed out, reading from one of Botan's other books. This one was on hair products.

"Thank you! Yes, nine months. During which the female will vomit for the first, eh, two months quite often during the day. Then," Botan continued, not noticing the way Rinku's eyes seemed to pop a little," She will only get sick when she eats or smells something really disgusting. She will also eat really weird food and experience very random mood swings. It's quite a sight."

Now, and quite predictably, all the males in the room were paying very close attention to the only woman in the three worlds who they thought to consult on this.

"And, when the pregnancy comes to an end, the female's hole that the male inserted himself into, opens very wide and she looses the water that was previously keeping the baby in her stomach. She then lays down and the male that got her pregnant sits with her while she goes through excruciating pain for what could be twelve hours or twelve minutes."

Jin had stopped floating in the air and was peeking over Touya's shoulder while the ice master's knuckles turned white. Shishi's eyes were the size of dinner plates. Suzuki had stopped reading when she got to the part about mood swings. Chu's thermos was crushed in his hand, and Rinku was hanging on the deity's every word.

"When the female is ready, she pushes the baby, who is about the size of a pot roast through her opening, which is only about a third as big. It's the worst thing any creature can experience, especially if there aren't any sedatives lying around." Was Botan smiling at this thought?"And then, when the baby is out, the cord the attaches it to her is cut and then you have a baby. You understand now?"

"Yes." All the men answered, surprising the female.

After the men had gotten the image of what Botan had explained out of their heads, they had thanked her and left, Rinku commenting that he'd never want to do that. Not ever.

Botan stayed on her sofa, looking over the day she had thought would be a non-event and had turned into something that would probably settle in the back of her mind whenever she heard the word pregnancy.

For what it was worth, however, she was quite happy that none of them had asked her anything like whether she had had children. She hadn't, of course, but they didn't need to know that.

"Oh, what a day." She muttered. Lifting herself from the sofa, she nearly received a heart attack when her phone began ringing.

Grumbling, she grabbed the annoying object, "Hello?"

"Miss Botan, I forgot to ask," Rinku's voice echoed from the other end," The others wanted to know if you'd be willing to go out on Monday."

A resounding thud was heard through the apartment as the deity hit the floor, totally out cold.

"Miss Botan?"


Tell me if this was good. I'm begging. I'm so desperate.