(A/N: Yay, it's time for chapter 4!
Tomoe: Uruse (shut up). You're too noisy.
Me: Ara, Tomoe, what's wrong.
Tomoe: Hmpf. It's none of your concern.
Mizuki: Tomoe-kun, did Nanami not give you any last night?
Tomoe: I'm going to fucking kill you, snake!
(Crashes and bangs in the background.)
Nanami: (Distantly) Stop fighting!
Me: (sweatdrops) Ehehehe...Now to the story
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"It's what mating is."
What mating... is? What's that supposed to mean?
"Nanami, you are aware of the purpose of sex, right?" Mikage continued.
Nanami and Tomoe flushed a deep red.
"W-w-what!?" Nanami stammered, embarrassed.
He's not going to me and Tomoe the TALK, right? Kamisama, please, no! No, no, no, no!
"You're not?" Mikage tilted his head to the side.
"I thought schools nowadays taught sex education?"
Tomoe looked at her.
"They teach humans about sex in school?" An evil, mischievous glint shone in his eyes.
"N-Not like that! Idiot!" She blushed furiously
Pervert!
Nanami coughed. "They just teach us..." she turned redder and looked away, shifting uncomfortably in Tomoe's lap.
"They just teach us the basics of reproduction. You know, what can happen when you..." she trailed off.
She suddenly snapped.
"S-so it's not like that!" She fumed.
The glint died so what in Tomoe's eyes.
"That's all? How boring." He pouted and looked away.
"Mm. Just things like STDs/STIs, pregnancy, that sort of thing." Nanami looked away, flustered.
"Nanami." Mikage called.
She turned her head to Mikage.
"Hai? "
He smiled somewhat. "You answered my question."
She looked at him curiously.
"You're question?"
"What mating is."
"...Huh?"
"It's for reproduction. "
"...Eh?"
"The purpose of mating, in general, is for reproduction. This is especially so for yokai. They live long lives, unlike humans, like you once were, and they pay for it with how many children they can have."
Tomoe stared at him, his gaze unreadable.
They pay for it...with how many children they can have...?
"Ningens have short life spans, and therefore, at one point in time, they would have as many children they could. Their bodies are built to have many children because of their...vulnerabilities. Yokai, however, live a long time, and they don't get sick very often, if at all, and any illnesses that have usual are deadly. Therefore, the amount of children they can have is somewhat...limited. Very few yokai have more than three children after two hundred years. Therefore, mating serves a great, if you will, purpose for them."
Nanami blinked. "Huh...?"
"When they take their first mate, consciously or not," he paused and glanced at Tomoe, "their bodies automatically prepare for reproduction."
Tomoe's eyes widened dramatically, while Nanami scrunched her brows in thought.
"So you're saying that I can get pregnant then? Isn't that true in general?"
Mikage sighed.
"Yes, in general, you can get pregnant. However, for yokai, since they don't usually have very many children, when they take their first mate, their bodies immediately prepare for a child."
Nanami cooked her hapead, still not understanding.
"Which means...?"
Mikage's expression turned serious.
"That right now, you are most likely with child."
She stared at Mikage blankly, the words sinking in. Suddenly, her hands flew to her stomach. She stared wide-eyed at it, thoroughly shocked.
I'm... prengnant!?
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(A/N: Yay! Cliffy! I'm so evil. Like I said, the next chapter is gonna be longer than the other few. :)
(Crashes and bangs echo loudly in the background)
Mizuki: Tomoe, how dare you impregnate my master!?
Tomoe: (laughs) Fuck you too, Snake!
Mikage: Review please!