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Chapter 9: New LifeKyramei had been summoned to be Shikonei's doctor immediately.
After that, the delivery went relatively smoothly. There was a lot of screaming heard and the only two allowed in the room was Kyramei and Hiei.
The delivery lasted for four long hours. When Hiei finally came out, he was pale and shaking his hand out.
Hiei looks at Yusuke, "If you ever have kids, don't go in the delivery room."
Yusuke gulps and nods as Hiei winces and holds his hand, "She has a grip stronger than anything I've ever known."
There were a few chuckles.
"Well? How did it go overall?" Keiko asks.
Hiei glances at her, "Rather well. A boy and a girl. The girl came first. They're… beautiful."
Kurama places a hand on Hiei's shoulder, "Do you think she'll let me in there now?"
Hiei nods, "Yeah. Kyramei's cleaning up right now. Keiko, you can go in there, too."
Keiko grins joyously, "Thank you, Hiei!"
She quickly, but quietly, enters the room with Kurama. Shikonei is gently resting with a baby in each arm.
Keiko and Kurama smile at each other and approach the bed.
"They're adorable!" Keiko whispers.
Kurama nods and gently moves a lock of hair from Shikonei's face.
Shikonei begins to stir and her eyes flutter open. She smiles when she sees her brother.
She spots Keiko, "Would you like to hold one?"
Keiko nods with a bright grin.
"Take the girl. She's calmer." Shikonei motions to the baby in her right arm. She lets Kurama take the boy out of her left arm.
With a heavy sigh, Shikonei falls back to sleep.
Hiei enters soon after, bringing Yusuke with him.
"How is she?" He asks Kurama.
"Just resting. She deserves it." Hiei nods in agreement. He gives a big yawn.
"Sleep doesn't sound half bad right now…"
Kurama, Yusuke, and Keiko laugh quietly.
Shikonei suddenly wakes up again, "Did I fall asleep?"
Kurama chuckles, "Yes, you did. Don't worry, nobody blames you and the children are fine."
"Have you decided on names yet?" Keiko asks.
Shikonei and Hiei share a glance before either one speaks.
"The girl is Sachiko." Shikonei says.
"The boy is Takashi." Hiei finishes.
"Cool. So, why did you bring me in here, Hiei?" Yusuke asks.
"I've been wondering that, too." Keiko says, "Why did you choose me over everyone else?"
Hiei sighs. He doesn't want to ask them, but he know that Shikonei could use her rest.
"Shikonei and I, with the kind of lifestyle that we live, want to have a… life insurance of sorts."
Yusuke gives Hiei a funny look, "What do you mean? What kind of life do you plan on living?"
Shikonei sighs, "Yusuke, we're demons. We can't stop our normal lives just because we have kids. You've seen what I do for my job. We can be more careful, but we can't stop."
Yusuke nods in understanding, "Okay, so, what kind of insurance are we talking about here?"
"You." Hiei says.
"What?"
"We want you and Keiko to be the godparents." Shikonei smiles at Keiko as her face lights up with pure joy.
"What about me?" Kurama asks with a teasing smile.
Shikonei laughs, "You're their uncle. You can't be a godfather."
"Besides, we already agreed that you wouldn't be the best choice to take in the kids with your current circumstances in the Human World." Hiei adds.
Kurama nods, "Makes sense. Although, I question your choice for the godfather."
"Hey!" Yusuke protests.
Shikonei shakes her head, "No. it makes perfect sense. His mate is the most responsible, other than Genkai. Genkai, however, is too old to raise two demon children."
"I see. So, you decided not to mix up the pair for the godparents. For example, you didn't choose Suzuka because they don't know each other." Kurama figures, "It would leave everyone feeling awkward."
Shikonei nods, "Precisely."
A light knock sounds from the door just before Kyramei enters.
She blushes lightly when she sees Kurama, but she turns her attention to Shikonei and Hiei.
"Everyone wants to know if they can come in yet. They're dying to see the newborns." Kyramei smiles lightly at the couple.
Shikonei nods, "As long as they are quiet."
"Understood." Kyramei leaves to give the O.K. to the rest of the group.
"Uh oh. I think somebody's hungry." Kurama chuckled as Takashi begins to fuss.
It doesn't take long for Sachiko to join him.
Shikonei gives a small smile, "I'll take Takashi. Hiei, would you make something for Sachiko?"
"Of course." He leaves the room quickly.
Shikonei begins to feed Takashi as everyone who'd been waiting enters the delivery room.
There's a lot of laughing and cooing and even more unnecessary comments about Shikonei breast feeding.
Hiei suddenly comes back. The scene he sees makes him very unhappy.
"Silence!" he yells angrily. The only sound left as Hiei pushes across the room is Sachiko's hungry cries.
Hiei gently takes Sachiko from Keiko's arms and pops the bottle in her mouth after testing its temperature.
A resounding and quiet "Aww" makes its way through the room.
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Five years later…"Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!" small cries come from across the yard as Shikonei, Hiei, and Kurama stand at the center of the annual get-together with their friends.
Shikonei glances around in concern, "Sachiko? What's the matter?"
"Mommy! Takashi won't stop pulling my hair! It hurts!"
Shikonei smiles at her daughter, but frowns as she looks behind Sachiko.
"Where's your brother?"
"He's back in the woods. He wouldn't come back with me cause he said he saw something shiny."
Shikonei shares a quick mental conversation with Hiei.
"I want you to bring him here immediately, okay?"
Sachiko nods, "Okay, mommy." She goes to Hiei, "Up, please!"
Hiei picks up his daughter and she rests her head on his shoulder.
"He's coming now."
Yells soon come from the edge of the forest.
"Not fair, not fair! Mommy gave you permission!" Takashi cries as a seemingly invisible force pulls him across the clearing to his parents.
Shikonei lifts her son into her arms, "Maybe if you stopped teasing your sister, I wouldn't need to." She smiles scoldingly at him.
Takashi pouts, but then his eyes grow big in excitement, "Mom! I found something really cool!"
"Oh, really? What'd you find?"
"A sword! A black sword. It looked really cool!"
Shikonei pales, "A black sword?" she barely manages to say.
"Yeah. What's wrong, Mommy?"
"I want you to show me the sword, honey."
"Okay!" Takashi jumps from his mother's arms.
What's wrong? Hiei's voice sounds in Shikonei's mind.
Remember Tatsuyoshi?Yes?
His sword was black.
"I'm coming with you." Hiei says.
Kurama looks up from his book he'd been reading on a lawn chair, "What's going on?"
"Takashi found a black sword."
Kurama frowns, "I'm coming, too."
Takashi quickly leads everyone to the woods and into a small clearing where a tree had fallen across the center.
Wedged into the tree a good couple of inches, is a black sword.
"That's it, Mommy!" Takashi points at it.
Shikonei approached it carefully, keeping the twins behind her with her hands.
She pulls the sword from the tree and examines it. She sighs in relief.
"It's not his!" She calls out to Hiei and Kurama.
She is suddenly attacked from the side by a giant wolf.
The twins scream and run back to their dad.
With a yell, Shikonei throws the wolf off of her and stands up.
She had a few cuts and bruises, but nothing serious.
"Damn you!" Shikonei snarls at the wolf. Her hair begins to turn white and her eyes turn golden.
"Daddy!" Sachiko tugs at Hiei's sleeve, "Mommy said a bad word!"
"Not now, kid." Hiei never lets his eyes leave the giant wolf.
The wolf begins to change into the shape of a man.
Laughter comes from the man, "Did you really think that you would kill me so easily, Shikonei?"
Kurama's eyes widen, "Tatsuyoshi."
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