Knight in Dark Amour
I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho
Medieval Hakusho
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Chapter Ten
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At his arrival to the tavern, the redhead stepped in with the greeting of Yusuke's and Jin's jovially loud voices.
"Kurama." They called and stopped before him with surprise.
"What befell thee?" Twain sets of wide eyes stared at him in awe.
"Ye waxed fat." Jin uttered and Kurama glared.
"I am not fat." He said. "Come, I need assistance with the tun of beer." He said and they smiled as they gave their help. After hauling and settling the tun, they took their places as patrons as Kurama served them from his post, behind the counter. It was during this time, they divulged knowledge of new events.
"Kuwabara is with his Yukina. He begot twins." Yusuke grinned declaring the whereabouts of the missing knight.
"Congratulations to him." Kurama smiled and filled the empty tankards that were presented to him.
"We be away in the corner with the maidens." Jin grinned while they departed.
As they departed, Hiei arrived.
Beholding the vivacity, Hiei cared only for the redhead as he spotted him at his post behind the counter. Slightly disappointed was he as he saw no difference. Disappointed was he also because with his sister's twins, and the happiness they brought to her, he clandestinely yearned for it as he thought of it possibly happening to him, though not a soul knew. A smile greeted him when the redhead noticed him.
"Welcome back." Kurama smiled as Hiei leaned against the counter while Kurama poured him a drink and stepped away to refill more of the tankards presented to him.
Observing his beloved not blocked by the counter, his eyes waxed wide as he beheld the physical change of his redhead. Returning, Kurama smiled at his Knight's countenance as he rubbed his stomach.
"Ye shall be a father." The redhead smiled.
"What be you?" He stood and walked behind the counter pleasantly at ease and at peace.
"I be what it needs." He smiled as Hiei touched the expanded stomach.
"Hiei, Shuichi waxed fat, did he not." Yusuke yelled and the tavern began to mutter and among them were derision from time past.
"Ye were subjected to such treatment?" Hiei asked and his redhead nodded in affirmation, though not at all fragile as would be expected from such persecution.
"Do they not think highly of you? That they believe you to bed someone so lowly?" Hiei queried utterly displeased.
"We were subjected to things but it was past."Kurama smiled and avoided the contemptuous stares and gossiping.
"Shuichi be not so." Jin and Yusuke defended him verbally as contention arose.
Hiei turned to his redhead who sighed and turned away from the crowd of folk. With a hand against his redhead's cheek, he turned Kurama to him. Boldly he kissed his beloved and therewith, the crowd waxed into quiescence. Releasing him, he held Kurama close and addressed the crowd with great malice.
"Speak ill of Shuichi if ye wish to die by my hand." Hiei threatened sorely. "This is mine." He gently touched Kurama's stomach.
"Wahhh, ye begetting a child, Hiei." Yusuke grinned excitedly as him and Jin ran to them.
"Welcome to circle." Jin grinned as did Yusuke who corroborated.
"Aye."
"Thank you." Kurama beamed as the knights distracted him from the contentious folk though the attention became bothersome to the arch Knight.
"Be gone, leave me with mine." Hiei said and the two grinned.
"I have been made proud on this day." Yusuke promulgated fervidly at Hiei.
"Ah, this be the reason of Mukuro rejection many times?"Jin said in realisation. "She even essayed to lay with ye even yester night."
"Be gone." Hiei said irritated.
"Aye aye aye." They eventually left but with happy hearts.
"This be the reason for your mother's cordial greeting. I see she approves." Hiei said and Kurama smiled.
"Saya too express great excitement as is auntie since this will be the first third generation." He smiled.
"Hn, Yukina bore twins." Hiei said and Kurama breathe in deeply when he heard it.
"I cannot bear to do such. She possesses great bravery and endurance. I am tempted to remain in bed every morning with this one child." He rubbed his stomach. "Standing takes a toll even so."
"Ye should be at rest."
"The sound of mother." He chuckled.
"She be right." Hiei smirked.
"Let another take thy place. Let us return." Hiei said and beck for maiden who he entrusted with Kurama's task.
Returning, he saw to it that Kurama was well until sleep arrived.
The following day, with little to do, Hiei, Kurama and Saya ventured on the outskirt of the village where Saya craved the open space of the meadows. Sitting under a shaded tree with Hiei, Kurama smiled as Saya frolicked and capered through the flowers happily.
"How can she show such joy?" Hiei marvelled.
"How can she not for our lives have been great." He smiled and rubbed his stomach when he felt a kick.
Smiling at the feeling, he took Hiei's hand who paid him little attention while he relaxed with his beloved where he was resting against Hiei's chest. Pressing Hiei's hands on his stomach, Hiei moved his hand away hastily and turned rapidly to his redhead. Kurama smiled at him and Hiei returned his hands to the spot where motion was felt. Leaning his head against Kurama's dotingly he kept his hand against his love's stomach roaming for more attestation of his child.
"Kurama, allow me to feel." Saya called out and ran to them. Kneeling before Kurama, she rested her hands on the large stomach.
"Here." Kurama moved her hand to a spot and she beamed.
With grins, she removed her hands and careened down pressing her ear gently against Kurama's stomach.
"Can it speak?" She asked as she pressed her ear.
"Not too forceful, Saya." Kurama smiled as he relaxed against Hiei.
Saya sat up with confusion clearly written on her face. She canted over once more and sat up once more.
"Kurama?" She called.
"Yes Saya." He smiled to her.
"I have one beating heart, and ye have one beating heart. Be this sooth?" She asked perplexed and he nodded.
"Yes Saya."
"I hearken two beating hearts in thy stomach. What be this?" Her confusion was translated to shock to the two.
"Two?" Hiei asked and Kurama eyes widen.
"Hiei, ye be a twin. Yukina bore twins. Be it possible that I too am bearing such?" He asked tentatively.
"It be possible." Hiei muttered.
"Twins meaning two?" Saya beamed being the only one doing so.
"Aye Saya." Kurama told and knew nothing could be done though he feared bearing twins. Parturition was still of great concern. "Run along and play for we will return to the village anon." He told her and she acquiesced.
"Hiei." He turned to his beloved and looked at him.
"I shall return as much as it be possible so I will be there." Hiei comforted. "Though two be good news for two is better than one."
"Yea, Forsooth, and it be good for this to be once." Easing away from Hiei, he allowed Hiei to stand as he was helped to his feet.
Returning, they bore the news of Saya's discovery to a mother who was moved to tears. At noontide, Yusuke and Jin joined them for lunch before departing with no surprise of Hiei's plan of future peregrination to the village.
"Hiei, why hath thou not seen the need to tell us this ere?" Yusuke asked.
"My reasons."
"Lad, ye be selfish in thine joy."Jin told.
"It be mine." Hiei smirked.
"Please, eat and leave mine be." Kurama said with a smile as he approached the table with meats and bread. Shiori accompanied them with the wine.
Anon, they partook but Kurama's teetotal countenance drew attention.
"Why not a drink of this fine wine?" Jin asked.
"It be not desired in such state of which I be in." Kurama rubbed his stomach.
"It is really not just growth?" Jin asked and Kurama shook his head with a smile.
Gesturing to Hiei and Shiori, he spoke.
"It be a must by them to eschew such beverage." He smiled and the two knights shared a countenance of tenderness.
"Awe, our fair and doughty arch knight be a fellow as we, a heart with love." Yusuke chaffed and everyone chuckled when Hiei hauled a piece of bread at the dark haired lad.
"Silence jester." Came the words accompanying the violence.
"Aye, sooth. It be not known for him to share emotional passion with another." Jin thought aloud and Hiei jabbed him at the foot under the table.
"Be this sooth?" Saya asked with a titter. "It be not." She beck to the redhead and Shiori smiled as she departed the table for more water for her Shuichi.
"May we rest this." Kurama said concerning the confabulation and it was so.
Anon, Yusuke and Jin departed with the fellows leaving Hiei with his redhead.
Lying on the same bed that night, Kurama against his knight, they remained still while Hiei ran his hands through the long hair. Rubbing his stomach in a comforting gesture and eyes closed Kurama smiled as he focused on Hiei's hand in his hair. The action on his hair stopped as he felt Hiei took hold of his hand, playing with his fingers.
Feeling something hard, the redhead opened his eyes as Hiei released his hand. Therein on his hand was a sign of their devotion to each other. Sitting up, he turned fully to Hiei with a smile.
"I wellnigh lost it in battle. It endured knowing here I would be after." Hiei said and Kurama.
"It suffered through battle?"
"It needed to be with thee before the due date." Hiei's words produced a grand smile on his redhead's visage.
"Hiei." The redhead smiled and kissed his Knight, pulling away before he stirred his knight for he knew he could not sate what would become.
"I will depart tomorrow and return before dusk. I shall remain with thee as long as I can thereafter." Hiei said and his beloved smiled.
"Very well." Truly contented, he lay with his Knight for the first of many nights.
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End of Chapter Ten
Vocabulary
Twain: Two
Anon: soon
Sooth: True
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