14

It was the thrid week of December and Duo was not happy. Heero had dragged him to Iria's clinc just because he was a little tired and had to use the bathroom a bit more then usual lately. It was no big deal, he was probably coming down the flu or something.

No need to bother the only doctor in New Sanc with something that a little rest and orange juice wouldn't cure.

"Quit glaring at me Duo it won't work," Heero said not looking up from his laptop. "There is something wrong with you. You haven't been acting youself."

"That doesn't mean I need a doctor," Duo snapped. "Maybe the stress from building a village is finally getting to me or I'm coming down with a cold. I'll be fine in a few days, I always am," Duo was practically begging at the end.

"Duo, we've been here for six months. If it was stress that was making you act this way, I could buy a month into building, even two, not six. As for a cold, you'd be tired, achy, have a fever, upset stomach and runny nose, not rushing to the bathroom to pee every hour or so. And I don't care if you hate me for it, you are getting checked out. It could be something serious, even life threatening," Heero reasoned.

Duo pouted and looked away with a huff.

HP~GW~YYH

Yusuke was getting pounded into into the rock when his commirror beeped. Raizen decieded he would help his son who was having problems getting to he feet, kicked him in the ribs. Yusuke slid across the ground and dug a good sized trench across the surface before he came to rest in front of his commirror.

"Yeah?"

"You need to get to the clinc now," was Heero's greeting.

"Why? What's wrong? Who is it?" Yusuke found his second wind in that second. He knew Heero would only call if 1) they were in trouble, which thankfully hasn't happened yet, or 2) one of his brothers were hurt or dieing. Heero mentioned the clinic. Yusuke's mind was racing with images of either Duo or Harry with broken bones or some sort of life threatening injury.

"Calm down Yusuke, no one is injured."

"Then what is it?"

Heero looked a little uncomfortable which did nothing to help Yuauke's frazzled nerves.

"Well," Yusuke prompted.

"It's Duo, but, I don't think I should say what it is over the mirror, or while you're standing up."

Yusuke raised an eyebrow, "okay... I'll be there as soon as I can. And you're sure Duo is fine?"

"He is uninjured," Heero replied before ending the call.

"Well that was vague at best," Raizen commented.

"Yeah no kidding. What do think?" Yusuke turned to Raizen who was walking towards his "castle".

"No clue."

HP~GW~YYH

Harry sat with Duo who had a cold, damp cloth over his eyes on the bed while Heero and Iria went over the results of Iria's tests.

Draco walked in with Yusuke and Hokushin in tow.

"So what was so bad that wasn't life threatening that I needed to be told in person and sitting down," Yusuke demanded as soon as he was through ther door.

"Please have a seat," Iria directed to a chair next to the door.

Yusuke glared before he sat while Hokushin took position against the wall to his right.

"Thank-you. Now, I don't know if this is common for demons as well, but Draco has informed me that what I have to tell you is quite common in the Wizarding World and therefore proper precutions have been put in place. I don't know, if this is a natural part of demon anatomy, if you've been informed or not so I don't know how you'll react to this news."

Yusuke was getting more and more agitated and courious with every word.

"Well spit it out already, what's up?"

"Duo is pregnant," Iria stated bluntly.

The room seemed to freeze as the information hung heavy in the air before fully sinking in.

"W-w-what do you mean 'Duo is pregnant'? How? That's impossible."

"Well, that's what we thought too until we called Harry to tell him and he brouht Draco who told us that it was more then possible for some wizards to become pragnant. Nobody is too sure why some wizards are able to concive and carry children, but apparently it is some kind of survival mechinizem that has something to do with their magic. The thoery is, that because wizards as a whole are so seclusive and were becoming so inbred, their magic evolved their bodies to allow some males to be able to become pregnant."

"That is acctually quite common within some of the more reclusive tribes within Demon World as well, so your thoery may have some merrit," Hokushin replied.

"Okay..." Yusuke's head was spinning with all the new information he was getting. This was surreal. His brother, a guy, was pregnant.

"Not that I don't care or anything, but why am I being told this?"

"Well, you are his older brother," Iria pointed out. "Thought you'd like to know. Plus as the eldest living male Potter, you're the head of the family and should be informed of any major event to decide what to do about it."

"What do you mean 'do about it'?"

"Wizards are as middle aged as you can get without actually going back in time," Draco explained. "The Head of the Family was always informed of any births or marragies not arranged by the individual's immediate family to be dealt with. If the partner in the marriage, whether the husband or wife, was found unworthy by the Head for whatever reason, he or she could have the marriage annuld. Also, any child born from the unapproved marrage was either given to the mother to raise for some time before being given away, or was killed. So, as Head of the Potter family, if you don't want Duo to have his child, you can order him to abort it and there is nothing he can do to stop you - short of denowncing his name and running away."

Everyone except for Hokushin looked horrified at Draco's explination.

"H-how?"

"I'm not sure really. I just know that as the Head, your word is basically Law. It's such Old Magic that only our best historians and record keeps know how it works and usually that's just the tip of the iceburg," Draco admitted. "I do know that this magic was developed to stop disputes between warring families and prevent discrepancies from developing within the family. As bad as it sounds it really is directed more towards protecting the family or individuals within the family."

"What will you do," Iria asked him.

Yusuke looked over at Duo who was as pale as a sheet and terrified.

"How far along is he?"

"It's hard to know for sure," Iria admitted, "but if I had to guess baised off of the symptoms I say between 5 and 6 weeks."

Yusuke walked up to Duo. "What do you want to do? Keep it or terminate it?"

"I - I don't know."

Yusuke smiled rasuringly. "Well you've still got some time to think," he reminded the briaded teen. "You'd better take good care of him or you're a dead man," he directed at Heero who nodded.

Yusuke may not have a lot of practice with responsibility, but he was getting pretty good at taking care of his brothers when he was around. "Same goes for you too blondie," Yusuke leveled a glare at Draco. He wasn't sure how much the threats were needed as goo-goo eyed as the four were towards each other, but you never know.

"Don't worry, losing Harry is not on my list of thing to accomplish in my life," Draco told him with his signiture smirk.

Yusuke nodded and they all filed out of Iria's office after some last minute advice and a check-up schedualed for next week.

A/N: And that's the end of the cut and paste revised Maho Ningenkai. Hopefully this version makes more scense and flows better. Next chapter will be totally and completely new.