Thanx for reading my story! I can't believe it took me forever to finish but now it is done. But don't worry and don't be sad because there is a sequel!

Well here is the last chapter of Now and Forever

Chapter 21: The Deathly Proposal

Shuichi's POV

I can't believe all this time she was pregnant. When? How did I not know earlier? "How can she be pregnant?" I heard Kyra in the background yelling at Yusuke for telling her the news. I even wanted to yell at Yusuke. It was my news to tell.

I was standing there going on and on in my head about how Yusuke told Kyra that her little sister was bearing, but it never dawned on me that I was going to be a father. "We're going to be a father!" Yoko corrected me, but I didn't care. I looked at Kitarra as she slept in my arms. "You look so beautiful"

I brought her up to her room and gently placed her on the bed. Everyone was waiting outside the room for me to explain, but…how can I just leave her here. She is the mother of my offspring, but I have to explain myself. They all need to know about Kitarra and I relationship.

Without a further thought I walked away and out the door. When I said everyone was outside waiting that was an understatement. I've seen faces I didn't even know that stayed in the house with us. "Kurama you need to explain to me how you know that Kitarra is pregnant." Kyra asked in such a calming voice.

I first looked at her, and then I looked at everyone else, then simply said that, "I can smell it in her hair." Confusion was plastered on everyone's face. So I knew I had to go into more details. "Well, as a female animal demon, when they are pregnant their stomachs do not enlarge like humans do. They stay their normal size; it's a cover up so no one can target her because of her vulnerability. New animal demon offsprings are very fierce and dangerous. Now, while bearing, the mother produce a sour smell in their hair that….only the father can smell."

Everyone didn't catch on to what I had said but Kyra was the first to grasp the concept. "Wait are you tell me that…you are the father of my little sister's child."

She stared at me in disbelief. I opened my mouth to confirm it but I was quickly cut off by a voice. "No that's not what he's saying at all, because I can smell it too."

Everyone turned to the new voice we heard, but I already knew who it was. "Kaoto how dare you show your face here!" I yelled. He stepped through the crowd to get closer to the door I just started to guard. He stood there in my face not even flinching at my bared teeth. "You will never lay a finger on her again!"

"Oh down boy. I'm not here to hurt her. I'm here to help her."

"How can you possibly be here to help her?" I spat at him.

Again he didn't flinch. "Because like I said, I can smell it too which means that that child that she's bearing could possibly be mine." Everyone gave out a disgusting groan. "No I'm not proud of it but if that's what it is then I take full responsibility."

"You won't take shit from her!" This time he was pissed, but kept a calm composure.

"Need I remain you that you were under the same spell as me. You hurt her as well." My eyes widen in disbelief. "No I don't believe you! I would never hurt her! I love her!" He smiled at my discomfort. I hated the fact that he got under my skin. "See you're not so tough. Now, I don't understand why you have her in there and not in a hospital."

"How can we bring her to a hospital at this state? They would think something is up." Yusuke chimed in. "Her belly is as flat as a sheet of notebook paper. We can't bring her there."

Kaoto didn't show frustration but I could feel it radiate from him. "Look I don't give a rat's ass and neither does they. Trust me. Sure, they might think that something is wrong with her which there is."

"Of course there is! She's having a baby and tummy is flat! What part of that don't you get!" Yusuke argued with Kaoto.

"Look I didn't want to scare anyone," He then looked at me. "Well…maybe you," He turned back to the crowd and looked mostly at his other sister. "If Kitarra doesn't get to a hospital soon she'll….. she'll die."

I felt my stomach hit the floor. "Wait, she'll die if she doesn't go to the hospital now? I don't get it. Why can't you just bring a demon doctor, healer, or something like that here to help her? Why do we have to expose her?" I asked. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Correction, I didn't want to believe what I was hearing. All I knew is that this was the guy that raped the love of my life since she was twelve and now he wants to help her. I can not accept that!

"We can't. Our kind doesn't know a thing about bearing children. Humans are the only ones with the knowledge and care it takes to bring a child in this world." Kaoto explain.

I was furious. How can he tell me that Kitarra was going to die? He as no right to say that at all! My blodd started to broil. I was pissed. I wanted to just rip his throat out and tear the rest of him apart! I couldn't take his existence any longer. I went for an attack but the sound of tears held me in my spot. It was Kyra. It seemed that her tears had affected everyone in the room. "Please, Kurama. I don't care if the baby's yours or his, just please help my little sister."

Before I could responed the sound of gasping and choking was coming from inside the room. I didn't hesitate on busting in the room to see that Kitarra was choking on her own blood. I ran to her side and sat her up. Blood came running out of her mouth. That's when I knew that Kaoto was right. She was dying. "Ok. She needs help. So help us." This time tears were seeping from my eyes now.

"Alright we need to take her to a hospital now." In mid-sentence, I already had her cradled in my arms and was running out of the door. I could hear everyone following us but that wasn't important at the moment. What was important was to find a damn hospital. "The nearest hospital is five blocks from here." Kaoto was running right beside me. "Just follow me." I did as told. We didn't bother the hop in a car. There wasn't time for that. I just ran and that's all I knew.

Kitarra's POV

My head was whirling. I felt like I was moving but I wasn't. My body bounced up and down. "What's going on?" Everything around me was black. I couldn't see a thing. "What's happening?" I felt weak and ill. "The nearest hospital is five blocks from here." Voices. I can hear voices. "Just follow me." My mind went wild trying to search for that voice. Was it Kaoto? But if that was him, then where is Shuichi? Where could he be? It felt like I was just sitting there bouncing for hours and then it stopped. "Damn it!" I heard him again. "Kaoto?" "I think it's the other way!" "That is him. My brother."

"What do you mean you think it's the other way?" Shuichi! My beloved Shuichi! I wanted nothing more than to hold him, but it seemed that my arms wouldn't move. I tried calling out to him, but instead of my voice coming out, slimy thick mucus came. "No! She's bleeding again!" I felt someone grip me tighter. That's when I realized that I was in Shuichi's arms. He was carrying me. "Bleeding?" The thought popped in my head unwanted, but what did he mean? Was I really bleeding? "We don't have time to argue at the moment! We have to get to the damn hospital!" Huh? Did my ears deceive me? Was that my Shuichi who just cursed?

I could fell the vibration in his body. He was angry, but towards who. Was he mad at me? A sudden pain rushed over me. My chest felt like it was caving. It was his grip. He's holding me too tight. "Shuichi….I ….can't….breath…" Right then and there I passed out once more.

Shuichi's POV

We finally made it to the hospital and it still seemed that Kitarra wasn't making any progress of waking up. Me and Kaoto ran through the door. We were both out of breath and tired. A nurse who was walking by spotted us. Her eyes went straight to Kitarra. "Oh my goddess! We need a doctor! Now!" Soon a man in a blue scrubs marched up to us. As soon as he saw Kitarra, she was out of my arms and into his. Another doctor came to us as the first one left.

"What happened?" He asked both me and Kaoto. I couldn't answer him. No matter how much I wanted to have them help her, the fact that she was out of my arms stunned me.

"She was jumped by a gang. They beat her up pretty bad." Kaoto covered for my silence. "This is Ku…. Shuichi. He's that girl's boyfriend. We both found her lying on the ground with blood slipping out of her mouth."

Kaoto was intrupted by the nurse we saw earlier. "Doctor! The girl's pregnant!"

The doctor looked shocked and went to follow the nurse, but Kaoto stopped him. "Wait, Doc. We knew she was pregnant and we were wondering if you can do us a favor."

The doctor gave us a strange look. "Let me get this straight. I have a young girl that was abused and probably rapped, she seems to be pregnant and throwing up blood all over the room and you two want me to do you guys a favor?"

"I know it looks bad, but its dealing was the baby that she's having." The doctor folded his arms as a sign to us that he was listening but wasn't liking it. "I told you before that this is her boyfriend so the baby could be his."

"Could be?" the doctor asked in confusion.

"Yea, but …I also had relations with that girl behind my friend's back so it could be mine. We just wanted to know if you could solve this mystery in our heads so that we can have some piece of mind."

The doctor looked from Kaoto to me and back at Kaoto and then said. "I'll see what I can do, but right now I need to help this girl." Without us saying anything more, he ran off the same way the nurse did.

I was exhausted and pissed. "Why did you tell him that you could be the father of the baby!"

"Because, I could be and if I am, like I said before, I wouldn't be proud of it but I wouldn't neglected it either." I couldn't be mad at him. He's right. "The baby could be his…..but…I want it to be mine."

The others soon followed in a little after me and Kaoto rested. "Damn you guys are fast!" Kuwabara exclaim. "You guys were flying!"

"What's going on?" Yusuke asked.

I answered this time. "They took her to the back. They never seen anything like it."

"Well, is she going to be ok?" Kyra asked. She stepped through the crowd of people to get to me. "Please tell me that my baby sister is going to be ok?" More tears began to run down her face.

"…I…I don't know yet they just took her." I told her. It seemed that it didn't make her feel any better about the whole situation. I didn't know how to comfort her.

"Kyra…" Kaoto spoke out. "I just…I just want to tell you that I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt her and you should know that. I love Kitarra as if she could be my own daughter." He put his head in his hands and slowly sobbed.

Kyra kneeled beside him and held him in her arms. "Shusssh. I knew from the very beginning that you would never harm her. I just never knew what made you do it in the first place." Kaoto's hands dropped and wrapped around Kyras waist. "It's going to be ok."

17 Hours Later (Still Shuichi's POV)

Everyone went to sleep except for me and Kyra. Kaoto laid his head on her lap. I found it a little weird but it didn't bother me too much. "I wonder what's taking so long." She asked in a whisper.

My eyes were wide awake just ready for a doctor to walk in here telling us that she'll be ok. "I don't know." I answered her. I didn't what was taking long but the longer I wait the more I feel hopeless.

Everything was silent for a while. Well, not really. All the nurses and doctors were walking around. One nurse was on the phone and some of the other in the waiting room were watching television but I still heard nothing until Kyra called my name. "Kurama. Right before we left the house I grabbed something." Kyra went in her pocket. I wasn't paying attention to what it was. I just continued to look down at the floor, wanting to get this day over with and her back into my arms. "I want you to have this. It was my mother's." I finally looked up at her. My eyes followed her arms to her hands. What was sitting there was little black box. "She gave it to me hoping that I will soon wed, but I'm not looking for marriage." My eyes widen. She couldn't possibly be giving me a ring. "When this is all over, I want you to propose to Kitarra. I don't care that the baby is yours of this dumb ass here," She nodded toward Kaoto on her lap. ",but I know that you love her and she loves you. I think you would be right for each other. That's why I invited you to my house."

I sat there not saying a word. Tears were forming in my eyes. "Would you take the damn box already before I snap?" Yoko was restless. No sleep for him isn't good.

I reached for the box. My hand was centimeters from touching hers when I saw that her hands start to shake. "Huh?" I looked up at her. Her eyes were shut tight but silent tears fell from her eyes. She sobbed as she was handing me this ring. Her sobs became a full on snot cry when she spoke. "Please…let Kitarra be safe." My heart dropped. "Of course she can't think of anything but her sister." She sat there with the box in her hands. All I could do was look at her. When she realized that I haven't moved yet she slowly opened her eyes. Her brown liquid eyes stared at me. When she saw my eyes upon hers she quickly closed them. "Kurama you're not making this easy!" Her entire body began to shake. This was killing her inside.

I quickly grabbed her hand that had the box in it and took her in my arms. I heard her gasp from shock of my pulling her but she soon fell into me and cried more. I started to pet her soft hair. This was the best way I knew how to comfort her. "Shssh it's going to be ok. Just stop crying. Crying isn't going to help." What was I talking about? I was crying myself. "I'm here now Kita-" "What? I'm going nuts. I need my girl back in my arms." I looked down at Kyra to see if she had notice, but it seemed that she wasn't paying attention. She was asleep.

Soon a nurse came in the room. She look shocked at all the people that were asleep. I places the ring in my pocket and gently places Kyra down in my seat as I got up. I walked up to the nurse. "She's ready to give birth. Since you…might be the father would you like to come into the operation room?" She asked me. I just nodded my head. "Ok then. Well, put this on and follow me."

The operation room was huge but that wasn't the first thing I notice. There she was. Lying on the operating bed with her legs spread. Her short black hair was messy and in her face. She soon spotted me. "Shuichi?" Her voice was ragged like a whisper. She was breathing pretty fast.

I walk over to her. "I'm here now."

"Why the hell do they have a giant glass window in front of me?" I turned to look and she was right. There was a giant window there. I was little concern about people walking by looking at her.

A nurse saw my concerned look and explained. "We choose this room just in case if all your friends want to come an watch." It like as she spoke it all of them were there watching her. Yusuke and Kuwabara waved at me.

Yusuke started yelling through the glass. "Hey Kurama! I can see your girls vajayjay!"

I quickly covered her up with my body. "Thanks sweetie." She told me. "Now why the hell hasn't anyone told me that I'm pregnant!"

I opened my mouth to explain but the doctor interrupt me. "It's time to push."

"Push? Aren't you going to give my drugs or something? Knock me out!"

"I'm sorry but your state is too risky for drugs." The nurse answered her. The doctor got into position between her legs. "Sir if you want you can hold her hand." The nurse told me.

Kitarra looked at me with her loving crimson eyes. I didn't hesitate to be by her side. I swiftly grabbed her hand and the thoughts of the ring came to my head. "The ring. I forgot about it." While one hand held hers, I placed the other in my pocket. "How am I going to do this?"

"It's simple. Just get down on one knee and say. 'Kitarra, my love and possibly the mother of my child, will you do me the honor of marrying me?'" Yoko was really being a pest and I tried my hardest to ignore him. But then again it was a bad idea. I could actually picture myself of getting down on one knee and asking her to devote her life to me.

"Ok I gonna need you to push." The doctor ordered. Kitarra strained with all her might. I know this because I felt it in my hand. She was squeezing the life out of my hand. I couldn't feel the circulation anymore. She pushed even harder and started screaming. I couldn't help but scream with her. The pain she was giving me was horrible. "Ok keep pushing your doing great!"

"Aahhh! It hurt! Kurama you piece of shit I hate you!" My heart dropped. How could she say that?

"Don't worry. I hear this all the time. She's saying it out of pain. Once this baby comes out she'll love you can." The nurse told me. It made me feel a little better but I rather she doesn't say things like that at all.

"You're doing great. I can almost see the head." The doctor said. "I'm just gonna need you to give one big push ok." I prepared myself for what was to come.

Kitarra almost broke my hand pushing so hard. I wanted to cry.

Kitarra's POV

I gave one last big push. It hurt like hell. It was a good thing Shuichi was there to help me through this. I didn't know what I would have done if he wasn't there. "Alright! The baby's out!" the doctor exclaimed. Shuichi gave everyone that was looking threw the window thumbs up…well a thumb up. It seemed that I had hurt his one of his hands. The doctor took my baby and cleaned it up and soon came back to me. "Congratulations it's a girl!" The doctor handed me my baby and he was right. It was a beautiful girl.

I looked up at Shuichi and he looked nervous. "What's wrong?" I asked him but he didn't answer me.

"So what will her name be a nurse asked, but I wasn't paying attention to her.

I was wondering what was on his mind until he spoke out. "Cosette." "Huh? What is he talking about?" "Her name should be Cosette." "Oh so….that's….what…he…mean's" I could feel my body drifting off, but not as if I'm sleepy. "Kitarra?" Shuichi startled me. I looked at him with evil in my eyes for scaring me. I also want to yell at him but my voice was too weak. "I…I want to ask you something." Instead of talking I just looked at him. "Well…. umm…." I saw him get down on one knee and he went into his pocket. Out the corner of my eyes I saw my sister jumping up and down.

Shuichi pulled out a little black box. That when I knew what he was doing but I didn't want to believe it and plus I didn't want to be those people who get all worked up over the little black box thinking it's a ring but it turns out that it's not and then they become disappointed. I refuse to let that be me.

Shuichi opened the box and there it was. The ring that belonged to my mother. "Huh? How did he…" My head snapped to the window and Kyra was giving me a thumbs up. "I should have known." "Kitarra," Shuichi catch my attention again. "You are the love of my life and I just wanted to know…will you marry me?" My heart dropped. How could I possibly say no?

Before I could answer I felt a pain in my chest. The pain was like something was stabbing me all over. "What's happening?" My hand went over my heart and I shut my eyes. "Doctor!" I heard someone say.

"Kitarra!" Shuichi voice rung through my ears. His sweet sweet voice. "Kitarra what's wrong?" His hand was on mine now. My eyes shoot open as I gasped for air. "It hurt so bad!"

One of the nurses took my baby out of my arms. "No! Give her back! Give her back to me! She's mine!...mine…..mine…..mi-"

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Shuichi's POV

No….No….NO! "Kitarra?" I shook her body. "Kitarra?...get up honey." She didn't move. I shook her again. "Kitarra get up." There was still no response. "Kitarra stop messing around and get up!" She still didn't move or stir. I continue to shake her wildly. "Kitarra don't do this to me! Get up! I love you, now get up!" "No this can't be happening!" "GET UP!" I yelled. She refused to move. She didn't even flinch at my voice.

A nurse was pulling on my arms but I refused to leave her side. Not now. I didn't realize that I was crying until a tear hit my leg. "I'm sorry sir…... She's gone."

"No she's not!" I yelled even louder. "Kitarra! Please get up. Please!" I couldn't take this pain. It was killing me on the inside. She could be gone. Not right after I propose to her….."I didn't even get an answer."

The doctor covered her face. "I'm calling it. Time of death 1:38am"

That's when I had to face it….She was gone.

(2:04am)

Still Shuichi's POV

Another doctor came to Kaoto and I to collect some DNA for the test. I had a blank stare on my face. I still couldn't believe that she was gone. Yoko had been quiet this whole time. I guess he's in shock right now.

The doctor finally came back with the results. As he stood before me and Kaoto he bowed his head in respect for our grief. "Are you ready to hear the results?" Kaoto didn't answer like I expected him to. It looked like he was cut off from the world.

I answer the man instead. "Yes we're ready to hear the results."

The doctor pulled a sheet of paper from a folder and read the results silently before he read them out loud. "Ok…the father is actually Mr. Shuichi Minamino." I wasn't as shocked as I thought I would to hear that the child was mine. To be honest, it made it hard to bare.

Kyra has stop crying since then. I don't blame her. I would too if I didn't have to stay calm because I'm a father. "How am I suppose to raise this child without her?" I was expecting Yoko to reply but he didn't. I guess he needs more time. We all did. Well will all miss her and I don't think anyone would forget her.

Mrs. Kitarra Minamino

Sister, a daughter, and a mother

In loving memories

I hope you enjoyed it. I almost cried writing this part, but now this part of the story is closed and a new one will open. That's right there is a sequel! Find out how Kurama is doing as a single dad. And what about little Cosette?

Oh for those of you who don't know how to pronounce her name it's Co-set.

So please stay tune for the Sequel "Forever Until Now"