Chapter Seventy-Two - Plural

"Wow, a real Kami! Onii-chan, it's a Kami, right? I thought Onne-chan was mocking me but it's real! Why does Kagome have all the fun? I'll take over the shrine and she's the one to meet Gods! Not fair!" The fox looked amused, licking its paws with a foxy grin stamping its features. "Won't the neighbors see it sitting in the air like that? There isn't an illusion placed around here, you know?"

"You know so little, my young Priest. Haven't you met youkai and wizards, would you believe there's a fox outside a window? They won't see if they don't believe, and even if they see, they won't believe either. Humans - muggles - are silly like this."

"That explains why nothing is said when an Owl drops things here," George mused. "Not that it would be too hard to come with an excuse. Fred and I used to dismiss mum all the time so she wouldn't find out about our experiments in the bedroom. Ew, not that kind of experiments, little brother. That I saved for your sister."

Souta made a face that that showed all of his disgust from the images that filled his preteen mind. "Argh, I'm not hungry anymore."

"You won't say it in a few years," Fred mocked Souta, having joined them not long ago. "Our brother Ron used to turn his nose whenever he saw someone snogging. Then he dated a very affectionate bird and… he's still Ron." George mimicked his shrug.

Great Grandmother, showing a pair of glistening fangs through a toothy foxy grin, extended a paw in Fred's direction. "Freddie, my lovely Freddie, you know why this old Kami is here, right? It's time."

Fred sighed slowly. Biting inside his cheeks, he sent George an apologetic look then looked back down. His body trembled, his fists grabbed the rail so tight his knuckles turned white. "It's not fair, you knew Souta would get it in a blink, didn't you? There should be an exception for Holy beings!"

Mrs. Hallewell retracted the extended limb. The fox's tail swung from side to side in an excited rhythm. "You can't bend the rules to your benefit, my boy, that's exclusive to me. Now, let's go, I don't have all the time in the world. Wait, I have, but I'm too old to wait."

"Fred's right! It's wasn't our mistake! It's not his fault my brother-in-law cannot be cheated by a charm. And Kagome is already so upset. She didn't even pray when we got home today, so sad she is. how disappointed she will be that all of Shippou and hers efforts were wasted. That will be terrible for the baby too, you know? We might even have to cancel the party, I doubt Kagome will be in the mood for it anytime soon."

The fox immediately landed and transfigured to the form of the old Mrs. Halliwell George saw at the Burrow. Her hands cupped her cheeks, her eyes full of worry. "Not the babies! My poor babies shouldn't suffer! Why didn't you tell me sooner?! You insufferable brat! It was supposed only to keep you on your track, I never planned to really carry on with the threat. Why didn't you tell them, Fred? I should punish you for worrying my child! Where's my priestess? I must check the babies!" The woman said already walking in the direction of the master bedroom.

George knew he would be upset later for Fred keeping this huge piece of information from him. He also knew there would be a payback on his part for making him almost have kittens out of worry and sadness. But only one thing, a single word that was said twice, that kicked his senses. He tried to reason that he must have heard wrong, or that she means the baby and Kagome but that made little sense since she referred Kagome as 'child'. He turned to Souta and Fred, both holding question mark expressions on their faces. "Am I crazy or did she really say babies?"

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