Note: Nearly done. Only, what twelve or so left to go? Oi! This! Is
definately! One of the longest stories I've done. Still more to come.
Soon as this story is done, I promise, I'll work on All That Glitters
some more for you.
The Dark Side: Amid-Husband:One Step Nearer
"What was that about?" Manta whispered to Yoh as the class began again.
"I'm not sure." Yoh replied, blinking quietly.
The things Ren'd said stuck in his mind, echoing as he thought back
over what was said.
'Word on the tombstone is one of the local Shamans is going to have a
child.'
"He knows about the baby, Manta." Yoh said in a low whisper as the
teacher issued an assignment to the class to keep them busy while he
went to get their homework for them.
"How?" came Manta's reply.
"He said the whole cemetary was talking about it."
"He never goes to the cemetary, though. Or, if he does, he's good at
not letting anyone around see him."
"I know. Maybe he just decided to stop by there a couple times,
though, never know."
"Either way. I don't like how he had you and wouldn't let you go."
"It's alright. I didn't like that either, but it was just talk."
As the class progressed, Yoh and Manta continued their conversation
quietly, trying to list reasons Ren would care that Yoh was going to
have a baby.
The bell rang to go to kendo class as the two stood from their seats,
heading to the door.
"Manta, what're we practicing today?" Yoh asked.
"I'm going to practice defense." Manta replied, clearly putting
emphasis on I'm. "You're going to be sitting today's class out." he
added.
"Oh, come on, I'm not gonna get killed in kendo class, and you know it.
Be serious."
"I am. No class for you today. You get hit too hard in the head, it
may knock some sense into you. You get hit too hard in the stomach, it
could make you lose our baby."
"I heard that wise crack." Yoh mused softly.
"Then listen to it." Manta shot back, a serious look on his face and an
annoyed tone to his voice.
"Alright, alright. I'll sit today out." Yoh sighed in defeat.
"Thank you."
Entering the room, Yoh sighed and looked at the sky through the window.
"I hope today goes quickly." he said as he picked Manta up. "I've got
a bad feeling about today."
"A bad feeling?"
"It's nothing. Just, something feels weird. It's probably just my
imagination."
"If you're sure." Manta replied.
"Yeah. I'm sure."
"Yoh-bunny when it's time, we can't take you to a hospital."
"You're right." Yoh said, his left eye twitching as he pictured a
doctor with huge glasses and a giant bright light shining on Yoh poking
at him with a needle and a microphone that was hooked to a tape
recorder as he questioned Yoh. "But if a hospital's out of the
question, how will we handle it?"
"We need a midwife for you. Or in this case, midhusband." Manta said
after a while.
"A midhusband? Like the women hired to help women give birth?"
"Yeah."
"Good idea."
"Yoh-bunny, let's go to the cemetary. We have a few more days of
school we can miss."
A small smirk came to Yoh's lips as he turned towards the door. "I
think I've been a bad influence on you." he said smugly.
"No one I would rather be changed by than you, Yoh."
"That's sweet." said a dark tinged voice out of their hearing range.
"But the moment you harm anyone, and that person dies, Akovara, I know
a monsterous dog that will love to have you for dinner."
Ren cracked a smirk as the young couple walked off.
At the graveyard....
Manta watched Amidamaru as he hovered around Yoh, scratching his chin
thoughtfuly. 'A midwife, or a midhusband? I am honored you would ask
me. I will gladly serve as your aid in the child's birth.' came the
samurai's spirit's reply.
"Thank you." Yoh said, smiling, as Manta nodded in agreement.
'You are quite welcome.'
definately! One of the longest stories I've done. Still more to come.
Soon as this story is done, I promise, I'll work on All That Glitters
some more for you.
The Dark Side: Amid-Husband:One Step Nearer
"What was that about?" Manta whispered to Yoh as the class began again.
"I'm not sure." Yoh replied, blinking quietly.
The things Ren'd said stuck in his mind, echoing as he thought back
over what was said.
'Word on the tombstone is one of the local Shamans is going to have a
child.'
"He knows about the baby, Manta." Yoh said in a low whisper as the
teacher issued an assignment to the class to keep them busy while he
went to get their homework for them.
"How?" came Manta's reply.
"He said the whole cemetary was talking about it."
"He never goes to the cemetary, though. Or, if he does, he's good at
not letting anyone around see him."
"I know. Maybe he just decided to stop by there a couple times,
though, never know."
"Either way. I don't like how he had you and wouldn't let you go."
"It's alright. I didn't like that either, but it was just talk."
As the class progressed, Yoh and Manta continued their conversation
quietly, trying to list reasons Ren would care that Yoh was going to
have a baby.
The bell rang to go to kendo class as the two stood from their seats,
heading to the door.
"Manta, what're we practicing today?" Yoh asked.
"I'm going to practice defense." Manta replied, clearly putting
emphasis on I'm. "You're going to be sitting today's class out." he
added.
"Oh, come on, I'm not gonna get killed in kendo class, and you know it.
Be serious."
"I am. No class for you today. You get hit too hard in the head, it
may knock some sense into you. You get hit too hard in the stomach, it
could make you lose our baby."
"I heard that wise crack." Yoh mused softly.
"Then listen to it." Manta shot back, a serious look on his face and an
annoyed tone to his voice.
"Alright, alright. I'll sit today out." Yoh sighed in defeat.
"Thank you."
Entering the room, Yoh sighed and looked at the sky through the window.
"I hope today goes quickly." he said as he picked Manta up. "I've got
a bad feeling about today."
"A bad feeling?"
"It's nothing. Just, something feels weird. It's probably just my
imagination."
"If you're sure." Manta replied.
"Yeah. I'm sure."
"Yoh-bunny when it's time, we can't take you to a hospital."
"You're right." Yoh said, his left eye twitching as he pictured a
doctor with huge glasses and a giant bright light shining on Yoh poking
at him with a needle and a microphone that was hooked to a tape
recorder as he questioned Yoh. "But if a hospital's out of the
question, how will we handle it?"
"We need a midwife for you. Or in this case, midhusband." Manta said
after a while.
"A midhusband? Like the women hired to help women give birth?"
"Yeah."
"Good idea."
"Yoh-bunny, let's go to the cemetary. We have a few more days of
school we can miss."
A small smirk came to Yoh's lips as he turned towards the door. "I
think I've been a bad influence on you." he said smugly.
"No one I would rather be changed by than you, Yoh."
"That's sweet." said a dark tinged voice out of their hearing range.
"But the moment you harm anyone, and that person dies, Akovara, I know
a monsterous dog that will love to have you for dinner."
Ren cracked a smirk as the young couple walked off.
At the graveyard....
Manta watched Amidamaru as he hovered around Yoh, scratching his chin
thoughtfuly. 'A midwife, or a midhusband? I am honored you would ask
me. I will gladly serve as your aid in the child's birth.' came the
samurai's spirit's reply.
"Thank you." Yoh said, smiling, as Manta nodded in agreement.
'You are quite welcome.'