Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, or Hiei *SOB*. I WANNA! I WANNA! I
WANNA! I WANNA! (Damn, font won't get any bigger.) Ranting time!
Fugen: Speaking of childish outbursts—
Hiei: Hn. You're a child yourself.
Fugen: I AM NOT! Okay, so I'm not legally eighteen, but who cares!
Kurama: I suppose lawyers...
Hiei: What're you talking about?
Fugen: Anyway, speaking of childish outbursts, chapter 3! Behold and be utterly awed by my writing talent!
~Kurama's House/Bedroom~
Hiei stared. Kurama stared. From his throne above, Ryokai smiled in a airheaded kind of way and Inari looked smug. Taki stared, mouth dropped wide open, in complete and utter shock. Hanketsu and Kyoku exchanged a glance, and then turned away, hiding attempts to keep themselves from laughing out loud. Never in the history of the gods had such a thing happened. Leave it to Ryokai to do something like that.
On the bed, only inches away from Hiei, whimpered a little baby boy that, not only looked adorable even though he was in a state of the usual babies' Why-the-hell-am-I-here, had a complete set of a pair of downy fox ears and tail. (KAWAII, I tell you!)
As Hiei and Kurama finally decided to wonder in utter shock later and take care of the baby first, the throne room of the gods was in total uproar. Taki was THIS close to tearing off Ryokai's head right then and there.
"HOW COULD YOU?!" Taki raged. "Doing something like THAT without MY knowing?!" "You would've objected to it," Ryokai said mildly. It earned him the act of Taki grabbing him by the shirt and shaking him furiously.
" OF COURSE I would have! Ryokai, mixing races like that is FORBIDDEN!"
"Actually, that's just you." Ryokai seemed totally unaffected by Taki's ongoing assault.
"Besides, Hiei deserves something like that to make him happy."
"Consorting with a descendant of Inari's isn't ENOUGH for him?!"
"I thought it wasn't enough for him. Hiei would've been content without the baby, but I wanted his happiness to reach its full extent."
"But WHY didn't you consult ME?"
Ryokai freed himself and pulled Inari, who was in fox form, into his lap. Burying his face into Inari's fur, Ryokai explained, "Because of your sense of propriety. It's not right, Taki, for a primal goddess to behave in such a it-HAS-to-be-proper way. You have feelings too, Taki. You should know what it's like to feel pain. Hiei has gone through plenty in his younger years. I would do the same with anyone, even you. But would you object, Taki, so vehemently against such a miracle as a child that is a near literal product of love? Hiei and Kurama created that child with their love for one another. I simply gave it a physical form."
"But—"
"That's enough, Taki," Hanketsu intervened. "Ryokai is correct, in more ways than one. As he would say, what does anything, any rule, any sense of what is proper and right, matter when it comes to being simply happy, or simply being in love? What does it matter, Taki?"
The water goddess couldn't answer to that. She already knew that Ryokai was more than just right and justified to do as he had just done.
~Back to Kurama's house~
The baby gurgled in a irresistibly cute way, waving his tiny hands and feet beneath the silken blanket Kurama had wrapped in him. Quiet with surprise and wondering what to do or how this baby came to be, Kurama and Hiei simply just looked at each other. Unaware of it all, the baby tried to turn his head about to look at various things.
Like I said, the baby was KAWAII. Like any baby he was small and chubby with baby fat, but his eyes were luminous and emerald green with gold speckles, his hair as black as Hiei's with the trademark blueness and white starburst. Tail waving, the baby gurgled and snuggled against Kurama's chest.
"So, um...who's Ryokai?" Kurama asked again in a small, hesitant voice. Turning his eyes away from the baby, Hiei answered, " The god of fire; ancestor of fire demons." "He's WHAT?!" Kurama burst out. Quickly he glanced at the baby, who wasn't crying but quietly gazing up in wonderment at the sudden increase in volume. Hiei continued, "There's only one fire demon whose hair is white from...well, 'power evolution', and that's Ryokai, god of fire. He's not a demon, I suppose you can say, just as Inari is. I never heard of Ryokai appearing before in any world than that of the gods..."
"The baby came in white fire," Kurama recalled. "Do you think that it's Ryokai's doing?" "Very likely. Illusion or not, no one can make fire that is completely white," Hiei mused aloud, "and as far as I have heard, Ryokai has a reputation for being...very incomprehensible. You never know why he does what he does, much less what he's really thinking."
Just then the baby gurgled again, this time straining to survey his surroundings. When Hiei came into the baby's line of view, the infant's tail wagged energetically and he made happy baby sounds. Kurama received a response no less happy.
A soft smile curved Kurama's mouth. "Well, gift from the gods or not," Kurama said to Hiei, "shall we try our hand at child rearing?" Hiei snorted in response. He had no experience of raising a child unless he was the child itself.
But who could resist that innocent (er, as innocent as any kid of Hiei's and Youko Kurama's could go), adorable baby that seemed so happy so be where he was? But then there were three other problems.
1.) Yusuke and the others,. What would THEIR reaction be?
2.) What to name the baby.
3.) How the hell were they going to explain HIM to Kurama's mother?
And I suppose it's really four problems if you count: How the hell are they going to make Hiei act like a real and proper father?
~Throne Room of the Gods~
"I say Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"That sounds ridiculous." (Hanketsu)
"Hotaru?" (Kyoku)
"Why name a part-youko 'firefly'?" (Taki)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Are you really serious?" (Inari)
"What about Hikari? Or Hikaru? The latter's popular." (Taki.)
"Does a name really have to symbolize the bearer?" (Kyoku)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Oh, give it up. Hell I'm naming any descendant of mine 'Jr.', especially in light of that little toddler god." (Inari)
"Ryu sounds nice. He is part dragon, after all." (Hanketsu)
"WHY are we ARGUING about this?" (Taki)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Exactly HOW simple-minded can you be?" (Kyoku)
"Be serious, Ryokai." (Inari)
"But I REALLY like the name Hiei!" (Ryokai)
"Yes, but there's already another Hiei, the original." (Hanketsu)
"WHY are we debating this?" (Taki)
Fugen: They're debating about what to name the baby 'cause I have absolutely NO idea what to name him. I just can't be satisfied with any names I come up with! I'm debating seriously now between 'Hotaru' and 'Hiko'. I'd go for Hikaru, but it's way too popular in my mind, and I'd name the baby Hiei only I don't like the 'Jr.' part. ARRRRGGGHHHH! It's driving me INSANE! How the hell did MY parents manage to settle on a name for ME?
Kurama: After much debate, I'm sure.
Hiei: Probably one that lasted for years.
Fugen: Oh, ha ha. Anyway, I have a short story that I wrote before 'Bed of Roses and Fire'. It's called 'Pounces and Kisses', a romance, humor sort of thing, H&K pairing, but only ONE person has reviewed it! ONE! ONE person, I tell you!
Hiei: Oh, shut up. It's probably just because you're a terrible writer.
Fugen: I AM NOT *sobbing*
Kurama: Hiei, you made her cry.
Hiei: Hn. Like I care. That female's insane.
Fugen: Well *sob* I wanna thank Saelbu for reviewing that short story of mine, especially since Saelbu was the ONE person who reviewed it! Saelbu, arigato!
Fugen: Speaking of childish outbursts—
Hiei: Hn. You're a child yourself.
Fugen: I AM NOT! Okay, so I'm not legally eighteen, but who cares!
Kurama: I suppose lawyers...
Hiei: What're you talking about?
Fugen: Anyway, speaking of childish outbursts, chapter 3! Behold and be utterly awed by my writing talent!
~Kurama's House/Bedroom~
Hiei stared. Kurama stared. From his throne above, Ryokai smiled in a airheaded kind of way and Inari looked smug. Taki stared, mouth dropped wide open, in complete and utter shock. Hanketsu and Kyoku exchanged a glance, and then turned away, hiding attempts to keep themselves from laughing out loud. Never in the history of the gods had such a thing happened. Leave it to Ryokai to do something like that.
On the bed, only inches away from Hiei, whimpered a little baby boy that, not only looked adorable even though he was in a state of the usual babies' Why-the-hell-am-I-here, had a complete set of a pair of downy fox ears and tail. (KAWAII, I tell you!)
As Hiei and Kurama finally decided to wonder in utter shock later and take care of the baby first, the throne room of the gods was in total uproar. Taki was THIS close to tearing off Ryokai's head right then and there.
"HOW COULD YOU?!" Taki raged. "Doing something like THAT without MY knowing?!" "You would've objected to it," Ryokai said mildly. It earned him the act of Taki grabbing him by the shirt and shaking him furiously.
" OF COURSE I would have! Ryokai, mixing races like that is FORBIDDEN!"
"Actually, that's just you." Ryokai seemed totally unaffected by Taki's ongoing assault.
"Besides, Hiei deserves something like that to make him happy."
"Consorting with a descendant of Inari's isn't ENOUGH for him?!"
"I thought it wasn't enough for him. Hiei would've been content without the baby, but I wanted his happiness to reach its full extent."
"But WHY didn't you consult ME?"
Ryokai freed himself and pulled Inari, who was in fox form, into his lap. Burying his face into Inari's fur, Ryokai explained, "Because of your sense of propriety. It's not right, Taki, for a primal goddess to behave in such a it-HAS-to-be-proper way. You have feelings too, Taki. You should know what it's like to feel pain. Hiei has gone through plenty in his younger years. I would do the same with anyone, even you. But would you object, Taki, so vehemently against such a miracle as a child that is a near literal product of love? Hiei and Kurama created that child with their love for one another. I simply gave it a physical form."
"But—"
"That's enough, Taki," Hanketsu intervened. "Ryokai is correct, in more ways than one. As he would say, what does anything, any rule, any sense of what is proper and right, matter when it comes to being simply happy, or simply being in love? What does it matter, Taki?"
The water goddess couldn't answer to that. She already knew that Ryokai was more than just right and justified to do as he had just done.
~Back to Kurama's house~
The baby gurgled in a irresistibly cute way, waving his tiny hands and feet beneath the silken blanket Kurama had wrapped in him. Quiet with surprise and wondering what to do or how this baby came to be, Kurama and Hiei simply just looked at each other. Unaware of it all, the baby tried to turn his head about to look at various things.
Like I said, the baby was KAWAII. Like any baby he was small and chubby with baby fat, but his eyes were luminous and emerald green with gold speckles, his hair as black as Hiei's with the trademark blueness and white starburst. Tail waving, the baby gurgled and snuggled against Kurama's chest.
"So, um...who's Ryokai?" Kurama asked again in a small, hesitant voice. Turning his eyes away from the baby, Hiei answered, " The god of fire; ancestor of fire demons." "He's WHAT?!" Kurama burst out. Quickly he glanced at the baby, who wasn't crying but quietly gazing up in wonderment at the sudden increase in volume. Hiei continued, "There's only one fire demon whose hair is white from...well, 'power evolution', and that's Ryokai, god of fire. He's not a demon, I suppose you can say, just as Inari is. I never heard of Ryokai appearing before in any world than that of the gods..."
"The baby came in white fire," Kurama recalled. "Do you think that it's Ryokai's doing?" "Very likely. Illusion or not, no one can make fire that is completely white," Hiei mused aloud, "and as far as I have heard, Ryokai has a reputation for being...very incomprehensible. You never know why he does what he does, much less what he's really thinking."
Just then the baby gurgled again, this time straining to survey his surroundings. When Hiei came into the baby's line of view, the infant's tail wagged energetically and he made happy baby sounds. Kurama received a response no less happy.
A soft smile curved Kurama's mouth. "Well, gift from the gods or not," Kurama said to Hiei, "shall we try our hand at child rearing?" Hiei snorted in response. He had no experience of raising a child unless he was the child itself.
But who could resist that innocent (er, as innocent as any kid of Hiei's and Youko Kurama's could go), adorable baby that seemed so happy so be where he was? But then there were three other problems.
1.) Yusuke and the others,. What would THEIR reaction be?
2.) What to name the baby.
3.) How the hell were they going to explain HIM to Kurama's mother?
And I suppose it's really four problems if you count: How the hell are they going to make Hiei act like a real and proper father?
~Throne Room of the Gods~
"I say Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"That sounds ridiculous." (Hanketsu)
"Hotaru?" (Kyoku)
"Why name a part-youko 'firefly'?" (Taki)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Are you really serious?" (Inari)
"What about Hikari? Or Hikaru? The latter's popular." (Taki.)
"Does a name really have to symbolize the bearer?" (Kyoku)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Oh, give it up. Hell I'm naming any descendant of mine 'Jr.', especially in light of that little toddler god." (Inari)
"Ryu sounds nice. He is part dragon, after all." (Hanketsu)
"WHY are we ARGUING about this?" (Taki)
"Hiei Jr.!" (Ryokai)
"Exactly HOW simple-minded can you be?" (Kyoku)
"Be serious, Ryokai." (Inari)
"But I REALLY like the name Hiei!" (Ryokai)
"Yes, but there's already another Hiei, the original." (Hanketsu)
"WHY are we debating this?" (Taki)
Fugen: They're debating about what to name the baby 'cause I have absolutely NO idea what to name him. I just can't be satisfied with any names I come up with! I'm debating seriously now between 'Hotaru' and 'Hiko'. I'd go for Hikaru, but it's way too popular in my mind, and I'd name the baby Hiei only I don't like the 'Jr.' part. ARRRRGGGHHHH! It's driving me INSANE! How the hell did MY parents manage to settle on a name for ME?
Kurama: After much debate, I'm sure.
Hiei: Probably one that lasted for years.
Fugen: Oh, ha ha. Anyway, I have a short story that I wrote before 'Bed of Roses and Fire'. It's called 'Pounces and Kisses', a romance, humor sort of thing, H&K pairing, but only ONE person has reviewed it! ONE! ONE person, I tell you!
Hiei: Oh, shut up. It's probably just because you're a terrible writer.
Fugen: I AM NOT *sobbing*
Kurama: Hiei, you made her cry.
Hiei: Hn. Like I care. That female's insane.
Fugen: Well *sob* I wanna thank Saelbu for reviewing that short story of mine, especially since Saelbu was the ONE person who reviewed it! Saelbu, arigato!