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Babysitter Dues:
Of Secrets and Cribs Chpt.3
There was a moment of clinking of silverware and the scraping of chairs then the sound of silence, until the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hey Yusuke."
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"I'm sorry Yusuke, I can't train...I'm babysitting...
Six months."
A burst of laughter rang through her ears and ensued throughout the room. The infants looked at her wide-eyed, food still clinging to their chins.
"What?! You with children?" Yusuke's voice pealed with laughter. Kyo just stood there in the kitchen with her hands on her hips glaring at the phone. "I'm sorry Kyo, but you've never seemed the type to baby sit."
"Well, gee Yusuke, you never seemed like the children type either!"
By now Yusuke was consumed in hysterical laughter. "I don't know what you think is so funny, but you better cut it out before I rip that precious voice box of yours out of your neck!" Yusuke's laughter quickly died. Kyo wasn't one to make idle threats. Kuwabara's voice could be heard in the background... "Let me talk to her."
"Kyo? You with children?" Kazuma's voice began to break trying to conceal his laughter.
"Go ahead, seeing as Yusuke already did." A faint 'Sorry Kyo' could be heard from behind Kazuma.
"Here, I'm going to give the phone to Kurama, I don't trust myself." 'I don't trust you either.' Kazuma had a hard time talking as bits of laughter intertwined with his speech. As soon as the phone was handed to Kurama, Kazuma took this opportunity to join Yusuke in laughing. "They love this don't they?"
"Sorry to say Kyo, but I find amusing as well..." Kurama's face flushed slightly, though it went unnoticed.
"And I suppose that once we're done talking, you're going to laugh to hunh?"
"No, Kurama has more self-control than that." Hiei had joined the conversation on another phone.
"And I suppose you do too hunh?"
"Hn."
"Great everyone's laughing at me, two of them are polite enough not to laugh in front of my face!" Yusuke took the phone from Kurama, "Kyo we're coming over...we wanna take a good look at these kids you're babysitting, we can't have you scaring them off now can we?" Yusuke chuckled at his own joke.
Kyo sat down next to Sakyo, head in her hands, she groaned. He looked up at her innocently. Through the gaps in her fingers she could see his face...it wasn't far from hers...the only gate between them were her interlocked fingers. "Yes?" She unlaced her fingers and peered at him through half closed eyelids.
"Whass wong?"
She smiled at him and kissed his forehead. 'They are my babies for six months might as well start acting like it.' "Nothing sweetheart...Yusuke's just giving me a hard time is all."
"Oh, otay." He smiled and settled down in her lap closing his eyes contentedly. With a flick of her hand two cribs appeared and she settled the other four into them leaving Sakyo in her lap. She looked down at the half sleeping form of Ototo and remembered he was still wearing his sunglasses. She shook her head. "No sunglasses in the house young man." She scolded half-heartedly. He just sighed and rolled over. Rolling her eyes she pulled out a book and curled up on the sofa.
It was getting late and she wondered if they were ever coming, soon enough she heard laughter and footsteps coming up the stone stairs of Genkai's temple. Genkai still lived there of course, but Kyo had persuaded her to take a little two-month vacation away from the Reikai Team. They came up the worn stone steps in pairs: Botan and Keiko, Yukina and Shizuru, Kurama and Hiei and finally last but not least Kazuma and Yusuke. The three girls rushed in leaving Shizuru to walk with the guys. Kyo looked at them warningly. "Hush, they're finally asleep." They nodded and quietly walked over to the crib. Kyo had undressed them and changed them into baby clothes so they didn't look very much like the team they had once formed. Thank god for that, she didn't know, or want to know what would happen if anyone of them found out. All at once the girls cooed softly. "They're so cute!" "Yeah Kyo, you're lucky." Keiko turned around to call out to Shizuru, "Shizuru c'mere and take a look at them, they're adorable. 'If only you knew who they were, I don't think you'd be saying that, I might, but not you.' Kyo snickered softly at that thought. Shizuru snorted, "I'm not much for infants...but they are cute." She cocked her head at the infant resting in Kyo's lap, her face darkened, but she shook it off, taking the time to pick up a sleeping Bui. He yawned a small, baby-like yawn and snuggled closer. Shizuru's face softened as she rocked him gently. She turned to face Kyo, "Your lucky sis, they're absolutely adorable."
Kyo grinned, "Too bad they aren't mine." They laughed gently.
The guys finally made it up the steps and into the house of course being as loud as guys can be, Keiko smacked them upside the head, and Kyo shot them a nasty glare. "They're asleep. Don't you have any manners?" Keiko answered Yusuke's ghost of a question. They rubbed their abused skulls and sauntered their way to the cribs. "Well whaddya know, Kyo ended up with all guys, feel sorry for them." It was Kyo's turn to smack Yusuke, this time he wasn't lucky and she sent him flying a bit. The rest of them chuckled slightly. "Hey Kyo?"
Without looking up to answer, "Yeah Keiko?"
"I was thinking..."
"Uh, oh Keiko is thinking...that's not a good idea..." Yusuke grinned, and Keiko slapped him, leaving a red handprint on his face.
"Why is it me that always gets abused?" Yusuke grumbled.
"Because you are a inconsiderate, pompous jerk Yusuke!"
"Sounds about right to me." Kyo agreed with a chuckle.
"Anyway, I was thinking, when you train us girls will watch the infants for you...what do you think?"
Kyo looked at the sleeping infants and a ghost of a smile played on her lips. "I don't know..."
"Oh, c'mon...they'll be safe..." Keiko picked up a resting Karasu, singing to him softly. She sat down at Kyo's feet turning her pleading eyes to Kyo's slightly worried face. "Please...!"
Ani, by this time, had stretched out seeing as Bui was taken out of his crib...Yukina giggled softly before picking him up and taking a seat beside Keiko. "Please Kyo, you want to train right? Now you can...please!"
Shizuru took a seat on the arm of the chair grinning, "Please Kyo...we really wanna!" She said mocking Keiko and Yukina's sweet voice. "C'mon sis, you know you want to...!" Botan came over holding a softly snoring Ototo and she to gave Kyo puppy eyes. Kyo threw her hands up in the air and groaned disturbing a slumbering Sakyo causing him to whimper a little. She hugged and rocked him, trying to get him to go back to sleep. "I give...fine...but! If one hair on their head is missing...!" She drew a finger across her throat to prove her point. They gulped and laughed nervously.
Finally the men made it into the room, but only Hiei stayed back 'Something's not right about these babies...but what?' Botan turned to Hiei, "C'mere Hiei, they're adorable!" "Hn. I don't do babies." Nonetheless he made his way over. "Hn. Yeah...cute." Botan rolled her eyes and held Ototo out to Hiei. He waved his hands in front of him backing away. "I told you I don't do babies." 'These aren't normal demon babies...but then what?' Kazuma took an interest in Ani while Kurama was bouncing a grinning Karasu on his knee. Kyo had to do everything not to laugh. 'Oh dear Koenma, so help me if they ever found out!'
It was midnight before the gang left, only Shizuru stayed behind and an unnoticed Hiei hiding in the shadows. "I appreciate you staying to help me put them to bed." Grinning at her sis, Kyo nestled Sakyo into her pillows on her bed while Shizuru put Bui and Ototo in one crib and Ani and Karasu in the other.
"Sure sis, but there's one question..."
'Oh, crap...she knows...' "Yeah?"
Shizuru sat next to the slumbering form of Sakyo and stroked his cheek. "This is really Sakyo isn't it? And these babies...they are really the Toguro Team right?"
Sighing, Kyo wouldn't meet Shizuru's gaze... "Yeah...instead of Ototo's punishment to go to limbo I had him turned into an infant...as well as the rest of the team..." Shizuru laughed. "Is that all? For how long?"
Kyo looked up. "Your not mad?"
"No...why would I?"
"I don't know...but please don't tell anyone!" Kyo gave such a pleading look Shizuru was a bit taken aback.
"Yeah sure kid I won't...don't worry."
Outside the door in the shadows stood a certain fire demon frowning...