Disclaimer: I do not own YYH.
Our reunion was wonderful, my family trying to keep a firm hold on some part of me, sure that I would just disappear. Kurama was especially clingy, refusing to remove his arms from my waist. Finally, albeit exhaustingly, every one left for home, and my fiery-headed Kitsune and I were left alone. He had pulled me into his lap, nuzzling my neck and chest. I relaxed at last, the sheer exhaustion easing me into sleep. The dragon had drained most of my strength, and the adrenaline rush had finally slowed. To just rest in his arms was enough for me.
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Reiko fell fast asleep shortly after everyone left, and I picked her up and carried her upstairs. That sweet young woman curled closer to me, her body warm and soft. I couldn't help but marvel at those gorgeous lips; long, perfect legs; ravishing auburn locks. Everything about her excited me. I glanced down at her large, bulging belly, and smiled. I'm sure a lot of guys would be begging that baby to come early, just so they could get her in bed. I don't though, and no matter how much I would like to satisfy my hunger, I can wait.
I set her down, and crawled in beside her, resting her head on my shoulder after I had locked both the front and back doors, and the balcony door. She murmured a bit, until I silenced her with a kiss. We both fell asleep then, darkness descending like a veil. It was long after midnight when I awoke again, this time to moans of pain coming from the darkness near my head.
"Rei! Rei, wake up!" I shook her shoulders lightly, and she cried out my name.
"Kurama!" Her sapphire eyes were wide and frightened in the darkness, tears of pain blurring their brilliance.
"Kurama, it's NOW! The baby's coming now! Call Toume!" She whimpered out the midwife's name as I furiously dialed her number.
"TOUME! It's Kurama, come over quickly! Reiko's going into labor!" I practically yelled.
"Alright, alright already, I'm on my way! Prepare the list I left you two and try not to freak out!" She yelled back, and I slammed the receiver down. Snatching the said list down from my bulletin board, I rushed to the large sink in my master bath to fill it with warm, clean water, hunt down each and every towel I own, get Reiko into a maternity gown, and call my mother.
"MOM! I need you here to help with Reiko's birth!" I suppose you could consider that orders, but when Toume told me that she and Minamino Shiori were partners, I did a double take. Anyways, Mom arrived the same time as Toume and they both raced upstairs to help poor Rei, who was by now nearly screaming in pain.
I followed, still in shock. Toume shoved me to Reiko's side, and I took her hand and held her head and shoulders up, whispering encouragement.
"Reiko, dear, push hard now. That's it, keep pushing, then take a breath." Mom gently clasped her other hand, using her own free one to brace Rei's leg. I did the same thing, and between the three of us, after an hour and a half of relentless labor, Hijeki Kaori made it into the world. I kissed and stroked Reiko's damp hair, her body finally relaxing. She gazed at my mother, and at the tiny, rather bloody infant in her arms.
"Shiori…." Their eyes met. "Thank…you…" Then my beloved's head drooped in an exhausted sleep.
"Shuichi, help clean her up. I'll take care of your little girl." I was astonished at those words.
I had told my mother months before about Reiko, about how she had lost her only friend, tried to follow him into the afterlife, about how she was raped so viciously that even I wanted to destroy those cowards. I had told her about Reiko's pregnancy, and about our love. Up until I mentioned our engagement, she looked down on Reiko as being a worthless whore, someone who didn't deserve me. But I had faced her down after Shiori accused Reiko of basically having an affair. The shouting match that followed was hard to listen to, and equally hard to fight in. Mother and I had mended the fence, but I refused to let Rei be the blunt of her mother-in-law's jokes and scorn.
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Warm, warm water was being sprayed down on my face as something strong held me up from behind. I shook my head and groggily opened my eyes. I looked up, expecting to see the ceiling, and met with a pair of glittering green eyes and sodden red bangs.
"Nice to see you awake, Rei-chan." Kurama murmured softly. I laughed tiredly.
"Was this a trick, or was I really so out of it I couldn't feel a thing?"
"The second."
"How long…?" "About half an hour."
"You've been standing here for half an hour?"
"Well, no…I replaced Kuwabara-"
"You!" I whirled around in his arms and slapped him lightly. He just smiled and swooped in for a kiss, and I retaliated, catching him half way.
As we kissed, I realized that we were both stark naked, in a warm shower, totally alone. He pulled me closer, running his hands down my back and sides. He purred a little in my ear and whispered a few choice words. I looked at him, somewhat stunned, but then smiled, and added my own reply. Before we continued though, I had an important question to ask.
"My baby…?"
"She's absolutely perfect. She hasn't been named yet, because we thought you ought to have that honor."
"I'll do it when we get out…"
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I roughly toweled off my hair and chuckled at Hiei's face.
"You…you…you actually…"
"Yep, and had a blast too." We were in the hallway, waiting for the girls to finish up their cooing and drooling over the baby. Yusuke and Kuwabara were with us too, but that piece of information just made them smirk and slap me on the back. Hiei, on the other hand, was in a state of total shock. He just couldn't believe that Reiko and I had made love, let alone that we'd done it in the shower. I tossed the towel down the laundry chute and crossed my arms, leaning up against the wall. Yusuke snorted at the demon.
"Come on, Hiei. You know as well as we do that hormones only wait so long-YIPE!" He jumped as I snapped my Rose Whip in his direction.
"Hormones had little to do with it, Yusuke."
"Right…Hey, are they done yet?"
"Probably not. You know women; always gotta drag things out." Kuwabara growled a reply, his large form barely fitting in my hallway. I laughed at that, and Reiko came to the door, happy as a lark.
"Guys, meet Hijeki Kaori!" She giggled, gazing down at the tiny bundle in her arms. Miniscule fingers clutched blindly at Reiko's shirt, and a pair of deep set midnight colored eyes opened blearily, gazing at twin sapphires. I bent down and Kaori's gaze moved to me, freezing us both in a moment of silence. Those orbs seemed to know everything about me in just a glance.
I couldn't breathe, couldn't move. It was like being trapped in an ocean of peace, never moving, never shifting. She closed her eyes, and I was free.
"Kurama? Kurama, hon, are you all right?" Reiko's hand cupped my cheek, and I shook myself.
"Uh, yeah, sweetheart, I'm fine." Her eyes were worried, and I smiled to ease her doubts. All the time, my mind was spinning from Kaori's eyes. That little girl held a power that even I had no idea existed. What is she? Youko's question was unanswerable at the moment, and perhaps could not be for a very long time.
Sooooo…Anything missing? Anything that I shouldn't have done? I would've gone into detail a little bit more if my parents didn't have access to this file, but they do, so I can't. Hell, I'm risking things by just writing about passionate make-outs. -sigh- My parents are so old-fashioned…
Laters,
KD
