Once again, I'm sorry for the long wait but I was working on my other fic, "Childhood friends, ne?" and with that, school work piling up, not having much time on the computer, homework, my tae kwon doe classes, being completely unmotivated and thinking if I should wrote a sequel to "Daddy Dearest" but I promised to get this out until to continue that one so…finally…here's the next chappie!!!
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Recap of chappie 2 ((just incase you forgotten!))
Negi was happy a great time. With his father and Botan walking beside him, he just had to smile. They both felt so warm and safe…
…just like it used to be…
He finally looked up at Botan, who was absentmindedly looking at Kurama.
…I'd missed you, mommy…
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"Botan-chan, do you have to go back to Reikai anytime soon?" Kurama nonchalantly asked as he, Negi and her walked down the sidewalk. Botan wrinkled her nose in though.
"…I don't think so…I already finished guiding my shares of souls for today, I think, so no," she replied, a little confused at why he asked. She turned to Kurama who smiled in return.
"I was hoping," Kurama answered, responding to her silent stare, "that maybe you would like to go to the park with us right now."
At this, Negi immediately brightened up and started to jump up and down. The park? Cool! …but what was a park? He didn't live near any "parks" deep in the outskirts of Maikai. In fact, he really didn't know what most Ningenkai things were! But still, I sounded fun so why not go?
Botan smiled warmly at Kurama. "Sure. Why not?"
Kurama smile widened. Perfect. This way, he could spend more time with her now.
The three walked towards the upcoming local park as Negi looked around in wonder. There were little kids playing everywhere and mommys and daddys with them too! Everyone was smiling and having a great time on those weird looking contractions he'd never seen before.
Negi ran up to a nearby swing set where 2 other kids were playing on and turned to Botan an Kurama. "What are these things?" he asked, innocently. Botan giggled at his clueless state and ran over to him as Kurama watched at a distance. Botan lifted Negi up onto the leather seats as she tried explaining to him what was a swing and what it did. The sun was setting soon, bring forth a bright, alluring light towards her, making her look so angelic…
"Hold on to the sides and I'll push you, okay, Negi?" Botan patiently asked as Negi looked at her nervously. Slowly he nodded and Botan give him a little oush. He did what she told him to do: push his legs out as he was going upward and pull them back in whist descending. And soon he was laughing with joy, asking Botan to pull him higher.
They looked like any other mother and son, you could just tell by therir eyes…
Once Negi got the hang of it, he told Botan to stop pushing him. Botan smiled as Negi enjoyed himself. Shifting her gaze to Kurama, she saw him smiling as well.
She saw how lonely he must be, standing there all by himself and started to walk over to him.
"Negi's really like it, I think and--ahh!" She'd suddenly lost her footing, tripping over a stone and was falling face first into the ground.
Then, faster then a lighting bolt, Kurama ran up to her in a blur and caught her in his arms, pulling her close to his body, arm wrapped securely around her waist. Botan opened her eyes to see that she never hit the floor, only to become face-to-face with smirking kitsune. She blushed furiously, once she notice how close they were all of a suddenly and pulled away quickly, missing the light graon of disapiontment from Kurama.
I-I'm sorry…" she stuttered, slightly embarrassed. "I'm such a klutz!"
Kurama nodded, slightly amused at how her eyes were fidgety around everywhere but him, her finger squirming around nervously. Having nothing else better to do, she turned back to Negi was seemed to be having a good time. She could feel Kurama gazing at her every now and then, though, and it really started to freak her out some…
"Hey, Botan?"
Botan turned around slowly, even though the redness in her cheeks has left. "Hai, Kurama-kun?" she asked while turning around to meet his face. Kurama smiled and motion to a nearby beach.
"What to sit down?"
"Sure."
They walked together toward it and sat down next to each other.
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Negi smiled as he watched them…it reminded him so much of his old life…
"Mommy! Mommy!" Little Negi cried as he jumped up for his mom. She looked down and smiled, picking him up.
"Hello, Negi! How was hunting with otousan?" she asked tenderly, eyes sparkling with fondness of her only son. Negi grinned.
"I caught a fish! Canw e eat it for dinner?!" he cried excitedly. His okassan had smiled.
"Sure! Where is it?"
"Here," a deep, solemn voice answered and in walked in a tall silloutte of a man, hold something rather large behind him. Youko Kurama formed from the shadow and in also came a 5 feet by 10 feet fish. Botan gasped at how large it was. Why, iit was more than 5 times the size of Negi himself and he was the one who caught it! Youko sneered good naturally.
"I could've caught a bigger one if you think this is big, koishi," he scoff mockingly jealously. She placed Negi down giggling and gave him a quick peck on the cheek.
"Well, why not you go put that in the kitchen and go clean up? You really do stink right now!"
"Ha ha," Youko replied sarcastically, though he knew that his wife was just joking.
"Kassan's right dad!" Negi piped in.
"Fine," Youko murmured, his ears pressing to thje back of his head, growling slightly. "Whatever."
The woman pouted at his behavior and kissed him fully on his lips.
"I'll see you later, koishi, ne?" she asked innocently. Youko smirked and chuckled.
"Hai."
Negi pouted as he remembered that time.
How he missed okassan!
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"So…when are your parents and little shuichi coming home?" Botan inquired with nothing else better to talk about. Kurama bit his lip in thought.
"3 days minimum…6 max, I think…hopefully this whole thing will be resolve within that time or Negi will have to stay with someone else. Why do you ask?"
Botan looked slightly confused and distressed for a second. "Well, according to Negi and Koenma-sama, we won't be able to start the mission of saving Negi's kassan for about another week and we didn't want Negi to feel like a burden if you had to hide him or something--to avoid explaining him to your parents, that is," Botan replied, smiling nervously.
Kurama's face fell to a frowned. Why didn't he plan on this earlier?! He scolded himself. What was going to happen to Negi? There was no way that he could hide him from his family, let alone little nosy Shuichi…
"Demo, Koenma-sama has already predicted this and as a resort, Negi will be staying with me on Reikai!" Botan blurted out of nowhere. "Drop him off our their anytime your folfs come back."
Kurama smiled thankfully and nodded. "You won't mind having him?"
"Mind? Not at all! I love Negi!"
By this time, Negi had got off the swings and was running around the park, trying various things like the monkey bars and slides.
Botan suddenly leaned conspiracy towards Kurama.
"Ne, Kurama-kun, did you find out who the mother is? Negi wouldn't tell me nor Koenma-sama!" she complained with a pout. Kurama chuckle lightly at her expression but shook his head disappointedly.
"Negi wouldn't tell me either. The only thing I know is that I already know her, but aside from that great clue, I'm stumped."
Botan groaned in disappointment. Darn! She wanted to know who mothered Kurama's child, too! "Who do you THINK it is then, Kurama-kun?" she implored hopefully. Kurama looked at her in a slight shocked. He couldn't just tell her "Oh, I wished that Negi's mother is you because I love you", could he? Of course not!
"I don't know."
"Is it Kitajima Maya?" Botan guess thoughtfully, refering to Kurama's old childhood friend. Kurama shutter at that though.
"Iie, I don't think so…" he trailed off. "Actually, no. It's not her."
Botan squinted her face up in thought.
"Shiziru!"
"No!"
"Yukina?"
Kurama sweat dropped. "I don't think so. And even I if did, Hiei and Kuwabara would kill me!"
Botan laughed with him. "Yeah, I guess."
The two started laughing at the though when Negi came over to them. Tugging on Kurama's pants, the two quiet down.
"I'm tired, Otousan," he yawn. "Can we go home now?"
Kurama nodded. "Yes, of course." He picked Negi up and sat him on his lap.
"Botan, are you coming too?" Negi sniffled naively. Botan eyes widened and she blushed. Kurama surpressed the chuckle and the grin threatening to slipt his face.
"Iie, Negi. I best be getting back to Reikai. Demo, I'll see you tomorrow!"
"Yay!"
Botan stood up and dusted off her pants and Kurama followed with Negi in his arms. The park was empty now, th remaining people had just left, and it was getting dark out. Botan leaned over and gave Negi a quick kiss on his cheek.
"Nighty night, Negi, sweet dreams," she smiled. Using one hand to summon her oar, she sat upon in and began to float a few feet into the air.
"I'll see you later, Kurama-kun!" she called out as she began to heightened into the night's setting sky. Kurama smiled and nodded, trying his best to wave goodbye if it wasn't for the sleeping boy in his arms.
Sighing sadly when she'd disappeared, he began to walk slowly away.
"Goodnight, Botan-chan."
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4 days later…
"Negi, are you ready yet?" Kurama called impatiently (how many times can you say that?) up the stairs from the main room as he placed on his shoes.
"Yes, daddy! One second!"
Kurama groaned and sat on the coach instead of standing anymore. Negi had said he exact thing…30 minutes ago.
Once Kurama had gotten news that his family was coming hiome this evening, he'd contacted Koenma for the new living arrangements concerning Negi. Koenma, who'd been planning on this day, had told them to come by Reikai the following morning to drop Negi off to Botan's care.
…that is, that was going to be the plan…
…if Negi didn't hurry it up!
"I'm finished!" Negi proclaimed ;proudly as he walked down the stairs in his new attire. Yesterday, Botan had came by and gave it to him to wear at the palace: a comfortable men's white quipao with a silver undershirt. Stepping down the stairs, Negi smiled. "Are we leaving yet?"
Kurama sighed in relief. "Yes, we are now that you're finally done. Have you got your things?"
"Yep,." Negi held out of bag which Kurama took to carry.
"Okay, then let's go," he smiled, opening the door. Negi laughed and followed him out where a spirit guide was waiting for them.
"I'm ere to bring you to Reikai while Koenma-sama and Botan-chan prepare for Little Negi's arrival."
"Very well, it's nice to see you, too, Hinagesgi," Kurama replied with a smile. Negi egan jumping up and down.
"Yeah! I wanna ride the oar!!"
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"Ohayou, Kurama-kun! Negi!" Botan cried as Negi and Kurama, accompanied by Hinageshi, entered the main room of the palace. She dropped the papers her was holding and ran up to them. "That sure took you guys a while!"
Kurama grinned at Botan's enthusiastic state, enjoying her presents suddenly. "Good morning to you as well, Botan-chan."
"Actually, it's the afternoon," corrected a third voice. Baby Koenma appeared through one of the many slide door and bit his lip smugly once he noticed the scurry of papers on the floor. "Botan, you were suppose to be filing those, not making them floor decorations."
"Gomen nasai, Koenma-sama, demo Kurama-kun and little Negi are here and I though that I should welcome them into the palace!" Botan picked up Negi and bobbed him in her arms. "We are going to turn this old palace red, you and I, aren't we?"
"Yeah!"
"I see…" Koenma replied warily. Eyeing Hinageshi idly he dismissed her. The little spirit guide bowed before leaving.
"Now that we have some privacy," Koenma sighed, hoping onto his chair and sitting on it, "lets talk."
Kurama and Botan stood next to each other with Negi in Botan's arms, all nodded.
"Okay First up, Negi, of course, will be staying here in the Reikai palace until we are able to continue with…" he eyed Negi smugly, "the 'plan'"
Kurama narrowed his eyes at the way Koenma was eyeing his son but remoaned quiet.
"Negi will be under Botan-san care for the remainder of the time. And…" Koenma bit his lips nervously, I guess that's all."
"All right," Kurama replied cooly. "Anyways, I best be going. My family is due home soon and I would hate to have them come back to an emoty, disordery house."
"Bye daddy!" Negi called out. Kurama smiled and patted his head,.
"I'll see you a little later to see how Botan and Koenma-sama-sama are treating you, though I doubt Botan will give you any trouble."
Koenma eyes inwardly narrowed dangerously at the kitsune, eyes flashing klow so that no one would see. His eyes followed the red-haired fox as he bid goodbye to Botan, Negi and bowed to himself before he left the room.
"Bye Kurama-kun!"
"Bye…Daddy!"
Botan held Negi up to her. "We are going to have SOOOO much FUN!!!"
Koenma sweat dropped. 'grrrrreeeaat!' he though sarcastically.
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Kurama couldn't believe his ears. His whole body felt numbed and his heart nearly stopped. His couldn't believe it…he wouldn't believe it!
"It's not Botan…?" he croaked out, strain disbelief all over his voice. Negi looked away, denial and lies planted in his eyes. Kurama growled angrily at his fictitious story. It had to be her! He grasped gently on Negi's shoulders and made him look at him.
"Negi! This isn't a joke anymore! Please tell me who your mother is!" Kurama literally begged softly, pleasingly, still keeping his gaze on Negi's demon form. Negi tried to turn away but couldn't, his father's gaze had some kind of a effect on him…
Those irked, desperate green eyes that so much resembled to a faint memory of pure gold eyes who once was desperately trying to get his mom to wake up from her eternal slumber…those eyes that resembled him crying over him mother's death…resembled his mother's eyes begging her killer to spare her son, her husband…her loved ones…
He couldn't lie anymore, not to him…not to his dad…
"Mommy died protecting all of us from Koenma!"
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There you have it! cappie 4 or 5 or sooo...: The truth of Negi's past! It's gonna happen…soon, hopefully. I'll try to get it out ASAP but I'm not feeling very motivated by this fic lately. It thanks to my reviews that I keep on going, so THANK YOU!!! Seriously! SO if you like this fic, please review! It won't hurt to and I can't track you down if you flame me! ;; You guys are the best!!! Until next time, Ja ne!!!