"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 11
*****
Rei was almost done shaving her legs when she *felt* the door open and she looked up.
***
Kurama was walking down the hallway towards his room when he saw Hiei slide on his socks out of the bathroom and cover his head just as a bottle of shampoo hit the wall above him.
"HIEI!! I'm gonna KILL YOU!!" Rei yelled as she stood in the doorway of the bathroom and Hiei took off running past Kurama. Kurama looked at Rei, who had scantily draped the towel over herself when Hiei had walked in on her.
"He saw too much, huh?" Kurama chuckled. Rei glared at him and said, "I have to finish getting a shower. Could you guard the door?"
Kurama chuckled again as he nodded and a wary Rei walked back into the bathroom. Less than five minutes later, Rei was out and dressed.
"Don't you dare start lauging again. It was NOT funny," Rei growled when she saw Kurama's face. He couldn't help it and burst out lauging.
"But you should've seen Hiei's face! The way he ran down the hall!" Kurama laughed as he held his sides. Rei smiled, embarrassed at everything.
"Anyways... I'm going to bed now. Thanks for guarding the door," Rei said as she walked to her room.
.oO{Uggh... that Hiei. I am SO going to kill him. You just wait.} Rei thought as she hopped into bed.
***
"Rei? Are you awake?" Rei heard the next morning and sat up to see Kurama sitting on the side of her bed.
"Hn? What's wrong?" Rei asked. Kurama raised his eyebrows, "I did not just hear you say that, did I?"
Rei blushed, finally realizing that she had borrowed Hiei's favorite saying. "Uh... no. Anyways, what's wrong? Why did you wake me up?"
"Oh yeah. I have to go visit my mom and do a bunch of things for her today so I won't be back till late. I don't think Hiei is going anywhere so I thought I'd give you a heads-up before I left."
Rei swallowed and thanked him. Kurama left the room and Rei looked over at her clock.
.oO{8:30 in the morning is not a time I like to see.} she thought as she dropped her head back onto the pillow..oO{I'll just sleep for a little while longer.}
Rei felt like she had just fallen back asleep when Kurama came in and told her he was heading out now.
"Okay. Later," Rei somewhat waved as she yawned..oO{Well, 10:30 isn't so bad... atleast it's better than 8:30}
Rei slid out of bed and onto the floor with a plop. "Time to get dressed and have my day ruined..." she said to herself as she crawled to her dresser. She dressed in a pair of slim blue-jeans, a spagetti strap shirt and pulled a button up shirt on over it. Rei walked to the kitchen and as she passed the door to the living room she saw Hiei laying on the couch.
.oO{Hmm... he looks like he's asleep...} Rei thought with a wicked grin. She quietly tip-toed into the room and silently reached for a pillow. She made her way over to the couch and stood over him, holding the pillow behind her head. Rei let the pillow drop with enough force to startle him, but not hurt.
Sure enough, Hiei woke up.
"What'd you do that for!?" he asked as he sat up.
"I told you I'd kill you. That was a fair warning," Rei said as she stuck out her tongue. He smirked and looked Rei over. Rei gave him a death look as she turned back towards the kitchen. Just then the pillow smacked her in the back and she whirled around to find Hiei right next to her.
"Don't mess with me," she said.
"You started it," he countered.
Rei turned to the kitchen and got a sandwich and a Coke. She walked outside and sat on the porch.
Rei finished eating and sat there watching the birds when Hiei came up behind her. He leaned against her back and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hiei, what are you doing?" Rei asked.
She felt his weight shift and he said, "You need training. Kurama told me to help you."
.oO{Training? What is he talking about?} Rei thought just as Hiei lifted her up.
"Hey! Let me down!" she pleaded.
"No. I'm going to throw you. You'll have to stop yourself from falling," Hiei warned just before he DID throw her.
"No no wait!" Rei said just as he did. She twisted in mid-air and landed on her feet. "I said wait."
Hiei looked impressed. "I'm only doing as I was told."
"Why did Kurama tell you to torment me?"
Hiei closed his mouth and raised his eyebrow. "Not torment. Train."
Rei waved the comment away, "It's practically the same thing if you do it."
Hiei walked over to her and slipped his leg behind hers and tripped her. "How good are you in hand-to-hand combat?"
Hiei didn't give Rei enough time to answer before he got down on the ground beside her and pinned her down. He put all his weight on her as she struggled to push him off.
.oO{Wait a second, I can use the weight against him.} Rei thought right before she rolled both of them over, making her on top. She quickly got off of him, blushing the whole time. She tried to walk away, but Hiei grabbed her legs.
"Training is not over," he said as he pulled her back. They wrestled around for a while until Rei got too hot.
"Hold on a sec," she said as she unbuttoned her over-shirt. She pulled it off and Hiei looked a little ill at ease. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"N-nothing. Come on," Hiei stuttered, trying to take his eyes off her chest. Rei walked towards him and faked an attack, and he would've parried it if it had been real.
They did this for a few hours, training and testing the other's abilities, and soon they were both tired out. Rei sat down on the ground and after a few minutes, Hiei came over and sat down beside her, leaning his back against hers.
"Have you ever played that game?" Rei asked.
"Games are for children."
Rei somewhat turned to him, "But you're a kid, just like me... right?"
"Maybe..." was all he said.
.oO{Weird, he only looks fourteen...}
"Well anyways. Gimme your hands," Rei commanded. Hiei obeyed, albeit a little warily. Rei locked their arms and told him, "Now, when I tell you, push your back against mine. 1, 2, Now!"
Hiei and Rei both pushed at the same time, and on their first try, they got up.
"That is a game?" Hiei asked as they sat back down.
"Well, kinda. We used to do it in school to teach team effort. I always thought it was fun..." Rei sighed.
Hiei turned to her slightly and then sat back. This time he locked the arms and told her when to push. They didn't get up all the way this time and they plopped down on the ground.
"We have to get it this time," Rei laughed. They kept trying, but it wouldn't work. They tried again and just then Kurama came up the path.
"Okay, that doesn't look right..." he started as he watched. Rei looked up with a blush and let go of Hiei's arm.
"Kurama-chan! Did you get everything done for your mom?" she asked.
"Uh...yeah," Kurama answered, looking from Rei to Hiei.
Rei looked at her watch. It was 5:30, so she quickly walked inside to start making supper. Hiei and Kurama stayed outside for a while until she called them in to eat.
***
After they had all eaten, Kurama and Rei sat down for a movie and Hiei slinked off to his room.
"So... what do you want to watch?" Kurama asked, his arm resting on Rei's shoulder.
She thought for a moment then decided, "Let's play nintendo. We've seen all my movies a billion times."
So they decided on playing Rei's Super Nintendo. Rei crawled towards the television and pulled out two controllers and pushed the power button. The little 'Nintendo' sign came up and then the 'Super Mario Kart' title.
"I got Toad! I got Toad!" Rei called first.
"Not if I get him first," Kurama taunted. Rei used the control pad and she was the one to pick Toad first.
Kurama turned to her and mock-glared, "That's not fair, Toad is faster than everyone else on here."
"Pick Princess Toadstool. She's just about as fast," Rei said as she stuck out her tongue.
Kurama really glared at her this time and Rei had to laugh. He ended up choosing Yoshi in the end and they picked the track they were going to race on.
Rei beat Kurama three times when on the fourth play she said, "Hey look! I just lapped you."
"Not totally," he said just as Yoshi flew past Toad.
"Hey! Get back here!" Rei said to the tv. Yoshi flew across the finish line and Rei glared at Kurama.
"Well, I guess you deserve to win ONCE," she sighed as she scratched her head.
Kurama raised his eyebrow. "Only once?"
"Well, I did beat you three times. It's only fair," she countered, sticking out her tongue. Kurama looked like he had another 'passing thought'- as he called them- and picked Rei up off the floor.
"Woah! Let me down!" she laughed and he did what he was told, but put himself on top of her.
Kurama smiled, "You aren't going anywhere now."
"Of course not, you're too heavy," Rei teased. He barely blushed as he lowered his head toward hers for a kiss, but a noise stopped him. Kurama looked up and Rei did her best to tilt her head to see. Hiei was standing in the doorway staring at both of them lying there on the floor.
.oO{Why does he always end up coming at these times?} Rei thought as Hiei glared at Kurama.
"Well, 'Bat', what are you up to?" Kurama asked Hiei- but he didn't get off Rei. Hiei turned towards the kitchen and didn't bother answering.
"Good," Kurama whispered as he resumed his business. His lips pressed against Rei's just as Hiei was walking back to his room. Rei only slightly kissed him back- not because of Hiei, but because she wasn't feeling too well.
Kurama seemed to understand her body language and stopped the kiss and got off of her. Rei looked at her watch and said, "I think I'll be heading to bed now."
He nodded as Rei stood up. .oO{Oh Kami, I'm dizzy... What's wrong?} she thought as she made her way to the bathroom. She took a quick shower then jumped under the covers.
***
"Oh shit!" Rei muttered as she ran to the bathroom that morning. She had thrown up atleast 3 times so far and was about ready to kill herself.
"Rei-chan? What's wrong? Are you alright?" Kurama asked from the other side of the bathroom door.
Rei tried not to cry when she answered, "Yeah, I think so. I'm just a little sick at my stomach."
"Well, Botan is here. I'll tell her you're a little busy," Kurama said, sympathy in his deep voice.
Rei threw up again and mentally told her body to stop. She washed her face and walked into the kitchen; hunger tearing her insides apart. Botan was sitting on one of the bar-stools, twirling around and around. Rei had to stop watching before she got sick again, and Botan wheeled around.
"Rei-chan! You don't look so good," Botan said, standing up to feel Rei's forehead.
"I've been better, that's for sure. What's up?" Rei asked as she slowly lowered herself onto one of the other stools.
Botan sat back down and answered, "Well, Yusuke beat Rando and now he's being taught by Genkai."
Rei nodded, "That's cool."
"Yes, I guess so," Botan answered as she started twittling her thumbs. Rei noticed this act and instantly started to dread the worst.
"Just tell me, Botan," Rei said.
Botan sighed, "Alright. You're pregnant."
Chapter 11
*****
Rei was almost done shaving her legs when she *felt* the door open and she looked up.
***
Kurama was walking down the hallway towards his room when he saw Hiei slide on his socks out of the bathroom and cover his head just as a bottle of shampoo hit the wall above him.
"HIEI!! I'm gonna KILL YOU!!" Rei yelled as she stood in the doorway of the bathroom and Hiei took off running past Kurama. Kurama looked at Rei, who had scantily draped the towel over herself when Hiei had walked in on her.
"He saw too much, huh?" Kurama chuckled. Rei glared at him and said, "I have to finish getting a shower. Could you guard the door?"
Kurama chuckled again as he nodded and a wary Rei walked back into the bathroom. Less than five minutes later, Rei was out and dressed.
"Don't you dare start lauging again. It was NOT funny," Rei growled when she saw Kurama's face. He couldn't help it and burst out lauging.
"But you should've seen Hiei's face! The way he ran down the hall!" Kurama laughed as he held his sides. Rei smiled, embarrassed at everything.
"Anyways... I'm going to bed now. Thanks for guarding the door," Rei said as she walked to her room.
.oO{Uggh... that Hiei. I am SO going to kill him. You just wait.} Rei thought as she hopped into bed.
***
"Rei? Are you awake?" Rei heard the next morning and sat up to see Kurama sitting on the side of her bed.
"Hn? What's wrong?" Rei asked. Kurama raised his eyebrows, "I did not just hear you say that, did I?"
Rei blushed, finally realizing that she had borrowed Hiei's favorite saying. "Uh... no. Anyways, what's wrong? Why did you wake me up?"
"Oh yeah. I have to go visit my mom and do a bunch of things for her today so I won't be back till late. I don't think Hiei is going anywhere so I thought I'd give you a heads-up before I left."
Rei swallowed and thanked him. Kurama left the room and Rei looked over at her clock.
.oO{8:30 in the morning is not a time I like to see.} she thought as she dropped her head back onto the pillow..oO{I'll just sleep for a little while longer.}
Rei felt like she had just fallen back asleep when Kurama came in and told her he was heading out now.
"Okay. Later," Rei somewhat waved as she yawned..oO{Well, 10:30 isn't so bad... atleast it's better than 8:30}
Rei slid out of bed and onto the floor with a plop. "Time to get dressed and have my day ruined..." she said to herself as she crawled to her dresser. She dressed in a pair of slim blue-jeans, a spagetti strap shirt and pulled a button up shirt on over it. Rei walked to the kitchen and as she passed the door to the living room she saw Hiei laying on the couch.
.oO{Hmm... he looks like he's asleep...} Rei thought with a wicked grin. She quietly tip-toed into the room and silently reached for a pillow. She made her way over to the couch and stood over him, holding the pillow behind her head. Rei let the pillow drop with enough force to startle him, but not hurt.
Sure enough, Hiei woke up.
"What'd you do that for!?" he asked as he sat up.
"I told you I'd kill you. That was a fair warning," Rei said as she stuck out her tongue. He smirked and looked Rei over. Rei gave him a death look as she turned back towards the kitchen. Just then the pillow smacked her in the back and she whirled around to find Hiei right next to her.
"Don't mess with me," she said.
"You started it," he countered.
Rei turned to the kitchen and got a sandwich and a Coke. She walked outside and sat on the porch.
Rei finished eating and sat there watching the birds when Hiei came up behind her. He leaned against her back and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hiei, what are you doing?" Rei asked.
She felt his weight shift and he said, "You need training. Kurama told me to help you."
.oO{Training? What is he talking about?} Rei thought just as Hiei lifted her up.
"Hey! Let me down!" she pleaded.
"No. I'm going to throw you. You'll have to stop yourself from falling," Hiei warned just before he DID throw her.
"No no wait!" Rei said just as he did. She twisted in mid-air and landed on her feet. "I said wait."
Hiei looked impressed. "I'm only doing as I was told."
"Why did Kurama tell you to torment me?"
Hiei closed his mouth and raised his eyebrow. "Not torment. Train."
Rei waved the comment away, "It's practically the same thing if you do it."
Hiei walked over to her and slipped his leg behind hers and tripped her. "How good are you in hand-to-hand combat?"
Hiei didn't give Rei enough time to answer before he got down on the ground beside her and pinned her down. He put all his weight on her as she struggled to push him off.
.oO{Wait a second, I can use the weight against him.} Rei thought right before she rolled both of them over, making her on top. She quickly got off of him, blushing the whole time. She tried to walk away, but Hiei grabbed her legs.
"Training is not over," he said as he pulled her back. They wrestled around for a while until Rei got too hot.
"Hold on a sec," she said as she unbuttoned her over-shirt. She pulled it off and Hiei looked a little ill at ease. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"N-nothing. Come on," Hiei stuttered, trying to take his eyes off her chest. Rei walked towards him and faked an attack, and he would've parried it if it had been real.
They did this for a few hours, training and testing the other's abilities, and soon they were both tired out. Rei sat down on the ground and after a few minutes, Hiei came over and sat down beside her, leaning his back against hers.
"Have you ever played that game?" Rei asked.
"Games are for children."
Rei somewhat turned to him, "But you're a kid, just like me... right?"
"Maybe..." was all he said.
.oO{Weird, he only looks fourteen...}
"Well anyways. Gimme your hands," Rei commanded. Hiei obeyed, albeit a little warily. Rei locked their arms and told him, "Now, when I tell you, push your back against mine. 1, 2, Now!"
Hiei and Rei both pushed at the same time, and on their first try, they got up.
"That is a game?" Hiei asked as they sat back down.
"Well, kinda. We used to do it in school to teach team effort. I always thought it was fun..." Rei sighed.
Hiei turned to her slightly and then sat back. This time he locked the arms and told her when to push. They didn't get up all the way this time and they plopped down on the ground.
"We have to get it this time," Rei laughed. They kept trying, but it wouldn't work. They tried again and just then Kurama came up the path.
"Okay, that doesn't look right..." he started as he watched. Rei looked up with a blush and let go of Hiei's arm.
"Kurama-chan! Did you get everything done for your mom?" she asked.
"Uh...yeah," Kurama answered, looking from Rei to Hiei.
Rei looked at her watch. It was 5:30, so she quickly walked inside to start making supper. Hiei and Kurama stayed outside for a while until she called them in to eat.
***
After they had all eaten, Kurama and Rei sat down for a movie and Hiei slinked off to his room.
"So... what do you want to watch?" Kurama asked, his arm resting on Rei's shoulder.
She thought for a moment then decided, "Let's play nintendo. We've seen all my movies a billion times."
So they decided on playing Rei's Super Nintendo. Rei crawled towards the television and pulled out two controllers and pushed the power button. The little 'Nintendo' sign came up and then the 'Super Mario Kart' title.
"I got Toad! I got Toad!" Rei called first.
"Not if I get him first," Kurama taunted. Rei used the control pad and she was the one to pick Toad first.
Kurama turned to her and mock-glared, "That's not fair, Toad is faster than everyone else on here."
"Pick Princess Toadstool. She's just about as fast," Rei said as she stuck out her tongue.
Kurama really glared at her this time and Rei had to laugh. He ended up choosing Yoshi in the end and they picked the track they were going to race on.
Rei beat Kurama three times when on the fourth play she said, "Hey look! I just lapped you."
"Not totally," he said just as Yoshi flew past Toad.
"Hey! Get back here!" Rei said to the tv. Yoshi flew across the finish line and Rei glared at Kurama.
"Well, I guess you deserve to win ONCE," she sighed as she scratched her head.
Kurama raised his eyebrow. "Only once?"
"Well, I did beat you three times. It's only fair," she countered, sticking out her tongue. Kurama looked like he had another 'passing thought'- as he called them- and picked Rei up off the floor.
"Woah! Let me down!" she laughed and he did what he was told, but put himself on top of her.
Kurama smiled, "You aren't going anywhere now."
"Of course not, you're too heavy," Rei teased. He barely blushed as he lowered his head toward hers for a kiss, but a noise stopped him. Kurama looked up and Rei did her best to tilt her head to see. Hiei was standing in the doorway staring at both of them lying there on the floor.
.oO{Why does he always end up coming at these times?} Rei thought as Hiei glared at Kurama.
"Well, 'Bat', what are you up to?" Kurama asked Hiei- but he didn't get off Rei. Hiei turned towards the kitchen and didn't bother answering.
"Good," Kurama whispered as he resumed his business. His lips pressed against Rei's just as Hiei was walking back to his room. Rei only slightly kissed him back- not because of Hiei, but because she wasn't feeling too well.
Kurama seemed to understand her body language and stopped the kiss and got off of her. Rei looked at her watch and said, "I think I'll be heading to bed now."
He nodded as Rei stood up. .oO{Oh Kami, I'm dizzy... What's wrong?} she thought as she made her way to the bathroom. She took a quick shower then jumped under the covers.
***
"Oh shit!" Rei muttered as she ran to the bathroom that morning. She had thrown up atleast 3 times so far and was about ready to kill herself.
"Rei-chan? What's wrong? Are you alright?" Kurama asked from the other side of the bathroom door.
Rei tried not to cry when she answered, "Yeah, I think so. I'm just a little sick at my stomach."
"Well, Botan is here. I'll tell her you're a little busy," Kurama said, sympathy in his deep voice.
Rei threw up again and mentally told her body to stop. She washed her face and walked into the kitchen; hunger tearing her insides apart. Botan was sitting on one of the bar-stools, twirling around and around. Rei had to stop watching before she got sick again, and Botan wheeled around.
"Rei-chan! You don't look so good," Botan said, standing up to feel Rei's forehead.
"I've been better, that's for sure. What's up?" Rei asked as she slowly lowered herself onto one of the other stools.
Botan sat back down and answered, "Well, Yusuke beat Rando and now he's being taught by Genkai."
Rei nodded, "That's cool."
"Yes, I guess so," Botan answered as she started twittling her thumbs. Rei noticed this act and instantly started to dread the worst.
"Just tell me, Botan," Rei said.
Botan sighed, "Alright. You're pregnant."
