"Obligation and Duty"
Chapter 14
.oO{Rei is still my character. Her baby is still my character. This story is still my property.}
#Chichiri pops up# They are! No Da! #Author gives him a smile and he pops back away#
*****
They all reached the house by sundown and the first thing Rei did was throw up in the bathroom.
"You want me to make supper?" Kurama asked from the other side of the door.
"Sure," she coughed. Ten minutes later, Rei was out of the bathroom and Kurama was done making supper.
"Mmmm.... what is this?" Rei asked as she sat down at the table. Kurama was dishing out bowls of what looked like rice, but smelled like spaghetti.
"It's called orzo. It's Italian. My mom taught me how to make it with butter, and I personally think it's better than rice."
Rei took one bite from her chopsticks and just about fell over. It WAS better than rice. She quickly finished her bowl and dished up a second serving.
Hiei looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You must be really hungry."
She smiled as she nodded, "I need to eat."
"Being pregnant will do that to you," Kurama smiled. Hiei looked back to his own bowl, "Just watch out, or you'll get too fat."
Rei's chopsticks stopped an inch from her mouth.
"Why would that concern you?" she asked.
He shrugged, "Well, it didn't seem to bother you that you're pregnant. You still acted like your wenchy self for Kokai."
"Excuse me?!" she exclaimed.
"What made you do that anyways?" Hiei asked, unfazed by her outburst.
Rei put her chopsticks down before she decided to throw them at Hiei. "I was trying to help."
"You acted like a whore."
"Okay, let me make this easy for you to understand," Rei tried to calm herself as she set her folded hands on the table, "I will do what I can to help you guys, no matter what. Even if it means using sexuality. And you better bet your ass I will do the best I can."
Kurama poked his two sense in, trying to deter the fight that was brewing, "C'mon, Hiei. She didn't get hurt, and that's the good thing. She even helped us by doing that, and you know it."
Hiei looked away and gave up. Having a moody mom-to-be and a fox-yukai team up against you is not the best thing you should do. Kurama broke the silence by asking, "Are we sure Kokai is dead?"
"Yeah," Hiei said, but he didn't say any more because he walked into the living room. Kurama stood up and followed, but not before he grabbed Rei to bring her along.
Hiei was sitting on the couch and Kurama took the next chair over. Rei still had her bowl full of orzo in her hand, so she sat on the floor and ate as she listened.
"Kokai was a Shadow demon. That's why he could disappear," Hiei began. "That's even why he was able to slip out of your whip."
Kurama nodded, "I had a feeling he was one. And that's why he couldn't disappear when Rei was in his arms."
Rei wasn't following now, "What? What did that have to do with anything?"
"Since Kokai was a Shadow demon, he could disappear and walk through things. But his power can't be transferred to another object," Kurama explained.
"So that means, he couldn't disappear. So I really did help?" Rei asked.
Kurama nodded, "Yeah. It's a good thing he was distracted, or else we would have had a hell of a time trying to beat him."
Rei looked confused again.
"I've fought him before. He wasn't your average fighter. He was tough and had a lot of tricks," Hiei started. He looked at Rei fully in the eyes, "He also had a plan to get more power."
Kurama stood up, "I have to go put away the food."
.oO{Don't leave me, Kurama!} Rei thought, but it wouldn't do well to say that out loud. Hiei waited until Kurama was out of the room before he said, "I took you because of Kokai."
Rei's mouth dropped open, "Because of Kokai?"
Hiei looked away, "And my own search for power, but it was mostly because I didn't want Kokai to get it."
Rei was quite tempted to laugh. .oO{Ha aha. So he raped me because of Kokai?}
Hiei looked over at her out of the corner of his eye and noticed she was smiling. "What?"
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking how funny this is..."
There it was again. That you-have-to-be-out-of-your-mind look. Rei didn't care, though. She was in a good mood and had just had a great supper.
"So, were you and Kokai major enemies?" Rei asked as she went over and sat on the couch next to Hiei.
He didn't look too comfortable now. "Yes and no."
"Why 'yes and no'?"
"We used to be two of the best fighters in the Spirit World. One day we got into an argument and he challenged me. We fought and he told me about a 'girl back in the real world that would give power to whoever slept with her.' And it was his plan to be the first, and get the power. He just about beat me, too, but I knocked him out and then I went to get the Spirit Artifacts."
"My goodness... No one can keep a secret in Spirit World, can they? I bet Botan told everyone..." Rei sighed. Hiei just stared at her with his mouth agape. He couldn't believe he had just told her his reason for raping her and she's sitting here talking about Botan being a blabber-mouth. She turned to him, "What?"
Hiei just shook his head, but his eyes lingered on Rei a little longer. Kurama came out of the kitchen again and noticed the silence. He looked towards Rei, but since she was smiling, he figured everything was okay.
"I'm going to go get a shower now," Rei said, standing up. "You better not walk in on me," she glared at Hiei. As she walked from the room, he smirked.
"Everything went okay?" Kurama asked warily.
"Yeah, I guess so."
Kurama cast a glance on the hallway, "So, why did you really take her?"
Hiei looked up, "I told you why. Because I didn't want Kokai to get her power."
"But is that all?"
Hiei glared at Kurama, hoping he wasn't going to say anything else. His wish was granted as Kurama stood up and walked out of the room. But leaving Hiei alone with his thoughts was not the best thing to do.
***
"Six months! Wooyeah!" Rei exclaimed one day as she ran down the hallway. Walking into the kitchen she saw Kurama at the stove and Botan sitting on one of the barstools.
"Rei-chan! Yusuke is coming home today!" Botan said as she jumped up. She gave Rei a slight hug, not wanting to hurt that baby.
"Really? That is so cool! I haven't seen him for more than 2 months... I wonder what he'll say about my tummy..." Rei suddenly saddened. Being pregnant was certainly doing some damage to her self esteem, and ever since Hiei had told her not to get fat, Rei had been worried.
Botan glared as Hiei entered the room, "And here is the jerk of the hour. You made poor Rei get scared that she was going to get fat."
Hiei looked very surprised and gave a questioning glance to Kurama. Kurama just rolled his eyes and Hiei quickly exited the room.
"Botan! You didn't have to do that!" Rei said, sympathy for Hiei seeping through her voice.
Botan glared again, "He shouldn't go picking on poor mothers. They can't help it they get a little big."
Rei laughed, "You'd make a great mom."
Rei was still laughing as she got up and walked over to see what Kurama was making. He pulled some chocolate chip cookies from the oven and Rei grabbed one.
"You're going to get burnt," he reprimanded.
"I don't care, I want one!" Rei laughed. She took a small bite of hers and set the rest on a plate on the table to let them cool.
"So... do you think Yusuke is going to be happy he's back?" Botan asked, getting some milk from the fridge. Grabbing some glasses, Kurama came and sat down at the table with them.
"Yeah, I think he'll be glad. Not sure to what extent, though," Rei sighed. Just then they heard a familiar voice call outside, "Hey Hiei! Is everyone inside?"
Rei quickly jumped up and ran to the door, just in time to see Yusuke smile at whatever comment Hiei had made. He looked to where she was standing and said, "Hey, Rei."
"Hey, Yusuke," she smiled back. He came up to the door and dropped his sack of stuff at the doorframe. He wrapped his arms around her- still carefully- and gave her a small kiss. Rei heard Botan sigh behind her, and slightly pulled away.
"Oh, don't mind me, I was just admiring the scenery!" Botan quickly smiled before she ran back to the kitchen. Yusuke and Rei gave each other a look and burst out laughing. Putting his arm around her waist, Yusuke and Rei walked into the kitchen. Kurama and Botan were sitting at the table still and Rei sat down beside Botan.
"Hi, Yusuke. Anything exciting happen while you were away?" Kurama asked, shoving the plate of cookies towards Yusuke. Yusuke gladly took a few cookies and the glass of milk Rei poured him.
"Nothing really. Genkai can be a bitch sometimes..." Yusuke said through a half-full mouth.
"I've heard that name too many times in the past 2 and a half months," Rei sighed.
Yusuke looked at her, "Oh really? How?"
"I've been called it!" Rei laughed. Yusuke shook his head, "I guess I shouldn't call people that..."
Botan spoke up, "My goodness, this conversation has gotten depressing all of a sudden. Somebody cheer up!"
"We aren't depressed, just thinking," Yusuke said.
"Thinking? My, that's a first," Kurama teased.
"Hey!" Yusuke laughed. They all started laughing and Rei couldn't help but wish life would always stay this way. Hiei came in just as they finished their laughing and gave them an odd look. He came up behind Rei and reached over her to get a cookie. No one noticed the move, though.
"So, did you learn anything usefull?" Botan asked.
"You bet! I even got a pretty good work out," Yusuke said, rolling up his sleeve to show his muscle. Botan reached over the table and felt it.
"Well! I think I need to have a talk with Genkai! She seems to know what she's doing," Botan said.
Rei stood up to get some more milk for their talk. Hiei instantly took her evacuated chair and she glared at him. He only smirked back. She brought the 2% back over to the table and plopped it down on Hiei's lap.
He was caught quite off-guard, but had stopped it enough before it did any real damage. He looked up at Rei and glared, but she gave him a smirk this time.
"You stole my seat, get up," she said. The others were now watching them, and Kurama looked like he was about ready to laugh. Hiei wouldn't budge so Kurama pulled Rei over onto his lap.
"These two have been fighting ever since you left," Kurama told Yusuke. Rei was situated quite comfortably on Kurama's lap, but Yusuke didn't care. He gave her an evil smile and she smiled back.
"Have any of you seen any action since I left?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama, Hiei and Rei all rolled their eyes, but Rei was the first to speak.
"We fought a Jaganshi, but he wasn't much of a fight."
"Hey, it was only because you distracted him," Kurama poked.
"Yeah, remember? We were the ones getting thrown into trees," Hiei pointed out.
"Oh, wow. You guys saw more action than I did then, huh?" Yusuke asked.
"Yeah, seems that way," Rei sighed. "Are you going to stay here the rest of the day?"
Yusuke shook his head, "I have to go home and make sure my mom hasn't gotten into any huge trouble yet," he said as he started to stand up. Rei stood up, too, and walked him to the door, "Will you come back tomorrow?"
"If nothing comes up, definitely," he said as he gave her a soft kiss. He waved goodbye and Rei walked back to the kitchen. Kurama and Botan were in the living room, watching the news, and Hiei was who-knows-where. Sighing, she grabbed herself a few cookies.
"Well, here's to another adventure," she sighed again as she raised her glass of milk to no one. Amusingly enough, she didn't know how right she was.
Chapter 14
.oO{Rei is still my character. Her baby is still my character. This story is still my property.}
#Chichiri pops up# They are! No Da! #Author gives him a smile and he pops back away#
*****
They all reached the house by sundown and the first thing Rei did was throw up in the bathroom.
"You want me to make supper?" Kurama asked from the other side of the door.
"Sure," she coughed. Ten minutes later, Rei was out of the bathroom and Kurama was done making supper.
"Mmmm.... what is this?" Rei asked as she sat down at the table. Kurama was dishing out bowls of what looked like rice, but smelled like spaghetti.
"It's called orzo. It's Italian. My mom taught me how to make it with butter, and I personally think it's better than rice."
Rei took one bite from her chopsticks and just about fell over. It WAS better than rice. She quickly finished her bowl and dished up a second serving.
Hiei looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You must be really hungry."
She smiled as she nodded, "I need to eat."
"Being pregnant will do that to you," Kurama smiled. Hiei looked back to his own bowl, "Just watch out, or you'll get too fat."
Rei's chopsticks stopped an inch from her mouth.
"Why would that concern you?" she asked.
He shrugged, "Well, it didn't seem to bother you that you're pregnant. You still acted like your wenchy self for Kokai."
"Excuse me?!" she exclaimed.
"What made you do that anyways?" Hiei asked, unfazed by her outburst.
Rei put her chopsticks down before she decided to throw them at Hiei. "I was trying to help."
"You acted like a whore."
"Okay, let me make this easy for you to understand," Rei tried to calm herself as she set her folded hands on the table, "I will do what I can to help you guys, no matter what. Even if it means using sexuality. And you better bet your ass I will do the best I can."
Kurama poked his two sense in, trying to deter the fight that was brewing, "C'mon, Hiei. She didn't get hurt, and that's the good thing. She even helped us by doing that, and you know it."
Hiei looked away and gave up. Having a moody mom-to-be and a fox-yukai team up against you is not the best thing you should do. Kurama broke the silence by asking, "Are we sure Kokai is dead?"
"Yeah," Hiei said, but he didn't say any more because he walked into the living room. Kurama stood up and followed, but not before he grabbed Rei to bring her along.
Hiei was sitting on the couch and Kurama took the next chair over. Rei still had her bowl full of orzo in her hand, so she sat on the floor and ate as she listened.
"Kokai was a Shadow demon. That's why he could disappear," Hiei began. "That's even why he was able to slip out of your whip."
Kurama nodded, "I had a feeling he was one. And that's why he couldn't disappear when Rei was in his arms."
Rei wasn't following now, "What? What did that have to do with anything?"
"Since Kokai was a Shadow demon, he could disappear and walk through things. But his power can't be transferred to another object," Kurama explained.
"So that means, he couldn't disappear. So I really did help?" Rei asked.
Kurama nodded, "Yeah. It's a good thing he was distracted, or else we would have had a hell of a time trying to beat him."
Rei looked confused again.
"I've fought him before. He wasn't your average fighter. He was tough and had a lot of tricks," Hiei started. He looked at Rei fully in the eyes, "He also had a plan to get more power."
Kurama stood up, "I have to go put away the food."
.oO{Don't leave me, Kurama!} Rei thought, but it wouldn't do well to say that out loud. Hiei waited until Kurama was out of the room before he said, "I took you because of Kokai."
Rei's mouth dropped open, "Because of Kokai?"
Hiei looked away, "And my own search for power, but it was mostly because I didn't want Kokai to get it."
Rei was quite tempted to laugh. .oO{Ha aha. So he raped me because of Kokai?}
Hiei looked over at her out of the corner of his eye and noticed she was smiling. "What?"
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking how funny this is..."
There it was again. That you-have-to-be-out-of-your-mind look. Rei didn't care, though. She was in a good mood and had just had a great supper.
"So, were you and Kokai major enemies?" Rei asked as she went over and sat on the couch next to Hiei.
He didn't look too comfortable now. "Yes and no."
"Why 'yes and no'?"
"We used to be two of the best fighters in the Spirit World. One day we got into an argument and he challenged me. We fought and he told me about a 'girl back in the real world that would give power to whoever slept with her.' And it was his plan to be the first, and get the power. He just about beat me, too, but I knocked him out and then I went to get the Spirit Artifacts."
"My goodness... No one can keep a secret in Spirit World, can they? I bet Botan told everyone..." Rei sighed. Hiei just stared at her with his mouth agape. He couldn't believe he had just told her his reason for raping her and she's sitting here talking about Botan being a blabber-mouth. She turned to him, "What?"
Hiei just shook his head, but his eyes lingered on Rei a little longer. Kurama came out of the kitchen again and noticed the silence. He looked towards Rei, but since she was smiling, he figured everything was okay.
"I'm going to go get a shower now," Rei said, standing up. "You better not walk in on me," she glared at Hiei. As she walked from the room, he smirked.
"Everything went okay?" Kurama asked warily.
"Yeah, I guess so."
Kurama cast a glance on the hallway, "So, why did you really take her?"
Hiei looked up, "I told you why. Because I didn't want Kokai to get her power."
"But is that all?"
Hiei glared at Kurama, hoping he wasn't going to say anything else. His wish was granted as Kurama stood up and walked out of the room. But leaving Hiei alone with his thoughts was not the best thing to do.
***
"Six months! Wooyeah!" Rei exclaimed one day as she ran down the hallway. Walking into the kitchen she saw Kurama at the stove and Botan sitting on one of the barstools.
"Rei-chan! Yusuke is coming home today!" Botan said as she jumped up. She gave Rei a slight hug, not wanting to hurt that baby.
"Really? That is so cool! I haven't seen him for more than 2 months... I wonder what he'll say about my tummy..." Rei suddenly saddened. Being pregnant was certainly doing some damage to her self esteem, and ever since Hiei had told her not to get fat, Rei had been worried.
Botan glared as Hiei entered the room, "And here is the jerk of the hour. You made poor Rei get scared that she was going to get fat."
Hiei looked very surprised and gave a questioning glance to Kurama. Kurama just rolled his eyes and Hiei quickly exited the room.
"Botan! You didn't have to do that!" Rei said, sympathy for Hiei seeping through her voice.
Botan glared again, "He shouldn't go picking on poor mothers. They can't help it they get a little big."
Rei laughed, "You'd make a great mom."
Rei was still laughing as she got up and walked over to see what Kurama was making. He pulled some chocolate chip cookies from the oven and Rei grabbed one.
"You're going to get burnt," he reprimanded.
"I don't care, I want one!" Rei laughed. She took a small bite of hers and set the rest on a plate on the table to let them cool.
"So... do you think Yusuke is going to be happy he's back?" Botan asked, getting some milk from the fridge. Grabbing some glasses, Kurama came and sat down at the table with them.
"Yeah, I think he'll be glad. Not sure to what extent, though," Rei sighed. Just then they heard a familiar voice call outside, "Hey Hiei! Is everyone inside?"
Rei quickly jumped up and ran to the door, just in time to see Yusuke smile at whatever comment Hiei had made. He looked to where she was standing and said, "Hey, Rei."
"Hey, Yusuke," she smiled back. He came up to the door and dropped his sack of stuff at the doorframe. He wrapped his arms around her- still carefully- and gave her a small kiss. Rei heard Botan sigh behind her, and slightly pulled away.
"Oh, don't mind me, I was just admiring the scenery!" Botan quickly smiled before she ran back to the kitchen. Yusuke and Rei gave each other a look and burst out laughing. Putting his arm around her waist, Yusuke and Rei walked into the kitchen. Kurama and Botan were sitting at the table still and Rei sat down beside Botan.
"Hi, Yusuke. Anything exciting happen while you were away?" Kurama asked, shoving the plate of cookies towards Yusuke. Yusuke gladly took a few cookies and the glass of milk Rei poured him.
"Nothing really. Genkai can be a bitch sometimes..." Yusuke said through a half-full mouth.
"I've heard that name too many times in the past 2 and a half months," Rei sighed.
Yusuke looked at her, "Oh really? How?"
"I've been called it!" Rei laughed. Yusuke shook his head, "I guess I shouldn't call people that..."
Botan spoke up, "My goodness, this conversation has gotten depressing all of a sudden. Somebody cheer up!"
"We aren't depressed, just thinking," Yusuke said.
"Thinking? My, that's a first," Kurama teased.
"Hey!" Yusuke laughed. They all started laughing and Rei couldn't help but wish life would always stay this way. Hiei came in just as they finished their laughing and gave them an odd look. He came up behind Rei and reached over her to get a cookie. No one noticed the move, though.
"So, did you learn anything usefull?" Botan asked.
"You bet! I even got a pretty good work out," Yusuke said, rolling up his sleeve to show his muscle. Botan reached over the table and felt it.
"Well! I think I need to have a talk with Genkai! She seems to know what she's doing," Botan said.
Rei stood up to get some more milk for their talk. Hiei instantly took her evacuated chair and she glared at him. He only smirked back. She brought the 2% back over to the table and plopped it down on Hiei's lap.
He was caught quite off-guard, but had stopped it enough before it did any real damage. He looked up at Rei and glared, but she gave him a smirk this time.
"You stole my seat, get up," she said. The others were now watching them, and Kurama looked like he was about ready to laugh. Hiei wouldn't budge so Kurama pulled Rei over onto his lap.
"These two have been fighting ever since you left," Kurama told Yusuke. Rei was situated quite comfortably on Kurama's lap, but Yusuke didn't care. He gave her an evil smile and she smiled back.
"Have any of you seen any action since I left?" Yusuke asked.
Kurama, Hiei and Rei all rolled their eyes, but Rei was the first to speak.
"We fought a Jaganshi, but he wasn't much of a fight."
"Hey, it was only because you distracted him," Kurama poked.
"Yeah, remember? We were the ones getting thrown into trees," Hiei pointed out.
"Oh, wow. You guys saw more action than I did then, huh?" Yusuke asked.
"Yeah, seems that way," Rei sighed. "Are you going to stay here the rest of the day?"
Yusuke shook his head, "I have to go home and make sure my mom hasn't gotten into any huge trouble yet," he said as he started to stand up. Rei stood up, too, and walked him to the door, "Will you come back tomorrow?"
"If nothing comes up, definitely," he said as he gave her a soft kiss. He waved goodbye and Rei walked back to the kitchen. Kurama and Botan were in the living room, watching the news, and Hiei was who-knows-where. Sighing, she grabbed herself a few cookies.
"Well, here's to another adventure," she sighed again as she raised her glass of milk to no one. Amusingly enough, she didn't know how right she was.
