Authoress: I'm so sorry for not updating in forever…but I had this really long chappie written out months ago…actually typed up…and my damned floppy from hell ate it…/cries/ so now I'll just have to rewrite it as best as I can remember…/grins evilly/ there's one part I DO remember in detail…

Hiei:…

Authoress: yep, that's right…our first real lemon between the fire youkai and Kurama…/does a celebratory dance/ so, that's a warning to those who wish not to read it…and that…since I'm a little lazy…I'm going to be skipping ahead to the good parts now…I'd say…'bout five years…yep…no offense to Aisu, but he's not part of the main pairing…so…I'll have to write a sequel…and explain everything then…

Kura: and what about me!

Disclaimer: I own nothing…except for Kura and Aisu…and a few other characters…but they weren't very important…anyways…Yu Yu Hakusho isn't mine…I wish it was…it'd be a wonderful day for Yaoi if I did…and as a reminder

:Shuichi:

/Youko/

Kura

Chapter Sixteen

/Can you believe the kit's already five/

You seem proud for the one who always is calling him a menace…

/…he pulled my tail when I came out that once/

And? He doesn't even know I exist!

/…lucky him…/

:You two are having a pleasant conversation:

Did you hear what that kitsune said to me?

:Hai, I heard…:

Why is he so mean to me, Kurama?

/Because you're an idiot/

…teme…

/…baka…/

"Tou-san?"

"Ohayo, Aisu," Kurama said softly, turning to look at the boy. He smiled when he saw the child, his black hair still sticking up from rolling around in his bed all night. Kurama chuckled as he watched Aisu sit down at one of the kitchen table's chairs, trying to flatten his hair out. "Happy birthday," Kurama stated as he walked over to the boy and set a plate of pancakes-Aisu's favorite-in front of the boy.

"I'm five!" Aisu exclaimed, smiling at his father. "Does this mean you're gonna let me go visit Kuwabara-jii-san…you said you would let me spend a week there when I got older!" The little child bounced in his chair, his green eyes staring up at Kurama hopefully. The kitsune nodded his head and chuckled as the ball of energy flew into the air with a 'yahoo.'

/Funny how that little brat loves Yukina so much…and that idiot too…/

He loves everyone…he just hardly sees them since they live so far away

:Do you think we should go today:

/hai/

"Do you want to go to Genkai's today?" Kurama asked Aisu as he sat down in a chair next to the adorable child and watched him eat the tower of pancakes, vanilla ice cream, and-something Kurama could never understand-cheese wiz.

/How doesn't he get sick from eating that/

You spoil him too much

/Make him eat some vegetables…or something/

:You two sound like parents..hehe..:

We kind of are

/For once, I agree with the bat/

"HAI!" Aisu replied, nearly choking on his 'breakfast,' if it could be called that, and smiled. "I wanna go visit little Suya…" The boy wiggled in his chair and puffed out his cheeks. "Kaiwaii!"

Yukina's daughter is pretty adorable

/…he's finally becoming sensible…/

:So you think she's cute too…ha, two times you agreed today…it must be the end of the world:

yep

/guess so/

"Okay, just finish you breakfast and take a sho-" Kurama watched as the child flew from his chair out of the kitchen. He laughed to himself as he heard the thundering of feet up the stairs, quickly followed by the familiar sounds of the shower running.

"He's too energetic for me…" Kurama thought out loud, picking up the boy's dish-which was amazingly clean. Quickly washing the dishes, Kurama headed to the phone and called Yukina. Kuwabara answered, ecstatic upon hearing they were coming for a visit. Then, just to waste more time, little Suya was put on the phone, who had finally learned how to annoy her father to no ends. Kurama chuckled as she giggled on the other side of the line, calling her father 'baka.'

/\\

"Konnichiwa, Kurama-kun!" Yukina called, waving at the two figures approaching the temple. Suya was bouncing at her side, pointing at Aisu. The little half-demon kept whispering her 'cousin's' name to Yukina, who nodded her head. The two children hadn't seen each other in months, during which time Aisu had grown quite a bit.

"AISU-NII-CHAN!" Suya yelled, launching herself at the giggling boy when they were only a few feet away. The two-year-old's orange head didn't even reach Aisu's chest, but the boy was thrown to the ground by the girl's glomp.

"Hi, Yukina," Kurama said, setting down two suitcases. "Gomen about the short notice…Aisu insisted he come and visit Suya."

"It's alright…she hasn't sat still since Kuwabara told her. He's still upstairs trying to recuperate…no one can keep up with her anymore…" Yukina trailed off, looking down at her hands. Kurama could guess what she was going to say-just like Hiei.

"Tou-san?" Aisu's high-pitched voice made the two adults turn to look at the pair of children. Yukina smiled when she saw the boy, with her daughter on his back, bouncing around the temple's grounds.

"Hai?"

"Can we go play in the woods?" Aisu asked, looking up at his father and Yukina. "Pleeeeaaase?"

"If it's alright with Yukina," Kurama replied, sighing. He looked at the woman, quickly moving to her side when he saw her wince in pain. "Are you alright?" The demon held her rounded abdomen and shook her head. "Aisu, go get Kuwabara and take Suya with you."

/\\

/Two hours…that was a quick labor/

Suya was what…five?

/Six, wasn't it/

No, definitely five…it was when Kuwabara was on that mission with Urameshi and they didn't get back until midnight…

/Right…so five and a half/

You just can't admit I was right, can you?

:You two sound like a married couple:

"The three of you are talking about something, I take it?" Yukina asked softly, her voice still weak from the day's events. Kurama looked up from his hands to the beaming mother and nodded.

"They were arguing over how long you were in labor with Suya," he replied, smiling. "They can't decide if it was five or six hours…"

"Five," Yukina replied with a chuckle. Guessing from the expression on Kurama's face, her answer had begun an entirely new argument between the two residing demons. The kitsune rolled his eyes-probably at something Youko said-then looked back at Yukina.

"He's still saying he was right…" Kurama stated quietly, placing his head in his hands. "They're so annoying sometimes…it was a record today…they agreed twice…"

"He's adorable…" Yukina commented, somewhat randomly, as she looked down at the blankets in her arms. The tiny pair of red eyes that looked up at her closed slowly in fatigue. Kurama looked at Yukina and realized she must be exhausted as well.

"I should probably get Aisu and Suya to bed," Kurama said, wondering if Kuwabara was done telling Yusuke about his son…the ningen was on the phone with his friend for the past half hour, boasting that the newest edition to the family could beat Yusuke to a pulp without even trying. He got up and slowly left the room, making sure he didn't make any noise. As he reached the door, he felt a very familiar presence-something he hadn't felt in years-leave the room.

/Did you feel that/ Youko asked as soon as they had closed the door to Yukina's bedroom.

It couldn't have been.

/But I'm sure it was/

But why would he want us to know that he was there?

/I don't know/

:Why was Hiei here:

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Authoress: yep…CLIFFIE!…I'm so sorry for not updating in forever! …/cries/ but now that's school's out for the summer, I have nothing but free time!

Hiei//glares/

Authoress: I know I said in my beginning rant that there'd be a lemon or something this chappie…but things are turning out differently…now I've got a new idea in meh head…but I'm thinking most likely next chapter!

Kurama//stares/

Youko: ABOUT TIME!

Kura: I'd have to agree…

Authoress: well, well…three times in one chappie…it's a scary thing…until the next chapter! AUF WIEDERSHIEN…/stares for a moment/ is that how you spell it?…I dunno…but I need to learn German quick…I'm a-going over there later this summer…and some of those words are just plain hard to write…even harder to say…/cries/ UNTIL NEXT TIME!