Kiseki

I'm finally back! I just got internet about... yesterday, so here is the next chapter of Kiseki!

It's chapter eight and Yoh's parents arrive for a visit, and Mikihisa is scared. With votes a tied two to two, I just decided to follow the advice of my one friend who is following my story, but doesn't have a computer. So, she voted and that made things a three to two vote to find out what gender the baby is. And the cravings. Those are intirely the fault of my friend who helped me make them up. So, it's Miharu's fault, not mine!

This chapter is nearly 4,000 words long. Would people prefer shorter chapters as opposed to these ones? Because the these ones keep getting longer and longer. And preferences out there?

It was so awesome! I found a bunch of doujinshi on the internet, and found two HoroLysergs! So at the moment, I'm fighting with myself not to turn this into a HoroYohLyserg threesome fic. And I found a translated version of Funbari no Uta. I also found two doujinshis that explains Hao's past and how he created his little gang! And speaking of Hao, he keeps trying to molest Horo. I no longer have any say over what the fire shaman does in this fic.

And again, I do not speak Japanese, so I apologize for any mistakes I made with the title.

Disclaimer: If it were mine, I would have Funbari no Uta answer more questions than it asked! And we'd be able to see Lyserg's face, and Ren and Horo wouldn't have beards!

Chapter Eight- Ryoshin to nyuji gender, Parents and baby genders

Three months had passed, and Hotaru finally let Lyserg drop his diet from five hundred extra calories, down to three hundred. All the extra food, along with a happily developing baby, had caused a healthy bulge in Lyserg's waistline. Now, Lyserg was never one to be vain, but he couldn't help but glare a bit at the image the mirror offered him. The diet had certainly filled him about a bit. Not so much in his stomach as other places though. His already feminine face and figure had rounded out, making him look even more like a girl than he did before. Even his hands had plumped! This was a massive blow to his rapidly waning masculinity.

Arms wrapped around him from behind, hands resting on his swollen belly. Yoh seemed completely unaware of his lover's dilemma.

"You stole my pants." Yoh noted.

"Mine don't fit me anymore." He had every right to steal Yoh's clothes. It was Yoh's fault after all, that none of his clothes fit him any longer. Besides, it was a much better option than going... maternity clothes shopping. Lyserg managed to repress a shudder. Pirika and Jun were a bit too excited about taking the boy shopping, but considering the way Horo and Ren reacted after going shopping with their respected siblings, Lyserg decided to avoid it as long as he could. Even if it meant stealing Horo's clothes once Yoh's became too small for him. Or Hao's even. Lyserg blanched as he imagined his pregnant self in Hao's gaudy jeans; star buckle and straps and all. Well, maybe not Hao's clothing, but...

"You know I don't mind." Yoh buried his face in Lyserg's neck. "Besides, it's cute seeing you pregnant and wearing my clothes."

And there went the last of Lyserg's masculinity.

:-:-:-:-:

"Thank you for telling me this Anna."

Anna hung up the phone with a click, not even bothering to say goodbye. While it would be while still before she went into the final stages of her plan, that didn't mean she wouldn't make Lyserg's pregnancy as uncomfortable as possible.

Yes, Anna sat down, remembering the man's reaction to her information. This was going to be entertaining.

:-:-:-:-:

"What IS that?" Manta, had returned to the Asakura household for a visit. With his French course (not English as Yoh had thought beforehand) finally over, he could spend more time with his friends.

"A sandwich." Lyserg answered simply, as he continued his journey to his room.

Turning to Yoh, the non shaman wrinkled his nose. "Did Lyserg just make what I think he made?"

"If you're thinking he made a sandwich with pickles, Tabasco sauce, jellybeans, and strawberry syrup; then yes." Yoh sighed, plopping his head in his hand. "When Hotaru said that he was probably going to have weird cravings, I thought it was just gonna be pickles and ice cream like most women; not sandwiches and plums. The worst part was trying to find out exactly what he wanted. I don't even want to think about how many times I accidentally put blue jelly beans in it." Yoh winced at the memory. Whoever said 'Hell have no fury like a woman scorned' obviously have never seen a hormonal pregnant man being denied that which he craved.

Manta just nodded sympathetically, unsure of how to reply to that last statement.

"Hey everyone!" Hotaru skipped into the room, a bag slung across her chest. In the past few months the Korean Shaman had taken to waltzing (sometimes literally) into the house whenever she chose. "How's dad and blondie doing?"

"Hi Hotaru."

"We're good."

"Great. Where's mommy?" Hotaru plopped onto a chair, setting her bag next to her.

"Lyserg's upstairs."

"Doing what?"

"Eating."

"Eating what?"

"A sandwich."

"Pickles, jellybeans, and strawberry syrup?"

"And Tabasco sauce."

"Hey Hotaru, are craving like this... normal?" Manta asked.

"Yeah, weird cravings are normal. It's the body's own unique way of telling a mommy what nutrition her baby needs."

"... What kind of nutrition do you get out of that?"

"Not a single clue!" Hotaru giggled. "nehoo, I brought plums!" Pulling the fruit out of her bag, she placed it on Yoh's lap. "Be back in a little bit."

"Where are you going?"

"To see if Lyserg'll let me poke him!" With that, the young doctor disappeared from sight.

Manta raised an eyebrow at the shaman king. "Poke Lyserg?"

"She means a checkup." Yoh went into the kitchen, plums in hand.

"Did she bring her guardian with her?" Manta had heard the many horror stories of the small pixie. After tormenting Amidamaru for several weeks, Chibo-chan had moved on to Tokegero, Lee Pai Long, Horo at one point (Hao had been too amused by the situation to actually stop and help his lover), had revisited Bason for old times sake, and was currently looking for a new playmate (who Manta was desperately hoping wouldn't be him).

Amidamaru rushed past Manta and all but dove into the memorial tablet in Yoh's pocket. Just because Chibo-chan was looking for new playmates didn't mean that she had anything against playing with the old ones.

"That'd be a yes." Yoh chuckled, flopping back onto the couch with a content sigh. He gave himself about five more minutes until he had to go upstairs and rescue Lyserg from Hotaru. In the past few months, Lyserg had begun to trust the Korean shaman, to a point. No matter how much time the two spent together, Yoh doubted that Lyserg would ever fully except the flaming redhead.

And with Lyserg being four months pregnant, that had caused a bit of an argument between him and Yoh.

But before had a chance to fully ponder his predicament, a knocking on the door drove him from his musings. A bit confused, Yoh went to answer the door. He wasn't expecting anybody in particular, and he sure wasn't expecting to see who was behind the door.

"Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?"

While it wasn't odd for Mikihisa to stop by for the occasional, unannounced, visit; Yoh usually had to travel to Izumo to see his mother.

"We received an interesting message Yoh." Mikihisa paused, as if unsure how to continue.

"Okay..." Yoh stepped aside to allow his parents into his house.

"It was from Anna." Keiko added solemnly. "She said that you are going to be a father soon." She looked into her son's eyes. "Is that true?"

Yoh gulped slightly. He had avoided telling his parents about his and Lyserg's 'bun in the oven' as Jun affectionately called it. He was pretty sure that they wouldn't take the good news as well as his friends had. But there was no lying to his mother. She would catch him. "Yeah."

"First you break your engagement with Anna, now you've abandoned Lyserg as well?" Mikihisa was taken aback. It was one thing for his son to break the engagement with Anna, that had been arranged. But he never expected Yoh to leave Lyserg as well. He was sure Yoh loved the British shaman. And further more, a child on the way! Yoh had made it quite clear what his preferences were not long after the shaman tournament.

"I didn't abandon Lyserg." Yoh explained as calmly as he could. "It's just really hard to explain."

"Try."

"Ah well, you see-"

"YOH!" steps were stomped on as Hotaru came into the room. Pouting. "Lyserg won't let me examine-" Pausing to blink, Hotaru turned to the newcomers. "Mikihisa-san?"

"Hotaru." the man nodded in acknowledgement.

"You two know each other?"

"Yeah. Mikihisa-san worked with my family on a really nasty evil ghost spirit thingy back home a few years back. Actually, he helped teach me a bunch about the mana systems of unborn babies and shaman who are preggers." Hotaru noted almost fondly. She knew years ago that she would make a profession out of helping others with their children after finding out about her own condition.

Then suddenly, Mikihisa realized something. "Why would you be examining Lyserg? Don't you only treat..." he gestured, unable to actually say it. The idea in his head; it couldn't be real. That couldn't be the reason Yoh was expecting and why Hotaru was...

Oh Kami-sama, say it isn't so.

"Yoh?" Lyserg had followed the psychopathic doctor, in hopes of hiding behind Yoh. His slim hand clutched protectively over his stomach, and kept his shirt pulled tight.

The bulge was easily visible.

"You see, I didn't abandon Lyserg." Yoh laced his fingers with Lyserg's. "He's pregnant, and we're going to have a baby."

Mikihisa's head was spinning. His son, his seventeen year old son, had gotten his boyfriend, another guy, pregnant. It wasn't possible. This had to be a dream or something. He was hallucinating! That had to be it! Because there was no way Lyserg was standing there next to his son with a fat stomach, and pregnant! Pregnant! No! Lyserg wasn't pregnant! He wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't! After all, Lyserg was still sixteen; far too young to be having a child. Shaking his head Mikihisa took another look at Lyserg.

Lyserg was still standing there; still as pregnant as he had been a few moments ago.

Keiko's reaction was completely different. Smiling in only a way a mother could, she said happily, "Congratulations. How much longer until the baby is due?"

:-:-:-:-:

Hao raised his hand to open the door, but quickly turned around and grabbed Horo's hand instead. Without a word of explanation, he began to drag the ice shaman away form the Asakura household.

"Hao?" Horo tugged Hao's jacket sleeve with his free hand. "What are you doing? Home's that way."

"My... parents are visiting." Was all he said.

"Oh." That was all that really needed to be said. It would be rather pointless to note that Hao and his parents didn't really get along; at least, he and Mikihisa didn't get along. Keiko was a bit more excepting of the situation. And while there was no longer any malice between Mikihisa and Hao, there certainly wasn't any love in the relationship. "So, where are we going?"

A familiar sadistic smile crossed Hao's lips. "You'll see."

Horo momentarily entertained the idea of going back to the house and leaving Hao. The look however, changed his mind. While Horo was sure that he wouldn't like what Hao had in mind, he knew that turning tail would be even worse.

Yep, Horo gulped. Much, much worse.

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"Pregnant. Pregnant. My son's having a child with another man. A pregnant man. I'm going to be a grandfather. There's going to be a baby soon. Lyserg's pregnant."

Hotaru peered at the muttering man. After the initial shock, he was lead to a nice chair to sit in until he recovered. That was about seven minutes ago and the man was still muttering to himself.

"I think you broke Mikihisa-san." Hotaru eventually said, twirling to face the three remaining shaman in the room. Manta had left to give Yoh and Lyserg some alone time with Yoh's parents. "So, let's get a move on, shall we?"

"How long have you known you were pregnant Lyserg?" Keiko asked with a smile. She had feared that because both her sons were less than enthusiastic about settling down with a nice woman, she wouldn't have any grandchildren. This, despite her husband's opinion, was a welcome surprise. She suppressed a giggle of pure feminine glee. Yes, this was a very welcome surprise.

"Three months ago. I'm four months pregnant now." the dowser twisted his hands in laps. Even though he and Yoh had been together for the better part of four years now, he had never really spent much time with Yoh's parents.

"Do you know if it's going to be a boy or a girl?"

Lyserg's face swiftly changed from an expression of nervousness, to one better described as venomous. Yoh quickly braced himself for the mood swing that was sure to follow.

"We don't know yet." the dowser took a deep breath to compose himself. He had learned over the past few months that he had the habit of taking his foul moods out on the so called, 'innocent bystanders.' And while (in his mind at least) Hao was far from an innocent bystander, Lyserg didn't want to take his frustrations with Yoh out on Keiko.

Keiko turned to Yoh for an explanation.

"We're trying to decide whether we want to find out if it's gonna be a girl or boy." Yoh said carefully. Truthfully, he wanted it to be a surprise. It was pointless to say that Lyserg was less than supportive of Yoh's idea. And he wasn't the least bit shy in letting Yoh know it.

"Er..." Hotaru's eyes darted about. She had heard this argument before. Last time she had been in the room when Lyserg and Yoh discussed it... She didn't want to repeat that again. Ever. "Hey Lyserg! I didn't finish giving you your checkup! Come on!" she grabbed the dowser's hand and pulled him to his feet.

"Hotaru! Let me go!" Lyserg yelled as he was pulled up the stairs.

"Not until I've checked on the baby-waby-kins! Mwahahahahaha!"

"Don't touch me! Stop it!"

"Not until I'm done! Now be quiet like a good little boy and let me examine you!"

"You don't need to examine that!"

"I need to go take care of that." Yoh scurried up the stairs.

Mikihisa buried his head in his hands and groaned.

This was going to be a long, LONG, day.

:-:-:-:-:

Horo looked around, mouth agape. He blinked once, then twice, then a third time for good measure. Just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.

Hao smirked at the ice shaman's expression. "What is it Horokeu?"

"I give. What do you want?"

Hao smirk grew even more smug. "I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about Horokeu. You'll have to explain."

"No way. There has to be a catch. There's no way you'd do something like this-" Horo gestured about, "without wanting something in return. So, what do you want?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Horo sighed. There was a reason he stayed with the relentless pyro, now if only he could remember what it was.

"Come now Horo." the fire shaman's arms wrapped around Horo, speaking softly into the Ainu's ear. "Don't tell me you aren't enjoying this." A gentle kiss was placed on his cheek.

Oh yeah. That was why.

:-:-:-:-:

"You and Lyserg make with the talkly-talk. I'll go keep your parents busy for a while."

Yoh let Hotaru walk past him without argument. Once her footsteps faded away, Yoh walked over to the bed.

Lyserg sat on the bed, staring out the window. "Do you want to go first, or should I?" Yoh asked taking a seat next to his lover.

"I want to know what the baby is." Lyserg started. "I can't wait any longer. I don't want any surprises. I want to know what's happening inside me." the green haired boy, still a child who would soon bring another into the world, leaned into the embrace the other offered. "I know you want it to be a surprise, but I can't do that. I just can't."

Yoh held Lyserg tighter. "All right. We'll ask Hotaru and find out." He felt the dowser squeeze his hand in thanks. After all, words weren't always needed, were they?

:-:-:-:-:

"Hey Hotaru-"

"You have an appointment tomorrow at the clinic at nine. So better be there bright and early! I'd use my mana now like the last few checkups, but it's better to use an actual sonogram machine -thingy to see if the little one's got double X's or an X with a Y."

Yoh blinked, surprised. "How'd you-"

"cause I'm the best baby doctor in the whole wide world." Hotaru interrupted once again. "Plus, Lyserg really wanted to know and you're too big of a sweetheart not to let him." Pinching Yoh's cheek like one would a child's, she grabbed her bag. "I explained some things to Mikihisa-san and your mommy. Your dad's starting to get over the shock." She giggled. If Yoh didn't know any better, he would have thought Hotaru got an absurd amount of joy out of the entire situation. On the other hand, for Yoh to know better that would involve figuring out the way Hotaru's mind worked. Two words: Forbidden Territory.

"Thanks Hotaru. See you tomorrow."

"Bye-bye daddy! Make sure mommy eats his plums!"

:-:-:-:-:

Ren stood, looking over the scene before him. "Do I even want to ask?"

"Ren what are doing here!" Pirika jumped up in surprise. She had been once again preparing The Surprise. This particular session of preparation had taken her to The Store; one place she never thought she'd find Ren.

"I like the scarves they sell here. That still doesn't tell me what you're doing here."

"It's a secret!" Pirika winked. "But seriously Ren, you can't tell anyone that you saw me here, okay? Not a single one."

"Whatever you like." Ren shrugged, walking past the young girl in favor of looking at a selection of handmade scarves. "Oh, just so you know; Hao seems to be making another attempt of claiming Horo's virginity."

"So! That bastard tries to corrupt Onii-chan everyday." Pirika growled.

"Yes, well it appears to be working this time."

"WHAT! Where are they! When I get my hands on Hao I'm gonna-"

"The last I knew, they were in the park." Ren cut the girl's ramblings short. No sooner had he said those words, Pirika bolted.

In the back of his mind, Ren contemplated sending a silent apology, but then decided against it. Whatever Horo got, he more likely than not deserved.

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Horo gasped lightly as Hao used his lips to tease the ice shaman's neck. Somewhere along the line, his shirt and jacket had been discarded. Despite the fact that it was well into November, the cold never did bother Horo much.

Hao smirked to himself. He had known that this was a good idea. Step one, set the perfect mood. Step two, seduce Horo. Step three, make sure that Horo was so far gone he would put no fight when Hao began the final stage of the plan. Ah, the final stage. That would undoubtedly be Hao's favorite part.

Everything was perfect. Nothing to distract them, nothing to stop them, and most importantly, no one to interrupt-

"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF MY ONII-CHAN HAO!"

"Pirika!" Horo pulled away from Hao to stare at his sister in shock. "What are you doing here!"

"Why aren't you wearing a shirt! I can't believe you Onii-chan! I trusted you! I thought that you were strong enough to resist Hao! But here are you with him like a- like a whore!"

Hao groaned and pulled Horo back to him. "Are you finished yet?"

If Pirika's could shoot daggers, Hao'd be completely impaled by now. "What was that!"

"Are you finished?" Hao enounced each word slowly. "We were in the middle of something, and I know Horokeu would prefer that you not be a witness."

"THAT'S DISGUSTING! I'LL NEVER LET YOU HAVE HIM HAO!"

"I'd like to see you try and stop me."

Rolling his eyes, Horo let his forehead fall against Hao's shoulder. It seemed that he wouldn't be going anywhere for a nice, long while.

:-:-:-:-:

The night before had been a restless one. Once again, Hao and Horo had not returned come sunset. This seemed to upset Mikihisa more than Hao's presence would have for some reason.

Pirika had eventually come home, but she had been swearing and mumbling to herself the entire night. No one really wanted to ask the Ainu what it was that upset her; everyone feared what it would be.

After going to bed, Lyserg had trouble falling asleep. It seemed every time he dozed off, he would jerk back awake after only a few moments. He was inexplicably nervous for some reason. Why was he so nervous when he should be excited to find out about the baby?

Yoh (who had been awake the entire time), had wrapped his arms around the younger teen in a comforting embrace and told him to go to sleep.

Lyserg had fallen asleep not long after that, but seven thirty was too early to get up. Lyserg didn't know whether to be thankful that Hotaru had given them the first appointment of the day, or resentful for getting up at such an early hour.

Lyserg had gotten far to used to sleeping in everyday.

"MORNING!" Hotaru chirped at the couple as they entered. "Step inside and I'll take you for a ride! Follow me, follow me, and we'll see what's growing inside of Lyserg's tummy!" the redhead giggled at her rhyming as she downed the rest of her coffee.

Yoh blinked. "How much coffee had you had so far?"

"Only six or seven cups, but they were about one forth sugar each, so that's... less than six or seven cups!" Hotaru giggled once again. "Kay, now Lyserg-chan, you need to take off your jacket and your shirt and your belt and you can take off your pants too if ya want." Hotaru rolled a contraption over to the examining table.

"I'm not taking off my pants." Lyserg twitched. It was too early for this.

"I'll give you a blanket to put over your legs. I am a professional after all." Hotaru snapped the rubber glove against her wrist. "Owies."

"No."

"Well at least unzip them and pull them down some. I need to be able to get to the baby." Again, she snapped the rubber glove against her other wrist. "Itai!"

Lyserg did what the (and he used this term very loosely) 'doctor' asked. Lying on the examining table, he shivered when Hotaru squirted a huge glob of cold gel onto his stomach.

"Kay, now if you look at the scene right here on the sonomogram, you'll get to see a picture of your little baby-waby-kins." Hotaru took the senor and stuck it in the glob of gel. She moved it about, looking at the screen as she did so. After a moment, she paused. "Ah-ha! See this right here?" Hotaru's finger traced a faint outline.

"Is that the baby?" Yoh tilted his head to the side and squinted.

"Yes indeedy. Though Lyserg's carrying it a bit higher than I thought. Usually the baby would be around here." Hotaru pointed a few inches below where the baby actually was.

Lyserg tried his hardest not to squirm. The sensor was uncomfortable with Hotaru jamming it in his side. "Is a boy or a girl?"

"Give me a second." Hotaru moved the sensor about a bit more in order to get a better angle. "It is a, a..." Hotaru's face broke into the biggest smile possible. "It's a little girl! Ah, how cute! You two are going to have a itty bitty baby girl! Congratulations you two!"

Lyserg and Yoh are gonna have a baby girl! Sorry for everyone who wanted a boy though. Maybe they'll have another baby? I smell a sequel. Anyway, I hope I kept Mikihisa in character. I don't know him very well. And as for Yoh and Lyserg's ages, I thought that Lyserg was the same age as Yoh. I had no idea that he was a year younger. Therefore, instead of Lyserg being seventeen and pregnant, he's sixteen and pregnant. I feel bad now...

And as for Hao, anyone else ever have a character that wrote himself? Hao's been doing that the entire chapter. I had to stop myself a couple of times and change the scene because Hao kept trying to NC-17 things to Horo. I think I need to write a couple of lemons and post them on adultfanfic . net once it's up and running again.

And the best part about moving, I found an anime store that has anime meetings every week! It is the most wonderful place in the world. There aren't that many manga compared to other book stores, but there are so many figurines and candy and J pop and J rock and DVDs and games and even Japanese PS2. I love it.

And two notes for the story. One, I realized that in a lot of reviews that there were remarks about Anna being out of character. There is a very good reason for that, which will be revealed within the next few chapters. Also, would anyone like a story explain how Yoh and Lyserg got together? I have one in my head, but I'm not sure if I should write it.

Next chapter, another month passes by. The baby starts to kick, and Yoh and Lyserg start to think up names. And of course everyone wants to help name the baby. Hotaru talks about the wonders of breast feeding, which does nothing but scare Lyserg. We also find out why Hotaru became a baby doctor, and the angstyness behind it. Anna is getting scarier, and Chocolove comes for a visit. I apologize in advance for not being able to keep him in character, though I will try my hardest.

I shall now thank everyone who reviewed with messages written as subtitles on Shaman King AMVs! There aren't enough of these out there.

Hey KuroUsagi! I know the pain of moving, I just did a bit ago. Thanks for the kind words, and trust me, Lyserg's just as happy as you are that he's not having twins.

Luna-san, it always amazes me how much you love this fic, even though you don't like yaoi. You got to find out what the baby is though! I'm sorry about your cousins, and don't worry. My family members are rednecks, so there is no offense to the hillbilly comment. I'm not though. Just my dad's side of the family.

Nice to see your review Tai. You found out the gender of the baby, and thanks for reviewing!

Hello once again celestial-gal. Sorry you lost your vote. Thanks for the well wishes and the review.

Hey S u i t o n. I'm glad my fanfiction makes you laugh. Hotaru is scary at times, just wait until the next chapter. And don't worry, I'm sure how exactly yet, but she will get to fight later on. Thanks for you review!

Hello 205780. You would not believe how surprised I was to be receiving reviews from a guy. That's just awesome. Sorry about you losing the poll. I'll keep your baby's names in mind though. And I hope this is satisfying enough for helping Amidamaru. Many thanks for the review.

Dear justsomeyaoifangirl, thank you so much for the review!

Dear Sheik, glad I have exposed you to YohLyserg. Though I'm a bit sorry I got you hooked when there is so little fanfiction out there for it. Don't worry about Anna, and thank you for the review.

Hello souloverdrive. Truthfully Horo does strike me as more strait then gay, but he also seems like a I like who I like kind of guy. As in where he's mainly strait, if the love of his life was a guy, he'd be cool with it. I have no idea when the baby will be born. I haven't planned that far ahead yet. Thank you for the review.

What's going on Sonseray? Chibo-chan is an awesome character. Thank you very much for your review.

Well, thank you all for reading, and I hope you review!

Ja min'na-san!