BABY DAYS

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakasho. I am just using these characters for my own pleasure. But Aekaki does belong to me.

Apparently, Yusuke didn't know how long childbirth usually took. After 2 hours, he was a bout to go insane, while everyone else was calm.

"Why is this taking so long?" he finally snapped. "It ain't got far to go!"

They all just shook their heads at him.

"You truly are dense, aren't you?" Keiko asked.

Yusuke growled in frustration, running his hands through his black hair. That's when they started hearing screams of pain. Kuwabara had to hold Yusuke down as he made a bolt for the bedroom door.

"They'll take care of her, Yusuke. She'll be fine," Aekaki assured him.

"How would you know?" He rounded on her.

A flash of anger entered her golden eyes.

"I know more than you!"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah!"

Aekaki and Yusuke looked like they were about to rip each other apart, so Keiko and Kuwabara had to hold them back.

"I'll kill you!" she screeched, kicking and flailing, accidentally banging Keiko in the nose. The brown-haired girl fell back, tears springing up in her eyes as she clutched at her nose, blood pouring out in streams.

When Aekaki realized what she'd done, she immediately ran over to her lover, whispering "sorry" over and over. She carried her to the bathroom. Koenma came out suddenly, looking serious.

"Yusuke, Botan has lost consciousness. I think hearing your voice will help. Come quickly," he said, moving out of the way as Yusuke bolted into the room. He shut the door again.

Yukina and Kuwabara sat on the couch, waiting patiently, wondering how Kurama was doing. They didn't have to wait long, because there were loud screams, and a "Don't you dare give up on me, fox!" That didn't sound too good. Then there was silence, followed by the piercing shrieks of a newborn.

"It's a girl!" Yusuke's excited voice rang out.

The stream of curses uttered out by Hiei only encouraged their fears. Then another piercing cry rang throughout the air. They held their breath. Suddenly, a pissed off fire demon stormed out of the room and started pacing around. Kuwabara stood up and stopped Hiei.

"What's happening?" he demanded.

The black haired demon just glared and kept pacing. 3 minutes later, Koenma and Genkai came out. Kuwabara and Yukina looked up from the couch. Hiei looked so tense, and his jaw so tight it looked like he would burst a vein or something.

"Kurama is fine," Koenma announced.

Hiei let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.

"He's resting now, and your children are feeding away like piglets," Genkai added.

Hiei's eyes widened considerably.

"Ch-children? As in plural? More than one?" he asked, voice cracking.

"A boy and a girl. Before Kurama fell asleep he said you could name them," Koenma told him.

Hiei thought a moment.

"Takumo for the boy, and Ayaka for the girl."

Everyone nodded to show they approved of the names. Keiko and Aekaki came back from the bathroom. Her eyes were red from crying, but she was smiling.

"I heard screaming. Although Kuwabara is known to squeal like a 2 year old—'' he glared, "I know it was a baby. So, are they both all right?"

"Kurama had a hard time, but he's resting now, while his boy and girl feed away, and Botan and Yusuke are cooing at their baby girl. They named her Ai."

"Short for Aekaki, right?" The golden eyed girl joked.

"You wish," Yusuke said, walking out of the room.

She stuck her tongue out at him, and he reciprocated.

"Will you two stop acting like children?" Botan asked, coming out wither her new baby girl, Ai, in her arms. Her stomach shrank considerably, but she'd be working out for months.

The baby cooed at her dad, reaching her arms out to him.

"I think she wants her daddy," Botan said, handing the baby over to her husband.

He lovingly kissed the dark curls and inhaled her new baby smell.

"I love you, Ai," he whispered.

Ai, with her little dark curls, sparkling magenta eyes, and Botan-like smile just gurgled. Everyone except for (you know who it is) went "ahhh".

Hiei almost puked.

He went back in the room and shut the door. Kurama was wide awake now, playing with their children.

"Hey," he grunted.

The green eyed kitsune looked up and smiled softly at his husband with love in his eyes.

"Look, Hiei. Look what we've created."

Hiei sent a warning glare. "Don't get sappy on me, fox," he warned.

"I know. But aren't our children beautiful?"

Hiei nodded. He sat on the bed and kissed each little kitsune on the forehead.

Ayaka had golden ears and a tail that were (strangely) retractable, crimson eyes and a dark patch of soft black hair. She played with Kurama's hair. Obviously, she took after Hiei. Kurama secretly thought and hoped she wouldn't turn out as cold-hearted as Hiei. Said demon glared at him.

"I heard that."

Kurama just chuckled.

Takumo had black ears with white furry tips, a thatch of red hair and sparkling green eyes.

"Their names are Ayaka and Takumo," Hiei announced.

"Those are too long for such little ones. They shall be Aya and Taku until they're older."

Hiei was about to rant when Kurama quickly reminded him he almost died in childbirth and he owed him that much. Hiei growled.

"Sometimes you make me wonder why I married you."

"Because you decided to be true to your heart," Kurama answered.

"If you break out into song I swear I'll leave right now."

Outside the door, everyone started singing "Be true to your heart".

Hiei's eye twitched.

(A/N: Yaaaaaaay! I finally finished and got this last chapter to you! I'm so happy )