Twisted Lives
Still don't own. u.u
Hello again and welcome to chapter 2!
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Chapter 2 - Learning
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Last time - "My name is Yuusuke and this is Kuwabara. We've been sent from Koenma to take you to Reikai."
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"We're not going anywhere."
"I knew you would say that-" Yuusuke stopped as soon as a dog demon came to the front, a scowl on her face, dragging the girl who looked like Botan behind her.
"They are going no where, understand!? She is in no condition-" Botan's sharp cry of pain cut her off. Youko's eyes went wide and he rushed to his mate's side. Water dripped down her legs and she leaned heavily on Youko, breathing rapidly.
"I-It's time.." Yuusuke and Kuwabara stared. Apparently, this was not what they expected.
"Don't just stand there! Get her to the bedroom! Hiei, get water and heat it. Kuronue.. just put more wood on the fire." Rumiko barked, scowling at the two. "And you two, we don't have time for this." They followed her in, wondering what the hell was going on. Youko had hold of Botan's hand. She winced in pain.
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After two hours, Rumiko had Botan pushing and breathing. Youko looked to be in pure agony as she gripped his hand, screaming. Yuusuke and Kuwabara stood to the side, their eyes completely wide. Hiei and Kuronue stood in the doorway, one holding the water and the other holding the other's arm. With one final push, Botan relaxed and Rumiko held the baby in her arms. She smiled in glee.
"Well, Youko and Botan, you are now the proud parents of a little girl." The little kitsune had tiny, silver ears with a tuft of silver hair, and a little silver tail. She cried and screamed until the cord was cut and she was cleaned up and wrapped in a blanket. Rumiko handed her to the exhausted mother. She sighed. Botan stared down at the tiny creature she held in her arms. Tears ran down her face as the little one cooed and made little baby noises.
"What do we name her?" Youko asked, his amber eyes shining with pride. She looked up at him.
"Mmm.. What about Akina?" A smile passed the little girl's lips and she let out a small cry, grasping her mother's finger in her little hand.
"I like it."
"Akina it is, then." Botan kissed Akina's forehead. Yuusuke and Kuwabara didn't have the heart to arrest them and take them to Reikai. When the baby opened her eyes, Youko's filled with tears.
"She has your eyes." Suddenly, Botan looked over at him and smiled, handing him his daughter.
"She is the cutest baby I've ever seen." Rumiko said, looking over at Hiei. "Isn't she cute?" The koorime blinked and nodded. Kuronue leaned forward, letting go of Hiei.
"She looks a miniature nightmare to me." Everyone stared at him. "If she has Youko's temper and attitude then we're going to have some serious problems.." Suddenly, someone's hand was around his throat and his friend smiled slyly at him.
"What do you mean my attitude problem? And my temper?"
"Heh.." Youko then looked as calm as he had been before.
"Anyway-"
"We volunteer to go hunting!" Hiei blinked then sighed.
"Not again.." The koorime was dragged from the room.
"I think I should go and save Kuronue from the wrath of our favorite fire demon." Rumiko grinned and left. Youko's eyes then went to the two humans.
"What about you? Why are you still here?"
"Well.." Yuusuke sighed. "To be honest, we never expected this or.. anything like this for that matter." He crossed his arms. "With the way we seen demons work.. We thought we would come in, fight, beat you, and take you to Reikai. But this.."
"You understand what they'll do." Botan said softly. All three of them looked over at her. "They'll take my family from me.. They'll separate Youko and I.. and little Akina. That's how Reikai works."
"We don't want that, as much as you think we do. In fact, I don't want to arrest you. Maybe I can threaten Koenma into giving up the chase."
"He won't do it so easily, Urameshi." Kuwabara mumbled. "You saw how he looked at us when he told us."
"I know. Maybe we can work something out. If you'll come with us."
"Give us a few days." Youko said.
"Stay with us so that we can see if you're really telling us the truth." Yuusuke looked at Botan. He could tell that they were spoiling a perfectly happy moment. He looked at Youko, as if silently asking for permission to go over and see the child. Youko nodded but watched him closely. Yuusuke went over and leaned in so he could see the child. Akina gazed up at him with curious amethyst eyes, blinking. Then she turned her attention back to her mother and snuggled into the blanket.
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Hiei and Kuronue came back with Rumiko, looking completely and utterly soaked. Apparently, Kuronue had fallen into a bog and dragged Hiei with him. When Rumiko tried to get them out, she fell in. But they had food. That was the good thing. Botan was up and walking around, smiling and acting as though she were floating in the clouds.
"What are they still doing here?" Hiei asked, raising a brow.
"They're staying a few days." Botan then crossed her arms and took the food, shooing them out to go and clean off in the river before they came back. Yuusuke thought that she reminded him of Keiko, for some odd reason. Youko snickered and tauntingly ran his fingers down her silky tail. She whirled on him and slapped him. Just not that hard. "You behave." He pouted. Yup.. They reminded him of Keiko and him. He looked down at the baby in his arms, asleep and so innocent. Kuwabara seemed to have an infatuation with her ears. Botan disappeared into another part of the cave.
"What are you so amused about?" Youko growled, narrowing his amber eyes at him.
"Just about the way you two act around each other." Yuusuke said.
"Yeah, you remind us of Urameshi and Keiko."
"She constantly slaps me for stuff.." The Spirit Detective rubbed his cheek. "She hits hard.." Youko grinned.
"So, I'm not alone."
"Feh."
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Botan eased down before the fire, smiling sweetly at the child in her arms. She had just come back from feeding her in the other room. She gently ran her finger down one of the girl's silver ears. She was fascinated by the sheer beauty of the child. Akina took her mother's finger and stuck it in her mouth, looking up at Botan with wide, innocent eyes.
"Little fox?" She looked up to see Kuronue enter the room. He smiled and went over to see them. "You okay?" She nodded.
"Just having a few moments of peace. Where are the others?" He shrugged.
"Youko's sleeping and I haven't seen Hiei or Rumiko in two hours. The humans are in the other room, sleeping." She smiled. Their cave had a new extension. Akina's room. Of course, for a while, the kit would be in her parent's room just so they would be able to hear her. "I thought you'd be asleep. You haven't gotten much."
"Worried?" He grinned.
"I don't want to be on the other end of that temper." She narrowed her eyes but smiled anyway. "Little fox.. I know that everything changed and all.. but.."
"Don't worry so much." She looked down at her baby. "Nothing else will change."
"You sure about that?"
"I wish I was."
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Youko stared at the ceiling, unable to sleep anymore. He had at least an hour of it..
"Youko?"
"Hmm?" He sat up and looked at who entered. Botan smiled at him and set Akina in the crib before sitting down next to him.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said, sighing. "I was just thinking."
"Don't hurt yourself." She whispered.
"Ha ha ha." He muttered sarcastically. She grinned and fell backwards, closing her eyes and stretching out. "Just imagine, no more kicking in the middle of the night." With a purr of delight, she turned on her side and curled up. "Heh." He lay back down, tenderly taking her in his arms and holding her. He smirked. "'Night."
"'Night." Came her muffled reply as she buried herself deeper into his warmth.
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"Remind me to murder them when I can see straight." Botan growled as she sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Makin' racket this early.."
"Kuronue must've tripped or something.." Youko stumbled out of bed, nearly walked into a wall, and basically tripped over the leg of the crib. He mumbled some choice obscenities as he got up.
"I feel like hell." Botan muttered to herself, scratching at the base of one of her ears.
"AHHH! Don't kill me!" Kuronue shrieked, making her flinch. How could anyone sleep when he was in the cave? She wandered to the doorway to see what was going on. Hiei was chasing the demon around, katana in hand, fangs bared. Kuronue had a panicked look and nearly barreled into Youko. Rumiko was twitching, watching the scene play before her as she tried to wake up. Then, suddenly, a small cry made Botan frown. Akina.. She went to the crib to see the little girl with tears in her eyes and her small fists clenched. She let out a whimper and Botan picked her up.
"Shh, precious. Some idiotic habits are hard to break." She giggled as she thought about raising Akina with them being bad examples.
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Yuusuke and Kuwabara were completely relaxed around the demons. They now knew that even demons had soft sides and weren't so different from humans. They got along with Botan and Youko but Hiei was harder to talk to. Kuronue was similar to Yuusuke in his antics but he was more playful. Akina was just the sweetest little baby they ever met.
"Boo!" Yuusuke grinned and turned to see Botan with the child in her arms. She was playing with her, both lying on a big blanket. "Gaahh!" Akina's little noises made each of the men chuckle. Rumiko came out and lay down next to Botan, her brown eyes on the child.
"She is going to be just like you, Botan. I can tell. Youko is too.. I don't know the right word." The dog demon grinned. "But she's such a cutie." Botan laughed.
"I think she's a doll. I've never dreamed of such a well-behaved little one." Akina was lying on her back, looking up at them. She giggled and blew a bubble. Botan popped it gently and the girl laughed loudly.
"Ahhh.." She began making her other little noises and the girls were so swept up in their daydreams that they failed to notice that the men all looked a little dejected and felt ignored.
"I want a baby soon." Rumiko said quietly. "I've been hoping for a family and I just wish to find someone who'll take care of me. You're so lucky, Botan. I can almost say I'm jealous!" Botan giggled.
"Well, you do have an admirer, I think. Someone likes you more than they let on."
"If you don't spill.."
"Forget it. You're not hearing it from me. He has to tell you himself." She stuck her tongue out at the dog demon, who did the same back to her. "And I am lucky. Imagine.. we didn't even get along at first." Rumiko nearly laughed.
"Hard to imagine it but I can. Now playful banter is your game.""Yeah, true."
"I am guessing but those humans over there.. Are they trustworthy?" Botan glanced over at the two in question.
"I could smell no lie from them, Rumi-chan. I think they were telling us the truth when they said that they wanted to talk to Koenma. Besides, we couldn't do much more other than watch their actions here. They're being as polite as they can and they even seem to be attached to Akina." Botan frowned. "They don't seem to want to take us in."
"Hopefully it will go well." Rumiko said softly. "Poor little Akina."
"If anything happens to me, Youko, and the others.. I want you to be the sole caretaker of my daughter. When we go, will you watch her?"
"Of course I will, Botan. Are you sure, though?"
"Yeah." Botan smiled. "I trust you completely and I know you'll take good care of her in my absence."
"But what about feeding her?"
"We'll talk about that later on this evening, okay?"
"Sure."
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Hiei sat down next to Rumiko, who was staring up at the sky. He had found her in the clearing by the river, where they had first met Botan.
"Rumiko?" She smiled over at him.
"Hello, Hiei. How's my favorite little fire demon?" She asked softly. He smirked."Fine." He looked at the river and watched as the moon glimmered and reflected in the water. "I came to ask you something." She followed his gaze then looked back up at the sky.
"What is it?""Who do you.. like?"
"Like?" She blinked.
"Who would you like to be your mate?"
"Oh!" She looked over at him suspiciously. "Why ask me that question?"
"Because.."
"You really want to know?" He nodded. She grinned and leaned in to whisper it in his ear. "You." She said simply. He turned his head to the side as a blush tinged his face. "What about you?"
"You." He replied softly. She smiled and took his hand then leaned against him as they both fell silent and stared up at the stars.
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Thank you for reading this far. n.n So, tell me. Does it fit in with LWY? Is it a good sequel? I hope you like it! Please review and tell me what you think!