Chapter 12

A few months had passed of training. I would love to say I was advancing quickly, but that was not the case. Some things would amaze Ghirahim and Catto with my advanced understanding and success. Other things would feel like two steps backward. I had mental training and physical training. I worked hard to get to where I was at, I also felt like there was some sort of relationship building between me and Ghirahim throughout it all. However, no amount of preparing or studying could prepare Ghirahim and me for the news we were about to be a part of.

We were practicing the use invisible forces. From what I was understanding, it was things like levitations. It also included pushing and shoving items. There were a bunch more things that fell into that category, but I was working on some simple rocks as well as Ghirahim. Catto walked outside and stood anxiously on the porch. Ghirahim and I paused.

"Is everything alright?" Ghirahim asked concerned.

"I'm pregnant." She blurted. We stood silently in shock. I personally wasn't able to hide my expression. Ghirahim's face seemed hard to read, however. I was at a loss for words entirely. Ghirahim walked up to her.

"You've known a while... haven't you?" He asked flustered.

"Two months, now." She smiled slightly. "So I'm probably finishing up my first trimester now.

"Why didn't you say anything?" I asked her.

"There was still a lot of tension, I was hoping for it to die down. I was also hoping it was a false alarm." She laughed nervously.

"Still, you could easily have mentioned it to me when you noticed signs," Ghirahim growled. "Now we have another mouth to feed, another body of aura to mask, and another earful to listen to."

"I-I'm confused." I interjected, "I thought I was one in a million. How is this pregnancy going to work out? It's one thing that AFTER the baby is born that it'll be a problem, but can it even be born? Does that mean there's going to be another Akomus?"

"Not necessarily," Ghirahim responded in a condescending tone. "There's a chance that this child is 100% human."

"How?"

"Well, human souls are very powerful and very consuming. The Hylia created them specifically to be immortal and also able to withstand corruption. So if the soul, in mathematical terms, is at least fifty-one percent human, it will overtake the demonic portion and become entirely human."

"What about demon souls?" I asked.

"Demonic souls are parasitical. Therefore, if it's at least fifty-one percent demon it will have the reversed effect and devour the human portion of the soul. It will maintain some human characteristics, such as a physical form." He gestured towards me. "the soul will still become demonic."

"So wouldn't that mean-" I began but I was interrupted.

"That it will eat me from the inside out? That's a strong possibility. But I have a higher percentage of maintaining the baby since I'm immortal, a different type of human, and have given birth to a demonic baby in the past." Catto explained.

"So what are your chances now?" I asked her. She shrugged and thought about it.

"I'd say about thirty-five percent of survival if it's an entire demon baby." She nodded and looked at Ghirahim who also nodded in agreement.

"Sorry for all the questions," I muttered while getting frustrated. "But where are all these crazy numbers coming from? I thought humans an demons didn't hook up or try and start family, especially not recently. So how are you calculatinf these things if I'm still the only living proof of it working out?" Not even Ghirahim seemed as worried as I was.

"I have other resources besides the silly excerpt you glimpses over. I also studied Catto's body during her last pregnancy, I understood how strong her soul is, and I have been able to calculate all the percentages." Ghirahim babbled on, giving himself a lot of credit.

"Oh, so you're a personal calculator to follow us around and spout pointless statistics to." I grumbled. "You don't even seem worried by the danger at hand, she's in danger and it's your fault."

"We are already in danger, this is just another obstacle-" she corrected.

"Yeah, but we shouldn't be sitting here letting you possibly develop something that will kill you!" I exclaimed. "Do either of you care?"

"We have already been down this road. There's nothing we can do at this point." She tried to calm me down.

"I'm seventeen and somehow I feel like the mature one out of the three of us. I don't need another sibling seventeen years younger than me. I don't need a sibling that could kill my mom right after I got her back! Actually, I don't want a sibling. I don't want another fucking sibling!"

"You're talking big for the person who united us and put us in danger in the first place." Ghirahim laughed. "We are in danger regardless, this is just a drop in the bucket."

"You're just going to act like nothing is wrong here? Or do you just not want to take the blame of getting her pregnant in the first place?" I spat. His face twitched with annoyance.

"You are the last person to tell me how I feel about her safety." He took a few deep breaths to calm down.

"At least I treat her like a person and not some prize. No one else can have her because she's your property. As long as you have her you don't care what else happens. She's pregnant and you don't care because, in the end, you'll find a way to keep her safe but not the baby."

"If she were my property, Akomin, I wouldn't be having children with her in the first place. I would have her chained up and doing my bidding." He seethed.

"And keeping her in a house her whole childhood isn't keeping her captive? Do you hear yourself? You didn't rescue her, you brainwashed her!" I yelled. Catto looked irritated.

"I have a voice and I can say that I have not been brainwashed, I've been my own person my whole life!" She yelled.

"Yeah but here you are back doing what he wants and depending on him to keep you safe!"

"Akomin I think you're way outside of your jurisdiction here." Catto shook her head disappointedly. It hurt a little to see her not smiling and looking at me like that. I turn to Ghirahim and snapped my fingers. I teleported him fifty feet in the air and watched him fall. He quickly disappeared into a cloud of diamonds and reappeared in my face looking mad.

"I wouldn't pick this fight, Akomin." He growled.

"Because you'll lose?" I snarled at him. He snapped his fingers and his long black sword appeared in his hand. I snapped mine and had my bow loaded in my hands.

"No, no, no, NO!" Catto yelled and pushed us away from each other. She stood facing me with her back towards Ghirahim. "We've been cooped up a while and it's getting to us. Get inside. I'll come to get you for dinner." She ordered. I had my bow disappear and marched inside without a word. She was sending me to my room like a child. Honestly, the less I can see of them both right now the better.

Catto was always on my side. Now, having her against me felt heartbreaking. Especially when I'm just concerned about her safety.

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