#4. Don't Sleep Too Deep
By: Fury's Footsteps
Word Count: 416
Characters: Kurama, Keiko, Hiei
Rating: K
Notes: Pretty proud of this one. XD

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"Kurama-kun! Wake up!"

Blinking the sleep out of his emerald eyes, the kitusne stared blearily up at the bright and happy face of the one and only Keiko Yukimura. He slowly sat up.

"Good morning, Keiko-san," Kurama managed around a jaw-splitting yawn. "What do you need?"

The girl's face was practically covered in one huge smile, and her form radiated happiness. "You won't believe what I just found out!"

"What is it?"

Keiko let out a squeal. "I'm pregnant."

Kurama's jaw dropped as he regarded her with shock. "Pregnant?" he repeated blankly.

The girl nodded her head furiously. "Yes! With quadruplets!"

Kurama's jaw dropped down even farther, but then snapped back up as he regarded the female in confusion. "Am I the father?"

Keiko giggled. "Of one of them! Yusuke, Hiei, and Kuwabara are the fathers of the other four! Isn't that neat? And they'll all be born at the same time."

Before the startled kitsune could reply, the scene around him changed from his hotel room to a large field covered in neon blue flowers with purple clouds dotting the sky.

"What the hell?"

Kurama whipped his head around. He couldn't have been teleported, could he?

He sighed. "Why do I get the feeling that I'm not going to like this?"

"Hn."

Kurama yelped in surprise and spun around. There before him stood Hiei, dressed in white catholic priest robes. He held out a thick, brown book to Kurama.

"Cheese is good for the soul," he intoned.

Kurama heard himself reply, "Of course it is," before he heard Shizuru screech. "PEEP!"

And then there was only black silence.

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The fox jerked awake, bolting up in his bed and breathing heavily. Wiping sweat from his brow, Kurama scanned the room with a wary emerald gaze. A few seconds later determined that yes; he was safe in his room at the hotel.

Probably just pre-fight jitters, he told himself. After all, Team Urameshi was fighting another match of the Dark Tournament today…

The only problem was that Kurama didn't get pre-fight jitters.

Groaning and burying his head in his hands, the exhausted kitsune leaned forward onto his knees. Until he was interrupted—

By a certain brunette bursting through his door.

"Kurama-kun! Guess what?"

His head jerked up.

All Keiko saw was a red blur as the fighter raced past her shouting, "I don't want to know!" over his shoulder.

A bemused Keiko blinked at the spot where the kitsune had previously been sitting. "…we managed to get you pancakes for breakfast?"