Me: sorry to keep u waiting s long. Here's the next chapter to Ice Heart. Enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I do not and never will (sadly) own Gravitation.

She got up from her chair. "Would you lie down on that couch for me?" she asked as she pointed to the couch against the wall. Shuichi gave her a weird look, but did as he was told. Her wrinkled hands covered his eyes sight as she roamed the other up and own his body, a few inches above the skin, so the hand was still in the air. Her hand glowed a faint yellow as it went up and down, until she closed her hands. She placed her hands on the sides, looking at Shuichi with stern eyes. "Does Yuki have feelings for you as much as you do for him?"

Shuichi sat up with a confused look in his eyes. "Yes, I told you that before, Granny Ai. Why?"

She sighed deeply before replying. "You feelings for each other is taking a form as we speak."

Shuichi leaped off the couch with wide eyes. "You can't mean that I'm-" He could finish saying it. It was too much to handle for him. He placed a hand on his head, shaking uncontrollably. His breathing hitched every now and then.

"You know that I am not lying, Shuichi," Granny Ai stated, making Shuichi look at her. She had called him by his given name. That meant that she was dead serious.

"But I can't be carrying a child! I've never done so my entire life!"

"That is true. You always were a strange one, never carrying a child, even during the Red Sun and no one knew why. Maybe it was because you were so cold to everyone, but not to your human."

"How do you even know if it has human blood?"

Chuckling, Granny Ai replied, "You seemed to have forgotten that I'm the oldest fox around. I'm 1,500 years old, and any fox would be lucky to reach my age. I know many things that no one else knows. I can sense things that no one else can. I can sense the human in your child, Shuichi. It's up to you whether you wish to believe me or not."

Shuichi quietly and slowly sat down on the couch, his head resting in his palm. "You would never fib to anyone. To not believe the things you say would make me a fool." He raised his head up, staring at her. "Aoshi won't like this."

"Aoshi does not need to know," Granny Ai stated as she sat down in her chair. "What you need to worry about is how you're going to tell your human, Yuki. And if you two will keep it. It has no form yet, but the body is working on it. If you, Yuki, or both don't wish for this child, it would be wise to get rid of it before its body is formed. That way, you don't have to deal with a guilty conscience." Shuichi was silent, looking out the window to watch the rain strike the glass barrier that kept it out. "You have to tell your human, Shuichi. Either you tell him, or he finds out himself."

Shuichi glanced at her before standing up. "I'll tell him," he stated emotionlessly. "I just hope that," his voice caught in his throat.

"You can stay here tonight and tell your human in the morning," Granny Ai offered as she went out of the room to get a blanket, but Shuichi's voice stopped her.

"Thanks, but I think I want to get this over and done with." With that, he walked out the door and into the rain. Shifting into his fox form, he ran off into the storm.

"Hopefully, he won't hurt you," Granny Ai whispered to Shuichi, even though he could not hear her.

Rain drops fell onto the ground, creating puddles that little kids dressed in raincoats jumped in. Shuichi's paws caused the water to splash as he ran through them. The whole time, the same thought ran through his head as quickly as he ran to Yuki's home. 'How will I tell him?' Finally, he made it to Yuki's front door. He blew some ice into the key hole, manipulating it to make it unlock the door. It did. Shuichi slipped inside quietly after shaking extra water from his long fur. The ice in the lock soon disappeared. Yuki, hearing something, walked into the living room where he saw the pink fox, water dripping from the fur. Shuichi, seeing Yuki enter the room, changed into his human form so Yuki could know who he was.

Yuki was a little surprised when the strangely colored fox changed into the pink-haired teenager. "Now that is something that you forgot to tell me that you can do," Yuki stated.

"You're a smart human, Yuki," Shuichi stated as he sat crossed-legged on the floor. "I thought you could find out that I could do that yourself. And I was only in that form because I thought you wouldn't want me tracking in a whole lot of rain water."

"What brought you here?" Yuki asked. "I thought night was when you were with that other fox demon, Aoshi."

"We had a fight," Shuichi stated like he didn't care. "I ran off and went to Granny Ai."

"Granny Ai?"

"She's a very old fox demon. She has lived for over 1,500 years. She is very wise and can sense things before anyone else can. Foxes are lucky to reach her age. She was the first one ever to get so old. The respect of everyone is something that she has gained over her many years of life. When Aoshi first found me, Granny Ai was the one who trained me about fox magic, illusions, deception, everything I know, she taught me. That's why I called her Granny Ai."

"And why did you go to her?"

"She's the right person to talk to when I feel upset about something. It's strange, but she has this comforting aura that emits kindness and a kind of motherly love." Shuichi glanced at Yuki, who was staring at him strange. "Heh-heh, sorry. Me talking about Granny Ai must be boring you. But there was a reason why I left her place and came here. Something important."

"What is it?" Yuki asked. Shuichi was quiet for a minute. "Shuichi?" Yuki called out to him.

Shuichi raised his head, staring at Yuki straight in the eyes, as if peering into the human's soul. "Remember what I told you about foxes and the Red Sun?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"That has something to do with it." Yuki froze for a second. "Granny Ai told me something. It's hard for me to tell you, but I can try. Remember when I said that I was sleeping too much?" Yuki nodded. "And when you over heard me talking to Splinter, about my headaches and nausea? Remember that as well?" Yuki nodded again. "Those are symptoms of a certain condition. A condition that happens to male fox demons during the Red Sun, but to females anytime."

"What are you getting at?" Yuki asked with narrow eyes. What Shuichi was saying wasn't making perfect sense. Then again, since when has anything Shuichi said make sense?

"Think about it. Symptoms that happen to all foxes, but the males only start getting them when it's the Red Sun. Think about it. I told you that all foxes can carry kids, but the males can only get impregnated during the Red Sun."

"Are you saying that you're carrying a child or something?"

Shuichi lowered his head. "I don't know how," he said, looking away from Yuki's gaze. "I've never had this condition before."

"And why tell me?" Shuichi flinched, hearing the harshness in Yuki's voice. Shuichi mumbled a reply, but Yuki didn't catch it. "What?" Again, Shuichi replied, but it wasn't caught by Yuki's ears. "I can't hear you, Shuichi. Why tell me? Why not Aoshi?!"

"Because it's not his, it's yours!" Shuichi's reply finally came out in a shout. Yuki went wide-eyed at what Shuichi said. Shuichi quickly stood and glared at Yuki with a venomous rage that was never seen in his eyes before. "But if you're going to act this way, then fine!" He quickly ran past Yuki and out the door, leaving it wide open. As he ran, he changed into his fox form, but didn't stop running.

"Shuichi!" Yuki called out, but Shuichi was already out of sight, and was most likely ignoring him. "Damn!" he cursed as he slammed his fist on the door frame. He grabbed a coat and went out of the door to find him.

Shuichi sharply turned around all kinds of corners, finding his way around anything that got in his way or jumping over fences. To anyone who would see the fox, they would think that he was running around away from something, but Shuichi knew where he was going. He finally stopped running when he reached another house that had a window glowing. Inside, Hiro sat with his guitar in his lap, but he was staring out the window. He was wondering what was wrong with Shuichi and why he has been acting so strange lately. A knock on the door snapped Hiro out of his thoughts, making him jump a little. He placed the guitar on a chair before opening the door to see a soaked Shuichi with slightly red eyes. "Shuichi?!" he said shocked. "Get in here before you catch your death," he commanded as he grabbed Shuichi by his arm and pulled him inside. "What were you doing out there in the rain, man? Last time you did that was when Taki hired those thugs to rape you."

Shuichi looked up to his friends before saying softly, "We need to talk about a few things, Hiro."

Hiro looked at him with a confused look in his eyes. Shuichi never said anything in a tone like that, so it was very unusual. "Sure," Hiro said with a shrug. "What's up?"

"There are some things about me that you do not know. I told Yuki this morning when I saw, or more like when he tried to follow me." Sighing, Shuichi began telling his secrets to Hiro. He told of him being a fox demon, the Red Sun, his past, about what Granny Ai said, everything, and Hiro did not interrupt once. They were silent when Shuichi was done telling Hiro things.

"So let me get this straight," Hiro said as he stared up at the ceiling in thought. "You're a fox demon, this Red Sun thing is saying that it's time to get someone, and this fox Granny Ai told you that you're carrying Yuki's kid?"

Shuichi nodded. "That's about it," he stated.

"I always thought you were a strange one."

"You don't believe me, do you?"

"I do believe you. Come on, man. You told me your hair was naturally that way, that was kind of the first strange thing about you. You getting attached to a lot of people, acting the way you do, it's not that hard to believe that you're a demon. That kid-carrying thing is going to take a little while to get over, though." Shuichi chuckled a little. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," Shuichi said. "It's just that you act so much like Splinter does."

"Splinter? I think you left him out."

"He's my best friend out of all the fox demons in the city. He's pretty cool to hang with. Maybe I'll introduce you to him some time."

"I don't see the harm in it, except for the fact that he could tell that other guy, what's-his-name."

"Aoshi."

"Yeah, him."

Chuckling again, Shuichi said, "Splinter does not tell Aoshi things that I don't want him to tell. Splinter happens to be the best secret-keeper in the gang."

Hiro shrugged. "So did you tell Yuki?"

"Yeah. Then I ran off from him. He didn't seem too happy about the kid."

"Want to stay here, then?"

"Sure," Shuichi replied as he tilted his head another direction. His phone that was hidden in his pocket started to ring, playing 'Nobodies Listening' by Linkin Park. He thought it would be humorous. He stared at the screen before flipping it open. "Yeah, Splinter? What's up?"

"Where are you, man?" Splinter's voice came through the receiver. Shuichi stuck him on speaker. "I'm out here at your place, but you aren't here. And I know."

"You know many things."

"Don't flatter me."

"I'll be back in the morning, alright?"

"Better be back early. Aoshi's not too happy."

"Like I should care."

"Yikes! Ice Heart's being so damn cold that I feel it way out here! No wait, that's the wind blowing on my wet clothing."

"Then go home or something."

"Fine. See ya tomorrow."

"See ya," Shuichi said before closing the phone. "That was Splinter."

"Sounds like he cares for his buddy," Hiro stated, leaning against the wall.

"He's been my friend since I first met him at age ten. He's like an older brother." Shuichi stood up before heading to the door.

"What's wrong, Shuichi?" Hiro asked. "I thought you were going to stay for the night."

"If Aoshi can't stand me being away for the night, he'll come looking for me. If he finds me here, he'll kill you. I don't want to risk it. I'll see you some other time, Hiro. I'm going to Granny Ai's place. I know Aoshi wouldn't dare harm her." With that said, Shuichi we not the door and walked away from the house and to Granny Ai's.

A couple hours later at Granny Ai's

"So, the human did not take it well?" the old fox demon asked Shuichi. Shuichi was silent since he got there. All he has been doing was nod or shake his head. "Did you tell that other human?" Shuichi nodded. "Honestly, Shuichi, you need to learn to get over things. You don't have to get rid of the child. You can keep it and leave this Yuki human. Or you can get rid of it. It's up to you." Granny Ai walked to the front, the part of her home that was a store, leaving Shuichi to think. She looked out the glass door to see a man in his early twenties with blonde hair walking around in the rain with no umbrella or raincoat. Granny Ai, being the kind-hearted old fox demon that she was, opened the door and called out to him, "You should be inside, young man. You might catch your death out here."

Since he walked past the door before she opened it, he turned around. "I'm looking for someone right now," he simply stated.

"Well, whoever you're looking for, that person is probably at a friend's house or their own. They might come back to you tomorrow. But how about you come inside of here so you don't get sick? I just made some tea, and you look like you could use a little warming up." He looked towards the sky in thought for a second before deciding the old lady was right. He looked at her and nodded. She smiled warmly and allowed him to walk in. He looked around the old store before hearing the old woman say, "This is just the store part of my home. Follow me. And don't mind my other guest that is here. He's sulking right now, so he'll most likely be quiet or somewhere else."

(U no what? the guy is Yuki. I'm tired of calling him 'the guy'.) Yuki followed her to the back where he was greeted by a bright room with a table in the center. Against the wall was a couch and on the other side of the room was a hallway that lead somewhere else. "This is a nice place," he said.

"Thank you," Granny Ai replied. "There isn't much of it though, but I call it home. Do you want some sugar in your tea?"

"No thank you."

"Alright." Granny Ai went into another room for a minute. While she was in the kitchen-like room, she was wondering where Shuichi was since he wasn't in the living room anymore. Once she had the tea poured into a couple of glassed for herself and the human in her living room, she walked out of her kitchen. "You may sit down if you like," she said to Yuki, who was still standing up and looking around.

He looked at her before saying, "I didn't want to get your couch wet."

"Oh, don't worry about that. It'll dry. And my other guest was sitting there earlier when he was almost soaked to the bone. But the couch dried quickly." Yuki still stood. Granny Ai's head turned towards the hall when she heard running water. "So that's where he ran off to." Yuki looked at her. "Hm, he might still be sulking after what he went through. By the way, my name is Ai Yushika."

"Ai?" Yuki asked. She nodded. "Are you the woman that Shuichi calls Granny Ai?"

"Oh, you're his human? I feel ashamed because I didn't recognize you even when Shuichi gave me a perfect description. He was right about you. You are quite handsome. Shuichi is still sulking about his visit to you a couple of hours ago. He won't say a word to me. So was he the one you were looking for?"

"Yes."

"Well, he would be happy to know that you still care for him in some way. Right now, he believes that you never wish to see him again. He is struggling with the thought of either leaving you and keeping the child, or stay with you and get rid of the young one that might not ever see this world. He's very confused right now."

"I guess I'm to blame for most of it."

"He was confused the moment I told him that he was carrying a child. Maybe even before that. To tell you the truth, I believe that poor little Shuichi had been confused since the day he met Aoshi. It was the same night that his parents died, and he didn't know why they were killed, or why the men who killed them were after him as well. He was too innocent and young to understand why. As soon as he met Aoshi, confusing thoughts had entered his head. He had no idea why he was alive, and even lost the will to do so after seeing so many painful deaths in his life. That is the main reason why everyone calls him Ice Heart. Only Aoshi calls him by his given name, and I do so that Shuichi knows that I'm serious when I speak to him. But when I heard his voice and saw the look in his eyes when he told me of you, I thought that it may be different now. But, that was only wishful thinking. He's even more confused now then he ever was." She noticed the silence that came from Yuki. "You have nothing to say?"

"I don't know what to say," he stated. "Where's Shuichi right now?"

"Soaking in the tub. He most likely locked the door. It's something that he does when he sulks. Normally, it's unlocked, but like I said, he's sulking. You can speak with him when he comes out. As for me, I'm a tired old woman. I shall be retreating to my bedroom. You may stay the night with Shuichi, if you wish."

"Thank you, but I would rather take Shuichi back to my house."

"If he agrees to go with you. Never force him to do anything. He won't be able to stand it. He must do things of his own will. Goodnight, Eiri Yuki." She politely bowed to him before disappearing down the hall.

Yuki sighed. No sounds were heard for a few minutes, but it felt like hours. His head turned towards the hall when he heard a door open and close before footsteps made their way towards him. Shuichi appeared around the corner wearing nothing but a pair of black slacks on and a towel around his neck, but he didn't seem surprised that Yuki was there. "Granny Ai told me you were here," he stated as he rubbed his hair with a towel. "Why did you look for me? To yell at me? To tell me to get rid of it? Why did you even bother?"

"I don't know," Yuki replied, not breaking eye contact with the fox demon. "I really should just leave you to run around and to act like an idiot. But if you don't know the way I am by now, you really are an idiot."

"I know the way you are," Shuichi sternly said. "But that was when you thought I was human. Things are different now. I'm not the same Shuichi you know. So it isn't really me you care for."

"You are such an idiot."

"How long do you plan on call me that?" Shuichi growled.

"Until you get it through your thick head that I'm not going to let you go that easily. I don't care that you're a demon, or anything else that you keep from me." Shuichi stared at Yuki with wide eyes.

"Most would want me to leave," he stated softly. "Hmph, I guess I shouldn't expect something like that from you. I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"That was a part of me that was not to be seen. I normally don't show my anger like that." He stared at Yuki straight into his eyes. "But why did you even bother looking for a demon that has lied and deceived you like I did? Even to your reaction when I told you, why did you look for me? I'm not worth that much trouble." He lowered his head, staring at the floor. "You should be glad that I ran off so you don't have a burden to look after."

"I never said you were a burden," Yuki stated. "Just annoying, loud, and a pain in the ass." Shuichi held back a cough that sounded more like he was restraining a laugh. "You think that's funny?"

"When you put it that way," Shuichi said in a bit of an amused tone. "But that exactly give me an answer to my questions."

Giving out the best growl as human can make, Yuki went over to Shuichi and pilled the demon to him, kissing him roughly on the lips. Shuichi was wide-eyed when Yuki did this, but that soon passed. He wrapped his arms around Yuki's neck, pulling him closer, closing his eyes as he did so. When it ended, Shuichi looked at Yuki's eyes, as Yuki stared back. "Good enough for an answer?" he asked.

"Good enough for me," Shuichi replied with a smirk. He nuzzled his head into Yuki's chest, sighing deeply.

"You better not say anything else," Yuki said in a threatening tone. Shuichi smiled with a soft chuckle.

"Don't worry about it," he said tiredly. "I won't." They were silent for a few minutes.

"Come on," Yuki spoke. "Let's get back home."

Shuichi looked at him and nodded. "I need to get my stuff first. Be back in a second."

Me: ok, I'm done with this chapter. R&R or u shall never no what shall happen next. Muhahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I'll tell u this. The next chappy is a little short and is a Aoshi chapter. It was the first thing I could think of to put down.