What am I Daddy? What are you?

Kurama placed the phone back on its receiver after a half hour phone call to Aria's teacher. Sighing he walked back into the kitchen and finished preparing the sandwiches for his daughters lunch. Placing the last of them in a small brown bag he rinsed his hands before proceeding up the stairs. Listening carefully outside Aria's door he tried to find out if she was up yet. Hearing nothing he knocked on the door before entering. Looking down at the mess in front of him, he rolled his eyes. Their daughter had picked up Hiei's habit of never cleaning up after himself. Working his way around piles of toys and clothes he sat on Aria's bed.

"Is there a little girl called Aria anywhere under here?" He asked playfully, poking the top of the blankets where he worked out her head would be. A muffled giggling told him he had reached the mark. "Come on Sleeping Beauty…time to go to school." He chuckled, trying to untangle the blankets. "Aria!" He cried, amusement sparkling in his eyes. "Don't make me get Daddy in here to get you out!" He barely had time to blink as a blur ghosted past him and into the bathroom, leaving him holding a limp bundle of blankets.

Smiling Kurama started picking up numerous items that had been strewn all over the room. "You know Hiei…you could help rather than stare at my backside." Standing up with an armful of clothes, which he dumped on the bed, he turned towards the door where a sleepy Hiei stood.

"I could." Hiei said through a yawn. "But where would be the fun in that?" Kurama rolled his eyes in mock annoyance.

"Hentai!" He accused playfully. "Hurry up and get dressed. We have a meeting with Aria's teacher in about an hour. A disgruntled groan was his reply before he was left alone to finish tidying their daughter's room.

..::SCENE CHANGE::..

The slow clatter of keys on the secretary's keyboard and the occasional turn of a magazine were the only noises in the dreary room. Hiei was in his usual pose, arms and legs crossed, leaning against the wall, glaring at anyone who even looked at him. Next to him was Kurama, sat reading one of the waiting area's magazines. A faint buzzing on the secretary's desk brought Kurama out of his reading. "You can go in now." The woman droned, barely looking up from her typing.

Hiei pushed himself away from the wall, becoming annoyed with Kurama who was folding the magazine calmly, and his opinion, unbearably slowly.

With a smile Kurama thanked the secretary before going to knock on the only door in the room. "Enter." Was the only word barked out to them. Resting a reassuring hand gently on his lovers shoulder, Kurama opened the door, ushering Hiei through it before he closed it behind them.

"Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to see us Mrs Simpson." Kurama began before a hand waved him to be quiet.

"Please Mr Minamino, it was nothing. The school always sees parents, especially if such a concern is brought up." Mrs Simpson stood from her chair politely, though both demons noticed she was biting her lip. She seemed to be the stereotypical teacher. Greying hair pulled back into a tight bun, long crooked nose, long grey skirt and a white blouse. "Please, take a seat." She settled back into her chair and waited for the couple in front of her to take their seats. "Now before we begin, I would like you to take a look over your daughters file." She held out a rather large arch file for them to take.

"As you will see, the school itself has a few complaints with Aria. I know this perhaps should wait until parents evening but, given the circumstance I would like to bring it forward now. As you will note her grades have been slipping, as has her behaviour standards. Perhaps you could shed light on this." Mrs Simpson finished her, apparently well-rehearsed speech, with a flourish. Her head resting on her clasped hands supported by the table. Kurama thumbed through the file carefully, studying everything he deemed to be of importance. "Mr Jaganashi, do you believe this to be a waste of time?" Mrs Simpson asked harshly after discovering he wasn't looking through the file. "Your daughter's education is the most important thing here."

Hiei's eyes narrowed at her. "Can't read." He rasped, attempting to remain calm while being chastised for not appearing interested in their daughter's education. To this comment, her eyes widened in shock. Sitting back in her chair she wondered about the sort of life Aria had. For one thing, Aria was being subjected to something that most parents shelter their children from, for another she had one parent who couldn't read, therefore obviously could not bond with anyone.

Kurama closed the file after a few more moments and placed it back on her desk. "I do see your concern, her schoolwork has been deteriorating. But if we could return to the reason that my partner and I are here for, we may cover this particular apprehension." He straightened up in his chair. "Now…we have had our daughter come home in tears with numerous marks covering her arms, legs and once there was an incident where one of your older pupils punched her in the eye. As an influential educator you must be disgusted that such treatment could be inflicted upon one of your students. Surely it must not look good in the OFSTED reports. Point is my partner and I will no longer accept the school's assertions that the bullying will be dealt with. As you can obviously see, nothing seems to have been done."

Mrs Simpson acknowledged certain points in Kurama's speech. "I can understand where you're coming from Mr Minamino however there are certain limits in which we can act. Asides speaking to the students or their parents we can go no further."

Suddenly Hiei slammed his fist down on the table. "So you're happy for a small child to be verbally and physically assaulted while walking home!?" He snarled angrily, "I don't know how you people got to the power you're in because…" His angry outburst was stopped as Kurama gripped his hand tightly.

The elderly lady stood up in irritation. "I am not happy about it at all!" She said icily. "Your child suffers because of her family issues." She paused to take a breath. "A normal world would see a normal family as a man and wife with one or two children. I make a full apology that nothing has been resolved during the first time complaints were made and now but there is nothing more I can do. Fact is, because her parents are gay she won't be able to live a peaceful life." Kurama looked at her with a questioning gaze while Hiei glared his worse death glare. "If Aria was to spend some time with an adoptive family, a male and female couple, perhaps we could see if that was truly the problem."

"Mrs Simpson. We, as you well know, are parents. Our daughter is being attacked because of who we are. We are two men, who love each other, and I assure you, the last thing we have ever wanted is our child to suffer the brunt of it. Though this is the case I will not leave my child to strangers." Anger was evident on Kurama's face. "As you seem unwilling to do anything to help our daughter due to your prejudices against us, we will be withdrawing Aria from this school. Please expect a full complaint on your table on Monday." With that Kurama stood up and practically dragged an outraged Hiei, who had been stunned into silence, out of the room.

Before they could go any further than her secretary's desk she called out, "Your daughter's grades are failing because you appear to neglect her best interests. By staying, as you are you destroy her life. Your types of people make me sick! You care for no one but yourselves!" Hiei snarled over his shoulder before leading an already sobbing redhead through the doors.

Leaving the school through the main entrance, Hiei led Kurama to the car. As Kurama was about to protest about being led to the passenger seat Hiei placed a finger over his lip. "I want to live fox. With so many tears in your eyes you'd crash." Hiei's blunt honesty brought a smile to the kitsune's lips.

"You always know what to say…I'm sorry Hiei…but I couldn't bear, how could she even suggest that? We are not the most orthodox of parents yet she was made out of both of us, with the help of modern day science of course." He bit his lip and turned away from the Fire demon in front of him.

"We knew we probably wouldn't like what was said…now we just need to get Aria out of that place, I'll do that tomorrow morning, you need time to recover…then we'll hire her a private tutor." Wiping Kurama's eyes he smiled. Closing the passenger door and getting into the driving seat he pulled out of the school gates.

A pair of eyes had been watching them since they had come into her line of view. Moving away from the window once they had gone and sinking exhaustedly back into her chair Mrs Simpson took a few moments to recover from the confrontational meeting she had just endured. "Taking their child out of education…" Pressing the buzzer on the intercom to her secretary she waited for a response before asking her to call in the police. After the confirmation that they were on their way she groaned. "It's what's best." She told herself earnestly. "That poor child has been subjected to…" She shuddered not wanting to think about what Aria had suffered. "Two men should not look after a small child, a little girl at that. It's best that she be found a better home with two doting parents."

..::END CHAPTER::..

Just a note. I'm suffering a migraine so I haven't rechecked any of this. If something doesn't make sense or I've left something out…let me know and I'll clear it up in the next chapter.

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Tala ishtar

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AnimeQueen48

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Thanks for the review! Might have been the one you reviewed before I had to take it down. Sorry!