"Krory! Seriously, you need to calm down, I'm sure she just caught something while we were out there"
"Caught?! Caught what?! She's been sick since we left that place! Vomiting and coughing and being dizzy..." Krory leaned back against the wall and slowly slid to the floor hugging his knees.
It was a long trip home but they eventually made it back to headquarters, and the first thing they did was take Miranda to the medical wing, and poor Krory was forced to wait outside.
Suddenly from being full of worry he growled and clenched his fists, his bangs threatened to go up," I swear if I see that stupid top hat Noah again I'll rip him apart!"
Lavi and Allen, who were supportive and stuck by their friend, took a few steps back. Not at all doubting his abilities, not after that anyway.
"By the way, that was pretty amazing, I've never seen anyone hit him that hard…or hit him now that I think about it" Lavi gave him an approving smile, in hopes of changing his mood.
"O-oh, thanks…I don't know what happened…" Krory blushed and scratched the back of his head, smiling with the big goofball he was. Unlike the killer he was about three seconds ago.
"I wonder about you sometimes…" Allen laughed.
"Huh? Wonder about wh-"
The door opened and a nurse peaked her head out, "Um…Mr. Krory?"
He jumped to his feet with desperate eyes," Is she alright? C-can I see her please?! Is she ok?" he panicked.
"Y-yes you can see her but-"
"Thank you!" he bolted inside without wasting another second, not at all noticing the big smiles around the medical room. Soon he found her in the corner bed, looking exhausted but happy to see him.
"Hey"
"Miranda! You're ok!" He cried out in joy, hugging her and kissing her face," I'm so sorry, I should've stopped him sooner, please forgive me!"
"It's ok… but I really need to-"
"I promise it won't happen again and-"
"A-Arystar, focus, this is really impo-"
"And I won't let you out of my sight and-"
"I'm pregnant!"
"And….and….wait…what?"
It was quiet, he slowly released his grip on her and looked straight at her, she was glowing with the biggest smile he had ever seen.
"Arystar, you're going to be a daddy"
There were no words though Krory desperately tried; soon only tears began to stream down his cheek as he gently cupped her face, she could feel him shaking.
"R-r-really? I'm….going…to...you're…pregnant?" was all he could choke out before burying his face in her shoulder and openly weeping with joy. Miranda laughed at him, embracing the fierce vampire of the Order, letting him cry on her shoulder. Though soon she was joining him.
Word travels quick via screaming Linalee.
Even faster via screaming and crying Lavi.
"OH MY GOD YOU'RE PREGNANT?!" Lavi cried in Miranda's shoulder, hugging her tight. Miranda just laughed nervously, patting the young redhead's back gently.
"H-how?! How?! I mean…you're so tiny! You'll be huge!!" he sniffled.
"Lavi…it's going to be ok…" Allen rolled his eyes," So! Krory is going to be a daddy huh? I never really thought it but I think Krory would be a pretty good one!" he pat his tall friend on the back.
"Th-thanks Allen, that means a lot!" Krory smiled, still crying his happy tears," By the way, has anyone told Kom-"
"HOOOLLLLYYYYY MOTHER OF EARL" the mad scientist screamed as he ran down the hall, announcing his own arrival, skidding to a halt in front of the group.
After a moment of catching his breath, he gently took Miranda's hands, his eyes with a look of desperation, "IS IT TRUE?! A-are you…going to have a child?"
Shocked by his sudden arrival, she just nodded slightly, watching him burst into happy tears like everyone else.
"O-oh! This is…this is wonderful! The Order's first couple and baby! It's just what this place needed! Something to brighten this dark castle up! Thank you both of you! I promise we will do the best we can to accommodate you" he declared proudly.
"R-really? Thank you so much Komui!" Krory cried a little more as he hugged the Asian man.
"Oh wow how exciting…c'mon! Let's go pick out some baby names! I found an awesome book in the library!" she took her friend by the hand," Is it ok if I borrow her for a second Krory?"
"W-well I…"
"Sure go on ahead!" Komui put his arm around the tall exorcists shoulders, forcing him to bend down a bit to be eye level with him," I need to have guy talk with the new daddy here, so we'll meet up with you ladies later!"
With that, the two ran off giggling with excitement, though Krory did want to have a few moment with his fiancé alone but she seemed so happy to make everyone else so happy. He would save that for another time.
"Allen Lavi, please go make your report to Reever in the lab!" Komui pat Krory on the shoulders," Let's go big guy, we have a lot to talk about!"
"Um…we do?"
"Oh trust me, we do"
"Alright Krory, I'll going to frank with you understand?" Krory gulped slightly at the sudden change in Komui's demeanor, from fun loving retard to a serious counselor.
"O-ok…what's wrong?"
"Nothing is…sort of…" he sighed," Look Krory, I know how you and Miranda are, and because of that I purposely made it so that you two wouldn't go on a mission together, fearing what the outcomes could lead to"
He nodded.
"And now that your fiancé is pregnant with you child…Krory, quite frankly, I'm going to need you to grow up and be a man, for her"
Krory blinked, at first in confusion but then slowly began to realize what he was trying to say.
"I…I know I'm…kind of…sensitive and such but…I can't help it, it's just in my nature" Krory replied weakly.
"I know it is, but Miranda…in case you didn't know, is going to carry a child in her womb for 9 months, endure blistering cramps, vomiting, nausea…then the birth"
"O-ok ok! I got it" Krory gulped, nervously wringing his hands together, he had forgotten how intense this baby thing was going to be.
"Krory I just want to make sure that you will take care of her" Komui's expression softened," I know you will be a good father, but just don't forget to be an even better husband understand?"
The tall exorcist stood up with a look of determination," I promise I'll do my best, she means the world to me! I can be a man for her no problem!"
"Good to hear! I'm counting on you Krory, you're my last chance on the male population of the planet!"
Krory paused at his declaration of confidence," um…excuse me?"
"Krory my good man, you're the only male on this planet that I would actually allow my precious Linalee to date! I need you to be a good example to her and the other boys!" Komui's glasses shined with the ferocity of a commander as he stood up and slammed his palms on his desk," Now! Get out there and be a man!"
"Y-yes sir!"
Krory silently left office, only slightly disturbed as Komui asked for a DNA sample in hopes of cloning him for his little sister, and closed the door.
Waiting for only moment, seeing no one around he quickly bolted to the lab.
Nearly tackling the door down, and startling a few of the scientists in there, he looked around in a very panicked manner until he found Lavi and Allen, then tackled them.
"Lavi! Allen! I need your help!" he cried out hugging both of his friends in his long arms not really noticing he was crushing the both of them.
"D-dah! Krory! Leggo!" Lavi struggled.
"W-we can help just calm down!"
Reever was in his chair watching with quite a bit of amusement as Krory dropped both the boys.
"Ok big guy, what's the problem?" Lavi asked adjusting his headband.
"W-well, Komui and I talked about stuff and he said that I need to grow up and be a man for Miranda…but I don't know how to do that!"
It was quiet for a moment. Krory must be desperate to go to Allen and Lavi for advise considering they were barely of age for anything. But beggars can't be choosers, and Lavi of course was the first to answer.
"Well dude you already knocked up Miranda and she's pregnant I think you're all set"
Allen was the first to smack Lavi over the head, though Reever threw his clipboard at him for extra motivation to shut up.
"Don't listen to him, Krory" Allen laughed nervously and pat his friend on the back," Being a man isn't about that it's about having confidence in yourself"
"Yeah! I mean, look at Cross!" Lavi smiled big, now sitting with an ice pack on his head.
Allen was quick to glare at the redhead for mentioning his Master," Is that where you're getting your 'man' advise from?"
"What? He's brimming with confidence besides" Lavi shrugged," What other examples do we have here?"
It was silent, proving his point.
"Cross is all we got, and he's confident, good with the ladies and shows no fear…I hear woman can smell fear…"
Krory gulped, if that were the case then that would explain a few things their first few nights together.
"Yeah ok…just stick to the confidence portion, anything else about my Master should be avoided at all costs…" Allen grinned and whispered," or you'll end up like Lavi"
"Hey I heard that!"
"Hey why don't you guys run some tests? There's much more to being a man than just that you know" Reever piped in, hey if Komui can think of some weird excuse to not work then why not him?
"More? Like what?" Krory asked innocently.
"Well…."
Meanwhile, Miranda and Linalee were occupying the couch surrounded by baby name books.
"Aw…how about Amy? That would be cute, Amy and Arystar" Linalee squealed, pointing out the name to Miranda.
"Oh gott…there are so many names…und I'm not even getting a belly yet!" she giggled, jotting down notes on a notepad, adding "Amy" to the list of several other names, all 50 so far.
"So! What do you want? A boy or girl?"
"oh…oh I don't know…I vant a girl…I know they're at least a little bit easier…and Arystar vould love a little girl but…I also vant a boy…ack! I don't know!"
"I don't think it would matter either way it's going to be spoiled rotten by the whole Order!"
"Ja I know…I'm excited but…terrified at the same time…" Miranda gulped, gently clutching at her temporarily flat tummy.
"Y-yeah, well if it helps any, I'm scared for you too" Linalee smiled nervously, patting her friend on the back.
"Liiinnaaalllleeee!!!" a voice called out, the two girls looked up and around to see a small black golem flying around and screaming with the voice of Komui.
"Linalee!!! Ccooooffffeeeeee!" his desperate call for caffeine and his sister was followed by soft whimpering.
The two girls laughed," Guess that mean's its time to go"
"Ja, danke Linalee, I'll show these to Arystar right avay!" she smiled big, holding the notepad close to her heart.
"Good! Be sure to let me know if you need more!"
Now outside the Library doors, the two girls went their separate ways. Miranda sighed happily and silently walked down the corridor towards her room.
'I vonder…vhat being a mother vill be like…' she thought to herself, looking down at her list of names as she continued to walk.
'I mean…Mom vasn't alvays around but she vas really sweet und caring…I'm pretty sure I can do that…' she smiled.
'Amy, Stephanie, Lucas, Arystar Krory the 4th…' she giggled,' Lara, Sam, Donna, Vladimir, Alexander…'
Unfortunately in all of her intense thinking she didn't noticing someone else walking her way with a stack of books and neither did the other person, soon the two collided in the middle of the hallway, the books and her notepad flew as both fell backwards.
"O-ow…" she mumbled, at first confused as to what just took place until she saw someone stand up after being knocked down also,"O-oh! I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention and….and…oh…crap"
Miranda's bad luck always seemed to find her one way or another, as Kanda stood towering over her looking very pissed off.
"What. The. Fuck"
Her soul flew away. What were her chances of bumping into Kanda, who seemed to be having a bad day, on the same floor and walking the opposite direction of her in the 50 plus story place?
"Do you ever watch where you're going?!" he screamed, Miranda stayed on the floor, as if she couldn't feel any smaller.
"I-I-I ….j-just…uh…" no words came out of her mouth, his evil aura just destroyed anything that could possibly save her from his verbal wrath.
"Seriously! I'm surprised you haven't killed yourself yet with your clumsy ass! Do the rest of us a freaking favor and get out of the freaking way!"
Miranda put her hand over her head in a childish attempt to block out his screaming, soon flashbacks of her past life before being an exorcist began to play over her eyes.
"Now get up and get the hell out of my fa-GYAH!"
Before he was able to complete his rant, Krory grabbed his collar and bashed him into the wall and holding him there and high enough that his feet were no longer touching the floor.
"Ow…damn it…" Kanda growled, looking up at an even more pissed off Krory," Oh…it's just you, put me down Vampire"
"No"
Miranda's jaw dropped, once again his speed and strength surprised her but even more that someone was standing up to Kanda.
"Oh crap, I think Kro took this no fear thing to literal!" Lavi panicked, as the two boys ran to the rescue, helping Miranda up.
"Get him Krory! Show him whose boss!" Allen called out.
"You can say whatever you want to anybody else, but you will not dare speak to my fiancé that way EVER" Krory's grip on his collar tightened, meaning he meant business.
Even Kanda was surprised at his sudden burst in bravery but he didn't show it, "Che, whatever. I guess you do have balls after all"
The air was growing tense, the three watching wisely stepped back, if there was going to be fight it was going to be ugly.
Instead, Krory held in his urge to rip the Japanese man limb from limb, his eyebrow twitched lightly," If you speak to her like that again I won't let you off so easy"
With that he let go of him, Kanda scoffed and brushed his jacket free of debris, there was a small indent in the stone wall now. Komui won't be happy about this…
"I would suggest watching your woman closely" he added, walking off with his things, not bothering to look back," Clumsy ass is going to get herself killed"
Luckily for Kanda, all three of the spectators quickly jumped in the moment Krory took a few steps foreward with the intention to kill.
"Whoa whoa easy buddy!" Lavi grabbed his arms.
"Yeah! Don't go to his level!" Allen held him from behind his chest.
"Krory! let it go! I'm fine!" and Miranda held him around the waist.
"He needs to die" he growled, struggling against his friend, wanting nothing more than to beat down the bully of the Order.
"Krory... really it vas mein fault, I vasn't looking!" she tried again.
He finally stopped struggling but was still upset, "I don't care who ran into who first, he has no right to yell at you like that. Let alone degrade the way he did... he's supposed to be a comrade and-"
She gently reached up and touched his cheek, bringing him down to look at her. His face immediately softened.
"H-hey... down here. Its ok, you proved your point. No need to kill anyone"
Krory huffed, relaxing his body, he didn't even realize how close he was to activating his innocence. The two boys sighed in relief and let him go.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine" she blushed in embarrassment," Sorry about that…I didn't vant to cause any trouble"
"Trouble finds you" he smiled slightly, she smiled back gently.
"Aww….you guys are cute!" Lavi ruined the small and short tender moment between the two.
"Wow Krory, you really surprised me! You don't need any man lessons, I think you're fine the way you are!" Allen gave him a big thumbs up, Lavi soon joined in.
"Yeah! You really showed him!"
"Aw…thanks guys" Krory smiled bashfully.
"…um…man lessons?" Miranda couldn't help but ask.
"Well the chest hair test failed since he didn't have any, but obviously the eating test went through perfectly but surprising the burping was pretty pathetic…" Lavi started out.
Miranda blinked, maybe she shouldn't have asked.
"Oh! By the way! What do girls think of chest hair?" somehow, Lavi was able to ask this with a straight face, what made it worse was how Allen couldn't help but be curious as well.
"E-Er…v-vell…it…depends…I don't but I know some girls do und-"
"OK! I think that's enough!" Krory coughed," Lavi…do you recall what I told you about peering into our personal lives?"
It took a moment before the statement "I will neuter you" came to mind and Lavi quickly took off running with Allen in tow.
Finally, after all this madness, the two were alone.
"Um…"
"Don't ask…it's been a weird day" he sighed and put an arm around her shoulders," I declare I nap"
She giggled, "Agreed, besides, I have a few things to show you" she grabbed her notepad and gave it to him, he went through them as the two new soon to be parents walked down the hall towards her room.
"Amy, Stephanie, Lucas, Arystar Krory the 4th…" he laughed," Lara, Sam, Donna, Vladimir, Alexander…"
Don't get me wrong, I love Kanda, but sometimes he can be a jerk.
And I really enjoy picking on Lavi~Swd
