Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi does, but I did wish I owned it (sob).
9 Months of Maternity
Chapter 8- The Ice of Pain
"Take care of yourself Hiei, I'll be home early I promise." Kurama was about to leave their home. He was saying his good bye to Hiei. Hiei didn't look at him, feeling really annoyed that Kurama had to leave. He just pouted. They were both by the door; Kurama was outside the house's front door while Hiei was in the inside.
Kurama made a big sigh, "Hiei." Kurama called, Hiei had his arms crossed together, and looked at Kurama by a glance, and Kurama grabbed the chin of Hiei and gave him a kiss on the cheek. The anger of Hiei slowly passed when slowly Kurama let go of him.
"Hn." Hiei said.
"I promise I'll be home early." Kurama smiled at his lover. Hiei didn't say a word. He just started at Kurama for a long time.
"I have to go now; I'm going to be late." Kurama sighed. "Make sure to always take care of our baby, okay Hiei? I don't want anything bad to happen to you or our baby." Kurama bent down to the point of view of Hiei.
"Hn, since when don't I not take care of our baby? Stupid fox. Leave now or I may change my mind and keep you here." Hiei said.
"Thanks very much Hiei, okay, I am going now." Kurama waved bye to Hiei from the front door.
"Wait!" Hiei called.
"Yes?" Kurama turned to his lover.
"Take care okay?" Hiei said while blushing, Kurama gave him a warm smile. He went back to Hiei; Hiei wondered why he went back. Kurama bent down once again and kissed Hiei this time on the lips.
"Of course I will." Kurama said after parting away from the kiss. He still smiled at Hiei.
Hiei gave Kurama a sly smile. "Go now, I might hold you back." Hiei said to Kurama.
"Bye Hiei." Kurama's good-bye seemed so final, when Hiei heard him say it; he felt a sudden tremor in his body, feeling afraid. He watched Kurama leave, after seeing off Kurama he went back inside their home.
Hiei shut the door, locking it. The tremor he felt wasn't gone yet, maybe it was cold he thought, so he went to the kitchen and made himself hot chocolate. After making the hot chocolate, he was still paranoid with the thought something bad was going to happen, he felt shivery. He held his abdomen, he thought that maybe something wrong just happened to his baby, he tried to feel its aura, and he sensed that it was perfectly okay.
Hiei went inside their bedroom, locked it. It was the first time he locked the door to their room even if he did lock the front door; he never locked the door in their room for Kurama. Hiei usually slept the whole day so he wakes up whenever Kurama arrives from work.
Hiei climbed to their bed; suddenly the scarf that Kurama gave him for White's Day caught his attention. He grabbed it from the drawer and held close to it. It was as if Kurama was like him.
"I don't know what this feeling I am getting right now, but no matter what happen I will protect you; both I and Kurama will protect you. You don't need to be afraid. You know what, I am really excited at the day you're going to be born, I want to know how you're going to turn out like, maybe, you'll have more of my side or Kurama's. You're going to be very powerful, and strong, I know that for a fact." Hiei started to talk to the unborn baby; he was rubbing his abdomen gently talking to his baby in his abdomen. Hiei held his abdomen, as if he was protecting it.
"You want to know something, I never knew that it was greatly possible for me to conceive a child, but now that you've entered to my and Kurama's lives, I cant be anymore be happier. I am so happy that I've got you, I've got you and Kurama. I love both of you so much, I will never let go of you both. I will protect you until my last breath." Hiei sighed "Kurama asked me last night, what I wanted a boy or a girl, hmm…I don't really know. Well the decision depends on you right? Haha, only kidding, well whatever you turn out to be, I will still love you. How did you know, that I needed someone like you in my life? You filled an empty space in my heart, you took my worries and fears that I had. No words can express how much I love you." Hiei smiled at his baby, rubbing his abdomen still.
After a while Hiei felt that he wanted to sleep, he held his scarf. He folded it and placed it in his pocket. Hiei is wearing his normal sleeveless shirt and black pants, his abdomen was still small it wasn't obvious yet, that he was pregnant for a month. After a few moments, Hiei drifted to sleep. He rested trying to forget his worries.
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From the roof of the Hiei and Kurama's apartment danger was lurking. A Demon dressed in a black coat with a cross on top of the hood, his face was hidden even his body was. He is a Demon who is also a ninja.
"Hiei, the day has come." The Demon took his hood of, his hair was blue, blue like the ice, but he had three strands of hair which was green. But there was something different about this demon, his eyes, they were not the usual color they used to be, his eyes were red, red as the blood. The name of this demon is Toya, the ice master, former member of the Shadow Channelers.
"He seems to be sleeping, I need something to lure him to me." Toya got a plant from his black coat, it was an herb the elders in the Koorime island gave to him to lure Hiei to them.
Toya is an ice master; he can do anything with ice. He made dry ice out of his bare hands; he absorbed the herb inside the dry ice. Dry ice doesn't melt; the process of melting is through giving off its gas. Toya threw the Dry ice inside the room Hiei was in, the Dry ice will absorb the herb, so once it gasifies it will gasify the herb as well, causing Hiei to inhale it.
The herb was a plant that can make anyone, even the strongest demon be in a coma for forty-eight hours, nothing can wake anyone up when the forty-eight hours hasn't complete yet, once the herb enters the body, there will be a sudden break down and before you'll know it you'll be sleeping for two days straight.
Hiei didn't sense the presence of Toya, even if Toya was one of those demons who can't easily hide their spirit energy from S class demons, it would be still hard for Hiei to feel his aura, for his child is sucking most of his energy to even try to concentrate if there was low like demons close. It was easy if it were A or S class demons, their spirit energy was extremely high, like in the case of Kurama, Hiei can easily tell if Kurama was near him or not.
The whole room of Hiei was suddenly feeling cold, Hiei was still sleeping, but he seemed distracted, the dry ice was hovering the room Hiei was inhaling it bit by bit, slowly he unconsciously didn't know he was being drift off to a deep long slumber.
"Just a little bit more, and the ice will be finished." Toya said dangerously. The atmosphere was suiting the mood of the events happening, it was dark and cold, and it was about to rain. Hard.
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A strong lightning was struck. It caught Kurama's attention; he was in his class, seated by the window, not paying attention to what the professor was saying. He felt that something bad is happening, something precious to him was in danger. He wasn't sure; he was paranoid by the felling and the thought.
The clouds were dark, slowly it started to rain, and it was strong yet.
'I hope that Hiei is fine, I hope nothing bad has happened to him and our baby. Hiei…'
Kurama was bothered by it, he couldn't concentrate, his family was in danger, he cant do anything at the moment, maybe he was wrong, but if he didn't move now something bad may just happen, his thought may be right.
(Lightning struck and thunder sounded)
Kurama looked out of the window still. Afraid something bad is happening.
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Hiei was in a complete coma, he wouldn't be waking up in two days. Toya knew that Hiei was in a complete coma now, he went inside his home, and he passed through the window to Hiei and Kurama's room. He carried Hiei on his back; Hiei was in coma so he couldn't feel Toya was carrying him. Toya left the apartment soon, carrying Hiei on his back.
He jumped from tree to tree, he didn't care if it was raining or not, he just went back to the tunnel where the gate to the Demon world was. He went to the tunnel quickly, being drawn into Makai.
Toya was sent by the Koorime elders to kidnap Hiei; it was obvious Toya knew where the ice island was. Toya headed off to the ice island, carrying Hiei on his shoulder.
It took hours for him to get there, it wasn't easy carrying another demon on his back while he traveled to the ice island which was one of the hardest island to find, together with battling with low life demons on the way.
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'No, what are you doing! The elders in the Koorime Island, they are above me, they're going to take my child. But it is still unborn, what are you going to do? Don't kill my baby!'
"Hiei,"
'Wait! That voice, it sounds so familiar.'
"Hiei, they're going to…"
"…steal your unborn child…"
'What!' The elders they were saying a chant they were all around Hiei, they were going to do something to his child.
The setting was in a dark blue background, there was an ice maiden lying on another mattress far from Hiei, she looked familiar. A blue bon fire was on the middle of the room. It was dark and cold.
The elders, they were saying a chant. After a while, there was a light coming from the abdomen of Hiei. 'What going on! My Baby! Don't!'
Blank, there was darkness.
"Mr. Minamino!"
Kurama woke up from a terrible nightmare, there were still classes, and Kurama fell asleep from on of his classes because of too much worrying he fell asleep. The professor caught his attention.
"Sorry sir, I am not myself today." Kurama said sheepishly.
"Mr. Minamino, it is not you to fall asleep during classes. Is there something the matter? Maybe you shouldn't have attended classes today." The Professor suggested. The whole class was all focused on Kurama.
"No, I am alright. I just had the feeling something bad happened. But I am alright now." Kurama insisted.
"If you say so." The Professor went back to his teaching.
However, one of Kurama's classmates was still concerned for him. "Minamino, are you sure you're alright? I've noticed that you've been paranoid with something ever since this morning." A girl in his class said.
"No I am alright. I am sure. Thanks for worrying though." Kurama gave her a fake smile.
"Shuichi,"
"Don't worry, I am fine." Kurama said smiling.
'What was that dream? Hiei, it was about him and the baby. What was the stealing the unborn child thing? I don't understand. Hiei ,and our baby. No! Wait, the Koorime's they're going to go after Hiei again, now that Hiei is pregnant he could be in danger! I should've thought of it before how can I be so stupid!'
Kurama stood from his place quickly, "Sir, May I be excused from today's class something came up." Kurama said in a hurry. All the people in his class had their eyes on Kurama.
"Go, I am worried about you too. Come back tomorrow when you feel easy." The Professor stopped his discussion, excusing Kurama to go.
"Thank you very much sir." Kurama bowed down fast, fixing all his things. After a second he left the room at once, he was fast.
Kurama ran put of the university, running as fast as he can back to the apartment. He ran in his top most speed, he jumped through tress, building until he got to his destination. It was still raining hard, he was all wet, but he didn't care much, he was more worried about his Hiei and baby, they could be in danger.
'How can I be so stupid not to think the Koorime's will capture Hiei! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!'
While Kurama was getting closer to the apartment, he tried to sense Hiei's spirit energy. He couldn't get any. That made him even more worried.
After a while he got to the apartment, he didn't bother to go to the front door anymore he knew it was locked, so he headed to the window to their room. It was slightly open. Kurama opened the window, went in, and he found an empty bed.
"Hiei! Hiei!" Kurama shouted for the whole apartment to hear. He opened the door going out of the room, when he opened it there was a sound that it was locked. How can Hiei possibly lock the door in the room? Kurama thought. He went to search for Hiei the whole house. None, he found no one in the apartment but himself.
Kurama didn't panic, but he was afraid. "Hiei…" Kurama began to cry. He went to their room, and sat down on the bed. From his cries, he found something unusual on the ground, it was left over herb. Kurama went closer to pick it up. The herb was a very rare one, he knew what the herb was but it was highly impossible for it to grow anywhere, it can only grow in places with the temperature below zero degrees.
"No, it can't be!"
Kurama rushed off, leaving his home, in search for Hiei. He had to go to the demon world, even if he didn't want to he had to, it was for Hiei and their baby. Kurama was once held captive in the island and Hiei came to rescue him, it was only right for Kurama to do the same for him. Even if he was risking to go back to his past as Youko Kurama, he didn't care much as long as he has Hiei and his baby safe with him, nothing else in the three worlds would matter.
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Toya arrived in the ice land, the elders saw him at once as he step foot on the island.
"Good work Toya, you've done your job very well." The first elder said.
Toya ignored her, laying Hiei on the ground. Toya wasn't himself, he was being controlled by the Koorime elders.
"Toya you will stay in this island until the Forbidden one is carefully disposed off. His fox lover will surely come after him, and you will be the one to face him." The second elder said.
Toya was very apathetic, he didn't say anything.
"Bring him to the dungeon, and chain his hands and legs, make sure he cannot move a meter away from the wall." Another elder said.
Toya nodded his head, he carried Hiei to the frozen tower, it was the prison where Koorime held their prisoners. Toya locked Hiei in the tower, Hiei was still in a deep coma, unknowingly he is in the ice land captured by one of his friends Toya.
Kurama on the other hand, was on his way to rescue his lover from the ice demons who have him and his child. Kurama was going alone, unarmed. He didn't bring any companions with him, he didn't even tell Yusuke or Koenma about it, he hurried to rescue his lover. He didn't know where to start but he had to. For the sake of his family's protection.
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BDT: Hello to all my faithful readers. I've got so much things to say I am not sure if I can tell you people everything, so listen up, I am grounded from the computer, I am not allowed to use it in a month or so, so if you read this in less than a month, wow! That's a miracle. My mum says that I am in the computer too much that's why she banned me. Well its kind of good too, because know I can concentrate on my studies. Oh yeah, schools here, first days of high school (freshman) is a bitch.
Wanna know something? Yoshihiro Togashi is currently 40 years old right now, and is married to the creator of Sailor Moon. Haha, I knew that before I just wanted to share, I am bored right now. I wanna type.
So okay, Toya. Weird? Well I was really thinking of Karasu to be the one kidnapping but he is dead, I cant bring dead people to be alive. So I made it Toya, well he does suite it, he is a ice master after all.
People, read and review please? I am really craving to have reviews. Thank you.
Oh, and Kitty (dark-night-sky) if ever you're reading this, well I am sorry for not reading your work, like Isaid grounded from the computer. I am really looking forward to the time I will be next reading it, I love your story I swear. It's nice and great. I am going to review it, I promise. People! Read dark-night-sky's work, Burning Dance it really rocks. Its also Yaoi, HieiXKurama to be exact.