Urges Chapter 3

Warning: Contains yaoi, sex and mpreg.

I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho and its characters

It had been almost a week and a half since Yusuke had last seen Kuwabara. It was a necessity, according to Kurama. An agreement was made that they all would give Kuwabara a little distance for a while to allow the foreign energies inside him to dissipate and to let their blood cool. But the half-demon couldn't take it anymore. He had to know if anything had changed, if he still wanted Kuwabara after seeing him a week and a half later. It was driving him insane. He grimaced as he noticed a couple of rowdy punks following him down the street, no doubt interested in his wallet. The spirit detective turned to stare them down. Today was the worst possible day they could choose to do this. He almost felt sorry for them as they approached with fight-hungry sneers on there face. Almost.

He had barely knocked when Shizuru pulled open the door, a worry-stricken look on her face.

"Yusuke! Thank god! I need your help. It Kazuma, something's wrong with him. He's really sick, but he won't let me take him to the doctor or tell me what's going on. I was just about to call you." The poor woman looked terrified and, as soon as her words registered, Yusuke did too.

"Where is he?"

"In his room. Come on." Kuwabara's sister grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him inside. Yusuke was scared shitless as to what sort of state his friend had to be in to cause Shizuru to act like this. The woman could keep a strong face with just about anything. She dragged him to the room and tried the door. "Damn it. He's locked it! What the hell!" She beat the door with her fist. "Kazuma, open this damn door! You're really sick! You can't hide it! I can tell! Please! I brought Yusuke!" There was no answer. And then, a whimper. That was it. The demon ushered the woman back and fiercely kicked down Kuwabara's door. What he saw almost broke his heart.

The ginger was curled in a shaking ball on the floor beside his bed.

"Kuwabara!" Yusuke hurried to the man's side, trying to prop him up only to be resisted with pained writhing. "Kuwabara! Talk to me! What's wrong?" The man's eyes were clenched in pain. He shook his head, tears beginning to stream down his face.

"It hurts...It really hurts." He whimpered, his arms wrapped around his stomach. "Make it stop...please..."

"I'm trying Kuwa, I'm trying! You gotta talk to me though! You gotta tell me what's hurting you so I can get help!" The sword-wielder shook his head again before lapsing into agonized spasms. Yusuke pulled his friend close, desperately trying to steady him so he wouldn't hurt himself. Shizuru rushed in to help keep her baby brother still.

"Yusuke. There's something else you should know. Something's really out of whack with his spirit energy. I can't figure it out." She looked to be on the edge of tears. "Yusuke, I'm really scared for him."

"I am too." The demon said quietly once the ginger's thrashing had calmed. "Could you watch him? I don't think this is something human doctors can handle. I'm going to call Koenma, see if there's some kind of spirit hospital we can take him to." He didn't want to leave Kuwabara for a second, but this might be a matter of life or death. He hurried out of the room and pulled out his cell, dialing the prince as fast as he could.

"Hello?" An ogre on the receiving end answered.

"This is Yusuke Urameshi. I need to speak with Koenma! It's an emergency!"

"Alright, I'll transfer right away." There was a moments pause that made Yusuke skin crawl in worry.

"Yusuke? What's going on? They said it was an emergency." The young god came through.

"It is! I don't think we have much time. Something's very wrong with Kuwabara. I think it's got something to do with his spirit energy. He's in a lot of pain Koenma, there's gotta be a place we can take him, like a hospital that deals with stuff like this."

"There is. It's located here in Spirit World. I'll send an ambulance. It will look like a normal ambulance, but once you get him in, it will transport you to the hospital on this side. It will be there in a few minutes. Get him ready. Botan will be with them."

"Thank you Koenma." Yusuke quickly ended the call and dashed back into the room. Kuwabara was in no better shape.

"They're sending a spirit ambulance to take him to a hospital. We need to get him downstairs."

The two of them had managed to get the stricken man downstairs when the ambulance arrived. The paramedics got him on a stretcher as Botan ran up to her friends.

"Don't worry, we'll get him there as soon as we load him up. Come on, get in." The reaper carefully led the two into the vehicle, noticing that they'd started going into shock. Poor Kuwabara was bucking against the restraints in pain as the technicians began to check him over. What in King Yama's name was going on?

The Spirit World General Hospital looked basically like any other hospital. The patients were a little stranger, but other then that, it was your typical hospital setting. It was no less nerve-racking either. Kuwabara had been taken into surgery for some sort of procedure Yusuke couldn't even remember the name of. That didn't stop him from trying to find out what was going on however. The half-demon harassed ever single person who came out of the surgery doors for information as Botan tried to calm him down. Shizuru sat on the floor against the wall. She'd given up trying to find out anything hours ago. She wanted a smoke, but it just didn't seem the place for it. It was like this that Kurama and Hiei found them. Noticing Yusuke's current state of mind, the fox decided that the elder Kuwabara would be the best one to talk to.

"Shizuru." Woman looked up and smiled ever so slightly at the sight of the red-head, the rest of her worn ragged.

"Hey Kurama." The kitsune sat carefully beside her.

"Hey. We came as soon as we were told. How is he?"

"We don't know. They haven't told us anything. Yusuke's going to strangle someone if this keeps up." Shizuru rubbed her temples, fighting off a migraine.

"Is there any chance you heard what the procedure is? I might know of it."

"Um, yeah...It was something like a Intra-Demonic Fusion Gene Trans-Splicing and Active Convergent Synthesis."

"How did you remember that?"

"I just did. Do you know what it is?"

"Yes, but I don't understand why..."

"Come on Kurama, quit beating around the bush. What the hell are they doing to my baby brother?"

"For all intended purposed, Kuwabara is," The fox let out a quick breath, "being turned into a demon."

"He's what?" Shizuru gasped.

"Or perhaps part demon would be more accurate. This is a delicate procedure. They're more or less taking apart a portion of his spirit energy and weaving it into demon energy. It will still be his energy, just rearranged. From the sound of it, it will only be a partial conversion, meaning the demonic energy will be anchored to a specific part of his body as opposed to encompassing all of it. This also changes the physical aspects of the anchored area to the anatomy of a demon as well. I just don't understand it though. They wouldn't be doing this as an emergency procedure unless Kuwabara's body were rejecting something that can only be accepted with the presence of demon energy and anatomy. His demon form, aside from a few features, wasn't even that different."

"I see..." She then realized something. "Wait. How would you know what Kazuma's demon form was? I didn't think he had one."

"Well...He doesn't...in almost every sense."

"Almost?"

"Can we discuss this later? Maybe when the person is question isn't in intensive surgery?"

"Fine. But if it were anybody else, I'd be ringing their neck for answers."

"I...don't doubt that." Suddenly, there was a resounding crack. The pair looked up to see Yusuke out cold on the floor with a fuming Botan standing over him. From the presence of her oar that she gripped with white knuckles, it wasn't too hard to guess what happened. Even an S-Class demon was no match for an angry and frustrated woman with a large wooden object.

Kurama awoke the next morning against the wall beside Shizuru, Botan curled on the floor beside him. From the looks of it, Yusuke had been rolled up against the opposite wall and left to sleep. Hiei stood across from him, the only one awake.

"Morning. Coffee?" The fox mouthed to the fire demon, who made a nod in return. Kurama got to his feet and started down the hall, his friend beside him. Once they knew they were far enough not to wake anyone, they spoke freely.

"Sleep any?"

"Some. The floor was a little too cold for my taste." He stated with some bitterness. The kitsune smiled with amusement.

"You know you can always ask. I'm always happy to be your personal heater. You know that." Hiei let a short breath through his nose, but said nothing as they continued down the hall. "Hiei, what's wrong? This isn't like you. You've been so quiet recently."

"I can be damn well quiet if I feel like it!" The smaller demon snapped sharply, his temper rising.

"Hiei!" Kurama reprimanded, annoyed by his friend's rash behavior. Hiei groaned.

"Sorry...I didn't mean to snap. It just that, ever since that night, you've been fawning over him like he's a hurt puppy! I'm sick of it."

"Hiei, I know what you're thinking and it's not like that. I'm worried about Kuwabara because he's my friend and he needs us. You've always come first in my heart. Always." The kitsune turned his mate towards him. "Don't you ever think otherwise." The short demon gave him a small but meaningfully smile before pulling his red-head into a kiss. He broke the embrace with a rather smug look on his face and turned back down the corridor, Kurama following bashfully behind.

When a nurse finally came out to address them, it had been an hour since everyone had gotten up and finished the coffee the fox fire demon duo had brought for them.

"Mr. Kuwabara has been awake for a little while and has been informed of his situation. He would like to see all of you but has requested to speak with..." She paused, flipping through the paper on her clipboard, "a Mr. Urameshi, Kurama and Hiei first." The demons started towards the door when the nurse had an afterthought. "Oh, and he didn't say which one of you it was, but whichever one it is, congrats!" The trio looked at each other with confusion as she left. What the hell was she talking about? They let it go as they walked into the room and shut the door.

Kuwabara lay peacefully on the bed, his upward gaze on something far beyond the ceiling. He was smiling and as they got closer, they noticed a warm trail of tears running down his cheeks.

"Kuwabara?" Yusuke spoke first, getting his friends attention. The ginger looked over at them and smiled even more.

"Hey guys! 'bout time they let you in. I didn't know how much longer I could wait before I got tired of it and just ran out there to see you!" The man was beaming. He suddenly worked himself into a sitting position so everyone could see everyone better. Three out four of the team was greatly confused. The psychic just chuckled, before moving around to sit on the edge of the bed.

"Are you sure you should be doing that?" Yusuke asked, worried. The man had just gotten out of surgery and was already sitting up. Wasn't that a little soon?

"Naw, I'm fine. Now, come 'ere all of ya. I gotta hug ya." With a little persuading, they where all wrapped in a big Kuwabara bear hug. Once he released them, Kurama brought around the pressing question.

"So...what exactly is going on? I mean, what's the good news?" The ginger looked a little shocked.

"You mean they haven't told you?"

"Not really."

"That makes things a little awkward." Kuwabara noted, scratching the back of his head. He then came to a realization. "Hey! That means I get to tell myself! That's way better!"

"Alright then, lets hear it."

"I'm pregnant!"

Hiei fainted.