Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Unexpected Gift ❯ Deception ( Chapter 6 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

By: Natalya

Part Six: Deception

Kuwabara's eyes flicker open and he realizes that he's still at Yusuke's house. “Hey, you're finally awake,” Yusuke remarks looking down at him, “For a moment, we feared you'd given yourself a concussion.”

“No…unfortunately,” Kuwabara answers slowly sitting up. He looks at Yusuke. “Did I hear Koenma right? Did he say that Ani Toguro is pregnant because of me?”

“Yeah, that's what he said. I don't think he wanted you to know, though.”

“Well, obviously if he hasn't told me then yeah, he didn't want me to know. I can't believe this. How does a male demon get pregnant?”

“That is a perplexing question,” Kurama remarks, “I have never heard of such a thing. This is a most unusual situation.”

“Kurama, this is Kuwabara we're talking about. We should expect something of this caliber from the idiot,” Hiei remarks in his typical scornful way. Kuwabara scowls at him.

“No one asked you, shrimp!” he fires back.

“Hey, both of you, take it easy. There is no need to start spilling blood over this. We'll figure out what to do. In the meantime, we need to focus on finding Sensui. We can't let the bastard try and open the portal again. It would be way too dangerous were we to deal with another apocalypse type situation,” Yusuke cuts in. Kuwabara doesn't answer. He wants desperately to speak with Koenma about why he hadn't been told that he had gotten Ani pregnant. He knows he won't be able to rest without the prince's answers. “Kuwabara!” Yusuke's irritated call brings him back to the present and he looks at him. “Would you please pay attention?”

“I'm sorry, Urameshi,” he says, “but no, I can't. I have to talk to Koenma. I need to know.”

“Kuwabara, you're wasting your time. Ani's probably already gotten rid of the child,” Yusuke answers.

“How can you say that?”

“He's Ani, that's how. Think about this rationally for a moment, please. You were the one to get him pregnant; wouldn't you think that would make him want to do something like abort the baby? He's not going to keep a child you, of all people, fathered on him. It's just not going to happen, but if it'll make you feel any better you can call Koenma and ask him.”

Kuwabara merely picks up the phone and redials the Prince's number. He waits for a moment. “Hello?” Koenma asks.

“Why didn't you tell me that Ani was pregnant?” he demands.

“What?”

“Why didn't you tell me Ani was pregnant? I think I would have a right to know if I fathered a child with someone.”

“Kuwabara, how did you find out?”

“You were talking about it after you spoke to us. Yusuke didn't turn the speakerphone all the way off; he just muted your side. We heard you talking about not wanting to deal with Sensui or the fact that I got Ani pregnant.”

“I didn't want you to worry, Kuwabara. You have enough going on without having to deal with this sort of knowledge.”

“I need to ask him if he's gotten rid of the child. Do you know?”

“No. if he had, it would take me a couple more weeks to get paper work on it. Would you like me to call and ask if he did?”

“Yes.”

“All right, hold on.” Kuwabara listens to him click over and waits. He doesn't want to think about what he'll do if it is proven that Ani did indeed abort the baby. It hurts too much to imagine.

Finally, he hears Koenma's voice. “Kuwabara…this is very difficult to tell you but yes…yes he did,” the prince murmurs. Kuwabara's eyes shut tightly.

“How could he?”

“I don't think he wanted to deal with a child that was fathered by you. I don't know what to tell you. I thought this might happen and that's why I didn't want to let you know. I knew Ani wouldn't keep it. You are his worst enemy; there is no way he'd keep your child.”

“Thank you.” Kuwabara's voice is hoarse.

“You're welcome. Take it easy but don't blame yourself. There is nothing you could have done.” Kuwabara hangs up the phone and stares at Yusuke helplessly.

“He did it didn't he?” he asks. Wordlessly, Kuwabara nods. He still has a hard time believing that Ani is quite THAT evil. Kuwabara knows that he pushes the limit sometimes but he thought that there were still human traits within him. Obviously, he thought wrong.

Koenma hangs up the phone with a sigh. He had averted another catastrophe. Though he hated to lie to his detectives, he couldn't let Kuwabara know the truth. The carrot-top is better off not knowing that his child is safe and sound with a demon that is determined to see his child born. With Kuwabara and Ani's history, neither would go out and look for the other one. The secret would be safe…permanently. He hadn't seen any other way to do this. With their worst enemies back again, he needed all of them to be focused on taking them down. Kuwabara would not be focused if he was too busy worrying about his child.

Ani spends two hours in the bathroom throwing up. Once he does, he slowly makes his way downstairs looking pale and trembling. “Are you all right?” Karasu asks when he enters the room.

“I just lost all the contents of my stomach from the last few weeks, what do you think?” Ani answers.

“That is disgusting,” Bui comments from the couch, “I still say you should get rid of it.”

“Yes, well your opinion means shit to me,” Ani retorts.

“Well, then don't complain about being sick,” the blue-haired demon answers shortly.

“I was merely answering Karasu, you lumber-jack! Why don't you mind your own business?” he snarls.

“When you're talking within two feet of me and I overhear, it IS my business, you midget freak!” Bui snaps back. Ani looks at him startled.

“What did you just call me?” he asks.

“I called you a midget freak!” Bui repeats. To both Bui and Karasu's shock, Ani's golden eyes fill with tears.

“Why do you have to be so mean?” he wails before bursting into tears and fleeing the room. Karasu stares at Bui.

“You just made Ani cry…Oto is going to kill you,” he says before heading out of the room and after the sobbing demon. `Mood swings…wonderful, he's got mood swings,' the violet-eyed demon thinks racing up the stairs. He gets to Ani's room and finds Oto there already. The burly demon is trying to calm his brother down. “He's having a mood swing,” Karasu murmurs walking over. Oto looks at him.

“What brought this on?” the burly demon demands.

“Bui called him a midget freak and it upset him.”

“That idiot is going to die. My brother doesn't need him making this worse.”

“Well, why don't I stay here with Ani and you go get Bui?”

“Okay.”

Karasu finds his arms full of a sobbing demon and sighs. This was not a scene he had ever envisioned. He just cradles Ani to him for a while until the smaller demon calms down. “Please tell me that I didn't burst into tears in front of Bui,” Ani says his voice muffled from him still being against Karasu's shoulder.

“Do you want me to be completely honest with you?” Karasu asks.

“I did, didn't I?”

“Yes.”

“Marvelous. Now I get sick and I can't keep calm. I don't think I am going to be going anywhere anytime soon.”

“I wouldn't blame you.”

Ani slowly pulls away ashamed and angry that he can't keep his emotions in check. `Kuwabara, I really, really hate you for this,' he thinks though he still cannot bring himself to abort the pregnancy, `I must be a real glutton for punishment.' From downstairs, he can hear Bui yelling and a slight smile crosses his face. At least there was a slight perk to all of this.