The Trials and Tribulations of Parenthood

The Trials and Tribulations of Parenthood

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Inuyasha or Yu Yu Hakusho. They are owned by their respective authors. I only claim ownership of the plot.

Chapter 10


Sitting at the next table over, lounging with his chair propped up on the two back legs was Shishiwakamau. The laughter and lively interest caused his deep lavender eyes to sparkle and shine in the candlelight. “Oh please, don’t let me interrupt your pleasure. By all means, do continue. After all, far be it from me to interrupt the carnal pleasures of the great Hiei.” His glance trailed over to where Kagome sat blushing furiously, having pulled her hand back into her own lap. “Perhaps Hiei, you should just consider pushing her under the table to service your needs. Far less of a mess to clean up afterwards you know. Especially if she is good at swallowing.”

Hiei’s low growl started deep in his throat building in his chest at the lack of respect and open amusement that the Bishounen was having at his and Kagome’s expense. “You would do well to keep a civil tongue in your head if you don’t want me to cut it out for you. What the fuck are you doing here anyway?”

“Right now, just waiting for a good steak dinner. Of course the benefit of an added dinner show doesn’t hurt my appetite any. Shishi’s eyes were still resting on Kagome and the way she was blushing and sinking farther down into her seat. “Ah, it would seem I have embarrassed the lady. My apologies for that inconvience, please ask her to simply ignore my presence and continue with her activities.”

“As if that’s possible.” Kagome was muttering under her breath now, annoyed at the way she had apparently become the object of this new demons source of enjoyment at her expense. “Hiei, who the hell is this?”

“No one worth wasting any more time or thought over.” Hiei drew a sharp breath and his chair scraped across the floor as he moved to stand up “Come on Kagome, we can get a dinner somewhere else with a lot more privacy and in better company.”

“Ah, now I’m wounded! There is none who is better company then I am.” Shishi put a fist over his heart, a mock pout on his face. He brought his chair down onto all four legs and pushed back to stand as Hiei helped Kagome to her feet. He gave her a low mocking bow. “My name is Shishiwakamaru beautiful lady. Of course I would allow a beautiful lady such as yourself to simply call me Shishi. And I’m sure that we shall have the pleasure to meet again.”

“You stay the hell away from her!” Hiei whirled on Shishi. “She’s my mate, come near her again and I’ll make sure to decorate Makai with your strung out entrails.” Hiei’s youki had risen to battle levels and suddenly a thought touched the back of his mind.

‘Hiei? What’s going on?’ Kurama was worried, there wasn’t any reason that he knew of that Hiei’s youki should have risen to such levels.

‘It’s just Shishiwakamaru. He showed up at the restaurant. But we’re leaving now.’ Hiei ground that thought out as he maneuvered Kagome through the diners and out onto the sidewalk. ‘We’re heading home now.’

‘Shishiwakamaru? What the hell did he want?’ Youko started prowling around the corners of Kurama’s mind, tails swishing.

‘Other then to torment me? I have no idea, he never said.’ Hiei’s mood was still black as they walked down the sidewalk causing Kagome to give him some sideward glances as other pedestrians instinctively moved out of his way and cleared a path for them.

‘Torment you?’ It didn’t make any sense to Kurama or Youko until Hiei sent them an edited version of what had occurred at the restaurant. ‘Oh this is too good, you weren’t actually doing that were you?’ Kurama was trying hard to muffle the sound of a laugh while Youko made no such attempt. The silver kitsune was practically rolling with laughter. ‘I didn’t know you had it in you Hiei, uptight little thing that you are.’

‘Shut up Fox! Unless you want to be losing your favorite appendage.’

‘Flirt.’

Hiei shut down the link in his mind and turned his attention back to Kagome. She had a frown on her face as she looked at him as if waiting for an answer. Obviously he had missed something important and now he was going to have to figure out what it was. “Um, I guess I missed it, what was it you said?”

Kagome sighed and rolled her eyes. “You were a thousand miles away again. I could tell by the look in your eyes. Just forget it Hiei, go back to whatever little daydream you were having. Obviously what I was saying isn’t very important to you.”

‘Shit, this isn’t good.’ Hiei was getting the feeling that he just couldn’t win. His partner was laughing at him and his mate was disgruntled. Besides that his balls still ached with the built up pressure and he wanted that release as well. It just wasn’t his day. ‘And I can blame this all on that damn Shishiwakamaru. It’s all his fault. If Kagome won’t give in, I may just plug his ass for the hell of it!” As soon as he thought it though a shudder ran through his body and he decided to try with Kagome once again. “If you’re still in the mood for that steak dinner, I’ll cook it for you once we get home.”

Kagome turned big eyes on him in surprise. “You’ll cook for me? I didn’t even know you knew how. This was something she had never known him to do and she had thoughts all of his talents with a knife were limited to killing.

“Hn.” He thought of turning his back on her at that remark then thought better of it as he remembered his intended goal for the night. “I have several talents you may not be aware of.”

Kagome giggled, her good mood restored for the moment at his simple offer. It meant a lot to her that he had offered to cook dinner and while she suspected that the offer was made as a means of getting her to finish what had been interrupted at the restaurant, she decided to accept it as a peace offering. “Id love it if you cooked dinner for me Hiei.”

They turned into the apartment complex and stepped into their own home. Hiei dropped his cape on the couch while Kagome disappeared into the bedroom. ‘Hn. I hope maybe she’ll forget about dinner and be getting ready for me in there.’ His eyes were hopeful as his ears picked up the sounds of her changing her clothes, only to have those hopes dashed as she emerged in a pair of sweatpants and a tee shirt.

“What?” She frowned at the look of disappointment on his face, searching her mind for what could have caused that look.. “Did I miss something here?”

“No. You missed nothing.” Hiei turned and walked into the kitchen to start dinner, wondering if there was going to be any way in hell of salvaging the wreck that this day had become. And almost jumped out of his skin when a hand reached around from behind him and slipped into his pants to once again start massaging his penis into a hard and powerful erection. He gabbed the hand and turned around to face Kagome who had silently followed him into the kitchen and was now blushing furiously.

“I… I didn’t think you’d mind.” Her blush deepened and she looked down at the floor. “You seemed to enjoying it so much at the restaurant before we were interrupted so I thought...”

“No! No, I don’t mind a bit. I was just surprised, that’s all.” Hiei was having trouble getting the words around his tongue in his hurry to assure her that he indeed didn’t mind what she was doing. His hand closed over hers silently encouraging her to continue while his other hand brought her around to face him. Their lips met in a deep kiss and he pushed his tongue into her mouth enjoying the taste of her as well as the feelings that she was creating. His temperature was rising quickly and he knew he wouldn’t last very long under the pressure that was building. “Let’s take this to the bedroom.” His voice came out soft and husky with his desire.

A knock came at the door and they heard Keiko’s voice on the other side. “Kagome? Hiei? Are you there? And is Yusuke here?”

“Bloody hells!” Hiei let the frustration show in his voice as he saw his romantic intentions being thwarted yet again. “Some Kami has a perverted sense of humor.” He sighed as Kagome pulled away from him and turned to go answer the door. “Get rid of her quickly.” Kagome arched an eyebrow at that last muttered growl from him.

“Behave yourself Hiei. She only wants to know where Yusuke is.”

“And I only want to get laid and make love to my beautiful mate. That’s not any less important.” The growl was deeper then he intended and showed his level of frustration. His aura started to flare, surrounding him with a deep purple color bordering on black and making it feel as if the very air around him would scorch anything it touched..

‘What happened this time?’ Still haven’t gotten your rocks off?’ Youko’s voice held a lazy note of sardonic amusement in the thought he sent to Hiei. ‘Do you need lessons perhaps?’

‘Is Yusuke still there?’ The thought Hiei sent back to Youko was one that was filled with bitterness. ‘Because if he is, tell him that Keiko is here and looking for him.’

‘Maybe he is. But I think I won’t give him the message yet just to enjoy the fun of your deprivation just a little bit longer.’ Youko couldn’t keep the smug amusement out of his voice at the thought of the little fire demons sexual frustration.

‘I swear, I’m going to write a book. 101 ways to kill Youko Kurama. And I’m going to enjoy trying out each and every one of them.’ Hiei sent the thought back along with vivid images of just what he was planning.

‘Oh you have such a vivid imagination.’ Youko’s voice held a note of wonder as his kitsune imagination kicked into overdrive. ‘I’ll have to remember some of these in case I ever manage to get you on the bottom.’

‘Fat chance you sick twisted bastard.’

‘Oh you’re so sexy when you’re being threatening. The kitsune sent some mental images back to Hiei, only to find the link shut off when Hiei snorted in disgust.

Hiei sank down onto the couch and looked up blandly as Kagome and Keiko walked into the room. “I told Keiko that I think Yusuke is over at Kurama’s and Yukina’s apartment. Do you have any way of knowing if he is still there?” Kagome’s voice was soft, knowing the stress that he was currently under.

“He was as of a few minutes ago. Right now I can’t say. Use the phone and call over there if you want to know for sure. I’m going to take a shower.” He rose to his feet and stalked off to the bedroom, slamming the door behind him. The door shuddered in it’s frame under the force of the impact.

“In the middle of the day?” Keiko’s eyebrows raised at that comment and the slamming door. “Kagome, did I interrupt something important?”

Kagome sighed and sank down on the couch herself. “Nothing that hasn’t been interrupted before. Don’t worry, he’ll live. He just feels seriously deprived right about now”

Keiko looked startled for a minute and her face grew red. “Yusuke gets just as bad when I tell him that he can’t get any cause it’s that time of the month you know? I swear at that point he becomes unlivable”

“So does Hiei. I’d swear their heat cycles are somehow timed to be the same as our times just to be difficult.” Kagome rolled her eyes at the thought she’d voiced and looked at Keiko, to see the girl nodding in agreement.

Keiko put her hand on the door and gave her friend an lopsided grin. “I know my own way over to Kurama’s apartment. I think I’ll go find Yusuke and let you have a conversation with Hiei.” She laughed as Kagome’s face grew red. “Have fun.” With that remark and a wink, she walked out the door and was gone.

‘I’m in for it now. Either he’s gonna be thrilled that we’re alone or he’s gonna be so frustrated he won’t even care.’ She pondered the closed door silently for a moment, chewing on her lower lip. ‘This is stupid, I’m not gonna stay standing out here just because he’s horny.’ She walked over and slowly opened the bedroom door.

“Are we finally alone?” The question came out as a muted growl. He advanced on her slowly his eyes gleaming like liquid pools of fire, smoldering with his desire. Already she was backing up slowly until she felt the edge of the bed against the back of her legs. “No answering phones, no answering knocks at the door, no more interruptions. Now is my time.” He pushed her down on the bed and ripped the pants off her legs, not caring that the pants would never be in any condition to be worn again.

“Hiei, those were one of my favorite pair of pants.” She started to protest but stopped at the look on his face.

“As if I care at the moment. You can always buy another pair.” He nudged her legs apart and kneeled between them pulling her hips up towards his body. His frustration at having been put off so many times today only increased his desire and he rubbed the tip of his straining manhood along her slit once before driving it deep within her folds.

She gave a yelp of surprise at his forcefulness. Her hands clawed along his back as she strained to hold on for the wild ride. He’d always been exceedingly gentle with her and this new side of him was a surprise to her. Her fingers digging into his back seemed to excite him more and he plunged into her again and again, his muscles rippling beneath her hands.

“I..can’t..hold..out..much..longer..” His voice came out in ragged gasps as his pumping increased in frenzy and his body shuddered as waves of ecstasy rolled through it. His release finally came and he fell over Kagome, willing breath back into his body.

He raised his head and looked sheepishly into her eyes. “Guess that was kind of fast wasn’t it.” At her slight nod, he looked abashed and promised “I’ll make this up to you.”

Kagome’s eyes grew very round and startled and she looked down at her stomach in surprise. “Hiei, did you feel that?”

“Feel what?” Hiei was instantly alert and alarmed. “I didn’t hurt you or the young ones did I?”

“No, no, nothing like that.” Kagome’s eyes had a distracted faraway look. “It’s just I felt something. And I’m sure it came from the babies. One of them has holy energy. I know it wasn’t me because my own is locked down so it won’t hurt the babies.”

“Great, all I have to worry about is having my kid get upset with me and try to purify my ass. And could that energy hurt the other little one?” Hiei’s disgruntlement and alarm was growing by the second. “Kagome, what can we do about this?”

“Right now I don’t think there’s anything to worry about, the power was just a flicker and not near strong enough to cause any damage. As far as when she gets older, we train her, just as we would any child. These are our children Hiei, we’ll bring them up right.” Her arms circled round him and her voice was soft as she sought to reassure the demon she loved.

“How am I supposed to know how to bring them up right for crying out loud?” A note of bitterness crept into his voice, left unsaid were his feelings over his lack of a father or mother in his younger life.

Kagome pulled his head down onto her shoulder and held him there. “Children don’t come with instruction manuals Hiei. We’re going to make mistakes with them. Everyone does. But, we’ll do the best we can and they’ll come out just fine. Trust me on this.”

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Thank you to all my sweet reviewers, it’s for you that I continue to write this story. LOL, as you can now tell, at least one of Kag and Hiei’s babies is a girl who I have decided to endow with Kagome’s talents. Such fun. The other babies will show more of themselves in time.
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