Rose of Love

Chapter Ten

Kurama and Rose entered the kitchen where Shiori was putting away some groceries. Shuichi was helping her by putting things where they belonged.

“Oh, hello Rose,” Shuichi said with a kind smile. “I didn’t know you were here.”

“I just came by to see K-Shuichi,” Rose said. She still wasn’t used to saying his human name, especially in front of his family.

“Oh, hello Rose,” greeted Kurama’s stepfather. He had just walked into the kitchen with a book in his hand.

“Nice to see you again Mr. Minamino,” Rose greeted back with a polite bow.

“You don’t have to get so formal every time I see you,” he laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

“Right. Sorry.” Rose’s face reddened with embarrassment.

Kurama just smiled down at her then focused on the reason why they came downstairs. “We need to talk to you,” he said in a serious tone.

“Did something happen?” Shiori asked.

“No, nothing like that,” Kurama replied.

“We just have some things to tell you,” Rose added.

“Well okay,” Shiori said, looking at her husband.

“Let us sit in the living room,” Kurama suggested.

All of them nodded and followed Kurama into the sitting where they each took a seat. Kurama and Rose sat next to each other of course. Kurama took a deep breath before he started explaining about what had happened in the past up until now. Shuichi’s eyes were wide with not fear, but amazement. His stepfather’s expression was that of shock and so was Shiori’s. Kurama finished his story with both him and Rose transforming into their demon forms.

“It’s all true?” Shiori asked in a shaky voice.

“I’m afraid so,” Kurama said calmly.

Shiori gave one last glance at the two demon foxes standing before her, then fainted in her seat.

“Mother!” Kurama called and raced to her.

“It’s okay, she has just fainted,” his stepfather said, putting a hand on her forehead.

Rose and Kurama went back into their human forms and looked at Shiori with worried expressions on their faces.

Shiori woke up to find herself in her bed. She looked to her right to find Kurama sitting on the edge of the bed, his hand over her’s. Rose was asleep in a chair in the corner of the room. Kurama’s gaze turned to her’s which made her almost jump in her place.

“Mother, are you alright?” he asked.

“I’m fine. What happened?” she asked, sitting up.

“You fainted,” he told her.

“I did? Then... it wasn’t a dream?”

“I am afraid so.”

“You really are a demon...”

Kurama shifted in his place to get a better look at her. “I have protected you from harm as far back as I can remember. Even though I am a demon, that won’t change. I will always be here to protect you, father and Shuichi. Even if it costs me my life.”

Shiori placed her left hand on top of his and smiled. “I believe you. You are still and always will be, my brilliant son who does amazing things.”

Kurama smiled warmly and hugged her. Rose woke up shortly after and immediately got up and walked over to the bed. “Mrs. Minamino, are you going to be okay?” she asked, still with the worried expression on her face.

“I’ll be fine, but you don’t have to call me Mrs. Minamino,” Shiori said.

“I don’t?”

Shiori shook her head and smiled. “Now that you are a part of the family, you can call me Shiori, if you wish.”

“O-okay.”

“Is mom okay?” Shuichi asked, poking his head in the room.

“Yes,” Kurama answered.

“Good. I’ll go tell dad.”

“I will be staying over at Rose’s until her delivery,” Kurama said.

“I figured that. You take good care of her,” Shiori said.

“Don’t worry, I will.” Kurama wrapped an arm around Rose which made her blush.

“Will she be delivering at a hospital?” his stepfather asked as he walked into the room.

“I doubt it,” Rose said and looked at Kurama.

“I will be making a trip to Spirit World. Maybe they can help us there,” Kurama said.

Rose only nodded, then frowned at the ground. “I-I’m nervous.”

Kurama looked at her with concern on his face. Shiori on they other hand just smiled and placed a hand on Rose’s arm.

“Don’t worry about it. You will do fine and it’s not so bad really,” she said softly.

“Thank you,” Rose smiled.

“Plus I’m sure they have something to ease the pain up in Spirit World,” Kurama said.

“I hope so.”


“Koenma sir, Kurama is here to see you,” said a female assistant.

“Kurama? What does he want?” Koenma asked.

“I don’t know sir,” the assistant replied.

“Send him in.”

The assistant bowed and left the room.

“I wonder if anything happened in Ningenkai,” George said, holding a stack of papers.

“I hope nothing terrible,” Koenma said.

The door opened and Kurama walked into the room that had papers everywhere. He tried not to step on the ones on the floor as he made his way to Koenma’s desk.

“Thank you for seeing me on such short notice,” Kurama said.

“Eh. Don’t worry about it. Now tell me, why are you here?” Koenma asked, sitting up straight in his chair.

“Well you see sir, for the past few months I have been going through demon heat,” Kurama said.

“Yes, that I have noticed. You’re demonic energy was skyrocketing to the point where we couldn’t determine the energy level.”

Kurama’s cheeks turned pink as he continued. “Well, as you know, once a demon goes through the heat, it means that they have chosen a mate.”

“Yes, I knew that.”

“Well, I have chosen Rose as my mate.”

Koenma only nodded then got up from his seat and began to paced around the room.

“So the reason why you are here is to find out if there is something we can do for her delivery?”

“Correct.”

“Well, I’m afraid to say that we don’t do that sort of thing here. We are, as you know, a place where spirits come to find out where they are being placed.”

“I was afraid of that.”

“But, you could talk to Genkai about it.”

“Genkai... of course.”

Koenma laughed at Kurama’s reaction then headed back to his desk.

“Thank you Koenma,” Kurama said then dashed out the door.

“Kurama’s going to be a daddy?” George asked.

“Haven’t you been listening to a single word we’ve said?” Koenma asked, getting back to work.

“No.”

Koenma threw a paper weight at George’s head then continued his stamping.

“WHAT?! Kurama’s going to be a dad?” Yusuke asked in shock.

“That’s what I just said,” Keiko said happily.

“Wow, little Kuramas running all over the place,” Kuwabara said.

“Rose is already big,” Keiko stated.

“What?! It’s not even six months yet,” Yusuke said.

“Well, she is part demon. I’m pretty sure demons have their babies sooner then humans,” Kuwabara said.

“I was thinking about that too,” Keiko said.

“Oh so I am the stupid one here?” Yusuke asked.

“Seems so,” Kuwabara said with a smirk.

“Oh please. This is a one time thing. I have much more brains then you’ll ever have,” Yusuke said proudly.

“I’m in high school you dork!” Kuwabara said.

“Big deal! If it wasn’t for your sister you’d be in some school for dumbasses,” Yusuke laughed.

Kuwabara growled and grabbed Yusuke’s shirt collar. “That’s it! We’re going to settle this here and now!”

Yusuke flicked Kuwabara’s hand away and crossed his arms over his chest. “I’ll beat you without breaking into a sweat.”

“We’ll see about that!”

“Guys stop,” Keiko said, standing between them.

“Oh come on Keiko! I want to show this bimbo a lesson,” Yusuke said, getting into a fighting position.

“Yusuke think! If you fight Kuwabara, chances are you might kill him. With the power you obtain, a single punch could destroy him!”

Yusuke was silent for a moment, then straightened up. “She’s right. No matter how much I wanted to, I don’t want to hurt you that badly.”

“Well, you are a half demon too. I guess I can let it slide,” Kuwabara said. “Hm? Hey, it’s Kurama.”

“Hello everyone,” he said.

“How’s Rose?” Keiko asked.

“She is good. But she has been getting a lot of pains recently,” he said.

“She must be getting close to her delivery.”

“Where is she now?” Yusuke asked.

“At Genkai’s. Genkai said that she will look after her,” Kurama said.

“We should go see her,” Kuwabara said.

“Yeah, can we?” Yusuke asked.

“I do not see a problem,” Kurama said.

“Then it’s settled, to Genkai’s!” Yusuke said.

The four of them climbed the long staircase that led to Genkai’s temple. Once they reached the top, Genkai ran up to them with a washcloth in her hand.

“It’s about time you showed up,” she said.

“Why? What happened?” Kurama asked.

“Rose is in labor, she needs you,” she answered quickly. “This way!” Kurama followed Genkai into the temple where Rose was staying. Yusuke and Kuwabara just stood in place with blank looks on their faces.

“What are you two doing?” Keiko asked.

“Uh... nothing,” Yusuke said.

“Come on. We’ll wait in another room until Kurama comes back to give us the news,” Keiko said and led the two guys to a room on the other side of the temple.

“Wow, Kurama actually went in there and is going to help Genkai delivery Rose’s kids,” Yusuke said as he sat down on the floor.

“What’s so amazing about that?” Keiko asked, sitting next to him.

“Well, I wouldn’t go in there,” Yusuke said. “That’ll be nasty.”

He turned his head to find Keiko’s angry face glaring at him. “So are you saying that when I am in labor you won’t be there with me?!” she shouted.

“D-did I say that?” Yusuke asked nervously.

“You did,” Keiko glared.

“I-I meant that I would be by your side, holding your hand.”

“You better.”

Kuwabara, who was sitting on the other side of Yusuke started laughing.

“You think it’s funny?” Yusuke asked and jabbed an elbow into Kuwabara’s stomach.

“Ow! What was that for?!” Kuwabara asked, bending over with his arms around his sides.

“For laughing at me,” Yusuke answered.


An hour passed by and pretty soon both Yusuke and Kuwabara were both fast asleep, leaning on each other. The door slid open and Kurama walked in, his shirt sleeves rolled up and sweat was dripping from his forehead.

“Well?” Keiko asked as she nudged Yusuke to get up.

“She’s fine. Three healthy babies,” Kurama smiled. “Two girls and one boy.”

“Congratulations!” Keiko said.

“Wha? What happened?” Yusuke asked, still half asleep.

“Rose had her babies,” Keiko said.

“She did?” Yusuke asked, snapping awake.

Kurama nodded. “Two healthy girls and a boy.”

“Alright!” Yusuke said, getting to his feet and slapping Kurama on the back. “Congrats man!”

“Thank you Yusuke.”

“Three kids to take care of, that’s going to be tough,” Kuwabara said.

“We will manage,” Kurama said.

“Can we see them?” Keiko asked with eagerness in her voice.

“Yes you can,” Kurama replied with a smile.

Keiko raced out of the room and headed for the room where Rose was. When she got there, Rose was laying down with her eyes closed. Genkai was placing blankets on three little babies that were next to Rose.

“You can come in,” Genkai said, without looking up.

“Are you sure?” Keiko asked.

“I’m sure Rose wants to see you.”

Keiko hesitated at first, but walked into the room and sat next to Rose. She looked over and saw that the babies all had fox ears instead of human ears. They didn’t have any tails though.

“Keiko, it’s nice to see you,” Rose said, turning her head so she could face her.

“How are you doing?” Keiko asked.

“Tired.”

“I bet. You have such beautiful children. I’m kinda jealous.”

Rose laughed weakly and looked at her children who were on the other side of her.

“I’m sure you’ll be a mother sooner then you think,” Rose said softly.

Keiko blushed at the comment then smiled. “What are their names?”

“Sakura is the one to your left, Hogosha is in the middle and Himawari is the one next to me.”

“Perfect names.”

“I came up with the girl’s names. Kurama chose Hogosha as his son’s name.”

“How’s the new mother?” Yusuke asked.

“Shhh! Speak softly you idiot,” Genkai said. “The children are asleep.”

“Sorry.”

“I’m doing fine Yusuke,” Rose said.

“They have fox ears,” Kuwabara said.

“They are half demons,” Kurama said.

“But Rose is a half demon, how come she doesn’t have fox ears too?” Yusuke asked.

“I am more demon then human,” Rose replied.

“Your energy is weak,” Kuwabara said with concern.

“She’s been through a lot,” Kurama said. “Giving birth takes a lot of out you.”

“I’m glad it’s over though,” Rose said.

“What are the names of the children?” Kuwabara asked.

“Sakura, Hogosha, and Himawari,” Keiko said.

“Sweet names,” Yusuke said.

“Okay, I think it’s time that all guests leave so Rose can gain her strength back,” Genkai said.

“Okay,” Keiko said. She got up and followed the guys out of the room. “See you later Rose.”

“Bye. Thanks for coming,” Rose said. “I want Kurama to stay with me.”

“As you wish. I’ll leave you two alone,” Genkai said and walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

“Are you sure you are alright?” Kurama asked as he sat down next to Rose.

“I’m alright.... just a little weak is all,” Rose smiled.

“You were wonderful,” Kurama said.

“You were too.”

Kurama got on the floor and laid down next to her. “When the time comes, we’ll teach our children to hid their demon side from humans.”

“Right.”

“Until then, just relaxed.”

Kurama softly kissed Rose on the lips then rested his head next to hers. Within minutes both of them fell asleep with their children beside them.


A/N: Wow. I couldn’t stop typing. LOL! Yep. Rose had her children. I didn’t want to write down the whole delivery scene, just because I didn’t feel like it. The names that I gave their children are the names of some of the characters from my manga. Sakura: Cherry Blossom, Hogosha: Guardian, Himawari: Sunflower. I would say only about two more chapters left of the fic. I would like to thank everyone who has been reading this fic (even though it kinda sucks), and I would love it if you would all leave a review so I know that I’m not a total failure when it comes to these things. ^^;;