And the Father Is...

Hey everyone.

I fully updated this chapter and will be adding the next chapter today. This is a long LOOONNNGGG...LOONNNNNNNNGGGGG chapter. All of my chapters, excluding the next one, will be long, just to warn you haha. Now that I have all the time in the world to work on this story, the chapters will be much longer. I am still grounded...and it will be much harder to get on the computer once my little brother goes away to college; because once that happens my mom will hide the mouse and keyboard in her room; which is locked ^^; Soooo...yeah ^^; I most likely will not be on much after this summer. I will have to resort to going to the library with my notebook and post there; but I won't start doing that until I am done with this story. Chapter 16 I am still working on however, it is like 14 pages long *hand written*, and I'm only HALF done that chapter. So...yeah ^^; Ok guys, I hope you enjoy the full version of this long ass chapter ^_^.

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Disclaimer: See chapter One

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Chapter 14 Part One

When Yusuke reached the door, Chuu was banging on it, demanding that Kuwabara would let him in.


"No! Why should I? I'm just a stupid and weak human!" Kuwabara shouted through the door.

"Don't listen to dat lil' bugger Kuwa-chan." Chuu said before turning to Yusuke.

He gave the fellow father a pleading look. Chuu just couldn't reach the upset man, not by himself anyway.

Yusuke sighed and walked up to the tall demon. He couldn't help but involuntarily shutter while standing next to Chuu. Apparently, his body just wouldn't forget about the events that took place in the shower.

"Come on Kuwabara," Yusuke said, banging on the door with his fist. "Its me, Yusuke; let us in."

"NO!"

"Well, why the Hell not?" Yusuke demanded.

"Because, I'm just a stupid human who doesn't deserve to be part of the infamous 'Team Urameshi', not to mention carry his demon kid! And that includes Chuu too!"

"That's bullshit!"

"Not according to Hiei!"

"Fuck what Hiei said! You know he was only being his normal asshole self and never meant it to mean you weren't good enough so why get so emotional about it?" Yusuke shouted his face turning red from frustration.

There was an uncomfortable silence from behind the door. Yusuke was able to calm down as he realized he might have stepped over the line with that last comment. He looked over at Chuu who was giving him a worry look.

A small noise came from behind the door after a few more moments of silence, which was followed by a weak and quivering voice.

"Just leave me alone..."

Yusuke blinked at the tone of voice his best friend used; it was one he never heard from him before; other then one time in his entire life. It was the same voice he used when Yusuke died the second time and was crying over his body. Yes, Yusuke had heard him but only as a faint far away voice; but he still heard his words.

"Kuwa...? Are you...are you crying?" Yusuke asked, concern clearly heard in his voice.

"Go to Hell Urameshi!" spat Kuwabara from behind the door.

"Been there, done that..." mumbled Yusuke.

"Listen 'ere, we're not gonna move from this 'ere spot til ya let us in ta talk 'bout what's really eattin' ya. Right Urameshi?" Chuu said, looking to Yusuke to give him some support.

Yusuke nodded in agreeement.

"Yeah, that's right, so don't think we're leaving cause we're not. Just let us in so we can talk about whatever the hell is wrong and get this shit settled." Yusuke said.

Chuu shook his head. It was more than obvious that Yusuke wasn't use to helping comfort people. It was something Chuu felt he needed to teach the lad; though further in the future. At the moment, the two waited to see how the upset pregnant Kuwabara would react to Yusuke's words.

After what seemed like hours, they heard a door slam within the room before the sound of rushing water was heard. Chuu sighed and sat down next to the door; the same spot he slept in. Yusuke stood at the door looking dumbfounded at how 'silly' his best friend was acting. How could Kuwabara take a shower at a time like that? Yusuke sighed as he combed his fingers through his messy black hair before plopping down on the other side of the door.

"This could take a while." Chuu sighed, leaning against the wall while closing his eyes.

Yusuke snorted and crossed his arms in front of his chest. If he could, he would pull all of his hair out of his head; that was how frustrated he was at that very moment. Although, if he really could; he would pull out all of Hiei's hair. At the very thought of a steamed yet bald Hiei, Yusuke snickered and made a little snort. Chuu opened an eye to look at Yusuke before raising his eye brow.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"I was thinking..." Yusuke started before his snicker grew a little wider.

"I was thinking how funny Hiei would look if I pulled all of his hair out."

Chuu snorted at the idea, but couldn't help the curve of his lip.

"Ya know Kurama wouldn't let ya do that; let alone Hiei would cut off yer head if ya tried."

"I know that, but it would still be funny." Yusuke said with his famous cocky smirk.

Chuu shook his head, but had to smile.

"It would be kinda funny." Chuu said before sighing.

"Listen Urameshi, 'bout dat whole shower scene. I don't know what came over me. I just lost control."

Yusuke flushed slightly and looked away; making that awkward cough guys make when they are embarrassed and try to keep their 'manliness' in tact.

"Yeah well, grandma did say everyone's hormone's would be out of whack and all." Yusuke said.

"Yeah, well, I still shoulda had some kinda control...tho I guess..." Chuu started, before lowering his voice. "I guess you remind me too much of 'him' for me to help myself..."

Yusuke raised an eyebrow, being able to hear what the alchemist demon had said.

"'Him?'"

"No one...just talkin' aloud to me self is all." Chuu said, waving his hands while giving Yusuke a 'oh crap he heard' smile.

"No one my ass. Come on, who's this 'him' you were mumbling about; and how do I remind you of him?" Yusuke asked, generally interested.

Chuu sighed, deciding it would be best to tell Yusuke; after all, they were gonna become future mates and have a baby and all. He would have to tell him eventually.

"'Him' was my first lover. Although, the only thing you have in common with him is his temper; most of his other traits are more like Kuwa-chans." Chuu said, scratching his chin as he looked up as if he were in thought.

"I don't have a temper, and what do you mean 'traits'? What, did he have a 'kitten' fetish like Kuwabara has?" Yusuke asked.

Chuu chuckled at the question.

"You could say 'at; tho the fact 'at he was half cat demon might have somethin' ta do wit 'at. Tho, now 'at I think 'bout it..." Chuu said, thinking a bit more. "They kinda had the same hair color and body built..."

Chuu smirked after that last statement, making Yusuke smack Chuu in the face.

"Pervert."

Chuu chuckled as he sat back up.

"Like you should be talkin' there Urameshi."

Yusuke only snorted and looked away while crossing his arms over his chest.

"Do you want to know more about this or not?" Chuu asked, having a serious tone.

Yusuke glanced over to find that Chuu seemed really ready to tell someone his story. He relaxed and turned back towards him.

"Yeah...so what was his name?"

"Chad."

Yusuke blinked at Chuu for a moment before realizing the alchemist demon was being serious. He busted out laughing.

"Chad?! What kinda name is Chad? And for a half cat demon!" Yusuke said while continuing his laughing fit.

It wasn't long before he found himself getting bitch slapped in the back of his head by a red faced Chuu.

"Chad was a wonderful cat demon who had a heart of gold and could make any demon happy, so don't you ever disrespect him again." Chuu said, fuming.

Yusuke sat up, rubbing the spot where he was sent kissing the floor and glared at Chuu.

"Damn Chuu, you didn't have to knock my head off, I just never heard of a demon, let alone cat demon being named Chad before. It just was a shock to the system." Yusuke said, in his defense.

Chuu took in a few breathes, but still glared at Yusuke.

"Just have more respect for the dead Urameshi."

Yusuke's face softened at that statement and looked as he felt; which was guilty.

"Hey man, I'm sorry...I didn't know. I just thought it ended up like my mom and dad, ya know; just breaking up, I'm sorry." Yusuke said.

Chuu sighed, finally calm and nodded.

"Its fine; just don't jump to conclusions like that."

The two sat in an awkward silence for a few moments before Yusuke cleared his throat.

"So, how did you meet him?"

"That's a long story." Chuu said, now loosing all interest of telling the story.

"We've got plenty of time. Kuwabara's not gonna come out until he feels like it and at this rate we'd be lucky he comes out in nine months." Yusuke said giving Chuu his famous cheeky smile.

Chuu snorted but gave Yusuke a half smirk.

"Well...we met when we were both demon kids; which would be teenagers in human time. Anyway, I was out practing new ways of how to annoy my five older sisters; by testing out my abilities. That's when I met him..." Chuu started before continuing his tale.


(Flash Back)

A slimmer looking Chuu with his blue hair long and in a high pony tail could be seen standing near a small body of water. He wasn't wearing a shirt; which showed off his nicely forming muscles. His brown pants were rolled up to just below the knees and he seemed to be concentrating on the water. He took in a deep breathe and slowly, steadily began to walk across the water. His movements weren't as fluent and defined as we all know and love about him; but everyone has to start from somewhere.

Chuu was just about to make it to the other side of the small body of water when a piercing noise cut through the peaceful atmosphere. The noise sounded between a scream and a roar broke his concentration; causing him to fall face first into the water. He huffed when he lifted his soaked form out from the mid calf deep water and shook him self as if he were a dog.

"'At was weird." he said aloud to himself.

Once he made his way back to where he had left his shirt and was about to pick it up, the noise came piercing through the air again. Chuu furrowed his eyebrows in curiosity and decided to see what was making that dreadful sound and why. He walked through the thickness of trees before coming to a clearing. He hid himself behind the closest tree that was to the clearing and looked out from it.

His eyes never saw anything so beautiful. It appeared to be a man, yet at the same time some kind of cat-man. He stood at 6'1" with a tan looking body. The male kimono the 'cat-man' wore, which was most likely a demon; Chuu thought, was barely hanging on his slender yet lean body. His dark green pants, which he wore underneath the kimono, where low on the demon's hips and seemed to be held in place by 'magic' at how low they were. It was a miracle they hadn't fallen off...tho Chuu being a 'hormonal' kid wished that miracle to go away. The cat-demon had long flowing orange hair which flowed gently in the soft and gentle breeze. Two black cat ears with orange tips moved in small jerking motions on top of the demon's head. A long orange tail swished behind him from under his male kimono.

Chuu couldn't see much else; since he could only see the back of the cat-demon; however, what he was seeing so far...made the younger Chuu drool slightly from his slightly open mouth.

"Give it up. You have no place to go. You are surrounded by the best demon exterminators in this region." came a voice; which broke the spell the beautiful creature had over Chuu.

It was at this point Chuu realized that his beautiful cat-demon was surrounded by a load of humans.

The cat demon hissed while showing his fangs and out stretching his long claws from his human-like hands.

"We grew up together Lee, I know of your profession. So, you should know that I've done nothing wrong, but lived in peace. My mother is dead...my HUMAN mother and now you hunt me down as if I am a monster." said the cat in a cool tenor voice that was like silk for one's ears.

"It doesn't matter if we did grow up together. It doesn't mean a thing. You are and will always be a half-demon. And even just being half of one of those filthy beasts, makes you one as well. There were even witness stating that they saw you leave your mother's house covered in blood; her blood! I cannot just ignore them." the man name Lee said.

"I can not deny the blood...but when I found my mother dead; torn apart on the floor while laying in a pool of her own blood...I couldn't help myself from holding her cold form..." the demon said, a sadness in his eyes.

"Then why run?" Lee asked, narrowing his eyes at the cat-demon. "If you aren't the one who killed her, then why run away?"

"I caught the scent of what truly killed her; from her body. I decided to avenge my mother, who was my one true happiness. However, after I killed the monster who took my mother away from me; another cat-demon looking for food by the way, you came at me. You attacked me with that weapon that you've killed many demon's with. Only a fool would wait to be slaughtered by the one who was called their friend."

"Even if it was another cat-demon who killed her, I've been ordered by the town chief to kill you no matter what." Lee said, taking out a long curved sword. "And for that, I am sorry... my old friend."

"No...I'm sorry, for having a friend who would do anything the chief would say...even killing his own childhood friend."

At this point, Chuu had enough of the 'drama' and decided he should defuse the entire situation. Taking out a small flask, he drank it and concentrated. He was about to pull a move that he had perfected on his five sisters; and in time would be used in the Dark Tournament.

To the men that had surrounded the cat-demon; it was as if a ghost had been going around knocking out the men; one-by-one until Lee, who was the captain; was the last one standing. Chuu stood in front of the man, who had fallen backwards from the sheer shock of having someone just appear in front of him. He stared up at Chuu in wonderment and some fear.

"I've had enough of 'is shit. Just go back to 'at chief of yers and just tell 'im ya killed 'at cat-demon and then ya won't haveta kill 'im." Chuu said.

Lee looked up at this strange man; who has the energy of a demon surround his being. He thought about those words for a moment before realizing that this stranger was right. He still thought of that cat-demon as his friend, or really his best friend. Why kill him? He knew his friend better than anyone and knew he wouldn't have killed his mother. Lee nodded and stood up.

"You're right." Lee said, turning to check on his comrades, who were slowly getting up and rubbing their heads.

"If any of you value your lives or your careers as being demon slayers; then listen up. I know this cat-demon; he wouldn't have killed his own human mother. So we are going to tell the chief that we killed him. Understood."

He had a few mumbling to each other and some others looking at him as if he were nuts. Lee slammed down his sword and glared each and every one of his men down.

"Is that understood." he growled out.

"Yes sir!" came from every single one of his men.

They were scared of Capitan Lee; next to the cat-demon, he was strongest in their village and was the only one who could fight the cat-demon and not be too badly hurt.

"Good. Now let's go back." Lee said, turning around and walking away; his men heading out behind him.

He stopped at the edge of clearing and without turning around said, "Goodbye...old friend. I hope to never see your ugly face ever again."

Lee had a snicker on his face as if he were joking about the 'ugly face' part; and before anything else could be said; he disappeared into the thickness of the woods.

Chuu snorted.

"Some friend if ya ask me..." he mumbled before turning to the stunningly beautiful even in the front; cat-demon.

Chuu smiled widely at the demon and walked towards him. The cat demon backed up a bit before crouching low. He didn't know why this stranger came to help him out, however; in this day in age he knew no one did something without having a motive behind it. No one is kind just to be kind.

Chuu put his hands up and moved cautiously towards the cat-demon.

"Easy there, I'm one of the good guys. I swear I won't hurt ya."

The cat-demon narrowed his eyes at Chuu.

"I thank you for helping me, however, why did you help me?"

Chuu thought about that for a moment before shrugging his shoulders.

"I guess I was sick of all that drama and wanted it to stop." Chuu said, before giving another famous grin.

The cat demon raised an eye brow at Chuu and before he could say anything else, Chuu had his hand in front of him.

"By the way, my name's Chuu. What's yer name, beautiful?"

The cat-demon blushed slightly but slowly retracted his claws and took Chuu's outstretched hand.

"Chad."

Chuu blinked.

"No, it's Chuu."

"No, I mean my name is Chad." the cat-demon now known as Chad said, his beautiful greenish-gold eyes seeming even more against his tan skin.

He let go of Chuu's hand and bowed.

"Thank you for helping me."

Chuu gave him a wide smile.

"Don't mention it."

"But now, I must retrieve my mother's body so I may bury it." Chad said, about to move.

"Are ya nuts? If anyone sees ya in that town; yer friend Lee will be killed fer lying." Chuu said.

Chad was silent. He knew the risk, however, he wouldn't be caught if he went during the night hours. He wouldn't put his friend in danger and if he was caught, Chad thought he would tell them that Lee thought he was dead but he pretended to be killed.

"I won't let that happen. I will go during the night so I will not be caught." Chad said.

Chuu could tell that this Chad person had a sense of honor yet at the same time, a sense of loyalty towards his friends. He gave the cat demon a wide smile.

"I'll tell ya what; I'll go in and get the body. No one knows who I am; 'cept those demon hunting dudes. Besides...I know what it's like to bury a parent; especially yer mum." Chuu said, looking sad for a moment before a smile appeared back on his face.

"So don't ya worry 'bout a thing there, cutie." Chuu said giving Chad a wink.

Chad blushed as he gave Chuu a glare.

"Why do you keep calling me names like those?"

"Because they are true and I just love makin' ya blush." Chuu said, grinning even more at the blush he got from Chad.

Chad only hissed this time, making Chuu put his hands up in a defensive way.

"Alright, I'll stop." Chuu said beginning to walk in the direction he saw Lee and the other men go in.

"Are you coming....lovely?" Chuu said before turning and giving Chad another wink.

Chad blushed, but with a small smile chased after Chuu; who was laughing.


(End Flash Back)


"That day, we buried his mum next to my mum and from that day onward we became best friends, which then turned into best lovers. We even had a kid, but that's another story." Chuu said; finishing his story.

Yusuke was in awe at the story; and still trying to get over the fact Chuu had five older sisters. That would mean he would have five sister-in-laws.

"Well, what happened to Lee?" Yusuke asked.

"Oh, we secretly visited him away from the village until he died of old age." Chuu said.

Yusuke was about to ask Chuu how old he was, but was stopped by a glare.

"Don'tcha even ask Urameshi."

Yusuke nodded.

"Ok well, how about Chad? When did he...ya know, die?" Yusuke asked, he just couldn't help himself.

"Long before the Dark Tourney....and don't ask 'bout me kid either; that is another long story and it's somethin' I don't wanna talk 'bout." Chuu said.

"Come on Chuu, ya gotta tell me this stuff; I mean what's the point of us being father's if we don't even trust each other enough to share our pasts with each other?" Yusuke said, giving Chuu one of his famous melt your heart smiles; rare and few in-between smiles that is.

Chuu blinked at Yusuke for a moment but gave him a huge smile and before Yusuke knew what was happening, he was pulled into a hug; pressed against Chuu's firm chest.

"Ya finally admit we gotta work tagether and stop fightin'!" Chuu said, continuing to 'crush' Yusuke against his chest.

Yusuke flared his arms as he didn't know what else to do.

"Mmmt mme mmo!" Yusuke said against Chuu's chest. *Translation: Let me go!*

Just then a click was heard. Both men stopped what they were doing and looked towards the door; Chuu having let Yusuke go a bit so he could turn his head; tho he was still in Chuu's grip. There in the door way was a sniffling Kuwabara with wet hair and dressed only in his red boxers; while drops of water dripped slowly down his chest from his wet hair.

Both demon's could not help but stare wide-eyed at the 'mother' of their babies.

"Ummm...Kuwabara?" Yusuke said, slightly flushed, while Chuu sticked to slightly drooling at the 'delicious' sight.

Kuwabara knelt down next to Chuu and hugged both Chuu and Yusuke; though Yusuke couldn't be helped being in the hug since he was already in Chuu's hug.

"I'm happy to see you two finally getting along; and on top of that...I heard half of your story and I hope one day you will share the entire story with me; and even the babies when they are born." Kuwabara said.

Chuu was a bit stunned but was able to smile fondly. Kuwabara really was similar to Chad; in Chuu's eyes anyway.

"Sure thing." Chuu said.

What seemed to be at the drop of a hat; Kuwabara's mood change dramatically.

He let go of the two and stood up. His face of serious as he walked back into the room. He popped his head out the door.

"I'm ready to talk." Kuwabara said before disappearing back into the room.

Chuu and Yusuke looked at each other; in an odd position if I do say so myself. Chuu let go of Yusuke and the two stood up and entered the room. Kuwabara was already sitting on the bed, resting his back against the head board of the bed. His hands were on his stomach like they always were and softly stroking it. He now had longer pants on and a muscle shirt. Chuu seemed disappointed, and Yusuke was a bit disappointed; but happy that Kuwabara had covered himself. He didn't think he would be able to control Chuu if he tried to jump Kuwabara. Then again...he probably would have to kick his ass; which didn't bother Yusuke at all.

"Sit down." Kuwabara said, however, it sounded more like a command then a request.

The two demon's looked at each other again, this time a bit worried; before finding a spot to sit somewhere. Yusuke decided to sit at the edge of the bed, while Chuu sat in a chair next to the bed. Once they were settled, everyone ended up just sitting in silence; staring at each other. It was Yusuke who broke the silence.

"So...who's gonna go first?"

"I think Kuwa-chan should." Chuu said, giving the human a charming smile.

Kuwabara sighed. He knew eventually he would have to talk, it might as well be now.

"Well...I've been thinking lately...a lot about the baby and all three of us." Kuwabara started.

"How so?" Yusuke asked.

"Well...like what if I'm just carrying the baby and it's really a mix of you and Chuu's DNA? And would I still be able to raise it, and on top of that, how can this three-way relationship work? How are we going to pull that off? And if we manage to do that, how do we explain it to our child? One day they are gonna ask us why they have three daddy's. How are we gonna explain that one?" Kuwabara said, his voice growing stressed with each question.

"Hey, relax there Kuwa, you'll blow a gas git!" Yusuke said, a smile on his lips to show Kuwabara he was only kidding.

"I'm being serious Yusuke! I'm really worried about this kinda stuff." Kuwabara said, holding his stomach even more in a protective way.

"Yusuke's right, you need ta chill before ya stress yer self out 'bout nuthin' important." Chuu said.

"It's important to me. I mean, these are things I've been worried about since I found out you two are the fathers." Kuwabara said.

"Well, one thing you can stop worrying about is being involved with the baby." Yusuke said.

"Yeah, what he said. No matter if its just Yusuke and me babe, or if its all three of us; you are still gonna be the 'mum' 'cause you just are." Chuu said.

"I don't feel right calling Kuwabara a...'mum'. Can we use something else?" Yusuke said.

For some reason, calling Kuwabara 'mother' made Kuwabara seem like a girl. In Yusuke's eyes, Kuwabara was his best guy friend and wasn't anything close to being a girl. So anything that sounded as if it were even suggesting his best friend was a girl...just didn't sit well with him; and he didn't even know why it bothered him so much now; when before he wouldn't hesitate calling him a girl just to make his best friend get mad at him.

"Well..." Kuwabara started. "I wouldn't mind being called 'Pa' or 'Daddy'."

"Then I'll be known as "Father' and Urameshi 'ere can be called 'Dad'." Chuu suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Yusuke said.

Kuwabara nodded in agreement before letting out a sigh and looking down at his stomach; which hadn't begun to show yet.

"Are you still worried?" Chuu asked, looking intensely at Kuwabara's face.

Kuwabara let out another sigh as he nodded.

"I'd be stupid if I wasn't still worried."

"Well, what else are ya worried about? You're gonna be in the babe's life no matter what happens, and raisin' it will be a piece of cake since I already had experience with one of me own." Chuu said.

"Yeah...but how do we explain it to them? I really don't think telling your kid that 'it was an accident' is something you should tell them. And how are we," Kuwabara said, pointing at both demons and then at himself. "Gonna make this work? What are we now?"

"A family." Yusuke said, his face void of any humor.

Both Chuu and Kuwabara blinked at him; surprised at how serious he had gotten.

"Listen Kuwabara, we'll have maybe 14 years before the kid asks 'How was I born?' or the 'Where do babies come from' thing. That gives us time to work on our story, not to mention..." Yusuke said, shifting a bit as he sat cross-legged on the end of the bed. "Well, this strange pairing we have here, it just might take me that long to trust let alone like that guy." Yusuke said, causally tilting his head towards the demon in question.

Chuu chuckled at the comment.

"I doubt it'll be dat long." Chuu said with a grin and a wink.

"Right now, that's how long its gonna be." Yusuke said, glaring daggers at Chuu.

Kuwabara thought silently over his best friend's words. After a moment, a smile spread across his face and a weight seemed to be lifted from him.

"Thanks guys. That really makes me feel a whole lot better about this entire thing. Tho I'd be lying if I said I still wasn't scared and worried, but knowing you guys are both here and gonna help me through this makes me feel better."

Yusuke smiled one of his famous cocky smiles.

"No problem man, I'll always be here for you."

"Same 'ere." Chuu said, with a smile.

Kuwabara was a bit teary eyed and looked away mumbling things related to how emotions and hormones suck; mixed with some curse words in-between. Yusuke crawled over next to Kuwabara, as Chuu sat down next to him on the other side. Before Kuwabara knew it; he was wrapped in both Chuu's and Yusuke's embrace, a tight yet gentle one. Kuwabara was startled but once he felt the warmth from the two demon's who's babies he was carrying; he found that he was tired and drifted off to sleep within their arms. The two demons followed soon after and the three of them slept, wrapped in each other while protectively holding their baby. That night was the best sleep anyone of them had gotten in ages; and it was no wonder why as they all slept with smiles on their faces.

And that is the end of this chapter.

I hope you guys liked this, and sorry about the wait; but it is soooo hard to update when you are grounded ^^; So thank you for hanging in there with me ^_^. I miss yall and yeah haha.

Ja ne!