And the Father Is...

Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Warnings: See Chapter One.
Plus: violence, a bit more language then normal, fighting, graphic gore, murder, character death (OC death), OC s, lime, and some ‘birth’ stuff. You have been warned.

A/N: Well, my friends this is it. This is the second to last chapter to this story. I would like to take this time for all of my reviewers and fans that stuck with me through this entire story. I started this back in 2006 and now its 2009 ^^; .Its been a long time but its finally done. I appreciate you all for sticking with me and for not deserting me. I love you all and dedicate the last two chapters to my reviewers, yes to all of you out there in fan fiction land haha.

Anyway, this is a long chapter. I wrote it tonight. It took me from 8pm till midnight to finish writing this chapter. That is four hours O.O . This will have a lot of fighting, many questions will be answered and then good stuff will happen haha.

I am thinking of making a squeal to this, you will see why in the next chapter, however, I’m not sure if I will or not. If I do it might take me forever ^^; . That means I will have to work on it first and then post it after I am completely done. You all know me, I’ll write five or ten chapters and then start posting because I’ll be impatient haha ^^; .I also am working on A Dream Come True, so now that this story is completed (written wise), I will be able to work on a lot of other stories. So look for other stories getting updated ^_^.

So without further ado, I give you the second to last chapter of this long fic.

ENJOY!!

Chapter 21: Past Meets Present


“The last match, Yusuke vs. Jade!” said the announcer.

Chuu stared at the man. He couldn’t believe it. However, it just had to be. He had the same face, the same eyes, and even the same body as Chad. It was his son Jade, HIS Jade.

Jade looked coolly and unemotional back at Yusuke who had a defensive stance to him. Chuu stood up, still a bit beaten up however he found himself full of strength at seeing what lay in front of him.

Jade smiled before taking out a small bottle from a pocket. Yusuke raised his eyebrow at this. The man popped the lid and gave Yusuke the ‘cheers’ sign by lifting up the bottle. Chuu stared at the young man as he gulped down the liquid.

‘That looks like ogresbane…’ Chuu thought.

Jade licked his lips of whatever liquid didn’t make it in his mouth before recapping the bottle and putting it back in his pocket.

“What the hell was that?” Yusuke asked, not letting down his defenses.

“It’s ogresbane, isn’t it.” Chuu said walking to the edge of the arena and looking seriously at Jade.

Jade raised an eyebrow at Chuu and nodded.

“Yes.”

“That means you are an alchemist demon.” Chuu said.

He could feel his heart beat quicken in his chest. However, this young man didn’t have the cat ears or the tail his son had.

“You could say that, but that is only half of what I am.” Jade said with a shine in his eyes.

His entire body began to glow in a bluish orange color. Soon orange tipped cat ears appeared out of the spiked up hair duo as did a striped orange and blue tail swished behind him. Chuu’s eyes widened.

It was his son.

Yusuke watched the transformation in awe before shaking it off and kept his guard up.

“You see, I am able to hide my cat form until I wish to use the extend of my power. I have decided to show my respect as to fight you with my strength at its max. The ogresbane is to intensify my power. Let me give you a demonstration.” Jade said with a small sadistic smile.

His hands grabbed at his throat as he began to start coughing. It sounded close to as if he was choking. Yusuke watched with wide eyes. This attack seemed familiar but from where.

“That’s just like Byakko’s attack!” Kurama gasped, remembering the cat demon Kuwabara had fought against all those years ago; the first mission Kurama and Hiei had gone on with their human teammate as well as Yusuke.

Yusuke’s eyes widened. He remembered that cat demon and his disgusting yet powerful hairball attack. He also remembered that was where his feelings started up, yet he didn’t realized it yet, not until Sensui kidnapped Kuwabara.

“This is my own attack, original.” Said Jade, his voice two octaves lower than his normal voice.

His hands around his neck seemed to be filled with electricity as his eyes glowed a silver green color.

Chuu’s eyes widened. It was part of Chad’s power, yet with a twist it appeared; alchemists twist at that!

“A fire ball!” Chuu shouted. “Urameshi, you havta avoid it wit all yer might or yer toast!”

Yusuke glanced at his lover. He could tell that his mate had seen this attack before and seemed to have something else on his mind as well. However, Yusuke knew he couldn’t worry about what was on Chuu’s mind, not right now. All he could do was beat the man in front of him. He turned back to his opponent and found his mouth wide open.

“Hork!!!” came from Jade’s mouth, followed by a fireball surrounded by a blue electric like field.

Yusuke easily dodged the attack, however when he turned back to his opponent, he found him about to come down on him with his claws, which seemed to have grown longer and as sharp as daggers.

“Whoa!” Yusuke said in surprise before barely dodging.

Chuu looked on with wide eyes. He was positive now. It was his son. He was older, much older now however it was he and was alive. Jade appeared to be healthy and well trained by whoever had taken him from Chuu. He watched as Jade seemed to glide as he attacked his lover. Yusuke was able to avoid any serious injuries however, he was getting nicks and small cuts as he was kept on the defensive. Yusuke was finally able to get far enough away from the attacking feline. He powered up his fist and charged straight towards Jade, full force and began to throw power filled punch after punch.

Jade was a bit taken aback by the attack however; he was able to use his cat like reflexes to avoid being hit directly with the organ crushing punches. Chuu couldn’t help watching what was going on. He couldn’t stand by and watch his lover almost kill his long lost son! He had to do something. But what?

“Yusuke don’t hurt him, he’s my son!” Chuu shouted, desperation in his voice.

This had caught Yusuke off guard as he was in the middle of punching Jade with a knock out punch to his gut. Yusuke stumbled to the side before turning to his lover and staring at him in bewilderment. Jade was also taken about and turned with fire filled eyes towards the man.

“You are not my father as I am not your son! My father is Kuro!” Jade hissed, narrowing his eyes.

It hit Chuu like a ton of bricks. He finally was able to understand most of what happened. He had always regretted not being there to defend his family. He felt he had let his mate as well as his son down by going out to visit his sisters. He knew he should have brought them all with him for a visit. However, being selfish as he was he didn’t want to spend all of the day hanging with his seven sisters and have them talk to his mate and talk about how cute their little nephew was getting. No, he decided to deal with his sisters for a few hours before going back home to find his mate dead and his son gone. He hadn’t even found out who had killed his mate or what happened to his son.

“Kuro, you bastard!” Chuu said turning red eyes to the lizard man who was watching the match safely on the other side of the arena.

Kuro looked dead at Chuu with a sadistic smile.

“Don’t you dare call my father such a thing!” Jade said, storming over to the edge of the arena and glaring down at Chuu.

Chuu looked up at his son with pleading eyes.

“Please, Jade, please remember. I know its been a long time ago n’ all but yer me kid. Me first born son.” Chuu said looking up at Jade.

Jade hesitated for a moment. There was something familiar about this demon that was looking up at him with sad and pleading eyes.

“Jade.” Came a growl from where Kuro was.

Jade turned to see his ‘father’ with a disapproving look. Jade blinked before nodding. He knew he couldn’t let this demon confuse him and use some sort of mind trick to get him to lose. No, he would make his ‘father’ proud of him and maybe finally see real love in those often-cold eyes of his ‘father’.

Jade nodded at his ‘father’ before turning hard eyes to Yusuke who was staring at Chuu. He was confused. He didn’t know what in the seven hells was going on. The only thing he knew was this guy that he was fighting was possibly Chuu’s son from his first mate. And on top of that, this Jade guy was calling that bastard Kuro his ‘father’! It was all just too much for Yusuke’s brain to process. He felt like he was in one of those Spanish soap operas. He was expecting someone to jump out of the audience and say that he was Chuu’s real son and the guy on the stage was his evil twin.

Yusuke sweat dropped.

‘I need to stop watching those Spanish soap operas…’ he thought.

Yusuke jumped to the side, his thoughts being interrupted as he had seen at the last moment Jade’s claws coming straight towards his throat. He dodged another attack and then another. He didn’t know what he was supposed to do. He wanted to fight and beat the crap out of the demon in front of him, however, his lover was telling him not to. Yusuke felt he was in a tight predicament.


Back on the stage, Kuwabara watched and heard everything that was going on at the final battle. His eyes widened as it all became clear to him. He felt something familiar about Jade as well as if he was part of his family. He also felt Jade’s soul was nothing similar in the least with Kuro. It had made perfect sense.

Kuwabara watched with intense eyes and his babies kicking him hard in his stomach. They seemed to be able to sense the danger as well as the drama going on outside their ‘world’.

“It’ll be okay…” Kuwabara whispered, rubbing his stomach in a soothing way. “Yer dad’s will figure something out…”

‘I hope…’ Kuwabara thought as he watched intensely as the fight continued.

Back in the arena, Yusuke was beginning to show wear and tare as Jade was able to get a few good shots in. Yusuke was bleeding from a wound to his side as well as one to his left cheek. Neither was too deep or dangerous, however it was starting to take its toll on Yusuke. He was beginning to become frustrated at the cat and mouse game; he being the mouse in this little game that is.

Chuu watched on in despair and with a helpless feeling, as he didn’t know what to do. He didn’t know what to do. He felt he had to do something. He had to make his son remember. There had to be a way…

Chuu’s eyes opened wide before a shine of hope came across his eyes. There was one thing that could jog his son’s memory. If it didn’t work, then there wouldn’t be any other choice. Chuu would have to tell his love to defeat Jade, even if it meant to kill him. Chuu silently prayed that what he was about to do would be the trick. He didn’t want to loose his son, not again and not by the hands of one of the ones he loved.

He took in a deep breath before shouting the very words that would make his son remember who he was.

“JADE LEE MAMORU!!”

Jade stopped dead in his tracks. He was about to finish Yusuke off with a slice towards his neck. His ears twitched at the full name that Chuu had shouted at him. It clicked somewhere in his mind. He could feel as if a repressed memory was arising from the back of his mind.

Jade turned back to look at Chuu, his eyes seeming to see the man for the first time, through different eyes. He recognized him. Jade recognized the man staring at him with pleading eyes to be his father. The man who would pick him up into his arms and swing him around, causing the two of them to laugh. This was the man who would give him a bandage when he skinned his knee trying to catch a butterfly. This was the man who would sing him to sleep at night.

Another man flashed into Jade’s mind. A kind hearted looking man. He looked just like Jade did now. His hair was longer however it still looked like him. This man had hugged him and played with him. He was the one who wouldn’t tell his ‘father’ if he was bad and would make Jade promise to never do bad stuff again. He was a man who loved him with his words, eyes, and hugs.

Jade shed a tear at the memories. He didn’t notice the tear as he continued to remember more. His ‘mother’ becoming pregnant again with what would or could have been his new little brother or new little sister. He remembered how happy his ‘father’ and ‘mother’ were and told Jade how he was going to be an excellent big brother. He remembered the day his father went off to visit his aunts. How Jade begged to go with his ‘father’ however, his ‘father’ told him to watch over his ‘mother’ while he was gone.

Jade remembered that horrible day that his ‘mother’ was killed and he was taken away. He was taken away from his real family and the man he had called ‘father’ for the past 1300 years wasn’t really his father, but the murder of his ‘mother’.


(Flashback)

It was a beautiful and sunny day. Chuu looked down at his son who gave him such a pitiful look. Chuu chuckled and put his huge hand on top of his small 6-year-old son and ruffled his hair before scratching behind one of his cat ears.

“Sorry Jade, but yer daddy gotta see yer aunties alone. I gotta important job fer ya tho.” Chuu said, kneeling in front of his son.

His son looked interested at hearing that. His father was about to ask something important of him, of Jade.

“Since I’m gonna be gone, yer the man of da house til I get back. So ya gotta take care of yer ma, k? Can ya do dat til I git back?” Chuu asked his son.

Jade seemed to think about that for a moment before a huge fang smile crossed his face.

“I promise daddy! I’ll protect ma and me lil bro or lil sis!” Jade said.

Chuu gave a big grin before ruffling his son’s hair again.

“I know ya will. Now go on inside and help yer ma wit din din. I’ll be home in a few hours.”

“Okay daddy.” Jade said before hugging his father.

Chuu chuckled and hugged his son back and giving him a kiss on top of his son. Chuu then let go of his son and watched as his son ran into the small house they had. It was a little way from the village Chad had once lived in. However, it wasn’t the same village as many years had past and Lee and everyone from that time in that village’s history was now dead.

Chad came out. He was wearing loose sweats and a loose t-shirt. His belly was huge as he was five months pregnant. He had one more month to go before he would give birth to his baby. Chad had suspicion that it was going to be a girl; Chuu thought it would be a boy. Neither of them knew what gender it was but they had a bet on it. The winner would be the other’s slave for three months. Chuu was already planning what exactly he would make his lover do for him for those three months after he would win.

Chad came outside with a grin and walked out of the house.

“You are not going to say good bye to your mate?” Chad said with a fake hurt voice.

Chuu grinned and walked up to his lover and pulled him close.

“Of course not, lov.” Chuu said with a charming smile before kissing his mate deeply.

Chad wrapped his arms around Chuu’s neck and made sure that the kiss lasted a bit longer than it should have. When the two pulled apart they grinned at each other, Chad with a small tint on his cheeks.

“You better be back before it becomes too dark. Do not make me have to worry about you.” Chad said still having his arms wrapped around his lover’s neck.

Chuu gave his love a charming smile.

“Dontcha worry ‘bout dat. I’ll be well home before dat sun goes down.” Chuu said before giving his mate another kiss.

The two finally pulled away. Chuu gave his mate one last smile before heading off to visit his sisters to make sure they were fine. Chad watched his mate until he disappeared in to the forest. He sighed before walking back into his house. He found his son looking out the window in the direction his father had walked off. Chad smiled.

“Jade, could you be a dear and look for some tomatoes in the garden? I will need some for dinner tonight. You know how much your father loves it when I make spaghetti and meatballs with real tomato sauce.” Chad said.

Jade turned around to look at his mother and grinned widely.

“Sure ma.” He said before grabbing a small basket that rested by the front door and heading out towards the small garden that was a five-minute walk away from the house.

He walked happily down the dirty path that lead to the small vegetable garden he and his mama had started a few years earlier. It was fully of different kind of vegetables. There were tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, squash all kinds, and plenty of other different kinds of vegetables as well as a few fruits. A fence that his father had built to keep the wild life from eating them protected it.

Jade opened the gate and made sure to close it behind him. He skipped to where the tomatoes were and looked at the big red balls that grew on a vine. He picked a few nice big ones and put them gently in his basket.

‘Mama and papa will be proud of me.’ He thought before heading back to the house.

However, when he got there he heard some noises inside. It was another male demon’s voice but it wasn’t his father’s voice. The aura didn’t feel like his father’s either. Jade slowly walked up to the door, which was open and peeked in. His small innocent eyes widened as he saw his mother being pinned to the wall by a big lizard looking demon.

Jade dropped the basket full of the tomatoes he had picked and screamed. This had caught both his mother as well as her attacker’s attention. Jade saw the fear in his mother’s eyes.

‘Since I’m gonna be gone, yer the man of da house til I get back. So ya gotta take care of yer ma, k? Can ya do dat til I git back?’ his father’s words rang in his head.

“LET MY MA GO YA JERK!” Jade said running up to the large demon.

He outstretched his claws, which were only one inch long. He brought his arm back before scratching the demon on the back of his leg. The demon hissed before looking down at Jade with annoyed eyes. Jade looked up with fear in his eyes. He hoped that he would be strong enough to protect his ma. He was wrong as the demon kicked him in the stomach, causing him to fly across the room and crash into the wall.

Jade could faintly hear his mother scream his name before some other noises. Jade felt someone pick him up. Jade sighed.

“Ma…” he said before opening his eyes.

What he found was the evil demon looking down at him. He was holding him with one arm, his other too badly damage to even more. There was a long deep slash over his left eye as it was bleeding fiercely. Jade looked up with fear filled eyes before he was flung over the demon’s shoulder.

Jade looked behind the demon and found his mother. Chad was in a blood of blood, his throat slash as well as his stomach slashed open. His eyes widened before he blackness over took him.

(END FLASHBACK)


Jade turned towards Kuro with pain filled eyes as well as filled with rage. Chuu felt as if his world had returned. His heart was full of joy at knowing that his son was alive and had finally remembered that he, Jade, was his, Chuu’s, son.

Yusuke stood there still a bit lost, however after a few more moments he realized that the demon named Jade was really Chuu’s long lost son and that he had just remembered. That meant the fight was over, however Yusuke didn’t know what would happen next.

“You killed him.” Hissed Jade, “You killed my ‘mother’.”

Kuro snorted with a sick and twisted grin.

“So you remember.”

Jade stood there eyes still blazing and a cat like face full of rage.

“Why…why did you? Why did you kill him and why did you take me? Tell me.” Hissed Jade.

Kuro’s face turned cold before his cold eyes stared right into Jade’s pissed off eyes. He began to tell him what happened.


(FLASHBACK)

Kuro had waited too long for this. He had finally found it though. He had heard of a virgin male with child somewhere in this area. His best demon sorcerers had found the male, while his best demon scouts had located him. He had read that once every 1000 years, a male gives birth to a baby while still being a virgin.

It was a rare occurrence. However, when it happened, it was the blood of that male’s baby that would be the only way to kill a god. Just like a gold stag’s blood was how to kill a Greek god, a virgin male’s baby’s blood could kill King Enma. All Kuro needed was a blade made from a thousand demon’s bones. Kuro was almost done making that blade and had already found the one that he needed to carry out his plan. All he had to do was work on getting into the Underworld to kill King Enma.

He came to a house in the middle of the forest. Kuro smirked as he walked towards the door. He planned to take the ‘mother’ and wait until the baby was born. Once the child was born, he would kill the ‘mother’ and raise the baby until the sword was done and he had figured out a way into demon world.

Kuro stood at the door, waiting for Chad to open the door. He knew the demon who was behind this door would sense his aura as he had a strong sixth sense for a demon. The door opened and there stood the pregnant man he had been seeking.

“Hello.” Kuro said with a small evil like smile.

“Who are you?” Chad asked, his cat eyes narrowing at this strange visitor.

“Oh, I’m the next ruler of the three worlds.” Kuro said before his eyes flashing and his aura pushed Chad back into the room.

Chad shook his head. He hadn’t felt such a strong presence before in his entire life! He looked up and found the demon right in front him. Chad took hissed and before he could even outstretch his claws, he found his hands grabbed and his body thrown against a wall. The tall demon having Chad pinned against the demon’s body and the wall.

Chad struggled in the grip but found this demon was strong.

“Relax. I’m not here to hurt you…yet anyway.” Kuro said before looking down at Chad’s stomach.

“A virgin birth, how I’ve waited for such a thing. I’ll be able to finally defeat the underworld and become the ruler of all three worlds.”

Chad had stopped struggling at those words and glared at the demon in front of him.

“I am not a virgin. This is my second child. Chuu is the father of this child as well as my first born son.” Chad said glaring at the demon.

Kuro’s eyes widened. His best demons had spent years looking for a virgin male with child! They were positive it was the demon that Kuro had pinned against the wall.

“You lie.” Kuro growled.

However, behind him he heard something drop. Both he and Chad looked behind him.

“LET MY MA GO YA JERK!” Jade said running up to the large demon.

Jade outstretched his claws, which were only one inch long. He brought his arm back before scratching the demon on the back of his leg. Kuro felt a bit of pain in his leg and hissed. He turned annoyed eyes down at the little ‘monster’ that attacked him. The little boy looked up at him with fear in his eyes. Kuro brought back his leg and slammed it into the kid’s stomach, sending him flying into the other wall.

Chad’s eyes flashed red before he screamed. Kuro turned back around. His face filled with fear for only an instant at seeing the rage and power in that man’s face and eyes. The next thing he knew, Chad had gotten out of his grip and slashed at Kuro. Kuro screamed in pain as Chad landed a claw across his left eye. Kuro covered his eye and backed away. However, Chad slashed again and dug his nails deep within Kuro’s right shoulder and pulled.

Kuro could feel his shoulder blade rip away from his collarbone. He screamed out in pain that was unimaginable. His eyes flashed red before he opened his mouth and grabbed a hold of Chad’s throat. Chad’s eyes widened, as he wasn’t able to move away. His claws were still in Kuro’s shoulder and were keeping him too close to the demon. Chad tried to scream however blood constricted his airway. Kuro pulled back as Chad removed his claws from his shoulder. Kuro then took out a sword that lay at his side and slashed open Chad’s pregnant stomach. Chad’s eyes began to glaze over before Kuro pushed the demon backwards. Chad’s body landed hard on the floor. Blood began to pour at a rapid rate out of both the neck and stomach wound.

Kuro held onto his arm, however it was clear he was going to loose it. He growled before turning around to find the kid beginning to stir. He looked back at the dead body of Chad.

“If I couldn’t have a virgin birth’s blood to kill a god, then I’ll use your son to help me find it for me.” Kuro said before spitting onto the dead body.

He turned around and jerked Jade up with his good arm. The kid looked at him for a moment with fear in his eyes. Kuro then threw the kid over his shoulder and proceed to retreat back to his home.


(END FLASHBACK)


The entire room was silent after hearing this heart retching story. Chuu’s head was down as he was filled with rage. He had beaten himself for many years wondering who had killed his mate. He had wondered if it was an old enemy of his that had taken revenge or if a demon from Chad’s past had gotten him. However, it was a demon that thought his mate was his way of getting power of all three worlds. Why did it have to be his mate? Why did this demon have to kill his mate who wasn’t even the one he needed for his evil plan?

Chuu realized that Kuwabara was perfect for this demon’s plan. His mate would be taken away from him. It was by this very same demon. He had not only taken his mate through killing him, but also this unborn baby. Not even the baby that was in Chad’s stomach had survived. They were both right, it appeared to be twins, a boy and a girl. Then, this demon had the nerve to take his only son, the only thing left in this world that would remind him of his love. This demon took Jade and brainwashed him into thinking he, Kuro, was his, Jade’s, father!!

The bastard had the nerve!

Yusuke stood on the stage. He understood why Chuu didn’t talk about it. It was horrible. Yusuke knew that if that would happen to Kuwabara; if Yusuke found Kuwabara that same way on the floor; hell, he wouldn’t have been able to live on. He respected his mate more. He had more will power then he; Yusuke would have had if he were in his shoes. However, it appeared that Kuwabara was Kuro’s next victim and that if they didn’t stop him; Yusuke would end up loosing Kuwabara and Chuu would loose his mate a second time.

However, it wasn’t Chuu or even Yusuke that attacked Kuro.

Jade’s entire body glowed green before he rushed at Kuro. Kuro’s eyes widened however, he was able to dodge the attack. Jade had punched the spot where Kuro had once stood. The spot where Kuro stood was now a crater. Jade was crouched low his powered up fist still in the hole he had just made. His head tilted up slowly, his eyes cat like as they glowed red at Kuro. Jade’s fangs showed as he hissed fiercely at the man who had killed his mother, stole him away from his real father, made him believe he; Kuro, was his father, and now was going to kill Kuwabara a man who he loved with all of his heart.

Jade wouldn’t allow Kuro to manipulate his emotions or his life any more. He realized he loved Kuwabara as if he was his lost mother. Kuwabara had unconsciously reminded him of his mother and it appeared the love he had for Kuwabara was the love he had for his mother.

“I will not allow you to kill Kuwabara. I will revenge my ‘mother’s death and kill you for what you have done to me and to my REAL father. You are dead to me and I will kill you by my very own hands.” Kuro said, his voice calm and yet threatening at the same time.

Kuro shuttered at the glare well as the tone of voice Jade was using. He had never felt or seen the power Jade had at this moment; never in the years he had raised and trained him. Kuro shook his head and turned his face cold as he looked into Jade’s eyes.

“You’d really kill your ‘father’,” Kuro started, saying the word father with sarcasm, “the one who raised you for all these years? Well, you aren’t such a fuck up after all.”

Kuro gave Jade a sadistic look before laughing evilly.

“However, you won’t be able to kill me.” He said before he vanished.

Jade hissed before gliding as he chased after Kuro. Yusuke and Chuu looked at each other before they were about to follow the two.

“Yusuke Urameshi is the winner by default!” came over the loud speaker.

Yusuke blinked and looked at the microphone.

“It has been more than 10 counts since Jade walked out of the arena. Yusuke Urameshi has won!”

Yusuke stood there for a moment in shock. He had won. However, it didn’t feel…right? Yes, it felt like it was a bittersweet victory. Chuu jumped onto the arena and grabbed Yusuke by the shoulders.

“Yusuke! We gotta go after Kuro!” Chuu said, anger in his eyes.

Yusuke snapped out of his shock and nodded. The two turned and ran after in the direction where Kuro and Jade had run off too.

It appeared Jade had made attacks all at Kuro as the two of them ran. Kuro was heading straight to the stage and right towards Kuwabara’s cage. Kuwabara had heard everything that had happened and knew now why Kuro had given him those looks and also why his babies had been kicking fiercely in his stomach. This demon was going to kill him and use his babies for his evil scheme.

Kuwabara wouldn’t allow this demon to win. He would die trying however; Kuwabara knew that wouldn’t help save his children. So he knew he would have to do everything he could to stay alive yet still defeat this sicko who was coming right towards him.

Kuro jumped out of the way of another fireball attack Jade had thrown in his direction. Kuro landed on the stage and landed behind the cage Kuwabara was in. Jade hissed and curled up his lips. Kuro smirked before opening the cage and looking into it. Kuwabara glared at the man and covered his stomach.

“Don’t touch me ya bastard.” Kuwabara growled.

Kuro chuckled.

“You can’t stop me you know that. You have that ward on your ankle that prevents you from using your spirit sword on me.” Kuro said before reaching his hand into the cage ready to pull out the pregnant Kuwabara.

He was going to use the human as a shield and force his way into the Underworld using Kuwabara as a hostage. However as his hand was two inches away from Kuwabara, his hand hit what felt like an electric wall. He yelped more so in shock then in pain. His eyes widened as he looked at Kuwabara.

Kuwabara had his hands wrapped around his stomach, however the glow that came from Kuwabara’s pregnant stomach could be seen coming through as bright as day. It appeared that the babies had formed a protective barrier around their ‘mother’ and were strong enough to cover Kuwabara’s entire body.

Kuwabara looked down at his stomach with shocked eyes but it didn’t last long before his eyes filled with joy.

‘That’s my babies, good job.’ Kuwabara thought, praising his babies and softly rubbing his stomach letting them know they were doing well.

Kuro growled. He knew he wouldn’t be able to make it out of here with using Kuwabara as a hostage. However, with this force field surrounding Kuwabara’s body, there was no way for the lizard demon to touch Kuwabara, let alone use him as a shield.

He felt a presence next to him and looked in fear at Jade who glared at him. Kuro took a few steps backwards, however he felt himself up against one of stage railings, which were to keep people from falling off the stage. Jade’s entire body glowed brilliantly as he spit a small hairball into his hand. He began to spin his aura around the small hairball, making it a mix of his aura and his fireball energy.

Kuro looked scared at the man who he had raised from a boy.

“P-please Jade, my son, please! Remember, I raised you! Even though I am not your father by blood, I did raise you as if you were my own! Please, spare me!” Kuro said covering his head with his only arm he had.

He had his head down as his arm shook in fear, as he was truly scared that he would be blasted into pieces.

“You did raise me…” Jade said thoughtfully.

Kuro began to have some hope and looked up, hoping that he could manipulate this young man like he had for his entire life to spare his life. If he lived, he could try again another day.

“But, you never loved me. You trained me and that was it. A real father loves his son and you aren’t my father whether you raised me or not.” Jade said.

Before Kuro could say another word, Jade’s fireball energy was thrust forward and into Kuro’s chest, right where his heart was; or rather where his heart should have been as he was a heartless fiend. Kuro screamed in pain as he could feel each part of his body was blasted apart until his entire body disincarnated.

Jade stayed where he was, his hands outstretched as they were for a moment longer before he let out a breath and lowered his arms. He looked at the spot where Kuro had once stood. A single tear fell for the man who HAD raised him for most of his life. However it was only one tear and Jade wiped it away as soon as he had shed it. It was the only tear he would ever shed for that man.

A roar of cheers rang through out the stadium. Jade blinked and looked around. Apparently, the demons in this stadium didn’t like Kuro after hearing that story and had rooted on Jade to kill the psychopath. He smiled and scratched the back of his head as a small blush tinted his cheeks. He wasn’t use to the ‘praise’ but he didn’t mind it. He felt a hard slap on his back, a few of them actually.

He fell slightly forward and turned around sharply ready to fight however he found a proud and smiling Chuu looking at him.

“I’m proud of you…son.” Chuu said opening his arms wide.

Jades eyes widened in joy before a few tears appeared in his eyes; tears of joy as he jumped into his real father’s arms.

“Daddy!” he said snuggling into Chuu’s chest.

Chuu had tears in his eyes as he kissed the top of his older son’s head. He was sad that he hadn’t watched his son grow up, however there was one thing he had to thank Kuro for. He had raised Chuu’s son to be a son Chuu could be proud of. Chuu knew Kuro most likely didn’t mean to do that, however, whatever he had done, Jade still came out to be a man who had honor.

Yusuke helped Kuwabara out of the cage; the force field the babies had made had disappeared once Kuro had died. Once Kuwabara was out of the cage, Yusuke pulled the man to his lips and kissed him passionately and hungrily.

Kuwabara blushed as there were demon’s watching as the two made out. He could hear the whistles and hooting the crowd was making and it seemed to make Yusuke’s kiss even more passionate. When the two finally broke away for air, Yusuke pulled Kuwabara into an embrace.

“I love you Kuwabara. Oh, I love you so much! I’m so happy you are all right! That bastard didn’t hurt you did he?” Yusuke asked, pulling back a bit and looking Kuwabara up and down to make sure there weren’t any injuries.

Kuwabara shook his head and smiled big at Yusuke.

“I love you so much too Urameshi. No, Jade protected me the entire time; though he didn’t know he was.” Kuwabara said looking at Jade.

Jade pushed away from his father and looked at Kuwabara.

“I’m sorry Kuwa-chan!” Jade said walking over to Kuwabara.

Jade looked at Yusuke, asking permission with his eyes if he could hug Kuwabara.

Yusuke looked at him for a moment before nodding and reluctantly letting go of Kuwabara. Chuu pulled Yusuke to him and kissed the top of his head. Yusuke looked up at his other mate and smiled. He was happy that Chuu was finally able to live on in peace. He had his son from his first mate and it appeared it made Chuu happy.

Jade hesitantly pulled Kuwabara into a hug. Kuwabara hugged him back.

“Thank you Jade.” Kuwabara said.

He pulled back and looked deeply into Jade’s eyes with a warm smile.

“You’re my son too now. I’m you dad’s mate, so that now means I’m your step-dad…yer mom? I don’t know how this thing works.” Kuwabara said with a laugh.

Jade laughed as well.

“Whatever you wish for me to call you, I will be more than honored to call you it.” Jade said.

Kuwabara smiled and gave Jade another hug before turning to Chuu. Chuu opened up his arms and Kuwabara went to them. Chuu wrapped his arms securely around Kuwabara. Kuwabara felt safe in this embrace. Yusuke wrapped his arms around Kuwabara from behind him. Kuwabara felt like he would melt right then and there.

The MC went up to Yusuke.

“Yusuke, you just won rule for the next three years of the demon realm and the chance to mate Kuwabara here. What are you going to do next?”

“Don’ you DARE say going to Disney World.” Kuwabara mumbled between his two lovers.

Everyone laughed at Kuwabara’s outburst.

Jade looked confused. Apparently he would have to go on a trip to Disney World sometime in the future.

“Well, I was thinking of giving my reign over to Jade here. I only entered this year’s tourney to win back my mate. I don’t want the territory, not yet anyway. I’m gonna retire until the baby is older.” Yusuke said.

This shocked many people, Kuwabara being the most shocked.

“But Urameshi, you’d been training to win this thing for a long time; longer than when I got pregnant.” Kuwabara said, turning in the hug to look at Yusuke.

Yusuke smiled at his mate and shook his head.

“I won, but it was by default. If the fight was fair I don’t know who would have won. I think Jade here would be a great ruler anyway.” Yusuke said.

He turned around to look at Jade. Jade stood there shocked. He had fought in the tournament to win so his ‘father’ could rule and he, Jade, could mate Kuwabara. Now that it was all over he didn’t know what to do.

“But…” Jade started.

“No buts. I say you are the new ruler and that’s it.” Yusuke said with a smart-ass look and grin.

Chuu smiled at his son.

“You’ll be a great leader.”

Jade looked at his father and grinned. He wanted to make his father proud, his REAL father. He wouldn’t let him down. He would make up for, in his eyes, letting his father down by not protecting his ‘mother’ properly.

“Thank you. I’ll do it.”

The MC shrugged. Yusuke was the one who had made the rules in the beginning and he had won the tournament. So he could give the title to someone else if he wanted to. He put the mic to his lips.

“The new leader to the demon world is Jade!” The MC said.

A roaring cheer rang out in the stadium. Jade was surprised by the reaction he got, however he blushed and smiled as he looked into his new ‘subjects’.

“A few words for your subjects?” the MC asked, handing Jade the microphone.

Jade hesitantly took the mic and looked out at the big crowd. They were silent, as they appeared to be waiting for Jade to speak.

“Ahem…thank you.” Jade said with a bow.

That seemed to be it as he handed the mic back to the MC. The crowd was a mix of laughing and cheers. The laughing was at how innocent and cute their new ruler would be, however they were sure that he would be a good leader just by what they had witnessed that very day.

Everything had ended on a happy note and it appeared everything would be smooth sailing from this moment on however….

All of a sudden, Kuwabara felt a sharp pain in his stomach and pulled away from Yusuke and Chuu. He looked at them all with wide eyes.

“I think my water just broke!” Kuwabara shouted.

Yusuke stood there looking at Kuwabara and then at Chuu who looked just as stunned.

“Are you sure?”

“I think I’m sure if I was taking a piss or if a dam of water came rushing out of my ass!” Kuwabara growled.

Genkai pushed through the crowed.

“Lay him down now.”

“Can’t even enjoy a victory for five minutes…” Yusuke heard Kuwabara mumble.

It caused Yusuke to smile at how the love, no; one of the loves of his life, could crack jokes even in the obvious pain he was in.

“Conserve your energy.” Chuu said, bending now to the now laying down Kuwabara.

Yusuke joined Chuu on the other side, holding Kuwabara’s hand while Chuu held his other. Genkai was positioned in-between Kuwabara’s legs, making Kuwabara turn completely red.

“Oh god….” Kuwabara said so embarrassed he wasn’t sure what to even say.

“It’s going to be ok Kuwabara.” Yusuke said.

“Yeah, I’ve done dis before wit Chad…” Chuu said, looking up at his son who looked down at him and smiled.

Chuu smiled back at his son before turning back to Kuwabara.

“Just breath and you’ll do fine.”

Kuwabara started to breath as he pushed what felt like an oversize watermelon coming out his ass. He screamed in pain in-between his heavy breathing. Yusuke didn’t know what to do other then hold Kuwabara’s hand and gently brush his hand through Kuwabara’s hair, which already lost its hair gel and was falling into a curly mess.

“Come on Kuwabara, you can do it.” Yusuke said in a smooth voice, trying to ease his best friend.

Chuu held Kuwabara’s other hand and rested his other hand on Kuwabara’s shoulder, gently massaging it to also help the tension.

“A few more, Kuwabara.” Genkai said from her spot in-between Kuwabara’s legs.

Kuwabara grunted and groaned as he continued to breathe hard. Yusuke continued to encourage him as Chuu whispered calming words into his ear.

This went on for another half an hour when finally…

“On more push, you can do it Kuwabara.” Yusuke said, sweat on his own head as his own gel washed out his hair.

Kuwabara screamed as he felt something huge be pushed out from the only hole other than those located on his head. He breathed fast for a moment before he felt one more huge object coming up fast behind the first object. He screamed and pushed one final time and out came the other object.

Two cries were heard, making everything and everyone else quiet. Genkai smiled up at the three new fathers.

“Kazuma, Chuu, Yusuke; say hello to your set of…”


(End of Chapter 21)

I hope you guys enjoyed this long chapter! Then last chapter is already done, however I will need some reviews before I post it (winks). Sorry if I’m evil but I need those review before I post it hehe. Okay I hope you enjoyed this! Please read and review!