Koorime Litter

Hi, B here. Thanks to everyone that's reviewed so far, you're the reason I write, if not I'd just daydream my stories and not go through the pain of typing them. Lord knows I'm not the best speller and my grammar could really use a tune up.

Anyway I've decided to write a little about an interesting point brought up in some reviews. Mainly, "Demon's don't lay eggs." I find this little point of view amusing concerning demons can be classified as mythological creators and therefore up for debate on the issue. However, I will defend my plot by pointing out that it was basically barrowed from Nakagawa's doujinshi series "Hatchling" (I think that it was it was called, but don't quote me).

Basically, in this doujinshi series (It's quite a few books from what I've gathered) Yusuke and Hiei hook up and Hiei ends up laying some eggs. In the beginning, Hiei gives them to Yusuke who ends up cooking them for breakfast before Hiei reveal where they came from. (This is a really cute, funny doujinshi series, with light lemon).

The next arch is where Hiei decides since Yusuke is so against eating them that they should try hatchling some. Yusuke gets all these crazy images of a sweet, adorable little Hiei clone and set about creating said babe by reading kids books and doing good nature stuff.

Koenma enters the arch saying he was drawn by an evil energy, aka Hiei's eggs, and is there to get rid of them. Yusuke runs away to protect his unborn child, who's an egg sitting in his coat protect. Eventually everyone: Kurama, Botan, Koenma, Kuwabara show at Yusuke's apartment and watch Yusuke's egg hatch. It's a cute, adorable Hiei look alike; even Koenma is unable to resist its charm.

Then Hiei shows up with his own hatchling that's older for some reason and blows a whole in the building to let them in. Hiei proudly introduces his new kid saying he's got a Jagan and can already use the Black Dragon Attach. Koenma goes on about how Yusuke and his egg was just a decoy and forbids Yusuke and Hiei to sleep with each other again. (They of course disobey his in the next issue).

Later on Kurama ends up with one of the eggs and it turns into a Hiei Youko mix (fox ear, but no tail, White hair with Black star burst). And Koenma hatches one out of spit, which is a girl with short hair. (Don't know too much about these two, I've only got the beginning and the story where Kurama's kid comes in, also some cute and sexy YusukeXHiei shorts by Nakagawa)

Anyway that's where the idea came from. These doujinshi's use to be located at www.aestheticism.com's YYH Doujinshi site (which is regretfully no long up). I was smart enough to save them (Life is good), so if you're really interested I might hook you up.

Anyway enjoy

ja ne

saiyanb AKA b-chan

Chapter 3: The Dangers of Egg Sitting

Kurama awoke with a start: someone was knocking on his door. He glanced at his clock and freaked! It was ten in the morning! His alarm hadn’t gone off like it was suppose to every two hours!

In a panic, he crawled over to the other egg that had been neglected the whole night.

"Oh baby, are you okay?" he asked the egg, picking it up. It still felt warm and there was still ki flowing to it, but it wasn’t his. Ah, Hiei! The eggs were still drawing ki from Hiei. He breathed a sigh of relief and put the egg down next to his other one. He hurried out of the room and to the door, and opened it to see his mother standing there.

"Mom!" said Kurama in a shocked voice. "What are you doing up so early?"

Shiori smiled and patted a patch of red hair that stuck up in a cowlick. "I guess someone slept in today. I brought some lemon cake, I thought you might like to have brunch with me."

"Oh, sure, Mother. I’d love that," said Kurama with a smile. But inside he wanted to return to his eggs. He needed to give the one that had been neglected some more ki to balance out with the other one. But, he couldn’t refuse his mother, not when she smiled at him so warmly.

Kurama and Shiori sat down at the table and chatted, eating the cake she’d brought.

Kurama poked at the last bit of cake on his plate. "Mom, there’s something important I need to tell you," said Kurama.

"Yes? What is it Shuiichi?" asked Shiori putting down her tea.

"Well..." Kurama gulped. I hope she takes this well. "I’ve been seeing someone and...." Kurama paused at the smile that spread on her face. He wondered what she’d look like if he told her he was actually see three someones at once and they were all guys. He didn’t think she’d be smiling like that.

Shiori reached over and took Kurama’s hands. "And?" she asked.

Kurama took in a deep breath. "And, you’re going to be a grandma soon," he said in a low voice.

Shiori’s eyes all but sparkled. "Oh Shuiichi, how wonderful!" she squeezed his hands tighter. "Why didn’t you tell me sooner that you were dating? When did you find out? Are you going to ask her to marry you? What’s her name?"

Kurama laughed at her flow of questions. "I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner, the babies are due very soon. I didn’t want to worry you about them, because I didn’t know about them till recently," which was mostly true. "As for the mother... it’s Hiei."

"Hiei?!" said Shiori in shock. "But, I thought Hiei was a boy," she said in confusion.

"Um, not were it counts," said Kurama, also mostly true.

"Oh, that poor girl, to be so flat chested," said Shiori. Kurama had to fight not to laugh. Shiori mistook his slight shaking for being insulted. "Oh, Shuiichi I didn’t mean it like that. I mean, it doesn’t matter if she’s not as built as some girls. If she dressed more like a girl I would have known she was one."

Kurama clamped a hand over his mouth, trying very hard not to crack up right then. "It’s okay, Mother, really," he said with a wide grin on his face.

"Her voice is so... deep," said Shiori.

A small giggle escaped Kurama. "Hiei’s pretty masculine," said Kurama.

"Oh, she’s a tomboy. That’s okay. You have to invite her over so I can talk to her. Are you going to ask her to marry you?"

Kurama smiled brightly at the idea and imagined himself in a tux and Hiei in a big frilly gown. He giggled again. Then he imagined Koenma and Yusuke stepped in and tried to break up the wedding by stealing the ‘bride’. Kurama sweat dropped. "Well, I don’t know, Mother. We haven’t really talked about it yet."

Shiori leaned over and patted his hand. "I understand," she said with a smile. "You just make sure you do your part as one of the parents. It’s both your responsibilities."

"Yes, Mother I will, " said Kurama. His mind turned back to his eggs. "In fact, I want to see how the babies are doing."

"Oh, I can take a hint," smiled Shiori and got up. "You have to call me when they arrive. I want to be one of the first to see them."

Kurama nodded. "I’ll be sure to do that," he said. He walked her to the door and waved good bye. Once she was gone he ran to his room and checked on his eggs.

"Well, she took that far better than I thought she would," he smiled. He giggled into his hand. "If I’m going to get married, it’ll have to be a three-way marriage. What a wedding that would be."

He sighed dreamily at the thought and looked down at his eggs. Time to get back to egg sitting. The color drained out of Kurama face. Which one was the Shuiichi/Hiei egg and which one was the Youko Kurama/Hiei egg?! He gotten them mixed up when he’d run down stairs!

It couldn’t be helped now so he just picked one and transformed into his Youko aspect. "I hope you’re the right one," he said, curling around the egg.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke yawned and sat up with a stretch. "Good morning, little ones," he smiled down at the box. His eyes nearly popped out of his head as he realized the box was empty. He sent Puu flying as he tore up the bed looking for them.

"My eggs! My eggs!" he shouted, looking around for the two. They couldn’t just get up and walk away, could they?!

Yusuke crawled around on the floor of his room looking under his bed for them. He heard a hissing sound and his blood turned to ice in his veins.

"Mom!" shouted Yusuke, running out of his room. His mouth dropped as he saw his mother was cooking breakfast; she never cooked! And, worst yet, she was making scrambled eggs!

"NOOOOO!" shouted Yusuke, pushing her away from the stove and looked at the eggs. "My kids! You cooked them!"

"Gee, you're so ungrateful," said his mother.

"Mom, those were mine! They were going to hatch into my kids!" he shouted, close to tears.

"Are you talking about those two eggs that I found you sleeping with?" she asked.

"Yes!" screamed Yusuke.

"Oh, they’re over there," she said pointing to a carton of eggs. In the carton was about half a dozen chicken eggs and two slightly bigger and creamy colored eggs.

Yusuke all but leapt for joy and went over to hug and kiss the two eggs. "I thought she’d killed you," cried Yusuke.

His mother frowned and crossed her arms. "What’s this about those eggs hatching and turning into kids?" she asked. "They’re not like that blue penguin of yours, Poop?" she asked.

"That’s Puu!" growled Yusuke. "No, these are eggs Hiei laid; they’re going to be our kids!" Yusuke slapped a hand over his mouth as he realized he’d just let the cat out of the bag.

"Thought so," said Asuko running a hand through her hair. "I thought I was drunk or something, but I can still remember walking in on you making out with Kurama and Hiei."

Yusuke turned beet red. He’d hoped she’d forgotten that.

"Are you sure they’re not Kurama’s?" she asked.

Yusuke held the eggs close. "I’m pretty sure they’re mine." He looked up at her slightly embarrassed. "So, are you okay with this?"

She shrugged. "What have I got to complain about, it’s not like you can’t have kids with him?" She walked over to him and took one of the eggs. "So, this is my first grandkid? Kind of small," she said.

Yusuke sweatdropped. "Um, Mom. It hasn’t hatched yet."

She shrugged and handed it back to him. "So, are you going to marry Hiei then?"

"What?!" shouted Yusuke going pale. "M-marriage! I can’t get married to Hiei!"

"Hmm, I guess you’re right, 'specially if you’re sharing him with Kurama."

"Actually, I’m also sharing him with Koenma," said Yusuke.

Asuko didn’t even flinch at the remark. "I guess that means you’ll just have to marry all three of them."

What little blood that was left in Yusuke’s face drained out, he swayed on his feet, and fell backwards. Puu flapped over to him and cooed at him as he perched on his head.

Asuko looked down at him. "I think this calls for a celebration drink," she said going over to the table and taking a big drink of a bottle there.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Kuwabara sighed as the sun got in his eyes. He reached up with one hand to feel his breast pocket for his two eggs. He kept patting and his eyes snapped open when he couldn’t feel them. He sat up and looked around for them.

"Oh, no! Where are they," said Kuwabara frantically looking for them among mounds of padding.

"Kazuma," said Yukina from the doorway, already dressed with an apron on. "What are you looking for?"

"Um... just something I dropped," said Kuwabara.

Yukina reached into her apron pocket and pulled out the two eggs. "Were you looking for these?"

"Oh, you have them," said Kuwabara jumping up and going over to her.

"Kazuma, these are Hiei’s eggs. Why do you have them?" she asked, keeping them out of his reach.

Kuwabara’s head dropped and he looked down at his feet. "Because I wanted to have kids. I wanted to have kids with you, Yukina, but I can’t," he whispered.

Yukina smiled and gave him a small kiss on the cheek, then handed him one of the eggs. "Is that why you were hovering over my shoulder all day yesterday?"

He nodded, holding the egg protectively.

"I’ll keep this one for now and you keep that one. We’ll trade in a couple hours so they can draw ki from both of us."

"You mean you’re okay with me taking your brother’s eggs?"

Yukina smiled. "I also want to have children with you, Kazuma. I’m sure Hiei will lets us keep them if we ask."

"I hope so," said Kuwabara. "I mean he does have seven more."

Yukina frowned. "But, there’s only one left with him right now."

"Only one?" said Kuwabara just as confused as her. "I wonder what happened to the other six?" Kuwabara held the egg closer. He hoped some of the others showed back up when it came time for them to hatch. The fire demon was less likely to give up the two if he only had a few hatchlings.

Yukina patted his shoulder. "We’ll just have to see how it turns out," she said, going back to the kitchen.

* * * * * * * * * * *



Koenma rubbed his eye and yawned. He’d been up all night long waiting for Botan. What was that stupid girl doing?!

He looked at his egg, which was being used as a paperweight at the moment. Ahh, the kid was already helpful. He smiled and picked up the egg.

"Koenma-san!" shouted George running into the office.

Koenma nearly dropped his egg in surprise, he fumbled it a bit in his hands before he got a good hold of it.

"What?!" said the angry Godling.

George cowered. "Koenma-sama, your father wants to see you."

"What?!" shouted Koenma going pale. "What for?" He scratched his chin, had he forgotten to do something? Was his father mad at him?! He gulped and glanced down at the egg, was it safe to take it with him? He glanced at George, wondering if he should have the oni egg-sit for him. An image of the egg hatching into an ugly blue oni popped into his head and he shook his head to clear it away. No way! He wasn’t going to let any oni near his egg till it hatched! Koenma slid off his chair and straightened his outfit. He just hoped his father wasn’t mad at him.

He followed the blue oni out of his office and walked down the halls till he came to the two massive doors that lead to his father’s office. Sweat began to pour down his forehead and he gulped loudly as the doors swung in on their own.

Koenma stepped in, signaling for George to remain outside. "Father," said Koenma, politely bowing his head.

"Koenma, it’s been awhile since I’ve last seen you," said the massive God of Death.

"Hai, father. It has been awhile," agreed Koenma.

"You’ve been busy," said the God, tossing down some files at him.

Koenma’s hand shook as he picked up the three files and looked at them: Yusuke’s, Hiei’s, and Kurama’s files.

"Father?" asked Koenma, not sure.

"You’ve been keeping secrets from me; why didn’t you tell me you were dating these three? Why didn’t you tell me you were sleeping with them?!"

Koenma shook and cowered. "How did you-" he slapped a hand over his mouth. He'd almost just asked his father how he’d found out!

Enma laughed and snapped his fingers, in his other hand appeared a small, round egg.

Koenma gasped and patted his pockets, searching for his egg. He snapped his gaze at his father when he realized it was indeed his. "Father! Give it back!" shouted Koenma taking a step forward. He shrank back when his father glared at him.

"I’m disappointed with you, Koenma. I had to find this out the hard way. I was quite upset when I read the file of a new soul being born, a new God’s soul! One that is a product of my son and three of his tantei!"

Koenma bowed his head. A product of him and all three of his tantei! He’d thought he alone was the father.

"You didn’t know; you thought they were all yours," said the God in amusement reading his thoughts. "Don’t be a fool, Koenma. Why do you think the Koorime had such a large batch of eggs? It’s because he was up nine hours last night with three separate lovers. Nine hours, nine eggs, all of which have unknown potential with a mix of human, demon, and God’s blood in them!"

Koenma chewed his lower lip.

"I should destroy them all and those three tantei, they’re dangerous," said the God, closing his massive fist over the egg.

"NO!" shouted Koenma, running forward. "Dad, don’t!"

"Koenma!" roared Enma, shaking the room. "I will not have this! You’ve disgraced the Reikai by being with three common beings like those tantei, and now these eggs!"

"They’re anything but common!" shouted back Koenma. "Yusuke will be the heir to 1/3 of the Makai, so will Hiei! And, Kurama could also when he returns to the demon world! They’re beautiful, powerful, and I love them! If this is what it means to be your son I don’t want any part of it! Give me back my kid and I’ll go live in the Ningenkai or the Makai with them! It would certainly be better then what I’m doing now!" screamed Koenma, changing to his adult form.

Koenma had the pleasure of seeing shock spread on his father’s face; he’d never seen him look anything but angry or emotionless. Then the God of Death smiled and began to laugh low in his throat, which turned into a roar of laugher. "So you’ve finally developed a backbone, have you?" he said grinning down at Koenma who was now the shocked one. "Heirs to the Makai you say," said the God of Death scratching his chin with the hand not holding the egg. "This has promise. Very well, I’ll let you keep your egg, but-" he said, pausing and letting the words hang on Koenma’s shoulders. "If it is to be your heir and some day in the distant Future the Lord of Death, its position must be secured soon. In order for that to happen, its parents all have to be members of my house."

"What do you mean, Father?" asked Koenma, confused.

"You have to marry all three of your tantei, boy," said Enma with a grin.

Koenma swayed on his feet, but managed to get a grip on himself. "But I can’t marry all three of them!"

Enma pulled out a big book from his desk and flopped it down on his desk. He bent over and picked up his son to place him next to the huge book. The God of Death flipped through several pages looking for the one he wanted.

Koenma recognized the book: it contained rules for the Gods. Gods weren’t all powerful beings that could do anything they pleased; they had to live by a strict code or their position and power could be stripped from them by an even higher order; the one true God of creation and life. Koenma shivered as he thought of that being, all those of immortal blood were related to him; the one true God’s descendents; not someone to mess with.

"Ah, here," said Enma, pointing to the writing in the book. "It says here that the Lord of Death my take more then one bride if, in doing so, it brings better relations to Ningenkai or Makai. In other words, a marriage that would unite the Reikai with the Makai or Ningenkai. If what you say is true and your three tantei are the heirs to the Makai, then by marrying all three of them, you form a cement relationship between the Reikai and the Makai; something I’ve been trying to fix since the Meikai war."

"You mean it’s legal for me to have more then one bride in this case?!" said Koenma in shock.

"Yes," said Enma, grinning down at his son. "This is actually great news; ever since the loss of the Meikai, the netherworld, the ties between the Makai and the Reikai have been terrible. Probably because most demons are evil by our standards and go to one of the nine levels of hell, where as in the Meikai, they would have been rewarded for being that way and have gone to a much more pleasant existence till reincarnation."

"So, you're happy that my boyfriends can unite our two worlds, and have forgiven me?" asked Koenma, hopeful.

Enma frowned. "I will forgive you and happily accept that child as your heir, not to mention the others as my grandkids, after you have made those three your wives."

"My wives?! But they’re men!" said Koenma.

"In order for this to work, they have to marry you as your wives; there can be more then one Empress of the dead, but only one Emperor."

Koenma sweatdropped. "I don’t think they’re going to like being submissive to me," he whispered. "I don’t think they’ll agree if they have to be the brides and me the groom," he said, tapping two of his fingers together.

Enma frowned down at his son. "Those are my terms, Koenma. You have to make them agree or I will terminate their lives and the lives of any offspring conceived between the four of you."

"But-" started Koenma.

"No buts! I’ll give you some time to work it out, but I’ll not wait long," said the Lord of Death. He handed the egg back to Koenma. "Oh, and make sure to bring in my grandkids when they hatch; I want to see what they look like."

"Um, okay," said Koenma, taking the egg. "Good day, father," he said with a bow.

Once Koenma was gone, Enma sighed and tapped a pencil on his desk. "I know my son will never get those three to agree to be his brides. Looks, like I’m going to have to set things in motion to change their minds." The Lord of Death smiled in a way that was chilling. "Oh, by the time I’m through with those three they’ll have no choice but to agree to be brides." He grinned widely as an interesting plan hatched in his head.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Kurama was reading a magazine, lazily petting one of his eggs. Kurama had noticed that the two eggs were changing colors! One was turning a dark red the other was almost metallic silver. He assumed the silver one was the Youko baby.

He was just sitting down reading when an egg moved.

"Eh?" said Kurama, glancing down at it. He waited a few more seconds and shrugged, going back to reading, when nothing happened. The egg twitched again and Kurama knew it wasn’t his imagination this time.

"It’s hatching," said Kurama in excitement, looking over to the other egg as it also twitched.

"Oh yeah! I’ve got to get to Genkai’s temple and put them beside Hiei or they won’t hatch!"

He jumped up and put the egg down next to the other one. He quickly pulled on a jacket and picked up the eggs to cradle them against his heart.

"Let’s go see Mommy!" sang Kurama, jogging out of the room.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Yusuke tapped one of the two eggs lying on the table. He pondered their change in color; one was a dark blue the other dark green.

Yusuke grabbed his cup of instant noodles and slurped up some, thinking about his future. Marriage?! Was he ready to marry someone?! The idea made him nervous. Although he kind of liked the thought of having one, big, happy family: Hiei, Kurama, Koenma, and the kids. He grinned to himself as pictures popped into his head: Kurama in an apron (and nothing else, yeah baby!) cooking dinner. Hiei doing a little house cleaning (in a French maid's outfit. That's right, keep bending, got to get the dust at the bottom of that bookcase). Koenma hanging his coat up after returning from work (off with that tie, then your shirt, sexy, let me help you with those pants…), and himself taking care of the kids (off to bed with the lot of you, we've got things to do tonight). Yup, just your ordinary, big, happy family. Yusuke laughed low to himself.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"I’ll get it," said Asuko, who was still there with him.

Yusuke nearly choked when Keiko walked in with a frown stamped on her face.

"K-Keiko!" laughed Yusuke, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

Asuko raise an eyebrow at the two. "Well," she said. "I’ve got to go." She grabbed her coat and left. "Call me when the babies hatch!" she called.

"Yusuke," said Keiko in a calm voice. "Just give me a straight answer, are you sleeping with Hiei?"

Yusuke chewed his lip and nodded his head. "Yes, Keiko. I wanted to tell you earlier, but I didn’t have the nerve.... I’m gay." He bowed his head not looking at her.

Keiko sighed. "Thank God."

"What?!" shouted Yusuke, snapping his head up.

Keiko blushed and looked down at her feet. "You’re not the only one that’s been keeping secrets. You see, Yusuke, I’m.... a lesbian."

Wham! Yusuke fell out of his chair and on to the floor twitching. "I didn’t see that one coming."

"I’ve been seeing someone for a long time now," she added.

Yusuke grabbed his chair and pulled himself back into it. "Who?" he asked with big eyes.

Keiko blushed and looked down again. "Shizuru."

Yusuke’s mouth dropped, then he grinned. "Way to go, Keiko! You’ve got a babe for a girlfriend."

Keiko blushed even more. "Thank you."

"How long?"

"Over five years now," said Keiko.

"Wow!" said Yusuke. That was about the same time he’d been seeing the guys! "Why didn’t you tell me?"

Keiko shifted uncomfortably. "I could ask you the same thing."

Both were silent.

"I was afraid," said Keiko quietly. Yusuke lifted his head up to look her in the face. "Everyone thought it would be you and me, you know. But, I never had that kind of feeling for you, Yusuke. You’re like my best friend; sometimes I got mixed up and told myself that I really loved you, but I don’t. Shizuru showed me just what it was I was feeling inside."

Yusuke smiled at her. "Sounds like she makes you happy."

Keiko nodded.

Yusuke started laughing.

"What’s so funny?!" snapped Keiko.

"Oh, I’m just thinking about what Kuwabara would think if he knew!" He continued to laugh.

Keiko glared at him, then giggled, and laughed with him.

"Keiko? We’re still friends right?"

She nodded. "Yes, good friends, Yusuke."

"Then let’s be happy for each other."

Keiko nodded in agreement.

Yusuke jumped in his seat.

"What?" asked Keiko in confusion.

"The eggs, they moved!"

"Did they?!" she ran over to his side and touched one as it twitched again. "Ah! They did! Are they going to hatch?" she asked excitedly.

"I think so! I’ve got to get to Genkai’s temple and put them next to Hiei!" He jumped up, running around in circles trying to figure out what to do: get his coat, put on his shoes, or finish his noodles!

Keiko sighed and handed him his shoes.

"Thanks," said Yusuke sitting down and fumbling with them. Keiko went and got his coat next. She handed it to him just as he finished putting on his shoes.

"Ah Keiko, you’re the best," said Yusuke, putting on the coat. "Let’s go!" he shouted, grabbing her hand and running out the door. Two seconds later, he ran back in and picked the two eggs up off the table.

"I almost forgot you two!" he shouted, running back out of the apartment.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Kuwabara leaned over Yukina’s shoulder to see what she was making.

"Mmm, that smells good," he said, licking his lips and looking down at the apple pie.

Yukina giggled and pushed him back. "You’re hovering again," she teased.

"Can’t help it," said Kuwabara, wrapping his arms around her waist and breathing in the scent of her hair. "Ne, Yukina, when Hiei wakes up, you will ask him about the kids, right?"

"Hmm? Why me?" she asked.

"Because you’re his little sister and he hates me," said Kuwabara.

"He doesn’t hate you," smiled Yukina and leaned back against him. "This means a lot to you doesn’t it?"

He nodded against her head. "A very lot."

"We’ll ask together," said Yukina. She reached into her apron pocket and pulled out the egg she was holding at the moment. "This one’s turned a very pretty aqua blue," she said holding it up to show him. "What color is the other?"

"Hmm," hummed Kuwabara, pulling out the other egg. "Ha, it’s orange! I’ll bet it’s a boy!" he grinned.

"What makes you say that?" she asked.

"Because, if it’s orange it probably means it’s like me," grinned Kuwabara.

"It could just as easily be a girl, or this one a boy," she said, holding up the aqua blue egg.

Both eggs twitched suddenly.

"Ah! They’re moving!" shouted Kuwabara. "Where’s Hiei?! Where’s Hiei?!" he shouted, grabbing his wife and tucking her under his arm before running down the hall in search of his brother-in-law.

"Kazuma, he’s down the other hall," said Yukina.

Kuwabara turned and ran towards the other hall.

* * * * * * * * * * *

Botan looked at the list of souls and happily crossed off the last one.

"I’m done!" she sang, waving the list. "Know I can finally take a much needed break!"

She scratched her chin. "I still feel like I’m forgetting something very important. Hm..."

She almost jumped off her oar as she felt something move inside her Kimono. "What in the three worlds-?" she said, reaching in to pull out a pink egg.

"What’s this? An Easter egg?" She stared hard at the egg, then gasped. "Oh, no! I forgot about the egg; Hiei’s egg that Koenma wanted! What’ll I do?!" she shouted, flying in circles. Should she head to the Reikai to give it to Koenma, or the Ningenkai to give it to Hiei to hatch?!

"I don’t know!" she bawled. The egg twitched more violently and Botan calmed down.

"Hiei! I’ve got to get it to Hiei or it might not hatch!" she stuffed it back down her Kimono and commanded her oar to fly as fast as it could to the Ningenkai.

* * * * * * * * * * *



Koenma sat back at his office reading some files. He sighed and dropped the file back to the desk to pick up his egg leaning back in his chair.

"What am I going to do?" he asked stroking the egg, which had turned a reddish brown color. "Father says I’ve got to marry them or he’ll mark them for death. I might be able to prevent him from killing them by delaying the forms, but sooner of later he’ll get them."

He looked down at his egg. Wondering briefly when it had changed colors on him. He went back to petting it. "Getting them to agree to marry me is going to be hard enough as it is, let alone getting them to agree to me my wives! Specially Kurama, his family doesn’t know anything about the Makai or the Reikai. I don’t know if I can marry him with his family’s consent. Hiei’s family on the other hand won’t have any objections, since Yukina’s a Koorime and they’re used to same sex marriages, but getting the fire demon to marry me will be harder then fighting an S-class demon with a toothpick. And Yusuke! He’ll never agree to be my wife! He’s too manly to be the woman in the relationship! He’ll Rei Gun my ass just for asking. Not to mention his family doesn’t know he’s gay; everyone expects him to marry Keiko."

Koenma groaned and slapped his face with one hand. "What am I going to do?!"

The egg in his hand twitched almost as if in sympathy for the Godling.

"Thanks, you’re the only one that understands me," cried Koenma rubbing his cheek against the egg. The egg twitched again. "And you’re hatching!" shouted the God, jumping up and changing into his adult form.

"I’ve got to get to the Ningenkai!" he shouted, running out of the office.