Standard Disclaimer: I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho, Yoshihiro Togashi does, but I did wish I owned it (sob).

9 Months of Maternity

Chapter 1- The Signs

Kurama was making breakfast, he waited until the pancakes were ready to turn over, and he suddenly caught sight of his apartment. Kurama moved to his new apartment just a month ago, it accommodated a maximum of two people. The apartment only had one floor; the first floor of the apartment had a small kitchen, a bathroom, two bedrooms, and a small living room. Everything was fixed ever since he moved to his new apartment, now he studies in college and works part time. Kurama thought that moving to a new apartment was good for him and his family, because first he is very capable of taking care of himself, second he also wants to give some space to his mother not troubling her, third his university is further away from his recent house so he needs to live somewhere where his university is closer to, and lastly he needed some general privacy for himself, he needed to have his own privacy.

Kurama really needed to have his own privacy, now that the relationship of Kurama with his long time friend Hiei is developing, after three years the two became closer. Kurama didn't live alone in the apartment; Hiei went to live with him after knowing Kurama left his home and lived by himself, he thought of living with Kurama to make him feel not alone.

While Kurama was cooking the pancakes, he heard coughing and vomiting coming out of the bathroom. He knew that it was Hiei; he is the only one who lived there with him. Kurama was worried, Hiei had been doing the same thing for four days now, and he would even wake up in the middle of the night and rush to the bathroom because of it. Kurama tried to give him some medicines, or even some plant medicines that he made himself, but Hiei would only refuse, he was as stubborn as a rock. Kurama cannot stand it anymore, after cooking the breakfast he went straight to the bathroom, to check on the fire demon.

"Hiei, are you all right?" Kurama slightly opened the bathroom door, and entered. He saw Hiei bent down on the floor in front of the toilet vomiting continuously. Hiei didn't get to answer his call, and continued to vomit.

"Hiei, you should really take some medicines, you have been vomiting like this for days now. I'm worried." Kurama said bending down beside the half Koorime rubbing his back.

Hiei stopped vomiting for a while and leaned back away from the toilet, he was looking down he looked so pale from vomiting "No, I am not sick, I don't need to drink medicines." Hiei said turning to Kurama who is very worried.

"Then tell me what's wrong with you, so I would no what to do." Kurama said to Hiei, Hiei apparently needed to vomit again so he didn't get to answer the question of Kurama; he pulled himself to the toilet once again filling the bowl. Kurama stroke his back, trying to make him feel better.

After a few seconds, Hiei stopped vomiting, and then he coughed a few times. He flushed the toilet afterwards; he got a tissue and wiped his mouth. Kurama still looked at him worriedly. Hiei looked at him with a pale face but he was trying to fight it.

"There is nothing wrong with me fox, I swear that I am not sick. I don't think I have a cold or anything, maybe something I ate." Hiei said to him giving him a smile for him to cheer up.

"Hiei, if it is something you ate, then how can that be possible? You have been doing this for four days now." Kurama said to him.

"I promise that I am perfectly fine." Hiei said embracing Kurama, trying to comfort his fox.

"But still…" Kurama slowly accepted the hug Hiei was giving him "…I am worried about you."

Hiei wanted to cool down Kurama. "Hn. Fox, I'm hungry." Hiei smiled and tightened the hug.

"I think that we should eat breakfast now, the food is getting cold." Kurama said, soon they parted away.

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Both of them headed to the kitchen, Kurama prepared the breakfast; it was pancakes, eggs, and hot chocolate. When they both sat down it seemed like Hiei forgot all about the vomiting incident, and started to eat. Hiei ate so much food; Kurama only ate one pancake, half of the scrambled eggs, and a mug of hot chocolate. Hiei on the other hand ate four pancakes, he finished all two scrambled eggs including the half Kurama didn't finish. Kurama was surprised to see how his appetite grew in a matter of days. Hiei didn't even notice that he was eating four times more than his usual eating habits was, he just ate and ate till he was full.

"Finished?" Kurama smiled and looked at his lover who was just finished drinking his second mug of hot chocolate.

"Yeah I guess I am." Hiei said, dropping his mug on the table revealing a milk mustache.

Kurama giggled to see the mustache.

"Why? What is so funny?" Hiei wondered why Kurama was laughing.

"Here let me get that for you." Kurama got a napkin he went to Hiei, and wiped the milk mustache Hiei had, he was still giggling a bit.

"There is nothing funny about that you know." Hiei was a bit angry, his mood instantly changed.

"Hiei, you just looked funny with a milk mustache you don't need to get mad." Kurama said to him backing of him, something bad might happen.

"Hn. Baka kitsune, you know I don't like those kinds of jokes." Hiei was mad now, from being so lovable just a while ago now his mood changed.

"Hiei, it's not like you to be mad at those things, especially to me." Kurama said at him trying to defend himself.

"Hn, whatever." Hiei crossed his arms together.

Kurama was curious, Hiei wasn't acting like himself these days, he seems to change his mood every five seconds now, and he gets mad easily. Kurama was upset. "Hiei are you sure that there is absolutely nothing wrong with you?" Instead of Kurama being mad at his lover for his reactions, he was concerned for him.

"Kurama how many times do I have to tell you that I am fine!" Hiei yelled.

Kurama didn't answer him, something was defiantly wrong with him, maybe Hiei didn't realize it himself, or he was hiding it from Kurama, what ever that was it made Hiei very different. In addition, Kurama wanted to know what the cause of his reactions were.

"Hiei, I have to get going now, I might be late." Kurama said to Hiei apathetically. He looked at the time and it was 8:30, his classes started at 9am and he was going to be late. Hiei didn't want Kurama to leave yet, after knowing how he reacted, he wanted to apologize.

After a while of silence, guilt came upon Hiei, he saw his fox worried about him and be yelled at him for being pissed with him; Hiei loved Kurama more than anything did and hated it when he was sad, he wanted him to be like his normal self the happy Kurama. Therefore, he tried to reconcile with his fox, before things get out of hand.

"Fox?" Hiei said softly his bad mood seems to have gone away. Hiei unwrapped his arms and went closer to Kurama, Kurama already stood up cleaning up the breakfast, after that he would leave.

Kurama didn't answer him, but he was listening to him.

"I am sorry, I don't why I feel like this all of a sudden, and one minute I was just eating the next I was in a bad mood. I am sorry. I don't want you to leave yet." Hiei apologized.

Kurama smiled and went to Hiei "Hiei, I know that it's not your fault I was being pushy as well. But I think that you should rest for a while, you did vomit a lot earlier." Kurama said looking at the fire demon eye to eye.

"But fox…"

"Hiei, go rest in the room, I will give you some of my plant medicines, so please wait for me there." Kurama asked Hiei.

"I told you I'm not sick." Hiei said pouting.

"Yes, I know but the medicine I will give you is for head aches, to prevent them." Kurama said insisting Hiei to follow his instructions.

"Head ache? But I don't have a head ache." Hiei said to Kurama with curiosity.

"I know, but I have a feeling you're going to have soon." Kurama said.

Hiei was still confused. He didn't have a headache so why would he be drinking a medicine that would prevent it. However, he didn't want to cause trouble to Kurama anymore so he just followed what he told him to do. Hiei went to their bedroom, and lay down the bed waiting for Kurama.

Kurama on the other hand had some suspicions of how Hiei has been reacting recently, he went to the living room, and he opened a drawer, he got a flat box out and opened it. The box contained so many different kinds of seeds; he got a brown seed for preventing headaches and a purple seed for trying to stop Hiei's vomiting, and then he returned the box. He went back to the kitchen, using his spirit energy he concentrated on growing the seed into a plant. After a few moments the brown seed grew into a small plant with big leaves, while the purple seed grew into a flower with blue petals, Kurama took out some of the leaves and petals and crushed them, he tried to make a soup with the leaves and the petals.

Soon Kurama went to their bedroom, carrying a tray where the soup was. Hiei sat up, as Kurama entered the room.

"Here, Hiei drink this, and make sure to finish it." Kurama said, putting the try above the bed for Hiei to drink.

Hiei got the spoon and drank it without hesitation. It was still hot, but Hiei didn't feel pain, he was a fire demon after all, he can stand any heat even if it was in the interior of his body.

"It tastes bad." Hiei admitted after drinking one spoon.

"I know, but you have to drink it for you to get better." Kurama said to Hiei.

"I thought that this was to prevent head aches?" Hiei wondered.

"Yes, it is. I just added a few more things to it." Kurama said.

Hiei continuously drank his soup until it was all finished. He hated the taste of it, but it was a medicine Kurama made so he couldn't just throw it away, he drank it all.

"Finish." Hiei gave the bowl to Kurama.

"Good, now you just sleep or try to get some rest, don't move too much. Just try to rest down." Kurama instructed.

Hiei nodded making himself comfortable in the bed. "Kurama, are you still going to the university?" Hiei asked, he didn't like Kurama leaving, but he had to.

"As much as I hate it I have to, koi." Kurama babied Hiei, trying to make Hiei feel comfortable in the bed.

"I don't want you to leave." Hiei said pouting.

"But I have to koi, I also have to work today so I think I will be late." Kurama tried to comfort the fire demon.

Hiei couldn't argue with him. Hiei hated to be alone, he could only get his time with his fox during the night until the morning, but besides that, Kurama was in the university or at work most of the time, and come home exhausted.

"I promise that I would be home sooner okay koi?" Kurama said to Hiei, Kurama was almost late, he had to leave soon.

"You promise?" Hiei made sure.

"I promise." Kurama said, leaning towards his lover and gave him a good-bye kiss, before he left. Hiei kissed back, wanting to have more.

Soon they part Hiei wanted to have more of the kiss, but Kurama needed to leave he was already late. "Koi, your lunch is in the fridge all you need to do is to heat it using the microwave okay?" Kurama said.

"I don't like to use that ningen contraption."

Kurama smiled not being cautious of the time "Okay then, you can just use your spirit energy to heat it up alright?"

Hiei nodded.

"So I'll be going now okay? Hiei try to get some rest, I don't want you to go anywhere today alright?" Kurama instructed.

Hiei nodded.

Kurama smiled at least Hiei wasn't in a bad mood "Bye Hiei, Love you." Kurama soon left the bedroom and waved good-bye to his lover. Hiei could only watch Kurama leave. At least he followed Kurama's instructions.

After Kurama left, Hiei lay on the bed, resting. After a while, he felt a little dizzy, so he decided to go to sleep. Hiei slept, he felt so tired that he just wanted to rest. Even if he ate a lot it wasn't still enough for him, he felt like his spirit energy was dropping radically. Sleep was the only solution he could think of to get away from the unusual feeling he had. Hiei slept for so long, Kurama left around nine, he soon fell asleep right after he left.

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After three long hours of rest, Hiei finally woke up. He woke up just in time, it was noon, he had to eat his lunch. He went to the kitchen and got the lunch Kurama made for him, to his surprise it was a whole meal for two people. Kurama made him five chicken Yakitori's, one bowl of miso soup, Caesar salad, and his favorite desert chocolate ice cream in the freezer, but Hiei prefer calling ice cream sweet snow, when he first ate ice cream it was vanilla so he thought it looked like snow only it was sweet. Kurama thought that with Hiei's new appetite he needed to eat as much as he can.

Hiei hated using the microwave the last time he used it, the food he was heating burned, because he didn't set the time for it to heat. Therefore, he used his own spirit energy to warm up his food. Hiei heated his food with spirit energy, after a while he ate his lunch. He finished everything, including the sweet snow. After eating he cleaned up, he washed the dishes, and went to the living room, he thought of watching TV, but the shows in the afternoon were all boring so he decided to take a nap again. Hiei slept on the sofa. He doesn't know why, but he just felt so exhausted recently.

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"Hiei, I'm home." Kurama entered his apartment, all the lights were closed, and it was dark. Kurama just came from work, Kurama worked in a flower shop as the accountant, after all, he was good in managing money, and he loved flower's that is why he decided to work there.

There was no answer, Kurama opened the lights in the living room, and he was surprised to see Hiei asleep there, it was late, 6:30pm, and Hiei was still asleep from his nap. Kurama walked over his sleeping lover, and kissed his gently on the cheek.

"Hiei, I'm home." Kurama whispered in the ear of Hiei just after he kissed him.

Hiei made some murmuring, he was waking up. "Kurama? You're back early." Hiei said waking up; he stood up from the sofa.

"I'm guessing you have been asleep for quite some time know, its 6:30 love." Kurama said smiling at Hiei.

Hiei made a big yawn. "I guess I have, I've felt so tired so I slept."

"Hmmm…did you have any head aches today?" Kurama asked.

How can Hiei know that, he was asleep the whole day, but it was impossible too, because he rested the whole day. "No, I don't think so." Hiei answered.

"That's good to hear." Kurama smiled.

Hiei gave him a small smile as well.

"So what do you want for dinner?" Kurama asked going to the kitchen.

"Anything." Hiei answered making a big yawn.

Kurama pouted he acted like a child "Okay fine, I will decide what the dinner tonight would be okay?" Kurama asked Hiei.

"Fine with me."

"I think I would want to make Steak tonight." Kurama was in a good mood, he was cheerful that is how Hiei wanted him to be like, always cheerful and happy. That also made him happy.

"Sound good to me." Hiei agreed.

"Then steak it is." Kurama started to cook; Hiei would help him cook but only cutting the beef, or the vegetables. Kurama was a good cook, he could be a chef, but he loved his life as it is right now, with Hiei. Both of them enjoyed being together, Hiei wanted this, he just wanted to spend time with his fox, and he was glad he got to.

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BDT: Hello to all my readers! Well you can say that is a squeal to my previous story Lost Memories which I just recently finished, but you can read it as it is, but it would be better if you can read it the Lost Memories first, so that you can understand it better. Oh well, I hope you like this, I got some questions regarding the first one so I had to make another fic soon, besides I like making them. I just needed a day of rest, that's why, and a day to think. So I hope you like this one, I'll be updating as soon as possible. Read and Review, and please, please, please, comment on my grammar and spelling, my last story had a lot of wrong grammar and spelling so I want to make this perfect this time. Thank you. Oo