The Heat of the Moment

Disclaimer- I do not own any of the characters to Kyo Kara Maoh and neither do I make any money from this story. all rights and what not belongs to the original creator.

Chapter 26

When Yuuri and Yuu arrived, Yuu gasped for breath and coughed up a little water as he and his father climbed out of the little pool that his parents always kept filled with water.

"Next time, warn a person before jumping into the water," said Yuu glaring at his father.

"I did. I told you to hold your breath."

Yuu grunted as he stood up and looked around. "Whe-where are we?" He stared in shock at the strange structures that were around him.

Yuuri stood up smiling. "Welcome to Earth, Yuu."

"Earth." He turned to stare at Yuuri. "This is the world you come from. How did we get here? What are those strange structures? And . . ." He took a sniff of the air and frowned in disgust. "And what is that awful smell?"

Yuuri chuckled. "To answer your first question, we came here through the water in the fountain. I am able to open a portal between worlds by using water since it is my element. Your next question. These strange structures as you call them are houses. This is the way people homes are built here on Earth."

"Really? What small homes," he said frowning puzzled. "And what about that awful smell?"

"Well, that's plain ole fashion pollution." Yuuri could see the boy was puzzled. Waving his hand in dismissal, he turned back to the matter at hand. Getting them into some dry clothes. "Never mind. I'll tell you later. Come on inside, let's get you out of those wet clothes," said Yuuri. He opened the back door and walked inside followed by Yuu. "Mom! Are you home?!" He called out but there was no one home. "Guess she must have gone out shopping. Come on." Yuuri led his son upstairs. He stepped into the bathroom and grabbed two towels.

They dried off and then went into his old room. Yuuri quickly changed and then went into the attic. He gave Yuu a pair of black shorts and a white shirt that belong to him when he was nine.

"There. Now you look like an ordinary Earth boy," said Yuuri smiling at his son. "Sorry but I don't have any shoes to fit you." Yuu only wore a pair of white socks on his feet. "Later on, I'll take you to the shoe store and buy you a pair." He picked up his and his son's wet clothes. "You can look around while I put these in the dyer."

"Dyer?"

"Yes, it's a machine that dries your wet clothes." They both went down stairs. Yuuri went into the kitchen while Yuu looked around the small living room. He glared at the family portrait and other pictures that hung on the wall. He saw a strange box sitting in the middle of the room. Walking around the sofa, he poked and pressed at the mysterious thing. Pressing a button, the box hummed and loud voices came from it. Yuu leaped over the sofa hiding behind it screaming in terror.

Yuuri rushed out of the kitchen when he heard Yuu screamed. He burst into the living room to see the boy hiding behind the sofa with wide black eyes staring in terror at the television. "What's wrong?"

"T-there are people's souls trapped in that box," Yuu stuttered while pointing to the television. "You didn't say there were evil sorcerers running rampant around here."

"No, this has nothing to do with magic but everything to do with science." Yuuri picked the boy up and sat him on the sofa. "That's not anyone's soul or a tiny person trapped in there. It's called a television and everyone has one."

"Are you sure those aren't souls trapped in there?" the boy asked skeptically.

"I swear." Yuuri looked down at the coffee table and there was a note for his mother left by his brother. "Dear Mom, turned to channel 21 at 4:30, Dr. Rodriguez and I have a surprise. Shori." Yuuri frowned. "Well, it's almost that time now." He picked up the remote and changed the channel.

Yuu stared in awe as the channels whizzed by.

"What does that say?" asked Yuu.

"Kyo Kara Maoh. From today I am the . . . Demon King. Creator Shori Shibuya and Dr. Jose Rodriguez. What the hell is this?" So Yuuri and Yuu watched for the past thirty minutes as his life was being played out in animation for the world to see. Oh the names may have been changed but the story was his life. "Why those two dirty rats! I gave them no permission to do that. Wait until I see those two."

"What do you mean?" Yuu looked up at his father frowning. "What's this suppose to be about?"

Yuuri sighed as he turned his attention back to the television. "This show is portraying my life when I first was sucked into the other world."

"Really," the boy said interested. Yuu sat on the sofa trying not to laugh at the way his father first came to Shin Makoku. He may not have understood what was being said but like the old saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words. "You mean you had your head shoved down a toilet when you first arrived in Shin Makoku."

"Well, it wasn't my fault," said Yuuri blushing. "It was the fault of the Great One. He was the one that summoned me to Shin Makoku." He turned back to the television after the credits were finished. "What's that? This story is dedicated to Gwendal von Voltaire and Conrad Weller for their wonderful vision of the Great Demon Kingdom. Those rats! I was wondering how he knew what happened to me when I first arrived in Shin Makoku. When I get back, I am going to put the two of them on stable duty for two weeks."

That only made Yuu laugh louder and Yuuri became even more embarrassed.

Suddenly the door opened and in walked his mother Miko (a.k.a. Jennifer), Shibuya with a grocery bag in each arm. upon seeing her son, Jennifer smiled cheerfully at her youngest son. "Yuuri, you're home."

Yuuri got to his feet and went to help her with her bags. Kissing her on the cheek, he took the bags out of her hands. "Hi mom."

"It's Mama, Yu-chan."

Yuuri sighed as they go through this every time. "Well, I'm sorry it's been a long time since I've been home but we have been having a lot of trouble with the humans. So, I couldn't leave just yet."

"It's okay. You're home now and that's all that matters." Then she saw Yuu. "And who is this handsome young man you have with you?"

"Well, I want to wait until dad gets home," said Yuuri taking the bags into the kitchen.

Yuu stood there watching as his father and his grandmother talked in some language that he had never heard before.

"Hello," said Jennifer smiling. "My name is Jennifer Shibuya. What's your name?"

Yuu stared at his grandmother as the woman continued to babble to him in that strange unintelligible language. He could not understand a word she said. The boy's frown deepened as he realized he will not be able to communicate with these people.

"Yuuri, I think something is wrong with this boy."

Her youngest walked out of the kitchen.

"He looks as though he does not understand a word I am saying," said Jennifer.

"Oh right," he said slapping his hand over his forehead. "I forgot. He's from the other world. He wouldn't understand Japanese." He reached into his pocket and pulled out Anissina's little translating device. He placed it in Yuu's ear and raked his fingers through the boy's dark hair. "He should be able to understand you now."

"Can you understand me now?" she asked.

"Yes."

Jennifer clapped her hands excitedly. "Well, my name is Jennifer Shibuya."

"Mom," moaned Yuuri. "You know your name is Miko. You're going to confuse him."

"You're the one that's confusing him." Then she turned from Yuuri and knelt down in front of Yuu. "Don't pay any attention to Yu-chan. You can call me Jennifer. What's your name?"

"It's Yuu."

"What a nice name."

"Mom, I will tell you all about Yuu after dad gets home," said Yuuri. "Is Shori coming by?"

"Yes, he and his wife are coming by. He said they had something important to tell us," she said excitedly. "I think he might tell us that I am going to be a grandmother. Finally."

"Oh really, well that would be wonderful. I know how much you want a grandchild to cuddle and to spoil rotten."

"Hmph," snorted Yuu as he sat down folding his arms across his chest. "Excuse me. You are blocking the magic box."

Both Yuuri and Jennifer stared at the boy as they moved out of the way of the television.

"Uh, Yuuri . . ."

Before she could ask her question, Yuuri stopped her. "It's nothing really mom. He just has never seen a television before." He cleared his throat. "Don't you think you should be preparing dinner?"

"Oh right," she said hurrying into the kitchen.

Then Yuuri sat down on the sofa beside his son. "Well, we have a little time before dinner. How about I take you to the store and get you a pair of shoes."

Yuu shrugged his shoulders. "I don't care."

Yuuri ran back up stairs to get his wallet and then ran back down stairs. Kneeling down before his son he smiled. "Hop on. I don't want you getting your socks dirty."

Yuu sighed as he climbed onto his father's back. "Mom, I'm taking Yuu to the shoe store to buy him some shoes. We'll be back soon."

"Okay but don't take too long," Jennifer said sticking her head out the kitchen door. "Remember your brother and his wife will be here."

"Okay." As Yuuri opened the door and walked out of the house going down the street. He held on tight as his father made his way down the narrow street passsing several homes.

xxxxx

A few minutes later, they came to a place where several other people were standing around waiting.

"What are they waiting for?" asked Yuu.

"The bus," said Yuuri.

"What is a bus?" Just then a large metal big pulled up to them and opened its maw. The boy nearly leaped from Yuuri’s back to attack the metal monster.

"Calm down, this is a bus. It is a means of transportation."

The boy settled as Yuuri carried him on the bus and sat him on one of the seats. The boy's eyes glanced nervously at the strange people. Once they reached their destination, Yuu breathed a sigh of relief. But his relief was short lived as he stared at the tall metal and glass buildings. His mouth hung opened in shock. Never in his short life has he ever seen anything like these buildings before.

Yuuri chuckled as he can just imagine the look of awe and shock covering the boy's face. "This is Tokyo. The capital city of Japan."

"Wow! Derrick would love coming here." Yuu eyes widened in shock as he stared at the large metal things that sped by making a loud blaring noises.

"What are those metal things?" He asked pointing at the cars.

"Those are called automobiles or cars. It's another way how people travel in this world," said Yuuri.

"Another way? You mean there are other ways in which they travel. Like what?"

"Well, they still travel by ships but these ships are huge. And, the ships here on Earth can carry thousands of people not just a couple hundred like the ones back home. Then there are the trains. Each car can carry a certain amount of people but we here in Japan tend to stuff more than normally required for each car. You know. The stations actually hire people to stuff the passengers onto the train. And then we also travel by airplane."

"What is an air plane?"

Yuuri chuckled. "It's like a ship that flies in the sky." Just then a plane flew overhead. "Like that." Yuuri pointed to the sky.

Yuu stared in wonder at the huge thing gliding overhead. "That's amazing. Aren't they afraid something that heavy will fall from the sky?"

"Sometimes things happened and the planes do fall but the experts say that flying is the safest way to travel." A thought came to Yuuri. “How would you like to visit the airport and see a real plane up close.”

"I guess it would be interesting. I could tell Derrick all about them when we return." Then Yuu thought of something. "How long are we going to be here?"

Yuuri stopped and thought for a second. "You know. I really don't know. Gwendal never gave me a time in which to return. Which means, we will be here for two weeks. It's about how long your uncle is probably willing to let me get away from my work." Then he continued to walk along the crowd sidewalk.

Yuu turned his attention to a girl walking by them talking into a small box. He looked around and saw several people walking by talking into the strange little boxes. He frowned. Once they get back he would have to ask Yuuri what those strange boxes everyone is talking into.

Yuu saw males and females walk by with hair that was the color of the rainbow. Some had hair that stood up on their head like the spikes of a porcupine. Others were dressed in disturbing looking clothing that was black and they wore black makeup over their eyes and lips and even their fingernails were painted black. Others had rings in their noses, eyebrows and lips. Then he saw a group of males walk by wearing shirts with no sleeves and their arms were covered with tattoos.

"Uh, Yuuri, are you sure these . . . people are . . . normal?" Yuu whispered to his father.

Yuuri laughed. "Yes son, they are normal. They are just in that rebellious stage of life." He thought for sure the boy was going to snarl at him for calling him son but Yuu made no mention of it. It gave Yuuri hope that maybe they can work out their differences. "Ah, here we are, the shoe store." They went inside.

After refusing several pairs of shoes, thirty minutes later they walked out with two pairs of Nike hi tops. Yuu wore the black pair and the white pair they took with them. Since they were close to the clothing store, Yuuri decided that it would be best to get Yuu some clothes now.

They were in the clothing store for only an hour as they left with a couple bags of jeans, slacks, underwear and shirts for Yuu. Afterward, he took Yuu to get some ice cream. Yuu enjoyed the frozen dessert and ate the ice cream so fast until he was struck by a case of brain freeze. Yuuri laughed as he watched the boy clutch his head in pain. Then he told him not to eat it so fast. It was getting dark when they finally left the ice cream palor. So Yuuri decided to head home.

xxxxx

By the time Yuuri and Yuu returned home Yuuri's father, brother and his wife were sitting down to dinner. Sitting next to Shori's wife was a beautiful young woman with long, flowing yellow hair and dark amber eyes.

"We're back," said Yuuri.

"Welcome home son," said his father. Yuuri walked over to his father hugging him. "Oh and who is this?" He stared at Yuu.

"I'll tell you about him later." Yuuri placed the bags on the sofa.

"Well, it's about time you two finally got back here. I was beginning to get worried," said Jennifer scolding her son. "I thought I would have to send your brother to look for you."

"Sorry mom," said Yuuri walking up to her kissing her on the cheek. "And speaking of my dear, sweet brother, I saw that television show." He leaned over to whisper in his brother's ear so the woman at the end of the table could not hear him. "I don't remember giving you permission to use my life as a cartoon series." He glared at his elder brother.

"Oh come on Yuuri, it's not hurting anyone. I didn't use your name or any of our names and I put it as fictional. Besides who would actually believe a loser kid from Japan is really a demon king on another world," Shori whispered back to his little brother.

"Jerk," said Yuuri punching Shori on the shoulder. "Hi Ritsu." He kissed the long, dark hair young woman on the cheek. "How have you been?"

"Fine Yuuri, and yourself?" she asked.

"Never better," said Yuuri. "And who is this?"

"Well, it has been a while since you have seen her." Ritsu wrapped her arms around the young woman. "This is my baby sister Tokiya. I thought you two might try to get to know each other."

"Why don't you take a seat beside Tokiya," said his mother.

Yuu snorted and narrowed his dark eyes dangerously. "Yes. Go ahead and take a seat by her." He dared Yuuri to sit by the woman.

Yuuri just knew if he does the boy will not hesitate in telling Wolfram that he sat by a woman and said woman seemed to can't stop looking at him. He swallowed a lump in his throat and turned to the sneering boy. So, he lifted Yuu and sat the boy in the chair beside Tokiya and took the seat beside his father. Everyone was puzzled. Shori thought for sure Yuuri would jump at the chance to sit beside a beautiful woman. It was that kid. He didn't know what it was but there was something about the kid that seemed familiar.

Shori was brought out of his thoughts when his mother placed a plate of her famous curry before him. Everyone began to eat in silence until Tokiya spoke.

"So Yuuri, what have you been doing since we last saw each other?"

"Oh, nothing much but taking care of business," said Yuuri.

"Ah, what kind of business do you have?"

"I can't say because it's a . . . a secret." He stuffed the spoon of curry into his mouth. Out of the corner of his eyes, he could see Yuu glaring at him.

"Does it have something to do with a politician?" She kept wanting to know.

"Didn't your mother ever tell you it's not nice to stick your nose in other people's business," snarled Yuu pushing the large chunks of meat around on his plate.

Yuuri could sense the rage started to rise in the boy. He had to change the subject and quick. "So Shori, you told mom that you had something to tell everyone?"

"That's right," said Jennifer becoming excited. "So what is this news?"

"Do you want to tell them Ritsu or should I?" Shori looked at his wife with love in his eyes.

"You tell them," said his wife.

"Well, mom I know you want a grandchild to spoil so . . . we found out yesterday that Ritsu is three months pregnant."

Jennifer squealed in joy as she leaped from her chair and rushed over to the other side hugging her eldest and then hugging her daughter-in-law. "I'm going to be a grandmother, at last."

Yuu watched the happy scene through angry eyes. It disgusted him to see this woman going on about a baby. He looked out of the corner of his eyes and saw how Tokiya was looking at his father with eyes all dreamy and a blush on her cheeks. It was making him furious.

"So son," said their father. "What are you hoping for a boy or girl?"

"Doesn't matter, as long as the child is healthy," said Shori smiling. "Boy or girl, we will still love this baby."

"If you need clothes we still have all of Sho-chan and Yu-chan's old baby clothes," said Jennifer happily.

"Unless the baby is a girl I don't think we will use any of Yuuri's clothes," said Shori smirking at his brother.

"Ha ha, aren't you mister comedian," Yuuri said sarcastically. Jennifer walked back to her chair and sat down. She picked up her napkin and began to wipe the tears from her eyes. Then she turned to her youngest. "Now Yu-chan, you were going to tell us about Yuu."

"Who's Yuu?" asked their father. Jennifer pointed to the boy sitting next to Tokiya.

"To start with over a month ago, we finally found where Wolfram had hidden himself," said Yuuri.

"Who is Wolfram?" asked Tokiya.

"Uh, he's a friend of the family," said Shoma laughing nervously.

"Really," his mother said pleased. "Where did you find him?"

"Uh, it doesn't matter where we found him but we did." Yuuri glanced over at Tokiya to see that the woman was listening to his every word.

"I guess you and the others were relieved to finally find him after . . . how long has it been?" asked his father.

"Ten years." Yuuri sighed. "Anyway, about Yuu." He cleared his throat. "Mom, dad, Shori this is Yuu, my son." Then he looked at his son. "Yuu. This is my father Shoma Shibuya and my big brother, Shori and his wife, Ritsu. You already met my mom."

"Oh, Yu-chan," Jennifer said in shock still staring at the boy.

Everyone sat in silence as they stared from Yuuri to Yuu in shock. Shori couldn't believe what he was seeing. His baby brother had a son and he said nothing to any of them. That's why the boy looked familiar to him. He looked almost like Yuuri did when he was a child. Yuuri waited patiently for anyone to say something. Finally Jennifer decided to ask. "I thought you said that Melinda had . . ."

"She did . . . Uh mom, can we talk about this later. Just know that this is my son."

Yuu sat there and waited for the joyous squeal of the woman to shatter the silence saying she is a grandmother. He waited for the woman to jump up and hug him and/or kiss his face in affection. But she did nothing of the sort for him. They all sat there looking at him as though he was some strange creature they had never seen before. No one even congratulated Yuuri on being a father. Yuu kept his head down. He could feel the tears burning in the back of his eyes but he would not let them fall. He couldn't understand why their reaction hurt him so much but it did. Yuuri talked about how his mother was such a wonderfully kind woman who loved children but yet, she did nothing to welcome her own grandchild. So he was right about these people. Yuuri did get all his hateful prejudices from his so-called family. He sneered in disgust as he dropped his spoon on the plate and pushed it away.

"I didn't know you were married, Yuuri," said Tokiya.

"Yeah. I got divorced before Shori got married," said Yuuri scratching the back of his head.

Yuu stood up from his chair. "I'm going to look at the box with the souls trapped inside it."

"But you haven't finished your dinner," said Jennifer.

The boy snorted. "I don't eat slop."

"Yuu!" snapped Yuuri. The boy said nothing but turned and walked away plopping down on the sofa. He picked up the remote and turned on the television.

"I'm sorry mom," said Yuuri sighing sadly. "As you can see, Yuu is . . . kind of angry."

"Kind of angry," said Shori angrily. "Try bitter. I don't know who raised him but it's obvious they didn't know what they were doing."

And that was the last straw for Yuu. Yuuri could see the flames burning in the boy's eyes. He had to do something now to defuse the situation before he ended up with a badly burned brother. "That won't be necessary Yuu. I will take care of this." Then he turned his gaze to Shori. "You know nothing about the situation concerning Yuu's other parent. I would appreciate you keeping your mouth closed until I clarify things to you."

Shori arched a brow at his brother's anger. "Listen Yu-chan. I was only . . ."

". . . talking about something you know nothing about." Yuuri finished the sentence for him. "I know it's my fault you don't know who the other parent is and for that I am sorry. And as I said I will tell you everything later but for your own sake please refrain from speaking ill of Yuu's other parent until you know who it is."

Shori was shocked. He has seen his brother angry at him before but never has he ever seen such concealed rage in his brothers dark eyes. "Very well." Then everyone went back to eating.

Yuu was shocked himself to see how Yuuri took up for his father. Could he have been wrong about this man he thought did not care about his father and himself? Could everything Wolfram told him about Yuuri have been right? Was he wrong to have such hatred toward his other father? Everything was starting to get confusing. He hated being confused about things. For so long, he has believed that his other parent was a prejudice dog that wanted nothing to do with him or his father. But now, he was not so sure. He would get to the bottom of this. After all, he had plenty of time to find out. He didn't know how long they would be here but he intended to find out the truth behind the mystery of Yuuri Shibuya.

As everyone at dessert, Yuuri noticed that Yuu had caught on quick on how to use the remote. The boy flipped through the channels as though he has been doing it all his life trying to see what else was on the television. He watched as Yuu sat up from his slouching position when he came across a baseball game.

Yuu watched with great interest as the pitcher struck out the batter. As the next batter came up, the man hit a fly ball to center field which was caught. Yuu became so immersed in the game that he did not notice when dinner was over and Shori called a taxi for Tokiya. His wife however knew the men in the family were demons and that Yuuri was the king of a kingdom from another world.

Yuuri took the remote and turned the television off.

"Hey!" said Yuu glaring up at his father. "I was watching that. I wanted to see who was going to win. It was tied and they were in the last inning."

Yuuri arched a dark brow as he smirked at his son. "So, you were paying attention when I was telling you about baseball." He smiled at the boy as Yuu huffed folding his arms across his chest. "We need to talk."

"There's nothing to talk about."

"I think there is. My parents deserve to know how I ended up with a nine-year-old son when Melinda lost our child." Yuuri took the seat beside Yuu on the sofa.

"What I want to know is about his mother," said Shori.

Yuu snorted as he tried to hold back the laugh.

"What's so funny?"

Just as Yuu was about to tell them that he had no mother but two fathers Yuuri quickly covered the boy's mouth with his hand. "Okay, remember when I told you Wolfram had disappeared and we couldn't find him no matter where we searched." Everyone nodded their heads yes. "Well, after I divorced Melinda I found out why he left. It turns out the male demons in Shin Makoku are able to become pregnant."

Everyone stared at Yuuri as though the man had grown another head.

"But . . . what about Conrad's children," said Jennifer sitting on the other side of Yuu on the sofa. "You said yourself that he and his husband adopted their children."

"Well, I lied. The truth is . . . The ideal of a man giving birth sort of threw me for a loop. It was unnerving. I didn't know how you would handle such news. I was shocked myself when I was told this. Even Murata in one of his past life had given birth to a child and he was a male also."

"What!" said Shori shocked. "You're pulling my leg."

Yuuri just shook his head, sighing. "Anyway, back to Wolfram. He was pregnant and only Gisela and Lady Flynn knew about the pregnancy. But Lady Flynn knew where Wolfram was because she helped to hide him."

"Wait a minute son, what has Wolfram being pregnant got to do with Yuu?" asked Shoma.

"Wolfram is his other father," Yuuri said blushing and looking down at the floor.

His family stared at Yuuri in shock. They couldn't believe what they were hearing. After he made such a big deal about not wanting to stay engaged to the blonde because he was a boy, and now to hear he slept with said blonde creating a child. They frowned at Yuuri more puzzled than shock.

"Yu-chan, although it never really mattered to me. I always thought you and Wolf-chan made a lovely couple but . . . but I thought you . . ."

"I know what you're all thinking and you're right." The blush on his cheeks had darkened. "It just sort of happened the night of the celebration party I was given when I returned to Shin Makoku."

"Why don't you people stop with the melodrama. Why don't you tell them the truth how you were stone drunk in order to sleep with my father. But you want to hear the really good part." Tears fell from his eyes. "He actually accused my father of taking advantage of him. The only person in that whole stupid kingdom that truly loved him for himself and he accused my father of taking advantage of him. He should have been happy my father wanted him and not the throne. But then he was wrapped up in the idea of being married to a woman that he forgot that a woman can be as much a scheming snake as a man. oh well, stupid is as stupid does. Besides it doesn't matter any way. I know you're all disgusted by the sight of me. Well, you needn't worry about me because I don't like any of you either."

"Oh Yuu," said Jennifer softly as she placed the boy in her lap. "Why would you say that? I really like Wolfram. I especially loved it when he called me mother that time he and his brothers came here."

"Yuu. Why would you think such an awful thing?" asked Yuuri.

"Well it's true." The boy glared down at his hands in his lap as his tears began to blur his vision. "None of you were happy to see me. When he said I was . . . his son. You didn't hug me or become excited to see me. No one congratulated him on having a son. You just looked at me as though I was some grotesque creature rising from the ocean covered in muck and slime. I know you hate me because a man gave birth to me instead of a woman."

"Oh no," said Jennifer holding the boy tightly in her arms. "Please believe me when I say that it wasn't because we were disgusted by you that we didn't show any reaction. We were just shocked and surprised is all. Yuuri had told us that when Melinda had fallen down the stairs. The baby had died. Then all of a sudden he appears with a ten-year-old son that we knew nothing about."

"Nine," said Yuu. She stared at him. "I'm nine not ten."

"Well, your age is not important. What is important is that you know that we are happy finding out about you. I'm sorry if our less than enthusiastic reply made you think otherwise. But I promise you that we will do all that we can to make up for missing out on your life." She squeezed him tightly in her arms and covered his face with kisses. "We have so much to catch up on. I don't know where to start. I know," she burst out as she sat the boy in Yuuri's lap. Jennifer jumped to her feet and rushed over to the book shelf and pulled out what Yuuri realized was a photo album.

Yuuri groaned. "Don't tell me you are going to show him my baby pictures."

"I'm sure Yuu wants to see what his poppa looked like when he was a baby." She sat down beside her son and grandson and opened the album. "This is Yuuri at six months old."

Yuu stared in shock at his father with pigtails and ribbons in his hair. As Jennifer turned the page, the scene got worse and worse as Yuuri began to grow. Not only was he still sporting the pigtails he was also wearing a frilly pink dress. Yuu snorted in laughter as he looked at the great demon king dressed as a girl. The laughter flowed from the child as he could not hold out any longer. His laughter filled the room as another page was turned. In the next picture, his grandfather was holding Yuuri while the child was wearing a dress with wings. He looked on the next page and saw Yuuri along with the Great Sage both wearing frilly pink aprons. But what seemed to send the child over the edge was when his father was dressed in a pink rabbit suit with long ears and a fluffy white tail. And also, in every picture Yuu saw, it was of his father, his grandparents and uncle all smiling happily. Yuu's laughter began to rise in pitch until the sound became almost maniacal.

Yuu couldn't understand why he was laughing. In fact he seemed to couldn't stop laughing as tears fell like rain from his eyes. This was ridiculous. He was one of Count Drakko's chevaliers. He shouldn't be crying like a baby but he couldn't help it. Wolfram had always told him how kind and wonderful Yuuri was and deep down he has longed to see for himself this man that had captured his father's heart. He was confused and the more he thought about how confused he was the harder he cried and the more he laughed. Yes he was laughing and crying and he could not figure out for the life of him why he was doing both at the same time.

Everyone flinched as the child's strange behavior became too painful to watch. Tears fell from the eyes of the women as they felt their own hearts ache at the sight of the crying child. Feeling the distress in his son trembling body, Yuuri held the child tightly in his grip until only his sobbing remained. Yuu clutched onto the front of his father's shirt as the tears continued to flow. Yuuri wanted to cry also as he felt his child's tears soaked his shirt. He held Yuu, stroking the boy's dark hair as he whispered soothing words of comfort to the weeping child. Soon, the boy finally cried himself to sleep.

"The poor thing," said Jennifer brushing the hair from his face. "He looks just like Yu-chan when he was this age."

"You're right," Shoma said smiling.

"I think I better go lay him down," said Yuuri holding his son lovingly in his arms. Yuuri quietly made his way up the stairs and pushed the door to his room opened with his foot. Pulling the covers back, he laid Yuu down in the bed. He pulled the cover up to Yuu's shoulders tucking him in for the night. "Good night son." He kissed the boy on the forehead and then went back down stairs.