Little Boy

Chapter 21 ~ A New Future

Yoh stared at Faust, then for the first time ever, he gave Shizuka a deadly glare. “What did you do?”

“Well... You see... The day I cast that spell was the fourth day I had of fasting and intensive training... I was tired, and Chen ordered me to practice a spell from the book.” She suddenly bowed while beginning to cry. “I’m so sorry, Lord Yoh! I thought the spell I was casting was the one that would help to bring life to the herb garden we for for medicine, but it was really a spell intended to help a man of great power conceive a child in one who could not bear a child! I am so sorry. It was so shameful to make such a mistake!”

Yoh and Faust stared at her, their left eyebrows twitching badly, then yelped when Mansumi came in bellowing.

“What the fuck have you done to my son?!” he shouted.

Faust gave the older man a discriminate glance, annoyed that he ignored the fact that Manta was old enough for patient confidentiality, then sighed as he looked to Manta. “As I said. He is pregnant.”

Yoh continued to look at Shizuka quietly, then he smiled slightly. “I forgive you, Shizuka,” he said, then he looked to Manta, who had fallen asleep in his arms. “Well, I guess there’s no getting away from each other now, huh?” he chuckled softly.

“No, there isn’t,” Mansumi spat. “Get that... that... thing out of here at once!”

The three looked up at Mansumi, then Faust said, “Excuse me?”

“That piece of trash is nothing but a dirty speck that shames my good name,” he said angrily. “Tamura, get the lawyers on the phone!” he yelled as he stormed out.

Mosuke looked angrily at the short man, then looked to his friends. “I’m just going to let Tamura know what is going on. I suggest you leave immediately.”

“Keiko, you will be spending the night with me!” Mansumi’s voice yelled from somewhere in the house.

Faust frowned at the way Mansumi treated his wife, then sighed while standing up. “Mosuke, while you’re with Tamura, could you ask if he could deliver some of Manta’s things to the hotel?”

“Hai,” the blacksmith replied, then disappeared.

“Hey, Dad! Guess what!” Yoh called happily as he walked into the hotel, cradling the still sleeping Manta.

“What?” Miki replied from the living room. He looked up curiously as Yoh walked in carrying Manta.

“Hehe. I got Manta knocked up on the first try,” Yoh giggled proudly.

“It isn’t all that funny,” Faust said cooly as he walked past the living room towards his office.

“You did what?” Miki asked with confusion after a minute.

Yoh giggled childishly. “I got Manta pregnant on the first try!” He suddenly looked up towards the kitchen, where he could hear Shizuka getting into an argument with Ryu about pre-dinner snacks. “Shizuka, thank you for casting the wrong spell!”

Mikihisa stared at his son oddly. “First of all, I thought Manta wasn’t coming back for another two months. Secondly, I’m having difficulty processing this ‘you got Manta pregnant’ thing. Thirdly, you’re thanking the Boy for messing up a spell.”

“I heard that, you drug dealer!” the young priestess yelled.

“I am not a drug dealer!!!”

“And I am not a boy!!!”

“Anyways... What the hell are you talking about? Manta’s a boy. He can’t be pregnant.”

Yoh just continued to grin, holding Manta happily. “Shizuka messed up and spell, so now Manta’s pregy and Mansumi disowned him so now he doesn’t have to live with an abusive father!”

Mikihisa cocked an eyebrow. “You have a very, very odd way of looking at things, even if you are my son.”

“Yoh-chan?” Manta murmured as he opened his eyes.

“I’m here, Manta-chan,” Yoh cooed softly while smiling at his tiny lover. “Hey, guess what. We’re gonna be a mommy and daddy... Or a daddy and a daddy... Which ever you prefer.”

“Smart. You’re gonna blurt out to an abused boy that he’s pregnant,” Miki muttered. “This is getting too weird. I’m going out for a while.”

Yoh nodded as he walked to the couch and sat down, holding Manta warmly in his arms. “Manta-chan? Are you awake now?”

Manta rubbed his eyes sleepily, then looked up curiously at Yoh. “What’s going on?”

Yoh smiled. “Manta, I don’t know how to put this lightly, so I’m just come straight out with it. Shizuka cast a spell the night we made love, and you’re pregnant now.”

“Wha?” Manta looked at him with confusion, then sighed and closed his eyes while cuddling against Yoh. “But... What about my dad? He won’t let this...”

“He disowned you,” Faust said as he walked in with a concerned expression.

Manta looked up. “Disowned?” He was silent for a few minutes as he thought, then he smiled and looked up at Yoh. “So... He won’t make us stay away from each other?” he asked happily.

Yoh nodded. “Yep. Which means he won’t be able to interfere when we get married, either.”

Manta’s eyes filled with happy tears, then he huggled Yoh happily. “Yoh-chan!” he cried, his voice as soft as ever.

Faust sighed. “Which means you are going to be needing a guardian. If it’s alright with you, Manta, I would like to adopt you.”

Manta looked up at Faust quietly. “Could I... call you Daddy?” he asked timidly.

Faust smiled. “Of course. I promise I won’t be the way Mansumi was.”

Manta nodded slowly. “Okay... Daddy,” he whispered.

Mosuke had been watching from the window, and Manta’s words made him sad. He sunk to the ground a little, then floated away to be alone for a while.

Meanwhile, Ryu spotted Shizuka attempting to steal a rice ball from the pile he had made to go with dinner. He frowned, then reached over with the spatula and slapped the top of her hand.

“Ow! Hey, that really hurt!” She whined.

“Then stay out of it,” he replied, then smiled as she began to rub the sore spot. “It’s not like a stabbed you with a knife.”

“It’s still physical abuse!” she replied stubbornly.

He chuckled, then walked over and tilted her head up. “You are too childish for your own good,” he said as he ran his thumb along her left cheekbone. After a moment he leaned down and kissed her gently, then walked away to wash his hands so that he could finish making dinner. “So why is Big Brother happy that you messed up a spell?”

“Oh, ‘cause Lord Manta had to come home early because of it. He’s pregnant.”

“What?!” Ryu yelped as he looked over. “How?!”

She shrugged. “I cast the wrong spell the night Lord Yoh and Lord Manta hopped on the good foot and did the naughty thing,” she replied. She smiled happily. “And now they can happily be together and live happily ever after!”

Ryu stared at the girl, then shook his head with a chuckle. ”Nutcase,” he thought. ”A cute one, though.” He sighed quietly, a small, cute thought coming to mind.

“Oh, make sure there’s enough food for Lord Manta. He’s gonna be here for a long time to come,” Shizuka said as she walked out.

“Huh? What do you mean?” he asked, his daydream coming to a halt.

“Mansumi disowned him, and Papa is gonna adopt him,” she replied happily.

Ryu thought for a moment, then remembered she referred to Faust as ‘Papa’, then smiled brightly. “Well, then. I better get to work!”

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Starting to reach a block, so I may take a little longer to update, peps, so I’ll apologize now. I hope you’re all enjoying the story, and I give thanks to everybody who has reviewed so far. And a special thanks to GenkiJessiChan, who has helped me develop some of the ideas (ie. The apple juice incident). Reviews are greatly appreciated, peps. Ato de! ^_~