Written by Ky
[timeline: between
Otherworld 9 and Otherworld 10]
Rated G for everyone
The Otherworld Castle
Al was sitting at the Castle waiting talking with Bakura. The two had been discussing spells and consulting on which would be most effective for helping to keep the village safe. While Al was going to show a spell to Bakura a spell, a servant came rushing in to the room.
“Sir Al, your mate has just gone into labor,” he cried. Instantly Al’s face lit up and he ran towards the door. “Bakura, we’ll have to talk later, I’m about to become a father.” The blue-skinned mage watched the man go running to the nearest portal. Today was going to be an exciting day.
Al reached the village within minutes. He burst into their tower and found Aline lying in bed; also in the room was Kaiba. Kaiba greeted him and then moved out of the way so that the young mage could talk to his mate. “Aline, are you feeling alright? Do you need anything? Do…”
Aline cut Al off mid sentence. “I’m fine, stop worrying so much. There is nothing to worry about Kaiba is here and Rin will be soon.”
No later than after they had been mentioned Rin walked into the room. Trailing behind her was Kaede. “We are ready to assist you, love” said Rin getting towels and new sheets.
“The birth will be over soon. When I tell you to, push as hard as you can, alright.”
With Rin and Al’s help, Kaiba sat Aline in a position that he could help assist with the birth. “Now push until I say stop” said Kaiba.
Aline pushed with all her effort. Her head was dotted with beads of perspiration and the strain was obvious.
"Please try to relax.” “I’m trying. Have you ever given birth? It’s not exactly the most fun and relaxing thing to do!” yelled Aline.
Kaede took this opportunity to give Aline some relaxing herbs. Immediately she calmed down.
A contraction came and it felt as though she was being impaled with the sharpest blade ever forged.
Al came over to his wife and tried to soothe her. She grabbed him arm for comfort. Another contraction hit and she squeezed hard. Al never knew his wife had such tremendous strength and felt as if his arm would be ripped off soon.
“Aline, please, just push.”
Aline was still pushing but she felt as though the baby was not coming out. She looked down at her stomach and sighed. Stress took over and she wondered how her babies were going to come out of her.
“The birth is almost over. Now push as hard as you can.”
Aline was using all of her strength. It was now or later and she wanted this ordeal to end now. The woman pushed with all of her might and the first baby came out. Kaiba quickly took the baby and handed it to Rin. Then with one final push the second baby came out. Aline nearly blacked out from the strain.The birth had been a success and two beautiful twins were born into the world. Aline had both a boy and a girl. Azuma took after his mother with dark hair and dark eyes. He also had a small frown on his face. Amika also took after her mother with dark hair and dark eyes. She was sleeping peacefully at her mother’s side.
Al was ecstatic. He finally had children. Unfortunately Aline didn’t share the same response as her mate. She lay in the bed, dozing. But she still had a smile watching her son and daughter.
Aara later came to see the newborns. She apologized that she couldn’t help with the birth. But Al quickly told her not to worry for she had an important meeting to attend to.The Next Day
Many visitors came throughout the day to give gifts and congratulations to Al and Aline.
Azuma began squirming to get out of Hiten’s grip. Hiten held him with a stronger grip and the young Demon began to cry. Hiten gave Amika to Serafin. Then he looked Azuma right into the eye, then said “You’re going to show me some respect, little guy.” This caused the baby to cry even more. Almost instantly the sky began to darken and clouds came rolling in. Soon the sound of thunder could be heard echoing throughout the village. Amika hearing thunder for the first time began to cry as well. Now with the twins crying the thunder grew even louder.
“Well now at least we know who the twins take after,” said Hiten giving the baby to Serafin. She merely laughed and rocked the twins. Soon the thunder ceased and the clouds drifted off.
“You ought to be more kind and gentle with them, Hiten. They are only newborns,” said Serafin giving the babies to Al. The Unicorn mage held them tight and brought them to Aline. The two Thunder Demon twins reached for their mother. Aline held them close as they began to feed.
Hiten looked over at his daughter and asked if he could teach the twins how to control their powers. Aline nodded her head and she continued to feed her babies.
Now having two more Thunder Demons Otherworld would be a little less calm. Hiten only wished that he had more sets of fire wheels to give to his grandchildren. But he had no more to give. But now Otherworld had two more protectors that would someday watch over the lands, and keeping the peace.A Few Years Later
A few years had passed and both Azuma and Amika had grown well. The two had been trained by their grandfather and were very powerful for their age. Both of them were able to call down lightning without much effort. Azuma was always training and was the stronger of the two. But even though she was not as powerful as her brother Amika was still very powerful. She had been learning not only how to use her Thunder Demon powers but was also learning martial arts from Sango. Azuma knew martial arts as well but preferred to fight using brute strength.
Amika also had an advantage over her brother. She had inherited her father’s kind attitude and was very open. She was able to make friends easily and was liked by everyone. Azuma was somewhat cold and was very reserved. He had friends but mainly because of his sister.
Azuma sat in a tree wondering about something. Amika came over to him and tried to get him to play, but to no avail. Oh, how she wished her brother were a more social person. He would be so much more fun that way. Eventually though she got his attention but time was up.
“Amika, Azuma, come on were about to leave” called Al. Both of the twins quickly got up and went back to the village. They were going to the castle because their father was going to be discussing spells and charms with Bakura. Also the twins were going to see their uncle, Aniki and play with Vashir. Though they were older than him by about two years they still hung out together sometimes. The group soon departed to the castle.“Have fun!” said Al as he went to Bakura’s tower. The twins wondered where they would find their uncle. Their thoughts were interrupted as they heard the loud clang of swords. They followed the sound and found themselves in the courtyard. As usual, InuYasha and Aniki were dueling each other with their tremendous blades. InuYasha had his Tetsusaiga, and Aniki possessed the Banyruu.
“Uncle Aniki!” called Amika running to him.
Quickly Aniki placed the Banyruu into the ground and hugged his niece. “How are you doing Amika?” he asked.
“I’m fine. And so is brother.” Amika looked over at her brother and noticed him glaring.
Azuma turned his glare towards the Banyruu. Instantly the young Thunder Demon understood why her brother looked that way. “I’m sorry uncle and InuYasha, I interrupted your duel.”
“No problem, I was winning anyway,” said InuYasha walking towards the two.
“YOU!” yelled Aniki. “I was the one who was winning. You were about to lose.”
With that, the two Hanyous began to wrestle each other.
Abruptly the fighting ceased as Aara came walking outside and shot her males a stern look. Both of them apologized profusely. Trailing behind her was her young son, Vashir. Azuma and Amika greeted the two. Vashir asked the twins if they wanted to play a game. Amika agreed but Azuma said that he had to do something first.
“Uncle Aniki, I have a request of you” he said looking serious as usual.
“Yes Azuma” said Aniki.
“I would like to try the Banyruu.”
“I’m sorry but no.”
Azuma looked puzzled. “Why not, I can handle it.”
“Well I know you think you can, but I know that you can’t. The Banyruu is not only large and heavy but also dangerous. It could easily chop you into pieces. That very fate almost had befallen me once.”
“But, Uncle, you were only a baby at that point at that point; grandfather told me the story. I have been training with grandfather for a few years now. I can handle it.” Azuma looked into Aniki’s eyes with pure determination.
Aniki acquiesced to the younger Demon’s request. “Alright, but be very, very careful” said Aniki handing the giant blade to Azuma.To everyone’s surprise Azuma could hold the blade up. Azuma looked and said “I want to become the most powerful Thunder Demon. So it’s natural that I should be able to use a sword meant to use thunder as well.” He lifted the Banyruu into the air and began swinging it. Aniki’s face lit up with amusement and awe. It was a long and difficult ordeal for him to learn how to use the Banyruu properly, yet here was his nephew at such a young age swinging the sword without much difficulty, on his first try. Yet in some ways it wasn’t surprising at all. Azuma was a boy who did not give up on anything no matter the difficulty. If not for his age and limits he would train nonstop. After a few minutes Azuma handed the sword back to Aniki. “Thank you for letting me use your sword uncle” said Azuma with a rare smile.
Aniki returned the smile and said “No problem. Now that I know that you can use the Banyruu I will let you use it more often. I can’t wait to tell Dad how strong you have gotten.” With this said, Azuma began to grin.
Aniki looked over to Amika and asked, “Do you want to give it a shot as well?” Amika said no. She only wanted to know whether or not her brother would join Vashir and her in a game. Azuma looked at his sister and finally said yes. Soon the three children were running wildly around chasing each other. Aniki, InuYasha and Aara looked warmly at the children as they headed for their spot under the tree with the pillows.
Looking from out the tower window, Al smiled to himself as he was watching his children though the tower window. Even though they were still children, Al saw a great future for his children.
