Author's Note: Okay so I've had immense writer's block this month, and its why updates have been so slow. I'll still be continuing Hizuru's Hope and Broken Soul, but I just suddenly really needed to write something different. I think its because I've been writing so much in Attack On Titan's timeline, I've been itching to get back to a modern AU. So while I'm working on Broken Soul's Visual novel on Youtube, I'll be writing this here. This is a very different idea and that's why I'm excited to write it. Hope you all enjoy!

February 10th 2000

General Hospital, 8:30 PM

"Nnghh..AAAHHHHHHHH!"

A loud, ear splitting scream of pain filled the hospital's floor. In the delivery room of the maternity ward, a young and beautiful Japanese lady collapsed back against her pillows on the bed, panting desperately for air.

She was soaked in sweat, her shoulder length black hair damp, and her dark eyes tired. Her white gown stuck to her front, as the nurse soothingly wiped the laboring mother's forehead with a cool cloth.

The poor woman's labor had lasted about 22 hours, and she had been in the delivery room for about two hours now.

The small and delicate lady was struggling bad, her labor pains coming in strong ways, her belly's skin tight from the contractions, and the pressure between her legs was unbearable.

She had endured an extremely long and hard back labor, and she was in agony at this point. Her body was also at its limit and she was exhausted.

Her husband was right at her side, holding her hand. She had squeezed it until it was bruised and nearly broken. He lovingly stroked her hair, a worried look in his eyes. He wasn't Asian like her, but rather of German descent.

He had blonde hair, along with some facial hair, with brown eyes. He hadn't left his wife's side for even a second during this labor and birth.

The birth of their very first child. The two had married only a year ago, and moved to America together. It was then that she became Mrs. Ackerman.

Mrs. Ackerman fell pregnant only three months after their honeymoon, and the newlyweds couldn't have been more overjoyed.

Though the next nine months had been extremely difficult. Akane was very petite and not very physically strong, so she had a fairly complicated pregnancy.

Mr. Ackerman did all he could, as did the doctors involved. It also was a bad sign when Mrs. Ackerman turned out to be 2 full weeks late, not going into labor until way passed her due date back in late January.

Just as the doctors were discussing inducing her and a C-section, Mrs. Ackerman's water broke. But now she was here, feeling as though no progress was made.

She had endured nearly 24 hours of hard labor, and had been pushing for two hours with very little progress. The baby was naturally oversized from being so late.

Just as talk of a C-Section was being brought up again, the baby's head had started to crown, causing Mrs. Ackerman to scream out.

As she caught her breath, the doctor gently felt her contracting belly. "Almost over now, Mrs. Ackerman, now rest. Take some deep breaths and let your contractions ease her head out..", Dr. Jaeger assured the exhausted woman.

"You hear that, Akane? Our baby's nearly here, just keep breathing, sweetie", Mr. Ackerman assured his wife, stroking her hair, as she took several deep breaths, dripping with sweat.

"H-Herrick, she's okay so far, right...? Is our baby doing alright?", Akane asked weakly and worriedly. Since it had been such a hard pregnancy, she was naturally worried for her baby.

"Our baby's doing just fine honey, you just focus on this..get your strength back, we're nearly there now!", Herrick encouraged his wife softly.

Akane took several deep breaths, gripping her husband's hand, the pressure was really demanding but the doctor didn't want to risk the small woman tearing.

Akane grimaced, her grip tightening on her husband's hand as the contractions came in strong waves and only made the pressure worse.

"I-I can't...the pressure...!", she cried, arching her back, fighting her body's urges to bear down and push, gritting her teeth.

"Lots of pressure sweetie", the nurse agreed worriedly, feeling the laboring woman's belly.

"Breathe it out, just how you practiced", the nurse soothed her, wiping her forehead once more.

"Heeheee hooo..heeheeee hooo...", Akane attempted to breathe, blowing air out, before shaking her head against the pillow unable to endure it any longer.

Finally, when the baby's head was halfway out, the doctor gave a sigh of relief. "Okay, Mrs. Ackerman, big push!", he said, seeing she was now safe from tearing too badly.

Akane gripped the hospital bed's rail and her husband's hand as she leaned forward, pushing with all her might.

"That's it, honey, that it! You're doing it! You're doing so well!", Herrick encouraged, helping her lean forward, supporting her back and letting her crush his hand.

Akane gritted her teeth, grunting with effort, before gasping for air.

"Push! Push Mrs. Ackerman! Baby's ready! You're almost there!", the doctor encouraged, her contraction still going.

Akane bore down again, pushing with all her strength, as she then released a loud scream of pain again, her body shaking with effort.

"AAAHHHHHHH!" with a final screeching scream of pain, Akane suddenly felt a wave of relief, as she collapsed back against her pillows, gasping for air.

The nurse quickly got an oxygen mask on her. "Breathe in sweetie", the nurse encouraged, giving the breathless woman some much needed air.

Akane breathed in the air desperately...and then a baby's cry filled the room. It was a small cry, but a strong one.

"We have a little girl!", Dr Jaeger announced, as he began cleaning the baby girl. "A girl...oh Akane, we have a daughter...", Herrick cried, tears appearing in his eyes as Akane opened her eyes weakly.

"A girl...", she whispered weakly but happily, as the nurse removed the oxygen mask. Dr. Jaeger wrapped the baby girl in a warm pink blanket after cleaning her, bringing her over.

"Here you are, 9 lbs, 8 ounces", he said, as Akane gently and carefully held the newborn in her arms. She gazed down and her heart skipped a beat as time stopped for both her and Herrick.

The baby had black hair and pale skin like her mother, with dark blue eyes. "Oh Akane..she looks just like you..she's as beautiful as her mother..", Herrick mused softly.

"Our beautiful baby girl...oh, look at you angel, we've been waiting for you", Akane cooed softly, as the baby stopped crying and started to calm down.

She gazed up at her parents with intelligent eyes. "You're so gorgeous..Mommy and daddy promise to always love and protect you..", Akane vowed, as she cuddled the baby close.

The baby nuzzled against the warmth of her mother's skin, as Herrick gently stroked her hair. "Our perfect little butterfly...", he said softly.

Akane smiled warmly. "Our beautiful Mikasa...Mikasa Ackerman"

As the family of three rested in the hospital, a blue butterfly flew outside the delivery room's window, landing on a branch, slowly moving its wings.

Nine Years Later...

Mikasa Ackerman starred at herself in the mirror. Her black hair went passed her shoulders much like her mother, and she had long bangs. She had dark bluish black eyes, and fair skin.

She frowned at herself, wearing a long white summer dress and pink jacket. It was her first day of 3rd grade, and the weather was very warm this Spring, so her parents bought her some summer clothes early.

The young girl looked down at her middle area, and then she went into her dresser, getting a small belt. She wrapped it around her middle, to keep her dress against her stomach, even though it was a fairly long dress.

Akane was carrying a laundry basket down the hall, when she passed her daughter's bedroom and noticed this. "Mikasa? Sweetie, what's that for?", she asked curiously as she set the basket down, entering the bedroom.

Mikasa bit her lip, looking down as Akane knelt down at her daughter's eye level.

"I...well, what if my dress lifts up from any wind..?", Mikasa started to ask. Akane's eyes softened, one of their daughter's odd quirks was she was self conscious of her tummy. It wasn't a weight thing, Mikasa was a thin girl, and very fit and healthy.

But it was because Mikasa had a small birth mark on her stomach, in the vague shape of a butterfly.

She was bullied in second grade about it at during a beach field trip, so that's where this came from.

"Angel..", Akane gently removed her daughter's belt then. Mikasa blinked softly.

"You are gorgeous, Mikasa. There is nothing wrong with your little tummy, okay? Those kids were just jealous", Akane assured her daughter.

"But..what if the kids here...", Mikasa began to ask nervously. "If they bully you or hurt you in any way, Mommy and daddy will come right down, okay honey?", Akane soothed, stroking her daughter's hair.

Mikasa gave a small nod. "Mommy, is...is my tummy weird? To have this birth mark?", she asked. Akane smiled softly.

"Not at all baby, your tummy is very cute, and I think that birth mark is beautiful", Akane assured her. Mikasa still looked doubtful, so Akane then scooped her up in her arms, sitting on the bed and tickling her daughter's tummy.

Mikasa laughed, breaking into giggles as Akane tickled her and then cuddled her. "Mommy!", Mikasa giggled, as Akane smiled.

"You are a beautiful young lady, Mikasa. And Mommy loves you very much", Akane promised her with a smile, as she gently lifted her daughter's dress up a bit, and placed a hand over the birth mark.

It was a little to the right side of her belly button, and it indeed looked like a butterfly shape. Mainly the middle and wings.

"I love you too mommy", Mikasa said, nuzzling into her mother's warm embrace.

Once downstairs, Akane and Herrick walked their daughter out to the bus stop. They lived on a small farm with some chickens, a goat, some sheep, rabbits and a Foxhound named Sam. The dog protected the chickens from foxes or coyotes, and was also a good hunting dog.

Even though they still went to the store and was in touch with the modern world, the Ackermans enjoyed life on a quiet farm, and even got their eggs and milk from the chickens and goat, and sold the sheep's wool.

As they exited the house, Mikasa first hurried over to the rabbit's pen which was inside the barn. "Mikasa! The bus is coming!", Herrick called.

"I need to check on Snow, dad!", Mikasa called back, hurrying in as her parents smiled. Mikasa approached the rabbit pen. There were two separate sections, one was large and contained two male brown rabbits and a female black rabbit, but then the other section was more small and had extra bedding.

A beautiful white rabbit rested in this section, as Mikasa gently opened it and petted the docile bunny. "No babies yet, Snow?", she asked softly, feeling the rabbit's swollen belly. Snow had gotten pregnant, and Mikasa had been very excited naturally since Snow was her pet.

Mikasa checked the rabbit's food and water. "Okay, I'll check on you as soon as I get home from school", Mikasa smiled, giving the rabbit one last pet, before closing and locking the pen, hurrying out.

Her parents had to drive her to the bus stop since it was a good 10 minutes away from their house since they were fairly a bit deep in the woods.

When they got out of the car, the bus pulled up. "Have a good first day, princess", Herrick smiled, hugging his daughter.

"I will..I'll miss you both", Mikasa admitted, as Akane hugged her next. "Don't worry butterfly, you will see us at the end of the day", she assured her daughter.

Mikasa nodded, she blew her parents a kiss before getting on the school bus. Mikasa avoided the other kids, finding herself a seat in the very back, curled against the window as she waved at her parents, the bus driving away.

Her parents waved as well. Mikasa had always been unusual in the sense where she was very clingy to her parents. She didn't show much interest in playing with other children.

Herrick and Akane were concerned about this, but also didn't press their daughter since she was so happy and never showed signs of being lonely.

"Are you sure about waiting to tell her, honey?", Herrick asked his wife, an arm around her waist, the bus out of view.

"Positive, Mikasa wouldn't go to school if we told her, the little lovebug. We can give her the big news at dinner", Akane smiled, placing a hand over her stomach.

The two had learned Akane was 6 weeks pregnant, expecting their second child.

Once at school, Mikasa found herself a seat in the middle of the classroom. She set her bookbag down, which had blue butterfly stickers decorated on it, and cute keychains on the zipper. There was a bunny, cat and a teddy bear.

She got her textbook out, sitting down. As the classroom filled up, the teacher came in. "Hello class, welcome to third grade", the female teacher smiled as she wrote "Welcome to Third Grade" on the chalkboard.

"Today we have a new student joining our school, and he's going to be in our class! Please come in", the teacher looked at the door. Mikasa blinked, seeing a boy her age enter.

He had brown hair, green eyes and a bit of a frown on his face, wearing pants, a yellow shirt and brown jacket.

"Please introduce yourself", the teacher said. "I'm Eren Jaeger", the boy said simply. "Let's see...you can sit by Mikasa", the teacher gestured.

Mikasa blinked softly, watching as Eren sat down on her left side. He set his own bookbag down, it was dark blue and slightly opened.

Mikasa caught glimpse of a handheld gaming device, along with his textbook. Eren glanced at her slightly, causing Mikasa to quickly look away, nervously.

Class went by fairly smoothly, and so did lunch. At recess, Mikasa climbed across the monkey bars, keeping to herself.

She paused then, noticing a group of girls starring at her. Her heart sunk and she tried to avoid eye contact, recognizing them.

They were a group of girls who had bullied her back in second grade. Luckily they weren't in her third grade class, but they were still at the school.

"Hey Mikasa, you still got that gross birth mark?", the blonde girl asked,. Annie was her name. Beside her were two other girls, Gabi and Ymir. Ymir was new to their group, and seemed more aloof.

Mikasa frowned, choosing to ignore them as she continued climbing back and fourth on the bars. "Hey!", Gabi then grabbed Mikasa by her leg.

Mikasa struggled, as Gabi lifted up her dress slightly. "See?! She does still have it! That's so weird!", Gabi said.

"I don't know, it doesn't seem that odd", Ymir admitted, not really contributing. "It's so gross, does that come with being an Asian?", Annie sneered. Mikasa was the only Asian child at this school.

Mikasa glared then, and she kicked Gabi in the face with her free leg. Gabi cried out in pain, her nose bleeding and possibly broken.

"You'll pay for that!", Annie growled, pulling Mikasa down off the bars, causing the girl to fall hard on the ground.

Just as the girls surrounded Mikasa, all of a sudden Eren stepped between them. "Leave her alone!", he growled at Annie, standing in front of Mikasa.

Mikasa blinked, surprised as she slowly got to her feet. "What are you planning to do new kid?", Gabi asked.

"Nothing if you start walking", Eren growled. "Oh please, you don't scare us!", Gabi went to shove Eren out of the way, but he grabbed her by her ponytail and threw her to the ground.

"Gabi!", cried Annie as she helped Gabi up. "We're telling!", Gabi yelled, tearfully as the girls ran off. "Spoiled brats...", Eren muttered.

"Um...", Mikasa started nervously, as Eren looked at her. "Thank you...", she said, her voice small. "No problem...are you hurt?", asked Eren, his voice softer.

Mikasa shook her head. "I'm okay..", she assured him. Eren gave a nod, sitting down. "You don't act like a new kid..you're really brave", Mikasa admitted, sitting next to him.

"I was kicked out of my old school for fighting", admitted Eren. "Oh..", Mikasa said softly. They were quiet for a moment.

"Fighting about what...?", asked Mikasa curiously. Eren chose not to answer, and Mikasa noticed a small bruise on his arm, his jacket sleeve rolled up a bit.

"You're injured...", she noticed, concerned. Eren quickly rolled his sleeve down. "Don't worry about it...so what's your name?", he asked, changing the subject.

"Mikasa..Mikasa Ackerman", Mikasa replied. "Are you Japanese...?", asked Eren. "Half. My mom is Japanese and my dad is German", Mikasa nodded.

"That's pretty cool", Eren admitted. Mikasa blinked, and she smiled softly. Eren noticed she seemed a little tired from the heat.

"Let's get a drink", he decided then, taking her hand and leading her to where the vending machines were. Mikasa blinked, and she felt a little color reach her cheeks at him taking her hand.

There were two vending machines on the outside of the school, right by the doors by the playground with a bench.

Mikasa got herself a juice box while Eren got himself a can of Pepsi. "So, tell me about yourself", Eren said, interested and making small talk.

Mikasa sipped from the straw, holding her juice box with two hands before answering. "Well..my parents and I live on a small farm", she started.

"Any animals?", asked Eren. "Mostly chickens and sheep, but we have a goat named Mable, along with two cats, rabbits and a dog", Mikasa replied.

"You have a dog? I love dogs", admitted Eren with a smile. Mikasa blinked, he had worn such an intense expression since meeting him, so it was nice to see him smile.

"Sammy, he's a Foxhound", she nodded. "Foxhound? Never heard of that breed", admitted Eren. "They're basically big Beagles you could say...do you have any pets?", asked Mikasa.

"Nah, my mom's allergic and dad works a lot, he's a doctor", Eren replied. "A doctor?", Mikasa said, she then blinked, remembering Eren's last name.

"Dr. Jaeger...my parents told me my mom's doctor when she gave birth to me was a man named Grisha Jaeger..", she recalled.

"Oh, yeah that's my dad! I'm not too surprised, he's been in the practice for over a decade", Eren admitted.

By the end of the school day, Mikasa was excited to get back home. As the bus pulled up, Mikasa's eyes lit up, seeing her mom standing by the car waiting for her.

Eren wasn't on the bus, his mom had drove him for his first day. "Mommy!", Mikasa hurried off the bus and ran into her mother's arms.

"Hello sweetie! How was your first day?", asked Akane, holding her daughter close. "It was good! I met a boy named Eren...", Mikasa blinked then.

"Where's daddy?", she asked, tilting her head. Akane smiled. "Daddy had to stay at the farm...why don't we go see?", Akane asked then. Mikasa blinked, but she nodded.

When they arrived home, Mikasa got out of the car, following her mom into the barn. As they entered, Mikasa saw her father was in front of the rabbit pet, Snow's pen was opened.

Mikasa gasped, realizing as she hurried over. "Daddy, is Snow okay?", she asked worriedly as Akane came over as well.

"Is she still going, dear?", she asked her husband, as Mikasa saw 7 little baby rabbits squirming against their mother. Mikasa's eyes lit up at this.

"I think so, she's still a bit uncomfortable, I'd say she's got one or two left to deliver..", Herrick answered his wife softly.

"They're so cute...you're doing so well, Snow!", Mikasa said happily but softly, not wanting to frighten the laboring rabbit.

The snowy rabbit soon delivered two more babies, and as the family of bunnies rested, Akane gently placed her hand on her daughter's shoulder.

"Mikasa...", she started gently, as Mikasa gazed happily at the rabbits. "Hm?", Mikasa asked. "How would you like to be a big sister?", Akane asked.

Mikasa blinked, she looked at her mother. "What?", she asked. Akane gently placed her hand on her stomach as Herrick smiled.

"Mommy's having a baby, Mikasa. You're going to have a sibling in nine months", he explained. Mikasa's eyes widened in surprise but then she smiled and hugged her mother.

"I can't wait! I wonder if it will be a sister or brother", she said excitedly as Akane and Herrick laughed in relief. "Well, it feels different from when you were inside my tummy, Mikasa...so I think you got a little brother on the way", Akane admitted with a warm smile.

Mikasa beamed, she couldn't wait to tell Eren tomorrow, both about Snow and her mother.