You were saying?
Ragna the Bloodedge yawned to himself, as he slowly awoke. The light from the morning sun had finally reached his eyes telling him that is was time to start the day which was confirmed due to the music coming from his alarm clock. Thing was, the sun's rule of getting up didn't exactly apply to the silver-haired girl holding him by waist. This always turned out to be Ragna's first challenge of the day, how to get out of bed.
"Hey Nu, it's time to get up." No response. "Nu c'mon…"
"Five more minutes Ragna…" she said drowsily, not letting go of him. Ragna sighed to himself, no matter how much energy she showed once she'd gotten up, the real challenge was always getting her out of bed in the first place. Normally Ragna would show some patience with the Murakumo unit and let her wake up on her own, but today wasn't a day that they had a lot of time to waste.
"Nu c'mon, we need to get up, we're supposed to have brunch over at my brother's today."
"Nu thought you hated your brother," Nu said, not letting go of the Reaper. Ragna sighed; why'd his girlfriend have to be so hard to deal with in the morning.
"We're try to move past that," Ragna told her. It was true, ever since the war had ended two years ago he and his brother had tried to stay the others good side, but it was a work in progress with all of the history between the two. At the very least they weren't trying to kill each other.
He waited a moment for Nu's response, he didn't get one. 'Dang it, I could try tickling her again, but last time I tried that she fought back and she wouldn't stop tickling me for ten minutes.' Left with no other choice Ragna decided to perform on of his more immature techniques. He stuck a finger inside of his mouth for a moment to let it collect saliva. He then stuck the wet finger inside of Nu's ear, the woman gave a shrike as she let go of Ragna to grab her ear in protection.
"That was dirty Ragna!" she shouted at him, her lips in a small pout.
"Your fault for not getting up," Ragna informed. "You can take the first shower, I'll make breakfast for both of us."
"Or you could shower with Nu!" the silver haired Murakumo offered with a big smile on her face. She may have escaped from her original programming and started making her own choice in life (she was still crazy about Ragna), but her Yandere attitude had never gone away.
"Nu we have to get going, I told you last night that we'd have to get ready quickly if we got up late, but you wanted to sleep in!" Ragna sighed to himself, he didn't think of Nu as a pain far from it, but she could make things… Interesting. "Scrambled eggs or Pancakes for breakfast?"
"Nu wants-!"
"We're out of Super Sugar Ultimate cereal Nu," Ragna decided to remind as he threw a red morning shirt on.
"…Pancakes…" Nu said slightly deflated as she grabbed her clothing for that day and headed into the shower.
Ragna gave a small smirk as he went into the kitchen to make breakfast. He'd won this round against Nu, but this usually Nu would try to get him back. Her plans to get back at him were always the same, tackle him out of nowhere and proceed to make out with the former rebel… not that he was complaining.
*Time Skip*
The two left actually left at a reasonable time for Ragna's standards, and they started heading out on foot to Jin's place. The two brothers both lived in Kagutsuchi, Ragna's home was in the middle levels where he ran a restaurant that doubled as a cooking school where Nu worked with him as a waitress. Ragna had attempted to teach her to cook… but Nu's dishes were far too similar to Noel's.
Jin on the other hand lived in the higher levels of Kagutsuchi and had taken over the city after the war had ended. Ragna often goaded his younger brother by calling him 'mayor', while Jin threatened to put Ragna back on the "Most Wanted" list… an action that was supported in full by his fiancée Tsubaki Yayoi.
While the NOL had been completely undone, there were parts of it left in the new government. While this new government wasn't given an official name, it had a more lenient grip of control than the Librarium's dictatorship. Sector Seven was still an important organization, but they were focused on Education and Medical Research than military power. Even the Ikaruga Federation had become an important power in the word… but Ragna was worried about the group, with them having the biggest playboy he'd ever met as the leader.
On the way to Jin's house the two came across a familiar statue, on that resembled the leader of the six Heroes, Hakumen. Hakumen had disappeared after the final battle, apparently convinced that Ragna was no longer the threat to the world that he'd used to be. At the same time though, Ragna knew that Tsubaki had been the one to build the statue of his previous aggressor just to spite the Reaper. The rest of the Six Heroes had been alive after the final battle, save Terumi, but they'd gone into hiding, but they stayed in touch.
The two eventually made their way to the Kisaragi estate, where Ragna walked up to the front door and rang the doorbell. The door opened revealing his younger brother. "You made it… I was sure that you'd have forgotten."
"Please, you treat me like I'm Tao," Ragna said as he shook his head. Jin made way for them as they entered the mansion. "Did the others show up?"
"You two are the last ones," Jin said simply.
"Stop being so aggressive, we're early!" Ragna scolded his brother. He made his way to the dining room where the other were seated. Tsubaki was the first one to notice him and give her future brother in law a hateful glare, which the Reaper simply shrugged off. Makoto and Noel were also there, they'd flown into town last night to spend some time with their best friend and help her pick out a wedding dress, even though the wedding still wasn't for months. Kokonoe and Tager were also there, but they were working under Jin in Kagutsuchi, so it made sense for them to be there.
"Hi everyone!" Nu said cheerfully as he walked in. Everyone turned and gave their greetings as Ragna helped pull Nu's chair out to seat her before taking a seat beside his girlfriend. The group started talking and mingling amongst each other before the cooks started bring out the food for brunch.
"So Tsubaki," Makoto began. "Have you found a dress that you want to try for the wedding?"
"I've found a couple in the catalogs that you sent me, but all of the styles are located in different places in town. We're going to be shopping for the dress all day."
"That's not going to be a problem," Noel told the red head. "Makoto and I are just glad that we finally managed to all meet up after all of this time."
"And it's great to see both of you," Tsubaki said to her friends before she noticed something about another person present. "Kokonoe! Do you really have to bring your work with you while we eat?"
"Well maybe if a certain SOMEONE would take it easy with the documents I have to go over I'd be able to relax like a normal person!" the Grimalkin snapped.
"Or you could file your work as you go instead of leaving it until the end of the month every time," Tager suggested.
"What was that?" Kokonoe demanded, an obviously peeved expression on her face.
"Nothing," Tager sighed, somewhat afraid of some of the upgrades he might've just suggest to Kokonoe.
'Poor guy,' Ragna thought to himself as he took a bite out of some of his Quiche. It wasn't bad, but they'd added the eggs too early in and added too much of a few spices.
"So Ragna," Noel began. "How have you been doing? Makoto and I haven't seen you since two years ago."
"As well as can be I suppose," Ragna told them. "My restaurant's doing well enough and the classes I've been teaching are going well enough."
"Nu's been having fun as a waitress!" Nu decided to chime in.
"How have things been going between you two then?" Makoto decided to ask.
"Fine," Ragna said simply as he tried to avoid the glare he was getting from Tsubaki. She had always hated the Reaper, and she suspected that Ragna and Nu had been becoming intimate with each other. While she couldn't care less on who the Reaper was hooking up with, she was rather stubborn on her 'chastity until marriage' cause. Plus, Ragna might have possibly told her that he wouldn't go too far with Nu.
"Aw c'mon!" Makoto demanded. "Give us some details, I want some details."
"That's our business," Ragna said as he continued eating his brunch. Thankfully, Nu elected to stay quite during this. If she even suggested something that was even close to an innuendo, Tsubaki wouldn't hesitate to bring down every force she had on the Reaper… of course he had Nu for protection, but he'd still rather avoid this.
*Time Skip-One Week Later*
It was Sunday again, the only day of the week when Ragna closed the restaurant so that he could rest. As his familiar alarm clock went off again, Ragna reached his arm over and hit the snooze button. After yawning and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes he noticed that Nu wasn't with him.
"Nu?" he called before hearing a chocking sound coming from the bathroom. "NU!" he shouted as he quickly opened the bathroom door.
Nu was on the floor, trying to support herself on the edge of the toilet seat, a small trail of vomit emerging from her lips. Her eyes were half-closed before suddenly opening as she forced herself over the side of the toilet and barfed. Ragna went over to her and gently rubbed her back for support. Once she was done, she weakly turned to her boyfriend. "Ragna… Nu doesn't feel very good…"
'This is impossible!' Ragna thought to himself worriedly. 'Murakumo units aren't supposed to get sick, and they certainly don't get the flu… Dammit, what's going on!?' "Take it easy," Ragna said as he picked Nu up in his arms and carried her back into the bed. He set a trash can on the side. "I'm going to call Kokonoe, use the trash can if you need it."
Once Ragna was outside the bedroom, he immediately grabbed his phone of the charger and dial Kokonoe.
'What are you calling me for you jackass!' Kokonoe demanded on the other side of the line. 'This is supposed to be my day off! Ergo, I don't talk to anyone!'
"I'm sorry Kokonoe," Ragna said more patiently than he'd even been. "But I need help and you're the only one I can turn to. Something's wrong with Nu."
'What's her problem? You and I both know she doesn't get damaged easily. Did you screw something up?'
"I don't know! She's not hurt, but she's vomiting like she has the flu. I know Murakumos can't get sick. Tell me what's happening to her!" There was silence. "Kokonoe?"
'I'll be right over, just keep her in bed and try not to move her.' With that the scientist hung up the phone.
"What's going on?" Ragna could only ask.
*Later*
Ragna was seated outside his bedroom while Kokonoe did a checkup on Nu. He'd been waiting outside for almost two hours and it drove him crazy that he wasn't inside himself. He'd promised Nu that he'd save her two years ago, and when he finally managed to save her he promised he'd protect her. 'Great job so far Ragna. Nu's sick and you have no idea how to take care of her. C'mon Kokonoe, give me something! I just want her to be safe.'
Finally the door opened revealing Kokonoe, she didn't have a glum look on her face, but it was somewhat filled with disbelief. "Ragna, I need you to listen to me carefully and answer this question honestly." Ragna nodded. "Have you and Nu been… sexually active?"
"Yes…" Ragna could barely say with his eyes wide. Did this mean what he thought it did?
"And here I thought it was impossible for Murakumos to reproduce. I guess the report and entries stating that little fact was false."
"She's pregnant?" Ragna asked. Kokonoe nodded. "Well… I mean that's great, but a little, no REALLY unexpected. I need to go talk to Nu about this." As he made his way back to his bedroom he turned to face Kokonoe. "Try to keep this between the three of us, I don't need anyone else know about this just yet."
"Whatever," Kokonoe said. "I'll see you around Ragna, and be sure to start seeing me every month for a checkup for the kid. This could be an incredible breakthrough for science!"
"Kokonoe…" Ragna's tone was very tested.
"Yeah, yeah, I'll keep it to myself. Later."
Ragna sighed with disbelief as he walked into the bedroom where Nu was lying. "You alright?" As soon as Nu turned to Ragna her eye started to tear up. "Nu what's wrong?" As soon as Ragna was close enough the Murakumo grabbed him in bone crushing hug. "Whoa! Nu, take it easy."
"R-Ragna, I'm so h-happy," she said through her tears as Ragna returned the embrace. "N-Nu thought that she could never have children… Th-That we couldn't start a family… But now, I'm carrying a baby. OUR baby… Nu feels so happy…"
"So do I," Ragna told her as he held the woman he loved in his arms. "Things are going to start to get crazy pretty soon, but I guess it's just going to be an adventure in parenting."
"The two of us, parents," Nu said to him with a smile on her face. "Nu can't wait to tell everyone!" Ragna wasn't exactly discrete in his change of expressions to a very nervous smile. "What's wrong Ragna?"
"C-Can we hold off for a little bit before we tell everyone? I need to come up with a way to tell Tsubaki so she won't kill me."
"Okay Ragna!" Nu said cheerfully.
"Thanks," Ragna said as he gave Nu a kiss on the forehead. "This is a pretty special occasion, you want me to grab you something?"
"Can we have pizza for dinner?" Nu asked. Ragna gave a small smile as he nodded. "Thanks Ragna. Nu loves you."
"I love you too, just try to get some rest. I'll bring you some tea."
*Two Months Later*
In the two months that Ragna had spent with his pregnant partner he'd gotten a lot done. He'd managed to find an intern to fill in for Nu when she wasn't able to work, he got several "How to be a parent" books from the library, and he even came up with a way to make food for his kid when the time came. All of the appointments the two had with Kokonoe had reported that the baby was growing healthily. Yep, life was good and Jin and Tsubaki's wedding was in less than a week. Everyone in the group was going to Jin's estate tonight in order to grab dinner.
Everyone was there, Noel, Makoto, Kokonoe, Tager, Kagura, Bullet, Platinum, Rachel, Valkenhayn, Bang, Litchi, Amane, and even the former six heroes… except for Hakumen, but that would've honestly been pretty awkward for everyone. And while everyone was here, and Ragna was around several people that he could consider his friend, he was worried. Why was he worried? Well it might have something to do with the bride killing him when she found out that Nu was pregnant! Yeah… One thing Ragna hadn't managed to do in the last two months was let anyone know about Nu's condition. Kind of an important one.
"Is something wrong?" Noel asked Ragna. The Reaper merely shrugged. Everyone was in the garden in the back of Jin's estate in order to celebrate with a barbeque. "What's the matter?"
"Something I need to tell everyone," Ragna said simply. "I'm just not sure how to bring it up."
Noel got a huge smile on her face. "I know exactly what to do. HEY EVERYONE! RAGNA HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO SAY!"
'…did she just…' Ragna turned and noticed that the entire party was now focused on him. 'Damn it Noel!' "Uh… h-hey guys."
"Wow, looks like we have the groom's brother giving us a pre-wedding speech," Kagura chuckled. "Didn't think you had one prepped Ragna. Let's hear it."
'All right, I can do this,' Ragna thought to himself. 'All I need to do is go outright and tell everyone that even though I didn't marry her, Nu's pregnant and I'm the father. It's simple. I can do this!' He then opened his mouth to end the little ploy before he saw Tsubaki glaring at him. 'I CAN'T DO IT! I CAN'T DO IT!'
"Well brother?" Jin asked. "We're waiting."
Ragna took a deep breath. 'IMPROVISE!' "You all know that Jin and I were never exactly on good terms."
"That's an understatement!" Makoto called out.
"Yeah, well I honestly had enough reason to hate him." Ragna then thought exactly of what to say in this. "After all he constantly had me on the run. The way he was constantly shouting 'BROTHER!' I'd thought he'd want me in Tsubaki's place today."
The crowd howled with laughter. Jin's face turned crimson and Tsubaki groaned.
"But then I heard that Jin had finally proposed to her, a very joyous occasion for everyone. I'll admit that even I was happy them… and that's coming from the guy that they're constantly trying to kill." He got a few snickers out of that one. "Seriously, I looked at their calendrer and there was a day that literally said 'KILL RAGNA.' It also said 'DATE NIGHT' that day, but I don't think that's a coincidence."
"Keep this up and Tsubaki and I will be having quite a few more date nights!" Jin shouted, betraying himself with a small smile.
"Yeah, yeah, bro, I get it. Anyways, first off to the bride, Tsubaki, take care of my brother for me. Sometimes he tries to take on too much at once, but he's a good person and everything he's done has been for you. And to Jin, you already have everything you need, make your life one worth living for the both of you."
Several of the people gave Ragna some applause. The Reaper let out a sigh of relief. He'd hold this off for a little longer, maybe present this during the reception when Tsubaki's in a good mood. For now he'd-
"Ragna, what the HELL is going on?" Tsubaki demanded.
'OH COME ON!' "What are you talking about Tsubaki? I was just giving-"
"Giving a speech about how happy you are for Jin and myself, I know. That's what's giving you away. I know you wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't something you wanted to hide from everyone."
"Crap… here it goes," Ragna sighed to himself. Nu walked over and stood beside her partner. She was wearing her traditional garb with the cloth covering her signs of pregnancy. "Everyone, Nu's pregnant… and I'm the father if that wasn't obvious."
Silence.
"I see," Tsubaki said with a sadistic smile on her face. "How long has she been pregnant?"
"Four months," Nu said, feeling a little afraid herself.
"Really?" Tsubaki said, not having her smile drop. "And how long ago were you two wed?"
"We… never… married," Ragna said cringing before protectively putting Nu behind him.
"Really, because I thought we'd talked about this when Nu first moved in with you. You SAID that you wouldn't take things too far! You said it straight to our faces!" Tsubaki was pissed, not that you needed me to tell you that. "And now you're telling us she's pregnant and you're not even-!" Tsubaki instantly grabbed her mouth as her eyes grew wide. She instantly ran inside to the mansion. Jin was confused with what just happened, but he eventually followed his fiancée.
"What's going on Ragna?" Nu asked. The Reaper gave a smug grin. If this is what he was thinking, this would be sweet.
"Nu sweetie, I think we're about to have a show."
After listening to Tsubaki vomit in the bathroom closest to the back, things were silent for a few minutes. Then the silence was broken in a single scream from Tsubaki.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M PREGNANT!?"
"Did we jus' here that right?" Jubei asked in surprise. Even his wife 'Nine' was at a loss for words.
"That's what the test says Tsubaki!" Jin defended.
"BUT WE ALWAYS USED PROTECTION! HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?"
"Well… there was that first time where we were both drunk…"
"YOU'RE NOT HELPING JIN!" Tsubaki shouted.
"I knew I heard something that night!" Kokonoe exclaimed. "And here I thought something was wrong with the plumbing."
Ragna was fighting hard to control his laughter, he was failing horribly. After the two inside finished arguing inside they came outside once more, both with faces so red it'd give Ragna's coat a run for its money. Unable to say anything to the people standing there the two went over to the seats on the sidelines. Unfortunately, the Grim Reaper decided to express his emotions about this new development. He and his girlfriend walked over to the engaged couple.
"So… You were saying?"
Author Note: I don't own BlazBlue.
I know I called this a one-shot, but if I get enough support I may throw in another chapter or two. Also… you may not know this, but his is actually my favorite pairing. Anyways, leave a review.
Ciao!
