Gravitation

Angelic Conception

Warnings: slight angst, future m-preg, mention of NCS, mention of suicide attempts/thoughts, supernatural

(Chapter 1: Immaculate Conception (Prologue))

Rumiko sat on her small apartment's balcony looking out over Tokyo. She had one hell of a day. First her boyfriend broke up with her then her boss fired her and now she is getting an eviction notice. Could anything else go wrong?

Just then a bright light seemed to explode from the setting sun and envelope everything she saw in a blinding whiteness that caused her to cover her eyes with her forearm. A burning heat washed over her and she began to freak out. 'Holy shit, what the hell is this?' She was about to duck and cover when the heat stopped.

She slowly let her arm fall from guarding her eyes. She slowly opened one eye then the other. She looked out over the city and saw no signs to lead her to believe that what just happened was real. "Well, maybe I'm just getting flashbacks from that acid I took in high school." She stood up from her weathered lawn chair and turned around.

She bumped into a hard muscled chest covered in a thin white toga like fabric. Rumiko slowly raised her head to come face to face with deep brown eyes. "Maybe my entrance was a little much, but you know it's becoming harder and harder to empress these days."

Rumiko let out a scream and promptly feel to the concrete balcony and began to crawl backwards away from the angelic figure blocking the door. "Who-who are you? What do you want?"

The brown haired and brown eyed man laughed a happy pleasant laugh and bent down presenting a frightened Rumiko with a hand to help her up. She eyed it suspiciously and scooted a little farther away. The angelic figure smiled warmly and stood back up. "I guess I should have introduced myself." He gave a short wave in the air. "Hi my name's Gabriel and I'm a closet show off."

Rumiko snorted, 'You think?' but instead of giving this guy lip she just quickly made her way to her feet and crossed her arms over chest. "My names-"

"Rumiko Shindo, twenty-four, barely graduated high school, orphaned, lost her job and her boy friend today while at the same time got an eviction notice in the mail." Gabriel smiled and gave her a self satisfied wink.

Rumiko stared open mouthed at the beautiful man standing on her balcony. "How did you...?"

Gabriel put his fists to his hips and puffed his chest out. "I'm an angel. Ever heard of the Angel Gabriel?" Rumiko raised her eye brow.

"I don't believe you. If you're an angel show me your wings." Gabriel loved two things the most out of all the things he loved… one, his job and two, showing off. So, naturally he was more than happy to spread his wing span out to its fullest extent. Of course he happened to nock over a potted plant, it plummeted four stories down. He gave a sheepish smile to Rumiko, but it soon vanished as he heard it shatter on the cement bellow and a cat screech on fright.

"Wow… I believe you. So, you can uh… put them away now." Gabriel's wings vanished as fast they had appeared. Rumiko looked a little frightened now. "You aren't going to tell me I have, like ten day left to live, are you? Cause I have tons of things I still what to do with my life."

Gabriel gave her a reassuring smile. "No actually I'm here to give you good news!" he jumped up and down happy as can be.

Rumiko blew out a sigh of relief. "Good."

"God has chosen you to bear a child!" Gabriel looked at Rumiko with amazingly bright happy eyes as he bounced around on the porch. Rumiko on the other hand keeled over her eyes rolling to the back of her head.

Gabriel stopped bouncing and looked down at her. He shifted his gaze toward the sky and asked, "Do you think I should have softened the news a bit?"

A deep thundering response of "Baka" echoed over the city. Gabriel sighed in defeat and bent down to pick up the limp Rumiko and carried her into her apartment.

Rumiko awoke several hours later and placed a hand to her head. "Man, what a freaky dream. I really shouldn't have taken that acid."

Just then Gabriel popped out of her efficiency kitchen and gave her a bright happy smile. "You're awake! Jeez, I thought you were going to sleep all day!"

Rumiko slapped a hand to her forehead and groaned. "It wasn't a dream. Smiley is still here."

Gabriel hopped into the living room and placed a warm cup of tea down on the cinderblock coffee table. "Aw… you gave me nick name." Rumiko scowled at him and took the tea gulping it down.

"Wait a minute. How did you make tea? The stove's been broken for months." Gabriel wiggled his index finger and the cinder block coffee table turned into a modern glass top with stainless steel legs. Rumiko looked down at the table. "Oh."

Gabriel smiled brightly then grew slightly more serious. "Ok. Now that you are awake we can discuss your job."

Rumiko looked at him in defiance. "I never agreed to any job."

Gabriel scowled. "You don't have to. God has chosen you to bestow his gift upon."

Rumiko scowled right back at the intimidating angel. "What if I don't want to have His child? I can't take care of child! I'd end up breaking it or something." Her defiance soon melted into apprehension. She would love to have a child, but could think of a million different reasons not to have one. Namely that she didn't know the first thing about raising a child.

Gabriel seemed to read her mind. He stood up and walked over to the couch taking a seat next to her. "Rumiko, first of all you won't be having His child. You will be having your child. He just wants to bestow this gift upon someone worthy of it."

Rumiko looked up into Gabriel's kind warm eyes. "What makes me worthy?"

Gabriel sighed and placed an arm around her. "Only He knows that." Rumiko leaned into him and took comfort in his warm embrace. "I can only tell you he has special plans for your child."

Rumiko sat up and looked warily at him. "What kind of plans?"

Gabriel smiled and cleared his throat in preparation for a speech that Rumiko could tell he had been practicing. "Your child will have the gift of giving life as well as taking it away." Rumiko gasped 'My child is to be the angel of death?' Gabriel continued. "He will be a beautifully distinctive child and will never abuse his abilities. And no, he is not the Angel of Death." Rumiko glared at him. 'Quit reading my mind.' Gabriel chuckled, "Sorry."

"So, I am to have a child that can give the gift of life?" Gabriel nodded enthusiastically. "Does he have a specific purpose other than that to carry out in the world?" Gabriel shrugged. "He isn't going to save the world at the cost of his own life is he?"

Gabriel laughed. "No; nothing like that. His powers will eventually dwindle down to only healing, but that won't be for a long, long time. God has a job for him to do before that happens. He will live a long and happy life." Rumiko sighed in relief. She wouldn't be able to bring a child into the world only for him to die soon after.

Gabriel sat back down and studied Rumiko like a child would a snail crawling across the side walk. She looked at him annoyed and asked, "What are you looking at?"

The angel just smiled. "I was watching your mind work. You really are very smart Rumiko-chan."

Rumiko smirk, "Yeah well I don't think God would like you flirting with the mother of this miracle child, would he?" Gabriel suddenly looked frightened and began to glance all around like lightening was going to strike any minute. Rumiko threw her head back and laughed in glee. "I was only kidding; jeez get a sense of humor."

Gabriel scowled at her then stood up again. "Are you ready Rumiko-chan?"

Rumiko looked slightly frightened again. "Am I ready for what?"

Gabriel grabbed her hand and pulled her to her feet. "Ready to become a mama, of course!" He smiled brightly at her.

Rumiko snatched her hand away from him and began to step backwards. "Oh, hell no! I may not be the most virtuous woman alive, but I sure as hell am not going to sleep with you the first time we meet."

Gabriel looked scandalized and began to wave his hands in the air wildly. "No, no, no, no, we aren't going to do 'that'!"

Rumiko looked skeptical. "Well, then how am I supposed to have this baby then?"

Gabriel smiled warmly at her. "Sweetie, you are having a child that is of you only." Rumiko began to open her mouth to protest then Gabriel held up a hand to silence her. "I am an Angel scent on an errand for God. All I have to do is touch you and pray."

Rumiko still looked skeptical, but slightly relieved. Gabriel ushered her forward and she took slow steps. When she was finally in front of the tall handsome angel she smiled reassuringly at her. "Ready?" She nodded.

He placed his warm gentle hands over her flat belly and Rumiko began to feel a comforting warmth rush through her. She looked up into the angels face to see his brow creased in concentration. She closed her eyes and let the tingly warmth wash over her.

She felt a slight amount of pressure on her lower abdomen causing her to open her eyes. When her eyes focused she saw Gabriel smiling brightly at her. "How do you feel, Mama?"

She glanced down at her belly and gasped. There was an orange glow coming from her abdomen and she felt a small flutter. A tear slid down her face as she watched the glow slowly dim till all she could feel was that constant happy quivering in her tummy.

Rumiko brushed the tear away and looked up at Gabriel who was still smiling warmly. She let out a mixture between a sob and laugh as she responded, "Good… I feel really good."

The angel gave her belly a little rub then turned to the balcony to take his leave. Rumiko followed him till he jumped on the railing and turned around to speak before leaving. "I will be watching over you so if you ever need any help don't hesitate to ask." Rumiko smiled and nodded. "Oh, and don't forget to make an appointment with an OB/GYN in the morning." Rumiko chuckled a little bit.

Gabriel once again turned to leave then glanced over his shoulder. "Oh, and God has one more favor to ask."

Rumiko sighed in exasperation. "Isn't carrying this miracle child enough of a favor?"

Gabriel chuckled gleefully, "You would think, but no. He wants you to name your baby boy, Shuichi." Rumiko cocked her head to the side.

"Shuichi… I like that name." Gabriel gave her one last smile before jumping off the railing and disappearing into thin air.

Rumiko placed her hands on her belly and looked down at them. "Hi Shuichi. I'm going to be your Mama." She felt a flutter like little butterflies dancing. She laughed and smiled. "You are my gift from God, my miracle baby."

A/N This came to me one night. I hope enjoy it. Tell if you are interested and I will continue it. I have "Big Plans" for this one. The updates will probably take longer than they would normally because I'm still working on Buoyancy vs. Gravity, but I promise I will try to update regularly. Don't forget to tell me what you think!

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