a/n:Another ideat I couldn't rid myself of, here it is.

Disclaimer: Nope. Not Mine.

Simple Beginnings

By: Jun-kei

Chapter 1: Little sister

Motoko Kusanagi impatiently waited. The nice lady at the counter already said her mom was ok, so what was taking so long?

That's what she wanted to know. Standing at only three feet high she began to pace back and forth until a gentle male voice told her to be patient.

"Hai! O-tou-san!"

Motoko waited, and waited, for what seemed like forever until her and her dad was called in. Stepping into the room, Motoko immediately noticed the high-pitched wailing, and her mother, who was lying back in the bed, was the one holding the wailing item.

Motoko immediately rushed over, and looked. It was a little baby. Her mother smiled at her.

"See Motoko. I told you that you were getting a little sister."

"What's her name!"

She asked excitedly. Her mother softly chuckled.

"Mayuka Yukiko Kusanagi."

Motoko looked down at the little child. The few wisps of hair that she had were a violet blue in colour, and because her eyes were squeezed shut, Motoko couldn't tell what colour her eyes were. She was sure they'd be a dark chocolate, like her father's, who knew? But she smiled anyways. Her mom was happy…what more could she ask for?

Except for the baby to stop crying.

"Shh, come on now! Let O-kaa-san sleep!"

Little Mayuka stopped mid-wail and looked up to the speaker, her curious blue eyes flashing, as she reached out and tugged hard on Motoko's hair, and giggled.

"OW!"

"Ha-ha, I see she likes you Motoko."

"T…That hurt. Mean-ie!"

Motoko responded childishly, sticking out her tongue. The baby only giggled, infuriating her more. Motoko's mother's laughter soon joined in.

"There, there Motoko. She's taken a liking to you all right."

"Yeah but she has some pretty weird eyes!"

Chapter 2: Sleep!

Two. Whole. Weeks.

It had been two, very long weeks.

And Mayuka never stopped crying. Motoko was sure she was going to loose her sanity if this kept up. First her parents only look after Mayuka, and now the brat wouldn't shut up.

It didn't help that Subaru, her mom's sister was here either. She was busy paying attention to little Mayuka.

"See her their Motoko?"

Subaru said one day over the tiny little screams.

"Her eyes are most peculiar indeed. As blue as the stone of sapphire. But she looks most like Yuki, your mother."

"Yeah…so?"

"I can see she has a lot of water in her personality. Just like you have a lot of fire."

"Does that mean we'll always argue?"

Subaru chuckled.

"No, no…you might get along quite well, you might not."

Well screw the getting along part, Motoko thought. Because if Mayuka kept it up, she was sure May might 'disappear' into nowhere.

Motoko walked up to the crib where she continued to wail and picked her up.

"Oh come on! Be quiet!"

Mayuka stopped crying at once, and giggled, pulling on Motoko's hair again.

"OW!"

Motoko said. Mayuka's giggle became a guffaw.

"Motoko-chan…what did you do to get her quiet?"

Asked Yuki as she came in to watch her two daughters.

"Nothing, I only picked her up."

Replied the seven year old.

Yuki smiled at the scene. It was cute, and so serene.

"My, my, May-chan, you are a handful indeed. You like your own sister better than your parents!"

"That's not true!"

"Oh yes it is! I've been trying to get her to calm down endlessly, I've tired everything, yet when you do it, she's happy."

Yuki turned her back away from Motoko, a grin still on her face.

"Such things aren't very common. Cherish it Motoko. I can see that you and May are going to get along just fine."

"Cherish…it?"

Motoko asked, looking down at Mayuka, who held up her open hand in a welcoming gesture.

"Yes, cherish it. When you get older, you tend to enjoy reflecting upon the simple beginnings."

Chapter 3: The Listener Speaks

Motoko looked down to the ground as she noticed Mayuka crawling around. Meaning one thing: she got a way from her mom and dad again. Motoko smiled as she picked the two-month old up. Mayuka giggled, thinking quickly Motoko held her at arms length before she reached out to pull on Motoko's hair again.

"Oh no you don't!"

Mayuka smiled cutely as Motoko looked around…not what she needed: They were in the store, and now they didn't know where their mother went.

Motoko suddenly noticed the sudden weightlessness of her arms and looked down. Mayuka crawled by her leg and though the crowd.

"Wait! May come back here!"

The young youth ran through the crowd catching up to the baby and picking her up again.

"Nice try you!"

Mayuka laughed, her pale face tinted red with blushing.

"This is all fun and games to you, isn't it?"

"Mo-to-ko-o-nee-sa-ma!"

"Wh…what?"

"Motoko-o-nee-sama!

Motoko blinked. Mayuka talked. Mayuka just talked. And she's only two months o-

"Motoko! We were looking all over for you!"

Yuki's soft voice called as she gently placed her hands on her daughter's shoulders.

"Um…Mom, Mayuka just spoke!"

"Impossible, she's only two months old honey, there's no way she could-"

"Moto-ko-o-nee-sama!"

"Eh?"

Yuki scratched her head.

"Impossible! Motoko, just give me one second here."

Yuki gently picked up the infant.

"May-chan, did you just speak?"

Mayuka giggled. Yuki sighed…well that didn't work…

"Can you say this: O-Kaa-Sa-Ma."

"O…Kaa…Sa…Ma."

Yuki shook her head. Motoko's expression was as equally stunned.

"Motoko…did she…"

"Yes…I heard it too…"

"Oh…my…god…"

Chapter 4: One Step

Walking is usually easy.

Usually.

But as Motoko watched her eight-month old sister walked, she shook her head. First talking, now walking. All before the average child would too.

Step. Step. One foot in front of the other. Left then right, then left again. Then stumbling. Falling over.

And crying.

Yes, there was plenty of crying.

"Mayuka, are you alright."

The young child's sapphire eyes were squeezed shut as she rubbed her head, wailing, rather than answering the question.

"What's going on today?"

Yuki questioned, as she walked in, shaking her head.

"I (Sniff) I…I hit my head!"

"Does May-chan have a bump on her noggin?"

Mayuka nodded.

Yuki swept the infant in her arms, kissing her head. Motoko silently wondered that if she learned how to walk and talk so quickly, she'd most likely would grow out of her mother's kisses whenever she got hurt just as fast. The infant soon stood on her feet and rushed up to see what her sister was doing.

"O-nee-san!"

Motoko smiled. She really needed a break. Especially with this one math question. It was a pain. Mayuka looked at it, reading the paper, and made a face. Somewhere between feeling sorry for Motoko and gloating that she didn't have to do such things would probably explain it. Motoko frowned when she noticed Mayuka sticking out her tongue.

"Hey, you'll have to do this sooner or later yourself!"

Mayuka smiled.

"Are you stuck?"

"Yeah."

Mayuka picked up the pencil as Yuki walked back over towards them and looked down at the sight.

"Honey, I don't think you'll understand your sister's work…it's probably too hard for you."

Mayuka looked closely at Motoko's writing before reading over the question, and jotting down an answer.

"There!"

Motoko looked down. There on the paper was Mayuka's answer. Yuki also read it.

"You never cease to amaze me, May!"

Motoko nodded. There on the paper, in a forged writing so close to Motoko's writing that no one would be able to tell the difference was a perfect answer. Mayuka giggled when watching the shocked expression of both Motoko and Yuki.

"Motoko-o-nee-sama, do you have anything that's more challenging?"

Chapter 5: The first hurdle

"Wake up Mother!"

"Mommy!"

Motoko speeded up and down frantically. She had already called the emergency department. They would be here any second now.

Just a minute earlier Yuki suddenly collapsed without warning. She was unconscious as far as Motoko could tell. But it didn't help that Mayuka kept on screaming for her mother to wake up.

Motoko told her father what happened too. He became as pale as a sheet. Eventually, he came downstairs looking at Yuki's fallen form, before, much to the ten-month-old's protest, peeled Mayuka away from her, which wasn't easy. Despite how small she was, she was awfully strong.

Soon the paramedics came, and Mayuka shut her eyes. It was bad enough that Mayuka was torn. After all, it was her cries that lead her to discover what had happened. But with the way Mayuka looked up to Motoko, she'd find it even worse to return to 'normal' if she found out her sister was feeling the same way. Motoko wouldn't be able to help her then. For their sake, one had to keep her emotions under control. But being as young as she was, Motoko couldn't exactly rely on Mayuka, because Mayuka was relying on her.

She had to, no matter what, make sure her sister was ok. Even if it meant that she would suffer the brunt of the hardships.

Chapter 6: 'Mother where art thou?'

Motoko couldn't believe the news they were telling her.

Their mother was sick…had been for some time, and they had to give her a prosthetic body. She was allowed to visit. But they decided to keep Mayuka away, being a child under four years old, after all.

But the good thing was that soon their mom would be home soon.

Little did they know Mayuka wouldn't take it very well.

"O-nee-san, who is she?" Mayuka asked inquisitively towards their mother.

"May-chan, it's me, your mother!" Yuki said. Her expression dropped as she noticed the toddler backing away from her.

"You're not mommy!" Mayuka screamed. Yuki seemed rather distressed, as she grabbed onto her arm. "Mayuka, I can explain, it, if you would just-"

"GET AWAY FROM ME!"

Mayuka managed to ease Yuki's grip on her arm before walking up several stairs leading to the upper floor. Motoko rushed to her side, her expression worried.

"Motoko…"

Mayuka whispered, her whole body shaking.

"W-w-wh- where's m-mommy?"

Chapter 7: A Birthday

Things gradually became better after a while.

Even Motoko could admit to that. After a while, Mayuka seemed to understand what had happened, and that their mother Yuki, was who she says she was.

But even then, Motoko could tell Mayuka felt unease by all this.

Seemingly, that seemed to disappear when Mayuka's first birthday came.

"Oh my! My little girl is growing up! She's one already!"

Mayuka giggled as she blew out the candle on her cake.

"Hey May, what did you wish for?"

"Silly O-nee-san! Wishes don't come true if you tell everybody what they were!"

Motoko smiled. Yes, things were getting back to normal…. Or rather, as normal as they ever will be.

a/n: I can't believe I screwed this up earlier

Sometimes this whole uploading thing becomes annoying and or confusing...I miss the days of fanfiction in paper medium only (Yes, I'm only 13, but still)

Ja ne!

Jun-kei