Description: When Sana gets pregnant and then loses contact with Akito, what will happen?
Author's Note: Yes, I decided to do yet another Kodocha story. Okay, so… I just came up with this idea last night, and I know it's not a very original one, but I just had the sudden urge to start it, so I guess I will. This one probably won't be updated as often as A Mile in Your Shoes, but I will try to update fairly often.
By the way, in this one, Sana would be 17 and Akito would be 18... I think. Also, Akito may be a bit OOC, because I figured he would get a bit more used to showing his emotions after dating Sana for four or five years.
Dreams are in italics, and they can be fairly disturbing (in a violent way) just to warn you. Anyways, enjoy!
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Sana snuck into the house and up to her room as quietly as she could, shutting the door softly behind her. Then she collapsed into her bed. It was about five in the morning, so it was a good thing that Mama and Rei didn't wake up that early.
Earlier today… Well, technically yesterday by now… She had officially graduated from high school and then spent the night with her boyfriend of about four years.
On the subject of school, Sana had been amazed that she even made passed the entrance exams with how bad she was at math, but Akito had managed to help her study enough that she passed. And now, it was over. High school had gone as quickly as it had come.
She fell asleep almost immediately, hoping that she would wake up early enough that nobody would be suspicious.
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She was in a hospital bed, and her stomach had a huge bulge in it. Not like she had put on some weight, but like she was… Pregnant.
Sana looked around, expecting to see Akito sitting next to her and holding her hand, but he wasn't there. Instead, Aya and Fuka were.
"You okay, girl?" Fuka asked softly. Sana nodded in reply, but she really had no clue what was going on.
"Where's Akito?" she asked, almost scared to know the answer.
Fuka and Aya shared a look that said they were silently agreeing to lie. It was obvious that Sana was still in denial, and they didn't want to upset her anymore right as she was about to have her baby.
"He's not here yet… Too much traffic," Aya answered her quietly. "Umm… Tsuyoshi's out in the waiting room, so… We'll all be here for you." There was a bit of awkward silence before she continued. "Well… I'm going to go out so Tsuyoshi doesn't get lonely."
Sana nodded, and looked to Fuka as the door shut behind Aya. "So… What really happened?" After a few seconds of thinking, she started to panic. "Wait! Akito isn't dead or something, is he?! Oh my gosh, is he okay?!"
Fuka put her hands up to stop Sana. "No, no, calm down. Akito's alive and well… As far as we know."
"What do you mean 'as far as we know?'" Sana asked cautiously.
"Come on, Sana, you have to stop denying it. Akito moved away almost a year ago, and he's not coming back."
Sana sat in silence, not wanting to believe it. "But… It is his baby, right?" she asked.
Fuka got a confused look on her face. "Yeah… Is there a reason why it wouldn't be?" Her eyes grew wide at the thought.
Sana started to catch on to what Fuka was asking, and this time she put her hands up, waving them back and forth quickly. "No, no, no! It has to be Akito's!" She unexpectedly started crying then. "But… Why didn't he stay… To help me?"
Fuka opened and closed her mouth, trying to find the words to tell her, but was stopped when Sana started screaming. "What's wrong?!" Fuka yelled at her friend.
"I think the baby's coming!" Sana yelled back, trying not to swear or panic too much. However, the part about not panicking wasn't working very well.
"Do the breathing exercises you practiced!" Fuka said. "I'll go get the doctor!"
Sana obeyed her best friend's orders and watched as Fuka ran out of the room, but somehow she knew that it would be too late by the time she got back.
She felt a sharp pain in her stomach and looked down at it. She watched with wide eyes as the lump started moving around. "I don't think that's supposed to happen," she thought aloud.
Sana saw a claw rip through the skin and the hospital gown that was over it, but she didn't feel any pain. Instead, she just gazed on, amazed at what was happening. Suddenly, something burst out of her. At first, it appeared to be a monster or something, but when it stopped moving, she saw that it looked like a mini-Akito, with the addition of fangs and claws.
She seemed to remember something about Tsuyoshi telling her how Akito used to think he had burst from his own mother's stomach in the same way.
This was her baby. This… Thing. But she loved it. It terrified her, but she loved it.
Sana looked down at the blankets scattered around her, now covered with her own blood. Her own belly was shredded. That was when she started to scream. The baby started to cry. Everything seemed to swirl around her as Fuka ran back into the room with the doctor and they started screaming, too.
She may have loved her baby, but this was not what she had expected or wanted. She had wanted a normal delivery, and this was definitely not it. This was hell.
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Sana woke up, still shrieking and crying. She stopped when she realized that it was only a nightmare. Looking around, she didn't see a hospital room full of metal, but her own room, full of happy colors and… Bright light streaming in through the windows?
"What time is it?" Sana asked herself, about to turn to look at the clock.
"About three in the afternoon," she heard a voice to her left answer. She turned with a start and saw her mom there, sitting in the red mini-car she was constantly driving around the house.
"Really?!" Sana asked, surprised. "Oh my gosh, I'm late for school!" she yelled, jumping out of bed. What she wasn't expecting was her mother's hand, pushing her back down to the bed.
"Sana. Think about this. You've already graduated. Yesterday."
"Oh… Right… Thanks, Mama. My dream kind of… Distracted me," she said, unable to think of a better way to explain what had happened.
"I noticed," Misako replied. "You were screaming. Would you like to tell me what happened?"
"Well… Thanks for offering, but I'd rather not talk about it right now," Sana said, hoping her mother would let her go with just that and not push on.
"Okay… Then instead, you can tell me why you're sleeping so late… And why you snuck back in at five o' clock this morning."
Sana raced to find an acceptable answer. "I'm sorry, Mama… I was at a graduation party last night, and I kind of lost track of time." Well, it wasn't entirely a lie. Her and Akito had gone to a graduation party for a while before heading back to his house.
Her mom searched her eyes, noticing that something was wrong with her explanation, but decided to let it go for now. She trusted her daughter enough to hope that nothing too bad had gone on at that "party" or wherever else she had been.
"Okay, Dear… Well, once you're ready, you can come down to breakfast. Or should I say, lunch," she said, smirking just a bit.
"Okay, Mama!" Sana replied happily. Despite everything that had happened in the past five years or so, she was still the same happy, hyper person who loved to try to help everyone out with their problems. Some dream wasn't going to ruin her day. "Oh, but I'm meeting Akito in a few hours," she remembered, deciding to tell her Ms. Kurata about their date ahead of time.
She eyed her daughter and then said, "Okay!" She didn't mind Sana going out with her boyfriend, despite the fact that she spent every possible minute with him. In fact, she was glad her daughter had chosen the serious boy who softened only for her. In Misako's opinion, it was one of the best choices Sana had ever made.
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Glancing at the clock, Sana Kurata saw that it was five and then slipped on her shoes and checked her hair and make up in the mirror before rushing out the door. "Bye, Mama! Bye, Rei!" she called behind her as she slammed the door shut. She was about to run to the restaurant where she was meeting Akito, but stopped short when she saw him standing right outside the gate. She stopped and opened it, launching herself into his arms.
"Hi!" she yelled, giving him a quick kiss.
"You don't have to yell, you know. I'm right here," Akito said. He had changed throughout high school about as much as Sana had. Not much.
Sana grabbed his hand and started walking. Sure, they could drive now, but the restaurant was nearby and I was more fun to walk sometimes, anyways.
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A few minutes later, the teenage couple arrived at Hama Sushi, the sushi bar that Fuka's uncle owned. It wasn't exactly the most romantic place for a date, but Sana was more than happy to go because she knew that Akito loved sushi.
They sat down at the counter and ordered. Sana took a few bites and then pushed the rest of it towards Akito for him to eat. He gave her a questioning look, but she just said, "I ate too much lunch today. I'm not really hungry right now." In reality, she felt like she was going to puke. However, she just sat there and talked to Akito, trying to ignore the feeling that something was swishing around in her stomach.
After a few minutes, she couldn't take it any longer and ran to the bathroom. Akito followed after her and stood outside the door, hearing the sound of her throwing up. He knocked softly on the door. "You okay?" he asked, concerned. The only reply he got was the sound of more vomiting. A few seconds later, he heard the toilet flush and the sink turned on for a few seconds.
Sana walked out with red, watery eyes. "Sorry," she whispered. "But I feel better now, so let's go back and sit down." She gave him one of her signature smiles, but he could see through her obvious lie.
"No, you aren't feeling better. I'm taking you home now."
"No, please don't," she said, pouting at him.
"I'm sorry, Sana, but I don't want you to get any more sick than you already are." Akito tilted his head down to kiss her on the top of her head. Then he put his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him and leading her out the door and back to her house.
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Along the way, Sana had thrown up once more on the side of the road. It wasn't the most pleasant experience, but Akito was just glad she had made it over to the side of the street instead of just puking on him.
By the time they got to her house, she felt weak and was barely managing to stay standing, so he supported her while he rang the doorbell. When her mom came to open it, he picked Sana up and carried her upstairs to her room, setting her down gently on the bed. Her eyes were starting to droop, so he kissed her on the forehead, covered her with the blankets, said, "Get well soon," and left quietly.
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This time she'd had a normal delivery. It was the same baby, looking almost exactly like she imagined Akito did as a baby, but this time, it didn't have the claws and fangs.
Sana was cradling her baby in her arms, still sitting in the hospital bed, with Tsuyoshi, Aya, and Fuka in chairs nearby.
She wanted to love the baby, she really did. But when she looked at him, all she felt was hatred. She had no idea why, but she did. Suddenly, she pulled a dagger out of nowhere. Her friends all jumped towards her, trying to knock it out of her hands, but it was too late. She stabbed the baby to the sound of all her friends screaming.
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Sana woke up, sitting bolt upright and hearing herself screaming. She covered her mouth quickly, hoping that nobody had heard her. When she brought her hands up, she felt her moist cheeks. Tears were streaming down her face, and she couldn't stop them no matter how hard she tried.
She laid back down and tried to get some more sleep since it was still very early in the morning, but every time she closed her eyes, she saw the dead baby laying in her arms and the bloody knife in her hand. So instead, she just stayed there and lay awake until her mom came in a few hours later.
"Sana, what was all that yelling I heard last night about?" she asked.
"What? Oh, it was nothing, Mama… Just a little nightmare."
"Stop lying to me, Sana. I know you've had terrible nightmares the past few nights. You haven't screamed in your sleep like that since you were seven," she said. "Would you like to tell me what they're about now?" It was more of a statement than a question, because she knew her daughter was getting sick of not being able to tell anyone.
"Oh, Mama… How did you raise me? And how did Keiko give birth to me?"
"What do you mean?" Misako asked, a bit confused about what Sana was trying to say or ask.
"… I could never be a Mama," Sana said sadly. "I… Had nightmares about having a baby that burst out of my stomach like in The Alien… And then… I had one about…" She couldn't even continue, because she had involuntarily started crying again, and the hiccups and the tightness in her throat made it hard for her to talk.
Ms. Kurata just sat on her daughter's bed, patting her back and waiting patiently until she could finish.
"I had one last night about… Killing my baby," she concluded slowly.
"Well, don't worry about that for now," her mom told her. "I know you would never do that in real life. Besides, there's no possible way you could be pregnant, right?"
There was a short pause. "… No, Mama," Sana said. It was one of the few times she had ever lied to her mom.
"Okay. Well, I'll leave you alone now," she said, hopping back into the little car and driving out of the room.
Sana suddenly felt nauseous, and she ran to the bathroom and threw up again. Luckily, she had a bathroom attached to her bedroom, so nobody else noticed. When she came out she said, "Ugh... I can't believe I'm getting sick right after I finally got out of high school."
She grabbed the phone and then sat back down on the bed. Then, she three-way called Fuka and Aya and told them about the nightmares she'd had the past few nights. The news was met with gasps, and they both asked her several times if she was okay. She assured them she was before hanging up and falling asleep. Thankfully, it was a dreamless sleep this time.
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Aya had told Tsuyoshi about Sana's dreams, and he, in turn, had called Akito. He had just finished telling him about the nightmares and he heard silence on the other end.
"Hello? Akito? Are you okay over there?" he asked, getting worried when there was no reply.
Akito's eyes were wide. He had just realized that it was possible that Sana could be pregnant. However, he hadn't told anyone about that yet, not even Tsuyoshi, and he didn't think Sana had, either.
"Huh, what? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Umm… I'll call you back later, Tsuyoshi." He didn't wait for a reply before hanging up. Then, he hoped to God that Sana was on birth control.
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The terrifying dreams continued, night after night, for about two more weeks, and so did the vomiting. It was worst in the mornings.
One day, Sana decided to call Fuka over and finally tell her what was going on. When she got there, Sana sat down on her bed and motioned for Fuka to join her.
"What's wrong, girl?" Fuka asked, concerned for her best friend.
"I… I slept with Akito," she said, waiting for the look of horror to appear on the other girl's face. Instead, Fuka was simply surprised. But she wasn't going to look down on her friend just for that. Encouraged, Sana continued. "And… I might be pregnant. I've been getting sick a lot." Suddenly, she burst into tears. It seemed like she had been doing that a lot lately.
"Oh my God… I'm so sorry, Sana," Fuka said, hugging her friend and crying with her. After a few minutes, she pulled away and looked Sana in the eye. "Let's get a test today."
The tears had finally stopped. Sana wiped her eyes and nodded silently, afraid that they would start again if she said anything.
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They stood outside the store, trying to figure out what to do. It was embarrassing, having to buy the stupid thing, but Sana knew she had to do it.
"Here… I'll go in and buy it," Fuka said. "Reporters and paparazzi will be all over this story if anyone sees you buying a pregnancy test." She actually just wanted to protect her friend, because she could see that Sana was scared, but the paparazzi was a good excuse, too.
Sana nodded again and sat at a bench near the shop. A few minutes later, Fuka came back out with a plastic bag, blushing a bit, but smiling. "I got it. Now let's go back to your place.
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A little while later, the two girls walked back into the bathroom and looked at the test with expressions of gloom.
Leaning down towards the counter to get a better view, Sana blanched. "I'm… Pregnant," she said, feeling like she was about to faint. Instead, she pushed Fuka out the door and barfed into the toilet again.
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Author's Note: Okay, so, I know I messed some of that up a lot, especially in the first dream, but could you maybe forgive me?
Please review, whether you liked it or not. Should I continue this story or not?