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Is that dumb rule about not replying to reviews gone yet?
A/N: It
leads off from my last story, and it has a mystery couple in it. I
wanna see everyone guess in their reviews who they think the couple
is, and at the end of each chapter, I'll put another clue. Happy
guessing! .
Motherly
Love
"Push Ichigo!" Ichigo grunted and heaved as
Malachite waited below with a towel. Antauri looked on, helpless to
stop his wife's labour pains and resorting to letting her crush his
hand.
"Almost out!" called Malachite and, with one final
heave, Ichigo collapsed back against the pillows. She panted heavily
as she watched Malachite clean up the baby; it was white, with grey
metal parts and large green eyes. Ichigo held back a happy sob as
Antauri took the baby and sat beside her, they smiled at each other
lovingly,
"Our new baby" whispered Antauri and Ichigo nodded,
too tired to talk, and smiled warmly at the little one nestled in the
sheets.
They stayed like that for a few moments, the peaceful
silence and picturesque scene of a family together then the final
member of this family burst in,
"Lemme see, lemme see!" cried
Zakuro, flying in and dodging Malachite. "I wanna see my new
sister!" she cried. That made Ichigo think,
"Um, is it a
girl?" asked Ichigo, looking towards Malachite. He glared at Zakuro
once more before turning to her, he sweat dropped
"Uh well I
don't... really... know" he admitted sheepishly.
"Whaddya
mean, you don't know? You're the doctor, you're meant to
know!" Zakuro cried, before crossing her arms, "dumb quack!"
she taunted and Malachite's eyebrow twitched. He stomped forwards
and pulled apart the towels and checked.
"It's a boy" he
finally said, Antauri grinned, Ichigo smiled but Zakuro frowned.
"No! That's my new baby sister! So it's a girl!" she argued,
Malachite could feel an artery throbbing in his temple.
"No"
he gritted out, "I've just checked, and it's a boy. He's your
new baby brother!"
"Nuh uh, you dumb geek!" cried Zakuro,
then she flew forwards, "I'll check!" She reached
towards the towels, but Malachite held her fast,
"Zakuro! It's
a boy, get over it!" he yelled, Zakuro tugged her hand out of his
grip and glared,
"I'm gonna check for myself!" she cried,
reaching out again, this time Malachite grabbed both hands and turned
her to face him.
"Look! I'm right! I've got medical degree
can do something as simple as check a baby's gender!" Zakuro's
eyes narrowed.
Antauri and Ichigo watched as the two fought on,
Antauri coughed to get Ichigo's attention and then smiled.
"What
shall we name him, my dear?" he asked quietly, leaning close to be
heard over the racket, Ichigo looked thoughtful,
"Hmm... how
about Bakura?" she replied, the baby bounced and giggled at the
name. Antauri grinned,
"Very well, Bakura it is!" he agreed,
tickling the baby, who giggled more.
Suddenly they heard a clang
of metal hitting head and turned to see Zakuro panting heavily and
Malachite knocked out on the floor. Antauri sighed,
"Put
another mark up for Zakuro!" he called and they heard someone
drawing a tally mark on a chalkboard. Then the others solemnly came
in and stated fixing Malachite.
Later, Antauri decided to have a
chat with his daughter,
"Zaki, my dear, this has to stop! All
this fighting with Malachite is unnecessary, I'm sure you two could
get along great if you stopped and thought about it" he got a grunt
in response and his shoulder slumped, this wasn't working. "Please,
Zaki, just try to get along with Malachite!" he felt like
dropping to his knees at this point but he restrained himself from
doing it. Zakuro glanced back at him,
"I'll try as soon as he
starts being nice to me!" she replied and Antauri felt like pulling
his fur out.
'Hope Ichigo's having more luck with Malachite'
he thought, as he dropped to his knees and begged.
"She's an
annoying, egotistical brat!" ranted Malachite, with bandages around
his head. Ichigo watched as the green and white monkey continued to
pace around in front of her and rant on about how he hated Zakuro,
"she always does this to me! No one else just me!" he
pointed at himself to emphasise it. Then he remained silent so Ichigo
presumed he wanted her input,
"Maybe she really likes you, but
can't show it?" she said, boy was that the wrong answer.
Malachite went off worse than ever, complaining about Zakuro, how
they constantly fought, and how it would be impossible for her to
remotely like him if she acted like this. Ichigo held up a hand to
pause him, "You think to logically, Malachite, you need to think
laterally as well. Sure she acts like this, but haven't you heard
the saying? 'You always hurt the ones you love', it does have a
ring of truth if you put it into perspective" she watched as
Malachite thought about these little wise words from the usually
bubbly monkey. She smiled, "perhaps you should try being nice to
her?" Ichigo wheedled, but her high spirits fell when she saw an
almost perfect replica of Onyx when he's stubborn appear on
Malachite's face,
"Me? Be nice to her?" he
screeched, obviously outraged at the very idea, "No way! I'll
never be nice to that little brat!" Ichigo was no at her
wits end over this,
"But if you're nice to her, then maybe
she'll start being nice to you!" argued Ichigo. "Perhaps you
two will see what you have in common then?"
"Hah!" snorted
Malachite, "I have nothing in common with that brat!"
"We're
complete polar opposites!" cried Zakuro to Antauri, "we'll
always fight!"
"And we'll never get along!" they cried
in unison, despite being in different rooms. Antauri and Ichigo
pouted,
"I can think of one way they're similar" they
grumbled.
Meanwhile, Bakura listened in his crib to both parties
and he started thinking,
'Why can't they like each other?
They both like to shout, and fight. Maybe they have other things in
common. And what was that Mummy said about you hurt the ones you
love? Well they both sounded hurt so they must really love each
other!" concluded Bakura, feeling proud with himself for working it
out. He decided to prove this little theory of his to the others, and
with one flick of his finger, he was free of his crib and on his way
to Malachite's room.
A few minutes later, the whole of Shugazoom
heard Zakuro and Malachite scream. Everyone rushed out to see the new
collide and start yelling at each other,
"Where is it?"
demanded Zakuro, glaring into Malachite's face with teeth bared and
energy bolts ready.
"I told you to stay outta my room!" he
screamed back, saws whirring angrily.
"Whoa, whoa!" cried
Jet, stepping between them, "what's the matter?"
"This
little worm-"started Malachite,
"Me! You lousy lying scum!
You went into my room!" shrieked Zakuro,
"No I didn't!"
cried Malachite, fire in his eyes; "You went into mine and stole my
diary!" Zakuro looked so outraged everyone was surprised she didn't
blast his head off then.
"I've never even touched your stupid
diary! But I wanna know what you've done with mine!" they glared
and continued to shriek at each other until the others held their
ears in pain from the pitch.
"ENOUGH!" bellowed Onyx,
silencing the two, "just shut up and go to your rooms! Whoever
stole your diaries will return them immediately or else!"
Bakura crawled up from around the corner, rubbing an eye. Zakuro
picked him up and glared at Malachite, before leaving for her room.
Malachite growled and also walked away, his tail flicking in
annoyance.
Everyone winced when they heard the doors slam hard;
Otto sighed and knew it meant he'd need to fix the hinges again.
Zakuro growled and grumbled as she floated into her room, and placed
Bakura on the bed. She was so deep in her mental ranting that she
didn't notice the book on her bed, Bakura picked it up and squealed
happily, grabbing her attention.
"Huh?" she said, taking it
gently, "what's this?" she asked aloud before opening it.
Malachite stormed into his room, causing mountains of papers to fall
and scatter, he let out a primal- like scream and fell on the bed, he
noticed some bounce up as he fell and he looked over. It was a small
book, he picked it up casually and flicked through, he gasped in
shock.Yay! Chapter one done! Hope you liked it, now here's
the clue for the couples:
They're both OCs
Review
please!
