Baby Boom Mi-chan

Chapter One

~The Arrival of the Quintuplets~

Mikagami Tokiya sat alone in his room. Resting on the desk in front of him was a notepad and in his hand that was rested on the notepad was a pen. In front of him was his laptop and computer, both of which were on. He had been working of his stupid thesis since he had gotten home a few hours ago and there was still nothing written on the notepad. His mind was just too distracted to concentrate. He knew he wasn't that far from finishing, but he just couldn't concentrate. The thought of Fuuko having kids was just too, well, distracting.

Here he was, alone in the house, trying his best to finish his thesis while Fuuko and the others were at the hospital. He wasn't at home when they left for the hospital, but they had left him a note so he knew where they were. Why was his brain still trying to decide whether to go or not? Fuuko's life was none of his business. But then why did his body keep flinching? His mind was made up, he was staying.

Mikagami almost jumped out of his chair when the phone rang. He swore under his breath and reached for the phone. "Mikagami," he said.

Mikagami leaned back in his seat as one of the none-fighting Hokage members started talking a hundred miles per hour. He tapped the back end of his pen against his writing pad. The thought of having to type his thesis into the computer later almost caused him to groan. Most of it was already written in his laptop already so why hadn't he just started writing it in there? "Yeah, I'm here," he said into the phone. "Okay, bye." He hung up.

It seemed that Fuuko had run into a little trouble while delivering the last child. According to the person who had called, they weren't sure whether the child was going to make it. But the first four were alive and well. The person who called barely said anything about Fuuko. She had just gone on about how it really was quintuplets and that he should really come down, blah blah blah blah. It was probably a good thing that they knew the doctor pretty well.

For some reason, the lack of news on Fuuko caused him to become even more distracted. Why hadn't the person said more about Fuuko? After all, she was the one who was giving birth. Was she okay? Not that he cared much about that "monkey". She had been his comrade in the past so, yeah, of course, he cared a little.

He really needed to finish his thesis. Part of him said that he was using that as an excuse not to go and check on her. Another part of him said that he just really needed to finish his thesis. Besides, he would find out when Fuuko comes back home. If she comes back, a voice in his head ringed in his ears. He really needed to move out of this house. Living with the Hokage was messing up his way of thinking. As soon as he finished university he was going to move out of this house.

~*~*~

The doctor approached the waiting Hokage members, his hands inside his white robe's pockets. He was obviously tired. His blue eyes were dull and his short brown hair was slightly damp from sweat. He had sent out a nurse to inform them on how the delivery was doing during the delivery. "Fuuko and four of her kids are doing fine," There was a tinge of Irish in the doctor's voice. "I'm afraid the fifth one had some problems. He's been taken to the ICU. Then he'll be undergoing some tests." 

Sakoshita Yanagi gasped. "Is he going to be all right?" There was pure horror and worry in her eyes.

The doctor shrugged slightly. "Only time will tell."

Yanagi swallowed. "Thank you, Dr. Sullivan." She was slightly trembling and her voice was shaky.

Dr. Sullivan nodded. "I promise I'll do my best to get him through this." He never called the kid by name because Fuuko hadn't named any of her kids yet. "I'll go and check on him now." Dr. Sullivan turned to leave.

"Hey, Kyle," Hanabishi Recca said. "Can we see Fuuko?"

Kyle turned back around to face the black haired flame caster. "I'm afraid not. She's asleep now. Her first time giving birth and having quintuplets was though on her. I think it's best if you guys let her rest. But I'll inform you when she wakes up and any new news I have on the baby." With that Dr. Kyle Sullivan left them.

"Somebody wanna call Mikagami?" Kogane Kaoru asked.

"He wouldn't care," Morikawa Ganko said. "He barely said anything when I called him just now. I thought he had just place the phone down and went on doing his own thing. He never even said anything when I said there was problems with the last baby's delivery. I'm telling you that guy has no heart."

"I'm sure he does," Yanagi said. "He did go out with Fuuko a few times before. He also looked pretty jealous when Raiha appeared at the park to see how Fuuko was doing since he had hurt her pretty badly when they fought. Of course, he must have been pretty upset since he was on a date with Fuuko."

"How do you know he looked jealous?" Recca asked.

"Kaoru and Ganko dragged me along to spy on Fuuko and Mikagami-senpai's date."

When Recca looked to where Kaoru and Ganko had been standing, the two teenagers were gone from sight. "I wonder where those two went."

~*~*~

Kirisawa Fuuko was in an upright position in her bed, her back leaning against the stacked pillows. Besides her bed were four (cradles?) with a baby in each one. Each baby was wrapped snugly in a blanket, each a different color – blue, green, purple, and pink. She had just finished feeding them. The baby in the blue blanket and the one in the purple blanket were asleep; the one in the green blanket was doing his best in squirming out of his blanket; and the one in the pink blanket wasn't quite asleep yet, but her eyes were almost shut. 

She had just finished speaking with Dr. Kyle Sullivan not too long ago. He told her that there was something wrong with her son's lungs. She had started crying, something she rarely did, and he told her no more. He had left her to go and get her friends. She would have to pull herself together before her friends arrived. She couldn't – wouldn't – let them see her cry.

"Hey," Recca, Yanagi, Kaoru, and Ganko said as they entered the room.

Dr. Sullivan walked in behind them, closing the door. 

Fuuko smiled tiredly. "Hey," she greeted back in a weak and tired tone. Surprisingly, she had managed not to sound as weak and tired as she really felt. She didn't want to worry any of her friends for nothing.  

"I hope you're feeling better," Yanagi said, giving her friend a hug.

"Yeah, a little," Fuuko said, returning her friend's hug. 

Yanagi backed away and looked at the babies. "They're so kawaii."

Recca, Kaoru, and Ganko stepped closer to get a better looked at the babies. Like any other girl, Ganko squealed, "So cute!"

Kaoru counted. "I thought you had quintuplets," he said. "Where's the fifth one?" It came to him when Ganko's elbow made contact with his gut. He now remembered what Dr. Sullivan had said. "Sorry," he muttered, lowering his head.

"Did he tell you what was wrong?" Fuuko asked, glancing once at Dr. Kyle and then resting her gaze on her friends.

They all looked at each other with questioning looks before turning back to Fuuko and shaking their heads no.

"There's something wrong with his lungs." She had to use every ounce of control not to burst out crying. Never in all her life had she thought she'd be having trouble controlling her tears. Especially for her child, for that matter, she hadn't ever imagined herself having kids. "What was it?" She said, looking at Dr. Kyle.

Before Dr. Sullivan could answer, a nurse walked in. The nurse nodded in apology for the interruption and then went over to Dr. Sullivan to tell him something. She whispered it to him. After a nod from him, the nurse nodded back and left the room.

"I'll be back in a while," Dr. Sullivan said and then left the room.

Silence grew among them for about five minutes before Fuuko spoke. "Where's Mi-chan?" Fuuko asked, looking among her friends.

Recca, Kaoru, and Ganko shrugged.

Yanagi was the one with the answer. "He's trying to finish up his thesis and then he's going to study for his upcoming exams. His final year in university is almost over, you know," Yanagi reminded.

The baby in the green blanket started crying.

Fuuko moved closer to the side and picked up the crying baby. "Shh, don't cry little one." She cooed the crying baby and it slowly quieted down. She was glad the cry didn't wake the other three. "Why don't you sleep like the others?" She asked in a very un-Fuuko-like voice – it was gentle, kind, and caring.

"Have you named any of them yet?" Ganko asked, looking down at three babies. The baby in the pink blanket had already fallen asleep. 

Fuuko shook her head. "Any ideas?"

"He was born second, right?" Kaoru asked, moving closer to the bed which Fuuko laid upon.

Fuuko nodded.

"Since he was born second and we can substitute strong with active... How about the name Kenji for him?" Kaoru suggested. He didn't really expect her to agree with his suggestion, but she did.

"Okay," Fuuko said. "Kenji it shall be." The baby had fallen asleep but she didn't want to let go of him so she continued carrying him. "Blue, purplish bluish, and grey," Fuuko said.

"Huh?" They all looked at her, confused.

"This one has blue eyes, this one has purplish bluish eyes, and this one has grey eyes." Fuuko said, nodding her head to each one. "I don't know why, but this one reminds me of Mi-chan," she said, her gaze directed at the baby wrapped in the blue blanket. "I think I'll name him Tokiya."

Recca, Kaoru, and Ganko exchanged looks amongst themselves and then shrugged at each other. It was her baby. She could name it whatever she wanted to.

Dr. Sullivan walked into the room, a baby wrapped in a white blanket wrapped in his arms. "I thought you might want to take a look at your youngest." Dr. Sullivan waited till Fuuko placed Kenji back down before he gently handed her the sleeping baby. "He can't stay long. I have to bring him back soon."

Fuuko looked down at the sleeping baby. He was smaller than the other four and was as white (pale) as snow. "Yuki," Fuuko whispered. She looked up at her friends and doctor. "His name shall be Yuki."

"Have you named the others?" Dr. Sullivan asked, his hands slipping into his pockets.  

"The one in the green blanket is Kenji and the one in the blue blanket is Tokiya," she answered, doing her best to keep herself from crying. She was so happy and at the same time sad. The baby looked like he was sleeping, but his paleness made him look as though he were dead.

"How about the other two?" Dr. Sullivan asked.

Fuuko shook her head and shrugged.

"Mifuyu," Yanagi said.

They all looked at Yanagi.

"Since Fuuko named one after Mikagami-senpai," Yanagi said. "Why not name one after his sister? I don't think Mikagami-senpai would mind." Yanagi paused. "Well, at least, not that much," she added.

"Okay." Fuuko said and looked down at the baby wrapped in the pink blanket. Fuuko turned to Dr. Kyle and smiled sweetly at him. "I don't care what you name him. Just give the last one a name."

Dr. Sullivan raised a brow at her. A small smile appeared on his face for a while before it disappeared. "I'm afraid I cannot. There are things I just can't do. I apologize, but I cannot name your child."

Fuuko's smile disappeared and then reappeared as a small smile. "It's okay."

"Miss Fuuko," a low voice said.

Everybody's head turned to the direction of the voice.

Fuuko's smile widened. "Raiha, you came!" Fuuko almost leapt out of her bed to run to him, but she managed to control herself from doing so. "I didn't think you would come." She said honestly.

Raiha's happy expression changed to a look of disbelief and hurt. "Miss Fuuko, how can you think such a thing?"

Fuuko laughed softly. "I'm glad you come, Raiha."

Raiha's happy expression returned.

"Tell you what," Fuuko said. "You can name that little guy," she nodded her head towards the baby wrapped in the purple blanket. "Any name you want and I won't object to it, promise."

Raiha walked to Fuuko's bedside and looked down at the baby wrapped in the purple blanket. He looked at the baby for about thirty seconds to a minute before he looked up at her and said, "Aki?"

"Hey, I said I wouldn't object."

"But do you like the name?"

Fuuko pretended to think about it and then said, "I love it." She looked down at the four and then at the baby she carried in his arms. "Tokiya, Kenji, Aki, Mifuyu, and Yuki?" She looked at Dr. Kyle, her expression asking him whether the order was correct.  

Dr. Sullivan nodded.

~*~*~

Mikagami rapidly typed on the keyboard of his computer, his eyes going back and fourth between his notepad and the computer's screen. Now he wished he would have started his thesis during first year. Well, he did, but he had to stop because there were just too many other things to do. Yeah, sure, like what? He managed to get his schedule just right. Almost all his lectures, classes, tutorials, etc were nicely packed into the first few days of the week, giving him plenty of time at the end half of the week.

The phone rang.

Mikagami reached over the pile of papers that were now scattered all over his desk, brushed some of them out of the way, and grabbed the phone that was hidden beneath them. "Mikagami," he said gloomily.

"You sound miserable," the person commented, the person had a bit of an Irish accent, just a tinge.

Mikagami immediately recognized the voice. His body automatically sat straight up in his chair. "Dr. Sullivan!" Mikagami gasped, surprised. He cursed himself for sounding so surprised. It was very unlike him. But Dr. Sullivan was just...

Dr. Sullivan laughed softly, hearing his curse to himself. "You don't have to be so nervous when I call, you know. I can practically hear your heart pounding through the phone."

Mikagami grunted, a slight blush appearing. "Yeah, I, um, guess so." It was also very unlike him to stammer when he spoke. "Why did you say you were calling?" He was starting to have a little trouble breathing. His hand subconsciously pulled at the collar of the loose t-shirt he wore. He truly hated it when he was like this, but he couldn't control any of his functions when it came to Dr. Sullivan.

"I didn't say why I was calling," Dr. Sullivan informed.

Mikagami cursed himself again. "Well, um, why are you calling?" After his phone call he was going to shoot himself. He was acting like an idiot!

"I heard you didn't go to the hospital."

"Hospital? Why would I be at the hospital?" Mikagami was genuinely confused. "Did you hurt yourself or something? No, wait." Mikagami rubbed his forehead, trying his best to think of what was wrong with what Dr. Sullivan had said. Unable to come up with a conclusion to his thoughts, he asked again, "Why would I be at the hospital?" 

Dr. Sullivan laughed once again. "Why are you so nervous whenever you talk to me?"

Mikagami's cheeks became completely red. Blushing until he was redder than a tomato never happened, that is, of course, until he met Dr. Sullivan. "I, well, I, um..." He didn't have an answer. "Why am I suppose to be at the hospital?" He asked an attempt to change the subject. You're an idiot, idiot, idiot, his head screamed at him.

Dr. Sullivan couldn't help but laugh again. "I'll give you a hint. Does a purple haired woman by the name of Fuuko, ring the bell? The name should be a real help."

"Who's Fuuko?" Mikagami quickly cursed himself for his stupidity. What was he talking about? He knew who Fuuko was. Actually, he had only remembered who she was after he had asked. All right, he was definitely going to kill himself after this conversation. "I mean, yeah, Fuuko, but why would she be at the hospital?"

"Do I really make you this nervous?"

Mikagami groaned and shook his head. "No. I'm just stressed out." It was a lie and he knew Dr. Sullivan knew that. He was going to have to find some way to get Dr. Sullivan to believe it. "I'm trying to finish my thesis and then I have tons of studying to do." 

"I don't remember university being that hard."

"That's because you're a genius. You got your PhD at the age of--"

"Okay, okay." Dr. Sullivan interrupted. "I'm younger than you and I have a PhD, what's the big deal about that? Besides, our age difference isn't that big."      

To Be Continued