A/N: Welcome to my new story! Well this is actually a collection of one-shots that depict events in the childhoods of the children :D Since I skipped all their childhood to get to The Next Generation, I thought I would give you a little piece of heaven :D

Oh, and this set of stories will not be in chronological order necessarily.

Enjoy and please REVIEW :D

Disclaimer: I do not own Mai-Otome/Mai-HiME. Sunrise Does. I do claim ownership for my original characters and my story.

Mai Otome: The Next Generation

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1

"NATSUKI!" Natsuki cringed as Shizuru held her hand tightly as yet another contraction caused immense pain. Natsuki felt tears pool in her eyes as she remembered the pain she had too gone through when giving birth to Kiyo and Duri.

"Where...are...the girls?" Shizuru managed to ask between gritted teeth as her body throbbed with pain. She could not possibly imagine what Natsuki had gone through with not one, but two babies.

"They're outside in the waiting room with Mai and Mikoto. I called them as soon as we left the house, and your parents will be here soon too." Natsuki answered a bit sad, since her own parents would not be here until a few days later.

"Don't worry Shizuru," Natsuki added as she leaned down to kiss Shizuru once more, not letting go of her hand, "They'll be fine."

"KIYO-CHAN!" Mai's voice sounded through the hospital hallway as she ran behind the extremely fast two-year old. Just a few minutes ago Mai had managed to calm Duri down, who had been crying uncontrollably when she saw her mother Natsuki disappear with her mom Shizuru who was sad, or at least that's what Duri had concluded since she was crying.

Now Mikoto was sitting in the waiting room with an arm wrapped around Duri as she whimpered softly with tears rolling down her small face, and holding her five month old daughter, Ruby, with her other arm as she slept soundly, appearing undisturbed by all the noise.

Mikoto found it extremely amusing how such a small child was able to outrun a grown woman who was an Otome. They had all been sitting calmly on the waiting room when Mai turned her back on Kiyo to grab Duri's small plush dog that had fallen to the floor when Kiyo jumped from her seat and began running with a fit of giggles.

"Hee-Hee-Hee"

The same streams of giggles were heard as nurses were forced to get out of the way as Kiyo ran through the hallways looking for her moms with Mai following behind. Kiyo smiled when a door opened as she quickly went inside without Mai noticing.

"Excuse me, have you seen my niece? She's a little two year old with brown hair and green eyes..." Mai stopped her description when she noticed the look she was receiving from the nurse.

"Are you telling me you lost a two year old?" Mai sighed and turned away, not needing to hear the woman, they obviously didn't understand Otome kids. It wasn't her fault that not only was Kiyo a hyperactive child, but she was born with nanomachines that sped up her development and allowed her to be smarter and faster than kids her age were supposed to be. All Otome's kids where this way...well, except the hyperactive part, that was pure Kiyo.

"Kiyo-chan, please please please come out, I'm begging you...your mothers will kill me so much if I don't find you..." Mai said pleadingly as she walked around the hallways worriedly in her search for Kiyo.

"Hee-Hee-Hee"

Mai felt like crying when she suddenly heard Kiyo's giggles behind her, causing her to turn around to see the brunette twin standing behind her with what appeared to be a mocking grin before she stormed away again, but this time Mai was ready.

'I am the Fire Stirring Ruby and I can't be mocked by a toddler' Mai quickly caught up but was surprised when Kiyo stopped suddenly to be picked up by a pair of arms as she kept on giggling.

"Viola-sama..." Mai spoke embarrassedly as Shizuru's father looked at her quizzically after seeing the Otome running crazily after his granddaughter.

"Tokiha-san...care to explain?" Mai gulped down as she was lost for words. How could you explain that while babysitting for your best friend as her wife gave birth, her two year old, super-hyperly-developed daughter ran off and made you chase her around the hospital while mocking you only to end up back in the waiting room with a troubling situation in your hands such as this? It was hard...

"Fujino is here! Fujino is here!" Natsuki's bursts of joy as she came out to announce her new daughter's birth turned the attention away from Mai.

'Talk about saved by the bell...or more like the baby...'