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一

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storm-born, the child blessed by lightning and thunder

Outside, in the night's darkness, the wind screamed; echoing off Kumogakure's buildings and causing the trees to groan. Families were tucked safely in their homes, while outside the heavy and darkened clouds welcomed war in the sky. The streets were flooded; the skies' tears had blanketed the village, layers of thick bullets striking all it touched. Lightning struck, responding to the screeching wind, and calling for its friend thunder's roar.

The storm masked the sound of her screams.

Gripping her husband's bronze-toned hand with strength that caused one of the strongest shinobi to wince inwardly, she let out another scream as she placed all her focus and effort into bringing their baby into this world. Preferably, sooner rather than later. After the recent contraction passed, and her grip loosened, she turned her head slightly to glance outside the uncovered window.

The rain spat against the foggy glass, ricocheting like stones. The flash of wrath, brightening the candle-lit room, while the grumbling of thunder echoed across the walls. The storm had been brewing for over a day, and the sky had finally cracked to allow it to run through. 'How convenient,' she thought to herself, 'the sky is welcoming my child.'

"Yui-sama," Tamashini, Kumo's most experienced midwife, called out. "You're nearly there, one or two more pushes should do it."

Yui turned away from the window, opening her mouth to retort back to the nurse, only for a scream to replace her words as another contraction struck. This time her nails had dug into her husband's hand.

'By the time this is all over I won't have my left hand anymore,' he thought to himself with a silent hiss. The pain of the contraction faded, and this time Yui turned to face her husband, reading the quick look of discomfort on his face before it disappeared just as fast. He offered her an encouraging smile, which caused her to scowl.

"Is your hand sore, anata?" She questioned innocently.

"Well, hehe, just a bit..."

His reply caused Yui to smile darkly in return. "Good. This is all your fault, Asato," She hissed, using his full name. Asato felt a drop of sweat run down the side of his face, laughing nervously while using his right hand to scratch the back of his head.

"Okay Yui-sama! I can see the head, one more push!" Tamashini called again, before ordering her assistant Nagi, a young nurse-in-training, to prepare the blankets.

Yui's golden gaze connected with Asato's dark ones. The anticipation shared between the two electrified the aura of the room. In a mere moment, they would finally see their baby, they would officially become parents of their own little human. Yui felt a tinge of nervousness. 'What if I'm a terrible mother?' she whispered to herself, before mentally berating herself for thinking like that. Her husband had similar worries; 'What if I'm a terrible father?' Asato squeezed his wife's hand, shaking off both their inner thoughts, and grinned slightly in reassurance. Yui returned it, before the familiar feeling of a contraction hit her.

With a deep breath, using the remainder of her strength and one last squeeze of her husband's hand, Yui pushed and screamed one last time; when the sounds of another strong cry joined hers.

Breathing deeply, cutting off her own scream, she peeped her eyes open to witness Tamashini picking up her crying baby and Nagi wrapping a blanket around the small figure. Yui locked eyes with her husband's face, watching tears of joy brimming at his eyes as he watched Nagi bring their baby to Yui's ready arms.

"Congratulations Ay-sama, Yui-sama...your healthy baby girl has arrived," Nagi whispered gently, handing the lively baby girl to her mother.

Yui held her daughter for the first time, Asato wrapping his strong arms around both of them, causing the crying baby to calm herself to sleep in the arms of her parents. Asato felt his tears running down his face, and his wife wiped them off his cheek.

Looking to her, Asato kissed her gently. "Thank you," He murmured. "Thank you for making me a father." He kissed their daughter's temple. Their beautiful daughter.

Tamashini and Nagi exited the room, giving the parents time to dote on their baby girl, when they encountered a stressed Raikage and his anxious seven-year-old son, Bee, leaning against the opposing wall. When the Raikage noticed the two nurses, he rose to his full height, towering over them. The two nurses bowed respectfully in the presence of Kumo's leader.

"Raikage-sama," Tamashini greeted, before offering a small smile. "Your grandchild is here and is waiting for you inside."

At the news of this, Bee broke out in an excited gathering of wild dance moves. Nagi giggled lightly at the delirious movements of the young boy. The Raikage was stunned into silence, before shaking out of his stupor and grabbing his son's shoulder. Bee looked up to his father, behind his dark shades, and grinned. Together they walked towards the door, Tamashini and Nagi moving out of their way, and opened the door.

Yui inwardly cooed at her husband holding their baby. Their gorgeous little girl; born with tufts of thick blonde hair like her father's, rich caramel skin like her mother, and the softest skin that wouldn't allow her father to stop running his fingers along her full cheeks. Hearing the door opening, Yui glanced up to witness the Raikage and Bee, quietly entering the room. Or as quiet as Bee could be.

The young boy tripped over seemingly nothing, tumbling on the ground, before landing unceremoniously in a handstand. Raising his head to make eye contact with the new parents, he grinned widely.

"Oops, hehe..."

Twisting his body to stand back on his two feet, he bumped into the fuming Raikage behind him. Without hesitation, the father slammed his hand on top of his young son's head, in an iron-claw like grip, causing the boy to scream out. The two started bickering between each other, something Yui had become accustomed to, times where even her husband was involved in these arguments. But their daughter's fresh ears were not use to them as she started to wake.

The little bundle started moving around in her light slumber, a crease forming between her brows. Reaching his hand out, Asato rubbed the crease away gently before glancing darkly at his father and brother. Before the bickering escalated, Yui called out to them.

"Otou-sama," She started, "Bee." The bickering halted, the pair turning to Yui. "Come," she gestured with a wave of her hand.

They straightened up - Bee fixing his sunglasses so they were sitting on his nose right, and the Raikage flexing his arms — before making their way to meet the newest addition to their small family. Asato moved in front of his father, gingerly passing his daughter over to his strong arms.

The widely feared and intimidating shinobi of the cloud village, found himself almost melting when his pupil-less green irises made contact with his granddaughter.

"A girl?" He whispered, watching the soft breathing of the baby and light flutters of her long, dark eyelashes.

"Otou-sama, I...I know you wanted a grandson-" Yui began to explain, but was cut off by the man himself.

"Don't be foolish, Yui," He said calmly, glancing briefly away from the baby to see his son wrapping his arms around the woman. "This little girl, she is much more precious than anything I've ever laid eyes on. I couldn't be more grateful for a princess to carry on the future for Kumo-" The Raikage seemed to choke on his own words.

Asato's eyes widened at his father's show of emotion. "Otou-san..."

The Raikage finished off his sentence. "I know Keiko is watching down on us from the heavens," He finished, offering a small but warm smile, before turning back to watch his granddaughter in awe. 'Keiko, look at her. Our granddaughter,' he silently thought to his late wife.

Yui pushed herself in the embrace of her husband, her heightened emotions starting to get ahead of herself.

Bee stood silently, one of the only times know times for him to do so, and peeked over the thick blankets wrapped around his niece. He and his father witnessed her begin to open her eyes, suddenly struck and hypnotised by her golden gaze, staring at them. The young boy screamed internally to himself, he would finally have a new friend, no less a little sister. B turned away from the baby and made his way to Yui and Asato's side.

Raising an eyebrow worriedly, Yui asked him what was wrong.

"Yui nee-chan," He started calmly. "THANK YOU FOR MARRYING BURAZA AND GIVING ME A NIECE!" Tears burst in waterfalls from behind his shades, a bubble of snot forming at his nose. Asato sweat-dropped.

Yui was initially shocked at the boy's outburst, before feeling her own tears trail down her face, and grabbing the boy in a tight embrace as they cried happily together.

Soon the baby girl was returned to her mother, resting soundly in the loving hold. Her father leaned over the two, while her grandfather and young uncle sat in chairs next to the bed.

Yui glanced down at the bundle in her arms. Overwhelming love and joy spread across her being.

"Akiko," Yui whispered her name. The sweet baby stirred slightly at her mother's voice. "Welcome to your world."