AN: These will come out pretty quick because I have the idea fresh in my head.


April 25-

"Why are you always on trial?" Maya teased Phoenix and gave him a little shove. "I'm not…" He said smiling at her. "I was thinking that maybe we should start to get moving on with my idea." Maya nodded, she had already agreed to help him. She sipped her tea and looked at him. "Okay, but I have to tell you something first."

Phoenix picked up his tea cup and looked at her. "What is it Maya?" He too took a sip of the tea. "I'm pregnant." She said calmly and coolly as if she were saying 'Isn't it a nice day out?' Phoenix spat his tea out on cue, it landed all over the paper sliding doors.

"EEEEEK! That stuff is really hard to replace you know!" Maya said crossing her arms and glaring a little. Phoenix looked at her like a deer in headlights. "You're pregnant and all you can worry about is the paper door?!" He shouted. Maya was taken a back and then got a strange look on her face. She hung her head. "You don't want me to keep the baby?" She asked in a tiny voice.

"Wh-what?" He asked still in shock. "Of course!" Maya looked up with dread. "Of course we are going to keep the baby!" He felt like this was a dream that is until Maya tackled him. "Oh Nick! Nick I love you, I really love you." She started to kiss him all over his face. Phoenix grinned and put his hands around her arms. "Maya! Maya! Calm down…" She said tried to get her off of him.

Maya smiled and took her seat on the floor again. Phoenix scratched at his cap. "So now I'm going to be a Daddy again…" He looked at the floor. "And I'm going to be a Mommy." Maya added happily. She put her hands in her lap and got a serious look on her face. "I hope Trucy will accept the baby too." She said very formally. Phoenix laughed at her. "I'm sure she'll have no problem with a baby brother or sister."

Phoenix leaned back a little and took a deep breath. This was going to be totally different than what happened with Trucy. Maya fiddled with her fingers and looked in her lap. "Nick are you okay? You're quiet…" She was starting to regret telling him this way. He looked over at her with a big grin on his face. "I'm just taking it in. I'm so happy right now!" Maya smiled and reached over to take his hand.

"I wonder if it will be a boy or a girl…." She asked a little dreamily. Phoenix smiled and pulled her hand closer to him. "Yeah…" He said whimsically. Maya moved closer to him until their sides were touching. She rested her head on his shoulder and guided his hand to her belly. Phoenix looked down at their hands. They sat quietly for a few minutes, happy to be in each other's company.

"So… this new system you planned out… what was it called again?" Maya asked figuring that they couldn't be dreamy all day. "The Jurist System." He said and went on to explain it in more detail to her. She founded it a little complicated for her but she liked the idea of getting 'common' people involved.

"Well Kurain is almost back to the peak my mother had it in. I'm sure not many politicians will turn away the Master of the Kurain Channeling School now." Maya smiled. She was proud of her village. Things where much better now that many issues were solved with the branch family, but there was still more work for her to do. "So have you figured out who we will need to contact?" She looked up at him and squeezed his hand.

"That is what I wanted to go over today. Do you think we can go to your office?" He asked with a smile. Maya nodded energetically. Phoenix took her hand to help her up. He had to admit she looked beautiful in a kimono. Maya brought him to the business office of the 'Kurain Channeling School'. The office was modern and even had a computer in it. Phoenix noticed a planner that was full of channeling appointments.

"Hey, you're not going to go any channeling while you're pregnant are you?" Phoenix asked a little worried; he wasn't sure what the Kurain policy was. Maya shook her head. "Nope. I can't ,soon I'll have two spirits in my body and it will be almost impossible for me to channel anyone." She sighed and looked down at the planner. "I'm going to have to reschedule all these people… I know they'll be upset."

Maya took out an old hand written phone book. "This is our new bible. I'm so happy my mother kept such good records! I'm going to have to be just as diligent." She opened it and they started to look over people's names and to see if anyone owed the Kurain Channeling School any favors.


Omake – Nicknames

Mayoi sat with her hand on her chin, deep in thought. "Ryu-chan? No… sounds too much like what Ayame called him… his name is so boooring." She sighed and looked up at the ceiling. A thought came to her suddenly. "Hobohodo…" She had to cover her mouth with her hand to suppress the giggles.

The giggling caught Ryuichi's attention and he peeked in the room. "What is so funny Mayoi-chan?" She was now rolling on the floor with her hand over her mouth. She stopped and looked up at him. "Hobohodo!" She said gleefully and went back to her laughing. Ryuichi just stood there with a look of disbelief.

"Hey! I am not a hobo." He said with a glare. Mayoi blinked and felt a little sad. "I'm sorry Ryu-puu~." She said as cutely as she could manage. Ryuichi's face turned a deep red and he just stared at her with his mouth open. Mayoi smiled and got up off the floor.

"Looks like I just found your new nickname!" She said cheerfully and hugged him.


AN: Those are their Japanese names in the omake. I believe he called her Mayoi-chan and she called him Naruhodo-kun. In the English version she wouldn't be able call him Pheenie… that would just be creepy…

I hope you liked this short chapter and the omake!