"Wh-what? You knew this would happen?" Cole said lowly, rounding on Zane.

"I- Yes," Zane said sadly. "But I didn't want to discourage them!" Zane said seriously. "They were so happy, I could not live with myself if I were to hurt them so," He said, choking near the end.

"How did you know?" Kai asked. "How could you possibly know that they'd lose Luna?"

"You're not aware?" Zane asked, his voice slightly curious. "It is due to them both being Elemental Masters,"

"I'm sorry, I don't follow," Lloyd said.

"Let me explain," Zane said, slowly walking to one of the small, uncomfortable chairs beside Nya's bed. "In most cases," Zane began once he sat down. "a person can not inherit more than one element. Of course, Lloyd was a special case, and for Skylor Chen, her element specifies that she is able to control more than one Element for a short time. But for us, it is very different."

"How so?" Cole asked leaning against the door frame.

"If a child's parents are both Elemental Masters, and the child inherits both of its parents' Elements, then, then the baby will not survive."

"Then it shouldn't be too hard to have another," Jay said. "It's probably pretty hard to inherit more than one Element. Luna must have been unlucky, and that's it."

Zane's eyes held purely anguish and nothing more. "I truly wish I could say as much," Zane said softly. "But all Elements are dominant genes. No one Element will be able to conquer the other." Zane said. "This is why Elemental Masters who decide to marry one another have so few children. Most Elemental Masters have few to no siblings. Kai only has Nya, and Lloyd, Jay, Cole and myself have no siblings, and this is the case for some other Elemental Masters. Nya, Jay," Zane said, pain filling his voice. "It will be nearly impossible for you to have a large family."

"What are the odds that a single baby -n-no, two, will live?" Jay asked.

For a moment, Zane was silent as he did the math. "The chances of a single child living is 27.62%," Zane said. "The chances of two... Is merely 5%. It is a miracle that Kai and Nya exist at all. They are a true anomaly."

Jay gently stroked Nya's hair as she buried her face into his shoulder. "You mean, we can't have kids?"

"No," Zane said. "No, the important thing to remember is that you certainly can," Zane said. "But it will be very difficult."

Jay looked down at his wife, whom he loved so desperately. "We can try again soon," He said quietly.

In the weeks that followed the stillbirth, Nya was not herself, and Jay knew he was acting unlike himself as well.

The Ninja set up a funeral for Luna. They didn't tell Jay or Nya about it, they wanted it to be a surprise; what a surprise it was. Jay and Nya both burst into tears upon seeing the tiny, white coffin that Kai had made for them. Across the top of the lid, Luna Walker was painted in beautiful calligraphy. A small section of the box was painted the color of the night sky with tiny stars dotting it, and a little crescent moon in the center. Luna was buried five days after she was born.

Nya spent more of her time alone after the funeral; she didn't want to talk to anyone. It was only natural, Jay supposed. After all, she had just lost her first baby, and it seemed that it wouldn't get easier from there. If what Zane said was true, then they were destined to lose many children before just one survived. If Zane was telling the truth, then maybe one out of every three or four would make it, and his or her siblings would never see the light of day.

Nya even stopped talking to Jay for a short while; this was brief, but in that short time, Jay became increasingly afraid that he'd done something wrong. When Nya slowly came out of her stupor, she assured him that he'd done nothing wrong.

In the days that followed, Zane became increasingly distant as well. Jay didn't know it at the time, but Zane felt rather guilty about not telling Jay and Nya how hard it would be for them to have children together. But Jay was among the first friends he had ever made -meaning he would do anything to spare him pain or suffering, absolutely anything. He didn't think that not telling Nya and Jay the truth was wrong, though he knew he was lying -which went directly against everything he was programmed for. He just wanted to protect them.

Nearly six months passed before Jay decided he wanted to try again. Nya wasn't thrilled. She was afraid. She didn't want to lose another one, but at the same time, she wanted a baby more than anything. It was a hard compromise, but in the end, Jay and Nya made a deal. "We can try four more times. If we don't have a baby by then, then we will adopt. I don't know how much I can take." Nya said. Jay readily agreed. He wanted children, just like Nya did.

Nya

On the first one, we didn't make it past three months. It would have been a boy...

On the second one, we were two months away, then we lost it -it was a little girl.

On the third, we hoped for success. But how were we to know how it would change us... How could I know what I would to Jay?

Month three

This when we found out. By his point, the baby the size of a plum. I didn't get an ultrasound to find out the baby's gender, I didn't want to get attached just yet. I promised myself I wouldn't get attached until the baby was actually born, but I guess that's easier said than done. I mean, a mother is supposed to love her children, right? So they get attached. That's nature. That's biology. And, unfortunately, I am the target of that biology.

As much as I try to distance myself, I know I can't. It's with me wherever I go, my little plum. I can't do anything about that. As much as I wished I could, I know I can't.

But Jay seemed excited at least. That was all I could ask for.