A/N: Here is a new chapter from yours truly. I won't bother with the length of this note, but I'd like to get this posted- I'm much too excited for my own good.
Disclaimer: I don't own the franchises or the anime.
Enjoy!
Sora's Age: 5 1/2 years old
Kai's Age: 8 years old
A baby's loud cries echoed throughout the hospital room at 2:55 a.m., keeping everyone from going to sleep like they wanted to. A young woman, somewhere in her thirties, was conversing with the doctor in charge of the delivery before nodding and skipping off with a jovial, fanged smile to a younger version of herself and a smaller copy.
"It's a boy. Congratulations. And it seems that he's perfectly healthy, too. Just like his big sister, right, Sora?" Anna said when his cries subsided. Laura stood patiently, cobalt blue eyes filled with worry before she decided to speak up.
"What's the tyke's name, Sora?" Laura asked hopefully.
Sora mulled over his name for bit, thinking of how it came to be what it ended up as.
"Riku. Mama said it meant 'land', since my name means 'sky'. I still don't get it, though." Sora replied with her eyebrows furrowed.
Anna could only imagine how the small boy was named.
Flashback~
A long sigh escaped Kaede's pale lips as she sulked. Her belly was swollen- a sign that she was pregnant and would give birth soon.
"What's wrong, Mama?" Sora asked, tugging at her mother's sleeve softly out of concern.
"Nothing, my little dragon. Your father and I just can't seem to agree on a name for your little brother or sister." Kaede sighed in irritation.
"That's because you named Sora, remember?" Gohan said from behind them as he lifted his eldest into his arms.
"That was my Mother, not me. My voice is deeper than hers is. Hers is a tad higher pitched, remember?" Kaede reminded, irked at his inability to tell the two apart.
The pair spent a lot of time arguing, not noticing Sora slip off and into the forest in front of them.
She stood in the forest, enjoying the warm sunlight filtering through the leaves as she sat under a pear tree.
"I'm hungry...I want a pear but I'm not tall enough.." Sora whined, a good three feet shorter from the lowest branch. Suddenly, the leaves rustled and she looked up when a lightly tanned hand held a pear in front of her, glistening wet after having been washed. Kai held a pear in front of her face, the eight year old holding another for himself.
"Hungry, Sora?" Kai offered, Sora taking the soft fruit into her smaller hands.
"Thanks," Sora shortly replied as she took a bite into the green fruit. Kai sat beside her as he ate his own.
"Hey, Kai, be honest when I ask you this, 'kay?" Sora started, looking up into the clouds as her tail hung onto the grass.
"What? Is it about your new sibling?" The redhead asked, skeptical.
Sora nodded. She stared at the sky, the land meeting it at the horizon.
"What do you think is a good name for them?"
Kai shrugged, not drawing any straws.
"Maybe something related to your name. That might help." Kai suggested. Sora beamed, sprinting back to her house, eager to solve the dilemma.
Gohan walked down the hallwaym greeting his sister in law and niece before ruffling his daughter's hair.
"Wanna meet Riku, Sora?" He asked with a smile, the younger of the pair eager to run to the room and meet the small boy.
A/N: Another update, huh? Wow. Seems I'm getting better at this.
~Deathblow88
