A/N: Happy New Year everybody! 2016 and just a month away for Fire Emblem Fates coming out in February! Although I do have some grievances about how the localization is affecting the game…particularly character names. For example, Luna got changed to Selena! I mean, not that it doesn't sound pretty or closer to Severa, but I thought that Luna was just fine. However, three names were especially annoying in terms of change. Mozume got changed to Mozu. Are you kidding me?! What was so wrong with just Mozume! It's like when they changed Tsubaki to Subaki. Are the English developers so lazy that they figured a couple of extra letters in these names were too much trouble? And then there was Belka to Beruka. Seriously? I mean Belka sounded more like an English version, Beruka sounds like the Japanese Romanji version. And worst of all, Zero had changed to Niles. Niles! WHAT WAS SO WRONG WITH ZERO?! Zero was an awesome name and made his character even cooler, but now it's Niles? Why did that name need to be localized?

[huff, huff] Ok sorry about that long rant. But I am serious, when I found out about the new names. Regardless, I am sticking to what I've been calling them during the story, especially Zero! When the game comes out, in my head, I'll keep the original characters' names in my head. Anyway, enjoy the chapter~!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem Fates or its characters, but I do own this story.

In Between the Pages

April was the starting month of Kamui's pregnancy. Her expected due date was around November. Two months had passed since the announcement of Kamui's pregnancy and already Kamui was experiencing the dark side of pregnancy.

Nearing the end of her first trimester, Kamui had been experiencing morning sickness for a week straight. Jakob took the time massaging her back and delicately washing her hair when she was finished. Then there was the constant need to go to bathroom every few minutes. These trials left Kamui incapacitated for most of the day that she frequently had to have Azura substitute for her in royal duties. But nothing was more embarrassing than the irregular dragon transformations. When Kamui least expected it, her body would suddenly have an urge to transform into a dragon. It's these strange instances that led her to set up a doctor's appointment right away.

Her regular doctor, Lizbeth, was from Nohr and would travel to the Touma kingdom in about a two day's journey. Since Sakura offered to help Kamui during her pregnancy, would also make the journey to Touma to learn from the doctor.

Strange symptoms aside, Kamui was curious about her husband's whereabouts. While Jakob had remained by her side constantly, every so often he would inform her that he would run some errands in town. Normally, it wouldn't seem so odd, but Kamui couldn't understand what else Jakob could possibly do in town that he hadn't done already. He's already restocked the entire kitchen, took spring cleaning to a new level nearly every week, and had purchased an entire wardrobe of maternity clothes for when Kamui stomach grows further. Jakob should've run out of things to do by now, yet he was still finding an excuse to go into town. Should Kamui be worried?

But she had little time to dwell on that thought when Kaze appeared from the ceiling of the drawing room that Dr. Lizbeth and Sakura had arrived simultaneously. Kamui thanked Kaze and hefted herself from her chair and made her way to the castle infirmary where she would be expecting her visitors.

Dr. Lizbeth had long, honey blonde hair that was styled in a simple braid wearing white robes and black riding boots. Sakura was dressed in her war priestess garb and gave her big sister a shy, sweet smile. Dr. Lizbeth was a bit more serious compared to her sister, yet greeted Kamui with polite kindness. She gave a brief bow toward Kamui, "M'lady queen. It is an honor to be your doctor for this visit."

Kamui shook her head. "No, no, the honor should be mine since you had to make the journey to Touma. I hope it wasn't inconvenient?"

"Perish the thought," she assured Kamui. "In fact, I had an interesting prospect to set up my own maternity clinic here in Touma. I'd heard that doctors are in short supply in the kingdom. If m'lady permitted, may I have the honor of moving here?"

Kamui gasped with delight. "That is a wonderful idea. Your presence would be a beneficial asset to Touma."

Dr. Lizbeth responded with a warm smile. "Fantastic, I'll alert my colleagues right away. In the meantime," she reached into a black bag and pulled out a stethoscope, "Let's see how you are doing. If you please, lift up your shirt."

Since Kamui had begun her pregnancy she had to shed her armor for lightweight clothes. For the doctor's visit she was dressed in a lilac tunic and black pants. She lifted her shirt to reveal her bare stomach. The bump had become more evident in three months by about three inches. Dr. Lizbeth equipped the stethoscope and brought the resonator to Kamui's belly. The cool metal tickled against her skin. Dr. Lizbeth listened at one spot before switching to another. Sakura sat on the other side of Kamui's bed watching attentively.

"Alright, the baby's heartbeat sounds good. You can put your shirt down now," she instructed. Kamui complied. Then, Dr. Lizbeth used the stethoscope to monitor Kamui's heartbeat. "Breathe in, then out."

After repeating the process a couple of times, Dr. Lizbeth put away her stethoscope and smiled at Kamui, "The both of you sound very healthy, no irregularities at all. Now have you been with your pregnancy?"

Kamui calmly placed her hands on her stomach. "Well I've been having some of the symptoms you told the last check-up; morning sickness, gas, trips to the bathroom. But my main concern is that I'd been transforming into my dragon form at random times. If it weren't for my dragonstone, I'd probably have gone on a rampage each time. But I'm wondering if it's due to me, or is it my baby, that is triggering my transformations?"

Dr. Lizbeth paused to think for a moment. After a few seconds she settled her hands in her lap. "In our country's history there had never been records of anyone from the royal family in Hoshido or Nohr with the ability to transform into a dragon despite the dragon's vein ability. I'm just wagering a guess, but your transformations may involve both you and the baby. Your ability to transform into a dragon could be a side effect involving your baby. In short, your baby may have inherited your ability to transform as well."

Both Kamui and Sakura gasped at this revelation. Could Kamui's baby have the same ability as her? She didn't think of that as a possibility. In fact, after the war she rarely transformed into her dragon form.

Dr. Lizbeth continued, "Though that is just a hypothesis mind you. It can also mean that your frequent transformations are an additional symptom for your pregnancy. In any case, I do recommend caution when you do transform. Engaging in extraneous activity could harm the fetus if you're not careful."

"I understand," Kamui nodded. She couldn't wait to share these theories with Jakob when he returned.

"Any other concerns m'lady?" Dr. Lizbeth inquired.

Kamui shook her head. "Nope, I think that pretty much wraps it up."

Dr. Lizbeth bowed again. "Excellent. If you have any more concerns, be sure to notify me right away. I will return posthaste to set up my clinic." She looked over to Sakura. "Lady Sakura. If you know any doctors in Hoshido that would be interested in joining, please inform me."

"Y-Yes!" Sakura bowed. "Thank you for allowing me to learn from you."

Once Dr. Lizbeth exited the infirmary, Kamui gently rubbed her stomach. There was a possible chance that Jakob and her child could transform like her. She should speak to Azura about this possibility in case another dragonstone is needed. But then she remembered her earlier concerns about Jakob's disappearances into town. Kamui glanced at Sakura. Her little sister was writing down her observations on a small scroll. Kamui should know Jakob better than anybody else. Would Sakura believe that Jakob's disappearances were odd as well?

Sakura looked up when she noticed her elder sister gazing at her. "Is something wrong big sister?"

"Um, Sakura-" Kamui began to say before she was interrupted by a familiar chirp.

"Big sister~!" Elise said in a sing-song tone as she burst into the infirmary and wrapped her arms around Kamui.

Leo followed after her and sighed at his baby sister. "Elise, please, you need to compose yourself a little more around Kamui."

Elise stuck her tongue out at him. "I know! But it felt like forever since I've seen her."

"It's only been a week since you last visited," Leo countered.

Kamui patted her other younger sister and giggled. "It's always good to see you guys. But why didn't you let me know you were coming? I would've been able to greet you properly."

Leo cleared his throat. "Excuse our intrusion. I was wondering if I could go visit your library and peruse over some historical documents for Nohr historians back home. They'd been curious about Touma lore before Anankos turned the country into the Invisible Kingdom."

Elise smiled. "And I'm just here to surprise you!"

Kamui nodded her approval. "Go right ahead, Leo. And Elise, I'll ask the cooks to bring some sweets." She took a brief glance at Sakura, who had been quiet since her Nohr siblings arrived. Sakura seemed to be gazing at something with a slight blush that matched her hair. Kamui followed her gaze and noticed it fall on Leo who was busy inspecting the infirmary's medicinal cabinet. Oh my, Kamui thought mischievously. When did spring arrive for Sakura?

"Hey Sakura," she said, snapping the blushing war priestess out of her stupor. "The castle library also have records of medicinal practices if you wanted to join Leo, if he doesn't mind that is."

Leo, noticing he was part of the conversation, gave a simple smile. "I don't mind." Sakura blushed and before she could give an answer, Leo held the door open and asked, "Shall we then?"

Sakura looked between him, then at Kamui and Elise who were both smiling deviously. After a few more seconds, Sakura gulped and accepted Leo's offer and followed with him to the library.

~Touma Library~

By the time they got to the library, Leo immediately found exactly what he was looking for and settled down at a table to begin reading. Sakura tried to make herself look busy by looking for medical documents, but couldn't help stealing occasional glances at the young Nohrian prince. There were similarities between him and her own brother Takumi, but Leo had more of an air of maturity compared to her brother as he was engrossed in his reading. Because of their occupations and locations, Sakura rarely sees Leo except when their families visit Kamui. Sakura shook her head and kept telling herself to focus on looking for some documents.

"Thank you," Leo said, breaking the silence.

Sakura flinched and turned around, her heart was beating a million miles per hour. "F-For what?"

"Kamui had told me that you wanted to participate in acting as her midwife," he replied still engrossed in the documents.

Sakura looked to the floor. "Y-Yes. But, I'm worried. What if something went wrong and it was my fault? This is my big sister's first child, after all."

Leo snapped his book shut and gave her a stern look. "Is that staff for show?"

"Wh-what?" She was confused by the sudden question.

Leo reiterated. "Did you become a war priestess by pure chance?"

"O-Of course not!" Sakura defended herself. "I had to train myself for years to attain that level of healing arts."

Then Leo surprised with a warm smile. "Then you should have more confidence in yourself."

"Eh?"

"If you agreed to commit and assist yourself completely to Kamui's child's birth, then have more confidence in yourself and your abilities to see her through a healthy birth."

Sakura felt her face feel hotter as if it were lit by a fire spell. Before she could respond to Leo's kind words the library doors burst open- the culprit was again Elise.

"EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!" Elise cried. "WE NEED A FAMILY MEETING!"

"Wh-What happened?" Sakura squeaked confused by Elise's outburst.

Elise dashed over to the two and yanked both Leo and Sakura into a mini huddle. Sakura blushed again as Leo's face was suddenly extremely close to hers. Leo on the other hand was annoyed at his childish sister's antics and frowned. "What are you going on about Elise?"

She looked at them with an intense, serious expression. "I think Jakob is having a secret affair!"

Chapter 4/End

A/N: Ok so I hope this chapter was ok. Let me know what you guys think. Hope you guys had a good new year. I start my winter quarter tomorrow, but I'm still going to try and update as soon as I can.