Disclaimer: I don't own Pretear of Elfen Lied

Himeno and Mawata moved in with Mia as they said they would. Mia was elated to have them there, Kaoru called a few times, but Himeno refused to speak to him.

As promised, Himeno introduced Hayate to her aunt, and just as Himeno suspected, she grilled him. Hayate was calm the whole time and answered any question she had. During her conversation with him, she advised him not to go back to working for Kaoru and helped him find another place to work.

Mia helped the girls decorate the house Himeno was to move into after she had her baby and Mia helped her niece apply to an online school so she could still be a student and a mother, just until the baby was a year old, them Mia was baby sit.

It had been months now, and Himeno was getting bigger, she looked like she was ready to have her baby at any moments notice.

Himeno sat on the couch with Hayate. The knights had come to visit her again and brought gifts. "Hey, Himeno?" Shin said softly.

"Yes?" she asked looking at him.

He looked up at her hopefully. "Can I feel the baby?"

Himeno smiled, "Sure, she's moving a lot today."

Shin placed his hand on Himeno's stomach and felt a lot of shifting around, the baby was really active today.

Mia walked into the room and smiled at her niece. "Himeno, ready for lunch?" she asked.

Himeno suddenly tensed. "N-no…" she whispered.

Everyone looked at her. Himeno was eating more now that she was pregnant, why wasn't she ready to eat now?

"No?" Mia asked confused. "You're not hungry?"

"No…it's not that…" Himeno whispered. "My water just broke…"

"What?!" Hayate was suddenly worried. "But it's so early…"

"Yeah…well…Sachi says it's time to go!" Himeno breathed, her child was eager to come into the world and she was eager to see her.

She stood slowly with Hayate's help, they had an argument when Himeno stopped taking him with her to the doctor and wouldn't let him see the pictures, but she did tell him that they were having a girl and Hayate couldn't wait to see what she looked like.

At the hospital:

Himeno was breathing slowly, fighting hard not to push. Mawata was holding her hand and keeping her as relaxed as she could. "You're doing great." Mawata said and dabbed at Himeno's forehead with a cloth. "Just try to relax."

The doctor came in shortly; she told Himeno she was definitely having her daughter now. "You'll be fine, there is no sign of complications, and she's not breeched."

This made Himeno feel a little better. She relaxed until she saw Hayate come into the delivery room. "What's he doing here?" she asked in short breaths.

"I thought you'd want me in here." He said.

Himeno shook her head. "No…no you can't be here yet."

Everyone looked at her, confused. They never heard a woman say they didn't want their babies fathers in the delivery room, but here she was, telling him to leave.

Hayate left, just as confused at the rest of them, Mawata started to follow but Himeno held her hand tightly and whispered, "Don't leave…I'm scared…"

Mawata held Himeno's hand and stayed beside her. "Don't be scared." She assured her, "You're going to have a perfect little baby, I bet her hair will be as pink as yours is."

"No…" Himeno whimpered. "Something's wrong…"

Mawata looked at her. "What?" she asked. "What are you talking about Himeno? What's wrong?"

Himeno looked up at her sister, tears threatening to fall ad they slowly did as she told her, "My baby isn't normal…"

"What?" Mawata asked.

Before Himeno could answer pain wracked her body and she screamed in horrible, mind numbing pain. She had never had a baby, but she knew it shouldn't hurt like this.

It felt like her daughter was trying to rip her to shreds.

Elsewhere:

Hayate bought himself a drink from the vending machine and sighed. What was wrong with Himeno? Why did she act like she didn't want him to be a part of their child's life?

"Hey," Mia said standing beside him. "You okay?"

"I'm not so sure…" he said. "I guess I'm confused…Himeno didn't want me in there."

Mia smiled a little. "My sister was the same way…when she got stitches, when she got a tooth pulled, when she broke her arm…and when she had Himeno, she didn't want anyone near her."

"What does that have to do with Himeno?"

"Himeno, like her mother, doesn't want anyone to see her in pain, ever. Even when she was little, she fell out of a tree once and broke her leg, she didn't scream, she pulled herself to the porch and called her mother. She doesn't want anyone to see her in a weak state at all."

Hayate sighed, that sounded like Himeno. He couldn't recall a time where she even remotely seemed to be in pain. "I guess you're right." He said.

"I always am." Mia said jokingly.

At that same moment, the two of them heard a pain filled scream fill the hospital.

In the Delivery Room:

Mawata felt her hand being crushed as Himeno squeezed it tightly. "Breath…" she said, trying to coach her sister through the labor. "It'll be alright…"

Her mind was still swimming as she thought about what Himeno said. My baby isn't normal. What did Himeno mean by that?

"Oh my god…" Mawata heard the doctor say in a shaky voice and watched as the woman backed away nervously.

"What?!" Mawata yelled. She saw blood covering the doctor's blood covered hands…too much blood. "Don't even think about leaving her like this!" she yelled. "I'll have your job if you leave! Get back here and deliver the baby! NOW!"

The doctor, who still wanted her job slowly came closer and did as Mawata told her.

Himeno was losing blood and starting to feel dizzy, but Mawata was keeping her awake. She wanted so badly to sleep, but she knew she couldn't do that, if she did her baby could possibly die.

After two agonizing hours, she could hear little Sachi screaming. A nurse, who was visibly shaking, carried the baby, now wrapped in a blanket, over to her mother.

Mawata could tell Himeno could barely lift her arms so she took her niece from the nurse and brought her closer to Himeno.

Sachi was pale, but her face was flushed. She was active, she screamed and moved around in her blanket, her little head was covered, but Mawata could see pink hair and a bit of blue tips.

Himeno looked at her daughter. She was beautiful; she looked a lot like Himeno's mother. Himeno saw that the baby's head was covered and reached up slowly, her fingers trembling. She pushed the blanket off of her daughters head, her hand bushing against the baby's hair. Sachi calmed down when she felt her mothers hand. Himeno pushed the blanket back and heard Mawata gasp, but she herself wasn't surprised, it was just as she suspected.

Her daughter had horns.

A/N: R&R for me please.