This is part 2 to Iris but way better than the first one. I'm sorry if the beginning is the same as the first one and it sucks, but when you get closer to the middle it becomes better and more detailed. I did this when i was sick so...i think that explains the beginning and the middle and ending of the story was of right now 3/5/11. I am sorry if it took a while but this story came out super good...to me and this is the longest chapter i have written for this story so far and hope to write another good long chapter like this again.

Chapter 4. Iris

"Ok guys we have a new student and her name is Iris please make her feel welcome." A girl with long blue wavy hair walks into the classroom with a huge smile on her face. "Hello my name is Iris Akiyama! I am actually from italy if you can tell from my accent but i also speek japanese, english and spanish." "Thank you for the introduction Iris, You can go take a seat behind Rokujou." "Thank you sensei!" She goes and walks over towards miharu and takes a quick glance at him and sits in her seat. "I hope we can be friends Miharu!" "I guess." Time passed and it was 4th period and time for lunch. "Miharu! wait up! i wanna sit with you!" Miharu turns around and sees a girl with long flowling blue hair running towards him. "What do you want?" "I want to hang out with you in lunch today is that alright with you?" "Yeah." "So...miharu what do you like to do during the day on your weekends, i like to go for long walks in the mall and the park or all around the city." "Go for a walk with a friend of mine." "Hmm...what do you like to do after school?" "My friend waits for me in the front of the school gates." "Does this friend get out earlier than you or is- "He" "Or is he from alternative school?" "He is home schooled." "Wow lucky." "yeah." "Why did you want to specifically hang out with me?" "Because your cute!" "What?" "Just kidding, because you look like an interesting character thats all." "Oh." "Why don't you take off that hat of your Iris?" "Oh...i like to wear it alot i hate taking it off." "Oh." "Do you eat anything?" "No don't feel like it." "Well we better start heading back to class then." "Yeah!" "well hope we can talk again after school miharu i want to meet this friend of yours!" "I don't think hes coming today he told me he feels sick." "I hope he gets better." "Yeah." Class started and after a couple of hours of being lectured school is over. "Miharu! wait up!" "Yeah." "Where are you going right now?" "Home." "Oh, well my stop is in the other direction so i guess we can't walk home together can we." "Guess not." "Bye miharu!" "bye." Iris watched miharu leave and she takes out a notepad out of her book bag and jots down something and puts it back in. "Don't worry miharu you only need to see this face for only a little longer and then i will be gone." "Hey yoite are you feeling any better?" Miharu walks in and finds yoite wrapped in a blanket curled up on the sofa. "I gggguess." "Are you cold?" "yyyyes." "I'll go get yukimi so that he can give you medecine." "How...wwwas...your day mmmiharu?" "It was good a new girl from class wouldn't leave me alone." "Wwwhat was she doing to yyyou?" "Talking my ear off and asking me tons of questions." yukimi comes into the room after miharu called for him."I told you to let me give you medecine earlier yoite!" Yukimi hands over some pills to yoite and he quickly swallows them. "How do you drink them without water aren't you afraid of chokeing?" "I still can't taste only a little though so...it dosn't bother me...when is school over miharu?" "In three weeks." "thats not long." "Nope and i will be a 2nd year their." "thats good miharu." "If you were to go to school yoite, you might be a 3rd year." "yeah." "what are you going to do when you grow up?" "I'm not sure." "How abput trying to go to school with miharu its not that bad you need to go in the first place." "I don't know what if the kids think i'm...weird." "Don't pay attention to them." "What if- "Its not that bad yoite you just never get out much thats all." "Alright i guess i will try school." "anyways if it dosn't work out to good then i guess i will home school you." "Don't worry yoite, school isn't that bad anyways you need a job now that your older." "Yeah." "I was thinking about passing my job onto yoite here but...i don't know if he understands what pictures are." "I do to, you don't give me enough explamation or detail!" "Anyone would know what it means to take pictures of the store!" "Well i don't!" "I know that now!" yoite turns around and faces the sofa. "I wonder when i ever heard yoite actually talk to me." "You feeling better now yoite." "Yeah." "thats good." "What are you going to do about that girl miharu?" "Nothing, but shes been wanting to meet you yoite." "Oh, i wonder why." "I guess i told her about you and now she is interested in meeting you." "Oh, i guess when i get better i can meet her." "yeah, and also she wears a hat all the time like you do and never takes it off but you take it off though." "I wonder why?" "maybe she hates showing her head." "maybe or can she be a diclonius?" "What are you two talking about over here." Yukimi pops out of no where and startles both of the boys. "i met this girl in school a while ago i think and she wears her hat all the time even in school and never takes it off and yoite just thought that maybe she might be a diclonius." "That is a possibility what does she look like?" "She has long blue wavey hair and has a accent when she talks...probably an italian accent and she has a tan like conflectiion and green eyes...i think shes as tall as reimei." "Whats her name?" "Iris." Yukimi's eyes went wide. "Does she look like this?" Yukimi takes out a folder from his computer desk and it was a file with the name of diclonius on it and he takes out a picture of a girl that fits miharu's description and shows it to him. "Yeah that is her." "And her name is Iris?" "Yeah." "The only thing i can tell you miharu is that if shes asking you all of these questions then she must be reporting everything that you have told her, what has she been asking you?" "What i do, where i live, but i never give her that info, who i hang out with, where i go on the weekends, how old i am, what i like to eat and i think thats about it." "Damn she mustve got alot out of you then." "I never told her the whole truth though." "What do you mean?" "I never told her who yoite was or gave out his info, i never told her where i live, i only told her i like to walk around with a friend of mine on the weekends and after school, i suspected her right when she suddenly picked me to hang out with and never takes off her hat in school." "Thats good...i should report this to my captain and see what he says alright." The boys both spoke in unison. "Alright." "Oh and miharu take care of yoite for me and make sure he dosn't get up." Yukimi's voice became rough when he said the last part of making sure he dosn't get up and yoite groned in annoyance. "Alright i will." Yukimi turned and put on a light jacket and left probably to his captain's headquarters. "what are we going to do about this Iris girl miharu?" "I'm not sure." "Want some more lemonade?" "Yes please." Miharu picked up yoite's cup and left to the kitchen. As yoite watch miharu leave to the kitchen and made sure he left he stared at the wall and wished he could do something for miharu...anything and put the back of his hand on his forhead and closed his eyes to relax and concentrate and spoke words only audiable for himself, "I will definetly protect miharu, no matter what, i will protect him with my life!" "I brought the lemonade yoite." Yoite smiled when he saw miharu and slowly sat up since he was still dazed. "Thanks again, miharu." "Yeah."

Their was a hallway which was the color of pure white with blue strips at the top giving it somewhat of a sea like look. A man in a brown jacket adorned with a furry hood was walking down that hallway with papers in his hand and had a calm look on his face but a hint of nervousness showed in his blue eyes. A camera looked directly at yukimi and when he pressed a red button, a woman's voice came out from the miniture speaker. "Please state your name and Occupation." "Yukimi kazuhiko, Occupation: Spy/assasin of special forces on the current situation, Diclonius." Their was a breif moment of silence and the door opened. Yukimi continued down another hallway wich was a different color this time wich was green wall paper and for some reason to yukimi this hallway always seemed endless. "Captain i have a report to make about a diclonius." A pale looking man with a black suit on looked at yukimi with serious and tired eyes as if he was working on night. "Recite your report to me." Yukimi explained everything that miharu has told him and the captain simply nodded. "I will say let miharu befriend the girl, let him finish the rest of his days at school. She may be wrtiting a report on him, and so i advise you to tell miharu to lie to her but make everything sound true and miharu is to report everything he did with that girl until school is over. He may be the holder of the shinrabanshou holder and so that is what they may want but just keep an eye on the boy." "Yes sir, that won't be too hard for miharu anyways, and i will keep an eye on him." "Is that it?" "Yes sir." "You are dismissed, but please make sure miharu and yoite rest since you all will be given a mission soon." "Yes, sir." Yukimi quickly bowed and turned to leave. "I hope you can do this miharu but just stay out of all trouble by all means." "Oh yukimi." he quickly turns around. "Give these to those two kids, they may need them." The captain handed over two miniture swords one was a purple blade with a black hilt and the other had a black blade with a purple hilt. "What are these?" "They are two special swords we have been working on for them two, they are twin swords and both have a special and unique power. Once the user of these swords form a bond with their swords their power increases, and when the users are close to each other the power of the swords increase even more causing massive damage to their opponents and also causing somewhat damage to the user. When the user uses the power of their swords, it slowly drains them of their energy or even pass out almost like the kira technique but a lot more different. It will not kill them if they use their swords at their limit, but if used passed it, it may cause severe injuries even death." "Should i really give these to them?" yukimi seemed reluctant to give them to the two since he had enough experience with yoite and the kira. "Yes, if its the best protection against a diclonius for them since the kira will not do any good only for last resort." "What are the powers to these swords?" "The one with the purple blade has a very posinous power, if it were to cut once, it will immediately send poison flowing throught the opponents body and paralyzing them, the poison will the opponent in 2 minutes. As for its second stage, If it is to cut anything in its way that object or opponent will explode, and for its final stage, If everyone of the opponents are wounded by this or its twin sword, it will cause everyone of them to explode." Yukimi sighed hearing the first swords abilitys. "Some power that one has." "Yes, but it can be used as a regular sword also but it will still drain the person of the energy until the user and the sword forms a tight bond then it won't be as bad." "What about the other sword?" "Its twin sword, the one with the black blade it is designed almost like a grim reapers death scythe. If the sword were to cut its opponent, he will pass out and immediately die. In its second stage, If the opponents have cuts from this sword only, it will drain them of their life resulting in death. And the final stage is unknown for now." "And thats supposed to make me feel better?" "No, no one feels right about the last stage but that is how that sword works." Yukimi took the swords that were in bags. "The bags already have their names on their." Yukimi looked at the bags and noticed yoite's the one with the black sword. "So i guess yoite is still going to have to play death god again." "Alright i will give them these swords, but if it is to much for them to handle i'm giving them back to you guys." "Alright agreed." yukimi once again formerly bowed again to his leader and immediately left. "I just hope these kids won't have to fight them."

Miharu was reading a book while yoite was asleep in the couch. When the door opened both boys were alert (especially yoite) and looked at the door. "So how are you guys doing?" miharu asked in a teasing voice, "When were you ever so happy to see us?" "Damn it miharu i am only happy about the fact that you are going to be fine alright and also i have something serious to tell you." Miharu's smile faded and both of the boys continued watching yukimi waiting patiently for what he is going to say. "Ok, the first thing, miharu you are going to finish off school and i ask of you one thing to do." "Yeah, what is it?" "I want you to lie to the girl about anything she asks you but make it sound realistic or switch it up with something, can you do that?" "I never said i liked anything in the first place i've been telling her lies from the start." "Thats good continue doing that." "Secondly, i am going to give you two these." Yukimi takes out two different solid colored bags, one was black the other was purple and handed them to both of the boys. "these are very dangerous swords, yoite you got the most dangerous one of them all since they don't know its exact power yet." yoite nods and stares at his bag. "Miharu you got the safer one, but it is still dangerous either ways." Miharu just sits the bag on the sofa un interested in it. "you both are going to keep these with you from now on just in case we come in contact with diclonius." "So yukimi what are these exactly?" yoite asked. "They are miniture swords, they are very powerful and sorry to say this yoite but they are like toe kira, but won't drain your life only your energy everytime you use them to fight so you will be either very tired or passout." "I'm use to that anyways." "Yeah i know but what about miharu?" "I don't really care." "You should if were in the middle of a fight." "When did i say i cared about anything." "When did you ever start being a brat?" Yoite quickly cut in between the two before they started fighting. "Is that all yukimi?" yukimi sighed, he started telling them more about the swords in detail and their power usages and everything else his captain told him about the twins. "Is that it?" "Yeah, i don't think they have names, but i don't know maybe they have names but speak to you in your mind once you form this bond thing." yoite and miharu look at their swords and at each other and back at yukimi. "Well i don't know nothing more than that so what can i tell you they are the scientists they are not going to tell me everything." The boys looked at each other again and nodded as if they are talking to each other in their minds. "We decided we don't want them yukimi." yoite spoke first. "Yeah, it sounds silly to me." Miharu said. Yukimi looks at both of the kids as they hold out their bags to him. "Well, the decision has been made already guys, they told me just to give them to you guys i can't take them back." Yoite sat up from the couch and sat on the floor right in front of yukimi and miharu followed suit. "What are you two doing?" Miharu spoke. "Yoite still can't hear hes been mouth reading you all this time and i guess he got tired of it and sat here to hear you." "Alright i guess i will have to talk louder for you to hear me then...i thought my voice by itself was loud enough." "I can hear you just fine now yukimi, but please don't yell that really will hurt my ears since i'm this close to you." "Alright...and last we will be going on several missions scheduled in the summer the first one is scheduled on june7th so all we can do is wait and rest until that day comes." Both of the boys nodded. "Well i guess that is all i can say to you guys and i think thats it." "Oh!, one more thing i don't want you two practicing with your swords together they told me that it will drain all of your energy and will end up passing out since they are twin swords and they share the same power and what not so can you guys promise me that?" Both of the boys looked at each other once again and nodded their heads as if they were unsure of their answer. "Ok i hope you two can do that, so starting next week yoite, i will be taking you to practice with your sword while miharu is in school and when miharu comes back from school i will be leaving you here yoite while i take him to practice, does that sound good?" "won't miharu be tired from school?" "No, i'm never usually tired or anything like that." "Then its setteled practice will start tommorow."

Miharu went to school on his usual route from the apartment and was surprised to see Iris waiting for him at the bus stop. "How did you know i come here?" "Oh, i was in town visiting my grandparents." "Ok." "This is what you take to school miharu?" "Yeah." "Where do you live?" "In that run down apartment over their next to those nice ones on the second floor." "Aren't those a bit dangerous to live in?" "No, they are comftorable to me." "I see." Their was a moment of silence until miharu broke it. "The bus is here." "Oh great!"

Mean time yukimi took yoite in his care and drove into the forest. Yoite sat in the back seat with the sword in his lap. "Ok were here you ate enough right?" "Yeah." "Good this will be a long practice since you guys need to practice with those swords and be able to last when our mission comes." "Ok yoite i want you to stand over bu that tree and take out your sword." Yoite did as instructed. He carefully picked up the bag and then unlaced the two black strings and once the bag was open he took out the sword. "Great now i want you to cut the tree in front of you." Yoite nodded but out of no where just by holding the sword for a few seconds he quickly fainted. "Yoite! hey are you alright, yoite!" Yukimi picked him up and proped him on the tree and quickly took the sword away from him and stuck it back in the bag using a towel careful not to touch it. "Damn, i knew these swords were too dangerous for them...hey are you alright?" yoite did not move nor could you hear him breathing. Yukimi checked his pulse to see if he was even alive at all but when he put his fingers on his neck yoite suddenly jerked up and took yukimi by the hand. "Sorry, i was checking to see if you were alive, i didn't hear you breathing." yoite nodded and calmed down a bit. "Are you ok?" he got no reply guessing he was still mad at him. "at least your awake." "When i was passed out yukimi, i saw a teenage boy, he was thin and was a little shorter than i was, he was sitting the way i usually sit but he didn't move at all but when i got closer he had black hair that reached up to his neck and was searing a grey highschool uniform...i think it was a he i'm not too sure but he sent out a emotion of lonliness." "I see, maybe the sword really does have a soul in it...and i was joking around the yesterday about that to." "When i first picked up the sword it sent a quick wave of pain and it kept on coming at me over and over it hurt worse than the kira but at least it dosn't kill me." "Where was the wave striking you at?" "In the chest, it felt like i was having a heart attack over and over even though it didn't really affect my breathing." "Maybe it was trying to bond with you." "Yeah i was guessing that to." "I guess if you work a little more with that sword maybe you won't pass out as much as before." "Yeah." "You want to try again or can you stand?" yukimi held out his hand to help his friend up but noticed he can barely even move his arm. "I guess your that tired." "Yeah." "Well let me know when you feel well enough to stand up ok?" When he got no response back he quickly looked at yoite and found him asleep. "I guess i should take him into the car, he might be a bit more comftorable their." Yukimi picked yoite and carried him into the car and let him sleep in the back curled up in a ball. "It will be a while before he wakes up, luckily i brought my computer to work on my next story."

While on the way to school everything that had just happened in the last paragraph was during the whole bus ride. But for miharu, this is something that has to be told in this paragraph since it was extremely important. "So what are you going to do for the summer miharu?" "Nothing." "Ok...what are you going to do in july are you going to the festival or anything like that?" "No." "What about that friend of yours is he going anywhere?" "No." "I see, is he going to visit you then?" "Yeah." "What do you two do when your together?" "We sit in front of the window in the summer with glasses of lemonad and watch the people go by." "Sounds...interesting, you both have a lot in common." "Yeah thats true." "Why don't all three of us hang out in the summer?" "Sorry, my dad has things planned for the whole summer for us." "Oh, he takes you and your friend to places?" "Yeah he hates seeing us sit everyday doing nothing and drink lemonade and so he takes us sight seeing and gives us cameras to take pictures." "Sounds fun." "I guess i like sitting better though." "Where does this friend live he sounds like a brother." "He lives in a orphanage, he is homeschooled their but likes to hang out with me." "Wow, must be tough." "Yeah, but my dad dosn't mind having him over or dosn't mind him coming with us on nature trips, my dad is the one who tells me to ask him over or to come with us since he is usually alone in the summer." "Does your dad ever think about adopting him?" "Yeah, he wants to but wants him to get to know him a little more first." "I seem, how did you and your friend meet?" "I was walking one day down the street and was in front of some huge mansion and i stopped their and looked at the mansion since it was so huge and then out of no where a tall boy came in front of the gate and he startled me and i fell over, and he quickly apologized over and over that he was sorry and after telling him i was ok several times i asked him if he lived in that mansion and he only smiled and said simply that this is the orphanage and i had wished i didn't ask but he told me that it wasn't so bad living their, until a adult comes by and want to pick you at first but once they heard about your info they don't want you anymmore. I was shocked to hear that,but he didn't really seem bothered by that and he asked me to unlock the gate, he told me he couldn't climb the wall since his leg was hurt and so i did and he thanked me politely. He then asked me for my name and i told him. We went for a walk together and after that i would go over and visit him when ever i got the chance since he told me he dosn't have any friends nor anyone to talk to and he called me his only friend. He tells me the gate is usually always locked since they have to keep the kids in, they only unlock it when the adults come over to adopt but otherwise they always have it locked and the lock is on the outside. He tells me he climes the wall to get on the other side since he was tall enough and i was amazed how he did that when i watched him climb over, he tells me sometimes he hurts his ankle or his knee but he still likes to climb over just to get out of their. "Wow, but how did your father come to meet him then?" "Well, i asked him to come over for dinner one day since i would usually bring him somthing from my house and eat with him. He seemed a little worried and nervous at first, but when he met my father he was very polite and my father liked him. He even offered to clean the table since he likes cleaning, but my father stopped him and just told me to take him to the living room and to talk to him. After that my father usually asks to bring him over since hes my friend and wants to get to know him, but we do talk sometimes, but we usually sit on the sofa together and stare at the TV or sit in front of the window and stare outside and when it gets dark my dad drives him back since he dosn't want him taking any chances walking by himself at night. My father was surprised when he found that he lived at an orphanage since he never really said much but didn't really mind. My father wanted to take me to the beach to take some pictures with him but he also wanted to bring my friend along so that he won't be byhimself at that place and so he would check him out of their in the summer for him to come with me and thats how we started hanging out alot and my dad does want to adoopt him and is thinking about it when june comes." "Wow you guys have a close relationship." "Yeah." "I hope your father does adopt him." "yeah, same here." The bus stopped in front of the school and everybody got off. "Well lets get going miharu we gotta get to school!" "yeah."

Yoite wakes up a couple hours later. "You ok yoite?" "Yeah...how long was i asleep?" "A atleast 3 hours." "Oh." "Want to try again?" "Yeah." Yoite slowly got up and stretched. "My back hurts." "First time you complain." "I'm not complaining." "Yeah right." yoite smiled when yukimi turned around. "Ok yoite, but first eat something before you practice again." yoite nodded and sat in the car. Yukimi took out 4 rice balls two for each of them, "Sorry if its not alot but...i didn't have any food in the pantry i need to take you and miharu grocery shopping with me." Once yukimi handed him his share yoite immediately gulped them with out chewing them at all and finished in an instant. "Are you that hungry?" Yoite nodded in embarassment. "Here you can have mine, i don't need you fainting on me because you didn't eat enough or i will get blamed for that." Yukimi handed his over to yoite and watched him gulp them down. Yukimi thought to himself, "I need to bring a full lunch with me next time if i knew he would be hungry when he woke up." "Yukimi, the bag." "Oh sorry here." Yukimi gave yoite his the sword. "Ok lets try this again, why don't you stand by the tree again." Yoite did as he was told and went by the tree. He then took out his sword and waited for his instructions. "Alright, i want you to cut the tree." Yukimi stood a bit closer to yoite to catch him in case he passes out again. Yoite actually hit the tree with his sword but once he did he fell forward and nearly hit his head on the tree but was quickly caught by yukimi. "Yoite are you alright?" Yukimi proped yoite on the tree once again and tried waking him up. And then out of nowhere yoite suddenly woke up and tried standing up even though he was too weak to move. "Hey take it easy sit down you can't even move yoite!" Yoite then passed out once again in his arms and yukimi tried to figure out what had just happened but before that could happen yoite suddenly started choking. "Yoite! hey! come on wake up!" Yukimi shook his friend for him to wake up but nothing seemed to work. "Yoite wake up!" Yukimi quickly got out his phone and called his captain but no one answered. "Damn when i need them most!" Yukimi shut his phone and tried to wake up yoite and then an idea sprung in his head. "Maybe water might work." He quickly got his water bottle and tossed the cold water in his friends face but that didn't really help much except wetting him. "Damn it yoite wake up!" Yukimi started running out of ideas until he heard yoite stop and a quick thought went throught his mind. "Damn it, yoite!" He checked his friends breathing but he felt no pulse and he started to panic. "What do i do...stupid captain!" "A call came from his cell phone and yukimi picked it up and it was his captain. "Captain, yoite is lieing here dead he barely even touches his sword and he immediately passed out, this is to strong for them i'm not going to let them use those swords!" "I'm sorry if that happened to him, i will pray for him." and the phone shuts off. "Damn you! your just as bad as hattori!" Yukimi went back where yoite is and checked his pulse again and...nothing. Yukimi then started CPR (Not the mouth to mouth) on yoite counting in his mind, " 1..2..3..1..2..3" Remembering what his sister taught him and then when he finally heard him choke on his air yukimi quickly proped yoite up. Yoite started choking again but he controlled his breath and he slowly started breathing right again. "yoite...yoite are you alright?" "What...happened?" "You died for 6 minutes." Yoite's eyes widened. "6?" "yeah...i should call an ambulance to see if your alright." Before yukimi took out phone yoite stopped him. "I will...be fine." Yukimi picked up yoite and carried him and put him inside the car but put him in the front seat this time to watch him. He noticed yoite wincing from pain and coming in and out of conciousness. "I should call my sister." yukimi thought.

Miharu came back from school and found yoite on the sofa and the sister checking him. "Is he ok yukimi?" "I hope so." Miharu then went back outside and waited for yukimi to call him back in since he didn't really want to see his friend being checked. After what seemed like hours yukimi called miharu in. "Is he alright?" "Yeah, she said he just needs to rest for a while and not to use the sword anymore." "So i'm not going to practice with it?" "No, its to dangerous yoite nearly died." "He what! what happened to him!" "I don't know miharu, he just suddenly passed out and stopped breathing and came back to life in about 6 minutes." Miharu then left to sit next to yoite and wait for him to wake up. "I'm going to give these back to captain and ask for something not too extreme for you guys." "Yu...kimi." "Yoite?" yukimi went over to yoite's side and bent down to hear him. "Whats wrong?" "The sword...don't take the...sword." "Are you crazy it nearly killed you!" "He told me...that...i have..to form the bond...were close." "your not forming anything with this, it will kill you." "No...please let me...keep the sword." Yukimi shook his head in confusion. "Ok, but explain to me who this person is to me tommorow. It has been a long day and miharu you were gone for a long time where have you been?" "I was with Iris. She told me to come with her to the ocean so we can talk more and we did and i came back." "Did she ask you anything?" "Yeah alot of things." Miharu told yukimi they talked about starting from the morning all the way to night time. "Thats good, as long as she dosn't catch on were good." "She believes everything i say anyways so...thats it." "Well, lets get some shut eye, its been a long day today for everyone." Yukimi gave a blanket to miharu and put one on yoite, he then left to his bedroom. "Are you ok yoite?" "Yeah." "Are you sure?" yoite nodded his head. Miharu then layed on the floor next to the sofa and thought about everything that happened.

Happy Birthday MOM! today was my mom's birthday! HOORAY! I hope she has many more birthdays! LOVEYOUMOM! YOU ROCK!