Chapter 9

November 13, 45000

Yue woke up at 3:00 that morning with a pain in her back. She woke up Impmon and said, "Honey, I think the baby is coming." Then she had a contraction. Impmon literally jumped out of bed and ran to her side. He started rubbing her back as he called the midwife to say Yue went into labor and that they were coming. They arrived at the birth center at 3:15. They had just gotten situated in the room when Yue looked at Impmon and said, "I am sorry honey, I guess this is not the time. My contractions stopped." They went home after the midwife told them how to tell if they were real contractions or not for next time.

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November 27, 45000

It was 9:00 when Impmon woke Yue for breakfast. He came into the room carrying a platter that had her favorite foods on it. There was bacon, eggs, and sausage on it. Yue looked at him and asked what was there occasion. He just looked at her and said, "It is because you are such a wonderful wife and mother. I figured that you deserved some pampering today because you have been having a bad week. So I made you your favorite foods for breakfast. You better enjoy them. I have been slaving over a hot stove all morning for you and Elvira."

"That is so sweet, thank you. From both of us. It is so nice of you to care about both of us. So, what are we going to do today? I feel like going out with you, on a picnic. What do you say? It will be fun." Yue said.

"I guess we can go out. We have been locked up in this house for the past week. It is getting pretty boring. What park do you want to go to? We can go to one where birds can be seen and heard, or we can go to the place that we first met."

"I like the second idea a lot. What better way to give our daughter some culture? I think that she will love it." Yue said with a smile while rubbing her stomach.

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November 27, 45000

11:20 PM

Yue was packing everything that they needed for the picnic tomorrow when she clutched her stomach and whimpered. Impmon heard her and came running. "What is wrong?" He saw her clutching her stomach. "Is the baby coming?" All she could do was nod through the pain. "Are you sure?" She nodded again. "Everything is alright. I am going to call the midwife and then I am going to get you to the birth center. I need you to breathe honey. I know it hurts, but you need to breath."

"I know that I need to breathe, but it is very hard with the pain. I am not used to this. I never gave birth before. Do you understand that this hurts? Even though it looks easy, it's not!" Yue said through clenched teeth.

"Okay, I'm sorry. Let's just go to the birth center. I'll get your bag." Impmon said as he walked away with a tear streaming down his face.

"Honey, I didn't mean to attack you like that." Yue said with sadness in her voice. "It just hurts so much. I would never guess that I would go through so much pain. I don't know if I can do it."

"Oh, honey, I know that you will do just fine. Think of it this way. The pain is a good thing. This way you know for sure that we will be parents soon. Because of the pain we will be able to hold our daughter in our arms for the first time. You May be nervous, but you are creating a miracle. If not for you there would be no baby. Yeah, men help create it, but a woman carries it in her body until it can survive in the world. You are lucky. I can never do what you do to make us a family. Now, what do you say about having a baby?" Impmon said as he rubbed her back and shoulders during a contraction.

"If I had known it would hurt this much I would never have gotten pregnant." Yue said with a laugh.

Yue and Impmon arrived at the birth center at 11:35 PM. By the time they arrived Yue's contractions were 10 minutes apart. Between contractions Yue was telling Impmon about how happy she would be to hold their daughter in her arms. Then the hour came, at 3:52 AM she gave birth to her daughter. They named her Elvira Evalina Sword. She has black hair and violet eyes. She is 9 lbs and 7 ounces and 20 inches long.

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November 29, 45000

Yue had just gotten home from the birth center and put Elvira in her crib. Then Impmon came into the nursery. Yue looked at Impmon and said, "Impmon, honey, I have a surprise for you." he looked at her and tilted his head in wonder of what she is talking about. "Come here, I want to show you something." As Impmon walked over toward the crib Yue lifted the shirt on their daughter. He looked at the mark on her side and saw the shape of a dragon on her left hip. "This didn't show up until we got home. Elvira inherited your side of the family. She is a dragonseeker like you."

Impmon put his arm around her. He kissed her and said, "Yue, you did a very good job of bringing our daughter into the world. You have made me so happy. We finally have our daughter to hold in our arms. You and Elvira are the only ones who can do no wrong in my eyes. I am very glad that she has that birthmark. I thought that I would be the last dragonseeker in the world, but we changed that. We have helped dragonseekers live through our daughter.

I can tell you for sure that this is the second best day of my life. I will never forget this day until I die." He then pulled Yue to him, "Do you have any idea what this having our daughter means."

"What do you mean? We can finally be the parents we dreamed we would be." Yue asked with a smile.

"I mean that now that we have a daughter we will never sleep through the night again. We will be insane and sleep deprived for the rest of our lives. Our every waking moment will be about her. We will never be normal again."

"Oh, honey you have no idea how wrong you are."

Yue then led Impmon into the living room. They both sat on the couch; Impmon looked at Yue and said, "I want you to know something. It is very private and if you ever tell anyone you will regret it."

"What?"

"Not many people know this, but I used to be a human. As a human I had met a woman that made my heart melt in my chest whenever I saw her. After 6 months of dating I got the courage to ask her to marry me. We got married on November 13. Then on December 25 she told me that she was pregnant. I thought that we would have a family together and that we would never be separated, but when she was 8 months pregnant there was an accident. We were walking to her doctor's appointment.

There was a loud bang, I heard her scream. When I turned around I saw a gunshot in her chest. The person that shot her fired again, but this time, she was shot in the stomach. She died in my arms. They doctors couldn't even save the baby inside of her. The shot to her stomach killed it.

I learned that she was carrying a little girl. Then during my moment of weakness a man came up to me and asked if I wanted to a second chance at life. He told me that I would never have to worry about anything ever again. He told me that I could get the man that killed my wife.

I told him that would be great. He told me though that I would have to be reborn, but I would remember everything about what happened and what I wanted to do. It turned out the man who killed my wife was a vampire. I did get him. That was 3 years before I met you. What I am trying to say is that the reason I was so protective of you during your pregnancy was that I didn't want the same thing to happen to you." Impmon said with a tear in his eye.

"I know that you would never let anything happen to me or Elvira. I have complete faith in you and I know that you will never let anyone hurt us. And I would never let anyone hurt either of you. I am also sure that Elvira will never let anyone hurt us when she gets older." Yue said while hugging him.