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Kimberly was coming back any minute to pick up Luffy. He was in the hospital bed beside me. I scooted over to give him more room and I hissed in pain when I moved my shoulder. Luffy sat up instantly and carefully picked me up, not to high just enough that he could scoot underneath me. He set me down carefully. Then gently kissed the back of my neck. To my shock that gentle kiss made a tingle run through my body. I was surprised at the fact that that his kiss could make me feel that way with how sore I actually was. Apparently Luffy was able to tell how he affected me because I could feel his grin against the back of my neck.
"I missed you too, Aria." He whispered in my ear his breath tickling my neck, causing me to shudder all over again. He chuckled and rested his head back against the pillow. I leaned back against his chest. I concentrated on the beat of his heart. The strong and steady beat lulled me into comfortable sleep. I woke up later when Kimberly was picking Luffy up he was refusing to leave with her. He wanted to stay with me and I could tell by his pout that he was arguing with her for some time. I leaned up and hissed again, where was the nurse? "Luffy its okay, you go and I will see you later. I might even be able to leave today."
I heard a knock on the door. We all looked up as the doctor came in. He walked over and checked the machines that monitored everything. "You heart rate went up for a bit there. Are you feeling okay?" He eyed Luffy who was still in bed. Thankfully Luffy had moved and was now sitting next to me. I nodded and tried to hold back the blush that was threatening to emerge. I cleared my throat and glared at Luffy who was now openly laughing at me. The doctor nodded and went back to looking at his chart. "Aria I need to go over some things with you? Can we have a few minutes alone?" I nodded at the serious undertone in his voice. Kimberly escorted Luffy out of the room. He kept giving me a sad look the entire time he was leaving.
The doctor sat in front of me. "Aria, when was your last menstrual cycle?" I tried to think about it but my mind kept coming to a blank. "I don't remember; it has been a while though." He nodded and looked at his chart "we detected human chorionic gonadotropin in your blood, also known as the hormone HCG." I felt a little fear bubble up in my chest. "What does that mean?" I asked meeting the doctors calm eyes. "It means that your pregnant. I want to do an ultrasound to see how far along you are."
My ears were ringing. I couldn't have heard him right. "Pregnant?" My voice came out quiet and shaking. He nodded, "with the levels of HCG hormones that you have that is what I truly think. I want to take you to get your ultrasound now, are you ready?" I nodded the very thought of the possibility of me being pregnant was making my head swim. A nurse came in and helped me into a wheel chair. I was wheeled down the hall. I was entered into a room that had a bed on it and several machines next to it. The nurse assisted me out of the chair and onto the bed. She was very good at her job. She was able to help me get up onto the bed without too much pain. She grabbed a towel and covered my thighs and the bottom of my god awful hospital gown. She carefully pulled the gown up so that the towel was now resting on my thighs and covering me. She lifted the gown above my stomach stopping at my ribs. She grabbed another towel and placing it on the gown to help hold it in place.
Another woman came in and explained that she was the ultrasound tech. She squirted some freezing cold stuff on my stomach. I shivered "sorry, I know its chilly." She stated in a calming voice. She placed the ultrasound transducer on my stomach. There was a screen in front of me and she was typing on the computer next to her and then things appeared on the screen in front of me. I watched as she moved the mouse cursor and she clicked on something. She then moved the ultrasound transducer over. She said there is your baby. I was stunned at the little peanut I saw on the screen. It was a peanut; it was my peanut.
I stared as she moved over the peanut and then I heard something, I listened for a moment and then realized that it was my babies heart beat! It had a heat beat and I was hearing it for the first time. I started laughing and crying, my peanut was the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. I had to tell Luffy, that he was going to be a daddy. Then I panicked for a different reason, what if he didn't want to be a dad? I knew looking at my peanut that I would give up anything and everything for my baby but if I was being honest I knew that I would want Luffy to be in the child's life. I would never force Luffy to do anything though and his dream was so amazing. I would let Luffy know that he was about to have a child and see what he wanted to do.
The ultrasounds voice brought me back to the present. "Your little baby loos healthy and has a good strong heartbeat. I will give this information to the doctor. He will determine how far along you are and the next steps that you need to take." I nodded and the nurse wiped the stuff on my stomach with the towel that was holding my hospital gown down. She then pulled the gown down back over the towel that was on my thighs. She then carefully removed the towel that was on my thighs. They had managed all of that without reveling any of my private zones.
I couldn't even feel my gunshot wound. The nurse helped me into the wheel chair and then I definitely felt my gunshot wound but then I wasn't worried about me. I was worried about the most important thing my baby. I couldn't wait to speak with my doctor. I was wheeled back into the room I was previously occupied.
Luffy's point of view:
I didn't want to leave. I made a deal with Kimberly though, I wouldn't be able to fight that guy here. I would though, soon. What I hadn't told Kimberly was that I had a plan though and I was just waiting for him. I walked slowly after Kimberly, who was getting exasperated with my slow pace. "Come on Luffy, please walk faster I don't want to run into Edgar." I didn't say anything because that was exactly what I wanted to do.
Aria's Point of view:
My baby was fine, even with my wound they were going to keep me at the hospital for the next few days to monitor everything. I was confident though this little baby had the strongest daddy in the whole world. I was smiling as I rested in my bed with my hands on my stomach. I felt my eyes close as I fell asleep. My dream was a nightmare. Edgar had found out that I was pregnant with another man's baby. He retaliated the worst possible way. I watched in slow motion as his fist came toward my stomach. Then I was on the street alone. I started running because I knew that Edgar was somewhere behind and that he was going to hurt my baby. It was so dark and I was all alone. I fell onto the ground scrapping up my hands and knees. The pain made me convinced that it wasn't a dream.
I got back up and kept running, I could hear footsteps behind me now and they were getting closer. I knew that it was Edgar. Then all the sudden there was headlights up the road in front of me. I kept running waving my hands. "Please" I screamed at them. "Please help me." The car pulled over and Kimberly was inside it. I cried when I saw her. I was so grateful that it was her that I threw my hands around her shoulders after I got into the car. I cried on her shoulder as she drove away.
I calmed down a few minutes later and then I realized that something was wrong with Kimberly. She wasn't comforting me. She wasn't doing anything. I looked up at her face and it was a mask of sadness and she was driving way too fast. "Kimberly?" I asked a little fear was back on my voice. "It's not fair." She said she didn't even look at me put I could hear the car accelerate faster. I sat up, "Kimberly?" I asked again looking at the speedometer. It was reading 90mph. "Kimberly pull the car over!" Kimberly finally looked at me. "No, Aria it's not fair. My baby was takin away from me. She was takin away from me just because you could keep your legs closed. Edgar took the punishment out on me. They took her from my arms. Then my husband left me, he told me it was all my fault because I couldn't have children. Now you're pregnant?" She shook her head, "it's not fair. You are going to give me your baby." I shook my head and backed away from her. "No, you can't have my baby Kimberly! Your being crazy, stop the car." Kimberly shook her head. "If you won't give me your baby then you can't have it either." The car revved again and I looked back at the speedometer it was now at 120mph. "We will both die tonight Aria. So will that baby of yours."
She abruptly turned off the road and then there was a cliff in front of us. Kimberly started smiling, I screamed as the car went off the cliff and it seemed like we were suspended in midair. Then the car began descending I grabbed onto the seat and screamed again. My life was flashing before my eyes and then I saw Luffy. He was smiling and holding out his hand. I had never even told him that he was going to be a daddy. What if it would have made him really happy? The view of Luffy expanded to show the entire crew. Zoro was smiling with his arm around Robin. She was smiling at me too her head was resting on Zoro's chest. Nami and Sanji were also cuddled up they were both waiving at me. Brooke was laughing I could hear his laugh Yo Ho HO. Chopper was smiling and had chopsticks in his nose. Usopp was lying and telling me that he was a brave captain of the seas. Franky was posing in different ways and yelling "Super." These people were my family and I missed them all so much. The ground was right in front of me, out of instinct, I threw my hands up.
I woke up panting and scared. I placed my hands on my stomach. I promised myself that I would see all of them again and I wouldn't let anything happen to Kimberly either she was my family too. The door flew open and Edgar came walking in. I hurriedly sat up and leaned forward, I hunched my shoulders forward ignoring the pain in me should and collar bone. I covered my stomach with my arms. Thankfully Edgar was to preoccupied to notice what I was doing. "When the hell are you going to be released from this place? We need to start preparing for our wedding. What has the doctor said to you? They told me that they wouldn't release you into my custody." I shrugged not sure what I could say that wouldn't give away the fact that I was pregnant. There was a knock on the door. Kimberly came in and she was looking nervous but excited after my dream I wasn't really too keen on seeing her though. I grabbed a pillow and placed it in front of me and then rested my body on it. Putting another thin layer of protection between my baby and the rest of the world. Kimberly seemed to be having an internal debate with herself. She walked directly in front of me. "I know why you have stayed with this man and I am sorry I didn't realize it sooner. Now that I know though we have come up with a way to fix it." She frowned and then looked over her shoulder at Edgar who was just standing there stupidly. Kimberly walked over to me and gave me a hug, thankfully she didn't seem to notice that I stiffened up when she touched me. "Everything will be fine. I promise Luffy has a plan." She released me and then walked over to Edgar and smacked him across the face. She then turned and left the room.
I saw the anger that came on Edgar's face. He started chasing after Kimberly I got up, I had to do something. Thankfully I had the nurse assist me in putting on some pants. I followed Edgar as fast as I could. I got to the parking lot and I saw Luffy he grabbed Edgar and slammed him down onto the ground.
