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Lies and Deception
Chapter 13
By: FayeValentine00 (Sarah-chan)
Two Months Later
"Tohru, I need you to
give me one more big push and you'll be done." Hatori spoke
to me calmly and evenly.
I didn't think that I could.
I was tired and sweaty, I'd been in labor nearly 14 hours and I
felt like I didn't have an ounce of strength left.
Never give up. I could
hear my mothers voice cheering me on and it seemed to help me
find the well of reserve energy that I didn't know that I had.
"Come on Tohru! You're
almost done!" Kagura yelled excitedly.
The only two people in the
room with me were Hatori, who was delivering the baby and Kagura
who was assisting. For a short while, Yuki and Kyo had been in
the room but they'd started yelling at Hatori not to hurt me from
the moment the real pushing started, so he had kicked them
outside with Momiji, Ayame and Shigure.
With every ounce of strength
that I had left, I pushed. It felt like my body was going to
ripped in half but then it was gone. The pressure and pain of the
last 14 hours was gone and then a few moments later I heard the
most beautiful sound ever. My daughter began to cry.
I collapsed backwards on the
bed to try and catch my breath until Hatori walked over and
looked down at me with a fatherly smile. He reached down and
gently toweled off my brow. "You did great."
"Tohru, I'd like to meet
your beautiful daughter, Kyoko Sohma."
I turned to see Kagura
standing on the other side of my bed with my daughter in her arms
and I felt a stream of tears run down my cheeks. Hatori helped me
to site up before Kagura gently placed her into my arms.
"Thank you ... Thank
you." I whispered softly to both of them as I looked over my
daughter before lightly kissing her on the forehead.
She was perfect. She had big
blue eyes and a tiny bit of brown hair on the top of her little
tiny head. She had 10 tiny fingers and 10 tiny toes. I could've
just sat there and looked at her all day but Kagura was a little
more realistic.
"Tohru, lets get you
cleaned up while Haotri cleans up Kyoko. I know that there are a
bunch of guys outside who are dying to get in here."
Reluctantly, I handed Kyoko
back to Kagura so that she could take her to Hatori and then
allowed Kagura to help me change into clean clothes.
10 minutes later, when I was
ready, the bedroom door was thrown open and a herd of people
piled in. Yuki was the first person at my side and I could see
tears in his eyes as he looked back and forth between me and our
daughter that I held in my arms.
"She's beautiful."
He spoke breathlessly before leaning down and kissing her
forehead gently.
"OH TOHRU!
CONGRADULATIONS! I'll be the best and most handsome uncle
EVER!" Ayame yelled from right behind Yuki.
"SHUT UP! Can't you see
that she's falling asleep?!" Kyo yelled even louder then
Ayame had when he saw Kyoko's eyes shut.
"Ummm ... Kyo ... I
don't think that yelling louder then him is going to help."
Shigure looked over at me apologetically.
"Tohru." My eyes
looked up at the sound of the soft voice and I saw Kisa enter the
room slowly.
"Kisa. Come
inside." I smiled up to her but I was beginning to feel
extremely tired.
"C-Can I hold her?"
Kisa smiled and I noticed Hiro walk in behind her and give me a
soft smile.
I exchanged a quick glance
with Yuki and then turned to Kisa with a smile. "Of
course."
"Here Kisa, sit down.
I'll hand her to you." Kagura stood up from the chair that
she was sitting in and waited until Kisa was seated before she
took Kyoko from me and handed her to the younger woman.
"Hey Hiro, you better
watch out before Kisa starts wanting a kid too." Shigure
teased loudly and we all started blushing crimson. "Oh...
and Kyo, I could say the same thing about you and Kagura."
That statement made everyone start laughing again. That is,
everyone except Kagura who looked like she may attack Shigure at
any second.
I felt a wave of exhaustion
hit me and I couldn't help but yawn loudly which made all eyes
turn to me. "I-I'm sorry. I guess I am a little tired."
"We should all go and
let Tohru and Kyoko rest for a little while." Hatori stood
and squeezed by hand lightly before walking out the door.
We all exchanged some
good-byes and hugs before Yuki, Kagura, Kyo, Kyoko and I were the
only ones left in the room. Kagura held Kyoko firmly in her arms
and turned to Yuki.
"Sit down next to Tohru,
on the bed."
He looked at her strangely
and then turned to me but since I had no clue what she was
getting at, I just shrugged. After another moment of hesitation,
he did as he was told.
"Sit cross-legged."
He raised his eyebrow in annoyance but sighed heavily and finally
crossed his legs.
"Yuki, you haven't
gotten to hold your daughter yet." She smiled brightly at
her cousin and before he could respond, she laid Kyoko softly
into his lap.
Yuki looked down at his tiny
daughter in his lap and was speechless. He reached down slowly
and softly touched her little hands and little feet. Then he ran
his fingers through her soft hair. Yuki nearly jumped out of his
skin when Kyoko yawned in a way that seemed far too big for such
a little girl but the look of sheer joy on his face made any of
the events that we'd gone through to get to this point worth it.
I looked up to see Kyo
sitting on a chair that was near the bed and Kagura sat right
next to him on the armrest. My eyes met his and he smiled. He
seemed pretty speechless over this whole experience but I was
confident that he was happy for me.
When I looked back at Yuki
and Kyoko, I saw that she'd fallen asleep in his lap. His eyes
never left her until I laid my head back on my pillow with a
sigh.
"Looks like Tohru is
about to fall asleep so we should probably go." Kagura
announced to the men as she stood. "Do you want us to take
Kyoko so you can rest?"
"No. I'd like her to
rest with me for a while if that's okay."
Yuki smiled and gently moved
Kyoko to the bed beside me. "It's fine. We'll come check on
you in a few hours."
"Thank you."
They were all leaving out the
door when Kyo stopped. "I'll meet up with you guys in a
moment." After Kagura and Yuki acknowledged him and walked
away, he closed the door and turned to me.
"Kyo... Are you
okay?" He'd been so quiet the entire day that I was
beginning to feel a little worried.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
He looked at me with such a sweet expression that I felt a blush
creep into my face.
"I just wanted to talk
to you a moment without Kagura and that damn mouse around."
He walked over to my bed and sat down by Kyoko. "I just
wanted to say that... she's beautiful. ... She looks just like
you." I could see him blushing and I knew that I was too.
"Thank you, Kyo."
"You're one of my best
friends..."
"I always will be. ...
Even after Yuki and I are married or Kyoko is grown. We'll always
have each other."
"Thank you." He
nodded and I saw tears form in his eyes. That's when I realized
what had been bothering him. Kyo must have been thinking that I
might just move on with Yuki and forget about him but both Yuki
and I knew better then that.
I took his hand in mine and
squeezed it gently. "I still think that there should be a
year of the cat." I spoke softly with a little grin.
He smirked and chuckled a
moment before he bent down and softly kissed my forehead in a
very brotherly way. "Welcome to the family."
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