"How's her stats?"

"Blood level"

"Clear"

"Is she stable?"

"The baby…"

Constant noise and beeps filled my already thumping head. The pain had settled right down but I was still in agony.

"She's almost three months early" one doctor said

"The baby has a healthy heart beat" another said

"But its not fully developed"

"Just Get it out" I tried to scream but all it came out was as a feeble and weak mumble.

"Okay honey, we just need to wait until your contractions are regular" a sweet voice sounded from the left of me. The room remained blurry as I remained distant from the world.

I then had to lay, disabled, for three hours straight of unbearable pain and scorching before doctors rushed to my side and stated:

"Her contractions are regular! We're ready when you are dear…"

"All you have to do is push!"

Black Lightning

The pain burned me from the inside out; my heart thumped as if it couldn't beat any faster if it tried. The pain, agony… I sucked in a deep breath before gripping on the nurses hand even tighter.

"Okay hunny, you're going to have to push!" the midwife stated looking at me.

"I..I c-can't" I whispered almost silently. I spoke the truth. The pain was so unbelievably excruciating I could hardly bring the energy to open my eyes.

"Tha baby hun… Think about your child… If you push, you can have him in you're arms sooner, and all this will go away!" the midwife urged me on. Tear streamed down my face as doctors and nurses ran around me and injected all sorts of medicine into me. I screamed as the pain reached its maximum, or what I thought was the maximum…

"Jus'.. One.. P-push…" I breathed. I brought in all my power and remaining strength and pushed as hard as I could. My stomach felt as if it had ripped, so did my heart.

"That's great!" the midwife laughed, "Wow, another two or three like that and he'll be out!" I half smiled amongst all the pain. It seemed like hours passed by of ultimate scorching from the inside out until I gathered up enough dtrength to push again. I sucked in and screamed as my hips seemed to dislodge themselves.

It was then I heard a faint cry, a baby's cry. I gasped and tried to sit up, only to be pushed back down.

"ONE more hun, and you'll have him on your hands!" the midwife urged placing her hands near my legs. I screamed once more before gathering the power to push once more.

The ear-splitting scream echoed through the halls as the baby fell out and into the midwife's arms. All the pain stopped straight after that final scream.

"Congratulations…" she murmured cleaning the baby roughly… "You have a gorgeous baby girl…" she passed over the baby wrapped in light pink blankets. I held out my arms and let the slightly crying baby fall softly against my chest. I smiled at the small baby, tears welled as they shortly after fell down my face.

"wow, what an unusual hair colour…" the baby indeed did have jet black hair and smoky coal eyes. She looked up at me and nudged against my chest.

"Here…" a deep voice sounded. I looked up to see the crying eyes of Akito Sohma… He held out a already made milf bottle for me to feed the baby girl. He sat down on the side of the bed and beamed.

"She's beautiful…" he whispered. I stared at her and beamed…

"What shall we call her?" I whispered dryly.

"Star." He said completely satisfied with what had emerged from my stomach.

When one thing is brought into the world, it's unfortunate but another thing must be taken… To keep the balance of good and evil, this almost cruel act must take place… We can't live in a society where there is too many of whom are evil, and too many of whom are good; there must be a sufficient balance for the human race to carry on living…

When I left the hospital the next day, I heard the terrible, heart crushing news that Hatsuharu Sohma had been confirmed dead. He had fallen from the top of the clock tower four hours before Star was born. Hatori had told me the news whilst Akito kissed and cooed at Star, completely oblivious.

As I sat there, watching Akito and Star lay and read together on the futon, all I could feel was heart ache and guilt; when I was supposed to be feeling happy and chuffed.

"..and the house was made entirely from sweets!" Akito exclaimed to the three week old baby. She laughed and played with Akito's hair as he read her the classic tale of 'Hansel and Gretel'. I walked outside, unseen, and over to the pond. I looked over at the small stones that resembled the twelve members of the zodiac plus Akito. My eyes lingered on the small ox that stood proudly next to the small human child. My heart again fell to pieces as tears streamed down my cheeks.

"Why are you crying?" Akito sounded from behind me. I looked up, slightly stunned.

"Im just.. h-happy.." I sobbed, even though I clearly wasn't. Akito smiled and kneeled down beside me, he kissed me softly and then cupped my cheeks.

"We're a family now, it what I wanted…" he kissed me again "Please don't cry, my Kisu…"

"Hatsuharu Sohma… A kind and gentle man, with great potential and plenty of love to give, passes on to the other side as from this day…" the priest said clearly. Myself, Akito, and all the other members of the zodiac gathered round the white coffin that lay waiting to be lowered under the ground, where Haru, the love of my life, would sleep till the end of time…

Hey guys,, don't mean to spoil the mood or anything XD LOL um,, this chap is short but that's how I wanted it to be; straight to the point and like –THERE THERE THERE THERE- kinda thing…

Poor haru passes over as a new star is born (quite literally)… I think (THINK) there is only one more (longer lol) chapter left ~ SO PLEASE,, SQUEEZE IN YOURE REVIEWS BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT!

Seriously,, I love and love and LOVE all of you guys who have followed Black lightning this long,, its my first fanfic and I'm gunna be sad to say 'The End'… TT_TT

Thanks again! And keep smiling ~ !

LOVES ~

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