The baby was born on a cold December night. Midnight to be exact. It weighed 5 pounds, 7 ounces, and was born easily as anyone could wish. It started breathing immediately, no need for an emergency. The doctor commented that it was the smoothest birth he had ever performed.
It was confirmed that it was a girl. Her name would be Tsukina, meaning moon. She was wrapped in a soft pink cotton blanket and placed gently in the tired mother's arms. The mother's light auburn haired was tangled with sweat, and she was breathing heavily, but a glowing smile was on her face as she took the baby in her arms. The father sat beside the bed in a white chair, running his hand through his jet black hair.
They looked at the baby. Her hair was as thick and black as her father's, and her eyes a green hazel, like her mother's. The baby blinked a few times, staring back up at these people.
Sayoko nuzzled Tsukina's nose. "So, little one," she said softly, "Are you the end of the curse?"
And the child, in reply,
Laughed.