Disclaimer: If I owned HYD, I could probably write some more chapters, but this is it for me.
(A/N) Okay, this is the last chapter. I want to thank everyone for reviewing and getting to the end. I hope it ended how you thought it should and was worth going through all 34 chapters. Seriously, I didn't think it was going to be this long. It was some of the reviews that forced me to add a few chapters and story lines and plots. I hoped you enjoyed the twists and turns. Now that I am finished with this one, I am going to go back and read it all the way through to make sure that I did close all loops that I wanted to close. You should really look up the words to the song "Someone to Love" to see why I chose that one as their wedding song if you are interested.
They were on the plane on the way back to Japan when Rui asked Shone a question. Her head was on his shoulder. "Honey, I've been meaning to ask you who was that older gentleman at the wedding that upset you when you danced with him?"
She looked up at him. "Just an acquaintance from my past."
He glanced at her. "We promised no secrets remember?"
"Okay, just don't get upset. He was Franz's uncle. He was the one who was responsible for putting the implant in me when I had just turned 12 the first time, and he was responsible for replacing it with a newer version when I was kidnapped the second time at age 18."
He was biting his jaw and his nostrils were flaring. "Tell me the rest."
"Okay, the implant was designed to allow me to get pregnant. They were supposed to kidnap me when I was ten and place the implant, but it didn't work out because I was not with my parents. The accident was supposed to be a distraction to kidnap me, but instead it resulted in my parent's death." She exhaled slowly. "So they attempted again the day I turned 12. That is when they put the implant in me. I think Franz planned to return me to my uncle and get close to me and express his love to me later so that I would become pregnant and be forced to marry him. I don't think he had planned to do anything when he rescued me, but he grew impatient. Anyway, every year he would remind me that he was still interested and would come for me when I turned 18. I think when he arranged for my kidnapping five months ago, he had planned to follow-through with his original plan of impregnating me, but his uncle's need to gather data frustrated his plans and let the kidnappers know that more than one party was interested in obtaining me. So instead of transporting me to him as planned, they decided to give me to the highest bidder. His uncle still managed to take out the original implant, and replace it with a more advanced version. The new implant allowed them to track me wherever I was located and collect the data that they needed and to determine if there were any side effects or any effects from having the implant in place for so long. The new implant also acted to counter-act the effects of any birth control.
"So you mean that regardless of what type of protection we used, you would have become pregnant?"
"Any internally taken birth-control anyway. It basically counter-acted it. He also said that thanks to me and my suggestions they were able to use it to help infertile couples have children."
Rui was sarcastic. "Good for them. Can they still track you?"
She shook her head. "He disabled the device. That is one reason he came to the wedding."
"The other reason?"
"Well, he actually was asked to disrupt the wedding by Franz and kidnap me, but instead he chose to apologize for everything that happened to me and disable the device so that they no longer captured data or could track me."
"Is that why you let him escape without any repercussions?"
She nodded. "That's part of it. I also didn't want to have to relive any of those events again by having to go through it with the police and trials and testimonies. I've put it all behind me, and I really want to move on to focus on you, me and the babies." She kissed him on the lips softly.
He closed his eyes and then opened them and exhaled. "I guess I have to live with that, although I really would love to go after them and see that you get justice."
"There is nothing that would come of it, really. Franz is the only one that I would like to be brought to justice, and that is happening. Now, let's focus on our family from now on."
He kissed her on the forehead. "You win." They rode in silence the remainder of the return trip to Japan.
When they arrived at the airport, everyone was there to greet them and commented on how much she had grown over the four weeks. From the rear, she still looked the same only slightly curvier. It was when she turned to the side, that it was obvious. They had decided to keep the gender and the fact that there was more than one baby a secret. Tsukasa couldn't help but to make a comment.
"Listen, I think you need to cut down on all of the desserts you have been eating. You're getting huge"
"Tsukasa no baka!" Shone hit him on the back of the head. Rui came over and put his arm around Shone.
"Tsukasa, I would thank you not to upset my beautiful wife and the future mother of my children." Shone chose not to react to Rui's statements hoping that everyone would just gloss over what Rui had let slip. She pinched him. He half-smiled and shrugged.
They went to have a drink to toast the couple's return.
Soujiroh commented. "I guess I'll be drinking for two since the person eating for two obviously can't have a drink." He ordered two drinks. She hit him on the back of the head.
"I couldn't drink anyway. I'm not old enough, baka."
"I know."
Akira commented. "You sure have gotten violent since you returned." He turned to Rui. "You sure have your hands full. Is she abusing you too?"
Tsukasa joined in. "She's probably very demanding, always asking you to get things for her and get food that she is carving for."
Tsukushi corrected him. "You mean craving don't you, dear?"
"Whatever, she's demanding isn't she Rui?"
"I have to admit that I am exhausted trying to keep up with her demands for dessert all the time. Still, I am happy to oblige." Rui smirked.
"Rui?!" Shone looked at him blushing. The two playboys burst out laughing and patted him on the back. Tsukasa didn't get the joke and looked at them confused. Then he turned to Shone seriously.
"Don't worry, little sister. I will be more than happy to provide you with anything you need if the statue over there cannot."
"Thank you, Tsukasa. I'll keep that in mind." She and the F3 had to stifle their laughs at Tsukasa's ignorance.
When she returned to work, everyone of course asked about the wedding and the honeymoon. Since it was announced in the paper, they all knew that she had married Hanazawa Rui. They made it a point to greet her.
"Good morning, Hanazawa sensei. Congratulations." They would all call.
At first she would greet everyone and wondered who they were referring to. Then she remembered and greeted everyone warmly. "Good morning, thank you."
Most of her co-workers were truly happy for her and of course wanted to know what it is like to be married to one of the F4 and wanted to see the ring. Since she was still relatively small, she wore big shirts and sweat shirts to try to cover her protruding abdomen. There were no questions about the baby yet. Though, there were plenty of comments about when they were going to start working on a family. She just smiled and didn't respond.
Dr. Nishikado watched her closely, making sure to note if she were too tired or had trouble performing any of the duties. He often stepped in and kept her from doing anything physical.
Of course Rui dropped her off, picked her up, and often ate lunch with her, which meant that she had an audience every time she arrived, left, or ate lunch. Eventually, he had to drop her off in the garage, where she rode the service elevator to her floor. When Rui didn't eat with her, he sent over one of the other of the F4 or Tsukushi, Shigeru or Yuki in the form of volunteers. They would always come 30 minutes before her lunch to volunteer and then ask her what she was doing for lunch as long as they were around.
"You know you guys are really obvious. You might as well just admit that you are here to check up on me and make sure that I am eating well." She finally told them.
"No, we really like coming and spending time with the children. Besides it will prepare us to be better aunts and uncles." Shigeru commented.
"I have to admit that the children find you delightful, especially since you try to act out the books that you read. I hope you all continue to come even after I go on maternity leave."
"I really do enjoy it, and I promise that I will be here whether you are here or not." Shigeru's head turned to follow Dr. Nishikado as he passed by. Cherokee smiled.
"Oh, I see. Well, I hope you will continue to come even if a certain other doctor isn't here, either."
"Huh." Shigeru turned back to her and then blushed. "Oh, yes I'll be here."
"Good, I wouldn't want the children to get used to having people here and then be disappointed because no one comes once I go on leave."
She needn't have worried about that because the hospital had no shortage of volunteers once they saw the announcement about her wedding to one of the F4 even while she was on her honeymoon. They had been receiving volunteers in the form of papparazi hoping to catch a glimpse of her with Rui. Once she returned from her honeymoon, the number of volunteers increased. Once the word got out that the F4 would come and volunteer to visit her, they had to turn people away and send them to other floors. The number of young women seeking to catch a glimpse of the F4 far exceeded the number of papparazi and reporters there seeking a story.
Even Asai and her clones volunteered once. They were playing with some of the little girls in the common area, when they saw her. She was working with one of her patients in the common area. She could hear them whisper to each other none too discreetly.
"Look at her."
"I don't see what is so special about her anyway that one of the F4 would choose her."
"She's not all that pretty."
"If you ask me, she looks fat."
"I didn't know Hanazawa Rui liked them on the chubby side." They all cackled at that.
"Can you believe that after Shizuka, he chose her?"
"I hear Rui married that doctor because her family has money, and his family's buinsess was in trouble."
"If he needed money, he didn't have to marry a foreigner like her, he could have married me."
"At least she isn't as ugly and as poor as that common girl, Makino. I hear that Doumyouji is going to marry that ugly, pauper girl Makino next year."
"Not if I can help it. Once I have plastic surgery, I'll be even prettier than Shizuka." They cackled again.
Cherokee did her best to ignore them, but she was ticked off when they talked about Tsukushi. She started toward them when someone picked her up from behind and swung her around. She turned around to face Rui and saw that Tsukasa was also behind him.
Rui had asked Tsukasa to drop by because his meeting was running long. It ended on time so he rushed over in time to meet Tsukasa and see her headed toward Asai and company about to do to them what she had done to Tsukasa, Soujiroh, and Akira the first time she met them.
He lifted her up to kiss her. "Good afternoon, the most beautiful woman in the world. How are you? I know it's only been 5 hours, but I missed seeing your lovely face and gorgeous body so much." He kissed her possessively, stressing her attractiveness. The three girls turned to look at Tsukasa and Rui and smiled and waved and scowled at Shone. The F2 ignored them.
"Hey, how's my beautiful kid sister." Tsukasa ruffled her hair, which was now down in one long braid behind her back and kissed her on the cheek. Then he noticed his little 5 year-old friend. He looked up and smiled and went over to her. She was behind the three girls. "Look, who's here."
The three girls thought he was coming over to them and began smiling smugly and prepping. "Hello Doumyouji san." They said in unison. He reached behind them and lifted up the little girl.
She kissed him on the cheek. "Doumyouji san." She squealed, delighted.
He looked at her sternly. "Now what did I tell you about hanging out with riff-raff?" She put her head down.
"You said that you should always look down on riff-raff and never go near them because their bad ways may rub off on you. It doesn't matter how rich they are they could still be the scum of the earth."
"Right, so why were you hanging around with the scum over there?" He nodded toward Asai and the others. They opened their mouths in shock.
"I didn't want to, one of the other doctors made me. They were mean and nasty, and they talked about my favorite doctor. Just for that, I wasn't going to draw them a picture." She pouted. Then she brightened up. "I will draw you one though." He smiled and patted her on the head.
"That's my girl." He told her.
Asai and her friends got up to leave. Shone called after them. "Goodbye, come again some time." Then she added when they were out of ear shot, "whenever I'm not around." She rolled her eyes and joined Rui and Tsukasa for lunch.
The time seemed to fly by, and Shone began to really show. Everyone at the hospital commented on it, which brought even more papparazi. Rui made sure to be at every checkup. When she became 30 weeks, Dr. Nishikado informed her. "You can't work anymore." She was heart-broken. "Look, you know as well as I do that multiples don't usually go full term. I'm afraid that you will deliver even earlier if you don't stop working. I'll put you on bed rest if I have to so that you won't work yourself into labor."
"When is my last day?" She asked resignedly.
"I'd like you to clean out your locker today."
Her mouth dropped open, shocked. "But what about my patients? Won't the rest of the staff be burdened by my sudden absence?" She began to protest.
"If you don't go on leave beginning today, I'll admit you in to the hospital today and make sure that you stay on bed rest." She scowled. Rui looked at Dr. Nishikado over her head and mouthed the words, "Thank you." He was smiling but looked stoic when she looked at him saddened.
Rui was grateful. Even though she wouldn't complain, he could see how much working and all the papparazi and other volunteers were stressing her out and exhausting her. Several times she had fallen asleep at the dinner table without eating. Rui had picked her up, bathed her and put her to bed. Every time he mentioned her going on leave, her eyes would fill with tears, and he would back down. He was worried so he had called her uncle and told him what was going on, who called Dr. Nishikado.
Dr. Nishikado had also noticed her rubbing her back and her stomach and practicing her Lamaze breathing almost daily throughout the last two weeks. Twice he had had to put her on the monitor to make sure that she wasn't in pre-term labor because she had begun having severe back pains. He made her rest in the bed on her side and massaged her back. He was glad to get the phone call from her uncle asking that she be put on leave.
"You can still come and visit and volunteer at lunch time when your friends do. Please restrict your visits to an hour and only come every other day."
"Hai," she gave him a mock salute.
"Hey, I have the admission papers right here." He held them up.
She rolled her eyes. "Fine."
When she was walking out with Rui, she asked him. "Now what I am supposed to do with my time? I won't be allowed to volunteer. I can't go to too many of my other businesses. I can only spend so much time cooking and shopping."
"Why don't you get the nurseries together for the babies?"
"That won't take long. What will I do with the rest of my time?" He just hugged her.
"I'm sure we'll figure out something."
Of course a week later, she had both rooms decorated and fully equipped and stocked with all of the essentials for the baby. She had hired people to paint, put up pictures, wallpaper, borders, put in the cribs, redo the carpeting to match the color of the room, build shelves for the changing station and put in monitors and all types of security and safety devices.
She kept the doors locked so that Rui wouldn't see them until they were complete. When the rooms were ready, she blindfolded Rui and led him into the rooms. Then she took off the blindfold. "Tada." He smiled. It was the perfect shade and theme for the baby's gender. It also had musical notes all over the room and a small violin on a shelf on the wall.
He kissed her. "Perfect." She blindfolded him again and then led him into the next room. It was a different shade of the same color. It also had a gender-appropriate theme and was decorated with musical notes. Instead of a violin, there was a viola on a shelf on the wall. It was really nicely decorated. "Awesome." He smiled.
"Do you really like it?"
"No, I love it, and so will the babies and everyone else who sees the rooms."
"Remember, we have to keep the rooms locked, and we can't show anyone." He nodded.
"Not even my uncle or your parents." He nodded. She looked down. "Now what do I do with the rest of my time?"
He kissed her on the forehead. "Why don't you hang out with the girls, or plan something or do anything that doesn't cause you to have be on your feet or stress you out?"
She pouted. "Yes, Daddy." She rolled her eyes.
She spent the next couple of weeks helping Tsukushi study for final exams, going shopping with Tsukushi and Yuki and volunteering at the hospital every other day or at the orphanage or the clinic. She went shopping once with Shigeru, but Shigeru flew her on a plane to another country to go shopping, which earned Shigeru about four angry phone calls from Rui, Shone's uncle, Tsukasa, and Dr. Nishikado. After that, they made sure that Shigeru only joined her for lunch.
Rui was rubbing her feet one day, and she was complaining that she had so much that she could do but wasn't allowed to do.
"Why don't you design some clothes for the babies? Why don't you design a clothing line for children?"
She hugged Rui. "Rui, I love you. You're a genius. Then I can get the smallest ones from the orphanage to model them and put money in their accounts for a college scholarship fund." That kept her preoccupied for a while.
When Shone had reached about 35 weeks, Tsubaki called Tsukushi. "Why haven't I received an invitation to host or attend a baby shower, yet? We're running out of time."
"I know, but when we asked her she insisted that she didn't need anything for the baby. She said that they could afford whatever they needed and that they had enough love for the baby, which is what was needed most of all."
"Argh, she is so frustrating not letting or wanting anyone to do anything for her. Did you ask Rui if you could have a surprise shower?"
"Yes, he just said that he supports whatever Shone wants."
"He is so whipped." She quipped. "Well are we going to let that stop us from throwing her a surprise shower?"
"I guess not."
"Come on Tsukushi, you're a Doumyouji now. You can do better than that.
"No, I won't let that stop us."
"Good, Shizuka and I will be in Japan by tomorrow. Gather everyone so we can plan something."
"Okay."
The next day at Shizuka's house, the F4 (sans Rui), Shigeru, Yuki, Tsubaki, and Akira were all gathered to discuss a surprise party for Cherokee.
"Why are we here? Isn't this for girls? What do I care if she takes a shower or not?" Tsukasa complained. Tsubaki just right-crossed him.
"Shut up! You're here because I need you guys help to execute this. Now does any other male have a problem with it?" Soujiroh and Akira were trying to keep from laughing at Tsukasa but they quickly shook their head and drew back away from Tsubaki.
"Okay, where can we have it so that she won't be suspicious?" Tsubaki asked.
"She goes to the hospital every other day to volunteer." Tsukushi mentioned.
"That want do. With all of the papparazi around, it will never remain a secret." Akira mentioned.
"How about at my house, she's never been there before?" Shigeru asked.
"That will even be more suspicious." Soujiroh shuddered, afraid to go to her house regardless.
"Why don't you invite her over to help you prepare for exams, Tsukushi?" Yuki suggested.
"No good, she already knows that my exams are over."
Shizuka got an idea. "Why don't we throw it at her place? We can get her security to let us in, and she will definitely not expect it." Everyone was in agreement with that.
"We just need to get her out of the house for a couple of hours. Who can we get to take her out without her being suspicious?"
"Lately, she has turned everybody down for going out. She has some new project that she is working on that is keeping her attention." Tsukushi pointed out.
"Okay, well we need someone who is insistent, who will not take no for an answer, who she wouldn't suspect since he is the worst liar. Is there anyone we can think of that is like that?" Tsubaki, along with the rest of the group turned toward Tsukasa who was looking up trying to think. He finally realized that they were staring at him.
"What, you want me to do it?" He looked at them, and they all nodded.
"For some strange reason, she tends to listen to you. Now do you have anything you can keep her preoccupied with for about 3 hours a week from today?" Tsubaki asked him.
He thought for a second when a slow smile crept across his face. "I think I can handle that."
"I just wish that we knew the gender." Tsukushi complained.
"Just get gender-neutral stuff. Besides, she has probably already bought or designed the perfect outfits for her little ones." Shizuka commented.
"How are we going to get Rui there?" Akira asked.
"Susumu can handle that." Tsukushi smiled.
"He still works for Rui as his assistant?" Soujiroh asked. "I thought that only lasted for eight weeks."
"It did, but he kept him on after graduation to help him with college expenses. Susumu really likes working for Rui and has been really progressing since taking the job." Tsukushi was proud of her little brother.
They finalized all of their plans and then left.
A week later, Shone was in the middle of designing matching outfits for her children at age 3, when there was a knock at the door. She checked the peephole and opened the door.
"Tsukasa, what are you doing here? I thought I told everyone that I was busy these days and would not be able to join them for lunch. Tomorrow is my day to volunteer at the hospital."
"I know. I need you. Put on some clothes and come with me." He looked down at her swollen abdomen. "If you can find some clothes, that is. Wow, you are huge. You look like you swallowed a bowling ball or a beach ball." He was laughing at her.
"Oh, you're funny Tsukasa. I'm about 30 seconds away from going Tsubaki on you. Don't think I won't hurt you. I have plenty of items I can use as weapons around here to help me with that. Anyway, I'll be right back." She put on a burgundy tunic short-sleeved blouse with white cherry blossoms on it, and a matching burgundy mini skirt. She wore sandals with wedge heels and put her hair up in braids.
While she changed, he called the others to tell them to be on their way over. "Awww, you're so cute." He tousled her hair. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it taking it off her head.
"Don't do that." When they had gotten into the limo, she asked him. "So, where are we going, and why do you need my help?"
"You'll see." He smiled to himself. She arched her eyebrows at him, when they arrived at an old building. "Here it is. Don't you love it?"
"Uhm, what is it supposed to be?"
"It's a surprise for Tsukushi. This is the building where we had our first date. I'm buying it for Tsukushi as a present for graduation."
"Uhm, that's really nice and thoughtful of you Tsukasa." Cherokee said slowly still confused.
"It's not ready yet. I figured that she can fix it up and use it as a law office. That's where you come in."
"Oh, oh. Tsukasa, that is so sweet." She tried to hug her brother, but had to settle for a squeeze around the shoulder since her abdomen was too large to hug him properly. "So, you want me to redesign it and fix it up, or do you want me to help her?"
"Help her. I'd think she would get angry if we made all of the decisions for her. Besides I know you and trust you. I know that you can help her make the smart choices." She just smiled at him proudly. "Let's go in and take a look around so you can see if you can get some ideas." She nodded.
They looked around the first floor, and then went to the next and to the next. When they got to the top floor, he asked her. "Well what do you think?"
"I think it is perfect. Have you had an inspector come in to make sure that the building is sound and secure for you to remodel?"
He gave her a side-long glance. "I'm not a total moron. Of course, I did that." He looked at the time. "Okay, let's go." They got on the elevator to go to the bottom, when it stopped in between the last two floors and lurched.
As the elevator lurched, she felt a sudden rush of fluid wet her thighs. Oh my god, no. Not now. "Tsukasa," she was calm, "please tell me that you stopped the elevator to give them more time to get my place ready for the shower that they are throwing me and that this elevator did not just stop between floors."
He started to panic and look around. "What are you talking about? What shower? There's no surprise shower being planned for you. It's like I said. I need your help for this building." He stammered out nervously.
"Tsukasa, you are the worst liar. I know that's why you brought me here."
He sighed. "If you knew, then why did you come?"
"Because you are the worst liar. You were truthful when you told me that you needed me. And I know that you really did buy this place for Tsukushi as a surprise and wanted my help." She smiled, which turned into a grimace as the first wave of pangs hit her. She put her head down, leaned one hand against the wall, and began her Lamaze breathing. When the pang subsided, she looked up at him with an evil look. "Now get me out of here right now."
"Oi, what's wrong with you? Do you have closet phobia?"
"No, you idiot, it's claustrophobia, and my water just broke."
"Calm down, is that all. We'll buy you a new water when we get out of here." There is security here, so they usually check the building throughout the day. They should be here in about," he checked his watch, "45 minutes or so."
Of all the people I am stuck with to go into labor with, I have to be stuck with the biggest idiot of all right now. "Listen to me very carefully Tsukasa. First of all, I want you to get whoever you have to on the phone right now and do whatever it takes to get me out of here. Second, I want you to call Rui and have him meet me at our home. Tell him to go straight to the 5th floor."
Tsukasa smirked. "I don't have to do that. He's already on his way there, now. Susumu told him that he had a meeting but wouldn't tell him where and is on his way with him there. We thought it up to get him to the shower. Wasn't that smart?"
Why couldn't I have been stuck with Akira? I'm sure he has dated pregnant ladies before and knows what to do? "Genius. Third, call Nishikado sempai and also have him meet me on the fifth floor of my building."
Tsukasa smiled again. "Don't have to do that either, Shigeru said that she would personally invite and make sure that Nishikado sensei would show up to the shower. This is easy, what else is on your list?"
I'd even accept Soujiroh. I'm sure he had to learn something medical from his brother. "Fourth, forgive me for what I am going to do to you. Fifth, whenever I ask you to, please give me your hand no questions asked. Finally, whenever I ask for your hand, please also rub my back. Ok, do you think you can handle that?"
He eyed her strangely. "Of course I can handle that, what do you take me for a moron?"
Susumu would even do. No Susumu would be worse. Why does it have to be Tsukasa? "I don't see you dialing."
He opened his phone and then moved to the other side of the elevator. He closed it back and looked at her. "I can't get a signal."
Why me? Why do I have to be stuck with an imbecile to deliver my babies? Before she could lament any longer another wave of pain hit her. "TSUKASA! Hand now." She held out her hand.
"Okay, okay here it argh!" As she took it, she began to squeeze it. It felt like a vice grip was pressing his hand. She was breathing hard. "Why the hell did you do that?" He asked when she released his hand.
"Because, I'm in labor and about to have my babies."
"What are you talking about? You're not working right now, and I know you are going to have a ba … wait did you say babies? How many? You are having more than one?"
"Yes, I am having twins."
He held up two fingers on his good hand. "Two, a boy and a girl or what, do you know the sex?"
"Yes, I do, and unless you want to deliver them to find out, I suggest you find us a way out of here now."
When she had felt the first wave of pain, Rui had an inkling that something was wrong. He called the house but found no answer. All the guests had frozen and then checked the caller ID. When they saw Rui's name on the ID, they moved quicker at that point. He called her cell phone and heard the recording saying that she was out of the calling area. He began to get anxious. "Susumu, cancel whatever meeting that I have right now and get me to my house."
Susumu had a huge grin on his face. "That's actually where we are going currently." He hooked one eyebrow at Susumu.
"What's going on Susumu?"
"Well, we are throwing a surprise shower for you and McKenzie sensei, I mean Hanazawa sensei. You don't really have a meeting. We are on our way over to your house for the shower."
"Well, how is it supposed to be a surprise if she is home?" He frowned and then thought.
"Oh, she is not supposed to be home. She is supposed to be out with Doumyouji san, I mean Aniki."
Rui was nonetheless worried because he couldn't reach her. Then he had an idea. He pressed a button on his cell phone. "Shone, where are you?"
"Rui?" She exhaled. She had forgotten about the two-way micro-transceiver in her cell phone. "Rui, I'm stuck between floors in an elevator of an old building with my moronic older brother." He smiled relieved to here her voice.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"No, I'm in labor and about 20 minutes away from where I need to be right now with a fool that doesn't understand what it means for someone's water to break." He wanted to laugh but knew she would be upset. "Don't you dare laugh at me, Rui. I can hear you snickering."
"I'm sorry, sweetheart. Don't panic, I will call Woo and they will you have out of there in no time. Meanwhile, I will also call Nishikado sensei, your uncle, and my parents and tell them to meet us at home. I'm on my way to meet you. I love you."
"Don't bother coming to me, just meet me at home. Oh, and you only need to call one of them. Everyone should be at our house waiting for our arrival. Boy will they be surprised. Oh, and you can save that I love you crap for someone who doesn't have your twin sons performing Aikido inside of their stomach right now."
He laughed, hung up, and called security to locate and retrieve her. Sure enough in a matter of five minutes they had located her, started the elevator and extricated her from the elevator. Then they went tearing through the streets of Tokyo trying to get her back to her home, where there was a private hospital and full neo-natal and Labor & Delivery team waiting for her. Once they got her out of the elevator, they called Rui. Rui had finally arrived at the towers and located Dr. Nishikado. "How are far apart are the contractions?" He asked Rui.
"I don't know." He called Shone and gave the phone to Dr. Nishikado.
"Cherokee, listen to me. How far apart are the contractions and how long are they lasting?
She was in the middle of having one and Lamaze breathing at that moment. When the wave passed, she was able to talk. "They are five minutes apart and last approximately two minutes."
"How close are you to here?"
"We should be pulling up any minute."
She had Tsukasa's car drive up to the fifth floor in the parking garage, where they met her and rushed her back to get prepped.
Dr. Nishikado checked her when they got her into a room. "You're going quickly. Your cervix is almost completely dilated."
She nodded. "The pains are coming almost two minutes apart now." She bent her head down and began her breathing again. Dr. Nishikado directed Rui to rub her back.
Meanwhile Tsukasa was led to the waiting room where everyone was waiting. Tsukushi ran up to him and hugged him. "How is she?" Tsukushi asked.
He shook out his hand. "Strong." They all looked puzzled. "I think she is going to be alright and soon we shall all be uncles and aunts."
They were so relieved. "Where did you take her by the way?" Tsubaki asked. "We were trying to reach you, but you were out of the area."
"I wasn't far. The signal was blocked when we were in the elevator." Tsukasa was vague. Then he smiled smugly.
"What's with that stupid grin on your face?" Tsubaki asked him.
"I know something you don't know about the baby." He bragged.
They all gathered around him, listening. "Do you know the sex?" Tsukushi asked. He just kept smiling.
Soujiroh nudged Akira. "Yo, you owe me money. I told you she would deliver early." Akira reluctantly took out some money and gave it to Soujiroh. "Don't put your wallet away just yet. Okay Tsukasa, what's the sex?"
He didn't respond. He just sat down and shook his head.
Dr. Nishikado checked Shone again. "Okay, you are fully dilated, get ready to push."
She was constantly breathing deeply now. "Oh thank god." Within four minutes and with two big pushes, she delivered the first baby.
"It's a boy." Dr. Nishikado said as the baby began crying. They cut the chord, tied it off, wiped him off, cleaned him up, and handed him to his mother. When he was in her arms, he ceased crying. He looked just like Rui, only with her eyes and about three shades darker. He had a head full of jet black straight hair. Rui was beaming from ear to ear.
"Do you have a name for him? We need to take him to check him out." One of the nurses asked.
"This is Hanazawa Rei." She smiled and then grimaced and began taking deep breaths again. The nurse took the baby and took him to the nursery.
"It looks like his brother is getting impatient. Ok Cherokee, give me a big push." Within two minutes, the second one was born. He had his eyes open and was looking around, and then yawned as they performed the same clean-up process. He looked exactly like his brother only his eyes looked more like his fathers. He fell asleep as soon as he was snuggled into his mother's arms. She was tickled. "He already acts just like you, Rui."
"What is this one's name, Mom?" Another nurse asked.
"This is Hanazawa Ryo."
"Okay, Daddy, you get to come with the babies, and we need to finish cleaning up and closing up Mommy." Another doctor told him.
Rui nodded. "Thank you all for your hard work." He held his son and followed the nurse.
Meanwhile, back in the waiting room, they were still trying to get Tsukasa to reveal the baby's sex. Soujiroh finally figured out how to get it out of him. "Let's stop wasting our time, Tsukasa doesn't know anything."
Tsukasa frowned. "Yes, I do."
"No, you don't. You're just going to make it up and hope that you were right. You have no clue. You don't know any more than we do." Soujiroh scoffed.
Tsukasa scoffed. "Hah! I know way more than you all do. I know that not only is she having a boy, but she is having two boys. So there."
Everyone's eyes opened big and mouths dropped. "Two?" Tsubaki shouted.
"Two?" Shizuka was flabbergasted.
Tsukasa nodded smugly.
Soujiroh took out his wallet and gave Akira some money. "I told you she was too big to be having one child." Akira smirked. Akira counted the money, and then held out his hand for more. "Uh uh, where's the rest? She's also having boys." Soujiroh frowned and gave him some more money.
Tsubaki looked at them. "Do you two have to bet on everything?" They smiled.
"No we don't have to." Soujiroh smirked. "We just do."
Just then her uncle and Rui's parents came in the waiting room. "She had a boy, and they are going to let us see the baby. He's in the nursery."
They looked at Tsukasa. "I thought you said that she was having two?" Soujiroh asked as he motioned for Akira to give him back some of his money.
"That's what she said. She just probably hasn't had the other one yet." They all rushed back to the nursery to see the baby.
Rui was watching as they were making sure that Ryo was okay and testing him, when a nurse came rushing in. "Hanazawa san, we need you back in the OR." He looked at the nurse's anxious face and rushed to follow her. He didn't know what was going on, but he was slightly worried.
When he arrived, he saw Shone with a pained expression on her face. "Rui!" She shouted and then put her head back. He ran over to her.
"What's wrong?" He looked at her.
She shook her head and began her breathing again. Then she grabbed his hand and pushed. Rui didn't understand until he heard one more cry. He looked and saw, yet another little baby with a head full of black hair. They cleaned up the baby, tied off the chord and handed the baby to the mother. "This one is a girl."
Rui was shocked and stared at Nishikado. "Remember I told you that there was another sack. Well, she was apparently hiding behind her older brothers." Rui looked at her. She's perfect. She has her mother's cute little nose, her rosebud shaped lips, her cheekbones. The baby opened her eyes. She had my eyes, though. Shone smiled and handed their daughter to Rui. "Well, Rui you have your girl. Do you have a name because I wasn't expecting her?"
He looked at his wife and nodded. "Meet Hanazawa Kirei Sakura. She's named after her mother, my beautiful Cherry Blossom." He kissed Shone on the forehead.
Dr. Nishikado checked Shone. "I think that is all the babies for today." He laughed. "Okay one more time Daddy. Go take your daughter to meet her brothers while we finish up with Mom."
Rui couldn't believe it. He had a tear rolling down his face. He watched while they checked her over to make sure that she was alright.
Thirty minutes later, he came out and joined everyone else. They congratulated him. He was in shock. Akira came up and shook his hand. "Way to go man. Two boys, I can't believe it."
He looked up at Akira and frowned. Soujiroh came up before he could correct him. "Are you trying to start your own F4? Now we have to catch up to you so that they can all go to school together and run the halls. Well, I guess that means that only two of us need to have boys. You have that covered. So I guess one of us can have a girl. Right, Tsukasa?" He looked over at Tsukushi. She frowned.
"Hey, whatever, she'll be the prettiest and the first girl."
Rui was laughing softly at first, and then it turned into a loud guffaw. They stared at him worried. "Go back to the nursery," was all he would say.
They looked at him strangely and went back to the nursery, where the nurses had just brought out Kirei. They all gasped. Shigeru jumped up and down grabbing Soujiroh's arm and pointed. "Look, it's a girl, too. She is so pretty, too. She looks just like her mommy." Everyone was looking at Shigeru bouncing up and down and pointing thinking the exact same thing. She really is a monkey girl.
Soujiroh went over to Akira. "Hey, I win too. She did have a girl. Pay up." Akira gave him back some of the money. Then they looked at each other. They took all of the money and gave it to Rui. "Your wife is rubbing off on us." Rui just smiled.
Rui's parents and Jin Woo came over and sat by Rui. "So, how long have you known about this and been keeping it a secret?"
"About what?" He feigned innocence.
"About the babies."
"We knew we were having two boys since the wedding. The girl was a total shock. We weren't expecting her at all, which reminds me." He gathered everyone around. "Well, I want to thank you for the surprise baby shower that you organized. As you can see, we definitely were showered with babies today. I don't know what gifts you brought, but I have a favor to ask you as a gift." They all smiled and liked the idea.
Tsubaki called her mother to tell her what happened after she made sure that Diva was okay. She handed her the phone.
"Well, I see that you are always a young lady that is full of surprises and always has to be unique in every way. As soon as my son and daughter-in-law get married for the second time, make sure you encourage them to work as hard as you did on giving me a Doumyouji. Congratulations, I'll be coming to visit by the end of the week."
"Thank you Auntie."
Within a week, Shone and the three babies were released from the hospital to go home. Well, to go up the 12 flights to their apartment. Everyone was waiting for them. They were dying to see the nurseries. She put Rei in the nursery that was decorated with a sky blue shade and had race cars and the violin in it. On one wall, she had had a mural painted of a race track on it. There was also a miniature version of Rui's white Porsche on a shelf to decorate the room. Ryo was placed in the room that was decorated in a darker shade of blue that had shelves on the wall with train tracks on it and a real model train. Soujiroh and Akira had to try it out and watched it race around the room.
"Cool!" They were enthralled. She put the boys in one bassinet and put them to sleep in her and Rui's room for the time being.
"I guess Kirei can sleep in our room, until I get her nursery ready." Shone told Rui.
He just smiled along with everyone else. He took her by the hand while she was holding Kirei and led her to another room. He opened the door, and everyone softly said, "Surprise." She gasped. The room was painted a soft pastel pink with pastel yellow shapes on it and trimmings. There was a little table with a tea set on it. There was a note that read: "Compliments of Uncle Jiroh." There were shelves and a little curio case with dolls and stuffed teddy bears. There was a stuffed white monkey in a rocking chair. It had a note that read: "From Shigeru." Shone laughed at that. The room also had musical notes on it, and a little guitar, "Compliments from Uncle Akira". It also had security and safety devices everywhere.
"What do you think?" Rui asked. "They all got together and actually decorated the room themselves. They didn't hire anyone. They were here a week doing the work."
A few tears escaped her eyes. "It's perfect, just beautiful. I couldn't have done a better job." She went around to kiss and hug everyone. "Now, I just need to buy her some clothes."
Shizuka looked at her. "Are you kidding? Check the closet." She went to check the closet and there were rows and rows of designer clothing and matching shoes in every shade. "That was my favorite part, buying shoes for your little Diva. Every little girl needs a pair of nice shoes. Tsubaki, Shigeru, and I had a blast going shopping for her."
After a while everyone left them to be alone with their family that had grown from two to five over night.
Six weeks later, Shone had the implant removed. Rui brought her flowers, sakura, of course. "How's the love of my life feeling?"
"Relieved." He looked at her questioningly. "Now, I don't have to worry about us having another baby or two or three when we," she smiled shyly, "have dessert."
"I agree. If we didn't have any more after these three, I wouldn't be upset." He looked at her lovingly.
"You wouldn't? Are you sure? You don't want another little girl so that we can complete the set?"
"I'm more than satisfied with my two girls. Why should I be greedy? How can another one be more than perfect?" He kissed her on the forehead. "Besides, I've done my part in propagating a new generation of F4. I'll leave the rest up to the other three."
And within three years, there was a new generation of F4, or should I say F5 now. The year after Hanazawa Rei and Ryo were born, came Doumyouji Tsumaki. The next year there was Mimasaka Shukira (Akira x Shiz), and finally the next year was Nishikado Yujiroh (Soujiroh x Yuki).
) Yes, they all got married before the children came. Now my story is complete. I hope you enjoyed it. I tried to tie up all loose ends in this story. If I didn't, send me a review. I may have to write one more chapter just for author's notes to tie up the rest of the story. Oh well, on to complete my other fanfic. It's looking like that one is a long one as well. Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.