lostmoonchild: Hey, everybody, thanks for the reviews! I hope you're all enjoying this story as much as I did writing it since unfortunately, the story is coming to a close. I honestly regret to say that there is only five chapters left in the story so I thought I'd give my little "this story will soon be over" warning now instead of prolonging the agony of telling you all. I don't own Code: Lyoko or anything else unless I say otherwise.

Chapter Thirty Five

Yumi mentally groaned as she drove from the Kaze shrine. Right now she really wished she had accepted Derrick's offer to drive her back but she didn't have a death wish. Being in the same vehicle as a drunk driver was something she had learned long ago to avoid.

Earlier that day the group had all gone to see their friends and when Derrick saw Morgan's swollen stomach, he had left in a hurry. It wasn't exactly a secret why he had left in a hurry. When they were younger, Derrick and Morgan had actually dated for a few months before Morgan called their relationship quits. While the two had been a good couple, there was always the uncertainty if they'd see each other again. So before she went back to America, Morgan had pulled Derrick aside and apologized but she couldn't keep a relationship going while she lived with her parents.

Then, when Derrick was going to suggest that they try again, Morgan had gone to France and met Odd. Their guess was that Derrick thought that Morgan didn't even try to break up with Odd. When Morgan found out, she looked annoyed and slapped the back of Derrick's head, screaming at him for thinking that she had wanted to keep their relationship going when she knew the risks that they were taking and the only reason she broke up with Derrick was to protect him.

Yumi often wondered now how on earth Derrick could get along with the guy who had "stolen" the girl that he loved but she guessed that Derrick was still in love with Morgan and guessed that just seeing her pregnant with another man's child was a bit more than he could handle. Not enough to make him kill himself, no, that wouldn't have been enough. That was only enough to make him want to get drunk.

A sharp contraction made Yumi gasp just as a car came speeding down the road. Screaming, Yumi swerved into the ditch trying to avoid a collision but the other car managed to hit the car she was driving. No sounds were heard in the night air other than Yumi's gasps as she was hit with wave after wave of sharp contractions.

Her and Ulrich's baby was coming before the due date and there was nothing she could do to stop it from coming. Moaning, she grabbed her cell phone and called for an ambulance.

An hour later Ulrich was pacing around the waiting room at the hospital having received a call from the hospital that Yumi had gone into labor while driving. Since Yumi had an accident and was in a state of shock despite the fact she had managed to hold onto enough sense to call for an ambulance, the doctors had told them that she needed to have a c-section. Also the fact that the doctors all took into note her high blood pressure only verified that she couldn't have the baby naturally without there being some sort of risk of her having a heart attack or something along those lines.

"Ulrich, sit down already. You're making me want to move around and I've been confined to moving as little as humanly possible." Morgan said resting her hands on her swollen stomach.

"Only because you look like you're a bus." Ulrich said before realizing what he said. "Sorry, I'm just worried about Yumi. I mean, they're cutting her open just to get the baby out and I'm not there with her."
Odd got up and made Ulrich sit down. "Hey, Yumi's a tough girl. I mean, you two sparred while we were in school and most of the time she kicked your butt." Odd said trying to offer some comfort.

Ulrich nodded a little and said, "But that doesn't make me feel better."

Honestly, Odd's words didn't have too much effect. Ulrich looked pale and his eyes showed nothing but worry. Honestly, they were willing to bet that if they didn't remind him to breathe Ulrich would have probably passed out by now.

Maybe they should test that theory but something told them that Yumi wouldn't stay down for very long if she found out that they had allowed her husband to stop breathing long enough to pass out.

Half an hour later the doctor came out looking for Yumi's family. By then, Jeremy and Aelita had shown up along with everybody else. "Translation?" Ulrich questioned.

"That's sad. You're married to a Japanese woman and you don't speak Japanese?" Morgan questioned looking annoyed.

Ulrich grinned a little before getting slapped on the head. "What'd I do?" Ulrich questioned.

"You can go see Yumi, baka." Morgan said with a sigh. "Room 292."

They went to Yumi's room and saw she was sitting up with a small baby wrapped in a pink blanket safely in her arms. "Hey." Yumi said with a smile.

Ulrich went immediately to his wife's side and gently kissed her. "You okay? Would you like anything to eat or drink?" Ulrich questioned.

Yumi smiled a little and said, "I'm fine, Ulrich dear."

The group decided to leave the small family alone and waited patiently out in the hall. Ulrich smiled a little as the group left before saying, "You should have called me. I would have come to pick you up."

"I know. But you were so tired I figured I'd let you sleep." Yumi answered with a sigh.

Ulrich nodded and silently admitted that he hadn't been sleeping very well lately and that the nap he had managed to get did help him out considerably. "So this is our baby?" Ulrich questioned with a smile.

"Hai. Our little princess."

Ulrich grinned and said, "We should name her that."

"What?"

"Princess."

Yumi laughed and said, "I've got a good name. How about Aiko?"

"Aiko Stern. Hmm… I like that. But we're not giving her a middle name that starts with 'S', that much I'm certain of."

Yumi nodded in agreement and said rocking their daughter, "Remember, Aiko, your name is what you are to us."

Aiko opened her eyes and looked at her parents with a look that said, "Ok, whatever. Just lemme sleep."

Ulrich chuckled a little and opened the door to the hospital room, telling everybody if they want to see the baby they should get in there. For nearly an hour they sat in the hospital room talking happily unaware of what would happen in a couple days.

lostmoonchild: Okay, that chapter is over with. Now I had somebody look over this chapter before it was posted and they got a little confused when the doctor came out to talk to Ulrich. The doctor was telling Ulrich how Yumi and the baby were doing and Morgan found it sad that Ulrich's married to a Japanese woman and didn't speak Japanese. But anyway, read and review, flames are accepted!