The day came for me to officially move into the Dojo. Akisame had packed away almost everything I had the first few days. What was left was my clothes, any food I had and a few odds and ends. I threw all these things into a couple boxes and took them out to my car. Akisame, Apachai and Sakaki all loaded my furniture and most of the boxes into a large pull-cart while I cleaned up and put the smaller boxes and lamps in my car. They had run with the cart back to the dojo while I tossed my car keys to Miu and climbed in the passenger seat. Miu had looked at me, excited. The streets were almost empty at this time and it wasn't that far to the dojo. She had done relatively well, her only problem had been that she went below the speed limit. When we had parked, she had jumped out, running to her grandfather who was waiting for us at the gate and told him all about it.
Hayato had laughed and smiled at me.
"You didn't have to do that," he said.
"Does it bother you?" I asked.
"No," he assured. "I just don't want her to wreck your car."
I shrugged, waving it away.
"I have insurance on it," I said. "As long as I'm in the car with her, I'm covered. Plus, this way she won't have to take those expensive classes."
"You're very good to her," Hayato commented, stroking his beard.
"I love Miu," I said. "I love her like a sister." Hayato's eyes twinkled and he reached over, pulling me to his massive body in a hug.
"Miu is a very lucky girl," he said, "to have such a sweet young woman care about her so much."
"I am very lucky, too," I told him, "to have such a sweet girl in my life and such a wonderful group of friends."
Hayato smiled and laid a large hand on my head.
"Uhm, am I interrupting something?"
I looked over and saw Miu standing in the doorway, my phone in her hand.
"No, dear," I said.
"You have a phone call," she told me, handing me the phone. "I answered it, I hope you don't mind."
"Not at all, dear," I said, taking the phone. "Who is it?"
"I don't know," Miu said. "I just answered it and asked them to hold."
I put the phone up to my ear and told the person on the other end who I was.
"Yes, Ma'am, this is Dr. Sayamoto's office, calling about your blood work," the woman said.
"Okay," I said.
"Your blood work showed nothing abnormal, but the pregnancy test came back as positive," she said.
"What?" I asked, in shock.
"You're pregnant, Ma'am," the woman repeated.
"Uhm, thank you," I murmured, hanging up the phone.
"My love," Akisame said as he walked into the room, carrying a few boxes. "Is something wrong?"
"No…" I said, dazed.
"You look pale," Miu said. "Do you need to sit down?"
"No, I'm fine," I said in the same soft voice. "I'll be…right back. I'm…I'm going to…to go to the store."
"Alright," Akisame said, looking at me worriedly.