1 Finding a Mother; Being a Mother

CHAPTER 2

Summary: Sakura finds out that her mom is not dead, but actually alive and living somewhere in the world. She goes on a quest to find her mother and find the truth- but meanwhile, she's pregnant with Syaoran's baby. In the end, she finds her mother. But who is she? And why did she leave?

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"I'm raising the baby. With Syaoran," Sakura said firmly to the nurse.

"Well, in order to raise a healthy baby you'll want to come for checkups every two weeks."

Sakura and Syaoran nodded seriously.

They went home, discussing how to break the news to everyone.

Syaoran parked the car outside the Kinomoto house.

"Well, should we build it up and break the news, or break the news and cover up?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura, being kind of dense, asked, "What do you mean?"

"Should we start off telling him that we love each other and prepare him for the news, and then tell him or should we tell him and then try to calm him down?"

"Definitely prepare him. What about Touya? He's going to have even more of a fit than father. And what about Tomoyo and everyone at school?"

"We'll worry about Touya after seeing what your father's reaction is. And well, Tomboy will surely understand. When did the doctor say it would start showing?"

"Well, since I'm kind of tall and slim, it'll show…around five or six months. Right now is June, plus five equals November or December…and it'll REALLY show around January or February…and it'll be born in March or April, or even February at the earliest."

Syaoran's eyes bugged out.

"That's only in NINE months!"

"Duh, silly!" Sakura smiled, and leaned forward to kiss him.

"We did this because we love each other, right? Not because we're perverts."

"Of course."

Sakura snuggled against Syaoran's broad chest and closed her eyes.

Syaoran gently stroked her back in a rhythmic matter until Sakura fell asleep.

He closed his eyes too and they fell asleep for about ten minutes, worn out from the activities of the day.

When they woke up, Sakura was still in his arms.

"Sakura. Sakura!" Syaoran whispered in her ears, making her giggle from the tickly feeling.

"Let's go inside. And tell your father."

Sakura's eyes immediately opened.

"Great, you just had to mention that."

They got out of the car and knocked on the door.

"Hi, daddy," Sakura nervously twisted her hair with her finger.

"Do you have anything to tell me?"

"Well…sorta."

"Let's go sit down."

Syaoran, Sakura and Fujitaka sat down on the worn ivory leather couch.

"Daddy, you know how much I love Syaoran and how he loves me. You know we're planning on getting married someday, and we completely care, trust, and love each other more than anything else," Sakura began.

Syaoran cut in, "I just wanted you to know that we're both equally responsible for whatever happens in our relationship."

Fujitaka pushed up his reading glasses and said, "Go on."

"What we did on my birthday was both our choices. We were ready to take a step forward in our relationship because we completely trusted each other. We're soulmates. And it wasn't supposed to end this way, but I got---Daddy, you're gonna be a grandfather."

Fujitaka simply smiled.

"I've known this from the start. Although I'm not too happy with what has happened, I can't do anything but support you guys. So, what are you going to do? They baby's going to be due in February or March, and that's not too far off, considering how your senior year starts in September."

"We're going to raise the baby—together."

"Okay, but no more of this—er…until you're married, okay?" Fujitaka said, blushing at the mention.

"Yes, Daddy. Oh, by the way, how are we going to tell this to Touya?"

"Tell me what?" a tall, frowning Touya stood at the doorway.

"You two go on upstairs---and lock the door. I'll take care of this."

Sakura took Syaoran upstairs and they locked Sakura's door.

"So, what should we name her?"

"Her? What about a him?"

"Well---"

"WHAT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?"

Sakura and Syaoran gave each other a look.

There were loud, Godzilla stomps, shaking the house.

"BAM!!!!!" the door busted off its hinges.

Syaoran and Sakura froze, and Touya walked over, his face bright red from fury.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU GUYS DO?"

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Syaoran stood up in anger, "It's time you stop being so protective of Sakura!! She's 18 and legally a woman now! You've GOT TO LET GO!"

BAM!! . Syaoran went flying, punched in the face.

"Ooh, that's got to hurt," Sakura said and rushed over to him.

Ten minutes later in the hospital, Syaoran was getting treated for stitches in his face and a broken nose.

Sakura wandered around, waiting for Syaoran and her feet took her to the Mothering Clinic.

She wrinkled her nose at pictures of women going through painful birth.

Her feet took her back to Syaoran.

"Oh, honey, are you okay?" she asked.

"Yes. Or, I think I am."

Sakura giggled at his pouting face.

She sat down next to him and put her head on his shoulder.

"Don't tire yourself out too much. Want to go to America?"

"What?!? What are you talking about? America?"

"Well, we have all summer to go to look for your mother, don't we? And we know she's in America. We can start off by going to Washington D.C. and try looking for her."

"But Syaoran, I didn't think my search would take us all the way to the U.S. And we can't just go by ourselves, and who would pay for the tickets?"

"First, let's go tell Tomoyo that you're pregnant."

~*~*~*~*~*~At Tomoyo's house

"Ding dong"

"Hey!" Tomoyo greeted her best friend and Syaoran with a hug.

"Come on in!!"

"Okay…." Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other uncertainly and shrugged.

They went inside the parlor, which Tomoyo re-decorated every month.

During May, the theme was a "Japanese spring festival".

There was a light pink couch with a sky blue loveseat.

There were tapestries on the pink and blue wall of beautiful flowers, and there were rugs that matched the colors.

"So, what did you want to tell me?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other again.

Deciding to go blunt, Sakura blurted out, "Tomoyo, I'm pregnant with Syaoran's baby."