**A.N.: Now you get to find out the news. Enjoy.
Chapter 11:
Konai was practically blown back into her chair by the news. It tore her in half, more ways than one. Yugo was equally stunned and silently thanked the doctor taking the ready identification cards and then leading Konai back to his car. Once he was in on the other side he started the drive back to Mitsuko's One question was burning and ready to leap out.
"Any idea who the father is?" Yugo asked. Konai shook her head.
"That's Mirelle's doing. One time she took full control and shoved me into subconciousness. I knew she used my body for sex. But now I don't know who." Konai muttered back. She held many secrets that would surface in due time. Yugo knew that this news was hers and only hers to deliver. When he pulled into the driveway Mitsuko was waiting in the open door. Konai just got out of the car and brushed past her, rushing up the stairs and into her old room. Mitsuko had a dumbfounded look on her face. Yugo shook his head and went into the kitchen to find Alice, Kenji, Uriko and Nayuichi waiting.
"What's up with her?" Uriko asked bluntly.
"You should talk to her Uriko." Yugo answered. "She's in desperate need of your help." Yugo added.
"I think you should too Uriko. You and Konai have some things to share." Mitsuko encouraged. Uriko shook her head resigning and headed towards the stairs and ultimately Konai.
"What's up daddy?" Nayuichi asked naievely.
"A friend of ours just came back after a long time. Mom and her need to talk though." Kenji answered patting his daughter on the shoulder lightly.
"I hope I can meet her." Nayuichi chirped. Uriko stopped at the doorway to Konai's room, the door wide open she could see Konai crying into a pillow.
"Can I come in?" Uriko asked. Konai didn't have to aim, she ably hurled a pillow at Uriko's head, however Uriko sort of expected something like that and ducked it. Ignoring the warning Uriko went in and sat on the bed beside Konai. "What's up?"
"Fuck off." Konai muttered. "It's my problem."
"Yugo and Mitsuko said you and I should talk." Uriko stressed.
"I'M FUCKING PREGNANT! HAPPY!?!" Konai shouted lifting her face from her pillow. Uriko was taken aback, knowing full well that everyone had heard the comment.
"How far along are you?" Uriko asked, patting Konai on the back encouraginly.
"9 weeks." She answered lowering her face back into the pillows.
"Any idea on who the father is?"
"No... I relapsed. Mirelle took control and took revenge by using my body for sex."
"Trust me. It may seem sudden but you'll come to love this gift." Uriko chirped from knowledge.
"The problem is this Uriko. The operations and that drug destroyed my ability to have kids."
"Maybe it healed. You always were known for your rapid healing. Besides your a zoanthrope. Maybe when you change your ability was restored."
"They removed most of the integral parts for research."
"What??" Uriko gasped.
"And do you know why?" Konai started. "Because I posses the same kind of abilities you do. They used and abused me to continue what they started on you." Konai blared. Uriko stood up in shock.
"My pain is because of you. What began with you ended with me. And I picked up your tab." Konai added, then she looked away. "But I owe you far more than that. A petty grudge is no ground for what you have done for me."
"I'm sorry for misjudging you Konai. I'm sorry for earlier." Uriko apologized, nervously nibbling a nail, looking away, partly in guilt. Konai stood up and took Uriko into a deep embrace, crying into the crook of her neck. Uriko returned the embrace, patting her age old friend on the back. Konai wasted a few moments, crying for all the pain in her life, but not out of self pity. Finally breaking Konai wiped her face with the used and worn gloves, taking them off and placing them on a dusty desk.
"Fate is always cruel with it's dealings." Konai muttered, stepping out of her boots. " I just don't want my kid to experience anything we have."
"I know how you feel. I take it you already know of Nayuichi?"
"Yeah, Tylon keeps periodic tabs on zoanthropes of interest. A much more passive approach. My best change there."
"You mean?"
"Yeah. I engineered Tylon in some ways. They are doing what would've happened anyways. At least this way it will prevent a war."
"But what about the street war that is brewing? You can't fight, you'll risk the baby.." Uriko hissed, concern raging through her voice.
"My suit amply protects that area. It's padded since that's where most cheap shots go." Konai assured, unzipping her jacket and showing Uriko. Taking off her pants Konai looked at the suit that had served as so much.
From combat armor to a literal shield against taint. It always reminded her of what she had come from eight years ago. And it also served as a reminder of her fight to get back. Which she had finally done.
Chapter 11:
Konai was practically blown back into her chair by the news. It tore her in half, more ways than one. Yugo was equally stunned and silently thanked the doctor taking the ready identification cards and then leading Konai back to his car. Once he was in on the other side he started the drive back to Mitsuko's One question was burning and ready to leap out.
"Any idea who the father is?" Yugo asked. Konai shook her head.
"That's Mirelle's doing. One time she took full control and shoved me into subconciousness. I knew she used my body for sex. But now I don't know who." Konai muttered back. She held many secrets that would surface in due time. Yugo knew that this news was hers and only hers to deliver. When he pulled into the driveway Mitsuko was waiting in the open door. Konai just got out of the car and brushed past her, rushing up the stairs and into her old room. Mitsuko had a dumbfounded look on her face. Yugo shook his head and went into the kitchen to find Alice, Kenji, Uriko and Nayuichi waiting.
"What's up with her?" Uriko asked bluntly.
"You should talk to her Uriko." Yugo answered. "She's in desperate need of your help." Yugo added.
"I think you should too Uriko. You and Konai have some things to share." Mitsuko encouraged. Uriko shook her head resigning and headed towards the stairs and ultimately Konai.
"What's up daddy?" Nayuichi asked naievely.
"A friend of ours just came back after a long time. Mom and her need to talk though." Kenji answered patting his daughter on the shoulder lightly.
"I hope I can meet her." Nayuichi chirped. Uriko stopped at the doorway to Konai's room, the door wide open she could see Konai crying into a pillow.
"Can I come in?" Uriko asked. Konai didn't have to aim, she ably hurled a pillow at Uriko's head, however Uriko sort of expected something like that and ducked it. Ignoring the warning Uriko went in and sat on the bed beside Konai. "What's up?"
"Fuck off." Konai muttered. "It's my problem."
"Yugo and Mitsuko said you and I should talk." Uriko stressed.
"I'M FUCKING PREGNANT! HAPPY!?!" Konai shouted lifting her face from her pillow. Uriko was taken aback, knowing full well that everyone had heard the comment.
"How far along are you?" Uriko asked, patting Konai on the back encouraginly.
"9 weeks." She answered lowering her face back into the pillows.
"Any idea on who the father is?"
"No... I relapsed. Mirelle took control and took revenge by using my body for sex."
"Trust me. It may seem sudden but you'll come to love this gift." Uriko chirped from knowledge.
"The problem is this Uriko. The operations and that drug destroyed my ability to have kids."
"Maybe it healed. You always were known for your rapid healing. Besides your a zoanthrope. Maybe when you change your ability was restored."
"They removed most of the integral parts for research."
"What??" Uriko gasped.
"And do you know why?" Konai started. "Because I posses the same kind of abilities you do. They used and abused me to continue what they started on you." Konai blared. Uriko stood up in shock.
"My pain is because of you. What began with you ended with me. And I picked up your tab." Konai added, then she looked away. "But I owe you far more than that. A petty grudge is no ground for what you have done for me."
"I'm sorry for misjudging you Konai. I'm sorry for earlier." Uriko apologized, nervously nibbling a nail, looking away, partly in guilt. Konai stood up and took Uriko into a deep embrace, crying into the crook of her neck. Uriko returned the embrace, patting her age old friend on the back. Konai wasted a few moments, crying for all the pain in her life, but not out of self pity. Finally breaking Konai wiped her face with the used and worn gloves, taking them off and placing them on a dusty desk.
"Fate is always cruel with it's dealings." Konai muttered, stepping out of her boots. " I just don't want my kid to experience anything we have."
"I know how you feel. I take it you already know of Nayuichi?"
"Yeah, Tylon keeps periodic tabs on zoanthropes of interest. A much more passive approach. My best change there."
"You mean?"
"Yeah. I engineered Tylon in some ways. They are doing what would've happened anyways. At least this way it will prevent a war."
"But what about the street war that is brewing? You can't fight, you'll risk the baby.." Uriko hissed, concern raging through her voice.
"My suit amply protects that area. It's padded since that's where most cheap shots go." Konai assured, unzipping her jacket and showing Uriko. Taking off her pants Konai looked at the suit that had served as so much.
From combat armor to a literal shield against taint. It always reminded her of what she had come from eight years ago. And it also served as a reminder of her fight to get back. Which she had finally done.