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Chapter 18:
"Kenshin, hurry and get Megumi!" Kaoru shrieked as a contraction became present. She clutched her abdomen in pain and her face was contorted. Kenshin was absolutely frightened. 'I can't just leave her here alone, but I have to get Megumi.' He frantically took her hand in his, she squeezed it tightly and screamed. "Just go...get her now." She said through clenched teeth.
"Demo, I can't just leave you here alone. What if something happens?"
"This baby won't come that quickly, Kenshin. Just please hurry." She smiled softly at him.
"Oro.." He sighed as he ran quickly out the door, making good use of his hiten mitsurugi speed. 'Please be safe my Kaoru.' He ran like the wind and finally reached the clinic, bursting through the doors. Kenshin ran to Megumi's room and found something rather interesting. Sano and Megumi were resting soundly in 'her' bed. 'Oro? Why did they of all nights?' Kenshin smacked his head and then reverted his thoughts back to his wife. "Sano! Megumi!" They both sat up immediately and rubbed their eyes.
"Oh my god! Kenshin!" Sano wailed. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"What's the matter Sir Ken?" Megumi said coolly.
"It's Kaoru, she's having the baby! We must hurry back to the dojo,that we should."
"Right now?!" They both screamed in unison. Both jumped out of the bed, making Kenshin leave the room of course. In a matter of seconds they bounded out the door. Sanosuke hauled the doctor onto his back, while Kenshin took her medical bag.
"Arrggghhh! Kenshin!" Kaoru screamed as she once again was tossed by a contraction. "Where..are...you?" She collapsed onto the futon from exhaustion. They arrived in a few minutes and barged into the dojo and into the bedroom.
"Kaoru! Wake up!" Kenshin screamed as he shook her. Her eyes fluttered and opened.
"You came back." She said softly.
"Of course I came back, you're my wife and that's my child, ne? I love you and I would certainly never leave you." She grasped onto his hand again and he sat her against the wall.
"Okay, let me see how far she is. Would you turn around Sir Ken, Sano?" Sano turned and faced the wall, while Kenshin put his head on her shoulder, still having her hand in his. Kaoru spread her legs and Megumi checked her. "Everything seems to be going just fine, Kaoru." Kaoru grasped tighter onto his hand and clenched her teeth once more as she rode out another contraction. Sano had left the room and came back holding a bucket of water with a damp cloth. He placed it on her forehead.
"Arigato Sano."
"No problem." Kaoru screamed in pain again. "It's okay missie." He soothed as he dabbed the cloth on her head. He was acting like an older brother. She smiled at him as a means of a thank you. He nodded his head in response.
"Now comes the hard part." Megumi stated.
"That wasn't the hard...part?" Kaoru panted.
"You'll have to push now Kaoru dear."
"Push?"
"Remember the breathing and exorcises I made you do?"
"Hai." Kaoru winced.
"It's time to use them." Kaoru only nodded her head and sprawled her legs out. "Now Kenshin, Sano you can help."
"Us?" They both gawked at each other with crazy expressions.
"Hai, you." Kaoru glared at Sano.
"Don't you dare look at me either! You pervert!" She screamed as another contraction reeled through her.
"Oh come on Jo-chan, no thanks." She narrowed her eyes and pummeled him.
"Kaoru dear we need his help." Megumi said as she helped the rooster up, patting the lump on his head.
"You've got quite a punch there missie. Now will you let me help?"
"Hai." She grumbled.
"Now you hold up her leg up to her thigh, Sir Ken and Sano you do the same."
"Oh my god." Kaoru muttered, "How embarrassing."
"It'll all be over with soon enough." Kenshin said gently.
"Shut up! You're the one who got me pregnant in the first place, you bastard!" She screamed as the pressure began to build up inside her again. Kenshin's face lit with horror at her words.
"Sir Ken, she doesn't mean it I'm sure. All women in labor get delusional and don't know what they're saying. Childbirth is a very painful experience." Megumi stated calmly as she checked Kaoru's progress once again. Kaoru felt the pressure building up once more. "Another contraction, Kaoru, now on my count push, okay?" Kaoru nodded and the men pulled her legs up to her thighs. "1, 2, 3, push."
"Arrrghhh!!!!" She wailed as she pushed.
"Hold it. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....now relax and breathe." Kaoru did as she was instructed and with the next few contractions she pushed. "Oh good I can see the head!" Megumi exclaimed. "Sir Ken can you see that?" Kenshin was hesitant at first to even look, but he was very curious about the whole thing, his curiosity got the better of him and he took a peek. He saw a patch of reddish brown hair and quickly looked away. "A few more and the baby will be out here to join us." Megumi said happily. After a few more painful pushes Kaoru was about to pass out. She practically had given up.
"Please Kaoru, just another push and the baby will be here with us." Kenshin rubbed her leg that was in his grasp. Kaoru looked him in the eye and smiled; she concentrated and waited for the last of the contractions. With one mighty push the baby was out.
"Ooof.oh..." Kaoru sighed as she promptly slumped on the floor.
"Waahhh! Waaaahhh!!!" The baby cried as it sucked in its first breaths. "Kenshin would you cut the umbilical cord?" She handed him the shears. He looked at her with concern.
"Will it hurt him?" Megumi shook her head and Kenshin snapped the
cord, separating the babe from its mother. Megumi took the baby and
wrapped it in a blanket. Kaoru lifted her head as Megumi set the
newborn in her arms. Kaoru was in awe of the life she and Kenshin had
created.
"Kenshin look." Kenshin stared as well and the baby had its parents' full attention.
"Congratulations you two; it's a boy by the way." She smiled. Kenshin looked into Kaoru's eyes and they kissed.
"A baby boy."
"I knew that kick was too strong for a girl, that it was." Kenshin smirked.
"Nani? So you're saying girls aren't as strong as boys?" Kaoru smirked.
"I beg to differ." Sano said from across the room as he patted the lump that he still had on his head.
"So, what shall we name him?" Kaoru looked up at her husband for help.
"Oro?"
"Don't oro me buddy. I sure do hope he doesn't inherit you're little term. I can only tolerate you saying it as it is." She nuzzled the infant and kissed his forehead gingerly. "How about you hold him, Kenshin?" She handed him to the wary rurouni. This was all foreign to him; he had just become a father. He took the child in his arms and supported the tiny being against his chest. The baby made a gurgling sound and smiled. 'Incredible. I, I mean we created this little one, that we did. Me and her.' He reached out his tiny hand up to his father's face. Kenshin placed his finger in the child palm; he wrapped his hand around Kenshin's finger and wouldn't let go. Kenshin smiled and then he too kissed the infant's forehead.
"He's so kawaii, Kaoru." Megumi said as she grinned from ear to ear.
"Sanosuke do you want to hold him?" Kaoru asked as Kenshin placed him back in her arms.
"I guess."
"Here go to your uncle Sanosuke." Kaoru handed the baby to him. Sano gasped as the child breathed in and out.
"Little squirt looks so much like his father." Sano stated and Megumi nodded her head in agreement. "So whatcha gonna name him?" Kaoru and Kenshin both looked at each other and shrugged.
"Well since he looks so much like you Kenshin how about Kenji?"
"Kenji?" Kenshin cocked his head to the side and he kinda liked the idea of the name. "I like it, that I do."
"So Kenji it is, eh?" Kaoru smiled as Sano handed the baby back to his mother. Megumi took the soiled sheets outside and put them into a bucket of cold water. She then went into a closet and brought out some clean ones, setting them up in the room.
"Arigato Megumi for helping." Kenshin said as he helped set up the extra futon and sheets. "Well there is the basinet for the baby."
"Waaaahhh!" The baby began to scream.
"What's wrong?" Kaoru said worried.
"Miss Kaoru, I think Kenji's hungry. Sanosuke, I think everything here is fine now. Shall we be going? If you need anything, you'll know where to find me." She smiled as she headed for the door.
"Thank you so much Megumi!" Megumi waved her hand in the air as Sano followed her. Kaoru looked down at the whimpering infant. "You're hungry, huh?" Kaoru undid the top part of her yukata and let the child suckle for the first time. Kenshin had finished setting up the bed; he looked up at the sight before him in amazement. 'Family; I have a family.' He smiled. "What's wrong with you?"
"It's just amazing, that it is. We created him, both of us." Kaoru smiled. The baby was finished feeding and fell to sleep in her arms. "Let me put him in his cradle." Kenshin took the sleeping child and laid him softly into the basinet, placing the silk sheet over him. Then, he went back over his wife and kissed her forehead. "I'm sure you're tired, that you are."
"No, I'm bouncing off the walls." She said sarcastically. He lifted her gently in his arms; she winced because of the pain in her sore muscles.
"Gomen."
"It's alright." He set her on the futon and crawled in by her side, placing the covers over them. "Goodnight, honey."
"Goodnight my Kaoru."
"Goodnight my little Kenji." Kaoru sighed as she shut her eyes, falling sound asleep.
"Goodnight, our little Kenji." Kenshin corrected her.
"Hai, our little Kenji."
AN: Gosh that was hard to type up...oy vey...well Kenji's finally here! Yay! I'm sure Kaoru and Kenshin will have their hands full now! Well until next chapter: PLEASE REVIEW!
Chapter 18:
"Kenshin, hurry and get Megumi!" Kaoru shrieked as a contraction became present. She clutched her abdomen in pain and her face was contorted. Kenshin was absolutely frightened. 'I can't just leave her here alone, but I have to get Megumi.' He frantically took her hand in his, she squeezed it tightly and screamed. "Just go...get her now." She said through clenched teeth.
"Demo, I can't just leave you here alone. What if something happens?"
"This baby won't come that quickly, Kenshin. Just please hurry." She smiled softly at him.
"Oro.." He sighed as he ran quickly out the door, making good use of his hiten mitsurugi speed. 'Please be safe my Kaoru.' He ran like the wind and finally reached the clinic, bursting through the doors. Kenshin ran to Megumi's room and found something rather interesting. Sano and Megumi were resting soundly in 'her' bed. 'Oro? Why did they of all nights?' Kenshin smacked his head and then reverted his thoughts back to his wife. "Sano! Megumi!" They both sat up immediately and rubbed their eyes.
"Oh my god! Kenshin!" Sano wailed. "What the hell are you doing here?"
"What's the matter Sir Ken?" Megumi said coolly.
"It's Kaoru, she's having the baby! We must hurry back to the dojo,that we should."
"Right now?!" They both screamed in unison. Both jumped out of the bed, making Kenshin leave the room of course. In a matter of seconds they bounded out the door. Sanosuke hauled the doctor onto his back, while Kenshin took her medical bag.
"Arrggghhh! Kenshin!" Kaoru screamed as she once again was tossed by a contraction. "Where..are...you?" She collapsed onto the futon from exhaustion. They arrived in a few minutes and barged into the dojo and into the bedroom.
"Kaoru! Wake up!" Kenshin screamed as he shook her. Her eyes fluttered and opened.
"You came back." She said softly.
"Of course I came back, you're my wife and that's my child, ne? I love you and I would certainly never leave you." She grasped onto his hand again and he sat her against the wall.
"Okay, let me see how far she is. Would you turn around Sir Ken, Sano?" Sano turned and faced the wall, while Kenshin put his head on her shoulder, still having her hand in his. Kaoru spread her legs and Megumi checked her. "Everything seems to be going just fine, Kaoru." Kaoru grasped tighter onto his hand and clenched her teeth once more as she rode out another contraction. Sano had left the room and came back holding a bucket of water with a damp cloth. He placed it on her forehead.
"Arigato Sano."
"No problem." Kaoru screamed in pain again. "It's okay missie." He soothed as he dabbed the cloth on her head. He was acting like an older brother. She smiled at him as a means of a thank you. He nodded his head in response.
"Now comes the hard part." Megumi stated.
"That wasn't the hard...part?" Kaoru panted.
"You'll have to push now Kaoru dear."
"Push?"
"Remember the breathing and exorcises I made you do?"
"Hai." Kaoru winced.
"It's time to use them." Kaoru only nodded her head and sprawled her legs out. "Now Kenshin, Sano you can help."
"Us?" They both gawked at each other with crazy expressions.
"Hai, you." Kaoru glared at Sano.
"Don't you dare look at me either! You pervert!" She screamed as another contraction reeled through her.
"Oh come on Jo-chan, no thanks." She narrowed her eyes and pummeled him.
"Kaoru dear we need his help." Megumi said as she helped the rooster up, patting the lump on his head.
"You've got quite a punch there missie. Now will you let me help?"
"Hai." She grumbled.
"Now you hold up her leg up to her thigh, Sir Ken and Sano you do the same."
"Oh my god." Kaoru muttered, "How embarrassing."
"It'll all be over with soon enough." Kenshin said gently.
"Shut up! You're the one who got me pregnant in the first place, you bastard!" She screamed as the pressure began to build up inside her again. Kenshin's face lit with horror at her words.
"Sir Ken, she doesn't mean it I'm sure. All women in labor get delusional and don't know what they're saying. Childbirth is a very painful experience." Megumi stated calmly as she checked Kaoru's progress once again. Kaoru felt the pressure building up once more. "Another contraction, Kaoru, now on my count push, okay?" Kaoru nodded and the men pulled her legs up to her thighs. "1, 2, 3, push."
"Arrrghhh!!!!" She wailed as she pushed.
"Hold it. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....now relax and breathe." Kaoru did as she was instructed and with the next few contractions she pushed. "Oh good I can see the head!" Megumi exclaimed. "Sir Ken can you see that?" Kenshin was hesitant at first to even look, but he was very curious about the whole thing, his curiosity got the better of him and he took a peek. He saw a patch of reddish brown hair and quickly looked away. "A few more and the baby will be out here to join us." Megumi said happily. After a few more painful pushes Kaoru was about to pass out. She practically had given up.
"Please Kaoru, just another push and the baby will be here with us." Kenshin rubbed her leg that was in his grasp. Kaoru looked him in the eye and smiled; she concentrated and waited for the last of the contractions. With one mighty push the baby was out.
"Ooof.oh..." Kaoru sighed as she promptly slumped on the floor.
"Waahhh! Waaaahhh!!!" The baby cried as it sucked in its first breaths. "Kenshin would you cut the umbilical cord?" She handed him the shears. He looked at her with concern.
"Will it hurt him?" Megumi shook her head and Kenshin snapped the
cord, separating the babe from its mother. Megumi took the baby and
wrapped it in a blanket. Kaoru lifted her head as Megumi set the
newborn in her arms. Kaoru was in awe of the life she and Kenshin had
created.
"Kenshin look." Kenshin stared as well and the baby had its parents' full attention.
"Congratulations you two; it's a boy by the way." She smiled. Kenshin looked into Kaoru's eyes and they kissed.
"A baby boy."
"I knew that kick was too strong for a girl, that it was." Kenshin smirked.
"Nani? So you're saying girls aren't as strong as boys?" Kaoru smirked.
"I beg to differ." Sano said from across the room as he patted the lump that he still had on his head.
"So, what shall we name him?" Kaoru looked up at her husband for help.
"Oro?"
"Don't oro me buddy. I sure do hope he doesn't inherit you're little term. I can only tolerate you saying it as it is." She nuzzled the infant and kissed his forehead gingerly. "How about you hold him, Kenshin?" She handed him to the wary rurouni. This was all foreign to him; he had just become a father. He took the child in his arms and supported the tiny being against his chest. The baby made a gurgling sound and smiled. 'Incredible. I, I mean we created this little one, that we did. Me and her.' He reached out his tiny hand up to his father's face. Kenshin placed his finger in the child palm; he wrapped his hand around Kenshin's finger and wouldn't let go. Kenshin smiled and then he too kissed the infant's forehead.
"He's so kawaii, Kaoru." Megumi said as she grinned from ear to ear.
"Sanosuke do you want to hold him?" Kaoru asked as Kenshin placed him back in her arms.
"I guess."
"Here go to your uncle Sanosuke." Kaoru handed the baby to him. Sano gasped as the child breathed in and out.
"Little squirt looks so much like his father." Sano stated and Megumi nodded her head in agreement. "So whatcha gonna name him?" Kaoru and Kenshin both looked at each other and shrugged.
"Well since he looks so much like you Kenshin how about Kenji?"
"Kenji?" Kenshin cocked his head to the side and he kinda liked the idea of the name. "I like it, that I do."
"So Kenji it is, eh?" Kaoru smiled as Sano handed the baby back to his mother. Megumi took the soiled sheets outside and put them into a bucket of cold water. She then went into a closet and brought out some clean ones, setting them up in the room.
"Arigato Megumi for helping." Kenshin said as he helped set up the extra futon and sheets. "Well there is the basinet for the baby."
"Waaaahhh!" The baby began to scream.
"What's wrong?" Kaoru said worried.
"Miss Kaoru, I think Kenji's hungry. Sanosuke, I think everything here is fine now. Shall we be going? If you need anything, you'll know where to find me." She smiled as she headed for the door.
"Thank you so much Megumi!" Megumi waved her hand in the air as Sano followed her. Kaoru looked down at the whimpering infant. "You're hungry, huh?" Kaoru undid the top part of her yukata and let the child suckle for the first time. Kenshin had finished setting up the bed; he looked up at the sight before him in amazement. 'Family; I have a family.' He smiled. "What's wrong with you?"
"It's just amazing, that it is. We created him, both of us." Kaoru smiled. The baby was finished feeding and fell to sleep in her arms. "Let me put him in his cradle." Kenshin took the sleeping child and laid him softly into the basinet, placing the silk sheet over him. Then, he went back over his wife and kissed her forehead. "I'm sure you're tired, that you are."
"No, I'm bouncing off the walls." She said sarcastically. He lifted her gently in his arms; she winced because of the pain in her sore muscles.
"Gomen."
"It's alright." He set her on the futon and crawled in by her side, placing the covers over them. "Goodnight, honey."
"Goodnight my Kaoru."
"Goodnight my little Kenji." Kaoru sighed as she shut her eyes, falling sound asleep.
"Goodnight, our little Kenji." Kenshin corrected her.
"Hai, our little Kenji."
AN: Gosh that was hard to type up...oy vey...well Kenji's finally here! Yay! I'm sure Kaoru and Kenshin will have their hands full now! Well until next chapter: PLEASE REVIEW!