Disclaimer: I don't own Ayashi no Ceres. Yuu Watase does. Please R&R.
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Aki has been given the chance to be reborn as someone close to his dearest sister, Aya. But just who does he reborn as?
"So Aya! How many months old is it now?" Yuuhi asked the pregnant adolescent as he approached her, leaning close to her.
Aya thought hard as she placed her hand softly on her expanding abdomen. "Hmmm... I think seven now! I'm so glad Tooya is still with me, even though he will die soon. At least he will still be alive by the time the baby arrives! I wonder what I'll name it! I still don't know the gender of it!"
Yuuhi smiled. "Well, I think Tooya will be back from your doctor friend soon. Boy! Your belly is really big!"
"How many times do I have to tell ya?! It's not my belly!" "I'm just teasing ya, Aya! I wonder why Mrs. Q is taking so long to get our drinks. So, do you miss your brother, Aki?"
Aya smile turned upside down, and tears softly began to fall down her cheek.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I shouldn't ask that question. I know for sure you missed him."
"No, it's ok," Aya choked as she wiped the teardrop from her face. "It's just that I missed him so much. I wish he didn't have to die."
"Hey kids!" Mrs. Q popped out of nowhere and frightened the two youths.
"Mrs. Q! Do you really have to do that? And where are our drinks?" Yuuhi yelled at Mrs. Q, panting for air.
"It's right on the table behind you guys. I wondering why you kids weren't coming over to get the drinks I made, so I came here! You two really like to talk to each other!"
"The idea is to bring our drinks here...." Yuuhi replied, sighing.
From afar, along with the misty clouds as if floating softly in the peaceful blue sky, Aki was watching his beloved sister in her life after the two terrifying years the Mikage has spent ruining their lives. He looked at his sister's smiling face and he too smiled, longing to be with her again, feeling an ache in his heart, a heart that no longer beat.
"What's wrong Aki?" A heavenly voiced echoed in Aki's ears. Aki turned around. Behind him was among his fellow angels clothed in flowing snow white robes, his hair long and flowing yellow like lightning. The angel gazed at Aki with soft, blue eyes that seem to moisten in sympathy. "You really miss your sister down there. Everyday since you came to heaven, all you do is watch over your sister down on earth."
"I can't help it. I miss her so much. I wish we could have lived our normal lives together like before. I would do anything to be with her again. But I'm dead. I can't do anything. I guess she got what she wished for. She wished something interesting would happen in our life. But I hoped we can keep our normal lives. But her wish was the one that was granted on our sixteenth birthday. Now I can only watch her from afar."
The angel looked at Aki's sad face. "I know! I can let you be reborn as someone close to her!"
Aki blinked at the enthusiastic angel. "I can be reborn?"
The angel nodded, smiling gently.
Aki grabbed the angel's robe suddenly and quickly. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" he yelled. "Anyways, how are you going to do that? You're just a fellow angel."
"Nah ah!" The angel corrected the young man, taking the young man's hands off his garments. "A fellow angel with privileges! Now, the thing is, I was granted a little power to reborn a few chosen people up here, and you're one of the lucky few!"
"Okay...."
"The thing is, Aki, I will reborn you in the form of a young child very close to Aya. You won't be able to regain your sweet memories, not the ones past your sixteenth birthday, until you reach the age of sixteen."
"That's fine. I just want to be with my sister again."
"Okay. Are you ready?"
Aki nodded in reply.
"Okay. You might wait a while, but you will be reborn."
Aki stood there in the clouds, waiting for the angel. The deity smiled gently again as he rose a glowing hand, the fingers pointing at the deceased boy. He closed his eyes as his body began to aglow, like a star among the darkness in the night. Aki then also closed his eyes, feeling his spirit fading... fading in the mist of the clouds. He could feel as if he was... vanishing. Even with his eyes closed he could see bright light... light so bright it could have blinded him. Aki shuddered as he felt his very being fall apart like a fog upon earth, then fading as the dew drenched night walked away while the sun rose for the new day. The boy smiled, feeling happy. At this very moment, he knew, he knew that he'll be with his sister again. His dear, little twin sister...
Aki felt that he disappeared in the presence of everyone. As if he didn't exist anymore or yet. Soon he began to feel a warm sensation and he felt that the angel has kept his word. Then, he had forgotten everything of the past. All he could do now is wait to be with his sister and wait for his sixteenth birthday.
Two months later.....
Yuuhi was visiting Aya once again, but he stayed outside while Aya was going around her house on Hachijo Island when she felt contractions. "Tooya...." Aya called. "Tooya..." she called louder. "Tooya!"
Tooya came running out of his bedroom. "Yes, Aya?"
"I think the baby is on its way."
Hours later, Aya is in a hospital room where she is still delivering her baby.
"Push! The doctor cried. "Push!"
Aya panted and groaned in pain, those pains stinging her back and abdomen, her legs almost kicking from the agony. "I'm trying! I'm trying!"
"Don't worry Aya!" Yuuhi declared while holding Aya's hand, "I'm here for you always! At least until Tooya comes back from the bathroom!"
"It's coming out! It's coming out!" the doctors announced as one of them began holding a head. "Keep pushing! It's coming out! We just need the rest of the body! Keep pushing! You're doing a good job!"
Aya took a deep breath as she sat up a few inches, her breathing almost shallow. The pains... they just keep coming. Pains... happy pains. These were pains of joy of childbearing. Even if they were like daggers thrusting into her body, Aya felt as if these were feelings that really felt good... like when Tooya first kissed her... when he first held her in his arms... when Ceres finally found rest... and the dangers of the Mikage declined... Aya could feel those tears from her eyes again, tears of joy. She relaxed a bit and sat back then back up, tensing her stomach muscles to push. She cried in pain as she struggled to push, but the pains just kept coming. Aya knew she could do this. If she can endure the pains Ceres put her through during those two years of chaos and terror then she can endure this pain. Aya pushed harder and harder, then began to scream louder as she could feel movement inside her body, as if that baby was finally coming out...
Yuuhi shuddered, a sickening feeling coming to his stomach. He peeked in (where he shouldn't be), seeing something coming out. At the sight of the baby's head, Yuuhi almost began to vomit until Tooya came back. "Tooya! Take Aya's hand! My turn for the bathroom!" Yuuhi cried as he ran covering his mouth.
Tooya immediately took Aya's hand, whispering, "I'm here now, Aya. Don't worry. We'll get through this together. I will always be here."
Aya breathed hard as she smiled, seeing the face of her beloved. He's here... he's here... by my side and the baby's.... Aya thought. The young girl felt as if the pains were lessening. Tooya gripped his beloved's hand, his soft smile beaming on his beautiful face as he gazed into Aya's eyes.
"It'll be okay," he whispered. "The baby's almost here... just a little further-"
Aya screamed as she felt the pains return. She shot back up and flinched. The doctor then shouted at her, "We're almost there! Just a little further!"
"All right," Aya panted as she began pushing harder. She placed in all her strength into her belly, her muscles pushing harder. She grunted and moaned, panting for breath as she pushed and pushed, feeling the child move further and further out of her body. Tooya gripped Aya's hand harder, sweat dripping from his brow as if he was the one delivering the baby. Aya struggled as she pushed the baby one last time before she felt her strength leaving her...
"It's out! The baby's out! We just have to cut the umbilical cord! Congratulations you're the proud mother of....what the?"
Aya fainted from exhaustion.
"Well, since she's fainted, I guess I should tell the Father. It's you, right?"
"What's wrong, doctors?" Tooya asked.
"Well, first of all, congratulations! It's a boy! And secondly, congratulations! It was born with blood red earring on both ears!"
Tooya was speechless for a moment. "What?"
((To be continued...))
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Aki has been given the chance to be reborn as someone close to his dearest sister, Aya. But just who does he reborn as?
"So Aya! How many months old is it now?" Yuuhi asked the pregnant adolescent as he approached her, leaning close to her.
Aya thought hard as she placed her hand softly on her expanding abdomen. "Hmmm... I think seven now! I'm so glad Tooya is still with me, even though he will die soon. At least he will still be alive by the time the baby arrives! I wonder what I'll name it! I still don't know the gender of it!"
Yuuhi smiled. "Well, I think Tooya will be back from your doctor friend soon. Boy! Your belly is really big!"
"How many times do I have to tell ya?! It's not my belly!" "I'm just teasing ya, Aya! I wonder why Mrs. Q is taking so long to get our drinks. So, do you miss your brother, Aki?"
Aya smile turned upside down, and tears softly began to fall down her cheek.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I guess I shouldn't ask that question. I know for sure you missed him."
"No, it's ok," Aya choked as she wiped the teardrop from her face. "It's just that I missed him so much. I wish he didn't have to die."
"Hey kids!" Mrs. Q popped out of nowhere and frightened the two youths.
"Mrs. Q! Do you really have to do that? And where are our drinks?" Yuuhi yelled at Mrs. Q, panting for air.
"It's right on the table behind you guys. I wondering why you kids weren't coming over to get the drinks I made, so I came here! You two really like to talk to each other!"
"The idea is to bring our drinks here...." Yuuhi replied, sighing.
From afar, along with the misty clouds as if floating softly in the peaceful blue sky, Aki was watching his beloved sister in her life after the two terrifying years the Mikage has spent ruining their lives. He looked at his sister's smiling face and he too smiled, longing to be with her again, feeling an ache in his heart, a heart that no longer beat.
"What's wrong Aki?" A heavenly voiced echoed in Aki's ears. Aki turned around. Behind him was among his fellow angels clothed in flowing snow white robes, his hair long and flowing yellow like lightning. The angel gazed at Aki with soft, blue eyes that seem to moisten in sympathy. "You really miss your sister down there. Everyday since you came to heaven, all you do is watch over your sister down on earth."
"I can't help it. I miss her so much. I wish we could have lived our normal lives together like before. I would do anything to be with her again. But I'm dead. I can't do anything. I guess she got what she wished for. She wished something interesting would happen in our life. But I hoped we can keep our normal lives. But her wish was the one that was granted on our sixteenth birthday. Now I can only watch her from afar."
The angel looked at Aki's sad face. "I know! I can let you be reborn as someone close to her!"
Aki blinked at the enthusiastic angel. "I can be reborn?"
The angel nodded, smiling gently.
Aki grabbed the angel's robe suddenly and quickly. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" he yelled. "Anyways, how are you going to do that? You're just a fellow angel."
"Nah ah!" The angel corrected the young man, taking the young man's hands off his garments. "A fellow angel with privileges! Now, the thing is, I was granted a little power to reborn a few chosen people up here, and you're one of the lucky few!"
"Okay...."
"The thing is, Aki, I will reborn you in the form of a young child very close to Aya. You won't be able to regain your sweet memories, not the ones past your sixteenth birthday, until you reach the age of sixteen."
"That's fine. I just want to be with my sister again."
"Okay. Are you ready?"
Aki nodded in reply.
"Okay. You might wait a while, but you will be reborn."
Aki stood there in the clouds, waiting for the angel. The deity smiled gently again as he rose a glowing hand, the fingers pointing at the deceased boy. He closed his eyes as his body began to aglow, like a star among the darkness in the night. Aki then also closed his eyes, feeling his spirit fading... fading in the mist of the clouds. He could feel as if he was... vanishing. Even with his eyes closed he could see bright light... light so bright it could have blinded him. Aki shuddered as he felt his very being fall apart like a fog upon earth, then fading as the dew drenched night walked away while the sun rose for the new day. The boy smiled, feeling happy. At this very moment, he knew, he knew that he'll be with his sister again. His dear, little twin sister...
Aki felt that he disappeared in the presence of everyone. As if he didn't exist anymore or yet. Soon he began to feel a warm sensation and he felt that the angel has kept his word. Then, he had forgotten everything of the past. All he could do now is wait to be with his sister and wait for his sixteenth birthday.
Two months later.....
Yuuhi was visiting Aya once again, but he stayed outside while Aya was going around her house on Hachijo Island when she felt contractions. "Tooya...." Aya called. "Tooya..." she called louder. "Tooya!"
Tooya came running out of his bedroom. "Yes, Aya?"
"I think the baby is on its way."
Hours later, Aya is in a hospital room where she is still delivering her baby.
"Push! The doctor cried. "Push!"
Aya panted and groaned in pain, those pains stinging her back and abdomen, her legs almost kicking from the agony. "I'm trying! I'm trying!"
"Don't worry Aya!" Yuuhi declared while holding Aya's hand, "I'm here for you always! At least until Tooya comes back from the bathroom!"
"It's coming out! It's coming out!" the doctors announced as one of them began holding a head. "Keep pushing! It's coming out! We just need the rest of the body! Keep pushing! You're doing a good job!"
Aya took a deep breath as she sat up a few inches, her breathing almost shallow. The pains... they just keep coming. Pains... happy pains. These were pains of joy of childbearing. Even if they were like daggers thrusting into her body, Aya felt as if these were feelings that really felt good... like when Tooya first kissed her... when he first held her in his arms... when Ceres finally found rest... and the dangers of the Mikage declined... Aya could feel those tears from her eyes again, tears of joy. She relaxed a bit and sat back then back up, tensing her stomach muscles to push. She cried in pain as she struggled to push, but the pains just kept coming. Aya knew she could do this. If she can endure the pains Ceres put her through during those two years of chaos and terror then she can endure this pain. Aya pushed harder and harder, then began to scream louder as she could feel movement inside her body, as if that baby was finally coming out...
Yuuhi shuddered, a sickening feeling coming to his stomach. He peeked in (where he shouldn't be), seeing something coming out. At the sight of the baby's head, Yuuhi almost began to vomit until Tooya came back. "Tooya! Take Aya's hand! My turn for the bathroom!" Yuuhi cried as he ran covering his mouth.
Tooya immediately took Aya's hand, whispering, "I'm here now, Aya. Don't worry. We'll get through this together. I will always be here."
Aya breathed hard as she smiled, seeing the face of her beloved. He's here... he's here... by my side and the baby's.... Aya thought. The young girl felt as if the pains were lessening. Tooya gripped his beloved's hand, his soft smile beaming on his beautiful face as he gazed into Aya's eyes.
"It'll be okay," he whispered. "The baby's almost here... just a little further-"
Aya screamed as she felt the pains return. She shot back up and flinched. The doctor then shouted at her, "We're almost there! Just a little further!"
"All right," Aya panted as she began pushing harder. She placed in all her strength into her belly, her muscles pushing harder. She grunted and moaned, panting for breath as she pushed and pushed, feeling the child move further and further out of her body. Tooya gripped Aya's hand harder, sweat dripping from his brow as if he was the one delivering the baby. Aya struggled as she pushed the baby one last time before she felt her strength leaving her...
"It's out! The baby's out! We just have to cut the umbilical cord! Congratulations you're the proud mother of....what the?"
Aya fainted from exhaustion.
"Well, since she's fainted, I guess I should tell the Father. It's you, right?"
"What's wrong, doctors?" Tooya asked.
"Well, first of all, congratulations! It's a boy! And secondly, congratulations! It was born with blood red earring on both ears!"
Tooya was speechless for a moment. "What?"
((To be continued...))