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And now, the chapter...

Chapter 15: The Rain Keeps Falling Down

"You're what?!" Sora asked and Yolei smiled:

"Pregnant." she said

"But that's great!" Sora exclaimed, before hugging her friend "When did you found out?"

"Well, first were the symptoms and two days ago I went to the doctor and he just told me I was."

"How long?"

Yolei smiled:

"One and half months." she replied and Sora opened her eyes wide:

"Already?" Yolei nodded "I bet Ken's jumping in joy."

Yolei giggled:

"Well, he was kind of stunned but he was very happy." she said "Besides, Tai told me he looked like a kid, when he was telling them."

"And who can be sad with such new?" Sora asked "Oh, congratulations. Want it to be a boy or a girl?"

Yolei shruged:

"Well, I don't think that's the most important." she started, before laying a hand over her stomach "But I would love if it was a girl, but Ken keeps telling me it's a boy."

"Well, we have to support each other, so I say it's a girl." Sora said and Yolei smiled:

"What about you? Do you have any feeling about who are you carring?"

Sora put a hand over her round stomach and smiled:

"I keep saying it's a girl, but Matt keeps telling me it's a boy."

"And you want it to be a girl, right?" Yolei asked and Sora nodded:

"But the most important thing, is for the baby to be healthy."

"Everyone wishes that." Yolei said and both laughed

"Hey girls!" someone exclaimed and the two women turned around, to see Tai walking to them

"Hey Tai!" they complimented at the same time

"So, how are my two favourite pregnant women?" Tai asked, as he sat next to Sora

"Be carefull, you don't want Mimi to hear you." Sora warned and Tai chuckled:

"Well, she's not pregnant so I don't think she'll get mad." he replied

"But that doesn't mean she won't get jealouse." Sora said "Where is she, by the way?"

"Oh, she decided to go shopping and I decided to come here." Tai replied "Besides, I need to buy some clothes to Aoshi and I thought: 'let's go to Sora's buy them.'"

"And you decided well." Sora replied, before turning to a brunette "Makoto, can you help this gentleman here?"

"Gentleman?" Yolei repeated, as she looked around "Where?"

"Ha ha, very funny." said Tai and Yolei chukled, while Sora laughed

~*~

Everything was the only that greeted Matt as walked inside his house, but who was to blame? At 2 am, he didn't expected Sora to be awake.

Slowly, Matt put his keys on the desk, which was close to the door, and was about to walk to his room when a light in the living-room called his attention.

Raising an eyebrow, Matt walked inside the division and froze, when he saw Sora laying on the ground, fast ashleep, with only one blanket covering her body.

With a small smile, Matt approached his wife and was about to pick her up, when he saw Sora's face wasn't peacefull, on the contrary, it seemed as if she was in pain.

'But she isn't moving.' Matt thought, as he took a lock from Sora's face: but despite of everything, Matt couldn't help but think she was in pain.

Taking a deep breath, Matt knew he had only one thing to do:

"Sora." he whispered, shaking his wife's shoulder "Sky, awake up." as she rolled to her side, Matt heard Sora muttering something, but he didn't gave up "Please sweetie, wake up."

Slowly, a pair of reddish-brown eyes opened up:

"Matt?" Sora muttered, as she turned to face her husband "What is it?"

"Are you ok?" Matt asked and Sora looked tiredly at him: when he meet her tired eyes, Matt couldn't help but ask if it wasn't just his imagination, after all, he knew Sora hadn't been sleeping well:

"Yes, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" asked Sora, raising an eyebrow "What time is it?"

"It's 2 am." Matt replied "Sorry to awake you, but you looked as if you were in lot of pain and I just had to be sure."

"Pain?" Sora repeated, feeling as confused as she was sleepy "I'm fine love, really, but now let me sleep."

"Want me to carry you, to the bed?" Matt asked, and Sora shook her head:

"It's too soft." she muttered, as she closed her eyes

"What? The bed?" Sora nodded and Matt shook his head "Want me to sleep with you?" when his wife didn't answered, Matt looked closely to Sora's face and smiled when he noticed she looked as an angel.

His angel.

Slowly, Matt kissed Sora's forehead, before leaning his head against his arm and, after a few seconds, he felt ashleep.

~*~ One Week Later ~*~

"Yes love, I'm going to the doctor. Huh? Ok, see you there, then. Love you." then, everything went silence.

Smiling, Sora looked at her large stomach and smiled: 'Eight months.' she thought, as she ran a hand over her belly 'One more month and I'll finally have my baby in my arms.'

"Hey, 'almost mommy'." someone said and Sora looked up, to see Mimi, Kari and Yolei.

Since she found out she wasn't able to go to the store, Sora had given a pair of keys from her house to her friends, so they were able to enter without having to wait five minutes outside, until the door was opened.

"Hey guys." Sora complimented, with a smile "What are you doing here?"

"Matt asked us, to come check on you." Kari replied

Sora rolled her eyes:

"That guy is insane." she muttered and Mimi smircked:

"But you love him, don't you?" she asked and Sora looked at her:

"Very much, thank you." she replied

"So, one month to go." Yolei said and Sora nodded:

"Only one month away." she said

"Oh, I can't wait to see the baby!" exclaimed Mimi, as she clapped her hands "I bet he'll be just like you."

Sora smiled:

"Who knows." she said

"How do you want her to be?" Yolei asked, as she sat next to her friend

Sora shruged:

"I don't know; I always imagine her with Matt's eyes and my hair."

Kari giggled:

"I bet she'll be beautiful." she commented and Sora smiled:

"Of couse she will, after all, she's my child." she replied

"Hey, be carefull with the doors, ok?" Mimi said

"Actually, I already am." Sora said, and everyone laughed

Suddenly, Sora winced:

"Are you all right?" Mimi asked and Sora nodded:

"Yeah, it was only a kick." she replied, rubbing her stomach "This baby girl is way to strong."

"Hum, maybe Matt was the same." Yolei said "Or you."

"Oh no, this girl is just like her grandmother." Sora said, still rubbing her belly. However, seconds later, she winced again "I don't know why she's kicking so hard." Sora muttered

"Maybe she wants to say, she's hearding us." Kari commented, with a smile

"Maybe, but she could be a bit" Sora winced "more gentle."

"Why don't you sing for her?" Yolei asked "My mom used to do the same when she was waiting for me, and I did the same when I was pregnant with Akane."

Sora looked at her:

"You really don't want to hear me singing." she said "Besides, it seemes to me that my baby girl has calmed down."

"Where are you going?" Mimi asked, as she saw Sora trying to get up

"I have to go to the hospital." she said "I promise Joe I was going there."

"Do what?" Yolei asked

"Some exams." Sora replied "Joe wants to see if everything's fine with the baby."

"Want us to come?" Kari asked and Sora shook her head:

"Nah, I can go by myself." she replied

"At least, let me drive you to there." Mimi said "It's a long walk to the hospital."

"But..."

"No 'buts', it will be a pleasure anyway." Mimi interrupted

Sora smiled, as Kari helped her to get up:

"Arigatou." she said

~*~

"Mommy!" someone exclaimed as Yolei opened the door

"Hey, sweetie." she complimented, as Akane ran to her arms "How are you?"

"Good, daddy's trying to cook." the girl said and Yolei smiled:

"Is he now?" she asked and the small girl nodded "Well, then it's better for us go help him, don't you think?"

"But I don't know how to cook." Akane said, as her mother put her on the ground

"Well, you're going to watch." Yolei said, as she grabbed her daughters' hand "What do you think?"

"Cool!" Akane exclaimed and Yolei laughed:

"You've been around Tai, for too long." she said and Akane raised an eyebrow:

"What's wong with Uncle Tai?" she asked and Yolei chuckled:

"Nothing sweetie." she replied

Suddenly, Ken appeared through the kitchen's door, with a white pron around his waist:

"Glad to see you're back." he said and Yolei raised an eyebrow, when she saw Ken's face full with a white powder:

"What are you doing?" she asked

"I was trying to make a cake." Ken replied "But I just can't make it right."

Shaking her head, Yolei gave a peck on Ken's lips, before entering on the kitchen:

"You can be a great detective, but you're hopeless when it comes to food." she muttered, as she looked at the mess the kitchen had turned to "What happened to this place? A hurricane came here, and no one told me?"

Ken blushed embarassed:

"I told you, I'm not good in this stuff."

Yolei looked at him:

"Well, thank the fact your wife knows how to cook." she replied as Ken put his arms around her waist:

"Indeed, I have to thank for that." he whispered, before kissing Yolei's neck

"Ken, Akane is right behind us." the purple haired woman muttered and Ken turned to his right, to see his daughter with a disguste face:

"Why daddy and mommy do that mushy stuff?" Akane asked, crossing her arms "Yuck!"

"Yup, she's staying with Tai for too long." Yolei muttered and Ken laughed.

~*~

Matt walked out of the NASA office and looked at his watch: he was still able to go with Sora to the consultation.

That, if the traffic allowed him to.

"Never give up hope." Matt muttered, as he walked towards his BMW "Besides, I promised Sora I would be there in time."

"Mr. Ishida!" someone called, as Matt was about to drive away

"Yeah?" he asked, and a brown haired man appeared on the window:

"Mr Soetsu needs to speak with you, now." he said and Matt groaned:

"What's wrong?" he asked

"It's about the next trip to space." the man said "At least, I think it is."

"Tell Mr Soetsu to call me." Matt said

"He said it's very important." the man replied, as Matt was about to turn the engine on

Closing his eyes, Matt took a deep breath: he had never, ever, lost a consultation, especially if that meant he could hear his son's heart beating. It was such a magic sound.

"Oh, it better be good." he muttered, before looking at the man "Lead me to Mr Soetsu, now." he said and the man nodded

~*~

"So, prepared to hear the sound of your baby's heart again?" Joe asked and Sora nodded, as she put a hand over her belly:

"Ready and anxious." she replied, but it was then that her eyes felt on the door

"Something wrong?" Joe asked, noticing Sora's worried face

"Matt," the woman started "he never missed this, but now he's late."

Joe chuckled: he understood why Sora was so worried, after all, that was the first time she was actually able to carry a child:

"Don't worry, I bet it's just the traffic. You know how it is, at this hour."

Sora looked at him and nodded:

"Hai." she said, before sighing "What are we going to do, today?"

"Just listen to the baby's heart." Joe replied "And the usuall stuff."

Sora smiled:

"Very well." she said, before wincing

"Are you all right?" Joe asked and the auburn haired woman nodded:

"Hai, but this girl hasn't stopped kicking the whole day." she said

"Really?" Joe asked and Sora nodded "Well, it must be because the baby knows we're going to listen to his heart."

Sora smiled and closed her eyes, as she felt Joe touch her belly...

Tum tum...tum tum...tum tum...

Oh, she loved that song. The song of a new life.

Everytime she listened to that song, Sora couldn't help but ask for that nine months to pass quickly, so she could have her baby in her arms:

"That's strange." Joe muttered and Sora opened her eyes:

"Nani?" she asked, but Joe ignored her; he just kept looking at the screen

"This can't be correct."

Sora started to feel worry:

"What's wrong?" she asked and, slowly, Joe looked at her:

"We have a problem." he said and now Sora was really worried:

"What? What's wrong with my baby?"

~*~

"So, what do you think?" a black haired man asked, as he walked from side to side, hands clapped behind his back

Matt took a deep breath, as he closed his eyes:

"When do you want me to go?" he asked and the man stopped walking:

"Four months." he said "It should be sonner, but we know you're wife's pregnant."

"I can't leave my wife and son alone." Matt said "Especially for a whole year."

The man put an hand over Matt's shoulder:

"Think about it, Mr Ishida, you'll be an astronaut and a professor." he started "Besides, it's only for one year."

"My son will have one year, when I come back." Matt said "Do you think I can leave him and my wife behind, because of a job?"

"Bring them, with you." the man said and Matt looked at him, an eyebrow raised:

"What?" he asked

The man nodded and sat on a chair:

"Yes, you'll have a house for you and your family and, that way, you won't have any reasons not to go."

"But we're talking about going to the U.S.A." Matt started "My wife has her job here and we both have our families and friends here, what makes you think we're going to leave all that behind?"

"Mr Ishida, considerate, we're talking about an year not about yout whole life." the man started

"Mr Soetsu, I..." Matt would have continued, if his mobile-phone hadn't started ringing "Excuse me."

Slowly, Matt got up from his chair and walked towards a corner of the room:

"Moshi moshi?" Matt asked "Oh, hi Joe. What? What's wrong? Wait, calm down, I can't understand a thing." Matt opened his eyes wide "WHAT?! Oh my...no, I'm going. Bye."

When he hung off, Matt looked at his boss:

"Problems?" Mr Soetsu asked:

"My wife," Matt started, as he grabbed his cloat "Something's wrong. If you don't mind, we'll contine this conversation in other day."

And before Mr Soetsu could reply, Matt flew from the room.

~*~

Sora felt warm tears falling down her cheeks, as she saw Joe talking with a surgeon and some nurses: she couldn't believe what was happening to her. That seemed so impossible.

After all she and Matt had went through: three miscarriages, almost divorced and now, now that everything seemed to had returned to normal, that happened.

Damn, when would that nightmare end?

Still feeling her tears falling down, Sora put a hand around her belly: she needed to be strong, she knew it, especially for the baby, but she just couldn't.

She couldn't fight anymore.

"Sora?" someone called and the auburn haired woman looked up, to see Joe "Don't cry, everything will be fine."

"Can you promise that?" Sora asked, her voice harder than she entended to "Can you promise me everything will end well, even after what you told me?"

Joe looked to the floor, before taking a deep breath and grab Sora's hand:

"I promise everything will be fine." he said, and never he had seemed to serious "I'm not going to fail you. Not to you, not to Matt, not to this baby."

Closing her eyes, Sora started to sob and Joe hugged her. He knew he shouldn't get emotional with his patiences, but this was one of his best friends and Joe just couldn't forget that:

"Dr. Kido?" someone called and Joe stepped back, to face a nurse "The birth-room is ready."

Sora opened her eyes wide:

"No, I can't go there without Matt!" she exclaimed, as she looked at Joe "Please Joe, I don't want to!"

"Sora, if we wait more, this will be even more dangerous." Joe said

"Please Joe, I need to have Matt with me." Sora said, as she tried to sit up. However, a kick on her belly, made her wince "Please Joe." she begged, as she put a hand over her belly

"Sora..."

"If things get to complicated, you already know what to do, but please, lets wait a bit more." Sora interrupted and Joe froze:

"What did you said?"

~*~

Matt ran into the hospital, ignoring all the yells from nurses and doctors towards him: all he cared was to find Sora and help her:

"Where are you?" he muttered, as he ran between halls "Where are you?"

Suddenly, Matt noticed the sign which said 'birth room' and, without thinking twice, he ran towards the door, only to stop his tracks: on both sides of the hall, were various doors and Matt bet they all lead to a birth-room:

"Damn, where is she?" Matt cursed, as he looked at the doors

One by one, he started to check them, but Matt quickly understood he couldn't see much through the small windows on the doors:

"Mr Ishida?" someone called and Matt turned around, to face a nurse:

"That's me." he said "Where's my wife?"

"Dr Kido is starting the operatin now, but you may come inside." she said "After putting this." she added, showing a green 'robe'.

Without wasting a second, Matt dressed the 'robe' and practically flew inside the birth-room.

What he saw, shocked him: Joe was there, putting some kind of blood-red product over Sora's belly, while his wife's seemed to be sleeping.

Slowly, he walked towards his old friend:

"What's wrong, Joe?" he asked and the doctor looked at him:

"Your baby." he started, as Matt grabbed Sora's hand. He didn't knew if she was ashleep, but that didn't matter to him at the moment "The umbilical cord is around the baby's neck and, if we don't take him of in five minutes, we'll have to make a choice."

Matt gluped:

"What choice?" he asked, as Joe grabbed a bisturi

Joe took a deep breath:

"Between Sora and the baby's life." he said "And Sora has already decided that, in case the baby isn't outside in five minutes, to forget about her."

"What?!" Matt asked

To Be Continued...

A/N: Ah, don't you just love cliffhangers? ^_^ Please review, but no death threats. Arigatou!