Chapter 15: Geostigma

Disclaimer: I don't own KH or a few things from Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children the movie.

Alex sighed. 'It's been two days since I've known about my pregnancy.'
It was getting harder for her to tell Riku about it. "I have to tell Riku someday." She said.
"Tell me what?" Alex gasped and turned.
There was Riku.
"Is there something you need to tell me?" He asked.

'I guess it's time.' Alex took a deep a breath and began to speak.
"R..Riku," Her voice was shaking, showing that she was nervous.
"Alex, tell me. Is something wrong?" Riku asked gently.
Alex gulped. "Riku, I'm pregnant." She said nervously.

Riku froze.
It was weeks before their wedding day and his bride-to-be was already pregnant.
What else could possibly go wrong with that?
Riku smiled. "I was expecting this to happen after the wedding. But still, I'm happy for us."

Alex let out a sigh of relief. "I love you." She whispered.

An hour later....

"ALEX IS WHAT?!?" Sephiroth roared.
Riku, Alex and Riku's three brothers all hid behind one another from his wrath.
"She's...." Riku gulped, "Pregnant..."
"Brace yourself." Loz suggested.

"PREGNANT?!" Sephiroth stormed out of the house after that.
"He's going to be happy only if the child's son." Yazoo muttered.
"To what? Keep the family name going?" Alex snapped.
"Yes, exactly." Kadaj said.

"So, did you tell the mighty One Winged Angel?" Sora teased, walking by.
"Shut up, Sora!" Riku snapped.
"Oh yeah. What's Jenova by the way?" Sora asked dumbly.
"Jenova is the so-called mother of my, Loz, Yazoo and Riku's father." Kadaj answered.

"Why are you asking?" Loz questioned.
"No reason, just wondering." Sora answered.
Riku raised an eyebrow. "Quit lying, Sora."
"I'm not." Sora protested.

When Riku raised his fist, Sora ran for it.
"Sora sure can act like a little kid." Yazoo chuckled.
"Yeah, he can." Alex said.
"Geostigma...Jenova..." Kadaj muttered. Yazoo and Loz looked at him with their 'there's-something-you're-not-telling-us' look.

"Kadaj...." Riku crossed his arms, "'Fess up."
"Yazoo, Loz. You know the three of us have been infected with geostigma, right?" Kadaj said, not looking at his little brother. Loz nodded.

"Yeah...don't tell us that...." Yazoo was cut off.

"Yes, Riku's also been infected with geostigma." Kadaj replied sadly.
Alex embraced Riku. "What is geostigma?"

Yazoo and Kadaj looked at Loz for the naswer. "Well, Geostigma is the reaction of human bodies that are trying to repel certain toxins: our father, Sephiroth's gene, Jenova's cell. There's a thing like the lifestream that flows in our bodies and it fights against the wicked substance that has penetrated us. Geostigma is the result of all that."

"So, you mean, our father's gene is a toxin and Geostigma is sort of repelling it." Riku summerized. Loz nodded."But it can also be deadly."
'So, I have to take care of Riku.' Alex looked at Riku, who looked shocked.

'First, I find out Alex is pregnant. I was happy. Now, i find out I'm infected with geostigma. How bad can my life get before I can actually live in peace with Alex?' He thought.

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