AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Text - Yuya's good conscience
Text - Yuya's bad conscience
"Text" - Yuya's neutral conscience
"Text" - Obviously, what the characters are saying, DUH!
Text - Kyo's positive conscience
Text - Kyo's oh-so-negative conscience
"Text" - Kyo's neutral conscience
Text - Other characters' thoughts (if any)
From the last chapter...
"Where's your husband?" Okuni questioned.
"I don't know where he is, Okuni, my friend. I don't know..."Chapter 2 – The Truth, Or Is It?
"Well?" Okuni asked once more to the now, speechless Yuya.
"Uhm..." Yuya broke out.
Tell her that he's out like this everyday, training somewhere or thinking about something.
"Kyo's out like this everyday, training somewhere, sometimes, even thinking about something. Probably about fatherhood..." Yuya made up.
"Oh, I see." Okuni replied.
That's the right thing to do, Yuya.
Why don't you tell Okuni THE TRUTH?
Shut up, this will affect the child.
Yeah, it would give the kid 3 separate consciences.
"Oh, why can't my thoughts be in one place?! It's making me crazy!""Then, is there even one day that he never left you? I mean, leaving you like that, when you're bearing HIS child?" Okuni said, "C'mon, answer me Yuya."
"He never returned the next day after he disgraced me."
He returns every night, telling you that he was sorry for being late. But there was this one week when he never left at all. He always tells you where he is going. Tell her that.
"Uhm, well..." Yuya cleared her throat, "He actually returns every night, telling me that he's sorry if he's late. But I do remember one week when he never left at all. Besides, he always tells me where's he going. He's very considerate."
Great job, Yuya!
Why is SHE always following YOU?
Well, because my reasons are more believable and much more pleasant to hear than whatever yours is.
Okuni stood up and once again, placed her locks behind her ears.
"I better get going, Yuya-san." Okuni said as she turned her back to Yuya, "It was a nice chat with you."
"Bye, Okuni! Thanks for dropping by." Yuya said with a smile.
"Oh yeah, and by the way..." Okuni said as she looked over her shoulder, "Kyoshiro and Sakuya's wedding are going to be held four months from now."
"Four months? Oh I think I can't come." Yuya said as she stood up, "The child is fully developed by then. I may give birth at any time after four months..."
"Oh yeah, I forgot... That's your ninth month of pregnancy... I'll just tell it to Kyoshiro and Sakuya. Is Kyo coming?"
"I think not."
"Oh okay, bye!" Okuni concluded as she walked to the door and left.
Yuya looked at the window, which reveals a beautiful landscape where there are many flowers and grasses.
Again, tears flowed freely from her eyes.
"Kyo, did I do anything wrong? Why'd you have to do this to me?"After four months...
"Yuya, is there something wrong?" Sakuya asked. Sakuya and Kyoshiro were there, they were already married.
Yuya can feel the child in her womb moving. It was painful.
"I... I'm f-fine." She denied.
It was late in the afternoon at that time.
"Yuya..." Sakuya said, "You look pale."
What are you doing, Yuya?! Are you stupid?! Why are you holding the child back?! Let it go! You're about to give birth! (A/N: Sometimes, bad can be good...)
"S-Sakuya..." Yuya said, "I-I think I-I'm about to give birth..."
Sakuya's eyes widened and said, "Kyoshiro, get some cloths and some pillows! Four pillows and five huge cloths. Where are they, Yuya?"
"I-I have t-them there, in that c-cabinet..." Yuya pointed to the cabinet near her and Kyo's bedroom.
Kyoshiro hurried to the cabinet. Sakuya laid one huge cloth on the floor, laying two pillows piled, the other two were set apart.
She folded another cloth in half and tied it to her waist, like an apron. Two cloths were untouched and the other was folded in four.
"I think I'm going to stay guard outside." Kyoshiro told Sakuya, "Good luck Yuya-san."
"T-thank you, Kyoshiro."
Sakuya walked over to Yuya and helped her stand up, "Easy now, Yuya, you might surprise the child."
When Sakuya held Yuya's hands, they were freezing cold.
She must be nervous. After all, this IS her first child. Sakuya thought.
Yuya's head was laid down on the piled pillows, the other pillow on the middle of her back and the other near to halfway her hips. The two cloths were placed to the place where the baby will land, so as to absorb the blood that will come out along with the child.
Sakuya lifted Yuya's long skirt and said, "Yuya, breathe gently, okay? Don't push too hard."
"Y-yes." She replied.
"PUSH!" Sakuya demanded.
Yuya screamed in pain as she was giving birth to her child.
After an hour, Kyo arrived.
"Hey, your wife's giving birth already." Kyoshiro said before Kyo could open the door.
"Right." He just replied with a smirk on his face.
Why will he smirk like that when he knows the danger of his wife dying because of giving birth? Kyoshiro asked himself as Kyo went inside the house.
Kyo heard Yuya's screams, his child's cries (A/N: The head of the child normally comes out first...) and Sakuya's voice.
"A little bit more, Yuya! We're almost done!" Sakuya said, "Breathe in, breath out. Now, push!"
Yuya screamed once more and Kyo arrived at the scene. He was watching this as he covered his grin. He looked at Yuya's pale and sweaty face.
Stop grinning like that. Look at her. You know what they say about mothers, when they give birth, one of their legs is already stepping in her grave. Do you want to lose her?
Shut up, It's better for it that way. Then let her die if she has to.
"Right."
"This is it, Yuya! PUSH!" Sakuya finalized. With one final push, the baby's cries reverberated more in the room.
Yuya released her grip on the cloth and closed her eyes, catching her breath.
"Congratulations, Kyo and Yuya, you have a healthy baby boy."
Sakuya gave the baby, wrapped in the remaining cloth, to the proud (and I say proud) father.
He cackled and said, "His name shall be Kazuki!"
Yuya wanted to see what she worked so hard for, but she was afraid – her husband has dominated over her.