NOTE: The famous book that I speak of, which Domon has been reading is on pregnancy. Many fathers to be read this to figure out what's going on with their wives when they are pregnant. This is the book Dr. Kasshu has given to Domon.
CHAPTER 10: FEELING BETTER AND A VISIT FROM FRIENDS
In the kitchen of his two story house, Domon Kasshu was warming something in the microwave. "Come on," he said to it impatiently. "Hurry up before Rain gets back from the hospital." Down deep he felt a little guilty for being glad that his wife hadn't worked on the Burning Gundam that day but rather at the hospital, because it gave him time to get home first. "Hurry up!" he exclaimed again to the microwave as if it could hear and understand him and was purposely taking longer and longer to get to each second. He had missed the Japanese beef fast food dish, Gyudon. Unfortunately, the smell alone had made his wife sick recently so he had stayed away from it. However, since she wasn't home, the King of Hearts had quickly grabbed the dish out of the refrigerator and threw the leftovers into the microwave so that he could enjoy it. When the microwave buzzer finally sounded that the beef was warm and ready to be eaten, Domon threw open its door and pulled it out. He didn't even sit down as he grabbed the nearest chopsticks and used them to lift up a piece of beef to his mouth.
Just as his mouth was about to open, the sound of the door opening was heard and a female voice called out, "Domon…I'm home."
"Damn!" the Japanese fighter said opening the microwave and shoving the bowl back into it to hide it. 'She's going to freak,' he thought remembering the last time he had warmed something that had made her sick. The microwave had become Rain's worst enemy.
Walking into the kitchen, the pretty doctor/mechanic's eyes immediately widened when she smelled the food. Again, this was another food, which she had quite enjoyed herself, but now the smell alone made her sick. "Domon!" she fussed at him since he knew she couldn't handle the smell. Covering her mouth she dodged out of the room.
After she left, Domon faced the microwave so that he could take the food out, but knowing it would be wise to save it for later, he forced himself to ignore it for now. Walking out of the kitchen, he had expected to walk and find his wife in the bathroom. To his surprise she was in their Living room, sitting on the long, white sofa, which looked more like a long, lounge chair. Seeing that she was crying and hating when she did, he walked over to her and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't think you would be back this early."
"I'm not crying over the Gyudon," she said looking down at the floor. "As soon as I got away from the smell, I realized that I wasn't going to be sick this time."
Sitting down next to his wife, Domon said, "Okay, so you're not mad at me or the microwave. So, why are you crying?"
"Because," she said, still not looking at him.
"Rainnn," Domon said wanting to know what her hormones were triggering off in her now.
"We haven't started the baby's room," she said crying even harder into her hands as if nothing could ever be worse.
"What? That's why you're crying?" the King of Hearts asked as if she was seriously over doing it.
"The baby's going to come and we won't even have a room ready," the female cried out feeling like a bad mother all ready.
Normally, Domon would have asked her if she was completely nuts for worrying so hard about such a thing, but he caught himself before doing so. Hesitantly, he put his arm around his wife's shoulders since this was another one of her emotional moments that seemed to be taking over her mind. "Rain, you're just barely four months pregnant. There's plenty of time for us to work on the baby's room."
"But," she said lifting her face so that he could see her big, blue eyes, "I'll never be awake enough to want to work on it anyway. I can't believe that our baby's not going to have a room."
Forcing himself with all of his might not to laugh; Domon leaned and kissed his wife's forehead. "Rain, you already read the whole book my father gave me on pregnancy, so you know that being this tired may pass for a little while."
Almost looking insulted, Rain said, "Of course I know that, Domon. I am a doctor."
Domon held back his smart remark that went something like 'no kidding.'
Continuing on, Rain said upset, "I'm so tired of being sick and…tired all the time and it all seems for nothing. I don't even look pregnant because I keep getting sick."
"Look," Domon said feeling like they had almost switched roles, "I didn't forget your doctor appointment with Dr. Watanabe next week. She'll be able to help you much better than I am."
"Yes. Thank Goodness," Rain said leaning into her husband, not meaning that he wasn't helping her.
The King of Hearts didn't take it as an insult at all, but took her as rather a very nervous mother to be who didn't have a close female family member who she could talk to about being pregnant. Grinning, he could only imagine how Argo would handle Nastasha's moods if she ever became pregnant.
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The next week both Domon and Rain were in a room at the doctor's office, waiting for Dr. Watanabe to enter.
Rain was lying on a hospital cot wearing a white, hospital gown, waiting with her impatient husband for the doctor. The last week or so, Rain had finally begun to feel much better since she had actually been able to keep some food down.
This allowed Domon to act more like himself and to not feel like he had to walk on egg shells around his emotional wife; at least not for now. "How long do they leave you in these rooms?" he asked after about ten minutes of waiting. Throwing in a grunt, he then said, "This is freakin' ridiculous."
"The doctor will be in here in a second, Domon," Rain said as she turned to look at the man who hadn't enjoyed waiting as long as they had in the waiting room either.
Folding his arms, Domon said, "I'll believe she'll be here when I see it."
That was when the door opened and the doctor appeared.
With a smile, Rain looked at her husband and said, "Believe it?"
Domon only rolled his eyes as he unfolded his arms waiting to hear what the doctor was going to say about his wife and baby.
"Nice to see you both again," Dr. Watanabe said to the Kasshu couple as her pretty, brown eyes said a hello of their own. It was obvious that she enjoyed her profession; delivering babies.
"Likewise," Rain said very politely and somewhat nervous and excited all at the same time about this visit.
As the King of Hearts, who was standing by Rain's right side nodded a hello; Dr. Watanbe moved to stand on Rain's left side. "And, are we feeling better as we move into our second trimester?"
Looking at her doctor, Rain said, "I just started feeling better this past week."
As Domon stood listening closely to each and every word, he watched as the doctor opened his wife's gown and as her hands felt around where the baby was.
Noticing the hard look on the young man's face, Dr. Watanbe said, "Don't worry. I'm not hurting your wife, Mr. Kasshu."
"I'm worried, I am," Rain said nervously. "I've only been able to keep food down for about a week now."
With a smile, Dr. Watanabe said in a calming, reassuring voice, "You have done nothing wrong, Mrs. Kasshu. The baby's getting everything that it needs from you."
"That's why she'd tired, right?" Domon asked concerned.
"Yes, Mr. Kasshu. You are completely right," the doctor said seeing that someone had been doing their homework like many wonderful, expecting fathers did.
Rain smiled at her husband as she reached out and took his hand.
Closing his large hand around his wife's smaller hand, Domon watched as the doctor pulled out some sort of gadget that he had never seen before. "What is that?" he asked worried about what she was going to do with it.
Smiling again, the doctor put the gadget down, opened up a tube of a clear gel and rubbed it just around Rain's belly button. To answer Domon's question, Dr. Watanabe said, "This is a special stethoscope, which lets you hear the baby's heartbeat."
Both Domon and Rain looked at each other as the doctor took the end of the stethoscope and started to slowly move it over Rain, over the gel. The doctor moved it around and around and within seconds, a sound that went a little faster than the ticking of a clock was heard.
"That's your baby's heartbeat," Dr. Watanabe said happily.
Completely amazed, Domon said in awe, "That's really the baby's heartbeat?"
Tears filled Rain's eyes at the sound as her husband squeezed her hand and smiled at the beautiful beating heart as well.
"Your baby is doing fine, Mrs. Kasshu," the doctor said happiliy for the young couple. "You have been worrying for nothing."
The mother to be had literally fallen in love with the baby even more listening to the heartbeat and Domon too was overjoyed after hearing the proof of life within his wife.
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When Domon and Rain walked out of the doctor's office to head to their corelander, they were greeted by the press.
Squeezing her husband's hand who hated when the press bothered them with questions, Rain said patiently hoping that it would rub off on to her husband, "I knew they would appear sooner or later. I'm surprised it took this long."
"Yeah," Domon said as he released his wife's hand and put his arm around her waist to pull her close to his side. "If they get too close to you, I might make it to where they never bother anyone else again."
"Domon!" Rain exclaimed knowing he was exaggerating, or at least hoping, "They're just happy for us."
"It's more like they just want to know too much," he grunted out as a couple of reporters approached them with microphones in hand.
"Domon and Rain Kasshu!" a dark haired, female reporter in a gray suit exclaimed with excitement, "Is it true that Rain is pregnant?"
As Rain smiled and nodded her head yes, Domon leaned and whispered into her ear, "I should tell them no I'm the one who's pregnant."
With that, Rain covered her mouth as she giggled at her husband's words.
"Will you raise your child to be a gundam fighter?" a male reporter asked as Domon lifted his face from his wife's ear.
Sick of that question, Domon looked at his wife so that she would answer. "My husband and I will support our child in whatever he or she will want to be, but first we want the baby to have a wonderful childhood."
"Yes," Domon agreed and looking very serious he added, "And it would be nice if it was born first before you started picking out its career."
"Domon," Rain mumbled under her breath as she gently nudged him in his ribs with her elbow.
Changing the subject a bit, the female reporter said, "I have Chibodee Crocket of Neo-America on record saying that the child was conceived in his nation; in New Orleans."
"What's that!" Domon exclaimed knowing he was definitely going to give old Chib a piece of his mind.
"Yes, Mr. Crocket said that you and Rain had quite a good time in New Orleans, in Neo-America."
Before Domon could tell the reporters off, he heard Rain's pleading voice saying his name.
"Yeah, I know, Rain," Domon said shaking his head in a state of aggravation. "It's time to go."
As Domon tightened his arm around his wife's shoulders, he and she began to make their way through the crowd.
Once in their corelander, which was one that they could sit beside each other in, Rain said, "Domon, though I did want to get out of that crowd, that's not what I was trying to tell you."
Watching where he was steering, the King of Hearts asked, "So, what were you trying to tell me?"
"Listening to those reporters really made me want to eat something."
"Great," Domon said so glad that his wife was getting her appetite back. "Say it. Anything you want…I'll get it, Rain."
Looking at her husband, the pretty blue-eyed female said, "I want a beignet."
"What? A beignet from New Orleans?" the Japanese fighter asked as if she was for sure going crazy. "Where in the…
"I know I can't have one," she said putting her hand on his knee to let him know that she knew it was impossible. "It's just that after hearing New Orleans, I just started crazing the…powdery things."
Not saying anything, Domon remembered reading how some women crave things when they are pregnant. But, why did Rain have to crave something that wasn't in Neo-Japan? 'I'll get some beignets for her,' Domon thought.
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Do to the fact that Rain hadn't been feeling well before, Domon had cancelled one of the Shuffle Alliance Reunions, but the time had now arrived for the friends to finally get together. This time they would all be getting together in Neo-Japan though it really wasn't the Kasshu's turn to play host. The King of Hearts had made it clear that it was better to keep his wife close to home just incase she started feeling badly again.
However, during the middle of Rain's fourth month of being pregnant, she was feeling anything but badly.
In the Kasshu's bedroom early one morning, Domon had broken out into a major sweat because of a very long session of making love with his wife. Though he and his wife were lucky enough to have always had an exciting love life since being married, the past hour Rain acted as if she literally couldn't get enough of him.
With a somewhat dreamy look on her face after they both collapsed in their bed, she whispered to her husband who was now by her side with his arms around her, "That was wonderful, Domon."
Opening his eyes, Domon said, "All I can say is that you must be feeling really good."
In a purring voice, Rain said, "Thanks to you."
"That's not what I meant, though I'll take that as a complement." He was so glad that she wasn't showing signs of being sick for now.
"Oh, I bet you will," the pretty blue-eyed female said, smiling some more as she sat up. "Well, it's time for work. I must get ready."
Exhausted, the King of Hearts watched as his energized wife pulled on her robe and made her way to the bathroom. Normally in the morning, he was the first one to be up and ready, but he couldn't move. 'What's going on with her?' he wondered. He was the one who had woken up very early that morning and who decided to kiss his wife awake, but she had been beyond respondent to him. Forcing himself to sit up, Domon grabbed the famous book his father had given him from the nightstand and searched for the part in reference to love making. He read, in some pregnant women the increased blood flow is enhanced, which can very much increase a woman's pleasure. 'I can testify for that,' Domon thought with a devious smile as he remembered how pleased his wife had been earlier with him. Remembering that the Shuffles were coming to Neo-Japan the next day, which was Saturday, Domon thought, 'I better hide this book before Chibodee finds it. No doubt the first thing he'll do is turn to this page and then never let me hear the end of it.'
By the time Rain was ready to leave for the hospital, she grabbed her husband who had just put his tan jacket on, into her arms and whispered into his ear, "I can't wait till tonight."
When she released him, Domon gave her an innocent look and said, "I have a feeling, you're going to wear me out,"
"And you're going to love it," she said winking back at him before she left the room.
'Man, so far I like the second trimester of pregnancy,' the King of Heart's thought.
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The next day, the Shuffles were to arrive at the Kasshu's home. When there was a knock at the door, Rain was the one to answer. Excited over who would be standing there, Rain flung the door open. To her surprise, the person standing there was the last person she expected to see.
"Allenby," Rain said with surprise written all over her face.
"Hi, Rain," the blue haired female said sincerely glad to see her. She had grown to like Rain after the two had spoken as true friends, which was when Rain had told her that she was leaving to go back to the colony and why. That was when Allenby realized that Rain really was in love with Domon and he with her. Also, the two females had a nice conversation when they came across each other when Rain had been shopping with the girls, while Domon was picking out a wedding ring. Though Rain had been jealous of the times Domon had spent with Allenby way back when, she now couldn't blame the younger girl for falling for the hot headed fighter. Smiling, Allenby said, "I know I should have called, but I knew about the Shuffle Alliance meeting here. I had run into Chibodee when I was in Neo-America a couple of weeks back and he insisted that I pop in. At first I said no, but after hearing the news over and over on the TV about you being pregnant, I just wanted tell you and Domon in person that I'm really happy for you both."
"Oh, Allenby. Thank you." Rain said smiling, "Please come in. Domon will be thrilled to see you." Within seconds Rain screamed upstairs to her husband.
His footsteps were heard running down the stairs as he said, "Is it Mr. Proper, George or pain in the ass, Chibodee Crocket. I've got a few things to settle with him."
"Sorry," a familiar voice said, "But it's just me."
Smiling when he saw the fighter whom he had hit it off with, he said, "Allenby."
"Hi," she said and the two hugged.
Rain smiled, thinking it was a shame that they hadn't all gotten together sooner.
"How ya been?" Domon asked glad to see her.
"Fine," the female fighter said, "And, I've heard over and over on TV how you two are doing."
Looking at his wife, Domon took her hand and said to Allenby with that goofy smile that he always gave her, "So, you know that Rain's pregnant?"
"Yes," Allenby said delighted. "I'm so happy that things are going so well for you two."
"Allenby," Rain said squeezing Domon's hands. "You should stay and visit with the other Shuffles."
Before the blue-haired girl could even answer, there was another knock at the door. "I'll get it this time," Domon said hoping it was Chibodee. Opening the door, to Domon's luck it was old Chib and his girls.
"Japan!" Chibodee exclaimed happy to see the easy to upset fighter, "It's about time we got this reunion on a roll."
After Chibodee's girls all hugged Domon hello, they made their way to Rain.
"Chibodee Crocket," Domon exclaimed, "What's this on record that you told everyone that my child was conceived in New Orleans?"
"Hey man," Chibodee said holding his hands up as if pleading innocent. "The reporters put two and two together and I just agreed. And, look at it this way. At least I didn't tell them about how drunk ya got."
Grunting at the thought, Domon said, "Then I guess I won't have to punch you out like I had planned."
"Nice way to treat friends," the Neo-American fighter said, "But, if ya wanna rumble, ya know I love a good fight."
"I might just take you up on that later."
"Cool," Chibodee answered. Looking around his friend for Rain, he spotted Allenby. Walking past Domon, Chibodee said, "So ya came. I told ya it would be a great idea."
"Yes, you did," Allenby said as the two slapped their hands together.
"Rain!" Chibodee exclaimed about to pick her up.
"Crocket, pick her up and you're dead," Domon said as he moved to his wife's side. "Don't be rough with her when she's pregnant."
"Honey," Rain said giving her husband a strange look, "Calm down."
"Yeah, chill out Japan," Chibodee said as he hugged Rain. After the hug, he said, "I gotta tell ya, Rain. I thought you'd be packing on the pounds by now. You don't look any different."
Domon knew it was true. To look at her it was hard to tell she was pregnant, unless she had no clothes on, which was the only time a small bulge could be seen.
Placing her hands over her baby like a protective mother, Rain said, "Oh, the baby's really there."
With concern in her voice, Shirley said, "Domon told us how sick you were. I'm glad to see that you look like you're feeling fine."
"Yes, I am for now," the pretty blue-eyed female said relieved. "And, I'll start showing a lot more pretty soon."
"Rain Kasshu, pregnant," Chibodee said in a way that made Domon glare at him.
"Get my wife off your mind," Domon said folding his arms, though he really wasn't upset.
"Neo-Japan," Chibodee said pulling Domon away from the others who didn't even seem to notice because they were all too busy talking to the expecting mother, "I've got to fill ya in on something about pregnant women."
'Oh, crap,' Domon thought, almost afraid to hear. "What the hell do you know about pregnant woman?"
Glancing around to make sure that no one was trying to hear them, Chibodee put his hand on Domon's shoulder and said, "Dude, Rain's gonna be all over you if she's one of the lucky few."
Wanting to put old Chib into his place, Domon said back the same way Chibodee would, "Dude, she's been all over me the past year."
'Lucky sucker,' Chibodee thought as Domon walked away.
The King of Hearts was tired of Chibodee always butting into his love life, but then again, old Chib was one of his best friends.
At the sound of the next knock on the door, Chibodee insisted on opening up.
Poor George was the one to be standing there, with the princess of course glued to his arm.
"France, ya showed up!" the Neo-American fighter exclaimed.
"Unfortunately, I see you did as well," the Knight said, but not meaning it. "Now move aside so that we can see the expecting mother."
Immitating how the proper George de Sande acted, Chibodee moved away from the door and bowed while saying, "And, please do come in."
"That is much better," George said, allowing his princess to move into the house before him.
After the two were in, Chibodee was about to shut the door when a somewhat cold voice, said, "Close the door on us and you'll regret it."
"Oh, how I've missed that voice," the Neo-American fighter joked.
"Get real," Nastasha said walking past the man as Argo held his hand out to shake his American friend's.
As everyone greeted each other hello they all began to talk about Rain's pregnancy. However, Rain knew there was other big news as well. "Nastasha," the blue-eyed female said with a sneaky smile, "How are the wedding plans coming along?"
Nastasha actually smiled back and said, "You should ask George's Princess."
Knowing Miss Marie Louise was planning it, Rain said, "I know you won't be disappointed, Nastasha."
"I know," Nastasha said very seriously. "It couldn't be soon enough for Argo and me."
Before anyone could make Nastasha blush over what she had said, the last knock was heard at the door.
Answering the door, Domon wasn't surprised to see Sai Saici and Cecile, but he was surprised to see the tall man with them.
"Hi, Bro!" Sai exclaimed happily.
After telling Domon hello, Cecile rolled her eyes and said of the man standing behind her, "This is my brother's friend and gundam mechanic, Selig." Looking aggravated, she continued, "Though I didn't do anything wrong while we were in New Orleans, worried about Chibodee's influence, my brother insisted that Selig come with us since he couldn't."
With that, Domon cracked up. "Your brother's got a good point, Cecile."
"That's what I told her," Sai said though he didn't like the idea of being watched. Leaning to Domon, Sai whispered, "I've got to find a way to get rid of him. I need some…personal time with Cecile."
Holding his hand out to Selig while Sai and Cecile entered the house, Domon said, "Hi, I'm…
"I know who you are," Selig said in awe. "I am so honored to meet you."
All ready liking the man, Domon said, "Come in and meet everyone else."
After introducing the man to everyone, there was one person left.
"Allenby," Domon said, "This is Selig."
"I heard," Allenby said finding herself attracted to the man with the short, brown hair, and beautiful green eyes. "Did I hear you say that you're a gundam fighter?"
Smiling at the beautiful girl with the blue hair, Selig said in awe, "Uh, no. I'm a Gundam mechanic."
Both Domon and Rain instantly smiled at each other. Moving over to his wife, Domon whispered, "There must be something with Gundam fighters and mechanics, huh?"
"What can I say," Rain whispered back to her husband while everyone else went on talking. "We gundam mechanics are hard to resist."
"You're telling me," Domon said making eyes at his wife.
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A thanks to GoldAngel2 for giving me Cecile's brother's friend's name.
As always, thanks to the following for their reviews since my last post:
GoldAngel2: Your approval to my chapters always makes me very happy. Thanks for your e-mail as well. You are so sweet and helpful, KSF. You made me feel much better and thanks for catching all of my goofy mistakes and for Cecile's brother's friend's name. Your latest Kenshin and Cyborg stories are beyond fantastic. I'm truly enjoying them and you deserve plenty of wonderful things said about all of your stories. Please write another G Gundam story. Your plots are always great and you'd blow all of my G Gundam stories away. You're the reason I'm into G Gundam in the 1st place, so…hopefully in the future you'll write much more for the G Gundam section.
Redlion2-You're so right about how incredibly tired you can get while being pregnant. It's unbelievable. As for Karato, I figured he'd better get over the pregnancy news and fast or else Domon was going to seriously tell him off. It really means a lot that you liked the whole Karato scene. It took me quite a while to set that up just how I wanted to. You're great!
Fang-You cracked me up with what you said about Han's grandchildren. Also, I'm glad that you can imagine Karato's face when he was told about the pregnancy. Thanks for being so loyal to this story.
Francisco Bonilla-I'm sorry it took a while to write the above chapter and I hope very much that you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Ryan-Thanks for all of the help you keep throwing my way. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to get to Argo and Nastasha's wedding in the chapter above. I love making Chibodee and Nastasha argue, actually it seems I like making Chibodee drive everyone crazy, though I really like him. I'm glad that you liked the way I handled Karato, he's fun for me to make upset. Shame on me! And, as always I'm impressed by how much you really know about G Gundam.
Sock-her chic 101-I'm so glad that you liked Hoy, Ming and Chib's reaction to Rain's pregnancy. I hope you enjoyed the parts with Chibodee in the above chapter. He's fun to write about.
Aelita 89-Thanks for the nice complement and I want to surprise everyone at the end with the sex of the baby. I hope I keep making you laugh a little, though I'm not the best at that. I hope you come back for more!
Gemini-You are so sweet. I'm so excited that my story has you so excited. Just don't rush it and you will find that wonderful guy! And yes, I'm looking very forward to writing about Domon when Rain is in labor. I'm also very touched that you loved my other story as well—the first kiss scene at the fair that you mentioned. I was thrilled, so thanks for letting me know and I'm sorry it took a while to write the last chapter.
Gulfchick-Thanks for letting me know that you love my story and for wishing me only good reviews. That means a lot to me!
SecretPerson/ShadowLiger-Yeah, I thought it would be so funny to have Domon Kasshu so engrossed into a book, especially about his wife and baby.
Shawn Provoncha-Thanks for letting me know that you think it's great!
Black Joker Lady-Hi there friend! Looks like I'm stuck in the stone ages when it comes to phones. LOL! And yes, I think that Domon should hit Chibodee soon. Maybe Chibodee will leak something to the press, which will make Domon very mad. I'm trying to get to Argo and Nastasha's wedding, really. I'm glad that you liked when Domon asked Karato if he should buy him a book on how a baby is made. Thanks for the fantastic review, as always!
Cuz I Can-I hope that you liked how I had Rain acting in the beginning of this chapter. Her crying at the drop of a hat is going to drive Domon crazy! I'm working on the craving thing as you saw above. Your last review was a riot! I cracked up at your very funny ideas. I'm thrilled at how much you enjoy reading Rain being pregnant. Thanks for being such a loyal reviewer!
Over-Dose 44-Actually I totally love your suggestion on getting Rain kidnapped before the baby is born. Thanks! I did something just like that in one of my Speed Racer stories. Speed was going out of his mind as he worried about his pregnant wife who had been kidnapped. Anyway this story is a bit too goofy I think for that, but…and I mean this--If I'm going to keep on writing G Gundam stories, please continue with suggestions and request. Maybe the next time Rain is pregnant, she could be kidnapped or who knows what I definitely have planned in this one after all! Not Me! LOL!
Koto Juri-I hope you keep loving my chapters! Thanks a bunch!
Cat and her alter ego Henry-Domon really is getting into that book, you're right! Chib is a blast to write about and I'm glad you liked how I handled Karato. I can't believe you almost did a flip when I posted! I do that too when author's update. (Actually, I would seriously hurt myself if I attempted to flip-LOL!) Wow! What part of Louisiana did you visit?
Namaida-I hope your vacation with your Mom was very enjoyable. Domon and Rain may make each other nutty during her pregnancy! LOL! You keep writing your story as well and I'll keep reviewing!
Duel Mistress K-Thanks for reviewing! I'm so glad you've been following my story and if you ever find time, I have some other G Gundam stories as well! Thanks for letting me know you like my ideas!
Kid Buxx 256-LOL! I know just what you mean about being a little creeped out about Domon's father giving him advice for his honeymoon. I think Dr. Kasshu was just worried about his son since he had been gone so long training with Master Asia. And, I think he was even more worried about any advice that Chibodee had given to Domon. Poor Domon needed all the help he could get, but not from Chibodee! I enjoyed your review, so thank you! I hope you come back for more!
Xanatos Z. Onua-Thanks for saying excellent. That was very, very nice. I hope you liked Allenby's appearance in the above chapter. Beautiful idea you gave me for George and Miss Marie Louise at the wedding. I'll see what I can do! Thank you! Your review was wonderful!
Female Heero Yuy-Thanks for reviewing! I'm working on the baby room part! Thanks for getting so into this. Maybe Rain can wall paper right over Domon! LOL!
Maxter's-Angel-Thanks for reviewing. It really is fun to write about Domon and his pregnant wife. I'll try my best to keep the chapters coming!
CryingOverWill-Thanks for reviewing. And look, I posted a new chapter the same day you reviewed! Okay, I actually posted it that night. Thank you for letting me know that you like what I'm doing!
Night's Tempest44-Captivating? Thanks. I was somewhat surprised to get that at the end of your review. I'll admit that parts of "Forbidden" are a bit fluffy and that the first couple of chapters of "Partners Outside of the Gundam", may be a bit too fluffy as well. Also, I'm sorry if I repeat myself. (Lord knows my grammar could be much better as well.) However, for this story, "Partners Now in Marriage", I don't see the fluff as…too much. I worked pretty hard to keep Domon in character, though I'm sure there are other readers who agree with you. I just saw things differently in the series and here's what I saw if you don't mind reading on. Again, to me, Domon definitely had an attitude problem like most strong headed men do. And, though he was a complete jerk at times after finding out the horrific things that had happened to his family when he came home, I think finding out the truth about the Dark Gundam and falling in love with his childhood friend wouldn't have changed him, but…calmed him. Rain was his sense of peace. By the very end of the last episode (Ep. 49, which didn't appear on Cartoon Network), he wasn't embarrassed to show Rain how he felt about her anymore because he finally knew without a doubt that she felt the same way for him. It was obvious that he wasn't as shy when he lifted her into his arms to carry her away with him after they defeated the Dark Gundam, not minding at all when his cloak slipped down her leg revealing some of her skin. Also, Domon was shy before because he had never experienced contact with women for the ten years he was gone, which had nothing to do with his attitude. Trust me, it would only take one very passionate kiss to make him not be shy about getting physical anymore, especially with someone he's in love with. He's a man. I saw him as a passionate fighter who would in turn be a very passionate lover. And, because I have him married in the story above, I write affection into their marriage. What is a marriage without that? Also, I can see Domon always wanting to make love to his wife. I can tell you that it happens often in a good marriage and the husband is thrilled every time the wife is willing and if not he tries like hell to get her to want to.-LOL. Getting close to a spouse makes you admit things you wouldn't to anyone else because you trust them. No matter how hard your attitude may be your spouse is the one person you can open up to. And, in every possible way you do show them that you love them. I'm sorry that I don't write about Domon and Rain's fights too much, but I have said that they do fight, everyone does. It's impossible not to. I just enjoy writing romance, though I love reading almost everything. As for writing romance, I try ever so hard to make Domon and Rain's relationship believable because I too am a Domon and Rain lover and want them in character. In the story above I believe that I do have some of Domon's old attitude appearing quite often, with his abrupt answers and his quick loss of patience from time to time but also I have the side of him as a husband wanting his wife. I think he especially would be totally into his wife, since she is the only woman he's ever been with. She made him experience something (on their honeymoon) he never had before and he'll never forget that. Now, I hope that I didn't sound rude and you weren't either and I thank you for that, (except the block of cheese part kind of got to me). Though I know you totally disagree with me, I thought you should hear my point of view on why I write the way I do. Yes, I can easily see Domon Kasshu, the King of Hearts, man enough to show his wife how much he loves her after the 13th Gundam fight.
Now to everyone: I'm off to write some more as soon as I get the chance. Yes, life throws us all tons of problems, I've been there, done that. But, there are happy times as well and some married couples who actually do stay together.