Hi to all! I hope you enjoy the following chapter. It might not end how you expect but hopefully it will be to your liking.
CHAPTER 12: TO FIND OR NOT TO FIND
"Domon!" Rain cried out while looking at herself in the full-length mirror in their bedroom.
"What? What's wrong?" he asked moving beside her with concern written all over his face. He hated to think that she might be feeling sick again.
"Look," she said looking down at herself as she fastened her belt around her pink dress. "I never thought I'd be so happy over my dress being too tight."
Glad that nothing was wrong, the King of Hearts couldn't help but smile since their baby was making its presence more obvious. He wasn't about to tell his wife that she probably wouldn't enjoy just how big she might get in the next few months. "I think it's time to buy some new clothes, Rain."
"Evidently it does seem to be finally getting to that point," she said with a smile as she looked up into the deep, brown eyes that only her eyes could melt.
Before either could make more conversation over Rain's weight, the doorbell sounded.
The Neo-Japan fighter simply gave his wife's shoulder a squeeze before he made his way out of the bedroom and down the stairs.
Once the front door was open, the other Shuffles with all of their crews came into view. As the King of Hearts moved so that they could all make their way into his house, Chibodee said with excitement, "Tell ya wife good-bye, Japan, and let's go!"
"Tell me good-bye?" the pretty blue-eyed female asked while coming down the stairs.
"Yeah, Rain," the Neo-American fighter said very happily. "The guys are gonna hang out today and you girls can do whatever you want."
Seeing a sad expression appear on his wife's face, Domon realized that he should have said something to her earlier about his plans to spend time with just the guys. Because her expression only got worse, he was afraid that her hormones would soon have her crying in front of everyone. "Uh…I'll be right back, guys," he said taking his wife's hand and then gently pulling her back up the stairs and into their bedroom. The last thing he felt like doing was arguing with Rain but obviously something needed to be said.
Once the door was closed, the disappointed female said to the man standing in front of her, "Domon, you didn't tell me that we weren't going to be together today." Back when she had found out that their friends would be visiting, she had arranged time off from being a mechanic and a doctor. Because of this she had expected to have extra time with her husband along with having time for their friends.
Searching for the right words to say as he looked back into her disappointed yet pretty face, a part of Domon was still surprised at how much his normally very independent wife wanted him near. In the past she had always let her husband know that she enjoyed spending time with him but as of lately, it seemed she wanted to spend every waking moment with him. He feared that down the line in her pregnancy that her flip side would be of her not wanting anything to do with him. "Rain, the guys and I are just going to train so…maybe you could let Miss Marie Louise help you shop for some maternity clothes."
"Oh," Rain said sounding upset, "Now you think I'm fat!"
Rather than spitting out that he didn't say that, Domon calmly reminded himself once again that his wife's hormones had her on an emotional roller coaster. Because she looked as if she was about to shed tears, he moved to take her into his arms and said as he held her close, "You are the one who said your dress is too tight. Remember?"
Shaking her head yes, Rain hugged her husband back and said with sadness in her voice, "I know. It's just that I don't want to be without you today." The King of Hearts had been even more appealing to her ever since he had been reading the pregnancy book and because of how gentle and patient he had been with her.
Touched that his wife clearly needed and wanted him, Domon moved so that he could take her beautiful face into his hands. "I know you don't really want me to disappoint the guys, and the girls will be disappointed too if you act like you don't want to be with them."
"I do love their company," Rain said as she pulled on the collar of Domon's tan jacket, "I just wanted to be with you too."
Not changing his mind about training, he said, "Look, after I train with the guys, I'll come back and let you know if Karato freaked out over me bringing them to the Neo-Japan building."
"Oh, yes," Rain said giving him a tremendous smile as if it was the funniest thing, "Karato thinks they are spies."
"He can really be a fool sometimes," Domon added rolling his eyes.
"Alright then," Rain said with her hands on her husband's shoulders, "Go train and I'll see you later, but first…I want a kiss good-bye."
Relieved that he wouldn't have to argue with his pregnant wife over the fact that he was leaving, Domon moved to kiss her not knowing just what sort of kiss she had in mind. After they started to kiss it became very obvious to Domon once again that his closeness to his wife made her feel very, very good during this trimester of her pregnancy.
The overly affection female held on tightly to her fighter as she soon made him forget that he was supposed to be leaving her. When she finally broke their very powerful kiss, it was very easy for her to see that he hadn't been ready to stop. Smiling at him, she began to straighten out his tan jacket just before saying, "You better go. The guys are waiting for you."
"Huh?" Domon mumbled just before remembering, "Oh, yeah."
"Sorry I won't be there to cheer you on," she said walking to their door so that she could exit the room.
Shaking himself back into reality, Domon moved to catch up with her and said, "Uh…just go with the girls and get some new clothes."
Once the couple was downstairs, old Chib teased Domon about what must have been going on in the master bedroom since the young married couple had been in there for a quite a few minutes.
Rather than deny it, Domon mumbled, "You just don't know what she does to me."
As the dark haired man with the red sash walked away from the Neo-American fighter, Chibodee wished he could have been a fly on the wall in the Kasshu's bedroom seconds earlier.
After the mother to be told her friends hello, the girls told her of their plans to go shopping. Nastasha had no desire to shop but decided that she might as well go for her friend Rain since the female mechanic admitted that her clothes were getting a bit too tight.
"Rain," Domon said just before she left with her friends, "It looks like it's going to rain today, so…
"I know," the doctor said with a smile. "I'll be careful."
As all of the girls made their way out of the house, Chibodee yelled, "Hey, Japan! You're all over TV again."
"Yeah!" Sai said excited, "You're more popular than a movie star."
Moving over to the TV, it was obvious that Domon wasn't happy about all of the publicity as he turned the box off.
"What's wrong, Bro?" Sai asked thinking that Domon should be thrilled.
"Allenby was right. Even though Rain and the baby are everything to me there are other things in the universe that should be on the news rather than my wife."
Still not quite understanding, Sai said, "It's not just Rain, Bro. You're on the news too."
In his deep voice, Argo said to their leader, "I take it that you don't like Rain all over the news."
"No," Domon said as he folded his arms. "Some sicko is probably getting his kicks watching her."
Knowing just what his friend meant, the Knight added, "Plus, you don't want the press bombarding her with questions when you are not around."
"Don't worry," Chibodee said not wanting Domon to get upset, "Rain handles those reporters better than he does."
Looking at his American friend and realizing that he was right, the King of Hearts let out a breath and said, "Let's go."
"Alright," Chibodee said slapping Domon on his back. "Is Allenby going to train with us?"
All too happy to answer that question, Sai said, "Since Cecile will be with the girls today, Selig knew that he was free to do what he wanted."
Smiling, Domon said, "Which mean he's free to be with Allenby."
"You know it," Sai said getting a tad hyper as he spun around in a quick circle in front of his friends. "I'm almost tempted to not go with you guys and take Cecile somewhere since we're not being watched."
A large hand grabbed Sai by the back of his neck and as Argo held the youngest fighter, he said, "Sai, you're coming with us to train."
"Yes," George said walking out of the house, "I agree that the five of us should train together."
Chibodee and Domon remained in the house looking at each other. With a naughty expression on his face, old Chib nudged Domon's shoulder with his own and said, "Are you thinking what I'm thinking about Selig and Allenby?"
Not being able to stop a wicked smile, Domon said, "Knowing you, I'm sure I am."
"Which is?"
"That Allenby and Selig are doing what Sai wishes he could be doing with Cecile."
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At the hotel where four of the Shuffles and their crews were staying, and also where Allenby had her very own room, she and Selig had just finished having breakfast together downstairs in the hotel restaurant.
The blue-haired fighter and the good-looking mechanic had been sitting at the small table talking for a quite a while after it had been cleared of their empty plates. Selig told her that he had never met a woman quite like her and when he reached over the table to take her hand, Allenby felt her heart beat rapidly. How nice it was that the man with the beautiful, green eyes didn't have a partner that the blue-haired fighter had to worry about. However, the best thing was how confident he was in showing his feelings for her. He didn't look confused over how he felt for her but rather very sure that she was the one he wanted to be with.
Ten minutes later when they were walking down the streets of Neo-Japan, hand in hand; Selig suggested that he'd love to see Allenby fight in a gundam that he had operated on.
Allenby expressed that she thought that would be great, which caused their hearts to race as their eyes met. While green eyes held green eyes, they each fell into that world where everything around was forgotten as their faces began to inch closer and closer together. When their lips touched, there were sparks right away. To say that Selig's kiss had begun to sweep Allenby off of her feet was an understatement as was what she was doing to him.
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About to enter the Neo-Japan building, the Shuffles were stopped when a man's voice coming from behind them said, "Domon Kasshu, it's urgent that I speak to you."
Assuming it was a reporter, and about ready to tell the person to get lost, Domon turned around along with his friends to see an older Japanese man. Because the man was wearing one of the old out-of-date Japanese official uniforms and was bowing to the King of Hearts, Domon showed the man respect by bowing back."
"You will listen to me then?" the man asked.
"Yes," Domon said wondering just what the man wanted.
"Because of you, Neo-Japan has won the 13th Gundam fight."
Domon wasn't about to go into the real reason why he had become a gundam fighter for the 13th tournament.
Not looking intimidated at all by the presence of the other talented gundam fighters, the older man said, "I know you will easily win the 14th Gundam fight as well and many after that."
Keeping his cool because he hated pressure such as this, Domon only said, "I will try my best."
"Before I got up in age, I had been a government official for Neo-Japan through many gundam fights and it's about time that Neo-Japan is in control. I want it to remain that way forever."
Letting out a laugh, Chibodee couldn't help but say, "Domon Kasshu won't be young forever. You can't expect him to win a gundam fight when he's like…eighty years old."
Before Domon could tell Chibodee to shut-up, the man said, "His son or daughter will be winning the gundam fights by that time."
"My son or daughter?" Domon asked feeling his blood start to boil. Though Domon wasn't being forced to be a gundam fighter now, he knew what it was like to be forced and he refused to do that to his child. "I will not force my child to become a gundam fighter."
"Yeah," Chibodee agreed and sounding aggravated, he added, "Maybe my son will be winning the gundam fights by that time."
"I don't think so," Sai said, "He'll be too busy chasing after Domon's daughter."
As George shook his head disgusted at what Chibodee and Sai were saying, Domon was too mad to even acknowledge what his friends had said.
Seeing the rage on Domon's face, Argo couldn't help but say to the older Japanese man, "You surely cannot force Domon and Rain Kasshu's child to do something he or she may not want to."
The old man continued to look at Domon as he answered Argo. "The child will have the King of Hearts genes. Naturally it will be a fighter."
"My child, not Neo Japan's child will also have my wife's genes and she is not a fighter," Domon said clenching his fist together.
"I don't have to tell you that she is a strong woman," the man said. "If not for Rain Mikamura, you would have possibly lost a couple of your fights. You two are a team."
"Yes, Rain Kasshu and I are a team but we are two people who will not be forced to live only to make Neo-Japan continue to win the gundam fights. The future of Neo-Japan does not lie in our hands. Now, if you'll excuse us, my friends and I are going to train."
As Domon turned to make his way into the Neo-Japan building, both Argo and George were quite impressed that the Neo-Japan fighter had managed to keep his cool.
The man watched at they all went into the building knowing he had to do something to assure that the King of Heart's child would be Neo-Japan's future gundam fighter. He ignored the things that the Neo-American and Neo-Chinese fighter were mumbling.
Making a mean face, Sai said to the boxer, "How dare that old man think that we can't win the gundam fights."
"Yeah," Chibodee agreed, "And for your information, Sai. My son will be able to manage winning the gundam fight and chasing after Domon and Rain's daughter all at the same time."
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Meanwhile the girls were shopping for clothes for the only pregnant woman in the bunch. Cath was showing Rain some comfortable shoes, expressing that the female mechanic would soon have to give up her boots with the heels for comfort. The blue-eyed female listened to everyone's advice and let them help her pick out quite a bit of maternity clothes.
Later they sat around a coffee table in a coffee shop discussing different things. They spoke of how Domon and Rain were going to have the first child in their group and then started talking about Allenby. They were all convinced that she was falling hard for Selig. Without thinking, Bunny said, "Allenby's probably wondering what she ever saw in Domon."
"Bunny," Shirley scolded since the man's pregnant wife was sitting right there with them.
"Oh…sorry, Rain," Bunny said embarrassed. "You know that I think Domon is a great guy. It's just that he belongs with you."
"Yes," Nastasha said surprising everyone that she was getting into this conversation. "As soon as I met Domon Kasshu, I knew that Rain meant something of great importance to him."
Rain smiled a thank you to the Russian woman and said, "I don't know just what the future holds for Allenby and Selig, but to see her with him is so different than how I saw her with Domon. With Selig it's not about fighting or having backgrounds in common. They each genuinely seem to really want more than friendship with each other. I guess we all have to go through some heartache before we find that right person or till everything falls into place with that person."
"And," Miss Marie Louise said with stars in her eyes, "We all have a person out there that fits with us better than with anyone else."
Smiling at the Princess who always got lost in thoughts over her Knight, Shirley said, "And we all know that George is the person out there for you."
Wanting to catch Shirley off guard, Cath said, "Shirley isn't it true that Chibodee might be the person for you?"
Turning as red as her hair, the red head only said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Well," Janet said winking at Cath, "Back in New Orleans when we were all dusting the powder sugar off of each other, Chibodee was surely enjoying dusting you off."
Folding her arms, Shirley said in a very serious voice, "We're just friends."
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Back in the Neo-Japan building, the Shuffle Alliance had gone through quite a bit of training together and had enjoyed every second of it. It was when Domon was letting the other Shuffles see the progress that had been made on the Burning Gundam the past year, when he heard Karato complaining about something or rather someone.
"Guys, I need to see what Karato's freaking out about now," Domon said about to walk towards the uptight man. "He better not be upset because I brought you here again."
Just as Domon turned to the direction of his commissioner, he saw that the official was already headed his way.
Once the two were in front of each other; with his friends behind him, the King of Hearts exclaimed, "The Shuffle Alliance is always welcome here."
"What?" Karato asked now looking confused. After catching on, the uptight man said, "Forget about that for now. We have another problem."
"Another problem?" Domon asked as his friends listened. "What problem?"
Running a hand over his baldhead, Karato said, "A man was just here insisting that Neo-Japan should do something about you and Rain not wanting to force your child to be a gundam fighter."
Folding his arms and knowing just who the man had been, Domon said, "I'm surprised that you didn't agree with the old man."
Offended by the remark, the commissioner exclaimed, "You should know that I would never want to take your child away from you when it's born and then have it raised by someone else only to fight."
The sound of thunder was heard just as Domon's body began to tremble with rage as he exclaimed, "You're damn right that you aren't going to take my child away from me and Rain to be raised by someone else! I'll kill anyone who even tries to do that!"
"I don't want to take your child away!" Karato exclaimed holding his hands up to defend himself from Domon's wrath. Calming himself down, Karato said, "You didn't even leave your parents till you were ten years old to train with Master Asia. The old man who was here, who wants to take your child away, thinks that as soon as your baby is born that it should belong…
"To Neo-Japan," Domon said sounding disgusted; the rage still very apparent on his face.
"It does not matter what that man thinks," George said not being able to stop himself from speaking out since he himself was very upset. The thought of Rain's baby being taken away from her of all people, didn't sit well with him. "Though Neo-Japan rules for now, they have no right to claim the Kasshu's baby."
"Plus," Sai said thinking everyone was getting way too upset for nothing, "Bro wouldn't let anyone take his child away."
"Yes," Argo agreed. "But, the fact remains that Mr. Karato has said that there is a problem."
"Right!" Karato exclaimed because he felt like they were wasting time. "Rain could be in severe danger!"
"What!" Domon exclaimed feeling his emotions switching back and forth from rage to worry as his heart dropped. He then grabbed Karato by the collar of his uniform and said, "Why is my wife in danger?"
Not liking being in the hands of an enraged Domon Kasshu, the commissioner tried to say as calmly as possible, "I had told one of the officials to take the old man into custody since he obviously has a mental problem of some sort and then I walked away. When I came back to tell them just what to do with him, I found out that the old man fought at least four officials and won, therefore escaping. And…and…"
"And what!" Domon exclaimed almost tempted to shake it out of Karato.
"Before leaving he had said he was going to find and take Rain to a place where no one would be able to find her and keep her there till the baby's born. After the baby is born, he said he'll raise it and…get rid of Rain."
"What!" Domon yelled as he let go of Karato. "I'll freakin' kill him if he even goes near Rain!"
"Yeah," Chibodee said now enraged. "Who the hell does that old man think he is!"
Now being the calmer one, George only pulled out his cell phone. Knowing Domon wasn't one to carry a cell phone since he didn't like to be found so easily, George handed his to the Neo-Japan fighter and said, "Domon, just call her now to warn her."
Domon said nothing as he took the phone from his friend and punched in his home number. Because there was no answer, he then tried to call his wife's cell but an operator came on saying that she was unavailable.
"Unavailable!" Domon yelled into the phone disgusted as he then looked at the little phone like it was his worst enemy while the thunder became louder and louder and a storm ensued.
"Domon," Argo said in a very composed voice. "Rain is not alone. Nastasha surely won't let someone take her away."
"Yeah," Chibodee agreed forcing himself to calm down. "We're worrying for nothing. My crew is with Rain as well. Shirley's a tough one."
Wanting to throw in some positive words as well, Sai said, "Bro, you know Rain is good at taking care of herself."
Domon looked at Sai and said with worry in his voice, "Her pregnancy has her somewhat…vulnerable right now."
"Come on," George said taking his phone out of Domon's hands, "Let's go search for Rain. I am willing to bet that Miss. Marie Louise convinced everyone to go shopping for a long, long time."
Remembering that he had told his wife to go shopping himself, Domon was ready to go out into the bad weather to find her.
Watching the Shuffle Alliance practically fly out of the building, Karato called behind them, "I'll have many officials looking out for her as well." However, down deep Karato just hoped that it wasn't too late since the old man had seemed so dead set on finding Rain and raising the Kasshu's child.
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Later as the Shuffles looked through store after store for the source of their worrying, they finally decided to call the house to see if Rain and the girls had already retuned home.
George quickly dialed Domon's home number into his phone and then waited for an answer. The King of Heart's heart dropped yet again when the Knight hung up the phone and said that because of the storm the home line was down.
Wishing that he could do more, Chibodee snapped his fingers and said, "Ya know, forget about the lines being down. My girls hate stormy weather. I'm willing to bet that they are home and have been there for a while."
Wanting to believe that so badly since they had searched so many stores high and low and Rain hadn't been found yet, Domon said so seriously, "Let's head there." All he could do for now was hope that his wife would soon be in his sight so that he could gladly keep watch over her.
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Once the men were in front of the Kasshu's house, Nastasha was spotted by the front door, evidently just watching the bad weather.
Happily, Chibodee exclaimed, "I knew they'd be home!"
The King of Hearts couldn't move as he let himself catch his breath while taking in the feeling of relief that had started to run through his body. He couldn't help but shake his head at the fact that he had been so worried for his wife who had probably been home.
George felt pleased as well to see that the girls were home and smiled since he could clearly see how relieved the leader of the Shuffles was. "We can relax now," the Knight said wanting to enjoy the rest of his stay in Neo-Japan.
"Yeah," Chibodee said happy that their pretty doctor friend was safe as well as the other females in their lives. "Let's go see our girls."
Because Selig was with Allenby, Sai was already happily running through the rain to the house eager to have some alone time with Cecile.
"Ready?" Argo asked putting his large hand on Domon's broad shoulder.
"Yes," Domon whispered as he let out another relieved breath. He had been beyond miserable while searching for his wife, scared that someone had taken her and their baby far away from him. "She's home."
As the guys approached the door, Argo hugged an unsuspecting Nastasha since he was glad to see her safe. In the house, a very serious Chibodee gave all of his crew a kiss on their cheeks and surprised Shirley by taking her into his arms to just hold her for a few seconds while he said nothing at all. Sai was already hugging Cecile, and George was telling his princess he had never been more delighted to see her.
Looking for his love, Domon wondered if she was in the kitchen. Smiling, he couldn't help but think that it was about time that she had her appetite back. "Rainnn," he called out as he entered the kitchen but only to see that no one was there. Figuring that she was upstairs, The King of Hearts quickly made his way to the steps and then up into his bedroom. However, to his disappointment the beautiful doctor wasn't there or in the bathroom either. Returning to the top of the stairs, Domon looked down to see all of the Shuffles and their crews in his living room but his wife was nowhere in his sight. Totally clueless to where she could be, the Neo-Japan fighter slowly began to walk down the stairs. Bunny happened to be standing at the end of the stairs so he asked her, "Where's Rain?"
Hearing his question, the other Shuffles were taken by surprise since Domon obviously hadn't found his wife yet.
"Rain's not here," Bunny said as if it was no big deal.
"What?" Domon asked feeling that sinking feeling in his stomach once again. "What do you mean? Where is she!"
A bit afraid because Domon appeared as if he was about to lose it, Bunny became too rattled to answer.
Wanting to help her friend out, Janet said, "Domon, Rain left for the hospital over an hour ago."
The King of Hearts began to let himself believe that someone from the hospital staff had called asking her to go in. Wanting to hear her voice as soon as possible, Domon decided to give her a call. "I hope the phones aren't still dead," he mumbled. Grabbing the living room phone, to his luck he found that it was in working order once again. Quickly, he dialed the hospital's number as his friends watched in silence. After he asked to speak to Rain Kasshu, he was heard saying, "Are you sure that she's not there?" Not wanting to believe what he was hearing, he asked, "When did she leave?" When the King of Hearts got his answer, he didn't say anything more as he moved the phone away from his ear and just stood there looking lost as he dropped it to the floor.
Seeing a darkness slowly consuming Domon, Argo walked over to him and said, "Tell us what they said, Domon."
Staring out into space as terror seemed to take over his mind, Domon said with worry in his voice, "She didn't make it to the hospital. No one there has seen her because no one even called for her to go in."
"Someone did call for her to go in," Cath assured him. "I was the one who answered the phone and then I gave it to Rain."
In his serious mode, Chibodee asked, "Cath, by any chance did it sound like an old man?"
"As a matter of fact, he did," Cath said surprised that Chibodee would know that. "Rain herself said that she didn't recognize the man's voice but that the hospital needed her help so…she decided to go in for a little while."
Slowly Domon started to walk away from his friends as the men whispered to the girls what Karato had told them of the old man's threat to Rain.
The King of Hearts feared that his worst nightmare was indeed happening, that Rain had been taken against her will away from him. Suddenly the last moments spent with his wife came to Domon's mind. He remembered how his wife had practically begged him to stay with her. 'All she wanted was to be with me, but I left her,' he thought sadly. 'If I would have just stayed with her she'd be safe right now. I wouldn't have let her leave in the bad weather and now…she's been captured by that old man.'
Walking to the distressed leader, George had only been able to say Domon's name, when the King of Hearts raised his hand signaling that he didn't want to hear anything from anyone at the moment. Nothing could change how disgusted he felt with himself and how scared he was. The way he was feeling almost reminded him of how he felt when he had returned after being away for ten years to come back to find out the condition that his family had been in, yet this felt even worse. Rain had been taken and he hadn't a clue of where she could be.
The friends just continued to watch their leader's back till he turned around to face them. The expression on his face revealed that he was indeed tremendously upset. As if not even seeing his friends, some of the things that Rain had said earlier to him that day ran through his mind. In his head, he could clearly hear her sweet voice saying, Domon, you didn't tell me that we weren't going to be together today. I just don't want to be without you. I want to be with you.
"Why did I leave her?" he whispered staring at the floor. "If I would have just listened to her and stayed with her today, she'd be safe. But no, I left and now I don't even know where to begin to look for her. Who knows where that old, sick man took her."
"Japan," Chibodee said in a calm voice, "This isn't your fault."
Lifting his eyes to the Neo-American fighter, Domon then launched forward to Chibodee and grabbed on to his jacket, not meaning to take out all of his anger onto his friend. "Damn it, Chibodee! You don't understand!" Domon expressed very upset, his eyes wild. "She practically begged me to stay with her today and I refused!" Releasing the boxer, Domon said sadly, "All she wanted was to be with me and I took off and…and…now I don't even know if she's alright."
"Domon," Nastasha said since Rain was her dearest friend, "Your wife is not a weak woman. She'll be…
"Please," Domon said upset as he held up his hands not wanting to hear anymore, "I know she's not weak but she's not in the condition to even try to fight that man." Imagining her crying somewhere because she was so emotional at this point in her pregnancy, Domon almost felt like he was going out of his mind. "I've got to find her," he said almost sounding frantic and about to turn to the front door so that he could leave.
"Find who?" a very sweet, familiar voice asked from behind him. It was the voice that belonged to none other than his precious wife.
Seeing the stunned look on the King of Hearts face, Argo said with a slight smile, "You're not hearing things, Domon."
Slowly, Domon turned around to see who he thought was the most beautiful woman in the universe. She was closing their front door with a questioning look on her face as to what was going on. "Rain," Domon whispered as if he couldn't believe his eyes and then he began taking fast steps towards her.
Rain could see in his deep, brown eyes that something had had him very upset, but that now he seemed to be getting over whatever it was. Before she could ask him what had happened, his strong arms closed around her body and held her very close to him. Rain hugged him back as she took in the feel of one of his hands, which began caressing the back of her head while his other arm stayed wrapped tightly around her waist. "Baby," she whispered to him, "Are you okay?"
Slowly shaking his head yes, and wanting to say that he was sorry that he had left her that day, Domon just couldn't bring himself to speak as he told himself that his wife was really there safe in his arms.
Wanting to give the Kasshu couple the privacy that they deserved, both Argo and George quietly guided everyone into the kitchen. "Sure," old Chib whispered. "Make us leave during the good part!"
After a good few minutes of just holding his wife, Domon moved to look at her, keeping his arms wrapped securely around her. Seeing the confusion in her concerned, blue eyes about what was going on, Domon was still just so glad that she was there.
Rain could see the relief on her husband's face as he smiled back at her just before kissing her forehead and pulling her against him once again. Quite enjoying her husband not wanting to let her go, she said, "And I thought I was the emotional one."
After another minute or so, Domon finally released her just enough so that he could look at her face. In a soft, yet very serious voice, he asked, "Where were you, Rain?"
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In the kitchen as the feel of things began to fall back to normal, Chibodee said, "We should do some serious partying tonight."
Not even showing that he thought the boxer was immature like he normally did, George said, "First I think we need to discuss how to find the old man who wants Rain and Domon's baby."
"Yes," Nastasha agreed. "I'm convinced that he's who called saying that the hospital needed Rain's help. Evidently Rain must have changed her mind about going."
"Thank God," the Neo-American fighter said. "That man was there just waiting for her."
"Yes, thank God she didn't go," Shirley said standing next to Chibodee. "I think that Domon would have gone out of his mind if Rain hadn't shown up."
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Thanks for the reviews since my last post:
Goldangel2-I don't know how to thank you enough, KSF. You always build up my confidence in my writing. I'm glad you liked the scene with Chibodee walking in on Nastasha. It was fun to write-LOL! As for the suspense, I hope I'm not making this story sound too unbelievable. And, as for the reviews I've gotten, I am so thankful for them because there are many authors who deserve plenty more. As for your writing, I believe that your original story will take you far, so never give up. You are beyond talented.
Ryan-I have to tell you that I was going to do something more serious right after the baby was born, but then I decided that I wouldn't be so…brutal with the suspense, so I started whatever I'm going to do-- in the chapter above. And yes, the thought of Domon doing diaper duty sounds like it could be so funny. I should have the girls take Rain out one day for a break after she has the baby and let Domon and the guys take care of the baby! LOL! Thanks for the great review!
Shawn Provoncha-I'm so very happy that you have liked my whole story and I hope you enjoyed the chapter above as well!
Soccerchick101-I have to admit that when I wrote about Domon and Chibodee arguing over their future kids, I was laughing myself. It was so much fun to write. I hope the above chapter was to your liking even though poor Domon was about to go out of his mind.
Kidbuux256-You're right! Throwing in the crazy person did give me a few ideas. Also, I'm very glad that you liked the conversation between Selig and Allenby.
Here4theparty-I see you have a new name. Thanks for your kind words and please thank your friends as well. I hope the above chapter was worth the wait.
Namaida-Wow! Thanks for giving me an-- excellent. Don't worry. Domon will be watching his wife very closely for a while. Also, thanks for checking out my SR stories. I know they need a lot of fixing up.
OvEr-DoSeE44-I'm so glad you liked the chapter before the one above. It is just fun for me to have Chibodee and Nastasha at each other's throats. I hope you enjoyed what I did in the chapter above. I know it was…different.
Aelita89-I'm touched that you think my story is…awesome. Wow--Thanks!
SoCalGirl5590-You are really too kind to me. Thank you so much! Your review made me feel like keeping this story going.
Masters-Angel-I'm glad you liked when Chibodee walked in on Nastasha. Thanks for letting me know that you like what I'm doing with the G Gundam characters. That truly means so much to me.
Duel Mistress K-Thanks so much for the review! And yes I am looking forward to writing about Rain getting bigger and bigger and Domon in awe when he feels the baby kick. You're right—It really does reduce a guy down to mush. In fact, it sounds like you'd write the scene quite well yourself. Thanks again!
Jess Angel-I love hearing from you! I'm so glad that you like what I'm doing with all of the characters. I try to really focus on Domon and Rain and sometimes I stress myself out trying to fit everyone else in but after a few ideas pop up in my head, I start to have fun with it. Also, thanks for the correction. I fixed it as soon as I could! Thanks for the congratulations because I know there are other authors who deserve more reviews than me.
Multi-facets-I really was thrilled to see another review from you. I'm so glad that you think I'm using the right words to describe my favorite couple. I'll try my hardest to keep you grinning. Your very welcome for thanking me but thank you for making me feel like it's worth my time to write this story!
Tammie-I'm so glad that you loved my story before, and I hope I didn't lose you as a reader. I totally understood what you said in your review because I had argued quite a bit in my head with myself over throwing the danger in. I don't plan to dwell on it. Don't worry, I…think I plan to have the danger long gone by the time baby Kasshu is born. Thanks for the review!
Female Heero Yuy-I hope you enjoyed the insane mystery in the above chapter and I hope you didn't drink too much Coca Cola while waiting for me to write and post this! Thanks!
Black Joker Lady-Great guess about Karato being that person. However, I decided to have the commissioner very uptight but not mean to the core. As for Nastasha, I think she would have sent Chibodee through the roof if he wouldn't have looked so embarrassed. And, if I keep writing about beignets I'm going to have to go get some myself. I love those things! I hope you had a great B-Day! I was out of town that day! Thanks again for the review!
Following Reader-I'm still so happy to be hearing from you again. I'm so sorry that I've been taking longer than usual to update. I've been swamped with family, work and life. But fear not, I will not just forget about this story. I love finding time to write it. As for Nastasha, I thought it would be funny to make her play it so cool, like she didn't really care what Chibodee thought about her body but wished he'd just leave…before she threw him out. LOL! I hope you're still luvin this story after reading the chapter above. Thanks again!
Fransico Bonilla-Thanks for your nice words and I hope the chapter above was mysterious enough for you! Thanks again!
Sqeekers-Don't worry, the Kasshu baby will be fine!---I think…Just kidding! Thanks for such a lively review!
Heaven's Rain-Glad you're back! I know how the Internet can be, plus this site itself has its own set of problems at times. I'm glad you enjoyed the last few chapters. Thanks!
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Have a great weekend!