Partners Now In Marriage Chapter 20: The New Arrival, a g-gundam fanfic

After this chapter there will be an epilogue. Thanks to all who have been reading.

CHAPTER 19: The New Arrival

Giving her husband a look that said his screaming of the baby coming had been totally unnecessary, Rain said very calmly, "I didn't say I was going into labor, Domon. I only said that I felt something…strange. The baby's not due till next week."

"What if ours is coming early?" Domon exclaimed convinced that the baby was going to be born within the next five minutes. "We have to get you to the hospital!"

"Domon," Rain scolded widening her eyes at him wishing he'd calm down because of where they were. "The reception is just about over. I don't want to take the attention away from Argo and Nastasha now. Let's just go back to the hotel suite and see how I feel after I change into my regular clothes."

"What!" the Neo-Japan fighter asked as if his wife was nuts.

Smiling at over hearing the Kasshus, Shirley excused herself from Hans and walked over to Rain and her overly nervous spouse in hopes of helping them.

Becoming totally amused by Domon since his wife seemed so much calmer and she was the one who was going to give birth, Chibodee made his way to them as well. At first he was going to tell the leader of the Shuffles that he needed a drink but instead the boxer said in a friendly voice, "Calm down, Japan."

"Calm down!" Domon yelled back at Chibodee. "What if…if…Shirley was about to have your baby?"

As both Chib and Shirley turned shades of red, a big smile appeared on Sai Saici's face as he whispered to Cecile, "Bro is losing his mind."

"Domon," Rain said, her voice still under control as she wished she hadn't said anything to him about feeling something. She hadn't expected him to become this nervous. "What I felt probably wasn't a contraction."

"How do you know?" the Japanese fighter questioned with worry. "You never had a baby before."

Before Rain could tell him that he was over reacting, Dr. Kasshu walked up to assist his daughter-in-law. Putting a hand on his son's shoulder, the male doctor looked at Rain and asked, "How are you feeling now?"

Wondering if she had actually felt something in the first place since the pain so quickly disappeared, looking a little unsure, she said, "Right now I feel fine." 'Except that I want to kill my husband,' she thought.

"Okay," the older doctor answered calmly. "I over heard you say that you should go back to the suite and change. I think that may be a good idea."

"But, Dad!" Domon exclaimed upset and feeling so out of control. "What if she really needs to get to the hospital?"

"Domon," his father said with a smile since he found how his son was acting quite humorous. "It takes a while for a baby to be born." 'At least most of the time it does for the first child,' the older man thought but knowing every pregnancy was different.

By the time the Shuffles and friends had left the reception, it was a half hour later when they were all in one suite after changing into their regular clothes. Nastasha and Argo were actually there themselves since their plane for their Honeymoon in Neo-Italy wouldn't be taking off till late that night.

The friends were quite entertained as they watched the King of Hearts bugging his wife over and over on how she was feeling. His nervous energy had him pacing up and down looking as hyper as a young child when he wasn't irritating his wife. Though he had much confidence in himself as a fighter and now as a husband, one thing he knew he couldn't handle was if he didn't get his wife to the hospital in time.

Becoming frustrated by her husband when he was hovering over her, Rain said sounding it, "Domon. I will tell you if I feel something again. Okay?"

"No you won't," the Neo-Japan fighter shot back knowing that his mechanic wife always tried to hold it together.

"Oh…yes I will," Rain said as her hands moved over the baby and her eyes widened.

Seeing the distressed look on her face, the King of Hearts said with panic in his voice, "You're having a contraction now. Aren't you?"

Many seconds later, and since she never had a baby before, she said, "I…I'm not sure. Just let me walk around."

Nodding at his son to give the pretty female some space, Dr. Kasshu watched his daughter-in-law along with everyone else as she began to pace and rub her hands back and forth over her large belly.

Not taking his dark eyes off of his wife, Domon listened as his friend George whispered to him that he should try his hardest to calm down for Rain.

As the pretty, blue-eyed female continued to look in deep thought while pacing, she was thinking, 'My abdomen just feels so…tight.' It wasn't that must longer when Rain indeed felt that painful feeling once again and stopped walking and moving her hands. After it passed she began walking once again but soon stopped when she suddenly felt very wet.

Feeling confused, Sai Saici said, "What spilled on the floor?"

Looking down then back up at her husband, Rain said, "My…my water broke."

Domon's pulse picked up even more and he soon felt Chibodee patting him on the back saying that it was time to greet the first child from the Shuffle Alliance. Quickly moving to his wife, Domon made a move to pick her up.

"Don't you dare pick me up," Rain shrieked pulling away. "I need to walk."

"I just want to help you, Rain," Domon said so truthfully.

Seeing that the pregnant female was in good hands because of the princess and Chibodee's crew gathering around her, Dr. Kasshu said, "Rain. Domon and I will meet you by the corelander."

"What?" Domon exclaimed not wanting to leave his wife's side.

"Domon," his father said putting both of his hands on his son's shoulders while Rain walked towards the door to leave with their friends. "You must calm down. This is one time that Rain cannot help you. You have to help her by being emotionally strong for her."

Really feeling like he could jump out of his skin over the fact that his first child was coming, Domon stared back at his father and began to take to heart what the older man was saying. "Okay, okay," Domon said forcing himself to let out a slow, deep breath. "She needs me to be strong for her."

"That's right," his father said as he shook his head yes and released his son's shoulders. "If you keep acting like you have been, you're going to scare her. I'm sure she's already nervous enough about giving birth."

"Thanks, Dad," Domon said knowing his father was right.

Once outside of the hotel, the Neo-Japan fighter quickly made his way over to his wife who was standing by the huge corelander that Chibodee had rented while in Neo-Japan. Swallowing hard as he tried to keep his voice under control, Domon said, "Rain…"

Before he could say anything else, Rain suddenly stared down at the ground as one of her hands covered the baby and the other moved to grab hold of her husband's tan jacket collar. Seeing the hard look on her face, Domon knew that she was having another contraction. He felt himself about to lose it again till her blue eyes moved up to meet his brown ones. In her trusting eyes he could see that she needed him there for her, and this too made him realize that he had to try to hold it together for her.

A few minutes later in the corelander, which consisted of five rows of seats, the Kasshu couple sat just behind Chibodee, Shirley and Hans while the rest of the Shuffles and friends sat in the last three rows. Though Chibodee liked having Shirley sitting so close to him; their shoulders brushing together, he hated that it was because Hans was just on her other side giving her no choice but to be that close. However, the boxer knew there were more important things to worry about at the moment as he listened to Domon speaking to Rain.

"I'm here for you, Rain," the King of Hearts said so sweetly to his wife; his arm around her shoulders as he held her hand.

Now in between contractions, the nervous and excited female only said, "I know, Domon..."

Continuing to look intently at her, Domon watched as she seemed to be staring at the seat in front of her. It was obvious that she was thinking about giving birth and feeling a bit uneasy about it. He had to wonder if she was too bracing herself for the next contraction.

A few minutes later during her next contraction, Domon finally remembered to tell her to breathe. Because Rain had decided that she might have natural childbirth, she had decided that she and her husband should go to a few Lamaze classes. "Rain," he asked softly. "Do you remember that DVD?"

A SWEET FLASHBACK TO TWO MONTHS EARLIER:

It was during the middle of a weekend when Rain told her husband that they should think about going to some Lamaze classes together. Not much later the gundam fighter found himself in their bedroom looking for anything on Lamaze classes in that famous pregnancy book of his given to him by his father. 'Here is it,' he thought to himself as he found the correct page. Moving to sit down on the chair by the window, he began to read his book once again. Out loud, he read, "Lamaze will help with breathing and relaxation during labor."

"That's what I've been told," Rain said standing in the doorway of their bedroom watching as her husband lifted his brown eyes to her.

Moving his eyes back down to the page of the book, he just continued to read on. After a minute or so, he lifted his dark eyes back to his wife's once again and said very seriously, "According to this, I would be your coach."

At the sudden image in her head of her gundam fighter husband telling her how to breathe correctly, she smiled. Walking over to him as he remained sitting in the chair holding the book, she said, "Yes...you would be my coach. The coach should assure me that everything is going to be fine during labor."

"I can do that without going to classes," the Neo-Japan fighter said as he stood and disregarded the book by throwing it on the chair.

Losing her smile, Rain said with disappointment in her voice, "So I take it that you don't want to go to the Lamaze classes?"

Looking and sounding aggravated, Domon said, "I don't want to be in a class with a bunch of other couples who we don't even know."

Folding her arms, the pregnant female sounded irritated as she said, "Well I'm sorry that there isn't a class for only Gundam fighters and their pregnant wives."

Smiling, the King of Hearts said, "That would be cool."

"What would be cool about that?" Rain asked making a strange face.

"Because," Domon said now folding his arms. "The other gundam fighters and I could beat the hell out of the press when they show up."

Besides knowing that her husband would be a bit embarrassed taking a Lamaze class in front of those he didn't know, Rain realized he didn't want to deal with any of the press. "I completely forgot about the press," she said realizing that Domon was right.

Surprised that she seemed to have given up so easily, Domon began to feel guilty. He knew that though she was a doctor, she was still just as nervous as any first time mother about giving birth.

Later and secretly in the small office downstairs, Domon did some searching for Lamaze classes over the internet on Rain's computer. Luckily he knew just enough on how to use the internet to find out what he needed to know. He soon left the house without telling his wife where he was going.

Upon his return with a small bag in hand, he found his wife lying on their white, lounge chair.

Not saying a word, he moved to the TV, which was already on.

Wondering what her husband was up to, Rain watched as he pulled what appeared to be a DVD out of the bag and then as he put it into the DVD player. "I was watching something," she said a bit annoyed that he didn't seem to care.

Backing away from the TV with the DVD remote control in hand, Domon said nothing as he pressed play.

About to throw a pillow at her husband for acting like she wasn't there, the words, "Your At Home Lamaze Class" appeared on the screen. "Domon. You didn't," Rain said touched that he had gone out of his way to give her a Lamaze class.

Proud of himself since she seemed quite happy by what he had done, the father to be said, "Here we won't have to worry about the press watching us."

"So we're actually going to do this now?" she asked as she slowly lifted herself from the sofa.

"Why not?" Domon asked as he took one of their mats and laid it directly in front of the TV.

As the instructor on the television instructed a pregnant woman and her coach on how to sit on the floor, Rain said happily, "Let's get into position."

Looking at the TV screen, the King of Hearts saw that the pregnant woman was sitting down between her coach's legs with her back against his chest. "I know what would make this really fun," Domon said in a naughty voice. "Let's take off our clothes."

"Domon," Rain scolded with a grin on her face that said that she was not taking him seriously at all as he helped her onto the floor.

Next he sat down behind her putting his legs around her and his arms around her as well. "Your hair smells good," he mumbled into it as she felt his hard chest press against her back.

"Uhh...Domon," the sweet female said staring at the TV before her. "Pay attention to what the instructor is saying."

Giving in and starting to watch the program, he moved his hands to rest on their baby. When the instructor started to explain the breathing part of Lamaze, Domon asked, "What? They don't think you know how to breathe?"
Shaking her head no, Rain said, "Breathing the way the instructor is showing will make the labor easier on me."

Not knowing if he believed that or not, Domon said nothing at all as he watched the couple on TV begin to breathe.

As Rain began to make the funny breathing noises, she couldn't help but laugh when the King of Hearts started to make the noises as well. At her laugher, he laughed himself just like they had done many times together, especially as children. Because he was in a good mood he began to tease her by suddenly pretending to be the more serious one as he told her that she should be very serious like he was being. "We have to do just what the instructor says, Rain." Again his wife's laughter erupted when Domon did the breathing technique some more. This went on for a good while before Rain lifted her hands up, reached backwards and pulled her husband's face closer. She then turned her head and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "Rain," he said fighting back a smile. "The instructor didn't instruct you to do that. Don't you want to learn how to breathe correctly like I'm doing?" Again, Domon made the breathing sounds, glad to hear some more of his wife's laughter and to feel her hands now running through his hair.

Really enjoying this goofiness with her husband, and not really knowing for sure what she would end up doing when she was in labor, she said, "I think I've learned enough breathing for up till the time I tell the doctor to give me the epidural, which would make the pain disappear."

Surprised but glad that his wife couldn't seem to take the DVD seriously at the moment, Domon said, "Well in that case, come here." Moving from behind her, he gently pulled her down on her side and then he laid on his side as well facing her.

Feeling the back of her dress being pulled up, Rain said in a forced serious voice, "Uh…Domon. The instructor is not instructing you to do that."

Raising an eyebrow at her while her hands moved between their bodies to unbutton his tan jacket, he said, "The instructor is not instructing you to undress me either."

Smiling since she was enjoying their flirting, she said, "Let's just be glad that we aren't in a class with others."

"Why?" Domon asked knowing the answer but never minding hearing her express her need for him.

As one of her hands began to slowly slide down his lower back, she lifted her head so that her lips were close to his ear, and she whispered, "I want you to make love to me, Domon."

Now completely ignoring the DVD, the King of Hearts fell completely under his wife's control and more than willingly proceeded to do just that.

END OF FLASHBACK

Feeling another contraction, Rain began to do her breathing.

Seeing how uncomfortable she was, Domon leaned forward to Chibodee, the driver of the corelander, and grunted out, "Make this thing go faster damn it!" The King of Hearts hated seeing his wife in any pain but unfortunately didn't know just how bad it was going to get and how long it would last.

Sounding very serious, Chibodee said, "Don't worry, Japan. I'll have your wife to the hospital in a few seconds."

Also wishing that their means of transportation could move faster, Shirley said, "They're waiting for us."

"Who?" Chibodee asked keeping his eyes forward.

"I called the hospital," she said turning her head to the Neo-American fighter.

Turning his head to look at her, their eyes met and the boxer said, "Smart move, Shirley."

Meanwhile, Rain was still holding it together pretty well after the last contraction, and when her husband calmly asked her if she was okay, she said, "Just don't leave me."

"I won't leave your side," he promised with an assuring smile. No Japanese doctor or nurse was going to stop him from going into the delivery room with his wife.

Meanwhile in the very back of the corelander, Sai Saici expressed to his friends around him, "First the wedding…now this! Can this day get any cooler?"

Though he wished that the youngest fighter would lower his voice, George couldn't help but agree as he said, "This is indeed a wonderful day."

As hyper as ever, Sai added, "Just think if Rain would have had her baby on the dance floor. Bro would have had to catch it."

Sounding as serious as ever, Nastasha said, "Someone will have to catch you if I decide to throw you out of this corelander."

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Once to the hospital, the nurses waiting outside only saw the calmed down Domon, not having any idea how out of control he had been earlier. As he helped his wife out of the corelander, one of the two women dressed in all white pushed a wheelchair over to the soon to be new parents and said in a friendly voice, "We've been waiting for you, Dr. Kasshu."

Knowing she was expected to sit in the wheelchair, Rain slowly did just that as she gave the nurse a nervous smile.

The young nurse was just about to roll Rain into the hospital when Domon said in a dry voice, "I'll push her."

Nodding to the champion gundam fighter, the nurse then followed behind.

To Shirley's surprise she found it hard to believe that Chibodee wasn't fallen all over the pretty Japanese nurses. Rolling her eyes, she thought, 'He must have fallen and hit his head sometime during the reception.'

Just after Rain was pushed through the hospital doors, Domon knew she was having another contraction because of how she grabbed the arms of the chair and by how she tilted her head. Stopping and bending down in front of her, he asked, "Are you okay, Rain?"

Squinting her face in pain, she simply said, "No."

Widening his eyes since his wife didn't even lie and say yes, Domon looked at the nurse and his eyes told her that someone better make his wife's pain stop now.

After the contraction passed, the young nurse asked Rain how close her contractions had been. While Rain was answering, Domon's father pulled his son only a couple of feet away and said, "Domon. Be prepared. Rain's going to tell you a lot more you won't be expecting to hear; things you never heard her say before."

Not believing that for a second, the Neo-Japan fighter said, "Not my Rain." One thing that attracted Domon to her was her classiness; the way she said things even when she was very upset.

"Fine," Dr. Kasshu said with a smile; not about to argue. "Just remember that I've been through this twice with your mother."

Quickly walking away from his father, the King of Hearts returned to his wife letting everything his father had said go in one ear and right out of the other.

"Okay, Mrs. Kasshu," another nurse said to Rain between her contractions. "It's time to move you to your examination/birthing room."

Excited and scared at the same time, the pretty, blue-eyed female smiled and said, "I'm ready."

Being that Rain was a doctor, the nurses could have been nervous over her watching their every step but since she had always been quite easy to work with, they were able to relax, that is when Domon Kasshu wasn't glaring at them.

Later in the room, Dr. Watanabe made her appearance and felt quite honored that she would be delivering the Kasshu baby. Before long she did a pelvic exam on Rain to see how much the cervix had dilated and found that though Rain's water had broken, the new mother still had a very long way to go.

Minutes later Domon sat in a chair on the side of the bed just looking at his wife who was now dressed in a white hospital gown. He eyed the various monitors hooked up to her that he had been told would observe her and the baby to keep them out of harm's way. An IV had also been started incase sudden, immediate medication or an epidural would be needed.

A half hour later, the Shuffles and friends all snuck into the room since there wasn't supposed to be many visitors at one time. They could all tell that Rain's smile was forced as she acknowledged their presence. After awhile they noticed that each time she felt a contraction coming on, she grabbed a tight hold of her husband's hand.

"Man," Domon said as Rain squeezed his hand during one of the contractions. "You're stronger than I thought. Your grip hurts more than the burning of the crest."

Though Domon and the other fighters found that funny, Rain could only glare back at her husband. She was in no mood for any kind of teasing.

Seeing her pain, Miss Marie Louise took it upon herself to ask one of the nurses what might make the pregnant woman more comfortable. A minute later the Princess left the room but soon came back in with a couple of things. After walking over to Domon, she gave him a cold, wet rag to put on Rain's forehead and some ice chips to feed her during the contractions. Because another contraction started, Domon quickly put the ice and rag on the nightstand so that he could hold his wife's hand once again.

Within the next five minutes, the friends decided it was time to leave the Kasshus alone. Sai, Cecile and Chibodee were the last ones to walk out so they were the only ones to catch what Rain accidentally did to her husband. Upon feeling yet another contraction coming on, she had meant to grab his hand but instead grabbed the end of that famous red sash that he wore around his forehead. Even after realizing it wasn't his hand she grabbed, she wrapped her fingers around the sash tightly, and then pulled down hard on the red sash making her husband's head lower and his eyes widen in surprise as he appeared to not know what to do. Before Sai could laugh out loud, both Chibodee and Cecile pulled him out of the room.

After the contraction, Rain let go, and Domon finally lifted his head back up and said, "That hurt my neck."

Breathing heavily as she turned to look at her husband, Rain said nothing but gave him the look of death. 'He thinks that hurt?' she thought disgusted. She couldn't help but wonder why she was the one who had to endure all of the real pain while he just got to sit there looking happy over their baby coming.

Upon seeing how much she was sweating, Domon remembered the cold rag given to him by the princess and realized that though he wasn't quite sure on how to help his wife, he had to. Taking the rag, he slowly moved it to Rain's face and began to gently pat the beads of sweat away. Leaving the rag on her forehead, he looked at the cup of ice. Lifting it so that she could see it, he asked, "Do you want this ice."

Looking very tired, Rain slowly shook her head yes.

Seeing that she hadn't made an attempt to take the cup herself, Domon realized that she expected him to feed her. Hesitantly at first, he began to feed her the ice chips a little bit at a time until another contraction kicked in. Remembering bits of the Lamaze class on the DVD, he began to softly tell her that she was doing a great job and that he was there for her.

Rain only listened while she wished the pain to go away as soon as possible.

Many hours and hours later, Domon was now sweating himself and because of it he had taken off both his cloak and his tan jacket, leaving him wearing only the dark green shirt, which was tucked into his black pants. He never dreamed his wife would be in labor as long as she had been so far, and even more than that, he couldn't believe the things that his, sweet wife was telling him. It seemed as if someone else had jumped into her body and had taken over her mind.

Rain couldn't seem to help the things that were flying out of her mouth since the contractions were coming faster and faster and lasting seconds longer each time. They were now lasting to up to about a minute and a half. At one point she even tried to explain how she was feeling to her husband. Breathlessly, she said, "I feel like…like someone is holding my head and that someone else is holding my feet and…twisting me in different directions." Before poor Domon could even reply, she yelled, "And it's all your fault! I'm never having sex with you again!"

The King of Heart's eyes widened in shock, especially at how she referred to their lovemaking.

"In fact...get away from me!" she yelled, her eyes wild as she pulled her hand out of his. Remembering what he had said during the ultrasound, she said, "You think I'm having an alien!"

"Rain," he said with a look of what some would say was fear on his face, "I didn't mean that…"

"Right now I'd like to use the Burning Finger on a certain part of you!" she said as she pushed her sweaty hair off of her forehead.

'She hates me,' Domon thought not knowing what to do to calm her down.

Gritting her teeth together, she said to him, "You just think that painting the baby's room was hard. Try having contractions because a person wants to squeeze out of you."

Standing up, Domon stared back at his wife thinking that maybe he should find some help. Moving to the door he looked out hoping that he'd see one of the nurses or the doctor but he didn't and soon the scary woman in pain was screaming his name.

Quickly, the King of Hearts moved back over to his wife and took a seat on the very end of the same chair he had been sitting on. As another strong contraction started, Rain grabbed his hand and just barely said, "I…I can't take it anymore. Tell Dr. Watanabe that I want…that I want…an epidural."

Domon shook his head yes in a panic that he would do anything to make her feel better; anything to make her act like herself. To his luck, the doctor suddenly walked into the room as if knowing she was needed.

"Dr. Watanabe," Domon said in a demanding voice, "Give her the epidural now." He had hated watching his wife go in and out of pain and what it was doing to her while there was nothing he could do to make her feel better. Even back during the gundam fight he had managed to protect her but now he felt useless to the most important person in his life.

"I need to examine her first," the doctor said calmly in hopes that the champion gundam fighter wouldn't lose it because of how determined he seemed in wanting his wife to have the epidural. Sitting down by the end of the bed by Rain's feet, the doctor lifted and looked under the sheet that was over Rain's legs in order to check to see if it was time for the baby to come. "It's too late to give her the epidural."

"What!" Domon exclaimed. "She's hurting. She needs something now!"

"Mr. Kasshu," the doctor said very seriously. "It's too late because your baby's coming right now!"

As Domon just sat there with a dumbfounded look on his face, the doctor moved to the door and yelled to the nurses to come to assist.

Outside of the room, the Shuffles and friends except for the newlyweds who had left for their honeymoon, were extremely glad that it was finally time for baby Kasshu to make an appearance. It had been quite hard just sitting there for hours and hours waiting. There were only so many things that Chibodee and George could argue about.

Hearing Sai Saici scream that the baby was coming, Shirley opened her eyes to find that she had fallen asleep and that her head was on someone's lap. Slowly lifting it, she had expected to see Hans looking down at her but found that she was looking into Chibodee's green eyes.

"Chibodee," she whispered as they stared back at each other while everyone else was excited about the baby coming.

With disappointment, he said, "You hoped I was Hans. Didn't you?"

Feeling tingles at the thought that Chibodee had sat there for probably a long time with her resting on him, she whispered, "I'm…I'm". 'Just say it, Shirley,' she yelled at herself. "I'm glad it's you, Chibodee."

Shocked and feeling his pulse rate pick up, the boxer finally smiled back as they continued to stare at each other.

Hans watched from across the room remembering how Shirley had ended up on the boxer's lap. The beautiful, red head had fallen asleep in a sitting position between him and the American fighter. Since she was asleep, Han's decided to retrieve a cup of coffee. Upon his return, he was too far away when he saw Shirley begin to slowly slide sideways in her sleep. Immediately the Neo-American fighter made sure that she slid down onto his lap. Once standing just before the boxer and his crewmember, Hans said nothing but saw a look in Chibodee's eyes that said Shirley meant something of great importance to the Neo-American fighter. In fact so that Hans would understand better, Chibodee placed a possessive hand on Shirley's shoulder. At that moment Hans realized that he hadn't been imagining the distance he thought he sometimes felt with Shirley and now knew that there had been something developing between she and the American fighter, something that no one could stop.

"George!" the Princess screamed out with excitement! "The baby is really coming!"

Hearing all of the excitement around them, Chibodee and Shirley stood up and joined the rest of their standing friends who waited yet again while the doctor and nurses were in the room with the young Kasshu couple.

A few minutes later in the room, Rain was still breathing and sweating heavily with her husband right there by her side holding her hand once again. There was also a nurse on her other side holding her other hand while Dr. Watanabe was in her place at the end of the bed. "Can I push yet?" Rain asked wanting to so badly.

Slowly and calmly, the doctor said, "Not yet."

Looking so worn out as she turned her face to her husband's, Rain said, "It hurts, Domon."

Being strong for his wife as his heart went out to her, he said, "It will stop soon. And since you're the one going through all of the pain, after the baby's born, you can slap the hell out of me."

Before Rain could even respond in anyway, the doctor demanded, "Push now, Rain."

Feeling his heart pounding away, Domon leaned closer to his wife and said softly, "You can do this, baby. You can. Now push."

Hearing her husband's encouraging words, Rain's back arched off the bed as she grunted and began to push with everything in her.

Within seconds Dr. Watanabe said, "The baby's head is out." Because Rain was still pushing so hard, unlike some who had to push more than once, the rest of the baby soon followed.

The new mother watched between her legs and as the baby's whole body slowly came into view for the first time from under the sheet; how the little legs quickly sprung right back to how they had been while inside of its mother.

With a look of awe on his face, Domon too watched as one of the nurses put something close to the baby's small mouth, and within seconds a cry came from the little infant.

With a satisfied smile, Dr. Watanabe said, "Mr. and Mrs. Domon Kasshu, you have a baby girl."

Looking back at his wife while the cord was being cut, Domon said with the biggest smile while repeating the doctor's words, "It's a girl, Rain." Even though they had both acted in the past like the sex of the baby wasn't important but it being healthy was more, now it was nice to finally know what they had. As the nurses took the baby on the other side of the room to clean it off, tears ran down Rain's face as she laid back down on the bed. Turning to look at her husband, Domon captured her lips for a tender, emotional kiss. "You did it," he whispered proudly never feeling this type of joy in his life before like he was now. "There's three of us now."

Feeling her pain subside immensely as Dr. Watanabe finished her job, Rain felt so very fortunate that she and her husband were parents together.

Outside the room, the friends smiled and hugged each other just after hearing the infant's cry flow to their ears. Suddenly a nurse stuck her head out through the doorway and exclaimed happily, "It's a girl."

After a big smile spread across Sai's face, he exclaimed, "I can't believe that Bro has a daughter!"

George smiled himself. "Yes, Mademoiselle Rain and the overly tough, Domon Kasshu have a little girl. This day cannot get any better," he said pulling his princess into his arms.

"I don't know about that," Chibodee said looking at Shirley.

"What?" she asked wondering what he was talking about.

Seeing that everyone else was happily talking about the baby, Chibodee thought it was time to act on his feelings for the red head. "Shirley. Uh…if I put on my tux later, will you put on that lavender dress again?"

Remembering how handsome he looked in his tux for the wedding and that in fact her bridesmaid dress was actually very pretty, she asked, "Why?"

Now wondering if he was moving too fast, the boxer fell silent. However, seeing Hans in the back ground talking to Bunny, Chibodee easily remembered how miserable he had been when he thought he was losing Shirley. "If it's okay with you, I'd like to take you out tonight."

Thinking he wanted to celebrate the birth of Domon and Rain's first child, the red head asked, "You mean you want to take the girls and me out to celebrate?"

Shaking his head no, Chibodee said, "No. That's not what I mean. I'm thrilled for Domon and Rain but I would like some time…alone with you."

Shirley's heart began to race as she asked, "You mean you just want to be with me?"

'If you only knew how much,' he thought as he shook his head yes with a grin.

Wondering if she was dreaming, she asked, "You want to go on a date with me?"

Becoming a bit frustrated because she seemed so shocked, he spit out, "Yes. Is that so bad?"

As a smile came to her lips, Shirley said, "No, Chibodee. I would love to go out with you tonight."

Back in the room one of the nurses adjusted Rain's bed so that she was seated up more while Domon remained seated in the chair by her side lost in amazement. Seconds later, another nurse grinned from ear to ear as she held the tiny infant wrapped in a blanket and carried the little bundle over to the new mother. "Here's your daughter," she said as she carefully began putting the child into its mother's arms.

Upon holding her child, Rain became very emotional at seeing the little one who had been inside of her for the last nine months. In a soft voice, the new mother said to her child, "Hello, baby." The tiny infant seemed exhausted now that the crying had stopped as she listened to the familiar voice that she had heard over and over the last few months.

The King of Hearts felt like the luckiest man on earth as he watched his wife smiling down at their child. Slowly moving from his chair so that he could sit on the bed with his family, Domon looked down at his daughter and said, "She's beautiful."

It was a feeling neither parent wanted to end as they watched their baby open and close her little eye lids. It was still hard yet to see what color her eyes were but as Rain held her daughter close to her chest in both arms, she moved one arm from beneath the baby to lift a tiny part of the tiny pink hat that was on the baby's head to keep the child warm. Underneath, a head full of dark hair could be seen.

"Oh, Domon," Rain said happily. "She's got your color hair." Rain wasn't about to tell her husband that the hair could fall out within the next few weeks and come back a different color.

Smiling in awe, Domon said, "I…I just can't believe how little she is and that she's really ours."

Beaming back at her husband, Rain said, "Yes. She's a part of you and me together."

After a good while of holding their child, the new mother said to her husband, "Would you like to hold your daughter?"

Though hesitant at first, Domon stood up nervously from the bed and said, "Yes, I would. Just tell me how to do it the right way."

Not knowing that his friends were all by the doorway because they had fallen quiet at watching what the King of Hearts was about to do, Domon moved ever so slowly to take his child into his arms.

Seeing how nervous he was, Rain said, "She can't support her head yet so just make sure you place one hand under it."

"Okay," he said as if it was the most important thing he'd ever learn.

As Rain moved the child into her husband's arms, Domon was sure to put a hand underneath his daughter's small head, and then he slowly stood back up. He couldn't believe how light the just barely seven pounds he was holding felt. He never felt so swept up in emotion before as he watched his child look back at him though he wasn't actually sure what the baby could see just yet. Now beaming himself, Domon said, "Oh, Rain. We're really parents."

"Knock, knock," Chibodee said with a smile.

The new parents turned their heads and smiled at their friends, and then Domon said so proudly, "Come see my…our daughter."

The King of Hearts then carefully sat down so all could see better, including his wife who he knew hadn't really been ready to let go of their daughter yet.

"Wow!" Sai said in awe. "Bro. You and Sis really had a baby."

"What did you think?" Chibodee asked making a strange face at Sai. "That Rain's belly was big because she swallowed a basketball?"

After some light laughter came from some, George couldn't help but to just keep admiring the small infant in the strong fighter's arms. After a few seconds, the knight asked, "So what is her name?"

With that both Domon and Rain looked at each other.

I hope you all enjoyed Rain's experience. (I've been through it twice.) I'll put more detail in about the baby in the epilogue. If anyone's interested, the baby was almost a boy. Maybe in a future fanfic I can do that with their second child.

Also there is a very special, gifted writer that I must thank. Back in my twenties I worked on a lot of original work. Though my ideas weren't all that bad, my work needed some serious help so I never got far with it. Anyhow, I wrote and wrote with only one person to give me feedback. Now in my thirties, I have this site and its been a ball. I began writing on Speed Racer, thinking that it would be the only anime I'd ever write on. Because of my friend, Goldangel2, I became hooked on G Gundam, and I thank her for that because it's been a lot of fun for me to write about. For reasons I won't mention now, there are many things that I can relate to in the show, though I'm sure what I wrote wouldn't have been what actually happened if the series would have gone on. Writing for me is a nice break from work and taking care of a house. Of course, I could never get tired of taking care of my family. They are my life and always come first. Let's just say that I barely get sleep by the time I finish things each day. Anyway—Thank you, Goldangel2.

Redlion2-Continue to take care of yourself. I loved your latest chapters.

Thanks for the reviews since my last post:

Goldangel2-Thanks for your wonderful review too! Your BOTP story is wonderful as are all of your other stories.

Ryan-You liking what I've done with Chibodee and Shirley means a lot since you are such a big G Gundam fan. And true point about the mermaid thing. And... though the baby's a girl, she'll end up wearing that itty bitty red cloak-LOL!

Agehron-I hope you enjoyed Chibodee finally asking Shirley out.

Aelita89-Chibodee and Shirley are finally realizing that they need each as more than friends. And yes Rain finally had her baby!

Kagura-Sorry it took awhile for the update but thanks for the review.

Namaida-Thank you for your very kind e-mail. I'm looking forward to more updates on your story. You were right about Domon losing his cool when his wife went into labor.

Black Joker Lady-You were the first and only to know the baby would be a girl though I have to tell you that I seriously almost changed my mind. I'm sure your play went great. When I was in high school, my brother was the lead in a ton of them. I was in very few and though they were hard work, they were fun.

SecretPerson/ShadowLiger-Yes, of all times for Rain to go into labor—the same day of Argo and Nastasha's wedding! I'm crazy!

Fang-Oh yes, Domon did hear things he never heard from his wife before-LOL! Sorry the baby's not a boy. I hope you still liked the above chapter.

Erica6060-Thanks for the WOW!

Courtney-Thanks so much for reviewing! So sorry it took me awhile to update.

AngelsWarmth-Awe...thanks so much. I hope you liked what I did with Chibodee and Shirley. I'm glad you think it's cool that Argo and Nastasha are married. Besides Argo and Nastasha, I too have a hard time writing on George and his Princess. Who knows what I'll do! As for my daughter's slumber party—I survived! I had ten 12 year olds in my house. After that being the 4th or 5th slumber party I've given, I need years of breaks from them.

Starangel100890-Thankyou for letting me know that it was believable for Nastasha to be giving advice. Oh and obviously I lived through the slumber party. God bless you too. Keep up your good work!

SoCalGirl5590-Thank you so very much for the complement and I hope the above chapter was worth the wait.

Kairiyuna14-Now you know it's a girl! Thanks for the nice review. It means a lot to me.

Ruby27-I hope you liked the gender of the baby and I'm glad you like fluff. I plan to put plenty of it in the epilogue.

Ryan L. Spradling-Thanks so much for the review! I can't believe you've read my SR story! Thanks! I hope you liked Rain's going into labor too.

Jep-Thanks for reviewing! I'm so glad that you read my G Gundam story. If you ever get bored out of your mind, check out my other G Gundam ones. Thanks so much!

Cat and her alter ego Henry-You should drawer Nastasha's dress so I can see your art. I think you and some others would be better at writing Argo and Nastasha's honeymoon rather than I.

Maxter's Angel-I'm so sorry the suspense was killing you! Thanks for letting me know that you liked what I did in the chapter before the one above. It was fun to write the fighters talking the way I had them doing so.

Rain's Love Domon's Heart-Thanks you so very, very much for such a sweet complement from the bottom of my heart.

Jessi-So sorry I ended the chapter before the one above, where I had. My fingers were about to fall off-LOL!

Emmanuel Jones-Don't worry. I know it isn't always possible to always review. I'm just glad that you're still reading the story.

Shawn Provancha-Thanks for such a nice review!

Hawk Sage-Hope you enjoyed how Domon handled the baby coming-LOL!

G Gundam Lover-Oh my…thanks for such a complement though I don't see a movie happening from me. I don't have enough gundam fights/action in my stories--LOL! Thank you so very much for reviewing!

Gemini-I hope senior year is going well for you. I do know a little bit about "Big O". Let me know when you post your story so I can read it. Wow! Was Roger really as bad as Domon in the series-LOL! I'm trying to remember. I think that once you have loving feelings of how they feel about each other admitted between Dorothy and Roger that he would calm down some, especially if he became a father-LOL!

Kikyo12-Thank you for reviewing! Thanks also for understanding about the updating thing and Merry Christmas to you too!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

I love when y'all let me know what you might have liked in a chapter. Thanks!

Sincerely,

Jen