Darunia: Disclaimer! Selphie Louise does not own the Legend of Zelda or any of its characters. They are the property of Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo.

Tingle: The characters she does own are Selphie, Iggy, and Jiji. The characters of Kage, Yugi, Mable, and Raven belong to Kearra. The character Ravick is the property of Selphie's friend, Patrick.

Chapter 5:

Another year passed. It had been four years since Selphie and Kage got married. Four years since they started trying to conceive. One or two since they'd given up. Still, they were putting on the brave face. Anyone who didn't know their prior pain would actually believe they didn't want kids.

Kage woke up one morning and looked over at Selphie. She was asleep still. He kissed her gently on the forehead, a gesture that would normally wake her, but she continued sleeping. Kage got up and put on his hakama and headed downstairs.

Selphie woke up and looked over to Kage's side of the bed. She was surprised to find he wasn't there and didn't notice the sunlight streaming in through the windows. Selphie sat up but immediately lay back down again.

"Oh gods…" she said, putting hand to forehead. She shook her head slightly but only found that made it worse. "…Dizzy…" She sat up again, slower this time and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Selphie stood up but still felt tired, and heavy. She didn't bother getting dressed yet, but simply put on her robe and tied it with her sash.

Using the wall to steady herself because she still felt a bit dizzy, Selphie slowly made her way downstairs and then across the kitchen to pour her LonLon Milk. "Afternoon," Kage said, putting his arms around her.

"Mm…!" Selphie grimaced slightly. "Don't lean … Don't think I can handle it." Kage let go and Selphie turned around to face him, leaning on the counter for support. "What do you mean afternoon?" she asked, the comment dawning on her at last.

"It's almost one," Kage said, pointing to the clock.

"Really…?" Selphie said.

"Yeah, I wanted to let you sleep," Kage replied. "Do you not feel well?" he asked, helping her to a chair at the table.

Selphie shook her head slowly. "No, actually…" she answered. "I don't. I feel kind of dizzy, and tired too. I almost wanna climb back in bed again…" Her stomach growled. "And I probably would if I wasn't so hungry," she realized.

"Well… here, let me make you something," Kage said making his way to the pantry. "What do you want?"

Selphie thought about it for a moment. "Um… I don't know. Anything you can make a lot of fairly quickly," she said. Kage looked at her curiously and she shrugged and he shrugged.

"Oatmeal it is," he said, pulling out the cereal. Some time later it was cooked and he spooned it out for her. Selphie took one glance at it and a few minutes later it was gone. Kage raised his eyebrows. "You were hungry."

"Yah… I don't know why. We had a pretty big dinner last night," Selphie said a bit confused herself. She rested her elbow on the table and cupped her head in her hand. "And now that I'm full that tiredness is kicking in a bit."

"Hmm…" Kage said walking over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. "You may be sick. Why don't you lie down again?" he asked, pulling out the chair.

Selphie looked up at him and gave him a small smile. "Thank you, Kage," she said as he helped her to stand. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he returned the embrace, placing his arms around her waist. Selphie's eyes widened. "Kage…"

"Hmm-!" Kage was thrown back a bit when Selphie pushed him away and ran for the bathroom, not even getting a chance to close the door. He grimaced at the sounds he heard and hurried over. Kage took her hair and pulled it back to keep it from getting messy and rubbed her back gently to calm her.

When she finally stopped she remained there, hunched over the toilet, shaking and breathing deeply. Kage handed her a towel and she took it gratefully, wiping her mouth. Kage walked into the kitchen and brought her back a glass of water. She used the first few mouthfuls to wash out her mouth, but then drank it down thirstily. "So much for your lunch…" Kage said. Selphie shook her head.

Kage pulled her to her feet and turned her around, leaning her against him. "This sucks…" she whispered.

"I know… let's get you to bed and hope you can sleep it off…" Kage spoke soothingly. She nodded her head and allowed him to carry her upstairs. Kage laid her down on the bed and helped to take off her robe. Then he pulled the covers over her and kissed her forehead gently. "Get well soon…" he whispered, but she was already fast asleep. He frowned slightly and pulled the blanket up to her chin.

Nearly a month and a half later, Selphie's condition failed to improve. She was dizzy constantly, nauseous, weak, tired. It was heartbreaking for Kage who hated to see her in any kind of pain, so he continued to take care of her as best he could.

One day several of their friends happened to stop by, Iggy, Jiji, Link, Yugi, Mable, and Raven. The twins had long since graduated from checkers, so Iggy was teaching them how to play chess. Sadly, the students had already surpassed the master.

"So, where's Selphie? I usually like to see her chipper face when I come over here," Yugi said.

Kage frowned a bit sadly. "She's still sick. She has been for at least a month, almost two," he said solemnly.

"Still?" Jiji asked, surprised. "Jeez, I hope it's nothing serious."

"What's wrong with her?" Link asked.

"Not sure. She thinks it's a flu, what with the tiredness, the dizziness…" Kage said. Suddenly Selphie came thundering down the stairs and into the bathroom. Everyone grimaced at the sounds. "…The nauseousness…" he added, standing to fill a glass of water. When Selphie came out of the bathroom, he gave it to her and she took it to rinse her mouth out. Kage put his arm around her and rocked her gently.

Selphie looked a wreck. Her normally neat hair was sticking up all over the place, though it remained in a ponytail so that she wouldn't always have to have Kage hold her hair back when she vomited. She looked rather pale, her face a bit gaunt. The eyes that usually looked like emeralds had lost their sparkle. She glanced at the others weakly and tried to give them a small smile. "Hi, guys…" was all she could manage. They returned the smiles and slight waves. Kage helped her up the stairs and into bed again before he returned to them.

"She looks terrible," Iggy commented.

"What's wrong with Aunt Selphie?" Mable asked.

"She doesn't feel well," Kage answered.

"Will she get better?" Raven asked.

"Of course she will!" Mable said, hitting her brother in the arm.

"I was just askin'!" Raven shot back.

"Hey, guys. Knock it off," Iggy said.

"Yes, Uncle Iggy…" they said.

"Come on, don't you wanna play me at chess again?" Iggy asked.

"Beating you gets boring after the first ten games," Raven said.

"Maybe, but I got a good feeling about this one," Iggy said, moving his first piece. Raven sighed and moved. Iggy moved. Raven moved. Iggy moved. And Raven moved.

"Check mate." Iggy stared at the board for a good five minutes, turning his head in every direction.

"…You cheated. I know you did," he said.

"How can I cheat? I've only known how to play for an hour," Raven answered.

"I don't know how, but you did," Iggy said, continuing to stare at the board.

"Maybe you just suck at chess."

"I'll say," Kage rolled his eyes, watching the scene. Iggy stuck his tongue out at him.

"Here, play Mable," Iggy said, standing. The two children began their own game of chess. Iggy sat at the table beside Jiji and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

Yugi was sitting there deep in though. Link noticed it and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Hey. What's up?" he asked.

"I don't know… just something seems really familiar about Selphie's mystery illness…" Yugi said. "I think I've got a hunch, but…"

An hour or so later they all decided to leave. Yugi gave Kage a hug as he stood at the door watching them off. "Do you want me to send the lakeside scientist over so he can have a look at her?" she asked.

"Would you, Yugi? I want to find out if this is something serious," Kage answered gratefully. Yugi nodded her head and took Link's arm as he played the Serenade of Water. Kage sighed and headed upstairs to be with Selphie. He took off his hakama and laid down in bed next to her. She rolled over and opened her eyes a bit. She gave him a small smile.

"Have fun?" she whispered.

He kissed her forehead. "It would have been more fun if you were there…" he answered, wrapping his arms around her, holding her close. She leaned her head against his chest and sighed deeply. "Yugi is having the lakeside professor come over and have a look at you… find out what's wrong…" he told her.

"That's good…" Selphie murmured. "I want to get better soon…" He kissed the top of her head and pulled the quilt up to her shoulders before they both fell asleep.

About a week later there was a knock at the door. Kage went to answer it and was a bit confused to see a shriveled old man in blue robes carrying a black bag. He opened the door and watched the old man for a moment. "Can I help you?" he asked.

"No, actually, I'm here to help you… or rather your wife, if I remember correctly what Miss Yugi told me," the man said. "You are her brother correct?"

"Yes, and you are…?" Kage waited for the man to fill in the blank.

"You may have heard of me. I'm a professor, I work in the lakeside laboratory," the professor said.

"Oh!" Kage exclaimed, moving out of the way and allowing the professor in. "I'm sorry, I didn't know." The old man stepped inside and looked around. "You're here to check on Selphie, right?"

"Assuming she's the wife," the professor answered. "Where is she?"

"Er… upstairs," Kage said, wondering what all the emphasis on her being his wife was.

"I see," the scientist said. Without another word he went over to the stairs and climbed up, not giving Kage a chance to follow before he closed the bedroom door. Kage was only at the bottom of the stairs when he heard the lock click.

"What the…?" He went up and jiggled the handle a bit before sighing and sitting on the top step. Kage didn't exactly like the idea of leaving him alone with Selphie, especially after having met the man not five minutes ago. But he was the doctor…

Kage couldn't be sure how long he had been sitting there when he heard the lock click finally and the professor emerged. He had been worried the whole time, and the gasp from Selphie he'd heard and the professor's current poker face didn't exactly make him feel better. "Is it anything serious?" he asked worriedly as he followed the old man downstairs.

"Serious? No. It's a fairly common condition. She'll be just fine," the scientist answered.

"So… what, did you give her some medicine or something?" Kage asked.

"Any medicine I gave her wouldn't help." This statement worried Kage, and the scientist noticed it. "Oh, relax, boy. She's going to get better on her own. It'll take some time, but she'll be fine."

"If you say so…"

"Just make sure you stay with her while she's in this condition… and especially after. Wouldn't want anyone coming after you. Nayru knows you'd anger someone if you didn't stick by her side at that point." Kage stared at him confusedly.

"Well, I must be going. I've told her everything she needs to know, and I'm sure your sister knows plenty of the stuff I might've forgotten. She seems to be an expert on it," he smirked. Kage was still quite confused. "The nausea and many of these other symptoms will be gone fairly soon if we've got our dates right. And, for heaven's sake, make sure she gets some exercise. It's not healthy for her to stay off her feet the whole time." At this point he was halfway out the door. "I leave you now. Congratulations in advance on your wife's… recovery, shall we say." He disappeared into the forest.

Kage stared after him for a moment and then closed the door, leaning on it. "What the hell?" Shaking his head he headed to the stairs and climbed upstairs to their bedroom. Selphie was sitting up in bed, leaning against the headboard. She looked like she'd been waiting for him… and was trying to hide a smile. Kage walked over and kneeled down on the floor next to her. "So… how are you feeling?"

Selphie gave him a wide smile. "Just fine. In fact I'm feeling better than ever," she said.

"Okay…" Kage said somewhat confusedly. "What exactly did he say? Did he say when you might get better?"

Selphie smirked leaning over and putting her arms around his neck. "Somewhere around mid-August," she smiled.

"Mid-August!" Kage exclaimed, as she let go of him again. "That long? Selphie, you started feeling sick back in November."

"Yup," she grinned, leaning back against the headboard again. Kage looked at her confusedly. "The worst of it, i.e. the nausea and stuff, is almost over from what he told me. After that it's mostly weak bladder and… weight gain."

Kage shook his head confusedly. "I'm still hung up on this August thing," he said. "It's January right now, Selphie. August is seven months away."

"Yeah, I know. And November was two months ago," she said.

"Yeah, those two months added with those seven makes nine months that your illness will have lasted," Kage did the math. "Nine months, Selphie! That's ridiculous. How could it take nine months-?" Kage really did the math. "Nine… months…" He looked over at Selphie and noted that the sparkle had returned to the emeralds they liked to call her eyes, though it might have been the happy tears.

"Selphie…?" Kage choked. He stared at her, silently asking the unspoken question. She nodded. Kage stood himself to his feet. "A-are… are you… you serious?" Again, she nodded. Kage's face broke into a watery smile. "Then we… we really made it happen?"

"Yes, Kage," Selphie nodded, smiling over at him, tears falling down her cheeks. Kage grinned as they threw their arms around each other.

"It finally happened!" Kage cried out joyously as he pulled her out of the bed and started spinning her around the room. "It finally happened! It finally happened!"

"I know!" Selphie answered. He stopped spinning for a moment and stood her away from him.

"Selphie, I love you so much," he said as he cupped her face in his hands and pulled her into a kiss. She leaned into him and put her arms around his neck. A minute or two later they broke apart and he picked her up, twirling her around the room. Suddenly she let go of him and dropped her feet to the floor, stopping the spinning. "Selphie, what-?" Kage didn't have time to finish the question before Selphie was thumping down the stairs and the telltale sounds floated up from the bathroom. He grimaced. "Well… it's worth it…" he smiled softly as he went downstairs to help.

Selphie nodded her head rigidly and tried to push as hard as she could, though she was starting to feel really tired from it. When she felt she could push no more her head collapsed onto the pillow and her fingers stopped squeezing Kage's hand so tight. Now she just held it for comfort. "Yugi... please tell me I can stop..."

"You can stop now," Yugi said, cutting the cord and wrapping the child tightly in the towel. She smiled, handing the child to Selphie.

The child was a boy, of course, his head covered in soft, silver hair. The infant blinked, staring up at Selphie with wide green eyes. He yawned, whimpering softly.

Selphie took the newborn in her arms and cradled him against her. She laughed slightly, smiling. "Look what we did, Kage..." she whispered, happy tears starting to fill her eyes as she looked down at the beautiful baby boy in her arms.

Kage smiled, feeling tears stinging his eyes as well. "Yes... what we did..." he said softly, a single tear sliding down his cheek. The child whimpered, reaching up for Selphie, taking hold of her nightgown. Selphie shifted the infant slightly in her arms so that she could move her nightgown. She took it in her free hand and pulled it up. Then she moved Shale nearer to the breast and waited for instinct to take control.

Shale put his mouth to her breast, sucking on it hungrily. He closed his eyes contentedly, continuing to feed. Kage smiled, kissing the side of Selphie's head. "So?" he said. "Is Shale a good name or not?"

She nodded her head, smiling. "Yes, I can see why you wanted to name him that," she said, lightly stroking the child's silver hair once. "He took after his father I guess..." She stroked the hair once more, "Silver hair like his father..." She lightly touched his eyes, "Green eyes like his mother..."

Kage shook his head. "He looks more like you, he just got my hair," Kage said, kissing Selphie's cheek. Shale continued to feed, holding her nightgown tightly in his hands.

Selphie smiled softly. "We'll see... either way he's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen..." She sighed, watching her son.

Shale continued to feed until he was satiated. He then pulled away, giving a soft burp before yawning. "...Let me hold him," Kage said. Selphie nodded and, slowly and carefully, handed the child to Kage. Kage laughed softly, looking to Shale, who curled up in his arms, closing his eyes. Kage smiled, kissing the infant's forehead gently. "...My son... Our son..."

Daisuki," Selphie said softly. "Both of you..."

Happy Beginning

And so ends "Making It Happen." And coming next is "More Than Friends." Hasta, guys. KIT & KIR.