For the first time in the history of the universe the council of the fates
were called, and were panicking. The news that Malazar had brought was
dangerous indeed, and the ten shadowed figures were all arguing among one
another trying desperately to decide just how this could brought to a swift
conclusion.
But Balazar wasn't listening to any of them. They were all weak, and to be controlled by him but never listened to. They thought they were the ultimate rules of the universe, higher than gods even. That they controlled all life and death, and no one was above them. But he knew the one truth. There was someone higher than them, more powerful than any of them. Him.
So it had been ever since he had come up with his brilliant plan to enslave chaos. The council of fates had all followed him without a word, and that had set the precedence. He had gained the upper hand, and the only thing that was keeping it that way was the fact that only HE held the strings to chaos. It was only he that decided when she would be born, and for what purpose. She was his slave, and she didn't even know it.
And after the initial shock had worn off from the announcement he had immediately toned out the mindless minions-who thought they were his peers in order to think. It could not go on like this that was for certain. For one thing Laina was going to be just another girl, so no shields were placed in her body in order to inhibit her power level. And when Usagi had been born those shields that made sure she only had a fraction of her real power were not in place. That was his biggest concern. Now that she was in a body not her own there was nothing to bind her to them beyond how anyone was bound.
But then again everyone was bound in one way or another. Bound to them by strings that could be pulled, and twitched, and cut.Balazar smiled evilly. Trust these fools not to come up with the simplest solution. They held ultimate power over life and death, and just because the soul in the body was chaos didn't mean that the power was now gone.
Once more secure of his position in the world at large Balazar smiled.
***
Chichi just couldn't get over it. She had often heard of the miracle of birth, and had never really understood just why it was that a mother, once she sees her child becomes attached in such a way as no other two people can be. After all, it was a simple baby, nothing really special about it.
But when she had laid eyes on her little girl for the first time she had understood. This was anything but simple. And she understood why it was called the 'miracle of birth'. After all, it was a miracle. A little piece of her, and a little piece of the man she loved were put into creating the most perfect being in the world.
And they way Goku had looked at Usagi, she knew he understood too. Goku would be a good father, and of course he would want to train their little girl to be a fighter. That was something she had always known, but for some reason the thought didn't bother her. Goku would teach her what he could about taking care of herself, and he would make her strong. And she would prevent her little girl from turning into a mindless fighter. So many ideas and thought of what her little girl could be filled her mind. Endless possibilities.Usagi could be a scientist, she could be a genius, she could change the world! And Chichi would do her best to teach her everything that she knew. Usagi would see the world, and experience everything like she had never been able to do. She would have all the things that neither she, nor Goku had been able to have. Chichi looked down into the black eyes of her little girl, and knew nothing could ever go wrong.
***
Balazar looked down on the touching scene and smirked.
He had no idea how this had happened, but he knew how he could put a stop to it.
Reaching down he gently fingered the dark blue string that represented the life of Laina. Every one of the fates had physical, or symbolic items that represented the life of those pathetic mortals when they're on the world. Some of his fellow fates used items such as chess pieces, or even small puppets. And while they weren't necessary, they certainly made life much more interesting. For himself though, he used strings. Each string was tied into the life force that kept the person alive. And he wove them together to create a giant tapestry he had been working on since the beginning of time. Each string did their own part, and some were cut short before their time in order to make the pattern continue on smoothly. And while he wasn't sure what it would be when it was finished, but he was sure it would be incredible.
And while it would be so easy to simply cut the blue string and kill 'Laina' and in a sense Chaos, he couldn't bring himself to do that. It wasn't any feelings of compassion or mercy for a newborn child and her parents. It was the simple fact that cutting this string so soon would surely ruin the pattern he had been working on for over millennia.
But facts like this didn't deter him. Just because he couldn't kill the girl as if yet didn't mean he could let her go around, and ruin everything. Free will was a dangerous thing, and the havoc it could wreak was mind blowing. But just because you can't kill a person doesn't mean you can remove them from the picture.
And ever so gently so not to break the delicate string, he started to twist it and tie it into complex knots, manipulating the body of the child with every movement of his deft fingers.
***
Chichi knew something was wrong immediately. Motherly intuition was a force not to be messed with, and she felt as her baby spasamed in her arms. With a cry she saw as the black eyes that were gazing at her glaze over, and as she felt her world end, Chichi screamed.
***
Goku heard his wife's blood curdling cry and ran as fast as he could to get to her. But he was not as quick as the swarm of doctors who were already at her side, and talking fast to one another. He watched in mute horror as they lifted the bundle from Chichi's arms, and rushed her away.
Goku knew there was nothing he could do to help them now, and the doctors would take care of his baby. Now he ran over to his wife and without a word he took her into his arms. He didn't even need to ask what was wrong, he knew it was their baby.
***
Laina watched in horror as she saw her body shudder, and she knew it was all over. She would see Usagi sooner than she had ever thought possible.
***
Goku was wringing his hands together impatiently. It had been almost two hours since he had last seen his little girl, and with no word he was extremely tempted to go and find out what was going on himself. The thought that he might disrupt what the doctors were doing was the only thing that stopped him. He had held her in his arms only hours ago, and the thought that he might never be able to do so again wracked him with fear. Chichi lay on the bed , far too exhausted to move. She had taken it hard when the doctors had taken the baby away, and had lost whatever color she had gained after the birth. And while his wife was one of the strongest people that he knew, Goku didn't want to think about what would happen should he leave her side, even for a moment. She might collapse entirely.
He continued to caress his wife's hand in his, taking a small amount of comfort in the closeness. And while he heard her breathing start to become even, and knew she had entered the world of dreams, he continued to watch the door.
He wasn't quite sure how long he sat there exactly, time didn't seem to have any meaning. It could have been hours, or days. Chichi was still fast asleep. When Goku saw the door open, he felt a shimmer of hope for just a moment, and then that bone chilling fear came back. An old man with gray thinning hair walked through the door. But it wasn't him that scared Goku nearly out of his mind. It was the expression on that man's face.
Knowing that Chichi would want to be awake for this, Goku gently shook her shoulder. Slowly her eyes began to open, and she smiled at him. "Hello Goku. Where's Us-" Her face fell suddenly and Goku knew she was only just remembering what had happened to their little girl.
Trying to keep her from falling apart on him again Goku kept hold on her hand. "I'm sure she's going to be just fine. This kind man just walked in, and I'm sure he's going to tell us what's going on."
The doctor's face didn't change when the two worried parents turned to him. "I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I really don't know how to break this to you gently." He took a deep breath, trying to gather himself together. "But we think that your daughter has a very rare sickness."
Goku tried to will his face to be calm and steady. He didn't want to break down.not yet. He was too strong. "What is it?" He asked gruffly.
The doctor's face had now gone completely expressionless. He had done this many times before, but it was never easy. Especially when it was just a child. "I think that we may need to keep Usagi here overnight, despite your request to leave as soon as the baby was born. You see, we're not positive, but I think there might be a chance your daughter has leukemia." Chichi gasped, and Goku clutched tighter onto her hand. "But worries me especially is where it is located. I'm not positive, but I think that it might be in, or near her heart. What's dangerous about this is that the heart is the central part of the body, and as of yet there it no known cure. I'm sorry to have to tell you this. You seem like nice people, and I really hate to give nice people bad news."
With a nod the doctor left to allow them time to assimilate the information. Goku gathered his wife up in his arms, and allowed her time to cry. His own eyes were completely dry, as he started out in space, unable to believe that this was happening to them to Usagi. She wasn't even a day old yet, what would life be like for her? How could this be happening.?
In the distance a baby cried.
But Balazar wasn't listening to any of them. They were all weak, and to be controlled by him but never listened to. They thought they were the ultimate rules of the universe, higher than gods even. That they controlled all life and death, and no one was above them. But he knew the one truth. There was someone higher than them, more powerful than any of them. Him.
So it had been ever since he had come up with his brilliant plan to enslave chaos. The council of fates had all followed him without a word, and that had set the precedence. He had gained the upper hand, and the only thing that was keeping it that way was the fact that only HE held the strings to chaos. It was only he that decided when she would be born, and for what purpose. She was his slave, and she didn't even know it.
And after the initial shock had worn off from the announcement he had immediately toned out the mindless minions-who thought they were his peers in order to think. It could not go on like this that was for certain. For one thing Laina was going to be just another girl, so no shields were placed in her body in order to inhibit her power level. And when Usagi had been born those shields that made sure she only had a fraction of her real power were not in place. That was his biggest concern. Now that she was in a body not her own there was nothing to bind her to them beyond how anyone was bound.
But then again everyone was bound in one way or another. Bound to them by strings that could be pulled, and twitched, and cut.Balazar smiled evilly. Trust these fools not to come up with the simplest solution. They held ultimate power over life and death, and just because the soul in the body was chaos didn't mean that the power was now gone.
Once more secure of his position in the world at large Balazar smiled.
***
Chichi just couldn't get over it. She had often heard of the miracle of birth, and had never really understood just why it was that a mother, once she sees her child becomes attached in such a way as no other two people can be. After all, it was a simple baby, nothing really special about it.
But when she had laid eyes on her little girl for the first time she had understood. This was anything but simple. And she understood why it was called the 'miracle of birth'. After all, it was a miracle. A little piece of her, and a little piece of the man she loved were put into creating the most perfect being in the world.
And they way Goku had looked at Usagi, she knew he understood too. Goku would be a good father, and of course he would want to train their little girl to be a fighter. That was something she had always known, but for some reason the thought didn't bother her. Goku would teach her what he could about taking care of herself, and he would make her strong. And she would prevent her little girl from turning into a mindless fighter. So many ideas and thought of what her little girl could be filled her mind. Endless possibilities.Usagi could be a scientist, she could be a genius, she could change the world! And Chichi would do her best to teach her everything that she knew. Usagi would see the world, and experience everything like she had never been able to do. She would have all the things that neither she, nor Goku had been able to have. Chichi looked down into the black eyes of her little girl, and knew nothing could ever go wrong.
***
Balazar looked down on the touching scene and smirked.
He had no idea how this had happened, but he knew how he could put a stop to it.
Reaching down he gently fingered the dark blue string that represented the life of Laina. Every one of the fates had physical, or symbolic items that represented the life of those pathetic mortals when they're on the world. Some of his fellow fates used items such as chess pieces, or even small puppets. And while they weren't necessary, they certainly made life much more interesting. For himself though, he used strings. Each string was tied into the life force that kept the person alive. And he wove them together to create a giant tapestry he had been working on since the beginning of time. Each string did their own part, and some were cut short before their time in order to make the pattern continue on smoothly. And while he wasn't sure what it would be when it was finished, but he was sure it would be incredible.
And while it would be so easy to simply cut the blue string and kill 'Laina' and in a sense Chaos, he couldn't bring himself to do that. It wasn't any feelings of compassion or mercy for a newborn child and her parents. It was the simple fact that cutting this string so soon would surely ruin the pattern he had been working on for over millennia.
But facts like this didn't deter him. Just because he couldn't kill the girl as if yet didn't mean he could let her go around, and ruin everything. Free will was a dangerous thing, and the havoc it could wreak was mind blowing. But just because you can't kill a person doesn't mean you can remove them from the picture.
And ever so gently so not to break the delicate string, he started to twist it and tie it into complex knots, manipulating the body of the child with every movement of his deft fingers.
***
Chichi knew something was wrong immediately. Motherly intuition was a force not to be messed with, and she felt as her baby spasamed in her arms. With a cry she saw as the black eyes that were gazing at her glaze over, and as she felt her world end, Chichi screamed.
***
Goku heard his wife's blood curdling cry and ran as fast as he could to get to her. But he was not as quick as the swarm of doctors who were already at her side, and talking fast to one another. He watched in mute horror as they lifted the bundle from Chichi's arms, and rushed her away.
Goku knew there was nothing he could do to help them now, and the doctors would take care of his baby. Now he ran over to his wife and without a word he took her into his arms. He didn't even need to ask what was wrong, he knew it was their baby.
***
Laina watched in horror as she saw her body shudder, and she knew it was all over. She would see Usagi sooner than she had ever thought possible.
***
Goku was wringing his hands together impatiently. It had been almost two hours since he had last seen his little girl, and with no word he was extremely tempted to go and find out what was going on himself. The thought that he might disrupt what the doctors were doing was the only thing that stopped him. He had held her in his arms only hours ago, and the thought that he might never be able to do so again wracked him with fear. Chichi lay on the bed , far too exhausted to move. She had taken it hard when the doctors had taken the baby away, and had lost whatever color she had gained after the birth. And while his wife was one of the strongest people that he knew, Goku didn't want to think about what would happen should he leave her side, even for a moment. She might collapse entirely.
He continued to caress his wife's hand in his, taking a small amount of comfort in the closeness. And while he heard her breathing start to become even, and knew she had entered the world of dreams, he continued to watch the door.
He wasn't quite sure how long he sat there exactly, time didn't seem to have any meaning. It could have been hours, or days. Chichi was still fast asleep. When Goku saw the door open, he felt a shimmer of hope for just a moment, and then that bone chilling fear came back. An old man with gray thinning hair walked through the door. But it wasn't him that scared Goku nearly out of his mind. It was the expression on that man's face.
Knowing that Chichi would want to be awake for this, Goku gently shook her shoulder. Slowly her eyes began to open, and she smiled at him. "Hello Goku. Where's Us-" Her face fell suddenly and Goku knew she was only just remembering what had happened to their little girl.
Trying to keep her from falling apart on him again Goku kept hold on her hand. "I'm sure she's going to be just fine. This kind man just walked in, and I'm sure he's going to tell us what's going on."
The doctor's face didn't change when the two worried parents turned to him. "I really hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I really don't know how to break this to you gently." He took a deep breath, trying to gather himself together. "But we think that your daughter has a very rare sickness."
Goku tried to will his face to be calm and steady. He didn't want to break down.not yet. He was too strong. "What is it?" He asked gruffly.
The doctor's face had now gone completely expressionless. He had done this many times before, but it was never easy. Especially when it was just a child. "I think that we may need to keep Usagi here overnight, despite your request to leave as soon as the baby was born. You see, we're not positive, but I think there might be a chance your daughter has leukemia." Chichi gasped, and Goku clutched tighter onto her hand. "But worries me especially is where it is located. I'm not positive, but I think that it might be in, or near her heart. What's dangerous about this is that the heart is the central part of the body, and as of yet there it no known cure. I'm sorry to have to tell you this. You seem like nice people, and I really hate to give nice people bad news."
With a nod the doctor left to allow them time to assimilate the information. Goku gathered his wife up in his arms, and allowed her time to cry. His own eyes were completely dry, as he started out in space, unable to believe that this was happening to them to Usagi. She wasn't even a day old yet, what would life be like for her? How could this be happening.?
In the distance a baby cried.