Riiiiiiing!

"Mama!"

"Could you please answer it, Nori? I'm cooking!"

"'Kay." Click. "T'kaishi res'dence. Who is it please?"

"Nori? It's Ken. Is your mother or father there?"

"Dad's at work 'n Mama's busy. Can I take a message?"

"Uh, yeah. Could you tell her that Yolei is in labor? And that we're at the hospital?"

"'Kay. Bye."

Nori hung up and walked into the kitchen. He knew what the word 'labor' meant. Grown-Ups had used that word a lot when his cousins were born. He had asked his mother what it meant one evening at bedtime. After looking surprised at this sudden question, she has answered that it meant 'hard work.'

"Who was that on the phone, Nori?" Kari asked as she stirred a pot on the stove.

"Uncle Ken," Nori replied, "He said that Aunt Yo-ee is working."

That's odd, thought Kari, I thought Yolei was on maternity leave. Huh.

"Hello, Davis. Thanks so much for watching Sam while Yolei and I are at the hospital." Ken and Sam let themselves in when Davis backed away from the door.

"Hey, no big deal," Davis replied. Actually, it was a big deal. Davis was still very serious about soccer, and today had been a hard all-day practice with his team. Davis was really tired and ached all over, and wanted nothing more than to collapse on the couch with a remote control and a tall glass of lemonade. But he didn't say this to Ken. He said instead, "I'd rather be here doing something that will help you two than at the hospital on the hard floor doing nothing."

"Well, thanks. But, you know, you wouldn't have to come to the hospital this time." After sitting in the hospital for hours five times in a row waiting for babies to make their first appearances, every one of the digidestined had agreed that they would come to the first childbirth of a couple. After that, the couple did not need moral support anymore, and no one had to feel pressured to come.

"Yeah, but I'd rather not risk it," Davis smiled as Ken gave him instructions on how to take care of Sam (He'll eat almost anything, bedtime's at eight, he wears a Pull-Up at night, et cetera, et cetera), then let Ken out the door. "Good luck, man," he told his friend.

"Thanks. You too."

You too? Davis looked at Sam. Why did he need luck? It's just an innocent little kid.

After dinner the phone rang again. TK and Kari were doing dishes, so Nori picked up the phone again. "T'kaishi res'dence. Who is it please?"

"Nori, it's Ken again." Nori smiled. 'Ken again.' That rhymed! "Listen, I need you to tell your parents that Yolei's contractions are very irregular. If this keeps up, we may have to have an emergency C-section. Can you tell them that?"

But Ken had lost poor Nori at the contractions. What the heck were contractions? Hmm… wait! In that movie with the five kids and all the chocolate, the kids had to sign a contract at the very beginning! 'Contract' and 'contraction' sounded alike. Nori knew that sometimes words that sounded alike meant the same thing. 'Phone' is short for 'telephone,' 'fridge' is short for 'refrigerator,' and 'contract' is short for 'contraction!' It made perfect sense! Nori beamed at his brilliance. "'Kay, Uncle Ken. I'll tell them." He hung up.

"What is it, Nori?" TK asked.

"Aunt Yo-ee is signing a contract."

His parents exchanged confused looks. "Maybe I'd better call…" Kari dried off her hands and dialed a few numbers. There was no answer at the Ichijoji house, and Ken's cell phone was busy. Oh well. If it was important, they'd know sooner or later.

Riiiiiiing!

"Hi, Mimi, it's Ken."

"Ken? What's happening?"

"Yolei is not doing well. We may have to get an emergency C-section."

"Oh no! We'll be right over!"

"Nonsense, Mimi, we're fine. You don't need to come."

"But I'll worry all night if I don't! Izzy and I are coming."

"Okay, thanks. We appreciate the support."

"Just curious, what did you do with Sam?"

"Oh, Davis volunteered to watch him."

"Oh, all right. See you soon!"

Davis looked around his living room, which was now full of three children and two infants. It was the most curious thing, he'd gotten a call from Ken and Yolei, and then children just started appearing! Davis had volunteered for one. He had had no idea that they multiplied this quickly.

"Okay, kids! Who wants pizza?"

It was almost ten o'clock when TK and Kari finally answered their own phone. Well, actually, Kari answered it, and the conversation that TK heard went like this:

"Hello?" Kari began, "Oh hi! …What? …What are you talking about? …She is? …You did? …What? …What? …No! No, we'll be right there!" Kari hung up and told a very confused-looking TK what was going on.

"How come you didn't tell me that Yolei was in labor?" TK asked as he picked up a very sleepy Nori.

"I didn't know! Ken called, but Nori must not have understood what Ken was talking about." She buckled her son into his car seat.

"Speaking of Nori, what are we going to do with him?"

Davis collapsed onto his bed. Soda and children did not mix. He stored this bit of information into his memory for future use. But after the sugar had run it's course, it was fairly easy to get the kids to bed. And his house made it out of the sugar rushes almost in one piece! Davis sighed and sunk into his pillow.

Knock knock.

Oh no. Please no.

Knock knock.

He groaned and got up. When he answered the door, he groaned again.

"Not another one!"

"Thanks for watching Nori, Davis. We're just so worried about Yolei, you know?" TK laid his son down on the blankets that Sam, Amane, and Ren were already sleeping on.

"Uh, Davis? You may want to keep the babies in your room," Kari motioned toward the baby-carriers the infants were sleeping in, "or you'll never hear them if they cry."

"Who says I want to hear them cry," Davis mumbled grumpily, but put the babies on his dresser after Kari and TK left. At least Nori was already asleep.

Finally! He thought, I can get some rest!

Yeah right.

Fifteen minutes later, Rini started crying. Davis picked her up right as Kai started to whimper, but by the time Davis and Rini were out of the room, Kai had fallen back to sleep.

Rini quieted down once she was picked up, but kept whining right in Davis's ear. Let's see… Sora and Tai had left some formula here… Davis shuffled around with Rini on his shoulder. He heated up the bottle (burning himself on the stove, he had to clap his hand over his mouth to keep from swearing out loud) and finally sat down to feed the baby, only to find that she had fallen asleep.

Davis's eyes narrowed and he looked ready to explode, but he just threw out the warm formula and tiptoed into his room. It seemed that he had just closed his eyes when-

"Uncle Davis?"

Davis's eyes cracked open.

"I had a bad dream!" Nori began to cry.

"Aw, come on, little man," Davis mumbled, "Don't cry."

"I'm scared! Can I sweep wif you?"

"If you'll let me sleep…" Nori crawled into bed and he sniffled for a while. Finally when he was quiet, Davis drifted off again…

"Uncle Davis?"

Not again!

"I had an accident!" Sam whined.

Oh crap. At least he was wearing his Pull-Up.

"I'm wet, Uncle Davie!"

"Me too!"

All three children burst into tears.

Oops. Davis forgot the Pull-Up.

Off went the children's clothes and they were ushered into the tub. A half hour of splashes and three oversized T-shirts later, the kids were sitting on Davis's bed.

"Now you three-"

"Waaaaaaah!"

"Just a sec." Kai needed her diaper changed. Davis had had enough of that to last a lifetime, but it had to be done. He took her out and changed her. Of course, when he came back in, all four children were sound asleep on his bed.

Why me? He silently asked the sky. He took the babies into the living room and sat down on the couch. No sooner had he done so that Rini started crying again. She wanted the formula Davis had thrown away. And she wanted it now. She screamed in Davis's ear the whole time he made another bottle. Davis felt like screaming himself. He fed the baby and she dropped off to sleep. Just as the first sunbeams appeared over the horizon, Davis finally got to sleep.

"Uncle Davie?"

Oh great. There were only two people in the world who called him 'Uncle Davie.' And at the moment, the only place he wanted to see either of them was at their own home.

His eyelids felt like lead, but he managed to open them up nevertheless. Two tousle-haired redheads stared down at him.

"Wake up, Uncle Davie! It's morning!" It was true. The sun was shining through the windows.

"And I have a new brother!" Sam shouted. Davis could see that he had the phone pressed up to his ear.

"Hey, kid, can I have that please?" Davis took the phone and talked to Ken for a while. "Hey buddy. Wow! Congratulations!" He covered the mouthpiece. "His name's Hiroshi!" He whispered to the kids. "Yeah, it's a great name," He told Ken, "So I guess you've been up all night, huh? Let me keep Sam here so you can get some sleep." Davis was too polite to give the little one back to Ken when he had been up at the hospital all night. "Just till the afternoon. No, I insist. Okay, you're welcome. Bye."

What have I done? Davis thought desperately.

"I have to go potty!" Nori squealed.

Davis decided, as he raced Nori to the bathroom, that he would never have kids.