"Girl."

"Boy."

"Girl!"

"Gatomon, we've already been over this!" Patamon exclaimed, exasperated. "Dr. Greystone said that Kari and TK's baby is a boy! That means that our baby is a boy too."

"Not necessarily!" Gatomon argued. "A digimon can be the opposite gender than its partner. What about Yolei, huh? Hawkmon's a guy."

"Right. That's happened once in- how many partners are there in this group again? Oh yeah. Nineteen! Besides, a guy has never had a girl digimon partner before."

"It could happen!"

"Where's Nori?" Nyaromon interrupted.

"Nori went with his mommy to the hospital, honey," Gatomon informed him, her tone changing immediately. "They went to deliver Kari's baby."

"How come Nori gets his baby brother before I get mine?" Nyaromon pouted.

"Actually, the babies will be here at about the same time. Kari left a while ago, and she seemed ready to pop then. So the egg should hatch pretty soon," Gatomon then added, "And you might get a baby sister."

"Mommy's wrong," Patamon whispered to his son, "It will be a boy."

"How dare you fill our child's head with such lies!" Gatomon accused.

"She's in denial." Patamon shook his head.

"Or maybe 'she's' just right." Gatomon glared at him. "And 'he' won't admit it."

"But I thought that Mommy was always right," Nyaromon said.

"That's my boy!" Gatomon beamed.

"Which one is your boy? Nyaromon, or the one in the egg?" Patamon asked, then ducked a playful blow from his wife.

"Um, Mom?"

"You mark my words! It will be a girl."

"Mommy?"

"Oh right. And how would you know that for sure?"

"Mother's intuition," Gatomon answered smugly.

"MOM!" Nyaromon yelled. Both of his parents turned toward him, surprised.

"What is it, honey?"

"Something's happening to the egg," Nyaromon stated matter-of-factly.

It was true. The egg had started to vibrate.

"Some mother's intuition. Can't even notice that your egg is hatching." Patamon smirked. Then his expression changed. "Oh my gosh! Our egg is hatching!"

The family watched as the shaking began to concentrate on one spot and it began to crack. The crack grew horizontally around the middle of the egg until it was almost a full circle, like the top of the egg was a sort of lid.

"Wait!" Gatomon suddenly cried. "Maybe Nyaromon shouldn't be watching this. Do you think it's too graphic?"

Patamon stared. "It's an egg! Of course it won't be too graphic!"

"I wanna see," Nyaromon stated.

"But I think…"

"Too late!" Patamon motioned toward the egg. The crack was complete. Gatomon edged forward and gently took the top off the egg. Patamon and Nyaromon crowded around and peeked in. A quivering white ball lay at the bottom. Patamon reached in and lifted it out. "What the-" he said.

"Ah-ha!" Gatomon yelled triumphantly.

"It's a GIRL!" Patamon cried in disbelief.

"I KNEW it!" Gatomon cheered. "In your face! Hey, Beautiful, I'm your mommy," she cooed, "We've been waiting for you."

"But that's impossible! A boy with a girl digimon has never happened before. Unless…"

The phone ringing interrupted Patamon. He picked it up. TK's voice came over the line.

"Patamon, you will never believe what happened!"

Patamon looked toward Gatomon, who was showing Nyaromon his baby sister. "Um, I think I will."

"But Dr. McKnight, Dr. Greystone said the baby would be a boy!" TK argued.

"Well, whatever Dr. Greystone said, that baby is a girl." Dr. McKnight looked at the amazed stares coming from Tai and TK. " Doctors make mistakes too! We ARE human!"

"You're not supposed to be human! You're not supposed to make mistakes! If we can't count on doctors to be right, then who can you count on?" Tai yelled. "And how do you know that's a girl? I mean, you DO make mistakes and all…"

"Actually, I'm pretty sure about this one," the doctor replied.

"I'm not sure about much of anything anymore!" Tai exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air.

"Calm down, Tai!" TK said. "From what I hear, you've yelled at enough people today."

"Personally, I couldn't be happier." Kari spoke up. "One boy, one girl, one perfect family."

Tai stopped. "You're okay with this?"

"Of course. I love my baby whether it's a boy or girl."

"Oh…" he said uncomfortably, "Well, uh…" He looked toward Dr. McKnight. "Those… are nice shoes."

"I forgive you." Dr. McKnight walked past Tai to check Kari's charts.

"Now hang on! I didn't say-"

"Ah!" Dr. McKnight interrupted. "The lady of the hour returns!" He took Kari and TK's daughter from the nurse and handed her to Kari.

TK went to the side of the bed and they gazed at the infant in her arms. Her short wispy hair was light blond and when she opened her eyes, they shone light blue.

"So now we need a name." Dr. McKnight looked expectantly at the threesome.

"A name?" They hadn't even thought about names.

"Why do you look so worried?" Tai asked. "You already picked out a name!"

"We did?" TK and Kari looked at each other, puzzled.

"Yeah." Tai looked uncertain now. "You were going to name her 'Tai.'"

"Um, Tai, that was when we thought she was a boy," Kari reminded him gently.

TK saw Tai's disappointed look. "But I'll tell you what, Tai. We'll let you name the baby."

"We will?" Kari stared at her husband. "Are you sure?"

"Yeah. He was such help today, and I believe Tai will pick a wonderful name for our daughter. She's his niece, after all."

"Wow, really? Any name I want?" asked Tai, a mischievous gleam in his eye.

"Within reason!" Kari corrected quickly. She knew him too well not to catch the look. "This is serious, Tai. Be realistic."

Tai thought for a moment. "When I went to soccer camp as a kid," he started slowly, "I knew this girl named Akima. I think that is the prettiest girl's name I've ever heard. Aside from Rini, of course." He added quickly.

"Akima Takaishi…" Kari said slowly, looking fondly at the infant in her arms.

"It has a nice ring to it," TK stated.

"Akima it is." Dr. McKnight started scribbling on his clipboard.

"Now the only issue is her room," Kari said.

TK gasped. "My blue walls!"

"Um, maybe you could paint clouds on it," Tai suggested, "Make it like a sky?"

"No way," Kari disagreed, "The room is baby blue, not sky blue."

"There's a difference?" TK wondered.

"There is if you're a girl." Tai clarified.

"Oh, and there's some crazy guy outside. He claims he's your…friend or something," Dr. McKnight said, "I personally don't believe him, but-"

"Oh come on, McKnight!" Joe said as he walked in. "You know darn well who I am!" He turned to TK and Kari. "I brought someone who is very anxious to see his new baby brother."

"Sister," Tai corrected.

"That too," Joe responded without thinking. "Wait. What?"

"Long story," Kari laughed. "Nori, dear! You can come in now!"

The brown-haired boy peeked shyly into the room. With a nod of reassurance from his mother, he ran into the room and climbed on the hospital bed.

"Honey, this is your baby sister, Akima." Kari said gently.

"Wow." Nori was in awe as he stared at his sister. "She's so teeny-tiny."

"That's for convenience." TK teased. "She's travel size. When we go on vacation, all we have to do is pop her in a suitcase."

"TK!" Kari scolded.

"Naw, she's too cute to put in a suitcase." Tai gently stroked Akima's face. "It'll have to be a duffel bag."

"Tai!" Kari was appalled.

But Nori wasn't listening. He studied Akima a little more. Then he looked up at his mother.

"I wike her," he said, "Can 'Kima live with us forever?

Kari beamed. "Yeah," she said, "She can live with us forever."

Akima gurgled.

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