Chapter 58: A Baby is Born!
Raimundo's P.O.V.
"OW!" I heard a scream from my room, I rushed over and saw Kimiko, laying on the bed; holding her stomach. "I think my water broke." She stammered. "Kimiko!" I took her in my arms and she cried. "It's hurting so bad!" I took the Golden Tiger Claws out of my monk out fit. "Golden Tiger Claws!" I screamed. The wind from the portal blew my hair, and Kimiko was still in my arms; crying harder. "Come on." I whispered to her. We both landed in a hospital. "I was expecting you!" Guess who said that? None other than Jack Spicer. "What are you doing here?" Kimiko spat. "I scheduled your appointment!" I snorted and walked through the doors. "Don't worry Kimiko, I'll be waiting in the other room." I told her. She nodded and another tear dripped down her face. I pushed through the doctors and sat down on a bench. My WIFE was having a BABY. I gasped then realized where I was, this was going to be so different. Another monk to the Temple? A baby...
Kimiko's P.O.V.
Another unbearable pain racked my body. A nurse was next to me, and she was looking worried. ""First time dear?" she asked. "Yes mam-" I yelped a little and the nurse held me still. "Now on the count of three you push, got it?" I nodded and more tears trickled down my face. "One... Two... Three!" I pushed, but the pain grew larger and I fell on the bed. "I can't do it!" I admitted. "You can, will it help if I get your husband?" The nurse offered. "Fine." Now I lay on a bed, drenched in sweat; and almost having a child. "How?..." I cried to myself. "Kim!" Raimundo came next me and wiped my tears away. "It hurts... It hurts." I repeated over and over again. "Yes, but won't it be nice to have a child? Do it for me Kimiko." This time I shivered. "You are strong Kim, I know you are. Push!" I did, and it hurt even more. "Can you see it?" I stuttered out. "Look! It's an adorable baby!" I felt a burden lifted off me, and the nurse wrapped a baby in a towel, and I collapsed on the bed. "Why did you ever get me pregnant Raimundo? I'm going to be very fat now." I noted. "But look at HER. Isn't SHE adorable?" Raimundo handed me the baby, and he was right the whole time. It was a girl, and her name was now Elinor.
"Yeah... Hm. Come as soon as you can... Sure. Bye." Raimundo hung up my cell phone while I gazed at the baby. "Was that hard or what?" Raimundo asked mockingly. "No it wasn't..." I lied. "Kim, you are married to me and you still don't know how to make it look like it was easy? Maybe this girl here will be a trickster!" He stroked the baby's cheek and I laughed, she had the most stunning green eyes. I looked up and saw the same ones looking back at me. "She has your eyes." I commented. Raimundo silenced me and kissed me passionately. "Love birds!" I heard Dojo call from the door. I broke away and grinned over to them. "Come look at Elinor!" Omi ran over and looked at the small bundle. "What is it? A doll?" he asked. "No, a child.. Look, it's Uncle Omi." I pointed over to Omi who became a shade of red. "And there's Uncle Clay, Aunt Jill, and Aunt Xian." I explained to her. I did think I saw smirk on her face; but it vanished as soon as it came. "Raimundo, did you see that?" I asked. "No? Did she pick her nose?" Raimundo said. I shook my head and turned my attention to everyone else. "Can I hold her?" asked Clay. "Sure." I replied. He cradled the little bundle of joy in his arms and touched her nose. "She's so cute..." He commented and passed her onto Jill.
It was Omi's turn to hold her. "Go ahead, she likes you." Elinor extended her tiny hands toward him, he smiled and held her. "She is most interesting..." Elinor laughed. Everyone gasped, she sounded so cute when she laughed. Then she leaned up, and spit on Omi's face. "Is that a way to show affection?" asked Omi. Elinor laughed again and Raimundo took her. "Look at the darling..." "She is a trouble maker, look at how her eyes glint, like yours." I pointed to him, they were twinkling. "So? Elinor needs to know these things." "Does not." I argued. "Well sorry! Look at her eyes more closely." He gave me Elinor, and I saw that she had tiny flecks of light blue in her eyes, and she had already grown some very long eyelashes, along with some black hair. "She looks just like you, except I prefer you." Raimundo said. "That's a rude thing to say!" I hissed. "Kimiko!" My mother ran through the doors and hugged me. "You have brought honor to our family!" My Papa came through the doors also and hugged me to and asked to hold the baby. "Okay." He took her in his arms and examined her. "She has your looks Kimiko, she looks like you when you were born; except without the green eyes."
Raimundo's P.O.V.
Now I had a daughter... This was one of my most blessed times. "Raimundo, we need to show Elinor the Temple!" Kimiko grabbed my hand and sped away. "You run fast!" "I like being free from that bed, now I can run and train!" Kimiko squealed and handed me the baby, then did a back flip. "You'll be burning off that fat in no time Kim, if you keep it at this rate!" I ran with Elinor to Dojo, she giggled again when Dojo super sized himself. "Never seen a dragon?" he asked her. Elinor made a sound, and it sounded like she said "Cool." Kimiko laughed and let the wind blow through her hair. "I'm free!" She screamed. "No need to be so loud about it!" I shouted back. "Look Elli, it's the Temple!" The Temple was in veiw, and Kim looked very excited. "It's my first time to be out in 8 months!" "Welcome to the world!" I yelled. "This will go down in history one day." Clay added. "Possible." Jill nodded her head and giggled with Xian. "This is a day to remember!" I exclaimed, no one could argue about that.
"Now we put the crib there and..." I was getting sick of this. Kim had been arranging things ever since we got back. "I think she's asleep." My kid was curled up in her bed. "That's so..." "Let me finish... I guess you were going to say cute?" I predicted. "Shh! She's sleeping!" Kimiko and I tip toed out of the room. "Now we are parents..." Kim broke the uncomfortable silence. "Ready to give it another go?" I smirked, and she snorted. "How about 'no not again'?" she suggested. "Perfect." I put my arm around her and lead her to the dinner table. "Now we can finally catch up on things... What happened while you were in a bed for months?" I asked. "You felt my emotions, so be quiet!" She walked over to the table her eyes lit up. "This seemed so long ago!" Kim smiled warmly at everyone and her bowl of rice quickly. "Why are you eating so fast? It's not that healthy..." "I need to go train, now!" Omi grinned and put up his chopsticks. "Now I know who will take my place as Master one day!" I frowned and glanced over to the happy, Kimiko.
Kimiko's P.O.V.
I couldn't help myself, there was so much training to do! "Kim! Want to go for another match? Without swords?" Raimundo popped out of no where and kissed me. "Charmed." I whispered. "So does that mean you will fight? I won't go easy." "I need to get all the energy I have been holding back..." My hands caught on fire and Raimundo clapped his hands and they went out. "Sometimes there are simple answers to hard questions." Raimundo teased. "You are only winning because you have Wind on your side!" I huffed. "Doesn't Wind sometimes make Fire bigger?" he asked. "Sometimes you are so complicated Raimundo." I said, this time I was beginning to walk away. "Kimiko! Didn't you want to go star gaze?" I stopped and turned around. "I thought you forgot." My voice was soft; he made that promise so long ago. "Would I ever forget?" I ran up to me and hugged me, then ran toward the hill. "You know what is visible now? Pegasus." Raimundo exclaimed and adjusted the telescope, he already put it there.
"So... Now we are together forever." I was laying in the grass, and the wind was swaying the trees. "Yeah. We have one daughter; and everything is perfect." Raimundo added. "One thing is missing though." I replied. "What thing? Did I leave something out?" he asked. "It was my wish at the waterfall, don't you remember? Everything didn't some true." His look saddened a little and he said "Does that wish have something to do with me?" "It does, it's a wish for both of us." Raimundo looked relieved. "I think we should check on Elinor." He kissed me, then got up and took my hand. "Such a gentleman." I laughed and he lead me over to the Temple. "Omi didn't bother to light the candles today..." Raimundo smirked. "Maybe he is slacking!" "Don't jump to conclusions stupid!" "Whoa. I feel WAY better." This time it was my turn to smirk. "Now what? Are you going to do something?" He was being his normal cocky self. "I'm just smirking you weirdo!" I mumbled. "Let's go inside." Omi opened the doors from the other side, followed by Xian. "Wondering when we would get back eh?" asked Raimundo.
"Actually we were going to go snog each other." Xian repsponded. Raimundo put a hand over his mouth and rocked back and forth. "Find something funny Raimundo? What is it?" asked Omi. "Never mind. Did you check on Elinor?" Xian nodded to my question. "She was drinking out of her milk bottle, isn't she the cutest thing?" "Oh here we go, now it's a thing." Raimundo replied. Two slaps for him. "Now where did that name Elinor come from? The name has a nice ring to it..." Xian looked over to us thoughtfully. "It was Raimundo's name... I didn't know how he got it." He shrugged and stepped inside the door. "I would rather not see Omi and Xian... Do stuff." Three slaps for him. "What were those slaps for?" he asked. "For being rude. Now let's move!" I shoved him past the door and waved to Xian and Omi. Raimundo and I went over to the crib (It is in Raimundo's room...My room.) "She's such an angel..." Elinor opened her eyes and smiled. "Hello little girl..." I lifted her up in my arms. "This is a change, Kimiko not mean." Raimundo said. "Hush! Now she is going to sleep again!" That was true, her eyelids were closing again; and she didn't even cry. "This child will be very special..." I whispered. "Why?" "She will have the Wind and Fire element put together..." Raimundo cocked an eyebrow and I slipped into my bed. "Coming?" "Yes..." He out his arms around me and I thought: 'This is the day of my kid's birth.' Then I fell asleep.