Fanfic by Blueroseulan
November 5, 2005
AN: Okay… tada! It's the birth scene guys! I just thought it would be more dramatic if Kenshin delivered his own baby… Oh well…
Okay, okay, I'll stop my blabbering:;walks away mumbling:
RK doesn't belong to me.
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Previously:
"B-but…" he trailed off, frantically watching the pelting rain on her window. "I… we can't possibly go t-to the h-hospital right now…" She cut him off with another yell.
"KENSHIN NO BAKA! I KNOW THAT! YOU HAVE TO DELIVER OUR BABY, HERE… RIGHT… NOW! AND I MEAN RIGHT NOW!"
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Kenshin staggered back, shock and fear written on his face. "Kaoru, are you out of your mind! I absolutely know nothing about women and childbirth! Wait... um… let m-me th-think of something…" he stuttered, pacing around in a frenzied manner, tension, nervousness and excitement showing in his face. "The-there must b-be something I can do…" he muttered, wringing his hands and almost forgetting that his wife was actually wincing in pain. "I co-could contact Sanosuke and ha-have us fetched by the company helicopter…"
"KENSHIN DAMMIT! IF YOU DON'T QUIT YOUR BLUBBERING NOW, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!" She screamed as another wave of contractions hit her making her grip the kitchen sink so tight her knuckles turned white.
Her voice, louder than the pelting rain outside, was enough to shake him from his frenzied stupor. Rushing towards his wife, in a panicked voice he asked her the most important thing to do first.
"Put some old rags and old clothes of mine atop my bed then carry me there. This is going to be messy." she declared, nodding in approval as she watched the poor red head dash madly back and forth piling rags and blankets on the bed. Wincing loudly when she felt him carefully lift her of the ground, she dug her nails hard on his arm as she let out a loud scream.
Settling her on the bed with shaking hands, for a moment, he tried to still himself, conditioned his mind not to panic as she was doing so. That's right… Kaoru's having a fit already. If she sees me all shaky and panicked, it would only make things worst… Nodding inwardly, he then told her, in a much steadier and firmer voice to take a deep breath.
"That's it Kaoru. Don't panic. Panicking will only make the pain worst." he said, smoothing a hand over her sweat- mopped forehead. She bit her lip and allowed her gaze to connect with his. By merely gazing at one another, a silent agreement had been made: They had to trust the other for Kaoru and the baby to survive. Her grip tightening on its hold on the covers, Kaoru gritted her teeth and bit her lip to drown out any scream that threatened to erupt from her throat anytime.
Amethyst eyes watched helplessly as she struggled hard to contain each cry of pain. He wanted to do something... Something that would help and fight off the feelings of helplessness and uselessness that were fast rising on his chest. But what could he do? He knew nothing of childbirth. One thing was clear to him though: Women died of childbirth and Kaoru was of no exception.
STOP! A voice in him yelled. Now is not the time to think of those kinds of thoughts. For now, focus on helping Kaoru deliver your own child.
"K-KENSHINN!" she screamed, arms flailing to catch his in a death like grip. Beads of sweat were well over rolling on her face, mingling with the tears that had sprung in her eyes.
"Kaoru…"he whispered, thoughts turning dark. There was so many blood… on her legs, the bed, the floor… "You can do it… We can do it." he emphasized, squeezing her arm in a reassuring manner, wincing slightly when he felt her nails claw at his skin.
The rains and the storm waged on, never stopping, never ceasing, but even as hours had passed and the clock ticked shortly after five in the morning, both had not yet moved from their position and Kaoru still found herself struggling in the painful depths of labor.
"What time is it?" she managed to gasp out as she felt him cool her forehead with a wet towel.
"Fifteen minutes past five in the morning." he replied, smoothing the hair that was pasted on her cheeks.
"Oh great… I just wish we fini—DAMMIT KENSHIN! THAT HURTS!" She screamed, her head rolling from one side to another. "The pains are coming real close now… it would be over soo—ITTAAII!"
His hand shook and his legs strangely felt wobbly as he stood up to ready the warm water and the spare cloths he had prepared. When he came back, Kaoru was more than ready to deliver her child.
Settling himself on the foot of her bed, gently, he commanded her to take deep intakes of breath before advising her to push.
And push she did.
Screaming out his name between gritted teeth and bitten lips, Kaoru gripped the blankets forcefully as she prepared for another onset of pain.
"KK—KENSHINN!" she panted out, pushing with all her might.
He nodded, beads of perspiration forming on his forehead. "That's it love. Just continue pushing… That's it…" his tone sounded strangely reassuring, not as frightened and as nervous as before.
She pushed and pushed and though she did, Kaoru slowly felt her energy ebbing away. Breath coming out in short quick raspy pants, inwardly, she wondered if everything was really worth her pain. His voice was slowly becoming distant, a faint sound only echoing at the back of her mind.
She's not going to make it…His mind frantically reeled. It was more than obvious that Kaoru could not go on. Her breathing was irregular and her face was slowly coloring deathly pale. She still tried hard—yes—with every command to push that he told her and yet—he could sense that her energy was deserting her.
"Kenshin…" she murmured in between desperate breaths of air. He nodded, despite his own fear and despondency. "You can do it Kaoru… we can do it. I just need you to push hard. Really hard. You can do it Kaoru. You have to."
Hazy sapphire eyes cloudy with pain flickered with emotions. "That's it Kaoru. Push harder… I see the head! Push Kaoru! Push!" he coaxed her, voice laced with anticipation and fear.
With the last spurt of her remaining energy, Kaoru gathered all the force she could muster and pushed as hard as she could, a scream ripping out from her that reverberated well over the whole compound.
Collapsing back to the bed, for a split second Kaoru thought she heard a loud cry of an infant. But she was vaguely aware of it for the moment her back connected to the bed, she felt her last ounce of strength fade and soon, everything became black.
It's finished…
The body of the infant felt wonderfully warm in his toweled hands. Though his shriek was loud and ear splitting, for Kenshin, it was yet the most beautiful sound he had ever heard in his entire life. Cutting the umbilical cord with shaking hands, he was just about to settle the wailing child in its mother's arms when he suddenly became aware that Kaoru was neither moving nor breathing.
Mind exploding in a state of panicked frenzy, his first impulse was to place the infant on the safe side of the bed and rush to the stilled woman. Hand automatically whipping to feel her pulse, he gave a quick sigh of relief when he felt that it was still there. It was very very faint and it was weaker than how he would like to be—but nevertheless it was still there. He thought of the next most logical thing to do and the first thing that entered his mind was to get his phone from his pocket and dial the number that was first registered on his phone list.
"Moshi Moshi Sanosuke?"
A gruff sleepy voice answered form the other end of the line.
"Kenshin is that you! Hell man, do you have any idea what time it is?" he was obviously grumpy for being woken up from his sleep.
"I don't care. I need you to do something for me." There was this kind of panic and despair in his voice that made the other man serious enough.
"What is it?"
Kenshin spared the windows one last look, frowning when he noticed that the storm wasn't letting up. I know it nearly impossible… but it's the only way…
"Sano, I need you to get the company helicopter for me."
"WHAAT! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE MAN! IN THIS STORM? NO WAY!"
He growled. "Sano, I'm the owner of the company and you do what I say. I NEED THAT NOW."
"Where are you?" Even though he and the red head were close friends, Sanosuke knew that when Kenshin used that hostile voice he had used now, something was terribly wrong.
"In Tokyo, in a building near the Akabeko, just a few streets away from ours. It's old and shabby. There's an alley leading to it. I doubt if you'd miss it. A deep flood has stranded us in Kaoru's building and she's just given birth…"
Sano knew the place his boss was talking about, but though he did—he was very much aware that what Kenshin was asking him to do was no easy thing. "Kenshin, are you out of your mind! There's no helipad in there! Where would we land the 'copter?"
Throwing a desperate look on the woman who lay unmoving on the bed and the squirming baby beside her, Kenshin finally snapped. "I FUCKING DON'T CARE! JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" he stopped. "AND FOR GODS'SAKE, HURRY! KAORU MIGHT DIE ANYTIME!"
"Fine. I'm on my ay. I'll bring a medical team too. You just tell Jou-chan to hang on."
TBC…
AN::sweatdrops: uhm… what do you think of the birth sequence : I hope it didn't suck…
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