Krystal watched her mother's belly grow bigger and bigger every month. She had, of course, seen this with Sam but it still seemed weird seeing her usually slim mom with a big belly.

Her father wasn't allowing Yumi to do much and she was lucky she was allowed to do the dinner.

Krystal knew her mother was fed-up of her father doing everything because her mom was playing board games with her all the time, usually the only time that that happened was when Krystal was ill, so her mother kept her entertained.

Month by month ticked away. Eventually Yumi cracked and yelled at Ulrich to let her do something; he gave in and allowed her to do the washing. Krystal watched the baby's bedroom eventually be completed. The colour of the walls was sky blue; the furniture was pine; the blankets and pillows white. They had requested not to be told what sex their baby was, purely on the basis of Yumi's Japanese tradition.

Yumi was putting washing into the washing machine, one of the jobs Ulrich had allowed her to do, when she felt a sudden pull in her stomach. Another one followed shortly after and again and again, each one gaining in strength. She knew what was happening. The baby was coming three weeks early. She quickly reached for the phone and rang Ulrich's mobile and yelled 'IT'S ON ITS WAY!" before hanging up and ringing for an ambulance.

Ulrich got there two minutes before the ambulance did and found Yumi on the floor with a puddle around her meaning that her waters had broken.

As soon as Ulrich heard the ambulance he let them in and allowed them to carry Yumi into the back of the ambulance. Each contraction seemed to be causing Yumi more pain. When a particularly strong contraction caused her to scream she yelled to Ulrich:

"YOU DID THIS TO ME!" causing the paramedics to laugh.

Ulrich laughed with them, "she said that with our first"

Yumi grabbed hold of Ulrich's hand, who stroked her hand with his thumb. Another contraction, another scream; this however caused Ulrich to feel the pain too as Yumi dug her nails into Ulrich as she tried to withstand the pain she was going through.

4 hours later and Ulrich and Yumi had a new addition to their family; A little boy. They named him Kaiser after Ulrich's granddad. Kaiser Hiroshi Stern. Ulrich looked down upon his son with pride and love.

"I'd better ring Odd and tell him to bring Krystal up to the hospital for us" Ulrich whispered.

Yumi nodded but was still gazing down on her son.

'Kaiser Hiroshi Stern' she thought.

His name kept ringing through her ears and suddenly realised something. Both of her children had the same initials; Kaiser Hiroshi Stern and Krystal Hope Stern.

She smiled at this coincidence. She had a perfect little family now; her, Ulrich, Krystal and Kaiser.

Yumi looked down into her sons eyes and recognised them as her husband's eyes as well as Krystal's. They were the most beautiful eyes anyone could ever ask for, and Yumi knew that Kaiser would break hearts one day with his eyes, just as his father had done to many girls in high school.

Ulrich walked back into Yumi's room quietly and looked down at Kaiser again. Yumi told him of the initials and he simply laughed muttering something along the lines of 'meant to be'.

Krystal walked into the room holding her fathers hand and quietly whispered:

"Hello Mommy"

Krystal stood quiet still and the gang simply watched her.

"Kaiser is in your mom's arms, honey" Ulrich encouraged her

Krystal nodded and walked forward, not letting go of Ulrich's hand.

She looked down at her baby brother with amazement, awe and astonishment shining through her eyes.

Krystal seemed to gain confidence as she let go of her fathers hand and gently wrapped her finger around his her brother's hand.

"Hi Kaiser, I'm your big sis Krystal" she whispered down at him.

Odd, Sam and Twinkle had waited outside to allow Krystal to see her little brother alone with her family. They came into the room when Ulrich popped his head around the door and told them to come and see Kaiser.

Not long after Odd, Sam and Twinkle had "Aww"ed their way at Kaiser, Jeremie, Aelita and Ansel came to visit them too. After about what seemed like a thousand 'aww's' they left Ulrich, Yumi and Kaiser alone; Krystal left with Twinkle as Yumi and Kaiser had to stay in the hospital over night for tests and Ulrich was going to stop with them too, despite Yumi's protests.

The next evening, Ulrich, Yumi and baby walked into their house to find the gang already waiting there for them.

Yumi looked pleasantly surprised but Ulrich simply grinned.

"Thanks for making sure the house was warm, Odd" Ulrich laughed.

A look that said I-should-have-known spread across Yumi's face as she placed Kaiser in his crib next to the fireplace, Krystal came over straight away and started whispering to her brother; Yumi smiled and sat down next to her husband and joined in with the gangs chat.

After about an hour of mindless talk Aelita commented on something that the rest of the gang, minus Ulrich and Yumi, had picked up on:

"Kaiser is a quiet baby, isn't he?"

Yumi nodded but when Aelita gave her a look of confusion, she answered her more fully.

"Well it makes perfect sense, when I was a baby I hardly cried, neither did Ulrich and Krystal was the same, its genetics, isn't it?"

"Oh" was the only word available from any of them.

Yumi looked at Ulrich's watch and noticed that it had gone past 11pm.

"Krystal, its past your bed time" Yumi said sternly.

Krystal, though grudgingly, left the living room and travelled up to her bedroom.

Twinkle, Serenity and Ansel were already asleep on their parents' laps which caused Odd, Sam, Jeremie and Aelita to leave so that their children could get some comfortable sleep.

After 30 minutes of comfortable silence of Yumi just lying down in Ulrich's arms, she decided that the last tradition of bringing the baby home was to be completed.

"Come on Ulrich, let's take Kaiser to bed now" She smiled tiredly

Ulrich nodded and helped Yumi off the sofa. Yumi collected Kaiser from his cot and carefully carried her baby up the stairs with Ulrich's arm wrapped around her waist.

Kaiser had woken up a bit while being carried to his room so when he was placed in this bigger cot, he wondered what was happening. Ulrich and Yumi smiled at one another. Yumi began to sing a well-known Japanese lullaby to her son:

"nen nen cororiyo, ocororiyo

boya wa yoiko da, nen ne shina

boya no omori wa, doko e itta
ano yama koete, sato e itta

sato no miyage ni nani morota
den den daikon ni, sho no fue"

Which when translated into English means:

Go to sleep, go to sleep

You are a good boy, go to sleep

Where did your nanny go
she crossed over a mountain and went to her village?

What souvenir did you get from her village

a small drum and a flute.

Yumi expected to receive these gifts from her mother, Kaiser's grandmother when she received the letter telling her of the birth of Kaiser. It was tradition in Japan for grandmothers to buy a small drum and a flute to their grandson. Yumi knew it would come soon.

Ulrich and Yumi watched Kaiser's eyes stat to flicker; sleep drifting its way into him. Kaiser's eyes finally shut and gentle even breaths emitted from his slightly open mouth.

Yumi climbed into bed with Ulrich a few minutes after leaving Kaiser's room.

"You glad it's a boy?" Yumi asked

"Yeah I am, a little guy I can teach Soccer" Ulrich grinned.