Epilogue Part 1: The Importance of Two

2 Years Later (Kai and Emily are 26)

"Two Years Kai, can you believe it, two years?" Emily said happily walking around and making breakfast at 7 sharp like everyday.

"Yes I can, I lived with you for the two years, what's so amazing about two?"

"Two is a number that plays an important part in our life, two years after the first world championship to the second, to when I met you, to we went to school, two years at school, two years later we got endangered and here we are two more years later; and it's the number representing us, two people, a pair." She said happily, I knew that two was important but asking her is very interesting.

"What do you expect to happen this year?" I asked.

"Nothing but the impossible, trust me every time I think I can guess I am a lot off, all I know is the best times of our lives are even numbered ages, and this is one, so it's got to be good."

The phone rang, "I take care of breakfast, you go answer the phone." People never called to talk to me so if they called I'd take over whatever she was doing and she'd answer, it was how it worked at our house.

"Hey Sam, so what's up?" I heard Emily screaming, and I walked in there annoyed, also a bit concerned, she doesn't usually scream, unless she was happy or in danger, so I was prepared for either one. Sam and Kaelan were staying at the center daily because Sam been working all night with Kaelan for practice and most nights fell asleep in front of the bey-dish; usually she stayed at our house but for the two weeks she had stayed there.

"What's wrong?"

"Sam and Kaelan are engaged."

"Tell them congratulations from me." She did, we told them almost 6 years ago when they were 13 that one day they'd get married, I wouldn't have guessed it would be today. With them being just like Emily and I, I knew that it would be great for them. They were 21 and fully capable of taking care of each other, they've known each other since they were 10.

Emily returned to the kitchen, finished up the food, served and we sat down. The league gave us Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday off and today being Monday, also Emily's favorite day of the week, the whole thing with two, meant we had to go to work. We worked only from 8-3 at the league where we beybladed professionally, I bladed while Emily did on occasion, her skills topped all on the team and ours as hard as we tried just stayed the same, never bettered another. Emily usually ran analyzing the other team's beyblade, strategies, and repairs which she liked, she got to blade during the championships and some other battles where she was our secret weapon but she didn't prefer that, she never did like competing, we liked to just stay on the bench and waiting to be needed to show off, we still do.

"So how are you Emily this morning, energetic is how you are but how do you feel?"

"Why do you ask, I feel normal."

"Just wondering, you're looking a bit pale."

"I should calm down I guess." I agreed and she sat down and ate. She barely touched her food, and except for that and her being more pale then normal you'd think she was fine. We walked over to the place, it was January and only a few weeks to the winter championships.

Emily happily accepted to a battle with Rick a mid-leveled beyblader on our team to prepare him for the championship. Emily's launch was a lot less then perfect, and was really lacking, her speed count was down and she was wobbling but her defenses were top notch, no one noticed they thought it was one of her famous strategies, and not her being sick. She tried to call out her bit beast but she couldn't, she was fighting and trying but something was wrong, he leg that she had surgery on seemed to be giving out, he knocked her blade out wish shocked her and she fell to the ground. "Kai!" I was already there, I should have told her to call in sick.

I picked her up and carried her to the stretcher that was in the aid center and they took her to be treated at the hospital, she said she was fine, she was talking and could walk but with that leg giving out no one on the team would risk it, especially not me.

I tied her down to the bed and she angrily fought back but in strength I won, especially at he weak state. I went back to practice, the doctor said she should rest and they'd run tests and to back to practice, I agreed and Emily was telling me too, she pushed herself and sometimes me too hard and I did the same thing to her and myself, it's always been that way.

The practice ended and we sat down in the lecture room where Emily would explain strategies once in a while. "So what do you think is wrong with Emily?" Kaelan asked.

"I don't know, she was as happy and sensible as she usually is this morning, she was just paler, I asked her about it she said she felt fine, she didn't eat much, that could be it but I wish she'd tell me." I said to Kaelan. Kaelan and Sam had joined the team once your 20 you can't beyblade on the younger teams, only the pros so they joined us. Sam was up with Emily. "So how'd you do it?" I asked interested in the way that he proposed.

"When I went on her room to check on her she was trying to find her blade which I had taken and then I knelt on one knee and on her blade was the ring she was mesmerized by it, she was so happy. So was I, she wasn't expecting it, she took it and set her blade on the dresser, put on the ring and wouldn't let me go, like I was leaving, it was funny how happy she was."

"She fainted when I proposed, she had a stroke." Kaelan fell out his chair laughing.

"How'd she manage that one?"

"She said she was so happy and something just snapped and she couldn't control her body and she had to force a stroke to stop her body from doing something stupid."

"Pretty amusing, so tell me the story, from beginning."

"I've told you so many times, don't you ever get bored." I complained.

"Just being annoying." I sighed.

"Well we had applied for jobs and then she got this amazing job in America similar to this one but she turned it down. I didn't understand…

"Typical Kai." Kaelan replied.

"…So she told me and her to write down everything that the other didn't know about them, we did and they both were letters committing our feelings for each other. So then we played around and then she was resting on top of me while kissing me, then I asked her to get off of me, and she did then I asked her, she fainted the next morning you remember when she came in."

"That was funny, very funny." I thought about and to a 13 year old kid how strange that would be. It would be very weird.

"You find an interesting way to propose, but you didn't know how she felt about you, why did you have the ring?"

"I'm not stupid Kaelan, I knew and I waited for it to come and had it in waiting, so then I just did."

"You and Emily have strange ways to show your affection." I shrugged, it didn't seem so strange then, and still doesn't to us, we do it all the time.

Sam and Emily came running down the stairs. "Kaelan, keys." Sam yelled.

"Where do you plan on taking Emily, Sam?" Kaelan asked suspicious.

"We're going to the hospital, stay here, we'll be back." Sam said snatching the keys and running off.

"Two very peculiar girls we have, right Kai." I laughed.

"Yeah, and we can't go anywhere, Emily has the keys to my locker in the team's locker bag. We can't go either." Kaelan sighed.

We got the janitor to open the locker and then I got my keys and then Sam ran in without Emily. "Where's Emily?" I asked concerned but not yelling, calm and strict.

"She's fine, I guess. We got everything taken care, Emily's at the house, she said to give you this key and tell everyone to come to the house, we're staying with you for a while Kai, okay?" I shrugged and followed Sam and Kaelan in their car.

We arrived at the house and then I walked into the living room. Emily was sitting there as happy and smiling as ever, she had an envelope in her hand, I sat next to her and she passed the envelope to me. I opened. Then I looked at her and Sam was about to jump on me.

"Tell me!" Sam yelled and Emily was surprised.

"I don't know, I was too nervous, ask Kai." I raised an eye brow at her. "I don't know tell me and her." Emily said nervously.

"Fine, but I don't know what it means." Emily sighed.

"I don't know and neither does Sam, I've never taken the test."

"What's the test, Kai?" I shrugged.

"It's a bunch of numbers, lines and other stuff. Sam, Emily what is the test for to start." Emily shrugged, and so did Sam. They new they were just nervous, scared or both. They knew they just didn't want to say.

"Kai, what are we going to do? They won't tell us, what do we do?"

"We call the doctor on the paper, and ask him." Emily looked at Sam nervously, then at me.

I talked for a while just nodding and normal conversation stuff and hanged up. They all looked at me, and I nodded. "Tell me, am I going to die?" I started laughing.

"Emily is going to die and you're laughing, you're so sensitive Kai." I stopped and straightened up, and whispered two words in her ear. She was about to faint but I held her and she was breathing hard, I held her and made sure she was okay. "Tell us, please."

"Fine, Emily's pregnant." Sam fell to the floor, and Kaelan looked at Sam and I think that they are related because from the look on Sam's face I'd say she was going to faint, similar to when the mention caused Emily to faint. Kaelan helped Sam to her chair, Sam was more pale then Emily was, and that was very pale. "Emily, did you know?" She shook her head, then I looked at Sam and realized they both were as unknowledgeable as Kaelan and I were on the subject.

"Sam and I are going to go upstairs and leave you and Emily alone. I think you need it." Kaelan said and took Sam by the hand and led her upstairs.

"You scared?" I asked. She nodded and held me tight, like when her life was on the line, it scared her, like she was a infant child not understanding, she felt sick but I think it was just nerves. "You'll be okay, I promise. You always have been." She was as helpless as a small child now, and it really did scare me too, her being scared like this.

"I'm really scared Kai." She held me as tight as she could. "I'm very scared."

"I don't know what to say Emily, what are you afraid of?" She sat up and laid her head on my shoulder.

"I'm not sure, I just am. I think it's of being a mother, I don't think I just can't."

"Understandable but don't worry," she looked at me confused. "You'll be a great mother, you just have to be strong, and you are but you have to take this new challenge and realize it's not a fear but just something that's a gift."

"I guess it is, the fact that a child is inside me scares me and always has, I'm afraid that's I'm be a bad parent and I'll hurt the child or endanger it, I wouldn't forgive myself if I accidentally did that."

"You're going to be a great mother Emily, calm down. Emily you're the most ready person in the world for this, I'm the one who's not. You're organized and you are perfectly healthy, energetic, nice and everything a child needs, we make a lot of money, they'll have anything they need, and we have plenty of time to spend with the child, and there are tons of kids for them to play with when they grow up, they can come to work with us, we're more ready then most, you're just afraid of what isn't there to worry about."

"I guess but… what if I can't?" Emily asked in fear of exactly what I feared too, I could lose her because she wasn't strong enough, she was very strong but like her mother and doctors had said, they were afraid she couldn't.

"You need faith Emily, I have great expectations of you, and this is one of them, you know you're strong, there is nothing you can't handle. You're very strong and this is something that you'll do because I need you, and so does the child." Emily nodded.

"You can come down, we're done." Emily yelled and Sam and Kaelan laughed as they came down. "Listening huh."

"We thought you'd be done, we picked a date for the wedding." Kaelan said.

"March 3rd, that's a year and three months from now." Emily and I started laughing. "What?" Sam asked.

"Emily has this whole thing about two, and now that I've noticed Sam has something about 3." Sam laughed, and nodded and Emily did too.

"This is one thing I shall never understand about girls." I nodded agreeing with Kaelan's statement.

"You two met when you're 10, you battle together when you're 13, when you were 16 you started beyblading on teams, when you're 19 you start dating, when you're 22 you're getting married, it's like a weird plan that you and Sam have in you're heads, it's also going to be the mark of three years since we got married."

"Girls are crazy." Sam smacked him and everyone laughed.

"Emily, and Kai, we'd like you a few questions." I nodded. "We'd like you two to be our brides maid and best man for the wedding." I looked at Emily, she looked worried.

"Emily are you okay?" Sam asked.

"She's afraid that if she has the baby she's going to die. I told her she'll be fine, she's just a little scared now."

"Emily, you'll be fine. I'm sure Kai's already told you that." Emily nodded.

"I told her, she's just scared. Emily, you'll be there for their wedding, I promise you that. I'll make sure of it." Kai kissed her and she took a deep breath. "We accept." Emily nodded.

"So how old will your child be then?" Kaelan asked.

"Seven, Eight months, they'll be very young."

"I'm sure they'll be so adorable." Sam said. I nodded and Emily smiled thinking about. I somehow wonder what they'll look like. Emily while liking the conversation about her child, was still nervous and didn't feel sick like a sickness but was scared and that's what made her sick. "Kaelan and I are going upstairs, Emily you should get some rest." She nodded, I walked her up to her bedroom.

I sat there and I really needed to talk to someone who had been a father before, who understood what I was going through, I wish my dad was alive. I'd never talk to my grandfather but I had a few choices, Ray who just had a child of his own a year ago, and Emily's father, because he understood her, maybe he couldn't explain her to me better. I think I might just call both. I took the cordless phone outside and called Ray.

"Hey Kai, how are you?"

"Fine, I need help."

"Emily in trouble again?"

"No, well sort of, more like well whatever. She's pregnant."

"Congratulations Kai, what's wrong with her?"

"She's fine, she has been pale but other than that she's been her normal self, she's just very scared, and shocked."

"You know before her?"

"Yeah, she was too scared, she broke down during practice and they gave her the test, but no one in our house could understand it so I called the doctor and he told me, I told her and Sam and Kaelan."

"So what is she afraid of, Mariah went through so many stages I forgot half of them."

"One, she's afraid she's going to die in process because her mother almost did and Emily is structurally in an unstable condition a lot. Two, she's afraid she's going to hurt the child, and not be a good mother."

"Sounds very normal, just take care of her, if she gets unstable they have clinics that are made for that to help her with her condition. The nerves will go away as soon as she sees the child, trust me, that's how Mariah was."

"I hope so, she's just right now like an innocent child, like I'm taking advantage of her."

"Wow, that's bad. Tell Emily to call Mariah if she ever needs anything, we're far but when she's about 2 months away call so Mariah can help."

"Thanks Ray."

"Take care Kai, the best thing is to make sure she's in good health and keep her happy, and don't let her do anything crazy, keep her calm, stress is the worst thing for her. And one thing, make sure she doesn't go too hard on the beyblading, I took away Mariah's blade, she was upset but now she understands, Emily might just be very angry and sad so be prepared."

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Bye."

"Bye Kai, take care." We hung up, all advice was good but taking away her blade is still going to upset her, she'll either be very sad, or very mad, both stressful, she has to stay in one piece."

I walked up into the bedroom and Emily was just lying in the bed watching something on her computer screen. I sat next to her and she had worrying face on. "Emily, can I see Tri-gator." She dropped her blade in my hand and she nodded. "You do know you're not getting this back for awhile."

"I want to, but I'm not sure it's for the best, if I couldn't do it this early, in a few weeks, how bad will I be then?"

"You're going to have to do something to keep up your strength, but you and I take beyblading to the next level beyond normal so we'll make sure you can handle all this but no stress, got it."

"Can I see her, I want to tell her." I never understood how she could communicate but she could, Tyson could by a bond, Emily used a chip, and through a bond. I handed her Tri-gator.

Emily's Viewpoint

/Hey Tri-gator, sorry about our loss today. / E

/You aren't doing so well, are you okay/T

/Kai assures me I'll be fine, I'm pregnant so that's what's wrong with me. /E

/That's great Emily, except I don't know what that is. /T

/How to explain, well… I can't really explain it. I'm having a baby. /E

/Oh, makes much more sense, I'm not so good with human terms, but that I understand. /T

/Kai has to take you away from me for a while. /E

/Why/T

/Because if I get stressed out during a battle like this morning, I could endanger my life, or they baby's. /E

/I understand, it's best for both of you. /T

/I'm going to miss blading for the next few months. /E

/How many/T

/8 more. /E

/A long time. /T

/Yeah, Kai is going to be here for me, taking care of me the whole time. /E

/He is your partner, he should, right/T

/Yeah, Kai is worried about me but he also thinks I'll be fine, he's afraid it will come to me being in a hospital sick, but he knows that I can handle it. I hope I can too. /E

/Have a child seems like it's too much of a risk, why did you/T

/I really didn't know until it was inside me. /E

/Inside you/T

/Yeah, the baby grows inside you then comes out after 9 months, the first is the easiest, it's only harder from here. See the baby is being born but you can't know for sure that there's a baby being grown until it's already at the first of 9 stages. /E

/I see. I'm going to miss you, you think that we'll be ready for the fall tournament. /T

/If I live, yeah, then I will because if I'm strong enough to have a child, then I can blade, blade is going to seem so easy compared to having a child. /E

/I'm sure you'll live Emily, you're strong, and so is Kai, you can do it, just make sure you keep in good health, and that your child will become a blader. /T

/If I don't make sure of that Kai will, we're on the same page, beyblading is our life and with the tournaments our child will see I'm sure on their own they'll become a great beyblader. /E

/Bye, I'll miss you. /T

/I will too, maybe if I'm lucky and in good health Kai will let me have you back every once in a while to just do normal movements if I stay calm and don't battle. /E

/Stay in good health Emily, bye. /T

/Bye. /E

I came out and looked at Kai and handed over my blade, if I wasn't pregnant I'd say that that was the hardest thing I've ever had to do but I'm sure delivering this baby will be harder.

"It'll be right here, if you need to talk to here, Emily." I nodded, Kai set the beyblade on the dresser and then looked at me as I sat quietly on the bed. "You'll make it, I promise, and Don't worry you'll be a great mother." I whispered two words to him. "You're Great." He smiled, "You will, don't worry." I nodded as he hissed me and walked away leaving me in my sad obscurity in this room which reminded me of everything I've ever dreamed of.

7 and a half month later

(3rd Person)

Emily has been as happy as ever, this pregnancy has not left her down, she can tune out mood swings like she can her emotions. She has been happy and supportive all the way, no complaining and with Ray and Mariah here she's been more happy then ever. Mariah kept asking me what I did to her, I just shrug and follow Emily where every she's walking too, she is still considerably light weight for a pregnant girl. The doctors that they had checked with all said she was perfectly healthy and she didn't have a thing to worry about. Neither Kai nor Emily had told Emily's parents, and neither wanted too, until the baby was born, they'd worry too much, Kai reminded her how she worried too much.

Kai awoke to a unframiliar sound, he had been sleeping on the couch to make room for the other guests but he heard something strange. He went to check on Emily and he noticed that she wasn't in her room, he walked around until he found her in the bathroom, she never felt good in the morning, Ray and Mariah had done the cooking for the last few months, Kai had done it before then.

"You okay?" He asked looking at her distressed state. She turned around and got up off the floor where she had been resting. He helped her up because her balance was very lacking and she'd fall over, other than that and morning sickness you'd think she had no signs of pregnancy, the signs were things to watch for that showed that your wife would become ill but Emily only had one and they both were normal but she had been fine but once in a while she'd wake up sick and he wouldn't ever know how that felt but he understood as much as he could from her explanations.

"I'd be better if I had the child and she was in my arms and I was lighter, more coordinated, and not sick." She was still her normal self, she wanted to be perfect but pregnancy wasn't perfect it was a perfect process but not the prettiest.

"Think about it, that could be anytime now, they say once in the 8th month it could happen and that's been the last two weeks." She nodded and sighed and she followed Kai to the couch. "I'm sure you can't wait."

"Yeah, I can't wait until I'm back to normal and playing with our child." The gender of the child was unbeknownst to them, having not been told or asked, they had just figured what ever way it came they'd be ready, either way it would end up being a beyblading prodigy so it didn't matter.

"Trust me I'm sure you'll be back to normal as soon as they let you out of that hospital you'll get enough exercise, I'm sure that you're going to spend all your time with Tri-gator and our child."

"You bet, I can't wait, to have them in my arms." Kai nodded, he too wanted to hold the child in his arms. He also wanted a lot, he wanted Emily happy and not having all these stages of sickness so she would be happier and back to normal.

A week had passed and Emily had been as normal as she could possibly be while pregnant, some of the others worried because it seemed as though the child was going to be too long and get sick. Emily and Kai hadn't though of such, she had been fine, and she had a week to go for 9 months. Emily had woken up around midnight and had pressed the redial button that dialed Kai's cell, it was sure to wake him up, and he came over not bothered by her in the slightest, he was worried, and she was too, she felt sick and they said toward the end of your pregnancy it means she's about to go into labor, so Kai helped her prepare as they were told in the classes and everyone had awoken as they heard foot steps abound, they weren't sure if it was but the car made them sure they all followed Kai surprised to see them awake. They arrived at the hospital.

(Kai)

I was more worried then ever now, it could be any time now, she's not in labor so her sickness could just be normal but Emily knew much better than I did how she felt and if it meant she was going into labor. She looked at me so worried, she was scared this time it was okay to be scared, immense pain is something I would understand being scared of, I just hoped she'd recover easily, I hoped she'd understand if I have to tie her down to get her to stay down during recovery, I always had that problem. We arrived at the hospital and they took care of her right away she was put in her room, and she waited and fell asleep. I stayed here and watched her, and the charts, Emily and I while in college had learned how to learn all about these for children, some I recognized, others I didn't. I watched the ones I understood and everything was normal, I saw that as a blessing. She would be fine.

5 hours later she awoke as if on cue at 6 o'clock and was sort of frightened by hospital I took her hand and she calmed down and began to remember, last night. "Soon, very soon Kai, I know it." I nodded and I hugged her very careful of the child.

2 hours later, she stirred in her bed uncomfortably and the alarm buzzed and the doctor and a nurse came in and Emily had stopped relaxing and sat up. She did everything she was suppose to but she looked scared as if the child had disappeared, I took her hand and she looked scared and pointed to her stomach and I could feel her relax, the nurse told her that her contractions had begun and I watched as she did them as precautious as they had practiced with her, I was there and held her hand and I could see her tensing because of the pain I squeezed her hand and she squeezed back and she began to push and eventually said child was born and she was done and laid back and held the child breathing through it's own lungs, and Emily had just smiled. She carefully handed our daughter to me and I held her, she had a bit of hair it was like a almost blue tinted orange color and it was wonderful to see her blinking eyes, she didn't cry but took deep breaths, in many medical books they had warned that crying cleared the lungs but she didn't and the doctors said that hers were fine and she was breathing evenly and fine.

Emily had relaxed and was resting her head against the pillow, she was glad to see the child and be rid of her worries of herself dying or the child or both. They were both there and would be. "Name?" She asked.

"You make the call." I could see she was going to snap at me for asking because we had decided on the name earlier but she was so going to smack me but she wouldn't because it would upset the child, so she took a deep breath and was so annoyed that her breathing was irregular. "Calm down, you're need to stay calm Em." She nodded looked at her.

"Annie Kate Hiwatari, it is." It was what we decided on, I have no clue where we came up with that but that was the name we decided if it was a girl. The doctors came and took her to her checkup and stuff and then I told the others that Emily was fine and capable of visitors.

"Hey Emily, see we told you that you'd be fine. You worry too much." She nodded, she hadn't said anything since our daughter's name but she was tired and anyone who looked at her could see that. Everyone visited and then I showed them her in the nursery and they all went home to prepare the final preparations, we had turned the extra room which we had turned into a study, into a bedroom, and then to her room because none of the other purposes actually was it's purpose, it was the room next to Emily's and was perfect for Diana's room; it was also across the next to mine because mine was across from Emily's which was very good for getting to her when she was sick, or ever needed anything, and it being close made me feel she was safe, and now with Diana close we'd be fine.

One week later Emily was back home and compared to last time she was in the house, she was a good 20 pounds lighter which was only known because Emily had told me and anyone else, because Emily had a small figure and made it easier for her to get around and I knew she'd be happy to be back to normal. We had a fairly clean house but she had rolled around and crawled all over everything especially Emily's bed and then something strange happened, the first things she reached for was Emily's blade and I looked at Emily and she handed the child the blade. She smiled and touched it and rolled over with it, Emily winked at her blade as if she was talking to it.

"You promised her that didn't you."

"What do you mean Kai?"

"You said that our child would be a blader, when I took it way, right?"

"As smart as ever Kai, but I didn't do anything she did, this little one is as adventurous and smart as us which could become a very dangerous match. Do you think it's safe for her to play with it?" I shrugged, then I saw a little boy about 2 or so walk into the room, it was none other than Ace, Ray and Mariah's son.

"Blade and Baby," he identified. Apparently Mariah and Ray's kid had the same beyblade genius as their parents too which caused Emily to laugh and the baby made little baby sounds and it was very adorable, Emily held the child and smiled. "Me beat her when she blades." Emily and I laughed.

"You're parents couldn't ever beat me or Em and I doubt you could beat her." I said proud of something it was obvious she'd become.

10 months later

(Emily)

"You ready?" I asked Kai he nodded and we woke up Sam and Kaelan and they tiredly sighed being dragged out of their bed for their own wedding. Ann who she came to be shortened to because neither Kai or I were now called by anything but three letter names and neither was she, Die was an inappropriate name to call her so we called her Ann and she responded just like Andy and Dani were called but names were Daniela and Anthony, how Kai got Andy out of Anthony I have no clue. Dani is the first four letters in Daniela. We never shortened Kaelan's because we found no purpose too, and Sam's we did she'd snap at anyone except me who did but after Kai told her to deal she let him, and Ann of course, and any other children to make it easy but other than children, Kaelan, Kai and I that was it, even her mother never shortened her name.

Sam's dress was beautiful and after seeing so many wedding dresses over the last 3 years since our wedding it was always the same beautiful thing, Hilary's was beautiful and so was Dani's but she argued with every dress we saw in the whole area so we all worked with her to make her one, Dani and Andy went off and got married without anyone knowing, rebels. Hilary and Tyson got married only 2 months ago, Tyson didn't want it big but we were gladly invited, Tyson was very gently with Ann but Kai isn't the one to share her, except with Kaelan, Sam and I but we live with him and Tyson's his enemish friend.

Reception Kai, Ann and myself joined Sam and Kaelan at their table. Sam was depressed as was Kaelan the reason was we woke them up too early. They got over it but they were tired and going to fall asleep, the chances they wouldn't make it to our house to get their stuff for their honeymoon without falling asleep. They planned on leaving in the morning so they could sleep, which they knew they'd sleep from exhaustion during the party.

"I fell bad." Sam said, and sighed.

"Me too." Kaelan replied.

"What's wrong with you two, you just got married, why aren't you happy?" Kai asked sort of annoyed and confused.

"We ruined your wedding huh?" Sam asked.

"What?" Kai and I asked at the same time.

"We got kidnapped so you had to stop the wedding so you could come save us, I feel bad, that is supposed to be your special time and we ruined it."

"Yeah, you interrupted it but Emily was miserable and I wouldn't let her go on like that without solving the problem and it was also because she was bored." I laughed and nodded.

"Emily did you ever tell your parents that you had Ann?" Sam reminded me. Kai looked at me, and he raised an eyebrow.

"No, when they called to make plans for Christmas I just said that we were on another beyblade conference and hanged up." I was sure Kai would go insane or something but he just sat there finishing his meal, as Ann sat on his lap and nibbled off sections of his plate when he'd look up and then she'd just smiled when he'd look at him.

"So when do you plan on telling them?" Kaelan asked then returned to eating.

"When they come over for Christmas, they said to make sure we had no plans or they're coming by force." Sam laughed, and I agreed it was silly but Kai and I having a one year old daughter would be a nice surprise, they'd probably think I was crazy for not telling them.

"I hadn't talked to my parents in a while either, my parents trusted Kaelan to take care of me since he'd help me when I broke my leg when I was like 15 or so."

"I remember that, I accidentally misfired my beyblade and it hit your leg." Kai and I looked at him.

"We taught you everything that shouldn't have happened."

"I know it just did, but I'm sure you made your share of mistakes."

"You do know you're talking to the couple with the nickname Great Expectations and the Perfection, right?"

"Isn't that the name of the book you two are writing?"

"Yeah and constantly typing is boring, how you can stand it to do all day Em baffles me." Ann laughed, not understanding anything she just laughed when she wanted to, she did it anytime Kai or I said anything to each other or to someone else and we laughed. The wedding was wonderful, as was the reception, they fell asleep and in the morning they were already off for their honeymoon which was good for them, Kai and I hadn't had one because, I don't know why, we just didn't. I was happily back to my normal size and Ann was a normal weighted child, ate healthy thanks to the cooking of Kai and I and I took her with us everywhere because the only time we left the house was for work and she came with me there, she watched behind the glass barrier as her dad battled and I would hold her and make comments so we got paid and spent every moment with her, Kai was right about everything, and though I did doubt him I should never had. She never distracted Kai or I she understood that she had to be quiet and watch, she was as mature as a 2 year old but still a baby, I didn't take her until about January to work because I was on maternity leave and then I came in with her, they guys were happy to see me again, Kai said that they had been very bad so with Ann in one my arms I carefully directed them and she just smiled made baby sounds and when she crawled she would crawl behind the glass and watch with eyes as big as watermelons.

After Sam and Kaelan came back they brought news of the second child in this house, their child, they were gone a month and Sam wasn't far off but only about 3 weeks, she'd be born around after Christmas, it turned out on Christmas was when she would be.

January 2

I was sitting on my laptop in the living room typing away keeping and eye on Ann while Kai was watching beyblading on TV and watching Ann she crawled to the door in the kitchen and when it rang she screamed and Kai ran in there as well as Sam and Kaelan and launched it at whatever had caused her to screaming, beaming my parents in the head with beyblades.

Kai walked away with Kaelan not big on the laughter that Ann, Sam and I enjoyed as my annoyed parents walked in the house, Sam had her baby in arms and Ann was sitting on the ground being her little 1 year old self. I picked up and Ann and Sam laughed and walked off into the kitchen.

"And who would that be Emily?" My mother pointed to the little darling girl I was holding in my arms.

"This would be little miss Annie Kate Hiwatari."

"You mean…" My mom said happily looking at her. I nodded and Ann made her sounds and laughed. "Who was that other girl and child?" Sam walked back in to introduce herself, not knowing who the people were.

"Samantha Rain, delighted to meet you, this is Kailey Rain." Kaelan had dragged Kai out form watching the pause able DVR to talk to his parents-in-law. He didn't seem happy about it.

"Nice to meet you Samantha, Kailey. Hi Kai, how are you?" My father said.

"I'm fine, thanks." Kai walked over to me and I handed Ann to him, Ann just liked moving around so person to person was her thing, you couldn't hold her still for a second, unless it was needed, then she'd listen.

"So that would be our granddaughter, correct Emily and Kai?" We nodded, and my mom smiled at the child and the child looked frightened by her, Kai smirked, and I elbowed him. "You still are playful with each other aren't you?" Kai shrugged.

"I wasn't really expecting guests other than Sam and Kaelan's friends." Sam and Kaelan laughed.

"Our only friends are you two so you shouldn't have expected anyone." Sam replied.

"Well come into the living room, we'll talk and such." I invited my parents. I walked behind them and picked up the four blades off the floor, "hands out." They put their hands out and I tossed their blades to the respective owner, Kai tried to put his in his pocket of his pants but Ann had other plans for it. Kai gave up and set her in the middle of the living room floor and let her play with it, she didn't have her own blade, when she was ready I expected I'd know.

"Em, you think we should put the kids to bed, it's what 8?" I looked at the watch Sam was right they should be in bed but I decided that depriving my parents of my and Kai's child would be unfair.

"Kailey should because she was up late last night but Ann looks fine, Kai, Kaelan make the call?" The guys nodded with the sign of agreement of my plan. "Where we go, Ann should be fine for another hour but then to bed, and Kailey is up now." Sam took Kailey up to bed and I sat next to Kai on the couch in front of our daughter on the floor.

"So other than taking care of this beautiful girl, what have you two been doing?"

"Everything we did before I had her, beyblading, and more beyblading. We get a ton of money from the team and we're good at it, Ann likes to be with us all day and we have no complaints she likes watching it." Kai agreed, it's been a while and Kai was back to normal, which wasn't good, he was being all to himself which is hard to undo.

"So what did you four do for Christmas?"

"We spent it with Sam and Kaelan and the delivery of Kailey. Emily stayed with Ann a lot of time but we switched off to have someone stay with them, and someone watch Ann, and we could only do our best to stay with them. How about you?" Kai replied.

"We were wondering how you two were doing and we had a nice dinner at home and decided to stop by here to check on how your holidays were doing by your two selves but with your friends, daughter and their daughter I am sure you two are doing fine." Kai nodded.

Ann came over to Kai and I and pointed at the two people who she didn't know and Kai laughed and I looked at him, and he rolled his eyes, and I did too. "Annie, these are your grandparents, my parents. You can play with them if you want." Kai and sharing Ann is like Kai with his blade, no one outside this house was trusted with Ann, or his blade. Kai would let other people see her and play with her but not out of Kai or my sight.

Ann crawled over to my mother and she picked up Ann and Ann smiled very happy with no teeth and hugged her. My mother smiled. "She's beautiful." I nodded and looked at Kai who was happily smiling at Ann, the only two people who would make him happy were me and Ann and probably was limited to that.

The so many people in this house made it special. There were to highly talented men and fathers, two very smart mothers, and two beautiful children in this house, and this was nothing but the beginning of our lives.

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