(A/N – It is my esteemed honor to welcome you to Chapter 14 of the most popular story I've ever written on "Nine Months in the Socks of the Motamiya's!" As of Tuesday, This story has broken the 100 review mark and it's still growing as we speak! To all of you who took the time to write out your reviews and not leave copy and paste reviews (Warprince2000), I wan to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! We're coming to the end and I really could use the feedback now more than ever! So please enjoy the story and review!)
Nine Months In the Socks of the Motamiya's – Chapter 14
"OH GOD! OH GOD! GIVE ME DRUGS!"
At this point, the baby's head is just starting to emerge. It is at this point when the mother feels the most pressure and a strong burning sensation as the widest part of the child's head passes through the birth canal.
"Oh, rip the kid out of me! Just get it out of me!"
It is at this point when the husband should provide the most moral support and, if the doctor approves, the husband can step in and deliver the child the rest of the way, under the obstetrician's gaze.
"That's it honey, just blow through the pain and push down."
"I CAN'T DO IT! GET HIM OUTTA ME!"
Davis and Kari sat curled up on the couch wrapped in a blanket, watching the movie on TV. Their eyes were wide as they watched the birth play out on the screen.
"Davis…is that going to be us?" Kari asked nervously, picking up a kernel of popcorn from the bowl. "Is THAT going to be ME?"
Davis winced as a loud squishing splattering sound erupted from the speakers. "Eeew! I hope not. We're a much cuter couple then they are."
"Look at all that blood and stuff." Kari shuddered, scooting closer to Davis. "I swear, this whole thing is really starting to freak me out."
"You!" Davis said, incredulously. "I'm the one who should be freaked. I mean, I'm going to be there too!"
"But you're not going to have something the size of a small watermelon squeeze out an opening in you the size of a lemon, are you?" Kari asked, glaring up at Davis.
Davis laughed nervously. "Point made."
She scooted down in the couch, resting her head in his chest. He wrapped a protective arm around her. "You can turn it off Davis," She whispered as the mother on the screen let out another roar of pain.
Davis grabbed the remote and flipped the TV off. He wrapped a protective arm around his young wife and lazily closed his eyes as the moon's glow shined through the window.
Kari sighed contently, snuggling closer to him, enjoying the strong feeling of his arms around her and the head their bodies created.
"Dai-chan?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm scared."
"What of, Kari-chan?"
"Are we going to be good parents? I mean, if we can't even handle watching a birth video, how are we going to do for the real thing? And afterwards, how are we going to take care of a baby?"
Davis thought about this for a second, before moving his hand under the blankets and under Kari's pajama shirt, allowing his palm to rest on her bare stomach.
"We're going to be okay. We gotta take this one step at a time. Let the kid grow a little more first, then we'll worry about how he gets here. And once he gets here—"
He gasped, as he felt a lump heave up from Kari's stomach into his palm. "…or she, forgive me!" He leaned down to Kari's stomach. "Learn to say excuse me when you want to be noticed, young lady."
Kari giggled as the child inside gave another small kick. "Your son agrees with you."
Davis laughed. "I look at it like this, Kari-chan: We've never been parents before, and this baby never been a baby before. We're all learning about our new lives."
Kari sighed. "You're right, Davis. We have to let things flow naturally and let things fall into place." She looked up into Davis dark brown eyes. "I love you so much."
Davis smiled warmly, looking into her eyes. "I love you too, my Kari-chan—AND YOU TOO, JUNIOR!" Davis added loudly, thumping his fingers on Kari's belly.
Kari giggled as she felt Davis fingers tickling her bare skin. "You know, we have to come up with a name for our little Christmas present."
"A name?"
"Yeah, unless you want to keep calling the baby "Junior" for the rest of your life."
"Why not? Sounds like a good idea to me!" the brunette said, grinning. "It has a wild and rebellious sound to it!"
"I swear," Kari said, sighing playfully. "Somedays I believe you were wearing your goggles too tight when you were in the digital world."
"Oh really?" Davis said, moving his hand from the top of Kari's stomach down to the sides. "Well, we'll see about THAT!" he laughed as he began tickling her sides.
Kari squealed and squirmed under the blanket. "OH! NO! STOP!" She laughed. "You know I'm ticklish on my sides! That's not fair!"
"My goggles were too tight on my head, eh?" Davis said, now using his other hand to tickle under Kari's stomach. "Let me guess, you think my goggles were too tight too, don't ya kid?"
Kari laughed even louder, trying to squirm away from her husband's tickling fingers. "OK! OKAY! UNCLE! UNCLE!" she squealed out.
Davis slowly stopped tickling Kari. "Don't you mean, Daddy?" He said, now wrapping his arms around her.
"Isn't that how our little fish got in here in the first place?"
"Oh, got a point there."
"She's ready and waiting for you inside." The receptionist said, smiling.
"Thank you." Yolei replied, walking the familiar path up to the door.
"I wonder how we'll find her this time?" TK mumbled as he walked behind her. "Last time she was twisted like a pretzel on the floor and it took us 5 minutes to untangle her."
"Well, you know she told us she likes to stay fit and flexible." Yolei replied as they approached the door. "After I drop this little goldfish, I wanna try some of those moves out myself."
TK glared at her. "Okay, but if you get yourself in a knot, don't come crying to me. I'll just explain to the baby that his mother is nice and insane and assure him or her that it's not genetic."
Yolei gave her husband a small shove before knocking on the door. "Dr. Greystone? Hello?"
"That's odd. She's expecting us." TK said, leaning in close to the door. "Sounds like she's listening to music. She probably can't hear us."
TK turned the doorknob and poked his head inside. "Hello? Dr. Greystone?"
"TK, I don't think that's such a good—"
"HAI! KI-YA!"
"GAH!"
In a blur of black and blonde yellow, TK disappeared from the doorway and landed with a thud on the other end of the door. Yolei quickly pushed the door out of the way and fought back all urges to roll on the ground laughing.
There stood Dr. Greystone, beet red with a nervous grin on her face, dressed in a sleek black ninja outfit tied off with a dark blue belt and a blue headbandwith a silver plate around her forehead. At her feet, which were clad in what looked like open toed blue boots, laid TK flat on his back with a dazed and puzzled look on his face.
"TK…are you okay?" Yolei asked, stooping by him. "Are you hurt or anything?"
"Uh, I don't think so." He said, pulling himself up to a seating position on the floor. He looked up at Dr. Greystone in amazement. "What did you do to me!"
"Sorry, Tea Cakes," Dr. Greystone said, holding out a hand to help him up. "I was practicing a move right when you came in. I'm taking the test to advance to the genin level."
TK pushed himself to his feet. "You're a ninja!" He gasped, looking the doctor up and down.
"Well, seeing as though you were on the floor no less than thirty seconds ago is testament to that." Yolei said, giggling. "Why did you take upgenin training?"
Dr. Greystone walked over to the CD player on her desk and pressed stop. "Call it boredom wrapped in a midlife crisis, topped off with the need for fulfillment. Anywho, lets have a seat and talk." She continued, gesturing to her desk.
TK and Yolei sat down in the chairs as Dr. Greystone took her position behind the desk, removing the black cloth covering hair and face. "So how are you feeling lately, Yolei?"
"Like a fat walrus." Yolei replied, sighing. "I mean, somedays I feel like this is never going to end!"
"Hmm…" the doctor hummed, looking at her chart on the desk. "That's odd…according to this chart, you should only be at the "fat cow" part of the pregnancy. Interesting."
Yolei laughed. "I think I past that phase a long time ago!"
Dr. Greystone chuckled, playing with the pen on her desk "Seriously, you're moving along perfectly, and I can predict that you'll get your little package around the last week of December."
"Oh, how cool!" TK said in awe, gazing over at Yolei. "We get a late Christmas gift!"
"Impeccable timing, Tea cakes," Dr. Greystone said, winking. "Way to go. I know guys who would kill for your timing!"
TK laughed nervously while thinking "Is there anything she WON'T say!"
"Well, like I said, you're moving along great, Yolei. I see no future developmental problems with the baby. Now lets get you into ultrasound; I have to get to my advanced culinary class at 7. Michiba-sensei hates it when I'm late." the doctor said, standing from her desk.
"MICHIBA-SENSEI!" Yolei and TK exclaimed. "You mean the original Iron Chef Japanese, Rokusaburo Michiba, is your teacher?"
"Uh-huh," Dr. Greystone said, nodding proudly. "I helped him out of a rough time in his life, and in return, he said he was going to teach me all the secrets of Japanese cooking: secrets he never told ANYONE before!"
"Oooh! Like what?" TK asked eagerly.
"You know, I would love to tell you, Tea Cakes," Dr. Greystone said, walking towards the door. "But then I would literally have to kill you. And me being a doctor, I know how to do it quickly and efficiently."
"Come again?" TK stammered, staring at the doctor.
"Uh-huh. No joke. I can take you out in a heartbeat—or lack thereof." Dr. Greystone said nonplused, holding open the door. "I'm sworn to it. After you."
Yolei walked out the door with TK following closely behind.
To Be Continued…
(A/N – Chapter 14 is over and done with guys! We're coming down to the wire here so I need all the help I can get. Now to once again answer my convictions:
JyouraKoumi – First reviewer this time man! Very cool! I'm glad that you like my character! Look for him towards the end of the story! He was just so much fun to write with! Koumi for life!
Paige34 – My friend, you reminded me of Yolei the first day I met you! You just refreshed my memory with it in your review! Don't blame me that the kid in Kari's tum-tum moved so fast the good doctor couldn't see! You know he wears glasses! You'll have to find out what Davis and Kari's kid is the same time they do…and the same time I do because I don't know what it is! I got the "head rubbing" idea from two sources. Remember when Davis said that Dr. McKnight looked like a Buddha's stature? Well, from my research, people usually go to a temple and rub on the statue's stomach for luck. I just remixed it and made it the good doctor's bald head! As per your request, I made the good doctor a ninja. But, because I have little to no experience in ninja's, I had combine what I already knew and add a bit of Naruto in it. Yes, I said Naruto. You wanted a ninja, you GOT a ninja!
Anthony1 – FINALLY! Someone who is patient enough to wait until the kid is born instead of giving me a hard time about it!
:Hears Paige34 screaming in the distance:
Trust me; I have LOADS planned for these three couples! If you've learned anything from me, you should know that I am an expert on flipping the script and shaking the tree of predictability…hint, hint.
Dark Qiviut – I always wanted to have JyouraKoumi make a cameo in one of my stories! I wanted to do it in "Search for the New" but there was no space, then I wanted to use him in "Hope, Light and Key Lime Pie" but I got to involved in the story, so when I finally found a spot for him, I just tossed him in there and let it flow! The head rubbing incident is also based off of a tradition from "Showtime at the Apollo" Performers, before heading out on stage, rub a log for good luck. I just replaced said log with an OB/GYN's head. I had the idea of the belated birth from a thought that I frequently have whenever I see a picture of Tai: "When Tai's mom was giving birth to him, she was in labor for 1 hour just to deliver his hair." From that, I came up with the idea that Kari and Tai were both born past their due dates. Simple idea, great results! Glad you enjoyed!
Steve-Racer – If you don't watch out, dude, James (Jyoura) may come after YOUR job in the Maternity ward! Ha ha! Just kidding! In fact, that's not a bad idea! Steve and James working together…interesting concept! I'll have to ponder that! Anyway, an author is only as good as his reviewers, in my opinion, and you are one of the best! Thanks man, and God Bless.
A-c-H123314 – CONGRAGULATIONS! You were the 100th reviewer! You have no idea how happy I was to see your Review Alert in my Inbox! "Nine Months in the Socks of the Motamiya's" is now my most successful story I ever written! Thank you so much! I've said it before, I'll say it again, as long as the story is good and told right, the couplings should be irreverent.
And to everyone else who read my story and had respect enough not to just leave a copy and paste review (Warprince2000), I want to thank you! I MAY be taking a break for this next week to do a bit of catch-up writing and resting, but I'll let you all know when I decide what to do. Until then, see ya later!)