DISCLAIMER: I OWN THIS STORY AND THE BABIES AND THE FLASHBACK! WARNING: EMOTIONAL VERY EMOTIONAL!!!!! Oh I'd put thank you's on this but I'm writing it before I even upload ch. 13, but tis because of the server and fanfiction being too busy for me to post it up, so lucky you the cliffhanger will only last what a little bit. But maybe I'm feeling extra mean or sumpting so I'll post this LATE Sunday night. O wait today is Saturday... I'm all slow, damn snow days throw me off! NO WAY WILL TO SCHOOL ON SATURDAYS, NO WAY HOSAY! LOLS. I mean I'll post this up on LATE Saturday night, and ch. 13 I said Sunday but I mean Saturday, sorry about my spelling ya'll.

STORY TIME KIDS, GATHER ROUND FOR A STORY!

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In the garden, Rikku took a seat on one of the benches in the shade by some blooming honeysuckle. The smell tingled her nose, comforting her somehow with its sweet scent. Stretching her legs out and tilting her face up towards the sky, Rikku closed her eyes, and opened her mind to images of the past few months.

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Waking up to the soft sunlight flowing into their room, Rikku sat up smiling to herself. She still couldn't believe she was a married woman with a very good looking man. Turning she gazed down at his sleeping form. His hair was messy, and he looked like a sleeping baby.
Shifting her legs, Rikku started to get out of bed so she could take a nice shower, but a strong arm wrapped around her waist pulling her back down on the bed.
"No way are you going to leave now." Gippal mumbled against her neck.
Smiling, Rikku turned to face him and hugged his warm, naked body. "I was going to take a shower, but I guess I won't be able to, unless you want to help." She said with a suggestive smile. Grinning, Gippal sat up and swept her out of bed carrying her to the spring outside.
"Gippal I said shower not bath!" Rikku squealed out.
"Well I say bath." Gippal said with a boyish grin on his face before tossing his giggling wife into the cool water of the spring, before jumping in after her.
"That wasn't fair!" Rikku said before diving under water. Swiftly she swam behind him and came up, arms around his neck.
"Hey what do YOU think you're doing their missy?" Gippal said, as she grabbed her legs and brought them around the back of his waist.
"I was trying to tackle you but it seems that you've changed it for your advantage." She said against the back of his neck, sending shivers down his spine.

Walking into the house, Rikku smiled to herself, as she tied the sash of her robe closed around her waist. They had, had a grand time in the water, making early morning love to one another. She could hear him in the kitchen fixing breakfast. Walking over to him, she saw that he's pulled out the banana nut bread that Yunie had made. Walking over to it a sudden wave of nausea hit her. Covering her mouth Rikku ran towards the bathroom, lunging at the toilet in the nick of time, allowing herself relief. When she'd finished she flushed the toilet and rinsed her mouth out. She saw she was clammy and didn't look to good. Gippal walked up to her with a worried look.
"Are you okay? One moment I saw you coming to get some breakfast and then you were gone. I heard you in there, are you okay?" he asked as he took her into his arms.
"I don't know, I just got really nauseous all of a sudden." She said still feeling a little woozy.
"Do you want me to call Yuna to check out what's wrong?" Gippal asked.
"Yeah that'd be great, I think I'll go upstairs and rest." She said.
A few hours later, Yuna came waddling in. She saw Gippal and they exchanged greeting before he led her upstairs to where Rikku was resting. Walking in quietly, Yuna turned towards her cousin who was in bed not looking to good.
"Hey Yunie, wow you're huge!" Rikku said as she sat up.
"Yeah I know, only what two and a half months left!" she said as she sat on the bed, feeling Rikku's forehead.
"So tell me what's wrong." She asked in a motherly way.
"Well I've been feeling really nauseous today. It started when I saw that banana nut bread you made for me. I got really queasy and then threw up." Rikku said feeling stupid over something like throwing up.
"Honey, how long has it been since you had your period?" Yuna asked as she held her hand.
"Well I don't really know. Gippal and I have been married for like a month and a half, I had ended my period right before the wedding, and I haven't had it..." Rikku said trailing off as realization came to her.
"That's what I thought. Good thing I brought a talisman to help me confirm if it's true or not." Yuna said smiling. She held up the talisman and read the incantation while holding Rikku hand. If it was negative it was supposed to turn black, and if it was positive it was supposed to turn bright blue. After a moment the talisman began to change and the blue appeared.
"Well that's that you're going to be a mommy!" Yuna said watching her cousin stare off into space.
"Wha?.. What do you mean by me being a mommy!?" Rikku shrieked as she ran her fingers through her long blond hair.
"I mean that you are pregnant and that you're probably about a month and a half along. I want you to listen to me carefully Rikku." Yuna said, becoming very serious. Looking at her cousin, she realized that she was going to break some kind of news to her.
"I want you to stay semi-active, and I want you to also get a lot of rest. You and Gippal are still able to couple at night, but be careful. The first twelve weeks are crucial and I wouldn't want you to miscarry. Now you will experience nausea and your sense of smell with increase. You will develop cravings and food aversions." Yuna said, her face softening up. Nodding she took a deep breath.
"I need to go home and rest myself. Tell your husband and call me if anything happens." Yuna said with a smile before heaving herself up off the bed and to the door. After a few minutes Gippal walked in scratching his head looking confused.
"Yuna just gave me a huge hug and told me congratulations." He said as he sat beside Rikku.
"Well there is something to that." Rikku said quietly.
"What did she tell you?" Gippal asked, looking extremely worried.
Rikku had decided to show him the talisman to tell him that they were going to be parents. Pulling it out she handed it to him.
"What's this talisman for?" he asked then he carefully read it and smiled at her before clasping her to him.
"So does this mean you want kids?" Rikku said as she clung to him tightly.
"Of course, what would make you think that I wouldn't?" he asked as he stroked her long hair.
"Well it's just that we never really talked about it before." She said before letting her tears come out.
"What's wrong Rikku?" he asked softly.
"I'm scared. I want this child, but I'm scared of what's going to happen." She choked out.
Rubbing her hair and rocking her back and forth slowly, Gippal comforted Rikku. "Shh... Shhh.. It's okay, I'll always be here to protect you. There's nothing to be scared of. I'll make sure of it, and that I'm here by your side then entire time." He cooed softly in her ear.
"Thank you Gippal." Rikku said when her tears went away. She smiled now feeling warmth spread out through her entire body. She was going to be a mommy.

~~~~A MONTH LATER~~~~

Rikku was resting at home, just as Yunie as advised. Truthfully, she really didn't know what to do. During the day Gippal worked at the Djose Temple with the machine faction while she was left at home. It was so boring in the house. She sometimes went over to Bevelle to hang out with Paine, but usually she slept a lot at home. She'd been just so very fatigued lately, and she didn't enjoy all these changes to her body. I mean her boobs hurt all the time and her sense of smell was strong that she had to throw away all the stuff that made her ill. Plus there was all this morning sickness. Rikku despised throwing up and couldn't wait until this was all over.

Later that evening Rikku left Gippal to his Commusphere, watching the events going on in Spira. She wasn't feeling too good and went up stairs to the bathroom. Clutching her stomach, a sharp pain hit her, and she felt something trickling down her leg. Looking down she saw that it was blood. Falling to her knee's, Rikku lied in a heap shoulders shaking from all the pain.
From downstairs, Gippal thought he heard a thump from upstairs. Jumping to his feet he ran up the stairs two at a time. When he got to the bedroom, he saw the bathroom light on and walked to hit. The sight that greeted him made his heart ache. On the tiled floor of the bathroom was his wife with a puddle of blood pooled around her. She was sobbing. Walking to her he pulled her into his arms, rocking back and forth. He could feel her tears soaking into his shirt.
"Gippal, I'm sorry, I did what I could, but it's gone." She sobbed out.
"It's not your fault. Your body wasn't ready to have a baby." He said as she held her tighter to him, feeling her body shake with the force of her sobs. Holding her and stroking her hair, he could feel his eye begin to well up, and his throat tighten up. Their child had died, resulting in a miscarriage causing so much pain.

Two weeks later, Gippal was staying at home, trying to make Rikku feel better. She'd been in bed, silent and only getting up to shower and use the bathroom. She'd gone into some weird state. They had to feed her by hand, and still she wouldn't do anything. Her eyes had gone dark, almost lifeless. It had gotten to the point where Gippal was asking for friends to talk to her. It was literally breaking his heart to see her in so much sorrow. At nights, he'd hold her hand, talking to her before he'd go outside to pray to the moon. He'd stare out at the night moon, and think of all that had happened, and sometimes he'd let the tears run down his face. It was eating him up. If she disappeared from him, he thought he'd die forever. She was her light that made him smile, and it was as if that light had faded away into the universe, never to come back.

A week later, Yuna and Paine showed up trying to snap her out of her depressed state. Taking a seat by the bed, Yuna grasped her hand and began to talk to her softly.
"Rikku you need to come back to us." She said her voice soft and soothing.
Beside her, Paine spoke too. "Rikku you need to come back to us. We want you back. You need to be here when we have our babies!" Paine said with emotion coating her throat.
"We miss you Rikku, so very much. You don't realize how much this is affecting all of us." Yuna said before her tears came flowing out of her eyes.
"Rikku you have no clue what this is doing to your husband." Paine scolded before receiving a smack from Yuna.
"We don't want to scold her you idiot!" Yuna said.
"Paine, Yunie." Rikku mumbled in her sleep.
"She spoke!" Paine said with a gasp.
"Yeah I know. Maybe we should tell Gippal, have him finish it?" Yuna suggested to Paine.
"Yeah we should, and I'm tired, this booger inside of me won't keep still." She groaned as she heaved herself up.
Soon after they left, Gippal came striding in. Grasping Rikku's small hand in his large one he kissed it, and let his pent up emotions come out.
"Rikku you need to come back to me! You need to, seeing you like this is tearing me apart!" he said as his tears fell down his face on to her hand.
"Rikku I thought we promised to always ALWAYS be together. I don't want to lose you." He said with emotion coating his voice.
He felt her hand clench his, and opening his eyes, he saw her eyes flutter open, and noticed that the color was back to normal.
"Why are you crying Gippal?" she asked as she gently wiped the tears off his face.
"I was crying because I thought you wouldn't come back to me." He said, his voice hoarse.
"I'm back now. I could hear you and realized that your love is important to me." She whispered out.
Leaning down, he kissed her sweetly before pulling her into a fierce hug.

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Coming back to reality, Rikku noticed that she had been crying. Looking up she saw Gippal walking over with a smile on his face that disappeared when he saw her tears.
"Rikku what's wrong?" he asked as he sat beside her, bringing an arm around her.
"I was just remembering everything from the past few months." She whispered against his strong shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm sorry honey that things went that way." He said before kissing the top of her head.
"It's okay, it's just as you said, I wasn't ready for it. But you know, I wouldn't mind trying to have a baby later." She said with a teary smile.
"Okay, but when do you want one?" he asked with a mischievous grin on his face.
"Soon?" she asked with an innocent angelic smile.
"Good for me!" he said as he swept her into his arms and ran to their airship to have a little fun.

A/N: I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS and GALS! I HOEP U LIKE THAT CHAPPI. I'm TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO START THE NEXT CHAPTER. I CRYED WHILE WRITING THIS. It was the emotion that got to me. They really do love one another don't you think? Well I can't wait to hear your reviews and I'm so happy that I got this chapter done!

Love you loves!

Teri Baumer