BLUE SUB: "NEW LIFE"
Chapter 5: Life
.o.o.o.
Dr. Jinnah looked down at Mutio, whose belly was now far more distended than ever. He smiled down at her. "Well, it looks like things are coming along nicely." He told her. "Your child will be due anytime now."
The hybrid smiled at him weekly, resting her hands once again on her stomach. She was reclining in a pool of water.
He paused and turned to Hayami. "Beyond the delivery, I'm a bit concerned about how the child will be nursed." He told him. "Mutio's mammary glands are most likely superfluous." He added.
"So, you don't think she can breast feed?" Hayami asked, trying to clarify things.
"It would be very unlikely that she could." He answered. "Given her background, the breasts are probably genetic throwback." He explained. "Her kind don't breast feed, because their not mammalian."
"Is this going to be a problem?" Hayami asked.
"I've contacted a friend of mine to see if some sort of formula can be synthesized for the child." Jinnah added. "So, it shouldn't be anything to worry about."
Jinnah then stood up and rolled his sleeves back down. He smiled at Mutio again and then turned to Hayami. "I have few errands to run, so you might want to spend some time alone with our little mother-to-be."
Mutio blushed and looked down at her stomach.
Jinnah excused himself as Hayami walked over to Mutio and sat down next to where she was. He crossed his legs and looked at her for a moment. "I guess I'm going to have to quit smoking…" He offered jokingly.
Mutio was abuzz with emotions and feelings and thoughts of all kinds. She felt as if she was basking in the glow of these new sensations. She was carrying life inside her- their child. She looked up at Hayami and smiled. "…We'll be a… a family?" She asked unsteadily.
He looked down at her and touched one of her hands with his. "Yeah, a family." He replied reassuringly. He rested his palm on her stomach and caressed the smooth surface.
.o.o.o.
Kino was laying on her back in the large indoor swimming hall, close to the edge. She crossed her arms behind her head and sighed. "Well, there sure is a lot going on these days." She began. "Though not so much for me- Dr. Warlock said it would be good if I continued spending time talking to you." She added.
There was a faint splash just behind her. She recognized it as Emma, who was partially out of the water, resting her arms on the tile. The small hybrid didn't say anything, just rest their calmly, as if waiting for Kino to go on talking.
"I really don't know how much of this you understand, but I'm grateful for the audience." She told her. "Since the battle ended, I've had little else to do but file reports and hang around here. I guess I don't really have anywhere else to go." She admitted.
Kino then propped herself up and looked over at Emma. "And you… the fact that I'm here right now just shows how full of shit I was." She tried to explain. "I guess what I'm saying is… is that you're alright." She finished with a smile.
Emma smiled back at her and then slipped back into the water. Kino lay back down and smiled to herself.
.o.o.o.
…push…
The idea was to keep focusing on the word- the word was the issue. She strained more as people gathered around in concern.
…okay… keep pushing…
Dr. Jinnah hovered over her, keeping track of the situation. He was wearing medical scrubs. Hayami and Kino were somewhere close by.
Good, good, keep pushing…
The struggle went on, muscles strained to complete a task that had taken so much time. The end could only come with the resolution of the problem. She continued to strain.
…It's coming… push!
Millie held onto Mutio and made sure she was as comfortable as possible. Jinnah watched intently as Mutio strained.
It's almost there, just a little more- Push!
Jinnah held up the crying infant and looked around the room full of people. Kisaki took some pictures with his camera.
He brought the child over to Hayami and Mutio. "It's a girl." He told them calmly.
Hayami received the child and glanced down at it intently. "You're really here, right in front of me, Mizuko?" He spoke.
Crimson eyes looked up at Hayami. The tiny child was slender and pale skinned in some places. Her hands and feet were dark colored, much like the mother. The skin was also yellowish in certain places.
He brush away the strange pale locks of hair off her face and smiled at her. He was infinity amazed with the reality of things around him.
Hayami was now a father…
He turned around and moved over to Mutio's side. He handed the infant to her and put a hand behind her back to help support her.
The hybrid girl looked down at her child and smiled at. She looked over at Hayami and then back at the infant girl. "Mizuko…" She spoke softly.
Dr. Jinnah had, by now, pulled his cap and mask off. He smiled as he watched the two of them. He looked over at Kisaki, who just smiled at him while covering up the lens on his camera.
.o.o.o.
Kino waited calmly as the device hummed. She picked it up when a small light on it turned green. "Hello, Dianna?" She spoke.
"Yes, Kino, it's so nice to hear from you. How are you?"
"I'm well, but that's not why I called you on the satellite phone." She explained. "Mutio's child was born a few days ago- it's a girl… Mizuko." She informed her.
"That's wonderful, I'm so happy for all you… I'll have to tell Cray about it."
Kino shook her head in confusion. "What are you talking about?" She asked quizzically.
"Oh… that's right. You don't know about him. Well, he's someone I met recently." "He's a hybrid… very nice boy, you'd like him."
Kino smiled strangely. "Nice boy?" She asked.
"Oh yes, very nice. But I'm getting off subject here- what's going on at your end?"
Kino nodded. "Nothing really, Hayami's pretty occupied with his kid. Kisaki comes be now and then to chat." She explained. "It's a little dull, but I can't complain."
"And you, my dear?"
"Bored, as usual." Kino replied candidly. "No… that's not quite right." She amended. "I've been keeping Emma company recently- she's very shy and defensive."
"And how is Mutio and the child?"
Kino smiled. "Mutio is well, she's very protective of the baby- she's a good mother." She began. "Hayami seems to be managing thing pretty well, he's very hands on with Mizuko." She added.
"Well, as for the baby- she cries a lot."
.o.o.o.
Col. Maxtable made his way through the garden, till he came to the figure of an old man, sitting in a large wicker chair, reading an old leather-bound book.
"Sir Kensington?"
The man closed the book carefully and set it down. He adjusted his glasses and looked down at the younger man. "Yes, Colonel?"
Maxtable regarded him. He was slender with high cheek bones and slicked back white hair. "Hayami Tetsu's child was born, sir." He informed him.
"I take it there were no complications?" Kensington asked.
"No sir."
"That's very good news, relay our regards to him." He paused. "After all, we can't forget how important this new development is for us."
Maxtable nodded. "Of course not, sir." He replied. "Oh, and sir- I also would like inform you that Delegate Cheung from China and Herr Bernhartd from Germany have signed on to the council."
"Excellent." Kensington replied. "We now have all of Western Europe and most of Asia signed on- I'm only waiting for conformation from North America and Canada and we can officially begin."
Maxtable nodded in reply.
"It won't be long now till the U.N. is functioning once more… and then we can really begin our work."
(- End of Chapter 5 -)
.o.o.o.
Well, there we have it, the first installment of the new series. I hope that you all have enjoyed the story so far. There is a lot more to come, but I feel that this is an important point to stop for a while.
Also, it seems that support for my story "Gothic" has dried up…. I'm not sure what to think about that. Anyway, I'm going to be focusing on "Gaiden" a lot more now in the future.
You'll need to keep up with that one more to understand things in the main stories. I want to stress that I'm doing Gaiden for a reason, to offer the readers something totally different. I hope you will support me on this.
I'm also hoping to do more with Kisaki in the future and find something do with Jinnah as well. Jinnah is named after one of the main figures in the establishment of Pakistan along with India's freedom.
I think it's important to try and reflect the real world, so I chose to have him be something besides and Anglo or Asian… I'm curious to know what you think about an Arab character in my series.
As you may have guessed, Race Relations are pretty strong theme in my stories. This is something that has grown as time has passed.
And finally, I'd like to think everyone who has supported me up to this point: Carlos Angulo, QReaper, Kuro-Kitsune-Chan, Onigumo, Duo, and the Totlec, along with everyone else.
Thank you,
-Bojack727