Rock The Cradle

Chapter 1

It was an important day at the Black Ice headquarters as a big time client was going to pay a visit in hopes of an interesting offer for the Yakuza if the meeting all goes well on Sayaka's end. Dressed in a power suit and tie and her blue hair done up all nice and neat in a bun, she was a little nervous about how this would go, yet remained calm while Akabane was out doing a transport mission for another client. This was the busy season, especially around the month of spring where the cherry blossoms start to bloom. However, despite all this, she was fighting to keep it together as her stomach lately has been feeling upset. There was a knock at the door as Jasper came in to check on her, noticing how pale Sayaka looked.

"Madam, are you okay?" Jasper asked with some concern in his eyes.

Sayaka smiled tiredly as she looked over at Jasper, "Yes, Jasper, I'll be fine. I guess I just have a stomach bug is all."

"Not to put a damper on all this, Miss Hirano, but you have had that little bug for a couple of weeks now."

"Leave, Jasper, and let me know when the client is here." Sayaka pointed to the door.

Jasper sighed, "As you wish."

Jasper left the office before Sayaka ended up feeling light headed for a moment. Fighting the dizziness, it wasn't long until she needed to throw up badly. Placing a hand over her mouth, she quickly dashed to the restroom nearby her office and shut the door behind her to go puke in the toilet. While she was in the bathroom, Jasper was knocking at the door as the important client had arrived. He was dressed in a fancy white suit with black suede shoes with a cigar hanging from his mouth and his hair was nicely slicked back.

As they waited for a moment, he wasn't too happy as he looked over at Jasper.

"What is taking so long?" He asked.

"My apologies, sir. Miss Hirano will be with you soon." Jasper commented as he bowed politely.

Just then, the doors opened up and Sayaka greeted the client, "My apologies, Mr. Takagawa, come on in." Sayaka commented as she allowed him into her office.

Mr. Takagawa took a puff of cigar smoke and blew it out as he followed her in the office as Jasper closed the doors behind them.

"Please take a seat." Sayaka offered as Mr. Takagawa sat down across the desk from her.

"Thank you, Miss Hirano." He answered before he resumed, "Now Miss Hirano, as you can see my company is quite interested in investing into Black Ice. You are indeed a big name in the Yakuza, so I do indeed have quite a bit to offer under one condition of course."

"What's that condition, may I ask?" Sayaka commented as she raised an eyebrow.

"Well, seeing that you have a big name transporter working for you. Your company will benefit more and expand more well.. if you say downsize and exchange."

Sayaka slammed her hands down on her desk as she got up, "You saying get rid of Kuroudo Akabane? No way! He is my best transporter here. No deal."

"This is a deal of a lifetime."

"Get out! No deal!" Sayaka then paused before she collapsed again, fighting not to throw up.

Mr. Takagawa laughed, "Fine, then you will be sorry." He took a puff of smoke from the cigar and blew it near her face before heading out.

Sayaka had never felt this sick before, and it had been happening for a while. What is going on? She thought to herself, Why am I feeling like this? What if—?

It dawned on her that she did indeed remember that she and Akabane made love over a month ago while on a getaway in Italy, and it wasn't until a couple of weeks ago that she started feeling crappy. She shook her head as she couldn't be. She couldn't possibly be carrying a child inside of her. Usually her and Akabane are very careful when having sex, especially because she wasn't quite mentally prepared for kids, and she was worried how Akabane would take it. She placed a hand on her stomach for a moment, lost in thought. She didn't want to believe it, but just to be sure, a pregnancy test would be the answer to everything. She got back up to her feet and sat back down at her desk, ringing in Jasper.

"Yes, MIss Hirano?" Jasper said over the machine.

"Cancel the rest of my meetings, Jasper, I… have something I need to do." Sayaka answered.

"As you wish, madam."

"Thank you, Jasper."

After paying for a pregnancy test, Sayaka was in the bathroom in one of the stalls, waiting for the result of it. She sighed as she was very nervous, but trying hard not to panic. She was more worried about having to tell Akabane about the fact that he was going to be a father if it was even possible. Akabane, a father? She couldn't bear it. However, her only other option to avoid any pressure of a baby was abortion. Before she could think anymore, she looked down at the pregnancy test, and there it was – a plus sign stating that she was indeed pregnant. She gasped as anxiety kicked in before tears started shedding from her eyes.

Akabane's gonna kill me. Sayaka thought as the pregnancy test dropped to the floor of the bathroom from her shaky hands.

Her cell phone then rang as Sayaka pulled it out of her pocket to check to see who was calling – It was Akabane calling her. It was odd because usually while out on transport missions, he rarely calls her. Why now? Sayaka decided to answer.

"Hello?" Sayaka answered.

"Hello, my dear Sayaka-chan." Akabane answered over the phone.

"Akabane-kun, this is a surprise for you to call me while you're doing a transport job."

Akabane chuckled, "My my, so a guy can't call his favorite lady just to chat?"

"Don't worry, Akabane-kun, I always have time to talk to you." She chuckled

"How have you been feeling? I know you've been feeling quite under the weather with a stomach bug, but two weeks? Isn't that a little much?"

Sayaka paused for a moment, not answering. He was starting to catch on. She then resumed, "Akabane-kun…"

"Sayaka-chan, is it morning sickness?"

Sayaka laughed nervously, "Morning sickness? Oh come on now, you kidder."

"You're a bad liar, my dear Sayaka-chan, as I can read you very clearly."

Sayaka felt her world crumbling around her, but she tried hard not to get too lost, "Akabane-kun… when we get home, I'll tell you.."

"Don't you worry, I'll be home soon."

End of Chapter 1