Haruo woke up hours later with a massive ringing in his ears. He shook his head and rubbed his eyes, he was laying on the floor. He slowly stood up and looked over to his left. He saw X leaning against the wall with his arms folded. "What do you want?"
"Nothing, just thought I'd mention something to you about Yuko."
"What did you do to her?!"
"Nothing, the question is what did YOU do to her?"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know how long it takes for a baby of our race to grow in the womb?" X asked, "Two months, Yuko is currently at a stage where the baby is going to start growing. It's going to cause immense pain,"
"WHAT?!"
"Oh yeah, and then shortly after the baby is done growing it could be born at any time."
"Y-You're bullshitting me..." Soon Yuko's scream could be heard throughout the ship. Haruo's eyes widened, "Yuko..." he then turned and left the room he ran straight to his room and saw Yuko laying on the bed clenching her stomach, "Yuko! What's wrong?!" He rushes to her side.
"I...I don't know..." she grunted in pain, "It hurts..."
"Come on, let's get you to the medical bay." He wrapped his arm around her and helped her up, Yuko then let out a scream of pain.
"No! Stop! It hurts!" She groaned and then started to breathe heavily, "Ow..." Haruo looked down, Yuko's stomach was slowly starting to grow.
"Come on," He then helped her to the medical bay, he helped her lay down on the bed. Shortly after Naomi rushes into the room.
"I heard her scream, what happened?!"
"How did you not tell us about this?!" Haruo asked turning around and facing her, Naomi looked past Haruo at Yuko. Naomi sighed.
"I didn't know she was that far along." Naomi then started to go through things and prepare the room in case Yuko were to have her baby. Haruo turned and sat down next to Yuko, he then took her hand.
"Hey, everything is going to be alright."
"I'm in so much pain..." Yuko said as sweat started to bead down her forehead, "I don't even understand what's going on..."
Haruo sighed, "Neither do I...I just barely found out myself..." he squeezed her hand gently, "It's an alien thing...on my moms side...apparently it takes two months for the baby to develop in the womb before delivery...Yuko I am so sorry, I had no clue..."
"It's ok..." Yuko said softly, she then smiled, "At least this means we're closer to being a family..."
"Yeah..."
Yuko sighed and laid her head back trying to relax, she then looked over at Naomi, "Naomi...?"
"Yes?"
"...would there be a way for us to get an ultrasound...?"
"There sure is," Hikaru said, a small device came from the ceiling and it waved itself over Yuko's stomach before it scanned it. Soon the big screen on the wall turned on, it was an all black image at first. Soon the visuals came in of the baby. Yuko gasped and smiled as tears fell down her face, she squeezed Haruo's hand.
"There She is Haruo...there's Haruka..." she said, Yuko had gotten past the fact that her baby had suddenly grown, now she felt a sense of joy knowing that she had now become a mother. Soon Miana knocked and poked her face in the door. Yuko then looked over and noticed Miana, "Hey, come on in." Miana then walked in the room, Moana's eyes widened at Yuko's stomach.
"Fat..." Miana said
"No, I'm not fat. Come here, I want to show you something."
Miana nodded and walked over to her, Yuko then pointed at the screen. Miana's eyes widened, "Baby!"
"Yeah, that's a baby. That's my baby."
"Where is baby?"
"She's in here." Yuko said pointing to her stomach, Miana glared.
"Yuko ate baby..."
"What? No-"
"Cut it out!" Miana then pulled out a small knife of hers,
"NO!!! Don't! I didn't eat her! It's fine!" Yuko said just before Miana stabbed her in the stomach, "Look, the baby is growing inside me. After she's done growing then she'll come out on her own."
"Oh...ok."
Haruo then sighed, he then gently placed his hand on Yuko's stomach. He smiled softly, Yuko then placed her hand on top of Haruo's. "I can't believe we made a person..." Haruo said,
"Yeah...it's kind of new to me too, but it's amazing."
Haruo then smiled, "Hey, did you feel that?" He asked,
"Feel what?"
"I think she just kicked," he said, "Right here." He placed her hand on the spot where he felt it. After a while Yuko then felt the kick.
"Oh my god..." Yuko said with a smile, she then felt the kick again, "Wow...she's really in there."
"Yeah," Haruo then kissed Yuko's cheek, "This means we're parents." Yuko then looked over at Haruo and smiled, he smiled back at her. Yuko then winced.
"Mmm...ah..." she sat up slightly and placed her hand on her stomach.
"Is she growing again?"
"No..." she winced in pain again, "Ow...I think I'm in labor..." Haruo swallowed, he then looked to Naomi, Naomi nodded.
"Miana sweetie, can you please leave?" Naomi asked Miana, Miana nodded and left the room.
"Ow!!" Yuko said as she grit her teeth, "Ah..." she then laid back, her eyes suddenly widened.
"You okay?" Haruo asked,
"...my water broke..." Yuko said, she then started to breathe heavily as another contraction hit, "Aaah..." she groaned in pain. Naomi then started to prepare the room, she then positioned herself near the foot of the bed, she had some clean towels and a blanket. Naomi quickly removed Yuko's pants and tossed them aside.
"What do you want me to do?" Haruo asked,
"Hold my hand..." Yuko said a little scared, Haruo looked at Yuko, "Please...I'm scared..." she then groaned in pain again, she threw her head back into the pillow and bit her bottom lip. Haruo then sat next to her and he held onto her hand, she looked at him.
"I'm here for you," He said, "A family doesn't abandon each other." He said interlocking his fingers with hers. "I love you." She smiled,
"I love you too."
"Ok Yuko, you're gonna need to start pushing soon okay?" Naomi said, Yuko took a few deep breaths.
"Okay." Yuko took a few deep breaths.
"You're going to feel a slight pinch and then you need to start pushing." Yuko laid there for a moment, she then felt a sudden pinch. Yuko groaned in pain. "Ok Yuko, you need to start pushing."
"Okay..." Yuko shook her head, she groaned and then started pushing. She started to scream out in pain, she squeezed down on Haruo's hand.
"That's good, you're doing great." Naomi said, "Just keep pushing okay?" After nearly thirty minutes of pain, and tears, Naomi then smiled. "Okay Yuko last stretch, just one more big push Okay?"
"I can't..." she said panting heavily, "I just can't..."
"Yuko, you can do this, I can see her head now." Naomi said, "Just one more."
"Okay..." Yuko mustered as much strength as she could and gave one last push. She screamed in pain and then she fell backwards, soon the room was filled with high pitched crying. Naomi smiled, she cleaned up the baby with the towels and then wrapped the blanket around her.
"Here she is," Naomi said standing up, she walked over to Yuko and handed Yuko the baby. Yuko smiled weakly down at the infant in her arms.
"Look Haruo...it's Haruka..." she said with a smile, Haruo looked at the baby and smiled.
"She's beautiful." Haruo said,
"Hi Haruka...I'm your mom and this is your dad..." Yuko said to the baby softly, "Don't worry...he's not as cool as he thinks he is..."
"How dare you." Haruo said to Yuko in a playful manner, Yuko just smiled. Yuko smiled down at her baby, she then yawned.
"Haruo...I'm a little tired...do you want to hold her...?"
"M-Me...?"
"Yeah...just for a little while so I can rest my eyes..."
"O-Okay..." Haruo said nervously, he swallowed and then picked up little Haruka in his arms. He held her close to him, he smiled down at her softly. Haruka yawned, she opened her eyes slightly and looked at her father before closing her eyes again.
"She likes you..." Yuko said softly before she drifted off to sleep. Haruo looked down at Haruka.
"Hey little one..." he said in a gentle tone, Haruka then started to make a fuss, "What's the matter? Is it too cold?" He then pulled the blanket up to cover her head like a hoodie, "There you go." He started to gently bounce her up and down. "You look just like your mom you know that? You've got such a pretty face." Naomi smiled at him.
"I'm proud of you son." Naomi said as she folded her arms, "You and Yuko did good on this one."
"Thanks mom." He then felt the urge to leave the room, "Can you hold her while I go outside for a second?"
"Of course."
Haruo stood up and then handed Haruka to Naomi. Haruo then took his leave and X was outside the room. "Well?" X said,
"Well what?"
"How's my niece?"
"She's fine." Haruo said with a glare, "Why'd you tell me about this?"
"Well, even though I'm a cold hearted savage doesn't mean I'm not a family man."
"What do you mean family man?" Haruo asked through grit teeth, "You want me dead, you want mom dead too!"
"I have a son of my own." He said, "Well, had a son of my own. I know what it's like to welcome a new life into the world, the joy you feel." X glared, "It's not going to stay for long, so think of this as a holiday. Once you're done with your family I'll need you for something important."
"And what is that?"
"That's confidential." X then turned and left. Haruo sighed, soon Miana came running down the hall and wrapped her arms around Haruo.
"Hey," Haruo said to her, Miana looked up at him with a smile, "Want to come see the baby? She was just born a few moments ago" Miana nodded, Haruo took Miana into the medical room. Haruo got some hand sanitizer for Miana and squirted it into her hand.
"Ew..." Miana said,
"Rub it into your hands."
"Why?"
"It's so that the baby won't get sick."
"Yuck..." Miana then rubbed the hand sanitizer into her hands. Miana then looked over at Yuko, she gasped, "Yuko dead?"
"No, she's just resting." Haruo then walked over to Naomi, he took Haruka from her gently. He then turned and showed Haruka to Miana, Miana's pupils widened in awe. Miana leaned forward and looked closely at the baby, Miana had always heard of babies being born in the tribe but she had never seen one in person. They were so small. Miana sniffed the baby, Haruka smelt weird to Miana. "See look, this is Haruka she's my daughter." Miana tilted her head at the baby, many questions about the baby raced through Miana's mind. Haruka didn't open her eyes, was she dead too?
"Want to hold her?" Haruo asked, Miana looked up at Haruo.
"Hold her...?"
"Yeah, like I'm doing." Miana looked at Haruo's arms and how he held the baby, it didn't seem too hard. Miana looked at Haruo and nodded. Haruo smiled, he then gently placed Haruka in Miana's arms. "Watch her neck, make sure to hold it up, for the first few months of her life she can't support her neck." Miana nodded and cradled her head, Haruo then slowly let go. Miana's eyes widened, she was holding a baby and she couldn't believe it. The baby was extremely light compared to most things Miana had held in her life. Miana then looked down at Haruka, "See, there you go." Miana blinked at the baby, she was starting to feel a bit uncomfortable. Haruka opened her eyes slightly, she yawned and then sneezed softly before closing her eyes again. After she sneezed Miana had enough.
"Take!" Miana said, Haruo sighed and gave her a smile.
"Alright," Haruo then gently took the baby from Miana, "Babies take a while to get used too, and they're a lot of work too." Miana nodded. "You know, you were once a baby too I'm guessing." Miana nodded. Haruo then looked back at Yuko, Yuko was absolutely dead asleep. At least until Haruka started crying, "Yuko..." Haruo said walking over to her, "I think she's hungry." Yuko groaned.
"Let me sleep...you feed her..."
"You know that's not how it works."
Yuko then slowly opened her eyes, "Alright, give her here..." she said with a yawn. Haruo handed Haruka to Yuko, "Shhh...it's okay..." Yuko said softly, Haruo then turned around to give Yuko some privacy while she breastfed Haruka. Yuko smiled downnat the breastfeeding infant, "You were just really hungry huh..." Yuko said softly, "You really gave us a scare little one...but we're glad you're here..."
Haruo smiled after hearing Yuko say that, he then turned to Naomi, "Mom, I'm curious, are there diapers on board?"
"I think so, this medical bay is supposed to be one of the most advanced medical rooms on the planet." Naomi then started to look through the drawers until she found some, "Alright, I found a bunch but they're for newborns, there isn't any larger sizes."
"That's fine, we won't be on the ship with Haruka long. Once we return to Okinawa everything will be fine."
"Alright," Naomi then put the packages of diapers on the counter, she then looked to Haruo, "You know, even though it's hard to believe, you were once that small." She smiled, "I remember the day you were born, you were the cutest baby on the face of the planet," she then turned around and fully faced him, "I even remember your first word, it was Bubba."
"Bubba?"
"Yeah, that was the word you used to describe your father." She smiled, "I was Mama and he was Bubba, it was really cute." She then giggles, "And the neighbor girl that would watch you was always ZoZo no matter how old you got." Naomi then folded her arms, "Well, what are you going to do now?"
"For now I'm going to spend as much time as I can with my family,"
"And after that?"
"I don't know. Find some way to overthrow X."
"Good luck," She said, "He's grown far more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
"I know...but what I lack in brute strength I have in brainpower."
"You're going to outsmart him?"
"I'm going to try."
"Good luck." Naomi said, Haruo nodded.
"I'm going to stop him no matter what the cost, even if I have to kill him."
A/B
Yay! Happy Birthday little Haruka! Sorry I haven't had much author notes lately, I've just been hella busy lol. Anyways things so far are going great! I wrote this chapter the way I did because I didn't want to have a crap ton of chapters that lead up to nine months and then blah blah blah. Anyways! This chapter was supposed to come out on the 27th because that's the actress Kudo Haruka's birthday, who is the actress that I named Haruo and Yuko's daughter after. So yeah Haruka's birthday is 10/27/22,0018 or whatever the year is that the anime takes place in lol XD
Anyways! X is definitely up to something not good! Stay posted!