Shiro sometimes would be seen taking trains on the Kourindou branch line. He would always stop to talk to the denizens of the Forest of Magic. One of the two magicians that lived there would be there to see him, was Alice Margatroid.
Shiro whistled, "Peep! Peep! Hello Alice, how's the baby?"
"The baby is doing fine." said Alice, her belly was large from how far into her pregnancy had got.
"How's Ichihiro and Hiroto? I heard what happened." Alice said.
"Those two are glad to be back to work, but Hiroto still sulks about it." replied Shiro.
"I best be going, I'm looking for things for when my child is born."
"Goodbye Alice."
"Goodbye Shiro."
Shiro continued to think about Alice, it was early July, it had already been nine months. That's what his driver and firewoman told him how long a baby is 'grown' anyhow.
"Did anyone else see Alice today?" asked Shiro.
"I did." said Hachirou, "She came into Mayohiga in one of those new women-only coaches."
"Did she complain of anything?" asked Shiro.
"She had something my firewoman told me what was called a 'contraction'." answered Hachirou.
Shiro sighed, "She's due any day now."
Alice's due date came sooner than expected, later that week. Shiro pulled a train of shoppers to Kourindou and saw the two magicians.
"Hello Alice! Hello Marisa!" called out Shiro.
"Hello Shi-" suddenly, Alice felt a pain, followed by something wet.
"Marisa..." said Alice, "My water just broke."
Marisa stood silently, she had a feeling of not just excitement for her and Alice, but also the feeling of her whole world coming to an end. An adrenaline rush kicked in inside of her.
"Quick Alice! We need to get to Eientei!" said Marisa, taking charge.
"Shiro! We need to go to Eientei fast!"
"Sure, Marisa. I just need to..."
Marisa used a dampener on her Mini-Hakkero and made a small master spark that destroyed Shiro's coupling.
"Marisa!" said Shiro, firmly. "Look what you did! Now how I'm I supposed to-"
"No time Shiro! We'll ride in your cab!"
Marisa and Alice rode in Shiro's cab as his four driving wheels pounded the rails. Shiro ran through plans and ideas through his head.
"I must make it before Ichihiro leaves." he though.
Shiro whistled and screamed loudly as he plowed into the station yard.
"PEEP! PEEP! Ichihiro! Don't leave yet!"
"I'm not due to leave for a couple of minutes!" said Ichihiro.
He saw Marisa help Alice hobble into one of coaches and soon saw the point. Ichihiro told his driver to leave immediately. Ichihiro soon moved away from the station, leaving behind the guard...yet again.
"We haven't got a guard!" wailed Kuraraberu.
"No time!" said Ani, "We have a pregnant passenger on board!"
Ichihiro and his driver ignored the AWS warnings, the firewoman shoveled as much coal as her body could allow. Ichihiro's whistle wailed as he thundered down the line. The AWS bell rung loudly as he passed the hault station before the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. The bamboo forest flashed by as Ichihiro quickly made the final approach to the station. His driver applied the brakes as Ichihiro skidding into the station, almost overrunning the platform. Marisa was still feeling the adrenaline rush and did not tell Eirin, but rather commanded Eirin to help Alice inside.
"Wow Marisa...I've...never...seen you take charge like that...before." Alice said panting.
Marisa said nothing, but from the look on her face, she was taking this business very seriously. Eirin and Henry Blake helped Alice whilst Marisa stood outside. Fujiwara no Mokou offered her a cigarette to calm her nerves. Marisa took her offer and as she breathed in the smoke. She spluttered and coughed and then took another breath of the cigarette.
After what had seemed like hours, Henry Blake walked out of the operating room and announced that Alice had a baby boy. Marisa came in to see her.
"Alice...are you okay." asked Marisa.
"Yes, Marisa...I'm." replied Alice.
"Are you two married?" asked Henry Blake.
Alice and Marisa just shook their heads.
"Too late for a shotgun wedding, I suppose." said Henry Blake, luckily no one knew what that had meant.
"So what's the name?" asked Eirin.
"I thinking Takara, as he's mine and Marisa's little treasure." replied Alice.
Suddenly, Marisa's adrenaline rush ended, and a deep feeling of dread came over her. She fainted in shock of this realization and fell backwards onto the floor.
"Hold on, Alice. I need to screen your child for anything, as this is the first child born out of those futanari pills." said Eirin.
Using a special device made by the kappas, and the tiniest amount of blood from Takara. The device gave a reading.
"Oh dear." said Eirin.
"What?" asked Alice.
"Your child might have some sort of form of Autism." replied Eirin.
"What's that?"
"Its a type of mental disability, it delays development a bit and sometimes its severe. But from what this thing says, it would probably be some form of high functioning autism."
Alice stared at Eirin, and then began to cry.
"Don't worry." said Eirin, "It'll be alright."
Whilst Eirin tried to consul Alice, Ichihiro was getting chewed out by the Scarlet Controller.
"I will have to shut you in the sheds again, Ichihiro! Running past five signals and running at dangerous speeds and you left your guard behind, AGAIN! What did I tell you about that!" she said.
Ichihiro cringed, luckily Henry Blake came out to see what the matter was.
"Hello. Ms. Scarlet! Are you here to see Alice and her newborn child?" he said.
"Child?" asked the Scarlet Controller, she seemed puzzled.
"Yes. Ichihiro brought Alice and Marisa here." replied Henry Blake.
"But he ran through..." the Scarlet Controller, grumbled as she entered Eientei, she wanted to tell Alice a thing or two about railway safety, but Eirin managed to talk Remilia out of doing any harm to Alice and her baby.
Remilia walked out of Eientei, "So. You've brought Alice here, huh."
Ichihiro said "Yes", meekly.
"Well, I see that this was an emergency, so I'll let this go. But if I see you run at those speeds ever again, its back to the sheds." said the Scarlet Controller.
After a while, Alice brought her child home with her. Marisa is just no beginning to come to terms with this new arrival. Ichihiro was glad not to be punished for helping the two magicians, and Shiro got his rear coupling replaced. Rinnosuke made some models of the engines for Takara, and he would grow up to liking the engines of Gensokyo. The engines of Gensokyo were really fruitful indeed.