"What exactly is the deal with early deliveries?" Kagome asked. She, Chiyo, Aaron, Sango, Miroku, and Jakotsu were sitting outside in the waiting room. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were with Sayuri.
"I think Izayoi said that it was normal for a hanyo to be born a few weeks before the due date." Sango said.
"That's what Inuyasha told me when I was giving birth to Akane." Kagome said.
"Oh my god… I still can't believe that I'm going to be an aunt…" Chiyo said.
"What about Rin?" Jakotsu asked, giving Chiyo a look.
"I mean… biologically…"
"Whatever…." Sango said. A dust cloud ran through the hallway.
"Aunt Chiyo!" Kaulani said, tackling Chiyo.
"Did we miss anything?" Sayo asked.
"Nope… we've been here almost a half hour."
"And…." David pressed.
"If anything comes up, then Inuyasha would have let us know by now." Kagome said.
"Can we see her?" Nobu asked, worry in his voice.
"Only for a few minutes."
All eyes turned towards Inuyasha.
"Did anyone ever tell you how hot you look in that white coat?" Jakotsu asked.
"Back off. I'm married…" Inuyasha said.
(In the room)
"Now I know how Kagome felt…" Sayuri said weakly to Sesshomaru. The contractions were about 15 minutes apart. They weren't bad enough to start pushing yet.
"You're doing a good job so far…" Sesshomaru said.
Sayuri leaned back into the pillow.
"Who ever invented child birth really sucks…" Sayuri said, with a small smile.
"Hi Sae…" Chiyo said softly, as she and the entourage entered the room.
"Chi…"
"How are you doing?"
"Well...I get a huge pain in my lower abdomen and I can't do anything about so what do you think?" Sayuri snapped back.
"Sorry if I care!" Chiyo said.
"Girls…" Nobu said.
"Daddy…"
"Aw… you forgot about me…" Kai pretended to be upset.
"Kai…"
"Auntie!" Kaulani pushed Sesshomaru from his position by the side of the bed.
"You're going to have a baby soon?"
"Yup…"
"Is it going to be a boy or a girl?"
"Surprise."
"Where's the baby going to come from?"
"OK! Let's go kid! Your aunt needs her rest!" David said. Sayo turned red from shock over what her daughter just said. The two lead the girl outside to have the thing that all parents's feared… the talk…
"Ok, you guys…" Inuyasha said into the room. "Clear out would cha?"
"You're only saying it like that because you know us…" Jakotsu said.
"Immediate family only for now…" Inuyasha said firmly.
"Aw… fine… come on Aaron…" Jakotsu said, tugging at Aaron's arm. Kagome followed.
"We'll leave you alone…" Nobu said, taking Kai by the arm and went out of the room.
"I thought they never leave…" Sayuri said. Another contraction hit and she gripped Sesshomaru's hand. Inuyasha looked out of the corner of his eyes and smirked. Thought his face didn't say anything, Sesshomaru's eyes were full of pain.
(A few hours later…)
"(Yawn) so who wants Starbucks?" Jakotsu asked.
The other's looked at him as if he was crazy. But coffee did sound good. They got here at 7 o clock and now it was almost 2 in the morning.
"One Grande Café Mocha"
"Three tall zebras (black and white)"
"One espresso. I mean two!"
"And another Mocha for me… great…" Jakostu said, trying to remember who ordered what on his way out.
"Wow… that must be one stubborn baby…" Miroku said, shifting a little to make himself more comfortable as Sango slept in his lap.
"Hiko had birth complications too." Nobu said, fighting sleep.
"Nobu, why don't you, Kai and the other's make yourselves comfortable at our place?" Aaron said.
"Kai and those guys can go, but I'm staying. I want to see my first grandchild." Nobu said firmly.
"Alright dad. Call the minute there's any action." Chiyo said, getting up from her chair, gave David a break by taking a sleeping Kaulani, and she, Aaron, Sayo, David, and Kai walked out. Kagome went home around midnight to pick Akane up from Inutashio and Izayoi's house and to tell Rin what was going on so far.
"This is one hell of a vacation…" Nobu muttered as sleep took over. Miroku rolled his eyes.
"We'll leave it to you…" Miroku said, picking up his wife and left.
Sayuri stared out the dark window of her room. Sesshomaru dozed off sometime around one. She didn't want to wake him so when another contraction came on, she gripped the sheets. She saw that there were bruises on his hand.
"I'm really sorry about that…" Sayuri said to herself. Inuyasha walked in.
"Anything different?" he asked.
"Just that they're now five minutes apart…" Sayuri said.
"That's progress from the 15 minutes apart. I come by again in a little while, and then we'll see where we're at."
Inuyasha slammed the door on purpose. Sayuri rolled her eyes.
He sure loves to give Sesshomaru hell…
Sesshomaru sat up.
"What was that?" he asked lazily.
"That would be Inuyasha." Sayuri said softly.
"How long has it been?"
"Eight long hours… going on nine…"
Then a sharp pain went through Sayuri.
"Oh god…" Sayuri tried to keep the scream in.
"Inuyasha!" Sayuri shouted.
The scream was heard throughout the floor. Nobu jerked awake. Inuyasha came running.
"It hurts… it hurts…" Sayuri said over and over. Sesshomaru held on to her hand.
"This is it…" Inuyasha said. He ordered a few of the nurses on duty to get ready for a delivery.
(Ginza)
"Hel--- Seriously!? I'll be over!" Chiyo slammed her cell phone shut. Aaron, David and the other's were asleep. She quietly left the apartment. She couldn't sleep when she got home. She instead glued herself to the spot on the couch, watching her cell phone.
(Hospital)
Inukimi and Inutashio ran down the hallway. They spotted Sayuri's father and sister.
"Well!?" the two said.
"What have you two been taking to stay so wide awake?" Chiyo asked.
(In the delivery room)
Sayuri screamed from pain.
"Sae, you're doing alright. Just concentrate." Sesshomaru said. He never left her side.
"Dr. Tashio, we're ready." One of the nurses said from the cleaning table.
"Right. Now Sayuri…" Inuyasha said, keeping a professional tone. "When I count to three, I need you to push as hard as you can…"
Sayuri nodded, sweat dripping down her face.
"Ok… one…two… three…"
Sayuri leaned forward as much as possible. About a few moments later, she fell backwards. She was breathing heavily.
"Ok… one more time… one…two…three…"
This one was more painful than the last one. Sayuri couldn't help but cry out.
"I see a head." The assistant said. Then a cry was heard in the room. Sayuri dropped back again.
"It's a girl." Inuyasha said. Sayuri couldn't see the baby, for it was immediately taken to the cleansing table.
"You win the bet…" Sesshomaru said teasingly to Sayuri. She just smiled.
After the baby was cleaned, the nurse handed the bundle to Sayuri.
The baby had silvery hair, and a blue moon like her father. She had two small magenta strips, one on each cheek. Her eyes were currently close so her eye color was yet to be seen.
"She beautiful…" Sayuri said, tears in the corner of her eyes.
"Just like her mother." Sesshomaru said.
"What are you going to name her?" the nurse asked.
Sayuri and Sesshomaru thought long and hard.
"Karei…" Sayuri finally said.
The nurse scribbled it down on her clip board. She read the new parents the information of their newborn daughter.
Tashio Karei
Born June 3, 2007, at 3:40 am
Weight: 5 pound, 2 ounces
Female
"Do you want to hold her?" Sayuri asked. She handed Karei to Sesshomaru. The last time he held a baby was when Rin was dumped by her mother and he took her in. his daughter felt so fragile. He never wanted to let her go.
"You're a daddy…" Sayuri cooed sleepily.
He didn't hear her. He listened closely to his daughter's breath.
We…actually brought her into the world… he thought to himself.
"Mr. Tashio?" Sesshomaru snapped back to reality.
"I'm sorry, but we have to put the baby in the nursery now." The stork demon nurse said. He handed Karei to her and she walked out of the room. He placed a hand over Sayuri's. She was already asleep. The birth took a lot out of her.
Inuyasha, meanwhile, was busy telling his stepmother, his father, and Nobu about the baby's arrival.
"Now I have three granddaughters!" Inutashio said happily.
"And the baby's healthy?" Inukimi asked in haste, which was rare for her to do.
"The baby's fine." Inuyasha said.
"What did they name her?" Nobu asked.
"Karei…"
"Aw… that's a pretty name. Has a good meaning too." Inukimi said.
"Dr. Tashio, the boss called. He says go home already…" One of the nurses said to Inuyasha as she walked by.
"Good. Now I can go get some sleep." Inuyasha said, as he headed off towards the locker rooms to change.
It's going to be a long day tomorrow…
Hikaru- San: Introducing little Miss Karei Tashio!
Karei mean beautiful in Japanese. Well, she is related to Sesshomaru don't forget (thanks for the name Shikonprincess!!!!)
This was a rather hard chapter to write because
one. I never went into labor
two. I never been in a situation when someone I know went into labor (except my mom, but I was six so I stayed home…)
Please R&R.
Next Chapter… Karei comes home!