AnimeKiwi369: I'm so sorry I haven't updated this in almost three weeks. I have no excuse. Please forgive me. As a result, I'm not going to dillydally this update. This is the last chapter though.

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Through Bird's Eyes

Chapter 4

Positive.

Dove stared in awe at her hands. Positive. Positive, positive, positive, positive! After so many years, it was finally giving her a positive result. She was pregnant. Pregnant! She couldn't believe it. She had wanted this for so many years, and now it was actually happening. The blonde didn't think it could happen at her age. She was getting close to forty-two. She'd stopped believing she could get pregnant when she was thirty-nine. But she hadn't been feeling well in the mornings and was late and decided to chance it.

This was… This was…. This was so amazing! This was her dream come true. She was going to be a mother. She would finally be a mother. After almost ten years of marriage and almost twenty years of being with Crow, she was finally going to have his child. They would be parents! She'd been like a mother to Anny since Akiza left, but now she was going to have a baby of her own. She couldn't wait; she had waited much too long for this. The green-eyed woman would be able to experience one of the most amazing and natural things that could happen to a woman.

She was pregnant.

Dove kept staring at her pregnancy test as she sat around the living room of the house she and her husband shared with Yusei and his daughter. Though she had her father's hair color, she looked incredibly like her mother with her features and eyes. The dark-haired girl was currently fifteen and a half and beginning to start driver's training. Well, for the car anyway. She'd had her turbo duel license for about three months. Anny was a sweet girl and loved her father dearly, along with the bird-named couple.

The blonde clutched the pregnancy test to her chest as she lied back on the couch. She touched her abdomen with her free hand. Dove just couldn't get over it. She was so happy. She hadn't been that happy since her wedding day. The blonde was going to be mother. She let out a contented sigh as she heard the front door open and footsteps start to head towards the stairs.

"Aunt Dove, is everything okay?" Anny asked as she saw her surrogate aunt lying on the couch.

The blonde woman stood up from the couch and looked over at her 'niece'. The young girl was in her Duel Academy Uniform, her jacket draped over her arm as she carried her books and backpack up the stairs. It was Friday, and the girl's backpack didn't look too heavy, so hopefully she didn't have much homework for over the weekend. Dove went over to the dark-haired girl and gently embraced her. She lightly pressed the girl's head into her shoulder as she lightly nestled the brown-eyed girl's hair.

"Aunt Dove?" She inquired. "What's going on?"

"Anny," the blonde told her adopted niece, "I'm pregnant."

The dark-haired girl pulled back from her surrogate aunt and looked at her with wide eyes. She looked at the green-eyed woman's abdomen. She smiled brightly at the blonde, "Aunt Dove, that's wonderful! I'm so happy for you."

"Thank you, Anny," she replied. "I can't wait to tell Crow and your father."

"They're going to be thrilled!" The young psychic said.

"I know," the green-eyed woman responded, closing her eyes and smiling to herself. She placed a hand on her abdomen, "I'm so happy."

That Night

Dove looked at the kitchen doorway as Yusei walked into the house through the garage. She looked for Crow behind him, but did not see her husband. She frowned a little and looked back towards the dinner she was cooking. She wanted to surprise the ginger with his favorite meal and dessert. Then she would tell him after dinner when they were alone. She had originally planned to wait for a month so to tell him, since Valentine's Day was the following month. But she was too excited to contain herself.

The dark-haired Signer came over to her, looking over her shoulder as she cooked, "Smells good, Dove. And looks like it's Crow's favorite."

"It is," she replied in a singsong voice. "Hope you don't mind."

"I don't mind," he replied. "I'm just a little surprised. What's the occasion?"

"It's just been a good day," she told him.

"Oh?" He inquired, "What happened?"

"Anny's not going to be the only child around her anymore, Yusei," she replied to her friend.

Yusei smiled at her, knowing what she meant, and lightly embraced her, "You're pregnant." He stated, "That's terrific. This news is going to make Crow's day."

"Where is my silly husband anyway?" She asked, hugging her friend back.

"He had one more delivery, but he's going to be home in about ten to twenty minutes," the Signer informed.

"I can't wait to tell him," Dove said. "I know he'll be excited."

Later that Night

Crow let out a tired yet contented sigh as his wife wrapped her arms around him from behind his recliner in the living room. She'd been acting a little strange that evening, and had a certain glow about her he couldn't place. He didn't mind though; it was good to see his wife so happy. The ginger was just curious as to what the occasion was. The blonde had cooked his favorite meal and had made dessert for him. Including an after-dinner drink.

Something was up, and it didn't seem like a bad thing. But it was a bit peculiar. Yusei and Anny had seemed to know what was going on, however they didn't tell him anything. The two of them were upstairs with the cobalt-eyed man helping his daughter with her trigonometry homework. Crow quietly, set down his drink on the table next to his chair and looked up at his wife, who was nestling her face in his hair a little.

"Is something going on, Dove?" He asked.

She smiled down at him and placed a kiss on his forehead, "Just something wonderful."

"And what would that be?" He inquired.

"Well," she started, running her fingers through his hair as she came around to him, "I'll give you three clues."

"All right," the ginger chuckled, "I'll play along."

"Well, what reminds you of the pitter-patter of rain but isn't rain, makes you stay up all night, and something we've wanted to have for a long time?" She teased slightly as she went around and sat on his lap.

His eyes widened as he looked from his wife's face to her abdomen back to her face, "A baby? You're pregnant? We're going to be parents? We're going to have a baby?!"

She lightly kissed his cheek, "We're going to have a baby."

Fourteen Months Later

Dove yawned as she moved around the kitchen. Akiza and everyone else hadn't been kidding when they said how much work babies were. The blonde wasn't minding though. Her and Crow's baby girl was just such a blessing and a sweetheart. Their little Owl Annylynn Hogan was so perfect, and she and her husband were so happy. After nearly ten baby-less years of marriage, the two could finally share what all their friends had and enjoy every minute of it.

Her daughter was so adorable, and Anny loved spending time with the little person. The baby had soft silky platinum blonde hair with gray eyes that had hints of emerald green. She was just a little darling. The blonde mother's adopted niece was so kind by offering to babysit for them. The baby was so incredibly difficult to take care of because she was a baby. But it was so worth it. So incredibly worth it.

The last several months had been a whirlwind. On Anny's sixteenth birthday, Yusei had been involved in a horrible accident that put him into a several hour surgery and coma for nearly two months. The Signer's daughter had made up her mind to try and thought the only way to wake up her father was to find her mother and bring her home. So she set out to find Akiza. And she'd found her mother and brought her back to New Domino. The burgundy-haired woman had been able to wake up her husband, as well.

Now the Fudo family was back together, just like it had been before the redhead's powers went out of control. The Fudos couldn't have been happier.

Dove couldn't be happier that her best friend was back, and could be with her family again, though it was a little strange seeing her friend again after all these years and living in the same house.

The blonde quietly made tea and some toast as she stretched, waking up still. It was her day off, so she'd slept in as best she could with the baby. Unfortunately, Crow was working that day, but he'd be home for lunch to see his wife and baby girl. And that day he got off earlier than normal. The green-eyed woman wasn't sure if Yusei was going into work that day or not as he was still recovering from his crash and still in physical therapy, even though it had been six months since he'd began. Six months since Akiza returned and Owl had been born as well.

Time flew so fast. The dark-haired man's daughter had the day off, since it was Saturday, but she seemed to be out of the house already. She was probably with Kyle, her boyfriend, whom she met while looking for her mother and who moved to New Domino. Either that or she was with her friends Brandon and Luke, who were Jack and Carly and Kalin and Misty's sons respectively.

The blonde shut off the flame on the stove and pulled her toast out of the toaster. She shivered a bit and temporarily left the kitchen to turn up the heat, since it was February. She heard a faint cry from upstairs, and figured her daughter wanted her. Dove quietly went upstairs and retrieved her almost six-month-old daughter. The baby clung to her mother as she headed back down into the kitchen. She placed the baby in her highchair and poured herself the tea she made earlier, sipping on it as she made a bottle for the baby.

The blonde nibbled on her toast before she picked up her daughter again and fed the bottle to her daughter.

She heard footsteps and looked over to see Akiza, looking a little sleepy, but extremely contented as she came over to the kitchen table in her bathrobe. She was currently working part-time at a flower shop, but was hoping she'd be able to get a job as a teacher at one of the schools the next school year. It was her day off as well. The psychic spent most of her free time with her husband, catching up on the lost years and helping him with therapy and such.

Even though it'd been six months, everything had been kind of hectic, and the blonde hadn't really had much time to spend with her friend. The brown-eyed woman had visited her and Crow in the hospital after Owl was born, but other than that, they'd visited very few times. And Dove felt she and her friend still had to reconcile. But mainly for the fact that the blonde never got to tell her best friend how jealous she had been of her or how much she had missed her.

"Good morning, Akiza," she greeted.

"Morning, Dove," the redhead replied with a slightly yawn, but also with a lightness in her voice she hadn't heard in a long time.

"You seem tired," the blonde commented.

"I was up late," the psychic told her. "Before you and Crow came home, I was finishing up one of my résumés, and then Yusei surprised me by taking me to dinner and a movie after he got home."

"So both of you got in late?" Dove guessed.

"Yeah," Akiza replied, blushing ever so slightly. "You know, I'm so glad I hadn't forgotten how manly Yusei was."

"The two of you had a little fun, did you?" The blonde asked, laughing a little. Her friend's blush deepened a little; she giggled again, "You're too funny, Akiza. There's no shame in saying you two got lucky."

"Okay," the psychic replied, still blushing a little. "So, Yusei and I had a little fun in bed last night. It's been so long since the two of us have been that close."

The blonde chuckled, "You're so cute, Akiza. Being all embarrassed about having done that and all." She sighed contentedly as she removed the bottle from Owl's mouth, gently beginning to pat her back, "It's funny. We haven't had a real conversation for almost sixteen years. And this time, I'm the one with the baby."

"It is kind of funny, Dove," she replied. She looked down, "I really missed our conversations, Dove. I missed having someone to talk to."

"I did, too," the green-eyed woman replied, reaching across to grab her friend's hand in a similar manner the psychic had all those years ago. "I talked to Carly and Misty and Luna and Sherry, but it just wasn't the same as talking with my friend, Akiza."

"And I talked to my neighbors and colleagues, but it wasn't the same either," she responded. "I could never feel as open with them as I did with you."

"Same here," the new mother agreed as she gently rocked the infant.

The burgundy-haired woman sighed, watching Dove, "I'm so happy for you, Dove. I'm so glad you can have a child of your own. And I'm so glad you were there to raise Anny….after I abandoned her."

"Akiza, you did it so you wouldn't hurt her," the blonde said. "Please. Stop blaming yourself."

"I can't help it," she replied softly. "I didn't raise my daughter. And soon, she'll be off in college. I can't help but feel a little jealous of you, Dove. You've gotten to raise my little Annylynn, and now you can raise your own baby."

"I used to be jealous of you, you know," the green-eyed woman told her.

"What?" The psychic asked a little surprised.

"It's true," Dove responded, "When you were pregnant, when you had Anny, when I wasn't able to get pregnant. I was jealous of you. I couldn't help thinking how luck you were, and how unlucky I was. And after you left, I could only be an aunt to Anny because I could never replace you as her mother. And then Crow and I had so much trouble conceiving. I thought I'd never be a mother, and that made me even more envious of you. But then I did get pregnant. I wasn't able to come clean to you, though. And I always felt bad for feeling so jealous of you and that I couldn't tell you."

"I have to tell you, Dove," Akiza replied, "After I left, I was jealous of you because I knew you'd be there to raise my baby girl, and you did. And I was jealous because you were able to do what I couldn't." She looked up smiling softly ever so slightly, "But I can finish raising her and catch up on the years I lost."

The blonde returned the smile, "Yes. And I can focus on raising my baby."

"It felt really good to come clean like this, Dove," the redhead told her friend. "Ever since I came back, I felt like I hadn't been able to connect with you as well I could have."

"I agree, Akiza," she replied. "Now we can move on and get back to our friendship."

The psychic merely smiled.

That Night

Dove quietly kissed Crow's forehead as he lay on their bed, fast asleep from fatigue. It was only about nine, but the ginger was exhausted from work. Owl was tired as well, and the blonde carefully placed the baby in her crib before looking over at her husband, who was somewhat loudly snoring away. She smiled softly at him as he slept. Sometimes she still couldn't believe they'd been together for so long. Or lived together for almost as long.

It was sometimes strange to think she had been able to experience everything that had happened since she met the Signers and Team 5D's. She'd seen everything. Meeting her best friend, Akiza, other life-long friends, and the love of her life, Crow. Watching her best friend marry Yusei, the psychic's love of her life, and then having a few difficult years when her friend hadn't succeeded in getting pregnant. Seeing the psychic get pregnant, seeing her go through her pregnancy, having Anny, and seeing how much her friend loved being a mother and loving her daughter.

Having to experience Akiza leaving and not having a best friend for fifteen years. Getting the chance to help Yusei raise his daughter. And seeing the young psychic blossom into a beautiful young woman.

Becoming expectant herself after nearly ten years of marriage and having Owl.

Seeing her best friend come back and watch as the Fudo family came back together.

Dove wouldn't trade what she experienced over the years for anything. Everything she'd seen and experienced was more special to her because of what she'd been through. She'd gotten to see everything through her eyes.

AnimeKiwi369: And that's it! I hope you enjoyed that. The ending had me stuck for a little bit but I got over that. I'm still so sorry I didn't finish updating this sooner. I had it in my mind, and then, I just never got around to it. Because I didn't feel like updating. So I apologize a thousand times.

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