Being In Love Is Never Easy!
By: Sailorjj07
2. The Field Trip
A/n: I've updated for your reading pleasure! Oh, by the way! I realized I made a mistake with the ages in my other fic, so let me give them out again. I thought Tory was younger then everyone, but I was wrong. So here are the ages:
Ages:
Yai, Maylu, and Natalie: 12
Chaud, Lan, and Tory: 13
Disclaimer: I do not own!
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Actions
(Me!)
The bell rung for class to start and Ms. Mari came in with a smile on her face, "Good morning, class!"
"Good morning, Ms. Mari!" Came the reply from her entire class. Ms. Mari started to take the roll and class was excitedly answering to the call of their names. Five minutes later they were lining up to leave.
"Everyone ready to go?" A cheer was her only reply. She opened the door and then entire class walked to the subway station.
"Are we all sitting together?" Lan asked, looking around his group of friends. They nodded and the entire group plus their class got on the subway to the Beach area, where the hospital was.
Outside of the Hospital
"I'm gonna have to ask all of you to be very quiet when you go in. A nurse will meet us in the lobby and we'll go from there. Okay?"
"Yes ma'am." The class chorused together. They all walked in where a nurse with blonde hair and bright green eyes was waiting for them.
"So the junior high class is here? Hi everyone, I'm Sunny and I'm gonna be your nurse guide today. Does anyone know what you're going to see today?"
Her question was met with silence and she smiled.
"You guys get to see all the brand new babies of Dentech City. I'm going to have to ask that you all be very quiet so you don't frighten them. And maybe if the children's parents say it's ok, you can hold them."
"Everybody ready?" Sunny asked, grinning.
"I believe they are." Ms. Mari said, and the nurse started the trek to the nursery. The started out on the first floor, going left to the stair well. They climbed the stairs to the fourth floor, and walked to the nursery windows.
"The babies are kept here after they're born for monitoring. That way if they have any problems, we can fix them and make sure they don't happen again."
"Why are the babies color coated?" Asked a boy who noticed the pink and blue hats and blankets.
"They're like that because we need to know wither their boys or girls."
"Why do you need to know that?"
"Because how can we fix a baby girl problem if it's a baby boy that we're giving the medicine to?"
"Oh......." The entire class saw such logic in her statement that they understood it completely. They all lined up in front of the windows, looking at the small wiggling bundles.
"Awwwwwwwwww!!! Lan, I want a baby girl!!" Maylu cried, watching a little baby in pink wiggle. Lan rolled his eyes, but watched the baby girl as well. The baby was cooing and sucking on her fingers, while Lan and Maylu watched her.
"Maybe you can have one....Later. Much much later." Lan told her, receiving a smile from her.
"YAY!" Maylu hugged her boyfriend; nearly making him hit the glass. The movement caught the baby's eyes and she tried to roll over to look. Maylu stopped hugging Lan as soon as she saw it and 'awwwwed'. Yai and Chaud were looking at a baby boy with dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. He had a baby frown on his face (if that's what you call it when new born babies aren't smiling. Or a tough looking baby), and it was adorable to Yai.
"Chaud, look at this one." Yai said, pointing at the little baby in front of her. Chaud looked at the baby and nodded, seeing how tough the little baby would be when he grew up.
"I see you've noticed some of the children here. That baby girl is Sicily and the little boy is Max." Sunny told the class, smiling at the class she was guiding. They class got to watch the babies for five minutes before Sunny led them away.
"This is a room where a baby is delivered. We have several of them here and some deliveries are very loud. Here is where the mother lays until it's time for the baby to come. We have a movie for you guys to watch when you get back to school."
"Will it be gross?" Asked a boy standing closest to Sunny.
"Wanna know the truth? Yes, it will. Live birth has so many juices and liquids involved...it's kinda sicking the first time. I warn those with weak stomachs to cover there eyes when the birth begins. It might help if you don't listen very well either." The looks on the faces of the 12-14 year olds was hilarious. Sunny, who couldn't contain it anymore, burst into laughter which triggered Ms. Mari's laughter as well. The class looked between the two women and sighed, not understanding the joke.
"Anyway, let's go see the babies up close and personal." Sunny led the class to the nursery door and stopped. "I'm going to have to ask that you be very quiet. The babies aren't used to loud noises yet, nor are they ready to experience it." Everyone nodded and Yai, Natalie, and Maylu took off into the room as quietly as they could.
"I want to hold this one, Sunny." Yai said, whispering as loudly as she could, pointing at the baby boy with blue eyes and brown hair. Sunny nodded and picked up the baby carefully, motioning for Yai to sit down in the chair beside his hospital crib. Yai sat and held her arms out. When the baby's light weight was placed in her arms, Yai smiled brightly.
"He's so beautiful." Yai whispered. Chaud stood behind her watching her hold the baby. He stared down into the little boy's face and watch as it curved into a little half smile. "I can already tell he's gonna be an arrogant little boy. Just like you, Chaud."
"I'm not arrogant"
"Yes, you are, honey. Hate to break it to ya." Yai giggled at the look on Chaud's face and then she grinned, "Do you wanna hold him?"
"No."
"Chaud...Please?"
"No."
"You're afraid aren't you?"
"I am not afraid of a baby."
"Obviously you are or you'd hold him."
"Whatever. Give the runt here." Chaud held out his arms and Yai stood up and placed him in Chaud's arms. "Support his head. He's not old enough to hold it up on his own yet." Chaud did as she asked and Yai watched as the baby moved slightly and Chaud's eyes widened.
"Don't worry, he's just trying to figure out where the heat coming from. He'll move a little more and get a little more comfortable and then he'll go to sleep." Yai grinned as Chaud watched the baby. As Yai predicted, he moved a little more and then he went to sleep.
"You were right."
"I know."
"Now who's being arrogant?" Yai giggled quietly and then turned back to watching the baby. On another side of the room Natalie and Tory were trying to decide which baby to hold. They decided on a baby girl with brown hair and purple eyes. Natalie sat in a chair, touching the baby's cheeks with her fingers.
"She's so cute and soft. I wish I could take her home with me." Natalie said, watching the tiny hand grip her index finger. Tory watched the baby and then her, smiling to himself.
"You're going to be a great mom, Nat. I can tell by the way you hold her."
"You think so?" Natalie looked at the baby, but looked up when Tory spoke again.
"Her eyes are the same color as yours." Tory told her, looking between Natalie's eyes and the baby's. They're eyes caught and Natalie found her self lost in a sea of dark brown, but the baby decided to move and the moment was lost. She shifted her arms and looked back down; looking at the baby whose eyes looked much like her own.
"Her eyes will be a deeper purple than mine."
"Deeper?" Tory questioned, not quite understanding.
"The purple of my eyes are lighter then what her's are going to be. The boys are gonna love her." Natalie replied, smiling at the little girl in her arms. Then she looked up at Tory,"Wanna hold her?"
"Ok." Tory held out his arms and Natalie stood up and placed her in them. The baby wiggled a little, but was still again soon after.
"Have you ever held a baby before, Tory?"
"No."
"Are you sure? It's like you knew exactly what to do." Natalie asked, watching the baby get comfortable in his arms quickly.
"I'm sure." Tory smiled at Natalie, then looked back down at the baby girl he held in his arms. The baby moved and he just watched shifting his arms to make the baby more comfortable.
"Wow. Tory, you're going to be a great dad." Natalie said, watching him and the baby.
"That means a lot, coming from you." Tory looked up and smiled at her, their eyes meeting again. No words were exchanged, but when they finally looked away from each other, a new bond was formed between them.
Lan and Maylu were holding the little baby that they had seen from the window, a chubby, round little thing with pink hair and brown eyes. She wiggled around in Lan's arms, making him panic.
"Lan, you have to stay calm. If you're not calm she won't be either." Maylu said, trying to get Lan to calm down. He took a deep breath and made himself relax.
"There you go. Now doesn't that feel much lighter on your arms?" Lan nodded and sat in the chair. He was watching the little baby until she started wiggling again. Suddenly her face went into a frown and in an instant the baby started to cry.
"Maylu! What do I do?" Lan cried, panic written all over his face. The entire class looked up at him, wondering why the baby was crying.
"Give her here." Maylu took the baby from Lan and rocked her, shushing her gently. Although her crying got a little quieter, she still continued to cry. Then in a wave all the babies in the nursery started to cry and it was as if all the babies were upset.
"This your fault, Lan." Chaud said, watching Yai rock the baby, trying to get him to hush.
"No, it's no ones fault. The babies are hungry is all. Are you guys ready to feed them?" Sunny warm bottles from its spot where it was warming in a pot of hot water. She checked and made sure they were all at the right temperature before handing them out to the class.
"So our baby's name is Anastasia." Tory said, reading the name on the bottle. Natalie nodded and handed the bottle to Tory.
"Do you know how to feed her?"
"No."
"All you have to do is put the bottle in her mouth. But after about three seconds, you have to take it out of her mouth so she can breathe. Then you can put it back in. And this process continues to the bottle is empty." Natalie said, watching Tory lower the bottle into the baby's mouth.
"I think I can do it."
"Good. Maylu, how are you over there?"
"The baby scared Lan cause she started crying. Other than that, she's fine. Lan, don't hold the bottle like that! You'll choke her!" Maylu moved his hand the way it was supposed to be and sighed.
"Sorry Maylu."
"It's ok."
"You know what? I haven't heard from Megaman since we got here." Lan said, rocking the baby slightly.
"That's cause they had their own field trip." Yai replied, walking over with Chaud and Max (the baby) behind her.
"Navis can have kids?" Lan and Maylu asked together.
"Yes and no. They can't create them like we do, but they can ask for one and it's programmed to grow up to a certain age. Then it'll stop growing." Chaud said, taking the bottle out of Max's mouth. He breathed in air and then Chaud put it back in his mouth.
"Wow. That's cool."
"Yup, so the navis are getting lessons on teaching the growing baby navis. Let's watch and see what's going on."
In The Cyber World
"Since your NetOps are learning about babies, you navis will too." Said a navi in a white nurse's uniform. She had bright blonde hair, just like Sunny.
"My name is Sunshine and I am Sunny's navi. I'm going to tell you how the babies are 'born' and then we'll go straight into the nursery to see them. Follow me." The navi led the class of navis to a cyber nursery a lot like the one where the NetOps were, but without the delivery rooms.
"There's the nursery right there. We raise the baby navis a certain amount of time, putting in basic programming and the ability to grow up. Then when that time is up, we send them to the navi and NetOp that order it, and let them raise it how they wish. I know several navi babies that are grown up and fighting in Net Battles. Anyway, after the first two days of putting in basic programming such as breathing, movement, making noises, looking at things, etc; we give them a random personality on the third day and input it on the fourth. Then they are sent out. Sound easy enough?" The group nodded and Sunshine gave a big bright smile. "Let's go see some navi babies then." She opened the door to the room and let the navis walk around.
"Look Nadalia, isn't she the cutest thing?" Roll said, looking at a baby girl with bright green eyes and brown hair. Roll picked her up and grinned at her, watching her move. "It must be your second or third day here, little one."
"Yes, after the first day of programming they're moved in here." Sunshine told Roll, smiling at the baby in her arms. Nadalia went to the crib next to Roll's and saw a little baby in yellow with red hair and golden eyes.
"Wow. This baby is beautiful." She picked up the little boy and walked over to Roll. "Look at this one." Roll looked at the little boy and almost squealed at his cuteness.
"I love the color of his eyes." Roll grinned at Nadalia and sat down in a chair.
"I do too." Nadalia sat down next to her and the two watched as Megaman and Iceman walked over, each with a baby in their arms.
"Well I like this one. He looks a little like Roll." Megaman said, showing them the blonde haired, green eyed baby in his arms. The little boy wiggled at being so close to a bunch of navis and Megaman got a chair and sat next to Roll.
"Nadalia, what do you think about this one?" Iceman showed her and Roll the baby boy he was holding. The boy had light blue hair and ice blue eyes.
"He's gorgeous. I think he's almost as pretty as the baby I'm holding." Nadalia replied, nodding in approval. Iceman seemed proud of his pick and watched the baby move in his arms.
In The Real World
"I think we better put Max back before I get attached to him." Yai said, putting Max back in his crib. Maylu nodded and put Sicily back, doing the same. When Natalie saw what they were doing, she put Anastasia back as well.
"Bye little one." Natalie said, waving at the baby. Tory nodded at the baby and walked out; making sure Natalie was in front of him before he left.
"We don't want you trying to take someone else's baby, now do we?"
"Not funny, Tory."
"I think it was." They walked to where Lan, Chaud, Yai and Maylu were gathered in a circle around Maylu's PET.
"Roll, you can't keep that baby." Maylu said, almost laughing at her navi.
"But I want to."
"Roll, no."
"Please?!"
"No."
"Well Nadalia trying to keep her's too. How come she can keep her's and I can't keep mine?" Roll said, crossing her arms and pouting. They were still and the nursery and Roll refused to leave.
"Roll, she can't keep her's either." Natalie told her, eyeing her navi with a look that said 'you know you can't.' Nadalia sighed and put the baby back.
"Let's go, Iceman, before I change my mind." The two navis walked out together leaving Roll and Megaman by themselves.
"Maylu, please?!"
"No."
"Megaman..." Roll said, turning to him with a pleading look. He sighed and then put his arms around her, putting her back to his chest.
"Roll...You know you can't keep that baby."
"Why not?"
"Cause it's not yours."
"Then I won't leave until I get one."
"Oh, yes you will."
"No, I won't." Roll crossed her arms, pouting. Megaman rolled his eyes and then picked Roll up. He threw her over his shoulder holding her firmly in place.
"I hate to do this to you, Roll. But we have to go back to school." Megaman walked out of the nursery, with Roll pounding on his back and screaming to be let go.
End Chapter 2