Here's the chapter finale now folks! Hope you liked my story! XD

Mommy's Corner

Baby's Name: -NA-

Weight: 205 lbs.

Planned Hospital: Oshinawa's Medical Center

Thoughts to Ponder: The doctor says that I should be expecting labor by the twenty-first, which leaves me and Tsubasa plenty of time to get ready for the baby. Anyway, we kept the gender hidden because we only want to know once the baby comes out. And recently too, people have been sending over some suggestions for baby names such as Hana from Sumire, Yuki from Anna, Higuchi from Mikan, Takuma from Yuu, and Bob from Kitsunume. So far, Higuchi is my favorite.

34 Weeks

As the weeks passed, Tsubasa and Misaki spent the holidays together with some friends in their tiny yet cozy apartment. They received lots of gifts for Baby, which actually made up ¾'s of all the gifts the happier-than-ever couple got. Everyone was blissful and everything was at peace. And they even heard of the news that four of their little kouhais were going to get married, under certainly odd circumstances they won't tell anybody about, soon.

Then, New Year's came. Megane, Tono, Misaki, and Tsubasa paid a visit to Kaname's grave, while they also lit him a lantern in time for the Lantern Festival. Bear also made his contribution too by making a beautiful bouquet for Kaname, using all of his favorite wildflowers Bear scavenged for in the academy grounds with the help of Yuu and the others. Yuka-san also dropped by Tsubasa and Misaki's to give them her blessing for a happy family life, while wistfully admitting she wanted this once too. Tsubasa smiled and then patted Yuka-san's aged shoulder, saying he already has Mikan and them, which should leave her with nothing to be sad about.

"Thank you, Tsubasa, and I'm equally grateful to you two for taking good care of my daughter before. I'm really glad that I have a happy couple such as yourselves that I can freely call my children whenever I wanted to." Yuka-san weakly smiled at them with tears in her hazel orbs that seemed to be staring off into the distance.

Misaki recalled all the wonderful events that have taken place during the holidays as she cheerfully told her class an announcement.

"Ok class, so Misaki-sensei has to go away, but while I'm away, I hope you'll be good to your new teacher Kimi-sensei, ok?" She smiled at all the sad kindergartners that were looking at her expectantly.

A girl in pigtails raised her hand.

"Yes, Tammy?"

"Does Misaki-sensei have to go away because she ate four watermelons for breakfast this morning?"

"Uhh – "

"No stupid! Misaki-sensei needs to go because she ate FIVE watermelons! Everyone knows that!" A boy with tousled brown hair hollered at the pigtailed Tammy.

And soon enough, the whole class joined in the argument.

"She ate balloons, not watermelons!"

"Sensei's gonna remove her tummy because it's too big!"

"She's gonna explode!"

"Now, now children settle down." Misaki raised her arms to quiet down the whole class. And as soon as she did, the children stopped with their arguing.

"Kids, please listen to Misaki-sensei as she explains on why she has to leave." Kimi-sensei smiled at the uneasy kindergartners who were excited to hear Misaki's story.

"Ok, so firstly, the reason why sensei has a big tummy is because there's a baby inside of me."

The children's eyes widened, and some of them stood up.

"Wait a sec, I'm not yet done", Misaki lightly chuckled, signaling some of the children to take their seats again.

"Ok, so next week, Misaki-sensei is going to give birth, which means the baby has to get out of me, ok? And the reason why I have to leave is not only because sensei needs a few months to take care of her baby, but also because we're moving away to a new house some place else." She weakly beamed at her class, who was somehow caught up in a confusion of mixed emotions. Some were on the verge of tears, while some seemed deeply fascinated about the human growing inside their teacher's body.

Misaki cleared her throat, "But don't be sad now, because Misaki-sensei would still visit from time to time to check on all of you. And maybe I'll even bring the baby." She grinned widely at them.

A series of 'oohs' and 'ahs' were heard, then one by one, the children stood up and flocked around Misaki.

"Can we touch your tummy?"

"Sure why not?"

"It's so BIG."

"It feels like a watermelon."

"Your baby's kicking sensei, it's kicking because it's happy to see us."

"I'm sure it is."

[5:30 PM…]

"Hey, you alright?" Tsubasa stared at Misaki from across the table. She was sipping at a slurpee in the middle of winter while staring off into space, so there was certainly something wrong with her.

"Uh, yeah, sure why wouldn't I be?"

"What's wrong?"

"Well, have you any idea of the pains of child birth?"

"Err, no."

"I'm very sure you should know..."

There was a pause, then Misaki's forehead creased and she grimaced. She squirmed in her seat.

"A-aa-ah."

"Wh-what's wrong?!"

"A-aha-aah, Baby!" She stoked her tummy.

"WHAT?!" Tsubasa stood up and accidentally knocked the slurpee onto Misaki's white sweater dress.

"OOOW!" Misaki fell to the ground.

"BLOOD! THERE'S BLOOD! GAH!"

"Th-that's not BLOOD, you idiot!" She clutched Tsubasa's shirt, dragging him to the ground with her.

"SHIIII – take mushrooms! Aisle 7! Ah-ah, stay with me now!"

Misaki screamed in pain, her feet wildly thrashing on the floor.

"IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN HELP US HERE?!" Tsubasa roared at the empty convenience store, looking around him only to find that the only person inside besides themselves was the cashier who mysteriously disappeared.

"Misaki! Stay with me! …I-I need to faint…" Tsubasa muttered anxiously.

"AHH! TSUBASA! TAKE ME TO OSHINAWA'S NOW!" Misaki shouted at him, cold sweat dripping on her face.

"I-I can't! It's five blocks away and th-there's not much time!" He was on the verge of tears, his face glistening with sweat too.

Then suddenly the personnel room doors swung open and out came a panicky woman who had an old blanket in her hands.

"Here! Use this!" She handed the blanket to Tsubasa who tucked it under Misaki's thrashing body.

"GAHH! BUT I DON'T WANNA GIVE BIRTH HERE! I WANNA GIVE BIRTH IN OSHINAWA'S! TAKE ME THERE NOW TSUBASA!" She hollered at her startled husband at the top of her lungs, gripping his hand right after.

"Ok, deep breaths, miss…" The cashier was supporting Misaki's head as she breathed in and out with her.

"HIIIHUUHIIIHUUU…..HIII-IIIHUU-U…"

Misaki let out another scream when a sudden gust of January wind entered the tiny convenience store.

"…So the scrub said – WHAT THE?!"

"Oh, oh my. Doctor, we have to help this lady."

"AH-AHH! MY HAND, OOWWW!" Tsubasa winced at Misaki's crushing force.

Then he lifted his head, as he saw a small woman in a nurse's outfit and a bespeckled man in a doctor's coat enter the store. Both of them were in a state of shock as they took in the sweating pink-haired pregnant woman in labor, her equally glistening and panicky husband beside her, and the greatly alarmed cashier who was sitting beside the nervous couple.

"YOU! PLEASE HELP U – AHHH! MY HAND! I-IT'S GONNA BREAK ALL ITS BONES!"

"GAAH! WHERE DO YOU WORK?!" A red Misaki yelled at the two new people who jumped back in surprise

"U-uhh Oshinawa's…." The nurse stammered in shock.

"HELP! PLEASE!" Tsubasa squealed in pain as he continued to stare at the two distressed strangers.

"AH! OK! STAY WITH ME NOW, MISS! Nurse Juri, some gloves please!" The doctor hurriedly sped to the three people on the ground, the nurse on his heels.

"Right away doctor! Ah, miss where do we find the gloves?"

"Aisle 11!"

"OWWW! AHH THE BABY!"

"OWWW! AHH MY HAND! IT'S LOSING CIRCULATION!"

"Ok miss, deep breaths. From the looks of it…OMIGOSH, IS THAT BLOOD?!"

"SLURPEEEE!! AHH!"

"U-uh miss, your water just broke so the baby's bound to come out any second so relax!" The nurse joined in with the cashier as they both inhaled and exhaled with the glistening and red Misaki.

"Ok, Mrs – ", the doctor paused to put on his gloves and look at Tsubasa who was howling in pain.

"A-andou!"

"Ok, Mrs. Andou, PUSH!"

Misaki's grip tightened on Tsubasa's hand and collar with the combined strength of ten oxen.

"YOU! THIS ALL YOUR FAULT ANDOU!"

"AHH! I BLAME YOU IF I CAN'T USE MY LEFT HAND ANYMORE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE!"

"Mrs. Andou, stay with us! The baby's almost crowning!"

"GAAH! CHILDBIRTH'S MORE PAINFUL THAN A ROOT CANAL!" The frantic couple bellowed in unison.

The nurse and cashier were chorusing in with Misaki.

"Hiihuuhiiihuuuu! Join us Andou-san!"

"HIIIHUUUHII-IIHUU!"

"NOT YOU TSUBASA!"

"Ok everyone, the head's visible now! ONE FINAL PUSH PLEASE!"

"I FEEL EVERYTHING!"

"I CAN FEEL THEM BREAKING, AHH!"

Misaki gave one final push and one loud whimper, shortly followed by the fresh cries of a newborn baby.

"Congratulations! It's a boy!" The doctor smiled and held out the wailing baby.

Misaki heaved a deep sigh and let go of Tsubasa's hand. Tsubasa, meanwhile, caressed his throbbing hand. The cashier ran to aisle 5 to get a dishcloth while the nurse helped the doctor in cleaning up the baby with some tissue. Then the nurse wrapped the baby in the dishcloth and handed him back to the doctor.

"Would you like to cut the cord Mr. Andou?" The nurse held out a pair of foldable scissors she wiped with tissues and some alcohol.

"S-sure…" The shadow user who was still in a state of shock swallowed, then got up from the floor. He walked over to the crying newborn in the doctor's arms, and took the scissors from the nurse. Then he snipped at the cord.

"Would you like to hold the baby Mrs. Andou?" The doctor strode over to Misaki's side.

"Glad t-to…" She weakly smiled, most of her hair stuck across her sweaty pink face that the cashier was wiping with some more dishcloths.

Tsubasa gave out a light relieved chuckle and sat down beside his wife and newborn son.

"Kaname…" Misaki crooned, her entire being suddenly being washed over with smitten affection for the baby boy.

"Eh? Kaname…?" The nurse, cashier, and doctor asked in chorus.

"…Great name." Tsubasa murmured adoringly and lovingly stroked the baby's red face.

"Goodness me! How convenient!" The cashier randomly uttered out.

VOILA! There it is! Did you like it? Or hate it? Gimme your love... Or flames, if you have some to offer. ;)