Amu sat in the park watching the pink petals dance in the breeze. It was spring and the old guardians had promised to meet up, taking their families with them. Of course the girls weren't to be born for another month, so as a result Ikuto had come along. Now with his head on her lap and hand on her pregnant stomach, they waited together for the arrival of the other guardians. She looked down at her sleeping husband and gently brushed off a few petals from his hair. Then she heard some faint screams of excitement, and surely the Soma family appeared. Kukai was carrying his son Daichi on his shoulders, while his 4 year-old tomboy daughter Rei kicked the soccer ball up in the air and balanced it on her head. Her brother clapped and laughed. Emi; Kukai's wife walked beside Rei and sharply told her to no embarrass her mother and act more like a little lady, it was hilarious as the actress turned producer tried to no avail to make her daughter more feminine .
"Oi! Hinamori-san!" Kukai yelled out as he came closer to her. Ikuto woke up and draped a warm shawl over Amu. " Neko- san, are you going to play the violin?!" Daichi called excitedly from Kukai's shoulders. Amu stared at Ikuto. Neko-san?!
Soon the other guardians came. Yaya and Tomaki came with Tsubasa (her brother) and their new born daughter Miu who had just turned 3 months old. Nagihiko came with his fiancé Yuki who was a shy girl that stayed close to Nagi hiding behind him like a little girl. Rima came with Jirou and her son Yasu who was two years old and as hyper as ever. Kairi came with Kotone his graceful wife who was a koto player and knew how to do the tea ceremony, Amu marvelled at how proper and ladylike she was. They all sat around drank tea, ate, or played with the children.
Tadase finally showed up after an hour. He remained silent towards Amu and Ikuto but he laughed when the children played. Amu stood up to pack up the finished dishes so the children could have more space to play. When she started to pick up the dishes the pain in her stomach became unbearable. " Come on girls don't be like that..." she whispered to them as she stroked her stomach. Tadase looked at her. "Hina-Tsukiyomi-san, are you alright?" he asked full of concern in his voice. " A ha ha yea im alright the girls are just being mean again!" she replied. He surveyed her face. " Um...Tadase? Are you done with that yet?" she said pointing to his cup. "Yea". She smiled and kneed over towards him and took the cup and placed it back into the picnic basket. " I'm going to play with the kids, will you be okay by yourself?" he asked " Yea, we'll be okay" she replied rubbing her stomach. He laughed " Ah, sorry Ayame and Ayano" .
As she was folding the blanket up she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. Water flowed down her legs. She called out the name that first came to her head "IKUTO!"