My Heart

Disclaimer/Warning: D Gray-Man does not belong to me. It belongs to Hoshino Katsura-sensei, and it shouldn't be any other way. I don't claim to own any of the characters, places, or names stated in this fan fiction. ((I just like making the characters do crazy stuff.^_^))

Chapter Twenty-One: Kirani

"Can't you make this goddamn boat go any faster?!?" Kanda demanded, mopping Allen's brow with a cold water-soaked rag that used to be part of his shirt. He propped Allen's head up onto his lap, holding her in place with a hand carefully placed on her sternum.

"I-I'm sorry! This is as fast as I can push it along!" the finder squeaked, working his arm to exhaustion. Allen cried out, another contraction pulsing through her body, gripping the side of the boat with her small hand.

Kanda's golem fluttered out of his jacket and began fluttering about his head. Reever's voice sputtered through the golem:

"Kanda?! What's wrong? Your golem's been sending off a distress signal for the past five minutes!"

"Allen is having contractions! She needs to be taken to the Medical Wing!" Kanda barked at the golem, just as Allen's hand found his after a blind, frantic search. She squeezed his hand painfully, but Kanda didn't so much as blink.

"How far are you?" Reever demanded.

"Five minutes...If this fucking finder would hurry up!" Kanda snapped, aiming at the finder, who flinched violently and increased his efforts.

"Okay. I will have a wheelchair waiting when you get to the dock. Where are Komui, Cross and Tiedoll?" Reever asked, his voice going fuzzy off and on.

"They waited behind. They are following." Kanda said shortly. Allen gasped, her eyes flying wide open, her body shaking violently under the strain.

"Aah-! Ka- Kanda!"

"I'm here.." Kanda whispered, smoothing the tussled white hair.

"Okay, Reever, out." the Australian man said quickly before disconnecting. The golem fluttered back into Kanda's jacket, its speakers now muted.

"How long?" Kanda snapped at the finder guiding the boat.

"The dock is coming up, Master Kanda." the finder said weakly.

Allen pushed herself further into Kanda's lap struggling to take hold of Kanda, to pull him closer.

The Medical staff was efficient in removing Allen from the boat, and Kanda's grasp, and wheeling her away quickly to the Medical Wing. They allowed Kanda to follow until they reached the birthing room, and then restricted his access.

"Sorry, Master Kanda, but you can't enter just yet. We need to get her settled in and comfortable. She needs to be given pain relievers to lessen the strain on her body."

"I don't care. Let me in, now." Kanda hissed.

"I can't."

"I have every goddamned right to be in that room! I'm that child's father and I will be there with Allen!!" Kanda yelled, twisting his fist into the medic's tunic. He slammed the medic into the wall and snarled in his face.

"Alright, alright, Kanda. Don't throw a tantrum. You don't need to abuse my medical staff to get entrance into the birthing room." the Head Nurse said, laying her hand on Kanda's arm. Kanda dropped the man and hurried into the room, appearing by Allen's side in the blink of an eye.

"Kan-da....She's-coming." Allen said quietly, smiling weakly up at her husband. Kanda bit his tongue and traced an invisible line down her cheek.

"I'm here, Allen." Kanda said softly, holding her hand.

Allen's labor took five hours total, during which Allen passed out three or four times, worrying all those surrounding her. Kanda didn't leave her side, even for a moment, and even did his best to make the process easier for the medical staff.

The small child had a light dusting of dark hair on her head, though it was hard to distinguish whether it was dark, dark brown, or black. She didn't cry, just made soft noises from her barely-developed throat. When she opened her eyes for the first time, Kanda was holding her carefully in his arms, staring dumbly down at his daughter. Her soft, silver and blue eyes held him captive for an eternity.

"Hello, Kirani." he said quietly. The name was one that Kanda and Allen had picked out on their way back to England, before Allen went into labor. In a rough translation, it meant 'heart'. The lovely girl in his arms had already captured his.

Allen regained consciousness at that moment, her eyes searching the room. Kanda was standing near the end of the bed, holding the bundle of blanket and its precious treasure carefully.

"Is she...Can I hold her?" Allen asked tiredly. Kanda looked over at her, a genuine and content, if not slight, smile adorning his lips. He took the couple of steps over to Allen and gently put the baby in her arms. Allen's eyes watered a little at the sight of the beautiful child.

"This is our baby, Kanda...." she said softly, stroking the side of the child's face. Kanda nodded absently.

"She is going to be a little beansprout like you, Moyashi." Kanda said softly, carefully seating himself on the edge of the bed. Allen looked up at him and smiled, reaching over and entangling her fingers with Kanda's. Kanda leaned over and placed a soft kiss on Allen's lips, touching his forehead to hers as he did. He then placed a careful kiss on Kirani's head.

"I love you both..." he said with some difficulty. He turned and walked away, his fists clenched.

"I love you too, Kanda..."Allen replied weakly, "....I'm....Sorry."

Kanda left the room, not speaking to anyone.

"Head Nurse...." Allen questioned, looking for the older woman.

"Yes, Miss Walker?"

"Can you find Cross for me?"

"I'm right here, idiot apprentice. What do you want."

"I need to ask a favor of you, Master." Allen asked, playing with the tiny, chubby hand of her child. Kirani cooed happily, smiling a little. Her eyes crinkled with the facial motion, but those bright blue eyes shone through her slight, dark eyelashes.

"Whatever." Cross sniffed, leaning against the door.

"Master, I trust you.... I want you to take her. Take her and keep her safe, keep her hidden." Allen said, her gray eyes desperate.

"Safe..? Hidden?" Cross asked, looking completely confused, "From what?"

"From....me. From the Fourteenth, from the Order, from the Earl and the other Noah." Allen paused before continuing.

"From the world."

Cross was silent, watching Allen and analyzing her expression.

"Okay."

"Train her, too. Make her strong. She will be the one to destroy the Earl and the Noah, I know it."

"Fine. What is her name, then, idiot apprentice."

"Kirani."

Cross took the child from Allen's arms, staring down at her blue eyes.

"All right." The red-haired man turned to leave the room, holding the child close to his chest.

"Master Cross!"

"What!"

"Don't bring her back! For any reason!!" Allen begged, sitting up in her bed, fist twisted in her sheets.

"Fine."

The END!! The end, end. Nothing more.

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-Maze Puppet